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BBC News", "President Joe Biden inauguration speech: 'Democracy has prevailed' - BBC News", "Dartford mother-of-three died after liposuction in Turkey - BBC News", "Biden inauguration in pictures - BBC News", "Covid vaccine: 'Patience and perspective' needed in Wales - BBC News", "Racism in ballet: Black dancer's 'humiliation' at racist comments - BBC News", "Lockdown children forget how to use knife and fork - BBC News", "Coronavirus: BMJ urges NYT to correct vaccine 'mixing' article - BBC News", "Edinburgh's giant pandas may 'return to China' over Covid losses - BBC News", "Families rescued in Peak District after getting trapped in snow - BBC News", "Covid: Liverpool's leaders call for new national lockdown - BBC News", "Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrives at hospitals - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Scottish cabinet to consider further measures - BBC News", "Cold snap creates 'pop-up' ice hockey rink - BBC News", "Covid in Wales: Schools' phased return defended by first minister - BBC News", "Covid: Sweden official defends Christmas trip to Canary Islands - BBC News", "Irish Eurovision singer and Bagatelle frontman Liam Reilly dies - BBC News", "Zoe Davison: Racing trainer dies on same day two of her horses win at Plumpton - BBC Sport", "West Brom 0-4 Arsenal: Arsenal see off Baggies in ruthless display - BBC Sport", "Covid in Scotland: New strain of virus 'accelerating' spread - BBC News", "Coronavirus: India approves vaccines from Bharat Biotech and Oxford/AstraZeneca - BBC News", "Reading stabbing: Five teenagers arrested after boy, 13, dies - BBC News", "EuroMillions: Jackpot of more than £39m won by UK ticket-holder - BBC News", "Covid rules: What are the restrictions in your area? - BBC News", "Covid: Not much room for lockdown changes, Wales' first minister warns - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Twelve fined for playing dominoes in Tier 4 breach - BBC News", "Boris Johnson says indyref vote should be once-in-generation - BBC News", "Liverpool FC anthem singer Gerry Marsden dies aged 78 - BBC News", "New Year snow flurries fall across England - BBC News", "Covid-19: New variant 'raises R number by up to 0.7' - BBC News", "Suspected Islamists kill dozens in attacks on two Niger villages - BBC News", "Covid: What could 'tougher' measures mean for us? - BBC News", "Pep Guardiola: Man City boss may stay in management longer than planned - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: Anti-lockdown protesters arrested at Hyde Park demo - BBC News", "Benjamin Mendy: Man City 'disappointed' after defender breaches Covid-19 protocols - BBC Sport", "Ryan Garcia stops Luke Campbell after surviving knockdown in Dallas - BBC Sport", "County Antrim poultry flock to be culled after bird flu detected - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Restrictions 'could continue' amid rising cases - BBC News", "Hospitals across UK 'must prepare for Covid surge', senior doctor warns - BBC News", "Covid: Regional rules 'probably going to get tougher', says Boris Johnson - BBC News", "Covid: Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens in hospital with virus - BBC News", "As it happened: Boris Johnson warns of tougher measures amid Covid surge - BBC News", "US Election 2020 - BBC News", "Covid: Snowdonia National Park wardens 'getting abuse' during lockdown - BBC News", "Leicester City 2-0 Southampton: James Maddison and Harvey Barnes send Foxes second - BBC Sport", "Covid: Nurseries 'teetering on the edge' during pandemic - BBC News", "Archie Lyndhurst: CBBC star died in his sleep, says mother - BBC News", "SLS: Nasa's 'megarocket' engine test ends early - BBC News", "Covid-19: Protect us from unlawful killing charges - medics - BBC News", "Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81 - BBC News", "Covid-19: Man said he had travelled 100 miles 'for a McDonald's' - BBC News", "RAF veteran receives Covid jab at Salisbury Cathedral - BBC News", "Covid-19: France begins 6pm curfew - BBC News", "Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd: Alisson saves thwart leaders at Anfield - BBC Sport", "Chris Cramer: Tributes paid after former BBC and CNN journalist dies aged 73 - 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BBC News", "Sri Lanka v England: Tourists wobble chasing 74 after Jack Leach takes 5-122 - BBC Sport", "Universal Credit: Benefit increase only 'temporary', says Raab - BBC News", "G7: UK to host Cornwall seaside summit in summer - BBC News", "Statues to get protection from 'baying mobs' - BBC News", "Home Office 'working to restore' lost police records - BBC News", "Eurostar: Government urged to 'safeguard' rail firm's future - BBC News", "Covid-19: Running a roadside van when a pandemic cuts traffic - BBC News", "Coronavirus: William and Kate hear from emergency workers - BBC News", "Covid: People broke lockdown rules in 200-mile drive to see friends - BBC News", "Covid-19: More mass jab centres, airport support and a virtual library - BBC News", "Covid-19: England delivering 140 jabs a minute, says NHS chief executive - BBC News", "Mount Semeru: Erupting volcano spews ash above Indonesia's Java island - BBC News", "Universal credit: MPs urge PM to keep £20 benefit 'lifeline' - BBC News", "Covid-19: Further 1,295 deaths recorded in the UK - BBC News", "Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia dies with Covid aged 70 - BBC News", "Covid-19: Bedworth Pokemon player fined for lockdown breach - BBC News", "Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers charged with prison officer attack - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Freeman targets 400,000 vaccinations every week - BBC News", "Lockdown Christmas hits: Lidl pink prosecco and takeaways - BBC News", "Covid-19: BBC's Fergal Keane revisits St Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospital 10 months on - BBC News", "'Discriminatory' mental health system overhauled - BBC News", "Fresh calls for NI mother and baby homes inquiry - BBC News", "Covid-19: Welsh Government update - BBC News", "Covid: Police cancel fine for couple visiting care home - BBC News", "Human remains found in search for missing cyclist Tony Parsons - BBC News", "Johnson: 24-7 Covid-vaccine hubs as soon as supply allows - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: The six new lockdown rules - BBC News", "Coronavirus: British tourist blamed for Lauberhorn ski race cancellation - BBC News", "Coronavirus: 'How long can we keep going like this? About a week' - BBC News", "Covid-19: We can make this the peak by following rules, says Hancock - BBC News", "Morrisons to be first UK supermarket to pay minimum £10 an hour - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: How do the rules compare to last year? - BBC News", "Edinburgh Woollen Mill rescue deal to save 2,000 jobs - BBC News", "Furlough fraud: I'm still registered as furloughed for a job I quit' - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Stricter rules within days - BBC News", "China: Senior Conservatives call for reset of UK policy - BBC News", "Media billionaire David Barclay dies, aged 86 - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Lockdown lifting 'unlikely' as deaths pass 5,000 - BBC News", "Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech - BBC News", "PMQs: Some food parcels are an 'insult to families' - PM - BBC News", "Earl of Strathmore admits sex attack at Glamis Castle home - BBC News", "Covid rules: What are the restrictions in your area? - BBC News", "Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective - BBC News", "Covid-19: More than 100,000 vaccine doses administered in NI - BBC News", "Customs staff: Vaccinate us to keep trade flowing - BBC News", "Four arrested over 'public nuisance' at Redditch and Birmingham hospitals - BBC News", "Covid: Birmingham hospitals move 200 doctors to intensive care duties - BBC News", "Plastic bag charge to double to 10p from April in Scotland - BBC News", "Naomi Campbell's Kenya tourism role causes row - BBC News", "Heavy snow causes widespread disruption in Scotland - BBC News", "Covid-19: New test rule for England arrivals pushed back to Monday - BBC News", "David Attenborough to front government-funded 5G AR app - BBC News", "GCSE and A-level pupils could sit mini exams to aid grading - BBC News", "Covid-19: Lockdown measures 'starting to show signs of some effect' - PM - BBC News", "Covid-19: Alabama crowds ignore coronavirus to celebrate championship - BBC News", "Covid-19: New treatment, NHS staff struggles and free meals row - BBC News", "Trump impeachment process: Who are the key players? - BBC News", "Gurlitt's last Nazi-looted work returned to owners - BBC News", "Cramlington woman celebrates 100th birthday with covid jab - BBC News", "People's sonic boom surprise caught on camera - BBC News", "Libby Squire murder trial: Pawel Relowicz 'prowled streets for victim' - BBC News", "Battery lodged in baby's throat for four months - BBC News", "As it happened: Record number of daily deaths reported in UK - BBC News", "Covid vaccine: Pfizer v Oxford AstraZeneca v Moderna - BBC News", "Covid-19: Special school staff want jab priority - BBC News", "Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Fulham: Ivan Cavaleiro earns a point for Premier League strugglers - BBC Sport", "Call for better coronavirus masks for all medical staff - BBC News", "Covid: Play your part in fight against virus, says Patel - BBC News", "YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel - BBC News", "Covid: UK reports record 1,564 daily deaths - BBC News", "Mohamud Mohammed Hassan: Hundreds march over arrested man's death - BBC News", "Covid: Three Democratic lawmakers test positive after Capitol riot - BBC News", "Tesco, Asda and Waitrose ban shoppers without face masks - BBC News", "Trump impeached for second time - BBC News", "YFN Lucci: US rapper wanted in Atlanta for suspected murder - BBC News", "Covid: Many NHS staff 'traumatised' by first wave of virus, study shows - BBC News", "Duchess of York: From Budgie the Helicopter to Mills & Boon - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Who broke into the building? - BBC News", "Britain's Got Talent: Filming postponed due to coronavirus concerns - BBC News", "Boris Johnson condemns 'disgraceful scenes' in US - BBC News", "National Express to suspend all services - BBC News", "Fears schools will be overwhelmed by laptopless pupils - BBC News", "Trump allowed back onto Twitter - BBC News", "Trump auction for Arctic oil rights sees little interest - BBC News", "Reading stabbing: Three teenagers charged with murder after boy, 13, dies - BBC News", "Capitol riot: Biden says BLM protest would have been treated 'very differently' - BBC News", "Essex lorry deaths: Dad learned of son's fate on social media - BBC News", "As it happened: PM sets out Covid vaccine rollout plan - BBC News", "Teachers' grades to replace A-levels and GCSEs in England - BBC News", "Adrian Chiles confirmed in Emma Barnett 5 Live slot - BBC News", "Covid: Seven mass vaccination hubs announced for England - BBC News", "Capitol riots: World media see Trump ignite an 'insurrection' - BBC News", "Coronavirus: 'How long can we keep going like this? About a week' - BBC News", "Breonna Taylor: Two Louisville officers fired over roles in shooting - BBC News", "Stella Tennant: Family confirms model's death was suicide - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: 'Well over half' of care home residents vaccinated - BBC News", "Two more life-saving Covid drugs discovered - BBC News", "Capitol riot: What does a deadly day mean for Trump's legacy? - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Belfast Trust cancels urgent cancer surgeries - BBC News", "Capitol riots: How a Trump rally turned deadly - BBC News", "Capitol riots: A visual guide to the storming of Congress - BBC News", "Muted response as Clap for Heroes returns - BBC News", "Capitol riot: Five startling images from the siege - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Moment protesters storm US legislature - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Boris Johnson condemns Donald Trump for sparking events - BBC News", "Ryanair scraps most UK and Irish lockdown flights - BBC News", "Covid: UK travel curbs to keep out South Africa variant - BBC News", "Capitol riots: Pro-Trump protesters storm the US legislature - in pictures - BBC News", "'Mr Christmas' lights switched off for last time in Croxley Green - BBC News", "Inside one GP surgery's Covid vaccine roll-out - BBC News", "Covid-19: Baby's mother issues mottled skin warning - BBC News", "Trump’s Twitter downfall - BBC News", "ICU hospital staff: 'Scared, sad, petrified, worried' - BBC News", "Elon Musk becomes world's richest person as wealth tops $185bn - BBC News", "Capitol siege: Trump's words 'directly led' to violence, Patel says - BBC News", "Reading stabbing: Murder-accused teenagers appear in court - BBC News", "US Election 2020 - BBC News", "McDonald's pauses walk-in takeaways in lockdown - BBC News", "US Capitol riots: World leaders react to 'horrifying' scenes in Washington - BBC News", "'Show us it's safe' to be open, say nursery staff - BBC News", "Alex Rodda murder: Matthew Mason guilty of killing schoolboy - BBC News", "Covid-19: Boris Johnson makes daily jab pledge as Army helps rollout - BBC News", "Organ donor mum wishes she could help her children in need of kidneys - BBC News", "Meat factories warn Covid absences could hit supplies - BBC News", "Covid tests for Channel hauliers to continue 'until further notice' - BBC News", "Aston Villa plan to play youngsters against Liverpool in FA Cup after Covid outbreak - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: Vaccine rollout widens as hospital pressure rises - BBC News", "Sainsbury's Christmas sales rise despite smaller turkeys - BBC News", "Analysis: Can lockdown stop the new coronavirus variant? - BBC News", "Covid: China places 11m under lockdown after outbreak in northern city - BBC News", "The Wanted's Tom Parker says brain tumour has 'shrunk significantly' - BBC News", "Lockdown: 'I've borrowed £4m just to remain closed' - BBC News", "Capitol siege: An eyewitness account from inside the House chamber - BBC News", "Asos frontrunner to buy Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge brands - BBC News", "Boohoo 'set to buy Debenhams brand and website' - BBC News", "Covid-19: Top adviser warns France at 'emergency' virus moment - BBC News", "Covid-19: Essex student helps 600 refugees out of 'period poverty' - BBC News", "Covid: Israel vaccinates 16 to 18-year-olds ahead of exams - BBC News", "Covid: School return in Wales 'unlikely' for all in February - BBC News", "Care home worker thought cancer misdiagnosis was a 'cruel joke' - BBC News", "Skewen flood victims could be out of homes for days - BBC News", "SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched - BBC News", "England in Sri Lanka: Tourists complete six-wicket win and take series 2-0 - BBC Sport", "Boeing 737 Max cleared to fly again 'too early' - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Pressure on NHS front line 'relentless' - Hancock - BBC News", "Covid: Teachers 'not at higher risk' of death than average - BBC News", "Fraud epidemic 'is now national security threat' - BBC News", "Snow: Severe weather warnings in place across UK - BBC News", "Covid-19: MPs call for school reopening plan, and will France have a third lockdown? - BBC News", "Putin condemns Navalny protests as Western concern grows - BBC News", "Covid: 'Not a moment to ease measures,' says Matt Hancock - BBC News", "Robert Rowland: Former Brexit MEP dies in Bahamas diving accident - BBC News", "Pandemic prompts Super Bowl ad rethink in US - BBC News", "Covid: Schools will be told of reopening plans 'as soon as we can' - BBC News", "South Africa coronavirus variant: 77 cases found in UK - BBC News", "US police vehicle ploughs into crowd watching 'burnouts' - BBC News", "Barclaycard customers face higher minimum payments - BBC News", "Skewen flood: Is Wales' coalmining past behind home evacuations? - BBC News", "'Droves' of Pampas grass pickers at South Shields beach - BBC News", "Covid-19: Mansfield newlyweds, 90 and 86, in vaccination plea - BBC News", "'Knackered and confused.' That's just the parents - BBC News", "Covid: Call for long-term plan to help 'burnt-out' nurses - BBC News", "Heatwave sweeps Australian cities and raises bushfire danger - BBC News", "Dylan Freeman: Mother admits killing disabled son - BBC News", "'Running Man' robber jailed after nearly 13 years on the run - BBC News", "Travellers: Shocking lack of pitches for families, charity warns - BBC News", "Skewen flood victims face 'months' before returning home - BBC News", "Jenners: Building's owner says store 'will remain' despite Frasers move - BBC News", "PTSD: Eyes can reveal previous trauma, study reveals - BBC News", "Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by scientists - BBC News", "Moderna vaccine appears to work against variants - BBC News", "Channel 4 Deepfake Queen complaints dropped by Ofcom - BBC News", "Debenhams shops to close permanently after Boohoo deal - BBC News", "Covid: Dutch curfew riots rage for third night - BBC News", "Gordon Brown: Trust has broken down in way UK is run - BBC News", "Q&A: Cwm Taf maternity problems - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Over-70 vaccine letters start but blue envelope delay - BBC News", "Cwm Taf maternity: Failings 'affected two-thirds of women' - BBC News", "Mastercard to push up fees for UK purchases from EU - BBC News", "Frank Lampard: Chelsea sack manager with Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: Mexican President López Obrador tests positive - BBC News", "Janet Yellen to be first female US treasury secretary - BBC News", "Covid: Hays Travel to close 89 shops as lockdown delays 'bounce back' - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer self-isolates for third time - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Ways to 'accelerate' vaccine plans being examined - BBC News", "Welsh Valentine's Day: 'Why we mark St Dwynwen's Day' - BBC News", "Cwm Taf maternity: Mothers ignored and made to feel worthless - BBC News", "Keon Lincoln: Mother 'heard gunshots' that killed teen - BBC News", "Covid-19: Police investigate potential breaches at republican funeral - BBC News", "Skewen flooding: Villagers warned not to return to homes - BBC News", "Kickstart: Most job roles for youths not yet filled - BBC News", "Covid: Volunteers in Maesteg clear snow for vulnerable to get vaccine - BBC News", "Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool: Bruno Fernandes settles FA Cup thriller - BBC Sport", "Covid: Early years staff safety 'cause for concern' - BBC News", "Couple killed in Cameron House Hotel fire named - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Police support Crown probe into care home deaths - BBC News", "Covid: Sir Billy Connolly receives his first vaccine jab - BBC News", "Covid: Fire Brigades Union safety demands 'unworkable', says report - BBC News", "Shipping crisis: I'm being quoted £10,000 for a £1,600 container' - BBC News", "Covid: School return in Wales 'unlikely' for all in February - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Majority of discretionary self-isolation support applications rejected, Labour say - BBC News", "Festival season 'still possible' despite Glastonbury cancellation - BBC News", "Coronavirus: 'New variant may be associated with higher mortality' - PM - BBC News", "Inquiry uses legal powers to seek Salmond evidence - BBC News", "Bus driver jailed after passenger's death in Swansea crash - BBC News", "Covid: James Bond film No Time To Die delayed for third time - BBC News", "Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives - BBC News", "Birmingham mosque becomes UK's first to offer Covid vaccine - BBC News", "Hotel quarantine for UK arrivals to be discussed - BBC News", "St Agnes Cold War bunker for sale - BBC News", "Covid: Side-by-side in a London mosque - funerals and a food bank - BBC News", "Brexit: Retailers warn they could burn goods stuck in EU - BBC News", "Skewen flood: Is Wales' coalmining past behind home evacuations? 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east London.", "Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is \"a good sort of gap\" for independence referendums.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer's number one hit became a football terrace anthem.", "Driving conditions on many roads will become \"hazardous\" next week, the Met Office warns.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "The government said soldiers had been sent to protect the area, close to Niger's border with Mali.", "After the PM hints at tighter measures in England, our science editor looks at what they could entail.", "Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he may stay in management much longer than he anticipated.", "Up to 300 people gather in London's Hyde Park to protest at Covid-19 restrictions.", "Manchester City say they are disappointed after defender Benjamin Mendy breaches Covid-19 rules by hosting a New Year's Eve party.", "Mexican-American Ryan Garcia gets up from the canvas to stop Britain's Luke Campbell with a body shot in Dallas, Texas.", "About 30,000 birds are to be culled at the farm near Clough in north Antrim.", "The latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.", "It comes as a further 57,725 people test positive for the virus, a new daily high.", "Boris Johnson says more areas may need tougher rules, as Labour urges England-wide curbs within 24 hours.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer describes her as a \"dear friend and colleague\", and wishes her well.", "Boris Johnson says regional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\".", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The decision to keep car parks open is under \"constant review\", says one national park.", "Leicester City edge a keenly contested Premier League encounter with Southampton to maintain their push for a top-four place.", "Calls are made for \"front-line\" nursery staff to be supported with funding and vaccines.", "CBBC star's mother, Lucy Lyndhurst, says his death has had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family.", "A critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.", "Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed.", "Spector, who was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson, transformed pop music with his \"wall of sound\".", "He told police he drove to Devizes for a McDonald's even though the town does not have a branch.", "Louis Godwin, 95, said he was \"so pleased\" to get his Covid-19 vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral.", "Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Leaders Manchester United are thwarted by the second-half heroics of keeper Alisson in a goalless draw with title rivals Liverpool at Anfield.", "The \"fiercely competitive\" but \"kind, thoughtful and caring\" news executive has died aged 73.", "Doctors say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.", "Northern Health Trust chief says system is under \"huge pressure\" with patients waiting for beds.", "Sir Richard Branson's rocket company succeeds in putting its first satellites in space.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "Mother Sara Powell-Davies welcomes its return, but nurseries say they fear for the future.", "Women are sent sexually explicit messages and requests for \"worn\" garments.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Fighting erupted after a man was stabbed in a row between two men from different ethnic groups.", "Former climbing champion Lai Chi-Wai raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.", "The government is aiming to provide grants by April to mitigate the impact of Covid travel rules.", "Patient numbers have risen by 15,000 since Christmas, but infections are stabilising, says Sir Simon Stevens.", "Pupils in England can read works by popular authors online while schools stay closed in lockdown.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer died from a blood infection at the age of 78.", "More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services later.", "England need 36 runs on the final day to win the first Test against Sri Lanka despite losing three wickets in a chaotic final session in Galle.", "A decision on whether to extend £20 Universal Credit rise is unlikely before March's Budget, minister says.", "The leaders of the US, France, Germany and other leading economies will meet in Cornwall in June.", "The government is planning new laws to stop England's monuments being removed \"on a whim\" by protesters.", "Hundreds of thousands of DNA and arrest records were deleted after a human error, the Home Office says.", "A group of London firms has written to ministers calling for financial support for the rail firm.", "With traffic down and more people working from home, what is the future for these lay-by businesses?", "Prince William says he \"really worries\" about the effect of the pandemic on front-line workers.", "Drivers from Scotland and Portsmouth caught breaking lockdown rules in north Wales.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday.", "But Sir Simon Stevens says the health service has never been in a more precarious situation.", "Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring volcanic matter miles into the air and placing locals on alert.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "The latest death and case figures should be a \"bitter warning for us all\", Public Health England says.", "The Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia tested positive for the virus shortly after Christmas but the cause of his death is not clear.", "The man told police he had travelled 14 miles from his home to search for the fictional characters.", "Hashem Abedi and Ahmed Hassan are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh in May.", "Scotland's health secretary says 400,000 jabs could be administered every week by the end of February.", "Lidl, Just Eat and Asos say demand for fizz, takeaways and clothes all rose during December.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Black people are more than four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act in England.", "Amnesty International says the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.", "Details and reaction to a briefing by Wales' chief medical officer and NHS Wales chief executive.", "Carol and David Richards had been fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see her mother.", "Tony Parsons from Tillicoultry vanished more than three years ago during a charity cycle ride.", "The prime minister wants round-the-clock vaccination but adds supply is currently the limiting factor.", "Nicola Sturgeon announces the areas where restrictions will be tightened in Scotland from Saturday.", "The famous Lauberhorn ski event is cancelled after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to one tourist.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "The health secretary urges people to follow rules, saying \"individual decisions\" make a difference.", "Rival supermarkets defend their pay, with Asda saying looking at hourly rates does not tell the whole story.", "Some restrictions have been tightened amid concerns the \"stay at home\" message has not had the same impact.", "Investors have agreed a deal to save the chain, along with Ponden Home and Bonmarché.", "Amid reports of mass furlough fraud the BBC hears from one worker who quit work but still gets furlough pay.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says because of the \"precarious\" situation in relation to the pandemic more restrictions will be brought in.", "A report from a group of Tory MPs adds to internal pressure on the government to harden its stance.", "Together with his twin brother, Sir David built a business empire spanning hotels, retail and newspapers.", "Scotland's first minister says the current restrictions are \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.", "The company denies selling technology that can identify the ethnic group and plans to reword the patent.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer challenged Boris Johnson over the provision of \"disgraceful\" food parcels.", "The Earl of Strathmore attacked a woman in her room during an event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Latest results show Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine is less effective in Brazil than previously suggested.", "The health minister says it is a \"strong start\" but there is more to do.", "One operator told the BBC his staff were working up to 16 hours a day to help traders.", "Earlier this month videos showing supposed empty hospitals were shared on social media.", "A leaked memo warns several Birmingham hospitals risk being \"overwhelmed\" by coronavirus patients.", "The increase is to further discourage shoppers from buying single-use plastic bags.", "Tweeters query why it has not been given to a prominent Kenyan like actress Lupita Nyong'o.", "A Met Office yellow weather warning for ice is in place after heavy snow caused road closures and travel disruption.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Sir David will showcase an augmented reality app as part of a drive to prove the uses of 5G.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said this would help teachers to decide \"deserved grades\".", "But Boris Johnson does not rule out tougher restrictions in England, saying they are kept under review.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa, ignoring social distancing.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.", "These are the lawmakers with a big influence on the impeachment process against the former president.", "The last of 14 works identified as looted from Jewish collectors is returned to the owner's heirs.", "Isabella Curry said she now feels safe and will be able to go out and meet friends soon.", "An RAF aircraft breaking the sound barrier causes a loud bang in skies across the East of England.", "Pawel Relowicz committed \"sexually motivated\" burglaries before Libby Squire's death, jurors hear.", "Doctors believed 11-month-old Sofia-Grace Hill was rejecting food because she had tonsillitis.", "It comes as Boris Johnson is quizzed by MPs on the government's coronavirus response.", "Three vaccines have been approved in the UK - what are the differences between them?", "Parents of disabled children are calling for teachers in special schools to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.", "Ivan Cavaleiro's late header earns Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "The home secretary says she will back police to enforce virus rules, as another 1,243 die in the UK.", "The Google-owned service said the president had broken its rules over the incitement of violence.", "The prime minister warns there is a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care being \"overtopped\".", "Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at home on Friday but released without charge on Saturday.", "The Democrats say they sheltered in a safe room alongside others who refused to wear masks.", "It follows similar moves by Morrisons and Sainsbury's, but those with medical reasons will be exempt.", "Ten members of his own party voted against the president over his role in the deadly riots at the US Capitol.", "Police in Atlanta want to question YFN Lucci, 29, over a fatal shooting in the city last month.", "More than 700 intensive care staff at nine hospitals were asked about their experiences for a study.", "Her novel Heart for a Compass is a fictional historical saga inspired by her great-great-aunt.", "There's speculation over who was involved in the protests and whether they belong to organised groups.", "Production was to begin later this month but filming and transmission will now be later than hoped.", "The PM leads UK politicians from all parties condemning the riot at the US Capitol building.", "The firm says tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers have prompted the decision.", "Allowing pupils without laptops into schools could limit the impact of the closures, say head.", "The president will be banned \"permanently\" if he breaks the platform's rules again.", "An Alaska state agency emerged as the main bidder at the sale, which was opposed by environmentalists.", "Two boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, are charged with murder after the death of Olly Stephens, 13.", "Joe Biden says it is \"totally unacceptable\" police showed more leniency in the Capitol riot than at anti-racism protests.", "Nguyen Huy Hung was one of 39 people who died in a container en route from Belgium to Essex.", "Boris Johnson has \"no doubt\" there is enough supply to vaccinate the first four priority groups by 15 February.", "Gavin Williamson will \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\" in awarding this year's results.", "The broadcaster will be a part-time replacement for the new Woman's Hour host.", "The sites, including football stadiums and racecourses, will begin operations next week.", "Events in Washington spark dismay and criticism of America's politics and leader.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "The police officer who the FBI said fired the fatal shot is dismissed for breaching policy.", "Her family said the British model, who died in December aged 50, had been \"unwell for some time\".", "More than 113,000 Scots have now been given their first dose of a vaccine against Covid-19.", "The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts.", "The president is accused of inciting a riot with his divisive rhetoric - he's unlikely to stay silent.", "Health officials say it was the only option due to the demand for beds as a result of Covid-19.", "A ceremony meant to showcase a peaceful power transfer turns into a dark day. Here are the key moments.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "The weekly applause is back - but its founder distances herself from the initiative.", "News photographers captured extraordinary scenes as Trump supporters stormed the building.", "The US Capitol has gone into lockdown amid violent clashes between police and Trump supporters, who broke security lines and are inside the building.", "The UK prime minister also says the US president is \"completely wrong\" over his election fraud claims.", "The airline warns few, if any, flights will operate to or from Ireland or the UK from the end of January.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "US lawmakers and staff are seen wearing protective gas masks as police draw guns on protesters.", "Dave Edwards lit up his home for 42 years but died before the recent festive season.", "At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week.", "George is recovering after spending three nights in hospital with coronavirus.", "How Trump's favourite social media site banned him - permanently.", "On Wednesday the UK recorded more than 1,000 daily Covid deaths and hospitals are struggling to cope.", "The Tesla and SpaceX owner replaces Jeff Bezos as the richest man on the planet.", "The home secretary says the US president fuelled the violence, as the PM condemns the \"disgraceful scenes\".", "Two boys and a girl are accused of murdering 13-year-old Olly Stephens in Reading.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Drive-through and delivery services will still be available while it reviews its safety procedures.", "Leaders from around the world call for peace and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington.", "Worried childcare staff call on ministers to prove it's safe for them to open in England.", "Matthew Mason beat 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death to stop their sexual relationship being revealed.", "Boris Johnson says the armed forces will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help vaccinate millions.", "Sarah Bingham's son and daughter have the same rare illness and she is a donor match for both.", "Industry body calls for the early vaccination of workers to keep supply chains running smoothly.", "Lorry drivers will need a negative result to cross into France until further notice, the government says.", "Aston Villa are preparing to field a team of youngsters in Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Liverpool.", "GPs in England receive doses of the Oxford Covid jab as medics warn of \"stretched\" wards.", "Families had smaller gatherings, but sales still rose 9.3% in the Christmas trading period, it says.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Residents of Shijiazhuang are banned from leaving and will be tested en masse after an outbreak there.", "The Wanted member shares some good news with his fans, three months on from his cancer diagnosis.", "The new lockdown has pushed pubs and restaurants into yet more debt, some of which may never be repaid.", "Jamie Stiehm was in the House of Representatives press gallery when protesters smashed at the door.", "The online retailer wants to buy the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.", "The fast fashion retailer is not purchasing the stores or taking on its staff, the BBC understands.", "The head of France's scientific council suggests a third lockdown is needed amid spread of variants.", "Ella Lambert says the period pain she experiences inspired her to help others.", "Israel has vaccinated more than a quarter of its population and now high school students are eligible.", "Ministers have said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fall significantly.", "Janice Johnston had 18 months of needless chemotherapy, causing her numerous physical problems.", "Underground investigations are due to begin on Saturday after flooding linked to old mine shaft.", "Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight.", "England complete a thrilling victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0.", "A former Boeing manager says more investigations are needed on the plane, grounded after two crashes.", "Nearly 38,000 people are in hospital in the UK with coronavirus, the health secretary says.", "The highest-risk job roles were in restaurants, care work and manufacturing.", "From credit card fraud to benefit fraud, the problem costs the UK up to £190bn a year, a report says.", "Motorists are urged to take care with sub-zero temperatures forecast into Monday.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "The crackdown on Alexei Navalny and his supporters fuels calls in the EU for tougher sanctions.", "The health secretary says it is \"difficult\" to put a timeline on when England's lockdown will be lifted.", "Tributes are paid to Robert Rowland following the accident near his home in the Bahamas.", "Budweiser will not advertise during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years.", "Boris Johnson says he understands parents' frustrations but the infection rate is \"still very high\".", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Footage shows a police car apparently driving through a group at a street race in Washington state.", "The changes affecting some customers take effect as finances are squeezed by Covid and Christmas.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "An interior decor trend is blamed for the removal of the grass, which forms part of a wind defence.", "Geoff and Jenny Holland married in August after having to twice postpone their wedding.", "The lack of certainty about schools returning is fraying the exhausted nerves of parents.", "A Royal College of Nursing survey found almost 80% were more stressed because of the Covid pandemic.", "As temperatures continue to remain high, parts of Australia are facing their worst fire risk in a year.", "Three psychiatric reports found Olga Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness.", "Ambrose O'Neill disappeared after the first day of his trial in 2008.", "Only 18 out of 251 registered traveller sites have any available spaces, research from a charity suggests.", "Some will be able to return on Tuesday but others are urged to stay away due to safety fears.", "The building's owner vows it will continue as a department store despite the departure of current tenant, the House of Fraser.", "The eyes of people with PTSD behave differently when they see exciting images, researchers say.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "Laboratory tests suggest antibodies can recognise and fight the UK and South Africa variants.", "The media regulator decided not to pursue complaints about decency over the channel's satire.", "Online retailer Boohoo will buy the brand for £55m, but not its shops, putting 12,000 jobs at risk.", "Police describe it as the worst unrest in the Netherlands for decades, with more than 180 arrests.", "The UK's nations and regions are being treated as if they were \"invisible\", the former PM warns.", "What is behind the review of specialist care for mothers and babies in the south Wales valleys?", "Vaccination appointments for over-70s in Scotland will arrive on Monday as planned - but in white envelopes.", "A new report focuses on the experiences of pregnant women at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board.", "The move sparks concerns that customers could see prices rise if merchants pass on the higher cost.", "Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.", "Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 67, announces he is receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus.", "The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.", "The third national lockdown and travel ban meant the travel firm \"had to act\", a spokeswoman says.", "Sir Keir Starmer says he will be working from home until next Monday.", "A pilot programme for 24/7 vaccinations is among options being considered by the Scottish government.", "Why one family finds St Dwynwen's Day - the Welsh patron saint of lovers - more relevant to their heritage.", "Mothers speaking to the Cwm Taf maternity review \"overwhelmingly\" had distressing experiences.", "The mother of Keon Lincoln, 15, who was shot and stabbed, pleads for information about his death.", "Images circulated on social media show mourners at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford earlier visited the site of the flooding which led to 80 people being evacuated.", "About 118,000 placements for young people are yet to be filled due to coronavirus lockdowns.", "Community spirit praised as helpers clear 7cm of snow so vulnerable patients could get Covid jab.", "Bruno Fernandes comes off the bench to fire Manchester United past fierce rivals Liverpool in a pulsating FA Cup fourth-round tie.", "Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders call for rapid testing and priority access to vaccines.", "The two men were guests at Cameron House Hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond when the blaze broke out.", "The force said its role is designed to inform prosecutors and does not indicate a crime has taken place.", "The 78-year-old Scottish comedian received his first dose of the vaccine near his home in Florida.", "A report criticises the union after it told its members not to volunteer due to safety concerns.", "A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.", "Ministers have said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fall significantly.", "The majority of applications for the discretionary part of the test and trace grant are unsuccessful.", "Despite Glastonbury's cancellation, smaller festivals could still go ahead, experts say.", "Boris Johnson says it's more important than ever to be vigilant in following rules and staying home.", "The probe into the handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond wants to see messages between SNP and government officials.", "Eric Vice, 64, was driving to Swansea University when he hit a bridge.", "The premiere of No Time To Die, Daniel Craig's final 007 outing, is pushed back again due to Covid.", "Doctors say people should buy a pulse oximeter to monitor their oxygen levels at home.", "The imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, hopes the centre will dispel false information about the vaccination.", "Boris Johnson has not ruled out further action to secure the borders amid concerns over Covid variants.", "A bunker built during the Cold War is being auctioned with a guide price of £25,000.", "Worship has been suspended as burials average 15-a-day, yet still there is denial about the disease.", "UK retailers may abandon goods EU customers want to return because it is cheaper than bringing them home.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "The UK's chief medical adviser warns that \"a very small change and it could start taking off again\".", "Health Minister Robin Swann warns restrictions are likely to continue after latest extension.", "Scottish postie Nathan Evans has quit his job and signed to a record label after storming TikTok with sea shanties.", "The TV presenter says Mr Trump went on with the conversation, believing it to be Morgan.", "A 14-year-old boy is suspected of murder over \"inconceivable violence\" before Keon Lincoln's death.", "The Mavisbank care home in Bishopbriggs was recently rated \"weak\" by the care inspectorate for its Covid response.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.", "A national charity renews its plea for donations to help museums hit by the coronavirus pandemic.", "Paula Badosa reveals she has the virus and apologises for making complaints about quarantine rules.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge' - the new president knows how daunting his task is.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 January.", "The chief rabbi has described the event as a \"shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".", "A £500 payment is already available for those on low incomes who cannot work from home, No 10 says.", "Thirty-nine Vietnamese migrants suffocated in a sealed container en route to Essex in October 2019.", "A teachers' union says a review delivers a \"scathing\" verdict on how exams were handled in 2020.", "Fines of £800 will be handed to anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people from next week.", "Thousands of files hacked from Scotland's environment watchdog appear on the \"dark web\" after it rejected a ransom demand.", "Boris Johnson says England's measures will be reviewed once the priority groups have had the vaccine.", "Paddy McElhone, 24, was shot in the back by a soldier near his home outside Pomeroy in August 1974.", "Investigators have been targeting offenders who operate online since the first coronavirus lockdown.", "CCTV footage has been released showing fire breaking out in a hotel after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard.", "Vitinha's superb goal sees Wolves into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of non-league Chorley.", "Two people died in the blaze at the Cameron House hotel in West Dunbartonshire three years ago.", "A consortium including the fashion chain will no longer bid to buy Topshop and Topman out of administration.", "Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.", "Clothing was the hardest-hit sector last year, seeing a 25% drop in sales overall.", "Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League comes to an end as Ashley Barnes fires home a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.", "The Japanese car maker has told the BBC its Sunderland plant is secure for the long term.", "Police hold aides to Putin critic Alexei Navalny as opposition activists start a string of rallies.", "Parts of Skewen remain underwater with people unable to return to their flooded homes.", "Andy Murray will miss the Australian Open after failing to find a \"workable quarantine\" solution following his positive test for coronavirus.", "Simon Midgley's mother says she still does not have answers about how her son died in the fire at Cameron House.", "Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate.", "The minority \"blatantly flouting\" restrictions will face enforcement action, a senior officer says.", "The couple paid themselves the sum despite heavy losses at Mrs Beckham's fashion brand.", "Muller Milk & Ingredients in Somerset confirms 47 dairy workers have tested positive for Covid-19.", "NHS staff rally to arrange a wedding for a couple as the groom's condition deteriorates in hospital.", "Many of those who took part in the Capitol riot are believed to have subscribed to extremist views.", "The curbs may even continue until Easter in an attempt to drive down Covid-19 case numbers.", "Stars of the Essex-based reality show pay tribute to a \"true gentleman\" and \"one of the good guys\".", "Under coronavirus restrictions a maximum of 30 people are meant to attend a funeral.", "Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest hears.", "AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.", "Investigations are ongoing into what caused the road surface to give way, United Utilities say.", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "Under house arrest in Canada on bank fraud charges, Ms Meng has reportedly received death threats.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Richard Sharp says the BBC represents good value, but how it is funded \"may be worth reassessing\".", "The S21 Ultra's support for an S Pen will fuel speculation that the Note range's days are numbered.", "But the expert says the new Covid variant means any relaxation of rules will be a \"gradual process\".", "Amnesty International says the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.", "Carol and David Richards had been fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see her mother.", "Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.", "But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.", "Nicola Sturgeon announces the areas where restrictions will be tightened in Scotland from Saturday.", "One in three trusts in England was running above safe levels of bed occupancy by the end of 2020.", "Tui, the UK's largest tour operator, says 50% of bookings on their website are currently by over-50s.", "The famous Lauberhorn ski event is cancelled after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to one tourist.", "Some urgent procedures including cancer surgery are postponed in one health board area due to Covid.", "Six chemists have been chosen initially, with 200 more offering vaccinations in the next fortnight.", "Hundreds of students say it is not right they will have to wait months for rebates during Covid-19.", "Some housed in the military camp say the conditions are so bad it causes them psychological trauma.", "Police and rail bosses condemn a social media post featuring a car parked on a level crossing.", "Armie Hammer dismisses supposedly leaked messages and says he can now not be apart from his children.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Jack Dorsey acknowledges that banning the president undermines the ideals of an open internet.", "Homes worry about being sued if people contract the virus while they are staying there.", "The health minister says it is a \"strong start\" but there is more to do.", "Arrivals from most of South America - and from Portugal - will be stopped from Friday.", "Dozens cancel Covid jabs and poor road conditions have a \"severe impact\" on Yorkshire's ambulances.", "Founder Charlie Mullins says it is a \"no-brainer\" that workers should get immunised.", "Scientists are racing to find out more about variants of the coronavirus that are spreading fast.", "The co-founder for Cyberpunk 2077's developer is explaining what went wrong with the launch.", "Samantha Hicks attributed her baby's kicking to sickness having been in hospital with Covid-19.", "The footballer joins celebrities and campaigners to call for action in a letter to the prime minister.", "The prime minister has suggested there could be restrictions on travel from Brazil to the UK.", "Services in England are being cut from 87% of normal levels to 72%, the Rail Delivery Group says.", "A Met Office yellow weather warning for ice is in place after heavy snow caused road closures and travel disruption.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Post-primary schools get extra time to decide how they will admit pupils after transfer tests are cancelled.", "A Scottish shellfish firm owner says he is on the brink of bankruptcy as EU customers desert his business.", "The 19-year-old mounted pavements and jumped red lights through London and three counties.", "Nintendo's first theme park, modelled on levels of its Mario games, was due to open on 4 February.", "More than 45% of this priority group has now been vaccinated, compared with about 30% in London.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "New Brexit trade rules mean Britain's biggest supermarket faces problems importing some fruit, meat and ready meals.", "James Howells threw away a hard drive containing bitcoin - now worth £210m - by mistake in 2013.", "The last of 14 works identified as looted from Jewish collectors is returned to the owner's heirs.", "It tops up doses already promised as officials worry that Africa is at the back of the vaccine queue.", "England's cancer, critical care, A&E and routine treatments all hit as hospitals accommodate virus patients.", "Boris Johnson pledged to end rough sleeping by 2024, but a watchdog says plans need reviewing post-Covid.", "The government defends its plan to switch to a grant scheme to feed children at half term.", "Our voter panel is divided over the charge of incitement with Trump supporters warning it will deepen divisions.", "A respiratory doctor at the Mater Hospital warns that oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Ministers could bring in possible measures after a new Covid variant was found in South America.", "Ivan Cavaleiro's late header earns Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.", "The couple, who both have coronavirus, were given \"precious\" time together, their daughter says.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "The scientists investigating the origins of the coronavirus have landed in the city of Wuhan.", "The prime minister warns there is a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care being \"overtopped\".", "The home secretary says her focus is on enforcement but doesn't rule out tougher restrictions next week.", "Dom Bess takes 5-30 as a dreadful Sri Lanka batting display leaves England in control after day one of the first Test at Galle.", "A blind social media star could wait years for a new guide dog due to delays linked to the pandemic.", "The government wants bosses to do more to help victims as reports of domestic abuse soar in lockdown.", "Andy Murray is still hopeful of playing in the Australian Open despite not travelling to Melbourne after testing positive for coronavirus.", "On Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded along with 973 new positive cases.", "Ten members of his own party voted against the president over his role in the deadly riots at the US Capitol.", "Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher and partner Roy Horn were an institution in Las Vegas and beyond.", "Mr Leonard says it is in the best interests of the party if he stands down as leader immediately.", "The retailer insists it has no plans to move online, despite warning shop closures could cost it £1bn.", "A total of 1,596 patients are in Scottish hospitals with Covid as pressures on the NHS continue to build.", "The woman, who was Tasered by officers, is taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.", "Sarah Link lived in a caravan on her own drive so she could carry on working and protect her mother.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "The property investment firm is accused of trying to \"jump the queue\".", "It said there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".", "Officers \"will not hesitate\" to take action against those breaking the rules, home secretary says.", "The vaccines were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source says.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says social media giants are \"taking editorial decisions\".", "The Labour leader urges ministers to give councils more money instead to protect family budgets.", "Three people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest, including the woman seen in the video.", "Eleanor Wadsworth flew hundreds of aircraft, including Spitfires and Hurricanes, to the front line in WW2.", "People who cannot work from home should be prioritised for rapid tests in England, the government says.", "Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school on 21 October, 1966.", "But for now, people must stay at home during lockdown and alleviate 'serious' pressure on the NHS.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under \"very serious pressure\" and warns people to stay home.", "Electricity is gradually being restored after a huge outage triggered by a power station fault.", "The riots of 6 January took many by surprise, but to those tracking conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.", "Extra measures are taken to distribute Covid vaccines amid fears the snow could turn to ice.", "Crawley Town produce one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as they stun Premier League side Leeds United.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be \"shackled\".", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "At least six police vans are deployed to Clapham Common where about 30 protesters gathered.", "The farm has been left with over 4,000 surplus eggs after schools suddenly closed to most pupils.", "The government says a draft agreement saying flat owners need its approval first is \"standard\".", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Scott McTominay celebrates captaining Manchester United for the first time with an early winner to see off Watford in the FA Cup third round.", "A 107-year-old woman from County Meath is attempting to attend a virtual Mass in every county.", "Increasing numbers of seriously-ill patients add to the pressure facing Scotland's health service.", "Four deaths are reported as Storm Filomena dumps snow and triggers floods across the country.", "A \"significant step-up\" in rolling out vaccines is promised by the health minister.", "If Parler fails to find a new web hosting service by Sunday, the entire network will go offline.", "The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.", "Almost 50,000 people in Wales have been given a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.", "He hopes to beat his own lockdown bulge with his \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" YouTube classes.", "Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.", "Another 1,035 people have died, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 80,868.", "Patients, many shielding, have been offered appointments miles away from their homes.", "The Labour leader rejects a second independence referendum but calls for other changes to devolution.", "More than 100 cars are turned away from a beauty spot in north Wales, police say.", "Boris Johnson will make a televised address at 20:00 GMT to outline further steps as virus cases rise.", "Lockdown measures will see schools closed until half term, and GCSEs and A-levels unable to go ahead as normal.", "The British coin collection will also mark the 75th anniversary of the death of novelist HG Wells.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "An NHS chief executive says it 'beggars belief' people took pictures of empty corridors.", "Four people were accused of being a \"supporting cast\" for burglars who targeted west London homes.", "Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is \"a good sort of gap\" for independence referendums.", "The PM says the number of vaccine doses will amount to \"tens of millions\" by the end of March.", "Mainland Scotland faces tougher restrictions from midnight, and schools will remain closed until February.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it became the second approved in the UK.", "Dr Radha Modgil shares tips on staying mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Dan Eliasson, head of the civil contingencies agency, flew to the Canary Islands to see his daughter.", "Tributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.", "The first minister warns Scotland could be entering the most dangerous period since the outbreak began.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "The group of more than 200 engineers say Google must live up to its 'Don't be evil' pledge.", "Nóra Quoirin's family say they are disappointed at the ruling and still think she was abducted.", "Boris Johnson warns of \"tough\" weeks ahead, as coronavirus infection rates continue to surge.", "The first minister says restrictions \"similar to March\" will come into force in mainland Scotland from midnight and schools will not re-open in January.", "The border crossings between the UK and the European Union face their first day of significant traffic under new rules.", "Professional sport in England will be allowed to continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "The Labour leader calls for an immediate lockdown in England to get the virus \"back under control\".", "The Department of Health's aim is for all people older than 80 to receive a jab by the end of January.", "Lockdown losses mean renewing the 10-year contract to lease Yang Guang and Tian Tian may be unaffordable.", "Police help dozens of motorists who became stranded after heavy snow fell in the Peak District.", "Parliament will be recalled for Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\" as case numbers rise by 2,464.", "Schools in Wales given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", despite concerns by unions.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds writes to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove over the issue.", "UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "Rutherglen MP Margaret Ferrier is charged by police with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".", "After the PM hints at tighter measures in England, our science editor looks at what they could entail.", "Her Majesty said the now 75-year-old show had \"played a significant part in the evolving of women\".", "Schools will close for most pupils from Tuesday as people are told to stay at home in new lockdown.", "The latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.", "The government said suspected jihadists ambushed the two villages near Niger's border with Mali.", "Boris Johnson says more areas may need tougher rules, as Labour urges England-wide curbs within 24 hours.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The Championship club said \"several first-team staff and players\" had tested positive.", "England all-rounder Moeen Ali tests positive for Covid-19 upon arrival at Hambantota airport in Sri Lanka.", "The Love Island star is alleged to have \"breached quarantine\" regulations on holiday in Barbados.", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "The executive also plans to give its stay at home message legal force, with new travel restrictions.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer's number one hit became a football terrace anthem.", "The bid approach is the latest attempt by a casino operator to tap into the online gambling boom.", "The locally-produced Covaxin jab was approved on Sunday before completion of third stage trials.", "Supermarkets say card payment problems that led to long queues are resolved, but cause still unknown", "Total deaths involving Covid pass 6,000, including 467 in the week ending 15 January.", "A Cardiff head teacher says keeping schools closed affects disadvantaged pupils most severely.", "The money comes from the liquidation of a firm co-founded by the disgraced film producer.", "Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility\" for the UK government's response to the pandemic.", "Trinidadian-born British writer Monique Roffey says she is \"pinching herself\" over her win.", "Another 7,700 registered with coronavirus on the death certificate brings the total to nearly 104,000.", "The 71-year-old Lib Dem peer says she is wearing her \"I've had the jab\" badge with pride.", "The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC.", "The UK is the second market - after the US - to get Facebook's latest news feature.", "The NHS says any invitation which asks for vaccine payment or bank account details is a scam.", "The shadow justice secretary calls for seven-member juries to deal with cases delayed by the pandemic.", "Scientists propose 10 golden rules for restoring forests to maximise benefits for the planet.", "Parents reveal the perils of juggling teaching with work and family life.", "The new measures are likely to apply to British residents arriving in England from high-risk countries.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility for everything that the government has done\".", "Major incidents were declared in north and south Wales as Storm Christoph causes flooding.", "The health secretary says it is \"difficult\" to put a timeline on when England's lockdown will be lifted.", "Ex-cabinet minister wants \"Britain's favourite animal\" to get same protections as bats and badgers.", "Budweiser will not advertise during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years.", "Boris Johnson says he understands parents' frustrations but the infection rate is \"still very high\".", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "Several pupils at the school admitted visiting other households, breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules.", "Demand for the video game and cloud computing services helped push Microsoft sales to a new quarterly record.", "A geologist says tens of thousands of old mine shafts must be monitored to help stop more flooding.", "Lawyers for SMG deny claims it was penny-pinching before the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.", "An interior decor trend is blamed for the removal of the grass, which forms part of a wind defence.", "There will be \"a lot more deaths\" before the effect of vaccines is felt, England's chief medical officer says.", "Crew are asking to be designated 'key workers' so they can go home without risking public health.", "Campaigners claim changes to the way decisions were made led to a \"shocking\" fall in cases going to court.", "Comedians Meera Syal, Romesh Ranganathan and Adil Ray make a video urging people to get the vaccine.", "The Met says it was a \"poor decision\" to hire a barber to give cuts to 31 officers in the workplace.", "Some will be able to return on Tuesday but others are urged to stay away due to safety fears.", "Nadhim Zahawi says supply is tight, but he expects the UK to meet its February target of 15 million doses.", "The Belfast grammar school says it will use \"other academic criteria\" in the absence of transfer tests.", "As the UK records its 100,000th death from Covid within 28 days of a positive test, Catherine Burns speaks to some of the people behind the figures.", "It comes as the foreign secretary says the UK will return to spending 0.7% of GDP on aid \"as soon as possible\",", "Police describe it as the worst unrest in the Netherlands for decades, with more than 180 arrests.", "The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels.", "As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.", "The BBC brought a judicial review over reporting restrictions in a now abandoned legal case against Scotland's child abuse inquiry.", "An extra £50m is being directed towards grassroots sport after a \"significant hit\" to activity levels amid the coronavirus pandemic.", "The pharmaceutical giant said the late signing of contracts limited time to sort out supply glitches.", "Part of the grade II-listed bridge over the River Clwyd was swept away during Storm Christoph.", "Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.", "The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.", "The company acknowledges its \"Birdwatch\" idea could be \"messy\", but says it is worth trying.", "Parents and teachers are frustrated and worried about the impact of school closures on children.", "Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.", "A plan to put the anti-slavery activist on the banknote was delayed under ex-President Donald Trump.", "The third national lockdown and travel ban meant the travel firm \"had to act\", a spokeswoman says.", "The Stormont-commissioned research examined institutions run by churches and other religious groups.", "English-speaking parents whose children go to Welsh-language schools say they struggle to help them.", "Three nights of rioting will not halt night curfews aimed at stopping coronavirus, say Dutch ministers.", "Claudia Marsh had recently qualified as a teacher and also volunteered for two charities.", "We must remember that every one of the lives lost during the pandemic leaves a legacy of sorrow.", "Images circulated on social media show mourners at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.", "The mother of Keon Lincoln, 15, who was shot and stabbed, pleads for information about his death.", "The Welsh Government misses its target of giving 70% of over-80s the vaccine by last weekend.", "Leaders in the House have brought their article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate.", "The border closure is likely to remain even with widespread vaccinations, a top official says.", "Alex Davies-Jones said \"like so many others\" she put off having a test for months.", "The convicted murderer and music producer was described as \"talented but flawed\" in an online story.", "The Welsh Ambulance Service boss warns that difficult weeks lie ahead in Covid-19 fight.", "An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about the 2015 death of a man being restrained by police.", "Lisbet Stone was turned away from her flight to London due to having an outdated Covid test.", "The number of people needing intensive care is expected to continue rising for at least two weeks.", "Passengers must also quarantine for up to 10 days following the closure of all UK travel corridors.", "Spector, who was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson, transformed pop music with his \"wall of sound\".", "At the age of 14, he sent encrypted messages inciting an Australian teenager to murder police officers.", "The owner of a toy retailer says high transport costs may mean larger toys become more expensive.", "Jonny Bairstow and Dan Lawrence help England seal victory over Sri Lanka on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.", "Ex-Marine John Deacy, 81, died with Covid-19 just two weeks after his last shift at the supermarket.", "A group of pensioners seek compensation for what they say was the excessive pricing of landlines.", "Leaders Manchester United are thwarted by the second-half heroics of keeper Alisson in a goalless draw with title rivals Liverpool at Anfield.", "Northern Health Trust chief says system is under \"huge pressure\" with patients waiting for beds.", "Doctors say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.", "The \"fiercely competitive\" but \"kind, thoughtful and caring\" news executive has died aged 73.", "Nóra Quoirin's parents do not accept the findings of an inquest into her death in Malaysia.", "Sir Richard Branson's rocket company succeeds in putting its first satellites in space.", "Jonathan Brooks is charged with the attempted murder of Graeme Perks, who was attacked in his home.", "Police have described the killers of 15-year-old Keelan Wilson as a \"pack of animals\".", "Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid death toll but has seen delay and discord over vaccines.", "A red deer had to be put down after being savaged by a red setter in London's Richmond Park.", "David Urpeth says smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths.\"", "Former climbing champion Lai Chi-Wai raised HK$5.2 million for spinal cord patients.", "Phil Neville leaves his role as manager of England's women and takes over at Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.", "Students call for more support as they continue their studies through another lockdown.", "The Jewish employee had warned co-workers about the danger of Nazis during the Capitol Riots.", "A group of London firms has written to ministers calling for financial support for the rail firm.", "Small armed groups gathered in several US cities but most state capitols were quiet amid high security.", "Annual growth of 2.3% puts China on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020.", "Boris Johnson promises £23m in compensation for exporters which have lost orders due to delays.", "Someone is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds, the health secretary says.", "The Perth-born actor was best known for screen roles including \"Chancer\" in City Lights and \"Pete Galloway\" in River City.", "Students at Aberystwyth are told not to return unless \"absolutely necessary\".", "Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.", "A shortage of computer chips is leading to car factories shutting down for days at a time.", "Drivers from Scotland and Portsmouth caught breaking lockdown rules in north Wales.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "There are very few spare beds for the most seriously ill patients in parts of the country, the NHS says.", "Police found evidence of sub-standard care at the Caerphilly home, an inquest hears.", "Democrats plan to start impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump on Monday, for inciting the invasion of the US Capitol, sources say.", "There's speculation over who was involved in the protests and whether they belong to organised groups.", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "The Welsh Government is in discussions with supermarkets about bringing \"more visible\" regulations.", "While GCSEs and A-levels are cancelled, IGCSEs, often used in independent schools, will continue.", "Terence Glover \"ploughed\" into a group of children in his car as they were leaving school.", "The firm says tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers have prompted the decision.", "The man charged the 92-year-old £160 and came back a week later asking for a further £100.", "Seventeen million doses have been ordered by the UK and are expected to arrive in spring.", "Sweet Melody becomes the band's fifth number one, and their first since Jesy Nelson left.", "But some performances may be pre-recorded if artists can't travel to Rotterdam.", "The deaths of a further 93 people have been recorded - with the number of patients in hospital at record levels.", "When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol they took out their cameras to record the chaos inside.", "He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964.", "Secret recordings revealed \"enough profanity, casual sexism and racism to last a lifetime\".", "Criticism of new Brexit trade rules is growing as firms warn of more bureaucracy, higher costs and delays.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Students say they will refuse to pay for accommodation they cannot use during lockdown.", "It is the third vaccine to be approved for UK use, after the Pfizer and Oxford jabs.", "Ross Kemp and Christopher Biggins do readings at the funeral of the EastEnders and Carry On actress.", "The Competition and Markets Authority will explore whether Google is abusing its market dominance.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Her family said the British model, who died in December aged 50, had been \"unwell for some time\".", "We asked people around the US how they responded to the chaotic scenes from the US Capitol.", "The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts.", "Shark attacks are rare in the country and it is thought to be the first such death since 2013.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "The weekly applause is back - but its founder distances herself from the initiative.", "The lender says it expects \"downward pressure on house prices\" in 2021 following annual rise of 6% last year.", "Business Secretary Alok Sharma becomes full-time president of November's COP26 conference in Glasgow.", "Data leaked to BBC News shows a rise in the number of hours before patients are offloaded.", "Marks & Spencer's clothes sales overall fall nearly a quarter, but pyjamas are back in fashion.", "The UK prime minister also says the US president is \"completely wrong\" over his election fraud claims.", "The men were detained when special forces stormed the Nave Andromeda off the Isle of Wight.", "Travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana and Mauritius will be barred from entry.", "Top Democrats call for the president to be removed as he commits to an \"orderly\" transition of power.", "A London fashion student made the \"social distancing bandeau\" out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover.", "The mayor says in some parts of London 1 in 20 people has Covid-19, as he declares a \"major incident\".", "It comes as all of Wales has snow and ice warnings for the next few days.", "The Korean car company originally said it was in talks with the tech titan before backtracking.", "Two women were fined £200 after driving five miles to walk around Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire.", "Worried childcare staff call on ministers to prove it's safe for them to open in England.", "Boris Johnson says the armed forces will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help vaccinate millions.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 1 and 8 January.", "Satellite data shows that 2020 and 2016 are essentially tied as the hottest years since records began.", "Lorry drivers will need a negative result to cross into France until further notice, the government says.", "A record 68,053 cases are also reported as a third vaccine is approved for use in the UK.", "Details and reaction as First Minister Mark Drakeford confirms an extended closure of schools.", "The Duke of Cambridge says he wants his three children to appreciate sacrifices made during Covid.", "He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was \"untrue\".", "The Wanted member shares some good news with his fans, three months on from his cancer diagnosis.", "Meanwhile almost half of people took advantage of Christmas bubble rules, a national survey suggests.", "Kelvin Hopkins has previously denied claims by a party activist of inappropriate physical contact.", "A series of streamed music events, shows and releases will mark five years since the singer's death.", "With attendance as high as 50% in some areas, heads call for pupil limits in England's lockdown schools.", "Ramsey was loved by fans for her role as Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy film series.", "Lockdown measures will see schools closed until half term, and GCSEs and A-levels unable to go ahead as normal.", "Four boys and a girl are held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after the Reading attack.", "That includes some of the most vulnerable patients who should soon have \"significant\" protection against the virus.", "Four people were accused of being a \"supporting cast\" for burglars who targeted west London homes.", "Mainland Scotland faces tougher restrictions from midnight, and schools will remain closed until February.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it became the second approved in the UK.", "President Trump initially accused China of the hack against US government agencies in December.", "The first cyclone of Australia’s season has been downgraded but continues to cause danger.", "Reversing earlier assurances, officials say tracing data can be used for criminal investigations.", "Boris Johnson tells a briefing that nearly a quarter of people over 80 have received a Covid-19 jab.", "Dr Radha Modgil shares tips on staying mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Enrique Tarrio was detained as he entered the city ahead of a pro-Trump protest this week.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "BBC Two and CBBC will show content for primary and secondary pupils to watch without the internet.", "Sea Shepherd says the collision happened after it came under attack in the Gulf of California.", "Business groups welcomed the new help as a good start but said more aid and a clear plan would be needed.", "Boris Johnson made the decision on restrictions \"in the face of new information\", the chancellor says.", "The first minister says restrictions \"similar to March\" will come into force in mainland Scotland from midnight and schools will not re-open in January.", "Professional sport in England will be allowed to continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "The children's commissioner for England and Labour's leader call on firms to help low-income families.", "The Department of Health's aim is for all people older than 80 to receive a jab by the end of January.", "A growing divide over education, jobs, and ethnicity threaten the fabric of society, says Nobel laureate's study.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds writes to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove over the issue.", "UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.", "You may be happy to let your phone recognise your face - but what about the police?", "Virgin Holidays joins Tui and Thomas Cook in cancelling holidays after latest coronavirus restrictions.", "In a TV address, Labour's leader says millions of doses need to be given each week by the end of January.", "Rutherglen MP Margaret Ferrier is charged by police with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".", "The cancellations, although rare, reflect the pressure some hospitals are under from Covid.", "Roughly one in 50 people in England has got the virus, Prof Chris Whitty says.", "Demand surges as shoppers rush to secure online delivery slots following news of another lockdown.", "In the tightening of restrictions across the UK there is much that's an echo of March - but a lot that's different too.", "It's been a \"Herculean achievement\" for Marieme and Ndeye, who survived against the odds.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "Former Manchester City and England midfielder Colin Bell dies aged 74 after a short illness, the Premier League club announces.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "YouTube says the broadcaster posted banned Covid content, but it has decided to reinstate its channel.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon thinks Celtic have questions to answer on the grounds for their winter trip to Dubai and says the club's social distancing \"should be looked into\".", "The stationery chain which has 127 stores and around 1,500 employees says shop closures hit it hard.", "Doctors leaders' want staff to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care.", "Former Buckingham Palace caterer Adamo Canto attempted to sell some items on eBay, a court hears.", "Vocational exams such as BTECs are not being cancelled by the lockdown like GCSEs and A-levels.", "A hearing will decide whether Khairi Saadallah was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.", "The Love Island star is alleged to have \"breached quarantine\" regulations on holiday in Barbados.", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "The executive also plans to give its stay at home message legal force, with new travel restrictions.", "The famous building on London's Oxford Street has been put on the market by administrators.", "Strict new Covid-19 restrictions come into force in Scotland, prohibiting people from leaving their homes.", "A fresh move to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence is under way.", "The personal trainer says he wants to \"give children structure\" during lockdown.", "Regulators say the plane is safe to resume service after two fatal crashes led to its grounding.", "Insurers reject claims that by covering ransomware bills they are funding organised crime.", "But loss of taste and smell may be less likely to affect those with the new strain, a study suggests.", "Travellers share their experiences of isolating in hotels, as the UK announces a similar scheme.", "Boris Johnson says he takes \"full responsibility\" for the UK government's response to the pandemic.", "Nicola Sturgeon says she is \"not ecstatic\" about reports the PM will visit Scotland on Thursday.", "The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC.", "The 71-year-old Lib Dem peer says she is wearing her \"I've had the jab\" badge with pride.", "Philippa Day was found collapsed beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home assessment.", "The 83-year-old Hollywood royalty is also known as an active climate change campaigner.", "The shadow justice secretary calls for seven-member juries to deal with cases delayed by the pandemic.", "Karen Hobbs' sister says she is in shock, and urges people to follow lockdown rules.", "Boris Johnson says most people in Scotland are focused on defeating Covid rather than another referendum.", "Images of Jonathan Mok's swollen eye were posted on Facebook and shared thousands of times.", "Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The financial regulator will consult \"shortly\" on a rise from the current limit of £45.", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Footage shows a banned driver in a stolen car drive into a police officer on his motorbike.", "The PM sets the date he hopes England's lockdown will begin to ease, but warns of a \"perilous situation\".", "Boris Johnson also says he shares the \"frustration\" of parents who want to get children back to school.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid. This is the story of one of them.", "Demand for the video game and cloud computing services helped push Microsoft sales to a new quarterly record.", "Families loaded up on the latest technology and sales increased in China.", "The maps depict the famous sea battle in which the English fleet was victorious in 1588.", "There will be \"a lot more deaths\" before the effect of vaccines is felt, England's chief medical officer says.", "The lack of certainty about schools returning is fraying the exhausted nerves of parents.", "The Army sends a bomb disposal unit to a site where the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is produced.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid. This is the story of one of them.", "The Met says it was a \"poor decision\" to hire a barber to give cuts to 31 officers in the workplace.", "The Oscar-nominated actor and his choreographer wife describe as \"difficult\" their decision to split.", "It is the first time the world-famous event will take place in the autumn.", "Nadhim Zahawi says supply is tight, but he expects the UK to meet its February target of 15 million doses.", "A \"legacy of poor decisions\" in 2020 and before the pandemic led to 100,000 deaths, scientists say.", "Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an \"alarming\" rate.", "As the UK records its 100,000th death from Covid within 28 days of a positive test, Catherine Burns speaks to some of the people behind the figures.", "Bailiffs move in to remove people who dug a 100ft tunnel to block the high-speed rail line.", "Nicola Sturgeon says she is concerned the UK's travel restrictions will not go far enough.", "The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels.", "Leon Briggs was \"like a child crying out for a toy\" as he was held down by officers, a jury hears.", "As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.", "Nurse Eva Gicain says when she held Elleana for the first time she \"didn't want to let go\".", "The pharmaceutical giant said the late signing of contracts limited time to sort out supply glitches.", "Has the PM effectively admitted we're heading for a full year of limits on our lives?", "Lockdown led to a surge in reports of fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms, regulator says.", "Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in an Indian jail without conviction for more than three years.", "Labour calls for key workers to be added to the first phase of the vaccination programme.", "Residents hit upon the idea after the annual street parade was cancelled because of the pandemic.", "Boris Johnson faced questions from MPs why the UK's coronavirus death toll is the highest in Europe.", "Claudia Marsh had recently qualified as a teacher and also volunteered for two charities.", "The social media platform removed posts after wrongly identifying the place name as offensive.", "We must remember that every one of the lives lost during the pandemic leaves a legacy of sorrow.", "Details from a briefing by the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser for health.", "David Solomon is being punished for the bank's involvement in the fraudulent Malaysian investment fund.", "Josh Quigley, from Livingston, suffered multiple fractures after coming off his bike at 40mph while training in Dubai.", "The “phased” lifting of restrictions will depend on data on hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations.", "The government faces legal action over its decision to allow the use of a pesticide that harms bees.", "UK residents can apply for the new card to access emergency medical care when their EHIC card runs out.", "Khairi Saadallah murdered three friends in a Reading park in a \"ruthless and brutal” terror attack.", "Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer, the Championship club has announced", "County Mayo man howls with laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son.", "Derbyshire Police apologises to two women fined £200 for driving five miles for a countryside walk.", "New Covid curbs are necessary but they will hit the economy, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns.", "Thousands of National Guard troops are being deployed to bolster security in Washington DC.", "Dutch TV films officials confiscating ham sandwiches from UK drivers under new food import rules.", "Unison chooses Christina McAnea to replace Dave Prentis, who has been in the job for 20 years.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose.", "James Brokenshire will take leave from his Home Office job during further surgery for lung cancer.", "Medical director warns Wrexham Maelor is under huge pressure as numbers of seriously ill patients rise.", "It said there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".", "The new Welsh Government vaccine plan says all eligible adults will be offered a jab by the autumn.", "M&S is buying the brand out of administration, but not Jaeger's scores of shops and concessions.", "University of Surrey tests for BBC News found no evidence of any effect.", "The decision follows a rise in cases across the emirates in the past week, officials say.", "A document advises doctors that the minimum level of oxygen required in the blood is being reduced.", "Scotland's first minister says she has doubts about whether Celtic's trip to Dubai was \"really essential\".", "\"Numbers are increasing not decreasing\" - inside an emergency body storage facility in Surrey.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "Three people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest, including the woman seen in the video.", "A number of Scottish schools, pupils and parents report Microsoft Teams running slowly or not at all.", "People who cannot work from home should be prioritised for rapid tests in England, the government says.", "Luke Evans portrays the policeman who brought John Cooper to justice for two double murders.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under \"very serious pressure\" and warns people to stay home.", "Extra measures are taken to distribute Covid vaccines amid fears the snow could turn to ice.", "Crawley Town produce one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as they stun Premier League side Leeds United.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Manchester United will host Premier League champions Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.", "Seven mass vaccination centres have opened across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine.", "A study finds that the financial burden on poorer families has increased during the pandemic.", "The much-loved TV series is back with a new name but only three of the original four leads will star.", "The government says a draft agreement saying flat owners need its approval first is \"standard\".", "An industry group wants more state help for people like Jon Wilding, whose business is hit by the pandemic.", "Kitchen robots, new TVs, smart masks and a toilet that analyses your poo are among the new products.", "Doctors at the hospital say they're treating more younger patients than in the first wave.", "Boris Johnson was spotted at the Olympic Park on Sunday, despite government advice to \"stay local\".", "Nicola Sturgeon acknowledges technical problems on the first day the vast majority of pupils in Scotland begin the new term at home.", "About 560,000 people will have been vaccinated by the beginning of next month, the health secretary says.", "He wants businesses to do more to protect the planet as he marks 50 years of environmental campaigning.", "It comes after a Celtic player tested positive less than 48 hours after the squad returned from a training trip there.", "People refusing to wear face coverings who are not medically exempt will not be allowed to shop inside.", "Increasing numbers of seriously-ill patients add to the pressure facing Scotland's health service.", "Celtic's only regret about their Dubai trip was Chris Jullien contracting Covid-19, said coach Gavin Strachan, after the draw with Hibernian.", "Details and reaction to Health Minister Vaughan Gething's vaccination rollout plan.", "Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says too many abusers' sentences are not tough enough.", "Lisa Montgomery's lawyers argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy, but her victim's community said otherwise.", "A \"significant step-up\" in rolling out vaccines is promised by the health minister.", "The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.", "The social network has hit back asking a federal judge to order it to be reinstated.", "Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.", "The content will not count in a mobile data allowance to help keep costs of online learning down.", "Patients, many shielding, have been offered appointments miles away from their homes.", "The health secretary says UK vaccine rollout is on track but urges everyone to play their part by following Covid rules.", "The warning from England's chief medical officer comes as seven mass vaccination centres open.", "Joe Biden's presidential Twitter account launches with no followers transferred from President Trump.", "Some areas could see freezing temperatures and 5-10cm of snow on Saturday, the Met Office says.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over Covid claims, press regulator Ipso rules.", "Police and rail bosses condemn a social media post featuring a car parked on a level crossing.", "A negative test had been due to be required from Friday, but ministers said people needed time to prepare.", "Post-primary schools get extra time to decide how they will admit pupils after transfer tests are cancelled.", "Plastic surgeons express shock at the stabbing of \"highly respected\" Graeme Perks in his home.", "Red tape plus a \"poor\" Brexit deal mean fishermen fear for the future, says an industry body.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 January.", "In one health board, 30% of four and five-year-olds are overweight or obese.", "The couple, who both have coronavirus, were given \"precious\" time together, their daughter says.", "Even experienced exporters are struggling with the system, says the British Meat Processor Association.", "Details and reaction as First Minister Mark Drakeford promises more protection to shop workers.", "It comes after reports that protections including the 48-hour work week could be dropped.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the action is needed to protect against the risk of new Covid strains.", "He helped kick-start punk and new wave, and was an influence on the Sex Pistols and Guns N' Roses.", "Move follows concern over a new Covid variant which an expert says has already been found in the UK.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "The show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president.", "Craig Ross was quoted as saying food bank users were \"far from starving\" and more at risk of diabetes.", "The Home Office says it is working to \"assess the impact\" of the issue, which has been resolved.", "Homes worry about being sued if people contract the virus while they are staying there.", "Richard Sharp says the BBC represents good value, but how it is funded \"may be worth reassessing\".", "Scientists warn UK deaths will continue to rise as the global death toll passes two million.", "Coronavirus restrictions in England affected services, with pubs and hairdressers badly hit.", "Antonio says he felt he was discriminated against because of his skin colour when he was sectioned.", "Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.", "The NHS fears some communities are being targeted with misinformation, a leading doctor says.", "Replacement exam grades are likely to arrive earlier and be decided by teachers and a test.", "Donations of plasma from people who have recovered from the virus have been suspended.", "A variant that is thought to be more infectious has not been found in the UK, scientist says.", "A letter from police chiefs also says 213,000 records were lost - more than first thought.", "Pharmacist Llyr Hughes said 50 patients would be given the Covid vaccine at his pharmacy on Friday.", "The R number in the UK is officially estimated at 1.2-1.3 as a further 1,280 deaths are reported.", "Hospitals with large critical care capacity are taking patients from other areas to ease pressures.", "The Saved by the Bell actor became ill last week and was taken to hospital.", "Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.", "On Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were recorded along with 973 new positive cases.", "The earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday, injuring hundreds and destroying a hospital.", "US police held back a mob for hours in a \"barbaric\" battle at the Capitol. Here are their stories.", "A respiratory doctor at the Mater Hospital warns that oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".", "Wayne Rooney is named as Derby County's new manager, with the ex-England captain also announcing his retirement from playing.", "David Chambers is accused of charging the woman £160 for a bogus jab.", "The footballer joins celebrities and campaigners to call for action in a letter to the prime minister.", "Mr Leonard says it is in the best interests of the party if he stands down as leader immediately.", "The government says the funding will connect \"left-behind\" communities.", "Tens of thousands of people join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning.", "It is claimed they were seen drinking on Welsh Parliament premises when a ban on its sale in pubs was in force.", "Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "It brings the total number of deaths to 97,329.", "Keon Lincoln was attacked by a group of youths in the Handsworth area of Birmingham.", "Police uncover a string of late-night \"incredibly selfish\" parties in Kensington and Chelsea.", "Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.", "Photographs of National Guard members sheltering underground spark anger among lawmakers.", "Some elderly people have been told to travel miles to get the jab or face having to wait to get it.", "A shortage of shipping containers, rising costs, and congestion at ports are holding back imports from China.", "Presented as a safe pair of hands, he struggled to make himself heard during tumultuous times.", "Some will enable women to have overnight visits with their children, the Ministry of Justice says.", "Underground investigations are due to begin on Saturday after flooding linked to old mine shaft.", "Booking a jab by following a link in an email meant \"depriving someone else\" of a vaccine, he said.", "Vitinha's superb goal sees Wolves into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of non-league Chorley.", "As the UK rejects £500 Covid pay outs, how are others countries getting people to stick to the rules?", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Injections are to be delivered at Black Country Living Museum where the series has in part been filmed.", "The vaccination centres temporarily closed in south Wales as a weather warning was extended.", "The popular US broadcaster conducted about 50,000 interviews, from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sri Lanka's health minister, tested positive for Covid on Friday.", "Anybody struggling to get to an appointment will be able to rearrange, a health board says.", "Boris Johnson said he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and US.", "NHS staff rally to arrange a wedding for a couple as the groom's condition deteriorates in hospital.", "Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.", "In the city where the virus first emerged there is now an insistence that it came from elsewhere.", "The chief rabbi has described the event as a \"shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".", "Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is \"difficult to justify\", says BMA.", "Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.", "Manchester City score three times in the last 10 minutes to defeat League Two side Cheltenham and avoid one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history.", "Thirty-nine Vietnamese migrants suffocated in a sealed container en route to Essex in October 2019.", "Police hold aides to Putin critic Alexei Navalny as opposition activists start a string of rallies.", "Under coronavirus restrictions a maximum of 30 people are meant to attend a funeral.", "Boris Johnson has not ruled out further action to secure the borders amid concerns over Covid variants.", "Worship has been suspended as burials average 15-a-day, yet still there is denial about the disease.", "AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.", "The UK's chief medical adviser warns that \"a very small change and it could start taking off again\".", "An intensive care doctor says medics are seeing \"unprecedented\" numbers of people dying.", "They were hit while licking freshly laid salt on a road which is a black spot for animal accidents.", "And another 964 people died within 28 days of a positive test, only slightly down on Wednesday's figure.", "Objects are thrown and officers threatened as they break up the New Year's Eve party in Essex.", "As the UK prepares to sever EU ties, Stanley Johnson says he has always regarded himself as French.", "Campaigners say cutting of the 5% VAT rate on tampons and sanitary towels ends a 'sexist' tax.", "Japan's prime minister says the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases.", "Doctors urge public to \"take it seriously\" and follow coronavirus restrictions amid rising cases.", "The British dance band make some of their biggest hits available for the first time.", "The new year celebrations featured a tribute to the NHS and a message from David Attenborough.", "Bishop, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said boarding the Tardis was \"a dream come true\".", "Joe Anderson says Labour should pick another candidate while he seeks to clear his name.", "Former Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty dies at the age of 92 following a long illness.", "The first minister warns Scotland could be entering the most dangerous period since the outbreak began.", "Manchester United move level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty seals victory over Aston Villa.", "NHS England says the facility is available to help the capital's hospitals as Covid-19 cases rise.", "The designer of the scene says it is not the first time it has been targeted.", "Several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle despite warnings to stay away.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson drops plan to keep primaries open in 10 boroughs in the city.", "Footage is released of the first police-involved death in the US city since George Floyd's in May.", "Staff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", NHS Providers warn.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Primary schools in only 10 of London's boroughs are due to reopen next week.", "One of hip-hop's most influential MCs, masked rapper MF Doom died in October, his family confirm.", "It comes as most people heeded warnings to stay home - but police issued fines to those who didn't.", "With a Brexit deal done, we look at the challenges to come at British borders.", "The UK’s new single market is not as big as the country, it now needs to encompass the whole world.", "Some lorries heading for Ireland have already been turned away from Welsh ports over wrong paperwork.", "Health Minister Vaughan Gething urges \"patience\" as the vaccine programme steps up in Wales.", "Nine people are still missing, two days after a hillside collapsed due to flowing clay mud.", "The finance minister had visited the Caribbean while his province is under strict Covid lockdown.", "The UK will now leave a 12-week gap between both parts of the Covid vaccination, rather than 21 days.", "The trade border means most commercial goods entering NI from GB now require a customs declaration.", "Boris Johnson celebrates the \"freedom in our hands\" as the long Brexit process comes to a conclusion.", "Firework displays and some religious rituals go ahead, although Covid mutes celebrations.", "The station will reflect on the world's longest-running serial drama across its output on Friday.", "The deal - yet to become a treaty - enables Spanish workers to continue entering Gibraltar freely.", "Omar Elabdellaoui, who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray, suffers burns and is taken to hospital.", "A new campaign is launched to urge people not to become complacent about the Covid restrictions.", "A total of 1,596 patients are in Scottish hospitals with Covid as pressures on the NHS continue to build.", "Kim Jong-un calls the US his \"biggest enemy\" and says plans for a nuclear submarine are nearly complete.", "Two women were fined £200 after driving five miles to walk around Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire.", "A self-employed father-of-three calls on UK government to be \"more flexible\" with its Covid support.", "Breakdown of what happened when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol amid a key Senate vote.", "Vincent Kane does not know when his operation will happen, having been delayed due to the pandemic.", "The property investment firm is accused of trying to \"jump the queue\".", "As Covid patients waited at Royal Glamorgan Hospital the nurse had a fear of \"wanting to leave\".", "Advertising campaign warning people not to get complacent comes as 1,325 deaths are recorded in the UK.", "Criticism of new Brexit trade rules is growing as firms warn of more bureaucracy, higher costs and delays.", "The vaccines were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source says.", "The Welsh Government is in discussions with supermarkets about bringing \"more visible\" regulations.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "A record 68,053 cases are also reported as a third vaccine is approved for use in the UK.", "Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school on 21 October, 1966.", "The gym owners were given a £1,000 fine after three people were found inside on Friday.", "The friends said they were relieved people would not have to fear being fined for taking a walk.", "Terence Glover \"ploughed\" into a group of children in his car as they were leaving school.", "A timeline of international air crashes from 1998 to the present.", "West Ham manager David Moyes says footballers must not be \"picked on\" for breaching coronavirus guidelines.", "Councillor Kevin Hughes missed his mother's funeral after testing positive for coronavirus.", "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be \"shackled\".", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "Apple will also remove the social network from its App Store if it does not change its policies.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "At least six police vans are deployed to Clapham Common where about 30 protesters gathered.", "Ross Kemp and Christopher Biggins do readings at the funeral of the EastEnders and Carry On actress.", "The farm has been left with over 4,000 surplus eggs after schools suddenly closed to most pupils.", "The Duke of Cambridge says he wants his three children to appreciate sacrifices made during Covid.", "He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was \"untrue\".", "Thousands more people have taken up fishing during the pandemic, figures show.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says \"work is ongoing\" to improve trade from GB to NI.", "Meanwhile almost half of people took advantage of Christmas bubble rules, a national survey suggests.", "How Trump's favourite social media site banned him - permanently.", "A London fashion student made the \"social distancing bandeau\" out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover.", "Kelvin Hopkins has previously denied claims by a party activist of inappropriate physical contact.", "He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964.", "Eva Williams was unable to travel to the United States for treatment due to coronavirus.", "Four deaths are reported as Storm Filomena dumps snow and triggers floods across the country.", "He hopes to beat his own lockdown bulge with his \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" YouTube classes.", "The new more infectious variant requires tougher measures to control the spread of Covid, say scientists.", "Another 1,035 people have died, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 80,868.", "The mayor says in some parts of London 1 in 20 people has Covid-19, as he declares a \"major incident\".", "More than 100 cars are turned away from a beauty spot in north Wales, police say.", "The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test during the pandemic is now above 90,000.", "The convicted murderer and music producer was described as \"talented but flawed\" in an online story.", "Police in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire say they are expecting flooding in their regions.", "An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about the 2015 death of a man being restrained by police.", "Tory rebels hope to get another chance to outlaw trade deals with countries involved in mass killings.", "Lisbet Stone was turned away from her flight to London due to having an outdated Covid test.", "US tariffs on Scotch whisky and cashmere remain in place as UK fails to reach deal with Washington.", "Marion Dawson from Renfrewshire is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.", "Europe is gradually easing lockdown measures ahead of the tourist season.", "People accused of crimes in England and Wales - and alleged victims - wait years for a resolution.", "One person is killed and at least 10 are injured after vehicles collide on the Tohoku Expressway.", "Top medical adviser suggests schools in England may reopen region by region after lockdown.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father.", "But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.", "Out of 23,000 professors in UK universities only 155 are black, official figures reveal.", "Court cases face serious delays in the UK and lawyers say more investment in technology would help.", "The government is being scrutinised over trade deals with countries with poor human rights records.", "People who say Boris Johnson does not want Joe Biden as president are \"mistaken\", says Lord Sedwill.", "Police found evidence of sub-standard care at the Caerphilly home, an inquest hears.", "Matt Hancock says he will stay at home and urged others to do the same if \"pinged\" by the app.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The UK's push to secure a deal over fossil fuels is being undercut by a decision to allow a new coal mine, MPs warn.", "The number of people needing intensive care is expected to continue rising for at least two weeks.", "Ex-Marine John Deacy, 81, died with Covid-19 just two weeks after his last shift at the supermarket.", "Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.", "Labour accuses Kwasi Kwarteng of \"unpicking\" workers' rights, as minister confirms he will review rules.", "The unnamed man lived in Verbier, where the incident happened, police said.", "Boris Johnson promises £23m in compensation for exporters which have lost orders due to delays.", "Many parents struggle to meet their children's needs during the pandemic, say researchers.", "Alex Davies-Jones said \"like so many others\" she put off having a test for months.", "Paul Reid was the first person to reach Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, after the bomb was detonated.", "Nicola Sturgeon says although there is \"cautious grounds for optimism\" on case numbers, the strictest rules will remain in place.", "Live updates from Trump's last hours in office before Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as president on Wednesday.", "The artwork has been returned to an Italian museum - whose staff were unaware it was missing.", "A survey by consumer group Which? raises concerns over coronavirus leading to more cashless stores.", "Creator of the BBC crime drama says he \"always wanted to end Peaky with a movie\".", "University of Edinburgh scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by MND.", "Tory MPs want Parliament to debate ending trade deals with countries deemed responsible for genocide.", "Orthodox Christians, Putin among them, take an icy dip to commemorate a special day.", "The BBC speaks to Nirmal Purja, from the team of the first climbers to reach the K2 summit in winter.", "The UK has not always \"lived up to its values\" under Boris Johnson, his predecessor Theresa May says.", "Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.", "Pressure grows on PM after non-binding motion on universal credit top-up is passed by 278 votes.", "Are court backlogs creating miscarriages of justice? Helen Grady investigates.", "The Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten Scottish retail staff.", "India pull off an astonishing run-chase to inflict Australia's first defeat at the Gabba since 1988 and take one of the all-time great series.", "The first minister says her statement to MSPs will concern the duration of Scotland's restrictions.", "Some 10% of the UK population is showing signs of recent infection, a doubling since October, says ONS.", "David Urpeth says smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths.\"", "A further 1,610 people die with Covid in the UK as Scotland extends its lockdown to mid-February.", "Campaigners are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on Thursday.", "All practices will have their own rollout plan but they have to meet official targets, says GP committee.", "Staff say there was a Covid outbreak after the \"party\" in a shut patisserie at Marylebone station.", "Hackers are selling Depop app account details on the dark web for as little as 77p each online.", "The bank has named the branches that will close between April and September, but aims to avoid redundancies.", "Large parts of northern and central England are expected to face sustained heavy rain from Tuesday.", "The PM leads UK politicians from all parties condemning the riot at the US Capitol building.", "One hospital boss said a two-week \"lag\" meant things could get worse before they get better.", "He wrote 30 novels about relationships and adventures involving young African American characters.", "That includes some of the most vulnerable patients who should soon have \"significant\" protection against the virus.", "He will lead negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee.", "New 2020 car registrations sink to a 30-year low and see biggest one-year drop since the Second World War", "The bakery chain says it does not expect profits to return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.", "President Trump initially accused China of the hack against US government agencies in December.", "Joe Biden says it is \"totally unacceptable\" police showed more leniency in the Capitol riot than at anti-racism protests.", "All eyes are on the Senate runoff in Georgia, a key race that could help define Biden's presidency.", "Latest figures show more than 90,000 people in Scotland had received a first vaccination by late December.", "But there are fears bottlenecks in the system may hamper how fast NHS can deliver vaccines.", "The 19-year-old suffered life-changing injuries during the \"vicious\" assault in north London.", "Founder Annemarie Plas says the initiative will return on Thursday under the new name of Clap for Heroes.", "The US star says she had \"no idea\" what questions were included in a game bearing her image.", "Gavin Williamson will \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\" in awarding this year's results.", "The hip-hop star and producer says he is \"doing great\" and \"getting excellent care\".", "A hearing is deciding whether Khairi Saadallah was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.", "The sites, including football stadiums and racecourses, will begin operations next week.", "Staff at one of London's busiest hospitals say it's not going to take much for services to soon break.", "BBC Two and CBBC will show content for primary and secondary pupils to watch without the internet.", "The police officer who the FBI said fired the fatal shot is dismissed for breaching policy.", "The government closed schools to help reduce the virus spread but says nurseries should stay open.", "Investment company Hipgnosis buys a half share of 1,180 songs by the Canadian folk rocker.", "The latest executive order by the US president will only take effect after he has left office.", "Cases have fallen below England's but the new variant is spreading fast, the health minister says.", "As Trump supporters entered the US Capitol building, politicians halted debate inside.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.", "The US Capitol has gone into lockdown amid violent clashes between police and Trump supporters, who broke security lines and are inside the building.", "The investigators were turned back, with Beijing saying \"there might be some misunderstanding\".", "President Trump and others have made unsubstantiated claims of fraud in two Senate election run-offs.", "US lawmakers and staff are seen wearing protective gas masks as police draw guns on protesters.", "In a TV address, Labour's leader says millions of doses need to be given each week by the end of January.", "One scam tells recipients they are \"eligible to apply for your vaccine\" with a link to a bogus NHS website.", "At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week.", "Gordon Ramsay remembers late chef Albert Roux as \"the man who installed gastronomy in Britain\".", "The streaming giant is criticised for \"unfortunate\" timing during the new lockdowns.", "Roughly one in 50 people in England has got the virus, Prof Chris Whitty says.", "Details and reaction to a briefing by Wales' chief medical officer and the head of NHS Wales.", "Stores seek to reassure shoppers that there is no need to bulk-buy in new lockdown.", "It's been a \"Herculean achievement\" for Marieme and Ndeye, who survived against the odds.", "A top Chinese scientist addresses claims the coronavirus leaked from her lab in the city of Wuhan.", "The overnight temperature plunged below -12C in the north west Highlands.", "Former Manchester City and England midfielder Colin Bell dies aged 74 after a short illness, the Premier League club announces.", "The Trump administration pushes ahead with first oil lease sales in an Arctic wildlife refuge.", "A driver, who caused a Fife crash that led to his passenger losing her baby, admits causing death by dangerous driving.", "The news comes following confusion after her death was prematurely announced on Monday.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Judge rules he has an incentive to abscond if allowed to leave jail before major appeal hearing.", "Drive-through and delivery services will still be available while it reviews its safety procedures.", "Head teachers warn replacement grades for GCSEs and A-levels must not repeat last year's \"disaster\".", "Leaders from around the world call for peace and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington.", "YouTube says the broadcaster posted banned Covid content, but it has decided to reinstate its channel.", "Poet Helen Mort is calling for a change in the law after images of her were edited with porn.", "Vocational exams such as BTECs are not being cancelled by the lockdown like GCSEs and A-levels.", "The government says it is considering the move to prevent the virus spreading \"across the UK border\".", "Stay-at-home orders are issued in England and Scotland, as UK classrooms face further disruption.", "There are concerns the new variant may spread too easily to be controlled by lockdown.", "The House of Commons approves the government's decision to impose tough restrictions across the country.", "FTSE 100 chiefs will by Wednesday have earned more this year than the average worker's annual wage.", "The BMA in Scotland says it is concerned about the potential impact of delaying the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.", "There will be a \"gradual unwrapping\" of England's lockdown, Boris Johnson tells MPs ahead of a vote later.", "Police say organisers padlocked the door from the inside to stop officers getting in.", "Tributes are paid to Robert Rowland following the accident near his home in the Bahamas.", "The first minister denies claims she knew about harassment allegations earlier than she told parliament.", "The online retailer wants to buy the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.", "It's been 10 years since New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster, and families of victims still feel raw.", "Philip Gannaway served in Wales in World War One and his grave lies thousands of miles from home.", "Tens of thousands of people join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.", "Despite the furlough scheme, employers decided to cut a record number of jobs during 2020.", "The fast fashion retailer is not purchasing the stores or taking on its staff, the BBC understands.", "Ministers are due to meet on Monday to consider whether to tighten the UK's border restrictions further.", "Firms say they have been advised by officials to set up EU hubs, but the government says it is not policy.", "One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is \"not particularly strong\".", "Pressures on intensive care units are seeing one in 10 patients transferred to a different site.", "Footage shows a police car apparently driving through a group at a street race in Washington state.", "Israel has vaccinated more than a quarter of its population and now high school students are eligible.", "The claim comes after a coroner ruled two deaths on the M1 motorway were avoidable.", "As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.", "Ministers are urged to intervene amid rising Covid infection numbers at the Swansea office.", "Booking a jab by following a link in an email meant \"depriving someone else\" of a vaccine, he said.", "Some of those leading the nation's vaccination effort have told of their experiences.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "The vaccination centres temporarily closed in south Wales as a weather warning was extended.", "A Sunday Times poll shows 51% of people in favour of holding a border poll in NI within five years.", "The popular US broadcaster conducted about 50,000 interviews, from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga.", "Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sri Lanka's health minister, tested positive for Covid on Friday.", "Boris Johnson said he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and US.", "Keon Lincoln was attacked by a group of youths in the Handsworth area of Birmingham.", "He replaces Paul Davies who quit after drinking alcohol with other politicians in the Senedd.", "Conor McGregor is left stunned on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier wins their rematch at UFC 257 by technical knockout.", "The UK health secretary also says the UK has identified 77 cases of the Covid South Africa variant.", "Bruno Fernandes comes off the bench to fire Manchester United past fierce rivals Liverpool in a pulsating FA Cup fourth-round tie.", "Tens of thousands braved a police crackdown to show support for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.", "Vaccination appointments for over-70s in Scotland will arrive on Monday as planned - but in white envelopes.", "Manchester City score three times in the last 10 minutes to defeat League Two side Cheltenham and avoid one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history.", "Some guests were found hiding in cupboards when police raided student flats in Birmingham.", "Motorists are urged to take care with sub-zero temperatures forecast into Monday.", "England's deputy chief medical officer urges those who have had the jab to stick to lockdown rules.", "TV footage from China shows the first miner being brought to the surface, as emergency workers applaud.", "The extraordinary life of an American who invited hundreds of thousands to his Paris home for dinner.", "UK residents can apply for the new card to access emergency medical care when their EHIC card runs out.", "County Mayo man howls with laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son.", "New Covid curbs are necessary but they will hit the economy, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says 2.3 million people in the UK have now had a Covid-19 vaccine dose.", "The Countryfile star will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the BBC Radio 4 programme.", "A 20-year-old man who spent a week in intensive care says many young people are in denial about Covid.", "Home Secretary Priti Patel says the \"horrifying\" death toll underlines the need to follow restrictions.", "Seven mass vaccination centres have opened across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine.", "Kitchen robots, new TVs, smart masks and a toilet that analyses your poo are among the new products.", "Customers will only be able to collect from Waitrose stores following a \"change in tone\" from the government.", "The father of a Reading terror attack victim asks why the killer was not considered a danger.", "Deliveries may be delayed in 28 areas due to \"resourcing issues\", the postal group says.", "Khairi Saadallah murdered three friends in a Reading park in a \"ruthless and brutal” terror attack.", "Anna Wintour hit back at claims that the informal picture downplayed Ms Harris's achievements.", "Investors have agreed a deal to save the chain, along with Ponden Home and Bonmarché.", "Officials say 170 individuals involved in deadly Capitol riots have been identified, and many more will be.", "Scotland's first minister says the current restrictions are \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.", "The celebrated 94-year-old broadcaster is the latest celebrity to have a first dose of the vaccine.", "The decision follows a rise in cases across the emirates in the past week, officials say.", "The Earl of Strathmore attacked a woman in her room during an event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "A supermarket worker says door staff are facing abuse when they challenge those not wearing masks.", "The facility at the ExCeL Centre also has the capital's first mass vaccination centre on site.", "Overall, patients are now more likely to survive, but death rates are high in intensive care.", "Earlier this month videos showing supposed empty hospitals were shared on social media.", "A leaked memo warns several Birmingham hospitals risk being \"overwhelmed\" by coronavirus patients.", "Boris Johnson was spotted at the Olympic Park on Sunday, despite government advice to \"stay local\".", "A slump in demand for fashion and homeware during lockdown left many retailers struggling.", "Last year saw 697,000 deaths registered in the UK - 14% above what would be expected.", "Eugene Goodman was hailed for luring a mob away from the Senate - now new heroics have emerged.", "Tweeters query why it has not been given to a prominent Kenyan like actress Lupita Nyong'o.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "People are still holding house parties, raves and gambling gatherings, the UK's most senior police officer says.", "Dutch TV films officials confiscating ham sandwiches from UK drivers under new food import rules.", "The increasing number of staff off work could prevent the NHS Louisa Jordan opening to Covid patients.", "The Northern Lights were visible overnight from Shetland, Moray and the Highlands.", "The manager of a care home says they were promised the jab on New Year's Eve - but none have arrived.", "Downing Street defends the PM, while the Met Police chief says he did not act \"against the law\".", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa, ignoring social distancing.", "We share the stories of some of the 12,000 people who have died with coronavirus in Scotland.", "There has been speculation over moves to make lockdown stricter, as infection rates remain high.", "Isabella Curry said she now feels safe and will be able to go out and meet friends soon.", "An RAF aircraft breaking the sound barrier causes a loud bang in skies across the East of England.", "Three vaccines have been approved in the UK - what are the differences between them?", "Derbyshire Police apologises to two women fined £200 for driving five miles for a countryside walk.", "Cwm Taf Morgannwg saw the highest number of weekly deaths and the highest number since April.", "More than a third of people using screens more in lockdown reported eyesight changes, a study suggests.", "The home secretary says she will back police to enforce virus rules, as another 1,243 die in the UK.", "New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick turns down Donald Trump's offer, citing the Capitol riots.", "Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested at home on Friday but released without charge on Saturday.", "As countries look to quickly vaccinate people, BBC reporters explain what's happening across Europe.", "Donald Trump made the decision days before Joe Biden, who wants friendlier US-Cuban ties, takes office.", "The laptops and tablets will be delivered to schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils.", "It follows similar moves by Morrisons and Sainsbury's, but those with medical reasons will be exempt.", "Doctors at the hospital say they're treating more younger patients than in the first wave.", "People refusing to wear face coverings who are not medically exempt will not be allowed to shop inside.", "The social network has hit back asking a federal judge to order it to be reinstated.", "Ministers are reluctant to make the rules even tougher at the moment - but would never rule it out.", "A Typhoon aircraft \"safely escorts\" a civilian aircraft to Stansted Airport, an RAF spokesman says.", "Leicester City edge a keenly contested Premier League encounter with Southampton to maintain their push for a top-four place.", "Health and frontline workers are first in line for jabs at vaccination centres across the country.", "The number of incidents reported to the child safeguarding panel in England rose by a quarter.", "Some areas could see freezing temperatures and 5-10cm of snow on Saturday, the Met Office says.", "CBBC star's mother, Lucy Lyndhurst, says his death has had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family.", "Sea port managers fear the shift may be part of a long-term trend to ship from the Irish Republic.", "A critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.", "Heavy rain is causing flooding and travel disruption, with a warning for ice also forecast.", "Douglas Jones had been enjoying his dream job before the pandemic forced him to return home to southern Scotland.", "Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Joanna Lumley speak out about employees allegedly owed a total of £200,000.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over Covid claims, press regulator Ipso rules.", "Plastic surgeons express shock at the stabbing of \"highly respected\" Graeme Perks in his home.", "The UK prime minister wants girls' education in developing countries to be a key international focus.", "Everyone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19 but cleaners and porters have been worse hit.", "Health groups say NHS staff fear prosecution over decisions if hospitals are overwhelmed.", "Red tape plus a \"poor\" Brexit deal mean fishermen fear for the future, says an industry body.", "Louis Godwin, 95, said he was \"so pleased\" to get his Covid-19 vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral.", "People in parts of eastern England woke to a thick covering of snow on Saturday morning.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the action is needed to protect against the risk of new Covid strains.", "Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Statistics agency Nisra says 145 deaths were registered last week, bringing its pandemic total to 1,976.", "Holiday firms are expecting a \"bumper year\" once lockdown restrictions are lifted.", "As the UK records its highest death toll, Fergal Keane has been to see the strain the NHS is under for the second time.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday.", "The latest UK government data also shows a further 1,295 deaths with 28 days of a positive test.", "Lahiru Thirimanne's unbeaten 76 frustrates England as a spirited Sri Lanka rally on the third day of the first Test in Galle.", "The Gerry and the Pacemakers singer died from a blood infection at the age of 78.", "Hundreds of thousands of DNA and arrest records were deleted after a human error, the Home Office says.", "Centrist Armin Laschet is now in a good position to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor.", "Health officials warn the highly contagious UK Covid variant could become the dominant strain in the US by March.", "Replacement exam grades are likely to arrive earlier and be decided by teachers and a test.", "Donations of plasma from people who have recovered from the virus have been suspended.", "Prince William says he \"really worries\" about the effect of the pandemic on front-line workers.", "A letter from police chiefs also says 213,000 records were lost - more than first thought.", "Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.", "US police held back a mob for hours in a \"barbaric\" battle at the Capitol. Here are their stories.", "David Chambers is accused of charging the woman £160 for a bogus jab.", "A Belfast mother says there is \"compelling evidence\" that her daughter was abducted in Malaysia.", "Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring volcanic matter miles into the air and placing locals on alert.", "The latest death and case figures should be a \"bitter warning for us all\", Public Health England says.", "The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test during the pandemic is now above 90,000.", "At least three people have died in a suspected gas blast that destroyed four floors of a building.", "Police in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire say they are expecting flooding in their regions.", "Some 1,820 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours - surpassing yesterday's previous high.", "The package will also see police target dealers and health services help people with addictions.", "Congratulating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and US.", "Marion Dawson from Renfrewshire is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.", "Boris Johnson faced questions on the UK's border policy, and the deletion of police records.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father.", "There has been a fourfold increase in mortgage products for those offering a 10% deposit.", "The president responds to reports he is considering presidential pardons over alleged Russia collusion.", "Doris Hobday's family say they are \"totally heartbroken\" to lose her in this way.", "The big social networks are clamping down on threats of violence amid a tense wait for results.", "Some of the UK's biggest music stars sign an open letter demanding action over post-Brexit touring.", "The President-elect has a laundry list of priorities for his first 100 days in the White House.", "A collection of your tributes to some of the thousands of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus.", "The riots of 6 January took many by surprise, but to those tracking conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.", "Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.", "Taking down pictures and clearing out desks is part of a huge operation readying for a new president.", "Labour accuses Kwasi Kwarteng of \"unpicking\" workers' rights, as minister confirms he will review rules.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge' - the new president knows how daunting his task is.", "Holidaymakers in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the travel firm says.", "Boris Johnson calls it an \"outrageous\" error which officers are working \"round the clock\" to rectify.", "The new president is sworn into office by Chief Justice John G Roberts.", "The 22-year-old from LA is the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration.", "Kamala Harris makes history as she is sworn in as US vice-president.", "Delays to smear tests in lockdown prompt cervical cancer charities to call for home-testing kits.", "It comes as industry workers warn their livelihoods are at risk due to Brexit border problems.", "Nine Met Police officers who broke lockdown rules have been asked to \"reflect on their choices\".", "Paul Pogba scores a superb winner as Manchester United reclaim top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.", "'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge'. Read the 46th president's address in full.", "Online audiences for singalongs in the Llangollen church have \"exploded\", Father Lee Taylor says.", "Out-of-date tax systems mean people are falling through the cracks for help, MPs say.", "Orthodox Christians, Putin among them, take an icy dip to commemorate a special day.", "The ex-government adviser said the Tories would be seen as the \"nasty party\" by ending the top-up.", "They are all laughing at the camera, but what are the stories of the women next to Kamala Harris?", "More than 2,000 properties in Manchester are affected as police warn some occupants will have Covid.", "Services and waiting times must improve at the NHS's child gender-identity service, inspectors say.", "A further 1,820 people die in the UK within 28 days of a positive test - another all-time high.", "The UK has not always \"lived up to its values\" under Boris Johnson, his predecessor Theresa May says.", "The role of a president's inaugural cabinet goes beyond just policy - let's take a closer look.", "The body of Joy Morgan was found two months after a man was convicted of her murder.", "From \"the best talent in politics\" to \"Sloppy Steve\" and fraud charges - what went wrong for Steve Bannon?", "The Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten Scottish retail staff.", "Donald Trump won a surprise victory in 2016 partly because he promised to shake things up. And boy, did he.", "The health minister asks the Ministry of Defence to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals.", "A National Audit Office report calls on the corporation to produce \"a long-term financial plan\".", "The last four years have been a whirlwind - we asked the experts to break down Trump's key moments.", "More work is needed to understand its benefits in schools in England given the new variant, health officials say.", "The BBC's James Cook returns to Monklands Hospital eight months on to find the staff struggling against the odds.", "President Biden inked 15 executive orders, moving to rejoin the Paris climate accord.", "His most famous Discworld novels were written in the house in Somerset, the estate agent says.", "Police say the van \"careered\" off the road and the man was rescued from the overturned vehicle.", "President Biden has said that democracy and 'freedom' are at stake in the upcoming 2024 election.", "All practices will have their own rollout plan but they have to meet official targets, says GP committee.", "The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of a letter to her father.", "Members of our voter panel all wish Joe Biden well, but they're divided over his chances of success.", "As Donald Trump prepares to leave office, here are some of the key moments of his presidency.", "A tearful President-elect Joe Biden says goodbye to his home state on the eve of his inauguration.", "Joe Biden makes his inaugural address as the 46th president of the United States.", "Parts of England prepare for widespread floods as Boris Johnson announces emergency Cobra meeting.", "Images from Joe Biden's swearing-in and first day as the 46th US President.", "The cupped clap of a butterfly's wings may be the key to their flying abilities and their survival.", "Relegation-threatened Fulham lose some of the momentum built up by their win at Everton but show battling qualities to claim a point at Burnley.", "The medical journal's editor says UK guidelines don't recommend giving different coronavirus jabs.", "They were hit while licking freshly laid salt on a road which is a black spot for animal accidents.", "Objects are thrown and officers threatened as they break up the New Year's Eve party in Essex.", "Former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is named Paris St-Germain boss following Thomas Tuchel's sacking.", "People driving to visit beauty spots in Wales are breaking Covid rules, a Snowdonia park warden says.", "The first doses of the latest coronavirus vaccination to be approved are due to be given on Monday.", "Japan's prime minister says the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases.", "Doctors urge public to \"take it seriously\" and follow coronavirus restrictions amid rising cases.", "Bishop, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said boarding the Tardis was \"a dream come true\".", "Arsenal continue their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.", "Manchester United move level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty seals victory over Aston Villa.", "NHS England says the facility is available to help the capital's hospitals as Covid-19 cases rise.", "New detectorist Owen Thomas says \"the link with a life that's gone\" appeals to him.", "Just one ticket matched all seven numbers in the New Year's Day draw.", "A court has ruled that Lisa Montgomery can be executed on 12 January, despite appeals from lawyers.", "A last-ditch attempt to overturn the result is overturned, days before the White House changes hands.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson drops plan to keep primaries open in 10 boroughs in the city.", "Footage is released of the first police-involved death in the US city since George Floyd's in May.", "The New Year's Eve event, held in a warehouse in a village in Brittany, was shut down on Saturday.", "Volunteers at All Saints Church in East Horndon have praised those who donated £8,700 for repairs.", "A study finds the new coronavirus variant is responsible for pushing the R rate above the crucial 1.0 mark.", "Amanda Quinn, diagnosed with rapid early onset dementia, says lockdown has been a \"scary\" time.", "Up to 300 people gather in London's Hyde Park to protest at Covid-19 restrictions.", "Nine people are still missing, two days after a hillside collapsed due to flowing clay mud.", "It comes as a further 57,725 people test positive for the virus, a new daily high.", "Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is \"disappointed\" after three of his players breached coronavirus rules by attending a party over Christmas.", "The frontman, who found success with songs such as Summer in Dublin, \"passed away suddenly\" aged 65.", "The cryptocurrency's gain so far this year was almost $5,000 - after the value surged 300% in 2020.", "The government said soldiers had been sent to protect 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Video footage showed the aftermath of the deadly explosion\n\nAt least three people have died following an explosion that caused a building to partially collapse in centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid.\n\nA fourth person was missing and several others were hurt, officials said.\n\nCity officials said the blast, which destroyed four floors of the building, had been caused by a gas leak.\n\nMayor José Luis Martínez Almeida told reporters after the blast that a fire was raging inside the building, which belongs to the Catholic Church.\n\nThe blast happened shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) as gas workers were repairing a boiler at the back of the building in the central Puerta de Toledo area of Madrid.\n\nAn 85-year-old woman passer-by and two men were killed while a third man who had been working on the boiler was missing, Spanish media reported. One of the injured was in a serious condition and taken to hospital, according to officials.\n\nSpanish reports said the upper floors affected were being used to house local priests.\n\nRescue workers evacuated more than 50 people from a care home next-door to the building in Caille de Toledo, but a school on the other side was closed at the time of the blast.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion, which could be heard in many areas of Madrid. Images shared on social media showed billowing smoke and debris strewn along the street.\n\nEmergency services said nine fire crews and 11 ambulances were at the scene and some of those caught up in the blast were treated on the street.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion\n\nPolice officers cleared the area, closing it to all traffic and pedestrians, and appealed to local residents not to come near.\n\n\"The noise was very loud, very loud, really,\" Lorenzo Fomento, who was working from home at a nearby apartment, told AFP news agency. \"I never heard anything so loud before,\" he added.\n\nThe director of the nursing home, Antonio Berlanga, said all the elderly residents were fine and places were being found for them to spend the night.", "The EU has maintained its diplomatic mission in the UK after Brexit\n\nA diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc's ambassador in London.\n\nThe UK is refusing to give Joao Vale de Almeida the full diplomatic status that is granted to other ambassadors.\n\nThe Foreign Office is insisting he and his officials should not have the privileges and immunities afforded to diplomats under the Vienna Convention.\n\nIt is understood not to want to set a precedent by treating an international body in the same way as a nation state.\n\nAs it stands, the ambassador would not have the chance to present his credentials to the Queen like other diplomatic heads of mission.\n\nThe British decision is in marked contrast to 142 other countries around the world where the EU has delegations and where its ambassadors are all granted the same status as diplomats representing sovereign nations.\n\nJosep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, has written to the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, to express his \"serious concerns\".\n\nThe issue is expected to be discussed by EU foreign ministers next Monday when they meet for the first time since the post-Brexit transition period ended on 31 December.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office wants to treat the EU delegation only as representatives of an international organisation.\n\nThis means EU diplomats would not have the full protection of the Vienna Convention, giving them immunity from detention, criminal jurisdiction and taxation.\n\nThe rights given to staff of international organisations are more ad hoc and less fixed.\n\nThe EU argues it is not a typical international organisation because it has its own currency, judicial system and the power to make law.\n\nIn his letter to Mr Raab last November, seen by the BBC, Mr Borrell says: \"Your service have sent us a draft proposal for an establishment agreement about which we have serious concerns.\n\nAmbassadors of nation states have certain privileges - including being able to present their credentials to the Queen\n\n\"The arrangements offered do not reflect the specific character of the EU, nor do they respond to the future relationship between the EU and the UK as an important third country.\n\n\"It would not grant the customary privileges and immunities for the delegation and its staff. The proposals do not constitute a reasonable basis for reaching an agreement.\"\n\nEU officials privately accuse the Foreign Office of hypocrisy because when the EU's foreign service - known as the External Action Service - was set up in 2010 as a result of the Lisbon Treaty, the UK signed up to proposals that EU diplomats be granted the \"privileges and immunities equivalent to those referred to in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961\".\n\nOne EU source said: \"It seems petty. This is not about privileges, it's about principle. What does it say about the UK, about how much the British signature is worth?\"\n\nSome in the EU also fear hostile states might copy the UK and downgrade the protections granted to EU diplomats in their own countries. This could open them up to being harassed and make them easier for them to be expelled.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said: \"The UK, as a signatory to the Lisbon Treaty, is well aware of the EU's status in external relations, and was cognisant and supportive of this status while it was a member of the EU.\n\n\"The EU has 143 delegations, equivalent to diplomatic missions, around the world. Without exception, all host states have accepted to grant these delegations and their staff a status equivalent to that of diplomatic missions of states under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and the UK is well aware of this fact.\"\n\nHe added: \"Nothing has changed since the UK's exit from the European Union to justify any change in stance on the UK's part.\n\n\"The EU's status in external relations and its subsequent diplomatic status is amply recognised by countries and international organisations around the world, and we expect the United Kingdom to treat the EU Delegation accordingly and without delay.\"\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"Engagement continues with the EU on the long-term arrangements for the EU delegation to the UK. While discussions are still ongoing, it would not be appropriate for us to speculate on the detail of an eventual agreement.\"", "\"You need to take care of each other,\" President Macron told students in Paris\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron has promised all university students two meals a day for one euro (88p; $1.21) to help them cope during lockdown.\n\n\"We must be able to provide better support,\" he said at a meeting with students in Paris on Thursday.\n\nIt follows protests in which students called for more help to tackle loneliness and financial problems.\n\nFrance is currently under a 18:00-06:00 curfew, and coronavirus cases have risen steadily in recent weeks.\n\nMr Macron, who addressed students at Paris-Saclay university, also said the government would provide subsidies to pay for counselling and other mental health services.\n\nThe subsidies would take the form of a voucher which students can redeem if they feel the need to talk to a mental health professional, the president said.\n\nHe added that the discounted meals would be available from university canteens and other nearby outlets that are providing takeaways.\n\n\"We remain in a period of uncertainty,\" Mr Macron said. \"We will have a second semester that will have the virus and a lot of constraints.\"\n\n\"You need to take care of each other,\" he added.\n\nThe president spoke a day after students took to the streets to demand more attention from the government. They sought to raise awareness of the rising mental health problems many say they are suffering as a result of the pandemic.\n\nA combination of isolation, inactivity and concerns about the job market has left many students close to breakdown, according to university psychologists.\n\nRyan Kennedy says the French government is failing to take student issues seriously\n\n\"I've lived alone in a studio apartment since September - it's the first time I've ever lived alone,\" Ryan Kennedy, a 19-year-old law student in Montpellier, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"Not a day goes by without a friend calling me because they're struggling with their mental health.\"\n\nHeïdi Soupault, a political science student from Strasbourg, sent a letter to Mr Macron last week. \"I no longer have dreams,\" she said. \"If we have no hope or prospects for the future at 19, what do we have left?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Our mental health goes downhill in situations like this.\"\n\nMany of the protesting students are calling for a return to face-to-face teaching. Some first-year students will be able to return to the classroom from 25 January.\n\nBut, on Thursday, Mr Macron said all students should be allowed on campus once a week providing certain measures are in place.\n\n\"Given what your generation has already gone through, we cannot but take into account your right to some on-site presence, to exchange with your teachers, and to meet with other students,\" he said.\n\nFrance has had a curfew in place since December, but this was tightened on 16 January to the current hours of 18:00-06:00.\n\nBars, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and ski resorts remain shut. Schools, however, are open with extra testing in place.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nThe inauguration of President Joe Biden is a \"step forward\" for the United States, which has \"been through a bumpy period\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the UK PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to working with the US on tackling climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMaking his inaugural address, Mr Biden said \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nHe promised to be a president \"for all Americans\" and said his \"whole soul is in putting America back together again\".\n\nOutgoing President Donald Trump, who has not formally conceded to Mr Biden, did not attend the ceremony.\n\nPresident Biden began work straight away on reversing a number of his predecessor's policies, including rejoining the Paris climate change agreement - gaining the praise of Mr Johnson.\n\nThe PM tweeted it was \"hugely positive news\", adding: \"I look forward to working with our US partners to do all we can to safeguard our planet.\"\n\nEarlier this week the former head of the civil service Lord Sedwill suggested Mr Johnson would be glad Mr Trump had not been re-elected for a second term as US president.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken\".\n\nThe former cabinet secretary - who stepped down in September - said a second term for Mr Trump \"would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed\".\n\nBoris Johnson with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in 2019\n\nMr Johnson's public stance toward the former president has varied over the years.\n\nIn 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused Mr Trump of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut as foreign secretary, following Mr Trump's election as president, he said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and in 2019, praised his \"many good qualities\".\n\nFor his part, Mr Trump has appeared largely supportive of Mr Johnson, backing his flagship Brexit policy and at one point saying of the British PM: \"They call him Britain Trump.\"\n\nAnd echoing his predecessor, in 2019 Mr Biden described the UK prime minister as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said it was the job of all UK prime ministers to have a \"good, close working relationship\" with US presidents but, right now, there were many things the two countries \"wanted to do together\".\n\n\"When you look at the issues which unite me and Joe Biden, the UK and the US right now, there is a fantastic joint common agenda,\" he said. \"For us and America, it is a big moment.\"\n\nHe said he hoped the UK could help the US commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the run up to the climate change conference COP 26, to be held in Glasgow this year.\n\nUK prime ministers like to consider American presidents as their best diplomatic friend.\n\nThat relationship, particularly when it comes to security and defence, is unusually close.\n\nWhen, as with Donald Trump, that friend has been unpredictable and unconventional, that has made for some very awkward political moments.\n\nSo for the government, this a really important and positive turning of the page.\n\nThe terribly over-used phrase the 'special relationship', which provokes neurotic behaviour on this side of the Atlantic, has meant the most when there has been a genuine personal chemistry between the two leaders - whether Thatcher and Reagan, or Bush and Blair.\n\nThere is nothing automatic about Mr Biden and Mr Johnson developing that kind of political friendship.\n\nBut in the words of one former senior minister, for the UK Biden means \"we will lose exclusivity but gain predictability: easier to work with, less cringeworthy and more dependable, but we may not be the only girlfriend on speed dial\".\n\nSpeaking to the Guardian, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described Mr Biden as \"a woke guy\".\n\nAsked if he agreed, Mr Johnson said: \"I can't comment on that. What I know is that he's a firm believer in the transatlantic alliance and that's a great thing.\"\n\nHe added that there was \"nothing wrong with being woke - I put myself in the category of people who believe that it's important to stick up for your history, your traditions and your values, the things you believe in.\"\n\nOpposition leader Sir Keir Starmer also sent his congratulations to the new president and vice-president.\n\n\"The US begins a new chapter in its history, one of hope, decency, compassion and strength,\" the Labour leader said, adding \"together, our two nations can build a better, more optimistic future for our world.\"\n\nAnd First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Warm congratulations and best wishes to President Biden and Vice President Harris.\n\n\"Scotland and the USA share long-standing bonds of friendship and co-operation. We look forward to building on these in the years ahead.\"\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe Queen sent a private message to Mr Biden before his inauguration, Buckingham Palace has said.", "Food supply problems into Northern Ireland from Great Britain are \"clearly a Brexit issue\", Ireland's foreign affairs minister has said.\n\nSimon Coveney said the shortages were \"part of the reality\" of the UK leaving the EU.\n\n\"Let's not pretend Brexit doesn't force that kind of change,\" he said, speaking on ITV's Peston programme\n\nOn Tuesday, the NI secretary said images of empty supermarket shelves had \"nothing to do with the protocol\".\n\nRather, Brandon Lewis argued the disruption caused by coronavirus before Christmas was responsible for the shortages of some food products.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol between the UK and the EU requires health certifications on animal-based food products entering NI from the rest of the UK.\n\nMr Coveney said it meant \"very real change\" for some businesses, as there now had to be a \"certain number of checks\" on goods from Britain into Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said that some companies were not ready for this.\n\nMr Coveney said the Republic of Ireland would work with the UK and EU to \"make sure\" supermarket shelves were not empty in the future.\n\nHe said the Brexit divorce deal agreed with the EU by then-prime minister Theresa May would have caused less separation from Northern Ireland from the UK.\n\nAsked about Mr Coveney's comments, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said the disruption had been \"down to both\" Covid and Brexit - but defended the situation.\n\nSpeaking on the Peston programme she said \"there was always going to be a period of adjustment for businesses\" and \"we are now seeing a more rapid flow of goods into Northern Ireland those supermarket shelves are being stocked\".\n\nMs Truss said the government would continue to support businesses, and that \"predictions of Armageddon haven't happened\".", "The education secretary has said he would \"certainly hope\" schools in England could reopen before Easter.\n\nGavin Williamson said he was \"not able to exactly say\" when pupils would go back but schools would be given two weeks' notice before reopening.\n\nPrimary and secondary schools remain closed, apart from to vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers.\n\nDowning Street said the prime minister wanted schools to open as quickly as possible but would follow the evidence.\n\n\"If we can open them up before Easter then we obviously will do but that is determined by the latest scientific evidence and data,\" the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\nThe Downing Street spokesman was also less specific about the promise of two weeks' notice, saying: \"We want to give schools as much notice as possible.\"\n\nSchools have been closed to most pupils so far this term, with primary schools closing after one day back, in response to rising Covid levels.\n\nPupils have been told they will be learning at home until at least half-term in mid-February.\n\nBut Mr Williamson was pressed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether he could guarantee that schools would reopen at all this term, before the Easter holidays.\n\n\"I want to see them, as soon as the scientific and health advice is there, open at the earliest possible stage - and I certainly hope that would be certainly before Easter,\" said the education secretary, who's responsible for schools in England.\n\nHe said schools and parents would have \"absolutely proper notice\" of when children were going to return, which he said would be a \"clear two weeks\" for teachers and families to get ready.\n\nA lesson from the first lockdown was that it's much harder to reopen schools than to close them.\n\nParents and teachers have to be persuaded again it's safe to go back, families need advance notice to plan their work and childcare, schools need to organise their staffing.\n\nAnd there are other parents who will be pushing for schools to go back as soon as possible, in addition to the vulnerable and key workers' children already attending.\n\nFor Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, already under pressure, it means a high-stakes balancing act - and it clearly remains uncertain whether this will happen for all schools before the Easter holidays.\n\nWhat seems likely, from Mr Williamson and England's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries, is that this could be a patchwork return beginning after half-term, rather than a single starting date, depending on local levels of the virus.\n\nThe biggest teachers' union, the National Education Union, said schools and parents needed certainty and not a \"stop-start approach\".\n\nLast week Mr Williamson indicated to the Commons education committee that schools in some parts of the country might stay closed at the end of the lockdown, with a return to the \"contingency\" arrangements, under which schools in areas of high infection would be shut.\n\nOn Tuesday, England's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries also said schools might reopen region by region in a phased return after half-term.\n\nLabour has accused the education secretary of causing \"chaos and confusion\" and called on him to resign.\n\nParty leader Sir Keir Starmer said providing two weeks' advance notice of opening was \"good news coming from an education secretary who normally gives them about 24 hours' notice\".\n\nSir Keir said the government needed to \"give children the ability to learn at home now\" and \"get on with the blindingly obvious\" task of getting testing in place in schools.\n\nAsked about his own future, Mr Williamson said: \"Our focus is making sure that we get the very best of remote education out to all children across the country, making sure that we return schools at the earliest possible moment.\"\n\nIn terms of his own achievements, the education secretary said: \"I'll let other people do the grading.\"\n\nSchools have also been closed by other governments in the UK. In Scotland and Northern Ireland they will remain closed until at least the middle of February, while in Wales the next review of restrictions will be on 29 January.\n\nThe government has also paused plans to roll out rapid daily coronavirus testing in all but a small number of secondary schools and colleges, with health officials saying the new variant meant the risk of missing infections had risen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer on Gavin Williamson: \"You would struggle... to find many people who would give him more than an F.\"\n\nBut Mr Williamson emphasised that mass testing in schools would continue, clarifying that it was the daily tests for those who had been in contact with a positive case which had been stopped.\n\nThe education secretary was also challenged on the fairness of setting tests as part of the replacement for cancelled GCSEs and A-levels, considering pupils will have missed different amounts of time in school.\n\nMr Williamson said the tests were only \"one element\" for deciding replacement results, which would be based on teachers' grades.\n\n\"That's why we're asking teachers to make a judgement in the round. We're asking teachers to look at the work they've been doing over the whole period of time they've been studying the course,\" he said.", "Low-deposit mortgages have made a return as the market emerges from a Covid-related slowdown.\n\nMortgage products for homeowners with a deposit of 10% of their property's value have risen more than fourfold compared with last summer's low.\n\nThe increase, based on figures from financial information service Moneyfacts, could offer some relief to first-time buyers.\n\nBut the cost of mortgages will remain an issue for many.\n\nIn early September last year, there were only 44 mortgage products available for those able to offer a 10% deposit. At the same time, first-time buyers putting money aside for a deposit were faced with pressures of poor savings rates and rising house prices.\n\nThat choice has now risen to 197 products, according to the Moneyfacts figures, with some big lenders returning in recent weeks.\n\nMortgage products for those able to offer a 15% deposit have also risen sharply, although the choice was already much greater.\n\n\"First-time buyers who may have been concerned that with record low savings rates and increasing house prices, their homeownership dreams may have had to be shelved, may have been pleased to note that we are now seeing some providers return products for those with 10% deposits,\" said Eleanor Williams, from Moneyfacts.\n\nLenders had been grappling with the practical effects that the coronavirus pandemic brought to their business.\n\nWhile some new businesses targeted first-time buyers on social media, many traditional lenders withdrew products from the market.\n\nStaff shortages, and employees working from home, meant they were unable to process applications as fast as they had before the pandemic.\n\nThere were also concerns among lenders that, despite strong activity in the housing market, riskier - and younger - first-time buyers could find it difficult to make mortgage repayments during an economic slowdown caused by the pandemic.\n\nResearch has shown that younger workers are more at risk of redundancy.\n\nAaron Strutt, from mortgage broker Trinity Financial, said lenders were now working more efficiently despite staff still being at home.\n\nHe said that some of the biggest mortgage lenders had returned to the market. Some of the mortgage rates they were offering were not as attractive as they had been, but competition would help push down costs.\n\n\"If you are planning to purchase a property and have a 10% deposit the mortgage rates are not as cheap as they used to be, but they are getting better,\" he said.\n\nMany thousands of existing mortgage-holders who had struggled to make their repayments during the pandemic had taken payment \"holidays\", which are deferrals on payments.\n\nThe latest figures from UK Finance, which represents lenders, show that 130,000 mortgage payment holidays were in place at the end of December 2020, down from a peak of 1.8 million in June last year.", "US President Joe Biden is now speaking from the White House about how his administration will tackle the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe says he has been meeting with his Covid response team, and it will “take months” to turn around the situation in the country.\n\nToday he is going to unveil a “national strategy” on Covid-19, he says, which is “comprehensive” and is based on “science and not politics”.\n\nThe plan, which consists of 198 pages, will start with an “aggressive, safe and effective” vaccination campaign.\n\nBut it will take months to protect everyone, he says, so in the meantime, \"mask up\", he tells the American people.\n\nWearing a mask, he says, is \"a patriotic act\".\n\nTo follow our coverage of his first day, head here.", "The emergency department at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is the biggest and busiest in Scotland.\n\nAmbulances keep arriving, bringing more patients. In a curtained cubicle, one man is explaining to the doctor that he's been in pain for days, but he put off coming in \"because of everything that's going on\".\n\nDr Alan Whitelaw, who runs the department, says that while there might be fewer patients coming through his door, there are no longer any \"easy wins\".\n\n\"Those that are coming are the sick people,\" he says. \"We are undoubtedly seeing the effects of people not seeking healthcare for six to 10 months.\n\n\"We are seeing disease that we wouldn't always see and we are seeing it further down the road.\n\n\"We are making more diagnoses that potentially would be made in primary care or outpatient clinics. On top of that we've got lots of Covid patients coming through the door.\n\n\"So it is those two things together that currently put the NHS under that significant pressure.\"\n\nAll over Scotland, hospitals are under severe pressure, with some treating significantly more coronavirus patients than they did during the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nPublic visitors are not allowed at the QEUH, but BBC Scotland was given special permission to film to highlight the impact of Covid and the importance of following lockdown rules.\n\nOn the day of the BBC's visit, there are 244 Covid patients. Critical care is running at capacity, and across the whole hospital it's a constant challenge to find space for new patients.\n\nDr Whitelaw says the level of unpredictability is extreme. His team has run out of spare beds.\n\n\"We are ten months into strange and difficult times. It's winter, no-one's had a holiday, no-one's had much downtime.\n\n\"Hospitals are fuller in winter, beds are tighter and patients are sick\".\n\nUpstairs, one ward that previously treated patients with infectious diseases like flu or norovirus, is now a Covid ward. All 28 beds are full.\n\nSome patients here are recently diagnosed, others are coming to the end of their isolation, while some have been stepped down from critical care, but need rehabilitation.\n\nSenior charge nurse Karen Paton says it feels like patients are now sicker for longer.\n\n\"We've had this going on for more or less a year now and staff are beginning to feel the emotional distress of it,\" she says.\n\n\"Having to deal with patients succumbing to coronavirus, and just having the emotions of all the patients not being able to have contact from their families.\n\n\"I think it's beginning to take its toll on everybody.\"\n\nCovid patient Gerry Gilroy says QEUH staff have been \"superb\"\n\nIn one room on the ward is Gerry Gilroy, who tested positive for Covid in late December. By 8 January, the day of his 66th birthday, he could barely get out of bed and couldn't eat.\n\n\"It just hit me and I knew there was something not right,\" he says.\n\n\"I know how serious it is. I never thought it would hit me. It's been a bit of an experience but thankfully I'm on the mend.\n\n\"The staff here are superb. When I get out of here, if I can do something for the NHS I'm going to. Doctors, cleaners, nurses, all top drawer.\"\n\nThe impact of Covid is being felt across the hospital. The acute receiving area used to be the first stop for people who needed urgent surgery.\n\nNow it's where medics like Dr Colin Perry assess Covid patients sent in by their GP or NHS 24. It's another area that's full.\n\n\"In the first wave our ICU was busy and it remains very busy, but during that period we had free beds,\" says Dr Perry.\n\n\"This time we have much more pressure on the downstream ward areas, so it is harder to manage the wider needs of the hospital and make room for patients to move through the system.\n\n\"The numbers are far higher than they were a year ago.\"\n\nRepurposing so many wards to treat coronavirus patients has meant some routine work had to be postponed, but staff are working to prioritise all different kinds of treatment.\n\nHelen Dorrance is a senior surgeon who specialises in bowel cancer at the QEUH. On the day the BBC visits she is operating on patients from another hospital to help relieve pressures there.\n\nDemand for critical care makes it difficult to operate some services, but cancer treatment is still running.\n\n\"We work together as a team across the region to make sure people who are the highest priority get dealt with,\" she says. \"But everyone gets their fair share and access to the care they need.\n\n\"It's not a choice, we do have to provide the best care we can for Covid patients and my critical care colleagues are stepping up to the mark.\n\n\"But the rest of us are making sure the rest of the service runs the way it should, so if you have your heart attack or stroke the right people are there to give you the best care.\"\n\nComing to hospital for any reason during the pandemic is a different experience, and services are stretched.\n\nBut the emergency department's Dr Whitelaw adds that no matter what happens, they will cope.\n\n\"We don't come to work to worry or be fearful, we come to work to do our best and to help,\" he says.\n\n\"I think there's an uncertainty about what the next two to three weeks look like.\n\n\"It might be very, very challenging but I have absolute faith that the staff here will continue to do everything that is required.\n\n\"I think the public should be reassured that no matter what is thrown at us we will definitely get through it.\"", "A council worker in Didsbury, Manchester, checks a bridge for damage, after heavy rainfall. On Thursday morning, there were more than 200 flood warnings in place across the country", "There is still no long-term decision on whether to cut fees as a review recommended\n\nUniversity tuition fees in England will be frozen at a maximum of £9,250 for the next academic year.\n\nThe Department for Education (DfE) said a longer-term decision on cuts to fees would be delayed until the next Comprehensive Spending Review.\n\nBut education sector groups said the government \"is wasting an opportunity\" to help university students.\n\nMinisters also set out plans to improve post-16 vocational education including student loans for adult learners.\n\nThe DfE also launched a consultation on changing the timetable for applying to university - to a so-called \"post-qualification admissions\" system.\n\nThis would mean admissions being based on the grades achieve by students, rather than not relying on predictions.\n\nThe government outlined its plans for higher education reforms for over-18s in response to a landmark review, commissioned by the government from finance expert Philip Augar. Its recommendations were published in May 2019.\n\nPlanned reforms include making £2.5bn available for technical qualifications for adult learners through the National Skills Fund, a lifelong student loan entitlement for up to four years of higher education and the prioritising of funding for STEM subjects.\n\nBut the Augar review's recommendations to reduce tuition fees to £7,500, alongside implementing reforms to minimum entry standards and foundation years at universities, were not addressed in this latest response.\n\nThe DfE said given the pandemic \"now is not the right time to conclude the review in full\".\n\nAny further reforms are expected to be announced at the next Spending Review.\n\nMr Augar also suggested the return of maintenance grants for poorer university students as part of his review, but there was not mention of this in the interim response.\n\nUniversity and College Union general secretary Jo Grady said: \"Sadly this interim response confirms that there will not be a radical change to the current system.\n\nThe Augar review recommended tuition fees should be cut to £7,500 and maintenance grants reintroduced\n\n\"The Westminster government is wasting an opportunity to make a real difference for students and institutions.\"\n\nProf Julia Buckingham, president of Universities UK , welcomed the prospect of lifelong loans, saying \"it is encouraging to see government's commitment to making lifelong learning opportunities more accessible to all\".\n\nHowever, Prof Buckingham said \"government should provide maintenance grants for those who need them the most, including those considering studying shorter courses on a modular basis\".\n\nAs part of its Skills for Jobs White Paper, published alongside higher education reforms, the DfE said it wanted to \"put an end to the illusion that a degree is the only route to success and a good job and that further and technical education is the second-class option\".\n\nA white paper is a policy document produced by the government to set out their proposals for future legislation.\n\nIn December, the government announced that tens of thousands of adults without an A-level or equivalent would be able to benefit from nearly 400 fully-funded courses from April.\n\nIt was the first major development in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Lifetime Skills Guarantee (LSG) scheme, which was launched in September.\n\nThe government wants to boost the status of vocational education\n\nMr Johnson said it would mean \"everyone will be given the chance to get the skills they need, right from the very start of their career\".\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said: \"These reforms are at the heart of our plans to build back better, ensuring all technical education and training is based on what employers want and need, whilst providing individuals with the training they need to get a well-paid and secure job.\"\n\nBritish Chamber of Commerce director general Adam Marshall welcomed the plans to put the skills needs of businesses at the heart of further education.\n\n\"As local business leaders look to rebuild their firms and communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it is essential to ensure that the right skills and training provision is in place to support growth,\" he added.\n\nBut organisations representing school and college leaders are also sceptical that there is enough funding for the further education sector to deliver on the proposals.\n\nIn November, an the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said FE colleges and sixth forms faced significant financial uncertainty.\n\nChief executive of the Association of Colleges David Hughes said: \"Colleges have been calling for this, after years of being overlooked and underutilised, but government has to not only recognise the vital college role, it also needs to increase funding.\"", "Video caption: David Olusoga learns the stories of the first inhabitants of the house in the 1840s-50s.\n\nDavid Olusoga learns the stories of the first inhabitants of the house in the 1840s-50s.", "One of the mysteries of Covid-19 is why oxygen levels in the blood can drop to dangerously low levels without the patient noticing.\n\nIt is known as \"silent hypoxia\".\n\nAs a result, patients have been arriving in hospital in far worse health than they realised and, in some cases, too late to treat effectively.\n\nBut a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20.\n\nThey are being rolled out for high-risk Covid patients in the UK, and the doctor leading the scheme thinks everyone should consider buying one.\n\nA normal oxygen level in the blood is between 95% and 100%.\n\n\"With Covid, we were admitting patients with oxygen levels in the 70s or low-or-middle 80s,\" said Dr Matt Inada-Kim, a consultant in acute medicine at Hampshire Hospitals.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Inside Health: \"It was a really curious and scary presentation and really made us rethink what we were doing.\"\n\nDr Inada-Kim became the national clinical lead of the Covid Oximetry@home project.\n\nA pulse oximeter slips over your middle finger and shines a light into the body. It measures how much of the light is absorbed in order to calculate oxygen levels in the blood.\n\nIn England, they are being given to people with Covid who are over 65, younger but have a health problem, or anyone doctors are concerned about. Similar schemes are being rolled out across the UK.\n\nPeople measure and record their oxygen levels three times a day.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Health Education England - HEE This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIf oxygen levels drop to 93% or 94%, then people speak to their GP or call 111. If they go below 92%, people should go to A&E or call 999 for an ambulance.\n\nStudies, which have not been reviewed by other scientists, have shown even small drops below 95% are linked to an increased risk of dying.\n\nDr Inada-Kim said: \"The point of this whole strategy is to try to get in early to prevent people getting that sick, by admitting patients at a more salvageable point in their illness.\"\n\nChris Harris, who is 70, was one of the first patients to benefit from the scheme.\n\nHe was being treated for a urinary infection in November last year, but then when he developed unexpected flu-like symptoms his GP sent him for a Covid test. It was positive.\n\n\"I don't mind admitting I was in tears, it was a very stressful, frightening time,\" he told Inside Health.\n\nHis oxygen levels dropped a couple of percentage points below the normal zone, so after a call with his GP, he went to hospital.\n\nAt this point he was still feeling fine, but things changed the day after he was admitted.\n\n\"My breathing started to get a little bit laboured, I had a high temperature as the days went on, [my oxygen levels] were progressively getting lower, they were in their 80s,\" he told me.\n\nChris was treated, did not need intensive care and has made a full recovery.\n\nHe said: \"I may have gone [to hospital] as the very last resort and that's the frightening thing. It was the oxygen meter that forced me to go, I would have just sat it out thinking I would recover.\n\n\"I am extremely lucky and very, very grateful.\"\n\nHis GP, Dr Caroline O'Keefe, says she has seen a massive increase in the number of people being monitored.\n\nShe said: \"On Christmas Day we were monitoring 44 patients, today I have 160 patients who I am monitoring daily. So we are certainly busy.\"\n\n\"We've had to quadruple the size of our team in the last two weeks.\"\n\nOverall, NHS England has supplied around 300,000 pulse oximeters for the home-monitoring scheme.\n\nDr Inada-Kim says there isn't definitive proof that the gadget saves lives and it could take until April to know for sure. However, the early signs are all positive.\n\n\"What we think we can see are the early seeds of a reduction in the length of stay after a hospital admission, an improvement in survival and a reduction in the pressures on the emergency services,\" he said.\n\nHe is so convinced of their role in tackling silent hypoxia that he said everyone should consider buying one.\n\n\"Personally I would, and I know a number of colleagues who have bought pulse oximeters to distribute to their loved ones,\" he said.\n\nHe advised checking they had a CE Kitemark and to avoid apps on smartphones, which he said were not as reliable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA mosque has become the first in the UK to open as a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath, Birmingham is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day.\n\nThe imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, said he hoped it would help dispel false information that the vaccine was forbidden in Islamic law.\n\nNHS England said it fears disinformation could be causing some in the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\n\"It will send a strong message to our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are doing this to say a big 'no' to fake news and a big 'yes' to the vaccine,\" Sheikh Nuru said.\n\n\"Muslim scholars advise us to get the vaccine because the sanctity of life is important in Islam.\"\n\nImam Sheikh Nuru Mohammed said he hopes the opening of the vaccination centre will help dispel false information\n\nDr Rizwan Alidina, a trustee of the mosque and member of the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group said: \"The significance of the venue is obviously quite evident with particularly the Muslim community being one of the communities with a bit of a lower uptake than we would otherwise have expected.\"\n\nHe said there had been a good response to the opening of the centre at the mosque and hoped it would soon be carrying out between 300 and 500 vaccinations a day.\n\nNHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar told a Downing Street press conference some communities had \"legitimate and understandable concerns about the vaccines\".\n\nHe said despite it being a \"safe and effective vaccine\", for some Asian and black communities there were \"longstanding concerns\" that \"go back generations\".\n\nDr Diwakar said some people were \"told by their grandparents that experiments were done in the early part of the last century, that unethical experiments were done way back in the 60s\".\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street briefing, Home Secretary Priti Patel also sought to counter disinformation targeted at people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\n\n\"This vaccine is safe for us all,\" she said.\n\n\"It will protect you and your family... So I urge everyone from across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes to keep us all safe.\"\n\nOne of the first to get the jab at he Birmingham mosque, retired GP Dr Masud Ahmad, said his message to others in the local community was \"that it's quite safe to have it and they should have it\".\n\nOther places of worship, including Salisbury Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, opened as vaccine centres last week.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of London taxi drivers plan to sue Uber for damages alleging the ride-hailing firm operated unlawfully.\n\nThe planned group legal action could, if successful, hit Uber with a bill for millions of pounds.\n\nThe action, part of a planned anti-Uber campaign by black-cab drivers this year, claims it didn't follow private hire rules between 2012 and 2018.\n\nUber said it \"operates lawfully in London and these allegations are completely unfounded\".\n\nThe group action, which will be launched by law firm Mishcon de Reya, will allege that for six years Uber operated unlawfully in London.\n\nTaxi rules in London mean that people have to contact a centralised office for minicabs, whereas they can hail a black cab on the street.\n\nThe lawsuit will claim that between 2012 and 2018, Uber let people hail its drivers directly, contravening those rules.\n\nLitigation specialist RGL Management, which is also working with the cabbies to bring the case, said more than 4,000 had signed up so far.\n\nThere are about 5,200 further registrations being processed, with hundreds of enquiries per day, it said. The firm is funding a marketing campaign, and is looking to sign up as many as 30,000 eligible drivers.\n\nA full-time driver over those six years could claim about £25,000 in lost earnings, it added. The group action is aiming to bring a case to the High Court no later than the first quarter of 2022.\n\nThis is not the first time that London's black cabs have done battle with Uber, but today's announcement shows neither side have conceded defeat.\n\nThe proposed claim itself is huge - loss of earnings for up to 30,000 drivers for nearly 6 years - and comes at a time when London black cabs and private hire vehicle drivers are struggling for work after nearly a year of lockdowns and restrictions.\n\nUber might now have its licence back, but the black cabs aren't willing to give them an easy ride.\n\nAn Uber spokeswoman said: \"Uber operates lawfully in London and these allegations are completely unfounded.\n\n\"We are proud to serve this great global city and the 45,000 drivers in London who rely on the app for earnings opportunities, and are committed to helping people move safely.\"\n\nUber has had a torrid history in the UK capital including previous lawsuits.\n\nIn February 2019 cab drivers lost a legal challenge which argued that Uber's London operating licence was granted by a biased judge.\n\nUber then went on to lose its licence to operate in London in November 2019 after safety concerns.\n\nBut in September last year it was spared a London ban after a judge upheld an appeal against Transport for London's decision over safety.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nFinancial help has been promised to those affected by serious flooding, the Welsh Government has announced.\n\nPeople have been forced to leave their homes and a major incident declared after Storm Christoph struck.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated during flooding thought to be related to mine works in Skewen, Neath, while 30 were evacuated in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would work with councils to deliver £500-£1,000 payments to affected households.\n\nEnvironment minister, Lesley Griffiths, said people across Wales were facing the \"twin problems\" of floods and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe said: \"We will support people in these circumstances just as we did in the aftermath of storms Ciara and Dennis last year, by working with local authorities to make support payments of between £500 and £1,000 available for each household flooded.\"\n\nSevere flood warnings remain in place across Wales as river levels remain high.\n\nIn the Lower Dee Valley a severe flood warning remains in force, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadow, and a major incident was declared in Bangor-on-Dee.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nFirefighters in Skewen waded through water up to their thighs amidst reports of evacuated homes\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated in Skewen, including residents of a care home, after at least eight streets were left under water.\n\nEmergency services said there were no injuries and all those evacuated had been found accommodation, but people are asked to avoid the area.\n\nIn Denbighshire, a bridge linking Trefnant to Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd collapsed in the storm. The council said it would be investigating the cause of the flooding, which forced road closures and evacuations.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said the River Dee, which runs through Bangor-on-Dee, was at its highest recorded level since the water gauge became operational in 1996 - 16.45m (54ft).\n\nIt urged people across Wales to remain vigilant, with river levels not set to have peaked until late Thursday evening, adding they would remain high until Friday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Met Office said over the past two days Wales had the highest rainfall of the four UK nations.\n\nBetween 19 and 21 January, Aberllefenni in Gwynedd saw 188mm (7.5in) of rain, more than average rainfall for Wales for the whole of January, which is 156.89mm (63in).\n\nThat was followed by 180mm (7in) in Crai reservoir, Powys, 169.8mm (6.6in) in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 166mm (6.5in) in both Maerdy, RCT, and Capel Curig, Conwy.\n\nLlechryd bridge in Ceredigion has been completely submerged by the River Teifi\n\nUp to 30 people were forced out of their homes in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the River Dee was at its highest level since the water gauge became operational\n\nThe flooding threatened the supply of the coronavirus Oxford vaccine, which is produced at Wrexham Industrial Estate.\n\nWrexham council leader Mr Pritchard said it had to work to \"make sure we didn't lose the vaccinations in the floods\".\n\n\"I've been up all night... it's a very difficult time for us,\" he added.\n\nNorth East Wales Search and Rescue helped people whose homes were flooded in New Broughton, Wrexham\n\nWockhardt UK, which manufactures the vaccine, said at about 16:00 GMT on Wednesday, excess water surrounded part of its buildings.\n\n\"The site is now secure and free from any further flood damage and operating as normal,\" it said.\n\nThe clean-up has begun in Ruthin\n\nA multi-agency statement described the situation in Bangor-on-Dee as a \"major incident\".\n\nIt said: \"As a severe weather warning indicates that there is a risk to life...\n\n\"The evacuation effort continues, with all routes in and out of the village currently closed to the public due to the flooding.\"\n\nEarlier, some residents in Ruthin were told to leave their homes - people have been told Covid rules allow them leave their homes in an emergency.\n\nMeanwhile, a man's body was recovered from the River Taff near Blackweir in Cardiff.\n\nDozens of ducks and chickens, and 12 huskies were rescued by the RSPCA from a flooded farm in Bangor, while they also took hay to two donkeys stranded by flood water in Mold.\n\nSome 12 huskies had to be rescued after their kennels flooded\n\nDave Brown said the flooding in his home in Broughton, Flintshire, was horrific and his mother-in-law was rescued by firefighters.\n\n\"You don't realise the damage water does and everything that floats - the sheer volume of water. I am 6ft tall and it almost took me out,\" he said.\n\nDave Brown's mother-in-law was rescued from their home in Broughton, Flintshire\n\nWrexham council said some of the people forced to leave their homes were with relatives, while it found others accommodation after having to initially seek refuge in a church hall.\n\nNine properties in Berse Road in New Broughton were also evacuated.\n\nThe situation in Ruthin, Denbighshire, overnight was \"horrendous\", town councillor Stephen Beach said.\n\n\"The whole of Ruthin was on edge,\" he said.\n\n\"Some people were accommodated at the leisure centre, and others were offered places to stay by local residents. The community was superb.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of water that came down - there was no stopping it.\"\n\nA yellow weather warning for ice for Wales has been issued by the Met Office until 10:00 GMT on Friday, with concerns it could lead to travel disruption, slips and falls.\n\nNumerous flood warnings and alerts remain in place across Wales, including two severe flood warnings.\n\nThe agency said flood defences were being used and river levels at Holt, Wrexham, would remain high for some time.\"There is therefore a significant risk of localised flooding problems and due to that the severe flood warning will remain in place until the levels drop,\" Keith Iven of NRW said\n\nIn Monmouthshire roads were closed following flooding, and the council said while water levels at the River Usk were dropping, a \"second peak\" on the River Wye had been expected on Thursday night.\n\nThe council had warned people living in Riverside Park, Monmouth, may be impacted and council workers were prepared to offer support.\n\nRiver Tywi has burst its banks in Carmarthen, affecting nearby businesses\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended 98 flooding-related incidents\n\nIt said it deployed swift water rescue teams to rescue 13 people from vehicles in floodwater. It also winched vehicles from water and pumped water from properties.\n\nIn Cardiff, emergency services attended a crash involving a number of vehicles at about 07:40 on the A4232 between Culverhouse Cross and the M4.\n\nNo-one was seriously injured, but both carriageways were closed for just over an hour. The road has since reopened.\n\nIn Carmarthen, people were treated for the effects of fumes after using a generator to pump water from their homes.\n\nIn Knighton and Crickhowell in Powys, crews spent Wednesday night pumping out a number of properties.\n\nIn Borth, Ceredigion, floodwater hit the water treatment plant, an electrical substation and eight properties.\n\nOgwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team had to rescue a man from the roof of his car.\n\nIt said he had tried to drive through the river ford along the road from Llandygai to Bangor, in Gwynedd, but had become stuck in deep water and had climbed onto the roof. He was not injured.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Derek Brockway - weatherman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was aware of a minor landslip on the mountainside above Pentre.\n\nIt said an initial inspection determined there was no immediate threat to the area and a further detailed inspection would be carried out on Friday. It asked people to avoid the area.\n\nBangor-on-Dee has been badly hit by Storm Cristoph\n\nDozens of roads have been closed across Wales, and while Covid rules are in place stopping people from travelling apart from for essential reasons, people are being warned not to travel in affected areas due to widespread flooding.\n\nChris Lloyd from North Wales Mountain Rescue Association warned people to not visit flood-hit areas to view the damage.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"People who are going out to look at the floods are not only putting themselves at risk, but putting additional people on the roads which professional emergency services don't want - we don't want any more incidents.\"\n\nDenbighshire council said Ysgol Bodfari in Denbigh and Ysgol Caer Drewyn, Corwen, which had been open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers, have been closed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The A9 south of Inverness was among the worst affected routes\n\nHeavy snowfall during Storm Christoph has caused travel disruption in parts of Scotland.\n\nVehicles were stuck on the A9 south of Inverness and many roads in the Borders were affected by snow.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing was closed for a time earlier due to the risk of falling ice before later reopening.\n\nAn amber alert for south-east Scotland was lifted at 08:00 but yellow alerts are in place in other parts of the country until Friday.\n\nTraffic was queued on the A9 after lorries and cars became stuck in snow between Tomatin and Carrbridge.\n\nTractors were used to tow lorries on to cleared stretches of the road.\n\nHeavy snow has also closed the main route to Applecross at the Bealach na Ba.\n\nThe Queensferry Crossing has been reopened after being closed earlier due to the risk of falling ice\n\nThe A939 Cock Bridge to Tomintoul road in Moray was closed after Police Scotland shut the snowgates due to the wintry conditions.\n\nSnow had also affected traffic on parts of the M8.\n\nOn the Highlands' Far North Line, a landslip between Fearn and Tain stations has affected services.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland said a section of the railway was open with a 5mph speed restriction in place.\n\nChris Tracey, Bear Scotland's south east unit bridges manager, said the Queensferry Crossing was temporarily closed for the safety of bridge users.\n\nHe said: \"We had already mobilised additional ice patrols in response to the weather forecast and the bridge was closed at 04:00 when staff observed ice falling from the structure.\"\n\nThe bridge was reopened after the risk had passed.\n\nEdinburgh is one of the areas where heavy snow has fallen\n\nPolice Scotland has urged people to avoid travelling in the affected areas.\n\nChief Superintendent Louise Blakelock said: \"Government restrictions on only travelling if your journey is essential remain in place and with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If you deem your journey is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nAvalanche debris on Turnhouse in the Pentland Hills photographed from Penicuik\n\nPeople heading for the Pentland Hills, south-west of Edinburgh, have been urged to be aware of potential avalanche risk after avalanche debris was spotted on Turnhouse Hill.\n\nTweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team said the \"full depth\" avalanche had enough snow to knock a person off their feet, or even bury them.\n\nTeam leader Dave Wright said avalanches in the Pentland Hills were unusual and walkers, skiers and snowboarders might not appreciate the potential risk.\n\nHe said there had been heavy snowfalls in the hills this week and the avalanche occurred at some point on Thursday afternoon.\n\nMeanwhile, the potential avalanche hazard in all six mountain areas covered by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service - Glen Coe, Lochaber, Creag Meagaidh, Torridon and Northern and Southern Cairgorms - has been classed as \"considerable\".\n\nThe amber weather warning for snow covered a slice of Scotland from south of Edinburgh to close to the Scotland-England border and was valid until Thursday morning.\n\nHowever, further alerts remain in place.\n\nA Bear NW Trunk Roads' tractor clears snow ahead of a lorry on the A9 at the Slochd\n\nIn north-east Scotland and Orkney, a yellow warning for heavy rain and potential flooding is in place until 04:00 on Friday.\n\nYellow warnings for snow and ice are also in place in parts of northern and western Scotland until 12:00 on Friday.\n\nTransport Scotland said it was \"closely monitoring\" the road network and a multi-agency response team would be operational during the weather warnings.\n\nA snow-covered car in Carlops, in the Scottish Borders\n\nDrivers woke up to snow-covered cars in Haddington, East Lothian\n• None In pictures: Scotland in the snow", "Last March, the government set out new thinking on dealing with Northern Ireland's past\n\nThousands of relatives of Troubles victims have signed an open letter calling for the British and Irish governments to fully investigate decades of violence.\n\nIt calls for the long-delayed set up of an independent team of detectives to pursue new prosecutions and other measures to recover information.\n\nThese are measures included in the 2014 Stormont House Agreement.\n\nThe letter is addressed to Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK PM Boris Johnson.\n\nIt asks for their assurances that their \"human rights as victims will no longer be disregarded or denied\".\n\n\"The peace process has repeatedly failed to deliver on our rights to truth, justice and accountability,\" they said.\n\nThe letter, signed by 3,500 relatives, is being published in the Irish News, Andersonstown News, and US publication the Irish Echo.\n\nThe letter is being printed in several newspapers\n\nMore than 3,600 people were killed during the 30 years of Northern Ireland's Troubles and thousands more injured.\n\nThe UK government has pledged to \"intensify\" engagement with victims' groups in addressing the legacy of the past.\n\nThe Stormont House proposals included a new independent investigation unit to re-examine all unsolved killings and a separate truth recovery mechanism to enable families to gain answers in cases where prosecutions are unlikely.\n\nLast March, the government set out new thinking on dealing with the past, which radically departed from what had been proposed in the Stormont House Agreement.\n\nHe proposed that after a paper review exercise, most unsolved cases would be closed and a new law would be enacted to prevent the investigations from being reopened.\n\nMark Thompson, chief executive of Belfast-based lobby group Relatives for Justice, said about half of those who signed the open letter are 35 years and under.\n\nHe said the letter \"represents the current and future generations\" and that it \"underlines the ongoing trauma and intergenerational impact that the killing of a relative has also had on surviving families\".", "Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for a second year running due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe news was announced on Thursday on the Worthy Farm event's Twitter page.\n\n\"With great regret, we must announce that this year's Glastonbury Festival will not take place,\" said festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis.\n\n\"And that this will be another enforced fallow year for us. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Michael & Emily.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Glastonbury Festival This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt comes in the same week that the future of UK music was up for debate at a DCMS inquiry into streaming, and in Parliament regarding post-Brexit music touring visas.\n\nThe full statement on the festival website read: \"In spite of our efforts to move heaven and earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.\"\n\nIt confirmed that as with last year, anyone with a ticket will now be offered the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, when the festival will hopefully resume. It had been due to take place in June 2021.\n\n\"We are very appreciative of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in 2022!\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden shared his \"disappointment\" at the lack of a Glastonbury 2021, on Twitter.\n\n\"This regrettable but understandable decision is recognition that public health comes first\" he posted, \"and that right now, getting 200k fans together in just a few months looks very difficult to make safe\".\n\nHe added: \"We continue to help the arts on recovery, including looking at problems around getting insurance. I'm Glastonbury will be back bigger and better next year.\"\n\nJulian Knight MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, said news of this year's cancellation was \"devastating\".\n\nSir Paul McCartney headlined Glastonbury in 2004, and was supposed to do so again in 2020\n\n\"We have repeatedly called for ministers to act to protect our world-renowned festivals like this one with a government-backed insurance scheme. Our plea fell on deaf ears and now the chickens have come home to roost,\" he said.\n\n\"The jewel in the crown will be absent but surely the government cannot ignore the message any longer - it must act now to save this vibrant and vital festivals sector.\"\n\nOn 5 January the government responded to a report by UK Music called Let the Music Play: Save Our Summer 2021, which outlined a range of measures that could help the industry get back up and running.\n\nThe government said: \"We know these are challenging times for the live events sector and are working flat out to support it.\n\n\"Our £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund has already seen more than £1bn offered to arts, heritage and performance organisations to support them through the impact of the pandemic, protecting tens of thousands of creative jobs across the UK, including festivals such as Deer Shed Festival, End of the Road and Nozstock.\"\n\nLast year's 50th anniversary Glastonbury was meant to be headlined by Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, but it was cancelled during the initial national lockdown in March 2020.\n\nMichael and Emily Eavis previously said that Glastonbury \"lost millions\" after cancelling in 2020\n\nLast month, organiser Emily Eavis told the BBC she hoped this year's festival could go ahead, despite the \"huge uncertainty\" surrounding live music in the pandemic.\n\n\"We're doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare,\" she told the BBC, \"but I think we're still quite a long way from being able to say we're confident 2021 will go ahead.\"\n\nEavis said Glastonbury lost \"millions\" in 2020. Her father, Michael, has previously warned the festival \"would seriously go bankrupt\" if they had to cancel again next year.\n\nBut that scenario is unlikely \"as long as we can make a firm call either way in advance\", Eavis clarified to the BBC.\n\nNo line-up details had been confirmed for 2021. But just before Christmas, Sir Paul McCartney told the BBC the event was not in his calendar, as it would be a \"superspreader\".\n\nAt the start of January, MPs were told that some of the UK's biggest music festivals could be called off by the end of this month.\n\nThe festival normally welcomes 200,000 people to Pilton in Somerset every year\n\nEvents are \"rapidly approaching the determination point\", after which they'll have to pull the plug, said the Association of Independent Festivals.\n\nOrganisers will be in \"absolutely dire straits\" financially if the season is cancelled, added Anna Wade, of Winchester's Boomtown Fair.\n\nThey were speaking to MPs examining the plight of music festivals in the UK.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "Anyone going on a Saga holiday or cruise in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the tour operator has said.\n\nSaga, which specialises in holidays for the over-50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety.\n\nThe firm said it would delay restarting its travel packages until May to give customers enough time to get jabs.\n\nPeople over 50 in the UK have been rushing to book holidays as vaccinations boost confidence.\n\n\"The health and safety of our customers has always been our number one priority at Saga, so we have taken the decision to require everyone travelling with us to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19,\" Saga said in a statement.\n\n\"Our customers want the reassurance of the vaccine and to know others travelling with them will be vaccinated too.\"\n\nThe firm's holidays were due to restart in March and its cruises in April after a long hiatus, but they will now both be delayed.\n\nSaga said that meant all trips before May would no longer go ahead as planned, acknowledging it would be \"a huge disappointment\" to customers.\n\n\"We will be contacting all guests affected to discuss their options,\" it said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore's 'cruises to nowhere' set back by Covid scare\n\nThe firm said its vaccination policy added to stronger safety processes already planned for when its holidays resume.\n\nThese include requiring cruise passengers to have a Covid-19 test before their trip, as well as a full medical screening.\n\nCapacity on its ships will also be kept to a maximum of 800 people.\n\nThere were some severe covid outbreaks on cruise ships early on the pandemic, before coronavirus restrictions were imposed.\n\nBritish-registered ship the Diamond Princess, owned by the company Carnival, was quarantined for nearly a month in February in the Port of Yokohama in Japan.\n\nMore than 700 of its 3,711 passengers and crew were infected, and 14 died.\n\nThe UK has embarked on a mass vaccination programme as Covid-19 cases surge.\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated at a rate of 140 jabs per minute, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens said this week.\n\nExperts believe in future that airlines, concert venues and restaurants could routinely ask customers to prove that they have been vaccinated.\n\nAnd last week, London plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers said that all of its staff would be contractually obliged to get the jab.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Hill We Climb: Watch 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's poem reading at Joe Biden's inauguration\n\nAmanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for \"unity and togetherness\" in her self-penned poem.\n\nThe 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill We Climb to both the dignitaries present in Washington DC and a watching global audience.\n\n\"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?\" her five-minute poem began.\n\nShe went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month.\n\n\"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy,\" she declared.\n\n\"And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.\"\n\nThe poet was applauded by Vice President Kamala Harris\n\nIn her poem, Gorman described herself as \"a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother [who] can dream of becoming president, only to find her self reciting for one\".\n\nAmerica's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate did her job, which was to find the right words at the right time.\n\nIt was a beautifully paced, well-judged poem for a special occasion, but it will live long beyond the time and space of the moment.\n\nAmanda Gorman delivered her piece with grace, the words it contained will resonate with people the world over: today, tomorrow, and far into the future.\n\nThe writer and performer, who became the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, followed in the footsteps of such famous names as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou.\n\n\"I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness,\" Gorman told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony.\n\n\"I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS broadcaster and actress Oprah Winfrey tweeted that she had \"never been prouder to see another young woman rise\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oprah Winfrey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlso on Twitter, Joanne Liu, the former head of aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières, described the poem as \"the most inspiring 5:43 minutes for the longest time\".\n\nFormer First Lady Michelle Obama praised Gorman's \"strong and poignant words\" adding: \"Keep shining, Amanda!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Michelle Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS politician and rights activist Stacey Abrams said the poem was \"an inspiration to us all\".\n\nFormer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: \"I for one can't wait.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIllinois poet laureate Angela Jackson said the recitation was \"so rich and just so filled with truth\".\n\n\"I was stunned that she was so young and so wise,\" Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.\n\nGorman said she \"screamed and danced her head off\" when she found out she had been chosen to read at President Biden's swearing-in ceremony.\n\nShe said she felt \"excitement, joy, honour and humility\" when she was asked to take part, \"and also at the same time terror\".\n\nAnd she added that she hoped her poem, completed on the day supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, would \"speak to the moment\" and \"do this time justice\".\n\nGorman, pictured with actor Morgan Freeman in 2018, became LA's youth poet laureate at 16\n\nBorn in Los Angeles in 1998, Gorman had a speech impediment as a child - an affliction she shares with America's new president.\n\n\"It's made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be,\" she said in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\"When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds [and] be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.\"\n\nGorman became LA's youth poet laureate at 16. Three years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became National Youth Poet Laureate.\n\nShe published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015 and will publish a picture book, Change Sings, later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kamala Harris was sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.\n\nKamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president.\n\nShe was sworn in just before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US president.\n\nMs Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, initially ran for the Democratic nomination.\n\nBut Mr Biden won the race and chose Ms Harris as his running mate, describing her as \"a fearless fighter for the little guy\".\n\nPrior to taking the oath at the US Capitol, Ms Harris paid tribute to the women who she says came before her.\n\n\"I stand on their shoulders,\" she said in a video.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kamala Harris This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEugene Goodman, the Capitol police officer who was hailed as a hero for steering a pro-Trump mob away from Senate chambers during the 6 January riot, escorted Ms Harris at the inauguration.\n\nMs Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.\n\nKamala, left, as child with her mother and younger sister Maya\n\nShe went on to attend Howard University, one of the nation's preeminent historically black colleges and universities. She has described her time there as among the most formative experiences of her life.\n\nMs Harris says she's always been comfortable with her identity and simply describes herself as \"an American\".\n\nAfter four years at Howard, Ms Harris went on to earn her law degree at the University of California, Hastings, and began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.\n\nShe became the district attorney - the top prosecutor - for San Francisco in 2003, before being elected the first female and the first African American to serve as California's attorney general, the top lawyer and law enforcement official in America's most populous state.\n\nIn her nearly two terms in office as attorney general, Ms Harris gained a reputation as one of the Democratic party's rising stars, using this momentum to propel her to election as California's junior US senator in 2017. She was only the second black woman ever elected to the US senate.\n\nShe launched her candidacy for president to a crowd of more than 20,000 in Oakland at the beginning of 2019.\n\nBut Ms Harris failed to articulate a clear rationale for her campaign, and gave muddled answers to questions in key policy areas like healthcare.\n\nShe was also unable to capitalise on the clear high point of her candidacy: debate performances that showed off her prosecutorial skills, often placing Mr Biden in the line of attack, most notably criticising his praise for the \"civil\" working relationship he had with former senators who favoured racial segregation.\n\nShe dropped out of the presidential race in December 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Biden chose her as his number two in August, calling her \"one of the country's finest public servants\".\n\nAfter Mr Biden was announced as the next president in November, Ms Harris tweeted a video of her congratulating her running mate.\n\n\"We did it, we did it Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States!\" she beamed.", "Scientists tracking the spread of coronavirus in England say infection levels in the community may have risen at the start of the latest lockdown.\n\nInfections in 6-15 January were up by 50% on early December, with one in 63 people infected, Imperial College London's initial findings suggest.\n\nSwab tests from 143,000 people indicate 1.58% had the virus during in early January - up from 0.91% in December.\n\nMinisters say the report does not yet reflect the impact of the lockdown.\n\nThe latest round of results from Imperial College's React-1 infection survey - one of the country's largest studies into Covid-19 infections - are interim with the full set of results to be published in a week's time.\n\nBut Imperial College London's Prof Paul Elliott warned if the high prevalence continues \"more lives will be lost\".\n\nThe report also says there are \"worrying suggestions of a recent uptick in infections\" and Prof Elliott said the third lockdown - introduced on 6 January - was not having the same impact as the first, in April.\n\nLondon had the highest level in the January period - 2.8%, up from 1.21% in early December.\n\nProf Elliott old BBC Radio 4's Today programme the current R rate - which represents how many people an infected person will pass the virus on to - was \"around 1\".\n\n\"We're seeing this levelling off, it's not going up, but we're not seeing the decline that we really need to see given the pressure on the NHS from the current very high levels of the virus in the population,\" he said.\n\n\"To prevent our already stretched health system from becoming overwhelmed, infections must be brought down,\" Prof Elliot added.\n\nBefore the Covid rules were tightened, the restrictions faced by people in England varied depending on where they lived.\n\nThe researchers say the government's latest daily case figures, which show a slowdown, may reflect a drop in cases just after Christmas, which is only now being registered.\n\nAnd they suggest infection levels may have gone up in early January as a result of people's activity increasing after the Christmas holiday period.\n\nThey admit there is some uncertainty in their data amid a \"fast-changing situation\" but say it is more up to date than the daily government figures because it does not rely on those being tested developing symptoms and then waiting to have their infections confirmed by a laboratory.\n\nThe UK recorded another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday. A further 1,820 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures - taking the total number of deaths by that measure to 93,290.\n\nThe findings of the study are seemingly at odds with recent figures from NHS Test and Trace, which has been reporting recent decreases in daily infections and has prompted some experts to suggest that we might be beginning our journey out of the woods.\n\nThe researchers behind the study say the test and trace figures may be reflecting an initial drop in infections just after Christmas, which is only now being registered on the official figures.\n\nThe study's more up to date findings indicate that infection levels did not continue to fall in the first two weeks of January and may even have gone up. So why has this happened?\n\nData on people's movements has shown that there's been increased activity which the scientists involved say has kept transmission of the virus at a high level. The Department of Health says that the study does not yet reflect the impact of the lockdown in England.\n\nBut if this trend continues, say the scientists, the numbers admitted to hospital with severe Covid illness, will not fall in the short term, as some had hoped.\n\nThis is one set of figures over a short number of days so there might be a more optimistic picture when the study reports its full set of results in a week's time. But there is no getting away from the fact that ministers will be disappointed not to have seen a fall at this stage.\n\nUnless things change, even tougher measures will have to be considered.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said there will be \"tough weeks to come\" but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring as the vaccine programme accelerates.\n\nIt comes as another 60 NHS Covid-19 vaccination centres in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury, will welcome their first patients later.\n\nMinisters have sought to reassure people in the top four priority groups for the Covid vaccination that they will get their jab by the government's mid-February target, following complaints from some GPs about unpredictable supplies.\n\nSome 4.6m people in the UK have now received the first dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nFacebook mobility data, which tracks people's movements, suggested a fall in activity at the end of December but a rise at the start of the new year.\n\nAnd Prof Elliott said everyone should \"reduce their mobility as much as we can\".\n\nA new, more transmissible variant and the fact larger households and deprived communities were more likely to be affected, may also be factors.\n\nThe Imperial survey is one source of data used to estimate the UK's reproduction (R) number, along with other surveys, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for example, and figures on confirmed cases and hospital admissions.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the React findings showed \"we must not let down our guard over the weeks to come\".\n\n\"It is absolutely paramount that everyone plays their part to bring down infections,\" he said.\n\n\"This means staying at home and only going out where absolutely necessary, reducing contact with others and maintaining social distancing.\"", "Police checkpoints have seen officers questioning people about whether their travel is essential\n\nNorthern Ireland has been in lockdown since 26 December, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.\n\nRestrictions had been eased in the run-up to Christmas, which led to a sharp spike in cases in January, causing severe pressure on the health service.\n\nMedically-trained military personnel will be deployed to help, but a union has questioned the move and said NI should have entered a stricter lockdown sooner.\n\nWith Stormont ministers extending the current lockdown, could other measures could be on the table?\n\nIt's worth bearing in mind that NI is already in tight lockdown restrictions and has been for almost a month.\n\nBut the current measures are now set to remain in place until at least 5 March.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said health officials had not requested any other measures be toughened up at this time, given the duration and extent of the current rules.\n\nThe initial lockdown began last March, with non-essential retail not permitted to open again until 12 June.\n\nBy law people are required to stay at home during the lockdown unless they have a reasonable excuse, such as going out for exercise, medical or food needs.\n\nPeople are also required to wear face masks in shops and on public transport, with only a limited number of exemptions.\n\nThose who breach the rules can face fines, with businesses that break the law also able to be fined if they do not follow the rules.\n\nHowever, DUP minister Edwin Poots has expressed concern that not enough has been done by the PSNI to enforce the laws.\n\nIt is a difficult balance for the executive to strike.\n\nThey previously announced that \"Covid marshals\" would be deployed in the retail sector to ensure social distancing in queues and adherence to the rules.\n\nMinisters want to ensure as many people as possible follow the restrictions voluntarily while ensuring the PSNI has enough powers to manage the situation.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has not ruled out revisiting whether the level of fines people can face should be increased, and said he would raise the matter with his executive colleagues.\n\nThe 2020 lockdown saw many businesses right across Northern Ireland forced to close, with retail and hospitality among them.\n\nThere was confusion over whether construction and manufacturing should stop, with the executive later clarifying that essential work on building sites could continue.\n\nIn the latest lockdown, the sector has been permitted to remain fully open.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, all non-essential construction has been ordered to stop during a fresh lockdown there.\n\nLike in the previous lockdown, people have again been told to work from home unless they cannot.\n\nBut it is worth pointing out many companies have had time to prepare since last March, making their workplaces Covid-secure to allow more staff to attend in person.\n\nThe executive has a defined list of essential businesses here.\n\nFace coverings in shops are mandatory in Northern Ireland's shops\n\nThere has also been confusion about what elements of the retail sector can operate.\n\nAll but essential retail shops were told to close on 26 December, and click-and-collect is only allowed for those essential retailers.\n\nBut concerns were later raised that some larger chains were \"gaming\" the regulations by selling non-essential items, with smaller independent shops who had to close arguing they were being treated unfairly.\n\nThe executive met with retailers last week to discuss this, but it seems unlikely it will act to define essential items in regulations.\n\nA similar situation in Wales last year led to criticism after supermarkets were told by law not to sell certain items.\n\nThe majority of pupils are in an extended period of remote learning until after half-term in February, but some children of key workers and vulnerable children are still permitted to attend the classroom.\n\nLast week it emerged that at least eight times as many pupils in Northern Ireland attended schools in the first week of term in 2021 compared to the first lockdown in 2020.\n\nThough part of this is due to special schools remaining open for all pupils, unlike in March to June last year.\n\nThe executive could potentially revisit the list of services it defines as meeting the \"key worker\" definition for childcare, if it wanted to reduce this further.\n\nIt is also possible schools could remain closed to most pupils for a longer period, in line with extending the lockdown to 5 March.\n\nThe executive says workers, builders, tradespeople and other professionals can continue to go into people's houses to carry out work such as repairs, installations and deliveries.\n\nBut it does not define further what this type of work should include.\n\nIt is possible ministers could tighten the circumstances in which work can be carried out in someone's home, but the guidance already specifies a limited number of exemptions for allowing others inside your home during the lockdown.\n\nHouse moves are also allowed under the regulations, although they were paused in the first lockdown.\n\nMusic lessons and private tutoring are permitted in someone's home, with mitigations.\n\nDuring the first week of lockdown from 26 December, people were told not to leave their homes between 20:00 and 06:00 every day - effectively amounting to a curfew.\n\nMinisters could decide to impose the measure again, if they felt that was necessary - but initially it was imposed to stop house parties over New Year's Eve.\n\nAll but essential travel is not permitted outside of Northern Ireland, and anyone entering Northern Ireland must self-isolate for 10 days on arrival or face a fine.\n\nHowever, there is no formal travel ban on passengers from Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland entering Northern Ireland.\n\nThe executive had voted by a majority before Christmas not to impose such a ban, despite calls from Sinn Féin for it to happen.\n\nOther parties argued that the public health advice did not propose a ban in law, and that travel from the Republic of Ireland to NI should be restricted as well due to its rise in cases.\n\nThe current guidance states that anyone coming into NI from within the Common Travel Area who is staying for more than 24 hours should self-isolate for 10 days, but there are exemptions for those who \"cross the border\" regularly for work or other essential reasons.\n\nThe executive also does not have a formal limit in law for travelling to exercise, unlike in the Republic of Ireland where it is 5km (3 miles).\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long said there is an \"advisory limit\" of 10 miles for exercise in Northern Ireland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo houses have partially collapsed after a sinkhole measuring 10ft (3m) opened up on a Manchester street.\n\nFour homes were evacuated on Wednesday evening after the hole appeared on Walmer Street in Abbey Hey, Gorton.\n\nFire crews returned hours later after the front of two of the empty properties crashed to the ground.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer but was investigating all possible causes including the recent heavy rain.\n\nThe fire service was first called to Walmer Street just after 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to reports an unoccupied car had fallen down a hole in the road.\n\nA cordon was put in place and residents evacuated as a precaution, the fire service said.\n\nAfter leaving the scene four hours later, the fire service was alerted to the partial collapse of two houses at 11:00 on Thursday.\n\nNo-one was injured in either incident.\n\nEmergency services remain at the scene on Walmer Street\n\nNearby residents Maureen and Louise Kennedy spoke of their shock after the houses collapsed.\n\n\"You're just waiting for your world to crumble. It's not just the bricks and water, said Ms Kennedy.\n\n\"I've lived in there since I was three. It's the memories.\"\n\nResident Nathaniel OKeleafor said he was \"terrified\" when the sinkhole appeared in the street on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"This morning we are out. We are just trying to find somewhere to live,\" he added.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer on Walmer Street\n\nThe collapse comes as rising levels on the River Mersey in Manchester came \"within centimetres\" of breaching flood defences following heavy rain caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nStation Manager Andrew O'Brien, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, praised firefighters who worked \"at the height of the stormy weather\".\n\n\"The safety of the public was our primary concern overnight and again today, and I'm pleased to say no-one has suffered any injuries,\" he said.\n\nUnited Utilities said: \"When it is safe for engineers to go back into the immediate area we will set up emergency drainage and water supply connections to restore services to the area and begin to assess how best to carry out repairs.\n\n\"It is not known what caused the sinkhole but this will be investigated.\"\n\nBBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Lancashire will be on air throughout Storm Christoph, bringing you all of the latest information and news updates\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says police have her \"absolute backing\" to enforce coronavirus restrictions\n\nFines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people will be introduced in England from next week, under new Covid measures.\n\nThese will double for each repeat offence to a maximum of £6,400.\n\nAt a No 10 news conference, Home Secretary Priti Patel said there remained a \"small minority that refuse to do the right thing\".\n\n\"To them my message is clear. If you don't follow rules then the police will enforce them,\" she said.\n\nCurrently in England the fine for those attending illegal indoor gatherings stands at £200 - or £100 if paid early.\n\nFines of up to £10,000 for holding large illegal gatherings of more than 30 people will still only apply to the organisers.\n\nPolice will continue to follow the strategy of engaging with the public, explaining the rules and encouraging compliance, but the Home Office has warned that in severe breaches of lockdown rules, offenders should expect to receive a fine.\n\nMs Patel said the government would \"not stand by while a small number of individuals put others at risk\".\n\nShe was joined at the briefing by NHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar, who compared breaking the rules to turning on a light in the middle of a blackout during the Blitz.\n\n\"It doesn't just put you at risk in your house, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk,\" he said.\n\nWelcoming the fines announcement, Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said large gatherings were \"dangerous, irresponsible, and totally unacceptable\".\n\nHe added: \"I hope that the likelihood of an increased fine acts as a disincentive for those people who are thinking of attending or organising such events.\"\n\nOfficial figures will be released next week showing how many fines have been given out since the start of this latest national lockdown, Mr Hewitt said.\n\nHowever, he stressed that \"forces are telling us there has been a significant increase\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"That's reflecting the fact that we've had more officers out on dedicated patrols taking targeted action against those small few who are letting everybody down,\" he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hewitt, three police officers were injured in Brick Lane, east London, last week, after more than 40 people were found cramped indoors at a house party.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 150 people were found at a party in Hertfordshire, complete with music equipment including mixing decks and amplifiers, and another officer was injured.\n\nHe said forces in England had issued 250 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to people organising large gatherings between late August, when regulations were introduced, and 17 January.\n\nIn some other recent examples of lockdown breaches:\n\nThe latest fines announcement comes after figures showed that assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 1,137 charges were brought for breaking coronavirus laws, according to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions.\n\nOn Thursday, it was reported that another 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, bringing the total to 94,580.\n\nAnd a further 37,892 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 3,543,646.\n• None What powers do police have?", "\"I had no idea at all I was going to be charged any more for deliveries after Brexit. The extra costs were definitely a bit of a shock.\"\n\nEllie Huddleston, a 26-year-old Londoner, thought she would treat herself to some new work clothes in the January sales.\n\nHaving spotted a bargain, she placed an order for a coat and a number of blouses from two of her favourite clothes brands based in Europe.\n\nBut both deliveries were delayed, held up in customs checks for at least a week, she says.\n\nShe was surprised when she then received a text from courier company DPD, containing a link asking her to pay £58 in customs duties, VAT and additional charges for her £180 order.\n\nOn top of that, the UPS courier for the second parcel showed up at her door several days later, asking for an extra payment of £82 for her £200 coat.\n\nThese charges, imposed by new government rules, have to be collected by the courier firms on the authorities' behalf.\n\n\"I didn't even know when the parcels would be coming - so I sent both back without paying the extra fees and won't be ordering anything from Europe again any time soon,\" Ellie says.\n\nWhen the UK was part of the European Union's customs union, goods could move freely between the country and other member states without import taxes being charged.\n\nBut Ellie was one of the shoppers caught unaware of the fact that those rules have changed since the UK's official exit.\n\nEU retailers sending packages to the UK now need to fill out customs declaration forms. Shoppers may also have to pay customs or VAT charges, depending on the value of the product and where it came from.\n\nHowever, customs charges are the responsibility of the customer, not the retailer, who often has no idea of how much the eventual extra cost might be.\n\nThey cannot be paid in advance and are levied only when the item reaches the UK.\n\nAnother unhappy customer, Graeme from Manchester, paid £300 to buy two pairs of suede winter boots from a German firm online.\n\n\"You couldn't get them anywhere in the UK, so I had no choice but to order them from Europe,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe next thing he knew, courier UPS had sent him a text message saying he had to pay £147 extra before the boots could be delivered. He paid up, but is still waiting for the goods to arrive.\n\n\"It was virtually impossible to find out what the charges would be beforehand,\" he says, \"so I had to take a shot in the dark.\n\n\"I didn't imagine that it would be half as much again.\"\n\nCourier companies are adding charges to some deliveries from the EU\n\nUnder the new rules, anyone in the UK receiving a gift from the EU worth more than £39 may now face a bill for import VAT - with many items charged at 20%.\n\nFor goods costing more than £135, customs duties may also apply, which can range from 0% to 25% of the product you're buying if they have not been paid by the sender already.\n\nThe extra charges are usually collected by the courier on behalf of the government, with customers asked to pay before they can pick up their package.\n\nSome specialist European retailers, such as bicycle part firm Dutch Bike Bits and Belgium-based Beer On Web, recently said that they would stop all deliveries to the UK because of the VAT changes, which came into force on 1 January.\n\nSome firms have started charging additional \"handling fees\" to shoppers to cover costs associated with extra customs checks and paperwork that must be filled out.\n\nRoyal Mail, for example, is charging an £8 fee it says \"reflects the cost of clearing items through customs and presenting them to Border Force\".\n\nMeanwhile, delivery firm DHL says it is charging UK customers 2.5% of the amount paid to clear customs, with a minimum charge of £11.\n\nMail and freight company TNT is also adding £4.31 on all shipments from the UK to the EU and vice versa. It has said this reflects the increased investment it has had to make in adjusting its systems to cope with Brexit.\n\nA spokeswoman for Logistics UK told the BBC that the handling fees were \"a commercial decision by individual businesses\".\n\nBut Michelle Dale, senior manager at accountants UHY Hacker Young, said that new charges could present a major problem for firms in the coming weeks.\n\n\"I think what we'll find is that a lot of trade with the EU from a business-to-customer perspective will come to a stop until some of these rules are eased,\" she said.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The new VAT model ensures goods from EU and non-EU countries are treated in the same way and that UK businesses are not disadvantaged by competition from VAT-free imports.\n\n\"The new system also addresses the problem of overseas sellers failing to pay the right amount of VAT when they sell goods in the UK. We anticipate this will bring in £300m in tax every year, to fund essential UK public services.\"\n\nThere is speculation the rules may change, but until they do, Ellie says she won't be buying from European firms.\n\n\"With all that uncertainty around things and whether or not these charges might change, I'd rather just avoid the hassle,\" she says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHomes have been evacuated as Storm Christoph batters Wales with a three-day rainstorm.\n\nNorth Wales Police were called to help some residents in Ruthin who were being told to leave their homes.\n\nThey tweeted that \"people who do not live locally are driving to the area to 'see the floods'\".\n\nA rain warning issued by the Met Office is in place until midday on Thursday, with an ice warning for parts of north and mid Wales.\n\nSouth Wales fire crews pumped out water from homes in Pontypridd and Porth, in Rhondda, and roads were blocked in Powys and Flintshire.\n\nVehicles were pulled from floods by firefighters in Tenby, Llandovery, Llandeilo and Whitland, Mid and West Wales fire service said.\n\nUp to 20cm (8in) of rain is expected to fall, with the heaviest rain forecast for the north west of Wales.\n\nThere were flood warnings in 58 areas as forecasters warned heavy rain and melting snow could affect roads. There were also 57 flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA yellow warning for ice was issued for the north and parts of mid Wales, starting at 01:00 on Thursday and lasting until 10:00, as rain clears.\n\nA minor landslip was reported on the mountainside above Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Natural Resources Wales, who have responsibility for the land, said there is no immediate threat after an initial inspection, but the council urged residents to keep away from the area.\n\nThe River Taf at Llanglydwen in Carmarthenshire\n\nFlood warnings are in Carmarthenshire - the River Towy and isolated properties between Llandeilo and Abergwili, the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pontyates and Ponthenry, the River Hydfron at Llanddowror and the River Taf at Trevaughan in Whitland.\n\nThe other flood warnings cover the River Ely at Peterston-Super-Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, the River Vyrnwy in the Meifod area in Powys, the River Rhyd Hir at Riverside Terrace in Gwynedd, two for the River Wye at Glasbury and Builth Wells, the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, the River Dyfi at Pont ar Dyfi, the River Usk from Brecon to Glangrwyne, two at the River Severn at Abermule to Fron and Aberbechan and the River Lower Clydach at Clydach Bridge, Swansea.\n\nIn River Aeron at Aberaeron, in Ceredigion, the River Loughor at Ammanford and Llandybie and the River Wye at Builth Wells, Powys, are also covered by the warning.\n\nA person had to be saved from a car stuck in floodwater in Corwen, Denbighshire, North East Wales Search and Rescue tweeted.\n\nRest centres have been opened in St Asaph and Ruthin after some localised flooding following heavy rainfall throughout the day. Denbighshire council invited affected residents to use the facilities at the towns' main leisure centres.\n\nAnd Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to help a motorist whose vehicle had become stuck in 3ft of water in Machynlleth.\n\nThe waters lapped the doors of Ruthin's Ocean Pearl restaurant\n\nIn Broughton, Flintshire, Ray and Jacqui Littler said they and their daughter waited all afternoon for help at their flooded bungalow after emergency services told them they were \"flat out\".\n\nThey eventually decided to leave their home on Main Road, which was under 10 inches of water, to stay with friends.\n\nNeighbours blamed a blocked culvert on the fields opposite the road. Police closed the road at about 16:00 GMT and Flintshire council attended, after three houses were affected, with the gardens of two pensioners' bungalows also under water.\n\nOverflowing banks of the River Usk at Brecon\n\nSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had been called to two incidents overnight with reports of water entering properties in Pontycymmer in Bridgend and Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, it dealt with flooding at properties in Tyfica Road, Pontypridd, and Trebanog Road in Porth, Rhondda, where a crew was helping residents divert and pump out water.\n\nFirefighters also had to rescue 46 sheep from land surrounded by water at Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, Monmouthshire.\n\nCrews from Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale were called to help the stricken animals near the River Usk.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWater in the grounds of Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst\n\nJudy Corbett, owner of 16th Century Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst, Conwy, which flooded last year, told BBC Radio Wales things were \"looking pretty dire here this morning\".\n\nShe said: \"We've been obviously monitoring the levels overnight so we've had another sleepless night worrying about the weather but the levels are rising and the water is very violent this morning and of course, we've got another a whole day ahead of us.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sabrina Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSeveral roads have been hit by flooding, including the B5106 between Llanrwst and Trefriw\n\nThe Met Office warned spray and flooding could lead to \"difficult driving conditions and some road closures\" and the downpours could cause delays.\n\nTraffic Wales said restrictions were in place on the M48 Severn Bridge where traffic is coming off eastbound at junction two or westbound at junction one before being directed back on to cross the bridge, which remains open.\n\nIn Flintshire, the A548 Coast Road has been closed at Tan Lan and Mostyn, the A5118 at Padeswood, the A541 between Llong to Pontblyddyn, Bagillt High Street and the B5101 between Treuddyn and Llanfynydd.\n\nThe A485 in Garreg is also closed from the Brondaw Arms to Pont Aberglaslyn.\n\nThe Dyfi Bridge near Machynlleth is closed\n\nIn Powys, the A487 over the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth, is closed while the A458 at Llanfair Caereinion is blocked in both directions from Bridge Street to Guilsfield turn-off because of flooding.\n\nThe A483 in Builth Wells at the station is also closed along with the bridge over the River Wye.\n\nCapel Bangor in Ceredigion has temporary traffic lights on the A44 at Lovesgrove Roundabout due to flooding, which is affecting traffic between Aberystwyth and Llangurig.\n\nIn Bridgend, New Inn Road has been closed in both directions at The Dipping Bridge, affecting traffic between Ewenny village and the A48.\n\nSouth Wales Police warned people not to attempt driving through floodwater after the A4118 at Llanddewi on Gower became blocked.\n\nIn Gwynedd, the council tweeted that Ffordd Siliwen, Bangor, had been closed following a landslip.\n\nA section of the A470 Dolgellau Bypass has also been closed along with the A4085 at Garreg.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNational Rail said some lines between North Llanrwst, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd were blocked due to heavy rain while services were also disrupted between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth in Powys.\n\nAlterative road transport will run in place of cancelled services, it said.\n\nThe Met Office said 56mm (2.2in) of rain had fallen at Capel Curig in Snowdonia by 18:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for rain is in place for virtually the whole of Wales until Thursday\n\nForecasters also said fast flowing and deep floodwater \"could cause a danger to life\".\n\nThe Met Office warned flooding could lead to some communities being cut off and possible power cuts.\n\nStrong winds will also follow the torrential rain, with forecasters predicting this may cause \"travelling difficulties across areas higher and more exposed routes\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPaul Pogba scored a superb winner as Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.\n\nIn what is becoming a familiar pattern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side outside Manchester this season, they fell behind early in the game, with Ademola Lookman beating the offside trap before firing in an angled drive.\n\nBut for the seventh time away from Old Trafford in 2020-21, United found a winning response - taking their run to 17 games unbeaten away in the Premier League - courtesy of a gift from their opponents and a bit of magic from their French midfielder.\n\nGoalkeeper Alphonse Areola has been a good addition for the Cottagers but in dropping Bruno Fernandes' cross at the feet of Edinson Cavani, he gifted his former Paris St-Germain team-mate the simplest of equalisers.\n\nAnd on the hour mark, Pogba stepped up to decide the contest, firing a superb angled drive across the diving Areola and into the far corner from 20 yards.\n\nThe France international has come in for criticism at times this season but received nothing but praise from his manager after his winner.\n\n\"I am very happy with his performances,\" said Solskjaer.\n\n\"I know what he can do. He does everything. Now he is putting all the elements together in his performances and it is great to see.\n\n\"It was about getting him fit. He is enjoying his football, he is happy and physically in a good shape.\"\n\nThe win takes United to 40 points, two more than both Leicester and Manchester City, who had briefly taken top spot from the Foxes with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.\n\nSolskjaer, though, was reluctant to get drawn into discussing his side's title credentials with so much of the campaign to go.\n\n\"It is always going to be talked about that when you are halfway through and top of the league, but we are not thinking about this, we just have to go one game at a time,\" he added. \"It is such an unpredictable season.\"\n\nFulham remain in the bottom three, four points behind 17th-placed Burnley.\n• None Man Utd or Man City to end day top? Cassia bassist Lou Cotterill takes on Lawro\n\nSolskjaer felt his side missed a big opportunity to fully assert their title credentials in failing to make the most of their chances in Sunday's 0-0 draw at champions Liverpool.\n\nUnited were clearly in no mood to repeat such a mistake at a wet and windy Craven Cottage on Wednesday against a less daunting and defining opposition, but one that is far more robust now than they were in the season's first month.\n\nThe visitors fell behind, but this is par for the course for this side, who once again did not panic, wrestled control of the game away from their opponents and took the win.\n\nIt is a handy trick for a title-challenging side to have in their locker, although one they would rather not have to repeatedly pull.\n\nIn truth, they should have won more handsomely.\n\nThey had the far greater share of possession and territory and were well ahead of their opponents on shots taken until a frantic finale in which the Cottagers threw in all they had in pursuit of a point.\n\nFred felt he should have had a penalty in the first half courtesy of being caught in the box by a loose challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but both on-field and VAR officials disagreed.\n\nHarry Maguire twice headed wide from corners, the first from a far less forgivable, unmarked position than the second.\n\nEqually, though, it is a game that could have seen them drop points, especially in light of Fulham's late barrage, which saw David de Gea save superbly with his legs to deny Loftus-Cheek, and the ball pinballing around the United box on more than one occasion.\n\nThe Cottagers demonstrated that they are no pushover, but they are making of habit of being on the rough end of fine margins.\n\nFive straight draws followed by two defeats by a single goal suggests their battle against the drop will go right down to the wire.\n\n\"I'm really pleased but I'm disappointed at the same time, which shows how far we've come,\" said Cottagers boss Scott Parker.\n\n\"I saw a team today that looked threatening and tried their hardest to get back into the game, but we go again. The next challenge is to maintain where we are and don't let defeat sink us.\n\n\"No doubt we can win and operate in this division and we just need to push on and keep improving.\"\n\nUnited lead the way in early concessions\n• None No side has conceded more goals in the opening five minutes of Premier League games this season than Manchester United (4). Manchester United have won seven Premier League games having gone behind this season - only Newcastle in 2001-02 (10) and Man Utd themselves in 2012-13 (9) have done so more in a single campaign.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League away games (W13 D4), equalling their longest ever unbeaten run on the road in top-flight history (17 between December 1998 and September 1999).\n• None This was the 41st different game in which Fulham had led in all competitions under Scott Parker, but the first time they had lost such a game (W34 D6).\n• None Edinson Cavani became the first Man Utd player whose first four Premier League goals for the club were all scored away from home.\n• None Since his return to the club in 2016, no Man Utd player has scored more league goals from outside the box than Paul Pogba (6).\n• None Ademola Lookman has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Fulham player this season (6 - 3 goals, 3 assists).\n• None Bruno Fernandes has gone three Premier League games without a goal or assist for the first time since his Manchester United debut in February 2020.\n\nFulham's next game is in the FA Cup, against Burnley on Sunday (14:30 GMT). Their next league fixture, an away game on Wednesday, 27 January, is a big one. Opponents Brighton are two places and five points above them in the table.\n\nManchester United host Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday at 17:00, live on the BBC. They are also in league action the following Wednesday hosting the league's bottom club Sheffield United in a 20:15 kick-off.\n• None Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny Tete with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Lemina.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara tries a through ball, but Kenny Tete is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. The people - the will of the people - has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.\n\nWe've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and, at this hour my friends, democracy has prevailed. So now on this hallowed ground where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol's very foundations, we come together as one nation under God - indivisible - to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.\n\nAs we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic, and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and must be, I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, as does President Carter, who I spoke with last night who cannot be with us today, but who we salute for his lifetime of service.\n\nI've just taken a sacred oath each of those patriots have taken. The oath first sworn by George Washington. But the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. On we the people who seek a more perfect union. This is a great nation, we are good people. And over the centuries through storm and strife in peace and in war we've come so far. But we still have far to go.\n\nWe'll press forward with speed and urgency for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibility. Much to do, much to heal, much to restore, much to build and much to gain. Few people in our nation's history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging or difficult than the time we're in now. A once in a century virus that silently stalks the country has taken as many lives in one year as in all of World War Two.\n\nMillions of jobs have been lost. Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. A cry for racial justice, some 400 years in the making, moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now. The rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, that we must confront and we will defeat.\n\nTo overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy - unity. Unity. In another January on New Year's Day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. When he put pen to paper the president said, and I quote, 'if my name ever goes down in history, it'll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it'.\n\nMy whole soul is in it today, on this January day. My whole soul is in this. Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause. Uniting to fight the foes we face - anger, resentment and hatred. Extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, and hopelessness.\n\nWith unity we can do great things, important things. We can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs, we can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus, we can rebuild work, we can rebuild the middle class and make work secure, we can secure racial justice and we can make America once again the leading force for good in the world.\n\nI know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism and fear have torn us apart. The battle is perennial and victory is never secure.\n\nThrough civil war, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setback, our better angels have always prevailed. In each of our moments enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward and we can do that now. History, faith and reason show the way. The way of unity.\n\nWe can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbours. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, no progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. And unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America.\n\nIf we do that, I guarantee we will not failed. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together. And so today at this time in this place, let's start afresh, all of us. Let's begin to listen to one another again, hear one another, see one another. Show respect to one another. Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war and we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.\n\nMy fellow Americans, we have to be different than this. We have to be better than this and I believe America is so much better than this. Just look around. Here we stand in the shadow of the Capitol dome. As mentioned earlier, completed in the shadow of the Civil War. When the union itself was literally hanging in the balance. We endure, we prevail. Here we stand, looking out on the great Mall, where Dr King spoke of his dream.\n\nHere we stand, where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote. And today we mark the swearing in of the first woman elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris. Don't tell me things can't change. Here we stand where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest in eternal peace.\n\nAnd here we stand just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen, it will never happen, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Not ever. To all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear us out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart.\n\nIf you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peacefully. And the guardrail of our democracy is perhaps our nation's greatest strength. If you hear me clearly, disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a President for all Americans, all Americans. And I promise you I will fight for those who did not support me as for those who did.\n\nMany centuries ago, St Augustine - the saint of my church - wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. Defined by the common objects of their love. What are the common objects we as Americans love, that define us as Americans? I think we know. Opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honour, and yes, the truth.\n\nRecent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson. There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit. And each of us has a duty and a responsibility as citizens as Americans and especially as leaders. Leaders who are pledged to honour our Constitution to protect our nation. To defend the truth and defeat the lies.\n\nLook, I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand they worry about their jobs. I understand like their dad they lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling thinking: 'Can I keep my healthcare? Can I pay my mortgage?' Thinking about their families, about what comes next. I promise you, I get it. But the answer's not to turn inward. To retreat into competing factions. Distrusting those who don't look like you, or worship the way you do, who don't get their news from the same source as you do.\n\nWe must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes, as my mom would say. Just for a moment, stand in their shoes.\n\nBecause here's the thing about life. There's no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days you need a hand. There are other days when we're called to lend a hand. That's how it has to be, that's what we do for one another. And if we are that way our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future. And we can still disagree.\n\nMy fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us we're going to need each other. We need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter. We're entering what may be the darkest and deadliest period of the virus. We must set aside politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation, one nation. And I promise this, as the Bible says, 'Weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning'. We will get through this together. Together.\n\nLook folks, all my colleagues I serve with in the House and the Senate up here, we all understand the world is watching. Watching all of us today. So here's my message to those beyond our borders. America has been tested and we've come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances, and engage with the world once again. Not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenges. And we'll lead not merely by the example of our power but the power of our example.\n\nFellow Americans, moms, dads, sons, daughters, friends, neighbours and co-workers. We will honour them by becoming the people and the nation we can and should be. So I ask you let's say a silent prayer for those who lost their lives, those left behind and for our country. Amen.\n\nFolks, it's a time of testing. We face an attack on our democracy, and on truth, a raging virus, a stinging inequity, systemic racism, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world. Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. But the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with one of the greatest responsibilities we've had. Now we're going to be tested. Are we going to step up?\n\nIt's time for boldness for there is so much to do. And this is certain, I promise you. We will be judged, you and I, by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era. We will rise to the occasion. Will we master this rare and difficult hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world to our children? I believe we must and I'm sure you do as well. I believe we will, and when we do, we'll write the next great chapter in the history of the United States of America. The American story.\n\nA story that might sound like a song that means a lot to me, it's called American Anthem. And there's one verse that stands out at least for me and it goes like this:\n\n'The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day, which shall be our legacy, what will our children say?\n\nLet me know in my heart when my days are through, America, America, I gave my best to you.'\n\nLet us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our great nation. If we do this, then when our days are through, our children and our children's children will say of us: 'They gave their best, they did their duty, they healed a broken land.'\n\nMy fellow Americans I close the day where I began, with a sacred oath. Before God and all of you, I give you my word. I will always level with you. I will defend the Constitution, I'll defend our democracy.\n\nI'll defend America and I will give all - all of you - keep everything I do in your service. Thinking not of power but of possibilities. Not of personal interest but of public good.\n\nAnd together we will write an American story of hope, not fear. Of unity not division, of light not darkness. A story of decency and dignity, love and healing, greatness and goodness. May this be the story that guides us. The story that inspires us. And the story that tells ages yet to come that we answered the call of history, we met the moment. Democracy and hope, truth and justice, did not die on our watch but thrive.\n\nThat America secured liberty at home and stood once again as a beacon to the world. That is what we owe our forbearers, one another, and generations to follow.\n\nSo with purpose and resolve, we turn to those tasks of our time. Sustained by faith, driven by conviction and devoted to one another and the country we love with all our hearts. May God bless America and God protect our troops.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: It's too early to give a lockdown end date\n\nIt is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nOnce the four priority groups have been vaccinated, by mid-February, \"we'll look then at how we're doing,\" he said.\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have had their first dose of vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nScientist Marc Baguelin, who advises the government, has said restaurants and bars should not reopen before May.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he \"certainly hopes\" schools in England can fully reopen before Easter, while Downing Street refused to be drawn on whether this would happen by then.\n\nA further 1,290 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test and there have been another 37,892 cases, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnd almost five million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nSpeaking after a study suggested infections might have increased at the start of the latest lockdown in England, Mr Johnson said it was \"absolutely crucial\" that people observed the restrictions.\n\nReferring to figures from the Imperial College London survey, he said they showed the new variant of the virus was \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nFigures published by Public Health England show cases - meaning people who come forward to get tested while they are infected - have fallen across England since early January.\n\nWith the two sets of figures pointing in different directions, it will be some time before it is known for sure how long it will take for lockdown to relieve the pressure on hospitals.\n\nDr Baguelin, from Imperial College, who sits on a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said the premature opening of the hospitality sector would lead to a \"bump\" in Covid-19 cases.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme even a partial reopening would generate \"an increase in the R number\". An R number above one means the epidemic is growing.\n\n\"Something of this scale, if it was to happen earlier than May, would generate a bump in transmission, which is already really bad,\" he said.\n\n\"So you have a lot of pressure on hospitals, you will have another wave of some extent. At best you will keep on having very, very unsustainable level of pressure on the NHS.\"\n\nNHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThis is a debate that is going to start to dominate public discourse.\n\nWith the vaccination programme under way, there is huge clamour to know what will happen once the most vulnerable are vaccinated, by mid-February.\n\nThe problem is there are still so many unknowns.\n\nFirstly, it is hard to predict by how much lockdown will have reduced infection levels, considering there is a new faster-spreading variant to deal with.\n\nThe level of uptake will also be crucial. Surveys suggest as many as one in five may not have the vaccine - although the older, more vulnerable groups tend to be the most willing to be vaccinated.\n\nAnd the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective means come February there could still be significant numbers of very vulnerable people who are not protected.\n\nAnother factor is whether the vaccine stops transmissions - so-called sterilising vaccination.\n\nTrials have shown the vaccines are good at stopping symptoms developing. But that does not mean someone who has received a jab will not pass on the virus.\n\nIf it does not, that, of course, has implications on how many control measures have to be kept in place. It will take us at least until spring to know the answer to this.\n\nAt this stage, it seems hard to see much beyond the possible reopening of schools come March.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was an \"impossible question\" to ask how long the lockdown would need to last.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be extended until 5 March, BBC News understands.\n\nIn Scotland, lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nAnd in Wales health minister Vaughan Gething has said no \"significant easing\" of Wales' Covid restrictions should be expected when the current guidelines are reviewed this month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir added that the coronavirus vaccines were \"really good news\" but \"should not mask the fact that we have still got a very serious problem\".\n\nThe government is aiming to offer a vaccine to all over-70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres are opening in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.", "Paddy McElhone was shot in the back by a soldier in 1974\n\nThe shooting dead of a man by the Army in County Tyrone in August 1974 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.\n\nPaddy McElhone, 24, a farmer, was shot in the back near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy.\n\nAn inquest heard the shot was fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.\n\nJudge Siobhan Keegan said Mr McElhone was an \"innocent man shot in cold blood without warning when he was no threat to anyone\".\n\nThe soldier, now deceased, had been cleared of murder but the circumstances were re-examined in a new inquest ordered by the Attorney General.\n\nPaddy McElhone's family said he was killed without justification, explanation or apology\n\nAfterwards, a statement issued by the McElhone family said it had been a \"very long road\" to reach Thursday's ruling and that the truth \"has been heard\".\n\nIt reads: \"Our family always knew that Paddy was an innocent young man, taken from his home and shot by a British soldier for no reason.\"\n\nEvidence presented to the inquest found Mr McElhone was not on any list associated with the IRA and was an innocent man from a humble background.\n\nThe family said Mr McElhone's parents \"went to their graves broken-hearted knowing that their innocent son had been killed, without justification, explanation or apology\".\n\n\"We feel that, today, Judge Keenan at this inquest has, at long last, exonerated Paddy in full,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"As a family we can grieve Paddy, and respect his memory as an innocent young man.\"\n\nThe inquest into Mr McElhone's death was the first in a series of coroners' investigations into deaths associated with Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nIt was held in Omagh courthouse in County Tyrone.", "Nearly nine million people had to borrow more money last year because of the impact of coronavirus, government figures show.\n\nSince June last year, the proportion of workers borrowing £1,000 or more had increased from 35% to 45%, said the Office for National Statistics.\n\nSelf-employed people were more likely than employees to borrow money.\n\nThere was also a large increase in the proportion of disabled people borrowing similar sums, the ONS added.\n\nThis was adding to a \"widening financial gap\" between households.\n\nOverall, young people and low earners have been worst hit by the pandemic, according to the ONS survey.\n\nThose aged under 30 and those with household incomes of less than £10,000 were about 35% and 60% respectively more likely to be furloughed than the population as a whole.\n\nMeanwhile, higher-paid workers were more likely to be on full pay if they were unable to work.\n\nThere has been much focus on a glut of savings ready to be unleashed into the economy when pandemic restrictions are lifted.\n\nThis ONS report shines a light on the reality of this for many ordinary Britons, having to borrow more, amid a hit to incomes during the recession.\n\nDisproportionately this has hit the low paid and the young, and this would have been far worse without the government's support package.\n\nMore homeowners and the over-30s by December expected to be able to save for the year ahead. Fewer renters and under 30s expected to be able to save.\n\nThough the analysis does not include the latest national lockdown, the economic impact of schools closure is also clear.\n\nEmployed parents were twice as likely to experience income loss, though that gap closed when schools reopened. The fear is that this trend will have returned over the past month.\n\nGueorguie Vassilev from the ONS said: \"Many people took a financial hit in the first months of the pandemic, either being furloughed or working fewer hours.\n\n\"What we are seeing now, though, is a widening financial gap between households, where some people are relying on savings or borrowing to make ends meet. Those hardest hit are people on low pay, young people and parents of dependent children.\"\n\nParents living with children were almost twice as likely to report a reduction in income as the rest of the population, the ONS added.\n\nThis gap gradually narrowed throughout the year as schools reopened. Parents were less likely to have a reduced income during the November lockdown than in the first lockdown, as schools stayed open.\n\nHave you needed to borrow a substantial amount of money because of the impact of the pandemic? Tell us your story by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Biden invited Taiwan's envoy to his inauguration - what does it mean?\n\nBiden’s inauguration was marked by many historic “firsts”, and one of them could be a sign of potential future clashes between Beijing and Washington. Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s top envoy to the US, was formally invited to the inauguration - the first time this has happened in more than four decades. A video shared on her social media shows her standing in front of the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration ceremony. “Democracy is our common language and freedom is our common objective,” Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US said. China views the self-ruled island as part of its territory that it will eventually retake, by force if necessary. And the status of Taiwan has long been a thorny issue in US-China relations, as the US is by far Taiwan’s most important friend. Hsiao’s presence at the inauguration signals the US may continue to demonstrate strong support for Taiwan, despite the fact that many Taiwanese people are concerned that Biden will take a less confrontational stance towards Beijing compared with Trump. By contrast, it’s unclear whether China’s ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, attended Biden’s inauguration. Earlier today, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Cui had been invited, but did not confirm whether he was present in the ceremony. Hua reiterated China’s position of opposing official interactions between Taiwan and the US. It’s a long-running unspoken rule that Beijing and Taipei’s top diplomats in Washington do not attend the same event, because sharing a stage could be seen as Beijing acknowledging Taiwan as an independent sovereign country.", "Education Minister Peter Weir says that from an educational point of view, he wants \"to keep the extent to which they [children] are out of school to a minimum\".\n\nBut Mr Weir said that decisions about schools during the Covid-19 pandemic must \"be weighed up against the wider public health advice\".\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Evening Extra programme after it was announced that current restrictions will be extended, Mr Weir said that \"nobody wants to see restrictions last longer than they have to\".\n\nHe said the decision to extend lockdown was taken \"very reluctantly but there is a broad consensus in the executive that these are necessary measures that have to be taken to ensure we remain on top of the virus\".\n\nMr Weir added that schools have operated on a slightly different timetable to the rest of the restrictions, and that next week's discussions will consider keeping them closed until 5 March, in line with decisions taken by ministers today.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. While some young people have found it hard at times, others have learnt new skills\n\nYoung people have been asked to share their experiences of how they have coped during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for Wales Sally Holland said her national survey was important because sometimes views of younger people can be \"surprising\".\n\nShe said the information provided would also help inform the Welsh Government ahead of some tough decisions it will need to make in the future.\n\nA similar survey was carried out in the first lockdown last year.\n\nA recent Prince's Trust Youth Index survey asked young people across the UK about their thoughts and feelings towards the pandemic.\n\nMore than 2,000 responded including 200 from Wales.\n\nIt found 63% of 16 to 25-year-olds said the pandemic had left them \"always\" or \"often\" feeling anxious - 64% said they were feeling like they were \"missing out on being young\".\n\nBBC Wales spoke to a number of children and young people about their thoughts on a variety of issues including home schooling, loneliness and finding out what they are doing to stay positive.\n\nAngel, 16, from Cardiff, is studying for her GCSEs.\n\n\"I've just been confused a lot of the time. All the information out there and it's really hard to process and get to a point where you're in a mindset where you know what's happening.\n\n\"There's such a high level of uncertainty you're constantly worried or actually doubting what's going to happen next.\n\n\"When you have goals for the future it's something to help you get through this but when you're in the circumstances we're in now, it's really hard to find the motivation and a purpose for what you're doing now.\"\n\nTo try and stay positive Angel has been trying to get out for walks during her school breaks or watch Netflix.\n\nShe said she has also tried to learn some sign-language during lockdown and attempted yoga.\n\nEmrys and Clara have been learning home skills\n\nEmrys, 11, from Bridgend, said he misses not having the structure of a school day and seeing his friends.\n\nHe added: \"I'm a social person. I have friends, I chat with them, I play with them, and it's hard not being with my friends but I mean the family will have to do.\"\n\nHe and his six-year-old sister, Clara, have enjoyed going for walks with their parents and have been learning some new skills including washing dishes, cooking dinner and baking cakes.\n\nMeanwhile, 11-year-old Sophie has found it difficult to not get bored during long periods of time in the house.\n\n\"I'd say I cope OK with it at some points, but then not okay with it at other points,\" she added.\n\nSophie said it can be hard sometimes to find things to do\n\nAlicia is studying for her A-levels and has friends who have dropped out of their studies this year because of the stress and anxiety caused by the uncertainty about exams and their futures.\n\nThe 17-year-old also said it was \"heart-breaking\" not being able to see many of her close friends for almost a year.\n\nShe added: \"My thoughts are, it's less of a luxury now, I need to be able to go out to see them and to work.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic, Sarah, 16, from Swansea enjoyed going to her local youth club and took part in a local drama group but it how now moved online, giving a different experience.\n\n\"It's quite sad because I used to enjoy being able to do those things whenever it was on, but I think I'm getting used to do everything online,\" she said.\n\nAs a person who does not cope very well with not knowing what will happen next, the pandemic has caused anxiety at times for Sarah.\n\n\"I am finding it quite scary but hopefully things will change and I'll be able to go back soon,\" she said.\n\n\"I think if you're really struggling with something, talking really helps so it would be nice to see people in person.\"\n\nChildren's commissioner Sally Holland conducted a survey of pupils in Wales during the first lockdown\n\nChildren's helpline MEIC Cymru said it had seen a 10% increase in the number of calls from young people, parents, and carers during the pandemic compared with previous years.\n\nStephanie Hoffman, Head of Social Action at Promo Cymru, the charity which runs the helpline, said: \"We're seeing what I'd say are many more substantive contacts, so a lot more contact dealing with really serious issues to do with social well-being, mental health and relationships, as opposed to what we might have seen more of in the past.\n\n\"Now we're dealing with situations which can be quite complicated.\"\n\nOf the survey, Ms Holland said: \"We've heard a lot from adults showing concern for children at the moment, such as parents, carers and professionals working with children about the potential impact of the lockdown on children.\n\n\"Those voices are important to hear, but it's also important we hear directly from children and young people because sometimes they can be surprising.\"\n\nWe know that Covid-19 vaccinations have been on people's minds in Wales - with many wanting to know when they or their loved-ones will receive theirs.\n\nIf you have a question about this issue, a story you'd like to share or a query about anything else related to coronavirus, you can sent it to us using the form below.\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "Fashion chain Next has said it will no longer bid to buy Sir Philip Green's Arcadia retail brands Topshop and Topman out of administration.\n\nIt comes after a consortium including the fashion chain was named as frontrunner to buy the brands.\n\nIn a short statement, Next said the consortium had been \"unable to meet the price expectations of the vendor\".\n\nSome 13,000 jobs were put at risk when Arcadia, which also owns Burton and Dorothy Perkins, went bust in November.\n\nIt leaves a clutch of others in the race to buy the 440-store group, including Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct.\n\nAccording to reports, Authentic Brands, the US owner of the Barneys department store, and JD Sports have tabled a joint offer, while online retailers Asos and Boohoo are also said to be interested.\n\nAdministrators Deloitte have been looking for buyers for some or all of Arcadia, after a slump in sales caused by the pandemic triggered its collapse.\n\nNext, which has 550 UK shops and has weathered the pandemic well, was seen as a good fit to take over the group's assets.\n\nIt had been bidding in partnership with the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner, which was going to put up most of the money.\n\nNext said it wished \"the administrator and future owners [of Arcadia] well in their endeavours to preserve an important part of the UK retail sector\".\n\nExperts expect Arcadia to be broken up, with bidders taking on different parts of the business and brands potentially hived off from their stores.\n\nIn December, Australian collective City Chic said it would buy Arcadia's Evans brand, commerce and wholesale business for £23m but not its store network.\n\nLast year was the worst for the High Street in more than 25 years as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost, up by almost a quarter on the previous year, as shops faced strict curbs and prolonged closures.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end as Ashley Barnes fired in a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.\n\nBarnes was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alisson with seven minutes remaining and converted the spot-kick as Burnley won at Anfield for the first time since 1974.\n\nLiverpool's last league loss on their own ground came nearly four years ago, against Crystal Palace in April 2017, and they are now six points behind leaders Manchester United at the midway point in the campaign.\n\nDivock Origi was given his first start of the season and should have scored when he ran free on goal after pouncing on Ben Mee's error but struck the crossbar.\n\nThe hosts pushed to find the net in the second half but ran out of ideas, Nick Pope making a stunning save to deny Mohamed Salah and fellow substitute Roberto Firmino flicking an effort wide.\n\nBurnley's shock win lifts them up to 16th in the table, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None Klopp takes blame but what has happened to Liverpool?\n\nJurgen Klopp said before the game he was \"not worried\" by his side's poor run, but the latest setback means this has now turned into a real problem for the Liverpool manager.\n\nAfter 19 games, Liverpool are out of form and out of confidence, failing to find the net in their last 440 minutes of top-flight action and awaiting their first league victory of 2021.\n\nThey looked to be hitting their stride on 19 December when they took apart Crystal Palace 7-0, but have not won in the league since and scored just a solitary league goal in that time, against relegation strugglers West Brom.\n\nTheir drop-off from the same stage last season is extraordinary - after 19 games last term the Reds were 13 points clear at the top with 55 points, but they have 21 fewer points now.\n\nAside from Pope's save to thwart Salah and stops from Origi and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool did not look a side who were threatening to find the net.\n\nThey had 72% possession but much of it was slow and ponderous, and although they had spaces out wide and put 30 crosses into the box, the resolute Burnley defenders headed and hacked clear every ball that came in.\n\nLiverpool won 18 of 19 league games at Anfield as they cantered to the title last term.\n\nBurnley were the spoilers on that occasion - earning a 1-1 draw in July 2020 - and they bettered that showing here with another solid and well-organised display.\n\nCaptain Mee had 14 clearances and made two tackles, while centre-back partner James Tarkowski contributed five interceptions and won the ball back four times.\n\nBurnley are a well-drilled outfit and know their limitations, happy to sit back and soak up the pressure before looking to take their chances on the counter-attack.\n\nThey had sniffs on the break but were unable to get the final ball right and while Barnes forced an excellent save out of Alisson, the assistant referee's flag would have ruled it out.\n\nThey remain the lowest scorers in the league with just 10 goals - level with bottom side Sheffield United - but their defensive solidity means they will always pose a threat, even to the biggest teams.\n\n'We dealt with the basics' - manager reaction\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche to Match of the Day: \"Performance, we had to work very hard, as you do in these places, be diligent and do your jobs - shape was good, energy was good.\n\n\"We had a golden chance, kept searching, but you have to deal with the basics and we did that very well.\n\n\"We were close last year, you get a feel of a performance and I said 'you are used to playing against these players, working without the ball, there's always a chance and you have to take it'. Barnsey sticks it in there, gets a toe, it's a penalty and he sticks it away very well.\"\n• None This was Burnley's second Premier League win away against the reigning champions (also v Chelsea in August 2017). Indeed, since the 2017-18 season, Burnley are the only side with two away league wins over the reigning English champions.\n• None Liverpool have gone four league games without scoring for the first time since May 2000. The Reds have had a total of 87 shots since Sadio Mane's 12th-minute strike against West Brom, 25 days ago.\n• None This is the first time a Jurgen Klopp side has gone four league games without scoring since his Mainz side did so in the Bundesliga from November to December 2006.\n• None Liverpool have gone five Premier League games without a win (D3 L2) for only the second time under Klopp (also from Jan-Feb 2017).\n• None Liverpool have conceded two penalty goals at Anfield in this season's Premier League (also Sander Berge for Sheff Utd); they had only conceded two penalty goals at the ground under Klopp before 2020-21.\n• None Liverpool had 27 shots without scoring against Burnley, the most they have had in a single league match without finding the net since April 2013 v Reading (28), and most at Anfield since April 2012 v West Brom (30).\n• None Ashley Barnes' penalty for Burnley was his first away goal in the Premier League in 11 appearances on the road, since netting against Watford back in November 2019.\n• None Since the start of last season, no goalkeeper has made more saves against a single opponent in the Premier League than Burnley's Nick Pope against Liverpool (19). Pope has made 14 saves in his last two games at Anfield, including six tonight.\n\nLiverpool have another big game on Sunday against rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup. That game is live on the BBC (17:00 GMT). Burnley travel to Fulham in the same competition on the same day (14:30).\n• None Offside, Burnley. Dwight McNeil tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.\n• None Joel Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 0, Burnley 1. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Alisson (Liverpool) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "There is a photograph of Kamala Harris, taken in 1986, while she was a student at Howard University.\n\nShe and two other friends, all shoulder pads and plaid, are smiling and laughing, a crowd behind them. It's a picture brimming with energy and hope.\n\nIt's been used a lot in telling the extraordinary story of her rise to become the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president and the first person who attended one of America's HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to get to such a position.\n\nBut this is the story of the other women in the photograph, her two best friends - Valarie Pippen and Karen Gibbs - as well as of others who might have been milling about in the background there.\n\nThis was the 1980s, when the children of America's civil rights generation came of age. Being at Howard University, an HBCU at a time when solidarity with the global anti-apartheid movement was reaching fever pitch and at the height of Reaganism, was a formative experience for many of them.\n\nNow they are about to witness one of their own become vice-president. What have their journeys been like and what does this moment feel like?\n\nHistorically Black Colleges, like Howard University, were founded in order to educate African Americans who were otherwise prohibited from attending college, after slavery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlthough that has now changed, a core part of the Howard message remains its focus on cultivating black leaders - it is not just about academic achievement, but social activism too.\n\nKamala Harris has made clear the influence Howard University had on her career and life goals. Last week, on the anniversary of her sorority's founding date, she posted on Instagram, paying homage to her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and referring to her days at Howard, attending anti-apartheid marches and being part of the debate team: \"Howard taught me that while you will often find that you're the only one in the room who looks like you, or who has had the experiences you've had, you must remember: you are never alone.\"\n\nLike Ms Harris, I also went to Howard University and became a member of that same sorority decades later.\n\nI became intrigued by the stories of the other women and graduates who ventured out into the same world during the same time as Kamala.\n\nIn that photograph, Valarie Pippen is on the right and smiling with confidence at the camera.\n\nHer parents attended historically black colleges after moving north with the great migration, which was the movement over decades of millions of African Americans to the North from the South, where economic uncertainty and segregation prevailed. They settled in the Chicago region and forged successful careers.\n\nShe was led to Howard, specifically, after her older brother attended and brought home a yearbook that intrigued her.\n\nHoward had a festive celebratory atmosphere that the friends made the most of while they were there\n\n\"The culture was festive and lively yet focused on academic and cultural advancement of oppressed people,\" says Ms Pippen. \"We knew that our generation would make a difference with our success.\"\n\nMs Pippen says that at Howard University \"we all had more of a striving to do well, a striving to live with integrity and to make your mark on the world\".\n\nComing from a high-achieving and proud black family with high expectations of their children, she was brought up knowing that her college experience was going to be important.\n\nShe is now a healthcare consultant, and after graduating from Howard she attended medical school at Yale.\n\nShe recalls the commitment to academic excellence, the need to prove your worth out there in the world and how that also translated into many nights studying with her good friend Kamala.\n\n\"There was one year at Howard, we both stayed for summer school. We worked during the day, did night classes and we studied together afterwards. We did that for the whole summer and we had fun.\n\n\"She was born for the job. Her dedication - like mine - was to academics, being an all around good person and to integrity.\"\n\nIn the 1990s, 52% of black pharmacy recipients, 30% of dentistry degree recipients, and 27% of theology degree recipients were all educated at HBCUs.\n\nToday, the two oldest HBCU medical schools - Meharry Medical College and Howard University - are responsible for more than 80% of black doctors and dentists practising in the US.\n\nHBCUs have educated three-quarters of all black people holding a doctorate; three-quarters of all black officers in the armed forces; and four-fifths of all black federal judges, according to the US Department of Education.\n\nThe culture they fostered was hugely important for many ambitious and successful middle- and upper-class class black families going out into a world to become leaders in their field, within one generation of getting the right to vote.\n\nKaren Gibbs, pictured on the left in that photo, remains best friends with the vice-president elect and Valarie Pippen.\n\nShe is now an attorney and speaks of her time at Howard in the same way Kamala Harris has in the past.\n\nThere was \"a lot of black pride and a lot of black love\" in the Howard community, says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"We had black professors who loved us. That was the beauty of going to Howard. They nurtured us, they groomed us. They were realistic to tell us what we would confront when we left Howard - but they equipped us to realise and achieve our dreams.\"\n\nThat environment was especially important as an escape from the realities of society.\n\n\"I was raised in a rural area in Delaware, and the people there were really racist. I had been called bad names by a lot of people, despite having a black family and smaller community filled with educators and proud of their roots,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\nThat is one of the reasons that she wanted to attend Howard University, to become a civil rights lawyer. She made the move so that she could be surrounded by \"love\" and \"support\".\n\n\"It was never a matter if I would go to an HBCU,\" it was just a matter of which she would go to.\n\nMs Gibbs and Ms Pippen's experience at Howard University strikes a chord with others who were also there in the 1980s.\n\nThey speak of the open fostering of social awareness and political activism in movements happening off campus.\n\nBeing in the nation's capital, Howard in particular had a front-row seat to some memorable episodes in politics.\n\nThe debate team in 1981 at Howard University. Kamala Harris was one of the few women to join the club.\n\nDexter Cole, a Howard alumnus and now top executive at TV One, told the BBC that \"our parents actively participated in the civil rights movements and were at the forefront, and we came to Howard with a sense of commitment to not only improve the lives of ourselves, but others as well\".\n\nAcross the nation, HBCUs were training a generation who would have a large impact on the world, and the progression of the broader African-American community.\n\n\"We understood that we were agents of change.\"\n\nMr Cole explained that \"social unrest was very prevalent, but as a student body we knew that we had a seat at the table because of those we saw who went before us\".\n\n\"I remember marching on Capitol Hill on the National Mall. There was a group of students going to protest to make Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday, and now I look there is a memorial just where I marched.\n\n\"We knew what our rights were and we were determined to invoke our right. That's why there were so many of us active in the anti-apartheid movement - we saw it play out in the US,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"It was a time when a lot of people from the era transcended into important places in different parts of society,\" says Lita Rosario-Richardson.\n\nMs Rosario-Richardson is currently an entertainment lawyer. On campus, she recruited Ms Harris on to the debate team.\n\n\"The election of Kamala Harris has really made crystal clear that Howard prepares you for anything,\" she adds.\n\nAlthough it is no surprise to those who knew Kamala Harris that she is now the vice-president of the United States, it feels like a vindication for their own personal journeys and the philosophy they took forward with them into the wider world.\n\n\"It was instilled that with your education comes a responsibility to improve the world - specifically our own people. And, we see that that has benefited everyone in America.\n\n\"Kamala is a child of desegregation, like myself. Her nomination seemed historically fit, and she's the right person for it,\" Ms Rosario-Richardson adds.\n\nDexter Cole is now a top executive at TV One\n\n\"Alumni like Thurgood Marshall - the first black Supreme Court Justice - who attended Howard laid the framework.\"\n\nEven during their time as students, these alumni felt that they were connected to greatness and expected to make big strides in the world.\n\nIt was not a feeling confined to Kamala Harris. The stories of these women show many have become movers and shakers in their own fields.\n\n\"All this has come full circle,\" says Andrea Holmes, a graduate who is now a marketing executive.\n\n\"The vice-presidency is where she belongs. She is the role model of the world and to all women and little girls.\"\n\nThe original photograph of Kamala, Valarie and Karen was taken in 1986 at Howard University's famous Homecoming.\n\nAt most schools in the US, homecoming is an annual tradition marked by an American football game and partying. At Howard University, homecoming is marked by a football game as well as a week of events where all generations come back to meet and celebrate. Notable graduates as well as celebrities and artists come to perform, join discussions, and be part of the week.\n\nAs a graduate, I know Homecoming remains a highly anticipated annual event, an experience like no other. That picture captures the energy, friendship and ambition of a group of women, at Howard in an electric era, who felt capable of anything.\n\nValarie Pippen remembers the moment: \"The weekend was truly exhilarating, and you can see from the looks and smiles on our faces we were having the time of our lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 2,000 homes in parts of Manchester are being evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) has issued two severe flood warnings, which means danger to life, for the Didsbury and Northenden areas.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey of Greater Manchester Police has warned some of those affected would \"be Covid-positive or isolating at home\".\n\nHe said the government was working to ensure it was \"totally prepared\" for floods \"in every part of the UK\".\n\nA major incident was earlier declared for the Greater Manchester area where up to 3,000 properties were feared to be at risk.\n\nMr Johnson urged people not to stay in their homes if they were told to evacuate.\n\n\"If you are told to leave your home then you should do so.\n\n\"People may think this is a minor issue at the moment, still relevantly minor by standards of previous floods, but never underestimate the suffering, the misery, that floods can cause people.\"\n\nUnder government restrictions due to the current national lockdown people are allowed to leave their homes to escape harm.\n\nIn an alert to those affected, ACC Bailey said: \"A basin at Didsbury to take water from the Mersey is full. It will over-top in the next few hours. As a result we will be issuing a flood warning to homes.\n\n\"This will be through texted flood alerts to some people, and police officers, PCSOs, firefighters, and volunteers will be knocking on doors.\"\n\nHe said police will be supported by North West Ambulance, the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance.\n\n\"I think it's important to stress that if you are contacted and advised to evacuate then we would strongly urge you to do so,\" he added.\n\nWater levels in the area were expected to peak at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nA major incident has also been declared in Derbyshire, where authorities believe a small number of evacuations are \"likely\" on Thursday morning, when the River Derwent is expected to peak.\n\nCounty council leader Barry Lewis said it could rival levels seen in November 2019, depending on the weather overnight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM says the government is making sure it is “totally prepared in every part of the UK” for flooding after Storm Christoph.\n\nSpeaking after a Cobra emergency meeting on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said work was under way to ensure transport and energy networks, and local council services, were prepared.\n\nHe added that work was also taking place to ensure the necessary numbers of sandbags were available.\n\n\"We want to make sure that we are totally prepared in every part of the UK for flooding, because it is coming on top of the stress people are already under fighting Covid,\" he said.\n\n\"We looked at particularly Manchester, we've got a situation potentially developing there,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We are looking at a pattern of rainfall possibly not as bad at the end of this week, maybe worse next week.\"\n\nPeople in Greater Manchester have also been advised not to travel.\n\nStephen Rhodes, from Transport from Greater Manchester, said there was disruption across the network.\n\n\"Let's work together and not put our emergency services and the NHS - who are already working extremely hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic - under any more pressure,\" he said.\n\nIn Merseyside, the M57 has been closed in both directions between junction 6 and 7 due to flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 100 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 200 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nRiver levels have risen rapidly in parts of northern England\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office said some isolated areas could see up to 200mm (7.8in).\n\nSandbags have been distributed as Storm Christoph batters parts of England\n\n\"Once again the government's response to inevitable flood events has been slow and uncoordinated,\" the Barnsley East MP said.\n\n\"We must ensure councils are supported to protect people, businesses, and local communities, and that all of the necessary precautions are also in place to protect those fighting the floods in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sheila Evans was among those to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nBy the end of Tuesday 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.\n\nBut Boris Johnson warned there were \"unquestionably going to be a tough few weeks\" while the vaccine was rolled out and urged people to observe lockdown.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to flood-hit Didsbury in Manchester, the prime minister said it was still \"too early\" to say when some lockdown restrictions could be lifted in England.\n\nHe said figures from an Imperial College London survey showed the new variant of the virus to be \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nThe study suggests there was a rise in infections in the community at the start of the latest lockdown in England.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThe UK recorded another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday. A further 1,820 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures - taking the total number of deaths by that measure to 93,290.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres have opened in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.\n\nTwo million jabs a week are needed for the government to achieve its target of offering a vaccine to all over 70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nGiving a statement in the Commons, Health Secretary Mr Hancock said the country had an \"immense infrastructure in place that, day by day, is protecting the vulnerable and giving hope to us all\".\n\nDescribing this as a \"huge feat\", he said the government was making \"good progress\" towards its target.\n\nAsked about difficulties in getting vaccines to rural areas and whether the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could be prioritised for these as it is easier to store, Mr Hancock said the challenge was that supply was \"lumpy\", with manufacturers working \"as fast as possible\".\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said new variants of the virus showed vaccination needed to go \"further and faster\".\n\nHe asked if there was a contingency plan in place in case vaccines needed to be redesigned to contain mutations.\n\nMr Hancock said the early indications were that the new variant was dealt with by the vaccine \"just as much as the old variant\".\n\nHe also said 63% of residents in elderly care homes had now received a vaccine.\n\nFormer Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is now chairman of the Common's Health Select Committee, asked about establishing \"quarantine hotels\" to combat new strains, as well as whether there should be further restrictions on household mixing outside bubbles and mandating FFP2 masks in shops and on public transport.\n\nMr Hancock said the clinical advice was that the current guidelines on personal protective equipment (PPE) were \"right and appropriate\" and said \"very significant measures\" had been brought in for international travel.\n\nIn Northern Ireland more than 160,000 people have received a first vaccine dose, while in Wales, where more than 175,000 people have received a jab, people waiting for theirs have been urged to show \"patience\" and \"perspective\".\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted her country's vaccine programme was not lagging behind, during First Minister's Questions on Wednesday.\n\nIn England the rollout of the vaccine started with people aged 80 and over. In some regions where the majority of these have been vaccinated, the programmes are now moving on to the over 70s.\n\nHome Secretary Priri Patel, who will lead a Downing Street press conference later, said ministers were working to ensure police and other front-line workers are moved up the priority list, while Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told BBC Breakfast he hoped teachers and support staff could be moved up the list.\n\nMeanwhile, pumps and sandbags were brought in to protect supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the risk of flood water at a warehouse in Wrexham, north-east Wales.\n\nYoung people in Wales have been asked to share their experiences of the pandemic in a survey by the nation's Children's Commissioner.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned there will be \"tough weeks to come\" as the UK reported another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths.\n\nA further 1,820 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now 93,290.\n\nMr Johnson said there was now a \"race against time\" to vaccinate the vulnerable but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring.\n\nIn an interview with broadcasters, he said the high number of deaths was \"appalling\" and a reflection of the peak infection rates seen a couple of weeks ago.\n\nHe said: \"I must warn people there will be tough weeks to come, but as the vaccine goes in and that programme accelerates, there will be, I think, a real difference by spring.\"\n\nJust under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier.\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was the 1,610 reported on Tuesday.\n\nSome 4,609,740 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine - a rise of 343,163 from yesterday.\n\nThere were also a further 38,905 cases, with 3,887 more patients admitted into hospital.\n\nIt is the second consecutive day deaths have hit a new high.\n\nThat, sadly, was to be expected as it is a reflection of the surge in cases seen during December.\n\nIt takes a week or two from the point of infection for someone to become seriously ill - and they can then spend some time in hospital. The high number is also a result of delays reporting deaths - a quarter happened last week or even before.\n\nBut make no mistake the death toll is going up. If you look at the average over the course of a week, the numbers being reported at the moment are twice what they were just two weeks ago.\n\nHowever, we also know they should soon start coming down. Daily infections are falling, with signs lockdown is taking effect. For four days in a row new diagnoses have been below 40,000 - after averaging 60,000 at the start of year.\n\nIt could be another week or so before we start to see the impact of that in the death figures. The hope then would be that within a few weeks we could start seeing a more rapid fall as the impact of the vaccination programme begins to bite.\n\nBut before that happens the daily totals reported could, sadly, go even higher.\n\nNew coronavirus cases are down by 21.5% over the last seven days. But the number of patients being admitted into hospital in the same period has not yet fallen (up by 0.5%).\n\nThe prime minister said it looked as though infection rates across the country overall might now be peaking or flattening, but he cautioned that \"they're not flattening very fast\".\n\nAsked if daily deaths would continue to rise, he said it was \"difficult to predict\".\n\nHe added: \"We must hope that by getting the numbers of daily infections down in the way that perhaps has been happening since the lockdown that will feed through into a reduction in deaths as well.\n\n\"But I must stress that we have tough weeks to come now as we roll out the vaccine.\n\n\"The light will only really begin to dawn as we get those vaccination numbers up.\"\n\nEarlier, the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told Sky News: \"This is very, very bad at the moment, with enormous pressure, and in some cases it looks like a war zone in terms of the things that people are having to deal with.\"\n\nHe said there was \"light at the end of the tunnel\" in the form of the vaccination programme.\n\nBut he said vaccines were \"not going to do the heavy lifting for us at the moment, anywhere near it\".\n\nMilitary personnel are going to be deployed to a number of hospitals to help staff cope with high numbers of cases, including in Northern Ireland and Exeter.\n\nAnd this week 10 hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds.\n\nIn other developments, Home Secretary Priti Patel said ministers were working to ensure police and other frontline workers were moved up the priority list for the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson said the government must rely on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, but wanted front-line workers to be immunised \"as soon as possible\".\n\nHe also said the vaccination programme remained \"on track\" despite \"constraints on supply\".", "Politicians in pearls, the colour purple and warm woollen mittens - these are just a few of Washington's favourite things from the 2021 Inauguration.\n\nWith America's leaders in the spotlight on the inauguration - and world - stage, sometimes what they wear can say more than their speeches.\n\nDC-based fashion consultant Lauren Rothman says Americans have always taken an interest in what political leaders don for inaugural celebrations. And in 2021, with an ongoing pandemic and economic crisis as well as the swearing-in of the first female vice-president, things feel \"even more loaded\".\n\nIt's all about optics for the politically fashion-minded, says Ms Rothman, who helps style politicians for events including inaugurations past.\n\nSo let's see how outspoken this year's inauguration crowd really was, from the Bidens to Bernie Sanders - with a little help from some real fashion experts.\n\nVice-President Kamala Harris' purple ensemble has already made an impact.\n\n\"Symbolically, it's a bipartisan colour because it marries [Republican] red and [Democratic] blue,\" says Ms Rothman, noting a number of elected officials or spouses had opted for purple today.\n\nBut that's not the only reason purple has a special place for US women in politics. The suffragettes often wore the colour in the 1900s while campaigning for women's right to vote.\n\nProfessor Elka Stevens, coordinator of the fashion design programme at Howard University, also notes it's a colour of significance in the black community - one tied to the Christian experience as well. Ms Harris' pearl necklace also made reference to a tradition in her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the oldest all-black sorority in the US.\n\nAdd it all up and Ms Harris' choice of pearls and a purple sharp-cut Christopher John Rogers coat was \"an excellent first building block on what the legacy is of how to look like a woman in power\", Ms Rothman says.\n\nBoth Mrs Biden and Ms Harris also took care to choose emerging US brands for their inaugural looks. Ms Harris' outfit, from head-to-toe, showed off African-American designers.\n\nAnd we can't forget Doug Emhoff either, America's \"first second gentleman\".\n\n\"He chose to do everything that he should, which is to not distract and perfectly fit in,\" says Rothman.\n\nWe can't discuss political fashion without bringing up Michelle Obama.\n\nHer purple Sergio Hudson sweater and palazzo pants plus coat look, along with perfectly curled hair, did not disappoint fans of the former first lady.\n\n\"It's a different dress code and different expectation for women who are first ladies versus people who aren't, like women who are elected,\" says Ms Rothman.\n\nFrom baring her arms to wearing both high-end and High Street fashion, Mrs Obama was \"legacy-making\" in a way that hearkened back to Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy, Ms Rothman says.\n\nShe also put many \"independent and ethnic American designers\" on the map during her eight years in the White House.\n\nNewly former First Lady Melania Trump, too, had a clear style, often spotted in sleek looks from well-known brands (think Chanel, Hermès).\n\nOne of her favourite designers was French-American Hervé Pierre, but Prof Stevens also notes she faced a challenge dressing all-American as many US labels said they would not dress her.\n\nFor her final look of the day, Melania swapped out the all-black suit she left the White House in for a Gucci dress with a bold orange print.\n\n\"The curtain is down and she's onto the next phase of her life,\" says Ms Rothman of the sharp contrast. \"I think that's what she's using her clothing to signal: that DC is over.\n\nHe may not win the best-dressed award any time soon, but veteran Senator Bernie Sanders certainly won Twitter with his extra large mittens.\n\nMr Sanders' pair of eye-catching woolly mittens were given to him two years ago by a Vermont schoolteacher who made them from repurposed sweaters and recycled plastic bottles. Those, coupled with a snap of him alone in a crossed-arm pose, made for prime meme fodder.\n\n\"What we love about it is that it's so authentically Bernie,\" says Ms Rothman.\n\nWhen asked for his thoughts on all the stir his inauguration look caused, Mr Sanders simply said: \"In Vermont we dress warm...and we're not so concerned about good fashion. We want to keep warm. And that's what I did today.\"\n\nInauguration 2021 featured performances from Jennifer Lopez (in a crisp white ensemble) and Lady Gaga.\n\nBut it was Gaga's custom black-and-red Schiaparelli gown that stole the show or, more specifically, the large golden dove-shaped brooch she wore atop it.\n\nAside from the Hunger Games comparisons, the almost operatic outfit served another fun purpose in Ms Rothman's eyes.\n\n\"She brought the inaugural ball to the stage in a year where you're not going to get all of the dress up, the ball gowns that we have come to look at and adore and criticise.\"\n\nYouth poet laureate Amanda Gorman was another star on today's stage.\n\nThe self-described \"skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother\", touched on many heavy themes in her verses, but her outfit was a breath of fresh air.\n\nYellow is a colour of hope, energy, light. And her bright red Prada headband was a bold complement. To Prof Stevens, it was almost crown-like.\n\n\"It also honed attention on her hair, because no one else had that particular hairstyle. And we know that hair can be political as well.\"\n\nOur last noteworthy youthful garb of the day was Ella Emhoff, stepdaughter to the vice-president.\n\nHer dainty white collar atop a bejewelled plaid Miu Miu coat was particularly striking - or in the words of Teen Vogue, \"just *chef's kiss*\" - and to Prof Stevens, reminiscent of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.\n\n\"I really thought about our democracy, justice, the collars [Ginsburg] wore and the messages she would send. I think this was [also] an ode to femininity.\"\n\nAnd as for her brother Cole's look? Prof Stevens' takeaway was: \"You need some gloves, young man.\"\n\nAnd last but not least, let's consider the new president and first lady.\n\nProf Stevens says the political dress mirrored a desire to project comfort and to reassure the nation that US democracy is safe and its way of life is \"going back to something familiar\" despite Covid-19.\n\nThere may not have been anything ground-breaking in Mr Biden's Ralph Lauren suit; perhaps the more interesting aspect is the way he wore it.\n\n\"As a Washington insider he's been wearing suits for decades,\" says Ms Rothman. \"He showed that he knows what works.\"\n\nAlso notable with both Biden's ensembles today: the colour blue. Prof Stevens notes that blue is recognised as a colour of trustworthiness; of stability; of confidence, especially for men.\n\nAs for Jill Biden's custom-made, Swarovski-crystal-accented aquamarine coat from the up-and-coming New York Makarian label?\n\nBoth Prof Stevens and Ms Rothman say it signalled responsibility and modesty.\n\n\"We already know [the Bidens] are very united, but it signalled that they're here and ready to do the work,\" Ms Rothman says.", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nMembers of the military are to be brought in to help medical staff in Northern Ireland in the fight against Covid-19.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nThose brought in will assist nursing staff and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIn the past, the use of the military in Northern Ireland has provoked controversy.\n\nWhile military help has already been used during the pandemic to transport equipment and patients, this is the first time military staff will be used in hospitals.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe confirmed that a request for military assistance for NI's health service had been accepted by the MoD.\n\nThe health minister thanked the MoD for the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities agreement, which is being provided in other UK regions.\n\n\"The armed forces have provided invaluable support in this pandemic, including aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning,\" he said.\n\n\"Our hospitals are under immense pressure and an additional staffing complement will be very welcome on the front line.\n\n\"This is a health decision and I am confident it will be supported on that basis.\"\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis tweeted: \"Battling #COVID19 is a national effort. I'm pleased that 110 medically-trained personnel from our Armed Forces will support health and social care teams across Northern Ireland in their vital work on the frontline against coronavirus.\"\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nWhen it was announced last April that the health minster had made requests for military help, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said Mr Swann had taken that decision unilaterally.\n\nHowever, she later said her party would not rule out any measure necessary to save lives.\n\nReacting to the latest request for help, Sinn Féin said its priority throughout the pandemic had been to save lives, keep people safe and protect the health service.\n\n\"The Minister of Health has made a request for staffing support from the British Ministry of Defence,\" the party said.\n\n\"We do not rule out any measures to do so, and any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into a green and orange issue is divisive and a distraction.\"\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 61 new Covid-19-related deaths were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,768.\n\nA further 2,488 new cases of the virus were also confirmed by the Irish Department for Health.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press briefing on Wednesday, Mr Swann confirmed the executive would review the current lockdown regulations on Thursday.\n\nNorthern Ireland began a six-week lockdown on 26 December, in a bid to bring the virus under control.\n\nMinisters promised to review the regulations after four weeks.\n\nMr Swann said he would not pre-empt the outcome of Thursday's meeting but confirmed he would bring recommendations from his officials to the meeting.\n\n\"This is not the time to open floodgates or take premature decisions that would lead to another spike in cases,\" he added.\n\n\"We must stay the course.\"\n\nThe minister also provided the latest update on the number of vaccinations - 160,396 doses have now been administered in NI, with 21,690 of those second doses.\n\nHe said he understood the frustration of some people that they were still waiting to hear when their elderly or vulnerable relatives would receive their vaccine, but he urged patience.\n\n\"We cannot go faster than supplies allow,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Relatives of some older people in Wales called the vaccinations \"poorly organised\"\n\nA housebound 84-year-old woman said she was told she may have to wait up to two months to have her coronavirus vaccine if she could not get to her GP surgery.\n\nStuart Wilson said his mother Julia was immobile and she required two people with a hoist to get her up.\n\nHe said her surgery in Sketty, Swansea, called on Tuesday offering a jab but they were told it would take time to arrange a house visit.\n\nWelsh Government said a mobile service could take a jab to the housebound.\n\nDr Chris Johns, from Sketty Medical Centre, said: \"I can give assurances that no housebound patient is being asked to wait this long for their vaccination.\n\n\"This is a massive undertaking by GPs and we would ask older patients, if they are mobile, to attend one of our vaccination clinics instead.\"\n\nHe said teams have already made close to 200 house calls to vaccinate those unable to come to the surgery and over the next few weeks GPs would continue to go to patients' homes \"where necessary\".\n\nMore than 175,000 vaccines have been administered across Wales so far.\n\nUnder Welsh Government plans, the goal is for everyone over the age of 70 to be offered a vaccination by mid-February.\n\nMr Wilson said the call left his mother \"concerned and distressed\" so with her permission he spoke to the GP surgery himself.\n\nShe has been with the surgery, which is the Sketty branch of Sketty and Killay Surgeries, for about five years, and they are familiar with her condition as she receives home visits for flu jabs.\n\n\"What I can't understand is how they can invite somebody for a vaccination and then turn around and say because you're housebound, they can't give it yet,\" he added.\n\n\"I'm not asking for preferential treatment; we're not asking to be bumped up the list. I was disgusted by the total lack of information.\"\n\nMr Wilson said he knew of three other cases where patients have been given the same information.\n\nHe said disabled people should receive equal treatment. He has also taken the issue up with the disability rights association, Disability Wales, who have been asked to comment.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Those who cannot attend their appointment or cannot travel to the vaccination venue can let your health board know through the NHS booking system. They will then be offered another appointment on another day or at a more convenient location.\n\n\"There are also plans in place for people who are housebound and for care homes, which will mean the vaccine can be safely taken to them using a mobile service if they are unable to attend a GP surgery or mass vaccination centre.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Welsh Government has been criticised over the speed of rolling out vaccines to the over 80s age group.\n\nSteve Hockridge's 92-year-old mother Sheila suffers from Alzheimer's disease and lives alone in Cardiff.\n\nHe contacted her surgery but was told they had \"no information\" about when she would receive a vaccine.\n\n\"My confidence in the Welsh Government has been knocked,\" he said.\n\n\"After all the clarity during this pandemic, with this area they seem to be very, very secretive, giving different messages [which are] quite often conflicting.\"\n\nIn Wrexham, Helen Field said her mother, Eileen, 94, was also still waiting to hear about her vaccine.\n\n\"Our relations over the border in the Wirral area who are in a similar age group of over 80s and 90s have all received their second vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"The difference is quite alarming and I just want to know what's going on in Wales and why they are so slow in putting the vaccines out?\n\n\"Nobody can seem to give us any information and it seems to be so poorly organised.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Every day in Wales we are speeding up the vaccination programme.\n\n\"Thousands more people are receiving their first dose of the Covid vaccine and more clinics are opening with 45 vaccination centres operating or due to be operating shortly, and more than 250 GP surgeries being involved by the end of this month. As of 20 January, more than 175,816 people in Wales have been vaccinated.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The company said its milk processing was highly automated with no risk to the products caused by the virus outbreak\n\nOne worker at a dairy has died after contracting coronavirus and 95 others are self-isolating.\n\nMuller Milk & Ingredients said 47 staff members who work at the company's dairy near Bridgwater, Somerset, have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIt said it was now testing all 300 workers at its site in North Petherton.\n\nA spokesman for the firm said the safety of its products had not been affected by the outbreak at its factory.\n\nIt was working with Public Health England and the council to help with mass testing, he added.\n\nThe employee was taken to hospital but died. The firm said its thoughts were with the worker's family and friends.\n\nProduction has since been reduced at the site.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is important to stress that fresh milk processing is highly automated ensuring no risk to products, with our Bridgwater facility one of the most modern dairies in the UK.\n\n\"As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are placing the safety of our employees first and following best practice as set down by the Health and Safety Executive.\n\n\"Standard measures in place include the use of facemasks, distancing, enhanced deep cleaning and hygiene, underpinned by a programme of e-learning, information and audits to ensure compliance and awareness of the measures.\"\n\nSomerset County Council said it was working closely with Public Health England and the factory and that further testing was being done throughout Thursday.\n\n\"The [council's] rapid outbreak testing team is carrying out further workforce testing today, for workers who were not present on Monday shifts.\n\n\"The testing on Monday identified a number of staff who were positive but asymptomatic, who are now isolating,\" a spokesman said.", "Gabriel is an ardent 'Latino for Trump' who is active in New York Republican circles. He wishes the Biden/Harris administration well but doesn't believe Democrats really want unity and thinks they'll reverse a lot of good Trump policies.\n\nHow did Joe Biden's inaugural speech on unity sit with you?\n\nI caught bits and pieces of the inauguration, but I did not watch the speech. I'll give it a watch when I'm not as busy. Hopefully, his message is not like what we saw on 6 January, when he tried to lambast people as white supremacists for showing up at the Capitol, because that will just alienate people.\n\nThis country has come a long way in terms of race relations and, if we really want unity, let's regain the sense of what an American is. An American isn't white, black or Jewish; it is a person within the United States that takes part in our republic.\n\nWhat do you think of the executive actions he is taking today?\n\nI knew Biden would come out swinging while he stills holds the majority in the legislative branch. It's certainly a statement in the same vein as President Trump's first few days of office, but I think it's horrible. As someone of Hispanic descent, the idea of potentially granting 11 million immigrants citizenship is a slap in the face to everyone who came through the legal process.\n\nJoining the Paris climate agreement again is widely regarded as a farce, even by some ecologists, because nations that are members in the agreement didn't actually hit their targets. The removal of the Keystone Pipeline is not only going to cost people jobs but it could potentially increase our carbon footprint. When it comes to the WHO, they failed us during the Covid pandemic. It's all just smoke and mirrors to undo what President Trump did and stick it in the face of Republicans.", "The former Western Daily Press journalist lived in the property from 1970 until 1994\n\nAn \"inspiring\" house previously owned by fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett has been put on the market.\n\nThe creator of the Discworld series lived in the 18th Century property, called Gaze Cottage, in the village of Rowberrow, Somerset, from 1970 until 1994.\n\nSir Terry died aged 66 in 2015, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\nHe wrote more than 70 books during his career and completed his final book in 2014.\n\nAt the turn of the century, Sir Terry was Britain's second most-read author, beaten only by JK Rowling.\n\nIn August 2007, it was reported he had suffered a stroke, but the following December he announced that he had been diagnosed with a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.\n\nThe fitted kitchen is in the older half of the house\n\nRuth Treasure-Smith, from Robin King Estate Agent, said: \"He wrote most of his most famous novels in that house in the 80s.\n\n\"The house must have been inspiring. The current owner purchased the property from Terry Pratchett and has lived at the house since.\"\n\nShe said he had received letters to the house addressed to the \"Hogfather\", a quirky and satirical character from the Death collection in the Discworld series.\n\nThe sitting room has an inglenook fireplace complete with bread oven\n\nThe house is being sold at a guide price of £800,000\n\nThe first floor houses the master bedroom which overlooks the garden\n\nThe property has four bedrooms\n\nThe cottage sits on a plot comprising almost a third of an acre\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nNI's largest healthcare union has said it has not objected to military personnel being brought in to help medical staff deal with Covid-19.\n\nHowever, Unison said it had questions over the move and there had \"disappointingly\" been no consultation.\n\nAn initial statement from the union on the subject was criticised by some politicians.\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken described it as \"appallingly inappropriate\".\n\nA new statement issued on social media, from the union's regional secretary Patricia McKeown, said the first statement had been \"misunderstood\".\n\nSpeaking to Good Morning Ulster, she acknowledged the initial statement had caused \"stress and hurt\" to Unison members and apologised for that.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nIn the union's initial statement, issued on Wednesday, it said it would ask Mr Swann for \"detailed reasons\" for the move.\n\nIt said this would include \"seeking information as to what other avenues of support have been sought, such as securing additional staffing from private sector healthcare providers\".\n\nHowever, following criticism, Ms McKeown said in a new statement on Thursday morning that the union was \"happy to clarify\" its position.\n\n\"To be absolutely clear, Unison has not objected to assistance from military personnel.\"\n\nShe added: \"In our experience the deployment of military personnel into public services is a decision taken as a last resort.\n\n\"We were immediately concerned that a request for aid of this nature indicates a crisis that is moving out of control.\n\n\"This is why it is important that we know in advance what options are being explored.\"\n\nThe union said it was important to get detailed information on how, when and where external personnel would be deployed and what the management and accountability structures will be in place for them.\n\nSteve Aiken described the first Unison statement as appallingly inappropriate\n\nSpeaking on Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster on Thursday, Ms McKeown said: \"We put a statement out last night, it said what we were going to do, but it didn't say why we were going to do it.\n\n\"That caused stress and hurt to our members and I am very, very sorry for that. That's why we corrected it.\"\n\nShe added that if military personnel were being brought in \"it means that all options have been exhausted, there's a big decision facing us now and that decision is a stronger lockdown\".\n\nThe earlier statement from the union, issued on Wednesday night, had been criticised by some politicians.\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken said: \"Judging by the number of healthcare workers who have contacted me tonight they are absolutely incredulous at the Unison statement this evening.\n\n\"Getting help is what is needed - time for Unison to withdraw its appallingly inappropriate remarks.\"\n\nDUP assembly member Jonathan Buckley said: \"This statement from Unison is extremely disappointing and is out of step with both Unison's own members and the wider public.\n\n\"I have already been contacted by health service staff making clear that this does not represent their views.\"\n\nHis party colleague Paul Frew tweeted: \"Utterly appalling. A lot of anger tonight for a union that is supposed to support its membership.\"\n\nSpeaking on Good Morning Ulster, West Belfast People Before Profit assembly member Gerry Carroll said: \"We all recognise that we're in a really desperate situation, a really difficult situation.\n\n\"But people want to see the health service expanded permanently and not just a short-term fix which people have questioned on a number of grounds.\"\n\nHowever, Ulster Unionist Doug Beattie said nurses and doctors were exhausted.\n\n\"What we're really talking about here is a surge of some personnel in order to support out frontline nurses who are dead on their feet,\" he said.\n\n\"The here and now is about saving lives.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Sinn Féin responded to Mr Swann's decision by saying it would not \"rule out\" any measures that help save lives and that \"any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into an orange and green issue is divisive and a distraction\".\n\nThe chief executive of the Belfast Health Trust, Dr Cathy Jack, told Stormont's health committee that the move would ensure staff can continue to deliver care to as many patients as possible.\n\nShe said the military personnel are \"band 4 medically-trained technicians\" who will \"be working under normal management structures\".\n\n\"This is another group of highly-trained individuals that will support staff and I welcome this.\"\n\nDr Jack said discussions were \"ongoing\" about how private health care providers could help in this phase of the pandemic.\n\nShe said a small number of private lists were being used for surgeries with low-risk cancers and more would be freed up in March \"to allow us to try and catch up on the backlog\".\n\nThe Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request means armed forces staff will assist nurses and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said the Army has previously carried out pandemic roles in Northern Ireland with \"aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning\".\n\nThe health minister added it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.", "An algorithm is trained to pick out an elephant against a complex backdrop such as a forest\n\nAt first, the satellite images appear to be of grey blobs in a forest of green splotches - but, on closer inspection, those blobs are revealed as elephants wandering through the trees.\n\nAnd scientists are using these images to count African elephants from space.\n\nThe pictures come from an Earth-observation satellite orbiting 600km (372 miles) above the planet's surface.\n\nThe breakthrough could allow up to 5,000 sq km of elephant habitat to be surveyed on a single cloud-free day.\n\nAnd all the laborious elephant counting is done via machine learning - a computer algorithm trained to identify elephants in a variety of backdrops.\n\n\"We just present examples to the algorithm and tell it, 'This is an elephant, this is not an elephant,'\"Dr Olga Isupova, from the University of Bath, said.\n\n\"By doing this, we can train the machine to recognise small details that we wouldn't be able to pick up with the naked eye.\"\n\nAfrican elephants are listed as vulnerable to extinction\n\nThe scientists looked first at South Africa's Addo Elephant National Park.\n\n\"It has a high density of elephants,\" University of Oxford conservation scientist Dr Isla Duporge said.\n\n\"And it has areas of thickets and of open savannah.\n\n\"So it's a great place to test our approach.\n\n\"While this is a proof of concept, it's ready to go.\n\n\"And conservation organisations are already interested in using this to replace surveys using aircraft.\"\n\nConservationists will have to pay for access to commercial satellites and the images they capture.\n\nBut this approach could vastly improve the monitoring of threatened elephant populations in habitats that span international borders, where it can be difficult to obtain permission for aircraft surveys.\n\nThe scientists say it could also be used in anti-poaching work.\n\n\"And of course, [because you can capture these images from space,] you don't need anyone on the ground, which is particularly helpful during these times of coronavirus,\" Dr Duporge said.\n\n\"In zoology, technology can move quite slowly.\n\n\"So being able to use the cutting-edge techniques for animal conservation is just really nice.\"", "Four royal aides say they do not wish to \"take sides\" over a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father, the High Court has been told.\n\nIn a letter lawyers for the four said they believed their clients could \"shed some light\" on the letter's drafting but the four were \"strictly neutral\".\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online publisher over articles that reproduced parts of the letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' (ANL) defence instead of a trial.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nShe is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nANL claims Meghan wrote her letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\", which she denies.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing on Wednesday, ANL's barrister Antony White QC told the court that a letter from the so-called \"palace four\" showed that \"further oral evidence and documentary evidence is likely to be available at trial which would shed light on certain key factual issues in this case\".\n\nHe said it was \"likely\" there was also further evidence about whether Meghan \"directly or indirectly provided private information\" to the authors of an unauthorised biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom.\n\nThe four aides are: Jason Knauf, former communications secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Christian Jones, their former deputy communications secretary, Samantha Cohen, formerly the Sussexes' private secretary, and Sara Latham, their ex-director of communications.\n\n\"None of our clients welcomes his or her potential involvement in this litigation, which has arisen purely as a result of the performance of his or her duties in their respective jobs at the material time,\" their lawyers said in a letter sent on their behalf.\n\n\"Nor does any of our clients wish to take sides in the dispute between your respective clients. Our clients are all strictly neutral.\n\n\"They have no interest in assisting either party to the proceedings. Their only interest is in ensuring a level playing field, insofar as any evidence they may be able to give is concerned.\"\n\nTheir letter said that their lawyers' \"preliminary view is that one or more of our clients would be in a position to shed some light\" on \"the creation of the letter and the electronic draft\".\n\nIt also said they may be able to shed light on \"whether or not the claimant anticipated that the letter might come into in the public domain\" and whether or not the duchess \"directly or indirectly provided private information, generally and in relation to the letter specifically, to the authors of Finding Freedom\".\n\nBut Justin Rushbrooke QC, representing the duchess, said the letter from the four \"contains no information at all that supports the defendant's case on alleged co-authorship (of Meghan's letter), and no indication that evidence will be forthcoming that will support the defendant's case should the matter proceed to trial\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent a handwritten letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nAt the conclusion of the hearing on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Justice Warby reserved his judgement, which he said he would deliver \"as soon as possible\".", "Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster were advised restrictions may have to remain in place until after Easter\n\nCoronavirus lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland will be extended until 5 March, the first and deputy first ministers have said.\n\nThe executive backed the health minister's proposal on Thursday and will review the move on 18 February.\n\nBut ministers were also told that restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe lockdown came in response to a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus, which followed a relaxation of some rules in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said extending the restrictions was an \"appropriate and necessary response\" to tackle the \"imminent threat\" posed by Covid-19.\n\nShe said she understood it would be difficult for many people to accept, given the uncertainty facing families and businesses, but added: \"To not press forward would risk all of the hard-won gains.\"\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers were right to state just how tough this decision will be for many people.\n\nBut there's an acceptance among the public that restrictions would have to be extended, given how bad things are in our hospitals.\n\nTheir decision also suggests politicians have perhaps learned from the last wave of the pandemic, when restrictions were turned on and off sporadically, and the impact that had both on cases and the messaging.\n\nThey're not alone in sustaining tough lockdown measures, with other UK nations and the Republic of Ireland also keeping their restrictions in place for several more weeks.\n\nBeyond that, it is thought health officials also want to ensure the vaccination programme is also \"well advanced\" before any restrictions are relaxed.\n\nThe hope is that, by spring, the picture will have improved significantly.\n\nUntil then the price we are paying for relaxations before Christmas looks likely to keep rising.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she recognised the executive was asking a lot of everybody but insisted the measures were important.\n\n\"We don't know what will come after [5 March],\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said there was a commitment not to keep restrictions in place longer than necessary but decisions would have to be taken in line with the health advice and concerns about a new variant of the virus which is more transmissible.\n\nThe executive's decision comes as another 21 deaths were recorded by the Department of Health on Thursday.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R-number - had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nBut the latest estimate from the Department of Health says it is sitting between 0.65 and 0.85 for cases within the community but is still above one for hospital admissions and intensive care.\n\nWhile some may wonder why are restrictions are being extended when the executive's policy has always been based on this rate of infection, the difference is that this time around there are three times as many people in Northern Ireland's hospitals than there were in last April's peak.\n\nDaily case numbers are still significantly higher too.\n\nWhile ministers have agreed to keep the current restrictions in place until March, Health Minister Robin Swann said it was possible they could be needed until Easter, which this year falls in the first week of April.\n\nMinisters say they understand the extension of the lockdown will be difficult for people\n\nIt is understood this plan is being discussed across the four UK nations but ministers will have to consider that in the review next month.\n\nMinisters were also warned that restrictions would be eased on a step-by-step basis in line with reducing pressures on the health service and ensuring the vaccination programme is \"well advanced\" before any relaxations are agreed.\n\nMrs Foster pleaded with people struggling with their mental health during the lockdown to \"please seek help\".\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel are to be deployed to help health staff deal with the pressure the latest phase of the pandemic is placing on hospitals.\n\nThe chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride said the \"sustained pressure on our health service\" would probably last for three to four weeks.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 51 Covid-19 related deaths and 2,608 new cases of the virus were recorded on Thursday.\n\nSimon Hamilton, the chief executive of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said the extension of the lockdown would be of \"little surprise to most businesses\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Stormont executive has agreed how to allocate almost £300m to help businesses, education, tourism and transport during the next phase of the lockdown.\n\nA total of £100m is going towards the Local Restrictions Support Scheme, the grant for business premises forced to closed due to the restrictions.\n\nThere will also be £16m for tourism and hospitality, two sectors which have largely been unable to operate.\n\nIn addition, two more support schemes for the sector have been opened.\n\nOne aimed at large tourism and hospitality businesses is offering a pot of £26m, with the Department for Economy having identified 250 businesses that will be eligible.\n\nThe other is a £4m scheme to support those who provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation.\n\nMore money is being made available to help businesses affected by the lockdown\n\nJanice Gault from the trade body the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the schemes were a \"real lifeline for the sector\".\n\n\"Trading over the last year has been limited with reserves now severely depleted and businesses operating in survival mode,\" she added.\n\nAlso among those to receive the extra cash will be limited company directors, who had not received support since March.\n\nLast week, a scheme was announced to give directors £1,000 grants which one director described as a \"kick in the teeth\" given that he had little to no income for the past 10 months.\n\nBut that scheme is to be boosted with another £20m so the payments on offer will more than treble to £3,500.\n\nLocal newspapers will also benefit from 12 months of rates relief.", "Assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic, figures show.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nMany of these involved police officers being \"coughed and spat on\" by suspected rule-breakers, the CPS said.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nAssaults on emergency workers, which were the most common prosecution, were \"particularly appalling\" and incidents were still taking place, said director of public prosecutions Max Hill.\n\nHe added: \"I will continue to do everything in my power to protect those who so selflessly keep us safe during this crisis.\"\n\nAccording to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions - there were 1,137 charges brought for breaking coronavirus laws.\n\nThese included a man who claimed 15 people having a party at his house in Manchester were part of his support bubble and another man in Wales caught travelling between counties to solicit the services of a sex worker.\n\nOverall, 2,106 defendants were prosecuted for 6,469 coronavirus-related offences, with a conviction rate of 90%, according to the CPS.\n\nOther crimes flagged as being coronavirus-related by the CPS, included 480 charges for public order offences, 466 for criminal damage and 464 for common assault.\n\nThese included offences such as coughing and spitting while threatening to infect another person with the virus, thefts of essential items and fraudsters taking advantage of the crisis.\n\nMr Hill added: \"The CPS has had to adapt to a raft of new laws and regulations intended to keep the public safe during the pandemic.\n\n\"Our guiding principle throughout has always been to support the police in ensuring the right person in charged with the right offence.\"", "Marmite is one of Unilever's many brands\n\nUnilever has said that by 2030 it will refuse to do business with any firm that does not pay at least a living wage or income to its staff.\n\nThe consumer goods giant defined a living wage as one that covered a family's basic needs \"and helped them break the cycle of poverty\".\n\nIt said it wanted to raise wages for people outside its own workforce in order to promote economic inclusion.\n\nUnilever is one of the first big companies to make such a commitment.\n\nOxfam called the move a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nUnilever, whose products include Marmite, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap, said it was committed to helping to build \"a more equitable and inclusive society\".\n\n\"Our ambition is to improve living standards for low-paid workers worldwide,\" it said.\n\n\"We will therefore ensure that everyone who directly provides goods and services to Unilever earns at least a living wage or income, by 2030.\"\n\nThe wage should be enough to cover food, water, housing, education, healthcare, transport and clothing, and also include a provision for unexpected events, Unilever said.\n\nThe firm said it was working with partners to establish exact rates of pay in the 190 countries where it operates.\n\nHowever, Unilever's chief human resources officer Leena Nair said it would pay twice as much as the minimum wage in some countries.\n\nUnilever said it already paid its own employees at least a living wage, but it wanted to secure the same for more people beyond its workforce, specifically focusing on the most vulnerable workers in manufacturing and agriculture.\n\nWhile there is no doubting Unilever's desire to improve the lot of those who make its products, there is also a commercial reason for its living wage initiative.\n\nIt wants all of its suppliers to pay their staff a decent wage by 2030, a plan that has the potential, given Unilever's enormous size and global reach, to change the lives of millions of people.\n\nBut the company also believes the move will give it an advantage in the fierce battle to attract buyers.\n\nAlan Jope, Unilever's Scottish-born chief executive, says customers want to buy products with good credentials, and that this desire has only increased during the pandemic.\n\nMr Jope's comments suggest that the next consumer battlegrounds might not be price, convenience or range of product, but environmental and social considerations.\n\nUnilever wants to get ahead of that trend, and plans to do well by doing good.\n\n\"We will work with our suppliers, other businesses, governments and NGOs - through purchasing practices, collaboration and advocacy - to create systemic change and global adoption of living wage practices,\" it added.\n\nIt has more than 60,000 direct suppliers worldwide, from smallholder farmers to major companies.\n\nAll of them will be covered by its commitment, it said, with millions of people set to benefit.\n\nUnilever already audits its suppliers over climate change commitments, and will use these existing arrangements to make sure workers are being paid a living wage.\n\nSuppliers not willing to sign up may lose their contracts with the firm, Ms Nair said.\n\nAlso by 2030, Unilever said, it would equip 10 million young people with essential job skills.\n\nAdditionally, it committed to spending €2bn (£1.8bn) with suppliers owned and managed by people from under-represented groups by 2025 in an effort to improve diversity.\n\n\"The two biggest threats that the world currently faces are climate change and social inequality,\" said Unilever chief executive Alan Jope.\n\n\"The past year has undoubtedly widened the social divide, and decisive and collective action is needed to build a society that helps to improve livelihoods, embraces diversity, nurtures talent, and offers opportunities for everyone.\"\n\nUnilever chief executive Alan Jope says the firm wants to be a \"positive force in the world\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme that Unilever wanted to be a \"positive force in the world in tackling this persistent and worsening issue of social inequality.\"\n\n\"Without healthy societies, we don't have a healthy business,\" he said.\n\nThe move is the latest in a series of ethical initiatives by Unilever, including promoting vegan food products and experimenting with a four-day working week.\n\nGabriela Bucher, executive director at Oxfam International, welcomed Unilever's announcement, calling it \"an important step in the right direction\".\n\nShe said: \"Unilever's plan shows the kind of responsible action needed from the private sector that can have a great impact on tackling inequality and help to build a world in which everyone has the power to thrive, not just survive.\"\n\nLaura Gardiner, director of the Living Wage Foundation, said commitments such as Unilever's show how some employers \"are leading the way in spreading the living wage through both their business networks, and across their global operations\".\n\nFood services giants Sodexo and Compass Group, which are on the Living Wage Foundation's list of recognised service providers, have made similar supply chain commitments in the UK.", "Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at a low key inauguration ceremony outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.\n\nIn his maiden speech as president, Mr Biden said: \"We've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.\"\n\nRead more: Joe Biden replaces Trump as US president", "Mr Olowo said his wife was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\"\n\nA woman who died after having liposuction in Turkey had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest heard.\n\nAbimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, 38, of Dartford, Kent, died in August after having the treatment in Izmir.\n\nHusband Moyosore Olowo said he believed she was on holiday with friends until she called to say she was in pain.\n\nHe went to Turkey after she stopped calling and found she had been rushed to hospital for more surgery.\n\nMrs Bamgbose, who also had a Brazilian butt lift, died there two weeks later, the inquest in Maidstone heard.\n\nMr Olowo, a rail safety officer, said his wife paid £5,000 for the package with Mono Cosmetic Surgery as UK treatment was too expensive.\n\nDescribing why she wanted it, he said: \"When a woman is unhappy and getting feelings about her looks, the clothes she buys do not fit and people ask if she is pregnant because of her tummy, sometimes there is nothing we can do. We are powerless.\n\n\"I wasn't concerned. I told her 'you have three children'. I told her my tummy is bigger than hers.\"\n\nHe said his wife, a social worker who graduated with a first class degree, was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\".\n\nMr Olowo said the medical director in Turkey \"confessed it had been a mistake\".\n\nAssistant coroner Alan Blundson recorded a narrative conclusion, and said: \"This is a tragic case, the more so because the surgery was elective cosmetic surgery.\n\n\"Whilst Mrs Bamgbose was determined to have it performed, her husband had not seen it in any way as necessary.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination found Mrs Bamgbose had a perforated bowel and her death was caused by peritonitis with multiple organ failure as a complication of liposuction surgery.\n\nMr Olowo has said he is suing Mono and the surgeon, Dr Hakan Aydogan, for £1m in the Turkish courts, claiming medical negligence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Biden took his oath on a Bible that has been in his family since 1893 and was also used each time he was sworn in as Delaware senator. The book itself is five inches (12.5cm) thick with a Celtic cross on the cover", "Wales' former Chief Medical Officer Dame Deirdre Hine thinks the vaccine targets are achievable\n\nPeople waiting for the Covid vaccine need to show \"patience\" and \"perspective\", Wales' former chief medical officer has said.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine said Wales had made a \"very good start\" on delivering jabs.\n\nAged 83, she needs the vaccine herself and accepted there was \"understandable anxiety\" for those still waiting, but said: \"I think we should all quieten down and wait.\"\n\nThere has been criticism of the speed of the roll-out in Wales.\n\nStuart Wilson said he was \"appalled\" his 84-year-old housebound mother had been told she may have to wait up to two months to have her coronavirus vaccine if she cannot get to her GP surgery.\n\nDame Deirdre is regarded as one of Wales' leading medical experts, having not only held the chief medical officer post, but being the woman who established the Welsh breast cancer screening programme.\n\nA past president of the British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine, she also oversaw the official inquiry into the 2009 swine flu pandemic in the UK.\n\nIt's not surprising that people are worried and concerned... but I would say to them, let's keep it in proportion, let's look at the perspective\n\nShe told BBC Wales the response from governments had moved forward since then.\n\n\"I can detect some lessons that have been learned from the previous pandemic, the one I reported on. Because, although we had a vaccine then, the arrangements for delivering it were very much less clear and much more protracted than it has been this time.\n\n\"The arrangements for the GPs to deliver, and now pharmacists to deliver, all of that is a tremendous improvement on what I saw at the last pandemic.\"\n\nIn September, Dame Deirdre accused successive governments across the UK of taking \"their eye off the ball\" and failing to prepare for a global pandemic.\n\nShe also correctly warned of the \"real danger\" of a damaging second wave of Covid and has remained critical of failures to get adequate testing and tracing capability up and running in the early stages of the pandemic.\n\nShe added: \"I would say the testing and tracing is another matter, and I think there has been justifiable criticism of that.\"\n\nDame Deirdre, who lives in Cardiff, said she was still \"waiting impatiently\" for her vaccine appointment, but called on people to see the bigger picture.\n\n\"Let's get it in perspective. This is a massive logistical exercise, together with a narrow pipeline of supply of the vaccine, and so I'm not a bit surprised that it's taking as long as it is to get round to everybody. But I have every confidence that they will.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government, along with other UK nations, has committed to vaccinating all four of the highest priority groups by the middle of February, including the over-80s.\n\nLatest figures on vaccination in Wales show that, as of 20 January, there had been 175,816 people to get a first dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThis accounts for 5.6% of the population in Wales, while 7.1% have received a vaccination in England, 7.3% in Northern Ireland, and 5.7% in Scotland.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething has denied Covid-19 vaccines were being held back, following comments from First Minister Mark Drakeford that the supply had to last until February to prevent \"vaccinators standing around with nothing to do\".\n\nMr Drakeford later said on social media that \"nobody is holding back vaccines\" and Mr Gething added: \"We're rolling out the vaccination programme as quickly as possible.\"\n\nDame Deirdre said she believed the targets were achievable, but people's anxieties were \"understandable\".\n\nShe added: \"Some recent research by Imperial College shows that people in my age group, people over 70, are the people most worried about this pandemic and about their own safety.\n\n\"So it's not surprising that people are worried and concerned, dismayed, when they don't get the letter and then that turns to anger. But I would say to them, let's keep it in proportion, let's look at the perspective.\n\n\"If you'd asked me last May and June whether we would even have a vaccine, I would have been highly sceptical.\n\n\"Then once you've got the vaccine, there is the whole logistical exercise of the publicity, letting people know what's likely to happen, getting the personnel assembled to do that, getting the premises.\n\n\"And it's not easy, it's not easy to do all that very, very quickly.\"", "Chloé Lopes Gomes says she has faced racial harassment while being a ballet dancer.\n\nThe French performer is the first black female dancer at Berlin's principal ballet company Staatsballett.\n\nMs Gomes claims she was told she did not fit in because of her skin colour, and was asked to wear white make up so she would 'blend in' with the other dancers.\n\nThe company has responded by saying her allegation \"deeply moves us\" and an internal investigation is underway into racism and discrimination at Staatsballett.", "The pandemic has seen most children in England slipping back with their learning - and some have gone significantly back with their social skills, says Ofsted.\n\nA report from the education watchdog warns some young children have forgotten how to use a knife and fork or have regressed back to nappies.\n\nOlder children have lost their \"stamina\" for reading, say inspectors.\n\nThe Department for Education says it shows the need to keep schools open.\n\nOfsted has examined the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children, based on visits to 900 schools and early years providers this autumn - and found that it has been a very divided experience.\n\nThe chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, says there are three \"broad groups\" to describe what has happened:\n\nBut Ms Spielman says this did not divide along the lines of advantage and deprivation, but instead factors such as whether parents were able to spend time with children and families having what she described as \"good support structures\".\n\nAmong older children, Ofsted warns of a loss of concentration among those returning to school and that \"online squabbles\" that started on social media during the lockdown are now \"being played out in the classroom\".\n\nThere are also reports of a loss of physical fitness, while other pupils are showing \"signs of mental distress\", with concerns over eating disorders and self-harm.\n\nThere are concerns about pupils who have so far not returned to school - and in a third of schools there has been an \"increase in children being removed from school to be educated at home\".\n\nBut inspectors say schools are still \"firefighting\" practical problems about keeping going during the pandemic, with the challenge of operating bubbles and responding to Covid outbreaks.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the report \"starkly shows the educational and emotional impact of school closures, and why we need to do everything possible to keep schools open\".\n\nBut he warned that it was becoming financially unsustainable to keep schools running, with the cost of safety measures and the need to pay for supply staff when teachers had to self-isolate.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"The government has been clear that getting all pupils and students back into full-time education is a national priority.\"\n\nShe said the £1bn catch-up fund, including support for tutoring, would help to make up for lost learning.", "The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that says UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed.\n\nThe US publication reported that UK health officials would allow patients to be given a second dose that is a different vaccine to their first.\n\nFiona Godlee pointed out in her letter to the NYT that it was not a recommendation.\n\nShe said the NYT's headline claiming UK guidelines say such substitutions \"may happen\" was \"seriously misleading\".\n\nThe UK has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - but both require two doses which are now to be administered 12 weeks apart\n\nMs Godlee said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) does not make any recommendation to mix and match - in other words, having a shot of one vaccine and then a different one 12 weeks later.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England's head of immunisations, said: \"We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines - if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa.\"\n\nDr Ramsay added that on the \"extremely rare occasions\" where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is \"better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all\".\n\nMs Godlee urged the New York Times to print a \"highly visible correction\" as soon as possible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath was among the hospitals receiving a delivery\n\nMeanwhile, health staff have criticised the paperwork needed to gain NHS approval to give the coronavirus vaccine, with some medics being asked for proof they are trained in areas such as preventing radicalisation.\n\nThe first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are due to be given on Monday after the jab was approved for use in the UK last week.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first vaccine approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.", "Tian Tian arrived in Scotland, along with Yang Guang, from China in 2011\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's giant pandas may have to return to China next year because of financial pressures.\n\nYang Guang and Tian Tian cost about £1m a year to lease from China.\n\nThe zoo, which had hoped to breed the pair, is nearing the end of its 10-year contract with the Chinese government and may be unable to renew the deal.\n\nCovid lockdown closures led to a £2m loss for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.\n\nDavid Field, chief executive of the society, said the charity would have to \"seriously consider every potential saving\", including its giant panda contract.\n\nMr Field said closures had had a \"huge financial impact\" on the charity because most of its income was from visitors.\n\n\"Although our parks are open again, we lost around £2m last year and it seems certain that restrictions, social distancing and limits on our visitor numbers will continue for some time, which will also reduce our income,\" Mr Field said.\n\n\"Yang Guang and Tian Tian have made a tremendous impression on our visitors over the last nine years, helping millions of people connect to nature and inspiring them to take an interest in wildlife conservation.\n\n\"I would love for them to be able to stay for a few more years with us and that is certainly my current aim.\"\n\nYang Guang was given a new enclosure in 2019\n\nThe zoo has already taken a government loan, furloughed staff, made redundancies and launched a fundraising appeal, but was not eligible for the UK government's zoo fund, which was aimed at smaller zoos.\n\n\"The support we have received from our members and animal lovers has helped to keep our doors open and we are incredibly grateful,\" Mr Field added.\n\n\"At this stage, it is too soon to say what the outcome will be. We will be discussing next steps with our colleagues in China over the coming months.\"\n\nThe zoo is part of a number of conservation projects, including one to reintroduce Scottish wildcats.\n\nWork to reintroduce Scottish wildcats in to the Highlands may also suffer from the Zoo's funding problems\n\nHowever, Mr Field said projects like that may also have to be scrapped because of Brexit and being unable to apply for grants from the European Union.\n\n\"We received a £3.2m grant from the EU Life programme to support our Saving Wildcats partnership project, which aims to restore wildcats in Scotland by breeding and releasing them into the wild.\n\n\"Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Britain and this is the last hope for the species' survival.\"\n\nHe added: \"As we are no longer part of the European Union, our charity is no longer eligible to apply for funding from programmes like EU Life, which have proven critical for our wildlife conservation work and wider efforts to protect animals from extinction.\"\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's conservation genetics laboratory, which supports conservation projects around the world, has lost access to both funding and other researchers as a result.\n\nIt also faces challenges around moving animals, many of which are part of European endangered species breeding programmes.\n\nThe programme is currently about £900,000 short, meaning it may have to be cancelled.\n\nMr Field said: \"We still need to reduce costs to secure our future. It may be that some of our incredibly important conservation projects, including the vital lifeline for Scotland's wildcats, may have to be deferred, postponed or even stopped.\"", "Police rescued 22 people from the snow in Cheshire including a two-year-old child\n\nDozens of people, including a two-year-old child, had to be rescued when they became stranded on rural roads.\n\nPolice and volunteers came to the aid of people whose vehicles were stuck in the Derbyshire Peak District on Saturday.\n\nThere were similar scenes in Cheshire where 22 people, had to be rescued from stranded cars.\n\nThe wintry weather is set to continue with a Met Office warning for ice in the East Midlands and North East.\n\nAt around 20:00 GMT on Saturday, Derbyshire Police reported \"sudden snow\" had left dozens of vehicles and their occupants stranded in the Goyt Valley.\n\nSome visitors to the area were caught off-guard by how quickly the weather changed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam White This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDerbyshire Police posted on Twitter: \"We are shuttling people back to Buxton as quickly as we can.\n\n\"Sit tight and we will get to you.\"\n\nThe A57 Snake Pass - a road notorious for becoming dangerous in the snow - had been closed earlier in the day because of the weather.\n\nIn Cheshire, police spent three hours helping families stuck in their vehicles in the White Peak area.\n\nIn total 22 people, including eight children - the youngest of whom was two - were recovered from nine vehicles.\n\nCheshire Police Rural Crime Team said: \"The snow had well and truly caught them all out on the back roads.\n\n\"We were three miles (4.8km) from the nearest village, and the light was fading on us quickly.\n\n\"It was decided to get everyone out of their cars and so began a mile walk in the snow.\"\n\nThey were led to a nearby farm where they could be taken to safety in police vehicles.\n\nMost of those rescued from snow in Cheshire had travelled to the area despite coronavirus restrictions\n\nThe force was critical of the families for travelling into the area, that is under tier four coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIt said: \"All except one car was from out of Cheshire. We had people from Sale, Stockport and Salford with the closest being Congleton.\n\n\"Sadly these people have put all of us at risk today.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Liverpool City Council issued their call after local cases nearly trebled in the past fortnight\n\nLiverpool's leaders have called on the government to impose a new nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nActing mayor Wendy Simon and the city council's cabinet said urgent action is needed because the rise in coronavirus cases had reached \"alarming levels\".\n\nThey said it was \"self-evident\" the tier system has not curbed the variant.\n\nIt had been concentrated in London and south-east England but is believed to be spreading north.\n\nCases in Liverpool have almost trebled in the past two weeks to 350 per 100,000.\n\nThis is despite the city successfully leading the national pilot for community testing, which resulted in it becoming the first city to be taken out of tier 3 and moved into tier 2.\n\nHowever, the recent rise in cases meant Liverpool returned to tier three on Thursday.\n\nWendy Simon is the acting mayor for Liverpool\n\nSpeaking to the BBC News Channel, Ms Simon said: \"I think the difficulty with this new strain of the virus is the speed at which it is infecting.\n\n\"What we have seen in these last weeks is that the tier system hasn't worked with this particular strain of the virus.\n\n\"The way the numbers are going, we're likely to go into tier four very, very quickly.\"\n\nMs Simon said officials wanted to \"pre-empt that catastrophe\" and \"recover the economy quicker\", adding: \"We feel these three things - the mass vaccination, the mass testing and certainly a lockdown for a period - is what we need to get the city up and running again.\n\n\"There's a responsibility on us all to act promptly and bring it under control as soon as we can.\"\n\nIn an earlier statement, Ms Simon joined officials at the Labour-run city council to urge the government to \"listen to those at the frontline, both in our hospitals and frontline services\".\n\n\"We as a nation can cope with a lockdown,\" the statement said. \"We have before and we can again.\"\n\nThe city's leaders also called for \"an additional package of welfare and economic support\" to address the \"pain for our retail and hospitality sectors\".\n\nA further 57,725 confirmed cases were announced by the government on Saturday.\n\nThe sharp rise in numbers is partly down to a lag in reporting over the holiday period but, according to Public Health England, is \"largely a reflection of a real increase\".\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nLiverpool launched the national pilot for community testing in November\n\nOn Sunday, the prime minister said regional restrictions in England were \"probably about to get tougher\".\n\nHe said possible changes included keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nBoris Johnson said the government was \"entirely reconciled to doing what it takes to get the virus down,\" and warned of a \"tough period ahead\".\n\nHe said increasing vaccination would provide a way out of restrictions and that he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has started to arrive in hospitals, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.\n\nThe Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath in West Sussex was one of the hospitals taking a delivery on Saturday.\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.", "The Scottish cabinet will meet later to consider further measures to help tackle coronavirus, as 2,464 new cases are reported.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament will then be recalled for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant\" was of \"very serious concern\".\n\n\"We are in a race between this faster spreading strain of Covid and the vaccination programme,\" she tweeted.\n\nShe warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid.\n\nThe latest government figures for coronavirus cases showed that 15.2% of Saturday's 17,328 tests were positive.\n\nIt is higher than the 2,137 cases reported on Friday, but still lower than Thursday's 2,539 positive results.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nThe cabinet is likely to consider a further delay to the return of Scottish schools and restrictions that are closer to the stay-at-home lockdown in March.\n\n\"All decisions just now are tough, with tough impacts,\" Ms Sturgeon wrote on twitter. \"Vaccines give us way out, but this new strain makes the period between now and then the most dangerous since start of pandemic.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's emergency resilience committee heard on Saturday that \"quick and decisive action is needed\" as the new variant of the virus is becoming the dominant one in Scotland.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"The even steeper rises and severe pressure on the NHS that is being experienced in some other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead in Scotland if we do not take all possible steps now to slow the spread of the virus, while the vaccination programme progresses.\n\n\"The strong message remains - people should stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\"\n\nThis is just the fifth time the Scottish Parliament has been recalled and the second time within the last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, has said Scotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise.\n\nShe said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nThe new year offers new hope in the struggle against coronavirus with two vaccines now authorised for UK use - but it looks as if the situation will get worse before it gets better.\n\nMinisters are worried by the rapid spread of the new strain of coronavirus during a holiday period when the highest level of restrictions are already in place.\n\nThey think more needs to be done to suppress the virus, to give the vaccination programme a chance to accelerate and give increasing numbers of people protection.\n\nWhen the Scottish cabinet meets they are likely to consider tightening the current restrictions to something closer to the stay at home lockdown of March 2020.\n\nThat will almost certainly mean a further delay to the return of schools into February.\n\nMinisters will take decisions on Monday morning with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to make a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nDaily confirmed cases in Scotland reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nMs Sturgeon warned last week there might be changes to the plans for reopening schools. Children start online learning from 11 January and are set to return to class by 18 January.\n\nThe education recovery group will meet on Monday.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said the situation was \"deteriorating and fast-moving\" but any decision to extend school closures should be clearly explained to parents and teachers.\n\nHe said: \"We have been here before so if schools remain closed, the Scottish government must show that it has learned from past mistakes in order to minimise disruption to education.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Scottish government should prioritise teachers and school staff as vaccines were rolled out.\n\nHe added: \"We must be honest and accept that most pupils, teachers and support staff cannot go back to schools until the situation is brought under control.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard called for ministers to publish the evidence behind all of its decisions to ensure public consent and compliance.\n\n\"What is clear is that we need to see an acceleration of the vaccine rollout and a step-change in testing,\" he said.\n\n\"It is also clear that financial support from government has simply not been nearly sufficient to make up for the damage that lockdown measures have done to jobs, livelihoods and businesses. The SNP government must distribute additional funds to the frontline now.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"With tighter restrictions on movement and in schools comes a greater responsibility on the government to show its workings.\n\n\"If we are to restrict people's movement then we need to see what the benefit will be. We need an exit plan to give people hope, as well as to show them what is required to ease the restrictions on our freedoms.\"", "A farmer's field in Scotland has been transformed into a \"pop-up\" ice hockey rink.\n\nLocals in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, have been taking advantage of the clear skies and icy conditions.\n\nOne said the frozen rink had been playing host to skaters and hockey players of all ages and abilities, from six to 60.", "Some schools are due to reopen this week in Wales\n\nSchools are being given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", according to Wales' first minister.\n\nMark Drakeford said experts would be \"looking at all the evidence again early next week\".\n\nUnions have called for a national decision on reopening schools rather than leaving it to local councils.\n\nAccording to local authorities many secondary schools aim to return from 11 January, with some fully open on 6 January.\n\nA joint statement from nine unions called on the Welsh Government to give a \"centralised, coherent response\" regarding all educational settings \"rather than leaving decisions at local levels\".\n\nThe statement from ASCL Cymru, GMB, NAHT Cymru, NASUWT Cymru, NEU Cymru, Ucac, Unison, Unite and Voice continued: \"We are extremely worried that schools will be opening for face-to-face learning from next Monday, whilst Welsh Government continues to gather information about the nature and impact of the new variant of Covid-19...\n\n\"We strongly believe that we need to err on the side of caution and ensure, in advance, that we have the medical 'evidence and information' to ensure that any decisions are the correct ones.\"\n\nThe National Education Union Cymru has called for in-person learning to be delayed until at least 18 January.\n\nThe NASUWT has also threatened \"appropriate action in order to protect members whose safety is put at risk\", while head teachers' union NAHT Cymru said it had taken legal action.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said: \"We reached an agreement with our local education colleagues that in Wales we will have a phased and flexible return to school.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday parents should send their children to primary school as long as they are open in their area.\n\nMark Drakeford: \"No evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant\"\n\nJackie Parker, head of Crickhowell High School in Powys, which reopens for some form years from Wednesday, said \"it would have been more sensible to have had a national decision for the time being until the 18th\".\n\nShe said it would have allowed time to see if cases of Covid had increased over the holiday period.\n\n\"People may have been together during the Christmas holiday,\" she said.\n\nFigures published by Public Health Wales on Sunday showed 56 new deaths from Covid and 4,011 new cases of the virus.\n\nWales has been in lockdown since 20 December with restrictions on people meeting others on all but Christmas Day when it was limited to another household and a person living alone.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"There is no evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant.\n\n\"Our technical advisory group will be looking at all the evidence again early next week.\n\n\"And, of course, we will continue to make decisions in the light of the best knowledge, research and information that's available to us at the time,\" he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\nHe also said mass testing in schools would begin as planned this month, in a decision which has been criticised by NAHT Cymru.\n\n\"It will allow more children and more teachers to stay safely in the classroom without having to be sent home because another child or another staff member has tested positive,\" he said.\n\nThe joint unions' statement also said the Welsh Government's testing proposals were unworkable for most schools.\n\n\"Due to the chaotic and rushed nature of this announcement, the lack of proper guidance, and an absence of appropriate support, the Welsh Government's proposals will be inoperable for most schools and colleges,\" it said.\n\nThe statement continued: \"Any suggestion that schools can safely recruit, train and organise a team of suitable volunteers to staff and run testing stations on their premises by an as yet unspecified date in the new term is simply not realistic.\"\n\nSian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, said \"parents and teachers need to know what the plan is for the next few weeks\".\n\n\"We don't really know very much about this new variant in the way that it transmits within the school community,\" she said.\n\n\"And if it is becoming inevitable that schools will have to close, well, an early decision is better for everybody.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said: \"We've had conflicting reports in the press and on social media about the effect of the new variant on younger children and their role in transmitting the disease - complete confusion reigns...\n\n\"The Welsh Government hasn't succeeded in reassuring teachers and in some cases parents as well.\"", "A top Swedish official involved in the coronavirus response has defended a Christmas holiday in the Canary Islands in the face of heavy criticism.\n\nDan Eliasson is head of the civil contingencies agency, which earlier in December had texted all Swedes urging them to avoid travel.\n\nHe was photographed in Las Palmas airport on the island of Gran Canaria.\n\nMr Eliasson insisted the trip was necessary \"for family reasons\".\n\nHe told Swedish media that he had \"given up a lot of trips during this pandemic\" but thought this one was necessary because he had a daughter living in the Canaries.\n\n\"I celebrated Christmas with her and my family,\" he told Expressen newspaper. He also said he had been worked remotely while in the Canaries.\n\nSweden has had 437,000 confirmed cases and 8,700 deaths - many more than its Scandinavian neighbours. The country has never imposed a full lockdown.\n\nHowever, alarmed by rising numbers of cases last month, the Swedish government reversed some of its guidance and sent a text message to all Swedes asking them to read updated guidelines.\n\nThe guidelines included asking Swedes to avoid unnecessary trips and not to make new contacts during a journey or at the destination.\n\nMr Eliasson was then photographed several times in Gran Canaria, including at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Expressen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have been calls for Mr Eliasson, an experienced official who has worked at several important departments, to be fired.\n\nPrime Minister Stefan Löfven and other ministers have not yet commented, according to Swedish media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From the pandemic to measles, Smitha Mundasad looks at global health challenges in 2021", "Liam Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years\n\nIrish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65.\n\nA family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly \"passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home\" on 1 January.\n\nMr Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years and they had success with songs including Summer in Dublin and Second Violin.\n\nHe also came joint second at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song Somewhere in Europe.\n\nThe song finished on 132 points, joint with France's entry sung by Joëlle Ursull, in the contest in Zagreb.\n\nMr Reilly, from Dundalk, County Louth, also composed Ireland's Eurovision entry for the contest in Rome in 1991, when Kim Jackson performed his song Could It Be That I'm In Love, which was placed 10th.\n\n\"We know that his many friends and countless fans around the world will share in our grief as we mourn his loss, but celebrate the extraordinary talent of the man whose songs meant so much to so many.\" the family statement added.\n\nJoe Gallagher, the band's promoter from Strabane, County Tyrone, told BBC Radio Ulster \"the talent that Liam brought to the music industry in Ireland is second to none\".\n\n\"Some of the songs that he has written are up there with some of the better songs written in Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"He is one of the best singer-songwriters Ireland has ever seen or produced.\"\n\nMr Reilly also wrote songs for others, including The Wolfe Tones. The Irish group paid tribute to him on social media, describing him as \"a master songwriter\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪\n\nStephen Travers, a member of the Miami Showband, said Mr Reilly was a \"national treasure\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nTributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.\n\nDavison, who had breast cancer for four-and-a-half years, died at her Shovelstrode Racing Stables in Sussex.\n\nBrown Bullet and Mr Jack, both trained at the family's stable, had raced to victory at the Sussex track on Sunday.\n\nSimon Clare, part-owner of Brown Bullet, said: \"Zoe was just the most wonderful human being imaginable.\"\n\nHer husband Andrew Irvine - who she married in 2018 - was by her side, along with family.\n\nHe said: \"She was the most wonderful, incredible person. I am blessed to have spent the last 24 years of my life with her.\"\n\nDaughter Gemelle Johnson, who was assistant to her mother, said: \"I just feel a bit numb inside because of everything.\n\n\"I'm a bit overwhelmed we've had a double for mum. Hopefully we have made her proud. It's surreal. Our team is a family business and we put everything into it. She will be thoroughly missed as she is the glue that holds us together.\n\n\"We've had a few winners around here and it is one of our local tracks. It means everything to us as we want to do her proud.\"\n\nDavison sent out the first of over 100 winners when Sails Legend, with AP McCoy in the saddle, won at Towcester in November 1997.\n\nShe enjoyed her best season with 15 winners in the 2017-18 campaign.\n\nJockey Page Fuller has a long association with the stable and should have ridden Mr Jack but had been stood down from an earlier fall.\n\nShe said: \"You couldn't have written it any better today. She was just a kind and genuine person who was a real horsewoman. She loved her horses and did her best by them.\n\n\"She has been struggling for a long time, but fortunately her strength has rubbed off on everybody else and they showed that by sending out the winners today.\n\n\"It has been a great team effort and it is great she has gone out like that. I don't know anybody who would have a bad word to say about her - she was just one of those really nice people.\"\n\nEd Arkell, ex-Fontwell clerk of the course and now at nearby West Sussex track Goodwood, said: \"Zoe was a huge part of the southern racing circuit. I'm so sorry for her family and she will be very much missed. She was a friendly, happy person who everybody loved.\n\n\"As a trainer, she ran a wonderful family operation. There are less of those these days. She supported her local tracks and became a big part of them.\"\n\nClare added: \"Zoe was the most talented horsewoman imaginable. What she didn't know about horses wasn't worth knowing.\n\n\"She is so incredibly well loved and will be desperately missed by everyone who knew her.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nArsenal continued their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.\n\nDefender Kieran Tierney's excellent solo run and curling finish put the Gunners in front in the first half, before the impressive Bukayo Saka rounded off a stunning passing move to make it 2-0.\n\nAlexandre Lacazette added the third and fourth goals after the break - smashing in a rebound from Emile Smith Rowe's shot before he was set up by Tierney.\n\nIt was Arsenal's third league victory in a row after they had failed to win their previous seven.\n\nWest Brom, playing their fourth match under new manager Sam Allardyce, remain second from bottom and six points from safety.\n• None Confidence? Youth? How have Arsenal turned relegation talk into European hopes?\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he wanted his players to \"show confidence\" at The Hawthorns, and they certainly did that in a dominant and eye-catching display.\n\nHector Bellerin forced Sam Johnstone into a save within two minutes after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke down the left, and Saka tormented full-back Dara O'Shea on the opposite wing constantly during the opening half.\n\nIt was Saka's ball that fizzed past the back post, inches away from the toe of Aubameyang, after the 19-year-old had got the better of O'Shea and hit it straight at Johnstone.\n\nWest Brom were being suffocated and Tierney's burst of pace to get around Darnell Furlong, before bending it into the far corner, was the perfect way to open the scoring.\n\nSaka made it 2-0 by rounding off a slick, one-touch passing move that former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would have been proud of.\n\nWest Brom could offer no response after the break either and Arsenal were 3-0 up on the hour when Lacazette eventually blasted in the rebound from a catalogue of errors by defender Semi Ajayi.\n\nThat was game over but Lacazette was allowed to add a fourth when he was left unmarked to divert Tierney's cross into the roof of the net four minutes later.\n\nArteta, knowing the job was done, was able to bring off Saka and Emile Smith Rowe following impressive performances from both youngsters, while Arsenal continued to create chances to round off a very enjoyable evening in the snow.\n\nAllardyce's first match in charge of West Brom - a 3-0 drubbing by Aston Villa after captain Jake Livermore had been sent off - was a sign of just how tough this job was going to be.\n\nThen that 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield provided hope. The Baggies were resilient, organised and tireless.\n\nBut heavy back-to-back defeats by Leeds United and now Arsenal at home have brought things back down to earth.\n\nWest Brom were overawed in defence, out-run in midfield and frustrated by a lack of opportunities in attack throughout this confidence-crushing defeat.\n\nTheir rare sniffs at goal came from a Granit Xhaka error in the first half - Matheus Pereira chipping it through to Matt Phillips who struck it straight at Bernd Leno - before Callum Robinson's finish was ruled out for offside in the second half.\n\nSubstitute Rekeem Harper's long-range strike deep in stoppage time was also comfortably turned behind by Leno.\n\nIt was West Brom's third home loss in three under Allardyce and they have conceded 12 goals with no reply in those games.\n\n'Everything looks much better' - what they said\n\nWest Brom manager Sam Allardyce: \"Another game gone by where we learn more about the players we have. We have learnt an awful lot about what we can and cannot do.\n\n\"We need to work out a way of not trying to be as sloppy as we have been at conceding goals. It appears when we try to open up we leave opportunities for the opposition and we cannot cope.\"\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta: \"We had a big week, three games in seven days, and we managed to win them and everything looks much better. It was difficult conditions but the team looked sharp from the start. It's a big win.\n\n\"After the results we had before we had to lift things straight away. Now we have got some discipline back. We look more creative in the final third and we look solid at the back.\"\n\nThe best of the stats\n• None West Brom are the first side to lose consecutive home Premier League games by at least four goals since Wigan in August 2010.\n• None Arsenal have scored in all 25 of their Premier League meetings with West Brom, the best 100% scoring record by one side against an opponent in the competition's history.\n• None There were 20 passes in the build-up to Arsenal's first goal scored by Kieran Tierney - since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge on Boxing Day 2019, the Gunners have scored more goals following a sequence of 20+ passes than any other Premier League side (3).\n• None Tierney became the first Scottish player to score an away Premier League goal for Arsenal and the first to do so in the top flight since Charlie Nicholas against Ipswich Town in March 1986.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored five away Premier League goals in 2020-21, his best such tally in a single season in the competition.\n\nWest Brom travel to Blackpool for an FA Cup third-round tie on Saturday, 9 January (15:00 GMT kick-off), before returning to Premier League action on Saturday, 16 January against Wolves (12:30 GMT).\n\nArsenal host Newcastle in their FA Cup match on the same day (17:30 GMT), before facing Crystal Palace at home in the league on Thursday, 14 January (20:00 GMT).\n• None Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Charlie Austin tries a through ball, but Kyle Bartley is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Rekeem Harper (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.\n• None Attempt saved. Willian (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.\n• None Attempt missed. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dara O'Shea.\n• None Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.\n• None Attempt missed. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Phillips. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIndia has formally approved the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for one of the world's biggest inoculation drives.\n\nThe drugs regulatory authority gave the green light to the jabs developed by AstraZeneca with Oxford University and by local firm Bharat Biotech.\n\nIndia plans to inoculate some 300 million people on a priority list this year.\n\nIt has recorded the second-highest number of infections in the world, with more than 10.3 million confirmed cases to date. Nearly 150,000 people have died.\n\nOn Saturday India held nationwide drills to prepare more than 90,000 health care workers to administer vaccines across the country, which has a population of 1.3 billion people.\n\nThe Drugs Controller General of India said both manufacturers had submitted data showing their vaccines were safe to use.\n\nHowever, opposition politicians and some doctors have criticised a lack of transparency in the approval process.\n\nDr Swapneil Parikh, an infectious diseases researcher based in Mumbai, told the BBC doctors were in a difficult position.\n\n\"I understand there is a need to go through the process quickly, remove regulatory hurdles,\" he said. \"However... [governments and regulators] have a duty to be transparent about the data they have reviewed and the process involved in making the decision to authorise a vaccine, because if they don't do this, it can affect the public's faith in the process.\"\n\nThe Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is being manufactured locally by the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer. It says it is producing more than 50 million doses a month.\n\nAdar Poonawalla, the company's CEO, told the BBC in November that he aimed to ramp up production to 100 million doses a month after receiving regulatory approval.\n\nThe jab, which is known as Covishield in India, is administered in two doses given between four and 12 weeks apart. It can be safely stored at temperatures of 2C to 8C, about the same as a domestic fridge, and can be delivered in existing health care settings such as doctors' surgeries.\n\nThis makes it easier to distribute than some of the other vaccines. The jab developed by Pfizer/BioNTech - which is currently being administered in several countries - must be stored at -70C and can only be moved a limited number of times - a particular challenge in India, where summer temperatures can reach 50C.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adar Poonawalla This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe local vaccine, however, was approved despite the absence of data on how efficient it can be. It has yet to go through large-scale trials.\n\nThe Drugs Controller General, V.G. Somani, said Bharat Biotech's Covaxin was \"safe and provides a robust immune response\".\n\nMr Somani said it had been approved \"in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, to have more options for vaccinations, especially in case of infection by mutant strains\".\n\nIndia, which makes about 60% of vaccines globally, plans to immunise about 300 million people by July 2021. It will prioritise health care workers, the emergency services, and those who are clinically vulnerable because of age or pre-existing conditions.\n\nIndia's existing vaccination programme already reaches about 55 million people a year, administering 390 million free jabs against a dozen diseases. It stocks and tracks the vaccines through a well-oiled electronic system.\n\nIndia immunisation programme is one of the largest in the world\n\nPfizer, whose vaccine has already been approved for use in jurisdictions including the UK, the US and the EU, is also seeking emergency authorisation in India.\n\nIn all, some 30 vaccine candidates are being developed in India.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nFour boys and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nThe five teenagers, all aged 13 or 14, remain in custody, according to Thames Valley Police.\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nFloral tributes to Olly have been left outside Highdown School\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre said it was \"reeling from the tragic news\".\n\nIn a statement, head teacher Rachel Cave said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"For a life to be ended at such a young age is a total tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.\"\n\nThe school, in Emmer Green, said it was arranging counselling support for students and setting up an electronic book of condolence.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A UK ticket-holder has started the new year by winning the EuroMillions jackpot of nearly £40m.\n\nOne ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on Friday night to win the £39,774,466.40 prize.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, said: \"What an amazing start to 2021 for UK EuroMillions players.\"\n\nA ticket-holder has now come forward to claim their prize.\n\nCamelot, which operates the lottery, said checks were being made on the claim.\n\nMr Carter said: \"It is fantastic news that the jackpot winning lucky ticket-holder has now claimed this enormous prize. We will now focus on supporting the ticket-holder through the process.\"\n\nThe winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with the lucky stars 01 and 09.\n\nTen other ticket-holders each won £1m in the UK Millionaire Maker New Year's Day event.\n\nIn 2019, a UK ticket-holder won the full £170m EuroMillions jackpot, making them Britain's richest ever lottery winner.\n\nAnd last year, a £57m EuroMillions prize claim was validated just before the deadline. The ticket had been bought in South Ayrshire.\n\nThe winning ticket holder's newfound cash means they are now wealthier than former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, who is worth £36m, according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nAnd if they have a bit more money in the bank, they could buy one of the UK's most expensive homes, which went on the market last year.\n\nNobody won the EuroMillons Hotpicks jackpot on Friday, which uses the same numbers as the main draw, but one winner scooped the Thunderball top prize of £500,000.\n\nThe Thunderball numbers were 13, 17, 30, 34, 35 and the Thunderball was 01.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Wales went into a new lockdown on 20 December\n\nWales is likely to remain in lockdown for the rest of January as the first minister said he does not \"see much headroom for change\".\n\nMinisters are to review restrictions ahead of an announcement on Friday.\n\nBut Mark Drakeford said it was \"very hard to see where the room for manoeuvre is at the moment\" with the NHS \"under huge pressure\".\n\nWithout further changes, restrictions could be kept until the next three-week review at the end of January.\n\nMr Drakeford also said the Welsh Government was unlikely to tighten restrictions despite the emergence of a new more contagious variant of the virus.\n\nHe said there could be some tweaks \"at the margins\" but no wholesale changes because \"it's difficult to see what more could be done\".\n\nThe government introduced a new four-level system of Covid-19 restrictions on 20 December with people told to stay home and avoid all but essential travel.\n\nA study has found the new variant of Covid-19 to be \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford does not believe the Welsh Government needs to change the system of restrictions it introduced before details of the new variant emerged.\n\n\"We'll keep our plans under review but level four restrictions in Wales are very strict indeed and it's difficult to see what more could be done to them,\" he said.\n\n\"If they need to be tweaked at the margins to take account of the new variation that's what the cabinet here will consider.\"\n\nHe has dismissed calls by teaching unions to suspend the phased return of face-to-face teaching.\n\nThe government's cabinet will meet on Wednesday to review the current restrictions ahead of an announcement by the first minister on Friday.\n\nBut when asked whether he expected any changes, Mr Drakeford said: \"It's very hard to see where the room for manoeuvre is at the moment.\n\n\"Our health service remains under huge pressure and the coming weeks will be very difficult indeed with winter pressures on the one hand and growing numbers of people suffering with coronavirus in our hospitals on the other.\n\n\"We'll review it, as we said we would, but when I look at the figures I don't see much headroom for change.\"\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives have not criticised the decision to remain in lockdown, but have called for greater scrutiny.\n\nSuzy Davies, Member of the Senedd for South Wales West, said questions would remain \"about how legitimate the decisions of the Welsh Government are\" until MSs had the opportunity to question them in the Welsh Parliament.\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the announcement was unsurprising given the pressures on the NHS, but called on the Welsh Government to ensure a \"rapid rollout\" of the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Price also called for financial support for people forced to self-isolate and businesses \"during the hardest winter of our time\".\n\nAfter Friday's decision, the next three-week review announcement is not expected until 29 January.\n\nA further 56 people have died after contracting coronavirus in Wales, along with 4,011 new cases, according to data published by Public Health Wales on Sunday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A dozen people were fined in London for playing dominoes\n\nTwelve people have been fined after they were caught playing dominoes in a restaurant in east London.\n\nPolice officers found the group hiding in a dark room when they entered the building in Whitechapel on Tuesday.\n\nThe owner initially claimed those inside were workers, before admitting they were playing the game.\n\nTower Hamlets Council has been asked to consider issuing a fine to the owner of the restaurant for breaching tier four Covid-19 restrictions, the Met said.\n\nA video released by the Met shows the restaurant owner saying: \"They're playing dominoes.\"\n\nCh Insp Pete Shaw said: \"The rules under tier four are in place to keep all of us safe, and they do not exempt people from gathering to play games together in basements.\n\n\"The fact that these people hid from officers clearly shows they knew they were breaching the rules and have now been fined for their actions.\"\n• None Met breaks up more than 50 New Year's Eve parties\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" vote.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, the prime minister said the gap between referendums on Europe - the first in 1975 and the second in 2016 - was \"a good sort of gap\".\n\nHowever, Mr Marr suggested that now \"things had changed\" for Scotland.\n\nNicola Sturgeon wants to see an independent Scotland join the EU.\n\nAndrew Marr asked the prime minister what a voter in Scotland should do if they decided that a second independence referendum was now something they wanted, and what were the \"democratic tools\" to now do that?\n\nMr Johnson replied by saying: \"Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.\n\n\"They don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once-in-a-generation.\"\n\nAsked what the difference was between a referendum on EU membership being granted and one on Scottish independence being requested, he said: \"The difference is we had a referendum in 1975 and we then had another one in 2016.\n\n\"That seems to be about the right sort of gap.\"\n\nThe 2014 independence referendum resulted in a 55.3% vote against Scotland going alone.\n\nOn Hogmanay, Nicola Sturgeon said Europe should \"keep a light on\" as Scotland will be \"back soon\".\n\nThe first minister tweeted just after the Brexit transition period formally ended at 11:00 on 31 December 2020.\n\nScotland's trading and travel relationships with EU countries will now be governed by the agreement announced by the UK government on Christmas Eve.\n\nMs Sturgeon reiterated the SNP's call for an independent Scotland to join the EU.\n\nTweeting a picture of the words Europe and Scotland joined by a love heart, she wrote: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSNP depute leader Keith Brown said: \"It may be a new year but it's the same old incoherent bluster from Boris Johnson. The prime minister pretends otherwise but he knows he can't keep on denying democracy.\n\n\"Even his American pal Donald Trump has learned that if you try to stand in the way of the democratic choice of a nation you get swept away.\n\n\"The people who will decide our future are the people of Scotland, not Boris Johnson and the Westminster Tories.\"\n\nFormer Labour prime minister Tony Blair said it was \"extremely difficult\" to challenge the SNP on independence when the party was \"virtually uncontested\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said: \"We had a referendum that rejected Scottish independence, but Brexit put it back on the agenda again. And it's going to require very careful management. The truth of the matter is it's still not in Scotland's interest to separate from England.\n\n\"There are huge economic and political reasons for the United Kingdom to stay the United Kingdom but we're going to have to examine whether there's different constitutional settlements.\n\n\"I also think it's incredibly important, the single most important thing politically to my mind, is that we get a really capable opposition in Scotland - which should be the Labour Party - that's capable of contesting the Scottish nationalist position in Scotland in a way that prevents them from doing what they do at the moment, which is govern Scotland but pretend they're in opposition.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said: \"Only the people of Scotland have the right to determine Scotland's future.\n\n\"Seventeen consecutive opinion polls have demonstrated majorities in favour of independence, with the most recent indicating a record 58% support.\n\n\"Whether it's the botched handling of the coronavirus crisis, the Brexit catastrophe or just the heartlessness of Tory governments we haven't voted for, it's clear that the UK isn't working for Scotland.\"", "Gerry Marsden was awarded an MBE in 2003 for services to Liverpudlian Charities.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool, has died at the age of 78.\n\nHis family said he died on Sunday after a short illness not linked to Covid-19.\n\nMarsden's band was one of the biggest success stories of the Merseybeat era, and in 1963 became the first to have their first three songs top the chart.\n\nThe band's other best known hit, Ferry Cross The Mersey, came in 1964.\n\nIt was written by Marsden himself as a tribute to his city, and reached number eight.\n\nMarsden was made an MBE in 2003 for services to charity after supporting victims of the Hillsborough disaster.\n\nAt the time, he said he was \"over the moon\" to have received the honour, following his support for numerous charities across Merseyside and beyond.\n\nGerry Marsden in 2009 on the Mersey ferry, which he made famous with his song Ferry Cross The Mersey, as he received the Freedom of the City in Liverpool\n\nMarsden's daughter, Yvette Marbeck, said he went into hospital on Boxing Day after tests showed he had a serious blood infection that had travelled to his heart.\n\nMs Marbeck told the PA news agency: \"It was a very short illness and too quick to comprehend really.\"\n\nHe died in hospital, Ms Marbeck said, adding: \"He was our dad, our hero, warm, funny and what you see is what you got.\"\n\nLiverpool FC posted on social media that Marsden's words would \"live on forever with us\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers worked the same Liverpool club circuit as The Beatles in the 1960s and were signed by the Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein.\n\nEpstein gave Marsden's group the song How Do You Do It, which had been turned down by The Beatles and Adam Faith, for their debut single.\n\nSir Paul McCartney described Gerry and the Pacemakers as The Beatles's \"biggest rivals\" on the Merseyside scene.\n\n\"I'll always remember you with a smile,\" Sir Paul said in his tribute to Marsden.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Paul McCartney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd the other surviving Beatle, Sir Ringo Starr, sent \"peace and love\" to Marsden's family in a tribute on Twitter.\n\nWhile Marsden was a songwriter as well as a singer, his most enduring hit was actually a cover of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical number from 1945, which he had to convince his bandmates to record as their third single.\n\nIn many interviews over the years, he explained how fate played a part in his band ever recording the song. He was watching a Laurel and Hardy movie at Liverpool's Odeon cinema in the early 1960s and, only because it was raining, he decided to stay for the second part of a double feature.\n\nThat turned out to be the film Carousel - which featured that song on its soundtrack - and Marsden was so moved by the lyrics that he became determined that it should become part of his band's repertoire.\n\nIn a 2013 interview, Marsden told the Liverpool FC website how You'll Never Walk Alone was adopted by the club's fans as soon as it topped the chart in 1963: \"I remember being at Anfield and before every kick off they used to play the top 10 from number 10 to number one, and so You'll Never Walk Alone was played before the match. I was at the game and the fans started singing it.\n\n\"When it went out of the top 10 they took the song off the playlist and then for the next match the Kop were shouting 'Where's our song?' So they had to put it back on.\n\n\"Now, every time I go to the game I still get goose pimples when the song comes on and I sing my head off.\"\n\nSir Kenny Dalglish, who managed Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, tweeted that he was \"saddened\" by the news of Marsden's death, and that You'll Never Walk Alone was an \"integral part of Liverpool Football Club, and never more so than now\".\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram posted a tribute on Twitter, saying he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Steve Rotheram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry was an entertainer. He loved being an entertainer; he loved people seeing him in the street and asking him for his autograph and the like.\n\nHe had a very distinctive voice, and that is terribly important. You knew instantly it was him on those records. He was best on those ballads.\n\nI think he really did them very well indeed. You'll Never Walk Alone was a big show song that had been around for years and years, and lots of people had done it.\n\nJust before Gerry brought his version out, Johnny Mathis brought his out. If that version had been played on the Kop, I don't think the Kop would have taken to it because you couldn't sing along with Johnny Mathis - he had too big a range and too perfect a voice.\n\nBut Gerry sounded like everyman and it was absolutely perfect for the Kop. I think it's the greatest football anthem of the lot.\n\nAs well as being a Liverpool anthem, You'll Never Walk Alone has also been adopted by fans at both Celtic in Scotland and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.\n\nMarsden's career began at legendary live music venue, The Cavern Club, where The Pacemakers played nearly 200 times.\n\nThe club said on Twitter that Marsden was \"not only a legend, but also a very good friend of The Cavern\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by The Cavern Club\n\nGerry and The Pacemakers achieved nine hit singles and two hit albums between 1963 and 1965, before splitting up.\n\nMarsden pursued a solo career before the band reformed in 1974 for a world tour.\n\nIn 1985, Marsden was back in the pop spotlight when he was invited to be one of the vocalists of a charity version of You'll Never Walk Alone, which was released to raise funds for victims of a fire at a Bradford City match.\n\nIn doing so, Marsden set another chart record by becoming the first person to sing on two different chart-topping versions of the same song.\n\nSo when, after the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989, the other Pacemakers classic of Ferry Cross The Mersey was chosen to raise funds for its victims and a group of famous Liverpudlian singers was gathered, Marsden was again included and was back at number one once more for a cause he held dear for the rest of his life.\n\nMarsden was awarded the Freedom of Liverpool in April 2009, an occasion he marked by boarding a ferry across the Mersey and getting out his guitar to sing his famous hit which described the scene.", "A woman takes her dog for an early walk in Allendale in Northumberland\n\nMany parts of England have seen snow flurries accompany the arrival of New Year.\n\nAreas which welcomed in 2021 with several centimetres of snow included Northumberland, parts of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.\n\nThe Met Office has warned worse is to come with more wintry showers forecast.\n\nDriving conditions on many roads will become \"hazardous\" as the cold weather continues next week, it said.\n\nSeveral football matches were cancelled this weekend due to frozen pitches.\n\nGround staff at West Bromwich Albion were faced with heavy snowfall prior to their Premier League match with Arsenal at The Hawthorns on Saturday evening.\n\nGround staff clear snow from the pitch prior to the Premier League match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich on Saturday\n\nFurther snow is predicted mainly inland and particularly over higher ground where above 200-300m a further few centimetres of snow is possible.\n\nThe chill in the air is due to high pressure to the north of the UK, which is dragging air from the east \"which at this time of year is cold\", the Met Office said.\n\nThe cold easterly winds are set to develop next week, bringing wintry showers - particularly around eastern parts - while hazardous freezing fog, frost and ice risks will all continue, forecasters said.\n\nSledging in the snow around Silverdale Country Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme\n\nTwo women looking out over the snow covered Huntcliff sea cliffs in Saltburn on the North Yorkshire coast\n\nMeteorologist Alex Burkill said: \"Obviously it's very cold and it's going to stay cold through this week.\n\n\"Whilst there will be some wintry hazards around, it's not really until the end of the week until we see any significant snow.\"\n\nColston Bassett in Nottinghamshire got a light dusting of snow on Saturday\n\nA buried garden Buddha after heavy overnight snow in Buxton in Derbyshire\n\nRAC Breakdown spokesman Simon Williams said: \"The message for those who have to drive is to adjust their speed according to the conditions and leave extra stopping distance so 2021 doesn't begin with an unwelcome bump and an insurance claim.\n\n\"Snow and ice are by far the toughest driving conditions, so if they can be avoided that's probably the best policy.\"\n\nA plough clears snow from the roads in Allendale, Northumberland\n\nA man takes his dogs for an early morning walk through the snow in Allenheads, Northumberland\n\nWaterfowl were still active at a snowy Chapel en le Frith in the Derbyshire Peak District\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "The aftermath of an attack in August in Niger, which has suffered a number claimed by jihadist groups\n\nSuspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens of civilians killed.\n\nAround 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with Mali, Reuters reports.\n\nThere have been several recent violent incidents in Africa's Sahel region, carried out by militant groups.\n\nFrance said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were killed in Mali.\n\nHours earlier, a group with links to al-Qaeda said it was behind the killing of three French troops in a separate attack in Mali on Monday.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nBut the region continues to be affected by ethnic violence, banditry, and human and drug trafficking.\n\nIn light of Saturday's attacks, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said soldiers had been sent to the area, according to French outlet RFI. But Mr Alhada did not say how many casualties there had been across the two villages.\n\nA local official, quoted by AFP news agency, said many people were killed, and a local journalist spoke of up to 50 deaths.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region, where the villages are situated, lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadi attacks in recent years.\n\nTravel by motorbike has been banned in the region for a year, as part of efforts to stop incursions by Islamic militants, who often launch attacks from the vehicles.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nLast month, members of the group killed at least 27 people in Niger's south-eastern Diffa region.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced provisional results on Saturday, showing a lead for Mohamed Bazoum - a former minister and a member of Niger's ruling party.\n\nA second round of votes is expected to be held on 21 February, once ballots have been validated by the country's constitutional court.", "The prime minister has said that tougher measures could be needed to help cope with a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nHe has not yet said whether we will need school closures, or even overnight curfews like those imposed in France.\n\nBut clues about such measures to tackle the new more infectious variant come from the government's Sage advisory committee.\n\nThe headline is that whether we see a return to only being allowed one form of daily outdoor exercise, or stricter controls on travel around the country, we'll be hearing a lot more about something already very familiar: hand hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks and ensuring there is fresh air.\n\nThese may sound familiar but the advisers believe that because the new variant spreads so easily, the measures need to be applied with \"a step change in rigour\" - in other words, a lot more forcefully.\n\nThey suggest considering a return to the two-metre rule because it's more effective than the one-metre plus guidance adopted last year.\n\nMasks need to be made of three layers, not just one, and worn in more locations than now - including workplaces, schools and crowded outdoor spaces.\n\nThe key message is that it is vital to reduce social contact - being close to people, especially indoors for long periods of time, carries the highest risk of infection.\n\nSo expect tier four-type bans on visiting other households to become normal.\n\nThe advisers also say many people still do not recognise the key symptoms of Covid-19 - so ministers need to spell them out and help people understand why they should self-isolate.\n\nBut they also say it is essential to praise the efforts made so far, to recognise sacrifices and emphasise how they've kept infection numbers lower than they would otherwise have been.\n\nWhatever new measures are picked, the advice to ministers is to offer \"clear and convincing explanations\" to motivate people.\n\nThat could be a hint that the government's current \"hands, face, space\" slogan may need to make way for something stronger.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he may stay in management much longer than he anticipated.\n\nGuardiola, 49, has previously talked of limiting his time in football to pursue other interests.\n\n\"Before, I thought I was going to retire soon. Now I'm thinking I'm going to retire older. So, I don't know,\" Guardiola said.\n\nThe Spaniard signed a new two-year deal at City in November and has won six major trophies at the club.\n\nPrior to his arrival in Manchester, Guardiola, who turns 50 this month, spent four years as manager of Barcelona and three in charge of Bayern Munich.\n\n\"Experience helps you, especially the way I live my profession,\" he added.\n\nGuardiola's five-year stay at City represents the longest commitment he has made to a club in his management career.\n\nHe has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups since joining them in 2016.\n\nDespite going into Sunday's match at Chelsea on the back of a six-game unbeaten run and with two games in hand on most clubs around them in the table, he is cautious about talk of winning a third league title.\n\n\"If you think about what [can] happen in January, February - the two games [in hand], we can lose these two games and anything can happen,\" he said.\n\n\"So, in the Premier League, every game is so tough and it is better to be calm. The real Premier League, the people I spoke to before I landed here, said everyone can lose to everyone. I didn't see this until now.\n\n\"Now is the first time when I see in the Premier League, one team is able to lose or win seven, and after draw, and after lose. The results are unpredictable.\"\n\nAmong the challengers this season are arch rivals Manchester United, who City face in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have been rejuvenated in recent weeks, shrugging off the disappointment of a Champions League exit with some excellent domestic form.\n\n\"Ole is happier than me,\" said Guardiola, whose preparations have been affected by five players testing positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"But I am not much concerned about United. I am so busy with what we have to do and what we can do with the players.\n\n\"They are there because they deserve it. Since I arrived I expected them to be there all the time. Sometimes in the last seasons it has not been possible, especially in the Premier League.\"\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Police made 17 arrests at the demonstration in Hyde Park\n\nPolice have made arrests at an anti-lockdown demonstration in central London.\n\nCrowds of between 200 to 300 people began to gather in Hyde Park, which is in a tier four coronavirus area, at about 13:30 GMT on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nSeventeen people were arrested on suspicion of breaching public health regulations.\n\nMost demonstrators had left the park by 16:45, police said.\n\nThe Met tweeted: \"Officers continue to engage with groups of people who have gathered in the Hyde Park area.\n\n\"A number of people have been arrested under health protection regulations and taken into custody.\n\n\"We urge those in the area to leave immediately.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Metropolitan Police Events This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore than two people are generally not allowed to meet in public under tier four rules.\n\nThe police force added: \"Officers will take enforcement action where we see clear breaches of the tier four rules.\n\n\"It's up to all of us to make the right choices and slow the spread of the virus.\"\n\nA group called The People's Lockdown, Stand For Your Human Rights, had said it was going to hold a event at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.\n\nIn an online post, it called on people to \"stand with your loved ones\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City say they are disappointed after defender Benjamin Mendy breached Covid-19 rules by hosting a New Year's Eve party.\n\nA spokesperson for the France international said the 26-year-old held a dinner party with guests from outside his household.\n\nThe mixing of households indoors is banned under the UK government's tier four restrictions.\n\nCity said they would conduct an internal investigation.\n\nMendy was named on the bench for City's Premier League game away to Chelsea on Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\n\"While it is understood that elements of this incident have been misinterpreted in the reports [carried by newspapers earlier], and that the player has publicly apologised for his error, the club is disappointed to learn of the transgression and will be conducting an internal investigation,\" the club said in a statement.\n\nA spokesperson for Mendy said: \"Benjamin and his partner allowed a chef and two friends of his partner to attend his property for a dinner party on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"Ben accepts that this is a breach of Covid-19 protocols and is sorry for his actions in this matter. Ben has had a Covid test and is liaising with Manchester City about this.\"\n\nExplaining why Mendy was in his matchday squad on Sunday, manager Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports: \"First of all the club made a statement; second Benjamin already had Covid in the past - he's been tested every day like all of us and he's negative. He knows what he has done and he will learn in the future.\"\n\nMeanwhile, goalkeeper Ederson, forward Ferran Torres, and midfielder Tommy Doyle are among six City players out of the Chelsea game because of coronavirus.\n\nThe trio have tested positive for the virus, adding to the cases of Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus and Eric Garcia.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, defender Garcia became the sixth City player to test positive for coronavirus.\n\nGarcia, along with a member of staff who also returned a positive test, will now self-isolate.\n\nCity previously postponed their match against Everton on 28 December because of positive tests.\n\nThere have been a number of apparent coronavirus breaches by players at Premier League clubs in recent days.\n\nTottenham criticised three of their players after they attended a party over Christmas, while Fulham are looking into reports that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic allegedly broke coronavirus rules.\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson also apologised after midfielder Luka Milivojevic was pictured with Mitrovic at a gathering in London.\n\nFulham's match against Burnley on Sunday was postponed after an increase in positive cases at the club.\n\nCity also had to cancel their match against Everton on 28 December because of positive tests.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nLuke Campbell's hopes of another world title shot suffered a severe blow as Ryan Garcia rose from the canvas to land a superb stoppage in Dallas.\n\nIn a gripping lightweight fight, Briton Campbell landed a left hook in round two to floor Mexican-American Garcia.\n\nSome asked how the much-hyped Garcia might respond to adversity and while he fought on emotion, he found answers.\n\nCampbell survived a tough attack in the fifth, but a well-placed body shot ended the contest two rounds later.\n\n\"You taught me a lot,\" Garcia, 22, told 33-year-old Campbell as the opponents embraced in the beaten man's corner at the American Airlines Center.\n\nThe jubilant reaction from Garcia's team - including gym-mate Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez - hinted at relief, but unquestionably emphasised the statement they knew their man had made.\n\nIn beating a fighter of Campbell's pedigree - and by rising from the canvas to do so - this win served up plenty of answers about Garcia, whose social media following led him to be identified as the world's 12th most marketable athlete in October.\n\n\"I think I showed a lot of people who I really am. I showed today I am special,\" he told DAZN.\n\n\"They wanted to show me as a social media fighter. Anybody who puts you down, remember you're not who people tell you who you are - you are who you choose to be. I chose to be a champion tonight.\n\n\"He caught me, I was like, 'I got dropped, this is crazy'. I've never been dropped in my life. I had to adjust. I knew I could beat him, I just had to get back up.\"\n\nGarcia is the first man to beat Campbell by stoppage. Shortly after the fight Campbell told Garcia in his dressing room that he punched harder than anyone he had ever faced. The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist then told his Twitter followers that Garcia has a \"massive future ahead\".\n\nThis stoppage win will add to the kind of hype that has led some American broadcasters to suggest Garcia's star status could bring new fans to the sport in the years to come.\n\nThe 1-3 bookmakers' favourite was carried to the ring on a throne while Campbell waited in the ring in Texas.\n\nBut within two rounds a heavy left hook put Garcia on his back and it is to his credit he got up, took the fight to his rival and won rounds in the aftermath.\n\nGarcia had only twice gone past round four, and his last two bouts had lasted less than 180 seconds in total. He carried a fizz in his punches throughout and a left hook-right hand combination in the fifth rocked Campbell and sent him into the ropes as the bell sounded.\n\nIn a contest that ebbed and flowed, Campbell found some poise after a relentless attack from Garcia when the action resumed at the start of the sixth.\n\nBut a round later, Campbell braced for an attack to his head only for Garcia to beautifully drive a left hand to the body that left him on all fours.\n\nGarcia's team raced into the ring, lifted their man and placed a crown on his head.\n\nHis 21st win in as many fights could earn him a world title shot next, or his preferred bout with American Gervonta Davis.\n\nFor now, it has justified the hype and underlined his threat. After the fourth loss of his career, Campbell will need to regroup if he is to attempt to win a world title for the third time.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "A large poultry flock is to be culled in County Antrim, after an outbreak of bird flu.\n\nThirty thousand birds are to be destroyed as a precautionary measure at the farm near Clough.\n\nIt is the first time the disease has been detected in a commercial flock in Northern Ireland since 1998\n\nThe outbreak affected a business rearing young hens for egg production and it is understood there are other poultry farms in the area.\n\nIt will mean certain movement restrictions in 3km and 10km protection zones around the affected farm, with potential trade implications for other poultry businesses there.\n\nBird flu is a notifiable disease carried by migratory wild birds. It can spread quickly and rapidly causes death in affected flocks.\n\nRestrictions were put in place earlier in the winter in an attempt to prevent transmission to commercial flocks which make up a key part of Northern Ireland's important agri-food industry.\n\nSince 23 December there has been a requirement for all poultry flocks, no matter how small, to be housed.\n\nPublic health advice is that bird flu- or avian influenza - poses a low risk to human health and the Food Standards Agency advises that it does not present a food risk.\n\nPoultry is a £750m a year industry in Northern Ireland which employs 5,000 people. There are around 24 million birds on 650 farms, most of them in counties Tyrone and Antrim.\n\nThe disease has been detected in a number of wild birds in Northern Ireland this winter and in commercial flocks in both Great Britain and in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIn the short term it will mean no movements on or off poultry farms in the area, with a licensing system being introduced in the coming days.\n\nPoultry products from outside the restricted zone can continue to be traded with EU member states and products from within the zones can be sold on home markets.\n\nOther countries will apply their own rules depending on their assessment of the situation.\n\nNorthern Ireland's chief vet Robert Huey repeated his message for poultry owners to apply rigorous biosecurity measures.\n\n\"Given the level of suspicion and the density of the poultry population around the holding, it is vital that as a matter of precaution, we act now and act fast,\" he said.\n\n\"I have therefore taken the decision to cull the birds as well as introduce temporary control zones around the holding in an effort to protect our poultry industry and stop the spread of the virus.\n\n\"An epidemiological investigation is under way to determine the likely source of infection and determine the risk of disease spread.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nScotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise, a public health expert has said.\n\nThe latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.\n\nProf Linda Bauld described it as a \"fragile situation\", despite the rate dropping below Thursday's 2,539 cases.\n\nThe latest figures for hospital admissions and deaths will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid as the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\nDaily confirmed cases reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nIt had dropped to 10.8% on Friday. A percentage of lower than 5% is needed to show the virus is under control, according to the WHO.\n\nProf Bauld, a public health expert at the University of Edinburgh, said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread\n\nThis would bring \"real challenges\" for hospitals, especially in the central belt, Prof Bauld said, adding that it was \"absolutely imperative that we do not see these number rise more than they are now\".\n\nShe said it would take some time to see the impact of level four restrictions introduced in mainland Scotland on Boxing Day.\n\n\"Mentally we just need to be prepared for the fact that we may be living with the level four restrictions for longer than the Scottish government currently plans,\" Prof Bauld said.\n\nShe said the new, more transmissible coronavirus variant would make it harder to get the R number below one in Scotland and schools may not be able to fully reopen on 18 January.\n\nThe government's education recovery group was preparing with schools for blended learning to go on longer if necessary, she added.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread.\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes that the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe government has described the vaccination programme as a \"light at the end of the tunnel\" and has urged people to stay at home as much as possible in the meantime.", "Hospitals across the UK are being told to prepare to face the same Covid pressures as the NHS in London and south-east England.\n\nSenior doctor Prof Andrew Goddard said the virus's highly infectious new variant was spreading nationwide.\n\nCase numbers were \"mild\" compared with where he expected them to be next week, he said, with doctors \"really worried\".\n\nIt comes as a further 57,725 people have tested positive for Covid - a new daily high.\n\nThis is the fifth day in a row new daily cases have been over 50,000 and brings the total number of cases to 2,599,789.\n\nAnother 445 deaths, of people who had tested positive within the previous 28 days, were reported on Saturday - bringing the total number of deaths to 74,570, according to government figures.\n\nThe UK-wide total for people in hospital with Covid has already passed the spring peak.\n\nHalf of the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the worst point of the first wave in April, with the NHS facing its \"busiest winter ever\".\n\nProf Goddard, of the Royal College of Physicians, told BBC Breakfast: \"There's no doubt that Christmas is going to have a big impact, the new variant is also going to have a big impact, we know that is more infectious, more transmissible, so I think the large numbers that we're seeing in the South East, in London, in south Wales, is now going to be reflected over the next month, two months even, over the rest of the country.\"\n\nHe said: \"It seems very likely that we are going to see more and more cases, wherever people work in the UK, and we need to be prepared for that.\"\n\nPressure has been so great on hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's weekly rate of coronavirus cases is 858 per 100,000 people, double the UK figure.\n\nDominic Harrison, director of public health for Blackburn and Darwen, said a decision on a new lockdown had to be decided \"in the next week\" - instead of waiting for the North to get to the same rates as the capital \"and 'call it late' which has been our pattern of response too often\".\n\nThe most recent UK-wide statistics, from 28 December, showed there were 23,823 people in hospital with Covid. That was already significantly higher than the spring peak, which saw 21,683 in hospital on 12 April.\n\nOnly English hospitals have released figures for the final three days of December - and these show that a further 2,302 Covid patients were occupying hospital beds on 31 December.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nProf Goddard said it was vital the public did not \"let their guard down\" and continued to follow government guidelines, including wearing a face mask, maintaining social distancing and washing hands.\n\n\"Until the vaccination hits and does its job - that's what our best defence is going to be,\" he said.\n\nDr Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant in Wales, told BBC Breakfast that \"hospitals are absolutely bursting\", adding that a quarter of her staff were currently off sick or self-isolating, making managing patients even more challenging.\n\n\"When we see the daily figures - we know that will sting us in about 10-12 days' time in the hospital,\" she said. \"We are not even at day 10 post-Christmas yet and it's already exceedingly busy.\n\n\"We are going to get to the point where we physically don't have the staff to look after people safely anymore.\"\n\nDr Jones also urged the public to \"please just obey the rules\", adding: \"Stop mixing with other households because it is spreading like wildfire - and we haven't got much more space in the hospitals left.\"\n\nDo you work in a hospital? Have you recently been treated in a hospital, or due to be treated? Email your experiences: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRegional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\" to curb rising Covid infections, the prime minister has warned.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC stronger measures may be required in parts of the country in the coming weeks.\n\nHe said this included the possibility of keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for new England-wide restrictions within 24 hours.\n\nSir Keir said coronavirus was \"clearly out of control\" and it was \"inevitable more schools are going to have to close\".\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row, with 54,990 announced on Sunday.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result have also been reported, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson said he stuck by his previous prediction that the situation would be better by the spring, and he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nBut he added: \"It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I'm fully, fully reconciled to that.\"\n\n\"And I bet the people of this country are reconciled to that because, until the vaccine really comes on stream in a massive way, we're fighting this virus with the same set of tools.\"\n\nThe PM added that ministers had taken \"every reasonable step that we reasonably could\" to prepare for winter, but \"could not have reasonably predicted\" the new, more transmissible variant of the virus that has emerged over the autumn.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's interview, Sir Keir said introducing new nationwide restrictions in England \"has to be the first step to controlling the virus\".\n\n\"There's no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week or two or three,\" he told reporters on Sunday. \"That delay has been the source of so many problems.\"\n\n\"Let's not have the prime minister saying 'I'm going to do it, but not yet',\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson defended plans for primary schools to reopen in most of England on Monday, amid opposition from teaching unions and some local councils.\n\nIt came after Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, England's schools watchdog, said closures should be kept to an \"absolute minimum\".\n\nThe rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December - and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East.\n\nBut that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut some public health experts are warning more needs to be done.\n\nThere is a determination to get primary school children back - they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nA further 20 million people in England were added to tier four - \"stay at home\" - the toughest set of rules, on 31 December in a bid to stem a surge in Covid cases.\n\nIt means 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government will meet on Monday to consider \"further action\" to limit the spread of the disease, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is currently under its own level four restrictions - with only some islands under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying on Sunday it was \"difficult to see\" how the rules could be strengthened further.\n\nHe said Welsh ministers would consider whether restrictions could be \"tweaked at the margins\" at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day. Stricter measures, including a \"stay-at-home curfew\", ended on Saturday.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely,\" and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around 4-6 weeks.\n\n\"Everybody should stay calm - it's going to be fine,\" he told Times Radio.\n\n\"But we're now in a game of cat and mouse - because these are not the only two variants we're going to see.\"", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described Jo Stevens as a \"dear friend and colleague\"\n\nCardiff Central MP Jo Stevens is being treated in hospital for Covid-19.\n\nA statement was released on her Twitter account on Saturday night in which her team thanked people for their good wishes.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer described Ms Stevens as a \"dear friend and colleague\", and wished her well.\n\nOn New Year's Eve, her Twitter account said she had been \"laid low with Covid for a while\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Stevens, who is Labour's shadow culture secretary, was elected as an MP in May 2015.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford tweeted: \"All of our thoughts and best wishes are with Jo for a speedy recovery.\n\n\"Thank you to Jo's constituency team for continuing to support Cardiff Central constituents at this difficult time.\"", "The rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December – and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East. But that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all, most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut many public health experts are warning more needs to be done.That’s why we have seen so much debate about schools in recent days.There is a determination to get primary school children back – they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school-age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nIt looks like there is going to be a very difficult trade-off that needs to be made between the damage to education and wellbeing of children and the risk of further spread of the virus.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Police said a car which had been parked on a bend in the road in Snowdonia was an \"accident waiting to happen\"\n\nStaff looking after a car park in a Welsh national park have been \"getting abuse\" as crowds continue to gather at popular beauty spots.\n\nA spokeswoman for Snowdonia National Park said the decision to keep car parks open was under \"constant review\".\n\nShe explained closing them could lead to unauthorised parking and would exclude locals with mobility issues.\n\nWales is at alert level four, meaning non-essential travel is banned and exercise must start and finish at home.\n\nOn Saturday, North Wales Police said officers had \"turned away\" people who wanted to walk up Snowdon in breach of stay-at-home rules, including some some from Milton Keynes and London.\n\nA red Honda was towed away at Pen y Pass, near Llanberis, after police said it had been parked unsafely on a bend, in snowy conditions.\n\nAt the start of the first lockdown in March, campsites, caravan parks and tourist hotspots were closed by the Welsh Government after \"unprecedented\" crowds gathered at beauty spots.\n\nThe Welsh Government decided to close beauty spots during the first lockdown after scenes like this at Pen y Gwryd in Snowdonia\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said it had chosen not to close its car parks again because the areas remained open to people living nearby.\n\n\"Closing car parks can lead to unauthorised parking on roads, so we are keeping them open at the moment,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"The mountains are open for people to be able to exercise from their front doors. Keeping car parks open allows people with mobility issues to exercise as well.\n\n\"We are working closely with police and Gwynedd council and we are reviewing it constantly.\"\n\nNorth Wales Police say beauty spots have been \"disappointingly busy\" since Christmas\n\nShe said its busiest car park, at Pen y Pass near Snowdon, had been overseen by wardens over the Christmas and New Year period, but in a more educational role than in previous years.\n\n\"Places like Pen y Pass are usually manned anyway but their role has changed slightly. They are getting some abuse, which is a shame,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are adopting a similar approach to police: engaging with people, asking what their plans are then educating them.\n\n\"The majority of the time people are going 'I misunderstood that', or people are saying 'I'm doing what I want anyway'.\"\n\nA breach of Covid rules can incur a £60 fine, which rises to £120 for a second breach.\n\nWales is in an alert level four lockdown\n\nPenny Brockman, of Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, called on people to help protect themselves and others, including rescue volunteers, by following government guidelines.\n\n\"It is important for people's well-being to walk, but there are probably lots of wonderful places in their own local areas,\" she added.\n\nSouth Wales Police tweeted a picture of Hamilton the police horse \"staying at home\" in his stable, urging people to be \"more like him\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLeicester City climbed to second in the Premier League as they won a keenly contested encounter with fellow top-four hopefuls Southampton at King Power Stadium.\n\nJames Maddison fired in from a tight angle after 37 minutes, the Foxes midfielder instructing his team-mates to stand back as he performed a socially distanced celebration, before Harvey Barnes added a second deep into second-half stoppage-time.\n\nVictory takes Leicester within one point of leaders Manchester United, who travel to third-placed Liverpool on Sunday, while Southampton are eighth, three points outside the top four.\n• None How Leicester followed guidance on celebrations - and others didn't\n• None Reaction to Leicester v Southampton, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nThe Saints dominated in the opening stages and created the first opening when Che Adams stretched the home defence on the counter-attack, while Leicester's Barnes' powerful drive forced Alex McCarthy into action with the game's first shot after 19 minutes.\n\nThe visitors, without talisman Danny Ings after the striker tested positive for Covid-19 last week, went close to a response through Ryan Bertrand and Will Smallbone either side of half-time but neither could find a way past Kasper Schmeichel.\n\nIn an entertaining conclusion, Stuart Armstrong rattled the Leicester crossbar with an excellent strike from the edge of the penalty area, while Jan Bednarek produced a superb goalline clearance to deny Barnes and the returning McCarthy saved from Jamie Vardy as both sides pushed for a late goal.\n\nIt took Leicester until the 95th minute to seal the three points, Barnes calmly slotting past McCarthy on the break.\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers challenged his side to \"disrupt the Premier League hierarchy\" after a 2-1 win over Newcastle in their last league outing maintained their top-four hopes.\n\nVictory in this stern test ensured they continue to do just that.\n\nEnjoying their longest unbeaten run of the season, their streak now at six matches in all competitions since defeat by Everton a month ago, Rodgers' side delivered an assured performance to remain firmly in contention at the top.\n\nDespite their lofty position as the halfway stage approaches, Leicester have struggled at home this campaign - their four defeats at King Power Stadium in 2020-21 is as many as they suffered in the entirety of last season.\n\nThough largely frustrated in the early exchanges as the visitors retained possession, Leicester's superior quality in attack eventually ensured that record was improved with Maddison turning sharply to meet Youri Tielemans' through-ball before drilling home.\n\nThe in-form Barnes once again impressed and eventually got the goal his performance deserved to equal his best season tally of 10 after just 24 games.\n\nUnlike last season's post-Christmas collapse, the Foxes are yet to show signs of falling away. Maddison - involved in six of Leicester's last 12 league goals - and Barnes are easing the pressure on Vardy to deliver every week and there appears the strength in depth to better maintain this challenge.\n\nThe only concern for Rodgers at the end of a pleasing night was the sight of Vardy appearing to limp off as he was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho in the final minutes.\n\nWhen Southampton claimed victory in the corresponding fixture last January, the 2-1 win marked a remarkable short-term recovery from a club-record defeat by the Foxes less than three months earlier.\n\nOne year on, this match served as another reminder of how quickly the Saints are progressing under Ralph Hasenhuttl.\n\nThey were, however, unable to set a club top-flight record of seven consecutive away games without defeat in the absence of frontman Ings. That was despite their relative freshness, having not played for 12 days after their FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town was postponed last weekend because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the League One club.\n\nFollowing their impressive 1-0 victory over Liverpool on 4 January, a triumph which left Hasenhuttl with tears in his eyes, Southampton once again applied themselves with commendable determination but ultimately failed to produce in the final third.\n\nAdams ran out of space at the byeline after breaking clear from the halfway line in the game's first opening, and neither Bertrand nor Smallbone were able to place past Schmeichel as the equaliser their hard work perhaps deserved evaded them.\n\nAt the back, Bednarek produced the heroics to keep his side in the game and full-back Kyle Walker-Peters provided a regular outlet on the right, but Southampton, who named four teenagers on their bench because of an injury crisis, have now scored only once in five league games.\n\nThat is an obvious concern for Hasenhuttl as he looks to ensure his side do not fade after their promising start.\n\n'We took social distancing to the letter' - what the managers said\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers told BBC Sport: \"It's a very good win against a good team. We were too passive at the start, we took social distancing to the letter and didn't get close to them. After that we had some sustained attacks and ended up getting a brilliant goal.\n\n\"At half-time we had to reiterate the importance of fighting, you have to fight for every result and Southampton keep going. We were outstanding second half and should have scored more goals. We did the dirty work much better and Harvey Barnes showed again that he is a finisher now.\"\n\nOn Maddison's celebration: \"I said to them there is lots of negativity around it but see it as a positive and be creative. Supporters still want to see players celebrate, the happiness, so be creative with it.\"\n\nSouthampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said: \"It's never nice to lose a game but we had chances. We hit the bar, we fought with everything we have. We are definitely a team that is never giving up. The quality of the opponent was better than ours today.\n\n\"The first goal, you don't shoot at goal like that every day, it was fantastic from Maddison. We had good chances but we couldn't finish and that was the difference.\n\n\"It doesn't look good at the moment, we have a lot of injuries and not many alternatives. The good news is we have 29 points and they don't take them away from us. We did our best with the options we have. We have nine injured but we are fighting for everything.\"\n• None Leicester earned their first home league victory against Southampton since April 2016, ending a run of four without a win against the Saints at King Power Stadium.\n• None Southampton's first 12 Premier League games in 2020-21 witnessed 41 goals (24 scored) at an average of 3.4 per game. Their past six games have seen just six goals (two scored).\n• None Jamie Vardy had seven shots for Leicester, his highest tally without scoring in a single Premier League match in his career.\n• None Vardy has faced Southampton seven times at home in the Premier League, more than any other side at King Power Stadium without scoring in the competition.\n• None James Maddison scored in consecutive Premier League games for Leicester for the first time since October 2019, matching his goal tally at home from each of the previous two campaigns (three).\n\nBoth sides return to action on Tuesday. Leicester host Chelsea in the Premier League at 20:15 GMT, while Southampton welcome Shrewsbury to St Mary's in their postponed FA Cup third-round tie (20:00).\n• None Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.\n• None Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "Nurseries have stayed open during the latest lockdown, unlike schools\n\nNurseries are \"teetering on the edge\" and will \"find it hard to survive with next-to-no funding\" as children are kept home in lockdown, an owner said.\n\nLittle Stars near Pontypool has seen numbers drop by 35% - and Emma Matthews says nurseries are \"running on empty\".\n\nUnlike schools, they have remained open and an industry association wants support so they are around to \"provide places for children in the future\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said funding was available through councils.\n\nDescribing childcare workers as \"front-line\", the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Cymru also called for anxious staff to be made a priority for the Covid vaccine as they work with little protective equipment.\n\n\"We feel we have poured our heart into serving families and want acknowledgement for the early years and the vital part we play in the community,\" Ms Matthews said.\n\nLittle Stars furloughed some staff during the lockdown last March, with nurseries open for children of keyworkers only.\n\nLittle Stars nursery near Pontypool has seen numbers drop by more than a third\n\nThey reopened fully last summer and this has remained under Welsh Government guidance.\n\nHowever, many parents have decided not to send children - some because they are adhering to stay-at-home rules, are self-isolating, have lost their jobs and are struggling to pay bills, or are on furlough.\n\n\"The reasons are varied and valid why parents decide to pull children out,\" Ms Matthews added.\n\n\"The situation isn't great and some say 'we will wait and see next week'. It's very difficult to formulate a plan then or to furlough. We are teetering on the edge.\"\n\nLittle Stars is down the road from the new Grange hospital that opened in Cwmbran last November\n\nBefore coronavirus, the nursery looked after 65 children each day - but last week, 47 attended, made up of babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.\n\nThere were also 11 babies due to start in January - but only one is attending because of reasons such as new mothers extending their maternity leave.\n\nMs Matthews believes facilities should be open for children of keyworkers only - allowing nurseries to access support for those not attending.\n\nA baby, a toddler and a staff member from Little Stars had coronavirus - and employees are worried for themselves and their families.\n\nIn Wales eligible children can access 30 hours of early-years education and childcare per week for 48 weeks of the year\n\nThey are unable to wear personal protective equipment because of their close contact with children, and describing workers as \"front-line\" who \"keep the economy going\", Ms Matthews said they should be in the priority group for the vaccine and weekly testing.\n\n\"Social distancing is the challenge,\" she added.\n\n\"Face, space and hands... we can only do hands. The others are impossible.\"\n\nThe facility received a grant of £10,000 at the start of the pandemic and a rate relief grant of £1,000, but Ms Matthews wants more support.\n\n\"It's about valuing the service,\" she said. \"It wasn't a very stable industry pre-Covid. But it's made it very fragile now.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has been urged to give more help, allowing nurseries to survive and \"provide places for children in the future\" by NDNA Cymru.\n\nIt also said early years staff \"must be a priority for the vaccine to enable them to continue providing support for our youngest children and their families\".\n\nWhile nurseries were closed to all but keyworkers initially, they have been open since summer 2020\n\n\"We all know it's impossible to social distance from toddlers and babies who need close care from nappy changing to the contact and affection that supports their development and learning,\" added chief executive Purnima Tanuku.\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said while the rates of coronavirus in Wales remain high, cases in children under five continue to be relatively low.\n\n\"Childcare providers have worked very hard to ensure settings are safe, with low numbers of children on site,\" she added.\n\nThe spokeswoman said funding is provided to councils, enabling them to help childcare settings experiencing financial difficulties and the Childcare Offer for Wales continues to be in place for all eligible children.\n\n\"We are following the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation about the people who should be vaccinated first - all those in the priority groups will be immunised as safely and as quickly as possible,\" she added.\n\nMost school children in Wales will learn from home until at least February half-term, unless there is a big drop in Covid cases\n\nChildren's commissioner Sally Holland said she\"empathises with the concerns of staff\" and thanked them for their work \"during an extremely difficult period\".\n\n\"Nurseries play a really important part in young children's wellbeing and development,\" she said.\n\n\"Any services that can remain open for children is to be welcomed due to the importance for their health and wellbeing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "CBBC star Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died in his sleep from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has said.\n\nLucy Lyndhurst said a second post-mortem exam had revealed his death was caused by a condition called Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia.\n\nShe described Archie as \"the most magical human being we have ever met\".\n\nThe 19-year-old's death on 22 September had had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family, she wrote on Instagram.\n\nArchie with his father Nicholas and mother Lucy Smith in 2017\n\nLucy said she and husband Nicholas were assured by the doctor who explained the post-mortem results to them that there \"wasn't anything anyone could have done as Archie showed no signs of illness\". She said it was \"not leukaemia as we know it\" and that acute in medical terms meant \"rapid\".\n\nThe couple were \"utterly floored\" to think something like this could happen, she wrote, adding: \"It's very rare and around only 800 people a year die from it.\"\n\nShe said that just days earlier he had been celebrating his birthday with \"the love of his life Nethra\".\n\n\"Life is fragile, precious and sometimes incredibly cruel,\" Lucy wrote.\n\nShe also criticised some media outlets for attempting to garner information about how her son had died from the coroner, before they knew the results of the post mortem themselves.\n\n\"To have a coroner call you a few days after your child has died to say the press have been calling for the results of Archie's post mortem, I think stoops to an all time low for us,\" she noted.\n\n\"What gives the press the right to badger a coroner's office solely to find the cause of death before the parents? The complete lack of empathy is astounding. We released no information at the time as we had no idea what he had died from.\"\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in an episode of So Awkward in 2019\n\nArchie began his acting career at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 10 and was best known for playing Ollie Coulton in the CBBC comedy show So Awkward.\n\nHe appeared in the sitcom, which followed the lives of a group of friends in secondary school, from its first series in 2015.\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in a 2019 episode of the programme.\n\nArchie's other roles included recurring appearances as a younger incarnation of comedian Jack Whitehall in various TV programmes.\n\nThese included BBC Three sitcom Bad Education, in which he was seen as a younger version of Whitehall's Alfie Wickers character.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The four main engines were fired in unison for the first time, but had to be shut down early\n\nA critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" has ended early, but the agency denied it amounted to a failure.\n\nShortly before 22:30 GMT (17:30 EST) on Saturday, the four engines ignited, burning for more than a minute before the event was aborted.\n\nThe core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) was being evaluated at Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi.\n\nThe engines were supposed to fire for eight minutes to simulate the rocket's climb to orbit.\n\nThe SLS is part of Nasa's Artemis programme, which aims to put Americans back on the lunar surface in the 2020s.\n\nWhen it makes its maiden flight - possibly later this year - the SLS will become the most powerful rocket ever to have flown to space.\n\nTeams at Stennis are still poring over the data to find out what happened. John Honeycutt, SLS program manager at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, said there were \"a lot of dynamics going on\" when the engine shut down.\n\nThe engines' power levels were being throttled down and up again; they were also being prepared to pivot - or gimbal. This movement allows the rocket to be steered during flight.\n\nThe RS-25 engines are the same type that powered the space shuttle orbiter\n\n\"We did see a little bit of a flash come from around the interface between the thermal protection blanket on engine four at the time when we had initiated the gimbal,\" Honeycutt told reporters at a post-test briefing at Stennis.\n\nThe as-yet unknown problem triggered what Nasa calls a failure identification (Fid), followed by a major component failure (MCF). As a result of the fault, an onboard computer known as the engine controller sent a message to another computer called the core stage controller, which took a decision to shut down the vehicle.\n\n\"Any parameter that went awry on the engine could have sent that failure ID,\" said John Honeycutt.\n\nIt was the first time all four RS-25 engines had been ignited together, in a test known as a \"hotfire\".\n\nThe core stage of the rocket was anchored to a massive steel structure called the B-2 test stand on the grounds of the Stennis facility.\n\nTo prepare the core stage, engineers filled its tanks with more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million litres) of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellant.\n\nThis was the eighth and final test in the Green Run, a programme of evaluation carried out by engineers from Nasa and Boeing - the rocket's prime contractor.\n\nAlthough the test was intended to run for eight minutes, engineers would have received all the data required to certify the rocket for flight after 250 seconds.\n\nThey wanted to iron out any problems before the core stage is used for the first SLS launch, in which it will send Nasa's next-generation Orion spacecraft on a loop around the Moon.\n\nNasa's outgoing administrator Jim Bridenstine declined to call Saturday's event a failure: \"This is why we test,\" he said, adding: \"Before we put American astronauts on American rockets, that's when we need it to be perfect.\"\n\nOfficials have not yet decided whether to re-run the hotfire, or proceed with shipping the core stage to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to prepare it for the rocket's uncrewed maiden flight, a mission called Artemis-1.\n\n\"It depends what the anomaly was and how challenging it's going to be to fix it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said perfection wasn't a realistic expectation for the first engine test\n\nAsked whether a launch this year was still feasible, he added: \"I think it's too early to tell. As we figure out what went wrong, we're going to know what the future holds.\"\n\nHowever, if one or more of the engines needs to be replaced, there are spares waiting to be used at Stennis Space Center.\n\nThe Artemis-1 mission will evaluate how both the SLS and Orion capsule perform prior to Nasa staging a repeat of this lunar loop with astronauts in 2023.\n\nThis will be followed by the first landing on the Moon by humans since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\n\nThe SLS consists of the 65m (212 ft) -long core stage with two smaller solid rocket boosters (SRBs) attached to the sides. Engineers at KSC have begun stacking the individual SRB segments for Artemis-1.\n\n\"This powerful rocket is going to put us in a position to be ready to support the agency and the country in deep space missions to the Moon and beyond,\" John Honeycutt said during a media briefing on Tuesday.\n\nArtwork: The initial version of the SLS - known as Block 1 - during the climb to orbit\n\nOfficials have been planning to ship the core stage to Florida in February.\n\nIts engines are of the same type that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter - America's crewed space vehicle for 30 years from 1981-2011.\n\nNasa is re-using flown hardware: the RS-25 engines used in this test helped launch 21 shuttle missions. Two were used on the last shuttle flight - STS-135 in 2011.\n\nThe four RS-25s can generate 1.6 million lbs (7 Meganewtons) of thrust - the force that propels a rocket through the air.\n\nWhen the solid rocket boosters are added to the core stage, the combined system will produce 8.8 million pounds (39.1 Meganewtons) of thrust. This will make it 15% more powerful than the giant Saturn V rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s.\n\nPrior to Saturday's test, John Shannon, vice president and SLS program manager at Boeing praised teams at Stennis for keeping the Green Run on track despite the pandemic and this year's particularly active hurricane season.", "Doctors and nurses need protection from prosecution over Covid-19 treatment decisions made under the pressures of the pandemic, medical bodies have said.\n\nGroups including the British Medical Association have written to ministers saying medical workers fear they could be at risk of unlawful killing charges.\n\nIt comes as the UK's chief medical officers said the NHS could be overwhelmed in weeks.\n\nThe government said staff should not have to fear legal action.\n\nThe letter from the health organisations points out that the prime minister warned in November that the NHS being overwhelmed would be a \"medical and moral disaster\", where \"doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die\".\n\nIt said: \"With the chief medical officers now determining that there is a material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed within weeks, our members are worried that not only do they face being put in this position but also that they could subsequently be vulnerable to a criminal investigation by the police.\"\n\nCo-ordinated by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), the letter was signed by the British Medical Association, the Doctors' Association UK, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Medical Defence Shield.\n\nIt calls for emergency legislation to protect doctors and nurses from \"inappropriate\" legal action when dealing with circumstances outside their control.\n\nExisting guidance for doctors and nurses on when to administer or withdraw treatment does not give legal protection, the letter says.\n\nIt also says the guidance does not consider the circumstances of the pandemic where demand for healthcare may outstrip supply.\n\n\"The first concern of a doctor is their patients and providing the highest standard of care at all times,\" the medical bodies said.\n\n\"We do not believe it is right that healthcare professionals should suffer from the moral injury and long-term psychological damage that could result from having to make decisions on how limited resources are allocated, while at the same time being left vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nThe medical organisations said no healthcare professional should be \"above the law\" and that the emergency legislation should only apply to decisions made \"in good faith\" and \"in circumstances beyond their control and in compliance with relevant guidance\".\n\nThey said the change in the law should be temporary and should apply retrospectively from the start of the pandemic.\n\nMedical staff in the NHS are protected financially from clinical negligence claims by indemnity schemes where the state pays the costs of claims.\n\nBut if someone dies as a result of a lack of treatment, doctors and nurses fear prosecutors could bring charges such as gross negligence manslaughter, which can carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.\n\nEarlier this month, a survey by the MPS of 2,420 of its members found that 61% were concerned about facing an investigation following a decision made in a high-pressure situation.\n\nAbout 36% were concerned about being investigated for a decision to withdraw or withhold life-prolonging treatment due to pressure on resources during the pandemic.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"Dedicated frontline NHS staff should be able to focus on treating patients and saving lives during the pandemic without fear of legal action.\"\n\nNHS staff have been told that existing indemnity arrangements will continue and will cover \"the vast majority of liabilities\", the spokesman said.", "Phil Spector pictured in court during his murder trial\n\nUS music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.\n\nIn 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\n\"California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office,\" it said.\n\nSpector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965. His production methods influenced major artists including the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen.\n\nHis life was ultimately blighted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he all but retired from the music scene during the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nIn February 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead at his house in Alhambra, California with a bullet wound to her head. Clarkson, who was known for her work in the sword-and-sorcery genre and starred in films including Barbarian Queen, had met Spector hours earlier at a nightclub.\n\nSpector claimed the shooting happened when Clarkson \"kissed the gun\" - but his trial heard from four women who claimed Spector had threatened them with guns in the past when they had spurned his advances.\n\nFollowing an initial mistrial, Spector was convicted of second degree murder and given a sentence of 19 years to life.\n\nLana Clarkson was an actress and model who starred in the film 1985 Barbarian Queen\n\nHarvey Phillip Spector was born in New York in 1939, to Russian-Jewish parents. His father killed himself when Spector was a boy, and his mother moved her family to Los Angeles.\n\nHe began his career in his teens as a performer, forming a band - the Teddy Bears - with three high school friends. They had a hit single in 1958 with a song that took its title from the wording on his father's gravestone: \"To know him is to love him.\"\n\nThe record went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, but the group split the following year.\n\nSpector founded his own record label, Philles, in 1961. He produced high-profile 1960s girl groups such as Crystals and the Ronettes, including on 1963 hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.\n\nHe also worked on The Righteous Brothers' hits You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.\n\nSpector produced hits for The Ronettes, later marrying their lead singer Ronnie Bennett\n\nHis signature production technique, the \"Wall of Sound,\" involved layering several instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, to give a lush, orchestral sound.\n\nIn the early 1970s, Spector collaborated with The Beatles on their final album Let It Be, as well as producing John Lennon's solo album Imagine.\n\nAs the decade progressed, the much-feted producer became reclusive and disturbing accounts of his behaviour became widespread. Spector is said to have held a gun to singer Leonard Cohen's head during sessions for his album Death of a Ladies' Man.\n\nRonettes lead singer Veronica \"Ronnie\" Bennett, who became Spector's second wife and divorced him in 1974, wrote in her 1990 autobiography that he subjected her to years of horrific abuse. She said he had threatened to kill her and display her body in a glass-topped coffin he kept in her basement.\n\n\"I can only say that when I left in the early '70s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there,\" Ronnie wrote of the time.\n\nWriting on Instagram after her ex-husband's death, Ronnie Spector said he had been \"a brilliant producer but a lousy husband\".\n\n\"When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best,\" she wrote. \"He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.\n\n\"Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale,\" she continued. \"The magical music we were able to make together was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio. Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nResponding to news of the producer's death, Blondie guitarist Chris Stein tweeted: \"When we went to Phil Spector's house in the 70s he came to the door holding a bottle of diet Manischewitz wine in one hand and a presumably loaded 45 automatic in the other. Long story.", "The man from Luton was fined £200 for travelling to Devizes and also had his car seized for having no insurance\n\nA man told police he had driven from Luton to Devizes to visit a McDonald's, even though the town does not have a branch of the burger chain.\n\nWiltshire Police called his actions a \"flagrant breach\" of lockdown regulations and fined the man £200.\n\nThe 34-year-old was stopped on Estcourt Street in Devizes, a distance of more than 100 miles (160km) from Luton.\n\nHis car was also seized for having no insurance, police added.\n\n\"The distance travelled across numerous counties to Devizes, which doesn't have a McDonald's restaurant, is a flagrant breach of the regulations currently in place.\n\n\"The majority of people across Wiltshire continue to act responsibly and we thank you for that, however, it is important to protect the NHS that we all stick to the rules,\" said police.\n\nThe man was stopped on Thursday evening.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Louis Godwin said receiving the vaccine was \"no trouble at all\" and encouraged others to have it as soon as they could\n\nSalisbury Cathedral has been transformed into a vaccination centre with an RAF veteran being one of the first to receive the Covid-19 jab.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin, 95, gave a thumbs-up after being vaccinated in the cathedral, which dates back more than 800 years.\n\n\"I was so pleased to get it, especially in a setting like this,\" he said.\n\nOrganisers were aiming to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Saturday.\n\nPeople queuing to receive their vaccines at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday\n\nMr Godwin, a great-grandfather of 12, joined the RAF aged 18 in 1943 and served as an air gunner during World War Two.\n\n\"I've had many jabs in my time, especially in the RAF. After the war, I was sent to Egypt and I had a couple of jabs which knocked me over for a week,\" he said.\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' and I thought he hadn't started. So it's no trouble at all and no pain.\"\n\nA health worker prepares the vaccine to be administered at the cathedral\n\nStella Bennett, 88, said she felt \"safer\" after receiving the jab.\n\n\"It was easy. I live on my own so it has been hard but I've managed. At least I'm at home and not in hospital with it,\" she said.\n\nDerek Burnett was also among those inoculated against the virus on Saturday.\n\n\"I feel unbelievably relieved as lockdown has been a big strain. It takes a big weight off my mind,\" said the 81-year-old.\n\nOrganisers hoped to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 during the day\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury described the vaccines as \"a real sign of hope for us at the end of this very, very difficult year\".\n\n\"I doubt that anyone is having a jab in surroundings that are more beautiful than this so I hope it will ease people as they come into the building,\" he said.\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury, described hosting the event as \"absolutely wonderful\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus.\n\nWhile some departments were already under these restrictions, the majority of France was under an 8pm - 6am curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United \"missed an opportunity\" to beat Liverpool, said boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after his side stayed top of the Premier League with a goalless draw against the champions.\n\nIt was a game that failed to justify the pre-match anticipation and Solskjaer will know his side had the better chances to claim a statement victory at Anfield.\n\nLiverpool, without a recognised centre-back and with midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho in defence, dominated possession in the first half but it was United who came closest when Bruno Fernandes' 20-yard free-kick curled inches wide.\n\nFernandes was then thwarted after the break by the outstretched leg of Liverpool keeper Alisson before Thiago Alcantara's long-range effort finally brought the previously unemployed David de Gea into action.\n\nAlisson was Liverpool's hero late on when he blocked Paul Pogba's drive from point-blank range.\n\n\"It was an opportunity missed with the chances we had but then again we were playing a very good side.\" Solskjaer told BBC Sport. \"I'm disappointed but, still, a point is OK if you win the next one.\n\n\"We have improved and progressed. It's not just the result we're disappointed with, it's some of the performance. I know these boys can play better.\"\n\nUnited are now two points ahead of Manchester City, who moved up to second by beating Crystal Palace 4-0, and Leicester City in third. Liverpool, who have scored just one goal in their past four league games, have dropped to fourth, a point behind the Foxes.\n\n\"The performance was good enough to win it but to win a game you have to score goals and we didn't do that, so that's why we had that result,\" said Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\n\"We try not to not score. We obviously have to ignore the fact and hope it will be good again.\"\n• None 'From dejection to frustration in 12 months, Anfield draw underlines Man Utd progress'\n• None Lawro's predictions v You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint\n\nKlopp cut a frustrated figure pretty much from the first whistle, his voice booming around Anfield with a tone of displeasure, showing unhappiness with his own players and officials.\n\nThe German's team, so used to steamrollering all before them in recent times, are going through a very dry spell and barely created an opening worthy of the name here against a resolute Manchester United defence.\n\nToo often, Liverpool's approach play ended with a careless pass or an aimless cross and the longer this game went on the more United looked the most likely winners.\n\nIt was perhaps inevitable Liverpool would be unable to maintain their relentless style, but there will be concerns they have now gone four league games without a win since Crystal Palace were demolished 7-0 at Selhurst Park.\n\nBefore this draw, West Bromwich Albion left Anfield with a point, while Liverpool also had a goalless draw at Newcastle United and lost at Southampton.\n\nSadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are feeding off scraps, while Roberto Firmino's impact was so minimal that he was withdrawn near the end, even with the hosts chasing a goal.\n\nA team as good as Liverpool will not remain off the boil for too long, but there is no doubt they are struggling for form and spark. The fact this is their longest barren sequence in the league since February and March 2005 tells the tale.\n\nManchester United may have a taken a point before this game and there will be justified satisfaction that they subdued Liverpool so completely, created the game's best chances and remain top of the table.\n\nAnd yet there must also be disappointment that they could not cash in completely on an off-colour Liverpool, with reality dawning on them very late that they could take all three points.\n\nFernandes, despite being poor in general, almost unlocked Liverpool twice, while Solskjaer and his backroom team threw their hands up in frustration as other good positions were wasted late on.\n\nIn the final reckoning, however, there will be few complaints at this outcome, which leaves them three points ahead of Liverpool with the visit to Anfield negotiated without mishap.\n\nUnited were well organised and grew into the game after a poor opening half-hour and had real defensive heroes in captain Harry Maguire and left-back Luke Shaw, with the latter particularly outstanding.\n\nIt is a display that will give them increased confidence and belief as they lead the pack - although they might just look back and think a point could so easily have been three.\n\n'It was an opportunity missed' - reaction\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"They are a good side and they have some injury problems but we didn't pounce on that.\n\n\"I felt we grew into the game and got stronger and stronger and were closer to winning.\n\n\"We were a bit disappointed in the performance, not just the result. We didn't do well enough to cause them problems in the first half but we defended well and they didn't create too many chances.\"But I think everyone was a bit disappointed with the way we started the game but that is a good feeling to have - that we were disappointed in the performance.\"\n\nLiverpool boss Klopp told BBC Sport: \"The performance was good and the first half was exceptionally good.\n\n\"With all the things that were said before the game - United are flying and we were struggling - and then to play this kind of game, I was happy with that.\n\n\"We tried in the second half again, but you cannot deny United over 90 minutes, not with the counter-attacking threat they have. So they had two really good chances, I have to say, but we had our chances in the second half as well.\n\n\"The way we understood the game, the way we felt the game, the way we read the moments were really good. But it is not exactly how it should be so we have space for improvement, absolutely. We will keep working on that.\"\n• None Liverpool and Manchester United have drawn 0-0 at Anfield in the league three times in the past five seasons, as many times as in the previous 48 top-flight campaigns.\n• None United are unbeaten in their past 16 away matches in the Premier League (W12 D4) - only once have they gone longer without a defeat on the road in the competition (17 games ending in September 1999).\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in their past 68 league games at Anfield, earning 178 out of a possible 204 points over this run.\n• None United are the first side to stop Liverpool scoring at Anfield in a Premier League match since Manchester City in October 2018 - this was Liverpool's 43rd home league game since then.\n• None Under Klopp, Liverpool are unbeaten in all seven of their Premier League games at Anfield when facing the side starting the day top of the table (W3 D4).\n• None Marcus Rashford was caught offside five times in this match, the most of any Premier League player this season and the most by a United player since Robin van Persie (six) against Spurs in January 2013.\n\nUnited are at Fulham in the league on Wednesday (20:15 GMT) and Liverpool host Burnley on Thursday (20:00). Next Sunday, Manchester United and Liverpool will meet again - at Old Trafford this time - in the FA Cup fourth round, a match you can watch live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.\n• None Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Missed all the goals, highlights and talking points from Saturday's Premier League action? Match of the Day is streaming now", "Chris Cramer, a major figure in BBC News and later CNN International, has died at the age of 73 after a period of ill health. Former BBC director of news Richard Sambrook looks back at his life.\n\nChris Cramer's legacy will be the major change in attitudes and support for journalist safety he championed through the BBC and across the wider industry, as well as many achievements in newsgathering and international news.\n\nHe began his career as a teenager on the Portsmouth Evening News, moving to BBC Radio Solent when it launched in 1970.\n\nAfter a year's secondment in Brunei he found his way to the BBC TV Newsroom in the 1970s and developed his reputation as a highly competitive and effective news editor and field producer.\n\nIn 1980 he and a BBC team were in the Iranian Embassy in London collecting visas when it was seized by gunmen opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini. A standoff and siege followed, with Chris among 26 hostages.\n\nHe managed to feign serious illness and was released by the gunmen allowing him to give vital information to the authorities before the SAS stormed the embassy and rescued the hostages.\n\nAt a time when no-one understood or spoke of PTSD, it had a marked effect on his life.\n\nArmed police on the adjoining balcony to the Iranian Embassy during the siege in 1980\n\nMany journalists and crew subsequently spoke of his care and attention when they had difficult experiences and he went on to drive major changes in understanding and support for journalists' safety.\n\nWith BBC Safety manager Peter Hunter, Chris introduced the first hostile environment training courses, risk assessments and equipment for those covering conflicts.\n\nFormer correspondent Martin Bell recalls: \"From Vietnam to Croatia I had covered 10 wars without protection. Then in June 1992 we were shot up crossing the airport runway in Sarajevo in a soft-skinned vehicle. Within two weeks Chris had procured our first armoured Land Rover, the redoubtable 'Miss Piggy', and the body armour to go with it.\"\n\nHe later introduced the first confidential counselling service for news teams, recognising PTSD, and helped found the International News Safety Institute, which spearheaded safety across the news industry.\n\nDuring the 1980s he was at the forefront of organising and overseeing major news coverage, including Michael Buerk's reporting from the Ethiopian famine, coverage of the IRA Brighton bomb attack on the British government, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Kate Adie's reporting from Tiananmen Square, the fall of eastern Europe, the first Gulf War and many more major events.\n\nHis fierce competitiveness delivered a series of major exclusives and awards for BBC News.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Bowen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1990s he oversaw major investment in BBC Newsgathering and the integration of radio and TV reporting - often against internal resistance. His managerial style could be uncompromising and tough, but he was also bitingly funny, shrewd and his hard exterior hid a warm-hearted and generous core.\n\nHe was crucial to establishing the integrated News division as it exists today.\n\nIn 1996 he left the BBC to move to Atlanta as managing director and executive vice-president of CNN International.\n\nThere he took his passion for news safety and his competitive news edge to develop the network into a greater global force.\n\nAs his former BBC and CNN colleague Tony Maddox has said: \"Among his many accomplishments Chris was a pioneer and innovator in field safety for journalists. He led the development of guidelines and practices now widely adopted across the industry.\"\n\nCramer moved to CNN after his time with the BBC\n\nHe was a larger-than-life figure who generated affection and respect in equal measure, often wielding a rapid and disarming wit.\n\nHe is also remembered for supporting women into senior and executive positions and helping them succeed.\n\nDirector of BBC News Fran Unsworth recalls: \"He was one of journalism's enormous characters and a legend in the television news industry. But the legend and the reported image always belied the man.\n\n\"He was immensely kind, thoughtful and caring underneath that image he sometimes projected.\"\n\nFormer deputy director general Mark Byford said: \"He was probably the greatest newsgathering executive ever in the broadcast news business and his organisational skills, competitiveness, eye for a story and steel were extraordinary.\n\n\"He was also, behind the facade, a gentle giant who cared for his people with amazing passion and love.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by John Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Many editors, correspondents and presenters in BBC News owe their success to his mentorship - myself included.\"\n\nAfter 11 years he left CNN and took up roles first with Reuters TV and then the Wall Street Journal, where his experience and expertise were used to develop their digital video services.\n\nHe leaves his wife, Nina, son Richard and daughter Nicolette and his daughter Hannah by an earlier marriage to Helen, a former BBC producer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BMA Scotland GP chief says doctors \"can't plan\" for vaccines\n\nDoctors leaders say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GP surgeries across Scotland is hampering the speed of delivery to patients.\n\nMinisters have pledged a first dose of the vaccine to 1.4 million of the most vulnerable Scots by mid-February.\n\nBut the British Medical Association in Scotland said inconsistencies in supply made it difficult to plan patient appointments to receive the vaccine.\n\nThey also said some GP surgeries had yet to receive any vaccine at all.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was working with health boards to resolve the issues.\n\nCurrently, about 16,000 vaccinations a day are being carried out in Scotland. However, that is expected to rise significantly as efforts to deliver the vaccine are scaled up.\n\nOn Sunday, 1,341 new cases of Covid-19 were reported - the lowest daily figure since 28 December. However, the numbers being admitted to hospital have continued to rise, reaching 1,918.\n\nNo new deaths were registered.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman has pledged that the workforce and infrastructure will be in place to vaccinate 400,000 people each week by the end of February.\n\nThe government has already announced plans for large vaccination centres in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nIt comes after more than 5,000 front-line health and care staff were vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow on Saturday.\n\nGP practices across Scotland are currently providing vaccination services to those aged over 80.\n\nAbout 16,000 vaccinations are currently being carried out a day in Scotland\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Scotland programme, Dr Andrew Buist, who chairs the British Medical Association's (BMA) GP committee in Scotland, said there was inconsistencies across the GP network.\n\nHe said the vaccine deployment plan was \"ambitious\" and so far \"good progress\" had been made in giving it to priority groups such as care homes residents and front-line health staff.\n\nHowever, he told the programme: \"The current problem lies with the next priority group, which is the 80-plus group, which GPs in Scotland are set to vaccinate because the supply of the vaccine so far has been quite patchy.\n\n\"Some practices have a good supply, some have had none so far.\"\n\nHe said his practice had received 100 doses of the vaccine for 600 patients over the age of 80, who all needed to be vaccinated by 5 February.\n\nHe added: \"I then have to do another 1,200 patients in the 70-plus group and the extremely clinically vulnerable by the middle of February, so we need to do 1,700 vaccines in the next four weeks.\n\n\"Now we can do that. We are used to providing large number of flu vaccinations and it is possible, we have our workforce in place, but we need the vaccine, otherwise we can't do it.\"\n\nWhen asked if his practice was running out of vaccine at the end of each day, Dr Buist said: \"Yes - we can't plan, that's the key thing. We can't send out appointments to patients until we're sure we have the vaccine in our fridge.\n\n\"We were given 100 doses on Monday. We used that all up by Friday. We don't want to send out appointments to patients until we know that we can definitively vaccinate them otherwise patients get very upset.\"\n\nVaccinators have reported being able to extract one additional dose from vaccine vials\n\nDr Buist said vaccinators were regularly managing to extract higher numbers of doses from vaccine vials despite claims that some doses were being wasted.\n\nHe said there was widespread experience of six doses being extracted from Pfizer vaccine vials, which were marketed as having five doses, while 11 doses were regularly being taken from AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut Dr Buist criticised issues around the red tape some retired health professional had faced when volunteering to become vaccinators.\n\n\"I have reports that arrangement to get doctors and nurses back into the system have been quite bureaucratic and I think it's something we need to look at.\"\n\nThe Scottish government acknowledged that there had been delays in vaccine supplies reaching some GP surgeries.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"GPs have a significant role to play in delivering the vaccine - and we thank them for their hard work and patience as we roll out more vaccines to those in the communities.\n\n\"We know there have been some initial delays in supply reaching some practices and are working with health boards to resolve this. Vaccines are being manufactured as quickly as possible and we will continue to explore all options available to increase supply.\"\n\nThe government said health boards were providing order information for their GP practices to National Procurement who in turn advised the distribution partner.\n\nThe spokeswoman added: \"Once stock is released for ordering, the distribution partner inputs the GP orders on to their ordering system. Once the order has been placed, GP practices will receive an automated email providing an indication of the delivery day.\n\n\"We too want to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible and are continually working hard to see if distribution can be made faster in any respect.\"", "Hospitals are preparing for the expected peak of the latest Covid-19 surge this week, the Northern Trust's chief executive has said.\n\nJennifer Welsh said there was \"huge pressure across the (healthcare) system\" with more intensive care admissions expected.\n\nThirty patients were awaiting admission to Antrim Area Hospital on Sunday morning, she said.\n\nThere were 25 more deaths linked to Covid-19 reported in NI on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is now 1,606.\n\nIt was also reported that there had been 822 more positive cases, with 67 people in intensive care and 50 people on ventilators.\n\nThere are 840 patients being treated for Covid- 19 across Northern Ireland, according to the latest available figures with hospitals working at 93% capacity.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has been continuing its vaccination programme having distributed 140,559 first doses and 20,174 second doses.\n\nThe total number of jabs administered in the UK, including both first and second doses, is 4,307,002 according to government data.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, there were 13 further deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,608 since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThere was also a further 2,944 positive cases, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 172,726.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the situation in the country's hospitals was \"stark\" and that people of all ages were being admitted and taken into intensive care.\n\nAt the beginning of January, Health Minister Robin Swann said that modelling indicated the \"peak of the third surge\" would hit in the third week of January.\n\nFrontline health staff have spoken to BBC News NI about their \"exhaustion\" and stress, as the pressure on the system continues to increase amid the surging number of cases.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nNorthern Trust chief executive Jennifer Welsh said hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\"\n\nMs Welsh told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme that the \"ICU surge is yet to come\" and that the Northern Trust - where two major hospitals, Antrim Area and Causeway, are located - has had to redeploy staff to prepare for the coming days.\n\nShe said both hospitals had been \"under significant pressure and have been for some time\".\n\nShe said 30 patients in Antrim Area's Emergency Department are waiting on a bed after a decision was made to admit them - 24 of those patients have been waiting longer than 12 hours.\n\nMs Welsh added that almost half of all patients in Antrim Area Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"At the peak of the first wave in Antrim and Causeway the highest number of Covid positive patients was 73.\n\n\"In November, the highest number was 102 and we peaked on Thursday at 202. We have now dropped below that slightly.\"\n\nThe chief executive said the hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\", with many urgent surgeries cancelled.\n\n\"Emergency surgery is being done but we are not being able to do any other in the Antrim Area site.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by bbctheview This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have been able to deliver some red flag cancer surgery at Causeway but we would like to do more.\"\n\nDespite these emergency measures already in place, the worst of the current surge is only expected to arrive this week.\n\nShe added: \"We are not going to get out of this quickly. It's going to be a challenge for us as a system.\n\n\"It's been building from October.\"\n\n\"We're not yet at the peak of intensive care admissions and we expect that this week.\n\n\"Antrim has doubled its intensive care beds from seven to 14 in anticipation of the coming surge - 11 are already being used.\n\n\"All hospitals have doubled their ICU footprint. There are more than 160 inpatients in Antrim Area Hospital.\"", "Within seconds of being dropped, LauncherOne had ignited its engine\n\nSir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space.\n\nTen payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's old 747 jumbos.\n\nSir Richard is hoping to tap into what is a growing market for small, lower-cost satellites.\n\nBy using a jet plane as the launch platform, he can theoretically send up spacecraft from anywhere in the world.\n\nIn reality, of course, his Virgin Orbit system has to be licensed in the locality where it is used, which at the moment is solely California. But there are well-advanced plans to bring the 747 and its rockets to Cornwall in south-west England, for example.\n\nSunday's success was a big fillip for Sir Richard's team who had tried and failed to launch a rocket in May last year. That effort was thwarted by a breached propellant line feeding liquid oxygen to the booster's first-stage Newton-3 engine.\n\nNo such problems occurred this time.\n\nThe modified 747, named Cosmic Girl, left its base in California's Mojave desert at 10:50 PST (18:50 UTC) to fly out over the Pacific Ocean.\n\nA little under 60 minutes later, and cruising at 35,000ft (10,500m), the jet banked hard to the right, dropping as it did so the 21m-long rocket that had been clamped to its underside.\n\nWithin seconds this booster, called LauncherOne, had ignited its engine and was climbing to space.\n\nCorrect deployment of the various spacecraft onboard at an altitude of roughly 500km was confirmed a couple of hours later.\n\n\"A new gateway to space has just sprung open,\" said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. \"That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team's talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity.\"\n\nSir Richard has been trying to find the right solution to get into the satellite launch business since 2009. His concrete proposal was first put before the public at the Farnborough International Air Show three years later.\n\nThere is an emerging market for small, lower-cost spacecraft, whose developers are seeking more flexible and affordable ways of getting their assets above the Earth.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVirgin Orbit is one of a number of companies now racing to meet this demand. Other contenders include the Rocket Lab outfit, which sends up its vehicles from a ground launch pad in New Zealand. But there are tens of other small rocket start-ups at various stages of maturation, and some of these plan to operate from the UK as well.\n\n\"Virgin Orbit has achieved something many thought impossible. It was so inspiring to see our specially adapted Virgin Atlantic 747, Cosmic Girl, send the LauncherOne rocket soaring into orbit,\" Sir Richard said.\n\n\"This magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole new generation of innovators on the path to orbit. I can't wait to see the incredible missions Dan and the team will launch to change the world for good.\"\n\nSir Richard presented the LauncherOne concept at Farnborough in 2012\n\nWill Whitehorn is the president of UKSpace, the trade body representing the space industry in Britain. He's also a former president of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard's other space company which hopes soon to start flying fare-paying passengers above the atmosphere in a rocket plane.\n\nHe said Virgin Orbit's success on Sunday was hugely significant.\n\n\"This is a momentous day for the small satellite world, as we will be able to launch satellites responsively; and for the UK this event promises sovereign launch capability very soon,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"I plan to push hard for a launch from Cornwall to coincide with the G7 meeting this year if at all possible!\"\n\nSunday's payloads were mostly shoebox-sized and developed by universities\n\nThe air-launched system has the flexibility to operate anywhere - in theory", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "Sara Powell-Davies said she was lucky her nursery was able to open following lockdown\n\nA mother with two young children has said it was \"incredibly stressful\" trying to manage without free childcare during lockdown.\n\nThe Welsh Government's scheme was suspended in April, with funds redirected to pay for childcare for key workers' children.\n\nNow the offer, available to working parents of three and four-year-olds, has been reinstated.\n\nBut there are concerns many nurseries have been operating at a loss.\n\nWorking parents of three and four-year-old children are able to claim up 30 hours of early-years education and childcare a week for 48 weeks a year under the Childcare Offer for Wales.\n\nThose whose children become eligible in the autumn term, can apply from September.\n\nSara Powell-Davies, from Caerphilly, said it had been really hard to manage without the help during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe mother to three-year-old Tirion and one-year-old Cadel said the free childcare saved the family about £200 a month.\n\n\"It does make a massive difference to our finances every month,\" she said.\n\nMrs Powell-Davies said, while she was lucky Cadel's nursery was open, after-school clubs would not run in September due to the coronavirus pandemic, which would make juggling childcare around work a challenge.\n\n\"It's incredibly stressful trying to manage this anyway,\" she said.\n\n\"We do rely on support like private nursery provision, after-school care [and] wraparound because we don't have any family that is able to support us.\n\n\"So, this is our lifeline.\"\n\nChildcare Offer for Wales gives those eligible 30 hours of early-years education and childcare per week for 48 weeks of the year\n\nChildcare providers are paid £4.50 per hour for every child who takes up a place through the childcare offer.\n\nBut the National Day Nurseries Association said many of its members were operating at a loss as fewer children had been attending and costs had gone up to comply with Covid-19 safety regulations.\n\nIts chief executive Purnima Tanuku called on the Welsh Government to set up a \"transformation fund to be able to support the sector until occupancy levels pick up and to really review the hourly rate to reflect the additional cost they've had to incur\".\n\nLyn Bourne, of Britannia Day Nursery, said nurseries were a \"forgotten industry\"\n\nBefore the coronavirus pandemic, around 70 children attended Britannia Day Nursery in Caerphilly - now there are about 40.\n\nOwner Lyn Bourne said the nursery was losing money every week, but was determined to keep going.\"It is hard financially and emotionally, but we decided we wanted to keep going so we've just done our best to do that,\" she said.Ms Bourne said she hoped the childcare offer would help some parents to bring children back, but said nurseries needed extra financial help from the government too.\"Nurseries are closing every week,\" she said.\"We seem to be a forgotten industry, but we're so important.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed that coronavirus guidance restricting children to groups of eight in childcare would be lifted.\n\nDeputy Minister for Social Care Julie Morgan said: \"Bringing the offer back will not only help parents, but it is crucial for providers too in supporting their businesses to recover after what has been a period of great uncertainty and anxiety for many.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said the hourly rate was under review and it was considering extending the offer to parents in education or training or \"on the cusp\" of returning to work.\n\nHe added: \"The childcare offer being restarted funded childcare for an average of 13,000 children per month before the pandemic, a significant investment in the Welsh childcare sector.\n\n\"We have also relaxed some of the regulatory requirements on childcare settings in the national minimum standards to make it easier for them to operate under the current restrictions.\"", "Women selling clothes online are being sent explicit messages, with requests for sex and \"worn\" garments.\n\nBoth businesses and private individuals have experienced the problem when advertising on mainstream platforms.\n\nWomen have been sent '\"creepy\" messages on Facebook, Instagram, eBay, and Depop, the BBC has learned.\n\nSome were asked for additional items including worn tights, explicit photos and used underwear.\n\nWhen inappropriate profiles were blocked or reported, some would reappear with a different account, sources told the BBC.\n\n\"During lockdown, the messages have gotten really creepy,\" said Sara Faye, who has sold her clothes on Depop for years.\n\n\"They always want to know how many times it has been worn and if it is dirty.\"\n\nMs Faye used to post images of herself in the clothes on the platforms but has now stopped because of the messages.\n\nWomen often model the clothing they're selling in the photos\n\n\"Don't message me on an innocent second-hand website, just because you can see a hot girl in the photos,\" she added. \"It feels like a violation, you should be able to sell your clothes online without getting harassed.\"\n\nSellers were sometimes offered additional money for used clothing or explicit images.\n\nJennifer Savin - a Cosmopolitan features writer, who recently investigated the topic - was offered ��5 for more than 50 intimate images after posting items on eBay.\n\n\"I think there are a lot of users out there, just trying their luck,\" she told the BBC. \"Who knows if they'd even pay up if they were to be sent the explicit content in the first place?\"\n\nOne online seller, who relies on the profits made on these platforms for a living, said \"it was a balance between feeling safe and needing the money.\"\n\nEstablished clothing brands have also reported receiving inappropriate messages and requests on Facebook and Instagram.\n\nLovely's Vintage Emporium sells vintage clothes and receives many such comments every week.\n\nLovely's Vintage Emporium says it receives many inappropriate messages every week\n\n\"I get a lot of messages about the model, especially if there are shirts with close-up images,\" said owner Lynnette Peck.\n\n\"I had a fetishist asking what [shoes] smelt like, who wore them and if I could take a photo of myself wearing them.\"\n\nShe has now stopped selling certain items on the website, after receiving explicit photographs through Facebook Messenger.\n\nNaomi Edmondson, who runs lingerie brand Edge o'Beyond, said the business was \"constantly bombarded with creepy comments from men\", often asking for sex.\n\n\"We get so many creepy messages and comments it's too time-consuming to report them all,\" she said. \"A few times I have felt concerned for safety.\n\n\"We create lingerie to empower women, we do not welcome the minority of men who think it's acceptable to send explicit pictures.\"\n\nSome of the women the BBC spoke to said they hadn't reported the messages because they were \"embarrassed\", \"ashamed\" or \"didn't want to risk losing their accounts\".\n\nFacebook, Instagram, Depop and eBay all said they take these kinds of messages seriously and would take action against those who violated policy.\n\nThey all urged users to report and block any accounts which break the rules.\n\nFacebook - which also owns Instagram - said it has built a \"global safety and security team as well as powerful technology\" to remove accounts as quickly as possible.\n\nDepop said it aims to respond to 95% reports of inappropriate behaviour within three hours, during business hours.\n\n\"The issue of women receiving creepy messages when selling clothes online is not a new phenomenon,\" said Jo O'Reilly, digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy.\n\n\"This is particularly concerning because to sell on most popular online selling platforms, including eBay and Depop, it is mandatory for users to provide a postal address - likely to be their home address.\"\n\nBut that is technically against the terms and conditions of most selling platforms.\n\n\"The very nature of selling second-hand clothes means that sellers will often post photos of themselves wearing the items,\" she says.\n\n\"That can, unfortunately, attract unwanted attention from buyers who might wish to buy worn clothes rather than just second-hand items.\"\n\nAlthough sites restrict the selling of certain used items, such as underwear, private messaging provides a \"loophole\", she added.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "UN peacekeepers ended their mission in Darfur last month\n\nThe number of people killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Sudan's West Darfur state has risen to 83, a medical body has said.\n\nThe fighting in the state capital, El Geneina, began on Saturday after a row in which a man was stabbed to death.\n\nA state-wide curfew has been imposed and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has sent a delegation to investigate.\n\nA conflict in Darfur that began in 2003 forced millions to flee and, despite a peace process, tensions remain.\n\nSaturday's violence comes less than three weeks after peacekeepers from the United Nations and African Union handed over security to the Khartoum authorities after 13 years there, reports the BBC's Youssef Taha.\n\nSimilar clashes in El Geneina last year, which saw Arab pastoralists fight with non-Arab groups, caused hundreds of casualties.\n\nThe most recent fighting was centred around a camp for people who had been displaced by the Darfur conflict. A deadly row between two men escalated into a fight involving armed militias, the AFP news agency reports.\n\nThe Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said the death toll had risen from 48 to 83, and the number of wounded from around 100 to 160.\n\nMembers of the armed forces were among the victims, it said.\n\nCasualties were likely to rise further as fighting was continuing, the medical body added.\n\nThe government said on Sunday that troop reinforcements would be sent to the area\n\nThe announcement was made after army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met top security officials to discuss the violence.\n\nA peace deal involving most, but not all, groups in Darfur was signed last year.\n\nThe Darfur conflict began under the presidency of Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 and is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and genocide in the region.\n\nJustice for the people of Darfur was a key rallying cry for civilian groups who backed the ouster of the president after nearly three decades in power.\n\nThe Sudanese Professionals' Association, which was at the forefront of the anti-Bashir movement, called for the current transitional government to deal with the \"unruly armed groups which have been freely moving and terrorising civilians since the collapse of the former regime\", Sudan's news agency reports.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nLast year Mohanad Hashim visited Kalma camp where some of the millions of people who fled flighting ended up:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ongoing struggle for peace in Darfur", "A man has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper in his wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord patients.\n\nLai Chi-Wai, who became paralysed after a road accident ten years ago, climbed 250 metres (820ft) of the Nina Towers building.\n\nBefore his accident, Lai Chi-Wai was a rock-climbing champion in Asia and eighth best in the world.\n\nHe said that \"knowing there was a possibility...that I could be a climber again, I found some direction in life\".", "A financial support scheme for airports in England will open this month, the government says, as the aviation sector faces new Covid travel curbs.\n\nAviation minister Robert Courts said the move was a response to the closure of all UK air corridors from Monday.\n\nThe aim was to provide grants by the end of this financial year, he said.\n\nIndustry groups had warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules.\n\nUnder the new rules beginning at 04:00 GMT on Monday, all travel corridors - which have been in place to allow arrivals from some countries to forgo quarantine - will close.\n\nAll arrivals to the UK after that time will need to isolate for up to 10 days, although the quarantine period can be cut short with a negative test after five days.\n\nPeople will also have to show proof of a negative test taken in the previous 72 hours before travelling.\n\nOn Sunday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also told the BBC'S Andrew Marr Show that Public Health England would also be stepping up checks on travellers who must self-isolate, while enforcement checks at borders would also be \"ramped up\".\n\nHe added that asking all arrivals to self-isolate in hotels was a \"potential measure\" the government was keeping under review.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Courts said the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme \"will help airports reduce\" additional costs faced due to the pandemic and that further details would follow soon.\n\nThe scheme had first been announced in November, but without a set start date. It will involve grants of up to £8m per applicant, to be used to cover fixed costs, such as business rates.\n\nIn a statement at the time, the Airport Operators Association said the scheme would be a relief. However, it said support equivalent to business rates would only go so far and with the pandemic crisis deepening, a broader package of support was needed for all four nations, to see the sector through the next few months.\n\nAOA chief executive Karen Dee said the measures would \"provide much-needed support to many embattled airports, helping them through the challenging months ahead\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes to the UK's travel rules at a Downing Street briefing on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nThe new rules will be in place until at least 15 February, he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde also came into force on Friday, having been imposed over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nScientists fear the variants seen in South Africa and Brazil may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing on Friday that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nThe travel industry said closing the travel corridors was understandable due to the health emergency, but warned it would deepen the crisis for the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said the system had been \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\". He said he assumed the government would remove the latest restrictions as soon as it was safe.\n\n\"We've had no revenue now effectively for 12 months, give or take a few months in the summer last year. If we're going to have an aviation sector coming out of this we need to open up in the summer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nTravel operators had already been forced to cancel holidays before the latest restrictions were announced.\n\nEarlier this week, Jet2 suspended all flights and holidays until 25 March over \"ongoing uncertainty\" and budget travel provider EasyJet on Thursday began cancelling holidays up to and including 24 March.\n\nThe Department for Transport has said it is supporting the travel industry with an extension to the furlough scheme until the end of April, business rates relief and tax deferrals.\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential travel is permitted.\n\nOn Saturday, another 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were reported in the UK, and a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Do you work in the travel industry? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Pilot Douglas Jones, 27, was enjoying his dream job, working for Aegean Airlines and living in Greece, when the pandemic began last spring - and borders began to close.\n\nFearing being stranded in Greece, he booked a flight home to Scotland and within a couple of weeks learned his job was gone.\n\nBack home, in the small Scottish town of Moffat, in Dumfries and Galloway, he found himself “desperate to do something”.\n\n\"When you have been used to living in Berlin and Athens and you move back to Moffat, living with your dad, it is a bit of slowdown,\" he says.\n\nIt was a relative of a friend who spotted south of Scotland firm Alpha Solway was hiring new workers to meet demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nIt certainly marked a change of pace – the nine-to-five office-based routine was difficult to adjust to for someone accustomed to navigating the skies of Europe – but Douglas says he was \"surprised\" by what parts of his old job he could bring to his new post.\n\n\"A lot in commercial aviation is about awareness - situational awareness - and a lot of that can be built into manufacturing as well,\" he says.\n\nWhile looking forward to returning to the skies one day, he adds: “I have learned a huge amount here.\n\n“There are good people here doing a good job and I am helping at least with that.\"", "Children in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library.\n\nInternet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until February half-term.\n\nFormed with The National Literacy Trust, the library will provide a book a week from its author of the week.\n\nThe aim is to increase young readers' access to e-books and audiobooks, particularly the most disadvantaged.\n\nOak National Academy is funded by the Department for Education and has provided more than 28 million lessons since the start of the school term on 4 January.\n\nIn the last two weeks, 4.1 million pupils accessed its resources.\n\nThe latest lockdown has seen schools in England close except for children of key workers and vulnerable pupils.\n\nMatt Hood, principal of Oak National Academy, said: \"It's incredible to be able to add to our offer something vital for children's literacy and their mental wellbeing.\"\n\nJonathan Douglas, chief executive of the National Literacy Trust, said it was \"essential\" to enable as many children as possible to \"access a world of great literature\".\n\nHe added: \"Many children's literacy skills were profoundly affected by the first lockdown and school closures.\n\n\"We will do everything in our power to support children, families and teachers during this new lockdown period.\"\n\nDescribing the virtual library as a \"fantastic resource\", Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said learning and children's development must continue while schools remain closed.\n\nHe said: \"Reading is hugely beneficial not only for children's literacy skills, but also their mental health and wellbeing.\"\n\nThe first book to feature will be Dame Jacqueline Wilson's The Story Of Tracy Beaker, and will be available to access free for a week from 17 January.\n\nDame Jacqueline said with schools closed, the free online library is needed more than ever, adding: \"I think it's vitally important that every child should have an opportunity to access books.\"", "The funeral of Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden has been held at a church near his beloved River Mersey.\n\nMarsden died, aged 78, in hospital on 3 January following a blood infection.\n\nAs the frontman in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers, his hits included Ferry Cross The Mersey and a cover version of You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nEx-Liverpool boss Sir Kenny Dalglish was among the mourners at the funeral which had to remain small because of Covid restrictions.\n\nSir Kenny managed the club at the time of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 96 fans who were attending an FA Cup game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.\n\nGerry Marsden sings You'll Never Walk Alone before an Anfield match in 2010\n\nSir Kenny said: \"You'll Never Walk Alone has huge meaning to the lives of Liverpool supporters around the world and is synonymous with the club.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed by those who knew him and the millions he never got to meet.\"\n\nYou'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for Marsden's hometown club soon after it topped the charts in 1963.\n\nThe song was played during the funeral by a guitarist while a version of Marsden singing Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, a song he wrote for his wife Pauline, also featured.\n\nShe said: \"We, his family, are totally devastated and have been so moved and amazed at the extent of the respect, love and affection received from all over the world.\n\n\"When the time is right and we have come out of this terrible pandemic we hope a fitting memorial can be held for him in the city he loved so much.\"\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers was one of the biggest British bands in the 1960s\n\nReferring to the lyrics from Ferry Cross the Mersey, close friend Arthur Johnson said: \"He lived close to the banks of the Mersey for all his life and as the words of his song say: 'This land's the place I love and here I'll stay'.\"\n\nLiverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram said: \"I feel privileged he let me into his life, although that makes his passing even more painful.\"\n\nIn 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed up Gerry and the Pacemakers and, a year later, they became the first band to have their first three songs top the charts - How Do You Do It, I Like It and You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nA flag on the Royal Iris Mersey ferry flew at half mast after the death of Gerry Marsden\n\nThey were one of the successes of the Merseybeat era, with former Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney saying at the time of Marsden's death that: \"Gerry was a mate from our early days in Liverpool\".\n\n\"He and his group were our biggest rivals on the local scene.\"", "More than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services later, as places of worship are hit hard by Covid-19.\n\nMany of the Church's clergy are shielding, while some parishes have decided it is not safe enough to admit worshippers.\n\nMost mosques in London did not open for Friday prayers.\n\nThe Catholic Church in England and Wales says parishes that are able to follow guidelines will still open.\n\nDespite coronavirus restrictions, places of worship in England and Wales can open - but many are struggling to do so safely.\n\nPlaces of worship remain closed throughout Scotland, while Northern Ireland's main church denominations are to cease public worship until early February.\n\nThe Church of England has told the BBC more than half of its parishes - including some cathedrals - will not open for communal prayer on Sunday. Many have moved their worship online.\n\nThe Church said some of its clergy were shielding, and all parishes were making their own decision.\n\nLincoln Cathedral took the decision to suspend in-person worship and move services online earlier in the week.\n\nRev Canon Nick Brown, Precentor of Lincoln, said the decision was taken \"with a very heavy heart\" but explained: \"To bring people together in worship is at the very heart of our purpose, but having considered expert advice we believe that the best way to help limit the spread of Covid-19 is to suspend public services for the time being.\"\n\nThe Catholic Church in England and Wales says it will keep its churches under review to make sure \"the highest standards of safety are maintained\". It is also organising online masses in many parishes.\n\nBritain's most senior Catholic, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had criticised previous orders for churches to close.\n\nWith more than half of the Church of England's parishes closed for communal worship, thousands of Christians are being deprived of spiritual sustenance, at a time when many feel sorely in need of it.\n\nOther religions are also grappling with the issue and have worked hard to make their places of worship Covid-compliant by, for example, introducing strict booking and ticketing systems.\n\nMany church parishes have adapted by moving services online, a trend mirrored in some Jewish and Muslim denominations. These have been largely successful, and in some cases attracted new audiences from thousands of miles away. However, it's difficult to replicate the sense of community when people can physically and regularly meet up.\n\nOne Rabbi I spoke to last summer admitted he was worried some of his synagogue regulars, kept away by Covid-19, might never return.\n\nThere's also a financial aspect. Places of worship rely heavily on the generosity of believers. Weekly donations have been hit by church closures, and many revenue-generating schemes, such as hiring out church halls, have been cancelled. Many of the country's ancient cathedrals make much of their income from tourist admission fees.\n\nDifferent parts of the UK have taken different approaches, with all places of worship currently closed in Scotland, for example. Some Christian leaders, largely accepting of initial closures during the first lockdown, have gradually spoken out in favour of being able to make the decision themselves.\n\nBut with most shops and sporting facilities closed in England, some campaigners, such as the National Secular Society, have railed against what they say is \"a worrying deference to religious entitlement\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board has told the BBC although most mosques in England and Wales did open for Friday prayers, the majority in London did not - and it says it has asked its members in areas where the infection rate is rising to work closely with Public Health England and local authorities.\n\nUnder the latest lockdowns in the UK, there are changes to usual practices for worshippers of all religions.\n\nIn the areas of the UK where communal worship is allowed, a number of measures are in place, such as carrying out services in the shortest possible time, and ensuring worshippers do not mingle with anyone not in their own household or support bubble.\n\nFaith leaders have accepted the need for restrictions.\n\nThe Muslim Council of Britain urges \"strong caution for mosques wishing to continue remaining open to the public for worship... and for tremendous care to be exercised\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Sarah Mullally, who has been in charge of the Church of England's plans for resuming services, has said \"some may feel that it is currently better not to attend in person... Clergy who have concerns, and others who are shielding, should take particular care and stay at home\".\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None What are the rules for places of worship?", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland need further 36 runs to win\n\nEngland need 36 runs on the final day to win the first Test against Sri Lanka despite losing three wickets in a chaotic end to the fourth day in Galle.\n\nChasing only 74, the tourists slipped to 14-3 as Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley fell to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya before captain Joe Root was run out after a mix-up with Jonny Bairstow.\n\nBairstow, who survived a run-out chance of his own, and debutant Dan Lawrence saw England to 38 without further loss before bad light ended play early.\n\nBairstow and Lawrence will resume on 11 and seven respectively at 04:15 GMT on Monday.\n\nEarlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 359, with Lahiru Thirimanne scoring 111 - his first century for almost eight years - and Angelo Matthews 73.\n\nJack Leach, playing his first Test since 2019, took 5-122 and Dom Bess 3-100 to finish with match figures of 8-130 and set up what should still be a comfortable England victory despite a wearing pitch.\n\nEngland won their most recent series in Sri Lanka 3-0, but their record in Asia - and playing spin - is poor and it reared its head again in a remarkable start to their fourth-innings chase.\n\nSibley, whom many feel is vulnerable against spin, was bowled for two not offering a shot, while Crawley, who was dropped on one, added only eight before a drive was superbly caught at gully by Kusal Mendis.\n\nEngland contributed to their own problems as captain Root, who scored a magnificent 228 in the first innings, was run out by a direct hit by wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, colliding with bowler Dilruwan Perera after Bairstow called for a risky single.\n\nBairstow and Lawrence restored calm in a 24-run stand to steer England to stumps, and they remain firm favourites to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.\n\n\"If Sri Lanka had run Bairstow out just after Root it would have been very interesting,\" former England captain Michael Vaughan said on BBC Test Match Special.\n\nSri Lanka, whose first-innings effort of 135 in just 46.1 overs was described as \"one of the worse we've ever seen\", showed significantly more character and application in the second.\n\nOpener Thirimanne, 76 not out as the hosts resumed on 156-2, moved to his second Test century - 54 innings after his first, the third longest gap in Test history - with a cut for four off Bess.\n\nThe left-hander averaged 22 in 36 Tests before this match and his place was in serious doubt, only for captain Dimuth Karunaratne to be ruled out before the game with a thumb injury.\n\nAfter Thirimanne got a faint inside edge to the excellent Jos Buttler off Sam Curran, former captain Mathews played a dogged 219-ball innings containing only two fours to ensure Sri Lanka at least wiped out a 286-run first-innings deficit.\n\nWhen he edged Leach to Root at slip to be last man out, Sri Lanka were left wondering what might have been had they shown the same discipline first time round.\n\nBess, who took 5-30 in the first innings despite struggling with his length, improved throughout the second innings and took a wicket in the first over of his three spells on Sunday.\n\nHe had nightwatchman Embuldeniya caught by Sibley at short cover off the 12th ball of the day, before returning to have stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal held at slip by Root, and Dickwella caught behind as he attempted to guide the ball to third man.\n\nLeach, who has missed England's past 11 Tests - in part due to illness - yorked Dasun Shanaka and had the dangerous Wanindu Hasaranga superbly taken by Root at slip, before Perera became Buttler's first stumping in Test cricket.\n\nThe wicket of Mathews rounded off Leach's five-wicket haul, the first time two England spinners had achieved the feat in the same match since Derek Underwood and John Emburey in Sri Lanka in 1982.\n\n'It will only mean something if we win' - reaction\n\nEngland spinner Jack Leach on BBC Test Match Special: \"I wouldn't say I bowled well. It has been hard graft out there and I have certainly found I am probably a little rusty.\n\n\"At times I felt I could have done a better job, but the pleasing thing is I felt I bowled better as the game went on.\n\n\"We will come back tomorrow, knock these off and then I can be happy about my five wickets. It will only mean something if we win.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"It has been an exciting day's play. Sri Lanka hung in there.\n\n\"Credit to Sri Lanka - we pelted them but on days three and four have shown they are a team that can compete in home conditions.\"\n\nFormer Sri Lanka all-rounder Russel Arnold: \"The start of England's innings was hectic. We saw panic from England, but Bairstow and Lawrence now look like they have it under control.\"\n• None Find all the resources you need to help with education at home\n• None The hilarious hit history podcast is back for a new series", "There are warnings more children could be plunged into poverty\n\nA decision on whether the £20 weekly rise in Universal Credit will be kept in place is unlikely before March's Budget, a top minister has indicated.\n\nCampaigners say the uplift, worth more than £1,000 a year, has been a lifeline for the vulnerable during the pandemic.\n\nLabour will use a Commons debate on Monday to add pressure on ministers to agree now to extend it beyond 31 March.\n\nBut Dominic Raab told the BBC it was a \"temporary measure\" and the Budget would spell out support \"in the round\".\n\nIn an interview with Andrew Marr, the foreign secretary confirmed that Conservative MPs would be told to abstain in Monday's debate, meaning Labour's \"opposition day\" motion will be approved.\n\nWhile the motion will not be binding on ministers and won't change policy, the BBC's Ben Wright said not opposing it represented an attempt by the government to \"neutralise\" the issue for the time being.\n\nIt showed, he added, how concerned ministers were about the prospect of a rebellion by Tory MPs - many of whom want an end to the uncertainty over the issue - if they had been asked to vote against it.\n\nThe standard Universal Credit allowance, which is claimed by more than 5.5 million households, was increased by £20 a week in April 2020 as part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's early Covid economic response.\n\nWhile it was designed as a temporary response to help those unable to work or struggling due to the lockdown, opposition parties and charities say failing to extend will cause real hardship for hundreds of thousands of people.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected, with millions of households facing an income loss equivalent to £1,040 a year.\n\nThe organisation has warned 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nIts director Helen Barnard said a decision could not be delayed any longer.\n\n\"The chancellor has said the economy is going to get worse before it gets better and our evidence shows it is those with the least who are often suffering the most,\" she said.\n\n\"No one can seriously argue that cutting support for those on the lowest incomes in April will do anything other than weaken our already fragile economy.\"\n\nAsked whether the government should act now, Mr Raab said Monday's debate was a \"political\" move by the opposition and not about the government's overall financial support during the pandemic.\n\nHe promised to \"look at everything in the round\" to make sure support for the most vulnerable was available.\n\n\"Obviously in March there will be a Budget where again that holistic approach can be taken by the chancellor, but we've put that support in place to make sure that the most vulnerable communities can be protected at this very difficult time,\" he told Andrew Marr.\n\nThe government says it has injected an extra £7bn into the welfare system during the pandemic, including boosting Working Tax Credits by more than £1,000 a year for a 12-month period.\n\nLabour has urged the government to \"see sense\" on Universal Credit, saying that it would be both morally and economically wrong to \"take £1,000 a year from Britain's families\" at the peak of the unemployment crisis.", "The leaders of most of the world's biggest economies will get a brief taste of the English seaside this June as they gather for the G7 summit.\n\nCornwall's Carbis Bay, known for its sandy beach and clear waters, will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post-Covid recovery.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson called it the \"perfect location for such a crucial summit\".\n\nThe UK, US, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan make up the G7.\n\nLeaders from Australia, India, South Korea and the EU will also attend the event, from 11 to 13 June, as guests.\n\nVisit Cornwall estimates the county will make £50m, with the summit providing a boost to tourism and the area's international profile.\n\nBut the likes of US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are unlikely to enjoy an ice cream and a barefoot stroll through Carbis Bay's surf.\n\nG7 summits require security cordons, with anti-globalisation protests having affected several previous get-togethers.\n\nMeasures in place for the meeting in Biarritz, France, in 2019, saw the seaside resort likened to a temporary \"fortress\".\n\nThe Cornish meeting will be the first face-to-face G7 since the pandemic started. Last year's event - scheduled to take place at Camp David, Maryland - took place online instead.\n\nThe previous two UK-hosted meetings were at Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, in 2013, and Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, in 2005.\n\nBoris Johnson invoked the leading role of Cornwall's mining communities in the industrial revolution\n\nThis year, delegates will be put up - with Covid restrictions in place - at the Tregenna Castle Resort, overlooking nearby St Ives, and other locations.\n\nThe National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth will host international media.\n\nThe UK is hosting the summit as president of the G7 for the year.\n\n\"As the most prominent grouping of democratic countries, the G7 has long been the catalyst for decisive international action to tackle the greatest challenges we face,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nHe added that leaders should approach the economic challenges of Covid \"by uniting with a spirit of openness to create a better future\".\n\n\"Two-hundred years ago Cornwall's tin and copper mines were at the heart of the UK's industrial revolution and this summer Cornwall will again be the nucleus of great global change and advancement,\" the prime minister said.\n\nVisit Cornwall chief executive Malcolm Bell said the summit would \"not only showcase the beauty of Cornwall but give us the opportunity to communicate our heritage, culture and the connections\".\n\nLocal leaders said it would provide a \"fantastic opportunity\" to showcase the county on the world stage.\n\nThe government said it would announce more of its plans \"in due course\".\n\nThe G7 meeting comes five months ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November.", "A statue of Edward Colston was thrown into Bristol Harbour last June, after being pulled down and rolled through the streets\n\nThe government is planning new laws to protect statues in England from being removed \"on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob\", Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, he said generations-old monuments should be \"considered thoughtfully\".\n\nThe legislation would require planning permission for any changes and a minister would be given the final veto.\n\nIt will be revealed in Parliament on Monday.\n\nThe plans follow the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston last year and a wider discussion on the removal of controversial monuments.\n\nFour people were later charged with criminal damage over the removal of the Colston statue, and six people accepted conditional cautions over their involvement.\n\nIn the paper, the communities secretary said Britain should not try to edit or censor its past.\n\nMr Jenrick said any decision to remove heritage assets in England would require planning permission and a consultation with local communities, adding that he wanted to see a \"considered approach\".\n\nHe wrote: \"Our view will be set out in law, that such monuments are almost always best explained and contextualised, not taken and hidden away.\"\n\nMr Jenrick added that he had noticed an attempt to set a narrative which seeks to erase part of the nation's history, saying this was \"at the hand of the flash mob, or by the decree of a 'cultural committee' of town hall militants and woke worthies\".\n\nHe said: \"We live in a country that believes in the rule of law, but when it comes to protecting our heritage, due process has been overridden. That can't be right.\n\n\"Local people should have the chance to be consulted whether a monument should stand or not.\n\n\"What has stood for generations should be considered thoughtfully, not removed on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Metropolitan Police say they are seeking to identify those responsible for the damage\n\nThe death of George Floyd while in the custody of police in Minneapolis sparked anti-racism protests across the world.\n\nDuring largely peaceful demonstrations in the UK, the controversial Colston statue was dumped into Bristol Harbour and a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill was vandalised with the words \"was a racist\".\n\nSpeaking in June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square is a permanent reminder of his achievement in saving this country - and the whole of Europe - from a fascist and racist tyranny.\n\n\"It is absurd and shameful that this national monument should ... be at risk of attack by violent protesters.\n\n\"Yes, he sometimes expressed opinions that were and are unacceptable to us today, but he was a hero, and he fully deserves his memorial.\"\n\nColston made his fortune in the slave trade and bequeathed his money to charities in Bristol, which led to many venues, streets and landmarks bearing his name.\n\nThe Society of Merchant Venturers, the Bristol charity which runs institutions named after Edward Colston, said it was right that the statue was removed, along with other memorials to \"a man who benefited from trading in human lives\".\n\nThey said it was part of acknowledging Bristol's \"dark past\" and building \"a city where racism and inequality no longer exist\".\n\nFollowing the toppling of the statue, Colston's Girls School changed its name to Montpelier High School and the city's Colston Hall music venue is now known as the Bristol Beacon.\n\nA statue of a Black Lives Matter protester was placed on the empty plinth without permission in July and was removed shortly afterwards.", "Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said.\n\nAround 400,000 records were lost, according to The Times, which first reported the story.\n\nThe Home Office did not comment on how many records were likely to be restored, or how long it would take.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the issue was \"a result of human error\".\n\nData was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe coding that caused the problem was introduced in November 2020, and the deletions started earlier this week.\n\nInitially, it was thought some 150,000 records were lost, but it since has emerged the number could be significantly higher.\n\nCommenting on the error, Ms Patel said: \"Engineers continue to work to restore data lost as a result of human error during a routine housekeeping process earlier this week.\n\n\"I continue to be in regular contact with the team, and working with our policing partners, we will provide an update as soon as we can.\"\n\nEarlier, Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Ms Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free.\n\n\"We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said the lost data had resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse insisted the affected records \"apply to cases where individuals were arrested and then released with no further action\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working to recover the affected records as a priority. While we do so, the Police National Computer is functioning and the police are taking steps to mitigate any impact.\"", "A group of London business leaders has written to the government calling for financial support for the struggling rail firm Eurostar.\n\nIn a letter to the Treasury and Department for Transport, they urge \"swift action to safeguard its future\".\n\nBosses of firms such as Fortnum & Mason signed the letter asking for access to government loans and business rates relief \"at the very least\".\n\nThe government says it is \"working closely\" with Eurostar.\n\nThe cross-Channel rail company is threatened by a large drop in passenger numbers due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.\n\nIt reported in November that passenger numbers had been down 95% since March 2020.\n\nWith two trains an hour normally scheduled in peak hours, it now runs just two services a day from London to Paris and Brussels.\n\nThe letter, coordinated by business campaigning group London First and seen by the BBC, describes the firm as one that has \"fallen through the cracks\". Unlike some airlines, it has not been eligible for government-backed loans.\n\n\"If this viable business is allowed to fall between the cracks of support - neither an airline, nor a domestic railway - our recovery could be damaged,\" it says.\n\nCo-signed by 28 leaders, including the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, the chief executive of West End property company Shaftesbury, as well as the boss of the ExCeL conference centre, the letter points out that the company currently employs 1,200 people in the UK.\n\nThe firm is 55% owned by French state rail firm SNCF. The UK government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757m in 2015.\n\nThe letter also credits Eurostar with reducing carbon emissions. Since it launched in 1994, it has transported more than 190 million passengers between Britain and mainland Europe.\n\nA spokesman for Eurostar said: \"Without additional funding from government there is a real risk to the survival of Eurostar, the green gateway to Europe.\n\nHe described the current situation as \"very serious\".\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"We recognise the significant financial challenges facing Eurostar as a result of Covid-19 and the unprecedented circumstances currently faced by the international travel industry.\"\n\nHe added the government had been in contact with Eurostar \"on a regular basis\" since the start of the coronavirus crisis and would continue to work closely with the firm.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "Few people get as unique a take on the movement, mood and feelings of the public than the business owners that sit in its lay-bys.\n\nSince the start of lockdown they have juggled highs and lows.\n\nFrom supporting lorry drivers unable to stop at closed service stations to seeing their customers told to stay at home - and in turn not spend money with them.\n\nSome are now questioning their future and role in a workforce predicted to change its patterns and work from home more in the future.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge shared his own experiences of seeing \"death and so much bereavement\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told the pandemic will leave many emergency workers \"broken\".\n\nMany police and NHS workers are too concerned with battling the pandemic to look after their mental health, they were told.\n\nInsp Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police said staff did not engage enough with counselling \"because we don't want to take anybody else's valuable time\".\n\nPrince William said he \"really worries\" about the effect on front-line workers.\n\n\"When you're surrounded by that level of intense trauma and sadness and bereavement, it really does, it stays with you at home, it stays with you for weeks on end,\" he said.\n\nInsp Spencer said emergency workers \"run towards danger, run towards a terrorist attack, we run towards the pandemic\".\n\n\"Perhaps further down the line when all this is gone we're going to have some broken police officers and emergency services staff, because we're too busy focusing on protecting the most vulnerable,\" he said.\n\nThe couple also spoke to counsellors from Hospice UK's Harrogate-based Just B support line for NHS staff, social care workers, carers and emergency services, which their foundation helps financially.\n\nThe prince said he feared \"you're all so busy caring for everyone else that you won't take enough time to care for yourselves\".\n\nHe and Catherine said the stigma surrounding seeking help for mental health issues must end.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two drivers from Scotland were stopped by police on Anglesey going to see friends.\n\nPeople who drove more than 200 miles to visit friends in Wales and a group having a party in a garden shed have been caught breaking Covid rules.\n\nPolice forces in Wales have broken up parties, football matches and fined people for visiting beauty spots this weekend while Wales is in lockdown.\n\nTwo motorists were reported by North Wales Police in Anglesey after driving from Scotland to visit friends.\n\nWhile in Swansea, eight people were fined after a party was held in a shed.\n\nThe drivers from Scotland were stopped by police at Valley, near Holyhead, and reported for driving without insurance and breaching Covid travel restrictions.\n\nOfficers from North Wales Police on Saturday also stopped a car from Portsmouth as the driver was travelling to \"collect a front bumper\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by South Wales Police Vale of Glamorgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by South Wales Police Vale of Glamorgan\n\n\"Travelling nearly 300 miles for a piece of cosmetic plastic for your car is not essential at this time,\" said North Wales Police's Intercept team.\n\n\"The regulations have been broadcast far and wide. Please be mindful you will be reported if your journey is not essential.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven though national parks have shut car parks in a bid to stop people visiting, North Wales Police said it received about 100 calls on Saturday about potential Covid breaches - and officers told people they need to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"stay home\".\n\nSouth Wales Police officers issued fixed penalty notices after finding people from \"all different households\" in a shed - which had been converted into a bar - in the Sketty area of Swansea all \"mixing together\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA further nine fixed penalty notices were given out in the Townhill area of the city after different households attended a baby reveal party on Sunday.\n\nFive people were warned about breaking laws in Neath Port Talbot after a group travelled to a field to play football, while four people were fined after a house party in Aberavon.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules people are only allowed to leave their homes for \"essential\" reasons, including to shop for food, get medical treatment and to exercise.\n\nWhile exercise is allowed, people are not allowed to drive to a spot for a walk, run or cycle, and the law means exercising with people you do not live with (or who are your bubble if you live alone) is banned.\n\nThose found to be in breach of Covid laws can be fined £60 for the first offence, with the penalties increasing up to £1,920. If prosecuted, however, a court can impose an unlimited fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nUntil recently police had been using an education first approach, but the Welsh Government has repeatedly said it wants to see stricter enforcement of the rules.\n\nIn Powys, road officers from Dyfed-Powys Police stopped cars and turned around people driving to exercise.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Traffic Wales North & Mid #KeepWalesSafe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn Port Talbot, two people sat on a bench drinking alcohol were fined by South Wales Police for \"leaving home without a reasonable excuse\".\n\nGwent Police officers broke-up a house party in Glyn-Gaer, Caerphilly county, on Friday evening and issued fines.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday. We'll have another update for you on Monday.\n\nTen new mass Covid vaccination centres are to open in England from Monday, as the government bids to meet its target of offering 15 million people in the UK a dose by 15 February. Blackburn Cathedral and St Helens Rugby Ground are among the venues chosen to join the seven hubs already in use. NHS England said the new centres would offer \"thousands\" of jabs a week. It comes as another 324,233 vaccine doses have been administered across the UK, taking the total above 3.5 million. Check when you will be eligible for a jab.\n\nA financial support scheme for airports in England will open this month, the government says, as the aviation sector faces new Covid travel curbs. Aviation minister Robert Courts said the move was a response to the closure of all UK air corridors from Monday. The aim is to provide grants before the end of this financial year, he said. Industry groups had warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules. Under the new rules beginning at 04:00 GMT on Monday, all travel corridors - which have been in place to allow arrivals from some countries to forgo quarantine - will close.\n\nMore than half of the Church of England's 14,000 parishes will not open for Sunday services today, as places of worship are hit hard by Covid-19. Many of the Church's clergy are shielding, while some parishes have decided it is not safe enough to admit worshippers. It has also been revealed that most mosques in London remained closed on Friday, meaning Muslims had to make alternative arrangements for Friday prayers. Despite current coronavirus restrictions, places of worship in England and Wales can open - but many are struggling to do so safely. Places of worship remain closed throughout Scotland, while Northern Ireland's main church denominations are to cease public worship until early February. Remind yourself of the rules where you live for places of worship.\n\nChildren in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library. Internet classroom Oak National Academy created the library after schools moved to remote learning for the majority of pupils until February half-term. Formed with The National Literacy Trust, the library will provide a book a week from its author of the week. The aim is to increase young readers' access to e-books and audiobooks, particularly the most disadvantaged. The latest lockdown has seen schools in England close to all but children of key workers and vulnerable pupils.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has expressed his pride at the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for stepping up and having their Covid-19 vaccinations. In a video call with frontline workers, Prince William spoke about his grandparents after being told medics have witnessed \"vaccine hesitancy\" among some communities during the jab rollout. He praised NHS staff behind the rollout of the vaccine, and described the programme as \"tremendous\", saying it didn't \"just happen\". Staff joked they had been \"thinking and dreaming\" of vaccines all day and night with some describing working seven-day weeks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a video call, the Duke of Cambridge said the vaccination programme was \"tremendous\"\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nAnd it's been almost a month since people in some parts of the UK were allowed to meet in Christmas \"bubbles\", so what impact did this have?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss of NHS England reveals Covid-19 jabs are being done much faster than people are newly catching the virus\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated four times faster than new cases of the virus are being detected, NHS England's chief executive has said.\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the BBC that 140 people a minute were now being given the jab, usually the first dose of two.\n\nBut he said the NHS had never been in a more precarious position, with 75% more Covid patients than at the April peak.\n\nIt comes as a further 298,087 people received their first dose of the vaccine on Saturday.\n\nThere were also 671 more deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test, and another 38,598 positive tests.\n\nSir Simon told the Andrew Marr Show some hospitals would open for vaccinations 24 hours a day, seven days a week on a trial basis in the next 10 days.\n\nHe said England was on course to deliver 1.5 million doses this week. Scotland has delivered a total of more than 224,000 first doses, Wales has given over 126,000 and Northern Ireland nearly 118,000 - although Scotland and Wales do not report figures at the weekend.\n\nHalf of all over-80s have now been vaccinated, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. \"Each jab brings us one step closer to normal,\" he said.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC that the UK was making \"good progress\" in ensuring every adult was offered a vaccine by September and \"if it can be done more swiftly, that's a bonus\".\n\nMore people have now been vaccinated than have had positive tests since the pandemic began, with 10 more mass vaccination sites due to open in England on Monday.\n\nSir Simon said hospitals and staff were under \"extreme pressure\", however. Asked if the NHS has ever been in a more precarious situation, he said \"no\", adding that the pandemic was a \"unique event\" in its 72-year history.\n\nSomeone was being admitted to hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds, Sir Simon said, and since Christmas patient numbers had risen by 15,000 - the equivalent of 30 full hospitals.\n\nIt means there are 75% more Covid-19 patients in hospital than there were in the April peak, the NHS chief executive said.\n\nAlthough there were promising signs infection rates were falling, he said they were still too high and rising in some areas and age groups, including the over-60s.\n\nHe said the number of critical care beds had been increased by 50% since the first wave of the pandemic but a \"very small number\" of patients were still having to be transferred between regions when hospitals were full.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The foreign secretary said there would be increased UK border checks next week\n\nAsked about the ratio of nurses to patients in London intensive care units, Sir Simon said there were sometimes three patients for every nurse rather than the one-to-one ratio normally expected. But patients were receiving the \"highest quality care possible\".\n\nAbout 53,000 NHS staff are currently off work due to the virus, he added.\n\nSir Simon said the health service would only be able to maintain the vaccination rate and \"hold the line if people continue to do the right thing and prevent the transmission of coronavirus\".\n\nVaccinating priority groups by the spring would not mean that \"with one bound we are free\" of coronavirus restrictions, he said. But he added: \"I don't think we will have to wait until the autumn.\"\n\nHe said he suspected that there would be enough supply of the vaccine - \"the crucial thing\" - to begin lifting restrictions before then.\n\nSir Simon also warned that although starting with the most vulnerable groups reduced the risk of deaths, a quarter of hospital patients with the virus were currently under 55 - and therefore not a priority unless they have a medical condition that puts them at additional risk.\n\nAsked about suggestions that some vaccination centres were having to throw away leftover doses, he said: \"The guidance from the chief medical officer is crystal clear: every last drop of vaccine should be used.\"\n\nMany centres were finding they were able to get six doses out of a five-dose vial, and Sir Simon said they should keep a reserve list of staff and high-risk patients who could be contacted to receive a vaccination at short notice.\n\nDr Rosie Shire from the Doctors' Association UK told the BBC that as well as sometimes getting six doses out of the five-dose Pfizer vials, they had also got 11 or 12 doses out of 10-dose AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut she said the uncertain dose count made it harder to know how many last-minute appointments to book in order to use up the supply.\n\nMr Raab said that he was not aware of any delays to supplies from manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca and said he was \"confident we have the flexibility\" to deliver enough doses.\n\n\"It is an enormous challenge. We are meeting it,\" he said. \"But we take nothing for granted.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary said the risk that new variants could prove resistant to vaccines or more deadly meant the UK had to take the \"precautionary approach\" of requiring all travellers to quarantine on arrival from Monday, closing the travel corridors which previously been exempt.\n\n\"We don't want to find in two or three weeks time that our vaccine roll out is imperilled because we haven't taken the precautionary measures on travel corridors,\" he said.\n\nChecks by Border Force on the passenger locator forms filled out on arrival would be increased, Mr Raab said, as would the follow-up calls by Public Health England intended to ensure people were isolating for up to 10 days.\n\nAsked whether the UK would introduce quarantine hotels to ensure people maintained their isolation, he said all potential measures were under review but there was a challenge in the \"workability\" of the proposal.\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Smoke rises from Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on the Indonesian island of Java\n\nIndonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash an estimated 5.6km (3.4 miles) into the sky above Java, the country's most densely populated island.\n\nNo evacuation orders have so far been issued, and no casualties reported.\n\nThe National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) warned villagers living on the mountain's slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.\n\nFootage showed ash from the 3,676m (12,060ft) volcano looming over homes.\n\n\"The villages of Sumber Mujur and Curah Koboan [in Lumajang municipality] are located in the trajectory of the hot clouds,\" local official Thoriqul Haq said on Saturday.\n\nResidents of the Curah Kobokan river basin have been urged to watch for possible \"cold lava\" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall combining with volcanic material.\n\nMount Semeru erupted at about 17:24 local time (10:24 GMT), authorities said.\n\nA picture from the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management shows ash rolling over the landscape\n\nIndonesia sits on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent volcanic activity as well as earthquakes.\n\nSemeru - also known as \"The Great Mountain\" - is the highest volcano in Java and one of the most active. It is also one of Indonesia's most popular tourist hiking destinations.\n\nThe volcano previously erupted in December, when about 550 people were evacuated.", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by this measure to 88,590.\n\nThere have also been a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases, and 4,262 more people have been admitted to hospital.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director for Public Health England, said the \"continuous rise in cases and deaths should be a bitter warning for us all\".\n\n\"We must not forget the basics,\" she added. \"The lives of our friends and family depend on it.\n\n\"Keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask.\"\n\nThe latest figures come ahead of Monday's change in travel rules for the UK, with all travel corridors closing, meaning arrivals from every country will have to quarantine.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes at Downing Street on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nWhile daily figures can fluctuate due to delays in reporting, the seven-day average of Covid deaths in the UK has now risen slightly to 1,103.\n\nFor cases, however, there has been a drop in the seven-day average, with the figure now at 48,565.\n\nThere are currently 37,475 people in hospital with the virus, government figures show, while a further 324,233 people have received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nCurrently, just over 3.5 million doses have been administered.\n\nThe government has also announced £120m in funds for the social care sector to be used by local authorities to increase staffing levels.\n\nStaff absence rates have risen in care homes and among home care staff, due to them testing positive or having to self-isolate.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the money would bolster staffing numbers in a \"controlled and safe way, whilst ensuring people continue to receive the highest quality of care\".\n\nA further £149m funding was announced in December to support rapid testing of care home staff.\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM on Friday, England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said the number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus was set to peak within the next 10 days, while the peak for deaths was also yet to come.\n\nHe added, however, that he hoped the peak in infections had already happened in the South East, East and London, where there was a surge in the new, more transmissible variant.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\n\"Because people are sticking so well to the guidelines we do think the peaks are coming over the next week to 10 days for most places in terms of new people into hospital.\"\n\nHowever, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance stressed it was a \"suppressed peak\" that would \"boil over for sure\" if controls were eased.\n\nHe said: \"This is not the natural peak that's going to come down on its own, it's coming down because of the measures that are in place.\n\n\"Take the lid off now and it's going to boil over for sure and we're going to end up with a big problem.\"\n\nMeanwhile, on Saturday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested he would back further coronavirus measures, as \"the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control\".\n\nSir Keir said he was \"still worried\" by the number of infections, despite signs they are falling - and that the \"sense that we are through the worst\" of the third wave was wrong.\n\n\"Nobody likes restrictions but the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control, the quicker we reduce the number of hospital admissions and the quicker we get that number of deaths, tragically, down,\" he added.", "The Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, has died suddenly at his home in the city.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Christmas and was self-isolating.\n\nThe Catholic Church said the cause of his death was not yet clear.\n\nHe was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nA statement from the Archdiocese of Glasgow said: \"It is with the greatest sorrow that we announce the death of our Archbishop.\n\n\"The Pope's Ambassador to Great Britain, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, has been informed.\n\n\"It will be for Pope Francis to appoint a new Archbishop to succeed Archbishop Tartaglia, but until then the Archdiocese will be overseen by an administrator.\"\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor\".\n\nThey said in a statement: \"His loss to his family, his clergy and the people of the Archdiocese of Glasgow will be immeasurable but for the entire Church in Scotland this is a day of immense loss and sadness.\n\n\"He was a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect.\n\n\"His contribution to the work of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland over the past 16 years was significant and we will miss his wisdom, wit and robust Catholic spirit very much.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia had been self-isolating at home after contracting coronavirus\n\nThe statement concluded: \"On behalf of the Bishops of Scotland, we commend his soul into the hands of God and pray that he may enjoy eternal rest.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was a lifelong Celtic fan and the club tweeted their tribute to him: \"We are saddened to hear of the death of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia who was a huge supporter of the club and regularly attended matches at Celtic Park.\n\n\"Everyone at Celtic offers their sincere condolences to Philip's family and Scotland's Catholic community at this sad time.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the archbishop was \"a fine man who was much loved within the Catholic community and beyond\".\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"I always valued my interactions with him and he will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with his loved ones and wider community. May he rest in peace.\"\n\nThe leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, tweeted: \"Tragic news about the sudden passing of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia. My condolences to his friends and family.\n\n\"His death will be keenly felt within the Catholic Church and across the wider community.\"\n\nThe leader of Glasgow City Council described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\" who \"knew its people and the challenges faced by ordinary citizens, regardless of their faith or beliefs\".\n\nCouncillor Susan Aitken added: \"He was also unafraid to use his position to challenge deprivation, austerity and the ill-effects of welfare reform when he believed it was his duty to call them out.\"\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was born in Glasgow on 11 January 1951 - the eldest son of Guido and Annita Tartaglia.\n\nAfter attending St Thomas' Primary in Riddrie, he began his secondary education at St Mungo's Academy before moving to the national junior seminary at St Vincent's College, Langbank.\n\nHe later attended St Mary's College, at Blairs, Aberdeen, before completing his ecclesiastical studies at the Pontifical Scots College, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.\n\nOn returning to Scotland, he was an assistant and then parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardonald, St Patrick's, Dumbarton, and St Mary's, Duntocher.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was ordained by then Archbishop Thomas Winning in the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dennistoun, on 30 June 1975.\n\nHe was a leading opponent of proposals to legalise same-sex marriage in Scotland and also criticised ministers over anti-bigotry legislation.\n\nThe Archdiocese of Glasgow is the largest of Scotland's eight dioceses with an estimated Catholic population of about 200,000. It comprises 95 parishes and is served by about 200 priests.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia was the eighth person to hold the office since the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland in 1878.\n\nHe followed Archbishop Mario Conti and Archbishop Thomas Winning, who later became Cardinal Winning.", "The player told police he had travelled from his home in Bedworth to hunt the characters\n\nA man has been fined for breaking lockdown rules after travelling 14 miles to play Pokemon Go.\n\nHe admitted to Warwickshire Police he had driven from his home in Bedworth to look for the characters in Kenilworth.\n\nHe was fined £200 for \"contravening the requirement to not leave or be outside the place they live without a reasonable excuse\".\n\n\"Everyone has a part to play in ensuring they slow the spread of the virus,\" a police spokeswoman said.\n\n\"We would like to remind people they must not leave or be outside their home unless they have a reasonable excuse.\"\n\nPokemon Go is a Japanese augmented reality game for smartphones. First launched in 2016, it allows players to hunt for characters that \"appear\" in real-life places.\n\nIt has been downloaded around the world more than one billion times.", "Hashem Abedi (left) and Ahmed Hassan are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court\n\nThe Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers have been charged with assaulting a prison officer together, the BBC has learned.\n\nHashem Abedi, 23, and Ahmed Hassan, 21, are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh, south London, in May last year.\n\nAnother man who is awaiting sentencing for terror offences is also charged with assaulting the same person.\n\nThe three men are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on 7 April.\n\nAbedi, who was jailed in August for murdering the 22 victims of the May 2017 Manchester Arena attack, is also charged with assaulting a second prison officer during the same incident on 11 May.\n\nHassan, from London, whose Parsons Green tube bomb injured 51 people in September 2017, was jailed for attempted murder the following year.\n\nMuhammed Saeed, 22, from Manchester, is the third person charged. Last year, he admitted possessing terrorist documents.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Up to 400,000 people could be given the Covid-19 vaccine every week by the end of February, Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has told MSPs.\n\nHealth teams are ramping up the rollout of jabs, with 1,100 vaccination centres now open and using two vaccines.\n\nMinisters aim to vaccinate care home residents, NHS staff and over-80s by the first week of February.\n\nThey then hope to have completed the over-70 group by mid-February and over-65 and vulnerable groups by March.\n\nThis would see 1.4m people given the jab, and Ms Freeman said the government's \"priority is to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible\".\n\nHowever, the BMA Scottish GP Committee has warned the vaccine supply is \"stuttering\" and blamed \"bureaucratic hold-ups\" for delaying distribution.\n\nIn a statement at Holyrood, the health secretary said Scotland faces \"a more perilous situation than at any point in this pandemic\", with the new variant of coronavirus \"increasing in its dominance\" of infections north of the border.\n\nHowever Ms Freeman said there was hope in the form of the vaccination programme, which she said was \"scaling up rapidly\".\n\nA first dose of vaccine has now been given to just over 80% of care home residents and 55% of staff, along with 52% of frontline NHS staff.\n\nAnd in the eight days since 4 January, just over 2% of those aged 80 or over in the community have been given a first dose.\n\nMs Freeman said that age was \"the greatest risk factor for serious illness and death from Covid, and represents well over 90% of preventable mortality\".\n\nThe government is prioritising giving a first dose to as many people as possible, which Ms Freeman said provides \"very high protection\", with a second dose of the same vaccine then administered within 12 weeks.\n\nMs Freeman said that by the end of February, an average of 400,000 people should be getting a jab per week.\n\nJeane Freeman said the vaccine programme was \"scaling up rapidly\"\n\nThe government is also working to set up large vaccination centres in the community, which could handle up to 20,000 vaccinations a week in a single location.\n\nSites include the Event Complex conference centre in Aberdeen, Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell, Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, and Ms Freeman said work was ongoing to secure more centres in the Glasgow area in particular.\n\nA total of 4.5m adults in Scotland are in line to be vaccinated.\n\nMs Freeman said she was aware that people would \"want to know when it will be their turn\", saying a national advertising campaign would be established to \"inform the public\".\n\nScottish Conservative health spokesman Donald Cameron said it was \"clear not enough people are being vaccinated each day and timetables are slipping\".\n\nHe also asked Ms Freeman whether there were delays to the creation of a national booking system, after speculation that it could hold up the start of mass vaccinations.\n\nThe health secretary said she did not believe it was the case that timetables were slipping, and said there were no delays to the national booking system - adding that it would be \"ready from the beginning of February to do its job\".\n\nMeanwhile Scottish Labour's Monica Lennon asked how quickly the country could move to a 24 hours a day rollout of vaccines.\n\nMs Freeman said this was \"entirely possible\" once the mass vaccination centres are open, saying she \"would anticipate that would be by the end of February or early March\".\n\nShe said: \"The will is there to do that, if that is what it takes, because the objective is to get as many people vaccinated as possible.\"\n\nThe BMA Scottish GP Committee has said practices \"don't know when their next supply is coming in\".\n\nIts chairman, Dr Andrew Buist, told BBC Scotland's Drivetime programme the Scottish government \"must do everything possible to ensure vaccine supply is as good as it can be\".\n\nHe said: \"I've spoken with the chief medical officer about this and emphasised we should remove any bureaucratic hold-up to the distribution of this vaccine.\n\n\"People are obviously very anxious to get it as soon as possible.\n\n\"We know what the priority groups are, we have the practices ready and running to give it to their patients. We just need to get the vaccine to them.\"\n• None All over-80s to be vaccinated by February", "More than six million glasses of pink prosecco were enjoyed by Lidl customers over the festive period as strict Covid rules prompted people to indulge.\n\nThe discount supermarket reported record total sales for the four weeks to 27 December with revenue up 18%.\n\nTakeaway firm Just Eat and online fashion retailer Asos have also reported stellar sales for the period.\n\nAll three benefited as restaurants and non-essential shops faced strict curbs or were forced to close.\n\nDemand was so strong, Lidl said it had shifted 7,000 glasses of mulled wine and almost 17,000 deluxe mince pies every hour in the run up to Christmas.\n\nIt also sold more than 2.7 million servings of panettone, the festive Italian cake.\n\nLidl continued to press ahead with its store expansion programme in the period, opening four new stores in December at a time when many businesses are closing down.\n\nBoss Christian Härtnagel said: \"Despite this Christmas being a difficult time for many across the country, we are pleased to have been able to help our customers enjoy themselves.\n\n\"As we look ahead to this year, we remain committed to our expansion and investment plans,\" he added.\n\nJust Eat said delivery orders in the UK surged 58% in the last three months of 2020 compared with the same period last year.\n\nThe takeaway firm, which operates around the world, said this had been its third consecutive quarter of growth, reflecting the huge demand for takeaway food as restaurants have faced curbs and closures.\n\nBoss Jitse Groen said the firm's progress in the UK was \"particularly exciting\" with demand up nearly five-fold in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.\n\nIts UK sales force has also doubled compared with last year.\n\nIt was a similar story for Asos, whose sales for the four months to 31 December rose 36% to £554.1m, something it credited in part to restrictions on non-essential shops.\n\nThe fashion retailer, which also operates across Europe and the US, said its active customer base was now 24.5 million, up 1.1 million on the same period last year.\n\nRichard Lim, head of analysts Retail Economics, said: \"Lockdowns, fewer opportunities to mix socially and cancelled Christmas parties have decimated the demand for new outfits this year.\n\n\"But what consumers did spend was focused towards casual-wear and channelled online where the retailer was well position to leverage this opportunity.\"", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system - with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people.\n\nMinisters say changes to how people are sectioned in England and Wales will see them treated \"as individuals, with rights, preferences, and expertise\".\n\nBlack people are over four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, relative to population.\n\nThe mental health charity Mind said the changes \"cannot come soon enough.\"\n\nPeople are detained under the mental health act - or sectioned - for their own safety, or the safety of others.\n\nHow long they are detained for varies - but once detained, they are immediately considered to be \"sectioned\".\n\nUse of the Mental Health Act has increased markedly - from 2005/6 to 2015/16, the number of people detained in hospital increased by 40%.\n\nNHS data for England shows there were at least 50,893 new detentions under the Mental Health Act in 2019/20 - but the overall total will be higher as not all providers submitted data.\n\nOf those detentions, 5,336 people were black or black British.\n\nThe data also shows that in 2019/20 there were 321 detentions per 100,000 population for people who were black or black British - while there were 73 detentions per 100,000 for white people.\n\nWith the act disproportionately used against black people, the reforms will see a Patient and Carers Race Equality Framework introduced across all NHS mental health trusts - which the government describes as a practical tool to improve the outcome for BAME communities.\n\nWhat ministers call \"culturally appropriate advocates\" will also be developed, so patients from all ethnic backgrounds can be supported.\n\n\"We need to bring mental health laws into the 21st Century,\" said Health Secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"I want to ensure our health service works for all, yet the Mental Health Act is now 40 years old.\n\n\"This is a significant moment in how we support those with serious mental health issues, which will give people more autonomy over their care and will tackle disparities for all who access services - in particular for people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\"\n\nThe reforms will also ensure that autism or a learning disability cannot be a reason for detaining someone under the act.\n\nIn future, a clinician will have to identify another psychiatric condition to order their detention.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is it like to be sectioned?\n\nThe current Mental Health Act dates from 1983 and the aim of these reforms, which are widely supported, is to give people greater say over their care and to rebalance the system between the state and the individual.\n\nAmong the recommendations are plans to introduce statutory advance choice documents which will allow people to express their preferred treatment before they reach a crisis and need hospitalisation.\n\n\"This is just the beginning of what is now a long overdue process,\" said Sophie Corlett, director of external relations at the mental health charity Mind.\n\n\"At the moment, thousands of people are still subjected to poor, sometimes appalling, treatment, and many will live with the consequences far into the future.\n\n\"Our understanding of mental health has moved on significantly in recent decades but our laws are rooted in the 19th Century.\"\n\nThe recommendations, set out in a government White Paper, build on the proposals from an independent review of the act, which was ordered by then prime minister Theresa May in October 2017 and which published its conclusions in December 2018.\n\nMinisters intend to publish a Mental Health Bill in 2022, following a consultation on their plans.", "Amnesty says about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes,\n\nThere have been calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes as the Irish government is to apologise after an investigation found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\" in the Republic of Ireland's homes.\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation.\n\nMothers and babies who were in similar homes in Northern Ireland want a full inquiry to be held in NI too.\n\nStormont commissioned research into whether or not there should an inquiry held into the homes which operated in Northern Ireland, is due to be published by the end of January.\n\nPatrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.\n\n\"We have had cases of mothers telling us that ultimately, many decades later, when they tried to track down their long-lost children they found adoption certificates where they said their signature had actually been forged,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think that there is criminality to investigate here and that it behoves the Northern Ireland Executive to set up the inquiry that has long been sought here and long been denied.\"\n\nIn 2017 research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland had prompted initial calls for a public inquiry.\n\nBBC News NI previously spoke to Eunan Duffy who was 47 years old when he found out he was adopted from Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry, County Down.\n\nIt was one of a network of institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which offered women the voluntary option, for those who were unmarried, to give birth in private and give their babies up for adoption\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marian Vale was one of a network of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland\n\nAmnesty says there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby institutions in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt said about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes, operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and religious organisations.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, research into mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries was commissioned three years ago and was initially expected to take 12 months.\n\nIt was completed in February last year, but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"A paper will be brought to the executive shortly for its consideration. Subject to executive approval, it is intended to publish the research report before the end of January 2021.\"\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the commission that investigated the homes found that the number of children who died was about 15% of all those who were born in the institutions.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Mícheál Martin said the report, which can be read in full here, described a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, who represents the Birth Mothers for Justice group, welcomed the apology in the Republic of Ireland, but said mothers and children in NI had not received one.\n\n\"The crimes perpetrated on them have yet to be investigated,\" she said.\n\n\"Those perpetrators who forced them into arbitrary detention, hard labour and colluded in the forced adoption of their babies, remain unchallenged in this jurisdiction.\"\n\nMary O'Neill became pregnant when she was 18 and was sent to Marianvale in Newry in the late 1970s.\n\nThere she gave birth to a baby girl who was taken away from her almost immediately after the birth.\n\nShe wanted to keep the baby, but was not allowed and was told the baby would be put up for adoption.\n\nThe mother and baby scandal became an international news story when 'significant human remains' were found on the grounds of a former home in County Galway\n\nMs O'Neill told Good Morning Ulster she eventually tracked down her daughter after 40 years.\n\n\"It was a long search, everywhere you went you were up against a brick wall,\" she said.\n\n\"There was no help, the social workers didn't want to tell you anything.\"\n\nShe finally found out her daughter was living in America but was coming home for her 40th birthday.\n\nShe said when she met her it was like meeting a stranger.\n\n\"But thank God we have met and we have a good relationship. She's still keeping in touch,\" Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"It means the world to me, because you always wondered where was she? Was she happy? Did she know about you?\n\n\"It was always in the back of your mind. It never went away, the tears and the heartache.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs O'Neill said she was happy the victims in the Republic of Ireland were getting an apology, but wishes the homes in Northern Ireland could have been included.\n\nMechelle Dillon's mother was 21 and pregnant when she was sent to Marianvale in Newry in 1969.\n\nShe was placed in foster care a few months after her birth.\n\nHer mother returned to her home village and then moved to England. But she came back for Mechelle when she was around eight or nine-months-old.\n\nShe said she believed she was not adopted because she was born with a cyst on her mouth.\n\n\"I would have maybe been classed as a reject, if you want to put it that way,\" she said.\n\n\"It's the same as if you go to look for a little puppy and if the puppy doesn't feel right and you think 'Oh God, I'll have a lot of vet bills here, I don't want that puppy' - I would have probably been classed the same because I would have had that defect.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said \"the executive should move quickly to publish the research report and then call a full public inquiry\".", "The numbers of care home residents and staff testing positive for Covid-19 have hit their highest levels.\n\nThere were 1,507 positive tests in care homes in Wales in the most recent week, a 78% rise on the week before.\n\nAcross Wales, 37,026 residents and staff were tested by either the NHS or the Lighthouse laboratories the week beginning 4 January, according to Public Health Wales.\n\nBroken down, 6,466 care home residents were tested in the most recent week and 582 (9%) were positive in results from NHS laboratories.\n\nAlso, 248 care home workers tested positive, with about 96% of tests negative.\n\nBut there were another 677 positive test results from Lighthouse labs, which do not distinguish between residents and care home staff.\n\nAll of these categories saw the highest numbers yet recorded.\n\nResidents and staff are supposed to be tested weekly at care homes in Wales.\n\nCare Home Inspectorate Wales also now publish separate figures around testing , which showed 137 care homes in Wales (13%) had notified one or more positive cases in staff or residents in the most recent week available and 31.8% within the last month.\n\nSwansea had 17 care homes which had notified at least one case in the week ending 1 January; Cardiff had 15 homes with at least one case and Bridgend was next with 13 care homes.", "Decima Minhinnick, pictured at her 90th birthday party, lives in a care home and has vascular dementia\n\nA couple who were fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see a relative in a care home have had their fine cancelled by police.\n\nCarol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94.\n\nOn Tuesday, police defended the fine, claiming the couple had broken lockdown rules.\n\nOn Wednesday, South Wales Police said it had \"since been reviewed and the notice has been rescinded\".\n\n\"The individual concerned has been notified\".\n\nIn a statement, it added: \"Wales remains at alert level four and South Wales Police will continue to patrol our communities to ensure the legislation, which has been enacted to slow the spread of coronavirus, is complied with\".\n\nMrs Richards has said she was \"mortified\" they were stopped by police while returning on Sunday from what she said was a compassionate visit.\n\nShe said on Tuesday she did not believe they breached lockdown rules.\n\nMrs Richards said the couple had arranged the visit to Picton Court Care Home in advance with the permission of staff, and spoke to her mother, who has vascular dementia, through the window of her ground-floor room from the car park.\n\nDavid and Carol Richards complained about the £60 fine\n\nShe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that when she was issued with the fine it was like \"a sort of dystopian novel\", adding that the officer involved was \"pedantic and inflexible\".\n\n\"I was angry - she just would not listen to any protestations, and so she said 'you're going to be issued with a £60 fixed penalty fine'.\n\n\"It's not about the 60 quid, it's about the principle.\"\n\nThe home is just over seven miles from where the couple live", "Tony Parsons was last seen on 29 September 2017\n\nPolice have discovered human remains during a search for a man who went missing more than three years ago during a charity cycle ride.\n\nTony Parsons, from Tillicoultry, was last seen on 29 September 2017 outside the Bridge of Orchy Hotel.\n\nDetectives said the discovery was made during a detailed search of a remote site close to a farm near the A82 at Bridge of Orchy.\n\nPolice said that Mr Parsons' family have been made aware of the discovery.\n\nEfforts to recover the remains will continue over the coming days before a post mortem is held to establish their identity.\n\nTwo men, both aged 29, were arrested and then released pending further inquiries in December in connection with the disappearance of Mr Parsons.\n\nPolice have been carrying out searches in the area in recent days\n\nDet Ch Insp Alan Somerville said: \"This is clearly a significant development and extensive work is ongoing to recover the remains and confirm their identity.\n\n\"We have informed Mr Parsons' family, who are being supported by specialist officers.\n\n\"The thoughts of everyone involved in the investigation are with them at this difficult time.\"\n\nMr Parsons cycled through Glencoe village and was last seen at the Bridge of Orchy Hotel\n\nThe former navy officer, who was 63 when he went missing, was last seen outside the hotel at about 23:30. He then continued south along the A82 in the direction of Tyndrum but there were no more sightings of him after that.\n\nExtensive searches were carried out in the area, involving local mountain rescue teams, volunteers, Police Scotland dogs and the force's air support unit.\n\nMr Parsons had caught the train to Fort William on the day he was last seen with the intention of cycling the 104-mile (167km) journey home to Tillicoultry.", "Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows, Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe prime minister said the plan was to extend opening hours of vaccination centres - at the moment, most sites run from 08:00 to 22:00.\n\nThe 24-7 service will be piloted in a small number of places first - with NHS staff likely to be offered the option of overnight vaccinations first.\n\nBut Mr Johnson said supply was the limiting factor at the moment.\n\nThe NHS had just over a million doses available last week and used up most of them.\n\nThis week, there are thought to be more but not yet enough to vaccinate two million people - the weekly target the government is aiming to reach in the coming weeks.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said there would be 24-7 vaccination \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe UK has access to two vaccines at the moment - the Pfizer-BioNTech jab and another produced in partnership by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.\n\nA third vaccine made by the US company Moderna has been approved but is not yet available to the UK.\n\nMr Johnson praised the work of the more than 200 hospitals and 1,000 GP-led NHS vaccination sites running at the moment.\n\n\"They are going exceptionally fast,\" he added.\n\nBy the end of Monday, 2.4 million people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nThere is actually enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all the highest at-risk groups.\n\nThe problem is that not all of it has been packaged into vials or passed through the final safety checks.\n\nThere should soon be two million doses available each week for the NHS to use.\n\nBut the key question once that is achieved is how quickly and by how much supply can increase from there.\n\nTo make full use of the network of vaccination centres - the ambition is to have 2,700 up and running - many millions of doses will be needed each week.\n\nThere is huge global demand for these vaccines.\n\nAnd while the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is made in the UK, the Pfizer-BioNTech one is made abroad as is the Moderna vaccine.\n\nSupplies of the latter are not expected until the spring.\n\nThis is an issue the government is likely to be grappling with for some time.\n\nBut despite the concerns, it should also be recognised the UK has been quick out of the blocks.\n\nOnly two countries have vaccinated a larger proportion of the population than the UK.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was vital the government moved quickly.\n\nSpeaking about the planned 24-7 vaccination, he said: \"I obviously welcome that and urge the prime minister and the government to get on with this.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Nadhim Zahawi, the minister in charge of the vaccination programme, was also asked about supply, at an appearance before the Science and Technology Committee.\n\nHe said he had a \"clear line of sight\" for the expected numbers that would be available to the NHS for the next few months but refused to give any more detail.\n\n\"The more we show off about how many vaccine batches we're receiving, the more difficult life becomes for the manufacturers,\" he said.\n\nAstraZeneca vice president Sir Mene Pangalos said one of the issues the firm was facing was that infections among staff had begun to hinder production.\n\n\"I feel that it is critical that those who are working on vaccines are immunised because if you have an outbreak at one of the centres, which we've had actually or in one of the groups in Oxford that's working on new variants, or those working on the regulatory files everything stops.\"", "Changes to Scotland's lockdown restrictions have been announced. The tightening of the rules follows concerns the \"stay at home\" message is not having the same impact it did during last year's lockdown. The changes will come into effect on Saturday.\n\nThe availability and operation of click and collect services will be limited to retailers selling essential items such as clothes, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books. Also, outlets that sell electrical goods; do key cutting; undertake shoe repairs, plus garden centres and plant nurseries can continue the collect service.\n\nFor qualifying businesses, staggered appointments will need to be offered to avoid any potential for queuing, and access inside premises for collection will not be permitted.\n\nCustomers in Scotland will no longer be allowed to go inside to collect takeaway food or coffee. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nThe aim is to reduce the risk of customers coming into contact indoors with each other, or with staff.\n\nIt will be against the law in all level four areas of Scotland to drink alcohol outdoors in public.\n\nThis will mean that buying a takeaway pint and consuming on the street will not be permitted.\n\nIt is intended to underline the message that people should only be leaving home for essential purposes.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening the obligation on employers to allow their staff to work from home whenever possible.\n\nThe law already says that people should only be leaving home to go to work if it is work that cannot be done from home. This is a legal obligation that falls on individuals.\n\nHowever, statutory guidance is being introduced to make clear that employers should support employees to work from home wherever possible.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening provisions in relation to work inside people's houses.\n\nCurrent guidance says that in level four areas work is only permitted within a private dwelling if it is essential for the upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household. This guidance is now being put into law.\n\nThe final change is an amendment to the regulations requiring people to stay at home.\n\nThis is intended to close an apparent loophole rather than change the spirit of the law. It will also bring the wording of the stay at home regulations in Scotland into line with the other UK nations.\n\nCurrently the law states that people can only leave home for an essential purpose.\n\nThe amendment will make it clear that people \"must not leave or remain outside\" the home unless it is for an essential purpose.\n\nThe Scottish government's full lockdown guidance is available here.", "The Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world (file image)\n\nA British tourist has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases that led officials to cancel Switzerland's famous Lauberhorn ski race.\n\nThe resort of Wengen, where the race is held, had recorded only 10 cases of the virus by mid-December.\n\nBut the number soon began to rise and many cases have since been linked to the new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK.\n\nAt least 27 cases are connected to one British tourist, contact tracers say.\n\nThe tourist stayed in a hotel in Wengen over the holiday period.\n\nThe Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world, and racers can reach speeds of 160km/h (100 mph).\n\nOfficials desperately tried to save the race, shutting schools and offering to close off the resort to everyone but the competitors.\n\nSwiss health officials initially agreed with the plan, but a further jump in cases at the start of this week prompted them to pull the emergency brake and cancel the event.\n\nThe Lauberhorn track is 4,480m (14,700ft) long - and the race will now have to wait until 2022\n\nWengen is devastated. The Lauberhorn is one of the top competitions on the World Cup ski circuit. It is dearly loved by the Swiss, who have watched with delight as some of their own homegrown talent, such as Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka, have triumphed there.\n\nMoreover, the long love affair between Switzerland and British winter tourists has frosted over to some extent.\n\nIt was only last month that the vanishing Brits of Verbier, who reportedly fled Switzerland rather than accept the government mandated quarantine, triggered a flurry of negative headlines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Italy's Foppolo ski resort was closed until 6 January and missed the all-important Christmas ski season\n\nNow the high point of Switzerland's skiing calendar has been abruptly cancelled, and some Swiss blame the British.\n\nOthers say Switzerland only has itself to blame.\n\nWhile neighbours France and Italy closed their resorts over the festive period, the Swiss government opted for a precarious balancing act. It kept its slopes open, but closed all bars and restaurants and limited ski lifts to two-thirds capacity.\n\nMost Swiss resorts are quiet, with just a few locals enjoying the runs. But still some tourists arrived and, as Wengen's experience shows, just one infected guest is enough to cause major damage.\n\nInstead of hosting a major ski race, Wengen officials are now racing to control the virus. Mass testing has already begun in the resort.\n\nSwitzerland's government has extended the closure of bars, restaurants, museums, and theatres until the end of February in a bid to control the new variant. It has also ordered non-essential shops to close and made working from home obligatory.\n\nAs for the Lauberhorn, Switzerland's oldest and fiercest skiing rival, Austria, will now host the postponed event. Nothing could have been calculated to upset the Swiss more.\n\nThe event was first moved to the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, but an outbreak of coronavirus there has prompted another move, this time to Flachau, 100km to the east.\n\nThe cluster of cases in Jochberg near Kitzbühel broke out among a group of mainly British trainee ski instructors.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: 'Together we can make this the peak'\n\n\"We can make this the peak\" of the coronavirus pandemic \"if enough people follow the rules\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast it was \"those individual decisions\" that determine the virus's spread and it \"comes down to the behaviour of everyone\".\n\nPeople \"shouldn't take the mickey out of the rules,\" he said.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLatest figures show there are now more than 35,000 people in hospital with Covid - an increase on the spring peak.\n\nIt comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to be questioned by MPs on the vaccine rollout later.\n\nMeanwhile, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is also due to announce whether there will be any changes to lockdown restrictions later. Ministers have been discussing the possibility of tightening the current restrictions.\n\nWhen asked on BBC Breakfast if this was the peak of this wave of the pandemic, Mr Hancock replied: \"I want it to be, but that comes down to the behaviour of everyone.\n\n\"Together we can make this the peak if enough people follow the rules which are incredibly clear.\"\n\nMr Hancock said England's lockdown measures were \"always under review\", but he would be \"very reluctant\" to remove the rule of meeting one other person outside for exercise as \"it is a lifeline\" for some people, including those who live alone. Mr Hancock has already ruled out scrapping support bubbles.\n\n\"What I'd rather is that everybody follow that rule and doesn't stretch it or flex it,\" he said.\n\nOn the news that patients at a hospital in London are to be discharged early and sent to a hotel to help free up beds for critically ill coronavirus patients, Mr Hancock said moving patients to hotels \"isn't something we are actively putting in place\".\n\nKing's College Hospital said it would help to create space for the \"high numbers\" of new admissions and would \"temporarily accommodate mainly homeless patients who are ready to safely leave hospital and will benefit from further support from community partners\".\n\nThere are very early signs that infections may have peaked - although as always we should be careful about reading too much into a few days' worth of data.\n\nThe past two days have seen newly diagnosed cases hover around the 46,000-mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nThe national picture does mask some regional differences. Cases are rising in the North West, which is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nThere is also some evidence the new variant may not be quite as fast-spreading as first feared - a Public Health England study suggested rather than being 70% more transmissible it may actually be somewhere between 30% to 50%.\n\nAnd, if it does represent the start of a continuous fall, it is important to remember it will still take some time to translate into fewer hospital cases - people being admitted at the moment are those who would have caught the virus a week or two ago.\n\nBut after six weeks of pretty sustained rises, it is at least an encouraging sign.\n\nAsked about images of elite footballers celebrating goals with hugs, Mr Hancock said: \"I think elite sport is important because these are tough times, and being able to watch the football on the telly is really important because there's loads of things that you can't do.\"\n\nHe said the Premier League has \"special arrangements to ensure that players are safe\" as well as a testing regime.\n\nThe health secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine will accelerate over the coming weeks, saying they were \"on track\" to deliver it to 14 million people by mid-February.\n\nVaccines deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi later told the Commons' science and technology committee that he was \"confident\" of achieving this target.\n\nMore than 2.4 million people have now had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 412,167 people have had a second dose. Mr Hancock said 40% of the 3.4m people over 80 in England had been vaccinated so far.\n\n\"We have the capacity to get that vaccine out. The challenge is that we need to get the vaccine in,\" Mr Hancock said.\n\n\"What I know is that the supply will increase over the next few weeks and that means the very rapid rate that we are going at at the moment will continue to accelerate over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson said it was \"pretty clear\" that because of the new strain the Covid-19 infection rate was not going to go down as quickly as it did during the first wave.\n\n\"It now looks like the peak for NHS demand may actually be in February,\" he said.", "Morrisons will become the first UK supermarket to pay at least £10 an hour from April.\n\nIt will increase its minimum pay for up to 96,000 workers from £9.20.\n\nRetail trade union Usdaw negotiated the £10 per hour basic rate which is 50p an hour above the voluntary Living Wage Foundation rate.\n\nHowever, other big supermarkets appear unlikely to follow any time soon, with Asda saying that just looking at hourly rates does not tell the full story.\n\nMorrisons said for the majority of its workers the pay increase will be approximately 9%.\n\nPart of the increase will result from changing the company's annual bonus scheme from a discretionary yearly payment into a guaranteed amount in workers' hourly rates.\n\nIt will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50.\n\nUnion members still need to approve the deal. The result will be announced on 12 February and, if accepted, the new rates will be paid from 5 April 2021.\n\n\"The new consolidated hourly rate is now the leading rate of the major supermarkets,\" said Joanne McGuinness, Usdaw national officer after the Morrisons announcement.\n\n\"It's been a tough time for food retail staff who have worked throughout the pandemic in difficult circumstances,\" said Ms McGuinness.\n\n\"They provide the essential service of keeping the nation fed and deserve our support, respect and appreciation. Most of all they deserve decent pay and this offer is a welcome boost.\"\n\nIn addition to the hourly pay increase, Morrisons will pay a higher London weighting.\n\nRates for inner London will be 85p and for outer London 60p per hour, up from 75p in inner London and 50p in outer London.\n\nDavid Potts, Morrisons chief executive said: \"It's a symbolic and important milestone that represents another step in rewarding the incredibly important work that our colleagues do up and down the country.\"\n\nMorrisons' move propels it to the top of the supermarket pay league, leapfrogging Aldi and Lidl. Will other big rivals follow suit?\n\nSupermarket staff have become frontline heroes in this pandemic and there's a new-found respect for the vital work they do in keeping us fed day-in day-out.\n\nMany consumers may welcome the idea of higher rewards for those staff.\n\nBut supermarkets have already taken on a lot of extra costs in ramping up their operations as well as recruiting thousands of extra staff.\n\nAnd there are no shortage of workers looking for jobs right now, which could keep a lid on pay.\n\nLidl has already announced plans to increase its hourly wage for staff from March, increasing the rate for 20,000 workers from £9.30 to £9.50.\n\nWithin London's M25 motorway boundary the rate has increased from £10.75 to £10.85 an hour.\n\n\"It is only right that we increase the income for our colleagues who are the backbone of our business.,\" said chief executive Christian Härtnagel.\n\n\"This is about recognising their hard work and dedication in keeping the nation fed during a year like no other.\n\nAsda, which pays £9.18 outside London and either £9.76 or £10.31 inside the capital, pointed out that it pays above National Living Wage rules and never employs on 'zero hours' contracts.\n\nAn Asda statement said: \"On top of a competitive wage structure, Asda colleagues also receive a host of benefits which contribute to their yearly earnings, these including colleague discount in our stores and online, special discounts for shops and a yearly performance-based bonus.\n\n\"So simply looking at the hourly rate doesn't tell the full story.\"\n\nSainsbury's basic hourly pay is £9.30, and a statement to the BBC made no mention of any immediate intention to raise the rate.\n\nA spokesperson said, \"Our colleagues do a brilliant job and we are so proud of how they continue to go above and beyond for our customers.\n\n\"We have made two thank you payments to frontline workers in recognition of this in the last year and regularly review colleague pay to make sure we offer leading rates.\"\n\nA Waitrose spokesperson said: \"Our hourly minimum starting pay across the UK for non-management Partners in Waitrose is currently £9.10 following a short induction period, with scope for higher pay according to performance.\n\n\"We review Partner pay annually each April and will do so again this year.\"\n\nM&S said their minimum pay for workers is £9.00 an hour, but pointed out that those that worked during the pandemic last April and May were handed a 15% pay reward on top of the rate.\n\nLatest available data suggests Aldi currently pays £9.40 an hour, Tesco £9.30 and Co-op £9.", "As Scotland's hospitals fill with Covid patients and the daily-registered death toll passes 5,000, there are concerns the \"stay at home\" message has not had the same impact it did during last year's lockdown.\n\nSome of the restrictions announced by Nicola Sturgeon in early January have now been tightened even further.\n\nHow do Scotland's current lockdown rules compare to those imposed last March?\n\nLast March outdoor exercise was allowed only if people were alone or with someone from the same household. It was initially limited to once a day, before this restriction was eased in May 2020.\n\nAll exercise had to be done close to home. No mixing with other households or other any outdoor relaxation was allowed.\n\nNow up to two people from separate households can meet for outdoor sport or exercise. Children under 12 years old do not count towards this number.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times you can go out to exercise each day, but you should still stay close to home and avoid crowded areas.\n\nProf Jason Leitch, Scotland's clinical director, says police enforcement is used as \"last resort\" against people who break the rules.\n\nThese rules are not expected to change in Scotland. However, the UK government has warned that exercise restrictions may be tightened after \"large groups\" have flouted their own two-person rule.\n\nLast March non-essential shops were ordered to shut along with cafes, bars, restaurants and cinemas. Supermarkets and pharmacies were among premises which could stay open.\n\nIn July a new law made it compulsory to wear a face covering in shops across Scotland.\n\nAll pubs, restaurants and cafes must remain closed in Scotland's level four areas - although they can still serve takeaway food. The definition of \"essential retail\" has also been narrowed, forcing homeware shops and garden centres to close once again.\n\nRules on click and collect will be tightened from 16 January. The service will be limited to retailers selling essential items and access inside premises for collection will not be allowed.\n\nTakeaway customers will also no longer be allowed inside premises for pick-up from 16 January. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nSchools and nurseries were closed last March, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying there were too many absent staff to continue.\n\nMany teachers prepared homeworking packs and some online learning. Parents and pupils had to get used to home schooling.\n\nChildren of essential workers and vulnerable pupils were looked after by staff in childcare hubs.\n\nSchools began the January 2021 term largely via online and remote learning.\n\nAs before, only children of key workers and vulnerable children are allowed in classrooms - but this time there is more focus on learning than simply child care.\n\nThe number of pupils attending school is much higher than last year.\n\nProf Leitch suggests this may be because Scotland has \"too much open\" in the rest of society with working adults in greater need of childcare. He said a \"sweet spot\" needs to be found to keep children and adults safe.\n\nThe Scottish government hopes pupils can return to the classroom in February, but this plan is to be kept under review.\n\nSee where coronavirus case rates have been rising in Scotland with this interactive map.\n\nPeople were told to stay at home except for essential shopping for food or medicine, going out for their daily exercise, or to care for the vulnerable.\n\nEmployers were asked to make provisions for staff to work from home. Wearing of face coverings on public transport was not initially required, but became mandatory in Scotland in June.\n\nIt is a legal requirement not to leave home for anything other than essential purposes. A \"reasonable excuse\" can include essential shopping, exercise or caring responsibilities.\n\nPeople should only go out to work if it absolutely cannot be done from home. It is illegal to travel between Scotland and other parts of the UK unless the journey is essential.\n\nThere are no expectations of enhanced travel restrictions, as the rules are already \"pretty tight\" says Prof Leitch.\n\n\"We have a stay at home law, it is illegal to fly overseas, it is illegal to travel, it is illegal to leave your home without a reason to do so,\" he added.\n\nThe latest contact tracing figures from Public Health Scotland show that since November, shops have accounted for 19% of the places visited by people the week before their positive test.\n\nWhile these figures don't tell us whether people contracted the virus in a specific location, they do suggest the most likely sources.\n\nThe number of cases traced to shopping-related locations increased by 83% between 27 December and 3 January.\n\nOther large increases were seen when:\n\nIn March \"essential\" was the key word for all employers. Businesses were told they could only stay open if what they do was \"essential\" to the effort of tackling Covid or the wellbeing of society.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said building sites should close unless they involved work on an \"essential building\" such as a hospital. Visits from tradespeople were allowed only for \"essential repairs\".\n\nOutdoor workplaces, construction, manufacturing, veterinary services and film and TV production can remain open. Employers have been told to plan for the minimum number of people needed on site to operate safely and effectively.\n\nHome visits by tradespeople are still allowed for essential maintenance. This guidance is being put into law from 16 January.\n\nProf Leitch says the Scottish government continues to examine rules around what constitutes essential and non-essential construction.", "A deal has been agreed for the sale of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Home and Bonmarché chains, which were on the brink of closure.\n\nThe businesses went into administration last year after a collapse in sales due to the pandemic.\n\nAlmost 2,000 staff will be kept on but as many as 260 stores could close.\n\nThe buyers are a consortium of international investors who will inject fresh funds into the business, led by the existing management team.\n\nEdinburgh Woollen Mill, which sells mid-price knitwear and other clothing to older shoppers, is part of a stable of retail brands owned by billionaire businessman, Philip Day.\n\nIt is understood that Mr Day will effectively lend the group the money to buy the businesses which will be paid back over a number of years.\n\nThe deal also covers two other brands in the group, value retailer Bonmarché, and Ponden Home, an interiors chain based in the south east of England.\n\nThe new owners plan to operate 246 stores across both the Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home brands, retaining 1,453 staff in those stores, the head office and distribution centres in Carlisle.\n\nHowever, 85 Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores and 34 Ponden Home stores have been closed permanently, with the loss of 485 jobs.\n\nWakefield-based Bonmarché will retain 72 of its stores and 531 staff including head office and distribution centre staff.\n\nThe majority of its stores, 148 outlets, remain under review with staff on furlough.\n\nAdministrators representing Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home said the deal represented the best chance to save stores and jobs, given the difficult outlook for UK retail.\n\n\"We regret that not all of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home could be rescued,\" said Tony Wright, partner at FRP. \"This has resulted in a significant number of redundancies at a particularly challenging time of year and period of economic uncertainty.\"\n\nRetail has been particularly hard hit by measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Even when shops have been open many shoppers stayed away, wary of the health risks.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said consumers bought 5% less last year than the year before (not including food). Much of that custom switched from the High Street to online, making it harder for chains whose customers usually shop in person. Physical stores saw sales drop by a quarter, the BRC said.\n\nOther major brands including Topshop-owner Arcadia and Debenhams have also gone into administration, costing hundreds of jobs.\n\n\"Lockdowns have proved hugely damaging for mid-range fashion chains like Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Bonmarché whose traditional customer base has not adapted so quickly to online shopping as younger shoppers,\" said Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The backers of this rescue deal clearly believe there is pent-up demand amongst core customers which will be released once the doors are flung open once more,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday, Marks & Spencer announced it was buying Jaeger, another brand that had belonged to Philip Day's portfolio.\n\nPeacocks, another High Street fashion brand in the EWM group remains in administration.", "Sally told the BBC she is still waiting for her P45 despite handing in her notice in November\n\nHairdresser Sally had a surprise when she looked at her tax record with HM Revenue and Customs: \"It said I'd still been getting furlough pay from a job I left in November.\"\n\nShe told BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money: \"That was a revelation - none of it had landed in my bank account.\"\n\nHers is among more than 21,000 reports of suspected furlough fraud currently being handled by HMRC.\n\nThe money is either due to fraudulent claims, or is being paid out in error.\n\nThe Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, commonly called the furlough scheme was launched in March 2020, at the start of the coronavirus crisis, to minimise unemployment. Under the scheme, the government pays 80% of employees' wages up to £2,500 a month.\n\nThe number of tip offs to the taxman has spiralled since last April, from 3,000 to 21,378 reports of suspect payments by early January.\n\nSally's former employer told the BBC she did not know Sally had resigned\n\nAt the peak of its use in early May, the scheme was supporting 8.9 million jobs.\n\nIt was extended in January until the end of April 2021 and now also applies to those who are unable to work due to caring responsibilities, or because they are clinically extremely vulnerable.\n\nThe scheme has been widely supported for its role in supporting employers and jobs during the pandemic, but it has been found to be open to abuse.\n\nTax lawyer Anita Clifford said at the 'extreme end' of furlough fraud were 'dormant companies being resurrected' and 'fake employees'\n\nSally believes her former employer broke the rules after she resigned from the salon last year.\n\nShe told the BBC she sent her resignation letter and returned her uniform to her employer in the post in November, but \"heard nothing back\". A client later contacted her asking if she was OK, as they had heard she was off work, \"sick\".\n\nSally started to get her paperwork together to register as self-employed but when she opened her online HMRC account, she noticed she was registered as receiving payments equivalent to those she was getting while on furlough - although the money was not reaching her account.\n\nShe left it a couple of weeks in case her resignation was taking a few weeks to be processed.\n\nTo date, Sally has still has not received a P45, and says she is still registered as being paid through the furlough scheme.\n\nHMRC has called on anyone concerned about suspected abuse of the team to get in touch with the department\n\n\"In the middle of the pandemic, where people are losing homes because they can't get any help, I think it's quite sickening,\" she said.\n\n\"It's wrong, and it makes a mockery of all those people who are suffering.\"\n\nThe BBC contacted Sally's former employer, who has denied the claims, saying she did not know that Sally had resigned, and had struggled to get in touch with her.\n\nTax barrister, Anita Clifford, from the firm Bright Line Law, said Sally's experience was \"a classic example\".\n\n\"Whether it's a mistake, or whether some actors are doing it deliberately, continuing furlough payments for former employees is a classic way of defrauding the system.\"\n\nHMRC has previously stressed that some employers may accidentally be committing furlough fraud.\n\nMs Clifford told the BBC that she was seeing businesses coming forward, \"worried about the mistakes that they've made\".\n\nBut she added examples of furlough fraud could be more extreme, where some businesses \"are seeking to claim money for completely fake employees\".\n\n\"In time to come, we'll certainly see enforcement activity, and people very worried about being on the receiving end of a criminal prosecution for some of these things.\n\n\"Certainly where you have dormant companies being resurrected, in order to claim money from the furlough scheme, you have fake employees... businesses being quite unscrupulous, you're not using the funds to pay salaries, I think those are the businesses you'll eventually see being looked at very seriously for criminal prosecution,\" she said.\n\nHMRC told the BBC: \"The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is part of the collective national effort to protect jobs. This is taxpayers' money and fraudulent claims limit our ability to support people and deprive public services of essential funding.\"\n\nNames have been changed to protect identities\n• None What happens when furlough ends?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, has died suddenly at his home in Glasgow.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Catholic Church said that Archbishop Tartaglia had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Christmas and was self-isolating at home.\n\nThe cause of death is not yet clear.\n\nArchbishop Tartaglia, who was 70, was ordained a priest in 1975 and served as Archbishop of Glasgow since 2012.\n\nThe spokeswoman said it would be for Pope Francis to appoint a new archbishop, but until then the Archdiocese will be overseen by an administrator.", "Senior Conservatives have called for a \"reset\" in UK policy towards China, including sanctions against officials responsible for human rights abuses.\n\nThe Conservative Human Rights Commission demanded a rethink in relations after hearing evidence of abuses from torture to slavery.\n\nIt urged the UK to work with allies to respond to China's behaviour.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the UK plays a \"leading role\" in highlighting abuses.\n\nThe Commission made the recommendations in a new report endorsed by two former Conservative foreign secretaries, Lord Hague and Sir Malcolm Rifkind.\n\nIt adds to growing internal pressure on the government from Conservative circles to harden its line on China.\n\nThe Commission says it has heard first-hand evidence of human rights violations in China from dissidents, lawyers, and human rights campaigners.\n\nThis included violations of media freedom, clampdowns on Uighur Muslims, modern day slavery, and the establishment of an \"Orwellian surveillance state,\" it added.\n\nThe group said this showed the need for a \"comprehensive review\" of China policy across UK government departments.\n\nIt also called for the UK to diversify its supply chains to reduce \"strategic dependency\" on China and further efforts to highlight rights issues at the United Nations.\n\nMr Raab announced fines on Tuesday for UK firms doing business in China if they cannot show that their products aren't linked to forced labour in the country's Xinjiang region.\n\nIn December, the BBC revealed new evidence that China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the cotton fields of Xinjiang.\n\nMPs and peers are separately pushing for new laws to block trade deals with countries found guilty of genocide, something which for now the government is resisting.\n\nMr Raab told MPs the idea was \"well-meaning\" but it would be wrong to \"sub-contract\" the issue of when to break off trade talks to the courts.\n\nThe Conservative Human Rights Commission, established in 2005, aims to highlight human rights concerns and keep the issue high on the party's agenda.", "David (right) and Frederick Barclay receiving their knighthoods in 2000\n\nSir David Barclay, the co-owner of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, has died at the age of 86.\n\nSir David, together with his twin brother Sir Frederick, built up a business empire spanning hotels, retail and media.\n\nHis death was announced in the Telegraph, which reported that he died on Sunday after a short illness.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, a former columnist for the paper, paid tribute to Sir David.\n\n\"Farewell with respect and admiration to Sir David Barclay who rescued a great newspaper, created many thousands of jobs across the UK and who believed passionately in the independence of this country and what it could achieve,\" he tweeted.\n\nThe Barclay brothers, who had an estimated wealth of £7bn according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, were known for being media shy and rarely gave interviews.\n\nBorn in Hammersmith, west London, in 1934, Sir David was profoundly shaped by his childhood memories of war, and the death of his father when he was 12.\n\nHe and his twin Frederick - who was 10 minutes younger - started out as painters and decorators, before moving into property and eventually hotels.\n\nTheir success in property and hotels helped them take over Ellerman Lines, a shipping business with interests in brewing, in 1983.\n\nThis provided a launch pad from which they would become billionaires.\n\nAt various times, their hotel portfolio has included a number of trophy assets, including the Ritz Hotel in London, which they sold in March last year.\n\nIn 2012, the BBC’s Panorama reported that the Ritz had not paid any corporation tax since it had been taken over by the Barclays in 1995.\n\nAt the time, Sir David said they had “acted in a responsible way with regard to taxation and have never been involved in any tax avoidance scheme.”\n\nIn 2015, the twins sold off the hospitality group Maybourne, which included luxury hotels like Claridges.\n\nThe brothers first ventured into media ownership with their 1992 purchase of The European, a pan-European newspaper that shut down in 1998.\n\nThey also bought The Scotsman in 1995 and Sunday Business in 1997.\n\n“After these ventures in the publishing arena, the brothers had nurtured since the 1980s an ambition to own the Telegraph group,” The Telegraph said.\n\nThey acquired the Telegraph Group in 2004 for £665m from Canadian media magnate Conrad Black's Hollinger group.\n\nThe brothers also had a number of forays into retail, including Shop Direct, fashion retailer Very and delivery firm Yodel.\n\nThe pair were knighted in 2000 for services to charity. By this point their foundation was thought to have donated about £40m to charity and medical research.\n\nThe notoriously private twins' relationship was the subject of an extraordinary legal case last year, in which Sir David's three sons were accused by his brother of bugging conversations at the Ritz Hotel, which they previously owned.\n\nIn its obituary the Telegraph said Sir David had been a voracious reader, obsessed with newspapers, business, economics and politics, and had always said he had been educated at the \"university of life\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Lockdown likely to extend to February\n\nScotland's first minister has said the country's current lockdown is \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed that more than 5,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus.\n\nA review of the current restrictions is due to be carried out at the end of January.\n\nMs Sturgeon said it was possible that there would be no easing at that point.\n\nA further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total by that measure to 5,023.\n\nBut the most recent figures from the National Records of Scotland - which record all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate - put the total at 6,686.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the figures were a reminder of the toll the virus had taken.\n\nAnd she said every death had caused heartbreak to friends, families and loved ones across the country.\n\nThe first minister also said Scotland's NHS would be under far greater pressure if the current restrictions had not been put in place on Boxing Day.\n\nAnd she urged people not to raise their expectations about what will be announced when the lockdown review is completed in a fortnight as wholesale lifting of the restrictions was \"very unlikely\".\n\nShe added: \"There may not even be any lifting of these restrictions as soon as the end of January - we will have to consider all of that carefully and set it out in due course.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and some islands were placed into level four restrictions on 26 December, with schools remaining closed to most pupils until at least the end of the month.\n\nA further 1,875 positive cases of the virus were recorded on Monday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 153,423.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with the virus stands at 1,717 - an increase of 53 since yesterday and higher than the peak of about 1,500 in the first wave in April.\n\nOf these, 133 patients are intensive care units, with Ms Sturgeon saying that the virus was putting \"very acute pressure\" on hospitals.\n\nThe first minister also said that 175,942 people in Scotland had received their first vaccine dose by Monday.\n\nOpposition parties have claimed that the rollout of the vaccine has been \"sluggish\" in Scotland compared to south of the border - a charge that the government denies.\n\nAnd they have called for greater transparency over how many people are being given the jab every day.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said on Monday that the government was aiming to vaccinate about 560,000 people in Scotland by 31 January.\n\nNon-essential shops have been closed in Scotland since 26 December\n\nThe Scottish government has previously said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nMinisters have been discussing the possibility of imposing tougher rules on click and collect shopping and takeaway food, with an announcement expected to be made on Wednesday.\n\nRetail industry representatives have described click and collect services as a \"lifeline\" for struggling businesses amid the forced closure of all non-essential shops.\n\nAnd they said they had not been shown any evidence that click and collect was driving transmission of the virus.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily coronavirus briefing that the government may not stop click and collect services altogether.\n\nBut she added: \"If we are saying to people right now that you should not be out of your home for shopping unless it is essential, then do we need to have click and collect for non-essential services instead of having that for delivery?\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross told BBC Scotland that he did not want to see further restrictions put in place unless there was evidence that they would have the desired effect.\n\nHe also suggested that restricting click and collect would simply result in more people going back into supermarkets to do their shopping.\n\nThe Scottish government is also under pressure to lift the the current ban on public Sunday worship, with a group of 500 church leaders from across the UK - including 200 in Scotland - insisting that there is \"no evidence of any tangible contribution to community transmission through churches in Scotland\".\n\nIn a letter to the first minister, they claim that the ban may be unlawful and accuse the government of failing to understand that \"Christian worship is an essential public service, and especially vital to our nation in a time of crisis\".\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Test and Protect tells us where people were in their 48-hour infectious period.\n\n\"So we know that on one day last week the seven-day number for places of worship was 120, and data from yesterday shows the seven-day number for places of worship is 38, underlining the essential decision to require places of worship to close for public health reasons.\"\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that everyone arriving in Scotland from overseas will need to show proof of a negative test from Friday.\n\nThe test will need to be \"highly reliable\", the first minister said, and will need to have been from the previous three days - although young children may be exempt from the restriction.\n\nThose travelling from countries not on the quarantine exemption list will still need to self-isolate on arrival.\n\nThe new rules, which will also come into force in England, were first outlined last week.", "A Huawei patent has been brought to light for a system that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians.\n\nThe filing is one of several of its kind involving leading Chinese technology companies, discovered by a US research company and shared with BBC News.\n\nHuawei had previously said none of its technologies was designed to identify ethnic groups.\n\nIt now plans to alter the patent.\n\nThe company indicated this would involve asking the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) - the country's patent authority - for permission to delete the reference to Uighurs in the Chinese-language document.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUighur people belong to a mostly Muslim ethnic group that lives mainly in Xinjiang province, in north-western China.\n\nGovernment authorities are accused of using high-tech surveillance against them and detaining many in forced-labour camps, where children are sometimes separated from their parents.\n\nBeijing says the camps offer voluntary education and training.\n\nChina's technology companies deny selling software that can be used to pick out Uighur people from the rest of the population by their appearance\n\n\"One technical requirement of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security's video-surveillance networks is the detection of ethnicity - particularly of Uighurs,\" said Maya Wang, from Human Rights Watch.\n\n\"While in the rest of the world, such targeting and persecution of a people on the basis of their ethnicity would be completely unacceptable, the persecution and severe discrimination of Uighurs in many aspects of life in China remain unchallenged because Uighurs have no power in China.\"\n\nHuawei's patent was originally filed in July 2018, in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences .\n\nIt describes ways to use deep-learning artificial-intelligence techniques to identify various features of pedestrians photographed or filmed in the street.\n\nIt focuses on addressing the fact different body postures - for example whether someone is sitting or standing - can affect accuracy.\n\nBut the document also lists attributes by which a person might be targeted, which it says can include \"race (Han [China's biggest ethnic group], Uighur)\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News visited the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\", in 2019\n\nA spokesman said this reference should not have been included.\n\n\"Huawei opposes discrimination of all types, including the use of technology to carry out ethnic discrimination,\" he said.\n\n\"Identifying individuals' race was never part of the research-and-development project.\n\n\"It should never have become part of the application.\n\n\"And we are taking proactive steps to amend it.\n\n\"We are continuously working to ensure new and evolving technology is developed and applied with the utmost care and integrity.\"\n\nThe patent was brought to light by the video-surveillance research group IPVM.\n\nIt had previously flagged a separate \"confidential\" document on Huawei's website, referencing work on a \"Uighur alert\" system.\n\nIn that case, Huawei said the page referenced a test rather than a real-world application and denied selling systems that identified people by their ethnicity.\n\nOn Wednesday, Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee and leads the Conservative Party's China Research Group, told BBC News: \"Chinese tech giants supporting the brutal assault on the Uighur population show us why we as consumers and as a society must be careful with who we buy our products from or award business to.\n\n\"Developing ethnic-labelling technology for use by a repressive regime is clearly not behaviour that lives up to our standards.\"\n\nIPVM also discovered references to Uighur people in patents filed by the Chinese artificial-intelligence company Sensetime and image-recognition specialist Megvii.\n\nSensetime's filing, from July 2019, discusses ways facial-recognition software could be used for more efficient \"security protection\", such as searching for \"a middle-aged Uighur with sunglasses and a beard\" or a Uighur person wearing a mask.\n\nA Sensetime spokeswoman said the references were \"regrettable\".\n\n\"We understand the importance of our responsibilities, which is why we began to develop our AI Code of Ethics in mid-2019,\" she said, adding the patent had predated this code.\n\nMegvii's June 2019 patent, meanwhile, described a way of relabelling pictures of faces tagged incorrectly in a database.\n\nLike Huawei, Megvii now plans to withdraw the original version of its patent\n\nIt said the classifications could be based on ethnicity, for example, including \"Han, Uighur, non-Han, non-Uighur and unknown\".\n\nThe company told BBC News it would now withdraw the patent application.\n\n\"Megvii recognises that the language used in our 2019 patent application is open to misunderstanding,\" it said.\n\n\"Megvii has not developed and will not develop or sell racial- or ethnic-labelling solutions.\n\n\"Megvii acknowledges that, in the past, we have focused on our commercial development and lacked appropriate control of our marketing, sales, and operations materials.\n\n\"We are undertaking measures to correct the situation.\"\n\nIPVM also flagged image-recognition patents filed by two of China's biggest technology conglomerates, Alibaba and Baidu, that referenced classifying people by ethnicity but did not specifically mention the Uighur people by name.\n\nAlibaba responded: \"Racial or ethnic discrimination or profiling in any form violates our policies and values.\n\n\"We never intended our technology to be used for and will not permit it to be used for targeting specific ethnic groups.\"\n\nProtests have been held across the world to highlight China's treatment of Uighur people\n\nAnd Baidu said: \"When filing for a patent, the document notes are meant as an example of a technical explanation, in this case describing what the attribute-recognition model is rather than representing the expected implementation of the invention.\n\n\"We do not and will not permit our technology to be used to identify or target specific ethnic groups.\"\n\nBut Human Rights Watch said it still had concerns.\n\n\"Any company that sells video-surveillance software and systems to the Chinese police would have to ensure that they meet the police's requirements, which includes the capacity for ethnicity detection,\" Ms Wang said.\n\n\"The right thing for these companies to do is to immediately cease their sale and maintenance of surveillance equipment, software and systems, to the Chinese police.\"", "At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson said that “the lockdown measures we had in place, combined with tier four measures, are starting to show some signs of effect.”\n\nLooking at cases of Covid-19 in England, the average for the week ending 1 January was almost 55,000 cases.\n\nThese people will have been infected before England’s lockdown came in on January 6, although much of the country was under very strict measures before then.\n\nSo, using publicly available data, it might be too early to make this assessment.\n\nAnd in the past month, we’ve seen that a couple of days of decline can quickly be followed by a sustained increase in cases.\n\nBut what is clear is that hospital admissions from coronavirus appear to be increasing (they usually peak up to a couple of weeks after high numbers of cases).\n\nThe latest seven day average (ending on January 7) saw 3,705 people admitted to hospital daily in England – that’s the highest throughout the entire pandemic.", "A Scottish earl has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home in Angus.\n\nThe Earl of Strathmore, Simon Bowes-Lyon, forced his way into the sleeping woman's room during a weekend event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.\n\nHe repeatedly assaulted the 26-year-old victim and tried to pull off her nightdress during the 20-minute attack.\n\nBowes-Lyon, 34 - who is the Queen's first cousin twice removed - has been placed on the sex offenders register.\n\nHe was granted bail at Dundee Sheriff Court and sentence was deferred.\n\nSheriff Alistair Carmichael also ordered Glamis Castle be assessed for its suitability to house Bowes-Lyon while under a tagging order.\n\nThe court heard the woman fled the castle the morning after the attack on 13 February last year and flew home to report the matter to police.\n\nBoth Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police were involved in the investigation.\n\nGlamis Castle was the childhood home of the Queen Mother\n\nOutside court, Bowes-Lyon said he was \"greatly ashamed\" of his actions.\n\nHe added: \"Clearly I had drunk to excess on the night of the incident. I should have known better. I recognise, in any event, that alcohol is no excuse for my behaviour.\n\n\"I did not think I was capable of behaving the way I did but have had to face up to it and take responsibility.\n\n\"My apologies go, above all, to the woman concerned, but I would also like to apologise to family, friends and colleagues for the distress I have caused them.\"\n\nGlamis Castle, near Forfar, has been the seat of the Bowes-Lyon family since 1372.\n\nIt was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Queen's sister Princess Margaret was born there.\n\nBowes-Lyon was a great-great nephew of the Queen Mother.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "The Chinese vaccine is one of two that the Brazilian government has lined up\n\nA coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials, according to the latest results released by researchers.\n\nIt shows the vaccine is significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval.\n\nThe Chinese vaccine is one of two that the Brazilian government has lined up.\n\nBrazil has been one of the countries worst affected by Covid-19.\n\nSinovac, a Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company, is behind CoronaVac, an inactivated vaccine. It works by using killed viral particles to expose the body's immune system to the virus without risking a serious disease response.\n\nSeveral countries, including Indonesia, Turkey and Singapore, have placed orders for the vaccine.\n\nLast week researchers at the Butantan Institute, which has been conducting the trials in Brazil, announced that the vaccine had a 78% efficacy against \"mild-to-severe\" Covid-19 cases.\n\nBut on Tuesday they revealed that calculations for this figure did not include data from a group of \"very mild infections\" among those who received the vaccine that did not require clinical assistance.\n\nWith the inclusion of this data, the efficacy rate is now 50.4%, said researchers.\n\nBut Butantan stressed that the vaccine is 78% effective in preventing mild cases that needed treatment and 100% effective in staving off moderate to serious cases.\n\nThe Sinovac trials have yielded different results across different countries.\n\nLast month Turkish researchers said the Sinovac vaccine was 91.25% effective, while Indonesia, which rolled out its mass vaccination programme on Wednesday, said it was 65.3% effective. Both were interim results from late-stage trials.\n\nThe latest figures for China's coronavirus vaccine show just how difficult it is to compare vaccines.\n\nOn the face of it, the 50% effectiveness figure isn't as good as Oxford's 70% or Pfizer and Moderna's 95%. But trials are run very differently in different countries - the numbers of volunteers enrolled varies wildly, as do the criteria used to test how much protection the vaccines offer.\n\nA figure for efficacy is reached by looking at how many people developed Covid after being given the vaccine, compared with how many were affected when given a dummy injection. Normally, that is based on people developing obvious symptoms but in this Brazilian trial, people with no symptoms also appear to have been included.\n\nSo it's only when the full data from all trials of this vaccine are published that scientists can analyse its real efficacy, and compare like with like. Only limited data for this Sinovac vaccine is currently available - and experts say that is confusing the picture.\n\nIn the long term, many vaccines against Covid are needed to vaccinate the world and, inevitably, some will perform better than others - but giving as many people as possible some protection is the priority.\n\nThere has been concern and criticism that Chinese vaccine trials are not subject to the same scrutiny and levels of transparency as its Western counterparts.\n\nBoth the Sinovac vaccine and the vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have requests for emergency use authorisation pending with regulators in Brazil.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe latest news comes as Brazil is dealing with a major spike in cases. The country currently has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world at over 8.1 million, just behind the US and India.\n\nThe BBC World Service's Americas editor Candace Piette says the country is suffering one of the world's deadliest outbreaks but as yet, has not announced when its vaccination programme will begin.\n\nThe delay has been caused in large part by the government's haphazard and divided approach to vaccination, says our correspondent.", "More than 100,000 Covid-19 vaccinations had been issued in Northern Ireland by Tuesday evening, Robin Swann has said.\n\nThe health minister said, of that figure, 91,419 people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nHe added that 95% of care home residents had received their first dose and about 20% of those aged over 80 have received their first dose.\n\nIt comes as leading GP said the goal to begin a mass vaccine rollout by summer is \"achievable\" but hinges on supply.\n\nThe Department of Health published its plan to deliver vaccines in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nDr Alan Stout said the timeline was \"very sensible\" but was \"almost 100%\" dependent on getting enough of the vaccine.\n\nAt Wednesday's health briefing, Mr Swann said the programme had made a \"strong start\" but there was more to do.\n\nHe also said he has decided to issue tighter visiting guidelines for hospitals.\n\n\"I have ensured visiting will be permitted to hospices and care homes, but visits to general medical wards will no longer be permitted from this Friday\", he said.\n\nThe minister added that the measure would be kept under constant review.\n\nMr Swann also confirmed a new rapid test for Covid-19, which can return results in 12 minutes, would be used in emergency departments.\n\nHe said a pilot programme has been carried out using the LumiraDX nasal swab, which will enable health staff to \"very quickly identify patients who do not have Covid-19\".\n\nHe also repeated that the current lockdown restrictions were working and had helped to reduce NI's rate of infection, but warned the executive would still have \"difficult decisions\" to take in relation to decisions about whether to extend some restrictions in the coming weeks.\n\nOn Wednesday, a further 19 Covid-related deaths were announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 1,145 new cases of the virus were also reported.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer warned there was \"no doubt\" that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus are rising in Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's executive briefing, Dr Michael McBride said that the new variant was making the job to contain it \"twice as difficult\".\n\nThe new variant is said to be up to 70% more transmissible, but there is no evidence it is more dangerous.\n\nThe first confirmed case of the new strain was detected in Northern Ireland on 23 December, but officials had said levels in Northern Ireland remained lower than in other areas of the UK.\n\nDr McBride said there would now be situations where the variant could spread, where previously it may not have.\n\n\"We need to be extremely cautious in the weeks ahead,\" he warned, adding that the virus would not \"magically disappear\" on 6 February, when the current lockdown is due to end.\n\nStormont ministers have to review the regulations on or before 22 January, with that scheduled for next Thursday.\n\nDr McBride said Northern Ireland had some distance to go before restrictions are lifted\n\nDr Stout, the chair of NI's GP committee, said practices needed another 22,000 doses to finish vaccinating people aged over 80.\n\nSpeaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster, he said he was \"very confident\" the next doses would come through shortly.\n\n\"I have been overwhelmed by the desire of practices, the determination just to get going and the one thing we need to give them is vaccine - we need to get the supply in as quickly as possible.\n\n\"This is such a good news story that everybody wants the vaccine and everybody wants to give it.\"\n\nThe plan is for the vaccine to be given to the general population in summer 2021.\n\nGP clinics should have received their first delivery of the vaccine by Tuesday.\n\nResponding to reports in The Daily Telegraph that GPs administering the vaccine in England had been asked to \"slow down\" to let other regions \"catch-up\", Dr Stout said Northern Ireland had taken a different approach to how it rolled out vaccines to GPs.\n\nHe said vaccines were shared among all practices in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We just don't have the full amount of vaccine in practice to give. We could have given all of the vaccine that a certain number of practices needed to start with but there were issues with inequality and discrimination ... so that's why an amount has gone to every single practice, so at least they have some.\"", "Customs operators have pleaded with the government to prioritise vaccinations for staff they insist are key front-line workers in the effort to keep vital supplies flowing into the UK.\n\nOne operator told the BBC his staff were working flat out - often up to 16 hours a day - to help traders comply with the new post-Brexit customs requirements.\n\n\"A Covid outbreak would be disastrous. Customs clearance staff should be identified as key workers and fast-tracked for vaccination.\"\n\nAnother said he had written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and his local MP for Ashford, Damian Green saying any coronavirus-related staff shortages could force them to close.\n\n\"We have 14 staff. Two have already had to self-isolate, if we lose any more we would have to consider closing\".\n\nRod McKenzie of the Road Haulage Association supports the argument to accelerate vaccinations of port and customs staff.\n\n\"Customs agents are absolutely swamped, they are understaffed by tens of thousands and although volumes have been light thanks to pre-Christmas and pre-Brexit stockpiling, we are approaching a critical point:\"\n\nSteve Cock of logistics firm KGH said that volume would begin to build this week and described Friday as \"a moment of truth\" as volumes would be close to normal, imposing the first serious test of the system's capacity.\n\nThe government told the BBC that vaccination priorities were based on clinical vulnerability determined by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.\n\nAlthough the government said it would be looking at key workers beyond the current priorities - like teachers - that would not come till after phase 1 of the current programme ends. That is not expected till late March at the earliest.\n\nAlthough the ports themselves have been running reasonably smoothly, that is because many traders aren't getting as far as the ports as their documentation is not complete.\n\nThe Dover-Calais crossing last week saw only 40% of its usual traffic for this time of year. Many foreign hauliers have been avoiding the UK for fear of getting stuck on the wrong side of the channel or raising their prices by as much as six times to compensate for the additional risks of congestion.\n\nCracks in the system have already started to show with large European delivery firm DPD cancelling road deliveries from the UK to the EU while Ocado, M&S, and Fortnum and Mason have cited problems delivering to customers in the EU and Northern Ireland.\n\nFish and seafood exports have been particularly hard hit.\n\nMany small traders who usually club together to share the cost of space on large lorries headed to their primary markets in the EU have hit serious roadblocks.\n\nProducts of animal origin now need Export Health Certificates signed off by veterinary professionals.\n\nThe burden of getting multiple certificates for single lorries has brought exports to the EU to a virtual standstill for some traders.\n\nThe focus in the UK is understandably primarily on food supplies into the UK and although there are some limited shortages being reported in fruit and vegetable supplies, shelves in the UK are showing very few gaps.\n\nThe problems are more acute in Northern Ireland, which for the purposes of trade is still part of the EU customs area. For that reason, what is happening to food exports from GB to Northern Ireland is perhaps a useful proxy for what is happening to UK food exports to the EU.\n\nThe last thing the UK-EU trade machinery can afford right now is for critical staff - caught in the crossfire of pandemic and Brexit - to be laid low.", "The men were arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in Birmingham and Worcestershire\n\nFour men have been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in the West Midlands.\n\nThe men, aged between 31 and 37, were held in relation to incidents in Birmingham and Worcestershire between 31 December and 9 January.\n\nEarlier this month, police said they were investigating after people posted videos of supposedly empty hospital corridors on social media.\n\nThe videos claiming Covid-19 was a hoax sparked an outcry from medical workers.\n\nWest Mercia Police launched a joint investigation with West Midlands Police, after incidents were reported at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Alexandra in Redditch.\n\nHospitals in Worcester and Kidderminster also featured, before the footage was deleted.\n\nThe West Mercia force confirmed it had arrested two men from Bromsgrove aged 31 and 34 as well as a 37 year-old man from Kidderminster and a fourth man, aged 34, from Droitwich.\n\nThey were also detained relating to incidents in a park in Bromsgrove as well as the town centre.\n\nAll four men have since been bailed with conditions not to enter any hospital in England unless they have a medical reason to do so.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Birmingham has one of the largest intensive care capacities in the whole country\n\nTwo hundred doctors will be redeployed to one of England's largest intensive care units amid fears it could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nA leaked memo warned hospitals in Birmingham were \"in a position of extremis\" as Covid-19 cases rise.\n\nElective surgeries at the city's main Queen Elizabeth Hospital will stop as staff move to critical care duties.\n\nA spokesperson said the approach ensured \"the greatest good for the greatest numbers of people\".\n\nThe trust's decision to redeploy doctors was revealed in a leaked email to the Health Service Journal, which has been verified by the BBC.\n\nSent by consultant Peter Hewins, it said hospitals in Birmingham risked being \"overwhelmed\" amid a \"period of absolute emergency\".\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 across its sites, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nThis was significantly more than in April 2020, it said, as it announced plans to double its intensive care capacity to more than 250 beds.\n\nTime-critical surgery, including cancer operations, will continue, the trust said, but elective procedures at the Queen Elizabeth will be paused, and reduced elsewhere.\n\nThere will also be a \"further reduction of outpatient activity\", a spokesperson said, adding: \"Every member of staff will be supported by the Trust in delivering the best care wherever they are working.\"\n\nThere are currently 873 Covid-19 patients being treated at the trust\n\nNeighbouring University Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals Trust confirmed it had started taking Covid patients from Birmingham.\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England.\n\nIt runs several hospitals, including Birmingham Heartlands, the Queen Elizabeth, Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. It also runs Birmingham Chest Clinic.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The minimum cost of carrier bags in Scotland is set to double to 10p from 1 April.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it is important to increase the charge periodically to encourage the use of reusable options instead.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the move was to deter the use of single-use plastic bags.\n\nThe 5p charge was introduced in 2014, with plastic bag usage dropping by 80% by the following year.\n\nMs Cunningham said: \"Thanks to the people of Scotland, the introduction of the charge has been successful in reducing the amount of single-use carrier bags in circulation.\n\n\"While the 5p bag charge was suitable when it was first introduced, it is important that pricing is updated to ensure that the charge continues to be a factor in making people think twice about using a single-use carrier bag.\"\n\nSome retailers have pledged to donate their carrier bag charges to good causes, with £2.5m raised in 2019.\n\nPrior to the charge being introduced in 2014, 800 million single use carrier bags were issued annually in Scotland.\n\nBy 2015 this fell by 80% with the Marine Conservation Society noting in 2016 that the number of plastic carrier bags being found on Scotland's beaches dropped by 40% two years in a row with a further drop of 42% recorded between 2018 and 2019.\n\nKeep Scotland Beautiful chief executive Barry Fisher said: \"Since 2014 the single use carrier bag charge has significantly helped reduce the number of bags being given out by retailers - saving thousands of tonnes of single use plastic realising a significant net carbon saving and reducing the chances of these items becoming littered.\n\n\"However, there is still an opportunity to challenge individual behaviours and improve consumer awareness which the doubling of the charge will help do.\n\nDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish government is looking into creating an exemption on the bag charge for certain deliveries and collections, as was the case last year at the onset of the pubic health crisis.", "Naomi Campbell and Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala sealed the deal over the weekend\n\nThe appointment of British supermodel Naomi Campbell as Kenya's tourism ambassador has caused a Twitter storm in the East African nation.\n\nMany queried why it had not been given to a prominent Kenyan like Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong'o.\n\nOthers leapt to her defence, saying the debate already justified her role.\n\nKenya's tourism sector has been badly hit by coronavirus, with visitor numbers down by 72% between January and October last year.\n\n\"The sector hence lost over 110bn Kenyan shillings [$1bn, £738m] of direct international tourists' revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic,\" Kenya's Tourism Research Institute reported last month.\n\nThe country is famous for its wildlife safaris and beach resorts.\n\nKenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said the deal with Ms Campbell was done over the weekend after he met the model, who is currently on holiday in Kenya.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife-Kenya\n\nThe 50-year-old style icon and philanthropist has been posting images of her stay on Instagram, where she has 10 million followers.\n\n\"We welcome the exciting news that Naomi Campbell will advocate for tourism and travel internationally for the Magical Kenya brand,\" Mr Balala said, without giving further deals of the contract.\n\nBut the statement, posted on Twitter on Tuesday, prompted instant outrage from some, and the supermodel's name has since been trending in the country.\n\nOne tweeter cited other Kenyan celebrities better suited to the ambassadorial role, including models Ajuma Nasenyana and Debra Sanaipei, as well as Nyong'o.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Syombua A. 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This mentality is what causes nepotism and tribalism in Kenyan institutions, it should be about the most suitable candidate not 'one of our own' thing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Campbell's defenders praised her for visiting Kenya several times and said it was not only the model's social media following that made her the perfect appointment.\n\nHer circle of friends were equally important as she would attract wealthy tourists willing to spend money.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mlolwa🐬 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tourism industry usually contributes about 8.8% to Kenya's annual Gross domestic product (GDP), according to Kenya's East African newspaper.\n• None The supermodel and the warlord", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Large parts of Scotland woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday, including in Rutherglen where conditions became challenging for drivers\n\nMotorists continue to face difficult conditions after heavy snow across parts of Scotland caused road closures.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for ice will be in place overnight and for all of Friday for mainland Scotland.\n\nThe A9 at Dunblane was closed due to snow but has now reopened, while driving conditions on the M90 and M8 were reported as difficult.\n\nThere have also been problems in the Scottish Borders where up to a foot of snow fell overnight.\n\nTraffic Scotland has reported difficult driving conditions on the M77 at Fenwick, M80 around Cumbernauld and the A9 at Greenloaning.\n\nA woman walks through the snow in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe impact of the overnight freeze on a hedgerow near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire\n\nIn the Borders several lorries got stuck on the A7 between Selkirk and Hawick, while difficult driving conditions were also reported on the A68 at the Carter Bar and Soutra.\n\nThere were also delays on the A83 Old Military Road diversion and the A82 at Tyndrum.\n\nMeanwhile, police have urged drivers to properly clear their car windscreens before setting off in the wintry conditions.\n\nOfficers in Dumfries and Galloway shared a picture of a driver they stopped and charged for failing to do this.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPeople should only be leaving home to make essential journeys in parts of Scotland under level four Covid measures, under current Scottish government lockdown regulations.\n\nCh Supt Louise Blakelock, of Police Scotland, said: \"Government guidance on only travelling if your journey is essential remains in place and so with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If your journey really is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nA motorist brushes snow off a car in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe village of Bowden near Melrose woke up to snow\n\nA snowy scene at Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders\n\nPolice in Shetland have also warned of ice badly affecting roads on the islands.\n\nScotRail said its services could be affected, particularly on the Highland mainline.\n\nScottish Borders Council said the effects of the adverse weather could cause disruption into Friday morning.\n\nEmergency planning officer Jim Fraser said: \"With widespread snow and some freezing rain possible over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, there is the strong potential for disruption across our road network and communities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome of the deepest snowfalls in recent weeks have been in the Highlands, including the Cairngorms.\n\nEarlier this month, the UK had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 and at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Sir David will appear in \"very high-resolution holographic video\"\n\nSir David Attenborough is to front an augmented reality app letting users see exotic plants and animals in their own surroundings, as part of a government drive to prove the uses of 5G.\n\nThe Green Planet AR app has been given £2.3m government funding as one of nine 5G test projects given a total of £28m.\n\nIt will be released alongside The Green Planet, Sir David's forthcoming BBC series that will show plants in detail.\n\nThe five-part documentary series is expected to be broadcast in 2022.\n\nAugmented reality superimposes virtual objects on to the world around us, meaning the app's users will be able to use their smartphones to see Sir David and \"meticulously detailed graphics of exotic plants and animals\" as if they were in front of them.\n\nThe app will help prove \"how new technology can reconnect us with the natural world whilst demonstrating the power of 5G to a huge new audience\", according to Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman.\n\nThe app will be available in \"set locations\" around the UK. Developer Factory 42 said it does not yet know how many locations, but they could include parks, visitor attractions like Kew Gardens and urban settings. Users will need a 5G-enabled device.\n\nThe other projects sharing the £28m funding include one to provide live, multi-angle HD video streams and replays on phones at sporting events; one to allow people to experience exhibits at The Eden Project in Cornwall from their own homes; and one to control the 113 cranes at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.\n\nThey follow nine other 5G trial projects that were awarded a total of £35m in February 2020.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Pupils are currently learning remotely from home\n\nA-level, AS and GCSE students in England could be asked to sit mini external exams to help teachers with their assessments after formal exams were cancelled last week.\n\nIn a letter to the exams regulator, Ofqual, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said this would help teachers to decide \"deserved grades\".\n\nHe promised not to use an algorithm which led to controversy last summer.\n\nHead teachers said the \"devil was in the detail\" for these plans.\n\nThe letter was published on Wednesday morning, as Mr Williamson appeared before the education select committee to answer questions on the impact of Covid-19 on education.\n\nIn the letter to Ofqual he said: \"A breadth of evidence should inform teachers' judgments, and the provision of training and guidance will support teachers to reach their assessment of a student's deserved grade.\n\n\"In addition, I would like to explore the possibility of providing externally set tasks or papers, in order that teachers can draw on this resource to support their assessments of students.\"\n\nMr Williamson's pledge not to use an algorithm to determine grades comes after thousands of A-level students had their results downgraded from school estimates last summer - before Ofqual announced a U-turn allowing them to use teachers' predictions.\n\n\"We have agreed that we will not use an algorithm to set or automatically standardise anyone's grade,\" the letter says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson: \"The top priority is for all those that work in schools\"\n\n\"Schools and colleges should undertake quality assurance of their teachers' assessments and provide reassurance to the exam boards. We should provide training and guidance to support that, and there should also be external checks in place to support fairness and consistency between different institutions and to avoid schools and colleges proposing anomalous grades.\"\n\nBut he added: \"Changes should only be made if those grades cannot be justified, rather than as a result of marginal differences of opinion.\n\n\"Any changes should be based on human decisions, not by an automatic process or algorithm.\"\n\nA consultation on plans for this year is being launched later this week.\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the letter set out \"broad and sensible parameters\" for assessing GCSEs and A-levels after exams were cancelled.\n\n\"But, as ever, the devil will be in the detail of how this is turned into reality,\" Mr Barton said.\n\nHe welcomed confirmation that no algorithm would be applied this year \"following last summer's grading debacle.\"\n\nBut he questioned how any system of externally set assessment would work and how it could ensures fairness for students whose education had been heavily disrupted.\n\n\"It is vital that the final plans not only provide fairness and consistency but that they are also workable for schools, colleges and teaching staff who will have to put them into practice,\" he added.\n\nNational Education Union joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said: \"Had the government listened to the NEU and put in place a contingency plan sooner we would be in a better position now to make sure grades could be awarded reliably and without creating severe workload issues for education staff and students.\n\nShe said the union would continue to work with the Dfe and Ofqual, but they needed to see the full details of the plans as soon as possible to ensure grades are fair and the process is manageable for staff.\n\nTaking questions from MPs on the education select committee, Mr Williamson said he wanted to see schools re-opening at the earliest opportunity and that he would \"never apologise for being the biggest champion for keeping schools open\".\n\nHe said attendance rates of vulnerable and key worker pupils in schools since the start of term were higher than in the first lockdown.", "The prime minister has said lockdown measures are \"starting to show signs of some effect\", but he has refused to rule out extra restrictions in England.\n\nAt PMQs, Boris Johnson said measures were kept under \"constant review\" after Labour's Sir Keir Starmer said it was obvious more restrictions were needed.\n\nMr Johnson added that vaccine centres would move to 24-7 \"as soon as we can\".\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLater, Mr Johnson told the Commons Liaison Committee there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity in hospitals being \"overtopped\", and appealed to people to follow lockdown rules.\n\nHe said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nMeanwhile, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced new restrictions in Scotland from Saturday, including limiting click and collect services to essential items only and restricting takeaways.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said stronger restrictions were needed in England and accused Mr Johnson of being \"slow to act\".\n\nHe asked the prime minister why restrictions were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says the government acted \"within 24 hours\" of advice on the new Covid-19 variant\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\n\n\"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect and we must take account of that too.\"\n\nHe added it was early days and urged people to abide by the rules.\n\nQuestioned by the liaison committee on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Johnson said it was \"far, far too early\" to say there could be any relaxation of the lockdown in the middle of February, and \"we've got to work very hard to achieve that\".\n\nHe acknowledged that it was a \"tragedy\" that so many children were missing face-to-face teaching at school and said reopening schools was \"the priority\".\n\nTier four - the highest level in England's tier system which bans households mixing indoors - was introduced on 21 December in parts of south-east England, including London.\n\nIt was then widened to include more of southern England on Boxing Day. England has been in a national lockdown since 5 January.\n\nMr Johnson also said the vaccination programme was going \"exceptionally fast\" but \"at the moment the limit is on supply\" of the vaccine.\n\n\"We will be going to 24/7 as soon as we can,\" he told MPs, saying Health Secretary Matt Hancock will set out further details \"in due course\".\n\nMore than 2.4 million people have had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 412,167 people have had a second dose.\n\nScotland's Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said it was \"entirely possible\" to offer round-the-clock vaccinations in Scotland once mass sites were up and running by late February or early March.\n\nThere are very early signs that infections may have peaked - although as always we should be careful about reading too much into a few days' worth of data.\n\nThe past two days have seen newly diagnosed cases hover around the 46,000-mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nThe national picture does mask some regional differences. Cases are rising in the North West, which is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nThere is also some evidence the new variant may not be quite as fast-spreading as first feared - a Public Health England study suggested rather than being 70% more transmissible, it may actually be somewhere between 30% to 50%.\n\nAnd, if it does represent the start of a continuous fall, it is important to remember it will still take some time to translate into fewer hospital cases - people being admitted at the moment are those who would have caught the virus a week or two ago.\n\nBut after six weeks of pretty sustained rises, it is at least an encouraging sign.\n\nEarlier, Health Secretary Matt Hancock questioned whether there would be demand for a round-the-clock vaccination operation, saying: \"Most people want to get vaccinated in the daytime, and also most people who are doing the vaccinations want to give them in the daytime, but there may be circumstances in which that would help.\"\n\nHe said England's lockdown measures were \"always under review\", but he would be \"very reluctant\" to remove the rule of meeting one other person outside for exercise as \"it is a lifeline\" for some people, including those who live alone. Mr Hancock has already ruled out scrapping support bubbles.\n\n\"What I'd rather is that everybody follow that rule and doesn't stretch it or flex it,\" he said.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, ignoring social distancing.\n\nThey were celebrating the university's third national championship in the past six years.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe first Covid patients have begun receiving a new treatment it's hoped will prevent sufferers becoming seriously ill. The patients are part of a large-scale trial testing the effect of inhaling a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection. Developed at Southampton University Hospital and produced by biotech company, Synairgen, early findings suggest the treatment cuts the odds of severe illness by almost 80%. Find out more here.\n\nKaye Flitney is one of those enrolled on the clinical trial\n\nMany hospital staff treating the sickest patients during the first wave of the pandemic have been left struggling to cope, a new study suggests. Researchers at King's College London questioned 709 workers at nine units in England and nearly half reported symptoms of severe anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or problem drinking. Lead researcher Prof Neil Greenberg said it should be a \"wake-up call\" for managers about the need to provide more mental health support. Some staff are they're also facing abuse online and at protests from Covid sceptics and anti-lockdown activists.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChildren's minister Vicky Ford says caterers must urgently improve the quality of food parcels being provided for low-income families. Catering company Chartwells has apologised after photographs of some parcels were shared online and heavily criticised. The packages - more on them here - are being sent to children who would normally receive free school meals in England. The row could well come up when Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faces MPs' questioning later. Our education correspondent looks closely at Mr Williamson - a man whose political obituary has been written so many times he must sometimes feel like the walking dead.\n\nTwitter user Roadside Mum complained about the parcel she received\n\nNurse Kate Fraser said administering the vaccination to Ms Curry had been \"emotional\"\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, Britain's top police officer, Dame Cressida Dick, says it's \"preposterous\" to suggest some people are not aware of what the lockdown laws now tell them to do. So how much do you know? Try our quiz.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Democrats, including Jamie Raskin (centre), voted to impeach President Donald Trump, as did 10 Republicans\n\nThe US House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time over his alleged role in the 6 January deadly assault on the Capitol.\n\nHis impeachment for \"incitement to insurrection\" was approved by 232 representatives including 10 Republicans.\n\nDemocrats led the effort to charge Mr Trump with encouraging the riots.\n\nBut some Republicans had backed calls for impeachment.\n\nSo, who are these key players, and what do we know about them?\n\nWhen the impeachment charges go to the Senate for trial, the case for the prosecution will be made by a team of lawmakers, led by Mr Raskin, a Democratic representative from Maryland since 2017 and a former professor of constitutional law.\n\nThe impeachment of Mr Trump represents the continuation of an extremely challenging start to 2021 for Mr Raskin, 58.\n\nJamie Raskin (left) helped to draft the article of impeachment against President Trump\n\nThe congressman's 25-year-old son, Tommy Bloom Raskin, took his own life on New Year's Eve and was laid to rest in early January.\n\nA day after the funeral, Mr Raskin found himself hunkering down with colleagues, shielding from a violent mob that rampaged through the Capitol where lawmakers were meeting to certify November's presidential election result.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn the day of the assault, Mr Raskin helped to draw up an article of impeachment against President Trump.\n\nSpeaking to the Washington Post, Mr Raskin said his son, who was studying law at Harvard University, would have considered last week's violence \"the absolute worst form of crime against democracy\".\n\n\"It really is Tommy Raskin, and his love and his values and his passion, that have kept me going,\" Mr Raskin said.\n\nIn total, nine Democrats, including Mr Raskin, have been named as impeachment managers. One is Representative Madeleine Dean, from Pennsylvania, who is one of three women on the team.\n\nMs Dean started her career in law, opening her own three-woman practice in Pennsylvania before teaching English at a university.\n\nHaving been active in state politics for decades, she was elected to the House in 2018, using her seat to champion women's reproductive rights, gun law reform, and healthcare for all, among other issues.\n\nMadeleine Dean has called for a quick trial of President Trump in the Senate\n\nIn an interview with MSNBC, Ms Dean, 68, said she favoured a \"speedy trial\" in the Senate if Mr Trump was impeached.\n\n\"This isn't about a party. This isn't about politics. This is about protection of our constitution, of our rule of law,\" Ms Dean said.\n\nAs the Speaker of the House, Ms Pelosi has been in the spotlight since the riots in the Capitol.\n\nMs Pelosi leads the Democrats in the lower chamber of Congress, so the 80-year-old had a huge influence over the decision to introduce an article of impeachment against Mr Trump.\n\nMs Pelosi had the House proceed with impeachment after former Vice-President Mike Pence did not invoked constitutional powers to force out Mr Trump, who was then president.\n\nMr Pence said at the time he believed such a move was against the country's interests.\n\n\"This president is guilty of inciting insurrection. He has to pay a price for that,\" Ms Pelosi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The storming of the US Capitol\n\nMr McConnell, a 78-year-old Republican senator for Kentucky, is one to watch in the Senate.\n\nThe upper chamber's former majority leader remains the man at the helm of the upper chamber's Republican caucus.\n\nDubbed the \"Grim Reaper\" by Democrats, Mr McConnell was a thorn in the side of former President Barack Obama, often manoeuvring to frustrate his legislative agenda and judicial appointments.\n\nHe was also the driving force behind Mr Trump's acquittal in his first impeachment trial in 2019.\n\nIn his last few weeks as Senate leader, Mr McConnell also delayed Mr Trump's trial until after the former president left office, saying there was no time for a \"fair or serious trial\" ahead of Mr Biden's inauguration.\n\nMr McConnell has not publicly commented on whether he supports convicting or acquitting Mr Trump, but he has sent some mixed messages.\n\nMitch McConnell had been loyal to President Trump until the Capitol riots\n\nThough he spent the last four years in the president's corner, the minority leader said the rioters were \"provoked by\" Mr Trump and that he plans to hear out both sides in the trial.\n\nBut later on in January, he also joined the majority of Republican senators to vote for a motion to toss out the impeachment case as unconstitutional now that Mr Trump is no longer in the White House.\n\nMr McConnell may no longer have the final say on all things impeachment, but as Democrats need Republican support to convict Mr Trump with the required two-thirds majority, he still has a key role to play in the upcoming proceedings.\n\nWith just over a week to go before the trial, Mr Trump parted ways with his legal team, including attorneys Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier.\n\nThey were quickly replaced by David Schoen, a trial lawyer, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney, who will lead the defence efforts for the former president.\n\nIn a statement, both attorneys said they didn't believe the push to impeach Mr Trump is constitutional.\n\nDavid Schoen, left, and Bruce Castor will lead the defence efforts for the former president\n\nMr Castor added: \"The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history.\n\n\"It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always.\"\n\nMr Schoen has previously represented Roger Stone, former adviser to Mr Trump. Stone received a presidential pardon in December.\n\nThe lawyer also made headlines in the past for meeting with Jeffrey Epstein in his final days to discuss possible representation, and for later saying he did not believe the death of the US financier and sex offender was suicide.\n\nMr Castor, a former Pennsylvania district attorney, is known for declining to prosecute Bill Cosby for sexual assault in 2005. The comedian was eventually convicted on three counts of sexual assault in a 2018 retrial of his case.\n\nMs Cheney, 54, is third-highest-ranking Republican leader in the House. As the daughter of former Republican Vice-President Dick Cheney, she has a high profile in the party.\n\nSo, her support for impeachment is particularly significant.\n\nLiz Cheney has accused President Trump of inciting the attack on Congress\n\nMr Trump had \"summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack\", Ms Cheney said of the Capitol riots.\n\n\"There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,\" the Wyoming representative said.\n\nHowever, in a recent test of support for conviction on impeachment charges that Mr Trump incited his supporters to mount an insurrection at the US Capitol, 45 out of 50 Senate Republicans voted last week to consider stopping the trial before it even starts.\n\nMs Cheney survived a House Republican vote - 145-61 - to oust her from her leadership position after breaking ranks with other GOP lawmakers last month to impeach the former president.\n\nShe is also now facing a primary challenger for her Wyoming congressional seat after voting to impeach Mr Trump.\n\nBlocking Mr Trump from ever running for office again is one rationale that may motivate some Republicans to impeach the president.\n\nThat reasoning could be attractive to Republican senators like Mr Sasse, who is seen as a possible contender for the presidency in 2024.\n\nElected to the Senate in 2014, the 48-year-old has been an ardent critic of Mr Trump.\n\nBen Sasse refused to overturn the results of November's presidential election in Congress\n\nMr Sasse was firmly opposed to a Republican effort - cheered on by Mr Trump - to overturn the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory in Congress.\n\nOn the question of impeachment, Mr Sasse said he would \"definitely consider whatever articles they might move\" in the House.\n\nA two-thirds majority would be needed to convict Mr Trump in the Senate, meaning at least 17 Republicans - including Mr Sasse - would have to vote for it.\n\nIn Mr Trump's first impeachment trial in 2020, it was Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts who presided over the proceedings.\n\nThis time, he declined to participate, handing the job over to the 80-year-old Vermont Democrat, who will take the gavel in this second impeachment trial.\n\nMr Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974, and is the longest serving lawmaker in the upper chamber.\n\nHe will be presiding in his role as the Senate's president pro tempore - a constitutional officer, responsible for presiding over the Senate in the absence of the vice-president.\n\nIn a statement, he said \"the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws\" when presiding over an impeachment trial.\n\n\"It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously.\"", "Many of the works in Gurlitt's collection were in poor condition when they were discovered in 2012 (file photo)\n\nWhen a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners.\n\nEventually only 14 were conclusively identified as looted, and now Germany has declared the last of those works has been returned to the owner's heirs.\n\nDas Klavierspiel (Playing the Piano) by Carl Spitzweg was owned by music publisher Henri Hinrichsen.\n\nHe was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.\n\nGerman Culture Minister Monika Grütters said the return of the work sent an \"important signal\", and that while it could not make up for the deep suffering, it could \"make a contribution to historical justice and fulfil our moral responsibility\".\n\nThe 19th-Century work by Spitzweg was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939, the same year that Hinrichsen had bought it.\n\nDas Klavierspiel by Carl Spitzweg was seized by the Nazis in 1939\n\nIt was bought in 1940 by Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Nazi-era dealer who had been given the task by Adolf Hitler of dealing in art seized from Jewish collectors and of buying up so-called \"degenerate art\" removed from museums for a planned Führermuseum in the Austrian city of Linz.\n\nThe money for the Spitzweg work was paid into a blocked account, so Hinrichsen would never have received it.\n\nIn 2015, the piece was identified as looted, and it was handed over to the auctioneers Christie's on Tuesday, according to the wishes of Hinrichsen's heirs.\n\nAlthough his collection of 1,500 works, plundered from museums as well as individuals, was initially confiscated after the war by the Allies, Hildebrand Gurlitt eventually managed to get it back.\n\nGurlitt died in the 1950s and when German authorities approached his widow in 1961 in search of part of his collection, she claimed the works had been destroyed at the end of World War Two by Allied bombing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Stephen Evans was granted exclusive access to look at some of the long-lost masterpieces in 2014\n\nIt was only when tax investigators searched the Munich flat of his son Cornelius Gurlitt in 2012 that they found more than 1,400 of the works. Another 60 pieces were discovered at his Austrian home in Salzburg the following year.\n\nThe son died in 2014 with questions still hanging over the ownership of the collection - as he was protected by a statute of limitations.\n\nA court ruled that the works could be bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in the Swiss capital Bern, as Cornelius Gurlitt had requested.\n\nWhile some of the works were deemed to belong to the family, the German Lost Art Foundation then tried to find out, with the Swiss museum, who were the rightful owners of the rest.\n\nFourteen pieces have now conclusively identified as belonging to Jewish owners and returned.\n\nAmong the many masterpieces in the collection was this work by Edouard Manet", "Isabella Curry urged others to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\"\n\nA woman has celebrated her 100th birthday by getting a covid vaccination at home.\n\nIsabella Curry, known as Ella, from Cramlington, was among some of the most vulnerable people in Northumberland to receive the vaccine.\n\nMs Curry, who lives alone, urged others not to be afraid to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\" and she now felt safe.\n\nHer birthday was also marked by the arrival of a card from the Queen.\n\nShe said: \"This vaccine means I'll be able to go out, meet my friends soon and feel safe.\"\n\nIsabella Curry's nephew Neil Curry thanked the \"army\" of helpers who cared for his aunt\n\nMs Curry's nephew, Neil Curry from Bristol, said he was delighted she had had the vaccination but sad the whole family could not get together for the milestone birthday.\n\n\"We had a family reunion for Ella's 90th - we all got together in Newcastle. We would have all got together again to mark this occasion, but we couldn't,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he wanted to thank the \"army\" of people who looked after his aunt including Noreen and Jim Hutchinson, who did her shopping and cut her grass.\n\nHe also thanked June and Peter Marshall and all the other people who collected her prescriptions and mobile library books.\n\nKate Fraser, the community nurse who administered the vaccination, said: \"It's been an emotional time being able to give Isabella her vaccination.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "People's reaction to a sonic boom heard across the East of England has been caught on camera.\n\nIt happened after a Typhoon aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to escort a plane to Stansted Airport because it had lost communications at about 13:05 GMT.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex and parts of London posted videos on social media, with one person heard asking if it was thunder.\n\nHeather Eastlake, who was filming herself exercising near Cambridge, described her reaction as being like \"a deer in the highlights\".", "Libby Squire was not seen alive after travelling to Oak Road playing fields with Pawel Relowicz, a court heard\n\nA man accused of raping and murdering a student committed a string of \"sexually motivated\" burglaries in the months before her death, a court has heard.\n\nJurors heard \"trophies\" - underwear and sex toys - stolen from other women were found after his arrest.\n\nProsecutors claim he was \"prowling the streets\" of Hull's student area in search of a victim when he intercepted the \"extremely vulnerable\" Ms Squire.\n\nSheffield Crown Court previously heard the defendant drove Ms Squire - who had earlier been refused entry to a nightclub - to the Oak Road playing fields.\n\nOnce there, jurors were told, he subjected her to an \"act of sexual violence\" before he disposed of her body in the River Hull.\n\nHer remains were found in the Humber Estuary almost seven weeks later.\n\nProsecutor Richard Wright QC said Mr Relowicz would claim Ms Squire had \"instigated consensual sexual intercourse\", and he had left her \"safe and well\" on the fields.\n\nRichard Wright QC continued to outline the case against Pawel Relowicz on Wednesday\n\nHowever, Sam Alford, who lives nearby, reported hearing a woman's \"desperate screams\" coming from the direction of the river, the court heard.\n\nProsecutors allege the screams were Ms Squire's and a man seen \"emerging from the darkness\" and fleeing the area was the defendant.\n\n\"Libby was never seen again\", Mr Wright told jurors.\n\nThe screams, and scratches to the defendant's face were evidence Ms Squire had \"fought him off\", the court heard.\n\nMr Wright said the evidence established \"that she was raped by a man whose entire motivation for coming into contact with her that night was to take her away from safety to a remote area well known to him and there to subject her to his uncontrollable sexual urges\".\n\nThe prosecutor said a pathologist concluded he could not establish how Ms Squire died despite \"an obvious bruise\" to the inside of her right thigh.\n\nMr Wright told jurors a CCTV recording made after the last sighting of Ms Squire showed Mr Relowicz performing a sex act in the middle of a street.\n\nA condom found at the scene days later yielded a DNA profile matching the defendant, the court heard.\n\nIn the year leading up to Ms Squire's disappearance, Mr Relowicz exposed himself to women in public and watched them through windows as they changed or had sex, the court heard.\n\nHe also \"burgled their homes with the purpose of stealing their underwear and sexual toys or other objects,\" Mr Wright said.\n\nUniversity of Hull student Libby Squire was last seen in the early hours of 1 February 2019\n\nFollowing his arrest on 6 February, Mr Wright said, police recovered the pink holdall \"full of sex toys... and some photographs of young women and several pairs of women's knickers and thongs\".\n\nA statement made by Ms Squire's mother, Lisa Squire, was read out in court describing her daughter having battled mental health issues including an eating disorder, self-harming - cutting the top of her arms, legs and chest - and depression.\n\nShe said her eldest child had been afraid of water since she was young, to the point she would not go near a swimming pool when on holiday. She was also scared of the dark, jurors were told.\n\nStatements by Ms Squire's boyfriend Connor James-Pye were also read out, in which he described Libby as being \"a happy drunk\" and that she \"didn't understand moderation\".\n\nHowever, on the night she disappeared, the court heard Ms Squire \"didn't want to go out because she had a lecture the next morning, but she didn't want to let the girls down\".\n\nMr James-Pye last heard from his girlfriend at about 22:30 on 31 January, jurors heard.\n\nThe 21-year-old's body was recovered from the Humber Estuary on 20 March 2019\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The button battery was stuck in Sofia-Grace's throat for four months\n\nAn 11-month-old girl who was rejecting solid food had a button battery lodged in her throat for four months.\n\nDoctors thought Sofia-Grace Hill had tonsillitis or a viral infection until an X-ray revealed the battery the size of a 10p in her oesophagus.\n\nShe underwent a two-hour operation to remove it and is now on a liquid only diet.\n\nA surgeon said her survival may be due to the battery being old and without charge.\n\nDad Calham, from Swindon, first noticed something was wrong in January 2020 and had countless paramedic call-outs and visits to the GP and local hospital.\n\nShe had a two-hour operation to remove the battery\n\nHe was convinced there was something else going on as Sofia-Grace would only eat pureed food.\n\nAfter another hospital trip in May, she was given an X-ray which showed the battery lodged in her oesophagus was causing serious damage as it had corroded.\n\nMr Hill said: \"I was gutted when I saw it and angry at myself. I blamed myself, but now I realise there was nothing we could have done to know.\"\n\nThe button battery is the size of a 10p\n\nSofia-Grace had a feeding tube fitted to help her with food and to stop her throat from closing.\n\nEvery two weeks she has a general anaesthetic to stretch her oesophagus but faces the prospect of further surgery.\n\nMr Hill said: \"The damage has left a pocket in her oesophagus which needs to close but Sofia is improving week by week with regular dilations which is improving her oesophagus.\n\n\"But I know the chance of survival in the first weeks after this happens is very low so we are moving in the right direction.\"\n\nSofia-Grace is improving week by week, her dad said\n\nMr Hill is unsure how Sofia-Grace, now almost two-years-old, got hold of the button battery and warned parents about the dangers.\n\nHe said: \"Just get rid of them or lock them away and don't give your child car keys to play with. Always trust your instincts as a parent.\"\n\nJanet McNally, consultant paediatric surgeon at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, who is treating Sofia-Grace, said her survival may be because the battery was old and had lost its charge.\n\nShe said that without someone seeing a child swallow a battery or obvious symptoms it was not unusual for it to be missed.\n\n\"Clinicians and the government have been warning of the dangers of button batteries for a long time. But not all parents are aware of how dangerous they can be.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brazil's variant: Two 'spike' changes flagged up\n\nAs MPs have been mentioning today - a coronavirus variant has been found circulating in the Amazonas state of Brazil, and was picked up in Japan in travellers from the region. It’s different from the UK and South African variants, but it contains common mutations - two changes to the virus’ \"spike\" in particular which have been flagged as potentially making the virus more infectious. This is not going to be the last mutation we hear about. At the moment changes are mainly being picked up in areas that do lots of genetic tracking of the virus - it’s almost certain there are other mutations already circulating unseen in other parts of the world. And the virus will continue to mutate - it’s just a question of how, how much and how fast. For now there’s no evidence the virus is becoming more dangerous - but if more people catch it then, left unchecked, more will potentially become ill or die. But the vaccines, which target several different areas of the virus’ spike, should still work - though that’s something that scientists the world over will be monitoring very closely.", "The three main Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.\n\nThe Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until you have had both shots.\n\nBut there are many differences between them.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Foster looks at how much immunity they give, how they prevent infection and how they compare.", "Parents say teachers at special schools often provide medical care and should be treated like other front-line workers\n\nParents of children with special educational needs and disabilities are calling for teachers in special schools to be vaccinated against Covid-19.\n\nMany parents have been told their children cannot attend school because of safety concerns about the virus.\n\nNow they want staff in special schools to be prioritised for the vaccine and considered front-line workers.\n\nThe government said special schools should encourage pupils to attend.\n\nLaura cares for son Oscar alone and says their respite support collapsed during the pandemic\n\nStaff in special schools are often required to provide personal and medical care for pupils, such as clearing tracheotomies, on top of regular teaching responsibilities.\n\nThe schools also offer precious respite to many families of disabled children who require a lot of additional care.\n\nLaura Godfrey, 33, from Norwich, is mum to nine-year-old Oscar, who usually attends a school for children with complex needs. His return was delayed at the start of term, despite government advice for these schools to remain open.\n\n\"His school provision is essential to us as a family. Oscar's mental health suffered a lot in the first lockdown, as did mine. It was a very dark time.\"\n\nHe is currently attending school, but Laura worries it could be forced to close in the event of an outbreak.\n\nShe is calling for staff at special schools to be given PPE and access to the vaccine, to keep schools open and protect vulnerable pupils.\n\n\"They should be recognised and treated as front-line staff and afforded the same protections.\"\n\nLaura's calls have been echoed by Mark Powell, CEO of the Dorset-based Diverse Abilities charity which runs a special school in Poole.\n\nStaff at Langside School in Poole were provided with PPE at the start of the pandemic\n\nThe school bought its own PPE in order to remain open during the pandemic but said it was \"very difficult and extremely costly\".\n\nMr Powell described PPE as a \"wonderful barrier to prevent the spread of the virus\" but said it had also been \"a devastating barrier to the development and well-being of our pupils\".\n\n\"The fact we have nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists on site to form part of our children's school provision means that our school can be classified as a health setting, which are at the top of the list for priority vaccinations.\"\n\nThe Department for Education said the impact of being out of education \"can be greatest on vulnerable children and those with education, health and care plans\".\n\nIt said special schools should \"continue to welcome and encourage pupils to go into school full-time\" where possible and \"ensure pupils with Send can successfully access remote education\" if they are unable to attend.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nIvan Cavaleiro scored a late header to earn Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.\n\nThe Portuguese forward's finish cancelled out Harry Kane's first-half diving header and came just minutes after Son Heung-min hit the post in search of Spurs' second.\n\nCavaleiro sealed a remarkable turnaround for a side whose manager Scott Parker said it was \"scandalous\" to be given just two days' notice to face Jose Mourinho's men after Spurs' game at Aston Villa was postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak in the Villa camp.\n\nTottenham boss Mourinho had little sympathy for the visitors as the derby itself was a rearranged fixture, having been called off three hours before kick-off when originally scheduled on 30 December.\n\nFor all the complications surrounding the fixture, the intensity from two sides at opposite ends of the table was high at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fulham's fifth successive league draw a valuable point in their efforts to escape the relegation zone.\n• None Relive Tottenham v Fulham as it happened and analysis\n\nFulham made a bright start and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's fierce shot to test Hugo Lloris was a warning of what was to come from a side who remain 18th despite the draw.\n\nThe excellent Alphonse Areola twice denied Son in the first 45 minutes, first blocking a toe-poked effort before palming a header away.\n\nAreola could do nothing, however, to deny Kane the opener in the 25th minute, with the striker beating the Frenchman with a thumping diving header from an excellently-placed Sergio Reguilon cross.\n\nKane was off target with another header and Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kenny Tete threatened to respond for the visitors, who had the woodwork to thank for denying Son in the second half after the South Korean scuffed a shot past Areola.\n\nSubstitute Ademola Lookman was instrumental following his introduction, creating the equaliser for Cavaleiro seven minutes after coming off the bench.\n\nThe powerful finish extended Fulham's unbeaten run to five league matches, which is their longest such sequence in the top flight in three Premier League campaigns since 2012-13.\n\nThis latest draw highlights just how resolute Parker's men have become after a slow start to the campaign, in which they collected just one point from their first six matches.\n\nSpurs punished for reliance on Kane and Son\n\nWhile the Cottagers may be in the relegation places and had lost a record 13 successive top-flight matches to London rivals, they presented a significantly sterner test of Mourinho's men than non-league side Marine - a team made up of NHS workers, teachers and a refuse collector - which Spurs cruised past in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.\n\nThe prolific pair of Kane and Son, a duo that has now scored 23 of Tottenham's 30 league goals this term, were among 10 to return to Spurs' starting line-up.\n\nSon was an unused substitute on their trip to Crosby but Kane, along with Lloris, Eric Dier, Serge Aurier and Harry Winks came back from being rested.\n\nWhile Kane was clinical with the nodded finish, he reacted in frustration as he flicked another header off target.\n\nThat miss, as well as the wastefulness of Reguilon - who sent an early effort over - and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's tame strike, ensured Fulham were still in it at half-time.\n\nMoussa Sissoko also dithered in the box when an early second-half chance presented itself, allowing Tosin Adarabioyo to superbly block.\n\nSon's effort off the post, and their reliance on him and Kane for goals, ultimately proved costly as Cavaleiro ended the hosts' run of three clean sheets in January.\n\nAnd while Reguilon did have the ball in the back of the net again for Tottenham in the final minute, it was immediately disallowed for offside as Spurs missed the chance to move up to third in the table.\n\n'Some players had one day's training' - what the managers said\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"In the first half Alphonse Areola made some impossible saves, a couple of others in the second, too.\n\n\"We have to kill a game and we didn't - but you have to keep a clean sheet, not make mistakes, so it was a very avoidable goal. The markers are there, there wasn't even an advantage in terms of numbers.\n\n\"Fulham were intelligent enough to understand the way they play, they change, they become more defensive and they are getting results. I thought they were a bit lucky but they were good.\n\n\"We have bad results and we should - and we could have - avoided these results.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Sport: \"I'm very proud of this team for what we've been through. There's a lot of talk around - everyone assumes about what happened. I know what we've been through the last two weeks.\n\n\"We had players out there today who had one day's training. What pleased me most was a desire and a passion and a real quality at times tonight.\n\n\"There's a real determination and hard work from this group of players. They've never shied away from anything.\"\n\nOn Monday's announcement of the game with Tottenham: \"We were told, in the end, at 9:30. It was put to me on Saturday, if there was a possibility, but I just batted it off thinking 'no chance'.\n\n\"This game was supposed to be scheduled 16 days ago - for 10 days some of these boys were locked up in their houses. I was surprised but it wasn't in terms of preparing for this game, we've prepared in two days for a game before, it was more just getting told of the consequences that you face.\"\n\nBest of the stats\n• None Tottenham and Fulham played out their first draw in the Premier League since December 2009, with Spurs winning 10 of the last 11 encounters (L1).\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in their last eight London derbies in the Premier League (W3 D5), they've never gone longer without defeat against sides from the capital in the competition.\n• None Fulham have drawn five consecutive Premier League games, their longest such run since January 2007 (six games).\n• None Fulham have gained five points in their last four Premier League away games (W1 D2 L1), more than they collected in their previous 13 on the road in the competition (W1 D1 L11).\n• None Only Brighton (12) and Sheffield United (11) have dropped more points from winning positions than Spurs (10) in the Premier League this season.\n• None Tottenham's Harry Kane has become just the third player to score 25 Premier League goals with his head (25), his right foot (94) and his left foot (34) - after Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole.\n• None Ademola Lookman has been directly involved in five goals (two goals, three assists) in the Premier League this season, more than any other Fulham player.\n\nTottenham travel to Bramall Lane on Sunday (14:05 GMT) to face the Premier League's bottom side Sheffield United, who on Tuesday earned their first top-flight win of the season.\n\nFulham face Chelsea in another derby, hosting their west London rivals on Saturday (17:30 GMT).\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Antonee Robinson (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel: \"Our selfless police officers... will enforce the regulations and I will back them to do so\"\n\nPeople have been urged to \"play your part\" and follow Covid rules by Home Secretary Priti Patel, who says she will back police to enforce laws.\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Ms Patel said a minority were \"putting the health of the nation at risk\" by flouting rules.\n\nPolice are \"moving more quickly to issuing fines\", she added, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notices issued across the UK.\n\nAnother 1,243 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid.\n\nAnd there have been a further 45,533 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, another 145,076 people have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 20,768 a second dose, bringing the totals respectively to 2,431,648 and 412,167.\n\nAt the briefing, Ms Patel said: \"My message today to anyone refusing to do the right thing is simple: if you do not play your part, our selfless police officers - who are out there risking their own lives every day to keep us safe - they will enforce the regulations.\n\n\"And I will back them to do so, to protect our NHS and to save lives.\"\n\nIt comes after the UK's most senior police officer said lockdown rule-breakers were more likely to be fined as Covid laws would be enforced \"more quickly\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers had been forced to break up parties, despite hospitals in London struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nChairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt, who also spoke at the Downing Street briefing, said people should be asking themselves whether their reason for leaving home was \"truly essential\".\n\nHe stressed that police officers had been \"putting themselves at risk in order to keep people safe\", and said it had been \"disappointing\" to see some of the behaviour by rule-breakers.\n\nHe said examples of recent breaches included:\n\nMr Hewitt said he made \"no apology\" for police issuing fines, and warned people breaking rules - such as by organising parties or not wearing face coverings on public transport - to \"expect\" a fine.\n\nAsked if there needed to be more clarity on the guidance around exercise and staying local, Mr Hewitt said it would be wrong to put a \"particular distance\" on how far people could exercise from their home - as it would be too difficult for police to enforce.\n\nHe said it was right there was an exception to allow people to exercise, but insisted it was the public's responsibility to make sure they were doing so safely.\n\nThere is a big focus on adherence to lockdown rules. But what has almost gone unnoticed is the fact that cases may have actually started falling.\n\nThere has now been two consecutive days where newly diagnosed cases have hovered around the 46,000 mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the south east and east of England.\n\nIn some regions, cases are still going up. The north west of England is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact, so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nCare must be taken in reading too much into a couple of days' data.\n\nHospital cases are still rising - patients being admitted at the moment are the ones who were infected a week or so ago - but it does at least offer a glimmer of hope.\n\nLater in the news conference, NHS medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar said the capital's Nightingale hospital has reopened and was admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread.\n\nHe told reporters it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nDr Diwakar warned that if levels of hospitalisation in the capital continued to rise then more patients would need to be transferred out of London, adding that the NHS across the country was under pressure.\n\nIn Birmingham, 200 doctors are being redeployed to one of the country's largest intensive care units as it nears capacity.\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham Trust said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 in their hospitals, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nEarlier, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [we say] to them that, if they don't, they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - all of which are in charge of deciding and enforcing their own coronavirus restrictions.\n• None Could I be fined for exercising?", "YouTube has become the latest social network to suspend President Trump.\n\nThe Google-owned service has prevented his account from uploading new videos or live-streaming material for a minimum of seven days, and has said it may extend the period.\n\nThe firm said the channel had broken its rules over the incitement of violence.\n\nThe president had posted several videos on Tuesday night, some of which remain online.\n\nGoogle has not provided details of what Mr Trump said in the video it banned, however the BBC has discovered it was a clip from a press conference he had given on Tuesday.\n\nThe move came hours after civil rights groups had threatened to organise an ads boycott against YouTube.\n\nPresident Trump's YouTube channel remains live but he cannot post new videos\n\nJim Steyer - who previously helped coordinate similar action against Facebook last year - had called on Google to go further and take the president's channel offline.\n\n\"We hope they will make it permanent. It is disappointing that it took a Trump-incited attack to get here, but appears that the major platforms are finally beginning to step up,\" he tweeted after the suspension.YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel\n\nGoogle said that Mr Trump could still face his page being closed if he falls foul of its three-strikes policy.\n\n\"After review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J Trump's channel for violating our policies,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"It now has its first strike and is temporarily prevented from uploading new content for a minimum of seven days.\n\n\"Given the ongoing concerns about violence, we will also be indefinitely disabling comments on President Trump's channel, as we've done to other channels where there are safety concerns found in the comments section.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Apple chief Tim Cook told CBS News that those involved with the riots on the US Capitol last week should be held accountable.\n\n\"Everyone that had a part in it needs to be held accountable. I think no one is above the law. We're a rule of law country.\"\n\nHe did not mention President Trump by name, but added: \"I don't think we should let it go. This is something we've got to be serious about.\"\n\nMr Trump had already been suspended by Facebook and Instagram following last week's rioting on Capitol Hill, until at least the transition of power to Joe Biden on 20 January.\n\nTwitter has gone further by imposing a permanent ban.\n\nAmazon's Twitch has also disabled his account on its platform. And Snapchat has locked his account.\n\nShopify, Pinterest, TikTok and Reddit have also taken steps to restrict content associated with the president and his calls for the results of the US election to be challenged.\n\nYouTube has often been behind its social media rivals when it comes to moderating user-posted content.\n\nOver the years it has come under fire from campaign groups and big advertisers for not acting swiftly.\n\nNow it has followed Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat in restricting Donald Trump's access to its platform.\n\nAnd as so often, there's a lack of transparency about exactly what prompted the President's suspension.\n\nIt's only saying that a video violated its policies on incitement to violence, but is indicating that the issue was the President's remarks to reporters on Tuesday where he refused to take responsibility for the attack on Congress.\n\nOf course, those comments were broadcast on TV channels, including the BBC, and are still widely available.\n\nIt's not long ago that the social media landscape was being described as the Wild West when it came to moderating content - now the platforms suddenly seem eager to appear more cautious than the mainstream media.\n\nIt's amazing what the threat of regulation can do.", "A further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there have now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nAnd the prime minister warned there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity being \"overtopped\".\n\nSpeaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nHe appealed to the public to follow lockdown rules, which require people in England to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 47,525 new cases have also been recorded.\n\nPerhaps the most distressing element about the latest Covid deaths is that the numbers are almost certainly going to rise from here.\n\nPeople who are dying now are likely to have been infected three or so weeks ago, around Christmas time.\n\nThat was at a point when infection rates were rising quite steeply, so in the coming days and weeks we should, sadly, expect to see more deaths than this being reported.\n\nToday's figures are affected by the weekend, which sees delays in reporting deaths that tend to translate into higher figures from Tuesday onwards.\n\nCurrently around 1,000 people a day on average are dying once you take this into account.\n\nBut the figures also provide some hope. For the third day in a row the number of newly diagnosed infections are well below 50,000.\n\nThere have been several days where they have exceeded 60,000.\n\nIf that trend continues, and the number of new cases keeps coming down, that will eventually translate into the number of deaths falling.\n\nBut it is going to take some weeks for that to happen.\n\nThese are, as many have been saying, the darkest days of the pandemic so far.\n\nEarlier, during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer called for tougher restrictions in England, asking why they were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, nurseries were closed to most children and it was not permitted to exercise with someone from another household.\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\"\n\nHe stressed that it was early days, but said: \"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect.\"\n\nLater, asked by the Commons Liaison Committee whether schools could reopen after February half-term, Mr Johnson said: \"It is far, far too early for us to say [early signs of progress mean] we can go into any kind of relaxation in the middle of February, we've got to work very hard to achieve that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson took questions from MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee\n\nThe prime minister also said on Wednesday that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nThe number of people in the UK who have received the first dose of a vaccine has risen to 2,639,309 - up by 207,661 from the day before.\n\nCommenting on the latest daily figures, PHE's Dr Doyle said: \"With each passing day, more and more people are tragically losing their lives to this terrible virus.\"\n\nShe added: \"It is essential that we stay at home, minimise contact with other people and act as if you have the virus.\"\n\nThe vast majority of the deaths reported on Tuesday happened over the past week. However, at least 100 were in 2020, with one death dating back to May.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll was on Friday, when 1,325 people were reported to have died.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nWhen all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate are counted, plus deaths known to have occurred more recently, the number of deaths involving Covid in the UK is more than 100,000.\n\nAnother method is to count excess deaths - all deaths over and above the usual number at the time of year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister has said he is \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil. He acknowledged it is not yet clear how effective existing vaccines will be against the latest new variant.\n\nThe UK is taking steps to make sure it is not brought into the country, Mr Johnson said.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAnd from Monday, anyone arriving into the UK from any country will have to present a negative Covid test. The new rule had been due to come into force this week but the government said it was being put back to give travellers more time to prepare.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have joined a march organised following claims a man died hours after being released by police in Cardiff.\n\nThe family of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, claim he was assaulted in custody.\n\nMore than 300 people took part in a march from the city centre to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it found no evidence of excessive force. The police watchdog said initial tests showed Mr Hassan was not killed by any injuries.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said toxicology tests were now being carried out and it was awaiting the full post-mortem results.\n\nEarlier, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the reports of Mr Hassan's death were \"deeply concerning\".\n\nMr Hassan was arrested at his Roath home on Friday on suspicion of breach of the peace but released without charge on Saturday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan told BBC Wales she had seen Mr Hassan within an hour of his release.\n\n\"He was released on Saturday morning with lots of wounds on his body and lots of bruises,\" she said.\n\n\"He didn't have these wounds when he was arrested and when he came out of Cardiff Bay police station, he had them.\"\n\nIn a virtual session of the Welsh Parliament on Monday, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"Every effort should be made to seek the truth of what happened.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to know why Mr Hassan was arrested and what happened during his arrest.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan said she saw him after his release\n\n\"Why did this young man die?,\" he added.\n\nMr Price said any inquiry should not be prejudged, but asked if the first minister would \"help the family find those answers\".\n\nIn response, Mr Drakeford said reports of the story were \"deeply concerning\".\n\n\"Our thoughts must be with the family of a young man who was... a fit and healthy individual,\" the Cardiff West MS said.\n\nMark Drakeford said he was deeply concerned by the reports\n\nMr Drakeford, who said the death must be \"properly investigated\", said the first step in any inquiry would be to allow the IOPC to carry out their work, which he said he expected \"to be done rigorously and with full and visible independence\".\n\nHe added that if there were things the Welsh Government could do \"I will make sure that we attend properly to those\".\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and called for the police force to release CCTV of Mr Hassan's time in custody.\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon marched from the city centre to Cardiff Bay\n\nIn a statement on Monday, South Wales Police said Mr Hassan was arrested at his home in Newport Road on Friday night and taken to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nHe was released at 08:30 GMT on Saturday and officers returned to the property at about 22:30 following his death.\n\nIt added: \"As part of the South Wales Police investigation CCTV and body-worn video has already been, and will continue to be, examined.\n\n\"This will assist in establishing and understanding the events that took place.\n\n\"Early findings by the force indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force.\"\n\nProtesters were heard chanting \"no justice, no peace\"\n\nCatrin Evans, the IOPC's director for Wales, said its investigation would focus on Mr Hassan's arrest, the journey in a police van to custody and his time at Cardiff Bay police station, including whether relevant assessments were made before he was released.\n\nShe said they would be \"urgently examining the extensive relevant CCTV footage and body-worn video\" and would be speaking to the officers involved as well as witnesses who saw his arrest on Friday evening and his movements the next day after leaving custody.\n\nShe added: \"I send my condolences to Mr Hassan's family and friends, and to everyone affected by his sad death.\n\n\"We are aware of concerns being expressed and questions being asked about use of force by police officers. We will look carefully at the level of force used during the interaction and I would urge people show patience while our inquiries, which will take some time, are made.\"\n\nMs Evans added: \"An interim report from a post-mortem examination is awaited.\n\n\"Preliminary indications are that there is no physical trauma injury to explain a cause of death, and toxicology tests are required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bonnie Watson Coleman is one of three Democratic lawmakers to have tested positive since the invasion of the US Capitol\n\nThree US lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering for hours with colleagues during last week's deadly assault on the Capitol.\n\nHouse Democrats Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal and Brad Schneider have announced their diagnoses.\n\nLast Wednesday they hunkered down in secure rooms, seeking refuge from an invasion of Congress in which five people died.\n\nSome Republicans were not wearing masks during the ordeal, footage suggests.\n\nVideo shared by Punchbowl News shows several lawmakers apparently refusing facemasks offered to them.\n\nHowever, CBS pictures from inside the chamber show Ms Jayapal was herself not wearing a mask at one point.\n\nMedical experts fear more lawmakers may have contracted the disease, potentially amounting to a super-spreader event at a time when coronavirus infections and deaths continue to rise in the US.\n\nThe US has recorded the highest number of coronavirus infections (22.6 million) and deaths (367,000) in the world, with no sign of the epidemic abating, despite the limited roll-out of vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nOver the weekend, top congressional doctor Brian Monahan told lawmakers and congressional staff who sheltered together from the riots to get tested.\n\n\"The time in this room was several hours for some and briefer for others,\" Mr Monahan said. \"During this time, individuals may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection.\"\n\nMr Monahan did not say how many lawmakers were in the room, but called on them to observe social-distancing measures and wear masks.\n\nNew Jersey Democratic Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman was the first lawmaker to confirm she had tested positive on Monday. In a tweet, the 75-year-old cancer survivor said she was resting at home with \"mild, cold-like symptoms\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, and Illinois congressman Mr Schneider revealed they had tested positive on Tuesday.\n\nAll three Democrats accused Republican lawmakers of refusing to wear masks as they huddled together for safety last Wednesday.\n\n\"Any member who refuses to wear a mask should be fully held accountable for endangering our lives,\" Ms Jayapal wrote, calling for mask transgressors to be fined.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe wearing of masks has been an explosive political issue throughout the pandemic in the US, with some lawmakers openly refusing to don a face covering.\n\nA Republican congressman, Jake LaTurner of Kansas, tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in a House vote to reject Arizona's presidential election results on Wednesday.\n\nBut on Tuesday, Mr LaTurner's spokesperson told the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper that he was not in the secure area of the Capitol building where multiple members have since tested positive.\n\nOn Friday Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), had warned that Wednesday's rioting would probably have significant health consequences.\n\n\"You have to anticipate that this is another surge event,\" he told the McClatchy news agency. \"You had largely unmasked individuals in a non-distanced fashion, who were all through the Capitol.\"\n\nCoronavirus has swept through the heart of the American political establishment during the pandemic. One notable outbreak happened in September last year, when an event was held at the White House to announce the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice.\n\nSoon after, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the virus, along with numerous other senior government officials.", "Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have become the latest supermarkets to say they will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they are medically exempt.\n\nIt follows a similar move by Morrisons, while Sainsbury's says it will challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nRetailers have been criticised for not doing enough to stop people breaking Covid rules as infections spread.\n\nBut enforcement of face coverings is officially a police responsibility.\n\nHowever, supermarkets can deny entry to their premises which is private property, and can call the police if someone refuses to follow the rules or becomes abusive.\n\nSenior police figures have reportedly said there is little officers can do to enforce the rules in shops because they are so busy.\n\nBut policing minister Kit Malthouse said that they would offer \"backup if things go seriously wrong\".\n\n\"What we hope is that in the vast majority of cases the enforcement, or the reminders if you like, put in place by the store owners will be enough,\" he told BBC News.\n\nA Tesco spokeswoman said the supermarket chain had decided to strengthen its policies.\n\n\"To protect our customers and colleagues, we won't let anyone into our stores who is not wearing a face covering, unless they are exempt in line with government guidance,\" she said.\n\n\"We are also asking our customers to shop alone, unless they're a carer or with children. To support our colleagues, we will have additional security in stores to help manage this.\"\n\nAn Asda spokesman said if customers had forgotten their face coverings, it would continue to offer them one free of charge.\n\nBut he added: \"Should a customer refuse to wear a covering without a valid medical reason and be in any way challenging to our colleagues about doing so, our security colleagues will refuse their entry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nAndrew Murphy, executive director of operations at Waitrose, said: \"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days.\n\n\"By insisting on the wearing of face coverings, over and above the social distancing measures we already have in place, we aim to make our shops even safer for customers.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Sainsbury's told the BBC it did not have the power to deny entry to shoppers without masks. However, trials showed customers complied more when asked to wear masks by security guards at the door, it said.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Sainsbury's boss, Simon Roberts, said \"we are not going to ban customers\".\n\nBut he urged shoppers to wear a mask and shop alone.\n\n\"By doing that we will help keep everybody safe,\" he said.\n\nThe Co-op also said it would not ban shoppers without masks from entering, and instead urged customers to take responsibility for wearing a face covering when visiting its stores, as it was mandatory by law.\n\nBoss of Co-op Food Jo Whitfield said: \"We've increased our in-store messaging to remind customers and government guidance does state that the police can take measures if members of the public don't comply with this law.\"\n\nIceland said it would take a similar approach, adding the vast majority of its customers continued to shop in compliance with the law.\n\n\"In view of the rising tide of abuse and violence being directed at our store colleagues, we do not expect them to confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law,\" a spokesman added.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.", "President Trump has just become the first sitting president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives.\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in as well.\n\nHere's what they said:\n\nQuote Message: Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable. from Melissa Dangaran 51, from Minnesota Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable.\n\nQuote Message: Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? from Belinda Noah 45, from Florida Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol?\n\nQuote Message: It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me. from Williams Morales 19, from Georgia It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me.\n\nQuote Message: I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history. from Gabriel Montalvo 21, from New York I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history.", "US rapper YFN Lucci is wanted by police in Atlanta, Georgia, for his alleged involvement in the murder of a local man last month.\n\nTwo suspects have been arrested over the killing of the 28-year-old victim.\n\nAuthorities have appealed for help in locating YFN Lucci, 29 - whose birth name is Rayshawn Bennett.\n\nHe is wanted on suspicion of murder, aggravated assault and participation in criminal street gang activity, police told US media.\n\nThey say another man was wounded in the incident.\n\nLast month YFN Lucci released new material under the title Wish Me Well 3.\n\nIn 2018 rapper Cardi B was forced to defend her then-fiancé Offset against allegations of homophobia after he used a lyric by YFN Lucci that included the word \"queer.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many hospital staff treating the sickest patients during the first wave of the pandemic were left traumatised by the experience, a study suggests.\n\nResearchers at King's College London asked 709 workers at nine intensive care units in England about how they were coping as the first wave eased.\n\nNearly half reported symptoms of severe anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or problem drinking.\n\nOne in seven had thoughts of self-harming or being \"better off dead\".\n\nNursing staff were more likely to report feelings of distress than doctors or other clinical staff in the anonymous web-based survey, which was carried out in June and July last year.\n\nVictoria Sullivan, an intensive care nurse at Queen's Hospital in Romford, said she often can't sleep because she's thinking about what is happening at the hospital.\n\nHer worst moment was breaking the news of a death on the phone, she said, adding that the screams from the patient's relatives \"will honestly stay with me forever\".\n\n\"Telling someone over the phone and all you can say is 'I'm really sorry', whilst they're crying their heart out, is quite traumatising,\" she said.\n\n\"Although you're saying how sorry you are, in the back of your mind, you're also thinking: 'I've got three other patients I've got to go and see, the infusions need drawing up, and meds need to be given and a nurse needs support'.\n\n\"The guilt is just too much.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the study, which has been published online but has not yet been peer-reviewed:\n\nThe researchers say the findings are, in some ways, not surprising given the pressures ICU staff have faced.\n\nTheir workload has been relentless, caring for more patients than is ideal and under extremely challenging circumstances.\n\nLead researcher Prof Neil Greenberg said the findings should be a \"wake-up call\" for NHS managers.\n\nHe said: \"The severity of symptoms we identified are highly likely to impair some ICU staff's ability to provide high-quality care as well as negatively impacting on their quality of life.\"\n\nProf Greenberg said it was important to have \"occupationally focused\" mental health care to try to keep staff fighting fit or, where this was not possible, to ensure they got help to access the right sort of care.\n\nAnd he said that, while their work suggested things may have improved over the summer, there were signs the numbers experiencing mental health problems would rise in November and December.\n\nProf Partha Kar, diabetes consultant at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS trust, said it was \"really, really difficult seeing people battling through all sorts of odds\".\n\nHe added: \"We've got sickness rates high all around us and colleagues from all specialities, where they're not accustomed to seeing such ill patients, coming out and trying to help.\n\n\"Understandably the impact of that on everybody's mental health is not insignificant either... it's such a tough place to be in.\"\n\nPTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events.\n\nSomeone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.\n\nThey may also have problems sleeping, such as insomnia, and find concentrating difficult.\n\nThese symptoms are often severe and persistent enough to have a significant impact on the person's day-to-day life.\n\nCauses of PTSD can include:\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"This is an incredibly tough time for NHS staff working on the front line which is why we have invested £15m in support, including 38 local mental health and well-being hubs and a service for staff with complex mental health needs, such as trauma and addiction.\n\n\"The public can also help to support doctors and nurses by following the 'hands, space, face' guidance to reduce pressure on hospitals and save lives.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by mental health issues, the organisations listed at this link might be able to help", "Sarah Ferguson has a long-held interest in history, especially that of the royals and the aristocracy\n\nSarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has written her first novel for adults, to be released by the leading romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon.\n\nHer Heart for a Compass is based on the life of the duchess's great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott.\n\nShe has previously written children's books, non-fiction about Queen Victoria, and her own memoirs.\n\nShe said: \"I am proud to bring my personal brand of historical fiction to the publishing world.\"\n\n\"It all started with researching my ancestry. Digging into the history of the Montagu-Douglas Scotts, I first came across Lady Margaret, who intrigued me because she shared one of my given names,\" she added.\n\n\"But although her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, were close friends with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, I was unable to discover much about my namesake's early life, and so was born the idea which became Her Heart for a Compass.\"\n\nThe story will include some real people and events and also draw on the duchess's own experiences but she said \"my imagination took over\".\n\n\"I have long held a passion for historical research and telling the stories of strong women in history through film and television,\" she added.\n\nFor the big screen, she conceived the idea for the 2009 movie Young Victoria, starring Emily Blunt and written by Julian Fellowes.\n\nShe was a producer on the film and her daughter, Princess Beatrice, had a minor part. The duchess also worked on a documentary about Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Prince Albert's mother.\n\nShe recently revived her children's book series, Budgie the Helicopter.\n\nHeart for a Compass was written with the collaboration of established Mills & Boon novelist Marguerite Kaye, who has created more than 50 novels for the imprint, set in a variety of eras.\n\nThe duchess's novel is a saga that takes in events at Queen Victoria's court and the grand country houses of Scotland and Ireland, and crosses into the slums of London and on to the bustle of 1870s New York.\n\nMills & Boon described the story as a \"fascinating journey of a woman, born into the higher echelons of society, who desires to break the mould, follow her internal compass (her heart) and discover her raison d'être - and falling in love along the way\".\n\nMills & Boon is the UK's top publisher of romantic fiction and says it sells one of its novels every 10 seconds.\n\nThe stories are \"written by women, for women, it has a romance for every reader promising a happily-ever-after ending every time\", it adds.\n\nOther well-known names to venture into the Mills & Boon world include Made in Chelsea and I'm A Celebrity star Georgia Toffolo, whose debut romance novel, Meet Me in London, came out last year.\n\nBest-selling authors have also created stories for Mills & Boon under a pseudonym, including Destiny writer Sally Beauman (Vanessa James) and The Shell Seekers author Rosamunde Pilcher (Jane Fraser). PG Wodehouse also contributed a story in 1912.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Who were the protesters that broke into buildings on Capitol Hill after attending a rally in support of Donald Trump?\n\nSome were carrying symbols and flags strongly associated with particular ideas and factions, but in practice many of the members and their causes overlap.\n\nImages show individuals associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories, many of whom have long been active online and at pro-Trump rallies.\n\nOne of the most startling images, quickly shared across social media, shows a man dressed with a painted face, fur hat and horns, holding an American flag.\n\nHe's been identified as Jake Angeli, a well-known supporter of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon. He calls himself the QAnon Shaman.\n\nHis social media presence shows him attending multiple QAnon events and posting YouTube videos about deep state conspiracies.\n\nHe was pictured in November making a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, about unproven claims the election was fraudulent.\n\nHis personal Facebook page is filled with images and memes relating to all sorts of extreme ideas and conspiracy theories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother group spotted at the storming of the Capitol were members of the far-right group Proud Boys.\n\nThe organisation was founded in 2016 and is anti-immigrant and all male. In the first US presidential debate President Trump in response to a question about white supremacists and militias said: \"Proud Boys - stand back and stand by.\"\n\nThe individual on the right is Nick Ochs, who describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder\".\n\nOne of their members, Nick Ochs, tweeted a selfie inside the building saying \"Hello from the Capital lol\". He also filmed a live stream inside.\n\nWe haven't identified the individual standing on the left in the above image.\n\nMr Ochs' profile on the messaging app Telegram describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder from Hawaii.\"\n\nIndividuals with large followings online were also spotted at the protests.\n\nAmong them was the social media personality Tim Gionet, who goes under the pseudonym \"Baked Alaska\".\n\nTim Gionet, better known as \"Baked Alaska\", livestreamed himself from the Capitol on Wednesday\n\nHis livestream from inside the Capitol posted on a niche streaming service was watched by thousands of people and showed him talking to other protesters.\n\nA Trump supporter, Mr Gionet has made a name for himself as an internet troll.\n\nYouTube banned his channel in October after he posted videos of himself harassing shop workers and refusing to wear a face-mask during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOther platforms that have previously shut down his accounts include Twitter and PayPal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nA photo that went viral of a man who'd entered the office of senior Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi has been named as Richard Barnett from Arkansas.\n\nRichard Barnett left a message for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying \"we will not back down\"\n\nOutside Capitol Hill buildings, he told the New York Times that he took an envelope from the speaker's office and says left a note calling her an expletive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matthew Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReacting to the New York Times interview, Republican congressman Steve Womack said on Twitter: \"I'm sickened to learn that the below actions were perpetrated by a constituent.\"\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Barnett is involved in a group that supports gun rights, and that he was interviewed at a 'Stop the Steal' rally following the presidential election - a movement that refused to accept Joe Biden's victory and supports the president's unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nIn the interview at the rally organised by 'Engaged Patriots' he said: \"If you don't like it, send somebody out to get me 'cause I ain't going down easy.\"\n\nThe group associated with Mr Barnett held a fundraiser in October with proceeds going towards body cameras for the local police department, according to the Westside Eagle Observer local paper.\n\nAs the events were unfolding, many social media users, especially those associated with QAnon and supporters of President Trump, were claiming that agitators from the loose-knit left-wing group antifa were involved.\n\nThe implication was that these activists were disguised as Trump supporters to create disruption.\n\nA number of prominent Republican politicians, such as US Representative Matt Gaetz, claimed it was antifa masquerading as Trump supporters.\n\nOne widely-shared post claimed one protester had a \"communist hammer\" tattoo, as evidence that he wasn't a Trump supporter.\n\nOn closer inspection, the symbol is from the video game series Dishonored.\n\nThere have also been suggestions that Mr Angeli, the man wearing fur and horns, was a Black Lives Matter supporter, with users sharing an image of him at a BLM event in Arizona.\n\nMr Angeli was indeed at that event, but he was there as a counter-protester. In images taken there, he's seen holding a QAnon sign.\n\nAt least one of the rioters was holding a Confederate flag, which represented US states that supported the continuation of slavery during the American civil war. For this reason, it is considered by many to be a symbol of racism and there have been calls to ban it across the US. Others see it as an important part of southern US history.\n\nA protester carries the Confederate flag after breaching US Capitol security\n\nIn July it was announced that the flag could no longer be flown on American military properties because of a new policy to reject \"divisive symbols\".\n\nPresident Trump has defended the use of the Confederate flag in the past, saying: \"I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery...I just think it's freedom of speech.\"\n\nThere were also protesters holding aloft flags featuring a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow background, often accompanied by the phrase \"don't tread on me\". This is known as the Gadsden flag, harking back to the American revolution and the war to expel British colonialists.\n\nIt was adopted by libertarians in the 1970s, according to an article in the New Yorker, and more recently became a favourite symbol of conservative Tea Party activists.\n\nThe flag has been adopted by the right over the past couple of decades, says Prof Margaret Weir, a political science expert at Brown University.\n\nIt is also used by anti-government, white supremacist groups who embrace violence, she says.", "The Christmas Day special saw Ashley Banjo (r) sit in for Simon Cowell\n\nThe filming of the next series of ITV show Britain's Got Talent has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns.\n\nProduction on the show was due to begin later this month but will now start at a later date yet to be confirmed.\n\nITV said it had decided to move \"the record and broadcast\" of the show's 15th series\" to safeguard \"the well-being of everyone involved\".\n\nThe filming of the programme's audition shows typically involves hundreds of people congregating en masse.\n\nIt is understood this has been considered to be unviable due to lockdown restrictions currently in place.\n\nWriting on Twitter, ITV thanked viewers for their \"continued love and support\" for the long-running programme.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BGT This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe filming of last year's Christmas special was also postponed after at least three crew members tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe Christmas Day programme saw former contestants return to perform again alongside the show's panel of celebrity judges.\n\nThe show saw Ashley Banjo sit in for Simon Cowell, who spent much of last year recovering from an electric bicycle accident.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" in the US, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Congress and clashed with police.\n\nRioters breached the Capitol building where lawmakers met to confirm Joe Biden's presidential election victory.\n\nThe PM said it was \"vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" Mr Johnson tweeted.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, called the events \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nThe US Congress has now reconvened after the violence - spurred on by Mr Trump's unproven claims of electoral fraud - to certify Mr Biden's victory in the US election in November\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol, and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nFour people died on Capitol grounds during the violence, including a woman shot by police and three others, who died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nUK MPs from across the political spectrum have criticised the events in the US.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said there was \"no justification for these violent attempts to frustrate the lawful and proper transition of power\", while Home Secretary Priti Patel called the scenes \"unacceptable and undemocratic\".\n\nShe added: \"There is no justification for this violence and Donald Trump must condemn it.\"\n\nHer Conservative colleague, and former Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt directly addressed President Trump for telling the crowd to march on Congress, tweeting: \"He shames American democracy tonight and causes its friends anguish - but he is not America.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner said: \"The violence that Donald Trump has unleashed is terrifying, and the Republicans who stood by him have blood on their hands.\"\n\nAnd shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the events were \"the legacy of a politics of hate that pits people against each other and threatens the foundations of democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nMs Coffey added that events in the US were a \"reminder that democracy is something precious - and will only continue to thrive as long as we protect institutions that make this country important and not demean each other when the majority of what we want to achieve is similar outcomes\".\n\nDonald Trump and Boris Johnson at a Nato summit in 2019\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said the end of Mr Trump's presidency \"cannot come quick enough\".\n\nHe tweeted: \"What a legacy the events of today are to his time in office. Shameful, shocking, an affront to democracy.\"\n\nLeader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, called the scenes \"absolutely horrendous\", while his party's foreign affairs spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: \"The scenes coming out of Washington tonight are an attack on democracy.\"", "National Express has announced that it is suspending its entire national network of coach services from midnight on Sunday.\n\nThe firm said tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers had prompted the decision.\n\nIt added that it hoped to restart services in March.\n\nAll customers whose travel has been cancelled will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund, the company said.\n\nAll journeys before Monday 11 January will be completed to ensure any passengers making essential journeys are not stranded.\n\nChris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: \"We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this.\n\nHe added that as the vaccination programme was rolled out and government guidance changed, the company would regularly review when services could restart.\n\n\"We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday 1 March in place,\" he said.\n\nNational Express first suspended coach services during the coronavirus crisis in April, then restarted in July.\n\nServices have been operating at half capacity, with strict cleaning and Covid protocols. As the tier structure came into operation, demand for services reduced.\n\nAs with the previous suspension, employees will be furloughed.\n\nFirms that transport passengers, including coach, rail and aviation businesses, have been under intense pressure during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAvanti West Coast, the train operating company running services on the West Coast mainline, has confirmed it will cut its timetable from 18 January.\n\nAvanti says the new timetable will 'more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence'.\n\nDuring the first major lockdown in March, services on key intercity routes were reduced from three an hour to one. This included services from both Manchester and Birmingham to London.\n\nThe Department for Transport has been consulting with all train operators about service reductions during the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exact scale of reduction is still being worked on, but the DfT says service levels may fall to as low as 40% of the normal timetable by some operators.\n\nThe focus is to ensure essential workers can still make essential journeys.\n\n\"Following discussions with the Department for Transport we will be introducing a new timetable on Monday 18 January. This will more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Ryanair also announced that it would make big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January, with few, if any flights to or from the UK or Ireland until \"draconian travel restrictions are removed\".\n\nTrain services are expected to be reduced in lockdown, with some in the industry anticipating reductions of between 50% and 60% compared with normal service.\n\nIn the first national lockdown in England, services were reduced to almost half.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Work to get pupils connected in Wolverhampton is well under way\n\nThere are concerns some schools in lockdown could be inundated with pupils without laptops after a change to the vulnerable pupil list.\n\nPupils are learning remotely in England after schools were closed on Tuesday to all but children of key workers and those deemed vulnerable.\n\nBut those without laptops or space to study are now eligible to attend school, under government guidance.\n\nHeads' union, NAHT, said the move could reduce the effect of the shutdown.\n\nSchools were ordered to close to most pupils as a way of limiting the spread of the virus.\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers general secretary Paul Whiteman said demand for key worker and vulnerable places in schools had risen substantially since the last school shutdown.\n\nNearly a third of the 2,000 head teachers who joined an online union meeting on Wednesday afternoon reported having between 20 and 30% of pupils in school, the NAHT said.\n\nMr Whiteman said: \"It is critical that key worker child school places are only used when absolutely necessary to truly reduce numbers and spread of the virus.\n\n\"We have concern that the government has not supplied enough laptops for all the children without them and so has made lack of internet access a vulnerable criteria - only adding to numbers still in school.\n\n\"It is important that all vulnerable pupils have access to a school place, but the government must provide laptops and internet access for every pupil that needs one, so that they can access home learning to take some of the strain off the demand for school places.\n\n\"Nearly half of head teachers who we polled during a webcast on Wednesday evening said that had received fewer than 10% of the laptops they'd requested.\n\n\"It is essential that this is rectified immediately, so that we can keep school attendance figures at a level which will have the desired impact on getting transmission rates under control.\"\n\nJane Girt, head teacher of Carlton Bolling College in Bradford, said the rule change could leave her having to accommodate an extra 200 pupils on top of those already on the key worker and vulnerable children list.\n\nShe told BBC News that having so many pupils in school would \"defeat the object\" of closing amid the England-wide lockdown.\n\nMrs Girt said her secondary, which has more than 1,500 students, had received 261 laptops from the government since March but about 50% of pupils were sharing a device with another family member.\n\nThe prime minister told MPs on Wednesday that 560,000 devices had been given out to schools in 2020 and a further 50,000 so far this week.\n\nAnd Gavin Williamson reiterated that those without access to remote learning via digital devices could attend school.\n\nHe said: \"Schools are much better prepared to deliver online learning, with the delivery of hundreds of thousands of devices at breakneck speed, data support and high quality video lessons.\"\n\nBut Ofcom estimates there are up to 1.5m pupils without digital devices in their homes, on which they can learn.\n\nAmanda Bailey, director of the child poverty commission in north-east England, said pupils without internet access tended to be concentrated in disadvantaged areas and this meant some schools would be \"largely fully open\", she said.\n\n\"And we know that the most deprived communities are the ones most vulnerable to the health impact of the pandemic,\" she added.\n\n\"Our main concerns are that we're now nine months into this situation and we're still talking about families not having sufficient access to digital devices or data or the internet.\"\n\nLabour Councillor Beverley Momenabadi, Wolverhampton's champion for digital innovation, said the guidance massively expands the number of children who are entitled to go into school.\n\nShe said although plans to support those needing access while self-isolating in her city are at an advanced stage, with rental schemes being accessed and donations sought, the new lockdown changes the game completely.\n\nShe called for a national plan for the transition to remote learning.\n\nCouncillor Momenabadi said: \"Even after Gavin Williamson's statement in the Commons, children across the country are still waiting for that national plan.\n\n\"And even on the devices they've said will arrive; how will these be distributed, when will they arrive, will they arrive in time to ensure that no child misses out on their education?\"\n\nWill you have to send your child back to school because you are unable to supervise home learning? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has been allowed to Tweet again, after being locked out of his account for 12 hours.\n\nPosting a more conciliatory message, he refrained from reiterating false claims of voter fraud.\n\nTwitter said that it would ban Mr Trump \"permanently\" if he breached the platform's rules again.\n\nThe move from Twitter puts clear water between it and Facebook, which suspended him \"indefinitely\" on Thursday.\n\nTwitter has instead given the outgoing president a final warning.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, the popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on Mr Trump's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts.\n\nMr Trump tweeted several message on Wednesday, calling the people who stormed Capitol Hill \"patriots\". He also said \"We love you.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nA spokesperson for Twitter said: \"After the Tweets were removed and the subsequent 12-hour period expired, access to @realDonaldTrump was restored.\n\n\"Any future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.\"\n\nEarlier in the day, the president was suspended from Facebook and Instagram. That suspension will be reviewed after the transition of power to Joe Biden on 20 January.\n\nThe social network had originally imposed a 24-hour ban after the US Capitol attack.\n\nFacebook's chief, Mark Zuckerberg, wrote that the risks of allowing Mr Trump to post \"are simply too great\".\n\nMr Zuckerberg said Facebook had removed the president's posts \"because we judged that their effect - and likely their intent - would be to provoke further violence\".\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Mark This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nHe said it was clear Mr Trump intended to undermine the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.\n\n\"Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Trump's favoured platform, Twitter, suspended the president for 12 hours on Wednesday.\n\nThe company said it required the removal of three tweets for \"severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy\".\n\nIt said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed.\n\nTwitter has now confirmed the offending tweets have been removed, and he is free to tweet again.\n\nSnapchat also stopped Mr Trump from creating new posts, but did not say if or when it would end the ban. YouTube also removed Wednesday's video.\n\nThe president's supporters stormed the seat of US government and clashed with police, leading to the death of one woman.\n\nThe violence brought to a halt congressional debate over Democrat Joe Biden's election win.\n\nIn the House and Senate chambers, Republicans were challenging the certification of November's election results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We will never give up, we will never concede\", Trump tells supporters\n\nBefore the violence, President Trump had told supporters on the National Mall in Washington that the election had been stolen.\n\nHours later, as the violence mounted inside and outside the US Capitol, he appeared on video and repeated the false claim.", "The controversy over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been ongoing since 1977\n\nThe Trump administration has held the first sale for rights to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - but it drew no interest from major companies.\n\nAn Alaskan state agency emerged as the primary bidder at the auction, which has been heavily criticised by environmental groups.\n\nThe sale raised less than $15m (£11m) - far less than the government had hoped.\n\nThe tepid interest comes amid big changes in the energy industry.\n\nMajor companies, including oil giant Exxon, Shell and BP, have said they are focusing their spending on renewable energy, amid a huge slump in oil prices, in part triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAdam Kolton, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League, said the sale was an \"epic failure\" for the Trump administration and the Alaska Republicans, who had backed the move as a way to create jobs and reduce American dependence on foreign oil.\n\n\"After years of promising a revenue and jobs bonanza they ended up throwing a party for themselves, with the state being one of the only bidders,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"We have long known that the American people don't want drilling in the Arctic Refuge, the [Alaska native] Gwich'in people don't want it, and now we know the oil industry doesn't want it either.\"\n\nThe refuge is home to more than 200 species of bird including the Northern shrike\n\nMr Kolton said his organisation would continue to fight in court to reverse the sale of the land, which is home to caribou, polar bears and millions of migratory birds.\n\nThe wildlife refuge is estimated to hold some 11 billion barrels of oil.\n\nOpening the wilderness for drilling and development has been a long-term priority for Alaska Republicans, but development was expected to be costly since the area has minimal roads and infrastructure.\n\nAfter decades of controversy, the sale was finally authorised by the US Congress in 2017 as part of a major package of tax cuts. The auction comes just weeks before Donald Trump is due to leave office on 20 January.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden had vowed to protect the refuge and environmental groups have also challenged the sale, which they say threatens land that provides a vital home to wildlife.\n\nA federal court rejected arguments by environmental groups seeking to block the auction on Tuesday.\n\nPolar bears are particularly at risk of dying in oil spills\n\nAt Wednesday's auction, the Bureau of Land Management said it had received bids for 12 of the 22 tracts of land offered, covering more than 600,000 acres.\n\nThe Alaska Industrial Development and Industrial Authority, a state agency, was the sole bidder on at least eight of the 12 tracts.\n\nSome bids submitted were \"incomplete\", the bureau said.\n\nThe state agency has said it plans to work with private companies on development of the refuge, which encompasses more than 19,000 million acres overall.\n\nOn social media platform Twitter, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy called the sale \"historic for Alaska and tremendous for America\".\n\n\"Opening [Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge] for responsible resource development could put more oil in our pipeline, put Alaskans to work, bring billions of dollars of investment to our state, support American energy independence, and provide critical revenues to our state and local communities,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Alaskans have waited two generations for this moment; I stand with them in support of this day.\"", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading on Sunday\n\nThree teenagers have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm after a boy, 13, was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nTwo boys, aged 13 and 14, and a girl, aged 13, will appear in Reading Magistrates' Court on Thursday.\n\nTwo other boys, also aged 13, have been released on bail, with strict conditions, until 1 February.\n\nThe girl has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nIn a statement, Oliver's family said: \"An Olly-sized hole has been left in our hearts.\"\n\nHis parents said their son was \"an enigma\", and having both autism and suspected pathological demand avoidance meant \"he became a challenge we never shied away from\".\n\nThe family described the ordeal as \"every parents' worst nightmare\".\n\nThey also sought to highlight those who helped at the scene, including \"a Good Samaritan that tried valiantly to save Oliver\", an off-duty doctor who offered help, and the emergency services.\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack in fields on the boundary of Emmer Green and Caversham Heights.\n\nParents laying flowers at nearby Highdown School called the killing \"utterly senseless\" and said their children who attended school with Olly were \"devastated\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown urged anyone with information to contact police and not to share any images or footage on social media.\n\n\"This continues to be a very difficult time for the family of Olly. Our thoughts remain with them,\" he said.\n\n\"The Stephens family appreciate all of the kindness shown to them but they have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest Image caption: South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest\n\nOn Wednesday, as protesters gathered outside before swarming the Capitol building, the yellow flags of the old South Vietnam regime could be seen.\n\nIn fact, the yellow flags of the former South Vietnam are a common sight at pro-Trump rallies across the United States.\n\nVietnamese Americans, especially those of the older generation who fled Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975, are known for their support for the Republican party and Donald Trump.\n\nA pre-election survey by the group Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote found that Vietnamese Americans are the only major East Asian ethnic community that favoured Trump over Biden . Trump’s anti-China and anti-communist rhetoric resonated greatly with the former refugees who risked their lives to escape communism.\n\nBut the support for President Trump has also become an increasingly divisive issue amongst the Vietnamese American community.\n\nHours after the Capitol riot, there are still calls on pro-Trump internet forums like the \"ABC Trump\" Facebook page for Vietnamese Americans to “take to the streets in support of President Trump” as “the battle continues”.\n\nBut there have also been condemnations.\n\n“This is embarrassing,” one young Vietnamese American wrote on Twitter, adding: “They’ve brought shame to the flag”.", "Nguyen Huy Hung was one of 39 people who died in a container en route from Belgium to Essex\n\nThe father of a 15-year-old boy who was one of 39 people to die in a lorry trailer said he learned of his son's death through social media.\n\nNguyen Huy Hung died in the sealed container en route from Belgium to Purfleet, Essex, in October 2019.\n\nHis father, Nguyen Huy Tung, said the family could not believe it until \"we saw his body by our own eyes\" at the hospital.\n\nEight men are being sentenced for their role in the people-smuggling operation.\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October last year\n\nThe 39 Vietnamese migrants, aged 15 to 44, were sealed inside the container for at least 12 hours.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard how it became a \"tomb\" as temperatures reached an \"unbearable\" 38.5C (101F).\n\nThe people trapped inside had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof, but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nAt a sentencing hearing set to last three days in front of Mr Justice Sweeney, some of their final desperate phone messages were played in court.\n\nIn one message, a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nIn the background, a voice could be heard pleading: \"Come on everyone. Open up, open up.\"\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Polnay read out statements from the victims' families, and the mother of another 15-year-old who died, Dinh Dinh Binh, said her family had \"not been able to get back to our normal life yet\".\n\n\"Our economic conditions and work are negatively affected,\" she said. \"We have had to sell some properties of the family to afford our life.\"\n\nThe 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nTran Hai Loc and his wife Nguyen Thi Van, both 35, were found huddled together in the trailer, and left behind two children, aged six and four.\n\nThe children's grandfather, Tran Dinh Thanh, said: \"At the moment their children are very small - this incident will affect their future.\n\n\"Every day, when they come home from school they always look at the photos of their parents on the altar. The decease of both parents is a big loss to them.\"\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nPhan Thi Thanh, 41, had sold the family home and left her son with his godmother before setting off on the journey.\n\nHer son, who is now being looked after by his father in the UK, said he felt \"very heartbroken with mum not around\".\n\nHaulier boss Ronan Hughes, 41, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, was described as a ringleader of the operation. He closed his eyes as the phone messages were played to the court. Other defendants hung their heads.\n\nBoth Maurice Robinson (l) and Ronan Hughes (r) admitted 39 counts of manslaughter in connection with the case\n\nHughes had previously admitted manslaughter, as had 26-year-old lorry driver Maurice Robinson, from County Armagh, who discovered the bodies in the trailer.\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, of Newry, County Down, who dropped off the trailer at Zeebrugge port, and people-smuggler Gheorghe Nica, 43, were convicted of the same charge by a jury.\n\nThey will be sentenced alongside Christopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, Valentin Calota, 38, from Birmingham, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, and Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Tottenham, north London, who were convicted for their role in the smuggling.\n\nGheorghe Nica and Eamonn Harrison were both found guilty of manslaughter\n\nMr Polnay said: \"These defendants were party to a sophisticated, long-running and profitable conspiracy to smuggle [mainly] Vietnamese migrants to the UK, in the back of lorries, in a deliberate and intentional breach of border control.\"\n\nThe fee was between £10,000 and £13,000 for each migrant, for the \"VIP route\", the court heard.\n\nMr Polnay said seven smuggling trips were identified between May 2018 and 23 October 2019, but there was \"an irresistible inference that there were more events than those that were fortuitously detected\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "It is inevitable that part of the politics of a pandemic is the perceived relative performance of different countries.\n\nYou can pick your metric to make your comparison, and plenty have.\n\nThe death toll in the UK, and the economic slump, have come in for particular criticism.\n\nBut the government has, for some time, sought to emphasise how the UK is ahead of the game on vaccinations.\n\nThe UK was considerably quicker than the EU, for instance, in licencing the first vaccine, from Pfizer-BioNTech.\n\nAt today's news conference, the Prime Minister has pointed out that the UK has already given more people a first jab for Covid than all the other countries in Europe put together.\n\nSir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of the National Health Service in England, added that the UK has jabbed four times as many people as Germany and 300 times more than France.\n\nBut he acknowledged the scale of the ongoing challenge - trying to vaccinate as many people in the next five weeks as normally happens in five months with the flu jab.\n\nOne final thought: ministers tend to suggest international comparisons are pointless or premature when the comparisons are less than flattering.\n\nThey're rather keener on them when the numbers look better.", "Teachers' estimated grades will be used to replace cancelled GCSEs and A-levels in England this summer, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told MPs he would \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\", a reference to the U-turn over last year's exams.\n\nFor primaries, he confirmed there would be no Year 6 Sats tests this year.\n\nMr Williamson promised parents it would be \"mandatory\" for schools to provide \"high-quality remote education\" of three to five hours per day.\n\nHe said this would be \"enforced\" by Ofsted, with inspections where there were \"serious concerns\" about what was provided for children now studying at home.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green, accused Mr Williamson of \"chaos and confusion\" - and said he had failed to listen to the \"expertise of professionals on the front line\".\n\nShe said he had given a \"cast-iron commitment\" that exams would go ahead - and Ms Green said: \"At that moment, we should have known they were doomed to be cancelled.\"\n\nMr Williamson, in a statement to the House of Commons, said there would be \"training and support\" for teachers in estimating grades, \"to ensure these are awarded fairly and consistently\".\n\nHe also told MPs there would be no Sats tests for those at the end of primary school.\n\n\"I can absolutely confirm that we won't be proceeding with Sats this year. We do recognise that this will be an additional burden on schools\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said rather than a \"vague statement\" of how A-levels and GCSEs would be graded, ministers should already have a system ready in place - and it was a \"dereliction of duty\" that it was not already prepared.\n\nAnd he warned against repeating the \"shambles\" of last summer's cancelled exams.\n\nThe education secretary confirmed to MPs that GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exams watchdog Ofqual will draw up proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, for qualifications that could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nSimon Lebus, the watchdog's interim head, said evidence for replacement grades could include tests, homework, mock exams and teachers' observations - and would take into account how much of the syllabus had been covered.\n\nA consultation is expected to begin next week, with plans to be decided by the end of February or possibly sooner.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' assessments, with some process of moderation between schools, will be used for this summer's candidates.\n\nOn vocational qualifications, Labour's Ms Green said the education secretary was \"failing to show leadership on exams in January\".\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them - but college leaders had complained that there needed to be a national decision to avoid confusion.\n\nIf students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they would consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\nMr Williamson's statement in the Commons came as all GCSE, AS and A-level exams in Northern Ireland were cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir announced the decision in the Stormont assembly on Wednesday.\n\nScotland has already cancelled its Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers.\n\nGCSEs and A-levels in Wales were scrapped in November.", "Adrian Chiles first joined 5 Live for its launch in 1994\n\nAdrian Chiles has been confirmed as the broadcaster who will replace Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 5 Live on Thursday mornings.\n\nNaga Munchetty now presents the same show from Monday to Wednesday.\n\nChiles has previously presented the same time slot on Fridays, along with the BBC's The One Show and Match of the Day 2, as well as ITV's Daybreak show.\n\n\"Adrian is a wonderful broadcaster who our audience trust and respect,\" said 5 Live controller Heidi Dawson.\n\n\"He has that unique ability to put listeners at ease and make them smile, whilst remaining relentless in his questioning of those in positions of power.\"\n\nChiles, who will present the show on Thursdays and Fridays, joined the station at its launch in 1994 and has featured regularly on shows like Wake Up To Money, and 5 Live Drive.\n\nFollowing his move to mid-morning, Chiles' Question Time Extra Time show will be replaced by a new programme, hosted by Colin Murray.\n\nBarnett, who has moved to BBC Radio 4 to host Woman's Hour, defended herself this week after a guest who was booked to appear on the BBC Radio 4 programme dropped out due to remarks the presenter made about her off-air.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Epsom Racecourse in Surrey will be one of seven mass vaccination hubs announced by the government\n\nSeven new mass Covid vaccination hubs across England have been announced by the government.\n\nCentres in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage are due to begin operations next week.\n\nVarious venues will be converted into regional centres in a bid to meet the government's target of vaccinating 14 million people in the UK by February.\n\nIt is expected the hubs will be staffed by NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nThe seven sites announced by Downing Street are:\n\nAshton Gate Stadium, home to Bristol City FC, will be used to help the government meet its vaccination target\n\nSupermarket chain Morrisons has confirmed car parks at its stores in Yeovil, Wakefield and Winsford would be used to drive-through vaccinations from Monday. It has also offered an additional 47 sites to the government.\n\nPremier League club Tottenham Hotspur has also offered the use of its stadium to the NHS as a venue to provide the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe sites across England will begin operations next week", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Capitol riots: How the world's media reacted\n\nShock and contempt for the violent storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters is evident in many reports and commentary on the event from around the world.\n\nFrom Germany's Die Welt daily describing \"disturbing, sad, terrifying scenes\", to the Nigerian Tribune saying \"Trump supporters defile US democracy\", many criticise the outgoing president for what what they see as his role in degrading America's institutions and democracy.\n\nOne commentator in Argentina's leading daily Clarin called it \"the 'scorched earth' legacy of Donald Trump\".\n\n\"Narcissism prevailing over all dignity, he harasses institutions, tramples on democracy, divides his own camp,\" says an editorial in France's Le Figaro.\n\n\"In refusing to quit, Donald Trump exposes the fragility of the American system in a final destructive offensive,\" a columnist says in France's Le Monde. Another headline in the paper calls him \"the insurrectional president\".\n\nIn Turkey, the pro-government Turkiye paper notes: \"Trump's stubbornness stirred the US\".\n\n\"I expect Trump to be tried after this turmoil,\" said one pundit on Egypt's MBC Misr TV, adding that \"the US is no longer a superpower in the full sense of the word\".\n\nSeveral of America's adversaries seized the opportunity to portray the incident as an example of the country's structural weaknesses and what they see as its hypocrisy.\n\n\"@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as 'a beautiful sight to behold' — it remains yet to be seen whether she will say the same about the recent developments in Capitol Hill,\" tweeted China's daily Global Times.\n\n\"Capital vandals show fragility of US democracy,\" claimed a headline in the paper.\n\nIn Iran, state TV and radio inaccurately reported that the mayor of Washington DC had imposed \"martial law\", instead of the 12-hour curfew on the capital, which is what actually happened.\n\nAnd in Russia, where the first day of the Orthodox Christmas is currently being celebrated, footage of Trump's supporters ransacking the Capitol dominates state TV.\n\nMorning bulletins have focused on the events in America\n\nRolling news channel Rossiya 24 has played scenes of the violence at length, with no comment other than the caption \"Attack on the Capitol\".\n\nSome channels have also shown sympathy for the pro-Trump supporters, suggesting that they had cause to feel \"cheated\" over November's presidential election, and talked up claims that the event represents a crisis for US and even Western democracy.\n\nRossiya 24 said they were \"dissatisfied with the most scandalous election in US history\", while Rossiya 1 said it was the US system of democracy that was \"to a large degree the cause of today's events\".\n\nEven for those not necessarily unfriendly to America, the incident shows serious rifts in society that Trump's departure won't address.\n\nIt is \"a spectacular demonstration of frustration that has been building in the USA for decades,\" says one commentator in Poland's conservative daily Rzeczpospolita.\n\n\"Behind the façade of plastered smiles… and phrases about 'the best country in the world' lies the drama of a gigantic income gap, society in which more and more people struggle to make ends meet, while the few do not even know how many billions they own.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "Two US police officers linked to a notorious raid in which young black medic Breonna Taylor was fatally shot have been fired, authorities have said.\n\nDetectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes are the latest officers to be dismissed over the shooting in March last year.\n\nThe incident in Kentucky caused outrage, spurring protests against racism and police brutality.\n\nMs Taylor, 26, died when police raided her home in connection to a drug case.\n\nThe FBI said Mr Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Ms Taylor at her home in Louisville.\n\nLouisville police dismissed Mr Cosgrove for violating procedures for use of force and failing to use a body camera during the search, the Louisville Courier Journal reported on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jaynes, the newspaper said, was fired for violating the police force's policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation.\n\nDuring the raid, Ms Taylor's boyfriend fired at the officers who he said he believed were attackers breaking into their home.\n\nPolice say they knocked on the door to announce their presence before breaking down the door with a battering ram.\n\nMs Taylor's boyfriend said police did not make their presence known, and he fired out of self-defence. Three officers returned fire with 32 shots, six of which hit Ms Taylor.\n\nMs Taylor's name became a global rallying cry as people demanded a thorough investigation into her death.\n\nBlack Lives Matter activists in the US have demanded that Louisville police take stronger action against the officers in the case and say that police too often escape unpunished after killing members of the public.\n\nBut despite the outcry against Ms Taylor's shooting, no criminal charges were sought relating to her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Questions still aren't answered\": Breonna Taylor's family are worried about a \"cover-up\"", "Tennant was remembered as \"a beautiful soul\" and \"a sensitive and talented woman\"\n\nBritish model Stella Tennant took her own life after being \"unwell for some time\", her family has confirmed.\n\nIn a statement, her family said it was \"a matter of our deepest sorrow and despair that she felt unable to go on.\"\n\nTennant, who made her name in the early 1990s modelling for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, died in December five days after her 50th birthday.\n\nHer family said they were \"humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support\" they have received.\n\nTennant was \"a beautiful soul, adored by a close family and good friends, a sensitive and talented woman whose creativity, intelligence and humour touched so many\", they said.\n\n\"In grieving Stella's loss, her family renews a heartfelt request that respect for their privacy should continue.\"\n\nBorn in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage.\n\nShe shot to fame after being photographed for British Vogue at the age of 22 in 1993, going on to work with such designers as Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier.\n\nTennant retired from the catwalk in 1998 but later returned. She also worked on campaigns to promote saving energy and reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion.\n\nShe had four children with French-born photographer David Lasnet. The couple married in the Scottish borders in 1999 and announced their separation last year.\n\nTennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999\n\nStella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month.\n\nCampbell said she had been \"a class act in every way\", while Beckham remembered her as \"an incredible talent\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Medical staff are \"well over half way through\" vaccinating Scotland's care home residents with their first dose against Covid-19.\n\nThe first minister said this was \"extremely important\", as care homes accounted for more than a third of Covid-related deaths in the past week.\n\nBy Sunday more than 113,000 people in Scotland had been given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nSome 1,100 vaccination centres are set to be operational within a week.\n\nThe government has set a target of giving a first dose to everyone over the age of 80 in Scotland within the next four weeks.\n\nScotland has about 30,000 residents living in care homes for older people.\n\nA further 78 deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 were announced on Thursday, the highest daily number during the second wave of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, the National Records of Scotland said the virus had been mentioned on 183 death certificates in the week to Sunday - with 63 of these deaths occurring in care homes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said this underlined the importance of rolling out the vaccine in care homes, saying it would hopefully start to significantly reduce the risk of residents dying due to coronavirus.\n\nAnd she said the government would start issuing a daily update on how many people had been given the jab from next week.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Vaccination ultimately is what will provide us with the route out of this pandemic, so we are absolutely determined to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated just as quickly as it is possible to do so.\"\n\nAs of Sunday, a total of 113,459 people had been given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Scotland.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine began to be rolled out on Monday, and will be reflected in statistics from next week.\n\nA total of 36 people have had a second dose of the vaccine, with efforts now focused on giving a first jab to as many people as possible\n\nThis means that people will now not receive their second dose for up to 12 weeks rather than within 21 days - a move that has been criticised by some medics.\n\nBut Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith said the first dose gave \"substantial\" protection against the virus.\n\nThe vaccine is being rolled out to health and social care workers in the first instance, then care home residents and other over-80s.\n\nEventually everyone in Scotland over the age of 18 - a total of 4.4m people - will be given a jab, although the government has refused to set targets beyond the initial phase due to uncertainty over supplies.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said Scotland is in a race between the vaccine and the virus\n\nThe UK government had already committed to publishing vaccination figures on a daily basis, and the Scottish Conservatives had been pushing for the Scottish government to follow suit.\n\nTory leader Douglas Ross said that \"publishing these numbers will increase transparency and give the public confidence that progress is being made in our fight against Covid-19\".\n\nThe MP told BBC Scotland that he had been getting inquiries from constituents about when they could expect to get a jab, saying people \"need to know roughly where they are on that list and when they can expect to receive that vaccine\".\n\nScottish Labour called on the government to backdate the statistics and to publish \"a detailed breakdown of how many people in each priority group has been vaccinated\".\n\nThe party's health spokeswoman, Monica Lennon, said: \"Quicker progress must be made on securing vaccinations sites and vaccinators, including the contribution that community pharmacy teams can make.\"\n\nAt her daily briefing, Ms Sturgeon said over-80s should not worry if they had not yet been contacted about a vaccine appointment.\n\nShe said these were being \"aligned with availability of supply\" in different local areas.\n\nThe first minister said there was \"no need to phone your GP\", and that people would be \"contacted with an appointment as soon as possible\".\n\nShe also said the government was considering \"as a matter of ongoing review\" whether tighter restrictions may still be needed.\n\nScotland has been in a new lockdown since Tuesday, and Ms Sturgeon said it was \"probably too early\" for this to be reflected in the number of new infections.\n\nHowever she warned that the number of interactions people are having needed to be \"radically\" cut in order to slow the spread of the virus.\n\nShe said shutting down construction, manufacturing and click-and-collect businesses was \"the kind of thing we need to look at if we have a concern that we are not sufficiently reducing the number of people who are out and about and interacting\".", "Two more life-saving drugs have been found that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, say researchers who have carried out a trial in NHS intensive care units.\n\nSupplies are already available across the UK so they can be used immediately to save hundreds of lives, say experts.\n\nThere are over 30,000 Covid patients in UK hospitals - 39% more than in April.\n\nThe UK government is working closely with the manufacturer, to ensure the drugs - tocilizumab and sarilumab - continue to be available to UK patients.\n\nAs well as saving more lives, the treatments speed up patients' recovery and reduce the length of time that critically-ill patients need to spend in intensive care by about a week.\n\nBoth appear to work equally well and add to the benefit already found with a cheap steroid drug called dexamethasone.\n\nAlthough the drugs are not cheap, costing around £500 per patient, on top of the £5 course of dexamethasone, the advantage of using them is clear - and less than the cost per day of an intensive care bed of around £2,000, say experts.\n\nLead researcher Prof Anthony Gordon, from Imperial College London, said: \"For every 12 patients you treat with these drugs you would expect to save a life. It's a big effect.\"\n\nIn the REMAP-CAP trial carried out in six different countries, including the UK, with around 800 intensive care patients:\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"The fact there is now another drug that can help to reduce mortality for patients with Covid-19 is hugely welcome news and another positive development in the continued fight against the virus.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"The UK has proven time and time again it is at the very forefront of identifying and providing the most promising, innovative treatments for its patients.\n\n\"Today's results are yet another landmark development in finding a way out of this pandemic and, when added to the armoury of vaccines and treatments already being rolled out, will play a significant role in defeating this virus.\"\n\nThe drugs dampen down inflammation, which can go into overdrive in Covid patients and cause damage to the lungs and other organs.\n\nDoctors are being advised to give them to any Covid patient who, despite receiving dexamethasone, is deteriorating and needs intensive care.\n\nTocilizumab and sarilumab have already been added to the government's export restriction list, which bans companies from buying medicines meant for UK patients and selling them on for a higher price in another country.\n\nThe research findings have not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We will never give up, we will never concede\", Trump tells supporters\n\nThis is how the Trump presidency ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bang.\n\nFor weeks, Donald Trump had been pointing to 6 January as a day of reckoning. It was when he told his supporters to come to Washington DC, and challenge Congress - and Vice-President Mike Pence - to discard the results of November's election and keep the presidency in his hands.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, the president and his warm-up speakers set the whirlwind in motion.\n\nRudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, said the election disputes should be resolved through \"trial by combat\".\n\nDonald Trump Jr, the president's oldest son, had a message to members of his party who would not \"fight\" for their president.\n\n\"This isn't their Republican Party anymore,\" he said. \"This is Donald Trump's Republican Party.\"\n\nThen the president himself encouraged the growing crowd, which had chanted \"stop the steal\" and \"bullshit\" at the president's prompting, to march the two miles from the White House to the Capitol.\n\n\"We will never give up. We will never concede,\" the president said. \"Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore.\"\n\nAs the president was concluding his remarks, a different kind of drama was playing out within the Capitol itself, as a joint session of Congress prepared to tabulate the state-by-state results of the election.\n\nFirst, Pence - disregarding the president's urging to throw out the results from contested states - released a statement that he did not have such powers and his role was \"largely ceremonial\".\n\nThen Republicans issued their first challenge, to Arizona votes, and the House and Senate began their separate deliberations on whether to accept Joe Biden's victory there.\n\nThe House proceedings were raucous, with both sides cheering as their speakers made their remarks.\n\n\"The oath that I took this past Sunday to defend and support the Constitution makes it necessary for me to object to this travesty,\" said newly elected Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who had recently made headlines for insisting that she would carry a handgun with her in Congress. \"I will not allow the people to be ignored.\"\n\nProtesters gathered outside the Capitol as the joint session started\n\nIn the Senate, the debate was taking on a different tone. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, dressed in the kind of dark suit and tie that befits a funeral, was coming to bury Donald Trump, not praise him.\n\n\"If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral,\" McConnell said. \"We'd never see the whole nation accept an election again. Every four years would be a scramble for power at any cost.\"\n\nThe Kentucky senator, who will become the Senate minority leader as a result of his party's two recent defeats in Georgia, said that the chamber was designed to \"stop short-term passions from boiling over and melting the foundations of our republic\".\n\nHis words were practically still hanging in the air when the passions outside the Capitol boiled over, and the Trump supporters, perhaps inspired by the earlier speeches, stormed the building. They swamped the insufficient security in place and brought the proceedings to a grinding halt, as lawmakers, staff and media rushed to find shelter from the rioters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How a Trump rally near the White House turned deadly at the Capitol\n\nThe drama unfolded in fits and starts. Television cameras broadcast images of protesters dancing and waving flags on the steps of the Capitol. Photos and snippets popped up on social media of rioters inside the building, attempting to break into the legislative chambers and posing in the offices of elected legislators; of security officers, guns drawn in the House of Representatives, behind barricaded doors.\n\nIn Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Joe Biden scrapped a planned speech on the economy and condemned what he called an \"insurrection\" in Washington.\n\n\"At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we've seen in modern times,\" he said. \"An assault on the citadel of liberty, the Capitol itself.\"\n\nHe concluded his short remarks with a challenge to Trump: to go on national television to condemn the violence and \"demand an end to this siege\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are\n\nMinutes later, Trump would offer his message to the nation - but it was not the one Biden suggested.\n\nInstead, sandwiched between his now familiar complaints about the election being \"stolen\", he told his supporters \"to go home, we love you, you're very special\".\n\nIt was the kind of kid gloves way the president has routinely responded to transgressions from his supporters - whether it was their violent treatment of protesters at his rallies, the \"very fine people on both sides\" statement after the clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville or his \"stand back and stand by\" message to the far-right Proud Boys group during the first debate with Biden.\n\nTrump's tweet, and two subsequent ones which also praised his supporters, were flagged and then removed by Twitter, which took the unprecedented step of locking the president's account for 12 hours. Facebook followed suit, banning Trump for a full day.\n\nFor the first time in his presidency, for the first time in his long, intimate relationship with social media, Donald Trump had been silenced.\n\nIf this is the \"at long last, have you left no sense of decency\" moment for Donald Trump, it arrives as they're cleaning up blood and broken glass in the US Capitol.\n\nAs the afternoon stretched into the evening, and police finally secured the US Capitol, a growing chorus of voices - from the left and right - condemned the violence. It was not surprising that Democrats, like soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, laid the riots at the feet of the president.\n\n\"January 6 will go down as one of the darkest days in American history,\" he said. \"A final warning to our nation of the consequences of the demagogic president, the people who enable him, the captive media that parrot his lies and the people who follow him as he attempts to push America to the brink of ruin.\"\n\nMore noteworthy, however, were the Republicans who followed suit.\n\n\"We just had a violent mob assault the Capitol in an attempt to prevent those from carrying out our Constitutional duty,\" tweeted Congresswoman Lynne Cheney, a frequent Republican critic of the president's. \"There is no question that the president formed the mob, the president incited the mob, the president addressed the mob.\"\n\nThe condemnations were not limited to Trump's reliable intraparty critics, however. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who frequently sides with the president, also spoke out.\n\n\"It's past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence,\" he said.\n\nFirst Lady Melania Trump's Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham and Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews both resigned in protest, and there are reports that more administration officials will head for the exits in the next 24 hours.\n\nCBS has reported that Trump administration Cabinet officials are discussing the 25th amendment to the US constitution, which outlines how the vice-president and a majority of the Cabinet can temporarily remove a president from office.\n\nWhether Pence and the Cabinet act or not, Trump's presidency will be over in just two weeks. At that point, Republican Party leaders will have to grapple with a future where it has lost control of the Congress and the White House and has a former president whose reputation is badly tarnished but who still has strong sway over a sizeable segment of the party's base.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mitt Romney warns fellow Republicans not to be complicit in attack on democracy\n\nWednesday's events could presage a pitched battle for the direction of the party, as conservatives within the party attempt to wrest control away from Trump and his loyalists. McConnell, given his remarks earlier in the day, appears willing to chart such a course. Others, like Utah Senator Mitt Romney, a former Republican presidential nominee, may also take a leading role.\n\nThey will be challenged by others within the party who may be more interested in laying claim to Trump's populist mantle. It was notable that Josh Hawley of Missouri, the first senator to announce he would object the results of the election in the Senate, did not step away from his challenge even after the Senate reconvened following the violence in the Capitol.\n\nCrisis can bring political opportunity, and there are many politicians who will not hesitate to use it to gain advantage.\n\nMeanwhile, Trump - for now - is still in power. And while he may be chastened, he may be sitting in the White House residence watching television temporarily without his social media outlet, he will not be silent for long.\n\nAnd once he decamps for his new Florida home, he could begin making plans to settle scores and, perhaps, someday return to power and rebuild a legacy that, for the moment, lies in tatters.", "The Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel urgent cancer surgery.\n\nThese are known as red flag cancer cases where an operation is expected to impact on a person's recovery and even surviving the disease.\n\nThe Department of Health has confirmed to the BBC that it's estimated that one in 60 people in NI have Covid-19.\n\nIt is understood the trust expects \"many 100s\" of new Covid patients in the next three weeks.\n\nThe demand for bed space is described as \"highly significant\", while a source added that all is being done to \"find beds and staff\".\n\nThey continued: \"People in here are moving heaven and earth to find beds in anticipation of what is coming and that's why some cancer patients even those who have been told their case is urgent are having their surgery cancelled.\"\n\nEffectively the move means that choices are already being made within the health service about who should receive critical treatment.\n\nThe daughter of a 66-year-old woman who was told her surgery has been cancelled has described the move as \"deeply worrying\".\n\n\"Mummy was diagnosed with cancer of the lining of the bladder in November, it's since spread to the muscle wall of her bladder. She was told in December her surgery was urgent - but now it's been cancelled.\n\n\"She is so frightened, it is just horrendous and I'm sure mum is not alone.\"\n\nWhile a cancer patient might have been told their case is critical and that treatment is necessary within weeks, some Covid patients are also being told that in order to survive they require treatment immediately.\n\nWith the number of cases soaring this is worse than the first lockdown and according to health professionals there is worse to come.\n\nThe BBC understands that the health minister is expected to respond to the problem in the coming days.\n\nIt is hoped that he will announce a regional approach to tackling cancelled surgeries among the various health trusts.\n\nNorthern Ireland's other health trusts have also begun to cancel operations due to pressures created by coronavirus.\n\nThe Northern, Western, Southern and South-Eastern trusts have said they will be cancelling planned surgeries.\n\nHospitals have said they were facing a surge in coronavirus cases following Christmas.\n\nOn Thursday, 599 people were in hospital with Covid-19.\n\nThe Belfast Trust apologised for the \"distress\" caused by the cancellations.\n\n\"Belfast Trust has made the difficult decision to cancel all planned inpatient surgery this week due to rising numbers of Covid cases,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe trust said it was contacting those affected and \"will rearrange this surgery as soon as possible and we will do everything we can to ensure continuity of care throughout this challenging time\".\n\nThe Northern Trust said it had \"regrettably\" cancelled the majority of its planned or elective surgeries to \"both free up staff to support the significant COVID-19 surge experience in the Trust and to reduce the clinical risk to patients who are or may be exposed to the virus\".\n\nIt apologised and said it would contacting people.\n\nThe Western Trust said it is \"facing unprecedented pressures due to the escalating rate\" of Covid infections.\n\nDirector of Acute Hospitals, Geraldine McKay, said routine elective inpatient, outpatient and day case surgeries have now been postponed until further notice.\n\nShe said the decision was \"very regrettable, but necessary\".\n\n\"Red flag and some time critical procedures and clinics will continue, but will be reviewed daily,\" she said.\n\nShould the number of Covid patients further increase, she added, the trust will \"have no option but to move to perform emergency and trauma surgery only\".\n\nA spokesperson for the South Eastern Trust said it was still carrying out some planned surgery, but the majority would be cancelled by next week.\n\nThe Southern Trust said it had taken its decision in response to the \"very significant recent increase\" in the number of Covid-19 cases.\n\nIt said this had been compounded by an increase in trauma workload and recent icy weather.\n\nThe trust said it would continue to provide day surgery and endoscopy across its hospital sites.\n\nOf the 3,359 planned procedures scheduled across NI between 29 December 2020 and 4 January, 3,267 went ahead as planned, according to the Health and Social Care website.\n\nThere were 92 cancellations which amounted to about 3% of all surgeries.", "During a speech earlier in the day, President Trump had asked his supporters to march towards the Capitol in protest. They breached the building while Congress was certifying Joe Biden's win.\n\nProtesters made it all the way to the Senate floor and the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\n\nHere are the key moments in a dark day for US democracy.", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Young women clap for heroes outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London\n\nA revived initiative to applaud the heroes of the pandemic has returned - but much more quietly than last year.\n\nIt comes after the founder of Clap for Carers distanced herself from its return after facing online abuse.\n\nAnnemarie Plas wanted to bring back the weekly applause under a new name of Clap for Heroes to lift spirits in the new lockdown but it fell a little flat.\n\nSome health workers have said they would rather people stay at home and wear a mask than clap for them.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he participated at 20:00 GMT on Thursday, but clapping \"isn't enough\".\n\n\"They need to be paid properly and given the respect they deserve,\" he tweeted., of the health workers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The weekly clap returned but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said clapping alone \"wasn't enough\"\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks last year, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nPeople in some streets stood on doorsteps and leaned out windows to clap for the pandemic's heroes, and landmarks in London were illuminated blue for the occasion - but reports suggested the applause was noticeably quieter than last year.\n\nAnnemarie Plas and her family were threatened online for her efforts\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Plas, a 36-year-old mother-of-one, announced the return of the initiative, saying she hoped to \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nBut some NHS workers were less than enthusiastic. Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant from Wales, tweeted: \"No thanks. I'd rather you obey the rules, stay at home, wear masks and wash your hands.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rachel Clarke 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke said: \"Please don't clap us. Just wear a mask, wash your hands and respect lockdown.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted hours before the weekly clap was due to return, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said she had been targeted with personal abuse and threats against her and her family by \"a hateful few\" on social media.\n\n\"I have no political agenda, I am not employed by the government, I do not work in PR, I am just an average mum at home trying to cope with the lockdown situation,\" she said, in a statement.\n\nShe said the newly revived clap could and should still happen at 20:00 GMT.\n\n\"It's up to each person to decide how relevant or worthwhile they feel it is to participate,\" she said.\n\nThe fountains in Trafalgar Square were illuminated blue for the initiative on Thursday\n\nSome incorporated pots and pans during their weekly claps in warmer months", "As violent Trump supporters surged past barricades and into the US Capitol, news agency photographers - who were there to document the vote certifying Joe Biden's election win - captured extraordinary scenes.\n\nThe last time government buildings were breached in Washington was in 1814 and the invaders were British soldiers.\n\nBut in 2021 a Trump supporter, carrying the Confederate flag, is walking freely through the halls near the entrance to the Senate, encountering little resistance.\n\nThe Confederacy was the group of southern states that fought to keep slavery during the American Civil War. In this image, the oil paintings of political figures in the background emphasise this imagery of the past.\n\nThere have been renewed calls for the Confederate flag to be banned across the US following the anti-racism protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, a black man.\n\nHowever Mr Trump has defended use of the flag, calling it a matter of free speech.\n\nOne man in a Trump beanie here walks between the red guide ropes, as many visitors might do on a guided-tour to view the Crypt, the Statuary Hall and the Rotunda.\n\nBut this man is carrying a podium bearing the seal of the Speaker of the House, as he poses in front of a painting depicting the surrender of Gen Burgoyne in the war of independence.\n\nAnother man, identified as Jake Angeli, an ardent Trump supporter who has attended a number of the president's rallies, shouts as he makes his way to the Senate Chamber.\n\nHis incongruous garments set him apart from other protesters wearing black hoodies. These Trump activists stand by taking selfies, but he has clearly come here to be photographed by others.\n\nThe apparent lack of a security presence is in sharp contrast to other Washington protests where there is a highly visible presence of heavily armed security forces protecting US institutions.\n\nAnother Trump supporter, identified as Richard Barnett, sits with one boot disrespectfully on a desk that is at the very centre of power in Congress. It is in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\n\nIn the scene, unimaginable days earlier, Barnett in his baseball cap and checked shirt resembles a raconteur regaling friends with tales of his exploits.\n\nThe image went viral as did pictures of the notes he and others left on Ms Pelosi's desk.\n\nThis dramatic image shows how the formal proceedings came to a violent halt as Capitol police officers drew their guns on doors being attacked by protesters intent on entering the House Chamber.\n\nMany commentators asked if they were watching a coup unfold as doors were barricaded and firearms brandished.\n\nThe composition is reminiscent of a scene in a Hollywood Western, the lawmen bracing for the doors to be breached.\n\nUS President-elect Joe Biden made an impassioned TV address describing the scenes as \"an assault on democracy\" - this chilling picture encapsulates what he meant.", "A Joint Session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden has gone into an unexpected recess, and the Capitol building into lockdown, after Trump supporters breached security lines.\n\nEarlier, President Trump addressed supporters at a rally outside the White House and encouraged them to protest the election result.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"I condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way they did in the Capitol\"\n\nDonald Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe UK prime minister said he \"unreservedly condemns\" the US president's actions.\n\nFour people died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nMr Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false electoral fraud claims.\n\nHe later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims - Twitter and Facebook later froze his accounts.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to President-elect Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nOn Wednesday night, Mr Johnson condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nBut asked by the BBC's political correspondent Alex Forsyth if President Trump was directly responsible, he said: \"All my life America has stood for some very important things. An idea of freedom, an idea of democracy.\n\n\"As you say, in so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol, and in so far as the president has consistently cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong.\n\n\"I believe what President Trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol.\"\n\nThe PM, speaking at a Downing Street briefing, then welcomed the confirmation of President-elect Biden, saying \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nUK politicians from different parties have all condemned Mr Trump's actions in encouraging the storming of the Capitol.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the president's comments had \"directly led\" to the events and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.", "Ryanair is making big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January in response to the latest Covid lockdowns.\n\nIt warned that few, if any, flights would operate to or from Ireland or the UK from the end of January until \"draconian\" restrictions were removed.\n\nCustomers hit by the cancellations will be advised by email of entitlements to free moves or refunds, it said.\n\nRyanair also cut its full year traffic forecast from currently \"below 35 million\" to 26-30 million passengers.\n\nThe airline said that new Covid restrictions could reduce traffic in February and March to as little as 500,000 passengers each month. It expects January traffic to fall below 1.25 million.\n\nIt said it did not expect these latest flight cuts and further traffic reductions to materially affect its net loss for the year to 31 March 2021, since many of the flights would have been loss-making.\n\nRyanair hit out at Irish and UK governments for the latest lockdowns.\n\n\"The WHO have previously confirmed that governments should do everything possible to avoid brutal lockdowns, because lockdowns 'do not get rid of the virus',\" Ryanair said in a statement.\n\n\"Ireland's Covid-19 travel restrictions are already the most stringent in Europe, and so these new flight restrictions are inexplicable and ineffective when Ireland continues to operate an open border between the Republic and the North of Ireland.\"\n\nIt called on the Irish Government to accelerate the rollout of vaccines.\n\n\"The fact that the Danish Government, with a similar five million population, has already vaccinated 10 times more citizens than Ireland shows that emergency action is needed to speed Covid vaccinations in Ireland.\"\n\nRival low-cost carrier Norwegian said its traffic figures had been hit heavily by the pandemic, with customer numbers down 94% compared to the same period the previous year.\n\nIn December, 129,664 customers flew with Norwegian, with the capacity and total passenger traffic both down by 98%.\n\n\"2020 has been a very challenging year and we now find ourselves fighting for survival,\" said Jacob Schram, chief executive of Norwegian.\n\n\"The vaccination is now being rolled out across the world and is good news for both the aviation industry and those who want to travel.\"", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "Protesters in support of US President Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building, forcing officials to order lawmakers to shelter in place and halting debate in both the House and Senate. Congress was meeting to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.", "Mr Christmas' light displays attracted thousands of visitors over the years\n\nThe family of a man known affectionately as Mr Christmas has turned off his festive lights for the last time.\n\nDave Edwards, 86, lit up his home in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, with extravagant light displays for 42 years to raise money for charity.\n\nHe died from cancer on the eve of his annual switch-on in November.\n\nHis daughter Sharon Markham called on local residents to \"continue to light up Croxley every year\".\n\nMr Edwards started putting up the light display with his wife - who died three years ago - as a competition with a house across the street, and continued to build on the set over the years.\n\nDave Edwards was dubbed Mr Christmas due to the illuminations at his home in Croxley Green\n\nPeople would travel miles to see the festive lights\n\nMrs Markham said each year they raised about £5,000 for charity, but this year a \"record amount\" of more than £10,000 had been donated.\n\nWhen his family said the 2020 display would be the last due to Mr Edwards's failing health, people across the village rallied together by installing their own displays in his honour.\n\nSharon Markham said her parents were \"such amazing people but their light will always be shining\"\n\nResidents of Croxley Green placed a banner opposite Mr Christmas' home to thank him for his displays and fundraising\n\nTurning off the lights at 21:23 GMT on Wednesday, in an event filmed for the Mr Christmas Facebook page, Mrs Markham thanked the community for its support over the years.\n\n\"Without you we could not have achieved the things we have done,\" she said.\n\n\"I thought turning the lights on was hard enough but switching them off - this moment has been worrying me for months and now it's finally here.\n\n\"For now, though, we say goodbye and we thank Mr and Mrs Christmas for all the joy they have brought us all.\n\n\"We ask you all to continue to light up Croxley every year.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Dr Anil Mehta, a GP at Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in North London, told the BBC that staff were working from 7 in the morning until 10pm at night during the three days of their weekly Covid-19 vaccine rollout, describing the process as a 'full team effort.\n\nDr Mehta was also keen to encourage people who might be nervous about the vaccine to take up the offer, emphasising that the evidence behind the vaccine 'was very strong'.\n\nThis message was echoed by Zahin Ahmed, whose grandfather Shafiquz Zaman has now received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at the clinic. Mr Ahmed, who is from the Bangladeshi community, also said it was important that minority communities took up the offer of the vaccine when called upon to do so.", "George had mottled skin, swelling on his lips, a high temperature and could not keep fluids down\n\nThe mother of a baby who was treated in hospital for Covid-19 has urged parents to be alert to symptoms such as mottled skin and sickness.\n\nMyer Rudelhoff's four-month-old son George spent three nights in Basildon hospital, in Essex.\n\nHe had patchy skin, swelling on his lips, a high temperature and could not keep fluids down.\n\nShe said: \"I thought it was a sickness bug. I had no idea it was caused by coronavirus.\"\n\nDiarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal cramps in children can be a sign of coronavirus according to some researchers, but the officially recognised symptoms are a fever, cough and loss of smell or taste.\n\nMrs Rudlehoff, who lives in Basildon, noticed her son had a temperature on New Year's Eve but put it down to teething.\n\nGeorge began vomiting the following evening and on 2 January she called NHS 111, who told her to take him to hospital.\n\nShe said: \"I really did not want to go. I was so scared about him getting the virus there, I had no idea he had it.\n\n\"He got so poorly so quickly when we arrived and was really lethargic. They took a swab and, when they said he was positive, I burst into tears. It was such a shock.\"\n\nMyer Rudelhoff was scared to take her son to hospital but realised he was too poorly and needed treatment\n\nThe mother-of-two said she presumed it was not Covid-19 because he did not have a cough, though he did develop a mild one a few days later while in hospital.\n\nShe said the staff were \"amazing\" and she wanted to reassure parents \"not to be afraid to go to hospital\" if their children were ill.\n\nNurses told her they had treated several other children with the same mottled skin and sickness and asked her to share her story to raise awareness of these symptoms.\n\nMrs Rudelhoff's post on Facebook was shared nearly 7,000 times within three days.\n\nIn the post, she said she felt \"upset, angry and frustrated\" because she had taken the illness very seriously but George had still managed to catch it. He was the only member of the family who tested positive.\n\nGeorge was discharged from hospital and was making a good recovery at home, she said.\n\nGeorge is now making a good recovery at home and is being looked after by his big brother Stanley\n\nDr Kilali Ominu-Evbota, paediatric consultant at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, said: \"It's great to hear that George is now back home and on the road to recovery.\n\n\"George's family did the right thing and we encourage parents to seek medical advice with their GP or via the NHS 111 service in order to get the correct treatment for their child.\"\n\nBasildon has an infection rate of 1,265 cases per 100,000 people - compared to the average England rate of 606.9.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'Upset stomach' in children may be coronavirus\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The president says he hates Big Tech. Yet he has loved using Twitter.\n\nHe's used it as a way, for more than 10 years, to bypass the media and speak directly to voters.\n\nThe 280 characters fits neatly with his style of political engagement - broad brushstrokes rather than details.\n\nAnd Twitter has undoubtedly benefited from President Trump too, the place to go to hear the latest musings from the most powerful person on the planet.\n\nThat decade-long symbiosis has been ended with a shuddering halt.\n\nImmediately after the deadly riots, Twitter locked the President's Twitter feed and asked Mr Trump to delete three tweets for violations around its Civic Integrity policy., which he promptly did.\n\nAfter the suspension he tweeted as a new man, the nonsense claims of mass voter fraud replaced with a more conciliatory tone.\n\nPrivately though Twitter was pondering whether it had gone far enough. Facebook had already acted, banning Donald Trump \"indefinitely\".\n\nAfter more than 48 hours of consideration, Twitter acted. It made unquestionably the most important moderation decision in its history. It banned the president of the United States.\n\nSome have asked why he wasn't kicked off sooner.\n\nMr Trump or one of his associates appears to have deleted some of his most recent tweets\n\nWell, Twitter has very specific rules about world leaders.\n\n\"We recognise that sometimes it may be in the public interest to allow people to view tweets that would otherwise be taken down,\" Twitter's rules say.\n\n\"At present, we limit exceptions to one critical type of public-interest content - tweets from elected and government officials.\"\n\nChief executive Jack Dorsey had felt it was in the public interest to keep the account active, albeit with warning messages.\n\n\"No one is turning a blind eye,\" a senior source told the BBC before the ban.\n\nIn short, Mr Trump had been allowed to remain on Twitter - despite numerous breaches of its rules - because he is the president.\n\nWith less than two weeks to go of Trump's presidency, many social media companies have now decided enough is enough.\n\nCritics say the outgoing president's words on social media, for years, helped to incite Wednesday's storming of Capitol Hill.\n\nAll the big social media companies have made it clear that - as a private citizen - if you continually look to peddle conspiracy theories and promote extremism, you should expect to be kicked out. With just a few days of his presidency left, Mr Trump is already being held to a different standard - his privileges stripped.\n\nWhat's driving this? To be cynical, social media companies are acutely aware that President-elect Joe Biden believes Big Tech hasn't done enough to quell fake news and hate speech on their platforms.\n\nRioters broke into Congress after a speech by Mr Trump on Wednesday\n\nThey are now desperate to show that they can, in fact, police their own platforms without the need for stringent legal reforms.\n\nWhat better way to show you're serious than to act on Mr Trump's misinformation?\n\nWhat will Mr Trump do next? Well he's already said he's looking into the possibility of building his own platform in the future.\n\nBut for now he's consigned to the fringes of the internet. Can Trumpism survive without Big Tech? We're about to find out.\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "For the first since April the UK has recorded more than 1,000 daily Covid-related deaths – one of the highest figures of the pandemic.\n\nRight now, London is at the epicentre of this crisis. Hospitals now have more Covid patients being admitted every day than they did at the peak in April. Many doctors and nurses say they're reaching breaking point.\n\nThe BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh has been allowed to film inside the intensive care unit at London's University College Hospital, which is one of the busiest in the capital.\n\nRead more: 'How long can we keep going like this? About a week'", "Elon Musk has become the world's richest person, as his net worth crossed $185bn (£136bn).\n\nThe Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla's share price increased on Thursday.\n\nHe takes the top spot from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who had held it since 2017.\n\nMr Musk's electric car company Tesla has surged in value this year, and hit a market value of $700bn (£516bn) for the first time on Wednesday.\n\nThat makes the car company worth more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, GM and Ford combined.\n\nMr Musk reacted to the news in signature style, replying to a Twitter user sharing the news with the remark \"how strange\".\n\nAn older tweet pinned to the top of his feed offered further insight into his thoughts on personal wealth.\n\n\"About half my money is intended to help problems on Earth, and half to help establish a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure continuation of life (of all species) in case Earth gets hit by a meteor like the dinosaurs or WW3 happens and we destroy ourselves,\" it reads.\n\nThe tycoon's fortunes have been buoyed by politics in the US, where the Democrats will have control of the US Senate in the forthcoming session.\n\nDaniel Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities wrote: \"A Blue Senate is very bullish and a potential 'game changer' for Tesla and the overall electric vehicle sector, with a more green-driven agenda now certainly in the cards for the next few years.\"\n\nExpected electric vehicle tax credits would benefit Tesla, \"which continues to have an iron grip on the market today\", he added.\n\nMr Bezos is also using his personal wealth to fund space exploration\n\nMr Bezos has also seen his fortunes rise over the past year. The coronavirus pandemic has meant Amazon benefited from stronger demand for both its online store and cloud computing services.\n\nHowever, he gave a 4% stake in the business to his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott after they split, which helped Mr Musk overtake him.\n\nIn addition, the threat of regulation has meant Amazon's stock has not risen as high as it might otherwise have done.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Elon Musk? Meet the meme-loving magnate behind SpaceX and Tesla...published in 2021\n\nThe owner of a business which has only just made its first annual profit and is still a minnow compared to the likes of Toyota - or Amazon - is now the world's richest person.\n\nIt is the fact that Tesla's share price has increased more than seven-fold in the past year that has sent Elon Musk's fortune rocketing past that of Jeff Bezos.\n\nTo believe the electric car-maker's worth could rise so rapidly in just 12 months is the ultimate example of irrational exuberance.\n\nIt means that Musk will have to show within the next five years that Tesla can make more profits than just about the whole of the rest of the motor industry combined to justify the valuation.\n\nMind you, his many fans will point out that the somewhat eccentric tycoon has constantly confounded the sceptics who bet that he would go bust.\n\nAnd of course 20 years ago another tech visionary was staring disaster in the face when the dot com bubble burst and big profits seemed a distant dream - but Jeff Bezos went on to make those who bet on Amazon very rich indeed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nDonald Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police, Home Secretary Priti Patel has said.\n\nFour people have died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nPresident Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false claims of electoral fraud.\n\nMs Patel said the president's words had fuelled the violence and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nOn Wednesday evening, President Trump later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims of electoral fraud.\n\nHe has been suspended from his Facebook and Instagram accounts for at least two weeks, and possibly indefinitely. Twitter has also frozen his account.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to Democrat Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nMs Patel told BBC Breakfast the scenes were \"awful beyond words\".\n\nThe home secretary said: \"His comments directly led to the violence, and so far he has failed to condemn that violence and that is completely wrong.\"\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nPoliticians across the UK's political parties lined up to condemn the scenes in Washington.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\nIt is a truism of British diplomacy that every occupant of 10 Downing Street has to get on with every occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, regardless of their politics or character.\n\nPersonal consideration is pushed aside. What matters is the national interest and staying close to one of Britain's closest allies.\n\nThus even now, even after Donald Trump's incitement of the Capitol mob, even though there are less than two weeks until the inauguration, even as close Republican allies jump ship, Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were reluctant to criticise the president by name in their initial response overnight.\n\nYes, they condemned the violence. But of Mr Trump, not a word. This caution was matched by the Prime Ministers of fellow so-called Five Eyes intelligence allies, Australia and New Zealand, both of whom also both failed to mention Mr Trump in their condemnatory tweets.\n\nIn contrast, European leaders were quick to blame the president personally.\n\nIt was only this morning that a British minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, felt able to follow suit in strong terms.\n\nSo was this natural and sensible diplomatic caution in the midst of a febrile crisis?\n\nOr was this, as some Labour figures are already claiming, a function of the closeness between the current UK government and the Trump administration?\n\nIt was only a few weeks ago that Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told The Sun that he would miss Donald Trump because he was a good friend to Britain.\n\nWhatever one's views, it is certainly the case that the British government is seen on the international stage by some has having ideological proximity to Mr Trump.\n\nChanging that reputation is seen by many diplomats as a priority in the months ahead, a task made more urgent by events overnight.", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading on Sunday\n\nThree teenagers accused of murdering a 13-year-old boy who was stabbed to death have appeared in Crown Court.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green in Reading, on Sunday.\n\nTwo boys, aged 13 and 14, and a 13-year-old girl have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey have all been remanded in youth detention custody and a provisional trial date has been set for 21 June.\n\nThe three teenagers, who cannot be identified because of their ages, had appeared at Reading Youth Court earlier on Thursday before the Crown Court hearing.\n\nThe defendants only spoke at the youth court to confirm their names, ages and addresses.\n\nThe court heard the girl has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe Crown Court hearing was told a potential trial was estimated to last five or six weeks.\n\nPolice were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack in fields on the boundary of Emmer Green and Caversham Heights.\n\nOlly was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nIn a statement released on Wednesday, his family said: \"An Olly-sized hole has been left in our hearts.\"\n\nHis parents said their son was \"an enigma\", and having both autism and suspected pathological demand avoidance meant \"he became a challenge we never shied away from\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "McDonald's is pausing walk-in takeaway services in the UK as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nDine-in meals and walk-in takeaways will not be available temporarily while it reviews safety procedures, it said.\n\nIts UK boss said it will be testing \"additional measures that may further enhance the safety of our takeaway service.\"\n\nRival food chains Burger King, Subway, KFC and Pret A Manger are still offering takeaways in-store.\n\nMcDonald's UK and Ireland chief executive Paul Pomroy said that safety measures across the firm's 1,300 restaurants will be reviewed by an independent health and safety body.\n\nHe added that customers would be kept updated via the restaurant's app and its website. Drive-through and delivery services across the fast food chain will remain open.\n\nUnder new lockdown restrictions which came into force in England and Scotland this week, hospitality firms are allowed to offer takeaways and deliveries.\n\nBut rules which previously allowed takeaways or click-and-collect services for alcoholic drinks have been scrapped.\n\nWales and Northern Ireland were already in lockdown, which meant that pubs, restaurants and cafes were restricted to takeaway-only too.\n\nAfter the first nationwide lockdown in March, many chains including McDonald's, Burger King and Pret closed their doors to hungry customers.\n\nThey gradually reopened with additional safety measures in place, such as plastic screens in front of the tills, hand sanitiser dispensers and restrictions on the number of customers allowed in at any one point. Some also pared back the number of dishes on offer.\n\nA Burger King spokesperson said that takeaway was still available in some branches and that it would continue to offer click-and-collect and delivery services \"in line with guidance issued\".\n\nSandwich chain Pret A Manger told the BBC that it is keeping some outlets open for both takeaways and delivery, but it would keep the number under review in the coming months.\n\n\"Last year we shifted our business to focus on delivery and expanded our delivery platform partnerships, to make Pret available to a wider customer base\", a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Since then, we have seen a significant increase in the use of delivery.\"\n\nSubway and KFC also confirmed that they remain open for in-store takeaways, deliveries and click-and-collect orders across the UK.\n\nFast food firm Leon, which has 65 outlets, said that 28 of their sites will remain open for takeaways and deliveries.\n\n\"We will continue to keep as many restaurants open as possible, as we did in the previous two lockdowns in line with government guidelines,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nDespite adapting their business models, many casual dining chains have been forced to make job cuts in the last year as lockdown restrictions hit sales. Pret, for example, announced 3,000 job cuts in August, while Greggs made 820 job cuts at the end of 2020.", "Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday\n\nWorld leaders have condemned violent scenes in Washington after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nThe riot forced the suspension of a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral victory.\n\nMany leaders called for peace and an orderly transition of power, describing what happened as \"horrifying\" and an \"attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nOther UK politicians joined him in criticising the violence, with opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer calling it a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the BBC that Mr Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the scenes from the US Capitol were \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said those who stormed the US legislature were \"attackers and rioters\" and that she felt \"angry and also sad\" after seeing pictures from the scene.\n\nShe told a meeting of German conservatives: \"I regret very much that President Trump has still not admitted defeat, but has kept raising doubts about the elections.\"\n\nChina meanwhile attempted to draw comparisons between the rioters who entered Congress to try and subvert the US election result and pro-democracy protesters who stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council last year.\n\nForeign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying claimed events in Hong Kong were more \"severe\" than those in Washington but \"not one demonstrator died\".\n\nThe comparisons between the two incidents has caused outrage among Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists and their supporters.\n\nRussia blamed the \"archaic\" US electoral system and the politicisation of the media for Wednesday's unrest in Washington.\n\n\"The electoral system in the United States is archaic, it does not meet modern democratic standards, creating opportunities for numerous violations, and the American media have become an instrument of political struggle,\" foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.\n\nElsewhere in Europe, a chorus of leaders condemned the scenes in Washington as an attack on democracy.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said: \"I have trust in the strength of US democracy. The new presidency of Joe Biden will overcome this tense stage, uniting the American people.\"\n\nIn a video on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron said: \"When, in one of the world's oldest democracies, supporters of an outgoing president take up arms to challenge the legitimate results of an election, a universal idea - that of 'one person, one vote' - is undermined.\n\n\"What happened today in Washington DC is not American, definitely. We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy\" he added.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as \"worrying\" and said it was \"an assault on democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SwedishPM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTop EU leaders have also made their views known. European Council President Charles Michel said he trusted the US \"to ensure a peaceful transfer of power\" to Mr Biden, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she looked forward to working with the Democrat, who \"won the election\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Charles Michel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLike many other global figures, the Secretary-General of the Nato military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the outcome of the election \"must be respected\".\n\nFor his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres was \"saddened\" by the events at the US Capitol, his spokesman said.\n\nThe events also shocked America's close ally and neighbour to its north. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were \"deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy\".\n\n\"Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld - and it will be,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nFrom New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tweeted that \"democracy - the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully - should never be undone by a mob\".\n\nMeanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia - another close US ally - condemned the \"distressing scenes\" and said he looked forward to a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nIn India, the world's largest democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who has enjoyed a good relationship with President Trump - said he was \"distressed to see news about rioting and violence\" in Washington.\n\n\"Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTurkey, an ally through Nato, said it invited \"all parties\" to show \"restraint and common sense\".\n\nThe Venezuelan government, which the US does not recognise as legitimate, said \"with this regrettable episode, the United States suffers the same thing that it has generated in other countries with its policies of aggression\".\n\nIn statements on Twitter, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera also condemned the scenes in Washington. Mr Piñera said Chile \"trusts in the solidity of US democracy to guarantee the rule of law\".\n\nIn Japan, one of America's closest allies and partners, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government hoped for a \"peaceful transfer of power\" in the United States.\n\nFrom Fiji, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who led a coup in 2006, also expressed outrage at the events that took place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Frank Bainimarama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd in Singapore, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said he had watched as the \"shocking\" scenes took place, adding: \"Its a sad day.\"", "Nursery staff are not advised to wear face coverings\n\nChildcare organisations are demanding to see evidence that it is safe for them to remain open while schools and colleges have closed to most pupils.\n\nStaff have close contact with children and babies daily, when they change nappies and receive them by the hand from parents, for example.\n\nMinisters have insisted early years settings are safe as young children have very low rates of the virus.\n\nNurseries argue the evidence cited is based on data about old variant Covid.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations, the Early Years Alliance, the National Day Nurseries Association and childminders' group, Pacey, have joined together to mount a #ProtectEarlyYears campaign.\n\nThey want the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early years staff of staying open, particularly in light of the increased transmissibility of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nSue Cardy, owner and manager of Ready Teddy Go Pre School, in Shoeburyness, Essex said: \"There isn't anyone who has asked: 'Is it 100% safe for us to remain fully open? No one can see the virus and staff may be asymptomatic, and so we all run an element of risk of catching or spreading it.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff have families and are not all young... 50% of my staff are over 50 and some have underlying medical conditions.\"\n\nVicky, the manager of a church pre-school in Cheshire West and Chester said she could potentially have 30 children plus 10 staff in a church hall, with no PPE recommended, and limited social distancing.\n\n\"As an early years provider, I am increasingly worried about the safety of both staff and children, yet if we chose to partially close, we could be financially penalised.\"\n\nAnd Georgie Morrell from Brighton and Hove said: \"Since re-opening, I have had four households tell me. they are Covid positive.\n\n\"This is clearly very close to home and yet we have been given no choice or support but to remain open and carry on.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: \"It is simply not acceptable that, at the height of a global pandemic, early years providers are being asked to work with no support, no protection and no clear evidence that is safe for them to do so.\n\n\"We know how vital access to early education and care is to many families, but it cannot be right to ask the early years workforce to put themselves at risk. That is why it is vital that the government takes the urgent steps needed to safeguard those working in the sector, particularly mass testing and priority access to vaccinations.\n\nNursery providers are calling for staff to be tested, priority for vaccination and for state funding lost due to lower numbers during the pandemic, to be replaced by government.\n\nPurnima Tanuku, chief Executive of National Day Nurseries Association, said nurseries were determined to support families during the current lockdown.\n\nBut, she added: \"Time and again, whether it's on PPE, cleaning costs, testing or staffing, early years providers have been overlooked by the Department for Education.\n\n\"Now, they are the only part of the education sector fully open to all children and must be given priority.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, vaccines minister Nadim Zahawi said there was very little risk to younger children.\n\n\"The nursery sector has taken tremendous care in making sure the premises are also Covid safe. It is the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Department for Education is yet to comment on the #ProtectEarlyYears demands.", "Matthew Mason will be sentenced later this month\n\nA man who killed a schoolboy after paying him to stop their sexual relationship being revealed has been found guilty of murder.\n\nMatthew Mason admitted bludgeoning 15-year-old Alex Rodda with a wrench in Ashley, Cheshire, in 2019.\n\nThe 19-year-old paid Alex more than £2,000 after he contacted his then girlfriend about \"flirty\" messages, Chester Crown Court heard.\n\nMason, of Ash Lane in Ollerton, will be sentenced on 25 January.\n\nLawyers acting for Mason, who denied murder, had claimed the killing was the result of self-defence or a loss of control.\n\nBut the jury rejected this and found him guilty of murdering Alex by a majority of 10 to two.\n\nAs the verdict was returned, Mason appeared to be crying in the dock.\n\nMembers of Alex's family were also in tears. In a statement, they said they had \"never come across a more selfish, cold and calculating person\" as Mason.\n\n\"Mason has attempted to blame Alex and discredit his name throughout this trial and thankfully the jury were able to see through his web of deceit,\" they said.\n\nSpeaking outside the court, Alex's father Adam Rodda said the trial had been \"very difficult\" for the family and they were relieved Mason had been found guilty of murder.\n\n\"We wouldn't have accepted anything else, we would have been distraught if any other verdict had been given. We prayed and we are obviously delighted that justice has been done,\" he said.\n\nAlex Rodda was killed in woodland in Cheshire\n\nOn the evening of 12 December, Mason said he had picked Alex up from his home and drove him to a remote area of woodland where he told him he could not afford to give him any more money.\n\nThe agricultural engineering student, who was the son of a farmer, told the court he had taken the wrench with him to \"scare him\".\n\nHe claimed that, once in the woods, Alex had threatened to ruin his life \"financially or socially\" and pushed him to the floor, grabbing the wrench and hitting Mason with it.\n\nMason said he managed to get the wrench from Alex and recalled hitting him with it twice, although the court heard evidence of further blows.\n\nAlex, a pupil at Holmes Chapel High School, was struck at least 15 times to the head and his body was found by refuse collectors the next morning.\n\nEvidence showed Alex had been struck at least 15 times with the wrench\n\nThe jury heard Mason had paid Alex more than £2,000 to stop him reporting their \"intimate sexual relationship\".\n\nIn the month before the murder, Alex contacted Mason's girlfriend to tell her that her boyfriend had been messaging him \"in a flirty way\" and had sent an explicit photo and video.\n\nMason denied the claim but began making payments to the 15-year-old's bank account.\n\nBy the time of Alex's death, Mason had transferred more than £2,200 and was asking friends and family to borrow money, the court was told.\n\nGiving evidence, Mason, who lived with his family on a farm near Knutsford, admitted having sex with Alex but said he thought it was \"wrong\".\n\nHe told the court he did not believe his friends would accept him if he was gay or bisexual.\n\nIn the week before Alex's death, Mason made internet searches for phrases including \"what would happen if you kicked someone down the stairs\", \"everyday poison\" and \"the mysteries of Cheshire unsolved deaths of missing people\".\n\nBut he told the court he had been searching the terms because he was suicidal.\n\nAlex's body was found in woodland by refuse collectors\n\nAfter killing Alex, Mason had a drink with friends in the Red Lion pub in Pickmere and The Golden Pheasant pub in Plumley, Cheshire Police said.\n\nHe later returned to the woods and the prosecution believe he dragged Alex's body to the side of the road and attempted to put him inside his car.\n\nAfter failing to do this, he drove away. But a witness had taken a photo of his Renault Clio car parked on the track and reported this to police.\n\nMason was identified as the owner and arrested the next day.\n\nPolice said Mason had dried blood on his hands and there was a bin bag in his boot with a blood-stained fleece, the wrench and Alex's jacket in it.\n\nDet Insp Nigel Reid said: \"Mason had murder on his mind as he drove Alex to his death under the pretence of sexual activity.\n\n\"He chose a secluded place to kill him in cold blood, a place he believed he would go unseen and his crime undetected.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coronavirus vaccine rollout is a national challenge requiring an unprecedented effort - involving the armed forces - Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe PM confirmed almost 1.5 million people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 1,000 GP-led sites in England will be able to offer a total of \"hundreds of thousands\" of jabs each day by 15 January, he said.\n\nThe Army will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help achieve that goal.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nAnd as Simon Stevens, head of the NHS in England, warned 10,000 patients with Covid had been admitted to hospital since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Johnson said there would likely be \"lumpiness and bumpiness\" in the rollout of vaccines.\n\nHe said: \"Let's be clear, this is a national challenge on a scale like nothing we've seen before and it will require an unprecedented national effort.\n\n\"Of course, there will be difficulties, appointments will be changed but... the Army is working hand in glove with the NHS and local councils to set up our vaccine network and using battle preparation techniques to help us keep up the pace.\"\n\nAlongside GPs, there will be 223 hospital sites and seven \"giant vaccination centres\" - as well as an initial 200 community pharmacies - offering jabs, Mr Johnson said.\n\nEveryone will have a vaccination centre within 10 miles of their home, he added, with a \"full vaccination deployment plan\" to be published on Monday.\n\nHe also said there would be a national booking system for vaccinations - but did not give any more details.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigadier Phil Prosser said his task was to ensure everyone in England had equal access to the vaccine\n\nBrigadier Phil Prosser, commander of military support to the vaccine delivery programme, told the news conference his team was \"embedded\" with the NHS.\n\nHe said his \"day job\" is to deliver combat supplies to UK forces in time of war, \"at speed in the most arduous and challenging conditions\".\n\nThe government has set a target to offer vaccination slots to 15 million in the top four priority groups - including all over-80s - by 15 February.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson said that, with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine available, he could pledge one of those groups - care home residents - would all receive their jab by the end of January.\n\nThe widespread rollout of the vaccine has begun in earnest with the first doses delivered during the day to family doctors for distribution.\n\nBut there were concerns from some GPs over supplies, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the levels of vaccine supply was the \"rate-limiting\" factor as jabs would be delivered as quickly as stock is available.\n\nIt comes as some hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday, a much higher figure than the first peak in the spring of 2020.\n\nHospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nAt 20:00 GMT, people in some streets stepped out onto doorsteps to clap for the heroes of the pandemic, following a weekly initiative which gained popularity during the UK's first lockdown.\n\nHowever, Thursday's clap for heroes was more muted than those seen last year, perhaps reflecting criticism the initiative had become politicised.\n\nLots of detail has been given about how the NHS - working hand-in-hand with the military - will be able to deliver the vaccines.\n\nThere will be more local vaccination centres, hospital hubs and even mass vaccination at sports stadiums.\n\nThousands of extra vaccinators have already been trained - and thousands more are waiting in the wings.\n\nBut the biggest hurdle the UK faces is vaccine supply.\n\nIf it is not available, it cannot be put in arms no matter how good the vaccination network is.\n\nIn the long-term, supply is not likely to be a problem - but in the coming weeks it could be tight.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to offer all those at highest risk a jab by mid-February.\n\nBut it is not yet all ready for the NHS to use, either because the final safety checks have not been done or the vaccine has not been put into vials.\n\nThe former depends on lab work by the medicines regulator, while the latter is the job of a plant in Wrexham.\n\nEach stage takes some time. The target is achievable, but a lot has to go right.\n\nSir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus patients in England's hospitals now compared to the peak last April, affecting every region across the country.\n\nHe said: \"That number is accelerating very, very rapidly... the pressures are real and they are growing.\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel all of its urgent cancer surgery amid \"highly significant\" demand for bed space.\n\nThe cancelled operations will affect those patients for whom surgery could impact recovery and even survival, the trust said.\n\nBoris Johnson said all parts of government would be throwing everything at the vaccination effort \"round the clock\"\n\nIn one positive development for hospitals, two more life-saving drugs that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid have been cleared for widespread use, with immediate effect.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, researchers said, following NHS trials.\n\nElsewhere, the UK has implemented restrictions on travellers to England from countries near South Africa to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson and Sir Simon were asked about persistent social media claims that coronavirus does not exist - and that reports of packed hospital wards of people being treated are just a myth.\n\nSir Simon said that such misinformation was an \"insult\" to hard-working critical care staff.\n\n\"There is nothing more demoralising than having that kind of nonsense spouted when it is most obviously untrue,\" he said.", "Sarah Bingham said she is a match donor for her daughter Ariel and eldest son Noah (far right)\n\nA mother with two children who need kidney transplants said she wishes she could help both of them, but can only donate one organ.\n\nSarah Bingham's son Noah, 20, and daughter Ariel, 16, have the same rare genetic condition.\n\nMrs Bingham, 48, is a donor match for her children and said her maternal instinct is to donate to both of them.\n\nBut her organ was always due to go to her daughter and two family friends are matches for her son.\n\nHer husband Darryl, 49, is not a match, so cannot be a donor for their children.\n\nBoth Noah and Ariel have nephronophthisis, which causes inflammation and scarring to the kidneys.\n\nMrs Bingham, of Hexham, Northumberland, said although her son is \"very poorly\", he undergoes regular dialysis and is in a stable condition.\n\nHer daughter's kidney function \"has been deteriorating more in the last year\" and she will probably need a transplant first.\n\nMrs Bingham said: \"I was all set to give a kidney to my daughter and then my son went into renal failure and he also needs a kidney. Obviously, I've only got one that I can donate.\n\n\"The renal teams don't push you [to make a decision], because you're putting yourself on the line to donate a kidney.\n\n\"You have to make that call yourself, but obviously as a mum when you've got two children who both need kidney transplants and you've expected to give your kidney to one, and suddenly the other one needs one as well, you feel this dilemma.\"\n\nNoah Bingham is in a stable condition thanks to regular kidney dialysis\n\nProblems began in 2016 when Ariel started to feel constantly tired.\n\nHer fatigue was initially put down to exam stress, but tests at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary found she had the kidney condition.\n\nMrs Bingham was told she would be a suitable donor for Ariel when the time came.\n\nThen, in 2019, Noah became ill and was diagnosed with the same condition.\n\nHe is stable, but would need to put on weight to undergo a transplant.\n\nThe couple have another son Casper, 12, who is being tested to see if he also has the condition.\n\nDarryl Bingham is not a suitable match for his two eldest children\n\nProf John Sayer, a kidney specialist at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital who is treating Noah, said nephronophthisis affects about one in 100,000 people.\n\n\"There's clearly a dilemma because there's a shortage of donors for patients needing kidney transplants.\n\n\"But kidney failure itself is not rare. There are 4,500 people across the country waiting for a transplant.\"\n\nHe added patients often face a \"gruelling and terrifying\" wait of about three years for a donor organ.\n\nIn December, Mr Bingham completed the challenge of walking 12,000 steps every day for 12 days to raise money for Kidney Research UK, which has supported the family.\n\nMrs Bingham said that if Ariel's condition was to deteriorate first she would get her kidney\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some supermarkets faced issues over the festive period due to ports disruption\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".\n\nIt argued frontline workers in meat factories should get early vaccinations due to the risk of a rapid spread of the new strains of the virus among key workers.\n\nThe government has set out who will get vaccinated first, which starts with care home residents and the oldest and most vulnerable people.\n\nBut Nick Allen, chief executive of the BMPA, said it would be logical to also prioritise key workers in the food industry.\n\n\"As the new coronavirus variant takes hold across the whole of the UK, we are hearing widespread reports of rapidly rising absences in the food supply chain,\" he said.\n\nSome firms supplying supermarkets \"are seeing a tripling of staff having to take time off work through illness or enforced self-isolation\", he added.\n\nPressures on staff during the lockdown include illness, having to self-isolate, and childcare while some schools are closed under England's lockdown.\n\nDue to the specialised nature of meat production, if even a few key factory personnel such as the foreman or managers are absent, production can stop, Mr Allen said.\n\nEarly vaccinations should not be restricted to the meat industry, according to Mr Allen. All key workers in the food industry should get early vaccinations, he said.\n\nEven supermarkets themselves are having problems with absences, he suggested.\n\n\"The key food supply chains ought to be prioritised,\" he said. \"All food industry key workers should be prioritised [for vaccination]\".\n\nThe government is advised on vaccinations by a group of experts called the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\nProfessor Wei Shen Lim, Covid-19 Chair for the JCVI, said the committee's advice on vaccine prioritisation \"was developed with the aim of preventing as many deaths as possible.\"\n\n\"As the single greatest risk of death from Covid-19 is older age, prioritisation is primarily based on age,\" he said.\n\n\"It is estimated that vaccinating everyone in the priority groups would prevent 99% of deaths, including those associated with occupational exposure to infection,\" the professor added.\n\nSainsbury's boss Simon Roberts also called for early vaccinations for key workers on Thursday.\n\n\"My view is that priority has to be given to those that need it first,\" he said. \"Those on the frontline should be part of that as and when capacity becomes available.\"\n\nAbsence rates for Sainsbury's staff are lower than at the peak of the crisis, but are rising, and have stepped up in the last few days, he said.\n\nThe Sainsbury's absence rate is currently 8%. The business has 172,000 employees.\n\nAsda said that it had seen an increase in employees self-isolating and shielding in line with the rising UK infection rate.\n\nHowever, it said that absence rates were still lower than at the peak of the pandemic.\n\n\"We are taking proactive steps to manage colleague absences by retaining temporary colleagues hired over the Christmas period and are bringing in additional temporary colleagues in those stores that need them the most,\" and Asda spokesman said.\n\nTesco has asked clinically vulnerable staff to stay at home.\n\nMorrisons, meanwhile, is also seeing more absences, but the rate is still more than half that of the peak of the pandemic. It is also a bigger business having taken on 26,000 extra staff during the crisis.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium said: \"While absence rates are currently rising, retailers are closely monitoring the situation in stores and distribution centres and supply chains continue to run smoothly.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs said: \"As we have seen in recent months, the UK has a large, diverse and highly resilient food supply chain.\n\n\"We continue to closely monitor the situation and are working closely with the food industry on the workforce and absence related challenges presented by the pandemic.\"\n\nThey added that the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people across the country have the food they need.\n\nUK ports have seen disruption due to the effects of coronavirus on trade and new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period.\n\nMr Roberts of Sainsbury's said that, so far, the flow of goods from Europe is in decent shape, but there had been some problems in sending food to Northern Ireland.There is still some backlog in general merchandising, he added.\n\nHowever, Scottish seafood exporters warned on Thursday that they had been hit by the \"perfect storm of Brexit disruption\".\n\n\"Weakened by Covid-19, and the closure of the French border before Christmas, the end of the Brexit transition period has unleashed layer upon layer of administrative problems, resulting in queues, border refusals and utter confusion,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\nShe said IT problems in France meant consignments were diverted from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Dunkirk, \"which was unprepared as it wasn't supposed to be at the export frontline.\"\n\nThere have also been IT issues on the UK side with HMRC, she added.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets,\" she said. \"They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition. If the window closes these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nThe National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations also warned of delays to fish exports due to \"a brick wall of bureaucracy\".", "Lorry drivers crossing the Channel will continue to need a recent negative Covid test result \"until further notice\", the UK government has said.\n\nHauliers have been required to prove they have tested negative since the border with France reopened last month.\n\nThe decision to continue testing comes from the French government, the Department for Transport said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps urged \"all hauliers to get tested before getting to the border\".\n\nThe decision comes as the introduction of new trading rules between the UK and European Union prompts disruption for some businesses and hauliers.\n\nMr Shapps said the government was \"offering support to businesses to set-up testing facilities at their own premises, assisting the smooth passage of trucks and good across the border, as well as setting up testing at information and advice sites around the country\".\n\nDrivers and crew of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), drivers of large goods vehicles (LGVs) and van drivers are advised to obtain a negative test before arriving in Kent or at other Channel crossing points.\n\nThere are now 34 testing sites for hauliers situated in key \"stopping spots\" across the UK, with further sites being set up, the DfT said.\n\nTests must be authorised and taken 72 hours before entry into France.\n\nIn addition to a negative Covid test result, some hauliers require a new 24-hour permit to enter Kent since the introduction of the new UK-EU rules.\n\nFrance reported 21,703 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, while the UK reported 52,618.\n\nLast month, the border crisis saw France refuse arrivals from the UK for 48 hours between 20 and 22 December due to a new virus variant initially discovered in Kent.\n\nPassenger ferries and lorry freight bound for France were suspended from Dover, Portsmouth and Newhaven.\n\nAn emergency procedure devised as part of post-Brexit preparations allowed lorries to be \"stacked\" - leaving thousands of foreign drivers stranded throughout southern England.", "Last updated on .From the section Aston Villa\n\nAston Villa are preparing to field a team of youngsters in Friday's FA Cup third-round tie at home to Liverpool after a \"significant\" Covid-19 outbreak at the club.\n\nA final decision on whether the game will take place at all will be made on Friday.\n\nVilla manager Dean Smith, his coaching staff and the rest of the club's first-team squad will not be involved after the outbreak forced the closure of the club's Bodymoor Heath training headquarters on Thursday.\n\nThe club is in discussions with the Football Association and want to fulfil the fixture (kick-off 19:45 GMT) but final confirmation on whether the tie is played is still on hold pending the results of further testing on the young players who are now being considered for selection.\n\nMark Delaney, Villa's under-23 coach, is scheduled to take charge in the absence of Smith and his backroom staff. He will be accompanied by a doctor, physiotherapist and kit staff.\n\nThe game was thrown into doubt when Villa confirmed the shutdown of the training ground after \"a large number of first-team players and staff\" returned positive Covid-19 results after being tested on Monday.\n\nThose affected went into isolation and a second round of tests was carried out immediately, which produced more positive results on Thursday.\n\nVilla are keen to play the game against Jurgen Klopp's Premier League champions, who they thrashed 7-2 earlier this season. Manager Smith had planned to rest several stars for the game but the Covid-19 outbreak has thrown the club's plans into chaos.\n\nThey will now be hoping the additional Covid-19 testing returns a clean bill of health with Villa liaising closely with the FA in the hope of getting the game played on Friday night.\n\nThe meeting between in-form Villa and Liverpool is one of the most attractive ties of the third round, even if both managers were set to field unfamiliar line-ups.\n\nIt also remains to be seen whether Villa's scheduled Premier League home game against Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park on Wednesday goes ahead.\n• None What sport has been hit by Covid-19 this weekend?\n\nElswhere, Southampton's FA Cup third-round game against Shrewsbury on Sunday was called off on Thursday after a significant number of Shrews players and staff tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nWayne Rooney and Derby's first-team squad will miss their FA Cup tie at Chorley on Saturday following a Covid-19 outbreak which closed their training ground on Monday.\n\nThe Rams' team for the game at Victory Park will be made up of under-23 and under-18 players.\n\nVilla will be doing all they can to ensure Friday's tie goes ahead but the Covid-19 outbreak could also have Premier League ramifications.\n\nVilla are scheduled to face fourth-placed Spurs at Villa Park on Wednesday and they currently stand only three points behind Jose Mourinho's team.\n\nThere must now be question marks over whether that game will take place.\n\nIf the game is off it will only add to the fixture congestion both clubs are likely to face in an already crowded calendar this season.\n\nVilla, even though they planned to leave out several established first-team players against Liverpool, still had high FA Cup ambitions and would have wanted to maintain the momentum that has given them such an impressive start to the season after only surviving in the top flight on the final day of last season.\n\nThey will hope the latest testing brings no further complications in the FA Cup context - then attention will turn to what has the potential to be a hugely significant game on Wednesday.\n• Stream eight live FA Cup third-round games this weekend on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app. Find out more here.", "GPs in England are receiving doses of the Oxford Covid jab as medics warn about overstretched hospitals.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine is part of the NHS's biggest-ever effort and aims to offer jabs to 13 million by mid-February - including all over-80s.\n\nBirmingham's NHS said there are enough supplies with more to come as politicians warned doses may run out.\n\nSome hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nAnd hospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine to GPs will help increase vaccinations among the top four priority groups who are first in line to receive doses.\n\nThe Department of Health said 1.3 million people in the UK, including almost a quarter of those aged over 80 in England, have received at least one dose so far.\n\nWriting to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the Birmingham political leaders criticised communication around the vaccination programme in the city.\n\n\"We acknowledge that the vaccination rollout is in its early days, but we have also learned today that Birmingham has not yet been supplied with any AstraZeneca stock, while current Pfizer stocks are scheduled to run out on Friday this week with currently no clarity on when further supplies will arrive.\"\n\nThey added \"it remains unclear who is responsible for overseeing the vaccination programme in Birmingham, and whom we should hold accountable for progress and delivery\".\n\nThe letter is signed by Labour leader of Birmingham City Council, Ian Ward; Liam Byrne MP, Labour's candidate for the West Midlands mayor, and by Conservative MP and ex-minister Andrew Mitchell.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Liam Byrne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut NHS Birmingham and Solihull told the BBC: \"Thousands of people in Birmingham and Solihull have already been vaccinated and this continues at pace.\n\n\"We have sufficient supplies and more will be coming.\"\n\nWest Midlands mayor Andy Street said he has been assured supplies of the Oxford vaccine will be delivered to Birmingham on Friday.\n\nElsewhere, Gillian McLauchlan, deputy director of public health at Salford Council, described \"teething\" issues with the vaccine rollout there.\n\nShe told councillors at a local scrutiny committee: \"We have no control over vaccine supplies. We are told literally two days in advance 'your next lot of vaccines are coming'.\"\n\nEngland's vaccination programme is described as the biggest in NHS history, with an aim to offer jabs to most care home residents by the end of January and the most vulnerable by mid-February.\n\nOfficials leading the vaccination programme are adamant rollout is going to plan - and are cautioning against judging performance too early.\n\nOf course, there will be teething problems, but the fact remains the UK has vaccinated more per head of population than any other country apart from Israel and Bahrain.\n\nWhile rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine started on Monday, it was actually only being used at the hospital hubs up to Thursday.\n\nDeliveries are now being made to hundreds of local vaccination centres. There are 17 in the Birmingham region so they should start to receive doses imminently.\n\nThat should mean there is a vaccine available if they do run out of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nAlthough disruption to the rollout of the programme in the city may still happen as local centres are warning they cannot book patients in until they know they have stock available.\n\nBut the fact the city's leaders felt compelled to write to the health secretary to warn about this is an illustration of the pressure in the system at the moment.\n\nGiven the high level of infections and current lockdown, there is a desperation in all quarters to get the most at-risk vaccinated as quickly as possible.\n\nAnd until the nation sees that translate into significant numbers of people getting vaccinated - 2 million a week is the goal - people will remain on edge.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved for emergency use on 2 December but requires specialist storage unsuitable for most GP practices, with doses largely delivered in hospitals.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca jab was approved on 30 December and does not require specialist storage. It was first rolled out on Monday to hospitals and to GPs in England from Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One medical centre in London is now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week\n\nMr Hancock visited a GP surgery in London to promote the roll out earlier - but staff there said delivery of the Oxford vaccine had been delayed.\n\nThe health secretary said he was \"delighted\" care home residents would begin receiving their first Oxford jabs from GPs this week.\n\n\"This will ensure the most vulnerable are protected and will save tens of thousands of lives,\" he said.\n\nGP Ammara Hughes, a partner at Bloomsbury Surgery, told broadcasters its first delivery of the Oxford jab had been pushed back 24 hours to Thursday.\n\nShe said: \"It's just more frustrating than a concern because we've got the capacity to vaccinate. And if we had a regular supply - we do have the capacity to vaccinate three to four thousand patients a week.\"\n\nMr Hancock described supply of vaccine as a \"rate-limiting\" step.\n\nHe said: \"For the first three days with the Oxford vaccine we did it in hospitals to check that it was working well and it's working well so now we can make sure that it gets to all those GP surgeries that like this one can do all the vaccinations that are needed.\n\n\"The rate-limiting step is the supply of vaccine. We're working with the companies - both Pfizer and AstraZeneca - to increase the supply.\"\n\nMore than 700 local vaccination sites will administer jabs, with the government announcing a further seven mass vaccination sites across England.\n\nAnother 180 GP-led sites, 100 new hospital sites and a pilot scheme involving local pharmacies will open this week.\n\nMeanwhile, nearly 19,981 second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab - which was the first to be approved for emergency use in the UK last month - were administered between 29 December and 3 January, NHS England said.\n\nIt came as Rupert Pearse, professor of intensive care medicine and a consultant at the Royal London, said his own intensive care staff are having to care for far more sick patients.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there would usually be a ratio of one fully-trained intensive care nurse for each patient in a unit but staff are becoming increasingly stretched.\n\n\"Right now we are diluting down to one [intensive care] nurse to three [patients] and filling those gaps with untrained staff and in some instances doctors helping nurses deliver their care... and we're even facing diluting that further to one in four,\" he said.\n\nAll of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland also in lockdown, and vaccinations are progressing across the devolved nations.", "Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has reported a bumper Christmas, with sales up 9.3% for the festive trading period.\n\nMore customers bought their food online than ever before, it said.\n\nIn the 10 days leading up to Christmas, it delivered 1.1 million online orders, twice last year's number.\n\n\"Many customers had to change their Christmas plans at the last minute and we sold smaller turkeys and more lamb and beef than normal,\" said chief executive Simon Roberts.\n\nSainsbury's Christmas trading period covered the nine weeks from 1 November 2020 to 2 January 2021.\n\nFor the 15 weeks to 2 January, like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new store openings, were up 8.6%.\n\n\"We now expect, after forgoing business rates relief of £410m, to report underlying profit before tax of at least £330m in the financial year to March 2021,\" the supermarket said.\n\nThat is down from the previous year's figure of £586m.\n\nSainsbury's has delivered bumper festive sales. It's invested heavily in boosting online capacity to keep up with the soaring demand.\n\nSupermarkets have struggled to make money from doing online deliveries, but Sainsbury's says its operation has become more efficient and profitability has improved. As volumes have increased, there are more orders in every van delivering to a smaller radius of customers.\n\nClick-and-collect is a lot cheaper to do than home deliveries. And this accounted for about a quarter of online sales in the final week.\n\nArgos generated more than half its sales from online well before the pandemic. More than 300 Argos counters are now inside Sainsbury's supermarkets, making it easy for people to pick up goods and gifts. Its fast-track delivery service can deliver to customers' homes and collection points within hours and this has seen growth of 62%.\n\nThis is a business that's been well placed to benefit from the huge shift to digital this Christmas.\n\nChristmas and New Year celebrations were constrained by coronavirus restrictions, which limited the number of people and households allowed to meet up.\n\nSainsbury's said that while people had smaller gatherings, they still treated themselves, with sales of the supermarket's premium Taste the Difference range up 11%.\n\nPremium champagne sales were up 52%, it added, echoing similar findings by rival Morrisons.\n\n\"People did more home baking than usual, with mincemeat sales up 24%. Customers still wanted New Year's Eve at home to feel special and we sold a record number of steaks,\" Sainsbury's said.\n\nSales of groceries, general merchandise and clothing were stronger than expected throughout the quarter, particularly since the start of England's second national lockdown, it added.\n\nClothing benefited from better-than-anticipated full-price sales, driven by customers shopping earlier for Christmas and changes to the supermarket's Black Friday trading strategy.\n\nSeparate figures issued by discount retailer B&M indicated that it too had a good Christmas, with like-for-like revenues at its UK stores up 21.1% year-on-year in the 13 weeks to 26 December.\n\n\"With our combination of exceptional value and convenient out-of-town locations, we are confident that our business model will prove highly relevant to the needs of customers in 2021,\" said chief executive Simon Arora.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Shijiazhuang authorities have started mass-testing residents following an outbreak in the city\n\nChina has placed 11 million people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang under lockdown after more than 100 new Covid cases were confirmed there.\n\nResidents are banned from leaving the city and schools have also been closed.\n\nMore than 5,000 testing sites have been set up so every resident can be tested.\n\nThe new figures are the highest China has seen in more than five months. The country has been able to contain such outbreaks by immediately taking tough action.\n\nThis has involved consistently using mass testing when new clusters of cases appear, even if they seem relatively small.\n\nHebei province, where Shijiazhuang is located, reported 120 new cases on Thursday and all but one of those infections was in the city. Elsewhere in the country, 22 new cases were confirmed.\n\nThe virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 before spiralling into a global pandemic.\n\nThursday's lockdown comes just weeks ahead of Chinese New Year, a time when people in China travel en masse to spend the holiday with their families.\n\nBut residents in the Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang, considered to be the epicentre of the outbreak, are now not allowed to leave their local area. Other residents are banned from leaving the city.\n\nIn terms of transport, bus travel has been halted and many flights have been cancelled.\n\nResidents have been banned from leaving the city\n\nIn a sign of just how seriously the authorities see the situation, even the postal service in and out of Shijiazhuang has been suspended for three days. And the restrictions are being tightly enforced - police were photographed in protective hazmat suits guarding the entrance to an expressway.\n\nThree officials in Shijiazhuang's Gaocheng district have been punished for \"negligence\", according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.\n\n\"Villages should identify, report, isolate and treat cases as early as possible, so as to cut off the transmission,\" Wu Hao, a national health official, was quoted as saying.\n\nFive hospitals in Shijiazhuang have been cleared for Covid-19 patients, with three others standing by, the city's Vice-Mayor Meng Xianghong said.\n\nThursday's lockdown comes just weeks ahead of Chinese New Year - a time when families gather\n\nIt is not the first time China has locked down a city in response to a cluster of cases since the outbreak in Wuhan.\n\nIn October, all nine million residents of the Chinese city of Qingdao were tested in five days after a dozen cases were confirmed. The cases were linked to a hospital treating coronavirus patients arriving from abroad.\n\nThe same month, authorities in Kashgar, in Xinjiang, tested around 4.7m people after an outbreak there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many businesses in Beijing say that customers are still staying away", "The star thanked fans for their messages of support\n\nThe Wanted's Tom Parker has told fans he is \"responding well\" to treatment for his brain tumour.\n\nThe singer praised the NHS as he wrote on Instagram: \"Significant reduction: These are the words I received today and I can't stop saying them over and over again.\"\n\nSharing a picture with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and their two children, he added: \"Today is a good day.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old was found to have an inoperable brain tumour last year.\n\nThe diagnosis came after he suffered two seizures last summer. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, his wife was not allowed in the hospital during three days of tests and he received the news alone.\n\nAt the time he vowed to fight the cancer \"all the way\". Two weeks later he became a father for the second time after Hardwick gave birth to a baby boy.\n\nThe singer shared a photo of his young family alongside the latest update on his health\n\nSharing an update on his condition on Thursday, Parker said: \"I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment.\n\n\"I can't thank our wonderful NHS enough,\" he continued. \"You're all having a tough time out there but we appreciate the work you are all doing on the front line.\"\n\nThe star also thanked his wife, calling her \"my rock\", and thanked fans for their support. \"Your love, light and positivity have inspired me,\" he wrote. \"Every message has not been unnoticed they have given me so much strength.\"\n\nParker achieved fame in the early 2010s as part of The Wanted, reaching number one with the singles All Time Low and Glad You Came.\n\nSince the band went on hiatus in 2014, he has played Danny Zuko in a touring production of Grease and reached the semi-finals of Celebrity Masterchef.\n\nHe married Hardwick, an actress, in 2018. As well as Bodhi, the couple have an 18-month-old daughter.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Just when the hospitality sector thought things couldn't get any worse, it has been hit by another lockdown.\n\nLast year's rolling closures forced Martin Wolstencroft to borrow £4m just to ensure the survival of Arc Inspirations, a bar chain with 17 venues across the north of England that he has spent the last two decades building into a successful business.\n\nAnd the latest lockdown has forced Mr Wolstencroft to ask his bank to lend him another £1m.\n\nHe is far from alone. UK Hospitality says the closure of pubs, restaurants and hotels is costing business owners such as Mr Wolstencroft a total of £500m a month, even allowing for any government support. And that has led to a huge rise in debt.\n\n\"The money that we are borrowing is really just to stand still,\" Mr Wolstencroft said.\n\n\"We'll be coming out of this in a far worse position with far greater debt and it totally reduces our ability to grow our business for the future.\n\n\"And all of this has been brought about through no fault of our own.\"\n\nHe reckons the debt he has taken on so far will take the business six years to pay back, which leaves him facing some difficult decisions.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a package of grants worth up to £3,000 a month per property to keep retail, hospitality and leisure businesses afloat until the spring.\n\nBut Mr Wolstencroft, who pays rents of more than £16,000 a month on some of his bars, described the grants as a \"mere drop in the ocean\".\n\nThe effect of taking on huge debts with no prospect of reopening soon is a major threat to millions working in the hospitality sector.\n\nMore than 1,600 restaurants closed last year, costing 30,000 jobs, says property adviser Altus.\n\nWhen bars, hotels and other hospitality businesses are included, almost 300,000 jobs were lost last year as a result of the pandemic, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nAnd that figure is expected to more than double in the first three months of this year alone.\n\nKate Nicholls, the boss of UK Hospitality, predicts the total will hit 660,000 by the end of March.\n\nUK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls is calling for further support for the industry\n\n\"The longer that these restrictions are in place, the more rapidly businesses will simply run out of cash and be unable to to remain open,\" she said.\n\nA survey of the trade body's members revealed that 80% of businesses did not have enough cash to make it through to April. \"It's going to be unbelievably brutal in the first quarter,\" Ms Nicholls said.\n\nThe latest lockdown follows a bruising Christmas period for the hospitality sector, which typically depends on a busy December to tide it over during January, traditionally a quiet month for pubs and restaurants.\n\n\"It's obviously very worrying for our industry,\" says Tim Hughes, who runs the Plough pub at Sleapshyde in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"They have banned takeaway sales of alcohol from pubs, but off-licences and supermarkets can carry on selling it,\" he said.\n\nBetween them, Mr Hughes, his brother and his father run three pubs in the St Albans area. They have already borrowed £350,000 and Mr Hughes says the latest lockdown will force them to take on even more debt just to survive.\n\nMonthly fixed costs at each of the pubs run to £9,500 and only one of their venues qualifies for the full £3,000 grant, so Mr Hughes says the Treasury's support \"doesn't touch the sides\".\n\nIt's the fourth time Mr Hughes has been forced to close the doors to the Plough - and each time it has cost him about £5,000.\n\nThis time, he also had to give away £4,000 worth of jumbo pork, vegetarian and vegan Bavarian bratwursts, bought to give 2,000 customers a substantial meal in the pub's \"winter garden\" during the festive period.\n\nThat was before an unexpected decision to put St Albans into tier three forced him to close the pub. He cancelled those bookings and refunded customers their £16,000.\n\nThe Plough's \"winter garden\", which was booked up for the Christmas period, stands empty\n\nRalph Findlay, the boss of Marston's, which has 1,700 pubs across the country and employs 14,000 people, said some pubs that had been forced to close their doors because of the lockdown would never reopen.\n\nHalf of Marston's employees are under 25, he said. \"I really worry about the impact of this on their employment prospects in places where it's very difficult to find employment.\"\n\nHe has called for pubs to be given more time before they are required to pay business rates again, which will leave pubs facing an £800m bill as soon as the current rates holiday expires in March, according to the British Beer & Pub Association.\n\nThat would force landlords, including Mr Hughes, to foot a bill that works out at £25,000 a pub.\n\n\"We are kidding ourselves if we think that more debt upon more debt is going to be sustainable,\" said Stephen Welton, executive chairman of the Business Growth Fund.\n\n\"Past recessions have shown very clearly that it's coming out of a recession - when companies are short of working capital - that they fall over.\"\n\nFor Mr Hughes at the Plough, he is looking for all the support he can get to avoid being put into a \"bigger black hole\".\n\nA Treasury spokesman said: \"\"We've taken swift action throughout the pandemic to protect lives and livelihoods.\"\n\nHe said the grant scheme would continue to support businesses and jobs through to the spring.", "Jamie Stiehm is a US political columnist who was in the Capitol building in Washington DC when it was stormed by pro-Trump rioters. Here's what she saw from the press gallery in the House of Representatives.\n\nI had told my sister earlier: \"Something bad is going to happen today. I don't know what, but something bad will happen.\"\n\nOutside the Capitol, I encountered a group of very boisterous supporters of President Donald Trump, all waving flags and pledging their allegiance to him. There was a sense that trouble was brewing.\n\nI went inside to the House of Representatives and up into the press gallery, where we were assigned seats, looking down at the rather sombre gathering. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was holding the gavel, and keeping people to their five-minute statements.\n\nAs we went into the second hour, all of a sudden we heard breaking glass. The air began getting fogged. An announcement from the Capitol Police said, \"An individual has breached the building\". So everyone looked around and then it was business as usual. But after that, the announcements kept coming. And they were getting more and more urgent.\n\nThey announced that the intruders had breached the rotunda, which is under the famed marble dome. The sacred house of democracy was under fire.\n\nMany of us are hardened journalists - I've seen my share of violence covering homicides in Baltimore - but this was very unpredictable. The police didn't seem to know what was happening. They weren't coordinated. They locked the chamber doors but at the same time, they told us we would have to evacuate. So there was a sense of panic.\n\nI was afraid. I'll tell you that. And I've spoken to other journalists who said they were a little ashamed of themselves for feeling afraid.\n\nThere was a sense of \"nobody's in charge here, the Capitol Police have lost control of the building, anything can happen\".\n\nIf you think back to the September 11 attacks in 2001, there was one plane that went down and didn't hit its target. That target was the Capitol. There were echoes of that. I made a call to my family, just to let them know that I was here and it was a dangerous situation.\n\nThere was a shot. We could see there was a standoff in our chamber. Five men were holding guns at the door. It was a frightening sight. Men were looking through a broken glass window and looked like they could shoot at any second.\n\nThankfully there was no gunfire inside the chamber. But for a while there, it felt like it would be a real possibility. Because things were going downhill very fast.\n\nWe had to crawl under railings to get out of the way. I was not dressed to do that. A lot of women were dressed up, wearing heels, because they had come for a formal ritual.\n\nI sheltered in the House cafeteria alongside others. I'm still shaking now.\n\nI have seen a lot as a journalist, but this was something more. This was the collective public sphere being undermined, assaulted, degraded. And I think this was why the Speaker wanted to return and hold the gavel again and go on.\n\nAfterwards I had to decide whether I was going to go back to the chamber too. I decided l probably would, because the message that is sending is: \"You can incite a mob, but we're going to go on\". I think that is a very important political message.", "Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAsos said it was \"a compelling opportunity\" to buy \"strong brands that resonate well with its customer base\".\n\n\"However, at this stage, there can be no certainty of a transaction and Asos will keep shareholders updated as appropriate,\" it added.\n\nLast week, a consortium including fashion chain Next dropped its bid to buy Topshop and Topman because it could not meet the price tag.\n\nOthers interested in some or all of Arcadia - which also owns Dorothy Perkins and Burton - include Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, a consortium including JD Sports, and the online retailer Boohoo.\n\nIn addition, the Issa brothers, who recently bought supermarket chain Asda, and Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are said to have made bids for Topshop.\n\nAsos has seen strong sales in the pandemic and is already one of the biggest wholesalers for Topshop, Topman, Burton and Miss Selfridge.\n\nAdministrators from Deloitte requested that final bids be submitted last Monday, with the auction expected to conclude at the end of January.\n\nSir Philip Green is under pressure to use his own money to plug an estimated £350m hole in Arcadia's pension fund, which has about 10,000 members.\n\nLast year the retail tycoon had an estimated fortune of £930m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nArcadia employed about 13,000 people and had 444 shops at the time of its collapse.", "Boohoo is set to buy the Debenhams brand and website, the BBC understands.\n\nHowever, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the company's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nThe announcement could come as early as Monday morning.\n\nThe 242-year-old chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business, with the likely loss of 12,000 jobs.\n\nA closing down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as administrators continued to seek offers for all, or parts of the business.\n\nIn the last week or so, the company announced that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nMike Ashley has bought other struggling businesses including House of Fraser and Evans Cycles\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low, leaving JD Sports as the last remaining bidder.\n\nMr Ashley had previously built up a 29% stake in the chain, but saw his £150m holding wiped out in 2019, when the company fell into administration and then ended up in the hands of its lenders - a consortium led by hedge fund Silverpoint.\n\nIn early December, the Frasers Group confirmed that it was working on a possible last minute rescue of Debenhams.\n\nThe announcement came five days after staff were informed and liquidators moved in to Debenhams' stores to start clearing stock, after a potential rescue deal with JD Sports fell through.\n\nBut Frasers said there was \"no certainty\" it could save the chain.\n\nOne of the biggest issues, it said, was the collapse into administration last week of another High Street giant, Arcadia, which is the biggest concession holder in Debenhams department stores.", "More than 26,000 are now in hospital with the virus, according to government data\n\nFrance's top medical adviser said on Sunday that a third national lockdown would probably soon be needed to combat coronavirus in the country.\n\nA strict curfew was implemented last weekend, but cases continue to climb.\n\nProf Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the scientific council that advises leaders on Covid-19, said \"there is an emergency\" and this week was critical.\n\nHe called for swift government action, amid rising concerns about the spread of new variants of the coronavirus.\n\nProf Delfraissy said data showed a new more transmissible variant first detected in the UK now makes up between 7-9% of cases in some French regions and will be hard to stop.\n\nHe said the country was in a better situation than others in Europe, but described the new variants as the \"equivalent of a second pandemic\".\n\n\"If we do not tighten regulations, we will find ourselves in an extremely difficult situation from mid-March,\" the advisor warned during an interview with BFM television.\n\nThe French government is expected to meet on Wednesday to decide if further measures are needed.\n\nOfficials have so far resisted implementing a third national lockdown, preferring an overnight curfew system which allows schools to stay open.\n\nBut daily infection numbers are rising - with the seven-day moving average now above 20,000 despite the 18:00 curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex previously said restrictions could be imposed \"without delay\" if the situation deteriorated further.\n\nThe country's virus death toll topped 73,000 on Sunday, as the country tightened restrictions on arrivals into the country.\n\nUnder new rules anyone entering from inside the EU by air or ferry must now present a negative Covid-19 test result within 72 hours of travel. Those entering France from the EU by road, including cross-border workers, will not be required to take a test.\n\nPresident of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said last week that all non-essential travel \"must be strongly advised against\" but EU nations have so far agreed to keep borders open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police in Paris ensure shops close at 6pm as France begins a new curfew to tackle Covid-19", "Ella Lambert had never sewn before but borrowed a friend's machine to learn how to make sanitary pads made from cloth\n\nA student whose \"terrible period pains\" inspired her to start a reusable sanitary pad project has helped 600 refugees get out of \"period poverty\".\n\nElla Lambert, 20, from Chelmsford, Essex, started The Pachamama Project during the first coronavirus lockdown.\n\nShe said she wanted to help women who were unable to buy period products.\n\nNearly 2,500 pads sewn by 150 volunteers have been sent to camps in Greece and Lebanon.\n\nWomen are given four pads each, which are washable and can be reused for about five years, she said.\n\nThe pads are distributed to women in refugee camps\n\nMs Lambert said: \"In March I had terrible period pain, I was being sick, it was awful, and it made me think, I know I'm not the only person going through this.\n\n\"The people I want to help, in these camps, they're experiencing period pain and having to use random tissue paper, cardboard, socks, scraps of material and even leaves - whatever they can get hold of.\"\n\nThe University of Bristol languages student set up her not-for-profit group in March and launched her sanitary product - Pacha Pads - in August, with the help of charities and groups in the two countries to distribute them.\n\nThousands of pads have been made by hundreds of volunteers since August\n\nIt started when she put appeals for material on community groups, she said.\n\nVolunteers from all over the UK came forward to make the products after she developed a pattern, created a guide and explained how to source material for free.\n\nThe products are then sent back to her to be posted abroad, after quality checks.\n\nSome of the sewers came from groups formed to make scrubs for NHS workers during the first lockdown, and who still wanted to be useful, she said.\n\nAlice Corrigan, from The Free Shop of Lebanon, said the project helped with the \"fight against period poverty in Lebanon\"\n\nAlice Corrigan, founder of The Free Shop Lebanon, which hands out the products for free in its shop, said: \"Sustainable menstrual products are very new to many Lebanese and in particular Syrian women.\"\n\nShe added it is not common for them to talk about menstrual activity, so it was important they could be helped to understand its importance and accept it as part of their routine.\n\nKaty Chadwick, technical adviser at the charity ActionAid UK, said: \"For too many women and girls and people who menstruate a lack of access to products impacts on their ability to move freely and to access education and other opportunities.\n\n\"It's encouraging to see new initiatives to support the most marginalised women and girls access sustainable products.\"\n\nAll the sanitary pads are washable so they can be reused for up to about five years\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is hoped that vaccinating teenagers will allow them to sit exams\n\nIsrael has started vaccinating 16 to 18-year-olds against Covid-19, in an effort to enable them to sit exams.\n\nMore than a quarter of Israel's population of nine million have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine since 19 December, its health ministry says.\n\nIt started with the elderly and others at high risk, but people aged 40 and over can also now get the jab.\n\nIsrael hopes to start reopening its economy in February.\n\nThe inclusion of 16 to 18-year-olds - with parental permission - is meant \"to enable their return (to school) and the orderly holding of exams\", an education ministry spokeswoman said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe matriculation exams that Israeli students sit at the end of high school play an important role in deciding where they will go to university. Their results can also affect their placement in the military, where many young Israelis do compulsory service.\n\nThe education ministry has said it is too early to say whether schools will reopen next month.\n\nIsrael started its rapid vaccination drive - the fastest in the world - on 19 December, reaching 10% of its population by the end of 2020.\n\nIsrael has recorded more than 596,000 cases and 4,392 deaths with Covid-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOn Sunday, the government said it would ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday night for the rest of January, in an effort to halt the spread of new virus variants.\n\n\"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign,\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.\n\nForeigners have largely been blocked from entering Israel during the pandemic.", "All schools moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant\n\n\"Wholesale\" return of pupils to school after February half term is \"unlikely\", Wales' first minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford said there were \"intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back\".\n\nPreviously, ministers said schools would stay closed to most until February half term unless Covid cases fell significantly.\n\nThose preparing for qualifications and very young children may return first.\n\nMr Drakeford told a coronavirus briefing on Friday he had recently chaired a meeting of the teaching unions and local education authorities.\n\n\"We all agreed that we would work purposefully together to find ways of bringing more young people back into the classroom,\" he said.\n\n\"Does that mean that we will see a wholesale return of every child in every classroom, every day of the week across Wales? I do think that that is probably unlikely.\n\n\"But there are intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back.\"\n\nHe said there had been \"practical, creative, imaginative\" proposals put forward which could mean some children being back in the classroom for some of the week.\n\nMinisters previously said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fell significantly\n\nThese could include \"children preparing for qualifications [and] very young children for whom online learning really isn't a genuine possibility\".\n\n\"I certainly don't rule out making some of those things happen after the February half term, but I do think it's unlikely in the way you said that we would see every child back full-time in every classroom in the way that we would ideally wish to do,\" he added.\n\nAll schools and colleges moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant.\n\nThey have remained open for children of critical workers and vulnerable learners, as well as for learners who needed to complete essential exams or assessments.\n\nEarlier this month, when Education Minister Kirsty Williams said schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term, unions welcomed the news, saying the health and safety of pupils and staff \"had to be a priority\".\n\nBut, they added, teachers must now be given the vaccine as a priority, and pupils and staff must be protected before talks about reopening schools could begin.\n\nTeachers are still not on the priority list for immunisation, and have to wait to get the jab dependent on their age and if they have a medical condition.\n\nAt the time, Laura Doel, director of The National Association of Headteachers Cymru, said: \"Any plan that sees school staff return to face-to-face learning should be afforded as much protection as possible against the virus.\n\n\"Once these issues have been addressed, then we can discuss the orderly return to school we all want.\"\n\nOpposition parties have called for clear plans on how schools would return and for support to make sure pupils from poorer backgrounds did not fall behind due to a \"digital divide\".\n\nPlaid Cymru's education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian said: \"The Welsh Government must plan now for the gradual and safe reopening of schools, putting in place safety measures, and should lay out plans for a vaccination programme for schools staff.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies called for the Welsh Government to publish evidence on its reasons for closing schools, bring forward vaccines for teachers, and said money must be made available for all pupils to access laptops for online learning.", "Janice Johnston says doctors who misdiagnosed her \"took so much away from me\"\n\nA care home worker who was wrongly diagnosed with cancer said she thought it was a \"cruel joke\" when she was told doctors had made a mistake and she did not have cancer at all.\n\nMum-of-four Janice Johnston said her \"world crumbled\" when she learned she had a rare form of blood cancer at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 2017.\n\nShe had 18 months of oral chemotherapy treatment, during which she experienced weight loss, nausea and bone pain, and had to give up her job as an auxiliary nurse.\n\nWhen the treatment did not appear to be working, she says, medics upped the dosage.\n\nIn 2018, she sought alternative treatment at Guy's Hospital in London. It was there a specialist told her she did not have cancer at all but a different condition.\n\nMrs Johnston was awarded £75,950 in damages after East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust admitted liability. Staff at the hospital had failed to do the necessary ultrasound scan and bone marrow biopsy before diagnosing her.\n\nMrs Johnston, 53, said: \"The cancer diagnosis was an absolute shock. They said my life span would be shortened.\n\n\"I was at high risk of a fatal stroke or heart attack and I could drop down at any minute. It was heartbreaking and devastating.\n\n\"It didn't sink in until I saw the haematologist. I was in a room with people having serious chemotherapy who looked incredibly ill. I thought: 'I'm like them'.\"\n\nMrs Johnston says doctors told her she would need chemotherapy for life.\n\nThe side-effects led to her feeling \"wiped out\", her hair thinning, her teeth becoming loose and her gums receding.\n\nShe says occupational health told her that her immune system was jeopardised and she could pick up infections easily. That meant she was forced to resign from her job.\n\n\"Giving up work was horrible,\" Mrs Johnston says.\n\nShe was also worried she would not get to see some of her daughters get married or her grandchildren grow up.\n\nThe trust admitted failing to carry out vital tests before diagnosing Mrs Johnston\n\nAfter searching on the internet to find out more about the blood cancer she was told she had - Polycythaemia vera (PV) - she learned that Guy's Hospital offered a different type of chemotherapy and asked her consultant for an appointment there.\n\nMrs Johnston recalls: \"The specialist at Guy's looked over my blood counts and said: 'I don't think you have blood cancer'.\"\n\nThe doctor told Mrs Johnston she had a different condition called secondary PV which is not cancer.\n\n\"She asked if I'd had a bone marrow test and scan of the spleen to confirm the diagnosis - I hadn't had either. My husband thought it was fantastic but I was angry.\n\n\"I thought it was a cruel joke on me. It didn't sink in. My husband couldn't understand why I wasn't jumping for joy - but it had taken my life.\"\n\nOne of the hardest things to cope with for Mrs Johnston was thinking she had been a \"fraud\".\n\n\"I'd been doing some fundraising to try and have something positive to focus on. Cancer Research UK asked if I'd be guest of honour at a charity run in Margate. I stood on stage in front of 3,000 women saying I had cancer.\n\n\"I'm mortified that people will think I made it up. It has made me feel awful and like I have lied to everyone,\" she said.\n\nMrs Johnston now has severe anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).\n\n\"I still get flashbacks to it,\" she says. \"It was two years of my life. They took so much away from me.\"\n\nShe says she wants to \"raise awareness\" about her experience, and for \"anyone that does get diagnosed with it, to ask questions and learn as much as they can about it and if they feel any doubt, to get a second opinion\".\n\nA spokesperson for East Kent Hospitals said: \"A misdiagnosis of this kind is exceptionally rare and we wholeheartedly apologise to Ms Johnston.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nFlood victims will not be able to return to their homes until their safety can be assured, a council leader has said.\n\nThe Coal Authority has said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft causing a \"blow out\" that flooded properties in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones said it was unlikely residents could return Monday.\n\nHe said underground investigations would begin on Saturday and the work could take two to three days.\n\n\"Safety is the paramount concern for us,\" he said.\n\n\"Because we can't guarantee the site safety - that's the reason why people will remain away from their properties until such time as we can give the all clear.\n\n\"We don't know what the water has done underground.\"\n\nThe fire service said on Saturday morning the pumping operation was \"making good progress\".\n\nMr Jones told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast people may be able to return next week but \"did not want to raise hopes\" it will be Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said the flooding was \"more than likely\" related to old mine workings with six mines known about in area. He said the industry dated back 300 years.\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\".\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nAt least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nLocal MP Stephen Kinnock said affected residents were staying in \"lots of different places\" across the region.\n\nAnd he praised the \"extraordinary\" generosity of the community and the support of the Salvation Army with donations of food, clothing and toiletries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said officers were continuing to look at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past coal mining, is investigating the incident.\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney said equipment, due on site on Saturday, would be used to drill into mine workings to \"fully investigate what has happened\".\n\n\"The blow out is likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which has caused water to back up and to break out using the easiest path,\" she said.\n\n\"The excessive rainfall of the past few days and the prolonged rainfall this winter, will have put additional pressure on the system.\n\n\"We know that people will want to get back to their homes and we will continue to progress these works as soon as possible, but public safety has to come first.\"\n\nThere are a number of historical mine workings in Skewen dating back beyond 1850.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Jones said water was still pouring out of the affected site so workers were diverting it, while machines cleared gulleys and drains to give the water the chance to enter drainage systems.\n\nA residents' incident support centre has been set up at Abbey Primary School to offer help and information over the weekend, between 09:00-17:00 GMT.\n\nThe council has asked residents to be \"patient as the investigation continues\" and has set up a helpline. Tel. 01639 686868.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket.\n\nThe 143 payloads, of all shapes and sizes, rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida.\n\nThe number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017.\n\nIt's further evidence of the major structural changes taking place in space activity that are allowing many more actors to get involved.\n\nThis shift is the result of a revolution in robust, miniaturised, low-cost components - many taken direct from consumer electronics such as smartphones - that mean pretty much anyone can now build a capable satellite in a very small package.\n\nAnd with SpaceX offering to transport those packages to orbit for just $1m, the commercial opportunities will continue to open up.\n\nGuatemala's Santa María volcano: Planet is imaging the entire Earth daily with its Dove satellites\n\nSpaceX itself had 10 satellites on the Falcon - the latest additions to its Starlink telecommunications mega-constellation, which is going to deliver broadband internet connections around the globe.\n\nSan Francisco's Planet company had the most satellites of all on the flight - 48.\n\nThese were another batch of its SuperDove models that image the Earth's surface daily at a resolution of 3-5m. The new spacecraft take the firm's operational fleet now in orbit to more than 200.\n\n\"Internet of things\": SpaceBees will connect to all manner of objects on the ground\n\nThe SuperDoves are the size of a shoebox. Many of the other payloads on the Falcon rocket were little bigger than a coffee mug, however; and some were smaller even than a paperback book.\n\nSwarm Technologies is rolling out what it calls the SpaceBees. They're just 10cm by 10cm by 2.5cm.\n\nThey'll act as telecommunications nodes to connect devices that are attached to all manner of objects on the ground, from migrating animals to shipping containers.\n\nThe satellites were mounted on a dispenser that ejected them in sequence\n\nSome of the larger items on the Falcon rocket were suitcase-sized. Among these were several radar satellites. Radar has been one of the major beneficiaries of the revolution in componentry.\n\nTraditionally, radar satellites were big, multi-tonne objects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fly, which essentially meant only the military or major space agencies could afford to operate them.\n\nBut the adoption of new materials and compact \"off the shelf\" parts have dramatically shrunk the size (to under 100kg) and price (a couple of million dollars) of these spacecraft.\n\niQPS artwork: The radar satellites unfurl large antennas once they are in space\n\nIceye from Finland, Capella from the US, and iQPS of Japan all took the ride to orbit on Sunday. These start-ups are establishing constellations in the sky that will return rapid, repeat imagery of the Earth.\n\nRadar has the advantage over standard optical cameras of being able to pierce cloud, and to sense the Earth's surface whether it is day or night. We're entering an age when any change on the planet, wherever it happens, will be picked up almost immediately.\n\nThe Falcon carried the 143 satellites into a 500km-high path that runs from pole to pole. This is one of the drawbacks of a big rideshare mission: you go where the rocket goes, and for some that might not be ideal.\n\nA number of satellite missions will want an orbit that's higher or lower in the sky, or on a different inclination to the equator.\n\nThis can be achieved by mounting the satellites on \"space tugs\" which, after coming off the top of the rocket, modify the final parameters for their \"passengers\" over the course of several weeks. Sunday's Falcon carried two such tugs.\n\nBut for some missions a bespoke ride is going to be the only satisfactory solution. It's why we're now witnessing a rush to produce small rockets that can run dedicated flights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket blasts its way to space\n\nThese smaller rockets will not be able to compete on cost with the big vehicles, such as SpaceX's Falcon-9, but they should attract the custom of those with very specific or urgent needs.\n\nDan Hart, the CEO of Virgin Orbit, which has developed a small rocket that can be launched from under the wing of a Boeing 747, says the start-ups are becoming more discerning.\n\n\"These small satellites used to be points of fascination and interest, and it was a case of finding the cheapest way possible to get into space,\" he explained.\n\n\"That's rapidly changing. These are now businesses with critical missions that risk losing revenue if they have to wait on others or go into an unsuitable orbit. And that's why you're going to see people who will pay that little bit more to get to where they want to go when they absolutely need to go there,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Marshall: \"Our satellites 'phoned home' and they are healthy\"\n\nWith the roll call of satellites going into orbit now accelerating rapidly, the issue of traffic management is becoming a hot topic.\n\nFull-on collisions are currently rare, but a surprisingly large number (10%) of satellites will even now experience sudden, unexpected momentum changes, most probably the result of being hit by some small fragment from a previous mission.\n\nThe space sector needs to find smarter ways to track objects in orbit and to command timely avoidance manoeuvres, otherwise certain altitudes could ultimately become unusable because of the presence of dangerously dense debris fields.\n\nJonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a noted historian of astronautics.\n\nHe commented: \"There are now over 3,000 working satellites in orbit. The number of satellites launched last year at over 1,200 is over twice as many as in any previous year. And the ones launched today - that used to be the number you'd launch in a whole year. So it's getting really crowded up there.\"\n\nWill Marshall, the CEO of Planet, said his company, and indeed all of the companies on Sunday's flight, were accutley aware of the issue.\n\n\"We are seeing crowded areas in certain orbits,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Most of the crowded piece that is in danger of what they call Kessler Syndrome (runaway collisions) is quite high up. So one of the tricks that all of these satellites that were launched today use is to just stay really low where there's still a lot of atmospheric drag and eventually those satellites just come down.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Galle (day four of five)\n\nEngland completed a thrilling victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0.\n\nChasing a tricky 164, England were 89-4 on a turning pitch but opener Dom Sibley hit 56 not out to lead them to a six-wicket win.\n\nSibley, who had not reached double figures in the series, put on 75 with Jos Buttler, who made 46 not out.\n\nEarlier, England capitalised on reckless batting to dismiss Sri Lanka for 126 in their second innings.\n\nDom Bess and Jack Leach took four wickets each and the hosts would have been dismissed even more cheaply but for 40 from number 10 Lasith Embuldeniya, who finished with match figures of 10-210.\n\nResuming on 339-9 in their first innings, England conceded a first-innings deficit of 37 when Jack Leach was dismissed with only five runs added.\n\nSri Lanka were favourites at that point but England completed a turnaround on a dramatic day when 15 wickets fell.\n\nThe series win is England's fourth in a row and they are also unbeaten in 10 successive Tests under Joe Root's captaincy, going into a difficult series in India which starts on 5 February.\n\nEngland are fourth in the World Test Championship table, 0.5% behind third-placed Australia.\n• None Root urges England not to 'stand still'\n• None TMS podcast: What does England's series win mean for India tour?\n\nThis was also England's fifth consecutive away Test win, the first time they have achieved that feat since World War One. They are developing an impressive winning habit.\n\nSri Lanka's batting, perhaps spooked by the turning pitch, was inept and their effort in the field lacklustre, but England were clinical.\n\nBess and Leach bowled well - far better than their wicketless showing in the first innings - while James Anderson took a brilliant high catch and Zak Crawley two excellent grabs at short leg.\n\nSri Lanka were leading only by 115 when their eighth wicket fell, before Embuldeniya, who had a remarkable game in defeat, dragged them to a score.\n\nThe target looked competitive - the hosts were possibly even favourites - but the manner England in which overhauled it was mightily impressive.\n\nThere was a wobble when Jonny Bairstow was trapped lbw for a useful 28-ball 29, Root - the dominant player in the series - was bowled for 11 and Dan Lawrence edged behind with a further 85 needed.\n\nHowever, Sibley played the anchor role while Buttler provided impetus in his typically attacking style.\n\nSibley, so at sea in his previous three innings, calmly nudged singles into the leg side. Buttler played thumped drives to the extra-cover boundary, smacked a reverse sweep through point and launched a slog sweep through mid-wicket.\n\nIn the end, England won with ease, Sibley sealing a fine win by tapping for one.\n\nSri Lanka threatened better in this match, having been convincingly beaten by seven wickets in the first.\n\nThey batted well in the first innings and in Embuldeniya they have a fine spinner, playing only his ninth Test.\n\nBut their fourth-day performance was abysmal. Their batting was akin to their performance on day one of the series when they were bowled out for 135.\n\nThe dismissals of captain Dinesh Chandimal - skying a slog sweep to Anderson at mid-on having hit a four a ball earlier - and Niroshan Dickwella, who drove Bess to extra cover two minutes before lunch, were the worst of a series of needlessly aggressive shots.\n\nSri Lanka also disappointed in the field. They were a little unfortunate that Sibley survived three tight lbw reviews, all of which were umpire's call, but their tactics were baffling.\n\nChandimal set the field back and allowed an accumulator in Sibley to tick along as he wished.\n\nThis tour, while important for points in the World Test Championship, always felt like the warm-up act in a huge year for England's Test team.\n\nNext they face a far bigger challenge in India before a summer against New Zealand, top of the Test rankings, India again, and an Ashes series in Australia the winter.\n\nThe biggest plus of this series has been the emphatic run-scoring of Root. He did not score a century in 2019 but made 228 and 186, albeit against a poor Sri Lanka. The skipper amassed 426 runs at an average of 106.50 in the series.\n\nBess and Leach were by no means perfect - they bowl too many bad balls - but finished the series with 12 and 10 wickets respectively.\n\nThe match-winning fifty for Sibley is also a significant boost going into the four Tests in India. Having been dismissed by Embuldeniya in every innings on tour previously, he showed he can grind out a score.\n\nEngland's veteran bowlers, Anderson and Stuart Broad, proved once again they can perform in unhelpful conditions.\n\nThere are question marks, however, about opener Crawley, whose top score in four innings was 13.\n\nThe issues at the top of the order are complicated by the fact Bairstow, who has done well at number three, has been rested for the first two Tests in India.\n\nEngland opener Dom Sibley on Test Match Special: \"I didn't think I'd left any stone unturned with regards playing spin, but then you go back to your room in the evening and think 'maybe I'm not up to this' and have those doubts.\n\n\"It is about accepting those and just believing. It just feels like pure relief at the moment.\"\n\nSri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal: \"We were outplayed today. We have done all the hard work in the last three days but as a batting unit we made the same mistakes of the first Test. There are no excuses for the batsmen and we've got to learn how to bat like Joe Root.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"A really, really strong performance from England. If you look down from one to 11, most people have contributed.\n\n\"They will have to bowl better in India. But the confidence that this will do for the team, and for Joe Root at the start of a huge year, is huge.\"", "A former senior manager at Boeing's 737 plant in Seattle has raised new concerns over the safety of the company's 737 Max.\n\nThe aircraft, which was grounded after two accidents in which 346 people died, has already been cleared to resume flights in North America and Brazil, and is expected to gain approval in Europe this week.\n\nBut in a new report, Ed Pierson claims that further investigation of electrical issues and production quality problems at the 737 factory is badly needed.\n\nRegulators in the US and Europe insist their reviews have been thorough, and that the 737 Max aircraft is now safe.\n\nIn his report, Mr Pierson claims that regulators and investigators have largely ignored factors, which he believes, may have played a direct role in the accidents.\n\nHe explicitly links them to conditions at the company's factory in Renton, near Seattle at the time. Boeing says this is unfounded.\n\nInvestigators believe both accidents were triggered by the failure of a single sensor. It sent inaccurate data to a piece of flight control software, called MCAS.\n\nThis automated system then repeatedly forced the nose of the aircraft downwards, when the pilots were trying to gain height. Ultimately each aircraft was pushed into an unrecoverable dive.\n\nEfforts to make the 737 Max safe have focused on redesigning the MCAS software, and ensuring it can no longer be triggered by a single sensor failure.\n\nFor Ed Pierson, this does not go nearly far enough. A US Navy veteran, who had a senior role on the 737 production line from 2015-2018, he was a star witness during congressional hearings into the disasters involving the Max.\n\nHe told lawmakers he had become so concerned about conditions at the factory, he had told his bosses that he was hesitant about taking his own family on a Boeing plane.\n\nEd Pierson (centre), seated next to his attorney Eric Havian (right), at a House Transportation Committee hearing on oversight of the Boeing 737 Max certification, on 11 December 2019\n\nHe testified that during 2018, the factory was in a \"chaotic\" and \"dysfunctional\" state as, he claimed, staff there struggled under pressure from managers to build new planes as quickly as possible.\n\nNow, he is worried that these issues have been overlooked in the rush to get the 737 Max back in the air.\n\nHis report draws on material from the official investigations. It claims that both of the crashed aircraft suffered from - what he believes were - production defects, almost from the moment they entered service.\n\nThese included intermittent flight control system problems and electrical anomalies that occurred in the days and weeks before the accidents.\n\nHe claims these may have been symptoms of flaws in the aircrafts' highly complex wiring systems, which could have contributed to the erroneous deployment of MCAS.\n\nHe also points out that sensor failures contributed to both accidents and asks why such failures were happening on brand new machines.\n\nIn the case of the Lion Air plane, a faulty sensor was replaced with another part that was not properly calibrated.\n\nAll signs, Mr Pierson says, \"point back to where these airplanes were produced, the 737 factory\".\n\nHowever, he insists that the possibility of production defects playing a role in the accidents has not been addressed by regulators.\n\nHe claims this could lead to further tragedies, involving the Max or even a previous version of the 737.\n\nMr Pierson's concerns are supported by the celebrated aviation safety campaigner Captain Chesley Sullenberger.\n\nBest known as \"Sully\", one of the pilots who safely ditched a crippled and engineless Airbus plane in the Hudson river off Manhattan in 2009, he too believes that modifications to the Max do not go far enough.\n\nHe believes changes are needed to warning systems aboard the plane, which were carried over from a previous version of the 737 and are \"not up to modern standards\".\n\nCaptain Chesley \"Sully\" Sullenberger (centre) testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the status of the grounded Boeing 737 Max in June 2019\n\n\"Ed Pierson's report is very disturbing, about manufacturing issues in the Boeing factories that go well beyond just the Max, and also affect… the previous version of the 737,\" says Capt Sullenberger.\n\n\"There are many critically important unanswered questions that must be answered.\n\n\"Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must finally become more transparent, and begin to provide information and data, so that independent experts can determine the worthiness of the work that's been done.\"\n\nThe BBC has also spoken to a former senior inspector with the UK's Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB), who now works as a safety specialist. He warns that Mr Pierson's findings should be viewed in a wider context.\n\nThe report, he says, does make some \"valid observations\" about the pressures on Boeing's production line and quality control, and concerns about specific components.\n\nHowever, he adds that \"taking the limited information in any accident report… and making fresh interpretations of it, is not the same as conducting a new investigation\".\n\nThe issues highlighted, he adds, \"may have been investigated and dismissed already, for good reason\".\n\nThe FAA, meanwhile, insists it only approved the return to service of the Max, following a \"comprehensive and methodical safety review process\".\n\nA worker stands by a Boeing 737 Max plane on the tarmac at the Boeing Renton factory in Washington\n\nIt adds: \"None of the many investigations of the two accidents produced evidence that a production flaw played a role\", and emphasises that \"every aircraft leaving the factory is inspected by a team of FAA inspectors before it is cleared for delivery\".\n\nBoeing itself will not comment on whether the electrical and flight control problems highlighted by Mr Pierson may have played a factor in the two accidents, on the grounds that this is a matter for the investigating authorities.\n\nIt has, however, described suggestions of any link between conditions at Renton and the two accidents as \"completely unfounded\", emphasising that none of the authorities investigating the crashes has found any such link.\n\nPatrick Ky, the head of Europe's aviation safety agency, EASA, has previously told the BBC he is \"certain\" the plane is safe to fly.\n\nBut relatives of those who died aboard ET302 are continuing to urge the agency not to allow the 737 Max to operate in Europe, \"until continuing concerns about the aircraft's safety have been fully and openly addressed\".", "People in Lebanon are living under one of the world's strictest lockdowns. Under the round-the-clock curfew, citizens who are not \"essential workers\" have been barred from leaving their homes since 14 January.\n\nLaila, 12, is in Beirut trying to study while her family works from home.\n\n\"We all have our own work to do and when we have meetings we hear each other. It can be a real distraction and stop you from finishing your work on time,\" she says.\n\n\"Sometimes I can't study well because I get stressed with all the work they're giving us. It is definitely not the same studying online as it is in the physical world.\"\n\nFor hairdresser Walid Kanaan this year has been \"extremely difficult psychologically and economically\".\n\n\"I own my shop but still I cannot afford it. I pay the workers' salary so I am really broke,\" says the 45-year-old.\n\n\"It is hitting hard. You can't go out at all or do anything. My wife works in a bank and she is also collapsing. She doesn't know if she will still have her job or not.\n\n\"We don't trust the government that if they bring a vaccine it will be safe to take it. We can only pray for God to protect us.\"\n\nRead more stories from people in lockdown in Lebanon here.", "Teachers were not at significantly higher risk of death from Covid-19 than the general population, Office for National Statistics figures suggest.\n\nRestaurant staff, people working in factories and care workers had among the highest death rates, followed by taxi drivers and security guards.\n\nNurses were more than twice as likely as their peers to die of coronavirus.\n\nSecondary school teachers may have been at slightly, but not measurably, higher risk than the average.\n\nThe ONS looked at death rates from coronavirus in England and Wales between 9 March and 28 December 2020.\n\nIt found 31 in every 100,000 working-age men and 17 in every 100,000 working-age women had died of Covid-19.\n\nThis equated to just under 8,000 deaths among 20-64-year-olds.\n\nBut care workers, security guards and people working in certain manufacturing roles died at more than three times the rate of their peers.\n\nTwo-thirds of deaths were among men.\n\nAs well as being more likely to be male, working-age people who died of Covid last year had other things in common: they were much more likely to work in jobs where they were either regularly exposed to known Covid cases or working in close proximity with other people more generally.\n\nMany of the highest-risk jobs were also relatively low paid and may be more likely to be casual or insecure, without sick pay, including hospitality, care work and taxi driving.\n\nAmong teachers, there were 18 deaths per 100,000 among men and 10 per 100,000 among women.\n\nBreaking that down by role, secondary school teachers appear to have a very slightly elevated risk at 39 deaths per 100,000 people in men and 21 per 100,000 in women.\n\nPer 100,000 men aged 20-64, 31 died in the population as a whole compared with:\n\nPer 100,000 women aged 20-64, 17 died in the population as a whole compared with:\n\nThese are illustrative examples, not an exhaustive league table.\n\nThe ONS calculated the rate by dividing the number of deaths by the number of workers in each job role.\n\nBecause the numbers for secondary teachers were comparatively small - 52 deaths in total - it's difficult to be certain about their exact risk, but any increase there might be compared with the general population was not considered statistically significant.\n\nHowever, while teachers were not at higher risk than the average, they did appear to be at higher risk than some other professional job roles, which have seen very few or no deaths.\n\nThe ONS excluded from its analysis any occupation that had seen fewer than 10 deaths, and the average death rate for the whole population masks this variation.\n\nThe study also covers periods where there were limited numbers of children attending school.\n\nBut the figures do tell us teachers didn't have an elevated risk of the magnitude faced by health and care staff and by lower-paid manual and service workers.\n\nOther groups of staff studied with higher death rates, including hospitality and some factory and construction workers, also had their usual work paused for similar chunks of that period.\n\nWhile these figures tell us the death rates in each occupation group, they do not tell us the jobs are themselves causing more infections.\n\nThe ONS looked at age and sex but did not adjust for ethnicity, health or socioeconomic status which might influence an individual's risk.\n\nONS analyst Ben Humberstone said: \"As the pandemic has progressed, we have learnt more about the disease and the communities it impacts most. There are a complex combination of factors that influence the risk of death; from your age and your ethnicity, where you live and who you live with, to pre-existing health conditions.\n\n\"Our findings do not prove that the rates of death involving COVID-19 are caused by differences in occupational exposure,\" he added.\n\nThis also just refers to deaths, not infections which may result in serious illness.\n\nSome earlier ONS data suggested certain types of teacher may have an increased risk of catching coronavirus, although again the body did not consider this to be statistically significant.\n\nDirector of policy for the Association of School and College Leaders teachers' union, Julie McCulloch, said: \"When trying to understand rates of coronavirus-related deaths, there are likely to be many complex factors and we need to be careful not to jump to conclusions about the relative risks of different workplaces.\n\n\"What we do know is that, when schools are fully open, education staff are asked to work in environments that are inherently busy and crowded. In order to give them reassurance, and to minimise the disruption to education, it is vital that they are prioritised for vaccination as soon as possible.\"\n\nWhether teachers should be prioritised for vaccines has been a matter of debate.\n\nAt the moment the programme is being rolled out based on what will save the most lives and prevent the most severe illness.\n\nAfter the oldest age groups, people with health conditions and frontline staff who are regularly exposed to the virus, the government will have to publish a new raft of priorities.\n\nVaccines minister Nadim Zahawi has indicated more people could be prioritised on the basis of their job role, including teachers, shop workers and police officers.", "Fraud has reached epidemic levels in the UK and should be seen as a national security issue, says think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).\n\nThe scale of credit card, identity and cyber-fraud makes it the most prevalent crime, costing up to £190bn a year.\n\nUK intelligence agencies should play a greater role in responding, the RUSI argues in a report.\n\nPolicing should be better resourced, working more closely with the private sector, it adds.\n\nThe report argues that the scale of fraud against the private sector has an impact on the reputation of the UK as a place to do business.\n\nMeanwhile, the amount lost by the government in fraudulent claims represents a \"heist\" on the public purse, undermining faith and trust, it says.\n\nIt is the crime UK citizens are most likely to fall victim to, but the failures in responding risk undermining public confidence in the rule of law.\n\nThe Crime Survey for England and Wales found 3.7 million reported incidents in 2019-20 of members of the public being targeted by credit card, identity and cyber-fraud.\n\nThe private sector takes the biggest financial losses. One estimate from 2017 put the cost of fraud to businesses at £140bn.\n\nFraud against the public sector, including benefit, tax credit and student loan fraud, is estimated to cost £31-48bn a year, the upper figure larger than the UK's annual defence budget.\n\nThe losses go beyond the financial, the authors say.\n\n\"Fraud has the potential to disrupt society in multiple ways, by psychologically impacting individuals, undermining the viability of businesses, putting pressure on public services, fuelling organised crime and funding terrorism,\" they add.\n\nThe report cites evidence that terrorist groups and lone actors turn to fraud in order to finance their activities.\n\nIn one case, eight supporters of the Islamic State group were convicted of defrauding UK pensioners out of more than £1m, which was alleged to be used in part to fund travel from the UK to Syria.\n\nThe men carried out a type of courier fraud in which they pretended to be police officers, telling victims that their bank accounts had been compromised and needed to be transferred.\n\nBut despite the growing scale of the problem, there is no national strategy for tackling the issue, while the police response is underfunded and lacking focus.\n\nThis makes fraud \"everyone's problem but no-one's priority\", according to the report, written by RUSI experts Helena Wood, Tom Keatinge, Keith Ditcham and Ardi Janjev.\n\nThe digitisation of everyday life - accelerated by Covid - has only increased the risks, with organised crime groups showing increased sophistication in their tactics.\n\n\"The UK has become a target destination for global fraudsters,\" the RUSI argues.\n\nBut the extent to which international criminals focus on the UK is hard to gauge, because intelligence agencies have not traditionally focused on the issue.\n\nOne senior fraud professional interviewed by the researchers said that despite 30 years of investigating fraud, they still had no idea what proportion of the threat emanated from overseas.\n\nClassifying fraud as a national security issue would help ensure the right level of resourcing and prioritisation, the authors argue.\n\nThey also recommend more focused intelligence direction from the National Security Council, including greater tasking for GCHQ as well as the National Crime Agency to understand the issue.\n\nThey call for better information-sharing and use of data analytics, as well as more money and attention from police forces to address what they call a \"responsibility vacuum\".", "People made the most of the snowy slopes of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place across much of the UK after large parts of the country saw heavy snowfall.\n\nThe blanket of snow drew people outside for sledging and winter walks, but motorists have been warned to take extra care on icy roads with sub-zero temperatures forecast overnight.\n\nSeveral coronavirus vaccination and testing centres were closed in England and Wales due to the conditions.\n\nPolice reminded the public to keep to lockdown rules while out in the snow.\n\nOfficers in Wandsworth, south-west London, encouraged people with gardens to play in the snow at home.\n\nAnd police in Rutland, Leicestershire, were among several forces questioning why people were leaving their homes to go sledging.\n\nContinuing coronavirus lockdowns across the four UK nations mean most of the population must stay at home, except for a limited number of reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. For cats Bonny and Freddy, the snow is a chance to explore. Credit: Rachel Prew\n\nAs well as four vaccination centres in Wales, six Covid testing centres in the West Midlands had to close due to heavy snow on Sunday.\n\nHighways England warned that the snow had caused collisions on the M3, M27 and M25 in southern England, with the agency urging drivers to only travel if absolutely necessary.\n\nThose using the roads for essential journeys have been urged to allow plenty of extra time for their travel and pedestrians and cyclists are also advised to be cautious.\n\nThe Met Office put a yellow weather warning for snow in place on Sunday, stretching from coast to coast in southern England and ending just south of Manchester.\n\nIt is also in place for western and northern areas of Scotland, most of Northern Ireland and all of Wales apart from Anglesey.\n\nAn amber warning for snow in Nottingham and Stoke meant travel disruption and power cuts were likely on Sunday evening.\n\nYellow weather warnings for ice are in place until 11:00 GMT Monday for all of Wales and Northern Ireland, northern and eastern Scotland and much of southern England and the Midlands.\n\nMany people swapped their usual daily bout of exercise for sledging on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, north London, but police urged people to stay at home\n\nGritters leapt into action near Touchen-end in Berkshire\n\nIn Wales, appointments at the Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil coronavirus vaccination centres were rescheduled for safety reasons, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nUp to 1in (3cm) of snow was forecast to fall in most areas of Wales, with 4-6in (10-15cm) expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nIn the West Midlands, coronavirus testing centres at Castle Vale Stadium, the Arcadian Centre and Maypole Youth Centre were closed, Birmingham City Council said.\n\nFacilities in Moat Street, Coventry and The Place in Oakengates in Shropshire also closed, along with one in Lichfield, Staffordshire, local MP Michael Fabricant said.\n\nAnd in Devon, a gritting lorry overturned on Dartmoor. Devon County Council urged people to avoid travel unless it was absolutely essential and not to travel to find snow.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Devon County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMet Office forecaster Simon Partridge said a band of hail, sleet, snow and rain moved in through Wales and south-west England in the early hours before sweeping across the UK and stalling over the Midlands, which saw some of the heaviest snow.\n\nColeshill, near Birmingham, had seen had 3.5in (9cm) by Sunday lunchtime.\n\nThe snow clouds eased away on Sunday evening but overnight temperatures could be as low as -4C to -6C (25F to 21F) for a lot of the south of the UK, the forecaster added.\n\n\"Some localised spots, likely in the Midlands, could see it as low as -10C (14F),\" he said.\n\nSnowmen popped up in the grounds of Guildford Castle, Surrey\n\nAs shown on the M1 in Bedfordshire, the wintry showers have caused hazardous driving conditions\n\nChris Fawkes of BBC Weather said some stretches of the M4 and M5 had been completely covered in snow at some points on Sunday morning.\n\nHe said this was partly because traffic has been low due to lockdown restrictions - and vehicles are needed to help grit mix into snow to make it melt.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nMost pupils across the UK have not been in school since before the Christmas holidays - and now Tory MPs are calling for a \"route map\" for the reopening of schools in England. Pupils have been told they will be learning from home until at least the February half-term holidays. And Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says schools will be given at least two weeks' notice to reopen - which he \"hopes\" will happen before Easter. So, with no firm timetable, the chairman of the education select committee, Robert Halfon, has called for a plan to be laid out to MPs. He has asked for an urgent question in the Commons - if granted, Mr Williamson must respond. No part of the UK has yet announced a firm date for schools' reopening - you can read about the different nations' plans here.\n\nThe UK must reform how it is governed or risk becoming a \"failed state\", former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he says Covid has exposed \"tensions\" between Whitehall and the nations and regions. Recent polls have suggested rising support for Scottish independence - and a potential border vote in Northern Ireland. \"The complaint is that Whitehall does not fully understand the country it is supposed to govern,\" says Mr Brown.\n\nFrance's top medical adviser says a third national lockdown will probably soon be needed to combat Covid-19. Prof Jean-Francois Delfraissy says \"there is an emergency\", adding that the \"UK variant\" now makes up between 7-9% of cases in some French regions. A strict curfew was implemented last weekend but cases continue to climb. You can see police enforcing the 6pm shutdown below.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police in Paris ensure shops close at 6pm as France begins a new curfew to tackle Covid-19\n\nRiot police in the Netherlands have clashed with protesters who are angry at new coronavirus restrictions. Officers used water cannon and tear gas to clear demonstrators in Eindhoven. They had gathered in defiance of a new 9pm curfew. Some protesters threw fireworks, looted supermarkets and smashed shop windows. There were smaller demonstrations in the capital, Amsterdam.\n\nAustralia has suspended a travel bubble with New Zealand - after NZ's first Covid case in months was confirmed to be the South African variant. The infected patient had served 14 days in quarantine and tested negative twice before developing symptoms later. Travellers coming from New Zealand to Australia in the next 72 hours will now have to go through hotel quarantine. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the suspension was done out of an \"abundance of caution\".\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page. This explainer looks at various questions - including whether the vaccine stops you spreading the disease.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has condemned as \"illegal and dangerous\" the mass rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.\n\nTens of thousands defied a heavy police presence to join the rallies across Russia on Saturday. More than 3,500 were detained, monitors say.\n\nEU foreign ministers discussed the protests on Monday, but did not agree on further sanctions on Russia.\n\nIn Moscow riot police were seen beating and dragging away demonstrators.\n\nThe foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are demanding \"restrictive measures against Russian officials responsible for arrests\".\n\nPoland's President Andrzej Duda also urged the EU to step up sanctions on Russia following the arrest of Mr Navalny. A week ago he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating parole conditions - a case he condemns as fabricated.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after he was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, on arrival from Berlin on 17 January.\n\nDemonstrations were held on Saturday in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the arrests as a \"slide towards authoritarianism\" and called for further sanctions against Russia.\n\n\"Change is in the air in Russia,\" declared Lithuania's new Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, as he arrived for his first meeting with EU counterparts.\n\nBut he soon discovered that change is not always in the air in Brussels.\n\nA couple of years ago, one seasoned Spanish politician lamented the meetings of the 27 EU foreign ministers as being \"more a valley of tears\" than a place for decision-making: \"We express our condolence and concern… but no capacity for action comes out of it.\"\n\nUnfortunately for that same politician - Josep Borrell - he's now the man who chairs these gatherings.\n\nThe EU has already imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials - including the head of the FSB security service - over the nerve agent attack on Mr Navalny last August.\n\nBut MEPs are urging the EU to go further and hit Mr Putin's administration \"where it really hurts - the money\".\n\nIn December, the EU unveiled a tougher sanctions regime, including asset freezes and travel bans for foreign individuals accused of human rights violations. It puts the bloc alongside the US and UK, which adopted so-called Magnitsky Acts.\n\nThey take the name of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison in 2009 after reporting massive fraud by Russian tax officials. The EU version does not bear his name, to avoid alienating Russia-leaning member states.\n\nAgreeing on EU sanctions is always tough, as it requires all 27 countries to agree and we're told no concrete proposal was discussed by foreign ministers today.\n\nObservers say the scale of the Russia-wide demonstrations was unprecedented for recent years, and the Moscow protest was the capital's largest in almost a decade.\n\nThey appeared to enjoy widespread passive support, with trolley bus passengers waving to the crowds and large numbers of car drivers beeping their horns.\n\nProtesters, like these in St Petersburg, braved freezing cold to rally for Mr Navalny\n\nThe protests were also notable for the high proportion of young Russians who turned out. Opposition rallies have attracted more young people since Mr Navalny began releasing online investigations into alleged government corruption.\n\nMany protesters said they were angered by the findings of that report, and chants of \"Putin is a thief!\" were heard during Saturday's demonstrations.\n\nSocial media also played a key role in driving young people - many of whom have only ever known a Putin-led Russia - to take to the streets. Posts promoting the demonstrations were viewed hundreds of millions of times on TikTok.\n\nThe flood of videos prompted Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, to demand the app take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\".\n\nMr Putin has said no underage children should take part in the protests: \"One must under no circumstances push forward underage people. After all, it is terrorists who act like that, when they drive in front of them women and children. The emphasis is slightly different, but essentially, this is the same thing.\"\n\nPolice should also act within the law, he said.\n\nNo-one should seek to advance \"their ambitious objectives and goals, particularly in politics\" through protests, he added, in an apparent reference to Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Navalny's video report into this Black Sea resort has been viewed 85 million times\n\nOn Sunday Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticised a message from the US embassy in Moscow warning people to avoid the demonstrations, branding the warning an \"interference in our domestic affairs\".\n\nThe embassy said such warnings were a \"common and routine practice\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Russian embassy in the UK also accused Western nations of using their embassies to encourage the protests.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Russian Embassy, UK This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock says lifting restrictions can only happen when \"facts on the ground\" show it is safe\n\nIt is \"difficult to put a timeline\" on when England's lockdown could be lifted, Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe health secretary said there were \"early signs\" the measures were working but it was \"not a moment to ease up\".\n\nHe said there were 37,000 people in hospital with coronavirus in the UK and \"more people on ventilators than at any time in this whole pandemic\".\n\n\"The pressure on the NHS remains huge and we've got to get that case rate down,\" he said.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases in the UK has been falling, but the number of people in hospital remains high, as does the UK's daily death numbers.\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nThe are 4,076 people in hospital on ventilators.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I understand the yearning people have to get out of this.\n\n\"The thing is that we have to look at the facts on the ground and we have to monitor those facts.\n\n\"And of course, everybody wants to have a timeline for that, but I think most people understand why it is difficult to put a timeline on it because it's a matter of monitoring the data.\"\n\nHe set out the factors the government would take into account when reaching decisions over lifting the restrictions, including: the death rate, the number of people in hospital, whether there were new coronavirus variants and the success of the vaccine rollout.\n\nAlmost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, Mr Hancock said, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nThe falling numbers of infections being reported and the rising rate of vaccination are incredibly promising - even if the drop in infections reported on Monday may have been partly an artefact of fewer people coming forward for a test because of the snow.\n\nBut that does not offer any guarantees of a rapid lifting of lockdown.\n\nWhat is concerning ministers are the high numbers in hospital.\n\nThe number of new admissions seems to have plateaued - but at a very high rate.\n\nClose to 4,000 patients a day are being admitted to hospital.\n\nTo put that in context, that is four times the total number of all types of respiratory admissions the NHS would normally see in winter.\n\nIt means the numbers in hospital are at nearly twice the level they were at the peak in the spring during the first wave.\n\nWith better treatments available, patients are spending longer in hospital.\n\nSo come mid-February the pressures in hospital are likely to be very high, leaving ministers little wriggle-room to relax restrictions.\n\nThe big unknown, however, is what impact and how quickly vaccination will have an effect on admissions.\n\nThere is encouraging early news from Israel that hospitalisation really starts to drop three weeks after the first dose.\n\nIf that is repeated here, the picture could quickly change.\n\nBut until that happens the government - in the words of Health Secretary Matt Hancock - is urging the country to hold its nerve.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press conference, Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, warned: \"We are not out of this by a very long way.\"\n\nShe said current coronavirus rates were still causing concern, patience was needed about the vaccination programme and the NHS still faced its usual winter pressures.\n\nSusan Hopkins, from Public Health England, said the UK need to see the death rate \"fall much lower\" before any decision to ease measures.\n\nShe said teams were currently studying the impact on the UK's vaccine programme of the variant first identified in South Africa.\n\nBut she added the \"consensus view\" from four UK laboratories suggested that \"the current vaccine works against the variant that was first discovered in the UK\".", "Former Brexit Party MEP Robert Rowland was described as a larger than life character\n\nA former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\nRobert Rowland, 54, represented the south east of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until January 2020.\n\nNigel Farage paid tribute to the \"larger than life character\" and \"enthusiastic\" Brexit supporter.\n\nHe announced the death of his former colleague in a statement on Sunday.\n\nThe Royal Bahamas Police Force said it had \"received reports of a drowning incident\" on Saturday and was \"conducting inquires\".\n\nMr Farage said: \"It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Robert Rowland, after a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\n\"Following a successful career in the City, Robert was an enthusiastic Brexit Party MEP and larger than life character.\"\n\nHe said he wished to extend his \"sincerest condolences\" to Mr Rowland's family, including his wife and four children.\n\nFormer Brexit Party MEP David Bull said he was \"beyond devastated,\" adding: \"Robert was a wonderful friend and colleague.\"\n• None Farage's Brexit Party officially changes its name\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Budweiser has said it will not advertise its beer during the Super Bowl this year, joining a growing number of big brands sitting out the annual American football championship.\n\nThe event remains one of the most-watched in the US each year, drawing more than 100 million viewers in 2020.\n\nThe advertisements are often as much a conversation-starter as the game itself, sometimes sparking controversy.\n\nFirms say the virus has made finding the right message especially difficult.\n\nOthers are grappling with financial hits caused by the pandemic, which has dampened spending on many items, while also casting more than 10 million Americans out of work, resurfacing racial and economic inequalities and sharpening political divisions.\n\nBudweiser's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, said it planned to reallocate the money it would have spent on a 30-second Budweiser spot during the game to support an Ad Council campaign promoting coronavirus vaccination.\n\nIt is the first time the flagship brand will not make a game-time appearance in 37 years.\n\n\"This commitment is an investment in a future where we can all get back together safely over a beer\", it said, adding that it would still promote some of its other brands, such as Bud Light, during the game.\n\nOn Monday, Budweiser released a full 90-second Super Bowl ad on YouTube entitled \"Bigger Picture\", which showed US citizens overcoming pandemic challenges together and aimed to raise awareness about Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nCoke, Pepsi and Hyundai are among the other major names also planning to forego airtime during the broadcast.\n\nCoca-Cola said it had made the \"difficult choice\" to \"ensure we are investing in the right resources during these unprecedented times\". The firm did not advertise during the 2019 game either.\n\nHyundai cited \"marketing priorities\" and the timing of upcoming vehicle launches.\n\nPepsi has also said it would not promote its flagship soda during the game. Instead, it is spending money on an advert airing to promote the Super Bowl halftime show it has sponsored for almost a decade.\n\nThe Super Bowl boasts some of the most expensive advertising slots all year\n\nGiven all the economic, political and health questions of 2020, companies may have felt it was prudent to pull back - especially several months ago, when they would have had to start planning for such a high-profile night, said Kimberly Whitler, professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business\n\n\"It's the biggest night of TV watching and so they have to plan it months in advance,\" she said. \"There was so much uncertainty that to go and invest in a Super Bowl ad might have actually felt or seemed frivolous at the time.\"\n\nThe decision goes \"beyond finances\", she added. \"It's also, 'How do we identify the right tone that will match the moment'.\"\n\nThis year's Super Bowl will see star quarterback Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs on 7 February.\n\nLast year, firms spent an average of $5.25m (£3.8m) for a 30-second spot during the championship, driving Super Bowl ad spending to a record $450m, according to Kantar consultancy.\n\nThe firm has said its research suggests Super Bowl ads are \"typically 20 times more effective\" in changing a brand's perception than a normal advert.\n\nAnheuser-Busch, an official sponsor of the National Football League, is typically one of the night's top spenders, so the absence of its flagship brand may create its own buzz, said Satya Menon, a Chicago-based managing partner of of ROI practice at Kantar.\n\nChipotle's very first Super Bowl commercial is entitled, \"Can a burrito change the world?\"\n\n\"Budweiser in particular is a very established brand ... so for them, it's all about generating love and goodwill and maybe this is another way,\" she says.\n\n\"They do have a lot of pre-game advertising out there. When people have the expectation that they wil be there and then they don't see the brand, they'll start thinking why are they not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the sports showdown still seems to be finding plenty of firms ready to fill spots left by the stalwarts. Names of newcomers include Chipotle and Fiverr, a freelance platform that has seen business soar during the pandemic.\n\n\"It doesn't get any bigger than the Super Bowl from a branding and marketing perspective,\" said Fiverr's chief marketing officer Gali Arnon. \"We believe this is a major opportunity for us to introduce the world to Fiverr in a unique and creative way.\"\n\nMany of this year's advertisers are firms coming from the e-commerce sector, which have benefited from the pandemic, Ms Menon said.\n\nAnd though audience numbers for NFL games have slipped this year, for those firms making their game-night debuts, Ms Menon says she still expects ads to have a big impact - even if the pandemic puts a damper on the traditional Super Bowl parties and other festivities, which can make championship feel like an unofficial national holiday.\n\n\"There isn't very much going on in life, so it will always have that great reach,\" she says. \"Some of that excitement may not be there, but watching will definitely be there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says teachers and pupils will be told “as much as we can, as soon as we can” about reopening schools\n\nThe government will tell teachers and parents when schools in England can reopen \"as soon as we can\", the prime minister has said.\n\nMPs have called on the government to set out a \"route map\" for reopening amid concerns for children's education.\n\nBoris Johnson said he understood why people wanted a timetable but he did not want to lift restrictions while the infection rate was \"still very high\".\n\nHe would not guarantee schools would reopen before April's Easter break.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We've now got the R [reproduction rate] down below 1 across the whole of the country, that's a great achievement, we don't want to see a huge surge of infection just when we've got the vaccination programme going so well and people working so hard.\n\n\"I understand why people want to get a timetable from me today, what I can tell you is we'll tell you, tell parents, tell teachers as much as we can as soon as we can.\"\n\nHe said the government would be \"looking at the potential of relaxing some measures\" before mid-February, with Downing Street clarifying that this meant looking at the data to decide \"what we may or may not be able to ease from 15 February onwards\".\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nBut he said the NHS continues to be under \"intense pressure\", with Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, saying there are \"twice the number of people in hospital than we had in the first wave\" of the pandemic.\n\nRobert Halfon, chairman of the education select committee, told BBC Breakfast there was \"enormous uncertainty\" and called for the government to set out what the conditions needed to be for pupils to return to schools.\n\nThe Conservative MP for Harlow suggested the government could consider tighter restrictions in other parts of society and the economy, in order to enable schools to open.\n\nTory MPs were enraged by reports over the weekend that schools might not re-open fully until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMinisters say it's the progress of the pandemic that will determine their decision rather than a pre-agreed timetable.\n\nYet whenever the government speaks, parents hear dates. Whether it's that the situation will be reviewed at half-term. Or a pledge to give two weeks' notice when classes will come back.\n\nMPs are now pushing for more transparency from the government about how they'll assess the data, and for some ideas between school being mostly closed or totally open.\n\nThis issue is a perfect metaphor for the situation facing the entire country. Too much hope breeds disappointment, but living with uncertainty is just as hard. And you can come up with a plan but it might have to be junked if the virus has other ideas.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield joined the call for clarity and told the BBC: \"Children are more withdrawn, they are really suffering in terms of isolation, their confidence levels are falling, and for some there are serious issues.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government wanted to \"see all children back at the very earliest moment\".\n\nSchools in England have been closed to most pupils since the national lockdown began on 5 January due to high levels of Covid transmission in the community.\n\nThere have been calls for teachers to be vaccinated sooner, although it is not clear if that would allow schools to reopen earlier.\n\nThe majority of pupils in England are learning from home with schools only open to the children of key workers, vulnerable children and those who cannot learn at home\n\nCovid death rates among educational professionals are not \"statistically significantly different\" to those in the general population, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, but secondary school teachers appeared to have an elevated risk compared particularly with people working in office-type jobs.\n\nAmong secondary school teachers Covid death rates were 39.2 deaths per 100,000 males, compared with 31.4 for all males aged 20 to 64, and 21.2 per 100,000 females, compared with 16.8, but the ONS said these were \"not statistically significantly different than those of the same age and sex in the wider population\".\n\nSchools will remain closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales until at least the February half-term - with the Welsh first minister saying it is \"unlikely\" all pupils will return after the break.\n\nGemma Cocker with her children Charlie and Lyla\n\nGemma Cocker from Brighton is one of the many parents struggling to balance childcare, home learning and work.\n\nShe says she's having to share her work laptop with her son, who has already missed learning time after the family moved home and did not have internet access. \"We didn't have any internet. The school said they had reached their limit so couldn't take him,\" she says.\n\nAnd because her children are young, she says: \"They're never just going to watch a classroom by themselves, you have to be with them the whole time.\"\n\nKitty Jones, 11, is in her last year of primary school and she says home learning is \"tricky\" because she is not used to using different remote platforms like Google Classroom and she wants to return \"as soon as possible\".\n\n\"I still think that I'm learning a bit, but I don't think I'm learning as much as I would be in person,\" she tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHolly Agbukor, 18, is studying for her A-levels, says it is \"quite stressful\" learning at home, as it is a \"different environment, so it is not as easy to be fully present in the lessons\".\n\nBut, she says, while is it \"difficult\" working at home, \"I don't think it is worth the cost of reintroducing the virus into society and making things worse overall\".\n\nHow has home-schooling been going for your family? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video filmed in Tacoma, Washington, shows a police car apparently ploughing through a crowd of people\n\nA police officer is under investigation in the US after his vehicle ploughed into a group of people, running over at least one, in Tacoma, Washington.\n\nNobody was killed in the incident, although one person was rushed to hospital with injuries.\n\nA video shows a large group of people surrounding the police car as it revs its engine in an apparent effort to drive off.\n\nThe group refuses to move, and police say people started hitting the car.\n\nThe police officer then speeds through the group, hitting numerous people. One person is dragged under the car.\n\nTacoma Police Department said multiple vehicles and approximately 100 people were blocking an intersection when officers arrived on the scene. The group was apparently watching street racers doing \"burnouts\".\n\n\"During the operation, a responding Tacoma police vehicle was surrounded by the crowd. People hit the body of the police vehicle and its windows as the officer was stopped in the street,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"The officer, fearing for his safety, tried to back up, but was unable to do so because of the crowd,\" it said.\n\n\"While trying to extricate himself from an unsafe position, the officer drove forward striking one individual and may have impacted others,\" it said.\n\nThe person who was run over was rushed to hospital. Their condition is as yet unclear.\n\nThe Pierce County Force Investigation Team is investigating the incident, the statement said. The police officer has not been identified.\n\n\"I am concerned that our department is experiencing another use of deadly force incident,\" Interim Police Chief Mike Ake said in the statement.\n\n\"I send my thoughts to anyone who was injured in tonight's event, and am committed to our department's full co-operation in the independent investigation and to assess the actions of the department's response during the incident.\"\n\nThe incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.\n\nPeople across the world took to the streets last year to demonstrate their anger at the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, and to demand an end to police brutality and what they see as systemic racism.", "Some Barclaycard customers will see their minimum repayments rise from Tuesday, at a time when finances are already stretched owing to Covid and Christmas.\n\nThe new requirements are tailored to each customer, although some may see a significant rise in demands.\n\nBut the changes will also see charges for exceeding a credit limit scrapped.\n\nJanuary is a pinch point for many in debt and borrowers are being urged to seek help if they are in trouble.\n\nBarclaycard signalled the changes to their pricing structures in November, although some borrowers may have missed the notice, which was titled \"changes to your terms and conditions\".\n\nThe new repayment rates will affect those with Platinum, Initial, Freedom, Forward, Cashback, Littlewoods, Rewards and Hilton Honors cards, but not Premier or Woolwich cards.\n\nFor cardholders who started using their cards in the last decade, the minimum repayment each month has been calculated as the highest of 2.25% of the full balance, 1% of the balance plus interest, or £5. This differed slightly for longer-standing customers.\n\nThe new charges mean minimum repayments will be the highest of between 2% and 5% of the full balance, between 1% and 3% of the balance plus interest, or £5.\n\nThis means some people could see the minimum repayment rise, although some other charges - such as the late payment fee - will be limited.\n\nThe exact percentage depends on the customer and would have been outlined in the November message.\n\nA Barclaycard spokesman said: \"We are increasing minimum payments for some customers to help them pay off debt quicker and reduce the overall interest they pay.\n\n\"This is part of our ambition to ensure that no Barclaycard customer gets into persistent debt - where they pay more in interest and charges than reducing their debt and take a long time to pay this debt off - and is being put in place to support our customers.\"\n\nSara Williams, who writes the Debt Camel blog, said that the higher minimum payment may well come as a \"nasty shock\".\n\n\"January is always the tightest month for money for most people. December pay is often early, so the money has to stretch further, and if you put any Christmas presents or expenses on your Barclaycard, this month's bill will be high anyway,\" she said.\n\n\"For people who were hardly managing before, the increase to the minimum payments may tip the bill over into being unaffordable.\"\n\nDebt charities had already warned that the coronavirus pandemic meant the UK was \"sleepwalking into a debt crisis\".\n\nThe government-backed Money and Pensions Service - which offers free guidance - said it was expecting a call about debt at least every four minutes throughout January.\n\nBarclaycard said the timing of the changes - which coincide with lockdown and many people on a reduced furlough income - was unintentional and had been signalled some time ago.\n\nAny borrowers who feel the new repayment levels are unaffordable are being asked to contact the company.\n\nMore broadly, anyone struggling to make debt repayments of any kind is being urged to face their difficulties and seek help.\n\n\"Financial worries negatively affect our 'cognition', which are the thinking processes that support and maintain our mental health. When in a poor state, financial worries cause stress and our cognition fails,\" said Keiron Sparrowhawk, a cognition expert from the Being Well Group, which runs the MyCognition app.\n\nThis could lead to depression and hasty, ill-thought-out decisions, he said.\n\n\"Together, depression and anxiety are distressing and disabling, causing us to spiral out of control and enter a pit of hell,\" he said.", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "Pictures of the Pampas grass on social media are thought to have made the area in South Shields popular\n\nA boom in the popularity of Pampas grass with interior decorators has led to \"droves\" of people picking the plant which grows wild near a beach.\n\nThe grass, near Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, forms part of a wind defence to stop sand blowing onto roads and helps protect the coastline.\n\nSouth Tyneside Council warned anyone found removing it could be prosecuted.\n\nCouncillor Ernest Gibson said while the grass may look \"beautiful in vases\" people were \"damaging the environment\".\n\nThe grass, which was popular in the 1970s, can sell for up to £40 a bunch and has proved a popular addition to people's homes.\n\nIt is thought that photographs on social media sites such as Instagram may have influenced people turning up and taking it, Mr Gibson added.\n\n\"Pampas grass is quite expensive to buy if you went to a florist. It's cheaper to come to South Tyneside and take it away,\" he said.\n\n\"But what we are doing is urging people not to come here and take it away, it's there for a reason.\"\n\nPampas grass and Marram grass form part of a defence along the coast at South Shields\n\nThe Pampas grass helps to bond poor soils found at the coast, while Marram grass helps to prevent erosion in the dunes.\n\nSigns are to be erected warning people not to pick the grass because it is already in need of replenishment, the council said.\n\n\"Through Covid, we have a massive amount of people coming to the coastal town, it's Benidorm without the sunshine,\" he added.\n\n\"It's great to see people at the seaside enjoying it [the grass] and that's what it's part of. It's there for everybody to view.\"\n\nGarden designer George Wright said Pampas grass was \"very popular\" and he had seen demand increase two or three times at his nursery in West Boldon. He also expressed concern for the area.\n\n\"Once they take the flower heads themselves they take the seeds. Eventually this will become very much a patchy area and they will all start to decline.\n\n\"Pampas grass is becoming more and and more popular at the moment and I think a lot of it is people are starting to extend their houses into the garden so they want something nice in there, and also it's being used for interior decoration in houses.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Geoff and Jenny Holland married in August after two previous attempts to wed were delayed by the pandemic\n\nTwo newlywed pensioners are urging everyone to get vaccinated as they were among the first to receive a dose at a new centre.\n\nGeoff Holland, 90, and 86-year-old wife Jenny married in August after meeting at Town View independent living centre in Mansfield.\n\nThe pair tied the knot after being forced to postpone their nuptials twice due to the pandemic.\n\nThey both received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe couple made their vaccination plea as a centre at an old DIY store on Chesterfield Road South, in Mansfield, opened on Monday.\n\nIt has joined 31 other new sites opening across England this week, with anyone aged 75 and over who lives within a 45-minute drive encouraged to book their injections.\n\nMrs Holland praised staff at the vaccination site for the care she and her new husband received.\n\n\"We've been well looked after while we've been here,\" she said.\n\n\"People have worked long and hard to get this vaccine so I think people ought to have it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Time-lapse footage shows how a DIY store was transformed into a vaccine centre in three weeks\n\nMr and Mrs Holland said they both tested positive for coronavirus a couple of months ago after Mr Holland reported feeling unwell.\n\nBoth managed to recover without developing major symptoms.\n\nDespite the delay to their wedding and the ongoing after-effects of the pandemic, Mrs Holland said married life was turning out to be \"brilliant\".\n\n\"Hopefully, one day soon, we'll be able to have a get together and celebrate with our family and friends who couldn't be there on the day,\" she said.\n\nKathryn Turner, Mr Holland's daughter, said the family was thrilled the pair received their jabs.\n\n\"It's fantastic that they are getting the vaccine so their love story can continue,\" she said.\n\n\"Hopefully this will help us all get back to some sort of normality.\"\n\nThe Hollands met in the summer of 2019 and were engaged the following New Year's Eve\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None COVID-19 Vaccination in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parents are struggling with the sense of uncertainty, says psychologist\n\nHome schooling can be tough. It's difficult to concentrate, there's emotional exhaustion, boredom, a lack of motivation and it's really hard not going out to see friends. And that's just the parents.\n\nThis winter lockdown is taking its toll on families, now struggling even more on the black ice of uncertainty as no-one can say when schools in England are going to reopen for most pupils again.\n\n\"There's a sense of fatigue,\" says Jacqueline Smallwood, who is at home with three secondary-school children. She says her own \"concentration levels have fallen dramatically\".\n\n\"It's so repetitive that it just makes you feel tired,\" she says of the latest lockdown and the \"silent struggle\" facing both parents and their children to try to get motivated.\n\nHome school shows no sign of coming to an early end\n\nThere might have been some guilty enjoyment at the start of the year when the school term was initially delayed, not having to get up and out on cold January mornings.\n\nUntil it dawned on them that this was becoming something much longer than a few weeks.\n\nIt's morphed from early January to half term in mid-February and now maybe Easter in early April or even later. And Jacqueline says, as a matter of \"respect\", parents need to know what's happening about schools.\n\nThe confusion over a return date seems to have further frayed the nerves of parents.\n\nThe mother, who lives outside Canterbury in Kent, says she worries about the pressures building up on young people.\n\nFor teenagers like her sons, she says this \"should be a pivotal time in their lives,\" when they're beginning to get some independence and when social lives are hugely important - but instead they're stuck inside with their parents.\n\n\"We can't live like the Waltons forever,\" she says, referencing the US TV series of a folksy family relying on each other.\n\nJacqueline says families are finding this latest lockdown tougher than the spring or summer\n\nThe first lockdown created an unexpected sense of togetherness, an \"enforced bonding\" that she says turned out to be a \"massive positive\".\n\nBut Jacqueline, who works as a writer, sees no such upside to the latest lockdown. There is a collective frustration - and she says it has been made even worse by the confusion about when schools will go back.\n\nThe online home-schooling seems to be working, she says, with teachers trying to boost the enthusiasm levels, but it's no real substitute for being in school. And she wants much more clarity about when they will go back.\n\n\"I've tried not to be political about decisions being made, but you can't help but feel disappointed. They don't seem to understand how real people are living,\" she says.\n\nShe says when politicians say maybe schools will or won't be back by Easter, they don't realise how much that uncertainty affects families trying to plan for what comes next.\n\nEducational psychologist Dan O'Hare says the \"key word is 'uncertainty'\".\n\nLiving on a laptop can take its toll on parents having to work and home school their children\n\nNot knowing what is coming next adds to the pressure, he says, and children out of school are already facing big unknowns such as what's going to happen about exams or when will they see their friends and teachers.\n\n\"It's really stressful for children and their families,\" says Dr O'Hare, who is co-chair of the British Psychological Society's division for educational and child psychology. \"They need a sense of a plan.\"\n\nThis lockdown is also in the depths of winter - and he says employers need to think about making sure staff working from home are able to take a break in daylight hours, so that families can get outside.\n\nIt's no use asking parents to answer work emails all day and expect them to go out when it's dark.\n\nSchools have been providing more online lessons in this lockdown\n\nFor some families it has got very difficult.\n\n\"It's affected her emotionally a lot,\" says Dave in Bolton, who is worrying about his six-year-old daughter, who has been crying because she misses her friends.\n\n\"It's awful, you can't put a positive spin on it. She's at that age where she's enjoying her friends, becoming more socialised,\" he told BBC 5 Live.\n\n\"She's quite a confident little girl and I can't help worry that being stuck at home is going to impact her in the longer term.\"\n\nThe father says many of her classmates are still going into school - and that makes it even harder when she sees her friends on school Zoom calls.\n\nEmployers should make sure that parents' working hours allow them to get out in daylight, says psychologist\n\nJen Locke in Newcastle makes the point that women can often be \"the most adversely affected by the decision to keep schools closed\".\n\nShe says home schooling has \"fallen squarely on my shoulders\", helping her children in the day and then shifting her work with an IT company into the evening, so it's an early start through to a very late finish.\n\n\"It's a huge mental strain… I'm knackered from it all,\" she says, right down to trying to get children to bed who aren't tired because they're not going out.\n\nA lockdown weariness seems to be out there, despite the best efforts of schools.\n\nSimon Armstrong in Bristol, whose son is in secondary school, says: \"Virtual lessons, no matter how well delivered, are a woeful substitute for real lessons.\"\n\n\"I am at the end of my tether,\" he says.\n\nThe Department for Education said: \"We are committed to reopening schools as soon as the public health picture allows, and will inform schools, parents and pupils of plans ahead of February half term.\"\n\nBut Labour has accused the government of causing \"chaos and confusion\" for parents and schools.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers said: \"Now is the moment for calm heads to decide on a sustainable return to school, not another chaotic and last-minute set of decisions that could easily result in a yo-yo return to lockdown.\"", "Of 2,000 Welsh members of the Royal College of Nursing who took part in a survey, 75.9% reported increased stress over the past year\n\nA long-term plan is needed to help nurses cope with post-traumatic stress resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, union officials have said.\n\nLast year the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ran a survey looking at its impact on front-line staff and how it had changed nurses' lives.\n\nOf 2,000 Welsh members who took part, 75.9% reported increased stress and 52% were worried about their mental health.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it recognised the pressures on NHS workers.\n\nCarol Doggett, senior matron at Swansea's Morriston Hospital, said nurses were often becoming patients' \"next of kin\" during the pandemic, due to the \"absence of family, particularly at end of life\".\n\n\"Which we would do anyway, naturally, but in the absence of family it's far more profound than supporting them in a holistic way if they were present with us,\" she said.\n\nSenior matron Carol Doggett says the extreme pressure experienced in intensive care had been felt throughout the hospital\n\nMs Doggett said the extreme pressure experienced in intensive care had been felt throughout the hospital.\n\n\"Patients are coming in through [the emergency department]. They are sicker. The number of sicker patients has definitely increased,\" she said.\n\n\"That results in them having an extended period in hospital. They can stay beyond Covid. They continue to suffer with those conditions that present themselves as a result of Covid.\"\n\nOn Sunday, Ms Doggett's colleague, Morriston intensive care consultant John Gorst, said as many as five patients are dying with Covid during a single 12-hour shift.\n\nNicky Hughes, associate director of nursing at RCN Wales, said: \"The Welsh Government needs to set a long-term plan in place to deal with post-traumatic stress and other mental health issues amongst nurses as a result of the pandemic.\n\n\"Nurses are exhausted, stressed and nearing burnout. Every day they tell us that they feel that they have nothing left to give and feel devalued.\"\n\nAlmost a year on from the start of the pandemic nurses have had to find \"ever more physical and emotional strength\" to cope with Covid-19, said Ms Hughes.\n\nMental health charity Mind Cymru agreed with the RCN that a \"coherent long-term strategy\" was needed to help front-line workers deal with the pandemic's effect on their mental health.\n\n\"We urge Welsh Government to factor this in to their plans and take the necessary steps to give people the support they need,\" said Simon Jones, Mind Cymru's head of policy.\n\n\"Nursing staff and other healthcare professionals have played, and continue to play, a vital role in combatting the pandemic, often putting their own health and wellbeing at risk.\n\n\"Even before the outbreak, we heard from many healthcare professionals struggling with the mental health impact of things like long working hours without breaks, unsociable shift patterns, and dealing with traumatic events.\"\n\nA mental health support hotline for front-line NHS staff in Wales - Health for Health Professionals (HHP) Wales - has been set up by Cardiff University and has received Welsh Government funding.\n\nThe hotline's director Prof Jonathan Bisson said he was \"encouraged\" by the Welsh Government's investment in HHP Wales along with Traumatic Stress Wales, which helps people who have experienced traumatic events.\n\n\"These two initiatives are taking a long term strategic approach to support health workers exposed to traumatic events,\" Prof Bisson said.\n\n\"HHP Wales offers access to mental health support for any member of NHS staff in Wales and has linked with Traumatic Stress Wales to provide evidence-based treatment to health workers who are experiencing post traumatic stress disorder as a result of traumatic experiences related to the pandemic and other causes.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health and care workers \"mustn't be underestimated\".\n\n\"The Welsh Government must demonstrate that they're taking this seriously with a robust workforce strategy that takes into account the mental health needs of workers, including sufficient down time after the pandemic, and addresses the need to retain and recruit more staff,\" said Plaid's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth.\n\nThe Welsh Government called the \"commitment and tireless hard work\" of nurses across Wales \"truly remarkable\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We recognise the pressures the NHS workforce is experiencing and have worked closely with NHS employers and trade unions to create a comprehensive wellbeing package to help support them, which includes a dedicated and confidential Samaritans listening support helpline.\n\n\"We have also expanded our Health for Health Professionals Wales service which offers psychological and mental health support, as well as a number of free-to-access health and wellbeing support apps.\"\n\nRCN Wales said it was glad the Welsh Government was backing projects supporting health workers.\n\nIt said it encouraged the continued development of a \"long-term strategy to deal with the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our nursing workforce.\"", "A heatwave sweeping south-east Australia has sent temperatures soaring in the nation's biggest cities and escalated the threat of bushfires.\n\nA large blaze has been contained in Adelaide, South Australia after it burned through 2,500 hectares.\n\nNeighbouring Victoria state is facing its worst fire risk in a year.\n\nTemperatures in those states have started to cool but New South Wales and Queensland will see their heatwave continue into Tuesday.\n\nSydney recorded temperatures of above 40C by Monday afternoon.\n\nHealth officials have urged people to stay inside and to avoid physical activity, and for those near bushfires to avoid inhaling smoke.\n\nThe blaze in the Adelaide Hills has been contained but is expected to continue to burn for the next few days, local media reports.\n\nIt is believed to have destroyed several houses but has not caused injuries.\n\nThe blaze has burned through more than 2,500 hectares\n\nPeople in the area have been warned to take care.\n\n\"Smoke will reduce visibility on the roads and there is a risk of trees and branches falling,\" a statement from SA police said.\n\nImages taken on Monday show smoke over Adelaide obscuring parts of the city skyline and prompting some residents to wear face masks.\n\nAdelaide was blanketed by smoke on Monday\n\nAfter the hot spell began on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) issued heatwave warnings for South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland.\n\nOn Monday, Victoria's state capital Melbourne recorded temperatures of 41.5C at 12.40pm (01.40 GMT).\n\nPeople in Victoria have been urged to be careful when in water after the state recorded seven drownings over the past 10 days, ABC News reports.\n\nPeople in Sydney flocked to beaches at the weekend seeking relief from the heat\n\nThe heat is expected to linger until mid-week as the hot air mass tracks east across the country.\n\nAfter extreme bushfires and heatwaves a year ago, Australia's summer this year has so far been cooler and wetter. Meteorologists say the conditions are influenced by a La Nina phenomenon.\n\nAustralia has warmed on average by 1.4C since national records began in 1910, according to its science and weather agencies.\n\nThat's led to an increase in the number of extreme heat events, as well as increased fire danger days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hell to high water: Australia’s summer of extremes in 2019-20\n\n\"In summer we now see a greater frequency of very hot days compared to earlier decades,\" said BoM and the national science agency, CSIRO, in their 2020 State of the Climate report.\n\nThe same report noted that 2019 - Australia's hottest year on record - had 33 days where the national maximum temperature exceeded 39C. That surpassed the total number of days over 39C in the previous six decades.\n\nHeatwaves are Australia's deadliest natural disaster and have killed thousands more people than bushfires or floods.", "Police found Dylan Freeman in his mother's bed surrounded by toys\n\nA woman has admitted suffocating her severely disabled son after suffering a breakdown.\n\nDylan Freeman's body was found in Acton, west London, on 16 August with a sponge in his mouth.\n\nHis mother Olga Freeman pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.\n\nThree psychiatric reports said Freeman was suffering from a severe depressive illness with psychotic symptoms at the time of the killing.\n\nFreeman attended Acton Police Station to report herself following the killing.\n\nOfficers later found Dylan in his mother's bed surrounded by toys.\n\nDylan had autism, Cohen syndrome - which is linked to abnormalities in many parts of the body - and significant difficulties with language and communication.\n\nIn the week leading up to the killing, Freeman had spoken about saving the world and being a Messiah, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.\n\nOlga Freeman had booked flights abroad the night before Dylan's body was found\n\nFreeman appeared by video-link to enter her plea and will be sentenced on 11 February.\n\nSpeaking after the hearing, the CPS's Kristen Katsouris described the death as \"tragic\".\n\nShe added: \"Olga Freeman had loved and cared for Dylan for many years, but the strain and pressures of her son's severe and complex special needs had built up and that, combined with her impaired mental health, led to heart-breaking consequences.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination at Great Ormond Street Hospital recorded Dylan's cause of death as upper airway obstruction.\n\nThe Met Police said Freeman had spoken to friends about struggling with the responsibility of caring for Dylan.\n\nOn the night before his body was found, Freeman booked two seats on a flight to Tel Aviv and told her friend not to go into Dylan's room.\n\nThe body of Dylan was found at a house in Cumberland Park, Acton\n\nAt the time of his death, his father, celebrity photographer Dean Freeman, was in Spain.\n\nHe described his son as \"a beautiful, bright, inquisitive and artistic child who loved to travel, visit art galleries and swim\".\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ambrose O'Neill was sentenced in his absence in 2008\n\nA violent robber who went on the run for nearly 13 years has finally been caught and jailed.\n\nAmbrose O'Neill - dubbed \"The Running Man\" due to his ability to evade capture - skipped his 2008 trial over an attack on an antiques dealer.\n\nHe was sentenced to eight years in prison in his absence but spent years at large, until police got a tip-off he was in hiding in Lincolnshire.\n\nThe 42-year-old was arrested on Friday and is now beginning his sentence.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said in 2007, O'Neill, of Ludgate Close in Arnold, knocked on his victim's front door in Seagrave, Leicestershire, posing as a pizza delivery man.\n\nWhen his victim opened the door, O'Neill pushed him over, punched him in the face and demanded he open a safe, threatening to kill him.\n\nBut he ultimately left empty-handed and was later arrested.\n\nO'Neill attended the first day of his trial at Leicester Crown Court but then went on the run.\n\nPolice said they launched Operation Gladiolus in December 2020 in a bid to track him down.\n\nPC James Gill, from Nottinghamshire Police's \"wanted squad\", said: \"We knew he had changed his appearance and lived in an area where people do not know him and he had an assumed identity,\" he said.\n\n\"He was laughing at the police, so we were determined to do everything to find him.\"\n\nA major breakthrough came from an anonymous tip-off suggesting O'Neill may be living with a woman in the Wyberton area, in Lincolnshire.\n\nPolice narrowed it down to a house in Causeway and arrested the \"surprised\" O'Neill in the early hours of Friday.\n\nPC James Gill worked in his free time to bring O'Neill to justice, Nottinghamshire Police said\n\nOfficers also arrested a 41-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. She remains in custody.\n\nO'Neill is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court on 29 January, where his sentence could be extended, the force added.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bethany and her two children have been on a waiting list for more than a year\n\nThere is a \"shocking\" lack of places for traveller families to live in England, according to a charity.\n\nOnly 18 out of 251 registered traveller sites have any spaces available, research from Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) suggests.\n\nIt says the government must \"do more\" to identify land for the community to live on.\n\nThe government says councils are \"best placed\" to assess the local need for permanent traveller sites.\n\nIn October, FFT wrote to all local authorities and private registered site providers in England to ask how many pitches they had available.\n\nIt received responses relating to 251 out of 266 traveller sites - which represented 3,482 permanent pitches and 304 transit pitches.\n\nA transit pitch is a short-term place where people can stay for a set period of usually up to three months.\n\nBethany says she's near the bottom of the waiting list for a pitch in her local area\n\nBethany Rose, 26, and her two children have been on a waiting list for a pitch in West Sussex for more than a year.\n\nShe is currently staying with her parents in their caravan on a registered traveller site. But this is against the rules of their tenancy contract and she will have to move out once the coronavirus pandemic is over.\n\nBethany has a health condition which means she can often be paralysed from the waist down and she needs to be close to her mum who is her carer.\n\n\"It's frustrating, annoying, aggravating, I feel let down,\" she says. \"I'm disabled. I'm homeless and I have two kids.\n\n\"For anyone normally it would just be like, 'Boof, there you go, there's a property, go and live there'. But I can't do that. I can't even get a house, I can't buy a plot of land, I can't do anything.\"\n\nBethany and her children are currently living with her parents on a traveller site in West Sussex\n\nIt's estimated about 1.1 million households are on local authority housing waiting lists, but Bethany believes it would be easier for her to get a home if she wasn't a traveller.\n\nShe says being a traveller is a huge part of her identity and she wants to live on a site so she can continue to be connected to her heritage.\n\n\"A whole community is there if you need something or something happens,\" she said. \"If you fall or you go to hospital, you can guarantee your neighbour will watch the kids until you come back. If you need a cup of sugar, you can just go round.\"\n\nThe research from FFT comes as MPs were due to debate a petition on Monday against government proposals to criminalise trespassing. However, this has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe new measures could see travellers facing a fine or prison if they set up unauthorised encampments - currently it's a civil offence.\n\nIn a consultation paper published in 2019, the Home Office said there had been \"long-standing concerns\" about the distress they caused to local communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarah Tanner posted a video saying she was \"disgusted\" by mess left by travellers in Dorset\n\nIn June 2020, residents in Dorset complained about mess left by travellers on a local park - which included a car being abandoned in the middle of a cricket pitch, rubbish dumped in green spaces and human waste deposited in the pond and lake.\n\nFFT says councils are failing to provide enough sites for travellers to live on.\n\nIn January 2019, plans to spend £5m on new traveller pitches in Milton Keynes were put on hold after a \"heated\" meeting with local residents.\n\nBethany believes councils are not doing more to provide extra sites because of discrimination towards travellers.\n\n\"They're building 50,000 new houses in West Sussex, not one of those places is having a site,\" she said. \"So you've got the Nimby (Not In My Back Yard) culture attached to that.\n\n\"For every 50 houses, they could put a site of five which is a whole little community that they can get used to and go, 'Yeah, OK, they're not as bad as people say.'\n\n\"That also means we're not pulling up the side of the roads. We're not being moved off. We're just trying to live like everyone else.\"\n\nMilton Keynes Council changed its plan to build a new traveller site after listening to residents\n\nWest Sussex County Council says when a vacancy comes up on a permanent site all those who have expressed an interest in that location are considered for the pitch.\n\nThe FFT wants the government to reintroduce pitch targets and a statutory duty on local authorities to meet the assessed need for Gypsy and traveller sites.\n\nIt also calls on the government to abandon its proposal to criminalise trespassing.\n\nSarah Sweeney, policy and communications manager at FFT, said: \"It is deeply unfair that while the government is dramatically failing to identify enough land for Gypsy and traveller families to live on, the home secretary is working to create laws to imprison, fine and remove the homes of families living on roadside camps for the 'crime' of having nowhere else to go.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association says it wants the government to publish \"better data\" on the scale of unauthorised encampments and the availability of authorised sites to help councils in England meet their planning obligations.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: \"Unauthorised encampments cause distress and disruption for many people across the country so it's right we are giving the police the powers they need to address this issue.\n\n\"Councils are best placed to assess the local need for permanent traveller sites and decide where they should be, and can apply for funding through our Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme to help build them.\"", "At least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nPeople whose homes were flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft are said to be \"devastated\" as they face months before they can return home.\n\nSteve Morris said his son Gareth and his girlfriend's home in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, was inundated by \"orange\" flood water containing sewage.\n\nBut some will be allowed back to their properties on Tuesday.\n\nResidents of Goshen Park and Sunnyland Crescent who have yet to contact Neath Port Talbot council are urged to do so in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe council said access to these properties would continue to be affected beyond 26 January and the Coal Authority wished to have early discussions with them.\n\nMr Morris told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that his son called him on Thursday to say his house was about to be flooded.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\n\"I live about half a mile away... and by the time I got to his address I could see the water levels were rising rapidly up the road,\" he explained.\n\n\"Then it was so quick - the water came through his rear patio doors firstly, then the gardens and then the drains couldn't cope on the main road and came through the front door, then the side door.\n\n\"His ground floor was four feet under water, and it was this orange coloured water. There was sewage in the house, so his ground floor needs totally gutting.\"\n\nMr Morris said Gareth and his girlfriend are staying in a hotel as they wait to be allowed back to assess the damage.\n\nHe hopes their insurance firm will pay to rent a home for them, adding: \"I can honestly see them being out of their house for between six and 10 months.\n\n\"They are obviously devastated - they have only been in there for 12 months so everything was near enough brand new.\"\n\nCerys Thomas was at her mother's house with her son, in Goshen Park, when she saw water coming through the front door.\n\nThe stairs at the home of Cerys Thomas' parents were left caked in mud\n\nShe said: \"I said to my mother to get my son and herself out and up toward the street. I phoned the police then, because I could see it was going to be an emergency, and within minutes my parents' conservatory doors just blew through.\n\n\"The pressure of the water just blew through the house and the water, within minutes, was up to my waist.\n\n\"Trying to get out of the house was very scary because the pressure of the front door was getting pushed back.\"\n\nShe said the street was under water \"within seven minutes\".\n\n\"It was something you would see in a movie,\" she said.\n\nWithin minutes of water entering the house Ms Thomas was up to her waist in water\n\nMeanwhile, the Coal Authority said it has identified the cause of the \"blow out\".\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Firstly, I just want to say our thoughts are with everyone affected by this flooding and we are genuinely sorry people have been affected in this way.\n\n\"What we know so far is the blow out was caused by a blockage underground which caused water to break out, basically to find the easiest path, and there's no doubt the excessive rainfall in the days before was also a factor in that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Pinney said crews had been able to find the site of the collapsed mineshaft which had caused the flooding, and the authority had started to \"develop options\".\n\n\"We really understand people want to get back into their homes, they want to collect things, they want to know what the next steps are,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are working as fast as possible to make that happen and we hope to be able to provide some more information in the next day or so, but you will understand that we have to be sure for public safety.\"\n\nMs Pinney said there are almost 300 mine shafts or entries across the Skewen mine works, which covers an area of about 12 sq km (7.6 sq miles).\n\nShe added: \"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and we are doing continued checks over the coming days. We have found no problems. They are all safe.\"", "Jenners department store in Edinburgh has been at the site since 1838\n\nThe owner of the Jenners building in Edinburgh has promised that it will remain a department store - despite the departure of its current tenant, the House of Fraser.\n\nFrasers Group said it would cease trading at the site on 3 May, with the loss of 200 jobs.\n\nThe building is owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen.\n\nA company spokesman said it would continue as a store and that \"advanced\" talks were taking place with operators.\n\nThe Jenners building has occupied a prime location on Princes Street for 183 years.\n\nIt was bought by Mr Povlsen - who is one of Scotland's biggest landowners - in 2017, reportedly for £53m.\n\nThe store is currently operated by the Frasers Group, which owns the commercial rights to the Jenners trading name.\n\nIt said it would be quitting the site in May after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement.\n\nA Frasers spokesman claimed that the landlord had not been able to \"work mutually on a fair agreement\".\n\nHe said this had led to \"the loss of 200 jobs and a vacant site for the foreseeable future, with no immediate plans.\n\n\"Our commitment to our Frasers strategy remains but landlords and retailers need to work together in a fair manner, especially when all stores are closed.\"\n\nAnders Holch Povlsen is one of Scotland's biggest landowners\n\nHowever, Anders Krogh Vogdrup - the director of AAA United, which owns the Jenners building - said it had given Frasers a substantial rent reduction and rent-free periods to cover the lockdowns.\n\n\"Frasers has made the decision that it does not wish to continue in occupation,\" he said.\n\n\"This will see the end of the 16-year association between House of Fraser and this building, but not of the 180 years of Jenners department store.\"\n\nMr Vogdrup told BBC Scotland that it had bought the Jenners building \"out of passion for its architecture and history\".\n\n\"We have been sad to read on social media that we are to close the department store, as that is not the case,\" he said.\n\n\"We fought to keep the current tenant and we are now in advanced talks with other partners.\"\n\nHe said their \"first priority\" was to keep it as a department store, while there were also plans to turn some unused parts of the building into a hotel.\n\n\"The Jenners department store and building is the jewel in the crown of Edinburgh,\" he added.\n\n\"We are not turning it into a hotel. It will remain a department store.\"\n\nHe also expects the Jenners name will remain on the side of the building.\n\nMr Povlsen, whose parents set up Scandinavian fashion company Bestseller, is believed to be worth £4.5bn. As well as owning Bestseller he is a major shareholder in online retailer Asos.\n\nHe has previously revealed plans to use parts of the Princes Street building for a hotel, with the rest reserved for retail.\n\nThe plans included the restoration of the building's Victorian facade and central atrium, which is a three-storey, top-lit grand saloon. A rooftop restaurant and bar would overlook nearby St Andrew Square.\n\nMr Vogdrup said the plans to refurbish the store were now on hold due to the current economic climate.\n\nJenners has dominated Edinburgh's main shopping thoroughfare since the mid-19th Century.\n\nIt was opened in 1838 by local drapers Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington, who found themselves out of work after being sacked for taking a day off to go to the races in Musselburgh.\n\nInitially called Kennington & Jenner, the boutique store proved popular for keeping the people of Edinburgh in fine silks and linen, which could normally only be found in London.\n\nBy 1890 the shop had changed name to Charles Jenner & Co and had expanded to adjoining buildings, making it one of the biggest stores in Scotland.\n\nBut just two years later fire destroyed the shop and ambitious plans - backed by the local council - were launched for a new look Jenners.\n\nCelebrated architect William Hamilton Beattie, who also designed the Balmoral and Carlton Hotel, was brought in for the redesign.\n\nCharles Jenner died in 1893 before the work was completed in 1895.\n\nIn 1911 the popular store was given a Royal Warrant.\n\nAfter struggling in the the 21st Century, the Jenners brand was sold to rivals House of Fraser for £46m in 2005.\n\nIn 2018, House of Fraser was bought by Mike Ashley's Sports Direct group.", "The pupils of someone with PTSD have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images, the study found\n\nA person's pupils can reveal if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past, according to new research.\n\nThe joint Swansea and Cardiff universities study found the eyes of people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) behave differently.\n\nIt found their pupils have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images.\n\nThose behind the study said it could be useful in diagnosis, treatment and in bench-marking progress.\n\nNormally pupil size fluctuates with changing light levels, but it can also alter when a person is scared, excited, or even concentrating hard.\n\nShocking or surprising images can cause pupils to enlarge, however the researchers discovered this reaction was highly exaggerated in people who have experienced a traumatic event.\n\nThree groups of people were tested - some with diagnosed PTSD, others who had experienced a traumatic event but had no PTSD, and a control group of people with no previous issues.\n\nProf Nicola Gray, of Swansea University, co-authored the study with Prof Robert Snowden of Cardiff University.\n\nShe said: \"The pupil normally shows a fast constriction when the person sees a new image, but then the pupil gets bigger - especially if the picture is arousing, such as a scary image of, for example, fierce animals or weapons.\n\n\"However, the patients with PTSD behaved differently in both phases. First, their pupil did not constrict much when shown a new picture, and then it expanded more to the scary images than for people without PTSD.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could virtual reality help treat PTSD in veterans?\n\nOne man with PTSD who wished to remain anonymous described how, after his time in the Army, he was left unable to drive at night because his pupils could not contract sufficiently in response to street lights and on-coming headlights, leaving him dazzled and unable to see properly.\n\nThe research found the PTSD group showed enlarged pupils to images which were positive and exciting.\n\n\"When we displayed exciting scenes, such as a sporting triumph or an image of a person sky-diving, these images elicited the same enhanced pupil response in the PTSD group as the frightening pictures,\" Prof Snowden said.\n\n\"The subjects weren't frightened by these images, but the images were arousing. Once again, the people with PTSD showed a far greater response, indicating that they were even more aroused by these images than the other participants\".\n\nAccording to Prof Gray this finding could help to develop new therapies for PTSD.\n\n\"If exciting, but non-threatening, images elicit the same response, then it may be possible in the future to use them to gradually reduce the arousal levels of people experiencing PTSD.\"\n\nPTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events.\n\nSomeone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.\n\nThey may also have problems sleeping, such as insomnia, and find concentrating difficult.\n\nThese symptoms are often severe and persistent enough to have a significant impact on the person's day-to-day life.\n\nCauses of PTSD can include:\n\nThe pupil is the opening in the middle of the iris\n\nProf Gray said the research may also be useful from a diagnostic perspective.\n\n\"PTSD comes in many forms, from people who have experienced a one-off sudden event like a car crash, to those who have gone through many traumatic events over a period of months or years via abuse.\n\n\"Sometimes people struggle to express these thoughts, or might even play them down in order to please the therapist.\n\n\"Having a more objective method to look for these signs of hypervigilance and hyperarousal may be useful in order to obtain a more accurate benchmark of how the person is progressing.\"", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "Moderna's Covid vaccine appears to work against new, more infectious variants of the pandemic virus found in the UK and South Africa, say scientists from the US pharmaceutical company.\n\nEarly laboratory tests suggest antibodies triggered by the vaccine can recognise and fight the new variants.\n\nMore studies are needed to confirm this is true for people who have been vaccinated.\n\nThe new variants have been spreading fast in a number of nations.\n\nThey have undergone changes or mutations that mean they can infect human cells more easily than the original version of coronavirus that started the pandemic.\n\nExperts think the UK strain, which emerged in September, may be up to 70% more transmissible.\n\nCurrent vaccines were designed around earlier variants, but scientists believe they should still work against the new ones, although perhaps not quite as well. There are already some early results that suggest the Pfizer vaccine protects against the new UK variant.\n\nFor the Moderna study, researchers looked at blood samples taken from eight people who had received the recommended two doses of the Moderna vaccine.\n\nThe findings are yet to be peer reviewed, but suggest immunity from the vaccine recognises the new variants.\n\nNeutralising antibodies, made by the body's immune system, stop the virus from entering cells.\n\nBlood samples exposed to the new variants appeared to have sufficient antibodies to achieve this neutralising effect, although it was not as strong for the South Africa variant as for the UK one.\n\nModerna says this could mean that protection against the South Africa variant might disappear more quickly.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, a virus expert at Warwick Medical School in the UK, said this would be concerning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC health and science journalist Laura Foster compares the three different Covid-19 vaccines\n\nModerna is currently testing whether giving a third booster shot might be beneficial.\n\nLike other scientists, the company is also investigating whether redesigning the booster to be a better match for the new variants will be beneficial.\n\nStephane Bancel, chief executive officer of Moderna, said the company believed it was \"imperative to be proactive as the virus evolves\".\n\nUK regulators have already approved Moderna's vaccine for rollout on the NHS, but the 17m pre-ordered doses are not expected to arrive until Spring.\n\nThe vaccine works in a similar way to the Pfizer one already being used in the UK.\n\nMore than 6.3 million people in the UK have already received a first dose of either the Pfizer or the AstraZeneca vaccine.", "Media regulator Ofcom has decided not to take any action over Channel 4's use of a \"deepfaked\" video of the Queen.\n\nThe \"alternative Christmas message\" attracted 354 complaints about decency after it aired on Christmas Day.\n\nIt showed an AI-generated version of the Queen, who made jokes about the Royal Family and the prime minister, and danced on top of a table.\n\nBut after assessing things, Ofcom decided not to pursue the complaints about disrespecting the monarch.\n\n\"In our view, Channel 4 made clear that the images were deliberately manipulated as a device to question societal trust in what we see online,\" a spokeswoman for the regulator said.\n\n\"We also consider that the satirical tone of the film was in keeping with audience expectations of this broadcaster,\" it added.\n\nThat decision is similar to Channel 4's own defence of the satire, in which it argued that the parody left viewers \"in no doubt that it was not real\".\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Channel 4 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIt also argued the message of the video as a whole was a warning about the importance of trust, and how easily convincing fake images and video can be created - even uploading a behind-the-scenes video about its creation.\n\nAfter airing on national television in the UK, the video has spread widely online, racking up nearly two million views on YouTube alone.\n\nIt has not, however, been universally popular - on top of the formal complaints to Ofcom, it has a poor ratio of likes-to-dislikes on YouTube - with more than 19,000 likes, but nearly 5,000 dislikes.\n\nDeepfakes work by training a computer to draw a person's face by showing it thousands of photographs of that person, ideally from many different angles and in different lighting conditions.\n\nThe computer can then draw that person's face on top of another actor's performance.\n\nThe more varied and numerous the images used in training the model, the better the result - which is why it is almost universally used to fake the appearance of celebrities, who already have hours of available film or television footage available.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut there are other limitations on the technology, too.\n\nThe similarity in facial structure, size, and appearance of the actor whose face is being replaced affects the realism of the finished deepfake. It is also far easier to produce a convincing result if the person remains still, as movement can often reveal the artificial nature of the animation.\n\nThe voice must also be replaced by an impersonator and the entire process is incredibly demanding, even for high-end computers, often taking many days of computation.\n\nHowever, the technique is advancing rapidly, and the results are becoming more convincing with each passing year, with major film firms such as Disney actively exploring the technique and developing their own variants.", "Fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55m.\n\nHowever, it will not take on any of the firm's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nBoohoo said it was a \"transformational deal\" and a \"huge step\". But the deal means that up to 12,000 jobs at the department store chain are set to go.\n\nThe 242-year-old Debenhams chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business.\n\nIn a separate development, Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nA closing-down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as the administrators continued to seek offers for all or parts of the business.\n\nThe company announced recently that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nThe administrators of Debenhams UK, FRP Advisory, said they had undertaken a \"thorough and robust process\" to achieve \"the best outcome for Debenhams' stakeholders\".\n\n\"This transaction will allow a new Debenhams-branded business to emerge under strong new ownership, including an online operation and the opportunity to secure an international franchise network that will operate under licence using the Debenhams name,\" they added.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nIts executive chairman, Mahmud Kamani, said: \"This is a transformational deal for the group, which allows us to capture the fantastic opportunity as ecommerce continues to grow. Our ambition is to create the UK's largest marketplace.\n\n\"Our acquisition of the Debenhams brand is strategically significant as it represents a huge step which accelerates our ambition to be a leader, not just in fashion ecommerce, but in new categories including beauty, sport and homeware.\"\n\nBoohoo said Debenhams was expected to relaunch on Boohoo's web platform later this year.\n\nIn the meantime, Debenhams will continue to operate its website for an agreed period.\n\nBoohoo's fast-fashion model has come under scrutiny\n\nBoohoo has recently come under fire over workers' pay and conditions and its ultra-low pricing.\n\nAs well as facing questions about the environmental impact of its fast-fashion business model, there have been accusations of widespread abuse of employment law at some of Boohoo's suppliers in Leicester.\n\nInvestigations last year suggested workers were being paid below the minimum wage.\n\nAfter an independent review of the claims found a series of failings, Mr Kamani said last month that the firm was working to fix the problems, adding: \"We will make a better Boohoo.\"\n\nWhile online retailers have been whittling away at their High Street rivals for years, few could have predicted how quickly bricks-and-mortar stalwarts have collapsed. The pandemic has fatally undermined their already parlous finances. Businesses that appeared to have a chance of survival just a year ago have been wiped out and their brands bought by online players.\n\nThe scale of the change is profound: when Debenhams listed on the stock exchange in 2011, investors valued it at £1.6bn. Boohoo, which was founded only in 2006, already has a stock market value of £4.4bn. Asos, a bit player two decades ago when Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group was riding high and toying with a bid for Marks & Spencer, is now valued by the stock market at £5bn.\n\nNeither Boohoo or Asos see any value in the Debenhams or Topshop High Street estates. Instead, they will concentrate on development of the brands and the associated customer data. This is bad news for the 19,000-odd people who work in the branches of Debenhams and Topshop, and will leave councils around the country wondering how they will fill town centres that were based on retail.\n\nBut just as canny entrepreneurs and private equity companies are gearing up to buy struggling pub chains, in the hope of a recovery once lockdown restrictions are eased, so will some investors be wondering what next for the High Street. The British love affair with shopping will not end overnight and a well-placed punt now could have big rewards.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever, the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low.\n\nMeanwhile, one of House of Fraser's flagship outlets, the Jenners department store in Edinburgh, is to leave its Princes Street home after 183 years. It will close on 3 May with the loss of 200 jobs.\n\nThe building's owner, Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, announced in November 2019 that he intended to convert the site, replacing Jenners with a hotel, cafes, a rooftop restaurant and luxury shops.\n\nHowever, a spokesperson for Frasers Group said it had been \"unable to reach an agreement\" with Mr Povlsen and that the closure of Jenners would leave \"a vacant site for the foreseeable future with no immediate plans\".\n\nDo you work for Debenhams? Has your job been affected? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nMore than 180 people were arrested in 10 Dutch cities as protesters defying a curfew clashed with riot police for a third night running.\n\nShops in Rotterdam were looted and police used water cannon, as rioters resisted latest Covid restrictions.\n\nPrime Minister Mark Rutte condemned \"criminal violence\" and the justice minister said the curfew would remain.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly one million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nThe government recently introduced a night-time curfew which runs from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.\n\nThere were further violent scenes in many towns and cities. Riot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Across the country 184 people were arrested. Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nThe windows of some shops were smashed in Rotterdam\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks. There was violence in the southern city of Den Bosch, where rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars.\n\nA woman living near Den Bosch train station told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" the woman said. Roads into the city were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon during clashes with rioters, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest. He reacted furiously to shops being looted in the south of the city, condemning \"shameless thieves, I can't call it anything else\".\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhuis challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nThe mayor of Den Bosch said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.\n\nFootball fans of the Willem II club took to the streets of Tilburg to \"protect their city\" against rioters, news site Brabants Dagblad reports.\n\nMayors in several cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances.\n\nThe Dutch prime minister has condemned the violence\n\nThere has been widespread shock in the Netherlands over the violence", "The public's trust in the way the UK is run is breaking down, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.\n\nHe said Covid-19 had exposed \"tensions\" between Whitehall and the nations and regions, who were often treated by the centre as if they were \"invisible\".\n\nMr Brown is urging Boris Johnson to set up a commission to review how the country is governed and powers shared.\n\nBut the PM said his focus was on the pandemic, stressing the benefits of the union could be \"seen everywhere\".\n\nMr Brown's intervention comes amid a looming clash between Mr Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who has demanded the UK agree to another Scottish independence referendum if the SNP wins a majority in May's Holyrood elections.\n\nThe Court of Session is hearing arguments about whether Holyrood can legislate to hold one even if the UK government continues to object.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Brown - who advocates a federal system with more power for nations and regions - says the pandemic has \"brought to the surface tensions and grievances that have been simmering for years\" between Downing Street and the various parts of the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Conservatives election win was not 'a signal that the country is at ease' warns Brown\n\nHe points to \"bitter disputes\" over issues such as lockdown restrictions and furlough and said unless underlying tensions were resolved, the UK risked becoming a \"failed state\".\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today, he said at a time \"when all should be pulling together and intensifying co-operation across the UK\" there was division and claims by the leaders of Scotland and Wales and the English regions that they were not being properly consulted.\n\nLast year there were rows between the government and local authorities over coronavirus tiers, with the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, objecting to plans to put the region into the strictest level of restrictions.\n\nMr Brown told Today that while he was \"confident\" that Scotland would still be part of the UK in ten years time, the way the UK was governed had to change.\n\n\"I think the public are fed up. I think in many ways, they feel they are being treated as second class citizens, particularly in the outlying areas, that they are invisible and forgotten.\"\n\n\"Something has broken down in trust and has to be repaired.\"\n\nMr Brown is advising the Labour Party on its devolution strategy - but has also held talks with government ministers including Michael Gove in recent weeks.\n\nGovernment sources say they are focused on taking tangible steps to demonstrate the value of the UK.\n\nThe idea of a fundamental review of the UK's power structures has been suggested as one possible way to counter support for Scottish independence ahead of May's Holyrood election.\n\nBut a series of polls now suggest support for independence is higher than support for the union - and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will demand another referendum if, as seems likely, her party - the SNP - wins in May.\n\nHe is calling on Boris Johnson to immediately set up a commission on democracy to review how the UK is governed, something the Conservatives promised in their manifesto before the last general election.\n\nIn his Telegraph article, he suggests it would find that the UK needs a Forum of the Nations and Regions, citizens' assemblies, and a greater focus on the benefits of cooperation in areas such as the NHS and the armed forces.\n\nThe current Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer also supports devolving more powers from Westminster but opposes another Scottish independence referendum.\n\nThe SNP said last week that there would be a \"legal referendum\" after the pandemic if May's Holyrood election returned a pro-independence majority.\n\nAsked if he would stand in the way of this, Mr Johnson said what the British public wanted was for its political leaders to focus on beating coronavirus, adding that the advantages of the UK's four nations working together \"spoke for themselves\".\n\n\"I think people can see everywhere in the UK the visible benefits of our wonderful union,\" he said.\n\n\"A vaccine programme that is being rolled out by a National Health Service, a vaccine that was developed in labs in Oxford and is being administered by the British Army.\"\n\nBut the SNP said the Scottish people, not Westminster-based politicians, should decide the country's future.\n\n\"No amount of constitutional tinkering from Labour would protect Scotland from Brexit or the Tory power grab - only independence can do that,\" said Kirsten Oswald, the party's deputy Westminster leader.\n\n\"The Scottish people will see right through this attempt to deny their democratic right.\"\n\nA poll commissioned by the Sunday Times in Northern Ireland found 51% of people wanted a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years.\n\nDUP leader and Northern Irish First Minister Arlene Foster said such a vote would be \"absolutely reckless\".\n\nNumbers supporting Wales breaking away from the UK also appear to be rising. The pro-independence campaign group Yes Cymru has said membership swelled from 2,000 at the start of 2020 to more than 17,000.\n\nPlaid Cymru has also promised to hold an independence referendum if it wins the next Senedd election.\n\nResponding to Mr Brown's intervention, the party's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said: \"It's been clear for many years that the UK doesn't work for Wales - I'm glad that the Labour Party are starting to see that.\"", "Prince Charles Hospital now has an expanded special care baby unit and six en-suite delivery rooms\n\nIt followed concerns that emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents.\n\nThe review by experts from two royal colleges was in addition to the health board's own investigation. Maternity services in Cwm Taf are now in special measures and an independent panel was set up to drive improvements.\n\nHow many incidents are we talking about?\n• None 150cases from 2016-2018 reviewed so lessons can be learnt\n\nThe health board's own investigation looked at 43 cases, including 25 serious incidents. Of these initial cases, 20 were at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and 23 at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. The serious incidents include eight stillbirths and five deaths shortly after birth, all between January 2016 and last September.\n\nThey came to light after concerns were raised that staff had not been reporting serious incidents.\n\nThe health board said it faced \"extreme\" staff shortages and was urgently trying to make improvements.\n\nBut the review team cast doubt on the ability of the health board to make changes, without more support. It said it was \"dismayed\" that an internal report, written by a consultant midwife, highlighting many safety concerns last September was not acted upon, \"thereby continuing to expose women to unacceptable risks\".\n\nA consultant midwife also identified 67 stillbirths, going back to 2010, which had not been reported by the health board.\n\nThe independent panel decided to widen its scope to look at 350 cases of women who were transferred out of the health board area.\n\nIn October 2019, the panel said it was looking at a total of 150 cases between 2016 and 2018 - including the 43 cases initially investigated. There is still scope to look back at further years.\n\nWho has been investigating?\n\nThe health minister Vaughan Gething ordered an \"independent external review\" by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology and the Royal College of Midwives last October.\n\nIts findings, published in April 2019, were damning and found services \"under extreme pressure\" and \"dysfunctional\", while mothers had distressing experiences in how they were treated.\n\nCwm Taf's maternity services were placed in special measures and the independent panel overseeing changes has indicated as well as looking back in detail at past cases it wanted to ensure improvements were robust and to look at lessons that could be learned across Wales.\n\nHave any changes been made?\n\nThe royal colleges review team ordered urgent action after visiting hospitals in January 2019 - finding \"a number of immediate quality and safety concerns\".\n\nMeasures included more cover by doctors, strengthened processes for flagging up problems and more support for junior doctors. Cwm Taf now says these have all been completed.\n\nThe latest progress report from the independent panel in January 2020 found the most urgent improvements had been made.\n\nStaffing levels and training had improved, there was a better system for flagging up complaints and surveys found \"high levels of satisfaction\" from women using Prince Charles Hospital.\n\nThe panel was \"cautiously optimistic\" that long term improvements would be made.\n\nChioma Udeogu, who has moved back home to Nigeria\n\nThe review's parallel report on how families were dealt with was perhaps the most powerful testimony on the problems at Cwm Taf.\n\nMothers were said to have been ignored or made to feel worthless.\n\nThey spoke of being ignored or patronised.\n\nOne mother said: \"I want having a baby to be a good experience. It's ruined it.\"\n\nThere was the case of Sarah Handy, who was sent home from hospital in pain with laxatives, before giving birth prematurely at home. Her daughter died.\n\nChioma Udeogu's daughter was delivered stillborn after failings in her care at the Royal Glamorgan hospital in January 2017. An internal investigation has already found midwives failed for 12 hours to carry out antenatal checks on Mrs Udeogu, an engineering student at the University of South Wales at the time.\n\n\"I believe that if I was properly monitored in the hospital I wouldn't have lost her,\" she said.\n\nJessica Western, from Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, said she was not listened to when she could not feel her baby move in the month before the birth.\n\nJessica Western says she was not listened to at different points before and after the birth of her baby\n\nHer daughter Macie died in March 2018, 19 days after she was born.\n\n\"I'm only young and I do want to have more kids eventually, but I'm not prepared to put myself through a pregnancy if this could happen again,\" she said.\n\nAnother, Monique Aziz, from Coedely, Rhondda Cynon Taff, whose baby son died days after leaving hospital, said: \"I just want to know if he would have still been here if things had been done differently.\"\n\nWhat else has been happening?\n\nIn the background, there have been long planned changes in how maternity services are organised.\n\nFrom March 2019, doctor-led care for mothers in labour or for babies needing specialist neonatal care is now only provided on one site - Prince Charles Hospital. The Royal Glamorgan still has a 24-hour midwife unit for less complicated births and will continue to provide all antenatal services, clinic appointments, scans and tests during pregnancy.\n\nThe changes follow long-standing concerns that specialist maternity staff had been spread too thinly. The health board says those changes will help address challenges, including over staffing.\n\nAfter the critical report, the health board's chief executive went on sickness leave and then resigned in August 2019.\n\nStress and sickness absence was reported to be an issue among midwives, in the aftermath of the review.\n\nHow far back to those concerns go?\n\nThe fragility of maternity services in the area can be traced back for at least a decade. In a review in 2011 the Wales Audit Office raised concerns about staffing, skill mix and absences and the health board's ability to deliver maternity services on two sites.\n\nConcerns about the quality of maternity care were also at the heart of a controversial plan in 2014 to centralise some specialist services in fewer hospitals along the M4 corridor. It recommended moving doctor-led care for mothers and children (along with A&E) from the Royal Glamorgan hospital.\n\nCwm Taf health board initially rejected the plan and several months of wrangling followed.\n\nFour years later, the proposals on maternity services are only now being finally implemented.\n\nWhat is the independent panel doing?\n\nThe chairman Mick Giannasi - who has a track record going into troubled organisations, like Anglesey Council and the Welsh Ambulance Service - brings clinical expertise. He is also setting up a system so families can be involved and kept fully informed.\n\nIn the first progress report in October 2019, the panel said there had been progress - around a third of the action points in the improvement plan had been delivered - but a \"significant amount of work\" still needed to be done.\n\nThere had been \"significant\" progress by January 2020 although with more than two thirds of recommendations it was still \"work in progress\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vaccination appointments for people aged 70-79 are being delivered from Monday - but plans to use distinctive blue envelopes in some parts of the country have been delayed.\n\nThe aim is to have this group receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the Scottish government said some letters would be sent out in blue envelopes and given Royal Mail priority.\n\nBut in a statement published later it said the envelopes were not yet ready.\n\nIt added that the change has no impact on the vaccination programme timetable.\n\nVaccinations for over-80s are continuing, with Nicola Sturgeon revealing on Sunday that about 40% of this age group had received a first dose of the vaccine.\n\nAll appointments will initially be sent out in white envelopes which will have a window and a black NHS logo on the right hand side.\n\nThe blue envelopes were due to be sent out in Fife, Forth Valley, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Lothian as part of a new booking system.\n\nUnder the system, patients are scheduled in order of priority and more boards are expected to make use of the technology as the vaccination programme expands.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said the blue envelopes would be introduced \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nHe added: \"The blue envelopes we hoped to use were not ready in time for the first tranche of vaccine appointment invitations so distinctive NHS branded white envelopes are being used as a temporary measure.\n\n\"The absolute priority remains the roll-out of vaccinations and this temporary change to the envelope colour has absolutely no impact to our timetable.\n\n\"We continue to strongly urge everyone in the 70-79 age group to check all their post in the coming weeks and take up the offer of the vaccine when it is received,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Scottish government's vaccine deployment plan, the 470,000 people aged in the 70 and 79 age bracket should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nSome patients may receive a phone call from their local health board as part of the appointment process.\n\nAnd all patients aged 75 to 79 in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be invited via phone.\n\nA Royal Mail spokesman said \"clearly marked envelopes\" would be used to make it easier for the postal service to identify and prioritise this mail during sorting and delivery process.\n\nHe added: \"We are poised to make these letters even more noticeable in the coming weeks as we have agreed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has said it is on track for all those aged 80 and over to have received their first dose of the vaccine by the end of the first week in February.\n\nThis age group are being contacted by telephone or another form of letter.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over the pace of the vaccine rollout, and accusations that Scotland is \"lagging behind\" England on the vaccine roll-out.\n\nOpposition parties say vaccines are not being supplied to GPs' surgeries fast enough.\n\nAnd they point to the latest official figures which show that 13% of over 80s in Scotland had their first dose by Sunday 17 January, while 56.3% of same age group had been vaccinated in England.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that, a week on, the figure had reached about 40%.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says the over 70s are to receive their vaccine date\n\nThe UK government Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Andrew Marr on Sunday that 75% of over-80s and three-quarters of UK care homes had received a first Covid vaccine in England.\n\nAbout 95% of Scottish care home residents have received their first dose, Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish government briefing on Friday.\n\nShe said the over-80s roll-out has been slower because the Scottish government has \"very deliberately\" concentrated on vaccinating care home residents first, which is \"more time consuming and labour intensive\".\n\nThis was designed to target the most vulnerable and was in line with the priority list compiled by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises on vaccine rollout across the UK, she said.\n\nScotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch has defended the plan, which has been challenged by the British Medical Association (BMA) for not getting second doses out quickly enough.\n\nProf Leitch told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"The difficulty with the BMA's position is that we would have to de-prioritise another group, either care home residents or the over-80s, in order to give a second dose to younger people.\n\n\"And that's what the Joint Committee on Vaccination have told us not to do.\n\n\"They have told us in very clear terms - give the first dose to as many vulnerable people as you can and that gives us the best chance of saving the most lives.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Deputy First Minister John Swinney told Politics Scotland that the Scottish government was \"actively exploring\" the possibility of stricter rules around facemasks.\n\nHe said the issue was being \"looked at\" after new rules announced in Germany last week required people to wear medical-grade facemasks on public transport and in shops.\n\nMr Swinney said progress was being made in reducing cases but hospitals were still under \"enormous pressure\" and it would be \"foolish\" to rule out strengthening restrictions further in the future.", "Concerns emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents\n\nTwo-thirds of women at the heart of a review into maternity services at a Welsh health board could have had very different outcomes if they had received better care, a report has found.\n\nThe Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel (Imsop) focused on the experiences of pregnant women at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board.\n\nIts maternity services have been in special measures since \"serious failings\" were found two years ago.\n\nConcerns emerged in late 2018 that women and babies may have come to harm because of staff shortages and failures to report serious incidents.\n\nThis sparked a major independent review, which gave a damning verdict on maternity services in the health board area that covers about 450,000 people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nPublished on Monday, the Imsop report focuses on the care of 27 women, most of whom were admitted to an intensive care unit during 28 \"episodes of care\" between January 2016 and September 2018.\n\nIt found that 19 reviews of maternal care (68%) revealed at least one factor where \"different management would reasonably have been expected to alter the outcome\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kayden was born with severe brain damage following mistakes in his mother's maternity care\n\nThe panel's chairman, Mick Giannasi, said: \"These findings will be concerning and potentially distressing for the women and families involved, and it will be difficult for staff.\n\n\"Of the 28 episodes of care, we concluded that in 27 of them, our independent teams who reviewed the care would have done something differently. Put simply, what went wrong, might not have gone wrong if things had been done differently.\"\n\nTwo further reviews of stillbirths and neonatal mortality and morbidity will follow later this year. In total, all three independent reviews will looks at 160 cases.\n\nImsop's findings reinforce those of the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nThe royal colleges' 2019 investigation found mothers faced \"distressing experiences and poor care\" at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, with maternity services deemed \"dysfunctional\".\n\nFour key areas have been identified by Imsop as factors which contributed to poor care. These are:\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the latest report recognises things are moving in the right direction for the health board, but more needs to be done.\n\n\"The report highlights that women weren't always at the centre of their care and that women weren't always listened to, and that led to harm that could have been avoided,\" Mr Gething told reporters at the latest Welsh Government press briefing.\n\n\"Nothing will be able to change what these women and their families experienced at these two hospitals or the outcome for those families whose babies died or came to harm.\n\n\"I am deeply sorry for everything that happened.\"\n\nVaughan Gething says he is \"deeply sorry\" women and their families were not listened to\n\nHe said he hoped \"families can take some comfort\" from the reviews that have provided answers to questions they were asking.\n\n\"My thoughts are with everyone affected by this report today and those who are still awaiting the outcome of their reviews,\" Mr Gething added.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board said it has been \"working with the panel and families\" to put in place a \"comprehensive maternity and neonatal improvement programme\".\n\n\"It has been a period of reflection during which we have examined the regrettable failings in maternity services of the former Cwm Taf University Health Board and we acknowledge the fact that we still have some way to go,\" said Greg Dix, the health board's executive director of nursing and midwifery.\n\n\"We will never forget the tragedies suffered by women, their families and our staff, and the learning from these cases is a key corner stone on which we are building our improvement plans.\"", "Credit card giant Mastercard is to raise the fees it charges EU merchants when UK cardholders buy goods and services from them online by fivefold.\n\nIt has sparked fears that consumer prices could rise if merchants choose to pass on those costs, especially on items not available from UK retailers.\n\nTransactions with airlines, hotels, car rentals and holiday firms based in the EU could all be affected.\n\nMastercard attributed the move to the UK's decision to leave the EU.\n\nIt said that only online sales would be affected and that \"in practice\" UK consumers would not notice the change.\n\nThe change affects the \"interchange\" fees Mastercard sets on behalf of big banks, so that its customers can use their payment networks.\n\nFrom October, Mastercard said it would increase these fees to 1.5% on every transaction, up from 0.3%.\n\nThe EU introduced a cap on such fees in 2015 after concerns they pushed prices up for consumers and unfairly burdened companies.\n\nBritish customers makes tens of billions of pounds of purchases every year from European merchants on credit cards alone - and the hike in fees from Mastercard will affect the majority of those.\n\nThe increase may be relatively small but it's significant, coming at a time when retailers may face extra paperwork and checks - higher costs - for goods coming into the UK.\n\nWith Covid restrictions bringing their own challenges, businesses, especially smaller ones, may be compelled to pass on the costs to consumers.\n\nAnd it's not just items crossing borders. The payments for most items bought on Amazon in the UK are processed via its Luxembourg headquarters.\n\nWith the increase not coming in for several months, international companies may look at ways to reclassify UK sales, to avoid the charges.\n\nMastercard is implementing the rises simply as it's no longer bound by the restrictions imposed by the UK being in the EU. The banks which receive the fees have said in the past that they are invested in areas such as card security and innovation. This time, however, the trade body which represents them has declined to comment on the rises.\n\nBut Mastercard said that since the end of the Brexit transition period, the cap no longer applied to many payments between the UK and European Economic Area (which also includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway).\n\n\"As a result of the UK leaving the EEA, Mastercard will adapt interchange rates on UK cards to the commitments it gave the European Commission in 2019 for non-EEA card transactions,\" the company said.\n\n\"In practice, only EEA merchants making e-commerce sales to UK cardholders will see a change.\"\n\nKevin Hollinrake, chair of the parliamentary group on Fair Business Banking, told the Financial Times, which first reported the story, that the move \"smacks of opportunism\".\n\nAnd Callum Godwin, chief economist at CMSPI, the global payments consultancy, said airlines, hotels, car rentals and travel groups would be hit.\n\n\"[This will happen] anywhere the consumer is in the UK and the merchant is in the EU,\" he said.\n\nHe added that many firms in these industries were already struggling due to the pandemic.\n\nVisa, Mastercard's larger rival, has not announced plans to change its fees but told the FT it was keeping the issue under review.\n\nCompanies in the UK and EU are already facing added costs and delays due to post-Brexit trade rules brought in on 1 January.\n\nSome EU exporters have already stopped deliveries to the UK because of new VAT related charges.\n\nMeanwhile, UK consumers who have bought goods from firms based in the bloc have found themselves facing hefty charges to cover customs duties, taxes and administration.", "Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.\n\nLampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League after last week's defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches.\n\nHis final game was Sunday's 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win against Luton.\n\nLampard was appointed on a three-year contract when he replaced Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge in July 2019.\n• None Watch Monday Night Club: Is Tuchel right man for Chelsea?\n• None 'Lampard had seen enough Chelsea managers go to know the score'\n• None Why Tuchel will be a popular appointment in the Chelsea dressing room\n• None Tuchel set to come in after Lampard sacking - reaction\n\nIn a statement released on Monday night, Lampard said he was \"disappointed not to have had the time to take the club forward\" and added that it had been a \"huge privilege and an honour\" to manage the club.\n\n\"When I took on this role I understood the challenges that lay ahead in a difficult time for the football club,\" he continued.\n\n\"I am proud of the achievements that we made, and I am proud of the academy players that have made their step into the first team and performed so well. They are the future of the club.\"\n\nChelsea are hopeful that new manager Tuchel will be on the bench for Wednesday's Premier League game against Wolves at Stamford Bridge.\n\nHe will not be exempt from coronavirus quarantine.\n\nBut if Tuchel tests negative on entry to the United Kingdom and then negative again in order to enter a Premier League club's bubble, he will be granted an exemption by the Football Association for attending matches and training.\n\nHe will still have to serve a quarantine period outside of those environments, which will last five days.\n\nFormer Chelsea midfielder Lampard guided them to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his first season in charge, and a 3-1 win against Leeds in early December put the club top of the Premier League.\n\nHowever, the Blues have suffered five defeats in their past eight league games, as many as they had in their previous 23.\n\nIn a statement, Chelsea said: \"This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly.\n\n\"We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as head coach of the club. However, recent results and performances have not met the club's expectations, leaving the club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.\n\n\"There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season.\"\n\nOwner Roman Abramovich said Lampard's status as an \"important icon\" of the club \"remains undiminished\" despite his dismissal.\n\n\"This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him,\" said Abramovich.\n\n\"He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.\"\n\nLampard did not sign a single player during his first season as the club were operating under a transfer embargo, but spent more than £200m on seven major signings last summer, including £45m on Leicester's Ben Chilwell and £71m on midfielder Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.\n\nIt is the most Chelsea have spent in one summer, eclipsing the £186m they invested at the start of the 2017-18 season.\n\nLampard is Chelsea's all-time record scorer, with 211 goals for the club between 2001 and 2014, and is also joint-seventh on the list of most capped England players, having made 106 appearances for his country over 15 years from 1999.\n\nDuring his 13 seasons as a player at Stamford Bridge, he made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies - including four Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League.\n\nHis first managerial job was at Derby. In his one season in charge, they reached the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa.\n\nLampard became the 10th full-time manager appointed by Abramovich since the billionaire bought the club in 2003.\n\nAccording to football finance journalist Kieran Maguire, Abramovich had spent £110m on sacking managers before Lampard's dismissal.\n\nHaving finished with 66 points last season after 20 wins and 12 defeats, Chelsea have lost six times in their opening 19 league games this season.\n\nLampard's points-per-game average of 1.67 is the lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League. During the Abramovich era, only Andre Villas-Boas (47.5%) has a worse win rate than Lampard's 52.4%, in all competitions among permanent Chelsea bosses.\n\nIn contrast, Jose Mourinho's win rate in all competitions during his first spell in charge was 67.03%, while Sarri, Antonio Conte, Avram Grant, Carlo Ancelotti and Claudio Ranieri all had win rates over 60%.\n\nAnalysis - lack of confidence among squad key to sacking\n\nLampard was sacked because the club could not see him reversing a slide in form.\n\nAfter qualifying for the Champions League last season and spending more than £200m on players in the summer, the aim this campaign was to close the gap on the leaders, but that has not been achieved.\n\nAlthough links will be made between Tuchel's heritage and the poor form of fellow Germans Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, the change was made because of the lack of confidence among the whole squad.\n\nIt is hoped that Tuchel can rejuvenate a team that is five points outside of the top four, and an announcement could be made within 24 hours.\n\nThe decision to sack Lampard was very difficult for Abramovich, who has never made a statement when changing Chelsea managers previously.\n\nIn the end, Lampard paid for his relative inexperience as a manager, which cannot be said of Tuchel.\n\nBest of reaction to Lampard sacking\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"People talk about projects and ideas. They don't exist. You have to win or you will be replaced. I am not judging Chelsea's decision. I respect their decision. But our world is to win as much as possible.\n\n\"I hope to see Frank soon and go to a restaurant with him when lockdown is finished.\"\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho: \"It is the brutality of football. Anything can happen in football now, every time somebody loses their job it is sad news but he is a big boy, [with] a strong personality and strong mentality.\n\n\"I am pretty sure he will be back when he wants to be back and his career will be good. I hope so.\"\n\nWest Ham boss David Moyes: \"I'm disappointed for Frank as I saw him as one of the most up and coming young English managers in the country.\n\n\"It's a big thing we try to encourage our own British managers into the big leagues, if we can. I'm sure he'll come back and learn from it.\n\n\"He did a great job last year - he did a really good job with so many youngsters coming through the academy. It seemed a little bit harder for him this year. I'm sure he'll take time off, come back and get better.\"\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Clearly I'm really sad for Frank and his staff. I know how much the club means to him.\n\n\"Looking at the squad and how young they are, they need time. He hasn't been given that time. I really feel for him. He did great at Derby.\n\n\"He had the courage to step out of an amazing career and could have taken an easier route. It was a job he couldn't turn down, even though he didn't have a lot of experience.\n\n\"Results haven't been what he would have wanted, but I feel it's a job that needed time.\"\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson: \"It saddens me. I thought he did an excellent job last season. I was rather hoping that the idol of the fans and Chelsea legend that he is, he'd get a longer shot than 18 months.\n\n\"Managers who have had short stays at Chelsea have gone on to have good careers elsewhere. When you're sacked for the first time, it is a devastating blow. There's no doubt he has a pedigree to be a very good manager.\"\n\nFormer Chelsea striker Chris Sutton speaking on BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club: \"It is 52 days since Chelsea were top of the Premier League and 48 days ago that Chelsea had been on an unbeaten run of 17 games.\n\n\"So in the space of 48 days the owner has decided to write Frank Lampard off. How are we ever going to know if Frank Lampard is a good manager? You only every really learn about people and their characteristics and traits when they go through a little bit of adversity and Frank has gone through a little bit of adversity.\n\n\"Frank has basically been sacked for the owner's expectations. I feel sorry for Frank because he is a club legend.\n\n\"They are five points off fourth place, but the bottom line is that the owner wants to win the Premier League and that was always going to be the pressure.\n\n\"Chelsea should have been more loyal. We know the owner's track record - he is ruthless, he is brutal and guillotined Frank.\"\n\nScott G: Been a Chelsea fan since Nevin, Speedie and Dixon and admit I've enjoyed all the success money has brought us over the last 20 years. However, there's a sadness about that decision. Some things money can't buy. #SuperFrank\n\nFil Harris: Isn't the whole point of appointing a younger manager to give him time to build and develop? Craziness from Chelsea to sack Lampard after such a short time.\n\nSimon Kirk: Been a Chelsea fan since 1969 and have never been so annoyed at a sacking of a Chelsea manager. He needed at least another 18 months. Shame on you Abramovich and the Chelsea board for supporting such a decision.\n\nRyan Howard: I find it such a weird sacking - a month or so ago Chelsea were in a nice groove, Zouma and Silva were scoring and keeping clean sheets, now after one bad run he gets sacked. Chelsea could be a world-class club if they just gave a manager proper time to build a team.\n\nPeter Josi: Chelsea are totally right to sack Lampard, he lacked the experience or coaching prowess to lead the side. The next phase should start with an investigation into our transfer policy and how our last two record signings turned out to be flops.\n\nThomas Wilson: Why are people surprised Lampard was sacked? Chelsea have been ruthlessly successful for 15 years. They are not going to suddenly resort to being generously unsuccessful because of a club legend being at the helm.\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "The leader says he is \"optimistic\" and is recieving medical treatment\n\nMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe 67-year-old said on Twitter that his symptoms were mild and that he was \"optimistic\" following the diagnosis.\n\nThe development comes as Mexico grapples with an upsurge in infections, with deaths nearing 150,000.\n\nMr López Obrador says he will continue working from home, including speaking to President Vladimir Putin about acquiring a Russian-made vaccine.\n\nIt was announced earlier on Sunday that a call between the two leaders will take place on Monday to discuss their bilateral relationship and the possible supply of Sputnik V jabs.\n\nThe Mexican president said last year he would try and acquire 12 million doses of the Russian-made vaccine if it proved effective.\n\nMexico has not yet approved the jab for use, but officials want to expand the country's vaccination program for the population of 128 million people amid delivery delays from Pfizer-BioNTech.\n\nSputnik V has already received authorisation in a number of other countries, including Brazil and Argentina. Hungary became the first in the EU to give it the green light this week.\n\nJosé Luis Alomia Zegarra, a senior health official, described Mr López Obrador's condition as stable and told a news briefing that \"a team of medical specialists\" were attending to the president.\n\nMexico has recorded more than 1.75m virus cases since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University tracking.\n\nThe nation's confirmed death toll of 149,614 is one of the highest in the world - behind only the US, Brazil and India.", "Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a Senate vote.\n\nMs Yellen, who headed the US central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the Senate Finance Committee.\n\nShe will be responsible for guiding the Biden administration's economic response to the pandemic.\n\nThe US is struggling to rebound economically from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAt her confirmation hearing on 19 January, Ms Yellen urged Congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should \"act big\" without worrying about national debt.\n\nIn response, Republican senators warned the former Federal Reserve head this was not the time for \"a laundry list\" of liberal reforms.\n\nMs Yellen disagreed, highlighting the fact that many families whose incomes have fallen were not reached by jobless programmes. She argued that plans to raise taxes must be seen in the context of financing bigger investments necessary to make the US economy competitive.\n\n\"The focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programmes to help us get through the pandemic,\" she stressed.\n\nJanet Yellen was previously chair of the US Federal Reserve. She was known for focusing more attention on the impact of the central bank's policies on workers and the costs of America's rising inequality.\n\nBefore then-President Barack Obama named her to lead the Fed in 2014, she had served as one of its board members for a decade, including four years as vice-chair.\n\nJanet Yellen speaking at a press conference in 2017 as US Federal Reserve Chair\n\nDonald Trump bucked Washington tradition when he opted not to appoint Ms Yellen to a second four-year term at the Fed.\n\nHowever, her climb to the top of the economics profession had made her a feminist icon in the economics world.\n\nWhen she left the Fed in 2018, many paid tribute to her leadership by imitating her signature look of a blazer with a popped collar.\n\nMs Yellen is seen as someone able to satisfy both progressive and centrist members of Mr Biden's Democratic party. Her nomination to lead the Fed in 2014 won support from some Republicans.\n\nHer focus on employment, rather than inflation, gave her a reputation of favouring low interest rates, which spur economic activity by making it less expensive to borrow money.\n\nBut under her leadership, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time since 2008 - albeit less aggressively than some more conservative commentators supported.\n\nHer stewardship of that process has won praise on Wall Street, even as it remains hotly debated.", "Sunderland-based Hays Travel took over Thomas Cook's stores and staff in 2019\n\nTravel firm Hays Travel is to close 89 of its 535 shops following a review into its take over of Thomas Cook.\n\nThe Sunderland-based firm bought the collapsed company in October 2019 and deferred a review into the performance of its shops until 2021.\n\nA Hays Travel spokeswoman said the third national lockdown and travel ban meant \"the company had to act\".\n\nShe said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered \"alternative work options\" to minimise redundancies.\n\nChief operating officer Jonathon Woodall said the \"first priority\" was to \"look after our customers\" and ensure \"the highest standards of customer service\".\n\nHe added that the firm was \"continuing with our robust two-year business plan and continue to be ready for the bounce back when it comes\".\n\nDame Irene Hays said business had not bounced back as had been hoped\n\nDame Irene Hays, owner and chair of the Sunderland-based firm, said it was \"always our intention to review the performance of our shops at the end of the licence period\".\n\n\"We had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not,\" she said.\n\n\"We have done everything we could to safeguard jobs and the business thus far, and we have come up with a range of options for those at risk of redundancy to help as many colleagues as we can.\"\n\nOptions for staff include working from home or filling vacancies in other shops.\n\nThe spokeswoman said the firm employed about 7,700 people, many of whom were \"working from home taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond\".\n\nThe company has yet to confirm which of its locations will be affected.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer is isolating after a contact tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating for the third time, after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nHe said he would be working from home until next Monday after being notified of the contact earlier.\n\nSir Keir confirmed on Twitter that he had no symptoms.\n\nThe Labour leader last self-isolated in December after a member of his staff tested positive for Covid-19, but he never showed any symptoms of the virus.\n\nHe also self-isolated in September after a member of his family showed symptoms - but they later tested negative, allowing Sir Keir to get back to Westminster.\n\nIf you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus, you have a legal obligation to self-isolate.\n\nYou then have to stay at home, not going out for any reason, for 10 days from the time you last saw the contact.\n\nIf you don't stick to the rules, the police can issue you with a fine, starting at £1,000.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor Sir Keir, he needs to stay indoors until next Monday and cancel all his upcoming plans for the week.\n\nHe will still be able to take part in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday via video link.\n\nThe current list of MPs set to question Boris Johnson, shows that only one will now physically be in the Commons with the PM.\n\nA number of politicians have had to self-isolate during the pandemic, including the prime minister.\n\nThe latest was Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who got a notification from the NHS app to stay at home.\n\nHe had the virus last March, but said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nMr Hancock's isolation period was due to end on Sunday, so he is expected back in Whitehall this week.", "Health and social care staff have been vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow\n\nThe Scottish government is \"looking at all sorts of ways\" to accelerate its Covid-19 vaccine programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nThe government is considering a pilot of 24/7 vaccine arrangements, chiefly aimed at younger age groups.\n\nA total of 46% of over-80s in Scotland have now had a first dose, along with 95% of older care home residents.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the programme was \"picking up pace\" and \"on track\" to reach all over-70s by mid-February.\n\nShe said the government was \"looking at all options\" to get the vaccine out to people as quickly as possible.\n\nThe government aims to have the top priority groups - including care home residents and staff, frontline health workers and all those aged over 80 - given a first dose by the end of the first week in February.\n\nFrom Monday, letters are being sent out to people aged 70 to 79 inviting them to receive their first doses. Ms Sturgeon says the programme is \"on track\" to having this group complete by the middle of February.\n\nThere has been some criticism of the speed of the rollout in Scotland, with a greater proportion of over-80s having already received a jab in England.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the programme was \"making good progress\" and said any differences with the rest of the UK were because of an early focus on vaccinating older care home residents - 95% of whom have now had their first dose.\n\nShe said she was \"absolutely confident\" that the government would hit its targets.\n\nAnd the first minister said consideration was being given to how to speed up the programme further, saying her government is \"looking at all sorts of ways to accelerate things\".\n\nShe said: \"We are looking at piloting 24/7 arrangements so that when we get into wider groups of the population, people will have choices about the time they turn up for vaccines.\n\n\"There's been debate about whether people will want to turn up in the middle of the night to get vaccinated - some will and some won't. If that sort of thing is going to add to what we are able to do, it is likely to have the greatest impact when you get down into the relatively younger age groups.\n\n\"If we think it is appropriate there may be some things we try just to see if they would work, and if they don't we won't continue with them.\n\n\"We are looking at all of these options to make sure that as the supply increases, we can get it to people as quickly as possible.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"some early evidence\" that lockdown was reducing the number of new Covid-19 cases, although she said the government would take a \"cautious\" approach to restrictions - which are currently due to run into mid-February at the earliest.\n\nShe also voiced some \"cautious grounds for optimism\" that admissions to hospital are starting to \"tail off slightly\", although she warned that pressure on the NHS would remain \"acute\" for some time.\n\nOpposition leaders called for the vaccine programme to be accelerated and for support to be targeted at key workers.\n\nA mass vaccination centre is being set up at the P&J Live Arena in Aberdeen\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"People are talking about a 24/7 approach here in Scotland - I think based on the figures so far we need to focus just on a seven day approach, because we are not vaccinating people quickly enough.\n\n\"We are not making the progress we need to, to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible.\"\n\nScottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack said the vaccine programme \"needs to be accelerated as fast as possible\"\n\nShe said: \"We are all behind this vaccine being rolled out - but it has to be as soon as possible, because people are getting nervous.\n\n\"Whether it's police staff, construction staff, care staff who have been worried for weeks - the vaccine has got to be the top priority, along with the test and trace so we can monitor the impact on the ground and get targeted support to people.\"\n\nScottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said Scotland was \"slipping further and further behind England\" and added: \"The first minister's excuses on the rollout of the vaccine are wearing very thin.\"", "The Francis family said they would be exchanging cards and having a special meal for their lockdown St Dwynwen's Day\n\nIt may not be as well-known as Valentine's Day but St Dwynwen's Day is a special time for some in Wales.\n\nSian and Trystan Francis from Rhiwbina in Cardiff do not celebrate Valentine's Day but on Monday will exchange St Dwynwen cards and have a special meal.\n\nMr Francis, 40, said: \"It's just a part of my culture - I didn't know about Valentine's Day until about Year 6.\n\n\"My parents didn't celebrate Valentine's Day at all but they did send cards on Santes Dwynwen.\"\n\nSian and Trystan Francis perform as Do Re Mi Canu\n\nThe Welsh patron saint of lovers St Dwynwen - or Santes Dwynwen in Welsh - was a 4th Century princess who lived in what is now the Brecon Beacons National Park.\n\nThe story goes she was unlucky in love, became a nun and went on to pray for true lovers to have better luck than she did.\n\nMrs Francis, who grew up in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said her family did not speak Welsh but she went to a Welsh medium school and her mother learnt the language as an adult.\n\nMrs Francis, 38, said: \"I think if you're going to celebrate anything that says that you love your partner, then this one is loads more relevant to us because it's part of our heritage and our culture - Valentine's Day is not really that much to do with us.\"\n\nThe family have been busy organising cards and treats for their children, Jac, two, and Mimi, seven.\n\n\"I bought a card for Mimi from a mystery person and that's being delivered tomorrow,\" she said.\n\nShe added Covid had meant the celebration was a bit more low-key this year.\n\n\"I bought some cupcakes but we would normally go out for food and stuff,\" she said.\n\nMenna Llinos and her family celebrated with heart-shaped pizza in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan\n\nThere was a time when they also marked Valentine's Day before they had a change of heart, she said.\n\n\"Over time we just went, 'actually, it's a bit irrelevant to us',\" she said.\n\n\"And you can never get a restaurant [on Valentine's Day],\" Mr Francis added.\n\nCarys Ingram from Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, has been making heart-shaped cookies with her children\n\nMr Francis, who grew up speaking Welsh at home, said their choice was not unusual among their friends.\n\n\"My friends, people within the Welsh-speaking community definitely, celebrate Santes Dwynwen,\" he said.\n\n\"There is a subculture within Wales that does exist within Welsh-speaking communities so I would say Santes Dwynwen is part of that.\"\n\nMrs Francis said it meant they were able to avoid the commercialisation of the better-known celebration.\n\n\"Santes Dwynwen isn't particularly commercialised because it is so niche,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jessica Western says she is still fighting to find out why her daughter Macie died\n\nThe full extent of the problems with maternity services at two hospitals in the south Wales valleys rings out when the voices of women and families are listened to.\n\nAs one said: \"I want having a baby to be a good experience. It's ruined it.\"\n\nWomen repeatedly stated they were not listened to and their concerns were not taken seriously or valued.\n\nThey spoke of being ignored or patronised while being cared for at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nOften, their suspicions and concerns were found to have reflected a genuine problem that emerged later, but at the time they were dismissed when they tried to voice their concerns.\n\nA major independent review has found Cwm Taf health board's maternity services were \"under extreme pressure\" and the health minister has ordered them be put into special measures.\n\nIt was prompted by 25 serious incidents, including eight stillbirths and four neonatal deaths, between January 2016 and last September.\n\nThe independent review team has released a separate, damning 78-page report, which shares the views of 140 family members, including mothers about their experiences at the hospitals.\n\nNearly two thirds of women questioned felt they had not had good quality care during their pregnancy.\n\nThe review said: \"Many women had felt something was wrong with their baby or tried to convey the level of pain they were experiencing but they were ignored or patronised, and no action was taken, with tragic outcomes including stillbirth and neonatal death of their babies.\"\n\nOne woman said she felt worthless, adding: \"I'm broken from the whole experience, the lack of care and compassion.\"\n\nOn the care itself, repeatedly the review team heard from mothers who did not always believe the right level of skills and expertise were available at the right time.\n\nThere was a failure to seek a second, more senior opinion, and to escalate concerns, especially with women with complex pregnancies.\n\nOne mother said: \"He told me there was no point calling the consultant on a Sunday as no one would come.\"\n\nAnother said: \"I never saw the same consultant. They didn't know me, and they didn't want to know me. I was pushed in and out of rooms with all sorts of people.\"\n\nMothers faced too many variables in the service offered - from the time of day they used it, to staffing levels and the communication skills of the staff they met.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We picked the wrong day to be ill'\n\nSarah Handy's experience is highlighted in the report as illustrating a number of serious issues.\n\nIn pain, she was begging to see a doctor when she arrived in hospital in April 2017 and was left for nearly three hours without examination before being told it was constipation.\n\nMs Handy, 33, was sent back home to Merthyr Tydfil with laxatives and pain relief and that evening her baby Jennifer was delivered prematurely by her husband and mother-in-law.\n\nDespite their efforts to give CPR to save her life, Jennifer died.\n\nThe review said it showed:\n\nMs Handy said after the report came out: \"Today it's been proven in black and white that we were right to highlight our concerns and push for further investigation into our Jennifer's death.\n\n\"We just wish that this report will now do what it promised and improve the quality of care so that no other family has to go the traumatic experience we went through.\"\n\nOn communication, although individual staff were spoken of as excellent, many women felt during their care this aspect was extremely poor.\n\nWhen concerns were raised, there was a \"significant dissatisfaction\" with how they were dealt with, with dismissive attitudes.\n\nMany women were not listened to or taken seriously, one saying she was \"laughed at\" when she expressed concern.\n\nOther responses included: \"I was never asked, never believed.\n\n\"If only they had asked the right questions.\n\n\"Most importantly, we were not listened to. By the time we were it was too late.\"\n\nThe review said women reported an \"almost callous and brutal use of language\" and disregard for feelings.\n\nWhen one mother was concerned that she may be losing her baby she was told to \"prepare for the worst - it could be a miscarriage\" and then told to go home as \"there wasn't a lot she could do.\"\n\nYounger mothers in particular often felt their concerns were dismissed, which became an \"emerging theme\" for the review team.\n\nThere were failures to apologise, lack of access to notes and comprehensive investigations over concerns.\n\nWith high risk pregnancies, one woman interviewed believed that there was a lack of expertise and that \"anything different from the norm, they didn't seem set up to deal with it\".\n\nAnother described the antenatal clinic as being \"like a cattle-market\".\n\nWhen babies were lost, \"many women and families received no bereavement counselling or support and continue to experience emotional distress\".\n\nOne mother talking about the demand on midwives and doctors in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, said it was \"no way a reflection on them\".\n\n\"They would always spend as much time as possible with me but unfortunately when needs must I was left with some questions but again this was due to staff shortages,\" she said.\n\nAnother said: \"There were so many jobs for one midwife to do and then people wonder why mistakes get made. They are human and are exhausted\".\n\nThe review published two parallel reports into Cwm Taf maternity services and the experiences of mothers\n\nThe review team said it was disappointing that lessons had not been learnt from a review of Furness General Hospital services four years ago.\n\nProf Jean White, chief nursing officer, said: \"It should be a joyous occasion giving birth to a child. Many of the women who shared their stories had care well below the standards we expect and that's not right.\n\n\"I think over time there appears to be a culture that has developed rather than an open culture where people are encouraged to say what's gone wrong, there is a blame culture.\"\n\nIn the words of another parent: \"Listen to women and families and believe what they tell you when they are in pain.\"\n\nThe review team concludes: \"The strong message heard from women and families in Cwm Taf is that they don't want their experiences to happen to anyone else and the importance to them that the organisation learns from these experiences to ensure that improvement and change occurs.\"\n\nCwm Taf chief executive Allison Williams said she was deeply sorry, is taking the findings very seriously but recognised \"significant work\" was still needed.\n\n\"Some of the feedback we have received from patients is extremely distressing and their experience in our maternity service has been totally unacceptable,\" she added.\n\nIf you have been affected by stillbirth, the following organisations might be able to help:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old boy attacked by a group of youths said she heard the gunshots that killed him.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nIn an emotional appeal, Sharmaine Lincoln pleaded with the local community to \"help us understand why this has happened\".\n\nFive teenage boys have so far been arrested over his death.\n\nA post-mortem examination revealed Keon was shot and stabbed to death.\n\nKeon Lincoln's mother said not a day would go by when she would not hear her son's \"unbelievable\" laugh\n\nRemembering that afternoon, Ms Lincoln said: \"I heard the gunshots and my first instinct was, 'Where's my son?'\n\n\"A few minutes went by, we heard somebody was in the road and it was my boy.\"\n\nWest Midlands Police arrested three teenagers over the weekend on suspicion of Keon's murder - a 14-year-old boy from Birmingham and two others, aged 15 and 16, at an address in Walsall.\n\nThis is in addition to two 14-year-old boys arrested on Friday, one of whom remains in custody and the other released under investigation.\n\n\"The community needs to step up and put themselves in the shoes of the family,\" police say\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, from West Midlands Police, said the attack on Keon was \"the most pointless use of extreme violence I've witnessed in my 24 years in the police force\".\n\n\"The level of violence has not just caused shock to the family, but to hardened police officers,\" he said. \"It was an absolutely pointless attack, one I can't clear my mind of.\"\n\nThe force is appealing for information and Det Ch Insp Orencas said the community response was \"not where it should be\".\n\n\"These are multiple offenders in broad daylight. I simply don't believe there's not information out there that can help me with the inquiry,\" he said.\n\nKeon Lincoln was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nMs Lincoln remembered her son as a joker, cheeky - a \"loving child with a jolly spirit\" whose \"unbelievable laugh\" would echo daily around her home.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense, the type of person Keon was, it doesn't make sense as to why someone would want to harm him or take his life in such a brutal way,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pictures of the funeral have led to criticism from unionists\n\nPolice have begun an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.\n\nEamon McCourt, 62, who reportedly died with Covid-19, was buried on Monday.\n\nUnder current Covid-19 restrictions funerals in Northern Ireland are limited to 25 people.\n\nThe police said a \"significant number of people\" had gathered, in a manner \"likely to be in breach\" of the coronavirus regulations.\n\nPSNI Ch Supt Darrin Jones said anyone found in breach of public health regulations would be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.\n\nHe said police had \"engaged with representatives of the family of the deceased, the local church and local political representatives\", prior to the funeral.\n\n\"As a result, police were given a number of assurances as to the conduct of the funeral, and that people would seek to pay their respects to the deceased from outside their homes rather than gather at the funeral.\"\n\nPictures of the leading republican's funeral show men in white shirts and black ties flanking the cortege and dozens of others behind them.\n\nCh Supt Jones added: \"Regrettably at the funeral on Monday morning, a significant number of people gathered as part of the cortège, in a manner likely to be in breach of the health protection regulations.\"\n\nUnionist politicians had called on the police to act after images circulated online of mourners.\n\nDUP MLA Gary Middleton said those who had abided by Covid-19 restrictions would view the scenes from the funeral \"with dismay\".\n\nHe said it was \"hard to put into words the sheer recklessness of those involved\".\n\n\"Within republicanism it seems that certain individuals are viewed as being more important than public health regulations,\" Mr Middleton said.\n\n\"In those minds the reality of Covid-19 has not been brought home, or at the very least it is viewed as less important than having a public display at a funeral.\n\n\"Such sights are most painful for relatives who have recognised the need for such painful restrictions to be put in place and have abided by them.\"\n\n\"Eamon 'Peggy' McCourt who passed away on Saturday morning was buried from his family home in Creggan, a right accredited to us all.\n\n\"However, it was evident that social-distancing measures and permitted mourner numbers were completely ignored by those in attendance.\n\n\"Again, the majority of people in Northern Ireland who have followed lockdown measures since March 2020 are asking themselves why can republicans do whatever they like?\"\n\nHe called on the police to explain why such \"a large funeral procession was permitted to take place and what actions will follow\".\n\nIn a statement, Sinn Féin said: \"Everyone has a responsibility to follow the public health guidelines.\n\n\"Sinn Féin held its own tribute to his memory online.\"\n\nIn June last year, about 1,800 people attended the funeral of leading IRA member Bobby Storey in west Belfast.\n\nAmong them was Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, who later admitted the public health message had been undermined.\n\nIn May, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said there had been social-distancing breaches at funerals in Northern Ireland in both the unionist and nationalist communities.\n\nThis story was amended on 27 January 2021 to remove the phrase 'IRA veteran'. Whilst referring to Mr McCourt's long history in republicanism, we accept the phrase was open to misinterpretation.", "The first minister visited the site of the flooding, where 80 villagers were evacuated from their homes\n\nResidents have been urged to stay away from homes flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft following reports some had returned against advice.\n\nEighty people had to be evacuated from Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday and the Coal Authority is investigating the cause of the flooding.\n\nOn Sunday First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the village.\n\nSpecialists said mine shafts in the area were stable, but villagers were told it was not safe to return home.\n\nNeath Port Talbot Council tweeted on Sunday afternoon that some evacuated residents had ignored the warnings.\n\nIt said: \"We are getting reports that some residents who have been evacuated are returning to their homes.\n\n\"Investigations are ongoing at the site, including safety checks by utility companies. They have asked us to reiterate the request for residents to stay away and that it is not safe to return today or tomorrow.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not known how many residents were thought to have returned to their flooded homes or how long they were there for.\n\nBigger equipment is being brought in to \"understand in detail what has caused the blow out\", according to Coal Authority chief executive Lisa Pinney.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past mining on communities, said it believed the \"blow out\" was likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which caused water to back up before breaking out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones warned residents it was unlikely that they could return home by Monday.\n\nMs Pinney said a hand-drilling crew \"determined the precise location and extension of the collapsed mine shaft\" on Saturday.\n\nThe village was flooded after a mine shaft \"blow out\"\n\n\"This now allows us to bring in larger equipment to investigate the wider mine workings and drainage channels in the area around it, so we can understand in detail what has caused the blow out,\" she said.\n\n\"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and found them all to be safe.\n\n\"We will be checking over a wider area in the days ahead.\"\n\nDuring his visit to the village Mr Drakeford was shown the sinkhole which had opened up on Thursday, leading to the flooding.\n\nOn Friday the Welsh Government confirmed financial support would be made available to people affected by the floods, up to £1,000 per household.\n\nMr Drakeford said on Sunday: \"Particularly for families who have no insurance, this is a devastating event.\n\n\"They will know that the Welsh Government is there to help and we will do that through the local authority which has been here very visibly, helping people in the last couple of days.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak: 'We’re throwing absolutely everything at it'\n\nFewer than 2,000 young people have so far started new roles under the government's £2bn Kickstart jobs scheme, data shows.\n\nThe programme, which launched in September, has created 120,000 temporary jobs to date.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak told the BBC coronavirus restrictions were making it harder for more young people to get started.\n\nHowever, he expected the number to rise once restrictions are lifted.\n\n\"Obviously because of the lockdowns and restrictions, that hampers businesses' ability to bring people into work,\" said Mr Sunak,\n\n\"What we can look forward to, as the restrictions ease, is more of these young people starting those placements.\n\n\"But taking a step back, we announced this scheme first week of July, it went live the first week of September and here we are, just a few months later, with 120,000 jobs having being vetted, funded and created.\"\n\nThe Chancellor insisted that the government had moved at an \"enormous pace\" to set up the programme, which targets youths at risk of long-term unemployment.\n\n\"I've always said my priority through this crisis is to protect, support and create as many jobs as possible, and young people in particular have been at the forefront of my mind,\" said Mr Sunak.\n\n\"We know that they're most likely to work in affected sectors, they're twice as likely to be furloughed, and the ones leaving college are entering a really difficult labour market.\"\n\nYouth unemployment rose to 14.5% between August to October 2020, with 597,000 people aged 16 to 24 unemployed, up from 11% in the same period in 2019.\n\nLatest data from the Department of Work Pensions shows that as of 15 January, 1,868 young people had begun their placements.\n\nHayden Finlayson, recipient of a Kickstart work placement with Whistl in Bedford\n\nHayden Finlayson, 24, is one of them. He was made redundant from a retail job last summer.\n\nLooking for work during the pandemic proved difficult: \"You start thinking about things - whether you're going to find work again.\"\n\nHe has secured a Kickstart placement at a Whistl distribution centre in Bedford, an opportunity for which he is grateful.\n\n\"I gave it a go. It's a new experience and I want to do new things,\" he said. \"[I'm learning] different skills every day, things I've never done before.\"\n\nBusinesses apply to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to create Kickstart places, which are then vetted for suitability.\n\nYoung people aged between 16 and 24 who are on Universal Credit are matched to roles by their job centre work coaches.\n\nThey are then interviewed by the prospective employer, which decides whether to take them on.\n\nFor each successful placement, the government covers the National Minimum Wage for a six-month period, at 25 hours per week.\n\nA further £1,500 grant is available per placement to help cover setup costs and assist in the development of employability skills. The current £2bn budget allows for around 250,000 roles.\n\nFSB's Craig Beaumont says the decision to allow small firms offer placements through a faster, more direct process is four months late\n\nFollowing criticism from small businesses, firms who wish to create just a handful of roles will have the option of applying direct to the Department for Work and Pensions.\n\nPreviously, small firms who wanted to create fewer than 30 Kickstart jobs had to group together, or use a \"gateway\" provider as an intermediary.\n\nMore than 600 gateways have now been approved, but small businesses complained that they found the process slow and difficult.\n\n\"The decision should have been made in September,\" said Craig Beaumont, chief of external affairs at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).\n\n\"There is now a backlog of cases of people who've been appointed through intermediaries, who've not been able to access that work yet. So we need a real focus from the government to clear that.\"\n\nAsked if the scheme would need extending because continuing restrictions could prevent its aims being achieved this year, Mr Sunak left the possibility open.\n\nAnna Szymanowska runs Fighter Shots, which makes ginger-based remedy drinks. She is keen to create three digital marketing Kickstart roles as soon as possible.\n\nHowever, she says her application - which was done in a pool with other businesses - took a long time.\n\nSmall business owner Anna Szymanowska would like to hire three young people for digital marketing roles\n\n\"It was a little bit lengthy, because the first time I heard of the scheme was July or August,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"We applied within a month [of hearing about it], and just yesterday we received a contract to sign. So it was lengthy but otherwise well managed.\"\n\nThe Chancellor told the BBC that the changes hadn't been made earlier because Kickstart had been set up \"at speed\". He pointed out other interventions aimed at supporting young people's jobs, including investment in employment support schemes, training and apprenticeships.\n\nTracy Fishwick is the managing director of Transform Lives Company, a social enterprise which helps people into work.\n\nShe believes that the young people chosen to have Kickstart placements will be very important.\n\n\"The young people who really probably would already get a job with a little bit of help - we don't want all the Kickstart jobs going to those young people,\" said Ms Fishwick, who previously worked with the Future Jobs Fund - a scheme for young people created by Labour in 2009.\n\n\"We need to be able to put things in place to support those young people who were already unemployed before Covid.\"", "Volunteers responded to an appeal on social media on Saturday night\n\nVolunteers helped to clear up to 7cm of snow at a community hospital so Covid-19 vaccines could be given to about 300 vulnerable patients.\n\nMore than a dozen people cleared the car park at Maesteg community hospital in Bridgend county on Sunday where the Pfizer-BioNtech jab is being given.\n\nPeople with brushes and shovels came to the rescue after a Facebook appeal and Bridgend council provided a plough.\n\nOne local councillor said their community spirit \"knows no bounds\".\n\nThe Maesteg area had been at or near the top of Wales' Covid case rate chart for a few weeks before Christmas - with an infection rate of more than 1300 cases per 100,000 at its height.\n\nVaccinations were delayed for about an hour on Sunday and Maesteg West councillor Ross Thomas, who helped organise the clear-up, said it would have been a \"disaster\" to have cancelled the appointments.\n\nCovid jabs at four other locations in south Wales had to be cancelled after snow cause widespread disruption across the UK.\n\nAnd Mr Thomas praised the local community for preventing their centre from also falling victim to the weather.\n\n\"With a few Facebook call-outs we had a dozen or so volunteers within the hour together with surgery staff, a number of the GPs,\" Mr Thomas told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nCouncillor Ross Thomas said there would be some aching backs on Monday morning\n\n\"The grounds of the hospital are not small by any stretch of the imagination. It was a valiant effort over two-and-a-half hours to ensure we could allow access to Maesteg community hospital.\n\n\"It's thanks to them that 300 more people in the 80 and over priority group in the Llynfi valley received their jab yesterday.\"\n\nAnother 40 vulnerable patients will receive their Covid jabs on Monday.\n\nMr Thomas said the spirit in his community \"knows no bounds\" and added: \"People rally round, it's a sense of belonging, its genuinely instilled in our DNA in Maesteg and it was on show.\n\n\"Not only did people want to help, I think it's clear there's anxiety in the community about the virus.\n\n\"Ahead of Christmas some local wards here in the Llynfi valley had the highest case rates in Europe.\n\n\"There was the realisation yesterday that it wasn't just shovelling snow out of the way, it was about getting on top of this virus and ensuring the most vulnerable people in this community have a fighting chance moving forward.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBruno Fernandes' superb 78th-minute free-kick gave Manchester United victory in a thrilling FA Cup tie with old rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.\n\nLiverpool led a fantastic contest through Mohamed Salah, who then equalised after Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford had struck for the hosts either side of the break.\n\nBut in a game which had everything last week's drab stalemate between this pair at Anfield lacked, Fernandes came off the bench to have the final word after Fabinho had fouled Edinson Cavani on the edge of the area.\n• None Don't worry about us, says Reds boss Klopp\n\nFernandes might have been slightly off the pace in recent games but when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed his £47m inspiration to come up with another special moment, the Portuguese delivered, bending his shot round the wall and beyond Allison's reach.\n\nThe victory earns United a home meeting with an in-form West Ham side managed by former boss David Moyes in the fifth round.\n\nBut the search for form goes on for Liverpool, whose only win in seven games since that seven-goal hammering of Crystal Palace came against Aston Villa's kids in the last round, and who have a meeting with Jose Mourinho's Tottenham looming on Thursday.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup fourth round\n\nIt was not quite the ending Solskjaer served up when he won a previous fourth-round meeting between these sides but, as in 1999, they had to come from behind.\n\nAnd while Fernandes applied the devastating finish, that goal should not be allowed to overshadow Rashford's contribution to United's victory.\n\nSo much has been said about the England forward as a social crusader it is sometimes easy to forget he also needs to be judged as a footballer.\n\nAt only 23, he is still a long way off his prime but he is developing into an outstanding forward, with vision to match his speed and finishing ability.\n\nThe pass that created Greenwood's equaliser was superb. Taking possession just inside his own half, Rashford delivered a 60-yard pass with such accuracy all Greenwood needed to do was take one touch to control with his chest before drilling low into the far corner.\n\nRashford's raw pace put Liverpool's defence under constant stress and the delicate touch that took him past Rhys Williams by the touchline in a move that ended with Paul Pogba curling wide was sensational.\n\nAnd then there was his goal, which needed a perfectly-timed run to go beyond the Liverpool defence and reach Greenwood's through ball, and then a cool head to apply the finish.\n\nAt that point, it seemed United had the game under control. It did not quite work out that way and once again, Fernandes, who has won four Premier League player of the month awards out of the seven he has been eligible for since leaving Sporting Lisbon less than 12 months ago, underlined his credentials as English football's most influential player at present.\n\nSalah's effort was the first time Liverpool had been ahead at Old Trafford since January 2017, since when Liverpool have won both the Champions League and Premier League, a clear indication that whatever issues Jurgen Klopp is wrestling with at the moment, they are not insurmountable.\n\nThe finish for the striker's 18th goal of the season did not hint at a lack of confidence as he raced on to Roberto Firmino's precise through ball, having escaped the attentions of Victor Lindelof, and lifted his shot beyond the reach of Dean Henderson.\n\nEvidently, what Klopp needs is to find a solution in defence. Williams was shaky and at fault for Rashford's goal, while Fabinho was exposed by United in this game and Cavani exploited the Brazilian's defensive inexperience to earn the free-kick that won the game.\n\nEven so, after Salah equalised from close range after United had lost possession to James Milner and never recovered their position after working their way up-field from a short goal-kick, the visitors did have chances to win it themselves.\n\nBut Dean Henderson saved from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Salah before Fernandes struck - so Liverpool's wait for a first FA Cup win since 1921 at Old Trafford, and Jurgen Klopp's for a first win at United full stop, goes on.\n\nManchester United are next in action against Sheffield United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday, 27 January (20:15GMT). Liverpool play at Tottenham on Thursday, 28 January (20:00GMT).\n• None Manchester United have eliminated Liverpool from the FA Cup proper for the 10th time; in the competition's history, only Liverpool themselves (12 v Everton) have knocked a particular side out more times (including finals).\n• None Liverpool have won just one of their past 15 matches at Old Trafford in all competitions (D4 L10), and are winless in their last eight at the ground (D4 L4).\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past eight home games in the FA Cup; only from 1908 to 1912 have they had a better winning run on home soil in the competition (9 games).\n• None Liverpool are the first reigning Premier League champion to be eliminated from the FA Cup as early as the fourth round since Manchester City in 2014-15.\n• None Liverpool have lost back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since March 2020.\n• None Roberto Firmino has assisted Mohamed Salah for 18 goals in all competitions for Liverpool, the most any player has set up another for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp. Since they first played together in 2017-18, this is the most one player has assisted another for all Premier League sides in all competitions.\n• None Mason Greenwood scored his first goal for Man Utd in 11 appearances in all competitions, ending his longest run of games without a goal for the club. Aged 19 years and 115 days, he was the youngest Man Utd player to score against Liverpool since Wayne Rooney in January 2005 in the Premier League (19y 83d).\n• None Marcus Rashford has scored more goals at Old Trafford against Liverpool than he has against any other opponent on home soil for Manchester United (4).\n• None Since his Man Utd debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has scored more goals than any other player for Premier League clubs (28).\n• None No player has scored more goals for Premier League clubs in all competitions this season than Salah for Liverpool (19, level with Harry Kane).\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.\n• None Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 3, Liverpool 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "Early years educational providers in England have been told to remain open\n\nMany staff at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders \"don't feel safe at work\", says the Early Years Alliance.\n\nThe group, representing early years providers, wants staff in this sector to be a higher priority for Covid testing and vaccinations.\n\nNurseries and settings for young children in England have been told to remain open during lockdown.\n\nThe government said the under-fives were \"unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission\".\n\nThe Early Years Alliance received more than 3,500 responses in a survey of staff in nurseries or childcare settings and said these suggested widespread concerns - with half of those who replied saying they did not feel safe at work.\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the group, said the safety worries were \"a cause for serious concern\".\n\nHe called on the government to implement rapid coronavirus testing among early years staff \"as a matter of urgency\", adding they should be \"given priority access to vaccinations in phase two of the rollout\".\n\nThere are currently no confirmed plans for lateral-flow testing in nurseries and pre-schools.\n\nBut the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is looking at whether some high-risk professions should be prioritised for vaccination.\n\nAnd Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the BBC's Breakfast programme he would \"very much like to see it\" once the most vulnerable groups had received their jabs.\n\nA Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: \"Keeping nurseries and childminders open will support parents and deliver the crucial care and education for our youngest children.\n\n\"Current evidence suggests that pre-school children are less susceptible to infection and are unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission.\"\n\nThe Early Years Alliance survey also found concerns that staff shortages would make it difficult for some nurseries and pre-school settings to stay open.\n\nDr Amelia Massoura, who runs Stepping Stone pre-school, in Sittingbourne, Kent, said: \"Out of six members of staff, four have contracted Covid-19.\n\n\"Fortunately, all have recovered well.\"\n\nVanessa Linehan, manager of Sandbrook Community Playgroup in Hackney in London, said: \"We are happy to stay open to support our families.\n\n\"But we want our staff to have testing and vaccinations as a priority.\n\n\"We encourage local authorities to prioritise appropriate testing for early-years staff through their community testing programmes,\" said the Department for Education spokesman.\n\nThe Department for Education says the under-fives are \"unlikely\" to drive up coronavirus transmission\n\nHowever, Labour's shadow education minister Tulip Siddiq accused the government of \"incompetence and neglect\", saying early-years staff \"deserve... proper access to testing\".\n\nShe questioned why \"the government has refused to publish the scientific basis for keeping early-years settings open in lockdown\" and called on it to \"urgently pull back from the brink of funding changes that could lead to viable early-years providers going bust\".\n\nThe government changed the funding formula for the early years sector in December, basing it on current attendance rather than pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAccording to the DfE, early years attendance is at 54% of the usual daily level, as of 14 January, leading to a shortfall in revenues.\n\nIn primary and secondary schools, which are open to vulnerable children and children of key workers only, average attendance levels have fallen to just 14%.\n\nRoughly half of nurseries and pre-schools and a third of childminders expect to be operating at a loss by the end of the spring term, based on current levels of government support, according to the survey.\n\n\"Early years providers are the only part of the education sector that the government has asked to remain open to all families,\" said Mr Leitch\n\n\"It is surely not too much to ask for the protection - both practical and financial - needed to ensure that we can continue to do so.\"", "Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nTwo men who died when a fire tore through a luxury five-star hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond have been named.\n\nSimon Midgley and Richard Dyson, believed to be from London, were staying at Cameron House Hotel when the blaze broke out on Monday morning.\n\nPolice have not confirmed the identity of those who died, but relatives have paid tribute on social media.\n\nThe hotel's director has praised the actions of the emergency services in preventing further tragedy.\n\nFirefighters who brought a couple and their baby to safety from an upper floor have been hailed as \"heroes\".\n\nA baby was rescued by firefighters from an upper floor of the hotel\n\nAndrew and Louise Logan, and their son Jimmy, from Worcestershire, were taken to hospital after being brought to safety, but were later discharged.\n\nMore than 200 guests were evacuated from the building when the blaze broke out. A joint investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.\n\nSocial media posts suggested that Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson were on a winter break in Scotland.\n\nA post on Mr Midgley's Instagram account on Saturday showed pictures of Cameron House Hotel and said: \"Home for the weekend.\"\n\nRelatives have been expressing their shock at news of the couple's deaths.\n\nMr Midgley's sister posted a picture of her brother and his partner on Facebook, while another relative wrote: \"I'm beyond heartbroken.\"\n\nKate Baxter wrote on Twitter: \"Such unbearably sad news.. RIP @SimonMidgleyPR, a shining star in our wonderfully close-knit industry.\"\n\nAccording to his Facebook page, Mr Midgley was a freelance journalist at the London Evening Standard and ran his own PR company, while Mr Dyson is believed to be a TV producer.\n\nPolice and firefighters remained at the scene on Tuesday morning, with the scale of the damage becoming more apparent.\n\nBBC Scotland's Andrew Black was allowed on site and said: \"The damage to the building is pretty extensive, especially the upper floors. There's a smell of burning wood and we could hear a fire alarm from part of the building still going off.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that a wedding due to take place at Cameron House hotel this weekend has been moved to another luxury hotel.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage from above Loch Lomond shows the extent of the damage at Cameron House\n\nIn a new statement, Cameron House's director, Andy Roger, praised the \"very swift actions of the emergency services\".\n\nHe said: \"Everyone associated with Cameron House Hotel is still coming to terms with the events of yesterday and we are all hugely conscious that two people tragically lost their lives in the fire.\n\n\"Their families and friends are foremost in our thoughts as we co-operate fully with the investigation teams to try to establish the circumstances surrounding this terrible incident.\n\n\"The emergency services were on the scene long into the night and I cannot praise their efforts highly enough. They are true heroes. The firemen bringing out a couple and their young child by ladder from a second-floor room was a heart-stopping moment for all those who witnessed it.\n\n\"We're also enormously grateful for the many, many offers of practical support and good wishes from the UK hospitality industry and also from the local community, which has rallied around to help. It's been a humbling experience, but we are a small, tight-knit community on Loch Lomond and a response like that is typical of our many friends and neighbours.\"\n\nMr Roger said the hotel had made arrangements for the vast majority of the guests to travel home or continue with their breaks and he thanked them for their patience and \"good spirits\".\n\nHe also paid tribute to the staff at Cameron House who he said had shown \"an enormous degree of care and teamwork throughout the last two days\".\n\nLocal people have been speaking of their shock and sadness at what happened at the hotel.\n\nOne woman told BBC Scotland: \"We are just very sad for all the families involved and so sorry for the people who work there.\"\n\nAnother added: \"It's absolutely horrific. I think the local community really feels it.\"\n\nReverend Ian Miller, a retired minister who lives locally and was called in to offer guests support in the aftermath of the fire, said those affected \"fell into two groups\".\n\n\"There were those in the side bedrooms which weren't really touched and they just realised they had escaped something terrible,\" he said.\n\n\"But for those in the main building then there were degrees of trauma. Some had escaped with virtually nothing.\n\n\"One man came out in his underwear. Another woman told me she just grabbed her baby, change bag and moved out.\"\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue service remained at the scene on Tuesday morning\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, John Gow, from forensic investigations firm IFIC, said: \"There will be a number of strands to this investigation, running in tandem.\n\n\"Obviously, sadly, there is the death investigation due to the fatalities that occurred.\n\n\"There is the origin and cause investigation which is establishing how the fire started and spread throughout the property.\n\n\"It is also likely there will be an investigation to establish if the fire precaution measures were adequate and operated as they should.\"\n\nCameron House, an 18th Century mansion, was converted into a luxury hotel and resort in 1986.\n\nIt is a popular wedding venue and houses the Michelin-starred Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond restaurant.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Covid-19 has been reported in 60% of Scotland's care homes\n\nPolice Scotland has confirmed it will support the dedicated Crown Office unit which has been set up to investigate Covid-19 deaths in care homes.\n\nThe force said its involvement does not indicate that crimes have been committed but is designed simply to inform prosecutors.\n\nCases of the virus have been reported in 60% of Scotland's care homes, with a total of 5,635 residents affected.\n\nThe first minister described the impact on the sector as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nEarlier this month Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC announced the new unit and said it would help determine if Fatal Accident Inquiries were to be held into the deaths.\n\nThe outbreaks across Scotland include one on Skye which is under police investigation.\n\nOfficers are looking into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three women - aged 84, 86 and 88 - at Home Farm in Portree.\n\nOn Friday police outlined the support officers will provide to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) review.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Duncan Sloan said: \"We understand the significant public anxiety caused by reports of deaths among those being cared for and staff in the health and care sectors as a result of coronavirus.\n\n\"This is a matter of great concern for us all.\"\n\nMr Sloan said COPFS is working with a number of agencies and asked the force to gather \"additional information\".\n\nHe added: \"Our involvement does not necessarily indicate that crimes are being investigated and the information we gather on behalf of COPFS will help inform its decision on whether further action is required.\n\n\"These are challenging times for everyone but Police Scotland will continue to work with COPFS and other partner agencies to maximise public safety, to support and protect the vulnerable in our communities and to support the work of colleagues in the health and care professions.\"", "The comedian's wife shared a picture online of the 78-year-old after he received the vaccination\n\nSir Billy Connolly has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe comedian's wife Pamela Stephenson shared an image on social media of the 78-year-old wearing a mask with a plaster on his left arm.\n\nAlongside the picture, Ms Stephenson wrote: \"Thank God... Billy had his first Covid vaccine today!\"\n\nSir Billy, who lives in Florida, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013 and announced he was \"finished with stand-up\" last year.\n\nHe said at the time: \"The Parkinson's has made my brain work differently and you need to have a good brain for comedy.\"\n\nSir Billy now lives in Florida with his wife Pamela Stephenson\n\nSir Billy joins famous faces including actress Dame Judi Dench, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and actor Sir Ian McKellen in receiving the vaccine.\n\nHollywood star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also shared a video of him receiving the jab earlier this week.", "The Fire Brigades Union has held back firefighters from efforts to tackle the pandemic in England with \"unreasonable\" safety demands, a report claims.\n\nIn it, the fire service watchdog says the union has insisted on \"unworkable\" rules for testing and self-isolation.\n\nThousands of firefighters assisted health and emergency services last year but in December, as vaccinations began, the FBU asked members not to volunteer.\n\nThe union says it cannot be sure its members will be safe if they do.\n\nThat is because councils and fire chiefs have pulled out of an agreement on health protection measures, it added.\n\nFor most of last year the agreement allowed firefighters to perform a range of additional duties, including delivering meals, driving ambulances and transporting bodies.\n\nFirefighters returning from roles in potential contact with Covid victims would spend several days self-isolating and being tested to show they were not infected.\n\nBy December, when there was the prospect of firefighters helping with vaccinations, a row over the deal resulted in the union giving new advice to members\n\nThe FBU said in message on 9 December: \"At this time, members are asked not to volunteer and to suspend any expression of interest that they have registered until such time as satisfactory arrangements can be secured that allow a national agreement to be reached.\"\n\nOn 13 January, local councils, which employ firefighters, decided the agreement with the union \"was no longer sustainable or appropriate\", partly because of the requirements for staff to have tests and self-isolate.\n\nThey said these made it impossible to run the fire service flexibly. Fire chiefs argued that police officers and paramedics did not have to isolate and await test results.\n\nThe union says it cannot be sure its members will be safe if they volunteer\n\nThe FBU general secretary, Matt Wrack, told the BBC he still was not able to advise firefighters about additional Covid-related duties because the union did not know what the safety risks would be locally.\n\n\"I'm not prepared to ask people to volunteer if there aren't safety measures in place,\" he said. \"I don't want to see a deadly virus brought into workplaces when we have measures in place which have avoided it in the past several months.\"\n\nThe fire minister, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, said: \"Brave firefighters have been prevented from stepping up to support the pandemic response because of the actions of the Fire Brigades Union.\"\n\nZoe Billingham, an inspector at Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services, said many firefighters had contributed to the effort during the Covid crisis, but much more could have been done.\n\nShe described the union's position as \"deeply regrettable\" and \"not what the public would expect of a fire service\".\n\nThe inspectorate has released several reports calling for the modernisation of fire service working practices and criticising the FBU.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it had begun testing its staff twice a week\n\nAccording to this one, the dispute between firefighters and their employers has held up vital work to protect lives.\n\nIn Greater Manchester requests to the fire service to help with NHS Track and Trace were delayed by 12 weeks.\n\nIn Cleveland, the fire and rescue service had to use non-operational support staff, rather than firefighters, to carry out temperature testing for the local authority.\n\nIn Suffolk and South Yorkshire, there were delays to plans for firefighters to help get into properties where residents were suffering from Covid.\n\nThe FBU says it was not given an opportunity to respond to these claims before the report was published. Mr Wrack dismissed it as poorly-sourced and politically-motivated.\n\nSome fire services have reached agreements with local branches of the union instead so that they can volunteer for the vaccination effort.\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said it had begun testing its staff twice a week and those giving vaccinations had also received them first.", "Helen White's lighting business is struggling to absorb a six-fold increase in freight costs.\n\n\"We were paying £1,600 per container in November, this month we've been quoted over £10,000,\" says Helen White.\n\nThe founder of start-up Houseof.com, which imports lighting from China, says the rise in shipping costs means she's making a loss on what she sells.\n\nShe's one of many UK importers facing soaring freight costs amid a global shipping crisis that may last months.\n\nA shortage of empty shipping containers in Asia and bottlenecks at the UK's deep sea ports are behind the problems.\n\nIt was hoped the backlogs could be cleared during the Chinese New Year holiday in February, but instead a coronavirus outbreak in China is adding to the uncertainty facing firms.\n\nIn the UK the difficulties in international shipping have coincided with problems faced by businesses trading with the EU after Brexit.\n\nOne Manchester-based freight forwarder said the logistics industry is facing the most challenging conditions he's seen in the 17 years he's been in the business.\n\nCraig Poole from Cardinal Maritime said during lockdowns, people have been turning to online shopping, and that's causing a surge in demand for goods from China.\n\nFreight forwarder Craig Poole says the logistics industry is facing hugely challenging conditions\n\nBut some companies can't absorb the skyrocketing freight costs that shipping lines are charging. That could lead to higher prices for consumers or businesses having to close.\n\n\"The really unfortunate thing is, the small businesses who can't afford to pay those rates are going to go under as a result,\" Mr Poole said.\n\nHelen White's lighting range is designed in the UK and manufactured in Guangzhou, China.\n\nShe said the six-fold increase in shipping costs is hard to take, especially when getting hold of a container \"is like gold dust\".\n\n\"It's really hard for a small business to absorb those costs. We'll be making a loss on the goods we're selling.\"\n\nLighting seller houseof.com is struggling to import stock from China\n\nAt the other end of the supply chain, Chinese manufacturers and logistics firms say they are equally frustrated.\n\nJohnny Tseng is the owner and director of Hong Kong-based J&B Clothing Company Ltd., which manufactures garments for some of the UK's most popular fashion sites including Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nHe's been supplying clothes to British retailers for more than 40 years, but he says his family-run firm won't be able to absorb inflated shipping rates for much longer.\n\n\"To be honest I don't even know how we can survive if we carry on shipping things at this kind of cost.\"\n\nJohnny Tseng says sky-high shipping rates are putting his business at risk.\n\nHe says he's now being quoted $14,000 to ship a container to the UK, when the usual price is $2,500.\n\nThe shortage of empty containers in China and congestion at UK ports caused some of his stock to miss the busy Christmas trading period. Now some customers are holding orders for their Autumn-Winter collections until next year.\n\n\"It's chaos,\" he said. \"We are making a loss. We take it as a loss leader and keep our fingers crossed it will go back to normal after Chinese New Year, but it is a major issue if it persists this way.\"\n\nUsually during the Chinese New Year holiday, factories in China shut down for two weeks. There were hopes the pause in production would give UK ports a chance to clear the backlog of ships waiting to dock, and encourage shipping lines to move more empty containers back to Asia, which is a less profitable journey.\n\nChinese workers usually travel home for the Chinese New Year holiday.\n\nBut rising numbers of coronavirus cases have prompted the Chinese authorities to stagger factory closing dates so that not all workers are travelling to their home regions at the same time. A worsening outbreak could lead to travel restrictions, in which case some factories may not stop production at all.\n\nCraig Poole says some companies have been caught out by factories closing earlier than planned.\n\n\"A lot of businesses that can't get those goods away are delaying orders until after Chinese New Year, so this situation could continue 'til March,\" he said.\n\nPatrick Lee from the Hong Kong-based Unique Logistics International said it could be even longer than that.\n\n\"Middle of the year at the earliest is what we're hearing from end customers in the UK, and also from some of our people in the industry. Some of the carriers as well,\" he said.\n\nMr Lee has called on the shipping lines to add more ships to help ease the backlog of stock orders building up at warehouses across China.\n\n\"They are increasing sailing but can increase a lot more. There are idle ships out there that they can reactivate without too much difficulty,\" he said.\n\nThe disruption could last for several months, according to logistics specialist Patrick Lee\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the World Shipping Council said carriers are using all available capacity.\n\n\"The demand for transportation service far exceeds supply. As in any free market, this puts upward pressure on rates,\" she said.\n\nShipping lines have been trying to drive down demand from British importers by charging a premium for deliveries to the UK, or bypassing the country's ports altogether.\n\nOne shipping line recently offered freight rates of $12,050 for a 40ft container from China to Southampton, but charged just $8,450 for the same container to travel from China to Rotterdam, Hamburg, or Antwerp.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing long delays since October. Congestion has also been a problem at the Port of Southampton, albeit to a lesser extent.\n\nThe bottlenecks were initially caused by a surge in imports as business activity picked up after the first wave of the pandemic. Huge shipments of PPE and the usual Christmas rush added to container volumes and ports struggled to cope.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing bottlenecks for months\n\n\"Most of the carriers just don't want UK cargo because of the issues when the vessels dock, so mainly they're favouring European ports and we are having to truck containers over,\" said freight forwarder Craig Poole.\n\nHe said that adds a cost of up to £2,000 per container, and takes an extra seven to ten days to reach the delivery point in the UK.\n\nFor business-owners like Helen White, the difficulties affecting the shipping industry can't be solved quickly enough.\n\n\"Lots of little start-ups are really hurting,\" she said. \"It has been paired with logistical nightmares across Europe as well. It just feels like logistics is falling apart at the moment. It's hard to see where the resolution is.\"", "All schools moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant\n\n\"Wholesale\" return of pupils to school after February half term is \"unlikely\", Wales' first minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford said there were \"intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back\".\n\nPreviously, ministers said schools would stay closed to most until February half term unless Covid cases fell significantly.\n\nThose preparing for qualifications and very young children may return first.\n\nMr Drakeford told a coronavirus briefing on Friday he had recently chaired a meeting of the teaching unions and local education authorities.\n\n\"We all agreed that we would work purposefully together to find ways of bringing more young people back into the classroom,\" he said.\n\n\"Does that mean that we will see a wholesale return of every child in every classroom, every day of the week across Wales? I do think that that is probably unlikely.\n\n\"But there are intermediate positions between where we are today, with very few children in school, and everybody being back.\"\n\nHe said there had been \"practical, creative, imaginative\" proposals put forward which could mean some children being back in the classroom for some of the week.\n\nMinisters previously said schools would stay closed until half term unless Covid cases fell significantly\n\nThese could include \"children preparing for qualifications [and] very young children for whom online learning really isn't a genuine possibility\".\n\n\"I certainly don't rule out making some of those things happen after the February half term, but I do think it's unlikely in the way you said that we would see every child back full-time in every classroom in the way that we would ideally wish to do,\" he added.\n\nAll schools and colleges moved to online learning before Christmas, following concerns from unions over the new coronavirus variant.\n\nThey have remained open for children of critical workers and vulnerable learners, as well as for learners who needed to complete essential exams or assessments.\n\nEarlier this month, when Education Minister Kirsty Williams said schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term, unions welcomed the news, saying the health and safety of pupils and staff \"had to be a priority\".\n\nBut, they added, teachers must now be given the vaccine as a priority, and pupils and staff must be protected before talks about reopening schools could begin.\n\nTeachers are still not on the priority list for immunisation, and have to wait to get the jab dependent on their age and if they have a medical condition.\n\nAt the time, Laura Doel, director of The National Association of Headteachers Cymru, said: \"Any plan that sees school staff return to face-to-face learning should be afforded as much protection as possible against the virus.\n\n\"Once these issues have been addressed, then we can discuss the orderly return to school we all want.\"\n\nOpposition parties have called for clear plans on how schools would return and for support to make sure pupils from poorer backgrounds did not fall behind due to a \"digital divide\".\n\nPlaid Cymru's education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian said: \"The Welsh Government must plan now for the gradual and safe reopening of schools, putting in place safety measures, and should lay out plans for a vaccination programme for schools staff.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies called for the Welsh Government to publish evidence on its reasons for closing schools, bring forward vaccines for teachers, and said money must be made available for all pupils to access laptops for online learning.", "Three quarters of applications for a £500 discretionary grant, which aims to help those on low incomes self-isolate, have been rejected, figures suggest.\n\nEmployed or self-employed people in England who do not qualify for the Test and Trace Support Payment because they do not receive benefits can apply.\n\nData obtained by Labour and shared with BBC Newsnight suggests just 12,069 of 49,877 applications were successful.\n\nThe government said it was assessing how the scheme is supporting people.\n\nThe cumulative figures obtained by Labour suggest that between October and December last year, 35,252 applications to local authorities in England for the discretionary part of the test and trace support payment scheme were rejected, while 12,069 were granted.\n\nThe government introduced the Test and Trace Support payment in late September as a way of topping up any benefits or Statutory Sick Pay a person receives.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care says it is a targeted scheme designed to help people on low incomes.\n\nThere is a list of specific criteria applicants must meet for the grant, but those who do not qualify for this payment and who are on a low income or may face financial hardship as a result of self-isolating, can apply for a discretionary payment.\n\nLocal authorities in England oversee the entire support scheme, with the qualifying criteria set by the government. They blame overly strict criteria and inadequate government guidance for people being rejected who feel they should qualify for a grant.\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents councils in England as well as the London boroughs, said some councils were having to turn down applications for the discretionary support because \"people are ineligible or have failed to provide the evidence needed\".\n\nLast month, the self-isolation period for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus was shortened from 14 to 10 days after the time of exposure.\n\nPeople who are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told to self-isolate, face fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to comply. Those who don't self-isolate risk spreading the virus to others.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDr Nishant Joshi, a GP trainee working at a practice in Luton, says he meets, on a daily basis, people who are faced with what he calls a \"Sophie's choice\".\n\nHe says: \"People come to me with essentially a Sophie's choice situation - I know I have to isolate but also I don't have enough money to put food on my table.\n\n\"If I say to somebody who comes to me with a health problem, you need to take a couple of weeks off work, I've had patients who have come to me and they're in tears.\"\n\nRachel, a shop worker from East London with a disabled son, tested positive in early January and was left in a desperate situation after having to self-isolate.\n\nShe says: \"I didn't have a hot meal for 10 days. I had two bowls of cornflakes and a hot dog. I was hungry. I was petrified\".\n\nShe adds: \"It's been probably the worst two weeks of my life. On a personal level I knew I had no choice but to isolate to keep my son safe.\n\n\"Had I not been in that position I can't guarantee that I would have done the whole self isolation thing because you get desperate.\"\n\nHer local councillor eventually dropped off a hot meal. Rachel was fortunate and received a £500 grant at the end of her isolation.\n\nJosie Tothill said missing two weeks of work \"could be the difference between feeding your kids or not, or paying rent or not\"\n\nJosie Tothill from Manchester didn't qualify for the scheme, even though her job, as a personal assistant to a woman who needs mental health support, means she is on a low income.\n\nShe had to self-isolate in October after her sister tested positive. But she did not receive a call from Test and Trace despite being a contact. Only people with a Test and Trace number are eligible.\n\nJosie says: \"It was difficult, but I got by. But for a lot of people, especially if you work in care, you are already on poverty wages, so to miss two weeks of work - that could be the difference between feeding your kids or not, or paying rent or not.\n\n\"So you can see, for some people, it's impossible to do that isolation, so it's much harder to control the virus.\"\n\nThe Labour Party, which obtained the figures from local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act, says the government must make sure everyone can afford to self isolate.\n\nShadow communities secretary Steve Reed said it was vital that people who self-isolated were not \"punished for doing the right thing\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"The problem is the government established a fixed pot of money and, in some cases, councils have eked it out so much that many people applying for the funding haven't received it.\n\n\"In other cases councils have used up all the money because they have more people applying than were expected.\n\n\"So, we end up with a postcode lottery, if you live in one area you might get the funding, if you live in another area you might not.\"\n\nAnalysis of the figures by the BBC shows that of the applications to the discretionary scheme:\n\nWhile most of councils that responded rejected the majority of applications to the discretionary scheme, a smaller number bucked the trend.\n\nLambeth granted 77% of applications, Haringey and Wakefield 75%, and Solihull 64%.\n\nWhile it's impossible to rule out that applications may be coming from people who are taking a chance, it's also clear that some councils are apparently more flexible about the criteria used on the discretionary scheme.\n\nThe government is putting £70 million into funding the scheme. It said: \"Local authorities are responsible for decisions when it comes to making additional discretionary payments to people who fall outside the scope of the main scheme and are facing financial hardship as a result of having to self-isolate.\n\n\"We continue to work closely with the 314 local authorities in England to assess how the scheme is supporting people experiencing financial difficulties.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association said the government \"needs to ensure its £500 self-isolation payment support scheme is available to those in need of financial support\".\n\nIt says it is \"good\" that councils will receive extra government funding \"to support people on low incomes who do not meet the strict criteria for this main scheme, but who may face financial hardship because of the requirement to self-isolate\".", "Because of its scale, work on Glastonbury's site must begin earlier than most festivals\n\nMusic festivals are \"still possible\" this summer, despite the cancellation of Glastonbury, says the head of the Association of Independent Festivals.\n\nPaul Reed said Glastonbury \"is a different beast to most festivals and most likely ran out of time due to the size and complexity of the event\".\n\nSmaller events could still happen if the government ensures organisers can access cancellation insurance, he said.\n\n\"For most festivals, the cut-off point is more likely the end of March.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis called off their festival for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the festival happen,\" they said in a joint statement. \"We are so sorry to let you all down.\"\n\nTickets for the festival, which normally attracts 200,000 people and was due to take place in June, will roll over to 2022.\n\nGlastonbury is the UK's biggest music festival, but it was not the only event to cancel its plans on Thursday. The Country To Country festival, which was due to take place in March, also said its 2021 edition would not happen.\n\nThe three-day event, which attracts some of country music's biggest names to indoor venues in London, Dublin and Glasgow, said it had pulled the plug due to the \"current restrictions on mass gatherings and international travel\".\n\nThe announcements came as coronavirus deaths soared in England, with more than 8,500 deaths recorded in the past week. On Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions would be lifted by the spring.\n\nStormzy has already been announced as a headliner for August's Reading and Leeds festivals\n\nGlastonbury's cancellation has raised fears for other music festivals this summer. However, the organisers of Glasgow's TRNSMT said there was \"reason to be optimistic\" that it could go ahead in July, with headliners Lewis Capaldi, Liam Gallagher and the Courteeners.\n\n\"Glastonbury is the biggest festival in the world and it's sad to see that, due to its enormous scale and taking several months to get the city-sized festival site ready, it's unable to go ahead this year,\" boss Geoff Ellis told Scotland's Daily Record.\n\n\"By comparison, TRNSMT is a much smaller city centre event with no camping. As such it takes us days rather than months to build TRNSMT. Therefore, we will continue to listen to and follow the advice from the government and remain positive about events later in the summer.\"\n\nHis comments were echoed by Bestival co-founder Rob Da Bank, who tweeted that \"festival season will happen in the UK this summer\", adding: \"Sadly Glasto is such a mammoth beast to plan it ran outta time.\"\n\nSacha Lord, co-founder of Manchester's Parklife festival, added that Glastonbury's cancellation was \"yet another blow\" to freelancers who work in the live music sector.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast on Friday, Mr Reed said the UK was at a \"serious point in the pandemic and festivals only want to return when it is safe to do so\".\n\nHe added that festivals were currently struggling to get insurance for coronavirus-related cancellations. Last week, MPs from the House of Commons culture select committee wrote to the chancellor, urging him to launch a Covid-19 insurance scheme to protect live music.\n\nThe appeal was backed by more than 100 industry figures, including organisers of the TRNSMT and Parklife festivals. \"We do need government to intervene in this issue,\" said Mr Reed.\n\nIn a tweet on Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden expressed his regret at Glastonbury's cancellation and said the government was \"looking at problems around getting insurance\".\n\nA government spokeswoman said on Friday they are in \"regular dialogue\" with public health experts to \"agree a realistic return date for festivals and other large events\". They added they were still helping festivals with the £1.5bn Culture Recovery Fund, \"with many already receiving this support\".\n\nLatitude Festival has been held at Henham Park, near Southwold, since 2006\n\nOther European countries, including Austria and Germany, have launched schemes to cover events that cannot be rescheduled, including music festivals. At present, England has a scheme protecting film and TV shoots, but not music.\n\nHowever, some festivals have been given support by the government's £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, including Womad, End of the Road and Nozstock.\n\nMelvin Benn, whose company Festival Republic organises the Latitude, Download and the Reading & Leeds festivals, said that without an insurance scheme, other events would be left \"staring into the same barrel that Glastonbury stared into\".\n\n\"People can't afford to take that financial risk,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nThe government is holding \"early stage talks\" with insurers, confirmed Tim Thornhill of Tyser's Insurance, which counts Glastonbury amongst its clients.\n\n\"We have helped to put in place the film and TV restart scheme, which the chancellor explained saved 14,000 jobs,\" he said. \"So if we can do something for events, that would be welcome across the industry\".\n\nWhile there is \"no guarantee\" that insurance could be provided, he said there was \"significant urgency\" to finding a solution \"within the next few months\".\n\n\"It's really important that the government supports the industry,\" added Radiohead's Colin Greenwood. \"And they need to start thinking about that now, and not when we reach that point - say in October this year - when there are enough people vaccinated for [live music] to become safe.\n\n\"Nobody wants to go to anything, or take part in anything, that's going to turn into a super-spreader event,\" he said.\n\n\"But obviously there has to be a way out of this, through vaccination. And I think we need to make sure that systems are in place so we can get back into doing what we love.\"\n\nJulian Knight MP, chair of the culture select committee, said the government was working on insurance plans, because of the importance of festivals to British culture and the economy.\n\n\"I've been in to see the chancellor,\" he told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. \"Finally I think there is some movement. I understand that they are dropping some of the objections that they may have had, and that we may end up with an insurance scheme.\n\n\"However, there's a danger that it's too little too late.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "PM: We are enforcing lockdown with increasing toughness\n\nSky News's Sam Coates asks whether, if the new variant is more dangerous, it is right that more people are \"out and about\" during the current lockdown than the first one last year. The PM says that \"we are enforcing the law very strictly with increasing toughness\", meaning increased fines to dissuade risky behaviour. \"It depends on everybody doing the right thing and avoiding transmission,\" he says, adding that is what will be more effective than police action. On why the new variant may be transmitting more readily, Sir Patrick Vallance says it is not believed the new variant has a higher viral load, meaning people \"shed more virus\". He suggests it may be other factors that make it more transmissible. On the current infection rate, Chris Whitty says that while infections are slowly going down \"it is at a very, very high level\". He says that among some age groups - including those 20 to 30 - infections may still be increasing. And on hospitalisations, he says that they are \"broadly flat\" for the UK as a whole, but there are variations between regions. \"That peak is not yet definitely going down yet,\" he says. Deaths will be delayed further with the peak expected in the future, he adds. Video caption: Infection level 'very, very high' and 'extremely precarious' - Prof Whitty Infection level 'very, very high' and 'extremely precarious' - Prof Whitty", "The Holyrood inquiry into the handling of harassment claims against Alex Salmond is using legal powers to seek documents from the Crown Office.\n\nThe documents include messages between SNP officials, civil servants and advisers relating to Mr Salmond's legal challenge to the complaints process.\n\nIt is the first time MSPs have issued such a formal request in the history of the Scottish Parliament.\n\nConvener Linda Fabiani said the action was necessary to continue its work.\n\nThe committee was established in the wake of a judicial review court case where the Scottish government admitted its internal investigation of two harassment complaints against Mr Salmond had been unlawful.\n\nThe government had to pay out more than £500,000 in legal expenses to the former first minister, who was later acquitted of 13 charges of sexual assault in a separate criminal trial.\n\nThe notice, formally issued by Holyrood chief executive David McGill, states that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) \"may hold documents relevant and necessary for the committee to fulfil its remit\".\n\nThe committee is seeking the release of documents detailing text or WhatsApp communications between SNP chief operating officer Susan Ruddick and Scottish government ministers, civil servants or special advisers between August 2018 and January 2019, that may be relevant to the inquiry.\n\nIt also wants to see any documents linked to the leaking of complaints to the Daily Record newspaper in August 2018.\n\nMs Fabiani said: \"Throughout this inquiry, the committee has been determined to get as much information as possible to inform its task.\n\n\"This is a step that hasn't been taken lightly, and is a first for this Parliament, but which the committee felt was needed as it continues its vital work.\"\n\nThe Crown Office has been given until 17:00 on 29 January to respond to the notice.\n\nNever before in Holyrood's history has it attempted to use this legal power of compulsion.\n\nSection 23 of the Scotland Act makes it possible to force a witness to give evidence in person or - as in this case - to hand over documents.\n\nIt sounds straightforward but lots of legal terms and conditions apply.\n\nThat's especially true in this case where MSPs are trying to compel the Crown Office - in charge of prosecutions and headed up by the Lord Advocate.\n\nThe Lord Advocate has potential get-outs if he considers releasing documents would \"prejudice criminal proceedings\" or otherwise be \"contrary to the public interest\".\n\nThat public interest test could be key.\n\nClearly, MSPs think social media messages and other material held by the Crown Office could be relevant to their inquiry and should be released.\n\nThe Crown Office has argued that disclosing evidence gathered in a criminal case for other purposes risks undermining confidence in the police and prosecutors.\n\nThe Lord Advocate has a big call to make - has the prosecution service (which he runs) or the parliament (to which he is answerable as a minister) got the better sense of where - on balance - the public interest lies?\n\nIn other developments, Mr Salmond has been given a deadline by which to appear before the committee.\n\nThe former SNP leader has been given the option of giving evidence to the committee either in person in the Parliament or by appearing remotely on a number of dates in the first week of February.\n\nMs Fabiani said if this was not possible then the \"committee regrets that it will not be able to take oral evidence from you\" although he would be free to submit further written evidence.\n\nMr Salmond's lawyers had said he was only available in the second week of February.\n\nIn a letter to the committee, the former first minister said this was because he had still to complete two further submissions but the process had been \"hampered\" by the Scottish government's \"failure\" to release its legal advice and the ongoing bid to recover documents from the Crown Office.\n\nMr Salmond's appearance is much anticipated following his written submission earlier this month in which he alleged that Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament.\n\nMs Sturgeon, who \"entirely rejects\" his claims, is expected to give evidence in the coming weeks and has said she is looking forward to putting her side across.\n\nMeanwhile, the committee has once again written to the Scottish government urging it to waive legal privilege and release the advice it received from lawyers regarding the case.\n\nA Crown Office spokesman said: \"COPFS has received the correspondence from the committee and will respond in early course.\"\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"We will consider the committee's letter - but the Scottish government has already taken unprecedented steps to provide the committee with access to relevant information to allow it to fulfil its remit.\n\n\"The government has, exceptionally, provided the committee with access to a summary of the legal advice on the judicial review on a confidential basis.\"", "Eric Vice, 64, was on his way to Swansea University when he crashed into a bridge\n\nA bus driver who crashed his double-decker bus into a bridge, killing a passenger, has been jailed.\n\nJessica Jing Ren, 36, died 11 days after the bus, which was going to Swansea University, hit a bridge on Neath Road on 12 December 2019.\n\nEric Vice, 64, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Swansea Crown Court.\n\nHe was sentenced to two years and six months.\n\nMs Ren had been on the front row of the upper deck of the bus and was on her phone at the time of the crash, the court heard.\n\nShe was a visiting academic at the university's accounting and finance department from Huanghuai University in China, where she had a five-year-old son with her husband, who is also a lecturer.\n\nProsecutor Carina Hughes said the crash left trapped passengers covered in debris and forced to crouch down in the flattened upper deck while they waited to be rescued.\n\nOlympic gold medallist and 400m hurdles world record holder Kevin Young, who was studying at the university, saw Ms Ren hit the front windscreen.\n\nEric Vice is \"consumed with guilt\" his defence barrister said\n\n\"Mr Young says that she was slowly trying to mouth some words to him, but it was inaudible.\n\n\"He described that he held her hand to try and comfort her until the police and paramedics arrived.\"\n\nMs Hughes said Ms Ren had been unconscious when cut out of the bus by firefighters 90 minutes later and was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, with spine injuries, leg fractures, lacerations and a severe brain injury.\n\nAerospace engineering student Richard Thompson, 20, was seriously injured in the crash and required facial reconstruction. Mr Young suffered a head wound and two broken ribs.\n\nThe court heard passenger statements saying the bus appeared to be running late and the driver had been waving passengers on to the bus without scanning their tickets.\n\nMs Hughes said when Vice encountered traffic between Swansea University's Singleton campus and its Swansea Bay campus, he decided to take a different route, one he had taken several times before when driving a single-decker bus.\n\nShe said 21 passengers has been on board, 13 of whom were on the top deck.\n\nMs Hughes said Vice had driven past two height restriction warnings on the route.\n\nThe bus went under the stone arch of the railway bridge, but hit the lower steel bridge.\n\nIan Ibrahim, defending, said it had been \"without doubt a catastrophic error of judgement.\"\n\nHe added: \"He is consumed with guilt - he's been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression.\"\n\nJessica Jing Ren was a visiting academic at Swansea University from Huanghuai University in China\n\nJudge Geraint Williams said: \"That fatal error of yours resulted in the death of a promising young academic.\n\n\"Following the crash you stayed at the scene where you witnessed first-hand the carnage you had created.\n\n\"I can't think of a word short of carnage to describe the scene on the upstairs of that bus - but it could have been many, many times worse.\n\n\"The stark reality in this case is that your impatience that day robbed you of the care which ordinarily you applied to your professional driving.\"\n\nThe scene inside the bus after it crashed into a railway bridge in Neath Road, Swansea\n\nAt the time of her death, Ms Ren's family said in a statement: \"Jessica was the loving wife of Wenquang Wang, a devoted mother to five-year-old Yushu Wang and the cherished Daughter of Mingqi Ren.\n\n\"A much loved and talented academic, Jessica will be deeply missed by her family and her friends both in China and in Swansea and will leave a great void in their lives.\"\n\nIn a statement released after Ms Ren died, Swansea University said: \"We are deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Jessica Jing Ren.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Jessica's family at this time and we extend our deepest condolences at their tragic loss.\"", "Daniel Craig with director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the No Time To Die set in 2019\n\nThe release of the next James Bond film has been delayed for a third time because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nNo Time To Die had already been pushed back twice, and will now debut globally on 8 October, an announcement on the film's website said.\n\nIt had originally been due to hit screens in April 2020.\n\nThe film is the 25th instalment in the Bond franchise, and marks Daniel Craig's final appearance as British secret service agent 007.\n\nIt also features Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek.\n\nThe delay will come as a further blow to cinemas that have been forced to shut for months at a time because of lockdowns.\n\nEarlier this week, leading film-makers including Danny Boyle and Sir Steve McQueen wrote to the UK Government, calling for financial support for cinema chains because \"UK cinema stands on the edge of an abyss\".\n\nCineworld said in October, when No Time To Die was pushed back for the second time, that delays to big budget releases meant the industry was \"unviable\".\n\nBond's latest move sparked a flurry of other delays to major releases. Sony has pushed back Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Peter Rabbit 2, Jared Leto's Morbius, Tom Holland's Uncharted and Cinderella, which will star singer Camila Cabello; while Universal has moved Tom Hanks' Bios from April to November.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by James Bond 007 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe UK Cinema Association said the decision to postpone No Time To Die again, \"while clearly disappointing, is at the same time not surprising given the current situation around Covid-19 in the UK as well as the US and other major film territories\".\n\nThe postponement of Daniel Craig's swansong and other films \"underlines the need for ongoing support for the UK cinema sector\", the trade body's chief executive Phil Clapp said.\n\nThe association is calling on the government to provide \"direct funding\" to chains, which represent 80% of ticket sales.\n\nOne of the major chains, Vue, said the delay was \"understandable\", and that the continuing attempts to release the film in cinemas \"is further testament to our shared belief in a bright future for the big screen\".\n\nHowever, the latest postponement could stoke speculation that the film may ultimately skip cinemas and be released on a streaming platform.\n\nMajor Disney titles like Pixar's Soul and its live-action remake of Mulan bypassed cinemas, premiering instead on the Disney+ streaming service.\n\nWonder Woman 1984, meanwhile, was made available in the US on the HBO Max streaming service on the same day it received a limited cinema release.\n\nLast year, Warner Bros announced its 2021 titles - including sci-fi epic Dune and The Matrix 4 - would all adopt a similar dual release pattern, escalating tensions between Hollywood and US movie theatres.\n\nRami Malek plays the villainous Safin in the thrice-delayed film\n\nThe Dig, a new historical drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan, was due to be released in selected UK cinemas this month. Now, the film will only be available on Netflix from 29 January.\n\nAsked whether No Time To Die might go down the same route, Fiennes - who will reprise his role as M in the film - recently told BBC News: \"That's a good question and I'm not really in a position to answer it.\n\n\"I would love the idea that people could go to the cinema and have the full effect of the big-screen energy behind the Bond, but I'm sure it's something the people who make these executive decisions are probably considering.\n\n\"I really hope we come through this so people can go to the cinema. Maybe they just have to hold their nerve. But of course we don't know, and there may be financial reasons or imperatives that [mean] they have to put it on a streaming system.\"\n\nIf No Time To Die is indeed released in cinemas in October, it will arrive a full six years on from the release of its 2015 predecessor Spectre.\n\nThat won't be far behind the six years and four months that separated the release of Licence to Kill in summer 1989 and GoldenEye in late 1995 - the biggest gap between two Bond films.\n\nThe last Bond film, 2015's Spectre, took almost $900m (£690m) at worldwide box offices.\n\nOther blockbusters to have been delayed by the pandemic include action sequel Top Gun: Maverick and Marvel's Black Widow.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "One of the mysteries of Covid-19 is why oxygen levels in the blood can drop to dangerously low levels without the patient noticing.\n\nIt is known as \"silent hypoxia\".\n\nAs a result, patients have been arriving in hospital in far worse health than they realised and, in some cases, too late to treat effectively.\n\nBut a potentially life-saving solution, in the form of a pulse oximeter, allows patients to monitor their oxygen levels at home, and costs about £20.\n\nThey are being rolled out for high-risk Covid patients in the UK, and the doctor leading the scheme thinks everyone should consider buying one.\n\nA normal oxygen level in the blood is between 95% and 100%.\n\n\"With Covid, we were admitting patients with oxygen levels in the 70s or low-or-middle 80s,\" said Dr Matt Inada-Kim, a consultant in acute medicine at Hampshire Hospitals.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Inside Health: \"It was a really curious and scary presentation and really made us rethink what we were doing.\"\n\nDr Inada-Kim became the national clinical lead of the Covid Oximetry@home project.\n\nA pulse oximeter slips over your middle finger and shines a light into the body. It measures how much of the light is absorbed in order to calculate oxygen levels in the blood.\n\nIn England, they are being given to people with Covid who are over 65, younger but have a health problem, or anyone doctors are concerned about. Similar schemes are being rolled out across the UK.\n\nPeople measure and record their oxygen levels three times a day.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Health Education England - HEE This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nIf oxygen levels drop to 93% or 94%, then people speak to their GP or call 111. If they go below 92%, people should go to A&E or call 999 for an ambulance.\n\nStudies, which have not been reviewed by other scientists, have shown even small drops below 95% are linked to an increased risk of dying.\n\nDr Inada-Kim said: \"The point of this whole strategy is to try to get in early to prevent people getting that sick, by admitting patients at a more salvageable point in their illness.\"\n\nChris Harris, who is 70, was one of the first patients to benefit from the scheme.\n\nHe was being treated for a urinary infection in November last year, but then when he developed unexpected flu-like symptoms his GP sent him for a Covid test. It was positive.\n\n\"I don't mind admitting I was in tears, it was a very stressful, frightening time,\" he told Inside Health.\n\nHis oxygen levels dropped a couple of percentage points below the normal zone, so after a call with his GP, he went to hospital.\n\nAt this point he was still feeling fine, but things changed the day after he was admitted.\n\n\"My breathing started to get a little bit laboured, I had a high temperature as the days went on, [my oxygen levels] were progressively getting lower, they were in their 80s,\" he told me.\n\nChris was treated, did not need intensive care and has made a full recovery.\n\nHe said: \"I may have gone [to hospital] as the very last resort and that's the frightening thing. It was the oxygen meter that forced me to go, I would have just sat it out thinking I would recover.\n\n\"I am extremely lucky and very, very grateful.\"\n\nHis GP, Dr Caroline O'Keefe, says she has seen a massive increase in the number of people being monitored.\n\nShe said: \"On Christmas Day we were monitoring 44 patients, today I have 160 patients who I am monitoring daily. So we are certainly busy.\"\n\n\"We've had to quadruple the size of our team in the last two weeks.\"\n\nOverall, NHS England has supplied around 300,000 pulse oximeters for the home-monitoring scheme.\n\nDr Inada-Kim says there isn't definitive proof that the gadget saves lives and it could take until April to know for sure. However, the early signs are all positive.\n\n\"What we think we can see are the early seeds of a reduction in the length of stay after a hospital admission, an improvement in survival and a reduction in the pressures on the emergency services,\" he said.\n\nHe is so convinced of their role in tackling silent hypoxia that he said everyone should consider buying one.\n\n\"Personally I would, and I know a number of colleagues who have bought pulse oximeters to distribute to their loved ones,\" he said.\n\nHe advised checking they had a CE Kitemark and to avoid apps on smartphones, which he said were not as reliable.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA mosque has become the first in the UK to open as a Covid vaccination centre.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath, Birmingham is expected to vaccinate up to 500 people a day.\n\nThe imam, Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, said he hoped it would help dispel false information that the vaccine was forbidden in Islamic law.\n\nNHS England said it fears disinformation could be causing some in the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\n\"It will send a strong message to our Muslim brothers and sisters. We are doing this to say a big 'no' to fake news and a big 'yes' to the vaccine,\" Sheikh Nuru said.\n\n\"Muslim scholars advise us to get the vaccine because the sanctity of life is important in Islam.\"\n\nImam Sheikh Nuru Mohammed said he hopes the opening of the vaccination centre will help dispel false information\n\nDr Rizwan Alidina, a trustee of the mosque and member of the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group said: \"The significance of the venue is obviously quite evident with particularly the Muslim community being one of the communities with a bit of a lower uptake than we would otherwise have expected.\"\n\nHe said there had been a good response to the opening of the centre at the mosque and hoped it would soon be carrying out between 300 and 500 vaccinations a day.\n\nNHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar told a Downing Street press conference some communities had \"legitimate and understandable concerns about the vaccines\".\n\nHe said despite it being a \"safe and effective vaccine\", for some Asian and black communities there were \"longstanding concerns\" that \"go back generations\".\n\nDr Diwakar said some people were \"told by their grandparents that experiments were done in the early part of the last century, that unethical experiments were done way back in the 60s\".\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street briefing, Home Secretary Priti Patel also sought to counter disinformation targeted at people from minority ethnic backgrounds.\n\n\"This vaccine is safe for us all,\" she said.\n\n\"It will protect you and your family... So I urge everyone from across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes to keep us all safe.\"\n\nOne of the first to get the jab at he Birmingham mosque, retired GP Dr Masud Ahmad, said his message to others in the local community was \"that it's quite safe to have it and they should have it\".\n\nOther places of worship, including Salisbury Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, opened as vaccine centres last week.\n\nThe Al-Abbas Islamic Centre is administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ministers will discuss at a meeting on Monday whether to tighten restrictions at UK borders - including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers, the BBC has been told.\n\nAt a Downing Street news conference on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not rule out taking further action.\n\nIt comes amid increased concerns over the spread of new coronavirus variants.\n\nUnder current travel curbs, almost all people arriving in the UK must test negative for Covid to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers are also required to quarantine for up to 10 days, although the isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days in England.\n\nThe only people not subject to the conditions are children under 11, hauliers, air, international rail and maritime crew, and passengers from the Common Travel Area - comprised of the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own quarantine rules, which differ slightly.\n\nAs of Monday, travel corridors, which exempted passengers arriving from some countries from quarantine, were suspended throughout the UK.\n\nAsked whether the government would bring in further measures at UK borders, Mr Johnson said: \"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still.\n\n\"We may need to go further to protect our borders.\n\n\"We don't want to put that [efforts to control Covid] at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nOne more infectious variant , which was first identified in Kent, has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nAnd, at the briefing, the prime minister announced that early evidence suggests this variant may be more deadly.\n\nOther new variants causing concern have been identified in South Africa and Brazil in the weeks since the Kent variant was discovered.\n\nThose discoveries led to direct flights to the UK from all South American countries and several southern African countries being suspended.\n\nScientists fear these variants discovered in other countries may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nWhile those travelling into the UK are asked to abide by the 10-day isolation and told they can be subject to checks, London mayor Sadiq Khan is among those who have called for the UK to adopt the use of enforced quarantine in hotel rooms.\n\nThe policy is among the measures in Australia that has limited the country to just 28,750 positive cases during the entire pandemic, fewer than the UK currently has every day.\n\nTravellers who choose to go to Australia have to pay for their rooms at one of a number of selected quarantine facilities - and have all their meals delivered to their room throughout a stay of at least 14 days. They get tested twice for Covid during that period and if they test positive their quarantine is extended for a further 14 days.\n\nMeanwhile, passengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport this week have complained of queues at passport control and what they described as poor social distancing, after the latest travel restrictions - requiring travellers to show proof of their negative Covid tests - came into force.\n\nOn Friday, former British ambassador Peter Westmacott posted a picture on Twitter of long queues at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Westmacott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA government spokesman said people \"should not be travelling unless absolutely necessary\".\n\nThe statement added: \"You must have proof of a negative test and a completed passenger locator form before arriving.\n\n\"Border Force have been ramping up enforcement and those not complying could be fined £500.\n\n\"It's ultimately up to individual airports to ensure social distancing on site.\"\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential foreign travel is permitted in the current advice from the Foreign Office.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported on Friday in the UK.", "The bunker is in a rural location near St Agnes, Cornwall\n\nAn \"eerie\" underground bunker built during the Cold War has been put up for sale with a guide price of £25,000.\n\nThe former monitoring post near St Agnes, Cornwall was built in 1961 and is accessed down a 14ft (4.2m) ladder.\n\nSellers have suggested \"a variety of uses\" for the \"out of the ordinary\" property, subject to planning permission from Cornwall Council.\n\nIt was used in the Cold War to monitor aircraft and any potential nuclear threats, said auctioneer Adam Cook.\n\nThe auction will be held online in February\n\nThe bunker was manned by volunteers and consists of an access shaft, a toilet and a monitoring room.\n\nIt is being auctioned online as part of a triangular piece of land on 18 February.\n\nThe site was first opened in 1961 and closed in 1991 and is accessed down a \"rustic vehicular track\", according to the online advert.\n\nMr Cook said it is a former Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post \"but people love calling it a nuclear bunker\".\n\nHe said the bunker would have been one of around 1,500 monitoring posts built in coastal regions in the UK between the 1960s and 1990s.\n\nOld bunk beds remain in the bunker\n\nAccessed by a hatch, Mr Cook described the reinforced concrete bunker as \"a little bit eerie when you're there on your own\".\n\n\"I'm glad I've been down there...[to have] half a chance of explaining it to customers.\"\n\nHe said there was still a sense of what it used to be with an \"old bunk bed\" and a toilet \"which I don't think you'd fancy using but it certainly gives you the atmosphere\".\n\nMr Cook explained it is \"difficult to pigeon hole it onto any one kind of purchaser\" and said the buyer could be anyone from a history enthusiast to a landowner.\n\n\"All kinds could be interested and we're already getting lots of calls about it.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your comments and story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Cold War bunker up for sale for £25,000", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the volunteers are working to prepare bodies for burial\n\nA mosque in east London has closed for all communal prayer. Instead it is serving two purposes - providing funerals and feeding the local community. Michael Buchanan finds a team of volunteers there battling to deal with the pandemic.\n\nThe family shuffled quietly past a crate of milk cartons. They came through the small porch, towards the open coffin. Inside was a woman - a loved one - who died of Covid two days ago. The coffin sat feet away from tins and packets to be distributed by the local food bank. The milk was the latest delivery.\n\nIt is impossible to capture the enormous consequences of the pandemic. But last Saturday lunchtime, this tragic image - one of grief and hardship coming together - came close, for me at least.\n\nCovid-19 has made extraordinary demands of so many different people, but what is currently happening at the Masjid Ibrahim and Islamic Centre in east London is truly remarkable. Situated on a busy road, with the noise of ambulance sirens regularly shattering its peaceful interior, the mosque has closed to communal prayer and is open for two other purposes - to provide a funeral service and a food bank to the local community. Both are inundated.\n\n\"We've had so many bodies coming in. It's quite shocking. It's one after another after another. We've never had that situation before,\" says Sofia Bhatti. Alongside her friend, Tabassum Khokhar - known as Tabs - the pair are unheralded heroes. They volunteer to wash the bodies of Covid-positive women prior to burial.\n\nThe practice, called Ghusl, is a sacred Islamic ritual and is usually performed by the deceased's relatives, who cleanse and shroud the body. But Covid restrictions mean families are currently denied that religious honour, so volunteers like Sofia and Tabs are taking on what they consider to be a privileged task.\n\n\"We actually believe that when we are shrouding here, that God is shrouding the soul at the same time,\" says Tabs, standing by a coffin. By day, she works as a teaching support worker in a local school, so the PPE that the mosque provides - bodysuit, footwear, two sets of gloves, masks and visors - is crucial for her. \"I make sure my PPE is secure because it's not just about me, it's about my family. I have an 81-year-old mother.\"\n\nThe women are seeing first hand - and in graphic detail - the pressure the NHS is under. \"Very often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them,\" says Sofia. \"Tubes and pipes and catheters still attached. So it makes our job a little bit harder.\" One of the women they washed during my visit had died in the ambulance, never actually reaching hospital.\n\nVery often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them. Tubes and pipes and catheters\n\nThere are far more bodies than during the first peak and there is a larger age range. One day this week, the mosque was handling seven bodies. A few days earlier they said they'd processed 10 funerals, all arranged for free and paid for by donations. Before the pandemic, they'd handled two to three funerals a week. The two local hospital trusts in east London have each had more than 1,000 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic. More have died at home.\n\nThe borough of Newham, where the mosque sits, has suffered a disproportionate number of deaths. Home to the Olympic Park, the 2012 London games were meant to regenerate this area. Yet it retains high levels of poverty and overcrowded housing. Add in a diverse population, rich in south Asian culture, and large numbers of people who can't work from home and the virus has sadly ripped through its residents.\n\nIsfand Aslam said he's shocked by what's going on. His father, Mohammad, died on 3 January, a week after falling ill. His positive Covid test result arrived two days after his death. The 85-year-old was a committee member at the Masjid Ibrahim and despite his age had been in good health. \"It took a week between him passing away and getting buried. Initially I was getting a lot of condolences from friends. But by the end of that week I am giving condolences to three friends because their fathers had passed away. It's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away.\"\n\nThe sheer number of deaths is impacting the area's main Muslim cemetery. Normally, the Gardens of Peace buries three to four people each day. They're currently carrying out an average of 15 funerals daily. Overall, they are about 50% busier than usual. They can no longer promise burials within 24 hours, as per Muslim custom.\n\nDespite this, there is still a concerning number of people in the local area who either don't think Covid is real or are resistant to taking a vaccine. There was anger among some community leaders before Christmas when it emerged the Bangladeshi High Commission in London held a cultural evening to celebrate its independence. Photos from the event, on 16 December, showed a group - including the High Commissioner herself - standing close together with no masks or social distancing. The High Commission said performers had been Covid tested and it had issued 10 videos in Bangla urging British-Bangladeshis to adhere to UK government guidance.\n\nIt's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away\n\nTo counter disinformation among its members, an imam at the Masjid Ibrahim, Mohammad Ammar, filmed a short video of himself being injected with the vaccine and urged his congregation to follow suit. Imam Ammar has actually been furloughed by the mosque as it focusses all its resources on battling the pandemic, including feeding its local community.\n\nThe virus forced the mosque to open a food bank in March. It is still running 10 months on. On Monday night, I watched a steady stream of people gather in the gloom at the rear of the mosque to fill their bags. Most were collecting on behalf of a larger household, and the mosque says they're currently feeding 350 families each week, including students, refugees, people with no access to public funds and those who've lost income.\n\nAmong those collecting food on Monday was Mohammad Rahman. A 42-year-old chef, he lost his job in an Indian restaurant three months ago. The married father of two boys - aged eight and six - told me he was already in rent arrears and struggling to pay his energy bills. \"My son says 'where is the pizza'? But I have no money. He says '[can I have] chicken and chips'? But I have no money. The shops are open, but no money\", he adds, taking his hands from his pockets.\n\nIn normal times, the Masjid Ibrahim would attract about 1,100 worshippers over three floors for Friday prayers, and there has been some pressure on the leadership to reopen for communal worship. But Asim Uddin, chairman of the mosque, says now is not the time. \"Prayers, yes, it's important. But right now what is the need? The need of the community is they want to be fed and they want a place where they can respectfully bury their loved ones. And the demand is overwhelming. Right now, it's better they stay home, and they can pray at home until the situation goes back to normal.\"\n\nMichael Buchanan is the BBC's social affairs correspondent and has been reporting on the impact of the pandemic on communities in the UK. Last year, he visited the town of Pontypool to find out what impact coronavirus restrictions were having in Wales.", "UK retailers could abandon goods EU customers want to return, with some even thinking of burning them because it is cheaper than bringing them home.\n\nThey say the new EU trade deal has put costly duties on returns at a time when firms are already struggling.\n\nThe BBC has been told UK High Street and luxury brands have a mounting volume of goods stuck with courier services on the continent.\n\nNone of the retailers would comment on the problem.\n\nAdam Mansell, boss of the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT), said it's \"cheaper for retailers to write off the cost of the goods than dealing with it all, either abandoning or potentially burning them.\"\n\nSince 1 January, lots of European customers have been presented with an unexpected customs invoice when signing for goods they've ordered from the UK. These new customs charges are a result of the new EU trade deal with the UK.\n\n\"It's part of the ongoing small print of the deal,\" said Mr Mansell. \"If you're in Germany and buying goods from the UK, you as the German customer are the importer bringing goods into the EU.\n\n\"You then have a courier company knocking on the door giving you a customs clearance invoice that you need to pay to receive your goods.\"\n\nMany customers automatically reject the goods, refusing to pay the additional surcharges, leaving couriers to take them away.\n\nAbout 30% of items bought online are returned, according to figures from Statista. That has meant large volumes of goods are heading back to the UK.\n\nWhen goods arrive back at depots on the Continent, there is new customs paperwork to complete. \"Export clearance charge, import charge arrival, import VAT charge and depending on the goods a rules of origin document as well,\" said Mr Mansell.\n\n\"Lots of large businesses don't have a handle on it, never mind smaller ones.\"\n\nThe BBC has seen a document that states four major UK High Street fashion retailers are stockpiling returns in Belgium, Ireland and Germany. One brand will incur charges of almost £20,000 to get the returns back.\n\nCouriers and freight businesses that ship from the UK to Europe are also experiencing delays getting goods to the Continent because of the new customs clearances.\n\n\"It's a bigger change than we thought possible,\" explained Shona Brown from Speedy Freight, a courier service. \"Before, we'd get the order to Germany and off the driver would go.\n\n\"Now we've got to do export entry detailing where was it made, the driver needs to go to the customs office at Dover, then customs in Germany on arrival and then sort out the VAT. There are so many hoops to jump through, it's so laborious.\"\n\n\"You've got to have manpower to figure out what to do. And with people working from home it's difficult. For small businesses, it is a huge thing for people to do,\" she added.\n\nUlla Vitting Richards runs her sustainable fashion brand VILDNIS from the UK. She has stopped exporting to her fastest growing market, the EU, because of the new customs processes.\n\n\"I've been involved in logistics before. I expected it to be bad and I am used to shipping to the USA which is difficult. But this is just mind-blowing,\" she said.\n\n\"Every day there is another layer. In the first two weeks we couldn't get answers. For two years we were told to get ready for Brexit. But for these we couldn't prepare.\"\n\nShe added: \"I don't think we can increase prices but we might just have to say that we can't make the business with the EU work. It is a real shame. There is a huge interest in sustainable fashion in Europe and we might have to walk away from it.\"\n\nUlla did speak with the Department for International Trade for help and advice. She was told that setting up a subsidiary distribution hub in Europe might be a good idea: \"He told me we'd be best off moving stock to a warehouse in Germany and get them to handle it.\"\n\nRetailers in the UK and Europe that trade across the new customs border are all still adapting to the rules. Hauliers and customs agents are facing a steep learning curve too.\n\nThe government said: \"Now the UK has left the EU customs union and Single Market, there are new rules and processes businesses will need to follow.\n\n\"We have encouraged companies new to dealing with customs declarations to appoint a specialist to deal with import and export declarations on their behalf - and we made more than £80m available to expand the capacity of the customs agents market.\"\n\nIt added: \"Most businesses use a specialist such as a customs broker, freight forwarder or fast parcel operator to deal with this.\n\n\"The government will continue to work closely with businesses to ensure they are able to trade effectively under the new rules.\"", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Infection level \"very, very high\" and \"extremely precarious\" - Prof Whitty\n\nThe UK is at an \"extremely precarious\" point, according to the chief medical adviser, despite signs Covid infections are beginning to fall.\n\nThe virus's reproduction rate is estimated to be at or below one for the first time since early December.\n\nAnything below one means the epidemic is shrinking.\n\nBut cases are falling from a \"very, very high level\", Prof Chris Whitty said - and may still be increasing in some areas.\n\n\"A very small change and it could start taking off again from an extremely high base,\" he warned.\n\nSpeaking at a Number 10 press conference on Friday evening, the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said the \"awful\" death rate would stay high \"for a little while before it starts coming down\".\n\n\"That was always what was predicted...and I think the information about the new variant doesn't change that\".\n\nEarly evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, although findings are preliminary and there is a high level of uncertainty.\n\nDr Susan Hopkins at Public Health England said there was \"evidence from some but not all data sources which suggests that the variant of concern which was first detected in the UK may lead to a higher risk of death than the non-variant.\n\n\"Evidence on this variant is still emerging and more work is under way to fully understand how it behaves.\"\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said while the UK's R or reproduction number, might be below one - meaning a shrinking epidemic - overall, \"cases remain dangerously high and...it is essential that everyone continues to stay at home, whether they have had the vaccine or not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggested cases were decreasing slightly or levelling off across Britain.\n\nBut infections are falling more slowly than they did during the first lockdown - by somewhere around a quarter every fortnight compared with a halving back in April.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths were recorded on Friday in the UK.\n\nMore than five million people had been given a first dose of the vaccine by 21 January, and about half a million had received their second dose.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said it is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring.\n\nWhile cases are falling or stable across the rest of the UK, in Northern Ireland cases have continued to rise and the new, more infectious strain has overtaken the older variant of the virus as of the start of January.\n\nDuring the week ending 16 January, about one in 55 people in England had the virus, the ONS estimated, with one in 35 in London testing positive.\n\nOne in 100 people had the virus in Scotland and one in 70 in Wales.\n\nBut in Northern Ireland infections have shot up from an an estimated one in 200 people testing positive in the week to 2 January, to one in 60 last week.\n\nONS statistician Sarah Crofts said while fewer people were testing positive in England, \"rates remain high and we estimate the level of infection is still over one million people\".\n\nAnd, she pointed out, \"the picture across the UK is mixed\".\n\nA survey by tech company ZOE and King's College London, based on swabs of people with and without symptoms, also suggested the R number could be at 0.8.\n\nAnd it estimated symptomatic cases had fallen by a quarter since last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of people testing positive for the new Covid variant has risen considerably in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ONS data suggest.\n\nBut the new strain, which remains by far the main source of infections in England, has yet to overtake the old strain in Scotland and Wales.\n\nWithin England, the proportion of infections that appear to be due to the new variant remained stable, but the gap between the regions is narrowing.\n\nIn the figures covering 2 January, 80% of infections looked like the new variant in London compared to 30% in the North East.\n\nTwo weeks later, that gap had narrowed to 70% in London versus 50% in the North East.\n\nIt is not clear what is behind the small fall in London, but it may be down to behaviour change, or other variants like the South Africa strain now in circulation and diluting the numbers.", "It would be unrealistic to expect all lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland to be lifted on 5 March, Health Minister Robin Swann has said.\n\nOn Thursday, the executive announced that the current restrictions, which have been in place since 26 December, would be extended to 5 March.\n\nBut ministers were also told restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMr Swann said the decision to extend restrictions had not been easy.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme, he said: \"Can I say that'll we'll have to extend them at that point [5 March]? At this time, no I can't.\n\n\"But it would, I think, be unrealistic to think that we'd be able to lift every restriction come that date because we do see where this virus is going, the trajectory it's taking, the large number of positive cases that we are managing but also the large number of hospital admissions that we currently have.\n\nRobin Swann says the decision to extend the restrictions had not been easy\n\n\"There has to be a consideration and planning put into place - we know Covid's going to be with us for a very long time, we also know it will take time for our vaccination process to kick in and have that major effect.\"\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term break but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church and the Methodist Church have all confirmed that in-person worship will continue to be suspended until 5 March in accordance with the executive's decision on the restrictions.\n\nThe churches say there are exceptions for weddings and funerals and private prayer.\n\nTwelve more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland on Friday, taking the overall death toll recorded by the Department of Health to 1,704.\n\nIt is a story that changes not only by the day but by the hour and is dictated by numbers.\n\nNever before have we scrutinised hospital figures so closely, especially this week.\n\nAnd the numbers are important as we know how many intensive care unit (ICU) beds are available across Northern Ireland and potentially how many will be required in the next 24 hours.\n\nOn Wednesday, 33 ICU beds were available - on Friday that dropped to 18.\n\nBut as we enter a difficult 72 hours, there is a feeling that the health system will cope.\n\nA regional approach to the crisis means no hospital is left to shoulder responsibility on its own.\n\nEvery afternoon a call is made about whether an additional \"pod\" - a bay of beds - is required to be opened at the Nightingale facility at Belfast City Hospital.\n\nIf not, it is felt that hospitals can hold their own for another 24 hours.\n\nCoping is good but comes at a terrible cost - keeping a lid on Covid-19 is only possible because so much else within hospitals has been cancelled.\n\nA heavy price has been paid and will continue to be paid for months, possibly years to come.\n\nOn Wednesday it was announced more than 100 medically-trained military personnel would be deployed in Northern Ireland to help hospital staff deal with Covid-19 pressures after a request by Mr Swann.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's Health Committee on Thursday, Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan said: \"My only concern is that they [military personnel] don't get in the way of the real professionals who are doing the work to save lives.\n\n\"This is slamming the dead cat down on the table to deflect attention away from the inadequacies in the health department at the minute.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Swann responded by saying he was \"disappointed and disgusted\" by Mr Sheehan's comments.\n\nHe added: \"The majority of our health service workers are actually welcoming them because this is a tough period of time that we are entering into in the health service.\n\n\"To hear some of the comments where he's actually, I think, criticising the level of delivery that our health service has given over these past 10-12 months, I think is disappointing.\"\n\n\"It wouldn't be the language that would be reflective of his party leadership in regards to the assistance that we're receiving from the Army.\"\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, had previously said her party's priority had \"always been to save lives\" and she would \"never rule out anything that actually supports the health service\".\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster, the DUP leader, said on critics of the move to deploy military medics were putting \"political intolerance before patients\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Swann also said the executive would \"not be found wanting\" in enforcing Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIt came after a district judge said on Wednesday that \"the powers-that-be made a significant error\" in making breaches of some rules punishable only with fines.\n\nDistrict Judge Michael Ranaghan told Dungannon Magistrates' Court he would have remanded two defendants from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in custody if he had \"the power to do so\".\n\nShania Devenney, 21, of Kilmacormick Drive, and Nathan Maguire, 20, of Carnmore Lodge, were charged with contravening the regulations when arrested by police who were alerted to anti-social behaviour.\n\nA police officer told the court there had been repeated parties at Ms Devenney's address this month.\n\nThe judge, granting bail, said: \"I cannot consider remanding in custody as these matters are fine-only.\n\n\"The powers-that-be made a significant error when drafting legislation in making these fine-only offences.\n\n\"Had I the power to do so I would definitely be remanding these two in custody.\"\n\nThe PSNI has issued more than 2,000 Covid-19 fines during the pandemic\n\nThe health minister said the executive had asked people \"to work with us\" and had increased the level of fines.\n\nAsked about the judge's comments about enforcement, Mr Swann said he was \"content enough to raise it with executive colleagues and ask the justice minister to have a look at that\".\n\nMr Swann added that the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland were abiding by the regulations as it is the \"right thing to do\".\n\nOn Tuesday, police revealed that 2,159 penalty notices had been issued during the pandemic, with fines starting at £200.\n\nThere have been 55 failure-to-isolate fines, which incur a £1,000 fine.", "Scottish postie Nathan Evans has quit his job and signed to a record label after storming TikTok with sea shanties.\n\nNathan said the singalong craze for his The Wellerman rendition exploded in just a matter of weeks.\n\nAnd Friday sees an official release of the shanty, after he was picked up by Polydor records.\n\nThe 26-year-old from Airdrie said it goes to show that if you keep going anything can happen.", "Mr Trump was duped by the prankster, Morgan said\n\nDonald Trump was called on Air Force One last year by a prankster posing as Piers Morgan, the TV presenter says.\n\nThe president, as he was at the time, only realised he had been tricked when he phoned the real Morgan while on his way to vote in Florida last year.\n\nThe alleged security breach is said to have happened in October, but only emerged in an interview Morgan gave to the BBC's Americast podcast.\n\nThe two recently had a falling out over Mr Trump's handling of the pandemic.\n\nAsked by the BBC's Jon Sopel why Mr Trump had called Morgan out of the blue this past October, the presenter described \"an absolutely hilarious story, where somebody had called [Trump] pretending to be me the day before and got through to him on Air Force One\".\n\nThe 45th US president didn't realise he had been duped, Morgan said. \"They had a conversation with Trump thinking he was talking to me.\"\n\nIt is not clear who the alleged hoaxers were, but if the story is true President Trump would not be the first political leader to have been pranked.\n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while he was foreign secretary, have both been tricked on the phone in recent years.\n\nBut it would revive long-running questions about the security of President Trump's phone conversations.\n\nMorgan became increasingly critical of Mr Trump in the final months of his presidency\n\nThe BBC has asked the Secret Service for comment.\n\nMorgan was a high-profile tabloid editor in the UK who took over from Larry King with a primetime CNN chat show in 2011. He now presents a breakfast show in the UK.\n\nHe was initially supportive of President Trump after his surprise election win but became increasingly critical in the last 12 months.\n\n\"We had a very nice conversation... I always got on well with Trump,\" Morgan said of their October call, but added that Mr Trump's \"character flaws - the chronic narcissism, the desire to make everything about himself\" made him a \"useless leader\".\n\nOn their friendship, Morgan described Mr Trump's behaviour since the November presidential election as \"egregious\" and \"so obviously on a pathway\" to the Capitol Hill riots on 6 January.\n\n\"I just felt - no, I'm done with you now,\" Morgan said.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The recording of the conversation between Elton John and the man he believed was Vladimir Putin", "Keon Lincoln died after being subjected to \"inconceivable violence\"\n\nA 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked in a residential street by a group of youths \"armed with knives\".\n\nPolice said Keon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road, in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital.\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away, added police, who said they had since seized the vehicle.\n\nA 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in custody.\n\nThe investigation is progressing \"at pace\", according to the West Midlands force, which detained the suspect on Friday morning.\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading a murder inquiry, said Keon died \"in the most violent of circumstances\".\n\nKeon was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nWitnesses who reported the carrying of knives to officers also said shots were heard.\n\nPolice confirmed Keon, who lived locally, was attacked with weapons but did not specify which sort.\n\nThe motive remained unknown said police, who urged those who could identify the attackers to contact the force.\n\n\"We are not sure of all the details at the moment, but we do know that Keon was set upon by this group and suffered a series of serious injuries,\" said Ch Supt Steve Graham, adding that five or six youths were believed to have been involved.\n\nPolice have not disclosed the nature of Keon's injuries. They say they are unable to say how he died before a post-mortem examination takes place.\n\nOfficers are searching Linwood Road after the attack on Thursday afternoon\n\nDet Ch Insp Orencas said: \"The death of Keon has shocked the whole community.\n\n\"This level of violence in broad daylight on a residential street is inconceivable, let alone the fact the target was a 15-year-old boy.\"\n\nHe said the family, who were being supported by specialist officers, \"had the worst shock imaginable\".\n\nIn a statement issued by police, the family said they were \"devastated\" by their loss, and remembered Keon as \"fun-loving\" and \"full of life and love\".\n\nThe tribute added: \"He had an infectious laugh that lit up the room whenever he was in it.\"\n\nPolice have seized a crashed car they believe to be a getaway vehicle\n\nDetectives are examining a white car they believe to be the getaway vehicle which crashed into a house on Wheeler Street.\n\nCCTV footage has been seized and the area is cordoned off while investigations continue.\n\nA resident of Linwood Road, who did not wish to be named, said she was shocked to hear someone had been killed.\n\nShe said: \"We've lived here 45 years and I've never heard of anything like this.\n\n\"It's just shocking and really, really sad.\"\n\nPolice have appealed for dash cam and CCTV footage as they piece together the events of Thursday afternoon\n\nLocal Labour MP, Khalid Mahmood, described the death as \"extremely tragic\" and \"a needless thing to have happened\".\n\nHe said: \"We must work with police as much as we can to stop this happening again.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A coronavirus outbreak at Mavisbank care home has led to the deaths of 13 residents\n\nA total of 13 residents at an East Dunbartonshire care home have died in a Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nThe owners of Mavisbank care home in Bishopbriggs confirmed the deaths and said that a further seven residents had also tested positive for the virus.\n\nAnother 11 staff members were self-isolating following positive tests.\n\nThe Care Inspectorate rated the home in Lennox Crescent as \"weak\" in its Covid-19 response in an inspection last month.\n\nAt the unannounced check on 26 October, inspectors found the cleanliness of the home a \"significant concern\".\n\nIt went on to describe the cleanliness of the environment and the overall fabric of the building as \"poor\".\n\nInspectors said in their report that they were \"very concerned about the potential risk of infection for residents\".\n\nSenior managers responded immediately and maintenance staff were deployed to clean the home.\n\nHowever, the operators were ordered to carry out a deep clean of the facility by 11 November.\n\nMavisbank owners HC-One said they were monitoring the situation closely.\n\nMavisbank was given a rating of \"weak\" in October\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Our thoughts and sympathies are with all families who have lost a loved one from coronavirus.\n\n\"As we navigate this outbreak, we continue to work closely with all the relevant authorities to contain the virus and safeguard our residents.\n\n\"We are pleased that a number of residents have now recovered, and we continue to closely monitor the health and wellbeing of all those affected.\n\n\"This includes following all government guidance in relation to infection prevention and control.\"\n\nResponding to the Care Inspectorate report, the company said the health, safety and wellbeing of its residents and staff was a priority.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"We were disappointed that inspectors found some elements of our robust infection control plan were not being fully implemented and we acted urgently to respond to this feedback. These issues were immediately rectified so that when inspectors returned, they were able to see and approve of the work that had been completed.\n\n\"Senior staff are also supporting the home and our learning and development team are ensuring that all colleagues complete refresher training which includes our specific coronavirus training modules on the virus, enhanced infection control procedures, and the correct use of PPE.\n\n\"These training modules have been regularly updated to reflect all changes in the guidance over recent months.\"\n\nCaroline Sinclair, of East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said, \"We are aware of this very sad situation and have been working with Mavisbank care home to provide a high level of clinical support to residents at this difficult time. Our thoughts are with the families of those who have passed and others affected by their loss.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nMinisters wrestling with how to ensure people with coronavirus obey laws to self-isolate are to consider paying £500 to anyone who tests positive. It's among options drawn up for England by the Department of Health to encourage people to stay at home, amid fears the current support leaves some unable to afford the time away from work. However, Treasury sources say funding a universal payment to the tune of £453m a week is unlikely.\n\nBritish retail sales saw their largest annual fall in history last year as the impact of coronavirus took its toll. Sales fell by 1.9% in 2020, when compared with 2019, official figures show. Clothes shops were hit hard, with a record annual fall of more than 25%. Meanwhile, UK government borrowing hit £34.1bn last month, the highest December figure on record, as the cost of pandemic support weighed on the economy, the Office for National Statistics says.\n\nA Crown Office unit set up to probe Covid-related deaths is investigating cases at 474 care homes in Scotland, ahead of prosecutors' decisions on whether they should be the subject of a fatal accident inquiry or prosecution. Care homes say the investigation is \"disproportionate\". But Linda Duncan, whose 91-year-old mother Anne died last April, argues: \"A lot of the focus has been on the government response but we need this investigation to look at the private operators.\"\n\nHalf of all staff at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders \"don't... feel safe at work\", with about one in every 10 having tested positive since 1 December, according to an Early Years Alliance survey of more than 3,000 staff. Providers in England have been told to remain open to all children during lockdown and the government says under-fives are \"unlikely to be playing a driving role in transmission\".\n\nAs lockdown has forced families apart, grandparents have had to find new ways of keeping in touch with their grandchildren. Annette Landy tells us how reading over video calls to Alicia, eight, and Sadie, two, has made things a little easier.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harry Potter and The Secret Garden have proven to be favourites\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nIf you're struggling to understand why vaccinating the most vulnerable won't immediately end lockdown, health correspondent Nick Triggle explains the reasoning.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The Florence Nightingale Museum announced it would close for the foreseeable future\n\nMuseums and galleries are \"fighting for survival\" amid the current lockdown, a national charity has warned.\n\nThe Art Fund has predicted that small institutions are likely to suffer most and said more help is needed.\n\nSo far, the charity has only been able to help 15% of applicants to its emergency response fund.\n\nEarlier this month, it was announced London's Florence Nightingale Museum is to close for the foreseeable future due to the impact of the pandemic.\n\nThe Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure, according to the Art Fund.\n\nThe charity's director Jenny Waldman said: \"The latest lockdown is a body blow and is leaving our museums and galleries fighting for survival.\n\n\"Smaller museums in particular, which are so vital to their communities, simply do not have the reserves to see them through this winter.\n\nResearch previously conducted by the charity found six in 10 museums, galleries and historic houses were worried about their own survival.\n\n\"Tragically, we are now seeing well-known and much-loved museums facing mothballing or permanent closure,\" Waldman said.\n\nIn November, the charity offered limited edition artworks to members of the public who donated to help coronavirus-hit museums.\n\nSir Anish, Lubaina Himid, David Shrigley and Michael Landy were among the artists who provided their works to the appeal.\n\nArt Fund has renewed its appeal for people to donate to the crowdfunding campaign, which is called Together For Museums.\n\nNew works of art from Howard Hodgkin, Jeremy Deller and Cornelia Parker have been added to the items on offer.\n\nJeremy Deller worked on the 2016 Somme commemoration project featuring 'Ghost Tommies' appearing across UK locations\n\nSir Anish said: \"Museums are where we go to engage with art, witness our psychic history and understand ourselves. Today they face great difficulty.\n\n\"The Art Fund campaign gives us an opportunity to help museums to continue to provide access to all in spite of the difficulties of this time.\"\n\nArt Fund has also announced £750,000 of new grants to help 23 museums respond to the pandemic - taking its total spend so far to £2.25 million.\n\nBut that is only a small proportion of the applications the charity has received, which total over £16 million.\n\nRecipients include the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, for a health and wellbeing project, and Portland Museum, Dorset, for a plan to recreate Rufus Castle digitally.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Spanish player Paula Badosa has revealed that she has the virus\n\nA Spanish tennis player who was among many Australian Open competitors to complain about quarantine rules has revealed she has coronavirus.\n\nPaula Badosa said she had felt unwell with symptoms before testing positive for the virus in Melbourne on Thursday.\n\nBadosa is believed to be the fourth competitor to test positive in hotel quarantine, but is the first to identify herself publicly.\n\nOn Friday, she said \"sorry guys\", adding quarantine rules were \"pivotal\".\n\n\"Please, don't get me wrong. Health will always comes first & I feel grateful for being in Australia,\" tweeted Badosa, who is ranked 67th globally in singles.\n\nThe 23-year-old said she had been taken to a separate hotel in Melbourne to \"self-isolate and be monitored\".\n\n\"I'll try to recover as soon as possible listening to the doctors,\" she said.\n\nVictoria state health authorities said on Wednesday a total of 10 infections had been linked to the event, but a few were \"viral shedding\" cases where the person was not infectious.\n\nMelbourne endured one of the world's longest lockdowns last year and many locals have concerns about the potential Covid risk posed by the tournament.\n\nTennis Australia chartered 15 flights to bring players and their entourages into the country, but three flights had passengers who later tested positive for the virus.\n\nBadosa is one of 72 players who have been confined full-time to their hotel rooms for 14 days - under a state health order - after the infections were discovered. She has already spent seven days in isolation.\n\nPlayers who arrived on flights with no infections are also in quarantine but are allowed five hours of court practice a day.\n\nSeveral players have complained about the impacts to their tennis preparation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Confined players have been training in their hotel rooms\n\nEarlier this week, in a tweet reported by Australian media that has since been deleted, Badosa wrote: \"At the beginning the rule was the positive section of the plane who was with that person had to quarantine. Not the whole plane.\n\n\"Not fair to change the rules at the last moment. And to have to stay in a room with no windows and no air.\"\n\nBut Tennis Australia and state officials have rejected assertions that any rules were changed or not clear ahead of time.\n\n\"We're thinking of you Paula, and hoping you feel better soon,\" the Australian Open's Twitter account replied in a message to Badosa on Friday.\n\nOrganisers have said that despite the infections, the Grand Slam will go ahead on 8 February.", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 15 and 22 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nHot dog: Ann Baldwin thinks it looks warm enough for a swim in this shot looking towards Inchcolm Island and Arthur’s Seat from the sailing club in Dalgety Bay, Fife, 10 minutes before sunrise.\n\nLittle sucker: Tessa McAndrew helped this beautiful octopus back into the water after finding him clinging to driftwood on the beach at Lower Largo.\n\nWindswept: Bad hair day for these trees in the Pentland Hills Regional Park in Edinburgh. Claire Dunbar took this picture during one of the many recent snow dumps in the area.\n\nIntricate web: The sun was making an attempt to defrost this frozen spider web in Colin Sergeant's back garden in Motherwell.\n\nHindsight: David Fox thinks this roe deer fawn that he captured on his camera at Strathbraan in Perthshire will be \"a future Monarch of the Glen\".\n\nTrue snowman: Only Gordon Brandie knows what this Highland fling snowman is wearing under his kilt and peg sporran in Faskally, Perthshire.\n\nStill life: Artistic beauty found when looking through a drainage hole in the Arbroath sea wall.\n\nBlurred lines: Sunrise on top of Falkland Hill in the early hours of the morning, taken by Jordan Moreham.\n\nStick together: Judith McIntyre spotted these wooden friends huddling to keep warm this winter in Kingston, Moray.\n\nHowling wind: Three-year-old Poppy enjoying a very windy afternoon walk on Craiglockhart Hill in Edinburgh with her mum, Sophia Lyons.\n\nCollectivism vs Individualism: Victor Tregubov took this shot of birds in countryside near Glasgow.\n\nStrike a pose: Colin Little on the bank of the River Lossie in Elgin, said: \"This otter posed for a couple of shots before diving under again.\"\n\nBlack and white: Derek Brown took this snowy scene in Stow just outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.\n\nEbb and flow: Michelle Moggach said it was \"Baltic but beautiful\" at Aberdeen Beach while she gazed at the sea.\n\nAlan Kemp said about 100 fieldfares descended on his pink berry Rowan trees in Murthly, Perthshire and devoured the lot in one sitting.\n\nMindfulness: Shirley Faichney captured a zen moment during a recent sunrise at West Wemyss beach in Fife.\n\nBridge to nowhere: Rachel Abbie was left puzzled as to where her walk was leading at Belhaven Beach in Dunbar.\n\nWinter wonderland: The path for Ross McKellar looks bright in High Blantyre in Glasgow.\n\nAutumn meets winter: Agnes Neal observed a sole woman walking through this peaceful scene in Queen's Park in Glasgow.\n\nSquirrel Nutkin: David Doogan loves it when this bushy-tailed friend joins him for a picnic in his garden in Glencoe, Argyll.\n\nTop of the world: ...well it was for Katie Gillingham and her friends on Goatfell on the Isle of Arran this week.\n\nEthereal moonlight: Arletta Babicz thought there was a \"magical vibe\" when he took this shot of the most photographed tree in Scotland at Loch Lomond.\n\nFollow the herd: Christopher Barrow thought it was funny when this flock of sheep kept following him while he was out skiing in Almondbank, Perthshire.\n\nPillars of the community: Poll nan Crann pier, known locally as Stinky Bay due to the large amount of seaweed blown onto the beach by storms which then rots in the sun. Seonaidh MacInnes took this picture at night on the Isle of Benbecula.\n\nRising above the herd: Jim Clark thought this beast could have been thinking outside the box when he captured this shot at Glanderston Dam, Barrhead.\n\nVirgin powder: Dan Price-Davies enjoyed Alpine conditions at Clashindarroch Forest while Nordic skiing with his son, Lestin, this week.\n\nCloud inversion: Steve Mitchell took in this stunning view overlooking a snowy drystone dyke at the top of the Cairn o' Mount (B974) road between Banchory and Fettercairn.\n\nWinter Washingland: Louise Harper took this picture of colourful plastic pegs with no job to do during heavy snow in Motherwell.\n\nThe Night Walker: Tamar Lewis thought there was an eerie glow in the sky as she took an evening stroll through Pollok Country Park.\n\nStripped bare: This dead-looking tree brings life to Dave Cullen's picture of the Cramond landscape in Edinburgh.\n\nDuck down: All but one mallard enjoying the food thrown to them at St Fillans in the snow, taken by Kenn Begley.\n\nWinter coat: Glen Tanar cleansed in white, near the summit of Baudy Meg in Aberdeenshire, taken by Neil Marchant.\n\nFyrish sunrise: It's as if Sir Hector Munro ordered his monument to be put in the best light possible for Laura Steel who took this picture in Evanton near Alness.\n\nSun and shadows: Michal Markowski took this eye-catching picture in West Linton using a drone.\n\nHair ice: Jane Tweedie noticed this rare phenomenon while out walking at Craigellachie, Moray. It is also known as ice wool or frost beard and is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair.\n\nUdderly mootiful: Izabela Bodzioch took this picture of cows admiring the view of Ben Cruachan covered in snow.\n\nIce bath: Jan Overmeer said he changed his mind about going for a swim in Loch Carron when he was greeted by this frozen scene.\n\nJack Frost: Graeme Mackay was mesmerised by the patterns Mother Nature had made on the sunroof of his car in Aberdeen.\n\nSwan Lake: Bob Smart captured the sheer power and might of this magnificent bird at Townhill Loch in Fife.\n\nFine sunset: James MacArthur captured the fresh breath of brightness burning the last corner of Loch Fyne as the sun dropped below the skyline.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Guests fled when officers arrived at the Stamford Hill school, where the windows had been covered\n\nPolice broke up a wedding party in north London, where they now say about 150 people had gathered.\n\nOfficers found the windows at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, in Stamford Hill, had been covered when they arrived at 21:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nGuests fled from the strictly Orthodox Charedi Jewish school when the police arrived. The organisers face a £10,000 fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nThe Met originally claimed that about 400 guests were at the gathering.\n\nIn a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out.\n\nA spokesman for the school, whose principal Rabbi Avrahom Pinter died in April after contracting coronavirus, said \"we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place\".\n\nHe added: \"We are absolutely horrified about last night's event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nBoris Johnson supports the police for \"taking action against people who flagrantly and selfishly ignore the rules\", according to the prime minister's official spokesman.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"Large gatherings such as that pose a health risk, not just to those who attend but those who they live with or others who they may come into contact with.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, meanwhile, said the \"overwhelming majority\" of the Jewish community would be appalled at the event.\n\nRabbi Mirvis, who serves as the head of the UK's orthodox Jewish community but is not the leader of the Charedi group, called the wedding party \"a most shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".\n\nFive guests were issued with £200 fixed penalty notices, according to police, who said their inquiries had established those present at the school had gathered for a wedding.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A video shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill\n\nVideo shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill speaking with a man to explain why they are there, although he is not accused of any wrongdoing.\n\nThey are then seen arriving at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nDet Ch Sup Marcus Barnett of the Met Police said: \"This was a completely unacceptable breach of the law.\n\n\"People across the country are making sacrifices by cancelling or postponing weddings and other celebrations and there is no excuse for this type of behaviour.\n\n\"My officers are working tirelessly with the community and we will not hesitate to take enforcement action if that is required to keep people safe.\"\n\nOn Friday morning, a security guard at the school told the BBC there were more like 100 guests at the party than the much higher number given out by police.\n\nThe Met later said in a statement: \"Although initial calls suggested some 400 people had attended the wedding, it is now believed that approximately 150 people were in attendance.\"\n\nStamford Hill is part of the borough of Hackney, which has a Covid-19 infection rate of 625.43 cases per 100,000 people. The England average rate is 471.31 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, said he was \"deeply disappointed\" that the wedding party had taken place, despite \"the number of lives that have already been lost in the Charedi community and across the borough\".\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately, similar events have taken place even at this venue before and we need to be really clear how unacceptable it is.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the Rabbinate and our community partners over the coming days to see how we can prevent further incidents of this nature.\"\n\nLondon is under an England-wide lockdown, which prevents social mixing between households.\n\nLondoners are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance, or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nDo you have any information to share about this incident? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There are no plans to pay everyone in England who tests positive for Covid £500 to self-isolate, No 10 has said.\n\nThe PM's official spokesman said there was already a £500 payment available for those on low incomes who could not work from home and had to isolate.\n\nA universal £500 payment was among suggestions in a leaked Department of Health document.\n\nThere are fears the current financial support is not working because low paid workers cannot afford to self-isolate.\n\nBut a senior government source said the idea of extending the £500 payments to everyone who tests positive had been drawn up by officials and had not been considered by the prime minister.\n\nBBC Newsnight's Katie Razzall said ministers were aware self-isolation was crucial for stopping the spread of coronavirus and the \"options paper\" had been drawn up by civil servants at the Department of Health.\n\nShe said it would be discussed soon by the Covid operations committee chaired by Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove, adding the move suggested there was an admission in government that too many people were not staying at home and a decision needed to be made quickly.\n\nThe story was first reported by the Guardian which said the options paper suggested the proposal could cost up to £453m per week - 12 times the cost of the current payouts.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice told the BBC he had not seen the leaked document but said the issue of financial support for people self-isolating was \"always kept under review\".\n\n\"We've got to consider all sorts of policies in order to make sure that people abide by the rules, are able to abide by the rules and we get the infection rate down,\" he said.\n\nBut the prime minister's official spokesman denied the government was planning to introduce the new payment, telling reporters: \"We've given local authorities £70m for the scheme and they are able to provide extra payments on top of those £500 if they think it necessary.\n\n\"That £500 is on top of any other benefits and statutory sick pay that people are eligible for.\"\n\nAsked about document, the spokesman said he would not comment on a leaked paper.\n\nIt's impossible to say exactly what proportion of people stay at home for the full 10 days after being in contact with someone who has tested positive, however some evidence suggests the minority of people do.\n\nA government-backed study from September 2020 suggests that just 10.9% of people remained indoors for the full time.\n\nLabour has often cited this report when arguing that people cannot afford to miss work, but a closer look at it suggests that, of those who break the rules, just 8.9% do \"to go to work\".\n\nMost people reported going out for things like shopping or exercise, but also because they didn't think they needed to quarantine as they didn't develop symptoms.\n\nThis research is quite old (done before self-isolation grants came in) and has a relatively small sample size of just 400 people.\n\nHowever, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has also highlighted research that shows that most people don't completely follow the rules.\n\nThis research also suggests that those on lower incomes felt they were three times less able to self-isolate than those better off.\n\nBBC political correspondent Ben Wright said there was concern in government about the huge cost of the proposal for the Treasury.\n\nHowever, he said the issue of financial incentives and trying to get people to self-isolate was clearly a live discussion within government.\n\nIt became a legal requirement last September for anyone in England testing positive for coronavirus to self-isolate.\n\nThe £500 grant already available in England is funded by the government but administered by local authorities.\n\nThe same level of payment is available in Scotland and Wales with similar conditions attached. Northern Ireland offers a discretionary self-isolation grant that covers expenses, such as the cost of groceries.\n\nThere is a list of specific criteria applicants must meet for the grant, but those who do not qualify for this payment and who are on a low income or may face financial hardship as a result of self-isolating can apply for a discretionary payment.\n\nHowever, there have been high rejection rates for this discretionary grant in England, figures obtained by Labour and reported by the BBC this week suggest.\n\nBetween October and December last year, three-quarters of the 49,877 applications were rejected, the data showed.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish government would welcome the introduction of a £500 payment, as the additional funds it would generate for Scotland could allow for a similar scheme to be set up.\n\nSpeaking at her regular coronavirus briefing, she said: \"We will see whether that transpires or not, but any extra resources for self-isolation we would use to support self-isolation.\"\n\nProf Susan Michie, an adviser on the government's Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme just 18% of people with symptoms were self-isolating for the full 10 days they were meant to.\n\nShe said financial support currently offered to people having to self-isolate was a \"key weakness\" of the government's pandemic strategy.\n\nSharon, a cleaner from Kent, told the BBC if no money were to come in for two weeks she would not be able to afford to self-isolate.\n\n\"I have a mortgage to pay,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't even afford to heat my property at the moment because my wages were cut and that £500 payment would make all the difference. I would be able to self-isolate.\n\n\"It wouldn't be enough money, but it would help.\"\n\nThe DoH said it would not comment on a leaked paper but stressed it was incumbent on everyone to help protect the NHS by staying at home and following the rules at \"one of the toughest moments of this pandemic\".\n\nA spokesman said £50m was invested at the time the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme launched and it was providing a further £20m to help support people on low incomes who need to self-isolate.\n\nPeople who have tested positive for coronavirus and those considered at risk of having been exposed to it must self-isolate.\n\nOther legal obligations to self-isolate in the UK include:\n\nWould £500 be enough to help you to self-isolate? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nFour men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.\n\nThe migrants died \"excruciatingly painful\" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said.\n\nRonan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, played \"leading roles\" in the smuggling conspiracy and were jailed for 20 and 27 years respectively.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter.\n\n[Left to right] Eamonn Harrison, Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica and Maurice Robinson were all jailed for manslaughter\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, who towed the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before their journey to the UK, was sentenced to 18 years.\n\nMaurice Robinson, 26, was given 13 years and four months, having collected the trailer and opened it in an industrial estate to find the migrants dead.\n\nThree others members of the people-smuggling gang were also sentenced for conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration.\n\nChristopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, was jailed for seven years; Valentin Calota, 38, of Birmingham, for four-and-a-half years; and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, was given a three-year sentence.\n\n[Left to right] Valentin Calota, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga and Christopher Kennedy were also sentenced on Friday\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney said: \"I have no doubt that the conspiracy was a sophisticated, long-running and profitable one to smuggle mainly Vietnamese people across the channel.\"\n\nHe said on the fatal trip the temperature had been rising along with the carbon dioxide levels throughout, hitting 40C (104F) while the container was at sea on 22 October 2019.\n\n\"There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container,\" the judge said.\n\n\"All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK\n\nThe victims had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nThe court heard some of their final desperate phone messages, including one where a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nJustice Sweeney added: \"The willingness of the victims to try and enter the country illegally provides no excuse for what happened to them.\"\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October 2019\n\nDuring the trial, jurors were given a snapshot of the victims - who included a bricklayer, a university graduate and a nail bar technician - and their dreams of a better life.\n\nMany of their families borrowed heavily to fund their passage, relying on their potential future earnings once they got into the UK.\n\nThe father of Nguyen Huy Tung, one of two 15-year-olds in the container, later learned of his son's death via social media.\n\nHarrison, of Newry, County Down, claimed he did not know there were people in the trailer when he towed it to the Belgian port, and that he watched \"a wee bit of Netflix\" in bed as they were loaded on.\n\nAfter receiving this message from his boss, Robinson got out of his cab, opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies\n\nRobinson, from County Armagh, collected the trailer when it arrived on UK shores just after midnight on 23 October.\n\nHis boss, Hughes, had messaged him: \"Give them air quickly don't let them out.\"\n\nRobinson gave a thumbs-up in reply. When Robinson stopped on a nearby industrial estate, he found that the migrants were all dead.\n\nHis barrister said Robinson, who admitted manslaughter, being part of the trafficking plot and money laundering, was \"horrified by what he saw\".\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nThe trial examined three smuggling attempts by the gang - two that were successful on 11 and 18 October, and the final trip on 23 October.\n\nOn all three runs, Nica, of Basildon, Essex, had arranged cars and a van to transport the migrants at the UK end.\n\nWhen Robinson discovered the bodies, there was a series of telephone conversations between him and Nica and Hughes, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, before the driver eventually dialled 999.\n\nIn his evidence, Nica said Robinson told him: \"I have a problem here - dead bodies in the trailer.\"\n\nWhile Hughes admitted manslaughter, both Nica and Harrison were convicted by a jury.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney said that in the conspiracy \"two played leading roles, namely - in order of importance - Hughes and Nica\".\n\nHe accepted Hughes was \"not at the very top of the conspiracy\" but said his role was \"pivotal... in that he ran a haulage business and supplied the trailers and drivers used to transport the migrants\".\n\nThe judge said Nica \"recruited and paid the drivers whose job it was to collect the migrants when they reached the drop-off site in this country and to drive them to the safe house(s) where they were to be held until payment\".\n\nHe added at the top of the conspiracy was a Vietnamese man called \"Fong\", who was based in London.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney told the defendants jailed for manslaughter they would serve two-thirds of the term in custody, instead of the usual half.\n\nEarlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. It was accepted he was not a member of the organised crime group behind the smuggling operation.\n\nDet Ch Insp Daniel Stoten said: \"May this serve as a warning to those who think it's OK to prey on the vulnerabilities of migrants and their families, transporting them in a way worse than we would transport animals.\n\n\"My message to you is that we will find you and we will stop you.\"\n\nHe said the victims died in an \"unimaginable way, because of the utter greed of these criminals\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last summer's A level results prompted an outcry from students - leading to an independent review\n\nThere was a \"significant failure\" in the way exam bodies in Wales handled awarding student grades in 2020, a report says.\n\nThe independent review found there was \"too much confidence\" in statistical models, and the appeals process in place was inadequate.\n\nQualifications Wales (QW) said it had learnt many lessons and WJEC exam board will look \"in detail\" at the findings.\n\nTeaching union UCAC described the report's findings as \"scathing\".\n\nIts release comes after it was announced this week that teachers will make 2021 grade assessments\n\nThe review was ordered by the Welsh Government following the outcry over initial examination results awarded in August for A-level students.\n\nThe assessment approach resulted in a \"significant breakdown\" in trust, says the review\n\nIn the weeks after the coronavirus pandemic took hold, formal external exams in Wales were scrapped, with schools asked to provide grade assessments for sixth-form and GCSE pupils.\n\nHowever, it later emerged 42% of the A-level grades were lower than those submitted by teachers.\n\nIn her foreword the report panel's chairwoman Louise Casella, said substantial numbers of young people across Wales \"were left feeling bewildered and distressed as they received A level results that bore no relation to their expectation and their abilities\".\n\nThe result decision was reversed, and school's predicted grades reinstated, but not before \"some learners lost their university place and some were not able to progress as planned in 2020\", noted Ms Casella, who is also director of The Open University in Wales.\n\nThe review found that QW and the WJEC board would have known the \"scale of the outliers\" and had \"an insight\" into the likely number of appeals.\n\nBut the bodies failed to fully test \"alternative routes or approaches\" to the statistical models they used to standardise results.\n\nThe review added it was \"surprising\" QW did not explore additional safeguards, after having being previously warned about, and acknowledging that there were potential problems with the statistical process.\n\nThe report said it could not find evidence either WJEC or QW \"acknowledged, accepted or anticipated the scale of the issues\" nor the risk of unfairness to learners, and that it considered this a \"significant failure\".\n\nThe approach last summer had resulted in a \"significant breakdown\" in trust between the teaching profession and the regulator and examining body, added the report authors.\n\nIt said fairness must now be central to planning for 2021, avoiding automated algorithms to predict individual grades, and developing an appeals process.\n\nDelivering the report, the review panel chair added: \"There is now a real opportunity for the education sector of Wales to come together to develop and deliver a qualifications system that puts learners at its heart, not only for the cohort facing qualifications in 2021, but for the longer term.\"\n\nQW said the review had \"some useful findings and recommendations that we are already addressing\".\n\nChair David Jones and Chief Executive Philip Baker said: \"We would have welcomed greater engagement with the review panel so there was full consideration of all the issues.\"\n\nChief Executive of WJEC Ian Morgan, said he was \"disappointed with some aspects of the report\" but the exam board would \"look in detail at the findings to identify areas where we need to take action to continuously improve as an organisation.\"\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has already said teachers will assess grades in 2021\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has welcomed the report and how it would help drive how students are graded by teachers and schools this summer.\n\n\"It is my sincere hope and expectation that our education system can continue to work together to support the progression of our learners in exam years, both through the delivery of these assessment arrangements and through a wider package of support,\" she said.\n\nUCAC Deputy General Secretary Rebecca Williams, said the report supported its call for external moderation of grades, to improve fairness to students.\n\n\"There are longer-term recommendations, including the need to be more ambitious in terms of reform of qualifications and assessment in relation to the new curriculum, and we look forward to discussing these over the coming months,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says police have her \"absolute backing\" to enforce coronavirus restrictions\n\nFines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people will be introduced in England from next week, under new Covid measures.\n\nThese will double for each repeat offence to a maximum of £6,400.\n\nAt a No 10 news conference, Home Secretary Priti Patel said there remained a \"small minority that refuse to do the right thing\".\n\n\"To them my message is clear. If you don't follow rules then the police will enforce them,\" she said.\n\nCurrently in England the fine for those attending illegal indoor gatherings stands at £200 - or £100 if paid early.\n\nFines of up to £10,000 for holding large illegal gatherings of more than 30 people will still only apply to the organisers.\n\nPolice will continue to follow the strategy of engaging with the public, explaining the rules and encouraging compliance, but the Home Office has warned that in severe breaches of lockdown rules, offenders should expect to receive a fine.\n\nMs Patel said the government would \"not stand by while a small number of individuals put others at risk\".\n\nShe was joined at the briefing by NHS England regional medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar, who compared breaking the rules to turning on a light in the middle of a blackout during the Blitz.\n\n\"It doesn't just put you at risk in your house, it puts your whole street and the whole of your community at risk,\" he said.\n\nWelcoming the fines announcement, Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said large gatherings were \"dangerous, irresponsible, and totally unacceptable\".\n\nHe added: \"I hope that the likelihood of an increased fine acts as a disincentive for those people who are thinking of attending or organising such events.\"\n\nOfficial figures will be released next week showing how many fines have been given out since the start of this latest national lockdown, Mr Hewitt said.\n\nHowever, he stressed that \"forces are telling us there has been a significant increase\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"That's reflecting the fact that we've had more officers out on dedicated patrols taking targeted action against those small few who are letting everybody down,\" he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Hewitt, three police officers were injured in Brick Lane, east London, last week, after more than 40 people were found cramped indoors at a house party.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 150 people were found at a party in Hertfordshire, complete with music equipment including mixing decks and amplifiers, and another officer was injured.\n\nHe said forces in England had issued 250 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to people organising large gatherings between late August, when regulations were introduced, and 17 January.\n\nIn some other recent examples of lockdown breaches:\n\nThe latest fines announcement comes after figures showed that assaults on emergency workers made up more than a quarter of Covid-related crimes prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there were 1,688 such offences between 1 April and 30 September in England and Wales.\n\nThey were among almost 6,500 crimes related to coronavirus in that period.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome 1,137 charges were brought for breaking coronavirus laws, according to the figures published by the CPS - which cover completed prosecutions.\n\nOn Thursday, it was reported that another 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, bringing the total to 94,580.\n\nAnd a further 37,892 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 3,543,646.\n• None What powers do police have?", "Cyber criminals who stole thousands of digital files belonging to environmental regulator Sepa have published them on the internet.\n\nThe public body had about 1.2GB of data stolen from its digital systems on Christmas Eve.\n\nSepa rejected a ransom demand for the attack, which has been claimed by the international Conti ransomware group.\n\nContracts, strategy documents and databases are among the 4,000 files released.\n\nThe data has been put on the dark web - a part of the internet associated with criminality and only accessible through specialised software.\n\nSepa chief executive Terry A'Hearn said: \"We've been clear that we won't use public finance to pay serious and organised criminals intent on disrupting public services and extorting public funds.\n\n\"We have made our legal obligations and duty of care on the sensitive handling of data a high priority and, following Police Scotland advice, are confirming that data stolen has been illegally published online.\n\n\"We're working quickly with multi-agency partners to recover and analyse data then, as identifications are confirmed, contact and support affected organisations and individuals.\"\n\nThe attack locked Sepa's emails and contacts centre but Sepa said \"priority regulatory, monitoring, flood forecasting and warning services were continuing to adapt and operate\".\n\nSepa said the theft was the equivalent to a fraction of the contents of an average laptop hard drive.\n\nSepa chief executive Terry A'Hearn said the organisation had faced a \"significant and sophisticated cyber-attack\"\n\nSome of the information stolen was already publicly available but other files included data about staff and suppliers was not.\n\nWhere information has been identified to date, staff have been contacted and are being supported.\n\nBrett Callow, of cyber security company Emsisoft, has been tracking the Sepa ransomware attack.\n\nHe said: \"Conti may well be the work of the same people behind another type of ransomware called Ryuk.\n\n\"There are similarities in the code, ransom note and attack mechanisms.\n\n\"When the complete haul of data is posted like this, it usually means the group has given up hope of being able to extract payment from the victim of monetise the data in other ways.\n\n\"It's a loss for them. At this point, they've lost all leverage and the action is intended to serve as a warning to future victims.\"\n\nDet Insp Michael McCullagh, of Police Scotland's cybercrime investigations unit, said: \"This remains an ongoing investigation.\n\n\"Inquiries remain at an early stage and continue to progress including deployment of specialist cybercrime resources to support this response.\"\n\nThe authorities will be pleased.\n\nIt looks like Sepa decided not to play ball with the cyber criminals.\n\nRansomware is a scourge that is costing organisations billions of pounds and every time a victim pays, it fuels further attacks.\n\nSadly for Sepa this is far from over.\n\nBy the looks of the stash of files that the hackers stole and encrypted, Sepa will have months of work ahead to try to recover important documents and spreadsheets from backups and rebuild their records.\n\nIt's also telling that, according to the hackers website, almost 1,000 people have so far looked at the documents.\n\nWho knows what other criminals or hackers are poring over the files right now.\n\nMaking the documents open to all means that information can be extracted to potentially be used against Sepa in further attacks or extortion attempts.\n\nIt will be months, perhaps even years until the organisation can say it is safe once more and can put this cyber attack behind it.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: It's too early to give a lockdown end date\n\nIt is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nOnce the four priority groups have been vaccinated, by mid-February, \"we'll look then at how we're doing,\" he said.\n\nNearly two million people in the UK have had their first dose of vaccine in the past week, government figures show.\n\nScientist Marc Baguelin, who advises the government, has said restaurants and bars should not reopen before May.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he \"certainly hopes\" schools in England can fully reopen before Easter, while Downing Street refused to be drawn on whether this would happen by then.\n\nA further 1,290 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test and there have been another 37,892 cases, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnd almost five million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nSpeaking after a study suggested infections might have increased at the start of the latest lockdown in England, Mr Johnson said it was \"absolutely crucial\" that people observed the restrictions.\n\nReferring to figures from the Imperial College London survey, he said they showed the new variant of the virus was \"not more deadly but it is much more contagious and the numbers are very great\".\n\nFigures published by Public Health England show cases - meaning people who come forward to get tested while they are infected - have fallen across England since early January.\n\nWith the two sets of figures pointing in different directions, it will be some time before it is known for sure how long it will take for lockdown to relieve the pressure on hospitals.\n\nDr Baguelin, from Imperial College, who sits on a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said the premature opening of the hospitality sector would lead to a \"bump\" in Covid-19 cases.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme even a partial reopening would generate \"an increase in the R number\". An R number above one means the epidemic is growing.\n\n\"Something of this scale, if it was to happen earlier than May, would generate a bump in transmission, which is already really bad,\" he said.\n\n\"So you have a lot of pressure on hospitals, you will have another wave of some extent. At best you will keep on having very, very unsustainable level of pressure on the NHS.\"\n\nNHS England figures show one in 10 major hospital trusts had no spare adult critical care beds last week.\n\nThis is a debate that is going to start to dominate public discourse.\n\nWith the vaccination programme under way, there is huge clamour to know what will happen once the most vulnerable are vaccinated, by mid-February.\n\nThe problem is there are still so many unknowns.\n\nFirstly, it is hard to predict by how much lockdown will have reduced infection levels, considering there is a new faster-spreading variant to deal with.\n\nThe level of uptake will also be crucial. Surveys suggest as many as one in five may not have the vaccine - although the older, more vulnerable groups tend to be the most willing to be vaccinated.\n\nAnd the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective means come February there could still be significant numbers of very vulnerable people who are not protected.\n\nAnother factor is whether the vaccine stops transmissions - so-called sterilising vaccination.\n\nTrials have shown the vaccines are good at stopping symptoms developing. But that does not mean someone who has received a jab will not pass on the virus.\n\nIf it does not, that, of course, has implications on how many control measures have to be kept in place. It will take us at least until spring to know the answer to this.\n\nAt this stage, it seems hard to see much beyond the possible reopening of schools come March.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was an \"impossible question\" to ask how long the lockdown would need to last.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be extended until 5 March, BBC News understands.\n\nIn Scotland, lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nAnd in Wales health minister Vaughan Gething has said no \"significant easing\" of Wales' Covid restrictions should be expected when the current guidelines are reviewed this month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir added that the coronavirus vaccines were \"really good news\" but \"should not mask the fact that we have still got a very serious problem\".\n\nThe government is aiming to offer a vaccine to all over-70s, the extremely clinical vulnerable and health and care workers by mid-February.\n\nSixty-five new vaccination centres are opening in England, including a mosque in Birmingham and a cinema in Aylesbury.", "Paddy McElhone was shot in the back by a soldier in 1974\n\nThe shooting dead of a man by the Army in County Tyrone in August 1974 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.\n\nPaddy McElhone, 24, a farmer, was shot in the back near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy.\n\nAn inquest heard the shot was fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.\n\nJudge Siobhan Keegan said Mr McElhone was an \"innocent man shot in cold blood without warning when he was no threat to anyone\".\n\nThe soldier, now deceased, had been cleared of murder but the circumstances were re-examined in a new inquest ordered by the Attorney General.\n\nPaddy McElhone's family said he was killed without justification, explanation or apology\n\nAfterwards, a statement issued by the McElhone family said it had been a \"very long road\" to reach Thursday's ruling and that the truth \"has been heard\".\n\nIt reads: \"Our family always knew that Paddy was an innocent young man, taken from his home and shot by a British soldier for no reason.\"\n\nEvidence presented to the inquest found Mr McElhone was not on any list associated with the IRA and was an innocent man from a humble background.\n\nThe family said Mr McElhone's parents \"went to their graves broken-hearted knowing that their innocent son had been killed, without justification, explanation or apology\".\n\n\"We feel that, today, Judge Keenan at this inquest has, at long last, exonerated Paddy in full,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"As a family we can grieve Paddy, and respect his memory as an innocent young man.\"\n\nThe inquest into Mr McElhone's death was the first in a series of coroners' investigations into deaths associated with Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nIt was held in Omagh courthouse in County Tyrone.", "Some 320 of the UK's most dangerous child sex offenders have been arrested since the first coronavirus lockdown, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.\n\nInvestigators have been focusing on tracking down offenders who operate online.\n\nThe operation led to a total of 4,760 arrests and 6,500 children safeguarded between April and September last year.\n\nMeanwhile, the Home Office has launched a strategy to collect detailed data about child grooming gangs.\n\nThe Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy aims to identify and convict offenders who operate in groups by gathering more information about their characteristics, including ethnicity.\n\nIt also involves investing in the national child abuse image database to identify offenders more quickly, protecting police from frequently being exposed to indecent images, and enabling parents to ask officers if someone with access to their child is known to them for cases of abuse.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said some who had suffered child sexual abuse had told her they felt \"let down by the state\", and insisted she was \"determined to put this right\".\n\nRob Jones, an NCA director, welcomed the initiative \"at a time when the threat to children is more severe than it has ever been\", highlighting that last year there were at least 300,000 people posing a sexual threat to children in the UK.\n\nHe said the NCA was focusing on the most dangerous offenders \"as part of the whole system approach\".\n\n\"Many feel they can operate with impunity online - using anonymisation techniques, secure accounts and the dark web - but as we have shown with this operation they are wrong and we have the capabilities to track them down,\" he said.\n\nMr Jones added: \"These are not just images or videos being viewed online.\n\n\"What we are uncovering here is evidence of the horrific, real-world sexual abuse of children.\"\n\nOut of the 320 arrested as part of the NCA's operation targeting the UK's most dangerous child sex offenders, 122 were targeted by NCA officers.\n\nSeventeen were in positions of trust, including a volunteer with the Scouts, church youth group leaders, a social worker, primary school and college teachers, a hospital care assistant, a police officer, and a civil servant.\n\nIn the year ending March 2020 the NCA and UK policing made 7,212 arrests and safeguarded and protected 8,329 children. This was a 50% increase in arrests and a 10% increase in safeguards compared with the year ending March 2019.\n\nMs Patel said that the national strategy would tackle and respond to \"all forms of child sexual abuse, relentlessly going after abusers, whilst better protecting victims and survivors\".\n\nShe added: \"Crucially, it contains a commitment to collect higher quality data on the characteristics of offenders, so that the government can build a fuller picture of perpetrators, and tackle the abuse that has blighted many towns and cities across our country.\"\n\nThe government has pledged to support local authorities' responses to exploitation through funding for The Children's Society's Prevention Programme initiative, which has so far trained 13,363 professionals to spot signs of child abuse.\n\nThrough the Online Safety Bill, the Home Office has also said it will ensure technology companies are held to account for harmful content on their sites.\n\nThe Children's Society's chief executive, Mark Russell, has described the strategy as a \"golden opportunity to improve support for child victims of horrific crimes and send a clear signal that child sexual abuse and exploitation are crimes that will not be tolerated\".\n\nThe scheme was also welcomed by GCHQ and charity NSPCC, which said it has received more than 40 calls a day about child sexual abuse since the pandemic began.\n\nGCHQ's director of serious and organised crime said: \"Our work to tackle systemic internet problems, the insight we provide into offender behaviour and our efforts alongside law enforcement to identify and pursue the worst offenders will help to ensure there is no safe space online for these people to operate.\"\n\nNSPCC chief executive Sir Peter Wanless said it \"rightly puts the emphasis on early intervention and action across government but added it \"must be backed up with serious investment in support for victims\" - and that children were still being exposed to abuse from teachers and social workers.\n\nSir Peter said: \"It's crucial that no young person is left unprotected which is why it's disappointing the government has not committed to closing the legal loophole that enables some adults to abuse their position of power to have sexual contact with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care.\"", "CCTV footage has been released of the moment a fire took hold in a hotel after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard.\n\nSimon Midgley and his partner Richard Dyson died in the fire at Cameron House next to Loch Lomond in December 2017.\n\nCameron House admitted charges under the Fire Scotland Act of failing to take fire safety measures.\n\nChristopher O'Malley, who put the bag in the cupboard, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nNon-league Chorley were unable to emulate the heroes from 1986 by causing an FA Cup sensation against Wolves - but the National League North side came away with all the credit from their fourth-round tie at Victory Park.\n\nVitinha's superb 30-yard shot after 12 minutes proved enough to secure an all-Premier League tie against Arsenal or Southampton at Molineux in the fifth round.\n\nBut Nuno Espirito Santo's side were less than impressive against their part-time opponents.\n\nChorley had the first shot of the match through Elliot Newby, and after Vitinha had struck his first Wolves goal with the visitors' only shot on target, it was the hosts who had the best chances.\n\nCrucially, they also pocketed around £120,000 in prize money, plus TV fees, to sustain them through what could be a difficult period after their league was suspended for two weeks amid funding concerns earlier in the day.\n\n\"If you are going to lose, I would prefer to lose to a goal like that than a scruffy goal,\" said Chorley boss Jamie Vermiglio.\n\n\"I am proud of what we have done for our community, my kids at school will remember that their head teacher got this far in the FA Cup. Hopefully it can inspire some of them.\n\n\"We are approaching up to half a million [in earnings from the cup run], we have people who are isolating, and those players have given them a little bit of happiness.\n\n\"If it is 2-0 or 3-0 at half-time the game is done and people are turning their TVs off. That did not happen. I felt we were in the game. Every player was outstanding.\"\n• None How to follow FA Cup fourth round on the BBC\n\nIf this does end up being Chorley's last game of the season, it is one they will remember for some time, not only for the action on the pitch but also for the huge volley of fireworks that went off behind the main stand minutes into the contest.\n\nFor visiting Wolves, it was a step into the unknown. Their starting line-up got changed in the away dressing room, while their substitutes - European Championship winner Rui Patricio and Spain international Adama Traore among them - readied themselves in a sponsors' lounge.\n\nSeemingly those starting the game on the bench got the better deal.\n\nWolves boss Nuno paid Chorley the compliment of picking a strong starting line-up, including £35.6m record signing Fabio Silva and England international Conor Coady.\n\nAnd had this match been played in more imposing surroundings, it could have been mistaken for one of those Premier League games where one side sits back, challenges the opposition to break them down and then hits them on the counter.\n\nWolves' return of 76% possession and one shot on target, set against Chorley's five shots on target, suggests home manager Vermiglio got his tactics spot on.\n\nIndeed, had Andy Halls, a personal trainer by day, not had his goal-bound header tipped over by John Ruddy after an hour, Chorley might have forced a different outcome.\n\n\"The scene was set for us to lose this game,\" said Nuno. \"John Ruddy did his job, everybody knows his quality. He helped us to win the game.\"\n\nIt was nevertheless a typically English FA Cup tie, enlivened by Vermiglio yelling \"nothing wrong with that\" when two Wolves players went down under agricultural challenges, and then laughing in Traore's face amid a brief skirmish.\n\nIt was fantastic knockabout stuff. Sadly, the enduring disappointment was that other than staff, media and stewards, no-one was there in person to witness it.\n• None Wolves have reached the FA Cup fifth round in three of the last five seasons, as many as in the 21 seasons prior to this.\n• None Premier League teams have progressed from 45 of their 47 FA Cup ties against non-league teams (96%), with only Norwich vs Luton in 2013 and Burnley vs Lincoln in 2017 failing to progress.\n• None Separated by 120 years and 362 days, Chorley have lost both of their FA Cup games against top-flight opponents, losing against Notts County in January 1900 and Wolves.\n• None Vitinha became the 32nd different Wolves player to score a goal for Nuno Espirito Santo in all competitions and the 11th different Portuguese player to do so, with what was his third shot in his 12th appearance.\n• None Since the start of 2017-18, Wolves have had 11 different Portuguese scorers - more than twice as many as any other English league team in that time (Nottingham Forest, five).\n\nWolves are next in action against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 27 January (18:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Harry Cardwell (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Arlen Birch (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA hotel fire which claimed the lives of two men started after a porter put a bag of ash and embers in a cupboard containing kindling and newspaper.\n\nSimon Midgley and his partner Richard Dyson died in the fire at Cameron House next to Loch Lomond in December 2017.\n\nCameron House pled guilty to charges under the Fire Scotland Act of failing to take fire safety measures.\n\nChristopher O'Malley, who put the bag in the cupboard, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.\n\nO'Malley's lawyer said the night porter - from Renton in West Dunbartonshire - deeply regretted his actions, and did not deliberately start the fire.\n\nDumbarton Sheriff Court also heard that Cameron House did not have proper procedures in place for the disposal of ash, or for training staff.\n\nThe owners also failed to keep cupboards that contained potential ignition sources free of combustibles.\n\nAt about 04:00 on 18 December 2017, O'Malley, 35, cleared ash and embers from a fireplace in the Cameron House reception into a metal bucket.\n\nHe then emptied the contents of the bucket into a plastic bag, which he put into the concierge cupboard.\n\nThe cupboard also contained flammable materials including kindling, newspapers and cardboard.\n\nRichard Dyson, left, and Simon Midgley, right, who both died, had been on a winter break in Scotland\n\nAt about 06:40 an initial fire alarm sounded and staff noticed smoke coming from the concierge cupboard.\n\nO'Malley opened the door and flames took hold, spreading to the hall.\n\nHe and two others tried to fight the blaze with fire extinguishers, but were overcome by the flames.\n\nAdvocate depute Michael Meehan QC told the court the cupboard was well alight and the \"blaze immediately took hold and spread from there\".\n\nHe added: \"As a result of [Cameron House's] failure to keep the cupboard free of combustibles, ash and embers ignited and fire spread in the main building.\"\n\nThe night manager sounded the alarm and called 999. Firefighters arrived within 10 minutes to find a \"well developed\" fire in the mansion, which is near Balloch in West Dunbartonshire.\n\nMore than 200 guests were staying in the hotel.\n\nThe court heard one family-of-three on the second floor had to be rescued by firefighters while a couple on the first floor had to crawl to safety because corridors and fire escape pathways were filling with smoke and gases.\n\nIt was after 08:00 when it was discovered that Mr Dyson, 38, and Mr Midgley, 32, were missing.\n\nFirefighters wearing breathing apparatus found Mr Dyson on a landing at the top of a staircase.\n\nMr Midgley was lying in a fire escape passageway. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.\n\nMr Dyson was taken to hospital, where he was also pronounced dead.\n\nPost-mortem examinations said the men's causes of death had been inhalation of smoke and fire gases.\n\nThe couple had travelled from London, and were staying at the five-star resort as the final stop on their winter break to Scotland.\n\nSheriff William Gallacher also heard of an incident three nights before the fatal fire, where O'Malley and another night porter were told not to put ash into plastic bags because it was a fire hazard.\n\nCameron House QC Peter Gray said it was therefore \"extremely difficult to understand\" why O'Malley did not follow this guidance on the night of the fire.\n\nThe court also heard that Cameron House staff were not properly trained in the safe disposal of ash and that no written procedures were in place.\n\nThere was also no procedure in place for emptying the metal ash bins outside the hotel on a regular basis.\n\nThat was contrary to recommendations made in two fire risk assessments carried out by an independent company in 2016 and 2017.\n\nAfter the first report was received by Cameron House management in January 2016, the resort manager agreed there was a lack of a formal procedure for disposing of ash and delegated the responsibility for this to his deputy.\n\nMr Meehan said this report \"should have been a game-changer\" for Cameron House.\n\nWhen the issue was raised again in a follow-up report a year later, managers believed it had already been dealt with.\n\nMr Gray said: \"The resort manager understood incorrectly that all the actions had been completed, including in relation to the written procedure for disposing of ash from open fires.\"\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service had also warned Cameron House managers about the risks of storing combustibles in the concierge cupboard in August 2017.\n\nThe audit highlighted the potential danger of fire spreading rapidly through the building because of its age and voids.\n\nA follow-up letter was sent to management in November 2017 - one month before the fire - but combustibles continued to be stored in the cupboard.\n\nCameron House's lawyer added that the failings were not deliberate breaches but occurred \"as a result of genuine errors\".\n\nHe also told the court the fire had gone undetected for a long period before being discovered, and that the hotel had a \"suite of measures in place\" to deal with fire safety.\n\nAn absence of formal procedures for dealing with ashes and embers gave staff the opportunity to improvise, he added.\n\nMr Gray continued: \"I am instructed to extend my deepest sympathies from the accused to the families of Mr Midgley and Mr Dyson.\n\nHe said the hotel takes its duties to ensure the safety of its guests extremely seriously.\n\nDetails of what happened at Cameron House were first revealed in court on 14 December last year, but reporting restrictions meant they could not be published until now.\n\nSentencing is due to take place on 29 January.", "Fashion chain Next has said it will no longer bid to buy Sir Philip Green's Arcadia retail brands Topshop and Topman out of administration.\n\nIt comes after a consortium including the fashion chain was named as frontrunner to buy the brands.\n\nIn a short statement, Next said the consortium had been \"unable to meet the price expectations of the vendor\".\n\nSome 13,000 jobs were put at risk when Arcadia, which also owns Burton and Dorothy Perkins, went bust in November.\n\nIt leaves a clutch of others in the race to buy the 440-store group, including Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser and Sports Direct.\n\nAccording to reports, Authentic Brands, the US owner of the Barneys department store, and JD Sports have tabled a joint offer, while online retailers Asos and Boohoo are also said to be interested.\n\nAdministrators Deloitte have been looking for buyers for some or all of Arcadia, after a slump in sales caused by the pandemic triggered its collapse.\n\nNext, which has 550 UK shops and has weathered the pandemic well, was seen as a good fit to take over the group's assets.\n\nIt had been bidding in partnership with the US hedge fund Davidson Kempner, which was going to put up most of the money.\n\nNext said it wished \"the administrator and future owners [of Arcadia] well in their endeavours to preserve an important part of the UK retail sector\".\n\nExperts expect Arcadia to be broken up, with bidders taking on different parts of the business and brands potentially hived off from their stores.\n\nIn December, Australian collective City Chic said it would buy Arcadia's Evans brand, commerce and wholesale business for £23m but not its store network.\n\nLast year was the worst for the High Street in more than 25 years as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost, up by almost a quarter on the previous year, as shops faced strict curbs and prolonged closures.", "Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.\n\nHowever, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers - and vaccines are still expected to work.\n\nThe data comes from mathematicians comparing death rates in people infected with either the new or the old versions of the virus.\n\nThe new more infectious variant has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nMr Johnson told a Downing Street briefing: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\n\n\"It's largely the impact of this new variant that means the NHS is under such intense pressure.\"\n\nPublic Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.\n\nTheir evidence has been assessed by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).\n\nThe group concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as \"not yet strong\".\n\nHe said: \"I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThis difference is found when looking at everyone testing positive for Covid, but analysing only hospital data has found no increase in the death rate. Hospital care has improved over the course of the pandemic as doctors get better at treating the disease.\n\nThe new variant was first detected in Kent in September. It is now the most common form of the virus in England and Northern Ireland, and has spread to more than 50 other countries.\n\nThe Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are both expected to work against the variant that emerged in the UK.\n\nHowever, Sir Patrick said there was more concern about two other variants that had emerged in South Africa and Brazil.\n\nHe said: \"They have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines.\n\n\"They are definitely of more concern than the one in the UK at the moment and we need to keep looking at it and studying this very carefully.\"\n\nThe prime minister said the government was prepared to take further action to protect the country's borders to prevent new variants from entering.\n\n\"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still,\" he said.\n\nLast week the government extended a travel ban to South America, Portugal and many African countries amid concerns about new variants, while all international travellers must now test negative ahead of departure to the UK and go into quarantine on arrival.", "Shoppers bought far fewer clothes last year as lockdowns meant people had less opportunity to socialise and go out.\n\nClothes sales slumped 25%, the biggest drop in 23 years when records began, official figures suggest.\n\nWhile shops have reported demand for certain clothing such as pyjamas and loungewear has risen, demand for going-out items has fallen sharply.\n\nAnd despite a pick-up in December, clothing sales remain lower than before the pandemic struck.\n\n\"With few opportunities to socialise during lockdown and many people working from home, the clothing sector has been one of the \"worst-affected by restrictions\", the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nEarlier this month, Marks & Spencer said sales of sleepwear had soared\n\nGrowing numbers of High Street shops have faced financial difficulties due to the temporary store closures imposed during lockdowns.\n\nTopshop-owner Arcadia and competitors Debenhams, Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, Oasis and Warehouse have all slid into insolvency since lockdown measures were first imposed last March.\n\nThe inability to try clothes on in bricks-and-mortar shops, as well as restrictions on eating out meaning consumers are going out less, have all affected sales, the ONS suggested.\n\nAnd the slump in demand for fashion meant that British retail sales saw their largest annual fall on record in 2020.\n\nSales fell by 1.9% last year, when compared with 2019, the largest year-on-year fall since records began in 1997.\n\nRetail sales, including fuel, did see a small increase last month, growing by 0.3% when compared with November.\n\nIt came following the end of England's national lockdown on 2 December. Sales had slumped by 4.1% in November during a month-long shutdown.\n\nBut \"this was very clearly not a Merry Christmas for most of the High Street\", said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"For most retailers it's the most crucial month of the year to get profit back on track but the large upswing in sales after the pain of the November lockdowns didn't materialise,\" she said.\n\nONS deputy national statistician for economic statistics Jonathan Athow said that some sectors, however, had been \"able to buck the trend\" last year.\n\n\"The increased popularity of click-and-collect and people buying more items from home led to a strong year for overall internet sales, with record highs for food and household goods sales online.\"\n\nIn a sign of the way the pandemic has changed shopping habits, the value of online retail sales jumped by 46.1% in 2020 when compared with 2019 - the highest annual growth reported since 2008.\n\nOnline trade now accounts for more than one-third of all retail sales.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, explained that the rise of online had \"polarised industry performance\".\n\n\"The gap widened between those retailers with the most sophisticated online propositions from those with legacy store-dependent business models,\" he said.\n\nOnline-only retailers such as Boohoo and Asos, for example, have reported strong sales figures in 2020.\n\nSupermarkets in particular have embraced the shift to digital, with online food store sales up 79.3% last year.\n\nThere was also better news from the John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose, on Friday. It said that it would return a £300m emergency coronavirus loan to the government as trading went \"better than anticipated\" over Christmas.\n\nToday's figures show just how badly the clothing sector has been affected these last 12 months.\n\nFashion is the big retail loser from this pandemic. Who needs to splash out on the latest trends when we're working from home and not going out? And even when clothing shops are open, chances are you can't try things on.\n\nWith all of the Covid-19 measures in place, the fun has been sucked out of shopping. We haven't stopped spending, but most of it is going online. Boohoo and Asos have seen very strong sales growth, for instance.\n\nThe going's far harder for retailers with large numbers of physical stores. The pressures have already taken their toll on the likes of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group and Debenhams.\n\nAnd things may well get worse on the high street before they better. Many retailers are worried about the end of the business rates holiday and of the temporary ban on eviction for non payment of rent in April. These will result in a big increase in costs when sales have yet to fully recover.\n\nBut Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, called for more help for non-essential shops and High Street retailers who continue to be affected by lockdown restrictions.\n\n\"With no end in sight for retailers closed in lockdown, many will struggle to survive under a mounting rent burden, and a return to full business rates in April,\" she said.\n\nShe called on government to offer \"targeted\" business rates relief to businesses worst-affected by the pandemic.\n\n\"Decisive action is needed to save jobs, shops and local communities, with town and city centres looking to be particularly hard hit unless the government acts now.\"\n\nEarlier in January, a report from the Centre for Retail Research said that 2020 was the worst for High Street job losses in more than 25 years, because of the acceleration towards online shopping.\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost last year, up by almost a quarter from 2019, it said.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end as Ashley Barnes fired in a late winner from the penalty spot to secure a famous victory for Burnley.\n\nBarnes was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alisson with seven minutes remaining and converted the spot-kick as Burnley won at Anfield for the first time since 1974.\n\nLiverpool's last league loss on their own ground came nearly four years ago, against Crystal Palace in April 2017, and they are now six points behind leaders Manchester United at the midway point in the campaign.\n\nDivock Origi was given his first start of the season and should have scored when he ran free on goal after pouncing on Ben Mee's error but struck the crossbar.\n\nThe hosts pushed to find the net in the second half but ran out of ideas, Nick Pope making a stunning save to deny Mohamed Salah and fellow substitute Roberto Firmino flicking an effort wide.\n\nBurnley's shock win lifts them up to 16th in the table, seven points clear of the relegation zone.\n• None Klopp takes blame but what has happened to Liverpool?\n\nJurgen Klopp said before the game he was \"not worried\" by his side's poor run, but the latest setback means this has now turned into a real problem for the Liverpool manager.\n\nAfter 19 games, Liverpool are out of form and out of confidence, failing to find the net in their last 440 minutes of top-flight action and awaiting their first league victory of 2021.\n\nThey looked to be hitting their stride on 19 December when they took apart Crystal Palace 7-0, but have not won in the league since and scored just a solitary league goal in that time, against relegation strugglers West Brom.\n\nTheir drop-off from the same stage last season is extraordinary - after 19 games last term the Reds were 13 points clear at the top with 55 points, but they have 21 fewer points now.\n\nAside from Pope's save to thwart Salah and stops from Origi and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool did not look a side who were threatening to find the net.\n\nThey had 72% possession but much of it was slow and ponderous, and although they had spaces out wide and put 30 crosses into the box, the resolute Burnley defenders headed and hacked clear every ball that came in.\n\nLiverpool won 18 of 19 league games at Anfield as they cantered to the title last term.\n\nBurnley were the spoilers on that occasion - earning a 1-1 draw in July 2020 - and they bettered that showing here with another solid and well-organised display.\n\nCaptain Mee had 14 clearances and made two tackles, while centre-back partner James Tarkowski contributed five interceptions and won the ball back four times.\n\nBurnley are a well-drilled outfit and know their limitations, happy to sit back and soak up the pressure before looking to take their chances on the counter-attack.\n\nThey had sniffs on the break but were unable to get the final ball right and while Barnes forced an excellent save out of Alisson, the assistant referee's flag would have ruled it out.\n\nThey remain the lowest scorers in the league with just 10 goals - level with bottom side Sheffield United - but their defensive solidity means they will always pose a threat, even to the biggest teams.\n\n'We dealt with the basics' - manager reaction\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche to Match of the Day: \"Performance, we had to work very hard, as you do in these places, be diligent and do your jobs - shape was good, energy was good.\n\n\"We had a golden chance, kept searching, but you have to deal with the basics and we did that very well.\n\n\"We were close last year, you get a feel of a performance and I said 'you are used to playing against these players, working without the ball, there's always a chance and you have to take it'. Barnsey sticks it in there, gets a toe, it's a penalty and he sticks it away very well.\"\n• None This was Burnley's second Premier League win away against the reigning champions (also v Chelsea in August 2017). Indeed, since the 2017-18 season, Burnley are the only side with two away league wins over the reigning English champions.\n• None Liverpool have gone four league games without scoring for the first time since May 2000. The Reds have had a total of 87 shots since Sadio Mane's 12th-minute strike against West Brom, 25 days ago.\n• None This is the first time a Jurgen Klopp side has gone four league games without scoring since his Mainz side did so in the Bundesliga from November to December 2006.\n• None Liverpool have gone five Premier League games without a win (D3 L2) for only the second time under Klopp (also from Jan-Feb 2017).\n• None Liverpool have conceded two penalty goals at Anfield in this season's Premier League (also Sander Berge for Sheff Utd); they had only conceded two penalty goals at the ground under Klopp before 2020-21.\n• None Liverpool had 27 shots without scoring against Burnley, the most they have had in a single league match without finding the net since April 2013 v Reading (28), and most at Anfield since April 2012 v West Brom (30).\n• None Ashley Barnes' penalty for Burnley was his first away goal in the Premier League in 11 appearances on the road, since netting against Watford back in November 2019.\n• None Since the start of last season, no goalkeeper has made more saves against a single opponent in the Premier League than Burnley's Nick Pope against Liverpool (19). Pope has made 14 saves in his last two games at Anfield, including six tonight.\n\nLiverpool have another big game on Sunday against rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup. That game is live on the BBC (17:00 GMT). Burnley travel to Fulham in the same competition on the same day (14:30).\n• None Offside, Burnley. Dwight McNeil tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n• None Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané with a cross.\n• None Joel Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Goal! Liverpool 0, Burnley 1. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Alisson (Liverpool) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "Nissan's car plant in Sunderland is the UK's biggest and employs 6,000 people directly\n\nJapanese car maker Nissan has told the BBC its Sunderland plant is secure for the long term as a result of the trade deal reached between the UK and the EU.\n\nIt said it will move additional battery production close to the plant where it has 6,000 direct employees and supports nearly 70,000 jobs in the supply chain.\n\nCurrently, the batteries in its Leaf electric cars are imported from Japan.\n\nNissan would not confirm if this would mean additional jobs at Sunderland, which is the UK's largest car plant.\n\nManufacturing the more powerful batteries in the UK will ensure its cars comply with trade rules agreed with the EU requiring at least 55% of the car's value to be derived from either the UK or the EU to qualify for zero tariffs when exported to the EU.\n\nSome 70% of the cars made in Sunderland are exported and the vast majority of them are sold in the EU.\n\nNissan had issued stark warnings last year that if the UK left the EU without a trade deal, the resulting tariffs on cars and components would make the Sunderland plant \"unsustainable\".\n\nNissan's chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta told the BBC: \"The Brexit deal is positive for Nissan. Being the largest automaker in the UK we are taking this opportunity to redefine auto-making in the UK.\n\nNissan's Ashwani Gupta said the Brexit deal had created a 'competitive environment'\n\n\"It has created a competitive environment for Sunderland, not just inside the UK but outside as well.\n\n\"We've decided to localise the manufacture of the 62kWh battery in Sunderland so that all our products qualify [for tariff-free export to the EU]. We are committed to Sunderland for the long term under the business conditions that have been agreed.\"\n\nIt came as Nissan paused one of its two production lines in Sunderland on Friday as disruption at ports caused by the pandemic affected its supply chain.\n\nThe company said the move would affect the line which produces the Qashqai and Leaf, but work would resume next week.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng welcomed the firm's endorsement of Sunderland as a manufacturing base.\n\n\"Nissan's decision represents a genuine belief in Britain and a huge vote of confidence in our economy thanks to the certainty our trade deal with the EU delivers,\" he said.\n\n\"For the dedicated and highly-skilled workforce in Sunderland, it means the city will be home to Nissan's latest models for years to come and positions the company to capitalise on the wealth of benefits that will flow from electric vehicle production.\"\n\nIt's particularly welcome after the more guarded comments from the boss of Vauxhall's parent company last week.\n\nSpeaking as the tie-up between Fiat Chrsyler and Peugeot Citroen was christened with new umbrella name Stellantis, boss Carlos Tavares said that the future of its Ellesmere Port plant depended on the support the UK government was prepared to offer after its decision to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars after 2030.\n\n\"If you change, brutally, the rules and if you restrict the rules for business then there is at one point in time a problem,\" he said.\n\nLooking forward, he said it would make more sense to locate an electric vehicle factory closer to the larger EU market.\n\nIndustry voices welcomed the news from Nissan but reinforced the message from Vauxhall's owners that the government needs to do more to secure the future of the car industry as it electrifies.\n\n\"This is obviously good news and will help the Nissan Leaf avoid any future tariffs, but we are going to need to see a lot more investment in battery production in the UK if we are to preserve the UK as a car manufacturer and exporter,\" said Professor David Bailey of Warwick University.\n\nThe head of trade body the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders agreed.\n\n\"The battery plant in Sunderland may be enough for Nissan's near-term plans to build tens of thousands of electric cars but the UK made 1.5 million cars last year and all will be partly electric by 2030,\" Mike Hawes said.\n\nAndy Palmer, former boss of Aston Martin and current chairman of electric bus maker Switch Mobility, has gone further. He says that 800,000 jobs are at risk if the UK government doesn't act now to foster battery investment.\n\n\"Without electric vehicle batteries made in the UK, the country's auto industry risks becoming an antiquated relic and overtaken by China, Japan, America and Europe.\"\n\nHe urged the UK government to use every lever at its disposal to make the UK attractive.\n\nUK car investment has fallen sharply since the UK voted to leave the EU.\n\nIn the five years to 2016 it averaged £3.5bn per year. In the four years since it has averaged around £1bn - a fall of 71% at a time when the technology and map of car production are going through their biggest revolution since the car was invented.\n\nThe Nissan decision is therefore a very welcome boost to the UK which is in an international scramble for the investment of the future which is happening right now.", "Police warned that unsanctioned protests would be \"immediately suppressed\"\n\nRussian police have detained close aides of the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, as a string of nationwide protests gets under way.\n\nPolice have broken up demonstrations in the eastern Khabarovsk region, amid stern warnings for people to stay home.\n\nMr Navalny's supporters flooded social media with calls to rally at protests expected in dozens of cities later.\n\nHe is Russian leader Vladimir Putin's most high-profile critic.\n\nHe was arrested last Sunday after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexei Navalny was filmed by the BBC saying goodbye to his wife and then being led away by authorities\n\nMore than 60m people have watched his new video about President Vladimir Putin's alleged luxury Black Sea palace.\n\nThe Kremlin denies the property belongs to the president.\n\nAmong those detained in Moscow on Thursday were his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, and one of his lawyers, Lyubov Sobol. They face fines or short jail terms.\n\nMs Sobol, who has a young child, was later released. But Ms Yarmysh has now been jailed for nine days.\n\nProminent Navalny activists are also being held in the cities of Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar.\n\nUnauthorised rallies are being planned in more than 60 cities across Russia for Saturday. Moscow police say any unauthorised demonstrations and provocations will be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nA thousand people were reported to have come onto the streets in the Khabarovsk region, with some of them already detained.\n\nMr Navalny's wife Yulia, who travelled back to Russia with him from Germany, said she would demonstrate in Moscow \"for myself, for him, for our children, for the values and the ideals that we share\".\n\nAlexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has drawn millions of followers on social media, through slickly produced videos alleging large-scale official corruption. He has long denounced Mr Putin's administration as \"feudal\" and full of \"crooks and thieves\".\n\nFor a long time the Russian authorities made out that Alexei Navalny was irrelevant. Just a blogger. With a tiny following. No threat whatsoever.\n\nRecent events suggest the opposite. First Mr Navalny was targeted with a nerve agent, allegedly by a secret group of FSB state security hitmen. Instead of investigating the poisoning, Russia is investigating him: on his return from Germany the Kremlin critic was arrested.\n\nHaving put Mr Navalny behind bars, the authorities are putting pressure on his supporters. The Kremlin's greatest fear is of a Ukraine-style revolution in Russia that would sweep away those in power.\n\nThere's no indication that such a scenario is imminent. But with economic problems growing, the Kremlin will worry that Mr Navalny could act as a lightning rod for protest sentiment. That explains the police crackdown on Navalny allies ahead of Saturday's potential protests.\n\nPlus, this is getting personal. Mr Navalny's video about \"Putin's Palace\" on the Black Sea was designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the Russian president.\n\nIn the \"Putin's palace\" video Mr Navalny alleges that rich businessmen close to Mr Putin paid for a sumptuous 17,691sq m (190,424sq ft) palace for him at Gelendzhik, by the Black Sea.\n\nIt is alleged to have a casino, a theatre and many other comforts, including a vineyard and tea house in the sprawling grounds. The Kremlin dismissed the YouTube video as a \"pseudo-investigation\" aimed at earning money for Mr Navalny.\n\nProsecutors have warned people against protesting in support of Mr Navalny on Saturday. Russia's education ministry has told parents not to allow their children to attend.\n\nSome Russian celebrities in the arts and sports have pledged support for Mr Navalny. They include ice hockey star Artemi Panarin.\n\nFormer world chess champion Garry Kasparov - now a leading anti-Putin activist based in the US - tweeted that pro-Navalny posts were being widely blocked in Russia.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garry Kasparov This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a phone call to President Putin on Friday, EU Council President Charles Michel voiced \"grave concern\" about the jailing of Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Michel said the EU was \"united in its call on Russia to swiftly release Mr Navalny and proceed with the investigation into the assassination attempt on him, in full transparency and without further delay\".\n\nIn October, the EU imposed sanctions on six top Russian officials and a Russian chemical weapons research centre over the Novichok poisoning of Mr Navalny.\n\nThe Kremlin retaliated with tit-for-tat sanctions, denying any role in the attack and rejecting the expert finding that the Russian nerve agent had been used.\n\nThe Black Sea palace allegedly features a casino, an ice rink and a vineyard\n\nThe social media app TikTok has a flood of videos from Russians promoting the protests planned for Saturday. The messages about Mr Navalny have been going viral for several days.\n\nA well-known Russian TikTok user, Slava Varfolomeyev, told BBC Russian: \"I go on TikTok and find that every third video is about 'Putin's palace', the detention of Navalny and the 23 January rally!\"\n\nHe said that on Thursday \"this swelled to a maximum: practically seven out of every 10 videos were on that topic [Navalny]\". TikTok's popularity is based on short-form videos.\n\nOn Wednesday Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nSerious flooding which forced villagers from their homes was potentially caused by a mine shaft \"blow out\" during Storm Christoph, authorities have said.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday.\n\nResidents have been told they will not be able to return home this weekend or \"possibly longer\".\n\nThe Coal Authority said initial checks suggested water had built up in the shaft and flooded the village.\n\nCarl Banton, from the Coal Authority, said there had been a \"tremendous amount\" of rain recently and potentially a blockage in the drainage system could have caused the mine shaft to \"blow out\".\n\nMr Banton reassured people that officers had visually checked other mine shafts in the area and were \"not concerned\" any would collapse.\n\n\"The mine shaft in question is the one that was on actually on the water level, it has found its point of weakness,\" he said.\n\nCarl Banton said that while investigations were ongoing heavy rain may have overwhelmed the mine shaft\n\nA major incident was declared as water rushed into the village on Thursday, leaving eight streets underwater as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across Wales.\n\nOn Friday, as firefighters continued to pump water out of the village, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) confirmed the Tennant Canal had been polluted \"from mine water\".\n\nLate on Friday evening, Neath Port Talbot council said, for safety reasons, people forced to leave their homes would \"not be able to return home this weekend, and the wait could possibly longer\".\n\nA support centre will open at Abbey Primary School from Saturday, with council officers on site to help people access emergency support.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of historical coal mining, are investigating the cause of the flooding.\n\nMr Banton said initial findings showed there may have been a build-up of water on the hillside which had \"found its way out\" through the mine shaft, flooding the village.\n\n\"The flow appears to be subsiding... but what we are unsure of is if there is a feed of additional water into the mine workings, from the extensive mine workings on the hillside,\" he added.\n\nAt least 80 people have had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nMr Banton said officers would drill down into the shaft and investigate on Saturday, in the hope that people could soon be allowed back into their homes.\n\n\"A lot of the mining in this area is very old... some of it dates back to the early 1800s... we have no details of how the shaft in question here was originally filled or capped,\" he said.\n\n\"We will ensure the mine shaft is properly capped and sorted out.\"\n\nMartyn Evans, of NRW, said officers were looking at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\n\"We have also carried out tests on other watercourses in the vicinity of the incident. Results indicate there has been no significant impact on those at present,\" he said.\n\nOn Thursday night a further 20 homes were evacuated by emergency services as the water continued to rush through the village.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed on Friday financial support would be made available to people affected by the recent floods, up to £1,000 per household.\n\n\"This is the same level of support available a year ago when storms Ciara and Dennis hit Wales, just before the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas said he returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\", he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\"\n\nMr Thomas said that with water up to his waist, he was unable to get in to rescue possessions.\n\nHe added: \"We're in a bit of a dip on the road, so you could see it gradually coming up, they were worried it might have been a sinkhole because of the coal mines.\n\n\"It's definitely mine workings, just by looking at the colour of the water, it's an orange colour.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nThe couple are now staying with their daughter, with everyone else who was evacuated from their homes finding accommodation and told to avoid the area.\n\nMore than 30 residents of Cwrt-Clwydi-Gwyn care home were among those moved as a precaution.\n\nIt was a sleepless night for Skewen resident Teresa Dalling\n\nTeresa Dalling, who lives in Dynevor Road, said she had spent the night fearing for her safety.\n\n\"I haven't slept. I was up the back door every two hours checking the water level,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't know we lived near old mines and if there's been a collapse, my fear is more could follow and that's terrifying.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stephen Kinnock This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nUp to 45 firefighters were involved at the scene at the height of the flooding.\n\nIn a joint statement, the police, fire service and Neath Port Talbot Council urged people not to return to their homes until it was safe.\n\nCh Supt Trudi Meyrick said: \"We appreciate people are eager to get back to their homes and we are working with partners to allow this to happen as soon as it is safe to do so.\n\n\"In the meantime we ask people to please be patient as their safety is our top priority.\"\n\nIn one home, floodwater can be seen filling the living room\n\nFirefighters are continuing to pump water out of the village where people were forced to leave their homes\n\nDeputy Chief Fire Officer Roger Thomas, of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said firefighters remained in the village, pumping out water.\n\nHe said: \"We will continue to monitor the situation and support our partner agencies and those affected over the next few days.\"\n\nHomes were evacuated at Goshen Park, in Skewen\n\nNeath Port Talbot council said a local rest centre was available, and measures had been put in place to protect against Covid-19.\n\nChief executive Karen Jones said they would continue to support residents who had to leave their homes and they would ensure others had a safe place to go if further evacuations were necessary.\n\nNetwork Rail said engineers had checked for any potential damage to the railway line, but had found no \"cause for concern\".\n\nThe water has rushed through the streets of the town\n\nA severe flood warning remains in force for the Lower Dee Valley, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nThree flood warnings are in place for the River Wye at Monmouth, River Ritec at Tenby, and Bangor-on-Dee, where people were forced to leave their homes on Thursday as flooding saw a major incident declared. Eleven flood alerts are also in place.\n\nSnow and ice could also exacerbate issues for emergency services and those forced to leave their homes, with temperatures forecast to plummet in coming days.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nFive-time finalist Andy Murray will miss the Australian Open after a solution to find a \"workable quarantine\" following his positive test for coronavirus could not be found.\n\nThe 33-year-old Briton was set to fly out to Melbourne last week, but was not allowed to travel on a charter flight after being found to have Covid-19.\n\nThe former world number one had hoped to travel safely and compete as planned on the back of a negative test.\n\nMurray said he was \"gutted\" not to go.\n\nHe was asymptomatic and is now out of self-isolation, but finding a way for him to travel to Australia and then going into quarantine before the tournament starts on 8 February proved too difficult.\n\n\"We've been in constant dialogue with Tennis Australia to try and find a solution which would allow some form of workable quarantine, but we couldn't make it work,\" said Murray.\n\n\"I want to thank everyone there for their efforts. I'm devastated not to be playing out in Australia. It's a country and tournament that I love.\"\n\nMurray was able to play only seven official matches in 2020 because of a lingering pelvic injury, and the five-month suspension of the tours because of the pandemic.\n\nAt 123rd in the world, he was ranked too low to gain direct entry into Australian Open so the three-time Grand Slam champion was given a wildcard.\n\nThe Australian Open at Melbourne Park is starting three weeks later than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPlayers had to test negative before taking one of the 15 chartered flights - which were put on last week by tournament organisers and operated at 25% capacity - to Australia.\n\nOn arrival, the players and their support staff went straight into a 14-day quarantine under the conditions imposed by the Australian government.\n\nThat agreement allowed them out of their rooms for up to five hours a day for food and practice.\n\nHowever, 72 players have been confined to their rooms in a tougher quarantine - which led to some complaints and creative ways of staying fit - after they travelled on three flights where positive cases were found on arrival.\n\nHaving missed his flight to Melbourne, and therefore last weekend's window for the players to begin 14 days of quarantine, Murray was always up against it.\n\nThere are no health issues, and no injury concerns, and Murray had been hoping he could make it to Australia to complete quarantine in time to play a first-round match on either 8 or 9 February.\n\nBut the only \"workable quarantine\" would have included five hours out of his room every day. This was no longer available, and no player - irrespective of age or injury history - would want to play a Grand Slam first-round match just hours after two weeks in a hotel room.\n\nMurray is understandably devastated: he knows that at 33, and with two hip operations behind him, he cannot guarantee there will be another opportunity.\n\nBut it would have been a long way to travel potentially to lose in the first round, and receiving a special exemption may not have sat well with Murray over time.\n\nInstead, he will work with his team on his next move. Montpellier and Rotterdam are the next two ATP tournaments in Europe, although nothing is easy with Covid travel restrictions.\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "Jane Midgley says she needs answers about the death of her son, Simon\n\nThe mother of a man killed in a fire at a hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond more than two years ago has said it is \"torture\" not knowing why he died.\n\nSimon Midgley, 32, and Richard Dyson, 38, died in the fire which fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel in 2017.\n\nJane Midgley said she needs answers about what led to Simon's death.\n\nThe Crown Office said it was committed to ensuring the circumstances around the deaths were aired in an \"appropriate legal forum\".\n\nMs Midgley said every day without answers was like the day she found out about his death.\n\n\"I just live it every single day and I can't cope with it much longer,\" she said. \"I need to know why they are not here and it's so difficult.\n\n\"I need answers. Why are these boys not here anymore? Why did this happen? Nearly three years on, no one is telling me.\"\n\nRichard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nShe told BBC Scotland she wakes up during the night thinking about her son, asking herself \"has this really happened?\".\n\n\"Nearly three years on, should I still be feeling this hurt and pain?\"\n\nAfter the fire, the emergency services conducted investigations.\n\nWhile this can be a lengthy process, reports from the fire service and the police were passed to the Crown months ago.\n\nMs Midgley criticised prosecutors for not providing her with more information. She added she thinks they should be in contact with her more regularly than every four weeks.\n\nShe said: \"When the Crown say that they regularly update the family and are in regular contact that is always to say... 'it's still ongoing', 'we'll update you with anything significant', 'it's complicated'.\"\n\nShe added that there were many questions she still wanted answers to.\n\n\"The most important thing is finding out why Simon couldn't get out of that hotel that night - what went wrong. I have no idea, I've got to understand, I just need the answers.\n\n\"I need to know how it happened. I need to know why the boys didn't get out of that hotel when it was on fire, how it started, where it started, why they could not get out, could it have been prevented... it is pure torture.\"\n\nFire broke out at the Cameron House hotel in 2017\n\nMr Midgley was a freelance writer with the Evening Standard. Following his death the newspaper's editor, George Osbourne, paid tribute to Mr Midgley's \"adventurous spirit\".\n\nA spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: \"Our staff have been in regular contact with the nearest relatives and provided them with information at every stage.\n\n\"The information that can be shared while a case is being investigated is limited so as not to prejudice any potential proceedings.\n\n\"The Crown‎ is committed to ensuring that the facts and circumstances surrounding the deaths of Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson are thoroughly investigated by the relevant agencies, fully considered by COPFS and, in due course, aired in an appropriate legal forum.\n\n\"The nearest relatives will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amy says her flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe\n\nThe government's fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say.\n\nMore than three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people, an estimated 700,000 people are still living in high-rise blocks with flammable cladding.\n\nThe £1.6bn Building Safety Programme was set up in 2019. Concerns have emerged about the contract that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government requires applicants to the fund, usually managing agents or building owners, to sign.\n\nA clause in the contract, seen by the BBC, indicates applicants will be financially liable for any repair work not covered by the fund.\n\nThe BBC has learnt that some managing agents are refusing to sign the document, further delaying the repair work, and have written to the government asking ministers to clarify the position.\n\nChristian Hansen, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP specialising in housing law and fire safety claims, said the contract showed that \"there's going to be a significant shortfall between the costs of the [repair] works that are required and the funding provided under the scheme\".\n\n\"Someone is going to need to pick up the bill and pay the difference. This contract makes clear it's going to be the leaseholders and for many, this could be tens of thousands of pounds, potentially ruinous costs,\" he warned.\n\nMr Hansen said that leaseholders wanted the focus of government action \"to be on the manufacturers of the defective materials and construction companies who built these buildings\".\n\n\"At the moment, they are the ones profiting from putting people's lives at risk.\"\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here,\" says Amy\n\nFirst-time buyer Amy Cottenden, who is 28, bought a one-bed flat in Metis Tower in the centre of Sheffield for £85,000 in 2017.\n\nInspections of the 14-storey building in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy revealed it had the same type of flammable ACM cladding and other safety faults.\n\nWork to remove the cladding started last month, but Ms Cottenden, who is a frontline NHS health worker, is frustrated at what she describes as a lack of progress.\n\n\"The pace of work is extremely slow. So far, they've put scaffolding up and removed three panels. They have told us it's going to take between 12 and 24 months just to take the cladding off,\" she said.\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here. With lockdown, they are saying not to go out, but you are in a building where all you want to do is not be in it. You can't leave. You can't sell. My flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe.\"\n\nWhile the government's Building Safety Fund is paying for the Grenfell-style cladding to be removed, the building has other fire safety faults, including missing fire breaks, that aren't covered by the scheme.\n\nIt could cost up to £6m to fix. Flat owners fear they may face huge bills of up to £50,000 each.\n\n\"We can't pay it and we shouldn't have to pay it. It is not our fault. We could all go bankrupt because of this,\" Ms Cottenden said.\n\nA spokesperson for Rendall & Rittner, the company which manages Metis Tower, said government funding to remove ACM cladding had been approved totalling £6.3m.\n\nHowever, an application to the same fund to pay for the removal of other types of unsafe cladding was rejected and the company has appealed against that decision.\n\nThe company added: \"We understand and sympathise with residents and owners about the uncertainty that this situation is causing and will do all we can to assist.\"\n\nWhat started as a cladding scandal has now become a much wider building safety crisis, exposing decades of regulatory failure.\n\nSafety inspections have revealed that many buildings have other serious faults, including missing fire breaks, flammable balconies and defective insulation. None of that is covered by the government's Building Safety Fund.\n\nDr Nigel Glen, the chief executive of ARMA, the trade association for residential leasehold management, said the additional costs that leaseholders were currently facing for non-cladding-related issues remained a huge concern.\n\n\"In the longer term, the draining of reserve funds will also mean that in the years to come, any major works that were being saved up for, such as a new roof or lift repairs, will have to be funded anew by the leaseholders,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said that despite the pandemic, significant progress had been made to remove dangerous cladding, but \"building safety remains the responsibility of the building owner and we expect them to ensure any necessary work is carried out safely and effectively\".\n\n\"All applicants to the Building Safety Fund are told the amount of funding they have been awarded before being asked to sign contracts - this is clearly explained in the guidance,\" the spokesperson added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This is the moment a police officer broke up a house party on Saturday\n\nA minority still breaking Covid lockdown rules could make the pandemic \"stretch longer\" in Wales, a senior police officer has warned.\n\nThe \"gold commander\" for policing lockdown across the Gwent force area said he wanted to thank the vast majority for sticking to the law.\n\nBut Chief Superintendent Mark Hobrough said those \"blatantly flouting\" rules would face enforcement action.\n\nNearly 3,800 fines have been issued in Wales for Covid rule breaches.\n\nThe latest figures released by UK police forces revealed nearly three-quarters of those fines went to men, and the largest group falling foul of Covid rules were aged between 18 and 24.\n\nCh Supt Hobrough, who oversees Gwent Police's response to Covid-19, said he and his officers had seen a change in the way the public responded to the restrictions since the first lockdown was announced in March 2020.\n\n\"When it first started there was certainly a lack of understanding among the public,\" he said.\n\n\"We were called for advice and questions on what was allowed or not allowed, which we've certainly seen diminish.\"\n\nHe said initially his force was dealing with breaches of regulations by pubs and bars, or people holding house parties.\n\n\"That has changed over time. We still have experiences of house parties and people congregating in houses, which just isn't allowed obviously.\n\n\"But I think we are also seeing breaches in relation to people congregating in beauty spots and maybe not exercising in line with the requirements.\"\n\nAccording to the National Police Chiefs' Council, there were 3,770 fixed penalty notices issues by the four Welsh forces between the last Friday in March and 20 December last year.\n\nOf those fines, 2,188 were for breaching rules on movement restrictions, while 823 faced penalties for gathering in private properties outside their own households.\n\nA further 113 notices were issued to individuals for staying in Wales when it was not their main residence, and 89 were hit with fines for entering or leaving local health protection areas, when many counties in Wales had separate travel restrictions in place in the autumn.\n\nThe figures also reveal that just two fines were issued in the period for failing to wear a face covering in designated indoor areas.\n\nSgt Dan Wise says enforcement is sometimes the only option for his team\n\nOut on the streets of Newport, and around the rest of the Gwent force area, the officers on the ground said they wanted to educate the public whenever rules changed, but they will enforce clear breaches.\n\n\"Some of the things people have been stopped for are travelling into Wales to look at the snow,\" said Sgt Dan Wise, as he carried out checks on motorists in Newport.\n\n\"Others are travelling to local beauty spots to exercise. Obviously, these are things that are not acceptable.\"\n\nHe said as the pandemic continues, with high numbers of cases and given how easily the virus can spread, \"we will look to enforce where people are blatantly flouting the rules\".\n\nAt the Gwent Police headquarters, Ch Supt Hobrough said he had this message for the minority of \"those people who aren't abiding\" by the rules: \"It would very much be within everybody's interest for them to reflect on the way they are conducting themselves.\n\n\"Because that minority of people who aren't abiding are possibly making this pandemic stretch longer.\"\n• None Coronavirus legislation and guidance on the law - GOV.WALES The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David and Victoria Beckham have paid themselves £21m from their sports and media business since 2019, according to the their latest accounts.\n\nThis is despite continued heavy losses at Ms Beckham's fashion business, where trade has worsened during the pandemic.\n\nProfit at David Beckham Ventures Limited (DBVL), the brand management firm owned by the former footballer and his wife, fell £3.5m to £11.3m in 2019.\n\nThis was in part due to money spent on expansion and charitable donations.\n\nHowever, the celebrity couple still paid themselves a £14.5m dividend at the end of 2019, accounts show, and took a further £7.1m in 2020.\n\nA spokesman attributed the payments to \"profitable performance\" at DBVL, which among other things manages Mr Beckham's strategic partnerships with Adidas and Haig Club whisky.\n\nHe also noted that the company's revenue climbed by £600,000 in 2019 to £16.2m.\n\nHowever, Victoria Beckham Holdings (VBHL), which manages the former Spice Girl's fashion label, fared much worse during that time.\n\nLosses at the business - which is also backed by the Beckhams' former business partner Simon Fuller and private equity firm NEO investment Partners - widened to £16.6m during the year, following a loss of £12.5m in 2018.\n\nIt marked the seventh year the brand has been in the red since it was founded in 2008.\n\nVBHL blamed costs associated with the launch of the Victoria Beckham Beauty business, a new cosmetics range in which the group has an 85% shareholding.\n\nIt also noted that total sales across the whole business were up by 7% in 2019.\n\nNevertheless, auditors BDO, who signed off on the accounts, warned that the business was now reliant on shareholder support to keep going which could \"cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern\".\n\nAs the pandemic hammered the business last April, VBHL had to borrow £9.2m from its shareholders to repay an outstanding bank loan to HSBC after breaking its debt covenants.\n\nVBHL said it was doing all it could to \"navigate\" the coronavirus crisis, including taking \"all actions possible to conserve cash\".\n\n\"All non-essential expenditure is being deferred and hiring freezes have been implemented for open positions.to enable the company to navigate through this pandemic,\" it said.", "The company said its milk processing was highly automated with no risk to the products caused by the virus outbreak\n\nOne worker at a dairy has died after contracting coronavirus and 95 others are self-isolating.\n\nMuller Milk & Ingredients said 47 staff members who work at the company's dairy near Bridgwater, Somerset, have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIt said it was now testing all 300 workers at its site in North Petherton.\n\nA spokesman for the firm said the safety of its products had not been affected by the outbreak at its factory.\n\nIt was working with Public Health England and the council to help with mass testing, he added.\n\nThe employee was taken to hospital but died. The firm said its thoughts were with the worker's family and friends.\n\nProduction has since been reduced at the site.\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is important to stress that fresh milk processing is highly automated ensuring no risk to products, with our Bridgwater facility one of the most modern dairies in the UK.\n\n\"As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are placing the safety of our employees first and following best practice as set down by the Health and Safety Executive.\n\n\"Standard measures in place include the use of facemasks, distancing, enhanced deep cleaning and hygiene, underpinned by a programme of e-learning, information and audits to ensure compliance and awareness of the measures.\"\n\nSomerset County Council said it was working closely with Public Health England and the factory and that further testing was being done throughout Thursday.\n\n\"The [council's] rapid outbreak testing team is carrying out further workforce testing today, for workers who were not present on Monday shifts.\n\n\"The testing on Monday identified a number of staff who were positive but asymptomatic, who are now isolating,\" a spokesman said.", "Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nAn engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.\n\nElizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, were taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital with breathing difficulties on 9 January.\n\nStaff rallied to arrange a wedding as the groom's condition worsened.\n\nThey held off intubating Mr O'Brien so the ceremony could go ahead. The couple are now recovering in hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr, a nurse, and Mr O'Brien had planned to marry in June.\n\nBoth contracted the disease and were taken to hospital together when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.\n\nThey were placed on separate wards but when Mrs Kerr told nurse Hannah Cannon about their wedding plans, she asked her if they would like to marry in the hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\n\n\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nA photo on Mrs Kerr's phone shows the wedding took place in the beds of the intensive care unit\n\nHowever, while staff were securing the wedding licence, Mr O'Brien's condition further deteriorated and on 12 January he was placed on the intensive care unit, to be put on a ventilator.\n\nThey waited to intubate him just long enough for the ceremony to go ahead.\n\nMs Cannon said: \"With lots of teamwork... we were able to give them a wedding, not necessarily the wedding that they would have initially intended, but certainly something positive, remarkable and memorable for them to really hold on to.\"\n\nShe filmed the marriage for the couple's families and friends, and catering staff at the hospital provided a cake.\n\nShortly after saying \"I do\", Mr O'Brien was placed on the ventilator.\n\nThe couple have now been reunited on a recovery ward and were able to kiss for the first time since being married.\n\nMrs Kerr said having the wedding meant \"everything\" to them.\n\n\"If we hadn't had each other and we hadn't been given that opportunity to get married, I don't think both of us would be here now,\" she added.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The White House has just put out a statement marking the 48th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that essentially legalised the right to abortion.\n\n\"In the past four years, reproductive health, including the right to choose, has been under relentless and extreme attack,\" the statement from Biden and Harris begins .\n\nThey go on to say they are committed to \"codifying\" the judgement, which means pass legislation through Congress that enshrines abortion access into law.\n\nThey will also appoint judges who will support abortion access, they say. Trump, during his time in office, was able to give the Supreme Court a conservative majority, making anti-abortion activists hopeful that Roe v Wade could eventually be overturned.\n\nBiden was the only candidate during the primary to say he endorsed the so-called Hyde Amendment, which says that no federal funds can go towards abortions. After nearly all 22 other candidates came out against the Hyde Amendment, he reversed his stance.\n\nAlthough abortion is technically legal across the US, multiple states have instituted laws that make it nearly impossible in practice. Abortion activists hope that a law would make it more difficult for local governments to restrict access.", "Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster were advised restrictions may have to remain in place until after Easter\n\nCoronavirus lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland will be extended until 5 March, the first and deputy first ministers have said.\n\nThe executive backed the health minister's proposal on Thursday and will review the move on 18 February.\n\nBut ministers were also told that restrictions may have to remain in place until after the Easter holidays.\n\nA lockdown closing non-essential retailers and encouraging employees to work from home began after Christmas.\n\nFamily gatherings are prohibited and people have been ordered to stay at home for all but essential reasons.\n\nSchools are closed to most pupils until after February's half-term but a paper looking at reopening will be put to ministers at next week's executive meeting.\n\nThe lockdown came in response to a spike in the number of cases of coronavirus, which followed a relaxation of some rules in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said extending the restrictions was an \"appropriate and necessary response\" to tackle the \"imminent threat\" posed by Covid-19.\n\nShe said she understood it would be difficult for many people to accept, given the uncertainty facing families and businesses, but added: \"To not press forward would risk all of the hard-won gains.\"\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers were right to state just how tough this decision will be for many people.\n\nBut there's an acceptance among the public that restrictions would have to be extended, given how bad things are in our hospitals.\n\nTheir decision also suggests politicians have perhaps learned from the last wave of the pandemic, when restrictions were turned on and off sporadically, and the impact that had both on cases and the messaging.\n\nThey're not alone in sustaining tough lockdown measures, with other UK nations and the Republic of Ireland also keeping their restrictions in place for several more weeks.\n\nBeyond that, it is thought health officials also want to ensure the vaccination programme is also \"well advanced\" before any restrictions are relaxed.\n\nThe hope is that, by spring, the picture will have improved significantly.\n\nUntil then the price we are paying for relaxations before Christmas looks likely to keep rising.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she recognised the executive was asking a lot of everybody but insisted the measures were important.\n\n\"We don't know what will come after [5 March],\" she said.\n\nMs O'Neill said there was a commitment not to keep restrictions in place longer than necessary but decisions would have to be taken in line with the health advice and concerns about a new variant of the virus which is more transmissible.\n\nThe executive's decision comes as another 21 deaths were recorded by the Department of Health on Thursday.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R-number - had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nBut the latest estimate from the Department of Health says it is sitting between 0.65 and 0.85 for cases within the community but is still above one for hospital admissions and intensive care.\n\nWhile some may wonder why are restrictions are being extended when the executive's policy has always been based on this rate of infection, the difference is that this time around there are three times as many people in Northern Ireland's hospitals than there were in last April's peak.\n\nDaily case numbers are still significantly higher too.\n\nWhile ministers have agreed to keep the current restrictions in place until March, Health Minister Robin Swann said it was possible they could be needed until Easter, which this year falls in the first week of April.\n\nMinisters say they understand the extension of the lockdown will be difficult for people\n\nIt is understood this plan is being discussed across the four UK nations but ministers will have to consider that in the review next month.\n\nMinisters were also warned that restrictions would be eased on a step-by-step basis in line with reducing pressures on the health service and ensuring the vaccination programme is \"well advanced\" before any relaxations are agreed.\n\nMrs Foster pleaded with people struggling with their mental health during the lockdown to \"please seek help\".\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel are to be deployed to help health staff deal with the pressure the latest phase of the pandemic is placing on hospitals.\n\nThe chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride said the \"sustained pressure on our health service\" would probably last for three to four weeks.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 51 Covid-19 related deaths and 2,608 new cases of the virus were recorded on Thursday.\n\nSimon Hamilton, the chief executive of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said the extension of the lockdown would be of \"little surprise to most businesses\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Stormont executive has agreed how to allocate almost £300m to help businesses, education, tourism and transport during the next phase of the lockdown.\n\nA total of £100m is going towards the Local Restrictions Support Scheme, the grant for business premises forced to closed due to the restrictions.\n\nThere will also be £16m for tourism and hospitality, two sectors which have largely been unable to operate.\n\nIn addition, two more support schemes for the sector have been opened.\n\nOne aimed at large tourism and hospitality businesses is offering a pot of £26m, with the Department for Economy having identified 250 businesses that will be eligible.\n\nThe other is a £4m scheme to support those who provide bed-and-breakfast accommodation.\n\nMore money is being made available to help businesses affected by the lockdown\n\nJanice Gault from the trade body the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation said the schemes were a \"real lifeline for the sector\".\n\n\"Trading over the last year has been limited with reserves now severely depleted and businesses operating in survival mode,\" she added.\n\nAlso among those to receive the extra cash will be limited company directors, who had not received support since March.\n\nLast week, a scheme was announced to give directors £1,000 grants which one director described as a \"kick in the teeth\" given that he had little to no income for the past 10 months.\n\nBut that scheme is to be boosted with another £20m so the payments on offer will more than treble to £3,500.\n\nLocal newspapers will also benefit from 12 months of rates relief.", "Mick Norcross, 57, was found dead at his home in Essex on Thursday\n\nFormer The Only Way Is Essex star Mick Norcross has died at the age of 57.\n\nThe businessman and father of Kirk Norcross, who also appeared in the ITV show, was found dead at his home in Bulphan at 15:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nEssex Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nIn tributes on social media, fellow Towie stars past and present, including Gemma Collins and James \"Arg\" Argent, called him \"one of the good guys\" and a \"true gentleman\".\n\nNorcross first appeared in the reality show in 2011 in his position as owner of Sugar Hut, a Brentwood nightclub which was often attended by the cast.\n\nHe left the show two years later, stating that the venue's prominent place in Towie had damaged its brand.\n\nThe star posted a tweet to his 505,000 followers on Thursday morning saying: \"At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that's good enough.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sugar Hut This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe club tweeted that \"Mr Sugarhut\" had been a \"very talented, friendly and fun guy\" and a \"true Essex legend, who will be sorely missed\".\n\nCollins, who briefly dated Norcross during their time on the show, shared a photo of them together on Instagram and said he had been \"one of the good guys\", while Argent tweeted that he had been \"a true gentleman and a very kind man\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by gemmacollins This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes were also shared by Towie stars Lauren Goodger and Mario Falcone, with the latter tweeting that he was \"thankful I got the privilege of having you in my life\".\n\nIn another tweet, Mark Wright, the Towie star turned TV presenter and professional footballer, said he was \"a great man, an inspiration to many, always so polite and welcoming\".\n\nPresenter Denise Van Outen tweeted that he was \"such a lovely man\" while TV chef James Martin, posted that he was \"a true gentleman, who I had the pleasure to meet and spend evenings with over the years\".\n\nThe Only Way Is Essex posted a tribute on Instagram, saying the team behind the show were \"shocked and deeply saddened\".\n\nThey said: \"He was hugely popular with cast, crew and the audience alike. Charming, generous and host to many of Essex's most glamorous events, Mick will be missed by us all.\"\n\nAn Essex Police spokesman said officers \"were called to an address in Brentwood Road, Bulphan shortly before 15:15 on Thursday\" and \"sadly, a man inside was pronounced dead\".\n\nThe police spokesman said the death was \"not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Police said they had been in contact with the family before the funeral took place \"in an attempt to ensure safety\"\n\nA funeral director has been fined £10,000 after police were called to a funeral with close to 150 people in attendance.\n\nHertfordshire Police said the large gathering in Welwyn Garden City on Thursday was reported to them by members of the public.\n\nCoronavirus rules mean a maximum of 30 people can attend a funeral.\n\nA second person was fined, by Bedfordshire Police, for when the gathering was in Arlesey, Bedfordshire.\n\nSupt Nick Caveney, of Hertfordshire Police, said: \"This was a clear and blatant breach of the current restrictions.\"\n\nHe said the fine was given to the funeral director \"for not managing this event correctly and advising their clients of the rules\".\n\n\"We implore all business owners to ensure they are following the restrictions safely and responsibly,\" he said.\n\n\"Flagrant breaches such as this will not be tolerated.\"\n\nThe force said it had worked with other agencies and the family in advance of the funeral \"in an attempt to ensure the safety of those attending and that of the wider public\".\n\nBut when officers attended they found the large number of people at the church, and a 41-year-old man from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was handed the £10,000 fine after police served a fixed penalty notice.\n\nSeveral members of the public had contacted the force about the funeral at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles on Woodhall Lane.\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man in his 30s was issued with the fine over the gathering.\n\nCh Supt John Murphy from the force said: \"Fines and enforcement are a last resort for us, and we will always engage and work with families in the first instance.\n\n\"But we need to take firm action against those who brazenly decide to go against the guidelines outlined by the government and put a large number of people at risk.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Mr Olowo said his wife was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\"\n\nA woman who died after having liposuction in Turkey had been fed up with people asking if she was pregnant, an inquest heard.\n\nAbimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, 38, of Dartford, Kent, died in August after having the treatment in Izmir.\n\nHusband Moyosore Olowo said he believed she was on holiday with friends until she called to say she was in pain.\n\nHe went to Turkey after she stopped calling and found she had been rushed to hospital for more surgery.\n\nMrs Bamgbose, who also had a Brazilian butt lift, died there two weeks later, the inquest in Maidstone heard.\n\nMr Olowo, a rail safety officer, said his wife paid £5,000 for the package with Mono Cosmetic Surgery as UK treatment was too expensive.\n\nDescribing why she wanted it, he said: \"When a woman is unhappy and getting feelings about her looks, the clothes she buys do not fit and people ask if she is pregnant because of her tummy, sometimes there is nothing we can do. We are powerless.\n\n\"I wasn't concerned. I told her 'you have three children'. I told her my tummy is bigger than hers.\"\n\nHe said his wife, a social worker who graduated with a first class degree, was \"as near perfection as it's possible to be\".\n\nMr Olowo said the medical director in Turkey \"confessed it had been a mistake\".\n\nAssistant coroner Alan Blundson recorded a narrative conclusion, and said: \"This is a tragic case, the more so because the surgery was elective cosmetic surgery.\n\n\"Whilst Mrs Bamgbose was determined to have it performed, her husband had not seen it in any way as necessary.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination found Mrs Bamgbose had a perforated bowel and her death was caused by peritonitis with multiple organ failure as a complication of liposuction surgery.\n\nMr Olowo has said he is suing Mono and the surgeon, Dr Hakan Aydogan, for £1m in the Turkish courts, claiming medical negligence.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reports suggest AstraZeneca may have warned of a 60% cut to doses available\n\nA second coronavirus vaccine manufacturer has warned of supply issues to the European Union, compounding frustration in the bloc.\n\nAstraZeneca said a production problem meant the number of initial doses available would be lower than expected.\n\nThe fresh blow comes after some nations' inoculation programmes were slowed due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe EU Health Commissioner expressed \"deep dissatisfaction\" at the news.\n\nOfficials have not confirmed publicly how big the shortfall will be, but an unnamed EU official told Reuters news agency that deliveries would be reduced to 31m - a cut of 60% - in the first quarter of this year.\n\nThe drug firm had been set to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 nations by March, according to the official who spoke to Reuters.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has not yet been approved by the EU's drug regulator but is expected to get the green light at the end of this month, paving the way for jabs to be given.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for AstraZeneca said on Friday that \"initial volumes will be lower than originally anticipated\" without giving further details.\n\nHis written statement blamed the discrepancy on \"reduced yields at a manufacturing site within our European supply chain\" and said the firm was continuing to ramp up production volumes.\n\nNews of the delay comes amid criticism and frustration across the region about the speed of vaccination roll-outs.\n\nIsrael, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US are all well ahead of EU nations in terms of doses given per capita so far.\n\nThe European Commission has co-ordinated orders for all member states, with vaccines then distributed based on their population size.\n\nVaccines are increasingly seen by experts as the only way out of the Covid-19 crisis, with many European nations struggling to cope with a deadly surge of the virus over the winter period.\n\nAustrian media have reported that only 600,000 of two million AstraZeneca doses promised by the end of March will arrive in the country on time, with the remaining 1.4m now being delivered in April.\n\nA delay would be \"completely unacceptable\", Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Friday.\n\nAs for Pfizer, the US firm said it had to cut shipments for the next few weeks while it worked to increase capacity at its Belgian processing plant. The EU has ordered 600 million doses from Pfizer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ursula von der Leyen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome regions, including Germany's most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia and parts of Italy, said earlier this week that they were suspending giving first jabs of the two-dose vaccine because of the shortages.\n\nItaly and Poland have threatened to take legal action in response to the reduction in vaccine supply.\n\nMeanwhile Hungary's government, which has complained over the time it is taking EU regulators to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has reached a deal with Russia to buy up large quantities of its Sputnik V vaccine, even though it has not received EU approval.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel, who led a call of EU leaders this week, said Thursday that officials were considering all ideas to try and stop future vaccine delays.\n\n\"All possible means will be examined to ensure rapid supply, including early distribution to avoid delays,\" he said.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Mr Michel both say they are still aiming for the target of 70% of the EU population being vaccinated by summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe total number of German Covid deaths climbed above 50,000 on Friday - a day after the country warned that it could close its borders if other EU countries were less strict in controlling the virus. Berlin sounded the alarm amid rising concern about new variants.\n\nEU leaders agreed late on Thursday to keep their internal borders open but warned non-essential travel might need to be restricted to curb the spread of the virus.\n\nMs von der Leyen said Thursday that more testing and \"targeted measures\" were needed throughout the EU in order to keep internal and external borders open.\n\nFor its part, France said it would impose tighter travel restrictions for European arrivals from Sunday, requiring a negative PCR Covid test within three days of travel.\n\nIn the Netherlands, a ban on all flights from the UK, South Africa and South American countries came into effect on Saturday to try and prevent new coronavirus variants gaining a foothold.\n\nLooking forward to the future, officials from EU nations reliant on tourism - including Spain and Greece - have floated the possibility of using vaccination certificates to allow for cross-border travel but there has been scepticism within the bloc.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo houses have partially collapsed after a sinkhole measuring 10ft (3m) opened up on a Manchester street.\n\nFour homes were evacuated on Wednesday evening after the hole appeared on Walmer Street in Abbey Hey, Gorton.\n\nFire crews returned hours later after the front of two of the empty properties crashed to the ground.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer but was investigating all possible causes including the recent heavy rain.\n\nThe fire service was first called to Walmer Street just after 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to reports an unoccupied car had fallen down a hole in the road.\n\nA cordon was put in place and residents evacuated as a precaution, the fire service said.\n\nAfter leaving the scene four hours later, the fire service was alerted to the partial collapse of two houses at 11:00 on Thursday.\n\nNo-one was injured in either incident.\n\nEmergency services remain at the scene on Walmer Street\n\nNearby residents Maureen and Louise Kennedy spoke of their shock after the houses collapsed.\n\n\"You're just waiting for your world to crumble. It's not just the bricks and water, said Ms Kennedy.\n\n\"I've lived in there since I was three. It's the memories.\"\n\nResident Nathaniel OKeleafor said he was \"terrified\" when the sinkhole appeared in the street on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"This morning we are out. We are just trying to find somewhere to live,\" he added.\n\nUnited Utilities said it was dealing with a collapsed sewer on Walmer Street\n\nThe collapse comes as rising levels on the River Mersey in Manchester came \"within centimetres\" of breaching flood defences following heavy rain caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nStation Manager Andrew O'Brien, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, praised firefighters who worked \"at the height of the stormy weather\".\n\n\"The safety of the public was our primary concern overnight and again today, and I'm pleased to say no-one has suffered any injuries,\" he said.\n\nUnited Utilities said: \"When it is safe for engineers to go back into the immediate area we will set up emergency drainage and water supply connections to restore services to the area and begin to assess how best to carry out repairs.\n\n\"It is not known what caused the sinkhole but this will be investigated.\"\n\nBBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Lancashire will be on air throughout Storm Christoph, bringing you all of the latest information and news updates\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "Top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been sent bullets in the mail while under house arrest in Vancouver, according to court testimony.\n\nIt was one of several alleged death threats revealed on Wednesday by the company providing her security.\n\nMs Meng was detained in 2018 on charges relating to allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's dealings in Iran.\n\nHer case has created a rift between China and Canada, with Beijing repeatedly calling for her release.\n\nThe chief financial officer of Huawei was arrested at Vancouver International Airport on a warrant from the US, where she is facing charges of bank fraud and potentially causing HSBC to break US sanctions.\n\nDays after she was released on bail, she was placed under house arrest in Vancouver. She has been fighting against her extradition to the US, which wants her to stand trial.\n\nThe threats were revealed at the British Columbia Supreme Court by Doug Maynard, chief operating officer of security firm Lions Gate Risk Management.\n\nHe said Ms Meng received \"five or six\" threatening letters at her residence in June and July 2020 and that the letters were \"easily identifiable by markings on the outside\". He added that \"sometimes there were bullets inside the envelopes\".\n\nThe role of the Vancouver police and any investigations is unclear.\n\nMs Meng has been in court pushing for conditions of her bail to be loosened, including dropping the daytime security detail that constantly follows her.\n\nShe is permitted to leave home between 6am and 11pm and pays for a round-the-clock security detail. She also wears a GPS tracking anklet as stipulated by her bail conditions.\n\nThe government has also granted family members of Ms Meng permission to travel to Canada, sparking controversy.\n\nConservative MP Raquel Dancho said the exception was an \"insult to the millions of Canadians who were told by this government not to visit loved ones\" over the holidays.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Raquel Dancho This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe called the move disappointing, noting that Beijing detained two Canadians soon after Ms Meng's arrest in December 2018 and has held them in prison ever since, subjecting them to interrogations.\n\nMs Meng's defence lawyer has argued that Canada is effectively being asked \"to enforce US sanctions\".\n\nHuawei has been one of the main targets of the Trump administration's attack on Chinese companies that it deems are security threats and pass data to the government.\n\nThe US has placed harsh restrictions on Huawei and has banned its 5G equipment from its networks. It also added 38 names linked to Huawei to a trade blacklist.\n\nThis week Huawei came under fire for technology that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians.\n\nHuawei had previously said none of its technology was designed to identify ethnic groups.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "The licence fee is the \"least worst\" way of funding the BBC, its incoming chairman Richard Sharp has said.\n\nBut Mr Sharp told MPs he had an \"open mind\" about how the corporation should be funded in the future, and it \"may be worth reassessing\" the current system.\n\nHe also said he didn't think the BBC's Brexit coverage was biased overall, but \"there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced\".\n\nQuestion Time \"seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers\", he said.\n\nBBC Three's Normal People was one of the corporation's biggest hits last year\n\nThe £157.50 licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nMr Sharp, who spent 23 years working as a banker for Goldman Sachs, told the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee: \"At 43p a day, the BBC represents terrific value.\"\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence. Mr Sharp said he was \"not in favour of decriminalisation\".\n\nHe said other possible options for funding the BBC in the future could include a household tax like the one used in Germany, \"which amounts to the same amount of money\".\n\nHe added: \"So when we next get the chance to review the structure of this then it may be worth reassessing.\"\n\nAsked whether he believed the BBC's coverage of Brexit had been unbalanced, he replied: \"No, actually I don't.\n\n\"I believe there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced.\n\n\"So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised.\"\n\nQuestion Time has said it has robust processes in place to ensure balance on its panels.\n\nMr Sharp said he was \"considered to be a Brexiteer\" and had donated around £400,000 to the Conservative Party over the past 20 years.\n\nHe said the biggest issue now facing the BBC is impartiality, and that \"trust in leadership and trust in processes\" must be rebuilt after high-profile equal pay cases with journalists such as Carrie Gracie and Samira Ahmed.\n\n\"Clearly some of the problems it's had recently are really rather terrible and reflect a culture that needs to be rebuilt, so everybody who cherishes the BBC and works at the BBC feels proud and happy to work there,\" he said. \"Then in my view that would produce a better output inevitably.\"\n\nMr Sharp also told the committee he would give his £160,000 salary as BBC chairman to charity.\n\nWhen asked \"what's in it for you?\" Mr Sharp, whose heritage is Jewish, said: \"We're all a product of our upbringing and I was very fortunate with the parents I have, my great grandparents came to this country escaping tyranny.\n\n\"I think I won the lottery in life to be British and if I can make a contribution, I couldn't be happier to.\n\n\"The BBC is part of the fabric of all our national identities, it offers education and enrichment and is also important for our position in the world... It is a massive privilege to be chair of the BBC.\"\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Galaxy S21 Ultra has hardware built into it to make use of the firm's S Pen stylus\n\nSamsung's new flagship Galaxy S smartphone works with its stylus for the first time.\n\nThe S Pen is an optional add-on for the Galaxy S21 Ultra. But the move will fuel speculation the firm will phase out its separate Note handset range.\n\nSamsung told the BBC it had yet to make a decision about this.\n\nThe company's handset sales have declined more quickly than the wider market. One expert said a streamlined line-up might help address this.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: First look at Samsung's S21 Ultra phone\n\n\"There's increasing logic for Samsung to converge the Galaxy S and Note platforms, because there's so little differentiation between the two kinds of devices now,\" said Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight consultancy.\n\n\"That would align them with Apple, which also has one big phone launch event a year.\n\n\"My concern is that every time Samsung has announced its Note products in the past, it has planted a seed in consumers' minds that the Galaxy S products have become kind of the old ones.\"\n\nThe benefit of having a stylus is that it is easier to write, draw or annotate notes than using a finger. But to work it requires special hardware under the glass of the phone's display to pass power to the stylus and to track its tip.\n\nThe Android-based Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 6.8in (17.3cm) display, which is only slightly smaller than the top-end 6.9in Note.\n\nIn years past, the Note phones were known as \"phablets\", and their size was the other key distinguishing factor with the S range.\n\nUnlike the Note series, the S21 Ultra requires a special case to stow away the pen\n\nProduct manager Mark Notton said \"we haven't decided\", when asked whether Samsung planned to continue the Note family.\n\n\"It does not mean that Samsung is not committed to the Note category, but is expanding the Note experience across device categories,\" the firm said in a follow-up statement.\n\n\"We will actively listen to consumers' feedback and reflect it in our continued product innovation.\"\n\nThe S21 Ultra will start at £1,149 when it goes on sale on 29 January. The S Pen costs an extra £35 on its own, or £85 when bundled with a case that stores it.\n\nThat puts it in the ballpark of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra's £1,179 starting price, which comes with a stylus that slots into its body.\n\nThere are also two other lower-cost models in the new range, neither of which works with the S-Pen stylus: the 6.2in S21 and 6.7in S21+.\n\nAll three models feature a redesigned camera module on their back.\n\nAll the Galaxy S21 phones feature a redesigned camera module on their back\n\nBut while the two lower-end models have three lenses - ultra-wide, wide and 3x-zoom telephoto - the S21 Ultra adds a further 10x-zoom telephoto lens, letting owners shoot action from even further away.\n\nThe handsets also benefit from a new Director's View facility. It lets users film video while getting thumbnail previews superimposed on-screen of what it would look like if they switched to another lens.\n\nAll three phones can film in 8K - double the maximum resolution of the competing iPhone 12 range's native video app.\n\nThe Director's View mode lets users preview how the recorded shot will change in a video if they switch to a different lens while filming\n\nHowever, the handsets may be more notable for following Apple in two regards.\n\nThey have abandoned a slot for a microSD memory card.\n\nAnd they will be sold without either a charger - a decision over which Samsung had mocked its rival. - or earphones.\n\nSamsung posted this ad in October on social media before deleting it\n\n\"We discovered that more and more Galaxy users are reusing accessories they already have,\" the firm said.\n\nSamsung typically unveils its Galaxy range in late February, but has brought forward this year's launch to coincide with the CES tech show.\n\n\"Samsung needs S21 to be a success given that S20 was launched in the middle of Covid first wave in Europe and didn't gain many fans,\" commented Marta Pinto, from research firm IDC.\n\nShe added the earlier launch date could help it compete in the \"premium market\" with Apple, whose iPhones were released later than normal last year.\n\nThe South Korean firm should also benefit from collapsing sales of Huawei's devices in the West, caused by US sanctions that prevent them offering the Google Play store and some of the search giant's other services.\n\nSamsung dedicated a segment of its Unpacked launch presentation to its partnership with Google\n\nBut Mr Wood said Samsung was facing growing competition from other Chinese brands including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo.\n\n\"Samsung's differentiator is going to be its ability to market its strong brand, and the fact it has a very wide product portfolio,\" he commented.\n\nSamsung also aims to widen its appeal with two further accessories.\n\nIt has a new pair of £219 wireless earbuds that monitor what the user is doing.\n\nSamsung's earbuds should automatically adapt their audio output according to what the user is doing\n\nIf they detect the wearer is talking, they automatically turn down the volume of music and amplify the sounds of the nearby environment picked up by their microphones, allowing the owner to have a brief conversation without needing to take them out or manually adjust their settings.\n\nSamsung also is launching the £30 Galaxy SmartTag - a Bluetooth-enabled tracker that can be attached to belongings or pets.\n\nIt will allow an app to show their location, so long as the tag is in range of the owner or anyone else's compatible Samsung device.\n\nThe tracker will compete with similar products from the current market leader Tile.\n\nThe SmartTag will challenge Tile, which already sells a range of Bluetooth trackers\n\nApple is widely rumoured to be working on similar devices of its own.", "The coronavirus growth rate is slowing in the UK and the number of infections is starting to level off in some areas, a top scientist has said.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told the BBC that in some NHS regions there is a \"sign of plateauing\" in cases and hospital admissions.\n\nBut he warned the overall death toll would exceed 100,000.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nIt has taken the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767. There were also 47,525 new cases.\n\nIt comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the national lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\", but it was early days and urged people to abide by the rules.\n\nPeople in England are required to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London whose modelling led to the first lockdown in March, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was \"much too early\" to say when the number of cases would come down.\n\nBut he said: \"It looks like in London in particular and a couple of other regions in the South East and East of England, hospital admissions may even have plateaued.\n\n\"It has to be said this is not seen everywhere - both case numbers and hospital admissions are going up in many other areas, but overall at a national level we are seeing the rate of growth slow.\"\n\nProf Ferguson added: \"I would hope the hospital admissions might plateau… sometime in the next week, but hospital bed occupancy may continue to rise slowly for up to two weeks.\"\n\nHe warned the overall death toll would be \"well over 100,000\", adding \"there's nothing we can do about that now\".\n\nProf Ferguson added Covid restrictions could be in place for many months to come, adding the new variant's increased transmissibility would mean relaxation of the rules will be a \"gradual process to the autumn\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said on Thursday that the government will not be introducing tougher social distancing rules \"today or tomorrow\" and insisted that ministers are focusing on increasing enforcement of the current restrictions.\n\nAsked about speculation further measures could include a three-metre social distancing rule or a requirement to wear masks outside, she told ITV's This Morning: \"This isn't about new rules coming in - we're going to stick with enforcing the current measures.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a major study led by Public Health England has shown most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months.\n\nPast infection was linked to an 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the finding \"doesn't eliminate\" the risk of people catching Covid-19 again, and infecting others.\n\nShe said: \"We found people with very high amounts of virus in their nose and throat swabs, that would easily be in the range which would cause levels of transmission to other individuals.\"\n\nProf Hopkins said she hoped that after Easter, \"we will start to see reduced infection rates, as we did at that time last year\" and the number of people who have been vaccinated at a \"very high level\".\n\nThe UK is continuing efforts to ramp up the rollout of the Covid vaccine, with the prime minister saying that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted on Thursday to say that \"three million vaccines have now been administered\" in the UK.\n\nOn Thursday, NHS England published a breakdown of vaccinations by age and region for the first time.\n\nMr Johnson told the Commons Liaison Committee on Wednesday that he was \"concerned\" about a new Covid variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil and said that the UK was taking steps to ensure it is not brought into the UK.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said ministers met this morning to discuss \"urgent measures to reduce the potential spread to the UK of the Brazilian variant\".\n\nThey could include a ban on flights from Brazil. Arrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nMeanwhile, the Deputy Scottish First Minister John Swinney told BBC Breakfast \"the virus is not accelerating as fast as it was\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said \"there are some early signs of optimism\" but emphasised people should follow all guidance as the \"virus is still at a very strong level\".", "Amnesty says about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes,\n\nThere have been calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes as the Irish government is to apologise after an investigation found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\" in the Republic of Ireland's homes.\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation.\n\nMothers and babies who were in similar homes in Northern Ireland want a full inquiry to be held in NI too.\n\nStormont commissioned research into whether or not there should an inquiry held into the homes which operated in Northern Ireland, is due to be published by the end of January.\n\nPatrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.\n\n\"We have had cases of mothers telling us that ultimately, many decades later, when they tried to track down their long-lost children they found adoption certificates where they said their signature had actually been forged,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think that there is criminality to investigate here and that it behoves the Northern Ireland Executive to set up the inquiry that has long been sought here and long been denied.\"\n\nIn 2017 research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland had prompted initial calls for a public inquiry.\n\nBBC News NI previously spoke to Eunan Duffy who was 47 years old when he found out he was adopted from Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry, County Down.\n\nIt was one of a network of institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which offered women the voluntary option, for those who were unmarried, to give birth in private and give their babies up for adoption\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marian Vale was one of a network of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland\n\nAmnesty says there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby institutions in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt said about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the Northern Ireland homes, operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and religious organisations.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, research into mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries was commissioned three years ago and was initially expected to take 12 months.\n\nIt was completed in February last year, but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"A paper will be brought to the executive shortly for its consideration. Subject to executive approval, it is intended to publish the research report before the end of January 2021.\"\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the commission that investigated the homes found that the number of children who died was about 15% of all those who were born in the institutions.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Mícheál Martin said the report, which can be read in full here, described a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, who represents the Birth Mothers for Justice group, welcomed the apology in the Republic of Ireland, but said mothers and children in NI had not received one.\n\n\"The crimes perpetrated on them have yet to be investigated,\" she said.\n\n\"Those perpetrators who forced them into arbitrary detention, hard labour and colluded in the forced adoption of their babies, remain unchallenged in this jurisdiction.\"\n\nMary O'Neill became pregnant when she was 18 and was sent to Marianvale in Newry in the late 1970s.\n\nThere she gave birth to a baby girl who was taken away from her almost immediately after the birth.\n\nShe wanted to keep the baby, but was not allowed and was told the baby would be put up for adoption.\n\nThe mother and baby scandal became an international news story when 'significant human remains' were found on the grounds of a former home in County Galway\n\nMs O'Neill told Good Morning Ulster she eventually tracked down her daughter after 40 years.\n\n\"It was a long search, everywhere you went you were up against a brick wall,\" she said.\n\n\"There was no help, the social workers didn't want to tell you anything.\"\n\nShe finally found out her daughter was living in America but was coming home for her 40th birthday.\n\nShe said when she met her it was like meeting a stranger.\n\n\"But thank God we have met and we have a good relationship. She's still keeping in touch,\" Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"It means the world to me, because you always wondered where was she? Was she happy? Did she know about you?\n\n\"It was always in the back of your mind. It never went away, the tears and the heartache.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs O'Neill said she was happy the victims in the Republic of Ireland were getting an apology, but wishes the homes in Northern Ireland could have been included.\n\nMechelle Dillon's mother was 21 and pregnant when she was sent to Marianvale in Newry in 1969.\n\nShe was placed in foster care a few months after her birth.\n\nHer mother returned to her home village and then moved to England. But she came back for Mechelle when she was around eight or nine-months-old.\n\nShe said she believed she was not adopted because she was born with a cyst on her mouth.\n\n\"I would have maybe been classed as a reject, if you want to put it that way,\" she said.\n\n\"It's the same as if you go to look for a little puppy and if the puppy doesn't feel right and you think 'Oh God, I'll have a lot of vet bills here, I don't want that puppy' - I would have probably been classed the same because I would have had that defect.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said \"the executive should move quickly to publish the research report and then call a full public inquiry\".", "Decima Minhinnick, pictured at her 90th birthday party, lives in a care home and has vascular dementia\n\nA couple who were fined £60 for driving 20 minutes to see a relative in a care home have had their fine cancelled by police.\n\nCarol and David Richards from Bridgend travelled seven miles to Porthcawl to visit her mother Decima Minhinnick, 94.\n\nOn Tuesday, police defended the fine, claiming the couple had broken lockdown rules.\n\nOn Wednesday, South Wales Police said it had \"since been reviewed and the notice has been rescinded\".\n\n\"The individual concerned has been notified\".\n\nIn a statement, it added: \"Wales remains at alert level four and South Wales Police will continue to patrol our communities to ensure the legislation, which has been enacted to slow the spread of coronavirus, is complied with\".\n\nMrs Richards has said she was \"mortified\" they were stopped by police while returning on Sunday from what she said was a compassionate visit.\n\nShe said on Tuesday she did not believe they breached lockdown rules.\n\nMrs Richards said the couple had arranged the visit to Picton Court Care Home in advance with the permission of staff, and spoke to her mother, who has vascular dementia, through the window of her ground-floor room from the car park.\n\nDavid and Carol Richards complained about the £60 fine\n\nShe told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that when she was issued with the fine it was like \"a sort of dystopian novel\", adding that the officer involved was \"pedantic and inflexible\".\n\n\"I was angry - she just would not listen to any protestations, and so she said 'you're going to be issued with a £60 fixed penalty fine'.\n\n\"It's not about the 60 quid, it's about the principle.\"\n\nThe home is just over seven miles from where the couple live", "The governor of Amazonas state warned of a \"critical\" moment and has implemented a curfew\n\nHospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff.\n\nThe city, in Amazonas state, has seen a surge of deaths and infections.\n\nHealth professionals, quoted by local media, warned \"many people\" could die due to lack of supplies and assistance.\n\nBrazil has recorded more than 205,000 virus deaths - the second-highest tally in the world, behind the US.\n\nA new coronavirus variant has recently emerged in Brazil, with several cases in travellers arriving in Japan traced back to the Amazonas region.\n\nAmazonas suffered heavy losses in the first wave of the pandemic but is also being badly hit by a new rise in infections.\n\nRefrigerated containers were brought to hospitals to help store bodies last week, as authorities declared a state of emergency.\n\nJessem Orellana, from the Fiocruz-Amazonia scientific investigation institute, told the AFP news agency that some hospitals in Manaus had \"run out of oxygen\" with some centres becoming \"a type of suffocation chamber\" for patients.\n\nThe researcher told Brazilian media she had received reports from the front-line of \"dramatic\" scenes playing out in some hospitals.\n\nReports in the daily Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper described desperate staff having to try to keep patients alive through manual ventilation.\n\nIn a widely shared video from the region, a female medical worker asks the internet for help: \"We're in an awful state. Oxygen has simply run out across the whole unit today.\"\n\n\"There is no oxygen and lots of people are dying,\" she says in the clip. \"If anyone has any oxygen, please bring it to the clinic. There are so many people dying.\"\n\nThe UK has banned travellers from much of Latin America over a new variant detected in Brazil\n\nAmazonas Governor Wilson Lima said the state was \"in the most critical moment of the pandemic\" and has announced a nightly curfew will begin at 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday to try to stem the spread.\n\nMarcellus Campelo, a local health secretary, said the state needed three times the amount of oxygen it can produce locally and appealed for help.\n\nBrazil's vice-president shared images on Twitter of the air force transporting hospital supplies, including oxygen cylinders and stretchers, to the city as reports of the situation spread throughout the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also say some patients will be airlifted to other states for treatment due to the demand for intensive care units, Reuters reports.\n\nFelipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson that the new variant had evolved separately from those in the UK and South Africa, but that it showed some of the same characteristics: \"Some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern.\"\n\nMr Naveca said that they did not yet have any data to suggest that existing vaccines would be any less effective against the new variant. \"We have to do a lot more sequencing of samples to answer that question,\" he said.\n\nHowever, on Thursday UK officials announced a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde due to the new strain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening. We'll have another update for you on Friday morning.\n\nTravel from South America and Portugal to the UK is being banned, other than for British or Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights. The new ruling is being brought in because of concerns about the new Brazilian coronavirus variant and comes into force from 04:00 GMT on Friday. The ban applies to people who have travelled from, or through, these countries in the 10 days before their departure for the UK: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Find out more about the new variants here.\n\nDoctors have warned that the recent surge in Covid hospital cases has left key hospital services in England in crisis. Accident and Emergency departments are facing rising delays in admitting extremely sick patients on to wards, NHS data shows. The total number of people facing year-long waits for routine treatments is more than 100 times higher than it was before the pandemic - and cancer specialists are warning of a \"terrifying\" disruption to their services that would cost lives.\n\nThe government has told schools not to provide free meals to eligible pupils' families over half term, with food to be provided by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme instead. The Department for Education said vulnerable families would continue to receive meals outside of term time through the welfare support they have made available. But councils say the government should be responsible for providing food vouchers during the February half-term, like it did over summer.\n\nA top scientist has said the coronavirus growth rate in the UK is slowing, with the number of infections starting to level off in some areas. Prof Neil Ferguson told the BBC that in some NHS regions there is a \"sign of plateauing\" in cases and hospital admissions. But he warned the overall death toll - currently standing at over 80,000 - would exceed 100,000. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the national lockdown measures in place across the UK are \"starting to show signs of some effect\" but warned that it was still early days.\n\nMany people feel they've put on weight during the pandemic, due to staying indoors more and turning to comfort food. Samantha Hicks, from Portishead, North Somerset, thought she was one of them - but what she believed was a few extra pounds of weight was actually a baby. She gave birth to her daughter Julia just 10 days after discovering she was pregnant. Her pregnancy was even missed when she was taken to hospital in November with Covid-19. She said: \"My tummy was a bit swollen but again, because I felt sick and I wasn't great, it never occurred to me I was pregnant.\"\n\nThe UK travel rules have been updated again. Find out all the details you need here.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows.\n\nPast infection was linked to around a 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nBut experts warn some people do catch Covid-19 again - and can infect others.\n\nAnd officials stress people should follow the stay-at-home rules - whether or not they have had the virus.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, said the results were encouraging, suggesting immunity lasted longer than some people feared, but protection was by no means absolute.\n\nIt was particularly concerning some of those reinfected had high levels of the virus - even without symptoms - and were at risk of passing it on to others, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Susan Hopkins from Public Health England said immunity from having Covid-19 is \"not 100% protective\"\n\n\"This means even if you believe you already had the disease and are protected, you can be reassured it is highly unlikely you will develop severe infections but there is still a risk that you could acquire an infection and transmit to others,\" she added.\n\n\"Now more than ever, it is vital we all stay at home to protect our health service and save lives.\"\n\nFrom June to November 2020, almost 21,000 healthcare workers across the UK were regularly tested to see whether they:\n\nOf those who had no antibodies to the virus, suggesting they may have never had it, 318 developed potential new infections within this timeframe.\n\nBut among the 6,614 with antibodies, this figure was just 44 potential new infections.\n\nResearchers received various different pieces of evidence suggesting these people had become re-infected - including new symptoms more than 90 days after their first infection, new positive swab tests and blood tests.\n\nSome tests are still being run and researchers say their results will be updated as they come in.\n\nScientists will continue to monitor the healthcare workers for 12 months to see how long immunity lasts.\n\nThey will also look closely at cases with the new variant - which was not widespread at the time of this first analysis - and observe the immunity of participants who receive the vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nDr Julian Tang, a virus expert at the University of Leicester, said the results were reassuring for healthcare workers.\n\n\"Having the vaccine after recovering from Covid-19 is not an issue... and will likely boost the natural immunity,\" he added.\n\n\"We also see this with the seasonal flu vaccine.\n\n\"So hopefully the results from this paper will reduce the anxiety of many healthcare-worker colleagues who have concerns about getting Covid-19 twice.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Changes to Scotland's lockdown restrictions have been announced. The tightening of the rules follows concerns the \"stay at home\" message is not having the same impact it did during last year's lockdown. The changes will come into effect on Saturday.\n\nThe availability and operation of click and collect services will be limited to retailers selling essential items such as clothes, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books. Also, outlets that sell electrical goods; do key cutting; undertake shoe repairs, plus garden centres and plant nurseries can continue the collect service.\n\nFor qualifying businesses, staggered appointments will need to be offered to avoid any potential for queuing, and access inside premises for collection will not be permitted.\n\nCustomers in Scotland will no longer be allowed to go inside to collect takeaway food or coffee. Businesses will have to operate from a serving hatch or doorway.\n\nThe aim is to reduce the risk of customers coming into contact indoors with each other, or with staff.\n\nIt will be against the law in all level four areas of Scotland to drink alcohol outdoors in public.\n\nThis will mean that buying a takeaway pint and consuming on the street will not be permitted.\n\nIt is intended to underline the message that people should only be leaving home for essential purposes.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening the obligation on employers to allow their staff to work from home whenever possible.\n\nThe law already says that people should only be leaving home to go to work if it is work that cannot be done from home. This is a legal obligation that falls on individuals.\n\nHowever, statutory guidance is being introduced to make clear that employers should support employees to work from home wherever possible.\n\nThe Scottish government is strengthening provisions in relation to work inside people's houses.\n\nCurrent guidance says that in level four areas work is only permitted within a private dwelling if it is essential for the upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household. This guidance is now being put into law.\n\nThe final change is an amendment to the regulations requiring people to stay at home.\n\nThis is intended to close an apparent loophole rather than change the spirit of the law. It will also bring the wording of the stay at home regulations in Scotland into line with the other UK nations.\n\nCurrently the law states that people can only leave home for an essential purpose.\n\nThe amendment will make it clear that people \"must not leave or remain outside\" the home unless it is for an essential purpose.\n\nThe Scottish government's full lockdown guidance is available here.", "Covid-19 patients in England's busiest intensive care units in 2020 were 20% more likely to die, University College London research has found.\n\nThe increased risk was equivalent to gaining a decade in age.\n\nBy the end of 2020, one in three hospital trusts in England was running at higher than 85% capacity.\n\nEleven trusts were completely full on 30 December, and the total number of people in intensive care with Covid has continued to rise since then.\n\nThe link between full ICUs and higher death rates was already known, but this study is the first to measure its effect during the pandemic.\n\nTighter lockdown restrictions are needed to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, says study author Dr Bilal Mateen.\n\nResearchers looked at more than 4,000 patients who were admitted to intensive care units in 114 hospital trusts in England between April and June last year.\n\nThey found the risk of dying was almost a fifth higher in ICUs where more than 85% of beds were occupied, than in those running at between 45% and 85% capacity.\n\nThat meant a 60-year-old being treated in one of these units had the same risk of dying as a 70-year-old on a quieter ward.\n\nThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine sets 85% as the maximum safe level of bed occupancy.\n\nHowever, the team found there was no tipping point after which deaths rose - instead, survival rates fell consistently as bed-occupancy increased.\n\nThis suggests \"a lot of harm is occurring before you get to 85%\".\n\nPatients admitted to ICUs that were less than 45% full were 25% less likely to die than average.\n\nUsually if a very sick patient's heart stops, everyone on the ward will rush to help them, Dr Mateen explained.\n\nBut when there are too many patients, staff's time is inevitably split, so \"it makes sense that the quality of patient care would be sacrificed\", he said.\n\nWhile extra beds and equipment can, and have, been provided through the Nightingale hospitals and the private sector, finding enough qualified staff has been an issue.\n\n\"You can't just create an ICU nurse who knows how to operate a mechanical ventilator overnight,\" Dr Mateen told the BBC.\n\nThese are highly-skilled roles that take years of training and sometimes decades of experience, he added.\n\nInstead, a \"robust vaccination programme\" and tighter lockdown restrictions are needed to bring down cases and hospitalisations, he believes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nCo-author Prof Christina Pagel at UCL added: \"This paper highlights for the first time that putting such strain on ICUs during pandemic peaks does, sadly, mean that that chances of someone dying in intensive care are higher.\n\n\"Our work underlines the urgency of both vaccinating vulnerable groups as soon as possible and reducing Covid transmission in the community to relieve pressure on intensive care.\"\n\nIt's difficult to say for sure that fuller ICUs are actually causing more deaths - it's possible that as they get fuller, only the sickest patients are admitted.\n\nBut Dr Mateen says there was no evidence of rationing - of sick patients being turned away.\n\nEven pre-Covid, data suggests larger ICUs had lower death rates - with a 25% increase in bed numbers linked to a corresponding 25% fall in mortality.\n\nAnd the findings are supported by a wealth of evidence from before the pandemic and from around the world.", "Coach and tour operators have seen an unexpected growth in bookings in the last fortnight.\n\nWhilst there is no doubt that the pandemic continues to put huge pressure on lives and the NHS, this is a small amount of sunshine for the travel industry, which has had a tough year.\n\nTUI, the UK's largest tour operator, says 50% of bookings on their website are currently by over-50s.\n\nThis was previously a smaller market for them.\n\nNational Express's coach holiday businesses say bookings made by those 65 and over have increased by 185% in the last fortnight compared to last year.\n\n\"Since the announcement of the vaccine, it's given our customer base, predominantly those over 65, increased confidence to book and have that summer getaway in 2021\" says Jit Desai, head of holidays and travel at National Express.\n\n\"We launched the brochure for spring-summer 2021 just this weekend gone, and on Monday we took a week's worth of bookings in a day and that's continued so far,\" says Mr Desai. \"What the vaccine does is give certainty and confidence.\n\n\"That then allows the customer and ourselves the ability to plan ahead\".\n\nThe pandemic has been devastating for the travel sector. Tens of thousands of jobs have gone in the UK. Millions of Britons cancelled breaks because the health situation was in flux across the world.\n\nBut National Express now points to returning confidence to travel.\n\n\"Many we've spoken to have had the first jab. They know in 12 weeks they'll get a second jab. It gives them certainty that they can enjoy and look forward to their 2021 holiday. It is something to look forward to, to being with people, with friends, like minded and from the same generation.\"\n\nDawn and Ray - 75 and 78 years old - are from Hampshire and are due to have their first jab soon. They have just booked five UK holidays.\n\n\"We are raring to go once we've got that vaccine, we are really looking forward to it - both of us. We are going to Wales, Leicestershire, to York where there is a mystery tour - and to the Cotswolds'\", Dawn said.\n\nFor Dawn and Ray, it's the ease of coach travel that's appealing, as well as the safety. She adds \"they've looked after us so well in the past, the coaches are clean, we'll all wear masks, we all look after each other.\"\n\nAt the moment, 90% of the bookings with National Expresses coach businesses are UK based, so it looks like another good year for the staycation.\n\n\"European bookings are lower because of the uncertainty on the continent,\" says Mr Desai.\n\n\"The UK wins because of the lack of need to quarantine. And uncertainty about the moves other governments might make whilst away also creates fear.\"\n\nIt's not just UK breaks that are selling. The UK's largest tour operator TUI, famous for its sun-drenched European beach holidays, says there has also been a change in the last fortnight.\n\n\"We're seeing a customer base or age group that wasn't booking before, that is starting to book,\" says Andrew Flintham the MD of TUI UK. \"The over 50s, we assume, is on the back to the vaccine news.\"\n\nWhilst TUI UK boss acknowledges that \"the market is still depressed and it's not where we want it - we are seeing glimmers of hope.\"\n\nTrips to towns in England are among those being booked\n\nThere are also interesting changes emerging in the types of breaks holidaymakers plan to take and the months they're planning to travel.\n\n\"People are booking later into the summer, hedging their bets\" said Mr Flintham. \"More July and August and a lot of demand for September and October.\n\n\"People are booking longer holidays, we're seeing more people booking ten or eleven or 14 nights rather than seven. People are maybe catching up on what they've missed.\"\n\nAs TUI analysed its recent booking data, one trend they spotted is the emergence of large, multigenerational group bookings.\n\n\"It is family time we've all missed. We can't get away from our own families, but our broader families we can't see, and that's feeding into our choices\" Mr Flintham explains.\n\nAfter such a bad 10 months, and TUI cancelling all holidays until the middle of February at the earliest because of the new lockdown, how does the rest of the summer look?\n\n\"I think the summer holiday is on\" says Mr Flintham, \"I think we just need time for people to get that confidence, but yes, we think there will be a good summer this summer\".\n\nFor those who've watched the paralysis brought upon the travel industry since last winter, a morsel of good news about customers booking again is being celebrated.\n\n\"This is fantastic news and to be hugely welcomed by an industry that has been utterly devastated by the pandemic\", says Sophie Griffiths, editor of Travel Trade Gazette.\n\n\"Ten months into this crisis and the industry has still received zero dedicated support from the government despite being unique as a sector in terms of giving out thousands in refunds while getting next to nothing back in for 2020.\"", "The Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world (file image)\n\nA British tourist has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus cases that led officials to cancel Switzerland's famous Lauberhorn ski race.\n\nThe resort of Wengen, where the race is held, had recorded only 10 cases of the virus by mid-December.\n\nBut the number soon began to rise and many cases have since been linked to the new highly infectious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK.\n\nAt least 27 cases are connected to one British tourist, contact tracers say.\n\nThe tourist stayed in a hotel in Wengen over the holiday period.\n\nThe Lauberhorn course is the longest downhill run in the world, and racers can reach speeds of 160km/h (100 mph).\n\nOfficials desperately tried to save the race, shutting schools and offering to close off the resort to everyone but the competitors.\n\nSwiss health officials initially agreed with the plan, but a further jump in cases at the start of this week prompted them to pull the emergency brake and cancel the event.\n\nThe Lauberhorn track is 4,480m (14,700ft) long - and the race will now have to wait until 2022\n\nWengen is devastated. The Lauberhorn is one of the top competitions on the World Cup ski circuit. It is dearly loved by the Swiss, who have watched with delight as some of their own homegrown talent, such as Beat Feuz and Carlo Janka, have triumphed there.\n\nMoreover, the long love affair between Switzerland and British winter tourists has frosted over to some extent.\n\nIt was only last month that the vanishing Brits of Verbier, who reportedly fled Switzerland rather than accept the government mandated quarantine, triggered a flurry of negative headlines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Italy's Foppolo ski resort was closed until 6 January and missed the all-important Christmas ski season\n\nNow the high point of Switzerland's skiing calendar has been abruptly cancelled, and some Swiss blame the British.\n\nOthers say Switzerland only has itself to blame.\n\nWhile neighbours France and Italy closed their resorts over the festive period, the Swiss government opted for a precarious balancing act. It kept its slopes open, but closed all bars and restaurants and limited ski lifts to two-thirds capacity.\n\nMost Swiss resorts are quiet, with just a few locals enjoying the runs. But still some tourists arrived and, as Wengen's experience shows, just one infected guest is enough to cause major damage.\n\nInstead of hosting a major ski race, Wengen officials are now racing to control the virus. Mass testing has already begun in the resort.\n\nSwitzerland's government has extended the closure of bars, restaurants, museums, and theatres until the end of February in a bid to control the new variant. It has also ordered non-essential shops to close and made working from home obligatory.\n\nAs for the Lauberhorn, Switzerland's oldest and fiercest skiing rival, Austria, will now host the postponed event. Nothing could have been calculated to upset the Swiss more.\n\nThe event was first moved to the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, but an outbreak of coronavirus there has prompted another move, this time to Flachau, 100km to the east.\n\nThe cluster of cases in Jochberg near Kitzbühel broke out among a group of mainly British trainee ski instructors.", "Some 13 ambulances queued outside the Royal Glamorgan Hospital hospital's A&E department on Saturday\n\nHospitals in the area with Wales and England's worst Covid death rates are only coping by postponing urgent surgery such as cancer operations.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg had already suspended some non-emergency services but the boss of the health board said they have now paused some urgent procedures.\n\nCwm Taf covers Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil, which have the highest and second highest Covid death rates.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said he \"would not be surprised\" if other health boards were forced to do the same soon, if case rates did not come down.\n\n\"There is real harm being done... because of the level of hospital admissions,\" he said.\n\n\"Our critical care units are at 150% of their capacity and that has very real consequences.\n\n\"It reinforces why all of us need to do the right thing in reducing our contacts with other people and follow the rules, otherwise greater harm will be caused.\"\n\nThe news comes as NHS bosses said the number of Covid patients in Welsh hospitals is double April's peak.\n\nOn Thursday, Public Health Wales (PHW) said a further 54 people had died with coronavirus in Wales, taking the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 4,117.\n\nMr Lyons said on Wednesday night their field hospital Ysbyty Seren in Bridgend had 74 patients, people they \"wouldn't have been able to accommodate within our usual hospitals\".\n\n\"We are coping, but that's coping because we've been cancelling urgent surgery.\n\n\"We even had to cancel some cancer surgery over the last few weeks,\" Mr Lyons told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"My heart goes out to families and to patients with all the stress and the worry that gives.\n\n\"It's tough times and we're all in it together, and we do see that optimism, that glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel but it's hard.\"\n\nNearly half of hospital beds in the health board - which covers Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf- are taken up with Covid-19 patients, including 31 in critical care or on ventilation.\n\nThey outnumber those in critical care with other conditions by three to one.\n\nLatest NHS Wales figures show 2,806 hospital patients in Wales with Covid-19 - 35% of all patients. This is twice the proportion in May.\n\nIn Rhondda Cynon Taf, the Covid death rate is 283.9 per 100,000 population - followed by Merthyr Tydfil where the death rate is 253.6.\n\n\"It's an absolute tragedy for the families and the loved ones and very sobering,\" said Mr Lyons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See how case rates have changed in each part of Wales\n\n\"We're coping but only because of the dedication of our staff, and it's immensely humbling to see people giving up their spare time coming in doing extra shifts, but the toll on them is immense.\n\n\"In practice our hospitals are full and although we are coping that we're only coping because we've cancelled all but the most urgent surgery.\n\n\"We've redeployed staff who've been incredibly flexible from places they normally work such as outpatients.\"\n\nThe health board oversees three hospitals - Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend and the Royal Glamorgan in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nA nurse at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, near Llantrisant, said earlier this week how she felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued outside her hospital's A&E department.", "Six pharmacies will be vaccinating people invited by letter to make an appointment online\n\nSome High Street pharmacies in England will start vaccinating people from priority groups on Thursday, with 200 providing jabs in the next two weeks.\n\nSix chemists in Halifax, Macclesfield, Widnes, Guildford, Edgware and Telford are the first to offer appointments to those invited by letter.\n\nBut pharmacists say many more sites should be allowed to give the jab, not just the largest ones.\n\nMore than 2.6 million people in the UK have now received their first dose.\n\nAcross the UK, the target is to vaccinate 15 million people in the top four priority groups - care home residents and workers, NHS frontline staff, the over-70s and the extremely clinically vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nThe vaccines - made by either Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech - are being administered at hospitals, care homes, GP surgeries and vaccination centres.\n\nIt comes as the UK saw its highest number of daily reported coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began, with the government announcing a further 1,564 deaths of people within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Scottish government published its detailed 16-page plan for rolling out the vaccine, including details of how many vaccines it expects to receive every week until the end of May.\n\nThe first pharmacy sites in England to deliver a vaccine have been chosen because they are capable of delivering large numbers of vaccines quickly while allowing space for social distancing.\n\nPeople will be invited by letter to make an appointment at one of the pharmacies, or a vaccination centre, through the NHS Covid-19 vaccination booking service.\n\nAnyone who doesn't want to travel to these sites can still be vaccinated by their local GP or hospital service, but they may have to wait longer.\n\nUp to 70 more pharmacies will be taking bookings for appointments for next week, with 200 in total offering slots over the next fortnight, according to NHS England.\n\nVaccines are currently being offered at more than 1,000 sites, including :\n\nAn Asda supermarket in Birmingham will also host a vaccination centre, with pharmacy staff giving jabs in the store's former clothing section from 25 January.\n\nBut the National Pharmacy Association says the rules on which pharmacies qualify to deliver Covid vaccines should be relaxed to allow more to take part.\n\nHow people awaiting vaccines will queue and socially distance in the Halifax store of Boots\n\nAt present, pharmacies have to be able to deliver 1,000 vaccines a week, have enough fridge space to store all the doses, and be able to open seven days a week.\n\nAndrew Lane, of the National Pharmacy Association, said now that the Oxford vaccine had been approved, community pharmacies could store and administer it in the same way as they deliver the flu jab.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine only needs to be stored at fridge temperature, as opposed to the freezer temperatures of -70C required by Pfizer.\n\n\"We're here, we're trained, we will deliver,\" said Mr Lane, who represents Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire.\n\nNHS England has said that as more supplies of vaccine become available, more community pharmacists will be able to play a role in the programme.\n\nThe government's vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said staff across the NHS had \"pulled out all the stops to help ramp up vaccinations\" and were working day and night to keep people safe.\n\nProf Claire Anderson, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's English Pharmacy Board, said pharmacy teams in hospital, primary care and the community were \"working flat out to support the nation's health\".\n\nShe said she looked forward to the vaccination programme being expanded through pharmacies to benefit patients.\n\nBoris Johnson said on Wednesday that vaccinations would also start being offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week \"as soon as possible\" - but supply of doses was currently the limiting factor.\n\nIt comes as hospitals struggle to cope with the rising numbers of patients being admitted with Covid.\n\nA study published today has shown the impact of packed intensive care units on death rates, finding that patients in England's busiest ICUs in 2020 were 20% more likely to die.\n\nMeanwhile, a government committee is meeting later to discuss whether to stop flights from Brazil coming to the UK because of concern about a new variant of the virus believed to have emerged there.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe strain is one of a small number of new variants which have been spreading, including ones first spotted in the UK and South Africa.\n\nScientists are racing to understand what it means for the vaccines - but most experts think vaccines will still be effective.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bangor student Michelle Francis said students had hardly used rooms and had not been able to use facilities on campus\n\nHundreds of students are preparing to take part in rent strikes after paying for \"hardly used\" rooms during the pandemic.\n\nSome Welsh universities have already offered refunds to students who have been living away due to Covid-19.\n\nBut students in Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor claim they are being treated unfairly and are threatening to withhold rent.\n\nUniversities said they were trying to work out the implications of Covid-19.\n\nAnd a solicitor warned students they could face legal action for not paying rent, with long-term implications possible if they lose.\n\nFace-to-face teaching was suspended and many students moved back home before Christmas as coronavirus cases continued to rise.\n\nStaggered returns are being introduced in order to \"help stop the spread of the virus in student accommodation\", according to the Welsh Government.\n\nThey said they had not been living in the rooms or using facilities, despite paying for them, because they were abiding by Welsh Government guidelines.\n\nCardiff Metropolitan University, Aberystwyth University, Swansea University, Bangor University and Cardiff University have now offered eligible students rebates or discounts for time not spent living on campus.\n\nUniversity of South Wales said it will be offering a \"rent holiday\" on university-owned accommodation in Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf, for the period 4 January to 12 February.\n\nUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) said on Thursday it is now offering refunds to students who have not returned to university-owned accommodation while teaching is solely online.\n\nBut students say the offers are inadequate for students already paying £9,000-a-year tuition fees at a time when most of the teaching was online, and they had been unable to use facilities in halls.\n\nWhile the students cannot hold their protests in person due to coronavirus laws, hundreds are now planning to cancel their direct debits, withholding thousands of pounds of rent from universities.\n\nMichelle Francis, who formed the Bangor Rent Strike campaign, said the university's offer of a 10% discount to eligible students living in university-owned accommodation did not go far enough.\n\nShe said students who had chosen to go home for Christmas were not eligible, despite being unable to use facilities paid for during the first term.\n\n\"[We were] advised to have left university from the beginning of December and to come back at 8 February,\" she said.\n\n\"That's 25% of our halls that we've been paying and we're not there... we should be allowed to have that back.\"\n\nSo far over 300 students have joined the campaign to cancel their direct debits paid to Welsh universities and campaigners said the numbers were growing daily.\n\nOn Wednesday, Cardiff University joined other Welsh universities in offering a rent rebate to students living in university-owned accommodation during the pandemic.\n\nBut the full rebate, for the time students are unable to return to live in their accommodation, will not be applied until April.\n\nSwansea University has also confirmed a rent reduction to students in university halls who have been asked to remain at home.\n\nOisin Mulholland of Swansea Rent Strike said the group wanted the university to commit to fairly \"assessing the situation\", including for the coming term, and students who had already moved in should be given rebates as well.\n\n\"There was a window in January, where the Welsh Government said return, but the English government said don't return, and the university said nothing,\" he said.\n\n\"Many students came back and are now trapped in Swansea and can't go back because of lockdown\"\n\nIbrahim Khan said students were struggling and needed the rebate immediately\n\nIbrahim Khan, of the Cardiff Rent Strike campaign, said the rebate was \"too late\" for students struggling financially now.\n\n\"The university should be giving us the rebate this January as opposed to the third instalment in April,\" he said.\n\nLawyers have warned that students would in breach of contract if they cancel the direct debit for their rent.\n\nSiôn Fôn, a solicitor at Darwin Gray, encouraged students to discuss the issue with their families and student unions before taking action.\n\n\"I think a case could be brought forward pretty easily against somebody not paying rent,\" he said.\n\nBut he said students may have a case against the university due to not being able to access advertised facilities, but if the university took legal action it could have long-term consequences for individuals.\n\n\"If the students lose, and even after losing don't pay the rent, that would come up on credit scores, or with the bank, if they're trying to get a mortgage or a credit card it would come up on their record,\" he warned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"How am I going to afford to do my food shop... if I can't go to work?\"\n\nA spokesperson for Cardiff University said technical reasons meant they had to wait until the April instalment of accommodation fees to provide the rebate.\n\nSwansea University said some students had already returned when the stay at home guidance was issued, and it was working through the \"implications of this\".\n\n\"To help with this the university will not generate invoices for any students with university accommodation until May when we have been able to look at these cases,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBangor University said it did not wish to add anything further following its rebate announcement.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had provided an extra £40m to help universities, including £10m for towards student hardship and support.\n\n\"It would seem fair that students should be eligible for a rebate for the period when a course is online only and we welcome moves by universities to address this,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are actively considering how we can support our students and universities even further.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Residents of an asylum seeker camp in Pembrokeshire says life is 'very bad'\n\nAsylum seekers housed in a military training camp have claimed the \"very bad\" conditions are making them feel increasingly desperate.\n\nThe Home Office decided to house up to 250 asylum seekers at the site in Penally, Pembrokeshire, from September.\n\nBut some housed at the camp claim the conditions are unsafe and putting them at risk of coronavirus.\n\nPlaid Cymru has called for an urgent inspection, but the Home Office said it was safe and \"Covid-compliant\".\n\nOn Thursday afternoon, the independent chief inspector for borders and immigration David Bolt said he hoped an inspection can begin \"within a few weeks\" and was awaiting further details he requested from the Home Office.\n\nProtests and counter-protests have taken place at the camp, with concerns conditions breach human rights.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford has said the facility was \"unsuitable\" for vulnerable people who have \"fled terror and suffering\".\n\nNow, asylum seekers have spoken to the BBC about their experiences of living in the camp during the pandemic, with some claiming the site does not abide by Covid-19 rules.\n\nPhotos taken inside the camp show the living conditions in one of the rooms\n\nOne man, who wishes to remain anonymous, arrived at the camp on 1 October.\n\nHe said he had pain from \"old injuries\" obtained in Syria, but had to wait \"four days\" to see a doctor. He also has concerns about hygiene facilities at the camp.\n\n\"There is no observance of the Covid safety laws,\" he said, claiming \"six men\" share a small bedroom, dozens eat in the same room, and some staff preparing food do not wear face masks.\n\nVideo footage and photographs of the camp, seen by BBC Wales, show bathroom floors covered with water, every toilet in one bathroom blocked, beds in communal rooms less than 2m (6ft) apart and a bathroom where all the soap dispensers are empty.\n\nThe Home Office said medical need determined GP appointments, social distancing was required, and soap was replenished at the site.\n\nThe man said the camp's conditions had left him in a \"bad psychological state\" and others had attempted self-harm: \"Should I try to hurt myself to get out of here?\"\n\nHe said he and other residents were able to leave the camp as long as they are back by 22:00 GMT, but said he was reluctant to go out due to the \"humiliation, abuse and racism\" he has experienced.\n\nThe site has attracted protests in recent months\n\nWhile some have welcomed the refugees, posting welcome notes outside the gates, the camp has been described as a target for \"hard-right extremist\" protesters.\n\nThe Home Office said that, where someone claims their mental health is suffering, it would consider if their needs can be met at the site.\n\nAnother resident, from Eritrea, north-east Africa, said life in the camp was stressful, and people were being \"treated like prisoners\".\n\n\"For the Eritrean community in this camp, the most difficult thing is we escaped from our country from indefinite military service and illegal imprisonment,\" he said.\n\n\"So we feel like we are imprisoned in a military camp. It is all coming back to us.\"\n\nOne resident said it was impossible to maintain social distancing in a room with six people\n\nThe man said he had been told to be careful and to abide to Covid rules, but there was \"no protection\" as he was sleeping in a room with five others.\n\n\"Most of the bathrooms - they are broken,\" he said.\n\n\"They are filled with tissues, masks, everything you can find, they are blocked, they don't work.\"\n\nHe said he had not been offered a coronavirus test since arriving about three months ago.\n\nThe Home Office said residents had often entered the UK some time ago, and had been mainly placed in the camp after being in the south-east of England and around London.\n\nIt added that coronavirus tests were only necessary in line with Welsh Government guidance.\n\nIt added that Clearsprings Ready Homes, which manage the camp, took immediate steps to repair damage.\n\nSome have welcomed the asylum seekers in the community\n\nBut Plaid Cymru's leader in Westminster, Liz Saville Roberts, has called for an \"urgent\" and \"transparent\" inspection of the site.\n\nIn a letter to the UK's Independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, David Bolt, the MP said: \"We are now not only in the middle of winter, but cases of Covid-19 in Wales are rising at an alarming rate.\n\n\"I am extremely worried that the conditions at the old military barracks are wholly unsuitable to deal with the cold weather and to facilitate effective social distancing.\n\n\"This shows a clear disregard for the health and wellbeing of those being kept in the camp.\"\n\nAbout 40 men took part in the protest outside the camp in November over claims their human rights were being breached\n\nShe told BBC Radio Wales: \"If we aspire to be a nation of sanctuary, surely we should be looking at how people, while they are with us, are integrated into our communities and given all the services that they need, rather than putting them in a convenient enclosed space in a tiny community which is ill equipped itself to deal with this... Let alone far right protests outside and all the pressure that's put on the local population.\n\n\"We need to make sure that this doesn't set a precedent into the future.\"\n\nMr Bolt told Ms Saville Roberts he had \"received assurances\" from the Home Office that the Penally camp had an independent Covid-19 audit on 4 November.\n\nIn a letter, he said he hoped an inspection could be held \"within a few weeks\".\n\nHe said he was keen to understand how the Home Office \"was assuring itself\" individuals who were particularly vulnerable, including torture victims, potential victims of modern slavery, and those with complex health and other needs, were being identified and action taken to safeguard them.\n\nHe said: \"While on site I would expect the only restrictions to be those relating to Covid-19 and that inspectors would be free to examine the premises and facilities, observe daily life and interview staff and service users, and I would look to the Home Office to ensure that whoever is responsible for managing the site understands that they must cooperate with the inspection team.\"\n\nIn December, the Welsh Labour Government deputy minister Jane Hutt called on the Home Secretary Priti Patel to close the camp, describing the conditions as \"unsafe\" and \"inhumane\".\n\nTom Nunn, a solicitor representing some of the residents at camp, said the Home Office had said the camp should only be used as short-term accommodation for single, asylum-seeking males with no known vulnerabilities.\n\nBut he said 20 clients had been transferred away from the camp due to being vulnerable, and feared a serious incident would happen if things did not change.\n\n\"The majority of them have been detained and/or tortured in their country of origin, many have been exploited on their journey to the UK and a large number have fairly severe mental health problems,\" he said.\n\n\"It should not be the case that the only effective way of being transferred out is through making submissions through lawyers, and we are concerned about a large number of individuals who for a myriad of reasons may be unable to obtain this representation.\"\n\nThe UK's Minister for Immigration Compliance, Chris Philp, said: \"We provide asylum seekers in Penally with safe, Covid-compliant and weather-proof accommodation along with free, nutritious meals, all paid for by the taxpayer.\n\n\"We take the welfare of those in our care extremely seriously and asylum seekers can contact the 24/7 helpline run by Migrant Help if they have any issues.\n\n\"We are fixing our asylum system to make it firm and fair. We will be bringing forward legislation which will stop abuse of the system while ensuring it is compassionate towards those who need our help, welcoming people through safe and legal routes.\"", "The TikTok clip was reported to police by Network Rail\n\nA TikTok stunt featuring a car parked on a level crossing has been branded \"staggeringly stupid\".\n\nThe \"reckless\" social media post, recorded on the line at Bromley Cross, Bolton, showed a camera and tripod set up on the railway to record the scene.\n\nAn accompanying caption asked viewers: \"Would you take the risk to get the shot no-one else would?\"\n\nInsp Becky Warren, from British Transport Police, said: \"No picture or video is worth risking your life for.\"\n\nNetwork Rail, which reported the footage after it appeared on the video-sharing app, blasted the \"staggeringly stupid and dangerous\" clip.\n\nIt issued a reminder that trespassing on railway lines is against the law.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ManchesterPiccadilly This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth West route director Phil James said using the tracks \"as a backdrop for a photo shoot beggars belief\".\n\n\"Lives could so easily have been lost by this reckless behaviour,\" he said.\n\nInsp Warren added: \"There is simply no excuse for not following safety procedures at level crossings. The behaviour shown by the individuals in this video is incredibly dangerous and reckless.\"\n\nMany instances of trespass involve people using railway lines as backdrops for selfies and even wedding photos.\n\nLast year, Network Rail and British Transport Police launched a You vs. Train campaign to highlight the issue of young people trespassing.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Armie Hammer has starred in The Social Network and Call Me By Your Name\n\nUS actor Armie Hammer has pulled out of a new film with Jennifer Lopez after what he described as \"vicious and spurious online attacks against me\".\n\nHammer had been set to appear in the action comedy Shotgun Wedding.\n\nHowever, the star's role will now be re-cast after private messages he supposedly sent were circulated online.\n\nIn a statement, Hammer dismissed the messages and said the subsequent abuse meant he could no longer spend months away from his children while filming.\n\n\"I'm not responding to these [false] claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,\" the 34-year-old said, according to Deadline and Variety.\n\nThe Social Network and Call Me By Your Name actor added that film studio Lionsgate \"is supporting me in this and I'm grateful to them for that\".\n\nHammer has two children aged six and three with TV host Elizabeth Chambers. The couple announced their divorce last summer.\n\nHis name began trending over the weekend after explicit messages detailing disturbing sexual fantasies, which were purportedly sent by him, appeared online.\n\nA spokesman for Shotgun Wedding told the PA news agency that the film's producers accepted his decision.\n\n\"Given the imminent start date of Shotgun Wedding, Armie has requested to step away from the film and we support him in his decision,\" they said.\n\nHammer played the Winklevoss twins in 2010's The Social Network and starred opposite Timothée Chalamet in 2017's acclaimed drama Call Me By Your Name. He also appeared alongside Lily James in the Netflix adaptation of Rebecca, which came out last year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has said banning US President Donald Trump was the right thing to do.\n\nHowever, he expressed sadness at what he described as the \"extraordinary and untenable circumstances\" surrounding Mr Trump's permanent suspension.\n\nHe also said the ban was in part a failure of Twitter's, which hadn't done enough to foster \"healthy conversation\" across its platforms.\n\nTwitter has been praised and criticised for freezing Mr Trump's account.\n\nGerman leader Angela Merkel and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador - neither an ally of the outgoing US president - spoke out against the tech titan's move.\n\nIn a long Twitter thread, Twitter's chief said he did not celebrate or feel pride in the ban - which came after the Capitol riot last week.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by jack This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe reiterated that removing the president from Twitter was made after \"a clear warning\" to Mr Trump.\n\n\"We made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter,\" Mr Dorsey said.\n\nHe also accepted that the move would have consequences for an open and free internet.\n\n\"Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation. They divide us….And sets a precedent I feel is dangerous.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nHe also addressed criticism that just a handful of tech bosses can make decisions on who does and doesn't have a voice on the internet - and on accusations of censorship.\n\n\"A company making a business decision to moderate itself is different from a government removing access, yet can feel much the same,\" said Mr Dorsey.\n\nThe decision to remove users, posts and tweets has been criticised by some for violating First Amendment - free speech - rights.\n\nHowever, big tech firms generally argue that as they are private companies, and not state actors, this law does not apply when they moderate their platforms.\n\nFacebook and YouTube have taken steps to silence the president, while Amazon shut down Parler, an app widely used by his supporters.\n\nNow Snapchat has also announced that Mr Trump will be permanently banned from its platform too.\n\nIt had already announced an indefinite suspension, but has now decided that \"in the interest of public safety and based on his attempts to spread misinformation, hate speech, and incite violence\" to permanently terminate his account.\n\nOn Monday, the German chancellor's spokesperson said she found the social media ban \"problematic\". And the Mexican president said: \"I don't like anybody being censored.\"\n\nIncoming US President-elect Joe Biden has said he wants companies like Facebook and Twitter to do more to take down hate speech and fake news.\n\nHe has previously said he wants to repeal Section 230, a law protecting social media companies from being sued for the things people post.\n\nIt's not clear how Mr Biden intends to regulate Big Tech, though it's likely to be a legislative focus of his.", "Despite the huge need to free up space in hospitals, some care homes say insurance issues make it impossible for them to accept Covid-19 patients.\n\nIn October, the government launched a scheme for designated care homes to take patients recovering from the virus but insurance is a stumbling block.\n\nSir David Behan, head of the UK's largest care home company, HC-One, says insurance has become a major concern.\n\nThe government says it is working to resolve the issue.\n\n\"We are aware the adult social care insurance market is changing in response to the pandemic, and recognise some care providers may encounter difficulties as their policies come up for renewal,\" said a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson.\n\nOne Hampshire care home says it will have to stop taking patients within days because its insurance will expire.\n\nWaterside House in Netley, Hampshire usually provides holidays and respite care for people with disabilities.\n\nBut since the autumn it has been taking Covid-positive patients discharged from hospitals on the south coast.\n\nThey are looked after on a separate floor from other residents, and the home has had to meet high infection control standards.\n\nHome manager Sarah Knight said demand for the 31 beds is unparalleled and added: \"I've been in nursing a long, long time, and I have never known anything like this.\n\n\"People end up in an ambulance sat outside hospitals for hours and hours, or they end up on a trolley in A&E in a corridor for hours and hours.\n\n\"By offering the best that we've got here, we can reduce some of that burden.\"\n\nJan Tregelles is chief executive of the charity Revitalise which runs Waterside House\n\nThe government originally hoped there would be 500 designated care homes taking in Covid-positive patients.\n\nBut Waterside House is one of only 129 which have been set up to take those who have not completed 14 days in isolation.\n\nHowever, its public indemnity insurance protection, which it needs in case someone contracts Covid there, runs out at the end of January.\n\nWaterside House is run by the charity Revitalise, whose chief executive, Jan Tregelles, said they have tried everything, but will soon have to start turning away people.\n\n\"It's shocking,\" she says. \"We are truly helpless. We have a fantastic team of nurses and colleagues already.\n\n\"The facilities are here, everything's arranged and we can't step up to support our communities at this time.\"\n\nOne resident, Alan Washbourne, who has been living at Waterside House since he was discharged from hospital during the first wave of the pandemic, said: \"I feel quite safe here.\"\n\nHe is not on the Covid floor of the home, and added: \"If I were to go to somewhere else, which is possible, I might not feel quite so safe.\"\n\nAlan Washbourne has been at Waterside House since April last year\n\nAfter so many deaths last spring, many care homes will not consider taking patients who are Covid-positive, even with extra infection control measures.\n\nMeanwhile, growing numbers of staff are off sick or self-isolating, leaving care homes facing shortages.\n\nAnd many are also finding it difficult to get the public indemnity insurance.\n\nSir David Behan is chairman of HC-One, the UK's largest care home provider\n\nSince November, HC-One, which is the UK's largest care home provider, has had to cover its own Covid risks because it cannot get the insurance.\n\nSir David said it is one of the reasons why they have not taken part in the designated places scheme.\n\n\"You've got solicitors' firms advertising, taking cases up against care companies,\" he says.\n\n\"So, this isn't a theoretical risk that there may be proceedings, it's an actual risk, and therefore we need cover.\n\n\"The NHS wouldn't operate without similar liability cover and that's what we need to see, and I think governments have a role to play working with the insurance industry to work to find a solution.\"\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said it was making efforts to determine what actions it could take.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure everyone receives the right care, in the right place, at the right time,\" said a spokesperson.", "More than 100,000 Covid-19 vaccinations had been issued in Northern Ireland by Tuesday evening, Robin Swann has said.\n\nThe health minister said, of that figure, 91,419 people had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nHe added that 95% of care home residents had received their first dose and about 20% of those aged over 80 have received their first dose.\n\nIt comes as leading GP said the goal to begin a mass vaccine rollout by summer is \"achievable\" but hinges on supply.\n\nThe Department of Health published its plan to deliver vaccines in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nDr Alan Stout said the timeline was \"very sensible\" but was \"almost 100%\" dependent on getting enough of the vaccine.\n\nAt Wednesday's health briefing, Mr Swann said the programme had made a \"strong start\" but there was more to do.\n\nHe also said he has decided to issue tighter visiting guidelines for hospitals.\n\n\"I have ensured visiting will be permitted to hospices and care homes, but visits to general medical wards will no longer be permitted from this Friday\", he said.\n\nThe minister added that the measure would be kept under constant review.\n\nMr Swann also confirmed a new rapid test for Covid-19, which can return results in 12 minutes, would be used in emergency departments.\n\nHe said a pilot programme has been carried out using the LumiraDX nasal swab, which will enable health staff to \"very quickly identify patients who do not have Covid-19\".\n\nHe also repeated that the current lockdown restrictions were working and had helped to reduce NI's rate of infection, but warned the executive would still have \"difficult decisions\" to take in relation to decisions about whether to extend some restrictions in the coming weeks.\n\nOn Wednesday, a further 19 Covid-related deaths were announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 1,145 new cases of the virus were also reported.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer warned there was \"no doubt\" that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus are rising in Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's executive briefing, Dr Michael McBride said that the new variant was making the job to contain it \"twice as difficult\".\n\nThe new variant is said to be up to 70% more transmissible, but there is no evidence it is more dangerous.\n\nThe first confirmed case of the new strain was detected in Northern Ireland on 23 December, but officials had said levels in Northern Ireland remained lower than in other areas of the UK.\n\nDr McBride said there would now be situations where the variant could spread, where previously it may not have.\n\n\"We need to be extremely cautious in the weeks ahead,\" he warned, adding that the virus would not \"magically disappear\" on 6 February, when the current lockdown is due to end.\n\nStormont ministers have to review the regulations on or before 22 January, with that scheduled for next Thursday.\n\nDr McBride said Northern Ireland had some distance to go before restrictions are lifted\n\nDr Stout, the chair of NI's GP committee, said practices needed another 22,000 doses to finish vaccinating people aged over 80.\n\nSpeaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster, he said he was \"very confident\" the next doses would come through shortly.\n\n\"I have been overwhelmed by the desire of practices, the determination just to get going and the one thing we need to give them is vaccine - we need to get the supply in as quickly as possible.\n\n\"This is such a good news story that everybody wants the vaccine and everybody wants to give it.\"\n\nThe plan is for the vaccine to be given to the general population in summer 2021.\n\nGP clinics should have received their first delivery of the vaccine by Tuesday.\n\nResponding to reports in The Daily Telegraph that GPs administering the vaccine in England had been asked to \"slow down\" to let other regions \"catch-up\", Dr Stout said Northern Ireland had taken a different approach to how it rolled out vaccines to GPs.\n\nHe said vaccines were shared among all practices in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"We just don't have the full amount of vaccine in practice to give. We could have given all of the vaccine that a certain number of practices needed to start with but there were issues with inequality and discrimination ... so that's why an amount has gone to every single practice, so at least they have some.\"", "A ban on travellers to the UK from South America has left one family fearing it could leave them stranded abroad for months.\n\nThe restriction comes into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday amid fears of a new Covid variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights will still be able to travel but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nHowever many flights have now been cancelled.\n\nJon Den travelled to Brazil with his wife Carla, 32, in October so that her family - who live in Goiania - could meet their one-year-old daughter Luiza for the first time.\n\nThe couple, who live in Wolverhampton, are due to fly back to the UK on 6 February but Jon now fears they may be stuck out there for months due to the travel ban.\n\n\"We had planned to visit in February 2020 but we had to postpone because of the lockdown and that was rough on my wife, she suffered a lot,\" the 31-year-old says.\n\n\"Now I think my mum is suffering as she's expecting Luiza to be back, but who knows now?\n\n\"My initial reaction was worry because it's so unknown. The thought of not being able to return home and being stranded is not a nice feeling.\n\n\"I'm hoping British residents will be able to get home but I don't know if the government will organise flights. I think it's a long shot. I hope we can get home and not be stranded out here for months.\n\n\"We've got to be patient but at the same time flexible.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Several Leeds bus drivers were faced with challenging conditions in the snow.\n\nHigh demand and heavy snow have had a \"severe impact\" on Yorkshire's ambulances, with bad weather also affecting coronavirus vaccinations.\n\nThe county ambulance trust declared a major incident, urging calls only in a \"serious or life-threatening emergency\" due to poor road conditions.\n\nA vaccination centre in Barnsley was closed, with patients told to await new appointments.\n\nCovid testing centres in Kirklees and Bradford also suspended operations.\n\nA yellow Met Office warning for snow and ice is in force until 21:00 GMT.\n\nMark Millins, strategic commander at Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said \"very snowy conditions across West, South and North Yorkshire\" had caused gridlock and made driving difficult.\n\nStaff were \"working extremely hard to reach patients\", he said, but \"hazardous driving conditions and blocked roads mean that it is taking us longer than normal in the worst-hit areas.\"\n\nVaccinations taking at the Priory Campus in Lundwood, Barnsley, were suspended from 15:00 GMT\n\nIn Barnsley, the town's Clinical Commissioning Group issued a tweet advising that it had postponed all Covid vaccinations at one centre from 15:00 on Thursday.\n\nIt asked those due to receive jabs at the Priory Campus in Lundwood after this time not to travel, and said patients would be contacted with a rescheduled appointment.\n\nThe group said its two remaining centres at Goldthorpe and Apollo Court, in Dodworth, remained open, but those unable to attend would also get a new time and date.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said it had also seen a surge in calls and urged people not to call 101 for \"non-urgent matters\".\n\nSupt Chris Bowen said the force had received 300 calls to the 999 and 101 numbers in the space of an hour on Thursday morning.\n\nA large snowball fight on Woodhouse Moor in Leeds was criticised for an apparent lack of social distancing after footage was posted on social media.\n\nLiam Ford, who recorded the video, said he saw the \"awful scenes\" after he \"heard the commotion while on a walk round the block\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A large group of people have been filmed in a snowball fight in Leeds\n\nPolice urged drivers to stay at home until the roads cleared\n\nMotorists reported hazardous driving conditions on many routes and police warned people to stay at home or allow extra time for essential journeys.\n\nPhil Airey said his usual 30-minute commute from Boston Spa to Harrogate took 90 minutes due to the poor conditions.\n\n\"The gritters have been doing their job but any sort of hill then it's not very good and if you go off onto the little roads well they are not good at all,\" he said.\n\nWest Yorkshire's road policing unit said it was dealing with a number of crashes while the North Yorkshire force said the A59 was blocked near Skipton due to a number of vehicles getting stuck in the snow.\n\nThe Met Office has not issued a weather notice for Friday, but a yellow warning for snow and ice on Saturday is in place across most of northern England and Scotland.\n\nPolice say they have dealt with a number of collisions and accidents\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Charlie Mullins said workers getting vaccinated is \"a no-brainer\".\n\nA large London plumbing firm plans to rewrite all of its workers' contracts to require them to be vaccinated against coronavirus.\n\nPimlico Plumbers chairman Charlie Mullins said it was \"a no-brainer\" that workers should get the jab.\n\nIf they do not want to comply with the policy, it will be decided on a case-by-case basis whether they are kept on, he said.\n\nEmployment lawyers said the plan carried risks for the business.\n\nThe NHS is seeking to vaccinate 15 million people from priority groups by mid-February as part of efforts to try to control the spread of Covid-19.\n\nBut Mr Mullins said he was prepared to pay for private immunisations for people at the firm, should they become available, which would be done on the company's time.\n\nDoctors have warned that key hospital services in England are in crisis, with reports of hospitals cancelling urgent operations after a surge in Covid patients in recent weeks.\n\nPimlico Plumbers plans to change its contracts for new joiners to require immunisation. It will rewrite its contracts with existing workers and employees as soon as is practical, depending on vaccine availability.\n\nThe firm has about 350 plumbers working as contractors and about 120 employees.\n\nMr Mullins said the firm was \"not putting anyone under any pressure\" to have the jab.\n\nHowever, new starters who were not immunised would not be taken on, he said.\n\nMr Mullins said employees approved of the policy.\n\n\"It's a no-brainer,\" he said. \"I've talked to people who have said: 'I will queue up all night to get the vaccine.'\n\n\"I think it will be the norm in five or six months. To go into a bar or cinema, or go on a plane, you have to have a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMr Mullins said he had set aside £800,000 to pay for private vaccinations, but estimated costs more in the region of £100,000.\n\n\"Whatever it costs, I will pay,\" he said. \"I would pay £1m tomorrow to safeguard our staff.\n\n\"If people don't want the vaccine, let them sit at home and not have a normal life,\" he added.\n\nHowever, employment lawyers said this vaccination policy could be risky.\n\nLegally, companies cannot force employees to take a vaccine, said Thrive Law managing director Jodie Hill.\n\n\"They can't jab a vaccine in your arm,\" she said.\n\nPeople who refuse vaccination and are dismissed may have grounds to make a legal claim, she said.\n\n\"Even if they put that [requirement] in a new contract, I don't think they'd get away with it,\" she said.\n\nEmployees with more than two years' service could claim unfair dismissal. But this option is not open to workers and self-employed contractors.\n\nBroadly, people can refuse a vaccination for legitimate reasons such as being pregnant or breastfeeding, for religious reasons, because of disability or allergy, or for ethical vegan reasons if the jab contains animal products.\n\nThe two vaccines approved for use in the UK, from Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech, do not contain any components of animal origin, a Department for Health and Social Care spokesman confirmed.\n\nDismissal for employees with one or more of these protected characteristics could give rise to a discrimination claim.\n\nPeople who are hesitant about taking the vaccine for personal reasons would not be able to claim discrimination, but could potentially claim unfair dismissal if they have been with the firm for two years or more.\n\nPeople with strong anti-vaccination beliefs may be protected under equality law, Ms Hill added.\n\nThe company and Mr Mullins have previously faced a lengthy legal battle with one of its former contractors, Gary Smith.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Smith won a Supreme Court ruling over holiday and sick pay. However, an employment tribunal later ruled that he was not entitled to make a claim for the back pay, as he had not completed the necessary paperwork.\n\nMr Mullins insisted that the vaccination change to contracts \"will be done legally\", but said that he was willing to take this matter to the Supreme Court as well, if necessary.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The rapid spread of coronavirus variants has put the world on alert and triggered a new lockdown in the UK. What are these variants and why are they causing concern?\n\nAll viruses naturally mutate over time, and Sars-CoV-2 is no exception.\n\nSince the virus was first identified a year ago, thousands of mutations have arisen.\n\nThe vast majority of mutations are \"passengers\" and will have little impact, says Dr Lucy van Dorp, an expert in the evolution of pathogens at University College London.\n\n\"They don't change the behaviour of the virus, they are just carried along.\"\n\nBut every once in a while, a virus strikes lucky by mutating in a way that helps it survive and reproduce.\n\n\"Viruses carrying these mutations can then increase in frequency due to natural selection, given the right epidemiological settings,\" Dr van Dorp says.\n\nThis is what seems to be happening with the variant that has spread across the UK, known as 202012/01, and a similar, but different variant, recently identified in South Africa (501.V2).\n\nHundreds of thousands of viral genomes have been analysed across the world\n\nThere is no evidence so far that either causes more severe disease, but the worry is that health systems will be overwhelmed by a rapid rise in cases.\n\nIn a rapid risk assessment of these \"variants of concern\", the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said they place increased pressure on health systems.\n\n\"Although there is no information that infections with these strains are more severe, due to increased transmissibility, the impact of Covid-19 disease in terms of hospitalisations and deaths is assessed as high, particularly for those in older age groups or with co-morbidities,\" the EU agency said.\n\nThe variants have different origins but share a mutation in a gene that encodes the spike protein, which the virus uses to latch on to and enter human cells.\n\nScientists think this could be why they appear more infectious.\n\n\"The UK and South African virus variants have changes in the spike gene consistent with the possibility that they are more infectious,\" says Prof Lawrence Young at the University of Warwick.\n\nBut as Dr Jeff Barrett, director of the Covid-19 genomics initiative at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, points out, it's the combination of what the virus is doing and what we're doing that determines how fast it spreads.\n\n\"With the new variant, the situation changes more quickly as restrictions are relaxed and tightened, and there is less room for error in controlling the spread,\" he says.\n\n\"We don't have any evidence, however, that the new variant can fundamentally evade masks, social distancing, or the other interventions - we just need to apply them more strictly.\"\n\nThe spike protein (foreground) enables the virus to enter and infect human cells\n\nWith vaccine roll-out underway, scientists are racing to understand the repercussions for vaccines, which are based on the spike protein sequence.\n\nThere is particular concern about the South Africa variant, which has several changes in the spike (S) protein.\n\nMost experts think vaccines will still be effective, at least in the short term.\n\nDr Julian W Tang, a virologist at the University of Leicester, says vaccines can be modified to be \"more close-fitting and effective against this variant in a few months\".\n\n\"Meanwhile, most of us believe that the existing vaccines are likely to work to some extent to reduce infection/ transmission rates and severe disease against both the UK and South African variants - as the various mutations have not altered the S protein shape that the current vaccine-induced antibodies will not bind at all.\"\n\nMink outbreaks are a \"spillover\" from the human pandemic\n\nScientists are carrying out laboratory studies to find out more about the variants. And they are tracking every move of the virus as it hopscotches around the world.\n\nBy taking a swab from an infected patient, the genetic code of the virus can be extracted and amplified before being \"read\" using a sequencer.\n\nThe string of letters, or nucleotides, allows genomes and mutations to be compared.\n\n\"It is thanks to these efforts, and UK testing laboratories, that the UK variant has been flagged so quickly as a potential cause of concern,\" Dr van Dorp says.\n\nProf Julian Hiscox, chair in infection and global health at the University of Liverpool, says that, through the efforts of scientists to sequence the virus, \"we've got a really good handle on variants that emerge\".\n\nIn the short-term, only the harshest of lockdowns will reduce case numbers, he says.\n\n\"What lockdown does is reduce the number of people with the virus and reduce the amount of virus out there and that's a good thing.\"\n\nBut in the long term, Prof Hiscox suspects, we may face a scenario like flu, where new vaccines are developed and administered every year.\n\n\"The problem is, the more variants we get, the greater the chance the virus will be able to escape part of the vaccine - and this may reduce [its] efficacy,\" he says.\n• None New coronavirus variant: What do we know?", "The co-founder for Cyberpunk 2077's developer has released a new video explaining what went wrong with the game.\n\nCD Projekt's Marcin Iwiński admitted they \"underestimated the task\" of adapting the game for consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One.\n\nMarcin says he's \"deeply sorry for this and this video is me publicly owning up\".\n\nThe game was arguably the most anticipated release of 2020 but the launch just before Christmas was a disaster.\n\nThe problems led to Sony and Microsoft removing the game from online stores and gamers were offered refunds.\n\nCyberpunk 2077 is a set in the fictional Night City - a dystopian future where pollution and crime are rampant and social inequality is the norm.\n\nIn the video, Marcin explains issues originated from Cyperpunk's \"huge\" scope, particularly the high number \"of custom objects, interacting systems, and mechanics\", making it a complex game.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Cyberpunk 2077 This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAs this was \"condensed in one big city\" rather than spread over a bigger space - it needed greater hardware capability.\n\nSo despite working well for high-end PCs, it couldn't be adjusted to older generation consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One, making in-game streaming difficult.\n\n\"We hit the ground running on PC. While not perfect, it's a version of Cyberpunk we're very proud of.\"\n\nMarcin adds that testing did not \"show a big part of the issues\" that gamers experienced.\n\n\"As we got closer to the final release, we saw significant improvements each and every day.\"\n\nHe also blames the coronavirus pandemic for creating issues for CD Projekt as they tried to improve performance after launch.\n\n\"A lot of the dynamics we normally take for granted got lost over video calls or email. And we took that hit too.\"\n\nLooks good right? But this wasn't what the game looked like for a lot of console gamers\n\nMarcin added the \"incredibly hard working and talented\" development team should not be blamed for problems, saying the final decision came down to him and the board.\n\n\"Believe me, we never ever intended for anything like this to happen. I assure you that we will do our best to regain your trust\".\n\nAs part of that, he says they intend to fix the problems and improve the game across platforms.\n\n\"Our ultimate goal is to fix the bugs and crashes,\" he says, with updates to the game expected to arrive in the coming days and weeks.\n\n\"We treat this entire situation very seriously and are working hard to make it right.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Julia is doing well after her surprise arrival into the world\n\nA mother who gave birth just 10 days after discovering she was pregnant thought she had put on weight in lockdown.\n\nSamantha Hicks, from Portishead, North Somerset, attributed her baby Julia's kicking to sickness having been ill.\n\nHer pregnancy was missed even when she was in Southmead Hospital in Bristol with Covid-19 in November .\n\n\"It never occurred to me I was pregnant as I had taken two previous tests which both came back negative,\" she said.\n\nWhen Mrs Hicks was taken to the Covid ward in hospital, doctors asked if she was pregnant and she said no.\n\nShe said she had noticed a small amount of weight gain but put it down to lockdown and that she thought she might have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) as it runs in the family.\n\nMrs Hicks said: \"I felt a bit of movement but I thought it was because I had not been well.\n\n\"My tummy was a bit swollen but again, because I felt sick and I wasn't great, it never occurred to me I was pregnant.\"\n\nHer husband Joe said: \"On Christmas Day, I asked her if she was sure she wasn't pregnant, but she said no and she knows her own body.\n\n\"Then on January 1, I had my hands on Sammy and we felt a baby kick.\n\n\"We took another pregnancy test which came back positive.\"\n\nAt that stage, Mrs Hicks thought she was only five or six months into her term and returned to her job in a care home, walking 40 minutes to get there.\n\nTen days later, her contractions began and Mr Hicks rushed her to hospital\n\n\"It was unreal, the doctors only realised Julia was full term when she was born,\" he said.\n\nThe couple, who have two sons aged three and eight, said they had not planned on having more children.\n\nThey have since been \"inundated\" with gifts from friends, family and strangers in Portishead, who have offered blankets and essentials to help out.\n\n\"We want to say thank you to everyone really,\" Mr Hicks said.\n\nHelen Blanchard, Director of Nursing and Quality at North Bristol NHS Trust said: \"We would like to pass our congratulations to Mrs Hicks and her family on their new arrival.\n\n\"As Mrs Hicks experienced when she was cared for at Southmead, it is routine practice to ask people if they are, or could be, pregnant upon admission.\n\n\"However, we would ask a patient to do a pregnancy test if they were undergoing specific operations or procedures.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marcus Rashford and a group of celebrity chefs and campaigners have called on Boris Johnson to review the government's free school meals policy.\n\nThe group, including Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Kerridge, have written to the PM asking him to \"fix\" the system long-term.\n\nThey called for a strategy to help \"end child food poverty\" before the summer holidays.\n\nNo 10 said \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe call for a wide review comes after another row over free school meals during February half-term.\n\nThe government has said food will be provided to children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme while schools are closed for the holiday.\n\nCouncils and unions say the government should provide food vouchers instead, with the Local Government Association's Councillor Richard Watts telling BBC Radio 4's PM programme the grant had already been allocated for other support.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We are down to semantics whether it is the school delivering the meal or whether it is the local authority - fortunately there is quite a lot of different support available.\"\n\nAs well as getting the backing of Rashford - who has led campaigns around child poverty over the course of the pandemic - the letter has been signed by chefs Oliver, Kerridge and Fearnley-Whittingstall, along with actor Dame Emma Thompson and over 40 charities and education leaders.\n\nOrganised by the Food Foundation charity, the letter said it was time to \"step back and review the policy in more depth\".\n\nThey called for an \"urgent comprehensive review into free school meal policy across the UK\" to feed into the government's next Spending Review, saying it should look at:\n\nThe signatories praised the Department for Education's \"swift response\" to reports earlier this week of inadequate food parcels sent to families, saying the \"robustness of the message from you and the secretary of state on this issue was very welcome\".\n\nBut, they added that \"following the series of problems which have arisen over school food vouchers, holiday provision and food parcels since the start of the pandemic\", now was the time for a review.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Kerridge: There has to be a solution to free school meals\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation charity, said the last few months had seen \"crisis after crisis with the provision of free school meals\".\n\n\"The result of that is disadvantaged children have often paid the price,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Our view is that really unless we do a root and branch review these problems are going to still keep appearing.\"\n\nChef Fearnley-Whittingstall also called for a more consistent, long-term response to the issue of food poverty.\n\n\"We need to get out of this fire-fighting, highly reactive series of actions by the government,\" he told the same programme.\n\nThe signatories want a review to be published and debated in Parliament before the 2021 summer holidays.\n\n\"We are ready and willing to support your government in whatever way we can to make this review a reality and to help develop a set of recommendations that everyone can support,\" the letter said.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of our most disadvantaged children.\n\n\"Now, at a time when children have missed months of in-school learning and the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of our health, this is a vital next step.\"\n\nAnti-poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe welcomed the letter to the PM, but told the BBC: \"We need to be feeding children right now.\"\n\nShe added: \"While it is great to be looking longer term... having an underpinning strategy that means that children aren't put into poverty in the first place, we need to also immediately be putting resources in to ensure people aren't going hungry, today, tonight, next week and in the February half-term.\n\n\"This isn't a rhetorical thing. It isn't a dinner party discussion. We need to be doing this now.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"It is great that celebrities and groups across society see the importance of school food. The PM thanks Marcus Rashford for his letter and will reply soon.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of the most disadvantaged pupils. The prime minister has been clear that no child will ever go hungry as a result of the pandemic\".", "The prime minister has suggested there could be restrictions on travel from Brazil to the UK - but a final decision has not been taken.\n\nBoris Johnson was asked by Labour MP Yvette Cooper why checks on people arriving from Brazil have not been strengthened, given that a new variant of coronavirus has been identified there.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant from Brazil.\"\n\nThe UK government’s 'Covid-O' committee is expected to discuss the new Brazil variant of coronavirus at a meeting on Thursday.", "People needing to travel by rail during lockdown are being urged to double-check train times, as services are being reduced.\n\nServices in England are being cut from 87% of normal levels to 72%, industry body the Rail Delivery Group said.\n\nIt said the number of trains would reflect the drop in passengers, and provide better value for money for taxpayers who are subsidising services.\n\nPeak services will be prioritised to help key workers, it added.\n\nWhile some timetables have already changed, others will be altered in the next few weeks.\n\nSince the early days of the pandemic, the government has spent billions of pounds covering the fall in ticket revenues for rail companies, owing to low passenger numbers.\n\nCutting some services will save public money, the government said.\n\nRail minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: \"It is critical that our railways continue to deliver reliable services for key workers and people who cannot reasonably work from home, and that they respond quickly to changes in demand.\"\n\nRail usage has slumped, with passenger journeys falling more than 90% to 35 million journeys for the three-month period to June, according to the Office of Rail and Road.\n\nThe figures recovered a little to 134 million for the three months to September - the latest published.\n\nWith fewer passengers, the government argues, it makes sense to run fewer services.\n\nNot least because right now, the government are footing much of the bill; since the start of the pandemic, the government has spent more than £4bn covering the fall in ticket revenues because of low passenger numbers.\n\nThe cuts aren't as deep as they were in March - then services were running around 55% of pre-pandemic levels - which is partly because the train companies want to make sure it doesn't take as long getting the services back up again when they are needed.\n\nLonger term, rail companies are nervous about how quickly passengers, particularly commuters, will return, but for now the message is still firmly \"stay at home\".\n\n\"Train timetables must still meet the needs of those who have to travel, said Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith.\n\n\"Many key workers rely on the first and last services of the day so it's important that these are maintained. Providing enough capacity for those who are travelling to properly social distance remains vital.\"\n\nAlthough timetables were restored when restrictions were eased over the summer, rail franchising has since been scrapped and replaced with a model which means the taxpayer is currently liable for the losses on the railways.\n\nIn September, the bill had run to more than £3.5bn - and the Department for Transport has said \"significant\" support is still needed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Large parts of Scotland woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday, including in Rutherglen where conditions became challenging for drivers\n\nMotorists continue to face difficult conditions after heavy snow across parts of Scotland caused road closures.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for ice will be in place overnight and for all of Friday for mainland Scotland.\n\nThe A9 at Dunblane was closed due to snow but has now reopened, while driving conditions on the M90 and M8 were reported as difficult.\n\nThere have also been problems in the Scottish Borders where up to a foot of snow fell overnight.\n\nTraffic Scotland has reported difficult driving conditions on the M77 at Fenwick, M80 around Cumbernauld and the A9 at Greenloaning.\n\nA woman walks through the snow in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe impact of the overnight freeze on a hedgerow near Strathaven, South Lanarkshire\n\nIn the Borders several lorries got stuck on the A7 between Selkirk and Hawick, while difficult driving conditions were also reported on the A68 at the Carter Bar and Soutra.\n\nThere were also delays on the A83 Old Military Road diversion and the A82 at Tyndrum.\n\nMeanwhile, police have urged drivers to properly clear their car windscreens before setting off in the wintry conditions.\n\nOfficers in Dumfries and Galloway shared a picture of a driver they stopped and charged for failing to do this.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPeople should only be leaving home to make essential journeys in parts of Scotland under level four Covid measures, under current Scottish government lockdown regulations.\n\nCh Supt Louise Blakelock, of Police Scotland, said: \"Government guidance on only travelling if your journey is essential remains in place and so with an amber warning for snow, please consider if your journey really is essential and whether you can delay it until the weather improves.\n\n\"If your journey really is essential, plan ahead and make sure you and your vehicle are suitably prepared by having sufficient fuel and supplies such as warm clothing, food, water and charge in your mobile phone in the event you require assistance.\"\n\nA motorist brushes snow off a car in Braco near Dunblane\n\nThe village of Bowden near Melrose woke up to snow\n\nA snowy scene at Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders\n\nPolice in Shetland have also warned of ice badly affecting roads on the islands.\n\nScotRail said its services could be affected, particularly on the Highland mainline.\n\nScottish Borders Council said the effects of the adverse weather could cause disruption into Friday morning.\n\nEmergency planning officer Jim Fraser said: \"With widespread snow and some freezing rain possible over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, there is the strong potential for disruption across our road network and communities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome of the deepest snowfalls in recent weeks have been in the Highlands, including the Cairngorms.\n\nEarlier this month, the UK had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 and at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Post-primary schools have been given extra time to decide how they will admit pupils in 2021 following the cancellation of transfer tests.\n\nOn Wednesday the AQE said it would not hold any transfer tests in the 2020-21 school year.\n\nThey had originally planned to go ahead with a test in late February after cancelling tests in January.\n\nThe other test provider, PPTC, had also previously announced it would not hold tests this year.\n\nAttention will now focus especially on what criteria grammar schools will use to select pupils.\n\nSome have already published what criteria they would use in the event transfer tests were cancelled but it is not clear if those will now change.\n\nAll post-primaries were to submit their admissions criteria to the Education Authority (EA) by this Friday.\n\nBut following the AQE's move the Department of Education (DE) has written to schools to tell them they do not have to provide criteria to the EA until Friday 22 January.\n\n\"This will allow them to meet the statutory deadline for publication on their website of 2 February 2021,\" the DE letter said.\n\n\"I would also remind you that boards of governors should ensure that any admissions criteria are robust and are able to clearly and objectively rank order applicants.\"\n\nIt is unclear how most grammar schools who have used transfer tests to select pupils in previous years will admit children in 2021.\n\nPatrick Allen, principal of Foyle College in Londonderry, said his school's board of governors was now working to determine this year's admissions criteria.\n\n\"This is and continues to be an exceptional year. It is a very difficult circumstance,\" he said.\n\n\"We are trying to do the best and what is right for as many pupils as possible in looking at various permutations and combinations of criteria\".\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said it was \"a very disappointing day\" for many families.\n\n\"The transfer test, while it has never been about being compulsory for either a school or indeed an individual parent, does enable a level of parental choice and that has been dramatically reduced as a result of that,\" he told Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"But sadly what we have seen is for this year, the pandemic has prevented those transfer tests taking place, and I am very disappointed and entirely understand the disappointment and frustration of many families today.\"\n\nMr Weir said there had been \"a lack of consistency\" from AQE.\n\n\"I don't think the way things have worked out from AQE's point of view, particularly over the last couple of weeks, have been particularly helpful,\" he said.\n\nThe minister also apologised for \"clumsy language\" in a statement he issued on Wednesday night.\n\nWriting on Twitter about the cancellation of the transfer test, Mr Weir said: \"This severely limits parental choice and children's opportunities.\"\n\n\"There was no adverse intention towards non-selective schools,\" he said in relation to his tweet.\n\n\"I think both selective and non-selective schools have got excellent records in Northern Ireland.\"\n\n\"But once the opportunities for entry to any school is reduced then that is a reduction in opportunities for all.\"\n\nUUP MLA Robbie Butler has proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nMr Butler said that he had some favourable responses from some grammars and some primary schools to that proposal.\n\n\"Whilst I don't think my solution is absolutely perfect I do believe it to be absolutely fair and absolutely compassionate,\" he told MLAs on the committee.\n\n\"We have the genesis of a solution for these P7 pupils.\"\n\nBut, speaking on Wednesday, Mr Weir replied that there were issues with that approach.\n\n\"There are very major problems, I'm being honest with you, in terms of the models that have been put forward for academic selection without the test,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said it would be difficult to get comparable information for pupils across all primaries.\n\n\"While it's not entirely ruling out those and there is the option for schools to do it, it does leave them in a very difficult position making comparability between pupils on a fair basis,\" he said", "Jamie McMillan said delays in exporting his shellfish would result in them arriving dead\n\nA Scottish shellfish firm has warned it is on the brink of bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit red tape.\n\nLochfyne Langoustines managing director Jamie McMillan said his firm had already lost some consignments after they were found to be rotten by the time they arrived in France.\n\nHe also warned EU customers were now going to Denmark to buy langoustines.\n\nMr McMillan described it as a \"very, very serious situation\".\n\nHis comments came after transport company DFDS announced a further delay in exports of group consignments of seafood to the EU.\n\nIt halted groupage exports last week after delays in getting new paperwork for EU border posts in France.\n\nDFDS said it would not resume those exports until Monday.\n\nMr McMillan told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We've been screaming for the last six months - eight months - that we have to get our produce to market within 12 to 24 hours.\n\n\"Any delays in that process, our shellfish will arrive in France dead.\n\n\"We lost two pallets last week. It took five days to arrive in Boulogne from Scotland, so our goods were rotten on arrival.\"\n\nTransport company DFDS has said it will not resume groupage exports until Monday\n\nHe added: \"Customers are not buying from us any more - we have become unreliable suppliers.\n\n\"Everybody has stopped buying. This has happened for the past two weeks. We can't continue this to happen for another week because we will be out of business.\n\n\"We have had no sales to the EU, our biggest market for live shellfish, in the last two weeks.\n\n\"If we go another week without that, we are finished.\"\n\nMr McMillan said there were \"sticking points\" in both the UK and France, with transportation hubs in Scotland struggling with increased paperwork and checks by vets.\n\n\"There are sticking points down in France as well,\" he said.\n\n\"There are delays at the borders in France for up to 30 hours, I'm hearing, to clear customs by the time they do all their checks.\"\n\nThe UK government's Scotland Office minister David Duguid said he did not underestimate the struggles the industry was facing with paperwork, IT and ports.\n\nHe said the UK and Scottish governments, fish exporters and the EU needed to come together to work through the issues, which he estimated would last \"weeks\" and not months.\n\nHe told Good Morning Scotland: \"What I can commit to is that the UK government, whether that's through Defra or the Scotland Office, we are working day and night in resolving the issues that we know about and that we can fix directly.\n\n\"The other issues that are maybe the responsibility of the Scottish government, or indeed the EU on the other side of the channel, Defra are engaging heavily with those parties as well.\"\n\nHowever, when asked directly on the programme how long the problems would last, Mr Duguid responded: \"How long is a piece of string?\"\n\nFish ate up a lot of the time in negotiating the deal for departing the European customs union and single market.\n\nNow grown to become a much bigger political predator, it has started the post-Brexit era by threatening to devour UK ministers with the task of making the deal work.\n\nThe fisheries minister admitted she was preparing for Christmas rather than seeing how the deal had turned out on 24 December. Asked how long it will take to sort out delays, a Scotland Office minister asked: \"How long's a piece of string?\"\n\nThe prime minister says there will be compensation, but it seems that is due to come from the fund intended to expand the fishing fleet.\n\nAnd Michael Gove, who appears to have more of a grasp of the detail, was in the Commons on Wednesday, acknowledging there's a vast amount for the government yet to sort out - and that was only for Northern Ireland.\n\nAt least the province got a grace period before consignments of food require the paperwork now needed to send fish to France. That was sought by fish and meat exporters.\n\nIt's not clear if the request was made of EU negotiators, but it hasn't materialised. Yet coming the other way, the UK has given a six-month preparation period for EU exporters to Britain.\n\nBecause seafood is freshly delivered, it is the product that hit the obstacles first. Meat and dairy are sure to follow.\n\nBeef exporters to Europe are beginning to face delays, while Brexit chickens are coming home to roast.", "A teenage motorcyclist who led police on a 30-minute pursuit at speeds of up to 180mph (290km/h) through London and three counties has been sentenced.\n\nOfficers in Haringey, London, spotted a speeding rider at about 21:20 BST on 20 May and were joined by a police helicopter as they followed it along the M1, through Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.\n\nThe biker mounted pavements, drove through multiple red lights and the wrong way down the motorway hard shoulder before he was arrested at a service station.\n\nMarian Vasilica Dragoi, 19, of Teynton Terrace, Haringey, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving without a licence and being uninsured and was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to 46 weeks' detention.", "The opening of Nintendo's first theme park has been delayed because of rising coronavirus cases in Japan.\n\nSuper Nintendo World, modelled on levels of the company's Mario games, had been due to open on 4 February.\n\nBut Japan has expanded its state of emergency, due to last until at least 7 February, beyond Tokyo to include Osaka prefecture, where the park is located.\n\nThe opening, at Universal Studios Japan, had already been postponed from mid-2020 because of the pandemic.\n\nBut in December, Nintendo posted a video tour of the park in December, starring Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong, among others.\n\nIt is not the first theme park to suffer problems during the pandemic - the shuttered Disneyland theme park in California is set to become a large-scale vaccination centre.\n\nThe state of emergency in Japan, which has so far avoided the types of lockdowns seen in the UK and other European nations, prohibits non-essential trips outside the home.\n\nOn Tuesday, the country's total number of cases reached 300,000, with more than 4,000 deaths.\n\nAnd many of those have been in the past three months.\n\nThe rising number of cases has also led to some doubts over the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for this summer, having already been postponed last year.\n\nOrganisers, however, insist the Games will go ahead.", "Nearly 46% of over-80s in England's North East and Yorkshire region have been given their first dose of a Covid vaccine - more than any other area, official figures show.\n\nThis compares with about 30% of over-80s in both London and the East of England who have received a first jab.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan claims the capital is not getting its fair share of vaccine doses.\n\nIn total, more than 2.2 million people in England have had one vaccine dose.\n\nAbout 400,000 second doses have also been administered, despite guidance from the UK's chief medical officers and vaccine advisers, the JCVI, that giving a first dose to as many people as possible was a public health priority.\n\nThe NHS England figures cover Covid-19 vaccinations given to people at hospital hubs and GP practices between 8 December 2020 and 10 January 2021.\n\nAmong the over-80s alone, most first doses - 204,140 - were administered in north-east England and Yorkshire, while the lowest number (92,398) were given to this age group in London.\n\nOverall, more than one-third of people aged 80 and over in England have received at least one dose.\n\nThe figures show that in the Midlands more vaccine doses had been administered to all people in the top priority groups - 387,647 - than in any other area of England. In London, a total of 199,986 first doses were given and in the East the figure was 186,291.\n\nThese include care home residents, frontline heath and care staff, the over-80s and people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, who are most at risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from the Covid-19.\n\nThe percentage of the whole population to have received a first dose so far ranged from 4.3% in the north-east and Yorkshire to 2.2% in London.\n\nMr Khan said he was \"hugely concerned\" that Londoners had received only one-tenth of the vaccines that had been given across the country.\n\n\"The situation in London is critical with rates of the virus extremely high, which is why it's so important that vulnerable Londoners are given access to the vaccine as soon as possible,\" he said.\n\nHe said he would hold talks with vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi to ensure more vaccines were delivered to reflect the level of need in the city.\n\nLondon has a younger average population than other parts of England and the smallest number of people aged over 80 compared with other regions.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said vaccinating over a third of all over-80s was \"a great achievement\".\n\nBut she said people must continue to follow the guidance that is in place to protect themselves and their loved ones.\n\n\"These data will help us to evaluate the protection from the vaccine and to effectively target the roll-out of the programme to help control the virus and save lives,\" she added.", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "Tesco says it has seen some disruption to food supplies in Northern Ireland since trading arrangements with the EU changed on 1 January.\n\n\"We see this as a challenge at the moment, but not a crisis,\" boss Ken Murphy said.\n\nBut he said the retailer was working closely with government on both sides of the Irish Sea to \"smooth the flow\".\n\nSince 31 December, Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that has stayed in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nMr Murphy said certain foodstuffs had faced supply chain disruption going into both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Ready meals have been the most affected as they have an eight-day shelf life so any wait is more likely to have an impact,\" he said.\n\n\"Some processed meat and some citrus fruit has also been impacted, but it is important to stress that our availability in the Republic and Northern Ireland is strong and is very strong in the mainland UK.\n\nLast week, all the major grocers wrote to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove asking him to take urgent action.\n\nBut Tesco said its \"comprehensive preparations and... strong relationships with suppliers\" had allowed it to maintain strong levels of availability during the Brexit transition period.\n\nMr Murphy said he was confident Tesco would have the right measures in place to supply Northern Ireland after end of a three month grace period on certain rules and regulations with the EU on 31 March.\n\nHe also said there had also been \"teething problems\" with supply flows from continental Europe to Great Britain.\n\n\"Inevitably there are bedding-in issues, teething issues, that you would expect with any new process that's been set up at relatively short notice,\" he said.\n\n\"We're working our way through those and we would hope over the coming weeks and months that we will end up with a much smoother flow of product.\"\n\nUnder new trading arrangements, food products entering Northern Ireland from Britain need to be professionally certified and are subject to new checks and controls at ports.\n\nMarks & Spencer has temporarily reduced its range of food products in Northern Ireland\n\nA three month \"grace period\" means that supermarkets currently don't need to comply with all the EU's usual certification requirements until 1 April - but there has still been disruption.\n\nM&S has temporarily reduced its range of food products and Sainsbury's has been sourcing Spar-branded products from an NI wholesaler.\n\nThis week the bosses of Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Iceland, Co-Op and Marks & Spencer warned that trade into Northern Ireland would become \"unworkable\" if further new certification requirements were introduced in April .\n\nThe government said a new dedicated team has already been set up and will be working with supermarkets, the food industry and the Northern Ireland Executive to develop ways to streamline the movement of goods.\n\nTesco's comments came as the supermarket giant reported record sales for the Christmas period after customers looked to \"treat themselves\" amid tough Covid restrictions across most of the UK.\n\nUK like-for-like sales were up 8.1% in the six weeks to 9 January, as the supermarket saw a surge in demand for goods in its Tesco Finest range.\n\nBig grocers have benefited at a time when most non-essential shops and restaurants are closed, prompting consumers to spend more on their weekly shop. But they have faced criticism too.\n\nLast month, Tesco said it would repay £585m of business rates relief after it was criticised for paying dividends to shareholders during the crisis. Most big grocers followed suit.\n\nTesco was later criticised for keeping its shops open on Boxing Day despite union calls to give staff the day off.\n\nIn its results the grocer said it had given all frontline staff a 10% bonus over Christmas. It also said it had shielded vulnerable staff and taken on nearly 35,000 additional temporary staff for the season.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Howells says he wishes he had never thrown away the hard drive\n\nA man who threw away a laptop hard drive containing bitcoin he believes is now worth about £210m wants his council to let him search for it in landfill.\n\nJames Howells had 7,500 bitcoins, a virtual currency, on the hard drive, which he mistakenly threw away in 2013.\n\nHe said he was willing to donate 25% of the value of the bitcoins to his home city of Newport in south Wales - about £52.5m - if he found the hard drive.\n\nNewport council said excavation was not possible under its licensing permit.\n\nMr Howells said if he was to recover the hard drive, he would want the money to be put into a \"Covid relief fund\" for people in Newport to use \"no questions asked\".\n\n\"Imagine how great it would be to say 'I've given everyone in the city a few hundred pounds',\" he told the BBC.\n\nMr Howells bought the bitcoins for almost nothing in 2009, but the hard drive ended up in a drawer after he spilled a drink on his laptop.\n\nHe kept the hard drive in his office drawer and \"totally forgot about bitcoin all together\" - so when he had a clear out, he believed everything had been taken off it.\n\nWhen he threw the hard drive away in 2013, the value of the bitcoins was about $7.5m (£4.6m).\n\nBut now they are worth almost 50 times more, with the cost of a single bitcoin currently just over £28,000 after a surge in value.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Howells: \"When I went up to the landfill site yesterday my first thought was 'I've got not chance'\"\n\nHe said he has asked Newport council if he could search the landfill several times, but had not been granted permission.\n\n\"I offered the local authority 10% of the recovered funds in order to give me permission to search on their property and unfortunately they said no at the time,\" Mr Howells told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"What actually happened after that was the value of bitcoin skyrocketed even further. In 2017 the value of my hard drive was approximately £125m, at which point I made them another offer of 10% and unfortunately that offer was refused as well.\n\nJames Howells said he wants to donate a quarter of the money to the people of Newport\n\n\"I haven't actually made an offer to them today, but I'm willing to increase my offer to them to 25%. On today's valuation that would be £52.5m and I'd like to put that into a Covid relief fund for the citizens of Newport.\"\n\nMr Howells said searching for the discarded hard drive would \"not be as hard as you might think\" as he would employ a professional team - and knows when he threw it away so could use that to find a grid reference of where the hard drive is buried.\n\nHe added investors had offered to cover the cost of excavating the landfill, in exchange for a large proportion of the recovered bitcoin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Howells said he wants to meet with the council to discuss what he said would be a \"win-win-win\" situation for him, the council and the city.\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the council said: \"Newport City Council has been contacted a number of times since 2013 about the possibility of retrieving a piece of IT hardware said to contain bitcoins.\n\n\"The first time was several months after Mr Howells first realised the hardware was missing.\n\n\"The council has told Mr Howells on a number of occasions that excavation is not possible under our licencing permit and excavation itself would have a huge environmental impact on the surrounding area.\n\n\"The cost of digging up the landfill, storing and treating the waste could run into millions of pounds - without any guarantee of either finding it or it still being in working order.\"", "Many of the works in Gurlitt's collection were in poor condition when they were discovered in 2012 (file photo)\n\nWhen a trove of 1,500 artworks hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era art dealer was discovered in 2012, an investigation began to find out how many were looted from Jewish owners.\n\nEventually only 14 were conclusively identified as looted, and now Germany has declared the last of those works has been returned to the owner's heirs.\n\nDas Klavierspiel (Playing the Piano) by Carl Spitzweg was owned by music publisher Henri Hinrichsen.\n\nHe was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.\n\nGerman Culture Minister Monika Grütters said the return of the work sent an \"important signal\", and that while it could not make up for the deep suffering, it could \"make a contribution to historical justice and fulfil our moral responsibility\".\n\nThe 19th-Century work by Spitzweg was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939, the same year that Hinrichsen had bought it.\n\nDas Klavierspiel by Carl Spitzweg was seized by the Nazis in 1939\n\nIt was bought in 1940 by Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Nazi-era dealer who had been given the task by Adolf Hitler of dealing in art seized from Jewish collectors and of buying up so-called \"degenerate art\" removed from museums for a planned Führermuseum in the Austrian city of Linz.\n\nThe money for the Spitzweg work was paid into a blocked account, so Hinrichsen would never have received it.\n\nIn 2015, the piece was identified as looted, and it was handed over to the auctioneers Christie's on Tuesday, according to the wishes of Hinrichsen's heirs.\n\nAlthough his collection of 1,500 works, plundered from museums as well as individuals, was initially confiscated after the war by the Allies, Hildebrand Gurlitt eventually managed to get it back.\n\nGurlitt died in the 1950s and when German authorities approached his widow in 1961 in search of part of his collection, she claimed the works had been destroyed at the end of World War Two by Allied bombing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Stephen Evans was granted exclusive access to look at some of the long-lost masterpieces in 2014\n\nIt was only when tax investigators searched the Munich flat of his son Cornelius Gurlitt in 2012 that they found more than 1,400 of the works. Another 60 pieces were discovered at his Austrian home in Salzburg the following year.\n\nThe son died in 2014 with questions still hanging over the ownership of the collection - as he was protected by a statute of limitations.\n\nA court ruled that the works could be bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in the Swiss capital Bern, as Cornelius Gurlitt had requested.\n\nWhile some of the works were deemed to belong to the family, the German Lost Art Foundation then tried to find out, with the Swiss museum, who were the rightful owners of the rest.\n\nFourteen pieces have now conclusively identified as belonging to Jewish owners and returned.\n\nAmong the many masterpieces in the collection was this work by Edouard Manet", "A provisional 270 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been secured by the African Union (AU) for distribution across the continent.\n\nAll of the doses will be used this year, promises current AU head South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.\n\nThis is on top of 600 million doses already promised but is still not enough to vaccinate the whole region.\n\nThere are fears that poorer countries globally will wait far longer than richer nations to be inoculated.\n\nAlthough infection numbers and death rates are comparatively lower across most of Africa, cases are spiking again in some areas.\n\nA new variant of Covid-19 in South Africa is causing particular alarm and makes up most of the new cases.\n\n\"As a result of our own efforts we have so far secured a commitment of a provisional amount of 270 million vaccines from three major suppliers: Pfizer, AstraZeneca (through Serum Institute of India) and Johnson & Johnson,\" President Ramaphosa said on Wednesday.\n\nAt least 50 million of the doses will be available \"for the crucial period of April to June 2021,\" he said.\n\nIn addition, the region is expecting around 600 million doses from the global Covax effort which aims to provide vaccines to lower-income countries.\n\nBut officials are still waiting for details and are now \"happy we have alternative solutions,\" Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the AP news agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccines in Africa: What you need to know\n\nMr Ramaphosa said officials are worried that the doses from the Covax effort released in the first half of 2021 will only be enough to inoculate health care workers. With a population of 1.3 billion people and each person requiring two vaccine jabs, Africa would need around 2.6 billion doses to eventually vaccinate everyone.\n\n\"These endeavours aim to supplement the Covax efforts, and to ensure that as many dosages of vaccine as possible become available throughout Africa as soon as possible,\" he explained.\n\nAfrica has recorded more than three million cases of Covid-19 and nearly 75,000 deaths. By contrast, the US has reported close to 23 million infections and more than 383,000 fatalities.\n\nThere has been a global rush to buy vaccines, with richer countries accused of buying up most of the supply.\n\nAs many had feared, Africa appears to be at the back of the queue to get Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nThe announcement of 270 million doses by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa - who is also the current chair of the African Union - is good news. This is in addition to those secured by the Covax facility, which is led by the World Health Organisation and the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi. The facility has secured 600 million doses - enough to vaccinate only a fifth of the continent.\n\nBut it may be a while before any of them get to the continent. The announcements are agreements to supply vaccines. There is still the actual procurement process that needs to happen. Negotiations are ongoing.\n\nWealthier nations had a head start. They already acquired the bulk of the early doses being produced through advance purchase deals with manufacturers. The race is on to meet that demand.\n\nAfrica, on the other hand, still faces funding deficits. There are questions also about the continent's readiness to receive the vaccines. Ultra-cold refrigeration is needed for both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Countries are working on building their cold chains. But even this is marred by a shortage of funds.\n\nSo, the continent can only wait.", "The surge in Covid hospital cases has left key hospital services in England in crisis, doctors are warning.\n\nNHS data showed A&Es were facing rising delays admitting extremely sick patients on to wards.\n\nMeanwhile, the total number of people facing year-long waits for routine treatments is now more than 100 times higher than it was before the pandemic.\n\nCancer experts are also warning the disruption to their services was \"terrifying\" and would cost lives.\n\nReports have emerged of hospitals cancelling urgent operations - London's King's College Hospital has stopped priority two treatments, which are those that need to be done within 28 days.\n\nAnd Birmingham's major hospital trust has temporarily suspended most liver transplants.\n\nIt comes after a surge in Covid patients in recent weeks.\n\nOne in three patients in hospital have the virus - and at some sites it is more than half.\n\nNHS England medical director Prof Stephen Powis said the NHS was facing an \"exceptionally tough challenge\", adding services would continue to be under pressure until the virus was under control.\n\nBut he stressed non-Covid treatment was still happening - with three times as many diagnostic tests and twice as many operations being carried out than in the spring when the pandemic first hit.\n\nThe data published by NHS England showed the scale of the impact from dealing with Covid on key hospital services.\n\nThe figures for cancer date back to November, before the surge in cases.\n\nAt that point, the number of urgent cancer check-ups and treatments being started was at normal levels.\n\nBut since then, concerns have been raised that services have been reduced.\n\nProf Pat Price, of the Catch Up With Cancer campaign, said services were facing the \"biggest crisis\" of her 30-year career.\n\n\"This is a truly terrifying scenario,\" she added.\n\nAnd the Royal College of Surgeons warned the pandemic was having a \"calamitous impact\" on waiting times for planned surgery.\n\nSarah Scobie, from the Nuffield Trust think tank, said services were under \"intolerable strain\", adding \"the worst is yet to come\".\n\nSaffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses, agreed: \"The next few weeks are no doubt going to be the most testing in NHS history.\"", "The government must review its strategy to end rough sleeping in England by 2024 after coronavirus showed it to be \"out of step\", a watchdog warned.\n\nA National Audit Office report praised the 'Everyone In' scheme, which housed about 33,000 people in the crisis.\n\nBut the plan highlighted issues with the current strategy - with thousands more needing help than expected.\n\nThe government said it was \"regularly taking into account the lessons learned\" from the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson made the pledge to end rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament shortly before he won the general election in 2019.\n\nAt the time, a snapshot figure taken by the government one evening showed 4,266 people were sleeping on the streets in England.\n\nBut it did not include people in night shelters or assessment centres, and could have missed people sleeping hidden from view.\n\nResearch by the BBC carried out in February 2020 showed more than 28,000 people across the UK had been recorded as sleeping rough in the previous 12 months - and in England, councils were seeing figures five times higher than the snapshot.\n\nThe 'Everyone In' scheme, launched in March 2020, aimed to provide emergency shelter for all rough sleepers during the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nFunding was ended two months later to the anger of many charities, but the government said it had made a number of more targeted funding pledges to tackle the issue since.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) carried out an investigation into the housing of rough sleepers in the pandemic and praised the \"considerable achievement\" of 'Everyone In'.\n\nThe head of the watchdog, Gareth Davies, said the government \"acted swiftly to house rough sleepers and keep transmission rates low during the first wave\".\n\nBut the NAO investigation found between the end of March and November 2020, 33,139 people were given accommodation through the scheme - a number almost eight times greater than the annual snapshot of rough sleepers.\n\nExamples included Bristol City Council which reported it accommodated 400 people in March, despite its most recent snapshot count being 98 rough sleepers.\n\nAnd the London Borough of Southwark had 25 known rough sleepers in March 2020, but within hours of 'Everyone In' launching, it had taken 200 people into hotels, with nearly 1,000 accommodated by November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the UK's homeless are coping during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nThe government pledged to carry out a review of its strategy to end rough sleeping early in 2020, but the plans took a back seat as the crisis unfolded.\n\nThe NAO said there was \"an ongoing need for a review of the strategy as it is out of step with the government's target\", adding there were now \"important lessons from Everyone In to consider\".\n\nMr Davies said the scale of the rough sleeping population in England has now been made clear, and it \"far exceeds\" previous government estimates.\n\n\"Understanding the size of this population, and who needs specialist support, is essential to achieve its ambition to end rough sleeping\", he added.\n\nThe report also highlighted the large number of people remaining in emergency accommodation unable to move on as they have no recourse to public funds - a condition put into the residence permit of some immigrants meaning they cannot access benefits.\n\nThe NAO also called on the government to \"keep under close review\" its more targeted response to the current coronavirus resurgence, whether it will \"protect vulnerable individuals as decisively\" as 'Everyone in'.\n\nA spokesman from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said they were pleased the NAO recognised its achievements with 'Everyone In'.\n\nHe added: \"By November, we had supported around 33,000 people, with nearly 10,000 in emergency accommodation and more than 23,000 in longer-term accommodation.\n\n\"We recently announced an additional £10m to help accommodate rough sleepers and ensure they are registered with a GP to receive the vaccine, and we will invest £750m next year as part of our commitment to end rough sleeping.\"\n\nAsked whether the review into the ending rough sleeping strategy would take place, the spokesman said: \"Our ambition to end rough sleeping within this parliament still stands, and we are regularly taking into account the lessons learned from our ongoing pandemic response, including 'Everyone In'.\"", "The government has defended its scheme to offer free food to struggling families in England over half term - after criticism from teachers' unions and council leaders.\n\nFood will be provided for children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme, rather than through schools.\n\nBut councils say the government should provide food vouchers over half term.\n\n\"Vulnerable families will continue to receive meals,\" said a Department for Education (DFE) spokeswoman.\n\n\"Our guidance is clear: schools provide free school meals for eligible pupils during term time.\n\n\"Beyond that, there is wider government support in place to support families and children via the billions of pounds in welfare support we've made available,\" said the DFE spokeswoman.\n\nBut the Local Government Association (LGA), representing councils, said \"the government should provide food vouchers to eligible families during February half-term as it did last summer\" - and that the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme should be used for other support.\n\n\"During the last full national lockdown, government recognised the significant extra pressures on low income families and extended free school meal provision into the school holidays,\" said Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA's resources board.\n\n\"Government was explicit that the Covid Winter Grant Scheme was not intended to replicate or replace free school meals, but was to enable councils to support low income households, particularly those at risk of food poverty as we moved towards economic recovery.\"\n\nThe row follows the DFE's publication of guidelines on free meals, after an outcry over pictures of food packages to replace free school meals during the lockdown.\n\nThe prime minister and other ministers criticised the quality of what was being sent out by some school food firms.\n\nMarcus Rashford has spear-headed a campaign for holiday food\n\nThe DfE guidance says: \"Schools do not need to provide lunch parcels or vouchers during the February half term.\n\n\"There is wider government support in place to support families and children outside of term-time through the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.\"\n\nThe DFE insists that even though schools will not provide food parcels or vouchers during half term, children will still be supplied with food through the Covid Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nThis aims to support those most in need with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other essentials.\n\nCouncils are required to work out their own local approach to eligibility, using benefits data and their local knowledge to decide how to support vulnerable families.\n\nMoving to this scheme for a replacement for school meals during half term, with the added pressure of a lockdown, has drawn criticism from head teachers and teachers.\n\nKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, warned that switching schemes meant \"yet more disruption to free schools meals could lie ahead in half term\".\n\nHe said using this scheme could cause an \"unnecessary logistical nightmare\", suggesting continuing with providing meals through schools would be more simple.\n\nMr Courtney said: \"This week, Matt Hancock, Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson made public statements about how appalled they were by the quality of food parcels shared on Twitter,\" said Mr Courtney.\n\nBut he said ministers should now \"hang their heads in shame\" for threatening more \"chaos and confusion\" over providing food.\n\n\"These are battles which should not have to be repeatedly fought,\" said Mr Courtney.\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers general secretary Paul Whiteman accused the the government of \"badly thought out and last-minute schemes to help with holiday hunger\" which he said were \"leaving families and children anxious\".\n\n\"The government must urgently clarify for families how they will be helped during the upcoming half term holiday so they can be assured that they will not go hungry,\" said Mr Whiteman.\n\nLabour's Tulip Siddiq, shadow minister for children and early years, said: \"Time and time again this government has had to be shamed into providing food for hungry children over school holidays.\"\n\nFood charities and anti-poverty campaigners, including footballer Marcus Rashford, have repeatedly clashed with the government over the issue of food for poor pupils during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly over school holidays.\n\nThe footballer forced the government to back down in the summer over its plans not to offer free meals in the holidays to poor pupils, whose families were likely to be suffering with reduced incomes.\n\nBut over the October half-term when the provision was withdrawn many local authorities continued to offer them from their own budgets.", "President Donald Trump has just become the only US president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. He was impeached on Wednesday for \"incitement of insurrection\" following last week's riot at the US Capitol. However, a recent poll suggests that a majority of Republicans still support President Trump and don't hold him responsible for the violence.\n\nWe've been hearing from lawmakers - but what do Americans think? We asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in.\n\nBelinda is an attorney and devoted Trump supporter of Native American and African American ancestry. She says this second impeachment vote is wrong and misconstrues the facts of what happened last week in favour of political expediency.\n\nThis is unprecedented. There is no justification, no legal or constitutional basis for this impeachment. He did not even receive due process. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. I hope the American people will stand up against this outrage. It's indicative of what would happen in a communist country where we have no free speech rights.\n\nThose who broke in should be charged appropriately for whatever laws they violated. But why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? His rallies have always been peaceful and most of the people on Wednesday were middle-aged and elderly, with children and grandchildren.\n\nIndividuals who violated the law should definitely be prosecuted but I don't see how you can blame someone for a speech and someone else's criminal activity. It can't be selective enforcement of the law.\n\nMelissa is a Filipino American small business owner with two children who had told us the country could not afford four more years of Donald Trump. She says the behaviour he displayed last Wednesday was undoubtedly an impeachable offense.\n\nEverything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution.\n\n[Republican Congresswoman] Liz Cheney said that, if not for the president, last week would not have happened and she's right. If not for him continually fighting the election results, if not for him repeatedly sending the false message the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about an 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened.\n\nEven three months ago, before all the lawsuits and everything else he was saying, I was not shocked by his behaviour. It's all completely predictable because it's just within his character. So the argument by politicians that impeachment could divide us more, I don't see that as the goal of impeachment.\n\nIt can't help but I don't think it will have any impact on deterring violence. There needs to be some kind of statement that the president is not allowed to attack another branch of government. It's a chance for the Republican Party to rid itself of Trump's stranglehold on them.\n\nGabriel is a regional coordinator for the New York Young Republicans and is an outspoken 'Latino for Trump'. He condemns the violence of last Wednesday but says the reaction has been unfair and worries about where the party will go from here.\n\nI do not think that Donald Trump should be impeached. I was in DC at the rally on 6 January - I did not go near the Capitol and went back to my hotel room - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm.\n\nThis is just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. I fear that people will become reactionary and elected officials will use impeachment in the future not as a last resort to uphold our republic but as a tool to remove whoever they don't agree with.\n\nAll violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history and it was not a coup. It's important to dictate that violence is not the answer. The day was supposed to be different. January 6 did something to the Republican Party. The actions of the few will discourage many of the new voters that Trump brought in and made his base.\n\nWilliams is a first-generation Mexican American college student in Atlanta who has been extremely concerned about what he has seen in his country over the past four years. He says the events of the past week justify today's vote in the House.\n\nI believe he should have been impeached. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condemn white supremacy and other threats. That affects us internally within the United States as well as abroad.\n\nIt's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Impeachment failed once, but now he has set the precedent that a president can be impeached more than once.\n\nIn processing the past week, all I could do at first was to ignore it and joke about the situation. It's deeply saddening to me.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA respiratory doctor at Belfast's Mater Hospital has warned that hospital oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nDr Nick Magee also said more younger patients were now being treated in hospital than during the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nHe said in the past they did not have to consult other NI hospitals about how much oxygen they had.\n\n\"That was never a thing in previous January flu problems,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"But that is something we are now having to think of,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this week Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said there is enough oxygen to cope with the current demand.\n\nBut according to Dr Magee the current level of oxygen being used in \"bays\" at the Mater means patients cannot charge their mobile phones by their bedside because of the \"fire risk\".\n\n\"It is all well controlled and we are making sure that we can share out that oxygen burden. That is something we are having to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say specifically about other regional hospitals but I know that they are under extreme pressure and it's just something we have to think of as a region.\n\n\"Can we supply oxygen adequately for the amounts of oxygen we are using in hospitals?\"\n\nThe number of Covid positive hospital in-patients has increased significantly since last week - up from 599 a week ago to 850 on Thursday.\n\nThe number of people in ICU has also risen from 44 to 58 in the past week.\n\nDr Magee said staff were concerned about having to cope with \"large volumes\" of patients requiring respiratory support.\n\nHe said the number of younger patients becoming increasingly sick with the virus was growing.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Mater Hospital moved six patients who had been on wards into ICU and also took patients from the Southern Health Trust.\n\n\"Recently I saw a 29-year-old patient, also three who were in their mid 30s that all required respiratory support on a ward,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"They are frightened they are wearing specialist masks CPAP masks that help them breathe. They are scared.\"\n\nThe relentless pressure of the past 10 months and the prospect of a further surge in admissions over the next fortnight is weighing heavily on the minds of medics.\n\n\"We are really worried about next week,\" said Dr Magee.\n\n\"It's very busy this week, we are coping well but we are particularly concerned about next week.\n\n\"Normally, if we had somebody who needed a lot of respiratory support we would involve a high dependency unit but all the respiratory wards are becoming like high dependency units.\n\n\"Volume of sicker, younger patients is much greater and it's not something that I would [have] ever seen before,\" he added.\n\nThe Southern Health and Social Care Trust said its hospitals had limited infrastructure to manage high numbers of patients requiring oxygen so a regional agreement was in place to share resources across Trusts to support Covid-positive patients.\n\n\"As a result some patients have been diverted to Belfast or SE Trust to help reduce pressure on the Southern Trust hospital system,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals remain very busy with high numbers of Covid-19 positive patients who are dependent on oxygen therapy.\n\n\"These protocols are in place as part of regional surge planning to ensure that we can safely manage the current high volume of Covid-19 patients needing hospital care.\n\n\"Patients who are currently being treated in Craigavon and Daisy Hill have secure supplies of oxygen.\"", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Travel from Brazil to the UK could be banned in response to the discovery of a new coronavirus variant.\n\nMinisters have met to discuss possible measures and a block on flights could also be extended to other South American countries in a bid to stop its spread.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is \"concerned\" about the new variant and \"extra measures\" were being taken.\n\nArrivals from Brazil are currently required to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove chaired a meeting earlier to discuss whether measures should be put in place.\n\nNew variants of Covid-19 have also been identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nDuring a two-hour appearance in front of the Commons Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday Mr Johnson stopped short of promising a ban on travel from Brazil.\n\n\"We already have tough measures ... to protect this country from new infections coming in from abroad,\" he said.\n\n\"We are taking steps to do that in respect of the Brazilian variant.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who is Strategic Response Director for Covid-19 with Public Health England, told BBC Breakfast experts were looking at the Brazilian variant and needed to grow the virus in the UK in order to perform laboratory experiments.\n\n\"So we need to understand the biology of these [new strains], as well as understanding mutations,\" she said.\n\n\"We will be watching them all to make sure that they can't escape your immune response, which is the key thing that we're looking at the moment.\"\n\nA travel ban was put in place on arrivals from South Africa on 24 December, which was later extended to several other nearby countries, following the discovery of a new variant.\n\nLuiz Amorim, a graphic designer in London, said he had travelled to Brazil to spend Christmas with his family and was now worried he may not be able to get home.\n\n\"My wife was also supposed to come but didn't in the end,\" he said. \"Now I am worried I won't be able to get back to her in London.\"\n\nMr Amorim said his workplace had been supportive but he may have to take leave if he was unable to return, with his original flight back having been cancelled.\n\nHe has now booked another flight on 27 January and is \"watching the news closely to see what will happen\".\n\nThe discussion comes after it was announced a requirement for arrivals into England to test negative for coronavirus 72 hours before their journey will now come into force at 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the new rules had been delayed from Friday \"to give international arrivals time to prepare\".\n\nLabour's Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, described the delay in introducing the new rules as \"truly shocking\".\n\nScotland is taking the same approach to international travellers but will implement the policy on Friday, while Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce their own plans in the coming days.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government for delaying pre-departure testing for arrivals to England, describing the situation as a \"complete mess\".\n\n\"Priti Patel has talked tough about the borders but other countries have been doing testing for months and months,\" he said.\n\nSir Keir said people were \"really worried\" about strains in other parts of the world, including Brazil, and people would be \"bewildered and they will feel that we're exposed\".", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nIvan Cavaleiro scored a late header to earn Premier League strugglers Fulham a hard-fought draw against Tottenham in their hastily rearranged London derby.\n\nThe Portuguese forward's finish cancelled out Harry Kane's first-half diving header and came just minutes after Son Heung-min hit the post in search of Spurs' second.\n\nCavaleiro sealed a remarkable turnaround for a side whose manager Scott Parker said it was \"scandalous\" to be given just two days' notice to face Jose Mourinho's men after Spurs' game at Aston Villa was postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak in the Villa camp.\n\nTottenham boss Mourinho had little sympathy for the visitors as the derby itself was a rearranged fixture, having been called off three hours before kick-off when originally scheduled on 30 December.\n\nFor all the complications surrounding the fixture, the intensity from two sides at opposite ends of the table was high at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Fulham's fifth successive league draw a valuable point in their efforts to escape the relegation zone.\n• None Relive Tottenham v Fulham as it happened and analysis\n\nFulham made a bright start and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's fierce shot to test Hugo Lloris was a warning of what was to come from a side who remain 18th despite the draw.\n\nThe excellent Alphonse Areola twice denied Son in the first 45 minutes, first blocking a toe-poked effort before palming a header away.\n\nAreola could do nothing, however, to deny Kane the opener in the 25th minute, with the striker beating the Frenchman with a thumping diving header from an excellently-placed Sergio Reguilon cross.\n\nKane was off target with another header and Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kenny Tete threatened to respond for the visitors, who had the woodwork to thank for denying Son in the second half after the South Korean scuffed a shot past Areola.\n\nSubstitute Ademola Lookman was instrumental following his introduction, creating the equaliser for Cavaleiro seven minutes after coming off the bench.\n\nThe powerful finish extended Fulham's unbeaten run to five league matches, which is their longest such sequence in the top flight in three Premier League campaigns since 2012-13.\n\nThis latest draw highlights just how resolute Parker's men have become after a slow start to the campaign, in which they collected just one point from their first six matches.\n\nSpurs punished for reliance on Kane and Son\n\nWhile the Cottagers may be in the relegation places and had lost a record 13 successive top-flight matches to London rivals, they presented a significantly sterner test of Mourinho's men than non-league side Marine - a team made up of NHS workers, teachers and a refuse collector - which Spurs cruised past in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.\n\nThe prolific pair of Kane and Son, a duo that has now scored 23 of Tottenham's 30 league goals this term, were among 10 to return to Spurs' starting line-up.\n\nSon was an unused substitute on their trip to Crosby but Kane, along with Lloris, Eric Dier, Serge Aurier and Harry Winks came back from being rested.\n\nWhile Kane was clinical with the nodded finish, he reacted in frustration as he flicked another header off target.\n\nThat miss, as well as the wastefulness of Reguilon - who sent an early effort over - and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's tame strike, ensured Fulham were still in it at half-time.\n\nMoussa Sissoko also dithered in the box when an early second-half chance presented itself, allowing Tosin Adarabioyo to superbly block.\n\nSon's effort off the post, and their reliance on him and Kane for goals, ultimately proved costly as Cavaleiro ended the hosts' run of three clean sheets in January.\n\nAnd while Reguilon did have the ball in the back of the net again for Tottenham in the final minute, it was immediately disallowed for offside as Spurs missed the chance to move up to third in the table.\n\n'Some players had one day's training' - what the managers said\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho, speaking to BBC Sport: \"In the first half Alphonse Areola made some impossible saves, a couple of others in the second, too.\n\n\"We have to kill a game and we didn't - but you have to keep a clean sheet, not make mistakes, so it was a very avoidable goal. The markers are there, there wasn't even an advantage in terms of numbers.\n\n\"Fulham were intelligent enough to understand the way they play, they change, they become more defensive and they are getting results. I thought they were a bit lucky but they were good.\n\n\"We have bad results and we should - and we could have - avoided these results.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Sport: \"I'm very proud of this team for what we've been through. There's a lot of talk around - everyone assumes about what happened. I know what we've been through the last two weeks.\n\n\"We had players out there today who had one day's training. What pleased me most was a desire and a passion and a real quality at times tonight.\n\n\"There's a real determination and hard work from this group of players. They've never shied away from anything.\"\n\nOn Monday's announcement of the game with Tottenham: \"We were told, in the end, at 9:30. It was put to me on Saturday, if there was a possibility, but I just batted it off thinking 'no chance'.\n\n\"This game was supposed to be scheduled 16 days ago - for 10 days some of these boys were locked up in their houses. I was surprised but it wasn't in terms of preparing for this game, we've prepared in two days for a game before, it was more just getting told of the consequences that you face.\"\n\nBest of the stats\n• None Tottenham and Fulham played out their first draw in the Premier League since December 2009, with Spurs winning 10 of the last 11 encounters (L1).\n• None Tottenham are unbeaten in their last eight London derbies in the Premier League (W3 D5), they've never gone longer without defeat against sides from the capital in the competition.\n• None Fulham have drawn five consecutive Premier League games, their longest such run since January 2007 (six games).\n• None Fulham have gained five points in their last four Premier League away games (W1 D2 L1), more than they collected in their previous 13 on the road in the competition (W1 D1 L11).\n• None Only Brighton (12) and Sheffield United (11) have dropped more points from winning positions than Spurs (10) in the Premier League this season.\n• None Tottenham's Harry Kane has become just the third player to score 25 Premier League goals with his head (25), his right foot (94) and his left foot (34) - after Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole.\n• None Ademola Lookman has been directly involved in five goals (two goals, three assists) in the Premier League this season, more than any other Fulham player.\n\nTottenham travel to Bramall Lane on Sunday (14:05 GMT) to face the Premier League's bottom side Sheffield United, who on Tuesday earned their first top-flight win of the season.\n\nFulham face Chelsea in another derby, hosting their west London rivals on Saturday (17:30 GMT).\n• None Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Antonee Robinson (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Gerry and Barbara Jarrett were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago\n\nAn elderly couple with coronavirus have been helped by a hospital to say their last goodbyes to each other after the wife's condition deteriorated.\n\nGerry and Barbara Jarrett, from Bracknell, Berkshire, are in separate wards at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.\n\nTheir daughter Chloe, who posted a picture of one reunion on Twitter, said her mother \"looked to be at the end\".\n\nShe said her parents had \"precious\" extra time together thanks to the hospital's \"incredible\" efforts.\n\nMrs Keljarrett said her 79-year-old father and mother, 76, who have been together for 50 years, were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago.\n\nOn Tuesday she posted: \"In the midst of a pandemic peak, staff (namely a consultant, a surgeon and a HCA) at FPH just made sure my dad saw my mum for what is likely the last time.\"\n\nShe said another meeting happened on Wednesday when \"mum looked to be at the end\".\n\nFrimley Park Hospital said the reunions were the sort of \"care that matters the most\"\n\nShe said: \"Dad was wheeled in, crying, touched her hand and her eyes flew open. She was awake and bright and could talk.\n\n\"We got a precious extra hour or two before her breathing got worse again and got to say what we wanted.\n\n\"All thanks to the staff who made these meetings possible. In current times I just find that incredible.\"\n\nMrs Keljarrett, a teacher at The Brakenhale School, said her father was \"showing signs of improvement but has a very long journey to complete\".\n\n\"He has a number of other health issues that will make recovery that bit trickier, but I have to remain positive that he will overcome this horrendous virus,\" she added.\n\nShe said she had met hospital workers who were \"pulling unexpected double shifts\" due to short-staffing.\n\n\"How they are managing such compassion when they are stretched to their emotional and physical limits I do not know,\" she added.\n\nResponding to Mrs Keljarrett's Twitter post, the hospital wrote: \"Our hearts go out to you and your family.\n\n\"We are so glad that our staff managed to make this time just a little bit easier for you all.\n\n\"This truly is some of the care we give that matters the most.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "It was initially believed that Covid-19 originated at a market in Wuhan\n\nA World Health Organization (WHO) team has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start its investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe long-awaited probe comes after months of negotiations between the WHO and Beijing.\n\nA group of 10 scientists is set to interview people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak.\n\nCovid-19 was first detected in Wuhan in central China in late 2019.\n\nThe team's arrival on Thursday morning coincides with a resurgence of new coronavirus cases in the north of the country, while life in Wuhan is relatively back to normal.\n\nThey will undergo two weeks of quarantine before beginning their research, which will rely upon samples and evidence provided by Chinese officials.\n\nTeam leader Peter Ben Embarek told AFP news agency just before the trip that it \"could be a very long journey before we get a full understanding of what happened\".\n\n\"I don't think we will have clear answers after this initial mission, but we will be on the way,\" he said.\n\nThe probe, which aims to investigate the animal origin of the pandemic, looks set to begin after some initial hiccups.\n\nChina resisted this investigation because it doesn't want to look back. It sees the potential for more blame, from a group of foreigners. It has its official version of what happened already.\n\nThe government paper published months ago declared \"victory\" in the war against the virus. But it didn't have a verdict - not one it made public anyway - on where the new coronavirus came from nor how it passed to humans. There's been global pressure to answer that, to prevent repeat pandemics.\n\nThe WHO team will be heavily reliant on their Chinese hosts for access: to key places in Wuhan and beyond, and crucially to research material, human and animal samples and data gathered by China's authorities over the past year. The man leading the WHO team said he is open minded. No theories - and there is a range of theories - are off the table. All sides have talked about the importance of the science. But the investigators arrived here as a propaganda effort, lead by China's state media, is in full swing, to question whether the pandemic originated here in the first place.\n\nDespite a lack of any credible evidence it's reported for months now that it was in Spain, Italy or maybe the US before it was seen in China. A campaign intended to undermine the very reason the WHO is, finally, here in Wuhan.\n\nEarlier this month the WHO said its investigators were denied entry into China after one member of the team was turned back and another got stuck in transit. But Beijing said it was a misunderstanding and that arrangements for the investigation were still in discussion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nChina has been saying for months that the although Wuhan is where the first cluster of cases was detected, it is not necessarily where the virus originated.\n\nProfessor Dale Fisher, chair of the global outbreak and response unit at the WHO, told the BBC that he hoped the world would consider this a scientific visit. \"It's not about politics or blame but getting to the bottom of a scientific question,\" he said.\n\nProf Fisher added that most scientists believed that the virus was a \"natural event\".\n\nThe visit comes as China reports its first fatality from Covid-19 in eight months.\n\nNews of the woman's death in northern Hebei province prompted anxious chatter online and the hashtag \"new virus death in Hebei\" trended briefly on social media platform Weibo.\n\nThe country has largely brought the virus under control through quick mass testing, stringent lockdowns and tight travel restrictions.\n\nBut new cases have been resurfacing in recent weeks, mainly in Hebei province surrounding Beijing and Heilongjiang province in the northeast.", "A further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there have now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nAnd the prime minister warned there was a \"very substantial\" risk of intensive care capacity being \"overtopped\".\n\nSpeaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson said the situation was \"very, very tough\" in the NHS and the strain on staff was \"colossal\".\n\nHe appealed to the public to follow lockdown rules, which require people in England to stay at home and only go out for limited reasons, such as for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA further 47,525 new cases have also been recorded.\n\nPerhaps the most distressing element about the latest Covid deaths is that the numbers are almost certainly going to rise from here.\n\nPeople who are dying now are likely to have been infected three or so weeks ago, around Christmas time.\n\nThat was at a point when infection rates were rising quite steeply, so in the coming days and weeks we should, sadly, expect to see more deaths than this being reported.\n\nToday's figures are affected by the weekend, which sees delays in reporting deaths that tend to translate into higher figures from Tuesday onwards.\n\nCurrently around 1,000 people a day on average are dying once you take this into account.\n\nBut the figures also provide some hope. For the third day in a row the number of newly diagnosed infections are well below 50,000.\n\nThere have been several days where they have exceeded 60,000.\n\nIf that trend continues, and the number of new cases keeps coming down, that will eventually translate into the number of deaths falling.\n\nBut it is going to take some weeks for that to happen.\n\nThese are, as many have been saying, the darkest days of the pandemic so far.\n\nEarlier, during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said lockdown measures were \"starting to show signs of some effect\".\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer called for tougher restrictions in England, asking why they were weaker in this lockdown compared with March.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, nurseries were closed to most children and it was not permitted to exercise with someone from another household.\n\n\"We keep things under constant review,\" Mr Johnson replied. \"If there is any need to toughen up restrictions - which I don't rule out - we will of course come to this House.\"\n\nHe stressed that it was early days, but said: \"The lockdown measures we have in place combined with tier four measures that we were using are starting to show signs of some effect.\"\n\nLater, asked by the Commons Liaison Committee whether schools could reopen after February half-term, Mr Johnson said: \"It is far, far too early for us to say [early signs of progress mean] we can go into any kind of relaxation in the middle of February, we've got to work very hard to achieve that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson took questions from MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee\n\nThe prime minister also said on Wednesday that Covid vaccinations will be offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week as soon as supply allows.\n\nThe number of people in the UK who have received the first dose of a vaccine has risen to 2,639,309 - up by 207,661 from the day before.\n\nCommenting on the latest daily figures, PHE's Dr Doyle said: \"With each passing day, more and more people are tragically losing their lives to this terrible virus.\"\n\nShe added: \"It is essential that we stay at home, minimise contact with other people and act as if you have the virus.\"\n\nThe vast majority of the deaths reported on Tuesday happened over the past week. However, at least 100 were in 2020, with one death dating back to May.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll was on Friday, when 1,325 people were reported to have died.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nWhen all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate are counted, plus deaths known to have occurred more recently, the number of deaths involving Covid in the UK is more than 100,000.\n\nAnother method is to count excess deaths - all deaths over and above the usual number at the time of year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"We are taking steps to ensure that we do not see the import of this new variant\".\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister has said he is \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil. He acknowledged it is not yet clear how effective existing vaccines will be against the latest new variant.\n\nThe UK is taking steps to make sure it is not brought into the country, Mr Johnson said.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAnd from Monday, anyone arriving into the UK from any country will have to present a negative Covid test. The new rule had been due to come into force this week but the government said it was being put back to give travellers more time to prepare.", "The home secretary has said the government will not announce new Covid restrictions on Thursday or Friday, but did not rule out further measures being announced next week.\n\nPriti Patel told ITV her focus was on enforcing the current lockdown rules.\n\nIt is thought ministers are considering measures like requiring masks outside or allowing people to exercise only with people from the same household.\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK recorded 1,564 new deaths, the highest daily total so far.\n\nMrs Patel emphasised the current stay-at-home rules, under which people are only allowed to go out for a limited number of reasons, including work, essential shopping and providing care to a vulnerable person.\n\nAsked whether further restrictions could include a three-metre social distancing rule, or the requirement to wear masks outside, the home secretary told ITV's This Morning: \"The plans are very much to enforce the rules.\n\n\"This isn't about new rules coming in - we're going to stick with enforcing the current measures.\"\n\nBut Ms Patel did not rule out new measures being announced next week, saying: \"We are not thinking about bringing in new measures today or tomorrow.\"\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, she said police would move more quickly to fine people who break the rules.\n\nOver the course of the pandemic, more than 30,000 such fines have been issued.\n\nA senior backbench Conservative MP has written to his colleagues to criticise the government's approach to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nSteve Baker, deputy chairman of the Covid Recovery Group of MPs, which is sceptical of lockdown measures, said that if the government did not change its strategy, \"inevitably the prime minister's leadership will be on the table: we strongly do not want that after all we have been through as a country\".\n\nHe asked his colleagues to impress upon the party's chief whip the need for \"a clear plan for when our full freedoms will be restored, with a guarantee that this strategy will not be used again next winter\".\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why the current lockdown restrictions are \"weaker\" than those imposed in March last year, when deaths and hospitalisations were lower than they are now.\n\nHe questioned why nurseries were open when primary schools were closed, and whether estate agents should be allowed to continue with house viewings.\n\nRules have been further tightened in Scotland this week, with new restrictions on click and collect and takeaway services.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSpinner Dom Bess took 5-30 as a woeful Sri Lanka batting display left England in control after the opening day of the first Test in Galle.\n\nThe hosts were bowled out for 135 in only 46.1 overs despite winning the toss on a pitch that offered only a little spin.\n\nEngland closed on 127-2, with Joe Root unbeaten on 66, Jonny Bairstow 47 not out and their third-wicket stand worth 110.\n\nDom Sibley and Zak Crawley fell to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for four and nine respectively.\n\nSri Lanka's total was the lowest in a first innings in a Galle Test, and was a pitiful exhibition of indiscipline and poor strokes which demonstrated a clear lack of understanding of how to build a Test innings.\n\nEngland, who made five changes from their previous Test in August, were disciplined with the ball and tidy in the field, aside from a drop from debutant Dan Lawrence, with Stuart Broad superb in taking 3-20.\n\nTheir reward was a strong position on their first day of overseas Test cricket since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, and their opening action of a year that includes home and away series against India, a likely two-Test series against world number one side New Zealand and a bid to regain the Ashes in Australia.\n\nThe second day starts at 04:30 GMT on Friday.\n• None 'Right up there with the worst we've seen' - Sri Lanka collapse shocks pundits\n\nWith England's most recent Test being played five months ago, and Sri Lanka playing in South Africa over Christmas and the new year, there was concern that the tourists would not be as prepared as the hosts.\n\nBroad, who had Lahiru Thirimanne caught at leg slip and Kusal Mendis, who has now made a duck in four successive Test innings, caught behind in the seventh over, showcased his experience and guile by turning to off-cutters almost immediately.\n\nBess, playing his 11th Test, may have taken his second five-wicket haul in Tests but struggled to find a consistent line and length.\n\nKusal Perera reverse swept Bess' second ball to Root at slip, while Niroshan Dickwella slapped a long hop to Sibley at point to fall for 12.\n\nAfter getting Dasun Shanaka in fortunate circumstances as a sweep rebounded off Bairstow at short leg into wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's hands, Bess produced a beautifully flighted delivery to bowl Dilruwan Perera between bat and pad for a duck.\n\nHe rounded off the innings by bowling the reverse-sweeping Wanindu Hasaranga for 19 as the hosts lost their last five wickets for 30 runs.\n\nStand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews offered some fight with a stand of 56 for the fourth wicket, the former becoming the 12th Sri Lankan to reach 4,000 Tests runs and Mathews the fifth to 6,000.\n\nHowever, both fell tamely in the space of three balls as Broad - who had taken three wickets in 80 overs in Sri Lanka before this match - had Mathews slashing to slip, before Chandimal looped a simple catch to Sam Curran at cover to give Jack Leach his first Test wicket since November 2019.\n• None Why the Sri Lanka tour matters for the Ashes\n\nFor England this two-Test tour, which was cut short in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is a build-up to the four-Test series in India that follows.\n\nTo stand any chance of beating Virat Kohli's side England must play spin well, and they will be concerned by the early inroads that Sri Lanka made.\n\nOpener Sibley, whom many feel is vulnerable against spin, edged to slip via his back pad as he attempted to work Embuldeniya to leg.\n\nCrawley, promoted to open given Rory Burns' absence to be at the birth of his first child, looked to take Embuldeniya over the top - a shot he played superbly last summer - but mistimed it to mid-off.\n\nHowever, Root, whose fifty was his 50th in Test cricket, will be buoyed by the way he and the recalled Bairstow nullified the spin threat as they shared England's highest partnership in Galle.\n\nIt was a chanceless stand, although Root overturned an lbw decision on 20 with replays showing the ball would have gone over the stumps.\n\nBoth he and Bairstow scored around the wicket, with Root playing the sweep to good effect, and Bairstow cutting and flicking through mid-wicket well.\n\nThey will hope to build a substantial first-innings lead and turn the match into a three-innings game.\n\n'England didn't have to work hard at all' - reaction\n\nEngland spinner Dom Bess on BBC Test Match Special: \"We have put ourselves in a really good position. Rooty and Jonny batted really well because the wicket started to spin.\n\n\"I felt I was quite nervous. I hadn't bowled in a game since the Test matches last summer.\n\n\"I didn't feel I bowled as well as I know I can. That's cricket, isn't it? There might be days bowl exceptionally well and go 1-100.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"It was a fantastic day for England.\n\n\"The partnership with Root and Bairstow was exactly what was required by Sri Lanka.\n\n\"Mathews and Chandimal are experienced pros. They were playing nicely and then played two rash shots. It was so poor from Sri Lanka.\"\n\nSri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower: \"I'm at a loss for words, I've never seen us bat that badly. They know these conditions well and it should have been a big advantage.\n\n\"England's batsmen showed us there's nothing wrong with the pitch. We batted terribly.\"\n\nFormer Sri Lanka all-rounder Russell Arnold: \"It is not a minefield. It was very poor from Sri Lanka. England didn't have to work hard at all.\n\n\"It is very, very disappointing. It surprised me and I expected a lot more.\"\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Lucy Edwards, pictured with dog Olga, became BBC Radio 1's first blind presenter when she guested in 2019\n\nA blind social media star said she could be waiting for years for a new guide dog because of delays connected with the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nLucy Edwards creates videos on living with sight loss, which have been watched millions of times.\n\nThe 25-year-old has used a guide dog since she was 17 and said she had lost her independence since her latest dog was retired four months ago.\n\nShe said it was like losing her \"eyesight all over again\".\n\n\"It has really knocked my confidence that in a pandemic I don't have my dog any more,\" Ms Edwards, from Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands, said.\n\n\"I don't feel comfortable going outside on my own.\"\n\nLucy Edwards says she struggles to socially distance using her cane alone, as she does not know where people are around her\n\nShe now relies on her cane and her sighted partner, but added she found it difficult to socially distance with just a cane and felt \"scared\" without the support of her dog Olga.\n\nThe Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said the pandemic meant it had been forced to stop dog training for five months last year.\n\nIt said 52 dogs had been trained and become qualified in the Midlands in 2020, compared with 125 in 2019, and added the monthly figures showed a big impact in April.\n\nWhile general dog training is continuing during the third England lockdown, with social distancing measures in place, some orientation and other work has stopped, along with puppy training classes.\n\nWest Bromwich marathon runner Dave Heeley, who was appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours, has been waiting for a dog for more than two years.\n\n\"The dog is your best friend, your dog is your mobility and I don't feel that from a stick,\" he said.\n\nDave Heeley has been waiting two years for a dog\n\nThe Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said over the past two years it had matched 80% of people with a guide dog within 16 months.\n\nThe charity currently has about 5,000 guide dogs working in the UK and within the next few years said it was targeting 1,000 new guide dog partnerships a year.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Employers \"have a duty\" to support staff who suffer domestic abuse but few have adequate policies in place, the government says.\n\nIt said bosses were in a unique position to help but a \"lack of awareness and stigma\" held them back.\n\nCalls to domestic abuse services have surged in the pandemic as couples spend more time at home.\n\nBusiness Minister Paul Scully said employers could be a \"bridge between a worker and the support they need\".\n\n\"It was once taboo to talk about mental health, but now most workplaces have well-established policies in place. We want to see the same happen for domestic abuse, but more quickly and more effectively,\" he said in an open letter to employers.\n\nManagers and colleagues are often the only other people outside the home that victims talk to each day and so \"uniquely placed\" to spot signs of abuse, he said.\n\nThese include becoming more withdrawn than usual, sudden drops in performance, mentions of controlling or coercive behaviour in partners, or physical signs such as bruising.\n\nEmployers did not have to become \"specialists\" in handling domestic abuse, Mr Scully said, but could do more to help, including:\n\nFirms already taking action include Vodafone, which offers specialist training to HR and line managers and support for victims including counselling and additional paid leave.\n\nIn August, law firm Linklaters strengthened its policies and now offers people who need to flee their home but can't stay with others three nights' accommodation in a hotel.\n\nIt also offers the option of paid leave, plus one-off payments of £5,000 to help victims trying to become financially independent.\n\nDomestic violence charity Refuge said it saw an 80% increase in calls to its helpline during the first national lockdown, a trend the government believes has continued.\n\nAnd in November, 43% of respondents to a survey by charity Surviving Economic Abuse showed an abuser had interfered with someone's ability to work or study from home during the crisis.\n\nExamples included hiding phones or computers, removing wi-fi connections, and phoning an employer claiming a breach of lockdown rules, in an apparent effort to get them sacked.\n\nDomestic abuse isn't a new problem, nor does today's call to businesses apply only during a pandemic.\n\nBut coronavirus has highlighted new and existing risks.\n\nFor many victims and survivors, work is a place of respite.\n\nBeing based at home, or on furlough, can reduce communication with team members, and prevent face-to-face chats with colleagues.\n\nI've heard of employers finding simple yet effective ways of supporting staff during the pandemic.\n\nFor example, finding a plausible reason for an employee whose remote communications were being overlooked, to go into the office as a one-off, so they could talk freely and hand over an ID document for safe keeping.\n\nOf course, not every business can afford to offer emergency accommodation or financial support to those in urgent need. But the focus of today's letter is on awareness, using free support and removing stigma.\n\nThe charity Surviving Economic Abuse wants the government to go further, and put paid leave for domestic abuse victims into law.\n\nElizabeth Filkin, who chairs the Employer's Initiative on Domestic Abuse, argues there are real benefits in supporting staff - including around productivity, loyalty and reputation.\n\nEmployment lawyer Sarah Chilton, a partner at CM Murray, told the BBC that all employers have a duty to protect their staff's health and safety while working from home. That includes if they are being subjected to domestic abuse.\n\n\"Where an employee is required to work at home during, for example, the pandemic, the employer should take account of any risk to that person's physical and mental health and safety in the environment in which they work.\"\n\nAngela Ogilvie, global director of HR at Linklaters, said training was vital to spot signs of abuse, especially now.\n\n\"Victims may avoid calls or videos for example. They may become quiet, anxious or tearful, secretive about their home life.\n\n\"And it's being conscious of how you start those conversations because they may be overheard, so you may have to switch your conversation to email or text.\"\n\nMr Scully said the government would consult on ways to help domestic abuse victims at work, for instance by making it easier to request flexible working.\n\nThe government's Domestic Abuse Bill also continues to make its way through parliament.\n\nIt will bring into law a statutory definition of domestic abuse that includes coercive or controlling behaviour as well as emotional and economic abuse.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nFormer world number one Andy Murray's participation at the Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe 33-year-old Scot was set to fly out to Melbourne on a chartered flight arriving there over the next 36 hours.\n\nInstead he remains in quarantine and isolating at home in London.\n\nMurray, who is said to be in good health, remains hopeful he will be allowed to travel safely at a later date and compete as planned.\n\nThe five-time Australian Open runner-up pulled out of last week's ATP event in Delray Beach as he wanted to \"minimise the risks\" of catching a transatlantic flight to Florida.\n\n'He will be refused'\n\nThe Australian Open will start on 8 February at Melbourne Park, three weeks later than usual, because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPlayers must test negative before taking one of the 15 chartered flights - which have been put on by tournament organisers and will operate at 25% capacity - to Australia.\n\nOnce they have arrived, they will have to pass a series of Covid tests during a 14-day quarantine in Melbourne before the Grand Slam.\n\n\"Mr Murray, and the other 1,240 people as part of the program, need to demonstrate that if they're coming to Melbourne they have returned a negative test,\" said Victorian state health minister Martin Foley.\n\n\"So should Mr Murray arrive, and I have no indication that he will, he will be subject to those same rigorous arrangements as everyone else. Should he test positive prior to his attempts to come to Australia, he will be refused.\"\n\nMurray's planned appearance at Melbourne Park would come two years after he played there in what he feared would be his final match as a professional.\n\nAt 123rd in the world, Murray is ranked too low to gain direct entry into the tournament so the three-time Grand Slam champion has been given a wildcard.\n\nMurray was able to play only seven official matches in 2020 because of a lingering pelvic injury, and the five-month suspension of the tours because of the pandemic.\n\nThe Scot is among a number of players to have their plans disrupted.\n\nAmerican Madison Keys, who reached the Australian Open women's singles semi-finals in 2015, said she would not be playing in Melbourne after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nWorld number two Rafael Nadal is travelling to Melbourne in search of a record 21st Grand Slam men's singles title without coach Carlos Moya, who has decided to stay at home in Spain with his family because of the health situation.\n\nWorld number three Dominic Thiem's coach Nicolas Massu has also not travelled after a positive Covid test, Thiem's father Wolfgang told Austrian newspaper Kurier.\n\n'Change of year, but not a change of luck' - analysis\n\nA change of year does not appear to have brought about a change of luck for Andy Murray.\n\nHe is now hoping he will be given permission to arrive in Melbourne late - and outside the window Tennis Australia painstakingly negotiated with the Victorian state government.\n\nIf he does get the green light to travel, having completed self-isolation in the UK and returned a negative test, he will still have to spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival.\n\nThat means he won't be able to play in the warm-up events the week before the Australian Open.\n\nBut it would keep alive his hopes of playing in the first Grand Slam of the year, as players will be allowed out of their rooms to practise for five hours a day during quarantine.\n\nAmerican player Tennys Sandgren, meanwhile, boarded a charter plane to Melbourne despite testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe world number 50, a two-time Australian Open quarter-finalist, tweeted that after testing positive in November he had returned another positive on Monday and might not be able to fly on Wednesday.\n\nBut Australian Open organisers said his medical file had been reviewed by Victoria state authorities and he had then been cleared to fly.\n\nThey explained that players are only allowed to enter Australia with proof of a negative test done just before departure or \"with approval to travel as a recovered case at the complete discretion of an Australian government authority\".\n\nSandgren posted on social media that he had been ill in November but was \"totally healthy now\".\n\n\"My two tests were less than eight weeks apart,\" he wrote. \"There's not a single documented case where I would be contagious at this point.\"\n\nLisa Neville, minister for police and emergency services, tweeted: \"Tennys Sandgren's positive result was reviewed by health experts and determined to be viral shedding from a previous infection, so was given the all clear to fly.\n\n\"No-one who is Covid positive for the first time - or could still be infectious - will be allowed in for the Aus Open.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Can the TV personality make it as a pro footballer?\n• None New drama brings the chilling crimes of Charles Sobhraj to life", "Passengers will need to provide a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours before departure\n\nPassengers arriving into NI from outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will soon have to produce a negative Covid-19 test before departure.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the executive had agreed the plan on Thursday.\n\nPeople arriving from countries not on the government's travel corridors list will also still have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe move has already been agreed in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nPassengers arriving there will be subject to the new rules from Saturday, with the measure taking effect in England and Scotland from Monday.\n\nNegative tests 72 hours prior to arrival are already a requirement in the Republic of Ireland for passengers travelling from Great Britain and South Africa.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press conference on Thursday, the first minister said Northern Ireland's R-number had also fallen to between 0.7 and 0.9 for new cases of the virus.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the drop showed the \"very real\" effect of lockdown restrictions imposed on 26 December, but she warned there was still \"no room for complacency\".\n\nShe said she still believed there needed to be an \"two-island approach\" to travel restrictions, including discussions with the British and Irish governments as a \"matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Foster said Stormont ministers had also expressed frustration at the executive meeting over a lack of data-sharing from authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and called for it to be escalated.\n\nPSNI Chief Constable (centre) Simon Byrne attended Stormont's press briefing on Thursday with the first and deputy first ministers\n\nPSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said 40 penalty notices a day are being handed out to those who breach the Covid-19 regulations.\n\nHe told the press briefing that if people continued flouting rules, they could expect \"firm and swift enforcement\".\n\n\"We won't turn a blind eye when people break the rules.\"\n\nOn Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, bringing its total to 1,533.\n\nThere have been 973 new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours, while 58 Covid-19 patients are being treated in ICUs across Northern Ireland, of which 44 are on ventilators.\n\nMrs Foster said she found it \"incredible and frankly unbelievable\" that some people were still holding house parties and gatherings, despite the pandemic rates and the lockdown.\n\nOn Wednesday, health officials warned that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of the virus are rising.\n\nMr Swann said that meant more \"difficult decisions\" on lockdown restrictions could be required.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe executive is due to review the current restrictions on 21 January.\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers said they would take evidence from health officials before deciding whether an extension of the lockdown would be required.\n\nMinisters have expressed concerns about keeping non-essential parts of businesses open\n\nMinisters have also expressed concerns about some larger retailers \"gaming\" the regulations and keeping open non-essential parts of their businesses.\n\nA meeting between the first and deputy first ministers and representatives of the retail sector is due to happen on Friday afternoon.\n\nElsewhere, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that unpaid carers looking after Clinically Extremely Vulnerable individuals should receive the first dose of their vaccine when phase two of the vaccination programme begins next month.\n\nDr Michael McBride told Stormont's Health Committee they are provided for on a list of prioritisation provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which decides the order of vaccination delivery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nMr Swann was asked if his department was \"putting all its eggs in the vaccine basket\".\n\nHe said it was \"not the entirety of the answer\", adding: \"It will take time for the benefits of it to bed in.\n\n\"And while it is doing it, we still have to follow those restrictions that are in place.\n\n\"We may actually have to introduce more.\"\n\nOn Thursday afternoon the department tweeted that 121,711 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs Foster said that by end of this month, it is hoped all care home residents, health staff and those aged over 80 in Northern Ireland will have received their first vaccination.\n\nShe said that would be an \"incredible achievement\" and make Northern Ireland one of the top-performing countries in rolling out its vaccination programme.\n\nMeanwhile, the chairman of the Police Federation for NI (PFNI) has said officers need more powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations.\n\nAt present officers can only issue guidance and advice on the public health regulations.\n\nPFNI chairman Mark Lindsay said that puts officers in a \"difficult position\".\n\nThe federation represents thousands of rank and file PSNI officers.\n\n\"I think we are well past the stage where police officers are the people that should be giving advice around the guidance,\" Mr Lindsay told BBC Radio Foyle.", "President Trump has just become the first sitting president to be impeached twice by the US House of Representatives.\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel to weigh in as well.\n\nHere's what they said:\n\nQuote Message: Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable. from Melissa Dangaran 51, from Minnesota Everything he has done is unconstitutional and, as a president, the number one thing he should be doing is upholding the Constitution. If not for him continually fighting the election results and claiming the election was stolen, if not for him holding that rally near the Capitol, if not for him talking about 'uprising', last week would very likely not have happened. Unfortunately it was completely predictable.\n\nQuote Message: Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol? from Belinda Noah 45, from Florida Unprecedented. He should not have been impeached at all. There is no justification, no legal basis, no constitutional basis for it. It's a rush to judgment for ulterior motives and a dark stain on our country. I'm concerned about the double standard and I'm afraid our Constitution is on its deathbed. Why would anybody who's rational think that our president meant for people to go break into the Capitol?\n\nQuote Message: It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me. from Williams Morales 19, from Georgia It's more of a symbolic impeachment at this point because he'll be out soon, but it's necessary nonetheless. Not only is he a threat to our national security, but he doesn't condone white supremacy and other threats. It's deeply saddening to me.\n\nQuote Message: I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history. from Gabriel Montalvo 21, from New York I was in DC at the rally - not near the Capitol - but I saw the president speak with my own eyes and he did not call for anyone to storm the building or cause harm. It's just a way to ensure he will not run in the next four years. It is political and it will create a bigger divide between left and right. All violence should be condemned fairly and justly. It was a very sad outcome, but I do not believe it was the most horrible day in our country's history.", "Siegfried and Roy were one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas\n\nSiegfried Fischbacher, one half of celebrated magic double act Siegfried and Roy, has died from pancreatic cancer in Las Vegas at the age of 81.\n\nThe pair were among the biggest names in the world of magic and were known for working with lions and tigers.\n\nPaying tribute, David Copperfield called him a \"legend in magic\", and Penn Jillette said Siegfried and Roy were \"pure showbiz and pure class\".\n\nRoy Horn died from Covid-19 complications last May.\n\nThe pair \"invented the full length magic show headlining Vegas\", according to Jillette, who is known as part of the duo Penn and Teller.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSiegfried and Roy teamed up in their native Germany in the 1950s, and the highlight of their extravagant shows was their performances with white lions and white tigers.\n\nHorn was attacked by a 400lb white Bengal tiger named Montecore during a performance in Las Vegas in 2003, leaving him partially paralysed and using a wheelchair.\n\nHe underwent lengthy rehabilitation and was later able to walk again, but the attack ended the duo's long-running Las Vegas residency.\n\nRoy Horn (left) had to use a wheelchair after the tiger attack\n\nFischbacher and Horn, whose real name was Uwe Ludwig Horn, had met on a cruise ship and were later signed up by a liner company.\n\nAfter being spotted and signed to perform at a nightclub in Bremen, they went on to tour Europe and brought tigers into their act.\n\nBut they shot to worldwide fame after launching their Las Vegas shows in the 1960s.\n\nTheir unique brand of magic and artistry consistently attracted sell-out crowds. They performed an estimated 5,000 shows for 10 million fans in the city after 1990, when they began performing at the Mirage hotel-casino.\n\nThey were also estimated to have grossed more than $1bn by 2001, which included their thousands of shows at other venues in earlier years.\n\nIn 2004, their act became the basis for the animated comedy Father of the Pride, about the mischievous adventures of a family of white lions who perform with Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas.\n\nHorn's condition improved and by 2006 he was able to talk and walk with assistance from Fischbacher.\n\nIn 2009, the duo staged a final appearance with a tiger (said to be Montecore, but this was disputed by some) at a benefit for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas.\n\nSiegfried Fischbacher was devoted to his partner Roy\n\nThey retired from showbusiness in 2010. After Horn's death last year, Fischbacher said: \"Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend.\n\n\"From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried.\"\n\nFischbacher recently had a 12-hour operation to remove a malignant tumour. He had been receiving care at home from two hospice workers in recent days.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRichard Leonard has resigned as Scottish Labour leader, saying it is in the best interests of the party for him to stand down.\n\nMr Leonard said he believed speculation about his leadership had become a \"distraction\".\n\nAnd he said he would be stepping down with immediate effect.\n\nHis resignation comes just months ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, which is scheduled to be held in May.\n\nMr Leonard had been leader of the party for three years after succeeding Kezia Dugdale.\n\nThe former union official had faced open calls to quit from some of his own MSPs last year amid concerns that his leadership style could damage the party in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election.\n\nPolls have suggested that many Scottish Labour supporters struggle to recognise him, and he is closely associated with former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nScottish Labour had dominated politics in Scotland for decades, but is currently the third largest party at Holyrood behind the SNP and Conservatives.\n\nAnd Mr Leonard's critics had questioned whether he was capable of turning the party's fortunes around.\n\nMr Leonard was seen as a close ally of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn\n\nIn a statement, Mr Leonard said the decision to resign had not been easy - but he felt it was the right one for him and his party.\n\nHe said: \"I have thought long and hard over the Christmas period about what this crisis means, and the approach Scottish Labour takes to help tackle it.\n\n\"I have also considered what the speculation about my leadership does to our ability to get Labour's message across. This has become a distraction.\n\n\"I have come to the conclusion it is in the best interests of the party that I step aside as leader of Scottish Labour with immediate effect.\"\n\nHe also insisted that Scotland now needs a Labour government more than ever, and accused both the Scottish and UK governments of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Leonard added: \"While I step down from the leadership today, the work goes on - and I will play my constructive part as an MSP in winning support for Labour's vision of a better future in a democratic economy and a socialist society.\"\n\nHis decision leaves Scottish Labour looking for its fifth leader since the independence referendum in 2014 - with Johann Lamont, Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale all having held the job since then.\n\nA Procedures Committee, to oversee the election of Mr Leonard's successor, has been formed and will have its first meeting on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Scottish Executive Committee will also meet in the coming days to agree a timetable for the process.\n\nMSP Jackie Baillie, who was Scottish Labour's deputy leader, has taken charge of the party on an interim basis.\n\nThis sudden resignation four months from the Holyrood elections seems to have taken Scottish Labour by surprise.\n\nMSPs I've spoken to said they did not see it coming.\n\nThere have been times when Richard Leonard has been under severe pressure from some in his party to stand down.\n\nWhen several MSPs publicly called for him to quit because the party had gone backwards at successive elections on his watch, he stood firm.\n\nHis critics seemed to have accepted that he would lead them and a divided party into the Holyrood election.\n\nThat has now changed and interim leader Jackie Baillie has to quickly organise a contest to replace him.\n\nIt's a contest in which Anas Sarwar, if he stands, would be an obvious frontrunner - even although he lost last time to Mr Leonard, who was seen as much closer to the then UK party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Leonard should be \"very proud\" of his achievements as leader of the party in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir added: \"I would like to thank Richard for his service to our party and his unwavering commitment to the values he believes in.\n\n\"Richard has led Scottish Labour through one of the most challenging and difficult periods in our country's history, including a general election and the pandemic.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neil Findlay MSP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Leonard had been due to face a confidence vote at the party's ruling Executive Committee last September - but the motion was withdrawn at the last minute.\n\nIt came after four Scottish Labour MSPs called for him to go, warning that the party faced \"catastrophe\" at the ballot box under his leadership.\n\nThey pointed to the party's dismal performance in previous elections under Mr Leonard.\n\nScottish Labour finished fifth in the European election in May 2019, and then lost all but one of its MPs in the general election in December of the same year.\n\nMr Leonard insisted at the time that he intended to lead the party into this year's Holyrood election, and accused his opponents of waging \"internal war\" against him.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who faced Mr Leonard in her weekly question session in the Scottish Parliament, tweeted that she had \"always liked Richard Leonard\" despite their political difference.\n\nShe added: \"He is a decent guy and I wish him well for the future.\"\n\nRuth Davidson, who quit as leader of the Scottish Tories in 2019 before returning to lead the party at Holyrood, said she had always found Mr Leonard to be a \"thoroughly decent man and a committed campaigner.\"\n\nAnas Sarwar, who was defeated by Mr Leonard in the leadership contest in 2017 and is seen as one of the favourites to replace him, said he was sure Mr Leonard would \"continue to fight for a fairer, more just and more equal society today, tomorrow and long into the future.\"\n\nBut Labour MSP Neil Findlay, an outspoken supporter of Mr Leonard, took aim at those who had sought to oust him last year - describing them as \"flinching cowards\" and \"sneering traitors\".", "Primark stores have been hit hard by lockdown\n\nPrimark says it has no plans to sell its clothes online despite warning that lockdown store closures could cost it more than £1bn in lost sales.\n\nSome 305 of Primark's 389 global stores are shut - including all 190 UK outlets - but unlike rivals it has no online arm to fall back on.\n\nCustomers have said they would welcome the retailer setting up an online shop.\n\nBut Primark, which saw a 30% sales fall to £2bn in the 16 weeks to 2 January, says the cost would mean price rises.\n\nIt contrasts with online only fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo, whose sales rose by around 40% in the last four months of 2020.\n\nOn Thursday, consumers called on Primark to embrace e-commerce with one tweeting: \"Online sales are thru the roof during the pandemic. You're missing out on a LOT of money.\"\n\nBut the retailer tweeted back: \"We prefer to sell our products in our physical stores but thanks for the suggestion.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Primark This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSince March last year, non-essential shops in the UK and overseas have faced strict curbs and prolonged closures and all are currently shut in England.\n\nIn a statement, Primark said that if all of its stores stayed closed until 27 February 2021, it expected to miss out on £1.05bn of sales - up from a previous estimate of £650m.\n\nThe retailer said it would partially mitigate this by cutting its costs, but did not say if that would mean job losses. It added that it only expected to break even in the first half of the financial year, after seeing healthy operating profits of £441m last time around.\n\nIn the past Primark has said it won't sell online because the cost of manning the operation and processing high volumes of returns would mean it could no longer offer low prices.\n\n\"As a fast fashion retailer they are on a low margins anyway - they have to be very competitive on price,\" Patrick O'Brien, UK retail research director at GlobalData told the BBC.\n\nHe said pure online players like Asos and Boohoo could make it work because they were \"geared up for it in terms of logistics\".\n\nPrimark shops saw strong sales when they reopened after the first lockdown\n\n\"But Primark would be starting from scratch, and would have to integrate any new online operation with its existing store structure which would be costly.\"\n\nDespite this Mr O'Brien said the retailer was still likely succeed, pointing to the surge in sales it saw when its shops reopened after the first lockdown.\n\nBut Retail Economics' Richard Lim said Primark was at risk of \"potentially alienating its customers\" who increasingly expect to be able to shop online.\n\n\"They have very loyal customers who love the brand, but they are crying out to be able to access it online.\n\n\"The longer they are not online, the more disruptive it is. The more their customers are discovering new brands and ways to shop.\"\n\nAssociated British Foods also owns food and agriculture businesses. Sales across the group were down 13% in the 16 weeks to 2 January at £4.8bn.\n\nThere are always winners and losers in retail but this Christmas the picture is more polarised than ever thanks to the effects of the pandemic. Just contrast the fortunes of Primark, which doesn't sell online, with Boohoo and Asos which have both reported soaring growth in sales.\n\nAll our big supermarkets have now reported bumper Christmas trading, too, which is no real surprise given we can't go out to eat and so many of us are working from home. This growth has also been driven by an extraordinary rise in internet orders.\n\nWhile Primark is bracing itself to lose £1bn in business as a result of store closures, Tesco says it added £1bn of extra sales online this festive quarter. It's been very tough for many traditional non-food retailers, big and small, who've been unable to make up for all the lost sales from their High Street shops. Looking ahead, the big question is where the online dial will settle when our lives eventually return to normal.", "The number of people being treated in Scotland's hospitals for coronavirus has reached another record daily high.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show a total of 1,596 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid.\n\nThis is up from Friday's figure of 1,530 patients.\n\nThe deaths of a further 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the same tally as Friday which was the highest daily figure of the pandemic.\n\nIt is the second day in a row there has been a record figure for Covid hospital patients.\n\nOf the 1,596 people in hospital, a total of 109 are in intensive care, up seven on Friday's figure.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said Scotland's hospitals were \"very busy and fragile\" but coping so far.\n\nHe said: \"People should not be worried we have reached capacity but the best way of getting those numbers down is to reduce the prevalence of the virus.\"\n\nProf Leitch said the NHS could create more intensive care capacity if needed but \"all of that has a cost in what we won't be able to do\" elsewhere in the health service.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan temporary hospital in Glasgow can be used to care for the sickest of Covid patients if the spike in admissions continues, but officials are trying to avoid this \"if we can manage without it\", Prof Leitch added.\n\nThis is because it is better for patients and staff for Covid patients to be in traditional intensive care units, he explained.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the latest Covid figures as \"a big concern\".\n\nOn Twitter, she said: \"Covid case numbers still a big concern and putting huge pressure on the NHS, as hospital and ICU cases increase.\n\n\"Also, 93 further deaths remind us just how dangerous the virus can be - my thoughts are with all those grieving.\"]\n\nThe Scottish government data shows a further 1,865 new cases of Covid have been reported in the last 24 hours, down from the 2,309 cases reported on Friday.\n\nHowever, the daily test positivity rate is 8.7%, up from 8.1% on the previous day.\n\nThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.\n\nYou can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.", "A 28-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two men died at a property in east London.\n\nPolice were called to an address in Tavistock Gardens, Ilford, at 04:24 GMT to reports of a disturbance.\n\nTwo men were found seriously injured inside the property and both died at the scene.\n\nThe woman, who was Tasered during the arrest, also suffered non life-threatening injuries. She has been taken to hospital, the Met Police said.\n\nA man who lives a short way down the street said he was awoken by the sounds of a woman screaming.\n\nKuddus Miah, 44, said: \"She was screaming 'help, help, call the police'.\n\n\"The police and ambulances were there very quick.\"\n\nThe men who were found seriously injured on Sunday morning died at the scene\n\n\"I got changed out my PJs and went outside and asked one of the neighbours opposite what happened.\n\n\"She said a woman was coming in and out of the house crying out for help.\n\n\"Apparently they were new tenants. We've lived here around 15 years and it's a very quiet neighbourhood, it's shocking.\"\n\nSeveral forensics officers were seen outside the house and a large police cordon has been put in place.\n\nForensic officers have been seen working in the house\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah and her husband Gary lived in the caravan on the drive for nine months\n\nA nurse who lived in a caravan for nine months to protect her mother from coronavirus says moving back into her house was like \"winning the lottery\".\n\nSarah Link and her husband Gary, who usually share a home with her mother, bought the caravan in March to allow them to isolate.\n\n\"I have cried a river in the caravan, if it wasn't for Gary, I wouldn't have got through it,\" Mrs Link said.\n\nThey moved back home for Christmas after her mother received the vaccine.\n\nThe caravan, bought for £600 and parked on their own drive in Cradley, in the Black Country, allowed Mrs Link to continue working at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and her husband at his fishmonger's business.\n\n\"I'd do it again tomorrow. I would do it every time, I would have done anything to protect mum,\" she said.\n\n\"We were thinking it would be four weeks, 12 weeks max, then the summer came and went and nine months later we were still there. It was incredible, I just can't believe we did it,\" Mrs Link, who has been a nurse for 17 years, said.\n\nThe couple both contracted coronavirus in December, but carried on living in the caravan so they could self-isolate and continue to protect Mrs Link's 84-year-old mother.\n\nMrs Link said her Christmas this year was \"magical\" after moving out of the caravan\n\n\"I went back to work properly last week. I still get tired easily and suffer with fatigue, but I'm OK,\" Mrs Link said.\n\n\"It's getting ridiculous the cases... some people still walk around and don't believe it's real. If people came on my ward and see what I've seen.\"\n\nMrs Link said she had not hugged her mother since before March as they were still taking precautions to keep her safe.\n\nShe said Christmas and new year had been \"magical\" adding it was the \"best\" she had ever experienced after being able to move back home.\n\n\"We all cried when it turned midnight, that year we'd all had.\n\n\"It was like winning the lottery, waking up in a proper bed.\n\n\"We're in the warm... I wouldn't be happier if I'd won a million pounds.\"\n\nThe couple decorated the caravan throughout the year\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "The company offered to pay surgeries a £5,000 charitable donation \"or to the staff member directly\" in emails\n\nThe Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity \"or the staff member directly\".\n\nRobyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was \"just appalling\".\n\nThe company, based in London, has apologised, saying its \"good intentions\" were \"misinterpreted\".\n\nNHS England said people \"will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue\".\n\n\"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it,\" said Mrs Clark.\n\n\"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue.\"\n\nThe Bristol-based manager said she worried it could \"create more health inequality\".\n\nShe said: \"The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid.\"\n\nThe e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that \"many appointments\" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of \"any no-shows\".\n\nA donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.\n\nIn a statement, the Battersea-based company said it \"offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused\".\n\nIt added: \"We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted.\"\n\nNHS England said it knew \"these particular emails were received across the country\".\n\nDr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were \"working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most\".\n\n\"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS \"for free\" and \"cannot be sold privately in the UK\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Online supermarket Ocado has become the first big retailer to warn of shortages of some products.\n\nIt told customers in an email that there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".\n\nStaff sickness and self-isolation means some food producers are cutting the number of product lines they offer.\n\nWhile customers might not get their exact product choice, plenty of food should be available, Ocado said.\n\n\"Staff absences across the supply chain may lead to an increase in product substitutions for a small number of customers as some suppliers consolidate their offering to maintain output,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe news comes after a rush of online food orders for supermarkets, as shoppers try to stay at home after the new lockdown started.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco, while Ocado customers were placed in a virtual queue.\n\nOcado told its customers that from Friday \"changes to the UK supply chain have affected some of our suppliers and may result in an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks.\"\n\nIt added: \"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we are working hard to mitigate any impact.\"\n\nFood suppliers are grappling with staffing problems, hospitality clients who have closed their doors and delays at the border with the EU.\n\nWholesalers the BBC spoke to this week said they faced throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food because of cancelled orders following new restrictions.\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of its workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned earlier this week that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".", "Home Secretary Priti Patel has said officers \"will not hesitate\" to enforce lockdown rules as she defended the way police have handled breaches.\n\nShe said rising numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths illustrated the need for \"strong enforcement\".\n\nIt comes after the National Police Chiefs' Council published guidance saying officers should issue fines more quickly when rules are broken.\n\nMore than 30,000 fines have been handed out by forces in England and Wales.\n\nNPCC figures show 32,329 fixed penalty notices were issued between 27 March and 21 December last year.\n\nThe number of people who have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test surpassed 80,000 on Saturday, and a further 59,937 people tested positive.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus and scientists have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter.\n\n\"The vast majority of the public have supported this huge national effort and followed the rules,\" Ms Patel said.\n\n\"But the tragic number of new cases and deaths this week shows there is still a need for strong enforcement where people are clearly breaking these rules to ensure we safeguard our country's recovery from this deadly virus.\n\n\"Enforcing these rules saves lives. It is as simple as that. Officers will continue to engage with the public across the country and will not hesitate to take action when necessary.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the public to follow the lockdown restrictions, telling the BBC's Andrew Marr programme that \"every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal\".\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government for not providing \"absolute clarity of messaging\", telling the BBC's Andrew Marr that there had been \"mixed messaging over the last nine months\".\n\nNPCC guidance, published on 6 January, says officers should still offer people \"encouragement\" to comply with the regulations and explain any changes.\n\n\"However, if the individual or group does not respond appropriately, then enforcement can follow without repeated attempts to encourage people to comply with the law,\" the NPCC said.\n\nOn Saturday 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nElsewhere, North Wales Police turned away more than 100 cars at Moel Famau in Flintshire by Saturday lunchtime, and Norfolk Police fined one couple who had travelled about 130 miles (209km) to see a seal colony.\n\nHowever, Derbyshire Police has launched an urgent review into how fines were issued after two women were charged £200 each.\n\nThe pair were stopped by officers for walking five miles from their home with hot drinks, which they were told were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nJohn Apter, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said officers were under \"immense pressure to do the right thing\" and said with \"such a changing landscape politically and legally\" there were going to be things which did not go right.\n\nHe said the police had to balance the relationship with the public.\n\n\"It's not easy because all we are trying to do in policing is keep as many people safe as possible,\" he said.", "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nA royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle.\n\nThe source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation.\n\nThe Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far.\n\nPeople aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first.\n\nThe couple have been spending the lockdown in England at their Windsor Castle home after deciding to have a quiet Christmas at their Berkshire residence, instead of the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham.\n\nLast month, the Queen appeared alongside several other senior members of the royal family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.\n\nIn 2020 she went seven months - between March and October - without carrying out public engagements outside of a royal residence.\n\nDuring that time, her eldest child, Prince Charles, 72, contracted coronavirus and displayed mild symptoms.\n\nPalace sources also told the BBC that her grandson Prince William tested positive in April - although Kensington Palace refused to comment officially.\n\nThe Queen made a private pilgrimage to the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in November\n\nThe Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nShe said the pandemic had \"brought us closer\" despite causing hardship, adding that the Royal Family has been \"inspired\" by people volunteering in their communities.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use in the UK, joining the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nIt is not known which vaccine the Queen and Prince Philip have received.\n\nAll the approved vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection, with the second dose being given up to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care home residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who have been categorised as clinically extremely vulnerable.", "Bans imposed by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Donald Trump's accounts raise a \"very big question\" about how social media is regulated, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe companies acted after supporters of the US president stormed Washington DC's Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nMr Hancock said the bans showed they were now \"taking editorial decisions\".\n\nCampaigners want social media to be treated as \"publishers\", rather than \"platforms\", meaning more regulation.\n\nBut opponents of the idea argue that it could allow governments to limit debate.\n\nMr Trump faces an impeachment charge, with Democrats accusing the Republican president of encouraging the Washington riots, in which five people died.\n\nTwitter permanently suspended his @realDonaldTrump account on Saturday, citing the \"risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nBut Mr Trump called this an attack on free speech and suggested he would look at \"building out our own platform in the future\".\n\nThere has been a long-running debate over whether social media companies should be treated in law as \"publishers\", with greater responsibility for dealing with libellous, discriminatory, misleading or incendiary content posted by users.\n\nMr Hancock, a former culture secretary, told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"The scenes, clearly encouraged by President Trump - the scenes at the Capitol - were terrible - and I was very sad to see that because American democracy is such a proud thing.\n\n\"But there's something else that has changed, which is that social media platforms are making editorial decisions now. That's clear because they're choosing who should and shouldn't have a voice on their platform.\"\n\nMr Hancock said that development was likely to have \"consequences\".\n\nAsked earlier about Twitter's decision to ban Mr Trump's account, he told Sky News: \"I think it raises a very important question, which is it means that the social media platforms are taking editorial decisions.\n\n\"And that is a very big question because then it raises questions about their editorial judgements and the way that they're regulated.\"\n\nTwitter's ban on Mr Trump's account followed the increasing use of warning labels on his posts referring to the coronavirus pandemic and the result of the US presidential election.\n\nIn a blog on Friday, the company said its public interest framework existed \"to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly\".\n\nIt added: \"However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.\"\n\nFacebook and Instagram banned Mr Trump \"indefinitely\" on Thursday, with Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saying this sanction would not be lifted until at least 20 January, when Joe Biden is sworn in as the new US president.", "\"Absurd\" council tax rises should be scrapped to ease the pressure on family budgets, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nLocal authorities in England will be able to raise council tax by 5% from April, with 3% used to top up adult social care budgets.\n\nSir Keir said this meant those living in a band D property could see bills rise by an average of £90.\n\nHe added that the prime minister should provide extra funding to councils.\n\nBut the government says the rise in council tax bills, plus extra money from central government, will ensure a real-terms increase in support for local services.\n\nSir Keir wrote in the Sunday Telegraph: \"It is absurd that during the deepest recession in 300 years, at the very time millions are worried about the future of their jobs and how they will make ends meet, Boris Johnson and [Chancellor] Rishi Sunak are forcing local government to hike up council tax.\n\n\"The prime minister said he would do 'whatever is necessary' to support local authorities in providing vital services - he needs to make good on that promise.\"\n\nSir Keir urged Mr Johnson to \"give families the security they need\" by dropping the tax increase.\n\nHe said families had been treated as an \"afterthought\" by the government during the pandemic, adding that Labour would become the \"party of the family\" under his leadership.\n\nA Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: \"Council tax plays an important role in helping fund the frontline services needed to respond to the pandemic.\n\n\"Our approach strikes a balance between allowing local authorities to address service pressures and ensuring local residents have the final say on excessive increases.\"\n\nA £500m fund to support people struggling with finances meant councils could \"cut bills further for some of the most vulnerable households\", they added, while a £7.2bn support package would help meet \"the major Covid-19 service pressures in their local area\".\n\nThe chancellor's Spending Review in November set out the cost to the UK economy so far of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Sunak warned the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun, with lasting damage to growth and jobs.\n\nInterviewed on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Sir Keir said there was no scope for a \"major renegotiation\" of the UK's post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, but added that there were \"bits already that need to be improved on\".\n\nAnd, asked about the possibility of another Scottish referendum on independence from the UK, he said that a \"further, divisive\" vote was not \"the way forward\".\n\n\"But I do accept that the status quo isn't working\", Sir Keir added. \"I don't accept the argument that the status quo isn't working, the next thing you do is go to a referendum.\"\n\nThe prime minister has said such a vote - last held in 2014 - should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" event.\n\nBut Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a referendum should take place.", "Dorset Police said officers dispersed dozens of demonstrators from the town centre as they attempted to march\n\nA video shared online apparently showing a woman being arrested in breach of lockdown for sitting on a bench was \"stage-managed\", police said.\n\nDorset Police believe the video was planned and recorded by anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration in Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThree people were arrested for not giving their details so officers could issue fines for breaking Covid rules.\n\nThe BBC has asked one of the protesters who posted the video to comment.\n\nThe force said two of those held were later de-arrested when they confirmed their details in police custody and a third was released when his details were verified - all three were then issued fixed penalty notices.\n\nOfficers also issued at least seven other fines and 10 dispersal notices.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: \"We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.\n\n\"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.\n\n\"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously. This activity went on for a couple of hours.\"\n\nThe force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: \"I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions.\"\n\nThe force said there were \"repeated attempts\" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had \"travelled considerably\" from out of the Dorset area.\n\nMr Vaughan added: \"Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them.\"\n\nSam Crowe, director of public health for Dorset, said its hospital services were \"close to being overwhelmed\".\n\nMr Crowe said: \"Infection rates locally have been doubling in less than a week. If this carries on, our hospitals will not be able to cope with caring for those needing life-saving treatment. Stay at home means exactly that.\"\n\nLatest figures show Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has reached 745.2 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nAlso on Saturday, 16 people were also arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eleanor Wadsworth was a civilian pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary\n\nOne of the last surviving \"Spitfire Women\", who ferried aircraft to the front line in World War Two, has died.\n\nEleanor Wadsworth, who was 103, was part of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), a civilian service that transported fighter aircraft and crew.\n\nThe ATA Association said she was among 165 women who flew without radios or instrument flying instructions.\n\nMrs Wadsworth, who lived in Bury St Edmunds, died in December after a month of illness.\n\nDuring the war, about 1,250 men and women from 25 countries transferred some 309,000 aircraft of 147 different types.\n\nMrs Wadsworth said the \"thought of learning to fly for free was a great incentive\" to join the ATA\n\nMrs Wadsworth, who was born in Nottingham, joined the ATA in 1943 after seeing an advertisement for female pilots and was one of the first six successful candidates to be accepted with no or little previous flying experience, historian Sally McGlone said.\n\nIn 2020, the former pilot told her housing association's in-house magazine that she had been \"looking for a new challenge\" when she joined the service.\n\n\"The thought of learning to fly for free was a great incentive [so] I put my name down and didn't think much about it,\" she said.\n\nShe added that she had enjoyed flying Spitfires the most, which she did 132 times.\n\n\"It was a beautiful aircraft, great to handle,\" she said.\n\nTributes have been paid to her bravery on social including one from former RAF Tornado navigator and Gulf prisoner of war John Nichol.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs McGlone said Mrs Wadsworth and her fellow ATA pilots \"will remain an inspiration to women worldwide\", while fellow historian Howard Cook said she and her fellow \"Spitfire Women\" had been \"incredibly brave\".\n\nAuthor Karen Borden, who interviewed Mrs Wadsworth for an upcoming book, added that \"like many of the women pilots, she was incredibly humble about her contribution to the war effort\".\n\n\"She joked about how flying 'straight and level' was her mark... and how marvellous it was to take to the air on her own.\"\n\nEleanor Wadsworth (bottom row, far left) joined the ATA in 1943\n\nHer son Robert said she had been \"a wonderful mother, an adoring grandmother and great-grandmother\", who had been \"matter of fact\" about her wartime service.\n\nHe said she would say that \"we had a job to do [and] we just got on and did it\".\n\nHer funeral will take place on Tuesday.\n\nMrs Wadsworth had been one of three surviving female ATA pilots, alongside American Nancy Stratford and Briton Jaye Edwards, who lives in Canada.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Asymptomatic testing for Covid can help \"break the chains of transmission\", Matt Hancock says\n\nRegular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available across England this week, the government has said.\n\nThe community testing regime - expanded to cover all 317 local authorities - uses rapid lateral flow tests, which can return results in 30 minutes.\n\nLocal councils are being encouraged to prioritise tests for those who cannot work from home during the lockdown.\n\nThe health secretary said asymptomatic testing can help break transmission.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England has invited tens of thousands of people over 80 to book vaccinations.\n\nA further 563 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 54,940 cases reported, according to government figures on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths in the UK after a positive test passed 80,000 on Saturday.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said expanding the Community Testing Programme to more people without symptoms was \"crucial given that around one in three people\" who contract Covid-19 show no symptoms.\n\nIt said regular community testing using the rapid tests had already identified more than 14,800 positive Covid-19 cases.\n\nSo far, 131 local authorities in England have enrolled in the government's community testing programme, with Milton Keynes, Slough, Doncaster and Essex the latest to join.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said targeted asymptomatic testing and subsequent isolation was \"highly effective in breaking chains of transmission\".\n\nBut Angela Raffle, a consultant in public health at the University of Bristol Medical School, said increasing lateral flow testing was \"very worrying\" and warned the benefits of finding symptomless cases \"will be outweighed by the many more infectious cases that are missed by these tests\".\n\nDefending lateral flow tests on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme Mr Hancock said mass asymptomatic testing in Liverpool had seen the case rate drop \"more sharply than it did in other similar areas where only restrictions were brought in\".\n\nNHS Test and Trace will also work closely with other government departments to scale up workforce testing, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nMany are already piloting regular workforce testing, with 15 large employers having taken up this offer already across 64 sites, \"including organisations operating in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, and within the public sector including job centres, transport networks and the military\".\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said plans were already in place for rapid testing of staff and students in schools and colleges and staff in primary schools.\n\nAsked when schools could reopen by the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Hancock said there were four conditions: that there is not a major new variant, the vaccine rollout is proceeding effectively, the number of deaths is falling and there is an easing of pressure on the NHS.\n\nMatthew Fell, of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 UK businesses, said: \"This expansion of testing will help more critical workers and those unable to work from home to operate safely, while also catching new cases more swiftly.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the safety of the workforce had been an \"absolute priority\" and said the expansion of testing means \"we can keep our economy on the move while giving individuals in key sectors complete confidence that their workplace is safe\".\n\nBut Prof Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at University College London, told BBC Breakfast the country would continue a \"yo-yoing of lockdown\" without a \"test, trace and isolate system that actually works\" and warned there needed to be tighter restrictions and tougher messaging than in March to prevent \"tens of thousands of avoidable deaths in the next few weeks\".", "Bernard Thomas was interviewed by BBC Wales at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster\n\nA survivor of the Aberfan disaster has died after contracting Covid-19.\n\nAs a nine-year-old Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school after one of the biggest tragedies in Welsh history.\n\nA total of 144 people were killed in the disaster on 21 October, 1966, after thousands of tonnes of coal slurry slid from a tip. Of those 116 were primary school pupils.\n\nLater Bernard was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.\n\nHe told S4C he \"still heard the sounds of children screaming.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Mr Thomas, 63, who died on Wednesday, his brother Andrew told BBC's Newyddion: \"Bernard was a real character and his death has come as a shock to us as a family and the community of Aberfan.\"\n\n\"We can't be sure where he caught Covid, but he had an eye appointment at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on 21 December.\n\n\"A few days later, he became ill and at Prince Charles Hospital, he tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\n\"Although he had been receiving oxygen through a mask, we spoke regularly on the phone and he told us he was getting better.\n\n\"But on Wednesday morning he removed his mask to eat his breakfast, and 10 minutes after eating he faded away.\"\n\n\"It's a huge shock but I don't blame anybody.\"\n\nOn the 50th anniversary of the disaster Bernard told the BBC: \"I still wonder what the others would have been doing if it hadn't happened. Who would have got married to who, you know.\"\n\nBernard is survived by his 90-year-old mother Gwen, with whom he shared a home, and brothers Andrew and Robert.", "Coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" in Scotland, says the deputy first minister as he refused to rule out tougher restrictions.\n\nScotland is facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus, according to John Swinney, whose comments come as the country records its highest death toll so far in the pandemic in the last two days, where 93 Scots died from the virus.\n\nSwinney tells Politics Scotland: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet [on Monday] was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nMr Swinney says Scotland recorded around 130 cases per 100,000 people on Boxing Day, but the figure shot up to 300 just 10 days later.\n\nDespite the new measures put in place, Mr Swinney said: \"It doesn't show much sign of abating to any extent.\n\n\"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nHe added: \"We remain open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary.\"", "Flexing the coronavirus lockdown rules could be fatal, the health secretary has warned as hospital admissions soar.\n\nMatt Hancock did not rule out strengthening current restrictions and told the BBC's Andrew Marr the NHS was under \"very serious pressure\".\n\nIt comes after almost 55,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK and the number of deaths after a positive test passed 80,000.\n\nScientist Prof Peter Horby warned the UK was in \"the eye of the storm\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the rules were tough but \"may not be tough enough\" and called for the government to hold daily press conferences to avoid \"mixed messages\".\n\nThe UK recorded another 563 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test on Sunday, down from 1,065 deaths on Saturday.\n\nHowever, there tends to be fewer deaths reported on Sundays, due to a reporting lag over the weekend. There were also a further 54,940 daily cases.\n\nMr Hancock told Andrew Marr \"every time you try to flex the rules that could be fatal\" and said staying at home was the \"most important thing we can do collectively as a society\".\n\nThe health secretary said he did not want to speculate on whether the government would further strengthen restrictions, after warnings from scientists on Saturday that they may need to be stricter.\n\n\"People need to not just follow the letter of the rules but follow the spirit as well and play their part,\" he said.\n\nHis comments came after Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police over enforcing lockdown rules following the case of two women who were fined for going for a walk five miles from their homes - a decision which is now under review.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said that if the virus continued on its current trajectory \"many hospitals will be in real difficulties, and very soon\".\n\nIn a statement released on Sunday, he said that unless people started to follow the rules more strictly, emergency patients will have to be turned away from hospitals, causing \"avoidable deaths\".\n\nProf Horby, chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said there may be \"early signs that something is beginning to bite\" due to the restrictions - but if they did not then stricter measures would be needed.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"I really hope people take this very seriously. It was bad in March, it's much worse now.\n\n\"We've seen record numbers across the board, record numbers of cases, record numbers of hospitalisations, record numbers of deaths.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Peter Horby explains why the new Covid-19 variant is up to 70% more transmissible\n\nProf Horby said tougher measures might include those during the March lockdown, such as people only being able to exercise once a day and stricter rules about meeting people.\n\n\"We are in a situation where everything that was risky in the past is now more risky,\" he said.\n\nProf Horby said early signs were encouraging that the vaccines would be effective against the new Covid variants - first identified in the UK and in South Africa - and he did not want people to \"hide under the duvet\".\n\n\"We can see the end game now,\" he said.\n\nHigher cases inevitably mean more hospitalisations and more deaths.\n\nThe most recent figures show that, on average, 894 people per day are now dying within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up from 438 at the start of December.\n\nThe spike in cases since Christmas means that figure is almost certain to get worse before the most recent lockdown measures can start to have any effect.\n\nScientists think the new variant of the disease is more \"transmissible\", possibly because each infected individual produces more of the actual virus - sometimes referred to as the viral load.\n\nVaccination should help to protect the most vulnerable from serious symptoms but we don't yet know if receiving the jab stops an individual contracting the virus and passing it on to others.\n\nScientists say that may mean even tougher restrictions will be needed to bring the R-number below one and start to reduce the overall size of the pandemic.\n\nMass community testing is to be rolled out this week, the government has said, and the health secretary said around two million people had been vaccinated in the UK, with some 200,000 jabs being given in England daily.\n\nMr Hancock said by autumn every adult in the UK would be offered a vaccine.\n\nHe said the government was on course to reach its target of 15 million people vaccinated by mid-February, with the opening of seven mass vaccination centres this week likely to increase the rate of jabs.\n\nMr Hancock told Sky News' Sophy Ridge he hoped coronavirus could be treated like seasonal flu with an annual vaccination programme in the future.\n\nProf Horby said the vaccines may have to be updated \"every few years\" as the virus mutates and said it was unlikely the virus would go away completely.\n\n\"We're going to have to live with it,\" he said. \"But that may change significantly.\n\n\"It may well become more of an endemic virus that's with us all the time and may cause some seasonal pressures and some excess deaths but is not causing the huge disruption that we're seeing now.\"", "Electricity is gradually being restored in Pakistan following a huge power cut across the country, which led to every city reporting outages.\n\nHomes nationwide were suddenly plunged into darkness from about midnight.\n\nPower is now back in most cities but officials warn that it could still be a few hours before electricity is fully restored.\n\nThe outage is believed to have been caused by a fault at a power plant in the south of the country.\n\nPower cuts are not uncommon in Pakistan. Essential facilities such as hospitals often use diesel-fuelled generators as a back-up power supply.\n\n\"A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,\" Pakistan's power minister, Omar Ayub Khan, wrote on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nHomes across the country were plunged into darkness at about midnight\n\nMr Khan later said that power had been restored in most major cities but that it would take a few more hours for the grid to go completely back to normal.\n\nHe added that the outage occurred after a fault developed at the Guddu power plant in Sindh province shortly before midnight on Saturday (19:00 GMT).\n\nInvestigators were at the site to ascertain the cause of the fault, Mr Khan said.\n\nBlackouts sometimes occur in Pakistan because of chronic power shortages, with many areas having no electricity for several hours a day. The issue has previously led to street protests.\n\nIn 2013, Pakistan's electricity network broke down completely after a power plant in south-western Balochistan province developed a technical fault.\n\nPakistanis seem to have largely taken this power cut in their stride. Outages lasting a number of hours are not uncommon, though they are rarely on this scale, and normally occur during the hotter summer months. The last time there was a near national blackout like this was in 2015.\n\nSo far, there have been no reports of problems at hospitals, which have their own back-up supplies. A senior member of staff at a major hospital in the city of Karachi told me they could maintain services for 48-72 hours without mainline power.\n\nMany businesses and richer families invariably own diesel or petrol fuelled generators too, allowing them to continue using electricity whenever power cuts occur. There were reports of queues at some petrol stations earlier in the day as people tried to keep refilling their generators.\n\nOthers will have been without internet and phone access, or hot water, but - already used to periods without electricity - appear to have accepted the outage with an air of resignation.", "Many were taken by surprise by the events in Washington, but to those who closely follow conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.\n\nAt 02:21 Eastern Standard Time on election night, President Trump walked onto a stage set up in the East Room of the White House and declared victory.\n\n\"We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.\"\n\nHis speech came an hour after he'd tweeted: \"They are trying to steal the election\".\n\nHe hadn't won. There was no victory to steal. But to many of his most fervent supporters, these facts didn't matter, and still don't.\n\nSixty five days later, a motley coalition of rioters stormed the US Capitol building. They included believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory, members of \"Stop the Steal\" groups, far-right activists, online trolls and others.\n\nOn Friday 8 January - some 48 hours after the Washington riots - Twitter began a purge of some of the most influential pro-Trump accounts that had been pushing conspiracies and urging direct action to overturn the election result.\n\nThen came the big one - Mr Trump himself.\n\nThe president was permanently banned from tweeting to his more than 88 million followers \"due to the risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nThe violence in Washington shocked the world and seemed to catch the authorities off guard.\n\nBut for anyone who had been carefully watching the unfolding story - online and on the streets of American cities - it came as no surprise.\n\nThe idea of a rigged election was seeded by the president in speeches and on Twitter, months before the vote.\n\nOn election day, the rumors started just as Americans were going to the polls.\n\nA video of a Republican poll watcher being denied entry to a Philadelphia polling station went viral. It was a genuine error, caused by confusion about the rules. The man was later allowed into the station to observe the count.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Chamberlain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Chamberlain\n\nBut it became the first of many videos, images, graphics and claims that went viral in the days that followed, giving rise to a hashtag: #StopTheSteal.\n\nThe message behind it was clear - Mr Trump had won a landslide victory, but dark forces in the establishment \"deep state\" had stolen it from him.\n\nIn the early hours of Wednesday 4 November, while votes were still being counted and three days before the US networks called the election for Joe Biden, President Trump claimed victory, alleging \"a fraud on the American public\".\n\nMr Trump did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Studies carried out for previous US elections have shown that voter fraud is extremely rare.\n\nBy mid-afternoon a Facebook group called \"Stop the Steal\" was created and quickly became one of the fastest-growing in the platform's history. By Thursday morning, it had added more than 300,000 members.\n\nMany of the posts focused on unsubstantiated allegations of mass voter fraud, including manufactured claims that thousands of dead people had voted and that voting machines had somehow been programmed to flip votes from Mr Trump to Mr Biden.\n\nBut some of the posts were more alarming, speaking of the need for a \"civil war\" or \"revolution\".\n\nBy Thursday afternoon, Facebook had taken down Stop the Steal, but not before it had generated nearly half a million comments, shares, likes, and reactions.\n\nDozens of other groups quickly sprang up in its place.\n\nThe idea of a stolen election continued to spread online and take hold. Soon, a dedicated Stop the Steal website was launched in a bid to register \"boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote\".\n\nOn Saturday 7 November, major news organisations declared that Joe Biden had won the election. In Democratic strongholds, throngs of people took to the streets to celebrate. But the reaction online from Mr Trump's most ardent supporters was one of anger and defiance.\n\nThey planned a rally in Washington DC for the following Saturday, dubbed the Million MAGA (Make America Great Again) March.\n\nTrump tweeted that he might try to stop by the demonstration and \"say hello\".\n\nPrevious pro-Trump rallies in Washington had failed to attract large crowds. But thousands gathered at Freedom Plaza that sunny morning.\n\nOne extremism researcher called it the \"debut of the pro-Trump insurgency\".\n\nAs Trump's motorcade drove through the city, supporters screaming with delight rushed to catch a glimpse of the president, who beamed at them wearing a red MAGA hat.\n\nWhile mainstream conservative figures were present, the event was dominated by far-right groups.\n\nDozens of members of the far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group Proud Boys, who have repeatedly been involved in violent street protests and were among those who would later break into the US Capitol, joined the march. Militia groups, far-right media figures and promoters of conspiracy theories were also there.\n\nAs night fell, clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters broke out, including a brawl about five blocks from the White House.\n\nThe violence - although largely contained by police on this occasion - was a clear sign of things to come.\n\nBy now, President Trump and his legal team had invested their hopes in dozens of legal cases.\n\nAlthough a number of courts had already dismissed fraud allegations, many in the pro-Trump online world became fascinated with two lawyers with close ties to the president - Sidney Powell and L Lin Wood.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood promised they were preparing cases of voter fraud so comprehensive that when released, they would destroy the case for Mr Biden having won the presidency.\n\nMs Powell, 65, a conservative activist and former federal prosecutor, told Fox News that the effort would \"release the Kraken\" - a reference to a gigantic sea monster from Scandinavian folklore that rises up from the ocean to devour its enemies.\n\nThe \"Kraken\" quickly became an internet meme, representing sprawling, unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood became heroes to followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory - who believe President Trump and a secret military intelligence team are battling a deep state made up of Satan-worshipping paedophiles in the Democratic Party, media, business and Hollywood.\n\nThe lawyers became a conduit between the president and his most conspiracy-minded supporters - a number of whom ended up inside the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood were successful in whipping up sound and fury online, but their legal efforts came to nothing.\n\nWhen they released almost 200 pages of documents in late November, it became clear that their lawsuit consisted predominantly of conspiracy theories and debunked allegations that had already been rejected by dozens of courts.\n\nThe filings contained simple legal errors - and basic misspellings and typos.\n\nStill, the meme lived on. The terms \"Kraken\" and \"Release the Kraken\" were used more than a million times on Twitter before the Capitol riot.\n\nDeath threats were made against a Georgia election worker, and Republican officials in the state - including Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the official in charge of the state's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling - were branded \"traitors\" online.\n\nMr Sterling issued an emotional and prescient warning to the president in a press conference on 1 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This has to stop... someone's gonna get killed\": Mr Sterling calls on President Trump to condemn the threats\n\n\"Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right,\" he said.\n\nIn Michigan in early December, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, had just finished trimming her Christmas tree with her four-year-old son when she heard a commotion outside her Detroit home.\n\nAbout 30 protesters with banners stood outside, shouting \"Stop the steal!\" through megaphones.\n\n\"Benson, you are a villain,\" one person yelled.\n\nOne of the demonstrators live-streamed the protest on Facebook, stating that her group was \"not going away\".\n\nIt was just one of a rash of protests targeting people involved in the vote.\n\nIn Georgia, a constant stream of Trump supporters drove past Mr Raffensperger's home, honking their horns. His wife received threats of sexual violence.\n\nIn Arizona, demonstrators gathered outside of the home of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, at one point warning: \"We are watching you.\"\n\nOn 11 December, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by the state of Texas to throw out election results.\n\nAs the president's legal and political windows continued to close, the language in pro-Trump online circles became increasingly violent.\n\nOn 12 December, a second Stop the Steal rally was held in the capital. Once again, thousands attended, and once again prominent far-right activists, QAnon supporters, fringe MAGA groups and militia movements were among the demonstrators.\n\nMichael Flynn, Mr Trump's former national security advisor, likened the protesters to the biblical soldiers and priests breaching the walls of Jericho. This echoed the rally organisers' call for \"Jericho Marches\" to overturn the election result.\n\nNick Fuentes, the leader of Groypers, a far-right movement that targets Republican politicians and figures they deem too moderate, told the crowd: \"We are going to destroy the GOP!\"\n\nThe march once again turned violent.\n\nThen two days later, the Electoral College certified Mr Biden's victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office.\n\nOn online platforms, supporters were becoming resigned to the view that all legal avenues were dead ends, and only direct action could save the Trump presidency.\n\nSince election day, alongside Mr Flynn, Ms Powell and Mr Wood, a new figure had rapidly gained prominence among pro-Trump circles online.\n\nRon Watkins is the son of Jim Watkins, the man behind 8chan and 8kun - message boards filled with extreme language and views, violence and extreme sexual content. They gave rise to the QAnon movement.\n\nIn a series of viral tweets on 17 December, Ron Watkins suggested President Trump should follow the example of Roman leader Julius Caesar, and capitalise on \"fierce loyalty of the military\" in order to \"restore the Republic\".\n\nRon Watkins encouraged his more than 500,000 followers to make #CrossTheRubicon a Twitter trend, referring to the moment when Caesar launched a civil war by crossing the Rubicon river in 49BC. The hashtag was also used by more mainstream figures - including the chairwoman of Arizona Republican Party, Kelli Ward.\n\nIn a separate tweet, Ron Watkins said Mr Trump must invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers the president to deploy the military and federal forces.\n\nMr Trump met Ms Powell, Mr Flynn and others at a strategy meeting at the White House the following day, 18 December.\n\nDuring the meeting, according to the New York Times, Mr Flynn called on Mr Trump to impose martial law and deploy the military to \"rerun\" the election.\n\nThe meeting further stoked online chatter about \"war\" and \"revolution\" in far-right circles. Many came to see the joint session of Congress on 6 January, normally a formality, as a last roll of the dice.\n\nA wishful story began to take hold among QAnon and some MAGA supporters. They hoped that Vice-President Mike Pence, who was set to preside over the 6 January ceremony, would ignore the electoral college votes.\n\nThe president, they said, would then deploy the military to quell any unrest, order the mass arrest of the \"deep state cabal\" who had rigged the election and send them to Guantanamo Bay military prison.\n\nBack in the land of reality, none of this was remotely feasible. But it launched a movement for \"patriot caravans\" to organise ride shares to help transport thousands from around the country to Washington DC on 6 January.\n\nLong processions of vehicles flying Trump flags and sometimes towing elaborately decorated trailers gathered in car parks in cities including Louisville, Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.\n\n\"We are on our way,\" one caravaner posted on Twitter with a picture of about two dozen supporters.\n\nAt an Ikea parking lot in North Carolina, another man showed off his truck. \"The flags are a little tattered - we'll call them battle flags now,\" he said.\n\nAs it became clear that Mr Pence and other key Republicans would follow the law and allow Congress to certify Mr Biden's win, the language towards them became vicious.\n\n\"Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason,\" Mr Wood tweeted. \"He will face execution by firing squad.\"\n\nOnline discussion reached boiling point. References to firearms, war and violence were rife on self-styled \"free speech\" social platforms such as Gab and Parler, which are popular with Trump supporters, as well as on other sites.\n\nIn Proud Boys groups, where members had once supported police, some turned against authorities, whom they deemed to no longer be on their side.\n\nHundreds of posts on a popular pro-Trump site, TheDonald, openly discussed plans to cross barricades, carry firearms and other weapons to the march in defiance of Washington's strict gun laws. There was open chatter about storming the Capitol and arresting \"treasonous\" members of Congress.\n\nOn Wednesday 6 January, Mr Trump addressed a crowd of thousands at the Ellipse, a park just south of the White House, for more than an hour.\n\nEarly on he encouraged supporters to \"peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard\", but he ended with a warning. \"We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.\n\n\"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue… and we're going to the Capitol.\"\n\nTo some observers, the potential for violence that day was clear from the outset.\n\nMichael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security under President George W Bush, blamed the Capitol Police, who reportedly turned down offers of assistance from the much larger National Guard ahead of time. He characterised it as \"the worst failure of a police force I can think of\".\n\n\"I think it was a very foreseeable potential negative turn of events,\" Mr Chertoff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"To be blunt, it was obvious. If you read the newspaper and were awake, you understood that you've got a lot of people who have been convinced there was a fraudulent election. Some of them are extremists, and violent. Some of the groups openly said, 'Bring your guns'.\"\n\nStill, many Americans were astonished by Wednesday's scenes, like James Clark, a 68-year-old Republican from Virginia.\n\n\"I find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this,\" he told the BBC.\n\nBut the signs were there for weeks. A hodgepodge of extreme and conspiratorial groups were convinced that the election was stolen. Online, they repeatedly talked about arming themselves, and violence.\n\nPerhaps the authorities didn't think their posts were serious, or specific enough to investigate. They now face pointed questions.\n\nFor Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, Mr Chertoff is expecting a \"much stronger showing\" by security services than last Wednesday night.\n\nBut that hasn't stopped many on extreme platforms calling for further violence and disruption on the day.\n\nThere are questions, too, for the major social media platforms, which enabled conspiracy theories to reach millions of people.\n\nLate on Friday, Twitter deleted the accounts of Mr Flynn, the former Trump advisor, the \"Kraken\" lawyers Ms Powell and Mr Wood, and Mr Watkins. Then Mr Trump himself.\n\nArrests of those who stormed the Capitol continue. But most of the rioters still live in a parallel online universe - a subterranean world filled with alternative facts.\n\nThey have already come up with fanciful explanations to dismiss Mr Trump's video statement, posted on Twitter the day after the riots, in which he acknowledged for the first time that \"a new administration will be inaugurated on 20 January\".\n\nHe can't possibly be giving up, they contend. Among their new theories - it's not really him in the video but a computer-generated \"deep fake\". Or perhaps the president is being held hostage.\n\nMany still believe Mr Trump will prevail.\n\nThere's no evidence behind any of this, but it does prove one thing.\n\nNo matter what happens to Donald Trump, the rioters who stormed the US Capitol are not backing down anytime soon.", "Spain is in a race against time to clear roads covered by heavy snow, and get Covid vaccines and food supplies to areas affected by Storm Filomena.\n\nUp to 50cm (20 inches) of snow fell on the capital Madrid, one of the worst hit areas, between Friday and Saturday.\n\nAt least four people died and thousands of travellers were left stranded.\n\nOvernight, temperatures plunged to -8C (18F) in parts of Spain, amid warnings by meteorologists that the snow was turning to perilous ice.\n\nThe unusual cold wave on the Iberian peninsula is expected to last until Thursday.\n\nThe Spanish government said it had taken extra steps - including police-escorted convoys - to ensure its expected shipment of some 300,000 coronavirus vaccines can be distributed as planned to regional health authorities later on Monday.\n\n\"The commitment is to guarantee the supply of health, vaccines and food. Corridors have been opened to deliver the goods,\" Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nSoldiers have been deployed to clear some of the 700 major roads.\n\nSome 3,500 tonnes of salt were later brought on lorries to the capital, Spain's El Mundo website reported on Monday.\n\nThe record-breaking snowfall has triggered some unprecedented scenes here in Madrid. People have skied along the city's main commercial street, Gran Vía, and one man was pictured being pulled through the district of Hortaleza on a sled by five huskies.\n\nBut other responses to the snow have been more controversial due to concerns about Covid-19. Dozens of young people had a snowball fight in Callao square, for example, and many of them were without facemasks.\n\nNearby, in Puerta del Sol, others celebrated the snow by dancing a conga. The daily Marca newspaper branded it \"the conga of shame\".\n\nAlthough the snowfall has now stopped, low temperatures have left snow and ice piled up across the capital and the surrounding region. And with residents advised to avoid using their cars, public transport has seen a surge in demand.\n\nThis has compounded coronavirus concerns as many metro train carriages were packed at rush hour on Monday morning, making social distancing impossible.\n\nMadrid's international airport began gradually resuming operations on Sunday afternoon, having cancelled all flights on Friday.\n\nSome 500 people across the Madrid region were forced to spend the night in temporary shelter, including sports centres, after they were trapped by the whiteout.\n\nAbout 100 shoppers and staff spent two nights at a shopping centre in Majadahonda, a town north of the capital. \"There are people sleeping on the ground on cardboard,\" one restaurant employee told TVE television.\n\nSpain's Meteorological Agency said Saturday's snowfall was the heaviest in Madrid since 1971\n\nBut there were stories of heroism too, including doctors and medical workers who abandoned their cars and walked for hours to get to work. One doctor, Alvaro Sanchez, said on social media he had walked 17km (10 miles) over nearly two hours to get to work, while two nurses, Paco and Monica, said they had walked 22km to their hospital.\n\nThey were praised by Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa, who tweeted: \"The commitment that the entire group of health workers is showing is an example of solidarity and dedication.\"\n\nSome 4x4 vehicle owners offered to transport medical workers, while other volunteers helped to clear hospital entrance ways.\n\n\"Health staff have been working (hard) for more than a year and this is just a short moment for us, so as citizens, we are trying to help; it is everyone's responsibility,\" said Fernando de la Fuente, 60, who helped clear the entrance to Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpaniards in large parts of the country have been warned to take care in the coming days as temperatures could fall to -12C (10F) in some areas until Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCrawley Town delivered one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as the League Two underdogs tore apart Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds.\n\nThree second-half goals rewarded a fantastic performance from John Yems' side as they made light of the 62 places between themselves and their Premier League visitors.\n\nNick Tsaroulla, playing only his seventh game in senior football, set the ball rolling, beating three Leeds defenders to fire home a superb solo opener.\n\nUnited keeper Kiko Casilla's error allowed Ashley Nadesan to double the lead before Jordan Tunnicliffe added a third for Crawley, who could have won by more.\n• None Watch all of the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None Can Mark Wright make it as a pro at Crawley?\n\nBielsa made seven changes to his side but Leeds fielded England midfielder Kalvin Phillips among several regular top-flight starters including Pablo Hernandez, Ezgjan Alioski and club record signing Rodrigo.\n\nHowever, after an even first half, they were completely outplayed in the second period by a Crawley side who have reached the fourth round for only the third time, having spent most of their 125-year existence in non-league football.\n\nCrawley even had the luxury of bringing on reality TV celebrity Mark Wright in stoppage time for the former The Only Way Is Essex star's debut, having signed for the club on non-contract terms in December.\n\nLeeds' loss is the first time in 34 years a top-flight side has lost to a fourth-tier team by three or more goals and only the second ever instance since a fourth division was added to the Football League in 1958.\n\nThey may be the lesser-known of the two Red Devils but Crawley's efforts were no less impressive than Manchester United's 6-2 dissection of Leeds last month.\n\nWhile Bielsa rested first-choice stars such as Patrick Bamford, Luke Ayling, Stuart Dallas and Mateusz Klich, there was still plenty of experience mixed in with the youth in Leeds' line-up.\n\nBut the hosts, sixth in League Two after an eight-game unbeaten run, never gave them the chance to settle and while neither side could break the deadlock before the interval, it was Crawley who went closest as Casilla kept out Tom Nichols' close-range header.\n\nHe was helpless, however, to prevent Tsaroulla - a former Tottenham trainee who spent a year out of the game because of injuries sustained in a car crash - firing Crawley ahead after a twisting run into the area that beguiled the Leeds back-line.\n\nRather than protect their lead, Crawley went for the jugular and Nadesan soon doubled their advantage, although his strike owed much to a bobble that beat Casilla at his near post.\n\nTunnicliffe then fired into the roof of the net after Casilla parried from Nadesan and Crawley could have had a fourth after top scorer Max Watters came off the bench to round the keeper, only to be denied by a covering defender.\n\nThe win marked the first time in four attempts that Crawley have beaten a Premier League side in the FA Cup and so comfortable was the victory that TV personality Wright was given his late cameo.\n\nAnother name added to Leeds' list of cup woes\n\nBielsa was left to mull over back-to-back 3-0 defeats, albeit this one coming in a much different context to Leeds' Premier League loss at Tottenham on 2 January.\n\nThis was the former Argentina manager's first taste of an FA Cup shock, after far more mundane exits against Arsenal and QPR in Bielsa's two previous campaigns since taking the Elland Road reins in 2018.\n\nBut it was not unfamiliar ground for Leeds as Crawley - who have finished in the bottom half of League Two for five successive seasons - emulated non-league pair Histon and Sutton United, as well as lower-league clubs Rochdale and Newport, in upsetting the Whites this century.\n\nThe visitors only forced one real save from Crawley keeper Glenn Morris, who reacted well to push away Ian Poveda's strike from an acute angle in the first half.\n\nLeeds might point to a penalty they perhaps should have had before the interval when Crawley defender Tony Craig got away with pulling back Rodrigo as he attempted to meet Helder Costa's volleyed cross.\n\nBut there was no video assistant referee system at the game, and they offered very little going forward after Rodrigo was substituted at half-time.\n\nIt was a fourth successive third-round exit in a competition they could have looked to with some hope, given their relatively comfortable position in the Premier League.\n\n\"We've got 11 star men\" - what they said\n\nCrawley manager Yems to BBC Sport: \"You have to enjoy these games - you work hard enough for it. It was a really good team performance and it's clear that we've got 11 star men.\n\n\"These players have got a lot to prove to the clubs who have released them and we've showed what we can do against a really good side.\n\n\"Let's see who we get in the next round and enjoy the moment.\"\n\nLeeds midfielder Alioski to BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We are really disappointed and it wasn't the result that we wanted. We took the game really seriously and we wanted to win and go on a run, so it is disappointing.\n\n\"Crawley played the game of their lives, and congratulations. To beat us 3-0 - I still can't believe it.\n\n\"The manager said what he wanted to say. It's important for every player to know what this means. He is sad and the players are sad.\"\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Greenwood (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Raphinha (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jake Hessenthaler (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Max Watters (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Nichols. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals and highlights from a huge Saturday of third-round matches are", "Mike Pompeo said the US-Taiwan relationship should not be \"shackled\" (file photo)\n\nThe US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.\n\nThe \"self-imposed restrictions\" were introduced decades ago to \"appease\" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.\n\nThese rules are now \"null and void\".\n\nThe move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.\n\nIt comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.\n\nThe Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the long-standing US policy towards Taiwan.\n\nAnalysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.\n\nChina regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan's leaders argue that it is a sovereign state.\n\nRelations between the two are frayed and there is a constant threat of a violent flare up that could drag in the US, an ally of Taiwan.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Mr Pompeo said the US state department had introduced complicated restrictions limiting the communication between American diplomats and their Taiwanese counterparts.\n\n\"Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions,\" he said. \"Today's statement recognises that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.\"\n\nHe added that Taiwan was a vibrant democracy and a reliable US partner, and that the restrictions were no longer valid.\n\nFollowing the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was \"grateful\".\n\n\"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy,\" he wrote in a tweet.\n\nLast August, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar became the highest-ranking US politician to hold meetings on the island for decades.\n\nIn response, China urged the US to respect what it calls its \"one China\" principle.\n\nThe US also sells arms to Taiwan, though it does not have a formal defence treaty with the country, as it does with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina and Taiwan have had separate governments since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.\n\nBeijing has long tried to limit Taiwan's international activities and both have vied for influence in the Pacific region.\n\nTensions have increased in recent years and Beijing has not ruled out the use of force to take the island back.\n\nAlthough Taiwan is officially recognised by only a handful of nations, its democratically-elected government has strong commercial and informal links with many countries.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Dozens of demonstrators were walking and chanting along Clapham High Street as police attempted to keep them contained to the area\n\nSixteen people have been arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nPolice officers clashed with some of the maskless protesters who arrived in Clapham Common, some shouting \"take your freedom back\".\n\nSix police vans were deployed to the scene while officers moved the crowd of about 30 people away from the area.\n\nGathering for the purpose of a protest is not an exemption to the rules, the Met Police said.\n\nOne woman shouted from her car at the protesters \"there's a pandemic going\", while another bystander shouted \"idiots\".\n\nOne anti-lockdown protester, who was detained at Clapham Common park, said \"I stand under common law, not maritime law and this is assault\" as he was put into handcuffs by police officers.\n\nA large police presence remains around Clapham Common station, but almost all protesters had left the area as of 14:00 GMT.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" London hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in the capital had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there were 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nPolice could be seen questioning several people at the demonstration\n\nPolice battled to disperse the protestors gathering in Clapham Common\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ben Jackson said the closure of the farm's bulk-buyers like hotels and schools has left thousands of eggs unsold\n\nA fall in bulk egg orders due to the lockdown could lead to chickens being culled, a poultry-farmer has warned.\n\nFluffetts Farm near Fordingbridge had been supplying free range eggs to 350 Hampshire schools, but orders stopped when schools suddenly closed.\n\nFarm owner, Ben Jackson said: \"If you can't sell the eggs you can't still keep feeding the chickens and therefore something has to give.\"\n\nHe said he hoped to work out a local delivery system to avoid culling birds.\n\nMr Jackson, who has been selling some of the surplus eggs off on social media, has more than 13,000 chickens laying 12,000 eggs each day.\n\nThe cancellation of his school orders has left him with about 4,000 spare eggs a day. The farm has also been hit by restaurants and pubs closing again.\n\nThe farm has a surplus of about 4,000 eggs each day from its 13,000 chickens\n\nHe said: \"If we can't find a home for the eggs the worst-case scenario is that we may have to look to get rid of some of our chickens, but that's what we're trying to avoid.\n\n\"Other chicken farmers are in the same situation - they are talking about potentially having to cull birds in the next week or so - it's not a decision that anyone wants to make.\n\n\"We just want to get through this dark time - we're just taking it a day at time.\"\n\nChickens at the farm are currently in a bird lockdown.\n\nSince 14 December strict biosecurity regulations have been in place following a number of outbreak of avian influenza throughout England.\n• None 'I'll have to throw away £6,000-worth of milk'", "Flat owners applying to a fund to help pay to remove flammable building cladding will be told not to talk to the press without government approval.\n\nA draft agreement, uncovered by the Sunday Times, says that even where there is \"overwhelming public interest\" in speaking to journalists, the government must be told first.\n\nThe government said the wording was \"standard\".\n\nIt set up a £1.6bn fund last year to repair the most dangerous buildings.\n\nBut it warned that the fund might not cover all the costs of removing the cladding.\n\nThe clause might affect building owners and professional managing agents but also residents who manage their building.\n\nSome types of the covering, often added to newer blocks of flats, have been proven to be a fire hazard.\n\nAfter the 2017 Grenfell fire, the government pledged that safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all buildings in England taller than 18m.\n\nIt set up the £1.6bn fund to help foot the costs.\n\nThe agreement, between the building owner or leaseholder and the government, says: \"The Applicant shall not make any communication to the press or any journalist or broadcaster regarding the Project or the Agreement (or the performance of it by any Party) without the prior written approval of Homes England and [the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ]\" and its press offices.\n\nIt says an exception can be made \"where such disclosure is in the overwhelming public interest (in which case disclosure will not be made without first allowing Homes England and MHCLG to make representations on such proposed disclosure).\"\n\nThe UK Cladding Action Group tweeted that it was \"clearly a matter of public interest\" that these issues were aired in public.\n\n\"No department should be hiding behind non-disclosure agreements to stop scrutiny of their actions,\" the group said.\n\nAnother campaign group, Manchester Cladiators, said the existence of the \"gagging clause\" was \"shocking but not necessarily that surprising\".\n\nSpokesperson Rebecca Fairclough said residents would feel \"intimidated\" by it, adding: \"We ask the government to remove this unfair clause immediately and focus on the priority of solving this institutional failure, which still exists and is only growing over three and a half years after the Grenfell tragedy.\"\n\nThe government insists that the wording in the agreement, under the heading \"Marketing material\", is there to ensure applicants come to the government first.\n\n\"The terms set out are standard in commercial agreements and are not specific to this fund - to suggest otherwise is misleading and inaccurate,\" the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said in a statement.\n\n\"We want a constructive working relationship with building owners who apply to the fund and applicants are asked to work with the department on public communications relating to the project.\"", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Edwin Poots MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Colum Eastwood This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson accused Mr Poots of being \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Martina Anderson MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nScott McTominay's fourth-minute header was enough to give Manchester United an unconvincing victory in their FA Cup third-round tie against Watford on Saturday.\n\nWearing the captain's armband for the first time in a much-changed side from Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City, McTominay found the net after rising to meet Alex Telles' corner.\n\nThe hosts did have chances to increase their lead, but Juan Mata failed to find a finish to an excellent three-man move just before half-time, then Daniel James and substitute Marcus Rashford had shots saved after the break.\n\nBut none of those opportunities were better than that for Hornets defender Adam Masina, who saw his effort blocked by United keeper Dean Henderson not long after McTominay had struck.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None How all of Saturday's FA Cup action unfolded\n• None How to follow FA Cup third round on the BBC\n\nNow under their fifth manager in two years, Xisco Munoz, Watford had other chances too - Joao Pedro's header went straight to Henderson and Ken Sema was off target with his.\n\nMason Greenwood and Donny van de Beek did little to press their claims for a regular starting slot in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, while Jesse Lingard - making only his third appearance of the season and the subject of interest from a number of clubs in the January transfer window - showed glimpses of form but eventually faded.\n\nUnited will go into the hat for Monday's fourth and fifth-round draws, while Watford are left to focus on winning promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.\n\nGiven the increasing awareness of the effects of concussion, the decision of United's medical staff to take no risks with defender Eric Bailly when he was caught in the head by Henderson's knee as the keeper punched clear was a welcome one.\n\nThe Football Association had hoped to introduce concussion substitutes by now but it has not yet been able to as detailed protocols are yet to be received from Ifab, the world game's rulemakers.\n\nAs Bailly was guided towards the tunnel in the last minute of the first half, Harry Maguire replaced him and helped United keep the clean sheet which ensured they reached the fourth round for the 34th time in their past 36 attempts.\n\nAfterwards, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: \"I think it was his neck. I don't think it was concussion so that is a positive. But we have got to do scans.\"\n\n'I wanted to test McTominay and he delivered' - post-match quotes\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"Scott has got everything a leader has to have. I wanted to test him by making him captain and see how he would react.\n\n\"He delivered and he always does. He was brilliant today.\n\n\"We have always trusted our young men coming through and Scott is one who we believe has the Manchester United DNA in him and knows what it is to be a Manchester United player.\"\n\nMcTominay on captaining the side: \"When the manager told me it was a surreal moment. I've been here since I had just turned five, so that's 18 or 19 years associated with the club and it is a huge honour.\n\n\"I love this club and it has been my whole life.\"\n\nUnited turn their attentions to a big week in the Premier League. Solskjaer's side travel to Burnley on Tuesday (20:15 GMT) knowing victory will send them top of the table above Liverpool - who they then play at Anfield on Sunday (16:30 GMT).\n\nWatford's miserable run at Old Trafford continues - stats of the day\n• None The last time Manchester United failed to progress in the FA Cup third round was January 2014, when they lost 2-1 to Swansea.\n• None Watford have lost on 10 consecutive visits to Old Trafford, scoring just three goals.\n• None United have progressed from each of their past 17 FA Cup matches against opposition from a lower division, since a 1-0 home defeat by League One side Leeds United in January 2010.\n• None McTominay has scored four goals in 22 matches this season, one short of his best tally in a campaign (five goals in 37 appearances in 2019-20). Three of those goals have been scored in the first five minutes of games.\n• None Watford attempted 18 shots in the match - only in their 2-0 loss at Huddersfield (21) have they had more shots on the road this season.\n• None Attempt blocked. Marc Navarro (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Will Hughes (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.\n• None Joseph Hungbo (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Joseph Hungbo (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joseph Hungbo (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Calculate the impact and how to change it\n• None Sir David Attenborough shows us the forces of nature that support the Earth", "A 107-year-old woman from Clonard, County Meath is attempting a virtual Mass tour across Ireland while in lockdown.\n\nNancy Stewart and granddaughter, Louise Coghlan, have been shielding together since March last year, and have set themselves the spiritual challenge.\n\nThey are attending Mass services across the 32 counties on the island from the comfort of their own kitchen.\n\nLouise said that because they have been shielding for so long together, she is constantly trying to find \"different ways of keeping granny entertained\".\n\nShe said that when she asks Nancy if she wants to watch Mass her \"eyes light up like I'd just given her a million euros\".\n\nNancy, whose favourite saint is St Anthony, said she can hardly believe she is able to watch Mass on a computer or a phone from her comfy armchair.\n\n\"I feel so happy and so refreshed sitting happily in my own kitchen, in my armchair looking at Mass,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"I can't believe it, I'm trying to believe it's true.\"", "The number of patients in intensive care with Covid has risen sharply, amid warnings that tougher lockdown measures may be needed.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show 1,877 new cases of Covid were reported in the last 24 hours\n\nThe number of people in intensive care has risen from 109 to 123, the highest daily jump since October.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nA total of 1,598 people are currently in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid, up from Saturday's figure of 1,596 patients which was the highest number since the outbreak began.\n\nThe daily test positivity rate was10%, up from 8.7% on Saturday, when 1,865 positive cases were recorded.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the country was facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus.\n\nSpeaking on Politics Scotland, Mr Swinney said coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" and he would not rule out tougher lockdown measures.\n\nHe said: \"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs in recent days with average positivity rates falling, a possible indicator that the lockdown is having an impact, but Prof Linda Bauld, of Edinburgh University, urged caution.\n\nShe said: \"The numbers are not reducing at the rate which we want them to, so [it is] still a very fragile situation.\n\n\"The measures we have now I hope are working but it's not clear whether they are tough enough.\n\n\"I think the key change the government could make is in the sectors which are still open, particularly workplaces but also things like takeaways and click and collect.\"\n\nMr Swinney said the Scottish government is \"open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary\"\n\nProfessional sport, along with manufacturing and construction work have been allowed to continue in this lockdown, whereas they were not in the first wave in March.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the meeting of the cabinet which agreed the latest lockdown saw ministers wondering if they had gone far enough to stop the spread.\n\nMr Swinney added: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nA total of three deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours but these figures are lower at weekends because register offices are generally closed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nStorm Filomena has blanketed parts of Spain in heavy snow, with half of the country on red alert for more on Saturday.\n\nRoad, rail and air travel has been disrupted and interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the country was facing \"the most intense storm in the last 50 years\".\n\nMadrid, one of the worst affected areas, is set to see up to 20cm (eight inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nFurther south the storm caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nFour deaths have been reported so far as a result of Filomena. Officials said two people had been found frozen to death - one in the town of Zarzalejo, north-west of Madrid, and the other in the eastern city of Calatayud. Two people travelling in a car were swept away by floods near the southern city of Malaga.\n\nAs snow fell on Madrid on Friday evening, a number of vehicles became stranded on a motorway near the capital.\n\nThe city's Barajas airport has closed, along with a number of roads, and all trains to and from Madrid have been cancelled.\n\nFirefighters were called in to assist drivers who had become stuck. In some areas the military were called in to help clear roads.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged people to stay at home and to follow the instructions of emergency services. King Felipe and Queen Letizia took to Twitter to urge \"extreme caution against the risks of accumulation of ice and snow\".\n\nThe country's AEMET weather agency said the snowfall was \"exceptional and most likely historic\".\n\nA number of people were seen making the most of the snowy scenery, walking through Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.\n\nLarge parks in Madrid have since been closed as a precaution, AFP news agency reports.\n\nOne man was pictured skiing along the Gran Via, the capital's famous shopping street.\n\nIn Cañada Real, the largest shanty town in western Europe, residents were seen creating a bonfire to keep warm.\n\nThe cold weather is set to continue beyond the weekend with temperatures in Madrid predicted to hit -12C on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Wales has received 275,000 doses of the two Covid-19 vaccines to deal with the pandemic.\n\nAbout 70,000 people received a first dose after the first month of the vaccine rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed it has had more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nThe health minister promised a \"really significant step-up\" in the roll-out after opponents criticised its speed.\n\nThe Pfizer jabs were first administered in early December at seven sites across Wales as part of the UK-wide immunisation programme.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receives her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nApproximately 1.6% of people were vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than all other UK nations.\n\nIn England, about 1.9% of the population had received the first dose, while 2.1% of people in both Scotland and Northern Ireland had received their first jab.\n\nThe Welsh Government has dismissed criticism it is lagging behind, with health officials saying the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine started on Monday, with 25,000 doses received this week, according to the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday that Wales would receive another 25,000 Oxford doses next week and 80,000 the week after that.\n\nWhen asked how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine Wales had received, he said he could not recall the exact figure but further deliveries had been received \"on the 23rd and the 27th of December\".\n\nPressed on a figure, he said: \"It's the low hundreds of thousands\", adding: \"The Pfizer vaccine has particular challenges in terms of the conditions that it's got to be stored in and in parts of Wales that is a very particular challenge because it is a hard vaccine to transport over long distances to relatively scattered and remote communities.\n\n\"But the fact that we've got it and the fact that we're able to use more of it than we originally anticipated means we'll be able to accelerate the use of it over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nThese were the latest comparative weekly totals - daily updates are promised from this week onwards in Wales\n\nOn Sunday, the Welsh Government confirmed it had received 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first week but the quantity would increase, allocated to Wales based on a population share on a weekly basis.\n\n\"We are confident in the assurances we have been given that this will increase over the next few weeks to around 100,000 per week,\" they said.\n\n\"We are delivering all the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Wales directly to GPs, other primary care providers and hospitals as soon as it is available.\"\n\nConservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, said: \"We all know that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to transport and store and needs to be stored at -70 degrees, that's understood.\n\n\"But the issue is that actually, if you look at the rest of the UK, including very rural areas, they've managed to deal with it... and it is difficult to see why they haven't been in a position to be organised earlier and to ramp-up the delivery.\"\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, called for transparency: \"It is very worrying to find out that we have had in Wales more than 250,000 doses but only a relatively small proportion of that have yet ended up in people's arms, protecting people, because that's what we want to happen.\"\n\nHe has written an open letter to Health Minister Vaughan Gething calling for greater clarity on the vaccine deployment programme, asking for a dashboard of information which would allow the public to track the rollout's progress for themselves, including volume of doses delivered and administered by health board and by the nine priority groups.\n\nDr Olwen Williams, vice-president for Wales at the Royal College of Physicians, also called on health boards and Welsh Government to publish regular data showing which groups of people have been vaccinated, with patient-facing health workers prioritised over other colleagues.\n\n\"I think that would give assurance to people working in the NHS and the population in general, that the programme is progressing as planned,\" she said.\n\nAll data will be published daily from Monday but Mr Gething conceded that Wales, from last week's figures, was \"slightly behind on the population share and I'm not getting away from that.\"\n\nHe said the race was not \"necessarily against other UK nations\" but against the virus.\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that, in the next two to three weeks, he expected to see a \"really significant step-up in the delivery of the vaccine\" as more GP practices and community pharmacies help.\n\n\"We're going to get through many more people, giving them significant protection with a first vaccine,\" he said.\n\n\"And that will mean that we're going to be able to prevent most of the avoidable deaths.\"\n\nIt is hoped the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will speed up the process.\n\nBy the end of last week, it was being offered to patients aged over 80 at 73 GP practices.\n\nMore than 100 are expected to be offering the jabs next week, Mr Gething said, \"and then we get into several hundred thereafter and we'll bring community pharmacies on board.\"\n\nThe UK and Scottish governments did not provide the numbers of Pfizer vaccines supplied to England and Scotland. BBC Wales is still waiting for a response from the Northern Irish Executive.\n\nMeanwhile, regular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available in England.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would evaluate its mass testing pilots in Merthyr Tydfil and lower Cynon Valley, as well as elsewhere in the UK, to inform its approach to community testing.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We have announced regular asymptomatic testing of health and social care workers, in education and daily contact testing in South Wales Police.\n\n\"A pilot has also started at the Tata Port Talbot site. We are also exploring other opportunities for regular testing to support critical services.\"", "Amazon is removing \"free speech\" social network Parler from its web hosting service for violating rules.\n\nIf Parler fails to find a new web hosting service by Sunday evening, the entire network will go offline.\n\nParler styles itself as an \"unbiased\" social media and has proved popular with people banned from Twitter.\n\nAmazon told Parler it had found 98 posts on the site that encouraged violence. Apple and Google have removed the app from their stores.\n\nLaunched in 2018, Parler has proved particularly popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump and right-wing conservatives. Such groups have frequently accused Twitter and Facebook of unfairly censoring their views.\n\nWhile Mr Trump himself is not a user, the platform already features several high-profile contributors following earlier bursts of growth in 2020.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz boasts 4.9 million followers on the platform, while Fox News host Sean Hannity has about seven million.\n\nThe move comes after Apple suspended Parler from its app store. The suspension will remain in place for as long as the network continued to spread posts that incite violence, it said.\n\nGoogle removed the app from its store on Friday.\n\nResponding to Google's move earlier, Parler's chief executive John Matze said: \"We won't cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!\"\n\nHe also warned that Parler could be offline for up to a week while \"we rebuild from scratch\".\n\nIt briefly became the most-downloaded app in the United States after the US election, following a clampdown on the spread of election misinformation by Twitter and Facebook.\n\nIn a letter obtained by CNN, Amazon's AWS Trust and Safety team told Parler's Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff that the social network \"does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service\".\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we continue to respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow on its site\", the letter said.\n\n\"However we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others.\".\n\nParler will be removed from Amazon's web hosting service shortly before midnight on Sunday Pacific Standard Time (07:59 GMT on Monday).\n\nOn Saturday, Apple removed Parler from its app store after warning the network to remove content that violated its rules or face a ban.\n\n\"Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people's safety\", it said in a statement announcing the app's suspension on Saturday evening.\n\nFor months, Parler has been one of the most popular social media platforms for right-wing users.\n\nAs major platforms began taking action against viral conspiracy theories, disinformation and the harassment of election workers and officials in the aftermath of the US presidential vote, the app became more popular with elements of the fringe far-right.\n\nThis turned the network into a right-wing echo chamber, almost entirely populated by users fixated on revealing examples of election fraud and posting messages in support of attempts to overturn the election outcome.\n\nIn the days preceding the Capitol riots, the tone of discussion on the app became significantly more violent, with some users openly discussing ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory by Congress.\n\nUnsubstantiated allegations and defamatory claims against a number of senior US figures such as Chief Justice John Roberts and Vice-President Mike Pence were rife on the app.\n\nGoogle and Apple say they are taking necessary action to ensure violent rhetoric is not promoted on their platforms.\n\nHowever, to those increasingly concerned about freedom of speech and expression on online platforms, it represents another example of draconian action by major tech companies which threatens internet freedom.\n\nThis is a debate which is certain to continue beyond the Trump presidency.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for families to be put \"at the heart of our recovery\" from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to \"protect family incomes\" as it deals with the economic effects of coronavirus.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he demanded teachers, the armed forces and care workers are left out of the public sector pay freeze.\n\nSir Keir also called for tougher restrictions to be considered for tackling coronavirus.\n\nNo 10 said the government had \"shown it is prepared to act\".\n\nWith coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns shutting thousands of businesses, the economy was 7.9% smaller in October last year than it had been six months earlier.\n\nAnd the government's independent forecaster, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, predicts that unemployment will rise to 2.6 million by the middle of this year.\n\nIn his speech, Sir Keir attacked the government for \"having been found wanting at every turn\", accusing Boris Johnson of being \"indecisive\" and acting \"too slow\" over further lockdowns and support for business and families.\n\nHe said: \"The British people will forgive many things. They know the pandemic is difficult.\n\n\"But they also know serial incompetence when they see it - and they know when a prime minister simply isn't up to the job.\"\n\nBut the PM's official spokeswoman rejected the criticism, saying: \"This government has shown it is prepared to act. When given evidence in the morning it has taken action that evening.\"\n\nAsked by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether the government should tighten restrictions, such as closing nurseries, Sir Keir said there \"probably is more that we could do [and we] may have to get tougher\".\n\nBut he did not outline what measures he would recommend, instead saying it was \"time to hear from the scientists what else can be done - and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThe Labour leader said ministers must \"protect family incomes and support businesses\" from the economic effects of previous restrictions and the current lockdown.\n\nHe added policies must \"make a real difference to millions of people across the country\" and \"put families at the heart of our recovery\".\n\nSir Keir argued the £20-a-week rise given to Universal Credit claimants last April must continue beyond this April's cut-off point.\n\nCouncil tax increases in England of up to 5% this April must not happen, he said, while calling for the ban on evictions and repossessions to be extended.\n\nThe government's pay freeze for at least 1.3 million public sector workers - which does not apply to NHS frontline staff and those earning below £24,000 a year - must not go ahead, said Sir Keir.\n\n\"I know this isn't everything that's needed,\" he added, \"and after so much suffering we can't go back the status quo.\n\n\"We cannot return to an economy where over half our care workers earn less than the living wage, where childcare is among the most expensive in Europe, where our social care system is a national disgrace and where over four million children grow up in poverty.\"\n\nAn opposition leader has no policy leavers to pull. They have to rely on words to persuade the public they are worthy of power.\n\nWith the next general election an eternity away, Sir Keir Starmer knows the question of competence matters far more to voters than ideology right now.\n\nThe Labour leader was unsparing in his criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic - accusing the prime minster of serial incompetence, dithering and delay.\n\nSir Keir said the government could reverse planned changes to council tax and universal credit to ease the financial pressure on families.\n\nBut pressed on how lockdown might be different today if he was in No 10, the Labour leader mirrored the government's messaging.\n\nHe said there was \"probably\" more that could be done around nurseries and estate agent viewings, but Sir Keir's mantra was listen to the scientists.\n\nIt's what ministers say endlessly too.\n\nSir Keir argued that, just as a Labour government \"built the welfare state from the rubble\" of World War Two, a future one can \"secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country so that Britain is the best country to grow up in and the best country to grow old in\".\n\nBut Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling accused Sir Keir of \"calling for actions the Conservatives are already taking in government\".\n\n\"We have delivered an unprecedented £280bn package of support to protect jobs, livelihoods and public services through this pandemic,\" she added, including the furlough scheme, the temporary increase to Universal Credit and extra funding for councils.\n\n\"The Conservatives will continue to put families and communities at the heart of every decision we take as we deliver on our promises to the British people,\" Ms Milling said.\n\nIn his Spending Review in November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned that the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun.\n\nHe promised to take \"extraordinary measures to protect people's jobs and incomes\".", "The Oxford vaccine rollout started in Wales earlier this week - those figures are not yet included\n\nMore than 14,000 people had their first dose of the Covid-19 jab in Wales in the past week, the latest figures show.\n\nIt takes the numbers on the priority list to have got the Pfizer-BioNTech jab to 49,403 since the rollout started on 8 December.\n\nBut Wales is lagging behind the rest of the UK so far, with a lower proportion of people getting a first dose.\n\nThe Welsh Government said that by next week, 60 GP practices and 20 centres would be vaccinating.\n\nHealth officials said the new Oxford vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nThe numbers do not include the first people to receive the new vaccine, which began to be given this week.\n\nPublic Health Wales (PHW) said the real numbers were likely to be higher, with the figures a snapshot based on those vaccines recorded electronically so far.\n\nThey give a breakdown by health board and also show how many people have been given their first dose.\n\nThe figures also include people, such as NHS staff, who work in Wales but live over the border, but do not yet give details of people in different priority categories.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, said: \"We need real transparency on progress of the vaccination process.\n\n\"This must include clear targets and data on how many vaccines come to Wales, and how many are distributed and given out by each health board to each priority group - both the first and second doses - so we can measure this against the targets. This is how confidence can be built that Wales is on track.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"These are early days in our mass vaccination programme. Momentum will continue to build and the speed of our vaccination programme will increase each week.\n\n\"From Monday, the number of people vaccinated will be published daily and we will publish our vaccination rollout plan early next week.\"\n\nThe figure in Wales means approximately 1.6% of people have been vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than other UK nations - and the gap appears to be growing compared to last week.\n\nIn England, nearly 1.1 million people were given the first dose by 3 January. This is about 1.9% of the population. NHS England said 60% of doses have gone to people aged over 80.\n\nIf vaccinations were being given at the same rate in Wales as in England, a further 13,000 people would have been given a dose.\n\nIn both Scotland and Northern Ireland, 2.1% of people have been given a first dose.\n\nHow many people have had a Covid-19 vaccine? Residents in Wales vaccinated by health board, to 3 January Source: Public Health Wales, 7 January. Excludes 224 unknown and 1,024 doses for priority groups living in England\n\nSamantha is keen to have the vaccine as soon as possible and return to work\n\nDental nurse Samantha Davies, 47, who has shielded since March, was overjoyed at the prospect of having the coronavirus vaccine and returning to work.\n\nBut she is now in limbo after confusion over whether she could have the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab because of her ongoing treatment for Crohn's Disease.\n\nAfter filling out a questionnaire sent by PHW, a consultant recommended she should have the Pfizer-BioNTech jab instead.\n\nThis is because of the inflectra infusion treatment she receives every eight weeks to treat her Crohn's Disease - a type of inflammatory bowel condition.\n\nHowever, the Pfizer vaccine is in shorter supply than the Oxford vaccine and the Swansea practice where Samantha works was only offered 10 vaccinations.\n\nAs Samantha, from Foelgastell, Carmarthenshire, is shielding and not in work, she was not considered a priority for one of these.\n\nSwansea Bay health board has since said the advice about vaccines was given in error and pledged to arrange an appointment for her as soon as possible.\n\n\"It's just being home all the time. Some people I know had it two or three weeks ago. The government put me shielding since March on sick pay and I just want to return to work,\" she said.\n\nWhile she was furloughed from April to August, Samantha has been on statutory sick pay since.\n\nDr Gillian Richardson, the senior officer responsible for the Covid-19 vaccine programme in Wales, said the efforts from NHS Wales and PHW had been \"exceptional\".\n\n\"The number of doses unable to be used have been incredibly low - around 1% - and significantly below anticipated levels, thanks to the robust appointment planning and reserve lists,\" she said.\n\n\"The NHS is providing vaccines as quickly and as safely as possible to people in the priority groups.\"\n\nDerek Hinchliffe, 80, says he is \"frustrated\" at not knowing when he will get his first dose of vaccine\n\nHowever, 80-year-old Derek Hinchliffe, who is eligible for a first dose of a Covid vaccine during this period of the rollout, said he was \"frustrated\" because he has had no information about getting the first dose.\n\nMr Hinchliffe, who lives with his wife in Penpedairheol in Caerphilly county, said: \"We've had nothing - no communication.\n\n\"We've got friends the same as us who live in England who have had their first dose, and some of them are having their second vaccination.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nConservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies renewed his call for a vaccinations minister to be appointed to take control.\n\n\"Of course we welcome the increase in the number of vaccinations, but the rough calculation is that one in 65 people in Wales has had their jab compared to one in 50 in England,\" he said,\n\n\"Factor in the postcode lottery emerging in Wales, and the picture's not looking great.\n\n\"You're twice as likely in south Wales to have had the vaccination and three times more likely to have had it in mid Wales than in north Wales.\"\n\nDr Richardson called the second Covid vaccine - Oxford-AstraZeneca - which began its roll-out on Monday a \"real game-changer\".\n\nShe said it would help speed up vaccinations considerably.\n\nThere are challenges with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it has to be stored at extremely cold temperatures, while the Oxford vaccine can be be kept in a fridge.\n\nBoth vaccines will be available in Wales and the Welsh Government said 40,000 doses of the Oxford jab would be available within the first two weeks - with 22,000 jabs this week.\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.", "Bez in training for his new exercise classes in a park in Manchester\n\nHappy Mondays star Bez is to launch his own lockdown fitness classes to inspire the nation like Joe Wicks.\n\nThe former maraca-shaking dancer, 56, wants to rival Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" to be launched on 17 January.\n\nBez, whose on-stage \"freaky dancing\" made him an icon of the 'Madchester' music scene, has admitted he also wants to budge his own lockdown bulge.\n\nHe won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 and even made a bid to become an MP.\n\nBez, whose real name is Mark Berry, will be shown being trained in the fitness classes rather than acting as the instructor himself.\n\nHe said: \"I'd like to think I'm somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr Motivator.\n\n\"I've started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips, and I can't stop eating chocolate.\n\n\"Last lockdown I got unfit, fat, lazy and into some seriously bad eating habits.\n\nBez being put through his paces with a personal trainer\n\n\"This year, this lockdown, I need to sort it out sharpish.\"\n\nHe said that people can join him on \"on this mad journey or just sit on the sofa and have a good laugh at me\".\n\nBez said he has \"started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips\"\n\nThe former dancer added: \"At the very least, I know I'll be making people smile, at best I'll be helping people get fit and mentally happier alongside me.\"\n\nThe Happy Mondays, along with bands like The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, spearheaded the indie music 'Madchester' scene of the late 80s and early 90s.\n\nBez dancing with his maraca on BBC One's Top of the Pops as the band perform Step On in 1989\n\nBez's bug-eyed dance routines were said to have inspired the group's song Freaky Dancin' and made him one of the best-known members of the group, alongside frontman Shaun Ryder.\n\nTheir hits included Step On, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and 24 Hour Party People.\n\nHowever, serious drug habits and infighting led to the Salford band's breakup in 1993.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An ambulance had to be lifted out of the mud\n\nRescuers searching for victims of a landslide in Indonesia were buried by a second mudslide just hours later, officials say.\n\nThe first landslide, in Cihanjuang village, West Java, was triggered by torrential rain.\n\nAnother struck as survivors were still being evacuated. At least 12 people died and dozens more are missing.\n\nLandslides are common in Indonesia during rainy season, and often blamed on deforestation.\n\nThe latest disasters hit the villagers in Sumedang regency, about 150km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, three and a half hours apart on Saturday.\n\nThe first happened at 16:00 (09:00 GMT) and the second at 19:30 (12:30 GMT), disaster agency spokesman Raditya Jati said in a statement.\n\n\"The first landslide was triggered by high rainfall and unstable soil conditions. The subsequent landslide occurred while officers were still evacuating victims around the first landslide area,\" he added.\n\nRescuers are believed to be among those killed, he added. A six-year-old boy was also among the dead, according to AFP news agency.\n\nSome 27 people were believed to be missing late on Sunday, local media quoted Deden Ridwansah, the head of the local search and rescue agency as saying. About 46 were known to have survived.\n\nBad weather had forced the search to be suspended, he said, but it was expected to resume on Monday.\n\nIndonesia frequently suffers floods and landslides. Thousands of people had to be evacuated in the capital Jakarta this time last year as the city was inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None The fastest-sinking city in the world", "More than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown.\n\nA further 1,035 deaths in the UK were reported on Saturday, taking the total by that measure to 80,868.\n\nThe number of daily cases of people who tested positive for coronavirus increased by 59,937.\n\nOnly the US, Brazil, India and Mexico have recorded more Covid deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row that the UK has reported more than 1,000 daily deaths.\n\nIt comes as scientists advising the government have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 50 people in England had coronavirus between 27 December and 2 January, while in London it was one in 30.\n\nOn Friday, mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was \"out of control\".\n\nOfficial figures from Public Health England showed London had the highest regional case rate in the UK, exceeding 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across most of Scotland, in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Robert West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nHe said the new variant of Covid was around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it (the current regime) is not stricter,\" he added.\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to during the first lockdown.\n\nHe said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore children are at school, after the Department for Education widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend. Attendance rates have risen to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Susan Michie, who is also a member of Sage, said the spread of the new, more infectious variant meant current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said, in comparison to the first lockdown in spring 2020, more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nTorsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme that the UK's statutory sick pay system was \"not fit for purpose for a pandemic\" and more effective measures to encourage people to isolate were needed.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I know the last year has taken its toll - but your compliance is now more vital than ever.\"\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMary McGarry from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire told BBC News that her letter points to an NHS online booking page which suggests she would have to take her husband, who has cancer and a lung disease, 20 miles to Birmingham.\n\n\"We're very reluctant to go into Birmingham city centre,\" she said.\n\n\"If we can't get somebody to take us, we'd have to go on the train but we're shielding because my husband's got poor health.... we want to know why we've got to travel that far?\"\n\nKay Hayward, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, said she went online to book an appointment for her 85-year-old husband Kenneth and was offered five different places including Widnes in Cheshire and Stevenage in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"I thought they must be joking... we talked about it and we thought it was actually safer to stay here and for him not not have it.\n\n130,000 letters have been sent out by NHS England so far\n\n\"But we were worried if we turned this down, we'd be off the list.. the letter doesn't say anything about having the vaccines anywhere else locally.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton, from Coventry, said she was so angry that her 81-year-old mother, who has heart problems and leukaemia, was offered Birmingham for her appointment that she attempted to ring Downing Street on Saturday night to complain.\n\nShe said she reached the press office and said: \"I want you to give Boris a message please that he has lied to the British public.\n\n\"He has told them they never need to go more than 10 miles... they were really rude and just put the phone down on me.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton said she wanted to get a message to Boris Johnson so rang Downing Street on Saturday evening\n\nA spokesperson from Number 10 told BBC News that they did not wish to comment, but wanted to remind the public to use the government website to write to the prime minister or contact their constituency MP.\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, the Labour leader at Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said he had been contacted by dozens of people who have found the letters misleading, thinking this is their only chance to get the vaccine.\n\nHe said he had spoken to Trafford Council and was aware of people in Shropshire being sent to Manchester and residents there being directed to Birmingham to get their jabs.\n\n\"For many people they have been told consistently to wait for the NHS to contact you in order to get a vaccine and that's what they've had for the first time as a piece of communication.\n\n\"This is really, really concerning for people in their 80s or 90s because of the importance of getting the vaccine.\"\n\nThe letters are not \"going to the heart\" of the public health message which is staying home and staying local, he said.\n\nMore than 500,000 letters will be sent out to homes offering people appointments at the centres over the next seven days\n\nDr Sarah Raistrick, from Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commission group (CCG), said people did not have to travel to the centres but admitted the letter did not make that clear.\n\n\"You can wait and be contacted by your local GP service and have it locally if you'd prefer.\n\n\"If you sit tight, you will be contacted and I'm hopeful that if you're 80 or over, by the end of this month you will have had your vaccination whether that is locally or whether you have chosen to travel,\" she said.\n\nWork will be done with the NHS locally and nationally to make that message clearer, she added.\n\nThe seven centres were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible and are capable of delivering thousands of jabs per week, NHS England has said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Keir Starmer has said the \"status quo isn't working\" for Scotland but has again rejected calls for a second independence referendum.\n\nThe Labour leader, who backs devolving more powers from Westminster, claimed another vote would be \"divisive\".\n\nHowever, he said he did not agree with Boris Johnson's assessment that there should not be another referendum for at least 40 years.\n\nThe SNP said a vote would allow Scots to choose how to rebuild after Covid.\n\nLast year Sir Keir said he would set up a constitutional commission to offer a \"positive alternative to the Scottish people\".\n\nHe told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: \"I don't think there should be another referendum, I don't think a further divisive referendum is the way forward.\n\n\"But I do accept that the status quo isn't working. I don't accept the argument that the status quo isn't working, the next thing you do is go to a referendum.\n\n\"I think there are other things you can do, other arguments that can be made in support of the United Kingdom.\"\n\nAsked about Boris Johnson's 40-year position, Sir Keir replied: \"I heard the prime minister say that and I don't agree with him on that.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Politics Scotland, Deputy First minister John Swinney rejected suggestions that the recovery from the Covid crisis should be a greater priority than another independence vote.\n\nHe said: \"An independence referendum is an essential priority of the people of Scotland because it gives us the opportunity to choose how we rebuild as a country from Covid.\n\n\"It would give us the opportunity to decide on our constitutional future and to determine the nature of our economy and how we deal with and support our citizens.\"\n\nEarlier this month Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC he thought the 41-year interval between the UK's referendums on joining the EU and leaving it was a \"good sort of gap\".\n\nMr Johnson said in his experience, such votes \"don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once in a generation\".", "This car was one of many turned away by police at Moel Famau on Saturday\n\nPeople are \"blatantly\" ignoring rules on lockdown restrictions despite repeated warnings, police have said.\n\nMore than 100 cars had been turned away from Moel Famau on the Flintshire border by Saturday lunchtime, with some driving past \"road closed\" signs.\n\nIn Snowdonia, Gwynedd, a warden said a group from Leicester would have \"probably ignored our advice\" if police had not arrived and told them to leave.\n\nLevel four restrictions mean travelling for exercise is not allowed in Wales.\n\nKeith Ellis, a warden at Pen y Pass in Snowdonia, said while it had been much quieter this weekend, people were still travelling, despite the restrictions.\n\n\"We've had three from Leicester first thing this morning and if the police hadn't turned up they would have probably ignored our advice and carried on up the mountain,\" he said.\n\n\"What they were wearing was totally inappropriate and they would have probably got into danger.\n\n\"We've had people also from Liverpool and some locals turning up knowing full well what the rules are, but just trying it on.\n\n\"Luckily there are a lot more police officers around and all these people have been spoken to and advised by the police as well.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Cases of coronavirus are very high in Wales at the moment and there is a new strain of the virus circulating, which is highly infectious and moving quickly.\n\n\"At alert level four, exercise should always be undertaken from home, unless you have special circumstances which requires some flexibility - such as disability or autism.\n\n\"The more people gather, the greater the risk of spreading or catching the virus.\"", "Boris Johnson is expected to announce a set of new national restrictions for England, similar to the March lockdown, in a televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nThe PM is likely to urge the public to follow the new rules from midnight.\n\nIt is expected people will be told to work from home if possible and schools will close for most pupils.\n\nIt is not yet clear when the measures will be reviewed, but MPs are likely to be given a vote to approve them retrospectively on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile, the UK's chief medical officers warned of a \"material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed\" in several areas over the next 21 days.\n\nScotland announced a legal requirement to stay at home from midnight, with schools to be closed.\n\nMr Johnson will set out plans for England as the UK's devolved nations have the power to set their own coronavirus regulations.\n\nBoth Wales and Northern Ireland are already under national restrictions.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to tell people to work from home unless they are a key worker, or it is not possible for them to do so, for example if they work on a construction site, according to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIt is also understood that England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has told the prime minister the new variant of coronavirus is now spreading throughout the country.\n\nThe new variant - first identified in Kent and since seen across the UK and other parts of the world - has been found to spread much more easily than earlier variants.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said the spread of the new variant had led to \"rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\".\n\n\"The prime minister is clear that further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise and to protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer - who called for a national lockdown in England within 24 hours on Sunday - said: \"I hope the prime minister has been listening to the clear calls for tough national restrictions.\"\n\nHospitals have said they are under \"extreme pressure\" and one of Britain's most senior doctors warned on the weekend that trusts across the UK should prepare themselves for a surge in cases.\n\nThe number of Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals is currently above the level seen in spring 2020.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported on Monday, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nWhat worked before may not work again - even a repeat of the March lockdown may not be enough to contain the new variant.\n\nConsider the R number - the number of people each infected person passes the virus onto on average.\n\nThe March lockdown brought R down to 0.6 and led to a sharp decline in cases.\n\nEvery 100 infected people passed the virus onto 60 others, who passed it onto 36, then 21, then 12 and so on.\n\nBut the new variant is thought to be around 50% more transmissible so its R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be around 0.9.\n\nThen 100 infected people would pass the virus onto 90 others, then 81, then 73, then 66 and so on.\n\nThis is a far slower decline.\n\nHowever, uncertainty around the new variant means there are scenarios where its levels plateau rather than fall during lockdown conditions.\n\nIt is going to be a tough start to the year. Even with immediate and tough restrictions there are a projected 20,000 additional deaths in the first months of 2021.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson's address comes as UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nIt means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" is needed.\n\nPreviously, the government described level five as requiring stricter social distancing measures. The first lockdown, which began in March 2020, was when the UK was under level four.\n\nThese Covid threat levels are separate to the regional tier system of restrictions in England.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nThe new restrictions in Scotland mean it will be a legal requirement to stay at home except for certain essential purposes, similar to the first lockdown last March. Schools will be closed to pupils until February.\n\nIn Wales, all schools and colleges will move to online learning until at least 18 January.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Stormont Executive are also meeting to discuss possible new measures in light of Mr Johnson's televised address - which will air on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer from 19:35 GMT.\n\nThe prime minister will speak amid continued uncertainty over whether schools will remain open to all pupils in England, after several councils requested classrooms stay shut.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 82-year-old Brian Pinker is given the Oxford vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford\n\nEarlier on Monday, an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nBrian Pinker said he was \"really proud\" to receive a jab developed in the UK, which will form a large part of the country's mass vaccination plan.\n\n\"The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year,\" Mr Pinker said.", "Most pupils will be studying from home for the rest of this half term\n\nSchools and colleges in England are to be closed to most pupils until at least half term, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe prime minister said the new lockdown had to be \"tough enough\" to stop the variant virus from spreading - and teaching will go online.\n\nA-Levels and GCSEs will be cancelled, a government source confirmed to BBC News - although vocational exams will go ahead.\n\nThe National Education Union accused the government of causing \"chaos\".\n\nIn a television address, Mr Johnson announced the biggest changes to schools since the early days of the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Because we now have to do everything we possibly can to stop the spread of the disease, primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from tomorrow,\" said the prime minister.\n\nThis means a return to online learning for pupils of all ages - apart from vulnerable children and the children of key workers who can continue to go into school.\n\nPrimary schools went back today - and will then close again tomorrow\n\n\"We recognise that this will mean it's not possible or fair for all exams to go ahead this summer, as normal,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nIt is understood that vocational exams will continue, but GCSEs and A-levels will be cancelled - and that the exam watchdog Ofqual will make \"alternative arrangements\" for delivering results.\n\nAn attempt to produce replacement exam grades last summer turned into one of the biggest U-turns of the pandemic.\n\nTeachers' unions accused the government of failing to react more swiftly to \"mounting evidence\" about Covid transmission in schools and to make preparations for remote teaching and alternatives to written exams.\n\nBut Mary Bousted, co-leader of the National Education Union, said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson had \"become an expert in putting his head in the sand\".\n\nGeoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union criticised ministers for having issued legal threats to keep schools open at the end of last term - and then \"made a series of chaotic announcements about the start of this term\".\n\nThe new term, which began on Monday for primary pupils, has only lasted a day before it has been suspended.\n\nThe prime minister said he hoped that schools would be \"reopening schools after the February half term\".\n\nThere have been assurances that there will be a more thorough approach to home learning than in the first lockdown last year.\n\nThe Department for Education has provided hundreds of thousands of computer devices - with the aim of supporting those without the equipment needed to work online from home.\n\nThere have also been suggestions Ofsted inspectors will play a more active role in checking on what support schools are providing to pupils in their online learning.\n\nUniversities in England had already planned a staggered return for this term - but there will now be even fewer students on campus this month.\n\nThe latest lockdown guidance says university students who are taking hands-on courses such as medicine or veterinary science should return for face-to-face lessons as planned.\n\nThese students will be expected to take two Covid tests or self-isolate for 10 days when they return.\n\nBut students on all other courses are being told not to come back to university if possible and to start their term online \"until at least mid-February\".", "The Queen's 95th birthday will be commemorated on one of five new coins released this year, the Royal Mint has announced.\n\nThe 2021 British coin collection will also mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of novelist Sir Walter Scott, and the 75th anniversary of the death of author HG Wells.\n\nThe release of a £5 coin is typically reserved for significant royal events.\n\nIn April the Queen will become the first UK monarch to reach 95.\n\nThe new £5 coin depicts the royal cypher \"EIIR\", above the words \"my heart and my devotion\", a nod to part of her 1957 Christmas broadcast, which was the first to be televised.\n\nDuring that speech, the Queen told the nation: \"In the old days the monarch led his soldiers on the battlefield and his leadership at all times was close and personal.\n\n\"Today things are very different. I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice, but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.\"\n\nThe anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, who wrote the novels Waverley, Rob Roy and Ivanhoe and is considered one of Scotland's most famous figures, will be celebrated with a £2 coin.\n\nThe 75th anniversary of the death of science fiction author HG Wells, who penned works such as The Time Machine and The War Of The Worlds, will also be marked on a £2 coin, with a depiction of images from his novels.\n\nThe 50th anniversary of decimalisation, when Britain's modern coins came into force, will be featured on a 50p coin.\n\nThe 75th anniversary of the death of the inventor John Logie Baird, famous for his early prototypes of the television, will be commemorated on another new 50p coin.\n\nAs the Queen's head already appears on one side of all coins in circulation, these five coins will each offer a different depiction from the various stages of her reign.\n\nClare Maclennan, of the consumer division at the Royal Mint, said this year's commemorative coins marked \"some of the biggest anniversaries in 2021\", with each coin \"a miniature work of art\" designed as \"a treasured keepsake or gift\".\n\nThe commemorative set will be available to purchase from the Royal Mint website.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nA school says its community has been left \"reeling\" after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nFour boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. They remain in custody.\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre head teacher Rachel Cave described the boy's death as a \"total tragedy\".\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"Many have been deeply affected by this tragedy.\n\n\"In normal circumstances we would open the school and welcome in students for support before the start of the term.\n\n\"We are currently unable to do this, of course, but are arranging counselling support and will be establishing an electronic book of condolence.\"\n\nFlowers have been left outside Highdown School\n\nMs Cave said the school was \"a supportive and close-knit community\" which would \"work together over the coming days and weeks\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nick Hulme said intensive care units at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals were \"at capacity\"\n\nSecurity officers removed Covid-19 \"deniers\" who were taking pictures of empty corridors at a NHS hospital where the intensive care unit is at maximum capacity, its chief executive said.\n\nThe incident took place at Colchester Hospital at the weekend.\n\nChief executive Nick Hulme said it \"beggars belief\" some people were calling the pandemic a hoax.\n\nHe said it was \"the right thing to do\" to keep corridors in outpatients units as empty as possible.\n\nMr Hulme said hospital security had to \"remove people who were taking photographs of empty corridors and then posting them on social media, saying the hospital is not in crisis\".\n\n\"When you've got that sort of social media pressure and those people denying the reality of Covid it really concerns us. Words fail me,\" he said.\n\n\"Why would people do that when we all know somebody who has died from Covid?\n\n\"Of course there are empty corridors at the weekend in outpatients, because that's the right thing to do.\n\n\"We are facing the biggest health challenge we've ever seen and we are still seeing people flouting the [social distancing] rules.\"\n\nPeople had to be removed from Colchester Hospital's outpatients ward for taking pictures of empty corridors and claiming Covid-19 was a hoax\n\nUnder coronavirus pandemic restrictions on social distancing, many outpatient consultations had been moved online or were taking place over the telephone, he added.\n\nPhysical appointments, tests and procedures had been organised differently to avoid crowded waiting areas.\n\nMr Hulme is chief executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust which also runs Ipswich Hospital and he said there were currently 320 patients being treated for Covid-19 across both sites.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The homes of Frank and Christine Lampard, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and Tamara Ecclestone and her husband were broken into in December 2019\n\nFour people have been cleared of being involved in a plot to raid the luxury homes of celebrities in west London.\n\nItems belonging to Frank Lampard, Tamara Ecclestone and the family of tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were among the items taken during three burglaries in December 2019.\n\nProsecutors said Maria Mester, 48, Emil Bogdan Savastru, 30, Sorin Marcovici, 53, and Alexandru Stan, 49, were a \"supporting cast\" for the burglars.\n\nBut a jury found all four not guilty.\n\nIsleworth Crown Court heard the three burglaries had netted \"big money\" for the raiders, with \"fabulous jewellery\" stolen and the majority of it having never been recovered.\n\nJay Rutland, Tamara Ecclestone and their daughter had left for Lapland on the morning of the burglary\n\nJewellery and cash worth £25m was taken from Ms Ecclestone's Kensington home while she was on holiday in Lapland with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter.\n\nMr Lampard and his TV presenter wife Christine had about £60,000 in watches and jewellery stolen when they were out, while raiders also ransacked the family home of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in 2018 in a helicopter crash, the jury was told.\n\nThe four defendants were accused of eight charges including conspiracy to burgle.\n\nHowever, each denied their involvement with the plot, saying they had no knowledge that the alleged burglars were criminals.\n\nJurors were shown an image from Maria Mester's Facebook account, in which she was said to be wearing Tamara Ecclestone's necklace\n\nThe court heard escort Ms Mester had flown into the UK from Italy on 7 December.\n\nPolice described her as the plot's \"matriarch\", but the 48-year-old told jurors she was only in London after being paid £5,000 to accompany one of the alleged burglars for the week.\n\nSavastru was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 30 January as he prepared to leave for Japan, wearing Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's Tag watch and carrying a Louis Vuitton bag stolen from Mr Rutland.\n\nHe told the court he thought the items had been left behind by the alleged burglars at the Airbnb property he had helped them rent.\n\nThe four Romanian nationals were cleared of all charges apart from Savastru, who was convicted of one count of attempting to conceal criminal property.\n\nThe 30-year-old will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nA group of alleged burglars, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of carrying out the raids.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has reiterated his position that a Scottish independence referendum should be a \"once-in-a-generation\" vote.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, the prime minister said the gap between referendums on Europe - the first in 1975 and the second in 2016 - was \"a good sort of gap\".\n\nHowever, Mr Marr suggested that now \"things had changed\" for Scotland.\n\nNicola Sturgeon wants to see an independent Scotland join the EU.\n\nAndrew Marr asked the prime minister what a voter in Scotland should do if they decided that a second independence referendum was now something they wanted, and what were the \"democratic tools\" to now do that?\n\nMr Johnson replied by saying: \"Referendums in my experience, direct experience, in this country are not particularly jolly events.\n\n\"They don't have a notably unifying force in the national mood, they should be only once-in-a-generation.\"\n\nAsked what the difference was between a referendum on EU membership being granted and one on Scottish independence being requested, he said: \"The difference is we had a referendum in 1975 and we then had another one in 2016.\n\n\"That seems to be about the right sort of gap.\"\n\nThe 2014 independence referendum resulted in a 55.3% vote against Scotland going alone.\n\nOn Hogmanay, Nicola Sturgeon said Europe should \"keep a light on\" as Scotland will be \"back soon\".\n\nThe first minister tweeted just after the Brexit transition period formally ended at 11:00 on 31 December 2020.\n\nScotland's trading and travel relationships with EU countries will now be governed by the agreement announced by the UK government on Christmas Eve.\n\nMs Sturgeon reiterated the SNP's call for an independent Scotland to join the EU.\n\nTweeting a picture of the words Europe and Scotland joined by a love heart, she wrote: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSNP depute leader Keith Brown said: \"It may be a new year but it's the same old incoherent bluster from Boris Johnson. The prime minister pretends otherwise but he knows he can't keep on denying democracy.\n\n\"Even his American pal Donald Trump has learned that if you try to stand in the way of the democratic choice of a nation you get swept away.\n\n\"The people who will decide our future are the people of Scotland, not Boris Johnson and the Westminster Tories.\"\n\nFormer Labour prime minister Tony Blair said it was \"extremely difficult\" to challenge the SNP on independence when the party was \"virtually uncontested\" in Scotland.\n\nHe said: \"We had a referendum that rejected Scottish independence, but Brexit put it back on the agenda again. And it's going to require very careful management. The truth of the matter is it's still not in Scotland's interest to separate from England.\n\n\"There are huge economic and political reasons for the United Kingdom to stay the United Kingdom but we're going to have to examine whether there's different constitutional settlements.\n\n\"I also think it's incredibly important, the single most important thing politically to my mind, is that we get a really capable opposition in Scotland - which should be the Labour Party - that's capable of contesting the Scottish nationalist position in Scotland in a way that prevents them from doing what they do at the moment, which is govern Scotland but pretend they're in opposition.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said: \"Only the people of Scotland have the right to determine Scotland's future.\n\n\"Seventeen consecutive opinion polls have demonstrated majorities in favour of independence, with the most recent indicating a record 58% support.\n\n\"Whether it's the botched handling of the coronavirus crisis, the Brexit catastrophe or just the heartlessness of Tory governments we haven't voted for, it's clear that the UK isn't working for Scotland.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 82-year-old Brian Pinker is given the Oxford vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford\n\nDialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, has become the first person to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe retired maintenance manager got the jab at 7:30 GMT from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford's Churchill Hospital.\n\nMore than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use on Monday.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said it was a \"pivotal moment\" in the UK's fight against the virus, as vaccines will help curb infections and then allow restrictions to be lifted.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday there was \"no question we will have to take tougher measures\", which will be announced in \"due course\", as the UK struggles to control a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus.\n\nOn Sunday more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases were recorded in the UK for the sixth day running, prompting Labour to call for a third national lockdown in England.\n\nNorthern Ireland and Wales currently have their own lockdowns in place and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a fresh lockdown will begin in Scotland from 00:01 on Tuesday.\n\nThe rollout comes as rows continue over whether pupils should return to school with the current high levels of Covid infections.\n\nSix hospital trusts - in Oxford, London, Sussex, Lancashire and Warwickshire - have begun administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, with 530,000 doses ready for use.\n\nMost other available doses will be sent to hundreds of GP-led services and care homes across the UK later in the week, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.\n\nMr Pinker, who has been having dialysis for kidney disease at the Churchill Hospital for a number of years, said he was \"really proud\" the vaccine was developed in Oxford.\n\n\"The nurses, doctors and staff today have all been brilliant and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife Shirley later this year,\" he said.\n\nMusic teacher and father-of-three Trevor Cowlett, 88, and Prof Andrew Pollard, a paediatrician working at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and lead investigator of the Oxford vaccine trial, were also among the first to be vaccinated.\n\nChief nurse Ms Foster, who administered the first dose, told the BBC it was a \"huge privilege\", saying: \"Every single patient that we have vaccinated over the last couple of weeks have got their own personal stories to the difference it's going to make, so it is no different this morning.\"\n\nSpeaking during a visit to London's Chase Farm Hospital, to meet some of the first people to receive the Oxford vaccine, the prime minister said there were \"tough, tough\" weeks to come.\n\nThere will now be a \"massive ramp-up\" in vaccination numbers \"in the weeks ahead\", Mr Johnson said, and the number of vaccine doses will amount to \"tens of millions by the end of March\".\n\nAsked when the government will be able to vaccinate two million people a week, Mr Johnson said the government will give more details \"in the next few days... as soon as we have better numbers to give\".\n\nMr Hancock told BBC Breakfast the Oxford vaccine rollout was a \"pivotal moment\" in the fight against coronavirus, saying: \"It's going to be a tough few weeks ahead, but this is the way out.\"\n\nAsked about reports potential volunteers were being deterred by the additional training and forms, Mr Hancock said they were going to \"reduce the amount of bureaucracy\".\n\n\"For instance there's one of the training programmes about how to tackle terrorism, I don't think that's necessary, we're going to stop that,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said this was not delaying the delivery of the vaccine, adding that the next delivery of the vaccine will be \"early this week\" to be \"deployed next week\".\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Chris Whitty said the vaccines \"give us a route out in the medium term\" but warned the NHS was \"under considerable and rising pressure in the short term\".\n\nFormer health secretary and Conservative chairman of the Commons' health committee Jeremy Hunt tweeted that it was \"time to act\" and the government needed to close schools and borders, ban all household mixing and impose a 12-week national lockdown in England.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth agreed that a national lockdown was needed, as well as \"rapidly scaled-up vaccine distribution\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: 'This way can save more lives'\n\nAs the recent rise in Covid cases puts increased pressure on the NHS, the UK has accelerated its vaccination rollout by planning to give both doses of the vaccine 12 weeks apart, having initially planned to leave 21 days between jabs.\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended the delay to second doses, saying getting more people vaccinated with the first jab \"is much more preferable\".\n\nMake no mistake, the UK is in a race against time.\n\nThat much is clear from the decision to delay the second dose of the vaccine to focus on giving as many people as possible their first doses.\n\nSo how fast can the NHS go? Ultimately it wants to get to two million doses a week.\n\nThat will not be achieved this week.\n\nBut Monday marks the start of the NHS putting the accelerator to the floor.\n\nA rapid increase in the vaccination rate should follow.\n\nBut how quickly the UK can go is dependent on several complex processes.\n\nFirst, the vaccine has to be manufactured, then it has to be put into vials and packaged up (known as fill and finish). After that each batch has to be checked and certified before being sent to NHS vaccination sites where there needs to be enough vaccinators and support staff to ensure those doses are given as quickly as possible.\n\nProblems at any one stage can disrupt how quickly the vaccination programme can be rolled out.\n\nWhile there are millions of doses of each vaccine in the country and a total of 140 million of both vaccines pre-ordered, there are currently just over one million - around 500,000 of each - ready to be given this week.\n\nNHS medical director Professor Stephen Powis said: \"The NHS' biggest vaccination programme in history is off to a strong start, thanks to the tremendous efforts of NHS staff who have already delivered more than one million jabs.\"\n\nHe said the Oxford vaccine rollout was \"chalking up another world first that will protect thousands more over the coming weeks\".\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first jab approved in the UK, and more than a million people have had their first one.\n\nThe first person to get the jab on 8 December, Margaret Keenan, has already had her second dose.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Nikita Kanani, NHS England's medical director for primary care, says it's crucial to get more patients the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine\n\nThe Oxford jab - which was approved for use in late December - can be stored at normal fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute and store than the Pfizer jab. It is also cheaper per dose.\n\nThe UK has secured 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for most of the population.\n\nCare home residents and staff, people aged over 80, and frontline NHS staff will be first to receive it.\n\nGPs and local vaccination services have been asked to ensure every care home resident in their local area is vaccinated by the end of January, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nSome 730 vaccination sites have already been established across the UK, with the total set to surpass 1,000 later this week, the department added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nScots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said new curbs would be introduced at midnight in a bid to contain the new, faster-spreading strain of the virus.\n\nNew laws will require people to stay at home and work from home where possible.\n\nOutdoor gatherings are also to be cut back, with people only allowed to meet one person from one other household.\n\nPlaces of worship are to be closed, group exercise banned, and schools will largely operate via online and remote learning.\n\nThese rules will apply across the Scottish mainland until at least the end of January, and will be kept under review.\n\nIsland areas will remain in level three - but Ms Sturgeon said they would be monitored carefully.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson later announced similar lockdown measures for the whole of England with all schools and colleges closing to most pupils until mid February.\n\nA further 1,905 new cases were reported in Scotland on Monday - with 15% of tests returning a positive result, something Ms Sturgeon said \"illustrates the severity and urgency of the situation\".\n\nThe first minister said she was \"more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year\", with the new coronavirus strain now accounting for half of new cases.\n\nAnd she said a \"steeply rising trend of infections\" was threatening to put \"significant pressure\" on NHS services, saying hospitals could breach capacity within three to four weeks.\n\nThe new rules - which will be put down in law - mean Scots will only be allowed to leave home for essential purposes, such as shopping for food and medicine, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nNo limit is to be put on how many times people can go out to exercise, but outdoor meetings are to be limited to a maximum of two people from two households.\n\nEveryone who can work from home will be required to, and people in the \"shielding\" category are advised not to go in to work at all.\n\nThe construction and manufacturing industries will remain open, but Ms Sturgeon said this would be kept under review.\n\nPlaces of worship are to close, the number of people who can attend weddings is to be cut to five, and funeral wakes will no longer be allowed.\n\nSchools are to remain closed to the majority of pupils until February, with Ms Sturgeon saying community transmission of the virus must be brought to a lower level amid concerns that the new variant of the virus spreads more easily among young people.\n\nShe said she knew remote learning presented \"significant challenges\" for parents, teachers and pupils, adding: \"I want to be clear that it remains our priority to get school buildings open again for all pupils are quickly as possible and then keep them open.\"\n\nThe first minister said she was considering whether teachers could be given the Covid-19 vaccine as a priority.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have been given a first dose of the vaccine in Scotland, and the government expects to have access to just over 900,000 doses by the end of January.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the best way to get schools open again was to drive down transmission of the virus - urging Scots to abide by the rules.\n\nThese are the toughest restrictions Scotland has faced since the lockdown of March 2020.\n\nIt is - once again - becoming compulsory to stay at home except for essential purposes like food shopping, exercise and medical care.\n\nThe extended closure of schools to most pupils is something the Scottish government was particularly keen to avoid.\n\nThese decisions are a measure of how worried ministers are about the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus, which is fast becoming the dominant strain.\n\nWith 225 cases per 100,000 people, Scotland is thought to be about four weeks behind London, which already has four times as many cases and NHS services under considerable pressure.\n\nThe Scottish government believes that without further action the NHS here would run out of beds for Covid patients within a month.\n\nThis new alert comes at the start of a new year which also brings new hope for a route out of the pandemic with two vaccines now beginning to offer protection.\n\nAround 100,000 doses have already been administered in Scotland but it is likely to take several months to reach all in the most vulnerable groups.\n\nThe first minister said Scotland was now in \"a race between the vaccine and the virus\".\n\nShe said: \"The Scottish government will do everything we can to speed up distribution of the vaccine. But all of us must do everything we can to slow down the spread of the virus.\n\n\"We can already see - by looking at infection rates in the south of England - some of what could happen here in Scotland. To prevent that, we need to act immediately and firmly.\n\n\"For government, that means introducing tough measures - as we have done today. And for all of us, it means sticking to the rules.\"\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson raised concerns about online learning, saying it was vital that pupils had \"equal access to high-quality education\".\n\nAnd Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said teachers and working parents would need support to make the remote learning system work.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government had \"agonised\" over the decision on schools, and said the \"fundamental priority\" was to re-open them in full as soon as possible.\n\nShe said: \"Just as the last places we ever want to close are schools and nurseries - so it is the case that schools and nurseries will be the first places we want to reopen as we re-emerge from this latest lockdown.\"\n\nThe NHS has coped so far in Scotland - more so than many other parts of the UK.\n\nBut in places like Glasgow and Lanarkshire it has been very, very tight. And here like everywhere else staff are bracing themselves for the post-Christmas effects of rising cases.\n\nThe first minister gave some stark figures on hospital and ICU occupancy - suggesting we are just weeks away from reaching limits.\n\nThere is so little give in the system they will be glad to see everything possible done to prevent stretched services being overwhelmed at a time when we are on our way to getting out the other side.\n\nThere is real anxiety about what the next few weeks might bring.\n• None Covid in Scotland: New lockdown from midnight", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Shaw, from Dundee, was among the first to receive the jab\n\nThe first Scottish recipients of the new Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine have received their jabs.\n\nJames Shaw, 82, and his 82-year-old wife Malita were among the first to be vaccinated in Dundee.\n\nThe couple received their first doses at Lochee Health and Community Care Centre.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said she hoped all over-50s and those with underlying health conditions will have been vaccinated by early May.\n\nJames said: \"My wife and I are delighted to be receiving this vaccination. I have asthma and bronchitis and I have been desperate to have it so I am really pleased to be one of the first to be getting it.\n\n\"I know it takes a little while for the vaccine to work but after today I know that I will feel a bit less worried about going out. I will still be very careful and avoid busy places but knowing I have been vaccinated will really help me.\n\n\"All of my friends have said they are going to have the vaccine when it is their turn and I would encourage everyone who is offered this vaccination to take it.\"\n\nJames Shaw, 82, was one of the first people in Scotland to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, administered by advanced nurse practitioner Justine Williams\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is the second vaccine approved for use in the UK.\n\nNHS Tayside is rolling out the vaccine through GP practices in the community and will also vaccinate elderly residents and staff in care homes.\n\nIts associate director of public health Dr Daniel Chandleris said: \"The efforts of our vaccination teams have been amazing and it is testament to a real whole team approach that sees the first over-80s in the general population have their jabs today in Tayside.\n\n\"The availability and mobility of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine gives us the opportunity to start to roll out the biggest vaccine programme that the UK has ever seen across our communities.\n\n\"Over-80s are the first priority group and patients will be contacted directly to attend a vaccination session.\"\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack added: \"This is another important moment in our fight against the virus - every vaccination takes us a step closer to getting back to our normal lives as soon as possible.\n\n\"As with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK is the first country in the world to approve and roll out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, with the UK Government ordering and paying for millions of doses for people in all parts of the UK.\"\n\nThe milestone came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a new stricter lockdown.\n\nWith the exception of essential travel, people in mainland Scotland will have to remain at home from midnight.\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed a further 1,905 people had contracted Covid-19.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon likened the situation to a race between the vaccine and the virus.\n\nShe said: \"In one lane we have vaccines - our job is to make sure they run as fast as possible.\n\n\"But in the other lane is the virus which - as a result of this new variant - has just learned to run much faster and has most definitely picked up pace in the last couple of weeks.\n\n\"To ensure that the vaccine wins the race, it is essential to speed up vaccination as far as possible. But to give it the time it needs to get ahead, we must also slow the virus down.\"\n\nThe new vaccine will initially be available in the hospitals that have been delivering the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, and new community settings will be able to deliver the jabs from 11 January.\n\nPeople in Scotland will be contacted by their health board when it is their turn to be vaccinated.\n\nThe Oxford vaccination marks a major turning point in the pandemic and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, with enough to vaccinate 50 million people throughout the UK already on order.\n\nIt is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which needs cold storage of about -70C.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine is logistically much easier to distribute\n\nThe UK government has said 530,000 doses of the Oxford vaccine will be available to the UK from Monday, with \"millions due by the beginning of February\".\n\nScotland will ultimately get an 8.2% share of these vaccines, based on its population.\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith has said he expects the NHS in Scotland to receive 440,360 doses of the vaccine during January.\n\nThe first minister said on Monday about 100,000 people in Scotland have already received a first dose of vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines require two doses to be administered with an interval of between four and 12 weeks.\n\nPreviously the advice was for the vaccines to have a four-week gap between doses.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) then recommended as many people as possible in the top priority groups should be offered a first dose as the initial priority.", "Dr Radha Modgil from BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks shares her top five tips on how to stay mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown, all beginning with the letter C.\n\nSticking to a routine, making sure we take care of ourselves, and using our creativity in new ways are all ways she suggests we can ease the psychological toll that staying inside is having on all of us.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "A top Swedish official involved in the coronavirus response has defended a Christmas holiday in the Canary Islands in the face of heavy criticism.\n\nDan Eliasson is head of the civil contingencies agency, which earlier in December had texted all Swedes urging them to avoid travel.\n\nHe was photographed in Las Palmas airport on the island of Gran Canaria.\n\nMr Eliasson insisted the trip was necessary \"for family reasons\".\n\nHe told Swedish media that he had \"given up a lot of trips during this pandemic\" but thought this one was necessary because he had a daughter living in the Canaries.\n\n\"I celebrated Christmas with her and my family,\" he told Expressen newspaper. He also said he had been worked remotely while in the Canaries.\n\nSweden has had 437,000 confirmed cases and 8,700 deaths - many more than its Scandinavian neighbours. The country has never imposed a full lockdown.\n\nHowever, alarmed by rising numbers of cases last month, the Swedish government reversed some of its guidance and sent a text message to all Swedes asking them to read updated guidelines.\n\nThe guidelines included asking Swedes to avoid unnecessary trips and not to make new contacts during a journey or at the destination.\n\nMr Eliasson was then photographed several times in Gran Canaria, including at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Expressen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere have been calls for Mr Eliasson, an experienced official who has worked at several important departments, to be fired.\n\nPrime Minister Stefan Löfven and other ministers have not yet commented, according to Swedish media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From the pandemic to measles, Smitha Mundasad looks at global health challenges in 2021", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nTributes have been paid to trainer Zoe Davison, who died from cancer on the same day two of her horses claimed wins at Plumpton.\n\nDavison, who had breast cancer for four-and-a-half years, died at her Shovelstrode Racing Stables in Sussex.\n\nBrown Bullet and Mr Jack, both trained at the family's stable, had raced to victory at the Sussex track on Sunday.\n\nSimon Clare, part-owner of Brown Bullet, said: \"Zoe was just the most wonderful human being imaginable.\"\n\nHer husband Andrew Irvine - who she married in 2018 - was by her side, along with family.\n\nHe said: \"She was the most wonderful, incredible person. I am blessed to have spent the last 24 years of my life with her.\"\n\nDaughter Gemelle Johnson, who was assistant to her mother, said: \"I just feel a bit numb inside because of everything.\n\n\"I'm a bit overwhelmed we've had a double for mum. Hopefully we have made her proud. It's surreal. Our team is a family business and we put everything into it. She will be thoroughly missed as she is the glue that holds us together.\n\n\"We've had a few winners around here and it is one of our local tracks. It means everything to us as we want to do her proud.\"\n\nDavison sent out the first of over 100 winners when Sails Legend, with AP McCoy in the saddle, won at Towcester in November 1997.\n\nShe enjoyed her best season with 15 winners in the 2017-18 campaign.\n\nJockey Page Fuller has a long association with the stable and should have ridden Mr Jack but had been stood down from an earlier fall.\n\nShe said: \"You couldn't have written it any better today. She was just a kind and genuine person who was a real horsewoman. She loved her horses and did her best by them.\n\n\"She has been struggling for a long time, but fortunately her strength has rubbed off on everybody else and they showed that by sending out the winners today.\n\n\"It has been a great team effort and it is great she has gone out like that. I don't know anybody who would have a bad word to say about her - she was just one of those really nice people.\"\n\nEd Arkell, ex-Fontwell clerk of the course and now at nearby West Sussex track Goodwood, said: \"Zoe was a huge part of the southern racing circuit. I'm so sorry for her family and she will be very much missed. She was a friendly, happy person who everybody loved.\n\n\"As a trainer, she ran a wonderful family operation. There are less of those these days. She supported her local tracks and became a big part of them.\"\n\nClare added: \"Zoe was the most talented horsewoman imaginable. What she didn't know about horses wasn't worth knowing.\n\n\"She is so incredibly well loved and will be desperately missed by everyone who knew her.\"", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe first patients have been given the Oxford vaccine - five days after it was approved for use in the UK. Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, aged 82, was the first to receive it. It's a \"pivotal moment\" in the fight against the virus, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. More than 500,000 doses are ready to go, with care home residents and staff, people aged over 80, and NHS workers at the front of the queue. Some 730 vaccination sites have already been established, we're told, with the total set to surpass 1,000 later this week. The Oxford jab is easier to distribute and store than the Pfizer version, which was the first to be approved. It's also cheaper per dose. Find out more about how it was developed, and when you might receive one.\n\nThe vaccine news may be positive, but few deny the coronavirus situation in the UK right now is bleak. On Sunday, more than 50,000 new cases were recorded for the sixth day running and Labour is calling for a third national lockdown in England. Boris Johnson has admitted tougher restrictions are likely. Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce new restrictions for Scotland later, while Northern Ireland and Wales already have their own lockdowns in place. The obvious next step for England would probably be to move more areas into tier four - a reminder of what that means - but our science editor David Shukman says there are other steps under discussion too.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJanuary is normally a boom time for gyms, but coronavirus restrictions mean many are closed and others can't offer any group classes. At the same time, there's been an explosion in fitness tech, allowing more of us than ever to work out at home. So what does this mean for the future of the gym sector? Our reporter Eleanor Lawrie looks closely. Meanwhile, wherever you are in the UK, see 21 simple ways to get fitter in 2021.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sports expert Ruth Lowry says exercising outdoors could help us cope with Covid this winter\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many of us to change direction, career-wise, whether out of choice or necessity. Our CEO Secrets series has been documenting some of those forging a new path here in the UK, but the same trends are going on elsewhere too. In India, Shalini Sharma and Mrinali Hariyal have gone from stay-at-home mums cooking for their families to chefs providing meals for paying customers. They're plugging the gap left by restaurant closures and finding new identities for themselves. Watch their stories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, are pandemics the new normal?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "More than 200 workers at Google-parent Alphabet have taken steps to form a labour union in a rare development for an American tech giant.\n\nThey said the organisation will give staff greater power to voice concerns about discriminatory work practices at the firm and how it handles issues like online hate speech.\n\nThe move follows walkouts and other actions by staff in recent years.\n\nGoogle said it would \"continue engaging directly with all our employees\".\n\n\"We've always worked hard to create a supportive and rewarding workplace for our workforce,\" Kara Silverstein, director of people operations, said in a statement.\n\n\"Of course our employees have protected labour rights that we support. But as we've always done, we'll continue engaging directly with all our employees\".\n\nThe announcement of the Alphabet Workers Union comes weeks after Google's firing of a high-profile black artificial intelligence and ethics researcher generated uproar.\n\nThe US National Labor Relations Board also recently ruled the firm had unlawfully fired employees for attempting to organise a union.\n\nGoogle staff stage a walkout in 2018 over the company's handling of sexual misconduct allegations\n\nStaff have also mobilised against the firm's \"Project Maven\" work with the Department of Defense and the company's handling of sexual harassment complaints.\n\n\"This union builds upon years of courageous organizing by Google workers,\" Nicki Anselmo, program manager, said in the announcement.\n\n\"From fighting the 'real names' policy, to opposing Project Maven, to protesting the egregious, multi-million dollar payouts that have been given to executives who've committed sexual harassment, we've seen first-hand that Alphabet responds when we act collectively.\n\n\"Our new union provides a sustainable structure to ensure that our shared values as Alphabet employees are respected even after the headlines fade.\"\n\nThe group was organised by software engineers but is open to all ranks at the company's US and Canadian workforce, including temporary workers and contractors.\n\nIt is affiliated with the larger labour group, Communication Workers of America, but is not seeking formal recognition from the federal government, limiting its bargaining power.\n\nIt represents a small fraction of Alphabet's workforce, which includes more than 130,000 people as of September and roughly as many contractors, vendors and temporary staff.\n\nMembers who join will contribute about 1% of their compensation to the effort.\n\n\"We want Alphabet to be a company where workers have a meaningful say in decisions that affect us and the societies we live in,\" organisers wrote on Twitter.", "Nóra Quoirin was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder that affects brain development\n\nA girl whose body was found in a jungle during a holiday in Malaysia died by misadventure, a coroner has recorded.\n\nNóra Quoirin, 15, from Balham, south-west London, was discovered dead nine days after she went missing from an eco-resort in August 2019.\n\nThe family said they were \"utterly disappointed\" with the verdict, which ruled out any criminal involvement.\n\nThey believe \"layers of evidence\" that were heard at the inquest point towards Nora having been abducted.\n\nThe family were staying in Sora House in Dusun eco-resort near Seremban, about 40 miles (65km) south of Kuala Lumpur, when they reported Nóra missing, the day after they had arrived.\n\nNóra, who was born with holoprosencephaly - a disorder which affects brain development - was eventually found by a group of civilian volunteers in a palm-oil plantation less than two miles from the holiday home.\n\nThe Quoirins, whose lawyers had asked the coroner to record an open verdict, said in a statement after the ruling that they have a number of reasons for the abduction theory. These include:\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nora\n\nIn the statement, issued through the Lucie Blackman Trust, the family said they witnessed 80 slides presented in court as the verdict was given, adding that none of them \"engaged with who Nóra really was - neither her personality nor her intellectual abilities\".\n\nThey said: \"The coroner made mention several times of her inability to rule on certain points due to not knowing Nóra enough.\n\n\"It is indeed our view that to know Nóra would be to know that she was simply incapable of hiding in undergrowth, climbing out a window and making her way out of a fenced resort in the darkness unclothed.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"We believe we have fought not just for Nóra but in honour of all the special needs children in this world who deserve our most committed support and the most careful application of justice.\n\n\"This is Nóra's unique legacy and we will never let it go.\"\n\nFom the outset Meabh Quoirin believed her daughter had been abducted but Malaysian police insisted Nóra's disappearance had always been a missing persons case and ruled out any criminal involvement.\n\nThe authorities closed the case in January 2020, and Nóra's parents pushed for the inquest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police played the sound of Nóra's mother's voice through a loudspeaker in the jungle\n\nDuring the inquest, a British pathologist who carried out a second post-mortem examination said Nóra's body had no injuries to suggest she was attacked or restrained.\n\nOn the final day of evidence, an investigating officer who was on duty the morning Nóra was reported missing said he was confident there were no criminal elements involved in her disappearance.\n\nFollowing the coroner's verdict, the Quoirins' legal team have discussed the family's rights moving forward, which include the possibility of applying for a revision of the misadventure verdict at the High Court of Seremban.\n\nLouise Azmi, one lawyer for the family, said they had pressed for an open verdict to reflect the lack of positive evidence in the case regarding what happened to Nora.\n\nAn open verdict would leave open the possibility that a criminal element was involved in Nora's death, Mrs Azmi said.\n\nShe told the BBC based on everything the family know of Nora, \"they continue to believe it is impossible she would have willingly walked away into the jungle\".\n\nThe family's legal team say parents Meabh and Sebastien Quoirin are \"disappointed\" with today's verdict.\n\nBut, Coroner Maimoonah Aid said her verdict was made not on \"theories\" and \"speculation\" surrounding the case, but on the balance of probabilities of the evidence presented before her.\n\nWith no evidence to the contrary she ruled out foul play.\n\nMoving forward, the Quoirin family now have the possibility to apply for a revision of the verdict with the High Court of Seremban.\n\nThere is precedent of a verdict being overturned in Malaysia before.\n\nIn 2019, following an appeal, a Malaysian coroner's verdict of misadventure concerning the death of 18-year-old model Ivana Smit was overturned in Kuala Lumpur and reopened as a murder investigation.\n\nAccording to Quoirin family lawyer Sakthy Vell, the family say they now need time to consider their next course of action.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: 'No question we're going to have to take tougher measures'\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"no question\" the government will announce stricter measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus \"in due course\".\n\nHe predicted \"tough, tough\" weeks to come, with more than three-quarters of England's population already under the highest - tier four - restrictions.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row.\n\nLabour is calling for new England-wide restrictions to come in immediately.\n\nLeader Sir Keir Starmer said it was \"inevitable\" more schools would have to close to lessen the spread of coronavirus.\n\nIn Scotland, further new restrictions are to come into force at midnight, including a \"legal requirement\" for people to stay at home. except for essential purposes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was effectively returning to conditions similar to Spring's nation-wide lockdown, with the curbs in place until at least the end of January.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported across the UK on Sunday, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the \"old tier system\" in England was \"no longer strong enough\" to contain increasing infections.\n\nHospitals are coming under increasing pressure, as cases mount up.\n\nThe old tier system is no longer enough…the figures are only heading in one direction.\n\nThese are the words of the health secretary and a health minister.\n\nBoris Johnson says stricter measures are coming, which immediately sparks the questions \"when?,\" and \"what are you waiting for?\"\n\nDowning Street wants to push a tougher message on adherence to the current rules in England while it assesses the latest Christmas data, but is coming under growing pressure to act sooner.\n\nWith Nicola Sturgeon about to go further in Scotland and the Labour leader calling for an immediate national lockdown, it's difficult to see how the prime minister can wait much longer.\n\nAsked what further restrictions would be put in place, Mr Johnson said: \"What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier four measures on the virus and it is a bit unclear, still, at the moment.\n\n\"But if you look at the numbers, there is no question that we are going to have to take tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course.\"\n\nHe said the faster-spreading coronavirus variant that has developed in south-eastern England required \"extra-special vigilance\".\n\nBBC science editor David Shukman said new measures could include limits on outdoor exercise and a return to the two-metre (rather than one-metre-plus) social distancing rule, as applied during the first lockdown last year.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, the prime minister argued that closing primary schools must remain a \"last resort\", adding that the \"risk to kids\" was \"very, very small\".\n\nSecondary schools in England are currently closed until 18 January, except for pupils in their final GCSE and A-level years, who are due to return on 11 January.\n\nAsked whether they could remain closed, Mr Johnson said: \"We are keeping things under review.\"\n\nBut former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt urged the government to close all schools and UK borders \"right away\", while banning \"all household mixing\".\n\nThe Conservative MP, who now chairs the Commons Health Committee, said these restrictions should be \"time-limited\" to \"12 weeks or so\", after which the roll-out of vaccines would provide \"light at the end of the tunnel\".\n\nMore than 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are now available for use, with the Pfizer BioNTech jab having been issued since early last month.\n\nThe virus is winning at the moment, despite science fighting back with a vaccine. New daily cases of Covid have been rising to record levels, which means hospital numbers and deaths will increase too.\n\nMinisters say more measures are coming, but it is not clear yet what that will mean in practice.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are already in lockdown, and most of England is under tier four rules.\n\nIn recent days the focus has shifted to schools and whether they can be kept open without making the epidemic worse.\n\nExperts agree that the risk the virus poses to children is still low, but they can spread the disease.\n\nWith a new, more transmissible variant of Covid circulating, the government may have to enact this unpalatable \"last resort\" of closing classrooms.\n\nSome 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government meets later to consider \"further action\", with all of mainland Scotland currently under its own level four restrictions - only some islands are under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, while Northern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely\", and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around four to six weeks.\n\nBut Matt Hancock told Today he was \"incredibly worried\" about the South African variant, saying: \"This is a very, very significant problem.\"\n\n\"We have shown that we are prepared to move incredibly quickly, within 24 hours if we think that is necessary, and we keep these things under review all the time,\" added the health secretary.", "Quote Message: The return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\" from Douglas Fraser Scotland business & economy editor\n\nThe return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\"", "Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster has said there \"is a gateway of opportunity\" for the UK and Northern Ireland after Brexit.\n\nShe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that the trade deal also tackled \"some of the great difficulties that there are with the (Northern Ireland) Protocol\".\n\nThe purpose of the Protocol is to prevent a hardening of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It does that by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and by having Northern Ireland apply EU customs rules at its ports.\n\nAs a result, an 'Irish Sea border' now exists, with most commercial goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain requiring a customs declaration.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which Mrs Foster leads, opposed the protocol and had criticised the establishment of such a border. She told The Andrew Marr show that her party \"didn't want the protocol but it is here\".\n\n\"I have to mitigate against that and my job from now on is to mitigate against those excesses and to hold the government to account,\" Mrs Foster added.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nProfessional sport in England can continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nIt means Premier League football and elite leagues in other sports are allowed to carry on.\n\nThe sport and leisure rules in England are similar to those announced in Scotland earlier on Monday.\n\nPeople living in England have been told to stay at home and schools will shut for most pupils from Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nFor those in England, exercising outside is allowed once a day. Venues such as gyms, tennis courts and golf courses will be closed.\n\nOrganised outdoor sport for disabled people is exempt from the new measures.\n\nGames and training in non-elite football - which includes all adult and youth grassroots, except for disabled people - have been suspended.\n\nThe Women's FA Cup is among the non-elite competitions placed on hold. All but one of the second-round matches scheduled to take place on Sunday were postponed because of Covid-19 regulations.\n\nTeams from the Women's Super League and Women's Championship enter the draw from the fourth round onwards.\n\nWhich non-elite football has been suspended? Steps three to six of the National League System (all divisions below the National League North and South) Tiers three to seven of the Women's Football Pyramid (all divisions below the Women's Championship) Women's FA Cup (classified as 'non-elite' up to and including the third round) All indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football, including under-18s (except organised outdoor football for disabled people, which is allowed to continue)\n\nFollowing Monday's announcement by the prime minister, this week's sporting fixtures in England are set to go ahead as planned.\n\nIn football, the Carabao Cup semi-finals are being played on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the FA Cup third round - which has 32 fixtures spanning four days - starts on Friday.\n\nThere are also several Women's Super League, English Football League and National League games set to take place, as well as English Premiership and Premier 15s rugby union matches, plus the Masters snooker event in Milton Keynes.\n\nEarlier on Monday, Rochdale chief executive David Bottomley said he believes it is \"inevitable\" that the EFL will have to temporarily suspend fixtures because of rising coronavirus cases.\n\nSeven of last Saturday's EFL games - and 52 across the season - have been called off as teams are affected by the virus.\n\nFour Premier League matches have also been postponed this season because of coronavirus cases.\n\nWhat does the new lockdown mean for sport in England?\n\nThe UK government published its guidance for England's new national lockdown shortly after the prime minister's televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nHere are the points relating to sport and physical activity:\n• None Elite sportspeople (and their coaches if necessary, or parents/guardians if they are under 18) - or those on an official elite sports pathway - to compete and train\n• None Outdoor sports courts, outdoor gyms, golf courses, outdoor swimming pools, archery/driving/shooting ranges and riding arenas must also close\n• None Organised outdoor sport for disabled people is allowed to continue\n\nWhile golfing has been allowed to continue in Scotland under strict rules, courses will be closed in England.\n\nEngland Golf said it was \"extremely disappointed\" with the decision, adding it had made a \"strong case\" to keep the sport open in recent months.\n\nWhere can I exercise and who can I exercise with?\n\nYou can exercise in a public outdoor place:\n• None with the people you live with\n• None with your support bubble ( if you are legally permitted to form one)\n• None or, when on your own, with one person from another household\n• None public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them)\n\nUK Active, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes health and fitness, says the government must act immediately to \"minimise the damaging impact of lockdown\".\n\n\"We know from the millions of people that depend on gyms, pools, and leisure centres to support their physical and mental health, how essential they are,\" said UK Active chief executive Huw Edwards.\n\n\"We cannot afford to wait until the vaccine rollout is advanced before we act, so the government must explore all options at this time and provide a credible plan for maintaining this support to millions of people who rely on these Covid-secure facilities to stay strong and healthy.\n\n\"Furthermore, the UK governments must protect this sector before it becomes too late.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson must bring back \"the spirit of March\" to get control of coronavirus in England, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nSir Keir said the virus was \"out of control\" and a second \"national lockdown\" - including the closure of all schools - was needed.\n\nThe PM had to give a firm \"stay at home message\", Sir Keir told the BBC.\n\nMr Johnson will make a televised address at 20:00 GMT to set out further restrictions amid surging cases.\n\nIt comes as Scotland announced a legal requirement to stay at home from midnight.\n\nSir Keir said Labour would support any move towards tighter restrictions in England, but urged the prime minister to \"stop dithering\" and take action.\n\nThe Labour leader said it was \"inevitable\" that schools would need to close.\n\n\"There is complete chaos, with parents not knowing what is going on. We need to create space for the vaccine now, to be rolled out safely.\n\n\"The virus is out of control. We have got to get it back under control. The more we delay, the worse it will be. The more we delay, the longer schools will be closed.\"\n\nIn March last year, Boris Johnson told people in England they could only leave home to exercise once a day, travel to and from work when it is \"absolutely necessary\", shop for essential items and fulfil any medical or care needs.\n\nCurrently, shops selling non-essential goods have been told to shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together are prohibited in tier four areas.\n\nSir Keir said the government's message needed to be firmer and backed by law, if necessary, to encourage people to comply.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's deputy political editor Vicki Young, he urged the country to get back to \"the spirit of March, where there was a very strong stay at home message\".\n\n\"You only need to go out on the streets now and you see lots of people out and about, you see trains that are half full,\" said the Labour leader.\n\n\"We need to go back to where we were in March with very very strong messaging about staying at home.\n\n\"And I'm afraid that the closure of schools is now inevitable, and therefore that needs to be part of that plan, as part of the national plan for further restriction.\n\n\"And that means that we need to have measures in place to protect working parents, most in place to enable children to learn at home, and a plan to get schools safely reopened again and that goes back to vaccination. It must be mission critical now.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eileen Lynch, 94, was the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week.\n\nThe aim is to ensure everyone in that age group will be offered the vaccine by the end of January.\n\nThirty GP practices will be administering 50,000 doses of the vaccine, which was approved for use in the UK on 30 December.\n\nIt is the second vaccine to be approved in the battle against coronavirus in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes ahead of a UK-wide announcement by the prime minister, set to be made at 20:00 GMT on Monday, in which further restrictions will be announced.\n\nIn a statement, a No 10 spokesman said the new variant of Covid-19 had \"led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\" and \"further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise\".\n\nOn Monday, Northern Ireland recorded a further 1,801 Covid-19 cases and 12 more virus-related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nMedical experts believe that is down to the two-week easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown in which non-essential retail is closed.\n\nThe first doses of the vaccine were given delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was 94-year-old Eileen Lynch.\n\nSpeaking after receiving the vaccine, Ms Lynch said she was \"delighted and privileged\" to receive it.\n\n\"I feel like I can really look forward to the year ahead now that I have been vaccinated,\" she said.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has already been used to vaccinate care home residents and staff.\n\nBy mid December, 50,000 doses of that vaccine had been made available and by 30 December, Northern Ireland's Department of Health reported that 33,000 people had been vaccinated.\n\nThis included 8,940 care home residents, 10,484 care home staff and 14,259 health and social care staff.\n\nAccording to the latest NI statistics, for the first time the percentage positive cases in the over 80s is down - an indication the vaccination process is working.\n\nThere are approximately 82,000 people over 80 in NI and BBC News NI understands that if deliveries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine happen as planned, it is thought that all of those over 80, as well as GPs and their staff, could be vaccinated within three weeks.\n\nWhile 50,000 doses have been delivered to Northern Ireland, a further 23,000 vaccines are expected on 19 January while another 68,000 are due on 24 January.\n\nDr Alan Stout, who is a GP in Belfast, told BBC News NI that members are \"very optimistic\" that 11,000 people can be vaccinated this week.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the UK\n\nNI's chief medical officer said the Oxford-AstraZeneca rollout would run alongside the ongoing vaccination programme.\n\nDr Michael McBride said: \"First and foremost we must act to protect those most at risk of severe disease and death.\n\n\"The evidence shows that the initial dose of vaccine offers as much as 70% protection against the effects of the virus.\n\n\"Providing that level of protection on a large scale will have the greatest impact on reducing mortality and hospitalisations, protecting the health and social care system.\"\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has to be kept at an extremely low temperature which complicates handling constraints.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is considered easier to store and distribute.\n\nIts rollout consists of two full doses of the vaccine, with the second dose to be given four to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nGPs are appealing to the public to remain calm and wait to be called for their vaccine either by telephone or by letter.\n\nDr Stout said as demand grows worldwide for the vaccine, that schedule could easily change.\n\n\"The public have to be patient, we have a system and must be allowed to get on with it - it really is 'don't call us - we will call you'.\"\n\nWhile some vaccinations will take place in surgeries others will happen in a drive-through system.\n\nCovid-19 is deadlier than flu, which means January 2021 is going to be even tougher than usual.\n\nAlso, Covid patients tend to stay much longer in hospital with more severe symptoms requiring additional beds and care.\n\nBut those rising patient numbers aren't matched by an increased workforce.\n\nInstead it is expected that the nurse-patient ratio will increase (even though many aren't trained to work in critical care) as there simply aren't enough nurses available.\n\nSome health unions fear this will only add to Northern Ireland's excess mortality rate, which is greater than that in Great Britain.\n\nOnce again, this highlights Northern Ireland's failing health care system, which was already below par well before the start of the pandemic.\n\nCoronavirus infection figures here are expected to peak between 15 and 21 January. That will be felt not only in hospitals but also in GP practices as they continue to roll out the vaccine.\n\nWhile at this stage the six weeks look bleak it's hoped that the additional Astra-Zeneca vaccine and the low incidence of flu will go a long way in not only saving lives, but also protecting the health service.\n\nDr Stout said much planning had gone into ensuring the programme happened as smoothly as possible.\n\n\"People will literally stay in their cars and be asked to roll up their sleeves - it has to be safe and efficient in order for us to get through it and safely.\"\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.\n\nMeanwhile, Dr Tom Black, chair of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, said it was \"appalling\" that the Pfizer vaccine was not to be administered in two doses within 21 days as instructed by the company and threatened legal action.\n\nDr Black was responding to news that the UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"They have left care workers in Northern Ireland with a gap in their expected immunity,\" he told BBC NI's Radio Foyle on Monday.\n\n\"In that period doctors, nurses, porters or health care professionals could infect patients because they will not be protected against the transmission of the infection to patients.\"\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended their Covid vaccination plan.\n\nThey said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab was \"much more preferable\" and that the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\n\nDr Black is to meet NI Health Minister Robin Swann later to express health care workers' concern over the change in vaccine policy.", "Tian Tian arrived in Scotland, along with Yang Guang, from China in 2011\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's giant pandas may have to return to China next year because of financial pressures.\n\nYang Guang and Tian Tian cost about £1m a year to lease from China.\n\nThe zoo, which had hoped to breed the pair, is nearing the end of its 10-year contract with the Chinese government and may be unable to renew the deal.\n\nCovid lockdown closures led to a £2m loss for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.\n\nDavid Field, chief executive of the society, said the charity would have to \"seriously consider every potential saving\", including its giant panda contract.\n\nMr Field said closures had had a \"huge financial impact\" on the charity because most of its income was from visitors.\n\n\"Although our parks are open again, we lost around £2m last year and it seems certain that restrictions, social distancing and limits on our visitor numbers will continue for some time, which will also reduce our income,\" Mr Field said.\n\n\"Yang Guang and Tian Tian have made a tremendous impression on our visitors over the last nine years, helping millions of people connect to nature and inspiring them to take an interest in wildlife conservation.\n\n\"I would love for them to be able to stay for a few more years with us and that is certainly my current aim.\"\n\nYang Guang was given a new enclosure in 2019\n\nThe zoo has already taken a government loan, furloughed staff, made redundancies and launched a fundraising appeal, but was not eligible for the UK government's zoo fund, which was aimed at smaller zoos.\n\n\"The support we have received from our members and animal lovers has helped to keep our doors open and we are incredibly grateful,\" Mr Field added.\n\n\"At this stage, it is too soon to say what the outcome will be. We will be discussing next steps with our colleagues in China over the coming months.\"\n\nThe zoo is part of a number of conservation projects, including one to reintroduce Scottish wildcats.\n\nWork to reintroduce Scottish wildcats in to the Highlands may also suffer from the Zoo's funding problems\n\nHowever, Mr Field said projects like that may also have to be scrapped because of Brexit and being unable to apply for grants from the European Union.\n\n\"We received a £3.2m grant from the EU Life programme to support our Saving Wildcats partnership project, which aims to restore wildcats in Scotland by breeding and releasing them into the wild.\n\n\"Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Britain and this is the last hope for the species' survival.\"\n\nHe added: \"As we are no longer part of the European Union, our charity is no longer eligible to apply for funding from programmes like EU Life, which have proven critical for our wildlife conservation work and wider efforts to protect animals from extinction.\"\n\nEdinburgh Zoo's conservation genetics laboratory, which supports conservation projects around the world, has lost access to both funding and other researchers as a result.\n\nIt also faces challenges around moving animals, many of which are part of European endangered species breeding programmes.\n\nThe programme is currently about £900,000 short, meaning it may have to be cancelled.\n\nMr Field said: \"We still need to reduce costs to secure our future. It may be that some of our incredibly important conservation projects, including the vital lifeline for Scotland's wildcats, may have to be deferred, postponed or even stopped.\"", "Police rescued 22 people from the snow in Cheshire including a two-year-old child\n\nDozens of people, including a two-year-old child, had to be rescued when they became stranded on rural roads.\n\nPolice and volunteers came to the aid of people whose vehicles were stuck in the Derbyshire Peak District on Saturday.\n\nThere were similar scenes in Cheshire where 22 people, had to be rescued from stranded cars.\n\nThe wintry weather is set to continue with a Met Office warning for ice in the East Midlands and North East.\n\nAt around 20:00 GMT on Saturday, Derbyshire Police reported \"sudden snow\" had left dozens of vehicles and their occupants stranded in the Goyt Valley.\n\nSome visitors to the area were caught off-guard by how quickly the weather changed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDerbyshire Police posted on Twitter: \"We are shuttling people back to Buxton as quickly as we can.\n\n\"Sit tight and we will get to you.\"\n\nThe A57 Snake Pass - a road notorious for becoming dangerous in the snow - had been closed earlier in the day because of the weather.\n\nIn Cheshire, police spent three hours helping families stuck in their vehicles in the White Peak area.\n\nIn total 22 people, including eight children - the youngest of whom was two - were recovered from nine vehicles.\n\nCheshire Police Rural Crime Team said: \"The snow had well and truly caught them all out on the back roads.\n\n\"We were three miles (4.8km) from the nearest village, and the light was fading on us quickly.\n\n\"It was decided to get everyone out of their cars and so began a mile walk in the snow.\"\n\nThey were led to a nearby farm where they could be taken to safety in police vehicles.\n\nMost of those rescued from snow in Cheshire had travelled to the area despite coronavirus restrictions\n\nThe force was critical of the families for travelling into the area, that is under tier four coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIt said: \"All except one car was from out of Cheshire. We had people from Sale, Stockport and Salford with the closest being Congleton.\n\n\"Sadly these people have put all of us at risk today.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Scottish cabinet will meet later to consider further measures to help tackle coronavirus, as 2,464 new cases are reported.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament will then be recalled for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to make an \"urgent statement\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"rapid increase in Covid cases driven by the new variant\" was of \"very serious concern\".\n\n\"We are in a race between this faster spreading strain of Covid and the vaccination programme,\" she tweeted.\n\nShe warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid.\n\nThe latest government figures for coronavirus cases showed that 15.2% of Saturday's 17,328 tests were positive.\n\nIt is higher than the 2,137 cases reported on Friday, but still lower than Thursday's 2,539 positive results.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nThe cabinet is likely to consider a further delay to the return of Scottish schools and restrictions that are closer to the stay-at-home lockdown in March.\n\n\"All decisions just now are tough, with tough impacts,\" Ms Sturgeon wrote on twitter. \"Vaccines give us way out, but this new strain makes the period between now and then the most dangerous since start of pandemic.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's emergency resilience committee heard on Saturday that \"quick and decisive action is needed\" as the new variant of the virus is becoming the dominant one in Scotland.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"The even steeper rises and severe pressure on the NHS that is being experienced in some other parts of the UK is a sign of what may lie ahead in Scotland if we do not take all possible steps now to slow the spread of the virus, while the vaccination programme progresses.\n\n\"The strong message remains - people should stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\"\n\nThis is just the fifth time the Scottish Parliament has been recalled and the second time within the last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, has said Scotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise.\n\nShe said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nThe new year offers new hope in the struggle against coronavirus with two vaccines now authorised for UK use - but it looks as if the situation will get worse before it gets better.\n\nMinisters are worried by the rapid spread of the new strain of coronavirus during a holiday period when the highest level of restrictions are already in place.\n\nThey think more needs to be done to suppress the virus, to give the vaccination programme a chance to accelerate and give increasing numbers of people protection.\n\nWhen the Scottish cabinet meets they are likely to consider tightening the current restrictions to something closer to the stay at home lockdown of March 2020.\n\nThat will almost certainly mean a further delay to the return of schools into February.\n\nMinisters will take decisions on Monday morning with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to make a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nDaily confirmed cases in Scotland reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nMs Sturgeon warned last week there might be changes to the plans for reopening schools. Children start online learning from 11 January and are set to return to class by 18 January.\n\nThe education recovery group will meet on Monday.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said the situation was \"deteriorating and fast-moving\" but any decision to extend school closures should be clearly explained to parents and teachers.\n\nHe said: \"We have been here before so if schools remain closed, the Scottish government must show that it has learned from past mistakes in order to minimise disruption to education.\"\n\nScottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Scottish government should prioritise teachers and school staff as vaccines were rolled out.\n\nHe added: \"We must be honest and accept that most pupils, teachers and support staff cannot go back to schools until the situation is brought under control.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard called for ministers to publish the evidence behind all of its decisions to ensure public consent and compliance.\n\n\"What is clear is that we need to see an acceleration of the vaccine rollout and a step-change in testing,\" he said.\n\n\"It is also clear that financial support from government has simply not been nearly sufficient to make up for the damage that lockdown measures have done to jobs, livelihoods and businesses. The SNP government must distribute additional funds to the frontline now.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"With tighter restrictions on movement and in schools comes a greater responsibility on the government to show its workings.\n\n\"If we are to restrict people's movement then we need to see what the benefit will be. We need an exit plan to give people hope, as well as to show them what is required to ease the restrictions on our freedoms.\"", "Some schools are due to reopen this week in Wales\n\nSchools are being given a flexible approach to ensure a \"safe return\", according to Wales' first minister.\n\nMark Drakeford said experts would be \"looking at all the evidence again early next week\".\n\nUnions have called for a national decision on reopening schools rather than leaving it to local councils.\n\nAccording to local authorities many secondary schools aim to return from 11 January, with some fully open on 6 January.\n\nA joint statement from nine unions called on the Welsh Government to give a \"centralised, coherent response\" regarding all educational settings \"rather than leaving decisions at local levels\".\n\nThe statement from ASCL Cymru, GMB, NAHT Cymru, NASUWT Cymru, NEU Cymru, Ucac, Unison, Unite and Voice continued: \"We are extremely worried that schools will be opening for face-to-face learning from next Monday, whilst Welsh Government continues to gather information about the nature and impact of the new variant of Covid-19...\n\n\"We strongly believe that we need to err on the side of caution and ensure, in advance, that we have the medical 'evidence and information' to ensure that any decisions are the correct ones.\"\n\nThe National Education Union Cymru has called for in-person learning to be delayed until at least 18 January.\n\nThe NASUWT has also threatened \"appropriate action in order to protect members whose safety is put at risk\", while head teachers' union NAHT Cymru said it had taken legal action.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said: \"We reached an agreement with our local education colleagues that in Wales we will have a phased and flexible return to school.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday parents should send their children to primary school as long as they are open in their area.\n\nMark Drakeford: \"No evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant\"\n\nJackie Parker, head of Crickhowell High School in Powys, which reopens for some form years from Wednesday, said \"it would have been more sensible to have had a national decision for the time being until the 18th\".\n\nShe said it would have allowed time to see if cases of Covid had increased over the holiday period.\n\n\"People may have been together during the Christmas holiday,\" she said.\n\nFigures published by Public Health Wales on Sunday showed 56 new deaths from Covid and 4,011 new cases of the virus.\n\nWales has been in lockdown since 20 December with restrictions on people meeting others on all but Christmas Day when it was limited to another household and a person living alone.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"There is no evidence that young people get the illness more severely as a result of the variant.\n\n\"Our technical advisory group will be looking at all the evidence again early next week.\n\n\"And, of course, we will continue to make decisions in the light of the best knowledge, research and information that's available to us at the time,\" he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\nHe also said mass testing in schools would begin as planned this month, in a decision which has been criticised by NAHT Cymru.\n\n\"It will allow more children and more teachers to stay safely in the classroom without having to be sent home because another child or another staff member has tested positive,\" he said.\n\nThe joint unions' statement also said the Welsh Government's testing proposals were unworkable for most schools.\n\n\"Due to the chaotic and rushed nature of this announcement, the lack of proper guidance, and an absence of appropriate support, the Welsh Government's proposals will be inoperable for most schools and colleges,\" it said.\n\nThe statement continued: \"Any suggestion that schools can safely recruit, train and organise a team of suitable volunteers to staff and run testing stations on their premises by an as yet unspecified date in the new term is simply not realistic.\"\n\nSian Gwenllian, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, said \"parents and teachers need to know what the plan is for the next few weeks\".\n\n\"We don't really know very much about this new variant in the way that it transmits within the school community,\" she said.\n\n\"And if it is becoming inevitable that schools will have to close, well, an early decision is better for everybody.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said: \"We've had conflicting reports in the press and on social media about the effect of the new variant on younger children and their role in transmitting the disease - complete confusion reigns...\n\n\"The Welsh Government hasn't succeeded in reassuring teachers and in some cases parents as well.\"", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on deliveries to NI.\n\nSince Christmas some orders have been cancelled or delayed and some retailers have suspended deliveries.\n\nThe problem is related to uncertainty about post-Brexit transition rules.\n\nHM Customs announced a grace period on New Year's Eve confirming most parcels from GB-NI will not need customs declarations until at least April.\n\nThe problems have not affected all companies with many continuing to take orders and deliver as normal.\n\nHowever, some companies had already suspended deliveries, including John Lewis.\n\nThe government said the three-month grace period \"recognises the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, the impacts of any disruption to parcel movements in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and specific challenges for operators moving express consignments\".\n\nA government spokesman said further details will be published in the new year, adding: \"Our priority is to have a pragmatic approach that allows us to comply with the [Northern Ireland] Protocol without causing undue disruption to businesses and citizens.\n\n\"HMRC is engaging with operators to finalise arrangements.\"\n\nSome changes have already come into effect.\n\nA Northern Ireland-based business receiving goods valued at £135 or more through an express carrier or Royal Mail will need to submit a customs declaration.\n\nThey will need to do this within three months of receiving the goods and can use the government's Trader Support Service to do so.\n\nExcise goods, which mostly refers to alcoholic drinks, will also need a declaration when being sent from GB to NI.\n\nThe government has advised retailers of those goods to contact their delivery company.\n\nIt said: \"They will then tell you if they carry the type of goods you want to send and, if they do, they will ask you to provide any additional information that they need so that a declaration can be made.\"", "About 10 UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.\n\nThey left Heathrow on the Saturday morning British Airways flight, but were refused entry on arrival.\n\nThey were stopped by border police and ultimately flown back to the UK.\n\nSpain has banned all but Spanish nationals and residents flying from the UK to Spain since 22 December in the hope of containing the spread of the new UK strain of Covid-19.\n\nOne passenger on the flight, who did not wish to be named, said that those on board had been told repeatedly that only Spanish nationals or residents would be allowed to enter the country and that their residency certificates, also known as green certificates, were shown to airline staff several times.\n\nHowever, on arrival, British passengers with green residency certificates were prevented from entering Spain.\n\nBA has confirmed that about 10 people were denied entry into Barcelona, as they did not meet the Spanish authorities' required criteria.\n\nOne of those affected, Ruth O'Leary, said: \"I was very confused, obviously. I asked them what other documents I could provide.\n\n\"They seemed to be just flat-out refusing anything I had and just wouldn't let me on the flight. Very upsetting really.\n\n\"Quite an awful feeling not to be able to go back to your own house and to not really be given an explanation why you can't go home.\"\n\nOther British expat passengers have also said that they have been stopped from boarding planes to Spain.\n\nOne passenger on board said that seven British citizens were prevented from boarding a British Airways/Iberia flight from Heathrow to Madrid on Saturday evening, despite having their green residency certificates, as well as negative Covid tests.\n\nThe exact number of flights and passengers affected has not been released by the Foreign Office.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Iberia said that on 1 January, it received an email from the border police saying that registration as a European citizen was no longer considered to be a valid document to prove legal residency in Spain as a British citizen.\n\nHowever, by 19:30 on 2 January, the airline received a second email, confirming that the document could be used if it had not expired.\n\nA British Airways spokesperson said: \"In these difficult and unprecedented times with dynamic travel restrictions, we are doing everything we can to help and support our customers.\"\n\nThe Spanish Embassy in London tweeted a letter stating it was aware that during the current travel restrictions, there had been some problems for British nationals resident in Spain who had not been allowed to return.\n\nThe embassy clarified that green certificates were valid proof of residency.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: \"We have worked closely with the Spanish government to resolve these issues.\n\n\"The Spanish Embassy in London has re-confirmed today that both the green residence certificate and the new residence TIE card [Photo-ID card] are equally valid in terms of proving residence in Spain, as set out in the [Brexit] Withdrawal Agreement.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nFour boys and a girl have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nThe five teenagers, all aged 13 or 14, remain in custody, according to Thames Valley Police.\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nFloral tributes to Olly have been left outside Highdown School\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre said it was \"reeling from the tragic news\".\n\nIn a statement, head teacher Rachel Cave said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"For a life to be ended at such a young age is a total tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.\"\n\nThe school, in Emmer Green, said it was arranging counselling support for students and setting up an electronic book of condolence.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Margaret Ferrier admitted travelling back from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus\n\nScottish MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested by police after she admitted using public transport while infected with Covid-19.\n\nMs Ferrier apologised for what she called a \"blip\" in September.\n\nShe was suspended from the SNP group at Westminster and leaders, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, urged her to quit as an MP over the row.\n\nPolice Scotland said she had been charged in connection with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".\n\nMs Ferrier apologised in September after travelling from London to Glasgow having tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP said she had experienced \"mild symptoms\" and taken a test, but had then decided to travel to Westminster because she was \"feeling much better\".\n\nShe then travelled home again on a train after receiving the positive test result, and said she \"deeply regretted\" her actions.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesman said: \"We can confirm that officers today arrested and charged a 60-year-old woman in connection with alleged culpable and reckless conduct.\n\n\"This follows a thorough investigation by Police Scotland into an alleged breach of coronavirus regulations between 26 and 29 September 2020.\n\n\"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal and we are unable to comment further.\"\n\nMs Ferrier has been contacted for comment.", "The prime minister has said that tougher measures could be needed to help cope with a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nHe has not yet said whether we will need school closures, or even overnight curfews like those imposed in France.\n\nBut clues about such measures to tackle the new more infectious variant come from the government's Sage advisory committee.\n\nThe headline is that whether we see a return to only being allowed one form of daily outdoor exercise, or stricter controls on travel around the country, we'll be hearing a lot more about something already very familiar: hand hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks and ensuring there is fresh air.\n\nThese may sound familiar but the advisers believe that because the new variant spreads so easily, the measures need to be applied with \"a step change in rigour\" - in other words, a lot more forcefully.\n\nThey suggest considering a return to the two-metre rule because it's more effective than the one-metre plus guidance adopted last year.\n\nMasks need to be made of three layers, not just one, and worn in more locations than now - including workplaces, schools and crowded outdoor spaces.\n\nThe key message is that it is vital to reduce social contact - being close to people, especially indoors for long periods of time, carries the highest risk of infection.\n\nSo expect tier four-type bans on visiting other households to become normal.\n\nThe advisers also say many people still do not recognise the key symptoms of Covid-19 - so ministers need to spell them out and help people understand why they should self-isolate.\n\nBut they also say it is essential to praise the efforts made so far, to recognise sacrifices and emphasise how they've kept infection numbers lower than they would otherwise have been.\n\nWhatever new measures are picked, the advice to ministers is to offer \"clear and convincing explanations\" to motivate people.\n\nThat could be a hint that the government's current \"hands, face, space\" slogan may need to make way for something stronger.", "The Queen said she wished Woman's Hour \"continued success\" in the programme's \"important work\"\n\nThe Queen has sent her \"best wishes\" to Woman's Hour to mark the BBC Radio 4 show's 75th year.\n\nThe 94-year-old noted that the show had \"played a significant part in the evolving role of women\".\n\n\"As you celebrate your 75th year, it is with great pleasure that I send my best wishes to the listeners and all those associated with Woman's Hour,\" she said in a letter sent to the programme.\n\nEmma Barnett read out the message on her first day as the show's presenter.\n\n\"During this time, you have witnessed and played a significant part in the evolving role of women across society, both here and around the world,\" the Queen added in her message.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Presenter Emma Barnett reads a message from Her Majesty to Woman's Hour listeners.\n\n\"In this notable anniversary year, I wish you continued success in your important work as a friend, guide and advocate to women everywhere.\"\n\nSpice Girl Melanie C also performed a rendition of The Beatles track Here Comes the Sun, after presenter Barnett had declared that 2021 \"has to be better\" than the previous year.\n\nLater, guest Imelda Staunton, who will play Her Majesty in the upcoming series five of Netflix's royal drama, The Crown, described her as being like \"the original Spice Girl\".\n\n\"The Queen, you think, might be an original Spice Girl because girl power is what she is,\" said the actress, who is due to take over the role from Olivia Colman. \"She became the head of state and all that sort of thing.\n\n\"It's the continuity of The Queen that has been so important... Whether you're a royalist or not, this person has got up and gone to work every day for 60 years, and I sort of admire that.\"\n\nLast month, the Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe message helped to mark a memorable opening day in the hot seat for Barnett, which also saw her discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian under house arrest in Tehran, with her husband Richard and the MP and former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.\n\nBarnett - known for hosting Newsnight and shows on 5 Live - has replaced Jane Garvey, who presented her final edition of Woman's Hour after 13 years last week, saying the programme \"needs to move on, and now it can\".\n\nGarvey's exit came three months after her co-host Dame Jenni Murray also left the long-running show after 33 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Emma Barnett This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBarnett's 5 Live show has been taken over by BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty, who also broadcast her first show on Monday.\n\nMunchetty told listeners she was \"absolutely delighted to be here with you on the first Monday of 2021\".\n\n\"I am so excited to be on board with you on this, the morning show we are making together,\" she added. \"We are going to get to know each other, I promise. There is so much to talk about.\"\n\nEmma Barnett interviewed former prime minister Theresa May on her 5 Live show\n\nWoman's Hour is a topical, conversation-led programme; Barnett has a strong news pedigree. Her previous 5 Live show involved thorough interrogation of politicians, and she has made no secret of her love of politics, not least in her outings on Newsnight.\n\nIt doesn't get any bigger than the Queen, obviously. Interestingly, the other big 'get' for her first show is Sonia Khan, former special adviser to the Chancellor.\n\nSo Barnett's first show indicates very clearly that she will make Woman's Hour newsier and more political.\n\nIt's also a safe bet that short, visual clips of the kind that allowed Barnett's 5 Live show to dramatically increase its impact will also be a big feature of her time in the job.\n\nOne early challenge: getting an even bigger name for next Monday. Any thoughts?\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The lockdown announcement contained the clearest indication yet of how quickly the government hopes to vaccinate the at risk groups.\n\nA target of mid February for vaccinating all the over 70s and those deemed extremely clinically vulnerable and frontline health and care staff opens up a pathway to a significant easing of restrictions by the start of March.\n\nBut it will require a rapid acceleration in vaccination rates.\n\nSo far nearly one million people have been vaccinated.\n\nBy the end of the week that number is expected to double.\n\nThe hope is that later in January two million doses a week will be given.\n\nThat will be the minimum needed – there are around 12 million in those priority groups.\n\nBy vaccinating them, there is the potential to prevent close to nine in 10 deaths.\n\nBut achieving that requires a lot to go right.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate that many people, but not all of it has been through the final “fill and finish” process which involves packaging it in glass vials (and there is a shortage of those) and then the batches have to be checked and signed off by the regulator – a process that is taking weeks at the moment.\n\nAnd all of that is before it is sent out to the NHS vaccination centres to inject it into people’s arms.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Linda Bauld says Scots should be prepared a longer period living with level four restrictions\n\nScotland should be prepared for Covid restrictions to be extended as infection rates continue to rise, a public health expert has said.\n\nThe latest government figures show a further 2,137 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Scotland on Friday.\n\nProf Linda Bauld described it as a \"fragile situation\", despite the rate dropping below Thursday's 2,539 cases.\n\nThe latest figures for hospital admissions and deaths will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned on Friday that the next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid as the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\nDaily confirmed cases reached record highs on the last three days of 2020, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nIt had dropped to 10.8% on Friday. A percentage of lower than 5% is needed to show the virus is under control, according to the WHO.\n\nProf Bauld, a public health expert at the University of Edinburgh, said there were no signs yet that the infection rate was levelling off, having risen suddenly from a daily rate of fewer than 1,000 to more than 2,000 per day in recent days.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"It definitely is a fragile situation and you can see that we have more cases than we would expect at the current time.\n\n\"We may be starting to see some of the impacts of the Christmas mixing, but also we know around four in 10 cases, from recent data, are of the new variant.\n\n\"I would imagine that the new variant is playing a role in these higher rates of infection and if these numbers continue to sit at where they are we are going to have more people in hospital in a week or two's time, and that is very worrying.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread\n\nThis would bring \"real challenges\" for hospitals, especially in the central belt, Prof Bauld said, adding that it was \"absolutely imperative that we do not see these number rise more than they are now\".\n\nShe said it would take some time to see the impact of level four restrictions introduced in mainland Scotland on Boxing Day.\n\n\"Mentally we just need to be prepared for the fact that we may be living with the level four restrictions for longer than the Scottish government currently plans,\" Prof Bauld said.\n\nShe said the new, more transmissible coronavirus variant would make it harder to get the R number below one in Scotland and schools may not be able to fully reopen on 18 January.\n\nThe government's education recovery group was preparing with schools for blended learning to go on longer if necessary, she added.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is under level four restrictions in an attempt to slow down the rate of virus spread.\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes that the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe government has described the vaccination programme as a \"light at the end of the tunnel\" and has urged people to stay at home as much as possible in the meantime.", "Security has been stepped up in Niger's Tillabéri region, where the two villages are situated\n\nNiger's prime minister says 100 people are now known to have been killed in Saturday's attacks by suspected jihadists on two villages.\n\nBrigi Rafini said 70 people were killed in the village of Tchombangou and 30 others in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's border with Mali.\n\nIt was one of the deadliest days in living memory, as Niger grapples with ethnic violence and Islamist militancy.\n\nNo group has said it carried out the attacks.\n\nAccording to local mayor Almou Hassane, those responsible travelled on \"about 100 motorcycles,\" AFP news agency reports.\n\nThey split into two groups and carried out the attacks simultaneously.\n\nFormer minister Issoufou Issaka told AFP that jihadists launched the assaults after villagers killed two of their group members, though this hasn't been officially confirmed.\n\nMayor Hassane said 75 other villagers were left wounded in the aftermath, and some have been evacuated for treatment in Ouallam and the capital, Niamey.\n\nPrime Minister Rafini visited both of the villages on Sunday.\n\n\"This situation is simply horrible... but investigations will be conducted so that this crime does not go unpunished,\" he told reporters.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadist attacks for many years.\n\nNiger's Prime Minister Brigi Rafini visited the two villages on Sunday\n\nLast month, seven Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush in the region.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from neighbouring Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nAs part of efforts to quell the violence, France has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nCoalition forces have become targets, and last week five French soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Mali.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri also come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced provisional results on Saturday, showing a lead for Mohamed Bazoum - a former minister and a member of Niger's ruling party.\n\nA second round of votes is expected to be held on 21 February, once ballots have been validated by the country's constitutional court.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRegional restrictions in England are \"probably about to get tougher\" to curb rising Covid infections, the prime minister has warned.\n\nBoris Johnson told the BBC stronger measures may be required in parts of the country in the coming weeks.\n\nHe said this included the possibility of keeping schools closed, although this is not \"something we want to do\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for new England-wide restrictions within 24 hours.\n\nSir Keir said coronavirus was \"clearly out of control\" and it was \"inevitable more schools are going to have to close\".\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the sixth day in a row, with 54,990 announced on Sunday.\n\nAn additional 454 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result have also been reported, meaning the total by this measure is now above 75,000.\n\nSpeaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Johnson said he stuck by his previous prediction that the situation would be better by the spring, and he hoped \"tens of millions\" would be vaccinated in the next three months.\n\nBut he added: \"It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I'm fully, fully reconciled to that.\"\n\n\"And I bet the people of this country are reconciled to that because, until the vaccine really comes on stream in a massive way, we're fighting this virus with the same set of tools.\"\n\nThe PM added that ministers had taken \"every reasonable step that we reasonably could\" to prepare for winter, but \"could not have reasonably predicted\" the new, more transmissible variant of the virus that has emerged over the autumn.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's interview, Sir Keir said introducing new nationwide restrictions in England \"has to be the first step to controlling the virus\".\n\n\"There's no good the prime minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week or two or three,\" he told reporters on Sunday. \"That delay has been the source of so many problems.\"\n\n\"Let's not have the prime minister saying 'I'm going to do it, but not yet',\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson defended plans for primary schools to reopen in most of England on Monday, amid opposition from teaching unions and some local councils.\n\nIt came after Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, England's schools watchdog, said closures should be kept to an \"absolute minimum\".\n\nThe rapidly rising infection rates mean it should come as no surprise that tougher measures are being considered.\n\nInfection levels are nearly four times higher now than they were at the start of December - and that in turn has put more pressure on hospitals.\n\nThere are signs the restrictions have started slowing the rises in London, the East of England and the South East.\n\nBut that on its own is not enough. Ministers want to get cases down.\n\nSo what extra can be done? After all most of England is effectively in lockdown already with tier four in place. Those places not in tier four could, of course, follow.\n\nBut some public health experts are warning more needs to be done.\n\nThere is a determination to get primary school children back - they have among the lowest rates of infection if you look at symptomatic cases.\n\nBut infection rates are higher among secondary school age children. The government has bought itself time by delaying their return.\n\nA further 20 million people in England were added to tier four - \"stay at home\" - the toughest set of rules, on 31 December in a bid to stem a surge in Covid cases.\n\nIt means 78% of the population of England is now in tier four, under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.\n\nThe Scottish government will meet on Monday to consider \"further action\" to limit the spread of the disease, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland is currently under its own level four restrictions - with only some islands under less stringent tier three measures.\n\nWales entered a nationwide lockdown on 20 December, with First Minister Mark Drakeford saying on Sunday it was \"difficult to see\" how the rules could be strengthened further.\n\nHe said Welsh ministers would consider whether restrictions could be \"tweaked at the margins\" at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day. Stricter measures, including a \"stay-at-home curfew\", ended on Saturday.\n\nIn another development, an academic has said there is a \"big question mark\" over whether a vaccine developed at Oxford University will be as effective against a new variant of the virus that has emerged in South Africa.\n\nProf Sir John Bell, Regius professor of medicine at the university, said the team there were currently investigating this question \"right now\".\n\nHe added it was \"unlikely\" the variant would \"turn off the effect of vaccines entirely,\" and in any case it would be possible to tweak the vaccine in around 4-6 weeks.\n\n\"Everybody should stay calm - it's going to be fine,\" he told Times Radio.\n\n\"But we're now in a game of cat and mouse - because these are not the only two variants we're going to see.\"", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Derby County said several staff members and first-team players tested positive for the virus\n\nChampionship side Derby County has said \"several first-team staff and players\" have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIn a statement, the club said it had closed its Moor Farm training ground and was speaking to the EFL and the Football Association about forthcoming fixtures.\n\nThe club said it would not reveal the names of those who had tested positive, due to medical confidentiality.\n\nIt added they would be isolating in line with government guidelines.\n\nThe outbreak at Derby comes after Sheffield Wednesday closed their Middlewood Road training ground following a Covid-19 outbreak at the club.\n\nThe Rams were beaten 1-0 by Wednesday in their most recent match on New Year's Day at Hillsborough.\n\nDerby, who are third from bottom in the Championship, are due to travel to Chorley on Saturday for a third round FA Cup tie.\n\nFormer England striker Wayne Rooney took over as interim manager at Derby after the club sacked former head coach Phillip Cocu in November\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland all-rounder Moeen Ali has tested positive for Covid-19 upon the squad's arrival in Sri Lanka.\n\nThe 33-year-old, who tested negative before departure, will now isolate for 10 days in accordance with the Sri Lanka government's quarantine protocol.\n\nFellow all-rounder Chris Woakes has been deemed as a possible close contact, and will observe a period of self-isolation and further testing.\n\nEngland's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka starts in Galle on 14 January.\n\nEngland had lateral flow tests and a PCR test at Hambantota airport upon arrival, with Moeen's PCR test returning the positive.\n\nThe rest of the touring parting will be retested on Tuesday morning, before being allowed to train for the first time on Wednesday.\n\nMoeen is the first England player to test positive for the virus, with a full summer of games against West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Ireland being completed without any cases.\n\nEngland's last overseas tour, in South Africa, was cut short in December after positive cases in the Cape Town hotel where England were staying. England returned two positive tests - that were later verified as false positives.\n\nLast week England captain Joe Root said he did not expect the tour to be postponed if there were one or two isolated cases of the virus.\n\nSince England's tour of South Africa was called off, Pakistan's tour of New Zealand and Sri Lanka's of South Africa have both continued despite positive cases.\n\nEngland flew on a chartered flight from London to Hambantota on Saturday evening.\n\nAll of the players, and touring party, tested negative before their departure and were sprayed with disinfectant upon their arrival in Sri Lanka.\n\nThe series was scheduled to take place last year but England flew home after the tour was called off on 13 March as the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic took hold.\n\nSri Lanka has seen 44,774 coronavirus infections and 213 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nGiven the circumstances of their abandoned trip to South Africa, this is clearly alarming for England, however it's important to make the distinction between the two tours. In South Africa, they felt their bubble was breached, whereas this is an issue internal to the tourists.\n\nMoeen will be moved to Galle, the location of the two Tests, for his period of isolation, but given that is not due to end until the day before the first match, he must be considered a huge doubt.\n\nEngland have planned for this sort of issue, travelling with seven reserves in addition to the squad of 16. Three of those reserves - Mason Crane, Amar Virdi and Matt Parkinson - are spinners, but have only Crane's one Test cap between them.\n\nAt the moment, England have not discussed promoting a player to the main squad but should they feel the need to supplement frontline spinners Dom Bess and Jack Leach in their Test XI, then an inexperienced name is set for a big opportunity.", "Zara Holland appeared on the second series of Love Island\n\nLove Island star Zara Holland is to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking Covid rules on holiday in Barbados.\n\nIsland police say the former Miss Great Britain is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, accused of \"breaching quarantine\".\n\nStation Sergeant Michael Blackman told Newsbeat she was \"intercepted\" at the airport and later presented herself at a police station.\n\nIt's not clear whether she will appear in court in person or by video link.\n\nAn apology from the 25-year-old for what she described as \"a massive mix-up and misunderstanding\" was published by the Barbados Today website.\n\nShe told the publication: \"I have been a guest of this lovely island in excess of 20 years and would never do anything to jeopardise an entire nation that I have nothing but love and respect for and which has treated me as a family.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill met throughout Monday\n\nThere will be an extended period of remote learning for schools in Northern Ireland, the executive has said.\n\nMinisters met on Monday night as other parts of the UK tightened their coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe Stormont executive also plans to give its stay at home guidance legal force, with new restrictions on travel.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said details would be formalised on Tuesday.\n\nThe health and education ministers will bring separate papers on the issues to the executive at the meeting, she added.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Education Minister Peter Weir had previously announced a staggered return to school for pupils during the month of January.\n\nThe first transfer test, used by many grammar schools to select pupils, is due to take place on Saturday but there have been calls from some teaching unions and political parties for the test to be cancelled this year, in light of the uncertainty with the pandemic.\n\nIn England, all schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning until the middle of February, and end-of-year exams will not take place this summer as normal.\n\nRecommendations on exams in Northern Ireland are also expected to be brought forward by the executive on Tuesday.\n\nIt is understood ministers will update the assembly on Wednesday about their decisions.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the new restrictions were unfortunate, but necessary.\n\nShe said she believed the stay-at-home message will be in place \"for the rest of January, probably into February\".\n\n\"We will of course review it, as we're legally bound to do every couple of weeks.\"\n\nShe added that ministers would \"much prefer\" for face-to-face education to continue, but said they had to \"take into account the very serious situation that we find ourselves in tonight.\"\n\nBoth organisations which organise transfer tests will be making announcements on Tuesday, she said.\n\n\"We'll wait to hear what they have to say. They do of course have to abide by public health advice, but they are private organisations and they will make their own announcements.\"\n\nThe Irish government is considering a proposal to close schools for the rest of January.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health reported that a further 1,801 people had tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere have also been 12 more Covid-19 related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already announced a fresh lockdown there from midnight, with schools closed until February.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme, Dr Michael McBride said Scotland's measures were \"prudent and sensible\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout has begun in Northern Ireland.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the this week, with some of the first doses delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca\n\nThe SDLP has called for the assembly to be recalled on Tuesday to discuss the rolling out of the vaccine.\n\nIt can be recalled if at least 30 MLAs sign a petition.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the opening of Northern Ireland's first Nightingale venue, which will be used for courts and tribunals business.\n\nThe facility was approved by a meeting of the executive on 17 December, and will sit in the International Convention Centre in Belfast (ICC).\n\nActivity at the centre will be phased in, in line with Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIn other coronavirus-related developments on Monday:", "Gerry Marsden was awarded an MBE in 2003 for services to Liverpudlian Charities.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool, has died at the age of 78.\n\nHis family said he died on Sunday after a short illness not linked to Covid-19.\n\nMarsden's band was one of the biggest success stories of the Merseybeat era, and in 1963 became the first to have their first three songs top the chart.\n\nThe band's other best known hit, Ferry Cross The Mersey, came in 1964.\n\nIt was written by Marsden himself as a tribute to his city, and reached number eight.\n\nMarsden was made an MBE in 2003 for services to charity after supporting victims of the Hillsborough disaster.\n\nAt the time, he said he was \"over the moon\" to have received the honour, following his support for numerous charities across Merseyside and beyond.\n\nGerry Marsden in 2009 on the Mersey ferry, which he made famous with his song Ferry Cross The Mersey, as he received the Freedom of the City in Liverpool\n\nMarsden's daughter, Yvette Marbeck, said he went into hospital on Boxing Day after tests showed he had a serious blood infection that had travelled to his heart.\n\nMs Marbeck told the PA news agency: \"It was a very short illness and too quick to comprehend really.\"\n\nHe died in hospital, Ms Marbeck said, adding: \"He was our dad, our hero, warm, funny and what you see is what you got.\"\n\nLiverpool FC posted on social media that Marsden's words would \"live on forever with us\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers worked the same Liverpool club circuit as The Beatles in the 1960s and were signed by the Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein.\n\nEpstein gave Marsden's group the song How Do You Do It, which had been turned down by The Beatles and Adam Faith, for their debut single.\n\nSir Paul McCartney described Gerry and the Pacemakers as The Beatles's \"biggest rivals\" on the Merseyside scene.\n\n\"I'll always remember you with a smile,\" Sir Paul said in his tribute to Marsden.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Paul McCartney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd the other surviving Beatle, Sir Ringo Starr, sent \"peace and love\" to Marsden's family in a tribute on Twitter.\n\nWhile Marsden was a songwriter as well as a singer, his most enduring hit was actually a cover of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical number from 1945, which he had to convince his bandmates to record as their third single.\n\nIn many interviews over the years, he explained how fate played a part in his band ever recording the song. He was watching a Laurel and Hardy movie at Liverpool's Odeon cinema in the early 1960s and, only because it was raining, he decided to stay for the second part of a double feature.\n\nThat turned out to be the film Carousel - which featured that song on its soundtrack - and Marsden was so moved by the lyrics that he became determined that it should become part of his band's repertoire.\n\nIn a 2013 interview, Marsden told the Liverpool FC website how You'll Never Walk Alone was adopted by the club's fans as soon as it topped the chart in 1963: \"I remember being at Anfield and before every kick off they used to play the top 10 from number 10 to number one, and so You'll Never Walk Alone was played before the match. I was at the game and the fans started singing it.\n\n\"When it went out of the top 10 they took the song off the playlist and then for the next match the Kop were shouting 'Where's our song?' So they had to put it back on.\n\n\"Now, every time I go to the game I still get goose pimples when the song comes on and I sing my head off.\"\n\nSir Kenny Dalglish, who managed Liverpool at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, tweeted that he was \"saddened\" by the news of Marsden's death, and that You'll Never Walk Alone was an \"integral part of Liverpool Football Club, and never more so than now\".\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram posted a tribute on Twitter, saying he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Steve Rotheram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGerry was an entertainer. He loved being an entertainer; he loved people seeing him in the street and asking him for his autograph and the like.\n\nHe had a very distinctive voice, and that is terribly important. You knew instantly it was him on those records. He was best on those ballads.\n\nI think he really did them very well indeed. You'll Never Walk Alone was a big show song that had been around for years and years, and lots of people had done it.\n\nJust before Gerry brought his version out, Johnny Mathis brought his out. If that version had been played on the Kop, I don't think the Kop would have taken to it because you couldn't sing along with Johnny Mathis - he had too big a range and too perfect a voice.\n\nBut Gerry sounded like everyman and it was absolutely perfect for the Kop. I think it's the greatest football anthem of the lot.\n\nAs well as being a Liverpool anthem, You'll Never Walk Alone has also been adopted by fans at both Celtic in Scotland and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.\n\nMarsden's career began at legendary live music venue, The Cavern Club, where The Pacemakers played nearly 200 times.\n\nThe club said on Twitter that Marsden was \"not only a legend, but also a very good friend of The Cavern\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by The Cavern Club\n\nGerry and The Pacemakers achieved nine hit singles and two hit albums between 1963 and 1965, before splitting up.\n\nMarsden pursued a solo career before the band reformed in 1974 for a world tour.\n\nIn 1985, Marsden was back in the pop spotlight when he was invited to be one of the vocalists of a charity version of You'll Never Walk Alone, which was released to raise funds for victims of a fire at a Bradford City match.\n\nIn doing so, Marsden set another chart record by becoming the first person to sing on two different chart-topping versions of the same song.\n\nSo when, after the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989, the other Pacemakers classic of Ferry Cross The Mersey was chosen to raise funds for its victims and a group of famous Liverpudlian singers was gathered, Marsden was again included and was back at number one once more for a cause he held dear for the rest of his life.\n\nMarsden was awarded the Freedom of Liverpool in April 2009, an occasion he marked by boarding a ferry across the Mersey and getting out his guitar to sing his famous hit which described the scene.", "US casino giant MGM Resorts has made an $11bn (£8.1bn) offer for British gaming company Entain, which owns Ladbrokes.\n\nThe move is the latest attempt by a casino operator to move into the online gambling business.\n\nIn addition to its chain of High Street betting shops, UK-based Entain also owns a number of online sports betting and gambling sites.\n\nEntain confirmed the offer, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, but said the price was too low.\n\nIt had recently rebuffed an earlier $10bn (£7.3bn) all-cash approach from MGM, the newspaper said.\n\nIn a statement, Entain said the latest bid approach \"significantly undervalues the company and its prospects\".\n\nMGM Resorts, which runs the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, now has until the beginning of next month to decide whether to make a formal bid or to walk away.\n\nFTSE 100-listed Entain. which renamed itself from GVC Holdings last month, describes itself as \"one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups operating in the online and retail sector\".\n\nAlong with Ladbrokes, it also owns brands such as Bwin, Partypoker, Coral, Eurobet, Gala and Foxy Bingo.\n\nAfter news of the latest offer for the firm, investors started betting on Entain, pushing its share price up by more than 25% to £14.30 a share - above MGM's offer of roughly £13.83 a share - a sign that market watchers are expecting a higher bid.\n\nIf the two firms do reach an agreement, it would follow another deal in September when MGM rival Caesars Entertainment agreed to buy UK-based William Hill for $3.7bn (£2.9bn).\n\n\"Following Caesar's offer for William Hill last year, a bid by MGM for Ladbroke's owner Entain isn't exactly a surprise,\" said Nicholas Hyett an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The two are working together to take advantage of the recent legalisation of sports betting in the US, a market worth many billions of dollars a year.\"\n\nPredictions about the stockmarket have a habit of making the person trying to guess the future look foolish. No such problem for Laura Foll, a fund manager at the investment firm Janus Henderson. On the Today programme on Monday, she forecast more takeover offers for household names in Britain, noting that the UK markets remained unloved by investors and so - perhaps - undervalued.\n\nAn hour after the prediction a big offer duly landed, with Entain, the London-listed company that owns Ladbrokes and other gambling brands, saying it had received a takeover proposal from MGM Resorts, an American rival.\n\nThe US company is offering to pay shareholders in Entain not in cash, but in new MGM shares - an obvious move given the sky-high rating of US shares compared to those listed in London.\n\nIt looks a carbon copy of last year's deal where Caesars, best known for its Las Vegas properties, bought another venerable name in British bookmaking, William Hill. Get ready for more acquisitive foreign companies looking for deals in bargain basement London.\n\nThe new bid for Entain comes with financial backing from MGM's largest shareholder, InterActiveCorp (IAC), which took a 12% stake in MGM Resorts last August.\n\nAt the time, IAC's chief executive Barry Diller said it planned to work with MGM to expand its online gambling portfolio.\n\nThe attempted acquisition comes as the casino industry faces headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe economy of Asian casino hub Macau shrank 49% in the first quarter of this year, while unemployment in Las Vegas reached 30% earlier in the year and remains well above the US average.\n\nMGM Resorts, which is the operator of the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, laid off 18,000 furloughed employees in the US in August.\n\nMany online gambling companies, by contrast, saw a boost during Covid-19 restrictions, prompting many casino owners to pivot their businesses towards online.", "Experts have raised concerns over India's emergency approval of a locally-produced coronavirus vaccine before the completion of trials.\n\nOn Sunday, Delhi approved the vaccine - known as Covaxin - as well as the global AstraZeneca Oxford jab, which is also being manufactured in India.\n\nThe head of Bharat Biotech, which makes Covaxin, defended the approval process, but health experts warn it was rushed.\n\nHealth watchdog All India Drug Action Network said it was \"shocked\".\n\nIt said that there were \"intense concerns arising from the absence of the efficacy data\" as well a lack of transparency that would \"raise more questions than answers and likely will not reinforce faith in our scientific decision making bodies\".\n\nThe statement came after India's Drugs Controller General, VG Somani, insisted Covaxin was \"safe and provides a robust immune response\".\n\nHe added the vaccines had been approved for restricted use in \"public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, to have more options for vaccinations, especially in case of infection by mutant strains\".\n\n\"The vaccines are 100% safe,\" he said, adding that side effects such as \"mild fever, pain and allergy are common for every vaccine\".\n\nThe All India Drug Action Network, however, said it was \"baffled to understand the scientific logic\" to approve \"an incompletely studied vaccine\".\n\nOne of India's most eminent medical experts, Dr Gagandeep Kang, told the Times of India newspaper that she had \"not seen anything like this before\". She added that \"there is absolutely no efficacy data that has been presented or published\".\n\nEven social media users were quick to point out that approving the vaccine before trials were complete was a matter of concern irrespective of how safe or effective the vaccine eventually turned out to be.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Joy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat Biotech, met reporters on Monday and said the approval of Covaxin had not been rushed. He cited previous examples where emergency authorisation approvals had been given based only on immunogenicity data.\n\n\"Under Indian laws we can get emergency approval for the vaccine based on fulfilling five parameters after Phase 2 trails. That is what has happened with our vaccine. So it is not a premature approval,\" he said.\n\n\"We will complete the Phase 3 trials soon and provide the efficacy data for the vaccine by February.\"\n\nThe company currently has 20 million doses available and plans to produce about 700 million doses this year, Dr Ella said.\n\n\"We have four facilities coming up and we are planning [to make] around 200 million doses in Hyderabad, 500 million doses in other cities.\"\n\nMany scientists and opposition politicians have raised questions over what they say is the hasty authorisation of Covaxin.\n\nBharat Biotech has developed the vaccine with the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research - and the effort has been touted as an example of India's might in vaccine development and production.\n\nRegulators say the vaccine is safe and effective. The firm says phase 1 and phase 2 trials have shown good results.\n\nBut scientists say that the government's decision not to release data on the vaccine's efficacy for peer review has raised concerns.\n\nMr Modi has welcomed the approval, saying Covaxin is a shining example of his ambitious Atmnirbhar (self-reliance) India campaign.\n\nBut experts worry that questions over the approval process don't bode well for the campaign. And there could be deeper issues. Many believe that the government needs to be more transparent about the authorisation process because the success of the Covid-19 vaccine programme depends on public trust.\n\nThe emergency authorisation also sparked a fierce debate on Indian Twitter on Sunday night between ministers and opposition leaders.\n\nIndia's health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called out opposition leaders for failing to \"applaud\" the country's \"prowess\" in locally producing a vaccine. India makes about 60% of vaccines globally.\n\nMembers of the main opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, Akhilesh Yadav, were among those who raised concerns about the manner in which Covaxin was approved.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Shashi Tharoor This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Dr Harsh Vardhan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe approval comes as India gears up to vaccinate its population of more than 1.3 billon people. Amid fears that richer countries are buying up much of the vaccine supply, India too appears to be stockpiling vaccines.\n\nIn an interview with the Associated Press, Adar Poonawalla, whose Serum Institute of India (SII) is manufacturing the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine, said the jab was given emergency authorisation on the condition that it would not be exported outside India.\n\nMr Poonawalla said his company, the world's largest vaccine maker, was also not allowed to sell the shot in the private market.\n\nThis has raised concerns in India's neighbouring countries, including Nepal and Bangladesh, which were primarily depending on the SII to start vaccinating their populations.\n\nBangladesh had already ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine in the first phase, Reuters reported, but now the fate of the order is unclear. The country's health secretary told local media in December that it expected the first batch of the jab by February.\n\nIndia plans to vaccinate some 300 million people on a priority list by August.\n\nIt has recorded the second-highest number of infections in the world, with more than 10.3 million confirmed cases to date. Nearly 150,000 people have died.\n\nBoth vaccines approved on Sunday can be transported and stored at normal refrigeration temperatures.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Co-op, Morrisons and their payments processing provider ACI say they are investigating an IT glitch that created problems for card payments in stores.\n\nLong queues were seen outside some of the Co-op's convenience stores from Sunday amid the snow, with some shoppers asked to use cash.\n\nCo-op and Morrisons said customers were no longer experiencing problems but they, and ACI, were studying the cause.\n\nOne MP said the problem exposed the risks of letting cash use \"wither\".\n\nACI, which provides real-time payments processing for the retailers, said: \"We are working closely with the IT teams at our partners to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. We apologise to shoppers for any inconvenience caused.\"\n\nThe issue comes as contactless payments have taken off in the UK during the pandemic, with fewer consumers using cash to pay for groceries.\n\nCustomers complained about the issue on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jen Bartram This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Co-op spokesman told the BBC: \"All card transactions are being processed as usual and our payment process partner is investigating after we experienced an intermittent issue.\n\n\"We would like to apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused during that time.\"\n\nThe BBC witnessed the card processing issue affecting some of The Co-op's stores meant that self-service checkouts had to be closed, requiring customers to queue to be served at tills manned by staff.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by David of Nottingham This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by David of Nottingham\n\nAt some stores, customers queuing outside were warned on Monday evening that transactions had to be \"cash-only\" due to the ongoing issue.\n\nSome customers said they had to use the convenience store's cash machine to withdraw money to pay for purchases.\n\nHowever in other stores, the problem was intermittent, impacting some payment card brands, but not others.\n\nShadow economic secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden said: \"This shows the dangers of letting the cash network just wither away as use declines.\n\n\"The government promised legislation to secure nationwide access to cash a year ago. It hasn't been brought forward.\"", "The case rate in Bridgend peaked just before Christmas, but now we are seeing deaths in hospitals\n\nThe total number of deaths involving Covid-19 in Wales has reached its highest weekly total of the pandemic.\n\nThere were 467 deaths in the week ending 15 January, which is 13 more than the week before.\n\nThis was nearly 40% of all registered deaths, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nBoth Betsi Cadwaladr and Cwm Taf Morgannwg health boards saw their highest weekly numbers, more than experienced during the first wave.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr had 74 deaths while Cwm Taf Morgannwg had 116.\n\nUnlike during the peak in the first wave in 2020, Wales is also now seeing higher numbers of deaths in north Wales and west Wales.\n\nIn north-east Wales, where there have been the highest case rates of Covid-19 in recent weeks, there were 30 deaths of Flintshire residents, including 25 in hospital. In Wrexham, there were 27 deaths - with 21 in hospital.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board saw 49 hospital deaths in Bridgend - the highest weekly number in Wales. There were also 33 patients who died in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) and six in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nAll counties recorded at least three deaths involving Covid-19 and the total number of deaths in Wales, up to and registered by 15 January, was 5,884.\n\nWhen deaths registered over the following few days are counted, there is now a total of 6,074.\n\nRCT, with 752 deaths, has the largest number in Wales, followed by Cardiff with 637, up to the latest week.\n\nWhen looking at crude mortality rates, the highest number of deaths - when taking into account the size of populations in England and Wales - are Welsh areas: RCT, followed by Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent.\n\nSo-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, continue to be above the five-year average.\n\nLooking at the number of deaths we would normally expect to see at this point in the year is seen as a useful measure of how the pandemic is progressing.\n\nIn Wales, the number of deaths from all causes fell from 1,198 in the previous week - the highest recorded during the pandemic - to 1,170. But this was still 314 (36.7%) higher than the five-year average for that week.\n\nThis means deaths have been more than the peak in the first wave of the pandemic - 1,169 deaths in the week ending 17 April 2020 - for two weeks in a row.\n\nThe highest proportion of excess deaths was 84.1% in London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Schools and colleges in Wales moved to online learning before Christmas\n\nKeeping schools shut during the Covid pandemic is \"almost like systematic neglect\" to disadvantaged pupils, a head teacher has said.\n\nCardiff head Armando Di-Finizio said there was a \"fair degree of trauma\" among pupils because of the lockdowns.\n\nOne expert said children from disadvantaged backgrounds were falling furthest behind academically.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it ensured vulnerable children could continue to attend school.\n\nBefore the pandemic the proportion of pupils receiving free school meals who achieved five or more GCSEs was 32% lower than the figure for other pupils in Wales.\n\nAt Eastern High School, where 47% of children receive free school meals, Mr Di-Finizio said the challenges of lockdown were greater for pupils who may not have support or structure at home for learning.\n\nArmando Di-Finizio, head teacher of Eastern High School, says the the attainment gap among pupils is \"widening\"\n\nMr Di-Finizio told Wales Live he did not think the balance was right \"between those who are genuinely vulnerable\" with the virus and young people who are vulnerable in terms of their welfare and wellbeing and their academic progress.\n\n\"I think there would have been other ways to handle this because we are seeing students struggling because of it and the attainment gap is widening for this generation,\" he said.\n\n\"It's almost like systematic neglect of young people that is going on day after day, week after week, month after month.\n\n\"We have to somehow pull this back because I do wonder one day, how the children will look back and judge us in terms of our responses.\"\n\nAnother concern since the pandemic began, he said, was the fact the number of child protection cases at his school has doubled.\n\n\"I don't want to sound alarmist, but I do believe it will take a number of years for us to unpick the traumas that young people go through because we don't know yet just what this lasting impact will be,\" he added.\n\nProfessor Chris Taylor says home learning reduces the ability to provide a \"level playing field\" for education\n\nWelsh Chief Inspector of Schools Meilyr Rowlands, has previously said there was evidence of widening inequality in performance as a result of the pandemic.\n\nSocial Sciences Prof Chris Taylor, from Cardiff University, said this gap was continuing to widen.\n\n\"Closing schools exposes and accentuates the deep disadvantage that many families have across Wales in the different circumstances that they're in,\" Prof Taylor said.\n\nHome learning reduces the ability of schools \"to provide that level playing field\" for educational opportunities.\n\n\"Instead, we're relying on what families and households can produce and provide to support that learning,\" he said.\n\nProf Taylor added some children would \"feel like they've left school at the age of 14 or 15, instead of 18\" in terms of their learning, and the focus for them should be preparing for the next step in their education rather than exams that are not going to happen this summer.\n\nHe said some pupils who may have been planning to leave school at 16 should remain in education until they are 18 to \"remedy some of the missed opportunities\", and that summer school and activities should be put on to help address isolation.\n\nAlmost half of all pupils receive free school meals at Eastern High School in Cardiff\n\nSiân Gwenllian MS, Plaid Cymru's education spokeswoman, has called on the Welsh Government to publish a plan on how pupils will be helped to catch up with \"lost education\".\n\n\"Those children in more deprived areas have been doubly disadvantaged - coronavirus has been more prevalent in these areas, meaning they will have lost more school prior to the lockdown, and these children are less likely to have the means to access online learning,\" she said.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said it had provided \"more than 130,000 [electronic] devices\" since the start of the pandemic for pupils' home learning.\n\n\"We've also recruited more than 1,000 teaching and support staff to provide additional support for learners who may have missed out on teaching time due to the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nThe government has ensured vulnerable children, as well as children of critical workers, could continue to attend school throughout the pandemic, he added.", "A US bankruptcy judge has agreed a $17m (£12.4m) payout to women who accused disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.\n\nWeinstein, 68, was convicted last year and jailed for 23 years for rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe payout for his victims will come from the liquidation of the Weinstein Co, which filed for bankruptcy in 2018.\n\nThe judge overruled an objection from some accusers looking to pursue appeals outside of bankruptcy court.\n\nJudge Mary Walrath said without the settlement, the plaintiffs would get \"minimal, if any, recovery.\"\n\nThe Weinstein Co was set up as an independent film studio with the disgraced Hollywood mogul one of its co-founders.\n\nThe company collapsed in late 2017, following widespread claims of sexual misconduct against Weinstein, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an actress.\n\nThe US judge said that 83% of sexual misconduct claimants in the bankruptcy \"have expressed very loudly that they want closure through acceptance of this plan, that they do not seek to have to go through any further litigation in order to receive some recovery, some possible recompense... although it's clear that money will never give them that\".\n\nThe $17m fund will be divided among more than 50 claimants, with the most serious allegations resulting in payouts of $500,000 or more.\n\nThe settlement was put to a vote of Weinstein's accusers, with 39 voting in favour and eight opposed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThey will have the option to forgo most of their payout under the plan if they want to continue pursuing their claims.\n\nInsurers contributed $35m under the liquidation plan, which also provides $9.7m to the former officers and directors of the Weinstein Co, allowing them to pay a portion of their legal bills over the last several years.\n\nThe directors and officers, who include Weinstein's brother, Bob, also received releases that absolve them of any potential liability for enabling Weinstein's conduct.\n\nThe Weinstein Co sold its assets to Lantern Entertainment, which later became Spyglass Media Group, for $289m.", "A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market. But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.\n\nThis is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.\n\nBy 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and pneumonia. The first known case was a man in his 70s who had fallen ill on 1 December. Many of those were connected to a sprawling live animal market, Huanan Seafood Market, and doctors had begun to suspect this wasn't regular pneumonia.\n\nSamples from infected lungs had been sent to genetic sequencing companies to identify the cause of the disease, and preliminary results had indicated a novel coronavirus similar to Sars. The local health authorities and the country's Center for Disease Control (CDC) had already been notified, but nothing had been said to the public.\n\nAlthough no-one knew it at the time, between 2,300 and 4,000 people were by now likely infected, according to a recent model by MOBS Lab at Northeastern University in Boston. The outbreak was also thought to be doubling in size every few days. Epidemiologists say that at this early part of an outbreak, each day and even each hour is critical.\n\nWuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was sealed off on 1 January 2020\n\nAt around 16:00 on 30 December, the head of the Emergency Department at Wuhan Central Hospital was handed the results of a test carried out by sequencing lab Capital Bio Medicals in Beijing.\n\nShe went into a cold sweat as she read the report, according to an interview given later to Chinese state media.\n\nAt the top were the alarming words: \"SARS CORONAVIRUS\". She circled them in bright red, and passed it on to colleagues over the Chinese messaging site WeChat.\n\nWithin an hour and a half, the grainy image with its large red circle reached a doctor in the hospital's ophthalmology department, Li Wenliang. He shared it with his hundreds-strong university class group, adding the warning, \"Don't circulate the message outside this group. Get your family and loved ones to take precautions.\"\n\nWhen Sars spread through southern China in late 2002 and 2003, Beijing covered up the outbreak, insisting that everything was under control. This allowed the virus to spread around the world. Beijing's response invoked international criticism and - worryingly for a regime deeply concerned about stability - anger and protests within China. Between 2002 and 2004, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) went on to infect more than 8,000 people and kill almost 800 worldwide.\n\nRobert Maguire of the WHO and a Chinese doctor visit a Sars patient in Guangzhou, China – April 2003\n\nOver the coming hours, screen shots of Li's message spread widely online. Across China, millions of people began talking about Sars online.\n\nIt would turn out that the sequencers made a mistake - this was not Sars, but a new coronavirus very similar to it. But this was a critical moment. News of a possible outbreak had escaped.\n\nThe Wuhan Health Commission was already aware that there was something going on in the city's hospitals. That day, officials from the National Health Commission in Beijing arrived, and lung samples were sent to at least five state labs in Wuhan and Beijing to sequence the virus in parallel.\n\nNow, as messages suggesting the possible return of Sars began flying over Chinese social media, the Wuhan Health Commission sent two orders out to hospitals. It instructed them to report all cases direct to the Health Commission, and told them not to make anything public without authorisation.\n\nWithin 12 minutes, these orders were leaked online.\n\nIt might have taken a couple more days for the online chatter to make the leap from Chinese-speaking social media to the wider world if it wasn't for the efforts of veteran epidemiologist Marjorie Pollack.\n\nThe deputy editor of ProMed-mail, an organisation which sends out alerts on disease outbreaks worldwide, received an email from a contact in Taiwan, asking if she knew anything about the chatter online.\n\nDr Marjorie Pollack is an epidemiologist based in New York\n\nBack in February 2003, ProMed had been the first to break the news of Sars. Now, Pollack had deja vu. \"My reaction was: 'We're in trouble,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nThree hours later, she had finished writing an emergency post, requesting more information on the new outbreak. It was sent out to ProMed's approximately 80,000 subscribers at one minute to midnight.\n\nAs word began to spread, Professor George F Gao, director general of China's Center for Disease Control [CDC], was receiving offers of help from contacts around the world.\n\nChina revamped its infectious disease infrastructure after Sars - and in 2019, Gao had promised that China's vast online surveillance system would be able to prevent another outbreak like it.\n\nBut two scientists who contacted Gao say the CDC head did not seem alarmed.\n\n\"I sent a really long text to George Gao, offering to send a team out and do anything to support them,\" Dr Peter Daszak, the president of New York-based infectious diseases research group EcoHealth Alliance, told the BBC. But he says that all he received in reply was a short message wishing him Happy New Year.\n\nDirector of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, George F Gao – 22 January 2020\n\nEpidemiologist Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York was also trying to reach Gao. Just as he was having dinner to ring in the New Year, Gao returned his call. The details Lipkin reveals about their conversation offer new insights into what leading Chinese officials were prepared to say at this critical point.\n\n\"He had identified the virus. It was a new coronavirus. And it was not highly transmissible. This didn't really resonate with me because I'd heard that many, many people had been infected,\" Lipkin told the BBC. \"I don't think he was duplicitous, I think he was just wrong.\"\n\nLipkin says he thinks Gao should have released the sequences they had already obtained. My view is that you get it out. This is too important to hesitate.\"\n\nGao, who refused the BBC's requests for an interview, has told state media that the sequences were released as soon as possible, and that he never said publicly that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nThat day, the Wuhan Health Commission issued a press release stating that 27 cases of viral pneumonia had been identified, but that there was no clear evidence of human to human transmission.\n\nIt would be a further 12 days before China shared the genetic sequences with the international community.\n\nThe Chinese government refused multiple interview requests by the BBC. Instead, it gave us detailed statements on China's response, which state that in the fight against Covid-19 China \"has always acted with openness, transparency and responsibility, and … in a timely manner.\"\n\nBBC This World's 54 Days: China and the pandemic can be seen on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday 26 January, or 23:30 on Monday 1 February (except BBC Two Northern Ireland). Or watch on BBC iPlayer.\n\nPart two - 54 Days: America and the Pandemic - will be on BBC Two on Tuesday 2 February at 21:00.\n\nInternational law stipulates that new infectious disease outbreaks of global concern be reported to the World Health Organization within 24 hours. But on 1 January the WHO still had not had official notification of the outbreak. The previous day, officials there had spotted the ProMed post and reports online, so they contacted China's National Health Commission.\n\n\"It was reportable,\" says Professor Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on national and global health law at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a member of the International Health Regulations roster of experts. \"The failure to report clearly was a violation of the International Health Regulations.\"\n\nDr Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist who would become the agency's Covid-19 technical lead, joined the first of many emergency conference calls in the middle of the night on 1 January.\n\n\"We had the assumptions initially that it may be a new coronavirus. For us it wasn't a matter of if human to human transmission was happening, it was what is the extent of it and where is that happening.\"\n\nIt was two days before China responded to the WHO. But what they revealed was vague - that there were now 44 cases of viral pneumonia of unknown cause.\n\nChina says that it communicated regularly and fully with the WHO from 3 January. But recordings of internal WHO meetings obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency some of which were shared with PBS Frontline and the BBC, paint a different picture, revealing the frustration that senior WHO officials felt by the following week.\n\n\"'There's been no evidence of human to human transmission' is not good enough. We need to see the data,\" Mike Ryan WHO's health emergencies programme director is heard saying.\n\nThe WHO was legally required to state the information it had been provided by China. Although they suspected human to human transmission, the WHO were not able to confirm this for a further three weeks.\n\n\"Those concerns are not something they ever aired publicly. Instead, they basically deferred to China,\" says AP's Dake Kang. \"Ultimately, the impression that the rest of the world got was just what the Chinese authorities wanted. Which is that everything was under control. Which of course it wasn't.\"\n\nThe number of people infected by the virus was doubling in size every few days, and more and more people were turning up at Wuhan's hospitals.\n\nBut now - instead of allowing doctors to share their concerns publicly - state media began a campaign that effectively silenced them.\n\nOn 2 January, China Central Television ran a story about the doctors who spread the news about an outbreak four days earlier. The doctors, referred to only as \"rumour mongers\" and \"internet users\", were brought in for questioning by the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and 'dealt with' 'in accordance with the law'.\n\nOne of the doctors was Li Wenliang, the eye doctor whose warning had gone viral. He signed a confession. In February, the doctor died of Covid-19.\n\nThe Chinese government says that this is not evidence that it was trying to suppress news of the outbreak, and that doctors like Li were being urged not to spread unconfirmed information.\n\nBut the impact of this public dressing down was critical. For though it was becoming apparent to doctors that there was, in fact, human-to-human transmission, they were prevented from going public.\n\nA health worker from Li's hospital, Wuhan Central, told us that over the next few days \"there were so many people who had a fever. It was out of control. We started to panic. [But] The hospital told us that we were not allowed to speak to anyone.\"\n\nThe Chinese government told us that \"it takes a rigorous scientific process to determine if a new virus can be transmitted from person to person\".\n\nThe authorities would continue to maintain for a further 18 days that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nLabs across the country were racing to map the complete genetic sequence of the virus. Among them was a renowned virologist in Shanghai, Professor Zhang Yongzhen who began sequencing on 3 January.\n\nAfter having worked for two days straight, he obtained a complete sequence. His results revealed a virus that was similar to Sars, and therefore likely transmissible.\n\nOn 5 January, Zhang's office wrote to the National Health Commission advising taking precautionary measures in public places.\n\n\"On that very day, he was working to try and get information released as soon as possible, so the rest of the world could see what it was and so we could get diagnostics going\", says Zhang's research partner, Professor Edward Holmes an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney.\n\nBut Zhang could not make his findings public. On January 3, the National Health Commission had sent a secret memorandum to labs banning unauthorised scientists from working on the virus and disclosing the information to the public.\n\n\"What the notice effectively did,\" says AP's Dake Kang, \"is it silenced individual scientists and laboratories from revealing information about this virus and potentially allowing word of it to leak out to the outside world and alarm people.\"\n\nNone of the labs went public with the genetic sequence of the virus. China continued to maintain it was viral pneumonia with no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission.\n\nIt would be six days before it announced that the new virus was a coronavirus, and even then, it did not share any genetic sequences to allow other countries to develop tests and begin tracing the spread of the virus.\n\nThree days later, on 11 January, Zhang decided it was time to put his neck on the line. As he boarded a plane between Beijing and Shanghai, he authorised Holmes to release the sequence.\n\nThe decision came at a personal cost - his lab was closed the next day for \"rectification\" - but his action broke the deadlock. The next day state scientists released the sequences they had obtained. The international scientific community swung into action, and a toolkit for a diagnostic test was publicly available by 13 January.\n\nDespite the evidence from scientists and doctors, China would not confirm there was human-to-human transmission until 20 January.\n\nIllustration of spike proteins (red) of Covid-19 binding with receptors (blue) on a target human cell\n\nAt the beginning of any emerging disease outbreak, says health law expert Lawrence Gostin, it's always chaotic. \"It was always going to be very difficult to control this virus, from day one. But by the time we knew [the international community] it was transmissible human to human, I think the cat was already out the bag, it already spread.\n\n\"That was the shot we had, and we lost it.\"\n\nAs Wang Linfa, a bat virologist at Duke-Nus Medical School in Singapore, says: \"January 20th is the dividing line, before that the Chinese could have done much better. After that, the rest of the world should be really on high alert and do much better.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, saying: \"We truly did everything we could.\"\n\n\"I'm deeply sorry for every life lost,\" he said.\n\nA total of 100,162 deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark.\n\nEarlier, figures from the ONS, which are based on death certificates, showed there had been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nThe government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.\n\nMr Johnson told Tuesday's Downing Street news conference that it was \"hard to compute the sorrow contained in this grim statistic\".\n\nHe gave his \"deepest condolences\" to those who had lost loved ones, including \"fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who've been taken\".\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA surge in cases in recent weeks - driven in part by a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus - has left the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nMr Johnson said the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" despite lockdown restrictions which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Johnson said he would set out more detail in \"the next few days and weeks\" about \"when and how we want to get things open again\".\n\nIt's a terrible milestone - and one that represents unimaginable loss.\n\nMost of the deaths have come in two waves - the sharp, sudden surge in the spring followed by a slow and sustained rise throughout autumn and winter.\n\nMistakes have been made - the delay locking down back in March is one that is often cited even by the government's own advisers.\n\nThe UK, like much of Europe, was also woefully underprepared with limited testing and contact tracing systems.\n\nBut the ageing population, high rates of obesity, the fact the UK is a global hub and its inter-connectedness with Europe are also factors that meant we were tragically never going to escape lightly once the virus got a foothold.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, described it as a \"very sad day\".\n\nHe said the number of people dying \"will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably remain flat for a while now\".\n\nProf Whitty added the new coronavirus variant had changed the UK's situation \"very substantially\" with infection rates \"just about holding\" due to lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut he said the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK \"has been coming down\" and the number of people in hospital with Covid has \"flattened off\" - including in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nHowever, there were \"some areas\" where the hospital figures were \"still not convincingly reducing\", he said.\n\nNHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there had been \"continuing improvements in hospital treatment for severely sick coronavirus patients\".\n\nHe said he expected more treatments within the next six to 18 months, adding: \"We can see a world in which coronavirus may be more treatable, but for now, it's a combination of reducing infections and getting vaccinations done.\"\n\nOne day there will be a public inquiry - maybe several - seeking to understand why so many died.\n\nLast summer, back when the government was subsidising people to eat out at restaurants, Boris Johnson said there would be an independent inquiry into the government's handling of Covid, but gave no details or dates.\n\nHe still hasn't, despite a recent call from bereaved families, trade unions and charities for lessons to be learnt now.\n\nThe gravest public health crisis for a century would have tested any government.\n\nBut as the pandemic has worsened, the criticisms and questions have mounted - about the timing of lockdowns, the rollout of test and trace and the failure to protect care homes last spring.\n\nThere is now pressure on Boris Johnson from some Tory MPs to ease restrictions as soon as the most vulnerable are vaccinated.\n\nBut this evening a sombre prime minister said the government would first do everything it could to minimise further loss of life.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said it was a \"sobering moment in the pandemic\", saying: \"Each death is a person who was someone's family member and friend.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"national tragedy\" to have reached 100,000 deaths.\n\nThe government had been \"behind the curve at every stage\" of the pandemic and had not learnt lessons over the summer, he added.\n\nThe epidemiologist whose modelling in part prompted the UK's first national lockdown said more action in the autumn of last year could have saved lives.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"Had we acted both earlier and with greater stringency back in September when we first saw case numbers going up, and had a policy of keeping case numbers at a reasonably low levels, then I think a lot of the deaths we've seen, not all by any means, but a lot of the deaths we've seen in the last four or five months, could have been avoided.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the death toll was \"heartbreaking\" and warned there was a \"tough period ahead\".\n\n\"The vaccine offers the way out, but we cannot let up now,\" he added.\n\nMore than 6.8 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest figures.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. 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Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "The Mermaid of Black Conch, a dark love story about a fisherman and a mermaid torn from the sea, has won the Costa Book of the Year award.\n\nTrinidadian-born British writer Monique Roffey beat four other contenders with her sixth novel to scoop the £30,000 prize.\n\nJudges said the book was \"utterly original... and feels like a classic in the making\".\n\nA \"delighted\" Roffey said her win was a vote for Caribbean literature.\n\n\"A huge thank you to the judges for exposing my book to a wide readership. I'll be pinching myself for weeks to come,\" she added.\n\nBased on a Taino legend of a beautiful woman transformed into a mermaid, the story is set in the Caribbean village of St Constance.\n\nDavid, a fisherman, unexpectedly attracts the attention of Aycayia, a mermaid who is drawn to his singing. When she is captured from the sea during an annual fishing competition, he does all he can to save her, with dramatic consequences.\n\nProfessor Suzannah Lipscomb, chair of judges, said: \"The Mermaid of Black Conch is an extraordinary, beautifully written, captivating, visceral book - full of mythic energy and unforgettable characters, including some tremendously transgressive women.\"\n\nThe Costa Book Awards have a reputation for picking popular reads: books you would recommend to a friend. And I would definitely recommend The Mermaid of Black Conch.\n\nAt first, the novel might sound a bit odd. Set on a Caribbean island in the 1970s, it is a bittersweet love story between a beautiful young woman cursed to live as a mermaid and a fisherman.\n\nBased on a legend passed down by the indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino, there are touches of magic and snippets of poetry. The book was also shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize last year, which rewards fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel.\n\nBut while it is unusual it is also a joy to read, brimming with memorable characters and vivid descriptions.\n\nWe see the mermaid's \"hair flying like a nest of cables\" while we are told \"sea moss trailed from her shoulders like slithers of beard\" and \"barnacles speckled the swell of her hips.\"\n\nFor me, this was a hugely entertaining and thought-provoking novel and a worthy winner.\n\nRoffey, a senior lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, secured her publishing deal through Peepal Tree Press, an independent publisher supporting Caribbean writers.\n\nShe then crowd-funded her publicity campaign with the support of fellow authors.\n\nThe Mermaid of Black Conch is set in the Caribbean\n\nRoffey's entry was also named Costa's Novel of the Year earlier this month, alongside winners from four other categories:\n\nThe Mermaid of Black Conch is the thirteenth novel to take the overall prize. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry was the last novel to be named Costa Book of the Year in 2016.\n\nTuesday's virtual ceremony also saw London-based writer Tessa Sheridan receive the 2020 Costa Short Story Award.\n\nSheridan won the public vote and £3,500 for her story, The Person Who Serves, Serves Again.\n\nThe Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Awards, were established in 1971 to encourage, promote and celebrate the best contemporary British writing.\n\nIt is open to UK and Irish authors.\n\nSeamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Sebastian Barry are among the authors to have won the book of the year award more than once.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The number of people to have died with coronavirus in the UK has exceeded 100,000.\n\nThere have been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began, data from the UK's national statisticians shows.\n\nThe figures, which go up to 15 January, are based on death certificates. The government's daily figures, which rely on positive tests, are slightly lower.\n\nIt follows a surge of cases last month, leaving the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland registered 7,776 deaths with coronavirus on the death certificate in the most recent week.\n\nThat total is the third highest of the epidemic.\n\nLast April, there were two weeks with more than 9,000 coronavirus deaths registered across the UK - but there have been no other weeks with more than 7,000 deaths registered.\n\nAbout nine in 10 death certificates citing coronavirus registered Covid as the cause of death.\n\nMost of the deaths have been in older age groups - nearly three-quarters of those who have died with the virus were over 75. One in three deaths were care home residents.\n\nChris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents health service managers, described the milestone as a \"tragedy\".\n\n\"Behind each death will be a story of sorrow and grief,\" he said.\n\n\"We pay tribute, once again, to NHS and care staff who have done everything they can throughout the long months of this pandemic to avoid each one of these deaths and reduce patient harm.\n\n\"We won't know the true impact of Covid-19 for a long time to come because of its long-term effects.\n\n\"But, as well as the high death rate, it's particularly concerning that this virus has widened health inequalities and affected black, Asian and minority-ethnic communities disproportionately.\"\n\nSarah Scobie, of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said it was a \"harrowing figure\".\n\nShe added: \"While the vaccine rollout for the most vulnerable is continuing at impressive speed, it will be a while until the benefits feed through to the figures.\"\n\nWe were one of the worst hit countries, if not the worst, in the spring - certainly in Europe and the G7.\n\nTwo big drivers of that were the timing of the first lockdown and the terrible numbers of deaths in care homes.\n\nAs a result, the UK could always rank among the hardest hit nations overall.\n\nBut comparing experiences in second waves is harder.\n\nSome countries have very clearly done better than the UK.\n\nAustralia, for example, has seen very few coronavirus deaths overall, and deaths quite close to usual levels throughout 2020.\n\nBut the US, which had a milder first wave than the UK, has seen steady numbers of coronavirus deaths throughout summer and autumn.\n\nIts death toll has been catching up with that of the UK in the most recent data, covering up until Christmas.\n\nAnd some countries that missed the first wave entirely - such as Poland (shown above) or Germany - have seen significant spikes in deaths in recent months.\n\nWith deaths rising since then in many countries and vaccination programmes only getting up and running, there is still a long way to go before we will know who has had the toughest second wave.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "Baroness Floella Benjamin has spoken of her pride after receiving a first coronavirus vaccine dose.\n\nThe 71-year-old actress said she would wear a badge saying \"I've had the jab\" after being vaccinated.\n\nThe Lib Dem peer, who came to Britain in 1960 and was born in Trinidad, is known for appearing in the children's programme Play School and received a damehood last year.\n\nOver 6.8m people in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.\n\nAs a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Benjamin has spoken regularly about the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as the knock-on impact of the pandemic.\n\nIn September, she told peers she knew two people who had taken their own lives \"because they could not cope with the uncertainty of the future\".\n\nShe is also a member of the Lords Covid-19 Committee.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Floella Benjamin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe government has set a target for all those in the top four priority groups - around 15 million - to be offered a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nTwo vaccines - developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are being used. A third, from Moderna, has been approved.\n\nAll have been shown to be safe and effective in trials with two doses needed to offer the best protection - now timed 12 weeks apart.\n\nIt comes as British Asian celebrities united to dispel myths about the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nComedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appear in a video urging people to get a jab.\n\nA study from the Royal Society for Public Health found 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people said they would take the vaccine.\n\nThis figure compared with 79% of white people who would do so.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: \"This is the only way I can effect change\"\n\nPeople campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.\n\nIn September, members of HS2 Rebellion set up a Tree Protection Camp in Euston Square Gardens in central London to protest against the £106bn scheme.\n\nThey claim the tunnel is 100ft (30m) long and has taken two months to dig.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - is their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nOne protester, identified only as Blue, told the BBC: \"It is all very dangerous and life-threatening but it is all worth it. This is the only way I can effect change, I would sacrifice everything for the climate ecological emergency to not be happening.\"\n\nThe 18-year-old added: \"We want to be as safe as possible. It is not about us martyring ourselves, it is about delaying and stopping HS2.\"\n\nDemonstrators have previously built tree houses and scaled cranes near the HS2 Euston site\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"These are a danger to the safety of the protesters, HS2 staff, High Court enforcement officers and the general public, as well as putting unnecessary strain on the emergency services during the pandemic.\n\n\"Safety is our first priority when taking possession of land and removing illegal encampments.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said it was aware of the tunnel but it was a matter for the Met Police, which said no complaint yet had been made.\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nSeasoned activist Daniel Cooper - better known as Swampy - has been at Euston supporting the campaigners\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham would not open until 2028 at the earliest.\n\nThe second phase, to Manchester and Leeds, was due to open in 2032-33 but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nNetwork Rail, which owns the land, has been approached for a comment about the tunnel.\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nTunnelling as a form of environmental protest has a long history in the UK.\n\nIn the 1990s it was one of the ways that pushed environmental concerns into the headlines and changed perceptions.\n\nIn one of the environmental protesters' tunnelling guides, written by \"Disco Dave\", it says:\n\n\"In the world of NVDA (non-violent direct action) there are few defence tactics that can compare with the protest tunnel. Dangerous, laborious and time consuming, tunnelling is the ultimate and desperate tactic of desperate people in desperate times.\"\n\nThe first protest tunnel goes back to the M11 and 1993 but they only really developed during the Newbury Bypass protests in 1996.\n\nProtest tunnels against the A30 in Devon and Manchester Airport's second runway then followed.\n\nNot only did they make household names of environmental campaigners like \"Swampy\" but they arguably changed transport policy - road-building reduced massively.\n\nWe have seen tunnels more recently in 2017 in Coldharbour in Surrey in a protest against fracking so it's not a massive surprise we are seeing tunnels again.\n\nTunnelling in particular as a direct action slows down developers and it is expensive to dig out protesters safely.\n\nDisco Dave wrote: \"That ultimately is the purpose of tunnels and tree houses. To act as a deterrent warning the authorities that should they decide to evict, then it will hurt them where for them it hurts most - in the pocket.\"\n\nWhat will be interesting is if these tunnels have the same impact on HS2 as they did on the road-building programme of the late 1990s.\n\nWill it reframe HS2 so it will be seen in the same way as fracking or road building? Or can the argument still be made that it is a low-carbon form of travel even though it does cause some destruction of habitat?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK.\n\nThe UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year.\n\nSeveral major news publishers, including Channel 4, Sky News, and The Guardian have signed deals with Facebook to provide content.\n\nIt comes as the tech industry's relationship with the media comes under increased scrutiny.\n\nAnd French publishers recently agreed a deal with Google on how a new EU copyright law about news excerpts should be applied.\n\nFacebook News is the social network's own attempt to address the long-running friction between it and news publishers, as advertising spend has increasingly moved to the large tech firms instead of individual news outlets.\n\nThe new feature is set to go live on Tuesday afternoon, Facebook said.\n\nThe new feature is a dedicated tab within the Facebook mobile app, accessible by tapping the three-line icon for more options.\n\nThe tab features a mix of major daily news stories and \"personalised\" news selected for each reader based on their interests, as decided by Facebook's algorithm.\n\nFacebook says it pays publishers \"for content that is not already on the platform\", and says the feature will also provide publishers with new advertising and subscription \"opportunities\".\n\nThe dedicated news feed will have personalisation controls, Facebook says\n\nThat may be partly based on data from the United States, which Facebook says shows more than 95% of traffic on Facebook News is from people who have not read those publications before.\n\nThe social network says the new product is a \"a multi-year investment that puts original journalism in front of new audiences\".\n\nAnd news organisations, for which new readers are often in short supply, are signing up.\n\nIn November, when it first announced the product was heading to the UK, major names such as The Economist, The Independent, and Cosmopolitan were already on board.\n\nAhead of Tuesday's launch, The Daily Mail, Financial Times and Telegraph were also announced, among others.\n\nBBC News has not signed a commercial deal with Facebook News, but may still appear on the tab through public posts it makes on the Facebook platform.\n\nFacebook also says that this new product is a direct result of discussions with the news industry, with which it has often been at loggerheads.\n\nThe tech giant is responsible for driving a lot of traffic around the internet, and a story which performs well on Facebook will often attract more readers than one which does not.\n\nBut Facebook has also repeatedly made changes to its algorithms over the years which have affected news organisations, sometimes with little notice. It has also encouraged organisations to use its features such as instant articles, or to make video content for Facebook.\n\nHowever, it envisions Facebook News as a better solution than earlier attempts, and one it plans to roll out to other countries - including France and Germany - in the near future.\n\n\"Our goal has always been to work out the best ways we can support the industry in building sustainable business models,\" Facebook said in its blog post about the UK launch.\n\n\"As we invest more in news, and pay publishers for more content in more countries, we will work with them to support the long-term viability of newsrooms.\"", "The fake email looks like it has come from NHS Test and Trace\n\nThe NHS has warned people to be vigilant about fake invitations to have the coronavirus vaccination, sent by scammers.\n\nThe scam email includes a link to \"register\" for the vaccine, but no registration for the real vaccination is required.\n\nThe fake site also asks for bank details either to verify identification or to make a payment.\n\nThe NHS says it would never ask for bank details, and the vaccine is free.\n\nCyber-security consultant Daniel Card told BBC News that traffic data indicates thousands of people had clicked the link to the fake site - although it is unclear how many then filled in the form.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NHS This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe urged people to remain vigilant: \"These things spring up, we take them down and then they spring up again.\"\n\nBoth the National Cyber Security Centre and Action Fraud have asked anyone who receives a scam email or text to report it.\n\n\"Vaccines are our way out of this pandemic,\" said health secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"It is vital that we do not let a small number of unscrupulous fraudsters undermine the huge team effort under way across the country to protect millions of people from this terrible disease.\"\n\nAt the start of January, Derbyshire police issued a warning about a text message scam which offered Covid vaccinations.\n\n\"If you receive a text or email that asks you to click on a link or for you to provide information, such as your name, credit card or bank details, it's a scam,\" the force said.\n\nLast year, tech firms warned that coronavirus was a popular hook for scammers. In April 2020 Google said it was blocking 18 million scam emails a day on the subject.", "Labour is calling for juries to be cut from 12 members to seven, to stem the \"gravest crisis\" in the justice system since World War Two.\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy said action was needed to clear the backlog of thousands of cases.\n\nHe argued that smaller juries and the use of more temporary courts would allow socially distanced trials.\n\nThe government has not ruled out such a move but insists measures it is taking to clear the backlog are working.\n\nLast week four criminal justice watchdogs warned that courts in England and Wales were straining under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nJury trials ground to a halt at the start of the first lockdown, when people were advised to stay at home except in limited circumstances.\n\nWhen they resumed, there were severe delays and numerous cancellations due to social-distancing requirements.\n\nRecent figures revealed that the number of unheard cases in crown courts had reached a record 54,000.\n\nThe backlog means some from last year may not go before a jury until 2022, and it could be years before the courts get back on track.\n\nLabour wants the temporary return of so-called \"wartime juries\" of seven rather than 12 members to speed up the process.\n\n\"Victims of rape, murder, domestic abuse, robbery and assault are facing delays of up to four years because of the government's failure to act,\" Mr Lammy said.\n\nHe also urged the government to speed up the rollout of temporary \"Nightingale courts\" to hear civil, family and tribunals work, as well as non-custodial crime cases.\n\nTen of these were announced in July 2020 to help deal with the backlog in court proceedings, and 20 are now in operation across England and Wales.\n\nLeading lawyers are sceptical about Labour's proposal to reach back into wartime history.\n\nThe Criminal Bar Association - representing barristers who prosecute and defend trials - says a panel of seven may allow more courtrooms to be used, but it wouldn't solve what it says is chronic underfunding - and potentially undermines one of the most important safeguards in our society.\n\nThe Law Society, for solicitors, wants to see evidence that smaller panels would ease backlogs without risking injustices.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice's internal modelling calculated last year that reduced juries would lead to a 10% increase in cases - but that was before courtrooms received new Covid-proof screens that have allowed more trials to run.\n\nScotland's courts are using cinemas to host juries - and while that is not being actively discussed in England, it's not been ruled out either.\n\nEven if juries were slimmed, courts would still need to tightly control the number of defendants who can use their cells and courtroom docks to meet Public Health England's guidelines.\n\nIn April last year, the head of judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Burnett, backed the idea of reducing the number of jurors if social distancing continued.\n\nIn June, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the BBC he was \"very attracted\" by the idea of smaller juries, as had happened in wartime, and judge-only trials in less serious cases.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says it has now installed plastic screens in more than 450 courtrooms and jury deliberation rooms to reduce Covid risks.\n\nIt says the safety measures are designed for 12-person juries and that the impact of lowering the number of jurors would be negligible.\n\nHowever, a spokesman said nothing was being ruled out and ministers were continuing to consider every option available to ensure courts recover quickly.\n\n\"This approach is already delivering results, with magistrates' backlogs falling significantly and the number of cases being dealt with in the crown courts reaching pre-Covid levels last month,\" he added.\n\nThe spokesman also said: \"We know more must be done and are investing £110m into a range of measures to drive this recovery further, including opening more Nightingale courts.\"", "Trees must be able to cope with projected climate change\n\nScientists have proposed 10 golden rules for tree-planting, which they say must be a top priority for all nations this decade.\n\nTree planting is a brilliant solution to tackle climate change and protect biodiversity, but the wrong tree in the wrong place can do more harm than good, say experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.\n\nThe rules include protecting existing forests first and involving locals.\n\nForests are essential to life on Earth.\n\nThey provide a home to three-quarters of the world's plants and animals, soak up carbon dioxide, and provide food, fuels and medicines.\n\nBut they're fast disappearing; an area about the size of Denmark of pristine tropical forest is lost every year.\n\n\"Planting the right trees in the right place must be a top priority for all nations as we face a crucial decade for ensuring the future of our planet,\" said Dr Paul Smith, a researcher on the study and secretary general of conservation charity, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, in Kew.\n\nIt takes at least a century to restore damaged forests\n\nA raft of ambitious tree-planting projects are underway around the world to replace the forests being lost.\n\nBoris Johnson has said he is aiming to plant 30,000 hectares (300 sq km) of new forest a year across the UK by the end of this parliament.\n\nAn African-led movement to plant a 5,000-mile (8,048km) forest wall to fight the climate crisis is set to become the largest living structure on Earth, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A solution that's slowing desertification on the front lines of climate change\n\nHowever, planting trees is highly complex, with no universal easy solution.\n\n\"If you plant the wrong trees in the wrong place you could be doing more harm than good,\" said lead researcher Dr Kate Hardwick of RBG Kew.\n\nAll too often natural forests teeming with plants, animals and fungi are replaced by commercial plantations with row upon row of timber trees, which will be harvested after a few decades, she told BBC News.\n\n\"What we're trying to do is to encourage people, wherever possible, to try and recreate forests which are similar to the natural forests and which provide multiple benefits to people, the environment and to nature as well as capturing carbon.\"\n\nThe review of research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, found that in some cases, planned tree planting does not increase carbon capture and can have negative effects.\n\nKeeping forests in their original state is always preferable; undamaged old forests soak up carbon better and are more resilient to fire, storm and droughts. \"Whenever there's a choice, we stress that halting deforestation and protecting remaining forests must be a priority,\" said Prof Alexandre Antonelli, director of science at RGB Kew.\n\nPut local people at the heart of tree-planting projects\n\nStudies show that getting local communities on board is key to the success of tree-planting projects. It is often local people who have most to gain from looking after the forest in the future.\n\nReforestation should be about several goals, including guarding against climate change, improving conservation and providing economic and cultural benefits.\n\nSelect the right area for reforestation\n\nPlant trees in areas that were historically forested but have become degraded, rather than using other natural habitats such as grasslands or wetlands.\n\nUse natural forest regrowth wherever possible\n\nLetting trees grow back naturally can be cheaper and more efficient than planting trees.\n\nSelect the right tree species that can maximise biodiversity\n\nWhere tree planting is needed, picking the right trees is crucial. Scientists advise a mixture of tree species naturally found in the local area, including some rare species and trees of economic importance, but avoiding trees that might become invasive.\n\nMake sure the trees are resilient to adapt to a changing climate\n\nUse tree seeds that are suitable for the local climate and how that might change in the future.\n\nPlan how to source seeds or trees, working with local people.\n\nCombine scientific knowledge with local knowledge. Ideally, small-scale trials should take place before planting large numbers of trees.\n\nThe sustainability of tree re-planting rests on a source of income for all stakeholders, including the poorest.\n• None Will millions more trees really stop climate change?", "Clare Ferguson-Walker says she has struggled with home-schooling her two children\n\nAs kitchen tables are turned back into classrooms across Wales, parents admit they are struggling with the return to home-schooling.\n\nFor Clare Ferguson-Walker from Tavernspite, Pembrokeshire, the experience has been a \"nightmare\".\n\nShe said trying to educate her two children alongside work has resulted in her relying on universal credit.\n\nGetting to grips with home-schooling in the first lockdown was \"a shock to the system\".\n\n\"My heart goes out to teachers, I can't imagine what it was like for them putting together all these packages,\" she said.\n\n\"My son is 12 and loves gaming so he's quite tech-savvy. When I have managed to pin him down he's been 'go away, dinosaur mother, I know how to do it!'\n\n\"I'm not au fait with these subjects I haven't done for years. It's different to how I learned at school.\"\n\nAs a single parent, Clare said she had found it difficult to juggle home-schooling with her work.\n\n\"At first, in the summer, we were doing Joe Wicks exercises every day then some work. Then it fell into chaos. I tried really hard at the beginning to be organised.\n\n\"I'm an artist and sculptor - that work ended and my income has dried up so I'm on universal credit.\n\n\"It's incredibly tough financially. Life has revolved around looking after the kids,\" she said.\n\nBy the end of the year, she said the pressure had all become too much.\n\n\"The thought of going through that again in the winter months - without sunny days in the garden - the stress really got to me.\n\n\"I was finding myself going repeatedly from the kettle to the fridge and back again in this weird loop, thinking what do I do now?\n\n\"It was like being a caged animal, like one of those bears that starts to pace in a cage. The kids had gone feral by then.\n\n\"I think it's been horrendous for young people and families - we can't even rely on grandparents. Mental health struggles are at an all-time high,\" she said.\n\n\"The one positive is I've got to know my kids a hell of a lot more and there have been times that have been lovely.\n\n\"I think they've learned more sat around the kitchen table when we've been talking about what's going on, they've learned about rational thinking, the importance of science and not jumping to conclusions.\n\nJayne Palmer advises not sitting down at a desk\n\nJayne Palmer from Cardiff, who home-educated both her sons, said there was too much pressure on parents to replicate traditional classroom learning.\n\n\"This is not an ideal circumstance for home-education families either because they are not used to being locked indoors.\n\n\"I think there's far too much emphasis in continuing the set curriculum. Right now it's a complete waste of time. There's pressure to compete in a system parents weren't even involved in.\n\nIt is far more important to \"create and interest in learning,\" she said.\n\n\"There's been a tendency of families to rush to buy desks and chairs and pens. What we find is the best way forward is not to sit down and teach your children - watch documentaries with them, play online games with historical content, practise reading to them, do some cooking, Lego or gardening.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome travellers coming to England will have to quarantine in hotels amid concerns about new Covid variants, the government is expected to announce.\n\nBoris Johnson will discuss proposals with ministers later, but a decision may not be announced until Wednesday.\n\nMost foreign nationals from high-risk countries are already denied UK entry, so the new rules will mainly affect returning UK citizens and residents.\n\nQuarantine rules are set by each of the UK nations but tend to be similar.\n\nThe requirement to isolate in a hotel for 10 days will apply to arrivals from most of southern Africa and South America, as well as Portugal, because many flights from Brazil come via Lisbon, according to BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt.\n\nHe said there had been \"no definitive decision yet\" on arrivals from other parts of the world and this was \"still a live issue\".\n\nWhitehall sources said those quarantining in hotels would have to pay for the costs of their own accommodation.\n\nThe prime minister will later chair a meeting of the Covid operations committee, attended by senior ministers, to discuss the options.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAt the moment, almost all arrivals to the UK need to have tested negative for Covid-19 within the 72 hours before they set off to be allowed entry. Then they still have to quarantine for up to 10 days, although this can be done at home.\n\nIn England, this self-isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days.\n\nQuarantine rules are set separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but have only tended to differ slightly, and there has been a \"four nations\" approach to discussions around hotel quarantine, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.\n\nBut deputy first minister John Swinney said his government would \"go at least as far\" as any Westminster policy, adding: \"If these UK restrictions are at a minimal level, we will look at other controls we can announce - including additional supervised quarantine measures - that can further protect us from importation of the virus.\"\n\nHotel quarantine is already in use in countries including New Zealand and Australia.\n\nJessica Gold (centre), her son William Copsey (left), and her mother, Rossana Gold, are trying to get home to the UK from South Africa\n\nJessica Gold, from London, has been trying to get home from South Africa with her mother, 77, and son, 13, since 1 January - but their flights have been cancelled three times.\n\nShe says the idea of having to quarantine in a hotel when she eventually manages to get home is \"absolutely absurd\".\n\n\"Now we are booked to return on 16 Feb, and there is no way we can or will stay in a hotel to quarantine when I have my own place and we can quarantine there, as we have done in the past,\" says Jessica, who flew out to her safari lodge in Greater Kruger National Park, on business, at the end of November.\n\nJessica, 42, wants the government to get tougher on enforcing travellers' home quarantines, rather than bringing in the hotel rule which she says is \"ridiculous and an extra unnecessary expense during these very tough times\".\n\nJessica adds that she's looking into other ways of getting home earlier, before any potential new rules kick in.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds told MPs on Tuesday that bringing in hotel quarantine plans for arrivals from a small number of countries would leave \"gaping holes\" in the UK's defences against any new, unknown variants of coronavirus coming from across the globe.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said all current travel measures were being kept under review and the government \"will not hesitate to take further action\" to combat variants, especially as they could effect the efficacy of Covid vaccines.\n\nTravel writer Simon Calder told BBC Breakfast it was \"going to be tricky\" to identify people arriving from the high-risk countries, as travellers could go to a third country before coming to the UK.\n\nHe said British citizens in Portugal, for example, could travel to Madrid in order to fly back to the UK.\n\nPassengers in Australian quarantine hotels have all meals delivered to their room\n\nIn Australia, travellers are allocated a hotel room on arrival and taken there by bus. Often, entire flights are accommodated in the same hotel.\n\nThe New South Wales government promises to make \"every attempt\" to find suitable accommodation for travellers and families. But availability of rooms means there are severe limits on the number of people who can arrive in the country on any given day.\n\nThe hotel quarantine lasts a minimum of 14 days up to 24 days, providing a person tests negative twice.\n\nThe passenger must cover the cost of quarantine - at about £2,800 for a family of two adults and two children.\n\nFees are waived for those who can prove they are unable to pay, and there are certain exemptions.\n\nBut not following the rules is a criminal offence, and in New South Wales carries fines of around £6,000 for individuals, six months in prison, or both - with an extra fine for each day the offence continues.\n\nHotel quarantine is among the measures credited with limiting cases of coronavirus in Australia - which has a population of around 25 million - to just 28,777 positive cases during the entire pandemic, a smaller number of cases than is currently being recorded in the UK every day.\n\nBut international arrivals to Australia have fallen dramatically since its hotel quarantine policy was introduced in March 2020.\n\nBetween July and October 2020, just 72,111 people arrived in Australia to live, work or visit - compared with 7.5 million people in the same period in 2019, according to Australian government figures.\n\nRob Paterson, chief executive of Best Western Hotels, said his hotels would be well-prepared for the expected new policy.\n\nSome already have Covid infection controls in place, he said, as they have been used to host \"step-down\" patients who complete their recovery in hotels to free up hospital beds.\n\nMr Paterson told BBC Breakfast quarantining customers would like to see reduced prices, a contact arrival process, CCTV and security to stop people leaving and meals delivered three times a day outside the door - along with clean linen and towels.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: “That idea of looking at hotels is certainly one thing we are actively now working on.”\n\nJoss Croft, chief executive of UKinbound, which represents the tourism sector, said he hoped hotel quarantine rules would cover as few countries as possible and told the BBC's Newsnight the industry had been \"decimated\".\n\nIn a joint statement, the Airport Operators Association and Airlines UK said the country already had \"some of the highest levels of restrictions in the world\" and tougher rules would be \"catastrophic\".", "President Joe Biden has said that the US might be able to boost its daily vaccination roll-out targets after criticising the Trump administration’s record.\n\nBiden, who has described the previous vaccine programme as a \"dismal failure\", has committed to getting 100 million vaccine doses done in his first 100 days and has since said: \"I think we may be able to get that to 1.5 million a day, rather than one million a day.\"\n\nIs he right about the vaccine roll-out under the Trump administration?\n\nAs of 20 January, when Biden became US president, about 16.5 million vaccines had been administered.\n\nThat is some way off the Trump administration's target of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of 2020. In fact, fewer than three million people had received a jab by 31 December.\n\nVaccinations have sped up since the start of the year.\n\nThe daily average for the week before Trump left office was less than 900,000, according to Our World in Data .\n\nThat figure has since risen above one million doses a day, and Biden has come under some scrutiny for not setting a more ambitious target.\n\nWhen you look at the countries doing the most vaccinations by population, the US is fourth after Israel, the UAE and the UK in terms of doses per 100 people.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nFinancial help has been promised to those affected by serious flooding, the Welsh Government has announced.\n\nPeople have been forced to leave their homes and a major incident declared after Storm Christoph struck.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated during flooding thought to be related to mine works in Skewen, Neath, while 30 were evacuated in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would work with councils to deliver £500-£1,000 payments to affected households.\n\nEnvironment minister, Lesley Griffiths, said people across Wales were facing the \"twin problems\" of floods and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShe said: \"We will support people in these circumstances just as we did in the aftermath of storms Ciara and Dennis last year, by working with local authorities to make support payments of between £500 and £1,000 available for each household flooded.\"\n\nSevere flood warnings remain in place across Wales as river levels remain high.\n\nIn the Lower Dee Valley a severe flood warning remains in force, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadow, and a major incident was declared in Bangor-on-Dee.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nFirefighters in Skewen waded through water up to their thighs amidst reports of evacuated homes\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated in Skewen, including residents of a care home, after at least eight streets were left under water.\n\nEmergency services said there were no injuries and all those evacuated had been found accommodation, but people are asked to avoid the area.\n\nIn Denbighshire, a bridge linking Trefnant to Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd collapsed in the storm. The council said it would be investigating the cause of the flooding, which forced road closures and evacuations.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said the River Dee, which runs through Bangor-on-Dee, was at its highest recorded level since the water gauge became operational in 1996 - 16.45m (54ft).\n\nIt urged people across Wales to remain vigilant, with river levels not set to have peaked until late Thursday evening, adding they would remain high until Friday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Met Office said over the past two days Wales had the highest rainfall of the four UK nations.\n\nBetween 19 and 21 January, Aberllefenni in Gwynedd saw 188mm (7.5in) of rain, more than average rainfall for Wales for the whole of January, which is 156.89mm (63in).\n\nThat was followed by 180mm (7in) in Crai reservoir, Powys, 169.8mm (6.6in) in Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 166mm (6.5in) in both Maerdy, RCT, and Capel Curig, Conwy.\n\nLlechryd bridge in Ceredigion has been completely submerged by the River Teifi\n\nUp to 30 people were forced out of their homes in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the River Dee was at its highest level since the water gauge became operational\n\nThe flooding threatened the supply of the coronavirus Oxford vaccine, which is produced at Wrexham Industrial Estate.\n\nWrexham council leader Mr Pritchard said it had to work to \"make sure we didn't lose the vaccinations in the floods\".\n\n\"I've been up all night... it's a very difficult time for us,\" he added.\n\nNorth East Wales Search and Rescue helped people whose homes were flooded in New Broughton, Wrexham\n\nWockhardt UK, which manufactures the vaccine, said at about 16:00 GMT on Wednesday, excess water surrounded part of its buildings.\n\n\"The site is now secure and free from any further flood damage and operating as normal,\" it said.\n\nThe clean-up has begun in Ruthin\n\nA multi-agency statement described the situation in Bangor-on-Dee as a \"major incident\".\n\nIt said: \"As a severe weather warning indicates that there is a risk to life...\n\n\"The evacuation effort continues, with all routes in and out of the village currently closed to the public due to the flooding.\"\n\nEarlier, some residents in Ruthin were told to leave their homes - people have been told Covid rules allow them leave their homes in an emergency.\n\nMeanwhile, a man's body was recovered from the River Taff near Blackweir in Cardiff.\n\nDozens of ducks and chickens, and 12 huskies were rescued by the RSPCA from a flooded farm in Bangor, while they also took hay to two donkeys stranded by flood water in Mold.\n\nSome 12 huskies had to be rescued after their kennels flooded\n\nDave Brown said the flooding in his home in Broughton, Flintshire, was horrific and his mother-in-law was rescued by firefighters.\n\n\"You don't realise the damage water does and everything that floats - the sheer volume of water. I am 6ft tall and it almost took me out,\" he said.\n\nDave Brown's mother-in-law was rescued from their home in Broughton, Flintshire\n\nWrexham council said some of the people forced to leave their homes were with relatives, while it found others accommodation after having to initially seek refuge in a church hall.\n\nNine properties in Berse Road in New Broughton were also evacuated.\n\nThe situation in Ruthin, Denbighshire, overnight was \"horrendous\", town councillor Stephen Beach said.\n\n\"The whole of Ruthin was on edge,\" he said.\n\n\"Some people were accommodated at the leisure centre, and others were offered places to stay by local residents. The community was superb.\n\n\"It was the sheer volume of water that came down - there was no stopping it.\"\n\nA yellow weather warning for ice for Wales has been issued by the Met Office until 10:00 GMT on Friday, with concerns it could lead to travel disruption, slips and falls.\n\nNumerous flood warnings and alerts remain in place across Wales, including two severe flood warnings.\n\nThe agency said flood defences were being used and river levels at Holt, Wrexham, would remain high for some time.\"There is therefore a significant risk of localised flooding problems and due to that the severe flood warning will remain in place until the levels drop,\" Keith Iven of NRW said\n\nIn Monmouthshire roads were closed following flooding, and the council said while water levels at the River Usk were dropping, a \"second peak\" on the River Wye had been expected on Thursday night.\n\nThe council had warned people living in Riverside Park, Monmouth, may be impacted and council workers were prepared to offer support.\n\nRiver Tywi has burst its banks in Carmarthen, affecting nearby businesses\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended 98 flooding-related incidents\n\nIt said it deployed swift water rescue teams to rescue 13 people from vehicles in floodwater. It also winched vehicles from water and pumped water from properties.\n\nIn Cardiff, emergency services attended a crash involving a number of vehicles at about 07:40 on the A4232 between Culverhouse Cross and the M4.\n\nNo-one was seriously injured, but both carriageways were closed for just over an hour. The road has since reopened.\n\nIn Carmarthen, people were treated for the effects of fumes after using a generator to pump water from their homes.\n\nIn Knighton and Crickhowell in Powys, crews spent Wednesday night pumping out a number of properties.\n\nIn Borth, Ceredigion, floodwater hit the water treatment plant, an electrical substation and eight properties.\n\nOgwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team had to rescue a man from the roof of his car.\n\nIt said he had tried to drive through the river ford along the road from Llandygai to Bangor, in Gwynedd, but had become stuck in deep water and had climbed onto the roof. He was not injured.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Derek Brockway - weatherman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was aware of a minor landslip on the mountainside above Pentre.\n\nIt said an initial inspection determined there was no immediate threat to the area and a further detailed inspection would be carried out on Friday. It asked people to avoid the area.\n\nBangor-on-Dee has been badly hit by Storm Cristoph\n\nDozens of roads have been closed across Wales, and while Covid rules are in place stopping people from travelling apart from for essential reasons, people are being warned not to travel in affected areas due to widespread flooding.\n\nChris Lloyd from North Wales Mountain Rescue Association warned people to not visit flood-hit areas to view the damage.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"People who are going out to look at the floods are not only putting themselves at risk, but putting additional people on the roads which professional emergency services don't want - we don't want any more incidents.\"\n\nDenbighshire council said Ysgol Bodfari in Denbigh and Ysgol Caer Drewyn, Corwen, which had been open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers, have been closed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock says lifting restrictions can only happen when \"facts on the ground\" show it is safe\n\nIt is \"difficult to put a timeline\" on when England's lockdown could be lifted, Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe health secretary said there were \"early signs\" the measures were working but it was \"not a moment to ease up\".\n\nHe said there were 37,000 people in hospital with coronavirus in the UK and \"more people on ventilators than at any time in this whole pandemic\".\n\n\"The pressure on the NHS remains huge and we've got to get that case rate down,\" he said.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases in the UK has been falling, but the number of people in hospital remains high, as does the UK's daily death numbers.\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nThe are 4,076 people in hospital on ventilators.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons.\n\nThis includes for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I understand the yearning people have to get out of this.\n\n\"The thing is that we have to look at the facts on the ground and we have to monitor those facts.\n\n\"And of course, everybody wants to have a timeline for that, but I think most people understand why it is difficult to put a timeline on it because it's a matter of monitoring the data.\"\n\nHe set out the factors the government would take into account when reaching decisions over lifting the restrictions, including: the death rate, the number of people in hospital, whether there were new coronavirus variants and the success of the vaccine rollout.\n\nAlmost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, Mr Hancock said, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nThe falling numbers of infections being reported and the rising rate of vaccination are incredibly promising - even if the drop in infections reported on Monday may have been partly an artefact of fewer people coming forward for a test because of the snow.\n\nBut that does not offer any guarantees of a rapid lifting of lockdown.\n\nWhat is concerning ministers are the high numbers in hospital.\n\nThe number of new admissions seems to have plateaued - but at a very high rate.\n\nClose to 4,000 patients a day are being admitted to hospital.\n\nTo put that in context, that is four times the total number of all types of respiratory admissions the NHS would normally see in winter.\n\nIt means the numbers in hospital are at nearly twice the level they were at the peak in the spring during the first wave.\n\nWith better treatments available, patients are spending longer in hospital.\n\nSo come mid-February the pressures in hospital are likely to be very high, leaving ministers little wriggle-room to relax restrictions.\n\nThe big unknown, however, is what impact and how quickly vaccination will have an effect on admissions.\n\nThere is encouraging early news from Israel that hospitalisation really starts to drop three weeks after the first dose.\n\nIf that is repeated here, the picture could quickly change.\n\nBut until that happens the government - in the words of Health Secretary Matt Hancock - is urging the country to hold its nerve.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press conference, Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, warned: \"We are not out of this by a very long way.\"\n\nShe said current coronavirus rates were still causing concern, patience was needed about the vaccination programme and the NHS still faced its usual winter pressures.\n\nSusan Hopkins, from Public Health England, said the UK need to see the death rate \"fall much lower\" before any decision to ease measures.\n\nShe said teams were currently studying the impact on the UK's vaccine programme of the variant first identified in South Africa.\n\nBut she added the \"consensus view\" from four UK laboratories suggested that \"the current vaccine works against the variant that was first discovered in the UK\".", "A group of MPs is calling for hedgehog nesting sites to get the same protections as those for bats and badgers, in an effort to boost numbers.\n\nFormer Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has tabled an amendment to the Environment Bill, which he said would help \"Britain's favourite animal\".\n\nThe spiky mammals should be on developers' \"radar\" when they are planning a project, he added.\n\nA report in 2018 suggested UK hedgehog numbers had halved since 2000.\n\nRough estimates put the population at one million, compared with 30 million during the 1950s.\n\nMr Grayling's amendment would add hedgehogs the list of protected animals under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.\n\nThis would place a legal obligation on developers to search for the animals and take action to reduce the risk to them from building.\n\nChris Grayling said hedgehogs should feature on property developers' surveys\n\nIt is illegal to kill or capture hedgehogs using certain methods but Mr Grayling said: \"It seems wrong to me, for example, that whenever a developer has to carry out a wildlife survey before starting work on a project that the hedgehog is not on anyone's radar.\n\n\"It is Britain's favourite animal, its numbers are declining and it should be as well protected as any other popular but threatened British animal.\"\n\nFormer cabinet ministers Liam Fox, Andrew Mitchell and Dame Cheryl Gillan are among 13 fellow Conservative MPs supporting Mr Grayling's amendment.\n\nLabour's Hilary Benn and Debbie Abrahams have also signed it.\n\nThe Environment Bill - which seeks to write environmental principles into UK law for the first time - will be debated in the House of Commons on Tuesday.\n\nIt includes setting legally binding targets to improve air quality, water, biodiversity and waste reduction by 2037.\n\nBut some Conservative backbenchers say this is much too slow. They want the targets brought forward to 2030 at the latest.\n\nAn amendment from the Conservative MP, Chris Loder, calls for unmissable targets to reduce plastics waste.\n\nIt comes as a report from Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency claims that the UK's 10 largest supermarket chains put plastic equivalent to the weight of 90 Eiffel Towers on to the market in 2019.\n\nThe study found that while the number of single-use carrier bags fell by more than a third, more than one and a half billion plastic \"bags for life\" were issued by the top brands, and that 2.5 billion plastic water bottles were sold or given away.\n\nThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the bill would help \"improve the environment for future generations\".\n\nIt added that ministers were \"ambitious\" to \"drive a world-leading programme of environmental reform\".\n\nFor Labour, shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard said the bill should be prioritised to complete its passage in this session of Parliament.\n\nHe added that the UK needed legislation that \"recognises the urgency of the crisis and doesn't go backwards\".", "Budweiser has said it will not advertise its beer during the Super Bowl this year, joining a growing number of big brands sitting out the annual American football championship.\n\nThe event remains one of the most-watched in the US each year, drawing more than 100 million viewers in 2020.\n\nThe advertisements are often as much a conversation-starter as the game itself, sometimes sparking controversy.\n\nFirms say the virus has made finding the right message especially difficult.\n\nOthers are grappling with financial hits caused by the pandemic, which has dampened spending on many items, while also casting more than 10 million Americans out of work, resurfacing racial and economic inequalities and sharpening political divisions.\n\nBudweiser's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, said it planned to reallocate the money it would have spent on a 30-second Budweiser spot during the game to support an Ad Council campaign promoting coronavirus vaccination.\n\nIt is the first time the flagship brand will not make a game-time appearance in 37 years.\n\n\"This commitment is an investment in a future where we can all get back together safely over a beer\", it said, adding that it would still promote some of its other brands, such as Bud Light, during the game.\n\nOn Monday, Budweiser released a full 90-second Super Bowl ad on YouTube entitled \"Bigger Picture\", which showed US citizens overcoming pandemic challenges together and aimed to raise awareness about Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nCoke, Pepsi and Hyundai are among the other major names also planning to forego airtime during the broadcast.\n\nCoca-Cola said it had made the \"difficult choice\" to \"ensure we are investing in the right resources during these unprecedented times\". The firm did not advertise during the 2019 game either.\n\nHyundai cited \"marketing priorities\" and the timing of upcoming vehicle launches.\n\nPepsi has also said it would not promote its flagship soda during the game. Instead, it is spending money on an advert airing to promote the Super Bowl halftime show it has sponsored for almost a decade.\n\nThe Super Bowl boasts some of the most expensive advertising slots all year\n\nGiven all the economic, political and health questions of 2020, companies may have felt it was prudent to pull back - especially several months ago, when they would have had to start planning for such a high-profile night, said Kimberly Whitler, professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business\n\n\"It's the biggest night of TV watching and so they have to plan it months in advance,\" she said. \"There was so much uncertainty that to go and invest in a Super Bowl ad might have actually felt or seemed frivolous at the time.\"\n\nThe decision goes \"beyond finances\", she added. \"It's also, 'How do we identify the right tone that will match the moment'.\"\n\nThis year's Super Bowl will see star quarterback Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs on 7 February.\n\nLast year, firms spent an average of $5.25m (£3.8m) for a 30-second spot during the championship, driving Super Bowl ad spending to a record $450m, according to Kantar consultancy.\n\nThe firm has said its research suggests Super Bowl ads are \"typically 20 times more effective\" in changing a brand's perception than a normal advert.\n\nAnheuser-Busch, an official sponsor of the National Football League, is typically one of the night's top spenders, so the absence of its flagship brand may create its own buzz, said Satya Menon, a Chicago-based managing partner of of ROI practice at Kantar.\n\nChipotle's very first Super Bowl commercial is entitled, \"Can a burrito change the world?\"\n\n\"Budweiser in particular is a very established brand ... so for them, it's all about generating love and goodwill and maybe this is another way,\" she says.\n\n\"They do have a lot of pre-game advertising out there. When people have the expectation that they wil be there and then they don't see the brand, they'll start thinking why are they not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the sports showdown still seems to be finding plenty of firms ready to fill spots left by the stalwarts. Names of newcomers include Chipotle and Fiverr, a freelance platform that has seen business soar during the pandemic.\n\n\"It doesn't get any bigger than the Super Bowl from a branding and marketing perspective,\" said Fiverr's chief marketing officer Gali Arnon. \"We believe this is a major opportunity for us to introduce the world to Fiverr in a unique and creative way.\"\n\nMany of this year's advertisers are firms coming from the e-commerce sector, which have benefited from the pandemic, Ms Menon said.\n\nAnd though audience numbers for NFL games have slipped this year, for those firms making their game-night debuts, Ms Menon says she still expects ads to have a big impact - even if the pandemic puts a damper on the traditional Super Bowl parties and other festivities, which can make championship feel like an unofficial national holiday.\n\n\"There isn't very much going on in life, so it will always have that great reach,\" she says. \"Some of that excitement may not be there, but watching will definitely be there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says teachers and pupils will be told “as much as we can, as soon as we can” about reopening schools\n\nThe government will tell teachers and parents when schools in England can reopen \"as soon as we can\", the prime minister has said.\n\nMPs have called on the government to set out a \"route map\" for reopening amid concerns for children's education.\n\nBoris Johnson said he understood why people wanted a timetable but he did not want to lift restrictions while the infection rate was \"still very high\".\n\nHe would not guarantee schools would reopen before April's Easter break.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We've now got the R [reproduction rate] down below 1 across the whole of the country, that's a great achievement, we don't want to see a huge surge of infection just when we've got the vaccination programme going so well and people working so hard.\n\n\"I understand why people want to get a timetable from me today, what I can tell you is we'll tell you, tell parents, tell teachers as much as we can as soon as we can.\"\n\nHe said the government would be \"looking at the potential of relaxing some measures\" before mid-February, with Downing Street clarifying that this meant looking at the data to decide \"what we may or may not be able to ease from 15 February onwards\".\n\nA further 592 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 22,195 cases have been recorded, according to Monday's government figures.\n\nAt Monday's Downing Street press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost four in five of the UK's over-80s have had the vaccine, with nearly 6.6m people in total having had their first dose.\n\nBut he said the NHS continues to be under \"intense pressure\", with Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, saying there are \"twice the number of people in hospital than we had in the first wave\" of the pandemic.\n\nRobert Halfon, chairman of the education select committee, told BBC Breakfast there was \"enormous uncertainty\" and called for the government to set out what the conditions needed to be for pupils to return to schools.\n\nThe Conservative MP for Harlow suggested the government could consider tighter restrictions in other parts of society and the economy, in order to enable schools to open.\n\nTory MPs were enraged by reports over the weekend that schools might not re-open fully until after the Easter holidays.\n\nMinisters say it's the progress of the pandemic that will determine their decision rather than a pre-agreed timetable.\n\nYet whenever the government speaks, parents hear dates. Whether it's that the situation will be reviewed at half-term. Or a pledge to give two weeks' notice when classes will come back.\n\nMPs are now pushing for more transparency from the government about how they'll assess the data, and for some ideas between school being mostly closed or totally open.\n\nThis issue is a perfect metaphor for the situation facing the entire country. Too much hope breeds disappointment, but living with uncertainty is just as hard. And you can come up with a plan but it might have to be junked if the virus has other ideas.\n\nChildren's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield joined the call for clarity and told the BBC: \"Children are more withdrawn, they are really suffering in terms of isolation, their confidence levels are falling, and for some there are serious issues.\"\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government wanted to \"see all children back at the very earliest moment\".\n\nSchools in England have been closed to most pupils since the national lockdown began on 5 January due to high levels of Covid transmission in the community.\n\nThere have been calls for teachers to be vaccinated sooner, although it is not clear if that would allow schools to reopen earlier.\n\nThe majority of pupils in England are learning from home with schools only open to the children of key workers, vulnerable children and those who cannot learn at home\n\nCovid death rates among educational professionals are not \"statistically significantly different\" to those in the general population, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, but secondary school teachers appeared to have an elevated risk compared particularly with people working in office-type jobs.\n\nAmong secondary school teachers Covid death rates were 39.2 deaths per 100,000 males, compared with 31.4 for all males aged 20 to 64, and 21.2 per 100,000 females, compared with 16.8, but the ONS said these were \"not statistically significantly different than those of the same age and sex in the wider population\".\n\nSchools will remain closed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales until at least the February half-term - with the Welsh first minister saying it is \"unlikely\" all pupils will return after the break.\n\nGemma Cocker with her children Charlie and Lyla\n\nGemma Cocker from Brighton is one of the many parents struggling to balance childcare, home learning and work.\n\nShe says she's having to share her work laptop with her son, who has already missed learning time after the family moved home and did not have internet access. \"We didn't have any internet. The school said they had reached their limit so couldn't take him,\" she says.\n\nAnd because her children are young, she says: \"They're never just going to watch a classroom by themselves, you have to be with them the whole time.\"\n\nKitty Jones, 11, is in her last year of primary school and she says home learning is \"tricky\" because she is not used to using different remote platforms like Google Classroom and she wants to return \"as soon as possible\".\n\n\"I still think that I'm learning a bit, but I don't think I'm learning as much as I would be in person,\" she tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHolly Agbukor, 18, is studying for her A-levels, says it is \"quite stressful\" learning at home, as it is a \"different environment, so it is not as easy to be fully present in the lessons\".\n\nBut, she says, while is it \"difficult\" working at home, \"I don't think it is worth the cost of reintroducing the virus into society and making things worse overall\".\n\nHow has home-schooling been going for your family? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nRules for people entering the UK could get tighter later - with the government expected to enforce hotel quarantine in England for some arrivals. Currently, people arriving in the UK must test negative before setting off, and then self-isolate for 10 days on arrival. This can be reduced to five days in England after a second negative test. But it's feared that not everyone follows the rules - so people could now be told to stay in hotels, where the isolation will be enforced. It's thought the rules will definitely apply to UK citizens and residents arriving from southern African, South America, and Portugal (foreign nationals are already banned from arriving from those \"high risk\" areas). The rules could also apply to other countries. And it's expected that people will have to pay their own way. Although each part of the UK sets its own travel rules, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a \"four nations\" approach is being discussed. Here's a glimpse from last year of hotel quarantine in Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK's unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November, up from 4.9%, as the pandemic continued to hit the jobs market. In November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said unemployment could peak at 2.6 million by the middle of this year - that's 7.5% of the working population.\n\nThe EU has been criticised for a slow vaccine rollout - which is partly down to delays from manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca (although the latter's jab hasn't actually been approved in the EU yet). Now the EU says vaccine makers must provide \"early notification\" when they want to export vaccines outside the bloc. This could mean more doses stay inside the EU. The UK minister responsible for vaccine deployment, Nadhim Zahawi, has said he is confident Pfizer - which manufactures its vaccine in Belgium - will deliver for both the UK and the EU. This tweet is from the EU's health commissioner.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stella Kyriakides This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRiot police in the Netherlands have again clashed with people defying a curfew, following a weekend of unrest. More than 150 were arrested. In Rotterdam, police fired warning shots and tear gas, after an emergency order failed to move demonstrators.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police described the rioting as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nDespite Covid and the strains on the system, there is still kindness - and new life - in NHS hospitals. The BBC's Hugh Pym went to Kings Mill Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, to meet the patients and staff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: ‘Among all the doom and gloom there’s positives’\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page. This page analyses UK data - including the recent fall in daily cases.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The school's head teacher said it was unacceptable staff were being put at risk\n\nA school has threatened to withdraw places for pupils who have told teachers they are visiting people outside their households.\n\nYew Tree Community School in Oldham said several children had admitted visiting friends, neighbours and family contrary to Covid-19 lockdown rules.\n\nHead teacher Martine Buckley said she would take the action when \"parents were putting staff in danger\".\n\nThe Department for Education said \"all vulnerable\" pupils should go to school.\n\nDuring the current lockdown schools are open only to pupils listed as vulnerable and the children of key workers.\n\nFamilies can form \"childcare bubbles\" with one other household, and children who live with two parents who live separately can move between households - but any further mixing is forbidden.\n\nIn a letter posted on the Chadderton school's Facebook page, Mrs Buckley said she was \"upset\" to be writing it \"but I feel I must\".\n\n\"Our lovely children are open and honest and they tell us about their lives and activities,\" she said.\n\n\"A number of them are telling us that they are visiting friends, neighbours and family which is against the law.\n\n\"Our teachers and support staff are putting their own safety at risk to look after your children and they should be confident you are doing your bit to follow the lockdown rules.\n\n\"I am afraid I will have to withdraw the offer of a place in school to children whose parents are putting us in danger.\"\n\nWhile a number of parents applauded the message, others have been angered.\n\nOne man told the BBC his two grandchildren were at the school and children as young as four have been asked about their activities at home, which was \"out of order\".\n\n\"My granddaughters are pretty intimidated by the tone,\" he said.\n\n\"Asking them questions like that and then the answers off the back of that. They come to a decision of whether they are going to displace them or not.\"\n\nThe school has about 660 pupils aged between four and 11.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education said during the current lockdown, schools were \"open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers\".\n\n\"We expect schools to work with families to ensure all critical worker children are given access to a place if this is required,\" she added.\n\n\"We encourage all vulnerable children to attend.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Microsoft has reported booming demand for its Xbox gaming consoles as the pandemic continues to lift the fortunes of the American tech giant.\n\nIts Azure cloud computing services also got a boost due to a surge in working and learning from home.\n\nThe gains helped push the firm's overall revenue up 17% to a record $43.1bn (£31.4bn).\n\nBut its growth came as the virus continues to weigh on other industries.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella said the firm is benefiting from a long-term shift in behaviour.\n\n\"What we have witnessed over the past year is the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry,\" he said.\n\nXbox sales jumped 40% in the three months to 31 December while Azure services soared 50%.\n\nThe virus continues to weigh on industries outside of tech\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many firms to switch to remote working, while keeping many entertainment options outside of the home off-limits.\n\nMicrosoft has seized on the changes, focusing energy on updating its remote work software options.\n\nThe firm also released two new Xbox consoles in November, helping to boost the performance of its personal computing unit.\n\nMicrosoft's gaming business topped $5bn in quarterly sales for the first time ever due to gaming subscriptions and sales as well as new consoles.\n\nThe firm said profits in the quarter rose 33% compared with last year to $15.5bn.\n\nIts shares - which climbed roughly 40% last year - were up another 4% in after-hours trade,\n\n\"These were blow out numbers that will be another feather in the cap for the tech sector as the cloud growth party is just getting started,\" said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.\n\nBut the gains enjoyed by tech firms like Microsoft stand in contrast to the ongoing struggles seen in other industries such as hospitality, retail and travel.\n\nCoffee chain Starbucks on Tuesday said its sales in the last three months of 2020 fell roughly 5% compared to 2019, driven by a drop in business in the US where concerns about Covid-19 have prompted authorities to urge people to stay at home.\n\nIn China, where the virus is under more control, sales rose 5%, the company said.\n\nThe firm said it expected business to return to growth in the next few months, including in the critical US market.\n\nBut profits in the quarter dropped 30% to $622.2m compared with last year, sending the firm's shares lower in after-hours trade.", "The water is warmer than the air and is creating a mist along Dynevor Road\n\nThe coalmining heritage of Wales has been implicated in flooding of homes - but what has happened in Skewen?\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated from the Neath Port Talbot village, with at least eight streets left under water.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones says the flood appears to be related to mine works - but the volume of water involved has hampered a full assessment so far.\n\nThe Coal Authority is investigating how \"historic underground mining features\" in the area exacerbated the problem.\n\nA geologist says there are tens of thousands of old mine shafts across the former south Wales coalfield and it is \"incredibly difficult\" to monitor them all.\n\nSkewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village that operated in the 19th and early 20th Century.\n\nThere were colliery sites near what is now Drummau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey.\n\nSkewen was part of a collection of collieries that stretched between Neath and Llanelli on the western side of south Wales' coalfield.\n\nGraham Levins, secretary of the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, said old mines often contain groundwater which can flood in heavy rain.\n\nHe said: \"A lot of them go very, very deep down, much below the local water level and that's why they had all the big wheels to pump the water out.\n\n\"It fills up with water and will find a way out. Normally rainfall you get it doesn't cause a lot of problems but when you get really heavy rain, the water drains down through the ground and builds up.\"\n\nStreets were turned into rivers in Skewen\n\nGeologist Tom Backhouse said water was coming out of an area near the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where there is a record of a mine shaft dating from the turn of the 20th Century.\n\nIt then started \"rushing down\" Drummau Road, causing the flooding that forced evacuations.\n\n\"What we can expect to have happened is that the water level in the mines rose to a point where it's burst out of that entry point from the mine workings below.\n\n\"Also, there are images of very ochre like orange-coloured water and again, that may well be issuing from the mine workings on the highlands to the east of the property on the hill behind.\n\n\"That may be where the shallow workings have flooded.\"\n\nHe said old mine working across the former coalfield area hold water at a certain depth, but when an event such as Storm Christoph drops \"a huge amount in a small area\", the levels rise quickly.\n\n\"As it gets closer and closer to the surface, it basically looks for an escape, the pressure builds up,\" he continued.\n\n\"What it looks like has happened on the junction of Goshen Park and Drummau Road, where the mine shaft is recorded, is that pressure has built up at that point and then burst out through the shaft which is very likely to have been capped with wood or something like that.\n\n\"Where you've got those mine shafts, which ultimately are vertical tunnels down into the mine workings below, the water has literally forced itself up through that shaft, and the pressure is obviously so great it's caused this devastating flash flood.\"\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nThere are about 13 shafts recorded within about 820ft (250m) of the one in Goshen Park, so Mr Backhouse said it is possible more than one may have burst.\n\nThere are tens of thousands in south Wales and he said it was \"incredibly difficult\" to check them all, but there were \"tell tale signs\" as to why they may collapse such as age or what type of developments are around them.\n\nThe clean up has continued on Friday morning\n\n\"Not to try and fear-monger or anything but of course this sort of thing can happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"If another event like Storm Christoph happens, the water levels in the mine rises as quickly as it did, there's absolutely nothing to say that it wouldn't happen again in the future.\n\n\"And obviously as climate changes and we have many more events like Storm Christoph, they are going to increase in frequency, they are going to be much more severe.\n\n\"The Coal Authority will have to consider the risk in places like Skewen, and they'll have to understand how it will affect residents and proactively manage that and look at how to reduce the risks for residents.\"", "Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured in the 2017 bombing\n\nThe operator of the Manchester Arena has denied it \"deliberately sacrificed safety\" in the aftermath of the 2017 bombing.\n\nAn inquiry has heard how security failures contributed to the arena being unsafe on the night of the attack.\n\nVenue operator SMG has disputed claims it \"was akin to the worst kind of Dickensian factory owner, deliberately and cynically sacrificing safety\".\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a home-made device as fans left the arena following an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nAndrew O'Connor QC, representing SMG, told the inquiry the firm had always accepted responsibility for security in the City Room, where the bomb exploded.\n\nBut he denied the firm had sought to \"blame others,\" adding it had \"simply sought to explain how SMG discharged its responsibilities\".\n\n\"It is for that purpose and not for prevarication, finger-pointing or buck passing that we have sought to explain to you SMG's relationship with all the other organisations involved,\" he added.\n\nMr O'Connor said the company accepted there were \"shortcomings\" with its written risk assessments but maintained it \"did have a system for assessing terrorism-related risk\".\n\nThe public inquiry into the bombing will look at whether the attack could have been prevented\n\nPatrick Gibbs QC, representing BTP, told the inquiry the force made five key mistakes on the night of the bombing.\n\nThis included having no officers on patrol at Victoria station when Abedi made his final journey to the arena and not having an officer in the City Room at the end of the concert.\n\nOther mistakes included failing to complete a written risk-assessment for the concert, officers not following instructions from their duty sergeant and that PC Stephen Corke, the most experienced officer on duty, was not at the arena complex for the end of the event.\n\nBTP has since made significant changes to its procedures since the attack, the inquiry was told.\n\nThese include monthly meetings with the arena operators to discuss events.\n\nThe inquiry, which began in September, continues.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pictures of the Pampas grass on social media are thought to have made the area in South Shields popular\n\nA boom in the popularity of Pampas grass with interior decorators has led to \"droves\" of people picking the plant which grows wild near a beach.\n\nThe grass, near Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, forms part of a wind defence to stop sand blowing onto roads and helps protect the coastline.\n\nSouth Tyneside Council warned anyone found removing it could be prosecuted.\n\nCouncillor Ernest Gibson said while the grass may look \"beautiful in vases\" people were \"damaging the environment\".\n\nThe grass, which was popular in the 1970s, can sell for up to £40 a bunch and has proved a popular addition to people's homes.\n\nIt is thought that photographs on social media sites such as Instagram may have influenced people turning up and taking it, Mr Gibson added.\n\n\"Pampas grass is quite expensive to buy if you went to a florist. It's cheaper to come to South Tyneside and take it away,\" he said.\n\n\"But what we are doing is urging people not to come here and take it away, it's there for a reason.\"\n\nPampas grass and Marram grass form part of a defence along the coast at South Shields\n\nThe Pampas grass helps to bond poor soils found at the coast, while Marram grass helps to prevent erosion in the dunes.\n\nSigns are to be erected warning people not to pick the grass because it is already in need of replenishment, the council said.\n\n\"Through Covid, we have a massive amount of people coming to the coastal town, it's Benidorm without the sunshine,\" he added.\n\n\"It's great to see people at the seaside enjoying it [the grass] and that's what it's part of. It's there for everybody to view.\"\n\nGarden designer George Wright said Pampas grass was \"very popular\" and he had seen demand increase two or three times at his nursery in West Boldon. He also expressed concern for the area.\n\n\"Once they take the flower heads themselves they take the seeds. Eventually this will become very much a patchy area and they will all start to decline.\n\n\"Pampas grass is becoming more and and more popular at the moment and I think a lot of it is people are starting to extend their houses into the garden so they want something nice in there, and also it's being used for interior decoration in houses.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty said it was a very sad day, as the UK surpassed 100,000 Covid deaths\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK is likely to come down \"relatively slowly\", England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the UK was going to see \"a lot more deaths\" over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccination programme were felt.\n\nCurrent restrictions were \"just about holding\" in lowering infection rates, he told a Downing Street briefing.\n\nIt comes as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday.\n\nA further 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAnd 20,089 coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days.\n\nProf Whitty told a Downing Street news conference the rolling seven-day average for deaths was 1,242 - \"an incredibly high number\" - and unlikely to come down quickly.\n\n\"I think we have to be realistic that the rate of mortality, the number of people dying a day, will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably be flat for a while now.\"\n\nProf Whitty said the number of people testing positive for coronavirus was \"still at a very high number, but it has been coming down\".\n\nBut he cautioned against relaxing restrictions \"too early\", as Office for National Statistics data showed a \"rather slower\" decrease.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK had \"flattened off\", he said, but was still an \"incredibly high number\" and \"substantially above the peak in April\".\n\nProf Whitty said the new, more transmissible variant discovered in the south east of England at the end of last year had altered the UK's situation \"very substantially\" and had made it \"much harder\" to bring infection levels down.\n\n\"We were worried two weeks ago that the measures we have at the moment were not enough to hold this new variant,\" he told the news conference.\n\n\"I think what the data I showed you at the beginning of the slide sessions shows is that the rates are just about holding with the new variant, with what everybody's doing.\n\n\"It's going to be much harder because of this new variant and I think we have to be realistic about that.\"\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said that more than a quarter of a million severely ill coronavirus patients have been looked after in hospital since the pandemic started last year.\n\n\"This is not a year that anybody is going to want to remember nor is it a year that across the health service any of us will ever forget,\" he said.\n\nThe daily Covid figures have seen the number of deaths top 100,000. But they also contain some signs of hope.\n\nJust over 20,000 new infections have been reported - down from 22,000 yesterday.\n\nThis compares to an average of 60,000 at the start of the year.\n\nIt is a sharp fall, although Prof Whitty cautions it may actually be a little slower than that.\n\nNot everyone who is infected comes forward for testing and the government surveillance programme which involves random testing of the population suggests the fall has not been quite so great.\n\nNonetheless, it is clear the infection rate is coming down - and that offers hope.\n\nHospital cases have plateaued and should soon start falling. That will eventually lead to a reduction in the number of deaths.\n\nThen, in February, the vaccination programme should start having an impact, leading, hopefully, to a rapid drop in deaths.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told the briefing the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" to ease lockdown restrictions, which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nBut he said \"at a certain stage we will want to be getting things open\".\n\nHe added: \"What I will be doing in the course of the next few days and weeks is setting out in more detail, as soon as we can, when and how we want to get things open again.\"\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, the epidemiologist whose modelling prompted the UK government to impose the first lockdown has told BBC Radio 4's PM he believes more action in autumn last year could have \"drastically reduced\" the number of lives lost in the second wave - some 60,000.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said: \"They couldn't have been eliminated, but they could have been drastically reduced by earlier action, unfortunately.\n\n\"How much is difficult to judge, the new variant was unpredictable and did change our understanding of how much was needed to control spread, but we did just let the autumn wave get to far, far too high infection levels.\"\n\nReacting to the UK's death toll, Mr Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, but added: \"We truly did everything we could.\"", "The fate of more than 200,000 seafarers who play a crucial role in keeping global trade flowing is being labelled a \"humanitarian crisis at sea\".\n\nMore than 300 firms and organisations are urging for them to be treated as \"key workers\", so they can return home without risking public health.\n\nMore than 90% of global trade - from household goods to medical supplies - is moved by sea.\n\nBut governments have banned crew from coming ashore amid Covid-19 fears.\n\nLarge firms including shipping titan AP Moller-Maersk, oil firms BP and Shell, consumer giant Unilever and mining groups Rio Tinto and Vale, as well as maritime transporters, unions, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other supply chain partners have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.\n\nThey are calling for all countries to designate seafarers as key workers and implement crew change protocols.\n\nThe signees of the Neptune Declaration are warning global leaders that ignoring the risk to crews' mental and physical wellbeing threatens global supply chains, which are crucial to vaccinating the world from coronavirus.\n\nThe firms and organisations hope that world leaders, gathering at this year's virtual Davos Forum, will heed their call.\n\n\"Unified, prompt action from governments and other key stakeholders is needed to protect the lives and livelihoods of the 1.6 million seafaring men and women who serve us all across the seas, and who continue to face extreme risk to their safety and earnings,\" said WEF's head of supply chain and transport Margi Van Gogh.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. India coronavirus: The stranded sailor yet to meet his daughter\n\n\"By granting stranded seafarers key worker status, and by prioritising vaccine allocation for transport crew, we can prevent a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis.\"\n\nAccording to latest data from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and international ship owners body Bimco, there are 1.6 million seafarers serving on internationally trading merchant ships worldwide.\n\nTypically, ICS estimates around 100,000 seafarers are rotated every month, with 50,000 staff disembarking and 50,000 crew embarking ships to comply with international maritime regulations, governing safe working hours and crew welfare.\n\nSeafarers usually work 10-12 hours shifts, seven days a week to man ships, on four or six-month-long contracts, followed by a period of leave.\n\nBut due to the coronavirus crisis and travel bans brought in by many governments to combat new variants of Covid-19, hundreds of thousands of crew are spending extended periods at sea, far beyond the expiry of their contracts.\n\nFor those who have been at sea for months longer than their contract stipulates, there is a growing risk to their mental and physical wellbeing.\n\n\"Seafarers are the unacceptable collateral damage on the war on Covid-19 and this must stop,\" said ICS secretary general Guy Platten.\n\n\"If we want to maintain global trade seafarers must not be put to the back of the vaccine queue. You can't inject a global population without the shipping industry and most importantly our seafarers. We are calling on the supply chain to take action to support seafarers now.\"", "Changes were made to rape prosecution policy that led to a \"shocking\" fall in offences before courts in England and Wales, the Court of Appeal has heard.\n\nThe End Violence Against Women (EVAW) coalition is challenging what it said was an \"unlawful\" move by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2016-18.\n\nThe CPS said there was no \"substantial change\" in how cases were treated.\n\nAnd it denied the coalition's claim it had been taking on only \"strong cases\" to keep conviction rates up.\n\nAccording to the EVAW, the CPS adopted what is known as the \"bookmaker's approach\" to cases, which saw prosecutors considering what may happen based on past experience of similar cases, rather than its earlier \"merits-based approach\" based on objective assessment of the evidence.\n\nIn documents before the court, Phillippa Kaufmann QC said that from September 2016 prosecutors were \"trained away\" from the former CPS policy, including through a series of roadshows.\n\nIn 2017 legally binding guidance on the old approach was removed, and the CPS introduced a 60% conviction rate target in relation to rape cases.\n\nMs Kauffmann said both the volume of cases and the charging rate fell.\n\nShe cited figures showing an average of 3,446 rape cases were charged per year between 2009 and 2016, compared with 2,822 in 2017, a fall of 23%.\n\nAt the same time the charging rate \"declined precipitously\" from 56% in 2016, to 47% in 2017 and 34% in 2018.\n\nThe court documents note the conviction target was removed at some point between 2017 and 2019, and guidance relating to the \"merits-based approach\" to prosecutions was reintroduced.\n\nThe campaigners are aiming to show there was a policy change and the way the CPS went about it was unlawful.\n\nIf a ruling goes in its favour, the EVAW hopes some cases could be looked at again by the CPS.\n\nLawyers for the CPS argue the case was not suitable for a legal challenge.\n\nIn written submissions, Tom Little QC, says the move away from a \"merits-based approach\" was out of a concern that \"some people were being prosecuted when the case ought not to have been charged\".\n\nHe added the decision to initiate the roadshows and remove the guidance \"did not result in any substantial change in the application of the evidential test in the code for Crown prosecutors\".\n\nIn a statement, the CPS said: \"Independent inspectors have found no evidence of a risk-averse approach and have reported a clear improvement in the quality of our legal decision-making in rape cases.\"\n\nThe judges are expected to give their ruling in the case at a later date.", "Celebrities including comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali have made a video urging people to get the Covid vaccine.\n\nThe video was co-ordinated by Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray, who said he wanted to dispel vaccination myths for those from ethnic minority communities.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan and former Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Warsi are among the others taking part.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adil Ray OBE 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We all just feel we needed to do something,\" Ray told the BBC.\n\nFake news about the vaccine, particularly in the South Asian community, has led to concerns about uptake.\n\nRay appears in the five-minute video alongside stars like former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, who tells viewers: \"We will find our way through this. And we will be united once again with our friends and our families. All we have to do is take the vaccination.\"\n\nSomali-born British journalist Rageh Omaar and his ITV colleague Ranvir Singh join comedians like Sanjeev Bhaskar, Asim Chaudhry and Ranganathan to debunk common vaccine misinformation and misconceptions.\n\nRanganathan says: \"There's no chip or tracker in the vaccine to keep watching where you go. Your mobile phone actually does a much better job of that.\"\n\nAfter posting the video, Ray told BBC Radio Leicester: \"For the British Asian and black communities, at the very beginning of the pandemic we were told they were perhaps the most vulnerable, that there was a disproportionate number of cases and even deaths.\n\n\"Even now there are a disproportionate number of deaths. But nothing was really done about it and that was really quite confusing for a lot of the community. So we felt that we've got to try and take the lead a little bit here and dispel some of these myths.\"\n\nHe added: \"This was recorded entirely independently from the government - the only thing we did do was we went to the NHS website for the correct medical guidance.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWith the UK aiming to offer Covid vaccinations to every adult by autumn, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high in the UK, with 85% saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said that those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe UK is recording the ethnicity and occupations of people who receive the vaccine and figures would be published soon, Mr Zahawi added.\n\nLast month, a poll commissioned by the Royal Society of Public Health suggested 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people would be happy to have the coronavirus vaccine, compared with 79% of white people.\n\nDr Harpreet Sood, who is leading an NHS anti-disinformation drive, recently said fake news was likely to be causing some people from the UK's South Asian communities to reject the vaccine.\n\nSuch warnings have led the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board to urge places of worship and community hubs to be used as vaccination centres in an attempt to inspire confidence.\n\nThe board's chairman, Imam Qari Asim, said: \"As an imam, my message is simple - do not trust 'fake news', verify before you amplify.\"\n\nThe Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham is being used as a Covid vaccination centre\n\nMany mosques are using their Friday sermons to urge people to have the jab, while some imams are sharing photos of themselves getting the jab on social media.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced £23m funding for a network of \"community champions\" to spread accurate information and provide support for people in at-risk groups including older people, disabled people and ethnic minorities.\n\nOn Monday, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick visited the UK's first vaccination centre to be opened in a mosque, at Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham.\n\n\"It is absolutely brilliant to see faith communities like this stepping up and playing their part in the vaccine programme,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\n\"We have to build trust, ensure that we counter misinformation and ensure that everyone, regardless of their faith, regardless of what community they're from, gets access to the programme.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The police officers were on duty when they had their hair cut, the Met says\n\nThirty-one Met Police officers who broke coronavirus rules to get haircuts are facing £200 fines.\n\nTwo officers who hired a barber to give the cuts to staff at Bethnal Green Police Station, on 17 January, are also facing misconduct investigations, the Met said.\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions in England, barbers and hairdressers are not allowed to work.\n\nDet Ch Supt Marcus Barnett said he was \"deeply disappointed\" in the officers.\n\n\"Although officers donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this does not excuse them from what was a very poor decision,\" he said. \"I expect a lot more of them.\n\n\"Quite rightly, the public expect police to be role models in following the regulations, which are designed to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.\"\n\nThe investigation comes after fines were handed out to nine officers who were caught eating breakfast together in a Greenwich café.\n\nAll those officers were issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nPeople whose homes were flooded after a \"blow out\" at a mine shaft are said to be \"devastated\" as they face months before they can return home.\n\nSteve Morris said his son Gareth and his girlfriend's home in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, was inundated by \"orange\" flood water containing sewage.\n\nBut some will be allowed back to their properties on Tuesday.\n\nResidents of Goshen Park and Sunnyland Crescent who have yet to contact Neath Port Talbot council are urged to do so in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe council said access to these properties would continue to be affected beyond 26 January and the Coal Authority wished to have early discussions with them.\n\nMr Morris told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that his son called him on Thursday to say his house was about to be flooded.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\n\"I live about half a mile away... and by the time I got to his address I could see the water levels were rising rapidly up the road,\" he explained.\n\n\"Then it was so quick - the water came through his rear patio doors firstly, then the gardens and then the drains couldn't cope on the main road and came through the front door, then the side door.\n\n\"His ground floor was four feet under water, and it was this orange coloured water. There was sewage in the house, so his ground floor needs totally gutting.\"\n\nMr Morris said Gareth and his girlfriend are staying in a hotel as they wait to be allowed back to assess the damage.\n\nHe hopes their insurance firm will pay to rent a home for them, adding: \"I can honestly see them being out of their house for between six and 10 months.\n\n\"They are obviously devastated - they have only been in there for 12 months so everything was near enough brand new.\"\n\nCerys Thomas was at her mother's house with her son, in Goshen Park, when she saw water coming through the front door.\n\nThe stairs at the home of Cerys Thomas' parents were left caked in mud\n\nShe said: \"I said to my mother to get my son and herself out and up toward the street. I phoned the police then, because I could see it was going to be an emergency, and within minutes my parents' conservatory doors just blew through.\n\n\"The pressure of the water just blew through the house and the water, within minutes, was up to my waist.\n\n\"Trying to get out of the house was very scary because the pressure of the front door was getting pushed back.\"\n\nShe said the street was under water \"within seven minutes\".\n\n\"It was something you would see in a movie,\" she said.\n\nWithin minutes of water entering the house Ms Thomas was up to her waist in water\n\nMeanwhile, the Coal Authority said it has identified the cause of the \"blow out\".\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"Firstly, I just want to say our thoughts are with everyone affected by this flooding and we are genuinely sorry people have been affected in this way.\n\n\"What we know so far is the blow out was caused by a blockage underground which caused water to break out, basically to find the easiest path, and there's no doubt the excessive rainfall in the days before was also a factor in that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Pinney said crews had been able to find the site of the collapsed mineshaft which had caused the flooding, and the authority had started to \"develop options\".\n\n\"We really understand people want to get back into their homes, they want to collect things, they want to know what the next steps are,\" she continued.\n\n\"We are working as fast as possible to make that happen and we hope to be able to provide some more information in the next day or so, but you will understand that we have to be sure for public safety.\"\n\nMs Pinney said there are almost 300 mine shafts or entries across the Skewen mine works, which covers an area of about 12 sq km (7.6 sq miles).\n\nShe added: \"We have checked all recorded shafts in the immediate area and we are doing continued checks over the coming days. We have found no problems. They are all safe.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadhim Zahawi: \"We have 367m vaccines from seven different manufacturers that we have contracted with\"\n\nSupplies of vaccines are \"tight\" but the UK believes it will receive enough doses to meet its targets, the vaccine minister has said.\n\nNadhim Zahawi told BBC Breakfast manufacturers were \"confident\" they would deliver for the UK amid warnings of production delays.\n\nIt comes as the EU said it might tighten vaccine export controls.\n\nCountries should avoid \"vaccine nationalism\" and ensure a fair global supply, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nMr Zahawi said the vaccination programme was still on track to deliver a first dose to 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and to offer all adults their first dose by autumn.\n\nHe said the UK had supplies of the Oxford vaccine manufactured domestically by AstraZeneca as well as the Pfizer one, which is made in Belgium.\n\nThe government is also planning to publish figures on the take-up of the vaccine by ethnicity from Thursday, following concerns that some black, Asian and ethnic minority communities were more hesitant to get the jab.\n\n\"I'm confident we will meet our mid-February target and continue beyond that,\" Mr Zahawi told the BBC.\n\n\"Supplies are tight, they continue to be, these are new manufacturing processes,\" he added. \"It's lumpy and bumpy, it gets better and stabilises and improves going forward.\"\n\nBut he declined to say that he had received guarantees about the number of doses the UK would receive from Pfizer or other manufacturers and refused to confirm how many doses had already arrived.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said AstraZeneca had committed to delivering two million doses a week to the UK, and the government was not expecting any changes to that supply.\n\nDowning Street also rejected German media reports claiming a very low efficacy rate for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine among older people, saying they had been denied by Oxford University, AstraZeneca and the German health ministry.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the cabinet the trials showed similar immune responses in younger and older adults.\n\nAnd England's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has defended the UK's strategy of extending the time between first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines from three to 12 weeks in order to immunise more people.\n\nHe told the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Tuesday that the \"great majority\" of protection came from the first dose.\n\nHe also said there was \"no evidence\" that immunity waned between three and 12 weeks after the first dose was administered.\n\nProf Whitty said: \"We thought very carefully about what the balance of this is, but the balance of risk in terms of reducing the number of deaths in the community - and I really want to stress that, that is the aim of this - is to maximise the number of people who get that first dose, where the great majority of protection comes from.\"\n\nThe latest tension over supply of the Covid vaccine is another illustration of just how fragile this issue is.\n\nThere are huge global demands for Covid vaccine, limited raw materials and constraints on manufacturing.\n\nThe UK already has enough vaccine to jab all the highest-risk groups by mid-February, although not all of it has been packaged up or been through the final safety checks.\n\nThis explains why ministers are confident about the immediate target for the over-70s, health and care workers and the extremely clinically vulnerable.\n\nBut what is in doubt is how quickly the UK can vaccinate in the medium term.\n\nWith the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in the UK those supply routes are more guaranteed.\n\nBut the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is made in Belgium. The UK, like the rest of Europe, is affected by the problems with manufacturing that are being experienced with that vaccine.\n\nWith Europe experiencing major problems rolling out its vaccination programme - per head of population five times fewer vaccines have been delivered - this is a story that is going to rumble on for months.\n\nThe UK has placed orders for 367 million doses of vaccines from seven manufacturers, Mr Zahawi said. \"As vaccines come along we will get more volume, millions more in the weeks and months to come,\" he added.\n\nThe tension over vaccine supplies increased after UK-based AstraZeneca warned the EU it would have to reduce planned deliveries because of production problems. Pfizer-BioNTech has also said supplies will be temporarily lower as it works to increase capacity at its Belgian factory.\n\nIt has prompted the EU to accuse AstraZeneca of failing to meet its commitments and to warn that it might require all companies producing Covid vaccines to provide \"early notification\" whenever they planned to export supplies out of the EU.\n\n\"The thing to do now is not to go down the dead end of vaccine nationalism. It's to work together to protect our people,\" Mr Zahawi said.\n\n\"No-one is safe until the whole world is safe.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock subsequently said the UK government \"oppose protectionism in all its forms\" and urged all international partners to \"be collaborative\" and \"work closely together\" on vaccine distribution.\n\nHe added that the EU's warning that it could restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc was \"unfortunate and especially so in the midst of a pandemic\".\n\nMeanwhile, the head of NHS England earlier told MPs coronavirus could become a \"much more treatable disease\" over the next six to 18 months, with the hope of a return to a \"much more normal future\".\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the Health and Social Care Committee: \"The first half of the year, vaccination is going to be crucial.\n\n\"I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that in the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus.\"\n\nHe also said it \"would be great\" if the Covid vaccine and flu vaccine were combined into a single jab, if not for next winter then future ones.\n\nAnd he said vaccines were being used as fast as they arrived in the NHS, with more than half of those aged 75-79 having now had their first dose.\n\nThe UK aims to offer Covid vaccination to every adult by autumn.\n\nMr Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high, with 85% of people saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe government is providing £23m of funding to 60 local councils and voluntary groups to boost vaccine take-up among groups such as older people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nIt comes as celebrities such as comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appeared in a video urging people in their communities to get vaccinated.\n\nMr Zahawi told ITV's Good Morning Britain his uncle had died from Covid-19 last week. He had been eligible for vaccination but caught the virus before he could receive it, the minister said.\n\nThis \"grim and horrible\" experience made him determined to ensure that the most vulnerable were protected as quickly as possible, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nSir Simon said there was concern about vaccine hesitancy in some groups, where there were access problems as well as \"systematic attempts to misinform and lie about the vaccine programme targeted particularly at minority populations, and - in some cases - long-standing mistrust of public services\".\n\nHe said disruption to vaccine deliveries from EU export restrictions was not thought to be likely.\n\nIn other developments, the UK has offered to carry out genomic sequencing for other countries around the world to help identify further new variants.\n\nPublic Health England said it would give \"crucial early warning\" of any mutations that might cause the virus to spread faster, make people more ill or possibly reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.", "Transfer tests normally used by grammar schools have been cancelled this year\n\nOne of NI's most prominent grammar schools has said it will use primary school test scores to decide which pupils to admit in 2021.\n\nRoyal Belfast Academical Institution said it would \"adopt other academic criteria for admission to the school\".\n\nThat is despite the vast majority of grammar schools not planning to use academic criteria this year.\n\nThe tests run by the AQE and the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC) were cancelled in early 2021.\n\nAs a result, grammar schools - which are attended by about 45% of post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland - are drawing up new criteria for how they will select pupils in 2021.\n\nBanbridge Academy, Bangor Grammar, Belfast Royal Academy and Regent House are among those to have published their admissions criteria for 2021.\n\nNone of those schools are using academic criteria, but pupils applying will have to have entered the AQE transfer test.\n\nSome other grammars like Thornhill College and St Columb's College in Londonderry, which decided in 2020 not to use the PPTC transfer test in 2021, have also published admissions criteria.\n\nIn a statement to BBC News NI, Royal Belfast Academical Institution (RBAI) said it was \"committed to the principle that a child should be placed in a school which offers a curriculum best suited to the aptitudes of that child\".\n\n\"For this reason RBAI believes that the use of academic criteria for admission to grammar schools is the outworking of that principle,\" the school said.\n\n\"Accordingly, in the absence of AQE and PPTC tests for admissions, RBAI will adopt other academic criteria for admission to the school.\"\n\nRBAI said scores in practice AQE or PPTC transfer tests will be taken into account\n\nThe school is planning to use standardised scores in the Progress Test in English (PTE) and Progress Test in Maths (PTM) which pupils sat in Primary Five to decide which pupils to admit.\n\nRBAI said that school year was \"the most recent one which has not been interrupted\".\n\nPupils scores in practice AQE or PPTC transfer tests taken under supervision by a teacher will also be taken into account.\n\n\"RBAI is satisfied that this is a reasonable and robust way of selecting pupils based on academic aptitude in the absence of a bespoke test,\" the school said.\n\nRBAI normally admits 150 pupils each year, but received 227 applications for places in 2020.\n\nThe admissions criteria for all post-primary schools will be published on the Education Authority (EA) website on 2 February.\n\nThe UUP assembly member Robbie Butler had proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nBut Education Minister Peter Weir had said there would be \"major problems\" with that approach.", "In March 2020, we were told it would be a ‘’good outcome’’ if coronavirus killed 20,000 people across the UK.\n\nNow the bleakest milestone has been reached: 100,000 deaths.\n\nIn a statement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said \"behind these heart-breaking figures are friends, families and neighbours. The vaccine offers us the way out, but we cannot let up now and we sadly still face a tough period ahead. The virus is still spreading and we're seeing over 3,500 people per day being admitted into hospital.\"\n\nHealth correspondent Catherine Burns looks at the past year of the UK’s epidemic and hears from families who have lost loved ones.\n\nFilmed and edited by Julius Peacock. Additional filming by Emily Brooks", "The UK government should cancel the debt owed by developing countries struggling with the impact of Covid-19, MPs have said.\n\nThe International Development Committee warned that the pandemic was fuelling extreme poverty and food insecurity.\n\nIt was also disrupting routine healthcare, such as tuberculosis immunisations, it added.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was spending £1.3bn to protect livelihoods, improve health systems and distribute vaccines.\n\nMore than two million people around the world have died after contracting coronavirus, with almost 100 million cases reported.\n\nAppearing before the Commons International Development Committee, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he wanted the UK to be a \"force for good in the world\" as it fought the pandemic.\n\nHe defended the government's decision to cut overseas aid spending next year, saying there were \"no easy choices\" given the hit to the public finances from the pandemic.\n\nThe cuts mean the UK will fail to meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid in 2021-2, a target that was enshrined into UK law in 2015.\n\nMr Raab said he hoped the UK would be able to reach 0.7% again as \"soon as possible\" but this would only happen once the long-term damage to the UK's balance sheet had been \"corrected\".\n\nLabour said the government was \"betraying the world's poorest.\"\n\nShadow international development secretary Preet Kaur Gill said: \"This move signals a retreat from the world stage, damages the UK's reputation and will only show our allies and detractors that Britain under Boris Johnson is no longer interested in fulfilling our moral or legal responsibilities.\n\n\"Labour are committed to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid to tackle global poverty and injustice and will oppose any attempt from this government to damage this country's reputation.\"\n\nMr Raab said he took seriously warnings from Conservative MPs and ex-ministers that to press ahead with the cuts without passing new legislation would be unlawful.\n\nFormer Solicitor General Lord Garnier said earlier on Tuesday that Mr Raab's \"reputation\" and the government's domestic and international standing would be damaged if it was seen to \"flout a clear legal obligation\".\n\nIn tough financial times, Mr Raab said the UK needed to \"make the most\" of its £10bn spending, avoiding \"salami-slicing\" budgets and focusing on a handful of priorities such as climate, biodiversity, conflict prevention and helping the \"bottom billions\" out of extreme poverty.\n\n\"I think we should unabashedly be proud and confident about the moral responsibility we have to make the world a better place,\" he said.\n\n\"At the same time, I see a range of grittier strategic interests in dealing with climate change and humanitarian suffering and indeed trade.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office took over responsibility for overseas aid in September after absorbing the Department for International Development.\n\nOn debt cancellation, the committee said that, due to disruption caused by the pandemic, millions of people in developing countries were more at risk from diseases such as tuberculosis because of missed immunisations.\n\nMillions were more likely to lose their livelihoods because of the global recession and millions of women were more exposed to sexual violence.\n\nThe MPs want the government to provide more aid to address the problems and cancel long-term national debt that was diverting cash away from those in need.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"We'll only be safe from coronavirus when we're all safe - which is why the UK is leading global efforts to fight this pandemic, committing up to £1.3bn of new UK aid to find and equitably distribute a vaccine, strengthen health systems, protect livelihoods and support the global economy.\"\n\nThey added that the UK would use its 2021 presidency of the G7 group of leading economies \"to help the world build back stronger and fairer after the pandemic\".\n\nThis would include \"promoting open societies, championing gender equality and girls' education, and setting out new international approaches to global health security and climate action\", the spokesperson said.\n\nThe UK has announced it will step up its efforts to help other countries, including some of the poorest in the world, to find new variants of Covid-19.\n\nIn a speech in London, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the UK would share its world-leading genomics expertise worldwide to help countries identify new mutations of the virus and protect global health security.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nMore than 180 people were arrested in 10 Dutch cities as protesters defying a curfew clashed with riot police for a third night running.\n\nShops in Rotterdam were looted and police used water cannon, as rioters resisted latest Covid restrictions.\n\nPrime Minister Mark Rutte condemned \"criminal violence\" and the justice minister said the curfew would remain.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly one million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nThe government recently introduced a night-time curfew which runs from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine.\n\nThere were further violent scenes in many towns and cities. Riot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Across the country 184 people were arrested. Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nThe windows of some shops were smashed in Rotterdam\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks. There was violence in the southern city of Den Bosch, where rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars.\n\nA woman living near Den Bosch train station told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" the woman said. Roads into the city were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon during clashes with rioters, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest. He reacted furiously to shops being looted in the south of the city, condemning \"shameless thieves, I can't call it anything else\".\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhuis challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nThe mayor of Den Bosch said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.\n\nFootball fans of the Willem II club took to the streets of Tilburg to \"protect their city\" against rioters, news site Brabants Dagblad reports.\n\nMayors in several cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances.\n\nThe Dutch prime minister has condemned the violence\n\nThere has been widespread shock in the Netherlands over the violence", "The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century\n\nThe UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.\n\nEnvironment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK economy £1.8 billion a year.\n\nThe bizarre-sounding plan is to lure grey squirrels into feeding boxes only they can access with little pots containing hazelnut spread.\n\nThese would be spiked with an oral contraceptive.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the damage from squirrels also threatens the effectiveness of government efforts to tackle climate change by planting tens of thousands of acres of new woodlands.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News: \"We hope advances in science can safely help our nature to thrive, including through the humane control of invasive species.\"\n\nA partnership of conservation and forestry organisations called the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA) is behind the proposal.\n\nIt says grey squirrels, which were first introduced from North America in the late 19th century, cause huge damage to woodlands by stripping bark from trees aged between 10-50 years, the younger trees in a forest.\n\nThey particularly target broad-leafed varieties including oak, which are particularly ecologically important because they support so many other species.\n\nIt is estimated the UK is home to some three million of these invasive rodents.\n\nRed squirrels are now confined mainly to Scotland and Ireland\n\nThey have displaced the native red squirrel across most of the UK.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the government supports the plan as well as a longer-term effort to breed infertility into female grey squirrels to reduce their numbers.\n\nInvasive non-native species such as grey squirrels threaten our native biodiversity, he argues.\n\nWhen regulating grey squirrels with oral contraceptive was first proposed in 2017, the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency said it thought it could reduce their numbers by as much as 90%.\n\nThe project also has royal approval.\n\nPrince Charles was instrumental in founding the UK Squirrel Accord with the objective of \"managing the negative impacts of invasive grey squirrels in the UK\".\n\nHe has written of the importance of protecting Britain's remaining red squirrels.\n\n\"These charming and intelligent creatures never fail to delight\", he wrote last week in his capacity as patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, describing red squirrels as the \"symbol and benchmark\" of healthy woods.\n\nJason Gilchrist, an ecologist from Edinburgh Napier University, has written in defence of the grey squirrel but he says he supports the oral contraceptive plan.\n\nHe acknowledges there is a need to manage grey squirrel populations.\n\n\"It is better than the alternative: a shotgun\", he told BBC News.\n\nIt is the same argument the UKSA makes: dosing the animals with contraceptives provides a humane alternative to culling them.\n\nLast week, the Royal Forestry Society, a member of the Squirrel Accord, called for just such a cull.\n\nSimon Lloyd, its chief executive, says efforts to tackle global warming and improve biodiversity will be undermined unless grey squirrel numbers can be reduced.\n\nNew trees will not survive to \"deliver the carbon capture or biodiversity objectives if grey squirrels cannot be controlled\", he told the Daily Telegraph.\n\nThe UKSA has been experimenting with ways to deliver oral contraceptives to squirrels for more than three years now.\n\nLast year, it tested special feeding stations designed so only grey squirrels can gain access in woodland in East Yorkshire.\n\nInstead of contraceptives, the hazelnut paste bait was dosed with a dye that, when ingested, causes squirrel hair to fluoresce under UV light.\n\nThe researchers found that more than 90% of the grey squirrel population being studied visited the traps.\n\nThey concluded that it was possible to deliver repeat doses of a contraceptive to the majority of grey squirrels in a wood.", "More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?\n\nThere is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is over. But there are plenty of clues that, when pieced together, help build a picture of why the UK has reached this devastating number.\n\nSome will point a finger at the government - its decision to lock-down later than much of western Europe, the stuttering start to its test-and-trace network and the lack of protection afforded to care home residents.\n\nOthers will spotlight deeper rooted problems with British society - its poor state of public health, with high levels of obesity, for example.\n\nOthers, still, will note that some of the UK's great strengths - its position as a vibrant hub for international air travel, its ethnically diverse and densely-packed urban populations - exposed its vulnerability to a virus that spreads effortlessly between people.\n\nIn some people's eyes, the UK's island status might have helped it. New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan managed to stop the virus getting a foothold and deaths have been kept to a minimum - Australia has seen fewer deaths throughout the pandemic than the UK is recording every day on average.\n\nAll introduced strict border restrictions immediately and lockdowns to contain the virus before it had spread. The UK did not. It was not until June that quarantine rules were introduced for all arrivals and even then travel corridors were soon set up, relaxing the rules for travellers from certain countries. Only this month were these scrapped.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, an expert in public health from Edinburgh University, is one of those who has been critical of the approach the UK has taken from the start.\n\nShe says the UK, like much of Europe, was \"complacent\" about the threat of infectious disease - choosing to treat the new coronavirus \"like flu\" and allowing it to spread, while talking about the desire to achieve herd immunity.\n\nThis all changed in late March, when a full lockdown eventually came. But there was a crucial delay of a week which is estimated to have cost more than 20,000 lives, according to government modeller Prof Neil Ferguson, because of how quickly infection rates were doubling at that point.\n\nThis, of course, is said with the benefit of hindsight. Government modellers themselves acknowledge the data was \"really quite poor\" making it difficult to make a decision that would have significant repercussions. It is a point acknowledged by Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser. Speaking in the summer he said there had been \"very limited information\" in early March.\n\nBy then, the virus was ripping through care homes. Around 30% of deaths in the first wave happened in care homes; 40% if you include care home residents who died in hospital.\n\nThose at the heart of government acknowledge mistakes were made. UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said recently: \"The lesson is go earlier than you think you want to, go harder than you think you want to, and go a bit broader than you think you want to in terms of applying the restrictions.\"\n\nBy May, restrictions were beginning to be eased. But was this too soon?\n\nThe government seized on the relative lull to focus on building what the prime minister promised would be a \"world-beating\" test-and-trace system. The idea was that new outbreaks could be nipped in the bud, with comprehensive tracking by a centralised team of tracers.\n\nThe mere fact this had to be done some months after the virus had struck, illustrates another factor behind the high number of deaths - the UK was simply not prepared for a pandemic of this nature in the way some Asian nations had been. Countries such as South Korea and Taiwan had established test-and-trace systems in place that were ready to be activated.\n\nThe UK had a chance to bed in its system in the summer but it was riven with teething problems, with tracers struggling to reach many contacts and the testing capacity slowing down as demand rose.\n\nLow levels of infection over the summer had created a false sense of security.\n\nDesperate to boost the economy, the government launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, offering people discounted meals out during August. To what extent it contributed to the rise in the autumn is much argued about but certainly some doctors blame it in part for an increase in patients seen.\n\nThe truth is the virus never went away. Testing in the summer showed even at the lowest levels there were still around 500 cases a day being diagnosed - and random testing in the population subsequently showed the true level may have been twice that.\n\nIn late August around 1,000 people a day were testing positive. By mid-September that had trebled and from there it rose five-fold to 15,000 by mid October. The numbers testing positive have never returned below 10,000 a day on average since.\n\nAnother decision that has been heavily criticised was the refusal of ministers to introduce a short two-week lockdown, or \"circuit breaker\", in September - despite their advisers on Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommending such a step. The argument was it would have set the spread of the virus back by at least a month, giving test and trace time to regroup.\n\nWales, however, did introduce its own \"fire-breaker\" - a 17-day lockdown in October. It got infection rates down, but as soon as it was lifted they rebounded. This is, of course, why lockdowns have been criticised.\n\nEdinburgh University infectious diseases expert Prof Mark Woolhouse, one of the modellers who feeds data into Sage, is on the record in the autumn questioning the logic of them for this very reason. It remains up for debate how effective a circuit-breaker would actually have been.\n\nThis after all is the time of year when respiratory illnesses start to increase. Schools had returned as had university students, creating new environments for the novel coronavirus to spread.\n\nWhen a lockdown was eventually introduced in England in November it was to last four weeks, with Sage members lamenting the delay. \"The absence of a decision is a decision in itself,\" says Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.\n\nBut even before that lockdown was lifted cases had started going up in the south-east of England. Within weeks it became clear what was happening. The virus had mutated and a new faster-spreading variant was on the rise.\n\nBy mid-December the clamour for lockdown was growing again, but the plan for a Christmas relaxation of restrictions had already been announced. In every nation of the UK, ministers waited.\n\nAt the start of 2021, with hospital admissions rising rapidly, the UK's four chief medical officers intervened, issuing a joint statement warning the NHS was at \"material risk\" of being overwhelmed. Within hours the UK was back in lockdown.\n\nWhat has struck some is just how similar the mistakes have been in terms of locking down late.\n\n\"It will take years to unpick why Covid has gone so badly in the UK,\" says University College London infectious diseases expert Dr Neil Stone. \"But the failure to learn from wave one stands out.\"\n\nBut it must also be recognised that there are factors outside the control of the government - certainly in terms of its pandemic response - that have contributed to the high number of deaths.\n\nOne of the reasons the virus was able to take a hold and spread so quickly was because of geography and the fact the UK - and London in particular - is a global hub. Genetic analysis has shown the virus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 separate occasions, mainly from France, Spain and Italy, by the end of March.\n\nIt was here before we knew it. That's not something Australia or New Zealand had to deal with on such a scale.\n\nDensity of population is also a factor. The UK is among the 10 most densely populated big nations - those with populations of more than 20 million. What is more, our cities are more inter-connected than they are in many places.\n\nIt meant the virus was able to seed everywhere quite quickly. Contrast this with Italy which saw the vast majority of cases in the north of the country in the first wave.\n\nThe ageing population also needs to be taken into account. Once you do this, and adjust for the size of the population - known as age-standardised mortality - deaths have risen, but not by as much as some of the headline figures suggest.\n\nThe health of the nation has also been a factor. The UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. And obesity increases the risk of hospitalisation and death, according to Public Health England. One study found the risk of death was almost double for those who are severely obese.\n\nConditions such as diabetes, kidney disease and respiratory problems also increase the risk - a fifth of Covid deaths have listed diabetes on the death certificate.\n\nAgain the UK has relatively high rates of these illnesses.\n\nBut many have argued that these high levels of ill-health have been compounded by the levels of inequality in the UK.\n\nLevels of ill health and life expectancy have always been worst in the poorest areas, but the pandemic certainly seems to have exacerbated this.\n\nOffice for National Statistics data shows mortality rates have been twice as high in deprived areas as they have been in wealthy areas. The Health Foundation is carrying out its own inquiry into the issue, arguing the Covid death toll needs to be seen through the \"lens\" of inequality to fully understand it.\n\nIt is something that has also been raised by Prof Michael Marmot, one of the country's leading experts on health inequalities. \"The UK's dismal record is telling us something important about our society.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by bereavement, here is a list of organisations that may be able to help.", "A senior judge prevented the BBC from properly reporting a £2.6m legal claim against Scotland's child abuse inquiry, a court has been told.\n\nThe Court of Session heard how Lady Smith, chairwoman of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), faced an employment tribunal claim in 2019.\n\nLady Smith passed orders which stopped detail of the action being reported.\n\nThe top judge denied any wrongdoing in regard to the claim that was later abandoned.\n\nThe employment tribunal case alleging discrimination, harassment and victimisation was from a former senior member of the inquiry legal team.\n\nBBC Scotland has raised a judicial review of the SCAI restriction orders, arguing they were beyond the powers of Lady Smith and her involvement in the case meant any restriction decision should have been made by the employment tribunal.\n\nBut Roddy Dunlop QC, advocate for the SCAI, told the Court of Session the corporation's case was academic as the original restriction order had been overtaken by another order.\n\nMr Dunlop also argued the BBC had not spelled out to the SCAI what detail it wanted to publish in relation to the tribunal.\n\nKenneth McBrearty QC, acting for the broadcaster, told the court the purpose of the original restriction order was, \"not merely to prohibit disclosure or publication of the documents. It was to prohibit disclosure or publication of the very existence of the proceedings\".\n\nHe said: \"It is in effect what is equivalent to what in England has been described as a super injunction. That is what in effect it amounts to because it prohibits even the disclosure of the proceedings.\n\n\"The importance of this case lies with the way the Restriction Order impinged on the open justice principle. If there was a need for an order restricting the disclosure of any material, that is an order to be sought from the employment judge.\"\n\nThe case before Lord Boyd is being heard at the Court of Session\n\nThe Court of Session heard the employment tribunal claim for £2.6m damages was brought in July, 2019, by the inquiry's former lead junior counsel, John Halley.\n\nA news release, issued by SCAI in October 2019, confirmed existence of the claim and a denial that Lady Smith had discriminated against Mr Halley. An initial hearing took place that month and Mr Halley abandoned the tribunal two months later.\n\nBut Mr McBrearty QC said the SCAI press release did not include the full outline of the claim\n\nHe said: \"All that the media was to be entitled to publish was that which the respondent had considered able to include in a press release in circumstances to which the respondent was herself party in the proceedings.\"\n\nThe BBC is seeking declarators from the Court of Session stating that Lady Smith's restriction orders were unlawful.\n\nRoddy Dunlop QC said the BBC had the option to present to Lady Smith what it wanted to report on in the case, as per the detail of the media restriction order, and then get her permission to publish but failed to do so.\n\nHe said: \"That simple request is all that needed to be done and it wasn't resorted to. That's why the alternative remedy aspect of this is a problem to the BBC.\n\n\"There needs to be a practical effect, the entitlement to publish could have been obtained at any point by asking.\"\n\nMr Dunlop pointed out that the original restriction orders objected to by the BBC have now been replaced by a new order issued in March last year.\n\nHe said: \"What is the point of challenging orders which cease to have any potency.\n\n\"Why is it we continue to expend grey matter, and more importantly public funds on both sides, in fighting on something which is in any view within the terms of the reference [of the SCAI inquiry] and within article ten [of Human Rights legislation].\"\n\nOn Wednesday Mr Dunlop will continue his submissions before Lord Boyd.", "An extra £50m is being directed towards grassroots sport after a \"significant hit\" to activity levels amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nFunding agency Sport England - which has already invested £220m since the start of the crisis - announced the additional money as part of a new 10-year strategy.\n\nThousands of clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms have been forced to shut in recent months.\n\nWith many children having done no sport outside of PE lessons since the start of November, and schools now shut across the county, emphasis will be placed on supporting young people to get active.\n\nEarlier this month, figures showed the majority of young people failed to meet the recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise in the last academic year. Almost a third of children were classed as 'inactive' as a result of the first lockdown, not even doing 30 minutes.\n\nAnother focus in the new 'Uniting the Movement' strategy will be tackling the long-standing inequalities that have existed within the sport sector and reinforced by the recent disruption.\n\nNew data shows the pandemic has disproportionately affected people from lower socio-economic groups and BAME backgrounds, for whom there was already a clear pattern of low activity.\n\n\"This strategy comes at a critical time\" said Tim Hollingsworth, the chief executive of Sport England.\n\n\"We have made significant funding available, but many organisations are struggling, and activity levels have taken a significant hit.\n\n\"At the heart of all this is a ruthless focus on providing opportunities to people and communities that have traditionally been left behind.\"\n\nAndy Reed, Chair of the Sport for Development Coalition, said: \"The impact of the pandemic, growing social challenges and subsequent widening inequalities mean we urgently need a new social contract with sport and physical activity, focused on the wider social outcomes that sport can deliver.\"\n\n\"We must expand understanding, recognition and investment in the contribution that sport can make beyond health and wellbeing, to addressing loneliness and social isolation, improving educational attainment and employability, to community cohesion, and reducing anti-social behaviour and entry into the justice system.\"\n\nA group of more than 50 sports bodies have called for a new government action plan and emergency funding to help them survive the pandemic. The Save Our Sports campaign has warned that the activity sector - which employs nearly 600,000 people in the UK and contributes £16bn to the economy each year - faces an unprecedented crisis.\n\nHuw Edwards, the chief executive of Ukactive, which represents the physical activity industry, said: \"Crucially, before the sector begins its recovery from the impact of Covid-19, it must first survive it.\n\n\"The publication of this strategy needs to be accompanied by a new level of urgency and commitment from the government that it will not leave parts of this sector behind, and provide the necessary financial and regulatory support so desperately needed.\"\n\nBut Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said it was \"placing sport and physical activity at the heart of its coronavirus recovery plan, and Sport England's new strategy provides a strong base to invest in sports organisations, facilities and people\".\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "The head of AstraZeneca has defended its rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the EU, amid tension with member states over delays in supply.\n\nPascal Soriot told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that his team was working \"24/7 to fix the very many issues of production of the vaccine\".\n\nHe said production was \"basically two months behind where we wanted to be\".\n\nHe also said the EU's late decision to sign contracts had given limited time to sort out hiccups with supply.\n\nMr Soriot, chief executive of the UK-Swedish multinational, said a contract with the UK had been signed three months before the one with the EU, giving more time for glitches to be ironed out.\n\nHe told La Repubblica that problems in \"scaling up\" vaccine production were being experienced at two plants, one in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.\n\n\"It's complicated, especially in the early phase where you have to really sort out all sorts of issues,\" he said.\n\n\"We believe we've sorted out those issues, but we are basically two months behind where we wanted to be.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've also had teething issues like this in the UK supply chain. But the UK contract was signed three months before the European vaccine deal. So with the UK we have had an extra three months to fix all the glitches we experienced.\n\nAstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said a vaccine targeting the South African variant was being worked on\n\n\"Would I like to do better? Of course. But, you know, if we deliver in February what we are planning to deliver, it's not a small volume. We are planning to deliver millions of doses to Europe, it is not small.\"\n\nMr Soriot also said AstraZeneca was working on a vaccine with Oxford University that would target the South African variant of the coronavirus.\n\nScientists have warned there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already being used in the UK but has not yet been approved by the EU, although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to give it the green light at the end of this month.\n\nThe bloc signed a deal in August for 300 million doses, with an option for 100 million more. The EU had hoped that, as soon as approval was given, delivery would start straight away, with some 80 million doses arriving in the 27 nations by March.\n\nThe EU has ordered 600 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being used on patients around the bloc.\n\nBut Pfizer-BioNTech said last week it was delaying shipments for the next few weeks because of work to increase capacity at its Belgian plant.\n\nIn response to the delays, the EU has said it might restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sofia Bettiza explains why some countries are far ahead of others in the vaccination race\n\nHealth Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said companies making Covid vaccines in the bloc would have to \"provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries\".\n\nShe said the 27-member EU bloc would \"take any action required to protect its citizens\".\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the virtual version of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), usually held in Davos, said: \"Europe invested billions to help develop the world's first Covid-19 vaccines. And now, the companies must deliver. They must honour their obligations.\"\n\nHave you been affected by vaccine supply issues? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage captures the extent of the damage the bridge over the River Clwyd\n\nIt could take 18 months to draw up plans to rebuild a bridge which was swept away during last week's Storm Christoph, a council has warned.\n\nLlanerch bridge, between Trefnant and Tremeirchion in Denbighshire, is a backroad link to the A55.\n\nThe grade II-listed bridge crosses the River Clwyd and villagers now face a seven-mile detour.\n\nMeanwhile, some people in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, can return home later after flooding caused by the storm.\n\nDenbighshire council said diversions would go through St Asaph while Llanerch bridge was repaired.\n\n\"It means it takes much longer now to go from Tremeirchion to Trefnant or St Asaph,\" he said.\n\n\"I know of one couple that have a horse in stables on the other side of the river - so it's a seven-mile journey each way, twice a day, for them now.\n\n\"It's quite a challenge and we're starting to think about how long we'll need to live with it. Are we talking a year, two, three, or maybe much longer than that?\"\n\nVale of Clwyd Conservative MP James Davies said the bridge should be rebuilt: \"There are many who would wish to see the bridge replaced like-for-like, although I appreciate that the new structure will need to take into account the challenges posed by modern-day and projected river flows.\"\n\nDenbighshire council's Meirick Lloyd Davies suggested the structure could be widened, similar to the one in Llangollen.\n\nBut the Trefnant ward councillor added: \"We will need money from the Welsh Government and I hope the UK government are also ready to throw something into the bucket because it is very expensive.\"\n\nA council spokesman said: \"We will seek to resolve this as soon as we are able.\n\n\"Final plans for the bridge will involve a number of third parties and it could take up to 18 months or more to resolve.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said the condition of the structure was the responsibility of the owner, with local authorities having powers to ensure listed structures were preserved.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cerys Thomas said her mother's conservatory windows were blown open by the force of the water\n\nSouth Wales was also hit by Storm Christoph on Thursday and in Skewen about 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nThe Coal Authority said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft, causing a \"blow out\" which flooded properties.\n\nThose living in Jubilee Crescent and Dunevor Road have been told they can return home, but others will have to wait until the Coal Authority has made further investigations.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones told Breakfast with Claire Summers: \"We haven't got the exact figures of the number of people who will be able to return home today, there's going to be further assessments this morning.\n\n\"As early as we can, we will release the names of the streets of those people who will be able to go back, but it will be conditional. They need to go back in a controlled manner. We've still got Covid around.\"\n\nHe added houses would need to have their electrics checked and information would be provided on how to do this.\n\nOther people have been warned it could take months before they can go home.", "Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge, with former Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel expected to replace him.\n\nLampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League after last week's defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches.\n\nHis final game was Sunday's 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round win against Luton.\n\nLampard was appointed on a three-year contract when he replaced Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge in July 2019.\n• None Watch Monday Night Club: Is Tuchel right man for Chelsea?\n• None 'Lampard had seen enough Chelsea managers go to know the score'\n• None Why Tuchel will be a popular appointment in the Chelsea dressing room\n• None Tuchel set to come in after Lampard sacking - reaction\n\nIn a statement released on Monday night, Lampard said he was \"disappointed not to have had the time to take the club forward\" and added that it had been a \"huge privilege and an honour\" to manage the club.\n\n\"When I took on this role I understood the challenges that lay ahead in a difficult time for the football club,\" he continued.\n\n\"I am proud of the achievements that we made, and I am proud of the academy players that have made their step into the first team and performed so well. They are the future of the club.\"\n\nChelsea are hopeful that new manager Tuchel will be on the bench for Wednesday's Premier League game against Wolves at Stamford Bridge.\n\nHe will not be exempt from coronavirus quarantine.\n\nBut if Tuchel tests negative on entry to the United Kingdom and then negative again in order to enter a Premier League club's bubble, he will be granted an exemption by the Football Association for attending matches and training.\n\nHe will still have to serve a quarantine period outside of those environments, which will last five days.\n\nFormer Chelsea midfielder Lampard guided them to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his first season in charge, and a 3-1 win against Leeds in early December put the club top of the Premier League.\n\nHowever, the Blues have suffered five defeats in their past eight league games, as many as they had in their previous 23.\n\nIn a statement, Chelsea said: \"This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly.\n\n\"We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as head coach of the club. However, recent results and performances have not met the club's expectations, leaving the club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.\n\n\"There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season.\"\n\nOwner Roman Abramovich said Lampard's status as an \"important icon\" of the club \"remains undiminished\" despite his dismissal.\n\n\"This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him,\" said Abramovich.\n\n\"He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.\"\n\nLampard did not sign a single player during his first season as the club were operating under a transfer embargo, but spent more than £200m on seven major signings last summer, including £45m on Leicester's Ben Chilwell and £71m on midfielder Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.\n\nIt is the most Chelsea have spent in one summer, eclipsing the £186m they invested at the start of the 2017-18 season.\n\nLampard is Chelsea's all-time record scorer, with 211 goals for the club between 2001 and 2014, and is also joint-seventh on the list of most capped England players, having made 106 appearances for his country over 15 years from 1999.\n\nDuring his 13 seasons as a player at Stamford Bridge, he made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies - including four Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League.\n\nHis first managerial job was at Derby. In his one season in charge, they reached the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa.\n\nLampard became the 10th full-time manager appointed by Abramovich since the billionaire bought the club in 2003.\n\nAccording to football finance journalist Kieran Maguire, Abramovich had spent £110m on sacking managers before Lampard's dismissal.\n\nHaving finished with 66 points last season after 20 wins and 12 defeats, Chelsea have lost six times in their opening 19 league games this season.\n\nLampard's points-per-game average of 1.67 is the lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League. During the Abramovich era, only Andre Villas-Boas (47.5%) has a worse win rate than Lampard's 52.4%, in all competitions among permanent Chelsea bosses.\n\nIn contrast, Jose Mourinho's win rate in all competitions during his first spell in charge was 67.03%, while Sarri, Antonio Conte, Avram Grant, Carlo Ancelotti and Claudio Ranieri all had win rates over 60%.\n\nAnalysis - lack of confidence among squad key to sacking\n\nLampard was sacked because the club could not see him reversing a slide in form.\n\nAfter qualifying for the Champions League last season and spending more than £200m on players in the summer, the aim this campaign was to close the gap on the leaders, but that has not been achieved.\n\nAlthough links will be made between Tuchel's heritage and the poor form of fellow Germans Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, the change was made because of the lack of confidence among the whole squad.\n\nIt is hoped that Tuchel can rejuvenate a team that is five points outside of the top four, and an announcement could be made within 24 hours.\n\nThe decision to sack Lampard was very difficult for Abramovich, who has never made a statement when changing Chelsea managers previously.\n\nIn the end, Lampard paid for his relative inexperience as a manager, which cannot be said of Tuchel.\n\nBest of reaction to Lampard sacking\n\nManchester City boss Pep Guardiola: \"People talk about projects and ideas. They don't exist. You have to win or you will be replaced. I am not judging Chelsea's decision. I respect their decision. But our world is to win as much as possible.\n\n\"I hope to see Frank soon and go to a restaurant with him when lockdown is finished.\"\n\nTottenham boss Jose Mourinho: \"It is the brutality of football. Anything can happen in football now, every time somebody loses their job it is sad news but he is a big boy, [with] a strong personality and strong mentality.\n\n\"I am pretty sure he will be back when he wants to be back and his career will be good. I hope so.\"\n\nWest Ham boss David Moyes: \"I'm disappointed for Frank as I saw him as one of the most up and coming young English managers in the country.\n\n\"It's a big thing we try to encourage our own British managers into the big leagues, if we can. I'm sure he'll come back and learn from it.\n\n\"He did a great job last year - he did a really good job with so many youngsters coming through the academy. It seemed a little bit harder for him this year. I'm sure he'll take time off, come back and get better.\"\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers: \"Clearly I'm really sad for Frank and his staff. I know how much the club means to him.\n\n\"Looking at the squad and how young they are, they need time. He hasn't been given that time. I really feel for him. He did great at Derby.\n\n\"He had the courage to step out of an amazing career and could have taken an easier route. It was a job he couldn't turn down, even though he didn't have a lot of experience.\n\n\"Results haven't been what he would have wanted, but I feel it's a job that needed time.\"\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson: \"It saddens me. I thought he did an excellent job last season. I was rather hoping that the idol of the fans and Chelsea legend that he is, he'd get a longer shot than 18 months.\n\n\"Managers who have had short stays at Chelsea have gone on to have good careers elsewhere. When you're sacked for the first time, it is a devastating blow. There's no doubt he has a pedigree to be a very good manager.\"\n\nFormer Chelsea striker Chris Sutton speaking on BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club: \"It is 52 days since Chelsea were top of the Premier League and 48 days ago that Chelsea had been on an unbeaten run of 17 games.\n\n\"So in the space of 48 days the owner has decided to write Frank Lampard off. How are we ever going to know if Frank Lampard is a good manager? You only every really learn about people and their characteristics and traits when they go through a little bit of adversity and Frank has gone through a little bit of adversity.\n\n\"Frank has basically been sacked for the owner's expectations. I feel sorry for Frank because he is a club legend.\n\n\"They are five points off fourth place, but the bottom line is that the owner wants to win the Premier League and that was always going to be the pressure.\n\n\"Chelsea should have been more loyal. We know the owner's track record - he is ruthless, he is brutal and guillotined Frank.\"\n\nScott G: Been a Chelsea fan since Nevin, Speedie and Dixon and admit I've enjoyed all the success money has brought us over the last 20 years. However, there's a sadness about that decision. Some things money can't buy. #SuperFrank\n\nFil Harris: Isn't the whole point of appointing a younger manager to give him time to build and develop? Craziness from Chelsea to sack Lampard after such a short time.\n\nSimon Kirk: Been a Chelsea fan since 1969 and have never been so annoyed at a sacking of a Chelsea manager. He needed at least another 18 months. Shame on you Abramovich and the Chelsea board for supporting such a decision.\n\nRyan Howard: I find it such a weird sacking - a month or so ago Chelsea were in a nice groove, Zouma and Silva were scoring and keeping clean sheets, now after one bad run he gets sacked. Chelsea could be a world-class club if they just gave a manager proper time to build a team.\n\nPeter Josi: Chelsea are totally right to sack Lampard, he lacked the experience or coaching prowess to lead the side. The next phase should start with an investigation into our transfer policy and how our last two record signings turned out to be flops.\n\nThomas Wilson: Why are people surprised Lampard was sacked? Chelsea have been ruthlessly successful for 15 years. They are not going to suddenly resort to being generously unsuccessful because of a club legend being at the helm.\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Sunday's fourth-round ties are", "Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a Senate vote.\n\nMs Yellen, who headed the US central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the Senate Finance Committee.\n\nShe will be responsible for guiding the Biden administration's economic response to the pandemic.\n\nThe US is struggling to rebound economically from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAt her confirmation hearing on 19 January, Ms Yellen urged Congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should \"act big\" without worrying about national debt.\n\nIn response, Republican senators warned the former Federal Reserve head this was not the time for \"a laundry list\" of liberal reforms.\n\nMs Yellen disagreed, highlighting the fact that many families whose incomes have fallen were not reached by jobless programmes. She argued that plans to raise taxes must be seen in the context of financing bigger investments necessary to make the US economy competitive.\n\n\"The focus now is not on tax increases. It is on programmes to help us get through the pandemic,\" she stressed.\n\nJanet Yellen was previously chair of the US Federal Reserve. She was known for focusing more attention on the impact of the central bank's policies on workers and the costs of America's rising inequality.\n\nBefore then-President Barack Obama named her to lead the Fed in 2014, she had served as one of its board members for a decade, including four years as vice-chair.\n\nJanet Yellen speaking at a press conference in 2017 as US Federal Reserve Chair\n\nDonald Trump bucked Washington tradition when he opted not to appoint Ms Yellen to a second four-year term at the Fed.\n\nHowever, her climb to the top of the economics profession had made her a feminist icon in the economics world.\n\nWhen she left the Fed in 2018, many paid tribute to her leadership by imitating her signature look of a blazer with a popped collar.\n\nMs Yellen is seen as someone able to satisfy both progressive and centrist members of Mr Biden's Democratic party. Her nomination to lead the Fed in 2014 won support from some Republicans.\n\nHer focus on employment, rather than inflation, gave her a reputation of favouring low interest rates, which spur economic activity by making it less expensive to borrow money.\n\nBut under her leadership, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time since 2008 - albeit less aggressively than some more conservative commentators supported.\n\nHer stewardship of that process has won praise on Wall Street, even as it remains hotly debated.", "Twitter is asking its users for help in combating fake news.\n\nIt has announced a pilot that allows people to submit notes on tweets that may be false or misleading.\n\nThe initiative, named 'Birdwatch', is being trialled among a small group in the US initially. The firm acknowledged the new system would have to be \"resistant to manipulation attempts\".\n\nCompanies like Twitter are looking at how they can better moderate their platforms.\n\nTwitter said on Monday: \"We know this might be messy and have problems at times, but we believe this is a model worth trying.\"\n\nTwitter, along with other large social media companies, has struggled to deal with disinformation on its platform.\n\nThe pilot will allow users to flag tweets they believe to be \"misleading or false\", provide evidence to the contrary and discuss them with other - on a separate 'Birdwatch' site.\n\nAdditional notes and flags would then be placed on to content.\n\nTwitter says this new approach could help it respond more quickly when misleading information spreads.\n\n\"Eventually we aim to make notes visible directly on Tweets for the global Twitter audience, when there is consensus from a broad and diverse set of contributors,\" Twitter said.\n\nTwitter already adds labels to some misleading news. For example, many of Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud were labelled by the company.\n\nTwitter also reserves the right to remove tweets - and in extreme circumstances ban users - which it did with the US president after the riots in Washington earlier this month.\n\nTwitter, though, wants to go further: \"We don't want to limit efforts to circumstances where something breaks our rules or receives widespread public attention,\" said Twitter's Vice-President Keith Coleman.\n\nParticipants will have to provide a verified phone number and email to take part, in a bid to keep bots and bad actors away, as well as having no recent rule violations against their Twitter account.\n\nPresident Biden said in his inauguration speech that: \"We must reject a culture where facts are manipulated, or even manufactured.\"\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "Parents and teachers say they are \"frustrated\" schools will be shut until the February half term and fear the impact it will have on children.\n\nSpeaking to Radio Wales' phone-in, one caller said they felt young people were being \"thrown under the bus\".\n\nOthers said they were fed up with \"bitty information\" from the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was the \"best certainty\" he could offer \"in a world which is highly uncertain\".\n\nSo how have parents, pupils and professionals reacted to the announcement that schools may not reopen until 22 February?\n\nDr Dai Samuel welcomed the news as a consultant treating Covid patients - but as a dad he feels some \"trepidation\"\n\nDr Dai Samuel, a consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is also a father and lives in one of the worst-hit areas in Wales.\n\nHe said he had mixed feelings about the decision as he had \"two hats on\" - one as an NHS doctor treating Covid patients and the other as a dad.\n\n\"The hospitals are full and the ITU units only have beds now because they've expanded that capacity,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a very precarious position and I just hope that this measure now for the next three to six weeks will hopefully allow us to get through this winter, allow the vaccines to take effect and get us out of this mess come the spring and summer.\n\n\"I'm a doctor so, from a medical point of view, yes [the decision is] a massive sigh of relief, but as a father and someone who lives in Merthyr - a town that's been hit already significantly by the virus and the economical impacts of that - I've got some sort of trepidation because I fear that those businesses now that still remain closed will suffer and will go under.\n\n\"What will happen to that generation of children now who might not get the education they deserve and would have had otherwise… who won't achieve what they could have?\"\n\nTrying to home-school four young children and work is a \"challenge\", said Kaarina Rutta Reuter from Sully, Vale of Glamorgan.\n\n\"It's a challenge trying to help all four at the same time and also having in the back of your mind, 'I should also be working and doing other things',\" she said.\n\n\"I was quite sure that this was going to happen. It didn't come as a surprise I have to say, because the situation is just so bad I think there is no other way out of it at the moment. I just wish we had known earlier on and it would have been easier to plan.\"\n\nThe pressures of juggling home-schooling with her career mean she is working at night when the children have gone to bed.\n\n\"I don't even try to work during the day with the children around because I've just realised it's just not possible.\n\n\"My husband is working full-time but I'm only working part-time, I'm teaching at university so I still have quite flexible hours - apart from obviously teaching hours - it just means that I have to work in the evening or over the weekend, just organise yourself differently.\"\n\nShe said it was \"best not to have too high expectations\" when it came to guessing when lockdown would end and schools would reopen.\n\n\"Like we saw in the first lockdown in spring, in the end it was quite a bit longer than we had all thought,\" she said.\n\n\"I would hope they could go back in March, that's my hope for now but I think we'll just have to wait and see what will happen with the numbers over the next few weeks, months and just take it from there really.\"\n\nA father called Ron, from Bridgend, told the phone-in with Dot Davies he was predominantly worried about the effects on children, particularly in the south Wales valleys.\n\n\"I just see children deteriorating on a regular basis. I can only speak about my own - I have a teenage daughter and her mental health, her lack of access to her school, her teachers, to her peers, will cause more harm than the virus will cause children.\n\n\"It feels like we are asking our children to donate their kidneys to the vulnerable. We are throwing them under the bus as far as I'm concerned.\"\n\nAnna, 16, who is studying for her GCSEs at Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, Swansea, said the decision to keep schools and colleges closed was \"a big disappointment\".\n\n\"The idea of staying in the house until February fills me with dread because we've been in the house for months,\" she told Newyddion.\n\nAfter a case of Covid-19 in her school, she said she had to self-isolate, adding: \"It's been an age since I last saw my friends, went to school, and really learned.\n\n\"It's really hard. We've been back in school since Wednesday and doing everything online but it's nigh-on impossible. It's not the same.\n\n\"It's really hard to learn. There's this feeling of 'why am I even bothering?' - I really want to go back but I appreciate that might not be possible because people are dying. It's not an easy situation.\"\n\nHer mock assessments before her final assessments - which were brought in to replace exams - have been cancelled until the return to school, which she said has taken away some of the pressure.\n\n\"Without practising, there's a lot of uncertainty. What's going to be in the assessment? So, it is nice to hear they've cancelled them. It's a difficult situation so cancelling them takes a bit of the pressure off children and young people my age.\"\n\nMother-of-three Amanda Williams from Bridgend told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she was glad schools would remain closed and hoped it would minimise the spread of the virus.\n\n\"I don't believe schools are safe to open at the moment,\" she said.\n\n\"Until they can classify exactly what the main symptoms are in children I think it's a risk to send children back to school and it's a risk with these new variants.\"\n\nMrs Williams lives in Bridgend county borough, where infection rates are the highest among all Welsh local authority areas. One of her relatives is currently on a ventilator at Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital with Covid-19.\n\n\"In the last week I've heard of a lot of people passing away such as friends of friends. It's starting to get closer to home.\"\n\nSarah Curley, a maths teacher and mother of twins, also from Bridgend, said she would \"rather be in school\" but agreed schools remaining shut was the \"safest option\".\n\nShe said: \"In school each day I come into contact with 100-odd pupils and we don't wear PPE.\"\n\nMs Curley said she was glad her school, Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen in Bridgend, would not be welcoming students back on Monday, as originally planned, because of the area's high infection rates.\n\n\"My anxiety was through the roof around Christmas. I could see the numbers going up and I was thinking, 'I've got to go back into school next week'.\"", "A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand officials had maintained that the outbreak was under control - just a few dozen cases linked to a live animal market. But in fact the virus had been spreading throughout the city and around China.\n\nThis is the story of five critical days early in the outbreak.\n\nBy 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and pneumonia. The first known case was a man in his 70s who had fallen ill on 1 December. Many of those were connected to a sprawling live animal market, Huanan Seafood Market, and doctors had begun to suspect this wasn't regular pneumonia.\n\nSamples from infected lungs had been sent to genetic sequencing companies to identify the cause of the disease, and preliminary results had indicated a novel coronavirus similar to Sars. The local health authorities and the country's Center for Disease Control (CDC) had already been notified, but nothing had been said to the public.\n\nAlthough no-one knew it at the time, between 2,300 and 4,000 people were by now likely infected, according to a recent model by MOBS Lab at Northeastern University in Boston. The outbreak was also thought to be doubling in size every few days. Epidemiologists say that at this early part of an outbreak, each day and even each hour is critical.\n\nWuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was sealed off on 1 January 2020\n\nAt around 16:00 on 30 December, the head of the Emergency Department at Wuhan Central Hospital was handed the results of a test carried out by sequencing lab Capital Bio Medicals in Beijing.\n\nShe went into a cold sweat as she read the report, according to an interview given later to Chinese state media.\n\nAt the top were the alarming words: \"SARS CORONAVIRUS\". She circled them in bright red, and passed it on to colleagues over the Chinese messaging site WeChat.\n\nWithin an hour and a half, the grainy image with its large red circle reached a doctor in the hospital's ophthalmology department, Li Wenliang. He shared it with his hundreds-strong university class group, adding the warning, \"Don't circulate the message outside this group. Get your family and loved ones to take precautions.\"\n\nWhen Sars spread through southern China in late 2002 and 2003, Beijing covered up the outbreak, insisting that everything was under control. This allowed the virus to spread around the world. Beijing's response invoked international criticism and - worryingly for a regime deeply concerned about stability - anger and protests within China. Between 2002 and 2004, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) went on to infect more than 8,000 people and kill almost 800 worldwide.\n\nRobert Maguire of the WHO and a Chinese doctor visit a Sars patient in Guangzhou, China – April 2003\n\nOver the coming hours, screen shots of Li's message spread widely online. Across China, millions of people began talking about Sars online.\n\nIt would turn out that the sequencers made a mistake - this was not Sars, but a new coronavirus very similar to it. But this was a critical moment. News of a possible outbreak had escaped.\n\nThe Wuhan Health Commission was already aware that there was something going on in the city's hospitals. That day, officials from the National Health Commission in Beijing arrived, and lung samples were sent to at least five state labs in Wuhan and Beijing to sequence the virus in parallel.\n\nNow, as messages suggesting the possible return of Sars began flying over Chinese social media, the Wuhan Health Commission sent two orders out to hospitals. It instructed them to report all cases direct to the Health Commission, and told them not to make anything public without authorisation.\n\nWithin 12 minutes, these orders were leaked online.\n\nIt might have taken a couple more days for the online chatter to make the leap from Chinese-speaking social media to the wider world if it wasn't for the efforts of veteran epidemiologist Marjorie Pollack.\n\nThe deputy editor of ProMed-mail, an organisation which sends out alerts on disease outbreaks worldwide, received an email from a contact in Taiwan, asking if she knew anything about the chatter online.\n\nDr Marjorie Pollack is an epidemiologist based in New York\n\nBack in February 2003, ProMed had been the first to break the news of Sars. Now, Pollack had deja vu. \"My reaction was: 'We're in trouble,'\" she told the BBC.\n\nThree hours later, she had finished writing an emergency post, requesting more information on the new outbreak. It was sent out to ProMed's approximately 80,000 subscribers at one minute to midnight.\n\nAs word began to spread, Professor George F Gao, director general of China's Center for Disease Control [CDC], was receiving offers of help from contacts around the world.\n\nChina revamped its infectious disease infrastructure after Sars - and in 2019, Gao had promised that China's vast online surveillance system would be able to prevent another outbreak like it.\n\nBut two scientists who contacted Gao say the CDC head did not seem alarmed.\n\n\"I sent a really long text to George Gao, offering to send a team out and do anything to support them,\" Dr Peter Daszak, the president of New York-based infectious diseases research group EcoHealth Alliance, told the BBC. But he says that all he received in reply was a short message wishing him Happy New Year.\n\nDirector of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, George F Gao – 22 January 2020\n\nEpidemiologist Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York was also trying to reach Gao. Just as he was having dinner to ring in the New Year, Gao returned his call. The details Lipkin reveals about their conversation offer new insights into what leading Chinese officials were prepared to say at this critical point.\n\n\"He had identified the virus. It was a new coronavirus. And it was not highly transmissible. This didn't really resonate with me because I'd heard that many, many people had been infected,\" Lipkin told the BBC. \"I don't think he was duplicitous, I think he was just wrong.\"\n\nLipkin says he thinks Gao should have released the sequences they had already obtained. My view is that you get it out. This is too important to hesitate.\"\n\nGao, who refused the BBC's requests for an interview, has told state media that the sequences were released as soon as possible, and that he never said publicly that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nThat day, the Wuhan Health Commission issued a press release stating that 27 cases of viral pneumonia had been identified, but that there was no clear evidence of human to human transmission.\n\nIt would be a further 12 days before China shared the genetic sequences with the international community.\n\nThe Chinese government refused multiple interview requests by the BBC. Instead, it gave us detailed statements on China's response, which state that in the fight against Covid-19 China \"has always acted with openness, transparency and responsibility, and … in a timely manner.\"\n\nBBC This World's 54 Days: China and the pandemic can be seen on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday 26 January, or 23:30 on Monday 1 February (except BBC Two Northern Ireland). Or watch on BBC iPlayer.\n\nPart two - 54 Days: America and the Pandemic - will be on BBC Two on Tuesday 2 February at 21:00.\n\nInternational law stipulates that new infectious disease outbreaks of global concern be reported to the World Health Organization within 24 hours. But on 1 January the WHO still had not had official notification of the outbreak. The previous day, officials there had spotted the ProMed post and reports online, so they contacted China's National Health Commission.\n\n\"It was reportable,\" says Professor Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center on national and global health law at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a member of the International Health Regulations roster of experts. \"The failure to report clearly was a violation of the International Health Regulations.\"\n\nDr Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist who would become the agency's Covid-19 technical lead, joined the first of many emergency conference calls in the middle of the night on 1 January.\n\n\"We had the assumptions initially that it may be a new coronavirus. For us it wasn't a matter of if human to human transmission was happening, it was what is the extent of it and where is that happening.\"\n\nIt was two days before China responded to the WHO. But what they revealed was vague - that there were now 44 cases of viral pneumonia of unknown cause.\n\nChina says that it communicated regularly and fully with the WHO from 3 January. But recordings of internal WHO meetings obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency some of which were shared with PBS Frontline and the BBC, paint a different picture, revealing the frustration that senior WHO officials felt by the following week.\n\n\"'There's been no evidence of human to human transmission' is not good enough. We need to see the data,\" Mike Ryan WHO's health emergencies programme director is heard saying.\n\nThe WHO was legally required to state the information it had been provided by China. Although they suspected human to human transmission, the WHO were not able to confirm this for a further three weeks.\n\n\"Those concerns are not something they ever aired publicly. Instead, they basically deferred to China,\" says AP's Dake Kang. \"Ultimately, the impression that the rest of the world got was just what the Chinese authorities wanted. Which is that everything was under control. Which of course it wasn't.\"\n\nThe number of people infected by the virus was doubling in size every few days, and more and more people were turning up at Wuhan's hospitals.\n\nBut now - instead of allowing doctors to share their concerns publicly - state media began a campaign that effectively silenced them.\n\nOn 2 January, China Central Television ran a story about the doctors who spread the news about an outbreak four days earlier. The doctors, referred to only as \"rumour mongers\" and \"internet users\", were brought in for questioning by the Wuhan Public Security Bureau and 'dealt with' 'in accordance with the law'.\n\nOne of the doctors was Li Wenliang, the eye doctor whose warning had gone viral. He signed a confession. In February, the doctor died of Covid-19.\n\nThe Chinese government says that this is not evidence that it was trying to suppress news of the outbreak, and that doctors like Li were being urged not to spread unconfirmed information.\n\nBut the impact of this public dressing down was critical. For though it was becoming apparent to doctors that there was, in fact, human-to-human transmission, they were prevented from going public.\n\nA health worker from Li's hospital, Wuhan Central, told us that over the next few days \"there were so many people who had a fever. It was out of control. We started to panic. [But] The hospital told us that we were not allowed to speak to anyone.\"\n\nThe Chinese government told us that \"it takes a rigorous scientific process to determine if a new virus can be transmitted from person to person\".\n\nThe authorities would continue to maintain for a further 18 days that there was no human-to-human transmission.\n\nLabs across the country were racing to map the complete genetic sequence of the virus. Among them was a renowned virologist in Shanghai, Professor Zhang Yongzhen who began sequencing on 3 January.\n\nAfter having worked for two days straight, he obtained a complete sequence. His results revealed a virus that was similar to Sars, and therefore likely transmissible.\n\nOn 5 January, Zhang's office wrote to the National Health Commission advising taking precautionary measures in public places.\n\n\"On that very day, he was working to try and get information released as soon as possible, so the rest of the world could see what it was and so we could get diagnostics going\", says Zhang's research partner, Professor Edward Holmes an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney.\n\nBut Zhang could not make his findings public. On January 3, the National Health Commission had sent a secret memorandum to labs banning unauthorised scientists from working on the virus and disclosing the information to the public.\n\n\"What the notice effectively did,\" says AP's Dake Kang, \"is it silenced individual scientists and laboratories from revealing information about this virus and potentially allowing word of it to leak out to the outside world and alarm people.\"\n\nNone of the labs went public with the genetic sequence of the virus. China continued to maintain it was viral pneumonia with no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission.\n\nIt would be six days before it announced that the new virus was a coronavirus, and even then, it did not share any genetic sequences to allow other countries to develop tests and begin tracing the spread of the virus.\n\nThree days later, on 11 January, Zhang decided it was time to put his neck on the line. As he boarded a plane between Beijing and Shanghai, he authorised Holmes to release the sequence.\n\nThe decision came at a personal cost - his lab was closed the next day for \"rectification\" - but his action broke the deadlock. The next day state scientists released the sequences they had obtained. The international scientific community swung into action, and a toolkit for a diagnostic test was publicly available by 13 January.\n\nDespite the evidence from scientists and doctors, China would not confirm there was human-to-human transmission until 20 January.\n\nIllustration of spike proteins (red) of Covid-19 binding with receptors (blue) on a target human cell\n\nAt the beginning of any emerging disease outbreak, says health law expert Lawrence Gostin, it's always chaotic. \"It was always going to be very difficult to control this virus, from day one. But by the time we knew [the international community] it was transmissible human to human, I think the cat was already out the bag, it already spread.\n\n\"That was the shot we had, and we lost it.\"\n\nAs Wang Linfa, a bat virologist at Duke-Nus Medical School in Singapore, says: \"January 20th is the dividing line, before that the Chinese could have done much better. After that, the rest of the world should be really on high alert and do much better.\"", "Harriet Tubman was a spy and a nurse for the Union during the US Civil War\n\nThe Biden administration has said it will seek to push forward a plan to make anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman the face of a new $20 bill.\n\nA note featuring Ms Tubman, who was born a slave in about 1822, was originally due to be unveiled in 2020.\n\nThe US Treasury said she would replace former President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner.\n\nBut the effort was delayed under former President Donald Trump, who branded it \"pure political correctness\".\n\nNow President Joe Biden has revived the project, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki telling reporters the Treasury was \"exploring ways to speed up\" the process.\n\nThe move would make Ms Tubman the first African American to appear on a US banknote, and the first woman for more than 100 years.\n\n\"It's important that our notes, our money - if people don't know what a note is - reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman's image gracing the new $20 note would certainly reflect that,\" Ms Psaki said on Monday.\n\nA mock-up of the new $20 note\n\nThe women last depicted on US notes were former First Lady Martha Washington, on the $1 silver certificate from 1891 to 1896, and Native American Pocahontas, in a group image on the $20 bill from 1865 to 1869.\n\nHowever, given the complexities of redesigning and producing US banknotes, the bill is not expected to be released any time soon.\n\nIn 2019, Mr Trump's Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said the redesign would be delayed until at least 2026. At the time, he said he was focused on redesigning bills to address counterfeiting issues, not making changes to their imagery.\n\nMr Trump, an admirer of his populist predecessor Andrew Jackson - whose portrait hung in his office - expressed opposition to the redesign.\n\nWhile campaigning in 2016, Mr Trump suggested that Ms Tubman be put on the $2 bill instead.\n\nBorn into slavery in about 1822, Ms Tubman grew up working in the cotton fields in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was the fourth of nine children born to two enslaved parents, Benjamin Ross and Harriet Rit.\n\nAs a teenager, she was hit in the head by an iron weight thrown by an overseer, leaving her severely injured.\n\nShe escaped from a slave plantation in 1849, fleeing north to the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and then helped others to do so.\n\nIn the years that followed, Ms Tubman returned multiple times to Maryland to rescue others, conducting them along the so-called \"underground railroad\", a network of safe houses used to spirit slaves from the south to the free states in the north.\n\nShe is estimated to have made some 13 missions to rescue more than 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network.\n\nLater, she became a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, a prominent supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and a famous veteran of the struggle for the abolition of slavery.\n\nAfter the war, Ms Tubman toured eastern cities giving speeches in support of women's suffrage, drawing on her experiences in the fight against slavery.\n\nShe died in 1913, aged 91, surrounded by her family.", "Sunderland-based Hays Travel took over Thomas Cook's stores and staff in 2019\n\nTravel firm Hays Travel is to close 89 of its 535 shops following a review into its take over of Thomas Cook.\n\nThe Sunderland-based firm bought the collapsed company in October 2019 and deferred a review into the performance of its shops until 2021.\n\nA Hays Travel spokeswoman said the third national lockdown and travel ban meant \"the company had to act\".\n\nShe said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered \"alternative work options\" to minimise redundancies.\n\nChief operating officer Jonathon Woodall said the \"first priority\" was to \"look after our customers\" and ensure \"the highest standards of customer service\".\n\nHe added that the firm was \"continuing with our robust two-year business plan and continue to be ready for the bounce back when it comes\".\n\nDame Irene Hays said business had not bounced back as had been hoped\n\nDame Irene Hays, owner and chair of the Sunderland-based firm, said it was \"always our intention to review the performance of our shops at the end of the licence period\".\n\n\"We had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not,\" she said.\n\n\"We have done everything we could to safeguard jobs and the business thus far, and we have come up with a range of options for those at risk of redundancy to help as many colleagues as we can.\"\n\nOptions for staff include working from home or filling vacancies in other shops.\n\nThe spokeswoman said the firm employed about 7,700 people, many of whom were \"working from home taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond\".\n\nThe company has yet to confirm which of its locations will be affected.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There has been a recent investigation into mother-and-baby homes in the Republic of Ireland\n\nA report into mother-and-baby homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland is expected to be published later.\n\nThe Stormont-commissioned research was carried out by Queen's University and Ulster University.\n\nIt examined whether a public inquiry should be held into the homes.\n\nAmnesty has estimated about 7,500 women and girls gave birth in the institutions operated by both Catholic and Protestant churches and other religious organisations.\n\nSome survivors, both unmarried pregnant mothers who were brought to the facilities and children who were later adopted, have long called for a public inquiry.\n\nThe NI Executive is currently meeting to discuss the report and its recommendations.\n\nFirst Minster Arlene Foster tweeted to say she had spoken to survivors of the homes about the report and the next steps.\n\nShe described it as \"a shameful chapter\", adding: \"Now the silence is broken and their stories have rightfully begun to be told\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Arlene Foster #WeWillMeetAgain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said earlier that Tuesday's research \"breaks the silence\" around what happened.\n\nShe added that \"what happened was so, so wrong\", and that her thoughts were with the survivors \"who deserve answers to their many questions\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe report was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2018 and assessed the period from 1922 to 1999.\n\nIt was completed in February 2020 but was then sent to those facing criticism to give them an opportunity to reply.\n\nSolicitor Claire McKeegan, representing the group Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice NI, said many women were branded as \"fallen\" after becoming pregnant outside marriage and were forced to carry out unpaid labour.\n\nThis \"abuse\", she said, happened on both sides of the Irish border.\n\n\"The state in Northern Ireland not only permitted what happened, but also policed it,\" she added.\n\nAmnesty said there were more than a dozen mother-and-baby home and Magdalene Laundry-type institutions in NI, with the last one closing its doors as recently as 1990.\n\nPatrick Corrigan, NI programme director of Amnesty International, said the report would \"shed new light on the appalling extent and vast scale of the suffering experienced by generations of women and girls in these institutions\".\n\nThe human rights organisation has written to the first and deputy first ministers urging them to meet survivors of mother-and-baby homes.\n\n\"It's time for ministers to listen to the survivors - both the women and girls forced into the homes and the children born there,\" said Mr Corrigan.\n\nThe publication of the report in Northern Ireland comes after a similar investigation into mother-and-baby homes and laundries in the Republic of Ireland, which prompted an apology from Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Mícheál Martin.\n\nThis report found an \"appalling level of infant mortality\".\n\nAbout 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions which were investigated.\n\nMr Martin said there had been \"profound and generational wrong\", adding it was a \"dark, difficult and shameful chapter\" of Irish history.\n\nFollowing the report's publication, NI's first and deputy first ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill met the Irish Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman.\n\nBoth Mrs Foster and Ms O'Neill said there was a need for the executive and the Irish government to work together in sharing information and to support survivors.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Time out of school has affected some children who have not established their language skills\n\nParents in English-speaking homes whose children go to Welsh-language schools need more support during lockdown, the Welsh language commissioner has said.\n\nSome parents said time away from face-to-face schooling was affecting younger children who have not fully established their language skills.\n\nOne mother said \"not only do you not know how to help them, you don't know what the question is to start with\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had given guidance to Welsh-medium schools.\n\nThere are 65,000 children in Welsh-medium or bilingual primary schools across Wales.\n\nCardiff council estimated more than 70% of children in Welsh-medium education in the city did not speak Welsh at home.\n\nWelsh language commissioner Aled Roberts said any parents concerned about remote learning in should let the school and teachers know in the first instance.\n\nHowever, he said it should be ensured there were \"as many resources as possible to support them\" at a national level and these policies should \"recognise the huge investment that these people are making [into] Welsh-medium education\".\n\nAngela Crabtree said her nine-year-old daughter Ffion had to help her younger sisters\n\nAngela Crabtree, from Caerphilly, said her daughters were partly reliant on her eldest child Ffion to translate Welsh schoolwork.\n\nMs Crabtree, who is on furlough, said keeping up Welsh-language skills had been a challenge for her three daughters, Ffion, Natalie and Chloe, who go to Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili.\n\n\"It's hard if they ask you a question, not only do you not know how to help them, you don't know what the question is to start with,\" she said.\n\nNatalie and Chloe are partly reliant on their older sister Ffion to translate Welsh work during lockdown\n\n\"The school has been really good in sending things back bilingually, but I've still got the challenge of trying to make sure that the girls look at the Welsh first.\n\n\"Off the back of the first lockdown I think what suffered most was their Welsh language, especially the middle child, going from the infants to the juniors - her Welsh comprehension fell behind a bit.\"\n\nLisa Jane Thomas, from Cardiff, said she was concerned her youngest child, who attends a Welsh-medium school, was going to be disadvantaged.\n\n\"These are really critical stages and to have so much timeout, it does worry me that may be putting her back [and] is going to make it more difficult for her longer term,\" she said.\n\nMs Thomas said she felt there \"ought to be more recognition\" and more could be offered to help parents and children.\n\nYsgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili headteacher Lynn Griffiths said parents make a \"conscious decision\" to send children to Welsh-medium schools\n\nHead teacher of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili, Lynn Griffiths, said of almost 440 pupils at the school, three families spoke to him about issues with Welsh-language learning.\n\nMr Griffiths said it was \"a rarity\" after one family that chose not to send their child back to the school this year, while the two other \"listened to what support we can provide them to enable them to do the best for their children\".\n\n\"But also let's not forget our parents have made a conscious decision to send their children to a Welsh medium school because they want their children to be fully bilingual and the advantages that will give them,\" he said.\n\nCampaign group Parents for Welsh medium education said it was launching new website end of this month to help parents by collating Welsh language resources in one place, due to the extra pressure of lockdown home-schooling.\n\nElin Maher, who is a part of the group, said: \"Obviously, we do acknowledge that acquiring language is done best in the classroom, with the teacher at the front and to be surrounded by the language - we want to reassure parents that the language will be there.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government, which has a target of one million people speaking Welsh by 2050, said it appreciated the challenges all parents faced with learning at home.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We have provided guidance to schools to help them during the pandemic, which includes dedicated support for Welsh-medium learners whose families don't speak Welsh.\n\n\"This includes advice for parents and carers on how they can support their children to use the Welsh language while at home.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Maaike Neuféglise said she found blood on the floor of her shop alongside upturned stands and damaged equipment\n\nThe Dutch government says it will not lift a curfew, after a third night of violent protests against increased Covid curbs across the Netherlands.\n\nShops in Rotterdam and other cities were looted and Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra said: \"It's scum doing this\". More than 180 arrests have been made.\n\nThe Dutch chief of police said the riots no longer had \"anything to do with the basic right to demonstrate\".\n\nThe criminal violence had to stop, said Prime Minister Mark Rutte.\n\nShop-owners in Rotterdam, Den Bosch and other cities spent Tuesday morning cleaning up the debris from Monday night's violence.\n\nRotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb sent a passionate message to \"shameless thieves\" who had caused the damage: \"Does it make you feel good that you've helped ruin your city? To wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff beside you?\"\n\nA night-time curfew from 21:00 (20:00 GMT) to 04:30 was imposed last Saturday to halt the spread of the virus. Anyone caught violating it faces a €95 (£84) fine. Mr Hoekstra said they would not \"capitulate to a few idiots\" and anyone who caused damage should be tracked down and be made to pay for it.\n\nSome of the worst damage was caused in the southern city of Den Bosch\n\nThe Netherlands has had nearly a million confirmed Covid cases since the start of the outbreak, with more than 13,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US, which is tracking the pandemic.\n\nRiot police clashed with protesters in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Amersfoort, Den Bosch, Alphen and Helmond.\n\nSome of the worst disturbances were in the south of Rotterdam where police said 10 officers were hurt. Most of the rioters were youths or young men, and Amsterdam's mayor appealed to parents to keep young people indoors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dutch police have described it as the worst unrest in four decades\n\nFires were lit on the streets of The Hague, where police on bicycles attempted to move small clusters of men who threw stones and fireworks.\n\nIn Den Bosch in the south, rioters set off fireworks, broke windows, looted a supermarket and overturned cars. A local woman told Dutch radio that masked youths had left a trail of destruction in the city centre. \"I saw windows smashed and fireworks going off. Really crazy, just like a war zone,\" she said.\n\nSeveral cities have vowed to introduce emergency measures in an effort to prevent more disturbances\n\nRoads into Den Bosch were closed to stop people joining the rioters and Mayor Jack Mikkers imposed an emergency order banning gatherings on Tuesday.\n\nThe region's chief prosecutor, Heleen Rutgers, urged parents to ensure teenagers stayed at home. \"Start talking about how to respond to calls on social media to go and turn up somewhere,\" she told public broadcaster NOS.\n\nIn some southern cities, such as Maastricht and Breda, football fans marched through the centres promising to protect them from rioters. Ex-football international Robin van Persie appealed to people in Rotterdam to keep \"our beautiful city\" intact.\n\nThe ignition of discontent has rocked the core of Dutch society.\n\nIn the absence of any legitimate way to socialise, is this simply an outlet for young men to feel part of something, their masks concealing their identities and enabling them to violently channel their frustrations?\n\nThere are more sinister influences at play. Messages on social media, overt and covert, have whipped up anger. Misinformation has even been spread by some politicians.\n\nSome of the worst violence was in Rotterdam\n\nSome feared a curfew would be a tipping point, as Dutch restrictions tighten while some neighbouring countries relax their rules. The vast majority of people in the Netherlands are peacefully observing the curfew.\n\nThe unrest was initially seen as a response to the first \"stay-at-home\" order imposed since Nazi occupation during World War Two. That notion has been dismissed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who said the rioters were simply criminals and would be treated as such.\n\nBut there are simmering anxieties in Dutch towns and cities, and with less than two months before a general election, voters are vulnerable and the streets volatile.\n\nThere has been widespread shock at the violence. In Rotterdam, where police used water cannon against the rioters, the mayor signed an emergency decree, giving police broader powers of arrest.\n\nThe prime minister said the police had the government's full support: \"The riots have nothing to do with protesting or fighting for freedom.\"\n\nRotterdam shop-owner Emrah Köker said he had no words for what he had seen. \"How can this happen in the Netherlands?\" he asked Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. The justice minister said he challenged anyone to explain what looting a shop had to do with coronavirus.\n\nIn Den Bosch, Maaike Neuféglise said the damage to her shop was heartbreaking and ran into thousands of euros. \"Everything's ruined. I saw the videos, it was a complete invasion. There must have been 40 people in our store,\" she told broadcaster Omroep Brabant.\n\nThe city's mayor said police had struggled to respond to the violence because they were needed in other nearby towns.", "Claudia Marsh was a volunteer for an eating disorder charity which had helped her in the past\n\nAn \"incredible\" recently-qualified teacher has died with coronavirus on her 25th birthday.\n\nClaudia Marsh's death was described as \"sudden and unexpected\" by a charity which had helped her recover from an eating disorder several years ago.\n\nShe had gone on to volunteer for the organisation and became a \"beacon of hope\" for others.\n\nHer mother Tina Marsh, from Heswall in Wirral, said she was \"very proud\" and \"blown away\" by the many tributes.\n\nWriting on Facebook, Ms Marsh said she was a \"beautiful daughter and incredible sister\" who was selfless in her work for Merseyside-based charities Talking Eating Disorders (TEDS) and The Whitechapel Centre.\n\nShe said: \"She loved giving back to people less fortunate than herself.\"\n\nFamily friend Leigh Best, who founded TEDS, described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe added: \"Claudia was very special, kind, caring and a dedicated teacher.\n\n\"She supported countless families across the UK. Claudia made her own little packs to give out to others with eating disorders with positive affirmations.\n\n\"She was full of positivity, kindness and hope, and had a smile that would brighten up the whole room.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Whitechapel Centre, where Claudia also volunteered, said staff were \"devastated\", adding she would leave behind a \"legacy of care, dedication and enthusiasm\".\n\nThe charity said she put all of her time and energy into providing food and clothing to those who needed it during the pandemic.\n\n\"Claudia always put others before herself and her memory will live on through the impact and contribution she made to our organisation,\" the centre said.\n\n\"She was instrumental in bringing together our volunteer community.\"\n\nMs Marsh has set up an online fundraising page for the two charities, which has already garnered more than £10,000.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It wasn't normal when the prime minister stood at the lectern in Downing Street's wood-panelled State Dining Room and announced that four people had died from coronavirus on 9 March last year.\n\nIt wasn't normal, that day, when he announced the obscure-sounding virus was a global pandemic that, in the 21st Century, the UK government would struggle to contain.\n\nIt was unprecedented, in peacetime, when, on 23 March, Boris Johnson instructed the country to stay at home.\n\nIt was shocking when, on 28 March, official figures reported more than 1,000 cases in a single day.\n\nA few weeks later, there were sharp intakes of breath when the UK government's chief scientific adviser told MPs, and all of us, that keeping the numbers of deaths down to around 20,000 would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nIt wasn't normal when the Treasury started paying the wages of millions of people to prevent hardship on a vast scale.\n\nIt wasn't normal when planes stayed on the ground, roads and trains emptied.\n\nIt certainly wasn't normal when classrooms fell largely silent, or when the nooks and crannies of Westminster, usually full of intrigue, emptied.\n\nBut in that new strangeness it became normal, week after week, for millions of us to stand in the street, on balconies or on doorsteps to express thanks to those who care for us.\n\nAnd there is now an emerging routine of the most vulnerable rolling up their sleeves, sometimes in front of the cameras, for vaccines that offer at least part of the route to the future.\n\nYet the daily publication of the numbers of people who have died because of Covid has become an all-too-familiar rhythm.\n\nIn the middle of the afternoon, every day, the latest total emerges. A previously unimaginable communication has become a regular part of the country's conversation.\n\nBut today that number has reached a terrible height. Every one of those 100,000 lives lost leaves its own story, and sorrow, behind.\n\nThis miserable landmark is a moment to remember, maybe, that what has happened in the last year, to our politics, to us all is not normal at all.", "Pictures of the funeral have led to criticism from unionists\n\nPolice have begun an investigation into potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations at the funeral of an IRA man in Londonderry.\n\nEamon McCourt, 62, who reportedly died with Covid-19, was buried on Monday.\n\nUnder current Covid-19 restrictions funerals in Northern Ireland are limited to 25 people.\n\nThe police said a \"significant number of people\" had gathered, in a manner \"likely to be in breach\" of the coronavirus regulations.\n\nPSNI Ch Supt Darrin Jones said anyone found in breach of public health regulations would be reported to the Public Prosecution Service.\n\nHe said police had \"engaged with representatives of the family of the deceased, the local church and local political representatives\", prior to the funeral.\n\n\"As a result, police were given a number of assurances as to the conduct of the funeral, and that people would seek to pay their respects to the deceased from outside their homes rather than gather at the funeral.\"\n\nPictures of the leading republican's funeral show men in white shirts and black ties flanking the cortege and dozens of others behind them.\n\nCh Supt Jones added: \"Regrettably at the funeral on Monday morning, a significant number of people gathered as part of the cortège, in a manner likely to be in breach of the health protection regulations.\"\n\nUnionist politicians had called on the police to act after images circulated online of mourners.\n\nDUP MLA Gary Middleton said those who had abided by Covid-19 restrictions would view the scenes from the funeral \"with dismay\".\n\nHe said it was \"hard to put into words the sheer recklessness of those involved\".\n\n\"Within republicanism it seems that certain individuals are viewed as being more important than public health regulations,\" Mr Middleton said.\n\n\"In those minds the reality of Covid-19 has not been brought home, or at the very least it is viewed as less important than having a public display at a funeral.\n\n\"Such sights are most painful for relatives who have recognised the need for such painful restrictions to be put in place and have abided by them.\"\n\n\"Eamon 'Peggy' McCourt who passed away on Saturday morning was buried from his family home in Creggan, a right accredited to us all.\n\n\"However, it was evident that social-distancing measures and permitted mourner numbers were completely ignored by those in attendance.\n\n\"Again, the majority of people in Northern Ireland who have followed lockdown measures since March 2020 are asking themselves why can republicans do whatever they like?\"\n\nHe called on the police to explain why such \"a large funeral procession was permitted to take place and what actions will follow\".\n\nIn a statement, Sinn Féin said: \"Everyone has a responsibility to follow the public health guidelines.\n\n\"Sinn Féin held its own tribute to his memory online.\"\n\nIn June last year, about 1,800 people attended the funeral of leading IRA member Bobby Storey in west Belfast.\n\nAmong them was Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, who later admitted the public health message had been undermined.\n\nIn May, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said there had been social-distancing breaches at funerals in Northern Ireland in both the unionist and nationalist communities.\n\nThis story was amended on 27 January 2021 to remove the phrase 'IRA veteran'. Whilst referring to Mr McCourt's long history in republicanism, we accept the phrase was open to misinterpretation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old boy attacked by a group of youths said she heard the gunshots that killed him.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nIn an emotional appeal, Sharmaine Lincoln pleaded with the local community to \"help us understand why this has happened\".\n\nFive teenage boys have so far been arrested over his death.\n\nA post-mortem examination revealed Keon was shot and stabbed to death.\n\nKeon Lincoln's mother said not a day would go by when she would not hear her son's \"unbelievable\" laugh\n\nRemembering that afternoon, Ms Lincoln said: \"I heard the gunshots and my first instinct was, 'Where's my son?'\n\n\"A few minutes went by, we heard somebody was in the road and it was my boy.\"\n\nWest Midlands Police arrested three teenagers over the weekend on suspicion of Keon's murder - a 14-year-old boy from Birmingham and two others, aged 15 and 16, at an address in Walsall.\n\nThis is in addition to two 14-year-old boys arrested on Friday, one of whom remains in custody and the other released under investigation.\n\n\"The community needs to step up and put themselves in the shoes of the family,\" police say\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, from West Midlands Police, said the attack on Keon was \"the most pointless use of extreme violence I've witnessed in my 24 years in the police force\".\n\n\"The level of violence has not just caused shock to the family, but to hardened police officers,\" he said. \"It was an absolutely pointless attack, one I can't clear my mind of.\"\n\nThe force is appealing for information and Det Ch Insp Orencas said the community response was \"not where it should be\".\n\n\"These are multiple offenders in broad daylight. I simply don't believe there's not information out there that can help me with the inquiry,\" he said.\n\nKeon Lincoln was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nMs Lincoln remembered her son as a joker, cheeky - a \"loving child with a jolly spirit\" whose \"unbelievable laugh\" would echo daily around her home.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense, the type of person Keon was, it doesn't make sense as to why someone would want to harm him or take his life in such a brutal way,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People were vaccinated at Cwmbran Stadium on Tuesday\n\nA pledge that 70% of the over-80s would get the Covid-19 vaccine by last weekend was missed, the Welsh Government has admitted.\n\nWeather has been blamed for the problem with figures showing 96,830, or 52.8%, had their first dose.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said many over-80s felt unsafe attending appointments amid the snow and ice.\n\nThe pledge had been made by Health Minister Vaughan Gething in the Senedd, last week.\n\nBut earlier, Mr Gething said that as well as missed appointments, five mass vaccination centres were affected by the conditions and \"a range of additional GP clinics didn't go ahead\".\n\nLatest data shows almost 97,000 of the most vulnerable have had a dose - but there is a lag and it can take up to five days for doses injected to be included in the figures. At least 289,566 people have had a first dose - 9.2% of the population.\n\nThat compares to 10.6% in England, 8.6% in Northern Ireland and 8% in Scotland.\n\nMr Drakeford told First Minister's Questions earlier: \"We will not reach the 70% for over-80s because of the interruption to the programme of vaccination that happened on Sunday and on Monday morning.\n\nA pledge 70% of over-80s would be inoculated by last weekend was missed\n\n\"I won't have people over-80 feeling pressurised to come out to be vaccinated when they themselves decide that it is not safe for them to do so.\"\n\nHe said all of those people would have been offered a further opportunity to be vaccinated by the end of Wednesday.\n\nHowever, Mr Drakeford said Wales was on track to meet plans to offer everybody in the top four priority groups (those aged 70 or over) a vaccination by mid-February.\n\nAround 23,700 first doses a day would need to be given for the first four priority groups to be have a vaccine offered by 14 February.\n\nOn the latest seven day rolling average, it would take 25 days.\n\nBut Mr Davies said: \"Welsh Conservatives would have been the first to congratulate the Welsh Government and its health minister had the target been reached on Friday, but that target has been missed.\n\n\"It's the same old Labour story of taking credit when things go well but look to blame anyone and everything else when it goes wrong.\"\n\nIn the Senedd, he accused the government of running a \"postcode lottery\" for vaccinations, which Mr Drakeford denied.\n\nThe first minister said figures had gone from 162,000 people being vaccinated last week to 230,000 this Tuesday.\n\nHe said that was \"the fastest rate of increase in any part of the United Kingdom\", and accused Mr Davies of wanting to \"run it down\".\n\n\"He leads a Conservative party in Wales, which has reverted to its 19th Century type - for Wales, see England.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said he did not think \"blaming snow over the weekend holds water\".\n\n\"Snow did cause problems in certain areas but the problem was that you were still on 24% of over-80s in the middle of last week. There was too high a mountain to climb,\" he added.\n\nBut Mr Gething said the weather was an \"obvious factor\" on both Sunday and Monday.\n\nIn a statement, he said more than 11,000 care home residents - 67% of the priority group - had received their first vaccine dose.\n\nOver 65% of Welsh Ambulance Service staff had also taken up the offer of a vaccine.\n\n\"We have seen a significant escalation in the pace of vaccine deployment here in Wales over the last couple of weeks,\" he told Members of the Senedd (MSs).", "Leaders in the US House of Representatives have officially delivered their article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate, the first step in beginning his trial.\n\nRead more: Trump impeachment trial delayed until next month", "Anyone entering Australia has to undergo a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine\n\nAustralia is unlikely to fully open its borders in 2021 even if most of its population gets vaccinated this year as planned, says a senior health official.\n\nThe comments dampen hopes raised by airlines that travel to and from the country could resume as early as July.\n\nDepartment of Health Secretary Brendan Murphy made the prediction after being asked about the coronavirus' escalation in other nations.\n\nDr Murphy spearheaded Australia's early action to close its borders last March.\n\n\"I think that we'll go most of this year with still substantial border restrictions,\" he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday.\n\n\"Even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don't know whether that will prevent transmission of the virus,\" he said, adding that he believed quarantine requirements for travellers would continue \"for some time\".\n\nCitizens, permanent residents and those with exemptions are allowed to enter Australia if they complete a 14-day hotel quarantine at their own expense.\n\nDr Brendan Murphy (left) was Australia's chief medical officer and now leads the Department of Health\n\nQantas - Australia's national carrier - reopened bookings earlier this month, after saying it expected international travel to \"begin to restart from July 2021.\"\n\nHowever, it added this depended on the Australian government's deciding to reopen borders.\n\nThe country opened a travel bubble with neighbouring New Zealand late last year, but currently it only operates one-way with inbound flights to Australia.\n\nAustralia has also discussed the option of travel bubbles with other low-risk places such as Taiwan, Japan and Singapore.\n\nA passenger from New Zealand arriving at Sydney Airport last October\n\nA vaccination scheme is due to begin in Australia in late February. Local authorities have resisted calls to speed up the process, giving more time for regulatory approvals.\n\nAustralia has so far reported 909 deaths and about 22,000 cases, far fewer than many nations. It reported zero locally transmitted infections on Monday.\n\nExperts have attributed much of Australia's success to its swift border lockdown - which affected travellers from China as early as February - and a hotel quarantine system for people entering the country.\n\nLocal outbreaks have been caused by hotel quarantine breaches, including a second wave in Melbourne. The city's residents endured a stringent four-month lockdown last year to successfully suppress the virus.\n\nOther outbreaks - including one in Sydney which has infected about 200 people - prompted internal border closures between states, and other restrictions around Christmas time.\n\nThe state of Victoria said on Monday it would again allow entry to Sydney residents outside of designated \"hotspots\", following a decline in cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Travel abroad UK: How to fly during a global pandemic\n\nWhile the measures have been praised, many have also criticised them for separating families across state borders and damaging businesses.\n\nDr Murphy said overall Australia's virus response had been \"pretty good\" but he believed the nation could have introduced face masks earlier and improved its protections in aged care homes.\n\nIn recent days, Australia has granted entry to about 1,200 tennis players, staff and officials for the Australian Open. The contingent - which has recorded at least nine infections - is under quarantine.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms Davies-Jones wanted to highlight how \"vitally important\" smear tests are\"\n\nAn MP has described how she had to have most of her cervix removed after putting off a smear test for several months.\n\nPontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones, 31, said she was invited for her first routine screening in December 2015 and \"like so many others, I put it off\".\n\nFollowing a reminder in April 2016 she went for the cervical screening.\n\nShe wrote in the i newspaper it led to her being diagnosed with CIN3, abnormal cells and had to have surgery.\n\nIf left untreated, CIN3 can have a high chance of becoming cancerous.\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote in the paper she was left \"without the majority of my cervix\" after the surgery.\n\nShe said she used her article to urge others \"don't delay in booking\" and said she felt compelled to write about her experiences for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.\n\nA cervical screening checks the health of your cervix.\n\nA small sample of cells is taken from the cervix and checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells.\n\nIf present the sample is then checked for any changes in the cells which can be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.\n\nThe NHS advises women between the ages of 25 to 49 to have a smear test every three years.\n\nAlex Davies-Jones became the Labour MP for Pontypridd in the 2019 General Election\n\nShe wrote: \"I used all of the usual excuses that you may have heard before.\n\n\"I was simply too busy, I couldn't get an appointment and I had no symptoms or abnormalities that were worrying me.\"\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote she thought the routine screening would \"just be five minutes of awkward conversation with the nurse at my local GP whilst taking my knickers off\".\n\n\"I didn't ever think that there could be a chance that my cells would be 'abnormal' and that the next few months of my life would leave me terrified and constantly contemplating my own mortality.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chloe Delevingne had a smear test live on the Victoria Derbyshire programme to show what the procedure involved\n\nIf she had put off the screening any longer \"the situation could have been different\", the MP wrote.\n\nShe said she first received a type of laser treatment to \"burn off the abnormal cells from my cervix\" but more treatment was needed after the doctor told her the abnormal cells on her cervix were \"embedded deeper and looked more challenging than expected\".\n\nThen she had to have surgery, a \"cold knife biopsy\".\n\n\"I was without the majority of my cervix, but my life was saved. It was over,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Sadly, for many this isn't the case. For the next few years, I attended screenings every six months to ensure the abnormal cells didn't return.\n\n\"My last screening was in April 2018. Thankfully again all was fine but the anxiety and fear that surrounded me as I awaited those results has stayed with me even now.\"\n\nShe went on to give birth to her son Sullivan in March 2019.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In 2009, Spector was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson\n\nThe BBC has apologised for the original headline in its reporting of the death of the convicted murderer Phil Spector.\n\nThe former music producer died on Saturday at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003.\n\nThe first version on the breaking news story on the BBC News website carried the headline: \"Talented but flawed producer Phil Spector dies aged 81\".\n\nThe BBC said the headline \"did not meet our editorial standards\".\n\nThe text was quickly changed to: \"Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81.\"\n\n\"This was changed within minutes and we also deleted a tweet that had gone out automatically with the original headline,\" a statement issued by the BBC read.\n\n\"We apologise for this error.\"\n\n\"Our coverage of the story across BBC News has been clear that Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson and had a long history of violence and abuse,\" it continued.\n\nSpector was convicted of murdering Clarkson, an actress, in 2009.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\nReacting to the original version of the BBC's story, pop star Lily Allen tweeted: \"Rolling eyes at all the journos deliberately downplaying Phil Spector being a murderer in their headlines, so everyone points this out while linking to their articles resulting in lots of clicks.\"\n\n\"How about 'Murderer, Phil Spector dies aged 81'?\" offered author and historian Hallie Rubenhold.\n\nThe headline was also discussed on TV and radio programmes on Monday, including Loose Women and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and prompted an article in the Guardian.\n\nThe phrasing of the BBC's article - and others like it - were \"a reflection of how a man's 'genius' is often viewed as more important than a woman's humanity,\" said columnist Arwa Mahdawi.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.\n\nBut after the commercial failure of Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High, he largely withdrew from public life, and entered a long decline, marked by erratic behaviour, heavy drinking, and a fondness for guns.\n\nHis turbulent marriage to Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett, known as Ronnie Spector, ended in divorce.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio,\" she wrote after his death was announced. \"Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I was spat at working as an ambulance paramedic'\n\nAfter experiencing its most difficult period of the entire Covid-19 pandemic in December, the boss of Welsh Ambulance Service said it was still under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nAt one stage, 400 staff - 12% of all workers - were sick or self-isolating.\n\nJason Killens said this was exacerbated by high call numbers and \"significant delays\" handing patients to hospitals.\n\nOne paramedic described questioning whether he was in the right job after being spat at during the pandemic.\n\nThe chief executive said it meant \"patients with less serious conditions waited much longer than we would like\".\n\nParamedic Stan Baxter was assaulted by someone who spat at him\n\nParamedic Stan Baxter, describing the pressure he and colleagues were under, said at one point an incident caused him to question whether he wanted to continue working.\n\n\"During the peak of the pandemic last year, I was assaulted by a member of the public where I was spat at in the face,\" he said.\n\n\"And that's really the only time that I've stopped and gone: 'Is this for me?'\"\n\nHowever the \"vast majority of the public\" had been \"absolutely fantastic\", he stressed, adding: \"We've had people waving at us, buying us coffee.\"\n\nLuke Robinson and Stan Baxter must wear more protective equipment when they help patients\n\nFor his work partner, Luke Robinson, their job made it clear how coronavirus had made a resurgence across the country.\n\n\"I worked New Year's Eve and I responded to a number of incidents which involved just regular health complaints,\" he said.\n\n\"But next door or in the adjacent building there's people having parties and you can tell that there's large gatherings going on. And it's really frustrating because it really hammers home that some people aren't listening to the rules.\n\n\"And it's not surprising that we're seeing a second wave now.\"\n\nMr Killens said the pressure was now \"palpably less\" compared to last month, but admitted difficult weeks lie ahead.\n\n\"December was probably the most pressurised period during the whole pandemic for a number of reasons,\" he said.\n\n\"Staff that were symptomatic or isolating, that's been at its peak in December.\n\n\"We've seen more work both in the 111 and 999 service, that is patients contacting us with Covid-related symptoms, and of course because of the pressure on the rest of the NHS, we've seen extended handover at some of our emergency departments and what that's meant regrettably is some less serious patients have waited a lot longer in the community than I would have expected.\"\n\nSoldiers have been helping to relieve pressure on ambulance staff\n\nThe ambulance service has been at its highest level of alert - described as \"extreme pressure\" - since early December.\n\nIt was so bad at the beginning of the month, the service had to declare a \"critical incident\", because of severe problems in south east Wales in particular - and one man had to wait 19 hours in an ambulance outside a hospital.\n\nThis strain has been partly blamed for deteriorating ambulance response times, with the situation exacerbated by the fact hospitals are struggling.\n\nAmbulances spent more than 11,661 hours outside emergency departments waiting to transfer patients in December - an equivalent to a total of more than 485 days. The average delay was one hour and eight minutes.\n\nThe Ambulance Service has been hit by high numbers of staff sick or self-isolating\n\n\"We would usually see handover delays through winter - but what's unique this time is the overlay of the pandemic,\" Mr Killens added.\n\n\"There has to be additional distancing, this means less capacity in emergency departments.\n\n\"Testing also needs to be done before patients are admitted - the additional complexities mean the process is slower and there's less space for patients to go into.\"\n\nHe said the impact of implementing Covid precautions is also affecting how quickly crews can respond.\n\n\"As a result of the virus, we're having to clean vehicles and equipment more frequently and thoroughly than before,\" Mr Killens said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Also there are levels for personal protective equipment that staff have to wear to protect themselves and others. Level three - the highest in some cases.\n\n\"And it takes a number of minutes for crews to put that on before staff treat the patients.\"\n\nTo bolster staffing levels and speed up response times, about 80 soldiers are assisting the Welsh Ambulance Service for the second time since the start of the pandemic - along with smaller number of staff from other services like the fire service.\n\n\"They are driving emergency ambulances for us... which means an emergency ambulance clinician can look after the patient,\" Mr Killens added.\n\n\"They'll drive the ambulance from the scene to hospital... it enables us to put more ambulances on the streets to respond to patients more quickly given the levels of absence that we've seen.\"\n\nParamedics now have to carry out a more rigorous and time-consuming cleaning regime\n\nAfter facing relentless pressure for close to a year, Mr Killens is worried about the impact on mental health and well-being of ambulance and control centre staff.\n\nThe service is focused on \"what we can do to keep them fit and well\", he said.\n\nBut he praised staff for \"stepping up to the plate\" - and insists some of the lessons learnt during the last year will benefit the service during the longer term.\n\n\"I've been in the ambulance sector for 25 years and this is like dealing with a very long incident,\" said Mr Killens.\n\n\"So, a major incident an emergency service routinely responds to generally will be over in a couple of hours. But the level of pressure has been sustained now for 12 months.\n\n\"All of our people have stepped up and done what was necessary and got on with providing the best care in really difficult circumstances.... we will come through it and at the end of the pandemic and will be a stronger organisation for it.\"\n\nHe believes the service is now \"on the home straight\" in dealing with the pandemic.\n\n\"We've had two waves of this virus and learnt much along the way, and with a vaccine rollout we have a real opportunity now to see an end to the disruption, the personal impact and the level of death and harm,\" Mr Killens said.\n\n\"By the time we get to the other side of the spring, probably we will be able to return to some kind of normality whatever that will be 18 months into a pandemic.\n\n\"There's a couple of difficult weeks to come, but if we can emerge through February and March, provided we all stick to the rules, because it's easy for the virus to grab hold again if we get complacent .... we'll be in a far better position as we come to the spring.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheku Bayoh death: Eyewitness says stamping attack on officer 'never happened'\n\nTwo police officers involved in the death of a black man they were restraining may have provided false statements, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThey said Sheku Bayoh carried out a stamping attack on a female PC before he was brought to the ground and restrained by up to six officers.\n\nBut now an eyewitness has spoken publicly for the first time about the 2015 incident.\n\nHe told a Panorama investigation that the stamping attack \"never happened\".\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said its officers had cooperated truthfully with investigators.\n\nMr Bayoh, a 31-year-old father of two, died in the incident in the Fife town of Kirkcaldy in 2015.\n\nA public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death has recently got under way. One of its tasks is to examine whether his race was a factor.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nOn the night of 2 May 2015, Sheku Bayoh had taken drugs, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nPolice were called early the following morning after he was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who went to the ground.\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, would later tell investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nThe stamping attack was widely reported in the newspapers\n\nPC Walker told investigators: \"I had a clear view of him… he had his arms raised up at right angles to his body and brought his right foot down in a full-force stamp on to her lower back.\"\n\nPC Tomlinson said: \"I thought he had killed her. He stomped on her back again.\"\n\nNow, evidence obtained by Panorama suggests these accounts may be false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nA post-mortem examination report revealed 23 separate injuries to Mr Bayoh's body, including a broken rib and gashes to his head. The cause of death was recorded as \"sudden death in a man intoxicated [with drugs] whilst under restraint\".\n\nIn 2018, the Crown Office in Scotland decided there would be no prosecutions against any officers involved.\n\nKevin Nelson gave evidence to investigators two days after the incident\n\nKevin Nelson was in a nearby house and saw events unfold over a garden hedge.\n\nHe gave his account to investigators from Pirc (Police Investigations and Review Commissioner), which investigates deaths in custody, two days after the incident.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, Mr Nelson told Panorama he saw Mr Bayoh attempt to walk away from the officers, ignoring their commands, before being sprayed with CS spray. He said Mr Bayoh retaliated and punched PC Short.\n\nAsked if there had been any further contact with PC Short, he said, \"No. He was running off… after the punch, there was no more attack on her at all.\"\n\nMr Nelson said Mr Bayoh ran off from where PC Short went down and was quickly intercepted by the other officers.\n\nAsked about PC Walker's claim that Mr Bayoh had \"his arms raised up… and brought his right foot down in a full force stamp\", Mr Nelson said: \"That never happened. I didn't see him stamping at all or, other than the punch, any raised arms.\n\n\"After the punch, that was it. There was no more attack on her at all. That's not right.\"\n\nThe officers provided their accounts to investigators 32 days after Mr Bayoh's death.\n\nMr Nelson said no-one from Pirc returned to ask about the discrepancy between their account and his.\n\nThe eyewitness said he decided to speak out because it was unfair on Mr Bayoh's family that the officers had \"made the incident worse than it actually was to justify what had happened and… that's not right\".\n\nMr Nelson's account is supported by CCTV footage of the incident, obtained by the BBC.\n\nIt is poor quality but appears to show that once PC Short is knocked down by Mr Bayoh, the action moves away from her, and he is brought down within five seconds.\n\nPC Short did not mention in her statement she had been stamped on. Now retired, she later said she was unsure if she was conscious, and only learned about the alleged stamping attack when her colleagues told her about it afterwards.\n\nIn the CCTV, PC Short appears to get to her feet a few seconds after Mr Bayoh is brought down.\n\nMike Franklin says conflicts of evidence should have been resolved\n\nMike Franklin, former commissioner for the body which investigated police complaints in England and Wales, looked at Panorama's evidence.\n\nHe said: \"I think there's nothing more serious than a police officer who gives false information in an investigation where somebody has died. So without accusing them of lying, I simply say that there's a big conflict.\n\n\"Two officers who were there say that it did happen. The person to whom it happened didn't mention it. And an eyewitness says it didn't happen.\n\n\"I would've been reluctant to sign off the investigation as complete, without resolving those… conflicts of evidence.\"\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, told Panorama the new allegations had made her \"really angry\".\n\nShe said the way her brother was \"painted\" by the accounts given after his death was not who he was.\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, said the new allegations had made her really angry\n\nA spokesman for the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said serving officers were unable to comment on matters \"to which they may be called upon to give sworn evidence\" but that they had \"co-operated fully and truthfully with the investigations that have taken place\".\n\nIt added it had seen \"compelling material that Mr Bayoh did violently stamp on the back of a policewoman as she lay unconscious\".\n\nThe BBC asked for this material to be produced but was told the inquiry was the \"proper forum\" for such matters.\n\nThe Crown Office, which directed the Pirc Inquiry, told Panorama it had examined \"eye-witness accounts of police and civilian witnesses\" and instructed \"appropriate investigation\".\n\nIt said after careful consideration it was decided there should be no prosecutions but reserved the right to prosecute should evidence become available.\n\nPirc told Panorama its investigation was \"detailed and extensive\" but could not comment further because of the public inquiry.\n\nPolice Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone expressed his condolences to the Bayoh family and said the force would \"participate fully\" in the inquiry.\n\nKevin Clarke died after being restrained in London by up to nine officers\n\nPanorama's \"I Can't Breathe: Black and Dead in Custody\" also investigates the case of Kevin Clarke, 35, who died in 2018 after being restrained in London by up to nine officers.\n\nAn inquest into his death resulted in a damning verdict on the police and ambulance services.\n\nMr Clarke's sister Tellecia told the programme that if the officers \"hadn't used excessive force he would still be here today… treat him like a human being, and not just see him as a big scary black man\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commander Bas Javid apologised to Mr Clarke's family and accepted the restraint had not been appropriate.", "Lisbet Stone is stranded at Madrid Airport due to having an out-of-date coronavirus test result\n\nPassenger Lisbet Stone says she is stuck in Madrid Airport after airline officials said her coronavirus test result was out of date.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the three days before travelling.\n\nFor those with connecting flights, the test must be 72 hours before your final departure point to England.\n\nAnyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nMrs Stone originally travelled to Cuba in February 2020 to see family. The British Cuban dual national was unable to fly home to the UK when Cuba closed its borders in March.\n\nThe family say she had several previous flights cancelled before finally being able to leave this weekend. She hasn't been able to see her four children or her husband Trevor in 11 months.\n\nThe government are understood to be speaking to Air Europa to try to get Mrs Stone home. Carriers have been told that they should permit stranded passengers to board and will not be fined for doing so.\n\nWhile Mrs Stone has been caught out by the new restrictions for incoming travellers, the first day of the new regulations appeared to go smoothly.\n\nMrs Stone left Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday night to fly back to the UK via Madrid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nShe took a Covid test on Thursday to be guaranteed a result by Saturday. It was negative and Mrs Stone was able to board the plane from Cuba.\n\nHowever, on arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport, Mrs Stone says she was stopped from boarding the next leg of her journey to London Gatwick by Air Europa staff, because her test had been taken more than 72 hours before the final flight.\n\n\"She's crying her eyes out,\" says Trevor Stone, her husband. \"I feel absolutely helpless. She doesn't have any Euros as she wasn't meant to stay in Spain. The authorities have given her no help whatsoever, we are just trying to understand what to do.\n\n\"She took her test 72 hours before the start of her journey, but had to take a connecting flight onwards. There would be no other way to do it, it is not physically possible.\"\n\nIn the meantime, Mr Stone says he has been home-schooling their four children on his own through the pandemic.\n\nTrevor Stone (left) has been caring for the couple's four children on his own for 11 months since Lisbet Stone was unable to leave Cuba\n\n\"We are just desperate to get her home - I'm so worried about her and after 11 months, she really wants to see her children,\" he added. \"We haven't done anything wrong, I don't know what to do or who to turn to.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesman said: \"Passengers travelling to the UK must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test which meets the performance standards set out by the government in the guidance published on gov.uk.\n\n\"The type of test could include a PCR test or antigen test, including a lateral flow test. Anyone who cannot provide the necessary documentation may not be allowed to board their flight.\"\n\nAir Europa and Madrid Airport have been approached by the BBC for comment.", "Medical staff are expected to \"face pressures unlike any other they have faced before\" as NI approaches its toughest week so far in the pandemic.\n\nThe British Medical Association has said while its doctors are \"coping\", many feel they are unable to give care to the \"standard they would want\".\n\nThe peak in intensive care is predicted to happen next weekend.\n\nThe head of the BMA in NI, Dr Tom Black has been critical of the way this wave of the pandemic has been managed.\n\nHe said: \"Staff will do their best in a very difficult situation, where many decisions in this pandemic were made too late.\"\n\nWhile it is expected the number of hospital admissions will peak sometime over the next eight to 10 days, the number requiring intensive care treatment is likely to continue increasing for at least another fortnight.\n\nDr Black said he was concerned for both patients and staff.\n\nHe said: \"It is likely that over the next few weeks doctors will be asked to work in a new location or provide support to areas that are already overstretched.\n\n\"Many have already had planned annual leave cancelled.\"\n\nThere were a further 19 virus-related deaths and 640 more Covid-19 cases reported in Northern Ireland on Monday.\n\nThe latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,625, while 96,001 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.\n\nSome 65 patients are in ICU, down two from the last report, and 51 patients are being ventilated.\n\nSince the vaccine rollout began in NI, 146,733 people have been vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.\n\nOf that number, 125,717 were first doses and 21,016 were second jabs.\n\nA total of 31,393 people from the over-80 age group have been vaccinated.\n\nEarlier the BMA told BBC News NI that more than 90,000 doses the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had arrived in Northern Ireland but the Department of Health has said it is anticipated separate deliveries will arrive by this weekend.\n\nDr Black said many staff members had reported feeling \"exhausted and demoralised\" and he warned that when it came to reviewing how the pandemic was handled \"this phase will stand out as one where we could have planned better\".\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the next seven days is \"when we will see that real intense pressure coming on our inpatients and intensive care units\".\n\n\"Our worst case scenario has modelling up to 1,200 inpatients - and that's a serious pressure that comes on our system,\" he told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\n\"We can go up into nearly 200 ICU capacity but that comes at a stretch, that comes with putting our staff under severe pressure in ICU units.\n\n\"It also comes by having to shift the ICU specialist nurse from a ratio of one-to-one to a ratio of one-to-two or even one-to-three in extreme pressures.\n\n\"That's not something we want to do,\" he added.\n\nThe past week saw hospitals across Northern Ireland coming together in order to cope with the strain.\n\nOn 10 January, the Southern Health Trust was on the cusp of declaring a major incident amid the mounting pressures across the health service.\n\nThat was avoided as many off-duty staff answered a call to come into work and the health trusts pulled together to provide a regional response to the crisis.\n\nPatients were diverted to those hospitals which could take them and where infrastructure could cope with supplying additional oxygen to the very ill.\n\nOver the weekend of 9/10 January the Southern Health Trust - the smallest of the health trusts - was dealing with the highest number of patients who required oxygen.\n\nIn the past week the Northern and Southern Health Trusts have seen the highest number of patients.\n\nThat reflects the high rate of community transmission in some areas those trusts cover.\n\nMeanwhile, no resolution has been reached between Stormont leaders and the Irish Government over the sharing of passenger data.\n\nLast week, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill criticised Dublin for failing to share information on travellers arriving there during the pandemic.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was \"regrettable\" the issue has not been resolved\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said repeated efforts to access data on passenger locator forms filled out by people arriving in the Republic of Ireland had failed.\n\nMrs Foster and Ms O'Neill indicated on Thursday that they planned to raise the matter directly with Taoiseach (Irish prime minsiter) Micheál Martin.\n\nMs O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday that no resolution has been found yet.\n\nShe told MLAs the issue had been raised \"on every occasion we have had the opportunity\" and that it was \"regrettable\" that the issue had not been resolved.\n\nThe travel issue will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday involving the first minister, the deputy first minister, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.\n\n\"I hope that perhaps Wednesday's meeting will allow some opportunity for there to be a way forward,\" the deputy first minister added.\n\nIt was announced on Sunday that all travellers who have returned from Portugal or transited through 16 South American countries in the past 14 days will have to - along with their household - self-isolate for 10 days upon return to Northern Ireland.\n\nThis includes travellers who entered these countries en route to another destination. All travellers returning home from South America are advised to be tested, whether or not they have symptoms.\n\nFrom Thursday, all international travellers will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test result before arriving in Northern Ireland.\n\nThis rule comes into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths.\n\nIt brings its death toll to 2,616.\n\nThe department said 2,121 new cases of the virus had been reported, with a cumulative total of 174,843 infections.\n\nIt said that as of 14:00 local time on Monday, 1,975 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, of which 200 are in ICU (intensive care units).\n\nIrish Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said: \"This third wave of the pandemic has seen higher level of hospitalisations across all age groups.\n\n\"There are now more sick people in hospital than any time in the course of this pandemic\".", "All travellers arriving in the UK will need to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test\n\nAll UK travel corridors, which allow arrivals from some countries to avoid having to quarantine, have now closed.\n\nTravellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, also have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers will still be required to quarantine for up to 10 days.\n\nThe isolation period can be cut short with a negative test after five days in England, but it does not apply in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government has said the travel corridor closure will be in force until at least 15 February.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nUnder the new rules, travellers arriving from the Falklands, St Helena and Ascension Islands are exempt.\n\nThose arriving from some Caribbean islands are exempt until 04:00 GMT on Thursday 21 January.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC'S Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that Public Health England would be stepping up checks on travellers who must self-isolate.\n\nHe said enforcement checks at borders would also be \"ramped up\" and added that asking all arrivals to self-isolate in hotels was a \"potential measure\" the government was keeping under review.\n\nPassengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport on Monday said they had been met with \"substantial\" queues at passport control and one couple complained they had \"felt unsafe\" due to what they described as poor social distancing.\n\nPassengers speak to staff at the entrance to the Covid-19 Testing Centre at Heathrow\n\nAndy Hart, from London, who had arrived into the UK from Nairobi, said: \"We felt that even though everyone was masked they were far too close together.\n\n\"It took an hour and 10 minutes. I've been flying 30 times a year for 20 years. I mean, once or twice have I ever seen it [airport queues] like this. How can this happen during Covid times?\"\n\nMeanwhile on Sunday, the government announced that a financial support scheme for airports in England would open this month in response to the new travel curbs.\n\nAviation minister Robert Courts said the aim was to provide grants of up to £8m per applicant by the end of this financial year. The scheme was first announced in November but without a start date.\n\nIndustry groups have warned there was only so long airports could \"run on fumes\", following the announcement of the new quarantine rules.\n\nEasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said the closure of the travel corridors will not have a \"significant impact\" on his airline in the short term as flight numbers were already limited due to the pandemic.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the minimum number of days arrivals must wait to take a negative test releasing them from quarantine could be reduced from five days to three days.\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of trade body the Airport Operators Association, said she supported the decision to close the travel corridors but stressed the need for \"a clear pathway out\".\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde also came into force on Friday, having been imposed over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nScientists fear the variants seen in South Africa and Brazil may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nThe travel industry has said closing the travel corridors was understandable due to the health emergency, but warned it would deepen the crisis for the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said the system had been \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\". He said he assumed the government would remove the latest restrictions as soon as it was safe.\n\n\"We've had no revenue now effectively for 12 months, give or take a few months in the summer last year. If we're going to have an aviation sector coming out of this we need to open up in the summer,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe Department for Transport has said it is supporting the travel industry with an extension to the furlough scheme until the end of April, business rates relief and tax deferrals.\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential travel is permitted.\n\nOn Sunday, another 671 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were reported in the UK, and a further 38,598 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Do you work in the travel industry? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Phil Spector pictured in court during his murder trial\n\nUS music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.\n\nIn 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\n\"California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office,\" it said.\n\nSpector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965. His production methods influenced major artists including the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen.\n\nHis life was ultimately blighted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he all but retired from the music scene during the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nIn February 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead at his house in Alhambra, California with a bullet wound to her head. Clarkson, who was known for her work in the sword-and-sorcery genre and starred in films including Barbarian Queen, had met Spector hours earlier at a nightclub.\n\nSpector claimed the shooting happened when Clarkson \"kissed the gun\" - but his trial heard from four women who claimed Spector had threatened them with guns in the past when they had spurned his advances.\n\nFollowing an initial mistrial, Spector was convicted of second degree murder and given a sentence of 19 years to life.\n\nLana Clarkson was an actress and model who starred in the film 1985 Barbarian Queen\n\nHarvey Phillip Spector was born in New York in 1939, to Russian-Jewish parents. His father killed himself when Spector was a boy, and his mother moved her family to Los Angeles.\n\nHe began his career in his teens as a performer, forming a band - the Teddy Bears - with three high school friends. They had a hit single in 1958 with a song that took its title from the wording on his father's gravestone: \"To know him is to love him.\"\n\nThe record went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, but the group split the following year.\n\nSpector founded his own record label, Philles, in 1961. He produced high-profile 1960s girl groups such as Crystals and the Ronettes, including on 1963 hits Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.\n\nHe also worked on The Righteous Brothers' hits You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.\n\nSpector produced hits for The Ronettes, later marrying their lead singer Ronnie Bennett\n\nHis signature production technique, the \"Wall of Sound,\" involved layering several instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, to give a lush, orchestral sound.\n\nIn the early 1970s, Spector collaborated with The Beatles on their final album Let It Be, as well as producing John Lennon's solo album Imagine.\n\nAs the decade progressed, the much-feted producer became reclusive and disturbing accounts of his behaviour became widespread. Spector is said to have held a gun to singer Leonard Cohen's head during sessions for his album Death of a Ladies' Man.\n\nRonettes lead singer Veronica \"Ronnie\" Bennett, who became Spector's second wife and divorced him in 1974, wrote in her 1990 autobiography that he subjected her to years of horrific abuse. She said he had threatened to kill her and display her body in a glass-topped coffin he kept in her basement.\n\n\"I can only say that when I left in the early '70s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there,\" Ronnie wrote of the time.\n\nWriting on Instagram after her ex-husband's death, Ronnie Spector said he had been \"a brilliant producer but a lousy husband\".\n\n\"When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best,\" she wrote. \"He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.\n\n\"Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale,\" she continued. \"The magical music we were able to make together was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio. Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nResponding to news of the producer's death, Blondie guitarist Chris Stein tweeted: \"When we went to Phil Spector's house in the 70s he came to the door holding a bottle of diet Manischewitz wine in one hand and a presumably loaded 45 automatic in the other. Long story.", "Now 20, he was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court after admitting inciting terrorism overseas\n\nThe youngest person convicted of a terrorism offence in the UK - who plotted to murder police in Australia on Anzac Day aged 14 - can be freed from jail, the Parole Board has ruled.\n\nThe 20-year-old, from Blackburn, who can only be identified as RXG, sent encrypted messages inciting an Australian to launch attacks in 2015.\n\nHe was jailed for life that year after admitting inciting terrorism overseas.\n\nBut the Parole Board now says it is \"satisfied\" he is suitable for release.\n\n\"After considering the circumstances of his offending, the progress made while in detention, and the evidence presented at the hearings, the panel was satisfied that RXG was suitable for release,\" the board said in a document detailing the decision.\n\nDuring his trial, the court heard how at the age of 14, the boy adopted an older persona in messages to alleged Australian jihadist Sevdet Besim, 18, instructing him to kill police officers at the remembrance parade.\n\nHe sent thousands of messages suggesting Mr Besim get his \"first taste of beheading\" by attacking \"a proper lonely person\".\n\nAustralian police were alerted to the plot after British officers discovered material on the teenager's phone.\n\nA written summary of the Parole Board decision reveals that two hearings took place to consider the decision - hearings that included evidence from RXG himself.\n\nThe summary records that \"no-one at the hearing considered there to be a need for further time\" in custody and that \"all necessary work had been completed\".\n\nRXG, who became eligible for parole in October, is said to have \"undertaken extensive specialist work in detention to address his offending behaviour, his understanding of Islam and to develop his level of maturity\".\n\nThe Parole Board panel noted that \"considerable progress that had been made\", the summary records.\n\nLicense conditions for the 20-year-old a requirement to live at designated address, wearing an electronic tag, and limits on his contacts, movements and activities.\n\nAnzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand\n\nA ban on identifying RXG, made when he was sentenced, would normally have expired on his 18th birthday, but a number of media organisations made representations to the High Court, arguing that he should be named.\n\nBut in 2019, the court ruled identifying him was likely to cause him \"serious harm\", and so granted him lifelong anonymity.\n\nThe decision taken by the judge, Dame Victoria Sharp, has only been made in a small number of cases.\n\nIn 2016, two brothers who had tortured other children in South Yorkshire were granted lifelong anonymity.\n\nLifelong anonymity under new identities was also been granted after release to Mary Bell, the Newcastle child killer; Maxine Carr, who obstructed police investigating the 2002 Soham murders by her partner Ian Huntley; and Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who murdered Liverpool toddler James Bulger.", "Soaring shipping costs are likely to cause a bounce in the cost of trampolines in the UK this summer, according to one games retailer.\n\nJames Owen, owner of Outdoor Toys, says high transport costs and port congestion may mean larger toys such as swings, trampolines and climbing frames will be more expensive.\n\nTrampoline prices could soar by 40-50%, he told BBC 5 Live's Wake Up to Money.\n\n\"The port congestion just keeps snowballing,\" he said.\n\n\"More and more issues keep arising,\" Mr Owen added. \"We can't get space out of China, there's a container shortage.\n\n\"Hauliers are really stretched, rates keep climbing.\"\n\nHis firm makes some products in the UK already and rising shipping costs will mean it will become economical to make more.\n\n\"For the first time ever, the ocean freight outweighs the cost of the item,\" in some cases, he said.\n\nDemand for Chinese goods has soared around the world in recent months, placing a strain on existing shipping capacity.\n\nThe price of shipping a 40-foot container on major world trade routes has almost tripled since a year ago, according to research firm Drewry.\n\nHauliers in the UK are also charging more. It used to cost about £650 to haul a container from the port of Felixstowe to the company's site in mid-Wales, Mr Owen says.\n\nThe cost is now up to £1,800 per container \"if you can get the haulier to take it,\" he says.\n\nWhether people will pay the premium for a new outdoor toy is \"a good question,\" he said.\n\nIt emerged over the weekend that Irish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy.\n\nSo-called \"teething problems\" with new export rules are causing \"enormous strain on staff\", according to one haulage company.\n\nBut others warn of a longer-term shift by truck firms from using Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland won by seven wickets; take 1-0 series lead\n\nEngland wrapped up a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test of a two-match series in Galle.\n\nResuming on 38-3, needing another 36 for victory, Jonny Bairstow and debutant Dan Lawrence carried England to their target inside 35 minutes on the final morning of an enthralling encounter.\n\nBairstow ended unbeaten on 35 and Lawrence 21, although the latter survived an lbw review against Dilruwan Perera and Sri Lanka did not refer another shout that replays suggested would have been overturned.\n\nAfter England slipped to 14-3 during a frantic end to day four, Bairstow and Lawrence's unbroken 62-run stand guided them to an ultimately comfortable win.\n\nThe second Test starts at 04:30 GMT on Friday at the same ground.\n• None 'It wasn't perfect but England's win ticked a lot of boxes'\n• None 'We are on an upward curve' - Root savours fourth straight away win\n\nEngland are now unbeaten in nine Tests under Joe Root's captaincy, they have won four consecutive overseas Tests for the first time since 1957, and boast five successive wins in Sri Lanka.\n\nVictory improved England's chances of reaching the inaugural World Test Championship final at Lord's in June. They remain fourth in the standings, with the two top sides playing in the final.\n\nEngland out of the blocks quickly\n\nRoot's side have been slow starters in series in recent years - they lost the opening Test against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 2019, and against West Indies last summer.\n\nHowever, Sunday's top-order wobble aside, they were rarely troubled in the first of six successive Tests on the subcontinent - an achievement made all the more impressive given they had one day of match practice before this game.\n\nRoot scored a magnificent 226 in the first innings, and off-spinner Dom Bess and slow left-armer Jack Leach, who returned match figures of 8-130 and 6-177 respectively, found more rhythm as the game progressed, which bodes well for the sterner four-Test series in India that follows this tour.\n\nLawrence can take considerable credit for his first-innings 73 and the manner in which he helped negate England's second-innings nerves alongside the efficient Bairstow, while wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was tidy behind the stumps throughout on a dry, turning pitch.\n\nSri Lanka, meanwhile, were left wondering what if. Their collapse to 135 all out on the first day was described as \"one of the worse we've ever seen\", and even an extra 50 runs could have changed the course of this game.\n\n'Very impressive' - what they said\n\nEngland captain and player of the match Joe Root: \"To come here with the little preparation we have had and play in the manner we have is very impressive.\n\n\"We worked extremely hard and for the spinners to come out of the game with two five-fors is a great effort. Without the preparation, it is testament to their characters.\n\n\"It is a good start to the tour. We know we have to keep getting better but I am really pleased with the start we have had.\"\n\nEngland bowler Stuart Broad on BBC Test Match Special: \"It looked like we could lose a wicket every ball last night. We were pretty happy when play finished last night.\n\n\"It felt calm here this morning. We had a job to do and felt we had enough in tank to chase 30-odd. To do it without losing a wicket is awesome.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"When I think about the preparation England have had, in Loughborough in a tent, one day in the middle in Sri Lanka and then rain, to put in this kind of performance is a great effort.\n\n\"I can't think Sri Lanka will gift England two poor days in the next Test - that match will be really tough.\n\n\"I am happy England have played in difficult conditions and won the game.\"\n\nSri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal: \"We were outplayed in first innings with bat and ball. As a batting unit, especially playing at home, you have to get a big total in the first innings. It cost us the game.\n\n\"Everyone did their bit in the second innings. We played outstanding knocks in the second innings. We have to take the positives out of this.\"\n\nSri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur: \"The first innings was very poor - it was an unacceptable batting performance.\n\n\"Even if we get 220 in the first innings we keep ourselves massively in the game, so that's where it was lost. We did put it right in the second innings. But it was too late.\"\n• None All the goals, highlights and analysis from the weekend's Premier League matches including Manchester United's visit to Anfield: MOTD2 is streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Staff gathered outside a supermarket to pay their respects to a colleague who died with coronavirus.\n\nJohn Deacy, 81, worked the Christmas Eve shift at the Tesco Extra store in Gabalfa, Cardiff, died just two weeks later.\n\nFriends and colleagues clapped as the funeral procession went by the store.\n\nFormer members of a jazz band, formed by Mr Deacy in the 1970s, marched in front of the hearse.\n\nHis son, Wayne, 56, said: “My dad put everyone above himself. He’d do anything for anyone.\n\n\"He’d help anyone and would never speak badly of people.”\n\nMr Deacy was in the Royal Marines for seven years and was a semi-professional boxer before starting a career at the industrial gas company BOC.\n\nHe went on to work for the supermarket for 16 years.\n\n“We’ve had loads and loads of messages from hundreds of staff who said he will leave a massive gaping hole,\" his son said.", "BT is facing a class action lawsuit over claims it failed to compensate elderly customers who were overcharged for landlines for years.\n\nIn 2017, Ofcom said people who only had a landline telephone were \"getting poor value for money in a market that is not serving them well enough\".\n\nAs a result, BT reduced the price of its landlines by £7 a month.\n\nBut campaigners are unhappy that \"loyal customers\" have still not been compensated for previous overcharging.\n\n\"Ofcom made it very clear that BT had spent years overcharging landline customers, but did not order it to repay the money it made from this,\" said Justin Le Patourel, founder of consumer group Collective Action on Landlines (CALL) and a telecoms consultant who worked for Ofcom for 13 years.\n\n\"We think millions of BT's most loyal landline customers could be entitled to compensation of up to £500 each, and the filing of this claim starts that process.\"\n\nBT said it \"strongly disagrees\" with the claim that it had engaged in anti-competitive behaviour and intends to defend itself \"vigorously\" in court.\n\nA spokesman for BT said: \"We take our responsibilities to older and more vulnerable customers very seriously and will defend ourselves against any claim that suggests otherwise.\n\n\"For many years we've offered discounted landline and broadband packages in what is a competitive market with competing options available, and we take pride in our work with elderly and vulnerable groups, as well as our work on the Customer Fairness agenda.\"\n\nLaw firm Mishcon de Reya has filed a claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) worth £600m. The claim could result in payments of up to £500 each for 2.3 million BT customers, should it be successful.\n\nThe case represents customers who purchased a BT landline contract, but did not also take BT broadband or pay TV packages.\n\nSince 2009, the wholesale costs of providing landlines to consumers have been falling by at least 25%.\n\nBut in October 2017, Ofcom found that all major landline providers in the UK had increased the line rental charges by 28-41%.\n\nOfcom strongly criticised market leader BT for raising prices, saying that customers were being given \"poor value\" for money.\n\nIt added that many of the affected customers had \"been with BT for decades\" and were more likely to be old, on low incomes and vulnerable.\n\nBT announced that it would slash its landline prices by £84 a year.\n\nBT's argument is that Ofcom's final statement did not explicitly accuse it of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour.\n\nBut independent telecoms analyst Ian Grant says that the telecoms giant \"has a history of abusing its position\".\n\n\"Earlier in 2017, Ofcom fined BT £42m because it was late providing high-speed Ethernet lines, and forced BT to make good the losses of firms like Vodafone and TalkTalk,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Ofcom, which has a statutory duty to stop consumer abuses, could have done the same for these customers. Instead, it allowed BT to get away with a 37% price cut, at a time when the difference between its costs and what it charged customers had risen between 50-74%.\"\n\nMr Grant added: \"It is especially poor that BT was overcharging customers who were mostly over 65, more than three-quarters of whom had never used a different provider, and for whom the telephone was their only communications link.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United \"missed an opportunity\" to beat Liverpool, said boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after his side stayed top of the Premier League with a goalless draw against the champions.\n\nIt was a game that failed to justify the pre-match anticipation and Solskjaer will know his side had the better chances to claim a statement victory at Anfield.\n\nLiverpool, without a recognised centre-back and with midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho in defence, dominated possession in the first half but it was United who came closest when Bruno Fernandes' 20-yard free-kick curled inches wide.\n\nFernandes was then thwarted after the break by the outstretched leg of Liverpool keeper Alisson before Thiago Alcantara's long-range effort finally brought the previously unemployed David de Gea into action.\n\nAlisson was Liverpool's hero late on when he blocked Paul Pogba's drive from point-blank range.\n\n\"It was an opportunity missed with the chances we had but then again we were playing a very good side.\" Solskjaer told BBC Sport. \"I'm disappointed but, still, a point is OK if you win the next one.\n\n\"We have improved and progressed. It's not just the result we're disappointed with, it's some of the performance. I know these boys can play better.\"\n\nUnited are now two points ahead of Manchester City, who moved up to second by beating Crystal Palace 4-0, and Leicester City in third. Liverpool, who have scored just one goal in their past four league games, have dropped to fourth, a point behind the Foxes.\n\n\"The performance was good enough to win it but to win a game you have to score goals and we didn't do that, so that's why we had that result,\" said Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.\n\n\"We try not to not score. We obviously have to ignore the fact and hope it will be good again.\"\n• None 'From dejection to frustration in 12 months, Anfield draw underlines Man Utd progress'\n• None Lawro's predictions v You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint\n\nKlopp cut a frustrated figure pretty much from the first whistle, his voice booming around Anfield with a tone of displeasure, showing unhappiness with his own players and officials.\n\nThe German's team, so used to steamrollering all before them in recent times, are going through a very dry spell and barely created an opening worthy of the name here against a resolute Manchester United defence.\n\nToo often, Liverpool's approach play ended with a careless pass or an aimless cross and the longer this game went on the more United looked the most likely winners.\n\nIt was perhaps inevitable Liverpool would be unable to maintain their relentless style, but there will be concerns they have now gone four league games without a win since Crystal Palace were demolished 7-0 at Selhurst Park.\n\nBefore this draw, West Bromwich Albion left Anfield with a point, while Liverpool also had a goalless draw at Newcastle United and lost at Southampton.\n\nSadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are feeding off scraps, while Roberto Firmino's impact was so minimal that he was withdrawn near the end, even with the hosts chasing a goal.\n\nA team as good as Liverpool will not remain off the boil for too long, but there is no doubt they are struggling for form and spark. The fact this is their longest barren sequence in the league since February and March 2005 tells the tale.\n\nManchester United may have a taken a point before this game and there will be justified satisfaction that they subdued Liverpool so completely, created the game's best chances and remain top of the table.\n\nAnd yet there must also be disappointment that they could not cash in completely on an off-colour Liverpool, with reality dawning on them very late that they could take all three points.\n\nFernandes, despite being poor in general, almost unlocked Liverpool twice, while Solskjaer and his backroom team threw their hands up in frustration as other good positions were wasted late on.\n\nIn the final reckoning, however, there will be few complaints at this outcome, which leaves them three points ahead of Liverpool with the visit to Anfield negotiated without mishap.\n\nUnited were well organised and grew into the game after a poor opening half-hour and had real defensive heroes in captain Harry Maguire and left-back Luke Shaw, with the latter particularly outstanding.\n\nIt is a display that will give them increased confidence and belief as they lead the pack - although they might just look back and think a point could so easily have been three.\n\n'It was an opportunity missed' - reaction\n\nManchester United manager Solskjaer said: \"They are a good side and they have some injury problems but we didn't pounce on that.\n\n\"I felt we grew into the game and got stronger and stronger and were closer to winning.\n\n\"We were a bit disappointed in the performance, not just the result. We didn't do well enough to cause them problems in the first half but we defended well and they didn't create too many chances.\"But I think everyone was a bit disappointed with the way we started the game but that is a good feeling to have - that we were disappointed in the performance.\"\n\nLiverpool boss Klopp told BBC Sport: \"The performance was good and the first half was exceptionally good.\n\n\"With all the things that were said before the game - United are flying and we were struggling - and then to play this kind of game, I was happy with that.\n\n\"We tried in the second half again, but you cannot deny United over 90 minutes, not with the counter-attacking threat they have. So they had two really good chances, I have to say, but we had our chances in the second half as well.\n\n\"The way we understood the game, the way we felt the game, the way we read the moments were really good. But it is not exactly how it should be so we have space for improvement, absolutely. We will keep working on that.\"\n• None Liverpool and Manchester United have drawn 0-0 at Anfield in the league three times in the past five seasons, as many times as in the previous 48 top-flight campaigns.\n• None United are unbeaten in their past 16 away matches in the Premier League (W12 D4) - only once have they gone longer without a defeat on the road in the competition (17 games ending in September 1999).\n• None Liverpool are now unbeaten in their past 68 league games at Anfield, earning 178 out of a possible 204 points over this run.\n• None United are the first side to stop Liverpool scoring at Anfield in a Premier League match since Manchester City in October 2018 - this was Liverpool's 43rd home league game since then.\n• None Under Klopp, Liverpool are unbeaten in all seven of their Premier League games at Anfield when facing the side starting the day top of the table (W3 D4).\n• None Marcus Rashford was caught offside five times in this match, the most of any Premier League player this season and the most by a United player since Robin van Persie (six) against Spurs in January 2013.\n\nUnited are at Fulham in the league on Wednesday (20:15 GMT) and Liverpool host Burnley on Thursday (20:00). Next Sunday, Manchester United and Liverpool will meet again - at Old Trafford this time - in the FA Cup fourth round, a match you can watch live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.\n• None Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Missed all the goals, highlights and talking points from Saturday's Premier League action? Match of the Day is streaming now", "Hospitals are preparing for the expected peak of the latest Covid-19 surge this week, the Northern Trust's chief executive has said.\n\nJennifer Welsh said there was \"huge pressure across the (healthcare) system\" with more intensive care admissions expected.\n\nThirty patients were awaiting admission to Antrim Area Hospital on Sunday morning, she said.\n\nThere were 25 more deaths linked to Covid-19 reported in NI on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health since the start of the pandemic is now 1,606.\n\nIt was also reported that there had been 822 more positive cases, with 67 people in intensive care and 50 people on ventilators.\n\nThere are 840 patients being treated for Covid- 19 across Northern Ireland, according to the latest available figures with hospitals working at 93% capacity.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has been continuing its vaccination programme having distributed 140,559 first doses and 20,174 second doses.\n\nThe total number of jabs administered in the UK, including both first and second doses, is 4,307,002 according to government data.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, there were 13 further deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,608 since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThere was also a further 2,944 positive cases, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 172,726.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the situation in the country's hospitals was \"stark\" and that people of all ages were being admitted and taken into intensive care.\n\nAt the beginning of January, Health Minister Robin Swann said that modelling indicated the \"peak of the third surge\" would hit in the third week of January.\n\nFrontline health staff have spoken to BBC News NI about their \"exhaustion\" and stress, as the pressure on the system continues to increase amid the surging number of cases.\n\nNorthern Ireland is currently in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nNorthern Trust chief executive Jennifer Welsh said hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\"\n\nMs Welsh told BBC NI's Sunday Politics programme that the \"ICU surge is yet to come\" and that the Northern Trust - where two major hospitals, Antrim Area and Causeway, are located - has had to redeploy staff to prepare for the coming days.\n\nShe said both hospitals had been \"under significant pressure and have been for some time\".\n\nShe said 30 patients in Antrim Area's Emergency Department are waiting on a bed after a decision was made to admit them - 24 of those patients have been waiting longer than 12 hours.\n\nMs Welsh added that almost half of all patients in Antrim Area Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"At the peak of the first wave in Antrim and Causeway the highest number of Covid positive patients was 73.\n\n\"In November, the highest number was 102 and we peaked on Thursday at 202. We have now dropped below that slightly.\"\n\nThe chief executive said the hospitals were \"coping but at great cost\", with many urgent surgeries cancelled.\n\n\"Emergency surgery is being done but we are not being able to do any other in the Antrim Area site.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by bbctheview This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have been able to deliver some red flag cancer surgery at Causeway but we would like to do more.\"\n\nDespite these emergency measures already in place, the worst of the current surge is only expected to arrive this week.\n\nShe added: \"We are not going to get out of this quickly. It's going to be a challenge for us as a system.\n\n\"It's been building from October.\"\n\n\"We're not yet at the peak of intensive care admissions and we expect that this week.\n\n\"Antrim has doubled its intensive care beds from seven to 14 in anticipation of the coming surge - 11 are already being used.\n\n\"All hospitals have doubled their ICU footprint. There are more than 160 inpatients in Antrim Area Hospital.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BMA Scotland GP chief says doctors \"can't plan\" for vaccines\n\nDoctors leaders say the \"patchy supply\" of vaccine to GP surgeries across Scotland is hampering the speed of delivery to patients.\n\nMinisters have pledged a first dose of the vaccine to 1.4 million of the most vulnerable Scots by mid-February.\n\nBut the British Medical Association in Scotland said inconsistencies in supply made it difficult to plan patient appointments to receive the vaccine.\n\nThey also said some GP surgeries had yet to receive any vaccine at all.\n\nThe Scottish government said it was working with health boards to resolve the issues.\n\nCurrently, about 16,000 vaccinations a day are being carried out in Scotland. However, that is expected to rise significantly as efforts to deliver the vaccine are scaled up.\n\nOn Sunday, 1,341 new cases of Covid-19 were reported - the lowest daily figure since 28 December. However, the numbers being admitted to hospital have continued to rise, reaching 1,918.\n\nNo new deaths were registered.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman has pledged that the workforce and infrastructure will be in place to vaccinate 400,000 people each week by the end of February.\n\nThe government has already announced plans for large vaccination centres in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nIt comes after more than 5,000 front-line health and care staff were vaccinated at the NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow on Saturday.\n\nGP practices across Scotland are currently providing vaccination services to those aged over 80.\n\nAbout 16,000 vaccinations are currently being carried out a day in Scotland\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Politics Scotland programme, Dr Andrew Buist, who chairs the British Medical Association's (BMA) GP committee in Scotland, said there was inconsistencies across the GP network.\n\nHe said the vaccine deployment plan was \"ambitious\" and so far \"good progress\" had been made in giving it to priority groups such as care homes residents and front-line health staff.\n\nHowever, he told the programme: \"The current problem lies with the next priority group, which is the 80-plus group, which GPs in Scotland are set to vaccinate because the supply of the vaccine so far has been quite patchy.\n\n\"Some practices have a good supply, some have had none so far.\"\n\nHe said his practice had received 100 doses of the vaccine for 600 patients over the age of 80, who all needed to be vaccinated by 5 February.\n\nHe added: \"I then have to do another 1,200 patients in the 70-plus group and the extremely clinically vulnerable by the middle of February, so we need to do 1,700 vaccines in the next four weeks.\n\n\"Now we can do that. We are used to providing large number of flu vaccinations and it is possible, we have our workforce in place, but we need the vaccine, otherwise we can't do it.\"\n\nWhen asked if his practice was running out of vaccine at the end of each day, Dr Buist said: \"Yes - we can't plan, that's the key thing. We can't send out appointments to patients until we're sure we have the vaccine in our fridge.\n\n\"We were given 100 doses on Monday. We used that all up by Friday. We don't want to send out appointments to patients until we know that we can definitively vaccinate them otherwise patients get very upset.\"\n\nVaccinators have reported being able to extract one additional dose from vaccine vials\n\nDr Buist said vaccinators were regularly managing to extract higher numbers of doses from vaccine vials despite claims that some doses were being wasted.\n\nHe said there was widespread experience of six doses being extracted from Pfizer vaccine vials, which were marketed as having five doses, while 11 doses were regularly being taken from AstraZeneca vials.\n\nBut Dr Buist criticised issues around the red tape some retired health professional had faced when volunteering to become vaccinators.\n\n\"I have reports that arrangement to get doctors and nurses back into the system have been quite bureaucratic and I think it's something we need to look at.\"\n\nThe Scottish government acknowledged that there had been delays in vaccine supplies reaching some GP surgeries.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"GPs have a significant role to play in delivering the vaccine - and we thank them for their hard work and patience as we roll out more vaccines to those in the communities.\n\n\"We know there have been some initial delays in supply reaching some practices and are working with health boards to resolve this. Vaccines are being manufactured as quickly as possible and we will continue to explore all options available to increase supply.\"\n\nThe government said health boards were providing order information for their GP practices to National Procurement who in turn advised the distribution partner.\n\nThe spokeswoman added: \"Once stock is released for ordering, the distribution partner inputs the GP orders on to their ordering system. Once the order has been placed, GP practices will receive an automated email providing an indication of the delivery day.\n\n\"We too want to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible and are continually working hard to see if distribution can be made faster in any respect.\"", "Chris Cramer, a major figure in BBC News and later CNN International, has died at the age of 73 after a period of ill health. Former BBC director of news Richard Sambrook looks back at his life.\n\nChris Cramer's legacy will be the major change in attitudes and support for journalist safety he championed through the BBC and across the wider industry, as well as many achievements in newsgathering and international news.\n\nHe began his career as a teenager on the Portsmouth Evening News, moving to BBC Radio Solent when it launched in 1970.\n\nAfter a year's secondment in Brunei he found his way to the BBC TV Newsroom in the 1970s and developed his reputation as a highly competitive and effective news editor and field producer.\n\nIn 1980 he and a BBC team were in the Iranian Embassy in London collecting visas when it was seized by gunmen opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini. A standoff and siege followed, with Chris among 26 hostages.\n\nHe managed to feign serious illness and was released by the gunmen allowing him to give vital information to the authorities before the SAS stormed the embassy and rescued the hostages.\n\nAt a time when no-one understood or spoke of PTSD, it had a marked effect on his life.\n\nArmed police on the adjoining balcony to the Iranian Embassy during the siege in 1980\n\nMany journalists and crew subsequently spoke of his care and attention when they had difficult experiences and he went on to drive major changes in understanding and support for journalists' safety.\n\nWith BBC Safety manager Peter Hunter, Chris introduced the first hostile environment training courses, risk assessments and equipment for those covering conflicts.\n\nFormer correspondent Martin Bell recalls: \"From Vietnam to Croatia I had covered 10 wars without protection. Then in June 1992 we were shot up crossing the airport runway in Sarajevo in a soft-skinned vehicle. Within two weeks Chris had procured our first armoured Land Rover, the redoubtable 'Miss Piggy', and the body armour to go with it.\"\n\nHe later introduced the first confidential counselling service for news teams, recognising PTSD, and helped found the International News Safety Institute, which spearheaded safety across the news industry.\n\nDuring the 1980s he was at the forefront of organising and overseeing major news coverage, including Michael Buerk's reporting from the Ethiopian famine, coverage of the IRA Brighton bomb attack on the British government, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Kate Adie's reporting from Tiananmen Square, the fall of eastern Europe, the first Gulf War and many more major events.\n\nHis fierce competitiveness delivered a series of major exclusives and awards for BBC News.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Bowen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the 1990s he oversaw major investment in BBC Newsgathering and the integration of radio and TV reporting - often against internal resistance. His managerial style could be uncompromising and tough, but he was also bitingly funny, shrewd and his hard exterior hid a warm-hearted and generous core.\n\nHe was crucial to establishing the integrated News division as it exists today.\n\nIn 1996 he left the BBC to move to Atlanta as managing director and executive vice-president of CNN International.\n\nThere he took his passion for news safety and his competitive news edge to develop the network into a greater global force.\n\nAs his former BBC and CNN colleague Tony Maddox has said: \"Among his many accomplishments Chris was a pioneer and innovator in field safety for journalists. He led the development of guidelines and practices now widely adopted across the industry.\"\n\nCramer moved to CNN after his time with the BBC\n\nHe was a larger-than-life figure who generated affection and respect in equal measure, often wielding a rapid and disarming wit.\n\nHe is also remembered for supporting women into senior and executive positions and helping them succeed.\n\nDirector of BBC News Fran Unsworth recalls: \"He was one of journalism's enormous characters and a legend in the television news industry. But the legend and the reported image always belied the man.\n\n\"He was immensely kind, thoughtful and caring underneath that image he sometimes projected.\"\n\nFormer deputy director general Mark Byford said: \"He was probably the greatest newsgathering executive ever in the broadcast news business and his organisational skills, competitiveness, eye for a story and steel were extraordinary.\n\n\"He was also, behind the facade, a gentle giant who cared for his people with amazing passion and love.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by John Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Many editors, correspondents and presenters in BBC News owe their success to his mentorship - myself included.\"\n\nAfter 11 years he left CNN and took up roles first with Reuters TV and then the Wall Street Journal, where his experience and expertise were used to develop their digital video services.\n\nHe leaves his wife, Nina, son Richard and daughter Nicolette and his daughter Hannah by an earlier marriage to Helen, a former BBC producer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nóra Quoirin's parents: \"The inquest is a battle we must continue in Nóra's name\"\n\nThe mother of a 15-year-old girl found dead in a Malaysian jungle says she believes her daughter's body was placed by somebody in the spot she was found.\n\nNóra Quoirin, from Balham in south London, vanished from her room at the Dusun rainforest resort in August 2019.\n\nHer body was found near the resort nine days after she went missing. A coroner recorded her death was by misadventure.\n\nMeabh Quoirin, who thinks Nora was abducted, said the family would \"never give up their fight for justice\".\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder that affects brain development, and her parents have always believed that wandering off from the resort - which is about 40 miles from Kuala Lumpur - was not something their daughter would have done.\n\nA post-mortem examination found Nóra had died three days before her body was found, due to gastrointestinal bleeding from hunger and stress endured over a prolonged period.\n\nBut Mrs Quoirin points out that the jungle had been searched on four occasions in the seven days leading up to her death, with police suggesting the teenager been \"alive and moving\" during the first stages of the search.\n\n\"The fact that search teams were there, along with many hundreds of volunteers in that particular area so close to her death, makes us feel that she was placed there at a later point,\" Mrs Quoirin told the BBC.\n\nNóra's parents Maebh and Sebastien Quoirin want there to be a revision of the inquest verdict\n\nThe teenager's mother pointed out that the inquest had not explained how her daughter ended up in the jungle, where her unclothed body was eventually found by a group of volunteers.\n\n\"I suppose the easiest one to dwell on was the fact there was an open window [in the family's chalet],\" said Mrs Quoirin, who is originally from Belfast.\n\n\"Someone opened that window, it wasn't any of us. That is totally unexplained.\"\n\nMalaysian police have always treated Nóra's disappearance as a missing person case. They maintain there was no suggestion of abduction, kidnap or foul play.\n\nDuring the search for her daughter, Mrs Quoirin told emergency services that their work meant \"the world to us\"\n\n\"Nóra always looked to someone else for reassurance on what she should do next so the idea that she would have climbed out a window - even found a window or seen a window in the pitch black - is in our view crazy,\" Mrs Quorin said.\n\n\"If she had somehow mistaken which door was for the bathroom and had gone out the front door for instance... she was barefoot, she would have instantly felt pain and she would have been absolutely petrified.\"\n\nNóra's parents have asked for a revision of the inquest verdict as \"so many questions have been left unanswered\".\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development\n\n\"I think it will be impossible to ever have all the answers to questions that inevitably we will agonise over for the rest of our lives,\" Mrs Quoirin said.\n\n\"We can do more justice by at least recognising who this child was and that she wouldn't have - couldn't have - done the things that have been ruled through this verdict of misadventure.\n\n\"It's our duty to Nora to stand up for that, to really recognise who she was and stand up in the name of all children with special needs, to recognise who these children are, what they represent in our society.\"", "Within seconds of being dropped, LauncherOne had ignited its engine\n\nSir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space.\n\nTen payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's old 747 jumbos.\n\nSir Richard is hoping to tap into what is a growing market for small, lower-cost satellites.\n\nBy using a jet plane as the launch platform, he can theoretically send up spacecraft from anywhere in the world.\n\nIn reality, of course, his Virgin Orbit system has to be licensed in the locality where it is used, which at the moment is solely California. But there are well-advanced plans to bring the 747 and its rockets to Cornwall in south-west England, for example.\n\nSunday's success was a big fillip for Sir Richard's team who had tried and failed to launch a rocket in May last year. That effort was thwarted by a breached propellant line feeding liquid oxygen to the booster's first-stage Newton-3 engine.\n\nNo such problems occurred this time.\n\nThe modified 747, named Cosmic Girl, left its base in California's Mojave desert at 10:50 PST (18:50 UTC) to fly out over the Pacific Ocean.\n\nA little under 60 minutes later, and cruising at 35,000ft (10,500m), the jet banked hard to the right, dropping as it did so the 21m-long rocket that had been clamped to its underside.\n\nWithin seconds this booster, called LauncherOne, had ignited its engine and was climbing to space.\n\nCorrect deployment of the various spacecraft onboard at an altitude of roughly 500km was confirmed a couple of hours later.\n\n\"A new gateway to space has just sprung open,\" said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. \"That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team's talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity.\"\n\nSir Richard has been trying to find the right solution to get into the satellite launch business since 2009. His concrete proposal was first put before the public at the Farnborough International Air Show three years later.\n\nThere is an emerging market for small, lower-cost spacecraft, whose developers are seeking more flexible and affordable ways of getting their assets above the Earth.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVirgin Orbit is one of a number of companies now racing to meet this demand. Other contenders include the Rocket Lab outfit, which sends up its vehicles from a ground launch pad in New Zealand. But there are tens of other small rocket start-ups at various stages of maturation, and some of these plan to operate from the UK as well.\n\n\"Virgin Orbit has achieved something many thought impossible. It was so inspiring to see our specially adapted Virgin Atlantic 747, Cosmic Girl, send the LauncherOne rocket soaring into orbit,\" Sir Richard said.\n\n\"This magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole new generation of innovators on the path to orbit. I can't wait to see the incredible missions Dan and the team will launch to change the world for good.\"\n\nSir Richard presented the LauncherOne concept at Farnborough in 2012\n\nWill Whitehorn is the president of UKSpace, the trade body representing the space industry in Britain. He's also a former president of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard's other space company which hopes soon to start flying fare-paying passengers above the atmosphere in a rocket plane.\n\nHe said Virgin Orbit's success on Sunday was hugely significant.\n\n\"This is a momentous day for the small satellite world, as we will be able to launch satellites responsively; and for the UK this event promises sovereign launch capability very soon,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"I plan to push hard for a launch from Cornwall to coincide with the G7 meeting this year if at all possible!\"\n\nSunday's payloads were mostly shoebox-sized and developed by universities\n\nThe air-launched system has the flexibility to operate anywhere - in theory", "A doctor has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a \"highly-respected\" fellow plastic surgeon who was stabbed in his own home.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest in Halam, Nottinghamshire, on Thursday.\n\nJonathan Peter Brooks, also charged with three counts of attempted arson with intent to endanger life, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.\n\nMr Perks is currently in a serious but stable condition, police said.\n\nMr Brooks, 56, of Landseer Road, Southwell, has also been charged with possession of a knife in a public place.\n\nHe was remanded in custody to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 15 February.\n\nPolice said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nThe two men were colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nA spokeswoman for the trust said: \"This incident has affected many of our staff who worked closely with, and are friends with Graeme.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Graeme and his family at this time.\"\n\nMr Perks had served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), which described him as \"one of the most highly-regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nPolice previously said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT on Thursday, after an intruder was believed to have smashed their way into the house.\n\nPolice said Mr Perks was stabbed at his home in Halam, Nottinghamshire, while his family were upstairs\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia, but returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham.\n\nHe and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors, and were featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Keelan Wilson was 15 when he was stabbed more than 40 times\n\nFour men have been found guilty of murdering a boy stabbed more than 40 times in a \"well-planned execution\".\n\nKeelan Wilson, 15, was fatally injured on Langley Road in Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, on 29 May, 2018.\n\nThe four murderers acted \"like a pack of animals\" amid rising gang violence in the city, police said.\n\nKeelan's mother Kelly Ellitts said the convictions meant justice for her son, but added \"nothing would bring Keelan back\".\n\nIt emerged a few days after the murder that when an ambulance was called for the wounded boy, his final words included \"tell my mum I love her\".\n\nThe trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how the night time attack - carried out by Brian Sasa and Nehemie Tampwo, each aged 20, along with Tyrique King and Zenay Pennant-Phillips, both 19 - was \"not in any way spontaneous\".\n\nDet Sgt Nick Barnes from the West Midlands force said Keelan had the \"single worst set of injuries\" he had seen on a victim in more than six years investigating homicide.\n\nThere had been increasing acts of violence between opposing gangs leading up to the murder, including disorder earlier that day, police said.\n\nThat included weapons being brandished in Wolverhampton city centre, and in another incident, Keelan and two others being shot at by a group of youngsters on bikes. No one was hurt.\n\nBut later on, the court heard, the group of four killers ran towards Keelan as he sat in a taxi close to his home, then pulled open the rear door and \"set about him with weapons\", inflicting more than 40 knife wounds.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keelan Wilson's mother Kelly Ellitts 'hit the floor' when she saw he had been stabbed\n\nMichael Duck QC, prosecuting, said the killing \"was not in any way a spontaneous act of violence\".\n\nHe said: \"This was a well-planned, targeted group attack by a number of youths armed with knives, and that was with the plan to execute another young man.\"\n\nDuring the 13-week trial, jurors heard there was evidence to suggest the victim had \"become embroiled in gang culture\", with his killers believing he had switched factions.\n\nDet Sgt Barnes said it was \"difficult\" to pinpoint a motive \"because Keelan wasn't on the police radar particularly for any such activity\".\n\nKeelan was wounded just metres from his home, receiving 43 stab wounds in total, according to police.\n\nHe had been driving with a friend - with whom he met up after the shooting incident - when their car broke down, which led to a taxi being called.\n\nA spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said while Keelan was attacked on boarding the vehicle, his friend was \"left unscathed\" and fled, making it \"evident\" to authorities that \"Keelan was the only target\".\n\nMs Ellitts said she lived with the shock of her son's death daily.\n\n\"This isn't something that you think of every now and again, this is a daily thing that you have to live with.\n\n\"It's terrible my daughters won't know who he is.\"\n\nOn the day of Keelan's death, CCTV captured a scene from the Wolverhampton city centre disorder that police said was linked to gang activity\n\nSasa, of Long Ley, Heath Town, Wolverhampton; King, of Chelwood Gardens, Wolverhampton; Tampwo of Fern Grove in Bletchley, Milton Keynes; and Pennant-Phillips, whose address cannot be published for legal reasons, had all denied murder.\n\n\"Keelan was a child who had his whole life ahead of him,\" Det Sgt Barnes said.\n\nThe convictions, he added, came after a \"very difficult and long investigation,\" with more than 2,000 lines of inquiry having to be examined.\n\nSome lines of investigation had been met with a \"wall of silence,\" he said.\n\nJudge Michael Chambers said: \"It is an utter tragedy that a 15-year-old child lost his life at the hands of others who are barely older than he.\"\n\nSentencing is set to take place at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 19 March.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'Tell mum I love her' said stabbed boy\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in São Paulo, was given a Chinese-developed vaccine\n\nA nurse has received Brazil's first Covid-19 vaccine dose after regulators gave emergency approval to two jabs.\n\nRegulator Anvisa gave the green light to vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac, doses of which will be distributed among all 27 states.\n\nBrazil has the world's second-highest death toll from Covid-19 and cases are rising again across the country.\n\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has been heavily criticised for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nThe president, who caught Covid-19 last year and recovered, has said he will not take a vaccine.\n\nAuthorities reported 551 new fatalities on Sunday, the first time in six days that it had fallen short of 1,000 although this could reflect a delay in the reporting of numbers over the weekend.\n\nIn all, more than 209,000 Covid-related deaths have been recorded in Brazil, a raw total figure only exceeded by the US.\n\nOver 8.4 million infections have been confirmed since the start of the pandemic - the third-highest tally in the world.\n\nHealth Minister Eduardo Pazuello told reporters that the national vaccination programme in the country of 211 million people would begin in earnest in the coming days. Two Brazilian biomedical centres which have been given approval to produce the jabs will be heavily involved.\n\nAbout six million doses of the Sinovac-developed CoronaVac have already been produced in Brazil, while the government is waiting for shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine from a laboratory in India.\n\nShortly after Anvisa's board gave emergency approval, Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in São Paulo, became the first person to be inoculated with CoronaVac.\n\nHer vaccination was organised by the São Paulo state government, which is led by Mr Bolsonaro's main political rival, João Doria.\n\nThis has been a rare piece of good news today for Brazilians who are grappling with a devastating second wave.\n\nFrom where I am, the city of Manaus, the vaccine does not feel real. People here are trying to recover a collapsed health system and doing what they can to keep their sick relatives alive.\n\nThe pandemic has become deeply political in Brazil. President Bolsonaro continues to present himself as a vaccine sceptic and he was notably absent as the vaccines were approved. Instead, Monday's newspapers will no doubt have São Paulo Governor Doria slapped on their front pages.\n\nHe is expected to run in next year's presidential elections and has backed the Sinovac vaccine from the very start. He was once a Bolsonaro ally and is now his nemesis - but there is no doubt who is leading the way in trying to get the population vaccinated.\n\nEarlier this week researchers said the Chinese vaccine had been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials. This, results showed, was significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval.\n\nCoronaVac is also being used in China, Indonesia and Turkey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe news comes after revelations that a new coronavirus variant has emerged in Brazil. Several cases were traced back to the Amazonas state, where a state of emergency is in place.\n\nManaus, the state capital, has been hit especially hard, with beds and life-saving oxygen running low. Refrigerated containers have also been brought to hospitals to help store bodies.\n\nNeighbouring Venezuela said it had sent a convoy of trucks with oxygen supplies to help Amazonas.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro has faced mounting criticism for his handling of Brazil's outbreak, and several anti-government protests were held last week.\n\nAn opponent of lockdowns, he has previously blamed state governors and mayors for the Covid crisis, saying the federal government has provided all the resources needed to tackle the virus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The deer had to be put down by a gamekeeper after the attack\n\nA warning has been issued by royal parks police after a dog carried out a \"relentless\" attack on a deer that had to be put down.\n\nFootage shows the dog savaging the red deer in London's Richmond Park.\n\nCases of pets worrying deer in London's eight royal parks have shot up during lockdown, police say. They are urging owners to keep dogs on leads.\n\nSeparately, on Sunday, a 10-year-old child was injured by a herd of deer being chased by a dog in Bushy Park.\n\nPolice said the incident in the park in Richmond-upon-Thames, which left the child needing hospital treatment, underlined the need for people to keep their dogs on a lead if they are unsure how they will react to deer.\n\nOn Friday, Franck Hiribarne, 44, from Kingston in south-west London, admitted causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal, in relation to the Richmond Park attack.\n\nWimbledon magistrates heard the doe suffered deep wounds, then received a broken leg when it was hit by a car as it tried to flee from the dog. Witnesses described the attack as \"relentless\".\n\nThe deer had to be put down by a gamekeeper after the attack in October.\n\nMr Hiribarne, who reported the matter himself to the Royal Parks Office, said he usually walked his red setter Alfie on a lead until he was well away from any grazing deer, and that the dog had been responding well to \"off-lead\" commands.\n\nThe dog owner, who was fined £600, said in a statement: \"I was genuinely shocked and sorry for what had happened and since then I have refrained completely from letting Alfie off the leash in any park.\n\n\"I have also taken a special dog trainer specialised in gundogs to control more accurately any of his hunting instincts. He has made great progress.\"\n\nFour deer have died from dog attacks in the royal parks since March 2020, while there have been 58 incidents of dogs chasing the herds - a big increase on previous years - according to the manager of Richmond Park.\n\nPart of the increase is thought to be down to new dog owners who are unfamiliar with the best conduct around wildlife.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nA coroner has called for a review of smart motorways after an inquest heard the deaths of two men on a stretch of the M1 could have been avoided.\n\nJason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died when Prezemyslaw Szuba crashed his lorry into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nCoroner David Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHighways England said it was \"addressing many of the points raised\".\n\nMr Urpeth recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at Sheffield Town Hall. He added he would be writing to Highways England and the transport secretary asking for a review.\n\nThe inquest heard the deaths of the two men may have been avoided had there had been a hard shoulder.\n\nOn the stretch of the M1 where the crash took place, the hard shoulder has been replaced by an active lane.\n\nSzuba, 40, from Hull, was jailed last year after admitting causing their deaths by careless driving.\n\nHe was speaking from prison to the inquest.\n\nPrezemyslaw Szuba was jailed over the deaths\n\nAnswering questions over the phone, Szuba told the hearing he accepted he was driving without paying proper attention.\n\n\"I have already accepted that at my trial,\" he said, but added: \"If there had been a hard shoulder on this bit of motorway, the collision would have been avoidable.\n\n\"I would have driven past these two cars as it would be safer and they would have been able to come home safely and I would be able to come back home.\"\n\nSzuba said he had only three to five seconds to react, and asked if he would have avoided the crash had he been paying attention, he said: \"It's difficult to say after everything now.\"\n\nSgt Mark Brady, who oversees major collision investigations for South Yorkshire Police, told the hearing: \"Had there been a hard shoulder, had Jason and Alexandru pulled on to the hard shoulder, my opinion is that Mr Szuba would have driven clean past them.\"\n\nBut he accepted the primary cause of the crash was Szuba's inattention to the road.\n\nThe crash happened after a collision between a Ford Focus driven by Mr Mercer, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and a Ford Transit driven by Mr Murgeanu, who was living in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, but was originally from Romania.\n\nWhen Mr Mercer and Mr Murgeanu got out to exchange details they were hit by the lorry, and both died at the scene.\n\nMr Mercer's wife Claire has campaigned against smart motorways since her husband's death, and was at the hearing on Monday.\n\nClaire Mercer has campaigned against the use of smart motorways since her husband's death\n\nIn a statement, Highways England said it was \"determined\" to do everything it could to make roads as safe as possible and was already addressing many of the points raised by the coroner \"as published in the Government's Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan of March 2020\".\n\n\"We will carefully consider any further comments raised by the coroner once we receive the report,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper in his wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord patients.\n\nLai Chi-Wai, who became paralysed after a road accident ten years ago, climbed 250 metres (820ft) of the Nina Towers building.\n\nBefore his accident, Lai Chi-Wai was a rock-climbing champion in Asia and eighth best in the world.\n\nHe said that \"knowing there was a possibility...that I could be a climber again, I found some direction in life\".", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nPhil Neville has left his role as manager of England's women and been appointed in charge of David Beckham's Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.\n\nThe 43-year-old was appointed as England boss in January 2018 and his contract was set to end in July.\n\nThe Football Association says it will \"shortly confirm\" an interim head coach until Sarina Wiegman's arrival.\n\nNetherlands manager Wiegman will take on the role after the delayed Tokyo Olympics in August.\n\nFormer Manchester United and Everton defender Neville was the leading contender to manage Great Britain at the Games, but his move to the United States has left the FA needing another option.\n\n\"This is a very young club with a lot of promise and upside, and I am committed to challenging myself, my players and everyone around me to grow and build a competitive soccer culture we can all be proud of,\" Neville said of his American move.\n\nBeckham said of his former Manchester United team-mate: \"I have known Phil since we were both teenagers at the academy.\n\n\"We share a footballing DNA having been trained by some of the best leaders in the game, and it's those values that I have always wanted running through our club.\"\n\nThe MLS side had been managed by former Uruguay striker Diego Alonso before the 45-year-old left by mutual consent earlier this month.\n\nBeckham added: \"Anyone who has played or worked with Phil knows he is a natural leader, and I believe now is the right time for him to join.\"\n\nNeville led the Lionesses to their first SheBelieves Cup title in 2019 and fourth place at the Women's World Cup later the same year, but results since that tournament have been poor.\n\nEngland's struggles under Neville continued at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, where a late defeat by Spain in the final match was their seventh loss in 11 games.\n\nThe Lionesses have not played since that game last March because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"It has been an honour to manage England and I have enjoyed three of the best years of my career,\" said Neville, who won 19 of his 35 games in charge.\n\n\"The players who wear the England shirt are some of the most talented and dedicated athletes I have ever had the privilege to work with.\n\n\"They have challenged me and improved me as a coach, and I am very grateful to them for the fantastic memories we have shared.\"\n\nNeville, who had no previous experience in the women's game before taking over, has made a \"significant contribution\" during his three-year spell, said Baroness Campbell, the FA's director of women's football.\n\n\"The commitment, dedication and respect he has shown the position has been clear to see,\" she added.\n\n\"I will personally miss our many conversations about ways we can improve and progress.\"\n\nEngland are ranked sixth in the world, having been third when Neville succeeded Mark Sampson.\n\nNeville's record against the best sides came under particular scrutiny, with England winning one of their nine games against teams ranked in the top five in the world during his reign.\n\nNeville's record against teams ranked in the world's top five\n\n\"After steadying the ship at a challenging period, he helped us to win the SheBelieves Cup for the first time, reach the World Cup semi-finals and qualify for the Olympics,\" added Campbell.\n\n\"Given his status as a former Manchester United and England player, he did much to raise the profile of our team.\n\n\"He has used his platform to champion the women's game, worked tirelessly to support our effort to promote more female coaches and used his expertise to develop many of our younger players.\"\n\nWhat happens next with England?\n\nThe FA is expected to name England's interim head coach in the next few days.\n\nAmong the favourites is former Norway midfielder Hege Riise, one of the greatest players of her generation - a European Championship winner in 1993, a World Cup winner in 1995 and an Olympic gold medallist in 2000.\n\nAfter retiring as a player, Riise moved into club management in Norway and also coached the country's Under-23 side before spending three years as assistant to then-USA head coach Pia Sundhage from 2009.\n\nShe then joined the set-up at Norwegian club LSK Kvinner in 2012 - becoming head coach in 2017 - as they won six successive titles between 2014 and 2019, while also reaching the 2018-19 Champions League quarter-finals.\n\nRiise was one of seven nominees for the Fifa best women's coach award in 2020, won by Wiegman in December.\n\nThe new interim manager has no England fixtures booked in the diary, though there has reportedly been discussions over a mini-tournament during the next international window in February.\n\nEngland will not be taking part in the SheBelieves Cup but could host a tournament which would see three other nations take part in a round-robin event.\n• None All the goals, highlights and analysis from the weekend's Premier League matches, including Manchester United's visit to Liverpool: MOTD2 is streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Morgan Le-Riche and other students have questioned if they should be paying full tuition fees\n\n\"I am paying £9,000 for a university degree that is causing me nothing but anxiety and stress.\"\n\nFor Morgan Le-Riche, the university experience since the coronavirus pandemic hit has not been worth the fee.\n\nSome students are calling for reduced tuition fees and more support.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it provided the most generous student support package in the UK and has appointed a dedicated minister for mental health.\n\nIn announcing a lockdown earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said students in England would not return to the classroom until mid February, with calls for clarity over what will happen in Wales.\n\nMorgan, who is studying criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Wales, said \"something needs to be done to help us students\".\n\nHer Facebook post calling for more help was shared 3,000 times in three days - something that surprised her but also highlighted the depth of feeling.\n\nStudents face an uncertain time with with restrictions currently in place\n\nThe second year student said: \"I don't think the government is understanding students, instead they are only recognising primary and secondary schools - there's no recognition for university students.\"\n\nMorgan was given assignments to complete over Christmas, but said her lecturers had turned off their emails so she could not seek guidance when she was finding work difficult.\n\n\"I feel like the amount of stress I've had has meant I'm not doing a high enough standard of work, that I would normally do, due to the lack of assistance,\" she said.\n\nShe said more time with tutors and spaces for students to come together to discuss mental health would be beneficial.\n\nThe University of South Wales said their course teams are committed to providing \"comprehensive support\" and are \"readily available to offer help and guidance for students\".\n\nStudents in England have been told to work online and remain where they are\n\nA petition calling for the UK government to reduce university student tuition fees from £9,250 to £3,000 has gained more than 400,000 signatures online.\n\nMorgan thinks she has been \"massively let down\" and there needs to be a \"heavy reduction\" on the amount students are paying for their courses.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"We are the only country in the whole of Europe that provides equivalent up front living costs grants and loans for full and part-time undergraduates, and for post-graduates.\n\n\"This already covers campus-based and distance learners and will continue throughout the academic year.\"\n\nDanielle Herbert believes university students need more focus from government\n\nJournalism student Danielle Herbert, who also studies at the University of South Wales, said online learning has helped her mental health because otherwise a lot of her face-to-face interactions would be limited.\n\nDespite \"lecturers trying their best\", students' experiences since March last year have not been \"adequate for a £9,000 fee\".\n\nThe third-year student from Swindon said the prime minister's announcement of an England-wide lockdown was stressful \"because there was no mention of universities\".\n\nShe said: \"I was left very unclear and confused as to where I stood on travelling back to Wales. As someone who suffers from anxiety, I rely on concrete facts and that wasn't provided. We have been ignored by the prime minister.\n\n\"I had just paid my rent for this term - which was £2,300 - and I looked at my mum and dad and said: 'Am I even going to be able to go back to my student flat'?\"\n\nDanielle has called for more help for students in dealing with mental health issues during the pandemic\n\nShe does not believe students have had the same level of support as secondary school pupils, adding: \"We're still expected to produce the same standard of work without protection whilst there's a pandemic going on - it's really unrealistic.\"\n\nDanielle said having a \"no detriment\" policy in place would help to relieve students' stress.\n\n\"I think there's a real issue amongst students and students' mental health and it's only grown because of coronavirus. I think we will see the consequences of that if nothing is done.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"To support mental health services, we have made an additional £9.9m available, as part of efforts to ensure people can access the right support when they need it.\n\n\"In October we announced an additional £10m to support mental health services for higher education students in Wales to increase capacity in students' unions and universities to provide support services.\n\n\"This is in addition to the £27m Higher Education Investment and Recovery Fund announced in the summer.\"\n\nThe University of South Wales said the safety and wellbeing of students is its priority and students have access to a \"wide range of comprehensive support for their health, mental health and wellbeing\".\n\n\"Recognising that a number of staff would be on leave over the Christmas and New Year holidays, the course team let students know they were available for help and support right up until the end of term and students were encouraged to ask for support if they needed it,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"We are providing a full and interactive blended learning offer this term, in line with Welsh Government guidance, so that students can receive good experiences and a high-quality education, enabling them to progress and complete their studies on time.\"", "Software giant Github has apologised for firing a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to be careful about Nazis.\n\nThe employee was fired two days after using the word to describe participants in the US Capitol riots.\n\nBut Github now says that decision was a mistake, and its head of HR has resigned over the scandal.\n\nThe company says it has offered the fired employee his job back, and clarified that \"employees are free to express concerns about Nazis\".\n\nMicrosoft-owned Github is one of the most popular software development tools in the world, with more than 50 million users. News of the internal row was first reported by Business Insider.\n\nPeople associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories stormed Congress.\n\nAs it happened, the Jewish employee posted to an internal Github Slack channel: \"Stay safe homies, Nazis are about.\"\n\nBut the comment sparked criticism from a co-worker about the use of the word \"Nazi\" to describe the rioters, calling it \"untasteful conduct\" for the workplace.\n\nThe Jewish employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told Techcrunch he had been \"genuinely concerned about his co-workers in the area, in addition to his Jewish family members\".\n\nTwo days later, he was fired for his \"patterns of behaviour\".\n\nBut the firing led to an outcry from many more co-workers, with hundreds signing an internal letter calling on Github to explain the decision - and to publicly denounce Nazis.\n\nAmid the outcry, the company opened an investigation with an external investigator.\n\n\"The investigation revealed significant errors of judgment and procedure,\" chief executive Erica Brescia wrote in a blogpost. \"Our head of HR has taken personal accountability and resigned from GitHub.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: \"Yesterday, in my view, was one of the darkest days in the history of our nation.\"\n\nShe said the firm had \"reversed the decision to separate with the employee\", and had contacted him - but it is not clear if the employee wishes to return after the treatment he received.\n\nThe company has also issued statements condemning white supremacists, Nazism, anti-Semitism, and those who took part in the Capitol riots.", "A group of London business leaders has written to the government calling for financial support for the struggling rail firm Eurostar.\n\nIn a letter to the Treasury and Department for Transport, they urge \"swift action to safeguard its future\".\n\nBosses of firms such as Fortnum & Mason signed the letter asking for access to government loans and business rates relief \"at the very least\".\n\nThe government says it is \"working closely\" with Eurostar.\n\nThe cross-Channel rail company is threatened by a large drop in passenger numbers due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.\n\nIt reported in November that passenger numbers had been down 95% since March 2020.\n\nWith two trains an hour normally scheduled in peak hours, it now runs just two services a day from London to Paris and Brussels.\n\nThe letter, coordinated by business campaigning group London First and seen by the BBC, describes the firm as one that has \"fallen through the cracks\". Unlike some airlines, it has not been eligible for government-backed loans.\n\n\"If this viable business is allowed to fall between the cracks of support - neither an airline, nor a domestic railway - our recovery could be damaged,\" it says.\n\nCo-signed by 28 leaders, including the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, the chief executive of West End property company Shaftesbury, as well as the boss of the ExCeL conference centre, the letter points out that the company currently employs 1,200 people in the UK.\n\nThe firm is 55% owned by French state rail firm SNCF. The UK government sold its stake in the business to private companies for £757m in 2015.\n\nThe letter also credits Eurostar with reducing carbon emissions. Since it launched in 1994, it has transported more than 190 million passengers between Britain and mainland Europe.\n\nA spokesman for Eurostar said: \"Without additional funding from government there is a real risk to the survival of Eurostar, the green gateway to Europe.\n\nHe described the current situation as \"very serious\".\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"We recognise the significant financial challenges facing Eurostar as a result of Covid-19 and the unprecedented circumstances currently faced by the international travel industry.\"\n\nHe added the government had been in contact with Eurostar \"on a regular basis\" since the start of the coronavirus crisis and would continue to work closely with the firm.\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "A small group of armed protesters held a rally in front of the capitol building in Texas\n\nSmall groups of protesters - some of them armed - gathered on Sunday at statehouses in the US, where tensions are high after the deadly riots at the Capitol in Washington.\n\nProtests were held outside capitol buildings in Texas, Oregon, Michigan, Ohio and elsewhere.\n\nBut many other statehouses were quiet, amid a ramping up of security across US legislatures. No clashes were reported.\n\nThe FBI has warned of armed protests ahead of Wednesday's inauguration.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden will take office two weeks after pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January, leaving five dead, including a police officer.\n\nMore than 25,000 National Guard troops are being deployed to secure Washington. In a sign of just how worried officials are about potential unrest, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press on Sunday that all Guard members were being vetted because of fears of an insider threat.\n\nAlso on Sunday, a county official from New Mexico was arrested in Washington in connection with the riots at the US Capitol on 6 January.\n\nCouy Griffin, the founder of a group called Cowboys for Trump, had vowed to return on inauguration day with firearms to \"embrace my Second Amendment\".\n\nMany cities had prepared for potentially violent protests over the weekend, erecting barriers and deploying thousands of National Guard troops.\n\nPosts on pro-Trump and far-right online networks had called for armed demonstrations on Sunday in particular, but some militias told their followers not to attend, citing heavy security or claiming the planned events were police traps.\n\nSmall crowds of protesters numbering in the dozens gathered in only some cities, leaving the streets surrounding many statehouses largely empty.\n\nMembers of the the Boogaloo Bois were seen outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing\n\nThe New York Times reported about 25 members of the Boogaloo Bois movement were among heavily-armed protesters who gathered at the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. But the men - who are part of a loosely organised extremist group that wants to overthrow the US government - said they were there for a long-planned gun rights rally.\n\nMeanwhile in Michigan, about two dozen people - some carrying rifles - protested outside the statehouse in Lansing, as police watched on.\n\n\"I am not here to be violent and I hope no one shows up to be violent,\" one protester told Reuters news agency.\n\nA similarly small group of about a dozen protesters, a few armed with rifles, stood outside the Texas Capitol in Austin.\n\nOutside Pennsylvania's capitol in Harrisburg, one Trump supporter noted the poor turn-out, telling Reuters: \"There's nothing going on.\"\n\nMore protests are expected on Wednesday, when Mr Biden will officially be sworn into office, replacing Mr Trump as president.\n\nMr Biden will issue executive orders to reverse President Trump's travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord on his first day in the White House.\n\nThe president-elect is also expected to focus on reuniting families separated at the US-Mexico border, and to issue mandates on Covid-19 and mask-wearing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US Capitol is on high alert ahead of Biden's inauguration\n\nMuch of Washington DC has been locked down ahead of the inauguration. The National Mall, which is usually thronged with thousands of people for inaugurations, has been shut at the request of the Secret Service.\n\nThe Biden team had already asked Americans to avoid travelling to the nation's capital for the inauguration because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local officials said people should watch the event remotely.", "China's economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year, official figures show, but remains on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020.\n\nThe economy grew 2.3% last year, despite Covid-19 shutdowns causing output to slump in early 2020.\n\nStrict virus containment measures and emergency relief for businesses helped the economy recover.\n\nGrowth in the final three months of the year picked up to 6.5%.\n\n\"The GDP data shows the economy has almost normalised. This momentum will continue, although the current Covid-19 outbreak in a couple of provinces in northern China might temporarily cause fluctuation,\" said Yue Su, principal economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit.\n\nChina's mainland share markets as well as Hong Kong's Hang Seng posted modest gains on the latest figures, which exceeded economists' expectations, according to a Reuters poll.\n\nHowever, Covid-19 was still a major drain on growth in 2020, with nationwide shutdowns of factories and manufacturing plants forcing economic growth down to its slowest rate for four decades.\n\nChina's manufacturing sector appears to have recovered, with Monday's data showing a 7.3% increase in industrial output.\n\nExports have also led the way. Data last week showed Chinese exports grew by more than expected in December, as coronavirus disruptions around the world fuelled demand for Chinese goods.\n\nThat is despite a stronger yuan, which makes Chinese exports more expensive for overseas buyers.\n\nChina's economy has seen a strong rebound, while the rest of the world struggles with anaemic demand, millions of job losses, and businesses shutting down.\n\nChina's economic engine roared back to life after a brutal lockdown that saw the Chinese economy contract by a historic 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020.\n\nWe should always be circumspect about Chinese data - with the usual caveat that the trajectory of the data rather than the figures themselves are a useful guide to how China's economy is growing.\n\nWhat these numbers show is that China's strategy of locking down cities hard and quickly has worked.\n\nA combination of government-led investment and global demand for Chinese goods also helped to power a rapid recovery, and boost exports.\n\nStill - this is the lowest rate of annual growth in more than 40 years for the economic giant. Worries over a resurgence of the virus are also clouding China's growth outlook, with consumer demand still weak.\n\nAnd Beijing is trying to navigate a prickly trade relationship with the US, with the incoming administration unlikely to be softer on China than President Donald Trump.\n\nAll of these challenges will no doubt weigh on Chinese growth in 2021 - but they seem to be in a better place than the rest of the world's major economies.\n\nIt was not all good news from the latest figures.\n\nLi Wei, a senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank, said pandemic-related exports and credit-fuelled car and housing sales accounted for much of the growth, while domestic demand lagged behind.\n\n\"Domestic household consumption of food, clothing, furniture and utilities remains below pre-pandemic levels, while the hospitality and transportation sectors continue to face capacity and travel restrictions,\" he told Reuters.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does China’s economy matter to you?\n\nAlthough retail sales grew by 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2020, they fell by 3.9% for the year.\n\nMany analysts are tipping growth to accelerate in 2021, but the China Bureau of Statistics has warned of a \"grave and complex environment both at home and abroad\", with the pandemic having a \"huge impact\".\n\nChina still faces many challenges, including continuing trade tensions with the US and how they might play out under the administration of President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office later this week.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lorry drivers have been holding up the traffic in Westminster.\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged £23m to help businesses affected by Brexit delays amid protests by fishing firms.\n\nDemonstrations took place outside government departments in central London by exporters who are warning their livelihoods are under threat.\n\nExports of fresh fish and seafood have been severely disrupted by new border controls since the UK's transition period ended earlier this month.\n\nThe PM said firms would be compensated for delays that were not their fault.\n\nIndustry associations have complained that extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to mainland Europe before it goes off.\n\nThey have warned that if the situation continues, jobs could soon be at risk.\n\nPressed on what he would do in response, Mr Johnson said the government would step in to support firms which \"through no fault of their own have experienced bureaucratic delays, difficulties getting their goods through, where there is a genuine willing buyer on the other side of the channel\".\n\n\"There's a £23m compensation fund we've set up and we'll make sure they get help,\" he said.\n\nDetails of the scheme are expected later this week.\n\nAfter a day of protests in central London, which saw 20 lorries drive up Whitehall, the Metropolitan Police said 14 people had been reported for Covid-related offences, but no arrests were made.\n\nMark Moore, manager of the Dartmouth Crab Company, said his business and others were protesting to \"raise awareness\" of the impact of new border checks.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live his company had faced delays of up to eight and a half hours when delivering produce into the European Union.\n\nHe added that the situation was \"especially difficult\" for the shellfish sector, where goods were at risk of going off before reaching customers.\n\n\"It's not about the increased documentation per se,\" he said.\n\n\"We have taken that on board, and we ourselves - and I know many others - have had no issues with producing the actual paperwork.\n\n\"It's the volume required and the timeframe in which to produce it, which doesn't lend itself to live shellfish and fish generally.\"\n\nThere are 24 lorries in total, overwhelmingly from seafood exporters in Scotland. Businesses taking part say the Brexit trade deal has left their industry high and dry.\n\nAnd although one haulier from Aberdeenshire I spoke to was keen to stress that their coordinated protest was peaceful, it is clear that they all feel that direct action is now necessary to make the government sit up and take notice.\n\nGood natured though their action was, it did for a time cause serious traffic congestion along Whitehall and Parliament Square.\n\nHowever, low levels of traffic perhaps caused by the Covid lockdown meant the roads around Whitehall didn't grind to a complete halt.\n\nAt stake, they believe, is an industry, but also thousands of livelihoods. Exporters say they are backed by fishermen who are struggling to land their catches.\n\nAnd although the rural Scottish communities which are sustained by fishing might seem like a long way from the streets of SW1, the hauliers certainly made their presence felt this morning.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nSome Scottish fishermen have been landing their catch in Denmark to avoid the \"bureaucratic system\" involved in exporting to Europe, according to Scotland's rural economy secretary.\n\nLast week, Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that fishing firms impacted by disruption would be compensated for \"temporary frustrations\".\n\nBut the BBC was told that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) did not know about the promise of compensation before it was made by Mr Johnson.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, the prime minister said he understood the \"frustrations\" of the fishing industry, noting its plight had been \"exacerbated by the Covid pandemic\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, the demand in restaurants on the continent for UK fish has not been what it was before the pandemic, just because the restaurants have been closed for so long,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused ministers of trying to \"blame fishing communities\" for problems \"rather than accepting it's their failure to prepare\".\n\n\"The government has known there would be a problem with fishing and particularly the sale of fish into the EU for years,\" he told reporters.\n\nMuch media attention has been focussed on Scotland as this export crisis has unfolded.\n\nBut exactly the same problem is rearing its head in the UK's other great fishing stronghold - at the other end of the UK in Devon and Cornwall.\n\nA virtual Who's Who of South West fishing leaders wrote to the environment secretary back in November warning that the new post-Brexit export requirements would have a \"seriously detrimental effect\" on the industry, claiming this \"could be the final straw for many businesses\".\n\nHere, too, many fish exports have now ground to a halt and others have encountered obstacles and long delays.\n\nAnd exporters have reacted angrily to the government's repeated insistence that the issues they've been experiencing over the last two weeks are just \"teething problems\".", "Although it has been common to hear and see the impact on care homes internationally throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, one country where such insight has been rare is China.\n\nPrivate care homes have been growing in popularity in China in recent years, but there are some stigmas associated with the industry.\n\nIn China, many view nursing homes as going against the cultural concept of “filial piety”. This is the belief that the young should respect for and care for their elders, and so many believe the elderly should live with their children, and not live in care homes.\n\nHowever, as cases of the virus grow in the northeast of the country, the official broadcaster CCTV has offered viewers a rare insight into how China’s elderly in these facilities are being protected.\n\nA journalist today has visited the Shijiazhuang Nursing Home. Shijiazhuang is the Chinese city that has been hardest hit by the virus in recent weeks.\n\nIn a 30-minute livestream in which he is clad in hazmat suit and visor, journalist Gu Junling introduces viewers to how the facilities are kept safe, and shows viewers inside the care home’s stockrooms, packed with ample provisions for its residents.\n\nMany of the residents seem happy to speak to the journalist and talk about how they are healthy, and happy. Masks are mandatory for both residents and staff, even in the areas outside on-site. However, far from being kept under house arrest, residents are shown to have sufficient space to go outside, use computers and games rooms.", "Tributes have been paid to the actor Andy Gray who has died at the age of 61.\n\nThe Perth-born star was a well known face on TV and the stage for more than 40 years.\n\nAmong his best known on-screen roles were \"Chancer\" in the 1980s comedy City Lights and more recently \"Pete Galloway\" in BBC soap River City.\n\nHis River City co-star Gayle Telfer Stevens said Gray was a \"national treasure\".\n\nShe added: \"Not only was he an exceptional actor and entertainer who brought so much joy to so many people, he was an extraordinary man.\n\n\"When you were in his presence you could feel it was of greatness. The most kind, clever, funny beyond measure, beautiful man.\"\n\nAndy Gray, second from the left in the back row, starred as \"Chancer\" in the hit 1980s comedy show \"City Lights\"\n\nAndy Gray performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2013\n\nSteve Carson, director of BBC Scotland, said: \"We are deeply saddened by the news that one of Scotland's much loved comedy actors and close friend to many at BBC Scotland, Andy Gray has passed away.\n\n\"On screen and in person he could always make you laugh and was one of the kindest people to have around on any production. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.\"\n\nAndy Gray, pictured with Grant Stott, had been one of the stars at Edinburgh's King's Theatre pantomime for years\n\nMartin McCardie, executive producer at BBC Scotland Studios, added: \"When Andy joined River City in 2016 he had an extremely successful stage, TV and film career behind him, but the character of Pete Galloway turned out to be one of the most popular ever to pass through Shieldinch.\n\n\"Andy took ill in 2018 and he had to leave the show and he had a difficult time. His ongoing recovery was borne with humour and gratitude for what he had. He had unfinished business on River City and we were looking forward to welcoming him back to film with us before the end of the current series.\"\n\nAndy Gray was genuinely one of the nicest people in the world of showbusiness.\n\nWhether you were an actor, or a journalist, or just someone who'd seen him in panto, he was always ready to have a chat.\n\nWhen he dropped out of his Fringe show in 2018, after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, he was inundated with good wishes, but said he wanted privacy to deal with his illness.\n\nHe retreated to his home in Perthshire and took the time to recover.\n\nWhen he returned to the stage of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh for their 2019 panto, it was an emotional milestone.\n\nWrapped in his Batman dressing gown backstage (he was a huge fan with a shed full of film paraphernalia) he admitted it could be overwhelming. Sometimes the whoops and cheers of the audience at his arrival in the midst of a glitzy song and dance routine would go on for several minutes.\n\nHis co-stars Grant Stott and Allan Stewart watched from the wings and said it had restored the balance of their long established trio. The Kings is one of the only theatres to have a tradition of a pantette - where the cast sit in the auditorium and watch the front of house staff performing the show. Andy wasn't spared the merciless send up, nor would he have wanted to.\n\nDaughter Claire was also in the show - as one of the three bears - and her baby daughter was in Andy's arms for the curtain call. But whether his actual family, or his panto family, or the generations of people who've seen him onstage or screen, it was a moment of hope, as well as joy, that someone who'd brought so much laughter and entertainment to Scotland was back.\n\nThat's why his sudden death at 61 is such a cruel blow.\n\nHe had been campaigning to keep the Kings afloat, and was involved in online performances. He and Allan Stewart had hoped to appear in one of the few surviving pantomimes in Milton Keynes but that too was cancelled.\n\nFriends and colleagues knew he'd been admitted to hospital in the last few days, and feared the worst. Those who simply knew him as someone who made them laugh, on stage or screen, are no less bereft.\n\nTonight the world of Scottish entertainment is in mourning for a gifted comic actor, writer and genuinely nice man.", "Aberystwyth University's vice chancellor told students not to attend lectures unless \"absolutely necessary\"\n\nAberystwyth University has told its students not to return to campus following new advice from the Welsh Government.\n\nA phased return had been planned from 11 January, but this has now been postponed.\n\nVice-chancellor Prof Elizabeth Treasure said students should not attend the university, in Ceredigion, unless \"absolutely necessary.\"\n\nOn Friday the Welsh Government told learners \"study from home if you can\".\n\nMs Treasure said: \"We are reviewing our plans for in-person teaching and will inform you as soon as we can. Whilst we are reviewing those plans, we don't want students travelling to the university unnecessarily.\"\n\nShe said there were certain exceptions, including students without internet access and those for whom laboratory access was essential.\n\nWales' Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, said universities were reviewing their plans based on their individual circumstances.\n\n\"On return, students are also expected to take two asymptomatic tests and comply with rules as they re-join their term time household,\" she said.\n\nDespite the announcement, Bangor University said on Facebook on Friday that it \"falls under the rules of the Welsh Government which allow for a staggered return to blended learning\".\n\nCardiff University said earlier this week that most students would not return to face-to-face teaching until 22 February.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Our message to students, staff and universities in general is the same as the rest of the population: Stay home, work or study from home if you can.\n\n\"Only attend your place of work or study if you can't work from home.\"\n\nThe new announcement came after calls for clarity were made because of differences with the rules in England.\n\nAt that point, the Welsh Government and Universities Wales said the plans agreed before Christmas would remain in place.\n\nOn Friday, it was announced that schools and colleges would stay closed to most pupils until the February half term unless there is a \"significant\" fall in Covid cases.", "LAS received almost 200,000 calls in December - up 50,000 on November, when London was in the second national lockdown\n\nLast week London exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 deaths linked to Covid-19. Thousands of people are critically ill in hospital, and as many as 5% of Londoners are thought to have the virus in some parts of the city. As coronavirus continues to circulate silently around the capital, staff at the London Ambulance Service (LAS) are under immense pressure.\n\nThe service is currently taking up to 8,500 calls a day, compared with a pre-Covid figure of 5,000 to 6,000, according to its chief executive Garrett Emmerson.\n\nLizzie Cooke is one of the workers at LAS's south London headquarters who are dealing with strangers at what is a distressing time.\n\nI covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale\n\nCalmly, the 30-year-old answers the phone and usually asks first if the patient is breathing.\n\n\"In the first wave we were getting a lot of calls of [people seeking] reassurance,\" Lizzie says. \"But now there are more and more who have symptoms, and family members are really frightened.\"\n\nIt is a fear that Lizzie knows all too well, having been hospitalised with Covid-19 in March. She spent a week receiving treatment for the virus.\n\n\"I was at work taking calls and struggling to concentrate,\" the call-handling supervisor says. \"At times I would just have my head on the desk in between calls.\n\n\"I started to develop chest pains five days later so my parents took me to Royal County Hospital, in Hampshire, and an X-ray showed a lot of fluid in my lungs. It was quite horrible.\n\n\"Luckily, I wasn't on a ventilator but I had the oxygen hood, and the nurses were so rushed off their feet. I didn't have my phone with me or know my parents' numbers off by heart so for that week I was quite alone and isolated.\n\n\"It was just a mixture of the unknown and not knowing when it was going to stop that was so daunting.\"\n\nThe unprecedented volume of calls means waiting times for patients are increasing\n\nLizzie's personal battle with coronavirus has helped her to empathise with people who call up with breathing problems.\n\nIt's something she says she's having to do more and more.\n\n\"Just before Christmas we were getting a lot of respiratory and cardiac arrest calls,\" she says. \"You could just hear colleagues counting to four [for chest compressions] and it was echoing around the room. It has been tough.\n\n\"We are getting calls from family members who are really frightened. I covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale.\n\n\"I did get one call for toothache, but that's part of the job.\"\n\nLizzie, who lives in Hampshire, says that because the coverage of coronavirus is everywhere, it is \"difficult to escape\".\n\nWhen she's not at work she binge-watches Line of Duty on Netflix, but she says winding down isn't easy.\n\nLizzie sometimes thinks about the people who aren't following the rules aimed at helping stop the spread of the virus, and those who deny Covid-19 even exists.\n\n\"It's a kick in the teeth,\" she says. \"It is frustrating on the way to work when you see people not wearing masks or even posting stuff on social media not believing the virus is real.\n\n\"I just don't know where the disconnect is coming from; there are many people in hospital, many people dying, and I don't know what more needs to be said to make them realise how dangerous the illness is.\"\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nSitting a few metres away from Lizzie is 24-year-old Louise Essam, who has been in the job for two years.\n\n\"Every call we take at the moment is coronavirus,\" she says. \"My record was 108 calls in a day back in March during the first wave.\n\n\"But easily in the last few weeks I've been taking around 100 a day at times,\" Louise adds.\n\n\"We are just doing the best we can,\" says emergency call co-ordinator Louise Essam\n\n\"Sometimes I'll come in for a shift and can just hear colleagues counting one, two, three, four, for the compressions, and you just know what kind of shift it is going to be.\n\n\"It has been tough and quite frustrating, really. We are trying to help people. We are under so much pressure as there are high waiting times, but we are just doing the best we can.\"\n\nHelp is at hand though from the LAS workers' fellow emergency services personnel.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick visited Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, where her officers are being trained to drive ambulances\n\nSeventy-five Met Police officers are currently being trained at Wembley Stadium to drive ambulances.\n\nThey will start work as drivers from 20 January, joining the 200 firefighters who are already helping LAS.\n\n\"It came as a huge relief when they announced it,\" says 37-year-old paramedic Ben West.\n\nBen West has been with the London Ambulance Service for 13 years\n\nAs is the case with many frontline workers, Ben says he is concerned about the dangers of exposure to coronavirus.\n\nHe has lost four colleagues to Covid-19, including Ian Reynolds, a paramedic based in Croydon, and Melonie Mitchell, a member of the NHS 111 team. They both died during the first wave in April.\n\n\"I wouldn't be a normal person if I said I wasn't scared,\" he says.\n\n\"I am scared and I do worry but we take every day as it comes, take our precautions and we just see where we go with that.\n\n\"We know the virus is out there in the community and we are not immune.\"", "Audi factories, like others, will make thousands fewer cars at the start of this year\n\nAudi is having to slow production because of a computer-chip shortage it is calling a \"crisis upon a crisis\".\n\nBoss Markus Duesmann said it was now aiming to make 10,000 fewer cars in the first quarter of the year and putting more than 10,000 workers on furlough.\n\nIts parent company, Volkswagen, announced its own go-slow due to a lack of chips last week, alongside rivals such as Honda.\n\nMr Duesmann told the Financial Times carmakers had been caught by surprise.\n\nAfter a poor start to 2020 for new car sales, manufacturers cut their orders from the Chinese factories making computer chips.\n\nBut then, at the end of the year, \"everybody was quite surprised by the strength of the market\", Mr Duesmann said.\n\nHowever, ordering new chips is not simple.\n\nCCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber said: \"Semiconductors have a broad range of applications but a very limited pool of companies capable of manufacturing the silicon.\n\n\"Demand is high, and supply is tight\" and any sudden needs \"can prove very difficult to accommodate\".\n\n\"Modern cars are becoming computers on wheels, with an abundance of silicon required to control everything from the infotainment system to camera, radar and lidar,\" he said.\n\nThe demand from carmakers \"competes for manufacturing capacity with smartphones, servers and a host of other segments\".\n\nAnd a boom in the market for devices such as PCs and new game consoles was making it doubly difficult to book manufacturing time.\n\nThe shortages have seen Mercedes-maker Daimler, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota all reportedly suspend production for days or weeks at a time.\n\nAnd German car-parts company Continental described \"largescale supply shortages\", with lead times of six to nine months, adding bottlenecks were expected to continue \"well into 2021, causing major disruptions\".", "Two drivers from Scotland were stopped by police on Anglesey going to see friends.\n\nPeople who drove more than 200 miles to visit friends in Wales and a group having a party in a garden shed have been caught breaking Covid rules.\n\nPolice forces in Wales have broken up parties, football matches and fined people for visiting beauty spots this weekend while Wales is in lockdown.\n\nTwo motorists were reported by North Wales Police in Anglesey after driving from Scotland to visit friends.\n\nWhile in Swansea, eight people were fined after a party was held in a shed.\n\nThe drivers from Scotland were stopped by police at Valley, near Holyhead, and reported for driving without insurance and breaching Covid travel restrictions.\n\nOfficers from North Wales Police on Saturday also stopped a car from Portsmouth as the driver was travelling to \"collect a front bumper\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven though national parks have shut car parks in a bid to stop people visiting, North Wales Police said it received about 100 calls on Saturday about potential Covid breaches - and officers told people they need to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"stay home\".\n\nSouth Wales Police officers issued fixed penalty notices after finding people from \"all different households\" in a shed - which had been converted into a bar - in the Sketty area of Swansea all \"mixing together\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA further nine fixed penalty notices were given out in the Townhill area of the city after different households attended a baby reveal party on Sunday.\n\nFive people were warned about breaking laws in Neath Port Talbot after a group travelled to a field to play football, while four people were fined after a house party in Aberavon.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules people are only allowed to leave their homes for \"essential\" reasons, including to shop for food, get medical treatment and to exercise.\n\nWhile exercise is allowed, people are not allowed to drive to a spot for a walk, run or cycle, and the law means exercising with people you do not live with (or who are your bubble if you live alone) is banned.\n\nThose found to be in breach of Covid laws can be fined £60 for the first offence, with the penalties increasing up to £1,920. If prosecuted, however, a court can impose an unlimited fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nUntil recently police had been using an education first approach, but the Welsh Government has repeatedly said it wants to see stricter enforcement of the rules.\n\nIn Powys, road officers from Dyfed-Powys Police stopped cars and turned around people driving to exercise.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Traffic Wales North & Mid #KeepWalesSafe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn Port Talbot, two people sat on a bench drinking alcohol were fined by South Wales Police for \"leaving home without a reasonable excuse\".\n\nGwent Police officers broke-up a house party in Glyn-Gaer, Caerphilly county, on Friday evening and issued fines.", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Staff are in \"the eye of the storm\" amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NHS says\n\nTen hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds in the most recent figures.\n\nIt comes as hospital waiting times, coronavirus admissions and patients requiring intensive care are rising.\n\nEngland's 140 acute trusts had 5,503 adult critical care beds on 10 January, with 4,632 in use.\n\nNHS bosses have warned hospitals could \"hit the limit\" of their capacity this week.\n\n\"I think, this next week, we will be at the limit of what we probably have the physical space and the people to safely do,\" Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said.\n\n\"And, of course, this is the week when we expect also the highest rate of admissions, the highest demand for the care that we're providing.\"\n\nThe latest figures from NHS England show the number of trusts that were, on average, at full capacity in adult critical care across an entire week rose from four to 10 in the week to 10 January.\n\nThis was the highest number in the last 10 weeks for which data was available.\n\nThe increase comes despite trusts adding an additional 50% \"surge\" capacity across the summer and autumn to cope with winter pressures, according to NHS England.\n\nOverall, 30 acute hospital trusts in England had no spare adult critical care beds on 10 January alone. But daily admissions figures can vary from day-to-day as patients move in and out of intensive care.\n\nSpeaking on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said nine critical care patients had recently been transferred to other parts of the country because of no beds being available in their local area.\n\nSpeaking about all admissions, Sir Simon said hospitals in England had seen an increase of 15,000 inpatients since Christmas Day.\n\n\"That's the equivalent of filling 30 hospitals full of coronavirus patients and staggeringly every 30 seconds across England another patient is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus,\" he added.\n\nHelen Buckingham, from Health think-tank The Nuffield Trust, said the NHS was facing a winter \"like no other\" and, on top of rising coronavirus hospital admissions, critical care beds were also required for non-Covid patients.\n\n\"The NHS has pulled out all the stops to create more beds this year, and hospitals are working together so that patients who need critical care can be moved to other hospitals as necessary - but without more fully trained critical care staff there isn't much further the service can go,\" she said.\n\nThe figures only tell part of the story. The creation of extra beds to cope with rising numbers of Covid patients has come at a price.\n\nCritical care beds have been set up in overspill areas including departments usually reserved for operations. What is more, there is no extra staff to look after these extra patients - so specialist intensive care nurses have been stretched across more patients than normal. Instead of providing one-to-one care for the most sick, some areas are seeing nurses looking after three or four patients.\n\nStaff from other areas have had to be redeployed into critical care departments too.\n\nThat of course comes at a cost to non-Covid services and is part of the reason we have seen planned surgery and even cancer care being cut back on.\n\nA leaked email recently revealed about 200 doctors would be redeployed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham amid fears its intensive care unit could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust said it had \"significantly\" more patients in hospital with Covid-19 than in April last year.\n\nThe trust had 147 critical care beds available across its hospitals as of 10 January, all of which were full as of the latest figures.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nA spokesman said the trust would continue to extend its intensive care teams \"so they are able to treat the rising number of Covid-19 patients and those who require time-critical surgery, including cancer operations\".\n\nAiredale NHS Foundation Trust, despite having nine critical care beds overall, said it did not normally experience full occupancy at this time in the year and the ward had both Covid and non-Covid patients.\n\n\"We are experiencing normal winter pressures across the trust, combined with an increasing number of Covid-19 patients, particularly over the last week,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"Every bed in ICU that is occupied by a Covid-19 patient is one less available for people who need that level of care for other reasons.\"\n\nSir Simon said the current number of patients in critical care was a \"clear indication of the huge pressure on the NHS\", including ambulance and mental health services as well as hospitals.\n\n\"The likelihood is, even with a stabilising of infections in some parts of the country, we're still seeing increases in infections among the over-60s in many parts of the country,\" he added.\n\n\"The forecasts are the pressure on hospitals will only get more intense over the next several weeks.\"\n\nNHS England said critical care services were under \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nA spokeswoman added that hospitals had \"tried and tested plans in place\" to manage pressure from increased Covid-19 and non-Covid patients, including mutual aid practices where hospitals work together to manage admissions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Evelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns\n\nSix care home residents died after suffering dehydration and malnourishment because of alleged neglect, an inquest has been told.\n\nStanley James, 89, June Hamer, 71, Stanley Bradford, 76, Edith Evans, 85, Evelyn Jones, 87, and William Hickman, 71 all died between 2003 and 2005.\n\nThey were residents at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.\n\nThe inquest in Newport follows Operation Jasmine, an £11.6m inquiry into alleged neglect at six homes.\n\nOne of Wales' biggest inquiries, it was launched after the death of an 84-year-old patient at a nursing home in Newbridge, Caerphilly.\n\nOpening the inquest, Assistant Coroner for Gwent Geraint Williams said police started investigating in 2005 following the death of an 84-year-old \"mentally infirm\" woman at another care home in Newbridge.\n\nMr Williams said it led to officers uncovering a \"pattern of concerns linked to other deaths in other care homes\".\n\nJune Hamer went into Brithdir in 2003\n\nIn relation to the Brithdir inquiry, Mr Williams said: \"Operation Jasmine uncovered evidence suggesting poor care of residents, including allegations of poor pressure sore and peg [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] feed management, malnourishment, and general neglect of the residents' long-term needs, together with deficient standards of care and nursing practice.\"\n\nThe inquest heard resident Mr James, who had dementia and was not mobile, developed several pressure sores in the 18 months before he died in August 2003.\n\nMr Bradford, who had schizophrenia, was admitted to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on several occasions for complaints of \"dehydration, chest and urine infections\".\n\nBefore he died in August 2005 he was \"observed to be seriously malnourished\", by doctors.\n\nDementia patient Mrs Evans was admitted to the same hospital in September 2005, where nurses found the site around her feeding tube \"infected\", while broken skin was found on her buttocks and she appeared \"unkempt and dirty, and her mouth and lips were dry and her tongue was thick\".\n\nThe trial of the late Dr Prana Das for care home neglect collapsed after he suffered brain damage in an attack\n\nDr Prana Das, who owned and ran the nursing home along with several other facilities in Wales, faced a string of charges relating to failings in care.\n\nHe suffered a brain injury during a burglary at his home in 2012 and was declared medically unfit to stand trial.\n\nDr Das died in January 2020 aged 73, but his widow and co-owner of the home, Dr Nishebita Das, who is said not to have taken part in running it, is expected to give evidence at the inquest.\n\nMr Williams told the hearing that, even before the couple purchased the home in April 2002 under their company Puretruce Health Care Limited, \"serious concerns\" were raised by state agencies regarding the number of residents who had suffered pressure ulcers.\n\n\"Those issues continued, even after Dr Das assumed ownership of the home,\" he said.\n\nMr Williams said the inquest will consider the actions of nurses and carers at the home, \"many of whom came to this country from abroad to work and have since returned there, and are now not available to participate in the inquest\".\n\nThe inquest is set to last until March.\n\nA hearing into the death of a seventh resident, Matthew Higgins, 86, will be held following the conclusion of this inquest.", "A Republican lawmaker who had been in office for less than a week when she invoked German dictator Adolf Hitler in a Washington speech has apologised for saying that she agreed with the mass murderer.\n\nIllinois Congresswoman Mary Miller had said in a speech on Tuesday outside the Capitol, one day before her fellow Trump supporters ransacked the building, that Hitler had been \"right\".\n\nMiller told the crowd: \"You know, if we win a few elections we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts of our children.\n\n\"It’s the battle. Hitler was right on one thing - that whoever has the youth has the future.\"\n\nHitler, among his supporters in Germany in 1933 Image caption: Hitler, among his supporters in Germany in 1933\n\nThe comments drew large-scale condemnation, with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum saying in a statement that it \"unequivocally condemns any leader trying to advance a position by claiming Adolf Hitler was ‘right.’\"\n\nUnder Hitler, millions of Jews and other minority groups were murdered across Europe by Germany and its allies during World War Two.\n\nOn Friday, Miller insisted that she is not anti-semitic and accused other of \"trying to intentionally twist my words\".\n\n\"I sincerely apologise for any harm my words caused and regret using a reference to one of the most evil dictators in history to illustrate the dangers that outside influences can have on our youth,\" she said.\n\nCorrection 23rd June 2022: This post originally described Mary Miller as having praised Hitler and has been amended to make clear that she invoked Hitler in her speech.", "Who were the protesters that broke into buildings on Capitol Hill after attending a rally in support of Donald Trump?\n\nSome were carrying symbols and flags strongly associated with particular ideas and factions, but in practice many of the members and their causes overlap.\n\nImages show individuals associated with a range of extreme and far-right groups and supporters of fringe online conspiracy theories, many of whom have long been active online and at pro-Trump rallies.\n\nOne of the most startling images, quickly shared across social media, shows a man dressed with a painted face, fur hat and horns, holding an American flag.\n\nHe's been identified as Jake Angeli, a well-known supporter of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon. He calls himself the QAnon Shaman.\n\nHis social media presence shows him attending multiple QAnon events and posting YouTube videos about deep state conspiracies.\n\nHe was pictured in November making a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, about unproven claims the election was fraudulent.\n\nHis personal Facebook page is filled with images and memes relating to all sorts of extreme ideas and conspiracy theories.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother group spotted at the storming of the Capitol were members of the far-right group Proud Boys.\n\nThe organisation was founded in 2016 and is anti-immigrant and all male. In the first US presidential debate President Trump in response to a question about white supremacists and militias said: \"Proud Boys - stand back and stand by.\"\n\nThe individual on the right is Nick Ochs, who describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder\".\n\nOne of their members, Nick Ochs, tweeted a selfie inside the building saying \"Hello from the Capital lol\". He also filmed a live stream inside.\n\nWe haven't identified the individual standing on the left in the above image.\n\nMr Ochs' profile on the messaging app Telegram describes himself as a \"Proud Boy Elder from Hawaii.\"\n\nIndividuals with large followings online were also spotted at the protests.\n\nAmong them was the social media personality Tim Gionet, who goes under the pseudonym \"Baked Alaska\".\n\nTim Gionet, better known as \"Baked Alaska\", livestreamed himself from the Capitol on Wednesday\n\nHis livestream from inside the Capitol posted on a niche streaming service was watched by thousands of people and showed him talking to other protesters.\n\nA Trump supporter, Mr Gionet has made a name for himself as an internet troll.\n\nYouTube banned his channel in October after he posted videos of himself harassing shop workers and refusing to wear a face-mask during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOther platforms that have previously shut down his accounts include Twitter and PayPal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nA photo that went viral of a man who'd entered the office of senior Democrat politician Nancy Pelosi has been named as Richard Barnett from Arkansas.\n\nRichard Barnett left a message for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying \"we will not back down\"\n\nOutside Capitol Hill buildings, he told the New York Times that he took an envelope from the speaker's office and says left a note calling her an expletive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matthew Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nReacting to the New York Times interview, Republican congressman Steve Womack said on Twitter: \"I'm sickened to learn that the below actions were perpetrated by a constituent.\"\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Barnett is involved in a group that supports gun rights, and that he was interviewed at a 'Stop the Steal' rally following the presidential election - a movement that refused to accept Joe Biden's victory and supports the president's unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nIn the interview at the rally organised by 'Engaged Patriots' he said: \"If you don't like it, send somebody out to get me 'cause I ain't going down easy.\"\n\nThe group associated with Mr Barnett held a fundraiser in October with proceeds going towards body cameras for the local police department, according to the Westside Eagle Observer local paper.\n\nAs the events were unfolding, many social media users, especially those associated with QAnon and supporters of President Trump, were claiming that agitators from the loose-knit left-wing group antifa were involved.\n\nThe implication was that these activists were disguised as Trump supporters to create disruption.\n\nA number of prominent Republican politicians, such as US Representative Matt Gaetz, claimed it was antifa masquerading as Trump supporters.\n\nOne widely-shared post claimed one protester had a \"communist hammer\" tattoo, as evidence that he wasn't a Trump supporter.\n\nOn closer inspection, the symbol is from the video game series Dishonored.\n\nThere have also been suggestions that Mr Angeli, the man wearing fur and horns, was a Black Lives Matter supporter, with users sharing an image of him at a BLM event in Arizona.\n\nMr Angeli was indeed at that event, but he was there as a counter-protester. In images taken there, he's seen holding a QAnon sign.\n\nAt least one of the rioters was holding a Confederate flag, which represented US states that supported the continuation of slavery during the American civil war. For this reason, it is considered by many to be a symbol of racism and there have been calls to ban it across the US. Others see it as an important part of southern US history.\n\nA protester carries the Confederate flag after breaching US Capitol security\n\nIn July it was announced that the flag could no longer be flown on American military properties because of a new policy to reject \"divisive symbols\".\n\nPresident Trump has defended the use of the Confederate flag in the past, saying: \"I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery...I just think it's freedom of speech.\"\n\nThere were also protesters holding aloft flags featuring a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow background, often accompanied by the phrase \"don't tread on me\". This is known as the Gadsden flag, harking back to the American revolution and the war to expel British colonialists.\n\nIt was adopted by libertarians in the 1970s, according to an article in the New Yorker, and more recently became a favourite symbol of conservative Tea Party activists.\n\nThe flag has been adopted by the right over the past couple of decades, says Prof Margaret Weir, a political science expert at Brown University.\n\nIt is also used by anti-government, white supremacist groups who embrace violence, she says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "The Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nStricter enforcement of coronavirus rules could return to supermarkets in Wales, Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nThe first minister said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets.\n\nThe Welsh Government is now in talks with stores about social-distancing measures.\n\nMr Drakeford said he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown.\n\nAmong the measures previously used was a strict limit of the numbers of people allowed in a store however Mr Drakeford said people were worried the rules \"don't appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nHe said previously sanitising arrangements had been \"very visible\", one-way markings were prominently displayed, regular reminders were announced to customers and staff were also posted at the front entrance of supermarkets\n\n\"That person was carefully controlling the numbers of people going in, to make sure that they were no more than a certain number of people in the store at any one time,\" he said.\n\n\"There was somebody directing people to the checkout, to make sure people weren't queuing next to each other over prolonged periods, and markings on the floor so people kept at a two-metre distance\".\n\nHowever the first minister said some of those measures are no longer as apparent to people.\n\n\"I want to make sure that those visible signs of the protections that are being offered to the public and the shop workers are in place again.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses Wales said has called for clarity on what support would be available and the possible new measures required of shops.\n\nPolicy Chair, Ben Francis, said: \"We've already asked to see more information on the technical data that informs the decisions that Welsh Government are making.\n\n\"It seems clear that businesses will require funding support for longer than was originally anticipated if they are to survive this troubling period.\n\n\"Welsh Government should urgently give clarity on what additional funding will be made available to support businesses beyond this next three week period to allow them to plan.\"", "While GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled, the IGCSE exams will go ahead this summer\n\nThe IGCSE exams, usually only taken in private schools, are still going ahead this summer - even though GCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled.\n\nExam boards that run IGCSEs plan to offer them, while many other exams have been stopped by the pandemic.\n\nIGCSE qualifications, alternative exams to GCSEs, are not usually available in state schools.\n\nPupils in England whose A-levels and GCSEs are cancelled will depend on replacement grades from teachers.\n\nBut Education Secretary Gavin Williamson's scrapping of exams this summer does not apply to students taking IGCSEs.\n\nA Department for Education report in 2019 found 94% of IGCSEs were taken in private schools, accounting for 164,000 exam entries.\n\nThe decision not to cancel them was welcomed by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), representing some of the most prestigious independent schools.\n\nThe HMC's general secretary, Simon Hyde, said their schools \"would be the first to cheer if pupils educated by the state had the same opportunity\".\n\n\"The decision to cancel GCSEs was premature. Exams are the fairest way of assessing what learners know and understand and we would like to see as many pupils as possible take a form of exam in the summer,\" said Dr Hyde.\n\nIndependent schools often offer a mix of IGCSEs and GCSEs for different subjects, although IGCSEs do not count towards school league tables.\n\nThe qualifications - International GCSEs - are offered by Cambridge Assessment and Pearson and are taken in other countries as well as the UK. Both boards say they are planning to go ahead with exam papers for UK schools this summer.\n\nIGCSEs were not included in the cancellation of exams announced by England's Department for Education and it will be up to individual schools to decide whether to continue with them.\n\nJulie McCullloch of the ASCL head teachers' union said: \"It creates another inconsistency, but none of this is easy.\"\n\nShe said it created an \"odd situation\" when GCSEs were cancelled but IGCSEs were going ahead, but she recognised that an international qualification could need a common approach across different countries.\n\nWith the latest lockdown and most pupils studying at home, GCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIn England, the exams watchdog Ofqual will launch a consultation next week on a replacement way of deciding grades - but Ofqual does not regulate IGCSEs and they will not be part of the watchdog's proposals.", "Harley Watson's mother Jo described him as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\"\n\nA man who killed a 12-year-old boy by driving into schoolchildren in a \"deliberate\" hit and run has been detained in a secure hospital.\n\nHarley Watson died after he was hit by a car outside Debden Park High School in Loughton, Essex, on 2 December 2019.\n\nTerence Glover, 52, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.\n\nHe also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Harley's mother Jo described her son as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\".\n\nHe was hit by Glover's Ford Ka as he left school with friends and died later in Whipps Cross University Hospital.\n\nTerence Glover has been sentenced indefinitely under the Mental Health Act\n\nChristine Agnew, prosecuting, said eye-witnesses saw Glover's car \"ploughing through and hitting children from behind\".\n\nShe said he \"deliberately mounted the pavement... and drove directly at a group of people, mostly children, intending to kill them\".\n\nGlover, previously of Newmans Lane, Loughton, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of 23-year-old Raquel Jimeno and six boys and three girls aged between 12 and 16 who were outside the school.\n\nThe court heard he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and medical experts agreed his \"significant\" mental illness \"provided an explanation for his conduct\".\n\nHe was given a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, meaning if his illness was treated successfully, he would be transferred to prison.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harley Watson's classmates paid tribute to him in 2019\n\nJudge Andrew Edis said if transferred, Glover must serve a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years.\n\nIn his sentencing statement, Judge Edis noted his history of mental illness and cocaine use, but said Glover's actions were \"appalling\".\n\n\"He caused the death of a much-loved and admired 12-year-old boy who had done no harm to anyone,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Glover's behaviour \"requires punishment as well as treatment\" and there was \"no doubt that this defendant is dangerous\".\n\nHe also ordered that Glover be banned from driving for life and that the car should be destroyed.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "National Express has announced that it is suspending its entire national network of coach services from midnight on Sunday.\n\nThe firm said tighter Covid restrictions and falling passenger numbers had prompted the decision.\n\nIt added that it hoped to restart services in March.\n\nAll customers whose travel has been cancelled will be contacted and offered a free amendment or full refund, the company said.\n\nAll journeys before Monday 11 January will be completed to ensure any passengers making essential journeys are not stranded.\n\nChris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: \"We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs. However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this.\n\nHe added that as the vaccination programme was rolled out and government guidance changed, the company would regularly review when services could restart.\n\n\"We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday 1 March in place,\" he said.\n\nNational Express first suspended coach services during the coronavirus crisis in April, then restarted in July.\n\nServices have been operating at half capacity, with strict cleaning and Covid protocols. As the tier structure came into operation, demand for services reduced.\n\nAs with the previous suspension, employees will be furloughed.\n\nFirms that transport passengers, including coach, rail and aviation businesses, have been under intense pressure during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAvanti West Coast, the train operating company running services on the West Coast mainline, has confirmed it will cut its timetable from 18 January.\n\nAvanti says the new timetable will 'more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence'.\n\nDuring the first major lockdown in March, services on key intercity routes were reduced from three an hour to one. This included services from both Manchester and Birmingham to London.\n\nThe Department for Transport has been consulting with all train operators about service reductions during the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exact scale of reduction is still being worked on, but the DfT says service levels may fall to as low as 40% of the normal timetable by some operators.\n\nThe focus is to ensure essential workers can still make essential journeys.\n\n\"Following discussions with the Department for Transport we will be introducing a new timetable on Monday 18 January. This will more closely reflect the current demand for our services whilst still allowing key workers, and those needing to make essential journeys, to travel with confidence.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Ryanair also announced that it would make big cuts to its flight schedule from 21 January, with few, if any flights to or from the UK or Ireland until \"draconian travel restrictions are removed\".\n\nTrain services are expected to be reduced in lockdown, with some in the industry anticipating reductions of between 50% and 60% compared with normal service.\n\nIn the first national lockdown in England, services were reduced to almost half.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police have issued CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident\n\nA fraudster claiming to work for the NHS injected a 92-year-old woman with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, City of London Police has said.\n\nDetectives are hunting the man who charged the victim in Surbiton, south-west London, £160.\n\nPolice said it was \"crucial\" he was caught as soon as possible as he \"may endanger people's lives\".\n\nDet Insp Kevin Ives described it as a \"disgusting and totally unacceptable assault\".\n\nIt comes after the NHS warned people that no-one should be turning up at doorsteps offering a vaccine for payment, following a spate of fake text messages.\n\nUnder the current coronavirus vaccine rollout plans, people will be invited to receive the vaccine by their GP or healthcare provider.\n\nPolice said the victim allowed the man into her home on the afternoon of 30 December after he said he was from the NHS and there to administer the Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nShe said she was jabbed in the arm with a \"dart-like implement\" before being charged £160, which the man said would be refunded by the NHS.\n\nPolice said it was not known what substance, if any, was administered, but the woman had been checked at her local hospital and showed no ill effects.\n\nDet Insp Ives appealed for information to help identify the suspect.\n\nHe added: \"It is crucial we catch him as soon as possible as not only is he defrauding individuals of money, he may endanger people's lives.\"\n\nThe man made a second visit to the woman's home on 4 January, when he asked for another £100, police said.\n\nThe man was spotted in the Tolworth area of Kingston-upon-Thames on 4 January\n\nOfficers released CCTV footage on Friday of a man dressed in a navy blue tracksuit with white stripes down the side, who they want to speak to in connection with the incident.\n\nHe is described as a white man in his early 30s, who is about 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, of medium build, with light brown hair that is combed back. He speaks with a London accent.\n\nA spokesman for the Department of Health said: \"NHS England will never ask for bank details, Pin numbers or passwords, when contacting you about a vaccination.\n\n\"Any communication which claims to be from the NHS but asks for payment, or bank details, is fraudulent and can be ignored. It can be reported to police via Action Fraud.\n\n\"You will never be charged for the vaccine.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is \"excellent news\" that a third coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK.\n\nIt is made by US company Moderna and works in a similar way to the Pfizer one already being offered on the NHS.\n\nThe UK has pre-ordered 17 million doses of the Moderna vaccine - 10 million more than planned - but supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nIt is the last Covid vaccine with final trial data published.\n\nThere are hundreds still in development, with some expected to report findings in the near future.\n\nAround 1.5 million people in the UK have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far, with either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nThat figure includes almost a quarter of those aged over 80 in England - people at highest risk of severe illness or death from the virus.\n\nVaccines are being given to the most vulnerable first, as set out in a list of nine high-priority groups, covering around 30 million people in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi welcomed the approval of the Moderna jab\n\nThe prime minister has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care homes residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable.\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"This is further great news and another weapon in our arsenal to tame this awful disease.\"\n\nThe UK had originally ordered 7 million doses of the Moderna jab, but has increased this to get even more people immunised as quickly as possible.\n\nIn total, the UK has now ordered 367 million doses of vaccines to protect against Covid-19.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, vaccine deployment minister, said: \"The NHS is pulling out all the stops to vaccinate those most at risk as quickly as possible, with over 1,000 vaccination sites live across the UK by the end of the week to provide easy access to everyone, regardless of where they live.\n\n\"The Moderna vaccine will be a vital boost to these efforts and will help us return to normal faster.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe Moderna vaccine, an RNA vaccine like Pfizer's, injects part of the virus's genetic code in order to provoke an immune response.\n\nIt requires temperatures of around -20C for shipping - similar to a normal freezer.\n\nIn comparison, the Pfizer/BioNTech one requires temperatures closer to -75C, making transport logistics much more difficult.\n\nThe AstraZeneca jab is easier to store and distribute, as it can be kept at normal fridge temperature.\n\nAll of these vaccines require a second booster shot, but a first dose is likely to be given to as many people as possible.\n\nIn trials with more than 30,000, the Moderna vaccine offered nearly 95% protection from severe Covid.\n\nNo vaccine is 100% effective and it takes time for protection to build. For all of the Covid vaccines, we still do not know how long immunity will last.\n\nPeople who have received a coronavirus vaccine should continue to follow social distancing rules to protect themselves and others.\n\nEU and US regulators have already approved the Moderna vaccine.", "The band recently became a trio (left-right): Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards\n\nLittle Mix have risen to top the top of UK singles chart after Christmas songs released their grip on the top 40.\n\nSweet Melody has become the band's fifth number one, three months after it was released - and will be their last with Jesy Nelson, who quit last year.\n\nThe 29-year-old said in December that nine years in the girl group had taken \"a toll on her mental health\".\n\nLittle Mix's victory is part of a huge chart upheaval, after 56 Christmas songs dropped out of the top 100.\n\nAmong them was last week's number one, Wham's Last Christmas, which set a new record for the biggest-ever fall from the top. The festive ballad has now left the chart altogether.\n\nThe previous record-holder - Three Lions, by The Lightning Seeds with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel - fell from number one to 96 after England crashed out of the World Cup in 2018.\n\nSweet Melody has risen from number nine to number one this week, giving Little Mix their first chart-topper since Shout Out To My Ex in 2016.\n\nJade Thirlwall told BBC Radio 1 the milestone was particularly important because it was \"the last single we did as a four with Jesy\".\n\n\"And it's even more special that now, going into 2021 as a three, we've got the first number one,\" she added.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Official Charts This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by Official Charts\n\nAcknowledging a fan campaign to boost the song's chart position, bandmate Perrie Edwards said: \"I just want to squish every single fan who managed to get it to number one.\n\n\"The power they have, I'm sorry. The song's been out for months!\"\n\nWith fans abandoning their festive playlists, the stage was also set for singles that had previously been forced out of the top 40 to stage a dramatic return.\n\nDua Lipa's Levitating jumped 63 places to number five, reclaiming a position it last held on 3 December; and Tate McRae's You Broke Me First rocketed from number 74 to nine. In total, there were 39 new entries or re-entries in the top 75.\n\nIn the album chart, Taylor Swift's Evermore returned to number one, four weeks after its surprise pre-Christmas release, while companion album Folklore climbed to number 12.\n\nMeanwhile, Harry Styles' Fine Line reached a new chart peak at number two following the release of a video for his latest single Treat People With Kindness, which sees him dance with Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge.\n\nLewis Capaldi's Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - the UK's biggest-selling album of both 2019 and 2020 - also climbed to number six, notching up its 86th week in the top 10.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Graham Norton has been the BBC's Mr Eurovision since 2009\n\nGraham Norton, who commentates for the UK's BBC Eurovision coverage, has said the song contest will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"There's definitely going to be a Eurovision... The competition element is going to happen,\" he said.\n\nContest organisers told the BBC: \"We can confirm the Eurovision Song Contest will definitely take place this year.\"\n\nBut pre-recorded performances may be used if acts cannot travel to Rotterdam or have to isolate when they get there.\n\nLast year's contest was cancelled due to the pandemic. It was replaced in the UK with a programme looking back at the event's history, including a vote to find the greatest Eurovision song of all time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNorton told US radio station Sirius XM that if some artists are unable to travel to the Netherlands in 2021, \"they can Zoom in a performance\". He added: \"I doubt we'll be in a stadium full of 20,000 people.\"\n\nOrganisers stressed that while \"the general gist of Graham's comments is correct\", pre-recorded performances will be used if an act can't travel, rather than asking them to perform live from their home country.\n\nThe filmed routines will be shown \"if a participant cannot travel to Rotterdam due to the current pandemic, or in the unfortunate instance of an artist having to quarantine on site\", a spokesman said.\n\nBroadcasters will have to follow a \"strict set of guidelines\" to help them record their \"live on tape\" performances \"to keep the competition fair should it not go ahead in the traditional way\", he added.\n\nThe new rules state: \"The recording will take place in real time (as it would be at the contest) without making any edits to the vocals or any part of the performance itself after the recording.\"\n\nThis year's contest will take place on 22 May.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk", "The number of people in Scotland who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus now stands at 4,872\n\nScotland's hospitals have more Covid patients than ever before - with the number of deaths also \"distressingly high\", the first minister has said.\n\nThe latest figures showed that the deaths of 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.\n\nBut the figure includes some people who died over Christmas and New Year.\n\nThere were also 1,530 people in hospital with the virus, higher than the peak of 1,520 last April.\n\nOf these, 102 patients were in intensive care - with Ms Sturgeon saying the statistics showed the \"severity of the pressure\" that hospitals are facing.\n\nThe 93 deaths recorded on Friday is the highest daily figure since the outbreak began - with the previous high being 84 on 15 April.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon said the figure will \"undoubtedly include some people who died over the Christmas and New Year period and the delay in registration because of the bank holidays means that their deaths are only being reported today.\"\n\nShe added: \"To be clear, that is not more than 90 people who died yesterday. It will be people who have died over a period of time.\n\n\"That does not change the fact they are all individuals who have died and have died of Covid.\"\n\nA further 2,309 people have tested positive for Covid-19, which was 8.1% of the tests carried out on Thursday and takes the total number of cases in Scotland to 146,024.\n\nThe figures mean that the total number of people in Scotland who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus now stands at 4,872.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nIt believes that more people are using the country's road and public transport networks than during the lockdown last spring.\n\nAnd it has warned that tougher restrictions could be needed to increase compliance with the travel restrictions.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the areas being looked at included non-essential click and collect shopping, further restrictions on takeaway food, non-essential construction and whether more people should be working from home.\n\nThe first minister also confirmed that universities and colleges will not resume in-person teaching until at least the end of February.\n\nThis means that students should stay at home rather than travelling back to their campus or accommodation.\n\nThere will be exceptions for cases where remote study is not possible - for example for a student nurse or a doctor on a practical placement.\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon said any students who have remained on campus will be \"fully supported\" by their institution.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland was placed into level four restrictions from 26 December before additional measures, including closing schools to most pupils until at least the end of the month, was introduced on Tuesday.\n\nScotland's interim chief medical officer, Dr Dave Caesar, insisted on Friday morning that coronavirus case numbers in January \"could have been worse\".\n\nHe said the restrictions that were introduced on Boxing Day had helped to \"blunt the spike\" but warned that the country was \"not out of the woods yet\".\n\nDr Caesar told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"Our case numbers are high, but they're not as high as they could have been if we hadn't taken the measures that we undertook from Boxing Day.\n\n\"Our health system is under serious pressure but is coping.\n\n\"I hate to say it, but it could have been worse by this time in January. We're not out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination, but I suppose we're holding our own in very significantly challenging circumstances.\"\n\nNew Covid testing measures for international travellers are to be introduced\n\nNew plans to make international passengers test negative for Covid-19 before travelling to Scotland and England have also been unveiled, with Ms Sturgeon saying she hoped the scheme could start by the end of next week.\n\nIt will mean people arriving by plane, train or boat - including UK nationals - will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are travelling from.\n\nProf Linda Bauld of Edinburgh University said the move was long overdue as the UK had \"really struggled from the beginning\" with limiting the impact of international travel on the pandemic.\n\nBut she said the country should also consider introducing supervised quarantine for people arriving from overseas.", "When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol they took out their cameras to record the chaos inside. The BBC looked through hours of phone footage to paint a picture of what happened.", "Film director Michael Apted, best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years, has died aged 79.\n\nHe also directed Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.\n\nThe original 7 Up in 1964 set out to document the life prospects of a range of children from all walks of life.\n\nThe show was inspired by the Aristotle quote \"give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man\".\n\nThe first 7 Up show was followed by 14 Up at the start of the next decade, which interviewed the same children as teenagers - and the pattern was set right up until 63 Up in 2019.\n\nThroughout all those intervening years ITV viewers became engrossed with the stories of private school trio Andrew, Charles and John, of Jackie who went through two divorces, of Neil who went from jobless and homeless to Liberal Democrat councillor, and of working class chatterbox Tony, whose life ambition was to become a jockey.\n\nApted's shows - which won three Bafta awards - have often been described as the forerunner of modern-day reality TV series, giving its participants the time to tell their own stories on screen.\n\nBut unlike their modern counterparts, the original Up children tended to fade away from the limelight in the seven years between each chapter.\n\nIn 2008, Apted was made a companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the British film and television industries.\n\nThomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America, said Apted was a \"fearless visionary\" whose legacy would live on.\n\nHe said Apted, who was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, \"saw the trajectory of things when others didn't and we were all beneficiaries of his wisdom and lifelong dedication\".\n\nITV's managing director Kevin Lygo said the director's six-decade career was \"in itself truly remarkable\".\n\nHe said the Up series \"demonstrated the possibilities of television at its finest in its ambition and its capacity to hold up a mirror to society and engage with and entertain people while enriching our perspective on the human condition\".\n\nApted directed the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough\n\n\"The influence of Michael's contribution to film and programme-making continues to be felt and he will be sadly missed,\" Lygo added.\n\nMichael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bond film franchise, said Apted \"was a director of enormous talent\" and \"beloved by all those who worked with him\".\n\n\"We loved working with him on The World Is Not Enough and send our love and support to his family, friends and colleagues,\" they said.\n\nA post on the Twitter account of the band Garbage, who performed the theme for The World Is Not Enough, labelled Apted a \"delightful, charming soul\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garbage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nComposer David G Arnold, who composed the Bond theme and worked with Apted on three other non-Bond movies, said he felt \"lucky\" to work with him.\n\n\"A more trusting, funny, friendly and, most importantly, kind, person you'd never meet. So pleased to have known him and so sad that he's gone,\" Arnold wrote on Twitter.", "Former Det Insp Tim Ireson led the unit for two years and would have been sacked if he was still serving\n\nThree members of a \"toxic\" police unit have been sacked for gross misconduct after their \"offensive\" conversations were secretly bugged.\n\nThe devices picked up \"homophobic, racist and sexist\" conversations in the offices of Hampshire's Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke in 2018, a misconduct panel heard.\n\nA number of force staff referred to it as a \"lads' pad\".\n\nTwo other officers would have been sacked but had already left the force.\n\nThe misconduct hearing was told in the 24 days the office was bugged - following concerns raised by a whistleblower - there was \"enough profanity, casual sexism and racism to last a lifetime\".\n\nDet Sgt Oliver Lage, Det Sgt Gregory Willcox and PC James Oldfield have been dismissed while retired Det Insp Tim Ireson and former PC Craig Bannerman were the two who had previously left the force.\n\nTrainee Det Con Andrew Ferguson, who sent colleagues a fake pornographic image of members of the royal family, has been given a final written warning.\n\nThe six men were based at the Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke\n\nImposing the sanctions, panel chairman John Bassett said the conduct had been \"shameful\".\n\nHe said police officers could not \"pick and choose the standards they will abide by\" in order to create more \"cohesive\" teams.\n\nMr Bassett said PC Ferguson was \"essentially a good officer\" who joined the team three months before the recordings, by which time the \"culture was well-established\".\n\nHe said the officer was \"conflicted by what he witnessed\" and \"felt unable to raise the matter with a supervisor\".\n\nChief Constable Olivia Pinkney said the force's internal investigation had revealed a \"catalogue of sexist, racist, homophobic and ableist language and commentary that has rightly shocked us all\".\n\nShe added: \"These officers have failed to deliver on the promise they made to uphold fundamental human rights and accord equal respect to all people.\n\n\"[They] have undermined the trust and confidence of our communities and damaged the reputations of their colleagues.\"\n\nThe six officers have apologised but some told the disciplinary panel swearing was in the \"fabric\" of the police force.\n\nOne also said they felt they were being \"made an example of\" by the force which should have learned from other previous incidents.\n\nIn all, 20 police officers and staff from the unit have faced some sort of disciplinary action.\n\nDuring the misconduct hearing at Hampshire Constabulary's headquarters in Eastleigh, it was heard a \"toxic, abhorrent culture\" developed with officers using offensive terms for women, black people, immigrants, disabled, gay and transgender people and foreign nationals.\n\nJason Beer QC, prosecuting, said the only black member of the team was referred to using racist tropes and references to slavery.\n\nWomen were described using derogatory terms and stared at in the canteen, he added.\n\nThe men admitted some of the charges of breaching standards of professional behaviour against them but claimed it only amounted to misconduct not gross misconduct.\n\nZoe Wakefield, chair of Hampshire Police Federation, said: \"The outdated and offensive views we heard during the hearing have no place in society and they certainly have no place in policing.\n\n\"We should not let the awful language and terminology used by a very small number of police officers tarnish the hard work and dedication of thousands of police officers and staff in Hampshire...\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marks & Spencer has temporarily stopped selling hundreds of items in its Northern Ireland stores due to Brexit red tape.\n\nThe retailer said it feared its food would be blocked due to new rules governing shipments between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nA growing number of firms have spoken out about paperwork delays at ports.\n\nThe government said traders and hauliers need to take steps to comply with new border rules.\n\nM&S took the decision to temporarily drop hundreds of products, including chocolate fudge pudding and sweet and sour chicken, from its Northern Ireland stores after it saw competitors' lorries barred from travelling between the mainland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAn entire consignment in a lorry can be held up if only one item in the truck doesn't have the correct customs forms filled out.\n\nThe retailer said it aimed to get the products back up for sale soon.\n\nAn M&S spokesperson said: \"We have served customers in Northern Ireland for over 50 years and our priority is to make sure we continue to deliver the same choice and great quality range that our loyal customers have always enjoyed.\n\n\"Stores have been receiving regular deliveries this week, however following the UK's recent departure from the EU, we are transitioning to new processes and we're working closely with our partners and suppliers to ensure customers can continue to enjoy a great range of products.\"\n\nIn addition to problems shipping goods internally in the UK, the new Brexit trade rules are creating problems for exporters and traders transporting goods to and from the EU, say firms.\n\nThe UK sealed a trade deal with the European Union (EU) on 24 December that was billed as preserving its zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market.\n\nBut in addition to red tape causing delays, major retailers that use the UK as a distribution hub for European business could face possible tariffs if they re-export goods to the EU.\n\nOn Friday, M&S chief executive Steve Rowe warned of more red tape and a rise in export costs to some countries.\n\n\"The best example I can give you of that is Percy Pig,\" he said,\n\n\"Percy Pig is actually manufactured in Germany. If it comes to the UK and we then send it to Ireland, in theory it would have some tax on it,\" he added.\n\nM&S said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" the effects of the \"rules of origin\" regulations, under which products are taxed differently depending on which country they come from.\n\nOther firms have also been hit by the confusion caused by new Brexit trading rules.\n\nParcels giant DPD has suspended some services, while seafood exporter John Ross said the chaos was like being \"thrown in the cold Atlantic without a lifejacket\".\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, which represents chilled transport and storage companies, said the emerging problems had come despite the amount of cross-border traffic still being quite low.\n\n\"Trade flows are still only about 50% of what we would expect, but even at those levels we are seeing levels of confusion and delays,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"The feeling is we are building to quite a significant potential disruption.\"\n\nA government spokesman acknowledged that there had been \"some issues\", but said ministers had always been clear there would be some disruption at the end of the transition period.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said in a statement that the volume of border crossings had been low so far this year, but that it expected crossings to steadily increase to normal levels.\n\nThis brings the potential for \"significant disruption if traders and hauliers have not taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules,\" the Cabinet Office said.\n\nOut of about 1,500 lorries per day trying to get from Great Britain to the EU in the new year, 700 have been turned away - mainly due to a lack of a negative Covid test for drivers, it said.\n\n\"We have always been clear there would be changes now that we are out of the customs union and single market, so full compliance with the new rules is vital to avoid disruption,\" said Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.\n\nHowever, anger is growing among companies whose livelihoods depend on export trade.\n\nIn a letter on Friday to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Scottish salmon producer John Ross Jr launched a stinging attack on the government's handling of the situation.\n\nThe firm's sales director, Victoria Leigh-Pearson, wrote that the company had in recent months \"had to endure the government issuing a barrage of useless information\" and an \"absence of factually correct information from all government agencies.\" It amounted, she said, to \"gross incompetence\".\n\nJohn Ross exports to 36 countries and has won the Queen's Award twice\n\nPart of the letter to Alok Sharma:\n\nAs I write, perishable goods that were dispatched from our facility five days ago, headed for France following a process that your department advised, have still not crossed the border. This usually takes only 24 hours because they are consolidated with the produce of other companies, which have not been able to follow the correct procedures due to a knowledge gap directly attributable to your department.\n\nEntire trucks are currently being rejected without explanation by the French customs authority. Our hauliers have now pulled their services as such a backlog has been created. Other hauliers are not taking on new customers. Today, we've even had confirmation that the IT systems of the UK and France are incompatible. After four years you only establish this now?\n\nYour so-called 'deal' is worthless if this situation is not fixed immediately, and unless you put in place measures to address the issues that continue to unfold on a daily basis. Moreover, as a seafood exporter, it feels as though our own government has thrown us into the cold Atlantic waters without a lifejacket.\n\nJohn Ross is not the only Scottish seafood exporter suffering. The industry says it has been hit by a \"perfect storm\" of Brexit disruption, which could sink a centuries-old industry.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets. They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\n\"If the window closes, these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nShe said the sector has already been weakened by Covid-19, the closure of the French border before Christmas as well as \"layer upon layer\" of problems associated with Brexit.\n\nThe group fears that without exports, the fishing fleet will have little reason to go out.\n\n\"In a very short time, we could see the destruction of a centuries-old market which contributes significantly to the Scottish economy,\" added Ms Fordyce.\n\nUK government Minister for Scotland David Duguid blamed Scottish leaders for the issues.\n\n\"The Scottish Government has persistently refused to accept the democratic vote to leave the EU, but that does not allow them to abdicate their responsibilities to Scottish businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"Over the past 18 months they have assured the fishing industry that the systems they were putting in place would be adequate. They clearly are not.\"\n\nParcel delivery service DPD UK said it had paused its European Road Service because of the '\"increased burden\" of customs paperwork for packages heading to the EU, including the Republic of Ireland.\n\nDPD said 20% of parcels had \"incorrect or incomplete data attached\", which meant they would have to be returned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Brexit means for Britons travelling, shopping, studying or owning properties in the EU.\n\nIn an email to its business customers, the company said that it had been a \"challenging few days\" for its international operation, and that it would \"pause and review\" its service. It plans to restart on 13 January.\n\n\"It has now become evident that we have an increased burden with the new, more complex processes, and additional customs data we require from you for your parcels destined to Europe\" the firm wrote.\n\nThe boss of one of Wales' largest hauliers said logistical problems have emerged at the Irish border too.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, managing director of Gwynedd Shipping, said his company has a backlog of 60 lorries waiting to be shipped to Dublin.\n\nHe said many hauliers are finding that their customers are not able to generate the special declarations that are needed to ultimately enable a lorry to get onto a ferry.\n\n\"Whilst you don't see queues at ports and terminals the reality is that these queues are developing elsewhere in our depot in Holyhead, in our depot in Deeside and in our depot in Newport in South Wales, and lots of hauliers have depots in the proximity of ports,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of issues about demarcation about who is going to arrange the export declaration with the UK revenue authorities, who's going to arrange the import declaration, the hauliers then trying to arrange the import safety and security declaration to create an ENS number which helps you generate a PBN number so there has been a lot of everyone finding their feet\".\n\nCorrection 9th April 2021: An earlier version of this article included a photo showing queues of lorries at Dover Port. This photo was replaced in the hours after publication after it was established that it had been taken months earlier.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Growing numbers of students in England have pledged to withhold rent on university accommodation they cannot use during the Covid lockdown.\n\nOrganisers say this is building up to be a major protest, estimating that about 15,000 students at dozens of universities have signed up so far.\n\nThey want a rebate on rent when many students are being kept off campus at the start of term.\n\nBut universities say they only provide 20% of student accommodation.\n\nUniversities UK says this means \"many decisions on refunds will be made by private landlords and other providers\".\n\nIn November, University of Manchester offered a 30% rent rebate for the first half of the academic year, worth about £1,000 to each student in halls.\n\nThe move followed protests over lack of support during the coronavirus pandemic which saw students tear down temporary fencing in one demonstration.\n\nUniversity of Manchester students have been calling for a rent strike\n\nThe reduction will be applied to direct debit payments this month, with students who have already paid for the whole year getting a refund.\n\nBut organiser of the Rent Strike Now campaign, Ben McGowan, said the new lockdown means students are still paying for halls they are unable to return to which has prompted a wave of student anger.\n\nOn Twitter, campaigners listed more than 40 universities where they said students were pledging to withhold rent.\n\nThe campaign group Rent Strike Now tweeted a list of universities where there are campaigns\n\n\"Most of us are being told not to go back so we're paying for accommodation we can't use and there's been no extra support from universities and government,\" added Saranya Thambiranjah, a first year at Bristol University who also helps run the campaign.\n\n\"Rent striking is a great way to make our voices heard and get universities to listen our concerns.\"\n\nStudents at universities not yet part of this campaign have said they will organise similar challenges on their own campuses, including Coventry and Keele.\n\nRebecca Hyde is having to do her journalism course in her bedroom\n\nAt Nottingham Trent University, student campaigner Rebecca Hyde, who is doing a masters in broadcast journalism, said 244 students had so far pledged to withhold rent on university halls since their campaign was launched a few days ago.\n\nShe believes universities should do more to help students who are having to pay for rooms they are unable to use through no fault of their own.\n\nShe says her course leaders have been brilliant but missing out on using studios and running \"news days\" with her fellow students \"is just so disappointing\".\n\nNottingham Trent University says it understands student concerns over rents and urged the government \"to show leadership to find a solution that is fair to all students\".\n\n\"At NTU, only a minority of our students are in accommodation operated by or on behalf of the university.\n\n\"We do not want a repeat of the situation in the summer term of 2020 where most of our students were reliant on the goodwill of private accommodation providers who did not always do the right thing,\" said the university in a statement.\n\nAt King's College London, campaign secretary \"Juno\" likewise reported hundreds of new pledges to withhold rent in the past few days, saying students felt they had been \"lured\" into their accommodation at the start of the academic year.\n\nA King's spokesperson promised that students would not be charged for accommodation they are unable to use during lockdown.\n\nAbout a quarter of students are in privately-run purpose built accommodation, and one of the biggest of these providers, Unite Students, is also facing demands.\n\nLiverpool John Moores student Suhail Accad, in Unite accommodation, says his rent strike post on Instagram has gained 3,000 followers and has had 8,000 shares in just a few days.\n\n\"It's expensive to stay here,\" says Suhail.\n\nUnite was unable to comment directly on the threat of rent strikes but maintains that it is doing all it can to help keep students and staff safe \"during this challenging period\".\n\nUniversities UK said universities were looking at the issue \"actively\" and considering what support they can offer students.\n\n\"Universities recognise the financial pressures the pandemic has placed on students and are providing increased financial and other support as a result.\n\n\"With government restrictions reducing the numbers of students returning in person to universities, now is the time for the government to seriously consider the financial implications for students and institutions and what support they will provide.\"", "Prof Chris Whitty will front one of the adverts Image caption: Prof Chris Whitty will front one of the adverts\n\nThe government is urging people in England to stay at home and \"act like you've got it\" as part of a new advertising campaign.\n\nThe \"stay at home, save lives\" campaign will run across TV, radio, out-of-home advertising and social media.\n\nThe campaign will include a new advert fronted by England's Chief Medical Officer, Prof Chris Whitty, which will air for the first time on ITV at 19:15 GMT tonight.\n\nThe UK reported a record number of deaths and cases today, as hospitals come under growing pressure, with some in the South East at extreme capacity.\n\nAround one in three people with Covid-19 don’t have any symptoms and can pass it on without realising, the government said, \"which is why it’s essential everyone stays at home and remembers Hands, Face, Space\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\n\n“The vaccine has given us renewed hope in our fight against the virus but we must not be complacent.\n\n\"The NHS is under severe strain and we must take action to protect it, both so our doctors and nurses can continue to save lives and so they can vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as we can.\n\n“I know the last year has taken its toll – but your compliance is now more vital than ever. So once again, I must urge everyone to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.”", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One floral tribute had Dame Barbara's photograph in the centre\n\nThe funeral of EastEnders and Carry On actress Dame Barbara Windsor has taken place in London.\n\nRoss Kemp, who played her on-screen son in the soap, was among the 30 mourners and gave a reading, as did actor and friend Christopher Biggins.\n\nDame Barbara died in December at the age of 83, having had dementia.\n\nThere were floral arrangements spelling Babs, The Dame and Saucy, and a mock pub sign showing her as The Queen Peggy in the style of the soap's Queen Vic.\n\nDame Barbara played pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders for more than two decades.\n\nA version of the EastEnders Queen Vic pub sign was painted in tribute\n\nScott Mitchell, who was married to Dame Barbara for 20 years, was joined at Golders Green Crematorium by family and friends including comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams.\n\n\"As Covid has denied so many of Barbara's family, friends and fans a chance to say farewell properly, I wanted to share the order of service to let people be a small part of it,\" Mr Mitchell told the PA news agency.\n\n\"My heart goes out to every family who have experienced the same restrictions at their loved ones' funerals.\"\n\nLeft-right: Christopher Biggins, Ross Kemp and David Walliams were among the mourners\n\nHe added: \"I would again like to thank my family, friends, the media and the public for their incredible support and well wishes since Barbara's passing.\"\n\nDame Barbara's coffin was brought into the crematorium to sound of Frank Sinatra's On The Sunny Side Of The Street, and the service featured a recording of Sparrows Can't Sing from the actress's 1963 film of the same.\n\nIt finished with the famous topless photo of Dame Barbara from the film Carry On Camping, alongside her quote: \"That picture will follow me to the end.\"\n\nLong-time friend Anna Karen, who played Dame Barbara's on-screen sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders, also paid tribute during the service.\n\nThe funeral was also attended by Loose Women's Jane Moore and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick. However, the numbers were limited due to coronavirus social distancing.\n\nAlzheimer's Research UK recently said it had seen a spike in donations since Dame Barbara's death, and a JustGiving page set up as a tribute to her and in aid of the charity has raised more than £150,000 (including Gift Aid).\n\nMr Mitchell said that was \"beyond anything we may have dreamed of\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Google's plan to replace web browser cookies with a system that shares less data with advertisers is being investigated in the UK.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Google's plan could have a \"significant impact\" on news websites and the digital advertising market.\n\nIt had already raised concerns that publishers' profits could sink if they were unable to run personalised ads.\n\nBut Google said digital advertising practices had to \"evolve\".\n\nCookies are small files a web browser stores on a user's device when they visit a webpage.\n\nThey can be used to remember what items a person has added to their online basket and deliver personalised content.\n\nThey can also be used to track somebody's activity online and deliver targeted advertising.\n\nSome cookies known as cross-site or third-party cookies can let publishers track a person's web activity as they move from one website to another.\n\nBy default, Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers already block cross-site cookies.\n\nBut Google intends to go further by ending support for all cookies except first-party ones - those used by sites to track activity within their own pages.\n\nIt wants to replace them with new tools that give advertisers more limited, anonymised information such as how many users visited a promoted product's page after seeing a relevant ad - but not tie this information to individual users.\n\nAccording to one industry group opposing the move, Google's Chrome browser is installed on more than 70% of computers in the UK.\n\nSo even if other web browsers do not adopt the same approach the move would still be significant.\n\n\"Google's Privacy Sandbox proposals will potentially have a very significant impact on publishers like newspapers, and the digital advertising market. But there are also privacy concerns to consider,\" said Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the CMA.\n\nA coalition of about a dozen small tech companies and publishers - Marketers for an Open Web (Mow) - claims some of its members' revenues could drop by as much as two-thirds.\n\nMoreover, it suggests the move would put too much power into Google's hands.\n\n\"Google will effectively control how websites can monetise and operate their business,\" it warned last month.\n\n\"This means that any business that buys or sells advertising will be reliant on Google for a part of the process, whether they like it or not.\n\n\"This will reduce the ability of independent players to compete with Google, strengthening its monopoly control of online commerce.\"\n\nThe group has also raised concerns about other related matters, including the tech firm's plan to end support for user-agent strings.\n\nThese are bits of text that browsers send to websites at the start of a user's visit to reveal details about the device and browser being used.\n\nPublishers use this information to optimise the way their sites appear.\n\nBut Google is phasing out support on the grounds that they are also used as an alternative to cookies to track users, and sometimes cause compatibility issues.\n\nThe CMA previously issued a report into the matter in July.\n\nAt that point it acknowledged that while there were benefits to consumers from the kinds of privacy measures Google was proposing, they might be outweighed by other concerns.\n\nIt added that \"many news publishers\" had expressed concern that their news sites would become \"unsustainable\".\n\nUntil recently, the European Commission was responsible for most large and complex competition cases involving the UK.\n\nOn 1 January, the CMA took over these responsibilities on a local level due to Brexit.\n\nLast November, the government announced it would create a new Digital Markets Unit within the CMA.\n\nThe organisation subsequently detailed how it would to govern the behaviour of Google, Facebook and other tech platforms \"that currently dominate\" online markets, and give consumers \"more control over how their data is used\".\n\nThe new unit becomes operational in April, but is dependent on legislation going through Parliament before it gets new powers, and that may not happen until 2022.\n\nSince that would be too late to block Google's Privacy Sandbox plans, the probe is being carried out under the existing regime.\n\nEven so, all those involved will be watching closely for signs of how willing the authority is to confront the US's largest tech companies.", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Colum Eastwood This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson accused Mr Poots of being \"asleep at the wheel\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Martina Anderson MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Tennant was remembered as \"a beautiful soul\" and \"a sensitive and talented woman\"\n\nBritish model Stella Tennant took her own life after being \"unwell for some time\", her family has confirmed.\n\nIn a statement, her family said it was \"a matter of our deepest sorrow and despair that she felt unable to go on.\"\n\nTennant, who made her name in the early 1990s modelling for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, died in December five days after her 50th birthday.\n\nHer family said they were \"humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support\" they have received.\n\nTennant was \"a beautiful soul, adored by a close family and good friends, a sensitive and talented woman whose creativity, intelligence and humour touched so many\", they said.\n\n\"In grieving Stella's loss, her family renews a heartfelt request that respect for their privacy should continue.\"\n\nBorn in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage.\n\nShe shot to fame after being photographed for British Vogue at the age of 22 in 1993, going on to work with such designers as Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier.\n\nTennant retired from the catwalk in 1998 but later returned. She also worked on campaigns to promote saving energy and reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion.\n\nShe had four children with French-born photographer David Lasnet. The couple married in the Scottish borders in 1999 and announced their separation last year.\n\nTennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999\n\nStella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month.\n\nCampbell said she had been \"a class act in every way\", while Beckham remembered her as \"an incredible talent\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The storming of the US Capitol building in Washington DC stunned viewers around the world.\n\nBut how did Americans feel seeing the seat of their government being ransacked?\n\nWe asked members of our BBC voter panel for their views.\n\nSimon grew up in Uganda during its civil war and became a US citizen last year. A master's student and stay-at-home father, he warns that, while things may settle down, \"democracy is not guaranteed\".\n\nI'm disgusted but not surprised. I anticipated this would happen and it was a matter of when, not if.\n\nI didn't anticipate that it would happen in the capital. This is the president whose people - since the racial justice movement in the summer - said they were for \"law and order\". So the \"law and order\" people broke into the Capitol and changed the American flag with the Trump flag. History shows that has not happened in over 200 years, so it tells you how dangerous this man is.\n\nIn Uganda, in November, when the opposition was arrested, people took to the streets and got shot. Here, in the summer, the Capitol building was protected and they were breaking up peaceful protests.\n\nIt's clear that [Trump supporters] have been organising, we've seen this was going to happen, yet we subconsciously did not think that white people are a threat. That is the construct of this country and how law enforcement viewed it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nTaylor is a staunch Trump supporter and recently travelled to Washington DC for a post-election pro-Trump rally. A photographer by trade, she was upset by the rioting but believes unsubstantiated claims that left-wing radicals were behind the violence.\n\nIt was just heart-breaking to watch what was going on and the behaviour of protesters is just not like the Trump people I've been around. If it did come from any conservatives, then I condemn it. There's no excuse for violence.\n\nIt doesn't change my support for Trump. The people that love Trump, that's not going to change no matter if he gets a second term or not. It just means we're going to hold out for 2024 and hope either he runs again or his kids do.\n\nOur country is going to go downhill over the next four years if Biden does take office. I'm actually moving today out of the city into the suburbs of a Republican county because I am afraid of how Democratic counties will end up under a Biden presidency.\n\nWe're going to catapult towards socialism and communism. I'm worried for the country's future, but regardless of who takes office, we have a lot of healing to do. I hope we can all find our common humanity and embrace each other when this is all over, which is hopefully soon.\n\nJames is a lifelong Republican who worked on Capitol Hill for the party for nearly two decades, but cast his first ever vote for a Democrat in the 2020 election. He was stunned by 6 January's events and expects it to become a bad footnote in the country's history.\n\nI find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this.\n\nI had actually thought about going down to the protests with a sign that said \"Republicans Against Trump\". My brother said, if I had done that, there would have been five deaths, not four, and he may have been right. I'm astounded by the stupidity of these people who show up without masks and who are being filmed. Quite a few of them are going to prison. It's a serious situation when you break past a police barricade and go into a building that's supposed to be secure.\n\nI have a lot of friends who say things couldn't get worse, but I have to remind them, as a student of history, that it has been worse. The Civil War was much worse. There was a lot of violence in the South during the Reconstruction period. This is something the country will get over. I was heartened by President-elect Biden's speech yesterday. Finally we've got someone who's sounding presidential. We haven't had it for the last four years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA'Kayla is a college student who supports the Black Lives Matter movement. She says law enforcement \"coddled\" the rioters at the Capitol and thus made an argument for police reform because they were far more aggressive at protests she attended.\n\nIt's so irritating I can't put into words how frustrating it is. They stormed the Capitol and the police were gentle and lackadaisical with them. I expected the police to use force, but they were so kind and gentle. During the summer, when the Black Lives Matter protests were going on, so many people were injured, locked up and lost their lives.\n\nFrom my own experience, marching peacefully on the front lines in Charleston, we had tear gas thrown at us and had to pour milk in our eyes. It was excruciating. And for what? We're marching for a cause, because we had the murder of somebody by the police. What are they upset about? They're upset because we are living in a democracy and they didn't get their way.\n\nDuring one of the debates, when Trump said \"stand back and stand by\", is this what he was talking about? This is the calm before the storm. I think it's going to get way more ugly, but Kamala [Harris] and Joe [Biden] are a symbol of change and hope.\n\nWhether [Trump supporters] like it or not, America is moving towards a more progressive country and there's going to be a lot of changes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated \"differently\"", "Two more life-saving drugs have been found that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, say researchers who have carried out a trial in NHS intensive care units.\n\nSupplies are already available across the UK so they can be used immediately to save hundreds of lives, say experts.\n\nThere are over 30,000 Covid patients in UK hospitals - 39% more than in April.\n\nThe UK government is working closely with the manufacturer, to ensure the drugs - tocilizumab and sarilumab - continue to be available to UK patients.\n\nAs well as saving more lives, the treatments speed up patients' recovery and reduce the length of time that critically-ill patients need to spend in intensive care by about a week.\n\nBoth appear to work equally well and add to the benefit already found with a cheap steroid drug called dexamethasone.\n\nAlthough the drugs are not cheap, costing around £500 per patient, on top of the £5 course of dexamethasone, the advantage of using them is clear - and less than the cost per day of an intensive care bed of around £2,000, say experts.\n\nLead researcher Prof Anthony Gordon, from Imperial College London, said: \"For every 12 patients you treat with these drugs you would expect to save a life. It's a big effect.\"\n\nIn the REMAP-CAP trial carried out in six different countries, including the UK, with around 800 intensive care patients:\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"The fact there is now another drug that can help to reduce mortality for patients with Covid-19 is hugely welcome news and another positive development in the continued fight against the virus.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"The UK has proven time and time again it is at the very forefront of identifying and providing the most promising, innovative treatments for its patients.\n\n\"Today's results are yet another landmark development in finding a way out of this pandemic and, when added to the armoury of vaccines and treatments already being rolled out, will play a significant role in defeating this virus.\"\n\nThe drugs dampen down inflammation, which can go into overdrive in Covid patients and cause damage to the lungs and other organs.\n\nDoctors are being advised to give them to any Covid patient who, despite receiving dexamethasone, is deteriorating and needs intensive care.\n\nTocilizumab and sarilumab have already been added to the government's export restriction list, which bans companies from buying medicines meant for UK patients and selling them on for a higher price in another country.\n\nThe research findings have not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A young woman has died after a rare suspected shark attack in New Zealand.\n\nPolice named the victim as 19-year-old Kaelah Marlow, from Hamilton.\n\nMarlow was taken out of the water still alive but died at the scene despite efforts to save her life. Police said it appeared she had been injured by a shark.\n\nThe attack happened at Waihi Beach on North Island not far from the country's biggest city Auckland.\n\n\"Police extend our deepest sympathies to Kaelah's family and loved ones at this very difficult time,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"We appreciate her death was extremely traumatic for those who were at Waihi Beach yesterday and we are offering victim support services to anyone who requires it,\" the statement said.\n\nShark attacks are unusual in the country and this is thought to be the first fatality since 2013. Local media cited witnesses as saying the woman had been swimming right in front of the lifeguard flags on Thursday.\n\nWhen they heard screams, lifeguards went out by boat immediately and pulled her to shore.\n\nIt is not clear what kind of shark attacked Kaelah Marlow, but an eyewitness reportedly claimed it was a great white, a species which is protected in the waters around New Zealand.\n\n\"Sharks are reasonably common near all northern beaches of New Zealand, most are harmless and even species considered dangerous very rarely interact with swimmers,\" shark researcher Kina Scollay told the BBC.\n\n\"My thoughts and sympathies are with the victim's family and we need to remember that this is a real tragedy to real people. I worry that this gets lost sight of in the media scramble after such events.\"\n\nOne witness quoted by local media said he believed a great white shark attacked the woman\n\nMr Scolley said that while attacks were rare, there were ways to be careful about interactions that could go wrong. Among the risk factors are, for instance, fish feeding events or dead animals in the water.\n\n\"If a large shark approaches or is seen nearby people should stay calm, warn those nearby and calmly exit the water,\" he said.\n\nA seven-day rahui, a traditional Maori prohibition restricting access to an area, has been placed on the beach.\n\nThe last recorded shark attack was in 2018 when a man was injured - but survived - at Baylys Beach. Over the past 170 years, there have only been 13 fatal shark attacks documented in New Zealand, according to the country's department of conservation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Young women clap for heroes outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London\n\nA revived initiative to applaud the heroes of the pandemic has returned - but much more quietly than last year.\n\nIt comes after the founder of Clap for Carers distanced herself from its return after facing online abuse.\n\nAnnemarie Plas wanted to bring back the weekly applause under a new name of Clap for Heroes to lift spirits in the new lockdown but it fell a little flat.\n\nSome health workers have said they would rather people stay at home and wear a mask than clap for them.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he participated at 20:00 GMT on Thursday, but clapping \"isn't enough\".\n\n\"They need to be paid properly and given the respect they deserve,\" he tweeted., of the health workers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The weekly clap returned but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said clapping alone \"wasn't enough\"\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks last year, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nPeople in some streets stood on doorsteps and leaned out windows to clap for the pandemic's heroes, and landmarks in London were illuminated blue for the occasion - but reports suggested the applause was noticeably quieter than last year.\n\nAnnemarie Plas and her family were threatened online for her efforts\n\nOn Wednesday, Ms Plas, a 36-year-old mother-of-one, announced the return of the initiative, saying she hoped to \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nBut some NHS workers were less than enthusiastic. Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant from Wales, tweeted: \"No thanks. I'd rather you obey the rules, stay at home, wear masks and wash your hands.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rachel Clarke 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke said: \"Please don't clap us. Just wear a mask, wash your hands and respect lockdown.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted hours before the weekly clap was due to return, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said she had been targeted with personal abuse and threats against her and her family by \"a hateful few\" on social media.\n\n\"I have no political agenda, I am not employed by the government, I do not work in PR, I am just an average mum at home trying to cope with the lockdown situation,\" she said, in a statement.\n\nShe said the newly revived clap could and should still happen at 20:00 GMT.\n\n\"It's up to each person to decide how relevant or worthwhile they feel it is to participate,\" she said.\n\nThe fountains in Trafalgar Square were illuminated blue for the initiative on Thursday\n\nSome incorporated pots and pans during their weekly claps in warmer months", "UK house prices rose by 6% last year, according to the Halifax, but the lender is predicting \"downward pressure\" on values in 2021.\n\nThe mortgage lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that prices \"soared\" in the second half of 2020.\n\nPent-up demand, a clamour for more space, and stamp duty holidays led to higher prices.\n\nBut the Halifax said the economic realities of 2021 meant activity would slow as the year progressed.\n\n\"With the pace of the UK's economic recovery expected to be constrained by the renewed national lockdown, and unemployment widely predicted to rise in the coming months, downward pressure on house prices remains likely as we move through 2021,\" said Russell Galley, managing director at the Halifax.\n\nHe said that last year was a market of two halves - starting with slow growth, and stalling when the market was closed during the first national lockdown, but then booming when it reopened.\n\nThis meant that overall, demand and price growth were relatively high.\n\nThe conclusion mirrors the findings of rival lender, the Nationwide, which said that UK house prices climbed 7.5% in 2020, the highest growth rate for six years.\n\nBoth mortgage lenders base their findings on their customer data.\n\nLucy Pendleton, from estate agents James Pendleton, said: \"The simple truth is that extra space has become non-negotiable for legions of homeowners with families, and the usual winter slowdown has met the immovable force that is hundreds of thousands of people all trying to jump to larger properties at the same time.\"\n\nThe Halifax said there were already signs of the market slowing, with prices rising by 0.2% in December compared with the previous month.\n\nThat was the slowest monthly rise of the last six months.\n\nThe lender said the average home was valued at £253,374.\n• None Where can I afford to live?", "The switch has been welcomed by climate campaigners\n\nAlok Sharma is to leave his position as business secretary to focus full-time on his role as president of the UN COP26 climate conference in November.\n\nThe Glasgow event is expected to be the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted.\n\nMr Sharma, who will remain in the cabinet, said he was \"delighted to have been asked by the PM to dedicate all my energies\" to the position.\n\nKwasi Kwarteng replaces him as business secretary while Anne-Marie Trevelyan becomes the new energy minister.\n\nThe government says a successful summit will be critical if the UK wants to meet the objectives set out by the Paris Agreement and reduce global emissions.\n\nThe event had originally been scheduled for November 2020 but was delayed by a year due to Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Jessica Parker said the decision to move Alok Sharma wasn't a surprise and would be seen as a recognition of the need to free him up to do more of the crucial diplomatic leg-work required.\n\nSome MPs had previously warned that Mr Sharma lacked the \"bandwidth\" to head the conference alongside his cabinet job, especially given the strains on business due to the pandemic.\n\nIn his new role, which is based in the Cabinet Office, Mr Sharma's will remain a member of Boris Johnson's top team but be focused solely on coordinating global action to tackle climate change\n\nBoris Johnson chose Mr Sharma to head the event after ex-minister Claire O'Neill was ousted from the position in the summer of 2019.\n\nShe later condemned what she called broken promises and backsliding on climate commitments.\n\nFormer Conservative PM David Cameron turned down the chance to head the conference and ex-Foreign Secretary Lord Hague was also involved in discussions.\n\nMr Sharma's move will be welcomed by climate campaigners, who worried he was over-stretched running a frantically busy department while also orchestrating the most important climate meeting on Earth.\n\nMany of these summits - known as COPs - yielded little because the leadership was poor.\n\nThe French produced a triumphant agreement in the 2015 Paris COP after mustering the mighty force of French diplomacy.\n\nMr Sharma is reported to accept that he now needs to concentrate full time on the challenge.\n\nHe will need subtle diplomatic skills, a mastery of detail and the stamina of an ox as he attempts to corral world leaders into agreement on curbing emissions faster. He'll also need 100% support from the PM.\n\nThe greatest obstacle to action - Donald Trump - will soon disappear from the scene, and with China making bold promises, the COP has potential.\n\nBut politicians have been so slow to act that some key tipping points in the climate might already have been breached.\n\nReflecting on his new role, Mr Sharma said: \"The biggest challenge of our time is climate change and we need to work together to deliver a cleaner, greener world and build back better for present and future generations.\n\n\"Through the UK's Presidency of COP26 we have a unique opportunity, working with friends and partners around the world, to deliver on this goal.\"\n\nRichard Black, senior associate at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said: \"Allowing Alok Sharma to focus full-time on his COP26 role is a sensible decision, not least as it signals the government's commitment to ensuring that the summit is a success.\n\n\"With the election of Joe Biden as the next US President and China's recent carbon neutrality pledge, the diplomatic opportunities have opened up for more ambitious action on climate change. Mr Sharma's job will be to seize them.\"\n\nAnd ex-cabinet minister Amber Rudd, who led the UK delegation at the Paris climate change conference, said the move showed the government \"recognises the importance and opportunity for a global agreement this year\".\n\nResponding to his new appointment, Mr Kwarteng said he was \"thrilled\" and pledged to help businesses through this period of \"extremely challenging circumstances\".\n\nThe Spelthorne MP, who entered Parliament in 2010, has been energy minister since July 2019.\n\nLabour's shadow business secretary Ed Miliband said Mr Kwarteng had \"a massive task\" in providing business with \"a plan to help them through this year, not the inadequate sticking plaster measures we have seen\".\n\nHe welcomed the decision to make Mr Sharma's COP role full time.\n\n\"It's absolutely crucial that the full political, diplomatic and strategic resources of government are now directed to the most ambitious outcome at Glasgow, which is a 1.5 degree deal.\"", "The number of hours ambulances spent waiting to offload patients in parts of England is \"off the scale\", the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says.\n\nData leaked to BBC News shows ambulance waiting times at hospitals in the South East rose by 36% in December compared to the same month in 2019.\n\nPeople are also having to wait longer for ambulances to arrive when called.\n\nAmbulance services say it is taking longer to hand over patients but they are doing all they can to meet demand.\n\nIt comes as the NHS faces unprecedented pressure because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nA paramedic working in London told BBC News he had encountered patients left waiting up to 12 hours for an ambulance in the last week.\n\nOne patient in London with a broken leg had to wait outside at night for six hours before an ambulance arrived to collect him, he said.\n\nOn another occasion, paramedics were called to attend to a young man with Covid-19 whose oxygen levels were \"so low\". He was given oxygen when they arrived - but that was eight hours after the ambulance was called.\n\nIncidents such as these are \"dangerous\" and the service is \"on its knees\", the paramedic added.\n\nThe figures also show that at one point on Monday this week more than 700 patients were left waiting for an ambulance to arrive in London when none was available.\n\nDifferent statistics obtained by BBC News highlight the number of hours spent waiting to offload patients at hospitals half an hour after ambulances arrived at hospitals in the South East.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nSouth East Coast Ambulance service lost 7,803 hours queuing outside hospitals, an increase on 5,732 hours in 2019.\n\nKent saw the greatest rise in this period. One of its hospitals, Medway Maritime Hospital, saw a doubling in ambulance waiting times.\n\nThese figures are \"off the scale\", according to Royal College of Emergency Medicine Vice President Adrian Boyle.\n\n\"It is not because more ambulances are being called, it's because the amount of time they're spending outside a hospital has increased,\" he said.\n\nDr Boyle says ambulances left queuing outside hospitals meant crews were not available to respond to other emergencies.\n\nHe says services are facing a \"crisis\" unlike any other he has seen.\n\n\"People may feel they have a winter crisis every year but this is a different order of magnitude\", he added.\n\n\"This is the worst winter crisis I've been through in my 25 years of practising as a doctor.\"\n\nAmbulance services say they are are doing everything they can to meet the demand.\n\nA London Ambulance Service Trust spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to prioritise the most seriously ill and injured patients, and our team of trained clinicians in our control rooms are working hard to monitor and maintain contact with many other patients as needed while they are waiting for ambulance crews to arrive.\"\n\nA South East Coast Ambulance Service Trust spokesperson said: \"We are doing everything we can to increase the number of staff available to meet this demand, including increasing overtime, to ensure crews are as available as possible to respond to patients in the community.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Marks & Spencer says sales of sleepwear have soared as people spend more time at home because of Covid restrictions.\n\nThe retailer sold 20% more women's pyjamas during the 13 weeks to 26 December, with many of them being bought as Christmas presents.\n\n\"The great British public are back in their pyjamas,\" said chief executive Steve Rowe.\n\nDespite this, clothing sales as a whole fell nearly a quarter, although food sales showed modest growth.\n\nM&S said its trading was \"robust\" over the Christmas period, but UK revenues for the quarter were £2.52bn, 8.2% lower than last year.\n\nM&S blamed \"on-off restrictions and distortions in demand patterns\" due to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nM&S also said that potential post-Brexit tariffs on part of its range exported to the EU, together with \"very complex\" administrative processes, would \"significantly impact\" its businesses in Ireland and the Czech Republic, as well as its franchise business in France.\n\nMr Rowe said the chain's popular Percy Pig sweets, made in Germany, were one product that could face tax rises.\n\nIt said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" those effects.\n\nMr Rowe thanked staff for \"a first-class execution of Christmas for our customers in near impossible conditions\".\n\nThe High Street stalwart said customers had responded to its \"innovative seasonal product\" during the four-week run-up to Christmas.\n\nLike-for-like food sales had risen 2.6% during the period, it said.\n\nHowever, clothing and home sales fell by 24.1%, and UK sales overall were down 7.6% on a like-for-like basis.\n\nTrading was hit particularly badly in November by the national lockdown in England, with clothing and home sales slumping 40.5% in the month and food sales down 4.5%.\n\n\"Near-term trading remains very challenging, but we are continuing to accelerate change under our Never the Same Again programme to ensure the business emerges from the pandemic in very different shape,\" Mr Rowe said.\n\nOn the positive side, M&S said its tie-up with online firm Ocado had produced \"very strong\" results, while customers had responded to its \"innovative seasonal product\" during the four-week run-up to Christmas.\n\nRoss Hindle, retail sector analyst at Third Bridge, said: \"Despite the pressure faced by their clothing division, the M&S food division is expected to deliver solid results, propelled by both stockpiling and its Ocado partnership.\n\nHe pointed to reports that M&S was poised to acquire the Jaeger clothing brand as a possible way forward, saying it \"hints at the potential for a more aggressive shift into the multi-brand space\".\n\n\"M&S have numerous large stores which could be filled with non-M&S merchandise in order to drive their top-line. The risk here is whether such brands might cannibalise M&S branded products,\" he added.\n\nEmily Salter, retail analyst at GlobalData, said M&S was \"paying the cost for its inability to adapt fast enough to changing shopping habits\".\n\n\"M&S's recovery is slow versus other apparel players, as it continues to be hurt by an online platform unable to make up for lost store sales,\" she added.\n\nShe saw little point in a potential purchase of Jaeger, as it would be \"costly to turn around and do little to boost the retailer's fortunes\".\n\nHowever, she said M&S's focus on value in food had \"started to pay off, with decent sales growth, especially considering dampened footfall on High Streets\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"I condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way they did in the Capitol\"\n\nDonald Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe UK prime minister said he \"unreservedly condemns\" the US president's actions.\n\nFour people died after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election result.\n\nMr Trump had urged protesters to march on the Capitol after making false electoral fraud claims.\n\nHe later called on his supporters to \"go home\", while continuing to make false claims - Twitter and Facebook later froze his accounts.\n\nThe president has now said there will be an \"orderly transition\" to President-elect Joe Biden, whose November election victory has now been certified by US lawmakers.\n\nBut he added that he continued to \"totally disagree\" with the outcome of the vote, repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.\n\nOn Wednesday night, Mr Johnson condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" and called for a \"peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nBut asked by the BBC's political correspondent Alex Forsyth if President Trump was directly responsible, he said: \"All my life America has stood for some very important things. An idea of freedom, an idea of democracy.\n\n\"As you say, in so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol, and in so far as the president has consistently cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election, I believe that was completely wrong.\n\n\"I believe what President Trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol.\"\n\nThe PM, speaking at a Downing Street briefing, then welcomed the confirmation of President-elect Biden, saying \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday - where lawmakers were meeting to confirm Mr Biden's election victory - and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nA woman died after being shot by police, and three others died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nUK politicians from different parties have all condemned Mr Trump's actions in encouraging the storming of the Capitol.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the president's comments had \"directly led\" to the events and he \"didn't do anything to de-escalate that\".\n\nShe added: \"He basically has made a number of comments yesterday that helped to fuel that violence and he didn't actually do anything to de-escalate that whatsoever... what we've seen is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Trump should \"take responsibility\" for what happened, calling it the \"culmination of years of the politics of hate and division\".\n\nSir Keir added he welcomed the outgoing president's agreement to an orderly handover, but told reporters \"he should have said it a long time ago.\"\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Trump had been \"inciting insurrection in his own country,\" and called it a \"dark period\" in US history.\n\n\"What we witnessed last night is not that surprising. In some senses, Donald Trump's presidency has been moving towards this moment almost from the moment it started,\" she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nScotland's Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the home secretary should \"give serious consideration\" to denying Mr Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said certification of Mr Biden's victory was \"good to see\" after the \"shocking events\" on Wednesday, adding the UK condemned the violence \"unequivocally\".\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared time in office with Mr Trump, said there should be \"no place for the rule of the mob\".\n\nBut senior Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies has been criticised after comparing the rioting to politicians who supported a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nMr Davies, a member of the Welsh Parliament, later tweeted that \"violence must never be tolerated\".\n\nHis party colleague, the Conservative MP Simon Hoare, suggested Mr Trump could be sent to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Simon Hoare MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to express his \"solidarity\" with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose empty office was broken into by protesters.\n\n\"Seeing your office trashed in that way and its occupation by one of the rioters was particularly outrageous. I am just so relieved you were not hurt,\" he wrote.\n\nTrump supporters left this note on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.", "The Liberia-flagged oil tanker Nave Andromeda docked at Southampton after the incident\n\nSeven men, including two who had already been charged, will face no action over a suspected hijacking of an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight.\n\nSpecial forces stormed the Nave Andromeda on 25 October after the crew raised concerns about stowaways.\n\nMatthew Okorie, 25, and Sunday Sylvester, 22, had been charged with conduct endangering ships.\n\nBut prosecutors dropped their case after evidence analysis \"cast doubt\" on whether the tanker was put in danger.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said initial reports had indicated there was a \"real and imminent threat\" to the vessel, but added mobile phone footage and witness accounts \"could not show that the ship or crew were threatened\" and there was no evidence the men had any intention to seize control of the vessel.\n\nThe CPS said the new evidence meant the \"legal test\" for the offence was \"no longer met\".\n\n\"Our case was that the actions of the men were responsible for the endangerment of the vessel, but further material was then supplied by a maritime expert which significantly undermined whether there was a threat of danger,\" prosecutors said in a statement.\n\nThe Home Office said it was \"disappointed\" by the CPS's decision and added it was working with prosecutors to \"urgently resolve the issues raised by this case\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"It is frustrating that there will be no prosecution in relation to this very serious incident and the British people will struggle to understand how this can be the case.\"\n\nHampshire Constabulary said the five other men, who were arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force, also face no police action.\n\nThey will remain detained under immigration regulations.\n\nThe 748ft-long (228m) ship left Lagos in Nigeria on 5 October bound for Southampton.\n\nAs it approached the Isle of Wight 20 days later, an emergency call came from the ship concerned about stowaways on board while the 22 crew members had locked themselves in the ship's citadel - secure area.\n\nThe men had been found on the ship earlier in the voyage and the vessel had made unsuccessful attempts to dock in other ports.\n\nIt was reported the men became hostile as the tanker approached the UK - but the CPS said it was thought this may have occurred while the ship was outside of UK waters.\n\nAt the time the Ministry of Defence called the incident a \"suspected hijacking\" and said Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel authorised a special forces operation in response to a police request following a 10-hour stand-off.\n\nIn a nine-minute operation carried out under the cover of darkness, Special Boat Service commandos boarded the vessel and arrested the seven men, believed to be Nigerian nationals seeking asylum in the UK.\n\nThe Liberian-registered tanker later docked in Southampton.\n\nSpecial forces boarded the Nave Andromeda on the evening of 25 October\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mauritius has been removed from the safe list\n\nTravellers from countries near South Africa are to be banned from entering England to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nArrivals from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, as well as island nations Mauritius and Seychelles, will be affected.\n\nThe rule will take effect on 9 January but there will be an exemption for British and Irish nationals.\n\nThey will need to follow existing quarantine procedures.\n\nA ban by visitors to the UK from South Africa started on 24 December.\n\nThe latest restriction brought in by the Department for Transport also affects travellers arriving from Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho and Mozambique.\n\nIt will apply from 04:00 GMT on Saturday to people who have travelled from or through any of the specified countries in the last 10 days.\n\nIt is understood most flights from the affected countries arrive at airports in England, although it is expected the policy will be formally adopted by the other UK nations.\n\nThe measures will be in place for an initial period of two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, Botswana, and the islands of Seychelles and Mauritius, are being removed from the UK list of safe travel corridors as there is a high frequency of travel between the islands and South Africa.\n\nThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is already being seen in other countries, including the UK.\n\nThe variant, much like the new UK variant first seen in Kent, appears to be more contagious than previous ones.\n\nAnyone arriving into the UK from most destinations must quarantine for 10 days.\n\nBut there are a list of countries exempt from the rules, meaning returning travellers do not need to self-isolate, called the travel corridor list.\n\nUnder the latest announcement, the travel corridor with Israel will also end amid concerns about rising infection levels in that country.\n\nHowever, rules in place across the UK currently ban travel abroad unless for specific reasons.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump calls for an 'orderly transition of power' to the Biden administration on January 20th\n\nA US Capitol police officer has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob as top Democrats have called for the president to be removed for \"inciting\" the riot.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment to the Constitution to declare the president unfit for office.\n\nAlternatively, she vowed to initiate the process to impeach the president.\n\nWednesday's violence came hours after Mr Trump encouraged his supporters to fight against the election results as Congress was certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November vote.\n\nFive people have died in relation to the riot, including Brian Sicknick, an officer at the US Capitol Police (USCP) who was \"injured while physically engaging with protesters\", the police said.\n\nMeanwhile, the top congressional Democrats - Speaker Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer - have urged Vice-President Pence and Mr Trump's cabinet to remove the president for \"his incitement of insurrection\".\n\n\"The President's dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office,\" they said in a joint statement.\n\nThe duo called for Mr Trump to be ousted using the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice-president to step up if the president is unable to perform his duties owing to a mental or physical illness.\n\nBut it would require Mr Pence and at least eight cabinet members to break with Mr Trump and invoke the amendment, something they have so far seemed unlikely to do. Mr Trump is due to leave office on 20 January, when Mr Biden will be sworn in.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMrs Pelosi indicated that if the vice-president failed to act, she would convene the House to launch their second impeachment proceedings against Mr Trump.\n\nHowever, to succeed in convicting and removing the president, Democrats would need a two-thirds majority in the Senate, and there is no indication they would get those numbers. And it was not clear whether enough time remained to carry out the process.\n\nMrs Pelosi's deputy, Katherine Clark, told CNN the House could move on impeachment next week.\n\nMedia reports, quoting unnamed sources, said Mr Trump had suggested to aides he was considering granting a pardon to himself in the final days of his presidency. The legality of such a move is untested.\n\nIt wasn't until Thursday night, more than 24 hours after the US Capitol had been ransacked by his supporters, that Donald Trump released a recorded statement calling for \"healing and reconciliation\" in a wounded nation.\n\nThat was the very least that could be expected from a US president in a time of crises, and it probably will not be enough to silence calls for his removal, impeachment or resignation. Those demands have been coming from the political left, of course, but also from parts of the right - longtime critics, from former allies and, remarkably, even the conservative editorial page of Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.\n\nEver since November's election, when Trump chose to attack the results rather than admit defeat, a reckoning was coming. The pressure, like a malfunctioning steam engine, was building toward a catastrophic ending.\n\nOn Thursday night, the president began trying to pick up the pieces.\n\nTeleprompter Trump had spoken. In past crises, unscripted Trump has quickly returned, with words and actions that reveal his earlier comments were insincere.\n\nWith 12 days left in his presidency, the question is whether, or more likely when, that Trump will return - and what happens when he does.\n\nPresident Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday following a 12-hour freeze of his account. His message was the closest he has come to a formal acceptance of his defeat after weeks of falsely insisting he actually won the election in a \"landslide\".\n\n\"Now Congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,\" the Republican said in a video, without mentioning Mr Biden by name.\n\n\"My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Treason, traitors and thugs' - the words lawmakers used to describe Capitol riot\n\nMr Trump said he had \"immediately deployed\" the National Guard to expel the intruders, though some US media reported he had hesitated to send in the troops, leaving his vice-president to give the order.\n\nHe also praised his \"wonderful supporters\" and promised \"our incredible journey is only just beginning\".\n\nLaw enforcement have been heavily criticised after they were overrun by the protesters. Mr Biden said: \"Nobody could tell me that if it was a group of Black Lives Matter protesters yesterday they wouldn't have been treated very differently than the thugs that stormed the Capitol.\"\n\nImages captured inside the Capitol building showed protesters roaming through some of the corridors unimpeded.\n\nThe FBI is seeking to identify those involved in the rampage, and the Washington DC police have released pictures of \"persons of interest\" for their involvement in the riot. The Department of Justice says people could face charges of seditious conspiracy, as well as rioting and insurrection.\n\nWashington police say 68 people have so far been arrested. One of those detained at the Capitol had a \"military-style automatic weapon and 11 Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs)\", according to the federal attorney for Washington DC.\n\nThe official responsible for security in the House of Representatives, the sergeant at arms, has resigned. Mr Schumer has called for his counterpart in the Senate to be sacked. USCP chief Steven Sund is also resigning, effective 16 January, following calls from Mrs Pelosi.\n\nOn Thursday, crews began installing a non-scalable 7ft (2m) fence around the Capitol which will remain in place for at least 30 days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: Black Lives Matter protesters would have been treated \"differently\"\n\nAshli Babbitt, a 35-year-old US Air Force veteran from San Diego, California, was named as the woman fatally shot by a police officer who has now been placed on leave. Law enforcement told US media the victim was unarmed.\n\nThree others died after suffering unspecified medical emergencies on Capitol grounds: Benjamin Philips, 50, from Pennsylvania; Kevin Greeson, 55, from Alabama; and Rosanne Boyland, 34, from Georgia. Mr Greeson's family said he died of a heart attack.\n\nPolice said that 14 officers had been injured in the riot.\n\nOn Thursday evening, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - one of the longest serving members of the president's administration - became the second cabinet member to quit following the Capitol riot.\n\nIn her resignation letter, Ms DeVos accused the president of fomenting Wednesday's disorder. \"There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.\"\n\nEarlier in the day, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao stepped down, saying she had been \"deeply troubled\" by the rampage.\n\nOther aides to quit include special envoy Mick Mulvaney, a senior national security official, and the chief of staff to First Lady Melania Trump. A state department adviser was also sacked after calling Mr Trump \"unfit for office\" in a tweet.", "Fashion student Mhari Thurston-Tyler posted an advert for the \"crop top\" (right) on Depop after she says she found some discarded Chiltern Railways seat covers (like those on the left)\n\nA fashion student has been warned not to sell prohibited items on the clothes app, Depop, after she posted an advert for a top made from a train seat cover.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler made the bandeau out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover designed to promote social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe 20-year-old sold the top for £15 but later refunded her customer and took the advert down.\n\nDepop said the item \"clearly violates our terms of service\".\n\nThe app for buying and selling second-hand clothes said the sale of stolen goods was banned - but Ms Thurston-Tyler denied stealing.\n\nShe told BBC News she found two of the blue seat covers \"balled up on the floor\" outside Marylebone station in London in September.\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, who is a fashion student at Central Saint Martins, re-sewed one of the covers to make it fit her, before deciding to advertise the second cover on Depop.\n\n\"I have no money at the moment so decided to put the second one on Depop to see if anyone would buy it,\" she said, adding that the app had become her main source of income as she has struggled to find other work during the pandemic.\n\n\"I have to resort to little things like this to make ends meet, to pay the bills.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler's advert went viral on social media after being shared by Depop Drama's Instagram and Twitter accounts.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler said she has been unable to find a job during the coronavirus pandemic and sells clothes on Depop \"to make ends meet\"\n\nIn the advert, Ms Thurston-Tyler models the seat cover and describes it as a \"social distancing crop\", adding: \"Got a few of these can do different sizes.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, said a Depop customer paid her £15 and ordered a crop top \"in extra small\".\n\nBut realising she should not be making money out of Chiltern Railways' property, Ms Thurston-Tyler refunded the customer 15 minutes later and took the advert down shortly afterwards.\n\n\"I didn't steal it but I understand it's not right to re-sell it,\" she said.\n\nA Depop spokesperson said Ms Thurston-Tyler would be banned from the platform if she listed any other prohibited goods.\n\n\"We explicitly prohibit the sale of illegal and unlawful content on the app, including any stolen goods,\" they said.\n\n\"This item clearly violates our terms of service, but as it has been removed by the seller and is no longer for sale on the platform, we will not be taking immediate steps to ban this user.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler said she hopes to make her own line of crop tops with the words \"children railways\" on the design, while \"the hype\" of the viral moment continues.\n\nChiltern Railways said it has been using the social distancing \"seat sashes\" since the beginning of the UK's Covid epidemic.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Whilst we appreciate this new take on railway memorabilia, these items are there to help customers travel with confidence and we would respectfully ask that they are left in place.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London mayor Sadiq Khan: \"Unless the virus reduces... we could run out of beds\"\n\nThe spread of Covid in London is \"out of control\" according to Sadiq Khan, who has declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThe coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures from Public Health England.\n\nHowever, the Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nMr Khan told BBC political reporter Karl Mercer that the figure is as high as one in 20 in some parts of London.\n\nMajor incidents have previously been called for the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terror attacks at Westminster Bridge and London Bridge.\n\nA major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nCurrently, there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, the mayor said.\n\nThis is a 35% increase compared to last April's peak of the pandemic, he added.\n\nDr Samantha Batt-Rawden, an ICU registrar and President of the Doctors' Association UK, tweeted: \"We tried. We really tried. NHS staff pleaded with people that Christmas is not worth it. Now one in 30 people in London have Covid and ICUs are overwhelmed. My heart is broken.\"\n\nAn analysis of Public Health England figures show in the week to 3 January, the number of cases rose across all of the London's boroughs compared with the previous week, with 17 individually recording more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTesting increased in parts of the city after a drop over the Christmas period but positivity was high among people taking lab-based tests - suggesting more testing is needed to find undiagnosed cases in the community.\n\nIn the past week, many parts of the capital saw a rise in deaths where a person had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days - with some areas recording more than double the number of deaths compared with the previous week.\n\nHowever, reporting over the Christmas period may have affected this.\n\nOut of the 18 acute hospital trusts in London providing figures to the government, all of them recorded having more beds being filled by coronavirus patients than in the previous week.\n\nBarts NHS Health, one of London's largest trusts, saw a 30% increase in coronavirus patients between 29 December and 5 January, to 830.\n\nThe London Ambulance Service is now taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, the mayor says\n\nThe mayor of London's announcement comes after the counties of Sussex and Surrey declared similar major incidents on Thursday.\n\nHe said the London Ambulance Service was currently taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said more than 100 firefighters had been drafted in to drive ambulances to help cope with the demand.\n\nEvery frontline agency involved in protecting the public has a legal duty to prepare for emergencies by devising and testing major incident plans.\n\nThese public bodies declare a major incident when the situation they're confronting is so big or terrible that it's not only likely to cause serious harm, but it will also compromise their ability to respond effectively.\n\nIn general terms, that means public bodies can legally stop delivering some everyday services, so that their personnel, attention and resources can be diverted to the emergency confronting them.\n\nAt other times, the plans will lead to the military sending soldiers to aid the civilian effort, as we have seen already during the pandemic.\n\nPrevious major incidents include the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, the Salisbury Novichok poisonings and the 2017 terrorism attacks.\n\nLondon's regional director for Public Health England Kevin Fenton said the current wave of coronavirus was \"the biggest threat\" the capital has faced in this pandemic to date.\n\nHe added: \"The emergence of the new variant means we are setting record case rates at almost double the national average, with at least one in 30 people now thought to be carrying the virus.\n\n\"We know this will sadly lead to large numbers of deaths, so strong and immediate action is needed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nMr Khan is warning that London is \"at crisis point\".\n\n\"If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die,\" he said.\n\n\"Londoners continue to make huge sacrifices and I am today imploring them to please stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary for you to leave. Stay at home to protect yourself, your family, friends and other Londoners and to protect our NHS.\"\n\nHe said he had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for more financial support for Londoners who need to self-isolate and are unable to work, and for daily vaccination data.\n\nMr Khan also called for the closure of places of worship and for face masks to be worn routinely outside the home, including in crowded places and supermarket queues, in a bid to curb case numbers.\n\nTwo hospital trusts in London have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths\n\nThe mayor of London was in a sombre mood when I spoke to him earlier this afternoon. One in 20 Londoners in some areas now has Covid, and there is a real fear that hospitals will simply be overwhelmed in the next two weeks.\n\nDeclaring a major incident is a real indication of the levels of concern felt not just at City Hall but across London's emergency services and the NHS.\n\nMore Londoners are now in hospital with coronavirus than at the peak of the first wave last April - and those numbers are growing by more than 800 every day.\n\nIt's believed the last mayor to declare a London-wide major incident was Boris Johnson in response to the 2011 riots.\n\nThe coming days will be some of the most challenging in the city's recent history.\n\nKatie Sanderson, a junior doctor working in London, said she is worried how long medical staff can cope with the surge of patients.\n\n\"[Staff] are working on wards and spending long amounts of time with patients who need high-intensive oxygen therapy,\" she said.\n\n\"It is technically challenging and the emotional burden is enormous. I see it in a flatness in their demeanour, like we've all got used to doing things which before were totally inconceivable.\"\n\nGeorgia Gould, chair of London Councils, described London's rising coronavirus rate as \"dangerous\".\n\nShe added: \"One in 30 Londoners now has Covid. This is why public services across London are urging all Londoners to please stay at home except for absolutely essential shopping and exercise.\n\n\"This is a dark and difficult time for our city but there is light at end of the tunnel with the vaccine rollout. We are asking Londoners to come together one last time to stop the spread - lives really do depend on it.\"\n\nEarlier this week as the prime minister introduced an England-wide lockdown, the Met Police said officers were going to be \"more inquisitive\" towards Londoners seen outside.\n\nThe Met handed out 1,761 fines for breaches of coronavirus laws between 27 March and 20 December.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the major incident was a \"stark reminder\" of the point London is at in the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"These rule-breakers cannot continue to feign ignorance of the risk that this virus poses or listen to the false information and lies that some promote downplaying the dangers.\n\n\"Every time the virus spreads it increases the risk of someone needlessly losing their life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One of the worst shifts of my life - it's overwhelming'\n\nIn response to Mr Khan's announcement the government said the NHS is continuing to \"face a huge challenge\"\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"It is absolutely paramount people in London, and the rest of the country, follow the rules and stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.\n\n\"We are working closely with NHS England to support hospitals in the capital, including additional bed capacity at the London Nightingale.\n\n\"Financial support is in place for workers who need to self-isolate - including a £500 payment for those on the lowest incomes who have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nHave any of the issues raised in this article had an impact on you? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: 'This is why we say to you do not come out'\n\nPeople are being warned about breaking lockdown restrictions after the police got stuck in snow due to rule-breakers.\n\nA car driving on Moel Famau hill, Flintshire, despite roadblocks, skidded off the road on Thursday night, with officers deployed to help the passengers.\n\nHowever, they then became stuck and had to call mountain rescuers.\n\nA yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office for all of Wales, until midnight on Friday.\n\nPolice said: \"This is why we say to you do not come out.\"\n\nOn a video posted on Twitter, an officer for the North Wales Police Rural Crime Team warned people about the consequences of breaking the rules.\n\n\"It is now involving two agencies, two police vehicles, two mountain rescue vehicles and three police officers and the casualty.\"\n\nRob Taylor from North Wales Police Rural Crime Team said the person who was driving the car, which travelled 200m when it lost control was \"very, very lucky to be alive and escape uninjured\".\n\n\"We've been having problems with people lately flouting the law and going where they shouldn't be going,\" he said.\n\n\"People have been going through them for various reasons whether that's a walk or sledge and gathering in large groups. So we have been paying attention.\n\n\"This issue that was highlighted perfectly yesterday where someone's gone there thinking it's okay to flout the law. They get themselves in trouble and cause an emergency response from police and actually put those police officers' lives at risk.\n\n\"Their actions can really affect many people.\"\n\nSnow and ice warnings are in place for all of Wales\n\nThe snow warning for Friday said 5cm of snow could also fall on hills and mountains, with a widespread frost forecast for the morning.\n\nRoad agencies said driving conditions on the A55 in Flintshire were difficult, with snow on Rhuallt Hill.\n\nOne lane on the expressway has been closed eastbound between Pentre Halkyn and Northop following a crash.\n\nRoads have also been closed in Denbighshire following the heavy snow.\n\nThe Met Office warned there was a risk of slips and falls with sleet and snow predicted to fall on to already-frozen ground, creating icy patches.\n\nForecasters said that while snow was likely to fall on hills and mountains, flurries could be seen elsewhere, but this was likely to \"be slight and temporary\".\n\nFurther ice warnings have also been issued until 11:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nResidents in parts of Wales have been waking to snow, including in Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hyundai has sparked confusion over a possible electric car tie-up with Apple.\n\nThe South Korean car company initially said it was in the \"early stage\" of talks with the iPhone maker about a possible electric car partnership.\n\nBut hours later it backtracked and said it was talking with a number of potential partners without naming Apple.\n\nHyundai's share price rose more than 20% when the tie-up was announced.\n\n\"Apple and Hyundai are in discussions but they are at an early stage and nothing has been decided,\" it said in a statement which was later revised. Hyundai's value shot up $9bn (£6.5bn) after the Apple announcement.\n\nWhile an updated statement said it was talking to a number of companies about a possible electric car tie-up including Apple, a later version omitted the US tech firm.\n\nApple is known for its secretiveness when it comes to new products and partnerships.\n\n\"I'm not surprised to see a big jump in the valuation of Hyundai. The stock market loves car companies who are tech firms as seen with Tesla rise,\" said Sarwant Singh, managing partner at consultants Frost & Sullivan. \"This partnership helps Hyundai be seen as a tech innovator.\"\n\nLast month, news emerged that Apple was moving forward with self-driving car technology with a 2024 launch date.\n\nThe electric vehicle (EV) market is becoming increasingly competitive, with companies such as Tesla grabbing the headlines with its rapidly-increasing valuation. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world, displacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.\n\nExperts say an electric vehicle from Apple is still at least five years away.\n\nThey say pandemic-related delays could push the start of production into 2025 or beyond.\n\nHyundai has already been pushing into new technologies such as electric, driverless and flying cars.\n\nLast month, it took a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics in a deal that valued the mobile robot firm at $1.1bn.\n\nThe company is also setting up a $4bn autonomous-driving joint venture with auto parts supplier Aptiv.\n\nBoth partners will invest $2bn, while Ireland-based Aptiv will contribute about 700 engineers and transfer patents and intellectual property to the venture.\n\n\"Apple could certainly jumpstart that project and Hyundai brings the vehicle development and manufacturing expertise,\" said Jeff Schuster at automobile data firm LMC Automotive\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nApple's efforts to produce an electric car, known as Project Titan, have been on and off ever since plans were revealed in 2014.\n\nThere have been rumours over who would assemble an Apple-branded car as it may be difficult for the tech giant to manufacture them on its own.\n\nIts rival Alphabet's Waymo chose a factory in Detroit to mass produce its own self-driving cars.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore are now sticking to walks nearer their homes\n\nA police force that was criticised for its \"intimidating\" approach to two walkers is to review its lockdown fines policy.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said they were surrounded by police after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday, and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police initially said driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown.\n\nBut it now says new national guidelines mean it will review its position.\n\nIn a statement, the force said all of its fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown will be reviewed.\n\nMs Allen, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, said she assumed \"someone had been murdered\" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nWhen she and her friend were questioned by police, they were also told by officers the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nShe said: \"The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.\n\n\"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'.\"\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nForemark Reservoir is five miles away from where Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore live\n\nHer friend, Ms Moore, said she was \"stunned at the time\" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police said that driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nThe force added: \"Where there are cases of blatant breaches of the regulations then fines will be issued by officers.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nFixed penalty notices have been given to people who visit Calke Abbey, a National Trust property\n\nBut in a statement, the force said further guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThe NPCC added that rather than issue fines for people who travel out of their local area \"but are not breaching regulations, officers will encourage people to follow the guidance\".\n\nThe force has now said it will be \"aligning to adhere to this stance\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Kem Mehmet said: \"We are grateful for the guidance from the NPCC.\n\n\"The actions of our officers continues to be to protect the public, the NHS and to help save lives.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the force has been accused of being overzealous in enforcing alleged lockdown breaches.\n\nIn the country's first lockdown in March the use of a drone to film people walking in the Peak District was labelled \"nanny policing\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nursery staff are not advised to wear face coverings\n\nChildcare organisations are demanding to see evidence that it is safe for them to remain open while schools and colleges have closed to most pupils.\n\nStaff have close contact with children and babies daily, when they change nappies and receive them by the hand from parents, for example.\n\nMinisters have insisted early years settings are safe as young children have very low rates of the virus.\n\nNurseries argue the evidence cited is based on data about old variant Covid.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations, the Early Years Alliance, the National Day Nurseries Association and childminders' group, Pacey, have joined together to mount a #ProtectEarlyYears campaign.\n\nThey want the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early years staff of staying open, particularly in light of the increased transmissibility of the new variant of Covid-19.\n\nSue Cardy, owner and manager of Ready Teddy Go Pre School, in Shoeburyness, Essex said: \"There isn't anyone who has asked: 'Is it 100% safe for us to remain fully open? No one can see the virus and staff may be asymptomatic, and so we all run an element of risk of catching or spreading it.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff have families and are not all young... 50% of my staff are over 50 and some have underlying medical conditions.\"\n\nVicky, the manager of a church pre-school in Cheshire West and Chester said she could potentially have 30 children plus 10 staff in a church hall, with no PPE recommended, and limited social distancing.\n\n\"As an early years provider, I am increasingly worried about the safety of both staff and children, yet if we chose to partially close, we could be financially penalised.\"\n\nAnd Georgie Morrell from Brighton and Hove said: \"Since re-opening, I have had four households tell me. they are Covid positive.\n\n\"This is clearly very close to home and yet we have been given no choice or support but to remain open and carry on.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: \"It is simply not acceptable that, at the height of a global pandemic, early years providers are being asked to work with no support, no protection and no clear evidence that is safe for them to do so.\n\n\"We know how vital access to early education and care is to many families, but it cannot be right to ask the early years workforce to put themselves at risk. That is why it is vital that the government takes the urgent steps needed to safeguard those working in the sector, particularly mass testing and priority access to vaccinations.\n\nNursery providers are calling for staff to be tested, priority for vaccination and for state funding lost due to lower numbers during the pandemic, to be replaced by government.\n\nPurnima Tanuku, chief Executive of National Day Nurseries Association, said nurseries were determined to support families during the current lockdown.\n\nBut, she added: \"Time and again, whether it's on PPE, cleaning costs, testing or staffing, early years providers have been overlooked by the Department for Education.\n\n\"Now, they are the only part of the education sector fully open to all children and must be given priority.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, vaccines minister Nadim Zahawi said there was very little risk to younger children.\n\n\"The nursery sector has taken tremendous care in making sure the premises are also Covid safe. It is the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Department for Education is yet to comment on the #ProtectEarlyYears demands.", "The coronavirus vaccine rollout is a national challenge requiring an unprecedented effort - involving the armed forces - Boris Johnson says.\n\nThe PM confirmed almost 1.5 million people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 1,000 GP-led sites in England will be able to offer a total of \"hundreds of thousands\" of jabs each day by 15 January, he said.\n\nThe Army will use \"battle preparation techniques\" to help achieve that goal.\n\nIt came as a further 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported on Thursday - the second consecutive day of more than 1,000 recorded fatalities - and 52,618 new cases.\n\nAnd as Simon Stevens, head of the NHS in England, warned 10,000 patients with Covid had been admitted to hospital since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Johnson said there would likely be \"lumpiness and bumpiness\" in the rollout of vaccines.\n\nHe said: \"Let's be clear, this is a national challenge on a scale like nothing we've seen before and it will require an unprecedented national effort.\n\n\"Of course, there will be difficulties, appointments will be changed but... the Army is working hand in glove with the NHS and local councils to set up our vaccine network and using battle preparation techniques to help us keep up the pace.\"\n\nAlongside GPs, there will be 223 hospital sites and seven \"giant vaccination centres\" - as well as an initial 200 community pharmacies - offering jabs, Mr Johnson said.\n\nEveryone will have a vaccination centre within 10 miles of their home, he added, with a \"full vaccination deployment plan\" to be published on Monday.\n\nHe also said there would be a national booking system for vaccinations - but did not give any more details.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brigadier Phil Prosser said his task was to ensure everyone in England had equal access to the vaccine\n\nBrigadier Phil Prosser, commander of military support to the vaccine delivery programme, told the news conference his team was \"embedded\" with the NHS.\n\nHe said his \"day job\" is to deliver combat supplies to UK forces in time of war, \"at speed in the most arduous and challenging conditions\".\n\nThe government has set a target to offer vaccination slots to 15 million in the top four priority groups - including all over-80s - by 15 February.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson said that, with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine available, he could pledge one of those groups - care home residents - would all receive their jab by the end of January.\n\nThe widespread rollout of the vaccine has begun in earnest with the first doses delivered during the day to family doctors for distribution.\n\nBut there were concerns from some GPs over supplies, as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the levels of vaccine supply was the \"rate-limiting\" factor as jabs would be delivered as quickly as stock is available.\n\nIt comes as some hospitals in England are at risk of becoming Covid-only sites, with rising admissions for the virus forcing trusts to cut back on other services.\n\nThe latest NHS statistics also show that there were 30,370 patients with Covid in UK hospitals on Tuesday, a much higher figure than the first peak in the spring of 2020.\n\nHospital leaders have warned medics are becoming increasingly stretched with \"untrained staff\" used to fill gaps.\n\nAt 20:00 GMT, people in some streets stepped out onto doorsteps to clap for the heroes of the pandemic, following a weekly initiative which gained popularity during the UK's first lockdown.\n\nHowever, Thursday's clap for heroes was more muted than those seen last year, perhaps reflecting criticism the initiative had become politicised.\n\nLots of detail has been given about how the NHS - working hand-in-hand with the military - will be able to deliver the vaccines.\n\nThere will be more local vaccination centres, hospital hubs and even mass vaccination at sports stadiums.\n\nThousands of extra vaccinators have already been trained - and thousands more are waiting in the wings.\n\nBut the biggest hurdle the UK faces is vaccine supply.\n\nIf it is not available, it cannot be put in arms no matter how good the vaccination network is.\n\nIn the long-term, supply is not likely to be a problem - but in the coming weeks it could be tight.\n\nThere is enough vaccine in the country to offer all those at highest risk a jab by mid-February.\n\nBut it is not yet all ready for the NHS to use, either because the final safety checks have not been done or the vaccine has not been put into vials.\n\nThe former depends on lab work by the medicines regulator, while the latter is the job of a plant in Wrexham.\n\nEach stage takes some time. The target is achievable, but a lot has to go right.\n\nSir Simon Stevens said there were 50% more coronavirus patients in England's hospitals now compared to the peak last April, affecting every region across the country.\n\nHe said: \"That number is accelerating very, very rapidly... the pressures are real and they are growing.\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel all of its urgent cancer surgery amid \"highly significant\" demand for bed space.\n\nThe cancelled operations will affect those patients for whom surgery could impact recovery and even survival, the trust said.\n\nBoris Johnson said all parts of government would be throwing everything at the vaccination effort \"round the clock\"\n\nIn one positive development for hospitals, two more life-saving drugs that can cut deaths by a quarter in patients who are sickest with Covid have been cleared for widespread use, with immediate effect.\n\nThe anti-inflammatory medications, given via a drip, save an extra life for every 12 treated, researchers said, following NHS trials.\n\nElsewhere, the UK has implemented restrictions on travellers to England from countries near South Africa to stop the spread of the South African Covid variant.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson and Sir Simon were asked about persistent social media claims that coronavirus does not exist - and that reports of packed hospital wards of people being treated are just a myth.\n\nSir Simon said that such misinformation was an \"insult\" to hard-working critical care staff.\n\n\"There is nothing more demoralising than having that kind of nonsense spouted when it is most obviously untrue,\" he said.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "Gordy Philip took an icy bike ride on the Great Glen Way between Blackfold and Abriachan in the hills above Loch Ness. He said of his image: \"Could be the light at the end of the road on the first day of another lockdown.\"", "New data from EU satellites shows that 2020 is in a statistical dead heat with 2016 as the world's warmest year.\n\nThe Copernicus Climate Change Service says that last year was around 1.25C above the long-term average.\n\nThe scientists say that unprecedented levels of heat in the Arctic and Siberia were key factors in driving up the overall temperature.\n\nThe past 12 months also saw a new record for Europe, around 0.4C warmer than 2019.\n\nLast December, the World Meteorological Organization predicted that 2020 would be one of the three warmest years on record.\n\nThis new, more complete report from Copernicus says that last year is right at the top of the list.\n\nHigh temperatures saw fires rage in spring and summer in many locations inside the Arctic circle\n\nThe Copernicus data comes from a constellation of Sentinel satellites that monitor the Earth from orbit, as well as measurements taken at ground level.\n\nTemperature data from the system shows that 2020 was 1.25C warmer than the average from 1850-1900, a time often described as the \"pre-industrial\" period.\n\nOne key factor driving up the temperatures was the heating experienced in the Arctic and Siberia.\n\nIn some locations there, temperatures for the year as a whole were 6C above the long-term average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis exceptional warming led to a very active wildfire season. Fires in the Arctic Circle released a record amount of CO2, according to the study, up over a third from 2019.\n\nThe Copernicus service concludes that while 2020 was very marginally cooler than 2016, the two years are statistically on a par as the differences between the figures for the two years are smaller than the typical differences found in other temperature databases for the same period.\n\nMore data on 2020's temperature will be released in the next week or so from other agencies, including Nasa and the UK Met Office.\n\nThe scientists say that the closeness between the years is all the more remarkable considering the impacts of the El Niño/La Niña weather cycle.\n\nPeople saw their homes burnt down in some parts of Siberia\n\nEurope also saw a new record level of warming for the year, 0.4C warmer than 2019. A major heat wave in July and August was an important factor driving up the mercury across the continent.\n\nGlobally, the 10-year period from 2011-2020 is the warmest decade, with the last six years being the six hottest on record.\n\n\"Twenty-twenty stands out for its exceptional warmth in the Arctic and a record number of tropical storms in the North Atlantic,\" said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.\n\n\"It is no surprise that the last decade was the warmest on record, and is yet another reminder of the urgency of ambitious emissions reductions to prevent adverse climate impacts in the future.\"\n\nWhile a strong La Niña may cool temperatures a little in 2021, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to remain high, contributing to ongoing warming.\n\nNew data from the UK's Met Office suggests that average concentrations of CO2 will reach levels that are 50% higher than they were before the industrial revolution.\n\nResearchers predict that annual average CO2 concentration at the Mauna Loa recording station in Hawaii will be around 2.29 parts per million (ppm) higher in 2021 than in 2020.\n\nDespite the global slowdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientists say this rise is being driven by emissions from the use of fossil fuels and from deforestation.\n\nEurope saw a prolonged heat wave in July and August that pushed the year to a new record\n\nWhile weather patterns linked to the La Niña event may boost growth in tropical forests and increase the amount of the gas that's absorbed, it won't be enough to slow the overall rise.\n\nThe Met Office says that CO2 will exceed 417ppm in the atmosphere for several weeks from April to June.\n\nThis is 50% higher than the level of 278ppm that pertained in the late 18th Century as widespread industrial activity was just beginning.\n\n\"The human-caused build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere is accelerating,\" said Prof Richard Betts from the Met Office.\n\n\"It took over 200 years for levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later we are approaching a 50% increase.\"\n\n\"Reversing this trend and slowing the atmospheric CO2 rise will need global emissions to reduce, and bringing them to a halt will need global emissions to be brought down to net zero. This needs to happen within about the next 30 years if global warming is to be limited to 1.5C.\"", "Lorry drivers crossing the Channel will continue to need a recent negative Covid test result \"until further notice\", the UK government has said.\n\nHauliers have been required to prove they have tested negative since the border with France reopened last month.\n\nThe decision to continue testing comes from the French government, the Department for Transport said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps urged \"all hauliers to get tested before getting to the border\".\n\nThe decision comes as the introduction of new trading rules between the UK and European Union prompts disruption for some businesses and hauliers.\n\nMr Shapps said the government was \"offering support to businesses to set-up testing facilities at their own premises, assisting the smooth passage of trucks and good across the border, as well as setting up testing at information and advice sites around the country\".\n\nDrivers and crew of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), drivers of large goods vehicles (LGVs) and van drivers are advised to obtain a negative test before arriving in Kent or at other Channel crossing points.\n\nThere are now 34 testing sites for hauliers situated in key \"stopping spots\" across the UK, with further sites being set up, the DfT said.\n\nTests must be authorised and taken 72 hours before entry into France.\n\nIn addition to a negative Covid test result, some hauliers require a new 24-hour permit to enter Kent since the introduction of the new UK-EU rules.\n\nFrance reported 21,703 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, while the UK reported 52,618.\n\nLast month, the border crisis saw France refuse arrivals from the UK for 48 hours between 20 and 22 December due to a new virus variant initially discovered in Kent.\n\nPassenger ferries and lorry freight bound for France were suspended from Dover, Portsmouth and Newhaven.\n\nAn emergency procedure devised as part of post-Brexit preparations allowed lorries to be \"stacked\" - leaving thousands of foreign drivers stranded throughout southern England.", "A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means there have been just short of 80,000 deaths by that measure - as another 68,053 new cases were recorded.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) said the number of deaths would \"continue to rise until we stop the spread\".\n\nIt comes as the government launches a new campaign in England urging people to \"act like you've got\" the virus.\n\nThe campaign, including an advert fronted by England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, is intended to remind the public Covid is spreading fast, with large numbers showing no symptoms.\n\nIn the advert, Prof Whitty says: \"Covid-19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country.\n\n\"This puts many people at risk of serious disease and is placing a lot of pressure on our NHS.\n\n\"Once more, we must all stay home. If it is essential to go out remember, wash your hands, cover your face indoors and keep your distance from others.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nHospital leaders have warned of stretched staffing with 31,624 coronavirus patients in UK hospitals on Wednesday - 46% above the peak during the first wave last year.\n\nDr Ian Higginson, vice president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the situation in London and south-east England was \"pretty dire\" and would get worse in the rest of the country before long.\n\n\"We're heading for some really dark times, I fear, in this phase of the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nRichard Mitchell, chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, said the increase in patients seen in London was now affecting his area in Nottinghamshire.\n\nHe said: \"Critical care is exceptionally busy and the colleagues who work here are tired, they're fatigued and they're worn out.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a third Covid vaccine received emergency approval for use in the UK with 17 million doses of the jab, made by US firm Moderna, pre-ordered by the UK.\n\nThe vaccine joins the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs in being approved, with close to 1.5 million people now vaccinated in the UK.\n\nDr William Welfare, Covid-19 response director at PHE, said: \"Each life lost to this virus is a tragedy, but sadly we can expect the death toll to continue to rise until we stop the spread.\n\n\"Approximately one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it.\n\n\"To protect our loved ones it is essential we all stay at home where possible. This will reduce new infections, ease the pressure on the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was now \"out of control\", as he declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThis means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response, and allows special arrangements to be implemented.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll - 1,224 - was recorded on 21 April 2020 during the UK's first lockdown. Daily deaths were in the single figures as recently as September.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths behind the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nWe are now seeing the record numbers of cases over the Christmas period translate into record numbers of deaths.\n\nAnd with new infections rising rapidly - more than 1.1 million people in England estimated to be infected with Covid-19 last week - these tragic numbers are set to continue for some time.\n\nAnd that is mainly because of the new variant form of the virus which is thought to be between 30-70% more transmissible.\n\nThe administration of the vaccines to at-risk groups should see a reduction in the numbers dying by the end of the month and the numbers having to go into hospital going down sometime after that.\n\nThat is the other way around from what you normally hear - but that it because a successful vaccine programme will initially remove those most likely to die from the path of the virus.\n\nFitter or younger people - who are less likely to die but could still end up occupying hospital beds - won't be getting their jabs for some time yet.\n\nThe advent of spring's better weather should also help cases to fall, but ministers will have to decide what level of risk - and deaths - society is prepared to tolerate.\n\nFriday saw 619,941 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 09:00 GMT - also a new record.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThe R number - the rate at which an infected person passes on the virus to someone else - is now estimated to be between 1.0 to 1.4, meaning the epidemic is growing between 0% and 6% per day.\n\nCovid infections rose by almost a third between Boxing Day and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, an estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nBoris Johnson pledged on Thursday to use England's lockdown to implement an \"unprecedented national effort\" to offer vaccination to those at the highest risk from Covid by 15 February.\n\nHe said the Army would be drafted in to use \"battle preparation techniques\" to achieve the goal, which could see up to 15 million people offered a vaccine by the middle of next month.\n\nIn another development, from next week all travellers to the UK will need to show a recent negative test result before they arrive.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Parents and teachers are \"frustrated\" about plans to keep schools closed until the February half term and concerned about the impact on children.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Radio Wales phone-in, callers said they felt young people were being \"thrown under the bus\".\n\nOthers said they were fed up with \"bitty information\" from the Welsh Government.\n\nKaarina Rutta from Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, told the programme she was having to work at night when her four children had gone to bed after home schooling.\n\n\"It's a challenge trying to help all four at the same time and also having in the back of your mind I should also be working and doing other things,\" she said.\n\n\"I was quite sure that this was going to happen,\" she added.\n\n\"It didn't come as a surprise I have to say, because the situation is just so bad I think there is no other way out of it at the moment.\n\n\"I just wish we had known earlier on and it would have been easier to plan.\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was the \"best certainty\" he could offer \"in a world which is highly uncertain\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge asked how staff were coping during the pandemic and thanked them for their sacrifice\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has said he talks to his three children about NHS staff \"every day\" to help them to understand the \"sacrifices\" made during Covid.\n\nPrince William's comments were part of a video call to London hospital staff.\n\n\"Catherine and I and all the children talk about all of you guys every day, so we're making sure the children understand all of the sacrifices that all of you are making,\" he said.\n\nIt comes after the London mayor said the virus was \"out of control\".\n\nSadiq Khan declared a major incident on Friday - meaning the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response - after the number of Covid patients in the capital's hospitals surpassed 7,000.\n\nStaff at Homerton University Hospital in east London told the Duke of Cambridge that queues of people waiting to be vaccinated at the hospital offered hope, but that the way out of the crisis was for the public to \"stay at home\" during lockdown.\n\nIn recent days the hospital has seen its highest number of admissions since the pandemic began.\n\nDuring the UK's first national lockdown, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children Prince George (left), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined in with the weekly Clap for Carers event\n\nThe duke, who is joint patron of NHS Charities Together, said: \"A huge thank you for all the hard work, the sleepless nights, the lack of sleep, the anxiety, the exhaustion and everything that you are doing, we are so grateful.\n\n\"Good luck, we are all thinking of you.\"\n\nHis video call, which took place on Thursday, is one of many he and the duchess have made to NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nPrince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have also shown their support for the health service by getting involved with the weekly Clap for Carers applause during the UK's first national lockdown.\n\nAnd on Saturday, the Duchess's birthday, Kensington Palace said the family's thoughts \"continue to be with all those working on the front line at this hugely challenging time\".\n\nChief nurse Catherine Pelley told the prince her hospital had used funds from NHS Charities Together to set up various support initiatives such as a \"wobble room\" for colleagues to relax in.\n\n\"For us this week, starting vaccinating has been one of the single most significant impacts on people feeling that there is a future out of this, and the queues out the door here where they have been vaccinating have been really hopeful for people,\" she said.\n\n\"But the support we need is stay at home, help us. Because that will get us all out of this, whatever our role is, and we will get society out of this.\"\n\nAfter speaking to Ms Pelley and her colleagues about how they supported one another, the prince said: \"It's good that you and your team are keeping your spirits high and I always find that having some sort of sense of humour through everything is very important, otherwise we all go mad.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge said he wants his children to appreciate the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the pandemic", "Ms Sturgeon has rejected claims made by former first minister Alex Salmond\n\nAlex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament, calling evidence she gave to an inquiry into the handling of sexual harassment claims against him \"simply untrue\".\n\nMr Salmond's comments emerged in a written submission to a separate investigation into whether the first minister breached the ministerial code.\n\nThe submission has been shared with the Holyrood committee.\n\nMs Sturgeon says she \"entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims\".\n\nIn the submission, the former first minister said that Ms Sturgeon had misled parliament and broken the ministerial code with breaches including failing to inform the civil service in good time of her meetings with him.\n\nHe claimed she allowed the Scottish government to contest a civil court case against him despite having had legal advice that it was likely to collapse.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the Holyrood inquiry she had become aware of allegations at a meeting with Mr Salmond at her home.\n\nIt since emerged she met his former chief of staff in the days before, but she said she had forgotten about that meeting.\n\nMr Salmond said that claim was untenable.\n\nHis submission said that she misled parliament, and that amounted to a breach of the code. He also said she breached the code by failing to to inform civil servants of the nature of the meetings that took place between the two of them at her home where the allegations were discussed.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of charges of sexual assault\n\nMr Salmond's statement read: \"The pre-arranged meeting in the Scottish Parliament of 29 March 2018 was \"forgotten\" about because acknowledging it would have rendered ridiculous the claim made by the first minister in parliament that it had been believed that the meeting on 2 April was on SNP Party business and thus held at her private residence.\"\n\nBoth Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon are expected to give evidence to the committee in the coming weeks.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross responded to the claims, saying: \"Nobody ever bought Nicola Sturgeon's tall tales to have suddenly turned forgetful, especially about the devastating moment she found out of sexual harassment allegations against her friend and mentor of 30 years.\n\n\"What has been revealed are allegations of shocking, deliberate and corrupt actions at the heart of government. There is now clear evidence of Nicola Sturgeon abusing her power to deceive the Scottish public.\n\n\"If this proves to be correct, it is a resignation matter. No first minister, at any time, can be allowed to get away with repeatedly and blatantly lying to the Scottish Parliament and breaking the ministerial code.\"\n\nScottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said Alex Salmond's explosive allegations demanded answers from the first minister to the committee.\n\nShe said: \"The bombshell accusation that Nicola Sturgeon has broken the ministerial code has the potential to end her political career and demands a robust and honest answer from the first minister.\n\n\"This committee demands truthfulness and honesty from every witness it calls - it is vital that the first minister tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when she appears.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon has repeatedly dismissed any notion of a conspiracy against Mr Salmond.\n\nHer spokeswoman said: \"The first minister entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims about the ministerial code.\n\n\"We should always remember that the roots of this issue lie in complaints made by women about Alex Salmond's behaviour whilst he was first minister, aspects of which he has conceded. It is not surprising therefore that he continues to try to divert focus from that by seeking to malign the reputation of the first minister and by spinning false conspiracy theories.\n\n\"The first minister is concentrating on fighting the pandemic, stands by what she has said, and will address these matters in full when she appears at committee.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday evening, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford MP said he did not believe the accusations about the first minister were correct.\n\nHe said: \"I believe that the first minister has acted in an honourable way, she's someone that I've every faith and trust in.\n\n\"I can tell you that the approval ratings for the first minister, the respect that she has right up and down the country of Scotland is enormous and this is something that will pass, when she appears in front of the committee these matters will be dealt with.\"\n\nAlex Salmond has just turned up the heat on his successor with a submission that presents a direct and serious challenge to the reputation of Nicola Sturgeon - who was once his closest political ally.\n\nWhat he no doubt considers as an attempt to secure justice, some others will see as a case of deflection and revenge.\n\nAllegations of breaking the ministerial code of conduct and misleading parliament are serious and, if upheld, potentially career threatening.\n\nYet even some of Ms Sturgeon's fiercest critics at Holyrood do not expect the inquiries into the Scottish government's mishandling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond to force her from office.\n\nMr Salmond seems to expect the review of the first minister's actions under the ministerial code of conduct to remain narrow enough that it could not possibly find against her.\n\nThe first minister herself appears confident of persuading all comers, including a cross-party committee of MSPs (before which both she and Mr Salmond are due to appear in the coming weeks) that she has acted properly throughout.", "The star thanked fans for their messages of support\n\nThe Wanted's Tom Parker has told fans he is \"responding well\" to treatment for his brain tumour.\n\nThe singer praised the NHS as he wrote on Instagram: \"Significant reduction: These are the words I received today and I can't stop saying them over and over again.\"\n\nSharing a picture with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and their two children, he added: \"Today is a good day.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old was found to have an inoperable brain tumour last year.\n\nThe diagnosis came after he suffered two seizures last summer. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, his wife was not allowed in the hospital during three days of tests and he received the news alone.\n\nAt the time he vowed to fight the cancer \"all the way\". Two weeks later he became a father for the second time after Hardwick gave birth to a baby boy.\n\nThe singer shared a photo of his young family alongside the latest update on his health\n\nSharing an update on his condition on Thursday, Parker said: \"I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment.\n\n\"I can't thank our wonderful NHS enough,\" he continued. \"You're all having a tough time out there but we appreciate the work you are all doing on the front line.\"\n\nThe star also thanked his wife, calling her \"my rock\", and thanked fans for their support. \"Your love, light and positivity have inspired me,\" he wrote. \"Every message has not been unnoticed they have given me so much strength.\"\n\nParker achieved fame in the early 2010s as part of The Wanted, reaching number one with the singles All Time Low and Glad You Came.\n\nSince the band went on hiatus in 2014, he has played Danny Zuko in a touring production of Grease and reached the semi-finals of Celebrity Masterchef.\n\nHe married Hardwick, an actress, in 2018. As well as Bodhi, the couple have an 18-month-old daughter.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Covid infections rose by almost a third between 26 December and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period.\n\nDaily infections are understood to have risen to about 150,000 since then.\n\nThat would bring daily coronavirus cases above the first peak.\n\nThe R or reproduction number for the virus is now between 1 and 1.4 for the UK, reflecting the sharp rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nSeparate ONS data suggests just under half (44%) of British adults formed a Christmas bubble.\n\nThese temporary rules let up to three households mix indoors on 25 December - unless they were living in a Tier 4 area.\n\nThe ONS estimated how much of the population had Covid in the week of 27 December- 2 January:\n\nThe ONS data suggests cases rose by three-quarters between its two most recent study periods: 12-18 December and 27 December - 2 January.\n\nThe ZOE Covid Symptom Study was able to track more recent changes since there was no pause in its research for Christmas.\n\nIt found the epidemic is growing throughout the UK.\n\nResearchers estimate the virus's reproduction or R number is currently 1.2 across the UK.\n\nBoth sources indicate London has the most severe epidemic with the highest number of cases.\n\nConfirmed cases, published on the government's dashboard, are always lower than those in surveys because they mainly reflect the test results of people coming in with symptoms.\n\nBoth the ONS and ZOE also look at asymptomatic cases - people who may not otherwise get tests.\n\nSome asymptomatic testing is now available in the community but it is not being widely taken up.\n\nAbout a fifth of people responding to a separate ONS survey looking at the social impacts of the pandemic, said they had found it difficult to follow the Christmas rules.\n\nAnd half of those gave the fact that they had already made plans as the reason.\n\nRules, which were set to allow everyone in the UK to mix in a five-day window, were changed at the last minute, on 19 December.\n\nIn England, people living in Tiers 1-3 were allowed to form a one-day Christmas bubble with a maximum of two other households.\n\nThose in Tier 4, including about 10 million people in Greater London, were not permitted to mix at all.\n\nMixing was permitted in Scotland and Wales for Christmas Day only.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "A former Labour MP has quit the party before disciplinary proceedings against him concerning sexual harassment could be concluded, Labour has said.\n\nKelvin Hopkins was suspended by the party in 2017 after a Labour activist, Ava Etemadzadeh, accused him of inappropriate physical contact.\n\nMs Etemadzadeh said the ex-MP's exit from the party was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe BBC has attempted to contact Mr Hopkins, 79, for a response, but he has previously denied the accusations.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said it \"takes all complaints of sexual harassment extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.\n\n\"We are disappointed that the party's disciplinary processes did not reach a conclusion due to Kelvin Hopkins' decision to resign his membership,\" they added.\n\n\"We are establishing an independent process to investigate complaints, including sexual harassment, to ensure complainants can feel confident that in coming forward they will be heard and get the justice they deserve.\"\n\nMr Hopkins, who first won the seat of Luton North from the Conservatives in 1997, stood down ahead of the 2019 election - a decision, he said, which was to do with his wife's health, not the accusations.\n\nHe had originally been referred to the party's National Constitutional Committee following the allegations in 2017 and had expressed frustration at the length of time the hearing was taking.\n\nResponding to his decision to leave the party, Ms Etemadzadeh tweeted: \"This is very disappointing news. I hope Keir Starmer listens to my concerns and fixes this broken system.\"", "David Bowie left his mark with songs like Space Oddity, Let's Dance and Under Pressure\n\nA series of streamed music events, shows and new releases are marking David Bowie's birthday and the fifth anniversary of his death.\n\nThe musician would have turned 74 on Friday, while Sunday is five years since he died of cancer.\n\nA star-studded tribute concert and his 2015 stage musical Lazarus will both be streamed over the weekend.\n\nTwo previously unreleased Bowie tracks have also been released, while his music has now arrived on TikTok.\n\nThe tribute gig, titled A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day, will feature Bowie's former bandmates alongside stars including Boy George, Duran Duran, Trent Reznor, Adam Lambert, Gary Barlow and actor Gary Oldman.\n\nStarting at 18:00 PT on Friday (02:00 GMT Saturday), the show will be led by Bowie's longtime pianist Mike Garson and will be available for 24 hours.\n\nDuran Duran released a timely cover of Bowie's track Five Years ahead of the show. \"My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie,\" singer Simon Le Bon said.\n\n\"He is the reason why I started writing songs. Part of me still can't believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that's because there's a part of me where he's still alive and always will be.\"\n\nOn Friday, Bowie's previously unreleased covers of Bob Dylan's Tryin' to Get to Heaven and John Lennon's Mother were also put out into the world.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by David Bowie - Topic This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nBBC Four is hosting a Bowie Night on Friday, while there will be special programmes on BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music. They include Bowie: Dancing Out in Space, which will air simultaneously on the two stations on Sunday.\n\nIn it, producer Tony Visconti describes how Bowie and Lennon first met awkwardly in a New York hotel room ahead of their collaborations on the former's cover of The Beatles' Across the Universe and his own 1975 song Fame.\n\n\"He was terrified of meeting John Lennon,\" says Visconti. \"About one in the morning I knocked on the door and for about the next two hours, John Lennon and David weren't speaking to each other.\n\n\"Instead, David was sitting on the floor with an art pad and a charcoal and he was sketching things and he was completely ignoring Lennon.\n\n\"So, after about two hours of that, he [John] finally said to David, 'Rip that pad in half and give me a few sheets. I want to draw you.' So David said, 'Oh, that's a good idea', and he finally opened up. So John started making caricatures of David, and David started doing the same of John and they kept swapping them and then they started laughing and that broke the ice.\"\n\nMeanwhile, next weekend will see the release of Stardust, a film biopic about Bowie's journey to becoming Ziggy Stardust, starring singer and actor Johnny Flynn.\n\nHowever, Bowie's family have not given it their blessing, meaning the film-makers were not allowed to use any of his music. Instead Flynn, as Bowie, is seen performing songs by Jacques Brel, The Yardbirds and one of Flynn's own compositions.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Heads are calling for limits to the number of pupils in school during lockdown in England, with attendance rates surging to 50% in some places.\n\nThe two head teachers' unions, NAHT and ASCL, say the high numbers attending could hamper the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Department for Education has widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils who can attend.\n\nIt is insisting that schools ensure all children who qualify can attend.\n\nThe widened categories not only include vulnerable pupils and children of workers in critical occupations but also those who cannot access remote learning either because they do not have devices or space to study.\n\nChildren of parents working on the Brexit arrangements are also included.\n\nTeachers have described streets around schools being packed with parents dropping off their children and almost all staff having to come in and work despite the lockdown.\n\nHeads say they fear schools could be overwhelmed by children who do not have access to lap tops to learn remotely.\n\nJessica Jane, a learning assistant at a school in Hampshire, told the BBC: \"I work in a primary school where we are having to bring in every single member of staff as the list of key-workers is vast in our area and over 50% of our children are attending.\n\n\"Our community school is not closed and streets are packed with parents morning and afternoon collecting their children from open schools.\"\n\nShe added: \"My colleagues and I are still being put at risk every single day as are our families.\"\n\nA teacher from the Midlands who did not wish to be named said the number had risen from 10 pupils a day in the first lockdown to about 90 a day this week.\n\n\"We're talking just under to just over a third of the usual amount of pupils for our school here.\n\n\"The vast majority are key worker children, not vulnerable.\n\n\"I also know that other primary schools in our area have similar amounts of children in school - one neighbouring school in particular, which is only slightly larger than us, is estimating/averaging 100 to 160 children in school every day.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, called the lack of limits \"bizarre... in a week when the prime minister has told the nation that it is necessary to move schools to remote education in order to suppress coronavirus transmission\".\n\n\"We are hearing reports that attendance in some primary schools is in excess of 50% because of demand from critical workers and families with children classed as vulnerable under criteria which has been significantly widened,\" he said.\n\n\"We are urgently seeking clarification about the maximum number who should be in school while protecting public health.\n\n\"This seems completely illogical given the fact that the government has taken the drastic action of a full national lockdown precisely in order to limit contacts.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of National Association of Head Teachers, said schools could not \"meet the demand created by government and reduce social mixing in the way the prime minister announced\".\n\n\"The government acknowledges that schools do play a role in the transmission of the virus. Therefore, there comes a point when occupancy levels might be so high that they work against the efforts to bring down infection rates in communities, as is the national aim.\n\n\"This could result in prolonging the amount of time pupils are away from the classroom, which we are all anxious to avoid.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"Schools are open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers. We expect schools to work with families to ensure all critical worker children are given access to a place if this is required.\n\n\"If critical workers can work from home and look after their children at the same time then they should do so, but otherwise this provision is in place to enable them to provide vital services.\n\n\"The protective measures that schools have been following throughout the autumn term remain in place to help protect staff and students, while the national lockdown helps reduce transmission in the wider community.\"\n\nBut Emma Knights, chief executive of the National Governance Association, reflected head teachers' concerns, saying between 40 and 60% of pupils were attending schools across England.\n\n\"The real problem is we have got two different national narratives going on,\" she said - with the prime minister saying \"stay at home\" but the DfE telling schools to take all eligible children who turn up.\n\nDr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said the government seemed unable to decide whether schools were safe or unsafe.\n\nCommenting on the latest Coronavirus Infection Survey from the Office for National Statistics, Dr Bousted, said: \"Let this data end their confusion. Schools are clearly driving infection amongst children, and then onto the wider community.\n\n\"This peaked on Christmas Day with one in every 27 secondary-age children and one in 40 primary-age children infected.\n\n\"In London this rises to one in 18 secondary pupils and one in 23 primary pupils. These figures are truly shocking and entirely the result of government negligence.\"\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Marion Ramsey will be remembered by fans for her notable role in the US comedy series Police Academy\n\nMarion Ramsey, best known for her acting in the American film series Police Academy, has died at the age of 73, her agent has announced.\n\nHer management at Roger Paul Inc told the BBC she died at her Los Angeles home on Thursday morning.\n\nThe agency said Ramsey had recently fallen ill, but did not give a cause of death.\n\nRamsey was adored by fans for her portrayal of the squeaky-voiced Officer Laverne Hooks in Police Academy.\n\nShe also had an illustrious career on Broadway, starring in the 1978 production Eubie!, a biographical musical about celebrated jazz pianist Eubie Blake.\n\n\"Her passion for performing and sharing her heart with the world was immense,\" Roger Paul Inc said in a statement.\n\n\"Marion carried with her a kindness and permeating light that instantly filled a room upon her arrival.\n\n\"The dimming of her light is already felt by those who knew her well. We will miss her, and always love her.\"\n\nRamsey featured in six Police Academy films as Officer Laverne Hooks\n\nBorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1947, Ramsey started her career in the theatre, appearing in both the original Broadway and subsequent touring productions of Hello, Dolly!.\n\nShe was prolific on Broadway, co-starring in many shows, including Harold Prince's Grind with Ben Vereen, and Eubie! with Gregory and Maurice Hines.\n\nHer agent said Ramsey was \"particularly proud\" about Broadway's Dreamgirls finally becoming a major motion picture in 2006, because she was one of the singers that the original Broadway show's producer, Tom Eyen, based the three main characters on.\n\nRamsey's career in TV and film career took off after she appeared as a guest on the hit sitcom The Jeffersons in 1976.\n\nFollowing that, she was a regular on Cos, Bill Cosby's sketch show.\n\nShe starred in six Police Academy films in total, making her a familiar face to fans of the franchise.\n\nRamsey's agent said she had an immense passion for performing\n\nAmerican actor Michael Winslow wrote in a tweet that he had \"no words to say or explain the pain\" of losing Ramsey.\n\n\"In the 80s the Police Academy films cast a long shadow over the comedy genre - they were everywhere & everyone watched them,\" British producer Jonathan Sothcott wrote. \"#MarionRamsey was hilarious as Hooks - a fine comedic actress.\"\n\nA message on the Twitter account for the movie When I Sing read: \"It is with great sadness that I share our loss of my friend, and one of the shining stars of When I Sing (her final role), the beautiful, kind, hilarious, #MarionRamsey. I will miss you, my silly sister.\"", "Most pupils will be studying from home for the rest of this half term\n\nSchools and colleges in England are to be closed to most pupils until at least half term, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe prime minister said the new lockdown had to be \"tough enough\" to stop the variant virus from spreading - and teaching will go online.\n\nA-Levels and GCSEs will be cancelled, a government source confirmed to BBC News - although vocational exams will go ahead.\n\nThe National Education Union accused the government of causing \"chaos\".\n\nIn a television address, Mr Johnson announced the biggest changes to schools since the early days of the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Because we now have to do everything we possibly can to stop the spread of the disease, primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from tomorrow,\" said the prime minister.\n\nThis means a return to online learning for pupils of all ages - apart from vulnerable children and the children of key workers who can continue to go into school.\n\nPrimary schools went back today - and will then close again tomorrow\n\n\"We recognise that this will mean it's not possible or fair for all exams to go ahead this summer, as normal,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nIt is understood that vocational exams will continue, but GCSEs and A-levels will be cancelled - and that the exam watchdog Ofqual will make \"alternative arrangements\" for delivering results.\n\nAn attempt to produce replacement exam grades last summer turned into one of the biggest U-turns of the pandemic.\n\nTeachers' unions accused the government of failing to react more swiftly to \"mounting evidence\" about Covid transmission in schools and to make preparations for remote teaching and alternatives to written exams.\n\nBut Mary Bousted, co-leader of the National Education Union, said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson had \"become an expert in putting his head in the sand\".\n\nGeoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union criticised ministers for having issued legal threats to keep schools open at the end of last term - and then \"made a series of chaotic announcements about the start of this term\".\n\nThe new term, which began on Monday for primary pupils, has only lasted a day before it has been suspended.\n\nThe prime minister said he hoped that schools would be \"reopening schools after the February half term\".\n\nThere have been assurances that there will be a more thorough approach to home learning than in the first lockdown last year.\n\nThe Department for Education has provided hundreds of thousands of computer devices - with the aim of supporting those without the equipment needed to work online from home.\n\nThere have also been suggestions Ofsted inspectors will play a more active role in checking on what support schools are providing to pupils in their online learning.\n\nUniversities in England had already planned a staggered return for this term - but there will now be even fewer students on campus this month.\n\nThe latest lockdown guidance says university students who are taking hands-on courses such as medicine or veterinary science should return for face-to-face lessons as planned.\n\nThese students will be expected to take two Covid tests or self-isolate for 10 days when they return.\n\nBut students on all other courses are being told not to come back to university if possible and to start their term online \"until at least mid-February\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Olly Stephens was pronounced dead in Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading\n\nA school says its community has been left \"reeling\" after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Reading.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields, Emmer Green, on Sunday.\n\nFour boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 14, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. They remain in custody.\n\nHighdown School and Sixth Form Centre head teacher Rachel Cave described the boy's death as a \"total tragedy\".\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"This student was part of our community and many students and staff knew him well.\n\n\"Many have been deeply affected by this tragedy.\n\n\"In normal circumstances we would open the school and welcome in students for support before the start of the term.\n\n\"We are currently unable to do this, of course, but are arranging counselling support and will be establishing an electronic book of condolence.\"\n\nFlowers have been left outside Highdown School\n\nMs Cave said the school was \"a supportive and close-knit community\" which would \"work together over the coming days and weeks\".\n\nDet Supt Kevin Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: \"Our thoughts remain with Olly's family at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a tragic and shocking incident which has resulted in the death of a young boy.\"\n\nThe victim's family are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nThames Valley Police said a \"considerable police presence\" would be in place in the area for several days\n\nOfficers were called just before 16:00 GMT on Sunday following reports of an attack.\n\nOfficers are appealing for anyone who was in the area between 15:00 and 16:30 who might have taken photos or camera footage to contact them if they notice anything suspicious.\n\nDet Supt Brown said he believed there would have been witnesses to the \"dreadful incident\" as the area is popular with dog walkers.\n\nA man said his wife was walking their dog through the park on Sunday afternoon when she saw a boy on the ground with several people around him trying to give him first aid.\n\nAnother dog walker said she saw a group of young people standing in the woods in Bugs Bottom fields at about 15:30 and described it as \"slightly unusual\".\n\nReading East MP Matt Rodda has offered his \"deepest condolences\" to the boy's family.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Matt Rodda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSt Barnabas Church in Emmer Green has invited residents to pray and light a candle in memory of the boy.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nSome 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government.\n\nIn England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable patients.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said it meant that within a two to three weeks they should have a \"significant degree of immunity\" to the virus.\n\nHe said there would be a ramping up to get more people immunised - up to 2 million a week.\n\nThe ambition is to vaccinate all the over-70s, the most clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers by mid-February. That will require around 13 million vaccinations.\n\nHe defended the UK's policy of immunising more people with one dose immediately - rather than holding some stock back to give people a second booster shot - in order to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nUS regulators have questioned the policy, saying it is premature without more trial evidence, but the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it is a pragmatic decision to protect more people.\n\nBoth the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection.\n\nInitially, the strategy for the Pfizer vaccine was to offer people the second dose 21 days after their initial jab - full immunity starts seven days after the second dose.\n\nBut when approval was announced for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on 30 December, it was also announced that the policy would now change - the new priority would be to give as many people a first shot of either vaccine, rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.\n\nEveryone will still receive their second dose, but this will now be within 12 weeks of their first.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told the Downing Street press conference that extending the gap between the first and second jabs would mean the number of people vaccinated can be doubled over three months.\n\n\"If over that period there is more than 50% protection then you have actually won. More people will have been protected than would have been otherwise.\n\n\"Our quite strong view is that protection is likely to be lot more than 50%.\"\n\nAsked whether the longer gap could lead to an increase risk of the virus mutating into a version that could escape the vaccine, he said it was a worry, but a small one.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said vaccines would probably need to be changed further down the line to continue to be a good match for the virus - but that this was relatively quick to do.\n\nOne of the exciting things about the science of the RNA vaccines is that they are incredibly fast to make in response to new mutations, he said.", "The homes of Frank and Christine Lampard, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and Tamara Ecclestone and her husband were broken into in December 2019\n\nFour people have been cleared of being involved in a plot to raid the luxury homes of celebrities in west London.\n\nItems belonging to Frank Lampard, Tamara Ecclestone and the family of tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were among the items taken during three burglaries in December 2019.\n\nProsecutors said Maria Mester, 48, Emil Bogdan Savastru, 30, Sorin Marcovici, 53, and Alexandru Stan, 49, were a \"supporting cast\" for the burglars.\n\nBut a jury found all four not guilty.\n\nIsleworth Crown Court heard the three burglaries had netted \"big money\" for the raiders, with \"fabulous jewellery\" stolen and the majority of it having never been recovered.\n\nJay Rutland, Tamara Ecclestone and their daughter had left for Lapland on the morning of the burglary\n\nJewellery and cash worth £25m was taken from Ms Ecclestone's Kensington home while she was on holiday in Lapland with her husband Jay Rutland and their daughter.\n\nMr Lampard and his TV presenter wife Christine had about £60,000 in watches and jewellery stolen when they were out, while raiders also ransacked the family home of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in 2018 in a helicopter crash, the jury was told.\n\nThe four defendants were accused of eight charges including conspiracy to burgle.\n\nHowever, each denied their involvement with the plot, saying they had no knowledge that the alleged burglars were criminals.\n\nJurors were shown an image from Maria Mester's Facebook account, in which she was said to be wearing Tamara Ecclestone's necklace\n\nThe court heard escort Ms Mester had flown into the UK from Italy on 7 December.\n\nPolice described her as the plot's \"matriarch\", but the 48-year-old told jurors she was only in London after being paid £5,000 to accompany one of the alleged burglars for the week.\n\nSavastru was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 30 January as he prepared to leave for Japan, wearing Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's Tag watch and carrying a Louis Vuitton bag stolen from Mr Rutland.\n\nHe told the court he thought the items had been left behind by the alleged burglars at the Airbnb property he had helped them rent.\n\nThe four Romanian nationals were cleared of all charges apart from Savastru, who was convicted of one count of attempting to conceal criminal property.\n\nThe 30-year-old will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nA group of alleged burglars, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are accused of carrying out the raids.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nScots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said new curbs would be introduced at midnight in a bid to contain the new, faster-spreading strain of the virus.\n\nNew laws will require people to stay at home and work from home where possible.\n\nOutdoor gatherings are also to be cut back, with people only allowed to meet one person from one other household.\n\nPlaces of worship are to be closed, group exercise banned, and schools will largely operate via online and remote learning.\n\nThese rules will apply across the Scottish mainland until at least the end of January, and will be kept under review.\n\nIsland areas will remain in level three - but Ms Sturgeon said they would be monitored carefully.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson later announced similar lockdown measures for the whole of England with all schools and colleges closing to most pupils until mid February.\n\nA further 1,905 new cases were reported in Scotland on Monday - with 15% of tests returning a positive result, something Ms Sturgeon said \"illustrates the severity and urgency of the situation\".\n\nThe first minister said she was \"more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year\", with the new coronavirus strain now accounting for half of new cases.\n\nAnd she said a \"steeply rising trend of infections\" was threatening to put \"significant pressure\" on NHS services, saying hospitals could breach capacity within three to four weeks.\n\nThe new rules - which will be put down in law - mean Scots will only be allowed to leave home for essential purposes, such as shopping for food and medicine, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nNo limit is to be put on how many times people can go out to exercise, but outdoor meetings are to be limited to a maximum of two people from two households.\n\nEveryone who can work from home will be required to, and people in the \"shielding\" category are advised not to go in to work at all.\n\nThe construction and manufacturing industries will remain open, but Ms Sturgeon said this would be kept under review.\n\nPlaces of worship are to close, the number of people who can attend weddings is to be cut to five, and funeral wakes will no longer be allowed.\n\nSchools are to remain closed to the majority of pupils until February, with Ms Sturgeon saying community transmission of the virus must be brought to a lower level amid concerns that the new variant of the virus spreads more easily among young people.\n\nShe said she knew remote learning presented \"significant challenges\" for parents, teachers and pupils, adding: \"I want to be clear that it remains our priority to get school buildings open again for all pupils are quickly as possible and then keep them open.\"\n\nThe first minister said she was considering whether teachers could be given the Covid-19 vaccine as a priority.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have been given a first dose of the vaccine in Scotland, and the government expects to have access to just over 900,000 doses by the end of January.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said the best way to get schools open again was to drive down transmission of the virus - urging Scots to abide by the rules.\n\nThese are the toughest restrictions Scotland has faced since the lockdown of March 2020.\n\nIt is - once again - becoming compulsory to stay at home except for essential purposes like food shopping, exercise and medical care.\n\nThe extended closure of schools to most pupils is something the Scottish government was particularly keen to avoid.\n\nThese decisions are a measure of how worried ministers are about the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus, which is fast becoming the dominant strain.\n\nWith 225 cases per 100,000 people, Scotland is thought to be about four weeks behind London, which already has four times as many cases and NHS services under considerable pressure.\n\nThe Scottish government believes that without further action the NHS here would run out of beds for Covid patients within a month.\n\nThis new alert comes at the start of a new year which also brings new hope for a route out of the pandemic with two vaccines now beginning to offer protection.\n\nAround 100,000 doses have already been administered in Scotland but it is likely to take several months to reach all in the most vulnerable groups.\n\nThe first minister said Scotland was now in \"a race between the vaccine and the virus\".\n\nShe said: \"The Scottish government will do everything we can to speed up distribution of the vaccine. But all of us must do everything we can to slow down the spread of the virus.\n\n\"We can already see - by looking at infection rates in the south of England - some of what could happen here in Scotland. To prevent that, we need to act immediately and firmly.\n\n\"For government, that means introducing tough measures - as we have done today. And for all of us, it means sticking to the rules.\"\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson raised concerns about online learning, saying it was vital that pupils had \"equal access to high-quality education\".\n\nAnd Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said teachers and working parents would need support to make the remote learning system work.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government had \"agonised\" over the decision on schools, and said the \"fundamental priority\" was to re-open them in full as soon as possible.\n\nShe said: \"Just as the last places we ever want to close are schools and nurseries - so it is the case that schools and nurseries will be the first places we want to reopen as we re-emerge from this latest lockdown.\"\n\nThe NHS has coped so far in Scotland - more so than many other parts of the UK.\n\nBut in places like Glasgow and Lanarkshire it has been very, very tight. And here like everywhere else staff are bracing themselves for the post-Christmas effects of rising cases.\n\nThe first minister gave some stark figures on hospital and ICU occupancy - suggesting we are just weeks away from reaching limits.\n\nThere is so little give in the system they will be glad to see everything possible done to prevent stretched services being overwhelmed at a time when we are on our way to getting out the other side.\n\nThere is real anxiety about what the next few weeks might bring.\n• None Covid in Scotland: New lockdown from midnight", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Shaw, from Dundee, was among the first to receive the jab\n\nThe first Scottish recipients of the new Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine have received their jabs.\n\nJames Shaw, 82, and his 82-year-old wife Malita were among the first to be vaccinated in Dundee.\n\nThe couple received their first doses at Lochee Health and Community Care Centre.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has said she hoped all over-50s and those with underlying health conditions will have been vaccinated by early May.\n\nJames said: \"My wife and I are delighted to be receiving this vaccination. I have asthma and bronchitis and I have been desperate to have it so I am really pleased to be one of the first to be getting it.\n\n\"I know it takes a little while for the vaccine to work but after today I know that I will feel a bit less worried about going out. I will still be very careful and avoid busy places but knowing I have been vaccinated will really help me.\n\n\"All of my friends have said they are going to have the vaccine when it is their turn and I would encourage everyone who is offered this vaccination to take it.\"\n\nJames Shaw, 82, was one of the first people in Scotland to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, administered by advanced nurse practitioner Justine Williams\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine programme is being rolled out less than a week after it was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is the second vaccine approved for use in the UK.\n\nNHS Tayside is rolling out the vaccine through GP practices in the community and will also vaccinate elderly residents and staff in care homes.\n\nIts associate director of public health Dr Daniel Chandleris said: \"The efforts of our vaccination teams have been amazing and it is testament to a real whole team approach that sees the first over-80s in the general population have their jabs today in Tayside.\n\n\"The availability and mobility of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine gives us the opportunity to start to roll out the biggest vaccine programme that the UK has ever seen across our communities.\n\n\"Over-80s are the first priority group and patients will be contacted directly to attend a vaccination session.\"\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack added: \"This is another important moment in our fight against the virus - every vaccination takes us a step closer to getting back to our normal lives as soon as possible.\n\n\"As with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK is the first country in the world to approve and roll out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, with the UK Government ordering and paying for millions of doses for people in all parts of the UK.\"\n\nThe milestone came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a new stricter lockdown.\n\nWith the exception of essential travel, people in mainland Scotland will have to remain at home from midnight.\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed a further 1,905 people had contracted Covid-19.\n\nFigures for hospital admissions and deaths over the holiday weekend will not be published until Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon likened the situation to a race between the vaccine and the virus.\n\nShe said: \"In one lane we have vaccines - our job is to make sure they run as fast as possible.\n\n\"But in the other lane is the virus which - as a result of this new variant - has just learned to run much faster and has most definitely picked up pace in the last couple of weeks.\n\n\"To ensure that the vaccine wins the race, it is essential to speed up vaccination as far as possible. But to give it the time it needs to get ahead, we must also slow the virus down.\"\n\nThe new vaccine will initially be available in the hospitals that have been delivering the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, and new community settings will be able to deliver the jabs from 11 January.\n\nPeople in Scotland will be contacted by their health board when it is their turn to be vaccinated.\n\nThe Oxford vaccination marks a major turning point in the pandemic and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, with enough to vaccinate 50 million people throughout the UK already on order.\n\nIt is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which needs cold storage of about -70C.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine is logistically much easier to distribute\n\nThe UK government has said 530,000 doses of the Oxford vaccine will be available to the UK from Monday, with \"millions due by the beginning of February\".\n\nScotland will ultimately get an 8.2% share of these vaccines, based on its population.\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith has said he expects the NHS in Scotland to receive 440,360 doses of the vaccine during January.\n\nThe first minister said on Monday about 100,000 people in Scotland have already received a first dose of vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines require two doses to be administered with an interval of between four and 12 weeks.\n\nPreviously the advice was for the vaccines to have a four-week gap between doses.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) then recommended as many people as possible in the top priority groups should be offered a first dose as the initial priority.", "US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the \"serious\" cyber compromise revealed in December.\n\nPresident Trump had previously suggested China might have been behind the hack, although other members of his administration had pointed the finger at Moscow.\n\nIn a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 US government agencies saw their data compromised, although other organisations outside of government were also affected.\n\nThey say work is still going on to understand the scope of the incident, which appears to have been aimed at gathering intelligence and which they say is \"ongoing\" a month after details first emerged.\n\nThe update on the investigation came in a statement from a task force called the Cyber Unified Coordination Group which was set up to deal with the incident. It comprises intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the FBI and NSA.\n\nThe group said it was still working to understand the scope of what had taken place.\n\nEighteen thousand customers who used Orion product from the company Solar Winds were exposed but US intelligence says it believes a much smaller number saw follow-on activity from the hackers in which they stole data. The US Treasury was among those which previously acknowledged being targeted.\n\n\"This is a serious compromise that will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate,\" the statement said. Many organisations are having to scour their systems for signs that they may have been compromised.\n\nThe incident sent shockwaves across the US partly because the breach was undiscovered for many months and was potentially far-reaching in terms of who it might have affected. It also suggested a degree of sophistication and stealth which was widely seen as a trademark of hackers from the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Experts have been warning for years that it's not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody\n\nSoon after the incident was revealed, President Trump raised the possibility that China might be responsible, but members of his own administration including the secretary of state and attorney general pointed the finger at Moscow. The latest statement shows the assessment of US intelligence agencies is that Russia was behind it, although it does not go so far as accusing the Russian state itself, saying only that the actor was \"likely Russian in origin\". Moscow has denied playing any part.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has previously said it was important to take \"meaningful steps\" to hold those responsible to account. It is not yet clear, though, what that might involve. While some US politicians suggested the breach might even be compared to an \"act of war\", most cyber-experts disputed this and the US intelligence community has now played down suggestions that it could have had destructive impact.\n\n\"At this time, we believe this was, and continues to be, an intelligence-gathering effort,\" the latest statement says. This is significant since it suggests no evidence has been found that this was preparatory activity for a more destructive cyber-attack which might switch off systems. This may limit the US response since espionage operations do not breach the cyber norms the US itself promotes (largely because it too carries out such intelligence-gathering operations against other nations).\n\nIn December UK officials say they believed a small number of UK organisations were affected but said they did not believe they were in the public sector.", "Queensland in Australia has seen heavy rainfall as an ex-tropical cyclone crosses the state, bringing warnings of “life-threatening\" flash flooding.\n\nMeteorologists say cyclones are more likely in Australia this year because of La Nina weather conditions.", "Singapore's Covid app is widely used across the country\n\nSingapore has admitted data from its Covid contact tracing programme can also be accessed by police, reversing earlier privacy assurances.\n\nOfficials had previously explicitly ruled out the data would be used for anything other than the virus tracking.\n\nBut parliament was told on Monday it could also be used \"for the purpose of criminal investigation\".\n\nClose to 80% of residents are signed up to the TraceTogether programme, which is used to check in to locations.\n\nThe voluntary take up increased after it was announced it would soon be needed to access anything from the supermarket to your place of work.\n\nThe TraceTogether programme, which uses either a smartphone app or a bluetooth token, also monitors who you have been in contact with.\n\nIf someone tests positive with the virus, the data allows tracers to swiftly contact anyone that might have been infected. This prompted concerns over privacy - fears which have been echoed across the world as other countries rolled out their own tracing apps.\n\nTo encourage people to enrol, Singaporean authorities promised the data would never be used for any other purpose, saying \"the data will never be accessed, unless the user tests positive for Covid-19 and is contacted by the contact tracing team\".\n\nBut Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan told parliament on Monday that it can in fact also be used \"for the purpose of criminal investigation\", adding that \"otherwise, TraceTogether data is to be used only for contact tracing and for the purpose of fighting the Covid situation\".\n\nHowever, the privacy statement on the TraceTogether site was then updated on the same day to state that \"the Criminal Procedure Code applies to all data under Singapore's jurisdiction\".\n\n\"Also, we want to be transparent with you,\" the statement reads. \"TraceTogether data may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and security is or has been affected.\n\n\"The Singapore Police Force is empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to obtain any data, including TraceTogether data, for criminal investigations.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, clarified that it was not just TraceTogether data that was used in cases of serious criminal investigations.\n\nHe said under the CPC, \"other forms of sensitive data like phone or banking records\" would also have their privacy regulations overruled in such cases.\n\nMr Balakrishnan added that to his knowledge, police had so far only once accessed contact tracing data, in the case of a murder investigation.\n\nThe minister stressed though that \"once the pandemic is over and there will no longer be a need for contact tracing, we will happily stand down the TraceTogether programme.\"\n\nMonday's announcement though sparked some controversy on social media, with people calling out the government and some users posting that they had now deleted the app.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm disappointed, but not at all surprised,\" local journalist and activist Kirsten Han told the BBC. \"This is actually something that I've been flagging as a concern since the earlier days of TraceTogether - and was sometimes told that I was just a paranoid fearmonger undermining efforts to fight Covid-19.\n\n\"It doesn't feel good at all to discover I was right.\"\n\n\"I think why most people are so angry about this is not that they feel like they're constantly being watched,\" one Singaporean, who did not want to be named, told the BBC. \"We already have that through other means like CCTV.\n\n\"It's more that they feel like they've been cheated. The government had assured us many times that TraceTogether would only be used for contact tracing, but now they've suddenly added this new caveat.\"\n\nAnother person told the BBC they wished they could delete the app, but daily life would be impossible without it.\n\n\"So I'm just going to disable my Bluetooth for TraceTogether from now on, unless I have to use it to enter somewhere. If the app is not only going to be used for contact tracing, then it's too much of an invasion of privacy.\"\n\nAustralian privacy watchdog Digital Rights Watch, told the BBC they were \"extremely concerned\" about the news from Singapore.\n\n\"This is the worst case scenario that privacy advocates have warned about since the start of the pandemic,\" Programme Director Lucie Krahulcova told the BBC. \"Such an approach will erode public trust in future health responses and therefore impede their efficacy.\"\n\nLike most countries, Australia has rolled out its own contact tracing app but uptake has been sluggish precisely because of privacy concerns.\n\nSingapore was among the first countries to introduce a contact tracing app nationally in March last year.\n\nThe introduction of the token in June had sparked a rare backlash against the government over concerns the device would be mandatory. An online petition calling for it to be ditched has gathered some 55,000 signatures so far.\n\nSingapore has been been one of the most successful countries in tackling the pandemic. Despite a big outbreak among its foreign workers early on, local infection rates have for months been close to zero.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore rolled out its Covid tracing tokens last June", "Whitty: Priority to vaccinate those who would die from virus\n\nAndy Woodcock from the Independent asks about testing for people arriving into the UK from abroad and why it wasn't done sooner. The prime minister says the government will be bringing in measures to \"ensure that we test people coming into this country and preventing the virus from being readmitted\". Responding to a second question on schools and whether teachers and pupils should be vaccinated, Prof Chris Whitty says there is no evidence of hospitals filling up with children and it appears, that even with the new variant, \"children are relatively much less affected than other groups\". He says from a clinical point of view the real priority is to vaccinate the people that we know \"are by far the most likely to die and by far most likely to end up in hospital\". He adds there will have to be decisions made once the most vulnerable groups are vaccinated but we are not yet at that stage. The chief medical officer adds that neither vaccine currently in use in the UK has been licensed for children yet.", "Dr Radha Modgil from BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks shares her top five tips on how to stay mentally and emotionally well during the coronavirus lockdown, all beginning with the letter C.\n\nSticking to a routine, making sure we take care of ourselves, and using our creativity in new ways are all ways she suggests we can ease the psychological toll that staying inside is having on all of us.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Enrique Tarrio says his far-right group will turn out in numbers on Wednesday\n\nThe leader of the far-right Proud Boys group has been released after his arrest on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag last month.\n\nEnrique Tarrio faces destruction of property charges. On Tuesday, a judge ordered him to stay out of Washington.\n\nHe has reportedly admitted torching a banner taken from a black church during a rally in December in the city.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has been urging supporters to gather in the capital this week for another demonstration.\n\nOn Tuesday, a judge released him on his own recognisance pending his trial.\n\nOn Wednesday, members of Congress are due to certify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's election victory before he takes office on 20 January.\n\nMr Tarrio has said on the social media app Parler that the Proud Boys will \"turn out in record numbers on Jan 6th\", referring to his members as \"the most notorious group of extraordinary gentlemen\".\n\nThe National Guard has been deployed by Washington DC's mayor to assist local authorities. Officials say the troops will not be armed and will be there to assist with crowd management and traffic control.\n\nA spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department, Dustin Sternbeck, told the Washington Post on Monday that Mr Tarrio had been stopped in a vehicle shortly after it entered the district.\n\nThe 36-year-old was also found during his arrest to be in unlawful possession of two devices that allow guns to hold additional bullets, a source told CBS News.\n\nThe destruction of property charge relates to a protest in Washington DC on 12 December in support of the outgoing Republican president's unsubstantiated claims of systemic election fraud.\n\nThe mostly peaceful demonstration ended in isolated scuffles as confrontations with counter-protesters broke out. Police said more than three dozen people were arrested and four churches were vandalised.\n\nMr Tarrio - who lives in Miami, where he also reportedly runs a grassroots organisation called Latinos for Trump - told the Washington Post at the time that he had burned the Black Lives Matter flag.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Let's make this simple,\" he said. \"I did it.\"\n\nBut he maintained he did not know the Asbury United Methodist Church, where the flag had reportedly flown, was predominantly attended by African American worshippers.\n\nMr Tarrio also said Proud Boy members have had their flags and hats stolen in past demonstrations without anyone being arrested for those alleged incidents.\n\nEarlier on Monday, another black church that was vandalised during December's protest sued Mr Tarrio and the Proud Boys.\n\nCounter-demonstrators were mostly kept at a distance from Trump supporter last month by Washington DC police\n\nThe Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church accused the group of climbing over a fence and tearing down a Black Lives Matter sign.\n\nKristen Clarke, head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement: \"Black churches and other religious institutions have a long and ugly history of being targeted by white supremacists in racist and violent attacks meant to intimidate and create fear.\n\n\"Our lawsuit aims to hold those who engage in such action accountable.\"\n\nThe city's police department said last month it had been considering a potential hate crime charge over the incident.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Kate Thistleton will front new content from Bitesize Daily\n\nBBC TV is to help children keep up with their studies during the latest lockdown by broadcasting lessons on BBC Two and CBBC, as well as online.\n\nSchools have been closed to most children across the UK as part of tougher measures to control Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC will show curriculum-based programmes on TV from Monday.\n\nThey will include three hours of primary school programming every weekday on CBBC, and at least two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown in the spring, lessons were available on iPlayer, red button and online, but not on regular TV channels.\n\nThe move comes amid concerns that low-income families may struggle to afford data packages for their children to take part in online learning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson praised the BBC's \"fantastic\" plans on Tuesday. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said \"education is absolutely vital\".\n\nHe continued: \"The BBC is here to play its part and I'm delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.\"\n\nThe primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.\n\nBBC Two will cater for secondary students with programming to support the GCSE curriculum, including adaptations of Shakespeare plays alongside science, history and factual titles.\n\nBitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on the red button as well as episodes being available on demand on iPlayer.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the BBC \"has helped the nation through some of the toughest moments of the last century\".\n\n\"And for the next few weeks it will help our children learn whilst we stay home, protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added. \"This will be a lifeline to parents and I welcome the BBC playing its part.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sea Shepherd is working to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise\n\nA Mexican fisherman has died after his boat collided with a larger vessel used by US conservationist group Sea Shepherd, reports say.\n\nSea Shepherd said the clash happened after fishing boats attacked one of its vessels in the Gulf of California, where it is working to protect the endangered vaquita porpoise.\n\nIt said its vessel was trying to leave when one of the boats smashed into it.\n\nThe man's family allege that his boat was intentionally rammed.\n\nHealth official Alonso Perez told AFP news agency on Monday that one fisherman died after sustaining serious injuries, while a second remained in a stable condition.\n\nSea Shepherd said its Farley Mowat vessel was removing an illegal net from a protected area on 31 December when a group of people on small fishing boats launched a \"violent attack\", including throwing Molotov cocktails.\n\n\"Following routine anti-piracy procedures, the Farley Mowat undertook defensive manoeuvring to avoid the attacks. As the vessel attempted to leave the scene, one of the [boats] aggressively swerved in front of the Farley Mowat, crashing directly into the hull\" and splitting in two, it said.\n\nThe group said it provided emergency first aid to the two men who had been on board the fishing boat.\n\nConservationists working for Sea Shepherd have been attacked several times while patrolling the vaquita refuge.\n\nThe group works with Mexican authorities to remove illegal gillnets used to catch totoaba fish, which are highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine. The nets are designed to trap the heads of fish but not their bodies, but are blamed for trapping and killing the endangered porpoises as well.", "Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.\n\nThe grants will be worth up to £9,000 per property, the Treasury says.\n\nMr Sunak told the BBC he was \"committed to protecting jobs and supporting businesses\".\n\nBusiness groups welcomed the new help as a good start but warned the money still wouldn't be enough to save many firms from collapse.\n\nThe help is in addition to business rates relief and the furlough scheme, which has been extended until the end of April.\n\nFirms do not have to pay the grant money back.\n\nMr Sunak said he would consider whether or how to extend support packages in its Budget on 3 March.\n\n\"The Budget early in March is an excellent opportunity to take stock of the range of support we have put in place and set out the next stage of our economic response,\" he said.\n\nThe director general of the CBI business group, Tony Danker, earlier warned leaving additional support until the Budget could be too late for many firms, saying. \"the comprehensive restrictions required a new comprehensive response\".\n\nIt was a fear echoed by other business groups, the BCC and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).\n\nBCC director general, Adam Marshall, warned many smaller firms would not qualify for help and \"will be left struggling to see how this new top-up grant will help them out of their cashflow problems.\"\n\nHe also called for the support to be extended to firms in other sectors \"who are also feeling the devastating impacts of these restrictions.\"\n\nFSB chair Mike Cherry also said the funds would be a lifeline to many, but \"do not go far enough to match the scale of the crisis that small firms are facing.\"\n\nThe British Beer & Pub Association described the grants as a \"lifeline\", but added that companies on which pubs rely, such as breweries, would also need help.\n\nSeb Heeley, owner of distillery Manchester Gin, says he needs dates to plan around\n\nSeb Heeley, owner of distillery Manchester Gin, told the BBC that fixed dates to aim for are crucial for his business.\n\n\"We need a date to work towards and we don't have that so, again, we're in limbo,\" he said. \"It takes three or four weeks\" to prepare, including retraining staff, he added.\n\nHis business has been closed since October because of restrictions in the Manchester area. It borrowed money under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).\n\n\"We start repayment in June and there's good chance we won't be open, so they are going to have to extend that,\" he said.\n\nHe said much of the £9,000 grant will be taken up by the £6,000 a month his business owes in pension contributions and national insurance alone.\n\nMr Sunak said the new support would \"help businesses to get through the months ahead - and crucially it will help sustain jobs, so workers can be ready to return when they are able to reopen\".\n\nBusinesses such as cafes, restaurants, leisure centres and shops that do not sell essentials have been particularly hard hit by coronavirus lockdown measures as people are told to stay at home.\n\nAll non-essential shops, leisure and entertainment venues are now closed, with pubs and restaurants allowed to offer takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks only.\n\nThe new measures contained no additional support for self-employed people.\n\nMel Stride, chair of parliament's Treasury Committee, which scrutinises the finance department's work, warned the chancellor \"must not forget those who have fallen through the gaps around previous support packages.\"\n\nWhile this is welcome and essential support, it is now clear that the most optimistic timetable for economic lift-off from the pandemic is going to be put back.\n\nThis raises questions about the length of the furlough scheme, and government-guaranteed loans.\n\nBefore this, the best-case scenario was that mass vaccination, enabling a confident reopening of the economy, would allow furloughed workers to go straight back to their jobs in late spring.\n\nThis was never the government's central forecast, but looked possible amid optimism about the vaccine last month.\n\nEven if all vulnerable people can be vaccinated by March, the first three months of the year will see school lockdowns which will harm growth, and therefore a possible double dip recession.\n\nBusiness groups which welcomed this support say they now need a clear long-term plan. They want to know that current levels of support will stay in place until most of the population is vaccinated.\n\nHundreds of thousands of self-employed workers who fell through the gaps of support remain under huge pressure, particularly ahead of the self assessment tax deadline.\n\nA decision on extending the £20 a week increase to universal credit will also be required.\n\nEngland's lockdown rules are due to be reviewed on 15 February while Scotland's will be reviewed at the end of January.\n\nIn the UK, the unemployment rate rose to 4.9% in the three months to October, with the jobless total up to 1.7 million people.\n\nThe Office for Budgetary Responsibility, the government's independent forecaster, predicts the UK economy will have shrunk by 11.3% in 2020 - the biggest decline in 300 years. It expects unemployment to peak at 9.7%.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe PM acted \"decisively\" in announcing a new lockdown in England \"in the face of new information\", Rishi Sunak says.\n\nPeople must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons and schools have closed to most pupils.\n\nThe chancellor said the action was \"regrettable\" but it was \"right we take these measures\", which will be reviewed on 15 February, to suppress the virus.\n\nIt came after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nBoris Johnson said vaccinating the top four priority groups by mid-February could allow restrictions to be eased, with Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove telling Sky News the measures may remain until March.\n\nMeanwhile, the prime minister is due to hold a press conference in Downing Street at 17:00 GMT with chief medical officer for England Prof Chris Whitty and the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance.\n\nTough new lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have also come into force across the Scottish mainland. Wales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nThe UK reported a record 58,784 cases on Monday, as well as a further 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMr Gove told BBC Breakfast: \"The four chief medical officers of the United Kingdom met and discussed the situation yesterday and their recommendation was that the country had to move to level five, the highest level available of alert that meant there was an imminent danger to the NHS of being overwhelmed unless action was taken.\n\n\"And so in the circumstances we felt that the only thing we could do was to close those primary schools that were open.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gove:\" With a heavy heart but with clear evidence we had to act.\"\n\nHe said the action was taken \"with the heaviest of hearts\" and \"we had to act\" following that advice.\n\n\"It is a very, very difficult time for the whole country, that's why it's so important we do everything we can in government to vaccinate people,\" he said.\n\nHe said a million people had been vaccinated so far \"up until the weekend\" and it was hoped that number would reach more than 13 million in February.\n\nWhen asked about the target of two million vaccines a week and concerns over logistics and the safety systems, Mr Gove said the vaccination process was a \"complicated exercise\" but the NHS \"has more than risen to the challenge\".\n\nThe government was \"looking at further options\" to restrict international travel, he said.\n\nMr Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, adding: \"I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all.\"\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove saying the lockdown may have to last to March may not come as much of a surprise to many.\n\nWhile the government has set a target of offering the most at-risk a jab by mid February, it will take several weeks longer for the full effect to be felt given it takes time for an immune response to kick in.\n\nThe bigger question is whether or not the government could have acted earlier.\n\nIt was clear before Christmas the new variant was pushing up infection rates - and that in turn would mean more hospital admissions.\n\nThe delay looks costly. Since Christmas Day, the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital has risen by 50% alone - enough to fill 18 hospitals.\n\nWhile the government did introduce tier four the weekend before Christmas in parts of the south east of England, which banned mixing over the festive period and led to the closure of non-essential shops and gyms, most of the country were allowed to meet up on Christmas Day.\n\nInfections from Christmas Day are now being felt - the numbers have been rising sharply ever since. Some of these are next week's hospital admissions - and is why the chief medical officers warned of the risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed, which Mr Gove said persuaded them to act on Monday.\n\nIf lockdown had come earlier, it may well have been shorter.\n\nProf Andrew Hayward - a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the lockdown measures \"will save tens of thousands of lives\".\n\nBut he said \"the virus is different\" and \"it may be that the lockdown measures that we have are not enough\"\n\n\"This lockdown period we need to do more than just stay at home, wait for the vaccine, we need to be actively bearing down on it,\" he said.\n\nAt Scotland's daily briefing, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for people to hold on to the fact there was now \"a clear route out of this pandemic\".\n\nShe said there had been urgent discussions between the four home nations about whether border controls should be tightened - and she hoped there would be an announcement soon.\n\nAnnouncing England's lockdown on Monday, Mr Johnson said hospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\".\n\nHe ordered people to stay indoors other than for limited exceptions - such as essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work that cannot be done at home - and said schools and colleges should move to remote teaching for the majority of students until at least half term.\n\nPeople who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nWhile the rules become law in the early hours of Wednesday, people should follow them now, Mr Johnson added.\n\nMr Johnson said the new variant of coronavirus, which is up to 70% more transmissible, was spreading in a \"frustrating and alarming\" manner and warned that the number of Covid-19 patients in English hospitals is 40% higher than the first peak.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on England's new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Quote Message: The return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\" from Douglas Fraser Scotland business & economy editor\n\nThe return of lockdown for at least the rest of January is a severe blow for much of the Scottish economy. It could be worse: this is not the peak Christmas season for retail and hospitality, though the season they’ve just had was very hard going for many, and non-existent for others. This is also the quietest part of the tourism year, so January is a relatively good month to lose one’s bookings. For many firms, it is better than last spring, because they have infection controls in place. And there is a less harsh closure scheme, meaning construction sites and others can stay open, subject to tight rules. Many employers have settled into patterns of working from home, so this does not carry the shock of last March. There was little expectation of getting staff back into offices for months yet. But that doesn’t make this time any easier for workers who are also parents. They know, from last year, how tough it is to handle childcare and lessons while schools are shut - and this time, they have to manage without good weather. The other, more negative comparison with last spring is that firms now are, typically, deeper in debt and with less spare cash to pay the bills that don’t stop - rent, and utility bills, for instance. Some delayed payments are getting tougher to keep on hold. Their frustration with the slow movement of government grant schemes is showing. They aren’t disputing the case for further lockdown but they are making their own case for support through it, and for a recovery strategy once restrictions are lifted, including a boost to consumer confidence and spending.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nProfessional sport in England can continue behind closed doors, despite a new national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nIt means Premier League football and elite leagues in other sports are allowed to carry on.\n\nThe sport and leisure rules in England are similar to those announced in Scotland earlier on Monday.\n\nPeople living in England have been told to stay at home and schools will shut for most pupils from Tuesday.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nFor those in England, exercising outside is allowed once a day. Venues such as gyms, tennis courts and golf courses will be closed.\n\nOrganised outdoor sport for disabled people is exempt from the new measures.\n\nGames and training in non-elite football - which includes all adult and youth grassroots, except for disabled people - have been suspended.\n\nThe Women's FA Cup is among the non-elite competitions placed on hold. All but one of the second-round matches scheduled to take place on Sunday were postponed because of Covid-19 regulations.\n\nTeams from the Women's Super League and Women's Championship enter the draw from the fourth round onwards.\n\nWhich non-elite football has been suspended? Steps three to six of the National League System (all divisions below the National League North and South) Tiers three to seven of the Women's Football Pyramid (all divisions below the Women's Championship) Women's FA Cup (classified as 'non-elite' up to and including the third round) All indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football, including under-18s (except organised outdoor football for disabled people, which is allowed to continue)\n\nFollowing Monday's announcement by the prime minister, this week's sporting fixtures in England are set to go ahead as planned.\n\nIn football, the Carabao Cup semi-finals are being played on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the FA Cup third round - which has 32 fixtures spanning four days - starts on Friday.\n\nThere are also several Women's Super League, English Football League and National League games set to take place, as well as English Premiership and Premier 15s rugby union matches, plus the Masters snooker event in Milton Keynes.\n\nEarlier on Monday, Rochdale chief executive David Bottomley said he believes it is \"inevitable\" that the EFL will have to temporarily suspend fixtures because of rising coronavirus cases.\n\nSeven of last Saturday's EFL games - and 52 across the season - have been called off as teams are affected by the virus.\n\nFour Premier League matches have also been postponed this season because of coronavirus cases.\n\nWhat does the new lockdown mean for sport in England?\n\nThe UK government published its guidance for England's new national lockdown shortly after the prime minister's televised address at 20:00 GMT.\n\nHere are the points relating to sport and physical activity:\n• None Elite sportspeople (and their coaches if necessary, or parents/guardians if they are under 18) - or those on an official elite sports pathway - to compete and train\n• None Outdoor sports courts, outdoor gyms, golf courses, outdoor swimming pools, archery/driving/shooting ranges and riding arenas must also close\n• None Organised outdoor sport for disabled people is allowed to continue\n\nWhile golfing has been allowed to continue in Scotland under strict rules, courses will be closed in England.\n\nEngland Golf said it was \"extremely disappointed\" with the decision, adding it had made a \"strong case\" to keep the sport open in recent months.\n\nWhere can I exercise and who can I exercise with?\n\nYou can exercise in a public outdoor place:\n• None with the people you live with\n• None with your support bubble ( if you are legally permitted to form one)\n• None or, when on your own, with one person from another household\n• None public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them)\n\nUK Active, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes health and fitness, says the government must act immediately to \"minimise the damaging impact of lockdown\".\n\n\"We know from the millions of people that depend on gyms, pools, and leisure centres to support their physical and mental health, how essential they are,\" said UK Active chief executive Huw Edwards.\n\n\"We cannot afford to wait until the vaccine rollout is advanced before we act, so the government must explore all options at this time and provide a credible plan for maintaining this support to millions of people who rely on these Covid-secure facilities to stay strong and healthy.\n\n\"Furthermore, the UK governments must protect this sector before it becomes too late.\"", "Internet providers are under pressure to do more to help low-income families afford data packages for their children to take part in remote learning.\n\nIt follows a decision to close UK schools to most pupils to enforce new coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nThe children's commissioner for England told the BBC that \"broadband companies really need to step up\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer added he thought the cost of data was \"a big problem\".\n\n\"We're asking people to endure very tough restrictions. And there has to be the other side of that contract,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Everybody needs to try and make this work. And that includes the companies that can take away the charging for data. It's a serious situation.\"\n\nWhen questioned about the topic at a Downing Street press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"We are looking at... the potential costs to parents of online teaching, and we're going to do our best to support them in any way that we can and to work with the internet companies.\"\n\nThere is concern that some disadvantaged pupils are currently dependent on pay-as-you-go or monthly mobile phone subscriptions that only include a small data allowance because their families cannot afford or otherwise obtain a separate fixed broadband connection.\n\n\"There are 25 million pay-as-you go customers in the UK, and about seven million of those struggle with the cost of topping up their data,\" commented Chris Thorpe from the Centre For The Acceleration Of Social Technology charity.\n\nMany schools are using video-chat software including Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet to live-stream classes, assemblies and other activities, which all benefit from a fast, stable connection and can consume a lot of data.\n\nIn addition, other tools including Google Classroom, Tapestry and Class Dojo are used by pupils to submit schoolwork and receive marks and other feedback.\n\nThe situation became more pressing after the prime minister announced last night that England's lockdown would mean schools and colleges would remain closed to most pupils until at least the February half-term.\n\nTech for UK - a coalition of technologists and other concerned business leaders - has suggested one way forward would be for internet providers to \"zero rate\" edtech apps and websites, so that their data use would be deducted from a mobile subscriber's monthly allowance.\n\nHowever, it acknowledges the challenge in doing so is to pick which platforms to support without giving some providers an unfair advantage over others.\n\nThe Department for Education already runs a scheme for disadvantaged children who do not have access to a home broadband connection to temporarily increase their mobile data allowance.\n\nIn some cases, this involves an extra 20 gigabytes a month. In others - such as Three - it provides an \"unlimited\" data upgrade.\n\nSchools, trusts and local authorities need to request the support on a pupil's behalf.\n\nThe networks involved in the initiative include:\n\nIn cases when this is not available, the government offers 4G wireless routers - which use mobile networks to offer a wi-fi connection - as an alternative.\n\nIn addition, Vodafone provided 350,000 \"free data\" Sim cards to thousands of primary and secondary schools and colleges in November.\n\n\"We are actively considering what to do now about this new situation,\" it said.\n\nO2 pledged in October to donate 10,000 devices and 12 months of free data to \"vulnerable individuals\".\n\nAnd Virgin Media noted it had launched a discounted home broadband service for families facing financial difficulties and receiving universal credit.\n\nBT says it has already removed all caps on its home broadband plans to help ensure children can stay connected to their schools.\n\nAnne Longfield, the children's commissioner for England, said she was also concerned about the provision of devices.\n\n\"A lot of children still don't have laptops. They're surviving on broken phones,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nThe Department for Education said it had delivered more than 560,000 devices to schools and councils in England between the start of the pandemic and the end of last year.\n\nIn addition, it aims to have delivered a further 100,000 laptops and tablets to schools by the end of this week to help get closer to its overall target of one million devices.\n\nHowever, teaching groups have raised concerns about the rollout.\n\nSome children are being provided with tablets to keep them connected to their schools\n\n\"We must hear no more of rationing of equipment, as we did late last year,\" Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) told the BBC.\n\n\"If the stockpiles exist, as the Department for Education claim they do, then they must be distributed urgently. We have heard too many stories of requests from schools not being met, or not being fully met.\"\n\nSteven George of head teachers' union, NAHT added that a website used to order laptops had been inaccessible over the Christmas break, so some members had been unable to make requests.\n\nIn addition, the Association of School and College Leaders suggested the government had \"never really got to grips\" with the issue.\n\n\"It is certainly sending out lots of laptops for disadvantaged children to schools. But there's clearly still a gap, not just in terms of the number of devices that are required but also in terms of whether families have sufficient connectivity,\" said general secretary Geoff Barton.\n\n\"This has happened because it is a crisis situation, and there hasn't been a great deal of time in which to properly assess the level of need that exists, but it does expose the fact that pre-crisis, there hadn't been a properly joined-up national strategy on digital learning.\"\n\nOthers have noted that the device allocation scheme does not extend to printers - which are needed for worksheets and other materials sent by teachers - putting low-income families at a further disadvantage.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eileen Lynch, 94, was the first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week.\n\nThe aim is to ensure everyone in that age group will be offered the vaccine by the end of January.\n\nThirty GP practices will be administering 50,000 doses of the vaccine, which was approved for use in the UK on 30 December.\n\nIt is the second vaccine to be approved in the battle against coronavirus in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt comes ahead of a UK-wide announcement by the prime minister, set to be made at 20:00 GMT on Monday, in which further restrictions will be announced.\n\nIn a statement, a No 10 spokesman said the new variant of Covid-19 had \"led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country\" and \"further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise\".\n\nOn Monday, Northern Ireland recorded a further 1,801 Covid-19 cases and 12 more virus-related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nMedical experts believe that is down to the two-week easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the second week of a six-week lockdown in which non-essential retail is closed.\n\nThe first doses of the vaccine were given delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe first person in Northern Ireland to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was 94-year-old Eileen Lynch.\n\nSpeaking after receiving the vaccine, Ms Lynch said she was \"delighted and privileged\" to receive it.\n\n\"I feel like I can really look forward to the year ahead now that I have been vaccinated,\" she said.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has already been used to vaccinate care home residents and staff.\n\nBy mid December, 50,000 doses of that vaccine had been made available and by 30 December, Northern Ireland's Department of Health reported that 33,000 people had been vaccinated.\n\nThis included 8,940 care home residents, 10,484 care home staff and 14,259 health and social care staff.\n\nAccording to the latest NI statistics, for the first time the percentage positive cases in the over 80s is down - an indication the vaccination process is working.\n\nThere are approximately 82,000 people over 80 in NI and BBC News NI understands that if deliveries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine happen as planned, it is thought that all of those over 80, as well as GPs and their staff, could be vaccinated within three weeks.\n\nWhile 50,000 doses have been delivered to Northern Ireland, a further 23,000 vaccines are expected on 19 January while another 68,000 are due on 24 January.\n\nDr Alan Stout, who is a GP in Belfast, told BBC News NI that members are \"very optimistic\" that 11,000 people can be vaccinated this week.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the UK\n\nNI's chief medical officer said the Oxford-AstraZeneca rollout would run alongside the ongoing vaccination programme.\n\nDr Michael McBride said: \"First and foremost we must act to protect those most at risk of severe disease and death.\n\n\"The evidence shows that the initial dose of vaccine offers as much as 70% protection against the effects of the virus.\n\n\"Providing that level of protection on a large scale will have the greatest impact on reducing mortality and hospitalisations, protecting the health and social care system.\"\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has to be kept at an extremely low temperature which complicates handling constraints.\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is considered easier to store and distribute.\n\nIts rollout consists of two full doses of the vaccine, with the second dose to be given four to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nGPs are appealing to the public to remain calm and wait to be called for their vaccine either by telephone or by letter.\n\nDr Stout said as demand grows worldwide for the vaccine, that schedule could easily change.\n\n\"The public have to be patient, we have a system and must be allowed to get on with it - it really is 'don't call us - we will call you'.\"\n\nWhile some vaccinations will take place in surgeries others will happen in a drive-through system.\n\nCovid-19 is deadlier than flu, which means January 2021 is going to be even tougher than usual.\n\nAlso, Covid patients tend to stay much longer in hospital with more severe symptoms requiring additional beds and care.\n\nBut those rising patient numbers aren't matched by an increased workforce.\n\nInstead it is expected that the nurse-patient ratio will increase (even though many aren't trained to work in critical care) as there simply aren't enough nurses available.\n\nSome health unions fear this will only add to Northern Ireland's excess mortality rate, which is greater than that in Great Britain.\n\nOnce again, this highlights Northern Ireland's failing health care system, which was already below par well before the start of the pandemic.\n\nCoronavirus infection figures here are expected to peak between 15 and 21 January. That will be felt not only in hospitals but also in GP practices as they continue to roll out the vaccine.\n\nWhile at this stage the six weeks look bleak it's hoped that the additional Astra-Zeneca vaccine and the low incidence of flu will go a long way in not only saving lives, but also protecting the health service.\n\nDr Stout said much planning had gone into ensuring the programme happened as smoothly as possible.\n\n\"People will literally stay in their cars and be asked to roll up their sleeves - it has to be safe and efficient in order for us to get through it and safely.\"\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.\n\nMeanwhile, Dr Tom Black, chair of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, said it was \"appalling\" that the Pfizer vaccine was not to be administered in two doses within 21 days as instructed by the company and threatened legal action.\n\nDr Black was responding to news that the UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"They have left care workers in Northern Ireland with a gap in their expected immunity,\" he told BBC NI's Radio Foyle on Monday.\n\n\"In that period doctors, nurses, porters or health care professionals could infect patients because they will not be protected against the transmission of the infection to patients.\"\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have defended their Covid vaccination plan.\n\nThey said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab was \"much more preferable\" and that the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\n\nDr Black is to meet NI Health Minister Robin Swann later to express health care workers' concern over the change in vaccine policy.", "Food banks have seen increased demand during the pandemic\n\nThe UK \"cannot duck\" tackling inequalities of health, ethnicity, education and jobs post-Covid, a major review has warned.\n\nThe report's chairman, Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton, says a lot of work to repair and rebuild the damage will be needed after the pandemic.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) Deaton Review of Inequalities warned the fabric of society was under threat.\n\nThe review says there is a \"once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle the disadvantages faced by many that this pandemic has so devastatingly exposed\".\n\n\"We now face a set of challenges which we cannot duck.\"\n\nSir Angus said: \"As the vaccines should, at some point this year, take us into a world largely free of the pandemic, it is imperative to think about policies that will be needed to repair the damage and that focus on those who have suffered the most.\n\n\"We need to build a country in which everyone feels that they belong.\"\n\nWhile the pandemic had highlighted the disproportionate impact on ethnic minority groups and deprived communities, it also showed that the UK's best-paid and most highly educated have been \"much better able to ride out the crisis\", the report said.\n\nYoung people have been among the worst hit economically\n\nChildren from poorer households found it harder to do schoolwork during lockdown and have been more likely to miss school since September, it noted.\n\nAnd while the biggest risk factor for coronavirus is age, younger people have been hit harder by the economic consequences of the crisis.\n\nThe cost of the pandemic is \"just colossal\" IFS director Paul Johnson told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"We've seen the biggest reduction in national income, essentially in history, over the last year, we've seen the biggest public deficit in history outside of the two world wars, so there's no getting around the fact that the pandemic and the response to it has had a bigger effect on the economy than anything essentially in the whole of history.\"\n\nThe report highlighted the effects of the pandemic on different groups, including on education, which is \"probably more worrying\" than the overall economic effect, Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"The first lockdown lockdown saw a dreadful impact on the education particularly of poorer children... they were getting less in the way of online lessons from their schools.\n\n\"There's a huge private school/state school divide in this, but also a big divide within state schools between those children who had support at home, had the facilities at home - laptops and internet and so on - but who also had the support from school - so there's a big impact on education but also a very unequal one,\" he added.\n\nThe review is calling for extra support for children who have fallen behind and help for school and university leavers to find jobs.\n\nIt says the welfare safety net must be adapted so it supports non-traditional forms of employment, including insecure and self-employed workers, and minority ethnic groups must be given greater economic opportunities.\n\nProgress in reducing poor mental and physical health could be \"one of the clearest indications of success of economic and social policy\", it adds.\n\nMark Franks, director of welfare at the Nuffield Foundation, which funded the review, said: \"Individuals are subject to a wide range of potential vulnerabilities around dimensions including age, ethnicity, place of birth, education, income and the nature of their employment.\n\n\"Where these vulnerabilities intersect, they can amplify and reinforce one another and play a huge role in driving unequal outcomes.\"\n\nHowever, the government said it was already spending vast sums to support people and the economy through the pandemic.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We're doing everything we can to ensure our coronavirus support reaches those who need it the most, which is why we've invested more than £280bn to protect the incomes, livelihoods and health of millions of people across the UK.\"\n\nThis included an additional £9bn for the welfare system and £2bn for the Kickstart Scheme, tripling traineeships, incentives for firms hiring apprentices and doubling the number of work coaches \"so that nobody is left without hope or opportunity\", the spokesman said.", "Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on deliveries to NI.\n\nSince Christmas some orders have been cancelled or delayed and some retailers have suspended deliveries.\n\nThe problem is related to uncertainty about post-Brexit transition rules.\n\nHM Customs announced a grace period on New Year's Eve confirming most parcels from GB-NI will not need customs declarations until at least April.\n\nThe problems have not affected all companies with many continuing to take orders and deliver as normal.\n\nHowever, some companies had already suspended deliveries, including John Lewis.\n\nThe government said the three-month grace period \"recognises the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, the impacts of any disruption to parcel movements in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and specific challenges for operators moving express consignments\".\n\nA government spokesman said further details will be published in the new year, adding: \"Our priority is to have a pragmatic approach that allows us to comply with the [Northern Ireland] Protocol without causing undue disruption to businesses and citizens.\n\n\"HMRC is engaging with operators to finalise arrangements.\"\n\nSome changes have already come into effect.\n\nA Northern Ireland-based business receiving goods valued at £135 or more through an express carrier or Royal Mail will need to submit a customs declaration.\n\nThey will need to do this within three months of receiving the goods and can use the government's Trader Support Service to do so.\n\nExcise goods, which mostly refers to alcoholic drinks, will also need a declaration when being sent from GB to NI.\n\nThe government has advised retailers of those goods to contact their delivery company.\n\nIt said: \"They will then tell you if they carry the type of goods you want to send and, if they do, they will ask you to provide any additional information that they need so that a declaration can be made.\"", "About 10 UK nationals resident in Spain say they were wrongly turned back when their flight landed in Barcelona.\n\nThey left Heathrow on the Saturday morning British Airways flight, but were refused entry on arrival.\n\nThey were stopped by border police and ultimately flown back to the UK.\n\nSpain has banned all but Spanish nationals and residents flying from the UK to Spain since 22 December in the hope of containing the spread of the new UK strain of Covid-19.\n\nOne passenger on the flight, who did not wish to be named, said that those on board had been told repeatedly that only Spanish nationals or residents would be allowed to enter the country and that their residency certificates, also known as green certificates, were shown to airline staff several times.\n\nHowever, on arrival, British passengers with green residency certificates were prevented from entering Spain.\n\nBA has confirmed that about 10 people were denied entry into Barcelona, as they did not meet the Spanish authorities' required criteria.\n\nOne of those affected, Ruth O'Leary, said: \"I was very confused, obviously. I asked them what other documents I could provide.\n\n\"They seemed to be just flat-out refusing anything I had and just wouldn't let me on the flight. Very upsetting really.\n\n\"Quite an awful feeling not to be able to go back to your own house and to not really be given an explanation why you can't go home.\"\n\nOther British expat passengers have also said that they have been stopped from boarding planes to Spain.\n\nOne passenger on board said that seven British citizens were prevented from boarding a British Airways/Iberia flight from Heathrow to Madrid on Saturday evening, despite having their green residency certificates, as well as negative Covid tests.\n\nThe exact number of flights and passengers affected has not been released by the Foreign Office.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Iberia said that on 1 January, it received an email from the border police saying that registration as a European citizen was no longer considered to be a valid document to prove legal residency in Spain as a British citizen.\n\nHowever, by 19:30 on 2 January, the airline received a second email, confirming that the document could be used if it had not expired.\n\nA British Airways spokesperson said: \"In these difficult and unprecedented times with dynamic travel restrictions, we are doing everything we can to help and support our customers.\"\n\nThe Spanish Embassy in London tweeted a letter stating it was aware that during the current travel restrictions, there had been some problems for British nationals resident in Spain who had not been allowed to return.\n\nThe embassy clarified that green certificates were valid proof of residency.\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: \"We have worked closely with the Spanish government to resolve these issues.\n\n\"The Spanish Embassy in London has re-confirmed today that both the green residence certificate and the new residence TIE card [Photo-ID card] are equally valid in terms of proving residence in Spain, as set out in the [Brexit] Withdrawal Agreement.\"", "South Wales Police piloted the use of facial recognition in Cardiff - it was later ruled unlawful\n\nPolice should be allowed more access to facial recognition technology, a firm developing it for use in the private sector has said.\n\nLast year, appeal court judges ruled a trial project to scan thousands of faces by South Wales Police was unlawful. The force did not appeal.\n\nWelsh company Credas said laws were not keeping up with the latest technology.\n\nThe Home Office said it wants police to use new crime-reducing technology while \"maintaining public trust\".\n\nCredas believes such facial recognition technology could be a vital tool in fighting crime.\n\n\"Ten years ago it would have felt space age, but now it's everywhere - just logging into my phone or laptop, we're all used to it now,\" said chief executive Rhys David.\n\n\"But the legislation will never keep up with the technological advancements.\"\n\nThe firm, based in Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, works with firms to prevent crime in commercial settings, helping them confirm a client's identity.\n\nIt can include estate agents, the legal sector, accountancy or gambling operations - any businesses regulated to reduce fraud and money laundering.\n\n\"There's common stories of people buying houses with someone else's identity and manipulating the paperwork so that the funds get transferred into the wrong account and it's too late then - we can't recover that,\" said Mr David.\n\n\"It's a very difficult position to be in, but technologies like ours are closing the gap.\"\n\nApps can compare people's picture to that on their passport\n\nCredas's app uses facial recognition - people take a selfie and the app compares it to a photograph of their passport to verify they are who they claim to be.\n\nClaire Williams works for FBM estate agent in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, which has been using the software for the past two years.\n\n\"Before we would take people's passports or driver's licence, they would either come into the office and we would photocopy it, or we would even accept a scanned, emailed copy.\n\n\"There would be no way of knowing whether these were legitimate passports and driver's licences.\n\n\"They might have been using fake IDs, trying to launder money through the property industry - putting money into the properties, then reselling them to launder the money.\"\n\nBut scanning faces to confirm details for a mortgage is a very different beast to automated facial recognition, which is what was being trialled by South Wales Police - scanning faces in a crowd, often without people's knowledge.\n\nThat was ruled unlawful after a challenge by civil rights group Liberty and Ed Bridges from Cardiff.\n\n\"Real-time surveillance is considerably more complex than in the commercial space where it's a fairly static, controlled environment. But we should be adopting it and encouraging it to reduce a criminal footprint,\" added Mr David.\n\n\"I find it really sad that the police aren't encouraged to use technology like this to keep our country safe.\n\n\"Let's be honest, the police don't want to sell us trainers. They're not looking to capture our images or biometric footprints to sell us goods. It's to keep us safe, so the police can run very sophisticated facial matching programmes in real time to identify criminals.\"\n\nThe frustration was echoed by the surveillance camera commissioner, Tony Porter, who is the independent regulator appointed to oversee the use of camera systems in England and Wales.\n\nFollowing the appeal court ruling on South Wales Police in August, he said he had been \"fruitlessly and repeatedly\" calling for an updated code the police could follow.\n\nWhile campaigners Liberty felt the court's ruling left little room for the technology to be safely used, Mr Porter disagreed, adding: \"I believe adoption of new and advancing technologies is an important element of keeping citizens safe.\"\n\nHe has issued new guidance on the use of facial recognition in light of the case, but it remains just that - guidance, not law.\n\nIt has left police forces still trying to iron out the problems raised by the Court of Appeal - the potential for gender and ethnic biases and a robust code to cover when, how and where the technology can be used, and in search of whom.\n\nProf Martin Innes, from the Universities' Police Sciences Institute, evaluated the rollout of automatic facial recognition for South Wales Police in 2018, flagging ethical and regulatory challenges facing forces.\n\n\"If you look back at the history of new and innovative technologies in policing this is what always happens. You have to let the law catch up a little bit and find out what matters and where the key points of regulation are,\" he said.\n\nAt present, different standards between the private and public sectors \"could be very, very confusing,\" he added.\n\n\"There is a risk that these technologies get introduced almost by stealth and they start popping up everywhere.\"\n\nPembrokeshire estate agent Claire Williams now uses a facial recognition app to match faces to identity\n\nIn a way, some of that has already happened, from mobile phones that can detect your face to hi-tech doorbells\n\nStopping criminal harm \"seems to be an equally justifiable reason\" to use the technology, argued Prof Innes.\n\n\"But we need to think quite carefully about how far do we want this to go, and where is it appropriate for us to introduce these technologies in our lives.\n\n\"There are issues - but there are potentially opportunities and benefits to be gained if it can be done in the right way, as well.\"\n\nThe Home Office and the police say they will consider any ideas that could improve the way live facial recognition technology is used.\n\n\"We want police to use new technologies, like live facial recognition, in a way that reduces crime while maintaining public trust,\" said a Home Office spokesperson.\n\n\"We are working closely with the police to ensure national College of Policing guidance complies with the Court of Appeal's request to clarify how live facial recognition will be used.\n\n\"The government committed in the Home Office Biometrics Strategy to review the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice and it will be updated in due course.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Virgin Holidays has become the latest travel firm to cancel holidays after new coronavirus lockdown restrictions were imposed.\n\nIt said schedules will be cancelled until mid-February, joining similar moves by Tui, Jet2 and Thomas Cook.\n\nThe companies said customers would be contacted about their future travel options during what Virgin described as \"these extraordinary circumstances\".\n\nThomas Cook said it will call customers to offer refunds or rebooking.\n\nTui said it was \"cancelling all holidays in line with international travel restrictions\". It added that said customers due to depart from England, Scotland and Wales would be contacted to discuss options.\n\nThe company said that customers due to travel from an English airport before mid-February, or from a Scottish or Welsh airport up to 31 January, would not be able to do so.\n\nThose customers will be contacted \"in departure date order to discuss their options\", Tui said, which include rebooking \"with an incentive\", getting a credit note, or a full refund.\n\n\"Customers currently overseas can continue to enjoy their holidays as planned and we will update them directly if there are any changes to their holidays,\" Tui added.\n\nIn a statement, Virgin said: \"In line with the new national lockdown restrictions we have reviewed the upcoming holiday schedule and will be cancelling all holidays up to and including 14 February 2021.\n\n\"To simplify the options and to provide immediate peace of mind for customers whose holidays will no longer be going ahead, we're automatically providing a digital voucher for the value of their trip, redeemable up until 30 September 2021, which they can use to rebook a holiday, departing any time before 31 December 2022.\"\n\nVirgin added that customers \"may also request a refund\".\n\nMeanwhile, Jet2 said it was extending \"the suspension of flights and holidays up to and including 11 February 2021\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"For customers due to travel from 12th February onwards, we will provide another update closer to the time.\"\n\nThomas Cook, which became an online-only travel brand in September after its earlier collapse, said: \"Following the announcement of the latest lockdown, we are calling our customers to offer refunds or move their holidays to a later date.\".\n\nChief executive Alan French said: \"We've seen over the festive period that customers are looking ahead to the summer and beginning to book in earnest for those important summer weeks in the sun.\n\n\"I am sure that after many more weeks spent at home - and with the progress of the vaccine rollout - we will see an even bigger demand for people to escape to the beach this summer.\"\n\nLast month, a number of countries suspended routes to the UK due to the rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus.\n\nThe blanket travel ban to the EU was then lifted, but with rules varying from country to country. The suspension of flights between the UK and China remains in place.\n\nLast year Tui was investigated by competition authorities after complaints that it had not given prompt refunds.\n\nBritish Airways Holidays, part of Britain's biggest airline, said it would be offering refunds if customers are no longer allowed travel.\n\nThe firm said in a statement: \"We are contacting all affected British Airways Holidays customers following the announcement of new national lockdown restrictions.\n\n\"Customers due to depart by 12 February 2021 will be offered a refund for their holiday. Our teams continue to monitor the situation and update our policy accordingly.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: \"If we pull together as a nation, we can win\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called for a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme to tackle the rise in Covid cases.\n\nAs part of a televised speech, the Labour leader said the government needed to deliver \"millions of doses a week by the end of the month\".\n\nHe said there were \"serious questions for the government to answer\" over the timing of the lockdown in England, but Labour would support the restrictions.\n\nBoris Johnson said daily vaccination figures would be published from Monday.\n\nThe prime minister has also said the four most vulnerable groups of people across the UK should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nBoth the PM and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, have announced lockdowns this week.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nEngland's lockdown will become law from 00:01 GMT Wednesday and MPs will return to the Commons later that day to vote on the measures retrospectively.\n\nThe restrictions come into force as the number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nOn Tuesday, 60,914 had tested positive in the previous 24 hours and a further 830 people had died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn an address to the nation on BBC One, in response to Boris Johnson's televised address on Monday, Sir Keir said the UK had reached a \"critical moment in our fight against coronavirus\".\n\nThe Labour leader said people were \"angry at the mistakes the government has made\" and ministers needed to answer questions on why they did not act sooner over locking down England.\n\nHe stressed that Labour would continue to hold the government to account, but added: \"Whatever our quarrels with the government and with the prime minister, the country now needs us to come together.\n\n\"At this darkest of moments, we need a new national effort to re-kindle the spirit of last March - to come together and to do everything possible to stay at home [and] to protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nSir Keir reiterated that Labour would support the new lockdown when it comes to the retrospective Commons vote on Wednesday and \"join in this national effort\".\n\nBut he called for the government to use the lockdown to establish \"a massive, immediate, and round the clock vaccination programme\" to \"deliver millions of doses a week by the end of the month in every village and town, every high street and every GP surgery\".\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"This is now a race between the virus and the vaccine and if we pull together as a nation, we can win.\n\n\"We need a new contract between the government and the British people: The country stays at home, the government delivers the vaccine.\"\n\nEarlier at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said more than 1.3 million people across the UK had now been vaccinated with either the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nThe figure included 23% of over-80s in England - part of a programme Mr Johnson said aimed to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nThe PM said there will \"still be long weeks ahead\", but that he wanted to give \"maximum possible transparency\" about the vaccination roll-out.\n\nMore details will be announced on Thursday, with daily updates starting on Monday, \"so that you can see day by day and jab by jab how much progress we are making\", he added.\n\nAsked whether the target could be met, Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, said the timetable was \"realistic but not easy\".", "Margaret Ferrier admitted travelling back from London to Glasgow after testing positive for coronavirus\n\nScottish MP Margaret Ferrier has been arrested by police after she admitted using public transport while infected with Covid-19.\n\nMs Ferrier apologised for what she called a \"blip\" in September.\n\nShe was suspended from the SNP group at Westminster and leaders, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, urged her to quit as an MP over the row.\n\nPolice Scotland said she had been charged in connection with \"alleged culpable and reckless conduct\".\n\nMs Ferrier apologised in September after travelling from London to Glasgow having tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP said she had experienced \"mild symptoms\" and taken a test, but had then decided to travel to Westminster because she was \"feeling much better\".\n\nShe then travelled home again on a train after receiving the positive test result, and said she \"deeply regretted\" her actions.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesman said: \"We can confirm that officers today arrested and charged a 60-year-old woman in connection with alleged culpable and reckless conduct.\n\n\"This follows a thorough investigation by Police Scotland into an alleged breach of coronavirus regulations between 26 and 29 September 2020.\n\n\"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal and we are unable to comment further.\"\n\nMs Ferrier has been contacted for comment.", "Potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nKing's College Hospital Trust has cancelled all \"Priority 2\" operations - those doctors judge need to be carried out within 28 days.\n\nCancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nAnd surgery has not been stopped on the same scale as during the first wave.\n\nRebecca Thomas, who has had her bowel cancer surgery at King's College Hospital \"cancelled indefinitely\", told the BBC she felt like she had been left \"in limbo\".\n\nUntil she has surgery her tumour cannot be studied to see how aggressive it is, and so she won't know until then how significant this wait will turn out to be.\n\nA spokesperson for the Trust, which mainly serves patients in south London, said: \"Due to the large increase in patients being admitted with Covid-19, including those requiring intensive care, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone all elective procedures, with the exception of cases where a delay would cause immediate harm.\n\n\"A small number of cancer patients due to be operated on this week have had their surgery postponed, with patients being kept under close review by senior doctors.\"\n\nProf Neil Mortensen, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said he had heard from members that \"hospitals across London are having to cancel cancer surgeries as a result of the huge number of Covid-19 patients being hospitalised.\"\n\nBut it hasn't yet emerged as an issue affecting hospitals outside London.\n\nWhen Covid-19 hit last March, NHS England developed guidance on prioritising patients who needed operations, with emergency procedures that needed to be carried out within 24 hours coming first.\n\nThese life-saving operations have continued throughout the pandemic and there is no prospect of that stopping.\n\nHowever, patients in the \"priority 2\" category - who should have surgery within 28 days, to save their life or stop their disease progressing \"beyond operability\" - have found their operations being cancelled at King's.\n\nThe 28-day guideline is based on the patient's individual symptoms and the expected growth rate of their particular cancer.\n\n\"Delays further than that could have a negative impact on that person's chance of survival,\" according to Kruti Shrotri at Cancer Research UK.\n\nAnd delays in diagnosis and treatment in general can lead to worsening chances of recovery, she said.\n\nThis will vary dramatically by person and cancer type, but in some cases, a matter of a few weeks can make the difference between a cancer that can be survived or not.\n\nGenevieve Edwards, chief executive at Bowel Cancer UK, said research showed \"even a month's delay to cancer treatment can increase a person's risk of dying by up to 13% - a risk that keeps rising the longer their treatment is delayed\".\n\nWhile this was \"really concerning to hear,\" she said, \"it's not by and large something we've heard is happening widespread across the country\".\n\nThis is an improvement from the first wave of Covid-19 when the NHS had to put a near-blanket ban on non-urgent surgery.\n\nBut for those patients who are affected, this news will be \"incredibly hard,\" and Ms Shrotri stressed that patients with any symptoms that could be cancer should not put off going to see their GP.\n\n\"The NHS is open,\" she said.\n\nSurgery is most at risk because of the shortage of intensive care beds - but other forms of cancer treatment, including radiotherapy, should continue.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses in England, said trusts were doing all they could to \"prioritise on the basis of clinical need\".", "The number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nAccording to government figures on Tuesday, the number of people who tested positive was 60,916.\n\nOne in 50 people in private households in England had Covid last week - and one in 30 in London, according to estimates based on the latest data.\n\nA further 830 people have also died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt comes as England and Scotland announced new strict lockdowns, with people told to stay at home.\n\nAt a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday, Boris Johnson said 1.3 million people had now been vaccinated in the UK - including 23% of over 80s in England, some 650,000 people.\n\nBut he said more than one million people were currently infected - with the number of patients in hospitals 40% higher than in the first peak.\n\nThe government's chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty cited the Office for National Statistics' random sampling data for England as showing how widespread the virus is.\n\n\"We're now into a situation where across the country as a whole, roughly one in 50 people have got the virus, higher in some parts of the country, lower in others,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Chris Whitty: \"No evidence\" the new variant is \"more dangerous\"\n\nThe number of new daily cases has consistently been above 50,000 since 29 December.\n\nBack in the first peak of the pandemic in the spring, the number of daily confirmed cases never went above 7,000.\n\nHowever, it is thought the true number of cases then was much higher but not picked up because testing capacity was limited. It was estimated there were about 100,000 new infections a day at the end of March - but there was not the testing to detect it.\n\nHospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England also reached another record high on Tuesday, NHS England figures show.\n\nAt a hospital in Lincolnshire, a \"critical\" incident has been declared after a sharp rise in patients requiring admission.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How NHS nurses and doctors are struggling to cope with Covid as cases continue to rise in England\n\nAnd potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nHowever, Cancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nIn a statement after the case numbers were released, Public Health England medical director Yvonne Doyle said the rapid rise in cases was \"highly concerning and will sadly mean yet more pressure on our health services in the depths of winter\".\n\nAfter seven consecutive days of more than 50,000 cases being confirmed, the fact that more than 60,000 have been recorded should not come as a surprise.\n\nIt will take a week, if not more, for the impact of lockdown to be felt.\n\nAnd all the evidence suggests the new variant of coronavirus, which is more transmissible than previous ones, means the impact is likely to be more limited than it was in previous ones.\n\nThe figures are also a warning about what the NHS is facing.\n\nSome of this week's infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nAbout three in 10 beds are now occupied by Covid patients. In some hospitals more than six in 10 are.\n\nHospitals are now busy making more spaces on their wards - that means cancelling planned work, including in some places cancer treatment.\n\nBoris Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both announced new lockdowns on Monday.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nRestrictions are also being tightened further in Northern Ireland, and an order for people to stay at home will become legally enforceable from Friday.\n\nIn a televised address to the nation, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer urged the government to use the lockdown to create a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme.\n\nHe also called on people to \"recapture the spirit\" of the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nAt the press conference on Tuesday, Mr Johnson repeated his suggestion that there is a \"prospect\" of the lockdown being eased in mid-February.\n\n\"But you will also appreciate there are a lot of caveats, a lot of ifs built into that, the most important of which is that we all now follow the guidance,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, but \"as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all\".\n\nMr Whitty said the virus \"is not going to go away, just as flu doesn't go away, just as many other viruses don't go away\".\n\n\"We shouldn't kid ourselves that this just disappears with spring,\" he said.\n\nMr Whitty said although hopefully there would be nearly no measures needed from the spring onwards, the government might have to bring in a few restrictions next winter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nOn Monday the UK's chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given", "Supermarkets' online shopping operations have come under strain with customers rushing to book deliveries as the new coronavirus lockdown began.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco.\n\nSainsbury's said on Tuesday that earlier it had restricted access to its online services to manage high demand.\n\nThe surge in demand echoes consumers' reaction at the start of the pandemic.\n\nSainsbury's said: \"We temporarily limited access to our groceries online service last night so that we could manage high demand for slots and updates customers were making to existing orders.\n\n\"We're continuing to monitor the situation and are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.\"\n\nA spokeswoman said customers should now be able to use the Sainsbury's app and website \"as usual\".\n\nAfter the first lockdown in March, supermarkets reported panic buying and a rush to book online delivery slots despite grocers insisting there would be no shortages if consumers shopped sensibly.\n\nShoppers used social media to vent their frustration on Monday, with Twitter user Auld Bryan saying: \"Ocado have already introduced their virtual queue process on their app. It's March 2020 all over again.\"\n\nAnother tweet, by Karl Dyson, said of Ocado: \"You'd think ~10 months in to this, they'd have worked on scalable infrastructure for the website?\"\n\nThere were also reports of people having problems with the Tesco app and website, including when trying to check out and complete payment.\n\nHowever, a spokesman for Britain's biggest supermarket said on Monday evening that there had been no reports from Tesco's technical department of any website problems.\n\nThe supermarket had increased the number of slots available for online delivery before the latest lockdown measures.\n\nAn email from Tesco UK boss Jason Tarry already sent to customers said: \"Since March, we have more than doubled home delivery and Click+Collect slots to 1.5 million a week, with over 760,000 vulnerable customers registered with us who are eligible for priority slots.\"\n\nUsers complained that the Sainsbury's app was down following the prime minister's announcement on Monday.\n\nTwitter user Francesca Balgobind wrote: \"What's happening with the Sainsbury's shopping app tonight? Website is down too?\"\n\nAnother social media user, Matt, said some 40 minutes after Mr Johnson had finished speaking: \"Sainsbury's app and website down\".\n\nAsda saw more demand for online shopping after the lockdown announcement, but said it had increased the number of slots available since the first two national lockdowns.\n\nMorrisons also reported a jump in the number of shoppers using its website after the announcement.\n\nHowever, despite the longer waiting queues, the grocer said it continued to have \"good slot availability\" for home deliveries.\n\nThroughout the pandemic, supermarkets have urged people to shop normally.\n\nBefore Christmas, in the run-up to the end of the Brexit transition period, some grocers reported temporary shortages of fresh goods due to congestion at UK shipping ports.", "By 8pm on Monday it felt inevitable.\n\nBut it doesn't mean that a national instruction to close the doors was automatic. Or indeed that new lockdowns in England and Scotland aren't still dramatic and painful.\n\nWith tightening up in Wales and Northern Ireland too, the spread of coronavirus this winter has been faster than governments' attempts to keep up with it - leaving leaders with little choice but to take more of our choices away.\n\nThere is much that's an echo of March. Work, school, life outside the home will be constrained in so many ways, with terrible and expensive side-effects for the economy.\n\nThis time, it's already spluttering - restrictions being turned on and off for months have starved so much trade of vital business.\n\nBut there's a lot that's different too. After so long, the public is less forgiving of the actions taken, and there is frustration particularly over last-minute changes for schools; fatigue too with having to live under such limits.\n\nBy now, Boris Johnson's opponents, inside and outside the Tory party, have plenty of evidence to suggest that he would rather put off difficult decisions.\n\nBut there is another profound change, that the prime minister was unsurprisingly keen to point out on live TV, where the UK, at the moment, has a leading reputation.\n\nVaccines exist, partly due to UK science, and are being injected into willing arms already.\n\nThe scientific triumph still needs to be turned into a logistical victory. But if around 13 million vaccines can be offered over the next six weeks, we may be on the way.\n\nOne member of the cabinet told me: \"We should do absolutely nothing but this, the vaccine - it should be the entire focus of the government; every government shoulder should be put to every government wheel.\"\n\nIt's not just the country's health and economic fortunes riding on hitting that stretching target, but the government's reputation too.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The twins' father says what they have achieved is a 'herculean achievement'\n\nConjoined twins who were expected to die within days when they were born are nearly four years later said to be settling in at their Cardiff school.\n\nMarieme and Ndeye Ndiaye were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 by their father Ibrahima for treatment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nThe girls, now four, are learning to stand and their father said their progress was \"a Herculean achievement\".\n\nTheir head teacher said the girls had made friends and were \"laughing a lot\".\n\nThe girls, who have separate hearts and spines but share a liver, bladder and digestive system, have conditions which put them at higher risk of complications from Covid.\n\nHowever, Mr Ndiaye said he had wanted them to start school for their development.\n\n\"When you look in the rear view mirror, it was an unachievable dream,\" he said.\n\n\"From now, everything ahead will be a bonus to me. My heart and soul is shouting out loud, 'Come on! Go on girls! Surprise me more!'.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye brought the girls to the UK through funding from a charitable foundation run by Senegal's first lady Marieme Faye Sall, before he sought asylum.\n\nIn March 2018, the family were moved by the Home Office to Cardiff as asylum seekers can be moved anywhere in the UK and they now have discretionary leave to remain.\n\nIn 2019, Great Ormond Street surgeons considered attempting separation but it was something Mr Ndiaye did not want because of the risks involved.\n\nThe girls have such complex circulatory systems medics now believe they would not survive being separated\n\nSince then, doctors have found the girls' circulatory systems to be more closely linked than previously thought and neither would survive without the other, making separation now impossible.\n\nThe girls' head teacher Helen Borley said they were learning well since starting reception in September and had made new friends.\n\nShe said: \"Children either say, 'I'm Marieme's friend' or 'I'm Ndeye's friend' - they don't say, 'I'm the twins' friend'. Children very much identify as being one person's friend or another - because the girls are very different characters.\n\n\"They are laughing a lot - which is always a good sign, isn't it? Any child that is laughing a lot is a happy child.\"\n\nMarieme receives oxygen from Ndeye's stronger heart and food via their linked stomachs\n\nFor the twins, school needs to fit around hospital visits.\n\nIn October, the girls needed surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nDr Gillian Body, a paediatric consultant at the Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, said the procedure was important, despite the risks.\n\nShe said: \"The girls have complex anatomies and that makes them prone to infections and potentially sepsis.\n\n\"One of the challenges we had was getting antibiotics into them quickly, and this tube or cannula they've had fitted, means we can get them into them more quickly with less distress to the girls.\"\n\nThe girls have been experiencing the feeling of standing, at children's hospice Ty Hafan\n\nShe said Marieme's heart was complex with lots of abnormalities that cause her problems with doing exercise and can lead to breathlessness.\n\nAt children's' hospice Ty Hafan in Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, the girls have been learning what it feels like to stand.\n\nA special frame gives them the experience of being upright, helping build strength in their legs.\n\nPhysiotherapist Sara Wade-West said it had been hard for them.\n\n\"It's a really different sensation when you're used to being sat down, to be upright can be scary,\" she said.\n\n\"To start with, particularly Ndeye wasn't very keen. We try and sneak the therapy in around the play, encouraging them to reach for toys to make them work a bit harder, but if they know it's therapy it's not so fun.\n\n\"Because of their cardiac function we can't push them too much so it's finding that balance - challenging them to get stronger but not exhausting them.\"\n\nThe twins' father Ibrahima Ndiaye said they were his \"warriors\"\n\nWatching his daughters stand is more than just a breakthrough for their father.\n\n\"They are showing that they don't only want to live, but be active and play their part in society,\" he said.\n\n\"All these achievements bring light and hopes for the future. But I know how fragile, complex and unpredictable their lives can be.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye said his hopes were \"parallel to my fears\" as the girls had \"so many times come close to the worst\".\n\n\"But the very least I can do for the girls is figure out my hopes for them,\" he said.\n\n\"The most I can do is to be beside them and live inside that hope and never allow anything to take that hope away.\n\n\"They are my warriors. They have proved they will never surrender without fighting. It is not yet over.\"", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced.\n\nThe former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for his country.\n\n\"Few players have left such an indelible mark on City,\" said a club statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn 2004, Manchester City fans voted to name one of the stands at Etihad Stadium in Bell's honour.\n\n\"Colin Bell will always be remembered as one of Manchester City's greatest players and the very sad news today of his passing will affect everybody connected to our club,\" said City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.\n\n\"I am fortunate to be able to speak regularly to his former manager and team-mates, and it's clear to me that Colin was a player held in the highest regard by all those who had the privilege of playing alongside him or seeing him play.\n\n\"The passage of time does little to erase the memories of his genius.\"\n• None 'Bell will always be king of Man City' - tributes paid after death of club great\n\nAfter starting his career at Bury, Bell moved to Manchester City - then in the second tier - midway through the 1965-66 season in a £47,500 deal.\n\nHe helped Joe Mercer's team win promotion that season and was instrumental in the Blues winning the First Division title two years later.\n\nDuring his 13 years as a player at Maine Road, he also won the FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.\n\nHowever, his career was hampered by a serious knee injury he suffered in a League Cup tie against Manchester United in November 1975, when he was 29.\n\nAfter making a comeback later that season, he was injured again against Arsenal and out for another 18 months.\n\nBell regained fitness and received an emotional ovation on his return at Maine Road on 26 December 1977.\n\nHowever, he did not have the same freedom and mobility as he had done and played only a handful more games.\n\nBell finished his career with a brief spell in the United States playing for San Jose Earthquakes.\n\nIn 2004, he was awarded an MBE for his services to football and remained a regular presence at City games in recent seasons.\n\n'De Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin' - tributes pour in for the 'King of the Kippax'\n\nFormer City team-mate Mike Summerbee, who was part of their 'Holy Trinity' alongside Bell and Francis Lee in the 1960s and 1970s, described Bell as \"just the greatest footballer\" the club has had.\n\n\"Colin was a lovely, humble man. He was a huge star for Manchester City but you would never have known it,\" said ex-forward Summerbee, 78.\n\n\"He was quiet, unassuming and I always believe he never knew how good he actually was.\n\n\"[Current City midfielder] Kevin de Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin in the way he plays and the way he is as a person.\"\n\nFormer England forward Lee says he thinks the knee injury curtailed Bell's career \"by a good four or five years\".\n\n\"Colin had tremendous stamina. He was a very good player technically and had the ability to score goals,\" said Lee, 76.\n\n\"He goes into the top five City players of all time - only in the last 10, 15 years has anyone else come along who can take that mantle.\"\n\nSummerbee and Lee were among a number of former and current City players to pay tribute to Bell, along with celebrity fans including former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.\n\nBell would \"always have a smile\" and \"meet and greet everyone\" he knew, said former City midfielder Michael Brown.\n\n\"He's done lots of charity work and always tried to help people,\" added Brown, who first met Bell as a youngster having come up through City's academy.\n\n\"It's a huge loss. To have done so much and be so low key was admirable.\"\n\nEx-City defender Micah Richards said Bell was \"one of the nicest men ever\", while their former full-back Pablo Zabaleta added he was \"absolutely devastated\" by the news.\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker said Bell was one of his favourite players when he was growing up.\n\n\"Terrific box to box midfielder. A real gem for Manchester City and England,\" added the Match of the Day host.\n\nThe Times' chief football writer Henry Winter said Bell \"oozed class, skill and glamour\" as he was \"flowing across rutted pitches, taking people on, creating and scoring\".", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "YouTube has reinstated TalkRadio's channel on its platform hours after saying it had been \"terminated\" for breaking the tech firm's rules.\n\nIt said the broadcaster had posted material that contradicted expert advice about the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut it explained its U-turn saying it sometimes made exceptions to guidelines that state repeat offenders face a permanent ban.\n\nTalkRadio said it had yet to be given a full explanation for the affair.\n\nThe decision to ban TalkRadio had appalled digital rights campaigners, with one group - Big Brother Watch - claiming it was evidence that \"big tech censorship is spiralling out of control\".\n\nThe Google-owned service has issued a brief statement explaining its actions.\n\n\"TalkRadio's YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,\" it said.\n\n\"We quickly remove flagged content that violate our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. We make exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, as was deemed in this case.\"\n\nYouTube has not published details of the offending posts.\n\nBut independent fact-checkers have repeatedly challenged some of the claims made by interviewees featured by the London-based radio station.\n\nYouTube operates a \"three strikes\" policy, whereby channels that break its community guidelines three times within a 90-day period can be permanently banned, but other infractions lead to temporary restrictions.\n\nProhibited content includes \"medically unsubstantiated claims\" relating to Covid-19, and videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS.\n\n\"YouTube is making decisions about which opinions the public are allowed to hear, even when they are sourced to responsible and regulated new providers,\" TalkRadio said in a statement this evening.\n\n\"This sets a dangerous precedent and is censorship of free speech and legitimate national debate.\"\n\nThe broadcaster tweeted the statement minutes after YouTube's change of heart. It did not appear to be aware that its channel had been reinstated at the time, but has since acknowledged the move.\n\nTalkRadio has about 424,000 listeners, according to the latest figures from market research provider Rajar.\n\nIt uses YouTube as a means to livestream shows from its studios and to provide an archive of past broadcasts.\n\nIts channel on the platform has 242,000 subscribers.\n\nYouTube's action had meant that TalkRadio's website had featured articles featuring broken embedded clips for most of the day, and that users who had shared its clips would have been unable to view them.\n\nThe US firm has previously imposed a permanent ban against conspiracy theorist David Icke, and a one-week video suspension of right-wing outlet One America News Network's ability to publish new clips - in both cases for breaches of its Covid rules.\n\nIt's pretty clear something has gone wrong at YouTube in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt appeared as though TalkRadio had been banned for good on YouTube - or \"terminated\" as the company put it.\n\nYouTube is now saying it was a short suspension, which certainly seems like a backtrack.\n\nEven now, it's not obvious what the offending material was that caused this action. The whole process reinforces the idea that YouTube's moderation policies - where it draws the line between freedom of expression and clamping down on misinformation - can be messy and inconsistent.\n\nAnd when YouTube takes such an action without giving full details, it rains controversy down on its own head.\n\nThis plays to a broader movement by YouTube and other social media companies to take a harder line on disinformation.\n\nJoe Biden is about to become US President - and he wants social media companies to do more to remove fake news.\n\nBut as they are increasingly finding out, refereeing their own platforms can be hugely difficult, and this highlights the need for greater transparency about moderation decisions.", "Last updated on .From the section Celtic\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Celtic have questions to answer about their trip to Dubai.\n\nMs Sturgeon says possible breaches of social distancing rules while in the Middle East \"should be looked into\".\n\nHowever, Celtic insist the training camp was approved by the Scottish government, while the Scottish FA have no plans to investigate the trip.\n\n\"For me, the question for Celtic is what is the purpose of them being there,\" Ms Sturgeon said.\n\n\"I've seen comments from the club that it's more for R&R than training.\n\n\"I have also seen some photographs - and I don't know the full circumstances - that would raise a question in my mind about whether all the rules elite players have to follow in their bubble around social distancing are being complied with.\"\n\nPictures have emerged of members of the Celtic party in the UAE not wearing face masks and potentially breaching the social distancing rules that those in Scottish football must adhere to.\n\nIt remains unclear if the Scottish FA will investigate that matter.\n\nCeltic travelled to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday just hours after their 1-0 defeat by Rangers.\n\nTravellers returning from the UAE are exempt from self-isolation protocols in Scotland, with elite athletes in Scotland permitted to travel abroad to compete.\n\n\"Elite sport has been in a privileged position and as long as that is the case it's really important they don't abuse it,\" said Ms Sturgeon at her daily coronavirus briefing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I saw their [Celtic's] statement and have not spent a lot of time looking into it, but as I understand it the government gave advice to the Scottish FA about the rules around training camps in November.\n\n\"The world has changed quite a bit since then but it's not our role to sign off what a club does around these training camps.\n\n\"The rules may have to change, but they were that elite sportspeople and teams can go overseas if it is important in the context of training and competitions.\"\n\nMainland Scotland has been in Tier 4 - the highest level of restrictions - since 26 December, and Ms Sturgeon addressed the nation on Monday ordering people to stay at home where possible.\n\nDeputy first minister John Swinney has accused Celtic of not setting \"a particularly great example\".\n\n\"I don't think it's a good idea,\" he told BBC Radio Scotland on Monday.\n\n\"When we are asking members of the public to take on very, very significant restrictions on the way in which they live their lives, I think we have all got to demonstrate leadership on this particular question.\"\n\nWhen approached for comment on Monday, a Celtic spokesman told BBC Scotland: \"The training camp was arranged a number of months ago and approved by all relevant footballing authorities and the Scottish government through the Joint Response Group on 12 November.\n\n\"The team travelled prior to any new lockdown being in place, to a location exempt from travel restrictions. The camp, the same one as we have undertaken for a number of years, has been fully risk assessed.\n\n\"If the club had not received Scottish government approval, then we would not have travelled.\"\n\nIn November, Celtic requested their fixture with Hibernian, originally scheduled for this weekend, be moved to Monday, 11 January to accommodate the trip.\n\nThe SPFL granted the change, despite objections from the Easter Road side.", "Stationery chain Paperchase is on the brink of administration after most of its stores were forced to close over the Christmas period.\n\nThe firm has filed a notice to appoint administrators, a move that will give it breathing space from its creditors while it works out a rescue plan.\n\nThe company has 127 stores and about 1,500 employees.\n\nThe second lockdown in November came at a crucial period for the firm, which makes a high proportion of sales then.\n\nJust under half its sales, 40%, come from trade in November and December.\n\nPaperchase said: \"The cumulative effects of lockdown one, lockdown two - at the start of the Christmas shopping period - and now the current restrictions have put unbearable strain on retail businesses across the country.\"\n\nThe company went through an insolvency process, known as a Company Voluntary Arrangement or CVA, almost two years ago to cut costs.\n\nThe chain now has 10 working days to find a solution.\n\nPaperchase said its strong online trading had not made it \"immune\" from the impact of shop closures across the country.\n\n\"Out of lockdown we've traded well, but as the country faces further restrictions for some months to come, we have to find a sustainable future for Paperchase,\" it added.\n\n\"We are working hard to find that solution and this [notice of administration] is a necessary part of this work. This is not the situation we wanted to be in.\n\nThe chain is the latest of a string of high-profile retailers to hit trouble in the past year.\n\nThe sector was already battling with the shift to online sales, coupled with rising costs, including rents and higher minimum wages.\n\nCoronavirus restrictions which shut non-essential shops piled on the pressure.\n\nOthers that have run into trouble recently include Debenhams, which last month said it would cease trading putting 12,000 jobs at risk. Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, has also gone into administration, putting a further 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nMeanwhile, Edinburgh Woollen Mills' brands Peacocks and Jaeger also fell into administration in November, putting 21,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAnd earlier last year, Oasis and Warehouse fell into administration in mid-April after failing to find buyers, and online fashion group Boohoo said in June it was buying the brands but closing all stores.", "Doctors' leaders have called for urgent improvements in personal protective equipment for health workers.\n\nThe British Medical Association is appealing for a higher grade of face mask to guard against coronavirus infection.\n\nIt says there is 'growing evidence' that the virus is being spread through the air by aerosols.\n\nThese are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and they have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.\n\nThis follows an open letter from more than 1,500 health professionals for staff on general wards to be given the type of high-quality masks usually only worn in intensive care units.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) has issued guidance on what PPE staff in different settings require. It was last updated in October 2020.\n\nEarly in the pandemic, it was widely believed that to catch the disease you had to either be close to an infected person and hit by droplets from their coughs or sneezes or touch a surface they had contaminated.\n\nBut research during the course of last year highlighted how it is also possible for the virus to be carried in what are called aerosols, drifting and accumulating in the air.\n\nMost infections are thought to have occurred indoors in badly ventilated rooms, and many studies have shown that the 'airborne route' can be an important factor.\n\nAcross the UK, the guidance for hospital staff is to wear surgical masks in most areas.\n\nMore sophisticated masks - a type known as FFP3 that includes an air filter - are only required in intensive care or when certain procedures are carried out that are known to generate aerosols.\n\nIn their letter, the consultants, doctors and nurses say healthcare workers are three to four times more likely to become infected than the general population.\n\nBut they point out that staff in intensive care units, who have the best level of protection, have about half the risk of catching the virus than colleagues on general wards.\n\nThe letter states: \"It is now essential that healthcare workers have their PPE upgraded to protect against airborne transmission\".\n\nBarry McAree, a consultant surgeon in Northern Ireland, is one of many healthcare workers to be ill with Covid.\n\nHe is self-isolating at home right after his testing positive for the second time.\n\nA signatory to the letter, he says his hospital in Antrim followed the guidance about which type of masks should be worn in which areas, but he became infected nonetheless. It is not clear how and when he caught it.\n\n\"There's so much evidence that we are talking about an airborne infection that it has to be said that it is not appropriate just to wear FFP3 in environments when aerosol generating procedures take place.\"\n\nHe believes that with such high levels of the virus in the community and in hospitals, staff should be wearing the higher-grade masks whenever they're close to patients.\n\nSurgical masks can be bought online for about 10p each, while the FFP3 masks are far more expensive about £5.00.\n\nDr Barry Jones, a retired gastroenterologist and leading expert on aerosols, says that's nothing compared to the cost of a patient with Covid,\n\nHe points to data showing that roughly a fifth of people needing hospital treatment for Covid may have acquired the infection in hospital in the first place.\n\n\"We should do everything we can to reduce that possibility - it's the air we share that's killing us.\"\n\nA few hospitals have decided to break with official guidance.\n\nIt's understood that hospitals in Cambridge, Plymouth and Exeter have decided to equip staff with FFP3 masks if they face patients diagnosed with Covid or suspected of having it.\n\nOne consultant, who did not want to be named, said: \"When you realise patients are more infectious at an earlier stage of disease and are presenting at general wards with poorer ventilation than intensive care units and staff are wearing a poorer quality of PPE, you really want those in a position of leadership to listen and to act.\"\n\nRCN General Secretary Dame Donna Kinnair, said: \"Without delay, they must state whether existing PPE guidance is adequate for the new variant.\n\n\"While more research is carried out, we ask for the precautionary principle to be applied and staff to be given a higher level of PPE if working with suspected or confirmed cases.\"\n\nPublic Health England said this was a matter for NHS England to comment on.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"The safety of NHS and social care staff has always been our top priority and we continue to work tirelessly to deliver PPE that protects those on the frontline.\n\n\"UK guidance on the safest levels of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four chief medical officers. Our guidance is kept under constant review based on the latest evidence and data.\n\n\"Emerging evidence and data, including on variant strains, will be continually monitored and reviewed, and the guidance updated accordingly if needed.\"", "Adamo Canto had worked as a catering assistant at the palace's Royal Mews since 2015\n\nA Buckingham Palace catering assistant who stole medals and photographs from the Queen's residence has been jailed.\n\nAdamo Canto, 37, stole items including signed photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a photo album of US President Donald Trump's UK visit.\n\nPolice said some of the goods, worth between £10,000 and £100,000, had been listed for sale on eBay.\n\nCanto, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, was jailed for eight months after he admitted stealing the items.\n\nSouthwark Crown Court heard police recovered a \"significant quantity\" of stolen items when they searched his quarters at the palace's Royal Mews, where he had worked as a catering assistant since 2015.\n\nCanto stole an album of photos from US President Donald Trump's visit to the UK\n\nA total of 37 items were offered for sale \"well under\" their true value, with Canto making £7,741.\n\nOne item was a photo album of US President Donald Trump's visit to the UK, worth £1,500.\n\nCanto also took official signed photographs of the Duke of Sussex and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nSome 77 items were taken from the palace shop, while others were stolen from staff lockers, the Queen's Gallery shop and the Duke of York's storeroom.\n\nCanto also admitted stealing a Companion of Bath medal belonging to the Master of the Household, which was sold online for £350, and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order medal from the locker of former British Army officer Maj Gen Richard Sykes.\n\nCanto pleaded guilty to three counts of theft by an employee at a hearing in November and was jailed on Monday.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vocational exams, including BTEcs, are to go ahead this month in England - despite calls for them to be cancelled alongside GCSEs and A-levels.\n\n\"Schools and colleges can continue with the vocational and technical exams that are due to take place in January, where they judge it right to do so,\" said a Department for Education spokeswoman.\n\nFurther education college leaders had complained this was unfair to students.\n\nThey said students would face \"stress\" from taking exams in the lockdown.\n\nThe Association of Colleges warned the decision, giving schools and colleges the option on whether to carry on with BTecs, would create more confusion.\n\nChief executive David Hughes said some colleges would cancel exams and others would continue - but without any clarity about what would happen to \"students in colleges which do cancel for safety reasons\".\n\n\"A national decision would have allowed for more fairness,\" said Mr Hughes.\n\nThe announcement from the Department for Education has left it open for schools and colleges to decide whether to go ahead with vocational and technical exams.\n\n\"Schools and colleges have already implemented extensive protective measures to make them as safe as possible,\" said the DFE's spokeswoman.\n\nThe Department for Education said it recognised \"this is a difficult time\" but wanted to allow students who had prepared for exams and assessments to continue, including those who needed to take hands-on practical tests for qualifications for jobs.\n\nA joint statement from the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool said it was wrong to go ahead with these vocational exams when other academic exams had been cancelled.\n\n\"It is unfair to ask these students to go into colleges when everyone else is being told to stay at home.\n\n\"This will cause unnecessary anxiety and concern just when they need to be able to focus,\" said the statement from Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram.\n\nThe mayors highlighted that students taking BTecs were more likely to be from \"working-class backgrounds and ethnic minority communities\" and they should not be treated any less well than those following an \"academic route\" in exams.\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA man who stabbed three people to death in a Reading park believed he was carrying out \"an act of religious jihad\", a court has heard.\n\nKhairi Saadallah, 26, stabbed to death James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, during the attack in Forbury Gardens in June.\n\nAs part of his sentencing, a hearing will decide if he was motivated by a religious or ideological cause.\n\nThe prosecution claim the stabbing spree was a terror attack.\n\nSaadallah has admitted three counts of murder and attempted murder, but denies he was motivated by an ideology.\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC told the court he \"executed\" his victims and intended to \"kill as many people as he could\" in the name of violent jihad.\n\nShe said: \"In less than a minute, shouting Allahu Akhbar the defendant carried out a lethal attack with a knife, killing all three men before they had a chance to respond and try to defend themselves.\n\n\"Within the same minute, the defendant went on to attack others nearby, stabbing three more people, Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan, causing them significant injuries.\"\n\nThe court was shown CCTV footage of Saadallah in Morrisons buying the knife he used in the attack\n\nSaadallah was captured on CCTV leaving his flat on the day of the attack\n\nStating the prosecution's case she said the attack was \"carefully planned and executed\" by the defendant with \"determination and precision\".\n\nShe added: \"The defendant believed that in carrying out this attack he was acting in pursuit of his extreme ideology, an ideology he appears to have held for some time.\n\n\"He believed that in killing as many people as possible that day he was performing an act of religious jihad.\"\n\nAfter the attack Sadallah fled but was chased down by police, and later admitted the attacks in his cell, the court heard.\n\nIn interviews with police he \"howled like a dog\" and claimed to have magic powers, which the prosecution said was a \"disingenuous\" attempt to suggest he had a mental disorder.\n\n\"After a careful period of assessment and treatment at Belmarsh prison, it is clear that he does not have a major mental illness\", a report by a psychiatrist read out in court said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A friend of the victims, Michael Main, said: \"They were always happy\"\n\nSaadallah arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker in 2012, having fled the civil war in his home country of Libya in North Africa.\n\nThe court heard the defendant, who had been refused asylum, had been involved with militias as part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.\n\nBetween 2013 and 2020 he was repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences in the UK.\n\nWhile in HMP Bullingdon, Saadallah was observed to be keen to interact with radical preacher Omar Brooks - associated with banned terror group Al-Muhajiroun - who was also at the jail at the time, the court heard. He was released from the prison in June, days before the attack.\n\nSaadallah had been due to be deported, but was told by the government circumstances in Libya at the time were a \"legal barrier\".\n\nThe court was told he had also searched on the internet \"how to disappear with magic\" and accessed a website with the flag associated with Islamic State.\n\nA probation officer who had contact with Saadallah flagged his concerns about his mental health, but a psychiatrist has since concluded the attack on June 20 was \"unrelated to the effects of either mental disorder or substance misuse\".\n\nSaadallah, of Basingstoke Road in Reading, launched his attack as people enjoyed a summer Saturday evening in Forbury Gardens on 20 June.\n\nEyewitnesses said he walked along a footpath when he suddenly ran towards a group of men sitting on the grass.\n\nHistory teacher Mr Furlong and Mr Ritchie-Bennett, a US citizen, were both stabbed once in the neck, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed in the back.\n\nAll three were pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nThree others - their friend Stephen Young, as well as Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan, who were sitting in a nearby group - were also injured by Saadallah.\n\nThe sentencing before Mr Justice Sweeney is expected to conclude on January 11.\n\nFloral tributes were left near the entrance to the park where the men were killed\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Zara Holland appeared on the second series of Love Island\n\nLove Island star Zara Holland is to be prosecuted for allegedly breaking Covid rules on holiday in Barbados.\n\nIsland police say the former Miss Great Britain is expected to appear in court on Wednesday, accused of \"breaching quarantine\".\n\nStation Sergeant Michael Blackman told Newsbeat she was \"intercepted\" at the airport and later presented herself at a police station.\n\nIt's not clear whether she will appear in court in person or by video link.\n\nAn apology from the 25-year-old for what she described as \"a massive mix-up and misunderstanding\" was published by the Barbados Today website.\n\nShe told the publication: \"I have been a guest of this lovely island in excess of 20 years and would never do anything to jeopardise an entire nation that I have nothing but love and respect for and which has treated me as a family.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill met throughout Monday\n\nThere will be an extended period of remote learning for schools in Northern Ireland, the executive has said.\n\nMinisters met on Monday night as other parts of the UK tightened their coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe Stormont executive also plans to give its stay at home guidance legal force, with new restrictions on travel.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said details would be formalised on Tuesday.\n\nThe health and education ministers will bring separate papers on the issues to the executive at the meeting, she added.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Education Minister Peter Weir had previously announced a staggered return to school for pupils during the month of January.\n\nThe first transfer test, used by many grammar schools to select pupils, is due to take place on Saturday but there have been calls from some teaching unions and political parties for the test to be cancelled this year, in light of the uncertainty with the pandemic.\n\nIn England, all schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning until the middle of February, and end-of-year exams will not take place this summer as normal.\n\nRecommendations on exams in Northern Ireland are also expected to be brought forward by the executive on Tuesday.\n\nIt is understood ministers will update the assembly on Wednesday about their decisions.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said the new restrictions were unfortunate, but necessary.\n\nShe said she believed the stay-at-home message will be in place \"for the rest of January, probably into February\".\n\n\"We will of course review it, as we're legally bound to do every couple of weeks.\"\n\nShe added that ministers would \"much prefer\" for face-to-face education to continue, but said they had to \"take into account the very serious situation that we find ourselves in tonight.\"\n\nBoth organisations which organise transfer tests will be making announcements on Tuesday, she said.\n\n\"We'll wait to hear what they have to say. They do of course have to abide by public health advice, but they are private organisations and they will make their own announcements.\"\n\nThe Irish government is considering a proposal to close schools for the rest of January.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health reported that a further 1,801 people had tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere have also been 12 more Covid-19 related deaths.\n\nThese latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,366, while 79,873 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic started.\n\nMore than 12,000 cases have been reported in the past seven days, more than double the week before.\n\nThe seven-day rate per 100,000 people is now 660 positive cases, compared to 200 per 100,000 two weeks ago.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland on Monday, an additional 6,110 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced, with six further deaths linked to the virus.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already announced a fresh lockdown there from midnight, with schools closed until February.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme, Dr Michael McBride said Scotland's measures were \"prudent and sensible\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout has begun in Northern Ireland.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the this week, with some of the first doses delivered at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in West Belfast on Monday afternoon.\n\nUp to 11,000 people aged over 80 across Northern Ireland are set to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca\n\nThe SDLP has called for the assembly to be recalled on Tuesday to discuss the rolling out of the vaccine.\n\nIt can be recalled if at least 30 MLAs sign a petition.\n\nOn Monday, Justice Minister Naomi Long welcomed the opening of Northern Ireland's first Nightingale venue, which will be used for courts and tribunals business.\n\nThe facility was approved by a meeting of the executive on 17 December, and will sit in the International Convention Centre in Belfast (ICC).\n\nActivity at the centre will be phased in, in line with Covid-19 regulations.\n\nIn other coronavirus-related developments on Monday:", "The 90,000 sq ft store is a familiar sight for commuters coming out of Oxford Circus Tube station\n\nThe building that houses Topshop's Oxford Street store is up for sale.\n\nThe High Street chain's owner Arcadia went into administration in November, putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nNews of the sale of the three-storey building has prompted an outpouring of emotion on social media, with shoppers recounting how important the flagship store is to them.\n\nThe store, which boasted a DJ booth, nail bar and food stalls, was a retail sensation when it opened in 1994.\n\nHuge crowds gathered at the store for the launch of Kate Moss's Topshop collection in 2014\n\nArcadia - which owns Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins - entered administration on 30 November\n\nThe sale of 214 Oxford Street, managed by agents Savills and Eastdil, follows the failure of Sir Philip Green's retail empire to secure funding to pay its debts after sales slumped during the pandemic.\n\nThe Oxford Street building also houses Nike and Vans stores.\n\nArcadia said that although it was in administration, and so all its assets are to be sold, that did not mean the shops in the building would have to close.\n\nPeople have been sharing their feelings about the London landmark, which was often used as a meeting point for friends and was a must-visit for fashion-loving tourists.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArcadia, which also owns Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and Burton, had already closed other Topshop stores across the UK, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIts brands were struggling before the pandemic, partly due to competition from online-only fashion retailers such as Asos, Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nBeyonce launched her Ivy Park collection at Topshop in 2016\n\nThe flagship store is currently closed, in line with the rules about non-essential retailers\n\nThe Oxford Street store pictured during Pride in 2018", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sturgeon: Vaccination programme needs to win the race\n\nTough new lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have come into force across the Scottish mainland.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the clampdown was necessary to contain the spread of the new strain of Covid-19.\n\nPeople are now required by law to stay in their homes and to work from home.\n\nOutdoor gatherings have been restricted to one-on-one meet-ups, and schools will close to most pupils until February at the earliest.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs on Monday that Scotland faced an \"extremely serious\" situation, with the new, faster-spreading variant of coronavirus \"a massive blow\".\n\nSchools will remain closed to most pupils until at least the beginning of February.\n\nThe first minister has said she cannot guarantee when children will be allowed back in classrooms or when the latest lockdown restrictions will be lifted.\n\nShe also told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme on Tuesday that she hoped 2.7 million people in Scotland would have received one dose of the Covid vaccine by the middle of May.\n\nShe said: \"I can't be definitive right now about when we will lift these restrictions.\n\n\"I have described this as a race - we've got the vaccine in one lane and we are trying to accelerate that.\n\n\"We've got the virus which has learned to run faster in the other lane and we've got to slow it down.\n\n\"Lockdown is about pushing rates of the virus back, and if we manage to do that then hopefully we will be able to start lifting restrictions while the vaccination programme is ongoing.\"\n\nA government document revealed there were now more than 90 patients in intensive care units, with new modelling suggesting that figure could more than double by early February.\n\nThe modelling sets out different scenarios with the most pessimistic predicting hospitals admissions could soar to more than 8,000 with over 700 patients requiring intensive care.\n\nThe document also revealed that Inverclyde - which a few weeks ago had relatively low levels of Covid - now has the highest case rate, almost 550 per 100,000 - while Dumfries and Galloway has seen its rate increase to 475 per 100,000.\n\nDundee City, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and the Scottish Borders all now have case rates exceeding 300 per 100,000.\n\nOnly limited data was released by the government in recent days but a full update on deaths, hospital admissions and local infection rates has now been issued.\n\nCases of Covid have risen sharply in recent days\n\nThe new restrictions came into force at midnight and are, in effect, an enhancement to the level four curbs already in place across the mainland and Skye.\n\nThey will run until at least the end of January and could yet be extended both in scope and duration.\n\nScotland's island communities, with the exception of Skye, are to remain in level three for now, although Ms Sturgeon warned this would also remain under review.\n\nNew regulations mean Scots are prohibited from leaving their homes for anything other than \"essential\" purposes - although the law provides a lengthy list of examples of \"reasonable excuses\".\n\nThese include shopping for food or medical supplies, providing or accessing childcare, exercise, and participation in extended households.\n\nAnyone who can do their job from home must do so, and people in the \"shielding\" category have been advised not to go out to work at all.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon announces stay at home rules in new lockdown\n\nNew restrictions have been placed on outdoor gatherings in level four areas, with only two people from separate households now permitted to meet up.\n\nThese restrictions do not include children under the age of 12, who are still allowed to gather to play, but everyone else must abide by them or face a fixed penalty notice.\n\nTravel restrictions remain in place between local authority areas and in and out of Scotland, and people have been urged to stay as close to home as possible when going out for exercise.\n\nSchools will now operate on a remote-learning basis for the majority of pupils when the new term starts on 11 January, with only the children of key workers and vulnerable children to receive face-to-face teaching.\n\nThis is to run until at least 1 February, with a review on 18 January - with Ms Sturgeon saying her \"fundamental priority\" was still to get children back in school full time as quickly as possible.\n\nThe new measures are a bid to control the spread of the new variant of Covid, which is now thought to be responsible for nearly half of all new cases of the virus in Scotland.\n\nOfficials believe Scotland is roughly four weeks behind London - where health services are coming under increasing pressure - and warn that hospitals could hit capacity within the month without major new curbs.\n\nBetween 23 and 30 December, the average number of cases per 100,000 people in Scotland increased by 65%, from 136 to 225.", "\"It could be something as simple as: 'I don't like what you have got on' - that would end in strangulation\"\n\nA fresh move is under way to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence in England and Wales, after the House of Lords debated the Domestic Abuse Bill.\n\nThe government has said it has no plans to change the law, arguing that non-fatal strangulation is already covered by existing legislation.\n\nHowever, campaigners say abusers who use non-fatal strangulation are telling their victims: \"I am controlling you and I can kill you\" - but too often are charged only with common assault.\n\nThis is what happened in Jenny's case. Her abusive partner used non-fatal strangulation as a means of control throughout the five years they were together.\n\n\"It was like his favourite thing to do,\" says Jenny, who asked the BBC not to use her real name.\n\n\"That sounds really awful and trivial but that is how it becomes as an abuse victim. You learn to accept that is part of your life. It was like something I had to manage.\"\n\n\"We would wake up in the morning and he would be in one of those moods, and I would see it in his eyes and I would think today's the day I'm going to get it.\n\n\"It could be something as simple as: 'I don't like what you have got on' - that would end in strangulation.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Domestic abuse victim - 'He threw me against the wall and strangled me'\n\nEventually one night she did call the police during an attack.\n\n\"He chased me round the house and every time he caught me he would pin me to the floor and strangle me until I had marks.\n\n\"I had burst blood vessels. I was streaming with tears. I just kept thinking: 'This is how I am going to die.'\n\n\"The doors were locked. He'd smashed my phone. I managed to get to the window and shout and one of the neighbours called the police.\"\n\nHowever, she was dismayed by the police response. \"I thought it was quite lax. They didn't take the strangulation as seriously as they should have.\"\n\nHer partner was charged with common assault. He pleaded guilty and was given a three-month sentence, suspended for 18 months.\n\n\"Strangulation needs to be a specific offence. I think the weak police response contributed to keeping me in the relationship,\" she says.\n\nJenny believed her partner would eventually kill her.\n\n\"I just kept looking in the mirror and thinking: you need to leave and you're the only person who can do it.\n\n\"So one day while he was asleep, I picked up whatever I could carry and I ran and got on a train.\"\n\nBaroness Newlove is bringing forward an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill in the House of Lords\n\nPoliticians and campaigners tried and failed to have a new offence of non-fatal strangulation introduced in the Domestic Abuse Bill when it was going through the House of Commons.\n\nDuring Tuesday's debate on the bill in the Lords, the Conservative peer and former victims' commissioner, Baroness Newlove, said she intended to table an amendment to the bill when it reached the committee stage.\n\nShe said non-fatal strangulation was currently not being picked up adequately by the police, as it often left no physical marks on the victim.\n\nShe described it as a terrifying crime, with many victims testifying they felt as though their heads were going to explode and they were about to die.\n\nPeers from other parties also spoke in support of a new offence.\n\nNogah Offer, a lawyer with the Centre for Women's Justice, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a new offence, says: \"We believe this is a real opportunity to make a difference.\"\n\nCommon assault is a summary offence that can be charged by the police.\n\nBut when it involves domestic abuse, it should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service, its guidance says.\n\nIn a statement, the Ministry of Justice said: \"Non-fatal strangulation is a serious crime which is already covered by existing laws such as common assault and attempted murder.\"\n\nA spokesperson said the government would keep this area of the law under review, but said a specific offence of attempting to choke, strangle or suffocate a person is included in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and, according to the 2015 Serious Crime Act, attempted strangulation can fall under the offence of coercive or controlling behaviour.\n\nDr Catherine White: \"Ultimately it can lead to death\"\n\nDr Catherine White, clinical director of St. Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, says: \"Strangulation often ends up being treated the same as a slap or a punch.\n\n\"It's a very different crime. Often there is no external injury to the neck, which is why it's a very powerful tool for the perpetrator.\n\n\"It can cause confusion but ultimately it can lead to death.\"\n\nA research project led by Dr White describes non-fatal strangulation as a \"gendered crime, with nearly all the patients female and the alleged perpetrators male\".\n\nAnd figures from the Femicide Census, which looked at the cases of women killed by men in the UK, found that in 2018, 29% died through strangulation.\n\nCampaigners point to New Zealand and some parts of the United States and Australia, where non-fatal strangulation has become a specific offence.\n\nMeanwhile, after help from a women's centre and counselling, Jenny now feels stronger and happier.\n\nDespite the pandemic, she says, having finally escaped her abuser: \"2020 was one of the best years of my life.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Body Coach says he will be running PE lessons online for children\n\nJoe Wicks is restarting his online PE lessons from next week, to help families keep fit during lockdown.\n\nThe personal trainer told the BBC he wanted to \"give children structure\" and help them feel \"more optimistic\".\n\nHe said live sessions would run on his YouTube channel at 09:00 GMT on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.\n\nSchools across the UK are reopening later than normal, amid tighter measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.\n\nConfirming the return of his \"PE with Joe\" sessions in an Instagram post, Wicks, known as the Body Coach, said: \"We all need this for our mental health more than ever and exercising can help.\"\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he had \"a really emotional moment last night\", after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new national lockdown for England on Monday evening.\n\n\"I was thinking about all the children in the UK and all around the world that are at home in tiny little flats… and they feel like they miss their friends and they miss school,\" he said.\n\n\"And so PE with Joe three days a week is going to really help them get through those days and give them some structure and hopefully help them feel a little bit happier and a bit more optimistic.\"\n\nWicks first began his free online workouts during the national lockdown in March, with the sessions attracting millions of viewers.", "Boeing's 737 Max plane is safe to return to service in the UK and the European Union, regulators have said.\n\nIt ends a 22-month flight ban for the jet, which followed two crashes which caused 346 deaths.\n\nThe plane had already been cleared to resume flying in North America and Brazil.\n\nBut this week a senior manager at Boeing's 737 plant in Seattle warned that recertification had happened too quickly.\n\nRegulators in the US and Europe insist their reviews have been thorough, and that the 737 Max aircraft is now safe.\n\nThe European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa), which regulates aviation in 31 mainly EU countries, said it now had \"every confidence\" in the plane following an independent review.\n\n\"But we will continue to monitor 737 Max operations closely as the aircraft resumes service,\" said executive director Patrick Ky.\n\n\"In parallel, and at our insistence, Boeing has also committed to work to enhance the aircraft still further in the medium term, in order to reach an even higher level of safety.\"\n\nThe UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which oversees UK aviation now Britain has left the EU, said the work to return the 737 Max to the skies had been \"the most extensive project of this kind\".\n\nIt said it was in close contact with Tui, currently the only UK operator of the aircraft, as it returned the plane to service.\n\n\"As part of this we will have full oversight of the airline's plans including its pilot training programmes and implementation of the required aircraft modifications.\"\n\nThe 737 Max's first accident occurred in October 2018, when a Lion Air jet came down in the sea off Indonesia.\n\nThe second involved an Ethiopian Airlines version that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, just four months later.\n\nBoth have been attributed to flawed flight control software, which became active at the wrong time and prompted the aircraft to go into a catastrophic dive.\n\nEasa said it had done a full investigation independent of Boeing or the US Federal Aviation Administration and \"without any economic or political pressure\".\n\nAs a result, it demanded software upgrades, electrical working rework, maintenance checks, operations manual updates and crew training.\n\n\"We asked difficult questions until we got answers and pushed for solutions which satisfied our exacting safety requirements,\" Mr Ky said.\n\nThe CAA said it had based its decision on information from Easa, the US Federal Aviation Agency and Boeing, as well as \"extensive engagement\" with airline operators and pilots.\n\nIt comes days after a report by Ed Pierson, a former Boeing manager, claimed that regulators and investigators had largely ignored factors that may have played a direct role in the accidents.\n\nMr Pierson said that further investigation of electrical issues and production quality problems at the 737 factory in Seattle was badly needed.\n\nOn Wednesday Naoise Connolly Ryan, whose husband Mick died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, said that the families of victims \"still do not have a full accounting of what happened and why\".\n\n\"Ultimately we are more determined than ever to find out exactly what Boeing knew about this dangerous aircraft, and hold them accountable for the deaths of our loved ones.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge says his family died because of Boeing's \"negligence\"\n\nBoeing has already agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.8bn) to settle US criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of the planes.\n\nThe US Justice Department said the firm chose \"profit over candour\", impeding oversight of the planes.\n\nAbout $500m of that will go to families of the people killed in the tragedies.\n\nHowever, attorneys for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash have said the deal would not end their pending civil lawsuit against Boeing.\n\nOn Wednesday, Boeing posted a record $12bn annual loss after it delayed its all-new 777X jet for the third time, incurring huge charges.\n\nThe coronavirus crisis has caused demand for the industry's largest jetliners to fall, with airline customers shunning deliveries of planes due international travel restrictions.\n\nThe 737 Max has already been cleared to fly in North America and Brazil - now it has the go-ahead from European regulators as well.\n\nIt's a major step for Boeing - although with the current travel restrictions in place, it's likely to be a while before the decision has much practical effect.\n\nBut the controversy won't end there. Relatives of those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines accident have made it clear they haven't heard enough to be sure the aircraft - modified in accordance with regulators' wishes - is truly safe.\n\nAnd this week, a former senior manager at the 737 factory told the BBC why he thought existing planes might still be carrying potentially dangerous manufacturing defects.\n\nThat may explain why Easa has also chosen to publish a report setting out the detailed reasoning behind its decision.\n\nUltimately, the 737 Max may we'll have decades of successful service ahead of it. But for the moment, winning back passenger confidence will be a formidable challenge.", "The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has defended the inclusion of ransomware payments in first-party cyber-insurance policies.\n\nIt said insurance was \"not an alternative\" to doing everything possible to first minimise the risk.\n\nHowever, it added that firms could face financial ruin without the cover.\n\nProf Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the UK needed to rethink its policies on ransomware.\n\nRansomware is a form of malware in which infected computers are remotely locked by cyber-criminals, who then demand a ransom, often in the form of Bitcoin, to unlock them and return the data they hold.\n\nThere are many examples of businesses and public bodies which have chosen to pay because they do not have the data backed up, or cannot afford - or do not have time - to rebuild their systems from scratch.\n\nThe Guardian reported that Prof Martin, now at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government, said he believed insurers were \"funding organised crime\" by accepting ransomware claims, but he told the BBC the issue of how to tackle ransomware was far broader than just the insurance sector.\n\nWhile official advice is not to pay the demand, it is not illegal to do so in the UK, he said.\n\n\"I have some sympathy with insurers, because as long as it's legal, there are incentives to pay.\"\n\nWhile the ransom demand may be high, the alternative impact can also be devastating.\n\nWhen the global aluminium producer Norsk Hydro was attacked in 2019, it cost the firm around £45m, and its profits in the immediate aftermath plummeted by 82%, reported Reuters.\n\nNorsk Hydro refused to pay the demand, which would arguably have been cheaper - but it did have insurance.\n\nA spokesman for the ABI said insurers do require that \"reasonable precautions\" are taken to prevent cyber-attacks from succeeding in the first place, just as cars and houses require security measures in place to deter thieves.\n\n\"Some might argue that any insurance that covers against a criminal act could lull the policyholder into a false sense of security,\" he said.\n\nProf Martin said he did not think that banning ransomware insurance claims would necessarily solve the problem.\n\n\"But it's worth a serious piece of consultation because if we continue as we are, things will get worse,\" he said.", "Cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain may be more common in people who test positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus, a study by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests.\n\nThe ONS findings are based on positive tests from a random sample of 6,000 people in England.\n\nLoss of taste and smell may be slightly less likely to affect those with the new form of the virus.\n\nHowever, it is still one of the three main symptoms of the virus.\n\nThe NHS website lists the symptoms as a high temperature, a new continuous cough and a loss or change to sense of smell or taste.\n\nMost people infected with the virus develop at least one of these symptoms.\n\nThe new variant, which was first spotted in Kent in September, spreads more easily than the previous form of the virus and has now spread across the UK, causing a surge in cases which prompted the current lockdown.\n\nThere is some evidence it could be more deadly than other variants, although the data isn't strong enough yet to say for certain.\n\nTwo other variants - one from South Africa and another from Brazil - are also circulating, although at lower levels.\n\nThe ONS analysis looked at the symptoms reported by people up to a week before testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, compared with those testing positive for the old variant.\n\nThey were tested over two months between mid-November and mid-January.\n\nTest results compatible with the new variant show up as being positive for two genes, rather than three for the other variant.\n\nIn a group of about 3,500 people with the new variant:\n\nIn a group of 2,500 people with the old variant:\n\nThe study found 16% of those with the new variant experienced losing their sense of taste while 15% lost their sense of smell.\n\nThis was slightly lower than reported by people with the old variant (18% for both).\n\nThere was no difference found in levels of headaches, shortness of breath or diarrhoea and vomiting in both groups.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, virologist and professor of molecular oncology at the University of Warwick, said the new variant of the virus had 23 changes compared to the original Wuhan virus.\n\n\"Some of these changes in different parts of the virus could affect the body's immune response and also influence the range of symptoms associated with infection,\" he said.\n\nInfected people appear to produce more virus and this could result in more widespread infection within the body \"perhaps accounting for more coughs, muscle pain and tiredness\", Prof Young added.\n\nThe analysis is part of a long-term study to track coronavirus in the UK population, carried out jointly with Public Health England, the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "UK nationals and residents returning from \"red list\" countries will be made to quarantine in accommodation such as hotels for 10 days, Boris Johnson has said. While exact details of the policy remain unclear, similar schemes are already in place elsewhere, including in Australia and New Zealand. So how does it work?\n\nAfter finally securing her family's place in Australia's quarantine system, Keri McMenamin prepared for the worst - and ordered a vacuum cleaner.\n\nThe 38-year-old was returning to the country with her husband and two children after securing a job offer - leaving the UK in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic last year.\n\n\"It is literally luck of the draw,\" she says of where her family would spend 14 days together once they arrived. \"You didn't know what to expect.\" Having done some research, Keri discovered Facebook groups busy with people relaying their experiences of quarantine.\n\n\"A lot of people were saying, 'Look, just expect the worst and then whatever you get is a bonus.'\"\n\nKeri's children Quinn and Nyala kept busy with board games\n\n\"There were people who had, like, filthy hotel rooms, appalling food, you know, really sort of tiny spaces, no opening windows, no balconies,\" she adds.\n\nThat's when she ordered the vacuum for a friend to deliver when the time came.\n\nIn the end, the family was taken to a hotel in Surfers' Paradise on the Gold Coast and given an interconnecting room. But still, the windows were sealed and their only time outside was 20-minute stints every two to three days.\n\n\"I think what kept us sane was having a routine,\" she adds. \"Joe Wicks in the morning and our yoga in the evening and sort of keeping up your 12,000 steps a day walking around in loops.\" The vacuum came in useful.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are strict caps on the numbers travelling to countries using hotels to quarantine arrivals.\n\nBetween July and October 2019, 7.5m people arrived into Australia to live, work and visit. But over the same period last year, when enforced quarantine was in place, just 72,111 people arrived, according to government figures.\n\nPeople like Keri who have been through quarantine in Australia told BBC News that airlines will only confirm seats once a spot in a hotel is secured - leading to last-minute scrambles.\n\nOnline forums suggest expats desperate to get home are facing months of delays, cancellations and uncertainty - around 39,000 have said they want to return.\n\nQuarantine hotel stays themselves are costly - with fees paid for by travellers.\n\nThe quality of food provided to those placed into quarantine in Australia has improved since the start of the pandemic\n\nIn New South Wales, it costs the equivalent of around £1,700 per adult and £2,800 for a family of two adults and two children - billed after the quarantine is completed.\n\nArrivals into New Zealand are charged £1,630 for the first adult, with an extra £500 for each additional adult and £250 for each child.\n\nThe costs include the accommodation and a basic food service and even more basic cleaning - perhaps once per week, or not at all, with one change of linen and towels, depending on the facility.\n\nBut it comes on top of airfares, which have increased due to the pandemic. Fees can be waived for those who cannot pay and there are some exemptions.\n\nEach region has its own rules. In Australia, packages can be brought in from outside, and in New Zealand some of those in quarantine are taken to fields to exercise.\n\nMark Dickinson, from Liverpool, has lived in New Zealand with his wife Lisa for four years but returned to the UK to see their newborn granddaughter in December - he spoke to the BBC 10 days into a 14-day isolation near Auckland.\n\n\"We had to have a test on day zero, then day three, then we're having a test tomorrow on day 11,\" Mark says.\n\n\"The area at the front of the hotel is surrounded by a double-guarded fence. It may have cost us £2,000 but if that means New Zealand stays safe, then we're happy doing it.\"\n\nMark and his wife Lisa added photographs of their newborn granddaughter to a display in a small walking area at their hotel\n\nMany of those isolating found life does not stop in quarantine. Australian Brad Thiele started a new job and celebrated his 51st birthday alone in a 300 sq ft room at the Novotel in central Sydney.\n\nAfter being asked by a person wearing a full hazmat suit at Sydney airport whether he had any concerns about being held in a room for 14 days, Brad was taken to the hotel with a blue-light police escort. On arrival, the military were on hand to ensure he checked in.\n\n\"I quite like practising meditation. So I was able to just sort of just sit and be at peace with the fact this was the first two weeks of the rest of my life having lived abroad in Britain for the past 23 years,\" he says.\n\n\"I had some regimen, it was important to get up in the morning, make the bed, shower, iron a shirt and be smart casual for work. Just finding a rhythm and a pattern in the day.\"\n\nHe's yet to decide whether to take the Novotel up on an offer of a 30% discount on a future stay.\n\nOther countries' experience of setting up a hotel quarantine system provides an insight into the sort of challenges politicians and civil servants in the UK may soon be grappling with.\n\nInitially those in quarantine across the world complained about the quality of food being provided.\n\nThen outbreaks at just two hotels in the Australian state of Victoria were traced to 99% of cases in a second wave across Melbourne that led to around 750 deaths.\n\nA public inquiry found a lack of training, cleaning and contact tracing seeded infections into the local community.\n\nAn urgent review of the hotel quarantine system in New Zealand is under way\n\nReports at the time suggested encounters between private security staff and those staying in quarantine caused the virus to spread. The inquiry did not find evidence to back up the claims.\n\nBut former judge Jennifer Coate criticised a lack of \"health focus\" in the quarantine system in Melbourne, saying risks \"were foreseeable and may have actually been foreseen\".\n\nMeanwhile, New Zealand is investigating after a woman who had served 14 days in quarantine and tested negative twice went on to develop symptoms which were confirmed to be the South Africa variant of Covid-19.\n\nThe 56-year-old woman had recently returned from Europe and is said to have visited almost 30 places in New Zealand before her case was detected. Local officials say she is likely to have been infected by a fellow returnee.\n\nBack in Australia, knowing why the quarantine system is in place and the benefits it brings - the country has largely eradicated the virus - helps motivate people to keep to the rules, Keri McMenamin says.\n\nKeri's family have since been able to enjoy a Christmas with minimal restrictions following their stay in hotel quarantine\n\nShe has just spent a public holiday going about the sort of activities many of us in the UK can but dream of - and her children will be in school this week.\n\n\"We went to a local gym and had a group workout with 30 people,\" she says.\n\n\"And then we went to the countryside, and the kids built little boats out of wood and mingled around and there were families picnicking.\n\n\"I almost feel guilty for having gone through this process and now living a normal life,\" she adds. \"I feel like I don't want to talk to my friends in the UK about how easy our life here is and how normal it is.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, saying: \"We truly did everything we could.\"\n\n\"I'm deeply sorry for every life lost,\" he said.\n\nA total of 100,162 deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark.\n\nEarlier, figures from the ONS, which are based on death certificates, showed there had been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nThe government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.\n\nMr Johnson told Tuesday's Downing Street news conference that it was \"hard to compute the sorrow contained in this grim statistic\".\n\nHe gave his \"deepest condolences\" to those who had lost loved ones, including \"fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who've been taken\".\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA surge in cases in recent weeks - driven in part by a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus - has left the UK with one of the highest coronavirus death rates globally.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nMr Johnson said the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" despite lockdown restrictions which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Johnson said he would set out more detail in \"the next few days and weeks\" about \"when and how we want to get things open again\".\n\nIt's a terrible milestone - and one that represents unimaginable loss.\n\nMost of the deaths have come in two waves - the sharp, sudden surge in the spring followed by a slow and sustained rise throughout autumn and winter.\n\nMistakes have been made - the delay locking down back in March is one that is often cited even by the government's own advisers.\n\nThe UK, like much of Europe, was also woefully underprepared with limited testing and contact tracing systems.\n\nBut the ageing population, high rates of obesity, the fact the UK is a global hub and its inter-connectedness with Europe are also factors that meant we were tragically never going to escape lightly once the virus got a foothold.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, described it as a \"very sad day\".\n\nHe said the number of people dying \"will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably remain flat for a while now\".\n\nProf Whitty added the new coronavirus variant had changed the UK's situation \"very substantially\" with infection rates \"just about holding\" due to lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut he said the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK \"has been coming down\" and the number of people in hospital with Covid has \"flattened off\" - including in London, the South East and East of England.\n\nHowever, there were \"some areas\" where the hospital figures were \"still not convincingly reducing\", he said.\n\nNHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said there had been \"continuing improvements in hospital treatment for severely sick coronavirus patients\".\n\nHe said he expected more treatments within the next six to 18 months, adding: \"We can see a world in which coronavirus may be more treatable, but for now, it's a combination of reducing infections and getting vaccinations done.\"\n\nOne day there will be a public inquiry - maybe several - seeking to understand why so many died.\n\nLast summer, back when the government was subsidising people to eat out at restaurants, Boris Johnson said there would be an independent inquiry into the government's handling of Covid, but gave no details or dates.\n\nHe still hasn't, despite a recent call from bereaved families, trade unions and charities for lessons to be learnt now.\n\nThe gravest public health crisis for a century would have tested any government.\n\nBut as the pandemic has worsened, the criticisms and questions have mounted - about the timing of lockdowns, the rollout of test and trace and the failure to protect care homes last spring.\n\nThere is now pressure on Boris Johnson from some Tory MPs to ease restrictions as soon as the most vulnerable are vaccinated.\n\nBut this evening a sombre prime minister said the government would first do everything it could to minimise further loss of life.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said it was a \"sobering moment in the pandemic\", saying: \"Each death is a person who was someone's family member and friend.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"national tragedy\" to have reached 100,000 deaths.\n\nThe government had been \"behind the curve at every stage\" of the pandemic and had not learnt lessons over the summer, he added.\n\nThe epidemiologist whose modelling in part prompted the UK's first national lockdown said more action in the autumn of last year could have saved lives.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"Had we acted both earlier and with greater stringency back in September when we first saw case numbers going up, and had a policy of keeping case numbers at a reasonably low levels, then I think a lot of the deaths we've seen, not all by any means, but a lot of the deaths we've seen in the last four or five months, could have been avoided.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the death toll was \"heartbreaking\" and warned there was a \"tough period ahead\".\n\n\"The vaccine offers the way out, but we cannot let up now,\" he added.\n\nMore than 6.8 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest figures.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. Please be assured your message will be read and treated with the utmost respect.\n\nPlease note the contact details you provide will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has suggested that Boris Johnson should not visit Scotland as it is not an \"essential\" journey.\n\nThe prime minister is widely expected to travel to Scotland on Thursday.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon said she was \"not ecstatic\" about the plan, saying leaders should abide by the same rules as they ask of the general public.\n\nAsked about the trip, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said Mr Johnson would go \"wherever he needs to go in his vital work against this pandemic\".\n\nAnd Downing Street has insisted that it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" during the pandemic.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman did not confirm details of the visit, but said: \"It remains the fact that it is a fundamental role of the PM to be the physical representative of the UK government\".\n\nThe spokesman added: \"It is right that he is visible and accessible to businesses, communities and the public across all parts of the UK, especially during the pandemic.\"\n\nReports have suggested Mr Johnson is due to visit Scotland on Thursday to thank staff involved in the fight against Covid-19, despite the \"stay at home\" lockdown in place across the country.\n\nSpeaking at her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon stressed that she was not saying Mr Johnson was unwelcome in Scotland, but added that she was \"not ecstatic\" about the idea of him travelling up from London.\n\nDowning Street says it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" across the UK during the pandemic\n\nShe said: \"We are living in a global pandemic and every day I stand and look down the camera and say 'don't travel unless it is essential, work from home if you possibly can' - that has to apply to all of us.\n\n\"People like me and Boris Johnson have to be in work for reasons people understand, but we don't have to travel across the UK. We have a duty to lead by example.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said her team had suggested she visit a mass vaccination centre in Aberdeen in the coming weeks, but that she had questioned whether the journey was \"genuinely essential\".\n\nShe said: \"If I'm standing here every day saying to all of you watching, don't leave your house unless it is essential, I have a duty to subject myself to that same discipline and decision making.\n\n\"I would say me travelling from Edinburgh to Aberdeen to visit a vaccine centre is not essential - Boris Johnson travelling from London to wherever in Scotland to do the same is not essential.\n\n\"If we're asking other people to abide by that then I'm sorry, I think it's incumbent on us to do likewise.\"\n\nThere are currently cross-border travel restrictions in place for anything other than essential travel, as well as a stay at home order\n\nThe Scottish secretary was asked about the move at Westminster by SNP MP Neale Hanvey, who described the trip as a \"futile\" attempt to bolster the union following a trend of polls suggesting majority support for independence.\n\nMr Jack replied: \"That's ridiculous - the prime minister is the prime minister of the United Kingdom, and wherever he needs to go in his vital work against this pandemic, he will go.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: \"This is the only way I can effect change\"\n\nPeople campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.\n\nIn September, members of HS2 Rebellion set up a Tree Protection Camp in Euston Square Gardens in central London to protest against the £106bn scheme.\n\nThey claim the tunnel is 100ft (30m) long and has taken two months to dig.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - is their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nOne protester, identified only as Blue, told the BBC: \"It is all very dangerous and life-threatening but it is all worth it. This is the only way I can effect change, I would sacrifice everything for the climate ecological emergency to not be happening.\"\n\nThe 18-year-old added: \"We want to be as safe as possible. It is not about us martyring ourselves, it is about delaying and stopping HS2.\"\n\nDemonstrators have previously built tree houses and scaled cranes near the HS2 Euston site\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"These are a danger to the safety of the protesters, HS2 staff, High Court enforcement officers and the general public, as well as putting unnecessary strain on the emergency services during the pandemic.\n\n\"Safety is our first priority when taking possession of land and removing illegal encampments.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said it was aware of the tunnel but it was a matter for the Met Police, which said no complaint yet had been made.\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nSeasoned activist Daniel Cooper - better known as Swampy - has been at Euston supporting the campaigners\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs in September that the first phase of the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham would not open until 2028 at the earliest.\n\nThe second phase, to Manchester and Leeds, was due to open in 2032-33 but that has been pushed back to 2035-40.\n\nNetwork Rail, which owns the land, has been approached for a comment about the tunnel.\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nTunnelling as a form of environmental protest has a long history in the UK.\n\nIn the 1990s it was one of the ways that pushed environmental concerns into the headlines and changed perceptions.\n\nIn one of the environmental protesters' tunnelling guides, written by \"Disco Dave\", it says:\n\n\"In the world of NVDA (non-violent direct action) there are few defence tactics that can compare with the protest tunnel. Dangerous, laborious and time consuming, tunnelling is the ultimate and desperate tactic of desperate people in desperate times.\"\n\nThe first protest tunnel goes back to the M11 and 1993 but they only really developed during the Newbury Bypass protests in 1996.\n\nProtest tunnels against the A30 in Devon and Manchester Airport's second runway then followed.\n\nNot only did they make household names of environmental campaigners like \"Swampy\" but they arguably changed transport policy - road-building reduced massively.\n\nWe have seen tunnels more recently in 2017 in Coldharbour in Surrey in a protest against fracking so it's not a massive surprise we are seeing tunnels again.\n\nTunnelling in particular as a direct action slows down developers and it is expensive to dig out protesters safely.\n\nDisco Dave wrote: \"That ultimately is the purpose of tunnels and tree houses. To act as a deterrent warning the authorities that should they decide to evict, then it will hurt them where for them it hurts most - in the pocket.\"\n\nWhat will be interesting is if these tunnels have the same impact on HS2 as they did on the road-building programme of the late 1990s.\n\nWill it reframe HS2 so it will be seen in the same way as fracking or road building? Or can the argument still be made that it is a low-carbon form of travel even though it does cause some destruction of habitat?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Baroness Floella Benjamin has spoken of her pride after receiving a first coronavirus vaccine dose.\n\nThe 71-year-old actress said she would wear a badge saying \"I've had the jab\" after being vaccinated.\n\nThe Lib Dem peer, who came to Britain in 1960 and was born in Trinidad, is known for appearing in the children's programme Play School and received a damehood last year.\n\nOver 6.8m people in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.\n\nAs a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Benjamin has spoken regularly about the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as the knock-on impact of the pandemic.\n\nIn September, she told peers she knew two people who had taken their own lives \"because they could not cope with the uncertainty of the future\".\n\nShe is also a member of the Lords Covid-19 Committee.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Floella Benjamin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe government has set a target for all those in the top four priority groups - around 15 million - to be offered a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nTwo vaccines - developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are being used. A third, from Moderna, has been approved.\n\nAll have been shown to be safe and effective in trials with two doses needed to offer the best protection - now timed 12 weeks apart.\n\nIt comes as British Asian celebrities united to dispel myths about the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nComedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appear in a video urging people to get a jab.\n\nA study from the Royal Society for Public Health found 57% of black, Asian and minority ethnic people said they would take the vaccine.\n\nThis figure compared with 79% of white people who would do so.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAuthorities who dealt with a benefits claim from a single mother, who took a fatal overdose after her payments were cut, made 28 errors in managing her case, a coroner has found.\n\nPhilippa Day, 27, was found collapsed at her Nottingham home beside a letter rejecting her request for an at-home benefits assessment in August 2019.\n\nShe died after two months in a coma.\n\nNottingham Coroner's Court heard the way her claim was dealt with was the \"predominant factor\" in her overdose.\n\nRecording a narrative conclusion, coroner Gordon Clow said he could not determine whether she intended to die rather than put her life at risk.\n\nMiss Day, who had been diagnosed with unstable personality disorder, had been receiving disabled living allowance (DLA) payments as she had type 1 diabetes.\n\nThose payments stopped in January 2019 after she made an application for a personal independence payment (PIP), reducing her income from £228 a week to £60.\n\nThis, the inquest heard, was because a form she had sent went missing and her payments were not reinstated for months, despite her eligibility.\n\nThis led to her taking out short-term loans and ending up in debt.\n\nThe court heard in June, she called the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to say she was \"starving\" and \"couldn't survive like this for much longer\".\n\nPhilippa Day (left) took a fatal overdose and died in October 2019\n\nShe was then asked to attend a face-to-face assessment despite it being \"distressing\" for her, Mr Clow said.\n\nThe coroner added Miss Day's mental health problems were \"exacerbated\" by the benefits process.\n\nHe accepted it had been \"the last straw\" for Miss Day who was already experiencing a range of stressors.\n\nHe said: \"Were it not for this problem, it is not likely that she would have [overdosed] on the 7th or 8th of August.\"\n\nCall handlers repeatedly failed to flag that the case required \"additional support\" due to her mental health problems, the coroner said.\n\nThe DWP did not tell her community psychiatric nurse that she had not returned the form before refusing her application, which could have resolved the issue.\n\nThe coroner said call handlers received little to no training on personality disorders like Miss Day's - all that was available was a factsheet.\n\nCapita was made aware of the risks to Miss Day's health from a face-to-face interview by her community psychiatric nurse, but did not act on it, he added.\n\nMr Clow said: \"Given the sheer number of problems in the handling of her claim, I am unable to conclude that each of these was attributable to individual human error.\"\n\nHe concluded the failure to administer her benefit claim in a way that avoided exacerbating her mental health problems was the \"predominant factor\" that caused Miss Day to overdose.\n\nMr Clow recommended changes at both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Capita, the authorities involved.\n\nIn a prevention of future deaths report, Mr Clow said the DWP should consider timely mental health training for call handlers and address \"poor record keeping\".\n\nThe DWP and Capita were also directed to review the change of assessment process so that it does not \"create unnecessary distress\".\n\nA spokesman for the DWP said: \"This is a deeply tragic case. Our sincere condolences are with Miss Day's family and we will carefully consider the coroner's findings.\"\n\nA Capita spokesman said the company also apologised for the mistakes made.\n\n\"We have strengthened our processes over the last 18 months and are committed to continuously working to deliver a high-quality, empathetic service for every claimant,\" he said.\n\n\"In partnership with the DWP, we will act upon the coroner's findings and make further improvements to our processes.\"\n\nThis conclusion amounts to a near dismantling of the process for applying for the main disability benefit for people with psychiatric problems.\n\nWhile around 40% of claimants for personal independence payments have mental health conditions, the inquest found that call handlers for the DWP didn't receive adequate mental health training.\n\nThe coroner found there was an \"institutional assumption\" in the DWP that problems with a claim were the claimants' fault.\n\nLast year a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) found the department had investigated 69 suicides of benefit claimants since 2014-15.\n\nThere were more cases they could have looked into, said the NAO, but in any case the department couldn't demonstrate any improvements from their investigations had actually been implemented.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jane Fonda has had a glittering acting career spanning six decades\n\nUS actress Jane Fonda is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at next month's Golden Globes, which celebrate excellence in film and TV.\n\n\"Her undeniable talent has gained her the highest level of recognition,\" said the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) - the ceremony's organiser.\n\n\"While her professional life has taken many turns, her unwavering commitment to evoking change has remained.\"\n\nFonda, 83, has had a glittering acting career spanning six decades.\n\nThe HFPA said she would be given the Cecil B deMille Award at the annual ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, on 28 February.\n\nThe Oscar-winning actress made her debut in 1960, later becoming one of the brightest Hollywood stars with films like Barbarella, Nine to Five and On Golden Pond.\n\nHer most recent performance was in the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie.\n\nFonda is also well known as a political activist, most recently as a campaigner against climate change. In 2016, she spent Thanksgiving among the protesters at Standing Rock, demonstrating against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.\n\nIn the 1960s she vocally opposed the Vietnam War.\n\nThe actress - who has written a book about how people can get involved in such activism - has been arrested several times during protests, and hopes her actions have raised awareness.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Labour is calling for juries to be cut from 12 members to seven, to stem the \"gravest crisis\" in the justice system since World War Two.\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy said action was needed to clear the backlog of thousands of cases.\n\nHe argued that smaller juries and the use of more temporary courts would allow socially distanced trials.\n\nThe government has not ruled out such a move but insists measures it is taking to clear the backlog are working.\n\nLast week four criminal justice watchdogs warned that courts in England and Wales were straining under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nJury trials ground to a halt at the start of the first lockdown, when people were advised to stay at home except in limited circumstances.\n\nWhen they resumed, there were severe delays and numerous cancellations due to social-distancing requirements.\n\nRecent figures revealed that the number of unheard cases in crown courts had reached a record 54,000.\n\nThe backlog means some from last year may not go before a jury until 2022, and it could be years before the courts get back on track.\n\nLabour wants the temporary return of so-called \"wartime juries\" of seven rather than 12 members to speed up the process.\n\n\"Victims of rape, murder, domestic abuse, robbery and assault are facing delays of up to four years because of the government's failure to act,\" Mr Lammy said.\n\nHe also urged the government to speed up the rollout of temporary \"Nightingale courts\" to hear civil, family and tribunals work, as well as non-custodial crime cases.\n\nTen of these were announced in July 2020 to help deal with the backlog in court proceedings, and 20 are now in operation across England and Wales.\n\nLeading lawyers are sceptical about Labour's proposal to reach back into wartime history.\n\nThe Criminal Bar Association - representing barristers who prosecute and defend trials - says a panel of seven may allow more courtrooms to be used, but it wouldn't solve what it says is chronic underfunding - and potentially undermines one of the most important safeguards in our society.\n\nThe Law Society, for solicitors, wants to see evidence that smaller panels would ease backlogs without risking injustices.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice's internal modelling calculated last year that reduced juries would lead to a 10% increase in cases - but that was before courtrooms received new Covid-proof screens that have allowed more trials to run.\n\nScotland's courts are using cinemas to host juries - and while that is not being actively discussed in England, it's not been ruled out either.\n\nEven if juries were slimmed, courts would still need to tightly control the number of defendants who can use their cells and courtroom docks to meet Public Health England's guidelines.\n\nIn April last year, the head of judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Burnett, backed the idea of reducing the number of jurors if social distancing continued.\n\nIn June, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the BBC he was \"very attracted\" by the idea of smaller juries, as had happened in wartime, and judge-only trials in less serious cases.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says it has now installed plastic screens in more than 450 courtrooms and jury deliberation rooms to reduce Covid risks.\n\nIt says the safety measures are designed for 12-person juries and that the impact of lowering the number of jurors would be negligible.\n\nHowever, a spokesman said nothing was being ruled out and ministers were continuing to consider every option available to ensure courts recover quickly.\n\n\"This approach is already delivering results, with magistrates' backlogs falling significantly and the number of cases being dealt with in the crown courts reaching pre-Covid levels last month,\" he added.\n\nThe spokesman also said: \"We know more must be done and are investing £110m into a range of measures to drive this recovery further, including opening more Nightingale courts.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Karen Hobbs, from Cardiff, had a heart attack and died, weeks after testing positive for Covid\n\nThe family of a 40-year-old mother-of-five who died with coronavirus have urged people to respect lockdown rules.\n\nKaren Hobbs had a heart attack and died, weeks after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe former EasyJet cabin crew member developed symptoms a week before Christmas, was not able to get out of bed and started struggling to breathe.\n\nShe was taken to hospital and died on 19 January.\n\nKaren's sister Rachel Hobbs said her normally healthy sister became very ill over Christmas.\n\n\"She just looked dreadful, Christmas Day she was laid up in bed, she couldn't do anything,\" she said.\n\n\"I knew she was really bad but I'd never seen anybody like that before, it was shocking, for someone that healthy to be barely able to walk to a car is quite shocking.\"\n\nOn 2 January, Karen was put into an induced coma.\n\n\"She was really terrified, she said 'I need to come out of this and see my children again'. She never came out of it,\" her sister added.\n\nKaren Hobbs' children are now 14, 11, nine, eight and four.\n\nThe family were told Karen's organs were beginning to fail and she was \"going downhill\" about a week before she died, and they were allowed to visit.\n\n\"She did look a little bit better, she had more colour, she was quite puffy - swelling and a bit of a rash on her. Her lungs were struggling, so we came home a little bit shocked.\n\n\"They started feeding her in a tube and were able to move her, I thought perhaps she's recovering a little bit and then I had the phone call to say that she'd gone.\n\n\"Her body just couldn't take it any more. I don't think it's sunk in. I think the children are still in a bit of shock as well, I thought she would come out of it but she just had it so severe. \"\n\nKaren's children made her a get well soon card while she was in hospital\n\nRachel said her sister, from Cardiff, was healthy with no underlying conditions.\n\n\"She didn't go anywhere - she did online shopping, she was in the house - so we don't even know where it could have come from, she was one of the ones who stayed safest.\n\n\"It's just shocking to think a young mum of five is no longer here. They've lost their mum and they lost their grandfather and nan a couple of years ago so they must feel 'who will be next'?\n\nRachel Hobbs says it still has not sunk in that she has lost her sister\n\nRachel said her sister was a fantastic mother to her five children, aged 14, 11, nine, eight and four.\n\n\"I don't think the youngest understands, I think she thinks mummy's still just in the hospital.\n\n\"She was a very hands-on mum, she spent a lot of time with the children. She'd sit and play with them for hours, sit and colour, she was always there for them.\"\n\nRachel says her youngest niece does not yet understand what has happened to her mother\n\nRachel added that Karen had no patience with people who broke lockdown rules: \"She used to get quite annoyed about people who broke the rules and she wasn't slow on coming forward, she'd say it as well.\n\n\"It just goes to show how bad this virus is. She would say 'make sure you follow the rules because nobody is safe, it is real this virus, stay at home and only go out when you need to'.\"\n\nIn the days since Karen's death a fundraising page has been set up by friends to support her children and their dad, and has raised more than £20,000.\n\nKaren spoke of how frightened she was in her final post on Facebook\n\n\"I'm absolutely amazed at how generous people have been and how kind people have been, the community has come together and I think she'd be proud too that it's raising awareness about the pandemic.\n\n\"That'll help the children going forward now. Out of a bad thing, it's been nice people getting in touch, kind words, messages, little things about what she was like.\"\n\nKaren loved colouring and playing with her children, her sister said", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson joined the production line at the Lighthouse Laboratory in Glasgow for the unpacking of Covid tests\n\nBoris Johnson has insisted that Scotland's independence debate is \"irrelevant\" to most people as he urged the country to unite against Covid.\n\nThe PM was speaking during a trip to Scotland to emphasise the strength of the UK working together during the pandemic.\n\nThe SNP said he was panicking as opinion polls show declining support for the union.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon also questioned if his trip is essential.\n\nThe PM started his day-long visit by going to the Lighthouse Laboratory - which processes Covid tests - at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.\n\nHe later visited troops who are setting up a vaccination centre in the Castlemilk area of the city, and toured the Valneva vaccine factory in Livingston.\n\nThe factory is expected to deliver 60 million doses to the UK by the end of the year if its vaccine is approved.\n\nMr Johnson used the visit to argue that the priority should be \"fighting this pandemic and coming back more strongly together\" rather than arguing about the constitution.\n\nAnd he praised the \"amazing performance\" of Scottish people in the \"national effort\" to fight the pandemic.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"I think endless talk about a referendum without any clear description of what the constitutional situation would be after that referendum is completely irrelevant now to the concerns of most people\".\n\nMr Johnson also criticised the SNP's record in government, and added: \"We don't actually know what the referendum would set out to achieve.\n\n\"We don't know what the point of it would be - what happens to the army, what happens to the Crown, what happens to the pound, what happens to the Foreign Office. Nobody will tell us what it's all meant to be about.\"\n\nHe told reporters that \"the very same people\" who wanted independence \"also said only a few years ago, in 2014, that this was a once-in-a-generation event\".\n\n\"I'm inclined to stick with what they said last time,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nMr Johnson met troops who are setting up a vaccination centre\n\nUnder the current Covid regulations, people are only able to travel between Scotland and England for essential reasons, with similar regulations also in place to stop travel across council boundaries within Scotland.\n\nAsked at her daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday how she felt about the prime minister's visit while the strict travel restrictions were in place, Ms Sturgeon replied she was \"not ecstatic\" about it.\n\nShe argued that leaders should abide by the same rules they impose on the general public, adding that she had herself rejected a suggested visit to a vaccine centre in Aberdeen for this reason.\n\nDowning Street has insisted it is important for the prime minister to be \"visible and accessible\" across the whole of the UK during the pandemic.\n\nIn response to Ms Sturgeon's criticism, the prime minister's official spokesman said: \"These are Covid-related visits. You've seen the prime minister do a number of them over the past few weeks.\n\n\"It is obviously important that he is continuing to meet and see those who are on the front line in terms of those who are providing tests, in terms of those who are working so hard to deliver the vaccination plan.\"\n\nMr Johnson's visit to Scotland is widely seen as being part of a \"charm offensive\" in response to polls indicating a rise in support for independence.\n\nHowever, polls have also suggested that the independence question is currently a lower priority for many people than other issues such as the pandemic, health and education.\n\nA series of opinion polls have suggested that support for independence is now ahead of support for remaining in the UK\n\nCabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said it was \"only right\" the prime minister visited people on the front line of the vaccine roll-out to make sure it is operating effectively.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast Mr Johnson has visited other crucial locations in the UK's pandemic response, such as the Wrexham plant making the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, adding: \"No one thinks that's illegitimate.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer also said he backed the visit. \"I'm with the prime minister on this one,\" he told LBC Radio.\n\n\"He is the prime minister of the UK. It's important that he travels to see what is going on, on the ground.\"\n\nIt comes as the Scottish government sets out its budget, described as the \"most important in the history of devolution\" in the wake of huge spending increases to support people and businesses during the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson had a clear purpose on his visit to Scotland - to talk up what he calls the power of cooperation across the UK.\n\nDressed in white lab coat and protective gear, he was happy to tell me how the UK government is supporting the fight against coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThat includes spending lots of money supporting jobs and businesses, building test centres, and procuring vaccine supplies from companies like the one he was visiting in Livingston.\n\nNo matter what the prime minister does, or that the UK and Scottish governments are following broadly similar Covid strategies - the public in Scotland perceives that Nicola Sturgeon and her team are handling the pandemic response better.\n\nThis visit was controversial because it happened during lockdown but it went ahead because the UK government recognises how much work it has to do to make the case for the union in Scotland, with Scottish elections due in May when the question of indyref2 will be to the fore.\n\nOn Sunday, the SNP revealed an 11-point \"roadmap to a referendum\" on Scottish independence, which sets out how the party intends to take forward its plan for another vote on the issue.\n\nIt says a \"legal referendum\" will be held after the pandemic if there is a pro-independence majority at Holyrood following May's election.\n\nAnd it says it will \"vigorously oppose\" any legal challenge from the UK government.\n\nNicola Sturgeon's SNP has published a \"roadmap\" aimed at holding a legal referendum once the pandemic ends\n\nMr Johnson has repeatedly stated his opposition to a referendum, and has suggested that another one should not be held for 40 years.\n\nOpposition parties in Scotland have also accused Ms Sturgeon and the SNP of putting the push for independence ahead of the Covid pandemic.\n\nBut SNP deputy leader Keith Brown said the prime minister's trip was evidence that he is in a \"panic\" about the prospect of another referendum.", "Jonathan Mok posted a selfie and another photo of his injuries on Facebook\n\nA 16-year-old boy has been sentenced for racially attacking a Singapore student who was told \"we don't want your coronavirus in our country\".\n\nJonathan Mok was beaten up on Oxford Street last February by a group of boys in an \"unprovoked attack\".\n\nThe teenager was convicted of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm following a trial at Highbury Corner Youth Court.\n\nThe chair of the bench gave the boy an 18-month youth rehabilitation order.\n\nHe was also ordered to wear an electronic tag, follow a curfew order between 20:00 and 07:00 for 10 weeks and must pay £600 compensation to Mr Mok.\n\nChair of the bench Mervyn Mandell warned that had he been an adult he \"would have gone to jail for a very long time\".\n\n\"This was an unprovoked attack for no reason other than his [Mr Mok's] appearance,\" he said.\n\nJonathan Mok had been walking home after having dinner in central London\n\nMr Mok, 23, suffered a complicated fracture to his nose and cheekbone which required surgery, screws and stitches.\n\nImages of his swollen eye were shared widely on social media following the attack.\n\nThe court heard previously how the UCL law student turned around after a friend of the attacker made a remark about coronavirus towards him.\n\nWitnesses described a \"commotion on the street\" where Mr Mok and his friend were \"confronted by a group of white males\".\n\nThey heard someone shout \"you are diseased don't come near me\".\n\nMr Mok was then punched in the face. The teenager joined the attack and continued to punch and kick Mr Mok.\n\nProsecutor Simon Maughan said the teenager was \"quick to get involved\" in the group attack.\n\nA victim impact statement read out on behalf of Mr Mok said the crime had \"taken a heavy toll\" on him and his family.\n\nHe added: \"My legal education had to be halted for a month due to surgery and follow up medical appointments.\n\n\"I have anxiety and have problems sleeping. I believe the defendant is a threat to Singaporeans and South East Asians. He has shown no remorse.\"\n\nThe teenager's defence barrister Gerard Pitt said the boy handed himself in following a police CCTV appeal last March.\n\nNo-one else has been charged in connection with the attack.\n\nMr Pitt said: \"He has always maintained he did not say anything about coronavirus and that was vindicated at the trial.\"\n\nThe court heard Mr Mok could not be 100% sure the defendant was the boy who said anything about coronavirus.\n\nThe boy had no previous convictions, but had two youth cautions for common assaults, the court was told.\n\nBefore being sentenced the teenager said: \"When I saw the picture I felt disgusted.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic\n\nHealth workers in Northern Ireland are to get a \"special recognition\" payment for their work during the pandemic.\n\nIt is intended that all staff will receive a payment of £500, said Health Minister Robin Swann.\n\nHowever, it will be subject to approval from the Department of Finance.\n\nThere had been calls from some political parties and health unions for staff to be recognised for their efforts.\n\nScotland has already announced a similar one-off payment and Mr Swann said it would reflect the \"principle of parity\".\n\n\"There are no words to properly convey what health workers have done for us, we will never be able to repay that debt,\" added the minister.\n\nThe development comes as Northern Ireland's Department of Health has recorded 16 more coronavirus-related deaths, taking its toll so far to 1,779.\n\nA further 527 people have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\nThere are 775 people in Northern Ireland's hospitals who are being treated for the virus - 68 of them are in intensive care and the number of people requiring ventilators has risen to 56.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 54 more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded on Wednesday. It brings the Republic of Ireland's death toll to 3,120.\n\nThe Irish Department of Health also confirmed 1,335 more Covid-19 cases.\n\nSpeaking at the weekly health news conference on Wednesday, Mr Swann said the pandemic had caused \"destruction\" and left \"heartbreak in its wake\".\n\n\"Staying at home is making a difference. The R-number has been moving in the right direction,\" he said.\n\n\"We have to sustain and build on that progress.\"\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 after Christmas relaxations.\n\nIt has been falling since lockdown restrictions were introduced on 26 December, and Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said NI's R-number for hospital admissions has now fallen back below one.\n\nBut he warned that the pressure on the system was still significant and would continue for several more weeks.\n\nHe added that there would need to be a \"sustained\" drop in the figures before relaxations of the lockdown could be considered by the executive.\n\nIt has also been confirmed that the number of people in Northern Ireland who have received their first Covid-19 now stands at 168,140.\n\nMore than 50,000 people aged over 80 have been vaccinated.\n\nOn the payment to health workers, Mr Swann said it would \"not be without its challenges\" but that he valued all staff in the health service.\n\n\"For some people, especially some of our lower paid workers, it may in fact have an adverse impact on their social security payments or supports that recipients may be claiming,\" he added.\n\n\"I have written to the ministers of finance and communities asking them to urgently consider the issue and to engage with the tax and benefit authorities in Great Britain to request that these payments are excluded from consideration in this regard.\"\n\nThere will also be a one-off payment of £2,000 for all non-salaried students on clinical placements in the health service.\n\nMr Swann added that he intends to provide a one-off payment for carers as well, describing them as \"among the greatest unsung heroes\" of the pandemic.\n\nBut he said: \"There is still more work to be done in this regard and it will be significantly more complex to administer than the staff payment.\"\n\nKevin McAdam, who is from Unite the union, said the \"recognition payments\" will be allocated with assurances that this will not affect pay negotiations with healthcare workers.\n\nMr McAdam welcomed that health care workers and non-salaried students on placements will be \"receiving something more tangible than applause\".\n\n\"The student payment is a recognition payment, it does not solve the problems around whether student placements should be paid, I think that is an argument for another day.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a senior Department of Finance official has warned there is \"a higher than usual risk\" of some £430m unspent by the NI Executive being returned to the Treasury.\n\nMinisters must submit further funding bids, or risk it being handed back at the end of the financial year.\n\nA department official, Jeff McGuinness, said the Treasury was being pressed to show flexibility in carrying unspent money over but added that it was \"imperative\" Stormont pressed ahead, rather then rely on agreement from Treasury.\n\nHe said the other devolved administrations were also asking the Treasury for similar levels of carry-forward of unspent fiscal allocations.", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The limit on a single payment using contactless card technology could rise to £100 - more than double the current limit.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic led to larger amounts spent via contactless payments on debit cards, credit cards, and cards connected to smartphones.\n\nIt has been less than a year since the limit was raised from £30 to £45.\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it will consult \"shortly\" on a change in the rules.\n\n\"It is important that payments regulation keeps pace with consumer and merchant expectations,\" the regulator said.\n\n\"Recognising changing behaviour in how people pay, as part of a wider consultation, we will shortly be seeking views on amending our rules to allow for a possible increase in the contactless limit to £100.\"\n\nThe FCA can set the boundaries for payments, under its rules, but the card issuers would have the power to set the actual limits.\n\nThe pandemic has changed the way we pay for things\n\nThe use of contactless technology by consumers has risen sharply in recent years, with more services adopting the technology and most shops offering it as an option.\n\nTo protect workers and consumers during the Covid outbreak, an increase to the current limit of £45 was rushed through by the regulator in April last year.\n\nThe latest figures show that the proportion of contactless payments had fallen slightly compared with pre-pandemic levels, because lockdown measures hit the use of pubs, restaurant, and public transport. They accounted for 41% of card transactions.\n\nHowever, there was a 16% increase in the total value of contactless payments in the UK in October, compared with the same month a year earlier, the latest data from UK Finance - which represents banks - shows.\n\nThe amount spent on contactless hit a monthly record in August, boosted by the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and fewer coronavirus-related restrictions. A total of £8.4bn was spent on credit and debit cards using contactless during that month.\n\n\"The industry believes that a more flexible approach could be merited in future, which takes into account consumer demand, fraud prevention, security and convenience,\" said a spokesman for UK Finance.\n\n\"Contactless is one of a range of payment methods and the industry will also continue to work closely with the regulator to ensure that customers can pay in a way that suits them.\"\n\nHowever, there may be less enthusiasm from some shopkeepers concerned about higher-value theft as a result of the proposed changes.\n\nAndrew Cregan, payments policy advisor at the British Retail Consortium, said: \"We have concerns about raising the contactless limit, with losses from incomplete contactless payments at self-checkouts currently costing retailers millions in lost revenue.\n\n\"Card companies should take measures to reduce incomplete payments and we urge customers to make sure their own transactions always go through. However, the overwhelming priority at the moment must be for the government to address the rocketing card fees.\"", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "A banned driver in a stolen car who drove into a police officer on his motorbike has been detained for three years at a young offender's institute.\n\nPC Steve Lovering was deliberately hit by Callum Fellows in Oldbury, West Midlands, after recognising him as a car crime suspect, police said.\n\nFellows, 18, admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and assault at Wolverhampton Crown Court.\n\nFootage from 27 August shows Fellows reversing and knocking Mr Lovering off his bike \"sending him sprawling into the road\" before he sped off on the wrong side of the road and through red traffic lights.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister said he knew pupils and teachers wanted \"nothing more than to get back to the classroom\"\n\nSchools in England will not be able to reopen to all pupils after the February half-term, but could do so from 8 March, the prime minister has said.\n\nBoris Johnson said this was the earliest schools could reopen and \"depends on lots of things going right\".\n\nThe BBC has been told the aim is for all schools and year groups in England to return at the same time.\n\nTheir return would mark the first stage in lifting the lockdown, the PM said.\n\nHe told a Downing Street news conference: \"The date of 8 March is the earliest that we think it is sensible to set for schools to go back and obviously we hope that all schools will go back.\"\n\n\"I'm hopeful, but that's the earliest that we can do it and it depends on lots of things going right, and... it also depends on us all now continuing to work together to drive down the incidence of the disease through the basic methods we've used throughout this pandemic,\" he added.\n\nThere was not enough data yet to decide when to end the lockdown, he said, but intended to set out a plan for how it could be eased - and the criteria involved - in the final week of February\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg described the 8 March date as \"very much a hope and certainly not a guarantee\".\n\nMeanwhile, a further 1,725 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to the latest government figures. The UK's official coronavirus death toll surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs the country remained in a \"perilous situation\" as he said UK nationals and residents arriving from 30 high-risk countries would soon be ordered to quarantine in hotels.\n\nHe revealed a plan for the \"gradual and phased\" lifting of the lockdown in England could come in the week beginning 22 February.\n\nOther restrictions on daily life could be eased after schools reopen, but he explained this would depend on hitting vaccination targets, the capacity of the NHS, and deaths falling.\n\nAn earlier plan for mass testing for pupils and staff remains in place, the BBC has been told.\n\nEngland's schools have been closed to all but vulnerable children and those of key workers since the Christmas break.\n\nIn Scotland, it is hoped schools may begin a phased return in the middle of February.\n\nIn Wales, measures including school and college closures will be reviewed on Friday. In Northern Ireland, a review will take place on Thursday.\n\nThe prime minister said he understood frustration among pupils and teachers \"and for parents and for carers who spent so many months juggling their day jobs, not only with home schooling but meeting the myriad other demands of their children from breakfast until bedtime\".\n\nThe government initially planned to review England's lockdown measures - including school closures - on 15 February, which had raised hopes that pupils could return to classes after half term.\n\nAcknowledging the impact of continued school closures, Mr Johnson pledged to \"work with parents, teachers and schools to develop a long-term plan to make sure that pupils have the chance to make up their learning\" before 2024.\n\nHe said £300m \"of new money to schools\" would fund a catch-up programme over the coming year, with financial incentives for providers to educate pupils who have missed lessons due to the pandemic.\n\nAfter complaints about confusion and drift about when schools in England are going back, Boris Johnson has sought to bring some certainty.\n\nThey won't be going back straight after half term - but the target date will be 8 March.\n\nSources say the aim is for all schools and year groups in England, in primary and secondary, to return back on that date - rather than it being the starting date of a phased or regional return.\n\nAlthough that could be subject to any changes in local Covid-19 levels.\n\nWhen schools do go back it is expected there will be mass testing for pupils and staff, in the scheme initially planned for the start of term.\n\nIt still leaves parents home schooling for another five weeks - and means most of this term will have been without face-to-face lessons.\n\nThis will be a particular worry for pupils heading for whatever replaces GCSEs and A-levels this summer, after almost a full year of stop-start lessons.\n\nHead teachers say the delay is \"no surprise\" - and reopening must be done safely.\n\nAnd Labour says half term should be used to vaccinate teachers to help schools stay open.\n\nBut the prime minister will hope that parents would rather have some clarity about what's happening with schools, even if that means a longer delay.\n\nTeachers' and head teachers' unions said they supported reopening schools but added that it must be safe and not rushed.\n\nMary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said that although the most vulnerable would be protected by March, most parents would not be.\n\n\"It fails completely to recognise the role schools have played in community transmission. The prime minister has already forgotten what he told the nation at the beginning of this lockdown, that schools are a 'vector for transmission',\" she said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the government needs to work with head teachers to review safety measures and create a \"workable plan\" for schools to reopen fully.\n\n\"The government will also have to put effort into reassuring families that it is safe to send their children back to school - there is a confidence test the government must pass to make the return a success,\" he said.\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Times Radio's Tom Newton-Dunn asked about transmission rates in people given the vaccine Image caption: Times Radio's Tom Newton-Dunn asked about transmission rates in people given the vaccine\n\nTom Newton Dunn from Times Radio asks what we know so far about the rate at which people who have had the vaccine can transmit coronavirus.\n\nJonathan Van Tam says there is no clear data on how the vaccine impacts transmission of coronavirus but there are studies working on finding out and we will have that information in time.\n\nHe said the question is less \"will they\" and more \"to what extent\" do they stop transmission.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance says \"you don't have vaccines of this efficacy without there being some effect on transmission\".\n\nHe says it's an important question as \"it will also determine to what extent these vaccines can be used across wider society to reduce transmission overall\".\n\nNewton Dunn asks how the prime minister came to the date of 8 March to reopen schools and whether it would have been \"wiser to wait until you were sure\".\n\nThe prime minister says the date depends on the vaccines working in reducing mortality and serious disease.... and we need to make sure the infection rate is in the right place.\n\n\"We will keep it all under constant review,\" he says.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid, according to the official count. The idea of 100,000 deaths is hard for many of us to comprehend. But each was a human being who lived and loved in their own unique way. This is the story of one of them.\n\nBy 3:01am, alone in a hospital room, Ann Fitzgerald reached for her phone. This would be her last chance to contact her husband of four decades, the man she'd raised two children with, her Tony - to Ann, he was always her Tony.\n\nThe couple had made a pact. So long as Ann was in hospital with Covid, Tony would spend his nights dozing upright in a chair at their bungalow in Pewfall, Merseyside. That way, he would wake up if there was a message alert.\n\nIt wasn't much of a sacrifice, Tony thought, not when the woman he'd loved for 47 years was all by herself and frightened. And besides, each time his phone bleeped Tony would know she was still alive, and silently he'd thank the stars.\n\nAnd so in the early hours of Tuesday 7 April, Ann's last message arrived. She'd summoned the energy to take a farewell selfie as she lay in bed wearing an oxygen mask. \"She must have thought: 'Here's something so you won't forget me,'\" says Tony.\n\nTwo-and-a-half hours later, Ann was dead. She was 65, a mother, a wife, a neighbour, a colleague and a friend, and one of 999 people in the UK who died that day with the novel coronavirus.\n\nSoon after the hospital rang and told Tony of her death, he was at her bedside, dressed from head to toe in PPE. No visitors had been allowed to see her while she was alive, but now she was gone it was apparently fine - for reasons he didn't understand.\n\nTony wept as he apologised to his wife's lifeless body for letting her go like this, with no loved ones by her side. Then he turned and cursed the sterile white hospital ceiling and walls, because they'd been with her at the end and he hadn't.\n\nBack then, few could have imagined the UK's death toll would reach 100,000, or anything close to it.\n\nAt that point, the tally stood at 10,000; three weeks previously the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance had said limiting the final figure to twice that sum would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nNow, 10 months on, the total number of people in the UK who have died within 28 days of a coronavirus diagnosis has increased tenfold, while UK excess deaths in 2020 were at their highest level since World War Two. The UK has had one of the highest rates of recorded coronavirus deaths in the world so far.\n\nBy any measure, 100,000 is a devastating amount, roughly equivalent to two Premier League football grounds, or the number of people who attend the Reading festival every year. For many people, the sheer scale of loss conveyed by the figure will be impossible to grasp.\n\n\"Numbers with lots of zeros are very difficult to interpret, and can be made to look large or small,\" says Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge.\n\n\"If I say that 100,000 deaths is two months' worth of normal mortality, then it may not look so bad. If I say that it is more than all the [UK] civilian deaths in WW2, or as if everyone in a city the size of Durham got killed, then it sounds worse. It is challenging to adequately convey such a large number of individual tragedies.\"\n\nBut while many may have become numb to the daily death figures, behind every statistic is a real life lost - a real life like Ann's. \"That is why this arbitrary numerical milestone is important,\" says Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy and a former executive director of the Royal Statistical Society. \"It is a chance to reflect again on the terrible toll this pandemic has taken on so many British families.\"\n\nIn a Manchester nightclub one evening in 1973, 18-year-old Tony felt a tap on his arm. It was Ann, a year his senior, whom he knew by sight as a barmaid in one of the city-centre pubs he sometimes drank in. She'd always stood out to him, with her olive skin and striking good looks, but he'd never dared imagine she might be interested in him romantically.\n\n\"I'm here with that fella over there,\" she told him, gesturing towards across the room. \"But I don't like him and I don't know what to do.\"\n\nTony walked over to Ann's date and told him to clear off. Then Tony returned to Ann, and the two of them had a drink together, and then another. Before long they were a couple and Tony decided he was the luckiest man in the world.\n\nSoon he learned all about Ann's background. Her Lithuanian-born Jewish father had died when she was two years old, and with her mother unable to cope she'd been passed between relatives throughout her childhood. By 16 she was living in a bedsit, supporting herself with waitressing and bar work - she'd also been employed at the legendary art-deco Kardoma café on Market Street and at George Best's nightclub, Oscar's.\n\n\"As a consequence of her upbringing she was really, really independent,\" says Tony. \"She was really good at talking to people, and she was sharp - the sharpest, wittiest person I've ever met.\"\n\nThey rented a flat in Fallowfield together and made it their home. After Ann was offered relief work running bars around Manchester, Tony quit his job as a sales rep to join her. Eventually, in 1981, they took on their own pub. It was in what was then a tough part of Salford, but Ann had grown up nearby and knew how to handle the local characters: \"She could have you in stitches, but she could throw you a look, and you knew you had to behave yourself,\" Tony says.\n\nThe couple were offered the chance to take on another pub in Sale Moor. They thought they were going upmarket, but it turned out to be quite the reverse; Tony would joke that he should take away all the tables and chairs and install a boxing ring instead.\n\nBut Ann wasn't intimidated by anyone. According to Tony, when a notorious local villain turned up and demanded a free drink, Ann stood her ground: \"My husband's name is above the front door, and he pays for his drinks, so you're going to pay for yours,\" she told him. Impressed, the villain ended up buying one for Ann instead.\n\nShe and Tony knew it was time to quit when burglars broke in one night while their baby daughter slept in her cot upstairs. Tony went back on the road as a salesman; Ann worked variously as a debt counsellor, an incident manager for the RAC, and a sales trainer at a cotton firm. Their children, Gary, and Rachel, never once heard them argue, Tony says.\n\nFor six years the couple had a stall at Altrincham Market selling women's clothes. \"People would come, not necessarily to buy something - they just wanted to see Ann,\" says Tony. \"And as a consequence, they'd buy something they didn't really want.\" Each time this happened, Ann would give Tony a wink.\n\nBy the start of 2020, Ann and Tony were looking forward to a long retirement together. Both their children had left home, and they'd recently moved to the bungalow. The news broadcasts had begun describing a deadly pandemic that had spread from China. But Ann wasn't leaving the house much while she recovered from an operation to replace both hips.\n\nThen one Thursday in March she went for a haircut; she asked for the colour to be darkened slightly too, and when he first saw her afterwards Tony told her how much he loved it. Ann mentioned that the hairdresser had been coughing.\n\nThree days later, Ann began coughing too, and soon afterwards so did Tony. But with a fever, she felt worse, and within a few more days she was barely able to stand. She asked Tony to call 999.\n\nThe paramedics helped her to the ambulance. It haunts Tony now that he didn't hug or kiss her as they said goodbye. \"Neither of us thought for one moment that it would be the last day I would ever see her alive,\" he says. She told him they'd probably give her antibiotics and he could come and pick her up in a few hours.\n\nBut later that day she phoned him to say the doctors suspected Covid and they would be keeping her in. As in many hospitals during the first wave, no visiting was allowed.\n\nTony could only stay in touch with her by phone. When a doctor told him the next 24 hours were critical, he didn't tell Ann, because he knew how scared she was already by then.\n\nBut he did pass on something else the medic had said - that they were deeply impressed by her upbeat attitude and fighting spirit. Tony told her, too, that he believed she would be home soon: \"I had to say that to keep her fighting, and fight she did for 10 days.\"\n\nThe last time they spoke was Saturday 4 April. Ann told Tony she thought she'd turned a corner; she'd eaten a sandwich and some yoghurt. After that, talking became too difficult for her; she wasn't in intensive care but the mask she wore to help her breathe was getting in the way.\n\nThree days after their last conversation, Tony was sitting in a white hospital room beside Ann's body. He sat with her there for an hour. He didn't just apologise, he also promised he'd make sure she was remembered properly. When it was time to leave, a nurse gave him a booklet about bereavement and a black bag in which to put Ann's belongings. Tony carried them along a hospital corridor, wondering how he would tell Gary and Rachel their mum was dead.\n\nThere are eight photographs of Ann in Tony's living room. In each of them she looks full of joy. \"Every time I look around, there's a picture of Ann somewhere,\" Tony says. \"She's smiling and I'm thinking, 'If only I could turn back the clock.' But I can't, you know, and nor can all those other families and relations, either.\"\n\nNearly 10 months after Ann's death, Tony finds himself resenting the home he's been left alone inside. If they hadn't moved there, he reasons, Ann wouldn't have gone to that hairdresser's that day and caught the virus - she'd still be alive, perhaps.\n\nHe feels robbed of the 20 additional years he hoped they'd spend together, as surely will thousands of other bereaved relatives. While the impact on the very oldest has been widely recognised, those who might have looked forward to a long retirement have been badly hit, too - during the pandemic, around 15% of all UK fatalities with Covid mentioned on the death certificate have been among those aged 65-74.\n\nTony desperately wishes his life would go back to how it was, but knows it won't.\n\nAnn's funeral didn't give him any closure. Tony would rather she had been buried, but the undertaker warned him to hurry - extra restrictions could be introduced any time - so he took the date that was offered by the crematorium.\n\nAs it was, under the rules that were already in force, only 10 mourners were permitted, spaced out around the chapel. No flowers or photographs on display, no hugging.\n\nTony understood why all this was necessary - but it wasn't the celebration of Ann's bright, gregarious, love-filled life that he thought she deserved. He'd have to plan another one when all this was over.\n\nAs the months went on, Tony joined online Covid support groups. It helped talking to others who understood how it felt to have lost someone. There was the family of a 19-year-old boy. A woman who was mourning both her mum and her dad. Another woman whose husband had died in the car as she drove him to hospital.\n\nHe thought of these stories each time he switched on the news and watched the Covid mortality figures climb higher and higher. Behind these cold statistics were human lives. And each was as unique as Ann, with a personality and backstory entirely of their own.\n\nIt would have been Ann and Tony's 41st wedding anniversary on 6 October, the day before the six-month anniversary of her death. The following month, a few days after the UK's Covid death toll reached 50,000, Tony once again felt Ann's absence bitterly on what would have been her 66th birthday.\n\n\"Christmas was a nightmare for me,\" he says. Under the rules for the festive season, Gary and Rachel and their partners were able to be there with him, and cooking lunch kept him busy most of the day. But afterwards, when he was on his own again, the reality hit that another celebration had gone by without Ann beside him, and Tony sat down and sobbed.\n\nFor millions the arrival of the Covid vaccines has brought hope, but it is a cold comfort for those who have lost someone. If every one of the 100,000 were loved by a dozen people, \"that's a million people in Britain who have been bereaved\", says the bioethicist and sociologist Prof Sir Tom Shakespeare. \"We need a national monument, some form of remembering.\"\n\nTony is not one of those who will find it hard to grasp the significance of this bleak milestone.\n\n\"To me it's 100,000 poor souls fighting for breath, and they've not had a hug from anyone in their family,\" he says. \"There's a name - there's a person behind that number. And then they've passed away, and the family goes through the grief that I've been through - the numbness, the shock, the anguish and the pain to come.\"", "Microsoft has reported booming demand for its Xbox gaming consoles as the pandemic continues to lift the fortunes of the American tech giant.\n\nIts Azure cloud computing services also got a boost due to a surge in working and learning from home.\n\nThe gains helped push the firm's overall revenue up 17% to a record $43.1bn (£31.4bn).\n\nBut its growth came as the virus continues to weigh on other industries.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella said the firm is benefiting from a long-term shift in behaviour.\n\n\"What we have witnessed over the past year is the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry,\" he said.\n\nXbox sales jumped 40% in the three months to 31 December while Azure services soared 50%.\n\nThe virus continues to weigh on industries outside of tech\n\nThe pandemic has prompted many firms to switch to remote working, while keeping many entertainment options outside of the home off-limits.\n\nMicrosoft has seized on the changes, focusing energy on updating its remote work software options.\n\nThe firm also released two new Xbox consoles in November, helping to boost the performance of its personal computing unit.\n\nMicrosoft's gaming business topped $5bn in quarterly sales for the first time ever due to gaming subscriptions and sales as well as new consoles.\n\nThe firm said profits in the quarter rose 33% compared with last year to $15.5bn.\n\nIts shares - which climbed roughly 40% last year - were up another 4% in after-hours trade,\n\n\"These were blow out numbers that will be another feather in the cap for the tech sector as the cloud growth party is just getting started,\" said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.\n\nBut the gains enjoyed by tech firms like Microsoft stand in contrast to the ongoing struggles seen in other industries such as hospitality, retail and travel.\n\nCoffee chain Starbucks on Tuesday said its sales in the last three months of 2020 fell roughly 5% compared to 2019, driven by a drop in business in the US where concerns about Covid-19 have prompted authorities to urge people to stay at home.\n\nIn China, where the virus is under more control, sales rose 5%, the company said.\n\nThe firm said it expected business to return to growth in the next few months, including in the critical US market.\n\nBut profits in the quarter dropped 30% to $622.2m compared with last year, sending the firm's shares lower in after-hours trade.", "Apple sales have hit another record, as families loaded up on the firm's latest phones, laptops and gadgets during the Christmas period.\n\nSales in the last three months of 2020 hit more than $111bn (£81bn) - up 21% from the prior year.\n\nThe gains come as the pandemic pushes more activity online, fuelling demand for new technology.\n\nApple now counts more than 1.65 billion active devices globally, including more than 1 billion iPhones.\n\nApple's gains follow the release of its new iPhone 12 suite of phones, which executives said had convinced a record number of people to switch to the company or upgrade from older models.\n\nThe firm said growth in China - where the pandemic has already loosened its grip on the economy - was particularly strong, helped in part by demand for phones compatible with new 5G networks.\n\nSales in the firm's greater China region, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, jumped 57%. In Europe, sales roles 17%, and they rose 11% in the Americas.\n\n\"The products are doing very well all around the world,\" said Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer. \"As we look ahead into the March quarter, we're very optimistic.\"\n\nAnalyst Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities said he thought the firm was just at the beginning of a \"super-cycle\" as Apple devotees finally trade in old phones, coinciding with upgrades to telecommunications networks.\n\n\"With 5G now in the cards and roughly 40% of its 'golden jewel' iPhone installed base not upgrading their phones in the last 3.5 years, [Apple chief Tim] Cook & Co have the stage set for a renaissance of growth,\" he wrote.\n\nBig Tech is having an exceptionally lucrative pandemic.\n\nIt's hard not to be wowed by some of these figures.\n\nThat Apple recorded more than $100bn in sales in just three months is simply astonishing.\n\nFacebook figures are also well up on where they were last year.\n\nAs other companies have struggled to survive, Big Tech has flourished.\n\nThere are other reasons for some of these incredible figures. Certainly it seems iPhone enthusiasts were holding out for the new 5G enabled iPhone12.\n\nBut it's not just Apple and Facebook, all of the massive tech companies are having a bumper year.\n\nCovid-19 means people are spending more time indoors - buying things online, watching things online and chatting online.\n\nPerhaps then it's no surprise that these companies are posting record breaking figures.\n\nBut others point to these figures as yet more evidence that Big Tech has become too big to fail.\n\nThese figures are impressive. But they also attract the attention of politicians who are increasingly asking difficult questions - like are these tech mega companies operating in a market that is fair and with enough competition?\n\nApple said profits in the quarter reached nearly $28.8bn, up 29% compared with the same quarter last year.\n\nThe gains seen by technology firms like Apple contrast with losses hitting many other economic sectors, as the virus restricts activity and keeps shoppers at home.\n\nOther tech firms, such as Microsoft and Facebook, have also enjoyed strong growth.\n\nFacebook on Wednesday said increased online shopping during the pandemic helped lift ad revenue in the quarter by 30%.\n\nThe number of people active on its apps - which also include WhatsApp and Instagram - also rose to 2.6 billion daily, up 15% compared to 2019.\n\nIt said ad spending could slow as the Covid crisis relaxes and shopper appetite returns for services like travel rather than products.\n\nIt also warned that plans by Apple to change how it shares user data could weigh on growth.", "The ink and watercolour maps are believed to have been created the year after the battle\n\nHand-drawn, Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada have been saved for the nation after £600,000 was raised to buy them.\n\nThe 10 maps, believed to have been drawn the year after the famous battle of 1588, were sold to an overseas buyer in July but an export ban was imposed.\n\nThe National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) in Portsmouth raised the money in eight weeks.\n\nIt is now seeking further funds to put the maps on display for the first time.\n\nIt is believed the drawings, completed by an unknown draughtsman, possibly from the Netherlands, were based on a set of engravings from the same year by Elizabethan cartographer Robert Adams.\n\nIn the summer of 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail for England after decades of hostility between Spain's Catholic King Philip II and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I.\n\nIt is regarded as one of the most significant naval battles in history, when the English fleet of 66 ships defeated the Armada, twice its size, by sailing fire ships into its formation off Calais.\n\nThe English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada in the English Channel in 1588\n\nThe ink and watercolour maps were sold for £600,000, but culture minister Caroline Dinenage imposed an export ban until January and called for a museum or institution to raise funds to purchase them.\n\nNMRN director general Prof Dominic Tweddle said members of the public had \"dug deep in extremely difficult times\".\n\nThe target was reached with the help of £212,800 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and £200,000 from the Art Fund.\n\nMs Dinenage said: \"The export bar system exists so we can keep nationally important works in the country and I am delighted that, thanks to the tireless work of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the Armada maps will now go on display to educate and inspire future generations.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty said it was a very sad day, as the UK surpassed 100,000 Covid deaths\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK is likely to come down \"relatively slowly\", England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the UK was going to see \"a lot more deaths\" over the next few weeks before the effects of the vaccination programme were felt.\n\nCurrent restrictions were \"just about holding\" in lowering infection rates, he told a Downing Street briefing.\n\nIt comes as the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday.\n\nA further 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nAnd 20,089 coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days.\n\nProf Whitty told a Downing Street news conference the rolling seven-day average for deaths was 1,242 - \"an incredibly high number\" - and unlikely to come down quickly.\n\n\"I think we have to be realistic that the rate of mortality, the number of people dying a day, will come down relatively slowly over the next two weeks - and will probably be flat for a while now.\"\n\nProf Whitty said the number of people testing positive for coronavirus was \"still at a very high number, but it has been coming down\".\n\nBut he cautioned against relaxing restrictions \"too early\", as Office for National Statistics data showed a \"rather slower\" decrease.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK had \"flattened off\", he said, but was still an \"incredibly high number\" and \"substantially above the peak in April\".\n\nProf Whitty said the new, more transmissible variant discovered in the south east of England at the end of last year had altered the UK's situation \"very substantially\" and had made it \"much harder\" to bring infection levels down.\n\n\"We were worried two weeks ago that the measures we have at the moment were not enough to hold this new variant,\" he told the news conference.\n\n\"I think what the data I showed you at the beginning of the slide sessions shows is that the rates are just about holding with the new variant, with what everybody's doing.\n\n\"It's going to be much harder because of this new variant and I think we have to be realistic about that.\"\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said that more than a quarter of a million severely ill coronavirus patients have been looked after in hospital since the pandemic started last year.\n\n\"This is not a year that anybody is going to want to remember nor is it a year that across the health service any of us will ever forget,\" he said.\n\nThe daily Covid figures have seen the number of deaths top 100,000. But they also contain some signs of hope.\n\nJust over 20,000 new infections have been reported - down from 22,000 yesterday.\n\nThis compares to an average of 60,000 at the start of the year.\n\nIt is a sharp fall, although Prof Whitty cautions it may actually be a little slower than that.\n\nNot everyone who is infected comes forward for testing and the government surveillance programme which involves random testing of the population suggests the fall has not been quite so great.\n\nNonetheless, it is clear the infection rate is coming down - and that offers hope.\n\nHospital cases have plateaued and should soon start falling. That will eventually lead to a reduction in the number of deaths.\n\nThen, in February, the vaccination programme should start having an impact, leading, hopefully, to a rapid drop in deaths.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told the briefing the coronavirus infection rate remained \"pretty forbiddingly high\" to ease lockdown restrictions, which have been in place in England since 5 January.\n\nBut he said \"at a certain stage we will want to be getting things open\".\n\nHe added: \"What I will be doing in the course of the next few days and weeks is setting out in more detail, as soon as we can, when and how we want to get things open again.\"\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons - including for food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, the epidemiologist whose modelling prompted the UK government to impose the first lockdown has told BBC Radio 4's PM he believes more action in autumn last year could have \"drastically reduced\" the number of lives lost in the second wave - some 60,000.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said: \"They couldn't have been eliminated, but they could have been drastically reduced by earlier action, unfortunately.\n\n\"How much is difficult to judge, the new variant was unpredictable and did change our understanding of how much was needed to control spread, but we did just let the autumn wave get to far, far too high infection levels.\"\n\nReacting to the UK's death toll, Mr Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the government's actions, but added: \"We truly did everything we could.\"", "Parents are struggling with the sense of uncertainty, says psychologist\n\nHome schooling can be tough. It's difficult to concentrate, there's emotional exhaustion, boredom, a lack of motivation and it's really hard not going out to see friends. And that's just the parents.\n\nThis winter lockdown is taking its toll on families, now struggling even more on the black ice of uncertainty as no-one can say when schools in England are going to reopen for most pupils again.\n\n\"There's a sense of fatigue,\" says Jacqueline Smallwood, who is at home with three secondary-school children. She says her own \"concentration levels have fallen dramatically\".\n\n\"It's so repetitive that it just makes you feel tired,\" she says of the latest lockdown and the \"silent struggle\" facing both parents and their children to try to get motivated.\n\nHome school shows no sign of coming to an early end\n\nThere might have been some guilty enjoyment at the start of the year when the school term was initially delayed, not having to get up and out on cold January mornings.\n\nUntil it dawned on them that this was becoming something much longer than a few weeks.\n\nIt's morphed from early January to half term in mid-February and now maybe Easter in early April or even later. And Jacqueline says, as a matter of \"respect\", parents need to know what's happening about schools.\n\nThe confusion over a return date seems to have further frayed the nerves of parents.\n\nThe mother, who lives outside Canterbury in Kent, says she worries about the pressures building up on young people.\n\nFor teenagers like her sons, she says this \"should be a pivotal time in their lives,\" when they're beginning to get some independence and when social lives are hugely important - but instead they're stuck inside with their parents.\n\n\"We can't live like the Waltons forever,\" she says, referencing the US TV series of a folksy family relying on each other.\n\nJacqueline says families are finding this latest lockdown tougher than the spring or summer\n\nThe first lockdown created an unexpected sense of togetherness, an \"enforced bonding\" that she says turned out to be a \"massive positive\".\n\nBut Jacqueline, who works as a writer, sees no such upside to the latest lockdown. There is a collective frustration - and she says it has been made even worse by the confusion about when schools will go back.\n\nThe online home-schooling seems to be working, she says, with teachers trying to boost the enthusiasm levels, but it's no real substitute for being in school. And she wants much more clarity about when they will go back.\n\n\"I've tried not to be political about decisions being made, but you can't help but feel disappointed. They don't seem to understand how real people are living,\" she says.\n\nShe says when politicians say maybe schools will or won't be back by Easter, they don't realise how much that uncertainty affects families trying to plan for what comes next.\n\nEducational psychologist Dan O'Hare says the \"key word is 'uncertainty'\".\n\nLiving on a laptop can take its toll on parents having to work and home school their children\n\nNot knowing what is coming next adds to the pressure, he says, and children out of school are already facing big unknowns such as what's going to happen about exams or when will they see their friends and teachers.\n\n\"It's really stressful for children and their families,\" says Dr O'Hare, who is co-chair of the British Psychological Society's division for educational and child psychology. \"They need a sense of a plan.\"\n\nThis lockdown is also in the depths of winter - and he says employers need to think about making sure staff working from home are able to take a break in daylight hours, so that families can get outside.\n\nIt's no use asking parents to answer work emails all day and expect them to go out when it's dark.\n\nSchools have been providing more online lessons in this lockdown\n\nFor some families it has got very difficult.\n\n\"It's affected her emotionally a lot,\" says Dave in Bolton, who is worrying about his six-year-old daughter, who has been crying because she misses her friends.\n\n\"It's awful, you can't put a positive spin on it. She's at that age where she's enjoying her friends, becoming more socialised,\" he told BBC 5 Live.\n\n\"She's quite a confident little girl and I can't help worry that being stuck at home is going to impact her in the longer term.\"\n\nThe father says many of her classmates are still going into school - and that makes it even harder when she sees her friends on school Zoom calls.\n\nEmployers should make sure that parents' working hours allow them to get out in daylight, says psychologist\n\nJen Locke in Newcastle makes the point that women can often be \"the most adversely affected by the decision to keep schools closed\".\n\nShe says home schooling has \"fallen squarely on my shoulders\", helping her children in the day and then shifting her work with an IT company into the evening, so it's an early start through to a very late finish.\n\n\"It's a huge mental strain… I'm knackered from it all,\" she says, right down to trying to get children to bed who aren't tired because they're not going out.\n\nA lockdown weariness seems to be out there, despite the best efforts of schools.\n\nSimon Armstrong in Bristol, whose son is in secondary school, says: \"Virtual lessons, no matter how well delivered, are a woeful substitute for real lessons.\"\n\n\"I am at the end of my tether,\" he says.\n\nThe Department for Education said: \"We are committed to reopening schools as soon as the public health picture allows, and will inform schools, parents and pupils of plans ahead of February half term.\"\n\nBut Labour has accused the government of causing \"chaos and confusion\" for parents and schools.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers said: \"Now is the moment for calm heads to decide on a sustainable return to school, not another chaotic and last-minute set of decisions that could easily result in a yo-yo return to lockdown.\"", "The Army sent a bomb disposal unit to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine producer Wockhardt's unit\n\nProduction of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has resumed at a plant after it was suspended when a suspicious package was received.\n\nThe Wockhardt UK plant on Wrexham Industrial Estate was evacuated and the Army sent a bomb disposal unit.\n\nPolice said the package had been made safe and its contents would be \"taken away for analysis\".\n\nWockhardt said staff had been allowed to return and its production schedule had not been affected.\n\nBoth Downing Street and Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford had been receiving updates on the incident since police were called at about 10:40 GMT.\n\nA police cordon was put in place near the plant and the public were asked to keep away. There are no reports of any injuries.\n\n\"There are no wider concerns for public safety, however, some roads on the industrial estate will remain closed whilst we continue our investigations,\" North Wales Police said in a statement.\n\nPolice have asked the public to keep away from the site in Wrexham\n\nForensic police officers were seen examining items on the road outside the plant, which remained closed after the cordon had been lifted.\n\nWockhardt UK said: \"We can confirm that the investigation on the suspicious package received today has been concluded.\n\n\"Given that staff safety is our main priority, manufacturing was temporarily paused whilst this took place safely.\n\n\"We can now confirm that the package was made safe and staff are now being allowed back into the facility.\n\n\"This temporary suspension of manufacturing has in no way affected our production schedule and we are grateful to the authorities and experts for their swift response and resolution of the incident.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an earlier statement, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company confirmed it had \"partially evacuated\" its site to protect staff.\n\nThe Wrexham plant has the capability to produce about 300 million doses of the vaccine a year.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, John Roberts, who runs CMS Wrexham Ltd, next door to the plant, said he heard a \"big bang\" at about 11:35 GMT - although he could not say where the noise came from.\n\n\"We're next door to Wockhardt. Three of us were talking then we heard a hell of an explosion or a bang,\" he said.\n\n\"I went outside, couldn't see anything. I looked the other side and two blokes were on the roof.\n\n\"The next thing the police had blocked off the road and were looking in the bushes.\"\n\nPolice were at the scene on Wrexham Industrial Estate for most of the day\n\nA police cordon had been put in place near the Wockhardt plant\n\nHis son Mark Roberts said: \"The police just closed the road off and we've heard there's a bomb disposal unit.\n\n\"They've been here about an hour or so - we're on tenterhooks.\n\n\"Boris Johnson toured the factory around December time, so I wonder if that's raised the profile, as it's where they make the Oxford vaccine.\"\n\nThe Wrexham plant has the capability to produce about 300 million doses of the vaccine a year\n\nDave Picken, 53, who lives near Wrexham Industrial Estate, said: \"We've seen lots of police cars and a fire engine.\n\n\"Bomb disposal are here with a robot. We were closer to the factory but police told us to move and cordoned off a bigger area.\n\n\"I did ask an officer how big the bomb is but he said he couldn't say it's a bomb.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson saw the production line for vaccines when he visited the factory\n\nVisiting the plant in November, Prime Minister Boris Johnson it could provide \"salvation for humanity\".\n\nWockhardt UK entered an agreement in August to help prepare the vaccine for distribution.\n\nWhen the company's contract was announced, Ravi Limaye, managing director, said: \"We are immensely proud to have been selected to partner with the UK government on this project.\n\n\"We have a sophisticated sterile manufacturing facility and a highly skilled workforce.\"\n\nOn Thursday, Wrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said teams had worked to ensure the vaccine was not lost in the floods.\n\nThe Welsh Government said there had been \"no adverse effects\" on the coronavirus vaccine roll-out.", "Already 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid, according to the official count. The idea of 100,000 deaths is hard for many of us to comprehend. But each was a human being who lived and loved in their own unique way. This is the story of one of them.\n\nBy 3:01am, alone in a hospital room, Ann Fitzgerald reached for her phone. This would be her last chance to contact her husband of four decades, the man she'd raised two children with, her Tony - to Ann, he was always her Tony.\n\nThe couple had made a pact. So long as Ann was in hospital with Covid, Tony would spend his nights dozing upright in a chair at their bungalow in Pewfall, Merseyside. That way, he would wake up if there was a message alert.\n\nIt wasn't much of a sacrifice, Tony thought, not when the woman he'd loved for 47 years was all by herself and frightened. And besides, each time his phone bleeped Tony would know she was still alive, and silently he'd thank the stars.\n\nAnd so in the early hours of Tuesday 7 April, Ann's last message arrived. She'd summoned the energy to take a farewell selfie as she lay in bed wearing an oxygen mask. \"She must have thought: 'Here's something so you won't forget me,'\" says Tony.\n\nTwo-and-a-half hours later, Ann was dead. She was 65, a mother, a wife, a neighbour, a colleague and a friend, and one of 999 people in the UK who died that day with the novel coronavirus.\n\nSoon after the hospital rang and told Tony of her death, he was at her bedside, dressed from head to toe in PPE. No visitors had been allowed to see her while she was alive, but now she was gone it was apparently fine - for reasons he didn't understand.\n\nTony wept as he apologised to his wife's lifeless body for letting her go like this, with no loved ones by her side. Then he turned and cursed the sterile white hospital ceiling and walls, because they'd been with her at the end and he hadn't.\n\nBack then, few could have imagined the UK's death toll would reach 100,000, or anything close to it.\n\nAt that point, the tally stood at 10,000; three weeks previously the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance had said limiting the final figure to twice that sum would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nNow, 10 months on, the total number of people in the UK who have died within 28 days of a coronavirus diagnosis has increased tenfold, while UK excess deaths in 2020 were at their highest level since World War Two. The UK has had one of the highest rates of recorded coronavirus deaths in the world so far.\n\nBy any measure, 100,000 is a devastating amount, roughly equivalent to two Premier League football grounds, or the number of people who attend the Reading festival every year. For many people, the sheer scale of loss conveyed by the figure will be impossible to grasp.\n\n\"Numbers with lots of zeros are very difficult to interpret, and can be made to look large or small,\" says Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge.\n\n\"If I say that 100,000 deaths is two months' worth of normal mortality, then it may not look so bad. If I say that it is more than all the [UK] civilian deaths in WW2, or as if everyone in a city the size of Durham got killed, then it sounds worse. It is challenging to adequately convey such a large number of individual tragedies.\"\n\nBut while many may have become numb to the daily death figures, behind every statistic is a real life lost - a real life like Ann's. \"That is why this arbitrary numerical milestone is important,\" says Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy and a former executive director of the Royal Statistical Society. \"It is a chance to reflect again on the terrible toll this pandemic has taken on so many British families.\"\n\nIn a Manchester nightclub one evening in 1973, 18-year-old Tony felt a tap on his arm. It was Ann, a year his senior, whom he knew by sight as a barmaid in one of the city-centre pubs he sometimes drank in. She'd always stood out to him, with her olive skin and striking good looks, but he'd never dared imagine she might be interested in him romantically.\n\n\"I'm here with that fella over there,\" she told him, gesturing towards across the room. \"But I don't like him and I don't know what to do.\"\n\nTony walked over to Ann's date and told him to clear off. Then Tony returned to Ann, and the two of them had a drink together, and then another. Before long they were a couple and Tony decided he was the luckiest man in the world.\n\nSoon he learned all about Ann's background. Her Lithuanian-born Jewish father had died when she was two years old, and with her mother unable to cope she'd been passed between relatives throughout her childhood. By 16 she was living in a bedsit, supporting herself with waitressing and bar work - she'd also been employed at the legendary art-deco Kardoma café on Market Street and at George Best's nightclub, Oscar's.\n\n\"As a consequence of her upbringing she was really, really independent,\" says Tony. \"She was really good at talking to people, and she was sharp - the sharpest, wittiest person I've ever met.\"\n\nThey rented a flat in Fallowfield together and made it their home. After Ann was offered relief work running bars around Manchester, Tony quit his job as a sales rep to join her. Eventually, in 1981, they took on their own pub. It was in what was then a tough part of Salford, but Ann had grown up nearby and knew how to handle the local characters: \"She could have you in stitches, but she could throw you a look, and you knew you had to behave yourself,\" Tony says.\n\nThe couple were offered the chance to take on another pub in Sale Moor. They thought they were going upmarket, but it turned out to be quite the reverse; Tony would joke that he should take away all the tables and chairs and install a boxing ring instead.\n\nBut Ann wasn't intimidated by anyone. According to Tony, when a notorious local villain turned up and demanded a free drink, Ann stood her ground: \"My husband's name is above the front door, and he pays for his drinks, so you're going to pay for yours,\" she told him. Impressed, the villain ended up buying one for Ann instead.\n\nShe and Tony knew it was time to quit when burglars broke in one night while their baby daughter slept in her cot upstairs. Tony went back on the road as a salesman; Ann worked variously as a debt counsellor, an incident manager for the RAC, and a sales trainer at a cotton firm. Their children, Gary, and Rachel, never once heard them argue, Tony says.\n\nFor six years the couple had a stall at Altrincham Market selling women's clothes. \"People would come, not necessarily to buy something - they just wanted to see Ann,\" says Tony. \"And as a consequence, they'd buy something they didn't really want.\" Each time this happened, Ann would give Tony a wink.\n\nBy the start of 2020, Ann and Tony were looking forward to a long retirement together. Both their children had left home, and they'd recently moved to the bungalow. The news broadcasts had begun describing a deadly pandemic that had spread from China. But Ann wasn't leaving the house much while she recovered from an operation to replace both hips.\n\nThen one Thursday in March she went for a haircut; she asked for the colour to be darkened slightly too, and when he first saw her afterwards Tony told her how much he loved it. Ann mentioned that the hairdresser had been coughing.\n\nThree days later, Ann began coughing too, and soon afterwards so did Tony. But with a fever, she felt worse, and within a few more days she was barely able to stand. She asked Tony to call 999.\n\nThe paramedics helped her to the ambulance. It haunts Tony now that he didn't hug or kiss her as they said goodbye. \"Neither of us thought for one moment that it would be the last day I would ever see her alive,\" he says. She told him they'd probably give her antibiotics and he could come and pick her up in a few hours.\n\nBut later that day she phoned him to say the doctors suspected Covid and they would be keeping her in. As in many hospitals during the first wave, no visiting was allowed.\n\nTony could only stay in touch with her by phone. When a doctor told him the next 24 hours were critical, he didn't tell Ann, because he knew how scared she was already by then.\n\nBut he did pass on something else the medic had said - that they were deeply impressed by her upbeat attitude and fighting spirit. Tony told her, too, that he believed she would be home soon: \"I had to say that to keep her fighting, and fight she did for 10 days.\"\n\nThe last time they spoke was Saturday 4 April. Ann told Tony she thought she'd turned a corner; she'd eaten a sandwich and some yoghurt. After that, talking became too difficult for her; she wasn't in intensive care but the mask she wore to help her breathe was getting in the way.\n\nThree days after their last conversation, Tony was sitting in a white hospital room beside Ann's body. He sat with her there for an hour. He didn't just apologise, he also promised he'd make sure she was remembered properly. When it was time to leave, a nurse gave him a booklet about bereavement and a black bag in which to put Ann's belongings. Tony carried them along a hospital corridor, wondering how he would tell Gary and Rachel their mum was dead.\n\nThere are eight photographs of Ann in Tony's living room. In each of them she looks full of joy. \"Every time I look around, there's a picture of Ann somewhere,\" Tony says. \"She's smiling and I'm thinking, 'If only I could turn back the clock.' But I can't, you know, and nor can all those other families and relations, either.\"\n\nNearly 10 months after Ann's death, Tony finds himself resenting the home he's been left alone inside. If they hadn't moved there, he reasons, Ann wouldn't have gone to that hairdresser's that day and caught the virus - she'd still be alive, perhaps.\n\nHe feels robbed of the 20 additional years he hoped they'd spend together, as surely will thousands of other bereaved relatives. While the impact on the very oldest has been widely recognised, those who might have looked forward to a long retirement have been badly hit, too - during the pandemic, around 15% of all UK fatalities with Covid mentioned on the death certificate have been among those aged 65-74.\n\nTony desperately wishes his life would go back to how it was, but knows it won't.\n\nAnn's funeral didn't give him any closure. Tony would rather she had been buried, but the undertaker warned him to hurry - extra restrictions could be introduced any time - so he took the date that was offered by the crematorium.\n\nAs it was, under the rules that were already in force, only 10 mourners were permitted, spaced out around the chapel. No flowers or photographs on display, no hugging.\n\nTony understood why all this was necessary - but it wasn't the celebration of Ann's bright, gregarious, love-filled life that he thought she deserved. He'd have to plan another one when all this was over.\n\nAs the months went on, Tony joined online Covid support groups. It helped talking to others who understood how it felt to have lost someone. There was the family of a 19-year-old boy. A woman who was mourning both her mum and her dad. Another woman whose husband had died in the car as she drove him to hospital.\n\nHe thought of these stories each time he switched on the news and watched the Covid mortality figures climb higher and higher. Behind these cold statistics were human lives. And each was as unique as Ann, with a personality and backstory entirely of their own.\n\nIt would have been Ann and Tony's 41st wedding anniversary on 6 October, the day before the six-month anniversary of her death. The following month, a few days after the UK's Covid death toll reached 50,000, Tony once again felt Ann's absence bitterly on what would have been her 66th birthday.\n\n\"Christmas was a nightmare for me,\" he says. Under the rules for the festive season, Gary and Rachel and their partners were able to be there with him, and cooking lunch kept him busy most of the day. But afterwards, when he was on his own again, the reality hit that another celebration had gone by without Ann beside him, and Tony sat down and sobbed.\n\nFor millions the arrival of the Covid vaccines has brought hope, but it is a cold comfort for those who have lost someone. If every one of the 100,000 were loved by a dozen people, \"that's a million people in Britain who have been bereaved\", says the bioethicist and sociologist Prof Sir Tom Shakespeare. \"We need a national monument, some form of remembering.\"\n\nTony is not one of those who will find it hard to grasp the significance of this bleak milestone.\n\n\"To me it's 100,000 poor souls fighting for breath, and they've not had a hug from anyone in their family,\" he says. \"There's a name - there's a person behind that number. And then they've passed away, and the family goes through the grief that I've been through - the numbness, the shock, the anguish and the pain to come.\"", "The police officers were on duty when they had their hair cut, the Met says\n\nThirty-one Met Police officers who broke coronavirus rules to get haircuts are facing £200 fines.\n\nTwo officers who hired a barber to give the cuts to staff at Bethnal Green Police Station, on 17 January, are also facing misconduct investigations, the Met said.\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions in England, barbers and hairdressers are not allowed to work.\n\nDet Ch Supt Marcus Barnett said he was \"deeply disappointed\" in the officers.\n\n\"Although officers donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this does not excuse them from what was a very poor decision,\" he said. \"I expect a lot more of them.\n\n\"Quite rightly, the public expect police to be role models in following the regulations, which are designed to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.\"\n\nThe investigation comes after fines were handed out to nine officers who were caught eating breakfast together in a Greenwich café.\n\nAll those officers were issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Actor Elliot Page and choreographer Emma Portner have decided to divorce after three years of marriage.\n\n\"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer,\" the Canadian couple said in a statement.\n\n\"We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.\" They provided no further details.\n\nPage, the 33-year-old Oscar-nominated actor, came out as transgender in 2020.\n\nThat decision was widely praised by his many fans and fellow actors.\n\nPage said at the time that he could not \"begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self\".\n\nHe also used the occasion to address discrimination towards trans people.\n\nPage received international acclaim for starring as a pregnant teenager in the 2007 film Juno. Other major films include Inception and the X-Men series, while the actor has more recently starred in Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.\n\nPortner, 26, has said she has always supported Page's decision to come out.", "The famous event has been held at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea since 1913\n\nThe Chelsea Flower Show will take place in September for the first time in its history as a result of the pandemic.\n\nOrganisers had planned to hold a six-day show in May but announced it would be postponed as there was no guarantee what tier London would be in then.\n\nA virtual show will take place in May like in 2020, with the physical event taking place later at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea.\n\nThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said it would be a \"moment in history\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chelsea Flower Show exhibitors had to display their gardens online last year\n\nThe world-famous show has been taking place for 108 years but has never happened in September.\n\nThis year's event will go ahead between 21-26 September, with the virtual event showing online from 18-23 May.\n\nIt is usually filled with spring and summer colours but the RHS said it hoped the delay will allow a celebration of autumn horticulture.\n\nThousands of people normally attend the week-long event\n\nThe society, which runs the event, said it had a responsibility to exhibitors, visitors, volunteers and staff to delay the flower show, as more people would be vaccinated and levels of infection may have reduced substantially.\n\nDirector general Sue Biggs said: \"Whilst we are sad to have had to delay RHS Chelsea and are sorry for the disruption this will cause, we are excited that we are still planning to bring the world's best-loved gardening event to the nation at a time when more people are gardening more than ever.\n\n\"We know that the autumn dates may not be suitable for everyone, but with our fantastic industry partners we will do everything we can to support them and create a show that will be a moment in history,\" she added.\n\nThose who bought tickets for the event when it was due to happen in May will be contacted by the RHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadhim Zahawi: \"We have 367m vaccines from seven different manufacturers that we have contracted with\"\n\nSupplies of vaccines are \"tight\" but the UK believes it will receive enough doses to meet its targets, the vaccine minister has said.\n\nNadhim Zahawi told BBC Breakfast manufacturers were \"confident\" they would deliver for the UK amid warnings of production delays.\n\nIt comes as the EU said it might tighten vaccine export controls.\n\nCountries should avoid \"vaccine nationalism\" and ensure a fair global supply, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.\n\nMr Zahawi said the vaccination programme was still on track to deliver a first dose to 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and to offer all adults their first dose by autumn.\n\nHe said the UK had supplies of the Oxford vaccine manufactured domestically by AstraZeneca as well as the Pfizer one, which is made in Belgium.\n\nThe government is also planning to publish figures on the take-up of the vaccine by ethnicity from Thursday, following concerns that some black, Asian and ethnic minority communities were more hesitant to get the jab.\n\n\"I'm confident we will meet our mid-February target and continue beyond that,\" Mr Zahawi told the BBC.\n\n\"Supplies are tight, they continue to be, these are new manufacturing processes,\" he added. \"It's lumpy and bumpy, it gets better and stabilises and improves going forward.\"\n\nBut he declined to say that he had received guarantees about the number of doses the UK would receive from Pfizer or other manufacturers and refused to confirm how many doses had already arrived.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said AstraZeneca had committed to delivering two million doses a week to the UK, and the government was not expecting any changes to that supply.\n\nDowning Street also rejected German media reports claiming a very low efficacy rate for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine among older people, saying they had been denied by Oxford University, AstraZeneca and the German health ministry.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the cabinet the trials showed similar immune responses in younger and older adults.\n\nAnd England's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has defended the UK's strategy of extending the time between first and second doses of coronavirus vaccines from three to 12 weeks in order to immunise more people.\n\nHe told the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Tuesday that the \"great majority\" of protection came from the first dose.\n\nHe also said there was \"no evidence\" that immunity waned between three and 12 weeks after the first dose was administered.\n\nProf Whitty said: \"We thought very carefully about what the balance of this is, but the balance of risk in terms of reducing the number of deaths in the community - and I really want to stress that, that is the aim of this - is to maximise the number of people who get that first dose, where the great majority of protection comes from.\"\n\nThe latest tension over supply of the Covid vaccine is another illustration of just how fragile this issue is.\n\nThere are huge global demands for Covid vaccine, limited raw materials and constraints on manufacturing.\n\nThe UK already has enough vaccine to jab all the highest-risk groups by mid-February, although not all of it has been packaged up or been through the final safety checks.\n\nThis explains why ministers are confident about the immediate target for the over-70s, health and care workers and the extremely clinically vulnerable.\n\nBut what is in doubt is how quickly the UK can vaccinate in the medium term.\n\nWith the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in the UK those supply routes are more guaranteed.\n\nBut the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is made in Belgium. The UK, like the rest of Europe, is affected by the problems with manufacturing that are being experienced with that vaccine.\n\nWith Europe experiencing major problems rolling out its vaccination programme - per head of population five times fewer vaccines have been delivered - this is a story that is going to rumble on for months.\n\nThe UK has placed orders for 367 million doses of vaccines from seven manufacturers, Mr Zahawi said. \"As vaccines come along we will get more volume, millions more in the weeks and months to come,\" he added.\n\nThe tension over vaccine supplies increased after UK-based AstraZeneca warned the EU it would have to reduce planned deliveries because of production problems. Pfizer-BioNTech has also said supplies will be temporarily lower as it works to increase capacity at its Belgian factory.\n\nIt has prompted the EU to accuse AstraZeneca of failing to meet its commitments and to warn that it might require all companies producing Covid vaccines to provide \"early notification\" whenever they planned to export supplies out of the EU.\n\n\"The thing to do now is not to go down the dead end of vaccine nationalism. It's to work together to protect our people,\" Mr Zahawi said.\n\n\"No-one is safe until the whole world is safe.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock subsequently said the UK government \"oppose protectionism in all its forms\" and urged all international partners to \"be collaborative\" and \"work closely together\" on vaccine distribution.\n\nHe added that the EU's warning that it could restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc was \"unfortunate and especially so in the midst of a pandemic\".\n\nMeanwhile, the head of NHS England earlier told MPs coronavirus could become a \"much more treatable disease\" over the next six to 18 months, with the hope of a return to a \"much more normal future\".\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the Health and Social Care Committee: \"The first half of the year, vaccination is going to be crucial.\n\n\"I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that in the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus.\"\n\nHe also said it \"would be great\" if the Covid vaccine and flu vaccine were combined into a single jab, if not for next winter then future ones.\n\nAnd he said vaccines were being used as fast as they arrived in the NHS, with more than half of those aged 75-79 having now had their first dose.\n\nThe UK aims to offer Covid vaccination to every adult by autumn.\n\nMr Zahawi said confidence in the vaccines was high, with 85% of people saying they would accept the jab.\n\nBut he said those who were hesitant \"skew heavily\" towards black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.\n\nThe government is providing £23m of funding to 60 local councils and voluntary groups to boost vaccine take-up among groups such as older people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nIt comes as celebrities such as comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Meera Syal and cricketer Moeen Ali appeared in a video urging people in their communities to get vaccinated.\n\nMr Zahawi told ITV's Good Morning Britain his uncle had died from Covid-19 last week. He had been eligible for vaccination but caught the virus before he could receive it, the minister said.\n\nThis \"grim and horrible\" experience made him determined to ensure that the most vulnerable were protected as quickly as possible, Mr Zahawi said.\n\nSir Simon said there was concern about vaccine hesitancy in some groups, where there were access problems as well as \"systematic attempts to misinform and lie about the vaccine programme targeted particularly at minority populations, and - in some cases - long-standing mistrust of public services\".\n\nHe said disruption to vaccine deliveries from EU export restrictions was not thought to be likely.\n\nIn other developments, the UK has offered to carry out genomic sequencing for other countries around the world to help identify further new variants.\n\nPublic Health England said it would give \"crucial early warning\" of any mutations that might cause the virus to spread faster, make people more ill or possibly reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.", "\"A legacy of poor decisions\" by the UK before and during the pandemic led to one of the worst death rates in the world, scientists have said.\n\nLabour also criticised \"monumental mistakes\" by the prime minister in delaying acting on scientific advice over lockdowns three times.\n\nAfter UK deaths passed 100,000, Boris Johnson said he took \"full responsibility\" for the actions taken.\n\nBut he said it was too soon to learn the lessons from the pandemic response.\n\nProf Linda Bauld, public health expert from the University of Edinburgh, said the UK's current position was \"a legacy of poor decisions that were taken when we eased restrictions\".\n\nShe told the BBC the lack of focus on test and trace and the \"absolute inability to recognise\" the need to address international travel had also led to a more deadly winter surge.\n\nProf Sir Michael Marmot, who carried out a review of inequalities in Covid-19 deaths, said the UK had entered the pandemic \"in a bad state\" with rising health inequality, a slowdown in life expectancy improvements and a lack of investment in the public sector.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth rejected Mr Johnson's claim that he had done \"everything we could\" to minimise the death toll, adding: \"I do not accept that.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister had been given scientific advice to impose lockdowns and \"pushed that back\" - not only in March but again in September and December.\n\nThe government also failed to create a working contact-tracing system, did not introduce effective health controls at the borders and still did not offer \"proper sick pay\", he said.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I mourn every death in this pandemic and we share the grief of all those who have been bereaved. I and the government take full responsibility for all the actions we have taken to fight this pandemic.\"\n\nHe said there would be time to reflect on the decisions taken, but he did not think the right time was in the middle of the pandemic when \"37,000 people are struggling with Covid in our hospitals\".\n\nThe government needed to focus on keeping the virus under control and continuing the fastest vaccine roll-out in Europe, he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said his message to grieving families was that he \"deeply, personally\" regretted the loss of life and that the best way to honour the memory of those who had died and honour those who were currently grieving was \"to work together to bring this virus down, to keep it under control in the way that we are\".\n\nAsked about the government's \"legacy of poor decisions\", Mr Johnson said ministers followed scientific advice and did everything they could to minimise suffering. He said there were \"no easy solutions\" but the UK could be proud of its efforts to distribute the vaccine.\n\nAfter leading a minute's silence in the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was \"truly sorry\" for any mistakes, as Scotland recorded a total of 5,888 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nShe said the government did everything it could, but added: \"I don't think any of us, reflecting on numbers like these, can conclude that we have always succeeded.\"\n\nNext month, the prime minister hopes to publish a document giving details of the criteria he will use to start lifting the lockdown, a senior government source told the BBC.\n\nIt will include factors such as the number of hospitalisations and deaths, the progress of the vaccination programme, any changes to the virus and the impact easing restrictions might have on the epidemic - but will be dependent on emerging data about how effectively the vaccine stops the virus spreading.\n\nThe UK is the fifth country to pass 100,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nA scientist advising the government has warned the UK could face as many as 50,000 more coronavirus deaths.\n\nProf Calum Semple, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told the BBC's Newsnight: \"It would really not surprise me if we're looking at another 40-50,000 deaths before this burns out.\n\n\"The deaths on the way up are likely to be mirrored by the number of deaths on the way down in this wave. Each one again is a tragedy and each one represents probably four or five people who survive but are damaged by Covid.\"\n\nHe said the UK had experienced some \"bad luck\" with the emergence of a new, more transmissible variant but had also suffered from \"decades of underinvestment\" in the NHS and \"a public health authority that's been eroded\" .\n\nMeanwhile, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell asked people, regardless of whether they had faith, to reflect on the \"enormity\" of the pandemic and join in a \"prayer for the nation\" at 18:00 GMT every day from 1 February.\n\nThey said the death statistics were were not \"just an abstract figure\", saying: \"Each number is a person: someone we loved and someone who loved us.\"\n\nMuslim leaders backed the call for a daily prayer. Qari Asim, chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, said Muslims and wider black, Asian and minority ethnic communities had been disproportionately affected by the \"tsunami of pain, grief and devastation\" - with many unable to properly mourn due to Covid restrictions.\n\nOn Tuesday, a further 1,631 coronavirus deaths were recorded, taking the total number of people who had died within 28 days of a positive test to 100,162.\n\nSeparate figures from the Office for National Statistics, which are based on death certificates, show there have been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nA further 20,089 coronavirus cases were recorded on Tuesday, continuing a downward trend in the number of UK cases seen in recent days. The number of people in hospital remains high, as do the UK's daily death figures.\n\nSpeaking alongside the prime minister, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the number of people dying would come down \"relatively slowly\" over the next two weeks - and would probably \"remain flat for a while now\".\n\nElsewhere, bereavement support charities have written to the health secretary calling for more funding in the light of what they call \"the terrible toll of 100,000 deaths\".\n\nThe National Bereavement Alliance, representing a range of charities, said many families had been unable to be with loved ones as they died or to support one another.\n\nThey called for £500m allocated to mental health in England to be used to support the bereaved.\n\nMinister for bereavement Nadine Dorries said the government had given more than £10.2m to charities since March to ensure services were available to those who needed them.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. 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Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.", "Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an \"alarming\" rate.\n\nThe number of sharks found in the open oceans has plunged by 71% over half a century, mainly due to over-fishing, according to a new study.\n\nThree-quarters of the species studied are now threated with extinction.\n\nAnd the researchers say immediate action is needed to secure a brighter future for these \"extraordinary, irreplaceable animals\".\n\nThey are calling on governments to implement science-based fishing limits.\n\nStudy researcher, Dr Richard Sherley of the University of Exeter, said the declines appear to be driven very much by fishing pressures.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"That's the driver for the 70% reduction in the last 50 years. For every 10 sharks you had in the open ocean in the 1970s, you would have three today, across these species, on average.\"\n\nSharks and rays are caught for their meat, fins and liver oil. They are also captured for recreational fishing and turn up by accident in the catch of fishing boats that are targeting other stocks.\n\nSharks are long-lived species that tend to produce few young\n\nOf the 31 species studied, 24 are now threatened with extinction, and three shark species (the oceanic whitetip shark, and the scalloped and great hammerhead sharks) have declined so sharply they are now classified as critically endangered - the highest threat category, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).\n\nProf Nicholas Dulvy of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, said oceanic sharks and rays are at exceptionally high risk of extinction, much more so than the average bird, mammal or frog, despite ranging far from land.\n\n\"Overfishing of oceanic sharks and rays jeopardises the health of entire ocean ecosystems as well as food security for some of the world's poorest countries,\" he said.\n\nThe researchers compiled global data on sharks and rays found in the open oceans (as opposed to reef sharks or those found close to shore).\n\nOf the 1,200 or so species of sharks and rays in the world, 31 are oceanic, travelling large distances across water.\n\n\"These are some of the big, important, open ocean predators that people will be familiar with,\" said Dr Sherley. \"The kind of sharks that people might describe as awe-inspiring or charismatic.\"\n\nHe said political will is needed to reverse the trends.\n\n\"The science is there, there needs to be the desire to do those stock assessments, to implement the measures that are needed to reduce the take of sharks and that political will has to come from pressure from citizens,\" Dr Sherley explained.\n\nDespite this \"gloomy\" picture, the scientists said a few shark conservation stories give cause for hope.\n\nSonja Fordham, president of Shark Advocates International, a non-profit project of The Ocean Foundation, said a couple of species, including the great white, have started to recover through science-based fishing limits.\n\n\"Relatively simple safeguards can help to save sharks and rays, but time is running out,\" she said.\n\n\"We urgently need conservation action across the globe to prevent myriad negative consequences and secure a brighter future for these extraordinary, irreplaceable animals.\"\n\nPopulations can recover with appropriate conservation\n\nSharks are at the top of the food chain, and crucial to the health of the oceans. Their loss impacts other marine animals as well as human livelihoods.\n\n\"Oceanic sharks and rays are vital to the health of vast marine ecosystems, but because they are hidden beneath the ocean surface, it has been difficult to assess and monitor their status,\" said Nathan Pacoureau of Simon Fraser University.\n\n\"Our study represents the first global synthesis of the state of these essential species at a time when countries should be addressing insufficient progress towards global sustainability goals.\n\n\"While we initially intended it as a useful report card, we now must hope it also serves as an urgent wake-up call.\"\n\nThe research is published in the journal, Nature.", "In March 2020, we were told it would be a ‘’good outcome’’ if coronavirus killed 20,000 people across the UK.\n\nNow the bleakest milestone has been reached: 100,000 deaths.\n\nIn a statement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said \"behind these heart-breaking figures are friends, families and neighbours. The vaccine offers us the way out, but we cannot let up now and we sadly still face a tough period ahead. The virus is still spreading and we're seeing over 3,500 people per day being admitted into hospital.\"\n\nHealth correspondent Catherine Burns looks at the past year of the UK’s epidemic and hears from families who have lost loved ones.\n\nFilmed and edited by Julius Peacock. Additional filming by Emily Brooks", "Enforcement agents have removed protesters from the makeshift camp near Euston station\n\nBailiffs from HS2 have started to evict activists who dug a tunnel near Euston station in protest against the £106bn rail project.\n\nIt comes after the BBC revealed campaigners spent months digging the tunnel they claim is 100ft (30m) long.\n\nSince August, HS2 Rebellion members have been living in tree houses and tents at a camp nearby.\n\nA HS2 spokeswoman said the protesters were \"trespassing\" on land owned by the company.\n\nThe land being occupied is needed for continued building work around Euston, she added.\n\nEnforcement agents from the National Eviction Team have removed some protesters from the makeshift camp in the park.\n\nPolice have arrested five men and a woman at the site, although one male was later de-arrested.\n\nActivists say the tunnel - codenamed \"Kelvin\" - was dug as their \"best defence\" against being evicted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters have filmed themselves inside the tunnels\n\nProtesters said they were continuing to dig tunnels and have vowed to stay for as long as possible.\n\nAn 18-year-old, who gave his name as Al, said the tunnels can only be accessed through a section of the makeshift camp and were about 15ft (4.5m) deep.\n\n\"I will stay as long as I can,\" he said, but he added the activists \"have not got much food and water\".\n\nHS2 Rebellion told the BBC four people had \"locked themselves\" to fixing points inside the tunnels.\n\nOne activist, Blue Sandford, admitted the stunt was \"dangerous\" but felt it was \"worth it\".\n\nHS2 protester Dr Larch Maxey said the tunnel was \"warm and quiet\"\n\nEnforcement agents dismantle the make shift camp where HS2 Rebellion members have been living\n\nThe 18-year-old, who is currently on school strike for climate, said HS2 \"is a waste of money\".\n\n\"I'm in this tunnel because they [the government] are irresponsibly putting my life at risk from the climate and ecological emergency,\" she said.\n\n\"They are behaving in a way that is so reckless and unsafe that I don't feel they are giving us any option but to protest in this way to help save our own lives and the lives of all the people round the world.\n\n\"I shouldn't have to do this - I should be in school - the trouble is they are stealing that future and I have to stop them.\"\n\nEnforcement officers have used aerial platforms to try and coax protesters down from the trees\n\nA protester was brought down from the trees by officers\n\nMartin Andryjankczyk, who was carried out of the camp by enforcement agents earlier, predicted it would take \"at least a week or two\" to evict all the protesters.\n\nThe 20-year-old was taken to Holloway Police Station when he was led away but said he had been \"de-arrested\" and returned to the park.\n\n\"I have been living here for the last four months. They (the remaining demonstrators) aren't going to give up that easily,\" he said.\n\nOne activist used to a rope to tie himself between trees at the camp\n\nThe Met Police confirmed a number of officers were sent to the eviction site at Euston Square Gardens to assist High Court enforcement officers should there be any breach of the peace and to uphold Covid legislation.\n\nThe force said five people who were arrested at the site remain in custody.\n\nA spokeswoman for HS2 said tunnel protests were \"costly to the taxpayer\".\n\nShe added: \"HS2 has taken legal temporary possession of Euston Square Gardens in order to progress with works necessary for the construction of the new Euston station.\n\n\"These protests are a danger to the safety of the protesters, our staff and the general public, and put unnecessary strain on the emergency services during a pandemic.\"\n\nHS2 is set to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It is hoped the 20-year project will reduce rail passenger overcrowding and help to rebalance the UK's economy.\n\nThe campaign group alleges HS2 is the \"most expensive, wasteful and destructive project in UK history\" and that it is \"set to destroy or irreparably damage 108 ancient woodlands and 693 wildlife sites\".\n\nHowever, HS2 bosses have said seven million trees will be planted during phase one of the project and that much ancient woodland will \"remain intact\".\n\nThere is a ring of security surrounding the square outside Euston Station and a crowd of journalists reporting on today's event.\n\nEvery now and then there is a burst of singing through a loud hailer and motivational speeches echo from the trees.\n\nMost of the protesters we can see are among the branches, some have cut their safety lines, others are swinging in harnesses.\n\nEarlier, enforcement officers were lifted up in a cherry picker into one of the tree camps . They have spoken with the demonstrators and are now fixing ropes to the high level platforms.\n\nWe've been told at least four people are inside the tunnels HS2 Rebellion have dug under the site.\n\nPeople inside the fence have said they predict the eviction to \"take weeks\".\n\nThe atmosphere is calm but the police have begun to push back people watching, reminding them of Covid-19 regulations and asking to see press passes.\n\nA fence is being erected by officers around the site\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scotland is to initially follow UK travel rules, but could introduce stricter measures next week\n\nScotland could introduce tougher quarantine rules for international travellers than other parts of the UK, the first minister has said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that UK arrivals from regions with new virus variants will be provided accommodation for 10 days to isolate.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said she was \"concerned the proposal does not go far enough\".\n\nScotland will \"initially emulate\" the UK government measures, she said.\n\nBut further Scottish rules will be set out next week if the four nations do not reach an agreement on a UK-wide approach - which Ms Sturgeon said would be preferable.\n\nThe prime minister has said there are 22 countries with the risk of known new variants, including the South American nations, Portugal and South Africa.\n\nMr Johnson said anyone travelling from these countries who cannot be refused entry to the UK - such as British citizens - will be provided accommodation for 10 days to isolate \"without exception\".\n\nThey will be met at the airport and transferred to specific places, such as hotels.\n\nFurther details of the plan are expected to be outlined by Home Secretary Priti Patel later.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon - who was briefed on the UK government proposals in advance - told her daily coronavirus briefing that a \"comprehensive system of supervised quarantine\" was required in the next stage of the pandemic.\n\nAnd she said she was \"seeking urgently\" to persuade the UK government \"to go much further\" while providing additional support to the aviation industry.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Our best route back to greater domestic normality right now, as we continue with the vaccine programme, is firstly to suppress the virus here to as low as level as possible - as we did over the summer - then give ourselves a better chance of controlling it through test and protect, and next by doing much more than we did last year to protect our borders.\"\n\nThe Welsh government has also said the PM's proposals do not go far enough.\n\nWhen questioned by journalists, Ms Sturgeon said she would \"not give arbitrary dates\" on when the travel restrictions might come to an end.\n\nBut she said people \"might not be able to go on holiday overseas\" in order to \"get domestic normality\" back - including the reopening of schools and allowing people more interactions with loved ones.\n\n\"I'm not saying that's easy but maybe that might be a price we all need to be prepared to pay,\" she added.\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross told the BBC that he believed that countries with higher infection rates and strains with quicker transmission should be prioritised.\n\n\"We've got to look at dealing with this in stages,\" he said. \"This doesn't need to be dragged into a Scotland versus England issue or the rest of the UK issue.\n\n\"This is as big an issue within Scotland. We shouldn't be moving around local authority areas so whether it's north or south of the border or within our own communities we've got to reduce travel as much as possible.\"\n\nIt comes as the deaths of a further 92 people who had tested positive for coronavirus were recorded in Scotland - bringing the total to 5,888.\n\nThe total number of deaths across the UK by that measure passed the grim milestone of 100,00 on Tuesday.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was \"truly sorry\" for any mistakes that had been made in the handling of the pandemic.\n\nShe added: \"She said the death toll should make all political leaders \"think very hard about what more we could have done and what lessons we must continue to learn\".\n\nShe added: \"I know that I, and everyone in my government, have tried every day to do everything we possibly can.\n\n\"But I don't think any of us, reflecting on numbers like these, can conclude that we have always succeeded.\"\n\nA total of 1,330 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, representing 6.2% of people tested.\n\nMeanwhile 462,092 people have received the first dose of the vaccine in Scotland - including 56% of the over 80s and 95% of people in care homes.", "The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century\n\nThe UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.\n\nEnvironment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK economy £1.8 billion a year.\n\nThe bizarre-sounding plan is to lure grey squirrels into feeding boxes only they can access with little pots containing hazelnut spread.\n\nThese would be spiked with an oral contraceptive.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the damage from squirrels also threatens the effectiveness of government efforts to tackle climate change by planting tens of thousands of acres of new woodlands.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News: \"We hope advances in science can safely help our nature to thrive, including through the humane control of invasive species.\"\n\nA partnership of conservation and forestry organisations called the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA) is behind the proposal.\n\nIt says grey squirrels, which were first introduced from North America in the late 19th century, cause huge damage to woodlands by stripping bark from trees aged between 10-50 years, the younger trees in a forest.\n\nThey particularly target broad-leafed varieties including oak, which are particularly ecologically important because they support so many other species.\n\nIt is estimated the UK is home to some three million of these invasive rodents.\n\nRed squirrels are now confined mainly to Scotland and Ireland\n\nThey have displaced the native red squirrel across most of the UK.\n\nLord Goldsmith says the government supports the plan as well as a longer-term effort to breed infertility into female grey squirrels to reduce their numbers.\n\nInvasive non-native species such as grey squirrels threaten our native biodiversity, he argues.\n\nWhen regulating grey squirrels with oral contraceptive was first proposed in 2017, the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency said it thought it could reduce their numbers by as much as 90%.\n\nThe project also has royal approval.\n\nPrince Charles was instrumental in founding the UK Squirrel Accord with the objective of \"managing the negative impacts of invasive grey squirrels in the UK\".\n\nHe has written of the importance of protecting Britain's remaining red squirrels.\n\n\"These charming and intelligent creatures never fail to delight\", he wrote last week in his capacity as patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, describing red squirrels as the \"symbol and benchmark\" of healthy woods.\n\nJason Gilchrist, an ecologist from Edinburgh Napier University, has written in defence of the grey squirrel but he says he supports the oral contraceptive plan.\n\nHe acknowledges there is a need to manage grey squirrel populations.\n\n\"It is better than the alternative: a shotgun\", he told BBC News.\n\nIt is the same argument the UKSA makes: dosing the animals with contraceptives provides a humane alternative to culling them.\n\nLast week, the Royal Forestry Society, a member of the Squirrel Accord, called for just such a cull.\n\nSimon Lloyd, its chief executive, says efforts to tackle global warming and improve biodiversity will be undermined unless grey squirrel numbers can be reduced.\n\nNew trees will not survive to \"deliver the carbon capture or biodiversity objectives if grey squirrels cannot be controlled\", he told the Daily Telegraph.\n\nThe UKSA has been experimenting with ways to deliver oral contraceptives to squirrels for more than three years now.\n\nLast year, it tested special feeding stations designed so only grey squirrels can gain access in woodland in East Yorkshire.\n\nInstead of contraceptives, the hazelnut paste bait was dosed with a dye that, when ingested, causes squirrel hair to fluoresce under UV light.\n\nThe researchers found that more than 90% of the grey squirrel population being studied visited the traps.\n\nThey concluded that it was possible to deliver repeat doses of a contraceptive to the majority of grey squirrels in a wood.", "Leon Briggs died in hospital after being restrained and detained at Luton police station in November 2013\n\nA man shouted \"help me\" and \"get off me\" as he was restrained face-down by police officers hours before he died, an inquest heard.\n\nLeon Briggs, 39, died in 2013 after being detained under the Mental Health Act at Luton police station.\n\nA jury was told one witness described the father-of-two as \"like a child crying out for a toy\" as he was held down by officers.\n\nAnother said he looked her in the eyes and said \"please help me\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe jury has been shown CCTV of Mr Briggs skipping between shops and across roads, before two Bedfordshire Police officers handcuffed him and placed him in leg restraints on Marsh Road in Luton on 4 November 2013.\n\nMr Briggs was detained in a cell at about 14:25 GMT, but he became unconscious and was pronounced dead in hospital at about 16:15.\n\nThe inquest heard his primary cause of death was \"amphetamine intoxication with prone restraint and prolonged struggling\" with a secondary cause of coronary heart disease.\n\nMr Briggs was described as \"a really good dad\" who loved spending time with his children\n\nThe inquest heard Wendy Hamilton was shopping when she saw one officer restraining Mr Briggs on his lower legs, with another on his shoulders, and a third appeared to be looking through his wallet.\n\nMs Hamilton said she \"thought the amount of pressure being used was not needed\", adding she heard Mr Briggs shout \"get off me\" and \"why are you doing this to me?\".\n\n\"He lifted his head from the pavement, he looked me in the eyes and said 'please help me',\" she said.\n\nShe added when two paramedics arrived \"around 45 minutes\" after she first saw Mr Briggs, she was \"surprised\" they \"did not check Leon at all\".\n\nShe said he was later lifted into a police van \"front first\" and \"face down\", \"like he was a bag of potatoes\" or \"like they were picking up a dog\".\n\n\"They lifted him not in a rough way... but it was not very dignified,\" she said.\n\nFootage showed Mr Briggs walking out of a shop with officers before he was restrained\n\nAnother witness, Raja Khan, said: \"Mr Briggs was crying out... but not in an aggressive manner... in a similar way to a child crying out for a toy.\n\n\"I'm not going to forget what I saw in regard to the restraint... I do not agree with how Mr Briggs was treated... it would have been fair enough if he was being violent but from what I saw, he was not.\"\n\nFormer chairman of the College of Paramedics, Andrew Newton, said paramedics on Marsh Road were likely to have had \"inadequate knowledge\" of dealing with acute behavioural disorder patients like Mr Briggs in 2013, due to a lack of national guidance.\n\nBut Mr Newton added Mr Briggs \"received no meaningful medical care\" because they failed to properly check his vital signs, and this \"fell below the standards of care\".\n\nHe said Mr Briggs should have been taken to hospital in an ambulance.\n\nThe inquest heard part of a statement from Sgt Loren Short, who said he told paramedics Mr Briggs had been detained under the Mental Health Act when they arrived.\n\nPolice Community Support Officer (PCSO) James Collings described Mr Briggs as \"aggressive\" and \"nonsensical\", and \"shouting 'no, no' and snarling\" while in the police van.\n\nPCSO Collings said when he questioned whether Mr Briggs was on drugs, one officer said: \"[He is] mental\", and Mr Briggs replied: \"Don't take the [expletive]\", to which the officer said: \"I'm not taking the [expletive], I just want to get you back and get you some help.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?\n\nThere is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is over. But there are plenty of clues that, when pieced together, help build a picture of why the UK has reached this devastating number.\n\nSome will point a finger at the government - its decision to lock-down later than much of western Europe, the stuttering start to its test-and-trace network and the lack of protection afforded to care home residents.\n\nOthers will spotlight deeper rooted problems with British society - its poor state of public health, with high levels of obesity, for example.\n\nOthers, still, will note that some of the UK's great strengths - its position as a vibrant hub for international air travel, its ethnically diverse and densely-packed urban populations - exposed its vulnerability to a virus that spreads effortlessly between people.\n\nIn some people's eyes, the UK's island status might have helped it. New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan managed to stop the virus getting a foothold and deaths have been kept to a minimum - Australia has seen fewer deaths throughout the pandemic than the UK is recording every day on average.\n\nAll introduced strict border restrictions immediately and lockdowns to contain the virus before it had spread. The UK did not. It was not until June that quarantine rules were introduced for all arrivals and even then travel corridors were soon set up, relaxing the rules for travellers from certain countries. Only this month were these scrapped.\n\nProf Devi Sridhar, an expert in public health from Edinburgh University, is one of those who has been critical of the approach the UK has taken from the start.\n\nShe says the UK, like much of Europe, was \"complacent\" about the threat of infectious disease - choosing to treat the new coronavirus \"like flu\" and allowing it to spread, while talking about the desire to achieve herd immunity.\n\nThis all changed in late March, when a full lockdown eventually came. But there was a crucial delay of a week which is estimated to have cost more than 20,000 lives, according to government modeller Prof Neil Ferguson, because of how quickly infection rates were doubling at that point.\n\nThis, of course, is said with the benefit of hindsight. Government modellers themselves acknowledge the data was \"really quite poor\" making it difficult to make a decision that would have significant repercussions. It is a point acknowledged by Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser. Speaking in the summer he said there had been \"very limited information\" in early March.\n\nBy then, the virus was ripping through care homes. Around 30% of deaths in the first wave happened in care homes; 40% if you include care home residents who died in hospital.\n\nThose at the heart of government acknowledge mistakes were made. UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said recently: \"The lesson is go earlier than you think you want to, go harder than you think you want to, and go a bit broader than you think you want to in terms of applying the restrictions.\"\n\nBy May, restrictions were beginning to be eased. But was this too soon?\n\nThe government seized on the relative lull to focus on building what the prime minister promised would be a \"world-beating\" test-and-trace system. The idea was that new outbreaks could be nipped in the bud, with comprehensive tracking by a centralised team of tracers.\n\nThe mere fact this had to be done some months after the virus had struck, illustrates another factor behind the high number of deaths - the UK was simply not prepared for a pandemic of this nature in the way some Asian nations had been. Countries such as South Korea and Taiwan had established test-and-trace systems in place that were ready to be activated.\n\nThe UK had a chance to bed in its system in the summer but it was riven with teething problems, with tracers struggling to reach many contacts and the testing capacity slowing down as demand rose.\n\nLow levels of infection over the summer had created a false sense of security.\n\nDesperate to boost the economy, the government launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, offering people discounted meals out during August. To what extent it contributed to the rise in the autumn is much argued about but certainly some doctors blame it in part for an increase in patients seen.\n\nThe truth is the virus never went away. Testing in the summer showed even at the lowest levels there were still around 500 cases a day being diagnosed - and random testing in the population subsequently showed the true level may have been twice that.\n\nIn late August around 1,000 people a day were testing positive. By mid-September that had trebled and from there it rose five-fold to 15,000 by mid October. The numbers testing positive have never returned below 10,000 a day on average since.\n\nAnother decision that has been heavily criticised was the refusal of ministers to introduce a short two-week lockdown, or \"circuit breaker\", in September - despite their advisers on Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) recommending such a step. The argument was it would have set the spread of the virus back by at least a month, giving test and trace time to regroup.\n\nWales, however, did introduce its own \"fire-breaker\" - a 17-day lockdown in October. It got infection rates down, but as soon as it was lifted they rebounded. This is, of course, why lockdowns have been criticised.\n\nEdinburgh University infectious diseases expert Prof Mark Woolhouse, one of the modellers who feeds data into Sage, is on the record in the autumn questioning the logic of them for this very reason. It remains up for debate how effective a circuit-breaker would actually have been.\n\nThis after all is the time of year when respiratory illnesses start to increase. Schools had returned as had university students, creating new environments for the novel coronavirus to spread.\n\nWhen a lockdown was eventually introduced in England in November it was to last four weeks, with Sage members lamenting the delay. \"The absence of a decision is a decision in itself,\" says Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.\n\nBut even before that lockdown was lifted cases had started going up in the south-east of England. Within weeks it became clear what was happening. The virus had mutated and a new faster-spreading variant was on the rise.\n\nBy mid-December the clamour for lockdown was growing again, but the plan for a Christmas relaxation of restrictions had already been announced. In every nation of the UK, ministers waited.\n\nAt the start of 2021, with hospital admissions rising rapidly, the UK's four chief medical officers intervened, issuing a joint statement warning the NHS was at \"material risk\" of being overwhelmed. Within hours the UK was back in lockdown.\n\nWhat has struck some is just how similar the mistakes have been in terms of locking down late.\n\n\"It will take years to unpick why Covid has gone so badly in the UK,\" says University College London infectious diseases expert Dr Neil Stone. \"But the failure to learn from wave one stands out.\"\n\nBut it must also be recognised that there are factors outside the control of the government - certainly in terms of its pandemic response - that have contributed to the high number of deaths.\n\nOne of the reasons the virus was able to take a hold and spread so quickly was because of geography and the fact the UK - and London in particular - is a global hub. Genetic analysis has shown the virus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 separate occasions, mainly from France, Spain and Italy, by the end of March.\n\nIt was here before we knew it. That's not something Australia or New Zealand had to deal with on such a scale.\n\nDensity of population is also a factor. The UK is among the 10 most densely populated big nations - those with populations of more than 20 million. What is more, our cities are more inter-connected than they are in many places.\n\nIt meant the virus was able to seed everywhere quite quickly. Contrast this with Italy which saw the vast majority of cases in the north of the country in the first wave.\n\nThe ageing population also needs to be taken into account. Once you do this, and adjust for the size of the population - known as age-standardised mortality - deaths have risen, but not by as much as some of the headline figures suggest.\n\nThe health of the nation has also been a factor. The UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. And obesity increases the risk of hospitalisation and death, according to Public Health England. One study found the risk of death was almost double for those who are severely obese.\n\nConditions such as diabetes, kidney disease and respiratory problems also increase the risk - a fifth of Covid deaths have listed diabetes on the death certificate.\n\nAgain the UK has relatively high rates of these illnesses.\n\nBut many have argued that these high levels of ill-health have been compounded by the levels of inequality in the UK.\n\nLevels of ill health and life expectancy have always been worst in the poorest areas, but the pandemic certainly seems to have exacerbated this.\n\nOffice for National Statistics data shows mortality rates have been twice as high in deprived areas as they have been in wealthy areas. The Health Foundation is carrying out its own inquiry into the issue, arguing the Covid death toll needs to be seen through the \"lens\" of inequality to fully understand it.\n\nIt is something that has also been raised by Prof Michael Marmot, one of the country's leading experts on health inequalities. \"The UK's dismal record is telling us something important about our society.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by bereavement, here is a list of organisations that may be able to help.", "Eva Gicain has been celebrating a belated Christmas with her daughter Elleana and husband Limuel Lina after being discharged from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge\n\nA nurse who gave birth nearly three months ago while seriously ill with Covid-19 has held her daughter for the first time.\n\nEva Gicain, 30, had the long-awaited reunion with her baby after being discharged from Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge earlier this month.\n\nBaby Elleana had to be delivered about a month early by C-section, but Mrs Gicain has no memory of her birth.\n\n\"When I held Elleana for the first time I didn't want to let go,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: New mum thanks hospitals after recovery\n\nMrs Gicain was taken to her local hospital with a severe case of Covid-19 at the end of October when she was 34 weeks pregnant, and gave birth a week later.\n\nBut the NHS nurse, who was on maternity leave from her job in London, has no recollection of it or the traumatic weeks that followed.\n\nDays later she was transferred 50 miles (80km) away to Royal Papworth Hospital's critical care unit and became one of the youngest patients ever to be put on to its \"artificial lung\" for acute respiratory failure.\n\nThe extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine acted as Mrs Gicain's lungs so they could recover while she was treated for Covid-19.\n\n\"The first thing I remember is just a few days before Christmas and being told where I was, what I had been through and that Elleana was doing well,\" Mrs Gicain said.\n\nMrs Gicain was given a round of applause by hospital staff after spending the first few weeks of her baby's life in a hospital 50 miles away\n\nHer husband Limuel Lina, 30, who also had Covid-19, was unable to visit her and had to wait three weeks to see Elleana, who was in a special care baby unit.\n\n\"It was so horrible the three of us being in separate places at a time when we should all have been together,\" Mr Lina said.\n\nAlthough the couple knew they were having a girl and had discussed her name, Mr Lina, a healthcare assistant, said he did not know his wife's preferred spelling.\n\n\"[It] meant I couldn't yet get her registered,\" he said.\n\n\"Luckily, I found some personalised pyjamas that Eva had bought as a Christmas present and so I managed to get the spelling from there!\"\n\nThe couple and their daughter celebrated a belated Christmas last week at their home in Basildon, Essex.\n\n\"Life is unpredictable and we are now just looking forward to being a little family and spending time together,\" added Mrs Gicain.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The head of AstraZeneca has defended its rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the EU, amid tension with member states over delays in supply.\n\nPascal Soriot told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that his team was working \"24/7 to fix the very many issues of production of the vaccine\".\n\nHe said production was \"basically two months behind where we wanted to be\".\n\nHe also said the EU's late decision to sign contracts had given limited time to sort out hiccups with supply.\n\nMr Soriot, chief executive of the UK-Swedish multinational, said a contract with the UK had been signed three months before the one with the EU, giving more time for glitches to be ironed out.\n\nHe told La Repubblica that problems in \"scaling up\" vaccine production were being experienced at two plants, one in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.\n\n\"It's complicated, especially in the early phase where you have to really sort out all sorts of issues,\" he said.\n\n\"We believe we've sorted out those issues, but we are basically two months behind where we wanted to be.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've also had teething issues like this in the UK supply chain. But the UK contract was signed three months before the European vaccine deal. So with the UK we have had an extra three months to fix all the glitches we experienced.\n\nAstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said a vaccine targeting the South African variant was being worked on\n\n\"Would I like to do better? Of course. But, you know, if we deliver in February what we are planning to deliver, it's not a small volume. We are planning to deliver millions of doses to Europe, it is not small.\"\n\nMr Soriot also said AstraZeneca was working on a vaccine with Oxford University that would target the South African variant of the coronavirus.\n\nScientists have warned there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already being used in the UK but has not yet been approved by the EU, although the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to give it the green light at the end of this month.\n\nThe bloc signed a deal in August for 300 million doses, with an option for 100 million more. The EU had hoped that, as soon as approval was given, delivery would start straight away, with some 80 million doses arriving in the 27 nations by March.\n\nThe EU has ordered 600 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is already being used on patients around the bloc.\n\nBut Pfizer-BioNTech said last week it was delaying shipments for the next few weeks because of work to increase capacity at its Belgian plant.\n\nIn response to the delays, the EU has said it might restrict exports of vaccines made in the bloc.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sofia Bettiza explains why some countries are far ahead of others in the vaccination race\n\nHealth Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said companies making Covid vaccines in the bloc would have to \"provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries\".\n\nShe said the 27-member EU bloc would \"take any action required to protect its citizens\".\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the virtual version of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), usually held in Davos, said: \"Europe invested billions to help develop the world's first Covid-19 vaccines. And now, the companies must deliver. They must honour their obligations.\"\n\nHave you been affected by vaccine supply issues? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The prime minister has responded to calls that were getting louder for clarity about what might happen next and when.\n\nHe pencilled in a date for the country's diary. But 8 March is the hoped-for beginning of the end of lockdown - far from a guarantee.\n\nPolitical demands for more information from his backbench MPs and the opposition were part of the reason for his announcement. But there was also the relentless march of the clock.\n\nThe government had promised it would give schools in England two weeks' notice of whether they would be able to open after half-term.\n\nWith Boris Johnson not expected in Westminster on Thursday, Wednesday was the last viable moment to keep that vow.\n\nWith cases still so high, and hospitals still so full, in theory the announcement wasn't that much of a surprise.\n\nNorthern Ireland is already in lockdown until 5 March, but will confirm its position on schools on Thursday.\n\nWales and Scotland are reviewing whether to extend closures beyond the middle of February in the next couple of days. Without dramatic falls in case numbers, they seem likely to be in step soon too.\n\nIn practice, though, Mr Johnson's announcement still felt like a big admission: that we're heading for 12 months of limits - starting last March - on our lives in one way or another.\n\nFirms and families around the UK will have had to cope with moving in and out of lockdown for a whole year.\n\nLike Tuesday's terrible 100,000-deaths mark, it's a milestone that at the beginning of all of this simply wouldn't have been imagined.\n\nBut as time as worn on, the pattern has become familiar: push the dates back, confront the worst rather than hope for the best.\n\nThe prime minister altered, maybe, too. You could hear it in his tone when asked what the chances of sticking to his date were. \"That's the earliest,\" he warned, suggesting that a long list of things have to go right.\n\nOne cabinet minister described the government's position: \"The decision making has been more and more cautious as they've been caught out so many times.\"\n\nNo one perhaps would be more delighted than Mr Johnson if the pace of the disease slows dramatically and the promise of the vaccine comes good very soon.\n\nBut at this time, with a buffer of several weeks to keep looking at the information, that's not a commitment that ministers are willing to make.", "Victims lost an average of £45,242 last year after investing with fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms.\n\nMore than £78m was lost in total, according to fraud reporting centre Action Fraud.\n\nReports of clone firm investment scams rose by 29% in April - at the time of the first national lockdown - compared with the previous month.\n\nA UK financial watchdog warned people to be alert, particularly when their finances were stretched.\n\nScammers set up clone firms using the name, address and firm reference number (FRN) of real companies authorised by the regulator - the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).\n\nThey then send out sales materials linking to the websites of legitimate firms, to trick potential investors into thinking they are dealing with the real firm.\n\nThey use their own, similar contact details, so victims still think they are dealing with the genuine firm as they invest money.\n\nLosses can be high as fraudsters tend to encourage large or regular investments before disappearing with the money.\n\nThe ongoing financial impact of Covid-19 may make people more susceptible to clone scams, the FCA said.\n\nMark Steward, executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA, said: \"Fraudsters use literature and websites that mirror those of legitimate firms, as well as encouraging investors to check the firm reference number (FRN) on the FCA Register to sound as convincing as possible.\"\n\nHe said alerts were raised about 1,100 firms, including clones, last year - twice as many as the previous year.\n\nHe said the authorities were taking down clone sites when discovered.\n\n\"When it comes to clones, I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to double check every detail,\" Mr Steward said.\n\nOne victim, called Janet, said: \"After searching the internet for high-return bonds, I received a call the next day about investing in student accommodation.\n\n\"I found legitimate details of the company online - everything seemed genuine, so I invested.\n\n\"A few months later, after a couple more investments, I started to get a bit worried - I still hadn't received confirmation of the latest investment.\n\n\"I tried to call the contacts I had been speaking to, but the numbers were invalid. It was clear I had been scammed.\n\nThe ScamSmart campaign, run by the FCA, has tips to protect yourself from clone investment firms:", "Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, is being held under India's anti-terror law\n\nA Scottish man who has been held in an Indian jail without conviction for three years has told the BBC he was tortured to sign a blank confession.\n\nJagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, is being held under India's anti-terror laws, accused of conspiring to murder a number of right-wing Hindu leaders.\n\nCourt documents allege he helped fund the crimes and claim he was a member of a \"terrorist gang\".\n\nMr Johal told the BBC via his lawyer he had been \"falsely implicated\".\n\nIn answers to BBC questions obtained by his lawyer during a virtual prison meeting, the 33-year-old says he was physically tortured into signing a blank confession and forced to record a video which was broadcast on Indian TV.\n\n\"They made me sign blank pieces of paper and asked me to say certain lines in front of a camera under fear of extreme torture,\" he said via his lawyer.\n\nMr Johal's legal team also shared a copy of what they say is a handwritten letter from shortly after his arrest in November 2017 in which he details allegations of how the torture took place.\n\n\"Multiple shocks were administered by placing (the) crocodile clips on my earlobes, nipples and private parts,\" the letter says. \"Multiple shocks were given each day.\n\n\"Two people would stretch my legs, another person would slap and strike me from behind, and the shocks were given by the seated officers.\"\n\n\"At some stages I was left unable to walk and had to be carried out of the interrogation room.\"\n\nThe BBC has been unable to independently verify these allegations of torture.\n\nThe Indian authorities strongly deny them, and have said \"there is no evidence of mistreatment or torture as alleged\".\n\nJagtar got married in India in 2017\n\nMr Johal travelled to India in October 2017 for his wedding.\n\nVideos of the occasion show the new groom jumping enthusiastically to Bhangra music as he celebrated.\n\nIn another he is seen holding his wife's hand, as they perform their first dance in front of friends and family.\n\n\"It was a cheerful day for us, it went exactly as planned,\" recalls his brother Gurpreet Singh Johal.\n\nBut a fortnight later, while on a shopping trip with his new bride in the North Indian state of Punjab, Mr Johal was taken away by police and has been in detention ever since.\n\nHis brother Gurpreet, who lives in Scotland, says Mr Johal was a peaceful activist and is convinced he was arrested because he had written about historical human rights violations against Sikhs in India.\n\n\"I believe my brother is being targeted because he was outspoken,\" Gurpreet says. \"I believe he is innocent and will be proved innocent once the trial starts.\n\n\"Otherwise Indian officials should release him and return him back to his country.\"\n\nJagtar Singh Johal (right) arrives at court in India in November 2017\n\nCharge-sheets from the Indian authorities outline the case against Mr Johal and a group of men whom they believe were involved in a \"series of killings\" of right wing Hindu leaders.\n\nIt is claimed Mr Johal was a member of Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF), described in the documents as an international \"terrorist gang\".\n\nHe is accused of paying £3,000 to the former head of the KLF to help fund the crimes. The documents claim he \"actively participated and had complete knowledge of the conspiracy\".\n\n\"There are very serious charges against him including murder and abetment of terrorism,\" an Indian government official told the BBC.\n\n\"The seriousness of charges against him have been shared with the British authorities,\" they added.\n\nFootage which claims to show Mr Johal in custody was broadcast on Indian TV\n\nMr Johal's lawyer, Jaspal Singh Manjphur, who has represented him since he was first arrested, told the BBC he was concerned by the length of time it was taking for the case to go through the Indian legal system.\n\n\"He has been in custody for over three years,\" Mr Manjphur said. \"Normally, if the prosecution wants, they can complete the case in that much time.\"\n\nMr Manjphur said the authorities had yet to provide any him with any evidence linking his client to the crimes and feared he was being framed, a charge denied by officials.\n\nA few weeks ago, Mr Johal was accused of being involved in another crime. While in prison he has been arrested for helping to plot the murder of a man in October 2020.\n\n\"He is in a high security jail, he is under CCTV surveillance for 24 hours. How can he be in contact with anyone?\", Mr Manjphur said.\n\nMr Johal was last seen in public at court in Delhi earlier this month\n\nMr Johal is being held at Delhi's maximum security Tihar jail.\n\nHe claims he is often forced to stay in solitary confinement and is denied the same facilities as other prisoners, such as hot water.\n\n\"By making me stay in these conditions, they are ensuring that my mental condition remains disturbed,\" he said.\n\n\"It is very tough to live here,\" he said.\n\nThe vast majority of inmates at the prison are, like Mr Johal, held before a conviction in what is known as an \"under-trial\" in India.\n\nAt the end of 2019, 82% of prisoners held in Tihar jail had yet to complete the trial process.\n\nIn India it can take many years before under-trial prisoners ever get to court, especially in terror cases where bail is hard to secure, a concern for Mr Johal's lawyer.\n\n\"He will languish in jail until the trial is completed, in such cases it could take anywhere between five to 10 years,\" Mr Manjphur said.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has raised the case with his Indian counterpart\n\nThe human rights charity Reprieve has written to the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, asking that he calls for Mr Johal's immediate release.\n\nReprieve is also worried that some of the charges Mr Johal is awaiting trial for carry the death penalty as the maximum punishment. But experts stress that executions in India are extremely rare.\n\nThe UK's Foreign Commonwealth and Development office told the BBC that Mr Raab did raise the case with his Indian counterpart during his trip to India in December.\n\n\"We have consistently raised concerns about his case with the Government of India, including allegations of torture and mistreatment and his right to a fair trial,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"Our staff continue to support Jagtar Singh Johal following his detention in India, and are in regular contact with his family and prison officials about his health and wellbeing.\"\n\nHundreds of people protested outside the Foreign Office\n\nBut Mr Johal's brother Gurpreet said the family was still waiting for a meeting with the foreign secretary.\n\nHe said: \"We are calling for either Jagtar to be charged and a fair trial to take place or to be returned back to his country so he can spend his life with his wife in the UK.\"\n\nIn August last year Gurpreet Singh Johal was joined by dozens who protested outside Downing Street.\n\nJagtar Singh Johal's case has sparked protests around the world, from Westminster to Washington, Geneva to Toronto.\n\nIn his statement to the BBC, Mr Johal had this message for officials back home: \"I plead to the UK government to support me, I'm a British citizen and the government should understand that.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for teachers and support staff to be vaccinated during the February half term\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called on the government to \"use the window\" of the February half-term to vaccinate all teachers and support staff.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Ministers Questions, the Labour leader said reopening schools must be a national priority.\n\nLabour wants to bring forward the vaccination of key workers alongside others in high risk groups.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said the proposal would \"delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown\".\n\nThe PM said teachers in the top nine priority groups would be vaccinated as a \"matter of priority\", adding: \"I know how deeply frustrating it is, the extra burden that we have placed on families by closing the schools.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he remained confident that the top four priority groups - taking in all over-70s, health and care staff and elderly care home residents - would receive a first jab by mid-February \"if we can get the supply\" of vaccines.\n\nBy the end of April those in the next five priority groups, including all over-50s and younger adults with underlying health conditions, should have been offered a jab, under the government's plans.\n\nLabour wants to see workers in critical professions - such as police officers, firefighters and transport workers, as well as teachers - vaccinated alongside these groups.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"The NHS rightly deserve congratulations for their impressive and speedy roll out of vaccinations.\n\n\"But now we need to go further and faster.\n\n\"Not only will vaccination acceleration save lives it will help us to carefully and responsibly reopen our economy and crucially ensure children are back in school as transmission reduces.\"\n\nBut asked about the proposal in the Commons, Mr Johnson said it would \"take vaccines away from the more vulnerable groups and... delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown\".\n\nThe government has said it will prioritise the reopening of schools as it begins the process of lifting lockdown restrictions, but in a Commons statement after PMQs, Mr Johnson indicated that schools would remain closed until early March.\n\n\"We hope it will... be safe to begin the reopening of schools from Monday, 8 March, with other economic and social restrictions being removed thereafter as and when the data permits,\" he told MPs.", "The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of many much-loved events and traditions but the good people of New Orleans were not going to let it ruin their annual Mardi Gras.\n\nWhen the mayor of the Louisiana city announced that the raucous, crowd-filled street carnival parades would not be going ahead, residents decided to turn their houses into floats instead.\n\nThousands have been transformed for the two-week long carnival that runs until Ash Wednesday on 17 February. In the picture below, you can see The Queen's Jubilee House.\n\nA special project was set up encouraging home-owners to hire the many artists who would normally have months of work preparing for the event.\n\nRené Pierre's company usually looks after 75 floats during Mardi Gras and he has managed to get contracts to build 53 house floats.\n\n\"My wife and I were trying to sleep one night, and we kept hearing notifications coming from the website. It was like instant success. It was incredible,\" he told CNN.\n\nThere were a variety of themes such as this reference to the Bernie Sanders meme from last month's presidential inauguration.\n\nAnd this homage to influential women including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last year.\n\nThe idea for the house floats came from a carnival regular, Megan Joy Boudreaux, who had suggested it in a post on Twitter after the mayor's announcement in November.\n\n\"It doesn't matter if your budget is zero and you're recycling cardboard boxes, or whether your budget is tens of thousands of dollars and you've got a mansion on St Charles. We want everyone who wants to do this to participate,\" she told the New York Times.\n\nShe said she had expected a few friends and neighbours to join in, but by the beginning of January more than 9,000 people had signed up - some as far afield as the UK and Australia, the AP reports.\n\nSome homes were decorated in honour of musicians, like this house below that paid tribute to former New Orleans resident and jazz clarinet payer Pete Fountain.\n\nAnd this house which referenced country music star Dolly Parton.\n\nThere were also tributes to musician Dr John.\n\nAnd others evoked Zydeco music pioneers Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier and the 'Cajun Hank Williams', DL Menard.\n\nAn online map of the decorated houses is being made available for people to visit in their own time and, it is hoped, in a socially-distanced way.", "Starmer: Get a grip on getting laptops to children\n\nSir Keir says he is \"no wiser\" over where the PM stands on vaccinating teachers. But he moves on to the supplies of technology for children at home. \"The government has got a duty to make sure every single child can learn at home,\" says the Labour leader. But he says a third of families say they don't have enough laptops or home computers, and over 400,000 children are still not able to get online at home. He asks if the PM understands the anger of families that the government \"still haven't got to grips with this\". Johnson says he \"fully understands the frustration and impatience across the country.\" He says the government has provided 1.3 million laptops to children and a £1bn catch up fund, but he promises more details in his statement this afternoon on \"what more we propose to do on reopening of schools\".", "Claudia Marsh was a volunteer for an eating disorder charity which had helped her in the past\n\nAn \"incredible\" recently-qualified teacher has died with coronavirus on her 25th birthday.\n\nClaudia Marsh's death was described as \"sudden and unexpected\" by a charity which had helped her recover from an eating disorder several years ago.\n\nShe had gone on to volunteer for the organisation and became a \"beacon of hope\" for others.\n\nHer mother Tina Marsh, from Heswall in Wirral, said she was \"very proud\" and \"blown away\" by the many tributes.\n\nWriting on Facebook, Ms Marsh said she was a \"beautiful daughter and incredible sister\" who was selfless in her work for Merseyside-based charities Talking Eating Disorders (TEDS) and The Whitechapel Centre.\n\nShe said: \"She loved giving back to people less fortunate than herself.\"\n\nFamily friend Leigh Best, who founded TEDS, described the death as \"heartbreaking\".\n\nShe added: \"Claudia was very special, kind, caring and a dedicated teacher.\n\n\"She supported countless families across the UK. Claudia made her own little packs to give out to others with eating disorders with positive affirmations.\n\n\"She was full of positivity, kindness and hope, and had a smile that would brighten up the whole room.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Whitechapel Centre, where Claudia also volunteered, said staff were \"devastated\", adding she would leave behind a \"legacy of care, dedication and enthusiasm\".\n\nThe charity said she put all of her time and energy into providing food and clothing to those who needed it during the pandemic.\n\n\"Claudia always put others before herself and her memory will live on through the impact and contribution she made to our organisation,\" the centre said.\n\n\"She was instrumental in bringing together our volunteer community.\"\n\nMs Marsh has set up an online fundraising page for the two charities, which has already garnered more than £10,000.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook is taking steps to rectify the error that saw posts referring to Plymouth Hoe taken down\n\nFacebook has apologised for removing posts that named part of a city it deemed to contain an offensive word.\n\nPlymouth Hoe is a historic part of the Devon city's seafront but the social media platform wrongly identified it as an offensive term.\n\nFacebook users have recently had posts taken down for breaching bullying rules after innocently using the place name.\n\nThe company said it \"will take steps to rectify the error\".\n\nDawn Lapthorn, who created the 'Don't Dump it, Plymouth and Surrounding areas' page said she was surprised to receive notifications from Facebook telling her \"community standards on harassment and bullying\" had been breached.\n\nPlymouth Hoe is famous as the place where Sir Francis Drake finished off a game of bowls before setting off to fight the Spanish Armada in 1588\n\nShe said: \"One woman on the group had been making hats, and she forgot to say where the collection point was so people asked her and she wrote Plymouth Hoe.\n\n\"Suddenly I started getting notifications asking me to remove the comments.\n\n\"And then her daughter contacted me asking why her mum had been banned from commenting on the group.\"\n\nOther people commenting on the group's posts have also received notifications and had posts taken down.\n\nMs Lapthorn said: \"I've heard that some Facebook groups have been closed down because of this, and with the work we do in the community and 26,000 members, I've worked too hard to have that put at risk.\"\n\nA Facebook company spokesperson said: \"These posts were removed in error and we apologise to those who were affected. We're looking into what happened and will take steps to rectify the error.\"\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It wasn't normal when the prime minister stood at the lectern in Downing Street's wood-panelled State Dining Room and announced that four people had died from coronavirus on 9 March last year.\n\nIt wasn't normal, that day, when he announced the obscure-sounding virus was a global pandemic that, in the 21st Century, the UK government would struggle to contain.\n\nIt was unprecedented, in peacetime, when, on 23 March, Boris Johnson instructed the country to stay at home.\n\nIt was shocking when, on 28 March, official figures reported more than 1,000 cases in a single day.\n\nA few weeks later, there were sharp intakes of breath when the UK government's chief scientific adviser told MPs, and all of us, that keeping the numbers of deaths down to around 20,000 would be a \"good outcome\".\n\nIt wasn't normal when the Treasury started paying the wages of millions of people to prevent hardship on a vast scale.\n\nIt wasn't normal when planes stayed on the ground, roads and trains emptied.\n\nIt certainly wasn't normal when classrooms fell largely silent, or when the nooks and crannies of Westminster, usually full of intrigue, emptied.\n\nBut in that new strangeness it became normal, week after week, for millions of us to stand in the street, on balconies or on doorsteps to express thanks to those who care for us.\n\nAnd there is now an emerging routine of the most vulnerable rolling up their sleeves, sometimes in front of the cameras, for vaccines that offer at least part of the route to the future.\n\nYet the daily publication of the numbers of people who have died because of Covid has become an all-too-familiar rhythm.\n\nIn the middle of the afternoon, every day, the latest total emerges. A previously unimaginable communication has become a regular part of the country's conversation.\n\nBut today that number has reached a terrible height. Every one of those 100,000 lives lost leaves its own story, and sorrow, behind.\n\nThis miserable landmark is a moment to remember, maybe, that what has happened in the last year, to our politics, to us all is not normal at all.", "The Royal Welsh Show - the biggest agricultural show in Europe - has been cancelled for the second year running because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe board met on Wednesday to discuss holding the show as scheduled in July, but after discussions with Welsh Government decided it wouldn't be feasible.\n\nSteve Hughson, chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, said: “We continue to work alongside the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales to create a road map for the safe re-opening of events.\n\n\"Our events are central to the rural economy and way of life and mean so much to members, exhibitors, traders and visitors.\n\n\"We fully understand the responsibility on all of us to ensure we deliver our events as soon as it is safe to do so.\"\n\nMr Hughson said the society had provided free facilities for a Covid testing centre and a mass vaccination centre at its showground in Llanelwedd, Powys.", "Goldman Sachs' chief executive David Solomon will get a $10m (£7.3m) pay cut for the bank's involvement in the 1MDB corruption scandal.\n\n1MDB was an investment fund set up by the Malaysian government that lost billions due to fraudulent activity.\n\nThe global web of fraud and corruption led to a 12-year jail term for Malaysia's ex-prime minister Najib Razak which he is appealing.\n\nGoldman Sachs called its involvement in the scandal an \"institutional failure\".\n\nGoldman Sachs helped raise $6.5bn for 1MDB by selling bonds to investors, the proceeds of which were largely stolen.\n\nProsecutors alleged that senior Goldman executives ignored warning signs of fraud in their dealings with 1MDB and Jho Low, an adviser to the fund. Two Goldman bankers have been criminally charged in the scandal.\n\nMr Solomon's pay would have been $10m higher but for the actions its board of directors took in response to the 1MDB saga, Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday.\n\nWhile disclosing his salary had dropped to $17.5m for 2020, the bank stressed that Mr Solomon was unaware of the corruption.\n\nHe was not \"involved in or aware of the firm's participation in any illicit activity at the time... the board views the 1MDB matter as an institutional failure, inconsistent with the high expectations it has for the firm\".\n\nMr Solomon's package consists of $2m in cash base pay, a $4.65m cash bonus, and $10.85m in stock-based compensation.\n\nIn October, Goldman agreed to pay nearly $3bn to government officials in four countries to end an investigation into work it performed for 1MDB. The bank collected $600m for arranging the bond sales in 2012 and 2013.\n\nIt has spent years being investigated by regulators across the globe including those in the US, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.In total, Goldman's dealings with 1MDB cost the bank more than $5bn.\n\nDespite the costs and fines from the fallout from the 1MDB scandal, 2020 was a bumper year for Goldman's businesses with annual revenue of $44.6bn, its highest since 2009.\n\nThe US-based bank got a huge boost from the recovery in global stock markets from the depths of the coronavirus recession.\n\nIn 2018 Malaysian police raided the home of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, as part of their investigation in his involvement with 1MDB.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Handbags and money seized in raids on former Malaysian PM's home (video published in 2018)", "Josh Quigley crashed while cycling at 40mph downhill in Dubai\n\nA record-breaking Scottish cyclist is recovering from his second serious crash in little over a year.\n\nJosh Quigley fractured his spine, pelvis, shoulder, collarbone and elbow after falling off his bike at 40mph while training in Dubai on Tuesday.\n\nThe 28-year-old from Livingston is in hospital awaiting surgery.\n\nLast September he broke the North Coast 500 cycling world record just months after suffering life-threatening injuries while riding across the USA.\n\nMr Quigley told BBC Scotland he was in a lot of pain and unable to walk after his latest crash.\n\nHe said: \"I think a gust of wind took my front wheel out.\"\n\n\"Not sure what the recovery process is looking like yet,\" he added on social media.\n\n\"Very grateful to Ben and Tobias who I was riding with for getting me an ambulance and making sure I got to hospital OK.\n\n\"There's a great cycling community here who have been great to me since I've been here and they're all doing a lot to make sure I am looked after and have what I need in here.\n\n\"Huge thanks also to a few people who stopped at the scene and all of the first responders and medical staff who have helped at the hospital so far.\"\n\nMr Quigley shaved six minutes off the existing North Coast 500 world record when he completed the 516-mile Highland route in 31hrs and 17 minutes last September.\n\nThe route is ranked as one of the world's toughest endurance challenges as it has 34,423ft (10,492m) of ascent - more than Mount Everest, which stands at 29,031ft (8,848m).\n\nHis feat came after he was hit by a vehicle in Texas during a round-the-world-trip in December 2019.\n\nHe had life-threatening injuries and operations on a broken heel and ankle as well as a stent fitted in an artery in his neck, which feeds blood to his brain.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The PM has said he hopes a \"gradual and phased\" relaxation of Covid restrictions can begin in early March.\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs he intended to set out a plan for how the lockdown in England could be eased and the criteria involved in the final week of February.\n\nFactors will include death and hospitalisation numbers, progress of vaccinations and changes in the virus.\n\nHe has ruled out schools in England re-opening after the February half term, instead setting an 8 March target.\n\nIn a statement to Parliament, Mr Johnson said the scientific data was not sufficiently clear to make any decisions now but he hoped to publish a detailed roadmap in just under a month's time as the \"picture became clearer\".\n\nHe also announced plans for tighter border restrictions to combat new variants of Covid, confirming all those arriving from high-risk countries will have to quarantine in hotels and other accommodation for 10 days.\n\nThe PM, who is under pressure from Tory MPs to spell out how the current lockdown will end, said relaxing restrictions would depend on emerging data about how effectively the vaccine stops virus transmission.\n\nHe signalled any easing of restrictions would start with schools, setting a potential re-opening date of 8 March - when he said he hoped the 15 million or so people in the top four vulnerable groups earmarked for vaccinations by mid-February will have had their jabs and have full protection.\n\n\"Our aim will be to set out a gradual and phased approach to easing the restrictions in a sustainable way,\" he said, adding that the \"first sign of normality\" should be pupils returning to school.\n\nHe added: \"We hope it will be safe to begin the re-opening of schools from 8 March with other economic and social restrictions being removed thereafter as the data permits.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said reopening schools should be a national priority and urged the government to vaccinate teachers and support staff during the February half term.\n\nLabour is also calling for the government to prioritise key workers in critical professions, seeing them added to the first phase of the vaccination programme, alongside those might likely to become seriously ill.\n\nCases are falling and the vaccination programme is going well. So why is the government waiting?\n\nFirstly, there are doubts about how fast infections are falling.\n\nWhile the daily figures show they have almost halved in just over a fortnight, the government's surveillance programmes which involve random testing suggest the drop may be slower.\n\nIt is unclear why there is this discrepancy, but understanding the true trajectory is crucial to knowing what will happen to pressures on hospitals.\n\nWhat impact the vaccination programme has will also be vital.\n\nEarly results from Israel, which is leading the world on vaccination, suggest cases in older age groups start falling three weeks after significant numbers are vaccinated. But ministers want to see that pattern repeated here.\n\nThey also want to know what effect vaccination has on transmission - it is possible vaccinated people can still transmit the infection even if they are protected from illness.\n\nThis will not be completely clear by March, but scientists should at least have a better idea.\n\nWhen a plan for exiting lockdown is set out, the government wants to be certain it can be kept to. But given the cost of lockdown the pressure to lift restrictions will grow if progress keeps being made.\n\nLast week, chair of the Covid Recovery Group Conservative MP Mark Harper said if the government meets its 15 February vaccination deadline, then ministers should begin easing lockdown by 8 March.\n\nHe welcomed the announcement from the prime minster.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Harper This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUnder the current lockdown, people in England must stay at home and only go out for limited reasons such as food shopping and exercise.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's lockdown laws are due to end on 31 March. Mr Johnson has previously said this date is to allow for a \"controlled\" easing of restrictions back into local tiers.\n\nUnder the tier system, different rules are applied to different parts of the country, depending on factors such as pressure on the NHS, number of cases and rates at which case numbers fall.\n\nPupils in England are not expected to return to school before the February half term. Mr Johnson has said schools will be reopened \"as soon as we can\" but did not guarantee that would happen before Easter.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said restrictions in Scotland will continue until mid-February at the earliest.\n\nIn Wales, the lockdown will be reviewed at the end of January, but the government has previously said it does not see \"much headroom for change\".\n\nNorthern Ireland's lockdown has been extended until 5 March.", "As a family of chemicals, neonicotinoids cause harm to pollinating insects such as bees\n\nThe Wildlife Trusts is to take legal action against the UK government over its decision to allow a pesticide that is almost entirely banned in the EU.\n\nIn 2018, the EU banned the outdoor use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which harm pollinating insects such as bees.\n\nBut following Brexit, the government approved the emergency use of one neonicotinoid to combat a crop disease.\n\nThe charity has told Environment Secretary George Eustice of their intention to challenge the decision.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Eustice, the Trusts says it will push for a judicial review unless the government can \"prove it has acted lawfully\".\n\nMultiple studies, including large-scale field trials, have found that neonicotinoids harm pollinators and aquatic life. Research has also shown that they can be linked to the wider collapse in biodiversity.\n\nThe government says it allowed the use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam because of the \"potential danger\" to the sugar beet crop from beet yellows virus, which is spread by aphids.\n\nThe virus can have a severe impact on sugar beet.\n\nIt stressed that use of the chemical would be strictly limited, and the risk to bees was \"acceptable\" because sugar beet doesn't flower. Alternative chemicals should be used to kill any wild flowering plants in and around the crops, the government said.\n\nNeonicotinoids are the most widely-used class of insecticides in the world and they work by disrupting the insect central nervous system.\n\nTwo years ago, the EU's ban was supported by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who said the weight of evidence was \"greater than previously understood\". Unless the evidence changed, he said, the restrictions would be maintained post-Brexit.\n\nThe government says the change in policy is based on \"new evidence\". But, so far, they haven't made this science public.\n\nHowever, Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts, said there was no new evidence to justify the change in policy.\n\nHe said: \"The government refused a request for emergency authorisation in 2018 and we want to know what's changed. Where's the new evidence that it's okay to use this extremely harmful pesticide?\n\n\"Using neonicotinoids not only threatens bees but is also extremely harmful to aquatic wildlife because the majority of the pesticide leaches into soil and then into waterways. Worse still, farmers are being recommended to use weedkiller to kill wildflowers in and around sugar beet crops in a misguided attempt to prevent harm to bees in the surrounding area. This is a double blow for nature.\"\n\nIt was the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and British Sugar that applied for the authorisation. Victoria Prentis, a minister with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told BBC News that it \"wasn't ideal\". But she was \"convinced it was appropriate\" and that the government was \"committed to reducing pesticide use and integrated pest management\".\n\nSugar beet affected by the yellowing disease spread by aphids\n\nThe pesticide will be authorised for use if there is a large enough outbreak of the disease. And it can only be used for a period of up to 120 days. Around a dozen other EU countries, including France and Germany, have also agreed emergency permits.\n\nMs Prentis said the authorisation was very specific, and \"targeted at a non-flowering crop, which bees are not attracted to\".\n\nHowever research, shows that the highly toxic chemicals can persist in the wider ecosystem for some time, potentially to be absorbed by wildflowers that pollinators then visit.\n\nProf Glen Jeffery, from University College London (UCL), said he felt \"horror\" when he learned of the government's decision.\n\n\"We've slowly moved away from it and yet it's creeping back in,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It's very prevalent in other parts of the world, but then you find in other parts of the world vast numbers of pollinating insects have just vanished and they've just gone through heavy pesticide use. We reach the ridiculous situation where in parts of California thousands of beehives are trucked from Texas and from Florida into California to pollinate crops.\"\n\nThere has been one full sugar beet harvest since outdoor neonicotinoid use was banned. According to the NFU, the 2019-20 harvest was largely unaffected by beet yellows disease. This year's sugar beet harvest is currently underway, and yields are expected to be down by around 25% compared with the five-year average, with some farmers losing as much as 80% of their crop.\n\nAccording to the NFU, there are 3,000 farmers who grow sugar beet, and the wider industry supports around 9,500 jobs in England, largely in the East.\n\nThe NFU has called the situation \"unprecedented\" and its sugar board chairman Michael Sly said: \"I am relieved that our application for emergency use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment for the 2021 sugar beet crop has been granted.\"\n\nNeurobiologist and environmental pharmacologist Dr Chris Connolly said that, since 2018, when neonicotinoids were banned in the EU, around 400 papers had been published looking into thiamethoxam, and none said they were less harmful.\n\nThe peach potato aphid is responsible for spreading the beet yellows virus\n\nHe said he could be in favour of using it: \"But rarely, and when it's really needed - when it's an emergency. It's not an emergency if you apply for it before an emergency.\n\nHe added: \"Is adding pesticides to pesticides the way to go towards better sustainability?\"\n\nWhen they were introduced in 2005, neonicotinoids were seen as a good alternative to traditional pesticides. They are systemic, which means they are absorbed by the plant, so are applied to seeds as a coating - instead of being sprayed. However, it has become clear they are highly toxic to invertebrates such as insects.\n\nThe government recently committed to spending £3bn of international climate finance to \"supporting nature and biodiversity\".\n\nSeveral hundred thousand people have now signed various online petitions against the move. Earlier this month, more than 30 wildlife and environmental organisations, including Pesticide Action Network and the RSPB, wrote a joint letter to Mr Eustice calling on the government to publish the new evidence that led to the derogation being approved.", "The EHIC card is making way for the GHIC card under a new agreement with the EU\n\nUK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out.\n\nUnder a new agreement with the EU, both cards will offer equivalent healthcare protection when people are on holiday, studying or travelling for business.\n\nThis includes emergency treatment as well as treatment needed for a pre-existing condition.\n\nThe new GHIC card is free and can be obtained via the official GHIC website.\n\nCurrent European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) are valid as long as they are in date, and can continue to be used when travelling to the EU.\n\nYou don't need to apply for a GHIC until your current EHIC expires.\n\nPeople should apply at least two weeks before they plan to travel to ensure their card arrives on time.\n\nHealth Minister Edward Argar said: \"Our deal with the EU ensures the right for our citizens to access necessary healthcare on their holidays and travels to countries in the EU will continue.\n\n\"The GHIC is a key element of the UK's future relationship with the EU and will provide certainty and security for all UK residents.\"\n\nIf a UK resident is travelling without a card, they are still entitled to necessary healthcare, and should contact the NHS Business Services Authority (which covers the whole of the UK), which can arrange for payment should they require treatment when abroad.\n\nEHICs from EU member states will continue to be accepted by the NHS.\n\nIt is advised that anyone travelling overseas, whether to the EU or elsewhere in the world, should take out comprehensive travel insurance.", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term.\n\nKhairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and 39-year-old Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in June last year in Forbury Gardens.\n\nLondon's Old Bailey previously heard the 26-year-old \"executed\" the men as an \"act of religious jihad\".\n\nPassing sentence Judge Mr Justice Sweeney said it was a \"ruthless and brutal\" terror attack.\n\nSaadallah, who admitted the murders, had also pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of three other men who were also in the park.\n\nThe judge said the victims \"had no chance to react, let alone defend themselves\".\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nHe said he was sure the attack \"involved a substantial degree of premeditation or planning\" and was carried out \"for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, or ideological cause\".\n\nBBC News correspondent Helena Wilkinson, who was in court, said the families of James Furlong and David Wails were present, while Joseph Ritchie-Bennett's loved ones watched via a link from America.\n\nSaadallah showed no emotion as Mr Justice Sweeney went through his sentencing remarks.\n\nOn the afternoon of 20 June, the park was busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England.\n\nAndrew Cafe, who witnessed the stabbings, said he saw Saadallah wielding the \"biggest kitchen knife\" and charging towards him shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nPharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett and teacher Mr Furlong died from single stab wounds to their necks, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Witness Andrew Cafe visited Forbury Gardens for the first time since the attack\n\nThree other people - Nishit Nisudan, Patrick Edwards and Stephen Young - were also injured, before Saadallah threw away the knife and fled the scene, pursued by police.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Saadallah initially said he wanted to plead guilty to the \"jihad that I done\", but the prosecution claimed he later feigned mental illness in police interviews.\n\nAt a previous hearing, the court heard he had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder, with his behaviour worsened by alcohol and cannabis misuse.\n\nBut the judge said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nAn examination of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material, including images of the flag of Islamic State and Jihadi John, the court previously heard.\n\nWhile at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nHe briefly came to the attention of MI5 in 2019, but the information provided did not meet the threshold of investigation.\n\nSaadallah had been released from prison on 5 June, days before the attack, the court heard.\n\nOn 17 June, he researched the location for his attack online and carried out reconnaissance in the park.\n\nThe following day his probation officer alerted his mental health team over comments he made about magic.\n\nA day later, Saadallah contacted the crisis team himself, but when they visited he did not answer.\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer the same day, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nAndrew Wails said losing his brother had been devastating\n\nAfter the sentencing, James Furlong's father, Gary, said: \"The secretary of state needs to tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him.\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets.\"\n\nReferring to the fact that Saadallah had been visited by police the night before the attack, Mr Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\"\n\nHe described Mr Furlong, originally from Liverpool, as \"a lovely man, loved by his family, idolised by his mother\".\n\nDavid Wails' brother Andrew said: \"For us as a family it's been devastating to lose our much loved son, brother and uncle.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Bennett family described Mr Ritchie-Bennett as a \"devoted and loving husband\" and \"a man who cared strongly about family\".\n\nThe park had been busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England\n\nDet Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, described Saadallah as \"a committed jihadist\".\n\nShe said: \"He has caused unspeakable hurt and distress to the families of the three men who were brutally murdered as they were relaxing and enjoying socialising with friends on a Saturday evening.\n\n\"I'm sure there will also be lasting effects on those who were injured in the attack, who were fortunate not to have been even more seriously harmed.\"\n\nReading Borough Council leader Jason Brock described the attacks as \"horrific\" and \"senseless\" and said a permanent memorial to the victims was planned.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cardiff\n\nCardiff City defender Sol Bamba is being treated for cancer, the Championship club has announced.\n\nThe 35-year-old Ivory Coast international has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.\n\n\"Sol has begun his battle in typically positive spirits and will continue to be an integral part of the Bluebirds family,\" said the Bluebirds.\n\nBamba joined Cardiff in October 2016 under former manager Neil Warnock.\n\nThe National Health Service Wales describes the illness as \"a type of cancer that develops in the lymphatic system, a network of vessels and glands spread throughout your body.\n\n\"The lymphatic system is part of your immune system\".\n\nThe Bluebirds said Bamba is \"universally admired by team-mates, staff and supporters in the Welsh capital\".\n\nThe club's statement added: \"During treatment Sol will support his team mates at matches and younger players within the Academy, with whom he will continue his coaching development.\n\n\"While we request privacy for him and his family at this time, messages of support to be passed on to Sol may be sent to club@cardiffcityfc.co.uk.\"\n\n\"We are all with you Sol.\"\n\nBamba helped Cardiff win promotion to the Premier League in 2018 and has made more than 100 appearances for the club.\n\nThe former Paris St Germain player has been a hugely popular member of the squad, though this season he has been restricted to five Championship substitute appearances and one League Cup start.\n\nHe is a much travelled player who has had spells at Dunfermline, Hibernian, Leicester City, Trazbonspor and Italian club Palermo as well as Leeds United.\n\nFrance-born Bamba has played 46 times for the Ivory Coast, including World Cup appearances and was part of their African Cup of Nations squad when they were runners-up in 2012.", "A video featuring footage of a County Mayo man being consumed by fits of laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son, has gone viral.\n\nVincent McDonnell was sending the message to his son David, who was celebrating his 40th birthday in Australia.\n\nHis younger son Paul got the video rolling, but the pair could not contain their laughter as they racked up the attempts.\n\nThe video has been viewed more than 1.5m times on Paul's Twitter account.", "Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived at the reservoir\n\nTwo women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were \"surrounded\" by officers.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of the most recent lockdown.\n\nBut new national guidance for police has led the force to quash the fines, and apologise to the women.\n\nChief Constable Rachel Swann said the fines \"have been withdrawn and we have notified the women directly, apologising for any concern caused\".\n\nThe two friends travelled the short distance to the reservoir from their homes in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police. They were then questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nIn a statement, the women said: \"This afternoon we both received a phone call from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"After reviewing our case, our fines have been rescinded and we have received an apology on behalf of the constabulary for the treatment we received.\n\n\"We welcomed this apology and we are pleased to draw a line under this event.\"\n\nAfter the incident gained media attention, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid: Fined women 'could have been dealt with differently'\n\nDerbyshire Police said: \"Having received clarification of the guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on Friday, these FPNs as well as a small number of others issued, were reviewed in line with that latest advice, and so it is right that we have taken this action.\"\n\nThe county's police and crime commissioner Hardyal Dhinsda said: \"While the police are doing their absolute best to protect public safety during what is a critical time of the pandemic, the public should rightly expect a proportionate and balanced approach, taking full consideration of individual circumstances.\n\n\"We recognise that errors will occur in the face of complex guidance and legislation and it is important such situations are resolved quickly and fairly, as has been the case here.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK economy will \"get worse before it gets better\" as the country battles the pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs the new national restrictions were necessary to control the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHowever, he said they would have a further significant economic impact,\n\n\"Even with the significant economic support we've provided, over 800,000 people have lost their job since February,\" he said.\n\n\"Sadly, we have not and will not be able to save every job and every business.\n\n\"But I am confident that our economic plan is supporting the finances of millions of people and businesses.\"\n\nThe chancellor said \"the road ahead will be tough\", but maintained that the government was \"taking the difficult but right long-term decisions for our country\".\n\nHe said that fiscal stimulus provided so far amounted to more than £280bn, while 1.2 million employers had furloughed almost 10 million employees.\n\nAt the same time, three million people had benefited from self-employment grants.\n\nMr Sunak said he would \"bear in mind\" calls to extend business rate relief and provide further support for the hospitality sector at the Budget in March.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds accused Mr Sunak of being \"out of ideas\" and providing \"nothing new\".\n\nShe said: \"The purpose of an update is to provide us with new information, not to repeat what we already know.\"\n\nThe chancellor's words reflect the fact that with a widespread lockdown, the first months of 2021 are likely to see a further contraction in the UK economy and probably an official double-dip recession. This reflects the physical shutdown nationwide of hospitality and retail, as well as the effect in the data of school shutdowns too.\n\nIn addition, consumers and workers are likely to be more cautious as the vaccine starts to be rolled out. So this is a very odd sort of economic tripwire. The challenge in the next weeks and months gets bigger, although not as big as it was last April. But beyond that, there is the hope of something normal.\n\nThe implication for the chancellor as he prepares a vital early March Budget, however, is further delay to the measures, such as tax rises, to deal with historic levels of pandemic government borrowing.", "In his letter to staff, circulated on social media, Chad Wolf said he had hoped to remain as acting secretary to homeland security until the end of the Trump administration.\n\n\"Unfortunately, this action is warranted by the recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary,\" he said, \"which serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the Department in this critical time of a transition of power\".\n\nWolf's resignation comes after he last week called on Trump and all elected officials to \"strongly condemn\" the Capitol riot.\n\nHis exit throws the department into turmoil just as it is gearing up for inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January, which has been designated a national security special event.", "Rules governing the import of personal goods from the UK to the EU changed after Brexit formally came into effect\n\nA Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules.\n\nThe officials were shown explaining import regulations imposed since the UK formalised its separation from the EU.\n\nUnder EU rules, travellers from outside the bloc are banned from bringing in meat and dairy products.\n\nThe rules appeared to bemuse one driver.\n\n\"Since Brexit, you are no longer allowed to bring certain foods to Europe, like meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, that kind of stuff,\" a Dutch border official told the driver in footage broadcast by TV network NPO 1.\n\nIn one scene, a border official asked the driver whether several of his tin-foil wrapped sandwiches had meat in them.\n\nWhen the driver said they did, the border official said: \"Okay, so we take them all.\"\n\nSurprised, the driver then asked the officials if he could keep the bread, to which one replied: \"No, everything will be confiscated - welcome to the Brexit, sir. I'm sorry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK officially finished its formal separation from the EU on 31 December, 2020.\n\nFrom 23:00 GMT on that date, the UK stopped following EU rules, with new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation coming into force.\n\nA trade deal with the EU was agreed on 24 December, and a week later, UK lawmakers voted in favour of the agreement.\n\nThe UK's departure means big changes for business - with the UK and EU forming two separate markets - the end of free movement, and new regulations, including those governing the import of personal goods.\n\nThe UK government has issued guidance to commercial drivers travelling to the EU, warning them to \"be aware of additional restrictions to personal imports\".\n\n\"You cannot bring POAO (products of an animal origin) such as those containing meat or dairy (e.g. a ham and cheese sandwich) into the EU,\" the guidance says. \"There are exceptions to this rule for certain quantities of powdered infant milk, infant food, special foods, or special processed pet feed.\"\n\nOn its website, the European Commission says the ban is necessary because such goods \"continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union\".\n\n\"It is known, for example, that dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease and classical swine fever can reside in meat, milk or their products,\" the Commission says.\n\nSeparately, the Dutch customs agency shared a picture of foodstuffs it had confiscated from motorists in the ferry terminal the Hook of Holland.\n\n\"Since 1 January, you can't just bring more food from the UK,\" the agency said. \"So prepare yourself if you travel to the Netherlands from the UK and spread the word. This is how we prevent food waste and together ensure that the controls are speeded up.\"\n\nThe BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam described the confiscation of ham sandwiches and other foodstuffs at the EU's borders with the UK as \"a standard implication of [the] Brexit deal\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Unison, the UK's biggest trade union, has elected a woman as leader for the first time.\n\nChristina McAnea won 47.7% of the vote and takes over as general secretary from Dave Prentis, who has been in the job since 2001.\n\nThe former assistant general secretary beat fellow officials Paul Holmes, Roger McKenzie and Hugo Pierre in the contest, which began in October.\n\nMs McAnea said: \"I become general secretary at the most challenging time in recent history - both for our country and our public services.\n\n\"Health, care, council, police, energy, school, college and university staff have worked throughout the pandemic, and it's their skill and dedication that will see us out the other side.\n\n\"Their union will continue to speak up for them and do all it can to protect them in the difficult months ahead.\"\n\nUnison is promising action against the government's pay freeze for 1.3 million public sector workers, which it has described as an \"attack\" on members' livelihoods.\n\nMs McAnea said: \"Despite the risks, the immense pressures and their sheer exhaustion, the dedication and commitment of our key workers knows no end. I will not let this government, nor any future one, forget that.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has also demanded a U-turn on public sector pay, as he urges ministers to \"protect family incomes\" from the effects of lockdowns and other restrictions in his first speech of the year.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said he cannot \"justify a significant, across-the-board\" salary increase while the economy and public finances are suffering in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nMs McAnea, an experienced negotiator and former NHS worker, is expected to be broadly supportive of Sir Keir, as Mr Prentis has been.\n\nThe Labour leader welcomed her victory, saying: \"I know you will be a brilliant representative for Unison members.\n\n\"And it's a significant moment for the union to elect its first woman general secretary. I look forward to working with you.\"\n\nHer election comes at a strained time between Sir Keir and several other unions whose general secretaries have spoken out in support of his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, who is currently suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party.\n\nMr Holmes came second in the Unison contest, with 33.8%, followed by Mr McKenzie, on 10.8%, and Mr Pierre, on 7.8%.\n\nMs McAnea grew up in Glasgow and worked as a housing officer before becoming a union employee.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is at the \"worst point\" of the pandemic, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned, but said the actions of the public \"could make a difference\".\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock pleaded with people to follow the government's Covid rules until the vaccine could provide a \"way out\" of the pandemic.\n\nThe government earlier published its plan to immunise tens of millions of people by spring.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first Covid vaccine shot.\n\nAnd a total of 2.6 million doses have been given out across the country, with some people having received both doses.\n\nMr Hancock said the new variant of coronavirus was putting the NHS under \"significant pressure\", adding it was \"imperative\" that people limit their social contacts.\n\n\"The NHS, more than ever before, needs everybody to be doing something right now - and that something is to follow the rules,\" he said.\n\n\"I know there has been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it is needed, but it is your actions now that can make a difference.\"\n\nThe health secretary said he could \"rule out\" tightening restrictions by removing support and childcare bubbles, however.\n\nHis comments follow similar warnings from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, who said that the next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS.\n\nAccording to the latest figures, there have been another 529 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, and another 46,169 cases reported. There are also more than 32,000 people in hospital with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nMatt Hancock has previously said he's learned to rule nothing out when it comes to dealing with the pandemic.\n\nBut today he took the unusual step of doing just that.\n\nSupport bubbles and childcare bubbles, hugely valued by so many, will stay.\n\nSenior Whitehall sources have previously told me bubbles were \"untouchable\" but for a minister to say as much, so explicitly and on the record, means there's now very little wriggle room for the government to change its mind.\n\nMinisters will know that scrapping bubbles, for those that rely on them, could have proved deeply unpopular. But this certainty is a rarity.\n\nWhilst the current emphasis is on compliance, the idea of toughening up controls in other areas is not being ruled out.\n\nThe vaccine delivery plan says it is expected to take until spring to give a first dose to all 32 million people in the UK's priority groups, including everyone over 55 and those who are clinically vulnerable.\n\nUnder the plan, the government has pledged to carry out at least two million vaccinations in England per week by the end of January, which it says will be made possible by rolling out jabs at 206 hospital sites, 50 vaccination centres and around 1,200 local vaccination sites.\n\nIt also reiterates the government's aim of offering vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nAccording to Mr Hancock, two fifths of over-80s have now received their first dose, and almost a quarter of care home residents have received theirs.\n\nAlso at the briefing, NHS England's national medical director, Prof Stephen Powis, said the NHS was aiming to vaccinate the rest of the top nine priority groups by April, with a final push to offer all adults over 18 a jab by the autumn.\n\nHe stressed it would take until February before there were \"early signs\" that vaccination was leading to a drop in hospitalisations.\n\nThe country has still not seen the full impact of the Christmas loosening of lockdown restrictions, Prof Powis added, although he noted there are now 13,000 more Covid patients in hospital than there were on Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking in Bristol earlier, Mr Johnson warned the vaccination programme was in a \"race against time\" because of pressure on the NHS.\n\nHe said it was \"a very perilous moment because everyone can sense the vaccine is coming in - my worry is that will breed false complacency\".\n\nThe newly-published vaccination plan also says ministers are aiming to offer jabs at more than 2,700 sites across the UK.\n\nAnd it says that daily vaccination figures for England will be published from now on - showing the total number vaccinated to date, including first and second doses.\n\nEarlier, NHS England's chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, told MPs that there was a \"strong case\" for asking the the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to consider prioritising \"teachers and other key workers\" for vaccination after the \"first nine [priority] groups have been vaccinated\".\n\nA quarter of coronavirus admissions to hospital are for people under the age of 55, he added.\n\nIn the first four weeks of the vaccination campaign, the NHS did 1.3 million vaccinations.\n\nNews that in the past week almost the same again has been done shows progress is being made - even though there has been some concern rollout to care home residents has been slower than hoped.\n\nHitting two million doses a week is the next target - and is something the NHS is aiming to get close to this week.\n\nWith more vaccination sites opening by the day, it should be achievable as long as there is good supply.\n\nThere is already enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all 15 million people in the highest at-risk groups that have been promised an offer of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nHowever, not all of it has been through the final safety checks or been packaged up ready for distribution.\n\nChallenges remain, but even at this early stage it is clear there is growing optimism that the programme is on track.\n\nAs seven mass vaccination centres opened across England on Monday, NHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday, a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nVaccine programmes are also progressing in the UK's devolved nations.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid in Wales will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new plans.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has said every aged over 80 or over in the nation will be offered a jab by February, while care workers in Northern Ireland who provide services to ill or elderly patients living at home can now book an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nMeanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nAnd England's Test and Trace scheme has revised one of its definitions of a \"close contact\" - the people who need to be reached if they have been near to someone who has tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis now refers to anyone who has been within two metres of someone for more than 15 minutes, whether in a single period or cumulatively over the course of one day.\n\nPreviously the definition was just a single period of at least 15 minutes.", "Home Office Minister James Brokenshire, who was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago, is taking leave to have surgery on a lung tumour.\n\nThe Old Bexley and Sidcup MP resigned as Northern Ireland secretary in 2018 for surgery to remove a lesion on his right lung.\n\nOn Monday he confirmed that \"frustratingly\" there had been a recurrence of a tumour there.\n\nHe said he was in \"good hands\" with the \"fantastic NHS team\" looking after him.\n\n\"[I'm] keeping positive and blessed to have the love of Cathy and the kids to support me through this,\" the 53-year-old wrote on Twitter.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said his thoughts were with Mr Brokenshire and his family.\n\n\"Wishing you all the best for your treatment and looking forward to welcoming you back on the team soon,\" he added.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she was \"saddened\" by the news, adding: \"All my thoughts and prayers are with James and his family during this time\".\n\n\"All colleagues across government send James our love and best wishes, and we look forward to having him back soon,\" she added.\n\nHealth secretary Matt Hancock was among government colleagues wishing him well, adding he was \"sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"Wishing you all the best for your treatment, James. Get well soon.\"\n\nMr Brokenshire, who was first elected to Parliament in 2005 as MP for the former constituency of Hornchurch, has also previously served as housing secretary under former PM Theresa May.\n\nHe has called for efforts to \"break some of the stigma around lung cancer\" and raise awareness of the disease.\n• None Brokenshire: There were some pretty dark moments", "Medical director Steve Stanaway says numbers of Covid patients are rising at the hospital\n\nHospital staff in Wrexham are under immense pressure after a \"rapid increase\" in seriously ill coronavirus patients, a medical director has warned.\n\nWrexham now has the highest rate of Covid-19 in Wales, with 851.7 cases per 100,000 of the population.\n\nThis is more than double the Welsh average.\n\nSteve Stanaway, medical director at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, pleaded with people to abide by rules.\n\n\"The worry from a staff's point of view is how much more stretching can we take, how many more staff can we deploy?\" he said.\n\nThe hospital - which is part of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - was the latest to suspend routine surgery as it tries to deal with rising numbers of Covid patients.\n\n\"That's created more feelings of stress and anxiety, not least to the people who were hoping to get their surgery this week,\" Mr Stanaway said.\n\nThe health board has postponed the majority of surgeries planned for the next two weeks at Wrexham, although some patients will be offered appointments in Bangor instead.\n\nEmergency surgery, upper gastro-intestinal surgery, endoscopy procedures and caesarean sections will continue at the Wrexham hospital.\n\nProf Arpan Guha, acting executive medical director, said: \"There are many patients expecting to undergo an operation in Wrexham over the coming weeks and we recognise how anxious and worried they will already be about having surgery during the current surge of the pandemic.\n\n\"We are sorry for any further distress or inconvenience this decision may cause and would like to reassure those affected that we are doing all we can to prioritise patients in the most urgent need of care.\"\n\nThe spike in cases in communities in north-east Wales has been blamed on the newer \"faster-spreading\" variant.\n\nWhile case rates in many communities have fallen slightly in recent weeks, in Wrexham numbers are continuing to rise.\n\nThe area now has the highest rate in Wales, followed by Flintshire with 754.6 per 100,000 of the population.\n\nBus services in the area have been affected after 28 drivers of Arriva Buses Wales tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMeanwhile, Gwynedd, has the lowest case rate in the whole of Wales, with 110.\n\nThe average case rate for Wales stands at 435.9, according to the most recent Public Health Wales figures.\n\nThere have been calls for mass testing - as seen in parts of the south Wales Valleys - in the area as case rates continue to rise, but Wrexham council has said it has no plans to offer this to the wider community.\n\nMr Stanaway said the critical care unit and respiratory unit at the Wrexham hospital was now under huge pressure with the number of new patients needing this level of care \"rapidly increasing\" in recent weeks.\n\n\"The numbers are really quite alarming\", he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast on Monday. \"It's a huge amount of disease burden within a community.\"\n\nMr Stanaway said there were 125 inpatients being treated with Covid on Sunday night, which he estimated was an increase of 117% since Christmas.\n\nHe said 14 of them where in critical care, with some on ventilators, while 16 where being treated in the hospital's high care respiratory unit - a 45% increase in just four days.\n\n\"There are now so many in that unit they've had to expand it to a completely different part of the hospital,\" he said.\n\n\"If you look at the graphs of the cases they are going up exponentially, they are terrifying to look at, and I think people are very aware that this is what is happening out in the community around them,\" he said.\n\nMr Stanaway said staff were working tirelessly and under huge amounts of pressure to keep caring for the sickest patients, but it was unclear how much more demand the hospital could take.\n\n\"Our current predictions for admissions coming through the door in January are currently sitting at about 350, if you compare that to April, the height of the pandemic, we had 286 people,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a lot more, we've already had 112 people in the first nine days of January. And the numbers are going up and up.\"\n\nHe pleaded with people to abide by the rules.\n\n\"This virus is hurting, and has hurt, a lot of people within Wrexham and Flintshire,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say it strongly enough... we will get through this, but you just have to play by the rules.\"\n\nLatest figures show 149 staff were isolating and, with high nursing vacancy rates, staff were under huge pressure and were working tirelessly.\n\n\"Of all the years I've worked in the NHS... the resilience, dedication and professionalism our staff are showing is absolutely unbelievable,\" he said.\n\n\"But you have to bear in mind that people are tired, people are stressed, and it does put a strain,\" he said.\n\n\"We absolutely want to see you if you are unwell, but if you can wait or seek care somewhere else... please do that to give us that little bit of headspace.\"", "Online supermarket Ocado has become the first big retailer to warn of shortages of some products.\n\nIt told customers in an email that there may be \"an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks\".\n\nStaff sickness and self-isolation means some food producers are cutting the number of product lines they offer.\n\nWhile customers might not get their exact product choice, plenty of food should be available, Ocado said.\n\n\"Staff absences across the supply chain may lead to an increase in product substitutions for a small number of customers as some suppliers consolidate their offering to maintain output,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe news comes after a rush of online food orders for supermarkets, as shoppers try to stay at home after the new lockdown started.\n\nWithin a couple of hours of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech to the nation on Monday, shoppers reported problems with Sainsbury's and Tesco, while Ocado customers were placed in a virtual queue.\n\nOcado told its customers that from Friday \"changes to the UK supply chain have affected some of our suppliers and may result in an increase of missing items and substitutions over the next few weeks.\"\n\nIt added: \"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we are working hard to mitigate any impact.\"\n\nFood suppliers are grappling with staffing problems, hospitality clients who have closed their doors and delays at the border with the EU.\n\nWholesalers the BBC spoke to this week said they faced throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food because of cancelled orders following new restrictions.\n\nThe UK meat industry has called for the early vaccination of its workers to keep food supplies running smoothly during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt warned earlier this week that absences during the pandemic, coupled with disruption at ports, could hit food supply chains.\n\nAn early vaccination call for supermarket staff was also made by the boss of Sainsbury's on Thursday.\n\nThe government said the food industry remains \"well-prepared\" to make sure people have the food they need.\n\nThe British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said coronavirus and disruption at ports due to new systems brought in after the Brexit transition period were \"a severe challenge to the industry and to the smooth running of the nation's food supply chain\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Minister Vaughan Gething aims to offer all adults a jab by the autumn.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new Welsh Government plans.\n\nA vaccine strategy unveiled by Health Minister Vaughan Gething aims to offer all adults a jab by the autumn.\n\nIt comes after criticism that the rollout of the vaccine has been slower than in other parts of the UK.\n\nThe latest figures show 86,039 doses had been administered by 22:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nA total of 327,000 doses - 280,000 of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 47,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - have now been delivered to the Welsh NHS.\n\nThe figures mean 2.7% of Wales population has so far been vaccinated - compared to just over 4% in Northern Ireland, about 3.5% in England and 3% in Scotland.\n\nAcross the UK nearly 400,000 second doses have been administered, including 374,613 in England, 79 in Wales, 13,949 in Northern Ireland and, as of January 3, 36 in Scotland.\n\nMr Gething admitted the rest of the UK had \"gone slightly faster than we have\", but said the latest vaccinations figures showed a \"significant acceleration\" in the rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives accused the government of a \"stuttering start\", while Plaid Cymru said the plan was \"late in the day\".\n\nEveryone over 70, all care home residents and staff, and front-line NHS and social care workers will be offered a jab by mid-February, under similar timescales to other UK nations.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receive her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nThe Welsh Government's vaccination plans aim to cover 2.5 million people by September, with vaccines supplied by the UK government.\n\nMr Gething said: \"Delivering this vaccination programme to the people in Wales is a huge task but an enormous amount of work is going on to make it a success.\n\n\"We are making good progress with thousands more people being vaccinated every day.\"\n\nThe plan sets out a series of \"milestones\" for the vaccine rollout in Wales - all depending on the supply of vaccines approved for use.\n\nAt a press conference, Mr Gething said the government aimed to vaccinate:\n\nMr Gething said 700,000 people would be vaccinated by mid-February.\n\nAccording to the plan, the number of GPs' surgeries delivering vaccines will be increased from around 100 to more than 250 by the end of January.\n\nThe number of mass vaccination centres will increase in the next couple of weeks to 35, according to Welsh Government's plan.\n\nOne of those is Margam Orangery, in Neath Port Talbot, where about 500 people will be vaccinated each day.\n\nAt the press conference, Mr Gething defended the UK-wide decision to increase the gap between giving the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and said it would \"avoid more deaths\".\n\n\"Each of the vaccines provide a high level of protection against harm from coronavirus. That's really good news for all of us,\" he added.\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies said the Welsh Government should have a vaccinations minister who \"gets up in the morning thinking about vaccinations and goes to bed thinking about vaccinations\".\n\nHe said such a move would help the government recover from a \"stuttering start\" to the vaccines programme. Mr Davies said the government needed \"focus and direction to drive this forward\".\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price welcomed the strategy but said it was \"late in the day\".\n\nMr Price said many people, including his own parents, wanted clarity: \"My parents, who are in their 80s, have been told their surgery won't have the ability to vaccinate them for another three weeks, yet the GP surgery next door is starting this week.\"\n\nLarger supplies of the Oxford jab will be needed to speed up vaccinations\n\nThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is crucial to ensuring everyone aged over 70 can have at least one jab by Valentine's Day.\n\nHealth boards plan to use reserves of the Pfizer vaccine, but they alone will not reach the Welsh Government's first milestone. To speed things up, bigger supplies of the Oxford vaccine are needed.\n\nUnlike the Pfizer vaccine however, the stock is not held by the Welsh Government. Instead, it is delivered directly to the frontline - including GPs and community pharmacies - by Public Health England.\n\nAround 24,000 Oxford doses arrived in Wales last week; 26,000 are due this week; and another 80 to 100,000 are expected to arrive in four batches next week.\n\nIf the mid-February milestone is reached, attention then turns to the over-50s and younger people whose health puts them at greater risk.\n\nThey can expect a dose by the Spring, but discussions are continuing between the four UK nations to nail down a more specific date.\n\nDr Helen Alefounder is a GP in Colwyn Bay, Conwy county and part of a team that administered 400 vaccines at care comes last week after receiving the vaccine herself on Wednesday.\n\n\"Between us and the surgery next door that we're working with we've got just shy of 20,000 patients to vaccinate,\" she told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"It's an absolutely huge task, it's really scary, but we are really keen and committed to get it done because everybody is sick of lockdown and let's be honest, everybody wants life to return to as normal as possible and the only way we're going to do that is to mass vaccinate people.\"\n\nA mass-vaccination centre has been set up at Margam Orangery near Port Talbot\n\nOther GP surgeries have posted on social media that they have not received as many doses of the vaccine as promised.\n\nVaccination numbers will now be published daily and the number of mass vaccination centres will rise from 22 to 35. The vaccination plan also suggests pharmacies could be used to deploy the vaccine.\n\nDr Gill Richardson, the senior responsible officer for the Covid vaccination programme in Wales, said GPs were \"raring to go\" to get the vaccine distributed.\n\nShe said the model for Wales' vaccination programme was focused around the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine, which was approved in late December and \"much larger quantities\" were expected.\n\nShe also said: \"I know it's very difficult if you haven't had a letter and you're feeling anxious but you are going to be approached and when you're approached we'd like it to be as soon as possible and as convenient as possible to you.\"\n\nMichael Sullivan, 93, from Radyr, Cardiff, is one of those who is yet to receive his letter.\n\nHe said: \"I hear of all these other people having their second jabs and nobody's even thought of contacting me to say I'm going to have one in the first place. It's a bit depressing. It makes me think somebody's not doing what they should be doing.\n\n\"It gets stressful more easily, that's another thing one has to bare in mind - it's going to save my life.\"\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nElen Jones, the Wales director of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said community pharmacists were \"willing and skilled to help deliver the vaccination programme, as they do with flu every year\".\n\nShe added pharmacists could help deliver the vaccine \"at a more local level\".\n\nWelsh ministers have been under intense pressure since it became clear that Wales was lagging behind every other home nation in the initial weeks of vaccine rollout.\n\nIt's still not clear why that should be the case - the logistical challenges of rollout and the change in advice over the time period between first and second doses apply across the UK, not just to Wales.\n\nThe health minister says that there has already been \"a significant step-up in delivery\".\n\nThe test of that will be whether the system in Wales can meet the delivery goals set out in the vaccination strategy - which (as for the other home nations) also rely on a regular and sufficient supply of vaccine.", "Marks & Spencer has announced that it has bought the Jaeger fashion brand, which fell into administration last November.\n\nM&S is taking on the brand, but not Jaeger's scores of shops and concessions.\n\nIt is now in the process of finalising a deal to buy its products and \"supporting marketing assets\".\n\nM&S announced in May 2020 that it planned to stock other complementary brands to boost sales.\n\nSince then, it has started to sell products online from the Early Learning Centre, as well as from two designers, Nobody's Child and Ghost London.\n\nRichard Price, managing director of M&S Clothing & Home, said: \"We have set out our plans to sell complementary third party brands as part of our Never the Same Again programme to accelerate our transformation and turbocharge online growth.\n\n\"In line with this, we have bought the Jaeger brand and are in the final stages of agreeing the purchase of product and supporting marketing assets from the administrators of Jaeger Retail Limited. We expect to fully complete later this month.\"\n\nIn a call with journalists last week, chief executive Steve Rowe said M&S wanted to partner with other brands, largely for its online business, but stressed: \"We have no intention of turning into a department store.\"\n\nJaeger had 244 staff and some 63 stores and concessions. In addition, 13 stores closed after administrators were appointed, with the loss of more than 120 posts across stores, head office and distribution.\n\nIt is unclear if any jobs will be saved. There has been no update from the administrators, FRP.\n\nJaeger was founded in 1884, the same year as Marks & Spencer, which started out as a stall in an open market in Leeds known as Marks' Penny Bazaar.\n\nLast week, M&S unveiled quarterly figures showing that its clothing division had seen sales fall nearly a quarter, although sales of sales of sleepwear had soared.\n\nThe retailer sold 20% more women's pyjamas during the 13 weeks to 26 December. However, UK revenues for the quarter were £2.52bn, 8.2% lower than last year.\n\nM&S blamed \"on-off restrictions and distortions in demand patterns\" due to the coronavirus crisis.", "Stickers supposed to protect users against mobile-phone radiation have no effect, scientists have found.\n\nEnergydots says they \"counteract the harmful energy emitted by wireless and electronic equipment\" to aid sleep, cure headaches and give a clearer mind.\n\nBut University of Surrey tests for BBC News found no evidence of any effect.\n\nThe Devon-based company told BBC News the stickers were programmed with \"scalar energy\", which the scientists' equipment would be unable to detect.\n\nEnergydots markets a range of stickers, including the SmartDot, the SleepDot and even the PetDot.\n\nBBC News bought five SmartDots - a special offer for £55 - and sent them to the university's 6th Generation Innovation Centre.\n\nResearchers tested 4G mobile phones and wi-fi access points with and without the stickers applied to them.\n\nAnd a spokesman for the lab said: \"We could not find any evidence that these products had any effect on frequency or power when used as instructed.\"\n\nAn Energydots spokeswoman told BBC News: \"We state clearly that our products harmonise the fields.\n\n\"And the way to test this is to assess via biological testing.\"\n\nLast November, the company published a press release saying it was extremely proud to announce a partnership with the NHS that would see \"brand-new patient engagement units\" installed in Torbay and Royal College of London hospitals.\n\nAt the time, an Energydots spokeswoman told BBC News adverts for its products would appear in the two hospitals, though she clarified the London hospital was in fact University College Hospital.\n\nBut a Torbay Hospital spokesman then told BBC News it knew nothing of this partnership.\n\nAnd within hours, the press release had disappeared from the company's website.\n\nEnergydots later said there had been a misunderstanding with the agency that had promised to organise the adverts.\n\nIts stickers are among a wide range of products on Amazon from companies offering electric-and-magnetic-field (EMF) protection.\n\nEnergydots also suggests placing its SmartDot stickers on wi-fi routers\n\nThese include protective clothing, canopies to be placed over beds and even devices that block radiation from wi-fi routers - making them effectively useless.\n\nCampaigners claiming radiation from mobile phones and other devices poses a health risk have stepped up protests as 5G networks are rolled out.\n\nBut most scientists say even the higher part of the electromagnetic spectrum that may be used by 5G should not harm humans.\n\nAnd within those limits, there are no known consequences for health, the World Health Organization says.", "The United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nThat means anyone who arrives from the UAE after 04:00 GMT on Tuesday now needs to self-isolate for 10 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nUK officials say Covid cases have risen 52% in the UAE in the last seven days and cite \"a significant acceleration in the number of imported cases\".\n\nIt comes after Scotland removed the UAE city Dubai from its safe travel list.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also updated its advice to advise against all but essential travel to the emirates.\n\nThe recent lockdown restrictions imposed across the UK mean leisure travel is currently banned.\n\nBut the UAE has been in particular focus in recent weeks after a number of UK reality TV and social media stars posted photographs of themselves holidaying there before the rules came into place.\n\nAnd a Celtic footballer tested positive for Covid-19 after the club took a trip to Dubai for a winter training camp.\n\nCeltic were allowed to go as a group under exemptions for elite athletes. As a result,15 playing and coaching staff are now required to self-isolate.\n\nDubai was added to Scotland's travel quarantine list from 04:00 GMT on Monday - with the rule also applying retrospectively for passengers who have arrived in Scotland from the city since January 3.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the removal of the whole of the UAE from the travel corridor is being adopted by all four UK nations.\n\nArrivals to the UK from most destinations now have to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nHowever, arrivals from some countries are exempt from the rules. Those countries make up the so-called travel corridor list.\n\nFrom this week, passengers arriving by boat, train or plane, including UK nationals, must also take a Covid test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.\n\nAre you affected by the government decision to remove UAE from the UK travel corridor list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A hospital's oxygen supply has \"reached a critical situation\" due to rising numbers of Covid-19 infections.\n\nA document shared with the BBC showed Southend Hospital has had to reduce the amount it uses to treat patients.\n\nIt said the target range for oxygen levels that should be in patients' blood had been cut from 92% to a baseline of 88-92%.\n\nHospital managing director, Yvonne Blucher, said it was \"working to manage\" the situation.\n\n\"We are experiencing high demand for oxygen because of rising numbers of inpatients with Covid-19 and we are working to manage this,\" she said.\n\n\"The public can play their part by staying home and, where they cannot, following the 'hands, face, space' advice to cut the spread of the virus.\"\n\nIn the document, from the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Foundation Trust, which has been shared with frontline NHS staff, the oxygen supply was said to have \"reached a critical situation\".\n\nIt said it was \"imperative we use oxygen efficiently and safely\" and states patients who are being fed oxygen and have an oxygen saturation of above 92% \"should have their oxygen weaned within the target range\", which is now 88-92%. This means very gradually reducing the saturation level.\n\nIt added that \"maintaining saturations within this target range is safe and no patient will come to harm as a result\".\n\nGPs in Essex have told the BBC that the threshold for sending a patient to hospital for supplemental oxygen is if their oxygen saturation is at 92%. A level of 96-100% is deemed normal.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers which represents hospital trusts in England, said there was \"huge pressure\" on hospital oxygen stocks because giving patients extra oxygen was a \"key part\" of coronavirus treatment.\n\nHe said there were a number of hospitals where this happened in the first phase of coronavirus and over the past few weeks \"similar things have happened\" elsewhere.\n\nChris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers which represents hospital trusts in England, said there was \"huge pressure on oxygen systems\"\n\n\"This is the kind of problem that chief executives and trust leadership teams are having to solve day in, day out,\" he said.\n\n\"If you [a hospital] push your oxygen to an absolutely critical level, then the thing that you can't do is have the oxygen system break down... so effectively you will have to dial it down, in which case you will probably have to transfer patients to the nearest neighbouring hospital for a short period of time.\n\n\"I cannot tell you how much work has been done over the summer and autumn to ensure that people [hospital trusts] have been prepared for this... they knew they would come under pressure if there were to be further waves, as has now proved to be the case.\"\n\nEssex has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 per 100,000 people in the country, with seven of the 14 council areas in the county in the top 20 most infected areas of England.\n\nThe Mid and South Essex Hospitals Foundation Trust said it was \"imperative we use oxygen efficiently and safely\"\n\nNews of oxygen issues is understandably worrying, but not unexpected. Tanks may be full, but flow is a problem.\n\nMany people who are sick with Covid will need extra oxygen to help them breathe. As Covid admissions increase, it can put huge demand on a hospital's piped oxygen supply system to provide this high flow.\n\nHospital bosses have been planning for such scenarios for months, learning from experiences during the first wave of Covid when some trusts ran into difficulties.\n\nMany wards have made improvements to their pipework in preparation for a very busy winter, but there is still a limit to what hospitals can provide.\n\nWhen stretched to the maximum, other steps are needed, such transferring patients elsewhere or limiting how much oxygen is pumped to each patient.\n\nSouthend Hospital has taken this latter measure.\n\nAlthough not ideal, it is not unsafe. Patients will be closely monitored and the trust hopes the situation will improve if new Covid admissions start to go down as people follow the stay at home lockdown rules.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None 'One in 18 have Covid-19' in parts of Essex", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says exemption from quarantine travel requirements for elite sport are to be reviewed\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged football clubs not to \"abuse\" the privileges they are afforded while the rest of Scotland is in lockdown.\n\nPlayers and staff from Celtic FC are having to self-isolate after one tested positive for Covid-19 on return from a mid-season training camp in Dubai.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she had doubts about whether the trip was really necessary.\n\nAnd she said \"everyone, including football, should be erring on the side of caution\" amid a rise in infections.\n\nScottish football below Championship level is to be suspended for three weeks in light of the current lockdown, with Scottish Cup and lower league ties to be rescheduled.\n\nTop flight football in Scotland is continuing while most Scots are subject to a \"stay at home\" order due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nCeltic's home fixture against Hibernian went ahead on Monday evening, despite the club having lost 13 players and three staff to Covid-19 issues.\n\nDefender Christopher Jullien tested positive for the virus on return from the club's training camp in Dubai, with others including the club's manager Neil Lennon being forced to isolate as close contacts.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she was \"disappointed and frustrated\" that her daily coronavirus briefing was again being \"dominated by football\".\n\nCeltic trained in Scotland on Saturday after returning from Dubai\n\nShe said she had doubts about whether Celtic's trip \"was really essential\" and whether rules were strictly adhered to, saying it was for the footballing authorities to decide if further action was necessary.\n\nThe first minister issued a warning to clubs that they must stick to the rules set out for them while the rest of the populace is subject to tight restrictions.\n\nShe said: \"Football and elite sport more generally enjoys a number of privileges right now that the rest of us don't have. These privileges include the right to go to overseas training camps and be exempt from quarantine on return.\n\n\"It is really vital, obviously for public health reasons but also I think out of respect for the rest of the population living under really heavy restrictions, that these privileges are not abused.\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross is an assistant referee in the game.\n\nHe said that at a time when people are staying at home football games were something many looked forward to.\n\nMr Ross said: \"We don't want to see the whole of Scottish football affected by the actions of one club.\" He also called for financial support to be made available to clubs in the Scottish lower leagues and Scottish Cup who had had their games suspended for three weeks.\n\nCeltic manager Neil Lennon is among those who are self-isolating\n\nMs Sturgeon said Scotland was currently in \"the most perilous and serious position since the start of the pandemic\", with a record number of people in hospital with Covid-19.\n\nShe said everyone should be doing their utmost not to add to pressure on the health services by following the rules.\n\nShe said: \"This whole episode should underline how serious the situation we are in now is. Everyone including football should be erring on the side of caution.\n\n\"I know fans of other clubs feel very strongly that the whole of football should not pay the price for the actions of any one club, and I agree with that.\n\n\"But of course a situation like this does make it essential for us to review the rules - including those around travel exemptions - and that's what we will be doing. As we do, I do hope that Celtic themselves will reflect seriously on all of this.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon cited photographs which emerged of players socialising in Dubai, but Celtic's assistant manager John Kennedy said these created a \"false picture\" and that there had been \"minor slip-ups\" at worst.\n\nThe club had previously claimed the government had given permission for the trip to go ahead, but Ms Sturgeon said it had only provided guidance to the footballing authorities on the rules.\n\nShe said: \"It's not our role to give approval or not to what a football club is doing.\"\n\nA statement posted on the Celtic website said that \"the reality is that a case could well have occurred had the team remained in Scotland\".\n\nIt added: \"Celtic has done everything it can to ensure we have in place the very best procedures and protocols. From the outset of the pandemic, Celtic has worked closely with the Scottish government and Scottish football and we will continue to do so.\"", "As hospital mortuaries fill up in Surrey, England, some of the dead from the coronavirus pandemic are being brought to an emergency body storage facility.\n\nSurrey currently has one of the highest infection rates in the country, and some are concerned the facility may reach capacity.\n\nBBC home editor Mark Easton paid a visit to the site which has been set up in a Surrey woodland.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nSeven centres begin operating this morning across England, a key part of efforts to vaccinate 15 million in the top four priority groups by mid-February. To begin with, more than 600,000 aged 80 or over are being sent letters inviting them to book an appointment at one of the hubs - but if the journey is too long, they're being told closer options will be available soon. The centres will be open 12 hours a day and more large-scale sites will follow. The health secretary will give more details later, while the Welsh government will publish its own vaccination plan. In Scotland, more clinics should start to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Here's how vaccines are approved for use, and some of the challenges a rollout on this scale faces.\n\nScientists have warned stricter measures might be needed to curb infections in England but, right now, the government is focusing on an \"all-out public information\" campaign to improve compliance with the existing rules. Chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty is appearing on TV and radio this morning urging the public to \"stay at home\" given what he called the \"appalling situation\" we are in. He told BBC One's Breakfast that getting case numbers down was \"everybody's problem\", and \"every unnecessary contact\" with someone from another household gave the virus an opportunity to be transmitted. \"We need to really double down\", he added, because \"this is the most dangerous time we've had in terms of numbers into the NHS.\" If you've seen videos online claiming some hospital wards and corridors are empty, BBC Reality Check explains what's really going on.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses says a record quarter of a million firms could close over the coming year. The organisation's chairman, Mike Cherry, said financial support provided to businesses during the pandemic had \"not kept pace with intensifying restrictions\". It also wants more help for many self-employed workers who are currently excluded from aid. There's another call for more government support this morning from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. He wants teachers, the armed forces and care workers to be left out of a public sector pay freeze, and is urging ministers not to end the temporary £20-a-week boost to Universal Credit.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\"\n\nThe body representing prison staff says courts should cease hearing trials to help stop the spread of coronavirus in jails. Mark Fairhurst, from the Prison Officers' Union, said there had been a \"massive outbreak\" at Cardiff Prison, and the site was struggling to find space for newly-sentenced arrivals. However, others within the criminal justice sector argue courts must be kept open to prevent the case backlog growing further. The rate of spread in prisons is still well below the wider population, and a prison service spokesman said shielding, mass testing and limited regimes were in place at all facilities.\n\nPrimary and secondary schools are closed to most pupils, and the switch to virtual learning presents challenges for many families. The BBC is trying to help, and from today lessons and programmes will be broadcast on TV, on BBC Two and CBBC. They'll also be available on iPlayer, with additional content online. Find out all you need to know here. If you're looking for some inspiration for PE, Joe Wicks is also back today. For many families, he was one of the fixtures of the first lockdown, and live classes start at 09:00 GMT on his YouTube channel.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Dorset Police said officers dispersed dozens of demonstrators from the town centre as they attempted to march\n\nA video shared online apparently showing a woman being arrested in breach of lockdown for sitting on a bench was \"stage-managed\", police said.\n\nDorset Police believe the video was planned and recorded by anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration in Bournemouth on Saturday.\n\nThree people were arrested for not giving their details so officers could issue fines for breaking Covid rules.\n\nThe BBC has asked one of the protesters who posted the video to comment.\n\nThe force said two of those held were later de-arrested when they confirmed their details in police custody and a third was released when his details were verified - all three were then issued fixed penalty notices.\n\nOfficers also issued at least seven other fines and 10 dispersal notices.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, from Dorset Police, said: \"We believe this video was planned, stage-managed and recorded by members of the protest group who turned up in multiple areas, several of whom refused to engage or provide their details.\n\n\"If people refuse to give their details in such circumstances then it leaves officers with little option, but to arrest until the details are established. Our officers would only arrest as a last resort.\n\n\"It was clear that the group was deliberately organising their activities, walking around in twos and then trying to come together in a 'flash mob'-style approach, as they have done previously. This activity went on for a couple of hours.\"\n\nThe force's chief constable James Vaughan earlier said: \"I condemn the actions of these selfish individuals who knowingly flouted the lockdown restrictions.\"\n\nThe force said there were \"repeated attempts\" to engage with the organisers to stop the planned protest and found a number of the protesters had \"travelled considerably\" from out of the Dorset area.\n\nMr Vaughan added: \"Our county is gripped with infections and yet these irresponsible individuals have ignored what is being asked of them and have left their homes to protest. Shame on them.\"\n\nSam Crowe, director of public health for Dorset, said its hospital services were \"close to being overwhelmed\".\n\nMr Crowe said: \"Infection rates locally have been doubling in less than a week. If this carries on, our hospitals will not be able to cope with caring for those needing life-saving treatment. Stay at home means exactly that.\"\n\nLatest figures show Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has reached 745.2 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nAlso on Saturday, 16 people were also arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pupils across Scotland have been experiencing problems accessing Microsoft Teams as the majority move to home learning.\n\nA number of schools, pupils and parents have reported the technology running slowly or not at all.\n\nIt is one of the main platforms being used for remote learning with schools shut to most pupils until at least the beginning of February.\n\nMicrosoft Teams tweeted that the issue was being investigated.\n\nA Microsoft spokesperson said: \"Our engineers are working to resolve difficulties accessing Microsoft Teams that some customers are experiencing.\"\n\nWhen pressed on whether demand as a result of home schooling was causing the issue, Microsoft declined to comment.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon highlighted the problem during her daily coronavirus briefing.\n\n\"This is not an issue that is unique to Scotland or indeed unique to schools, but I understand Microsoft is currently working to address it,\" she said.\n\n\"More generally I don't underestimate how difficult this is both for young people learning away from friends… and for parents to juggle home schooling with working.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon was also asked about problems which were being experienced by users of digital learning platform Glow.\n\nShe replied: \"It is not an issue with Glow. It is affecting Glow, but the core issue is not with Glow… the issue is with Microsoft Teams.\"\n\nTwo schools in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, said the problem was a \"national issue\" although Renfrew High School urged pupils experiencing difficulties not to panic.\n\nClyde Valley High School tweeted: \"Our online learning provision begins today for all of our pupils. Due to the very high demand for Microsoft Teams across Scotland, there may be issues initially getting logged on or accessing some files.\n\n\"This is a national issue on the site and may take a little time to rectify.\"\n\nColtness High School said: \"Unfortunately it appears Microsoft Teams is struggling to cope with the traffic this morning.\n\n\"This is across Scotland and not isolated to Coltness. Pupils and staff are having difficulty loading files. We have reported the issue and hopefully this will be resolved soon.\"\n\nEdinburgh City Council have texted all parents saying: \"There is a city-wide problem with Microsoft Teams this morning. Please be patient as the council is working to resolve it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RHS Digital Learning This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by D&G Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said: \"Microsoft has confirmed that this issue is affecting users in the UK and elsewhere in northern Europe. Education Scotland is working closely with the company to resolve the issues.\"\n\nAfter one teacher complained to Microsoft Teams on Twitter, a staff member said: \"We're currently investigating an issue where some users in the UK region are unable to access Microsoft Teams. We will provide further information as soon as this is available.\"\n\nAccording to an Ofcom report in December, about 34,000 (1.2%) premises in Scotland were without a decent broadband connection, while superfast broadband coverage had increased to 94% of homes.\n\nIt also said that fixed and mobile networks in Scotland had \"generally coped well\" with increased demands during the pandemic.\n\nIt comes as plans for remote learning during the latest lockdown reveal big disparities between Scotland's 32 councils.\n\nNot all pupils will be offered live lessons - instead the decision on the best approach has been left to individual schools and teachers.\n\nGuidance on remote learning published by the Scottish government on Friday recommended a \"a balance of live learning and independent activity\".\n\nThe Scottish government said it had invested £25m to address digital exclusion in schools with funding allocations for digital devices and connectivity solutions made to all 32 local authorities.\n\nMore than 50,000 devices such as laptops have been distributed to children and young people to help with remote learning and the programme in total is expected to deliver about 70,000 devices for disadvantaged children and young people across Scotland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Asymptomatic testing for Covid can help \"break the chains of transmission\", Matt Hancock says\n\nRegular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available across England this week, the government has said.\n\nThe community testing regime - expanded to cover all 317 local authorities - uses rapid lateral flow tests, which can return results in 30 minutes.\n\nLocal councils are being encouraged to prioritise tests for those who cannot work from home during the lockdown.\n\nThe health secretary said asymptomatic testing can help break transmission.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England has invited tens of thousands of people over 80 to book vaccinations.\n\nA further 563 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test and another 54,940 cases reported, according to government figures on Sunday.\n\nThe total number of deaths in the UK after a positive test passed 80,000 on Saturday.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said expanding the Community Testing Programme to more people without symptoms was \"crucial given that around one in three people\" who contract Covid-19 show no symptoms.\n\nIt said regular community testing using the rapid tests had already identified more than 14,800 positive Covid-19 cases.\n\nSo far, 131 local authorities in England have enrolled in the government's community testing programme, with Milton Keynes, Slough, Doncaster and Essex the latest to join.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said targeted asymptomatic testing and subsequent isolation was \"highly effective in breaking chains of transmission\".\n\nBut Angela Raffle, a consultant in public health at the University of Bristol Medical School, said increasing lateral flow testing was \"very worrying\" and warned the benefits of finding symptomless cases \"will be outweighed by the many more infectious cases that are missed by these tests\".\n\nDefending lateral flow tests on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme Mr Hancock said mass asymptomatic testing in Liverpool had seen the case rate drop \"more sharply than it did in other similar areas where only restrictions were brought in\".\n\nNHS Test and Trace will also work closely with other government departments to scale up workforce testing, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nMany are already piloting regular workforce testing, with 15 large employers having taken up this offer already across 64 sites, \"including organisations operating in the food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, and within the public sector including job centres, transport networks and the military\".\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said plans were already in place for rapid testing of staff and students in schools and colleges and staff in primary schools.\n\nAsked when schools could reopen by the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Hancock said there were four conditions: that there is not a major new variant, the vaccine rollout is proceeding effectively, the number of deaths is falling and there is an easing of pressure on the NHS.\n\nMatthew Fell, of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 UK businesses, said: \"This expansion of testing will help more critical workers and those unable to work from home to operate safely, while also catching new cases more swiftly.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the safety of the workforce had been an \"absolute priority\" and said the expansion of testing means \"we can keep our economy on the move while giving individuals in key sectors complete confidence that their workplace is safe\".\n\nBut Prof Susan Michie, professor of health psychology at University College London, told BBC Breakfast the country would continue a \"yo-yoing of lockdown\" without a \"test, trace and isolate system that actually works\" and warned there needed to be tighter restrictions and tougher messaging than in March to prevent \"tens of thousands of avoidable deaths in the next few weeks\".", "Luke Evans plays police officer Steve Wilkins who reopened and solved the two double murders\n\nHollywood actor Luke Evans says telling the true story of the murder of four people was a \"huge responsibility\".\n\nEvans, who was brought up in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly county, returned to Wales to star in ITV drama The Pembrokeshire Murders.\n\nHe plays Dyfed-Powys Police officer Steve Wilkins who in 2006 reopened two unsolved double murders from the 1980s.\n\n\"I just wanted to tell it right and show justice for the victims, which is the most important part,\" Evans said.\n\n\"This is a very serious, sad story where four people lost their lives and their families have struggled and suffered greatly because of it,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"So you do feel a huge sense of responsibility.\"\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Murders has been adapted from a book about the case written by Mr Wilkins and ITV journalist Jonathan Hill.\n\nIn 1985 brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas were shot at their remote mansion near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, before the property was set alight.\n\nThen in 1989, Peter and Gwenda Dixon were shot dead at close range on the Pembrokeshire coastal path near Little Haven.\n\nThe drama also stars Newport actress Alexandria Riley as Det Insp Ella Richards\n\nBut it was only years later that microscopic DNA and fibres linked the murders to John Cooper, who was already in prison for a string of burglaries.\n\nIn 2011 he was jailed for life.\n\nThe Dracula Untold star said he had not been aware of the notorious case: \"I knew almost nothing about these murders, to the point where when I read what was a treatment two or three years ago… I couldn't believe what I was reading.\n\n\"So I did my own research into it and realised that the story was completely true - it hadn't been embellished, none of this was fiction and it sort of blew my mind.\"\n\nHe said being able to speak to Mr Wilkins while filming was invaluable: \"Me and Steve had a dialogue almost every week for a few hours.\n\n\"We had a lot of conversations before we started shooting where I would speak to him and ask him, not just about the case - obviously that that was very important - but about things like how was it standing in front of John Cooper, having to interview John Cooper, having to deal with his family.\n\n\"You see both sides of the effect of these terrible crimes, you see what the aftermath of what it does to people and how they suffer and you meet Cooper's family as well.\n\n\"Steve has his own family and that also is played into the storyline very powerfully.\"\n\nEvans said the only other time he has worked in Wales was when filming Visit Wales commercials: \"Being Welsh and not getting to work in Wales very often - that certainly was an attraction for me,\" he said.\n\n\"I've done them [the commercials] for a few years - one of them was about the coastal walks of Wales and our beautiful coastline... and then right in this beautiful place I was there back there, portraying a character and trying to find the killer of somebody who murdered people on this coastal path.\"\n\nBut he said he enjoyed playing a Welsh character: \"To go right back to my roots with my accent and that was a really, really exciting to do.\n\nThe series, made by World Productions, the makers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard, finished filming just before Wales' first coronavirus lockdown.\n\n\"When we started The Pembrokeshire Murders it was January so we didn't hear anything really, and then just before we finished there was rumblings of this virus,\" he said.\n\n\"We were very lucky in a way, we wrapped basically on the Friday then on the Monday everything closed.\n\n\"So it was a big sigh of relief when we got to the final wrap of that day and it was very special.\"\n\nThe three-part series also stars Keith Allen, Owen Teale, Alexandria Riley, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan and David Fynn.\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Murders in on ITV at 21:00 GMT on 11, 12 and 13 January", "Flexing the coronavirus lockdown rules could be fatal, the health secretary has warned as hospital admissions soar.\n\nMatt Hancock did not rule out strengthening current restrictions and told the BBC's Andrew Marr the NHS was under \"very serious pressure\".\n\nIt comes after almost 55,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK and the number of deaths after a positive test passed 80,000.\n\nScientist Prof Peter Horby warned the UK was in \"the eye of the storm\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the rules were tough but \"may not be tough enough\" and called for the government to hold daily press conferences to avoid \"mixed messages\".\n\nThe UK recorded another 563 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test on Sunday, down from 1,065 deaths on Saturday.\n\nHowever, there tends to be fewer deaths reported on Sundays, due to a reporting lag over the weekend. There were also a further 54,940 daily cases.\n\nMr Hancock told Andrew Marr \"every time you try to flex the rules that could be fatal\" and said staying at home was the \"most important thing we can do collectively as a society\".\n\nThe health secretary said he did not want to speculate on whether the government would further strengthen restrictions, after warnings from scientists on Saturday that they may need to be stricter.\n\n\"People need to not just follow the letter of the rules but follow the spirit as well and play their part,\" he said.\n\nHis comments came after Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police over enforcing lockdown rules following the case of two women who were fined for going for a walk five miles from their homes - a decision which is now under review.\n\nThe government has launched a campaign telling people to act like they have got the virus in a bid to tackle the rise in infections.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said that if the virus continued on its current trajectory \"many hospitals will be in real difficulties, and very soon\".\n\nIn a statement released on Sunday, he said that unless people started to follow the rules more strictly, emergency patients will have to be turned away from hospitals, causing \"avoidable deaths\".\n\nProf Horby, chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said there may be \"early signs that something is beginning to bite\" due to the restrictions - but if they did not then stricter measures would be needed.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"I really hope people take this very seriously. It was bad in March, it's much worse now.\n\n\"We've seen record numbers across the board, record numbers of cases, record numbers of hospitalisations, record numbers of deaths.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Peter Horby explains why the new Covid-19 variant is up to 70% more transmissible\n\nProf Horby said tougher measures might include those during the March lockdown, such as people only being able to exercise once a day and stricter rules about meeting people.\n\n\"We are in a situation where everything that was risky in the past is now more risky,\" he said.\n\nProf Horby said early signs were encouraging that the vaccines would be effective against the new Covid variants - first identified in the UK and in South Africa - and he did not want people to \"hide under the duvet\".\n\n\"We can see the end game now,\" he said.\n\nHigher cases inevitably mean more hospitalisations and more deaths.\n\nThe most recent figures show that, on average, 894 people per day are now dying within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up from 438 at the start of December.\n\nThe spike in cases since Christmas means that figure is almost certain to get worse before the most recent lockdown measures can start to have any effect.\n\nScientists think the new variant of the disease is more \"transmissible\", possibly because each infected individual produces more of the actual virus - sometimes referred to as the viral load.\n\nVaccination should help to protect the most vulnerable from serious symptoms but we don't yet know if receiving the jab stops an individual contracting the virus and passing it on to others.\n\nScientists say that may mean even tougher restrictions will be needed to bring the R-number below one and start to reduce the overall size of the pandemic.\n\nMass community testing is to be rolled out this week, the government has said, and the health secretary said around two million people had been vaccinated in the UK, with some 200,000 jabs being given in England daily.\n\nMr Hancock said by autumn every adult in the UK would be offered a vaccine.\n\nHe said the government was on course to reach its target of 15 million people vaccinated by mid-February, with the opening of seven mass vaccination centres this week likely to increase the rate of jabs.\n\nMr Hancock told Sky News' Sophy Ridge he hoped coronavirus could be treated like seasonal flu with an annual vaccination programme in the future.\n\nProf Horby said the vaccines may have to be updated \"every few years\" as the virus mutates and said it was unlikely the virus would go away completely.\n\n\"We're going to have to live with it,\" he said. \"But that may change significantly.\n\n\"It may well become more of an endemic virus that's with us all the time and may cause some seasonal pressures and some excess deaths but is not causing the huge disruption that we're seeing now.\"", "Spain is in a race against time to clear roads covered by heavy snow, and get Covid vaccines and food supplies to areas affected by Storm Filomena.\n\nUp to 50cm (20 inches) of snow fell on the capital Madrid, one of the worst hit areas, between Friday and Saturday.\n\nAt least four people died and thousands of travellers were left stranded.\n\nOvernight, temperatures plunged to -8C (18F) in parts of Spain, amid warnings by meteorologists that the snow was turning to perilous ice.\n\nThe unusual cold wave on the Iberian peninsula is expected to last until Thursday.\n\nThe Spanish government said it had taken extra steps - including police-escorted convoys - to ensure its expected shipment of some 300,000 coronavirus vaccines can be distributed as planned to regional health authorities later on Monday.\n\n\"The commitment is to guarantee the supply of health, vaccines and food. Corridors have been opened to deliver the goods,\" Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nSoldiers have been deployed to clear some of the 700 major roads.\n\nSome 3,500 tonnes of salt were later brought on lorries to the capital, Spain's El Mundo website reported on Monday.\n\nThe record-breaking snowfall has triggered some unprecedented scenes here in Madrid. People have skied along the city's main commercial street, Gran Vía, and one man was pictured being pulled through the district of Hortaleza on a sled by five huskies.\n\nBut other responses to the snow have been more controversial due to concerns about Covid-19. Dozens of young people had a snowball fight in Callao square, for example, and many of them were without facemasks.\n\nNearby, in Puerta del Sol, others celebrated the snow by dancing a conga. The daily Marca newspaper branded it \"the conga of shame\".\n\nAlthough the snowfall has now stopped, low temperatures have left snow and ice piled up across the capital and the surrounding region. And with residents advised to avoid using their cars, public transport has seen a surge in demand.\n\nThis has compounded coronavirus concerns as many metro train carriages were packed at rush hour on Monday morning, making social distancing impossible.\n\nMadrid's international airport began gradually resuming operations on Sunday afternoon, having cancelled all flights on Friday.\n\nSome 500 people across the Madrid region were forced to spend the night in temporary shelter, including sports centres, after they were trapped by the whiteout.\n\nAbout 100 shoppers and staff spent two nights at a shopping centre in Majadahonda, a town north of the capital. \"There are people sleeping on the ground on cardboard,\" one restaurant employee told TVE television.\n\nSpain's Meteorological Agency said Saturday's snowfall was the heaviest in Madrid since 1971\n\nBut there were stories of heroism too, including doctors and medical workers who abandoned their cars and walked for hours to get to work. One doctor, Alvaro Sanchez, said on social media he had walked 17km (10 miles) over nearly two hours to get to work, while two nurses, Paco and Monica, said they had walked 22km to their hospital.\n\nThey were praised by Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa, who tweeted: \"The commitment that the entire group of health workers is showing is an example of solidarity and dedication.\"\n\nSome 4x4 vehicle owners offered to transport medical workers, while other volunteers helped to clear hospital entrance ways.\n\n\"Health staff have been working (hard) for more than a year and this is just a short moment for us, so as citizens, we are trying to help; it is everyone's responsibility,\" said Fernando de la Fuente, 60, who helped clear the entrance to Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpaniards in large parts of the country have been warned to take care in the coming days as temperatures could fall to -12C (10F) in some areas until Thursday.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCrawley Town delivered one of the FA Cup third round's most emphatic upsets as the League Two underdogs tore apart Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds.\n\nThree second-half goals rewarded a fantastic performance from John Yems' side as they made light of the 62 places between themselves and their Premier League visitors.\n\nNick Tsaroulla, playing only his seventh game in senior football, set the ball rolling, beating three Leeds defenders to fire home a superb solo opener.\n\nUnited keeper Kiko Casilla's error allowed Ashley Nadesan to double the lead before Jordan Tunnicliffe added a third for Crawley, who could have won by more.\n• None Watch all of the goals from the FA Cup third round\n• None Can Mark Wright make it as a pro at Crawley?\n\nBielsa made seven changes to his side but Leeds fielded England midfielder Kalvin Phillips among several regular top-flight starters including Pablo Hernandez, Ezgjan Alioski and club record signing Rodrigo.\n\nHowever, after an even first half, they were completely outplayed in the second period by a Crawley side who have reached the fourth round for only the third time, having spent most of their 125-year existence in non-league football.\n\nCrawley even had the luxury of bringing on reality TV celebrity Mark Wright in stoppage time for the former The Only Way Is Essex star's debut, having signed for the club on non-contract terms in December.\n\nLeeds' loss is the first time in 34 years a top-flight side has lost to a fourth-tier team by three or more goals and only the second ever instance since a fourth division was added to the Football League in 1958.\n\nThey may be the lesser-known of the two Red Devils but Crawley's efforts were no less impressive than Manchester United's 6-2 dissection of Leeds last month.\n\nWhile Bielsa rested first-choice stars such as Patrick Bamford, Luke Ayling, Stuart Dallas and Mateusz Klich, there was still plenty of experience mixed in with the youth in Leeds' line-up.\n\nBut the hosts, sixth in League Two after an eight-game unbeaten run, never gave them the chance to settle and while neither side could break the deadlock before the interval, it was Crawley who went closest as Casilla kept out Tom Nichols' close-range header.\n\nHe was helpless, however, to prevent Tsaroulla - a former Tottenham trainee who spent a year out of the game because of injuries sustained in a car crash - firing Crawley ahead after a twisting run into the area that beguiled the Leeds back-line.\n\nRather than protect their lead, Crawley went for the jugular and Nadesan soon doubled their advantage, although his strike owed much to a bobble that beat Casilla at his near post.\n\nTunnicliffe then fired into the roof of the net after Casilla parried from Nadesan and Crawley could have had a fourth after top scorer Max Watters came off the bench to round the keeper, only to be denied by a covering defender.\n\nThe win marked the first time in four attempts that Crawley have beaten a Premier League side in the FA Cup and so comfortable was the victory that TV personality Wright was given his late cameo.\n\nAnother name added to Leeds' list of cup woes\n\nBielsa was left to mull over back-to-back 3-0 defeats, albeit this one coming in a much different context to Leeds' Premier League loss at Tottenham on 2 January.\n\nThis was the former Argentina manager's first taste of an FA Cup shock, after far more mundane exits against Arsenal and QPR in Bielsa's two previous campaigns since taking the Elland Road reins in 2018.\n\nBut it was not unfamiliar ground for Leeds as Crawley - who have finished in the bottom half of League Two for five successive seasons - emulated non-league pair Histon and Sutton United, as well as lower-league clubs Rochdale and Newport, in upsetting the Whites this century.\n\nThe visitors only forced one real save from Crawley keeper Glenn Morris, who reacted well to push away Ian Poveda's strike from an acute angle in the first half.\n\nLeeds might point to a penalty they perhaps should have had before the interval when Crawley defender Tony Craig got away with pulling back Rodrigo as he attempted to meet Helder Costa's volleyed cross.\n\nBut there was no video assistant referee system at the game, and they offered very little going forward after Rodrigo was substituted at half-time.\n\nIt was a fourth successive third-round exit in a competition they could have looked to with some hope, given their relatively comfortable position in the Premier League.\n\n\"We've got 11 star men\" - what they said\n\nCrawley manager Yems to BBC Sport: \"You have to enjoy these games - you work hard enough for it. It was a really good team performance and it's clear that we've got 11 star men.\n\n\"These players have got a lot to prove to the clubs who have released them and we've showed what we can do against a really good side.\n\n\"Let's see who we get in the next round and enjoy the moment.\"\n\nLeeds midfielder Alioski to BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We are really disappointed and it wasn't the result that we wanted. We took the game really seriously and we wanted to win and go on a run, so it is disappointing.\n\n\"Crawley played the game of their lives, and congratulations. To beat us 3-0 - I still can't believe it.\n\n\"The manager said what he wanted to say. It's important for every player to know what this means. He is sad and the players are sad.\"\n• None Attempt blocked. Sam Greenwood (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Raphinha (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jake Hessenthaler (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Hernández.\n• None Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Max Watters (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Nichols. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals and highlights from a huge Saturday of third-round matches are", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nPremier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool will meet at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the FA Cup later this month.\n\nNon-league Chorley will host Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers after beating a depleted Derby County in the third round.\n\nLeague Two Cheltenham Town are set to welcome Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to Whaddon Road.\n\nThe fourth-round ties will be played the weekend of 23-24 January.\n\nCrawley Town, who celebrated a famous 3-0 win over Leeds United on Sunday, will travel to Championship side Bournemouth in the next round.\n\nJose Mourinho's Tottenham will face Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park, while Fulham take on Burnley in an all-Premier League tie.\n\nChorley would face 14-time winners Arsenal in the fifth round - if the National League North side overcome Wolves and the Gunners beat Southampton.\n\nDavid Moyes could return to former club Manchester United in the last 16 if West Ham beat League One Doncaster Rovers and United seal victory over Liverpool in the fourth round.\n\nThe fifth-round ties will be played 9-11 February.\n• None Watch all the goals and highlights from the FA Cup third round\n• None Goals, highlights and knockouts. All the action from Sunday's third-round ties are", "Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a \"perilous moment\" in the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham.\n\nInitially they will be used to vaccinate the over 80's, alongside NHS staff and health and social care workers. It's part of a drive that the government hopes will see 15 million people vaccinated against the virus by mid-February.", "Caroline Rice couldn't afford the ink to print off her child's maths homework\n\nThere are few benefits from lockdown, but one often touted is that people are managing to save a little money: lower transport costs, fewer shop-bought office lunches, cheaper childcare costs and no foreign holidays.\n\nSingle mum Caroline Rice gives a wry smile when asked if she's managed to squirrel away extra cash over the past few months during pandemic restrictions.\n\n\"My spending is up,\" she says. \"The heating costs are higher because it's very cold. I'm having to shop locally because of lockdown, where the prices are slightly higher. The nearest Asda is 12 miles away.\"\n\nThe small savings on little luxuries that many people are making - fewer coffees or restaurant meals - were never an option for her in the first place.\n\nHer meagre finances meant the registered child minder, who lives in rural County Fermanagh, was already living week-to-week. Now it seems like day-to-day, she says.\n\n\"There's a mental stress, fatigue, in having to check the bank balance every day to see how much I'm down,\" she says. \"My child and I haven't bought any clothes in almost a year.\"\n\nShe's having to home-school her child. Many people wouldn't think twice about printing off their child's maths homework project. Caroline had to write it out by hand because they could not afford the ink.\n\nAnd she is not alone. A new report on the finances of low-income families during the pandemic says they are twice as likely to have increased their spending.\n\nIt says extra costs for food, energy and remote learning equipment have piled financial pressure on the poor.\n\nThe study - Pandemic Pressures - was a collaboration between the Resolution Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities research project at the University of York.\n\nDr Ruth Patrick, a social policy lecturer at the University of York, says talk of saving money during the pandemic is \"worlds away\" from the experiences of many low-income parents and carers.\n\n\"Parents have found their spending increases, as some of the usual strategies they use to get by on a low income - shopping around for the best deal, going to families and friends for a meal when the cupboards are empty - have become suddenly impossible,\" she said.\n\nFor Shirley Widdop, an increase in food costs has been one of the biggest issues. The disabled single parent, who lives in Keighley, now has to shield for health reasons. That means using online deliveries a lot.\n\nShe says: \"There's a minimum basket size [with online orders]. You often have to bulk buy in case there's a problem getting delivery slots.\"\n\nShirley Widdop has not saved on life's little luxuries - because she could not afford them in the first place\n\nWhen not shielding, Shirley would seek out food in her supermarket's reduced-price section. \"There used to be just a couple of people. Now there are crowds,\" she says. \"Not everyone has easy access to the internet. And not everyone has a functioning bus service.\"\n\nThe report notes that the pandemic has been marked by a huge reduction in overall spending, with entertainment and social activities restricted by lockdown.\n\nHigher-income households have been the main beneficiaries of this \"enforced saving\", as they spend 40% more of their income on recreation and leisure activities than the poorest fifth of households.\n\nThe report says that in contrast to this overall picture, the pandemic has in many cases made it more expensive to live on a low income with children.\n\nMore than one in three (36%) low-income households with children have increased their spending during the pandemic so far, compared with about one in six (18%) who have reduced their spending.\n\nAmong high-income households without children, 13% have increased their spending, compared with 40% who have reduced it.\n\nUse of food banks has increased significantly during the pandemic\n\nThe report highlights three main reasons for these extra pressures:\n\nIt should also be noted, the report says, that these extra spending pressures are squeezing living standards that had stagnated even before the pandemic.\n\nTo ease the burden, the report says the government should be seeking to maintain the £20-a-week rise in Universal Credit (UC) into next year. Otherwise, six million households face having their incomes cut by more than £1,000.\n\nMike Brewer, chief economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: \"The pandemic has forced society as a whole to spend less and save more. But these broad spending patterns don't hold true for everyone.\n\n\"The extra cost of feeding, schooling and entertaining children 24/7 means that, for many families, lockdowns have made life more expensive to live on a low income.\"\n\nHowever, a government spokesperson said measures had been put in place to \"ensure that nobody is left behind\", including extra welfare payments, job protection safeguards, the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme, and equipment for home-schooling.\n\n\"We are committed to supporting the lowest-paid families through the pandemic and beyond,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nSometimes the overall economic figures can not capture the actual on-the-ground financial reality.\n\nThe pandemic lockdowns have led to a \"K-shaped\" recovery. Across the entire economy, staying at home has meant less capacity to spend on going out and a surge in savings. But the economic picture is both up and down at the same time, depending on which household.\n\nThe average picture is composed of wealthier people saving a huge amount and poorer families more squeezed than ever. This report shows how children staying at home have increased food and energy bills. The cost of buying food has increased with fewer store promotions and a requirement to use more expensive local shops. The furlough scheme has kept people paid, but not necessarily on full pay.\n\nSo the chancellor hopes that the vaccine rollout could unleash pent up demand in the form of huge levels of savings from the already well-off. And yet at the same time, will continue to face pressure over extending support - for example, the £20-a-week increase to universal credit.", "A Sex and the City revival is heading to the small screen, more than 20 years after the hit series made its debut.\n\nThe original HBO show followed the lives of four New York women negotiating work and relationships in the late 90s and early 2000s.\n\nBut only three of the fab four are returning for the new TV series - Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.\n\nKim Cattrall, who played the popular character Samantha, will not feature.\n\nThe US network did not say why Cattrall wasn't cast in the revival, titled And Just Like That - a nod to one of the show's original catchphrases.\n\nHowever, Cattrall has had a strained relationship with the show in recent years, and in particular with her former co-star Parker.\n\nThe new series will consist of 10 half-hour episodes. Production will begin in late spring.\n\nThe trailer for the HBO Max show gives nothing away; It features numerous shots of New York, but none of the characters is seen on screen.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kristin Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I grew up with these characters, and I can't wait to see how their story has evolved in this new chapter, with the honesty, poignancy, humour and the beloved city that has always defined them,\" Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max, said in a statement.\n\nThe original Sex and the City series, created by Darren Star, was based on Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name. It premiered on HBO in 1998 and ran for six seasons until 2004.\n\nThe show inspired two films, Sex and the City in 2008 and Sex and the City 2 in 2010. A prequel series titled The Carrie Diaries, starring Anna Sophia Robb, aired on The CW in 2013/14.\n\nStar also created Netflix show Emily in Paris, and many have drawn inevitable comparisons between that show and SATC.\n\nWhen it first burst on to our TV screens, Sex and the City was seen as revolutionary - four women talking openly about their love and sex lives, not to mention the sex scenes themselves.\n\nThe first series of SATC began filming in 1998\n\nCosmopolitans and rabbit vibrators were trending before trending was a thing.\n\nWhile it was praised by many for its liberating female-led content, it also attracted criticism from some quarters who felt Carrie's ongoing pursuit of Mr Big (Christopher Noth) was not exactly an advert for female independence.\n\nIt was also accused of trivialising issues such as sexual harassment and for its lack of diversity, a criticism levelled at many older shows including Friends.\n\nFashion was a hugely influential part of the series - the tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits, teamed with a fur coat and heels, was described as \"an ensemble rich in cultural resonance\".\n\nAnd Manolo Blahnik could never have dreamed of attracting so much publicity for his designer footwear.\n\nIt was a ratings smash, with the hotly anticipated finale in 2004 drawing an audience of 10.6 million viewers in the US.\n\nIn the UK, the final episode was watched by 4.1m on Channel 4.\n\nThe series was predictably most popular in the 18-34 age group.\n\nMany SATC fans will be disappointed that larger-than-life favourite Samantha Jones - played by Kim Cattrall - will not be returning for the sequel series.\n\nSamantha was Sex and the City's most outlandish character and arguably, the star of the show.\n\nWhile Miranda was juggling a career and motherhood, Charlotte was focused on marriage and motherhood and Carrie poured her neuroses into her New York Star column, Samantha was the character perhaps harder to relate to but someone we all wanted to be (at least a little).\n\nShe was fiercely independent and while caring for her friends, she always put her own needs before men.\n\nBut news Cattrall won't reprise the role in And Just Like That comes as no surprise after years of feud rumours which were later confirmed by the British-born Canadian actress.\n\nIn 2017, Cattrall told Piers Morgan she had \"never been friends\" with her co-stars.\n\nShe said there was a \"toxic relationship\" and ruled out appearing in a third Sex and the City movie, denying that her decision was down to pay or \"diva\" demands.\n\nCattrall commented that former co-star Parker \"could have been nicer\" about the situation.\n\nA different actress could play Samantha in the future, she suggested.\n\n\"I played it past the finish line and then some and I loved it and another actress should play it,\" she said. \"Maybe they could make it an African-American Samantha Jones or a Hispanic Samantha Jones, or bring in another character.\"\n\nShe later criticised Parker for being \"cruel\" after she sent condolences following the death of Cattrall's brother.\n\nIn an interview with People magazine shortly afterwards, SJP acknowledged Cattrall \"said things that were really hurtful about me\".\n\nParker said: \"So there was no fight; it was completely fabricated, because I actually never responded.\"\n\nOn Monday, Parker replied on Instagram to someone posting that SJP \"didn't tag Samantha Jones\" into her post announcing the new series.\n\n\"I don't dislike her. I've never said that. Never would. Samantha isn't part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do. x.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Flat owners applying to a fund to help pay to remove flammable building cladding will be told not to talk to the press without government approval.\n\nA draft agreement, uncovered by the Sunday Times, says that even where there is \"overwhelming public interest\" in speaking to journalists, the government must be told first.\n\nThe government said the wording was \"standard\".\n\nIt set up a £1.6bn fund last year to repair the most dangerous buildings.\n\nBut it warned that the fund might not cover all the costs of removing the cladding.\n\nThe clause might affect building owners and professional managing agents but also residents who manage their building.\n\nSome types of the covering, often added to newer blocks of flats, have been proven to be a fire hazard.\n\nAfter the 2017 Grenfell fire, the government pledged that safe alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on all buildings in England taller than 18m.\n\nIt set up the £1.6bn fund to help foot the costs.\n\nThe agreement, between the building owner or leaseholder and the government, says: \"The Applicant shall not make any communication to the press or any journalist or broadcaster regarding the Project or the Agreement (or the performance of it by any Party) without the prior written approval of Homes England and [the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ]\" and its press offices.\n\nIt says an exception can be made \"where such disclosure is in the overwhelming public interest (in which case disclosure will not be made without first allowing Homes England and MHCLG to make representations on such proposed disclosure).\"\n\nThe UK Cladding Action Group tweeted that it was \"clearly a matter of public interest\" that these issues were aired in public.\n\n\"No department should be hiding behind non-disclosure agreements to stop scrutiny of their actions,\" the group said.\n\nAnother campaign group, Manchester Cladiators, said the existence of the \"gagging clause\" was \"shocking but not necessarily that surprising\".\n\nSpokesperson Rebecca Fairclough said residents would feel \"intimidated\" by it, adding: \"We ask the government to remove this unfair clause immediately and focus on the priority of solving this institutional failure, which still exists and is only growing over three and a half years after the Grenfell tragedy.\"\n\nThe government insists that the wording in the agreement, under the heading \"Marketing material\", is there to ensure applicants come to the government first.\n\n\"The terms set out are standard in commercial agreements and are not specific to this fund - to suggest otherwise is misleading and inaccurate,\" the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said in a statement.\n\n\"We want a constructive working relationship with building owners who apply to the fund and applicants are asked to work with the department on public communications relating to the project.\"", "Small business owner Jon Wilding is facing a dilemma: his livelihood is on hold because of Covid restrictions and he has a big tax bill to settle.\n\nIf his company supplying marquees to outdoor events goes bust, the taxman will get paid, but his reputation as a businessman will be ruined forever.\n\n\"If I shut the business down, I then become director of a business that's gone bankrupt, at which stage getting loans in the future becomes nigh-on impossible,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"I feel like I'm one of those people who's been left out. We don't need a lot to keep going,\" said Mr Wilding, of Cannock in the West Midlands.\n\n\"The government say their support system is the best in the world, we've done furlough, this that and whatever, but it's not getting to all the people that need it.\"\n\nApart from the Bounce Back Loan scheme, his two-person business has received no government assistance.\n\nHis colleague was furloughed in March last year, but because Mr Wilding is the director, he is not allowed to furlough himself.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is particularly concerned about people like Mr Wilding.\n\nIt says directors of small companies, who pay themselves in dividends rather than drawing a salary, are not receiving any help from the government.\n\nThe FSB says somewhere between 700,000 and 1.1 million people fall into this category.\n\nIt has put forward ideas to help some of those firms, which it hopes ministers will adopt.\n\nThe FSB's proposed Directors Income Support Scheme would pay them grants of up to £7,500 to cover three months of lost trading profits. It would be limited to those who earn less than £50,000 a year.\n\n\"Company directors, the newly self-employed, those in supply chains and those without commercial premises are still being left out in the cold,\" said FSB national chairman Mike Cherry.\n\nWithout further government help to cope with the effects of the pandemic, a record 250,000 small businesses could be lost in the next 12 months, the FSB said.\n\n\"The development of business support measures has not kept pace with intensifying restrictions,\" Mr Cherry added.\n\n\"As a result, we risk losing hundreds of thousands of great, ultimately viable small businesses this year, at huge cost to local communities and individual livelihoods.\"\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\"\n\nThe FSB based its prediction on a survey of 1,400 small firms, 5% of which said they expected to close this year.\n\nIf those figures were replicated across the country, some 250,000 of the UK's 5.9 million small firms could disappear, it said.\n\nMr Cherry said the government had met the latest national lockdown \"with a whimper\" and called for help that went beyond the retail, leisure and hospitality businesses.\n\nThe FSB said it had submitted its support scheme proposals to the Treasury and was expecting a decision this month.\n\nThe Treasury said nothing was planned at present, but added: \"Our support schemes are designed to get help to those who need it most whilst protecting the taxpayer from fraud, but of course we keep everything under review and are always open to further ideas.\"", "But it delivered a fascinating look behind the scenes at two cutting-edge ways the firm is creating video content.\n\nThe first involved the use of a giant screen which is matched with movement-sensors on a camera to create a fake backdrop that shifts in turn with the lens.\n\nA similar technique was pioneered by Industrial Light & Magic and used in the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, but this opens the door to other filmmakers.\n\nThe screens involved use Sony's Crystal LED technology, which the firm first unveiled at CES in 2012, but has been unable to bring low down enough in price to take mainstream.\n\nIn effect, this is its version of micro-LED tech, using millions of tiny light emitting diodes (LEDs) to match the number of pixels. The result is much greater brightness and contrast than a normal LCD or OLED display would be capable of.\n\nThe background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion Image caption: The background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion\n\nUntil now, the firm has marketed the tech at building owners wanting the ultimate video walls. But this has the potential to help film and advert-makers place actors within environments they can see, rather than relying on greenscreen effects.\n\nThe second innovation was the creation of an \"immersive reality\" performance, which uses body sensors to create a highly-detailed animated version of an artist.\n\nIt was demoed by the singer-songwriter Madison Beer.\n\nMotion capture has been used for years to add special effects to characters in movies and to place real-world actors into video games.\n\nBut the aim here is to create a lifelike representation of a performer on stage at a concert.\n\nThe footage shown didn't quite escape the \"uncanny valley\" - there's still some way to go before we can't tell the difference between a real person and even a highly detailed avatar.\n\nBut it's easy to imagine that the tech being more impressive when viewed in virtual reality, where users can move about and choose their view.\n\nThe computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer Image caption: The computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer\n\nUntil now, VR apps of concerts have either offered a pick of different static camera locations or involved much lower-resolution characters.\n\nWith Covid meaning it's impossible for artists to tour, this second-best experience could be very timely when it's offered to PlayStation VR headsets and other devices soon.", "Many hospitals are still under intense pressure with the increasing number of Covid patients arriving.\n\nDoctors say they are seeing more younger patients in their thirties and forties compared to the first wave.\n\nThe overall pattern of those at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying has not changed significantly and the older someone is, the greater their risk from Covid-19 - particularly those over the age of 65.\n\nThe BBC's Health Editor Hugh Pym was given access to film at Croydon University Hospital in South London.", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - has long been a fan of cycling\n\nBoris Johnson has been criticised for travelling seven miles from Downing Street to go cycling during lockdown.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported the prime minister had been spotted in the Olympic Park in East London on Sunday.\n\nGovernment advice allows people to exercise outside, but says you should not travel outside your local area.\n\nA No 10 spokesman would not confirm if Mr Johnson had been driven to the park or cycled there, but said the PM had complied with Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nLabour's Andy Slaughter said: \"Once again it is do as I say, not as I do, from the prime minister.\"\n\nThe Hammersmith MP added: \"London has some of the highest infection rates in the country. Boris Johnson should be leading by example.\"\n\nIn response to the criticism, a Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The PM has exercised within the Covid rules and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong.\"\n\nA woman told the PA news agency she had seen the prime minister in the park: \"He was leisurely cycling with another guy with a beanie hat and chatting, while around four security guys, possibly more, cycled behind them.\n\n\"Considering the current situation with Covid I was shocked to see him cycling around looking so care-free.\n\n\"Also, considering he's advising everyone to stay at home and not leave their area, shouldn't he stay in Westminster and not travel to other boroughs?\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock was asked at Monday's Downing Street press conference whether travelling seven miles for a cycle ride was within the rules.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"It is OK, if you went for a long walk and ended up seven miles from home, that is OK, but you should stay local.\n\n\"It is OK to go for a long walk or a cycle ride or to exercise, but stay local.\"\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after two women said they were surrounded by police and fine £200 after driving five miles from home to take a walk.\n\nDerbyshire Police have now dropped the fine and apologised to the women, but the incident led to a debate over the guidance.\n\nGovernment advice for England says you can leave your home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is more precise, saying exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who represents a constituency in the Lake District, has written to the PM calling for clearer guidance on exercise similar to that in Scotland.\n\nHe wrote: \"On the one hand, our local police force here in Cumbria are reporting that people... have travelled hundreds of miles to take their exercise in the Lake District.\n\n\"And on the other hand, I have constituents writing to me, worried whether they will be punished for driving five minutes up the road to go for a walk in their local park.\"\n\nMr Farron added: \"We need a solution that clearly deters people from making lengthy trips and potentially spreading the virus, but also that doesn't discourage people from keeping fit and healthy.\"", "Douglas Ross: 'All of Scottish football should not be affected by the actions of one club'\n\nScottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross tells viewers he thinks politics should be put aside and the UK and Scottish governments should work together to get the vaccinations out as quickly as possible. He is reluctant, as an assistant referee, to comment on the Celtic Dubai situation, but he does say that people have to look at the message it sends out. He points out that for many people at home alone at the moment, football is something they look forward to and \"we don't want to see the whole of Scottish football affected by the actions of one club\". He adds that financial support should be made available to clubs in the Scottish lower leagues & Scottish Cup who have had their games suspended for three weeks.", "Terry Irving, 83, from Dumfries, was given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday\n\nEveryone aged 80 or over in Scotland will be given the Covid vaccine by February, the health secretary has said.\n\nJeane Freeman also said care home staff and residents, as well as front-line health and social care staff would be vaccinated in the next few weeks.\n\nAs of Sunday, 163,377 Scots had been given a first dose of vaccine.\n\nMs Freeman told BBC Scotland that just under 560,000 people will have been vaccinated by the end of the month.\n\nThe Oxford vaccine will be available at more than 1,100 locations from Monday.\n\nScotland has been given an initial allocation of more than 500,000 doses to use in January.\n\nMs Freeman told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We intend that by the end of this month, the very beginning of February, we will have vaccinated all residents in care homes and staff, all front-line health and social care workers and all those aged 80 or over.\n\n\"So that's just under 560,000. We've already vaccinated about 70% of people in care homes and about half of the health and social care workforce.\"\n\nShe said the Scottish government was on course to match the UK government's commitment to offer a vaccine jab to everyone in the top four priority groups by the middle of February.\n\nThe health service will be able to vaccinate people as supplies of the jabs arrive, she said, with over-80s being contacted by their GPs.\n\nThe government has now started publishing vaccination figures on a daily basis, with 163,377 Scots having been given a first dose as of Sunday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the health authorities in Scotland now had enough supplies to give jabs to all over-80s over the coming four weeks.\n\nShe said the aim was to get through the priority list as quickly as possible.\n\nThis had been expected to be complete by mid-May, but Ms Sturgeon said she was \"very, very hopeful we will be able to accelerate that to an earlier point\".\n\nA total of 1,664 people are in hospital being treated for Covid-19, the highest number since the pandemic began - with Ms Sturgeon saying the country was in a \"dangerous situation\".\n\nThe Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has already been administered in the Tayside, Lothian, Orkney and Highlands health board areas but this week will see it being used at vaccination centres across the whole country.\n\nRecent figures suggest a slight fall in the average positivity rates for Covid in many parts of Scotland, but pressures on the NHS have intensified.\n\nThe number of patients in hospital in with Covid rose to new highs at the weekend, and Sunday saw a sharp increase in the number of patients requiring treatment in intensive care.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said there were few signs that the threat was \"abating\" and that a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nThe majority of Scotland's schools are closed until at least February with pupils now learning from home as the new term begins this week..\n\nOnly vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will receive face-to-face teaching.\n\nLocal authorities said schools were better prepared to roll out digital learning than they were during the first lockdown.\n\nBut one parents' group has raised concerns about \"equal and fair access to home learning\".", "The Prince of Wales is urging firms to back a more sustainable future and do more to protect the planet, as he marks 50 years of environmental campaigning.\n\nPrince Charles wants companies to join what he is calling \"Terra Carta\" - or Earth charter.\n\nThe charter is being launched alongside a fund run by the Natural Capital Investment Alliance.\n\nIt aims to mobilise $10 billion towards natural capital by 2022.\n\nTerra Carta will harness the \"irreplaceable power of nature\", the prince said in his virtual address to the One Planet Summit on Monday.\n\nHe hopes the new charter will help \"reunite people and planet\".\n\nHe said: \"I can only encourage, in particular, those in industry and finance to provide practical leadership to this common project, as only they are able to mobilise the innovation, scale and resources that are required to transform our global economy.\"\n\nIn his foreword to Terra Carta, the prince writes: \"If we consider the legacy of our generation, more than 800 years ago, Magna Carta inspired a belief in the fundamental rights and liberties of people.\n\n\"As we strive to imagine the next 800 years of human progress, the fundamental rights and value of nature must represent a step-change in our 'future of industry' and 'future of economy' approach.\"\n\nCharles has previously said that people thought he was \"completely dotty\" when he started talking about environmental issues in the 1970s.", "A number of positive cases have been identified among passengers who had flown into Glasgow from Dubai since the new year\n\nDubai has been added to Scotland's travel quarantine list with anyone coming from the country told to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe rule, which came into effect at 04:00, will also apply retrospectively for passengers who have made the journey since 3 January.\n\nCeltic confirmed one of their players tested positive for the virus less than 48 hours after the squad returned from a training trip to Dubai on Friday.\n\nIt is not known if he was on the trip.\n\nThe Scottish government said clinicians and the local NHS health protection team were in contact with Celtic providing advice. It also confirmed that quarantine rules did not apply to sports people who had attended \"elite training\" abroad.\n\nHowever, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week questioned the purpose of Celtic's trip and whether they were following social-distancing rules after seeing photos from their Dubai base.\n\nShe warned that professional sport's privileges could be lost if protocols were not followed by all participants.\n\nThe government said the change was due to a number of positive cases being identified in passengers who had flown into Glasgow from Dubai since the new year.\n\nIt said the \"preventative action\" would help stem the rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nTransport Secretary Michael Matheson said: \"It is evident, both in Scotland and in countries across the world, that the virus continues to pose real risks to health and to life and we need to interrupt the rise in cases.\"\n\nHe added: \"Imposing quarantine requirements on those arriving in the UK is our first defence in managing the risk of imported cases from communities with high risks of transmission. That is why we have made the decision to remove Dubai from the country exemptions list.\n\n\"Whether or not an overseas destination has been designated for quarantine restrictions, our message remains clear that people should not currently be undertaking non-essential foreign travel.\n\n\"People need to stay at home to help suppress the virus, protect our NHS and save lives.\"\n\nJoanne Dooey, president of the Scottish Passenger Agents' Association (SPAA), said: \"Removing Dubai from the safe list is understandable. We believe that there has been a cluster of infections around Scots who travelled to Dubai over the Christmas and New Year period.\n\n\"Whilst we're keen to see a return to increased international travel, protecting the health of the whole country remains our key concern and we are supportive of this move.\"", "Morrisons will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings from its shops amid rising coronavirus infections.\n\nFrom Monday, shoppers who refuse to wear face masks offered by staff will not be allowed inside, unless they are medically exempt.\n\nSainsbury's also said it would challenge those not wearing a mask or who were shopping in groups.\n\nThe announcements come amid concerns that social distancing measures are not being adhered to in supermarkets.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the government is \"concerned\" shops are not enforcing rules strictly enough.\n\n\"Ultimately, the most important thing to do now is to make sure that actually enforcement - and of course the compliance with the rules - when people are going into supermarkets are being adhered to,\" Mr Zahawi told Sky News.\n\n\"We need to make sure people actually wear masks and follow the one-way system,\" he said.\n\nMorrisons said it had \"introduced and consistently maintained thorough and robust safety measures in all our stores\" since the start of the pandemic.\n\nBut it said: \"From today we are further strengthening our policy on masks.\"\n\nSecurity guards at the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain will be enforcing the new rules.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"Those who are offered a face covering and decline to wear one won't be allowed to shop at Morrisons unless they are medically exempt.\n\n\"Our store colleagues are working hard to feed you and your family, please be kind.\"\n\nFollowing Morrisons' announcement, Sainsbury's said that it was also putting trained security guards at the front of its stores to challenge shoppers who did not comply.\n\nChief executive Simon Roberts said: \"I've spent a lot of time in our stores reviewing the latest situation over the last few days and on behalf of all my colleagues, I am asking our customers to help us keep everyone safe.\n\n\"The vast majority of customers are shopping safely, but I have also seen some customers trying to shop without a mask and shopping in larger family groups.\n\n\"Please help us to keep all our colleagues and customers safe by always wearing a mask and by shopping alone. Everyone's care and consideration matters now more than ever.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mr Zahawi stopped short of saying that supermarket staff should be responsible for enforcing rules on face masks.\n\nEnforcement of face coverings is the responsibility of the police, not retailers. Wearing face masks in supermarkets and shops is compulsory across the UK.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nHowever, retail industry body the British Retail Consortium said that, workers have faced an increase in incidents of violence and abuse when trying to encourage shoppers to put them on.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, added: \"Supermarkets continue to follow all safety guidance and customers should be reassured that supermarkets are Covid-secure and safe to visit during lockdown and beyond.\n\n\"Customers should play their part too by following in-store signage and being considerate to staff and fellow shoppers.\"\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, people must only leave home for essential reasons, such as buying food or medicine.\n\nIn a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, supermarkets introduced social distancing measures during the UK's first nationwide lockdown last March. They included limits on the numbers of customers in the shops at any one time, protective plastic screens at tills and \"marshals\" to ensure shoppers were maintaining a two-metre distance.\n\nBut amid rising numbers of infections, some have expressed concerns about a \"lack of visible protections\" implemented by supermarkets in recent weeks.\n\nThe First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said on Saturday that he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown as people were worried the strict enforcement of rules did not \"appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nSupermarket Waitrose said that it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to the virus, with marshals checking that customers are wearing face coverings on the door, hand sanitiser stations at its entrances and written communications to shoppers reminding them to maintain their distance.\n\nTesco said it was limiting the number of customers in store and was also reminding customers to wear masks.\n\n\"We have clear signage explaining this, and we have packs of face coverings available for purchase near the front of our stores for any customers who have forgotten them.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Asda announced last week that it would extend its marshals' hours to 08:00 to 20:00 and increase how often baskets and trollies are cleaned.\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw has also called for firms to apply more stringent measures again.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said that it had received reports that \"too many customers are not following necessary safety measures like social distancing, wearing a face covering and only shopping for essential items\".\n\n\"It is going to take some time to roll out the vaccine and we cannot afford to be complacent in the meantime, particularly with a new strain sweeping the nation,\" Mr Lillis said.\n\nThe trade union also suggested that \"'one-in one-out\" policies and proper queuing systems should be reintroduced in supermarkets.\n\nIt added that these systems should be managed by trained security staff where necessary.", "The number of patients in intensive care with Covid has risen sharply, amid warnings that tougher lockdown measures may be needed.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show 1,877 new cases of Covid were reported in the last 24 hours\n\nThe number of people in intensive care has risen from 109 to 123, the highest daily jump since October.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney said a tightening of restrictions could not be ruled out.\n\nA total of 1,598 people are currently in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid, up from Saturday's figure of 1,596 patients which was the highest number since the outbreak began.\n\nThe daily test positivity rate was10%, up from 8.7% on Saturday, when 1,865 positive cases were recorded.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the country was facing \"a very alarming situation\" with the virus.\n\nSpeaking on Politics Scotland, Mr Swinney said coronavirus does not show much sign of \"abating\" and he would not rule out tougher lockdown measures.\n\nHe said: \"We're seeing case numbers which are hovering around 2,000 per day... so we've got an accelerating situation on our hands and we have to constantly review whether more restrictions are required.\"\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs in recent days with average positivity rates falling, a possible indicator that the lockdown is having an impact, but Prof Linda Bauld, of Edinburgh University, urged caution.\n\nShe said: \"The numbers are not reducing at the rate which we want them to, so [it is] still a very fragile situation.\n\n\"The measures we have now I hope are working but it's not clear whether they are tough enough.\n\n\"I think the key change the government could make is in the sectors which are still open, particularly workplaces but also things like takeaways and click and collect.\"\n\nMr Swinney said the Scottish government is \"open to considering further restrictions if they are necessary\"\n\nProfessional sport, along with manufacturing and construction work have been allowed to continue in this lockdown, whereas they were not in the first wave in March.\n\nThe deputy first minister said the meeting of the cabinet which agreed the latest lockdown saw ministers wondering if they had gone far enough to stop the spread.\n\nMr Swinney added: \"I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say that the debate within cabinet was not whether we were going too far but whether we were going far enough.\"\n\nA total of three deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours but these figures are lower at weekends because register offices are generally closed.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic's only regret about their Dubai trip was Chris Jullien contracting Covid-19, said coach Gavin Strachan, after the draw with Hibernian.\n\nThirteen Celtic players missed the game as they self-isolate after being deemed close contacts of Jullien.\n\nThe hosts led through David Turnbull's free-kick, but are now 21 points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers after Kevin Nisbet's late Hibs strike.\n\n\"There's regret that one person has caught the virus,\" said Strachan.\n\n\"But there's not a regret in terms of the permission we got to go and the protocols that we followed, which we have done the whole season.\"\n• None 'Celtic's lack of remorse over Dubai farce is risible'\n• None Trouble in paradise? Timeline of Dubai bid to Covid crisis\n\nStrachan, who managed the team against Hibs as Neil Lennon and assistant John Kennedy are also in enforced quarantine, defended the decision to take Jullien - who is out injured for up to four months - on last week's controversial training trip.\n\n\"It was to maintain his treatment with the backroom staff, he went over there so we can get him back as fast as we can,\" Strachan added.\n\n\"Yeah, I can understand the frustration from everybody, because we end up playing with a weaker team, but that could have happened if we were training at home as well.\"\n\nCeltic, who still have three games in hand, fielded an unfamiliar line-up showing six changes, though one of those was enforced by Nir Bitton's suspension, and teenage American forward Cameron Harper was handed a debut.\n\nHibs' request for Celtic players to be retested pre-match was turned down and Jack Ross gave a first appearance to on-loan Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Macey.\n\nAnd it was the visitors who tried to stamp their authority on the game early on with Nisbet heading over and later testing Conor Hazard with a shot after Joe Newell's strike had been pushed out by the Celtic keeper.\n\nHarper shot instead of passing from a promising position in Celtic's first incisive move and long-range efforts from Ismaila Soro and Diego Laxalt drew fine saves from Macey.\n\nTurnbull's superb chip found Callum McGregor in behind the Hibs defence but he could not make the right connection.\n\nLewis Stevenson made his 500th Hibernian appearance as a half-time replacement for Josh Doig and Harper limped off to be replaced by another Celtic debutant Armstrong Oko-Flex on the hour.\n\nChances were at a premium and Hazard was quick off his line to snuff out a chance for Melker Hallberg and Drey Wright's replacement Christian Doidge could not get a header on Jamie Murphy's teasing corner.\n\nMikey Johnston claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty after going down in the Hibs box following Ryan Porteous' challenge and soon made way for Karamoko Dembele.\n\nHibs also made a change with Stephen McGinn replacing Hallberg and the midfielder fouled Turnbull to give the Celtic midfielder the chance to put Celtic ahead, and he did. It was a fantastic strike by Turnbull and his fifth goal for Celtic.\n\nHibs went back on the attack and won a free-kick of their own after Laxalt's foul on Paul McGinn and the latter's header from Stevie Mallan's delivery was cleared on the line only for Nisbet to fire high into the net for parity. A point took Hibs to within two of Aberdeen in third.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nUnsurprisingly, Celtic took a while to settle into the match and lacked a focal point in the absence of Leigh Griffiths and Odsonne Edouard.\n\nFor long spells in the second half, the hosts did not look likely to win but took their chance when it came. Defensively, though, they were caught out badly at a set play.\n\nHibs may rue not throwing more caution to the wind at 0-0 but, after three league defeats, a point in Glasgow is a positive result.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic coach Gavin Strachan: \"The players put a lot into the game and we thought we did enough to nick it. The sucker punch at the end was frustrating. We were hoping we would have enough bodies back to see that out.\n\n\"There's a lot of football still to be played and you never know what's going to happen. Obviously it's a frustrating time just now but we need to get the win on Saturday, keep racking up the points and see what happens.\"\n\nHibernian head coach Jack Ross: \"We wanted to come and win the game. I certainly think we merited taking something from it. It's good for us to stop the bleeding. It hopefully just propels our side in the right direction again.\n\n\"Kevin Nisbet's goalscoring return has been excellent. The accuracy of the finish and the trust in his finishing ability with the goal has to be like that otherwise I don't think he scores it.\"\n\nCeltic will still be without their isolating players when they host Livingston on Saturday (15:00 GMT). Hibs are at home to Kilmarnock at the same time.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stephen Mallan (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Nisbet.\n• None Goal! Celtic 1, Hibernian 1. Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Attempt blocked. Paul McGinn (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Mallan with a cross.\n• None Paul McGinn (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Stephen Mallan (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul McGinn with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Christian Doidge (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul McGinn with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Murphy (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul McGinn.\n• None Goal! Celtic 1, Hibernian 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Wales' health minister has acknowledged it was \"entirely understandable people are concerned\" about when they will receive their vaccine.\n\nBut Vaughan Gething also stressed that supplies will increase over the coming weeks.\n\n\"I think a number of people are are anxious because this is a worrying time. And it's entirely understandable on a human level why people are concerned\", he said.\n\nMr Gething admitted that other UK nations had made a better start in rolling out the vaccine.\n\nBut he said that he believed Wales had still made a \"good start\" and \"that's evidenced by the figures\".\n\nWhen asked about the concerns made by some GP practices, Mr Gething said he understands why some of them \"will be frustrated\".\n\nHe added: \"But we're delivering the AstraZeneca vaccine in supplies that we have to keep it going.\n\n\"And as I said, the availability of that vaccine is the current rate limiting step and significantly increasing our delivery because we know there are a range of general practices and others who could deliver more if we had more supply.\n\n\"The supply they're being given is supplied for the week - it's not to stretch through for the whole population that they're covering.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Domestic abuse victim - 'He threw me against the wall and strangled me'\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he hopes to make non-fatal strangulation a specific offence after a call by domestic abuse campaigners.\n\nToo many violent offenders' sentences are not tough enough, he said.\n\nAnd he added that strangulation can be a precursor to even more serious crimes against women.\n\nCampaigners argue that perpetrators are often only charged with common assault, which carries a maximum of six months in prison.\n\nBecause non-fatal strangulation may not leave any marks on the victim, prosecutors do not bring more serious charges, they say.\n\nMr Buckland said: \"There are too many violent offenders not getting sentences proportionate to the seriousness of their crimes because in many cases, prosecutors don't have adequate charging options where the victim has been strangled.\n\n\"The vast majority of these crimes are committed against women and they are often a precursor to even more serious violence.\"\n\nThe justice secretary hopes the new offence can be included in the Police and Sentencing Bill, although discussions are at an early stage.\n\nCampaigners had called for a new offence to be part of the Domestic Abuse Bill. The Conservative peer Baroness Newlove was planning to table an amendment to this bill as it goes through the House of Lords. She won cross-party support during a debate in the Lords last week.\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice believes that as non-fatal strangulation can be used in situations other than domestic abuse, the legislation should have a broader context.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland said strangulation was often a precursor to even more serious attacks on women\n\nWelcoming the move, Nogah Ofer, a lawyer with the Centre for Women's Justice, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a new offence said: \"It is time that as a society we stopped normalising and ignoring strangulation.\n\n\"We look forward to police, prosecutors and medical professionals working together to address this with the seriousness it deserves, and hope that survivors of domestic abuse will have greater confidence to seek justice.\"\n\nCampaigner Rachel Williams, who suffered strangulation during an abusive relationship, tweeted that it was \"a great victory\". She was shot and severely injured by her violent partner in 2011, who then killed himself.\n\nLast week, the government said that non-fatal strangulation was already covered by existing legislation from common assault to attempted murder.\n\nIt is now looking at how a new offence was introduced in New Zealand. Parts of Australia and the US have also brought in similar measures.\n\nDuring the Lords debate, crossbench peer Lord Anderson of Ipswich, a QC and former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, warned that \"hurried law can be bad law\".\n\nHe asked whether a more generic offence of aggravated assault or recklessly endangering life might cover these circumstances and questioned how strangulation and suffocation would be defined in the law.", "Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder in the state of Indiana. Her lawyers had argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy. Her victim's community said otherwise.\n\nThis story was first published on 11 January - before Lisa Montgomery's execution on 13 January.\n\nFor Diane Mattingly, there is one moment from her childhood for which she feels both enormous gratitude and guilt.\n\nShe credits this moment for her \"fairly normal\" life - a house on eight peaceful acres, a loving relationship with her children, nearly two decades at a job working for the state of Kentucky.\n\nAt the same time, she blames it for the fate of her younger half-sister, Lisa Montgomery.\n\nMontgomery was sentenced for the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant. In December 2004, Montgomery, who was 36 at the time, strangled Bobbie Jo Stinnett before cutting the baby out of her womb and kidnapping it. Stinnett bled to death.\n\nMattingly and Montgomery lived together until Mattingly was eight and her half-sister was four. It was a terrifying household, she says, where physical, psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of Judy Shaughnessy, Montgomery's mother, and her boyfriends was routine.\n\nThe girls' biological father left the home, and after a while, Mattingly was whisked away to foster care. Montgomery was left behind with her mother.\n\nLisa Montgomery and her half-sister Diane Mattingly as children\n\nIt would be 34 years before the half-sisters would see each other again. And that would be from across a courtroom, where lawyers for the US government were trying to persuade a jury to sentence Montgomery to death.\n\n\"One sister got taken out and got put into a loving home and was nurtured and had time to heal,\" says Mattingly. \"The other sister stayed in that situation, and it got worse and worse and worse. And then at the end, she was broken.\"\n\nIn late December, Montgomery's legal team submitted a petition to President Donald Trump that makes the case that after a lifetime of abuse - which they characterise as torture - she is too mentally ill to be executed and deserves mercy.\n\nHowever, in the tiny town of Skidmore, Missouri, where the crime was committed, there is little sympathy for that argument. Many there believe the final moments of Bobbie Jo Stinnett were so horrific, the death sentence is warranted.\n\nLisa Montgomery and Bobbie Jo Stinnett got to know each other online through a shared love of dogs. They had corresponded for weeks on an online forum for rat terrier breeders and enthusiasts called \"Ratter Chatter\". Montgomery told Stinnett that she was also expecting, and the pair shared pregnancy stories.\n\nIn December 2004, Montgomery drove 281.5 km (175 miles) from her home in Kansas to Skidmore, where she had an appointment to look at some puppies owned by Stinnett.\n\nBut it wasn't Montgomery that Stinnett was expecting, it was a woman who went by the name of Darlene Fischer. But Fischer was a name that Montgomery had been using when she separately began messaging Stinnett from a different email address inquiring about buying one of her puppies.\n\nWhen Stinnett answered the door, Montgomery overpowered the pregnant woman, strangled her with a piece of rope, and cut the baby out of her womb.\n\nInvestigators quickly realised that \"Darlene Fischer\" did not exist, and tracked Montgomery down the next day using her emails and computer IP address. They found her cradling a new-born girl she claimed to have given birth to the previous day. Her story quickly fell apart and she confessed to the killing.\n\nSince 2008, Montgomery has been held in a federal prison in Texas for female inmates with special medical and psychological needs, where she has been receiving psychiatric care. Since receiving her execution date, she's been placed on suicide watch in an isolated cell.\n\nMontgomery is scheduled to be put to death by a lethal injection of pentobarbital at Terre Haute prison in Indiana. It is the only federal prison with an active death chamber.\n\nMontgomery's lawyers argue that because of a combination of years of horrific abuse, and a raft of psychological issues, she should never have been given the death penalty. They believe that at the time of the crime, Montgomery was psychotic and out of touch with reality. They have been joined by a chorus of supportive voices from the legal field, including 41 former and current prosecutors, as well as human rights entities like the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.\n\nHowever, calls for Trump to be merciful are hardly unanimous. According to Gallup, while support for the death penalty in the US is at its lowest level in more than 50 years, 55% of Americans still believe it is an appropriate punishment for murder. And nowhere is that support more palpably felt in this case than in Skidmore.\n\n\"Bobbie deserves to be here today. Bobbie's family deserves her,\" says Meagan Morrow, a high school classmate of Stinnett's. \"And Lisa deserves to pay.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know needs support for issues about emotional distress, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nLisa Montgomery's current legal team has conducted some 450 interviews with family members, friends, case workers, doctors and social workers. Stitched together, they form a tapestry of family dysfunction, abuse, neglect, professional negligence, substance abuse and untreated mental illness.\n\n\"The whole story is tragic,\" says Kelley Henry, one of Montgomery's federal defence lawyers. \"But one of the things that the president can do is say - to women who have been trafficked, and who have been sexually abused - 'Your abuse matters'.\"\n\nFor Montgomery, her lawyers argue, it began before she was born. According to an interview with her father, Montgomery's mother Judy Shaughnessy drank heavily throughout her pregnancy, and their daughter was born with foetal alcohol syndrome. Multiple medical experts have given statements agreeing with that diagnosis.\n\nWhen Mattingly and Montgomery were young, Shaughnessy beat them and doled out cruel forms of punishment, like taping Montgomery's mouth shut, or pushing Mattingly out into the snow, naked. After their biological father left the home, Mattingly says they were left alone with Shaughnessy's boyfriends, at least one of whom started raping Mattingly.\n\n\"Judy was manipulative and - I hate to use this word, but - evil. She enjoyed torturing the people around her,\" says Mattingly. \"She got joy out of it.\"\n\nAfter Mattingly was removed from the home by social services, Montgomery fell prey to her mother's new husband, who according to statements from his other children, was a violent alcoholic who began sexually abusing Montgomery when she was a pre-teen. The family moved from place to place dozens of times, but it was in a trailer in Sperry, Oklahoma, where her lawyers say the abuse turned into something more akin to torture.\n\nAccording to interviews with her half-siblings and others who spent time with the family, Montgomery's stepfather built a shed onto the trailer where he, and eventually his friends, raped and beat her. Her mother also began trafficking her, allowing handymen like electricians and plumbers to sexually abuse Montgomery in exchange for work on the house.\n\nAs a teenager, Montgomery confided in a cousin, telling him the men would tie her up, beat her and even urinate on her afterwards.\n\nBut the cousin, a sheriff's deputy, confessed to Montgomery's current legal team that he did nothing. In fact, he drove her back home and dropped her off in the hands of her abusers.\n\nLawyer Kelley Henry says one of the things that disturbs her most is that adults in positions of authority were told about what was going on but did nothing.\n\nWhen Shaughnessy eventually split from her second husband, she and Montgomery testified in divorce proceedings about the sexual assaults. The judge in the case scolded Shaughnessy for not reporting the abuse - but did not report the abuse himself.\n\n\"There were so many opportunities where people could have intervened and prevented this,\" says Henry.\n\nMontgomery's cousin told her legal team that he lived with \"regret for not speaking up about what happened to Lisa\".\n\nWhen she was 18, Montgomery married her stepbrother. The couple had four children in five years, but the relationship was not the escape from violence that Montgomery might have hoped it would be. At one point, one of Montgomery's brothers found a home movie that showed Montgomery's husband raping and beating her.\n\n\"It was violent and like a scene out of a horror movie,\" he said in a statement. \"I felt sick watching the video. I didn't know what to do or how to talk to my sister about it.\"\n\nFriends and family began noticing Montgomery's tendency to slip into \"a world of her own\". Her children were disturbed by it. Henry says this was an early sign of her mental illnesses, which include bipolar disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder and traumatic brain injury.\n\nMontgomery eventually divorced her first husband and married Kevin Montgomery. Around this time, she repeatedly claimed to be pregnant again, although she had undergone sterilisation after her fourth baby was born.\n\nOne theory her lawyers put forward regarding the chain of events that led to the murder, is that Montgomery feared her ex-husband would expose her lies about being pregnant and use it against her as he sought custody of their children.\n\n\"There was so much pressure on her at that point,\" says Henry. She describes Montgomery's ex-husband as cruel and harassing. \"She was completely detached from reality.\"\n\nHer lawyers say that as she lost touch with reality, she fantasised about being pregnant.\n\nHenry says Montgomery's original legal defence after she was arrested and charged with murder was woefully inadequate, and presented few of the details about her abuse, trauma and mental illness.\n\nHer lawyers at the time also presented an alternative theory of the crime, which was that Montgomery's brother had actually committed the murder, even though he had an alibi. That was ultimately dropped in favour of an insanity defence, but Henry believes the damage to Montgomery's credibility was already done.\n\nAfter five hours of deliberation, the jury found Montgomery guilty. They recommended a sentence of death.\n\nDiane Mattingly has been speaking publicly for the first time in the hope it can make a difference.\n\n\"I would say, 'President Trump, I want you to look at the life that Lisa had led, I want to look at all the people that have failed her, I want you to look at the rape, the torture, the mental abuse, the physical abuse that this woman had endured,'\" she says. \"I'm asking him to have compassion on her as a person that has been failed over and over and over again. And to not fail her.\"\n\nThe tiny farming town of Skidmore sits in the far northwest corner of Missouri. A generation ago, it was the kind of place where you could \"get your hair cut, see a show, buy rabbit feed and eat dinner\" - but those days are long gone. Today there is a single restaurant and few of the streets are paved.\n\nThe population hovers around just 250, and everyone knew Bobbie Jo Stinnett and her family. Friends recall her as a good student with a love of horses and dogs. She liked going down to the Nodaway River to swim, and playing Nintendo games at slumber parties. She was quiet and kind, they say.\n\nAt the time of her murder, she was newly married and pregnant with her first child.\n\nAlthough the alumni have scattered somewhat, in recent years, the Nodaway-Holt R-VII High School graduating class of 2000 - which had only 22 members - has a tradition to mark the anniversary of the death of their classmate Bobbie Jo Stinnett.\n\nThey hold a collection and try to do something nice for Stinnett's mother. \"Last year, we got flowers, and gave her a $100-plus gift card and then paid her water bill,\" says Jena Baumli.\n\nThe murder 16 years ago is never far from the minds of the town's residents.\n\nFor one thing, the wider world won't let them forget. It has been the subject of two books, multiple true crime television shows, documentaries and countless podcast episodes. And though there's been much recent debate over the fairness of Montgomery's sentence in courthouses and in the opinion pages of newspapers like the New York Times, a similar debate does not exist here.\n\n\"I think that in a lot of the opinion pieces that are being posted, in a lot of things that people are sharing, Bobbie Jo and her daughter, and her mother and her husband and other friends and family, are kind of being forgotten,\" says Tiffany Kirkland, another member of the class of 2000.\n\n\"She always wanted to be a mom,\" says Baumli. \"She was really the first one to have a decent marriage, you know, and I guess looking at Bobbie Jo was like, what your dreams were when you were younger.\"\n\nBecause of Stinnett's easy-going reputation, Morrow remembers instantly dismissing the initial reports of her murder.\n\n\"I was like, 'Oh, she was not.' You know, like, that doesn't happen to Bobbie,\" Morrow says.\n\nBut what happened at the modest clapboard house where Stinnett lived with her husband still haunts some of those involved in the investigation.\n\nNodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong says that the scene that he and his four colleagues found that day was so bloody, they are still traumatised by it. It makes him even angrier that it was Stinnett's mother who discovered her that way.\n\n\"The people that are defending [Montgomery], I wish I could take them back in time, and put them in that room,\" he says. \"And then go, 'Look at this body'. And then go, 'Stand there and listen to the 911 call of [Stinnett's mother]. This is the stuff of nightmares.\"\n\nMany of the residents of Skidmore cite the details of the crime, and the amount of planning that went into it, as evidence that Montgomery was a calculating killer.\n\nShe had catfished Stinnett online under a fake name. She had bought supplies, including a home birth kit, and searched online for how to perform a caesarean section. Sheriff Strong insists that the crime was meticulously planned and that the woman he arrested continued to lie until backed into a corner.\n\nDr Katherine Porterfield, a clinical psychologist who evaluated Montgomery and spent about 18 hours with her, says that psychosis does not always look the way people expect it to.\n\n\"Being psychotic, it does not mean you are not intelligent, nor that you cannot act in a planful way,\" she says. \"We've seen crime for years and years in our country in which people enact terrible violence coming out of a psychotic set of beliefs or thought process. Lisa Montgomery is no different. She enacted this in the grip of a very broken mind.\"\n\nThe baby was returned to her father, after being recovered from Montgomery.\n\nBobbie Jo's mother and husband have have not spoken publicly in many years. But Strong says this is the first year he's heard directly from Stinnett's husband. He thanked the sheriff for recovering his daughter and allowing him to be the parent that his wife couldn't be.\n\n\"I cried,\" says Strong. \"The whole community over there's traumatised by this.\"\n\nSchool friend Baumli says she's read the descriptions of Montgomery's abuse, but it mostly just makes her angry. She says it's not as if all the other people of Skidmore lead idyllic lives free from abuse, poverty and other destructive tragedies. She gives herself as an example - when Stinnett was murdered, Baumli was in rehab for a drug addiction. She missed the funeral because of it.\n\n\"Let's say I didn't stay clean very long,\" she says.\n\n\"I'm sick of hearing about Lisa Montgomery and what she went through. And it's never about what my friend went through,\" she adds. \"I get these images in my head of [Bobbie Jo's mother] finding her daughter that way.\"\n\nThree federal inmates - Orlando Hall, Alfred Bourgeois and Brandon Bernard - have been put to death since the 3 November presidential election. Several high-profile figures had appealed for clemency in Brandon's case but Mr Trump did not heed those calls.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has already pledged to end death penalty proceedings, although he hasn't said when.\n\nUntil July 2020, there had been no federal executions for 17 years. At state level, the number of sentences and executions continues a historic decline. Only 18 death sentences were handed down in 2020 and the number of executions carried out hit a 30-year low. More recently, the states that have been carrying out executions, such as Texas and Tennessee, have halted and delayed executions because of the pandemic.\n\nHowever, the executions ordered by President Trump are continuing. If they all go ahead, the federal government will have executed more people than any administration in nearly 100 years.\n\nProtest against federal executions of death row inmates - outside the US Justice Department, Washington DC, December 2020\n\nTwo other inmates are scheduled to die at Terre Haute prison before Mr Trump's presidency ends. Recently, there has been a virus outbreak on death row at the institution, and previous executions have been linked to outbreaks among the execution team and prison staff.\n\n\"They made this a priority at the risk of the health and lives of corrections officials, of the prisoners on death row, and the communities that all of those Bureau of Prisons officials who flew in from across the country were returning to,\" says Ngozi Ndulue, senior director of research and special projects at the Death Penalty Information Center.\n\n\"This was a very coordinated and determined plan to ensure that as many people could be executed on federal death row as possible before the end of this administration term.\"\n\nMontgomery's lawyers want her sentence commuted to a life sentence, which would allow her to remain under psychiatric care in prison for the rest of her days.\n\nMattingly says looking back to the moment life changed for her as an eight-year-old, she feels guilty that when the social workers came for her, she didn't tell them what was going on in that house.\n\n\"If I had, would they have taken Lisa out of the home also?\" she says. \"There's so many people that failed her throughout her whole life. And I am just asking for somebody - once - not to fail her.\"", "Wales has received 275,000 doses of the two Covid-19 vaccines to deal with the pandemic.\n\nAbout 70,000 people received a first dose after the first month of the vaccine rollout.\n\nThe Welsh Government confirmed it has had more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nThe health minister promised a \"really significant step-up\" in the roll-out after opponents criticised its speed.\n\nThe Pfizer jabs were first administered in early December at seven sites across Wales as part of the UK-wide immunisation programme.\n\nThis 82-year-old woman was one of 100 to receives her vaccine at a special clinic in Swansea on Saturday\n\nApproximately 1.6% of people were vaccinated up to 3 January - fewer than all other UK nations.\n\nIn England, about 1.9% of the population had received the first dose, while 2.1% of people in both Scotland and Northern Ireland had received their first jab.\n\nThe Welsh Government has dismissed criticism it is lagging behind, with health officials saying the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine would help speed up the programme \"considerably\".\n\nTwo full doses of the Oxford vaccine gave 62% protection, a half dose followed by a full dose was 90% and overall the trial showed 70% protection.\n\nThe rollout of the Oxford vaccine started on Monday, with 25,000 doses received this week, according to the Welsh Government.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday that Wales would receive another 25,000 Oxford doses next week and 80,000 the week after that.\n\nWhen asked how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine Wales had received, he said he could not recall the exact figure but further deliveries had been received \"on the 23rd and the 27th of December\".\n\nPressed on a figure, he said: \"It's the low hundreds of thousands\", adding: \"The Pfizer vaccine has particular challenges in terms of the conditions that it's got to be stored in and in parts of Wales that is a very particular challenge because it is a hard vaccine to transport over long distances to relatively scattered and remote communities.\n\n\"But the fact that we've got it and the fact that we're able to use more of it than we originally anticipated means we'll be able to accelerate the use of it over the next couple of weeks.\"\n\nThese were the latest comparative weekly totals - daily updates are promised from this week onwards in Wales\n\nOn Sunday, the Welsh Government confirmed it had received 25,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first week but the quantity would increase, allocated to Wales based on a population share on a weekly basis.\n\n\"We are confident in the assurances we have been given that this will increase over the next few weeks to around 100,000 per week,\" they said.\n\n\"We are delivering all the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Wales directly to GPs, other primary care providers and hospitals as soon as it is available.\"\n\nConservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, said: \"We all know that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to transport and store and needs to be stored at -70 degrees, that's understood.\n\n\"But the issue is that actually, if you look at the rest of the UK, including very rural areas, they've managed to deal with it... and it is difficult to see why they haven't been in a position to be organised earlier and to ramp-up the delivery.\"\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, called for transparency: \"It is very worrying to find out that we have had in Wales more than 250,000 doses but only a relatively small proportion of that have yet ended up in people's arms, protecting people, because that's what we want to happen.\"\n\nHe has written an open letter to Health Minister Vaughan Gething calling for greater clarity on the vaccine deployment programme, asking for a dashboard of information which would allow the public to track the rollout's progress for themselves, including volume of doses delivered and administered by health board and by the nine priority groups.\n\nDr Olwen Williams, vice-president for Wales at the Royal College of Physicians, also called on health boards and Welsh Government to publish regular data showing which groups of people have been vaccinated, with patient-facing health workers prioritised over other colleagues.\n\n\"I think that would give assurance to people working in the NHS and the population in general, that the programme is progressing as planned,\" she said.\n\nAll data will be published daily from Monday but Mr Gething conceded that Wales, from last week's figures, was \"slightly behind on the population share and I'm not getting away from that.\"\n\nHe said the race was not \"necessarily against other UK nations\" but against the virus.\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that, in the next two to three weeks, he expected to see a \"really significant step-up in the delivery of the vaccine\" as more GP practices and community pharmacies help.\n\n\"We're going to get through many more people, giving them significant protection with a first vaccine,\" he said.\n\n\"And that will mean that we're going to be able to prevent most of the avoidable deaths.\"\n\nIt is hoped the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will speed up the process.\n\nBy the end of last week, it was being offered to patients aged over 80 at 73 GP practices.\n\nMore than 100 are expected to be offering the jabs next week, Mr Gething said, \"and then we get into several hundred thereafter and we'll bring community pharmacies on board.\"\n\nThe UK and Scottish governments did not provide the numbers of Pfizer vaccines supplied to England and Scotland. BBC Wales is still waiting for a response from the Northern Irish Executive.\n\nMeanwhile, regular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available in England.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would evaluate its mass testing pilots in Merthyr Tydfil and lower Cynon Valley, as well as elsewhere in the UK, to inform its approach to community testing.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We have announced regular asymptomatic testing of health and social care workers, in education and daily contact testing in South Wales Police.\n\n\"A pilot has also started at the Tata Port Talbot site. We are also exploring other opportunities for regular testing to support critical services.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls for families to be put \"at the heart of our recovery\" from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to \"protect family incomes\" as it deals with the economic effects of coronavirus.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he demanded teachers, the armed forces and care workers are left out of the public sector pay freeze.\n\nSir Keir also called for tougher restrictions to be considered for tackling coronavirus.\n\nNo 10 said the government had \"shown it is prepared to act\".\n\nWith coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns shutting thousands of businesses, the economy was 7.9% smaller in October last year than it had been six months earlier.\n\nAnd the government's independent forecaster, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, predicts that unemployment will rise to 2.6 million by the middle of this year.\n\nIn his speech, Sir Keir attacked the government for \"having been found wanting at every turn\", accusing Boris Johnson of being \"indecisive\" and acting \"too slow\" over further lockdowns and support for business and families.\n\nHe said: \"The British people will forgive many things. They know the pandemic is difficult.\n\n\"But they also know serial incompetence when they see it - and they know when a prime minister simply isn't up to the job.\"\n\nBut the PM's official spokeswoman rejected the criticism, saying: \"This government has shown it is prepared to act. When given evidence in the morning it has taken action that evening.\"\n\nAsked by the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg whether the government should tighten restrictions, such as closing nurseries, Sir Keir said there \"probably is more that we could do [and we] may have to get tougher\".\n\nBut he did not outline what measures he would recommend, instead saying it was \"time to hear from the scientists what else can be done - and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThe Labour leader said ministers must \"protect family incomes and support businesses\" from the economic effects of previous restrictions and the current lockdown.\n\nHe added policies must \"make a real difference to millions of people across the country\" and \"put families at the heart of our recovery\".\n\nSir Keir argued the £20-a-week rise given to Universal Credit claimants last April must continue beyond this April's cut-off point.\n\nCouncil tax increases in England of up to 5% this April must not happen, he said, while calling for the ban on evictions and repossessions to be extended.\n\nThe government's pay freeze for at least 1.3 million public sector workers - which does not apply to NHS frontline staff and those earning below £24,000 a year - must not go ahead, said Sir Keir.\n\n\"I know this isn't everything that's needed,\" he added, \"and after so much suffering we can't go back the status quo.\n\n\"We cannot return to an economy where over half our care workers earn less than the living wage, where childcare is among the most expensive in Europe, where our social care system is a national disgrace and where over four million children grow up in poverty.\"\n\nAn opposition leader has no policy leavers to pull. They have to rely on words to persuade the public they are worthy of power.\n\nWith the next general election an eternity away, Sir Keir Starmer knows the question of competence matters far more to voters than ideology right now.\n\nThe Labour leader was unsparing in his criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic - accusing the prime minster of serial incompetence, dithering and delay.\n\nSir Keir said the government could reverse planned changes to council tax and universal credit to ease the financial pressure on families.\n\nBut pressed on how lockdown might be different today if he was in No 10, the Labour leader mirrored the government's messaging.\n\nHe said there was \"probably\" more that could be done around nurseries and estate agent viewings, but Sir Keir's mantra was listen to the scientists.\n\nIt's what ministers say endlessly too.\n\nSir Keir argued that, just as a Labour government \"built the welfare state from the rubble\" of World War Two, a future one can \"secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country so that Britain is the best country to grow up in and the best country to grow old in\".\n\nBut Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling accused Sir Keir of \"calling for actions the Conservatives are already taking in government\".\n\n\"We have delivered an unprecedented £280bn package of support to protect jobs, livelihoods and public services through this pandemic,\" she added, including the furlough scheme, the temporary increase to Universal Credit and extra funding for councils.\n\n\"The Conservatives will continue to put families and communities at the heart of every decision we take as we deliver on our promises to the British people,\" Ms Milling said.\n\nIn his Spending Review in November, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned that the \"economic emergency\" caused by the pandemic had only begun.\n\nHe promised to take \"extraordinary measures to protect people's jobs and incomes\".", "Parler has hit back after Amazon pulled support for its so-called \"free speech\" social network.\n\nParler is suing the tech giant, accusing it of breaking anti-trust laws by removing it.\n\nParler had been reliant on the tech giant's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service to provide its alternative to Twitter.\n\nThe platform was popular among supporters of Donald Trump, although the president is not a user.\n\nAmazon took the action after finding dozens of posts on the service that it said encouraged violence.\n\nIn response, the platform has asked a federal judge to order Amazon to reinstate it.\n\n\"AWS's decision to effectively terminate Parler's account is apparently motivated by political animus,\" the complaint reads.\n\n\"It is also apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.\"\n\n\"There is no merit to these claims,\" it said.\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow. However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service.\n\n\"We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.\"\n\nExamples Amazon had provided included posts calling for the killing of Democrats, Muslims, Black Lives Matter leaders, and mainstream media journalists.\n\nGoogle and Apple had already removed Parler from their app stores towards the end of last week saying it had failed to comply with their content-moderation requirements.\n\nHowever, it had still been accessible via the web - although visitors had complained of being unable to create new accounts over the weekend, without which it was not possible to view its content.\n\nParler has been online since 2018, and may return if it can find an alternative host.\n\nHowever, chief executive John Matze told Fox News on Sunday that \"every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too\".\n\n\"We're going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible, but we're having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won't work with us because if Apple doesn't approve and Google doesn't approve, they won't,\" he added.\n\nAWS's move is the latest in a series of actions affecting social media following the rioting on Capitol Hill last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Capitol riots: ‘We would have been murdered’\n\nFacebook and Twitter have also banned President Trump's accounts on their platforms, citing concerns that he might incite further violence.\n\nParler's users included the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who had led an effort in the Senate to delay certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory.\n\nHe had about five million followers on the platform - more than his tally on Twitter.\n\nParler's app now shows an error message and its website is offline\n\n\"Why should a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires have a monopoly on political speech?\" he tweeted over the weekend.\n\nParler's downfall appears to have benefited Gab - another \"free speech\" social network that is popular with far-right commentators.\n\nIt has claimed to have \"gained more users in the past two days than we did in our first two years of existing\".\n\nParler has long been a home for what you might call untouchables, people who had been excluded from mainstream services for offences such as blatant racism or incitement to violence.\n\nDuring a brief excursion onto the site over the weekend, I observed plenty of examples of such behaviour, with users exhibiting vile anti-Semitism, displaying Nazi symbols such as the swastika and uttering incoherent threats against those they perceive to be enemies of America.\n\nBut as Amazon's deadline approached something like panic took hold, with users desperately urging their followers to join them on other platforms.\n\nMost seemed to accept that Parler was doomed, while vowing to continue their fight elsewhere.\n\n\"Well this is the end,\" wrote one user, who proclaimed his support for the American Nazi Party.", "An ambulance had to be lifted out of the mud\n\nRescuers searching for victims of a landslide in Indonesia were buried by a second mudslide just hours later, officials say.\n\nThe first landslide, in Cihanjuang village, West Java, was triggered by torrential rain.\n\nAnother struck as survivors were still being evacuated. At least 12 people died and dozens more are missing.\n\nLandslides are common in Indonesia during rainy season, and often blamed on deforestation.\n\nThe latest disasters hit the villagers in Sumedang regency, about 150km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, three and a half hours apart on Saturday.\n\nThe first happened at 16:00 (09:00 GMT) and the second at 19:30 (12:30 GMT), disaster agency spokesman Raditya Jati said in a statement.\n\n\"The first landslide was triggered by high rainfall and unstable soil conditions. The subsequent landslide occurred while officers were still evacuating victims around the first landslide area,\" he added.\n\nRescuers are believed to be among those killed, he added. A six-year-old boy was also among the dead, according to AFP news agency.\n\nSome 27 people were believed to be missing late on Sunday, local media quoted Deden Ridwansah, the head of the local search and rescue agency as saying. About 46 were known to have survived.\n\nBad weather had forced the search to be suspended, he said, but it was expected to resume on Monday.\n\nIndonesia frequently suffers floods and landslides. Thousands of people had to be evacuated in the capital Jakarta this time last year as the city was inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None The fastest-sinking city in the world", "There are concerns about the cost of education for families reliant on mobile connections\n\nCustomers using BT Mobile, EE, and Plusnet Mobile can use BBC Bitesize content from the end of January without eating into their data allowance.\n\nBitesize provides structured lessons in maths and English for all year groups, as well as offering other curriculum material.\n\nContent from other providers is likely to be made free in the coming days.\n\nMore mobile companies are expected to follow suit in making such content free to use.\n\nThe current UK lockdowns mean most children are now learning from home.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has mandated that schools must provide between three and five hours of online content per day.\n\nThis has led to concerns that children in families without access to broadband could fall behind.\n\nSchools remain open for children classed as vulnerable and those whose parents are key workers.\n\nAll contract and pay-as-you-go customers of BT Mobile, EE and Plusnet Mobile will be eligible and the free package will continue while schools remain closed. No registration is required - the free access will happen automatically.\n\nBT has also asked the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations to each suggest one online resource for schoolchildren in its regions, which it will also zero-rate, as the curriculums differ from English schools.\n\nAccording to UK media watchdog Ofcom, some 880,000 families are reliant solely on mobile connections, and many of those will have data limitations.\n\nBBC director general Tim Davie said: \"With the pandemic forcing schools to close again, we should not allow a lack of digital access to further impact children's education.\n\n\"The BBC will continue to do all we can to ensure every child, whatever their circumstances, can continue to access vital educational materials during this time.\"\n\nThe corporation is also running three hours of curriculum-based TV programmes alongside the BBC Bitesize collection of educational resources. Primary school programming will be on CBBC, with two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown, content was available on iPlayer, Red Button services and online, but not on regular TV channels, although viewers in Scotland did have some programming.\n\nBT said the move was part of its wider Lockdown Learning programme.\n\nBT consumer brands chief executive Marc Allera said: \"We want to ensure that no child is left behind in their education as a result of this pandemic and recognise that we all have a role we can play to help families and carers continue their children's education while schools are closed.\"", "Kay and Kenneth Hayward said they felt the journey was too unsafe\n\nPeople waiting to receive the Covid-19 vaccine say they are confused by NHS letters inviting them to travel to centres miles away from their homes.\n\nThe first 130,000 letters have been sent to people aged 80 or older who live about 30 to 45 minutes' drive away from one of seven new regional centres.\n\nBut patients, many of whom are shielding, questioned why they had to travel so far in a pandemic.\n\nLocal jabs are available to people if they wait, the NHS said.\n\nThe seven centres include Ashton Gate in Bristol, Epsom racecourse in Surrey, London's Nightingale hospital, Newcastle's Centre for Life, the Manchester Tennis and Football Centre, Robertson House in Stevenage and Birmingham's Millennium Point.\n\nPeople will not miss out on their vaccination if they do not use the letters to make an appointment at one of the centres, the NHS said.\n\nTwo Labour MPs tweeted about their concerns about the letters being delayed in getting out to people due to coronavirus affecting Royal Mail staff.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMary McGarry from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire told BBC News that her letter points to an NHS online booking page which suggests she would have to take her husband, who has cancer and a lung disease, 20 miles to Birmingham.\n\n\"We're very reluctant to go into Birmingham city centre,\" she said.\n\n\"If we can't get somebody to take us, we'd have to go on the train but we're shielding because my husband's got poor health.... we want to know why we've got to travel that far?\"\n\nKay Hayward, from Whitwick in Leicestershire, said she went online to book an appointment for her 85-year-old husband Kenneth and was offered five different places including Widnes in Cheshire and Stevenage in Hertfordshire.\n\n\"I thought they must be joking... we talked about it and we thought it was actually safer to stay here and for him not not have it.\n\n130,000 letters have been sent out by NHS England so far\n\n\"But we were worried if we turned this down, we'd be off the list.. the letter doesn't say anything about having the vaccines anywhere else locally.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton, from Coventry, said she was so angry that her 81-year-old mother, who has heart problems and leukaemia, was offered Birmingham for her appointment that she attempted to ring Downing Street on Saturday night to complain.\n\nShe said she reached the press office and said: \"I want you to give Boris a message please that he has lied to the British public.\n\n\"He has told them they never need to go more than 10 miles... they were really rude and just put the phone down on me.\"\n\nAndrea Eaton said she wanted to get a message to Boris Johnson so rang Downing Street on Saturday evening\n\nA spokesperson from Number 10 told BBC News that they did not wish to comment, but wanted to remind the public to use the government website to write to the prime minister or contact their constituency MP.\n\nCouncillor Shaun Davies, the Labour leader at Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said he had been contacted by dozens of people who have found the letters misleading, thinking this is their only chance to get the vaccine.\n\nHe said he had spoken to Trafford Council and was aware of people in Shropshire being sent to Manchester and residents there being directed to Birmingham to get their jabs.\n\n\"For many people they have been told consistently to wait for the NHS to contact you in order to get a vaccine and that's what they've had for the first time as a piece of communication.\n\n\"This is really, really concerning for people in their 80s or 90s because of the importance of getting the vaccine.\"\n\nThe letters are not \"going to the heart\" of the public health message which is staying home and staying local, he said.\n\nMore than 500,000 letters will be sent out to homes offering people appointments at the centres over the next seven days\n\nDr Sarah Raistrick, from Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commission group (CCG), said people did not have to travel to the centres but admitted the letter did not make that clear.\n\n\"You can wait and be contacted by your local GP service and have it locally if you'd prefer.\n\n\"If you sit tight, you will be contacted and I'm hopeful that if you're 80 or over, by the end of this month you will have had your vaccination whether that is locally or whether you have chosen to travel,\" she said.\n\nWork will be done with the NHS locally and nationally to make that message clearer, she added.\n\nThe seven centres were chosen to give a geographical spread covering as many people as possible and are capable of delivering thousands of jabs per week, NHS England has said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hancock: We are willing to tighten the rules\n\nThe health secretary stresses the importance of the public following the restrictions of the current lockdown. Asked by Emily Morgan of ITV whether it was time to make the rules stricter amid reports of people not sticking to them at the weekend, Matt Hancock says: \"We keep these things under review and we have demonstrated that we're willing to tighten the rules if they need to be tightened. \"But the thing that really matters right here, right now is that everybody follows the rules as they are today. \"And everybody can play their part in doing that.\" He adds he applauds the action supermarket Morrisons has taken in enforcing the wearing of masks by its customers unless they have a medical reason. \"I want to see all parts of society playing their part in this,\" he says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Whitty: \"We need to really double down – this is everybody’s problem\"\n\nThe UK will go through the \"most dangerous time\" of the pandemic in the weeks before vaccine rollout has an impact, England's chief medical officer has warned.\n\nProf Chris Whitty urged people to minimise all unnecessary contact with others.\n\nThe next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS, he said.\n\nThousands more people are due to receive a vaccine this week after seven mass centres opened across England.\n\nNHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nThe government is aiming to offer vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock will set out the government's vaccine delivery plan at a news conference later.\n\nHe said the proposals would be the \"keystone of our exit out of the pandemic\".\n\nOutlining the vaccine rollout in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that ministers aim to give all over-80s the first dose of the vaccine over the next four weeks.\n\nThe Welsh Government plans to offer a vaccine to all over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk by spring.\n\nMr Hancock said on Sunday about two million people in the UK had been vaccinated so far.\n\nOver the weekend, the UK passed the milestone of 80,000 deaths with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.\n\nCurrently, around one in 50 people across the UK is infected and Prof Whitty told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There's a very high chance that if you meet someone unnecessarily they will have Covid.\"\n\nIn a separate interview with BBC One's Breakfast, he said: \"This is everybody's problem. Any single unnecessary contact you have with someone is a potential link in a chain of transmission that will lead to a vulnerable person.\"\n\nHe said there were over 30,000 people [in English hospitals alone] with Covid-19 - compared to about 18,000 [in England] at the peak last April.\n\nHe added that \"anybody who is not shocked\" by the number of people in hospital \"has not understood this at all\".\n\n\"This is an appalling situation,\" he said.\n\nIn Essex, Southend Hospital has had to reduce the amount of oxygen used to treat patients after supply \"reached a critical situation\", according to a document shared with the BBC.\n\nIn Surrey, a temporary mortuary has been opened as hospital mortuaries have reached capacity.\n\nAlmost 200 bodies are being stored at the emergency site, which is a former military hospital, and other local authorities have told the BBC they expect to open similar facilities soon.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England national medical director, said \"this is much bigger than the first wave back in April\".\n\n\"I don't think anyone in the NHS has known anything like this, this is a once-in-a-century pandemic,\" he said.\n\nProf Rupert Pearse, an intensive care doctor, told BBC Breakfast that in a \"normal\" winter it would be \"unlikely\" that more than three of four flu patients would need intensive care at any one time, but his unit is now running 130 intensive care beds because of the effects of Covid.\n\n\"To compare this to a normal winter flu epidemic is out of all proportion, it's orders of magnitude larger,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMinisters held two meetings on Sunday to discuss how to enforce the current lockdown measures more strictly and whether even tighter restrictions may be needed.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said no decisions on further restrictions were taken as there was a desire within government to wait until reliable data on existing measures becomes available in 10 days.\n\nHowever, he added there had been a discussion on better enforcement of existing regulations, including at shops and workplaces.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said \"we need to see the evidence behind nurseries\" remaining open.\n\nAsked whether tighter restrictions were needed, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nThere is a lot of debate about whether the lockdown restrictions need to be tightened.\n\nThere are certainly some anomalies. For example, we are told to only leave the home for essential purposes, but coffee shops remain open for takeaways and retail shops for click-and-collect in England and Wales.\n\nHowever, even if those elements are tightened up, there is a limit to what the government can do. It is why, in his round of media interviews on Monday, Prof Whitty repeatedly talked about individual decision-making.\n\nThe mixing of different households continues. Some of it is allowed under the support bubble exemptions, but undoubtedly some of it is taking place outside of this. It is, after all, virtually impossible to police what goes on in people's homes.\n\nIt is why messaging is so important - and so ministers and officials are stressing the pressure the NHS is under. A further tightening of the restrictions could also help make the point.\n\nBut there is also a recognition this is hard. People are fatigued. A further crackdown could also erode goodwill.\n\nThe vaccination programme is described as the biggest in NHS history.\n\nThe seven mass testing sites, which NHS England said were chosen to give a geographical spread, are:\n\nThe new centres will each be capable of delivering thousands of vaccinations each week and will be followed by \"dozens more\" large-scale sites, NHS England said.\n\nThere will be about 1,200 vaccination sites when more GP-led and hospital services open later this week, along with the first pharmacy-led pilot sites, it added.\n\nSome vulnerable people have questioned why they have been asked to travel to centres miles away from their homes during a pandemic, but the NHS has said people would not miss out on their vaccination if they wait for an appointment at a centre closer to home in the coming weeks.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said nobody should be asked to travel more than 10 miles to get a vaccine once more centres open.\n\nAsked on Today why the centres were not open 24 hours a day, he said it was \"more convenient\" for older people to attend during the day.\n\n\"If we need to go to 24-hour work we will absolutely go to 24 hours a day to make sure we vaccinate as quickly as we can,\" he said.\n\nBut he cautioned: \"We are limited by the amount of vaccine that is coming through the system.\"\n\nPharmaceutical firm Boots said its first vaccination site was due to open later this week to offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab to the people most vulnerable.\n\nIt said sites in Huddersfield and Gloucester were planned to open in the coming weeks.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nAre you due to have a vaccination today? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "US president-elect Joe Biden has been given his new official presidential Twitter account, but has been forced to start it with zero followers.\n\nThe Biden campaign is unhappy with the move, which marks a change from the previous transition from Barack Obama.\n\nThe new account, @PresElectBiden, will transform into the official @POTUS (President of the United States) one on inauguration day on 20 January.\n\nIn its first six hours online it gained nearly 400,000 followers.\n\nHis team has also registered new accounts - @FLOTUSBiden for the future first lady, Jill Biden, and for the first time, @SecondGentleman, for Ms Harris's husband Doug Emhoff.\n\nDonald Trump inherited the Potus account's 13 million or so followers when it moved to him from Mr Obama - but that will not happen this time.\n\nMr Biden's team was told about the move less than a month ago, and said it meant \"the administration will have to start from zero\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter has not explained why the decision was made, and said it had nothing further to add beyond an official blog post laying out transition plans.\n\nIn that post it said: \"These institutional accounts will not automatically retain the followers from the prior administration,\" without a reason why.\n\nBut it said that people who previously followed the official @POTUS and @VP (Vice-President) accounts, or the personal accounts of Mr Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris - would receive notifications giving them the option to follow the new official ones.\n\nMr Obama was the first US leader to have an official Twitter account. The @POTUS account was set up during his tenure in 2015.\n\nAt the end of his second term, a transition plan for handing over the official accounts to Mr Trump was drawn up - with @POTUS going to the new administration.\n\nAll of Mr Obama's official tweets were archived for posterity on a separate account, @POTUS44 (where they can still be read today).\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by President Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter said that the official @POTUS account under Mr Trump will be archived in a similar way, under @POTUS45. But Mr Trump rarely used that account, favouring his own Twitter handle.\n\nTwitter notably omitted any mention of the now-suspended @realDonaldTrump account, and declined to answer questions about whether its contents would be archived.\n\nThat is despite a declaration by the White House in 2017 that tweets from that account are considered official statements by the President.\n\nHowever, the US National Archives has already announced - through a tweet - that it will archive all social media content from that account, despite Twitter's lack of a commitment to doing so.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post 4 by US National Archives\n\nIt said that the White House has been using a special archiving tool to capture all content, including deleted tweets, because of the Presidential Records Act.\n\nThat is likely to result in a record system similar to The Obama White House Social Media Archive, built after the last transition.\n\nA key goal of the Obama transition was to preserve social media posts \"on the platforms where they were created\".\n\nBut Twitter has permanently suspended Mr Trump from its platform and it remains unclear if it will ever archive his account for posterity.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK weather: Will it snow where you are?\n\nSnow and ice weather warnings are in place for much of England and Scotland after widespread recent snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across England and Scotland for Saturday and warned of possible travel disruption.\n\nParts of England and Scotland could see as much as 5-10cm of snow in higher areas, the weather service said.\n\nIt comes as hundreds of schools remain closed after heavy snow hit the north of England on Thursday.\n\nA snow warning is in place for south-east England, including London, the east of England and the East Midlands. The Met Office said East Anglia and parts of Kent and Sussex are most at risk of snow.\n\nSome 1-3 cm of snow may fall fairly widely over these areas, with 5-10 cm possible in places, mostly over parts of East Anglia and any higher ground.\n\nA snow and ice warning is in place for most of Scotland, north-west and north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, the East Midlands and parts of the West Midlands.\n\nSnow is likely to fall to low levels over east Scotland and northern England.\n\nThe Met Office said 1-3 cm is possible at low levels in these areas but is more likely at higher elevations, where 5-10 cm of snow is possible above 200m - and even 20cm at the highest places.\n\nFog is also forecast for parts of the Midlands and the North, along with mist around Glasgow which may pose hazards for motorists.\n\nPolice forces in Yorkshire have urged people to stay at home unless their travel is essential\n\nTwo girls took their sledge to a golf course near Penicuik, Midlothian\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOver-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could re-book rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nNewcastle Hospitals tweeted: \"There's enough vaccine for everyone, so don't worry about making a trip to Newcastle.\"\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.\n\nHeavy snowfall has already caused travel disruption across sections of northern England and Scotland.\n\nTemperatures were as low as -6C on Friday morning in parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria, with yellow warnings set to last through most of Friday.\n\nThere was a loss of gas supply to approximately 700 homes in the Hebden Bridge area after water got into the local gas network and froze.\n\nThe Met Office has published advice from the Department for Transport advising people to clear snow and ice from footpaths outside their homes, preferably in the morning.\n\n\"You can then cover the path with salt before nightfall to stop it refreezing overnight,\" the advice says.\n\nTemperatures in the Greater London area are expected to drop to 1C on Friday and parts of the South East could fall to -2C.\n\nIt comes after \"hazardous\" conditions on Thursday caused problems for the ambulance service in Yorkshire, which struggled to keep up with the high demand, while Covid vaccinations were also affected.\n\nMark Millins, of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said the bad weather was having a \"severe impact\" on its operations and urged people to \"take extra care\" when out walking or driving.\n\nIn Scotland, heavy snow in some areas resulted in road closures.\n\nThe deepest snow on Thursday was in Bingley, West Yorkshire, and Strathallan in Perth, Scotland, both of which recorded 11cm.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over a \"significantly misleading\" column written by Toby Young, press regulator Ipso has ruled.\n\nThe July 2020 article claimed the common cold could provide \"natural immunity\" to Covid-19 and London was \"probably approaching herd immunity\".\n\nBut on Thursday Ipso found the paper had \"failed to take care not to publish inaccurate and misleading information\".\n\nIpso said the paper \"did not accept it has breached the [Editors] Code\".\n\nIt said the newspaper said that Young's comments on immunity referred to \"cross-reactive T-cells\" that work to combat the virus.\n\nHowever, the media watchdog sided with the complainant, James Whitehead, in its decision, who said that while these cells \"may lessen the impact of Covid-19\" after infection, they \"would not confer 'natural immunity'\"\n\nThe ruling added Young's statement \"misrepresented the nature of immunity\".\n\nIpso also found Young's suggestion that \"London is probably approaching herd immunity, even though only 17% tested positive [for antibodies] in the most recent seroprevalence survey\" could be misleading.\n\nThere is an antibody response and a cellular response to the coronavirus\n\nThe Telegraph referred to surveys listed in an article on Young's own Lockdown Sceptics website in its defence, but the Ipso committee judged these did not accurately reflect \"how herd immunity is reached and whether it exists in London\".\n\nThe ruling concluded that the paper had breached accuracy standards on a topic of \"public importance\", but deemed a correction an appropriate sanction, given the level of \"significant scientific uncertainty\" at the time of publication.\n\nYoung told the BBC: \"I think Ipso has been put in a difficult position because our scientific understanding of the virus is constantly evolving and there is a great deal about it that scientists still disagree about.\n\n\"While some of the things I wrote in that article would be contested by some scientists, they would be confirmed by others... Have we achieved herd immunity in London? I think that's an open question and the 'case' data is unreliable because of the well-documented shortcomings of the PCR test.\n\n\"I may have been over-emphatic in putting the anti-lockdown case, but it's not as if the advocates of a pro-lockdown position are any less emphatic.\n\n\"Don't forget the WHO initially estimated the global IFR [infection fatality rate] of Covid-19 at 3.4%. The consensus now is that it's less than 1% and almost certainly a lot less. Lots of journalists faithfully reported that alarmist figure. Why hasn't Ipso reprimanded them?\"\n\nLast week Young told BBC Newsnight that some of his claims from an article he wrote in June had been \"wrong\", where he had said a second spike of Covid-19 had \"refused to materialise\" and that one-metre rule is \"unnecessary\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the start of the year, Young, an associate editor at The Spectator and general secretary of the Free Speech Union, installed an app that auto-deletes tweets more than a week old.\n\nHe said he did so to protect against \"politically-motivated offence archaeologists\" - a move unrelated to the Ipso ruling.\n\nReacting to criticism of his past comments on coronavirus from Neil O'Brien, Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, after the deletion, Young then tweeted a defence of his stance against lockdowns.\n\n\"This is an important public debate to have,\" he wrote, \"both because it helps us assess the present government's management of the pandemic and because it will help us prepare better for the next one.\"\n\nThe UK entered a second national lockdown last week in a bid to control spiralling virus infection rates. On Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The TikTok clip was reported to police by Network Rail\n\nA TikTok stunt featuring a car parked on a level crossing has been branded \"staggeringly stupid\".\n\nThe \"reckless\" social media post, recorded on the line at Bromley Cross, Bolton, showed a camera and tripod set up on the railway to record the scene.\n\nAn accompanying caption asked viewers: \"Would you take the risk to get the shot no-one else would?\"\n\nInsp Becky Warren, from British Transport Police, said: \"No picture or video is worth risking your life for.\"\n\nNetwork Rail, which reported the footage after it appeared on the video-sharing app, blasted the \"staggeringly stupid and dangerous\" clip.\n\nIt issued a reminder that trespassing on railway lines is against the law.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ManchesterPiccadilly This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth West route director Phil James said using the tracks \"as a backdrop for a photo shoot beggars belief\".\n\n\"Lives could so easily have been lost by this reckless behaviour,\" he said.\n\nInsp Warren added: \"There is simply no excuse for not following safety procedures at level crossings. The behaviour shown by the individuals in this video is incredibly dangerous and reckless.\"\n\nMany instances of trespass involve people using railway lines as backdrops for selfies and even wedding photos.\n\nLast year, Network Rail and British Transport Police launched a You vs. Train campaign to highlight the issue of young people trespassing.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pre-departure Covid-19 testing will now be required for everyone travelling to England from 04:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nThe rules had been due to come into force on Friday, but the government said people needed time \"to prepare\".\n\nThose arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in.\n\nAnyone arriving from places not on the UK's travel corridor list must still self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe Scottish government is planning to impose the same rules and has had to defer them coming into effect as a result of changes in England.\n\n\"This meant Scotland was also obliged to delay implementation as we need sight of their final regulations in order to properly draft and approve the relevant Scottish regulations,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nIt is expected the requirement will come into force in Scotland at 04:00 GMT on Monday as well. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce plans for pre-arrival testing in the coming days.\n\nAnnouncing the deferral on Twitter, Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said: \"To give international arrivals time to prepare, passengers will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure to England from Monday 18 January at 4am.\"\n\nHe also reminded travellers to fill out the Passenger Locator Form - used in track and trace - and added that those without proof of a negative test faced a fine of £500.\n\nProblems with testing availability and capacity mean some countries will initially be exempt.\n\nFor instance, the requirement will not apply to travellers from St Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda until 04:00 GMT on 21 January.\n\nTravellers from Falkland Islands, Ascension Islands and St Helena are exempted permanently.\n\nHauliers are exempt to allow the free flow of freight, as are air, international rail and maritime crew.\n\nThe government has said all forms of PCR test will be accepted, as will other forms of test with \"97% specificity, 80% sensitivity\".\n\nThe move comes as a further 1,564 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nWednesday's figure brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 84,767.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said there had now been more deaths in the second wave than the first.\n\nMeanwhile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"concerned\" about a new coronavirus variant that is believed to have emerged in Brazil.\n\nHe acknowledged it was not yet clear how effective existing vaccines would be against the latest new variant.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was taking steps to make sure it was not brought into the country.\n\nA government Covid committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of stopping flights from Brazil.\n\nArrivals from Brazil already have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from Brazil? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Post-primary schools have been given extra time to decide how they will admit pupils in 2021 following the cancellation of transfer tests.\n\nOn Wednesday the AQE said it would not hold any transfer tests in the 2020-21 school year.\n\nThey had originally planned to go ahead with a test in late February after cancelling tests in January.\n\nThe other test provider, PPTC, had also previously announced it would not hold tests this year.\n\nAttention will now focus especially on what criteria grammar schools will use to select pupils.\n\nSome have already published what criteria they would use in the event transfer tests were cancelled but it is not clear if those will now change.\n\nAll post-primaries were to submit their admissions criteria to the Education Authority (EA) by this Friday.\n\nBut following the AQE's move the Department of Education (DE) has written to schools to tell them they do not have to provide criteria to the EA until Friday 22 January.\n\n\"This will allow them to meet the statutory deadline for publication on their website of 2 February 2021,\" the DE letter said.\n\n\"I would also remind you that boards of governors should ensure that any admissions criteria are robust and are able to clearly and objectively rank order applicants.\"\n\nIt is unclear how most grammar schools who have used transfer tests to select pupils in previous years will admit children in 2021.\n\nPatrick Allen, principal of Foyle College in Londonderry, said his school's board of governors was now working to determine this year's admissions criteria.\n\n\"This is and continues to be an exceptional year. It is a very difficult circumstance,\" he said.\n\n\"We are trying to do the best and what is right for as many pupils as possible in looking at various permutations and combinations of criteria\".\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said it was \"a very disappointing day\" for many families.\n\n\"The transfer test, while it has never been about being compulsory for either a school or indeed an individual parent, does enable a level of parental choice and that has been dramatically reduced as a result of that,\" he told Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"But sadly what we have seen is for this year, the pandemic has prevented those transfer tests taking place, and I am very disappointed and entirely understand the disappointment and frustration of many families today.\"\n\nMr Weir said there had been \"a lack of consistency\" from AQE.\n\n\"I don't think the way things have worked out from AQE's point of view, particularly over the last couple of weeks, have been particularly helpful,\" he said.\n\nThe minister also apologised for \"clumsy language\" in a statement he issued on Wednesday night.\n\nWriting on Twitter about the cancellation of the transfer test, Mr Weir said: \"This severely limits parental choice and children's opportunities.\"\n\n\"There was no adverse intention towards non-selective schools,\" he said in relation to his tweet.\n\n\"I think both selective and non-selective schools have got excellent records in Northern Ireland.\"\n\n\"But once the opportunities for entry to any school is reduced then that is a reduction in opportunities for all.\"\n\nUUP MLA Robbie Butler has proposed that pupils' results in tests in primary schools could be given to parents and then used by grammar schools to decide which children get a place.\n\nMr Butler said that he had some favourable responses from some grammars and some primary schools to that proposal.\n\n\"Whilst I don't think my solution is absolutely perfect I do believe it to be absolutely fair and absolutely compassionate,\" he told MLAs on the committee.\n\n\"We have the genesis of a solution for these P7 pupils.\"\n\nBut, speaking on Wednesday, Mr Weir replied that there were issues with that approach.\n\n\"There are very major problems, I'm being honest with you, in terms of the models that have been put forward for academic selection without the test,\" he said.\n\nThe minister said it would be difficult to get comparable information for pupils across all primaries.\n\n\"While it's not entirely ruling out those and there is the option for schools to do it, it does leave them in a very difficult position making comparability between pupils on a fair basis,\" he said", "Police said Graeme Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass when he was stabbed\n\nPlastic surgeons have expressed shock at the stabbing of \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons\" in their profession.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest during a break-in at his house in Halam, a village near Southwell in Nottinghamshire.\n\nPolice said the attack on Thursday morning had left him \"fighting for his life\" and left his family, who were upstairs at the time, \"extremely upset\".\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nMr Perks previously served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).\n\nCurrent president Ruth Waters said BAPRAS had been contacted by colleagues all around the world as news of the attack spread.\n\n\"All have expressed their shock at what has happened and also their deep concern for his wellbeing and their hope for his speedy recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been my good fortune and honour to know Graeme for many years. I have benefited from his kindness, generosity and extensive knowledge throughout my career in plastic surgery.\"\n\nBAPRAS described him as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nAs well as being a leading plastic surgeon, Mr Perks and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors. They were previously featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nPolice were still outside the house in Halam more than 24 hours later\n\nPolice said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT, after an intruder is believed to have smashed his way into the house.\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for surgery, where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nDet Insp Gayle Hart, who is leading the investigation, said: \"The swift arrest of this suspect we hope will provide some reassurance to local residents.\n\n\"This is a horrific incident which has left a man fighting for his life and his family who were upstairs at the time are extremely shocked and upset by the ordeal.\"\n\nMr Perks has served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)\n\nMr Perks has previously worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia.\n\nHe returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham, with a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery.\n\nHe later became head of the department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nOutgoing BAPRAS president Mark Henley said: \"Graeme is an amazing colleague who it has been my pleasure and privilege to work with over the last 26 years.\n\n\"His dedication to patients, family and friends is an inspiration to us all and with his wisdom, kindness and humanity he has enabled us to achieve many things that I would never have thought possible. We are all willing him on.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scottish fishermen have resorted to sailing to Denmark to land their catch as Brexit red tape continues to delay exports, an industry body has said.\n\nThe Scottish Fishermen's Federation, which campaigned to leave the EU, also said the Brexit trade deal was the worst of both worlds for the industry.\n\nMany fishermen \"now fear for their future\", it said.\n\nThe UK government said the deal would \"bring immediate gains to our fishermen and women across the whole UK\".\n\nLate last year, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) said it was \"deeply aggrieved\" by the Brexit deal.\n\nFishing firms have also warned of impending bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit regulations.\n\nOn Friday, the SFF kept up the pressure on the UK government.\n\nIn a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, it said some fishermen \"are now making a 72-hour round trip to land fish in Denmark, as the only way to guarantee that their catch will make a fair price and actually find its way to market while still fresh enough to meet customer demands\".\n\nQuotas are used by many countries to manage shared fish stocks. They determine how many fish of each species each country's fleets are allowed to catch.\n\nThe SFF said that Brexit quota gains \"can hardly be claimed as a resounding success\" and that the Brexit deal \"actually leaves the Scottish industry in a worse position on more than half of the key stocks\".\n\n\"This industry now finds itself in the worst of both worlds,\" said SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of broken promises on quotas.\n\nThe \"desperately poor deal\" reached on quotas, under which the EU \"have full access to our waters\" means that the UK has \"no ability to leverage more fish from the EU\", she said.\n\n\"This, coupled with the chaos experienced since 1 January in getting fish to market, means that many in our industry now fear for their future, rather than look forward to it with optimism and ambition,\" Ms Macdonald added.\n\nThe Scottish National Party said the letter was \"an utterly devastating verdict on Brexit from Scotland's fishing industry\".\n\nAn SNP spokesperson said the Scottish fishing industry was \"right to be angry\" about the Brexit deal, which it said was costing Scotland's fishing communities millions of pounds.\n\nThe spokesman called on the prime minister to deliver \"a multi-billion pound package of Brexit compensation for Scotland\", adding: \"Communities across Scotland will never forgive the Tories for the damage they are doing to our country with their extreme Brexit obsession.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said the Prime Minister would respond to the SFF letter in due course.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"We have now taken back control of our waters and the agreement we have reached with the EU secures a 25% transfer of quota from EU to UK vessels over five years, starting with 15% this year.\"\n\nThe spokesperson said the government was looking at providing additional financial support for the Scottish fishing industry, which it recognised was facing \"some temporary issues\".\n\n\"The Prime Minister has already committed to investing £100m in the UK's fishing industry and provided the Scottish government with nearly £200m to minimise disruption for businesses,\" the spokesperson added.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 8 and 15 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nThe hills are alive: This impressive shot of 11-year-old Hamish at sunrise up the Pentland Hills, with the snow starting to be blown off the peak, was captured by dad Andy Dryden.\n\nMinus coo degrees: \"Hardy Highlander at Abriachan\" is how Gordon Bain described his photo.\n\nRed sky thinking: \"I always walk the dog to catch the sunrise and to gather my thoughts before attempting to juggle home schooling of my two primary school kids with working from home and looking after a toddler\", says Mairi Brittan at Cammo Estate, Edinburgh.\n\nRobin red brrr-east: Graham Laird spotted a little feathered friend not looking entirely delighted while taking a breather in the cold in his garden in Wishaw.\n\nUp at the crack of dawn: \"The Beveridge Park pond in Kirkcaldy looking rather icy\", says John Pow.\n\nAn uphill struggle: It's all downhill from here - but in a fun way - for three-year-old Zachary in King's Park, Glasgow.\n\nFire and ice: \"Taken at Dunbar harbour, East Lothian, in the snowfall on the way to work\", says Rowan Davies.\n\nAbbey thoughts: \"Jedburgh Abbey on a crisp January morning\", says Alan Morrison. \"The sun was captured just as it shone through\".\n\nSon rise: Jeanette Taylor says her two boys loved the adventure of getting up early to see the sun come up at Aberdeen beach. \"A chilly visit but oh so worth it\", she says.\n\nLight on her feet: \"As keen figure skaters my daughter Ada (pictured) and I have had an amazing week skating outdoors on our local frozen pond near Glasgow\", says Helen Campbell. \"I was very careful to check it is safe to skate on first; the ice was absolutely solid\".\n\nFlagging up a beautiful sunrise: An Aberdeen morning, from Finlay Gray.\n\nWell-trained eye: \"My husband Kris took this picture of our 12-year-old son Finlay at our local running track in a Falkirk park with the Ochils in the background\", says Emma Horne. \"Finlay can’t play his beloved rugby at the moment due to Covid but is keeping as fit as he can in other ways\".\n\nA strange light in the sky: Joe Gillies captured this Glasgow scene, complete with reflected light shade, on his phone.\n\nSmiles more fun: First sledging experience for the happy pair of 16-month-old Annabel and 21-month-old Hugh in granny's garden, Isle of Skye, courtesy of Hermione Lamond.\n\nThe gloves are off: \"A walk up Culter Fell (near Biggar), in near-Arctic conditions\", says Chris Green.\n\nPark life: Mark McGuire captured Queen's Park in Glasgow looking like a winter wonderland.\n\nSpecial branch: \"I have seen the Kingfisher darting by on the River Carron over the last two years\", says Paul Ross. \"This is the first time I have managed to get a sharpish image\".\n\nTrees frame: Carole Brunton captured this calming, if cold, scene at home in East Neuk, Fife.\n\nCold feet: \"A coot on one of Dundee's frozen Stobsmuir ponds\", from Sandy Forbes.\n\nHaving the foggiest idea: \"An image of atmospheric fog as it envelops Paisley\", says Gary Chittick. \"Hardly a single recognisable part of Glasgow could be seen\".\n\nSniffer dog: \"Ollie, our 12-week-old cockapoo pup, experiences snow for the first time\" says Iain Clow. \"Lockdown garden fun in East Kilbride\".\n\n... and it seems they never learn! \"Zizou enjoying his sunny snowy morning walk at the river Spey in Knockando\", says Colin Coutts.\n\nI love Arran: \"My wife and I stopped at the top of Fairlie Moor Road, looked back, and this is what we saw\", explains Phil Cowling.\n\nOutstanding in its field: \"Look who we spotted on our walk\", says Ruth Moss. \"He was very bold - wish we’d had something to feed him\".\n\nWatercolour art: \"This is a photo of the Ythan in the centre of Ellon\", says Andy Leonard. \"The colour of the sky is reflected in the water - I used a slow shutter speed to emphasise the water movement.\"\n\nHatman and robin: \"After an overnight fall of snow, Frosty and his friendly robin return to a Glasgow garden\", says John McQueeney.\n\nSmall wonder: \"These mini snowmen on the Prince of Wales Bridge in Kelvingrove Park brightened up a dull and foggy day\", says Geoff Der.\n\nOne man and his dog: \"Snowy walk with my husband and rescue dog Nico\", says Laura Johnstone in Airdrie.\n\nSpot the ball: \"Haggs Castle golf course is closed - maybe!\", says Alan Crozier.\n\nSolar energy: Robert Young's sunset shot from Chapelton looking towards Whitelee wind farm features all sorts of power.\n\nTwo for the price of one: \"Duck!\" could have been the cry from this heron in flight over a fellow bird at the River Avon, Hamilton, as seen by Wilma Phillips.\n\nRoom with a view: A nicely-framed sunset from Audrey Philpott of Skene, Aberdeenshire.\n\nBonnie picture: Sharon Donald was walking Bonnie the collie when she took this shot near Spean Bridge.\n\nKeep it in the family: Derek Warrander making sure lockdown learning is music to the ears of Jessica, 11, and three-year-old Matthew in Aberdeenshire, courtesy of Caseydee Warrander.\n\nFeeling on top of the world: The Cobbler sunset, from Tomasz Zajac.\n\nIce to see you: \"A photo of my husband, Stephen, and Sophie, through a sheet of ice which they then had great fun smashing\", says Leigh Titterington in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.\n\nSpace station: All quiet outside Glasgow Central, courtesy of Eva Brodie.\n\nSnow angel: \"Exploring a winter wonderland with my daughter Cora at Tyrebagger woods just outside Aberdeen\", says Katherine Blum.\n\nTaps aff: \"Hope this brings a smile to your face\", says Stewart Paul in Cruden Bay. It certainly did!\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Doctors fear the impact of the lockdown and school closures could worsen child obesity\n\nThe health board with the worst child obesity rates in Wales is setting up a unit to tackle the issue.\n\nData from the Child Measurement Programme showed 30.3% of four and five-year-olds in north Wales measured as overweight or obese.\n\nThe Welsh average is 26.4%, but doctors fear this could worsen in the pandemic.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is recruiting a dietetic lead for a new children's healthy weight management service.\n\nThe service is not being launched directly because of the pandemic, but there are fears lockdowns and school closures could compound the problem.\n\nDr Naomi Simmons, consultant paediatrician at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, said: \"I do fear that the pandemic will contribute to an exacerbation of what's already a really, really significant problem.\n\n\"Whilst we're pleased that children are not suffering the acute effects of Covid in the same way as older patients are, on the whole, it's the long-term effects of the country being in this pandemic that we're worried about in terms of the long-term health of these children.\n\n\"It's that lack of routine, it's being out of school, and not being able to access their usual forms of physical activity.\"\n\nDaniel, from Denbighshire - not his real name - is the father of a six-year-old girl who was referred to Dr Simmons's clinic when a GP became concerned about her weight two years ago. She is still under the care of the clinic.\n\nHe said: \"We presumed we were feeding her correctly. She was getting fruit, veg, home-cooked meals. But I think our issue was, we kind of let her have treats, like chocolates and sweets.\n\n\"To be told the news [that she was obese], it was horrible. We were very upset. We were kind of angry about it - we didn't see a problem in her, we didn't believe she was overweight or obese. We were both asking what we had done wrong as parents - we gave her fruit, vegetables, home-cooked meals... we were asking ourselves, 'how have we failed as parents?'\"\n\nWith support from Dr Simmons, his daughter made \"great progress\" and lost weight, he said. Previous signs of health issues such as liver problems had improved. Then the pandemic struck and the country went into its first lockdown, followed by the firebreak, then the current lockdown.\n\nExperts said they feared the impact of children not being able to take part in their usual physical activity\n\nDespite making efforts to keep active and eat healthily, Daniel has seen the gradual effects on his daughter, both physically and mentally.\n\n\"It had a bad effect on her, and not just the weight - mental health-wise it's also affected her. She's six years old and is worried about being around other people in the street,\" he said.\n\n\"In years to come, Covid will be gone, we'll have control of it. But obesity, that's the issue that's going to be prolonged.\n\n\"The long-term mental health impact really scares me - not just for my daughter, but for so many other children.\"\n\nDr Simmons said increasing rates of childhood obesity in recent years meant experts were treating more children with conditions normally associated with adults.\n\n\"Even children as young as primary school age, I'm seeing those children with fatty liver changes for example, as a result of their obesity. We're seeing them with high blood pressure and we're seeing children and young people developing type 2 diabetes and many more with pre-diabetic states because of their obesity.\"\n\nDoctors said they were seeing primary school children with high blood pressure\n\nShe revealed her youngest patient was only a year old and encouraged families to get their children \"used to being fit and healthy and consuming a healthy diet\".\n\n\"It's lack of exercise, it's the sedentary lifestyle that we as a nation are sadly embracing these days,\" she added.\n\nIf children remain overweight and remain obese into adolescence, they have an 80% chance of being obese into adulthood, said Dr Simmons.\n\nShe said she hoped the new service would give \"the very best chance of turning things around\".\n\nSteven Grayston, Betsi Cadwaladr health board's assistant area director of therapy services, said the health board had been working for the past five years to develop its obesity services.\n\n\"This is a specialist weight management service for children who are already obese,\" he said.\n\n\"We want to stop them becoming obese, therefore we want to develop preventative services as well as treatment services.\n\n\"We're very concerned about the impact of Covid and the pandemic on children's activity levels, certainly in terms of team-based sports and access to leisure facilities - particularly things like swimming, which we know children enjoy.\n\n\"We're concerned that children just aren't getting out of the house and doing things, and the impact that'll have and the knock-on effect on obesity levels in the future, as children are just less active and less interested in doing those activities.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"We will shortly be publishing a revised delivery plan for Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales for 2021-22, which will focus on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children and families.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gerry and Barbara Jarrett were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago\n\nAn elderly couple with coronavirus have been helped by a hospital to say their last goodbyes to each other after the wife's condition deteriorated.\n\nGerry and Barbara Jarrett, from Bracknell, Berkshire, are in separate wards at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.\n\nTheir daughter Chloe, who posted a picture of one reunion on Twitter, said her mother \"looked to be at the end\".\n\nShe said her parents had \"precious\" extra time together thanks to the hospital's \"incredible\" efforts.\n\nMrs Keljarrett said her 79-year-old father and mother, 76, who have been together for 50 years, were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 two weeks ago.\n\nOn Tuesday she posted: \"In the midst of a pandemic peak, staff (namely a consultant, a surgeon and a HCA) at FPH just made sure my dad saw my mum for what is likely the last time.\"\n\nShe said another meeting happened on Wednesday when \"mum looked to be at the end\".\n\nFrimley Park Hospital said the reunions were the sort of \"care that matters the most\"\n\nShe said: \"Dad was wheeled in, crying, touched her hand and her eyes flew open. She was awake and bright and could talk.\n\n\"We got a precious extra hour or two before her breathing got worse again and got to say what we wanted.\n\n\"All thanks to the staff who made these meetings possible. In current times I just find that incredible.\"\n\nMrs Keljarrett, a teacher at The Brakenhale School, said her father was \"showing signs of improvement but has a very long journey to complete\".\n\n\"He has a number of other health issues that will make recovery that bit trickier, but I have to remain positive that he will overcome this horrendous virus,\" she added.\n\nShe said she had met hospital workers who were \"pulling unexpected double shifts\" due to short-staffing.\n\n\"How they are managing such compassion when they are stretched to their emotional and physical limits I do not know,\" she added.\n\nResponding to Mrs Keljarrett's Twitter post, the hospital wrote: \"Our hearts go out to you and your family.\n\n\"We are so glad that our staff managed to make this time just a little bit easier for you all.\n\n\"This truly is some of the care we give that matters the most.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "UK meat exporters have claimed post-Brexit customs systems are \"not fit for purpose\", with goods delayed for hours, sometimes days, at the border.\n\nThe British Meat Processor Association said even experienced exporters were struggling with the system.\n\nIt said meat exports to the EU were 25% of normal levels for this time of year.\n\nOne large French meat importer told the BBC that he and his competitors were starting to look at alternative suppliers in Spain and Ireland.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the government for comment.\n\nNick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processor Association, said: \"Fundamentally, this is not a system that was designed for a 24/7, just-in-time supply chain.\n\n\"The export health certification process was designed for moving containers of frozen meat around the world where you have a bit of leeway on time.\n\n\"No matter how much better we get at filling in the forms, it's really not fit for purpose. This is going back to the dark ages in terms of a process really, in this digital age.\"\n\nHe added \"It's going to be a problem for quite a time until we move forward and hopefully get a better digital system in place and can make it work a bit better, but until then, we've got to put up with all this paperwork and lorries arriving in Ireland with box files full of paper.\"\n\nRizvan Khalid, a lamb exporter based in Shropshire, cannot afford to get the paperwork wrong.\n\nHis company, Euro Quality Lambs, exports 70% of its meat to the EU, including France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal. He says what was once a once well-oiled machine now has a spanner in it.\n\n\"What used to take us 15 minutes is now taking us three or four hours on average before we can get the paperwork completed for one particular load,\" he says.\n\n\"It's taking them [on the French side] up to six hours to go through the health certificates, to open up the lorry and check the goods.\n\n\"All of that is adding time and costs. It's now an extra day before our product gets into the markets of Paris.\"\n\nMeanwhile, some buyers in the EU are losing patience and are beginning to consider other options.\n\nFrancis Ochoa's meat company, Fory Viandes, is based in one of the world's biggest fresh produce markets - the Rungis market, south of Paris.\n\n\"The delays and extra costs mean me and my competitors in the market are obliged to start looking for other solutions,\" he says.\n\n\"One of the solutions unfortunately is to try produce from other countries, Spain for instance. Some of our competitors are ordering lambs from Ireland instead of the UK, so the consequences for UK meat and UK lambs could be disastrous.\"\n\nDown at the international freight checkpoint in Ashford, near the entrance to the Eurotunnel, customs consultant Steve Cocks gave a downbeat assessment.\n\n\"The temporary border post lorry park is full, roads are being closed off and lorries are being sent back to the Covid testing site to hold them there,\" he said.\n\n\"Last week wasn't much to write home about as it was very quiet, but volumes are building and it's just going to get worse. Exports are grinding to a halt and that will affect imports, but if you are a haulier. you don't want to get a lorry stuck on this side of the Channel.\"\n\nAfter decades of friction-free trade, there are bound to be teething problems. Indeed, the government predicted that there would be \"significant additional disruption\" as traders, officials and customers became accustomed to new procedures.\n\nHowever, some things cannot \"bed in\" and will become permanent features. HMRC estimates the additional cost to UK business of bog-standard customs declarations alone at £7bn.\n\nWhen buyers and sellers want to trade, they will find a way, but significant additional cost and complexity is here to stay.", "Patients have been arriving in a steady flow at a community pharmacy in Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, the first in Wales to offer coronavirus vaccines by appointment.\n\nRosie Bennett, who lives in the village Pwllheli, said: “I’m 82 and don’t have a car, so it was a huge relief to know that I wouldn’t have to travel a long distance to have the vaccine.\n\n“Here in the village, we know the staff at the chemists. They’ve been doing a great job during the pandemic and it’s reassuring to have the vaccine from someone you know.\n\n“And it’s a huge relief to be vaccinated. The last few months haven’t been easy for any of us and hopefully today is another small step towards a better future.”\n\nSteffan John, pharmacist on duty, gave Rosie the vaccine and said: “as pharmacists, we give out flu vaccines regularly, so we’re used to organising clinics like this.\n\n“We’re really pleased to do our bit for our community.\n\n“We have had extra training for today, and we also have to make sure there are enough appointments on the list.\n\n\"The vaccine comes in vials of ten doses, so it’s important to vaccinate that many people at a time and not to waste any.”", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has denied reports that his department is planning to dilute UK workers' rights.\n\nIt comes after the Financial Times said some protections brought in under EU law - such as the 48-hour limit on the working week - could be scrapped.\n\nNew rules on rest breaks and changes to how holiday pay is calculated from overtime could be proposed, it added.\n\nBut Mr Kwarteng insisted he wanted to \"protect and enhance workers' rights going forward, not row back on them\".\n\nIn a social media post, he said that the UK \"has one of the best workers' rights records in the world - going further than the EU in many areas.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour said the newspaper report suggested the government was out of step with public feeling on workplace rules.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband said: \"These proposals are not about cutting red tape for businesses but ripping up vital rights for workers. They should not even be up for discussion.\"\n\nThe FT said the proposals were being drawn up with the approval of Downing Street, but that they hadn't yet been approved by ministers or cabinet.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We have absolutely no intention of lowering the standards of workers' rights.\n\n\"The UK has one of the best workers' rights records in the world, and it is well known that the UK goes further than the EU in many areas.\n\n\"Leaving the EU allows us to continue to be a standard setter and protect and enhance UK workers' rights.\"\n\nWhen the UK left the EU it retained many of its laws, but it is now able to change them.\n\nOne aspect of EU employment regulation is the EU's Working Time Directive.\n\nIt governs the hours employees in the EU can be asked to work. This must not exceed 48 hours on average, including any overtime.\n\nBut employees can choose to opt out of the 48-hour week, if they often work overtime in roles in the emergency services, for example.\n\nIn the 2019 Queen's Speech outlining the government's agenda for the coming parliamentary session, changes in employment law were promised.\n\nA new Employment Bill is expected to be published in 2021. One issue it is thought it will address is over the distribution of tips.\n\nTUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady urged the prime minister to \"make good on his promises to his voters\" on Friday.\n\n\"The best way to do that is to bring forward the long-awaited Employment Bill, to make sure everyone is treated fairly at work,\" she said.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America entering the UK has come into force, amid fears over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant identified in Brazil. The ban also applies to Portugal and Cape Verde - off West Africa - because of their links to Brazil, along with Panama in southern Central America. British and Irish citizens, and foreign nationals with residence rights, are exempt but must isolate for 10 days on entering the UK. Find out which other countries are subject to a UK travel ban.\n\nThe UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as lockdown restrictions reduced economic activity, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. The closure of businesses such as pubs, hairdressers and many shops meant the services sector shrank by 3.4%. The setback came after sixth consecutive months of growth, with the ONS saying UK gross domestic product at the end of November was 8.5% below its pre-pandemic peak.\n\nConcerns over child poverty have been raised throughout the pandemic, with a focus on school food vouchers, holiday meal provision and food parcels. Now campaigning Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has been joined by celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and actress Dame Emma Thompson, in backing charities' calls for a review to \"fix\" the free school meals policy. Downing Street insists \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the pandemic.\n\nFalse claims are likely to be causing people from ethnic minorities to reject Covid vaccines, warns a doctor leading an NHS campaign. Dr Harpreet Sood says much of the disinformation surrounds the contents of the vaccines. \"We need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities,\" he says.\n\nA surprise delivery of pizza from sixth-formers who clubbed together left staff at a hospital critical care unit \"lost for words\". Nurse Tina Waltho says the gift came as a welcome boost to deflated staff at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. \"The nurse who had been in charge on the day shift was in tears,\" Mrs Waltho says. \"She had barely eaten all day and was a little emotional.\" While the act drew praise on social media, the identity and school of the pupils remains a mystery.\n\nIf you're wondering how concerned we should be about the new virus variants, our health editor Michelle Roberts examines what we know so far.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: \"We will temporarily close all travel corridors from 0400 on Monday\"\n\nThe UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid, the PM has said.\n\nAnyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.\n\nIt comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBoris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least 15 February.\n\nA further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported - up from 48,682 the previous day.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two million people around the world have now died with the virus since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference, the prime minister said it was \"vital\" to take extra measures now \"when day by day we are making such strides in protecting the population\".\n\n\"It's precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country.\"\n\nAll travel corridors will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday. After that, arrivals to the UK will need to quarantine for up to 10 days, unless they test negative after five days.\n\nMr Johnson, who said the rules would apply across the UK after talks with the devolved administrations, added that the government would be stepping up enforcement at the border and in the country.\n\nTravel corridors were introduced in the summer to allow people travelling from some countries with low numbers of Covid cases to come to the UK without having to quarantine on arrival.\n\nTrade body Airlines UK said it supported the latest restrictions \"on the assumption\" that the government would remove them \"when it is safe to do so\".\n\nChief executive Tim Alderslade said travel corridors were \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was the \"right step\" but called the timing of the decision \"slow again\", adding that the public would be thinking \"why on earth didn't this happen before\".\n\nThe prime minister warned that the NHS was facing \"extraordinary pressures\", having had the highest number of hospital admissions on a single day of the pandemic earlier this week.\n\nHe said that came on Tuesday when there were 4,134 new admissions, while the UK currently has more than 37,000 Covid patients in hospitals.\n\nMr Johnson said that once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February \"we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions\".\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAlso speaking at the No 10 briefing, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the restrictions would need to be lifted gradually by \"testing what works, and then if that works going the next step\".\n\nHe said the peak of people entering hospital would be in the next week to 10 days for most places, but \"we hope\" the peak of infections \"already has happened\" in the south-east, east and London.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday morning as a result of a new, potentially more infectious variant of coronavirus linked to Brazil.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nPublic Health England said a total of 35 genomically confirmed and 12 genomically probable cases of the Covid-19 variant which originated in South Africa have been identified in the UK as of 14 January.\n\nEarlier, a leading scientist said one of the two variants first detected in Brazil had been found in the UK - but not the variant that was causing concern.\n\n\"I think it is likely that the vaccine we have now is going to protect against the UK variant and is going to provide protection I suspect against the other variants as well,\" said Sir Patrick. \"The question is to what degree.\"\n\nLatest figures show that more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - 3,234,946 - an increase of 316,694 from the previous day.\n\nSir Patrick said he expected the vaccines would reduce transmission of the virus but that \"we shouldn't go mad\" as jabs are rolled out because a risk would remain.\n\n\"Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch this and pass it on, it means you're protected against severe disease,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate of the UK's R number - which is the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to on average - is 1.2 to 1.3, compared with 1-1.4 last week.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower - between 0.9 and 1.2.\n\nIn Wales, new laws for shoppers and staff are to be introduced after \"significant evidence\" coronavirus is being spread in supermarkets.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Share your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The guitarist also contributed songwriting and piano to the band's explosive debut album\n\nSylvain Sylvain, guitarist with trailblazing 1970s rock band New York Dolls, has died at the age of 69.\n\nOne of the group's founding members, his visceral riffs bridged the divide between punk and glam, and helped kick-start the punk and new wave movements.\n\n\"As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer for the past two and 1/2 years,\" his wife, Wanda O'Kelley Mizrahi, wrote in a statement on his Facebook page.\n\n\"Though he fought it valiantly, yesterday he passed away.\"\n\nShe added: \"While we grieve his loss, we know that he is finally at peace and out of pain. Please crank up his music, light a candle, say a prayer and let's send this beautiful doll on his way.\"\n\nSylvain's death leaves only one surviving member of the New York Dolls' original line-up from their 1973 debut album, frontman David Johansen. The singer posted his own tribute on Instagram.\n\n\"My best friend for so many years, I can still remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam, I instantly loved him,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I'm gonna miss you old pal. I'll keep the home fires burning.\"\n\nThe New York Dolls bridged the gap between glam rock and punk\n\nBorn Sylvain Mizrahi in Cairo, Egypt, on Valentine's Day 1951, the musician lived in France as a child before moving to New York with his family.\n\nAfter playing in several bands as a teenager, he co-founded the New York Dolls in 1971, taking the name from a doll repair shop called the New York Doll Hospital (Sylvain had worked across the street before becoming a musician).\n\nLike the punk movement they helped inspire, the band wanted to shake up the self-indulgent state of 70s rock.\n\n\"The reason why the Dolls got together was because of the boredom with the norm of the day, which was like the stadium-rock era,\" Sylvain told Brooklyn Vegan in 2006. \"The 20-minute drum solos, songs that were a big operetta. They were sort of boring, they'd lost their sex appeal.\"\n\nThe Dolls cut through with urgent, punchy songs about sex, drugs, alienation and dysfunction.\n\nThe band's provocative and vulgar live shows gained them a huge following in New York, but many record labels were reluctant to sign them. That situation not helped by their androgynous look - shocking at the time - with their wardrobe sourced from cheap women's clothing stores on New York's Lower East Side.\n\nLate in 1972, tragedy struck when, during a tour of England, Dolls drummer Billy Murcia died in a drug-related accident. He was replaced by Jerry Nolan, after which the Dolls finally secured a contract with Mercury Records.\n\nTheir debut album, simply called New York Dolls, stalled at number 113 in the US chart but is now regarded as a classic, full of sleazy, raucous anthems like Personality Crisis and Trash.\n\nRolling Stone magazine recently named it one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, writing: \"Glammed-out punkers the New York Dolls snatched riffs from Chuck Berry and Fats Domino and fattened them with loads of attitude and reverb.\n\n\"It's hard to imagine the Ramones or the Replacements or a thousand other trash-junky bands without them.\"\n\nSylvain worked in fashion before becoming a musician\n\nHowever, the band's lack of commercial success saw them dropped after two albums and, despite hiring Sex Pistols guru Malcolm McLaren as a manager, eventually fell apart.\n\nOutside the Dolls, Sylvain toured and recorded with several bands and led various solo projects as his former band's reputation grew.\n\nArtists from the Sex Pistols to Guns N' Roses cited them as an influence, and Morrissey was famously president of their UK fan club before forming The Smiths. In 2004, the singer reunited his idols for a show at London's Meltdown Festival, adding an unexpected second act to their career.\n\nOver the subsequent decade, Sylvain and Johansen, the only remaining members, released three well-received albums.\n\nIn 2019, Sylvain announced his cancer diagnosis, and a GoFundMe was set up to pay his medical bills, raising $79,500 (£58,000).\n\nThe band are cited as an influence by hundreds of musicians\n\nGuitarist Lenny Kaye, best known for playing with Patti Smith, paid tribute to Sylvain's \"heart, belief, and the way you whacked that E chord\".\n\n\"His onstage joy, his radiant smile as he chopped at his guitar, revealed the sense of wonder he must have felt at the age of 10, emigrating from his native Cairo with his family in 1961, the ship pulling into New York Harbor and seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.\n\n\"His role in the band was as lynchpin, keeping the revolving satellites of his bandmates in precision.\n\n\"Though he tried valiantly to keep the band going, in the end the Dolls' moral fable overwhelmed them, not before seeding an influence that would engender many rock generations yet to come.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Travellers from South America are no longer allowed to come into the UK, amid fears over a new coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil.\n\nThe UK's new travel ban - which also applies to Portugal and Cape Verde - came into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nLike variants discovered in the UK and South Africa, it is thought the Brazil variant could be more contagious.\n\nVirologist Prof Wendy Barclay said one Brazilian variant had already been detected in the UK.\n\nHowever, she said this was not \"the variant of concern\", which is thought to be more infectious.\n\nProf Barclay, head of G2P-UK National Virology Consortium, which is studying the effects of emerging coronavirus mutations, said: \"There are two different types of Brazilian variants and one of them has been detected and one of them has not.\"\n\nShe added: \"The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has not been detected in the UK.\n\n\"Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found.\"\n\nEarlier, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Brazilian variant of concern was not \"as far as we are aware\" already in the UK, adding that he did not believe there had been any flights from Brazil in the last week.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,248 people with coronavirus have died in the UK.\n\nLatest government figures on Thursday also showed another 48,682 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of people in the UK to have received the first dose of a vaccine is now approaching three million.\n\nThe UK's new travel ban applies to people who have travelled from, or through, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela in the last 10 days.\n\nIt also applies to Portugal - because of its strong links to Brazil - and the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa, as well as Panama in central America.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights are still allowed to return - but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nAlso exempt are hauliers who are travelling from Portugal to transport essential goods.\n\nBrazil has seen more than 200,000 deaths and there is concern about the impact the new mutation could have on its health system.\n\nHowever, the UK's travel ban was prompted by fears of how quickly the new variant could spread through the region - since Brazil borders 10 countries.\n\nMr Shapps has said the ban is \"precautionary\", adding he \"can't provide an end date\" to the new rules.\n\n\"We're so close now, we've got three million of these vaccines in people's arms in the UK,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We want to make sure we don't fall at this last hurdle.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBecause holidays are not currently allowed, Mr Shapps said he did not \"expect a large number of Brits to have jaunted off to South America\", and the government was \"not expecting to see a big repatriation issue as a result\".\n\nOne family, who live in Wolverhampton, told the BBC they feared being stuck out in Brazil.\n\n\"I don't know if the government will organise flights,\" said Jon Dent, 31. He and his wife Carla travelled to the Brazilian city of Goiania in October to introduce their baby daughter to Carla's family.\n\n\"I think it's a long shot,\" he said. \"I hope we can get home and not be stranded out here for months. We've got to be patient but at the same time flexible.\"\n\nJon, pictured here with wife Carla and daughter Luiza, said his initial reaction to the news was worry\n\nMany countries imposed travel restrictions after new variants of Covid-19 were identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nSeveral Central and South American nations - including Brazil - had already restricted travel from the UK before the latest ban on arrivals.\n\nThere is currently no evidence to suggest that any of the variants cause more serious illness, and scientists are confident that vaccines should work against them.\n\nAccording to Felipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the Brazilian state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the new variant's origin was \"undoubtedly\" from the Amazon region.\n\nHe told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson the new variant showed some of the same mutations as the UK and South Africa variants - and \"some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern\".\n\nMr Shapps also announced Qatar and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba were being removed from the UK's travel corridor list, meaning arrivals from those places will need to self-isolate for 10 days from 04:00 GMT on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, France has cracked down on the type of tests that travellers can take to show they are negative.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers will need to show a negative PCR test. Antigen tests - which are the rapid lateral flow tests - will no longer be accepted.\n\nHowever, Mr Shapps said arrangements allowing hauliers to use rapid lateral flow tests before crossing the border from the UK into France remained in place at the moment.\n\nFrom Monday, everyone travelling to England and Scotland will also have to show proof of a negative test. Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to announce their own plans in the coming days.\n\nHow have you been affected by the travel ban? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Jong-un has been overseeing a huge military showcase broadcast by state media in North Korea\n\nNorth Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as \"the world's most powerful weapon\".\n\nSeveral of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, reported state media.\n\nThe weapon's actual capabilities remain unclear, as it is not known to have been tested.\n\nThe show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president.\n\nIt also follows a rare political meeting where Mr Kim decried the US as his country's \"biggest enemy\".\n\nImages released by North Korean state media showed at least four large black-and-white missiles being driven past flag-waving crowds.\n\nAnalysts noted it was a previously unseen weapon. \"New year, new Pukguksong,\" tweeted North Korea expert Ankit Panda, using the North Korean name for their submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).\n\nClad in a leather coat and fur hat, Mr Kim is pictured smiling and waving as he watched the display in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, which also included infantry troops, artillery and tanks.\n\nThe missile was debuted at a military parade which came at the end of an important and rare political meeting\n\n\"The world's most powerful weapon, submarine-launch ballistic missile, entered the square one after another, powerfully demonstrating the might of the revolutionary armed forces,\" the official Korean Central News Agency said.\n\nThe event on Thursday did not showcase North Korea's largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was unveiled at a much larger military parade in October. That colossal weapon is believed to be able to deliver a nuclear warhead to anywhere in the US, and its size had surprised even seasoned analysts when it was put on show last year.\n\nThe country's latest display of its arsenal comes at the end of a five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers' Party.\n\nIn his address to members last week, Mr Kim had pledged to expand North Korea's nuclear weapons and military potential, outlining a list of desired weapons including long-range ballistic missiles capable of being launched from land or sea and \"super-large warheads\".\n\nHe also said that the US was Pyongyang's \"biggest obstacle for our revolution and our biggest enemy... no matter who is in power, the true nature of its policy against North Korea will never change\".\n\nUnder Mr Kim's leadership North Korea has made rapid progress in its weapons programme, which it says is necessary to defend itself against a possible US invasion.\n\nThe unveiling of the new missiles appears designed to send the incoming Biden administration a message of the North's growing military prowess, say experts.\n\n\"They'd like us to notice that they're getting more proficient with larger solid rocket boosters,\" Mr Panda tweeted, noting what appeared to be new solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles on display too. These missiles can be launched more quickly than liquid-fuelled varieties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un: From enemies to frenemies\n\nOver the last four years, Pyongyang has had an erratic relationship with the US under President Donald Trump's administration. Mr Kim and Mr Trump engaged in mutual insults and threats of war before an unprecedented summit in Singapore in 2018 and declarations of love by the outgoing US leader.\n\nDespite the apparent warming of relations, little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme and a second summit in Hanoi in 2019 broke down after the US refused Pyongyang's demands for sanctions relief.\n\nKim Jong-un has had a busy week. In this rare party congress at the start of a new year he's earned a new title, pledged to build new nuclear weapons and now he's shown the world some new missiles.\n\nThe general secretary, the title posthumously awarded to his father by which he is now known, had been pretty quiet in 2020 and appeared very few times in state media.\n\nBut 2021 is looking rather different. The party congress has offered him a grand daily domestic platform - even if it is not getting the international attention it may have done due to events in the United States and a global pandemic.\n\nThe parading vehicles include a new submarine-launched ballistic missile and new short-range ballistic missiles. This is a show of strength - flexing the military muscle once more to show the people of North Korea that despite the current bleak economic outlook, this impoverished country is capable of designing and building new strategic weapons.\n\nIt also offers a direct challenge to the incoming US administration.\n\nNorth Korea appears willing to continue with its self-imposed isolation and being subject to strict economic sanctions, and the state has vowed to continue to build nuclear weapons in defiance of the international community.\n\nDuring the transfer of power, President Obama told Donald Trump that North Korea should be his top national security concern.\n\nIn the last four years a combination of US and UN sanctions, so-called \"maximum pressure\" policies and three summits between Mr Trump and Mr Kim have done nothing to alleviate those concerns.\n\nKim Jong-un has shown the new US president this week that he faces the daunting prospect of coming up with new solutions for this decades-old problem.", "Craig Ross had been quoted making comments about food bank users on a podcast\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives have dropped a Holyrood candidate over what they called \"unacceptable comments\".\n\nCraig Ross recorded a podcast last year in which he described food bank users as being more at risk of diabetes than starvation.\n\nHe also questioned the influence footballer Marcus Rashford has on UK government welfare policy.\n\nThe Conservatives suspended Mr Ross, then later announced he was \"no longer a candidate or a member of the party\".\n\nThe party had launched an investigation after the comments came to light, saying: \"These unacceptable comments do not reflect the views of the party.\"\n\nJustice Secretary Humza Yousaf had called for Mr Ross to be thrown out the party and dropped as the Conservative candidate in Glasgow Pollok.\n\nThe Holyrood elections are due to be held on 6 May.\n\nMr Ross, a former lecturer at Langside College, runs a podcast in which he delivers reaction to pieces in The Guardian newspaper \"from the centre-right\".\n\nIn one episode recorded in June 2020, Mr Ross talked about the percentage of body fat of \"ordinary people\".\n\nOriginally reported in the Daily Record, his comments were in response to a Channel 4 News piece featuring foodbanks.\n\nHe said: \"We have no real grasp of just how ridiculously overweight the population is.\n\n\"I'm not saying that every single person who claims to be really hungry and is reliant on charity is also very overweight.\n\n\"But what I am saying is if Channel 4 News is having a reasonable go at showing the reality of food bank usage, then we know the people that they filmed are far from starving. If anything their biggest risk is not starvation, it's diabetes.\"\n\nOn Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who has called on Boris Johnson to review the UK government's free school meals policy, Mr Ross said: \"Has Marcus Rashford stood for election to anything? Not that I'm aware of.\"", "The government is assessing the impact of a \"technical issue\" that led to 150,000 records being deleted from police databases.\n\nThe error, first reported in the Times, saw data including fingerprint, DNA and arrest histories wiped after being accidentally flagged for deletion.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut Labour said it presented \"huge dangers\" for public safety.\n\nThe data was lost from the Police National Computer - a system that stores and shares criminal records information across the UK.\n\nIt is used to help police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nA coding error resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nThe data loss could hinder future police investigations because the fingerprint or DNA evidence would not be able to be cross-checked against evidence from other crime scenes.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\" - with the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\n\"While the loss relates to individuals who were arrested and then released with no further action, I have asked officials and the police to confirm their initial assessment that there is no threat to public safety,\" he said.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated.\n\nThe loss of the data means that officers on the ground may get an incomplete search result when interrogating the system.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\n\"She must urgently make a statement about what has gone wrong, the extent of the issue, and what action is being taken to reassure the public. Answers must be given.\"\n\n\"This is an extraordinarily serious security breach that presents huge dangers for public safety.\"\n\nFormer Cumbria Police chief constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nHe said: \"In order to understand the scale, if you think that about between 6-700,000 people are arrested every year in the UK, that's a very large proportion of those people.\"\n\nIt comes after around 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the same database, the PNC, following Britain's post-Brexit deal with the EU.", "Despite the huge need to free up space in hospitals, some care homes say insurance issues make it impossible for them to accept Covid-19 patients.\n\nIn October, the government launched a scheme for designated care homes to take patients recovering from the virus but insurance is a stumbling block.\n\nSir David Behan, head of the UK's largest care home company, HC-One, says insurance has become a major concern.\n\nThe government says it is working to resolve the issue.\n\n\"We are aware the adult social care insurance market is changing in response to the pandemic, and recognise some care providers may encounter difficulties as their policies come up for renewal,\" said a Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson.\n\nOne Hampshire care home says it will have to stop taking patients within days because its insurance will expire.\n\nWaterside House in Netley, Hampshire usually provides holidays and respite care for people with disabilities.\n\nBut since the autumn it has been taking Covid-positive patients discharged from hospitals on the south coast.\n\nThey are looked after on a separate floor from other residents, and the home has had to meet high infection control standards.\n\nHome manager Sarah Knight said demand for the 31 beds is unparalleled and added: \"I've been in nursing a long, long time, and I have never known anything like this.\n\n\"People end up in an ambulance sat outside hospitals for hours and hours, or they end up on a trolley in A&E in a corridor for hours and hours.\n\n\"By offering the best that we've got here, we can reduce some of that burden.\"\n\nJan Tregelles is chief executive of the charity Revitalise which runs Waterside House\n\nThe government originally hoped there would be 500 designated care homes taking in Covid-positive patients.\n\nBut Waterside House is one of only 129 which have been set up to take those who have not completed 14 days in isolation.\n\nHowever, its public indemnity insurance protection, which it needs in case someone contracts Covid there, runs out at the end of January.\n\nWaterside House is run by the charity Revitalise, whose chief executive, Jan Tregelles, said they have tried everything, but will soon have to start turning away people.\n\n\"It's shocking,\" she says. \"We are truly helpless. We have a fantastic team of nurses and colleagues already.\n\n\"The facilities are here, everything's arranged and we can't step up to support our communities at this time.\"\n\nOne resident, Alan Washbourne, who has been living at Waterside House since he was discharged from hospital during the first wave of the pandemic, said: \"I feel quite safe here.\"\n\nHe is not on the Covid floor of the home, and added: \"If I were to go to somewhere else, which is possible, I might not feel quite so safe.\"\n\nAlan Washbourne has been at Waterside House since April last year\n\nAfter so many deaths last spring, many care homes will not consider taking patients who are Covid-positive, even with extra infection control measures.\n\nMeanwhile, growing numbers of staff are off sick or self-isolating, leaving care homes facing shortages.\n\nAnd many are also finding it difficult to get the public indemnity insurance.\n\nSir David Behan is chairman of HC-One, the UK's largest care home provider\n\nSince November, HC-One, which is the UK's largest care home provider, has had to cover its own Covid risks because it cannot get the insurance.\n\nSir David said it is one of the reasons why they have not taken part in the designated places scheme.\n\n\"You've got solicitors' firms advertising, taking cases up against care companies,\" he says.\n\n\"So, this isn't a theoretical risk that there may be proceedings, it's an actual risk, and therefore we need cover.\n\n\"The NHS wouldn't operate without similar liability cover and that's what we need to see, and I think governments have a role to play working with the insurance industry to work to find a solution.\"\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said it was making efforts to determine what actions it could take.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure everyone receives the right care, in the right place, at the right time,\" said a spokesperson.", "The licence fee is the \"least worst\" way of funding the BBC, its incoming chairman Richard Sharp has said.\n\nBut Mr Sharp told MPs he had an \"open mind\" about how the corporation should be funded in the future, and it \"may be worth reassessing\" the current system.\n\nHe also said he didn't think the BBC's Brexit coverage was biased overall, but \"there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced\".\n\nQuestion Time \"seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers\", he said.\n\nBBC Three's Normal People was one of the corporation's biggest hits last year\n\nThe £157.50 licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nMr Sharp, who spent 23 years working as a banker for Goldman Sachs, told the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee: \"At 43p a day, the BBC represents terrific value.\"\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence. Mr Sharp said he was \"not in favour of decriminalisation\".\n\nHe said other possible options for funding the BBC in the future could include a household tax like the one used in Germany, \"which amounts to the same amount of money\".\n\nHe added: \"So when we next get the chance to review the structure of this then it may be worth reassessing.\"\n\nAsked whether he believed the BBC's coverage of Brexit had been unbalanced, he replied: \"No, actually I don't.\n\n\"I believe there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced.\n\n\"So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised.\"\n\nQuestion Time has said it has robust processes in place to ensure balance on its panels.\n\nMr Sharp said he was \"considered to be a Brexiteer\" and had donated around £400,000 to the Conservative Party over the past 20 years.\n\nHe said the biggest issue now facing the BBC is impartiality, and that \"trust in leadership and trust in processes\" must be rebuilt after high-profile equal pay cases with journalists such as Carrie Gracie and Samira Ahmed.\n\n\"Clearly some of the problems it's had recently are really rather terrible and reflect a culture that needs to be rebuilt, so everybody who cherishes the BBC and works at the BBC feels proud and happy to work there,\" he said. \"Then in my view that would produce a better output inevitably.\"\n\nMr Sharp also told the committee he would give his £160,000 salary as BBC chairman to charity.\n\nWhen asked \"what's in it for you?\" Mr Sharp, whose heritage is Jewish, said: \"We're all a product of our upbringing and I was very fortunate with the parents I have, my great grandparents came to this country escaping tyranny.\n\n\"I think I won the lottery in life to be British and if I can make a contribution, I couldn't be happier to.\n\n\"The BBC is part of the fabric of all our national identities, it offers education and enrichment and is also important for our position in the world... It is a massive privilege to be chair of the BBC.\"\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "It's likely there are variants all over the world - Vallance\n\nITV's Libby Wiener asks if the move to put restrictions in at the borders is too late. The PM says the government is taking steps to protect against the new variants. \"We have a situation now where we have a very high rate of domestic infection in the UK combined with a vaccination programme,\" he says. \"There will come a point in the next weeks and months where the vaccination programme will take effect... and you will see a decline in the death rate. \"What you can't have is a situation where you have new variants with unknown qualities coming in from abroad and that's why we have set up the system to stop arrivals where new variants are a concern.\" Sir Patrick Vallance says the virus is changing all the time and he suspects there are variants \"all over the world of different types\". \"The countries which have detected them first have got good sequencing,\" he says.", "The UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as England was placed in lockdown for a second time, official figures show.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said it meant gross domestic product was 8.5% below its pre-pandemic peak.\n\nNovember's decline came after six consecutive months of growth.\n\nPubs and hairdressers were badly hit as the service sector suffered, the ONS said, but some manufacturing and construction activity improved.\n\nThe hit to the service sector - which accounts for about three-quarters of the UK economy - meant it contracted by 3.4% in November, and is now 9.9% below the level of February 2020.\n\nSome economists said the November figure was better than expected, and it appeared many companies were better prepared for the second lockdown, with some sectors staying open for business and many firms having already put in place plans to expand online operations.\n\n\"Steps taken by businesses earlier in the year to Covid-proof their operations - combined with the time-limited nature of the restrictions, and schools remaining open - meant more companies were able to continue trading safely,\" said Alpesh Paleja, lead economist at the CBI employers' group.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the figures showed \"it's clear things will get harder before they get better and today's figures highlight the scale of the challenge we face\".\n\nBut he said the vaccine roll-out and economic support measures meant there were reasons to be hopeful. \"With this support, and the resilience and enterprise of the British people, we will get through this,\" he said.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the figures showed the UK has an economic \"mountain to climb\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said it would be a \"serious mistake\" if Mr Sunak waited until the Budget in March before providing more support and confidence for business.\n\nONS director for economic statistics Darren Morgan said: \"The economy took a hit from restrictions put in place to contain the pandemic during November, with pubs and hairdressers seeing the biggest impact.\"\n\nHowever, he said many firms adjusted to the new pandemic working conditions, such as by expanding click and collect and other online operations.\n\nHe added: \"Manufacturing and construction generally continued to operate, while schools also stayed open, meaning the impact on the economy was significantly smaller in November than during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Car manufacturing, bolstered by demand from abroad, housebuilding and infrastructure grew and are now all above their pre-pandemic levels.\" Construction activity grew by 1.9% during the month.\n\nGross domestic product (GDP) is the sum (measured in pounds) of the value of goods and services produced in the economy.\n\nBut the measurement most people focus on is the percentage change - the growth of the country's economy over a period of time, typically a quarter (three months) or a year.\n\nIf the GDP measure is up on the previous three months, the economy is growing. That generally means more wealth and more new jobs.\n\nIf it is negative, the economy is shrinking.\n\nDespite the GDP figure being better than some analysts had forecast, there are still concerns that the UK could be heading back into recession.\n\nEconomists have warned the UK could see a double-dip recession if restrictions remain in place in the first three months of 2021.\n\nRory Macqueen, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said the November figures confirm a significant slowdown in the last quarter of 2020, \"despite November's lockdown in England clearly having a far smaller effect than the first\".\n\nJames Smith, research director of the Resolution Foundation, said there would be a lot of comment about whether these figures point to the UK heading for only its second-ever double-dip recession on record.\n\nBut, he said, the real \"story of the year will be a vaccine-driven bounce back in economic activity for sectors like hospitality and leisure\".\n\n\"The chancellor must do everything he can to support that recovery once public health restrictions ease,\" he added.\n\nAnalysts at Capital Economics also said there was cause for optimism, saying that the current third lockdown could have less impact than feared.\n\n\"The economy has built up a fair bit of immunity to lockdowns, as November's lockdown was much less painful for the economy than the first lockdown.\n\n\"As a result, the Covid-19 economic hole is smaller than we thought, the economy may get back to its pre-crisis crisis level a bit sooner and it makes us more confident that the Bank of England probably won't resort to negative interest rates.\"\n\nThe fall in the economy in November was still considerable, but the figures show businesses adapting to difficult conditions. The hit was a fraction of what occurred in the first lockdown last April, and was mainly confined to the service sector, with pubs and hairdressing for example in sharp decline.\n\nManufacturing and construction largely remained open, as did previously shut public services such as schools. By November car manufacturing and house building were back above the level of output before the pandemic.\n\nThe trade figures also showed a £7bn increase in EU imports in the three months to November as traders stockpiled car parts, medicines and other goods ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nThe renewed regional tiered restrictions in December, and more severe national lockdowns this month, still indicate a possible return to overall recession in this tough winter.\n\nBusiness groups continue to argue that extra support is required to support jobs and cash flow well before the Budget in March. But a more sustained lifting of restrictions as vaccines are rolled out should see growth return after the spring.", "Black people are four more times more likely than white people to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act, according to NHS figures.\n\nWhen Antonio Ferreira was sectioned he says he felt he was discriminated against because of his skin colour.\n\nNow a student at Essex University, he hopes to improve police understanding of mental health problems.\n\nIf you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available via BBC Action Line.", "The governor of Amazonas state warned of a \"critical\" moment and has implemented a curfew\n\nHospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff.\n\nThe city, in Amazonas state, has seen a surge of deaths and infections.\n\nHealth professionals, quoted by local media, warned \"many people\" could die due to lack of supplies and assistance.\n\nBrazil has recorded more than 205,000 virus deaths - the second-highest tally in the world, behind the US.\n\nA new coronavirus variant has recently emerged in Brazil, with several cases in travellers arriving in Japan traced back to the Amazonas region.\n\nAmazonas suffered heavy losses in the first wave of the pandemic but is also being badly hit by a new rise in infections.\n\nRefrigerated containers were brought to hospitals to help store bodies last week, as authorities declared a state of emergency.\n\nJessem Orellana, from the Fiocruz-Amazonia scientific investigation institute, told the AFP news agency that some hospitals in Manaus had \"run out of oxygen\" with some centres becoming \"a type of suffocation chamber\" for patients.\n\nThe researcher told Brazilian media she had received reports from the front-line of \"dramatic\" scenes playing out in some hospitals.\n\nReports in the daily Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper described desperate staff having to try to keep patients alive through manual ventilation.\n\nIn a widely shared video from the region, a female medical worker asks the internet for help: \"We're in an awful state. Oxygen has simply run out across the whole unit today.\"\n\n\"There is no oxygen and lots of people are dying,\" she says in the clip. \"If anyone has any oxygen, please bring it to the clinic. There are so many people dying.\"\n\nThe UK has banned travellers from much of Latin America over a new variant detected in Brazil\n\nAmazonas Governor Wilson Lima said the state was \"in the most critical moment of the pandemic\" and has announced a nightly curfew will begin at 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday to try to stem the spread.\n\nMarcellus Campelo, a local health secretary, said the state needed three times the amount of oxygen it can produce locally and appealed for help.\n\nBrazil's vice-president shared images on Twitter of the air force transporting hospital supplies, including oxygen cylinders and stretchers, to the city as reports of the situation spread throughout the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also say some patients will be airlifted to other states for treatment due to the demand for intensive care units, Reuters reports.\n\nFelipe Naveca, deputy director of research at the state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, told the BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson that the new variant had evolved separately from those in the UK and South Africa, but that it showed some of the same characteristics: \"Some of these mutations have been linked to increased transmission and that is of concern.\"\n\nMr Naveca said that they did not yet have any data to suggest that existing vaccines would be any less effective against the new variant. \"We have to do a lot more sequencing of samples to answer that question,\" he said.\n\nHowever, on Thursday UK officials announced a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde due to the new strain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At Fullwell Cross Medical Centre, north London, they are now vaccinating almost 1,000 people a week\n\nFake news is likely to be causing some people from the UK's South Asian communities to reject the Covid vaccine, a doctor has warned.\n\nDr Harpreet Sood, who is leading an NHS anti-disinformation drive, said it was \"a big concern\" and officials were working \"to correct so much fake news\".\n\nHe said language and cultural barriers played a part in the false information.\n\nA GP in the West Midlands told the BBC some of her South Asian patients had refused the vaccine when offered it.\n\nDr Sood, from NHS England, said officials were working with South Asian role models, influencers, community leaders and religious leaders to help debunk myths about the vaccine.\n\nMuch of the disinformation surrounds the contents of the vaccine.\n\nHe said: \"We need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities.\"\n\n\"We're trying to find role models and influencers and also thinking about ordinary citizens who need to be quick with this information so that they can all support one another because ultimately everyone is a role model to everyone\", he added.\n\n\"There's a big piece of work happening where we're translating information, we're making sure the look and feel of it reaches the populations that matter.\"\n\nSome of the disinformation seen by the BBC on social media and on WhatsApp is religiously targeted. Messages falsely claim the vaccines contain animal produce - eating pork goes against the religious beliefs of Muslims, as does eating beef for Hindus.\n\nDr Samara Afzal has been vaccinating people in Dudley, West Midlands. She said: \"We've been calling all patients and booking them in for vaccines but the admin staff say when they call a lot of the South Asian patients they decline and refuse to have the vaccination.\n\n\"Also talking to friends and family have found the same. I've had friends calling me telling me to convince their parents or their grandparents to have the vaccination because other family members have convinced them not to have it\".\n\nWe need to be clear and make people realise there is no meat in the vaccine, there is no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders\n\nReena Pujara is a beauty therapist in Hampshire and a practising Hindu. She said she's been bombarded with false information.\n\n\"Some of the videos are quite disturbing especially when you actually see the person reporting is a medic and telling you that the vaccine is going to alter your DNA,\" she said.\n\n\"For a layman it is very confusing. And also when you read that the ingredients in the vaccine derive from a cow - and as Hindus the cow is sacred to us - it is disturbing.\"\n\nAbout 100 mosques have a joined a campaign to counter vaccine disinformation and persuade their communities to take the vaccine. They've said they'll use their Friday sermons to urge people to have the jab.\n\n\"There should be no hesitation in taking [the vaccine] from a moral perspective,\" said Qari Asim, chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB), which has organised the campaign. \"It is our ethical duty to protect ourselves and others from harm.\"\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told the BBC's Asian Network that faith and community leaders had a big role to play in ensuring a high take-up of the vaccine. He said he had met with more than 150 leaders from Sikh, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim communities who were taking the message out \"that it's the right thing to do\".\n\nHe added that the government was taking steps to tackle online disinformation around the vaccine, as well as making sure vaccine guidance was available in many different languages.\n\nA recent poll, commissioned by the Royal Society of Public Health, suggested just over half of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people would be happy to have the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nIt found 57% said they would take the vaccine - compared with 79% of white people.", "Exam results are likely to appear before the end of the summer term\n\nExam results for A-levels and GCSEs in England could be published in early July this year, according to proposals for replacing cancelled exams.\n\nA consultation launched by the exams watchdog and the Department for Education confirmed that grades will be decided by teacher assessment.\n\nBut results this summer are likely to be released much earlier than usual.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said pupils would receive \"a grade that reflects their ability\".\n\nThere are also likely to be written test papers set by exam boards, but marked by teachers, with some later checks if there are concerns about fairness.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, exams which use mostly written papers are also likely to use teachers' grades - but qualifications which need a test of practical, hands-on skills will have separate arrangements.\n\nOfqual and the Department for Education have formally launched a two-week consultation on a system for how results will be decided, after disruption from the pandemic forced the cancellation of exams.\n\nThis is the second year of exam results being disrupted by the pandemic\n\nFor A-levels and GCSEs this could see the scrapping of the traditional results days in August, with a proposal to publish the results in \"early July\", increasing the time for appeals and adding more time before the start of the university term.\n\nLast year the process of replacement results ended with U-turns and confusion, as an algorithm initially used for deciding grades was abandoned and teachers' assessments used instead.\n\nThis time there will be no algorithm, but from the outset the process will rely on the judgement of teachers, who will be asked to use evidence such as coursework, essays, homework and mock exams.\n\nThere are also proposals for test papers, or mini-exams, which would be set by examiners but which would be likely to be marked within schools by teachers.\n\nThese would inform teachers' decisions rather than be a fixed proportion of the final grade - and could be used as evidence for any scrutiny of the reliability of a school's results or if there were appeals over grades.\n\nThere is also a recognition they might have to be taken by some pupils at home.\n\nBut it has still to be decided whether it would be mandatory to take these exams, and whether there would be a single paper per subject or the option to take more.\n\nThe Department for Education has said pupils will not face tests in subject areas they have not covered.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the proposals seemed \"sensible\".\n\nBut he said the written tests would have to be \"exceptionally well designed\" to make them fair between students \"whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic to greatly varying extents\".\n\n\"There are still many questions left unanswered,\" said the National Education Union's co-leader Kevin Courtney, about how tests could be flexible enough and how appeals will be decided.\n\nThere will be a process of training teachers in how the grading system will operate and be consistent between different schools.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, the proposals say those closer to written A-level and GCSE exams will be graded in a similar way to the academic exams, using teacher assessment to replace written papers.\n\nThere will be different approaches for qualifications requiring proof of practical skills, but there will be arrangements to make this possible.\n\nSome BTec exams have already gone ahead this month and IGCSE exams are still planned to continue this summer.\n\nA-levels and GCSEs have been cancelled in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Scotland the Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers have also been scrapped.\n\nEngland's Education Secretary, Mr Williamson, said: \"Fairness to young people has been and will continue to be fundamental to every decision we take on these issues.\"", "Men who had already had the virus were asked to donate blood plasma for the trial\n\nA potential treatment for Covid using blood plasma does not reduce deaths among hospital patients, trials show.\n\nThe results are a blow to researchers and the NHS, which led the drive to collect plasma donations.\n\nThis arm of the Recovery trial, which is investigating a number of promising Covid treatments, has now been closed.\n\nThe Oxford researchers involved say they are \"incredibly grateful\" for the contribution of patients across the country.\n\nDonations of plasma were temporarily suspended, according to NHS Blood and Transplant.**\n\nThere had been huge international interest in the role of convalescent plasma as a possible treatment for hospital patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe treatment involves blood plasma being taken from people who have recovered from the disease - which contains antibodies to coronavirus - and transfused into seriously ill patients.\n\nIt was hoped the plasma donation would give the recipient's struggling immune system a boost to fight off Covid.\n\nThe NHS had been urging people to donate, particularly men who are thought to have higher levels of antibodies in their blood.\n\nBut early analysis of 1,873 deaths in a study of 10,400 UK patients shows the treatment made \"no significant difference\".\n\nIn the group treated with convalescent plasma, 18% of patients died within 28 days - the same figure for the group given standard treatment.\n\nPatients in the study are still being followed up and the final results will be published shortly.\n\nEarlier this week, a separate study showed no evidence that the same treatment improved outcomes for patients in intensive care.\n\nMartin Landray, chief investigator and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, said the Recovery trial showed \"the value of large randomised trials to properly assess the role of potential treatments\".\n\nThe trial is still investigating other treatments, including tocilizumab, aspirin and an antibody cocktail.\n\nProf Peter Horby, who also worked on the trial, said the largest ever trial of convalescent plasma \"was only possible thanks to the generous donation of plasma by recovered patients and the willingness of current patients to contribute to advancing medical care\".\n\n\"While the overall result is negative, we need to await the full results before we can understand whether convalescent plasma has any role in particular patient sub-groups,\" he said.\n\n**NHS Blood and Transplant restarted donations of blood plasma on 20 January. They could be used to see whether particular groups of patients, such as those with low antibody levels, could benefit.\n\nInternational trials are also testing if plasma helps people when it's used much earlier in the disease, before people get to hospital.", "One of two coronavirus variants first detected in Brazil has been found in the UK, says a leading scientist advising the government.\n\nBut the version discovered is not the \"variant of concern\", Prof Wendy Barclay clarified.\n\nThe \"variant of concern\" from Brazil, detected in travellers to Japan, is thought to be more infectious.\n\nIt led to travellers from South America and Portugal being banned from entering the UK on Friday.\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, who is heading a newly-launched project to study the effects of emerging coronavirus mutations called the G2P-UK National Virology Consortium, said: \"There are two different types of Brazilian variants and one of them has been detected and one of them has not.\"\n\nProf Barclay, who also sits on Nervtag, a committee which advises government on new and emerging respiratory virus threats, said the variant was \"probably introduced some time ago\" and it \"will be being traced very carefully\".\n\nShe added: \"The new Brazilian variant of concern, that was picked up in travellers going to Japan, has not been detected in the UK.\n\n\"Other variants that may have originated from Brazil have been previously found.\"\n\nThe body which collects and analyses the genomes of virus samples - Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (Cog-UK) - said this variant seen in the UK contained one of the mutations found in the Brazilian \"variant of concern\".\n\nThe mutation, also found in the South African variant, has been linked to a reduced antibody response meaning our bodies might be less able to fight it off.\n\nCog-UK said this alone was not enough to qualify it as a \"variant of concern\", thought it acknowledged \"no internationally agreed definition of a variant of concern has yet been agreed\".\n\nIn other variants of concern, the mutation sits alongside a \"constellation\" of others which together amount to a high chance of making the virus more transmissible.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,248 people with coronavirus have died in the UK.\n\nThe latest government figures on Thursday also showed another 48,682 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate for the reproduction (R) number in the UK - which represents the average number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - is between 1.2 and 1.3.\n\nLast week it was estimated at between 1 and 1.4 by the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.\n\nWhen the figure is above 1, the number of cases increases exponentially.\n\nDespite other variants entering the country since, the Kent variant remains dominant in the UK and is believed to be 30-50% more infectious than the previous form of the virus.\n\nViruses acquire random changes to their genes constantly as they replicate.\n\nMany are neutral or even hurt the virus's ability to spread, but those that give it an advantage will become more common.\n\nMutations are being detected now because enough time has passed for those random changes to take hold.\n\nEven though there is no evidence any of these mutations make the virus more deadly, a virus that infects more people is likely to have a higher death toll.\n\nWhen the virus gets better at sticking onto and breaking into human cells, in theory someone exposed to the same dose is more likely to become ill.\n\nThe use of masks and personal protective equipment, social distancing and hand washing remain the best defences against the virus's spread.\n\nDowning Street said current evidence did not suggest the concerning Brazilian variant affected vaccines or treatment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Shapps described the travel ban, which came into force at 04:00 GMT on Friday, as a \"precautionary\" measure.\n\nIt covers people who have travelled from or through, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela in the last 10 days.\n\nThe ban also applies to Portugal - because of its strong links to Brazil - and the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa, as well as Panama in central America.\n\nBritish and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with residence rights are still allowed to return - but must isolate for 10 days.\n\nAlso exempt are hauliers who are travelling from Portugal to transport essential goods.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist who is part of the government's Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, said the travel ban should minimise the risk from a \"more transmissible\" variant.\n\n\"We always have this issue with travel bans, of course, that we're always a little bit behind the curve,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"My understanding is that there haven't really been any flights coming from Brazil for about the past week, so hopefully the immediate travel ban should really minimise the risk.\"\n\nDowning Street said it acted \"as quickly as possible\" to impose the travel ban because the concerning Brazilian variant \"could pose a significant risk to the UK\".\n\nHowever, Portugal's government has described the ban as \"absurd\" and illogical\".\n\nThe country's minister of foreign affairs Augusto Santos Silva said he had requested a conversation with his British counterpart after the \"sudden and unexpected\" suspension of flights.\n\nHe added Portugal was already restricting flights from Brazil and there was \"no evidence\" the new variant existed in his country.", "Police investigations have been compromised by an error that led to hundreds of thousands of records being deleted from UK-wide databases, according to a letter seen by the BBC.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said 213,000 records were deleted - more than the 150,000 first reported.\n\nThis resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender, it said.\n\nThe Home Office has said it is assessing the impact of the mistake.\n\nData including fingerprint, DNA, and arrest histories was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut the letter from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) says officers are aware of at least one instance where the DNA profile from a suspect in custody did not generate a match to a crime scene as expected, potentially impeding the investigation.\n\nIt says that some of the records had been marked for indefinite retention following earlier convictions for serious offences.\n\nAnd it reveals that a \"weeding system\", developed and deployed by a Home Office PNC team, started to delete records wrongly last November.\n\nThe process was only brought to a halt at the start of this week.\n\nThe letter was sent on Friday afternoon by Deputy Chief Constable Naveed Malik of the NPCC to chief constables and police and crime commissioners.\n\nThe deletion of the records has been blamed on a coding error.\n\nThis resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\".\n\nHe said the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners were working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nBut Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free. We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nA home office source said the accusation was \"scaremongering and irresponsible\".\n\nFormer Cumbria Police Chief Constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated. A minister is expected to update the House of Commons on Monday.\n\nIt comes after about 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the PNC following the UK's post-Brexit security deal with the EU.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The pharmacy in Gwynedd is offering the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab\n\nA pharmacy has become the first in Wales to offer Covid jabs, as community vaccine trials begin.\n\nFifty people with appointments are to visit the pharmacy near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, on Friday to receive their first shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe pilot has begun in pharmacies in Betsi Cadwaladr health board.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said community pharmacists can help with vaccinations \"in more than one way\".\n\nIt follows a letter from Community Pharmacy Wales to Wales' health minister which said there was an \"urgent need\" to use pharmacies in Wales to help roll out coronavirus vaccines.\n\nUK Government figures show 126,375 people in Wales, 4% of the population, have received their first coronavirus jab so far.\n\nThat compares with 4.1% (224,840) in Scotland, 4.9% in England (2,769,164) and 6% (114,567) in Northern Ireland.\n\nHundreds more pharmacies in Wales will offer the jab in the next two weeks.\n\nRosie Bennett, one of the patients to receive a vaccination at Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy in Llanbedrog, said getting her vaccine was a \"small step to a better future\".\n\nThe 82-year-old said: \"I don't have a car, so it was a huge relief to know that I wouldn't have to travel a long distance to have the vaccine.\n\n\"Here in the village, we know the staff at the chemists. They've been doing a great job during the pandemic and it's reassuring to have the vaccine from someone you know.\"\n\nSteffan John, the pharmacist who administered the vaccine to Rosie, said the staff are \"really pleased to do their bit for the community\".\n\nPharmacist Llyr Hughes, who runs four pharmacies, including Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy, said \"vaccinating at scale\" was the \"only way out of the pandemic\".\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Mr Hughes said he expected the rollout to happen \"very quickly across all community pharmacies in Wales\".\n\n\"I don't forsee any big problems,\" he said.\n\n\"Community pharmacists have a wealth of experience in delivering flu vaccinations.\n\n\"We will tailor our work model to accommodate for this, as we did for the flu vaccine.\"\n\nMr Hughes said his pharmacy will have vaccinated in the region of more than 100 people by Saturday afternoon.\n\nHe added: \"If we can deliver locally we can provide easier access to older patients.\"\n\nHe explained local patients would be contacted about an appointment for the vaccine at the pharmacy.\n\nMr John said that the vaccine comes in vials of ten doses which means it's \"important to vaccinate that many people at a time and not to waste any\".\n\nLlyr Hughes who runs Fferyllwyr H L Taylor Pharmacy said 50 patients will be vaccinated today\n\nHowever, Mr Drakeford told Friday's Welsh Government press briefing that not all pharmacy premises would be suitable to deliver the Covid vaccines.\n\nHe said some community pharmacists could be asked to administer vaccinations at mass vaccination centres instead, in cases where spaces for vaccinations are small at pharmacies with high volumes of people.\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the rollout was still in the \"early stages\" of the \"largest vaccination programme Wales has ever seen\".\n\n\"People can be expected to be asked to attend either a mass or community centre, hospital, GP practice, pharmacy or mobile unit,\" he added.\n\nMr Gething said a mix of vaccination sites and centres were chosen so \"everyone across the country has equal access to a vaccination\".\n\nHe added that people will be notified for an appointment, and before that they should not call GPs or health services to request a vaccine and \"add undue pressure\" to their workloads.\n\nPlaid Cymru's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said Wales' vaccination programme was \"improving far, far too slowly\".\n\n\"As important as it is that we have one pharmacy doing it, what's happening in all the others?\"\n\nPaul Davies, leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, said it was clear Wales was \"lagging behind\" the rest of the UK on delivering the vaccinations.\n\n\"It's certainly not happening quickly enough, we need to see the Welsh Government stepping up to the plate,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh Government has said more pharmacists and other primary care services, such as dentists and opticians - are being invited to help with the rollout, subject to vaccine supply.", "The UK's epidemic is still officially estimated to be growing, according to the latest R number, but data suggests new cases are beginning to fall.\n\nThe R number - which takes into account cases, hospitalisations and deaths - is estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.3, compared with 1 and 1.4 last week.\n\nThis suggests the total number of people with the virus is still rising across the UK.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower.\n\nIn the capital, the estimate - based on data up until 11 January - is between 0.9 and 1.2, compared with 1.1 and 1.4 the previous week.\n\nIt comes as a further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported.\n\nMeanwhile, more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - latest figures show the number at 3,234,946.\n\nAlthough the number of people sick with coronavirus is growing in the UK, data from various sources suggests new infections are declining.\n\nThis provides early signs that lockdown restrictions may be taking effect.\n\nThe government's scientific advisory group Sage, which calculates the R number, said areas that have been under tougher restrictions for a longer period of time - including east of England, London, and the south east - are showing \"a slight decline in the number of people infected\".\n\nHowever, they warned that regions such as north-west and south-west England continue to see infections rise, where the spread of the new UK variant may be playing a role.\n\nThe R number is a way of rating coronavirus or any disease's ability to spread. In theory, it describes the number of people that one infected person will pass the virus onto, on average.\n\nIn reality, though, the government's estimate of R gives a wider view of the epidemic's general trend since it also looks at what is happening in hospitals.\n\nCases, hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 have been alarmingly high since the beginning of the year and the latest estimate of the R number indicates that the pandemic is continuing to grow.\n\nBut because of the way the data to estimate R is collected - it reflects the situation a week ago. More up to date indicators suggest that there's a slight decline in infections in the east of England, London, and the South East.\n\nThese areas have had the highest prevalence and therefore the toughest restrictions the longest but infections are continuing to rise in the North West and South West probably because of the spread of the new variant of the virus.\n\nDespite this there's some relief at these figures among the government's scientific advisors. They were not sure whether the current restrictions would be enough to prevent the more contagious variant getting out of control. Now they expect Covid-related deaths to level off in a week or so and then decline as the benefits of the vaccine programme begin to take effect.\n\nCases should also begin to decrease in the coming weeks. But all this depends on people continuing to observe the government's social distancing guidelines - and come into contact with others only if it is essential.\n\nProf Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, said coronavirus deaths were likely to peak in the next week to 10 days.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's The World At One that the lockdown measures were having an impact, with the peak in infections having passed \"a good few days ago\" which would lead to a reduction in the numbers dying from the disease.\n\n\"They are likely to level off in a week - 10 days maybe - at a peak which is probably going to be bigger than the first wave peak of 1,000-a-day, but then should decline due the reductions in cases that we are seeing and, of course, the vaccine programme.\"\n\nData from the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app gives its own estimate of 0.9 for the virus's R or reproduction number. This is based on cases alone, rather than a wider number of data sources included in the official estimate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nWhile this leaves out the fact that hospitals are still filling up, looking at cases on their own allows assessment of whether lockdown restrictions are working.\n\nBut the large number of infections recorded at the end of December and the beginning of January means, despite receding cases, hospitalisations and deaths will inevitably continue to rise for some time.\n\nMeanwhile, a ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday as a result of a new, potentially more infectious strain linked to Brazil.\n\nProf Wendy Barclay, a scientist at Imperial College London advising the government, said this \"variant of concern\" had not been detected in the UK but another variant from Brazil was already in circulation.\n\nIt is not clear whether this second strain is more contagious or not.", "Ambulances were lined up outside the Royal London Hospital on Thursday\n\nCovid patients have been transferred to hospitals in Newcastle from over-stretched London intensive care units.\n\nA small number, fewer than five, have been moved hundreds of miles from the south east, the BBC has been told.\n\nHospitals with the largest critical care capacity have been asked to take patients from other areas to ease pressures.\n\nHowever, NHS England has denied that patients have been transferred to Newcastle from London.\n\nThe patient transfers were first reported by The Guardian.\n\nIt is not uncommon for patients to be transferred from one busy hospital to another within the region, but moving the sick from out of their areas is unusual.\n\nThe North of England Critical Care Network, which co-ordinates provision in the North East, north Cumbria and North Yorkshire, confirmed patients had been moved from other parts of England.\n\nIn statement, director Lesley Durham said: \"During this pandemic and at these times of unprecedented pressures, we have ensured equity of patient access to critical care though mutual aid between units in the form of critical care patient transfers.\n\n\"We are also working with our colleagues and networks further afield.\n\n\"Whilst not ideal, it is correct to ensure that every person, regardless of location, has access to a critical care bed if they require one.\"\n\nOne medical expert described transferring people across the country as \"a challenge\"\n\nElsewhere, Northampton General Hospital - which is about 70 miles from London - has been receiving critical care patients from outside its area.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Some patients have been transferred to our critical care unit in recent weeks from other parts of the country, including London.\n\n\"We currently have one 'out-of-area' patient, but they are not from London.\"\n\nNHS England said in a statement: \"The NHS has tried and tested plans in place to manage significant pressure either from high Covid-19 infection rates and non-Covid winter demands and this has always included mutual aid practices whereby hospitals work together to manage admissions.\"\n\nIt added that no patients had been transferred from London to Newcastle, Birmingham, Northampton or Sheffield.\n\nAcross England in the week to 12 January, there were 32,202 patients in hospital with Covid-19, a rise of 5,735 on the previous week.\n\nIn the week up to 10 January there were 330,616 new cases.\n\nHospitals across the North East are already seeing many more patients than the first wave of the pandemic, and the next few weeks are likely to be the toughest yet.\n\nBut right now some - like Newcastle - have room in intensive care and are being asked to take patients from critical care units in the south which have become overwhelmed and run out of room.\n\nNewcastle and Northumbria NHS trusts have already been taking in patients from across their own patch - most notably from Cumbria where there are not nearly enough intensive care beds for the soaring numbers of Covid patients.\n\nBut patient numbers are growing in the North East's hospitals too, and many are already struggling.\n\nThey expect next week will be the worst week they have experienced yet.\n\nTo prepare, elective work is being postponed, wards are being cleared to take in new patients, and intensive care units are being expanded.\n\nConcerns have been raised about seriously-ill patients travelling such long distances.\n\nDr Uwe Franke, intensive care lead at Middlesbrough's James Cook Hospital, said: \"The critical care networks work regionally and nationally and are trying to spread the workload about the country without pushing other units to their limits or out of the durability of their capacity.\n\n\"But there is a difficulty in this; we know that Covid patients are incredibly ill, they are dependent on breathing machines, they are dependent on other machines that need organ support.\n\n\"To transfer these people across the country is quite a challenge.\"\n\nDr Franke added that while hospitals in the North were keen to support colleagues across the country, some - like his own - were already reaching their limit.\n\nHis hospital currently has in excess of 200 Covid patients, with 32 of those in intensive care.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "Dustin Diamond made his name as the studious \"Screech\" in the US sitcom Saved by the Bell\n\nSaved by The Bell actor Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer, his representative has said.\n\nThe 44-year-old, who played Samuel \"Screech\" Powers in the popular 1990s US school-based sitcom, fell ill last week and was taken to hospital.\n\nHis representative, Roger Paul, said the actor is now waiting for further details.\n\n\"We will know the severity of it when the tests are done,\" Paul said, adding they expect an update next week.\n\nSaved by the Bell ran for four seasons from 1989 to 1993 and followed a group of high school friends and their principal.\n\nDiamond reprised his role in follow-up series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years. But he did not appear in the recent revival series.\n\nThe American was also a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A 24m section of the bridge parapet collapsed one mile from where a fatal crash took place\n\nPart of a rail bridge has collapsed near the site of the fatal Stonehaven train derailment.\n\nA 24m (79ft) section of the side wall has fallen from the bridge, about a mile north of where three people died when a train left the track and crashed last August.\n\nNetwork Rail said it was a \"structural fault\" and not caused by a landslip.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee remains closed while structural engineers assess the fault.\n\nThe structure is located three miles north of Carmont signal box. The collapse was discovered just before 10:00 on Friday.\n\nThe rail company said the damage to the parapet was \"extensive\" and that the line was expected to be closed for a \"significant\" period of time while repairs to the bridge take place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Network Rail Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Network Rail Twitter account told followers engineers would be working around the clock to complete repairs.\n\nSpecialist staff are also checking similar bridges as a precaution.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee had just reopened in November, nearly three months after the Stonehaven derailment.\n\nThe driver, a conductor and a passenger died when the Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed near Stonehaven on 12 August after heavy rain.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland carried out \"complex\" repairs at the scene of the derailment\n\nAn interim report said the train hit washed-out rocks and gravel.\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said: \"The line is currently closed while our engineers repair a damaged side wall on a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.\n\n\"Specialist structural engineers are currently assessing the fault and putting plans in place for its repair.\n\n\"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this work as quickly as possible.\"", "Passengers will need to provide a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours before departure\n\nPassengers arriving into NI from outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will soon have to produce a negative Covid-19 test before departure.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the executive had agreed the plan on Thursday.\n\nPeople arriving from countries not on the government's travel corridors list will also still have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe move has already been agreed in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nPassengers arriving there will be subject to the new rules from Saturday, with the measure taking effect in England and Scotland from Monday.\n\nNegative tests 72 hours prior to arrival are already a requirement in the Republic of Ireland for passengers travelling from Great Britain and South Africa.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press conference on Thursday, the first minister said Northern Ireland's R-number had also fallen to between 0.7 and 0.9 for new cases of the virus.\n\nThe reproductive rate of the virus - known as the R rate, measures the infection rate of Covid-19 and had risen to about 1.8 due to Christmas relaxations.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the drop showed the \"very real\" effect of lockdown restrictions imposed on 26 December, but she warned there was still \"no room for complacency\".\n\nShe said she still believed there needed to be an \"two-island approach\" to travel restrictions, including discussions with the British and Irish governments as a \"matter of urgency\".\n\nMrs Foster said Stormont ministers had also expressed frustration at the executive meeting over a lack of data-sharing from authorities in the Republic of Ireland, and called for it to be escalated.\n\nPSNI Chief Constable (centre) Simon Byrne attended Stormont's press briefing on Thursday with the first and deputy first ministers\n\nPSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said 40 penalty notices a day are being handed out to those who breach the Covid-19 regulations.\n\nHe told the press briefing that if people continued flouting rules, they could expect \"firm and swift enforcement\".\n\n\"We won't turn a blind eye when people break the rules.\"\n\nOn Thursday, 16 more deaths related to Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, bringing its total to 1,533.\n\nThere have been 973 new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours, while 58 Covid-19 patients are being treated in ICUs across Northern Ireland, of which 44 are on ventilators.\n\nMrs Foster said she found it \"incredible and frankly unbelievable\" that some people were still holding house parties and gatherings, despite the pandemic rates and the lockdown.\n\nOn Wednesday, health officials warned that levels of the new, more transmissible variant of the virus are rising.\n\nMr Swann said that meant more \"difficult decisions\" on lockdown restrictions could be required.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe executive is due to review the current restrictions on 21 January.\n\nThe first and deputy first ministers said they would take evidence from health officials before deciding whether an extension of the lockdown would be required.\n\nMinisters have expressed concerns about keeping non-essential parts of businesses open\n\nMinisters have also expressed concerns about some larger retailers \"gaming\" the regulations and keeping open non-essential parts of their businesses.\n\nA meeting between the first and deputy first ministers and representatives of the retail sector is due to happen on Friday afternoon.\n\nElsewhere, the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that unpaid carers looking after Clinically Extremely Vulnerable individuals should receive the first dose of their vaccine when phase two of the vaccination programme begins next month.\n\nDr Michael McBride told Stormont's Health Committee they are provided for on a list of prioritisation provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which decides the order of vaccination delivery.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nMr Swann was asked if his department was \"putting all its eggs in the vaccine basket\".\n\nHe said it was \"not the entirety of the answer\", adding: \"It will take time for the benefits of it to bed in.\n\n\"And while it is doing it, we still have to follow those restrictions that are in place.\n\n\"We may actually have to introduce more.\"\n\nOn Thursday afternoon the department tweeted that 121,711 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs Foster said that by end of this month, it is hoped all care home residents, health staff and those aged over 80 in Northern Ireland will have received their first vaccination.\n\nShe said that would be an \"incredible achievement\" and make Northern Ireland one of the top-performing countries in rolling out its vaccination programme.\n\nMeanwhile, the chairman of the Police Federation for NI (PFNI) has said officers need more powers to enforce Covid-19 regulations.\n\nAt present officers can only issue guidance and advice on the public health regulations.\n\nPFNI chairman Mark Lindsay said that puts officers in a \"difficult position\".\n\nThe federation represents thousands of rank and file PSNI officers.\n\n\"I think we are well past the stage where police officers are the people that should be giving advice around the guidance,\" Mr Lindsay told BBC Radio Foyle.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake\n\nA powerful earthquake has rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 42 people, with more feared dead as rescuers search for survivors.\n\nThe 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday morning, just hours after an earlier, smaller tremor.\n\nHundreds of people were injured and thousands displaced by the quake.\n\nIndonesia has a history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, with more than 2,000 killed in a 2018 Sulawesi quake.\n\nEight people died when the five-storey Mitra Manakarra Hospital in Mamuju partially collapsed on Friday, officials said. About 60 people were safely evacuated from the hospital.\n\n\"It happened so quickly, around 10 seconds,\" Syamsu Ridwan, a local police spokesman, told the BBC. He said the power in the hospital cut out during the earthquake.\n\nOfficials fear the death toll will increase as rescue efforts continue. Rescuers were still searching for survivors late on Friday, but they have been hampered by power cuts and poor mobile phone service.\n\nIndonesian President Joko Widodo offered condolences to the victims, urging people to stay calm and for the authorities to step up search efforts.\n\nThe epicentre of Friday's quake was six kilometres (3.73 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10km.\n\nVideo footage on social media showed collapsed houses and a girl pinned under rubble calling for help.\n\nThe situation was \"pretty bad\", Dr Gayatri Marliyani, of the geology department at Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta, told the BBC. She said the governor's office was among the collapsed buildings and confirmed that several hospitals and one hotel had also been damaged.\n\nShe also warned that getting response teams to the area could be hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nTremors were felt at around 01:00 local time on Friday (17:00 Thursday GMT) for about seven seconds.\n\nNo tsunami warning was issued but thousands are reported to have left their homes, fleeing to safety.\n\nAuthorities have warned that strong aftershocks could follow the two main quakes and that they could still trigger a tsunami.\n\nIndonesia is prone to earthquakes because it lies on the so-called Ring of Fire - a line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions on the Pacific rim.\n\nIn 2004, a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra killed 226,000 people across the Indian Ocean, including more than 120,000 in Indonesia.\n\nThe Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after a quake of magnitude 9.1.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Police officers who were targeted by a pro-Trump mob have been speaking out about the \"medieval battle\" that unfolded on the steps of the Capitol and inside the halls of American democracy last week.\n\nPolice faced off against rioters equipped with clubs, shields, pitchforks, firearms, and metal poles stripped from seating set up for next week's inauguration.\n\nHere's what we've learned from their interviews with US media.\n\nMichael Fanone, a 40-year-old DC plainclothes narcotics detective who was told to wear his uniform that day, rushed to the West Terrace of the Capitol where he took turns holding back the crowd, and resting to rinse his face of the the chemical irritants that that crowd was spraying on police.\n\n\"We weren't battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel,\" the MPD (Metropolitan Police Department of District of Columbia) veteran told the Washington Post. \"We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.\"\n\nAfter he was grabbed by his helmet and dragged face-first down several steps, he said the crowd started stripping gear from his vest, including spare ammo, his radio and his badge - all while chanting \"USA!\".\n\nMichael Fanone, a DC detective, was dragged into the crowd and beaten\n\n\"We got one! We got one!\" Mr Fanone said he heard people shout, with others chanting: \"Kill him with his own gun!\"\n\nSome members of the crowd protected him after he started yelling that he has children, the father of four told CNN. He sustained only minor injuries but later found out in hospital that he had suffered a mild heart attack during the brawl.\n\nMPD Officer Daniel Hodges, 32, had already been on shift for several hours before the rioting began.\n\n\"We were battling, you know, tooth and nail for our lives,\" he told ABC News.\n\nIn one viral video, Mr Hodges is seen pinned in a glass doorway between officers and the crowd, as rioters strip his gas mask from his face and beat him with his own police-issued baton. One rioter tried to gouge his eyes.\n\n\"That was one of the three times that day where I thought: Well, this might be it,\" said Mr Hodges. \"This might be the end for me.\"\n\nAs he choked on tear gas, he is seen on video gasping for air to call out for help. Enough police were eventually able to push through the melee to extract him.\n\n\"I had conspiracy theorists and everyone you could think of yelling at me, saying, 'Why are you doing this, you're the traitor,'\" Mr Hodges told radio station WAMU.\n\n\"We're not the traitors. We're the ones who saved Congress that day, and we'll do it as many times as necessary.\"\n\nDespite fearing for his life, Mr Hodges says he decided not to use his gun on the crowd.\n\n\"I didn't want to be the guy who starts shooting, because I knew they had guns - we had been seizing guns all day,\" he told the Post.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRobert Glover, the commander on scene for MPD, declared a riot at 13:50 local time, nearly two hours after Trump's speech at the White House where he instructed his followers to go to the Capitol.\n\nHe quickly told officers to retake the inauguration bleachers, to stop the crowd from raining down heavy objects on officers from above.\n\nMr Glover told the Post that some rioters may have been caught up in the moment, but others seemed to be moving in \"military formation\" as if they had prepared for the assault. He said that some appeared to be using hand signals to co-ordinate tactics.\n\nSeveral US military veterans, as well as off-duty police officers from Virginia, Maryland and Texas, have since been suspended or arrested for participating in the riot.\n\nMPD Officer Christina Laury, 32, was among the first city police officers to arrive on the scene. When she got to the Capitol, officers were already being brutally attacked by rioters attempting to storm the building.\n\n\"They had bear mace, which is literally used for bears. I got hit with it plenty of times that day and it just seals your eyes shut. You just would see officers going down trying to douse themselves with water, trying to open their eyes up so they can see again.\"\n\n\"The bravery and the heroism that I saw in these officers - the second they were able to open their eyes, they were back up front and they were just trying to stop these individuals from coming in.\"\n\nOne officer being lauded as a hero has yet to speak about his experience - Officer Eugene Goodman, a member of Congress' 2,100 member Capitol Police force.\n\nMr Goodman, an African American Iraq War veteran, was seen singlehandedly distracting a rampaging mob, giving lawmakers enough time to clear the chamber and get to safety.\n\nOn Thursday, a cross-party group of lawmakers introduced a bill calling for him to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his effort to defend democracy.\n\nThe Capitol Police have been criticised over their response and preparation.\n\nSeveral top Capitol security officials, including the Capitol Police chief and the sergeants-at-arms for the House and Senate, resigned in the wake of the siege amid claims from lawmakers that they had not done enough to prepare for the mob.\n\nProtesters climbed the bleachers that were erected for Biden's inauguration\n\nOn Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced General Russel Honoré would be leading an immediate investigation of the Capitol's security infrastructure.\n\nVideo footage has also emerged showing an officer taking a selfie with a rioter inside the Capitol. Some officers reportedly gave directions to rioters telling them how to get to the offices of Democratic lawmakers.\n\nSeveral Capitol Police officers have been suspended for allegedly violating policies as the agency conducts an internal probe.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA respiratory doctor at Belfast's Mater Hospital has warned that hospital oxygen supplies are under \"extreme pressure\".\n\nDr Nick Magee also said more younger patients were now being treated in hospital than during the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nHe said in the past they did not have to consult other NI hospitals about how much oxygen they had.\n\n\"That was never a thing in previous January flu problems,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"But that is something we are now having to think of,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this week Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said there is enough oxygen to cope with the current demand.\n\nBut according to Dr Magee the current level of oxygen being used in \"bays\" at the Mater means patients cannot charge their mobile phones by their bedside because of the \"fire risk\".\n\n\"It is all well controlled and we are making sure that we can share out that oxygen burden. That is something we are having to think about,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't say specifically about other regional hospitals but I know that they are under extreme pressure and it's just something we have to think of as a region.\n\n\"Can we supply oxygen adequately for the amounts of oxygen we are using in hospitals?\"\n\nThe number of Covid positive hospital in-patients has increased significantly since last week - up from 599 a week ago to 850 on Thursday.\n\nThe number of people in ICU has also risen from 44 to 58 in the past week.\n\nDr Magee said staff were concerned about having to cope with \"large volumes\" of patients requiring respiratory support.\n\nHe said the number of younger patients becoming increasingly sick with the virus was growing.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Mater Hospital moved six patients who had been on wards into ICU and also took patients from the Southern Health Trust.\n\n\"Recently I saw a 29-year-old patient, also three who were in their mid 30s that all required respiratory support on a ward,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"They are frightened they are wearing specialist masks CPAP masks that help them breathe. They are scared.\"\n\nThe relentless pressure of the past 10 months and the prospect of a further surge in admissions over the next fortnight is weighing heavily on the minds of medics.\n\n\"We are really worried about next week,\" said Dr Magee.\n\n\"It's very busy this week, we are coping well but we are particularly concerned about next week.\n\n\"Normally, if we had somebody who needed a lot of respiratory support we would involve a high dependency unit but all the respiratory wards are becoming like high dependency units.\n\n\"Volume of sicker, younger patients is much greater and it's not something that I would [have] ever seen before,\" he added.\n\nThe Southern Health and Social Care Trust said its hospitals had limited infrastructure to manage high numbers of patients requiring oxygen so a regional agreement was in place to share resources across Trusts to support Covid-positive patients.\n\n\"As a result some patients have been diverted to Belfast or SE Trust to help reduce pressure on the Southern Trust hospital system,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals remain very busy with high numbers of Covid-19 positive patients who are dependent on oxygen therapy.\n\n\"These protocols are in place as part of regional surge planning to ensure that we can safely manage the current high volume of Covid-19 patients needing hospital care.\n\n\"Patients who are currently being treated in Craigavon and Daisy Hill have secure supplies of oxygen.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Derby\n\nChampionship side Derby County have appointed England's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract.\n\nThe 35-year-old, who had been in interim charge since Phillip Cocu was sacked on 14 November, has now also officially retired as a player.\n\nRooney has overseen nine games so far, winning three and drawing four.\n\n\"The opportunity to follow Brian Clough, Jim Smith, Frank Lampard and Phillip Cocu is an honour,\" he said.\n\n\"I knew instinctively Derby County was the place for me.\"\n\nLiam Rosenior takes up the role of assistant manager, with former England boss Steve McClaren continuing as technical director and advisor to the board of directors.\n\nShay Given will become first-team coach and Justin Walker will remain as first-team development coach.\n\nThe Rams are third from bottom in the Championship, level on points with fourth-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday.\n\nA takeover for the club is expected to go through this week, with a deal between current owner Mel Morris and the Derventio Holdings Group having been agreed in November.\n\nRams chief executive Stephen Pearce said in an interview with BBC Radio Derby on Thursday that there were no problems with the takeover, despite the delays meaning players have not been paid their December wages.\n\n\"Our recent upturn in results under Wayne was married together with some positive performances, notably the 2-0 home win over Swansea City and the 4-0 victory at Birmingham City,\" said Pearce.\n\n\"During that nine-game run we also dramatically improved their defensive record and registered five clean sheets in the process, while in the attacking third we became more effective and ruthless too.\n\n\"Those foundations have provided a platform for the club to build on in the second half of the season.\"\n\nRooney made his professional debut for boyhood club Everton in August 2002 aged just 16 and became the Premier League's youngest scorer with a superb long-range goal against Arsenal before his 17th birthday.\n\nAfter a strong Euro 2004 he moved to Manchester United for £27m, then a world record fee for a teenager.\n\nDuring 13 years with United he won the Premier League five times, the Champions League, the FA Cup and three League Cups.\n\nHis time with England was less successful in terms of team honours, although he did break Sir Bobby Charlton's long-standing record of 49 goals before retiring from international football in August 2017.\n\nHe made a farewell appearance for the Three Lions against the United States in a friendly in November 2018 to finish with 53 goals in 120 appearances.\n\nAfter a second stint at Everton and a spell with American side DC United, Rooney joined Derby in January 2020 as a player-coach on an initial 18-month contract.\n\nHe retires as the second-highest goalscorer in Premier League history, with 208 goals.\n\nWayne Rooney's presence at Derby County was felt on that hot August evening in 2019 when Phillip Cocu won his first match as manager at Huddersfield, a result overshadowed by the announcement of his signing.\n\nRooney's ambition to become a manager was there for all to see when chairman Mel Morris afforded him the opportunity to be a player-coach on arrival in January. He in fact arrived a few months before that but was unable to play, and stayed low key, observing from the sidelines.\n\nA year ago this month he made an instant impact to Derby's fortunes on the field. Players who were underachieving and perhaps found the grind of the Championship a little hard to handle, were taken up a notch by his presence.\n\nSome would say Rooney saved the Rams' season, but this term he struggled on the field and so did Derby.\n\nI am told it was written into his contract that he would have a chance to take control one day and he has already shown in his nine games in interim charge that he can get the squad playing in his image. Gone is the side-to-side, slow build-up possession game, it is a better product to watch.\n\nThe people around him have good pedigree in the game. Shay Given, Liam Rosenior, Justin Walker and Jason Pearcey have experience at all levels - but his relationship with Steve McClaren will be the most important of all.\n\nDerby fans have been calling out for a positive piece of news. Rooney's appointment is the first duck in a row with the takeover expected to be completed any time now and then Championship survival is the hope.\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault.\n\nDavid Chambers is accused of administering the fake vaccine at her Surbiton home in London last month.\n\nThe 33-year-old, also from Surbiton, is charged with five offences including fraud and going outside in a tier four area without a good reason.\n\nHe denied the charges when he appeared before magistrates on Friday.\n\nMr Chambers was remanded in custody until a hearing on 12 February.\n\nIn the UK, coronavirus vaccines are free of charge and available via the NHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marcus Rashford and a group of celebrity chefs and campaigners have called on Boris Johnson to review the government's free school meals policy.\n\nThe group, including Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Kerridge, have written to the PM asking him to \"fix\" the system long-term.\n\nThey called for a strategy to help \"end child food poverty\" before the summer holidays.\n\nNo 10 said \"no child will ever go hungry\" because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe call for a wide review comes after another row over free school meals during February half-term.\n\nThe government has said food will be provided to children by councils under the Covid Winter Grant Scheme while schools are closed for the holiday.\n\nCouncils and unions say the government should provide food vouchers instead, with the Local Government Association's Councillor Richard Watts telling BBC Radio 4's PM programme the grant had already been allocated for other support.\n\nBut Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We are down to semantics whether it is the school delivering the meal or whether it is the local authority - fortunately there is quite a lot of different support available.\"\n\nAs well as getting the backing of Rashford - who has led campaigns around child poverty over the course of the pandemic - the letter has been signed by chefs Oliver, Kerridge and Fearnley-Whittingstall, along with actor Dame Emma Thompson and over 40 charities and education leaders.\n\nOrganised by the Food Foundation charity, the letter said it was time to \"step back and review the policy in more depth\".\n\nThey called for an \"urgent comprehensive review into free school meal policy across the UK\" to feed into the government's next Spending Review, saying it should look at:\n\nThe signatories praised the Department for Education's \"swift response\" to reports earlier this week of inadequate food parcels sent to families, saying the \"robustness of the message from you and the secretary of state on this issue was very welcome\".\n\nBut, they added that \"following the series of problems which have arisen over school food vouchers, holiday provision and food parcels since the start of the pandemic\", now was the time for a review.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Kerridge: There has to be a solution to free school meals\n\nAnna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation charity, said the last few months had seen \"crisis after crisis with the provision of free school meals\".\n\n\"The result of that is disadvantaged children have often paid the price,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"Our view is that really unless we do a root and branch review these problems are going to still keep appearing.\"\n\nChef Fearnley-Whittingstall also called for a more consistent, long-term response to the issue of food poverty.\n\n\"We need to get out of this fire-fighting, highly reactive series of actions by the government,\" he told the same programme.\n\nThe signatories want a review to be published and debated in Parliament before the 2021 summer holidays.\n\n\"We are ready and willing to support your government in whatever way we can to make this review a reality and to help develop a set of recommendations that everyone can support,\" the letter said.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of our most disadvantaged children.\n\n\"Now, at a time when children have missed months of in-school learning and the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of our health, this is a vital next step.\"\n\nAnti-poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe welcomed the letter to the PM, but told the BBC: \"We need to be feeding children right now.\"\n\nShe added: \"While it is great to be looking longer term... having an underpinning strategy that means that children aren't put into poverty in the first place, we need to also immediately be putting resources in to ensure people aren't going hungry, today, tonight, next week and in the February half-term.\n\n\"This isn't a rhetorical thing. It isn't a dinner party discussion. We need to be doing this now.\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"It is great that celebrities and groups across society see the importance of school food. The PM thanks Marcus Rashford for his letter and will reply soon.\n\n\"School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of the most disadvantaged pupils. The prime minister has been clear that no child will ever go hungry as a result of the pandemic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRichard Leonard has resigned as Scottish Labour leader, saying it is in the best interests of the party for him to stand down.\n\nMr Leonard said he believed speculation about his leadership had become a \"distraction\".\n\nAnd he said he would be stepping down with immediate effect.\n\nHis resignation comes just months ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, which is scheduled to be held in May.\n\nMr Leonard had been leader of the party for three years after succeeding Kezia Dugdale.\n\nThe former union official had faced open calls to quit from some of his own MSPs last year amid concerns that his leadership style could damage the party in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election.\n\nPolls have suggested that many Scottish Labour supporters struggle to recognise him, and he is closely associated with former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nScottish Labour had dominated politics in Scotland for decades, but is currently the third largest party at Holyrood behind the SNP and Conservatives.\n\nAnd Mr Leonard's critics had questioned whether he was capable of turning the party's fortunes around.\n\nMr Leonard was seen as a close ally of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn\n\nIn a statement, Mr Leonard said the decision to resign had not been easy - but he felt it was the right one for him and his party.\n\nHe said: \"I have thought long and hard over the Christmas period about what this crisis means, and the approach Scottish Labour takes to help tackle it.\n\n\"I have also considered what the speculation about my leadership does to our ability to get Labour's message across. This has become a distraction.\n\n\"I have come to the conclusion it is in the best interests of the party that I step aside as leader of Scottish Labour with immediate effect.\"\n\nHe also insisted that Scotland now needs a Labour government more than ever, and accused both the Scottish and UK governments of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Leonard added: \"While I step down from the leadership today, the work goes on - and I will play my constructive part as an MSP in winning support for Labour's vision of a better future in a democratic economy and a socialist society.\"\n\nHis decision leaves Scottish Labour looking for its fifth leader since the independence referendum in 2014 - with Johann Lamont, Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale all having held the job since then.\n\nA Procedures Committee, to oversee the election of Mr Leonard's successor, has been formed and will have its first meeting on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Scottish Executive Committee will also meet in the coming days to agree a timetable for the process.\n\nMSP Jackie Baillie, who was Scottish Labour's deputy leader, has taken charge of the party on an interim basis.\n\nThis sudden resignation four months from the Holyrood elections seems to have taken Scottish Labour by surprise.\n\nMSPs I've spoken to said they did not see it coming.\n\nThere have been times when Richard Leonard has been under severe pressure from some in his party to stand down.\n\nWhen several MSPs publicly called for him to quit because the party had gone backwards at successive elections on his watch, he stood firm.\n\nHis critics seemed to have accepted that he would lead them and a divided party into the Holyrood election.\n\nThat has now changed and interim leader Jackie Baillie has to quickly organise a contest to replace him.\n\nIt's a contest in which Anas Sarwar, if he stands, would be an obvious frontrunner - even although he lost last time to Mr Leonard, who was seen as much closer to the then UK party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Leonard should be \"very proud\" of his achievements as leader of the party in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir added: \"I would like to thank Richard for his service to our party and his unwavering commitment to the values he believes in.\n\n\"Richard has led Scottish Labour through one of the most challenging and difficult periods in our country's history, including a general election and the pandemic.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neil Findlay MSP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Leonard had been due to face a confidence vote at the party's ruling Executive Committee last September - but the motion was withdrawn at the last minute.\n\nIt came after four Scottish Labour MSPs called for him to go, warning that the party faced \"catastrophe\" at the ballot box under his leadership.\n\nThey pointed to the party's dismal performance in previous elections under Mr Leonard.\n\nScottish Labour finished fifth in the European election in May 2019, and then lost all but one of its MPs in the general election in December of the same year.\n\nMr Leonard insisted at the time that he intended to lead the party into this year's Holyrood election, and accused his opponents of waging \"internal war\" against him.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who faced Mr Leonard in her weekly question session in the Scottish Parliament, tweeted that she had \"always liked Richard Leonard\" despite their political difference.\n\nShe added: \"He is a decent guy and I wish him well for the future.\"\n\nRuth Davidson, who quit as leader of the Scottish Tories in 2019 before returning to lead the party at Holyrood, said she had always found Mr Leonard to be a \"thoroughly decent man and a committed campaigner.\"\n\nAnas Sarwar, who was defeated by Mr Leonard in the leadership contest in 2017 and is seen as one of the favourites to replace him, said he was sure Mr Leonard would \"continue to fight for a fairer, more just and more equal society today, tomorrow and long into the future.\"\n\nBut Labour MSP Neil Findlay, an outspoken supporter of Mr Leonard, took aim at those who had sought to oust him last year - describing them as \"flinching cowards\" and \"sneering traitors\".", "A rejuvenated Northumberland Line will help connect local communities to Newcastle city centre, say supporters\n\nTwo railway lines, closed to passengers since the 1960s, are to get almost £800m funding from the government.\n\nEast West Rail, which will eventually connect Oxford and Cambridge, will get £760m to open new parts of the line.\n\nThe Northumberland Line, which still carries freight, will get £34m for initial work aimed at reintroducing passenger services.\n\nReopening closed lines like these would help connect \"left-behind\" communities, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\n\"Restoring railways helps put communities back on the map and this investment forms part of our nationwide effort to build back vital connections and unlock access to jobs, education and housing,\" he said.\n\nThese investments would return these routes \"to their former glory\" and was part of the government's \"levelling up\" agenda, Mr Shapps added.\n\nDiesel engines will initially run on the lines, but Mr Shapps said he hoped more environmentally friendly trains, for example powered by hydrogen or new battery technology, would replace them in the future.\n\nWhen asked by the BBC why the lines wouldn't be electrified, he said these lines might potentially bypass the overhead wire technology altogether.\n\n\"We're building it in such a way that we can use, probably, the very latest technology, potentially, in the future,\" he said.\n\n\"The most important thing is the infrastructure,\" he said. \"It's about building the stations, things you need to do no matter what kind of train you're going to run on there, if it's going to take passengers.\"\n\nBut Labour MP Daniel Zeichner, who represents Cambridge, said: \"Every rail expert will tell you it will cost more later to electrify a line.\"\n\n\"In a time of climate emergency, we really shouldn't be building railway lines for diesel, it's got to be electric.\"\n\nThe line connecting Oxford and Cambridge would serve new housing developments, he said, and rail was \"the right way to get people in and out of a city like Cambridge\".\n\n\"It's very important for the UK economy, but it's got to be done in an environmentally sustainable way,\" he said. \"It seems crazy to be building new railways which aren't electrified in the first place, and I really hope the government will reconsider.\"\n\nThe East West Rail investment will rebuild a train line between Bicester and Bletchley which was closed in 1968.\n\nThe project is being delivered by a publicly-owned body called the East West Company.\n\nThe first phase of East West Rail, which was completed in 2016, connected Oxford and Bicester.\n\nBut at the moment, rail passengers wishing to go from Oxford to Bletchley have to take a detour via Coventry.\n\nThe aim is to get trains running between Oxford and Bletchley by 2025, with new stations at Winslow and Bletchley.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the works will create 1,500 jobs, and have a wider economic benefit for the area.\n\nThe eventual aim of the project, which the government expects to be completed by the end of the decade, is to connect Oxford and Cambridge by rail via Bedford, taking in Milton Keynes and Aylesbury on branches.\n\nThe Northumberland Line was closed to passengers in 1964 as part of a rationalisation of the railway network known as the Beeching cuts.\n\nHenri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said the Northumberland Line was \"a really critical piece of local infrastructure\" that would help bring people in south east Northumberland and north Tyneside closer to Newcastle city centre, and closer to well-paid jobs.\n\nPassengers would be able to take the train between Ashington and Newcastle\n\n\"Having better connectivity will help attract businesses to that area, and it will help to deliver genuine levelling-up,\" he said.\n\nThe new £34m investment, which aims to reopen the line between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Ashington, will include funds for preparatory works and land acquisition.\n\nThere are plans for new stations at at Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth, Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Delaval, and Northumberland Park, in North Tyneside, as well as upgrades to the track and changes to level crossings where new bridges or underpasses were needed, the Department for Transport said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian police have detained more than 3,000 people in a crackdown on protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, monitors say.\n\nTens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nIn Moscow, riot police were seen beating and dragging away protesters.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after his arrest last Sunday.\n\nHe was detained after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said about 3,100 people had been detained, more than 1,200 of them in Moscow alone. The Kremlin has not commented.\n\nThe unauthorised demonstrations were held in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg. Protesters ranged from teenage students to elderly people who demanded Mr Navalny's release.\n\nAt least 40,000 people joined a rally in central Moscow, Reuters news agency estimated. But Russia's interior ministry put the number of protesters at 4,000.\n\nObservers say the scale of the demonstrations across the country was unprecedented while the protest in the capital was the largest in almost a decade.\n\nRiot police used batons against protesters in Moscow\n\nIn the city's Pushkin square, some protesters chanted \"Freedom to Navalny\" and \"Putin go away!\" One woman told the BBC she had decided to join the demonstration because \"Russia has been turned into a prison camp\".\n\nSergei Radchenko, a 53-year-old protester in Moscow, told Reuters: \"I'm tired of being afraid. I haven't just turned up for myself and Navalny, but for my son because there is no future in this country.\"\n\nLyubov Sobol, a prominent aide of Mr Navalny who had already been fined for urging Russians to join the protests, tweeted a video of police roughly pulling her away from an interview with reporters.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Соболь Любовь This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Navalny's wife, Yulia, was briefly held at the rally. She posted an image on her Instagram account with the caption: \"Apologies for the poor quality. Very bad light in the police van.\"\n\nSome protesters marched on the high-security prison where Mr Navalny is being held, and many were arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, one independent news source, Sota, said at least 3,000 people had joined a demonstration in the city of Vladivostok, but local authorities there put the figure at 500.\n\nAFP footage showed riot police running into a crowd, and beating some of the protesters with batons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police used batons to break up protests in Vladivostok\n\nIn the Siberian city of Yakutsk, attendees at a small protest saw temperatures dip as low as -50C (-58F).\n\nPrior to the rallies, Russian authorities had promised a tough crackdown. Several of Mr Navalny's close aides, including his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, were arrested earlier in the week.\n\nHis supporters called for more protests next weekend.\n\nThere were reports of disruption to mobile phone and internet coverage on Saturday, though it is not known if this was related to the protests.\n\nThe social media app TikTok had been flooded with videos promoting the demonstrations and sharing viral messages about Mr Navalny.\n\nIn response, Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines. The education ministry had told parents not to allow their children to attend any demonstrations.\n\nProtesters ignored extreme cold and threats of arrest in Moscow and other cities and towns\n\nIn a push to gain support ahead of the protests, Mr Navalny's team released a video about a luxury Black Sea resort that they allege belongs to President Putin - an accusation denied by the Kremlin. The video has been watched by more than 65 million people.\n\nThe UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, condemned the \"use of violence against peaceful protesters and journalists\" on Saturday, calling on the authorities to release those detained during peaceful demonstrations.\n\nThe US state department condemned what it called \"harsh tactics\" used against protesters and journalists, saying: \"We call on Russian authorities to release all those detained for exercising their universal rights and for the immediate and unconditional release of Aleksey Navalny\".\n\nThe EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss the Russian crackdown on Monday. \"I deplore widespread detentions, disproportionate use of force, cutting down internet and phone connections.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic. We'll have another update for you on Sunday morning.\n\nSenior doctors have asked England's chief medical officer to halve the current 12-week gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine. The wait was originally three weeks but was then extended, a decision which Prof Chris Whitty said would double the number of people receiving jabs. But, in a letter seen by the BBC, the British Medical Association said the delay was \"difficult to justify\". It comes after the prime minister revealed the UK variant of Covid-19 may be more deadly.\n\nEfforts to distribute the jab in the European Union have faced another setback after UK drug-maker AstraZeneca warned of supply issues. Vaccinations have already been halted in some parts of Europe due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine. Cases in many European countries are surging. Germany has reached 50,000 Covid deaths and Spain has seen record infections in recent weeks.\n\nElizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were engaged to be married when they were taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19. As his condition worsened, staff at Milton Keynes University Hospital rallied to arrange a wedding for them - and they were able to marry moments before he was sedated and put on a ventilator. Mrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nElizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nOn 23 January last year, the Chinese authorities severed transport links out of Wuhan and confined the city's population to their homes. Wuhan has long since recovered from the world's first outbreak of Covid-19. Its streets are bustling again. A year on, John Sudworth explores how it is now being remembered not as a disaster but as a victory, and with an insistence that the virus came from somewhere - anywhere - else.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Robin Brant visits the Wuhan market where Covid-19 was first traced\n\nMillions of us are less physically active than we were before Covid-19. For those working from home, days on end can be spent hunched over a laptop without ever leaving the house. A survey of people working remotely, by Opinium for the charity Versus Arthritis, found 81% of respondents were experiencing some back, neck or shoulder pain. Here are some tips that could help.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWondering when you might be able to get a vaccine? Health reporter Philippa Roxby takes you through what you need to know.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Questions should be asked if politicians who drank on Welsh Parliament premises during a pub alcohol ban can stand for re-election, an ex-standards official has said.\n\nSenedd Tory leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Labour's Alun Davies have apologised - they are not thought to have broken the rules, but the two Tories admitted it would not be seen as in their spirit.\n\nA fourth Senedd Member Nick Ramsay has denied being part of the gathering.", "Amy says her flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe\n\nThe government's fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say.\n\nMore than three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people, an estimated 700,000 people are still living in high-rise blocks with flammable cladding.\n\nThe £1.6bn Building Safety Programme was set up in 2019. Concerns have emerged about the contract that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government requires applicants to the fund, usually managing agents or building owners, to sign.\n\nA clause in the contract, seen by the BBC, indicates applicants will be financially liable for any repair work not covered by the fund.\n\nThe BBC has learnt that some managing agents are refusing to sign the document, further delaying the repair work, and have written to the government asking ministers to clarify the position.\n\nChristian Hansen, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP specialising in housing law and fire safety claims, said the contract showed that \"there's going to be a significant shortfall between the costs of the [repair] works that are required and the funding provided under the scheme\".\n\n\"Someone is going to need to pick up the bill and pay the difference. This contract makes clear it's going to be the leaseholders and for many, this could be tens of thousands of pounds, potentially ruinous costs,\" he warned.\n\nMr Hansen said that leaseholders wanted the focus of government action \"to be on the manufacturers of the defective materials and construction companies who built these buildings\".\n\n\"At the moment, they are the ones profiting from putting people's lives at risk.\"\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here,\" says Amy\n\nFirst-time buyer Amy Cottenden, who is 28, bought a one-bed flat in Metis Tower in the centre of Sheffield for £85,000 in 2017.\n\nInspections of the 14-storey building in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy revealed it had the same type of flammable ACM cladding and other safety faults.\n\nWork to remove the cladding started last month, but Ms Cottenden, who is a frontline NHS health worker, is frustrated at what she describes as a lack of progress.\n\n\"The pace of work is extremely slow. So far, they've put scaffolding up and removed three panels. They have told us it's going to take between 12 and 24 months just to take the cladding off,\" she said.\n\n\"It is absolutely terrifying knowing that you are stuck here. With lockdown, they are saying not to go out, but you are in a building where all you want to do is not be in it. You can't leave. You can't sell. My flat isn't worth anything until it is made safe.\"\n\nWhile the government's Building Safety Fund is paying for the Grenfell-style cladding to be removed, the building has other fire safety faults, including missing fire breaks, that aren't covered by the scheme.\n\nIt could cost up to £6m to fix. Flat owners fear they may face huge bills of up to £50,000 each.\n\n\"We can't pay it and we shouldn't have to pay it. It is not our fault. We could all go bankrupt because of this,\" Ms Cottenden said.\n\nA spokesperson for Rendall & Rittner, the company which manages Metis Tower, said government funding to remove ACM cladding had been approved totalling £6.3m.\n\nHowever, an application to the same fund to pay for the removal of other types of unsafe cladding was rejected and the company has appealed against that decision.\n\nThe company added: \"We understand and sympathise with residents and owners about the uncertainty that this situation is causing and will do all we can to assist.\"\n\nWhat started as a cladding scandal has now become a much wider building safety crisis, exposing decades of regulatory failure.\n\nSafety inspections have revealed that many buildings have other serious faults, including missing fire breaks, flammable balconies and defective insulation. None of that is covered by the government's Building Safety Fund.\n\nDr Nigel Glen, the chief executive of ARMA, the trade association for residential leasehold management, said the additional costs that leaseholders were currently facing for non-cladding-related issues remained a huge concern.\n\n\"In the longer term, the draining of reserve funds will also mean that in the years to come, any major works that were being saved up for, such as a new roof or lift repairs, will have to be funded anew by the leaseholders,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said that despite the pandemic, significant progress had been made to remove dangerous cladding, but \"building safety remains the responsibility of the building owner and we expect them to ensure any necessary work is carried out safely and effectively\".\n\n\"All applicants to the Building Safety Fund are told the amount of funding they have been awarded before being asked to sign contracts - this is clearly explained in the guidance,\" the spokesperson added.", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "In 2002 Julienne created a motor stunt show that ran for many years at Disney theme parks in Paris and Florida. Image caption: In 2002 Julienne created a motor stunt show that ran for many years at Disney theme parks in Paris and Florida.\n\nRémy Julienne, one of the world's best-known stuntmen, has died in France with coronavirus, aged 90.\n\nOver a 50-year career, Julienne devised the crashes, crunches and collisions witnessed in more than 1,400 films.\n\nHe also starred in many of them, albeit anonymously.\n\nThe legendary cascadeur (stunt performer) appeared as a body double for a host of stars, including Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Charles Bronson and Jean-Paul Belmondo.\n\nIn wig and appropriate clothing, he also took on the form of Sophia Loren, Carole Bouquet and Gina Lollobrigida.\n\nAmong his most famous works are the chase scenes in 1969's The Italian Job, in which a fleet of Mini-Coopers in Turin cross a river, dive into the metro and jump from the roof of the Fiat factory.\n\nHe also worked on six Bond films, notably going behind the wheel of a battered yellow Citroën 2CV in For Your Eyes Only.\n\nA life-long lover of motorbikes and anything driven at speed, Julienne specialised in spectacular destruction. But he was committed to the maximum elimination of risk and calculated his stunts with extreme precision.\n\n\"What is beautiful about the job is that you can never be 100% certain,\" he said. \"If you could, then frankly it wouldn't be interesting.", "Keon Lincoln died after being subjected to \"inconceivable violence\"\n\nA second boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old who was attacked by a group of youths.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nA 14-year-old boy was arrested at a Birmingham address on Friday and is in custody, said West Midlands Police.\n\nAnother 14-year-old, arrested earlier on Friday, also remains in custody.\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading a murder inquiry, said Keon died \"in the most violent of circumstances\".\n\nThe latest arrest was \"another step forward and Keon's family have been fully updated with this latest development,\" he said.\n\n\"This is a challenging investigation given the number of offenders we believe were involved, but I have a dedicated team of officers working 24/7 to identify those involved and we are making swift progress.\"\n\nKeon was attacked on Linwood Road, a residential street in the Handsworth area of Birmingham\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away. Police have seized the vehicle.\n\nCordons placed at the scene in Linwood Road and Wheeler Street, where the car was abandoned, have now been lifted, said the West Midlands force.\n\nPolice confirmed Keon, who lived locally, was attacked with weapons but did not specify which sort.\n\nDetectives say they are unable to say how he died before a post-mortem examination takes place.\n\nAnyone who could identify the attackers has been urged to contact the force.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police released body-worn camera footage of people streaming from the premises\n\nTwo officers were injured as they broke up an \"incredibly selfish\" party, involving about 200 people, in one of London's most expensive neighbourhoods.\n\nOfficers investigated an address on Beauchamp Place, Kensington, at about 03.30 GMT on 17 January, following reports of a mass gathering.\n\nAttendees became hostile and pushed through to avoid being fined, injuring two officers, police said.\n\nThe owner has previously been issued with a £1,000 fine, police said.\n\nPolice discovered about 200 guests at a party on Beauchamp Place, Kensington\n\nSupt Michael Walsh said: \"Attending or organising such parties during this critical period is an incredibly selfish decision to make.\n\n\"While the majority of breaches have been resolved without incident, it deeply saddens me that some individuals have chosen to assault police who are simply doing their part in the collective battle against this deadly virus.\"\n\nPolice said the event was one of a string of late-night parties uncovered in Kensington over the last month.\n\nOn 20 December, police shut down an illegal gathering at a commercial property on Montpelier Street. The property has since been closed.\n\nAn owner of a venue on Harrow Road is facing a £10,000 fine after police found more than 30 socialising during a raid on 16 January.\n\nOn Thursday, police also broke up a wedding party in north London.\n\nThe Met Police originally claimed about 400 guests were at the gathering, but then on Friday said 150 people were present at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.\n\nA total of 4,076 Covid patients were in ventilator beds as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nIt comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday.\n\nThe UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing Street news briefing on Friday: \"The death rate's awful and it's going to stay, I'm afraid, high for a little while before it starts coming down.\"\n\nMeanwhile, new figures show that a record number of seriously-ill Covid patients are being transferred from over-stretched hospitals because of a lack of bed space.\n\nAbout 1 in 10 patients admitted to intensive care are being sent to a different site, according to the body which audits critical care services.\n\nIn a series of reports in the past week, the BBC's Clive Myrie has been to a mortuary and the Royal London Hospital, where 12 out of 15 floors are occupied by Covid patients and staff are struggling to cope.\n\nMartin Freeborn's wife Helen, 64, died with Covid-19 at the hospital shortly before he spoke to the BBC.\n\nMr Freeborn urged people to \"be over-careful\" in taking precautions to stay safe from the virus because \"you don't want this to happen\".\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this... Don't end up like us, please,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe number of people in mechanical ventilation beds has climbed every day since 18 December when it was 1,364 and now stands at 4,076.\n\nIt is one of the key figures the government considers when deciding its policy on when to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions.\n\nWhen the pandemic first struck the UK, the government saw what had happened in hospitals in China and Italy and prioritised the provision of ventilators in British hospitals.\n\nIt set about buying as many ventilators as possible, and encouraged British manufacturers to design the machines to build stocks to cope with the worst-case Covid scenario. In September last year, a report found the NHS now had 30,000 ventilators available - about one for every 2,200 people in the UK.\n\nPeople in hospital are also being treated differently from the early days of the pandemic - which may explain why figures suggest slightly more people go on to recover after being on ventilation than back in March, April and May.\n\nA number of drugs are being tested as possible treatments for people with the disease, the BBC's health and science correspondent James Gallagher has said.\n\nThey include the steroid dexamethasone, which has been shown to reduce the risk of death by a third for ventilated patients and by a fifth for those on oxygen. Encouraging results have also been reported from two anti-inflammatory medications, tocilizumab and sarilumab.\n\nDr Ami Jones, intensive care consultant at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, in Wales, said there had been \"carnage\" for the \"last few weeks\".\n\nSpeaking whilst on shift, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We're maybe at 150% capacity and I know London are much worse than that.\n\n\"We've a steady stream of fit, young patients requiring critical care and sadly we're losing some of those patients.\n\n\"We lost a patient overnight and I've replaced them with a patient of similar age.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking - and it's been going on for weeks and weeks and we haven't seen any kind of stop yet.\"\n\nDr Jones said the average Covid patient stays in hospital between two to four weeks \"and it really puts them through it\".\n\nShe added: \"You really want people who are going to be able to survive that three or four weeks and actually come out the other end and make a good recovery.\n\n\"We're not stopping people having care but we're giving it to the people we feel have the best chance of getting through what is a horrific situation we're going to put them through.\"\n\nDr Jones said nurses are \"broken\", both physically, from months of long shifts in personal protective equipment (PPE), and emotionally - partly due to the impact of the virus on them, their families and the community.\n\nDr Rupert Pearse, consultant in intensive care medicine at a London hospital, speaking on behalf of the Intensive Care Society, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a \"huge number\" of patients were still attending hospital.\n\nHe said: \"Whilst we know the infection rate has probably now peaked, and we can be hopeful to soon be sure we've hit a hospital admissions peak, admissions to ICU [the intensive care unit] usually lag 48 hours behind that.\n\n\"So we're still very very worried that we're being pushed right up to the wire in terms of the resources we're able to deliver for patient care.\"\n\nDr Pearse added that there were three or four times more critical care beds in some hospitals than they would usually have.\n\nHe said: \"I can remember a time when it would take years for an intensive care unit to negotiate one extra bed on a complement of 14 or 15 beds.\n\n\"We, within a few weeks, have massively increased the number of beds and finding the staff - most importantly of all - to deliver that has been a huge logistical exercise.\"\n\nReacting to the ventilation figures, Dr Charlotte Hopkins, deputy chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS trust in east London, said on Twitter there had been a \"fast-paced increase\" since 18 December, and that more than a third of the 4,076 ventilated patients were in London.\n\nIt comes as some scientists said that signs a new Covid variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that there was \"some evidence\" the variant that emerged in the UK may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut Prof Graham Medley, the co-author of the study the PM was referring to, said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open\" question.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), said he was \"surprised\" Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nUp to and including 22 January, 5,861,351 people have now had their first Covid jab and 468,617 have had their second dose.\n\nSenior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have previously defended the delay to the second jab in a letter to medical staff, saying: \"unvaccinated people are far more likely to end up severely ill, hospitalised [or] in some cases dying\".", "Even while posted at the US Capitol, many troops have been seen sleeping on the floor\n\nUS President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park.\n\nMore than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for his inauguration after violence earlier this month.\n\nImages spread on Thursday showing them forced to rest in a nearby parking garage after lawmakers returned.\n\nThe conditions sparked anger among politicians, and some state governors recalled troops over the controversy.\n\nMr Biden called the chief of the National Guard Bureau on Friday to apologise and ask what could be done, according to US media reports.\n\nFirst Lady Jill Biden also visited some of the troops to thank them personally, bringing biscuits from the White House as a gift.\n\n\"I just wanted to come today to say thank you to all of you for keeping me and my family safe,\" she said.\n\nThe photographs showing hundreds of troops in a parking garage went viral on Thursday and sparked outrage, including from members of Congress.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany voiced concerns about the conditions, with guardsmen exposed to car fumes and without proper access to facilities like toilets after having been on alert for days.\n\nImages of the cramped conditions also sparked fears about the spread of coronavirus.\n\nA US official, speaking anonymously to Reuters news agency, said on Friday that between 100 and 200 of those deployed had tested positive for Covid-19. The figure - which would represent a small proportion of the more than 25,000 deployed, has not been publicly confirmed.\n\nChuck Schumer, a Democrat and the new Senate majority leader, said that the move was \"an outrage\" and pledged it \"will never happen again\".\n\nRon DeSantis, Florida's governor, was among those who said he had ordered guards from his state to return home following the controversy.\n\n\"This is a half-cocked mission at this point and the appropriate thing is to bring them home,\" he told Fox News on Friday.\n\nThe Senate Rules Committee is also investigating the issue, Senator Roy Blunt told Politico.\n\nThere are conflicting reports about why the troops were moved from the Capitol.\n\nA National Guard spokesman told US media they were moved on Thursday afternoon at the request of the Capitol Police because of \"increased foot traffic\" as Congress came back into session.\n\nThe acting chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman, later said her agency \"did not instruct the National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities\", while two officers contradicted her statement in comments to the Associated Press news agency.\n\nThe decision was reversed later on Thursday, when the troops were allowed to return to the Capitol.\n\nA joint statement from the US National Guard and US Capitol Police on Friday said they had worked together to make sure those in the Capitol Complex had \"appropriate spaces\" to take on-duty breaks.\n\nThey also said off-duty troops were being housed in hotel rooms or other accommodation and thanked members of Congress for their concern.\n\nSome 19,000 guardsmen will return to their home states in the coming days with about 7,000 expected to stay on in Washington, according to the New York Times.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Relatives of older people in Wales called the vaccinations \"poorly organised\"\n\nRural GPs are to run new community vaccination centres after concerns over the speed of the roll-out in Wales.\n\nFrom Saturday, three new vaccination hubs will open to give over-80s and those with mobility issues the jab.\n\nIt comes after some living in rural areas said they had been told to travel miles to get the jab or wait weeks to have their first dose.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said it would help immunise hundreds of over-80s this weekend.\n\nThere has been criticism of the speed of the roll-out in Wales, with some telling the BBC elderly and housebound relatives had been told there would be a wait if they could not get to their GP surgery.\n\nA total of 212,317 people have been given their first dose of vaccine in Wales, up to 21 January - just over 6.7% of the population.\n\nThe Welsh Government hopes to have 70% of over-80s immunised by the end of this weekend.\n\nBy 21 January, 30% of the over-80s and 60% of care home residents had been given the first dose.\n\nOn Saturday, the Welsh Government announced doctors surgeries in rural areas would join forces to help administer the jab to the elderly and vulnerable.\n\nThe first of the new community centres, run by clusters of GP practices, are to open on the Llyn Peninsula, in Buckley in Flintshire, and Bridgend.\n\nThey will be able to administer both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nUntil now, the Pfizer vaccine could only be administered at special mass-vaccination centres, due to the low temperatures it needs to be stored at.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it hoped 3,000 people would get the vaccine administered at the centres this weekend.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"Vaccination is our top priority so I want to thank all the GP practices right across Wales that are working in unison to set up these new community vaccination centres.\n\n\"This enables GPs to use both of the vaccines available to us and will help more people to be vaccinated somewhere that is much closer to home than the large vaccination centres.\n\n\"Every week, our vaccination programme speeds up as more centres are opened and more vaccines are available for the small army of healthcare professionals administering vaccines.\"\n\nIn north Wales, a group of GPs have formed a group to deliver about 1,000 vaccines to elderly and vulnerable people.\n\nDr Eilir Hughes, a GP at Ty Doctor Surgery, Gwynedd, said rural GPs had faced a \"real challenge\" to get the most vulnerable patients vaccinated as soon as possible.\n\nThe surgery is about 50 miles away from the nearest vaccination centre in north-west Wales.\n\nHe said bringing three GP practices together to vaccinate hundreds of patients in two days was a \"Herculean effort\".", "Helen White's lighting business is struggling to absorb a six-fold increase in freight costs.\n\n\"We were paying £1,600 per container in November, this month we've been quoted over £10,000,\" says Helen White.\n\nThe founder of start-up Houseof.com, which imports lighting from China, says the rise in shipping costs means she's making a loss on what she sells.\n\nShe's one of many UK importers facing soaring freight costs amid a global shipping crisis that may last months.\n\nA shortage of empty shipping containers in Asia and bottlenecks at the UK's deep sea ports are behind the problems.\n\nIt was hoped the backlogs could be cleared during the Chinese New Year holiday in February, but instead a coronavirus outbreak in China is adding to the uncertainty facing firms.\n\nIn the UK the difficulties in international shipping have coincided with problems faced by businesses trading with the EU after Brexit.\n\nOne Manchester-based freight forwarder said the logistics industry is facing the most challenging conditions he's seen in the 17 years he's been in the business.\n\nCraig Poole from Cardinal Maritime said during lockdowns, people have been turning to online shopping, and that's causing a surge in demand for goods from China.\n\nFreight forwarder Craig Poole says the logistics industry is facing hugely challenging conditions\n\nBut some companies can't absorb the skyrocketing freight costs that shipping lines are charging. That could lead to higher prices for consumers or businesses having to close.\n\n\"The really unfortunate thing is, the small businesses who can't afford to pay those rates are going to go under as a result,\" Mr Poole said.\n\nHelen White's lighting range is designed in the UK and manufactured in Guangzhou, China.\n\nShe said the six-fold increase in shipping costs is hard to take, especially when getting hold of a container \"is like gold dust\".\n\n\"It's really hard for a small business to absorb those costs. We'll be making a loss on the goods we're selling.\"\n\nLighting seller houseof.com is struggling to import stock from China\n\nAt the other end of the supply chain, Chinese manufacturers and logistics firms say they are equally frustrated.\n\nJohnny Tseng is the owner and director of Hong Kong-based J&B Clothing Company Ltd., which manufactures garments for some of the UK's most popular fashion sites including Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing.\n\nHe's been supplying clothes to British retailers for more than 40 years, but he says his family-run firm won't be able to absorb inflated shipping rates for much longer.\n\n\"To be honest I don't even know how we can survive if we carry on shipping things at this kind of cost.\"\n\nJohnny Tseng says sky-high shipping rates are putting his business at risk.\n\nHe says he's now being quoted $14,000 to ship a container to the UK, when the usual price is $2,500.\n\nThe shortage of empty containers in China and congestion at UK ports caused some of his stock to miss the busy Christmas trading period. Now some customers are holding orders for their Autumn-Winter collections until next year.\n\n\"It's chaos,\" he said. \"We are making a loss. We take it as a loss leader and keep our fingers crossed it will go back to normal after Chinese New Year, but it is a major issue if it persists this way.\"\n\nUsually during the Chinese New Year holiday, factories in China shut down for two weeks. There were hopes the pause in production would give UK ports a chance to clear the backlog of ships waiting to dock, and encourage shipping lines to move more empty containers back to Asia, which is a less profitable journey.\n\nChinese workers usually travel home for the Chinese New Year holiday.\n\nBut rising numbers of coronavirus cases have prompted the Chinese authorities to stagger factory closing dates so that not all workers are travelling to their home regions at the same time. A worsening outbreak could lead to travel restrictions, in which case some factories may not stop production at all.\n\nCraig Poole says some companies have been caught out by factories closing earlier than planned.\n\n\"A lot of businesses that can't get those goods away are delaying orders until after Chinese New Year, so this situation could continue 'til March,\" he said.\n\nPatrick Lee from the Hong Kong-based Unique Logistics International said it could be even longer than that.\n\n\"Middle of the year at the earliest is what we're hearing from end customers in the UK, and also from some of our people in the industry. Some of the carriers as well,\" he said.\n\nMr Lee has called on the shipping lines to add more ships to help ease the backlog of stock orders building up at warehouses across China.\n\n\"They are increasing sailing but can increase a lot more. There are idle ships out there that they can reactivate without too much difficulty,\" he said.\n\nThe disruption could last for several months, according to logistics specialist Patrick Lee\n\nBut a spokeswoman for the World Shipping Council said carriers are using all available capacity.\n\n\"The demand for transportation service far exceeds supply. As in any free market, this puts upward pressure on rates,\" she said.\n\nShipping lines have been trying to drive down demand from British importers by charging a premium for deliveries to the UK, or bypassing the country's ports altogether.\n\nOne shipping line recently offered freight rates of $12,050 for a 40ft container from China to Southampton, but charged just $8,450 for the same container to travel from China to Rotterdam, Hamburg, or Antwerp.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing long delays since October. Congestion has also been a problem at the Port of Southampton, albeit to a lesser extent.\n\nThe bottlenecks were initially caused by a surge in imports as business activity picked up after the first wave of the pandemic. Huge shipments of PPE and the usual Christmas rush added to container volumes and ports struggled to cope.\n\nThe UK's largest container port at Felixstowe has been experiencing bottlenecks for months\n\n\"Most of the carriers just don't want UK cargo because of the issues when the vessels dock, so mainly they're favouring European ports and we are having to truck containers over,\" said freight forwarder Craig Poole.\n\nHe said that adds a cost of up to £2,000 per container, and takes an extra seven to ten days to reach the delivery point in the UK.\n\nFor business-owners like Helen White, the difficulties affecting the shipping industry can't be solved quickly enough.\n\n\"Lots of little start-ups are really hurting,\" she said. \"It has been paired with logistical nightmares across Europe as well. It just feels like logistics is falling apart at the moment. It's hard to see where the resolution is.\"", "Paul Davies had been preparing to lead his party's Senedd election campaign in the coming months\n\nPaul Davies has been something of an understated figure leading the Welsh Conservative group in Cardiff Bay since he won the race to succeed Andrew RT Davies in September 2018.\n\nThe Senedd member for Preseli Pembrokeshire tried to move the party group in the direction of being more sceptical of devolution.\n\nBut a row over drinking on Senedd premises ended his ambitions to be the first Conservative first minister of Wales.\n\nBorn in 1969, Paul Davies grew up in the village of Pontsian in Ceredigion.\n\nHe attended Llandysul Grammar School and Newcastle Emlyn Comprehensive School before working for a bank for 20 years.\n\nMr Davies entered Cardiff Bay politics in 2007 when he was elected to the then National Assembly for Wales. He was appointed deputy leader of the Welsh Conservative group in 2011 before becoming interim leader and then leader in 2018.\n\nPaul Davies backed Boris Johnson in the UK Conservative leadership campaign in 2019\n\nPresented as a safe pair of hands during his leadership campaign he has, at times, almost appeared to have been overshadowed by his predecessor Andrew RT Davies, who sometimes seems to enjoy media appearances more than his leader.\n\nFaced with the potential rise of the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, Paul Davies attempted to steer the Welsh Tories towards a more devo-sceptic, if not anti-devolution, approach.\n\nHe pledged a future Conservative Welsh Government would not \"tread on Westminster's turf\", and \"respect what is not devolved\" by \"unpicking\" the Welsh Government's international relations department.\n\nThere were also promises to halve the current number of Welsh ministers to seven, freeze civil servant recruitment and not increase the budget of the body which runs the Senedd if he became first minister.\n\nWelsh political structures need a \"dose\" of Dominic Cummings, Paul Davies has said\n\nBut the coronavirus pandemic has, arguably, made it even harder for opposition party leaders in the Senedd to cut through to the wider electorate.\n\nThe crisis has given Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford a much bigger profile, on a Wales and UK stage, making it more difficult for other Welsh party leaders to get onto the news agenda.\n\nLast July, there were raised eyebrows when Paul Davies suggested \"a dose of Dom\" was needed in Wales to \"shake up\" its governance.\n\nThe reference to the prime minister's now departed chief advisor and brutal political operator Dominic Cummings was interesting, given the criticism heaped on Mr Cummings a couple of months earlier for driving his family 260 miles from his London home to Durham during lockdown, and a subsequent 25-mile trip to check his eyesight before a return trip.\n\nBacking Remain at the 2016 referendum on EU membership, Paul Davies aimed to steer a steady course during a fractious period for a Conservative Party dealing with the polarising issue of Brexit.\n\nHe has been loyal to the UK party leader of the day, and often stuck to the Westminster line rather than try to carve an independent stance.\n\nDespite this, Mr Davies had wanted the Tory Senedd group leader to be given the title Welsh Conservative leader.\n\nIt is something the party has never formally agreed to do despite a review of its Welsh structures.", "Up to 500 new prison cells are to be built in women's jails, the Ministry of Justice has announced.\n\nThese will be built in existing women's prisons to increase the number of single cells available and improve conditions.\n\nThey will include in-cell showers, and some will enable women to have overnight visits with their children to prepare for life at home after release.\n\nIn future, older cells could also be shut if the prison population reduces.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has also pledged almost £2m in funding to 38 charities so their \"vital work in steering women away from crime can continue\".\n\nThis may include addressing mental health problems and drug use, both of which affect around half of women in prison.\n\nPrisons minister Lucy Frazer said: \"This funding boost will allow frontline services to continue the incredible work they do with some of the most vulnerable women in our society to prevent them being drawn into crime.\"\n\nAnnouncing the funding, the government reiterated its promise to cut the number of women in custody and provide effective support to deal with problems which could lead to crime in the first place or reoffending.\n\nBut it admitted there could be a temporary rise of inmates in the near future as the number of investigations and prosecutions is expected to increase amid the hiring of 20,000 more police officers.\n\nIt added that the number of women in custody has fallen by 10% since 2010 and stressed that government investment in community services should see this trend continue in the long-term.\n\nIf the number of women in prison falls longer term, the MoJ says the new modern facilities will allow the Prison Service to close old accommodation.\n\nCampaigners largely welcomed the announcement, but warned the efforts do not go far enough to tackle longstanding problems.\n\nKate Paradine, chief executive of charity Women in Prison, said: \"This pledge and funding are just the start, and a far cry from what is needed in order to provide stability for women who face the sharp end of our society.\"\n\nShe called on the government in its upcoming Budget to safeguard the future of women's centres, which she described as an \"anchor that stop women being swept up into crime\" but warned were \"facing a funding cliff edge in April\".\n\nEmily Evison, policy officer at the Prison Reform Trust, said the plans would need to be backed up by \"action on the ground to prove effective\", adding: \"Instead of planning for a rise (in women prisoners), the government should redouble its efforts to ensure women are not being sent to prison to serve pointless short sentences.\"\n\nAndrew Neilson, director of campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: \"If the goal is to reduce the number of women entering the criminal justice system, then today's announcement shows that ministers are looking at the issue down the wrong end of a telescope\", claiming the funding promised was \"dwarfed\" by the cost of the extra prison places.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teresa Dalling says a river of orange water rushed through the village on Thursday\n\nFlood victims will not be able to return to their homes until their safety can be assured, a council leader has said.\n\nThe Coal Authority has said initial checks suggested water built up in a mine shaft causing a \"blow out\" that flooded properties in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot.\n\nAbout 80 people were evacuated as water rushed through the village on Thursday.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones said it was unlikely residents could return Monday.\n\nHe said underground investigations would begin on Saturday and the work could take two to three days.\n\n\"Safety is the paramount concern for us,\" he said.\n\n\"Because we can't guarantee the site safety - that's the reason why people will remain away from their properties until such time as we can give the all clear.\n\n\"We don't know what the water has done underground.\"\n\nThe fire service said on Saturday morning the pumping operation was \"making good progress\".\n\nMr Jones told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast people may be able to return next week but \"did not want to raise hopes\" it will be Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said the flooding was \"more than likely\" related to old mine workings with six mines known about in area. He said the industry dated back 300 years.\n\nSkewen resident John Thomas returned home from a funeral with wife Lynne on Thursday to find their house had turned into \"a lake\".\n\nHe said: \"The water was around the level of the bottom of the doors so we couldn't go in, so we just had to stand there and watch this orange-coloured water just piling up and up and up.\n\n\"Other people who were evacuated had the chance to move things upstairs, I didn't have a chance to do that because I couldn't get in to it.\"\n\nAt least 80 people had to leave their homes in the village after flooding\n\nLocal MP Stephen Kinnock said affected residents were staying in \"lots of different places\" across the region.\n\nAnd he praised the \"extraordinary\" generosity of the community and the support of the Salvation Army with donations of food, clothing and toiletries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said officers were continuing to look at how to minimise the risk of pollution to nearby rivers, and investigating any impacts on the River Neath.\n\nThe Coal Authority, which manages the effects of past coal mining, is investigating the incident.\n\nChief executive Lisa Pinney said equipment, due on site on Saturday, would be used to drill into mine workings to \"fully investigate what has happened\".\n\n\"The blow out is likely to have been caused by a blockage underground which has caused water to back up and to break out using the easiest path,\" she said.\n\n\"The excessive rainfall of the past few days and the prolonged rainfall this winter, will have put additional pressure on the system.\n\n\"We know that people will want to get back to their homes and we will continue to progress these works as soon as possible, but public safety has to come first.\"\n\nThere are a number of historical mine workings in Skewen dating back beyond 1850.\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Jones said water was still pouring out of the affected site so workers were diverting it, while machines cleared gulleys and drains to give the water the chance to enter drainage systems.\n\nA residents' incident support centre has been set up at Abbey Primary School to offer help and information over the weekend, between 09:00-17:00 GMT.\n\nThe council has asked residents to be \"patient as the investigation continues\" and has set up a helpline. Tel. 01639 686868.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab\n\nA health board boss has criticised council staff for potentially sharing Covid vaccine invites with colleagues.\n\nThe board meeting in North Wales heard some council staff, not within groups currently being vaccinated, booked appointments by following a link in an email only intended for the recipient.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board's chairman Mark Polin said such actions could deprive someone else of a jab.\n\nDenbighshire council said it had warned staff the emails were not to be abused.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nOnly front-line social care and health workers, those over 80 and 70 years old, care home residents and their carers are currently being vaccinated.\n\nIndependent member Jackie Hughes spoke about the matter at Thursday's monthly health board meeting.\n\nAnswering her query, Dr Chris Stockport, the health board's executive director of primary care and community services, said: \"We are very clear with our local authority partners and teams of what frontline means in the same way we are elsewhere.\n\n\"When you arrive [for a vaccine] there's a process of validation.\n\n\"The likelihood is they will experience some difficulties working through the booking system [if they try to get into a higher vaccination cohort].\n\n\"It adds complications for a busy team and I would ask them not to do that when it's a clear effort to circumvent the cohort.\"\n\nAt Thursday's daily press briefing the UK Government Home Secretary Priti Patel said people who jumped the queue for the vaccine were \"morally reprehensible\" as they were putting the lives of vulnerable people at risk.\n\nShe said all the UK Government's measures were under review but \"our focus is getting that vaccine to the most vulnerable to make sure we can protect them and obviously protect others in the community\".\n\nMr Polin added: \"Whilst we understand the concerns people should not be doing what they are doing.\n\n\"The priority groups have been identified with clear medical guidance and sound reasoning behind it.\n\n\"So people jumping the queue are depriving someone else, potentially, of receiving the vaccine at the point at which they should.\"\n\nHe said it was a temporary problem, adding: \"We are changing the booking system, so this opportunity is not going to last much longer.\"\n\nHe said staff were looking out for any inappropriate bookings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nNon-league Chorley were unable to emulate the heroes from 1986 by causing an FA Cup sensation against Wolves - but the National League North side came away with all the credit from their fourth-round tie at Victory Park.\n\nVitinha's superb 30-yard shot after 12 minutes proved enough to secure an all-Premier League tie against Arsenal or Southampton at Molineux in the fifth round.\n\nBut Nuno Espirito Santo's side were less than impressive against their part-time opponents.\n\nChorley had the first shot of the match through Elliot Newby, and after Vitinha had struck his first Wolves goal with the visitors' only shot on target, it was the hosts who had the best chances.\n\nCrucially, they also pocketed around £120,000 in prize money, plus TV fees, to sustain them through what could be a difficult period after their league was suspended for two weeks amid funding concerns earlier in the day.\n\n\"If you are going to lose, I would prefer to lose to a goal like that than a scruffy goal,\" said Chorley boss Jamie Vermiglio.\n\n\"I am proud of what we have done for our community, my kids at school will remember that their head teacher got this far in the FA Cup. Hopefully it can inspire some of them.\n\n\"We are approaching up to half a million [in earnings from the cup run], we have people who are isolating, and those players have given them a little bit of happiness.\n\n\"If it is 2-0 or 3-0 at half-time the game is done and people are turning their TVs off. That did not happen. I felt we were in the game. Every player was outstanding.\"\n• None How to follow FA Cup fourth round on the BBC\n\nIf this does end up being Chorley's last game of the season, it is one they will remember for some time, not only for the action on the pitch but also for the huge volley of fireworks that went off behind the main stand minutes into the contest.\n\nFor visiting Wolves, it was a step into the unknown. Their starting line-up got changed in the away dressing room, while their substitutes - European Championship winner Rui Patricio and Spain international Adama Traore among them - readied themselves in a sponsors' lounge.\n\nSeemingly those starting the game on the bench got the better deal.\n\nWolves boss Nuno paid Chorley the compliment of picking a strong starting line-up, including £35.6m record signing Fabio Silva and England international Conor Coady.\n\nAnd had this match been played in more imposing surroundings, it could have been mistaken for one of those Premier League games where one side sits back, challenges the opposition to break them down and then hits them on the counter.\n\nWolves' return of 76% possession and one shot on target, set against Chorley's five shots on target, suggests home manager Vermiglio got his tactics spot on.\n\nIndeed, had Andy Halls, a personal trainer by day, not had his goal-bound header tipped over by John Ruddy after an hour, Chorley might have forced a different outcome.\n\n\"The scene was set for us to lose this game,\" said Nuno. \"John Ruddy did his job, everybody knows his quality. He helped us to win the game.\"\n\nIt was nevertheless a typically English FA Cup tie, enlivened by Vermiglio yelling \"nothing wrong with that\" when two Wolves players went down under agricultural challenges, and then laughing in Traore's face amid a brief skirmish.\n\nIt was fantastic knockabout stuff. Sadly, the enduring disappointment was that other than staff, media and stewards, no-one was there in person to witness it.\n• None Wolves have reached the FA Cup fifth round in three of the last five seasons, as many as in the 21 seasons prior to this.\n• None Premier League teams have progressed from 45 of their 47 FA Cup ties against non-league teams (96%), with only Norwich vs Luton in 2013 and Burnley vs Lincoln in 2017 failing to progress.\n• None Separated by 120 years and 362 days, Chorley have lost both of their FA Cup games against top-flight opponents, losing against Notts County in January 1900 and Wolves.\n• None Vitinha became the 32nd different Wolves player to score a goal for Nuno Espirito Santo in all competitions and the 11th different Portuguese player to do so, with what was his third shot in his 12th appearance.\n• None Since the start of 2017-18, Wolves have had 11 different Portuguese scorers - more than twice as many as any other English league team in that time (Nottingham Forest, five).\n\nWolves are next in action against Chelsea in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 27 January (18:00 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Harry Cardwell (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Neves.\n• None Arlen Birch (Chorley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "A restaurant worker in Lisbon, where benefits to those with symptoms, and those without, are generous\n\nThe idea of a flat £500 payment to anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 has been dismissed by the UK government. Health officials had come up with the suggestion in the hope of encouraging people with the illness to self-isolate.\n\nThere are concerns the virus is continuing to spread because some people are ignoring the instruction to stay home when they show symptoms or test positive. Downing Street has said there is already a £500 sum for those on low incomes who could not work from home and had to isolate. But this must be applied for and there have been high rejection rates in England at least, A behaviour expert who advises the government, told the BBC just 18% of people with symptoms were self-isolating for the full 10 days they were meant to.\n\nSo how do other countries handle the question of paying people to stay at home, or just trusting they will do the right thing? Here, BBC correspondents from Prague to New York, offer an insight.\n\nIn Portugal, even those who are just at-risk of contracting Covid - having been in direct contact with a confirmed case - are entitled to 100% of their basic salary, for 14 days, writes Alison Roberts, in Lisbon.\n\nFor those who show symptoms, or have tested positive, the same is available for up to 28 days. And the normal waiting times people are used to when claiming while ill have also been done away with - these Covid payments kick in on day one of isolation.\n\nThose not on permanent work contracts tend to be treated as self-employed and are eligible for benefits based on income declared. But there are a lot of people, including many immigrants, who lack the necessary paperwork, and are therefore not eligible to claim.\n\nNevertheless, it's perhaps not surprising that, because people are able to claim full basic pay, there hasn't been much, if any, debate about people obeying self-isolation. If there are reports of people not seeking tests, or not isolating, it seems to be more out of ignorance, which is certainly rather worrying.\n\nSlovenia has been offering compensation to people forced to self-isolate after exposure to coronavirus since it first introduced emergency measures in March, writes Guy De Launey in Ljubljana.\n\nDepending on the circumstances, this covers anything from 80% to the full amount of usual earnings. The payments may be made directly to people in quarantine, or as compensation to employers. A government official told the BBC that with its socialist past, it was normal for Slovenia to take care of people in quarantine by providing payments - and that without compensation, it would be impossible to deal with coronavirus.\n\nWhen the measures were first introduced, they enjoyed broad public support. But the second wave of the epidemic has seen case numbers skyrocket - Slovenia's per capita death-rate is now the third highest in the world - and public confidence overall has dipped.\n\nBy the end of 2020, market research company Valicon said that only 12% of Slovenians viewed the government's measures as \"appropriate\", adding that people were \"worried and dissatisfied with the social situation\", suggesting compensation is not a panacea.\n\nIn March last year, the US agreed to pay for some workers to stay at home - a big change for a country that had never paid sick leave requirement before, writes Natalie Sherman in New York.\n\nThe measure guaranteed up to 14 days of pay for workers forced to isolate because they had symptoms, had received medical advice to self-quarantine, or were under government lockdown orders. It also said it would guarantee two-thirds of pay for people caring for someone with the virus for up to two weeks. One study suggested it helped prevent hundreds of news cases a day.\n\nBut the assistance - paid by employers which were then reimbursed by the government via tax credits - expired on 31 December. And even before that, analysts estimated that loopholes meant roughly half of the country's workforce, including many grocery workers and medical staff were potentially excluded.\n\nAs part of his $1.9tn stimulus plan, President Joe Biden is pushing to renew the law, and end the exemptions. But the proposal - which his team estimates would expand the benefit to as many as 106 million more Americans - faces stiff resistance from Republicans and key business lobbies.\n\nIn Germany financial support is generous for people ordered to self-isolate by the authorities because of infection risk, writes Damien McGuinness in Berlin.\n\nAs a result there hasn't been a debate in Germany about breaking self-isolation rules because of financial need. Fines can be huge - tens of thousands of euros - and are strictly enforced. Overall there's no great issue with compliance and Germany's financial package has widespread cross-party backing, and is supported by voters.\n\nEmployees who are unable to work at home receive full pay for up to six weeks. This is paid by the employer, who is then reimbursed by the state. After that, workers may be eligible for sick-pay.\n\nFreelancers and self-employed people are generally also entitled to full pay for six weeks. But they would apply directly to their regional government. The exact rules and level of efficiency for payments vary from region to region. For those in the gig economy - Germany has it, though less so than Britain - this should be covered by state aid, based on tax returns.\n\nThe level of state support was agreed by Germany's national parliament in Berlin. But payments are administered and funded by regional governments.\n\nThere's been some discussion here about paying people to stay home if they test positive for Covid, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe idea is advocated by at least one independent expert group. But it would be expensive, and the Czech state coffers are already stretched from keeping employees on furlough and paying compensation.\n\nInstead, salaried employees who receive a positive diagnosis are left with two choices: work from home - if they're up to it, if their job allows it and if their employer agrees, or go on sick leave for 10 days and receive 60% salary.\n\nFor the self-employed it's worse. Only those who have chosen to pay state sickness insurance will receive anything. Most opt out - the benefits are marginal. So most continue working from home - if their health and profession allows it.\n\nFor many workers, in other words, a positive Covid test can be a real blow to the wallet. It's an open secret that many people - especially freelancers in creative professions - beg friends and colleagues who test positive not to declare them as contacts, to avoid having to go into quarantine. For some the fear of losing work and money outweighs social responsibility.\n\nMoves to compensate people for taking time off work have largely been well received, writes Maddy Savage in Stockholm.\n\nTo encourage people to stay at home from the moment they develop coronavirus symptoms, the government changed the rules to allow Swedish employees and the self-employed to claim sick pay from the first day they are off, rather than the second. Employees receive about 80% of their salary while they isolate (capped at SEK 700 or £61.88 per day), and the self-employed are entitled to payments capped at 804 SEK or £71.05. The government has also introduced an allowance for people isolating because they live with someone who has coronavirus.\n\nWhile Sweden has largely kept primary schools open throughout the pandemic, parents have been able to make use of a pre-existing benefit which allows them to take state-funded time off work if their children are ill (with the virus or any other illness), and an additional benefit has been introduced for parents who are forced to take time off work to look after children affected by school closures as a result of a local outbreak.\n\nBut these measures have also stirred debates about welfare inequality. There are concerns that workers who are paid by the hour or on temporary contracts aren't entitled to the same level of sickness benefits as permanent staff - there are reports that this has encouraged some to keep working despite developing Covid-19 symptoms.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "The Black Country Living Museum normally gives visitors a taste of ordinary life in the Victorian era\n\nA venue that has doubled as a set for TV series Peaky Blinders is to operate as a Covid-19 vaccination centre.\n\nUsing Black Country Living Museum, a largely open-air site, to deliver jabs is said to be a \"game-changer\" for the local community.\n\nThe Dudley attraction, which is closed to tourists during lockdown, is expected to help administer thousands of injections a week.\n\nPeople are reminded they need an NHS letter of invitation before turning up.\n\nThe formal appointments will initially prioritise doses for people most at risk of complications from the virus.\n\nThe latest figures from NHS England showed 97,310 Covid jabs had been administered in Dudley and the surrounding area by Thursday - the second highest amount in the Midlands.\n\nBut rollout at the museum - which begins on Monday - will see it become Dudley's first vaccination centre.\n\nIt will complement existing GP-led vaccination services which are already up and running locally.\n\nCillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders, a Birmingham-set drama filmed in part at the museum\n\nThe museum normally gives visitors a taste of life in the Black Country during bygone days and has been used as a location for Peaky Blinders, the BBC TV series set in nearby Birmingham in the early 20th Century.\n\nSaying the step was a game-changer, Nicholas Barlow, Dudley Council member for health, said: \"Having the Black Country Living Museum on board as a vaccination centre will greatly increase the amount of jabs we can deliver, and the speed at which we can administer them.\n\n\"It will make people safer from this deadly virus more quickly.\"\n\nSally Roberts, Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group chief nurse, said: \"Our progress [in the area] to date has been incredible and I am delighted that our first vaccination centre, which will be capable of delivering thousands more vaccines each week, is going live.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Appointments were brought forward or rescheduled for safety reasons\n\nFour vaccination centres were shut as snow caused some travel disruption in Wales.\n\nSunday appointments in Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil were rescheduled for safety reasons, but centres will reopen on Monday, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nThe Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning to midnight on Sunday for all of Wales except Anglesey.\n\nA yellow warning for ice runs from midnight until 11:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice have warned of difficult conditions due to snow and ice.\n\nUp to 3cm of snow is forecast to fall in most areas, with 10 to 15cm expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board urged anyone with queries about Sunday's vaccination appointments to call the number on their appointment letters.\n\nSnow volunteers cleared pathways so a Covid vaccine pilot in Maesteg could keep running\n\n\"We can confirm that no vaccines have been wasted as a consequence of this temporary Sunday closure and we are grateful to all those who were able to turn up at such short notice yesterday as we brought forward a significant number of Sunday appointments during the course of Saturday,\" it said.\n\n\"Additionally, our 4x4 arrangements are enabling us to continue to reach care homes to vaccinate the staff and residents there.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth Wales Police tweeted there was \"widespread snow this morning, particularly in some higher areas, making driving conditions difficult\".\n\nAnd Dyfed-Powys Police said some roads were \"impassable\" and advised people to \"stay home\".\n\nIn Bridgend, officers from South Wales Police were pelted with snowballs as they helped an injured sledger on Heol y Nant.\n\nNorth Wales Police warned of difficult conditions due to \"widespread snow\", particularly on high ground.\n\nIt said the A499 near Pwllheli had received heavy snowfall overnight.\n\nWelsh Ambulance Service boss Jason Killens tweeted, thanking the public for helping crews continue to work despite the conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVillages were dusted with snow, such as in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire\n\nNick Rolfe shared this garden view in Nercwys, near Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe Met Office warned travellers that \"longer journey times by road, bus and train services\" could be expected, although Wales is in a level four lockdown with all but essential travel banned.\n\nIt also said the snow could lead to power cuts and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.\n\nThose going out for daily exercise have been warned there could be icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.\n\nIn Powys, this was the view over Newtown on Sunday\n\nThe hills around Llangollen, Denbighshire, were covered in snow on Saturday\n\nPower cuts and travel delays are possible, the Met Office says\n\nThe drop in temperatures is likely to exacerbate problems after widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nTwo flood warnings issued by Natural Resources Wales remain in place, meaning flooding is expected.\n\nThese cover the River Ritec at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, which could affect the Kiln Park caravan site, and the lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nPretty as a picture... Suzy shared this garden view in Snowdonia\n\nSun up: Heath in Cardiff awakes to a covering of snow\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Larry King, giant of US broadcasting who achieved worldwide fame for interviewing political leaders and celebrities, has died at the age of 87.\n\nKing conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years as host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.\n\nHe died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded.\n\nEarlier this month, he was treated in hospital for Covid-19, US media say.\n\nThe talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled-up sleeves, had faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.\n\nKing was married eight times to seven women and had five children. Two of them died last year within weeks of each other - daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of a heart attack.\n\nKing carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders. His other high-profile guests included Dr Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Lady Gaga.\n\n\"For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,\" Ora Media said in a statement, without giving the cause of death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Larry King: \"I like spontaneity. That's the kind of broadcaster I am\".\n\nBorn Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.\n\nIn 1985 he launched Larry King Live on the fledgling CNN, and became one of the network's biggest stars. The programme, broadcast around the world, was a success with audiences, with King answering thousands of phone calls from viewers.\n\nHe earned a number of honours, including two Peabody awards, but was also criticised for his non-confrontational approach and open-ended questions. King boasted of not doing much research for the interviews so, he said, he could learn along with viewers.\n\nBy 2010 his ratings had dropped significantly, with critics saying King's approach felt outdated in an era of more aggressive interviewing styles. King then announced his retirement, saying: \"It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.\"\n\nIn his final programme on CNN, he told his viewers: \"I don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. Instead of goodbye, how about so long?\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CNN Communications This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCNN replaced him with British journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan, whose programme King criticised for being \"too much about him\".\n\nMorgan, whose programme was cancelled three years later, said on Twitter on Saturday: \"Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was 'like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.' (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert).\"\n\nIn a statement, CNN president Jeff Zucker said: \"The scrappy young man from Brooklyn had a history-making career spanning radio and television. His curiosity about the world propelled his award-winning career in broadcasting, but it was his generosity of spirit that drew the world to him.\"\n\nMost recently, King hosted another programme, Larry King Now, broadcast on Hulu and RT, Russia's state-controlled international broadcaster.\n\nA Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by state RIA Novosti news agency: \"King repeatedly interviewed Putin. The president has always appreciated his great professionalism and unquestioned journalistic authority.\"\n\nOutside broadcasting, King founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in 1988, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi (L) has become the fourth Sri Lankan minister to test positive\n\nSri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus.\n\nPavithra Wanniarachchi tested positive on Friday, a media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nShe had promoted the syrup, manufactured by a shaman who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus.\n\nSri Lanka recorded 56,076 cases and 276 deaths since the pandemic began, with cases surging in recent months.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi is the fourth minister to test positive. A junior minister, who also took the potion, tested positive earlier this week.\n\nThe health minister had publicly consumed and endorsed the syrup as a way of stopping the spread of the virus. The shaman who invented the syrup, which contains honey and nutmeg, said the recipe was given to him in a visionary dream.\n\nDoctors in the country have quashed claims the herbal syrup works, but AFP news agency reports thousands have travelled to a village to obtain it.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi took two Covid-19 tests and both returned positive results, Viraj Abeysinghe, media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nThe minister has been asked to self-isolate and all of her immediate contacts have gone into isolation.\n\nNews of Ms Wanniarachchi's positive test came hours after Sri Lanka approved the emergency use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The first doses are expected to arrive in the country next week.\n\nSri Lanka isn't the only place where people in positions of power have promoted unproven treatments for Covid.\n\nLast year, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was criticised for promoting a herbal concoction that he claimed could prevent the virus. He was pictured distributing the tonic to poor communities in the capital.\n\nSince the pandemic began, a number of world leaders and cabinet members have contracted Covid. French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former President Donald Trump all caught the virus at various points last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The people who think Coronavirus is caused by 5G", "Skewen in Neath Port Talbot has been badly hit by flooding over the past two days\n\nThere have been \"no adverse effects\" on the coronavirus vaccine roll-out caused by recent flooding, the Welsh Government has said.\n\nHomes were evacuated in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, on Thursday as heavy rain caused issues across the country.\n\nSwansea Bay health board said none of its mass vaccination centres or GP surgeries had been affected by floods.\n\nIt added anyone struggling to get to a vaccination appointment because of the flooding would be able to rearrange.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board also said it was not aware of flooding in north Wales causing any issues for the vaccine roll-out.\n\nWrexham council leader Mark Pritchard said on Thursday that teams worked to ensure the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made on Wrexham Industrial Estate, was not lost in the floods.\n\nThe latest figures released on Friday showed 212,317 people in Wales had received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with a further 415 receiving a second dose.\n\nAs well as properties, vehicles were submerged in water\n\nAbout 80 people in Skewen had to be evacuated from their homes after streets were left under water.\n\nFire crews returned to the scene on Friday to continue to pump floodwater away from houses.\n\nMeanwhile, a family in Rossett, Wrexham county, had to be rescued by helicopter after their home became surrounded by floodwater on Thursday night.\n\nNorth Wales has also been hit by floods\n\nOn Friday, Health Minister Vaughan Gething told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that efforts to rehouse those affected by the floods were being done in \"as Covid-secure a way as possible\".\n\nDorothy Edwards, Covid-19 vaccination programme director for Swansea Bay health board, said: \"None of our mass vaccination centres have been impacted by flooding and we're not aware of any particular issues in primary care.\n\n\"Of course we will be sympathetic if there are people struggling to get to their appointment and if they are booked in at an mass vaccination centres they need to ring the booking line and the appointment will be rearranged.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"There have been no adverse effects on the vaccine roll-out due to flooding.\"", "Mr Johnson raised the benefits of a UK-US trade deal during his phone call with Mr Biden\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Joe Biden for the first time since the new US president was inaugurated.\n\nMr Johnson said on Twitter that he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and the US as they drove a \"green and sustainable recovery from Covid-19\".\n\nMr Biden was sworn in as president and Kamala Harris as vice-president in a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday.\n\nThe PM said their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson \"warmly welcomed\" the president's decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization - both abandoned by Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.\n\n\"The prime minister praised President Biden's early action on tackling climate change and commitment to reach net zero by 2050,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman added that, in building on the two nations' \"long history of cooperation in security and defence, the leaders \"re-committed to the Nato alliance and our shared values in promoting human rights and protecting democracy\".\n\nThe two leaders also talked about \"the benefits of a potential free trade deal\" between the UK and the US, with Mr Johnson reiterating his intention \"to resolve existing trade issues as soon as possible\".\n\nAfter the inauguration of any American president, a political spectator sport immediately begins: the order in which the new occupant of the White House speaks to other world leaders.\n\nIt is a crude metric of relative importance, but a metric nonetheless.\n\nI understand the call lasted for around 35 minutes and was the first conversation Joe Biden has had with a European leader as president.\n\nThe focus on climate change makes political and diplomatic sense. It's a topic where a Conservative prime minister and Democrat president can agree, and it matters particularly to the UK as the host of the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut when you compare what Downing Street said about the call and what the White House said, one thing leaps out.\n\nNo 10's readout refers to a conversation about a trade deal. President Biden's does not.\n\nIt's widely expected there'll be no such agreement any time soon.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Biden \"looked forward to to meeting in person as soon as the circumstances allow\" and to working together during the forthcoming G7, G20 and COP26 summits, the spokesman added.\n\nA White House statement said Mr Biden \"conveyed his intention to strengthen the special relationship\" between the US and UK and \"revitalize transatlantic ties\".\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Ms Harris - who is the first woman and first black and Asian-American person to serve as vice-president - the PM said earlier that their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US, which had \"been through a bumpy period\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg has said the Biden Presidency \"brings some hope to government\" because No 10 believes \"there is a lot of overlap\" between what Mr Biden and Mr Johnson want to do.\n\nThe US president has previously said that he does not want a \"guarded border\" between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit, and that any UK-US post-Brexit trade deal had to be \"contingent\" on respect for the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThe PM and Mr Biden have never met in real life, but the new US president once referred to Mr Johnson as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election, Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.", "Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien were married moments before he was put on a mechanical ventilator\n\nAn engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.\n\nElizabeth Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, were taken to Milton Keynes University Hospital with breathing difficulties on 9 January.\n\nStaff rallied to arrange a wedding as the groom's condition worsened.\n\nThey held off intubating Mr O'Brien so the ceremony could go ahead. The couple are now recovering in hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr, a nurse, and Mr O'Brien had planned to marry in June.\n\nBoth contracted the disease and were taken to hospital together when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.\n\nThey were placed on separate wards but when Mrs Kerr told nurse Hannah Cannon about their wedding plans, she asked her if they would like to marry in the hospital.\n\nMrs Kerr said she was told it could be their only chance.\n\n\"Those are words I never, ever want to hear again,\" she said.\n\nA photo on Mrs Kerr's phone shows the wedding took place in the beds of the intensive care unit\n\nHowever, while staff were securing the wedding licence, Mr O'Brien's condition further deteriorated and on 12 January he was placed on the intensive care unit, to be put on a ventilator.\n\nThey waited to intubate him just long enough for the ceremony to go ahead.\n\nMs Cannon said: \"With lots of teamwork... we were able to give them a wedding, not necessarily the wedding that they would have initially intended, but certainly something positive, remarkable and memorable for them to really hold on to.\"\n\nShe filmed the marriage for the couple's families and friends, and catering staff at the hospital provided a cake.\n\nShortly after saying \"I do\", Mr O'Brien was placed on the ventilator.\n\nThe couple have now been reunited on a recovery ward and were able to kiss for the first time since being married.\n\nMrs Kerr said having the wedding meant \"everything\" to them.\n\n\"If we hadn't had each other and we hadn't been given that opportunity to get married, I don't think both of us would be here now,\" she added.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.\n\nHowever, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers - and vaccines are still expected to work.\n\nThe data comes from mathematicians comparing death rates in people infected with either the new or the old versions of the virus.\n\nThe new more infectious variant has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nMr Johnson told a Downing Street briefing: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\n\n\"It's largely the impact of this new variant that means the NHS is under such intense pressure.\"\n\nPublic Health England, Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Exeter have each been trying to assess how deadly the new variant is.\n\nTheir evidence has been assessed by scientists on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag).\n\nThe group concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the virus had become more deadly, but this is far from certain.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, described the data so far as \"not yet strong\".\n\nHe said: \"I want to stress that there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers and we need more work to get a precise handle on it, but it obviously is a concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThis difference is found when looking at everyone testing positive for Covid, but analysing only hospital data has found no increase in the death rate. Hospital care has improved over the course of the pandemic as doctors get better at treating the disease.\n\nThe new variant was first detected in Kent in September. It is now the most common form of the virus in England and Northern Ireland, and has spread to more than 50 other countries.\n\nThe Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are both expected to work against the variant that emerged in the UK.\n\nHowever, Sir Patrick said there was more concern about two other variants that had emerged in South Africa and Brazil.\n\nHe said: \"They have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines.\n\n\"They are definitely of more concern than the one in the UK at the moment and we need to keep looking at it and studying this very carefully.\"\n\nThe prime minister said the government was prepared to take further action to protect the country's borders to prevent new variants from entering.\n\n\"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still,\" he said.\n\nLast week the government extended a travel ban to South America, Portugal and many African countries amid concerns about new variants, while all international travellers must now test negative ahead of departure to the UK and go into quarantine on arrival.", "An exhibition now celebrates Wuhan's success in controlling the outbreak\n\nWuhan has long since recovered from the world's first outbreak of Covid-19. It is now being remembered not as a disaster but as a victory, and with an insistence that the virus came from somewhere - anywhere - but here.\n\nFrom the moment a new, pandemic coronavirus emerged in the same city as a laboratory dedicated to the study of new coronaviruses with pandemic potential, Prof Shi Zhengli has found herself the focus of one of the biggest scientific controversies of our time.\n\nFor much of the past year she has met the suggestion that Sars-Cov-2 might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology with angry denial.\n\nNow though, she has offered her own thoughts on how the initial outbreak may have begun in the city.\n\nIn an article in this month's edition of Science Magazine she referred to a number of studies that, she said, suggest the virus existed outside of China before Wuhan's first known case in December 2019.\n\n\"Given the finding of Sars-Cov-2 on the surface of imported food packages, contact with contaminated uncooked food could be an important source of Sars-Cov-2 transmission,\" she wrote.\n\nFrom one of the world's leading experts on coronaviruses, even the discussion of such a possibility seems unusual.\n\nCould a spiralling outbreak of infection that almost destroyed Wuhan's health system, sparked the world's first Covid lockdown and spawned a global catastrophe really have arrived on imported food without any signs of similarly devastating outbreaks elsewhere?\n\n\"The virus came from America,\" this fishmonger told the BBC\n\nBut with the virus vanquished, the idea that it is a foreign import is repeated with almost unanimity across this city of 11 million people.\n\n\"It came here from other countries,\" one woman running a hotpot stall in a busy street tells me. \"China is a victim.\"\n\n\"Where did it come from?\" the next-door fishmonger repeats my question aloud, and then answers: \"It came from America.\"\n\nOn 23 January last year, the Chinese authorities severed transport links out of Wuhan and confined the city's population to their homes.\n\nThe tough lockdown coincided with the annual spring festival celebrations and came too late to prevent the global spread of the disease - five million people had already left the city ahead of the holiday.\n\nDoctors' warnings had gone unheeded and, in an outpouring of anger on the Chinese internet, the authorities stood accused of covering up the initial outbreak in the interests of political stability.\n\nOne year on, there's little sign of that anger in Wuhan today. In fact it's the humdrum normality that is striking - the traffic jams, the bustling markets and busy restaurants.\n\nIts success in eventually bringing the virus under control is now being celebrated in a giant exhibition hall, complete with models of medical workers in hazmat suits, installations of hospital beds and - everywhere you look - giant portraits of President Xi Jinping.\n\nThe accompanying texts mention his \"all-out war\" against the pandemic, his \"resolute decision making\" and how he has been willing to share \"China's solutions\" with the world.\n\nThere can be no doubting the success of China's mass testing programmes, its tracing apps and the widespread mask wearing.\n\nBut its strict enforcement of lockdowns, with little hand-wringing over the impact on individual rights, may be far less easy for democratic countries to emulate.\n\n\"The strategic success achieved in this battle fully manifested the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China and the significant advantages of the socialist system of our country,\" the exhibition proclaims.\n\nDespite China's promise of international co-operation, the world is still no closer to an answer to the biggest question of them all - where did the virus come from?\n\nMany prominent scientists believe that - based on past outbreaks - the most likely source of the coronavirus is a natural one, a \"zoonotic\" leap from bats - known to harbour such viruses - to humans, possibly via an intermediate species.\n\nBut China has produced very little evidence to show the work that's been done in its search for the source, in particular the testing of historic human samples stored by hospitals to determine where and when the virus really started spreading.\n\nThose scientists who argue that the possibility of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology should also be included as part of any investigation are curious about this apparent silence.\n\n\"I find it very unlikely that such investigations would not have already occurred,\" Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, told me.\n\n\"It's a serious risk to resume life as usual without knowing where a dangerous human pathogen came from.\"\n\nWuhan's exhibition also has a display of hospital beds\n\nInstead of publishing its own evidence though, China appears to be taking an anywhere-but-Wuhan approach, with state media cheerleading the idea that the virus may have arrived in Wuhan on frozen food imports or talking cryptically of \"multiple origins\".\n\nAt a recent daily press briefing, I asked China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, why such narratives were being promoted in the absence of real scientific evidence.\n\n\"Your question reveals your prejudice against China,\" she replied. \"Reports have emerged from Australia, Italy and many other countries that the coronavirus was found in multiple places in the autumn of 2019.\"\n\n\"Aren't these all facts?\" she asked.\n\nNot according to Alina Chan, who told me that such studies \"lack validation\" and some have been conducted without \"the most basic controls\".\n\n\"They do not present persuasive scientific evidence that the virus was circulating outside of China before the late 2019 outbreak in Wuhan,\" she said.\n\n\"The earliest detected cases and outbreak were in Wuhan. Early cases outside of China were found to have travelled from Wuhan. The most similar viruses have been found inside China.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Robin Brant visits the Wuhan market where Covid-19 was first traced\n\nInterestingly, scientists who have found themselves disagreeing strongly about the likelihood of the lab-leak theory, suddenly find themselves very much aligned on whether the virus came from abroad.\n\n\"I do not find the data linking Sars-Cov-2 to frozen foods to be credible,\" Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology and microbiology at the Scripps Research Institute in the US, told me.\n\nAs someone who is a firm supporter of China's insistence that the virus could not have escaped from a lab, he gives its latest position much shorter shrift.\n\n\"All the available evidence points to an emergence of the virus somewhere in China in late 2019,\" he said.\n\nChinese virologist Shi Zhengli, seen here inside the laboratory in Wuhan\n\nProf Shi Zhengli recently told the BBC in an exchange of emails that she'd welcome \"any form of visit\" by an inquiry team to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to rule out the possibility of a lab leak.\n\nBut to a follow-up email asking about the alignment of her discussion of possible foreign origins with the Chinese government's own narrative, she sent another reply.\n\n\"Your question is not friendly,\" she wrote.\n\nAfter months of delay and wrangling with China about access, a World Health Organization team has arrived in Wuhan to begin its inquiry into the origins of the virus.\n\nTheir terms of reference hint at the politics behind the scenes, with the document mentioning many of China's talking points, including foreign origins and food-chain transmission.\n\nLast year Wuhan endured one of the strictest lockdowns the world has seen\n\nDr Daniel Lucey, a physician and infectious disease professor at the Georgetown Medical Centre in Washington, suggests the stage is being set for a foregone conclusion.\n\n\"In my view, if you line up side-by-side the WHO's terms of reference with the Shi Zhengli Science article,\" he told me, \"then it is clear that the overarching strategic narrative is that the origin of the virus is outside of China.\"\n\nThe crisis that began in Wuhan is now the world's crisis and, with so many lives and livelihoods lost, answers are desperately needed.\n\nIf the virus came naturally from bats, an understanding of that pathway is important to protect humanity from the risk of repeated \"spillover\" events from the same source.\n\nIf it leaked from a lab, an urgent review of safety protocols is needed - not just in China but globally.\n\nBoards in Wuhan say the virus broke out \"in multiple places around the world\"\n\nScientists are beginning to wonder if those answers will ever be forthcoming.\n\n\"It's undeniable now that politics have gotten in the way of science,\" Alina Chan said.\n\n\"I just hope that the WHO team will relay the details of their experience so that the public can understand what the limitations of their investigation are.\"\n\nIn Wuhan's giant exhibition hall, the city's place in history is again called into question by one of the concluding sign boards which says Covid-19 broke out \"in multiple places around the world\".\n\nFor China, this city's past is now propaganda and the truth, like the virus, is being brought under tight control.", "Guests fled when officers arrived at the Stamford Hill school, where the windows had been covered\n\nPolice broke up a wedding party in north London, where they now say about 150 people had gathered.\n\nOfficers found the windows at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School, in Stamford Hill, had been covered when they arrived at 21:15 GMT on Thursday.\n\nGuests fled from the strictly Orthodox Charedi Jewish school when the police arrived. The organisers face a £10,000 fine for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nThe Met originally claimed that about 400 guests were at the gathering.\n\nIn a statement, the school said its hall had been leased out.\n\nA spokesman for the school, whose principal Rabbi Avrahom Pinter died in April after contracting coronavirus, said \"we had no knowledge that the wedding was taking place\".\n\nHe added: \"We are absolutely horrified about last night's event and condemn it in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nBoris Johnson supports the police for \"taking action against people who flagrantly and selfishly ignore the rules\", according to the prime minister's official spokesman.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"Large gatherings such as that pose a health risk, not just to those who attend but those who they live with or others who they may come into contact with.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, meanwhile, said the \"overwhelming majority\" of the Jewish community would be appalled at the event.\n\nRabbi Mirvis, who serves as the head of the UK's orthodox Jewish community but is not the leader of the Charedi group, called the wedding party \"a most shameful desecration of all that we hold dear\".\n\nFive guests were issued with £200 fixed penalty notices, according to police, who said their inquiries had established those present at the school had gathered for a wedding.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A video shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill\n\nVideo shared with the Jewish Chronicle shows officers in Stamford Hill speaking with a man to explain why they are there, although he is not accused of any wrongdoing.\n\nThey are then seen arriving at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School.\n\nDet Ch Sup Marcus Barnett of the Met Police said: \"This was a completely unacceptable breach of the law.\n\n\"People across the country are making sacrifices by cancelling or postponing weddings and other celebrations and there is no excuse for this type of behaviour.\n\n\"My officers are working tirelessly with the community and we will not hesitate to take enforcement action if that is required to keep people safe.\"\n\nOn Friday morning, a security guard at the school told the BBC there were more like 100 guests at the party than the much higher number given out by police.\n\nThe Met later said in a statement: \"Although initial calls suggested some 400 people had attended the wedding, it is now believed that approximately 150 people were in attendance.\"\n\nStamford Hill is part of the borough of Hackney, which has a Covid-19 infection rate of 625.43 cases per 100,000 people. The England average rate is 471.31 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, said he was \"deeply disappointed\" that the wedding party had taken place, despite \"the number of lives that have already been lost in the Charedi community and across the borough\".\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately, similar events have taken place even at this venue before and we need to be really clear how unacceptable it is.\n\n\"We will be meeting with the Rabbinate and our community partners over the coming days to see how we can prevent further incidents of this nature.\"\n\nLondon is under an England-wide lockdown, which prevents social mixing between households.\n\nLondoners are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance, or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nDo you have any information to share about this incident? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said extending the maximum wait from three to 12 weeks was a \"public health decision\" to get the first jab to more people across the UK.\n\nBut the British Medical Association said that was \"difficult to justify\" and should be changed to six weeks.\n\nIt comes as early evidence suggests the UK virus variant may be more deadly.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a Downing Street briefing on Friday: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the south east - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nPrevious work suggests the new variant spreads between 30% and 70% faster than others, and there are hints it is about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThe government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says unpublished data suggests the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is still effective with doses 12 weeks apart - but Pfizer has said it has tested its vaccine's efficacy only when the two doses were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nThe World Health Organization has recommended a gap of four weeks between doses - to be extended only in exceptional circumstances to six weeks.\n\nGovernment minister Robert Jenrick said the current strategy ensured \"millions more people can get the first jab\" and the \"high level of protection\" which it offered.\n\nHe said the BMA's concerns would be taken into account but that the government was following the \"very clear advice\" of the medicines regulator and the UK's four chief medical officers who, he said, \"could not have been clearer that this is the right thing to do for this country\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care added: \"Our number one priority is to give protection against coronavirus to as many vulnerable people as possible, as quickly as possible.\"\n\nIn the letter to Prof Whitty, seen by the BBC, the British Medical Association (BMA) said it agreed that the vaccine should be rolled out \"as quickly as possible\" - but called for an urgent review and for the gap to be reduced.\n\nThe doctors' union said the UK's strategy \"has become increasingly isolated internationally\" and \"is proving evermore difficult to justify\".\n\n\"The absence of any international support for the UK's approach is a cause of deep concern and risks undermining public and the profession's trust in the vaccination programme,\" the letter said.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA, said there were \"growing concerns\" that the vaccine could become less effective with doses 12 weeks apart.\n\n\"Obviously the protection will not vanish after six weeks, but what we do not know is what level of protection will be offered [after that point],\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We should not be extrapolating data when we don't have it.\"\n\nHe said while he understands the rationale behind the decision, \"no other nation has adopted the UK's approach\".\n\n\"We think the flexibility that the WHO offers of extending to 42 days is being stretched far too much to go from six weeks right through to 12 weeks,\" he added.\n\nThere has been understandable enthusiasm over a promising start to the hugely ambitious UK vaccination rollout.\n\nBut there has been some tension over the decision to lengthen the time between doses for the Pfizer vaccine to 12 weeks.\n\nProf Whitty and other health leaders and experts say this will allow many more people to get vaccinated quickly and the first dose gives most of the protection.\n\nBut critics argue this goes against Pfizer's recommendation of a three-week gap and there is no data to back up the long delay.\n\nThe intervention of the BMA is significant as it shows senior doctors now have widespread concerns, including worries about reliability of supplies if people have to wait longer for a second jab.\n\nThis is a private letter to Chris Whitty seen by the BBC and not a grandstanding press release. The BMA wants to have talks with the chief medical adviser about moving to six weeks.\n\nProf Whitty will no doubt restate his case, but it will be interesting to see whether the BMA argument gains traction in the wider medical world.\n\nThe BMA also suggested second doses might not be guaranteed after a 12-week delay \"given the unpredictability of supplies\".\n\nHowever, Public Health England's medical director said people would get their second dose.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she backed the current strategy, saying it was \"about bearing down on transmission\" to reduce deaths and reduce the chance of more dangerous variants of the virus emerging.\n\n\"The more people that are protected against this virus, the less opportunity it has to get the upper hand,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOther issues highlighted in the letter include:\n\nThe UK's chief medical officers have said the \"great majority\" of initial protection comes from the first jab, while the second dose is likely to help that protection last longer.\n\nIn total, the UK has ordered 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and 40 million of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nBoth vaccines are expected to work against the variant of Covid-19 that emerged in the UK.\n\nWhat has been your experience of receiving the vaccine? Are you waiting for your second dose? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Nurses are calling for all UK staff to be given a higher grade of face mask to protect them against new variants of coronavirus.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing warns that inadequate PPE may be putting the lives of nursing staff at risk.\n\nIt has written to the workplace safety watchdog detailing its concerns, soon after a similar appeal from doctors.\n\nEngland's Department of Health says there is no reason to change current guidance.\n\nIt follows a comprehensive review of all the evidence around the new variants and the impact on PPE.\n\nAt present, most nurses working outside of intensive care wear standard surgical masks.\n\nBut the RCN says they may not protect them against the new variant of the virus, and very small airborne viral particles spread in hospitals.\n\nInstead, it wants all NHS staff to be given the kinds of high-grade face masks used in intensive care units, called FFP2 or FFP3 masks.\n\nThe UK guidance on infection prevention and control has recently been updated, but nurses say it allows individual trusts to decide what PPE to use.\n\nAs a result, some hospitals are offering staff high-grade PPE while many are not - and that is leading to unequal levels of protection depending on where nurses work.\n\nMany nurses wear standard surgical masks outside of intensive care\n\nDame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the RCN, said: \"The government's silence on this issue is creating a postcode lottery for nursing staff.\n\n\"It must stop dragging its feet on this issue. Nursing staff need to have full confidence that they are protected.\"\n\nShe added: \"Staff picking up this virus at work are angered at any suggestion they have stopped following the rules - this is down to the new variant and the dangerous shortage of adequate protection.\"\n\nNHS England data shows a 22% rise in the average number of healthcare staff off sick because of Covid-19 in the first week of January, compared with the last week in December.\n\nA spokesman from the Department of Health and Social Care in England said the safety of NHS and social care staff was \"top priority\" but the current guidance did not need changing.\n\n\"In response to the new Covid-19 variants, the UK Infection Prevention Control Cell conducted a comprehensive review of all available evidence and concluded that current guidance and PPE recommendations remain the right ones.\n\n\"New and emerging evidence is continually scrutinised and evaluated by the government, in conjunction with our world-leading scientists,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing is asking the governments of the UK to:\n\nIt is also calling for the Health and Safety Executive to review the guidance on appropriate use of PPE in all health and care settings.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCheltenham Town came within nine minutes of one of the biggest shocks in recent FA Cup history before Manchester City staged a dramatic late rally to crush the dreams of the gallant League Two side.\n\nThe Robins, 72 places below City who sit second in the Premier League, threatened huge embarrassment for Pep Guardiola's side after Alfie May put Cheltenham ahead on the hour after a trademark long throw from captain Ben Tozer caused chaos in the area.\n\nCity, who made ten changes to the team that beat Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday, spared their embarrassment when Phil Foden, the game's outstanding player, arrived at the far post to turn in substitute Joao Cancelo's long cross in the 81st minute.\n\nAnd the turnaround was complete three minutes later when a rare moment of slackness in the outstanding Cheltenham defence, with goalkeeper Josh Griffiths superb, switched off and Gabriel Jesus scored from Fernandinho's delivery.\n\nFerran Torres scored Manchester City's third with the last kick of the game to give the scoreline a cruel reflection on Cheltenham's heroic efforts.\n\nIt was so cruel on manager Michael Duff and his players, who now go back the battle for promotion from League Two, while City will be away at Swansea in the fifth round.\n\n\"I'm incredibly proud,\" the Robins boss said of his side's display. \"The players they brought on from the bench and they way they celebrated the goals tells you something. They know they've been in a game. They've done that to better teams than us.\"\n\nThe sight of Manchester City manager Guardiola disputing where Cheltenham could take a throw-in said everything about the way the League Two underdogs gave their mighty opponents a serious fright.\n\nTozer's throw-ins were causing all manner of problems and led to Cheltenham's goal but there was so much more to their performance than that set-piece weapon, a threat any manager in the game would utilise.\n\nCheltenham tried to play football when they got the chance, with goalscorer May, who has done the hard yards in non-league before playing for Doncaster and now Cheltenham, a leading light.\n\nRobins keeper Griffiths, who suffered the ignominy of being beaten from 71 yards by his Newport County opposite number Tom King in midweek, was in defiant form as he saved well from Riyad Mahrez and Torres, showing command throughout. Tozer's headed goalline clearance from Benjamin Mendy in the first half was also symbolic of their 'they shall not pass' approach.\n\nThere may have been no fans inside this compact stadium but there was still a real sense of occasion, the game being halted in the first half because of a firework display nearby.\n\nIn the end this will be a bitter disappointment to Cheltenham but they can be rightly proud and take huge confidence into their League Two promotion battle.\n\nDuff highlighted how financially important the cup run was for his club.\n\n\"It's essential,\" he added. \"Every pound coming in is probably worth a tenner in normal times.\n\n\"These games don't come around very often. It's a shame because [with fans] the place would've been bouncing. Would that have seen us through in the last 10 minutes? I'm not so sure - but the key is to enjoy it.\"\n\nGuardiola made 10 changes to his line-up to give Manchester City's shadow squad a chance to impress.\n\nSome, like the erratic Mendy, did not take that opportunity and it was someone establishing himself in City's side that spared the blushes of this expensively assembled squad.\n\nFoden was magnificent, so light on his feet with glorious ball control, endless creativity and the man pulling the strings for City even when they were struggling to break down resilient Cheltenham.\n\nThe 20-year-old was head and shoulders above his City team-mates. He was the one who was going to pull them out of their grim predicament if anyone was, and so it proved when he popped up with the crucial late equaliser that lifted Guardiola's team and deflated Cheltenham.\n\nFoden had already carved out chances for Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus that were not taken so it was a case of 'do it yourself' when he was the player on target.\n\nThe fact Guardiola was forced to use three subs in Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo once Cheltenham went ahead proved how worried the Premier League giants were.\n\nThis was an unimpressive, scratchy display from City's much-changed team, with Guardiola resting so many of the players who are giving them such an ominous look in the Premier League - luckily they had the brilliance of Foden to pull them out of a deep hole.\n\nGuardiola praised the England attacking midfielder for his impressive performance.\n\n\"Foden is in a great moment and with great confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"He is clinical in front of goal and he had a similar chance to the goal we scored at [Chelsea's] Stamford Bridge - he is playing really well.\"\n\nThe City manager suggested he was confident in the players he put out on the pitch.\n\n\"I didn't have regrets even when we were 1-0 down, we had clear chances from the first minute,\" he added.\n\n\"When they take advantage it gets complicated, but we got it to 1-1 and it was tight. We came here with humility and had the quality to make the difference.\"\n• None Cheltenham have lost all nine of their competitive meetings with Premier League sides, by an aggregate score of 6-23.\n• None City have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 11 from August to October 2017.\n• None May's opener for Cheltenham was the first goal City had conceded in 509 minutes of action in all competitions, since Callum Hudson-Odoi's strike for Chelsea at the start of the month.\n• None Foden is City's top scorer in all competitions this season with nine goals in 25 appearances, one more than he netted in 38 games last season.\n• None Jesus has been involved in 12 goals in 13 FA Cup appearances for City, scoring eight and assisting four.\n• None May has scored four goals in his four FA Cup games for Cheltenham, with each of his eight goals in total in the competition coming in home games.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 3. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt missed. Matty Blair (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear from the former US president as he reflects on his time in office\n• None How can you eat well for £1 a portion?", "The 39 people who died in the back of a trailer as it crossed the North Sea between Zeebrugge and the UK\n\nFour men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex.\n\nThe migrants died \"excruciatingly painful\" deaths, having suffocated in the container en route from Belgium to Purfleet in October 2019, a judge said.\n\nRonan Hughes, 41, and Gheorghe Nica, 43, played \"leading roles\" in the smuggling conspiracy and were jailed for 20 and 27 years respectively.\n\nAt the Old Bailey, two lorry drivers were also jailed for manslaughter.\n\n[Left to right] Eamonn Harrison, Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica and Maurice Robinson were all jailed for manslaughter\n\nEamonn Harrison, 24, who towed the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before their journey to the UK, was sentenced to 18 years.\n\nMaurice Robinson, 26, was given 13 years and four months, having collected the trailer and opened it in an industrial estate to find the migrants dead.\n\nThree others members of the people-smuggling gang were also sentenced for conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration.\n\nChristopher Kennedy, 24, from County Armagh, was jailed for seven years; Valentin Calota, 38, of Birmingham, for four-and-a-half years; and Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga, 28, of Hobart Road, Tilbury, Essex, was given a three-year sentence.\n\n[Left to right] Valentin Calota, Alexandru-Ovidiu Hanga and Christopher Kennedy were also sentenced on Friday\n\nSentencing, Mr Justice Sweeney said: \"I have no doubt that the conspiracy was a sophisticated, long-running and profitable one to smuggle mainly Vietnamese people across the channel.\"\n\nHe said on the fatal trip the temperature had been rising along with the carbon dioxide levels throughout, hitting 40C (104F) while the container was at sea on 22 October 2019.\n\n\"There were desperate attempts to contact the outside world by phone and to break through the roof of the container,\" the judge said.\n\n\"All were to no avail and, before the ship reached Purfleet, [the victims] all died in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video evidence showed how the trainer containing 39 Vietnamese migrants made its way to the UK\n\nThe victims had used a metal pole to try to punch through the roof but only managed to dent the interior.\n\nThe court heard some of their final desperate phone messages, including one where a man spoke with ragged breaths as he apologised to his family.\n\n\"I can't breathe,\" he said. \"I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.\"\n\nJustice Sweeney added: \"The willingness of the victims to try and enter the country illegally provides no excuse for what happened to them.\"\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October 2019\n\nDuring the trial, jurors were given a snapshot of the victims - who included a bricklayer, a university graduate and a nail bar technician - and their dreams of a better life.\n\nMany of their families borrowed heavily to fund their passage, relying on their potential future earnings once they got into the UK.\n\nThe father of Nguyen Huy Tung, one of two 15-year-olds in the container, later learned of his son's death via social media.\n\nHarrison, of Newry, County Down, claimed he did not know there were people in the trailer when he towed it to the Belgian port, and that he watched \"a wee bit of Netflix\" in bed as they were loaded on.\n\nAfter receiving this message from his boss, Robinson got out of his cab, opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies\n\nRobinson, from County Armagh, collected the trailer when it arrived on UK shores just after midnight on 23 October.\n\nHis boss, Hughes, had messaged him: \"Give them air quickly don't let them out.\"\n\nRobinson gave a thumbs-up in reply. When Robinson stopped on a nearby industrial estate, he found that the migrants were all dead.\n\nHis barrister said Robinson, who admitted manslaughter, being part of the trafficking plot and money laundering, was \"horrified by what he saw\".\n\nThe moment lorry driver Maurice Robinson opened the trailer door and discovered the bodies inside was captured on CCTV\n\nThe trial examined three smuggling attempts by the gang - two that were successful on 11 and 18 October, and the final trip on 23 October.\n\nOn all three runs, Nica, of Basildon, Essex, had arranged cars and a van to transport the migrants at the UK end.\n\nWhen Robinson discovered the bodies, there was a series of telephone conversations between him and Nica and Hughes, of Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland, before the driver eventually dialled 999.\n\nIn his evidence, Nica said Robinson told him: \"I have a problem here - dead bodies in the trailer.\"\n\nWhile Hughes admitted manslaughter, both Nica and Harrison were convicted by a jury.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney said that in the conspiracy \"two played leading roles, namely - in order of importance - Hughes and Nica\".\n\nHe accepted Hughes was \"not at the very top of the conspiracy\" but said his role was \"pivotal... in that he ran a haulage business and supplied the trailers and drivers used to transport the migrants\".\n\nThe judge said Nica \"recruited and paid the drivers whose job it was to collect the migrants when they reached the drop-off site in this country and to drive them to the safe house(s) where they were to be held until payment\".\n\nHe added at the top of the conspiracy was a Vietnamese man called \"Fong\", who was based in London.\n\nMr Justice Sweeney told the defendants jailed for manslaughter they would serve two-thirds of the term in custody, instead of the usual half.\n\nEarlier this month, Gazmir Nuzi, 43, of Barclay Road, Tottenham, north London, was sentenced, having admitted his limited role in the people-smuggling operation. It was accepted he was not a member of the organised crime group behind the smuggling operation.\n\nDet Ch Insp Daniel Stoten said: \"May this serve as a warning to those who think it's OK to prey on the vulnerabilities of migrants and their families, transporting them in a way worse than we would transport animals.\n\n\"My message to you is that we will find you and we will stop you.\"\n\nHe said the victims died in an \"unimaginable way, because of the utter greed of these criminals\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Police warned that unsanctioned protests would be \"immediately suppressed\"\n\nRussian police have detained close aides of the jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, as a string of nationwide protests gets under way.\n\nPolice have broken up demonstrations in the eastern Khabarovsk region, amid stern warnings for people to stay home.\n\nMr Navalny's supporters flooded social media with calls to rally at protests expected in dozens of cities later.\n\nHe is Russian leader Vladimir Putin's most high-profile critic.\n\nHe was arrested last Sunday after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexei Navalny was filmed by the BBC saying goodbye to his wife and then being led away by authorities\n\nMore than 60m people have watched his new video about President Vladimir Putin's alleged luxury Black Sea palace.\n\nThe Kremlin denies the property belongs to the president.\n\nAmong those detained in Moscow on Thursday were his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, and one of his lawyers, Lyubov Sobol. They face fines or short jail terms.\n\nMs Sobol, who has a young child, was later released. But Ms Yarmysh has now been jailed for nine days.\n\nProminent Navalny activists are also being held in the cities of Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar.\n\nUnauthorised rallies are being planned in more than 60 cities across Russia for Saturday. Moscow police say any unauthorised demonstrations and provocations will be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nA thousand people were reported to have come onto the streets in the Khabarovsk region, with some of them already detained.\n\nMr Navalny's wife Yulia, who travelled back to Russia with him from Germany, said she would demonstrate in Moscow \"for myself, for him, for our children, for the values and the ideals that we share\".\n\nAlexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has drawn millions of followers on social media, through slickly produced videos alleging large-scale official corruption. He has long denounced Mr Putin's administration as \"feudal\" and full of \"crooks and thieves\".\n\nFor a long time the Russian authorities made out that Alexei Navalny was irrelevant. Just a blogger. With a tiny following. No threat whatsoever.\n\nRecent events suggest the opposite. First Mr Navalny was targeted with a nerve agent, allegedly by a secret group of FSB state security hitmen. Instead of investigating the poisoning, Russia is investigating him: on his return from Germany the Kremlin critic was arrested.\n\nHaving put Mr Navalny behind bars, the authorities are putting pressure on his supporters. The Kremlin's greatest fear is of a Ukraine-style revolution in Russia that would sweep away those in power.\n\nThere's no indication that such a scenario is imminent. But with economic problems growing, the Kremlin will worry that Mr Navalny could act as a lightning rod for protest sentiment. That explains the police crackdown on Navalny allies ahead of Saturday's potential protests.\n\nPlus, this is getting personal. Mr Navalny's video about \"Putin's Palace\" on the Black Sea was designed to cause maximum embarrassment to the Russian president.\n\nIn the \"Putin's palace\" video Mr Navalny alleges that rich businessmen close to Mr Putin paid for a sumptuous 17,691sq m (190,424sq ft) palace for him at Gelendzhik, by the Black Sea.\n\nIt is alleged to have a casino, a theatre and many other comforts, including a vineyard and tea house in the sprawling grounds. The Kremlin dismissed the YouTube video as a \"pseudo-investigation\" aimed at earning money for Mr Navalny.\n\nProsecutors have warned people against protesting in support of Mr Navalny on Saturday. Russia's education ministry has told parents not to allow their children to attend.\n\nSome Russian celebrities in the arts and sports have pledged support for Mr Navalny. They include ice hockey star Artemi Panarin.\n\nFormer world chess champion Garry Kasparov - now a leading anti-Putin activist based in the US - tweeted that pro-Navalny posts were being widely blocked in Russia.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garry Kasparov This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a phone call to President Putin on Friday, EU Council President Charles Michel voiced \"grave concern\" about the jailing of Mr Navalny.\n\nMr Michel said the EU was \"united in its call on Russia to swiftly release Mr Navalny and proceed with the investigation into the assassination attempt on him, in full transparency and without further delay\".\n\nIn October, the EU imposed sanctions on six top Russian officials and a Russian chemical weapons research centre over the Novichok poisoning of Mr Navalny.\n\nThe Kremlin retaliated with tit-for-tat sanctions, denying any role in the attack and rejecting the expert finding that the Russian nerve agent had been used.\n\nThe Black Sea palace allegedly features a casino, an ice rink and a vineyard\n\nThe social media app TikTok has a flood of videos from Russians promoting the protests planned for Saturday. The messages about Mr Navalny have been going viral for several days.\n\nA well-known Russian TikTok user, Slava Varfolomeyev, told BBC Russian: \"I go on TikTok and find that every third video is about 'Putin's palace', the detention of Navalny and the 23 January rally!\"\n\nHe said that on Thursday \"this swelled to a maximum: practically seven out of every 10 videos were on that topic [Navalny]\". TikTok's popularity is based on short-form videos.\n\nOn Wednesday Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines.", "Police said they had been in contact with the family before the funeral took place \"in an attempt to ensure safety\"\n\nA funeral director has been fined £10,000 after police were called to a funeral with close to 150 people in attendance.\n\nHertfordshire Police said the large gathering in Welwyn Garden City on Thursday was reported to them by members of the public.\n\nCoronavirus rules mean a maximum of 30 people can attend a funeral.\n\nA second person was fined, by Bedfordshire Police, for when the gathering was in Arlesey, Bedfordshire.\n\nSupt Nick Caveney, of Hertfordshire Police, said: \"This was a clear and blatant breach of the current restrictions.\"\n\nHe said the fine was given to the funeral director \"for not managing this event correctly and advising their clients of the rules\".\n\n\"We implore all business owners to ensure they are following the restrictions safely and responsibly,\" he said.\n\n\"Flagrant breaches such as this will not be tolerated.\"\n\nThe force said it had worked with other agencies and the family in advance of the funeral \"in an attempt to ensure the safety of those attending and that of the wider public\".\n\nBut when officers attended they found the large number of people at the church, and a 41-year-old man from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was handed the £10,000 fine after police served a fixed penalty notice.\n\nSeveral members of the public had contacted the force about the funeral at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles on Woodhall Lane.\n\nBedfordshire Police said a man in his 30s was issued with the fine over the gathering.\n\nCh Supt John Murphy from the force said: \"Fines and enforcement are a last resort for us, and we will always engage and work with families in the first instance.\n\n\"But we need to take firm action against those who brazenly decide to go against the guidelines outlined by the government and put a large number of people at risk.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Ministers will discuss at a meeting on Monday whether to tighten restrictions at UK borders - including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers, the BBC has been told.\n\nAt a Downing Street news conference on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not rule out taking further action.\n\nIt comes amid increased concerns over the spread of new coronavirus variants.\n\nUnder current travel curbs, almost all people arriving in the UK must test negative for Covid to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the 72 hours before travelling and anyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nAll passengers are also required to quarantine for up to 10 days, although the isolation period can be cut short with a second negative test after five days in England.\n\nThe only people not subject to the conditions are children under 11, hauliers, air, international rail and maritime crew, and passengers from the Common Travel Area - comprised of the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own quarantine rules, which differ slightly.\n\nAs of Monday, travel corridors, which exempted passengers arriving from some countries from quarantine, were suspended throughout the UK.\n\nAsked whether the government would bring in further measures at UK borders, Mr Johnson said: \"I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still.\n\n\"We may need to go further to protect our borders.\n\n\"We don't want to put that [efforts to control Covid] at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nOne more infectious variant , which was first identified in Kent, has already spread widely across the UK.\n\nAnd, at the briefing, the prime minister announced that early evidence suggests this variant may be more deadly.\n\nOther new variants causing concern have been identified in South Africa and Brazil in the weeks since the Kent variant was discovered.\n\nThose discoveries led to direct flights to the UK from all South American countries and several southern African countries being suspended.\n\nScientists fear these variants discovered in other countries may interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines and evade parts of the immune system.\n\nWhile those travelling into the UK are asked to abide by the 10-day isolation and told they can be subject to checks, London mayor Sadiq Khan is among those who have called for the UK to adopt the use of enforced quarantine in hotel rooms.\n\nThe policy is among the measures in Australia that has limited the country to just 28,750 positive cases during the entire pandemic, fewer than the UK currently has every day.\n\nTravellers who choose to go to Australia have to pay for their rooms at one of a number of selected quarantine facilities - and have all their meals delivered to their room throughout a stay of at least 14 days. They get tested twice for Covid during that period and if they test positive their quarantine is extended for a further 14 days.\n\nMeanwhile, passengers arriving into London's Heathrow airport this week have complained of queues at passport control and what they described as poor social distancing, after the latest travel restrictions - requiring travellers to show proof of their negative Covid tests - came into force.\n\nOn Friday, former British ambassador Peter Westmacott posted a picture on Twitter of long queues at the airport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peter Westmacott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA government spokesman said people \"should not be travelling unless absolutely necessary\".\n\nThe statement added: \"You must have proof of a negative test and a completed passenger locator form before arriving.\n\n\"Border Force have been ramping up enforcement and those not complying could be fined £500.\n\n\"It's ultimately up to individual airports to ensure social distancing on site.\"\n\nWith all parts of the UK under strict virus rules amid high levels of infection, only essential foreign travel is permitted in the current advice from the Foreign Office.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported on Friday in the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the volunteers are working to prepare bodies for burial\n\nA mosque in east London has closed for all communal prayer. Instead it is serving two purposes - providing funerals and feeding the local community. Michael Buchanan finds a team of volunteers there battling to deal with the pandemic.\n\nThe family shuffled quietly past a crate of milk cartons. They came through the small porch, towards the open coffin. Inside was a woman - a loved one - who died of Covid two days ago. The coffin sat feet away from tins and packets to be distributed by the local food bank. The milk was the latest delivery.\n\nIt is impossible to capture the enormous consequences of the pandemic. But last Saturday lunchtime, this tragic image - one of grief and hardship coming together - came close, for me at least.\n\nCovid-19 has made extraordinary demands of so many different people, but what is currently happening at the Masjid Ibrahim and Islamic Centre in east London is truly remarkable. Situated on a busy road, with the noise of ambulance sirens regularly shattering its peaceful interior, the mosque has closed to communal prayer and is open for two other purposes - to provide a funeral service and a food bank to the local community. Both are inundated.\n\n\"We've had so many bodies coming in. It's quite shocking. It's one after another after another. We've never had that situation before,\" says Sofia Bhatti. Alongside her friend, Tabassum Khokhar - known as Tabs - the pair are unheralded heroes. They volunteer to wash the bodies of Covid-positive women prior to burial.\n\nThe practice, called Ghusl, is a sacred Islamic ritual and is usually performed by the deceased's relatives, who cleanse and shroud the body. But Covid restrictions mean families are currently denied that religious honour, so volunteers like Sofia and Tabs are taking on what they consider to be a privileged task.\n\n\"We actually believe that when we are shrouding here, that God is shrouding the soul at the same time,\" says Tabs, standing by a coffin. By day, she works as a teaching support worker in a local school, so the PPE that the mosque provides - bodysuit, footwear, two sets of gloves, masks and visors - is crucial for her. \"I make sure my PPE is secure because it's not just about me, it's about my family. I have an 81-year-old mother.\"\n\nThe women are seeing first hand - and in graphic detail - the pressure the NHS is under. \"Very often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them,\" says Sofia. \"Tubes and pipes and catheters still attached. So it makes our job a little bit harder.\" One of the women they washed during my visit had died in the ambulance, never actually reaching hospital.\n\nVery often we see bodies coming in with a lot of medical equipment still attached to them. Tubes and pipes and catheters\n\nThere are far more bodies than during the first peak and there is a larger age range. One day this week, the mosque was handling seven bodies. A few days earlier they said they'd processed 10 funerals, all arranged for free and paid for by donations. Before the pandemic, they'd handled two to three funerals a week. The two local hospital trusts in east London have each had more than 1,000 Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic. More have died at home.\n\nThe borough of Newham, where the mosque sits, has suffered a disproportionate number of deaths. Home to the Olympic Park, the 2012 London games were meant to regenerate this area. Yet it retains high levels of poverty and overcrowded housing. Add in a diverse population, rich in south Asian culture, and large numbers of people who can't work from home and the virus has sadly ripped through its residents.\n\nIsfand Aslam said he's shocked by what's going on. His father, Mohammad, died on 3 January, a week after falling ill. His positive Covid test result arrived two days after his death. The 85-year-old was a committee member at the Masjid Ibrahim and despite his age had been in good health. \"It took a week between him passing away and getting buried. Initially I was getting a lot of condolences from friends. But by the end of that week I am giving condolences to three friends because their fathers had passed away. It's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away.\"\n\nThe sheer number of deaths is impacting the area's main Muslim cemetery. Normally, the Gardens of Peace buries three to four people each day. They're currently carrying out an average of 15 funerals daily. Overall, they are about 50% busier than usual. They can no longer promise burials within 24 hours, as per Muslim custom.\n\nDespite this, there is still a concerning number of people in the local area who either don't think Covid is real or are resistant to taking a vaccine. There was anger among some community leaders before Christmas when it emerged the Bangladeshi High Commission in London held a cultural evening to celebrate its independence. Photos from the event, on 16 December, showed a group - including the High Commissioner herself - standing close together with no masks or social distancing. The High Commission said performers had been Covid tested and it had issued 10 videos in Bangla urging British-Bangladeshis to adhere to UK government guidance.\n\nIt's now got to the stage where everybody we know knows somebody who has passed away\n\nTo counter disinformation among its members, an imam at the Masjid Ibrahim, Mohammad Ammar, filmed a short video of himself being injected with the vaccine and urged his congregation to follow suit. Imam Ammar has actually been furloughed by the mosque as it focusses all its resources on battling the pandemic, including feeding its local community.\n\nThe virus forced the mosque to open a food bank in March. It is still running 10 months on. On Monday night, I watched a steady stream of people gather in the gloom at the rear of the mosque to fill their bags. Most were collecting on behalf of a larger household, and the mosque says they're currently feeding 350 families each week, including students, refugees, people with no access to public funds and those who've lost income.\n\nAmong those collecting food on Monday was Mohammad Rahman. A 42-year-old chef, he lost his job in an Indian restaurant three months ago. The married father of two boys - aged eight and six - told me he was already in rent arrears and struggling to pay his energy bills. \"My son says 'where is the pizza'? But I have no money. He says '[can I have] chicken and chips'? But I have no money. The shops are open, but no money\", he adds, taking his hands from his pockets.\n\nIn normal times, the Masjid Ibrahim would attract about 1,100 worshippers over three floors for Friday prayers, and there has been some pressure on the leadership to reopen for communal worship. But Asim Uddin, chairman of the mosque, says now is not the time. \"Prayers, yes, it's important. But right now what is the need? The need of the community is they want to be fed and they want a place where they can respectfully bury their loved ones. And the demand is overwhelming. Right now, it's better they stay home, and they can pray at home until the situation goes back to normal.\"\n\nMichael Buchanan is the BBC's social affairs correspondent and has been reporting on the impact of the pandemic on communities in the UK. Last year, he visited the town of Pontypool to find out what impact coronavirus restrictions were having in Wales.", "Reports suggest AstraZeneca may have warned of a 60% cut to doses available\n\nA second coronavirus vaccine manufacturer has warned of supply issues to the European Union, compounding frustration in the bloc.\n\nAstraZeneca said a production problem meant the number of initial doses available would be lower than expected.\n\nThe fresh blow comes after some nations' inoculation programmes were slowed due to a cut in deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe EU Health Commissioner expressed \"deep dissatisfaction\" at the news.\n\nOfficials have not confirmed publicly how big the shortfall will be, but an unnamed EU official told Reuters news agency that deliveries would be reduced to 31m - a cut of 60% - in the first quarter of this year.\n\nThe drug firm had been set to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 nations by March, according to the official who spoke to Reuters.\n\nThe AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has not yet been approved by the EU's drug regulator but is expected to get the green light at the end of this month, paving the way for jabs to be given.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesman for AstraZeneca said on Friday that \"initial volumes will be lower than originally anticipated\" without giving further details.\n\nHis written statement blamed the discrepancy on \"reduced yields at a manufacturing site within our European supply chain\" and said the firm was continuing to ramp up production volumes.\n\nNews of the delay comes amid criticism and frustration across the region about the speed of vaccination roll-outs.\n\nIsrael, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the US are all well ahead of EU nations in terms of doses given per capita so far.\n\nThe European Commission has co-ordinated orders for all member states, with vaccines then distributed based on their population size.\n\nVaccines are increasingly seen by experts as the only way out of the Covid-19 crisis, with many European nations struggling to cope with a deadly surge of the virus over the winter period.\n\nAustrian media have reported that only 600,000 of two million AstraZeneca doses promised by the end of March will arrive in the country on time, with the remaining 1.4m now being delivered in April.\n\nA delay would be \"completely unacceptable\", Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Friday.\n\nAs for Pfizer, the US firm said it had to cut shipments for the next few weeks while it worked to increase capacity at its Belgian processing plant. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome regions, including Germany's most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia and parts of Italy, said earlier this week that they were suspending giving first jabs of the two-dose vaccine because of the shortages.\n\nItaly and Poland have threatened to take legal action in response to the reduction in vaccine supply.\n\nMeanwhile Hungary's government, which has complained over the time it is taking EU regulators to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has reached a deal with Russia to buy up large quantities of its Sputnik V vaccine, even though it has not received EU approval.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel, who led a call of EU leaders this week, said Thursday that officials were considering all ideas to try and stop future vaccine delays.\n\n\"All possible means will be examined to ensure rapid supply, including early distribution to avoid delays,\" he said.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Mr Michel both say they are still aiming for the target of 70% of the EU population being vaccinated by summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nThe total number of German Covid deaths climbed above 50,000 on Friday - a day after the country warned that it could close its borders if other EU countries were less strict in controlling the virus. Berlin sounded the alarm amid rising concern about new variants.\n\nEU leaders agreed late on Thursday to keep their internal borders open but warned non-essential travel might need to be restricted to curb the spread of the virus.\n\nMs von der Leyen said Thursday that more testing and \"targeted measures\" were needed throughout the EU in order to keep internal and external borders open.\n\nFor its part, France said it would impose tighter travel restrictions for European arrivals from Sunday, requiring a negative PCR Covid test within three days of travel.\n\nIn the Netherlands, a ban on all flights from the UK, South Africa and South American countries came into effect on Saturday to try and prevent new coronavirus variants gaining a foothold.\n\nLooking forward to the future, officials from EU nations reliant on tourism - including Spain and Greece - have floated the possibility of using vaccination certificates to allow for cross-border travel but there has been scepticism within the bloc.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Infection level \"very, very high\" and \"extremely precarious\" - Prof Whitty\n\nThe UK is at an \"extremely precarious\" point, according to the chief medical adviser, despite signs Covid infections are beginning to fall.\n\nThe virus's reproduction rate is estimated to be at or below one for the first time since early December.\n\nAnything below one means the epidemic is shrinking.\n\nBut cases are falling from a \"very, very high level\", Prof Chris Whitty said - and may still be increasing in some areas.\n\n\"A very small change and it could start taking off again from an extremely high base,\" he warned.\n\nSpeaking at a Number 10 press conference on Friday evening, the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said the \"awful\" death rate would stay high \"for a little while before it starts coming down\".\n\n\"That was always what was predicted...and I think the information about the new variant doesn't change that\".\n\nEarly evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, although findings are preliminary and there is a high level of uncertainty.\n\nDr Susan Hopkins at Public Health England said there was \"evidence from some but not all data sources which suggests that the variant of concern which was first detected in the UK may lead to a higher risk of death than the non-variant.\n\n\"Evidence on this variant is still emerging and more work is under way to fully understand how it behaves.\"\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said while the UK's R or reproduction number, might be below one - meaning a shrinking epidemic - overall, \"cases remain dangerously high and...it is essential that everyone continues to stay at home, whether they have had the vaccine or not.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggested cases were decreasing slightly or levelling off across Britain.\n\nBut infections are falling more slowly than they did during the first lockdown - by somewhere around a quarter every fortnight compared with a halving back in April.\n\nA further 40,261 cases, and 1,401 deaths were recorded on Friday in the UK.\n\nMore than five million people had been given a first dose of the vaccine by 21 January, and about half a million had received their second dose.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said it is \"too early\" to say whether England's Covid restrictions will be able to end in the spring.\n\nWhile cases are falling or stable across the rest of the UK, in Northern Ireland cases have continued to rise and the new, more infectious strain has overtaken the older variant of the virus as of the start of January.\n\nDuring the week ending 16 January, about one in 55 people in England had the virus, the ONS estimated, with one in 35 in London testing positive.\n\nOne in 100 people had the virus in Scotland and one in 70 in Wales.\n\nBut in Northern Ireland infections have shot up from an an estimated one in 200 people testing positive in the week to 2 January, to one in 60 last week.\n\nONS statistician Sarah Crofts said while fewer people were testing positive in England, \"rates remain high and we estimate the level of infection is still over one million people\".\n\nAnd, she pointed out, \"the picture across the UK is mixed\".\n\nA survey by tech company ZOE and King's College London, based on swabs of people with and without symptoms, also suggested the R number could be at 0.8.\n\nAnd it estimated symptomatic cases had fallen by a quarter since last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of people testing positive for the new Covid variant has risen considerably in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ONS data suggest.\n\nBut the new strain, which remains by far the main source of infections in England, has yet to overtake the old strain in Scotland and Wales.\n\nWithin England, the proportion of infections that appear to be due to the new variant remained stable, but the gap between the regions is narrowing.\n\nIn the figures covering 2 January, 80% of infections looked like the new variant in London compared to 30% in the North East.\n\nTwo weeks later, that gap had narrowed to 70% in London versus 50% in the North East.\n\nIt is not clear what is behind the small fall in London, but it may be down to behaviour change, or other variants like the South Africa strain now in circulation and diluting the numbers.", "Morriston is seeing \"unprecedented\" numbers of people die in intensive care\n\nAn intensive care consultant said as many as five patients are dying with Covid during a single 12-hour shift.\n\nDr John Gorst said the number was \"unprecedented\" at his unit in Swansea's Morriston Hospital that would normally only see one person die.\n\nHe said the second wave of the pandemic was more challenging with patients more severely unwell.\n\nIn Wales, there has been an average of about 34 deaths a day during the pandemic up to 19 January.\n\nNew Year's Day saw the most Covid-related deaths in a single day in Wales - 55 - since the pandemic began.\n\n\"In some 12-hour periods we have lost up to five coronavirus patients,\" said Dr Gorst.\n\n\"Usually we expect to see, on average, one patient a day dying in the intensive care unit. To have five die on one day is unprecedented.\n\n\"That's been a real struggle for their families and for the staff dealing with it.\"\n\nFour additional medical wards have opened to cope with the impact of coronavirus at Morriston, with about 300 patients being treated.\n\nDr John Gorst and senior matron Carol Doggett say Covid patients are sicker and younger in the second wave\n\nDr Gorst said: \"If it wasn't for the treatment given on the wards, intensive care would have been completely overwhelmed.\n\n\"However, when patients have failed on these treatments, sadly the safety net of the intensive care unit [and] getting them on an invasive ventilator, largely doesn't work.\n\n\"Most patients who come to intensive care to go on an intensive ventilator, sadly, will not survive.\n\n\"These patients are mostly of working age. They don't have any significant medical conditions.\"\n\n\"This is alien to us as an intensive care unit. We expect far more patients to survive. Now they are not.\"\n\nMorriston's senior matron Carol Doggett agreed that the \"number of sicker patients has definitely increased\", and she said they were younger than had been experienced in the first wave of the pandemic.\n\n\"That should be a stark warning to anyone not to take chances with this,\" she said.\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said there was cause for concern over new variants of Covid-19.\n\n\"We know the new highly contagious strain - sometimes called the Kent variant - is now widespread across Wales,\" he said.\n\nHe also said the government was closely monitoring three new variant variants: one from South Africa and two from Brazil.\n\nSix cases of the South African variant have been identified in Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police tweeted this photo, which appears to show the vehicle severely damaged in the crash\n\nFour ponies have been killed in a collision with a vehicle in the New Forest National Park.\n\nThe animals were hit on Thursday night while licking freshly laid salt on Roger Penny Way, Hampshire Constabulary said.\n\nThree ponies died at the scene while a fourth was found dead later a short distance away.\n\nIn December, three donkeys were killed on the road, which is a black spot for animal accidents.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\"\n\nThe crash happened at about 21:00 GMT on a 40mph (64km/h) section of the road north of Brook.\n\nThe car, a Land Rover Discovery, appears to have been severely damaged in the collision, according to a police tweet, which gave no further details.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said: \"I would favour a reduction in the speed [limit]. Please, everyone needs to slow down and stop this carnage.\"\n\nThe New Forest is one of the largest remaining areas of unenclosed land where commoners' cattle, ponies and donkeys roam throughout the open heath.\n\nIn 2019, 58 animals were killed and 32 were injured, according to the New Forest National Park Authority.\n\nThe crash happened on Roger Penny Way, where donkeys, cattle and horses roam freely\n\nAndrew Napthine, a New Forest Agister who helps manage the area's free-roaming animals, attended the scene of the crash, and said the male driver was not injured.\n\nHe said three of the ponies were killed on the road while a fourth fled the scene and died behind a bush.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has reported another 55,892 daily cases of coronavirus, the highest figure on record.\n\nAnd another 964 people died within 28 days of a positive test, only slightly down on the 981 on Wednesday.\n\nIt comes as Health Secretary Matt Hancock appealed to everyone to \"take personal responsibility this New Year's Eve and stay at home\".\n\nHe said he knew how much had been sacrificed this year but, with the NHS under pressure, \"we cannot let up\".\n\nOn Thursday, just after midnight, 20 million more people in England were placed under the toughest restrictions and told to stay at home.\n\nThe new restrictions mean 44 million people, or 78% of the population of England, are now in tier four, where non-essential shops, gyms, cinemas and hairdressers have to stay shut.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said Christmas week had seen a worrying rise in cases - particularly among adults in their 20s and 30s.\n\n\"We have all had to make huge sacrifices this year, but please ensure that you keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask,\" she said.\n\n\"A night in at new year will mean you are significantly reducing your social contacts and can help stop the spread of the virus.\"\n\nThe 981 deaths recorded on Wednesday was the highest daily figure since April.\n\nMuch of the rise in cases has been blamed on the spread of a new variant, which scientists believe is able to transmit more easily.\n\nIt was initially concentrated in the London, the South East and eastern England, but Mr Hancock has said it is now responsible for the \"majority\" of new cases across the UK.\n\nWith the number of Covid patients in hospitals increasing, some are being moved long distances for intensive care.\n\nDr Michael Marsh, NHS England medical director for the south-west region, said patients had come from Kent to Plymouth and Bristol, where services were \"less stretched\".\n\nThe latest NHS Test and Trace figures show 232,169 people tested positive for Covid in England at least once in the week to 23 December, up 33% on the previous week and the highest weekly rise on record.\n\nCovid case rates are continuing to rise in all regions of England - with London's rate at 735.5 per 100,000 people in the seven days to 27 December, up from 711.9 the previous week, the latest Public Health England report showed.\n\nEastern England saw the second highest rate, 551.3 up from 510.8, followed by south-east England at 450.6, up from 427.4.\n\nMeanwhile, Scotland recorded 2,622 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours - a record high for the third day in a row.\n\nPublic Health Wales reported a further 1,831 cases in Wales, with the highest case rates in Bridgend (825.6 for every 100,000 people) and Merthyr Tydfil (754.2).\n\nAnd Northern Ireland has seen another 1,929 cases in the last 24 hours, as hospitals come close to capacity with latest figures showing only six empty beds.\n\nSome hospital trusts in the south of England have also been reporting that they are under extreme pressure because of increasing numbers of Covid patients.\n\nOn Wednesday, Essex and Buckinghamshire declared major incidents, while an intensive care doctor at London's Whittington Hospital said they were facing a \"tsunami\" of Covid cases.\n\nProf Hugh Montgomery said people who did not follow social distancing rules or wear masks \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nThe NHS said London's Nightingale Hospital had been \"reactivated\" and was ready to admit patients, in anticipation of rising pressures from the spread of the new variant.", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nA 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue.\n\nAll Saints' Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, was broken into before crowds entered, Essex Police said.\n\nOfficers were threatened and had objects thrown at them as they dispersed hundreds of people and seized equipment, the force said.\n\nTwo men from Harlow, aged 27 and 22, and a 35-year-old from Southwark were arrested.\n\nThey were held on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints', said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up, they'd hired portable loos, they had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens... obviously it's a mess.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church, to find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nThe conservation group believes it will cost at least £1,000 to repair the Tudor building.\n\nEquipment was seized and fines issued over three illegal parties broken up by officers\n\nPolice later dispersed about 100 people at an illegal party at an abandoned warehouse in Brentwood and made two arrests.\n\nA woman was also fined £10,000 for organising a house party with 100 guests at Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, in Epping Forest.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andy Prophet said: \"Unfortunately, there were [those] who decided to blatantly flout the coronavirus rules and regulations and, ultimately, they decided that partying was more important than protecting other people.\n\n\"We've seized their equipment, arrested five people, and issued a large number of fines to those who think this behaviour is acceptable.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Father (left) and son have had divergent views on Brexit in the past\n\nThe father of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is applying for French citizenship now that Britain has severed ties with the European Union.\n\nStanley Johnson told France's RTL radio he had always seen himself as French as his mother was born in France.\n\nThe 80-year-old former Conservative Member of the European Parliament voted Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nHis son Boris spearheaded the Leave campaign and later took the UK out of the EU as prime minister.\n\nStanley Johnson explained his reasons for seeking French citizenship in an interview broadcast on Thursday, hours before the UK was due to leave EU trading rules.\n\n\"It's not about becoming French,\" he told RTL. \"It's about reclaiming what I already have.\"\n\nHe pointed out that his mother was born in France to a French mother. \"I will always be European,\" he added.\n\nStanley Johnson won a seat in the European Parliament when direct elections were first held in 1979, and later worked for the European Commission. As a result, Boris spent part of his childhood in Brussels.\n\nBrexit issues have divided the Johnson family. The prime minister's sister, the journalist Rachel Johnson, left the Conservative Party to join the Liberal Democrats ahead of the 2017 election in protest against Brexit.\n\nTheir brother, the Conservative MP Jo Johnson, resigned from the cabinet in 2018 to highlight his support for closer links with the EU.", "Tampon tax activist Laura Coryton says scrapping the tampon tax is an important move ‘ending a symptom of sexism’\n\nThe 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products - referred to as the \"tampon tax\" - will be abolished in the UK from 1 January.\n\nEU law required members to tax tampons and sanitary towels at 5%, treating period products as non-essential.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak committed to scrapping the tax in his March Budget.\n\nCampaigners welcomed the end to what they called a \"sexist tax\" with activist Laura Coryton saying it was \"about ending a symptom of sexism\".\n\nThe UK was able to get rid of the tax now because it is no longer subject to European Union rules on sanitary products.\n\nThe EU is itself in the process of abolishing the tampon tax. In 2018 the European Commission published proposals to change the VAT rules, which would give countries the right to stop taxing tampons and other period products, but the move has not yet been agreed by all members. The Republic of Ireland has zero VAT on sanitary products as the rate was in place prior to EU legislation imposing the 5% minimum VAT rate on EU members.\n\nMs Coryton, 27, who began campaigning to end the tampon tax when she was 21, told the BBC the move \"challenged the negative message that this tax sent to society about women\".\n\nThe move follows Scotland becoming the first in the world to make period products free in November.\n\nFelicia Willow, chief executive of women's rights charity the Fawcett Society, agreed, saying: \"It's been a long road to reach this point, but at last the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as non-essential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books.\"\n\nThe Treasury has estimated the move will save the average woman nearly £40 over her lifetime, with a cut of 7p on a pack of 20 tampons and 5p on 12 pads.\n\nIt's been a long road to getting the tampon tax abolished in the UK. Campaigning and debates in parliament by then-MP for Dewsbury Ann Taylor led to the Labour government moving sanitary products to a reduced rate of 5% from January 2001- the lowest rate possible under the EU's VAT rules.\n\nAnd following more campaigning in 2014 by Ms Coryton and lobbying in parliament by former Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff in 2016, the Conservative government announced that all VAT collected on sanitary products would henceforth be given to charities working with vulnerable women and girls.\n\nAt the same time, the government enshrined in legislation that it would abolish the tampon tax.\n\n\"I'm just so happy and relieved and excited at the same time for this tax to finally be axed,\" said Ms Coryton.\n\n\"It will mean a reduction in prices for period products, and that reduction in cost will be important for the increasing number of people who are battling with poverty, especially due to the pandemic.\"\n\nGemma Abbott is a lawyer and campaigner with the Free Periods group, which successfully campaigned for the government to provide free sanitary products to schools and colleges across England in 2019. The scheme launched in January.\n\nGemma Abbott wants clarity from the government on why the free sanitary products for schools scheme is not mandatory\n\n\"I think it's great news and a real testament to the determined campaigning of many people, like Paula Sheriff and Laura Coryton,\" she said.\n\n\"I think we can agree that any tax that characterises period products as non-essential is absurd and it has no place in a society that is seeking genuine gender equality.\"\n\nFree Periods is now campaigning to ensure that schools and colleges know that the free sanitary products scheme exists and that they sign up for them.\n\nMs Abbott said: \"The latest statistics we have are from last term - at that point only 40% of schools had signed up for the scheme.\"\n\nMs Coryton has set up a social enterprise called Sex Ed Matters with her sister Julia, providing talks in schools and toolkits for teachers to help them deliver the mandatory new sex education curriculum for primary and secondary schools issued in early 2020.\n\nThey did an online survey of 150 teachers and students across the UK, and 100% of respondents said that there is still a stigma attached to periods.\n\n\"If there is a stigma attached to periods, then you're unlikely to speak up when you need period products, or to talk about the free sanitary products scheme that exists,\" stressed Ms Coryton.\n\nBut Free Periods' Ms Abbott is also concerned about the charities supporting women and girls, who will no longer benefit from the proceeds of the previous 5% tax on sanitary products.\n\n\"The tampon tax fund has provided much needed support and funding to a chronically underfunded area,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm worried that the removal of the tampon tax will spell the end of the ring-fenced funding for charities to address really vital issues like domestic violence and rape.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases, says Japan's prime minister.\n\nThe Olympics are due to begin on 23 July with the Paralympics following a month later from 24 August.\n\nCases have surged in Japan in recent days with Tokyo reporting over 1,000 daily infections for the first time.\n\nBut prime minister Yoshihide Suga said the \"Games will be held this summer\" and be \"safe and secure\".\n\nJapan is responding to cases of the new variant of coronavirus first found in the UK, with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike warning the number of infections could \"explode\".\n\nThere were a record 1,337 cases in Tokyo on 31 December with 783 new infections announced on Friday.\n\nJapan has recorded 239,041 coronavirus cases and 3,337 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nCosts for the Games have increased by $2.8bn (£2.1bn) because of measures needed to prevent the spread of coronavirus but organisers have ruled out a delay.\n\nThe Games could be the most expensive summer Olympics in history.\n\nA poll by national broadcaster NHK showed that the majority of the Japanese general public oppose holding the Games in 2021, favouring a further delay or outright cancellation of the event.\n\nSuga said the Games going ahead could serve as a \"symbol of global solidarity\".", "The next few weeks will be \"nail-bitingly difficult\" for the NHS, hospital bosses have warned.\n\nStaff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", Saffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts in England, said.\n\nDoctors are urging the public to \"take it seriously and follow the rules\" to protect the health service.\n\nThe year started with 53,285 more Covid cases and 613 deaths being reported.\n\nThe day's figures do not include data from Northern Ireland or Wales, or the numbers of deaths from Scotland - as these are not being published on certain days during the Christmas and New Year period.\n\nIt comes after the UK reported its highest daily cases on Thursday, with a record 55,892 infections.\n\nOn Friday evening, the government confirmed that all primary schools in London would remain closed for the start of the new term, following a review of Covid transmission rates.\n\nFrom Monday, all schools in the capital will now be required to provide remote learning.\n\nPrimaries in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis by Imperial College London has confirmed the new variant of coronavirus has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain.\n\nAnd an analysis of NHS England data from 23 hospital trusts by the Health Service Journal shows that Covid-19 is putting intense pressure on adult acute care and general beds, as well as those in intensive care.\n\nIt found that more than a third of these beds were occupied by patients with Covid-19 on Tuesday, and in three trusts - North Middlesex in London, and Medway and Dartford and Gravesham in Kent - the figure was more than half.\n\nBased on the recent rise in numbers, the analysis suggests that all acute and general beds might soon be filled with Covid-19 patients.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Ms Cordery said the surging transmission and death rates were \"incredibly hard to deal with\".\n\n\"When we are seeing major London trusts saying they are under pressure, that's when we know we're in a very challenging space,\" she said.\n\nA leading intensive care doctor has urged people to follow restrictions until the vaccination programme is fully rolled out.\n\nProf Anthony Gordon, of Imperial College, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There is light at the end of the tunnel so I would urge people to hold on for these few more months while the vaccination programme makes that difference and then we can truly get back to normal.\n\n\"But we can't overrun the health service because this will just lead to thousands more deaths.\"\n\nAdrian Boyle, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, urged people to follow guidance on hand washing, social distancing and face coverings to stop the \"entirely preventable\" spread of the virus.\n\nDr Boyle said staff are \"tired\" and at risk of \"burnout\", having \"worked really hard over the summer\" and \"put up with a lot of disruption\".\n\n\"This time people are frustrated, this is now an entirely preventable disease, we know what we did in spring made a lot of this go away. There's also now a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMore than three-quarters of England is currently under the strictest tier four - \"stay at home\" - coronavirus measures, and other parts of the country have joined higher tiers.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are under lockdown.\n\nThere are also concerns the added pressures of rising numbers of Covid patients seen at London hospitals have begun to spread across the country.\n\nSpeaking on Today, Dr Alison Pittard, of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, said it was \"only a matter of time before it starts to spread to other parts of country\", adding that \"we're already starting to see that\".\n\nShe stressed it was \"really important that we try and stop the transmission in the community because that translates into hospital admissions\".\n\nIt comes as almost half the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the peak of the first wave in April.\n\nAnd pressure has been so great on some hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nHowever, Mike Adams, director of the Royal College of Nursing, questioned whether there were the staff available to run the hospital.\n\n\"Nursing is already stretched beyond capacity so there is no magic pile of nurses we can call upon,\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\n\"I think the real battle is reducing the spread of the virus and getting the vaccine rolled out.\"\n\nThe new coronavirus variant has driven a big rise in cases, with the worst effects felt so far in London.\n\nResearchers at Imperial College London have confirmed it increases the R number - the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - by about 0.4 to 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, from the statistic section of Imperial College London, told the Today programme this higher rate of infection means that transmission of the disease would have tripled even during England's November lockdown conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nThe hunt is now on to find new ways to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the rules on mask wearing potentially coming up for review.\n\nBehavioural science group SPI-B (Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours), which reports to the Sage group of government advisers, has said that mandatory face coverings may be necessary in a wider number of settings, such as in workplaces and possibly outdoors.\n\nHowever, Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, told BBC Radio 4's World at One he was not convinced a move towards making the wearing of face coverings mandatory outdoors would make \"much difference\" to transmission rates.\n\nHe said the \"bigger problem\" was people touching their face covering or wearing it incorrectly, adding ministers should focus on ensuring people knew how to wear them and to change and wash them regularly.\n\nThe rollout of the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will begin on Monday, almost a month after the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nSecond doses of either will now take place within 12 weeks rather than 21 days as had been initially planned with the Pfizer vaccine.", "After years of silence, The KLF have uploaded a selection of their most famous songs to streaming services like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music.\n\nThe band's music has been officially unavailable since 1992, when they deleted their entire back catalogue.\n\nBut eight songs, including dance anthems like 3AM Eternal and What Time Is Love, are now available on an eight-track compilation, Solid State Logik.\n\nFly posters in London suggested The KLF would release more music this year.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by KLF This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSolid State Logik collects all of the band's biggest hits - including the Tammy Wynette collaboration Justified & Ancient, and the Gary Glitter-sampling Doctorin' The Tardis.\n\nIt comes 29 years after founders Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond turned their backs on music, with a provocative performance at the 1992 Brit Awards - where they tied for best group with Simply Red.\n\nThe duo made their disdain for the industry clear by performing 3AM Eternal while firing blanks from a machine gun into the stunned audience, before an announcer said: \"The KLF have left the music business.\"\n\nDriving the point home, they later dumped a dead sheep on the steps of an after-show party with a note reading, \"I died for ewe\".\n\nCauty and Drummond later burned £1m of their royalties in bundles of £50 notes, on the remote Scottish island of Jura.\n\nIn recent decades the duo have concentrated on book and art projects, including plans to build a \"people's pyramid\", inspired by the death of Cauty's brother and constructed from bricks, each containing 23 grams of human ashes.\n\nBut fans have clamoured for their music - with bootleg clips of their videos and performances achieving tens of millions of views on YouTube, and several \"sound-alike\" versions of their biggest hits appearing on Spotify.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by KLF This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nWhen other streaming holdouts like AC/DC and Neil Young relented and made their back catalogues available, The KLF still held out. In 2018, Billboard named their absence as one of the eight most significant gaps on streaming services, alongside records by De La Soul and Aaliyah.\n\nThe band announced their surprise resurrection in two posters pasted under a railway bridge in Shoreditch, East London, alongside graffiti referencing The KLF.\n\nThe Instagram account of Cauty's girlfriend showed a figure creating the graffiti creating the graffiti on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by sistersofperpetualresistance This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAccording to a statement on the band's YouTube page, Solid State Logik (named after the mixing desk the band used to create their biggest hits) is the first of five planned releases, covering all of the band's releases, under a variety of names.\n\nIt read: \"KLF have appropriated the work done between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1991 by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords [and] The KLF.\n\n\"This appropriation was in order to tell a story in five chapters using the medium of streaming. The name of the story is Samplecity Thru Transcentral.\"\n\nThe text goes on to name several projects that are being prepared for release, some of which have never been heard before, including Kick Out The Jams, the Pure Trance Series, and a second volume of Solid State Logik.\n\n\"If you need to know more about the work done by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords or The KLF, you can find truths, rumours and half-truths scattered across the internet,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"From these truths, rumours and half-truths, you can form your own opinions.\n\n\"The actual facts were washed down a storm drain in Brixton some time in the late 20th Century.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK celebrated the start of 2021 with a fireworks and light display over London that included tributes to NHS staff and the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nRevellers were not able to gather to celebrate the London mayor's display in the usual way because of the coronavirus pandemic, with people instead told to stay at home.\n\nThe new year celebrations also featured a message of hope from David Attenborough.\n\nWatch the full display on the BBC iPlayer", "The star started filming his role in secret last year\n\nComedian John Bishop is to join Jodie Whittaker for the 13th series of Doctor Who, the BBC has revealed.\n\nThe 54-year-old, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, said boarding the Tardis was a \"dream come true\".\n\nHe will play a character called Dan, who \"becomes embroiled in the Doctor's adventures\" and faces \"evil alien races beyond his wildest nightmares\".\n\nBishop fills the gap left by Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, who bowed out in a special New Year's Day episode.\n\nHe began filming his role last November, but the BBC kept the signing under wraps until the broadcast of Revolution Of The Daleks on Friday night.\n\nBishop, who grew up on a Merseyside council estate, had a brief career as a professional footballer before turning his hand to comedy.\n\nHe has previously acted in the Channel 4 drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish.\n\nEarlier this week, the comedian revealed that he and his wife had tested positive for Coronavirus over Christmas, saying he had been \"flattened\" by \"the worst illness I have ever had\".\n\nWriting on Instagram, he described his symptoms as including \"incredible headaches, muscle and joint point, no appetite, nausea, dizziness [and] chronic fatigue like I didn't know existed\".\n\nHe updated fans on New Year's Eve, saying he and his wife were \"getting a little stronger\" every day, and promising he would return to work in January.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by johnbish100 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not thought his illness will disrupt production on Doctor Who. The show is on a scheduled break for Christmas and not due to resume filming until later this month.\n\nThe 13th series of the rebooted sci-fi stalwart will see Whittaker return as the extra terrestrial Time Lord, alongside Mandip Gill, who returns as Yaz.\n\nIn a statement, Bishop said: \"If I could tell my younger self that one day I would be asked to step on board the Tardis, I would never have believed it.\n\n\"It's an absolute dream come true to be joining Doctor Who and I couldn't wish for better company than Jodie and Mandip.\"\n\nJodie Whittaker became the first female actress to play The Doctor in 2017\n\nProgramme boss Chris Chibnall added: \"It's time for the next chapter of Doctor Who, and it starts with a man called Dan. Oh, we've had to keep this one secret for a long, long time.\n\n\"Our conversations started with John even before the pandemic hit.\n\n\"The character of Dan was built for him, and it's a joy to have him aboard the Tardis.\"\n\nDoctor Who will return to BBC One later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson is one of five men who have been rebailed by police\n\nLiverpool Mayor Joe Anderson says he will not fight for re-election in May due to an ongoing bribery and witness intimidation investigation.\n\nMr Anderson, 62, made the announcement after Merseyside Police said he had been rebailed until February following his arrest earlier this month.\n\nHe tweeted he was \"disappointed\" with the police decision as he had \"provided all of the information they asked for\".\n\nHe said it was in the Labour Party's best interests to pick a new candidate.\n\nMr Anderson was arrested on 4 December, along with four other men, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation.\n\nThe year-long investigation, Operation Aloft, has focused on a number of building and development contracts in Liverpool.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Mr Anderson said he was \"stepping away from decision-making\" and would take unpaid leave while the police investigation continued.\n\nThe Labour Party also suspended Mr Anderson pending its outcome.\n\nMr Anderson said he would \"continue to fight to demonstrate that I am innocent of any wrongdoing [and] also to protect my legacy as mayor of this city of which I am proud\".\n\nHe said the timing of the police investigation meant \"it would be in the best interests of the Labour Party to select a new candidate for the mayoral election\".\n\nMr Anderson also wrote: \"I have dedicated my life to this city with loyalty and passion and I am not prepared to throw that away.\"\n\nRichard Kemp, leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on Liverpool City Council, called on Mr Anderson to immediately resign from the local authority.\n\nMr Kemp said his Labour opponent was a \"lame duck mayor\" who was \"preventing the city from moving on\".\n\nMr Anderson said he hoped the police investigation would be completed \"long before\" the expiry of his term of office.\n\nHe said it would confirm he had \"done nothing wrong\" and his name and reputation \"will be exonerated\".\n\n\"I have never done anything that would harm this city,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Merseyside Police said five men had been rebailed until 19 February.\n\nThe Labour Party has been contacted by the BBC for a comment.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nFormer Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Docherty has died at the age of 92 following a long illness.\n\nAs a player, Glasgow-born Docherty made more than 300 appearances for Preston and won 25 caps for Scotland.\n\nHe went on to manage 12 clubs, leading Chelsea to League Cup success in 1965 and United to a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup final.\n\n\"Tommy passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home,\" his family said in a statement.\n\n\"He was a much-loved husband, father and papa and will be terribly missed.\n\n\"We ask that our privacy be respected at this time.\"\n• None Docherty - manager of many clubs, quicks and one-liners\n\nDocherty - affectionately known by his nickname 'The Doc' - died at home in the north west of England on 31 December.\n\nAfter spells managing Chelsea, Rotherham, QPR, Aston Villa and Porto, he took over as Scotland boss in September 1971 on a temporary basis before getting the job full-time two months later.\n\nBut he was best known for his five-year spell at Manchester United, who approached him to succeed Frank O'Farrell in December 1972 while Scotland were on course to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals.\n\nUnited were relegated in 1974 under Docherty but they kept the Scot and returned to the top flight at the first time of asking. Two years later, they won the FA Cup with victory over Bob Paisley's Liverpool, who had won the league and would go on to also win the European Cup that year.\n\nDocherty's time at Old Trafford also saw George Best fail to revive his United career, the retirement of Bobby Charlton, and the departure of Denis Law.\n\nIn 2014, he told the BBC he still regretted his decision to leave the Scotland job for United.\n\n\"I was stupid,\" he said. \"I should have stayed with Scotland. [It was] partly the money, I have to be honest about that.\"\n\nDocherty was sacked shortly after the Wembley triumph for having an affair with Mary Brown, the wife of United physiotherapist Laurie Brown.\n\nThe pair later married and they remained together until his death.\n\nDocherty returned to management with First Division side Derby in September 1977, then rejoined QPR two years later. A turbulent time at Loftus Road saw him sacked in May 1980, reinstated after just nine days, then sacked again the following October.\n\nSpells at Sydney Olympic, Preston, South Melbourne and Wolves followed, with Docherty's final managerial job coming at non-league Altrincham in 1987-88.\n\nPost-retirement, he worked as an after-dinner speaker and media pundit.\n\nDocherty was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2013.\n\n\"He was tenacious on the park and a great leader off it,\" Petrie added.\n\n\"Tommy was a regular in the Scotland side in the 1950s that qualified for two World Cups, and his record as Scotland manager was impressive, albeit cut short.\n\n\"Looking at the results and performances he inspired, it is hard not to wonder what might have been had he remained.\n\n\"His charisma and love for the game shone even after he stopped managing and it was entirely fitting Tommy should be inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame for his lifelong service.\"", "Cases have reached record highs in the past week\n\nThe next few weeks could be the most dangerous period for Scotland since March in the fight against Covid, the first minister has warned.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the new variant of the virus was \"accelerating spread\" across Scotland.\n\n\"If you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others and the NHS at risk,\" she tweeted.\n\nA further 2,539 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Friday.\n\nThe number is slightly down on Thursday's figure, but Ms Sturgeon said cases numbers were still \"worryingly high\".\n\nDaily confirmed cases have reached record highs on each of the previous three days, rising to to 2,622 on Thursday.\n\nThe percentage of positive cases also reached 14.4% on Wednesday - the highest it has been since the second wave of the pandemic began in the summer.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"Today's case numbers are worryingly high again. The new variant is accelerating spread.\n\n\"PLEASE do not visit other people's homes just now, even today - if you first foot someone today, or hug/kiss/handshake them HNY, you are putting yourself, others & the NHS at risk.\"\n\nShe said the \"vaccine cavalry\" was on the way, offering \"real hope for 2021\", but she added: \"With this new variant, the next few weeks may be the most dangerous we've faced since Mar/April.\n\n\"We must act together to suppress it, to save lives and protect the NHS. Folded hands stick with it.\"\n\nThe number of daily confirmed cases has reached record highs this week\n\nA new study by London's Imperial College has found that the new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nThe Scottish government's most recent estimate of the R number in Scotland has put it between 0.9 and 1.1.\n\nEmma Thomson, a professor of infectious disease at the University of Glasgow, said it was important to get people vaccinated quickly.\n\nThe professor, who has been working on the sequencing of the new Covid mutation, told the BBC that lockdown was not controlling the infection \"on its own\".\n\n\"At least we come in armed into the new year with two vaccines which are highly effective at preventing severe disease. We have that,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to roll it out now to add to the public health measures.\"\n\nParties, traditional \"first-footing\" and social events were banned this Hogmanay, with all of mainland Scotland and Skye being under the highest level of Covid restrictions.\n\nAll official events were cancelled, but police had to disperse a crowds of people who gathered at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill to see in the new year.\n\nIt has also emerged that 32 people were charged with reckless conduct after police found them gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle on 27 December.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"As the first minister has pointed out, the sharp rise in cases is evidence that the new strain seems to be speeding up transmission.\n\n\"This is why we are asking people to please stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential interaction with others.\n\n\"There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we ask everyone to be patient as we work our way through the vaccination programme, and continue to follow FACTS to keep us all safe.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty saw off stubborn Aston Villa.\n\nFernandes drilled his 11th league goal this season - and his fifth from the spot - into the bottom corner to punish Douglas Luiz's clip on Paul Pogba and hand United an eighth win in 10 games.\n\nBertrand Traore's calm finish underneath David de Gea had deservedly drawn Villa level, cancelling out Anthony Martial's stooping first-half header for the hosts.\n\nBut Fernandes' penalty extended United's hold over Villa - they have now won 32 and lost just one of the past 44 league meetings between the sides - and leaves Liverpool top only by virtue of goal difference.\n\nThe spot-kick award angered Aston Villa boss Dean Smith who claimed Pogba \"tripped himself\" and that the video assistant referee should have asked on-pitch official Michael Oliver to review his decision.\n\n\"I don't see why Michael couldn't have looked at it. That's what VAR is for isn't it?\" Smith told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I thought it was a penalty at the time, but I looked at it after the game and saw he tripped himself. I don't think it's a penalty.\n\n\"I think there's enough doubt there to send the referee over to the screen.\"\n\nSmith's side were perhaps unfortunate not to have left Old Trafford with at least a point from a thoroughly entertaining game but they also needed several fine saves from Emiliano Martinez to keep them in it.\n\nAfter Fernandes' spot-kick put United back in front, Martinez superbly tipped a stinging 25-yarder from the Portuguese on to the crossbar as well as denying Martial a second.\n\nMartinez's counterpart David de Gea was just as busy, with a late save from Matty Cash's long-range strike preserving the points, not long after Tyrone Mings had headed wide a glorious chance to level.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have displayed their ability to grind out points at Old Trafford in recent weeks, as evidenced in 1-0 home wins over both West Bromwich Albion and Wolves.\n\nBut they have also shown a willingness to go toe-to-toe with teams who are happy to open up the game and, while this was not quite the shootout of the 6-2 win over Leeds, it was just as easy on the eye.\n\nA number of fluid first-half moves produced chances before Martial's opener as the France forward saw a curler tipped over by Martinez, while Fernandes and Wan-Bissaka were narrowly off target with similar efforts.\n\nMartial stole between Mings and Ezri Konsa to nod the Red Devils ahead from Wan-Bissaka's inviting cross for only his second league goal of the season on his return to Solskjaer's starting line-up.\n\nWhile Luiz was unfortunate to be penalised for what might have been an accidental clip on Pogba, there was enough contact for the penalty to be given and Fernandes continued his excellent record from the spot.\n\nUnited were nine points behind Liverpool after a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at Old Trafford on 1 November but have made up that gap in just two months to set an intriguing title race into motion.\n\nA minute's silence before the game paid tribute to former boss Tommy Docherty, who famously prevented Liverpool claiming the treble by leading United to an FA Cup win over the Reds in 1977.\n\nAnd while talk of foiling a second successive Liverpool title might be premature, moving alongside them at the Premier League's summit will give Solskjaer's side even more confidence as they eye up a trip to Anfield on 17 January.\n\nWhile Villa were ultimately outgunned by their hosts, their brave display was further evidence of the progress Smith's side have made this season.\n\nThey held their own in the first half, causing United a number of problems down the flanks, with playmaker Jack Grealish prompting and probing to show why the hosts have long considered a move for the Villa captain.\n\nBut they were even more impressive in the early stages of the second period, Grealish crossing for an Ollie Watkins header that was saved by De Gea before collecting a quick free-kick and finding Traore to tuck home the equaliser.\n\nLuiz's foul on Pogba came with Villa very much in the ascendancy and while they then had to ride a storm the visitors still came close to pinching a point as Mings beat fellow England centre-half Harry Maguire to a free-kick only to nod wide.\n\nWith Ross Barkley's return from a hamstring injury imminent, this performance should keep Villa optimistic even if defeat halted a five-game unbeaten run and saw them slip a place to sixth, behind Chelsea on goal difference.\n\nAnd while their rotten record at Old Trafford continues - just one win in 34 visits since 1983, which came courtesy of a Gabriel Agbonlahor header in 2009 - they have still only conceded five times in eight away games this campaign.\n\n'We have improved a lot in a year' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BBC Sport: \"You are always delighted with three points. The performance was good and we created chances.\n\n\"It was maybe a little too open and we wasted chances. We tried to play the Hollywood pass instead of securing the first one and using the space that was there.\n\n\"We are happy with what we are doing. We have shown we have improved a lot in a year. We lost to Arsenal away last New Year's Day. We have improved immensely.\"\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith told BBC Sport: \"I wasn't happy with the first half. We were miles off the levels where we have been. It felt like a testimonial pace then they deservedly had the lead at half-time. I told the players we needed to be upping our levels.\n\n\"We competed a lot better [in the second half], showed more quality and created chances. I'd take the second-half performance all day long. A dubious penalty has lost us the game.\n\n\"When you look at our performances and results, it shows we are very competitive in this league now, which is what we wanted it to be.\"\n\nUnited's hold over Villa goes on - the stats\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 16 Premier League matches against Aston Villa (W12 D4).\n• None Aston Villa have lost 13 of their past 15 away Premier League games against Manchester United at Old Trafford (W1 D1).\n• None In Premier League history, the only player to be directly involved in more goals in their first 30 appearances in the competition than Bruno Fernandes (33 - 19 goals, 14 assists) is Andrew Cole (37 - 28 goals, nine assists).\n• None Anthony Martial has now scored on all seven days of the week in the Premier League for Manchester United, becoming the fifth player to do so, after Ryan Giggs, Andrew Cole, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.\n• None Only Tottenham's Harry Kane (10) has assisted more Premier League goals this season than Jack Grealish (7), while the last Aston Villa player to assist more than seven Premier League goals in a season was Ashley Young in 2010-11 (10).\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first Premier League match in charge of Manchester United in December 2018, the Red Devils have taken (27) and scored (21) the most Premier League penalties.\n\nManchester United host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and welcome Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday 9 January (20:00 GMT). Their next Premier League game is away at Burnley on Tuesday 12 January (20:15 GMT).\n\nAston Villa host Liverpool in the FA Cup next Friday (19:45 GMT) before returning to Premier League action at home to Tottenham on Wednesday 13 January (20:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "London's Nightingale Hospital is ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle, the NHS has said.\n\nThe Excel Centre site in east London has been \"reactivated\" amid a rise in the number of Covid-19 patients.\n\nOther Nightingale hospital sites across England are also being readied, with the UK recording a record daily rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nAn NHS spokesman said hospitals in London remain under \"significant pressure\".\n\nHe said: \"In anticipation of pressures rising from the spread of the new variant infection, NHS London were asked to ensure the London Nightingale was reactivated and ready to admit patients as needed, and that process is under way.\"\n\nSeveral NHS hospitals in London and the south-east are now reporting they are under extreme pressure as a result of a surge in the number of people falling seriously ill with Covid-19.\n\nAn email to staff at the Royal London Hospital says they are operating in disaster medicine mode - warning they can no longer provide high-standard critical care.\n\nNightingale hospitals in Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate are in use currently for non-Covid patients, the spokesman added.\n\nThe Exeter site received its first Covid patients in November when it began accepting those transferred from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, which was described as \"very busy\".\n\nHe said: \"Covid inpatient numbers are rising sharply so the remaining Nightingales are being readied to admit patients once again should they be needed, in line with best clinical practice developed over the first and second waves of coronavirus.\"\n\nSenior intensive care doctor Prof Hugh Montgomery warned those who fail to follow the rules on social distancing, hand washing and wearing a face covering \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nNHS England medical director Stephen Powis has described the Nightingale hospitals as \"our insurance policy, there as our last resort\".\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nHe told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday: \"We asked all the Nightingale hospitals a few weeks ago to be ready to take patients if that was required.\n\n\"Indeed, some of them are already doing that, in Manchester taking step-down patients, in Exeter managing Covid patients, and in other places managing diagnostics, for instance.\n\n\"Our first steps though, in managing the extra demands on the NHS, are to expand capacity within existing hospitals - that's the best way to use our staff.\"\n\nLondon's Nightingale Hospital was opened on 3 April and placed on standby weeks later after fewer than 20 patients were treated there.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA £2,500 reward has been offered after a nativity scene was petrol-bombed on Christmas Eve.\n\nThe scene in Raglan, Monmouthshire, had been installed in a bus shelter for families to enjoy over Christmas.\n\nThe fire destroyed statues of a shepherd, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus - with only the three wise men surviving as they stood outside the shelter.\n\nMiguel Santiago, of the Beaufort Hotel which funded the £10,000 scene, said the attack was \"really disappointing\".\n\n\"I was in the hotel when I saw the fire and I went into panic mode,\" he said.\n\n\"It was about 21:45 on Christmas Eve when it all happened and I ended up using nine extinguishers to put it out.\"\n\nThe wooden nativity was funded by the hotel and put together by retired theatre design lecturer Liz Friendship.\n\nMs Friendship said the festive scene had also been targeted by thieves in the past.\n\n\"In 2018 Mary was taken, in 2019 two shepherds were stolen and never came back, and in 2020 it's burnt down.\n\n\"It's now just three kings staring at the bus stop. It's very sad.\"\n\nThe scene was in ruins following the petrol bomb attack\n\nVillagers are now appealing for help to catch the suspects responsible for the Christmas crime.\n\nMr Santiago added: \"It's a shame because so much effort went into putting it together this year.\n\n\"We added three kings which really made it a great sight, we made sure the figures couldn't be taken by fixing them down.\n\n\"It's really disappointing that this has happened but the locals have been great and we will be back next year with a bigger and better nativity.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: \"Officers are investigating a report of criminal damage to a nativity scene on the High Street, in Raglan on Christmas Eve.\n\n\"It has been reported that fire damage was caused to the set at approximately 9.45pm on the evening of Thursday 24th December 2020.\n\n\"The scene that belonged to the Beaufort Hotel was totally damaged as a result.\"\n\nAnyone with information should contact police on 101, she said.", "The crowd at Edinburgh Castle dispersed after police arrived\n\nCrowds of several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle to see in the new year despite police and government warnings to stay away.\n\nPeople sang and danced before dispersing when several police vans and cars drove on to the castle esplanade.\n\nMost Scots heeded warnings to hold Hogmanay celebrations at home with household members.\n\nThere were no midnight fireworks at the castle, but a display was held at the Wallace Monument in Stirling.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesperson said: \"We were aware of gatherings at Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill around midnight on Hogmanay.\n\n\"Officers safely engaged with those in attendance and explained the current government regulations resulting in the groups dispersing without incident.\"\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday that there should be \"no gatherings, no house parties and no first footing\" at Hogmanay.\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and Skye are under level four restrictions, while the other islands are in level three.\n\nDetails have meanwhile emerged of another police enforcement action against a group who gathered at a rented property in Aberfoyle during the festive period.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed that 32 people were charged with culpable and reckless conduct after officers were called out on 27 December.\n\nAccording to the Scottish Sun, the group had travelled from Glasgow but police were tipped off by locals who spotted vehicles parked outside the property.\n\nPeople in Scotland were urged to stay at home and celebrate the new year with their families\n\nAt Edinburgh Castle, one Hogmanay tradition endured as a lone piper played in the new year at midnight.\n\nWith the capital's traditional new year party cancelled, the organisers of its annual Hogmanay celebration instead released a series of \"drone swarm\" videos titled Fare Well.\n\nThe display featured a swarm of 150 illuminated drones forming symbols and animals in a \"beautiful ode to Scotland\".\n\nEach video was narrated by actor David Tennant and included verses written by Scotland's official poet, makar Jackie Kay.\n\nWhile they appear to be flying above landmarks like Edinburgh Castle, the drones were flown elsewhere before being edited into other footage.\n\nDrones write a message in the sky above the Forth Bridge\n\nThe streets of central Edinburgh were quiet, in contrast to last year's Hogmanay celebrations when about 100,000 visitors attended the street party with live performances from Idlewild and Mark Ronson in Princes Street Gardens.\n\nElsewhere in the UK this year a fireworks and light display, including tributes to NHS staff, was held over the River Thames in London, but people were also told to stay at home rather than go out and celebrate.\n• None UK sees in 2021 with fireworks and light show", "All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the government had \"finally seen sense and U-turned\" on its plan to allow pupils in some areas to return on Monday.\n\nLeaders of nine London local authorities had written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to rethink the decision.\n\nMr Williamson said the city-wide closures were \"a last resort\".\n\nThe government said it had decided all primary schools in the capital would be required to provide remote learning after a further review of coronavirus transmission rates.\n\nVulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will continue to attend school, the government said.\n\nEarly years care, alternative provision and special schools will remain open, it added.\n\nSchools in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nThe decision was criticised and branded \"illogical\" by councillors and residents in the affected areas, who called for primary schools across the capital to move to online learning until 18 January.\n\nThey pointed out that Covid-19 infection rates were higher in some boroughs told to reopen schools than in others where they were not.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Khan said a city-wide closure was \"the right decision\" and thanked education minister Nick Gibb for \"our constructive conversations over the past two days\".\n\n\"The government's original decision was ridiculous and has been causing immense confusion for parents, teachers and staff across the capital,\" Mr Khan said.\n\n\"It is right that all schools in London are treated the same, and that no primary schools in London will be forced to open on Monday\".\n\nDan Thorpe, leader of Greenwich council, said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to hear Mr Williamson had \"finally climbed down and reversed his decision\".\n\nKingston Council leader Caroline Kerr said she was \"dismayed\" at the government's handling of situation while a council statement added: \"It never made sense that neighbouring boroughs were being instructed to have different arrangements despite having similar rates of infection.\"\n\nIslington council leader Richard Watts said waiting until New Year's day to announce the further closures was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said the decision \"should have been made weeks ago, as the public health situation became clear\".\n\nMary Bousted, of the National Education Union, said the government was right to reverse its \"obviously nonsensical position\".\n\n\"What is right for London is right for the rest of the country,\" she said, and she called on ministers to \"do their duty\" by closing all primary and secondary schools nationwide for at least two weeks.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, accused the government of damaging public confidence with a \"confusing and last-minute approach\".\n\n\"Just at the moment when we need some decisive leadership, the government is at sixes and sevens,\" he said.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said the move was \"yet another government U-turn creating chaos for parents just two days before the start of term\".\n\n\"Gavin Williamson must still clarify why some schools in tier 4 are closing and what the criteria for reopening will be,\" she said.\n\nGavin Williamson said closing schools across London was a \"last resort\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Williamson said children's education and wellbeing remained \"a national priority\" and moving the whole of London to remote education \"really is a last resort and a temporary solution\".\n\n\"We will continue keep the list of local authorities under review, and reopen classrooms as soon as we possibly can,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the situation in London had continued to worsen in the past week and infections and hospital admissions had risen sharply.\n\n\"While our priority is to keep as many children as possible in school, we have to strike a balance between education and infection rates and pressures on the NHS,\" he said.\n\nThe Department for Education had previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nAre you a parent or teacher who will be affected by the London primary school closures? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bodycam footage shows the moments before a black man was killed by a police shooting in Minneapolis\n\nMinneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the US city since that of George Floyd, a black man, in May.\n\nThe victim, Dolal Idd, 23, was a suspect in a felony and was stopped by police on Wednesday. He was also black.\n\nInitial witness statements and police say Mr Idd fired first and was shot dead when the officers returned fire.\n\nMinneapolis saw months of unrest after Mr Floyd's death in police custody.\n\nThe protests spread across the US amid allegations of police brutality.\n\nMr Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.\n\nThe footage from Wednesday's fatal shooting, from the bodycam of one of the officers involved, was released late on Thursday.\n\nIt shows the officers' cars blocking a white vehicle at a petrol station on the city's south side, not far from where Mr Floyd died.\n\nThe police are heard shouting \"Stop your car, hands up, hands up!\" before shots are fired, including by the officers.\n\nA female passenger in the car with Mr Idd was not hurt, police said, nor were the officers.\n\nMinneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said a gun was found at the scene.\n\n\"When I viewed the video that everyone else is viewing - and certainly the real-time slow-down version - it appears the individual inside the vehicle fired his weapon at the officers first,\" he said.\n\nPeople including Mr Idd's father Bayle Gelle gathered at the scene the following day, prompting fears of renewed protests.\n\n\"He was just sitting in the car, and bullets were shot at him, and no reason,\" he said, quoted by CBS News.\n\n\"Why are we here?... Because of colour. He is a black man. We want to know why my sweet son gets shot and killed.\"\n\nGeorge Floyd's death led to violent protests in the city, including this police station set on fire in May\n\nCity mayor Jacob Frey said he was committed to getting the facts and pursuing justice.\n\n\"We know a life has been cut short tonight and that trust between communities of colour and law enforcement is fragile,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Rebuilding that trust will depend on complete transparency.\"\n\nMr Floyd's death in May led to calls for reform or even abolition of the city's police department, but those efforts have stalled.", "Much of England has been placed in a new top tier of restrictions - tier four - as the new variant spreads Image caption: Much of England has been placed in a new top tier of restrictions - tier four - as the new variant spreads\n\nEarlier we reported that a study by Imperial College had concluded the new coronavirus variant is \"hugely\" more transmissible. Now some experts are saying that means even tougher restrictions will soon be needed.\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said: \"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread - more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person passes the virus onto. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nEarly data suggested that the virus was spreading more quickly among the under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children, but the latest results indicate that it is more infectious in all age groups.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, part of the research team, suggested that it may have appeared to spread more easily among school children simply because the early data was collected during the November lockdown, when adults' movements were restricted but schools remained open.", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents and teachers have criticised the closure decisions\n\nNine London boroughs have written to the education secretary asking him to reverse plans to reopen primary schools in some areas.\n\nAbout a million primary school pupils will not return to lessons next week in a bid to cut Covid transmission rates.\n\nHowever, schools in 10 London boroughs are due to remain open.\n\nIn the letter, the leaders said they were \"struggling to understand the rationale\" behind the idea as pupils and teachers moved between boroughs.\n\nThe government has said the measure would be reviewed fortnightly.\n\nAll primary schools had been due to fully reopen on 4 January but under government plans those in 23 London boroughs will remain closed.\n\nHowever, schools in the City of London, Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Islington, Kingston, Lambeth and Lewisham will open.\n\nThe letter to Gavin Williamson has been signed by leaders of all of those boroughs apart from Kingston. It has also been signed by the City of London's policy chair.\n\nIt calls for primary school pupils across the capital to \"move to online learning until 18 January\", apart from vulnerable children and those of key workers.\n\n\"The omission of 10 boroughs ignores the deep interconnectedness of our city, and the many thousands of teachers and students that study or teach in one borough and live in another,\" the letter states.\n\nThe councils also said they had received legal advice that omitting some councils from the list of areas told to take teaching online \"is unlawful on a number of grounds and can be challenged in court\".\n\nRichard Watts, leader of Islington Council, told the BBC there \"seems to be no reason at all to look at this on a borough by borough basis\".\n\n\"The entirety of the rest of the government's handling of the pandemic has rightly treated London as a single entity and this is the first time anyone... has tried to implement different public health measures in different boroughs,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement Dan Thorpe, leader of the Royal borough of Greenwich, accused the government of providing \"a lack of clarity and answers\", adding that the situation was \"causing uncertainty and concern among our schools, families, carers, and undoubtedly children and young people\".\n\nAlthough Kingston Council did not sign the letter, leader Caroline Kerr said reopening primary schools in the borough \"doesn't make any sense\" and that they were \"urgently seeking clarity on the reasoning for the decision\".\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan has called the plans \"nonsensical\" and has also written to the government calling for a \"delay to all London schools opening until mid-January\".\n\nKevin Courtney, joint leader of the National Education Union, said the education secretary \"must listen to the leaders of the community, he must listen to school staff and he must listen to the general public who are all telling him that it is not safe to reopen schools on Monday\".\n\nThe Department for Education has previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The musician was known for his performances in which he always wore a mask\n\nHip-hop star MF Doom has died at the age of 49, his family confirmed on social media.\n\nThe London-born musician, real name Daniel Dumile, was known for his sharp, intricate rhymes and his signature mask, which he never removed in public.\n\nIn a post on the rapper's Instagram account on Thursday, his wife Jasmine confirmed that he died on 31 October.\n\nA number of artists have paid tribute to MF Doom including Run The Jewels and Tyler, The Creator.\n\nIn a note addressed to the rapper, his wife paid tribute to \"the greatest husband, father, teacher, student, business partner, lover and friend I could ever ask for\".\n\nHis representatives confirmed his death to Rolling Stone magazine. No cause of death was disclosed.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by mfdoom This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMF Doom was born in London but moved to New York as a child.\n\nAs a teenager he performed in hip-hop group KMD. Following the loss of his younger brother and bandmate DJ Subroc, he disappeared from music becoming, in his own words, \"damn near homeless\".\n\nBut in 1997, he remerged at open mic events in Manhattan, wearing tights over his face. He protected his anonymity for the rest of his career, adopting a mask based on the Marvel villain Doctor Doom for all his public appearances.\n\nHis debut as MF Doom, Operation: Doomsday, was released in 1999, and he followed it up with an almost non-stop outpouring of music.\n\nAs well as six solo albums, he produced a wealth of bootlegs, compilations, collaborations, mixtapes and instrumental albums - including the influential, 10-part Special Herbs series.\n\nHe may be best known for 2004's Madvillainy, which was recorded with crate-digging producer Madlib under the moniker Madvillain, and gave the rapper his first entry on the US album chart.\n\nAnother of his high-profile collaborations was Danger Doom alongside DJ Danger Mouse, and he appeared with Damon Albarn's Gorillaz on their UK number one album Demon Days. Other collaborators included Ghostface Killah, Flying Lotus, The Avalanches and Radiohead.\n\nOne of hip-hop's most respected MCs, he made appearances on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1 in which he discussed his own music and projects with other artists.\n\nMany of them lined up to pay tribute after news of his death broke on New Year's Eve.\n\n\"RIP to another Giant, your favourite MC's MC... MF DOOM,\" wrote A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip on Twitter. \"Crushing news.\"\n\n\"He was a writer's writer,\" added El-P of Run The Jewels. \"Grateful I got to know you a little, king. Proud to be your fan. Thank you for keeping it weird and raw always. You inspired us all and always will.\"\n\n\"All u ever needed in hip-hop was this record,\" Flying Lotus tweeted alongside the album cover to Madvillainy. \"My soul is crushed.\"\n\nApple Music presenter Zane Lowe said: \"Rest In Peace to the great MF Doom. A true artist who gifted us with eternal innovation and creativity.\"\n\nWhile the Sleaford Mods said: \"RIP MF DOOM. Sleep well mate.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London's new year celebrations featured a message of hope from David Attenborough\n\nThe UK has seen off 2020 and celebrated the dawn of 2021 with a fireworks and light display over London that included tributes to NHS staff.\n\nRevellers were not able to ring in the New Year in the usual way because of the coronavirus pandemic, with people instead told to stay at home.\n\nPolice had to break up various parties and events across England overnight.\n\nForces have handed out hundreds of fines, with several issuing the maximum £10,000 to event organisers.\n\nMuch of the UK saw in the new year while under lockdown rules, with about 44 million people in England - or 78% of the population - in tier four, the top level of Covid restrictions.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are also under lockdown.\n\nAlthough people were warned not to attend any parties outside their own homes, there were many around the country who ignored the rules.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said police attended 58 parties and unlicensed music events in breach of tier four rules across London overnight, the vast majority of which ended when police intervened, they added.\n\nFixed penalty fines were given to 217 people while five others could be fined £10,000 for organising large gatherings. The police force said four other people were arrested for breaching Covid regulations by gathering in central London.\n\nElsewhere, other forces also broke up parties and handed out hundreds of fines. They included Greater Manchester Police, which issued 105 fixed penalty notices at house parties and larger gatherings. And Leicestershire Police had to issue six on-the-spot £10,000 fines to party organisers.\n\nIn Essex, hundreds of people were dispersed from an illegal New Year's Eve party at a church, while Lancashire Police broke up a party in Hyndburn, near Blackburn, attended by 80.\n\nMeanwhile, in Scotland, Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay street party was cancelled, with videos of a drone display released instead.\n\nThe series of videos showed a swarm of 150 lit-up drones over the Scottish Highlands and Edinburgh were released, which organisers said it was the largest drone show ever produced in the UK.\n\nDespite the cancellation of Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay celebration - which normally attracts 100,000 people on the city's streets - there were some people who ignored the pleas to stay at home.\n\nCrowds of several hundred people gathered at Edinburgh Castle to see in the new year. They sang Auld Lang Syne and danced before eventually dispersing when several police vans and cars pulled on to the castle esplanade.\n\nAn anti-lockdown protest and New Year's Eve celebration was also held in London\n\nPeople cross Hungerford Bridge in London on New Year's Eve\n\nOn New Year's Eve, Health Secretary Matt Hancock called on people to take \"personal responsibility\" and stay at home to avoid spreading Covid-19.\n\nLondon's 10-minute display over the Thames aired on the BBC at midnight, and began with a poem which addressed the pandemic, that said: \"In the year of 2020 a new virus came our way; We knew what must be done and so to help we hid away.\"\n\nLight projections lit up the sky over the O2 Arena, including the NHS logo in a heart accompanied by a child's voice saying: \"Thank you NHS heroes\".\n\nThe show also recognised Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised £33m for the NHS by walking laps of his garden and the Black Lives Matter movement. One 2020 phenomena - working from home - was represented with a mute logo backed by a voiceover saying \"You're on mute\".\n\nThe display ended with a call from Sir David Attenborough about the need for action on climate change.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the display had reflected the resolve of Londoners to endure\n\n300 drones were used in the display to create images in the sky\n\nIn a speech being broadcast on BBC One between Doctor Who and EastEnders this evening, Sir David will say that this \"could be a year for positive change - for ourselves, for our planet and for the wonderful creatures with which we share it\".\n\nDespite the \"challenging\" times we live in, \"the reactions to these extraordinary times has proved that when we work together there is no limit to what we can accomplish\", he will say, as he looks ahead to the United Nations Climate Change Conference later this year.\n\nThe sounds of a video conference call starting up were played\n\nMuch of London was far quieter than usual\n\nEdinburgh's streets were largely empty, with Police Scotland warning against Hogmanay gatherings\n\nOfficial figures showed 10.75 million viewers watched the 2021 New Year celebrations on BBC One. It's down from the 11.18m who saw in the start of 2020 on the channel.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was proud of the show, which he said \"paid tribute to our NHS heroes and the way that Londoners continue to stand together\".\n\n\"We showed how our capital and the UK have made huge sacrifices to support one another through these difficult times, and how they will continue to do so as the vaccine is rolled out.\"\n\nUsually, around 100,000 people pack into the streets around Victoria Embankment to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his New Year's message, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he saw \"reasons to be hopeful for the year ahead\" despite the \"tremendous pain and sadness\" brought by 2020.\n\nThe Most Reverend Justin Welby spoke of his experience volunteering as an assistant chaplain at St Thomas' hospital during the pandemic, saying: \"Sometimes the most important thing we do is just sit with people, letting them know they are not alone.\"\n\nIn his message, filmed at the London hospital and broadcast on BBC One on Friday afternoon, he said: \"This crisis has shown us how fragile we are. It has also shown us how to face this fragility.\n\n\"Here at the hospital, hope is there in every hand that's held, and every comforting word that's spoken.\n\n\"Up and down the country, it's there in every phone call. Every food parcel or thoughtful card. Every time we wear our masks.\"\n\nDid you make a special effort to celebrate this New Year? How did you mark it? Share your experiences and pictures of what you got up to by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "For months, the government has been urging businesses to get ready for a new era in trading with the EU. But it was only on Boxing Day that details of all the new rules were actually published.\n\nBusiness groups are relieved that the threat of a no-deal Brexit, which would have meant tariffs (or taxes) on goods crossing the border with the EU, has been removed. But companies that trade with the EU are still facing a lot of new bureaucracy.\n\nAnd the disruption in mid-December, caused by border closures related to the new variant of Covid-19, was a reminder of how dependent the UK economy is on trade across the English Channel.\n\nFrom 1 January 2021, goods entering the EU from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) face large amounts of new paperwork and checks, including:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHauliers will also need to make sure they have the right transportation paperwork before they drive to the border.\n\nThere is particular focus on the \"short straits\" route between Dover and Calais, and the nearby Channel Tunnel, which taken together handle about four million lorries a year.\n\n\"This is the biggest imposition of red tape that businesses have had to deal with in 50 years,\" says William Bain from the British Retail Consortium.\n\nFull controls on British exports to the EU began on 1 January. The first day of the new regime appears to have gone relatively smoothly.\n\nBut it's feared that later in the year, the new controls could cause disruption, even though new border infrastructure has been built at ports such as Calais, to help process vehicles more efficiently.\n\nThere are some mitigating measures though.\n\nIn response to the Covid crisis, the government is delaying full controls on goods entering Great Britain from the EU for a further six months.\n\nThere will be checks from 1 January on controlled substances such as alcohol and tobacco, and traders deemed to be a risk will also be asked to fill in customs declarations.\n\nBut most checks on goods coming in from the EU will be delayed until 1 July, a deadline that could in theory be extended.\n\n\"I think we will want to monitor it,\" the chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs, Jim Harra, told MPs in November. \"Hopefully we will not still be in a situation where Covid-19 is consuming as much of people's attention.\"\n\nOther measures to tackle potential disruption include diverting trade to other ports around the country and opening lorry parks in Kent, to avoid gridlock on the roads.\n\nSome of these contingencies were put into action early, to deal with the Covid border closures in December.\n\nOperation Brock, for example, involved changing the layout of a section of the M20, using a concrete barrier to allow lorries heading for mainland Europe to queue safely on the motorway.\n\nThousands of lorries were also diverted to temporary parking at a disused airport at Manston.\n\nFrom 1 January drivers of lorries weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will need to acquire a Kent Access Permit before they enter the county. They will have to show that they have all the paperwork they need to ferry goods to Europe.\n\nBut that doesn't deal with the challenge of the thousands of vans that cross the Channel every week.\n\n\"What has been serially misunderstood by various parts of government is the scale of the complexity for people on the ground dealing with the paperwork,\" says Duncan Buchanan, the Policy Director of the Road Haulage Association.\n\nThat could mean that instead of queues on motorways, many traders won't be able to leave their depots.\n\n\"Either they won't be able to get vets to sign off on their meat exports, or they won't be able to get their permit because they don't have the right bits of paper,\" says Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Storage Federation.\n\n\"We might see a quite significant holding off of trading - people just not moving stuff in the first few weeks.\"\n\nEighty-five per cent of the volume of trade between the EU and Great Britain is carried by EU hauliers, who are often paid not by the hour, but by the kilometre. If they think there will be too many delays, many may simply not come.\n\nThe government says the readiness of traders to deal with the new system remains its biggest concern.\n\nLorries parked on the M20 in Kent\n\n\"The sheer scale of the overall operation means there are literally many millions of moving parts,\" permanent secretary of the cabinet office Alex Chisholm told MPs. \"Inevitably there are going to be some difficulties for some individual people as they adjust to the new regime.\"\n\nThe government has also announced a new Border Operations Centre as part of plans \"for the UK to have the world's most effective border by 2025\".\n\nQuestions have been asked about how changes at the border might affect food supply. The short answer is no-one can say for sure, but nearly 30% of all the food consumed in the UK is imported from the EU.\n\nThe good news is that there is a deal, which makes a big difference. But the challenge is particularly acute because the UK grows relatively small amounts of fruit and vegetables in January and February and is most dependent on supplies from southern Europe at this time of year.\n\nSo, if there are delays, they could cause some shortages on the shelves.\n\n\"Some gaps are possible but we're not going to run out of food - that's not going to happen\" says Ian Wright.\n\nWhen it comes to non-perishable items, there had been some stockpiling in preparation for either outcome, but extra supplies won't last forever.\n\n\"The crunch point is probably not going to be in the first few days or weeks of January,\" William Bain argues. \"Towards the end of the month, when new orders start being placed and delivered, we will start to see the processes in Kent and the other ports really tested.\"\n\nAnd it's not only about food.\n\nOther retailers, which are used to moving their stock freely around the EU customs union, have had to create separate supply chains for the UK. That is costing them more money, and their new systems have yet to be tested properly.\n\nIt's not just about trade across the English Channel.\n\nTrade across the Irish Sea between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland will be subject to the same pressures, while Northern Ireland will be a special case under the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.\n\nNorthern Ireland will remain in the EU single market for goods, and unlike the rest of the UK it will continue to enjoy frictionless trade with the EU with no checks of any kind at the land border with the Republic.\n\nBut there is a price to pay for that - new bureaucracy within the UK between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe EU, for example, has strict rules on products of animal origin: meat, milk, fish and eggs.\n\nThese products must enter the single market (and, from 1 January, Northern Ireland) through a border control post where paperwork is checked, and a proportion of goods physically inspected.\n\nThere will be a grace period of three months for supermarkets and their suppliers, but some smaller traders may have to get used to the new rules straight away.\n\nAll shipments from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will also need a safety and security declaration, and a customs declaration from a new IT system which none of the traders have used before.\n\nThe government has set up a Trader Support Service to help.\n\nThe details of the new trading arrangements for Northern Ireland were announced separately in early December, and provided some clarity. They include an agreement which means the vast majority of goods being shipped from GB to NI will not be at risk of having tariffs imposed.\n\nBut there are plenty of unresolved issues.\n\nTraders are seeking answers about how to send parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and some online retailers have already suspended deliveries.\n\nThe trade from British to Northern Irish ports often involves multiple small shipments on a single lorry - all of which will need the right paperwork.\n\n\"We need clear rules for everyone in the supply chain,\" says Duncan Buchanan, \"and when you scratch the surface it is just not ready.\"\n\nIt is expected that many checks will be carried out on a 'light touch' basis to begin with.\n\nBut anyone trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is going to have to get used to a new way of working very quickly.", "Nearly half a century of the UK's membership of the European Union and its predecessor organisations ended in January of course.\n\nWhat has now ended is the UK's economic membership of the bloc. Forty-eight years in the European customs union, basically the Common Market, and 28 years in the single market.\n\nThe Single Market was a creation for which the UK has paternity rights. It was Margaret Thatcher's rallying call for European reform, her calling card to unleash a wave of Japanese investment in post-industrial Britain and shepherded into existence by her appointee as commissioner Arthur Cockfield.\n\nIts creation served the UK's economic interests, as it grew the home domestic market available for British exporters without tariff or non-tariff barriers, eventually to nearly half a billion Europeans. It was not without irony that the tortuous negotiations of the past four years were made tougher by the EU's insistence on defending what it calls the \"internal market\", itself created by the British.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIndeed the institutional underpinning of this huge marketplace became too much for Mrs Thatcher. Famously she became suspicious of Commission President Delors turning up to tell the TUC that through the European Union workers could reassert rights rolled back by the Conservative Government.\n\nAt her 1988 Bruges speech PM Thatcher replied: \"We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at European level, with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.\"\n\nThe car industry was the prototype for the single market\n\nPerhaps this was the beginning of the path to Brexit, carried along by the push to monetary union and resentment at the overreach of the European Court of Justice and the considerable impact of the \"direct effect\" of community and then union law.\n\nThe car industry was the prototype for the single market. Mrs Thatcher's campaigning for EEC membership was quickly followed by a charm offensive that began as opposition leader to get Japanese investors to build high tech factories to sell cars tariff-free across Europe.\n\nFor the UK it would provide employment, technology, capital and competition for the languishing nationalised UK-owned auto sector.\n\nOngoing membership of the EEC, restrictions on union activity and investment tax breaks were part of the deal communicated in writing to the then chairman of Nissan.\n\nThe Datsun Bluebird was being developed in Sunderland and around the same time the Italians and the French threatened to slap tariffs on what they saw as a Japanese ruse to avoid tariffs and undercut their industry.\n\nThe UK government quickly communicated that it was willing to take this matter to the European Court of Justice. The attempt to kill the Nissan factory at birth was fended off.\n\nFrom this, the UK car industry and other advanced manufacturing prospered from being plugged into rapid continent-wide supply chains, delivering each part just in time and just in sequence.\n\nAll of that was enabled by conformity of regulations, standards, zero tariffs and the eradication of non-tariff barriers, for sale, but also within the manufacturing process.\n\nThe UK became the financial centre for the euro\n\nSimilar stories could be told about the pharmaceutical industry, chemicals, the food industry, aerospace, and financial services.\n\nWithin the EU, the UK even became the financial centre for a new currency, the euro, which it did not participate in.\n\nThe single market itself, with regulations set and enforced in Brussels, became a player on the world stage. And yet there was a balancing act. The UK could influence the direction of one of the biggest tankers in the sea but was restricted in acting more nimbly in new industries. In some sectors, the UK's trade dealings with the US or Asia were more important than with Europe.\n\nAnd so this tension led to breaking point. And for the Conservative Party in particular the single market's institutions it created and championed, became something akin to Frankenstein's monster.\n\nThe EU has agreed an investment deal with China\n\nSome Brexiteers had hoped that the edifice would collapse once the UK left. But it has proven more robust than that. Indeed, Brexit has proven a catalyst of the EU to sign trade and investment deals far more quickly, including even with China.\n\nSo now the UK finds itself outside of the machine it created as its strategic competitor. The trade negotiation wasn't primarily about trade. Great Britain has declared regulatory independence, or to be more specific, has declared as much regulatory independence as is compatible with a zero-tariff trade deal.\n\nThe EU retains levers and switches to turn off some of these tariff advantages should the UK use the deal to turn into an offshore tariff free assembly hub for US and Asian manufacturing to be traded into the single market. Unlike with Nissan four decades ago, the European Court of Justice will no longer be there.\n\nThe global pharmaceutical industry offers an opportunity for the UK\n\nThe PM wants regulatory competition but his own deal contains disincentives, if not actual restrictions, on competing \"unfairly\" or too much.\n\nSo the strategy matters. Britain is free, but to do what exactly? To level up? Well the regions that need levelling up are the ones that are actually most dependent on exports to Europe. Exports to Europe will be spared tariffs, thanks to the deal, but there will be literally millions of non-tariff barriers, that the economists calculate matter more, from health checks, customs formalities, origin paperwork, assessments of standards etc.\n\nEven to qualify for tariff-free treatment means, according to new government guidance on \"rules of origin\", analysis of how complicated is the process of grating cheese, of the shelling of nuts, and formalities on where the eyes of a doll come from. Most apply legally from tonight, having been absent for decades.\n\nThe sweet spot for UK will now be to deploy regulatory freedom in sectors that are truly global, where we are not already overly dependent on EU markets.\n\nCertain sub-sectors within technology, finance and pharmaceuticals, for example. In each of these sectors the UK is likely to have to offer more friendly regulation to the multinational private sector, than the EU.\n\nIt doesn't necessarily mean lower standards: It could be that UK medicines regulators, for example, build on the record of rapid approval for Covid vaccines in other medical areas.\n\nThe deployment of massive scientific networks within the National Health service, used for rapid clinical testing, could become the envy of the world.\n\nBrexit Britain is likely to become a laboratory for the global economy. Car companies will need to be attracted with more permissive rules on data and, say autonomous driving testing. Some tech companies are already porting their UK customers to be served under US data privacy laws rather than more restrictive EU ones.\n\nBut the government will also have to be very active and judicious. We are already \"picking winners\" again, at least in the satellite business. What about electric power, where the EU will fight aggressively, versus hydrogen power?\n\nThere are a number of structural economic problems, from poor training, declining productivity and low investment that were not caused by EU membership which, in terms of non-tariff barriers, are made immediately worse by this type of Brexit, for which the UK has no option but to deal with.\n\nNorthern Ireland is mostly left in the EU single market\n\nThat process of looking outwards may not come quickly. Holyrood and Stormont rejected the Brexit trade deal. The UK has replaced a single market of 500 million Europeans free of non-tariff barriers with a single market smaller than the size of the UK.\n\nThere is a trade border in the Irish Sea. Northern Ireland is mostly left in the EU single market. There are non-tariff barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a result of this deal.\n\nLastly there are some big unknowns and unknowables.\n\nThe inadvertent diplomatic consequences of changes in trade patterns can be profound. If, for example, the eminent historian RW Johnson is to be believed, the UK's accession to the EEC in the first place created the conditions for the fall of South Africa's apartheid regime which was \"hurt in several ways\".\n\nBritish trade was remodelled away from the Commonwealth to Europe, the EEC offered favourable trade with all of Africa except Pretoria. And then when Portugal followed its ally the UK into the EEC, its African colonies and white rule quickly lost to revolutions by black liberation movements in Angola and Mozambique.\n\n\"Thus the seeds of the 1976 Soweto uprising were sown\" in part by the UK joining the EEC. Which is obviously not to suggest the reverse would be true. It is merely to say that events such as these can have very unpredictable knock on effects.\n\nThe Prime Minister has succeeded in taking the UK out of the Single Market created by his heroes. The UK now stands outside a system that it helped invent. For now its new single market is not the size of the country.\n\nThe test of all of this, is to make the UK's new single market the size of the globe.", "Some lorries have been turned away for not having the correct paperwork\n\nPlans are in place to minimise disruption at Welsh ports - especially Holyhead - as the UK enters a post-Brexit new year.\n\nThe EU Brexit transition period is over, and lorry drivers heading to and from the Republic of Ireland require additional paperwork to travel.\n\nOfficials at Holyhead said some lorries have already been turned away because they had the wrong documentation.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was doing what it could to \"protect\" the port.\n\nTransport Minister Ken Skates said it was \"imperative\" contingency plans were in place for the island, as it wakes up to the new customs regime.\n\nFerry operators in Wales will now require freight customers to link customs information to their booking as they head for the Irish Republic.\n\nWithout that paperwork, port access will be refused.\n\n\"We've had the first few rejects, which is not unexpected,\" said Stena Line's Head of UK Ports, Ian Davies.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales from Holyhead on New Year's Day, he said it showed the new system was working.\n\n\"We've had people that have been passed and allowed to be shipped, and we've had a few failures as well, so it will be a learning curve for these customers.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said a \"worst case scenario\" published by the UK suggested 40% to 70% of heavy goods vehicles arriving at ports after transition ended on New Year's Eve may not have the right documentation to travel.\n\nThe peak period for turning vehicles away is expected to be mid-January.\n\n\"We simply don't know whether things are going to work,\" said Rod McKenzie, who is managing director of policy for the body representing lorry drivers and operators, the Road Haulage Association.\n\n\"There is no question there will be problems, even if all the IT works, things could go wrong, and given traders' unfamiliarity with it there is the potential for a lot of mistakes to be made.\"\n\nA contraflow will allow lorries to be \"stacked\" on parts of the A55 if traffic builds\n\nThe association said it was more worried about \"invisible delays\" in the supply chain, rather than queues at ferry ports.\n\n\"Lorries might not leave their factory gate or depot because the paperwork isn't done,\" he said.\n\n\"It's really, really important that people try to get their paperwork right. The consequences of any mistakes will be a disruption of the supply chain.\"\n\nHe said the sector would know in about a week \"how it's going\".\n\nPembrokeshire council said it had been working to ensure any vehicles turned away from Pembroke Dock and Fishguard were dealt with away from the ports.\n\nIt has arranged overflow locations at Goodwick and Pembroke Dock for its own version of Dover's \"Operation Stack\", where lorries queue along the M20.\n\n\"The importance of Pembrokeshire's ports to the county, Wales and UK as a whole cannot be overestimated,\" said council leader David Simpson.\n\nHolyhead is the UK's second busiest roll-on roll-off ferry port\n\nOn Anglesey, a temporary contraflow is in force on the A55 expressway, eastbound between junctions two and four, allowing any traffic turned away from the port to be redirected back.\n\nIt will be moved to parking locations at Parc Cybi on the outskirts of the town, and if necessary, lorries will be parked on the cordoned-off A55 sections.\n\n\"We will monitor the situation carefully and as soon as it's safe to do so we will remove the temporary contraflow,\" said Mr Skates.\n\n\"While the next few days are expected to be quiet, we know it will become busier as we approach mid-January.\n\n\"Our aim is to do what we can to protect the port, town of Holyhead and wider community from any possible disruption.\"\n\nOn Friday, port authorities on Anglesey said freight traffic has been quiet, as expected over the bank holiday period.\n\nIt follows an steep rise in lorry crossings in the run up to Christmas and the end of the transition period.\n\nFerry operator Stena Line is also responsible for running Holyhead Port.\n\n\"We can't get complacent over the next few days,\" said a Stena spokesman.\n\n\"It's when freight levels come back up that we'll know whether the systems are really working and whether the hauliers are ready. That will be the real test.\"", "More than 35,000 people have received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Wales\n\nThe Covid vaccine programme is at the \"very beginning\" and vaccination rates are increasing, Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething has insisted.\n\nIt follows concerns raised by some politicians over the speed of Welsh vaccine rollout.\n\nInitial figures on how many people have received the first Pfizer-BioNTech jab show Wales is slightly behind those vaccinated elsewhere in the UK.\n\nMr Gething said there were likely to be \"small differences between nations\".\n\n\"Comparisons are naturally being made on the number of vaccinations administered by the four nations of the UK,\" he said in a ministerial statement to Senedd members.\n\n\"Whilst I recognise the data indicates there are other nations ahead of us, the national data presented at this very early stage of the vaccination roll out should be considered provisional and a snapshot of ongoing activity.\"\n\nHe said there would be \"lags\" in data being entered, and local factors affecting vaccinations.\n\n\"For example the vaccination centre in Cardiff and the Vale was unable to operate for two days because of a virus outbreak linked to the site,\" he added.\n\nMore than 35,000 people have now received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Wales, including healthcare workers who work in Wales but live over the border in England.\n\nAlmost 13,000 of these vaccines were given in the past week.\n\nThe number of vaccinations in Wales up until 27 December account for 1.12% of the Welsh population.\n\nIn England, 1.4% have received a jab, while in Scotland it is 1.7%, and 1.6% in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Welsh Conservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies flagged his concerns about the vaccine delivery programme on Thursday.\n\n\"Three weeks ago, the first Covid-19 vaccine was given in Wales, and since that time we have sadly seen confusion and hope drop away,\" he said.\n\n\"Many people over 80 in Wales were desperately waiting for their appointment to do their bit and have the vaccine but as we quickly learnt they would have to wait longer,\" he said.\n\nBut the health minister said daily vaccination rates were \"increasing across Wales\".\n\nThe focus is on delivering vaccines effectively and safely, says Vaughan Gething\n\n\"Looking ahead, all health boards are preparing for significant expansion in capacity from the beginning of January,\" added Mr Gething.\n\nHe said the new Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved earlier this week would be available from some GPs in Wales from Monday.\n\n\"This is only the very beginning of what will be a programme spanning many months,\" he said.\n\n\"Whilst the urgency and priority required is clear to all, we must also have some patience and allow the NHS to do what it does so well.\n\n\"My focus, and that of the NHS, is on delivering the vaccine programme quickly but also effectively, safely and equitably.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has also confirmed it will be following the latest advice from medical advisers on introducing a 12-week gap between the two doses of vaccines needed, for both types of approved jabs.\n\nAll four chief medical officers in the UK have supported the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which said the focus should be on giving at-risk people the first dose of whichever vaccine they receive.\n\n\"It will ensure that more at-risk people are able to get protection from a vaccine in the coming weeks and months, reducing deaths and starting to ease pressure on our NHS,\" said Mr Gething.\n\nVaccinations started earlier in December after regulators approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine\n\nPlaid Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to ask the UK government to publish evidence to justify increasing the period for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Gething, the party's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said the \"sudden switch\" represented \"a very significant departure\" from previous guidelines.\n\nHe added there were \"very real concerns\" that a longer delay between doses \"could significantly decrease the effectiveness of the vaccine\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I wish I could switch place with my daughter\" - Odd Steinar Sørengen's daughter is missing\n\nA body has been found shortly after rescuers and dog handlers began a risky ground search for 10 people missing in a hillside collapse in Norway.\n\nInitially it was thought too dangerous to send rescuers on to the site, after flowing mud sent homes toppling into a giant chasm in the village of Ask.\n\nHelicopters and drones spent two days searching the scene.\n\nBut on Friday police commander Roy Alkvist said one or two houses appeared safe to enter.\n\nRescuers, who included a Swedish specialist team, began moving into the danger zone on Styrofoam boards. The bright orange boards were laid down on the mud in a domino-effect as rescuers tried to reach one of the wrecked homes, which are 25km (15 miles) north-east of the capital Oslo.\n\nA missing Dalmatian dog was rescued on Thursday and police believe there is still a chance survivors could be found.\n\nHowever, on Friday afternoon an air ambulance helicopter landed near the site and police said a body had been found at 14:30 (13:30 GMT) without giving further details.\n\nRescuers are using orange Styrofoam boards to move around the landslide area\n\nPrime Minister Erna Solberg said her thoughts went out to the victim's family, and to those waiting for news of the other nine people who were missing.\n\nIn Friday's operation the rescuers also prepared a giant army vehicle called a \"paver\", which has a giant steel bridge on which rescuers can move.\n\nHowever, conditions were not yet good enough for the 50-tonne machine to be deployed.\n\nThe plan is to deploy a Norwegian army bridge-laying vehicle as soon as conditions are good enough\n\nFriday's search was a race against time, as the rescuers only had a few hours of daylight in the Norwegian winter. Medics and geologists were reportedly part of the ground rescue team.\n\nThe ground search was called off for the night at 17:30 and police said drones and heat-seeking cameras would continue overnight until rescue crews could return on Saturday morning.\n\nAbout 1,000 people have been evacuated from Gjerdrum municipality, which contains Ask village. Dozens more were moved out of their homes on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the landslide\n\nAlthough police have not given details of the missing, they are believed to include men, women and children.\n\nAmong them is a woman who was talking to her husband on the phone while walking the dog when the line went dead, according to Bergens Tidende newspaper.\n\nFurther reports say a couple and their small child are also missing, as well as a woman in her 50s and her adult son.\n\nMore than 30 homes have been destroyed, but officials say more could be lost as the edges of the crater left by the landslide are still breaking away.\n\nThe conditions have proved challenging, with temperatures dropping to -1C (30F) and the clay ground proving too unstable for emergency workers to walk on.\n\nThe scale of the landslide is shown by this aerial view of the disaster site\n\nThe landslide began early on Wednesday, with residents calling emergency services and telling them that their houses were moving, police said.\n\n\"There were two massive tremors that lasted for a long while and I assumed it was snow being cleared or something like that,\" Oeystein Gjerdrum, 68, told broadcaster NRK.\n\n\"Then the power suddenly went out, and a neighbour came to the door and said we needed to evacuate, so I woke up my three grandchildren and told them to get dressed quickly.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) told AFP that the landslide was a so-called \"quick clay slide\" measuring about 300m by 700m (985ft by 2,300ft).\n\n\"This is the largest landslide in recent times in Norway, considering the number of houses involved and the number of evacuees,\" Laila Hoivik said.\n\nQuick clay is a kind of clay found in Norway and Sweden that can collapse and behave as a fluid when it comes under stress.\n\nBroadcaster NRK said heavy rainfall may have made the soil unstable, but questions have since emerged over why construction was permitted in the area.\n\nA 2005 geological survey labelled the area as at high risk of landslides, according to a report seen by the broadcaster TV2. Despite this, the homes were built three years later in 2008.", "Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced the resignation of his finance minister who took a trip to the Caribbean while the province remained under lockdown.\n\nMr Ford on Thursday said Mr Phillips' departure showed his government \"takes seriously our obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard\".\n\nCanada's most populous province has discouraged all non-essential travel amid record-high new case counts.\n\nMr Phillips, who is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, had taken a personal trip to St Barts on 13 December and returned on Thursday morning.\n\nAhead of the holiday season, Ontario health officials had urged residents to stay at home when possible amid an ongoing rise in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPeople line up on Christmas Day at a Covid test site in Ontario\n\nMr Phillips told reporters when he arrived at Toronto Pearson Airport he hoped to keep his job, but would respect the premier's decision.\n\n\"Obviously, I made a significant error in judgment, and I will be accountable for that,\" Mr Phillips said. \"I do not make any excuses for the fact that I travelled when we shouldn't have travelled.\"\n\nLater on Thursday, Mr Ford said in a statement he had accepted Mr Phillips' resignation following a conversation with him. Mr Ford has asked Peter Bethlenfalvy, currently president of the treasury board, to step into the finance minister role.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Ford had said he learned of Mr Phillips travel two weeks ago, but said the minister \"never told anyone\" he was going to St Barts, according to CBC.\n\nOntario's New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath on Wednesday had pushed for Mr Phillip's firing, saying it was unacceptable for him to \"ignore public health advice\" while the government \"demands sacrifice from everyday Ontarians\".\n\n\"It's not believable that a senior member of cabinet didn't tell the premier's office he was leaving the country for weeks during the height of a global emergency,\" she said in a statement. \"If he didn't, that in itself would be enough reason to demote him.\"", "The UK's chief medical officers have defended the Covid vaccination plan, after criticism from a doctors' union.\n\nThe UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart, having initially planned to leave 21 days between the Pfizer jabs.\n\nThe British Medical Association said cancelling patients booked in for their second doses was \"grossly unfair\".\n\nBut the chief medical officers said getting more people vaccinated with the first jab \"is much more preferable\".\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first jab approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.\n\nThe first person to get the jab on 8 December, Margaret Keenan, has already had her second jab.\n\nPfizer has said it has tested the vaccine's efficacy only when the two vaccines were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nBut the chief medical officers said the \"great majority\" of initial protection came from the first jab.\n\n\"The second vaccine dose is likely to be very important for duration of protection, and at an appropriate dose interval may further increase vaccine efficacy,\" they said.\n\n\"In the short term, the additional increase of vaccine efficacy from the second dose is likely to be modest; the great majority of the initial protection from clinical disease is after the first dose of vaccine.\"\n\nThe decision to delay the second dose has, understandably, caused concern.\n\nThere is some evidence regulators say - at least for the Oxford vaccine - that it will actually boost immunity.\n\nBut for those who are due to get a second dose soon it will undoubtedly be upsetting that they now have to wait.\n\nBut the move is about practicalities. The UK is in the middle of a public health crisis and despite the fact that millions of doses are pre-ordered, there is concern the supply of the vaccine will not be as smooth as everyone would ideally want.\n\nThere is a global demand for these vaccines and there are bound to be times when supply does not meet demand.\n\nSo the logic of the move is that by spreading this thin resource the most widely, it will have the greatest benefit - not only to the vulnerable but to everyone.\n\nLives have been put on hold and livelihoods lost.\n\nThis is the quickest way back to some degree of normality.\n\nEven if it does leave some of the vaccinated susceptible to infection, it should in theory at least protect them from serious illness.\n\nGiven where we are now, the argument is that that is a price worth paying.\n\nAs well as approving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday - the second approved for use in the UK - regulators also said that doctors could wait longer between the two courses.\n\nThis means more people will get the first jab sooner, even if they have to wait longer for their second jab.\n\nExperts advising the government, including the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said the focus should be on giving at-risk people the first dose of whichever vaccine they receive.\n\nDefending the move, the UK's four chief medical officers - including England's Prof Chris Whitty - said in a statement released on New Year's Eve: \"In terms of protecting priority groups, a model where we can vaccinate twice the number of people in the next two to three months is obviously much more preferable.\"\n\nThey said they recognised that rescheduling second appointments was \"operationally very difficult\" and would \"distress patients who were looking forward to being fully immunised\".\n\nHowever, they said that for every 1,000 patients booked in for a second dose, which will \"gain marginally on protection from severe disease\", that would mean 1,000 more people missing out on \"substantial initial protection\".\n\nThe chief medics said that, while one million people had already been vaccinated, approximately 30 million UK patients and health and social care workers eligible in the first phase \"remain totally unprotected and many are distressed or anxious about the wait for their turn\".\n\nThey added that the JCVI was \"confident\" 12 weeks was a reasonable interval between doses \"to achieve good longer-term protection\".\n\n\"We have to follow public health principles and act at speed if we are to beat this pandemic which is running rampant in our communities, and we believe the public will understand and thank us for this decisive action.\"\n\nEarlier, the BMA's Dr Richard Vautrey said GPs were unhappy they were being asked to cancel appointments that had already been made for second doses.\n\nHe said the BMA would support practices who honour the existing appointments for the follow-up vaccination, calling for the government to do the same.", "The first lorries to transport freight under the new arrangements arrived in Belfast on Friday afternoon\n\nThe first goods have crossed the new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.\n\nThe 'Irish Sea border' is a consequence of Brexit and means that most commercial goods entering NI from GB require a customs declaration.\n\nAbout a dozen lorries arrived on a ferry from Cairnryan in Scotland to Belfast at 14:00 GMT on Friday.\n\nThey were met by officials, with some vehicles directed to new border control posts.\n\nMany food products from GB now have to enter NI through these border posts where they can be inspected by the Department of Agriculture.\n\nThese products also need health certificates, though some of the new certification processes will be phased in over the next three months.\n\nThe UK government also announced a three-month \"grace period\" for parcels, meaning those sent by online retailers will be exempt from customs declarations until at least April.\n\nIt said the grace period was necessary to avoid disruption to deliveries at a time when many shops are closed due to pandemic restrictions.\n\nMeanwhile the secretary of state for Northern Ireland has continued to insist the new range of checks, controls and paperwork is not actually a sea border.\n\nBrandon Lewis tweeted: \"There is no 'Irish Sea Border'. As we have seen today, the important preparations the government and businesses have taken to prepare for the end of the Transition Period are keeping goods flowing freely around the country, including between GB and NI.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Brandon Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTransport companies are not expecting significant volumes of freight over the next few days.\n\nThere has been significant stockpiling ahead of the changes and it may take one or two weeks before freight volumes are at normal seasonal levels.\n\nSome businesses, particularly haulage companies, are anxious about the new IT systems which are necessary for the border to function.\n\nThey have had less than two weeks to familiarise themselves with the new systems.\n\nPolice officers carried out random vehicle checks near Larne Port on New Year's Eve\n\nSeamus Leheny from Logistics UK said: \"With any reconfiguration of supply chains and new systems there will be teething problems and we expect that.\"\n\nThere will be no new processes or checks for the vast majority of goods leaving NI for GB.\n\nThe new arrangements flow from the Northern Ireland Protocol, a deal reached by the UK and EU in 2019.\n\nIts purpose is to prevent a hard land border in Ireland.\n\nThat is achieved by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods and by having Northern Ireland apply EU customs rules at its ports.\n\nThis will allow goods to flow from NI to the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the EU as they do now, without customs checks or new paperwork.\n\nThe Protocol is opposed by Northern Ireland's unionist parties who fear it will weaken Northern Ireland's position in the UK.\n\nThe arrangement does not change Northern Ireland's constitutional position.\n\nHowever, it does mean a significant new economic barrier within the UK.\n\nUnionist parties fear the sea border will weaken NI's position in the UK\n\nThe UK government has allocated more than £300m for a Trader Support Service to help businesses deal with the new customs arrangements.\n\nThe government is also covering the costs of the new certification requirements for food products.\n\nA Movement Assistance Scheme will pay vets up to £150 to complete the Export Health Certificates which will need to accompany all live animals and products of animal origin entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nTrucks pass through a customs post at Dublin Port on Friday morning\n\nThere are also new checks and controls on freight arriving at Dublin Port from GB.\n\nOn Friday morning, the first ferry to arrive in Dublin from Holyhead had about 12 lorries on board.\n\nWhile they all cleared customs checks for the first time without delays, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the change in trading arrangements with the UK would inevitably cause disruption.\n\n\"We have avoided the kind of dramatic disruption of a no trade deal Brexit, but that doesn't mean that things aren't changing very fundamentally, because they are,\" he said.\n\n\"We're now going to see the €80b (£71.2bn) worth of trade across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland disrupted by an awful lot more checks and declarations, and bureaucracy and paperwork, and cost and delay.\"\n\nOn Saturday new freight sailings will begin between Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland and Dunkirk in France, allowing cargo to bypass GB and go straight to mainland Europe.\n\nThe six-times weekly service will take 24 hours, which is longer than the \"landbridge\" route via GB.", "A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.\n\nThe UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force.\n\nBoris Johnson said the UK had \"freedom in our hands\" and the ability to do things \"differently and better\" now the long Brexit process was over.\n\nBut opponents of leaving the EU maintain the country will be worse off.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose ambition it is to take an independent Scotland back into the EU, tweeted: \"Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on.\"\n\nBBC Europe editor Katya Adler said there was a sense of relief in Brussels that the Brexit process was over, \"but there is regret still at Brexit itself\".\n\nThe first lorries arriving at the borders entered the UK and EU without delay.\n\nOn Friday evening, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that border traffic had been \"low due to [the] bank holiday\" but there had been no disruption in Kent as \"hundreds\" of lorries crossed the Channel with a \"small\" number turned back.\n\nSix freight loads travelling from Holyhead in Wales to Ireland had to be turned away due to not having the correct paperwork, the Stena Line ferry and port group said on Friday morning.\n\nBut later on Friday, the group said freight traffic was flowing well through its ports and government customs systems were working well.\n\nIt added that the fall in freight traffic after the Christmas and Brexit stockpiling period meant \"it is too early to draw any conclusions\", but the company remained \"cautiously optimistic that, as freight volumes begin to rise again, we will be able to ensure the continued free movement of goods\".\n\nUK ministers have warned there will be some disruption in the coming days and weeks, as new rules bed in and British firms come to terms with the changes.\n\nBut officials have insisted new border systems are \"ready to go\".\n\nAs the first customs checks were completed after midnight, Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said: \"It all went fine, everything's running just as it was before 11pm.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland has different arrangements from other parts of the UK, meaning there will be some customs checks on goods moving between Great Britain and the province.\n\nOn Friday afternoon, the first ferry from Great Britain operating under the terms of Northern Ireland trading protocol docked in Belfast, on schedule at 13:45 GMT.\n\nSeamus Leheny, policy manager at Logistics UK, said six out of the 15 lorries that were on the first ship to arrive into Belfast were brought in for inspection, with one being kept at the port for more than three hours.\n\n\"Inevitably there are going to be teething problems because with such a new, complex system as this there are going to be issues in the first few days,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\nThe first lorry loads on to the Eurotunnel shuttle after the UK left the single market and customs union\n\nMandy Ridyard, whose aerospace components company makes daily shipments to Northern Ireland, told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme she was \"filling in the same declaration to send goods to the Philippines that I am sending them within the UK\".\n\n\"And obviously that all adds a lot of cost to my business.\"\n\nThe UK officially left the 27-member political and economic bloc on 31 January, three and half years after the UK public voted to leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nBut it stuck to the EU's trading rules for 11 months while the two sides negotiated their future economic partnership.\n\nA treaty was finally agreed on Christmas Eve, and became law in the UK on Wednesday.\n\nUnder the new arrangements, UK manufacturers will have tariff-free access to the EU's internal market, meaning there will be no import taxes on goods crossing between Britain and the continent.\n\nBut it does mean more paperwork for businesses and people travelling to EU countries, while there is still uncertainty about what will happen to banking and services.\n\nThe UK and Spain have also reached an agreement meaning the border between Gibraltar and Spain will remain open.\n\nFabian Picardo, Gibraltar's chief minister, said the deal still needed to be formalised, but by abolishing controls between Gibraltar and the EU's passport-free Schengen area, he said it would prevent queues at the border \"which make people's lives a misery and make business difficult\".\n\nIt is a moment that some will regard with huge optimism, others with deep regret.\n\nAnd while this historic move happens at a moment in time, the impact, in some areas, may be less instant or obvious than others - for example, it's expected there'll be relatively little traffic at Dover on the first day of 2021 as new border checks kick in.\n\nNevertheless, significant changes are here - whether on trade, travel, security or immigration - and those changes could well become more apparent in the months ahead.\n\nMr Johnson - who took the UK out of the EU in January six months after becoming prime minister - said it was an \"amazing moment\" for the UK in his New Year message.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, he added that the combination of the Brexit deal and rollout of the Oxford vaccine means \"we are creating the potential trampoline for the national bounceback\".\n\nLord Frost, the UK's chief negotiator, tweeted that Britain had become a \"fully independent country again\".\n\nAnd the deputy chairman of the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tory backbench MPs, David Jones, told the BBC: \"We can now say clearly Britain is a sovereign and independent state.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut opponents of Brexit say the country will be worse off than it was while it was a member of the EU.\n\nIreland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said it was \"not something to celebrate\" and the UK's relationship with Ireland will be different from now on, but \"we wish them well\".\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron said the UK remained a \"friend and ally\", but he added that the choice to leave the EU was \"the child of European malaise and many lies and false promises\".\n\nIn Brussels, there is a sense of relief the Brexit process is over, but there is regret still at Brexit itself.\n\nBasically, the European Union thinks that Brexit makes it - the EU - and the UK weaker.\n\nBut the EU view is this is less bye-bye Britain and more au revoir, because there are so many loose ends between the two sides.\n\nFor example, there are the ongoing practicalities surrounding Gibraltar, the UK is still waiting to find out what access Brussels is going to give its financial services to the single market, there is cooperation on climate change, and there is a reviewal mechanism written into the treaty for every five years.\n\nFor all of those reasons and more, this is not the end of the EU-UK conversation for the foreseeable future.\n\nThe culmination of the Brexit process means major changes in different areas. These include:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Countries around the world welcomed 2021 with fireworks, but crowds were only allowed at some displays\n\nMillions around the world have been seeing out 2020 and marking the start of 2021, although the coronavirus pandemic has forced many celebrations to take place in muted form behind closed doors.\n\nWith lockdowns or other restrictions in place in many countries, would-be New Year partygoers were told to have a quiet night in.\n\nOthers have attended ceremonies or festivals wearing masks or taking other precautions.\n\nIn Tokyo, below, people visited the Kanda Myojin Shrine to offer prayers. The popular Shinto shrine reduced the number of visitors allowed, as Japan faces another wave of Covid-19 infections.\n\nIn Wuhan, China, crowds gathered in the city with balloons and festive outfits to count down to midnight on New Year's Eve.\n\nFireworks lit up the night sky in Taiwan to mark the beginning of 2021, witnessed by thousands of spectators who gathered in the centre of Taipei.\n\nLike this family in Seoul, South Korea, many globally have marked the celebration in a small way and often at home.\n\nIt was a chilly celebration in Yekaterinburg, Russia, as people gathered at the city hall, waving sparklers in the 1905 Square.\n\nWhile in the United Arab Emirates, one of the largest New Year fireworks displays saw spectacular colours light up the sky over the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah.\n\nPyrotechnics also illuminated the sky around the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, as the clock struck midnight in Dubai.\n\nThe New Year's Eve party at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is usually one of Europe's biggest street parties. But this year revellers were told to stay at home and watch the fireworks and music performances on TV or online instead.\n\nThese worshippers in Abuja, Nigeria, marked the end of 2020 with a gospel service.\n\nMeanwhile, people in the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast were able to watch the fireworks display outside with friends and family.\n\nBut in New York City, just a handful of people were allowed into Times Square to watch confetti rain down and the traditional crystal ball drop.\n\nBrazilian authorities closed Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, but that did not stop some people enjoying celebrations.\n\nA fireworks and light show was held across various locations in London. A number of drones filled the sky close to the O2 Arena in East London forming messages referencing the pandemic, including the NHS logo.", "The Archers returned to BBC Radio 4 in May with \"a new style\" forced upon the show by the coronavirus lockdown\n\nBBC Radio 4 will mark 70 years of The Archers with a series of features across its output on Friday.\n\nAs well as broadcasting episode number 19,343 of the world's longest-running serial drama, stars from it will appear on the station's other programmes.\n\nThis will include inserts into Woman's Hour, Farming Today, and a quiz.\n\nThe Archers, set in the fictional village of Ambridge, began in 1951 with the original purpose of educating farmers on modern agricultural methods.\n\nThe show's editor, Jeremy Howe, said its achievements over the years, coming up to the modern day, are incomparable.\n\n\"Almost daily and in real time The Archers has tracked life in the village of Ambridge across years and more than 19,000 episodes,\" he said.\n\n\"No work of fiction or drama can truly compare to that. As I look back on this incredible legacy, I am looking forward to the next 70 years of The Archers.\"\n\nBack in May, The Archers returned to BBC Radio 4 on Monday, with a \"new style\" forced upon the show by the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nLarge cast recordings with interaction between multiple characters were scrapped in favour of monologues recorded at the actors' homes.\n\nThe storyline of Friday's anniversary episode remains a secret, but celebratory programming on Radio 4 on the day will also include a special edition of With Great Pleasure at Christmas, where cast members from the series share their favourite prose and poetry.\n\nHowe, meanwhile, will appear alongside actor Timothy Bentinck (David Archer) and agricultural story advisor Sarah Swadling in an Archers-flavoured edition of Farming Today.\n\nWoman's Hour will focus on the female characters and storylines that have shaped the show.\n\nFinally, on the day, listeners will be invited to head over to The Bull pub - not literally of course - for the The Archers Anniversary Quiz, hosted by landlords Jolene (Buffy Davis) and Kenton Archer (Richard Attlee).\n\nOn Saturday 2 January, historian David Kynaston will then delve into the history of the programme further documentary feature entitled A Social History of The Archers.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Spain has reached a deal with the UK to maintain free movement to and from Gibraltar once the UK formally leaves the EU on Friday.\n\nTo avoid a hard border, Gibraltar will join the EU's Schengen zone and follow other EU rules, while remaining a British Overseas Territory.\n\nThe deal was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, just hours before the UK exits the EU.\n\nThe Rock voted Remain in 2016 and about 15,000 Spanish workers go there daily.\n\n\"With this [agreement], the fence is removed, Schengen is applied to Gibraltar... it allows for the lifting of controls between Gibraltar and Spain,\" said Ms González Laya.\n\nThe Gibraltar deal will mean the EU sending Frontex border guards to facilitate free movement to and from Gibraltar. Their role is planned to last four years.\n\nGibraltarians are British citizens. They elect their own representatives to the territory's parliament, while the British monarch appoints a governor.\n\nThe territory - home to a British military garrison and naval base - is self-governing in all areas except defence and foreign policy.\n\nMs González Laya did not say whether Spanish border guards would eventually be posted at Gibraltar's airport and/or seaport which, under the deal, will be de facto part of the EU's external border.\n\nThe Gibraltar deal would also mean the territory complying with EU fair competition rules in areas such as financial policy, the environment and the labour market, Ms González Laya said.\n\nTwenty-two EU states are in the passport-free Schengen zone, as are Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, but the UK has never been in it.\n\nOnce Gibraltar joins it, EU citizens arriving from Spain or another Schengen country will avoid passport checks, while arrivals from the UK will have to go through passport control, as is already the case.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called Thursday's deal a \"political framework\" to form the basis of a separate treaty with the EU regarding Gibraltar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why Gibraltar is British - in 60 secs\n\nThe deal does not address the thorny issue of sovereignty. Spain has long disputed British sovereignty over the Rock which was ceded to Britain in 1713 and which is now home to about 34,000 people. The Remain vote there was an overwhelming 96% in the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nThe plan is to have a six-month transition period and then formalise the new arrangements with a treaty.\n\nUnder the current tight Covid rules, there are restrictions on UK citizens arriving via Gibraltar's airport, the UK Foreign Office says.\n\nDominic Raab said \"all sides are committed to mitigating the effects of the end of the [Brexit] Transition Period on Gibraltar, and in particular ensure border fluidity, which is clearly in the best interests of the people living on both sides.\n\n\"We remain steadfast in our support for Gibraltar, and its sovereignty is safeguarded.\"", "Omar Elabdellaoui is receiving treatment in hospital after an accident with a firework\n\nNorway and Galatasaray footballer Omar Elabdellaoui has been injured by a firework during a New Year's Eve celebration.\n\nThe Norwegian vice-captain's club said he was taken to hospital after \"an unfortunate accident at his home\".\n\nHe suffered burns to his face and damage to his eyes, the club said, adding that further tests would assess the extent of his injuries.\n\nThe New Year's Eve incident was one of many involving fireworks in Europe.\n\nIn Elabdellaoui's case, Turkish reports say a firework exploded in the hand of the 29-year-old defender.\n\nTurkish newspaper Hurriyet said the former Manchester City player may have lost vision, without giving further details.\n\nBut in a statement cited by the newspaper, Galatasaray said Elabdellaoui was conscious, in a stable condition and had not undergone surgery.\n\nGalatasaray's manager Fatih Terim and the team captain Arda Turan went to the hospital to visit Elabdellaoui, who joined the club in 2020 from the Greek side Olympiacos FC.\n\nTurkish clubs - including Galatasaray's Turkish Super Lig rivals Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Trabzonspor - took to social media to wish Elabdellaoui a speedy recovery.\n\nTurkish reports say a firework exploded in the hand of 29-year-old Omar Elabdellaoui\n\nElsewhere in Europe, at least four people were killed by fireworks during events to mark the new year.\n\nPolice in Alsace in eastern France said a 25-year-old man died after being hit by a rocket in the village of Boofzheim.\n\nA statement said the device beheaded him and severely injured the face of another young man standing next to him.\n\nA similar incident cost the life of a 28-year-old man in Pulle, a village east of Antwerp in Belgium.\n\nFireworks exploded over Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the new year\n\nMeanwhile in Italy's north-western province of Asti, a 13-year-old boy died shortly after midnight of injuries to his abdomen caused by a firecracker.\n\nThere were fireworks casualties in Germany as well. In the state of Brandenburg, police said a 24-year-old man died after setting alight \"self-made pyrotechnics\" while a 63-year-old man lost his hand when handling a firecracker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Countries around the world welcomed 2021 with fireworks, but crowds were only allowed at some displays\n\nInjuries and deaths from fireworks are not unknown over the New Year period. But fewer public fireworks displays than usual were held on New Year's Eve 2020, as coronavirus restrictions placed limits on gatherings worldwide.\n\nSome European countries had moved to limit the use of fireworks ahead of 31 December, with Germany imposing a ban on the sale of pyrotechnics.", "Rachael Powell is \"angry and upset\" about her daughter Emmeline missing out during lockdown Image caption: Rachael Powell is \"angry and upset\" about her daughter Emmeline missing out during lockdown\n\nNew parents missing baby classes and playdates due to lockdown say their children's development has been hit by the impact of coronavirus.\n\nWhen Rachael Powell's one-year-old daughter Emmeline met her grandparents for the first time she \"absolutely screamed the place down\" as she \"didn't know who they were\".\n\n\"I was really looking forward to going to coffee shops, meeting other mums and going to baby classes and then everything stopped,\" says the 39-year-old from Greater Manchester.\n\n\"I felt guilty that she didn't get any of that and have that interaction.\"\n\nEducation consultant and child psychologist Paul Kelly says Covid is having a \"massive impact\" on babies.\n\n\"We are social creatures, social beings - it is pre-programmed in our brains,\" he says. \"When children's brains are stimulated, they grow.\"\n\nDr Kelly says there is also an impact on parents, who are missing out on \"mutual support\".\n\nHe says people should \"grab what they can, when they can\" during these uncertain times and focus on \"how you can enhance [your baby's] development... rather than spending time thinking about how your child might be behind\".", "The number of people being treated in Scotland's hospitals for coronavirus has reached another record daily high.\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show a total of 1,596 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid.\n\nThis is up from Friday's figure of 1,530 patients.\n\nThe deaths of a further 93 people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, the same tally as Friday which was the highest daily figure of the pandemic.\n\nIt is the second day in a row there has been a record figure for Covid hospital patients.\n\nOf the 1,596 people in hospital, a total of 109 are in intensive care, up seven on Friday's figure.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said Scotland's hospitals were \"very busy and fragile\" but coping so far.\n\nHe said: \"People should not be worried we have reached capacity but the best way of getting those numbers down is to reduce the prevalence of the virus.\"\n\nProf Leitch said the NHS could create more intensive care capacity if needed but \"all of that has a cost in what we won't be able to do\" elsewhere in the health service.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan temporary hospital in Glasgow can be used to care for the sickest of Covid patients if the spike in admissions continues, but officials are trying to avoid this \"if we can manage without it\", Prof Leitch added.\n\nThis is because it is better for patients and staff for Covid patients to be in traditional intensive care units, he explained.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the latest Covid figures as \"a big concern\".\n\nOn Twitter, she said: \"Covid case numbers still a big concern and putting huge pressure on the NHS, as hospital and ICU cases increase.\n\n\"Also, 93 further deaths remind us just how dangerous the virus can be - my thoughts are with all those grieving.\"]\n\nThe Scottish government data shows a further 1,865 new cases of Covid have been reported in the last 24 hours, down from the 2,309 cases reported on Friday.\n\nHowever, the daily test positivity rate is 8.7%, up from 8.1% on the previous day.\n\nThis breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.\n\nYou can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.", "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said US policy towards his country would \"never change\"\n\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the US is his country's \"biggest enemy\" and that he does not expect Washington to change its policy toward Pyongyang - whoever is president.\n\nAddressing a rare congress of his ruling Workers' Party, Mr Kim also pledged to expand North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal and military potential.\n\nHe said that plans for a nuclear submarine were almost complete.\n\nHis comments come as US President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.\n\nAnalysts suggest Mr Kim's remarks are an effort to apply pressure on the incoming government, with Mr Biden set to be sworn in on 20 January.\n\nMr Kim enjoyed a warm rapport with outgoing US President Donald Trump, even if little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his latest address to the Workers' Party - only the eighth congress in its history - Mr Kim said Pyongyang did not intend to use its nuclear weapons unless \"hostile forces\" were planning to use them against North Korea first.\n\nHe said the US was his country's \"biggest obstacle for our revolution and our biggest enemy... no matter who is in power, the true nature of its policy against North Korea will never change,\" state news agency KCNA reported.\n\nHis speech outlined a list of desired weapons including long-range ballistic missiles capable of being launched from land or sea and \"super-large warheads\".\n\nNorth Korea has managed to significantly advance its arsenal despite being subject to strict economic sanctions.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Kim admitted that his five-year economic plan for the isolated country failed to meet its targets in \"almost every sector\".\n\nNorth Korea closed its borders last January to prevent Covid from entering the country.\n\nIts authorities say the country has not had a single Covid case since the pandemic began but experts say this is highly unlikely due to North Korea's cross-border trade with China.\n\nTrade with China has plummeted by about 80%. Typhoons and floods have devastated homes and crops in North Korea, which remains under strict international sanctions, including over its nuclear programme.\n\nThe speech is likely to be Mr Kim's way of setting the stage for talks with President-elect Joe Biden who will take office in less than two weeks' time.\n\nThe aim is perhaps to put pressure on Washington to show that Pyongyang has no intention of being cowed by sanctions and will continue to expand its nuclear arsenal.\n\nMr Kim had three summits with Donald Trump - but they failed to reach a deal. However, North Korea is in a difficult and bleak economic position caused by strict sanctions, border blockades to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and devastating floods.\n\nThis message may seem threatening, but some analysts believe that there is still room for diplomacy.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore are now sticking to walks nearer their homes\n\nA police force that was criticised for its \"intimidating\" approach to two walkers is to review its lockdown fines policy.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said they were surrounded by police after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday, and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police initially said driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown.\n\nBut it now says new national guidelines mean it will review its position.\n\nIn a statement, the force said all of its fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown will be reviewed.\n\nMs Allen, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, said she assumed \"someone had been murdered\" when she arrived at Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nWhen she and her friend were questioned by police, they were also told by officers the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nShe said: \"The next thing, my car is surrounded. I got out of my car thinking 'There's no way they're coming to speak to us'. Straight away they start questioning us.\n\n\"I said we had come in separate cars, even parked two spaces away and even brought our own drinks with us. He said 'You can't do that as it's classed as a picnic'.\"\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nForemark Reservoir is five miles away from where Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore live\n\nHer friend, Ms Moore, said she was \"stunned at the time\" so did not challenge police and gave her details so they could send a fixed penalty notice.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police said that driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nThe force added: \"Where there are cases of blatant breaches of the regulations then fines will be issued by officers.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nFixed penalty notices have been given to people who visit Calke Abbey, a National Trust property\n\nBut in a statement, the force said further guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThe NPCC added that rather than issue fines for people who travel out of their local area \"but are not breaching regulations, officers will encourage people to follow the guidance\".\n\nThe force has now said it will be \"aligning to adhere to this stance\".\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Kem Mehmet said: \"We are grateful for the guidance from the NPCC.\n\n\"The actions of our officers continues to be to protect the public, the NHS and to help save lives.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the force has been accused of being overzealous in enforcing alleged lockdown breaches.\n\nIn the country's first lockdown in March the use of a drone to film people walking in the Peak District was labelled \"nanny policing\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andy Stonely is not eligible for the UK government Covid support scheme\n\nA father who has lived on Universal Credit since the Covid-19 pandemic started has called on the UK government to be \"more flexible\" with its support.\n\nDriving instructor and dad-of-three Andy Stonely is not eligible for the government's Covid support scheme.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Wales has also asked for changes ahead of the next round of grants.\n\nThe Treasury said its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme was \"one of the most generous in the world\".\n\nThis scheme requires claimants to show accounts for the 2018-19 year as well as 2019-20.\n\nHowever, Mr Stonely from Newport hasn't been self-employed for long enough to qualify - so the 35-year-old has had to rely on financial support from his parents.\n\n\"I count myself somewhat lucky because I have been able to claim for Universal Credit,\" he said.\n\n\"But obviously it's minimal and luckily through the help of parents I've been able to keep afloat.\n\n\"It's been tough. It would have been ideal if the government was just slightly more flexible.\"\n\nMr Stonely, who hasn't been able to work for much of the past year due to lockdown restrictions, said Universal Credit was worth \"less than half\" of his normal earnings.\n\nDriving school firm owner Gareth Denny said almost a quarter of his drivers can't claim Covid help\n\nThe coronavirus crisis forced his wife to give up her job to look after their three children, aged three, six and 17, when Mr Stonely was able to work for a short period at the end of the initial lockdown period.\n\nAsked how much longer his family could sustain itself if the current restrictions continue, Mr Stonely told the BBC's Politics Wales show: \"Not too much longer… we're going to be in a very tough situation.\"\n\nMr Stonely is part of a local driving school franchise managed by Gareth Denny, who said 11 of his 43 instructors were in this position.\n\n\"If you imagine that somebody lives their life to their income and suddenly there's absolutely no income to pay their mortgage and their bills, Universal Credit simply doesn't pay most people's mortgage,\" Mr Denny said.\n\nRecent research commissioned by the Community and Prospect trade unions and the Federation of Small Businesses found 53% of self-employed people across the UK had lost more than 60% of their income since the pandemic began.\n\nIn addition, 64% of people said they were now either \"unsure\" or \"less likely\" to want to be self-employed or freelance in the future.\n\n\"These are normal people who have mortgages, families to support, who've just had to fund a Christmas for the families,\" said Ben Francis of Federation of Small Businesses Wales.\n\n\"All those bills are now mounting up the other side of Christmas, and after having an already extremely difficult 12 months, they've now got to see how they manage through the months ahead.\n\n\"We would ask UK government to be flexible in their approach to verifying the statuses of these newly self-employed businesses.\"\n\nThe Community union warns with small businesses \"struggling to get back on their feet\", more people will leave self-employment.\n\nAll non-essential businesses shut in Wales just before Christmas\n\n\"That will be a disaster for our economy, for local economies, for their livelihoods and their families,\" said Kate Dearden of Community.\n\n\"This section of the UK workforce plays a fundamental role and should be properly supported to continue to do so.\"\n\nThe Treasury has already committed to extending the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme until April 2021, although the eligibility criteria for the next round of grants is yet to be published.\n\nA spokesman said the scheme had \"helped more than 2.7 million people so far, claiming over £13.7bn\".\n\nHe added: \"Funding is designed to target those who need it most and protect the taxpayer against fraud and abuse.\n\n\"Those not eligible may still be able to access our loans schemes, tax deferrals, mortgage holidays and business support grants.\"\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "The US is reeling after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on the day Congress was meeting to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nLawmakers were forced to take shelter, the building was put into lockdown and four people died in the chaos that followed a pro-Trump rally near the White House.\n\nHere's a breakdown of how events unfolded on Wednesday.\n\nJust before midday local time (17:00 GMT) thousands of people gather at the Ellipse, near the White House, to hear the president speak at a \"Save America\" rally.\n\nHe tells them: \"We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue... and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give… our Republicans, the weak ones... the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\"\n\nAs the speech ends, crowds start to drift towards the Congress building, about a mile and a half away, where they are met by police barriers.\n\nThe Capitol is home to the two chambers of the US government that make up Congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nChanting crowds start to gather on both sides of the building at around 13:10, grappling with police at the metal barricades.\n\nTear gas and pepper spray are used to try to keep the protesters at bay.\n\nPolice officers struggle to maintain control of the situation as protesters advance on the building on multiple fronts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nOn the east side, the crowd force their way through barricades on the Capitol Plaza and move on the main entrance, quickly gaining access to the Great Rotunda.\n\nOnce inside, they head for the House and Senate chambers.\n\nIgor Bobic, a journalist for the Huffington Post, captures a group of men forcing a police officer to retreat up a set of stairs as they continue their advance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenators are forced to abandon the process of confirming President-elect Biden's victory and the building goes into lockdown.\n\nThe doors of the House chamber are locked and a makeshift barricade is erected in front of them. Security officials guard the entrance, guns drawn.\n\nWithin an hour, protesters have also broken police lines on the west side of the Capitol, scaling walls to reach the building itself before smashing windows and forcing doors open.\n\nOther videos and images show rioters storming through the building's ornately-decorated corridors and chambers chanting \"USA!\" and \"Stop the steal\".\n\nShortly before 15:00, gunshots are reportedly heard inside the building.\n\nPhotos and video footage later show a female protester being shot as she tries to break through the barricaded doors of the Speakers' Lobby.\n\nDespite efforts by police and others at the scene to save her, she is later reported to have died.\n\nOn the other side of the building, protesters break into the Senate chamber, one taking seat in the Speaker's chair.\n\nAnother protester is photographed nearby sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, with his foot on the table.\n\nAfter growing condemnation of the riots, President Trump eventually calls for calm, telling the protesters to leave peacefully: \"Go home. We love you, you're very special.\"\n\nBy 17:40, the building is cleared and made secure ahead of the 18:00 curfew ordered by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.\n\nSeveral thousand National Guard troops, FBI agents and US Secret Service are deployed to help.\n\nMore than six hours after the storming of the building, senators return and resume the day's business of certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.\n\nAt 03:41 on Thursday, Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden will succeed President Trump on 20 January.", "Vincent Kane - pictured with his grandson Sonny - is facing uncertainty about his operation\n\nThe son of a man with pancreatic cancer has said the last-minute cancellation of his surgery has been \"devastating\".\n\nJodie Kane said his father Vincent was due to have his operation on Friday.\n\nHowever, that procedure was cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus crisis increases the pressure on hospitals.\n\nThe trust apologised, saying it had faced an 80% rise in the number of patients with Covid-19 admitted to hospitals since Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, Jodie said that there was now \"no guarantee\" his 68-year-old father would get the treatment.\n\n\"To be told we had the chance of a very successful surgery on offer and then to have it taken away at the last minute is pretty devastating,\" he said.\n\n\"Even the surgeon himself said they would be concerned if it was to go on more than four weeks.\n\n\"There is an uncertainty hanging over us now that we don't know when he'll actually get that surgery or what the impact on his health is going to be.\"\n\nVincent Kane - pictured with his with wife Karen - has been suffering other health issues arising from his cancer\n\nVincent, from Newtownards, County Down, did not receive treatment for some of his other symptoms as it was planned that the surgery would help with those.\n\n\"Because they were hoping to get him straight into surgery he hasn't had the blockage in his gall bladder addressed so he's jaundiced, he's covered in a rash, can't sleep, he's lost a lot of weight,\" Jodie said.\n\n\"Undoubtedly there are people worse off than us out there but it is still a critical illness that he has got and it is one that we don't have an end in sight for, in terms of treatment.\n\n\"There must be a way of helping all those in need, or I suppose if you were being really honest about it those who stand the best chance of surviving - making the decisions for the benefit of them.\n\n\"There's no guarantee that in six weeks' time surgery is going to be an option because who knows what's going to happen with Covid?\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it had to reduce the number of ill patients on wards to protect them from coronavirus\n\nJodie called on those who were breaking Covid-19 regulations to think about the the \"direct and indirect impacts\" of their actions.\n\n\"We've every sympathy for anyone who has a loved one who needs [intensive] care because of Covid but cancer and Covid are both life-and-death situations.\n\n\"We can minimise the risks of one of them as a collective society just by taking the necessary precautions.\n\n\"It could be someone they love or their neighbour or someone in their community that's in the same situation as us in the very near future.\"\n\nFlo McClements, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December, found out on Tuesday that her surgery - scheduled for Thursday - had been cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Foyle, her son Gregg said the pressure was \"mounting day by day\" on the the 72-year-old from Ballymoney, County Antrim.\n\n\"She had waited all through Christmas for the date and due to the Covid-19 restrictions we as a family had stayed away from her,\" he added.\n\nFlo McClements' family wants to \"give her a hug\" after her operation was cancelled\n\n\"We left her on her own with my dad just to make sure she didn't catch Covid and risk the operation.\n\n\"When you get the date you like to think it's the next step to recovery but unfortunately that didn't happen.\"\n\nGregg said his mother was \"putting on a brave face\" but it was difficult for the family to not be with her in person during what was a difficult time.\n\n\"That's actually the hardest part that we can't go up and have a cup of tea with her or give her a hug to make her feel a bit better even for a few minutes.\"\n\nThe Belfast Health Trust said it \"would like to sincerely apologise\" to those affected by the postponement of surgeries.\n\nIt said the decision was taken to reduce the number of ill patients on wards that would be more at risk from the virus than others.\n\n\"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make and we did not take it without considering all the information available to us,\" said the trust.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the anxiety and distress this causes the patients and families affected and we deeply regret this.\n\nIt said it would do \"everything in our power\" to reschedule their operations \"as soon as possible\".", "The company offered to pay surgeries a £5,000 charitable donation \"or to the staff member directly\" in emails\n\nThe Hacking Trust's medical division approached surgeries in Bristol and Worthing offering to pay the money to charity \"or the staff member directly\".\n\nRobyn Clark, from the Institute of General Practice Management, said it was \"just appalling\".\n\nThe company, based in London, has apologised, saying its \"good intentions\" were \"misinterpreted\".\n\nNHS England said people \"will rightly take a dim view of anyone who tries to jump the queue\".\n\n\"The NHS is free at the point of access for everyone who needs it,\" said Mrs Clark.\n\n\"What we felt this company was trying to do was jump the queue.\"\n\nThe Bristol-based manager said she worried it could \"create more health inequality\".\n\nShe said: \"The JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] is trying to prioritise the vaccine based on the vulnerability to Covid.\"\n\nThe e-mail sent to the GP surgery in Worthing said The Hacking Trust was aware that \"many appointments\" for vaccinations are not kept, and that it would be interested in being informed of \"any no-shows\".\n\nA donation of £5,000 would be paid to a staff member or given to charity for each dose it could secure, the e-mail said.\n\nIn a statement, the Battersea-based company said it \"offered charitable donations to staff or surgeries in this difficult time for any vaccines which were unused\".\n\nIt added: \"We had heard that some vaccines were being unused due to missed appointments. We would apologise that our good intentions have been misinterpreted.\"\n\nNHS England said it knew \"these particular emails were received across the country\".\n\nDr Nikki Kanani, GP and NHS medical director for primary care, said hundreds of NHS teams across the country were \"working hard to deliver vaccines quickly to those who would benefit most\".\n\n\"NHS staff will never ask for, or accept, cash for vaccines,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said vaccinations were available from the NHS \"for free\" and \"cannot be sold privately in the UK\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA nurse felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at her hospital's A&E department - in the Welsh region currently hardest hit by Covid deaths.\n\nTo date Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board, which runs Royal Glamorgan Hospital, has reported 1,091 deaths of patients with coronavirus.\n\nBBC Wales was granted access to A&E at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nSenior doctor Amanda Farrow said the whole hospital had faced \"unrelenting\" pressure last Saturday.\n\nSarah Fogarasy was the senior nurse on duty as 13 ambulances queued up outside her A&E department\n\nSenior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy, who was on shift as the ambulances arrived, said there was no capacity at the unit - a situation that left her wanting \"to leave\".\n\n\"We had to escalate it to our site manager and deputy head of nursing who were liaising with the executive team on call,\" she said.\n\n\"And then it got to 13 patients outside - I had no capacity in this unit, no resuscitation capacity, no capacity to put a patient on CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] should they require that and no physical areas to put a patient in.\n\nOn Saturday, 13 ambulances queued outside the hospital's A&E department\n\nShe said she found it hard to keep going.\n\n\"This bit makes me quite emotional… for the first time I was sat trying to coordinate this department and I had that overwhelming fear that I just wanted to leave,\" Ms Fogarasy continued.\n\n\"I was just - 'I'm done. I'm done with this'... and it's scary, it fills you full of fear when you have got 13 ambulances outside, queuing around the carpark. Where do you go from that?\"\n\nShe said it was the team that kept her going: \"I started looking around to all the staff working tirelessly and just trying to remember what we're here for and why I became a nurse.\n\n\"I know it sounds soppy but it's literally the humanitarian effort that has gone into [fighting] this pandemic that has kept people going.\n\n\"It's the sheer determination and guts of the staff working in these times that is so powerful, that keeps the shift going.\"\n\nEmergency Medicine Consultant Amanda Farrow said it was a \"very emotional time for everyone\"\n\nDr Farrow, emergency medicine consultant, said staffing and bed numbers were of particular concern.\n\n\"In the emergency department the challenge we have is with regards to flow, so that is our daily challenge,\" she explained.\n\n\"And we say it's like playing a game of Tetris trying to work out which patient you can put where.\"\n\nStaff reported feeling overwhelmed as they work through the second Covid wave\n\nShe said the second wave of the virus had also seen more staff off sick with Covid and isolating - with some becoming very ill.\n\n\"We've had staff in as patients and one of my colleagues - I saw them when they were critically ill and ended up going to intensive care,\" continued Dr Farrow.\n\n\"So it's very emotional time for everyone as well you know, looking after the sick patients and looking after your colleagues.\n\n\"There's a level of anxiety still around - will you be the next person to get this disease?\"\n\nShe said although fewer people were attending A&E, they were seeing more people arriving by ambulance and presenting with more complex needs.\n\n\"The group of patients we are seeing this time I think is different, we're definitely having more younger people with Covid that are becoming sick, the volume is very high in the community.\n\n\"I think people are afraid of come into the hospital as well, so there are still quite a lot of patients who leave it maybe a bit too late before they're seeking hospital attention.\"\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, Helen Whatmore said she was extremely grateful to staff\n\nHelen Whatmore, 45, from Beddau, has been hospital since early December after developing Covid symptoms.\n\nSpeaking from her intensive care bed, she said she had been unwell in February so assumed she had already caught the virus.\n\n\"I honestly didn't believe it was as bad until I caught [Covid] this time,\" she said.\n\n\"This time it's absolutely knocked the socks off me. It's nearly killed me.\n\n\"A friend of mine passed away as I came into hospital and I came down very rapidly with Covid, kidney problems and pneumonia.\"\n\nShe said she was grateful for the care she had received: \"The nurses are coming in [working] all shifts, they're fighting for your loved ones, from the time they enter right until the time they leave, then they're changing over and doing the same again.\n\n\"People are passing away… how much more have they got to do? We're asking them to protect our children and our families. Why are we not protecting them ourselves? Saving our families and our own children.\"", "People in England are being told to act like they have got Covid as part of a government advertising campaign aimed at tackling the rise in infections.\n\nBoris Johnson said the public should \"stay at home\" and not get complacent.\n\nOn Friday 1,325 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were recorded in the UK - the highest daily figure yet - along with 68,053 new cases.\n\nGovernment sources say there is likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\n\"With over 1,000 people dying yesterday it's more important than ever everyone sticks to rules,\" a source told the BBC.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government is releasing its advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, says in the advert: \"Vaccines give clear hope for the future, but for now we must all stay home, protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says hospitals are \"under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic\", with infection rates increasing at an \"alarming rate\" across the country and the NHS under \"severe strain\".\n\nIt comes after London's mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of coronavirus was \"out of control\" as he declared a \"major incident\" in the capital on Friday.\n\nSuch an incident is an emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nWhile the government seeks to reinforce its \"stay at home\" message, some police forces have faced criticism for their approaches to tackling potential breaches of coronavirus restrictions.\n\nDerbyshire Police has said it will review fixed penalties issued during the new national lockdown after two women were ordered to pay £200 each after driving five miles from their home for a walk on Wednesday.\n\nSusan Michie, a professor of health psychology at University College London, said \"more support and enablement\" was needed for people to adhere to the regulations, for example support to help people self-isolate, rather than punishment.\n\nProf Michie, who sits on a subcommittee of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, also said the current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHowever, she said in comparison to the first lockdown last spring the restrictions were less strict, with more people allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries open, meaning public transport is busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nProf Michie added that the winter season posed extra challenges because the virus survives longer in the cold and people spend more time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily.\n\nCombined with the more transmissible new variant, she said \"we should have a stricter rather than less strict lockdown than we had back in March\".\n\nDr Adam Kucharski, another scientist advising the government and an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that because the new variant was more transmissible \"each interaction we have has become riskier than it was before\".\n\n\"So even if we went back to that kind of last spring level of reduction in contacts we couldn't be confident that we would see the same effect that we saw last year because of this increased transmission,\" he said.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThere is considerable concern in government about the continued spread of the virus.\n\nNo 10 believes more needs to be done to emphasise how severe the current situation is - which is why we are getting some very stark warnings from the medical experts.\n\nMinisters continue to praise the public - but there is also more emphasis on people taking the rules seriously, as was the case last spring when the first lockdown was imposed.\n\nThe prime minister warns people against complacency, saying: \"Your compliance is now more vital than ever\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Staff at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital are struggling to cope with an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients\n\nLatest figures from Public Health England reveal the coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nLondon councils have urged places of worship to close and the bishop of London Sarah Mullally said churches should \"consider the seriousness of the situation\" before holding in person services this weekend.\n\nDr Simon Walsh, an emergency care doctor in London, told BBC Breakfast all London hospitals had \"effectively been working in major incident mode for the last couple of weeks\".\n\n\"Most hospitals have expanded their intensive care capacity to somewhere in the region of three times their normal capacity. Obviously we don't have three times the number of staff so our staff are being spread more thinly,\" he said.\n\nHospitals in other parts of the UK are also under pressure.\n\nIn Wales, senior A&E nurse Sarah Fogarasy said she felt \"overwhelming fear\" as 13 ambulances queued at Royal Glamorgan Hospital last Saturday, with no capacity at the unit.\n\nAnd Dr Justin Varney, director of public health in Birmingham, said he was \"very worried\" about the situation in the city, where hospital bosses have warned they don't have enough intensive care nurses to deal with the growing case load.\n\nHe warned the NHS had still not seen the impact of the rise in cases following the relaxation of restrictions over Christmas \"so it is going to get a lot, lot worse unless we really get this under control\".", "Marks & Spencer has temporarily stopped selling hundreds of items in its Northern Ireland stores due to Brexit red tape.\n\nThe retailer said it feared its food would be blocked due to new rules governing shipments between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nA growing number of firms have spoken out about paperwork delays at ports.\n\nThe government said traders and hauliers need to take steps to comply with new border rules.\n\nM&S took the decision to temporarily drop hundreds of products, including chocolate fudge pudding and sweet and sour chicken, from its Northern Ireland stores after it saw competitors' lorries barred from travelling between the mainland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAn entire consignment in a lorry can be held up if only one item in the truck doesn't have the correct customs forms filled out.\n\nThe retailer said it aimed to get the products back up for sale soon.\n\nAn M&S spokesperson said: \"We have served customers in Northern Ireland for over 50 years and our priority is to make sure we continue to deliver the same choice and great quality range that our loyal customers have always enjoyed.\n\n\"Stores have been receiving regular deliveries this week, however following the UK's recent departure from the EU, we are transitioning to new processes and we're working closely with our partners and suppliers to ensure customers can continue to enjoy a great range of products.\"\n\nIn addition to problems shipping goods internally in the UK, the new Brexit trade rules are creating problems for exporters and traders transporting goods to and from the EU, say firms.\n\nThe UK sealed a trade deal with the European Union (EU) on 24 December that was billed as preserving its zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market.\n\nBut in addition to red tape causing delays, major retailers that use the UK as a distribution hub for European business could face possible tariffs if they re-export goods to the EU.\n\nOn Friday, M&S chief executive Steve Rowe warned of more red tape and a rise in export costs to some countries.\n\n\"The best example I can give you of that is Percy Pig,\" he said,\n\n\"Percy Pig is actually manufactured in Germany. If it comes to the UK and we then send it to Ireland, in theory it would have some tax on it,\" he added.\n\nM&S said it was \"actively working to mitigate\" the effects of the \"rules of origin\" regulations, under which products are taxed differently depending on which country they come from.\n\nOther firms have also been hit by the confusion caused by new Brexit trading rules.\n\nParcels giant DPD has suspended some services, while seafood exporter John Ross said the chaos was like being \"thrown in the cold Atlantic without a lifejacket\".\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, which represents chilled transport and storage companies, said the emerging problems had come despite the amount of cross-border traffic still being quite low.\n\n\"Trade flows are still only about 50% of what we would expect, but even at those levels we are seeing levels of confusion and delays,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"The feeling is we are building to quite a significant potential disruption.\"\n\nA government spokesman acknowledged that there had been \"some issues\", but said ministers had always been clear there would be some disruption at the end of the transition period.\n\nThe Cabinet Office said in a statement that the volume of border crossings had been low so far this year, but that it expected crossings to steadily increase to normal levels.\n\nThis brings the potential for \"significant disruption if traders and hauliers have not taken the necessary steps to comply with the new rules,\" the Cabinet Office said.\n\nOut of about 1,500 lorries per day trying to get from Great Britain to the EU in the new year, 700 have been turned away - mainly due to a lack of a negative Covid test for drivers, it said.\n\n\"We have always been clear there would be changes now that we are out of the customs union and single market, so full compliance with the new rules is vital to avoid disruption,\" said Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.\n\nHowever, anger is growing among companies whose livelihoods depend on export trade.\n\nIn a letter on Friday to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Scottish salmon producer John Ross Jr launched a stinging attack on the government's handling of the situation.\n\nThe firm's sales director, Victoria Leigh-Pearson, wrote that the company had in recent months \"had to endure the government issuing a barrage of useless information\" and an \"absence of factually correct information from all government agencies.\" It amounted, she said, to \"gross incompetence\".\n\nJohn Ross exports to 36 countries and has won the Queen's Award twice\n\nPart of the letter to Alok Sharma:\n\nAs I write, perishable goods that were dispatched from our facility five days ago, headed for France following a process that your department advised, have still not crossed the border. This usually takes only 24 hours because they are consolidated with the produce of other companies, which have not been able to follow the correct procedures due to a knowledge gap directly attributable to your department.\n\nEntire trucks are currently being rejected without explanation by the French customs authority. Our hauliers have now pulled their services as such a backlog has been created. Other hauliers are not taking on new customers. Today, we've even had confirmation that the IT systems of the UK and France are incompatible. After four years you only establish this now?\n\nYour so-called 'deal' is worthless if this situation is not fixed immediately, and unless you put in place measures to address the issues that continue to unfold on a daily basis. Moreover, as a seafood exporter, it feels as though our own government has thrown us into the cold Atlantic waters without a lifejacket.\n\nJohn Ross is not the only Scottish seafood exporter suffering. The industry says it has been hit by a \"perfect storm\" of Brexit disruption, which could sink a centuries-old industry.\n\n\"These businesses are not transporting toilet rolls or widgets. They are exporting the highest quality, perishable seafood which has a finite window to get to markets in peak condition,\" said Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland.\n\n\"If the window closes, these consignments go to landfill.\"\n\nShe said the sector has already been weakened by Covid-19, the closure of the French border before Christmas as well as \"layer upon layer\" of problems associated with Brexit.\n\nThe group fears that without exports, the fishing fleet will have little reason to go out.\n\n\"In a very short time, we could see the destruction of a centuries-old market which contributes significantly to the Scottish economy,\" added Ms Fordyce.\n\nUK government Minister for Scotland David Duguid blamed Scottish leaders for the issues.\n\n\"The Scottish Government has persistently refused to accept the democratic vote to leave the EU, but that does not allow them to abdicate their responsibilities to Scottish businesses,\" he said.\n\n\"Over the past 18 months they have assured the fishing industry that the systems they were putting in place would be adequate. They clearly are not.\"\n\nParcel delivery service DPD UK said it had paused its European Road Service because of the '\"increased burden\" of customs paperwork for packages heading to the EU, including the Republic of Ireland.\n\nDPD said 20% of parcels had \"incorrect or incomplete data attached\", which meant they would have to be returned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What Brexit means for Britons travelling, shopping, studying or owning properties in the EU.\n\nIn an email to its business customers, the company said that it had been a \"challenging few days\" for its international operation, and that it would \"pause and review\" its service. It plans to restart on 13 January.\n\n\"It has now become evident that we have an increased burden with the new, more complex processes, and additional customs data we require from you for your parcels destined to Europe\" the firm wrote.\n\nThe boss of one of Wales' largest hauliers said logistical problems have emerged at the Irish border too.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, managing director of Gwynedd Shipping, said his company has a backlog of 60 lorries waiting to be shipped to Dublin.\n\nHe said many hauliers are finding that their customers are not able to generate the special declarations that are needed to ultimately enable a lorry to get onto a ferry.\n\n\"Whilst you don't see queues at ports and terminals the reality is that these queues are developing elsewhere in our depot in Holyhead, in our depot in Deeside and in our depot in Newport in South Wales, and lots of hauliers have depots in the proximity of ports,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of issues about demarcation about who is going to arrange the export declaration with the UK revenue authorities, who's going to arrange the import declaration, the hauliers then trying to arrange the import safety and security declaration to create an ENS number which helps you generate a PBN number so there has been a lot of everyone finding their feet\".\n\nCorrection 9th April 2021: An earlier version of this article included a photo showing queues of lorries at Dover Port. This photo was replaced in the hours after publication after it was established that it had been taken months earlier.", "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said.\n\nA royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle.\n\nThe source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation.\n\nThe Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far.\n\nPeople aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first.\n\nThe couple have been spending the lockdown in England at their Windsor Castle home after deciding to have a quiet Christmas at their Berkshire residence, instead of the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham.\n\nLast month, the Queen appeared alongside several other senior members of the royal family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.\n\nIn 2020 she went seven months - between March and October - without carrying out public engagements outside of a royal residence.\n\nDuring that time, her eldest child, Prince Charles, 72, contracted coronavirus and displayed mild symptoms.\n\nPalace sources also told the BBC that her grandson Prince William tested positive in April - although Kensington Palace refused to comment officially.\n\nThe Queen made a private pilgrimage to the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in November\n\nThe Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they \"are not alone\".\n\nShe said the pandemic had \"brought us closer\" despite causing hardship, adding that the Royal Family has been \"inspired\" by people volunteering in their communities.\n\nOn Friday a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use in the UK, joining the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines already approved by UK regulators.\n\nIt is not known which vaccine the Queen and Prince Philip have received.\n\nAll the approved vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection, with the second dose being given up to 12 weeks after the first.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care home residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70 and those who have been categorised as clinically extremely vulnerable.", "The Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nStricter enforcement of coronavirus rules could return to supermarkets in Wales, Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nThe first minister said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets.\n\nThe Welsh Government is now in talks with stores about social-distancing measures.\n\nMr Drakeford said he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown.\n\nAmong the measures previously used was a strict limit of the numbers of people allowed in a store however Mr Drakeford said people were worried the rules \"don't appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nHe said previously sanitising arrangements had been \"very visible\", one-way markings were prominently displayed, regular reminders were announced to customers and staff were also posted at the front entrance of supermarkets\n\n\"That person was carefully controlling the numbers of people going in, to make sure that they were no more than a certain number of people in the store at any one time,\" he said.\n\n\"There was somebody directing people to the checkout, to make sure people weren't queuing next to each other over prolonged periods, and markings on the floor so people kept at a two-metre distance\".\n\nHowever the first minister said some of those measures are no longer as apparent to people.\n\n\"I want to make sure that those visible signs of the protections that are being offered to the public and the shop workers are in place again.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses Wales said has called for clarity on what support would be available and the possible new measures required of shops.\n\nPolicy Chair, Ben Francis, said: \"We've already asked to see more information on the technical data that informs the decisions that Welsh Government are making.\n\n\"It seems clear that businesses will require funding support for longer than was originally anticipated if they are to survive this troubling period.\n\n\"Welsh Government should urgently give clarity on what additional funding will be made available to support businesses beyond this next three week period to allow them to plan.\"", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means there have been just short of 80,000 deaths by that measure - as another 68,053 new cases were recorded.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) said the number of deaths would \"continue to rise until we stop the spread\".\n\nIt comes as the government launches a new campaign in England urging people to \"act like you've got\" the virus.\n\nThe campaign, including an advert fronted by England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, is intended to remind the public Covid is spreading fast, with large numbers showing no symptoms.\n\nIn the advert, Prof Whitty says: \"Covid-19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country.\n\n\"This puts many people at risk of serious disease and is placing a lot of pressure on our NHS.\n\n\"Once more, we must all stay home. If it is essential to go out remember, wash your hands, cover your face indoors and keep your distance from others.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Our hospitals are under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic, and infection rates across the entire country continue to soar at an alarming rate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nHospital leaders have warned of stretched staffing with 31,624 coronavirus patients in UK hospitals on Wednesday - 46% above the peak during the first wave last year.\n\nDr Ian Higginson, vice president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the situation in London and south-east England was \"pretty dire\" and would get worse in the rest of the country before long.\n\n\"We're heading for some really dark times, I fear, in this phase of the pandemic,\" he said.\n\nRichard Mitchell, chief executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, said the increase in patients seen in London was now affecting his area in Nottinghamshire.\n\nHe said: \"Critical care is exceptionally busy and the colleagues who work here are tired, they're fatigued and they're worn out.\"\n\nMeanwhile, a third Covid vaccine received emergency approval for use in the UK with 17 million doses of the jab, made by US firm Moderna, pre-ordered by the UK.\n\nThe vaccine joins the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs in being approved, with close to 1.5 million people now vaccinated in the UK.\n\nDr William Welfare, Covid-19 response director at PHE, said: \"Each life lost to this virus is a tragedy, but sadly we can expect the death toll to continue to rise until we stop the spread.\n\n\"Approximately one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms and could be spreading it without realising it.\n\n\"To protect our loved ones it is essential we all stay at home where possible. This will reduce new infections, ease the pressure on the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was now \"out of control\", as he declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThis means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response, and allows special arrangements to be implemented.\n\nThe previous highest daily death toll - 1,224 - was recorded on 21 April 2020 during the UK's first lockdown. Daily deaths were in the single figures as recently as September.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths behind the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nWe are now seeing the record numbers of cases over the Christmas period translate into record numbers of deaths.\n\nAnd with new infections rising rapidly - more than 1.1 million people in England estimated to be infected with Covid-19 last week - these tragic numbers are set to continue for some time.\n\nAnd that is mainly because of the new variant form of the virus which is thought to be between 30-70% more transmissible.\n\nThe administration of the vaccines to at-risk groups should see a reduction in the numbers dying by the end of the month and the numbers having to go into hospital going down sometime after that.\n\nThat is the other way around from what you normally hear - but that it because a successful vaccine programme will initially remove those most likely to die from the path of the virus.\n\nFitter or younger people - who are less likely to die but could still end up occupying hospital beds - won't be getting their jabs for some time yet.\n\nThe advent of spring's better weather should also help cases to fall, but ministers will have to decide what level of risk - and deaths - society is prepared to tolerate.\n\nFriday saw 619,941 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 09:00 GMT - also a new record.\n\nEngland, much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be under strict national measures, with stay-at-home orders in place for most people.\n\nThe R number - the rate at which an infected person passes on the virus to someone else - is now estimated to be between 1.0 to 1.4, meaning the epidemic is growing between 0% and 6% per day.\n\nCovid infections rose by almost a third between Boxing Day and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, an estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\nBoris Johnson pledged on Thursday to use England's lockdown to implement an \"unprecedented national effort\" to offer vaccination to those at the highest risk from Covid by 15 February.\n\nHe said the Army would be drafted in to use \"battle preparation techniques\" to achieve the goal, which could see up to 15 million people offered a vaccine by the middle of next month.\n\nIn another development, from next week all travellers to the UK will need to show a recent negative test result before they arrive.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Bernard Thomas was interviewed by BBC Wales at the time of the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster\n\nA survivor of the Aberfan disaster has died after contracting Covid-19.\n\nAs a nine-year-old Bernard Thomas was rescued from the rubble of Pantglas primary school after one of the biggest tragedies in Welsh history.\n\nA total of 144 people were killed in the disaster on 21 October, 1966, after thousands of tonnes of coal slurry slid from a tip. Of those 116 were primary school pupils.\n\nLater Bernard was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.\n\nHe told S4C he \"still heard the sounds of children screaming.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Mr Thomas, 63, who died on Wednesday, his brother Andrew told BBC's Newyddion: \"Bernard was a real character and his death has come as a shock to us as a family and the community of Aberfan.\"\n\n\"We can't be sure where he caught Covid, but he had an eye appointment at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on 21 December.\n\n\"A few days later, he became ill and at Prince Charles Hospital, he tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\n\"Although he had been receiving oxygen through a mask, we spoke regularly on the phone and he told us he was getting better.\n\n\"But on Wednesday morning he removed his mask to eat his breakfast, and 10 minutes after eating he faded away.\"\n\n\"It's a huge shock but I don't blame anybody.\"\n\nOn the 50th anniversary of the disaster Bernard told the BBC: \"I still wonder what the others would have been doing if it hadn't happened. Who would have got married to who, you know.\"\n\nBernard is survived by his 90-year-old mother Gwen, with whom he shared a home, and brothers Andrew and Robert.", "Three people were found inside the gym in Stean Street in Hackney on Friday\n\nThe owners of a London gym have been fined for breaching Covid-19 rules by remaining open during lockdown.\n\nPolice were called to the fitness centre in Stean Street, Hackney, on Friday to reports of a regulation breach.\n\nThree people were found inside the gym at 09:30 GMT. The owners were given a £1,000 fixed penalty notice.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" its hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in London had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there are 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nNHS England figures published on Friday showed the number of Covid patients in London hospitals stands at 7,277, up 32% on the previous week.\n\nCh Insp Pete Shaw said: \"Whilst there are certain rules around people being allowed to exercise in public under this lockdown, nowhere in the legislation does it allow people to go to gyms to work out.\n\n\"Those found to be flouting the rules, as with this instance, should expect necessary enforcement action to be taken against them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jessica Allen (left) and Eliza Moore said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police\n\nTwo women who criticised a police force for its \"intimidating\" approach to lockdown fines have welcomed a review.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at a reservoir five miles from their home when they were stopped by officers and fined £200 each.\n\nDerbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown but later said new guidance meant it would look again at the issue.\n\nBoth women said they were pleased the force had decided to think again.\n\nDerbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa said an \"urgent review\" was under way about how fines had been issued.\n\nLongstanding guidance from the College of Policing says officers should follow the \"Four Es\" and only give fixed penalty notices as a last resort.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived\n\nMs Allen said: \"We are happy to hear that Derbyshire Police have been told to not be so heavy handed with fines and return to the Four Es they were originally doing.\n\n\"We are yet to hear anything regarding our fine but if we have managed to save somebody the worry of going for a walk and fearing they would be fined then we have done what we set out to do.\"\n\nMs Allen and Ms Moore drove separately from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire the five miles to Foremark Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police, questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nMs Allen said the experience was \"very intimidating\" and had left her feeling scared of police in general.\n\nInitially Derbyshire Police defended its actions, saying legislation said trips should be \"local\" and driving to a location to exercise \"is clearly not in the spirit of the national effort to reduce our travel, reduce the possible spread of the disease and reduce the number of deaths\".\n\nDerbyshire police also fined visitors to other beauty spots like Calke Abbey\n\nDerbyshire Police has also been giving fixed penalty notices to people who visit beauty spots at Calke Abbey and Elvaston Castle.\n\nBut later, the force said new guidance from the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) had \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nMr Dhindsa said: \"It would appear that the force has been a little over-zealous in its interpretation of the guidance.\n\n\"While the police can enforce the regulations, guidance is just that which can make this a very challenging and complex situation to police.\"\n\nThe chief constable of neighbouring Nottinghamshire, Craig Guildford, said: \"We are not out and about telling people they have gone too far from home. We trust the public to take these regulations seriously.\n\n\"Derbyshire to be fair to them have some unique places that people may want to go to from a load of counties.\n\n\"But our approach is around reasonableness. If someone has gone 50 miles, we will take action, if someone has gone a couple of miles we are very sensible.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harley Watson's mother Jo described him as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\"\n\nA man who killed a 12-year-old boy by driving into schoolchildren in a \"deliberate\" hit and run has been detained in a secure hospital.\n\nHarley Watson died after he was hit by a car outside Debden Park High School in Loughton, Essex, on 2 December 2019.\n\nTerence Glover, 52, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.\n\nHe also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Harley's mother Jo described her son as a \"kind, caring, selfless, intelligent and comical young man\".\n\nHe was hit by Glover's Ford Ka as he left school with friends and died later in Whipps Cross University Hospital.\n\nTerence Glover has been sentenced indefinitely under the Mental Health Act\n\nChristine Agnew, prosecuting, said eye-witnesses saw Glover's car \"ploughing through and hitting children from behind\".\n\nShe said he \"deliberately mounted the pavement... and drove directly at a group of people, mostly children, intending to kill them\".\n\nGlover, previously of Newmans Lane, Loughton, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of 23-year-old Raquel Jimeno and six boys and three girls aged between 12 and 16 who were outside the school.\n\nThe court heard he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and medical experts agreed his \"significant\" mental illness \"provided an explanation for his conduct\".\n\nHe was given a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1983, meaning if his illness was treated successfully, he would be transferred to prison.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harley Watson's classmates paid tribute to him in 2019\n\nJudge Andrew Edis said if transferred, Glover must serve a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years.\n\nIn his sentencing statement, Judge Edis noted his history of mental illness and cocaine use, but said Glover's actions were \"appalling\".\n\n\"He caused the death of a much-loved and admired 12-year-old boy who had done no harm to anyone,\" he said.\n\nHe added that Glover's behaviour \"requires punishment as well as treatment\" and there was \"no doubt that this defendant is dangerous\".\n\nHe also ordered that Glover be banned from driving for life and that the car should be destroyed.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "9 January A Boeing 737, operated by Sriwijaya Air, crashes into the Java Sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta. All 62 people on board are killed, including seven children and three babies. Officials say a problem with the aircraft's autothrottle had been reported a few days before the crash.\n\n22 May An Airbus A320 carrying 91 passengers and eight members of crew crashes in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing more than 90 people. At least two passengers survive the crash.\n\nFlight PK8303 crashed just short of the perimeter at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport\n\n8 January Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashes shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. The incident took place amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, and the Iranian government eventually admitted it had downed the plane \"unintentionally\".\n\n10 March An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crashes six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. All 157 people onboard are killed. The victims come from more than 30 countries.\n\n29 October A Boeing 737 Max, operated by Lion Air, crashes into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. All 189 passengers and crew are killed, and a volunteer diver dies in the subsequent recovery operation. Investigators said the plane - which had had technical problems on previous flights - should have been grounded.\n\n18 May A Boeing 737 passenger plane crashes shortly after take-off from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, killing 112 people. One passenger survives.\n\n11 April A military plane crashes shortly after take-off near the Algerian capital Algiers, killing all 257 people on board, including 10 crew members. Most of the dead are soldiers and their families.\n\n12 March A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashes on landing at Kathmandu airport. More than 50 people are killed when the Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop comes down.\n\n18 February A passenger plane crashes into the Zagros mountains in Iran killing all 66 people on board. The Aseman Airlines ATR turboprop crashes about an hour after taking off in the capital, Tehran, heading for the south-western city of Yasuj.\n\n11 February A Russian passenger plane crashes minutes after leaving Moscow's Domodedovo airport with 71 people on board. The Antonov An-148 belonging to Saratov Airlines was en route to the city of Orsk in the Ural mountains when it crashed near the village of Argunovo, about 80km (50 miles) south-east of Moscow.\n\nThere were no passenger jet crashes in 2017 - the safest year in the history of commercial airlines.\n\n25 December A Russian military Tu-154 jet airliner crashes in the Black Sea, with the loss of all 92 passengers and crew. The plane came down soon after take-off from an airport near the city of Sochi. It was carrying artistes due to give a concert for Russian troops in Syria, along with journalists and military.\n\nBereaved residents of the Black Sea resort of Sochi must now come to terms with the latest air disaster\n\n7 December All 48 people on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane were killed when it crashed in the north of the country. The national airline - accused of safety failures in the past - insisted this time that strict checks on Flight PK-661 from Chitral to Islamabad left \"no room for any technical error\".\n\nAll 48 people on board the Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it crashed in the north of the country on 7 December\n\n28 November The plane carrying the football team of the Brazilian club Chapecoense runs out of fuel and crashes near Medellin, Colombia, killing 71 people, including most of the players and management. Three players were among the six survivors, while nine did not travel.\n\n19 May French President Francois Hollande confirms that an EgyptAir flight reported missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, with 66 people on board.\n\n19 March A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 crashes in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 62 people on board.\n\n31 October An Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashes over central Sinai some 22 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board. The Islamic State group's local affiliate later says it brought down the plane in response to Russian intervention in Syria.\n\n30 June Indonesian Hercules C-130 military transport plane crashes into a residential area of Medan. The army says all 122 people on board died, along with at least 19 on the ground.\n\n24 March: Germanwings Airbus A320 airliner crashes in the French Alps near Digne, on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. All 148 people on board were feared dead.\n\n28 December: AirAsia QZ8501 flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore goes missing over the Java sea. The pilot radioed for permission to divert around bad weather but no mayday alert was issued. There were 162 passengers and crew on board.\n\n24 July: Air Algerie AH5017 disappears over Mali amid poor weather near the border with Burkina Faso. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was operated by Spain's Swiftair, and was heading from Ouagadougou to Algiers carrying 116 passengers - 51 of them French. All are thought to have died.\n\n23 July: Forty-eight people die when a Taiwanese ATR-72 plane crashes into stormy seas during a short flight. TransAsia Airways GE222 was carrying 54 passengers and four crew to the island of Penghu. It made an abortive attempt to land before crashing on a second attempt.\n\nMalaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was believed to have been shot down over conflict-hit Ukraine\n\n17 July: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashes near Grabove in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, 193 of them Dutch. Pro-Russian rebels are widely accused of shooting the plane down using a surface-to-air missile - they deny responsibility.\n\n8 March: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing leads to the largest and most expensive search in aviation history. Despite vast effort, notably in the hostile South Indian Ocean, nothing was found until July 2015, when an aircraft wing part washed up on Reunion Island. French officials confirmed the debris was from MH370.\n\n11 February: A military transport plane - a Hercules C-130 - carrying 78 people crashes in a mountainous part of north-eastern Algeria. Reports suggest there is one survivor from among the military personnel, family members and crew.\n\n17 November: Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on landing in Kazan, Russia, killing all 50 people on board.\n\n16 October: Forty-nine people, including foreigners from some 10 countries as well as Laotian nationals, die when a Lao Airlines ATR 72-600 plunges into the Mekong River as it came in to land.\n\n3 June: A Dana Air passenger plane with about 150 people on board crashes in a densely populated area of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos.\n\n20 April: A Bhoja Air Boeing 737 crashes on its approach to the main airport in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing all 121 passengers and six crew.\n\n26 July: Some 78 people are killed when a Moroccan military C-130 Hercules crashes into a mountain near Guelmim in Morocco. Officials blamed bad weather.\n\nThe pilot of the IranAir Boeing 727 which crashed near the north-western city of Orumiyeh reported a technical failure before trying to land\n\n8 July: A Hewa Bora Airways plane crash-lands in bad weather in Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 74 of the 118 people on board.\n\n9 January: An IranAir Boeing 727 breaks into pieces near the city of Orumiyeh, killing 77 of the 100 people on board. The pilots had reported a technical failure before trying to land.\n\n5 November: An Aerocaribbean passenger turboprop crashes in mountains in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.\n\n28 July: A Pakistani plane on an Airblue domestic flight from Karachi crashes into a hillside while trying to land at Islamabad airport, killing all 152 people on board.\n\n22 May: An Air India Express Boeing 737 overshot a hilltop airport in Mangalore, southern India, and crashed into a valley, bursting into flames and killing 158.\n\n12 May: An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330 crashes while trying to land near Tripoli airport in Libya, killing more than 100 people.\n\n10 April: A Tupolev 154 plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashes near the Russian airport of Smolensk, killing more than 90 people on board.\n\n25 January: Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet crashes into the sea with 89 people on board shortly after take-off from Beirut.\n\n15 July: A Caspian Airlines Tupolev plane crashes in the north of Iran en route to Armenia. All 168 passengers and crew are reported dead.\n\n30 June: A Yemeni passenger plane, an Airbus 310, crashes in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. Only one of the 153 people on board survives.\n\n1 June: An Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashes into the Atlantic with 228 people on board. Search teams later recover some 50 bodies in the ocean.\n\nAll 168 passengers and crew were reported dead when a Caspian Airlines Tupolev plane crashed in the north of Iran en route to Armenia\n\n20 May: An Indonesian army C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes into a village on eastern Java, killing at least 97 people.\n\n12 February: A passenger plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground.\n\n14 September: A Boeing-737 crashes on landing near the central Russian city of Perm, killing all 88 passengers and crew members on board.\n\n20 August: A Spanair plane veers off the runway on take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport, killing 154 people and injuring 18.\n\n30 November: All 56 people on board an Atlasjet flight are killed when it crashes near the town of Keciborlu in the mountainous Isparta province, about 12km (7.5 miles) from Isparta airport.\n\n16 September: At least 87 people are killed after a One-Two-Go plane crashed on landing in bad weather at the Thai resort of Phuket.\n\n17 July: A TAM Airlines jet crashes on landing at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, in Brazil's worst-ever air disaster. A total of 199 people are killed - all 186 on board and 13 on the ground.\n\n5 May: A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 crashes in swampland in southern Cameroon, killing all 114 on board. The official inquiry is yet to report on the cause of the disaster.\n\n1 January: An Adam Air Boeing 737-400 carrying 102 passengers and crew comes down in mountains on Sulawesi Island on a domestic Indonesian flight. All on board are presumed dead.\n\n29 September: A Boeing 737 carrying 154 passengers and crew crashed into the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, killing all on board, after colliding with a private jet in mid-air.\n\n22 August: A Russian Tupolev-154 passenger plane with 170 people on board crashes north of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine.\n\n9 July: A Russian S7 Airbus A-310 skids off the runway during landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia. A total of 124 people on board die, but more than 50 survive the crash.\n\n3 May: An Armavia Airbus A-320 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi, killing all 113 people on board.\n\n10 December: A Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashes in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, killing 103 people on board.\n\n6 December: A C-130 military transport plane crashes on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran, killing 110 people, including some on the ground.\n\nA mass funeral was held for those who died when a Mandala Airlines plane with 112 passengers and five crew on board crashed after take-off in the Indonesian city of Medan\n\n22 October: A Bellview airlines Boeing 737 carrying 117 people on board crashes soon after take-off from the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing everyone on board.\n\n5 September: A Mandala Airlines plane with 112 passengers and five crew on board crashes after take-off in the Indonesian city of Medan, killing almost all on board and dozens on the ground.\n\n16 August: A Colombian plane operated by West Caribbean Airways crashes in a remote region of Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. The airliner, heading from Panama to Martinique, was packed with residents of the Caribbean island.\n\n14 August: A Helios Airways flight from Cyprus to Athens with 121 people on board crashes north of the Greek capital Athens, apparently after a drop in cabin pressure.\n\n16 July: An Equatair plane crashes soon after take-off from Equatorial Guinea's island capital, Malabo, west of the mainland, killing all 60 people on board.\n\n3 February: The wreckage of Kam Air Boeing 737 flight is located in high mountains near the Afghan capital Kabul, two days after the plane vanished from radar screens in heavy snowstorms. All 104 people on board are feared dead.\n\n21 November: A passenger plane crashes into a frozen lake near the city of Baotou in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China, killing all 53 on board and two on the ground, officials say.\n\n3 January: An Egyptian charter plane belonging to Flash Airlines crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 141 people on board. Most of the passengers are thought to be French tourists.\n\n25 December: A Boeing 727 crashes soon after take-off from the West African state of Benin, killing at least 135 people en route to Lebanon.\n\n8 July: A Boeing 737 crashes in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing 115 people on board. Only one passenger, a small child survived.\n\nThe Benin air crash happened when a Boeing 727 dropped out of the sky soon after take-off, killing at least 135 people travelling to Lebanon\n\n26 May: A Ukrainian Yak-42 crashes near the Black Sea resort of Trabzon in north-west Turkey, killing all 74 people on board - most of them Spanish peacekeepers returning home from Afghanistan.\n\n8 May: As many as 170 people are reported dead in DR Congo after the rear ramp of an old Soviet plane, an Ilyushin 76 cargo plane, apparently falls off, sucking them out.\n\n6 March: An Algerian Boeing 737 crashes after taking off from the remote Tamanrasset airport, leaving up to 102 people dead.\n\n19 February: An Iranian military transport aircraft carrying 276 people crashes in the south of the country, killing all on board.\n\n8 January: A Turkish Airlines plane with 76 passengers and crew on board crashes while coming in to land at Diyarbakir.\n\n23 December: An Antonov 140 commuter plane carrying aerospace experts crashes in central Iran, killing all 46 people aboard. The delegation had been due to review an Iranian version of the same plane built under licence.\n\n27 July: A fighter jet crashes into a crowd of spectators in the west Ukrainian town of Lviv, killing 77 people, in what is the world's worst air show disaster.\n\n1 July: Seventy-one people, many of them children die when a Russian Tupolev 154 aircraft on a school trip to Spain collides with a Boeing 757 transport plane over southern Germany.\n\n25 May: A Boeing 747 belonging to Taiwan's national carrier - China Airlines - crashes into the sea near the Taiwanese island of Penghu, with 225 passengers and crew on board.\n\n7 May: China Northern Airlines plane carrying 112 people crashes into the sea near Dalian in north-east China.\n\n7 May: On the same day, an EgyptAir Boeing 735 crash lands near Tunis with 55 passengers and up to 10 crew on board. Most people survive.\n\n4 May: A BAC1-11-500 plane operated by EAS Airlines crashes in the Nigerian city of Kano, killing 148 people - half of them on the ground.\n\n15 April: Air China flight 129 crashes on its approach to Pusan, South Korea, with over 160 passengers and crew on board.\n\n12 February: A Tupolev 154 operated by Iran Air crashes in mountains in the west of Iran, killing all 117 on board.\n\n29 January: A Boeing 727 from the Ecuadorean TAME airline crashes in mountains in Colombia, killing 92 people.\n\n12 November: An American Airlines A-300 bound for the Dominican Republic crashes after takeoff in a residential area of the borough of Queens, New York, killing all 260 people on board and at least five people on the ground.\n\n8 October: A Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) airliner collides with a small plane in heavy fog on the runway at Milan's Linate airport, killing 118 people.\n\nThe crashed American Airlines flight of November 2000 left much of the Rockaway neighbourhood of New York enveloped by smoke\n\n4 October: A Russian Sibir Airlines Tupolev 154,en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk in Siberia, explodes in mid-air and crashes into the Black Sea, killing 78 passengers and crew.\n\n3 July: A Russian Tupolev 154,en route from Yekaterinburg in the Ural mountains to the Russian port of Vladivostok, crashes near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing 133 passengers and 10 crew.\n\n30 October: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 bound for Los Angeles crashes after take-off from Taipei airport in Taiwan, killing 78 of the 179 people on board.\n\n23 August: A Gulf Air Airbus crashes into the sea as it comes in to land in Bahrain, killing all 143 people on board.\n\n25 July: Air France Concorde en route for New York crashes into a hotel outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing 113 people, including four on the ground.\n\nThe Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 heading for Los Angeles crashed soon after take-off from Taipei airport in Taiwan\n\n17 July: Alliance Air Boeing 737-200 crashes into houses attempting to land at Patna, India, killing 51 people on board and four on the ground.\n\n19 April: Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 from Manila to Davao crashes on approach to landing, killing all 131 people on board.\n\n31 January: Alaska Airlines MD-83 from Mexico to San Francisco plunges into ocean off southern California, killing all 88 people on board.\n\n30 January: Kenya Airways A-310 crashes into Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, en route for Lagos, Nigeria. All but 10 of the 179 people on board die.\n\n31 October: EgyptAir Boeing 767 crashes into Atlantic Ocean after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on flight to Cairo, Egypt, killing all 217 on board.\n\n24 February: China Southwest Airlines plane crashes in a field in China's coastal Zhejiang province after a mid-air explosion. All 61 people on board the Russian-built TU-154 flying from Chongqing to the south-eastern city of Wenzhou are killed.\n\n11 December: Thai Airways International A-310 crashes on a domestic flight during its third attempt to land at Surat Thani, Thailand, killing 101 people.\n\n2 September: Swissair MD-11 from New York to Geneva crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Canada killing all 229 people on board.\n\n16 February: Airbus A-300 owned by Taiwan's China Airlines crashes near Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport while trying to land in fog and rain after a flight from Bali, Indonesia. All 196 on board and seven people on ground are killed.\n\n2 February: Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 crashes into mountain in southern Philippines, killing all 104 people aboard.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section West Ham\n\nFootballers \"can get things wrong\" but must not be \"picked on\" despite several breaches of coronavirus guidelines, says West Ham manager David Moyes.\n\nHammers midfielder Manuel Lanzini was one of numerous Premier League players to attend a party over Christmas.\n\nMore than 60 games in England have been called off because of coronavirus outbreaks at clubs.\n\n\"We have to be careful that everybody isn't picking on football players,\" said Moyes.\n\n\"We will all know people who have broken the rules in their own way.\n\n\"The players have followed the protocols. Every day at the training ground they have to go through rituals just to get into the building. They know what their job is. Like most human beings at times, they can get things wrong.\"\n\nArgentina international Lanzini was reminded of his responsibilities by the club and later apologised for his actions on Twitter.\n\nOn Friday, he announced he would be donating to a local foodbank as he wanted \"something good\" to come of his actions.\n\nMoyes praised Lanzini for his \"really good gesture\" but does not want to see players treated unfairly.\n\n\"If you are going to take tough measures on players, then you might as well take on the government people as well who have broken the rules because it's certainly not just football players who have done it,\" he said.\n\n\"You have got to be careful. A lot of people are throwing stones in glass houses at the moment regarding this. We all know what the protocols are, we all know we have to be ever-vigilant and make sure we're doing the right things.\"\n\nThe Premier League has implemented stronger coronavirus protocols in light of a recent surge in cases, including reminding players and managers to avoid handshakes and high fives.\n\nCompliance officers will also apply more robust policies to reporting breaches of protocols and will be tasked with checking hotel stays, travel plans and behaviour in dressing rooms.\n\nThe number of staff attending training grounds will also be reduced, social distancing will be enforced more strictly and the use of canteens will be further limited.\n\nStricter matchday protocols include avoiding unnecessary contact at all times, and substitutes wearing face masks.\n\nIn a note sent to clubs, the Premier League has warned it may take disciplinary action if they fail to to ensure people who breach the rules are \"appropriately investigated and sanctioned\".", "Kevin Hughes was treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital before he died with coronavirus\n\nA man has died with Covid-19 less than a month after the funeral of his mother, who also died with the virus.\n\nFlintshire councillor Kevin Hughes, 63, was being treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital but died on Friday morning, the authority said.\n\nHe had previously spoken of his sadness at missing his mother's funeral last month after he tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nCouncil colleague Chris Dolphin said he was a \"big man with a big heart\".\n\nThe independent councillor, also a former policeman and journalist, sat with the Liberal Democrat group.\n\nHe said missing the funeral of his mother, June Margaret Hughes, was one of the \"darkest days\" of his life.\n\nGroup leader, Mr Dolphin, called him a \"friend, fellow councillor, above all, a good man. Not one to stand on the side-lines - a doer. A man of enthusiasm, who was in life to be really involved.\"\n\nCouncil chief executive, Colin Everett, said: \"Kevin was a wonderful person with a big heart. Kevin was one of the most thoughtful and generous people I have worked with in my long career.\n\n\"I will miss him so much as both a councillor and as a friend.\"\n\nThe politician (left) will be remembered by the council at a meeting on 26 January\n\nAuthority leader, Ian Roberts, called Mr Hughes a \"special person and friend who will be very sadly missed by all\".\n\nHe added: \"His contribution as a councillor has been considerable and he was highly respected by his community, members of the council and officers.\n\n\"He was an active local member and represented his community with integrity and in a positive and engaging way.\"\n\nMr Hughes will be remembered by the council at a meeting on 26 January.\n\nThe authority's chairwoman, Marion Bateman, said: \"Our sincere condolences go to his wife Sally, along with his family and friends, at this very sad time.\"", "Mike Pompeo said the US-Taiwan relationship should not be \"shackled\" (file photo)\n\nThe US is lifting long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.\n\nThe \"self-imposed restrictions\" were introduced decades ago to \"appease\" the mainland Chinese government, which lays claim to the island, the US state department said in a statement.\n\nThese rules are now \"null and void\".\n\nThe move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Washington and Beijing.\n\nIt comes as the Trump administration enters its final days ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president on 20 January.\n\nThe Biden transition team have said the president-elect is committed to maintaining the long-standing US policy towards Taiwan.\n\nAnalysts say they will be unhappy with such a policy decision being made in the final days of the Trump administration, but that the move could be reversed easily by Mr Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken.\n\nChina regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan's leaders argue that it is a sovereign state.\n\nRelations between the two are frayed and there is a constant threat of a violent flare up that could drag in the US, an ally of Taiwan.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, Mr Pompeo said the US state department had introduced complicated restrictions limiting the communication between American diplomats and their Taiwanese counterparts.\n\n\"Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions,\" he said. \"Today's statement recognises that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.\"\n\nHe added that Taiwan was a vibrant democracy and a reliable US partner, and that the restrictions were no longer valid.\n\nFollowing the announcement, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu thanked Mr Pompeo, saying he was \"grateful\".\n\n\"The closer partnership between Taiwan and the US is firmly based on our shared values, common interests and unshakeable belief in freedom and democracy,\" he wrote in a tweet.\n\nLast August, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar became the highest-ranking US politician to hold meetings on the island for decades.\n\nIn response, China urged the US to respect what it calls its \"one China\" principle.\n\nThe US also sells arms to Taiwan, though it does not have a formal defence treaty with the country, as it does with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina and Taiwan have had separate governments since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.\n\nBeijing has long tried to limit Taiwan's international activities and both have vied for influence in the Pacific region.\n\nTensions have increased in recent years and Beijing has not ruled out the use of force to take the island back.\n\nAlthough Taiwan is officially recognised by only a handful of nations, its democratically-elected government has strong commercial and informal links with many countries.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "Google has suspended \"free speech\" social network Parler from its Play Store over its failure to remove \"egregious content\".\n\nParler styles itself as \"unbiased\" social media and has proved popular with people banned from Twitter.\n\nBut Google said the app had failed to remove posts inciting violence.\n\nApple has also warned Parler it will remove the app from its App Store if it does not comply with its content-moderation requirements.\n\nOn Parler, the app's chief executive John Matze said: \"We won't cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech!\"\n\nLaunched in 2018, Parler has proved particularly popular among supporters of US President Donald Trump and right-wing conservatives. Such groups have frequently accused Twitter and Facebook of unfairly censoring their views.\n\nWhile Mr Trump himself is not a user, the platform already features several high-profile contributors following earlier bursts of growth in 2020.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz boasts 4.9 million followers on the platform, while Fox News host Sean Hannity has about seven million.\n\nIt briefly became the most-downloaded app in the United States after the US election, following a clampdown on the spread of election misinformation by Twitter and Facebook.\n\nHowever, both Apple and Google have said the app fails to comply with content-moderation requirements.\n\nFor months, Parler has been one of the most popular social media platforms for right-wing users.\n\nAs major platforms began taking action against viral conspiracy theories, disinformation and the harassment of election workers and officials in the aftermath of the US presidential vote, the app became more popular with elements of the fringe far-right.\n\nThis turned the network into a right-wing echo chamber, almost entirely populated by users fixated on revealing examples of election fraud and posting messages in support of attempts to overturn the election outcome.\n\nIn the days preceding the Capitol riots, the tone of discussion on the app became significantly more violent, with some users openly discussing ways to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory by Congress.\n\nUnsubstantiated allegations and defamatory claims against a number of senior US figures such as Chief Justice John Roberts and Vice-President Mike Pence were rife on the app.\n\nGoogle and Apple say they are taking necessary action to ensure violent rhetoric is not promoted on their platforms.\n\nHowever, to those increasingly concerned about freedom of speech and expression on online platforms, it represents another example of draconian action by major tech companies which threatens internet freedom.\n\nThis is a debate which is certain to continue beyond the Trump presidency.\n\nIn a statement, Google confirmed it had suspended Parler from its Play Store, saying: \"Our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence.\n\n\"In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app's listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues.\"\n\nApple has warned Parler it will be removed from the App Store on Saturday in a letter published by Buzzfeed News.\n\nIt said it had seen \"accusations that the Parler app was used to plan, coordinate, and facilitate\" the attacks on the US Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMr Matze said Parler had \"no way to organise anything\" and pointed out that Facebook groups and events had been used to organise action.\n\nBut Apple said: \"Our investigation has found that Parler is not effectively moderating and removing content that encourages illegal activity and poses a serious risk to the health and safety of users in direct violation of your own terms of service.\"\n\n\"We won't distribute apps that present dangerous and harmful content.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a related development, Google has kicked Steve Bannon's War Room podcast off YouTube, saying it had repeatedly violated the platform's rules.\n\nThe ex-White House aide's channel had more than 300,000 subscribers.\n\nSteve Bannon served as President Trump's chief strategist for eight months in 2017\n\n\"In accordance with our strikes system, we have terminated Steve Bannon's channel 'War room' and one associated channel for repeatedly violating our Community Guidelines,\" Google said in a statement.\n\n\"Any channel posting new videos with misleading content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential election in violation of our policies will receive a strike, a penalty which temporarily restricts uploading or live-streaming. Channels that receive three strikes in the same 90-day period will be permanently removed from YouTube.\"\n\nThe action was taken shortly after the channel posted an interview with Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, in which he blamed the Democrats for the rioting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.\n\nOne anti-misinformation group said the action was long overdue after \"months of Steve Bannon calling for revolution and violence\".\n\n\"The truth is YouTube should have taken down Steve Bannon's account a long time ago and they shouldn't rely on the labour of extremism researchers to moderate the content on their platform,\" said Madeline Peltz, Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America.", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "Dozens of demonstrators were walking and chanting along Clapham High Street as police attempted to keep them contained to the area\n\nSixteen people have been arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nPolice officers clashed with some of the maskless protesters who arrived in Clapham Common, some shouting \"take your freedom back\".\n\nSix police vans were deployed to the scene while officers moved the crowd of about 30 people away from the area.\n\nGathering for the purpose of a protest is not an exemption to the rules, the Met Police said.\n\nOne woman shouted from her car at the protesters \"there's a pandemic going\", while another bystander shouted \"idiots\".\n\nOne anti-lockdown protester, who was detained at Clapham Common park, said \"I stand under common law, not maritime law and this is assault\" as he was put into handcuffs by police officers.\n\nA large police presence remains around Clapham Common station, but almost all protesters had left the area as of 14:00 GMT.\n\nIt comes as a \"major incident\" was declared as the spread of Covid-19 threatens to \"overwhelm\" London hospitals.\n\nCity Hall said Covid-19 cases in the capital had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, while there were 35% more people in hospital with the virus than in the peak of the pandemic in April.\n\nPolice could be seen questioning several people at the demonstration\n\nPolice battled to disperse the protestors gathering in Clapham Common\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One floral tribute had Dame Barbara's photograph in the centre\n\nThe funeral of EastEnders and Carry On actress Dame Barbara Windsor has taken place in London.\n\nRoss Kemp, who played her on-screen son in the soap, was among the 30 mourners and gave a reading, as did actor and friend Christopher Biggins.\n\nDame Barbara died in December at the age of 83, having had dementia.\n\nThere were floral arrangements spelling Babs, The Dame and Saucy, and a mock pub sign showing her as The Queen Peggy in the style of the soap's Queen Vic.\n\nDame Barbara played pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders for more than two decades.\n\nA version of the EastEnders Queen Vic pub sign was painted in tribute\n\nScott Mitchell, who was married to Dame Barbara for 20 years, was joined at Golders Green Crematorium by family and friends including comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams.\n\n\"As Covid has denied so many of Barbara's family, friends and fans a chance to say farewell properly, I wanted to share the order of service to let people be a small part of it,\" Mr Mitchell told the PA news agency.\n\n\"My heart goes out to every family who have experienced the same restrictions at their loved ones' funerals.\"\n\nLeft-right: Christopher Biggins, Ross Kemp and David Walliams were among the mourners\n\nHe added: \"I would again like to thank my family, friends, the media and the public for their incredible support and well wishes since Barbara's passing.\"\n\nDame Barbara's coffin was brought into the crematorium to sound of Frank Sinatra's On The Sunny Side Of The Street, and the service featured a recording of Sparrows Can't Sing from the actress's 1963 film of the same.\n\nIt finished with the famous topless photo of Dame Barbara from the film Carry On Camping, alongside her quote: \"That picture will follow me to the end.\"\n\nLong-time friend Anna Karen, who played Dame Barbara's on-screen sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders, also paid tribute during the service.\n\nThe funeral was also attended by Loose Women's Jane Moore and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick. However, the numbers were limited due to coronavirus social distancing.\n\nAlzheimer's Research UK recently said it had seen a spike in donations since Dame Barbara's death, and a JustGiving page set up as a tribute to her and in aid of the charity has raised more than £150,000 (including Gift Aid).\n\nMr Mitchell said that was \"beyond anything we may have dreamed of\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ben Jackson said the closure of the farm's bulk-buyers like hotels and schools has left thousands of eggs unsold\n\nA fall in bulk egg orders due to the lockdown could lead to chickens being culled, a poultry-farmer has warned.\n\nFluffetts Farm near Fordingbridge had been supplying free range eggs to 350 Hampshire schools, but orders stopped when schools suddenly closed.\n\nFarm owner, Ben Jackson said: \"If you can't sell the eggs you can't still keep feeding the chickens and therefore something has to give.\"\n\nHe said he hoped to work out a local delivery system to avoid culling birds.\n\nMr Jackson, who has been selling some of the surplus eggs off on social media, has more than 13,000 chickens laying 12,000 eggs each day.\n\nThe cancellation of his school orders has left him with about 4,000 spare eggs a day. The farm has also been hit by restaurants and pubs closing again.\n\nThe farm has a surplus of about 4,000 eggs each day from its 13,000 chickens\n\nHe said: \"If we can't find a home for the eggs the worst-case scenario is that we may have to look to get rid of some of our chickens, but that's what we're trying to avoid.\n\n\"Other chicken farmers are in the same situation - they are talking about potentially having to cull birds in the next week or so - it's not a decision that anyone wants to make.\n\n\"We just want to get through this dark time - we're just taking it a day at time.\"\n\nChickens at the farm are currently in a bird lockdown.\n\nSince 14 December strict biosecurity regulations have been in place following a number of outbreak of avian influenza throughout England.\n• None 'I'll have to throw away £6,000-worth of milk'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge asked how staff were coping during the pandemic and thanked them for their sacrifice\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge has said he talks to his three children about NHS staff \"every day\" to help them to understand the \"sacrifices\" made during Covid.\n\nPrince William's comments were part of a video call to London hospital staff.\n\n\"Catherine and I and all the children talk about all of you guys every day, so we're making sure the children understand all of the sacrifices that all of you are making,\" he said.\n\nIt comes after the London mayor said the virus was \"out of control\".\n\nSadiq Khan declared a major incident on Friday - meaning the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response - after the number of Covid patients in the capital's hospitals surpassed 7,000.\n\nStaff at Homerton University Hospital in east London told the Duke of Cambridge that queues of people waiting to be vaccinated at the hospital offered hope, but that the way out of the crisis was for the public to \"stay at home\" during lockdown.\n\nIn recent days the hospital has seen its highest number of admissions since the pandemic began.\n\nDuring the UK's first national lockdown, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children Prince George (left), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined in with the weekly Clap for Carers event\n\nThe duke, who is joint patron of NHS Charities Together, said: \"A huge thank you for all the hard work, the sleepless nights, the lack of sleep, the anxiety, the exhaustion and everything that you are doing, we are so grateful.\n\n\"Good luck, we are all thinking of you.\"\n\nHis video call, which took place on Thursday, is one of many he and the duchess have made to NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nPrince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have also shown their support for the health service by getting involved with the weekly Clap for Carers applause during the UK's first national lockdown.\n\nAnd on Saturday, the Duchess's birthday, Kensington Palace said the family's thoughts \"continue to be with all those working on the front line at this hugely challenging time\".\n\nChief nurse Catherine Pelley told the prince her hospital had used funds from NHS Charities Together to set up various support initiatives such as a \"wobble room\" for colleagues to relax in.\n\n\"For us this week, starting vaccinating has been one of the single most significant impacts on people feeling that there is a future out of this, and the queues out the door here where they have been vaccinating have been really hopeful for people,\" she said.\n\n\"But the support we need is stay at home, help us. Because that will get us all out of this, whatever our role is, and we will get society out of this.\"\n\nAfter speaking to Ms Pelley and her colleagues about how they supported one another, the prince said: \"It's good that you and your team are keeping your spirits high and I always find that having some sort of sense of humour through everything is very important, otherwise we all go mad.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge said he wants his children to appreciate the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the pandemic", "Ms Sturgeon has rejected claims made by former first minister Alex Salmond\n\nAlex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of misleading parliament, calling evidence she gave to an inquiry into the handling of sexual harassment claims against him \"simply untrue\".\n\nMr Salmond's comments emerged in a written submission to a separate investigation into whether the first minister breached the ministerial code.\n\nThe submission has been shared with the Holyrood committee.\n\nMs Sturgeon says she \"entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims\".\n\nIn the submission, the former first minister said that Ms Sturgeon had misled parliament and broken the ministerial code with breaches including failing to inform the civil service in good time of her meetings with him.\n\nHe claimed she allowed the Scottish government to contest a civil court case against him despite having had legal advice that it was likely to collapse.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the Holyrood inquiry she had become aware of allegations at a meeting with Mr Salmond at her home.\n\nIt since emerged she met his former chief of staff in the days before, but she said she had forgotten about that meeting.\n\nMr Salmond said that claim was untenable.\n\nHis submission said that she misled parliament, and that amounted to a breach of the code. He also said she breached the code by failing to to inform civil servants of the nature of the meetings that took place between the two of them at her home where the allegations were discussed.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of charges of sexual assault\n\nMr Salmond's statement read: \"The pre-arranged meeting in the Scottish Parliament of 29 March 2018 was \"forgotten\" about because acknowledging it would have rendered ridiculous the claim made by the first minister in parliament that it had been believed that the meeting on 2 April was on SNP Party business and thus held at her private residence.\"\n\nBoth Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon are expected to give evidence to the committee in the coming weeks.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross responded to the claims, saying: \"Nobody ever bought Nicola Sturgeon's tall tales to have suddenly turned forgetful, especially about the devastating moment she found out of sexual harassment allegations against her friend and mentor of 30 years.\n\n\"What has been revealed are allegations of shocking, deliberate and corrupt actions at the heart of government. There is now clear evidence of Nicola Sturgeon abusing her power to deceive the Scottish public.\n\n\"If this proves to be correct, it is a resignation matter. No first minister, at any time, can be allowed to get away with repeatedly and blatantly lying to the Scottish Parliament and breaking the ministerial code.\"\n\nScottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said Alex Salmond's explosive allegations demanded answers from the first minister to the committee.\n\nShe said: \"The bombshell accusation that Nicola Sturgeon has broken the ministerial code has the potential to end her political career and demands a robust and honest answer from the first minister.\n\n\"This committee demands truthfulness and honesty from every witness it calls - it is vital that the first minister tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when she appears.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon has repeatedly dismissed any notion of a conspiracy against Mr Salmond.\n\nHer spokeswoman said: \"The first minister entirely rejects Mr Salmond's claims about the ministerial code.\n\n\"We should always remember that the roots of this issue lie in complaints made by women about Alex Salmond's behaviour whilst he was first minister, aspects of which he has conceded. It is not surprising therefore that he continues to try to divert focus from that by seeking to malign the reputation of the first minister and by spinning false conspiracy theories.\n\n\"The first minister is concentrating on fighting the pandemic, stands by what she has said, and will address these matters in full when she appears at committee.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday evening, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford MP said he did not believe the accusations about the first minister were correct.\n\nHe said: \"I believe that the first minister has acted in an honourable way, she's someone that I've every faith and trust in.\n\n\"I can tell you that the approval ratings for the first minister, the respect that she has right up and down the country of Scotland is enormous and this is something that will pass, when she appears in front of the committee these matters will be dealt with.\"\n\nAlex Salmond has just turned up the heat on his successor with a submission that presents a direct and serious challenge to the reputation of Nicola Sturgeon - who was once his closest political ally.\n\nWhat he no doubt considers as an attempt to secure justice, some others will see as a case of deflection and revenge.\n\nAllegations of breaking the ministerial code of conduct and misleading parliament are serious and, if upheld, potentially career threatening.\n\nYet even some of Ms Sturgeon's fiercest critics at Holyrood do not expect the inquiries into the Scottish government's mishandling of harassment complaints against Mr Salmond to force her from office.\n\nMr Salmond seems to expect the review of the first minister's actions under the ministerial code of conduct to remain narrow enough that it could not possibly find against her.\n\nThe first minister herself appears confident of persuading all comers, including a cross-party committee of MSPs (before which both she and Mr Salmond are due to appear in the coming weeks) that she has acted properly throughout.", "Fishing \"clears the mind of other worries\" says John Ellis from the Canal and Rivers Trust\n\nAnglers have hailed the mental health benefits of the sport after it was given the all-clear to continue, despite lockdown.\n\nThe government said it would be treated as a form of exercise, but subject to restrictions such as social distancing.\n\nRegulations mean people in England must stay at home except for specific purposes, including exercise, shopping for essentials and childcare.\n\nFigures show thousands more people have taken up fishing during the pandemic.\n\nJohn Ellis, national fisheries and angling manager for the Canal and Rivers Trust, said rod licence sales increased by 17% over the last year, the equivalent of about 100,000 people - some new to the sport and others returning.\n\nHe said, despite the colder weather which usually causes a drop in fishing, there are more people out than in a typical January.\n\n\"It is certainly one of few things people can do legally, can do locally,\" he said.\n\nSpencer Moore said it was easy to maintain social distance while fishing\n\nUnder current restrictions in England, anglers must fish alone, or with members of their household, and must not travel outside their local area.\n\nThe government regulations permit people to meet for exercise, but not \"for recreational or leisure purposes\".\n\nThe Department for Culture Media and Sport told the BBC while angling could continue, overarching government guidance meant people should minimise time spent outside their homes.\n\nMr Ellis said he had received emails from parents pleased their children could go fishing at the weekend, adding that for some people it was linked to their mental wellbeing.\n\n\"When you are focussing on fishing, it is very hard to think about anything else, it clears the mind of other worries, at least temporarily,\" he said.\n\nHeadway said fishing was one of its most popular sporting activities for clients\n\nHeadway Birmingham & Solihull, a charity which helps people living with brain injuries, runs regular fishing sessions, which were very popular with its clients.\n\n\"It encourages them to be more active and get some fresh air out in the countryside,\" she said.\n\n\"It also helps their motivation and mental wellbeing, giving them something to look forward to each week, something to talk about and a chance to form friendships with others who enjoy fishing too.\"\n\nSpencer Moore, a bailiff for Blackfords Progressive Angling Society, based in South Staffordshire, said the sport was perfect for social distancing.\n\n\"There are people furloughed, sitting in their house or working from home, but at least they can fish and can get out and wind down,\" he said.\n\n\"Being a fisherman, you are on your own on your peg. Someone might be on another peg, but they can be 20 to 30ft away, so you are nowhere near anyone else.\"\n\nChris Wood advised people to speak to their local angling club before going fishing for the first time\n\nChris Wood, from Shrewsbury Anglers Club, said the group had seen a definite \"upsurge\" in interest during the pandemic.\n\nBut, he said, it had also seen an increase in illegal fishing by people who were not aware of the proper permits needed.", "Edwin Poots said he has asked senior UK government figures to consider unilaterally revoking the NI Protocol\n\nThe Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.\n\nDUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has also said jobs could be at risk.\n\nHe said problems at the ports were being caused by new rules applied on imports of food and other products from Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nEarlier Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said trade from GB to NI \"will get worse before it gets better\".\n\nMr Gove said that \"work is ongoing\" and it is \"all part of the process of leaving the European Union\".\n\nHe added that he had spoken to ministers from all parties in the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nAfter speaking with hauliers, supermarkets and processors this week, Mr Poots predicted the loss of jobs and rising costs.\n\n\"A wide range of frozen and chilled foods will be unavailable after the temporary exemption period ends,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat exemption period applies to supermarkets and other food importers and runs out in April.\n\nAfter that they will have to comply with all the paperwork required to ship food in, or find suppliers on the island of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU.\n\nNew rules - called the Northern Ireland Protocol - were introduced because while the UK has left the EU, Northern Ireland has remained in the Single Market for goods and is continuing to apply EU customs rules.\n\nThe arrangement was agreed between the UK and the EU to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.\n\nMr Poots said he had spoken to senior UK government figures to ask them to consider unilaterally revoking the protocol as it was \"damaging Northern Ireland at the economic and societal level\".\n\nAnd he hit out at members of Sinn Fein, the SDLP, and Alliance Party who he claimed had supported it.\n\nMembers of those parties have countered similar claims from other DUP politicians in recent days.\n\nThey said DUP MPs had voted against alternative arrangements that would have been simpler to manage before the government pushed ahead with the protocol plan.\n\nResponding to Mr Poot's tweet on Friday evening, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood wrote: \"You broke it, you own it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has called for the assembly to be recalled to discuss difficulties over trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to Brexit.\n\nUUP MLA Roy Beggs said: \"The impact of the Irish Sea border is causing horrendous difficulties for hauliers and this is being seen in shops and businesses across Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and the situation is escalating.\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, Michael Gove said it had been expected that there would be \"some initial disruption\" to trade between GB and NI, but that the government is \"ironing\" issues out.\n\nHe said discussions with the executive in Northern Ireland were \"in order to make sure that the [Northern Ireland] protocol works\".\n\n\"[To make sure] that businesses in Northern Ireland can continue to have access to the rest of the UK market, and that Northern Ireland businesses can have the goods that they need on the shelves, that they have access to at the moment,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland has remained a part of the EU's single market for goods while the rest of the UK has left.\n\nThis means food products from Great Britain are subject to checks when they enter Northern Ireland.\n\nSimilar processes and checks also apply when moving food products from Great Britain into the Republic of Ireland.\n\nMeanwhile, an organisation representing haulage firms has called on the UK and Irish government to relax some of the new Irish Sea trade border rules.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said there is serious disruption to freight movements into the island of Ireland.\n\nThe RHA said relaxing the controls on food products and customs declarations \"would help traders to ship goods that have struggled to move over recent days.\"\n\n\"The problems have led to gaps in supermarket shelves and lorries delayed at ports because of problems with red-tape and the situation is worsening,\" the organisation added.\n\n\"We are facing an inflexible, cumbersome and time consuming process just to move goods.\"\n\nThe UK government said the flow of goods \"between GB and NI has been smooth overall and arrivals of freight have continued to increase substantially over this week\".\n\n\"There are no significant queues at NI ports and supermarkets are reporting healthy supplies into their Northern Ireland stores,\" a spokesperson added.\n\n\"We recognise the need to provide as much support to the haulage sector as possible as industry adapts to new processes. That's why hauliers can benefit from the Trader Support Service, which provides free advice and support to businesses of all sizes moving goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\n\"We have been engaging intensively with the Irish authorities and hauliers on the issues that have been encountered for goods transiting through Dublin port.\"\n\nOn Thursday customs authorities in the Republic of Ireland announced a temporary relaxation of one customs process.\n\nHauliers will be able to use an override code to complete a piece of administration known as ENS.\n\nThe letters ENS refer to an entry summary declaration, an online form which goods carriers are now legally obliged to submit to Irish customs when transporting goods from Great Britain into Ireland.\n\nLorries arriving in Ireland from Great Britain have faced new checks since 1 January\n\nOn Thursday night the Irish Revenue Commissioners said it recognised that \"some businesses are experiencing difficulties on lodging their safety and security ENS declarations\".\n\nIt said that in response it was providing a \"temporary easement\" which would allow an ENS to be produced without all the normally required information.\n\nAn Irish government spokesperson said it is \"absolutely essential that Ireland fulfils its obligations as a member of the EU and that we protect the integrity of the single market and the customs union\".\n\n\"We appreciate that the new requirements and customs formalities present significant challenges and impose additional burdens on businesses.\"\n\nMeanwhile Stena, the ferry company, said it was cancelling a dozen sailings between Wales and Ireland next week due to \"a decline in freight volumes during the first week of Brexit.\"", "Covid infections rose by almost a third between 26 December and 3 January, reaching 70,000 new cases a day according to a major study.\n\nIn a different piece of research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 1.2 million people in total had Covid over a similar time period.\n\nDaily infections are understood to have risen to about 150,000 since then.\n\nThat would bring daily coronavirus cases above the first peak.\n\nThe R or reproduction number for the virus is now between 1 and 1.4 for the UK, reflecting the sharp rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nSeparate ONS data suggests just under half (44%) of British adults formed a Christmas bubble.\n\nThese temporary rules let up to three households mix indoors on 25 December - unless they were living in a Tier 4 area.\n\nThe ONS estimated how much of the population had Covid in the week of 27 December- 2 January:\n\nThe ONS data suggests cases rose by three-quarters between its two most recent study periods: 12-18 December and 27 December - 2 January.\n\nThe ZOE Covid Symptom Study was able to track more recent changes since there was no pause in its research for Christmas.\n\nIt found the epidemic is growing throughout the UK.\n\nResearchers estimate the virus's reproduction or R number is currently 1.2 across the UK.\n\nBoth sources indicate London has the most severe epidemic with the highest number of cases.\n\nConfirmed cases, published on the government's dashboard, are always lower than those in surveys because they mainly reflect the test results of people coming in with symptoms.\n\nBoth the ONS and ZOE also look at asymptomatic cases - people who may not otherwise get tests.\n\nSome asymptomatic testing is now available in the community but it is not being widely taken up.\n\nAbout a fifth of people responding to a separate ONS survey looking at the social impacts of the pandemic, said they had found it difficult to follow the Christmas rules.\n\nAnd half of those gave the fact that they had already made plans as the reason.\n\nRules, which were set to allow everyone in the UK to mix in a five-day window, were changed at the last minute, on 19 December.\n\nIn England, people living in Tiers 1-3 were allowed to form a one-day Christmas bubble with a maximum of two other households.\n\nThose in Tier 4, including about 10 million people in Greater London, were not permitted to mix at all.\n\nMixing was permitted in Scotland and Wales for Christmas Day only.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "The president says he hates Big Tech. Yet he has loved using Twitter.\n\nHe's used it as a way, for more than 10 years, to bypass the media and speak directly to voters.\n\nThe 280 characters fits neatly with his style of political engagement - broad brushstrokes rather than details.\n\nAnd Twitter has undoubtedly benefited from President Trump too, the place to go to hear the latest musings from the most powerful person on the planet.\n\nThat decade-long symbiosis has been ended with a shuddering halt.\n\nImmediately after the deadly riots, Twitter locked the President's Twitter feed and asked Mr Trump to delete three tweets for violations around its Civic Integrity policy., which he promptly did.\n\nAfter the suspension he tweeted as a new man, the nonsense claims of mass voter fraud replaced with a more conciliatory tone.\n\nPrivately though Twitter was pondering whether it had gone far enough. Facebook had already acted, banning Donald Trump \"indefinitely\".\n\nAfter more than 48 hours of consideration, Twitter acted. It made unquestionably the most important moderation decision in its history. It banned the president of the United States.\n\nSome have asked why he wasn't kicked off sooner.\n\nMr Trump or one of his associates appears to have deleted some of his most recent tweets\n\nWell, Twitter has very specific rules about world leaders.\n\n\"We recognise that sometimes it may be in the public interest to allow people to view tweets that would otherwise be taken down,\" Twitter's rules say.\n\n\"At present, we limit exceptions to one critical type of public-interest content - tweets from elected and government officials.\"\n\nChief executive Jack Dorsey had felt it was in the public interest to keep the account active, albeit with warning messages.\n\n\"No one is turning a blind eye,\" a senior source told the BBC before the ban.\n\nIn short, Mr Trump had been allowed to remain on Twitter - despite numerous breaches of its rules - because he is the president.\n\nWith less than two weeks to go of Trump's presidency, many social media companies have now decided enough is enough.\n\nCritics say the outgoing president's words on social media, for years, helped to incite Wednesday's storming of Capitol Hill.\n\nAll the big social media companies have made it clear that - as a private citizen - if you continually look to peddle conspiracy theories and promote extremism, you should expect to be kicked out. With just a few days of his presidency left, Mr Trump is already being held to a different standard - his privileges stripped.\n\nWhat's driving this? To be cynical, social media companies are acutely aware that President-elect Joe Biden believes Big Tech hasn't done enough to quell fake news and hate speech on their platforms.\n\nRioters broke into Congress after a speech by Mr Trump on Wednesday\n\nThey are now desperate to show that they can, in fact, police their own platforms without the need for stringent legal reforms.\n\nWhat better way to show you're serious than to act on Mr Trump's misinformation?\n\nWhat will Mr Trump do next? Well he's already said he's looking into the possibility of building his own platform in the future.\n\nBut for now he's consigned to the fringes of the internet. Can Trumpism survive without Big Tech? We're about to find out.\n\nJames Clayton is the BBC's North America technology reporter based in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @jamesclayton5.", "Fashion student Mhari Thurston-Tyler posted an advert for the \"crop top\" (right) on Depop after she says she found some discarded Chiltern Railways seat covers (like those on the left)\n\nA fashion student has been warned not to sell prohibited items on the clothes app, Depop, after she posted an advert for a top made from a train seat cover.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler made the bandeau out of a Chiltern Railways seat cover designed to promote social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe 20-year-old sold the top for £15 but later refunded her customer and took the advert down.\n\nDepop said the item \"clearly violates our terms of service\".\n\nThe app for buying and selling second-hand clothes said the sale of stolen goods was banned - but Ms Thurston-Tyler denied stealing.\n\nShe told BBC News she found two of the blue seat covers \"balled up on the floor\" outside Marylebone station in London in September.\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, who is a fashion student at Central Saint Martins, re-sewed one of the covers to make it fit her, before deciding to advertise the second cover on Depop.\n\n\"I have no money at the moment so decided to put the second one on Depop to see if anyone would buy it,\" she said, adding that the app had become her main source of income as she has struggled to find other work during the pandemic.\n\n\"I have to resort to little things like this to make ends meet, to pay the bills.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler's advert went viral on social media after being shared by Depop Drama's Instagram and Twitter accounts.\n\nMhari Thurston-Tyler said she has been unable to find a job during the coronavirus pandemic and sells clothes on Depop \"to make ends meet\"\n\nIn the advert, Ms Thurston-Tyler models the seat cover and describes it as a \"social distancing crop\", adding: \"Got a few of these can do different sizes.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, said a Depop customer paid her £15 and ordered a crop top \"in extra small\".\n\nBut realising she should not be making money out of Chiltern Railways' property, Ms Thurston-Tyler refunded the customer 15 minutes later and took the advert down shortly afterwards.\n\n\"I didn't steal it but I understand it's not right to re-sell it,\" she said.\n\nA Depop spokesperson said Ms Thurston-Tyler would be banned from the platform if she listed any other prohibited goods.\n\n\"We explicitly prohibit the sale of illegal and unlawful content on the app, including any stolen goods,\" they said.\n\n\"This item clearly violates our terms of service, but as it has been removed by the seller and is no longer for sale on the platform, we will not be taking immediate steps to ban this user.\"\n\nMs Thurston-Tyler said she hopes to make her own line of crop tops with the words \"children railways\" on the design, while \"the hype\" of the viral moment continues.\n\nChiltern Railways said it has been using the social distancing \"seat sashes\" since the beginning of the UK's Covid epidemic.\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"Whilst we appreciate this new take on railway memorabilia, these items are there to help customers travel with confidence and we would respectfully ask that they are left in place.\"", "A former Labour MP has quit the party before disciplinary proceedings against him concerning sexual harassment could be concluded, Labour has said.\n\nKelvin Hopkins was suspended by the party in 2017 after a Labour activist, Ava Etemadzadeh, accused him of inappropriate physical contact.\n\nMs Etemadzadeh said the ex-MP's exit from the party was \"disappointing\".\n\nThe BBC has attempted to contact Mr Hopkins, 79, for a response, but he has previously denied the accusations.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said it \"takes all complaints of sexual harassment extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.\n\n\"We are disappointed that the party's disciplinary processes did not reach a conclusion due to Kelvin Hopkins' decision to resign his membership,\" they added.\n\n\"We are establishing an independent process to investigate complaints, including sexual harassment, to ensure complainants can feel confident that in coming forward they will be heard and get the justice they deserve.\"\n\nMr Hopkins, who first won the seat of Luton North from the Conservatives in 1997, stood down ahead of the 2019 election - a decision, he said, which was to do with his wife's health, not the accusations.\n\nHe had originally been referred to the party's National Constitutional Committee following the allegations in 2017 and had expressed frustration at the length of time the hearing was taking.\n\nResponding to his decision to leave the party, Ms Etemadzadeh tweeted: \"This is very disappointing news. I hope Keir Starmer listens to my concerns and fixes this broken system.\"", "Film director Michael Apted, best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years, has died aged 79.\n\nHe also directed Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.\n\nThe original 7 Up in 1964 set out to document the life prospects of a range of children from all walks of life.\n\nThe show was inspired by the Aristotle quote \"give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man\".\n\nThe first 7 Up show was followed by 14 Up at the start of the next decade, which interviewed the same children as teenagers - and the pattern was set right up until 63 Up in 2019.\n\nThroughout all those intervening years ITV viewers became engrossed with the stories of private school trio Andrew, Charles and John, of Jackie who went through two divorces, of Neil who went from jobless and homeless to Liberal Democrat councillor, and of working class chatterbox Tony, whose life ambition was to become a jockey.\n\nApted's shows - which won three Bafta awards - have often been described as the forerunner of modern-day reality TV series, giving its participants the time to tell their own stories on screen.\n\nBut unlike their modern counterparts, the original Up children tended to fade away from the limelight in the seven years between each chapter.\n\nIn 2008, Apted was made a companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the British film and television industries.\n\nThomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America, said Apted was a \"fearless visionary\" whose legacy would live on.\n\nHe said Apted, who was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, \"saw the trajectory of things when others didn't and we were all beneficiaries of his wisdom and lifelong dedication\".\n\nITV's managing director Kevin Lygo said the director's six-decade career was \"in itself truly remarkable\".\n\nHe said the Up series \"demonstrated the possibilities of television at its finest in its ambition and its capacity to hold up a mirror to society and engage with and entertain people while enriching our perspective on the human condition\".\n\nApted directed the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough\n\n\"The influence of Michael's contribution to film and programme-making continues to be felt and he will be sadly missed,\" Lygo added.\n\nMichael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bond film franchise, said Apted \"was a director of enormous talent\" and \"beloved by all those who worked with him\".\n\n\"We loved working with him on The World Is Not Enough and send our love and support to his family, friends and colleagues,\" they said.\n\nA post on the Twitter account of the band Garbage, who performed the theme for The World Is Not Enough, labelled Apted a \"delightful, charming soul\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Garbage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nComposer David G Arnold, who composed the Bond theme and worked with Apted on three other non-Bond movies, said he felt \"lucky\" to work with him.\n\n\"A more trusting, funny, friendly and, most importantly, kind, person you'd never meet. So pleased to have known him and so sad that he's gone,\" Arnold wrote on Twitter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eva's father, Paul Slapa, says the generosity of strangers has been \"amazing\"\n\nA 10-year-old girl who needed to travel to the United States for treatment on an inoperable brain tumour has died.\n\nFamily of Eva Williams raised £250,000 needed for a new life-extending trial.\n\nBut the schoolgirl, from Marford, Wrexham, was unable to travel due to coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nAt the start of 2020, she was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) and died on Friday. Her father said in a tribute: \"We love you Eva - more than you'll have ever known.\"\n\nPaul Slapa, said on social media that his daughter was surrounded by all of her family when she died.\n\nHe posted: \"Over the past week, Eva had lost the ability to speak, eat and swallow fluids, and she has suffered more than any child should ever have to suffer.\n\n\"Watching her still fight each day has been heart-breaking.\n\n\"Eva is an inspiration to many, certainly to me, and I cannot begin to imagine how we will go forward from here.\n\n\"How do we wake up each day and go on? How do we face the world without our baby girl with us? Why did this happen to the most caring and loving of little girls?\n\n\"Every single part of us is in pain and I can't see how that can change. We love you Eva - more than you'll have ever known - and we will keep you with us every day for the rest of our lives.\"\n\nAfter Eva was diagnosed with a high-grade DIPG she had been undergoing radiotherapy treatment to shrink the tumour.\n\nHer father and mother Carran Williams started a fundraising campaign to access the trial treatment in the US, and managed to raise the money in the space of three weeks.\n\nThey had been originally due to take part in the trial in New York in April.\n\nBut then Covid-19 measures saw international flight bans and travel restrictions imposed.\n\nHer plight was raised by the Wrexham MP Sarah Atherton during Prime Minister's Questions in July and Boris Johnson said he would look at what help can be offered to get her to the United States.\n\nEva also had radiotherapy as part of her treatment", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Madrid has been hit by heavy snowfall after Storm Filomena\n\nStorm Filomena has blanketed parts of Spain in heavy snow, with half of the country on red alert for more on Saturday.\n\nRoad, rail and air travel has been disrupted and interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said the country was facing \"the most intense storm in the last 50 years\".\n\nMadrid, one of the worst affected areas, is set to see up to 20cm (eight inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nFurther south the storm caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nFour deaths have been reported so far as a result of Filomena. Officials said two people had been found frozen to death - one in the town of Zarzalejo, north-west of Madrid, and the other in the eastern city of Calatayud. Two people travelling in a car were swept away by floods near the southern city of Malaga.\n\nAs snow fell on Madrid on Friday evening, a number of vehicles became stranded on a motorway near the capital.\n\nThe city's Barajas airport has closed, along with a number of roads, and all trains to and from Madrid have been cancelled.\n\nFirefighters were called in to assist drivers who had become stuck. In some areas the military were called in to help clear roads.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged people to stay at home and to follow the instructions of emergency services. King Felipe and Queen Letizia took to Twitter to urge \"extreme caution against the risks of accumulation of ice and snow\".\n\nThe country's AEMET weather agency said the snowfall was \"exceptional and most likely historic\".\n\nA number of people were seen making the most of the snowy scenery, walking through Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.\n\nLarge parks in Madrid have since been closed as a precaution, AFP news agency reports.\n\nOne man was pictured skiing along the Gran Via, the capital's famous shopping street.\n\nIn Cañada Real, the largest shanty town in western Europe, residents were seen creating a bonfire to keep warm.\n\nThe cold weather is set to continue beyond the weekend with temperatures in Madrid predicted to hit -12C on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Bez in training for his new exercise classes in a park in Manchester\n\nHappy Mondays star Bez is to launch his own lockdown fitness classes to inspire the nation like Joe Wicks.\n\nThe former maraca-shaking dancer, 56, wants to rival Joe Wicks with his online YouTube classes \"Get Buzzin' With Bez\" to be launched on 17 January.\n\nBez, whose on-stage \"freaky dancing\" made him an icon of the 'Madchester' music scene, has admitted he also wants to budge his own lockdown bulge.\n\nHe won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 and even made a bid to become an MP.\n\nBez, whose real name is Mark Berry, will be shown being trained in the fitness classes rather than acting as the instructor himself.\n\nHe said: \"I'd like to think I'm somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr Motivator.\n\n\"I've started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips, and I can't stop eating chocolate.\n\n\"Last lockdown I got unfit, fat, lazy and into some seriously bad eating habits.\n\nBez being put through his paces with a personal trainer\n\n\"This year, this lockdown, I need to sort it out sharpish.\"\n\nHe said that people can join him on \"on this mad journey or just sit on the sofa and have a good laugh at me\".\n\nBez said he has \"started this new year seriously unfit, with a fat belly and creaky hips\"\n\nThe former dancer added: \"At the very least, I know I'll be making people smile, at best I'll be helping people get fit and mentally happier alongside me.\"\n\nThe Happy Mondays, along with bands like The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, spearheaded the indie music 'Madchester' scene of the late 80s and early 90s.\n\nBez dancing with his maraca on BBC One's Top of the Pops as the band perform Step On in 1989\n\nBez's bug-eyed dance routines were said to have inspired the group's song Freaky Dancin' and made him one of the best-known members of the group, alongside frontman Shaun Ryder.\n\nTheir hits included Step On, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and 24 Hour Party People.\n\nHowever, serious drug habits and infighting led to the Salford band's breakup in 1993.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown, scientists advising the government have said.\n\nProf Robert West said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nProf Susan Michie also said the spread of the new more infectious variant meant the restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\nThe government said it had adapted its approach and taken \"swift action\" to try and stop the spread of the virus.\n\nThe warnings come after ministers launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the new variant of Covid is around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it's not stricter,\" he said\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London, also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to the first lockdown and he said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore people are in schools, after the Department for Education has widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend, with attendance rates surging to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Michie, who is also a member of Sage, agreed the current lockdown was \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said in comparison to the first lockdown last spring more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nProf Michie, a professor of health psychology at University College London, added that the winter season posed extra challenges because the virus survives longer in the cold and people spend more time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily.\n\nCombined with the more transmissible new variant, she said \"we should have a stricter rather than less strict lockdown than we had back in March\".\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nDr Adam Kucharski, another scientist advising the government and an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that because the new variant was more transmissible \"each interaction we have has become riskier than it was before\".\n\nHe said that even if people reduced their contacts to levels seen last spring, it would not have the same effect on virus transmission.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nOn Friday 1,325 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were recorded in the UK - the highest daily figure yet - along with 68,053 new cases.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says hospitals are \"under more pressure than at any other time since the start of the pandemic\", with infection rates increasing at an \"alarming rate\" across the country and the NHS under \"severe strain\".\n\nIt comes after London's mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of coronavirus was \"out of control\" as he declared a \"major incident\" in the capital on Friday.\n\nDr Simon Walsh, an emergency care doctor in London, told BBC Breakfast the \"unprecedented\" numbers of patients requiring intensive care treatment meant staff were spread \"more and more thinly\".\n\nHospitals in other parts of the UK are also under pressure.\n\nDr Justin Varney, director of public health in Birmingham, said he was \"very worried\" about the situation in the city, where hospital bosses have warned they do not have enough intensive care nurses to deal with the growing case load.\n\nHe warned that the NHS had still not seen the impact of the rise in cases following the relaxation of restrictions over Christmas and added: \"It is going to get a lot, lot worse unless we really get this under control\".\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Our priority from the outset has been to protect the NHS to save lives and we have taken advice from scientific and medical experts throughout. As new evidence has emerged, we have adapted our approach and taken swift action to try and stop the spread of the virus.\"\n\nTell us how you have been affected by coronavirus by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "More than 80,000 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown.\n\nA further 1,035 deaths in the UK were reported on Saturday, taking the total by that measure to 80,868.\n\nThe number of daily cases of people who tested positive for coronavirus increased by 59,937.\n\nOnly the US, Brazil, India and Mexico have recorded more Covid deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row that the UK has reported more than 1,000 daily deaths.\n\nIt comes as scientists advising the government have warned that lockdown measures in England need to be stricter to achieve the same impact as the March shutdown.\n\nMinisters have launched a new campaign urging people to act like they have the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, Buckingham Palace has said the Queen, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 50 people in England had coronavirus between 27 December and 2 January, while in London it was one in 30.\n\nOn Friday, mayor Sadiq Khan said the spread of Covid in the capital was \"out of control\".\n\nOfficial figures from Public Health England showed London had the highest regional case rate in the UK, exceeding 1,000 per 100,000 people.\n\nUnder the national lockdown, people in England must stay at home and can only go out for essential reasons. Similar measures are in place across most of Scotland, in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Robert West, a participant in the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B), which advises the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the current rules were \"still allowing a lot of activity which is spreading the virus\".\n\nHe said the new variant of Covid was around 50% more infectious compared to the virus that infected people last March.\n\n\"That means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in March we would have to have a stricter lockdown, and it (the current regime) is not stricter,\" he added.\n\nThe professor of health psychology at University College London also told the BBC more children were going to school, compared to during the first lockdown.\n\nHe said schools were \"a very important seed of community infection\".\n\nMore children are at school, after the Department for Education widened the categories of vulnerable and key worker pupils allowed to attend. Attendance rates have risen to 50% in some places.\n\nProf Susan Michie, who is also a member of Sage, said the spread of the new, more infectious variant meant current restrictions were \"too lax\".\n\n\"When you look at the data, it shows that almost 90% of people are overwhelmingly adhering to the rules - despite the fact that we're also seeing more people out and about,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nShe said, in comparison to the first lockdown in spring 2020, more people were allowed to go out to work and children's nurseries were open, making public transport busier.\n\nThe number of people travelling by public transport in London has decreased since the latest national lockdown began, with tube journeys now at 18% of the pre-pandemic demand and bus journeys at 30%, according to figures from Transport for London.\n\nHowever, during the first lockdown passenger numbers fell below 10% at some points.\n\nScientists believe the new variant spreads between 50 and 70% faster compared to previous forms of the virus.\n\nProf Kevin Fenton, London regional director for Public Health England, said there were \"things we could do better\" to reduce the number of infections, including greater compliance with mask wearing and social distancing when shopping and using public transport.\n\nTorsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme that the UK's statutory sick pay system was \"not fit for purpose for a pandemic\" and more effective measures to encourage people to isolate were needed.\n\nAs cases and deaths soar, the government has launched an advertising campaign, which will be shared across television, radio, newspapers and on social media, urging people to stay at home and not to get complacent.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health and Social Care\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I know the last year has taken its toll - but your compliance is now more vital than ever.\"\n\nGovernment sources say there is also likely to be more focus from police on enforcing rather than explaining rules.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, 12 people were arrested during an anti-lockdown protest in south London.\n\nIf you would like to send us a tribute to a friend or family member who died after contracting coronavirus, please use the form below.\n\nPlease remember to include a photo of your loved one and their name. Upload your pictures here. Don't forget to include your contact details, so we can get in touch with you.\n\nWe would like to respond to everyone individually and include every tribute in our coverage, but unfortunately that may not be possible. Please be assured your message will be read and treated with the utmost respect.\n\nPlease note the contact details you provide will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your tribute.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London mayor Sadiq Khan: \"Unless the virus reduces... we could run out of beds\"\n\nThe spread of Covid in London is \"out of control\" according to Sadiq Khan, who has declared a \"major incident\".\n\nThe coronavirus infection rate in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 people, based on the latest figures from Public Health England.\n\nHowever, the Office for National Statistics recently estimated as many as one in 30 Londoners has coronavirus.\n\nMr Khan told BBC political reporter Karl Mercer that the figure is as high as one in 20 in some parts of London.\n\nMajor incidents have previously been called for the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 and the terror attacks at Westminster Bridge and London Bridge.\n\nA major incident is any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or all of the emergency services, the NHS or the local authority.\n\nIt means the emergency services and hospitals cannot guarantee their normal level of response.\n\nCurrently, there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, the mayor said.\n\nThis is a 35% increase compared to last April's peak of the pandemic, he added.\n\nDr Samantha Batt-Rawden, an ICU registrar and President of the Doctors' Association UK, tweeted: \"We tried. We really tried. NHS staff pleaded with people that Christmas is not worth it. Now one in 30 people in London have Covid and ICUs are overwhelmed. My heart is broken.\"\n\nAn analysis of Public Health England figures show in the week to 3 January, the number of cases rose across all of the London's boroughs compared with the previous week, with 17 individually recording more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTesting increased in parts of the city after a drop over the Christmas period but positivity was high among people taking lab-based tests - suggesting more testing is needed to find undiagnosed cases in the community.\n\nIn the past week, many parts of the capital saw a rise in deaths where a person had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days - with some areas recording more than double the number of deaths compared with the previous week.\n\nHowever, reporting over the Christmas period may have affected this.\n\nOut of the 18 acute hospital trusts in London providing figures to the government, all of them recorded having more beds being filled by coronavirus patients than in the previous week.\n\nBarts NHS Health, one of London's largest trusts, saw a 30% increase in coronavirus patients between 29 December and 5 January, to 830.\n\nThe London Ambulance Service is now taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, the mayor says\n\nThe mayor of London's announcement comes after the counties of Sussex and Surrey declared similar major incidents on Thursday.\n\nHe said the London Ambulance Service was currently taking up to 8,000 emergency calls a day, compared to 5,500 on a typical busy day.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said more than 100 firefighters had been drafted in to drive ambulances to help cope with the demand.\n\nEvery frontline agency involved in protecting the public has a legal duty to prepare for emergencies by devising and testing major incident plans.\n\nThese public bodies declare a major incident when the situation they're confronting is so big or terrible that it's not only likely to cause serious harm, but it will also compromise their ability to respond effectively.\n\nIn general terms, that means public bodies can legally stop delivering some everyday services, so that their personnel, attention and resources can be diverted to the emergency confronting them.\n\nAt other times, the plans will lead to the military sending soldiers to aid the civilian effort, as we have seen already during the pandemic.\n\nPrevious major incidents include the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, the Salisbury Novichok poisonings and the 2017 terrorism attacks.\n\nLondon's regional director for Public Health England Kevin Fenton said the current wave of coronavirus was \"the biggest threat\" the capital has faced in this pandemic to date.\n\nHe added: \"The emergence of the new variant means we are setting record case rates at almost double the national average, with at least one in 30 people now thought to be carrying the virus.\n\n\"We know this will sadly lead to large numbers of deaths, so strong and immediate action is needed.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nMr Khan is warning that London is \"at crisis point\".\n\n\"If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die,\" he said.\n\n\"Londoners continue to make huge sacrifices and I am today imploring them to please stay at home unless it is absolutely necessary for you to leave. Stay at home to protect yourself, your family, friends and other Londoners and to protect our NHS.\"\n\nHe said he had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for more financial support for Londoners who need to self-isolate and are unable to work, and for daily vaccination data.\n\nMr Khan also called for the closure of places of worship and for face masks to be worn routinely outside the home, including in crowded places and supermarket queues, in a bid to curb case numbers.\n\nTwo hospital trusts in London have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths\n\nThe mayor of London was in a sombre mood when I spoke to him earlier this afternoon. One in 20 Londoners in some areas now has Covid, and there is a real fear that hospitals will simply be overwhelmed in the next two weeks.\n\nDeclaring a major incident is a real indication of the levels of concern felt not just at City Hall but across London's emergency services and the NHS.\n\nMore Londoners are now in hospital with coronavirus than at the peak of the first wave last April - and those numbers are growing by more than 800 every day.\n\nIt's believed the last mayor to declare a London-wide major incident was Boris Johnson in response to the 2011 riots.\n\nThe coming days will be some of the most challenging in the city's recent history.\n\nKatie Sanderson, a junior doctor working in London, said she is worried how long medical staff can cope with the surge of patients.\n\n\"[Staff] are working on wards and spending long amounts of time with patients who need high-intensive oxygen therapy,\" she said.\n\n\"It is technically challenging and the emotional burden is enormous. I see it in a flatness in their demeanour, like we've all got used to doing things which before were totally inconceivable.\"\n\nGeorgia Gould, chair of London Councils, described London's rising coronavirus rate as \"dangerous\".\n\nShe added: \"One in 30 Londoners now has Covid. This is why public services across London are urging all Londoners to please stay at home except for absolutely essential shopping and exercise.\n\n\"This is a dark and difficult time for our city but there is light at end of the tunnel with the vaccine rollout. We are asking Londoners to come together one last time to stop the spread - lives really do depend on it.\"\n\nEarlier this week as the prime minister introduced an England-wide lockdown, the Met Police said officers were going to be \"more inquisitive\" towards Londoners seen outside.\n\nThe Met handed out 1,761 fines for breaches of coronavirus laws between 27 March and 20 December.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the major incident was a \"stark reminder\" of the point London is at in the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"These rule-breakers cannot continue to feign ignorance of the risk that this virus poses or listen to the false information and lies that some promote downplaying the dangers.\n\n\"Every time the virus spreads it increases the risk of someone needlessly losing their life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'One of the worst shifts of my life - it's overwhelming'\n\nIn response to Mr Khan's announcement the government said the NHS is continuing to \"face a huge challenge\"\n\nA spokeswoman added: \"It is absolutely paramount people in London, and the rest of the country, follow the rules and stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives.\n\n\"We are working closely with NHS England to support hospitals in the capital, including additional bed capacity at the London Nightingale.\n\n\"Financial support is in place for workers who need to self-isolate - including a £500 payment for those on the lowest incomes who have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nHave any of the issues raised in this article had an impact on you? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This car was one of many turned away by police at Moel Famau on Saturday\n\nPeople are \"blatantly\" ignoring rules on lockdown restrictions despite repeated warnings, police have said.\n\nMore than 100 cars had been turned away from Moel Famau on the Flintshire border by Saturday lunchtime, with some driving past \"road closed\" signs.\n\nIn Snowdonia, Gwynedd, a warden said a group from Leicester would have \"probably ignored our advice\" if police had not arrived and told them to leave.\n\nLevel four restrictions mean travelling for exercise is not allowed in Wales.\n\nKeith Ellis, a warden at Pen y Pass in Snowdonia, said while it had been much quieter this weekend, people were still travelling, despite the restrictions.\n\n\"We've had three from Leicester first thing this morning and if the police hadn't turned up they would have probably ignored our advice and carried on up the mountain,\" he said.\n\n\"What they were wearing was totally inappropriate and they would have probably got into danger.\n\n\"We've had people also from Liverpool and some locals turning up knowing full well what the rules are, but just trying it on.\n\n\"Luckily there are a lot more police officers around and all these people have been spoken to and advised by the police as well.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Cases of coronavirus are very high in Wales at the moment and there is a new strain of the virus circulating, which is highly infectious and moving quickly.\n\n\"At alert level four, exercise should always be undertaken from home, unless you have special circumstances which requires some flexibility - such as disability or autism.\n\n\"The more people gather, the greater the risk of spreading or catching the virus.\"", "A further 1,610 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now above 90,000.\n\nA total of 4,266,577 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnother 33,355 positive Covid cases have been recorded - less than half the peak figure of 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nIt is the lowest number of daily cases seen since 27 December - before the start of England's third nationwide lockdown.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Whilst there are some early signs that show our sacrifices are working, we must continue to strictly abide by the measures in place.\"\n\nShe said reducing contact with others and staying at home will lead to \"a fall in the number of infections over time\".\n\nThe figures come as new estimates from the Office for National Statistics show about one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December - roughly double the October figure.\n\nThe rising number of deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday's numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays in registering deaths over the weekend tends to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half of that.\n\nBut there are two rays of hope in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 for a third day in a row. Just two weeks ago we saw a few days above 60,000.\n\nThat means in the coming weeks we should start to see fewer people in hospital and eventually fewer deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England said 400 military personnel were now assisting in hospitals in London and the Midlands, as wards face \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday, Prof Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said it would be \"some time\" before the vaccination programme begins to reduce pressures on hospitals.\n\nAnd in other developments, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app .that he had been in close contact with somebody who tested positive.\n\nHe said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was last Wednesday, when 1,564 deaths were recorded.\n\nTuesday's figure brings the total number of deaths recorded during the pandemic in the UK to 91,470.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nAnother method is to count all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate. That figure has now officially reached 95,829, although that is only measured up to 8 January.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University - behind the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"British people are paying the price for the government's serial incompetence.\"", "In 2009, Spector was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson\n\nThe BBC has apologised for the original headline in its reporting of the death of the convicted murderer Phil Spector.\n\nThe former music producer died on Saturday at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003.\n\nThe first version on the breaking news story on the BBC News website carried the headline: \"Talented but flawed producer Phil Spector dies aged 81\".\n\nThe BBC said the headline \"did not meet our editorial standards\".\n\nThe text was quickly changed to: \"Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81.\"\n\n\"This was changed within minutes and we also deleted a tweet that had gone out automatically with the original headline,\" a statement issued by the BBC read.\n\n\"We apologise for this error.\"\n\n\"Our coverage of the story across BBC News has been clear that Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson and had a long history of violence and abuse,\" it continued.\n\nSpector was convicted of murdering Clarkson, an actress, in 2009.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\n\nReacting to the original version of the BBC's story, pop star Lily Allen tweeted: \"Rolling eyes at all the journos deliberately downplaying Phil Spector being a murderer in their headlines, so everyone points this out while linking to their articles resulting in lots of clicks.\"\n\n\"How about 'Murderer, Phil Spector dies aged 81'?\" offered author and historian Hallie Rubenhold.\n\nThe headline was also discussed on TV and radio programmes on Monday, including Loose Women and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and prompted an article in the Guardian.\n\nThe phrasing of the BBC's article - and others like it - were \"a reflection of how a man's 'genius' is often viewed as more important than a woman's humanity,\" said columnist Arwa Mahdawi.\n\nSpector, who transformed pop with his \"wall of sound\" recordings, worked with The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.\n\nBut after the commercial failure of Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High, he largely withdrew from public life, and entered a long decline, marked by erratic behaviour, heavy drinking, and a fondness for guns.\n\nHis turbulent marriage to Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett, known as Ronnie Spector, ended in divorce.\n\n\"Unfortunately Phil was not able to live and function outside of the recording studio,\" she wrote after his death was announced. \"Darkness set in, many lives were damaged.\"\n\nSinger Darlene Love, who sang on several songs Spector produced, said he \"changed the sound of rock 'n' roll\" but likened their relationship to \"a bad marriage\".\n\n\"The problem I have with Phil is that he wanted to control Darlene Love's talent,\" she told Variety. \"If he couldn't do that, he was going to do everything in his power to keep my talent from shining.\"\n\nWeeks before Lana Clarkson was shot dead, Spector gave a rare interview to British broadsheet The Telegraph.\n\n\"I would say I'm probably relatively insane, to an extent,\" he told the paper, adding that he had \"devils inside that fight me\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "In Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, residents have prepared their homes and businesses ahead of the heavy rain\n\nEmergency services in the north of England are preparing for widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned of a \"volatile situation\" as heavy rain combines with melting snow, while police in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester declared major incidents.\n\nAn amber rain warning is in place for Yorkshire, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England.\n\nA yellow rain warning was issued for the rest of the country.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force had declared a major incident to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\n\"The safety of the public is our number one priority and we're continuing to work alongside partner agencies across the region,\" he said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had provided additional advice to local agencies to help them manage any evacuations and shelter provision in a Covid-secure way.\n\n\"The government has robust plans in place to support any areas affected by extreme weather this winter,\" they added.\n\nSandbags were laid in at-risk areas, with up to 70mm (2.75in) of rain due.\n\nIn isolated spots, particularly in the northern Peak District and parts of the southern Pennines, 200mm (7.87in) could be possible.\n\nNorthern Rail said buses were being used instead of trains on services between Bolton and Blackburn due to flooding at Darwen.\n\nSome motorists attempted to drive through floodwater on Derby Road in Hathern, Leicestershire\n\nIn the amber warning area, the Met Office said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and told some communities they might be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nRos Jones, mayor of Doncaster, said key risk areas had been inspected over the past 36 hours, with the delivery of sandbags continuing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I do not want people to panic, but flooding is possible so please be prepared,\" she said.\n\nResidents of Fishlake, South Yorkshire, which saw severe flooding hit 160 homes and businesses in November 2019, said they felt much better prepared this time round.\n\nFlood warden and parish councillor Peter Trimingham said the arrival of sandbags had been a welcome sight.\n\n\"It gives us confidence,\" he said.\n\nResidents in Fishlake, near Doncaster, say they are better prepared than when flooding hit in 2019\n\nMr Trimingham added: \"We're absolutely hoping it doesn't rise to the same level. But, if it does, we're reasonably comfortable we've still got a chance because the Environment Agency have done tremendous work here along with Doncaster Council.\"\n\nHe said new defences had been built and their team of flood wardens had been expanded to 22 people.\n\nOn Yarlborough Terrace in Bentley, Doncaster, many residents were out of their homes for months after the 2019 floods.\n\nAnna Booth, 37, who was forced to live in a caravan on her drive, said residents were worried about it happening again.\n\n\"Being in the pandemic doesn't help either. Morale's a bit down but I think we'll all pull together again like last time,\" she said.\n\n\"It breaks your heart, it's really sad, but we can't stop the weather.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Environment Agency issued more than 30 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, covering parts of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire as of 03:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThere are also more than 150 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, issued across northern England, the Midlands and the east.\n\nRiver levels in the Ouse, which flows through York in North Yorkshire, are high before the arrival of Storm Christoph\n\nCatherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: \"That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather.\"\n\nShe said the agency would be working with local authorities to help with evacuation efforts should a severe flood warning be issued, adding: \"If you do need to evacuate then that is allowed within the Covid rules.\"\n\nWork took place on Tuesday morning to increase defences near the River Ouse\n\nDiscussing the different levels of flood warnings, she said: \"If you receive a flood alert, please pack valuables like medicines and insurance documents in a bag ready to go.\n\n\"If you receive a flood warning, please move valuables and precious possessions upstairs and be ready to turn off gas, electricity and water.\n\n\"If you receive a severe flood warning, which means you will be evacuated, please listen out and take heed of the advice from the local emergency services.\"\n\nSandbags have been used to help defend homes in Fishlake, Doncaster, which suffered devastating floods in November 2019\n\nBarry Greenwood, from the Upper Calder Valley Flood Prevention Group in West Yorkshire, has been \"sick\" with worry.\n\n\"I went round after the last [flood], people were there with their heads in their hands, thinking 'what am I going to do now?',\" he said.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden on Tuesday evening after a flood warning was issued for the area.\n\nIn a tweet, Calderdale Council asked residents to put their flood plan into action and move valuables to a safe place.\n\n\"River levels across the Upper River Calder have risen and are now approaching levels where we expect properties to flood,\" it warned.\n\nEarlier it had said staff were on standby to respond overnight.\n\nThe amber rain warning is in place until Thursday, with yellow warnings covering most of the UK coming in over the next three days\n\nA yellow rain alert is also in place for Wales, Northern Ireland, central and northern England and southern Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nThis yellow warning extends to the rest of England from Wednesday, with a yellow alert for snow and ice in north east Scotland.\n\nHighways England advised drivers to take extra care on motorways and major A roads, while the RAC breakdown service said motorists should only drive if absolutely necessary.\n\nDrivers faced wet road conditions and reduced visibility on the A1(M) near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning\n\nHebden Bridge's volunteer flood warden Keith Crabtree has been monitoring the river levels of Hebden Beck closely\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheku Bayoh death: Eyewitness says stamping attack on officer 'never happened'\n\nTwo police officers involved in the death of a black man they were restraining may have provided false statements, the BBC can reveal.\n\nThey said Sheku Bayoh carried out a stamping attack on a female PC before he was brought to the ground and restrained by up to six officers.\n\nBut now an eyewitness has spoken publicly for the first time about the 2015 incident.\n\nHe told a Panorama investigation that the stamping attack \"never happened\".\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation said its officers had cooperated truthfully with investigators.\n\nMr Bayoh, a 31-year-old father of two, died in the incident in the Fife town of Kirkcaldy in 2015.\n\nA public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death has recently got under way. One of its tasks is to examine whether his race was a factor.\n\nSheku Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious\n\nOn the night of 2 May 2015, Sheku Bayoh had taken drugs, which friends said dramatically altered his behaviour.\n\nPolice were called early the following morning after he was spotted behaving erratically with a knife in the streets of his home town.\n\nAccording to police statements, by the time the officers arrived at the scene Mr Bayoh no longer had the knife but he failed to obey instructions to get down on the ground.\n\nEach of the officers used force on Mr Bayoh within seconds of encountering him, including CS Spray and batons.\n\nHe then punched PC Nicole Short, who went to the ground.\n\nTwo officers, PCs Craig Walker and Ashley Tomlinson, would later tell investigators that Mr Bayoh then carried out a violent stamping attack on PC Short while she lay on the ground, a claim reported widely in the media.\n\nThe stamping attack was widely reported in the newspapers\n\nPC Walker told investigators: \"I had a clear view of him… he had his arms raised up at right angles to his body and brought his right foot down in a full-force stamp on to her lower back.\"\n\nPC Tomlinson said: \"I thought he had killed her. He stomped on her back again.\"\n\nNow, evidence obtained by Panorama suggests these accounts may be false.\n\nMr Bayoh was restrained on the ground for five minutes before falling unconscious. He was pronounced dead at hospital a short time later.\n\nA post-mortem examination report revealed 23 separate injuries to Mr Bayoh's body, including a broken rib and gashes to his head. The cause of death was recorded as \"sudden death in a man intoxicated [with drugs] whilst under restraint\".\n\nIn 2018, the Crown Office in Scotland decided there would be no prosecutions against any officers involved.\n\nKevin Nelson gave evidence to investigators two days after the incident\n\nKevin Nelson was in a nearby house and saw events unfold over a garden hedge.\n\nHe gave his account to investigators from Pirc (Police Investigations and Review Commissioner), which investigates deaths in custody, two days after the incident.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time, Mr Nelson told Panorama he saw Mr Bayoh attempt to walk away from the officers, ignoring their commands, before being sprayed with CS spray. He said Mr Bayoh retaliated and punched PC Short.\n\nAsked if there had been any further contact with PC Short, he said, \"No. He was running off… after the punch, there was no more attack on her at all.\"\n\nMr Nelson said Mr Bayoh ran off from where PC Short went down and was quickly intercepted by the other officers.\n\nAsked about PC Walker's claim that Mr Bayoh had \"his arms raised up… and brought his right foot down in a full force stamp\", Mr Nelson said: \"That never happened. I didn't see him stamping at all or, other than the punch, any raised arms.\n\n\"After the punch, that was it. There was no more attack on her at all. That's not right.\"\n\nThe officers provided their accounts to investigators 32 days after Mr Bayoh's death.\n\nMr Nelson said no-one from Pirc returned to ask about the discrepancy between their account and his.\n\nThe eyewitness said he decided to speak out because it was unfair on Mr Bayoh's family that the officers had \"made the incident worse than it actually was to justify what had happened and… that's not right\".\n\nMr Nelson's account is supported by CCTV footage of the incident, obtained by the BBC.\n\nIt is poor quality but appears to show that once PC Short is knocked down by Mr Bayoh, the action moves away from her, and he is brought down within five seconds.\n\nPC Short did not mention in her statement she had been stamped on. Now retired, she later said she was unsure if she was conscious, and only learned about the alleged stamping attack when her colleagues told her about it afterwards.\n\nIn the CCTV, PC Short appears to get to her feet a few seconds after Mr Bayoh is brought down.\n\nMike Franklin says conflicts of evidence should have been resolved\n\nMike Franklin, former commissioner for the body which investigated police complaints in England and Wales, looked at Panorama's evidence.\n\nHe said: \"I think there's nothing more serious than a police officer who gives false information in an investigation where somebody has died. So without accusing them of lying, I simply say that there's a big conflict.\n\n\"Two officers who were there say that it did happen. The person to whom it happened didn't mention it. And an eyewitness says it didn't happen.\n\n\"I would've been reluctant to sign off the investigation as complete, without resolving those… conflicts of evidence.\"\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, told Panorama the new allegations had made her \"really angry\".\n\nShe said the way her brother was \"painted\" by the accounts given after his death was not who he was.\n\nMr Bayoh's sister, Kadi Johnson, said the new allegations had made her really angry\n\nA spokesman for the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, said serving officers were unable to comment on matters \"to which they may be called upon to give sworn evidence\" but that they had \"co-operated fully and truthfully with the investigations that have taken place\".\n\nIt added it had seen \"compelling material that Mr Bayoh did violently stamp on the back of a policewoman as she lay unconscious\".\n\nThe BBC asked for this material to be produced but was told the inquiry was the \"proper forum\" for such matters.\n\nThe Crown Office, which directed the Pirc Inquiry, told Panorama it had examined \"eye-witness accounts of police and civilian witnesses\" and instructed \"appropriate investigation\".\n\nIt said after careful consideration it was decided there should be no prosecutions but reserved the right to prosecute should evidence become available.\n\nPirc told Panorama its investigation was \"detailed and extensive\" but could not comment further because of the public inquiry.\n\nPolice Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone expressed his condolences to the Bayoh family and said the force would \"participate fully\" in the inquiry.\n\nKevin Clarke died after being restrained in London by up to nine officers\n\nPanorama's \"I Can't Breathe: Black and Dead in Custody\" also investigates the case of Kevin Clarke, 35, who died in 2018 after being restrained in London by up to nine officers.\n\nAn inquest into his death resulted in a damning verdict on the police and ambulance services.\n\nMr Clarke's sister Tellecia told the programme that if the officers \"hadn't used excessive force he would still be here today… treat him like a human being, and not just see him as a big scary black man\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commander Bas Javid apologised to Mr Clarke's family and accepted the restraint had not been appropriate.", "Protests against China's alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community\n\nThe government has narrowly seen off a rebellion by 33 Tory MPs, who want to outlaw trade deals with countries judged to be committing genocide.\n\nMPs voted by 319 to 308 to remove an amendment to the Trade Bill which would have forced ministers to withdraw from deals with nations the UK High Court ruled guilty of mass killings.\n\nIt comes amid condemnation of China's treatment of the Uighur people.\n\nThe rebels believe they have enough support to secure another vote soon.\n\nAmong those to defy the government were ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, former cabinet ministers David Davis and Damian Green and Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.\n\nThe rebellion is one of the largest on an issue not related to the Covid-19 pandemic during Boris Johnson's time as prime minister.\n\nThe government has a Commons majority of 80 but this was whittled down to just 11 as prominent ex-ministers such as Tobias Ellwood, Caroline Nokes and Nusrat Ghani, as well as a number of MPs first elected last year, sided with the opposition.\n\nMPs have been debating proposals, tabled by cross-bench peer Lord Alton, to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide, a decision currently left to the jurisdiction of international courts.\n\nThe proposals, also backed by Labour, would mean that ministers would have to revoke post-Brexit trade deals with countries that were ruled to be carrying out systematic mass killings.\n\nThe issue is expected to resurface when the Trade Bill returns to the House of Lords.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Conservative rebels, led by former leader Iain Duncan Smith, were unable to force a vote on a separate amendment they had proposed.\n\nEvery speaker in today's debate - from the front and back benches - said genocide was abhorrent. The worst of crimes. There was united criticism of China's brutal treatment of the Uighurs too.\n\nBut the question Parliament has been wrestling with is whether the High Court should have the right to decide if a country is committing genocide. And if they did judge a country has been carrying out mass killings, should the High Court be able to compel the government to revoke any trade treaty it has with that country?\n\nMinisters insist it should be the job of elected governments, not judges, to determine trade policy. But opposition parties and a large cohort of Tory backbenchers argue it's essential the High Court can rule on genocide and ensure the UK's new trade-making freedom has an obligation to uphold human rights too.\n\nThis also is an argument about where power lies after Brexit and what role Parliament should have in shaping trade policy after decades in the EU.\n\nBut BBC Newsnight political editor Nick Watt said that by securing large, but not overwhelming, support for Lord Alton's amendment in the Commons, the rebels hope the government will accept Mr Duncan Smith's own amendment - which would give the Commons the right to debate whether trade deals can be halted if genocide is proven.\n\nThe debate came as the US government formally declared that China was committing genocide in its repression of Uighur muslims in Xinjiang.\n\nThe UK government has been critical of China's treatment of the Uighurs and last week announced measures to cut UK business links with forced labour camps in the region.\n\nBut some MPs suspect the government is pulling its punches to avoid antagonising Beijing.\n\nMr Duncan Smith said the debate was \"all about simply shining a light of hope to all those out there who have failed to get their day in court and failed to be treated properly\".\n\n\"If this country doesn't stand up for that then I want to know what would it ever stand up for again?,\" he added.\n\nBut Trade Minister Greg Hands said it was unprecedented and unacceptable to give the courts powers to revoke trade deals agreed by elected governments.\n\nAnd he argued that no one would benefit from the proposal because the UK currently had no free trade deal with China.", "Lisbet Stone is stranded at Madrid Airport due to having an out-of-date coronavirus test result\n\nPassenger Lisbet Stone says she is stuck in Madrid Airport after airline officials said her coronavirus test result was out of date.\n\nFrom Monday, travellers arriving in the UK, whether by boat, train or plane, have to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nThe test must be taken in the three days before travelling.\n\nFor those with connecting flights, the test must be 72 hours before your final departure point to England.\n\nAnyone arriving without one faces a fine of up to £500.\n\nMrs Stone originally travelled to Cuba in February 2020 to see family. The British Cuban dual national was unable to fly home to the UK when Cuba closed its borders in March.\n\nThe family say she had several previous flights cancelled before finally being able to leave this weekend. She hasn't been able to see her four children or her husband Trevor in 11 months.\n\nThe government are understood to be speaking to Air Europa to try to get Mrs Stone home. Carriers have been told that they should permit stranded passengers to board and will not be fined for doing so.\n\nWhile Mrs Stone has been caught out by the new restrictions for incoming travellers, the first day of the new regulations appeared to go smoothly.\n\nMrs Stone left Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on Sunday night to fly back to the UK via Madrid.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nShe took a Covid test on Thursday to be guaranteed a result by Saturday. It was negative and Mrs Stone was able to board the plane from Cuba.\n\nHowever, on arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport, Mrs Stone says she was stopped from boarding the next leg of her journey to London Gatwick by Air Europa staff, because her test had been taken more than 72 hours before the final flight.\n\n\"She's crying her eyes out,\" says Trevor Stone, her husband. \"I feel absolutely helpless. She doesn't have any Euros as she wasn't meant to stay in Spain. The authorities have given her no help whatsoever, we are just trying to understand what to do.\n\n\"She took her test 72 hours before the start of her journey, but had to take a connecting flight onwards. There would be no other way to do it, it is not physically possible.\"\n\nIn the meantime, Mr Stone says he has been home-schooling their four children on his own through the pandemic.\n\nTrevor Stone (left) has been caring for the couple's four children on his own for 11 months since Lisbet Stone was unable to leave Cuba\n\n\"We are just desperate to get her home - I'm so worried about her and after 11 months, she really wants to see her children,\" he added. \"We haven't done anything wrong, I don't know what to do or who to turn to.\"\n\nA Department for Transport spokesman said: \"Passengers travelling to the UK must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test which meets the performance standards set out by the government in the guidance published on gov.uk.\n\n\"The type of test could include a PCR test or antigen test, including a lateral flow test. Anyone who cannot provide the necessary documentation may not be allowed to board their flight.\"\n\nAir Europa and Madrid Airport have been approached by the BBC for comment.", "US tariffs have hit the Scotch whisky industry hard\n\nThe UK and US have failed to do a much hoped for \"mini-deal\" over trade in the last days of the Trump administration.\n\nThere were hopes the US would lift tariffs on imports of Scotch whisky and cashmere imposed last year as part of the Boeing-Airbus trade dispute.\n\nBut those duties will now stay in place while President-elect Biden awaits confirmation of his trade team.\n\nThe talks were revealed in a BBC interview with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in December.\n\nAt the time he said he was hopeful that he and his UK counterpart, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, could \"get some kind of an agreement out\".\n\nBut the BBC understands that a broad offer from the US was rejected last week by the UK after concerns were expressed by the Business Department about the impact on Airbus' business in the UK.\n\nSince 2019, the EU and US have both imposed tariffs on each others' goods amid a long-running trade dispute between the planemakers Boeing and Airbus.\n\nThe tariffs centre on a long-running dispute between Boeing and Airbus\n\nEarlier last month the UK's Trade Department announced it would unilaterally break from the EU's position of levying tariffs on imports of Boeing aeroplanes, after the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nIt was, said Ms Truss, an attempt to create goodwill to solve the 16-year old dispute.\n\nBut the UK aerospace industry was furious with what it saw as the government reneging on promises made in early 2020 to support Airbus in the dispute, even after Brexit.\n\nThese concerns were the main block to a deal, but the chaos in Washington DC over the past week also played a part.\n\nThe US was also looking for tariffs on its exports of bourbon to the UK - part of a separate trade dispute over steel - to be settled.\n\nA government source said: \"Ultimately we came close to resolving an intractable 16-year dispute, but didn't quite get there. Any deal must be balanced and work for the whole UK and all of UK industry.\"\n\nThey added: \"No one has fought harder on this than Liz, and she's going to continue pushing it with the Biden administration. She absolutely understands the pain of affected businesses and is determined to get these tariffs lifted and support jobs.\"\n\nThe source said the government had pursued a \"clear de-escalation strategy\" with the Trump administration over the dispute which meant it had avoided being hit with further US tariffs, unlike the EU.\n\nMs Truss still hopes to settle the dispute quickly and has committed to meet Katherine Tai, the new US Trade Representative, in Washington DC as soon as she assumes office, the source added.\n\nKaren Betts, head of the Scotch Whisky Association, said her industry was \"very frustrated\" a deal was not reached.\n\n\"There is deep disappointment across the Scotch whisky industry that distillers are still paying the price for an aerospace dispute that has nothing to do with us.\n\n\"The tariff on single malt Scotch whisky, now in place for 15 months, has caused us to lose over £450m in exports to the US, and our losses continue to mount.\"", "Marion Dawson is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nA 108-year-old woman has received the Covid vaccination on her birthday.\n\nMarion Dawson, from Houston in Renfrewshire, is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nShe received her jab at Houston and Killellan Kirk, which is being used by the local GP surgery to deliver vaccinations to the community.\n\nBorn in 1913, Mrs Dawson has lived through two world wars and the Spanish flu pandemic.\n\nDr Diane Fisher, who gave the injection said: \"We are so excited to be starting vaccinations of our over-80s, and that our first patient to be vaccinated is doing so on her birthday.\"\n\nMrs Dawson is the most senior person in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to be given the vaccine.\n\nAfter receiving her injection, she said: \"I'm glad it's passed. I never felt a thing.\"\n\nKirk minister, Rev Gary Noonan said: \"Mrs Dawson is a local treasure in Houston, until the lockdown she never missed a week at church.\n\n\"It's fitting she can get her vaccine in the Kirk, a place she loves.\"\n\nDr Mark Storey, partner at Strathgryffe Medical Practice, added: \"It's been a very difficult year in general practice and society as a whole.\n\n\"In our practice we have a family of 10,000 patients, so we are delighted to start vaccinating, especially with Mrs Dawson.\"", "The pace of Europe's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has picked up and in many countries infection rates have been falling.\n\nLockdowns are gradually being eased as the summer tourist season gets under way, and there are plans for an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to be in place by 1 July.\n\nNationwide curfew ended on 20 June, 10 days earlier than planned. Face masks are no longer required outdoors.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and bars can serve customers indoors, with 50% capacity and up to six people per table.\n\nStanding concerts will resume on 30 June and nightclubs on 9 July (with 75% capacity). People attending will need a health pass which shows either full vaccination, a negative test within the previous 72 hours, or else a previous coronavirus infection.\n\nMedical grade masks are compulsory in shops and on public transport.\n\nFrom 30 June, working from home will no longer be compulsory.\n\nOn 21 June, Italy's curfew was scrapped and the whole country, except for the northwest region of Valle d'Aosta, became \"white zone\" - the country's lowest-risk category.\n\nAmong the measures still in place are social distancing (1m) and the wearing of masks indoors (and in crowded outdoor places), and a ban on house parties and large gathering.\n\nNightclubs and discos are also closed.\n\nAll indoor businesses, with the exception of nightclubs, are open.\n\nThe government introduced a \"corona pass\" in April, the first to do so in Europe.\n\nThis shows - either on a phone or on paper - that you have been vaccinated, previously infected or that you have had a negative test within 72 hours.\n\nPeople need to show it for entry to cinemas, museums, hairdressers or indoor dining.\n\nThe Greek government is welcoming tourists from many countries, if they are fully vaccinated or can provide a negative coronavirus test.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in all public places and there is a curfew from 01:30-05:00, but bars, restaurants, museums and archaeological sites are all open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Greek island of Milos is aiming to become \"Covid-free\" so it can welcome back tourists\n\nCinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants are open at 50% capacity. From 26 June, this increases to 75%.\n\nNightclubs and discos will also be allowed to reopen, with a limit of 150 people.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in enclosed spaces and 1.5m social distancing observed.\n\nShops, bars, restaurants and museums are open, although face coverings remain compulsory in most public places.\n\nNightclubs can now reopen in parts of Spain with low infection rates.\n\nIn Barcelona, they are restricted to 50% of capacity and can stay open until 03:30 - dancers have to wear masks.\n\nSpain began welcoming vaccinated tourists from 7 June. Most European travellers still have to present a negative Covid test on arrival.\n\nBrussels: Outdoor dining resumed in Belgium on 8 May\n\nShops, cinemas, gyms, cafes and restaurants are open, with restrictions. Households can invite up to four people inside.\n\nFrom 1 July, working from home will no longer be mandatory, if the situation continues to improve.\n\nCultural performances, shows and sports competitions can also go ahead, with limited numbers, and more people will be allowed at weddings and other ceremonies and parties.\n\nPortugal has lifted many of its restrictions but face coverings must still be worn in indoor public spaces and some outdoor settings.\n\nBars and nightclubs remain closed, and it's illegal to drink alcohol outdoors in public places, except for pavement cafés and restaurants.\n\nAlcohol cannot be sold after 21:00 unless it is with a meal.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and cultural venues have to close at 01:00 and have capacity limits.\n\nA weekend travel ban is in force in the Lisbon area, starting at 15:00 on Friday, with residents only allowed to leave for essential journeys.\n\nIn Lisbon and in Albufeira (Algarve), cafes, restaurants and non-essential shops have to close by 15:30 at the weekend and 22:30 on weekdays.\n\nPortugal's summer season looks uncertain, yet its Covid figures have improved\n\nRestaurants, cafes, museums and historic buildings have reopened with capacity limits.\n\nFrom 26 June, a number of restrictions are being lifted.\n\nAlcohol can be sold after 22:00, and nightclubs can open, with an entry pass system.\n\nEvents held in public venues such as cinemas, conference centres and concert halls will be allowed, subject to social distancing.\n\nMasks will no longer be compulsory except on public transport, airports and in secondary schools.\n\nOutdoor services in restaurants and bars returned in June. Theme parks, funfairs, cinemas and theatres, gyms and swimming pools, have reopened as well.\n\nFrom 5 July, restaurants and bars will be able to serve customers indoors. Weddings and other indoor events for up to 50 people will be permitted and the numbers at outdoor organised events will increase.\n\nSince June, pubs have been able to stay open until 22:30 and more people are now allowed at sports events, outdoor concerts, cinemas and markets.\n\nOn 1 July, limits on private gatherings will be raised, and the recommendation to interact with a small circle of people removed.\n\nFurther easing is planned on 15 July and in September.", "'Paul' was accused of committing a domestic burglary in June 2018.\n\nIn early 2019 he was told by police that no further action would be taken against him. However, he was subsequently charged.\n\nLast week - over two years since the alleged offence - he appeared at Inner London Crown Court.\n\nBut his barrister told the court that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had still not served the sole evidence - DNA - in the case on the defence.\n\nPaul (not his real name) is on bail and had his trial put on provisional \"warned\" list - for December 2021.\n\nIt means there is no guarantee it will take place at that time - just that it might.\n\nThe judge explained apologetically that priority is being given to cases where defendants are being held in custody.\n\nSo, three and a half-years from the date of the alleged offence, there has been no justice for the alleged burglary victim - or the accused.\n\nPaul's was one of a number of cases I saw on a visit to Inner London with the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) James Mulholland QC. He told me it was typical.\n\n\"This is justice 2020, but it has been like this for the last 10 years, delay after delay, inbuilt into the system. These cases are being pushed back continuously.\n\n\"Lack of investment is at the heart of it and government needs to understand that you don't create a proper justice system without proper investment.\n\n\"What we are seeing here are the fruits of a lack of interest.\"\n\nThat apparent \"lack of interest\" is reflected in the state of some court buildings. Outside Inner London I saw a dead pigeon decaying on netting, vast weeds growing up the side of the building and old pipes leaking water.\n\nMeanwhile, a court official told me that some court centres are now listing trials for 2023.\n\nThe delays are caused by a range of factors.\n\nLawyers point to huge cuts to the police, CPS and other agencies such as probation.\n\nThere are a range of things malfunctioning within the system. They include long initial delays caused by police \"releasing suspects under investigation\" - sometimes for years - before a charging decision is made.\n\nSystemic problems continue with the CPS serving evidence late on the defence, meaning lawyers cannot advise their clients in a timely manner.\n\nAnd perhaps most significantly - the decisions by government to cut thousands of crown court sitting days. That has meant that courts have been mothballed while trials stack up in a growing backlog.\n\nNone of these problems are caused by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, but they are of course exacerbated by it. Pre-lockdown the crown court backlog in England and Wales stood at some 37,000.\n\n\"Adam\" - not his real name - was accused of rape in March 2018. He denies the charge. His trial has been put back twice, once because of the pandemic.\n\nHe is now on a \"warned\" list for November, while his chosen career in one of the public services is on hold.\n\n\"I have suffered really bad with my mental health through it,\" he says. \"I've had to up my dosage of anti-depressants. It's affected my potential career.\n\n\"The hard work I have done at university and everything to get me there it's all basically going out of the window now. I haven't got any trust or hope that it will be anywhere near the end of this year.\n\n\"I think it will be more like April next year.\"\n\nThe next case I saw involved two young men charged with possession of drugs with intent to supply. The alleged offence took place in December 2017.\n\nNo one in court could explain the delay.\n\nIt was followed by a case in which the judge needed a pre-sentence report from the probation service in order to sentence the defendant. Despite repeated requests, no one was available.\n\nIn order to achieve a conclusion of the case, the judge had to devise a sentence which did not require a report. It was not ideal, but it showed professionals trying to do their best in the face of a lack of resources.\n\n\"Defendants are suspended from their jobs with trial dates one to two years away. Some are losing university places with dates from the alleged offence to trial of four years.\n\n\"And some who are awaiting trial for 18-24 months on bail, can be on electronic tagged curfew from 7-7 every day, for up to two years.\"\n\nTo help deal with the situation, the government has announced that the period of time an accused person can be held before a trial - known as the Custody Time Limit (CTL) - will be increased from six to eight months.\n\nBut the government admitted - in response to a Freedom of Information request from the group Fair Trials - that it did not know how many people had been held in prison beyond the time limit since lockdown.\n\nLawyers fear some accused will spend more time in custody awaiting trial than the sentence they would eventually receive if they pleaded guilty - and that some might falsely plead guilty simply to bring an end to their case.\n\nLife is bleak for those in custody awaiting trial, says Ms Fenn,\n\n\"There are often no visits from family or in-person visits from lawyers. Defendants can be locked up for 23.5 hours a day, education classes and courses are suspended, jobs within the prison restricted, and there are reports of showers being limited to 1-2 a week.\"\n\nCovid has also removed a \"huge amount of mental health, drug and alcohol agency support\", she says.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said justice had been kept moving \"despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic\" and overall, cases are falling.\n\nHowever, they acknowledged that \"more needs to be done\".\n\nThe government has launched an £80 million Criminal Courts Recovery plan which includes:\n\nHowever, only three of the new Nightingale Courts are dealing with crime.\n\nI visited one, Prospero House, a short walk from Inner London. It is a state of the art commercial building with three large courtrooms allowing ample room for social distancing. Every desk has hand sanitiser and protective gloves.\n\nBut Mr Mulholland says: \"We need 60 criminal Nightingale Court buildings. At the moment we have just three.\"\n\nThe CBA says there are around 460 crown courtrooms in England and Wales. Currently around 100 are able to hear trials, though not all are hosting them.\n\nThe government says its plan will bring on stream another 250 of the existing rooms to hear jury trials by the end of October. The CBA believes that simply will not cut into the backlog.\n\nLawyers believe that the Treasury has long seen justice as a poor relation to health and education in terms of public spending.\n\n\"Investing in the criminal justice system is investing in the wealth and prosperity of the country,\" says Mr Mulholland.\n\n\"It is an empty and insulting promise for any minister to declare a war on crime if a government can't fund a system that keeps us safe - and ensures crimes are swiftly investigated and cases come to court on time.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the 130-car pile-up on the Tohoku Expressway\n\nA huge snowstorm has struck a highway in Japan, causing a 130-vehicle pile-up, killing one person and injuring 10.\n\nThe storm blanketed a stretch of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture at around noon (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday.\n\nSome 200 people have been caught up in the pile-up and rescuers are currently at the scene, officials said.\n\nJapan has been hit by severe snow storms in recent weeks with some parts of the country seeing double the average expected snowfall.\n\nImages from the expressway in the north of the country show the sheer scale of the pile-up.\n\nOne person died and at least 10 were injured after the vehicles collided\n\nAuthorities had already enforced a 50km/h (31mph) speed limit on the road due to visibility.\n\nThere was a maximum wind speed of about 100km/h (62mph) at the time of the incident, local weather officials said.\n\nThose who were involved have been given drinking water and food, and have been provided with blankets to keep warm, NHK News reports (in Japanese).\n\nThose stuck behind the vehicles have been given food, water and blankets\n\nThe snow has affected some of Japan's high-speed railway network, with a number of train services in the Tohoku region cancelled.\n\nAccording to local media, the region is expected to record up to 40cm (15 inches) of snow in the next 24 hours.\n\nThe country has been experiencing a large amount of snowfall this winter.\n\nLast month, heavy snow left more than 1,000 vehicles stranded on the Kanetsu expressway for two days.\n\nThe weather was so bad that an emergency meeting was called and the country's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on members of the public to be cautious.", "Pupils are currently learning remotely from home\n\nSchools in England may reopen region by region after half term, the government's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries has said.\n\nSpeaking to the Commons education committee, Dr Harries suggested there would be different rates of infection across the country when lockdown ends.\n\nThis would mean a \"differential application\" of restrictive measures would be required, she said.\n\nSchools were closed at the start of January to stem the spread of Covid-19.\n\nAlthough schools remain open to vulnerable children and those of keyworkers, all others are due to learn remotely from home until after the February half term holiday.\n\nBut the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has suggested they may not return fully then.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said the department was continuing to keep plans for the return to school under review and that it would inform schools, parents and pupils of the plans ahead of February half term.\n\nCommittee chairman Robert Halfon said he suspected schools would be closed for quite \"a few weeks yet\", but there has been no formal confirmation of this.\n\nMedical and science advisers were warning the government before Christmas that the NHS would not be able to manage the number of Covid-19 cases if schools remained open.\n\nThe new, more transmissible variant of the virus had been increasing exponentially in London and the south-east before Christmas.\n\nBut in some parts of the north and north-east saw rates of increase were reducing.\n\nDr Harries said: \"It is highly likely that when we come out of this national lockdown we will not have consistent patterns of infection in our communities across the country.\n\n\"And therefore, as we had prior to the national lockdown, it may well be possible that we need to have some differential application.\"\n\nBut Dr Harries said schools would be at the top of the priority to ensure that the balance of education and wellbeing were \"right at the forefront\" of consideration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries says schools in England might reopen ''region by region''\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"Although the government intends that schools will fully reopen after the February half-term holiday, it is clearly in the balance when this happens and whether there will be any sort of regional approach.\n\n\"We expect that it will depend on coronavirus infection rates and the pressure on the NHS, and that the government will make a call on this issue nearer the time.\n\n\"What is important is that when schools fully reopen, everything possible is done to keep them open and to keep disruption to a minimum.\n\n\"This is why we are calling for education staff to be prioritised for vaccinations as soon as possible, and for schools to be given more support in the use of rapid turnaround mass testing.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said if the government was planning to stagger opening of schools by region, it needed to \"provide clarity sooner rather than later\".\n\n\"This will give vital time to prepare for a smoother reopening of schools and business,\" he said.\n\nOn calls for vaccination of teachers, Dr Harries suggested the safe re-opening of schools did not depend on this.\n\nBut members of the committee suggested education would be less disrupted by teachers needing to go home and isolate when infected.\n\nThe vaccination programme had been worked out in order of vulnerability to the disease, she stressed.\n\nAnd Dr Harries added that although pupils could and did transmit the virus, she did not have evidence of them being \"a significant driver\" of \"large-scale community infections\".", "The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.\n\nMeghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' defence instead of a trial.\n\nMeghan's lawyers argue Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) has \"no prospect\" of defending the privacy and copyright claims being brought against them.\n\nThey claim the publication of extracts from the private, handwritten letter to Thomas Markle was \"self-evidently... highly intrusive\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent the letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nMr Markle said in a witness statement provided to the remote hearing, which started on Tuesday, that he wanted the letter published to \"set the record straight\" about his relationship with his daughter - but one of Meghan's lawyers described this claim as \"ridiculous\".\n\nMeghan is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in the US with their son\n\nHer lawyers told the court the letter was written in sorrow rather than anger and was an attempt to get her father to stop talking to the press.\n\nBut the newspaper group said in its response to the court that Meghan had written the letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\".\n\nIn written submissions, the newspaper group's barrister Antony White said \"she must, at the very least, have appreciated that her father might choose to disclose it\" and pointed out that the Kensington Palace communications team had been shown the letter before it was sent.\n\n\"No truly private letter from daughter to father would require any input from the Kensington Palace communications team,\" said Mr White.\n\nBut Meghan's lawyers also pointed out the articles themselves had emphasised the private nature of the correspondence - and dismissed any argument that it was in the public interest for the newspaper to reproduce the letter, saying the public interest was at the \"very end of the bottom end of the scale\".\n\nJustin Rushbrooke, representing the duchess, described the handwritten letter as \"a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter to her father\".\n\nHe said the \"contents and character of the letter were intrinsically private, personal and sensitive in nature\" and that Meghan \"had a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the contents of the letter\".\n\nThe effect of publishing the letter was \"self-evidently likely to be devastating for the claimant\", said Mr Rushbrooke.\n\nThe barrister argued that, even if ANL was justified in publishing parts of the letter, \"on any view the defendant published far more by way of extracts from the letter than could have been justified in the public interest\".\n\nMr White said that the newspaper group would argue that Meghan's status as a member of the royal family was relevant to the case.\n\nIn response to that point, Mr Rushbrooke said: \"Yes, she is in some senses a public figure, but that does not reduce her expectation of privacy in relation to information of this kind.\"\n\nIn Thomas Markle's evidence, he said the letter \"signalled the end\" of his relationship with his daughter, and instead of a reconciliation attempt, the letter was a \"criticism\" of him.\n\nHe said that he had to \"defend himself\" against an article in People magazine. It carried an interview with a \"long-time friend\" of his daughter, who suggested Meghan sent the letter to repair her relationship with her father - something he claimed was false.\n\nThe People article, he claimed, made him appear \"dishonest, exploitative, publicity-seeking, uncaring and cold-hearted\".\n\nHe said he had \"never intended to talk publicly about Meg's letter\" until he read the People magazine piece which, he claimed, suggested he was \"to blame for the end of the relationship\".\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nThis interim remote hearing - to consider the request for summary judgement - is due to last two days. Mr Justice Warby, who is hearing the case, is expected to reserve his judgement to a later date.", "Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows.\n\nPast infection was linked to around a 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.\n\nBut experts warn some people do catch Covid-19 again - and can infect others.\n\nAnd officials stress people should follow the stay-at-home rules - whether or not they have had the virus.\n\nProf Susan Hopkins, who led the study, said the results were encouraging, suggesting immunity lasted longer than some people feared, but protection was by no means absolute.\n\nIt was particularly concerning some of those reinfected had high levels of the virus - even without symptoms - and were at risk of passing it on to others, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Susan Hopkins from Public Health England said immunity from having Covid-19 is \"not 100% protective\"\n\n\"This means even if you believe you already had the disease and are protected, you can be reassured it is highly unlikely you will develop severe infections but there is still a risk that you could acquire an infection and transmit to others,\" she added.\n\n\"Now more than ever, it is vital we all stay at home to protect our health service and save lives.\"\n\nFrom June to November 2020, almost 21,000 healthcare workers across the UK were regularly tested to see whether they:\n\nOf those who had no antibodies to the virus, suggesting they may have never had it, 318 developed potential new infections within this timeframe.\n\nBut among the 6,614 with antibodies, this figure was just 44 potential new infections.\n\nResearchers received various different pieces of evidence suggesting these people had become re-infected - including new symptoms more than 90 days after their first infection, new positive swab tests and blood tests.\n\nSome tests are still being run and researchers say their results will be updated as they come in.\n\nScientists will continue to monitor the healthcare workers for 12 months to see how long immunity lasts.\n\nThey will also look closely at cases with the new variant - which was not widespread at the time of this first analysis - and observe the immunity of participants who receive the vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nDr Julian Tang, a virus expert at the University of Leicester, said the results were reassuring for healthcare workers.\n\n\"Having the vaccine after recovering from Covid-19 is not an issue... and will likely boost the natural immunity,\" he added.\n\n\"We also see this with the seasonal flu vaccine.\n\n\"So hopefully the results from this paper will reduce the anxiety of many healthcare-worker colleagues who have concerns about getting Covid-19 twice.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Only 155 out of more than 23,000 university professors in the UK are black, according to official figures.\n\nIt remains below 1%, the same as for the past five years, and is an increase of only 50 posts despite the number of professorships rising by more than 3,000 in that time.\n\nAt this senior academic level, women hold 28% of professorships, up from 23% five years ago.\n\n\"The pace of change is glacial,\" said lecturers' union leader Jo Grady.\n\n\"Universities must do more to ensure a more representative mix of staff at a senior level and stop this terrible waste of talent,\" said Dr Grady, general secretary of the UCU university union.\n\nThe figures on black professors were \"disappointing\" and \"inexplicable\", said Halima Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust race equality think tank, \"given the symbolic importance of education as the foundation of our values.\"\n\n\"Around a quarter of British postgraduates are from ethnic minorities, there is clearly no shortage of qualified black and minority academics seeking elevation to senior teaching and research roles in our universities,\" said Dr Begum.\n\nShe called on vice chancellors to take action over a problem they can \"literally discern with their own eyes every single day they are on campus\".\n\nThe annual figures, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, provide a breakdown of the UK's academic workforce - and show while there has been a focus on widening access for students, there are still few black academic staff.\n\nAt the level of professor, the number of black professors rose from 105 to 155 between 2014-15 to 2019-20.\n\nBut new higher education providers included in the figures meant an additional 3,200 staff at professor grade, with the proportion of black professors only increasing marginally from 0.5% to 0.7% over five years.\n\nThis compared to 7% of professors who are Asian and 89% white in the figures for 2019-20.\n\nKehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, said that rather than universities being \"progressive dreamlands\", the \"make-up of professors is the perfect reflection of the narrow Eurocentric views still produced by universities\".\n\n\"I have seen very few genuine attempts to address the issues of racism at any level across the sector,\" said Prof Andrews.\n\nAmong all academic staff, 2% are black, 10% are Asian, 75% are white, with the remainder under categories of \"mixed\", \"other or not known\".\n\nThere is still a significant gender gap in professorships, among a group that is also heavily skewed to older age groups, with most in their fifties, sixties and above.\n\nFive years ago, more than 4,500 professors were women, which has risen to 6,300 - from 23% to 28% of these senior posts.\n\nThis is despite women representing 46% of all academic staff.\n\nBaroness Amos, who was the UK's first black female university head, has previously warned of \"deep-seated prejudices and stereotypes which need to be overcome\" in the recruitment of senior staff in higher education.\n\nUniversities UK said \"the evidence is clear that black and minority ethnic staff continue to be under-represented\" at these senior academic levels.\n\n\"More needs to be done to address this inequality which exists within higher education, which mirrors inequalities evident in wider UK society and which will require an unequivocal commitment to change,\" said the universities' organisation.", "Many think the courts system needs to invest more in technology\n\nWhen Louise Westra and her partner decided to adopt a child in November 2018, they were aware of the long process that was ahead of them, but they were not to know that the coronavirus pandemic would hold them back from completing the adoption of their son.\n\nOn 27 March, their petition was due in court. As lockdown had taken effect, telephone conferencing would be used instead of going to court.\n\nHowever, after the phone call, Ms Westra received an email from her solicitor explaining that the papers had not been served to the biological parents of the child. This continued every month after lockdown, as it wasn't possible for the papers to be physically served.\n\n\"It's farcical because one of them is the biological father who lives with the biological mother who has had her petition but the biological father hasn't and they live in the same premises,\" Ms Westra says.\n\nServing papers has to be completed by post via Royal Mail or in some cases lawyers would instruct a process server to physically take the papers and hand them to the person.\n\n\"It sounds very archaic but if [the person] won't take them by hand, the processor can drop the papers near them and tell them what the document contains and that's technically counted as full service,\" says Rebecca Ranson, a solicitor for Maguire Family Law.\n\nUnless a judge approves it, emailing or any other forms of digital communication are not considered valid - even though the majority of people in the UK have access to email and the internet. It is this kind of process, in need of a digital upgrade, that is frustrating for Ms Westra.\n\nMs Westra's case is one of many that have been delayed. The number of outstanding Crown court cases was 43,676 on 26 July, and the entire backlog across magistrates' and Crown courts is more than 560,000. The Commons Justice Committee has announced an inquiry into how these delays could be addressed.\n\nThe reality, however, is that there was already a huge backlog back in December, and Covid-19 has just exacerbated an existing problem. Cases like Ms Westra's have been affected by the pandemic, but many lawyers believe that the legal system could have been better prepared through technology investment over the years.\n\n\"We've got people being held for longer than they otherwise would be, and for every person in custody waiting for trial or waiting on bail for trial, there are witnesses, and complainants and their families awaiting a resolution. Whether it's the lack of technology links in prison, using Skype and improvising or not having enough Nightingale courts - it all boils down to a lack of investment,\" says Joanna Hardy, a London-based barrister.\n\nIn 2016 HM Courts & Tribunals Service began a £1bn court reform programme. This included a video-conferencing tool called the Cloud Video Platform (CVP), which allows for a dedicated private conference area, so criminal lawyers can speak to their clients without visiting prison.\n\nA programme for testing and adopting video technology was planned out until 2022, but in the pandemic, the government had to get CVP up and running in 10 weeks. This has since been extended to civil courts. But this implementation has been challenging, as there are only a restricted number of physical video links allowed.\n\n\"As we weren't ready for this huge technological revolution no-one had manned the tech rooms or built enough rooms on the other end in the prison. We can have as many laptops as we like, as much software as we like but if we can't put a prisoner into a room with a screen, the other end is pointless,\" Ms Hardy says.\n\nAccording to Ms Hardy, the waiting times to get these slots have been \"completely unacceptable\", and it has meant that sometimes hearings had to go ahead without the defendant present.\n\n\"It's like human beings failing where technology could have bridged the gap,\" she says.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said that it had offered more than 400 CVP meeting rooms since the outbreak of coronavirus, but added that it is taking steps to increase the available capacity of video conferencing at some locations by extending operating hours. The spokesperson said that the MoJ is also undertaking urgent action to increase the physical number of video link outlets at critical sites.\n\nAt the moment, criminal trials are going ahead using social distancing - meaning sometimes a second courtroom is linked by technology, but this is creating further backlogs, as it means one case is occupying the same space as two.\n\nJustice, the all-party law reform and human rights organisation, has trialled a virtual jury trial with a mock case, and suggested it should be considered as a possible option, but this hasn't been taken on by the courts.\n\nThe issue with virtual jury trials is whether or not they could affect the outcome of a trial. Some lawyers feel like juries should see a witness, feel an exhibit and dispense justice to a fellow human being in the confines of a court room.\n\nJodie Hill says it is more difficult to cross-examine people in video hearings\n\n\"You can lose the impact of cross examination. When you're challenging their evidence in person it's easier to get them to trip up if they're not being honest, whereas if they're on video it might be easier for them to cover it up,\" says Jodie Hill, solicitor and managing director of Thrive Law, an employment law specialist.\n\nFor smaller hearings, online alternatives could be here for the long term, as it means lawyers don't have to travel all over the UK unnecessarily. This doesn't mean that every hearing that can be done remotely, should be done remotely.\n\n\"We don't want overkill. We think some cases still need to be in the room, particularly if you're dealing with vulnerable people or sensitive cases. It has to be a balancing act of harnessing the benefits of technology and thinking about the specific case,\" says Ms Hardy.", "The UK is forging its post-Brexit path as a \"confident, independent nation - and an energetic force for good\", according to the government.\n\nIt's free to set trade on its own terms, pursue opportunities and higher living standards. But can it square profit with principle?\n\nIs turning a blind eye to human rights violations worth it to have a trade deal that knocks a couple of quid off the price of an imported shirt?\n\nThat New Year's resolution is already being tested, as China falls increasingly out of favour.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has referred to conditions, under which over a million Uighur Muslims are being held in camps and forced into work, as \"at the worst... torture and inhumane and degrading treatments\".\n\nHe warned that British companies will face fines, if they can't show that their supply chains are free from forced labour.\n\nIn December, a BBC investigation revealed thousands of Uighurs and other minorities have been compelled to toil in the cotton fields of Xinjiang. The region accounts for a fifth of the world's crop - it's not always easy to tell where your t-shirt hails from.\n\nThe UK and Canada have led the charge here, but one wonders how much further can it go.\n\nMr Raab told the BBC that the UK should not be engaging in free trade negotiations with countries whose record was \"well below the level of genocide\".\n\nThere are several issues with this: first, working out who gets to decree human rights abuses.\n\nAmendments to the Trade Bill currently going through Parliament would oblige the government to assess the human rights records of potential partners.\n\nIn July, Dominic Raab accused China of \"gross and egregious\" human rights abuses against its Uighur population\n\nOne amendment proposes allowing the High Court to declare a genocide in other countries, and forcing the immediate cancellation of trade deals with said nations.\n\nMr Raab, however, says the decision to declare a genocide can't, and shouldn't be, delegated to the courts. Rather, it's for MPs to hold the government to account over trade deals.\n\nBut Labour MPs, who have written to their Conservative counterparts urging them to support the amendments, say they've already been denied powers of scrutiny.\n\nThey highlight trade deals rolled over with Egypt, Cameroon and Turkey, with whom the UK previously enjoyed similar deals the EU had struck.\n\nThese three countries, they argue, have questionable records on human rights.\n\nAnd then there's China. The UK is not planning a deal with Beijing and has indicated it won't do a deal with countries that don't share its democratic values.\n\nBut both nations have their eye on joining the wider Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.\n\nWith imports and exports worth almost £80bn in 2019, China already scores as one of the UK's largest trading partners, and it's not just about frocks and financial services crossing borders.\n\nSince Xi Jinping and David Cameron famously sipped a pint in a Buckinghamshire pub in 2015, Chinese investment in the UK has exploded, backing everything from football clubs to restaurant chains.\n\nNow China's appeal has soured, but it may not be easy to back away from encouraging investment, or a trade deal which touts lower import prices and greater opportunities for exporters, when the UK economy is already reeling.\n\nThe Wolverhampton Wanderers are owned by Chinese investors Fosun International\n\nTake textiles - a free trade deal would do away with a 12% tariff on clothes hailing from China. Ultimately, trade deals build on an existing - in this case very lucrative - relationship.\n\nCritics argue it's not enough to refrain from boosting ties with nations with chequered records - they should be lessened.\n\nBut it's even harder to snub countries that are already providing jobs for thousands, or items from the frivolous, such as smartphones, to the vital, like billions of PPE items.\n\nSome say the UK has its own issues elsewhere. It resumed the sales of arms to Saudi Arabia last year, after the government said the method for licensing had been reformulated to ensure they wouldn't be used in Yemen. Human rights groups are less sure.\n\nBalancing its quest to be a responsible citizen, together with exploring fresh fortunes, is just one dilemma the UK faces, as it shapes its new identity on the global stage.", "Boris Johnson will be glad Donald Trump has not been re-elected for a second term as US president, ex-Civil Service head Lord Sedwill has suggested.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken.\"\n\nHe said he \"would not have been to the benefit\" of British or European security, trade or environment issues.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Johnson looked forward to working with Joe Biden.\n\nThis month he said Mr Trump was \"completely wrong\" to cast doubt on the US election and encourage supporters to storm the Capitol.\n\nAnd in 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused him of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut after Mr Trump's victory in the US election in 2016, then Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and while running for the Conservative leadership in 2019, he said the President had \"many good qualities\".\n\nMr Trump later praised Mr Johnson, saying: \"they call him Britain Trump\".\n\nMr Johnson congratulated Mr Biden in a phone call after his US election win, saying he looked forward to \"strengthening the partnership\" between the US and UK.\n\nBut BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said Lord Sedwill's remarks would not be unhelpful to Downing Street as any perception in Washington that Mr Johnson was like Mr Trump becomes a liability with the arrival of President Biden.\n\nIn his Daily Mail article, Lord Sedwill, who was the UK's most senior civil servant until he stood down in September, said there was \"relief in Western capitals\" that normal diplomatic relationships will be restored once Mr Biden is inaugurated on Wednesday.\n\nThe former Cabinet Secretary said: \"Those of us who regard ourselves as close American allies have badly missed US leadership over the past four years.\n\n\"Based on my time working for Boris Johnson in Downing Street, I believe those who have said he would have preferred a second Trump term are mistaken. That would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed.\"\n\nLord Sedwill added: \"With Brexit accomplished and the Biden administration ready to re-engage, this is the moment for Global Britain to step up.\"", "Evelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns\n\nSix care home residents died after suffering dehydration and malnourishment because of alleged neglect, an inquest has been told.\n\nStanley James, 89, June Hamer, 71, Stanley Bradford, 76, Edith Evans, 85, Evelyn Jones, 87, and William Hickman, 71 all died between 2003 and 2005.\n\nThey were residents at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.\n\nThe inquest in Newport follows Operation Jasmine, an £11.6m inquiry into alleged neglect at six homes.\n\nOne of Wales' biggest inquiries, it was launched after the death of an 84-year-old patient at a nursing home in Newbridge, Caerphilly.\n\nOpening the inquest, Assistant Coroner for Gwent Geraint Williams said police started investigating in 2005 following the death of an 84-year-old \"mentally infirm\" woman at another care home in Newbridge.\n\nMr Williams said it led to officers uncovering a \"pattern of concerns linked to other deaths in other care homes\".\n\nJune Hamer went into Brithdir in 2003\n\nIn relation to the Brithdir inquiry, Mr Williams said: \"Operation Jasmine uncovered evidence suggesting poor care of residents, including allegations of poor pressure sore and peg [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] feed management, malnourishment, and general neglect of the residents' long-term needs, together with deficient standards of care and nursing practice.\"\n\nThe inquest heard resident Mr James, who had dementia and was not mobile, developed several pressure sores in the 18 months before he died in August 2003.\n\nMr Bradford, who had schizophrenia, was admitted to the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on several occasions for complaints of \"dehydration, chest and urine infections\".\n\nBefore he died in August 2005 he was \"observed to be seriously malnourished\", by doctors.\n\nDementia patient Mrs Evans was admitted to the same hospital in September 2005, where nurses found the site around her feeding tube \"infected\", while broken skin was found on her buttocks and she appeared \"unkempt and dirty, and her mouth and lips were dry and her tongue was thick\".\n\nThe trial of the late Dr Prana Das for care home neglect collapsed after he suffered brain damage in an attack\n\nDr Prana Das, who owned and ran the nursing home along with several other facilities in Wales, faced a string of charges relating to failings in care.\n\nHe suffered a brain injury during a burglary at his home in 2012 and was declared medically unfit to stand trial.\n\nDr Das died in January 2020 aged 73, but his widow and co-owner of the home, Dr Nishebita Das, who is said not to have taken part in running it, is expected to give evidence at the inquest.\n\nMr Williams told the hearing that, even before the couple purchased the home in April 2002 under their company Puretruce Health Care Limited, \"serious concerns\" were raised by state agencies regarding the number of residents who had suffered pressure ulcers.\n\n\"Those issues continued, even after Dr Das assumed ownership of the home,\" he said.\n\nMr Williams said the inquest will consider the actions of nurses and carers at the home, \"many of whom came to this country from abroad to work and have since returned there, and are now not available to participate in the inquest\".\n\nThe inquest is set to last until March.\n\nA hearing into the death of a seventh resident, Matthew Higgins, 86, will be held following the conclusion of this inquest.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nThe West Suffolk MP said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Hancock said he would be working from home until Sunday, adding \"we all have a part to play in getting this virus under control\".\n\nHe contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and suffered \"mild symptoms\".\n\nMr Hancock said he learned from the app he had been \"in close contact with somebody who's tested positive\" and so self-isolating was \"how we break the chains of transmission\".\n\n\"So you must follow these rules like I'm going to,\" he said. \"I've got to work from home for the next six days, and together, by doing this, by following this, and all the other panoply of rules that we've had to put in place, we can get through this and beat this virus.\"\n\nMr Hancock said he was alerted by the app on Monday night, having earlier led a Downing Street press conference alongside NHS England medical director Prof Stephen Powis and Public Health England's Dr Susan Hopkins.\n\nThe NHS app tells a person if they have been in close contact with someone who has later tested positive for coronavirus and tells them to isolate for 10 full days from their last contact.\n\nWhile it is not clear from Mr Hancock's statement if his isolation ends on Sunday or Monday, his period of quarantine suggests he was last in contact with the person who was infected on Wednesday or Thursday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDowning Street confirmed that Mr Hancock would not receive the vaccine early because he is leading the pandemic response.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"The PM and the rest of the cabinet will take the vaccine when it's their turn to do so based on the priority lists that have been published.\n\n\"We don't think it's right that the PM or other members of cabinet take the vaccine in place of somebody who is at higher clinical risk.\"\n\nIn March, the health secretary revealed he had tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after Prime Minister Boris Johnson had confirmed he too had the virus.\n\nWhile the health secretary recovered fairly swiftly, and was able to work from home during his illness, Mr Johnson required hospital treatment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid symptoms: What are they and how long should I self-isolate for?\n\nSelf-isolation, which means staying at home and not leaving, is a legal requirement for anybody who has Covid symptoms, has tested positive for the virus, lives with someone who has symptoms, has arrived from abroad or has been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nIn December, the self-isolation period required was cut from 14 days to 10 days.\n\nUsing Bluetooth technology the NHS app makes contact between mobile phones when they are near each other, if an owner of a phone later tests positive for the virus and shares that with the app, alerts are sent to anyone who is deemed to have been a close contact.", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Britain's climate change leadership is being undercut by a government decision to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, MPs have warned.\n\nThe UK is hosting a UN climate summit in November, where it will urge other nations to phase out fossil fuels.\n\nThe MPs say the government's decision to allow a new colliery at home will make it harder to secure a deal.\n\nThe Woodhouse mine was approved by Cumbria County Council because it will create jobs in an area of high unemployment.\n\nThe planning minister Robert Jenrick could have overruled it, but said the issue was best decided at a local level.\n\nThat verdict was derided by environmentalists, who pointed out that climate change from fossil fuel burning is a global problem.\n\nAlok Sharma, who is leading the COP26 climate summit and who co-ordinates UK policies on climate change, was asked by the Commons business select committee whether the mine approval was \"an embarrassment\". He replied: \"I take your point\".\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told the committee there was a \"slight tension\" between approving the mine, near Whitehaven, and broader attempts to clean up the economy.\n\nBut he said ministers decided to allow the pit because it will produce coking coal for steel-making, which otherwise would have to be imported.\n\nHe said: \"There's a slight tension between the decision to open this mine and our avowed intention to take coal off the grid… there was a debate in the government about what we could do about this, but this was a local planning decision.\n\n\"If we don't have sources of coking coal in the UK we would be importing those anyway\".\n\nThis appears to run counter to advice from the Climate Change Committee which has said all coal - including coking coal - should be phased out by 2035. Doubts have been raised about investors in the mine being left with a \"stranded asset\" if the pit is forced to close on climate grounds.\n\nThe mine approval is even more poignant because the UK founded the 'Powering Past Coal Alliance\" - a global club to persuade nations to leave coal in the ground.\n\nA source close to the Alliance secretariat told BBC News that staff were enraged by the decision. They believed the decision had been made to help secure so-called \"Red Wall\" votes in areas which previously voted Labour .\n\nMohamed Adow, from a pressure group, Powershift Africa, told BBC News: \"It is quite bizarre that the UK government, in the year it hosts the biggest global climate talks since the signing of the Paris Agreement, has approved a new coal mine.\"\n\nThe young campaigner Greta Thunberg said the decision showed pledges to achieve net zero emissions targets by 2050 \"basically mean nothing\".\n\nDarren Jones, chair of the business committee, told BBC News it would be hard for the UK to persuade countries like Poland to abandon coal whilst building a mine.\n\nHe argued that the government should have found another way to bring jobs to Cumbria. He said: \"Carbon-intensive industries are looking to the government for leadership on the transition to a green future.\n\n\"Backing coal at home doesn't look in line with the recent Energy White Paper and certainly makes our efforts to secure international agreement on ambitious decarbonisation harder to achieve.\"\n\nThe Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne, told BBC News: \"If the UK is to achieve its ambition to be an environmental world leader, the government must offer clear guidance on how we can take every industry to net-zero, and offer a pipeline of investable projects.\n\n\"The steel sector needs to develop alternatives to importing coking coal. This could also support the next generation of green jobs - which are urgently needed.\"\n\nThe cross-bench peer Baroness Worthington told BBC News: \"This decision is real laziness of thinking from the government. Just think of signal it sends to all those countries who want to cling on to coal.\n\n\"The government doesn't yet have a cohesive strategy that makes sense. It's crazy. Absolute madness.\"", "Medical staff are expected to \"face pressures unlike any other they have faced before\" as NI approaches its toughest week so far in the pandemic.\n\nThe British Medical Association has said while its doctors are \"coping\", many feel they are unable to give care to the \"standard they would want\".\n\nThe peak in intensive care is predicted to happen next weekend.\n\nThe head of the BMA in NI, Dr Tom Black has been critical of the way this wave of the pandemic has been managed.\n\nHe said: \"Staff will do their best in a very difficult situation, where many decisions in this pandemic were made too late.\"\n\nWhile it is expected the number of hospital admissions will peak sometime over the next eight to 10 days, the number requiring intensive care treatment is likely to continue increasing for at least another fortnight.\n\nDr Black said he was concerned for both patients and staff.\n\nHe said: \"It is likely that over the next few weeks doctors will be asked to work in a new location or provide support to areas that are already overstretched.\n\n\"Many have already had planned annual leave cancelled.\"\n\nThere were a further 19 virus-related deaths and 640 more Covid-19 cases reported in Northern Ireland on Monday.\n\nThe latest figures from the Department of Health bring the total number of deaths to 1,625, while 96,001 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.\n\nSome 65 patients are in ICU, down two from the last report, and 51 patients are being ventilated.\n\nSince the vaccine rollout began in NI, 146,733 people have been vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.\n\nOf that number, 125,717 were first doses and 21,016 were second jabs.\n\nA total of 31,393 people from the over-80 age group have been vaccinated.\n\nEarlier the BMA told BBC News NI that more than 90,000 doses the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine had arrived in Northern Ireland but the Department of Health has said it is anticipated separate deliveries will arrive by this weekend.\n\nDr Black said many staff members had reported feeling \"exhausted and demoralised\" and he warned that when it came to reviewing how the pandemic was handled \"this phase will stand out as one where we could have planned better\".\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the next seven days is \"when we will see that real intense pressure coming on our inpatients and intensive care units\".\n\n\"Our worst case scenario has modelling up to 1,200 inpatients - and that's a serious pressure that comes on our system,\" he told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.\n\n\"We can go up into nearly 200 ICU capacity but that comes at a stretch, that comes with putting our staff under severe pressure in ICU units.\n\n\"It also comes by having to shift the ICU specialist nurse from a ratio of one-to-one to a ratio of one-to-two or even one-to-three in extreme pressures.\n\n\"That's not something we want to do,\" he added.\n\nThe past week saw hospitals across Northern Ireland coming together in order to cope with the strain.\n\nOn 10 January, the Southern Health Trust was on the cusp of declaring a major incident amid the mounting pressures across the health service.\n\nThat was avoided as many off-duty staff answered a call to come into work and the health trusts pulled together to provide a regional response to the crisis.\n\nPatients were diverted to those hospitals which could take them and where infrastructure could cope with supplying additional oxygen to the very ill.\n\nOver the weekend of 9/10 January the Southern Health Trust - the smallest of the health trusts - was dealing with the highest number of patients who required oxygen.\n\nIn the past week the Northern and Southern Health Trusts have seen the highest number of patients.\n\nThat reflects the high rate of community transmission in some areas those trusts cover.\n\nMeanwhile, no resolution has been reached between Stormont leaders and the Irish Government over the sharing of passenger data.\n\nLast week, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill criticised Dublin for failing to share information on travellers arriving there during the pandemic.\n\nMichelle O'Neill said it was \"regrettable\" the issue has not been resolved\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster said repeated efforts to access data on passenger locator forms filled out by people arriving in the Republic of Ireland had failed.\n\nMrs Foster and Ms O'Neill indicated on Thursday that they planned to raise the matter directly with Taoiseach (Irish prime minsiter) Micheál Martin.\n\nMs O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday that no resolution has been found yet.\n\nShe told MLAs the issue had been raised \"on every occasion we have had the opportunity\" and that it was \"regrettable\" that the issue had not been resolved.\n\nThe travel issue will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday involving the first minister, the deputy first minister, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and NI Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.\n\n\"I hope that perhaps Wednesday's meeting will allow some opportunity for there to be a way forward,\" the deputy first minister added.\n\nIt was announced on Sunday that all travellers who have returned from Portugal or transited through 16 South American countries in the past 14 days will have to - along with their household - self-isolate for 10 days upon return to Northern Ireland.\n\nThis includes travellers who entered these countries en route to another destination. All travellers returning home from South America are advised to be tested, whether or not they have symptoms.\n\nFrom Thursday, all international travellers will be required to present a negative Covid-19 test result before arriving in Northern Ireland.\n\nThis rule comes into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday.\n\nOn Monday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths.\n\nIt brings its death toll to 2,616.\n\nThe department said 2,121 new cases of the virus had been reported, with a cumulative total of 174,843 infections.\n\nIt said that as of 14:00 local time on Monday, 1,975 Covid-19 patients are in hospital, of which 200 are in ICU (intensive care units).\n\nIrish Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, said: \"This third wave of the pandemic has seen higher level of hospitalisations across all age groups.\n\n\"There are now more sick people in hospital than any time in the course of this pandemic\".", "Staff gathered outside a supermarket to pay their respects to a colleague who died with coronavirus.\n\nJohn Deacy, 81, worked the Christmas Eve shift at the Tesco Extra store in Gabalfa, Cardiff, died just two weeks later.\n\nFriends and colleagues clapped as the funeral procession went by the store.\n\nFormer members of a jazz band, formed by Mr Deacy in the 1970s, marched in front of the hearse.\n\nHis son, Wayne, 56, said: “My dad put everyone above himself. He’d do anything for anyone.\n\n\"He’d help anyone and would never speak badly of people.”\n\nMr Deacy was in the Royal Marines for seven years and was a semi-professional boxer before starting a career at the industrial gas company BOC.\n\nHe went on to work for the supermarket for 16 years.\n\n“We’ve had loads and loads of messages from hundreds of staff who said he will leave a massive gaping hole,\" his son said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Schools to stay closed until mid-February at least\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions.\n\nBut she hopes schools will be able to at least begin a phased return to the classroom in the middle of next month.\n\nThe level four restrictions have been in place since Boxing Day.\n\nMeanwhile the islands of Barra and Vatersay are being moved into the top level of restrictions due to a \"significant outbreak\" there.\n\nThe current restrictions, which have closed non-essential shops and seen a \"stay at home\" message put down in law, had been due to expire at the end of this month.\n\nBut Scottish government ministers agreed they should be extended after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs that lockdown was \"beginning to have an impact\" on the number of new infections, but said Scotland remained in a \"very precarious position\".\n\nShe added: \"We need to be realistic that any improvement we are seeing is down, at this stage, to the fact that we are staying at home and reducing our interactions.\n\n\"Any relaxation of lockdown while case numbers, even though they might be declining, nevertheless remain very high, could quickly send the situation into reverse.\"\n\nThe vast majority of Scottish pupils have been home learning since the Christmas holiday\n\nThe announcement came as 1,165 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Scotland, representing 11.1% of tests carried out.\n\nA total of 1,989 people are in hospital with the virus while a further 71 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been logged.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"real and severe\" pressure on health services, with around 30% more patients in hospital than at the peak of the first wave in April 2020, and that this was \"almost certain to rise for a further period yet\".\n\nSchool buildings and nurseries have been closed to most pupils since the start of term, with all but the children of some key workers and vulnerable pupils learning from home.\n\nNot only will schools remain closed to most pupils until at least mid-February, they are unlikely to return to normal at that point.\n\nThe first minister has indicated that her aim is to begin a phased return, if coronavirus allows. So what might that mean?\n\nThe groups that will get back into class first are likely to include secondary school exam year pupils, the youngest primary school children and those in P7 getting ready to move to high school.\n\nFor others, online learning is likely to last a bit longer.\n\nBoth the return to school and the continuation of the wider lockdown will be reviewed again in a fortnight on 2 Feb.\n\nBy that week, first doses of vaccine should have been offered to all over 80s in Scotland as well as frontline NHS and social care staff and care home residents.\n\nWith only 15-20% of the over 80s reached so far, opposition parties think the programme is slipping behind schedule, which the first minister denies.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she knew how \"challenging and stressful\" home schooling was for families, but said community transmission was \"too high\" to allow a safe return to classrooms.\n\nShe said: \"If it is at all possible, as I very much hope it will be, to begin even a phased return to in-school learning in mid-February, we will.\n\n\"But I also have to be straight with families and say that it is simply too early to be sure about whether and to what extent this will be possible.\"\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland had vaccinated 6% of its adult population so far - the same percentage as Wales, but lower than the 8% that have been vaccinated in England and 8.7% in Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nMs Sturgeon said approximately 100,000 people were being vaccinated per week in Scotland, and that health teams were \"on track\" to expand this to 400,000 per week by the end of February.\n\nStatistics have suggested the vaccination programme in Scotland is currently lagging behind England\n\nMore than 90% of care home residents have now been given a first dose, along with 70% of care home staff and 70% of all frontline health and care workers.\n\nThe first minister said the focus on care homes - where it is \"time consuming and labour intensive\" to give out jabs - was \"why overall figures are at this stage lower than in England\", where more over-80s have received the vaccine.\n\nShe said the \"pace of progress in the over-80s group is also now picking up\", and that the government remained on track to hit its target of completing everyone on the priority list by early May.\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson said the Scottish government were \"lagging behind their own targets\" on vaccination, saying the focus on care homes \"doesn't explain how slowly the vaccine is reaching GP surgeries and the public\".\n\nShe read out a series of letters from elderly people who had not been contacted about getting a jab, saying they were \"anxious they don't get left behind\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said she would not apologise for \"prioritising the most vulnerable first\", saying all four UK nations were \"working to the same targets\".\n\nScottish Labour's interim leader Jackie Baillie asked if Ms Sturgeon was confident the government could hit its \"critical\" targets, saying GPs were still complaining about \"patchy\" distribution of vaccines.\n\nThe first minister replied that her government would hit its goals, saying it was \"always the intention\" to increase the pace of vaccination as infrastructure and supplies became available.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you on Wednesday morning.\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home at least until then. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions, which have been in place since Boxing Day. It comes as England's deputy chief medical officer said schools may reopen region by region after February half term.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app. He urged others to do the same if \"pinged\" by the app and said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\". Mr Hancock, who is MP for West Suffolk, suffered \"mild symptoms\" when he contracted coronavirus in March 2020.\n\nA group of politicians drank alcohol on Welsh Parliament premises, days after a coronavirus rule banning pubs from serving drinks took effect. BBC Wales has been told Conservative Senedd leader Paul Davies, Darren Millar and Nick Ramsay were drinking together in early December, with Labour Senedd member Alun Davies also involved. Senedd authorities said they are investigating an \"incident\". Elsewhere, an internal investigation has began after railway workers allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown.\n\nHeadlines about footballers and Covid have been hard to miss lately - with questions about dressing room distancing, off-pitch partying and all those post-goal hugs. But what's football in lockdown actually like for players and their families? BBC Newsbeat has found out by speaking to Wycombe Wanderers footballer Joe Jacobson and his wife Louise.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules.\n\nBut he promised there would be no dilution of workers' rights.\n\nMeasures under consideration include relaxing the working time directive which enshrines a 48-hour week.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband warned the government wanted to take a \"wrecking ball\" to hard-won rights.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Kwarteng said he wanted to \"protect and enhance\" labour law after the Financial Times reported that some rules could be weakened.\n\nThe minister later told business leaders the UK had an opportunity to reform regulation derived from EU law, but would not deliberately antagonise the EU - its biggest trading partner - immediately after the Brexit deal.\n\nConfirming the review on Tuesday, Mr Kwarteng told MPs there would be no \"bonfire of rights\".\n\n\"I think the view was that we wanted to look at the whole range of issues relating to our EU membership and examine what we wanted to keep, if you like,\" he said.\n\nBut he said \"the idea that we are trying to whittle down standards, that's not at all plausible or true\".\n\nAppearing before MPs, the business secretary said: \"I'm very struck as I look at EU economies how many EU countries - I think it's about 17 or 18 - have essentially opted out of the working time directive.\n\n\"So even by just following that we are way above the average European standard and I want to maintain that. I think we can be a high-wage, high-employment economy, a very successful economy, and that's what we should be aiming for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Miliband said that after denying the FT's report, Mr Kwarteng had now \"let the cat out of the bag\" in admitting the government was conducting a review.\n\nHe warned that opting out of the 48-hour week would harm workers in key sectors like the NHS, road haulage and airlines from working excessive hours.\n\n\"A government committed to maintaining existing protections would not be reviewing whether they should be unpicked. This exposes that the government's priorities for Britain are totally wrong.\"\n\nDrew Hendry, the SNP's business spokesman, echoed the criticism, accusing the government of planning an \"assault\" on workers' rights.\n\nMeanwhile the boss of the UK's biggest recruitment firm, Reed, told the BBC's Today programme that there was \"no wish\" among employers to see \"a so-called bonfire of workers' rights.\n\n\"They must be protected because fair treatment is the bedrock of good workplace relations,\" James Reed said.\n\nThe chairman of the firm said the government should instead focus on lower-paid workers and measures that could be taken to improve unemployment, which is set to rise further into mid-2021.\n\n\"I would suggest two things are looked at before any EU rules: The apprenticeship levy, which is clearly failing... and also National Insurance on jobs. It's a tax on jobs - how can that be improved? Especially to help the low-paid back into work.\"\n\nUnder the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, the UK has agreed to conditions that maintain fair competition, or a level playing field, between the two sides.\n\nHowever, the EU's ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida, said Brussels could retaliate if Boris Johnson's government went too far in with deregulation.\n\n\"It will be for us to judge the extent to which it violates this principle of 'level playing field' and if that is the case there are mechanisms in the treaty, in the agreement, that allow us to discuss and eventually to come to an understanding,\" he said on Tuesday.\n\n\"If no understanding there are retaliation measures that can be applied on both sides.\"", "The death happened in the alpine resort of Verbier, in Switzerland\n\nA British man has been killed in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, police have said.\n\nThe man was among 10 people swept away at the alpine resort of Verbier, to the east of Geneva, on Monday morning.\n\nPolice said the skier, who has not been named, lived in Verbier and died at the scene.\n\nOne person was flown to hospital with serious injuries, while eight others were uninjured, local police said.\n\nA police spokesman said: \"The avalanche occurred outside the piste between the Verbier ski area and 'Les Attelas'.\n\n\"At around 10:20, a skier was driving down a corridor below the 'Attelas' area.\n\n\"A snow drift came loose and carried the skier as well as another person who had been further down at the time.\"\n\nAn investigation has been launched.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was offering support to the British man's family and was in contact with the authorities in Switzerland.\n\nThe death comes after several days of heavy snowfall across Switzerland, which led to the death of another skier who was killed in an avalanche while skiing in Gstaad.\n\nIt takes the total deaths due to avalanches in the country to seven since last weekend.\n\nMore than 200 British skiers left the popular Verbier resort in December after Switzerland imposed a coronavirus quarantine following the discovery of a new variant of the virus.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lorry drivers have been holding up the traffic in Westminster.\n\nBoris Johnson has pledged £23m to help businesses affected by Brexit delays amid protests by fishing firms.\n\nDemonstrations took place outside government departments in central London by exporters who are warning their livelihoods are under threat.\n\nExports of fresh fish and seafood have been severely disrupted by new border controls since the UK's transition period ended earlier this month.\n\nThe PM said firms would be compensated for delays that were not their fault.\n\nIndustry associations have complained that extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to mainland Europe before it goes off.\n\nThey have warned that if the situation continues, jobs could soon be at risk.\n\nPressed on what he would do in response, Mr Johnson said the government would step in to support firms which \"through no fault of their own have experienced bureaucratic delays, difficulties getting their goods through, where there is a genuine willing buyer on the other side of the channel\".\n\n\"There's a £23m compensation fund we've set up and we'll make sure they get help,\" he said.\n\nDetails of the scheme are expected later this week.\n\nAfter a day of protests in central London, which saw 20 lorries drive up Whitehall, the Metropolitan Police said 14 people had been reported for Covid-related offences, but no arrests were made.\n\nMark Moore, manager of the Dartmouth Crab Company, said his business and others were protesting to \"raise awareness\" of the impact of new border checks.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live his company had faced delays of up to eight and a half hours when delivering produce into the European Union.\n\nHe added that the situation was \"especially difficult\" for the shellfish sector, where goods were at risk of going off before reaching customers.\n\n\"It's not about the increased documentation per se,\" he said.\n\n\"We have taken that on board, and we ourselves - and I know many others - have had no issues with producing the actual paperwork.\n\n\"It's the volume required and the timeframe in which to produce it, which doesn't lend itself to live shellfish and fish generally.\"\n\nThere are 24 lorries in total, overwhelmingly from seafood exporters in Scotland. Businesses taking part say the Brexit trade deal has left their industry high and dry.\n\nAnd although one haulier from Aberdeenshire I spoke to was keen to stress that their coordinated protest was peaceful, it is clear that they all feel that direct action is now necessary to make the government sit up and take notice.\n\nGood natured though their action was, it did for a time cause serious traffic congestion along Whitehall and Parliament Square.\n\nHowever, low levels of traffic perhaps caused by the Covid lockdown meant the roads around Whitehall didn't grind to a complete halt.\n\nAt stake, they believe, is an industry, but also thousands of livelihoods. Exporters say they are backed by fishermen who are struggling to land their catches.\n\nAnd although the rural Scottish communities which are sustained by fishing might seem like a long way from the streets of SW1, the hauliers certainly made their presence felt this morning.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nSome Scottish fishermen have been landing their catch in Denmark to avoid the \"bureaucratic system\" involved in exporting to Europe, according to Scotland's rural economy secretary.\n\nLast week, Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that fishing firms impacted by disruption would be compensated for \"temporary frustrations\".\n\nBut the BBC was told that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) did not know about the promise of compensation before it was made by Mr Johnson.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, the prime minister said he understood the \"frustrations\" of the fishing industry, noting its plight had been \"exacerbated by the Covid pandemic\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, the demand in restaurants on the continent for UK fish has not been what it was before the pandemic, just because the restaurants have been closed for so long,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused ministers of trying to \"blame fishing communities\" for problems \"rather than accepting it's their failure to prepare\".\n\n\"The government has known there would be a problem with fishing and particularly the sale of fish into the EU for years,\" he told reporters.\n\nMuch media attention has been focussed on Scotland as this export crisis has unfolded.\n\nBut exactly the same problem is rearing its head in the UK's other great fishing stronghold - at the other end of the UK in Devon and Cornwall.\n\nA virtual Who's Who of South West fishing leaders wrote to the environment secretary back in November warning that the new post-Brexit export requirements would have a \"seriously detrimental effect\" on the industry, claiming this \"could be the final straw for many businesses\".\n\nHere, too, many fish exports have now ground to a halt and others have encountered obstacles and long delays.\n\nAnd exporters have reacted angrily to the government's repeated insistence that the issues they've been experiencing over the last two weeks are just \"teething problems\".", "Not all parents have found it easy to home school their children during coronavirus lockdowns\n\nLevels of stress, depression and anxiety among parents and carers have increased with the pressures of the lockdowns, suggests research from the University of Oxford.\n\nMany parents, especially those of secondary-age pupils, say they are worried about their children's futures.\n\nThe government has said it is aware how challenging it is for parents to support children with home learning.\n\nThe research, based on responses from 6,246 parents and carers between mid-March and the end of December 2020, found problems including:\n\nOn an established scale of depression, anxiety and stress, parents' depression scores increased from April through to June from an average of 9.03 to 9.71, says the study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.\n\nWhile these average scores decreased over the summer, when Covid-19 restrictions were eased, to a low of 8.23 in September, they rose again over the course of the autumn term to a high of 10.1 points in December.\n\nParents' stress scores were at their lowest in August and September at 11.4 points, but increased to a high of 13.2 in December, following the pre-Christmas lockdown.\n\nThe researchers said higher levels of stress were detected particularly in low-income families, as well as single-parent households and those with children with special educational needs.\n\nWhile average anxiety scores were relatively stable throughout the whole period - ranging from a 4.71 points in April to 4.24 in July - they hit a high of 5 points in December.\n\nThe study also found just over a third (36%) of parents with young children (10 years or younger) said they were \"substantially worried\" about their children's behaviour, in contrast to just over a quarter (28%) of parents who had older children only (11 years or older).\n\nHowever, nearly half (45%) of those with secondary-age children were worried about their children's education and future, compared to 32% of those with young children.\n\nLeticea, a parent who took part in the study, said: \"I think that UK leaders should have access to this data to see what is going on with the mental health of families and how they are being affected by Covid-19 with increased levels of stress, depression and anxiety - we need something to look forward to.\n\n\"I am also worried that the next three months will show a sharper increase in anxiety and stress where parents are having to do more teaching at home.\n\n\"Children are more worried as their teachers are becoming ill - the 'new variant' sounds more scary, my daughter keeps commenting on an increasing worry of catching Covid-19 which she didn't do so much before.\"\n\nAnother parent, Madiha, said: ''Current times are hard enough as they are.\n\n\"As a working parent, the most important thing for me is to ensure my family's wellbeing, their safety, and their continued development.\n\n\"Prolonged screen time, disruption to daily routine, frequent arguments, lack of exercise, and stress of exams have all been contributing factors to our mental health and wellbeing.\n\nMadiha said she hoped the study would play a part in informing policy and developing interventions to help families.\n\nCathy Creswell, professor of clinical developmental psychology at Oxford University and co-leader of the study, said the findings showed parents were particularly vulnerable to distress during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Our data highlight the particular strains felt by parents during lockdown when many feel that they have been spread too thin by the demands of meeting their children's needs during the pandemic, along with home-schooling and work commitments.\"\n\nSchools were first closed to most pupils in March\n\nJohn Jolly, head of the charity Parentkind, said the research highlighted \"the additional stress and pressure that partial school closures place on parents\".\n\n\"Given the disruption to family life, it is vital that policymakers consult and listen to the concerns of parents on issues that directly impact them and their children's futures.\n\n\"This includes the safety and reopening of schools, the fair allocation of grades in the absence of exams, and remote learning provision.\"\n\nThe Oxford researchers are tracking children's and parents' mental health throughout the current crisis, to help them identify what protects young people from deteriorating mental health and how this may vary according to child and family characteristics.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms Davies-Jones wanted to highlight how \"vitally important\" smear tests are\"\n\nAn MP has described how she had to have most of her cervix removed after putting off a smear test for several months.\n\nPontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones, 31, said she was invited for her first routine screening in December 2015 and \"like so many others, I put it off\".\n\nFollowing a reminder in April 2016 she went for the cervical screening.\n\nShe wrote in the i newspaper it led to her being diagnosed with CIN3, abnormal cells and had to have surgery.\n\nIf left untreated, CIN3 can have a high chance of becoming cancerous.\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote in the paper she was left \"without the majority of my cervix\" after the surgery.\n\nShe said she used her article to urge others \"don't delay in booking\" and said she felt compelled to write about her experiences for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.\n\nA cervical screening checks the health of your cervix.\n\nA small sample of cells is taken from the cervix and checked for certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause changes to the cells.\n\nIf present the sample is then checked for any changes in the cells which can be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.\n\nThe NHS advises women between the ages of 25 to 49 to have a smear test every three years.\n\nAlex Davies-Jones became the Labour MP for Pontypridd in the 2019 General Election\n\nShe wrote: \"I used all of the usual excuses that you may have heard before.\n\n\"I was simply too busy, I couldn't get an appointment and I had no symptoms or abnormalities that were worrying me.\"\n\nMs Davies-Jones wrote she thought the routine screening would \"just be five minutes of awkward conversation with the nurse at my local GP whilst taking my knickers off\".\n\n\"I didn't ever think that there could be a chance that my cells would be 'abnormal' and that the next few months of my life would leave me terrified and constantly contemplating my own mortality.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chloe Delevingne had a smear test live on the Victoria Derbyshire programme to show what the procedure involved\n\nIf she had put off the screening any longer \"the situation could have been different\", the MP wrote.\n\nShe said she first received a type of laser treatment to \"burn off the abnormal cells from my cervix\" but more treatment was needed after the doctor told her the abnormal cells on her cervix were \"embedded deeper and looked more challenging than expected\".\n\nThen she had to have surgery, a \"cold knife biopsy\".\n\n\"I was without the majority of my cervix, but my life was saved. It was over,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Sadly, for many this isn't the case. For the next few years, I attended screenings every six months to ensure the abnormal cells didn't return.\n\n\"My last screening was in April 2018. Thankfully again all was fine but the anxiety and fear that surrounded me as I awaited those results has stayed with me even now.\"\n\nShe went on to give birth to her son Sullivan in March 2019.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Expert’s report finds eight-year-old Saffie \"could have been saved\" if treated properly for her injuries\n\nA man has described how he tried to help the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack as she lay badly injured after the explosion.\n\nPaul Reid, 46, was the first person to reach eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos after the bomb was detonated.\n\nHe said she asked for her mum and said he tried to keep her awake by talking about the Ariana Grande gig.\n\nIt comes after a new report found Saffie could have survived if she had received better medical help.\n\nTwenty-two people were murdered and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the arena foyer as fans left the concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nMr Reid, who was selling posters at the concert, told the BBC he ran into the foyer seconds after the bomb went off.\n\n\"There was a big bang and I could see up on to the foyer, and there was smoke and you could hear things pinging off the wall,\" he said.\n\n\"I still had the posters in my hand. It was mad because it was like I wasn't there, like I was watching myself.\n\n\"People were just screaming and running in every direction you could think of.\"\n\nSaffie-Rose Roussos was the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing\n\nMr Reid said he tried to help two other people before he noticed Saffie lying on the floor.\n\n\"She was still conscious. I asked her her name and I thought she said Sophie,\" he said.\n\n\"She just got a little bit upset. She asked me for her mum and I said not to worry, we're going to find her in a minute.\n\n\"And I sat there trying to keep her calm. I had to talk to her about the concert, and did she enjoy it.\n\n\"All the time I was sat there, I just thought hundreds of people are just going to come running in here and help us. And, well, hardly anybody came in.\"\n\nThe public inquiry into the attack, which started in September, began to examine the emergency response to the atrocity on Monday.\n\nMr Reid said he began watching the inquiry but said some details given in the opening days did not marry up with his recollection of what happened, and he switched it off.\n\nHe told the BBC after a while another person came to help, but after cutting away some of Saffie's clothing they left and went to the aid of someone else.\n\n\"I gave her [Saffie] a sip of water, because in all this madness there's somebody handing water out,\" he said.\n\n\"So you can imagine in the foyer now, all this is going on and there's a man walking about with water.\"\n\nPaul Reid said he was still haunted by what happened that night\n\nMr Reid said a police officer suggested moving Saffie out of the foyer, but with no stretchers to lift her they had to use a piece of plastic hoarding.\n\n\"The policeman came and said 'she's got to go, I'll take her in my car',\" he added.\n\n\"There was a plastic sheet under somebody's leg who was injured, I started pulling the sheet from under his leg. We put her on it and I started to carry her out, but the board was slippy.\"\n\nHe said they could not get the makeshift stretcher into the officer's car, so they flagged down an ambulance.\n\nMr Reid said he then returned to the foyer, where he went back to the man who he had taken the hoarding from.\n\n\"He had a gash in his stomach, and a paramedic was sitting there holding something against his stomach,\" he said.\n\n\"I held his hand. He had a Liverpool accent so I talked to him about football to take his mind off things, and my mind off things.\"\n\nMr Reid said he was still haunted by what happened that night.\n\n\"It's like yesterday. I can still smell the smoke in that foyer. Still hear the alarms when I go to sleep, when I close my eyes,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm first aid trained, but the most I'd done is put a plaster on.\n\n\"To step in that foyer, it was carnage. It was a war zone.\"\n\nSaffie's parents have said they would not have expected member of the public to have known how to treat her injuries.\n\nHer father Andrew Roussos told the BBC: \"There was a member of the public with her, I can't expect him to tourniquet her, splint her legs and so on.\n\n\"But the medically trained people that were with her, and were with her throughout and didn't apply basic first aid to give Saffie a chance.\"\n\nThe inquiry has previously heard it is important to acknowledge the enormous pressure which those who responded that night came under.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "News of the extended lockdown has not been welcomed by business leaders.\n\nLast month, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) estimated that each week of lockdown meant non-essential stores missing out on £135m of lost sales.\n\nSince then, garden centres and homeware shops have been compelled to close too, and the government has placed curbs on retailers’ click and collect services.\n\nThe SRC says today's extension is a further blow to non-food stores who have already borne a lot during the pandemic.\n\nIt said Scottish stores were set to miss out on almost £950m of lost revenues during the current lockdown period.\n\nQuote Message: The extended lockdown will serve to make it harder for some retailers to emerge from this crisis. Even when we do eventually emerge from enforced hibernation the stark reality is that shops will be unable to trade at capacity due to physical distancing restrictions and caps on the number of customers in stores. This means that April’s abrupt ‘reverse cliff edge’ - which is set to see a 100% re-instatement of business rates – is simply not sustainable. from David Lonsdale Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium The extended lockdown will serve to make it harder for some retailers to emerge from this crisis. Even when we do eventually emerge from enforced hibernation the stark reality is that shops will be unable to trade at capacity due to physical distancing restrictions and caps on the number of customers in stores. This means that April’s abrupt ‘reverse cliff edge’ - which is set to see a 100% re-instatement of business rates – is simply not sustainable.", "On his final full day in office, outgoing president Donald Trump delivered a farewell speech from the White House.\n\nCurrently locked out of his personal social media accounts, Trump struck a concilatory yet defiant tone in the video released via the government's official social media accounts.\n\n\"We did what we came here to do - and so much more,\" he said. \"I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices – because that’s what you elected me to do.\"\n\nHe warned that \"the greatest danger\" now facing the country was \"a loss of confidence in our national greatness\".\n\nThe 45th president ran through actions taken by his administration - from \"stand[ing] up to China like never before\" to \"a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East\".\n\nHe added: \"I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars.\"\n\nReferring to the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January, he said: \"All Americans were horrified by the assault on the Capitol... It can never be tolerated.\"\n\nTrump acknowledged that a new administration would take office, but said: \"I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.\"", "It is not known when the artwork was taken as no one reported it missing\n\nA 500-year-old painting has been discovered in a flat in Italy and returned to a museum - where staff were unaware it had even been stolen.\n\nThe copy of Salvator Mundi, which is believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci, was found in a bedroom cupboard in Naples on Saturday.\n\nThis copy is thought to have been painted by one of da Vinci's students.\n\nThe 36-year-old owner of the flat was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, police said.\n\n\"The painting was found on Saturday thanks to a brilliant and diligent police operation,\" Naples prosecutor Giovanni Melillo told the AFP news agency.\n\nThe artwork is usually part of the Doma Museum collection at the San Domenico Maggiore church in the city.\n\nBut Mr Melillo said officials were not aware it had been stolen because \"the room where the painting is kept has not been open for three months\" due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt is not known when the artwork was taken as no one had reported it missing, but the museum said it was in its possession as recently as last January.\n\nSome experts believe Leonardo's student Giacomo Alibrandi may have painted the artwork\n\nPolice are now investigating the circumstances of the theft, but there was no sign of a break-in at the museum.\n\n\"It is plausible that it was a commissioned theft by an organisation working in the international art trade,\" Mr Melillo said.\n\nIt is not known who painted the artwork, but some experts believe Leonardo's student Giacomo Alibrandi may have done so in the early 1500s.\n\nIt shows Christ with one hand raised, with the other holding a glass sphere.\n\nAnd to add to the mystery - whether or not the original painting is an authentic Leonardo da Vinci is disputed. Leonardo died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The original painting was cleaned and restored from the image on the left to the one on the right\n\nThe original Salvator Mundi has had major cosmetic surgery - its walnut panel base has been described as \"worm-tunnelled\" and at some point it seems to have been split in half. Efforts to restore it have also resulted in abrasions.\n\nThis did not detract buyers, however, and the painting became the most expensive ever sold when it was auctioned for a record $450m (£341m) in 2017.\n\nThe unidentified buyer was involved in a bidding contest, via telephone, that lasted nearly 20 minutes.", "A refusal to accept cash is \"creeping into the wider UK economy\", an expert has said, after a survey suggested coronavirus had hastened a shift towards a cashless society.\n\nConsumer group Which? said that 34% of people asked said they had been unable to pay with cash at least once since March when trying to buy something.\n\nGrocery stores, pubs and restaurants were most likely to refuse.\n\nNatalie Ceeney, who wrote a report on the issue, called for ministers to act.\n\n\"The figures show that it's not simply the odd coffee shop going cashless, but this is creeping into the wider economy,\" said Ms Ceeney, who wrote the Access to Cash Review.\n\n\"We can't just blame individual businesses - many are going cashless because they can't easily bank cash takings because their local branch is closed or some distance away. The government needs to urgently legislate to protect the viability of cash - as it promised to do so last year. Time is running out.\"\n\nWhich? said the lack of cash access was a problem for those who relied on notes and coins - such as people with certain health conditions or without computer access.\n\nSome shops are still keen to accept cash\n\nJenny Ross, Which? Money editor, said: \"We have repeatedly warned about the consequences that coronavirus will have on what was an already fragile cash system, but nowhere near enough action has been taken by the government or the regulator to understand the scale of this issue.\"\n\nThe Treasury has proposed giving the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, control of overseeing future access to cash and has thrown its weight behind the idea of cashback in shops, without the requirement to buy anything.\n\nDavid Fagleman, director at financial consultancy Enryo, said: \"Our own research shows that despite a decline in use for day-to-day purchases, nearly three-quarters of people think the move to a cashless society is happening too fast and risks leaving some people, particularly the vulnerable, behind.\"", "Cillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders, a drama which follows Tommy Shelby and his family\n\nPeaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed the hit BBC crime drama will conclude with a film following the show's final TV series.\n\nOn Monday, Knight said the upcoming sixth series would be the last but teased that \"the story will continue in another form\".\n\nHe has now confirmed to Deadline: \"My plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie.\n\n\"This is what is going to happen,\" he added.\n\nHe explained that \"Covid had changed our plans\" but did not elaborate.\n\nHelen McCrory, who plays Polly, is the Shelby family matriarch\n\nThe final BBC TV series has resumed filming after being hit by Covid-related production delays.\n\nOn Monday, Knight described the show as being \"back with a bang\" and warned fans that the mobsters would face \"extreme jeopardy\" in the sixth season.\n\nKnight had previously planned for a seven-season run of the drama, which is set in post-World War One Birmingham.\n\n\"My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars,\" he said in 2018 ahead of season five. \"I've wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham in 1939. It'll take three more series to reach that point.\"\n\nIt now looks like the film might be replacing his plan for series seven.\n\nKnight, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, previously revealed he had been \"approached\" to take the Shelby crime family universe to the big-screen.\n\nSam Claflin as Tommy's political rival Oswald Mosley was a central figure in series five\n\nThe sixth series of the show, which follows Tommy Shelby and his family, will see Anthony Byrne return as director and Nick Goding produce.\n\nTommy Bulfin, executive producer for the BBC, said he was \"very excited\" filming had begun and promised a \"truly remarkable... fitting send-off that will delight fans\".\n\nHe added he was \"so grateful to everyone for all their hard work to make it happen\".\n\nThe production team have developed comprehensive safety protocols to ensure that the series will be produced responsibly and in accordance with government guidelines during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nExecutive producer Caryn Mandabach said the \"safety of our cast and crew is always our priority\" and that they had been \"working diligently\" to get safely back into production since filming was halted last March.\n\n\"Thank you to all the Peaky fans who have been so unwaveringly supportive and patient,\" she added.\n\nPeaky Blinders, which stars Cillian Murphy, first aired on BBC Two eight years ago to widespread critical acclaim.\n\nRatings quickly grew from over two million for the first series to over four million by series four and it found further popularity on Netflix.\n\nIt made the transition to BBC One for the fifth series in 2019, achieving audiences of over five million.\n\nThroughout its run, a host of awards have followed, including NTAs, which are voted for by the public, and a Bafta for best drama series in 2018.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by motor neurone disease (MND).\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh experts have found a problem with MND patients' nerve cells which could be repaired by repurposing drugs approved for other diseases.\n\nThe study has been welcomed by charities including the foundation set up by Scots rugby legend Doddie Weir.\n\nMy Name'5 Doddie foundation described it as \"a very exciting breakthrough\".\n\nMore than 1,500 people are diagnosed with the degenerative condition in the UK every year.\n\nThere is no known cure and more than half die within two years of diagnosis.\n\nThe research found that the damage to nerve cells caused by MND could be repaired by improving the energy levels in mitochondria - the power supply to the motor neurons.\n\nThey discovered in human stem cell models of MND, the axon - the long part of the motor neuron cell that connects to the muscle - was shorter than in healthy cells.\n\nAnd the movement of the mitochondria, which travel up and down the axons, was impaired\n\nThe scientists showed that this was caused by a defective energy supply from the mitochondria and that by boosting the mitochondria, the axon reverted back to normal.\n\nDr Arpan Mehta, who led the study at Euan MacDonald Centre for MND research said: \"The importance of the axon in motor nerve cells cannot be overstated.\n\n\"Our data provides hope that by restoring the cell's energy source we can protect the axons and their connection to muscle from degeneration.\n\n\"Work is already under way to identify existing licensed drugs that can boost the mitochondria and repair the motor neurons. This will then pave the way to test them in clinical trials.\"\n\nThe research centre was established by Euan MacDonald, who was 29 years old when he was diagnosed with MND in 2003\n\nCraig Stockton, the chief executive of MND Scotland, said the \"exciting\" results of the research were another piece of the puzzle to finding an effective treatment for the degenerative condition.\n\n\"We look forward to seeing if these positive results can be replicated for patients,\" he said.\n\n\"Once researchers have identified a drug they believe could have the desired effect, this treatment could then be fast-tracked for human trials using the pioneering MND-SMART clinical trial platform - into which MND Scotland has invested £1.5m.\n\n\"Researchers, clinicians, charities and supporters are all working hard to take us closer to finding a cure and by joining together we'll get to that day even sooner.\"\n\nThe researchers used stem cells taken from people with the C9orf72 gene mutation that causes both MND and frontotemporal dementia.\n\nThey used the stem cells to generate motor neuron cells in the lab.\n\nThe study also used human post-mortem spinal cord tissue from people with MND.\n\nAlthough the research focused on the people with the commonest genetic cause of MND, the researchers said they were hopeful the results would also apply to other forms of the disease.\n\nThe results of the study are now being used to look for existing drugs that boost mitochondrial function.\n\nThe study was funded by the Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, UK Dementia Research Institute and Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Protests against China's alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community\n\nThe government is facing a rebellion over the Trade Bill, and opposition proposals to give British courts the right to decide if a country is committing genocide.\n\nRebel Tory MPs want to allow Parliament to debate ending trade deals with countries responsible for genocide.\n\nThe government says trade policy should not be set by the courts.\n\nBut some MPs think the proposal would be a good way of targeting China and its treatment of the Uighur people.\n\nOn Tuesday, America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo, in his last day in the role, said the US had determined that China's persecution of the Muslim group and other minorities in Xinjiang province represented genocide and crimes against humanity under international law.\n\nThe UK has repeatedly condemned the actions of the Chinese authorities but stopped short of describing them as genocide - saying only international courts should determine this.\n\nAnd ministers also argue that trade deals are matters for governments, not the courts, to decide upon.\n\nThe MPs' amendment to the Trade Bill is a watered-down version of an earlier proposal from the House of Lords, which would force the government to withdraw from any free trade agreement with any country found guilty of genocide by the High Court of England and Wales.\n\nThe new proposal is signed by 10 Conservative MPs, one of whom described their amendment as \"tidier\" than the Lords version and designed to attract more support.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Sir Edward Leigh asked \"is there any way we can acknowledge that genocide is taking place in a discussion on a trade deal\".\n\nIn response, International Trade minister Greg Hands said ministers were prepared to have further discussions but not within the scope of the current legislation.\n\nHe told MPs the government was \"answerable to Parliament, not the courts\" and the Lords version would have led to an \"unacceptable erosion\" of its authority.\n\nThe UK, he added, had \"no plans\" to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with China due to concerns about its human rights record, particularly its persecution of the Muslim Uighur community.\n\nNusrat Ghani urged ministers to consider the \"compromise\" proposal, which she said recognised the \"separation of powers\" between the executive, Parliament and the courts.\n\nThe Conservative ex-minister said the UK should \"never let economic concerns trump ethical ones by dealing with genocidal states\".\n\n\"Why would we want to use our newfound freedom to trade with states that commit and profit from genocide? Britain is better than that.\"\n\nSpeaking to Politics Live, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said it is currently \"impossible\" for international courts to rule on whether there has been genocide, as other countries can block hearings in the UN.\n\nHe argued it is therefore important to allow British courts to make the judgement.\n\nThe MP insisted he is not \"anti-China\" but said the Chinese government need to be \"reasonable and behave in a way that is acceptable\" if it wanted to be part of global trading organisations.\n\nShadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour would be supporting the new amendment arguing that the government \"does not consider human rights abuses enough before signing up to trade deals\".\n\nThis is an interesting story in its own right because of the issues involved but it's also a neat metaphor for Brexit.\n\nThe government has taken back control of trade policy from the EU but is already having to share it with the House of Lords, Tory MPs and potentially with the High Court.\n\nDuring the passage of the Trade Bill, the government also had to beef up the powers of the Trade and Agriculture Commission - an independent body of experts - in response to lobbying from farmers who were worried about the dilution of food standards.\n\nSoon trade disputes with other countries will partly be overseen by the new Trade Remedies Authority, another organisation that reports to ministers but is independent of them.\n\nAnd of course, everything has to be compatible with World Trade Organisation rules, anyway.\n\nThe government has control of trade. It's just not total.", "19 January is a special day for Orthodox Christians across Russia, including President Vladimir Putin. It's a day reserved for commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, and it's called Epiphany. Though temperatures are as low as -20 Celsius, some celebrated this by submerging themselves in ice-cold water.", "A team of Nepalese climbers has become the first ever to summit the world’s second highest mountain, K2, in winter.\n\nK2, along the Pakistan-China border, is notoriously challenging - with high winds and sub-zero temperatures.\n\nOne of the leading members of the team is a former Gurkha and British special forces soldier, Nirmal Purja. He spoke to BBC Pakistan correspondent Secunder Kermani.", "Theresa May has accused her successor Boris Johnson of \"abandoning\" the UK's moral leadership on the world stage.\n\nThe ex-prime minister said Mr Johnson's decision to cut the overseas aid budget below 0.7% of national income had reduced the UK's global \"credibility\".\n\nShe wrote in the Daily Mail the UK had to \"live up to its values\" and would be judged by its actions not its rhetoric.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was \"embarking on a quite phenomenal year\" of global leadership.\n\nQuestioned about Mrs May's comments by the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I think it's very important the prime minister of the UK has the best possible relationship with the president of the United States.\n\n\"That's part of the job description.\"\n\nHe cited the UK's hosting of a global vaccine summit, the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, as well as the G7 summit of leading industrial nations, in Cornwall, and his pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as examples of the UK's global leadership.\n\nMr Blackford called on the PM to reverse \"his cruel policy of cutting international aid for the world's poorest\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP Westminster leader called in the PM to reverse his \"cruel\" international aid policy\n\nLater on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump.\n\nIn advance of the event, Mr Johnson said he looked forward to working \"hand-in-hand\" with the new administration and that post-Covid challenges could only be tackled by \"international co-operation\".\n\nBut, in an article in the Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson had squandered international goodwill by choosing not to meet the longstanding UN target of spending 0.7% of income on international development.\n\nThe government says it cannot meet the figure - enshrined in UK law - this year because of the strain placed on the public finances by the pandemic.\n\nTheresa May has made these criticisms - on overseas aid and the threat by the government to override international law - before.\n\nQuite often she gets a dig in when she stands up in the House of Commons.\n\nBut packaging it all up in this way, on this day, is, in the words of one of her close former advisers, \"quite punchy\".\n\nThe government would rather focus on the relationship it is going to forge with the new US president.\n\nMinisters feel they have quite a lot in common with Joe Biden when it comes to working together on the world stage, fighting climate change and co-operating on global security.\n\nMrs May also criticised Mr Johnson's support for legislation which could have allowed the UK to go back on parts of its Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, had it been passed.\n\nControversial clauses were ultimately removed from the Internal Market Bill in December, after the UK and EU reached an agreement.\n\nBut Mr Johnson's threat to break international law was criticised in Europe and the US - where Mr Biden warned it could imperil peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs May said the UK was \"well placed to play a decisive role in shaping this more co-operative world but to lead we must live up to our values\".\n\n\"Other countries listen to what we say not simply because of who we are, but because of what we do. The world does not owe us a prominent place on its stage,\" she added.\n\n\"Whatever the rhetoric we deploy, it is our actions which count. So, we should do nothing which signals a retreat from our global commitments.\"\n\nMrs May suggested the end of the Trump presidency could be a catalyst for a change in world politics\n\nMrs May, who had a sometimes strained relationship with Mr Trump, said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe UK holds the presidency of the G7 this year and hosts the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming Mr Biden to the UK at least twice in 2021.\n\n\"In our fight against Covid and across climate change, defence, security, and in promoting and defending democracy, our goals are the same and our nations will work hand-in-hand to achieve them,\" he added.", "LAS received almost 200,000 calls in December - up 50,000 on November, when London was in the second national lockdown\n\nLast week London exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 deaths linked to Covid-19. Thousands of people are critically ill in hospital, and as many as 5% of Londoners are thought to have the virus in some parts of the city. As coronavirus continues to circulate silently around the capital, staff at the London Ambulance Service (LAS) are under immense pressure.\n\nThe service is currently taking up to 8,500 calls a day, compared with a pre-Covid figure of 5,000 to 6,000, according to its chief executive Garrett Emmerson.\n\nLizzie Cooke is one of the workers at LAS's south London headquarters who are dealing with strangers at what is a distressing time.\n\nI covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale\n\nCalmly, the 30-year-old answers the phone and usually asks first if the patient is breathing.\n\n\"In the first wave we were getting a lot of calls of [people seeking] reassurance,\" Lizzie says. \"But now there are more and more who have symptoms, and family members are really frightened.\"\n\nIt is a fear that Lizzie knows all too well, having been hospitalised with Covid-19 in March. She spent a week receiving treatment for the virus.\n\n\"I was at work taking calls and struggling to concentrate,\" the call-handling supervisor says. \"At times I would just have my head on the desk in between calls.\n\n\"I started to develop chest pains five days later so my parents took me to Royal County Hospital, in Hampshire, and an X-ray showed a lot of fluid in my lungs. It was quite horrible.\n\n\"Luckily, I wasn't on a ventilator but I had the oxygen hood, and the nurses were so rushed off their feet. I didn't have my phone with me or know my parents' numbers off by heart so for that week I was quite alone and isolated.\n\n\"It was just a mixture of the unknown and not knowing when it was going to stop that was so daunting.\"\n\nThe unprecedented volume of calls means waiting times for patients are increasing\n\nLizzie's personal battle with coronavirus has helped her to empathise with people who call up with breathing problems.\n\nIt's something she says she's having to do more and more.\n\n\"Just before Christmas we were getting a lot of respiratory and cardiac arrest calls,\" she says. \"You could just hear colleagues counting to four [for chest compressions] and it was echoing around the room. It has been tough.\n\n\"We are getting calls from family members who are really frightened. I covered the London Bridge terror attacks and Grenfell but this is a different scale.\n\n\"I did get one call for toothache, but that's part of the job.\"\n\nLizzie, who lives in Hampshire, says that because the coverage of coronavirus is everywhere, it is \"difficult to escape\".\n\nWhen she's not at work she binge-watches Line of Duty on Netflix, but she says winding down isn't easy.\n\nLizzie sometimes thinks about the people who aren't following the rules aimed at helping stop the spread of the virus, and those who deny Covid-19 even exists.\n\n\"It's a kick in the teeth,\" she says. \"It is frustrating on the way to work when you see people not wearing masks or even posting stuff on social media not believing the virus is real.\n\n\"I just don't know where the disconnect is coming from; there are many people in hospital, many people dying, and I don't know what more needs to be said to make them realise how dangerous the illness is.\"\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nSitting a few metres away from Lizzie is 24-year-old Louise Essam, who has been in the job for two years.\n\n\"Every call we take at the moment is coronavirus,\" she says. \"My record was 108 calls in a day back in March during the first wave.\n\n\"But easily in the last few weeks I've been taking around 100 a day at times,\" Louise adds.\n\n\"We are just doing the best we can,\" says emergency call co-ordinator Louise Essam\n\n\"Sometimes I'll come in for a shift and can just hear colleagues counting one, two, three, four, for the compressions, and you just know what kind of shift it is going to be.\n\n\"It has been tough and quite frustrating, really. We are trying to help people. We are under so much pressure as there are high waiting times, but we are just doing the best we can.\"\n\nHelp is at hand though from the LAS workers' fellow emergency services personnel.\n\nMet Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick visited Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, where her officers are being trained to drive ambulances\n\nSeventy-five Met Police officers are currently being trained at Wembley Stadium to drive ambulances.\n\nThey will start work as drivers from 20 January, joining the 200 firefighters who are already helping LAS.\n\n\"It came as a huge relief when they announced it,\" says 37-year-old paramedic Ben West.\n\nBen West has been with the London Ambulance Service for 13 years\n\nAs is the case with many frontline workers, Ben says he is concerned about the dangers of exposure to coronavirus.\n\nHe has lost four colleagues to Covid-19, including Ian Reynolds, a paramedic based in Croydon, and Melonie Mitchell, a member of the NHS 111 team. They both died during the first wave in April.\n\n\"I wouldn't be a normal person if I said I wasn't scared,\" he says.\n\n\"I am scared and I do worry but we take every day as it comes, take our precautions and we just see where we go with that.\n\n\"We know the virus is out there in the community and we are not immune.\"", "A non-binding Labour motion calling for the universal credit top-up to be kept in place beyond 31 March passed by 278 votes to none after a Commons debate.\n\nSix Tory MPs defied party orders to abstain and voted with Labour, adding to the pressure on the PM on the issue.\n\nThe prime minister said the government had provided £280bn worth of support during the pandemic but all measures would be kept under \"constant review\".\n\nThe motion, which will not automatically lead to a change in policy, was put forward by Labour as a way to put additional pressure on the government to continue the increase, worth £1,000 a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carl, a roofer, describes going from \"not having enough to barely having enough\" on universal credit.\n\nFormer Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb was among six Conservative MPs to rebel, along with Peter Aldous, Robert Halfon, Jason McCartney, Anne Marie Morris and Matthew Offord.\n\nAhead of the vote, Mr Crabb told the BBC that although there were \"difficult pressures on the chancellor\" extending the increase for 12 months was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there were dozens of Conservative MPs who were \"deeply uneasy\" about ending the £20 weekly increase to universal credit.\n\nShe added that it was also understood the cabinet minister with responsibility for benefits, Therese Coffey, was arguing that the uplift should not be dropped in April.\n\nCharities and anti-poverty campaigners are pleading with the government to keep the support in place, describing it as a lifeline for more than 5.5 million families who receive the standard universal credit allowance.\n\nFood poverty campaigner and chef Jack Monroe told the BBC that the £20 increase \"has been a lifeline\" for millions of people who have needed to top up their income or rely on universal credit payments in order to get by.\n\nSir Keir said the increase was a vital safety net for those who had lost their jobs, seen their working hours slashed or who were not eligible for the government's wage subsidy furlough scheme.\n\n\"If we don't give a helping hand to families through this pandemic, then we are going to slow our economic recovery as we come out it.\n\n\"We urge Boris Johnson to change course and give families certainty today that their incomes will be protected.\"\n\nSix billion pounds of the benefits bill - the difference between poverty or not for 1.2 million families, according to a think tank.\n\nThe £1,040 a year increase to universal credit is a very emotive issue.\n\nThere's even a battle over what to call it.\n\nTo the government, its introduction was a one-off boost to cope with a crisis. For Labour, taking it away is a cut.\n\nMinisters would prefer we looked at the overall level of support they've provided for workers and businesses during the pandemic. The opposition say the £20 a week boost is a powerful symbol of the state's willingness to help.\n\nEven the act of debating it today is disputed. Labour say they've got the right occasionally to set the agenda in Parliament. Boris Johnson said his MPs risk abuse from campaigners and protestors if they engage.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has suggested about 16 million people will be directly affected if the £20 is rolled back.\n\nIt says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty, including 200,000 children, while a further 500,000 of those already in poverty will find themselves in even worse hardship.\n\nHowever, free market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\" at a time when the government is borrowing \"a hair-raising amount of money\".\n\nUniversal credit is a single payment replacing old benefits such as housing benefit and child tax credits.\n\nYou can claim universal credit if you are on a low income or are out of work.\n\nThe standard allowance varies from around £340 to just under £600 a month, depending on your age or whether you are single.\n\nYou may be eligible to receive more money on top of the standard allowance if, for example, you have children or a health condition.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Northern Research Group, Conservative MP John Stevenson said the £1,000 increase had been \"a real life-saver for people throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"To end it now would be devastating for the 6 million individuals and families who are already struggling to stay afloat,\" he added.\n\nWhile the vote is not binding, and will not lead to a change in policy, it will increase pressure on the government to keep the increase or come up with an alternative.\n\nLabour said the Conservatives' decision to abstain created \"unnecessary uncertainty\" but minister Nadhim Zahawi described the vote as \"a political stunt\".\n\nThe government says it has strengthened the welfare system with an extra £7bn of funding during the pandemic while families struggling with food and household bills can get help through the £170m Winter Grant Scheme.\n\nMinisters also point to extra support for housing costs, through an increase in local housing allowance for those on housing benefits and hardship payments worth £670m next year for those unable to pay their council tax bills.", "How has the justice system responded to the pandemic? Stories from inside prisons and courts, where lawyers fear delays are creating miscarriages of justice. Helen Grady reports.\n\nAre court backlogs creating miscarriages of justice? When the UK locked down, so did its court system, adding to a backlog that’s left defendants, witnesses and victims facing long waits for trials. Helen Grady speaks to people inside the justice system to find out how it’s coped with the pandemic - from delays in making courts covid-secure to a lack of PPE and overcrowding in prisons. We hear stories from prisons under lockdown and talk to lawyers who fear delays are leading to abuses of the criminal justice system.\n\nProducer: Rob Cave", "New legislation has been passed to protect Scottish shop workers from abuse from customers.\n\nThe Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten staff.\n\nIncidents involving an age-restricted product, such as alcohol or cigarettes, could be treated more seriously.\n\nThe MSP behind the bill, Labour's Daniel Johnson, said attacks on retail workers had increased during the Covid pandemic.\n\nHe told Holyrood: \"Shop staff have been spat at for asking customers to socially distance, and stock has been smashed in retaliation for item limits being imposed.\n\n\"Violence, threats and abuse should not be just part of anyone's job.\"\n\nMr Johnson said that staff requesting age ID could be a \"trigger factor\" in many incidents of abuse.\n\nThe new legislation will also cover people working in bars, restaurants and hotels, and those delivering items bought online who may have to ask for proof of age.\n\nThe bill was supported by all parties at Holyrood, despite the government initially arguing that its provisions were already covered by existing criminal laws.\n\nThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told MSPs that further legislation was not needed, noting that \"violence, threats and abuse against retail workers, or indeed any other person, are prosecuted every day in the courts in Scotland using offences which are commonly understood\".\n\nPolice Scotland meanwhile said there would be \"no significant change in how we go about our business\" as a result of it.\n\nCommunity safety minister Ash Denham said that while there was a \"wide range of existing criminal laws\" currently in place to protect staff, the new legislation could \"make the general public think more about their behaviour when they interact with retail workers\".\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives also backed the bill, although they argued that the presumption against short sentences in Scotland meant anyone convicted under the new law would ultimately not be jailed.\n\nPaul Gerrard, public affairs director for the Co-Op, told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime that the retailer had seen a 450% rise in violent incidents in the last few years.\n\n\"It is a huge problem,\" he said. \"We've seen an explosion in violence and abuse toward my colleagues.\n\n\"Now across 350 stores in Scotland we have someone attacked every day. And 10 colleagues are threatened or abused every day.\n\n\"Increasingly we have seen knives, syringes and axes all used against shopworkers.\"\n\nMr Gerrard added that previous incidents were centred on shoplifting or age-restricted sales, but staff were now facing more abuse around enforcing Covid shopping rules.\n\nThe new legislation was passed by 118 votes to 0 in the Scottish Parliament.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is now urging the UK government to introduce similar legislation to protect retail staff in England - something Labour MP Alex Norris is pursuing at Westminster.\n\nUsdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said: \"It is a great result for our members in Scotland, who will now have the protection of the law that they deserve.\n\n\"So we are looking for MPs to support key workers across the retail sector and help turn around the UK government's opposition.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nIndia pulled off an astonishing run-chase to inflict Australia's first defeat at the Gabba since 1988, win the fourth Test by three wickets and take one of the all-time great series. Needing 328, a Brisbane record run-chase, the injury-hit tourists got home with three overs to spare. Shubman Gill made 91 and Rishabh Pant was unbeaten on 89. They win the series 2-1, keeping the Border-Gavaskar they won in Australia two years ago. It is perhaps one of the finest Test series wins by any away side, especially given the list of players unavailable to India by the time the final match was played. That included captain and talisman Virat Kohli, who only played in the first Test before departing to be at the birth of his first child, a host of fast bowlers and first-choice spin pair Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. In addition to the absent players, India somehow recovered from being bowled out for 36 - their lowest total in Test cricket - in losing the series opener by eight wickets. What followed were three Tests of the highest quality and drama, with India producing a stunning comeback to win the second Test by eight wickets, then defiantly batting through the final day to earn a draw in the third. But they saved their best performance for last, a superb contest that ensured the series went down to the final hour of the last day, with the shadows lengthening and a near-empty Gabba filled with the sound of a smattering of raucous India supporters. The tourists were 4-0 overnight and, for them to even get to the point where victory might be possible, Cheteshwar Pujara had to come through a barrage of hostile bowling from the Australia quicks - he was hit 10 times in his 56. He added 114 for the second wicket with the free-scoring Gill, while stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who has presided over India's fightback, signalled their intent with 24 off only 22 balls. Tireless Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was a threat throughout, removing Pujara, Rahane and Rohit Sharma. Fast bowler Pat Cummins took four wickets for Australia Still, even though India knew a draw would see them retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, they never lost sight of the chance of victory and promoted wicketkeeper Pant to number five. At the beginning of the final hour, India were 259-4, meaning they needed 69 runs and Australia six wickets from the final 15 overs. Though Cummins had Mayank Agarwal caught at cover for his fourth wicket, Pant attacked in the company of debutant Washington Sundar. Runs came with increasing freedom and, although Sundar was bowled trying to reverse-sweep Nathan Lyon and Shardul Thakur miscued Josh Hazlewood, Pant could not be stopped. The left-hander's drive down the ground off Hazlewood secured a famous win and sparked joyous India celebrations. 'One of the top three series of all time' - reaction India captain Rahane: \"I don't know how to describe this victory. I'm really proud of all the boys. We didn't talk about anything after Adelaide, we just wanted to show good character and express ourselves. It was all about a team effort.\" Australia captain Tim Paine: \"In the key moments we were found wanting and completely outplayed by India, who fully deserved their series win.\" Man of the match Pant: \"This is one of the biggest things in my life. It has been a dream series.\" Player of the series Cummins: \"The whole India side played fantastically and deserved to win. The game was there for to win, but we didn't take the wickets.\" Former Australia fast bowler Stuart Clark on ABC: \"What a victory that is by India. They have been absolutely outstanding. The man of the moment is Rishabh Pant. He played some of the most insane shots you will ever see. Australia bowled their hearts out, but it wasn't enough.\" Former Australia captain Ian Chappell: \"It had everything. It was an absolutely amazing day. This has been one of top three Test series of all time.\"\n• None Can this British team make an impact on the global scene?\n• None The show must go on in lockdown:", "Nicola Sturgeon is to announce later whether Scotland's Covid-19 lockdown is to continue past the end of January.\n\nThe first minister said Tuesday's statement at Holyrood would concern the \"duration\" of restrictions rather than whether any new ones would be imposed.\n\nMinsters will also decide at a cabinet meeting whether schools will be allowed to re-open in full from 1 February.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney has suggested it would be a \"tall order\" for pupils to return to classrooms.\n\nMs Sturgeon said on Monday that she did not want to \"raise parents' expectations\", saying transmission of the virus \"is still higher than we would want it to be\".\n\nThe whole Scottish mainland and several islands have been in a strict lockdown since early January, with a \"stay at home\" message in force.\n\nThis was initially due to run until February, but this will be reviewed by ministers on Tuesday morning with a view to having the restrictions last longer.\n\nWhile Ms Sturgeon has warned that the government would consider further measures if necessary, she said \"it is the duration rather than the content of restrictions that we will be looking at\" on Tuesday.\n\nThe outcome of this review will then be announced to MSPs in a statement at Holyrood in the afternoon.\n\nNicola Sturgeon will announce the result of the latest review in a Holyrood statement\n\nThe review will also cover the situation in schools, with the majority learning remotely from home and only some children of key workers and vulnerable pupils being allowed into school buildings.\n\nOn Monday, the first minister said she did not want to \"raise expectations\" about classes returning to normal, but added that she was \"not going to make any assumptions\" ahead of the cabinet meeting.\n\nShe said: \"I am not going to raise parents' expectations, you can see from the numbers we are seeing some positive signs in the numbers that lockdown is starting to stabilise things and tip them into decline, but transmission is still higher than we would want it to be.\n\n\"We want to get schools back as quickly as we possibly can, it is not in the interests of kids to be out of school for any longer than is absolutely necessary, but community transmission has always been a key factor in these decisions.\"\n\nThis echoed comments from Mr Swinney, who had previously said it would be \"a tall order\" for schools to fully re-open with \"the virus still at a very high level in general within society\".\n\nI am expecting continuity rather than change from today's announcement on coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe continuation of the current lockdown and presumably the extension of remote learning for most school pupils into the February break at least.\n\nBoth decisions are likely to be reviewed again next month. But it's not clear if the first minister will feel able to suggest a target date for restrictions to ease.\n\nCabinet will also be giving special attention to the serious Covid outbreak on Barra and considering if the level three restrictions that apply in the Western Isles remain appropriate.\n\nWhile there are signs the pace at which the current wave of coronavirus is spreading is starting to slow, evidence of much greater suppression will be required before the stay at home lockdown in place across mainland Scotland is lifted.\n\nThe review comes less than a week after restrictions in Scotland were tightened, with some click and collect services ordered to close and outdoor alcohol consumption banned.\n\nThe entire Scottish mainland has been in the top level of restrictions - level four - since Boxing Day, with level three measures in place in Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles and some islands in Argyll and Bute and the Highlands.\n\nScots are subject to a legal requirement not to leave home for anything other than essential purposes, such as shopping for essentials, exercise and caring responsibilities.\n\nThe number of new cases reported each day on average has begun to fall, but the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to rise and is now \"significantly\" above that seen in the first wave in 2020.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"position overall is very precarious, very concerning in terms of the level of transmission\", but said there were \"some early signs to be optimistic that measures are having an effect\".\n\nThe first minister will take questions from opposition leaders following her statement.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives have voiced concerns that Covid-19 vaccines are not being rolled out quickly enough, saying the Scottish government are \"trailing their own targets\".\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland has vaccinated 264,991 people so far - 6% of its adult population.\n\nThis is lower than the figure for England, where 8% of the adult population - 3,520,056 people - have been vaccinated, and Northern Ireland, which has the highest vaccination rate in the UK at 8.7%.\n\nWales has a similar figure to Scotland at 6%.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon has insisted that all parts of the UK are \"working to the same targets\" to vaccinate priority groups, and said her government is \"on track\" to hit them subject to supplies arriving.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.\n\nBy that time the government aims to be vaccinating up to 400,000 people a week on average, with all priority groups getting a first jab by early May and the rest of the adult population in line thereafter.", "About one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December, roughly double the October figure, data has shown.\n\nEstimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest between 8% of people in Northern Ireland and 12% of people in England showed signs of past Covid infection.\n\nIn October, antibody positivity ranged from 2% to 7% around the UK.\n\nAnd 6,586 Covid deaths were registered in the UK in the week to 8 January.\n\nThat brings the total registered so far close to 96,000.\n\nNearly a quarter of deaths were people living in care homes - a disproportionate impact on a group of people which accounts for less than 1% of the population.\n\nBack in July, though, care home residents accounted for 40% of deaths.\n\nThe ONS regularly tests a representative sample of the population, both for current infection and for antibodies indicating a past infection.\n\nPeople taking part in the survey are tested whether or not they have had symptoms.\n\nThis is used to estimate how common both the virus and antibodies are in the population as a whole.\n\nAntibodies are proteins in the blood which fight off specific infections.\n\nThey are developed if somebody catches an infection and their body fights it off, or if they have been vaccinated.\n\nYorkshire and the Humber topped the chart with 17% of people having positive antibodies, followed by London.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, a virologist at Warwick Medical School, said: \"This study shows that infection with the Sars-Cov-2 virus is much more widespread in the UK than previously realised, with around 1 in 10 people estimated to have been infected by December 2020.\n\n\"The implications are that infection rates increased significantly between November and December.\"\n\nBut Scotland had a considerably smaller growth in antibodies than the rest of the UK, rising from 7% to 9% of the population.\n\nThe fact that more people show signs of having at least some protection against Covid-19 is consistent with the dramatic rise in infections during that period.\n\nBut we know that antibodies from natural infection can fade.\n\nIn England, the ONS said, positive antibody tests equated to 5.4 million people aged over 16 having signs of past infection.\n\nThat does not tell you the total number of people infected, however, but acts as a snapshot in time.\n\nIn London, about 16% of people had antibodies in December, up from 11% in October. But at the last peak in May, an estimated 15% of the population had antibodies. This proportion fell, as detectable antibodies recede with time.\n\nExactly what this means for someone's likelihood to become infected again, however, is not fully known.\n\nIt also remains to be seen how long vaccines will protect people for, before they need a booster jab.\n\nBut Public Health England data suggests natural immunity provides at least five months' protection on average, and vaccines often give better protection than natural immunity.\n\nMore than 4 million people in the UK have been given their first dose of the vaccine.\n\nProf Janet Lord, director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham, urged caution among those who have already been vaccinated.\n\nAsked whether people who have received the jab can hug their children, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I would certainly advise not to do that at the moment because, as you probably know, with the vaccines they take several weeks before they are maximally effective.\n\n\"It's really important that people stay on their guard even if they've had that first vaccination.\"", "Alexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nA coroner has called for a review of smart motorways after an inquest heard the deaths of two men on a stretch of the M1 could have been avoided.\n\nJason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died when Prezemyslaw Szuba crashed his lorry into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nCoroner David Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHighways England said it was \"addressing many of the points raised\".\n\nMr Urpeth recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at Sheffield Town Hall. He added he would be writing to Highways England and the transport secretary asking for a review.\n\nThe inquest heard the deaths of the two men may have been avoided had there had been a hard shoulder.\n\nOn the stretch of the M1 where the crash took place, the hard shoulder has been replaced by an active lane.\n\nSzuba, 40, from Hull, was jailed last year after admitting causing their deaths by careless driving.\n\nHe was speaking from prison to the inquest.\n\nPrezemyslaw Szuba was jailed over the deaths\n\nAnswering questions over the phone, Szuba told the hearing he accepted he was driving without paying proper attention.\n\n\"I have already accepted that at my trial,\" he said, but added: \"If there had been a hard shoulder on this bit of motorway, the collision would have been avoidable.\n\n\"I would have driven past these two cars as it would be safer and they would have been able to come home safely and I would be able to come back home.\"\n\nSzuba said he had only three to five seconds to react, and asked if he would have avoided the crash had he been paying attention, he said: \"It's difficult to say after everything now.\"\n\nSgt Mark Brady, who oversees major collision investigations for South Yorkshire Police, told the hearing: \"Had there been a hard shoulder, had Jason and Alexandru pulled on to the hard shoulder, my opinion is that Mr Szuba would have driven clean past them.\"\n\nBut he accepted the primary cause of the crash was Szuba's inattention to the road.\n\nThe crash happened after a collision between a Ford Focus driven by Mr Mercer, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and a Ford Transit driven by Mr Murgeanu, who was living in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, but was originally from Romania.\n\nWhen Mr Mercer and Mr Murgeanu got out to exchange details they were hit by the lorry, and both died at the scene.\n\nMr Mercer's wife Claire has campaigned against smart motorways since her husband's death, and was at the hearing on Monday.\n\nClaire Mercer has campaigned against the use of smart motorways since her husband's death\n\nIn a statement, Highways England said it was \"determined\" to do everything it could to make roads as safe as possible and was already addressing many of the points raised by the coroner \"as published in the Government's Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan of March 2020\".\n\n\"We will carefully consider any further comments raised by the coroner once we receive the report,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Today's rising number of UK deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday’s numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays registering deaths over the weekend tend to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half that.\n\nBut there are two chinks of light in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 - for a third day in a row. At the turn of the year it was touching 60,000 new diagnoses.\n\nThat means, in the coming weeks, we should start to see fewer hospitalisations and, eventually, deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.", "Campaigners are bringing a judicial review for indirect sexual discrimination on Thursday.\n\nThey say the way the self-employed income support scheme or SEISS is calculated- by averaging out profits between 2016 to 19 - is unfair to to around 75,000 women who’ve taken time off in that period for maternity leave. The government insists using a three-year average is the best way of reflecting a self-employed worker’s income.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers can book an appointment at seven vaccination centres in operation across NI\n\nDoctors have insisted there is no postcode lottery when it comes to rolling out the coronavirus vaccines.\n\nNorthern Ireland's vaccination plan means all those over 80 should receive their first dose by the end of January.\n\nMore than 154,000 doses of a vaccine have now been administered, health officials said.\n\nDr Frances O'Hagan, deputy chairwoman of NI's GP committee, said practices had their own rollout plans but she expected them to meet official targets.\n\n\"As soon as we get the vaccine, we will get it to you,\" she told BBC News NI. \"But please, please wait until we contact you.\"\n\n\"We tailor our programmes to our individual patients and to our geography and to our surroundings.\n\n\"It's not actually a postcode lottery. It's the best way of doing it because we know what suits our patients.\"\n\nDr O'Hagan said she had not heard reports of some practices holding back vaccines until they received bigger amounts to allow for a larger number of vaccinations to be done.\n\nShe said rolling out the programme was a logistical challenge which fell on top of an already heavy workload but the jab would be given out in a \"safe and timely\" fashion.\n\nSinn Féin MP Órfhlaith Begley said doctors in her West Tyrone constituency were working above and beyond to administer the vaccine to as many people as possible.\n\n\"But unfortunately I am hearing that some GPs cannot access supplies of the vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"There does appear to be, and it is a consistent message from GPs in my own constituency, a feeling the distribution of the vaccine has been unequal to date.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed a further delivery of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine into Northern Ireland on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a tweet, Robin Swann said: \"We now have the supply to complete all our over 80s and when that group is finished, there will be enough to start into the over 75 programme.\"\n\nPatricia Donnelly, the head of NI's vaccination programme said there had been 154,436 doses of the vaccine administered here, with 132,857 of those being first doses.\n\nOn Tuesday, she said three quarters of care home residents had already received both doses.\n\n\"With the arrival of additional vaccine today, which have been issued this afternoon and tomorrow to GPs, there will be enough to complete the over 80 population and to commence in the over 70 population,\" she added.\n\nA further 24 virus-related deaths and 713 more Covid-19 cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health to 1,649.\n\nThere are currently 842 people in hospital with the virus, 70 people in intensive care units (ICU) and 57 being ventilated.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a further 93 Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,708.\n\nA further 2,001 positive cases were also recorded in the latest figures from the Republic's Department of Health.\n\nNorthern Ireland's rate of Covid-19 infection is now below one and has been at that level for a couple of weeks, according to the chief medical officer.\n\nHowever, Dr Michael McBride warned the reproduction (R) number for hospital transmission remains above one.\n\nDr McBride said new variants of the virus had made the job of curtailing the spread even more difficult, and warned he did not foresee any relaxation of restrictions any time soon.\n\n\"We need to ensure that we have as many people who remain at risk of severe disease vaccinated and prioritised with the first dose as possible before we consider significant relaxations in the current restrictions,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile concerns have been raised that \"social media myths\" are encouraging some care home staff to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\nPauline Shepherd, from the Independent Health and Care Providers, said young women were especially vulnerable to misinformation about the vaccine and fertility.\n\nLast week, the Department of Health said there had been an uptake level of about 80% among care home staff.\n\n\"We are very keen obviously that everyone takes the vaccine, that is really the only way that we are going to get through this,\" she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Obviously there are myths going around on social media about the vaccine and some are opting not to take it.\n\n\"Particularly younger females seem to have the view through social media that it may impact fertility\".\n\nA consultant anaesthetist says there is a \"reluctance\" among members of the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to take Covid-19 vaccines\n\nThere are currently 139 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in NI's 483 care homes.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) and Department of Health were now exploring how \"to dispel the myths\", Ms Shepherd added.\n\nDr Mukesh Chugh, a consultant anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, said there had been a \"reluctance\" among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to take Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nDr Chugh says this is because of \"anti-vaccine messages\" posted across various social media platforms and messenger apps \"targeted at certain ethnic and religious groups\".\n\n\"I encourage them not to believe the messages they are getting on WhatsApp - these are not scientific messages,\" he said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said a number of groups of key workers should be given priority access to vaccinations.\n\nPrioritisation was decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on immunisation.\n\nEdwin Poots said meat plant workers should be among those given priority vaccine access\n\nAsked if he supported prioritisation for food workers in meat plants, Mr Poots told the assembly he did and had raised it with the executive.\n\n\"It's been identified as an essential service - those people working in them are there in cold, wet conditions where we have had a number of outbreaks,\" he said.\n\n\"We should seek to introduce those people somewhat earlier than is currently the case - I will continue to endeavour to press that case.\"\n\nHe said other groups of workers who should be prioritised included \"teachers and police officers\".", "An Instagram post said the alleged baby shower was a \"lovely surprise\"\n\nA rail company has begun an internal investigation after staff allegedly held a surprise baby shower in a closed Patisserie Valerie bakery at London's Marylebone station during lockdown.\n\nChiltern Railways workers told BBC News up to 20 colleagues, including some who were on shift, attended the gathering.\n\nThey claim some party-goers then had positive Covid tests, forcing most of the team to self-isolate.\n\nChiltern said \"appropriate action\" would be taken after its investigation.\n\nMembers of Chiltern Railways customer services staff based at the station told BBC News that about 30 people had been invited to the baby shower on the afternoon of 23 November - both via WhatsApp before the alleged gathering, and face to face on the day of the event.\n\nA national coronavirus lockdown was in place in England in November, so people were banned from meeting anyone indoors who was not part of their household.\n\nOne worker, David [not his real name], said he declined an invitation to the event but walked past the bakery later in his shift to see about 20 colleagues gathered inside.\n\nHe said he was \"shocked and alarmed\" to see people hugging each other, with most of them not wearing masks.\n\nPhotos of the alleged gathering, seen by the BBC, show a table inside a Patisserie Valerie outlet covered with dozens of cupcakes, mince pies, crisps and sandwiches, bunting saying \"it's a boy!\" and handmade flags reading \"happy baby shower\".\n\nOne photo appears to show a group of eight colleagues posing in front of the table of party food, without socially distancing from one another.\n\nSome images were shared on Instagram on 23 November with the caption: \"What a lovely surprise being thrown a baby shower at work today!\"\n\nA Patisserie Valerie spokesman said the company had not been informed of any such event and that none of its team members had access to the Marylebone station cafe, which has remained closed since March due to Covid restrictions.\n\nHe added it was normal for a member of station staff to have keys to the premises for \"security reasons\".\n\nDavid and another colleague claimed three people who allegedly attended the event tested positive over the following four days.\n\nThe positive tests meant 16 members of staff out of the team of about 26 people had to self-isolate for 14 days, David said.\n\nHe said colleagues who lived with, or cared for, vulnerable people were \"petrified\" to hear there had been a staff outbreak, with some \"scared to go home\" for fear of endangering loved ones.\n\nDavid added that he had been caring for his elderly grandmother so self-isolation was \"a real nightmare\" as he had to arrange alternative care for her.\n\nChiltern Railways confirmed a \"small number\" of workers tested positive for Covid or had to self-isolate in the 14-day period after 23 November, but a spokeswoman said \"none of the staff who were alleged to have attended [the baby shower] tested positive\".\n\nShe said Chiltern Railways was investigating and was \"making every effort\" to maintain a Covid-secure environment for staff and customers.\n\nChiltern Railways staff members congratulated their colleague using information boards at the station\n\nIn an email seen by the BBC, which was sent to Chiltern Railways employees on 24 November, a manager said one team member had tested positive and added: \"It is disappointing that social distancing measures do not appear to have been followed and I will be investigating this further.\"\n\nDavid's colleague Peter (not his real name) said he was one of about 10 team members who had to work while the rest of the team was self-isolating.\n\nPeter said the outbreak left those at work feeling \"stretched\" and \"raised the anxiety levels of everyone\" as they worried they might have caught Covid as a result of having worked alongside the alleged party's attendees.\n\n\"A lot of us don't want to be at work during this time, for obvious reasons. We're doing a job where we do come into contact with a lot of people - it's stressful enough with your own family, who are a bit worried about you going in to work at a train station and asking if you're getting the proper protection,\" Peter said.\n\nHe added he felt \"demoralised\" to hear about the alleged party when he spends his shifts encouraging customers to wear masks and socially distance.\n\nThe Department for Transport said it had been made aware of the incident and had contacted Chiltern Railways for a \"full explanation\".\n\nA spokesman for the Office of Rail and Road - which protects the interests of rail and road users - said it had investigated \"an issue relating to Covid-19 concerns\" and had taken action, jointly with Westminster City Council, to \"ensure Chiltern Railways tightens its risk assessment for workers and to revise working arrangements\".", "When Amelia Strike, 21, was logged out of her Depop social shopping app account in October, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.\n\n\"I thought I had just forgotten my password when I couldn't get back in, but a couple of days passed and I realised something wasn't right,\" says the Birmingham-based law student.\n\nShe then received a message from a stranger on Instagram, alerting her to the fact that her account had been taken over by a scammer advertising Apple AirPod headphones for £50.\n\nShe immediately used her brother's Depop account to comment on the offending post and contact the app. It was removed by the firm in a few hours and her password was reset.\n\nBut when Ms Strike logged back in, she was shocked by what she found.\n\n\"I felt sick - I scrolled and scrolled through hundreds of messages people had sent the scammer,\" she says.\n\nThe fraudster had been instructing shoppers to pay them directly through PayPal's \"Friends and Family\" option, which sidesteps Depop's fees and doesn't offer any protection for buyers.\n\nThe scammer sent messages like this one to other Depop users from Amelia's account\n\nMs Strike counted at least three Depop users who made unauthorised payments of £50 to the scammer.\n\nIn Ms Strike's situation, to get users to trust scam listing, the hacker had also uploaded a photo of her name on a post-it note next to the headphones that were supposedly for sale.\n\nThis is a common tactic used by people selling second-hand items online, to prove that the photos were not stolen from another listing.\n\n\"I just felt so violated,\" she says.\n\nShe is not alone - 14 other users have told BBC News that their Depop accounts have been hacked in recent months. In all cases, the fraudsters demanded to be paid directly, rather than through the app.\n\nBlending the look and social elements of Instagram with the buy-and-sell format of eBay, 90% of Depop's users are aged 26 or under.\n\nEmily Goold, 21, a journalism student in Tewkesbury, was scared when her account was hacked and a fraudster posted a listing for a £350 jacket.\n\nEmily Goold, 21, told the BBC a fraudster hacked her Depop account and advertised a £350 Moncler jacket\n\nDepop took the listing down within 12 hours and reset her password, but Ms Goold says such incidents are becoming commonplace.\n\n\"You always know somebody who's had a Depop horror story. It's such a widespread problem now.\"\n\nScammers have continued to plague many online services through the pandemic.\n\nOne \"have a go\" method called \"credential stuffing\" involves using automated tools to repeatedly log into accounts, entering usernames and password information previously exposed from data breaches of other popular online services.\n\nIf a user doesn't use the same password on multiple services or has changed their passwords after being exposed in a data breach, this won't work.\n\nAccording to Liv Rowley, a threat intelligence analyst at cyber-security firm Blueliv, cyber criminals are now targeting Depop accounts on an \"industrial scale\" using this method, capitalising on the fact that people often use similar passwords.\n\nBlending the look and social elements of Instagram with the buy-and-sell format of eBay, 90% of Depop's users are aged 26 or under\n\nDepop told the BBC that the safety and security of its community is its \"number one priority\", and that the service has never had a data breach or had its infrastructure compromised.\n\nThe firm confirmed that credential stuffing is a big part of the problem.\n\n\"Weak passwords and the use of the same password across multiple accounts is the greatest source of account takeover, which is why we have initiated a campaign in the second half of 2020 to force some users to strengthen their passwords and to remind others of the importance of strong and unique passwords,\" says Depop's chief operating officer Dominic Rose.\n\nDepop has started resetting passwords for some 12 million users that have not changed them in over a year and told the BBC it had sent reminders to a similar number to make sure their log-in details are unique.\n\n\"We will continue to remind our community about the importance of account security and updating their passwords.\"\n\nThe firm, founded in 2011, told the BBC that although the number of its users increased nearly two-fold to 26 million last year, it had seen a 50% decrease in account \"takeovers\" since its campaign began.\n\nBut Blueliv found that login details for several thousand hacked Depop accounts are being advertised for as little as $1.05 (77p) each on the dark web - a part of the internet that is only accessible using specialised tools.\n\nWhile a Vice investigation first highlighted the problem in May, there is now evidence that account logins are being sold across multiple dark web \"marketplaces\".\n\nThe information for sale includes usernames and passwords, with extra charged for details such as follower count, the number of sales completed by a user and their ratings by other shoppers.\n\nOn the dark net marketplace White House Market, \"premium\" Depop accounts are being sold for $5\n\n\"The accounts are being compromised and that definitely is concerning,\" Ms Rowley says. \"While it's not a Depop-specific problem, I think [credential stuffing] is one we're going to see expand in the next five years.\"\n\nOne Depop user told the BBC they would feel \"much more comfortable\" if the app introduced two-factor authentication, where users enter a one-time code sent to them via email or text, for example, after attempting to sign in.\n\nDepop confirmed that it intends to implement multi-factor authentication in 2021.\n\nBut Aman Johal, director at law firm Your Lawyers, which specialises in consumer action claims, says the platform needs to act urgently, \"particularly given its relatively young user base, where the duty of care is greater\".\n\n\"The fact that this has been going on for months...is unacceptable. Given the volume of compromised accounts for sale, the horse has already bolted,\" he added.\n\nFor some users, trust in the company has been dented.\n\n\"I feel like their security measures need to be amped up because it's just not good enough,\" says Ms Strike, who has been a Depop user since 2015.\n\n\"I've used [Depop] for a long time but I'm reluctant to continue because it just doesn't feel safe anymore.\"", "HSBC is to close 82 branches in the UK between April and September this year, claiming customers are turning to digital banking.\n\nThe company will have 511 branches across the country following the closure programme.\n\nManagers said they did not expect to make any redundancies, with staff moved to nearby branches instead.\n\nCoronavirus and changing customer habits have altered the way we bank, but there are concerns over closures.\n\nCampaigners say that local branches provide a lifeline for those who need access to cash and face-to-face services, and allow small businesses to bank without too much disruption to their own trade.\n\nHSBC said all but one of the branches earmarked for closure were within one mile of a Post Office, where these day-to-day transactions could be carried out.\n\nIt said - even stripping out the effects of the pandemic - the number of customers using branches had fallen by a third in the past five years, and 90% of all customer contact was over the phone, internet or smartphone, in addition to contacts on social media.\n\nJackie Uhi, HSBC UK's head of network, said: \"The Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the need for the changes that we are making.\n\n\"It hasn't pushed us in a different direction but reinforces the things that we were focusing on before and has crystallised our thinking. This is a strategic direction that we need to take to have a branch network fit for the future.\"\n\nThis would include changing some branches to concentrate on cash access, as well as the use of \"pop-up\" branches in some areas by the end of the year. It means some remaining branches will offer fewer services.\n\nThe branches to close are:\n\nMay: Brighton, Ditchling Road; Hull, Merit House; Wednesbury; Sutton Coldfield, Four Oaks; Hull, Holderness Road; Pontyclun, Talbot Green; London, Fleet Street; London, Fenchurch Street; London, Old Broad Street; London, Charing Cross; Sheffield, Darnall; Oxford, Summertown; Leeds, Chapel Allerton; Cardiff, Rumney; Torquay, Strand; Staines", "The Met Office warned heavy rain combined with melting snow on higher ground was likely to cause flooding\n\nAn amber rain warning has been issued for parts of northern and central England as Storm Christoph approaches.\n\nThe Met Office told people in Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England to expect heavy rain and potential floods.\n\nYellow warnings have been issued for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.\n\nUp to 70mm (2.75in) of rain is forecast to fall within 48 hours in the worst-hit areas from Tuesday.\n\nThe Met Office said the downpours, set to last throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, were likely to cause flooding when combined with melting snow on higher ground.\n\nIt said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and warned some communities there was a good chance they would be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nCouncils and emergency services have warned people to prepare for potential flooding.\n\nMayor of Doncaster Ros Jones declared a major incident in South Yorkshire ahead of possible flooding.\n\nIn a tweet, she said emergency protocols were instigated on Sunday, with sandbags handed out in flood-risk areas, and told people not to panic but to be prepared.\n\nCalderdale councillor Scott Patient urged residents and businesses to \"take all the steps they can to protect themselves and their property\".\n\nDue to Covid-19 restrictions, Mr Patient said, the authority was preparing \"virtual community support hubs\" to help people if there was flooding.\n\n\"The virtual hubs work similarly to the physical ones, but everything will be done remotely to reduce the need for face-to-face contact and to protect staff, volunteers, those affected by flooding and vulnerable people in our communities,\" he said.\n\nThe Environment Agency has 14 flood warnings - meaning \"immediate action\" is required - in place across England, stretching from the south east to the north east.\n\nThe Met Office amber rain area initially covered parts of the north, but has since been expanded to include some central areas\n\nMet Office forecaster Jon Griffiths said about 40-70mm (1.57-2.75 in) of rain was expected in the north-west over three days, potentially rising to 100-120mm (3.93-4.72 in) in hilly areas.\n\nMr Griffiths said river systems in some areas were already close to capacity.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has condemned the \"disgraceful scenes\" in the US, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Congress and clashed with police.\n\nRioters breached the Capitol building where lawmakers met to confirm Joe Biden's presidential election victory.\n\nThe PM said it was \"vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" Mr Johnson tweeted.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, meanwhile, called the events \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nFriend of President Trump and leader of Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - Nigel Farage tweeted: \"Storming Capitol Hill is wrong. The protesters must leave.\"\n\nThe US Congress has now reconvened after the violence - spurred on by Mr Trump's unproven claims of electoral fraud - to certify Mr Biden's victory in the US election in November\n\nHundreds of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol, and staged an occupation of the building in Washington DC.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress were forced into recess, as protesters clashed with police and tear gas was released.\n\nFour people died on Capitol grounds during the violence, including a woman shot by police and three others, who died as a result of \"medical emergencies\", local police said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police place US Capitol Building on lockdown after Trump supporters breached security lines\n\nUK MPs from across the political spectrum have criticised the events in the US.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said there was \"no justification for these violent attempts to frustrate the lawful and proper transition of power\", while Home Secretary Priti Patel called the scenes \"unacceptable and undemocratic\".\n\nShe added: \"There is no justification for this violence and Donald Trump must condemn it.\"\n\nHer Conservative colleague, and former Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt directly addressed President Trump for telling the crowd to march on Congress, tweeting: \"He shames American democracy tonight and causes its friends anguish - but he is not America.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner said: \"The violence that Donald Trump has unleashed is terrifying, and the Republicans who stood by him have blood on their hands.\"\n\nAnd shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the events were \"the legacy of a politics of hate that pits people against each other and threatens the foundations of democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has defended the prime minister's response to the rioting.\n\nAsked on ITV's Peston programme why Mr Johnson hadn't criticised Mr Trump, she said: \"The prime minister has been clear tonight that we need a peaceful and orderly transition.\"\n\nMs Coffey added that events in the US were a \"reminder that democracy is something precious - and will only continue to thrive as long as we protect institutions that make this country important and not demean each other when the majority of what we want to achieve is similar outcomes\".\n\nDonald Trump and Boris Johnson at a Nato summit in 2019\n\nMeanwhile, the SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said the end of Mr Trump's presidency \"cannot come quick enough\".\n\nHe tweeted: \"What a legacy the events of today are to his time in office. Shameful, shocking, an affront to democracy.\"\n\nLeader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, called the scenes \"absolutely horrendous\", while his party's foreign affairs spokeswoman, Layla Moran, said: \"The scenes coming out of Washington tonight are an attack on democracy.\"", "An ambulance service has experienced its busiest day of calls on record.\n\nOn Monday, West Midlands Ambulance Service dealt with 5,383 calls in 24 hours. The previous record was 5,001 calls in March 2018.\n\nSeven hundred of those calls came from London as its calls system struggled, according to BBC health correspondent Michele Paduano.\n\nThe ambulance service said Covid-19 and winter weather had resulted in hospitals being \"extremely busy\".\n\nAt the hosptials, the longest a patient waited was five hours and 39 minutes, with two of the longest waits at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham.\n\nA combination of Covid-19 and winter weather has resulted in hospitals being \"extremely busy\"\n\nAt one point on Monday night, 15 ambulances were waiting to hand over patients outside New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.\n\nA source told the BBC it was \"a very challenging day\" and in total, handovers had accounted for 759 hours of crews' time, equivalent to taking 63 ambulances off the road.\n\nWhile another said at 06:00 GMT on Tuesday, ambulances were still responding to emergency calls from the night before.\n\nTraditionally, the first Monday after New Year is always busy. GP surgeries have been closed and people wait until after the festivities to get medical treatment.\n\nThis year, the number of calls was exacerbated by the service taking about 700 calls for the London ambulance service after its system struggled.\n\nThere was also the perfect storm of snow and ice coupled with coronavirus - made worse because many of our trusts, particularly University Hospitals Birmingham have been struggling with capacity for many months. Usually hospitals would put patients on corridors, they can't because of Covid risks.\n\nThey also have fewer beds due to wider spacing to prevent infection and fewer staff on duty. Hence patients left for hours on ambulances outside.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service is the best performing in the country, but even with near to 500 ambulances a day on the road, it cannot keep up with demand.\n\nProf David Loughton, the chief executive of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, warned its capacity would \"soon be compromised\".\n\n\"The numbers are ramping up enormously and I don't think we've seen the full impact of what happened on Christmas Day yet, that will take time to come through,\" Prof Loughton said.\n\nHe added a two-week \"lag\" meant things could get worst before they get better.\n\n\"As I always say today's Covid rate is my order book for intensive care in two weeks' time.\"\n\nA West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: \"A combination of Covid-19 and winter weather has resulted in hospitals being extremely busy which unfortunately resulted in hospital handover delays.\n\n\"We work closely with the hospitals to try and ensure our crews are able to handover patients quickly and safely, but due to the extremely high demand some patients did wait longer to be handed over than we would normally see.\"\n\nIn a statement London Ambulance Service NHS Trust said : \"As is standard practice during periods of high demand and high levels of staff sickness, ambulance services provide support for each other, which includes answering 999 calls.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dickey emerged during a boom for African-American literature in the 1990s\n\nAuthor Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels of romance, mystery and adventure were best-selling page-turners over more than 20 years, has died aged 59.\n\nThe US writer wrote 30 novels about breathless relationships and thrilling adventures involving young African American characters.\n\nThey included Friends & Lovers, Milk In My Coffee, Cheaters and Finding Gideon.\n\nHe also wrote a series of Marvel comics about a love story between Storm from the X-Men and the Black Panther.\n\n\"His work has become a cultural touchstone over the course of his multi-decade writing career, earning him millions of dedicated readers around the world,\" his publicist Becky Odell told USA Today in a statement.\n\nWriter Roxane Gay was among those paying tribute, describing him as \"a great storyteller\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by roxane gay This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther authors to add their voices included Luvvie Ajayi, who described him as \"a literary legend\", and ReShonda Tate Billingsley, who said he was \"an amazing author and an even better friend\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by ReShonda Tate Billingsley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Wesley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBorn in Memphis, Tennessee, Dickey started out as a software developer in the aerospace industry. Being laid off from that job gave him a chance to take writing classes and see whether he could make it as an author.\n\nHe emerged during a boom for African-American literature in the 1990s, and his 1996 debut Sister, Sister - about the lives and loves of three siblings - was recently named one of the 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years by Essence magazine.\n\nHe was particularly praised for his ability to write \"believable\" female characters, and many of his readers were women.\n\nWhen the New York Times profiled him in 2004, it billed him as the \"chick lit king\". Patrik Henry Bass, Essence's books editor, told the paper: \"He is singular in the way he is tapping into the African-American female psyche.\"\n\nAnd Calvin Reid, an editor at trade magazine Publishers Weekly, said: \"He captures black language and black middle-class characters with more depth than you often see in commercial fiction.\"\n\nBy that time, he was selling 500,000 books a year. He was nominated four times for the NAACP Image Award for best work of fiction, winning in 2015 for A Wanted Woman.\n\nBy then, he had branched out into stories of crime, suspense, thrills and spills as well as the steamy and tangled relationships with which he made his name.\n\nHe had four daughters, but said he never based his plots on his own life. \"I avoid my life,\" he once said. \"It bores me. Trust me. A book about me would be a snoozefest.\"\n\nHis final novel, The Son of Mr Suleman, will be published in April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nSome 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government.\n\nIn England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable patients.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said it meant that within a two to three weeks they should have a \"significant degree of immunity\" to the virus.\n\nHe said there would be a ramping up to get more people immunised - up to 2 million a week.\n\nThe ambition is to vaccinate all the over-70s, the most clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers by mid-February. That will require around 13 million vaccinations.\n\nHe defended the UK's policy of immunising more people with one dose immediately - rather than holding some stock back to give people a second booster shot - in order to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nUS regulators have questioned the policy, saying it is premature without more trial evidence, but the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it is a pragmatic decision to protect more people.\n\nBoth the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses to provide the best possible protection.\n\nInitially, the strategy for the Pfizer vaccine was to offer people the second dose 21 days after their initial jab - full immunity starts seven days after the second dose.\n\nBut when approval was announced for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on 30 December, it was also announced that the policy would now change - the new priority would be to give as many people a first shot of either vaccine, rather than providing the required two doses in as short a time as possible.\n\nEveryone will still receive their second dose, but this will now be within 12 weeks of their first.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty told the Downing Street press conference that extending the gap between the first and second jabs would mean the number of people vaccinated can be doubled over three months.\n\n\"If over that period there is more than 50% protection then you have actually won. More people will have been protected than would have been otherwise.\n\n\"Our quite strong view is that protection is likely to be lot more than 50%.\"\n\nAsked whether the longer gap could lead to an increase risk of the virus mutating into a version that could escape the vaccine, he said it was a worry, but a small one.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said vaccines would probably need to be changed further down the line to continue to be a good match for the virus - but that this was relatively quick to do.\n\nOne of the exciting things about the science of the RNA vaccines is that they are incredibly fast to make in response to new mutations, he said.", "Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp is set to be named the BBC's next chairman, the corporation's media editor Amol Rajan says.\n\nMr Sharp spent 23 years working for the banking giant and was reportedly Chancellor Rishi Sunak's boss there.\n\nHe has recently been acting as an unpaid economic adviser to Mr Sunak during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHis new role will see him lead negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee.\n\nThe licence fee is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends, with a debate about how the broadcaster should be funded after that.\n\nThe government is currently reviewing whether its cost, currently £157.50, should continue rising with inflation from 2022, and whether non-payment should remain a criminal offence.\n\nMr Sharp's career at Goldman Sachs culminated as chairman of its principal investment business in Europe before his departure in 2007. He was then on the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee for six years until 2019.\n\nAs an advisor to the Treasury about its pandemic response, the 63-year-old reportedly played a key role in the £1.57bn arts rescue package, and the film and television production restart scheme.\n\nMr Sharp is a former donor to the Conservative party.\n\nHe was chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts from 2007 to 2012, and founded the charity London Music Masters.\n\nSir David Clementi, the current BBC chairman, steps down in February. The post-holder is officially appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the government.\n\nJulian Knight, the chair of the DCMS Committee, said in a statement: \"It is disappointing to see this news about the next BBC chairman has leaked out ahead of a formal announcement from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The Committee previously expressed some concerns over the appointments process, calling for it to be fair and transparent.\n\n\"The DCMS Committee looks forward to questioning the preferred candidate for the post in a pre-appointment hearing next week on their views at a critical time for the BBC about its role and the future of public service broadcasting more generally.\"\n\nHis views on the BBC itself are unknown. But like new director general Tim Davie, who he met a few weeks before Christmas, he has a commercial background. Just as the relationship between Lord Hall, Davie's predecessor, and Sir David was strong, so the bond between the new DG and chair will be critical.\n\nWhether Sharp supports the licence fee as the pillar of a future BBC settlement is unclear.\n\nThe last time the BBC's future was negotiated with a sceptical Conservative government, the relationship between the director general and the chancellor - then George Osborne - was critical, as Lord Hall explained to me in his exit interview.\n\nThis time, Davie will go into that negotiation with a very close ally of the current chancellor - though Sharp's first duty is to support Davie, and the BBC, and not his old mentee.", "New car registrations fell to their lowest level in nearly three decades last year, according to preliminary figures from the industry's trade body.\n\nIt was also the biggest one-year fall since World War Two, when factories were being turned over to military production, the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders said.\n\nAbout 1.63 million new cars were registered in 2020, compared with 2.3 million in 2019 - a decline of 29%.\n\nIt was the lowest total since 1992.\n\nThe bulk of the lost sales occurred during the first lockdown in the Spring, when showrooms were forced to close, and factories shut down.\n\n\"We lost half a million units from March, April, May - and we never recovered them,\" said the SMMT's chief executive, Mike Hawes.\n\nThe restrictions introduced later in the year were less damaging, largely because dealers were able to sell cars remotely, using 'click and collect' services.\n\nThat remains the case during the new lockdown, announced on Monday.\n\n\"We can still do click and collect, which is important, because that's the very minimum we need,\" said Mr Hawes. \"Not just to keep retail going, but also to keep manufacturing going.\"\n\nOverall, the SMMT said the Covid crisis has cost the car industry some £20bn - and cost the exchequer nearly £2bn in lost VAT.\n\nThere are also serious questions about the extent to which the car market can recover this year. Previous forecasts, which had suggested new registrations could rise to about 2 million in 2021, have been thrown into doubt by the latest restrictions.\n\nBut while the market as a whole has suffered over the past year, sales of electric cars have risen dramatically, increasing their share of the market from 1.5% to 6.5%. Sales of plug-in hybrids also rose sharply.\n\nCar showrooms re-opened from the first lockdown in June\n\n\"If we see this continued level of uptake in electric vehicles, then we anticipate that sales of new EVs and plug-in hybrids will overtake diesel cars in 2021,\" said Ian Plummer, commercial director of motoring website Auto Trader. \"Then, pure EVs will overtake those of their internal combustion engine counterparts in 2026.\"\n\nWith the pandemic continuing to inflict serious damage on the industry, Mr Hawes says the trade deal between the UK and the EU came as a \"massive relief\".\n\nIt confirmed that cars and car parts could continue to move between the two regions, without tariffs - or taxes - being imposed, provided certain conditions are met.\n\nThe SMMT had previously warned that failing to reach a deal could have cost the industry £55bn over five years - and add £2,000 to the cost of each vehicle\n\nBut manufacturers still face potentially significant additional costs due to so-called non-tariff barriers - including border formalities, and the need to obtain extra regulatory approvals for new designs.\n\n\"This is not a free deal\", said Mr Hawes.\n\nAnother consequence of the trade deal is that the UK will need to focus on battery production, if it is to maintain its car industry while phasing out petrol and diesel engines.\n\nThat's because in order to qualify for tariff-free access to the European market, the value of car components made outside the UK and the EU will have to be strictly limited.\n\nSpecific rules relating to batteries effectively mean that from 2027, they themselves will have to be made in the EU or the UK.\n\nThe SMMT believes that, based on current investment plans, UK battery factories will have a capacity of 15 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2024.\n\nThat is more than seven times the current level, and would be enough to produce 250,000 electric cars per year.\n\nBut the SMMT insists much more is needed: 60GWh in order to produce 1 million cars per year by 2030, and 120GWh to produce 2mby 2040.\n\nThat, says Mr Hawes, will require \"massive investment\".", "Greggs expects up to a £15m loss for the year, which would be its first annual loss since it listed its shares on the stock exchange in 1984.\n\nThe bakery chain said it does not expect profits to return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.\n\nIt has been battling a sales slump due to the coronavirus pandemic, but sales declines have been lessening.\n\nGreggs made 820 job cuts at the end of last year, after its sales were hit by coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.\n\nChief executive Roger Whiteside said the impact of the Covid-19 crisis had been \"enormous\" and that a fresh lockdown meant \"significant uncertainties remain in the near term\".\n\nCoronavirus restrictions towards the end of last year led to \"variable trading conditions across the UK\", he said.\n\nSales in the final three months of the year fell by nearly a fifth, but this decline was less than its sales slump in the third quarter.\n\nIn September, Greggs, which is based in Newcastle, said it was in talks with staff to cut hours in an effort to minimise job losses.\n\nBut it still decided to cut 820 jobs because of \"lockdown levels of business\" as High Streets were hit by the crisis.\n\n\"Looking ahead, the significant uncertainty over the duration of social restrictions, along with the impact of higher unemployment levels, makes it difficult to predict performance,\" the firm said.\n\n\"However, we do not expect that profits will return to pre-Covid levels until 2022 at the earliest.\"\n\nGreggs said on Wednesday that total sales for the year were down nearly a third to £811m, but government support had helped to limit pre-tax losses.\n\nIt said it had developed its takeaway business and a delivery tie-up with Just Eat, and had also seen \"strong sales\" through its partnership with retailer Iceland.\n\n\"We have taken action to position Greggs to withstand further short-term shocks and are optimistic about our prospects for growth once social restrictions are lifted,\" Mr Whiteside added.\n\nGreggs wants to open about 100 new stores, on a net basis, over the year ahead.\n\nJulie Palmer, a partner at insolvency consultants Begbies Traynor, said: \"The latest national lockdown will be unwelcome news for Greggs, which has operated shrewdly during the past year in spite of a lack of footfall, with non-essential stores forced to close and millions working from home.\n\n\"The bakery chain has had to adapt its business model and invest digitally to accommodate for the rapid change in shopping habits, offering click-and-collect purchases, as well as a nationwide delivery service through its partnership with Just Eat.\n\n\"This should provide a solid base for the business to expand when government restrictions are eased and the world returns to some normality.\"", "US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the \"serious\" cyber compromise revealed in December.\n\nPresident Trump had previously suggested China might have been behind the hack, although other members of his administration had pointed the finger at Moscow.\n\nIn a joint statement, the intelligence bodies say they currently believe fewer than 10 US government agencies saw their data compromised, although other organisations outside of government were also affected.\n\nThey say work is still going on to understand the scope of the incident, which appears to have been aimed at gathering intelligence and which they say is \"ongoing\" a month after details first emerged.\n\nThe update on the investigation came in a statement from a task force called the Cyber Unified Coordination Group which was set up to deal with the incident. It comprises intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the FBI and NSA.\n\nThe group said it was still working to understand the scope of what had taken place.\n\nEighteen thousand customers who used Orion product from the company Solar Winds were exposed but US intelligence says it believes a much smaller number saw follow-on activity from the hackers in which they stole data. The US Treasury was among those which previously acknowledged being targeted.\n\n\"This is a serious compromise that will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate,\" the statement said. Many organisations are having to scour their systems for signs that they may have been compromised.\n\nThe incident sent shockwaves across the US partly because the breach was undiscovered for many months and was potentially far-reaching in terms of who it might have affected. It also suggested a degree of sophistication and stealth which was widely seen as a trademark of hackers from the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Experts have been warning for years that it's not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody\n\nSoon after the incident was revealed, President Trump raised the possibility that China might be responsible, but members of his own administration including the secretary of state and attorney general pointed the finger at Moscow. The latest statement shows the assessment of US intelligence agencies is that Russia was behind it, although it does not go so far as accusing the Russian state itself, saying only that the actor was \"likely Russian in origin\". Moscow has denied playing any part.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has previously said it was important to take \"meaningful steps\" to hold those responsible to account. It is not yet clear, though, what that might involve. While some US politicians suggested the breach might even be compared to an \"act of war\", most cyber-experts disputed this and the US intelligence community has now played down suggestions that it could have had destructive impact.\n\n\"At this time, we believe this was, and continues to be, an intelligence-gathering effort,\" the latest statement says. This is significant since it suggests no evidence has been found that this was preparatory activity for a more destructive cyber-attack which might switch off systems. This may limit the US response since espionage operations do not breach the cyber norms the US itself promotes (largely because it too carries out such intelligence-gathering operations against other nations).\n\nIn December UK officials say they believed a small number of UK organisations were affected but said they did not believe they were in the public sector.", "South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest Image caption: South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest\n\nOn Wednesday, as protesters gathered outside before swarming the Capitol building, the yellow flags of the old South Vietnam regime could be seen.\n\nIn fact, the yellow flags of the former South Vietnam are a common sight at pro-Trump rallies across the United States.\n\nVietnamese Americans, especially those of the older generation who fled Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975, are known for their support for the Republican party and Donald Trump.\n\nA pre-election survey by the group Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote found that Vietnamese Americans are the only major East Asian ethnic community that favoured Trump over Biden . Trump’s anti-China and anti-communist rhetoric resonated greatly with the former refugees who risked their lives to escape communism.\n\nBut the support for President Trump has also become an increasingly divisive issue amongst the Vietnamese American community.\n\nHours after the Capitol riot, there are still calls on pro-Trump internet forums like the \"ABC Trump\" Facebook page for Vietnamese Americans to “take to the streets in support of President Trump” as “the battle continues”.\n\nBut there have also been condemnations.\n\n“This is embarrassing,” one young Vietnamese American wrote on Twitter, adding: “They’ve brought shame to the flag”.", "The US is facing another huge election - one that could define how much new president Joe Biden can get done in his first term.\n\nMore than 100 people are gathered in the grey and damp cold in Stone Mountain.\n\nIt's a miserable start to the New Year but this city near Georgia's capital, Atlanta, feels anything but sleepy or hung over.\n\n\"The energy we get here in Georgia is something I've never seen before,\" says Mr Gardner, who was born and raised in local DeKalb County.\n\n\"We've had other Senate races and I'm just excited.\"\n\nHe is joined by fellow Democratic supporters who are singing and dancing outside a house-turned-campaign centre.\n\nIt's to rally support for the two men who are probably President-elect Joe Biden's most important friends right now: Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.\n\nThis traditionally Republican state was won by Mr Biden in November's election - but there were no clear winners for the state's two Senate seats. Now there is a run-off between the top candidates in each race.\n\nIf the two Democrats, Mr Ossoff and Rev Warnock, beat incumbent Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, Mr Biden's party effectively controls the Senate.\n\nShirley Shepphard is handing out stickers, with a smile and confidence.\n\n\"The Democrats can win! Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can!\" she says.\n\nThere's a huge cheer as Mr Ossoff's large blue bus makes its way down the road and pulls up opposite the house.\n\nHe is only 33 years old and, in case his youth wasn't clear enough, he makes a point of jogging on to the small stage.\n\nDuring a polished speech he exclaims: \"The place we demand better is at the ballot box.\"\n\nIf Mr Ossoff wins, he'd be the youngest member of the Senate - a title once held by Joe Biden himself.\n\nNo pressure, but I put to him that the fate of Mr Biden's presidency is in his hands.\n\nIf he loses, is Mr Biden a weakened president before he's even begun?\n\nWithout missing a beat, Mr Ossoff says: \"We will win.\"\n\nFellow Democrat and Senate candidate Mr Warnock could make history alongside him.\n\nHe could become Georgia's first black senator, in a state that has a higher proportion of black people than any other in the US.\n\nRallies have been held for all four candidates, including this one featuring the US vice-president\n\nGeorgia has also found itself becoming the final battleground for an aggrieved President Donald Trump.\n\nThe Republican Senate candidates here - Mr Perdue and Ms Loeffler - are his last foot soldiers.\n\nBoth appeared at his rally the previous night, where he focused on repeating his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.\n\n\"There's no way we lost Georgia, that was a rigged election,\" were the first words out of his mouth.\n\n\"We run all over the world telling people how to run their elections and we don't even know how to run ours.\"\n\nMr Trump has also gone after Georgia's Republican governor and begged another official here, in an astonishing phone call, to find votes to overturn Mr Biden's victory.\n\nThe president has also called the Georgia Senate races \"invalid and illegal\" without any evidence.\n\nThere are concerns from some Republicans he's putting people off voting on Tuesday.\n\nI asked supporters at Trump's rally why they would take part in an election process if they didn't believe it was fair. Some hesitated and suggested it was their civic duty.\n\nFor those who won't vote, it's an advantage that may work for the Democrats.\n\nWhen I ask two Ossoff and Warnock supporters about the claims of election fraud, both women throw their heads back, burst into a long laugh in perfect unison and shake their heads bemused: \"Yeah, that's a good one.\"\n\nThere's another factor in this runoff - teenagers.\n\nSince the 3 November presidential election, more than 23,000 people will have turned 18 in the state and can now vote in this Senate race.\n\nMany young voters have been holding live-streaming events in counties across Georgia.\n\nValerie Ponomarev just turned 18 and is very excited at getting to vote. She was upset she couldn't cast a ballot in the recent presidential election.\n\n\"I did the math in my head and was short by a month as I was born in December,\" she says.\n\n\"I was mad at my mum that I hadn't been born sooner!\"\n\nShe said at first, she didn't even realise the Senate runoff was so crucial in Georgia.\n\nShe's voting for the Democrats, Ms Ponomarev says, adding that a lot of younger people have shown support for Mr Ossoff.\n\n\"I think the youth finally want representation in government because we're so often underrepresented and now that we have Jon Ossoff who is closer to our age,\" she says.\n\nMichael Guisto found himself in the same situation as Ms Ponomarev - too young to cast a ballot in November - and says missing out on that vote was painful.\n\n\"It feels like a redemption,\" he says of this Senate race.\n\nThe polls are suggesting it's a very tight race. But this state knows that whatever it decides, it will have an impact on the country as a whole.\n\nMr Guisto says even though he missed out on the November election, this vote matters.\n\n\"I get to in some ways influence the country but this time it's a bit closer to home.\"", "The deaths of a further 68 people who tested positive for Covid have been recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours.\n\nIt comes as official figures show 33,381 people received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the week to 27 December.\n\nThat takes the total number of people to get a vaccine in Scotland since 8 December to 92,188.\n\nPatients in hospital with coronavirus rose from 1,347 on Tuesday to 1,384.\n\nHospital admissions have been rising sharply but are still 136 short of the peak figure of 1,520 recorded on 20 April last year.\n\nThe latest statistics show 2,039 new cases of the virus, which is 10.5% of those recently tested, a slightly lower figure than in recent days.\n\nA total of 95 people are in intensive care - a slight increase but significantly lower than the April peak of 208.\n\nHealth officials have expressed concern about the situation in Inverclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders, in particular, which have seen sharp rises in positive tests.\n\nWeekly figures show Inverclyde recorded 538.5 cases per 100,000, Dumfries & Galloway 538.1 and the Scottish Borders 435.5.\n\nThere were a further 603 confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area in the past 24 hours, with an additional 296 in NHS Lanarkshire, 206 in NHS Grampian and 164 in the NHS Lothian area.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, there have been 141,066 cases in Scotland, with a total of 4,701 people dying within 28 days of first testing positive.\n\nThe latest vaccine figures were released after doctors in Scotland raised concerns about plans to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nAll four UK nations will now leave up to 12 weeks between the first and second doses of the jab rather than giving both within 21 days.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, head of the BMA in Scotland, said members had concerns about the potential impact of leaving such a big gap between the two doses.\n\nBut the UK's chief medical officers have defended the move, saying the first dose will give people substantial protection against the virus within two to three weeks.", "Doctors are calling for a significant ramping up of the vaccination programme following approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe first patients are expected to receive the jab - the second approved for use in the UK - on Monday.\n\nBut with just over 500,000 doses available to use next week, experts are worried there may be a bottleneck in the system.\n\nThere are more than 25m people in the nine priority groups identified so far.\n\nThis includes all those over 50 and younger adults with health conditions, as well as frontline health and care staff.\n\nMeanwhile, GPs have questioned the wisdom of cancelling patients already booked in for their second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the first jab that was approved and has been used since early December.\n\nAs well as approving the Oxford vaccine on Wednesday, regulators also said that doctors could wait longer between the two courses needed, to ensure faster rollout of vaccination.\n\nBut the British Medical Association's Dr Richard Vautrey said GPs were unhappy they were being asked to cancel appointments that had already been made for second doses. The original advice said they should be given three weeks apart.\n\nHe said it was \"grossly unfair\" and would waste staff time.\n\nOne of those who has been affected is Stella Joseph, who is 82 and has a chronic lung condition.\n\n\"The thing I feel most is utterly helpless, that there's nobody to appeal to, that you can't get any assistance with this at all.\n\n\"I think it is so hard that those of us who were in this first wave were obviously people who are at high risk and we're the ones who have been left high and dry.\"\n\nThe move has also prompted some debate about how strong the evidence is for delaying the second dose.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw, of Imperial College London, said there was \"pretty convincing\" data showing it would enhance the effect of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nBut he said because the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had not been tested in the same way, there was no comparable evidence.\n\nSo far nearly 950,000 people have received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe hope was that when the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was approved, it would lead to a significant increase in the rate of vaccination.\n\nThe jab is easier to store and distribute as it can be kept at normal fridge temperature, unlike the Pfizer-BioNTech one that has to be kept in ultra-cold storage.\n\nThere are thought to be more than five million doses of the Oxford vaccine in the UK, but only just over 500,000 are ready for use.\n\nThat is because vaccines have to be put into vials and batched and certified.\n\nSources at the NHS expressed frustration at the situation. \"The NHS is ready to go, but we can only go as quickly as supply allows,\" one said.\n\nQueen Mary University epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani said there appeared to be a \"bottleneck\", and the government looked like it was still going to be under its target of two million doses a week.\n\n\"We really need to speed up rollout,\" she said.\n\nThere are currently more than 700 vaccination sites up and running, with several hundred more thought to be ready to go once vaccines are available.\n\nBut the limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine, which has to be shipped in from Belgium, has meant some centres have not been able to vaccinate people every week.\n\nDame Clare Gerada, a former chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: \"We really now need a massive operational system. We need a 24/7 system with GPs, mass vaccination centres and hospitals - this needs to be scaled up.\n\n\"It's got to be football stadia, all these large venues that we've got currently lying dormant.\n\n\"If we can really get a mass operational system up and running, then I can't see why we can't be getting the whole population immunised by the spring.\"\n\nNHS England's medical director for primary care, Dr Nikki Kanani, promised there would be a significant expansion of the vaccination programme in the coming weeks.\n\nShe predicted the majority of care home residents would be protected by the end of January, and frontline staff would start to get a vaccination in large numbers.\n\nShe also praised the progress made so far, thanking the \"tireless efforts of staff\".\n\nEngland Health Secretary Matt Hancock also praised staff, adding the numbers being vaccinated would \"rapidly increase in the months ahead\".", "The 19-year-old victim was attacked on Canonbury Road in Islington shortly before 19:00 GMT on 29 December\n\nA man was left partially blind after he was repeatedly hit in the face during a street robbery in north London.\n\nThe 19-year-old had been walking along Canonbury Road in Islington on 29 December when he was approached by two men, one of whom stole his bag and hit him with a \"baton-style weapon\".\n\nThe Met said he had suffered \"life-changing injuries\" in the \"vicious and unprovoked attack\".\n\nNo arrests have been made and the detectives have appealed for witnesses.\n\nThe attacker has been described by police as black, aged in his late teens with spikey hair and of a skinny build.\n\nDet Con Faisal Issaouni said the 19-year-old victim had been \"left with injuries that will affect him for the rest of his life\".\n\n\"We're reviewing CCTV from the area and have spoken to a number of witnesses as we try to track down the man responsible,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Clap for Carers is to return under a new name of Clap for Heroes, the initiative's founder has said.\n\nThe weekly applause for front-line NHS staff and other key workers ran for 10 weeks during the UK's first coronavirus lockdown last spring.\n\nFounder Annemarie Plas tweeted that it would return at 20:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nMs Plas said she hoped the initiative would \"lift the spirit of all of us\" including \"all who are pushing through this difficult time\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Annemarie This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one-off to support NHS staff on 26 March - three days after the UK went into lockdown for the first time.\n\nAfter proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks, with millions of people across the UK taking part.\n\nMembers of the Royal Family and politicians including Prime Minister Boris Johnson also joined in with the show of support.\n\nHowever, the event later faced criticism for becoming politicised, with some suggesting the NHS would benefit more from extra funding than applause.\n\nLast May, Ms Plas, a Dutch national living in south London, said the weekly applause should end after its 10th week and instead become an annual event.\n\nAt the time, she said the public had \"shown our appreciation\" and it was now up to ministers to \"reward\" key workers.\n\n\"Without getting too political, I share some of the opinions that some people have about it becoming politicised,\" she told the PA news agency ahead of the final clap in May.\n\n\"I think the narrative is starting to change and I don't want the clap to be negative.\"", "YouTuber JoJo Siwa has said she had \"no idea\" that \"gross\" and \"inappropriate\" questions were featured in a board game bearing her image.\n\nIt follows a parental backlash about the Nickelodeon-branded game, marketed to children aged six and over.\n\nThe \"Truth or Dare\" category contained questions like: \"Have you ever gone outside without underwear?\" and \"Have you ever been arrested?\".\n\nParents have expressed disapproval on social media in recent days.\n\nIn response to the online outcry, the 17-year-old internet star said she was \"really upset\" to discover the content of the game, which is called JoJo's Juice.\n\nShe added she was working with Nikelodeon to have removed it from the shops.\n\n\"Over the weekend, it has been brought to my attention by my fans and followers on TikTok that my name and my image have been used to promote this board game that has some really inappropriate content,\" said Siwa, in an Instagram video message.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by itsjojosiwa This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"When companies make these games, they don't run every aspect by me and so I had no idea of the types of questions that were on these playing cards.\"\n\nShe added: \"Now when I first saw this, I was really really really upset at how gross these questions were. And so I brought it to Nickelodeon's attention immediately and since then, they have been working to get this game stopped being made, and also pulled from all shelves wherever it's being sold.\"\n\nShe went on to say that she would have \"never approved or agreed to be associated with this game,\" if she had seen the cards beforehand.\n\nOther questions featured in the board game included: \"Have you ever stolen from a store?\" and \"Have you ever walked in on someone naked?\"\n\nThe US teenager posts videos of her day-to-day life on her YouTube channel, Its JoJo Siwa.\n\nShe is also a singer and dancer, having appeared on the reality TV series Dance Moms, alongside her mother, Jessalynn Siwa.\n\nHer musical offerings so far include the singles Boomerang and Kid in a Candy Store.\n\nLast year, she was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Teachers' estimated grades will be used to replace cancelled GCSEs and A-levels in England this summer, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told MPs he would \"trust in teachers rather than algorithms\", a reference to the U-turn over last year's exams.\n\nFor primaries, he confirmed there would be no Year 6 Sats tests this year.\n\nMr Williamson promised parents it would be \"mandatory\" for schools to provide \"high-quality remote education\" of three to five hours per day.\n\nHe said this would be \"enforced\" by Ofsted, with inspections where there were \"serious concerns\" about what was provided for children now studying at home.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary, Kate Green, accused Mr Williamson of \"chaos and confusion\" - and said he had failed to listen to the \"expertise of professionals on the front line\".\n\nShe said he had given a \"cast-iron commitment\" that exams would go ahead - and Ms Green said: \"At that moment, we should have known they were doomed to be cancelled.\"\n\nMr Williamson, in a statement to the House of Commons, said there would be \"training and support\" for teachers in estimating grades, \"to ensure these are awarded fairly and consistently\".\n\nHe also told MPs there would be no Sats tests for those at the end of primary school.\n\n\"I can absolutely confirm that we won't be proceeding with Sats this year. We do recognise that this will be an additional burden on schools\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said rather than a \"vague statement\" of how A-levels and GCSEs would be graded, ministers should already have a system ready in place - and it was a \"dereliction of duty\" that it was not already prepared.\n\nAnd he warned against repeating the \"shambles\" of last summer's cancelled exams.\n\nThe education secretary confirmed to MPs that GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nThe exams watchdog Ofqual will draw up proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, for qualifications that could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nSimon Lebus, the watchdog's interim head, said evidence for replacement grades could include tests, homework, mock exams and teachers' observations - and would take into account how much of the syllabus had been covered.\n\nA consultation is expected to begin next week, with plans to be decided by the end of February or possibly sooner.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' assessments, with some process of moderation between schools, will be used for this summer's candidates.\n\nOn vocational qualifications, Labour's Ms Green said the education secretary was \"failing to show leadership on exams in January\".\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them - but college leaders had complained that there needed to be a national decision to avoid confusion.\n\nIf students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they would consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\nMr Williamson's statement in the Commons came as all GCSE, AS and A-level exams in Northern Ireland were cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir announced the decision in the Stormont assembly on Wednesday.\n\nScotland has already cancelled its Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers.\n\nGCSEs and A-levels in Wales were scrapped in November.", "Dr Dre, seen here in 2018, is one of hip-hop's most successful stars\n\nRapper and producer Dr Dre, one of hip-hop's most successful and influential stars, is being treated in hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm.\n\nThe 55-year-old was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, TMZ reported.\n\nIn a post on Instagram, he said: \"I'm doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team.\"\n\nHe is \"resting comfortably\" after the aneurysm, his lawyer told Billboard.\n\nIn his post, Dr Dre also wrote: \"I will be out of the hospital and back home soon. Shout out to all the great medical professionals at Cedars. One Love!!\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by drdre This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFriends and fellow stars have sent their well wishes after the reports of his ill health emerged.\n\nIce Cube, his former bandmate in trailblazing 1980s hip-hop group NWA, tweeted: \"Send your love and prayers to the homie Dr. Dre.\"\n\nSnoop Dogg, who was discovered by Dr Dre in the early 1990s, wrote on Instagram: \"GET WELL DR DRE WE NEED U CUZ.\"\n\nMissy Elliott wrote: \"Prayers up for Dr. Dre and his family for healing & Strength over his mind & body.\" And singer Ciara tweeted: \"Praying for you Dr. Dre. Praying for a full recovery.\"\n\nWith NWA and then as a solo artist, leading producer and record label mogul, Dr Dre shaped west coast rap and was instrumental in the careers of other stars like Eminem, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar.\n\nAn aneurysm is a bulge in a weakened blood vessel where the blood pressure causes a small area to bulge outwards.\n\nMost brain aneurysms only cause noticeable symptoms if they burst, leading to bleeding on the brain, which can cause a very serious condition and can be fatal.", "(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nA man who stabbed three people to death in a Reading park was suffering from psychosis \"right up to the day\" of the killings, a court has heard.\n\nKhairi Saadallah, 26, attacked James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in the Forbury Gardens in June.\n\nA hearing to decide if he was motivated by a religious or ideological cause has been told he was \"no radical Islamist\".\n\nThe hearing at the Old Bailey is part of his sentencing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nSaadallah, of Basingstoke Road, Reading, has pleaded guilty to three murders and three attempted murders.\n\nAn examination of his mobile phone revealed extremist material, including an image of the Islamic State flag and the 9/11 Twin Towers attack, the court was told.\n\nThe prosecution is seeking a whole-life prison order, meaning he would never be considered for release.\n\nRossano Scamardella QC, defending, said the sentence should be one of life imprisonment with a starting point of 30 years, due to a lack of serious premeditation, the \"fleeting\" strength of his commitment to Islamist jihad, and his mental health issues.\n\nKhairi Saadallah previously admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nHe said while the attack in Reading was \"terrifying\" and \"senseless\", it did not justify the failed Libyan asylum seeker being jailed for more than 30 years.\n\nHe added that \"as brutal as these killings were\", the suggestion they were \"ruthlessly efficient\" had been \"exaggerated\".\n\nSaadallah took \"certain steps to facilitate the killings\", he said, but \"significant planning or premeditation simply does not exist\".\n\nHe told the hearing Saadallah had \"come to the attention of the authorities on hundreds of occasions\", and had a history of frequent interactions with the police, criminal justice system and mental health services.\n\nHe said Saadallah had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder and \"right up until the day of killing he was plainly suffering from episodes of psychosis\".\n\nMr Scamardella said there is no suggestion this caused his offending but insisted his \"culpability [for the attack] is reduced\".\n\nThe court heard earlier that a psychiatrist has since concluded the attack on June 20 was \"unrelated to the effects of either mental disorder or substance misuse\".\n\nKhairi Saadallah was visited and filmed by police during a welfare check the day before the attack\n\nThe court was shown CCTV footage of Saadallah in Morrisons buying the knife he used in the attack\n\nSaadallah had described himself in interview as \"part Muslim and part Catholic\", said Mr Scamardella, adding: \"No radical Islamist would countenance adoption of another faith, it's inconceivable.\"\n\nHe said portraying Saadallah as a committed jihadist was a \"superficially attractive proposition\" based on \"pieces of evidence that exist that demonstrate or at least might demonstrate a fleeting interest\".\n\nThree others - Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan - were also injured by Saadallah.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Epsom Racecourse in Surrey will be one of seven mass vaccination hubs announced by the government\n\nSeven new mass Covid vaccination hubs across England have been announced by the government.\n\nCentres in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage are due to begin operations next week.\n\nVarious venues will be converted into regional centres in a bid to meet the government's target of vaccinating 14 million people in the UK by February.\n\nIt is expected the hubs will be staffed by NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nThe seven sites announced by Downing Street are:\n\nAshton Gate Stadium, home to Bristol City FC, will be used to help the government meet its vaccination target\n\nSupermarket chain Morrisons has confirmed car parks at its stores in Yeovil, Wakefield and Winsford would be used to drive-through vaccinations from Monday. It has also offered an additional 47 sites to the government.\n\nPremier League club Tottenham Hotspur has also offered the use of its stadium to the NHS as a venue to provide the coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe sites across England will begin operations next week", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators.\n\nThis is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this. Normally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I first visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nI asked one of the consultants who I've met several times in the last year, Dr Jim Down, how long they can keep going like this - and the answer was stark. \"At this rate, about a week. After that we really need to see it slow down or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffering.\"\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.\n\nDr Alice Carter compares it to an elastic band that is close to snapping. \"It gets to a point where you stretch so far it never returns back to its baseline. I think that's probably where we are now. It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break, and that's the real fear for us at the moment.\"\n\nDr Alice Carter: 'It's not going to take much more for that elastic band to break'\n\nThat could have very serious consequences, she adds. \"If we get to that point, we can't offer anyone ICU, not just Covid patients, but anyone who has a traffic accident or a heart attack or a stroke - whatever it is, to take them in.\"\n\nFor 38-year-old Rachel Arfin, one of the three pregnant women in intensive care with Covid-19, treatment is more complicated. Her baby is due in five weeks and the staff have to monitor them both.\n\n\"They can't do anything that will harm the baby,\" she says. \"All the time [they are] checking, monitoring the baby.\" She is reassured by the \"beautiful sound\" of her baby's heartbeat.\n\n\"They are looking after two people in one. They're saving lives,\" says Rachel. But her children - she has seven - keep asking when she's coming home.\n\nRachel Arfin's baby is due in five weeks - both are doing well\n\nI've reported from here several times during the pandemic and am always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. It's always quiet and calm, but that belies what's actually happening. This is a system under strain like never before.\n\nThe warning signs are clear, the NHS is on the brink. Unless infection rates fall, soon it will have a serious impact. The pressure on staff is unrelenting. I saw two nurses in tears.\n\nCompared to when I visited in April, it's a lot busier. In some ways, it's more structured - they now know what they're dealing with. They've got new treatments, such as the drug dexamethasone, which they didn't have last time. And many of the staff have now had the first dose of the vaccine.\n\nBut other aspects don't get any easier, such as the emotional burden of breaking bad news over a telephone or video call. It is very different to being able to hold someone's hand.\n\nStaff say they don't know which patients to help first\n\nICU staff have incredibly high standards. They're used to doing everything meticulously and perfectly. And they're doing all they can. But sometimes they go home and feel guilty that they can't do more. The impact on nurses - the bedrock of care in intensive care - is visible.\n\nThe highly specialised staff are usually one-to-one with patients. Deputy sister Ashleigh Shillingford is looking after three or four ventilated patients at a time, with one other junior member of staff. It's emotional and often devastating work.\n\n\"We are so stretched we have to prioritise and prioritising care is not the NHS that I grew up in - we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first.\" She says she's never had to make decisions like these before.\n\n\"You just don't know who to help first. The patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed, we're not just getting old people,\" she says, \"these are young people that we're getting.\"\n\nGerald Williams, 58, is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer and had been shielding, but he still caught coronavirus. \"All of a sudden, out of the blue, Covid came knocking on my door and it's frightening - you don't know how you're getting your next breath,\" he says.\n\nGerald Williams had been shielding but he still caught coronavirus\n\nHe wants to get home to his daughters, the youngest of whom is 13. And he's annoyed at those who don't take it seriously. \"People are moaning and groaning. Even in A&E. They need to get a life. Don't be idiots, forget about meeting your mate, stay home. No-one is invulnerable.\"\n\nFor now the Trust is coping better than many others in London and is still taking Covid patients from other hospitals. But the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the NHS has ever faced - and it will be its doctors and nurses who will bear the brunt for all of us.\n\nAs the BBC's medical editor, Fergus Walsh has been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic and its immense impact on the UK.", "Kate Thistleton will front new content from Bitesize Daily\n\nBBC TV is to help children keep up with their studies during the latest lockdown by broadcasting lessons on BBC Two and CBBC, as well as online.\n\nSchools have been closed to most children across the UK as part of tougher measures to control Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC will show curriculum-based programmes on TV from Monday.\n\nThey will include three hours of primary school programming every weekday on CBBC, and at least two hours for secondary pupils on BBC Two.\n\nDuring the first lockdown in the spring, lessons were available on iPlayer, red button and online, but not on regular TV channels.\n\nThe move comes amid concerns that low-income families may struggle to afford data packages for their children to take part in online learning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson praised the BBC's \"fantastic\" plans on Tuesday. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said \"education is absolutely vital\".\n\nHe continued: \"The BBC is here to play its part and I'm delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.\"\n\nThe primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.\n\nBBC Two will cater for secondary students with programming to support the GCSE curriculum, including adaptations of Shakespeare plays alongside science, history and factual titles.\n\nBitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on the red button as well as episodes being available on demand on iPlayer.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the BBC \"has helped the nation through some of the toughest moments of the last century\".\n\n\"And for the next few weeks it will help our children learn whilst we stay home, protect the NHS and save lives,\" he added. \"This will be a lifeline to parents and I welcome the BBC playing its part.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Two US police officers linked to a notorious raid in which young black medic Breonna Taylor was fatally shot have been fired, authorities have said.\n\nDetectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes are the latest officers to be dismissed over the shooting in March last year.\n\nThe incident in Kentucky caused outrage, spurring protests against racism and police brutality.\n\nMs Taylor, 26, died when police raided her home in connection to a drug case.\n\nThe FBI said Mr Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Ms Taylor at her home in Louisville.\n\nLouisville police dismissed Mr Cosgrove for violating procedures for use of force and failing to use a body camera during the search, the Louisville Courier Journal reported on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jaynes, the newspaper said, was fired for violating the police force's policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation.\n\nDuring the raid, Ms Taylor's boyfriend fired at the officers who he said he believed were attackers breaking into their home.\n\nPolice say they knocked on the door to announce their presence before breaking down the door with a battering ram.\n\nMs Taylor's boyfriend said police did not make their presence known, and he fired out of self-defence. Three officers returned fire with 32 shots, six of which hit Ms Taylor.\n\nMs Taylor's name became a global rallying cry as people demanded a thorough investigation into her death.\n\nBlack Lives Matter activists in the US have demanded that Louisville police take stronger action against the officers in the case and say that police too often escape unpunished after killing members of the public.\n\nBut despite the outcry against Ms Taylor's shooting, no criminal charges were sought relating to her death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Questions still aren't answered\": Breonna Taylor's family are worried about a \"cover-up\"", "Paul Trauberman from Rainbow Smiles said it was hard to give reassurance without knowing the facts about the new variant\n\nNursery staff say they are being \"treated like the bottom of the rung\" after schools in England were told to shut to reduce the virus transmission.\n\nPaul Trauberman, of Rainbow Smiles in Weston-super-Mare, said despite his staff being \"scared\" about the new Covid-19 variant they had come to work.\n\nThe government announced a strict lockdown across the country on Monday.\n\nIt was after the UK moved to Covid-19 threat level five, meaning there is a risk the NHS could be overwhelmed.\n\nMr Trauberman, who took over Rainbow Smiles nursery in 2016, said he felt conflicted.\n\n\"I've come in this morning and I've got staff crying and saying they are scared of this new variant.\"\n\n\"We don't have PPE, we can't social distance, on the other hand we still have a business that is operational and we are not going bankrupt.\"\n\nHe said prolonged closure also carried the risk of going out of business but it was difficult to reassure staff when \"you don't have any of the facts\".\n\n\"One minute it is fine and the schools are going back, and two days later they are sending everyone home.\n\n\"It makes the staff feel insecure and... they just feel like they are being treated like the bottom of the rung.\n\nSchools are expected to remain closed until after the February half-term\n\n\"With this new variant ... they are having to deal with very close contact with children, with a virus around, which they are saying is very, very bad, but with no more information than that.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said: \"Early years settings remain low risk environments for children and staff and there is no evidence that the new variant of coronavirus disproportionately affects young children.\"\n\nIt said keeping nurseries open supported parents and delivered crucial education for children as Bristol mother-of-three Eleni Franklin has found.\n\nShe said she \"really valued\" Acorns Nursery in Henbury Hill, being open as she and her husband are both key workers - so their children, Allegra, five, Aria, two and Rafe nine-months-old, will attend school and nursery throughout the lockdown.\n\n\"I can see that nurseries are different to schools. There has been one case at Aria's nursery during this whole period, whereas in school there has been quite a few,\" she said.\n\nEleni Franklin said she could see why nurseries were being treated differently to schools\n\n\"The nursery have been pretty good and although I understand there is a risk to staff, they have put a lot of measures in place to keep people safe.\"\n\nOne of the biggest challenges for nurseries - with some staff now unable to work because of their own childcare responsibilities - is maintaining child-to-staff ratios.\n\nMr Trauberman said they worked on a basis of one-to-three for babies, one-to-four for under-three's and one-to-eight with under five-year-olds.\n\n\"We are trying to maintain these bubbles, but normally we would move staff around to accommodate highs and lows of staff and children, to balance it out, but we are unable to do that to enable these bubbles,\" he said.\n\nHis nursery is now identifying families that could potentially keep their children at home if they were unable to meet those ratios.\n\nMr Trauberman, who is a member of an online group for nursery owners, said some people were calling for nurseries to shut, but said if that happened they risked \"not having a business to come back to\".\n\n\"Small businesses are the backbone of the country and if a lot of those go under, the financial implications for the whole country are going to be catastrophic.\"\n\nMother-of-two Kara Willetts, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, said she felt it was important her daughter Isobel continued going to nursery as she noticed her behaviour had changed when she had to stop going during the first lockdown in March.\n\n\"Isobel is a really sociable, outgoing child and she really suffered with not going in and seeing her friends during the first lockdown. Her mental health suffered and she displayed behaviour I had never seen from her before,\" she said.\n\nKara Willetts said her daughter Isobel's mental health suffered when nurseries closed during the first lockdown\n\nMrs Willetts said she had full confidence in the measures introduced at the nursery three-and-a-half-year-old Isobel attends in Cheltenham.\n\nShe said that with her husband working from home and a seven-month-old son also at home, the option of Isobel going to nursery was \"beneficial to the whole family\".\n\n\"It is quite difficult for my husband to concentrate on work with two kids at home. Transmission rates in young children are very low and if I had any safety concerns I wouldn't send Isobel there,\" she added.\n\nTom Shea, a former advisor to the Early Year's minister, said: \"The biggest issue is that as a society we regard childcare as something like babysitting, rather than the start of the early year's development of learning.\n\n\"Sadly it seems the main reason for keeping us open is for protecting employment rather than protecting children.\"\n\nMr Shea owns Child First Nursery in Worksop and said he thought there was a \"hierarchy\" among key workers in terms of vaccination priorities. He said \"sensibly\" the first priority was NHS staff, followed by social carers for the elderly. He said teachers ranked a \"reasonable\" third, but that Early Years workers did not feature at all.\n\n\"They are expected just to work, and I am not sure if the government thinks that we are invisible,\" he said.\n\nHe called for early vaccination of Early Years workers to allow them to stay open and be protected.\n\n\"The irony now is that we are being told to keep open even though we are private businesses, we are dictated to about the funding we can receive and how we receive it… and if parents are frightened of their children going into the childcare setting then suddenly we don't get paid for that, so you find nurseries half empty being forced to open and it is not economical to do that.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said: \"We are funding nurseries as usual and all children are able to attend their early years setting in all parts of England.\n\n\"Working parents on coronavirus support schemes will still remain eligible for childcare support even if their income levels fall below the minimum requirement.\"", "An investment firm has bought 50% of the rights to all Neil Young's songs.\n\nHipgnosis Songs Fund spent an estimated $150m (£110m) on 1,180 songs written by the Canadian folk rocker.\n\nThe fund, which lets people invest in hit songs, has previously splashed out about £1bn snapping up rights to songs from the likes of Mark Ronson, Chic, Barry Manilow and Blondie.\n\nFounded by music industry veteran Merck Mercuriadis, Hipgnosis turns music royalties into an income stream.\n\n\"This is a deal that changes Hipgnosis forever,\" said Mr Mercuriadis.\n\n\"I bought my first Neil Young album aged seven. Harvest was my companion and I know every note, every word, every pause and silence intimately.\n\n\"Neil Young, or at least his music, has been my friend and constant ever since.\"\n\nHipgnosis has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since July 2018. When songs owned by the fund get played on the radio or placed in a film or TV show, it makes money.\n\nBefore setting up Hipgnosis, Mr Mercuriadis managed artists such as Beyoncé, Elton John, Iron Maiden and Guns 'N' Roses.\n\nIn his view, songs are \"as investible as gold or oil\".\n\nHe says hit songs are a stable investment because their revenue is unaffected by fluctuations in the economy.\n\nThe sale of song catalogues has become a booming business during the Covid-19 pandemic, with investors seeing music as a relatively stable asset in an otherwise turbulent market.\n\nEarlier this week, Hipgnosis bought 100% of the rights to Lindsey Buckingham's 161 songs for an undisclosed amount.\n\nThe songs include hits that Buckingham wrote or co-wrote for Fleetwood Mac, including Go Your Own Way and The Chain.\n\nThe group's Stevie Nicks sold 80% of her publishing rights last year to Hipgnosis rival Primary Wave for about $80m.\n\nLast month, Universal Music Group announced it had bought 100% of Bob Dylan's 600 songs for between an estimated $200m and $450m (£150m-£340m).\n\nThe singer-songwriter was the latest of a number of artists to join up with the Los Angeles-based Universal, following other big names such as Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone.\n\nNeil Young rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s and is one of the most influential songwriters of all time.\n\nHe is known not only for his work as a solo artist, but also with the bands Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.\n\nYoung has released almost 50 studio albums and more than 20 live albums, of which 18 have been certified gold, seven are platinum and three are multi-platinum.\n\nSeven of his albums were included on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time chart: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, Déjà Vu (with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) Harvest, On The Beach, Tonight's the Night and Rust Never Sleeps.\n\n\"I built Hipgnosis to be a company Neil would want to be a part of,\" said Mr Mercuriadis.\n\n\"We have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs.\n\n\"There will never be a 'Burger of Gold', but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil's terms.\"", "US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps.\n\nThe apps include popular payments platform Alipay, as well as QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay.\n\nThe order, which takes effect in 45 days, says that the apps are being banned because they are a threat to US national security.\n\nIt flags the possibility that the apps could be used to track and build dossiers on US federal employees.\n\nTencent QQ, CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate and WPS Office are also included within the order, which only kicks in after Mr Trump has left office.\n\n\"The United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Chinese connected software applications to protect our national security,\" the order said.\n\nPresident Trump's order says \"by accessing personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers, Chinese connected software applications can access and capture vast swaths of information from users, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information.\"\n\nThe Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Chinese companies in its final months in office, including those it considers a national security risk.\n\nPresident Trump has signed executive orders against a range of Chinese firms arguing they could share data with the Chinese government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Panorama: How safe is TikTok for young users?\n\nChinese social media app TikTok and telecoms giant Huawei have been among the casualties of Washington's crackdown.\n\nLast month, the Commerce Department added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC and drone manufacturer DJI Technology, to a trade blacklist.\n\nThe administration also restricted a number of Chinese and Russian companies with alleged military ties from buying sensitive US goods and technology.\n\nChina has consistently denied claims that these firms share their data with the Chinese government and has responded by imposing its own export laws restricting the export of military technology.\n\nIn August, the US ordered ByteDance, the owner of social media app TikTok, to either shut down or sell off its US assets.\n\nDespite missing a deadline to complete the sale, the US is yet to shut down the app and negotiations continue over its future.\n\nThe latest ban comes as the White House quietly pushed the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to consider a second U-turn on its decision to delist three Chinese telecoms giants.\n\nLast week the NYSE announced it would delist the China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom in line with another executive order.\n\nOn Monday, however, the NYSE reversed that decision, announcing it had decided not to delist the three companies after further consultation with US regulators.\n\nThe NYSE made the decision based on ambiguity about whether the securities were actually covered by the order.\n\nHowever, the exchange has come under pressure over its decision.\n\nThe US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the NYSE President Stacey Cunningham to tell her he disagrees with the decision, according to Reuters.\n\nRepublican Senator and China hardliner Marco Rubio has also spoken out, saying that the NYSE's refusal to delist the companies was an \"outrageous effort\" to undermine the President's executive order.\n\nThe NYSE is owned by Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is run by billionaire Jeffrey Sprecher.\n\nHis wife Kelly Loeffler is one of two Republican senators facing run-off elections on Tuesday in Georgia.", "The new \"highly infectious\" variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout Wales, the health minister has said.\n\nGiving the first coronavirus briefing of the year, Vaughan Gething said cases of the virus remained very high.\n\nHowever, the case rate across Wales has fallen from a high of 636 per 100,000 people on 17 December to 446 on Monday.\n\nBut cases are rising quickly in north Wales, which Mr Gething believed was due to the new variant.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe measures announced on Monday have now become law, but MPs will actually vote retrospectively to approve them later today. They're expected to pass with ease - Labour has pledged its support, but said ministers must deliver a round-the-clock vaccination programme. The regulations allow restrictions to potentially be in place until mid-March. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all imposed lockdowns too, but will they be enough? An estimated one in 50 people in private households in England had coronavirus last week - one in 30 in London, while the number of daily confirmed cases topped 60,000 for the first time. Our health correspondent has more - as we've come to understand, the R number is everything. This graph shows how the R number could drop this time (in red), compared with how it fell during the first lockdown - the slower decline is down to the new, more transmissible variant.\n\nStudents have been anxiously waiting for news after the cancellation of A-Level and GCSE exams in England - not least because of the chaos that surrounded last year's results. Exams had already been cancelled elsewhere in the UK. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will reveal more in a statement to MPs later. He'll also give more details of support for pupils following the switch by schools and colleges to remote learning. There are fears a digital divide will mean some children are excluded. We've got some advice for parents on virtual learning, and BBC Bitesize will be broadcasting lessons on BBC Two, CBBC and online from Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents spoke to the BBC after Monday's announcement about school closures in England\n\nPeople arriving in the UK from abroad could soon be required to prove they've had a negative coronavirus test before setting off. The Department for Transport says it's one of several measures being considered to prevent new cases arriving from abroad. Full details are still to be agreed, but it's thought hauliers coming through ports would be exempt. Currently, arrivals from countries not exempt under the travel corridor programme have to isolate for 10 days. See more on the existing rules. Travel firms have been cancelling trips since the latest lockdowns were imposed.\n\n2020 was a dreadful year for the UK car industry and preliminary figures from the industry's trade body show just how bad it was. New car registrations dropped to levels not seen since 1992, and saw the biggest one-year fall since World War Two when factories were turned over to military production. Showrooms and even factories were forced to close in the spring, and the switch to working from home means fewer of us need a vehicle on a daily basis. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said firms were desperately trying to minimise redundancies.\n\nUnable to leave Taiwan due to the pandemic, Peter Lowe decided to get a boat to pass the time. A leisurely hobby soon turned into a quest to clear the country's waterways, river banks and mangrove forests of plastic. His efforts have inspired local volunteers to join in the clean-up, and even prompted the government to take notice. Peter has some advice for all of us feeling trapped right now: \"Do something positive, do something meaningful, particularly towards saving and protecting the earth.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, when lockdown was imposed last Spring, some of life's most basic household tasks suddenly got a lot harder. What are they like now?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A Joint Session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden has gone into an unexpected recess, and the Capitol building into lockdown, after Trump supporters breached security lines.\n\nEarlier, President Trump addressed supporters at a rally outside the White House and encouraged them to protest the election result.", "It was initially believed that Covid-19 originated at a market in Wuhan\n\nA World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.\n\nTwo members were already en route, with the WHO saying the problem was a lack of visa clearances.\n\nHowever, China has challenged this, saying details of the visit, including dates, were still being arranged.\n\nThe long-awaited probe was agreed upon by Beijing after many months of negotiations with the WHO.\n\nThe virus was first detected in Wuhan in late 2019, with the initial outbreak linked to a market.\n\nWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was \"very disappointed\" that China had not yet finalised the permissions for the team's arrivals \"given that two members had already begun their journeys and others were not able to travel at the last minute\".\n\n\"I have been assured that China is speeding up the internal procedure for the earliest possible deployment,\" he told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday, explaining that he had been in contact with senior Chinese officials to stress \"that the mission is a priority for WHO and the international team\".\n\nChinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told the BBC \"there might be some misunderstanding\" and \"there's no need to read too much into it\".\n\n\"Chinese authorities are in close co-operation with WHO but there has been some minor outbreaks in multiple places around the world and many countries and regions are busy in their work preventing the virus and we are also working on this,\" she said.\n\n\"Still we are supporting international co-operation and advancing internal preparations. We are in communication with the WHO and as far as I know with dates and arrangements we are still in discussions.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nThe WHO has been working to send a 10-person team of international experts to China for months with the aim of probing the animal origin of the pandemic and exactly how the virus first crossed over to humans.\n\nLast month it was announced that the investigation would begin in January 2021.\n\nThe two members of the international team that had already departed for China had set off early on Tuesday, said the WHO. According to Reuters news agency, WHO emergencies chief Mike Ryan said one had turned back and one was in a third country.\n\nCovid-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in central Hubei province in late 2019.\n\nIt was initially believed the virus originated in a market selling exotic animals for meat. It was suggested that this was where the virus made the leap from animals to humans.\n\nBut the origins of the virus remain deeply contested. Some experts now believe the market may not have been the origin, and that it was instead only amplified there.\n\nSome research has suggested that coronaviruses capable of infecting humans may have been circulating undetected in bats for decades. It is not known, however, what intermediate animal host transmitted the virus between bats and humans.", "US President Donald Trump and others have made new unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud following the rerun of two crucial Senate races in the state of Georgia.\n\nWith the Democrats looking likely to win both seats and with them control of the US Senate, we've debunked some of the theories that have been widely shared on social media.\n\nSince the November election, the president has repeatedly made baseless allegations that Dominion voting machines have been manipulated to engineer electoral fraud.\n\nReferring to the vote in Georgia, Mr Trump said these machines had stopped working in Republican strongholds for \"over an hour\".\n\nThe official in charge of Georgia's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling, said there has been an issue in one county due to \"a programming error on security keys\" but that it was resolved hours before the president made his comments.\n\nMr Sterling tweeted: \"The, votes of everyone will be protected and counted. Sorry you received old intel Mr President.\"\n\nGeorgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also clarified in a statement that there had been some issues but they did not stop people from voting, Reuters news agency reports.\n\n\"At no point did voting stop as voters continued casting ballots on emergency ballots, in accordance with the procedures set out by Georgia law,\" said Mr Raffensperger.\n\nAn image that has been shared thousands of times on Twitter purported to show a pile of destroyed ballots in Georgia on election day.\n\n\"Our team is in Georgia. They took a little walk. They found shredded ballots in Dell boxes,\" the tweet said.\n\nAlthough the post provided no detail as to where exactly the picture had been taken, we were able to geolocate it to the absentee ballot processing centre at the Georgia World Congress Center in Fulton County, which includes Atlanta.\n\nFulton County elections director Richard Barron told the BBC that the papers in the picture were \"definitely not ballots\", but waste from a letter-opening machine used to cut ballot envelopes.\n\nWe've reported on similar claims about alleged ballot shredding in Georgia before.\n\nIn November, an investigation into the shredding of papers in Cobb County concluded that it was part of a \"routine clean-up operation\" and the documents disposed of were not actual votes \"relevant to the election or the re-tally\".\n\nIn a tweet generating some 300,000 likes and retweets, President Trump claimed there was a \"voter dump\" planned against Republican candidates.\n\nBut there's no evidence of wrongdoing.\n\nIt's not clear exactly what he means by a \"voter dump\", but he may be referring to the fact that large batches of votes are released at once.\n\nThis is standard practice and a valid part of the vote-counting process.\n\nIn Georgia, as in the presidential elections, larger districts, often including cities that may lean Democrat, take longer to report their results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Trump has falsely claimed on multiple occasions that millions of genuine votes in November's presidential election that were counted after polls closed were \"fake\".\n\nIn Georgia, election official Gabriel Sterling noted after the polls closed that some 171,000 early, in-person ballots from DeKalb County, which is Democrat-leaning, were yet to be counted.\n\nAuthorities knew how many of these \"advanced\" votes were coming.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gabriel Sterling This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of Republican officials and activists, including White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and the founder of conservative activist group Turning Point USA, claimed workers at the Chatham county count had suddenly stopped counting for the rest of the night and gone home, raising the prospect of foul play.\n\n\"They're doing this again. You can't make this up,\" Charlie Kirk tweeted.\n\nSimilar claims of fraud or suspicious activity were made during the presidential election count in the county, after it took a few days for all the absentee and mail-in ballots to be tabulated.\n\nBut Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's voting systems implementation manager, took to Twitter to say the count \"didn't just stop\".\n\nWorkers had finished counting all the ballots they had except absentee ballots received on election day, Mr Sterling, a Republican, added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gabriel Sterling This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe county's board of elections chairman, Tom Mahoney, confirmed later that about 3,000 to 4,000 election day absentee ballots were left to count.", "Protesters in support of US President Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building, forcing officials to order lawmakers to shelter in place and halting debate in both the House and Senate. Congress was meeting to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: \"If we pull together as a nation, we can win\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has called for a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme to tackle the rise in Covid cases.\n\nAs part of a televised speech, the Labour leader said the government needed to deliver \"millions of doses a week by the end of the month\".\n\nHe said there were \"serious questions for the government to answer\" over the timing of the lockdown in England, but Labour would support the restrictions.\n\nBoris Johnson said daily vaccination figures would be published from Monday.\n\nThe prime minister has also said the four most vulnerable groups of people across the UK should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nBoth the PM and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, have announced lockdowns this week.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nEngland's lockdown will become law from 00:01 GMT Wednesday and MPs will return to the Commons later that day to vote on the measures retrospectively.\n\nThe restrictions come into force as the number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nOn Tuesday, 60,914 had tested positive in the previous 24 hours and a further 830 people had died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn an address to the nation on BBC One, in response to Boris Johnson's televised address on Monday, Sir Keir said the UK had reached a \"critical moment in our fight against coronavirus\".\n\nThe Labour leader said people were \"angry at the mistakes the government has made\" and ministers needed to answer questions on why they did not act sooner over locking down England.\n\nHe stressed that Labour would continue to hold the government to account, but added: \"Whatever our quarrels with the government and with the prime minister, the country now needs us to come together.\n\n\"At this darkest of moments, we need a new national effort to re-kindle the spirit of last March - to come together and to do everything possible to stay at home [and] to protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nSir Keir reiterated that Labour would support the new lockdown when it comes to the retrospective Commons vote on Wednesday and \"join in this national effort\".\n\nBut he called for the government to use the lockdown to establish \"a massive, immediate, and round the clock vaccination programme\" to \"deliver millions of doses a week by the end of the month in every village and town, every high street and every GP surgery\".\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"This is now a race between the virus and the vaccine and if we pull together as a nation, we can win.\n\n\"We need a new contract between the government and the British people: The country stays at home, the government delivers the vaccine.\"\n\nEarlier at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said more than 1.3 million people across the UK had now been vaccinated with either the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.\n\nThe figure included 23% of over-80s in England - part of a programme Mr Johnson said aimed to save \"the most lives the fastest\".\n\nThe PM said there will \"still be long weeks ahead\", but that he wanted to give \"maximum possible transparency\" about the vaccination roll-out.\n\nMore details will be announced on Thursday, with daily updates starting on Monday, \"so that you can see day by day and jab by jab how much progress we are making\", he added.\n\nAsked whether the target could be met, Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, said the timetable was \"realistic but not easy\".", "Fraudsters are sending out bogus text messages about the coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to steal bank details.\n\nThe scam tells recipients they are \"eligible to apply for your vaccine\" with a link to a bogus NHS website, trading standards officers have warned.\n\nThat, in turn, asks for personal information and - crucially - bank details \"for verification\".\n\nThe warning comes the same day as MPs heard that Covid is leading some people into the net of pension fraudsters.\n\nThe fake NHS message is one of a range of scams which have sought to take advantage of the pandemic and the isolation and legitimate worries of potential victims, according to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.\n\nOthers have included people travelling door-to-door selling counterfeit or useless protection equipment, or fraudsters claiming to be from the official test and trace service and demanding payments.\n\nThe latest scam is preying on those elderly or vulnerable people who are fully expecting to receive legitimate information about their vaccine.\n\nHealth authorities have stressed they would never ask for an individual's banking details.\n\nKatherine Hart, lead office at the CTSI, said: \"I have been tracking and warning the public about Covid-related scams since the beginning of the pandemic, and at every stage of response, unscrupulous individuals have modified their campaigns to defraud the public.\n\n\"The vaccine brings great hope for an end to the pandemic and lockdowns, but some only wish to create even further misery by defrauding others. The NHS will never ask you for banking details, passwords, or PIN numbers and these should serve as instant red flags.\"\n\nShe urged people to report the scams to Action Fraud or Police Scotland.\n\nPensions have been stolen or put into high-risk schemes\n\nThe warning came as MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee heard how fraudsters were seizing on victims' financial uncertainty during the pandemic to draw them into pension scams.\n\nRules allowing people to withdraw cash from their pension pot from the age of 55 have led some people to move money into investment schemes which look generous, but are simply vehicles to steal money.\n\n\"Household finances are stretched and so the temptations to use savings or to be tempted by offers of 'free pension reviews', for example, which we've warned about, are very real,\" Mark Steward, from the Financial Conduct Authority told the committee.\n\n\"Of course, a 'free pension review' is hardly free. It is the first step on a process that will lead someone to investing in something that is too good to be true.\"\n\nHe said that fraudsters had used social media advertising to \"industrialise\" this kind of fraud.\n\nWhereas previously, fraudsters had to produce sophisticated glossy brochures and office fronts, they could now operate in anonymity on social media, sending fake information to millions of people.\n\nMillions of pounds have been lost to pension scams in recent years, but it is a crime considered to be widely under-reported by victims and pension companies.\n\nGraeme Biggar, director general of the National Economic Crime Centre, told the committee that fraudsters were continuing to use new avenues to reach potential victims.\n\n\"What we're looking to do next is to move on to fake comparison websites, which is this new gateway into investment frauds, to spot those and take them down at source,\" he said.", "Dr Anil Mehta, a GP at Fullwell Cross Medical Centre in North London, told the BBC that staff were working from 7 in the morning until 10pm at night during the three days of their weekly Covid-19 vaccine rollout, describing the process as a 'full team effort.\n\nDr Mehta was also keen to encourage people who might be nervous about the vaccine to take up the offer, emphasising that the evidence behind the vaccine 'was very strong'.\n\nThis message was echoed by Zahin Ahmed, whose grandfather Shafiquz Zaman has now received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at the clinic. Mr Ahmed, who is from the Bangladeshi community, also said it was important that minority communities took up the offer of the vaccine when called upon to do so.", "Albert Roux pictured in the kitchen of Le Gavroche in 1989\n\nChef and restaurateur Albert Roux, who brought great French cooking to the UK with his brother Michel, has died at the age of 85.\n\nThe pair made gastronomic history in 1982 when their London restaurant, Le Gavroche, became the first in Britain to earn three Michelin stars.\n\nAlbert's death comes almost a year after Michel died at the age of 78.\n\nGordon Ramsay, one of many leading chefs who earned their stripes in Le Gavroche's kitchen, led the tributes.\n\n\"So so sad the hear about the passing of this legend, the man who installed Gastronomy in Britain,\" Ramsay wrote on Instagram.\n\nMarco Pierre White, Marcus Wareing, Pierre Koffman and Monica Galetti are among the other chefs who rose through the ranks at Le Gavroche.\n\nIn his tribute, TV chef James Martin described Albert Roux as \"a true titan of the food scene in this country [who] inspired and trained some of the best and biggest names in the business\".\n\nA family statement said: \"The Roux family has announced the sad passing of Albert Roux, OBE, KFO, who had been unwell for a while, at the age 85 on 4th January 2021.\n\n\"Albert is credited, along with his late brother Michel Roux, with starting London's culinary revolution with the opening of Le Gavroche in 1967.\"\n\nHis son Michel Roux Jr, who now runs Le Gavroche and is a former judge on MasterChef: The Professionals, said: \"He was a mentor for so many people in the hospitality industry, and a real inspiration to budding chefs, including me.\"\n\nFood critic Jay Rayner described Albert Roux as \"an extraordinary man who left a massive mark on the food story of his adopted country\".\n\nHe added: \"The roll call of chefs who went through the kitchens of Le Gavroche alone, is a significant slab of a part of modern UK restaurant culture.\"\n\nChef Tom Kitchin wrote that \"one of the true culinary greats has left us\", and baker and food writer Dan Lepard said it was the \"end of an era\".\n\nAlbert and Michel Roux came from a family of butchers in eastern France, and trained to be patissiers before moving to the UK.\n\nAlbert arrived in the mid-1950s, and in 1967 put his £3,000 savings with money borrowed from friends to open the first Gavroche off Sloane Square in Chelsea.\n\nWith uncompromising standards, elaborate presentation and first-rate service, it raised the standards of haute cuisine in a then-limited English restaurant scene.\n\nIt moved to Mayfair in 1981, and soon became the first British-based establishment to carry the maximum three Michelin stars.\n\n\"An Olympic gold medal,\" Albert said at the time. \"I have had no other ambition.\"\n\nThe Roux dynasty (left-right): Alain Roux, Michel Roux Jnr, Michel Roux and Albert Roux in 2009\n\nIts kitchen would also become the training ground for a new, enlightened generation of British chefs.\n\n\"If cooking is an art form, Le Gavroche was the Royal College of Music, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Rada and the Courtauld and Warburg institutes all rolled up into one, poached, wrapped in a puff pastry shell with foie gras and served with truffle sauce,\" The Guardian wrote in 2010.\n\nThe brothers also launched the Roux Scholarship, an annual chef competition, in 1983, with many scholars having gone on to win Michelin stars themselves.\n\nAlbert and Michel opened a string of other restaurants, fronted a 13-part TV series on BBC Two in 1990, and published a series of best-selling books about French cookery.", "Shows like Tiger King kept people entertained during the first UK lockdown\n\nNetflix is raising the cost of some of its UK subscriptions from next month, its customers have been told.\n\nThe streaming service said the price rises reflected money spent on content.\n\nIts standard monthly package will go up from £8.99 to £9.99 and its premium one will rise from £11.99 to £13.99, but its basic plan remains at £5.99.\n\nHowever, comparison site Uswitch said the timing of the price rises was unfortunate with UK citizens living under new national lockdowns.\n\nThe streaming service's subscriber numbers have jumped during the pandemic, with almost 16 million new customers added worldwide in the first three months of 2020 alone.\n\nIn the UK, during the first national lockdown which started in March 2020, the amount of streaming content watched by consumers rose by a third compared with the previous year.\n\nBut Netflix faces tough competition from rivals, such as Disney+, which has also announced price rises of £2 per month up to £7.99 or £79.90 for a full year.\n\nNetflix said: \"This year we're spending over $1bn [£736m] in the UK on new, locally-made films, series and documentaries, helping to create thousands of jobs and showcasing British storytelling at its best - with everything from The Crown, to Sex Education and Top Boy, plus many, many more.\n\n\"Our price change reflects the significant investments we've made in new TV shows and films, as well as improvements to our product.\"\n\nA standard Netflix subscription gives users HD streaming on two devices at the same time with the ability to download to two phones or tablets. The premium service allows streaming on up to four screens at once, as well as offering 4K streaming and downloading to four phones or tablets.\n\nSubscribers who do not want to pay the extra can cancel their plan at any time without penalty or simply shift to the basic package, which allows users to watch movies and TV shows in standard definition on one device only and download to one mobile or tablet.\n\nNick Baker, streaming and TV expert at Uswitch.com, said: \"Netflix has been a lifeline for many people during lockdown, so this price rise is an unwanted extra expense for households feeling the financial pressure.\n\n\"It's unfortunate timing that this price hike coincides with another national lockdown, when all of us will be streaming more television and films than ever.\"", "The number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.\n\nAccording to government figures on Tuesday, the number of people who tested positive was 60,916.\n\nOne in 50 people in private households in England had Covid last week - and one in 30 in London, according to estimates based on the latest data.\n\nA further 830 people have also died within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt comes as England and Scotland announced new strict lockdowns, with people told to stay at home.\n\nAt a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday, Boris Johnson said 1.3 million people had now been vaccinated in the UK - including 23% of over 80s in England, some 650,000 people.\n\nBut he said more than one million people were currently infected - with the number of patients in hospitals 40% higher than in the first peak.\n\nThe government's chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty cited the Office for National Statistics' random sampling data for England as showing how widespread the virus is.\n\n\"We're now into a situation where across the country as a whole, roughly one in 50 people have got the virus, higher in some parts of the country, lower in others,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Professor Chris Whitty: \"No evidence\" the new variant is \"more dangerous\"\n\nThe number of new daily cases has consistently been above 50,000 since 29 December.\n\nBack in the first peak of the pandemic in the spring, the number of daily confirmed cases never went above 7,000.\n\nHowever, it is thought the true number of cases then was much higher but not picked up because testing capacity was limited. It was estimated there were about 100,000 new infections a day at the end of March - but there was not the testing to detect it.\n\nHospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England also reached another record high on Tuesday, NHS England figures show.\n\nAt a hospital in Lincolnshire, a \"critical\" incident has been declared after a sharp rise in patients requiring admission.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How NHS nurses and doctors are struggling to cope with Covid as cases continue to rise in England\n\nAnd potentially life-saving cancer operations have been put on hold at a major London NHS trust because of the number of beds taken by Covid patients.\n\nHowever, Cancer Research UK said such cancellations did not appear to be widespread across the country.\n\nIn a statement after the case numbers were released, Public Health England medical director Yvonne Doyle said the rapid rise in cases was \"highly concerning and will sadly mean yet more pressure on our health services in the depths of winter\".\n\nAfter seven consecutive days of more than 50,000 cases being confirmed, the fact that more than 60,000 have been recorded should not come as a surprise.\n\nIt will take a week, if not more, for the impact of lockdown to be felt.\n\nAnd all the evidence suggests the new variant of coronavirus, which is more transmissible than previous ones, means the impact is likely to be more limited than it was in previous ones.\n\nThe figures are also a warning about what the NHS is facing.\n\nSome of this week's infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nAbout three in 10 beds are now occupied by Covid patients. In some hospitals more than six in 10 are.\n\nHospitals are now busy making more spaces on their wards - that means cancelling planned work, including in some places cancer treatment.\n\nBoris Johnson and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both announced new lockdowns on Monday.\n\nWales has been in a national lockdown since 20 December and Northern Ireland entered a six-week lockdown on 26 December.\n\nRestrictions are also being tightened further in Northern Ireland, and an order for people to stay at home will become legally enforceable from Friday.\n\nIn a televised address to the nation, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer urged the government to use the lockdown to create a \"round the clock\" vaccination programme.\n\nHe also called on people to \"recapture the spirit\" of the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nAt the press conference on Tuesday, Mr Johnson repeated his suggestion that there is a \"prospect\" of the lockdown being eased in mid-February.\n\n\"But you will also appreciate there are a lot of caveats, a lot of ifs built into that, the most important of which is that we all now follow the guidance,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove told Sky News he could not say exactly when the lockdown in England would end, but \"as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all\".\n\nMr Whitty said the virus \"is not going to go away, just as flu doesn't go away, just as many other viruses don't go away\".\n\n\"We shouldn't kid ourselves that this just disappears with spring,\" he said.\n\nMr Whitty said although hopefully there would be nearly no measures needed from the spring onwards, the government might have to bring in a few restrictions next winter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"We've now vaccinated over 1.3m people across the UK\"\n\nOn Monday the UK's chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nAlthough the new variant is now spreading more rapidly than the original version, it is not believed to be more deadly.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"", "Supermarkets are seeking to reassure shoppers that there is no need to bulk-buy products as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nAsda asked its customers to \"continue to shop considerately and not buy more than they normally would.\"\n\nThere was a surge in online grocery shopping after new lockdown restrictions were announced on Monday, but demand has since dropped back.\n\nStores said they have good availability and have increased delivery slots.\n\nTesco and Sainsbury's have doubled the number of delivery slots since March.\n\nWhen fresh lockdown restrictions were announced on Monday there was a rush online by supermarket shoppers to book delivery slots.\n\nThat surge has since calmed down, but big supermarkets were keen on Wednesday to reassure customers that there is no need to bulk-buy, as stores would like to avoid a repeat of the panic-buying that was triggered by the first lockdown.\n\nAsda said it \"currently has strong product availability across its stores and depots and its colleagues are working around the clock to keep the shelves stocked.\"\n\nSainsbury's said it had \"good availability and encourage customers to shop as normal. We aren't currently restricting products.\"\n\nTesco has had buying limits on various products since the first lockdown, and most recently limited items including eggs, rice, soap and toilet roll after freight delays in December as ports got snarled up.\n\nTesco said on Wednesday that it had \"good availability in stores and online, with plenty of stock to go round, and we would encourage our customers to shop as normal.\"\n\nDuring the first lockdown supermarkets saw a huge spike in demand for online shopping as people tried to avoid mixing in shops.\n\nThe big chains have all increased their capacity to deliver food.\n\nTesco, the biggest UK supermarket chain, has more than doubled the number of online delivery slots available since the start of the crisis, and now has 1.5 million slots per week.\n\nNot all of these get used across the UK at present, so Tesco has no plans at the moment for further slots.\n\nSainsbury's, the second biggest, has also more than doubled the number of its online delivery slots since March, and can meet more than 800,000 orders per week.\n\nAsda, the third biggest chain, has upped the number of available weekly slots by 90% since March to 850,000, and by the start of April it's planning to offer 900,000 slots per week.\n\nMorrison's, the fourth largest UK supermarket chain, said it had increased its online operation fivefold since March.\n\nAsda said on Wednesday that it was also doubling the size of its partnership with Uber Eats. From February Asda will offer a 30-minute delivery service from 200 stores.\n\nAsda is also stepping-up Covid safety measures, including doubling safety marshal hours, more sanitation stations, increasing cleaning, and \"adding a protective antimicrobial coating to customer 'touch points' in stores such as fridge and freezer handles, checkout areas, plus all trolley and basket handles\".\n\nThe chain also has a virtual queueing app called \"Quidini\" whereby customers can sit in their car to wait for a slot in a store if it is busy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The twins' father says what they have achieved is a 'herculean achievement'\n\nConjoined twins who were expected to die within days when they were born are nearly four years later said to be settling in at their Cardiff school.\n\nMarieme and Ndeye Ndiaye were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 by their father Ibrahima for treatment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nThe girls, now four, are learning to stand and their father said their progress was \"a Herculean achievement\".\n\nTheir head teacher said the girls had made friends and were \"laughing a lot\".\n\nThe girls, who have separate hearts and spines but share a liver, bladder and digestive system, have conditions which put them at higher risk of complications from Covid.\n\nHowever, Mr Ndiaye said he had wanted them to start school for their development.\n\n\"When you look in the rear view mirror, it was an unachievable dream,\" he said.\n\n\"From now, everything ahead will be a bonus to me. My heart and soul is shouting out loud, 'Come on! Go on girls! Surprise me more!'.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye brought the girls to the UK through funding from a charitable foundation run by Senegal's first lady Marieme Faye Sall, before he sought asylum.\n\nIn March 2018, the family were moved by the Home Office to Cardiff as asylum seekers can be moved anywhere in the UK and they now have discretionary leave to remain.\n\nIn 2019, Great Ormond Street surgeons considered attempting separation but it was something Mr Ndiaye did not want because of the risks involved.\n\nThe girls have such complex circulatory systems medics now believe they would not survive being separated\n\nSince then, doctors have found the girls' circulatory systems to be more closely linked than previously thought and neither would survive without the other, making separation now impossible.\n\nThe girls' head teacher Helen Borley said they were learning well since starting reception in September and had made new friends.\n\nShe said: \"Children either say, 'I'm Marieme's friend' or 'I'm Ndeye's friend' - they don't say, 'I'm the twins' friend'. Children very much identify as being one person's friend or another - because the girls are very different characters.\n\n\"They are laughing a lot - which is always a good sign, isn't it? Any child that is laughing a lot is a happy child.\"\n\nMarieme receives oxygen from Ndeye's stronger heart and food via their linked stomachs\n\nFor the twins, school needs to fit around hospital visits.\n\nIn October, the girls needed surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.\n\nDr Gillian Body, a paediatric consultant at the Children's Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, said the procedure was important, despite the risks.\n\nShe said: \"The girls have complex anatomies and that makes them prone to infections and potentially sepsis.\n\n\"One of the challenges we had was getting antibiotics into them quickly, and this tube or cannula they've had fitted, means we can get them into them more quickly with less distress to the girls.\"\n\nThe girls have been experiencing the feeling of standing, at children's hospice Ty Hafan\n\nShe said Marieme's heart was complex with lots of abnormalities that cause her problems with doing exercise and can lead to breathlessness.\n\nAt children's' hospice Ty Hafan in Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, the girls have been learning what it feels like to stand.\n\nA special frame gives them the experience of being upright, helping build strength in their legs.\n\nPhysiotherapist Sara Wade-West said it had been hard for them.\n\n\"It's a really different sensation when you're used to being sat down, to be upright can be scary,\" she said.\n\n\"To start with, particularly Ndeye wasn't very keen. We try and sneak the therapy in around the play, encouraging them to reach for toys to make them work a bit harder, but if they know it's therapy it's not so fun.\n\n\"Because of their cardiac function we can't push them too much so it's finding that balance - challenging them to get stronger but not exhausting them.\"\n\nThe twins' father Ibrahima Ndiaye said they were his \"warriors\"\n\nWatching his daughters stand is more than just a breakthrough for their father.\n\n\"They are showing that they don't only want to live, but be active and play their part in society,\" he said.\n\n\"All these achievements bring light and hopes for the future. But I know how fragile, complex and unpredictable their lives can be.\"\n\nMr Ndiaye said his hopes were \"parallel to my fears\" as the girls had \"so many times come close to the worst\".\n\n\"But the very least I can do for the girls is figure out my hopes for them,\" he said.\n\n\"The most I can do is to be beside them and live inside that hope and never allow anything to take that hope away.\n\n\"They are my warriors. They have proved they will never surrender without fighting. It is not yet over.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A BBC team came across roadblocks as they tried to report on research into viruses that bats carry\n\nA Chinese scientist at the centre of unsubstantiated claims that the coronavirus leaked from her laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has told the BBC she is open to \"any kind of visit\" to rule it out.\n\nThe surprise statement from Prof Shi Zhengli comes as a World Health Organization team prepares to travel to Wuhan next month to begin its investigation into the origins of Covid-19.\n\nThe remote district of Tongguan, in China's south-western province of Yunnan, is hard to reach at the best of times. But when a BBC team tried to visit recently, it was impossible.\n\nPlain-clothes police officers and other officials in unmarked cars followed us for miles along the narrow, bumpy roads, stopping when we did, backtracking with us when we were forced to turn around.\n\nWe found obstacles in our way, including a \"broken-down\" lorry, which locals confirmed had been placed across the road a few minutes before we arrived.\n\nAnd we ran into checkpoints at which unidentified men told us their job was to keep us out.\n\nAt first sight, all of this might seem like a disproportionate effort given our intended destination, a nondescript, abandoned copper mine in which, back in 2012, six workers succumbed to a mystery illness that eventually claimed the lives of three of them.\n\nBut their tragedy, which would otherwise almost certainly have been largely forgotten, has been given new meaning by the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThose three deaths are now at the centre of a major scientific controversy about the origins of the virus and the question of whether it came from nature, or from a laboratory.\n\nAnd the attempts of Chinese authorities to stop us reaching the site are a sign of how hard they're working to control the narrative.\n\nFor more than a decade, the rolling, jungle-covered hills in Yunnan - and the cave systems within - have been the focus of a giant scientific field study.\n\nChinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen here inside the laboratory in Wuhan\n\nIt has been led by Prof Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).\n\nProf Shi won international acclaim for her discovery that the illness known as Sars, which killed more than 700 people in 2003, was caused by a virus that probably came from a species of bat in a Yunnan cave.\n\nEver since, Prof Shi - often referred to as \"China's Batwoman\" - has been in the vanguard of a project to try to predict and prevent further such outbreaks.\n\nBy trapping bats, taking faecal samples from them, and then carrying those samples back to the lab in Wuhan, 1,600km (1,000 miles) away, the team behind the project has identified hundreds of new bat coronaviruses.\n\nBut the fact that Wuhan is now home to the world's leading coronavirus research facility, as well as the first city to be ravaged by a pandemic outbreak of a deadly new one, has fuelled suspicion that the two things are connected.\n\nI would personally welcome any form of visit, based on an open, transparent, trusting, reliable and reasonable dialogue. But the specific plan is not decided by me.\n\nThe Chinese government, the WIV, and Prof Shi have all angrily dismissed the allegation of a virus leak from the Wuhan lab.\n\nBut with scientists appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) scheduled to visit Wuhan in January for an inquiry into the origin of the pandemic, Prof Shi - who has given few interviews since the pandemic began - answered a number of BBC questions by email.\n\n\"I have communicated with the WHO experts twice,\" she wrote, when asked if an investigation might help rule out a lab leak and end the speculation. \"I have personally and clearly expressed that I would welcome them to visit the WIV,\" she said.\n\nTo a follow-up question about whether that would include a formal investigation with access to the WIV's experimental data and laboratory records, Prof Shi said: \"I would personally welcome any form of visit based on an open, transparent, trusting, reliable and reasonable dialogue. But the specific plan is not decided by me.\"\n\nThe BBC subsequently received a call from the WIV's press office, saying that Prof Shi was speaking in a personal capacity and her answers had not been approved by the WIV.\n\nThe BBC denied a request to send the press office a copy of this article in advance.\n\nDr Peter Daszak: \"I've yet to see any evidence at all of a lab leak or a lab involvement in this outbreak\"\n\nMany scientists believe that by far the most likely scenario is that Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, jumped naturally from bats to humans, possibly via an intermediary species. And despite Prof Shi's offer, for now there appears to be little chance of the WHO inquiry looking into the lab-leak theory.\n\nThe terms of reference for the WHO inquiry make no mention of the theory, and some members of the 10-person team have all but ruled it out.\n\nPeter Daszak, a British zoologist, has been chosen as part of the team because of his leading role in a multimillion dollar, international project to sample wild viruses.\n\nIt has involved close collaboration with Prof Shi Zhengli in her mass sampling of bats in China, and Dr Daszak previously called the lab-leak theory a \"conspiracy theory\" and \"pure baloney\".\n\n\"I've yet to see any evidence at all of a lab leak or a lab involvement in this outbreak,\" he said. \"I have seen substantial evidence that these are naturally occurring phenomena driven by human encroachment into wildlife habitat, which is clearly on display across south-east Asia.\"\n\nAsked about seeking access to the Wuhan lab to rule the lab-leak theory out, he said: \"That's not my job to do that.\n\n\"The WHO negotiated the terms of reference, and they say we're going to follow the evidence, and that's what we've got to do,\" he added.\n\nThe Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was linked to early cases of the new coronavirus\n\nOne focus of the inquiry will be a market in Wuhan which was known to be trading in wildlife and was linked to a number of early cases, though the Chinese authorities appear to have already discounted it as a source of the virus.\n\nDr Daszak said the WHO team would \"look at those clusters of cases, look at the contacts, look at where the animals in the market have come from and see where that takes us\".\n\nThe deaths of the three Tongguan workers following exposure to a mineshaft full of bats raised suspicions that they'd succumbed to a bat coronavirus.\n\nIt was exactly the kind of animal-to-human \"spillover\" that was driving the WIV to sample and test bats in Yunnan.\n\nIt is no surprise then that, following those deaths, the WIV scientists began sampling bats in the Tongguan mineshaft in earnest, making multiple visits over the next three years and detecting 293 coronaviruses.\n\nBut apart from one brief paper, very little was published about the viruses they collected on those trips.\n\nIn January this year, Prof Shi Zhengli became one of the first people in the world to sequence Sars-Cov-2, which was already spreading rapidly through the streets and homes of her city.\n\nShe then compared the long string of letters representing the virus's unique genetic code with the extensive library of other viruses collected and stored over the years.\n\nAnd she discovered that her database contained the closest known relative of Sars-Cov-2.\n\nRaTG13 is a virus whose name has been derived from the bat it was extracted from (Rhinolophus affinis, Ra), the place it was found (Tongguan, TG), and the year it was identified, 2013.\n\nSeven years after it was found in that mineshaft, RaTG13 was about to become one of the most hotly contested scientific subjects of our time.\n\nChina imposed tough restrictions on Wuhan to stop the spread of the virus\n\nThere have been many well-documented cases of viruses leaking from labs. The first Sars virus, for example, leaked twice from the National Institute of Virology in Beijing in 2004, long after the outbreak had been brought under control.\n\nThe practice of genetically manipulating viruses is also not new, allowing scientists to make them more infectious or more deadly, so they can assess the threat and, perhaps, develop treatments or vaccines.\n\nAnd from the moment it was isolated and sequenced, scientists have been struck by the remarkable ability of Sars-Cov-2 to infect humans.\n\nThe possibility that it acquired that ability as a result of manipulation in a laboratory was taken seriously enough for an influential group of international scientists to address it head on.\n\nIn what has become the definitive paper ruling out the possibility of a lab leak, RaTG13 has a starring role.\n\nPublished in March in the magazine Nature Medicine, it suggests that if there had been a leak, Prof Shi Zhengli would have found a much closer match in her database than RaTG13.\n\nWhile RaTG13 is the closest known relative - at 96.2% similarity - it is still too distant to have been manipulated and changed into Sars-Cov-2.\n\nSars-Cov-2, the authors concluded, was likely to have gained its unique efficiency through a long, undetected period of circulation in humans or animals of a natural and milder precursor virus that eventually evolved into the potent, deadly form first detected in Wuhan in 2019.\n\nMedics and scientists in Wuhan battled to control the early stages of the pandemic\n\nWhere though, some scientists are beginning to wonder, are those reservoirs of earlier natural infection?\n\nDr Daniel Lucey is a physician and infectious disease professor at the Georgetown Medical Centre in Washington DC and a veteran of many pandemics - Sars in China, Ebola in Africa, Zika in Brazil.\n\nHe is certain that China has already conducted thorough searches for evidence of precursor viruses in stored human samples in hospitals and in animal populations.\n\n\"They have the capability, they have the resources and they have the motivation, so of course they've done the studies in animals and in humans,\" he said.\n\nFinding the origin of an outbreak was vital, he said, not just for wider scientific understanding, but also to stop it emerging again.\n\n\"We should search until we find it. I think it's findable and I think it's quite possible it's already been found,\" he said. \"But then the question arises, why hasn't it been disclosed?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan\n\nDr Lucey still believes that Sars-Cov-2 is most likely to have a natural origin, but he does not want the alternatives to be so readily ruled out.\n\n\"So here we are, 12, 13 months out since the first recognised case of Covid-19 and we haven't found the animal source,\" he said. \"So, to me, it's all the more reason to investigate alternative explanations.\"\n\nMight a Chinese laboratory have had a virus they were working on that was genetically closer to Sars-Cov-2, and would they tell us now if they did? \"Not everything that's done is published,\" Dr Lucey said.\n\nIt's a point I put to Peter Daszak, the member of the WHO origins study team.\n\n\"You know, I've worked with the WIV for a good decade or more,\" he said. \"I know some of the people there pretty well and I have visited the labs frequently, I've met and had dinner with them over 15 years.\n\n\"I'm working in China with eyes wide open, and I'm racking my brain back in time for the slightest hint of something untoward. And I've never seen that.\"\n\nAsked if those friendships and funding relationships with the WIV presented a conflict of interest with his role on the inquiry, he said: \"We file our papers; it's all there for everyone to see.\"\n\nAnd his collaboration with the WIV, he said, \"makes me one of the people on the planet who knows the most about the origins of these bat coronaviruses in China\".\n\nThe conclusion [of the Kunming Hospital University thesis] is neither based on evidence nor logic. But it’s used by conspiracy theorists to doubt me\n\nChina may have provided only limited data about its hunt for the origin of Sars-Cov-2, but it has begun to promote a theory of its own.\n\nBased on a few inconclusive studies conducted by scientists in Europe that suggest Covid-19 may have been circulating earlier than previously thought, state propaganda is full of stories suggesting the virus didn't start in China at all.\n\nIn the absence of proper data, speculation is only likely to grow, much of it focused on RaTG13 and its origins in a Tongguan mineshaft. Old academic papers have been dug up online that appear to differ from the WIV's statements about the sick mine workers - among them a thesis by a student at the Kunming Hospital University.\n\n\"I've just downloaded the Kunming Hospital University student's masters thesis and read it,\" Prof Shi told the BBC.\n\n\"The narrative doesn't make sense,\" she said. \"The conclusion is neither based on evidence nor logic. But it's used by conspiracy theorists to doubt me. If you were me, what you would do?\"\n\nProf Shi has also faced questions about why the WIV's online public database of viruses was suddenly taken offline.\n\nShe told the BBC that the WIV's website and the staff's work emails and personal emails had been attacked, and the database taken offline for security reasons.\n\n\"All our research results are published in English journals in the form of papers,\" she said. \"Virus sequences are saved in the [US-run] GenBank database too. It's completely transparent. We have nothing to hide.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nThere are important questions to be asked in the Yunnan countryside, not just by scientists, but by journalists too.\n\nAfter a decade of sampling and experimenting on viruses collected from bats, we now know that back in 2013 the closest known ancestor was discovered of a future threat that would claim well over a million lives and devastate the global economy.\n\nYet the WIV, according to the published information, did nothing with it, except sequence it and enter it into a database.\n\nOught that to call into question the very premise on which the expensive, and some would say risky, mass sampling of wild viruses is based?\n\n\"To say that we didn't do enough is absolutely correct,\" Peter Daszak told the BBC. \"To say that we failed is not fair at all. What we should have been doing is 10 times the amount of work on these viruses.\"\n\nBoth Dr Daszak and Prof Shi are adamant that pandemic prevention research is vital, urgent work.\n\n\"Our research is forward-looking, and it's difficult for non-professionals to understand,\" Prof Shi wrote by email. \"In the face of countless micro-organisms that exist in nature, we humans are very small.\"\n\nThe WHO is promising an \"open-minded\" inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus, but the Chinese government is not keen on questions, at least not from journalists.\n\nAfter leaving Tongguan, the BBC team tried to drive a few hours north to the cave where Prof Shi carried out her ground-breaking research on Sars almost a decade ago.\n\nStill being followed by several unmarked cars, we hit another roadblock, and were told there was no way through.\n\nA few hours later, we discovered that local traffic had been diverted onto a dirt track that skirted the obstruction, but as we attempted to use the same route, we met yet another \"broken down\" car in our path.\n\nWe were trapped in a field for over an hour, before finally being forced to head for the airport.", "The low temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch\n\nThe UK has had its coldest night of the winter so far after a temperature of -12.3C was recorded in the north west Highlands.\n\nThe temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.\n\nThe record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982.\n\nThe same temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe coldest night of the winter so far has come amid days of freezing temperatures in Scotland, and more widely across the UK.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow \"be aware warnings\" for snow and ice for Scotland for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.\n\nForecasters said a band of sleet and snow was expected arrive across north west Scotland on Wednesday afternoon and move south east across most parts of Scotland overnight.\n\nThe Met Office said up to 2cm, almost an inch, of snow was likely to settle at low levels \"quite widely\" with up to 6cm (2in) above 200m (656ft) and as much as 10cm (4in) above 300m (984ft).", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nManchester City legend Colin Bell has died, aged 74, after a short illness, the Premier League club have announced.\n\nThe former England midfielder made 501 appearances for City between 1966 and 1979, scoring 153 goals. He won 48 caps for his country.\n\n\"Few players have left such an indelible mark on City,\" said a club statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn 2004, Manchester City fans voted to name one of the stands at Etihad Stadium in Bell's honour.\n\n\"Colin Bell will always be remembered as one of Manchester City's greatest players and the very sad news today of his passing will affect everybody connected to our club,\" said City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.\n\n\"I am fortunate to be able to speak regularly to his former manager and team-mates, and it's clear to me that Colin was a player held in the highest regard by all those who had the privilege of playing alongside him or seeing him play.\n\n\"The passage of time does little to erase the memories of his genius.\"\n• None 'Bell will always be king of Man City' - tributes paid after death of club great\n\nAfter starting his career at Bury, Bell moved to Manchester City - then in the second tier - midway through the 1965-66 season in a £47,500 deal.\n\nHe helped Joe Mercer's team win promotion that season and was instrumental in the Blues winning the First Division title two years later.\n\nDuring his 13 years as a player at Maine Road, he also won the FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.\n\nHowever, his career was hampered by a serious knee injury he suffered in a League Cup tie against Manchester United in November 1975, when he was 29.\n\nAfter making a comeback later that season, he was injured again against Arsenal and out for another 18 months.\n\nBell regained fitness and received an emotional ovation on his return at Maine Road on 26 December 1977.\n\nHowever, he did not have the same freedom and mobility as he had done and played only a handful more games.\n\nBell finished his career with a brief spell in the United States playing for San Jose Earthquakes.\n\nIn 2004, he was awarded an MBE for his services to football and remained a regular presence at City games in recent seasons.\n\n'De Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin' - tributes pour in for the 'King of the Kippax'\n\nFormer City team-mate Mike Summerbee, who was part of their 'Holy Trinity' alongside Bell and Francis Lee in the 1960s and 1970s, described Bell as \"just the greatest footballer\" the club has had.\n\n\"Colin was a lovely, humble man. He was a huge star for Manchester City but you would never have known it,\" said ex-forward Summerbee, 78.\n\n\"He was quiet, unassuming and I always believe he never knew how good he actually was.\n\n\"[Current City midfielder] Kevin de Bruyne reminds me a lot of Colin in the way he plays and the way he is as a person.\"\n\nFormer England forward Lee says he thinks the knee injury curtailed Bell's career \"by a good four or five years\".\n\n\"Colin had tremendous stamina. He was a very good player technically and had the ability to score goals,\" said Lee, 76.\n\n\"He goes into the top five City players of all time - only in the last 10, 15 years has anyone else come along who can take that mantle.\"\n\nSummerbee and Lee were among a number of former and current City players to pay tribute to Bell, along with celebrity fans including former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.\n\nBell would \"always have a smile\" and \"meet and greet everyone\" he knew, said former City midfielder Michael Brown.\n\n\"He's done lots of charity work and always tried to help people,\" added Brown, who first met Bell as a youngster having come up through City's academy.\n\n\"It's a huge loss. To have done so much and be so low key was admirable.\"\n\nEx-City defender Micah Richards said Bell was \"one of the nicest men ever\", while their former full-back Pablo Zabaleta added he was \"absolutely devastated\" by the news.\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker said Bell was one of his favourite players when he was growing up.\n\n\"Terrific box to box midfielder. A real gem for Manchester City and England,\" added the Match of the Day host.\n\nThe Times' chief football writer Henry Winter said Bell \"oozed class, skill and glamour\" as he was \"flowing across rutted pitches, taking people on, creating and scoring\".", "A polar bear cub playing in a snow drift in the area of the proposed oil lease sales\n\nThe Trump administration is pushing ahead with the first sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.\n\nThe giant Alaskan wilderness is home to many important species, including polar bears, caribou and wolves.\n\nNow, after decades of dispute, the rights to drill for oil on about 5% of the refuge will go ahead.\n\nOpponents have criticised the rushed nature of the sale, coming just days before President Trump's term ends.\n\nCovering some 19 million acres (78,000 sq km) the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is often described as America's last great wilderness.\n\nIt is a critically important location for many species, including polar bears.\n\nIn the winter months, pregnant bears build dens in which to give birth.\n\nAs temperatures have risen and sea ice has become thinner, these bears have started building their dens on land.\n\nMany indigenous groups with strong links to the ANWR have opposed oil exploration\n\nThe coastal plain of the ANWR now has the highest concentration of these dens in the state.\n\nThe refuge is also home to Porcupine caribou, one of the largest herds in the world, numbering around 200,000 animals.\n\nIn the spring, the herd moves to the coastal plain region of the ANWR as it is their preferred calving ground.\n\nThe same coastal plain is now the subject of the first ever oil lease sale in the refuge.\n\nThe push for exploration in the park has been a decades long battle between oil companies supported by the state government and environmental and indigenous opponents.\n\nMany of Alaska's political representatives believe that drilling in the refuge could lead to another major oil find, like the one in Prudhoe Bay, just west of the ANWR.\n\nPrudhoe Bay is the largest oil field in North America and supporters believe the ANWR shares the same geology, and potential reserves of crude oil.\n\nOil revenues are critical for Alaska, with every resident getting a cheque for around $1,600 every year from the state's permanent fund.\n\nIn 2017, the Trump administration's tax cutting bill contained a provision to open up the ANWR coastal plain for drilling. It was seen as a way of offsetting the costs of the tax cuts.\n\nThe US Bureau of Land Management is now selling the drilling rights to 22 tracts of land covering about one million acres. These oil and gas leases last for 10 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bernadette Demientieff This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA last-minute attempt to stop the sale in the courts failed but opponents say it will not be the end of their efforts to protect the refuge from drilling.\n\n\"The Trump administration is barrelling forward without doing the careful, legally required analyses of the impacts such activity will have on the environment or the Gwich'in people who have relied on this land for millennia,\" said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, which is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, who had sought an injunction against the sale.\n\n\"That's why we've taken them to court. We can't let Trump turn this amazing landscape into an oil field.\"\n\nReports indicate that interest in the lease sales has been low.\n\nThinning ice has seen more polar bears make their dens on land\n\nWhile estimates suggest around 11 billion barrels of oil lie under the refuge, it has no roads or other infrastructure, making it a very expensive place to drill for oil.\n\nSeveral large US banks have said they will not fund oil and gas exploration in the area.\n\nThere is also the matter of a change of leadership in the White House. The Biden team have nominated Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. She is on record as being strongly opposed to drilling in the ANWR.\n\nWith climate change set to be a central focus for the Biden administration, it's likely that efforts to extract new fossil fuels in Alaska will be subject to review and delay.\n\nThis could ultimately limit the interest and opportunity for oil exploration in the refuge.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet", "Stephen Stennett had a head on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy in Fife\n\nA driver who caused a crash in Fife that led to his passenger losing her baby has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nStephen Stennett, 23, had a head-on collision with a van on the B9157 near Kirkcaldy on 3 October 2018.\n\nThe High Court in Glasgow heard he had attempted a \"dangerous\" overtaking manoeuvre.\n\nJudge Lady Stacey deferred sentence until next month for background reports.\n\nPassenger, Shannon Myers, 18, who was 30 weeks pregnant, had to have an emergency caesarean section due to her injuries in the crash.\n\nHowever, her son Luke Myers died 32 minutes later.\n\nProsecutor Murdoch McTaggart said: \"The accused pulled out and drove into the path of an oncoming van.\n\n\"The accused's vehicle ended up in a ditch on the side of the road.\"\n\nMs Myers, who was in the front passenger seat, complained about pain in her abdomen and was taken to hospital.\n\nA scan showed the baby had a heartbeat of 60 beats per minute.\n\nMr McTaggart said this was regarded as low and gave cause for concern, prompting doctors to perform an emergency C-section.\n\nLuke's cause of death was recorded as \"complications of traumatic abruption due to road traffic collision\".\n\nPathologists said the baby had red marks on his face as well as fractures to his collarbone and four ribs.\n\nA 15-year-old girl, who was also a passenger in the car, sustained a fractured spine, collarbone and sternum.\n\nA fourth passenger, a boy also aged 15, suffered a fractured spine and eye bone as well as a minor head injury.\n\nVan driver Ian Baker, his wife Clara and their 10-year-old daughter had minor injuries.\n\nThe baby's mother paid tribute to Luke on Facebook shortly after his death.\n\nShe said: \"I love you so much my handsome little boy.\"\n\nThe judge Lady Stacey said: \"You will understand you pleaded guilty to a serious crime which had tragic results.\n\n\"When a life is lost, the court will almost always impose a period of imprisonment.\"\n\nStennett said: \"I'm sorry\" before being bailed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65.\n\nRoberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his final Bond film, 1985's A View To A Kill, and had a recurring role in That '70s Show.\n\nShe also starred in the final series of Charlie's Angels on TV in 1980.\n\nHer death was prematurely announced on Monday, only for doctors to say she was still alive. However, her death was then confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nRoberts had collapsed while walking her dogs on 24 December and was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.\n\nHer partner Lance O'Brien mistakenly thought she had died on Sunday after visiting her in hospital. After getting a call from doctors to say she was deteriorating quickly, he went to her bedside, her eyes closed and she \"faded\", TMZ reported.\n\nDevastated, he walked out of the room and then the hospital without speaking to medical staff before informing Roberts' agent that he had \"just said goodbye to Tanya\".\n\nBut while being interviewed for US TV show Inside Edition on Monday, Mr O'Brien got a call from the hospital to say she was alive.\n\nThe moment was captured on film, as he picked up his phone and said: \"Now you're telling me she's alive? Thank the Lord.\" However, she died on Monday night.\n\nShe appeared in A View To A Kill alongside Sir Roger Moore and singer Grace Jones\n\nBorn Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955, Roberts grew up in New York before moving to Hollywood in 1977.\n\nHer big break came when she replaced Shelly Hack in Charlie's Angels, joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third 'Angel' Julie.\n\nAfter the show's cancellation, she appeared in such fantasy adventure films as The Beastmaster and Hearts and Armour.\n\nShe also played comic book heroine Sheena in a 1984 film that saw her nominated for a Golden Raspberry award for worst actress.\n\nRoberts received another Razzie nomination for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill.\n\nRoberts in the title role in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle\n\nShe admitted being \"a little cautious\" about taking the role, but said it would have been \"ridiculous\" to have turned it down.\n\nRoberts' subsequent films included Night Eyes and Inner Sanctum, erotic thrillers that did little to advance her career.\n\nShe went on to play Midge Pinciotti in more than 80 episodes of That '70s Show between 1998 and 2004.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Julian Assange will remain in jail as he continues to fight against extradition to the United States.\n\nDistrict Judge Vanessa Baraitser said there were substantial grounds to believe he would abscond.\n\nOn Monday, she ruled the Wikileaks founder cannot be extradited to the US because he might kill himself.\n\nThe US is now appealing that decision - and had opposed releasing the 49-year-old from a maximum security prison before the case is heard.\n\nMr Assange, who was wearing a dark suit and face mask, was not seen to react to the decision at Westminster Magistrates Court.\n\nHe's been held in prison since 2019, after hiding for seven years inside the Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid extradition.\n\nUS prosecutors want to put him on trial for hacking and disclosing classified information - including the identities of informants who were helping intelligence agencies in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.\n\nIn her ruling, DJ Baraitser said Mr Assange still had the incentive to abscond.\n\n\"He is willing to flout the order of this court,\" she said. \"As a matter of fairness, the US must be allowed to challenge my decision and if Mr Assange absconds during this process they will lose the opportunity to do so.\"\n\nDuring the bail application, Mr Assange's barrister Ed Fitzgerald QC said his client had been offered a London home by a supporter, where he could be with his partner and their two young children - but also compelled to remain under the strictest bail conditions.\n\n\"Your decision [on Monday] changes everything and it certainly changes any motive to abscond,\" said Mr Fitzgerald.\n\n\"On any view... [Mr Assange] would be safer isolating with his family in the community, subject to severe restrictions, than if he were in Belmarsh which has, very recently, had a severe outbreak...(of coronavirus). He wishes to live a sheltered life with his family.\"\n\nBut Clair Dobbin, for the USA, told the court Mr Assange had the \"resources, abilities and the sheer wherewithal\" to secretly arrange a flight to another country.\n\n\"[Mr Assange] regards himself as above the law and no cost is too great, whether that cost be to himself or others,\" said the barrister.\n\nJulian Assange's partner, Stella Moris, was among a large group of his supporters who had gathered at court.\n\n\"This a huge disappointment,\" she said. \"Julian should not be in Belmarsh prison in the first place. I urge the [US] Department of Justice to drop the charges and the President of the United States to pardon Julian.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Baraitser blocked Julian Assange's extradition on Monday, ruling that that while he had a case to answer, he was so mentally unwell that the US authorities could not guarantee he would not kill himself once inside a maximum security prison in the country.\n\nThe USA's appeal against that ruling - which will go to more senior judges later this year - will challenge that finding.", "McDonald's is pausing walk-in takeaway services in the UK as new lockdown restrictions come into force.\n\nDine-in meals and walk-in takeaways will not be available temporarily while it reviews safety procedures, it said.\n\nIts UK boss said it will be testing \"additional measures that may further enhance the safety of our takeaway service.\"\n\nRival food chains Burger King, Subway, KFC and Pret A Manger are still offering takeaways in-store.\n\nMcDonald's UK and Ireland chief executive Paul Pomroy said that safety measures across the firm's 1,300 restaurants will be reviewed by an independent health and safety body.\n\nHe added that customers would be kept updated via the restaurant's app and its website. Drive-through and delivery services across the fast food chain will remain open.\n\nUnder new lockdown restrictions which came into force in England and Scotland this week, hospitality firms are allowed to offer takeaways and deliveries.\n\nBut rules which previously allowed takeaways or click-and-collect services for alcoholic drinks have been scrapped.\n\nWales and Northern Ireland were already in lockdown, which meant that pubs, restaurants and cafes were restricted to takeaway-only too.\n\nAfter the first nationwide lockdown in March, many chains including McDonald's, Burger King and Pret closed their doors to hungry customers.\n\nThey gradually reopened with additional safety measures in place, such as plastic screens in front of the tills, hand sanitiser dispensers and restrictions on the number of customers allowed in at any one point. Some also pared back the number of dishes on offer.\n\nA Burger King spokesperson said that takeaway was still available in some branches and that it would continue to offer click-and-collect and delivery services \"in line with guidance issued\".\n\nSandwich chain Pret A Manger told the BBC that it is keeping some outlets open for both takeaways and delivery, but it would keep the number under review in the coming months.\n\n\"Last year we shifted our business to focus on delivery and expanded our delivery platform partnerships, to make Pret available to a wider customer base\", a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Since then, we have seen a significant increase in the use of delivery.\"\n\nSubway and KFC also confirmed that they remain open for in-store takeaways, deliveries and click-and-collect orders across the UK.\n\nFast food firm Leon, which has 65 outlets, said that 28 of their sites will remain open for takeaways and deliveries.\n\n\"We will continue to keep as many restaurants open as possible, as we did in the previous two lockdowns in line with government guidelines,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nDespite adapting their business models, many casual dining chains have been forced to make job cuts in the last year as lockdown restrictions hit sales. Pret, for example, announced 3,000 job cuts in August, while Greggs made 820 job cuts at the end of 2020.", "There are warnings that replacement grades must avoid the problems that saw protests and U-turns last summer\n\nHead teachers have warned a replacement system for cancelled exams in England must avoid the \"shambles\" of last year's results.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson is to make a statement on \"alternative arrangements\" for GCSE and A-level exams cancelled in the pandemic.\n\nThis could include using teachers' estimated grades.\n\nA replacement system must not \"inflict further disadvantage on students\", says the exams watchdog Ofqual.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said there were \"no easy answers\" in picking an approach - but it had to avoid repeating the \"disaster\" of last summer's cancelled exam season.\n\nHe said there was a \"real need for urgency\" to allow schools time to plan - and that any system for grading had to show \"fairness and consistency\".\n\nWritten papers for GCSEs and A-levels are not going ahead - after this week's decision that it was no longer feasible with so much time lost in the Covid pandemic and the latest lockdown.\n\nMr Williamson will instruct the exams watchdog to come up with proposals for an alternative way of deciding results, which could be used for jobs, staying on in school or university places.\n\nLast year's attempts to find an alternative approach to exam results, which initially used an algorithm, descended into chaos - and eventually switched to using teachers' grades.\n\nAnd without any exam papers or standardised mock exams, the use of teachers' grades, with some process of moderation, is likely to be a key option once again.\n\nVocational exams, such as BTecs, are carrying on, if schools and colleges decide to continue with them.\n\nBut if students cannot take BTec exams this month as planned, they will be able to take them at a later date or otherwise still be awarded a grade, if they have \"enough evidence to receive a certificate that they need for progression\", says the awarding body Pearson.\n\nAn Ofqual spokeswoman said they could consider options for replacement exam results, academic and vocational, \"to ensure the fairest possible outcome in the circumstances\".\n\nAlthough the process is only formally beginning, with a consultation likely on proposals, it is understood that contingency planning had already started to find a back-up if exams were cancelled.\n\nThe exams watchdog's decisions will face much scrutiny - with the previous head of Ofqual resigning after last summer's U-turns over grades.\n\n\"We are discussing alternative arrangements with the Department for Education. We know that many are seeking clarity as soon as possible,\" said Simon Lebus, Ofqual's interim chief regulator.", "Supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday\n\nWorld leaders have condemned violent scenes in Washington after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.\n\nThe riot forced the suspension of a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral victory.\n\nMany leaders called for peace and an orderly transition of power, describing what happened as \"horrifying\" and an \"attack on democracy\".\n\n\"The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nOther UK politicians joined him in criticising the violence, with opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer calling it a \"direct attack on democracy\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel told the BBC that Mr Trump's comments \"directly led\" to his supporters storming Congress and clashing with police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel says Donald Trump was wrong for not condemning the violence\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the scenes from the US Capitol were \"utterly horrifying\".\n\nIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said those who stormed the US legislature were \"attackers and rioters\" and that she felt \"angry and also sad\" after seeing pictures from the scene.\n\nShe told a meeting of German conservatives: \"I regret very much that President Trump has still not admitted defeat, but has kept raising doubts about the elections.\"\n\nChina meanwhile attempted to draw comparisons between the rioters who entered Congress to try and subvert the US election result and pro-democracy protesters who stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council last year.\n\nForeign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying claimed events in Hong Kong were more \"severe\" than those in Washington but \"not one demonstrator died\".\n\nThe comparisons between the two incidents has caused outrage among Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists and their supporters.\n\nRussia blamed the \"archaic\" US electoral system and the politicisation of the media for Wednesday's unrest in Washington.\n\n\"The electoral system in the United States is archaic, it does not meet modern democratic standards, creating opportunities for numerous violations, and the American media have become an instrument of political struggle,\" foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.\n\nElsewhere in Europe, a chorus of leaders condemned the scenes in Washington as an attack on democracy.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said: \"I have trust in the strength of US democracy. The new presidency of Joe Biden will overcome this tense stage, uniting the American people.\"\n\nIn a video on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron said: \"When, in one of the world's oldest democracies, supporters of an outgoing president take up arms to challenge the legitimate results of an election, a universal idea - that of 'one person, one vote' - is undermined.\n\n\"What happened today in Washington DC is not American, definitely. We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy\" he added.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as \"worrying\" and said it was \"an assault on democracy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SwedishPM This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTop EU leaders have also made their views known. European Council President Charles Michel said he trusted the US \"to ensure a peaceful transfer of power\" to Mr Biden, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she looked forward to working with the Democrat, who \"won the election\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Charles Michel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLike many other global figures, the Secretary-General of the Nato military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the outcome of the election \"must be respected\".\n\nFor his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres was \"saddened\" by the events at the US Capitol, his spokesman said.\n\nThe events also shocked America's close ally and neighbour to its north. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were \"deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on democracy\".\n\n\"Violence will never succeed in overruling the will of the people. Democracy in the US must be upheld - and it will be,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When a mob stormed the US capitol\n\nFrom New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tweeted that \"democracy - the right of people to exercise a vote, have their voice heard and then have that decision upheld peacefully - should never be undone by a mob\".\n\nMeanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia - another close US ally - condemned the \"distressing scenes\" and said he looked forward to a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nIn India, the world's largest democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who has enjoyed a good relationship with President Trump - said he was \"distressed to see news about rioting and violence\" in Washington.\n\n\"Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue,\" he tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTurkey, an ally through Nato, said it invited \"all parties\" to show \"restraint and common sense\".\n\nThe Venezuelan government, which the US does not recognise as legitimate, said \"with this regrettable episode, the United States suffers the same thing that it has generated in other countries with its policies of aggression\".\n\nIn statements on Twitter, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández and Chile's President Sebastián Piñera also condemned the scenes in Washington. Mr Piñera said Chile \"trusts in the solidity of US democracy to guarantee the rule of law\".\n\nIn Japan, one of America's closest allies and partners, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government hoped for a \"peaceful transfer of power\" in the United States.\n\nFrom Fiji, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who led a coup in 2006, also expressed outrage at the events that took place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Frank Bainimarama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd in Singapore, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said he had watched as the \"shocking\" scenes took place, adding: \"Its a sad day.\"", "YouTube has reinstated TalkRadio's channel on its platform hours after saying it had been \"terminated\" for breaking the tech firm's rules.\n\nIt said the broadcaster had posted material that contradicted expert advice about the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut it explained its U-turn saying it sometimes made exceptions to guidelines that state repeat offenders face a permanent ban.\n\nTalkRadio said it had yet to be given a full explanation for the affair.\n\nThe decision to ban TalkRadio had appalled digital rights campaigners, with one group - Big Brother Watch - claiming it was evidence that \"big tech censorship is spiralling out of control\".\n\nThe Google-owned service has issued a brief statement explaining its actions.\n\n\"TalkRadio's YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,\" it said.\n\n\"We quickly remove flagged content that violate our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. We make exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, as was deemed in this case.\"\n\nYouTube has not published details of the offending posts.\n\nBut independent fact-checkers have repeatedly challenged some of the claims made by interviewees featured by the London-based radio station.\n\nYouTube operates a \"three strikes\" policy, whereby channels that break its community guidelines three times within a 90-day period can be permanently banned, but other infractions lead to temporary restrictions.\n\nProhibited content includes \"medically unsubstantiated claims\" relating to Covid-19, and videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS.\n\n\"YouTube is making decisions about which opinions the public are allowed to hear, even when they are sourced to responsible and regulated new providers,\" TalkRadio said in a statement this evening.\n\n\"This sets a dangerous precedent and is censorship of free speech and legitimate national debate.\"\n\nThe broadcaster tweeted the statement minutes after YouTube's change of heart. It did not appear to be aware that its channel had been reinstated at the time, but has since acknowledged the move.\n\nTalkRadio has about 424,000 listeners, according to the latest figures from market research provider Rajar.\n\nIt uses YouTube as a means to livestream shows from its studios and to provide an archive of past broadcasts.\n\nIts channel on the platform has 242,000 subscribers.\n\nYouTube's action had meant that TalkRadio's website had featured articles featuring broken embedded clips for most of the day, and that users who had shared its clips would have been unable to view them.\n\nThe US firm has previously imposed a permanent ban against conspiracy theorist David Icke, and a one-week video suspension of right-wing outlet One America News Network's ability to publish new clips - in both cases for breaches of its Covid rules.\n\nIt's pretty clear something has gone wrong at YouTube in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt appeared as though TalkRadio had been banned for good on YouTube - or \"terminated\" as the company put it.\n\nYouTube is now saying it was a short suspension, which certainly seems like a backtrack.\n\nEven now, it's not obvious what the offending material was that caused this action. The whole process reinforces the idea that YouTube's moderation policies - where it draws the line between freedom of expression and clamping down on misinformation - can be messy and inconsistent.\n\nAnd when YouTube takes such an action without giving full details, it rains controversy down on its own head.\n\nThis plays to a broader movement by YouTube and other social media companies to take a harder line on disinformation.\n\nJoe Biden is about to become US President - and he wants social media companies to do more to remove fake news.\n\nBut as they are increasingly finding out, refereeing their own platforms can be hugely difficult, and this highlights the need for greater transparency about moderation decisions.", "Helen Mort was told no action could be taken over the deepfake porn images\n\nA woman who has been the victim of deepfake pornography is calling for a change in the law.\n\nLast year, Helen Mort discovered that non-sexual images of her had been uploaded to a porn website.\n\nUsers of the site were invited to edit the photos, merging Helen's face with explicit and violent sexual images.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Mobeen Azhar, Helen said she wanted to see the creation and distribution of these images made an offence.\n\n\"This is a crime which in many cases is going on invisibly,\" Helen said. \"Those images of me had been out there for years and I didn't know about them, and I'm still having nightmares about some of them now. It's an incredibly serious form of abuse.\"\n\nDeepfakes are realistic computer-generated images or video, based on a real person.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Actress Bella Thorne opens up about her experience of deepfake abuse\n\nHelen, a poet and writer from Sheffield, was alerted to the deepfake images by an acquaintance.\n\nThe original images were taken from her social media and included holiday pictures and photos from her pregnancy.\n\nShe said although some of the images were clearly manipulated, there were a few more \"chilling\" examples that were a \"lot more plausible'.\n\n\"You go through different phases with things like this,\" she said. \"There was one point where I was just trying to laugh about the almost ridiculous nature of some of it.\n\n\"But obviously, the underlying feeling was shock and actually I initially felt quite ashamed, as if I'd done something wrong. That was quite a difficult thing to overcome. And then for a while I got incredibly anxious about even leaving the house.\"\n\nShe alerted the police to the images but was told that no action could be taken.\n\nDr Aislinn O'Connell, a lecturer in law at Royal Holloway University of London, explained that Helen's case fell outside the current law.\n\n\"In England and Wales, under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, it is an offence to non-consensually distribute a private sexual photograph or film with the intent to cause distress to the person depicted,\" she said.\n\n\"But this only applies where the original photo or video was private and sexual.\n\n\"In Helen's situation, where non-sexual photos were merged with sexual photos, this isn't covered by the criminal offence.\n\n\"Furthermore, as the photos were not shared with Helen directly, nor did the intention seem to be to cause distress to Helen, the second element is not fulfilled - even though it did, evidently, cause distress. The other potential criminal offence would be harassment, but given the perpetrator here did not direct it at Helen herself, this didn't apply either.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deepfake videos: Can you really believe what you see?\n\nThe independent Law Commission is currently reviewing the law as it applies to taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent. The outcome of the consultation is due to be published later this year.\n\nHowever, Dr O'Connell said the process of changing the law would take years which she says is \"too long\".\n\nHelen hopes to use her experience to raise awareness around deepfake pornography and has launched a petition calling for a change in the law.\n\nIt has received more than 3,400 signatures.\n\nShe has also written a poem in response to the images.\n\n\"I'm a writer by trade,\" she said. \"And I thought the only thing that is going to allow me to reclaim any sense of agency here is to say something about it using my art form. That's the only power that I have.\n\n\"The intention of this person, as they said in their post, was to humiliate. They said they wanted to see this person humiliated, and I thought well actually I'm not humiliated, and I'm going to speak out about it because I shouldn't be the one who feels ashamed.\"\n\nThe Home Office said it was taking steps to tackle new and emerging forms of violence against women and girls, including intimate image abuse, \"whether this be cyber flashing, revenge porn or deep fake videos.\"\n\n\"We are currently consulting on the development of our new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls and we encourage people to give their views,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"This new strategy will ensure victims and survivors are supported, and that perpetrators are identified and brought to justice.\"", "Vocational exams, including BTEcs, are to go ahead this month in England - despite calls for them to be cancelled alongside GCSEs and A-levels.\n\n\"Schools and colleges can continue with the vocational and technical exams that are due to take place in January, where they judge it right to do so,\" said a Department for Education spokeswoman.\n\nFurther education college leaders had complained this was unfair to students.\n\nThey said students would face \"stress\" from taking exams in the lockdown.\n\nThe Association of Colleges warned the decision, giving schools and colleges the option on whether to carry on with BTecs, would create more confusion.\n\nChief executive David Hughes said some colleges would cancel exams and others would continue - but without any clarity about what would happen to \"students in colleges which do cancel for safety reasons\".\n\n\"A national decision would have allowed for more fairness,\" said Mr Hughes.\n\nThe announcement from the Department for Education has left it open for schools and colleges to decide whether to go ahead with vocational and technical exams.\n\n\"Schools and colleges have already implemented extensive protective measures to make them as safe as possible,\" said the DFE's spokeswoman.\n\nThe Department for Education said it recognised \"this is a difficult time\" but wanted to allow students who had prepared for exams and assessments to continue, including those who needed to take hands-on practical tests for qualifications for jobs.\n\nA joint statement from the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool said it was wrong to go ahead with these vocational exams when other academic exams had been cancelled.\n\n\"It is unfair to ask these students to go into colleges when everyone else is being told to stay at home.\n\n\"This will cause unnecessary anxiety and concern just when they need to be able to focus,\" said the statement from Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram.\n\nThe mayors highlighted that students taking BTecs were more likely to be from \"working-class backgrounds and ethnic minority communities\" and they should not be treated any less well than those following an \"academic route\" in exams.\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Travellers to the UK from abroad could soon be required to prove they have had a negative coronavirus test.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) said the measure is one of several being considered to \"prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the UK border\".\n\n\"Additional measures, including testing before departure, will help keep the importation of new cases to an absolute minimum,\" the department added.\n\nIt is thought that haulage drivers coming through ports would be exempt.\n\nHowever, the DfT said full details are still to be agreed and will be set out in \"due course\".\n\nAny such measure would be a devolved issue, so the the DfT would need to agree a path forward with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to make it UK-wide.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"With a new strain of the virus on the loose in South Africa and a more infectious variant already widespread in the UK we need to do more.\"\n\nThe measures were being discussed as Boris Johnson imposed the third national lockdown in England to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed.\n\nThe prime minister has faced some calls to strengthen border protections to prevent the arrival of new cases, particularly of new and concerning strains.\n\nHowever, there was no mention of tougher border controls during his address to the nation on Monday, or press conference on Tuesday.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove said announcements will come in the days ahead on \"how we will make sure that our ports and airports are safe\".\n\n\"It is already the case that there are significant restrictions on people coming into this country and of course we're stressing that nobody should be travelling abroad,\" he told ITV.\n\nCurrently, international arrivals from countries that are not exempt under the travel corridor programme have to isolate for 10 days.\n\nBut under the test and release scheme introduced in December, this can be shortened if they have a private test five days after their departure and it comes back negative.\n\nIt is possible lorry drivers could be exempt, but no final decision has been made\n\nDuring the first lockdown, the government argued against introducing border restrictions while the prevalence was so high in the UK, with experts arguing it would do little to bring down infection rates.\n\nA quarantine period, however, was introduced in June after the first peak, when cases were more under control.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel was accused of leaving the \"nation's doors unlocked\" to new coronavirus variants coming to Britain from overseas.\n\nLabour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds wrote to Ms Patel calling for an \"urgent review and improvement plan\" as he raised concerns over checks on the arrival of people who are meant to go into quarantine.\n\nHe wrote: \"It is especially worrying given the concerns regarding mutation of the virus that emerged in South Africa, which the health secretary rightly said is 'incredibly worrying'.\n\n\"However, the lack of a robust quarantine system as a result of shortcomings from the government mean that it is virtually impossible to keep a grip on this spread or other variants that may come from overseas, leaving the UK defenceless, and completely exposed, with the nation's doors unlocked to further Covid mutations.\"\n\nThe Home Office defended its \"stringent measures\", and pointed to its move to stop direct flights from South Africa to the UK amid concerns over a new coronavirus variant in high prevalence there.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.\n\nAll schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the \"hardest yet\" amid surging cases and patient numbers.\n\nHe said those in the top four priority groups would be offered a first vaccine dose by the middle of next month.\n\nAll care home residents and their carers, everyone aged 70 and over, all frontline health and social care workers, and the clinically extremely vulnerable will be offered one dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nSchools in Northern Ireland will have an \"extended period of remote learning\", the Stormont Executive said.\n\nSpeaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson told the public to follow the new lockdown rules immediately, before they become law in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAll the new measures in England will then last until at least the middle of February, he said, as a new more infectious variant of the virus spreads across the UK.\n\nThe PM added that he believed the country was entering \"the last phase of the struggle\".\n\nHospitals were under \"more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic\", he said.\n\nAnd he reiterated the slogan used earlier in the pandemic, urging people to immediately \"stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives\".\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.\n\nA further 58,784 cases and an additional 407 deaths within 28 days of a positive test result were reported, though deaths in Scotland were not recorded.\n\nAs of 08:00 GMT, there were 26,626 Covid-19 patients in hospital in England, according to the latest figures.\n\nThis is a week-on-week increase of 30%, and a new record high.\n\nThose who are clinically extremely vulnerable will be contacted by letter and should now shield once more, Mr Johnson said.\n\nSupport and childcare bubbles will continue under the new measures - and people can meet one person from another household for outdoor exercise.\n\nCommunal worship and life events like funerals and weddings can continue, subject to limits on attendance.\n\nWhile Mr Johnson said end-of-year exams would not take place as normal in the summer, he said alternative arrangements would be announced separately.\n\nThe government has published a 22-page document outlining the new rules in detail.\n\nThe House of Commons has been recalled to allow MPs to vote on the new restrictions on Wednesday.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his MPs would \"support the package of measures\", saying \"we've all got to pull together now to make this work\".\n\nOnce again it is the threat to the NHS that has forced the hand of ministers.\n\nIn England there has been a 50% rise in the number of patients in hospital with Covid since Christmas day.\n\nTo put that into context, it equates to 18 hospitals being filled.\n\nCurrently around three out of 10 beds are occupied by patients with the disease.\n\nIn some hospitals it is more than six in 10.\n\nBut what is worrying ministers and NHS leaders is that the number is just going to increase.\n\nIn the spring it took nearly three weeks after lockdown for hospital cases to peak.\n\nThe last six days have seen in excess of 50,000 new infections confirmed each day across the UK - a number of these infections are next week's hospital admissions.\n\nIt is why the UK's chief medical officers were warning there was a \"material risk\" of some hospitals being overwhelmed if something did not change.\n\nMr Johnson spoke after UK chief medical officers recommended the Covid threat level be increased to five - its highest level.\n\nLevel five means the NHS may soon be unable to handle a further sustained rise in cases, the medical officers said in a joint statement.\n\nNHS Providers, which represents health service trusts, said hospitals were at a \"critical point\" and that \"immediate and decisive action\" was needed.\n\nAnnouncing tougher measures in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"It is no exaggeration to say that I am more concerned about the situation we face now than I have been at any time since March last year.\"\n\nFor pupils who returned for their first day of the new term at primary school on Monday, it's turned out to be an extremely short-lived visit.\n\nBoris Johnson's announcement will see primary, secondary and further education colleges closed for at least the next six weeks, except for vulnerable and key workers' children.\n\nIt's a much bigger shift in policy than had been anticipated, even a few days ago.\n\nEven the return date will depend on the progress in tackling the virus.\n\n\"I hope we can steadily move out of lockdown, reopening schools after the February half term,\" said the prime minister.\n\nKeeping schools open was the government's most definite of red lines, a few weeks ago they were threatening councils that wanted to close them - but it's now been overtaken by the spiking lines on the Covid infection charts.\n\nEven after the chaos of last year's replacement grades, GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled again - with a replacement system still to be decided. Vocational exams are to continue.\n\nFor parents dreading home schooling, there are plans for it to be better supported this time - with more computer devices available and suggestions that Ofsted inspectors will check what schools are offering.\n\nBut there's no escaping that this will feel like another sudden and chaotic change of direction for schools and parents.\n\nMr Johnson's pledge on vaccinations comes after an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the UK to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab\n\nSome 13.9 million people are among the four priority groups who will receive a vaccine dose by about 15 February, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains the order in which the Covid vaccine will be given\n\nHow will you be affected by the latest developments? What questions do you have? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Lockdowns have worked before, but can we expect the new one to do the same?\n\nIt feels like we are back in March or April last year, when the strict controls on all our lives led to a fairly quick decline in levels of coronavirus.\n\nBut one of the crucial differences this time is the new variant, which is thought to spread between 50 and 70% faster than previous forms of the virus.\n\nExperts warn there are now no guarantees that lockdown will be enough to bring the variant under control.\n\n\"It still would not have been easy, but it would have been a much easier situation if it had not been for the new variant,\" Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, told Inside Health.\n\n\"That really pushes the bounds of our ability to control the spread of the virus, even with measures that were previously relatively quite effective.\"\n\nThe coronavirus spreads when we come into contact with each other so moving classrooms online, telling people to stay at home and closing shops breaks many of those opportunities for human contact.\n\nIf we consider the R number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - it was about 3.0 in the run up to the first lockdown and anything above 1.0 means cases are climbing.\n\nR fell to 0.6 during the first lockdown.\n\nThen every 1,000 infected people passed the virus on to 600 others, who passed it on to 360 others and so on.\n\nBut if the new variant is 50% more transmissible then the R number, in the same lockdown conditions, would be about 0.9.\n\nThen 1,000 infected people would pass the virus onto 900 others, then 810 and so on.\n\nAs you can see this leads to far slower decline.\n\nAnd that assumes lockdown can get R down to 0.9 in areas where the new variant has become the most common form of the virus.\n\nIf, as some studies suggest, the variant is about 70% more transmissible then R may stay above 1.0 and cases may not fall at all.\n\n\"We'd at best flatten the curve, keep numbers at a roughly constant level, and that's frankly why there is so much emphasis on getting vaccine into people's arms as quickly as possible,\" said Prof Ferguson.\n\nIt is hard to lock down even harder as there are some parts of society - hospitals, supermarkets - that need to be kept open.\n\nWhat happens to the number of cases over the coming weeks will be closely monitored. If this lockdown is less effective then we will have to live with it for longer.\n\nThere have been some encouraging signs over the Christmas break, which was a bit like a lockdown due to school holidays and other restrictions.\n\n\"We are in a very difficult situation here, but my initial assessment of the last few days is that the rate is slowing which is good news,\" Prof John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\nHe added: \"It looks likes those restrictions should be sufficient to stop the increase, whether they will be sufficient to bring cases down sufficiently we are yet to see.\"\n\nEventually the vaccine will give people immunity so we do not need the same controls on our lives.\n\nNow more than ever this is a race between the virus and the vaccine.", "I'm standing in what should be an operating theatre - but instead it's been converted into an intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients on ventilators. This is the first time I have seen it full of patients like this.\n\nNormally this theatre would be busy with major cancer surgery, but that's been transferred to another building.\n\nA children's recovery area, still decorated with colourful stickers of cartoons, is once again filled with desperately sick adults. Every day, more wards are being transformed into ICU - ready for the next influx of patients.\n\nWe have been given access to University College Hospital, in central London. This is the same intensive care unit that I visited in April, during the first peak.\n\nIt is one of the busiest hospitals in the capital and intensive care here is expanding across a hospital that is under pressure like never before, from a relentless rise in Covid admissions.\n\nI am struck by the toll the pandemic is taking on staff. It's immense - both physically and mentally. They are shell-shocked. \"My emotions are all over the place. Scared, sad, petrified, worried,\" one ICU nurse tells me.\n\nThey have got three times as many critically ill patients in the hospital as normal. The number of Covid admissions to London hospitals has doubled in just two weeks - they're more stretched now than at the peak last April. Senior staff are worried.", "Bosses of Britain's biggest companies will earn more in the first three days of this week than the average worker's annual wage, research claims.\n\nBy 17:30 GMT on Wednesday, the pay of FTSE 100 chiefs will have overtaken the £31,461 annual median wage for full time workers, the High Pay Centre says.\n\nBosses' pay was flat last year, while average wages generally rose slightly.\n\nThat meant that FTSE chief executives had to work 34 hours to beat median annual pay, not the 33 hours in 2020.\n\nThe High Pay Centre think-tank based its annual calculations on analysis of disclosures in companies' annual reports, combined with government statistics.\n\nHigh Pay Centre director Luke Hildyard said chief executive pay is about 120 times that of the typical UK worker, up significantly from two decades ago.\n\n\"Estimates suggest it was around 50 times at the turn of the millennium or 20 times in the early 1980s,\" he said.\n\n\"Factors such as the increasing role played by the finance industry in the economy, the outsourcing of low-paid work and the decline of trade union membership have widened the gaps between those at the top and everybody else over recent decades.\"\n\nHe said the figures should raise concern about the governance of Britain's biggest companies. \"They should also prompt debate about the effects that high levels of inequality can have on social cohesion, crime, and public health and wellbeing,\" he said.\n\nMedian FTSE 100 chief executive pay was £3.61m in 2019, the last year for which a full set of data is available, the High Pay Centre said.\n\nThe centre said its analysis was based on chief executives' average working day being 12 hours.\n\nHowever, critics said such analysis just fuels the politics of envy without looking at why chief executives matter and the contribution they make.\n\nDaniel Pryor, head of programmes at the Adam Smith Institute, said: \"Good management is more important than ever in a globalised world and small differences in top talent make a big impact on a business' bottom line.\n\n\"That bottom line makes a big difference to workers across the UK, anyone with a private pension, and shareholders.\"\n\nHe pointed out that there is strong, if morbid, evidence about chief executive deaths that shows why the corporate and investment world believe leadership makes a huge difference to the fortunes of their companies.\n\n\"In the past 60 years, unexpected CEO deaths have consistently affected stock price, profitability, investment and sales growth - for better or worse,\" he said, adding: \"Which is why it makes sense for firms to open their wallets to attract the best talent.\"", "Doctors in Scotland have raised concerns about plans to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.\n\nAll four UK nations will now leave up to 12 weeks between the first and second doses of the jab rather than giving both within 21 days.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, head of the BMA in Scotland, said members had concerns about the potential impact of leaving such a big gap between the two doses.\n\nBut the UK's chief medical officers have defended the move.\n\nThey said that the first dose of either the Pfizer or the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines - the only two so far approved for use in the UK - will give people substantial protection against the virus within two to three weeks of being administered.\n\nAnd they said that the second dose was \"likely to be very important for duration of protection, and at an appropriate dose interval may further increase vaccine efficacy\".\n\nThe Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises UK health departments and recommended the new strategy, said data showed that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine would be \"90% effective\".\n\nBut the World Health Organization (WHO) has said it would not recommend following the UK's decision to delay giving the second Pfizer dose, saying there was no evidence to support the decision.\n\nPfizer has said it has tested the vaccine's efficacy only when the two doses were given up to 21 days apart.\n\nThe Pfizer vaccine was the first to be approved for use in the UK, with more than a million people having already been given the first dose.\n\nThe change to the vaccination strategy has meant health boards have had to change plans and cancel people booked in for their second doses of the Pfizer jabs.\n\nThis includes medics who are among the priority groups for Covid vaccinations.\n\nDr Lewis Morrison, chairman of the British Medical Association's Scottish Council, raised concerns about the logistical impact of changing the vaccination strategy\n\nDr Morrison told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that some doctors had told him they would have waited for the AstraZeneca jab, which has been proven to work in the longer timetable, if they had known the second Pfizer dose was going to be delayed.\n\nHe said: \"We are concerned because there's clearly disagreement about the effectiveness of the second dose of Pfizer after that period of time.\n\n\"Furthermore I think if you give more people the first dose when you don't know what vaccine supplies are going to be within that 12-week window, that's a worry that has been expressed to me by a lot of doctors.\n\n\"If we give more people the first dose, do we definitely know that the second one is coming?\n\n\"The announcement about this before a four-day NHS holiday weekend left many places with great difficulty in reorganising vaccinations, with a real risk that vaccination numbers might perversely drop because of the organisational issues.\"\n\nOpposition parties want the Scottish government to publish daily figures for how many people have been vaccinated\n\nIt comes as NHS staff were left queueing for hours outside Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Tuesday after an \"scheduling error\" meant vaccination staff did not turn up.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has apologised to those affected and said it was rearranging the appointments.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it aims to have given at least one vaccine dose to everyone over the age of 50 and younger people with underlying health conditions by the start of May.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday that the timetable could be accelerated if there were sufficient supplies of the jab.\n\nThe Scottish government is being pressured to provide daily figures on the number of people being vaccinated, as the UK government has already pledged to do.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"There are now no excuses left for the SNP government to dodge publishing daily vaccination rates alongside the daily infection numbers as soon as possible.\n\n\"The SNP's evasion to try and avoid scrutiny is nothing new but on something so important, the Scottish public must have the same information as will be provided across the UK.\"\n\nHis call was echoed by Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Monica Lennon, who added: \"It is simply unacceptable that scores of NHS staff were left queueing outside in the cold for hours, and well into the evening.\n\n\"It's time for Health Secretary Jeane Freeman to get to grips with the vaccination programme, publish daily figures on the number of vaccinations available and administered, and ensure that our NHS staff do not pay the price of a bungled rollout.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister says schools will be the first places to reopen\n\nThe end of England's lockdown will not happen with a \"big bang\" but will instead be a \"gradual unwrapping\", Boris Johnson has told MPs.\n\nThe prime minister made the comments in the Commons ahead of a retrospective vote later on the lockdown measures.\n\nHe said the legislation runs until 31 March to allow a \"controlled\" easing of restrictions back into local tiers.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government's decisions \"have led us to the position we're now in\".\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said there were now 30,074 patients with coronavirus in UK hospitals.\n\nAll of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland also in lockdown.\n\nIt came as the UK reported a further 1,041 people have died with coronavirus, the highest daily death toll since April.\n\nIn a statement to the Commons, Mr Johnson said the new variant had \"led to more cases than we've seen ever before\" and that this had left the government with \"no choice but to return to national lockdown\".\n\nHe said the legislation ran until the end of March \"not because we expect the full national lockdown to continue until then, but to allow a steady, controlled and evidence-led move down through the tiers on a regional basis\".\n\nHe said this would happen \"brick-by-brick... without risking the hard-won gains that protections have given us\".\n\nBut in response to MPs' questions, he said there was a \"cautious presumption\" that restrictions could start being eased from mid-February.\n\n\"And as was the case last spring, our emergence from the lockdown cocoon will be not a big bang but a gradual unwrapping,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We need a plan\", Keir Starmer told MPs while declaring Labour would support new lockdown\n\nUnder the measures, which came into force legally on Wednesday, people in England will only be able to go out for essential reasons, for exercise outdoors only once a day, and outdoor sports venues must close.\n\nPolice have the powers to enforce the new restrictions with a £200 fine for each breach, doubling on every offence up to a maximum of £6,400 - and a £10,000 penalty for mass gatherings.\n\nOfficers in London arrested at least a dozen people in Parliament Square after a protest against the new measures on Wednesday.\n\nThe need to debate and vote on the restrictions means the Commons has been recalled from its Christmas break for the second time - the first being for the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU.\n\nWith Sir Keir saying Labour will support the motion, the measures are expected to pass with ease.\n\nThe restrictions will be kept under \"continuous review\", Mr Johnson added, with a statutory requirement to reconsider them every two weeks.\n\nAddressing the closure of schools, the PM said \"we did everything in our power to keep them open as long as possible\" and that was why schools were the \"very last thing to close\".\n\nThey would be the \"very first thing to reopen\" after lockdown - that could be after the February half term - but \"we must be very cautious\" about the timetable, he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the Commons that GCSEs, A-level and AS-level exams would be cancelled this year in England, replaced by a form of teacher-assessed grades.\n\n\"This year, we're going to put our trust in teachers, rather than algorithms,\" he said, referencing controversy over the way exam grades were awarded to some students last year.\n\nAll national curriculum tests for primary school children, often known as Sats, are now cancelled, Mr Williamson confirmed.\n\nHe said every school will be expected to provide between three and five hours of virtual teaching each day and that 750,000 laptop and tablet devices will have been distributed by the end of next week.\n\nThe prime minister wasted no time in emphasising the \"fundamental difference\" between this and previous lockdowns.\n\nTo keep opposition from his own MPs at bay he needs to demonstrate that the government's aim to vaccinate the most at-risk groups by mid-February is viable.\n\nHe is also under pressure to give a sense of how quickly restrictions might be lifted after that.\n\nThe course of the pandemic has changed swiftly at times, though, and may do so again, so it's unlikely we'll get any firm new timelines from Boris Johnson today.\n\nMost Conservative backbenchers seem resigned to the need for this new national lockdown and agree the prime minister had \"no choice\" but to act.\n\nBut MPs on all sides are impatient to hear how soon things may start returning to something like life as normal at last.\n\nMr Johnson said unlike in March last year, during the first lockdown, vaccines offered \"the means of our escape\".\n\nBut he said there was now a race to vaccinate vulnerable people quickly, with the government setting a target of immunising the four most vulnerable groups - some 13 million people - by mid-February.\n\n\"After the marathon of last year, we are indeed now in a sprint, a race to vaccinate the vulnerable faster than the virus can reach them,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"Every needle in every arm makes a difference.\"\n\nEarlier, Covid vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said he was \"confident\" the government would meet its \"ambitious\" target, adding that community pharmacies would be brought in to assist the vaccination programme.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that new daily vaccination figures for the UK - which will be released for the first time on Monday - will show there has been a \"significant increase\" in the number of people who have received the jab.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Johnson said 1.3 million people in the UK had been vaccinated so far.\n\nMr Zahawi also said nursery schools presented \"very little risk\", are Covid-safe and he defended the decision to keep them open during England's lockdown.\n\nResponding to the prime minister's statement, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party will support the new restrictions and urged people to comply with them.\n\n\"The virus is out of control, over a million people in England now have Covid, the number of hospital admissions is rising, tragically so are the numbers of people dying,\" he said.\n\n\"It's only the early days of January and the NHS is under huge strain. In those circumstances, tougher restrictions are necessary.\"\n\nBut he added \"this is not just bad luck, it's not inevitable, it follows a pattern\" of the government being slow to respond.\n\n\"These are the decisions that have led us to the position we're now in - and the vaccine is now the only way out and we must all support the national effort to get it rolled out as quickly as possible.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by Covid? What will lockdown mean for you? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police raided an illegal rave in a railway arch attended by 300 people.\n\nPolice have issued more than £15,000 in fines after 300 people attended an illegal rave in a railway arch.\n\nOfficers raided an unlicensed music event in Nursery Road, Hackney, at 01.30 GMT on Sunday.\n\nMany people fled the scene, while organisers padlocked the doors from the inside to stop officers getting in, police said.\n\nNo arrests were reported, but 78 fines of up to £200 for breaching lockdown restrictions were issued.\n\nA dog unit and helicopter were deployed to the scene, with police saying they made numerous attempts to contact the organisers.\n\nOrganisers padlocked the door from the inside to prevent officers getting in, police said\n\nCh Supt Roy Smith said: \"This was a serious and blatant breach of the public health regulations and the law.\n\n\"Officers were forced, yet again, to put their own health at risk to deal with a large group of incredibly selfish people who were tightly packed together in a confined space - providing an ideal opportunity for this deadly virus to spread.\n\n\"Not just organisers, but all those present at such illegal parties can expect to be issued a fine.\"\n\nOfficers surrounded the property as dozens of guests scaled fences at the rear of the arch to escape\n\nThere is an England-wide lockdown in place which prevents any social mixing between households.\n\nUnder these restrictions people are asked to only leave home for limited reasons such as shopping, going to work, seeking medical assistance or avoiding domestic abuse.\n\nThe Met Police has broken up several large gatherings in London over the last month including a 150-person wedding at a north London school.\n\nTwo officers were injured as police broke up a party involving about 200 people in Kensington on 17 January.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former Brexit Party MEP Robert Rowland was described as a larger than life character\n\nA former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\nRobert Rowland, 54, represented the south east of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until January 2020.\n\nNigel Farage paid tribute to the \"larger than life character\" and \"enthusiastic\" Brexit supporter.\n\nHe announced the death of his former colleague in a statement on Sunday.\n\nThe Royal Bahamas Police Force said it had \"received reports of a drowning incident\" on Saturday and was \"conducting inquires\".\n\nMr Farage said: \"It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Robert Rowland, after a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas.\n\n\"Following a successful career in the City, Robert was an enthusiastic Brexit Party MEP and larger than life character.\"\n\nHe said he wished to extend his \"sincerest condolences\" to Mr Rowland's family, including his wife and four children.\n\nFormer Brexit Party MEP David Bull said he was \"beyond devastated,\" adding: \"Robert was a wonderful friend and colleague.\"\n• None Farage's Brexit Party officially changes its name\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: 'It's right that I am properly scrutinised'\n\nScotland's first minister has insisted she did not mislead parliament about when she learned harassment allegations had been made against her predecessor Alex Salmond.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said \"false conspiracy theories were being spun\" about her involvement by Mr Salmond's supporters.\n\nA Holyrood inquiry into how the government handled the allegations against Mr Salmond is under way.\n\nShe said she expects to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming weeks.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Marr asked Ms Sturgeon how she responded to Mr Salmond saying that parliament had been repeatedly misled, and that evidence she gave to the inquiry was \"simply\" and \"manifestly untrue\".\n\nMs Sturgeon replied that she would \"refute that vigorously\".\n\nHer interview came after the inquiry announced it would use legal powers to seek documents from the Crown Office.\n\nIn response to Ms Sturgeon's interview, a spokeswoman for Mr Salmond said: \"The evidence, if published, will speak for itself\".\n\nA committee of MSPs is investigating the government's handling of two harassment claims against the former first minister, after he successfully challenged the complaints process in court.\n\nShe said it was right that she was scrutinised and that she had hoped to appear before the committee on Tuesday but that this had been delayed by \"a couple of weeks\".\n\nAsked if Alex Salmond was \"spinning false conspiracy theories\", Nicola Sturgeon said: \"There are false conspiracy theories being spun about this... by Alex Salmond, by people around him - you can draw your own conclusions around that.\"\n\nShe added: \"What I certainly reflect on is that at times I appear to be simultaneously accused of colluding with Mr Salmond to somehow cover up accusations of sexual harassment on the one hand.\n\n\"And then on the other hand, being part of some dastardly conspiracy to bring him down.\n\n\"Neither of those are true.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon added: \"I didn't collude with Alex Salmond and I didn't conspire against him.\"\n\nThe first minister reiterated that Mr Salmond had told her about the allegations during a meeting at her home on 2 April 2018.\n\nHowever, Mr Salmond has insisted that she already knew about the allegations as she had been told about them four days earlier by one of his aides.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has previously acknowledge that she initially \"forgot\" about this meeting.\n\nIn evidence to the Holyrood inquiry which was published in October, she said: \"From what I recall, the discussion [with Mr Salmond's aide] covered the fact that Alex Salmond wanted to see me urgently about a serious matter, and I think it did cover the suggestion that the matter might relate to allegations of a sexual nature.\"\n\nSpeaking to The Andrew Marr Show, she added: \"I, at the time I became aware of all of this, just tried hard not to interfere with what was going on and not to do anything that would see these swept aside rather than properly investigated.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon conceded that the Scottish government had made mistakes in how it handled the allegations.\n\n\"What I will never do is apologise for doing everything I could to make sure that complaints about sexual harassment were investigated, and not simply swept under the carpet because of the seniority and powerful position of the person who was subject to them,\" she added.\n\nLast March, Mr Salmond was cleared of 13 charges of sexual assault at the High Court in Edinburgh.\n\nA spokeswoman for Mr Salmond said: \"The two inquiries under way are into why Nicola Sturgeon's government acted unlawfully.\n\n\"Alex has submitted his evidence as requested and the parliamentary committee is now challenging the Crown Office to produce some of the text messages which they believe are being suppressed.\n\n\"The evidence, if published, will speak for itself\"", "Asos says it is in \"exclusive\" talks to buy Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands out of administration.\n\nBut the online retailer said it only wanted the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.\n\nThe current owner of the brands, Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group, fell into administration last November putting 13,000 jobs at risk.\n\nAsos said it was \"a compelling opportunity\" to buy \"strong brands that resonate well with its customer base\".\n\n\"However, at this stage, there can be no certainty of a transaction and Asos will keep shareholders updated as appropriate,\" it added.\n\nLast week, a consortium including fashion chain Next dropped its bid to buy Topshop and Topman because it could not meet the price tag.\n\nOthers interested in some or all of Arcadia - which also owns Dorothy Perkins and Burton - include Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, a consortium including JD Sports, and the online retailer Boohoo.\n\nIn addition, the Issa brothers, who recently bought supermarket chain Asda, and Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are said to have made bids for Topshop.\n\nAsos has seen strong sales in the pandemic and is already one of the biggest wholesalers for Topshop, Topman, Burton and Miss Selfridge.\n\nAdministrators from Deloitte requested that final bids be submitted last Monday, with the auction expected to conclude at the end of January.\n\nSir Philip Green is under pressure to use his own money to plug an estimated £350m hole in Arcadia's pension fund, which has about 10,000 members.\n\nLast year the retail tycoon had an estimated fortune of £930m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nArcadia employed about 13,000 people and had 444 shops at the time of its collapse.", "27 of the 29 miners that died in tragedy\n\nThe Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. Twenty-nine men who were in the New Zealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions. The BBC's Phil Mercer covered the accident 10 years ago and has been talking to families of victims still coming to terms with their loss.\n\nThe day after his 17th birthday, Joseph Ray Dunbar began his first shift underground at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.\n\nHe was a \"strong-minded boy\" who wanted to carve his own path in life, but on that day in November 2010 he became the youngest victim of a mining disaster that killed 29 men.\n\nTheir bodies have never been recovered, and a decade later the teenager's father Dean is still looking for answers.\n\n\"In a modern society you don't wipe out 29 men and just walk away,\" he told the BBC. \"Joseph's legacy is righting the wrongs of the past whether it be by government agencies, police or politicians.\"\n\nJoseph Dunbar was the youngest among the victims\n\nIn 2012, a Royal Commission found the miners and contractors were exposed to \"unacceptable risk\" and that \"there were numerous warnings of a potential catastrophe at Pike River,\" but there have been no prosecutions.\n\nThe inquiry concluded the men \"died immediately, or shortly afterwards\" from a methane gas blast or the \"toxic atmosphere\". Two workers did manage to escape the blast and survived.\n\nNews of an accident at the mine in the Paparoa Ranges began to emerge in the middle of the afternoon on Friday, 19 November, 2010.\n\nFamily members soon gathered, and in the hours and days that followed, there was hope that the men might still be alive, although the authorities said a rescue mission was too dangerous. A nation prayed for another mining miracle.\n\nOn the right, the tags of the 29 miners who never made it out\n\nA few months earlier, 33 miners in Chile's Atacama Desert had been pulled out alive after being trapped underground for 69 days.\n\n\"That was totally on my mind the whole time,\" explained Anna Osborne, whose husband, Milton, died at Pike River.\n\n\"I saw how successfully those Chilean miners were rescued and I thought if they can all come out alive, it can happen to us. But little did I know that that mine (in Chile) wasn't a gassy one.\"\n\nFor five long days the families waited. As a reporter sent to cover the story at the time, it was excruciating for me to watch their anguish and frustration grow.\n\nThere would be no rescue, and on 24 November another explosion ripped through the mine, and all hope was gone.\n\nFire at the entrance to the mine\n\nMs Osborne told the BBC that she is \"still fighting to get the truth and still wondering why our guys were allowed underground when the mine was so volatile (and) was a ticking time bomb.\"\n\nNot all of the families want the men's remains to be recovered, but she said it would be a great comfort to bring her husband home.\n\n\"He was working in the south (part of the mine), which was flooded. My husband couldn't swim, so he hated the water and I close my eyes every night and visualise him floating in this water that he hated so much and I just thought I can't have him down there. If we can, I would like as many men to be retrieved,\" she added.\n\nI close my eyes every night and visualise him floating in this water\n\nThe Pike River Recovery Agency is a government department that has re-entered the so-called drift, a 2.3km (1.4 miles) tunnel that connects the entrance of the mine to the working areas and coal seams.\n\nIt is looking for clues that might help explain the explosions and to \"help prevent future mining tragedies.\" Re-entering the mine was delayed by safety concerns.\n\nThe end of the drift is blocked by a huge mass of fallen rock. This roof collapse was caused by the ignition of methane, and there are no plans for the agency to move further into the mine where most, if not all, of the bodies remain.\n\nRecovery teams only made it into an initial tunnel but not the mine proper\n\n\"The Agency's mandate from the government did not include recovering beyond the drift access tunnel,\" said a PRRA spokesperson. \"It remains less likely that we will recover human remains.\"\n\n\"That rockfall is impenetrable,\" said Tony Kokshoorn, the former mayor of the local Grey District. \"The 29 miners are in the coal mine proper. At least they are all together and that is their final resting place.\"\n\n\"Many of the families want them to be together in there because it would have been pretty tough on a lot of families if some had come out and the others couldn't come out.\"\n\nThe police inquiry into the disaster is continuing, with a spokesperson saying they \"remain committed to a full and thorough investigation into events\" and will everything they can to \"provide answers\".\n\nThe grief was felt far beyond New Zealand's rugged West Coast by bereaved families in Australia, Scotland and South Africa.\n\nThe mine will almost certainly never reopen, but Bernie Monk, whose 23-year old son Michael died in the disaster, wants one, final push to bring the men out.\n\n\"The times that I went up to the mine portal with anniversaries, I swore and declared and I looked down that tunnel, and I said to them, 'we're coming to get you guys out'. It was an emotional day for me when I first went down into the mine,\" he said.\n\n\"We're are only 50 to 100 metres away from them. I think we've got a right to go and get those men,\" Mr Monk told the BBC.\n\nOut of tragedy comes pain, anger and calls for accountability and change. It is 10 years since Anna Osborne's husband, affectionately known as Milt, never came home, and she continues to agitate for stronger health and safety laws, and for employers to be prosecuted when things go wrong.\n\n\"We have had 700 people lose their lives in workplace accidents since Pike River. That is like a Pike River every five months in New Zealand,\" she said.\n\nBut above all else there is a sadness that may never fade.\n\n\"I love him so much. It still hurts. It is still very, very raw.\"", "National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy Philip Gannaway (left) on the SS Demosthenes in 1916, when it was being used as a troop ship\n\nAn appeal has been made to trace the family of a sailor from New Zealand buried more than a century ago on an island off Anglesey.\n\nLt Philip Gannaway had recently married his wife Muriel when he enlisted during World War One.\n\nHe joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving on motor launches on the Menai Strait.\n\nBut he died aged 32 during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, and is buried on Church Island in the strait.\n\nLocal historian Bridget Geoghegan says she has already had responses following a story about Lt Gannaway on the New Zealand news website Stuff.\n\nHowever, she is still waiting to hear from his direct relatives.\n\n\"I have met family members of some people I have researched, and that is always a delight - a bonus,\" she said.\n\nThe grave notes Lt Gannaway's military service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve\n\nLt Gannaway's funeral took place on 9 November 1918 with full naval honours, just two days before the armistice that brought fighting to an end.\n\nNewspaper reports found by Ms Geoghegan said more than 200 men and officers joined the procession, with shipyard work pausing as a mark of respect.\n\n\"I found he had married his sweetheart not long before volunteering and coming over to UK,\" she said.\n\n\"It seemed like a bitter end to a love story.\"\n\nHe is buried at St Tysilio's on Church Island, which is linked to the rest of Anglesey by a short causeway.\n\nThe Australian and New Zealander are both remembered on the war memorial\n\nBut Lt Gannaway is not the only man on the island buried so far from home.\n\nRemembered alongside him on the war memorial is William Connington, a 23-year-old corporal in the Australian Flying Corps who died with flu in Buckinghamshire.\n\n\"Connington had family in the area - his father must have emigrated to Australia,\" Ms Geoghegan said.\n\n\"His aunt and cousin lived in Menai Bridge. I think it likely that he had been up to stay with the family and when he died his aunt brought him back to Menai Bridge from Aylesbury so that he would be buried amongst friends.\"\n\nSt Tysilio's sits on Church Island in the Menai Strait\n\nFor several years Ms Geoghegan has joined others in researching and commemorating the people named on local war memorials and graves.\n\nBefore the latest lockdown restrictions, she created a walk for Church Island with the stories behind the names.\n\n\"I devised a walk round St Tysilio to include the graves of those lost and the family commemorations for their loved-ones buried elsewhere or lost at sea - the pain is almost palpable,\" she said.\n\nThe inscription from Lt Gannaway's parents to their \"beloved son\" reads simply: \"In peace he lived, in peace he died\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny protest against his arrest across Russia\n\nRussian police have detained more than 3,000 people in a crackdown on protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, monitors say.\n\nTens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to join some of the largest rallies against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nIn Moscow, riot police were seen beating and dragging away protesters.\n\nMr Navalny, President Putin's most high-profile critic, called for protests after his arrest last Sunday.\n\nHe was detained after he flew back to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been recovering from a near-fatal nerve agent attack in Russia last August.\n\nOn his return, he was immediately taken into custody and found guilty of violating parole conditions. He says it is a trumped-up case designed to silence him.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said about 3,100 people had been detained, more than 1,200 of them in Moscow alone. The Kremlin has not commented.\n\nThe unauthorised demonstrations were held in about 100 cities and towns from Russia's Far East and Siberia to Moscow and St Petersburg. Protesters ranged from teenage students to elderly people who demanded Mr Navalny's release.\n\nAt least 40,000 people joined a rally in central Moscow, Reuters news agency estimated. But Russia's interior ministry put the number of protesters at 4,000.\n\nObservers say the scale of the demonstrations across the country was unprecedented while the protest in the capital was the largest in almost a decade.\n\nRiot police used batons against protesters in Moscow\n\nIn the city's Pushkin square, some protesters chanted \"Freedom to Navalny\" and \"Putin go away!\" One woman told the BBC she had decided to join the demonstration because \"Russia has been turned into a prison camp\".\n\nSergei Radchenko, a 53-year-old protester in Moscow, told Reuters: \"I'm tired of being afraid. I haven't just turned up for myself and Navalny, but for my son because there is no future in this country.\"\n\nLyubov Sobol, a prominent aide of Mr Navalny who had already been fined for urging Russians to join the protests, tweeted a video of police roughly pulling her away from an interview with reporters.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Соболь Любовь This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Navalny's wife, Yulia, was briefly held at the rally. She posted an image on her Instagram account with the caption: \"Apologies for the poor quality. Very bad light in the police van.\"\n\nSome protesters marched on the high-security prison where Mr Navalny is being held, and many were arrested.\n\nMeanwhile, one independent news source, Sota, said at least 3,000 people had joined a demonstration in the city of Vladivostok, but local authorities there put the figure at 500.\n\nAFP footage showed riot police running into a crowd, and beating some of the protesters with batons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police used batons to break up protests in Vladivostok\n\nIn the Siberian city of Yakutsk, attendees at a small protest saw temperatures dip as low as -50C (-58F).\n\nPrior to the rallies, Russian authorities had promised a tough crackdown. Several of Mr Navalny's close aides, including his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, were arrested earlier in the week.\n\nHis supporters called for more protests next weekend.\n\nThere were reports of disruption to mobile phone and internet coverage on Saturday, though it is not known if this was related to the protests.\n\nThe social media app TikTok had been flooded with videos promoting the demonstrations and sharing viral messages about Mr Navalny.\n\nIn response, Russia's official media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that TikTok take down any information \"encouraging minors to act illegally\", threatening large fines. The education ministry had told parents not to allow their children to attend any demonstrations.\n\nProtesters ignored extreme cold and threats of arrest in Moscow and other cities and towns\n\nIn a push to gain support ahead of the protests, Mr Navalny's team released a video about a luxury Black Sea resort that they allege belongs to President Putin - an accusation denied by the Kremlin. The video has been watched by more than 65 million people.\n\nThe UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, condemned the \"use of violence against peaceful protesters and journalists\" on Saturday, calling on the authorities to release those detained during peaceful demonstrations.\n\nThe US state department condemned what it called \"harsh tactics\" used against protesters and journalists, saying: \"We call on Russian authorities to release all those detained for exercising their universal rights and for the immediate and unconditional release of Aleksey Navalny\".\n\nThe EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss the Russian crackdown on Monday. \"I deplore widespread detentions, disproportionate use of force, cutting down internet and phone connections.\"", "British employers made plans to cut 795,000 jobs last year, a record number, as Covid lockdowns took their toll on the economy.\n\nMore than 10,000 firms planned job cuts, however the pace of planned cuts slowed at the end of the year.\n\nWithout the government's furlough scheme, designed to protect jobs, the numbers might have been higher still.\n\nThe figures were obtained in response to a BBC Freedom of Information request to the Insolvency Service.\n\nEmployers must notify the Insolvency Service when they plan to cut 20 or more jobs, giving an earlier indication of changes in the labour market than waiting for official joblessness statistics.\n\nLarge parts of the British economy were brought to a standstill for weeks on end during 2020 by the measures imposed to contain Covid-19, and many employers were forced to cut staff as a result.\n\nThe number of job cuts proposed through the year was well above the 530,000 seen the last time the UK was in recession, in 2010, and higher than any year in the records which go back to 2006.\n\nHowever, in recent months the pace of layoffs has slowed, even though the new Covid variant has seen surging case numbers and new lockdowns imposed across the UK.\n\nLast month employers notified government of plans to cut 23,100 job cuts, which is the lowest monthly figure for 2020, though still a third higher than December 2019.\n\nThe decision to extend the furlough scheme, where government pays most of a worker's wages if their employer can't, will have enabled more firms to keep their staff, believes Tony Wilson, Director of the Institute for Employment Studies.\n\n\"The question now though is where redundancy figures go next,\" he says.\n\n\"If they start to stabilise around these levels, then [job cuts] would be at least one third higher than what we've seen over most of the last decade, and it's possible that a combination of this lockdown and then furlough unwinding from May could see numbers creeping up.\"\n\nDespite that, Mr Wilson sees the situation as \"pretty positive\".\n\nEmployers planning to cut 20 or more staff have to notify the Insolvency Service of their plans at the start of the process.\n\nThese notifications give an earlier indication of the state of the labour market than data published by the Office for National Statistics, which appear with a time lag of a few months.\n\nInsolvency Service figures showed record levels in redundancies in June and July, which was confirmed when the ONS published its own figures three months later.\n\nThe latest figures, for the period from August to October, saw a new record of 370,000 redundancies across the UK.\n\nAs redundancy processes covering fewer than 20 workers aren't included, the total number of job cuts planned will be higher than the Insolvency Service totals.\n\nBut individual firms often make fewer cuts than the number they first propose to government.\n\nEmployers in Northern Ireland file HR1 forms with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and they are not included in these figures.", "Boohoo is set to buy the Debenhams brand and website, the BBC understands.\n\nHowever, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the company's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.\n\nThe announcement could come as early as Monday morning.\n\nThe 242-year-old chain is already in the process of closing down, after administrators failed to secure a rescue deal for the business, with the likely loss of 12,000 jobs.\n\nA closing down sale at 124 Debenhams stores began in December, as administrators continued to seek offers for all, or parts of the business.\n\nIn the last week or so, the company announced that six shops would not reopen after lockdown, including its flagship department store on London's Oxford Street.\n\nBoohoo has already bought a number of High Street brands out of administration. It snapped up Oasis, Coast and Karen Millen, but not the associated stores.\n\nDebenhams has struggled for years with falling profits and rising debts, as more shopping has moved online. It called in administrators twice in two years, most recently in April.\n\nMike Ashley has bought other struggling businesses including House of Fraser and Evans Cycles\n\nHowever, its position became untenable during the coronavirus pandemic as non-essential retailers were forced to close for prolonged periods.\n\nThe firm had already trimmed its store portfolio and cut about 6,500 jobs since May, as it struggled to stay afloat.\n\nBusinessman Mike Ashley, who founded Sports Direct and also owns House of Fraser, had already made an offer for Debenhams after it was initially put up for sale in April.\n\nHowever the takeover offer, thought to be in the region of £125m, was rejected as being too low, leaving JD Sports as the last remaining bidder.\n\nMr Ashley had previously built up a 29% stake in the chain, but saw his £150m holding wiped out in 2019, when the company fell into administration and then ended up in the hands of its lenders - a consortium led by hedge fund Silverpoint.\n\nIn early December, the Frasers Group confirmed that it was working on a possible last minute rescue of Debenhams.\n\nThe announcement came five days after staff were informed and liquidators moved in to Debenhams' stores to start clearing stock, after a potential rescue deal with JD Sports fell through.\n\nBut Frasers said there was \"no certainty\" it could save the chain.\n\nOne of the biggest issues, it said, was the collapse into administration last week of another High Street giant, Arcadia, which is the biggest concession holder in Debenhams department stores.", "The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said.\n\nCases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added.\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under \"very close\" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.\n\nMinisters are due to meet on Monday to consider imposing tougher restrictions on people arriving from abroad.\n\nScientists have said there is a chance the South African variant may harm the effectiveness of current vaccines.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hancock said that \"three quarters of all the 80-year-olds in the country and a similar number of care homes\" have received their first doses of the vaccine.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nMr Hancock said that it was \"far too early to say\" what proportion of the population needed to be vaccinated before lockdown restrictions could be eased.\n\nAll viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, mutate, and variants have been first located in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.\n\nThe South Africa variant has been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK.\n\nMr Hancock said that all the South Africa variant cases in the UK were linked to travel.\n\n\"That's why we have got such stringent border measures in place against movement from South Africa,\" he added.\n\nThe UK closed all travel corridors last week until at least 15 February, with almost all travellers arriving in the country now required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to be allowed entry.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has not ruled out bringing in tougher measures at UK borders, telling a Downing Street news conference on Friday: \"We don't want to put that (efforts to control Covid) at risk by having a new variant come back in.\"\n\nMinisters are set to discuss whether to tighten border restrictions further, including the possibility of hotel quarantines for travellers.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"We have got to be cautious at the borders.\"\n\nAsked for a date on when lockdown restrictions might end, Mr Hancock said it was \"one of the many things that we don't yet know the answer to\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock on easing restrictions: \"We don't know the answer\"\n\nGovernment data on 14 January showed there were 35 confirmed cases of the South Africa variant identified in the UK, and a further 12 \"probable\" cases.\n\nMr Hancock said nine cases of the Brazil variant had been found in the UK, adding \"we are monitoring each and every one very closely\".\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that Labour had been \"pushing the government to take tougher measures at the border since last spring\".\n\nShe said: \"We would fully expect the government to bring in tougher quarantine measures, we would expect them to roll out a proper testing strategy and we would expect them as well to start checking up on the people who are quarantining.\n\n\"Only three out of every hundred people who are asked to quarantine when they arrive into the UK actually face any checks at all - that's just simply not sufficient.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson said there was \"some evidence\" the UK variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nThe UK government's chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nThe PM said on Friday that there was evidence that both the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca jab were effective against the variant first detected in the UK.\n\nSir Patrick has warned that the variants in South Africa and Brazil might \"have certain features which means they might be less susceptible to vaccines\".\n\nBut he said \"there is no evidence\" that the two variants have transmission advantages over those already in the UK and so having cases here doesn't mean \"they will take off\".\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer warned that people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nIt's a key question but the fact is that no one can be sure.\n\nThat's because the trials of the vaccines explored the safety of the drugs and how well they prevent people from becoming ill - with good results for both.\n\nBut they did not investigate whether vaccination also stops infection and therefore whether people who've been immunised can still spread the virus to others.\n\nIf a vaccinated person did become infected, they probably wouldn't realise because they wouldn't have any symptoms. That's why health officials and ministers are so concerned.\n\nIt's possible that the antibodies boosted by the vaccine suppress the effects of the virus but don't eliminate it from the upper airway.\n\nMany scientists are cautiously hopeful that in this scenario, the amount of virus would be reduced but they're waiting for the results of studies under way now.\n\nAnd until there's an answer, it's difficult to calculate how and when it's safe to ease restrictions and allow people to mix again.\n\nA further 610 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Sunday - down from 671 deaths last Sunday - in addition to 30,004 new infections.\n\nThe number of positive cases has fallen for the fourth day in a row and is the lowest figure since before Christmas.\n\nThe death figures tend to be lower on a Sunday and Monday because of weekend lags in reporting of the data.\n\nMeanwhile, more than six million people have had their first dose of a Covid vaccine - with the figure now standing at 6,353,321.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said on Twitter that 6,353,321 of the \"most vulnerable and frontline heroes\" had received a first dose of the vaccine, but there was still \"much more to do\".\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients in mechanical ventilation beds in UK hospitals as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.", "Simon Spurrell (C) from the Cheshire Cheese Company says he was advised to set up an EU hub\n\nUK firms that export to the EU say they are being encouraged by the government to set up subsidiaries in the bloc to avoid disruption under new trade rules.\n\nFirms have been hit by extra charges, taxes and paperwork, leading some to stop exporting to the EU altogether.\n\nBut several say they have been told that setting up hubs in Europe would minimise the disruption, even if it means moving investment out of the UK.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said it was \"not government policy\".\n\n\"The Cabinet Office have issued clear guidance, available at www.gov.uk/transition, and we encourage all businesses to follow that guidance.\"\n\nThe Cheshire Cheese Company said it had been advised by an official to set up in the EU after it was forced to stop its exports to the bloc due to trade rules that came in on 1 January.\n\nThe firm, which sold £180,000 of cheese to the EU last year, found that every £25-30 gift box of cheese it sends to consumers on the Continent now needs a veterinary-approved health certificate costing £180.\n\n\"I spoke to someone at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for advice. They told me setting up a fulfilment centre in the EU where we could pack the boxes was my only solution,\" co-founder Simon Spurrell told the BBC.\n\nThe firm, which had been optimistic about Brexit, is now looking at setting up a hub in France where it would \"test the water\".\n\nBut it has also scrapped plans to build a new £1m warehouse in Macclesfield employing 20-30 people.\n\n\"Instead we might end up employing French workers and paying tax to the EU,\" Mr Spurrell said.\n\n\"I left the EU as a UK citizen but now they are suggesting I rejoin my company to the EU, so what was Brexit for?\"\n\nThe issue, he said, was that the under the post-Brexit trade deal, a vet must approve every consignment of fresh food that his company ships to the EU.\n\nIt is a complex and costly process that has hit exporters of fresh meat and fish as well, and was partly why the government set up a £23m support fund for UK fishing companies.\n\nUK retailers who export to the EU have also complained about being hit with unsustainable costs when customers in the bloc return goods bought online. This is due to new customs clearance charges incurred by shipping firms.\n\nSome retailers have even warned they could burn clothes stuck at borders as it is cheaper than bringing them home.\n\nUlla Vitting Richards, who runs her sustainable fashion brand Vildnis from the UK, told the BBC last week she had stopped exporting to the EU, which was her fastest growing market, because of the new processes.\n\nShe also said that she had been advised - this time by a Department for International Trade (DIT) representative - that setting up a subsidiary distribution hub might help.\n\n\"He told me we'd be best off moving stock to a warehouse in Germany and get them to handle it,\" she said.\n\nAs early as last October, trade consultants Blick Rothenberg warned that thousands of UK businesses might need to set up an EU presence in order to keep exporting to European markets.\n\nHowever, experts say EU firms exporting to the UK - which currently enjoy a grace period over the imposition of some rules - will soon face the same issues.\n\nIndeed, some EU exporters have already stopped deliveries to the UK because of new VAT related charges.\n\nThe DIT said it was not government policy to advise UK firms to set up EU hubs and that it was \"ensuring all officials are properly conveying\" the right information.", "Scientists say signs a new coronavirus variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson has said there is \"some evidence\" the variant may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut the co-author of the study the PM was referring to said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open question\".\n\nAnother adviser said he was surprised Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nA third top medic said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\nAt a Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Friday, the prime minister said: \"In addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant - the variant that was first identified in London and the South East - may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM, the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there was \"a lot of uncertainty around these numbers\" but that early evidence suggested the variant could be about 30% more deadly.\n\nFor example, Sir Patrick said if 1,000 men in their 60s were infected with the old variant, roughly 10 of them would be expected to die - but this rises to about 13 with the new variant.\n\nThe announcement followed a briefing by scientists on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) which concluded there was a \"realistic possibility\" that the variant was associated with an increased risk of death.\n\nBut one of the briefing's co-authors, Prof Graham Medley, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The question about whether it is more dangerous in terms of mortality I think is still open.\"\n\n\"In terms of making the situation worse it is not a game changer. It is a very bad thing that is slightly worse,\" added Prof Medley, who is a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nThere is huge uncertainty in the evidence on how lethal the variant is.\n\nThe scientific experts that reviewed the data used a precise phrase saying it was a \"realistic possibility\" the new variant is more deadly.\n\nThat means there's a roughly 50-50 chance it will turn out to be true.\n\nWith time, and sadly more deaths, the picture will become clearer.\n\nWhile people debate the uncertainties though, we already know this variant has the ability to kill more people than the old ones.\n\nA virus that spreads faster (this one is 30-70% faster) will infect more people, more quickly, putting a greater strain on hospitals and leading to a sharper spike in deaths.\n\nIt is why viruses becoming more transmissible can be a bigger problem than ones becoming more deadly.\n\nNervtag's chairman Prof Peter Horby defended the government's \"transparency\" in making the announcement.\n\n\"Scientists are looking at the possibility that there is increased severity... and after a week of looking at the data we came to the conclusion that it was a realistic possibility,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to be transparent about that. If we were not telling people about this we would be accused of covering it up.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Patrick Vallance: \"There is evidence that there's an increased risk for those who have the new variant\"\n\nBut Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), agreed it was too early to draw \"strong conclusions\" as the suggested increased mortality rates were based on \"a relatively small amount of data\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast he was \"actually quite surprised\" Mr Johnson had made the early findings public rather than monitoring the data \"for a week or two more\".\n\n\"I just worry that where we report things pre-emptively where the data are not really particularly strong,\" Dr Tildesley added.\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle also said it was not \"absolutely clear\" the new variant was more deadly than the original.\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nMeanwhile, senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".", "The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.\n\nA total of 4,076 Covid patients were in ventilator beds as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nIt comes as another 1,348 deaths and 33,552 new infections were reported on Saturday.\n\nThe UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told a Downing Street news briefing on Friday: \"The death rate's awful and it's going to stay, I'm afraid, high for a little while before it starts coming down.\"\n\nMeanwhile, new figures show that a record number of seriously-ill Covid patients are being transferred from over-stretched hospitals because of a lack of bed space.\n\nAbout 1 in 10 patients admitted to intensive care are being sent to a different site, according to the body which audits critical care services.\n\nIn a series of reports in the past week, the BBC's Clive Myrie has been to a mortuary and the Royal London Hospital, where 12 out of 15 floors are occupied by Covid patients and staff are struggling to cope.\n\nMartin Freeborn's wife Helen, 64, died with Covid-19 at the hospital shortly before he spoke to the BBC.\n\nMr Freeborn urged people to \"be over-careful\" in taking precautions to stay safe from the virus because \"you don't want this to happen\".\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this... Don't end up like us, please,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe number of people in mechanical ventilation beds has climbed every day since 18 December when it was 1,364 and now stands at 4,076.\n\nIt is one of the key figures the government considers when deciding its policy on when to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions.\n\nWhen the pandemic first struck the UK, the government saw what had happened in hospitals in China and Italy and prioritised the provision of ventilators in British hospitals.\n\nIt set about buying as many ventilators as possible, and encouraged British manufacturers to design the machines to build stocks to cope with the worst-case Covid scenario. In September last year, a report found the NHS now had 30,000 ventilators available - about one for every 2,200 people in the UK.\n\nPeople in hospital are also being treated differently from the early days of the pandemic - which may explain why figures suggest slightly more people go on to recover after being on ventilation than back in March, April and May.\n\nA number of drugs are being tested as possible treatments for people with the disease, the BBC's health and science correspondent James Gallagher has said.\n\nThey include the steroid dexamethasone, which has been shown to reduce the risk of death by a third for ventilated patients and by a fifth for those on oxygen. Encouraging results have also been reported from two anti-inflammatory medications, tocilizumab and sarilumab.\n\nDr Ami Jones, intensive care consultant at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, in Wales, said there had been \"carnage\" for the \"last few weeks\".\n\nSpeaking whilst on shift, she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We're maybe at 150% capacity and I know London are much worse than that.\n\n\"We've a steady stream of fit, young patients requiring critical care and sadly we're losing some of those patients.\n\n\"We lost a patient overnight and I've replaced them with a patient of similar age.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking - and it's been going on for weeks and weeks and we haven't seen any kind of stop yet.\"\n\nDr Jones said the average Covid patient stays in hospital between two to four weeks \"and it really puts them through it\".\n\nShe added: \"You really want people who are going to be able to survive that three or four weeks and actually come out the other end and make a good recovery.\n\n\"We're not stopping people having care but we're giving it to the people we feel have the best chance of getting through what is a horrific situation we're going to put them through.\"\n\nDr Jones said nurses are \"broken\", both physically, from months of long shifts in personal protective equipment (PPE), and emotionally - partly due to the impact of the virus on them, their families and the community.\n\nDr Rupert Pearse, consultant in intensive care medicine at a London hospital, speaking on behalf of the Intensive Care Society, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a \"huge number\" of patients were still attending hospital.\n\nHe said: \"Whilst we know the infection rate has probably now peaked, and we can be hopeful to soon be sure we've hit a hospital admissions peak, admissions to ICU [the intensive care unit] usually lag 48 hours behind that.\n\n\"So we're still very very worried that we're being pushed right up to the wire in terms of the resources we're able to deliver for patient care.\"\n\nDr Pearse added that there were three or four times more critical care beds in some hospitals than they would usually have.\n\nHe said: \"I can remember a time when it would take years for an intensive care unit to negotiate one extra bed on a complement of 14 or 15 beds.\n\n\"We, within a few weeks, have massively increased the number of beds and finding the staff - most importantly of all - to deliver that has been a huge logistical exercise.\"\n\nReacting to the ventilation figures, Dr Charlotte Hopkins, deputy chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS trust in east London, said on Twitter there had been a \"fast-paced increase\" since 18 December, and that more than a third of the 4,076 ventilated patients were in London.\n\nIt comes as some scientists said that signs a new Covid variant is more deadly than the earlier version should not be a \"game changer\" in the UK's response to the pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that there was \"some evidence\" the variant that emerged in the UK may be associated with \"a higher degree of mortality\".\n\nBut Prof Graham Medley, the co-author of the study the PM was referring to, said the variant's deadliness remained an \"open\" question.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, a member of Sage subgroup the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), said he was \"surprised\" Mr Johnson had shared the findings when the data was \"not particularly strong\".\n\nPublic Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said it was \"too early\" to be \"absolutely clear\".\n\n\"There is some evidence, but it is very early evidence. It is small numbers of cases and it is far too early to say,\" she told the Today programme.\n\nUp to and including 22 January, 5,861,351 people have now had their first Covid jab and 468,617 have had their second dose.\n\nSenior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThe British Medical Association told Prof Chris Whitty an extension to the maximum gap between jab from three weeks to 12 weeks, to get the first dose to more people, was \"difficult to justify\".\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have previously defended the delay to the second jab in a letter to medical staff, saying: \"unvaccinated people are far more likely to end up severely ill, hospitalised [or] in some cases dying\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video filmed in Tacoma, Washington, shows a police car apparently ploughing through a crowd of people\n\nA police officer is under investigation in the US after his vehicle ploughed into a group of people, running over at least one, in Tacoma, Washington.\n\nNobody was killed in the incident, although one person was rushed to hospital with injuries.\n\nA video shows a large group of people surrounding the police car as it revs its engine in an apparent effort to drive off.\n\nThe group refuses to move, and police say people started hitting the car.\n\nThe police officer then speeds through the group, hitting numerous people. One person is dragged under the car.\n\nTacoma Police Department said multiple vehicles and approximately 100 people were blocking an intersection when officers arrived on the scene. The group was apparently watching street racers doing \"burnouts\".\n\n\"During the operation, a responding Tacoma police vehicle was surrounded by the crowd. People hit the body of the police vehicle and its windows as the officer was stopped in the street,\" police said in a statement.\n\n\"The officer, fearing for his safety, tried to back up, but was unable to do so because of the crowd,\" it said.\n\n\"While trying to extricate himself from an unsafe position, the officer drove forward striking one individual and may have impacted others,\" it said.\n\nThe person who was run over was rushed to hospital. Their condition is as yet unclear.\n\nThe Pierce County Force Investigation Team is investigating the incident, the statement said. The police officer has not been identified.\n\n\"I am concerned that our department is experiencing another use of deadly force incident,\" Interim Police Chief Mike Ake said in the statement.\n\n\"I send my thoughts to anyone who was injured in tonight's event, and am committed to our department's full co-operation in the independent investigation and to assess the actions of the department's response during the incident.\"\n\nThe incident comes at a time of rising anger over the use of excessive force by police in the US.\n\nPeople across the world took to the streets last year to demonstrate their anger at the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, and to demand an end to police brutality and what they see as systemic racism.", "It is hoped that vaccinating teenagers will allow them to sit exams\n\nIsrael has started vaccinating 16 to 18-year-olds against Covid-19, in an effort to enable them to sit exams.\n\nMore than a quarter of Israel's population of nine million have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine since 19 December, its health ministry says.\n\nIt started with the elderly and others at high risk, but people aged 40 and over can also now get the jab.\n\nIsrael hopes to start reopening its economy in February.\n\nThe inclusion of 16 to 18-year-olds - with parental permission - is meant \"to enable their return (to school) and the orderly holding of exams\", an education ministry spokeswoman said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe matriculation exams that Israeli students sit at the end of high school play an important role in deciding where they will go to university. Their results can also affect their placement in the military, where many young Israelis do compulsory service.\n\nThe education ministry has said it is too early to say whether schools will reopen next month.\n\nIsrael started its rapid vaccination drive - the fastest in the world - on 19 December, reaching 10% of its population by the end of 2020.\n\nIsrael has recorded more than 596,000 cases and 4,392 deaths with Covid-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOn Sunday, the government said it would ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday night for the rest of January, in an effort to halt the spread of new virus variants.\n\n\"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign,\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.\n\nForeigners have largely been blocked from entering Israel during the pandemic.", "The Department for Transport said \"smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones\"\n\nA police and crime commissioner (PCC) has written to the government to say smart motorways are \"inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned\".\n\nSouth Yorkshire PCC Dr Alan Billings wrote his open letter to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport.\n\nHis comments come after a coroner found two men had been unlawfully killed on a \"smart\" section of the M1.\n\nThe Department for Transport said \"smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones\".\n\nOn 19 January coroner David Urpeth called for a review of the road schemes.\n\nMr Urpeth said smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry \"an ongoing risk of future deaths\".\n\nHe was speaking following the inquests for Jason Mercer, 44, from Rotherham and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, of Mansfield, who died when a lorry crashed into their vehicles near Sheffield on 7 June 2019.\n\nNow Labour's Dr Billings has told Grant Shapps: \"I believe smart motorways of this kind - where what would be a hard shoulder is a live lane with occasional refuges - are inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned.\n\n\"The relevant test for us is whether someone who breaks down on this stretch of the motorway, where there is no hard shoulder, would have had a better chance of escaping death or injury had there still been a hard shoulder - and the coroner's verdict makes it clear that the answer to that question is - Yes.\"\n\nAlexandru Murgeanu (l) and Jason Mercer were killed in the crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire\n\nJason Mercer's widow, Claire, had previously told Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5Live she considered a government review of the smart motorway system \"was just a paperwork exercise and a PR exercise.\"\n\nTalking to BBC Look North Yorkshire after publishing the letter on Sunday, Dr Billings said: \"The Department for Transport and Highways England have argued all along that these sorts of motorways are actually safe, they even go as far as to say they are safer than ordinary motorways, now I think that whatever formula they are using to come to that conclusion is wrong.\n\n\"The coroner in his verdict has made it pretty clear that these two particular lives in South Yorkshire would not have come to such a sad end if there had been a hard shoulder there, so I think this is new evidence they have to take into account.\"\n\nHe added: \"If they thought this type of motorway was even smarter, or safer, than a conventional motorway, then why not convert the entire system to smart motorways, making it safer? As soon as you say it, I think you realise it's absurd.\n\n\"I think they (smart motorways) were done originally not because it was a safer way of doing a motorway, I think it was done in order to expand the capacity, get the traffic flowing by having an extra lane, but to do it cheaply, and I think we're trading cost - cheapness - for other people's lives.\"\n\nIn response to Dr Billings' open letter, the Department for Transport said: \"The stocktake [of smart motorways] showed that in most ways smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones.\n\n\"The Transport Secretary has tasked Highways England with delivering an 18-point action plan to ensure they are safer still, and he has called an urgent meeting with the company to discuss their progress.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.\n\nDespite a recent Public Health England report warning they are six times more likely to die from coronavirus, as a group, they have not been prioritised for a vaccine.\n\nLegal action is being taken against the Department of Health and Social Care, which says it is working hard to vaccinate all those at risk.", "A Covid outbreak was declared at the DVLA's contact centre in December\n\nStaff are scared to work at the UK vehicle licensing agency's contact centre in Swansea where 500 workers have contracted coronavirus since the pandemic began, a union says.\n\nThe PCS union has urged ministers to intervene and described the numbers as a \"scandal\".\n\nA DVLA spokesperson insisted safety was a priority and it followed guidance to \"help keep our offices Covid secure\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had been \"worried about the DVLA for a while\".\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he has repeatedly raised concerns over case numbers at the offices.\n\nMinister Eluned Morgan said the decision to introduce tougher Covid regulations for workplaces in Wales was made, in part, due to the situation at the DVLA.\n\nIn December, a coronavirus outbreak was declared at the centre at Swansea Vale in Llansamlet after 352 cases of Covid-19 in the space of four months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe DVLA has about 6,000 staff based in Swansea but said it was currently operating on a \"far reduced capacity\".\n\nA DVLA worker, who did not want to be identified, told BBC Wales News that close contacts of people testing positive are not always sent home to self-isolate, social-distancing is not being followed and homeworking is not always possible because of \"archaic\" systems.\n\n\"There are certain elements within management who are trying to bend the rules and regulations,\" they said.\n\n\"It has been mentioned that you don't need your track and trace [contact tracing app] on. If someone's off with Covid, the people who haven't had their app on haven't been sent home.\n\n\"They'll say 'your app hasn't pinged, you're not going home'.\"\n\nThe worker said it was difficult for staff to adhere to the two-metre distancing rule because of the way the office was laid out and some staff had resigned.\n\n\"The atmosphere sucks, people are scared. I have heard of some people walking out,\" they said.\n\nOne worker said two-metres distancing was not always being observed\n\n\"I think they have been raising concerns. They probably didn't get the answer they wanted. It's not necessarily the manager's fault, the managers are struggling too.\"\n\nPCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka said: \"It is a scandal that DVLA are not doing more to reduce numbers in the workplace when Covid infections are on the rise.\n\n\"Our members are telling us they are scared to enter the workplace for fear of catching Covid 19.\n\n\"Minsters must intervene and ensure DVLA are doing their utmost to enable staff to work from home and temporarily cease non-critical services.\"\n\nEluned Morgan told Radio Cymru the Welsh Government has been keeping an eye on the situation at the Swansea offices.\n\nEluned Morgan said the Welsh Government has been concerned at the situation at the DVLA for \"some time\".\n\nThe wellbeing minister said: \"We've been worried about the DVLA for a while, now. We've been putting pressure on them.\n\n\"It comes up time and again from the people who represent Swansea, and we're worried the pressure on people working there hasn't helped.\n\n\"The situation is one of the reasons why we've introduced new rules, new legislation, to tighten the restrictions on people at work.\"\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething added: \"We're concerned about anecdotal reports we've heard from the trade union side, individuals, that all of the requirements weren't being followed.\"\n\nHe said there would be questions for management to answer if there had been a breach of the rules.\n\nThe DVLA said some staff have been able to work from home \"in line with government advice\", though others were required to be in the office due to their roles\n\n\"In view of the essential nature of the public services we provide, some operational staff are required to be in the office where their role means they cannot work from home,\" said a spokesman.\n\nThe DVLA said it has worked closely with Public Health Wales, Swansea council's environmental health staff and union officials to try to make its buildings Covid safe, including opening an additional site in Swansea.\n\nHowever, there were currently four Covid cases across its estate, with none at its contact centre.\n\n\"Before Christmas, when transmission infection rates were extremely high in the local community where most of our staff live, we saw a rise in staff testing positive for Covid,\" he said.\n\nSwansea MP Carolyn Harris said, during the first lockdown, she was in \"constant contact\" with the DVLA due to concerns raised by workers.\n\n\"Since Christmas, I've not been able to get hold of anyone from the DVLA,\" she told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.\n\n\"Last night I spent a long time trying to hold of the chief executive.\n\n\"Some of the stuff that I am now reading, and some of the stuff I've had in over the last 24 hours, really worries me.\"\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said its inspector had been tackling \"a series of concerns\" since August and had spoken to the PCS, which it said was \"broadly supportive of DVLA's approach\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Most recently HSE joined Swansea Environmental Health Officers and Public Health Wales for some joint visits to premises, in our role to assist public health to assess the potential of work place transmission as part of their wider work to contain outbreaks.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab\n\nA health board boss has criticised council staff for potentially sharing Covid vaccine invites with colleagues.\n\nThe board meeting in North Wales heard some council staff, not within groups currently being vaccinated, booked appointments by following a link in an email only intended for the recipient.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board's chairman Mark Polin said such actions could deprive someone else of a jab.\n\nDenbighshire council said it had warned staff the emails were not to be abused.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone not entitled succeeded in getting a Covid jab, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nOnly front-line social care and health workers, those over 80 and 70 years old, care home residents and their carers are currently being vaccinated.\n\nIndependent member Jackie Hughes spoke about the matter at Thursday's monthly health board meeting.\n\nAnswering her query, Dr Chris Stockport, the health board's executive director of primary care and community services, said: \"We are very clear with our local authority partners and teams of what frontline means in the same way we are elsewhere.\n\n\"When you arrive [for a vaccine] there's a process of validation.\n\n\"The likelihood is they will experience some difficulties working through the booking system [if they try to get into a higher vaccination cohort].\n\n\"It adds complications for a busy team and I would ask them not to do that when it's a clear effort to circumvent the cohort.\"\n\nAt Thursday's daily press briefing the UK Government Home Secretary Priti Patel said people who jumped the queue for the vaccine were \"morally reprehensible\" as they were putting the lives of vulnerable people at risk.\n\nShe said all the UK Government's measures were under review but \"our focus is getting that vaccine to the most vulnerable to make sure we can protect them and obviously protect others in the community\".\n\nMr Polin added: \"Whilst we understand the concerns people should not be doing what they are doing.\n\n\"The priority groups have been identified with clear medical guidance and sound reasoning behind it.\n\n\"So people jumping the queue are depriving someone else, potentially, of receiving the vaccine at the point at which they should.\"\n\nHe said it was a temporary problem, adding: \"We are changing the booking system, so this opportunity is not going to last much longer.\"\n\nHe said staff were looking out for any inappropriate bookings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than five million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine - thanks to an army of more than 80,000 volunteers and NHS workers who have been trained to give the jabs.\n\nMany of the vaccine volunteers have had no previous medical training and come from all walks of life. So why did they sign up? And how does it feel to stick a needle into a stranger's arm?\n\nYou could see their relief. A lot of them have been waiting 10 months without leaving the house\n\nCallum Finnegan, 23, has been juggling his 40-hour week as a Tesco delivery driver with giving Covid jabs at Manchester's Etihad tennis centre. A St John Ambulance volunteer, he completed extensive online and face-to-face training, which included practising administering jabs on silicon arms before giving them to patients. He says he'd never given an injection before.\n\nThe biomedical science graduate wanted to get involved in the vaccination effort as soon as the call was put out and says he feels \"grateful and privileged\" to be helping the rollout - an effort he hopes will save as many lives as possible.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Radio 5 Live This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCallum, who volunteered for four weeks at London's Nightingale hospital at the beginning of the pandemic, says his first shift giving jabs was \"one of the best days\" he's had since Covid hit.\n\n\"They were incredibly emotional,\" he says of the people he has given the jab to. \"You could see their relief. A lot of them have been waiting 10 months without leaving the house, or seeing only one or two people. One of those could have been a Tesco delivery driver - there's a lot of people I deliver to who tell me that I'm the only person they're seeing face-to-face at the minute.\"\n\nIt just makes me feel better about the world, especially when it can get you down. It's nice to do something good for other people\n\nKate Donaghy, who runs an IT team for a travel company, was inspired to train as a vaccinator after seeing the impact of the disease first hand. A St John Ambulance volunteer for four years, Kate, 28, spent time at a London hospital last year helping to care for recovering Covid patients - before volunteering at an A&E department.\n\nAfter seeing just how desperate the situation was, she switched her focus to becoming a vaccinator. \"I just thought how can we stop this happening to people in the first place? If we can vaccinate people, that feels like a better way forward to solve the problem, and a great use of my time.\"\n\nShe says she overcame her initial nerves in giving the jabs thanks to some supportive colleagues and has already signed up for shifts at London's ExCel centre most weekends going forward.\n\nHer elderly patients were \"so happy it was the beginning of the end to their isolation\". \"It just makes me feel better about the world, especially when it can get you down. It's nice to do something good for other people.\"\n\nIt did feel good - it felt good to be fighting back\n\nDr Andy Bates, a 57-year-old dentist from North Yorkshire, recently gave his first vaccinations at Long Lee surgery, in Keighley. He is used to giving injections - albeit in the mouth - but he says helping to protect people against this virus \"did feel good - it felt good to be fighting back\".\n\nDr Bates is working as a paid vaccinator alongside a four-day week at his dental practice. He says both roles have served as a reminder that he could be the first person a patient has seen for months. And he says his day job - particularly calming people who are nervous about lying back in his dentist's chair - has helped him.\n\nHe says he managed to relax a \"very nervous\" lady in her 90s, who hadn't left the house since last March, by talking about their shared love of alpine cycling.\n\nAnd it's not just Dr Bates and his fellow vaccinators that have stepped up. He says after a \"huge dump\" of snow in the area, the community sprang into action to ensure elderly patients could safely come for their jabs - with a local farmer towing the van delivering the vaccines up the hill to the surgery, and volunteers clearing snow and ice from the car park.\n\nI just thought this is enough, this has got to stop. I wanted to help all the other elderly people who are so vulnerable to this virus\n\nWhen theatres closed last year, Amanda Baldwin's career as a full-time chorus member at London's Royal Opera House came to a \"heartbreaking\" standstill.\n\nStuck at home in south-east London with nothing to do, Amanda and her husband Julian Johnson, 55 - a freelance theatre stage manager - decided to volunteer for the NHS through the GoodSam app, which later connected them with the vaccinator training run by St John Ambulance.\n\nAmanda applied shortly after her 84-year-old mother tested positive for the virus - just before she was due to have the vaccine. \"Luckily she came through it, and she wasn't hospitalised. But I just thought this is enough, this has got to stop. I wanted to help all the other elderly people who are so vulnerable to this virus.\"\n\nAmanda recently passed her full SJA training in London and is now waiting for her first shift as a vaccinator. She thinks her performance background will help keep her nerves in check for when she administers her first jabs - joking that she hopes her patients \"don't wriggle about as much\" as her pet cat did when she had to give it injections for its diabetes.\n\nAfter feeling \"like a part of [her] soul was missing\" when theatres closed, she says training as vaccinator has given her a \"purpose\" again. \"I feel like I've now got [another] skill that can really help people.\"", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "Appointments were brought forward or rescheduled for safety reasons\n\nFour vaccination centres were shut as snow caused some travel disruption in Wales.\n\nSunday appointments in Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil were rescheduled for safety reasons, but centres will reopen on Monday, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nThe Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning to midnight on Sunday for all of Wales except Anglesey.\n\nA yellow warning for ice runs from midnight until 11:00 GMT on Monday.\n\nPolice have warned of difficult conditions due to snow and ice.\n\nUp to 3cm of snow is forecast to fall in most areas, with 10 to 15cm expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg health board urged anyone with queries about Sunday's vaccination appointments to call the number on their appointment letters.\n\nSnow volunteers cleared pathways so a Covid vaccine pilot in Maesteg could keep running\n\n\"We can confirm that no vaccines have been wasted as a consequence of this temporary Sunday closure and we are grateful to all those who were able to turn up at such short notice yesterday as we brought forward a significant number of Sunday appointments during the course of Saturday,\" it said.\n\n\"Additionally, our 4x4 arrangements are enabling us to continue to reach care homes to vaccinate the staff and residents there.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorth Wales Police tweeted there was \"widespread snow this morning, particularly in some higher areas, making driving conditions difficult\".\n\nAnd Dyfed-Powys Police said some roads were \"impassable\" and advised people to \"stay home\".\n\nIn Bridgend, officers from South Wales Police were pelted with snowballs as they helped an injured sledger on Heol y Nant.\n\nNorth Wales Police warned of difficult conditions due to \"widespread snow\", particularly on high ground.\n\nIt said the A499 near Pwllheli had received heavy snowfall overnight.\n\nWelsh Ambulance Service boss Jason Killens tweeted, thanking the public for helping crews continue to work despite the conditions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVillages were dusted with snow, such as in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire\n\nNick Rolfe shared this garden view in Nercwys, near Mold, Flintshire\n\nThe Met Office warned travellers that \"longer journey times by road, bus and train services\" could be expected, although Wales is in a level four lockdown with all but essential travel banned.\n\nIt also said the snow could lead to power cuts and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.\n\nThose going out for daily exercise have been warned there could be icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.\n\nIn Powys, this was the view over Newtown on Sunday\n\nThe hills around Llangollen, Denbighshire, were covered in snow on Saturday\n\nPower cuts and travel delays are possible, the Met Office says\n\nThe drop in temperatures is likely to exacerbate problems after widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nTwo flood warnings issued by Natural Resources Wales remain in place, meaning flooding is expected.\n\nThese cover the River Ritec at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, which could affect the Kiln Park caravan site, and the lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.\n\nPretty as a picture... Suzy shared this garden view in Snowdonia\n\nSun up: Heath in Cardiff awakes to a covering of snow\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "DUP leader Arlene Foster said people in NI need to \"come together to fight against Covid\"\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster has said a potential vote on a united Ireland would be \"absolutely reckless\".\n\nShe was speaking after a poll commissioned by the Sunday Times in NI found 51% of people want a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years.\n\nSpeaking to Sky News, the first minister said \"we all know how divisive a border poll would be\".\n\nSinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said there was an \"unstoppable conversation under way\" on the issue.\n\nThe deputy first minister called on the Irish government \"to step up preparations\" for a border poll.\n\nProvisions for a possible border poll on Irish reunification are included in the the Good Friday Agreement - the deal which led to peace in Northern Ireland after decades of violence.\n\nIt states that the Northern Ireland Secretary must call a border poll if it at any time it appears \"likely\" to that a majority of people in Northern Ireland would vote for a united Ireland.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs Foster said she thought it was \"very disappointing\" that some nationalist parties in the UK were focusing on \"constitutional politics\" during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"We all know how divisive a border poll would be, and for us in Northern Ireland what we have to do is come together to fight against Covid, and not be distracted by what would be absolutely reckless at this time,\" she said.\n\nShe added if there was a vote on Irish unity, the arguments for the union are \"rational, logical, and they will win through\".\n\nThe polling was carried out by Lucidtalk in Northern Ireland, with similar polling in England, Scotland and Wales to gauge attitudes towards the union.\n\nIt found that in Northern Ireland, 47% still want to remain in the UK, with 42% in favour of a united Ireland and 11% undecided.\n\nHowever for those aged under 45, supporters of Irish reunification outnumber those who want to stay in the UK by 47% to 46%.\n\nRespondents also said they believed there would be a united Ireland within 10 years, by a margin of 48% to 44%.\n\nPolls like this come with the usual health warning - they are a snapshot in a moment in time.\n\nNonetheless there is some interesting reading here - not least the fact that it paints a picture of a disunited kingdom.\n\nWe shouldn't really be surprised about that because we have had very different approaches to the global Covid-19 pandemic with different outcomes.\n\nWe know that Brexit is starting to bite and there is a lot of frustration out there and uncertainty and that, I'm sure, has fed into these figures.\n\nThe big question for NI, unsurprisingly, is around constitutional change.\n\nIt shows that 51% of those polled would want to see a border poll within the next five years, compared to 44% who would not.\n\nHowever, if they flip that question around it's interesting to see that 42% would want to see a united Ireland, but 47% would want to remain, with 11% of don't knows.\n\nSo according to these figures there may be an appetite for a border poll - but if that question was posed the majority are saying they would stay in the UK.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the poll placed a \"solemn obligation\" on those seeking a united Ireland \"to engage with every community, sector and generation\".\n\n\"The United Kingdom may be coming to an end but we are all called to build a new future together. That's the work the SDLP is engaged in,\" said the Foyle MP.\n\nThe polling found 47% of people in Northern Ireland wish to remain in the UK, with 42% in favour of a united Ireland, and 11% undecided\n\nUlster Unionist leader Steve Aiken said \"all political energy should be focused on making Northern Ireland a better place to live and work rather than a divisive border poll\".\n\n\"We need to concentrate on the here and now, fostering better relationships and plotting a way through and out of the Covid-19 pandemic,\" he added.\n\n\"As Northern Ireland enters its second century, we should be talking about recovery, renewal and reconciliation.\"\n\nThe polls also found across the UK, respondents believed Scotland would become independent within the next 10 years.\n\nIn Scotland, it found a large poll lead for the Scottish National Party, with them potentially being on course to win 70 of 129 seats in Holyrood.\n\nThe SNP is set to reveal its 'roadmap to a referendum' to its national assembly on Sunday.\n\nIt outlines plans to pursue a vote after the pandemic if there is a pro-independence majority at Holyrood following May's election.\n\nThe research was carried out by Lucidtalk in Northern Ireland, Panelbase in Scotland, and YouGov in England and Wales.\n\nThe polling was carried out between 15 and 22 of January, with 2,392 people polled in Northern Ireland, 1,206 in Scotland, 1,416 in England, and 1,059 in Wales.", "Larry King, giant of US broadcasting who achieved worldwide fame for interviewing political leaders and celebrities, has died at the age of 87.\n\nKing conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years as host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.\n\nHe died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded.\n\nEarlier this month, he was treated in hospital for Covid-19, US media say.\n\nThe talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled-up sleeves, had faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.\n\nKing was married eight times to seven women and had five children. Two of them died last year within weeks of each other - daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of a heart attack.\n\nKing carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders. His other high-profile guests included Dr Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Lady Gaga.\n\n\"For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,\" Ora Media said in a statement, without giving the cause of death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Larry King: \"I like spontaneity. That's the kind of broadcaster I am\".\n\nBorn Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.\n\nIn 1985 he launched Larry King Live on the fledgling CNN, and became one of the network's biggest stars. The programme, broadcast around the world, was a success with audiences, with King answering thousands of phone calls from viewers.\n\nHe earned a number of honours, including two Peabody awards, but was also criticised for his non-confrontational approach and open-ended questions. King boasted of not doing much research for the interviews so, he said, he could learn along with viewers.\n\nBy 2010 his ratings had dropped significantly, with critics saying King's approach felt outdated in an era of more aggressive interviewing styles. King then announced his retirement, saying: \"It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.\"\n\nIn his final programme on CNN, he told his viewers: \"I don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. Instead of goodbye, how about so long?\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CNN Communications This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCNN replaced him with British journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan, whose programme King criticised for being \"too much about him\".\n\nMorgan, whose programme was cancelled three years later, said on Twitter on Saturday: \"Larry King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him at CNN & he said my show was 'like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Bentley.' (He married 8 times so a mother-in-law expert).\"\n\nIn a statement, CNN president Jeff Zucker said: \"The scrappy young man from Brooklyn had a history-making career spanning radio and television. His curiosity about the world propelled his award-winning career in broadcasting, but it was his generosity of spirit that drew the world to him.\"\n\nMost recently, King hosted another programme, Larry King Now, broadcast on Hulu and RT, Russia's state-controlled international broadcaster.\n\nA Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by state RIA Novosti news agency: \"King repeatedly interviewed Putin. The president has always appreciated his great professionalism and unquestioned journalistic authority.\"\n\nOutside broadcasting, King founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in 1988, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket.\n\nThe 143 payloads, of all shapes and sizes, rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida.\n\nThe number beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017.\n\nIt's further evidence of the major structural changes taking place in space activity that are allowing many more actors to get involved.\n\nThis shift is the result of a revolution in robust, miniaturised, low-cost components - many taken direct from consumer electronics such as smartphones - that mean pretty much anyone can now build a capable satellite in a very small package.\n\nAnd with SpaceX offering to transport those packages to orbit for just $1m, the commercial opportunities will continue to open up.\n\nGuatemala's Santa María volcano: Planet is imaging the entire Earth daily with its Dove satellites\n\nSpaceX itself had 10 satellites on the Falcon - the latest additions to its Starlink telecommunications mega-constellation, which is going to deliver broadband internet connections around the globe.\n\nSan Francisco's Planet company had the most satellites of all on the flight - 48.\n\nThese were another batch of its SuperDove models that image the Earth's surface daily at a resolution of 3-5m. The new spacecraft take the firm's operational fleet now in orbit to more than 200.\n\n\"Internet of things\": SpaceBees will connect to all manner of objects on the ground\n\nThe SuperDoves are the size of a shoebox. Many of the other payloads on the Falcon rocket were little bigger than a coffee mug, however; and some were smaller even than a paperback book.\n\nSwarm Technologies is rolling out what it calls the SpaceBees. They're just 10cm by 10cm by 2.5cm.\n\nThey'll act as telecommunications nodes to connect devices that are attached to all manner of objects on the ground, from migrating animals to shipping containers.\n\nThe satellites were mounted on a dispenser that ejected them in sequence\n\nSome of the larger items on the Falcon rocket were suitcase-sized. Among these were several radar satellites. Radar has been one of the major beneficiaries of the revolution in componentry.\n\nTraditionally, radar satellites were big, multi-tonne objects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fly, which essentially meant only the military or major space agencies could afford to operate them.\n\nBut the adoption of new materials and compact \"off the shelf\" parts have dramatically shrunk the size (to under 100kg) and price (a couple of million dollars) of these spacecraft.\n\niQPS artwork: The radar satellites unfurl large antennas once they are in space\n\nIceye from Finland, Capella from the US, and iQPS of Japan all took the ride to orbit on Sunday. These start-ups are establishing constellations in the sky that will return rapid, repeat imagery of the Earth.\n\nRadar has the advantage over standard optical cameras of being able to pierce cloud, and to sense the Earth's surface whether it is day or night. We're entering an age when any change on the planet, wherever it happens, will be picked up almost immediately.\n\nThe Falcon carried the 143 satellites into a 500km-high path that runs from pole to pole. This is one of the drawbacks of a big rideshare mission: you go where the rocket goes, and for some that might not be ideal.\n\nA number of satellite missions will want an orbit that's higher or lower in the sky, or on a different inclination to the equator.\n\nThis can be achieved by mounting the satellites on \"space tugs\" which, after coming off the top of the rocket, modify the final parameters for their \"passengers\" over the course of several weeks. Sunday's Falcon carried two such tugs.\n\nBut for some missions a bespoke ride is going to be the only satisfactory solution. It's why we're now witnessing a rush to produce small rockets that can run dedicated flights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket blasts its way to space\n\nThese smaller rockets will not be able to compete on cost with the big vehicles, such as SpaceX's Falcon-9, but they should attract the custom of those with very specific or urgent needs.\n\nDan Hart, the CEO of Virgin Orbit, which has developed a small rocket that can be launched from under the wing of a Boeing 747, says the start-ups are becoming more discerning.\n\n\"These small satellites used to be points of fascination and interest, and it was a case of finding the cheapest way possible to get into space,\" he explained.\n\n\"That's rapidly changing. These are now businesses with critical missions that risk losing revenue if they have to wait on others or go into an unsuitable orbit. And that's why you're going to see people who will pay that little bit more to get to where they want to go when they absolutely need to go there,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Marshall: \"Our satellites 'phoned home' and they are healthy\"\n\nWith the roll call of satellites going into orbit now accelerating rapidly, the issue of traffic management is becoming a hot topic.\n\nFull-on collisions are currently rare, but a surprisingly large number (10%) of satellites will even now experience sudden, unexpected momentum changes, most probably the result of being hit by some small fragment from a previous mission.\n\nThe space sector needs to find smarter ways to track objects in orbit and to command timely avoidance manoeuvres, otherwise certain altitudes could ultimately become unusable because of the presence of dangerously dense debris fields.\n\nJonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is a noted historian of astronautics.\n\nHe commented: \"There are now over 3,000 working satellites in orbit. The number of satellites launched last year at over 1,200 is over twice as many as in any previous year. And the ones launched today - that used to be the number you'd launch in a whole year. So it's getting really crowded up there.\"\n\nWill Marshall, the CEO of Planet, said his company, and indeed all of the companies on Sunday's flight, were accutley aware of the issue.\n\n\"We are seeing crowded areas in certain orbits,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Most of the crowded piece that is in danger of what they call Kessler Syndrome (runaway collisions) is quite high up. So one of the tricks that all of these satellites that were launched today use is to just stay really low where there's still a lot of atmospheric drag and eventually those satellites just come down.\"", "Pavithra Wanniarachchi (L) has become the fourth Sri Lankan minister to test positive\n\nSri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus.\n\nPavithra Wanniarachchi tested positive on Friday, a media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nShe had promoted the syrup, manufactured by a shaman who claimed it worked as a life-long inoculation against the virus.\n\nSri Lanka recorded 56,076 cases and 276 deaths since the pandemic began, with cases surging in recent months.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi is the fourth minister to test positive. A junior minister, who also took the potion, tested positive earlier this week.\n\nThe health minister had publicly consumed and endorsed the syrup as a way of stopping the spread of the virus. The shaman who invented the syrup, which contains honey and nutmeg, said the recipe was given to him in a visionary dream.\n\nDoctors in the country have quashed claims the herbal syrup works, but AFP news agency reports thousands have travelled to a village to obtain it.\n\nMs Wanniarachchi took two Covid-19 tests and both returned positive results, Viraj Abeysinghe, media secretary at the Ministry of Health told the BBC.\n\nThe minister has been asked to self-isolate and all of her immediate contacts have gone into isolation.\n\nNews of Ms Wanniarachchi's positive test came hours after Sri Lanka approved the emergency use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The first doses are expected to arrive in the country next week.\n\nSri Lanka isn't the only place where people in positions of power have promoted unproven treatments for Covid.\n\nLast year, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was criticised for promoting a herbal concoction that he claimed could prevent the virus. He was pictured distributing the tonic to poor communities in the capital.\n\nSince the pandemic began, a number of world leaders and cabinet members have contracted Covid. French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former President Donald Trump all caught the virus at various points last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The people who think Coronavirus is caused by 5G", "Mr Johnson raised the benefits of a UK-US trade deal during his phone call with Mr Biden\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to Joe Biden for the first time since the new US president was inaugurated.\n\nMr Johnson said on Twitter that he looked forward to \"deepening the longstanding alliance\" between the UK and the US as they drove a \"green and sustainable recovery from Covid-19\".\n\nMr Biden was sworn in as president and Kamala Harris as vice-president in a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday.\n\nThe PM said their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said Mr Johnson \"warmly welcomed\" the president's decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization - both abandoned by Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump.\n\n\"The prime minister praised President Biden's early action on tackling climate change and commitment to reach net zero by 2050,\" the spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman added that, in building on the two nations' \"long history of cooperation in security and defence, the leaders \"re-committed to the Nato alliance and our shared values in promoting human rights and protecting democracy\".\n\nThe two leaders also talked about \"the benefits of a potential free trade deal\" between the UK and the US, with Mr Johnson reiterating his intention \"to resolve existing trade issues as soon as possible\".\n\nAfter the inauguration of any American president, a political spectator sport immediately begins: the order in which the new occupant of the White House speaks to other world leaders.\n\nIt is a crude metric of relative importance, but a metric nonetheless.\n\nI understand the call lasted for around 35 minutes and was the first conversation Joe Biden has had with a European leader as president.\n\nThe focus on climate change makes political and diplomatic sense. It's a topic where a Conservative prime minister and Democrat president can agree, and it matters particularly to the UK as the host of the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in November.\n\nBut when you compare what Downing Street said about the call and what the White House said, one thing leaps out.\n\nNo 10's readout refers to a conversation about a trade deal. President Biden's does not.\n\nIt's widely expected there'll be no such agreement any time soon.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Biden \"looked forward to to meeting in person as soon as the circumstances allow\" and to working together during the forthcoming G7, G20 and COP26 summits, the spokesman added.\n\nA White House statement said Mr Biden \"conveyed his intention to strengthen the special relationship\" between the US and UK and \"revitalize transatlantic ties\".\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Ms Harris - who is the first woman and first black and Asian-American person to serve as vice-president - the PM said earlier that their inauguration was a \"step forward\" for the US, which had \"been through a bumpy period\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nMr Johnson said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg has said the Biden Presidency \"brings some hope to government\" because No 10 believes \"there is a lot of overlap\" between what Mr Biden and Mr Johnson want to do.\n\nThe US president has previously said that he does not want a \"guarded border\" between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit, and that any UK-US post-Brexit trade deal had to be \"contingent\" on respect for the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThe PM and Mr Biden have never met in real life, but the new US president once referred to Mr Johnson as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election, Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.", "Keon Lincoln died from a gunshot and stab wounds police said\n\nThree more teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 15-year-old who was attacked by a group of youths.\n\nKeon Lincoln was \"set upon\" at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday on Linwood Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died later in hospital, police said.\n\nA post mortem examination has revealed Keon died from a gunshot and stab wounds.\n\nDetectives have been granted extra time to question a 14-year-old boy arrested on Friday morning.\n\nAnother 14-year-old boy arrested later on Friday has been released under investigation.\n\nA boy, also aged 14, was arrested from his home in Birmingham on Saturday night, the force said.\n\nTwo other boys aged 15 and 16 were arrested from an address in Walsall in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nThe attackers fled the scene in a car which crashed into a house a short distance away\n\nDet Ch Insp Alastair Orencas, who is leading the murder inquiry, described the arrests as \"significant\".\n\n\"We are gathering a substantial amount of evidence which will take time to analyse, but we must be thorough to get justice for Keon's family.\n\n\"They have been fully updated with the latest developments.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andrew RT Davies has taken over as leader of the Welsh Conservatives for the second time\n\nAndrew RT Davies has been named as the new leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd for a second time.\n\nMr Davies succeeds Paul Davies who resigned from his post on Saturday after drinking with other politicians in the Senedd, four days into a Wales-wide alcohol ban in licensed premises.\n\nIn a statement, Andrew RT Davies said it was \"a great honour and privilege\".\n\nHe has already announced his shadow cabinet, which includes four women.\n\nThere are no responsibilities for Paul Davies or Darren Millar, who also previously apologised for being part of the group who were drinking at the Senedd.\n\nMr Davies said his party \"will put forward a positive plan to get Wales moving again\" and \"unleash our country's potential\" at the Senedd election, scheduled for May.\n\n\"I'm pleased to have moved quickly this afternoon and announce my Welsh Conservative shadow cabinet which is built on the strong foundations of experience, talent and vision,\" he said.\n\n\"We are in a moment like no other, and the Covid-19 pandemic has sadly only served to shine a spotlight on the challenges in people's everyday lives.\n\n\"We shouldn't doubt our country's potential. Wales is full of ambitious people and communities that crave the opportunity to succeed.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' shadow cabinet reshuffle sees Angela Burns MS replace the new leader as shadow health minister and Mark Isherwood MS replace Darren Millar MS as chief whip.\n\nDavid Melding MS has been appointed shadow minister for mental health, wellbeing, culture and sport.\n\nJanet Finch-Saunders MS remains as shadow minister for environment, energy and rural affairs, and Suzy Davies MS in education, skills and Welsh language.\n\nLaura Anne Jones MS stays as shadow minister for equalities, children and young people, but with extra responsibilities for housing and local government.\n\nRussell George MS remains in the shadow cabinet, responsible for the economy, transport and mid Wales.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Davies, the Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central, quit as leader of the Conservative group after seven years in charge.\n\nHe was given the unanimous backing of fellow Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd.\n\nWelsh secretary Simon Hart, MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, tweeted his congratulations to \"a formidable campaigner\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAndrew RT Davies faced criticism earlier this month from former Tory politicians and Labour after comparing rioting in the US Congress to people who backed a second referendum on Brexit.\n\nThe deputy leader of the UK Labour Party said it was was a \"disgrace that the Welsh Conservatives\" had appointed \"this Donald Trump tribute act\" as leader.\n\nAngela Rayner MP said: \"Just weeks ago, Labour called on the Conservatives to suspend Andrew RT Davies and remove him as a candidate over his disgraceful and dangerous comments equating peaceful democratic debate in the UK with deadly violence at the US Capitol.\n\n\"The Conservative Party failed to act and he has refused to apologise.\n\n\"It is a disgrace that the Welsh Conservatives have just appointed him leader and their candidate for first minister of Wales.\n\n\"The people of Wales deserve so much better than this Donald Trump tribute act.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price MS said: \"After a car crash the backseat driver returns to put Wales in reverse.\n\n\"Once rejected by his own Senedd team, he will now embark on his pet project of stripping our Senedd of powers and setting Welsh democracy back decades.\"\n\nHis appointment comes just a day after Paul Davies stood down along with Tory MS Darren Millar, who was chief whip, in connection with the same incident.\n\nBoth have apologised for drinking alcohol with their meals on 8 and 9 December but both deny having broken the Covid-19 rules in place at the time.\n\nWelsh Conservatives chairman Glyn Davies said: \"They've both been friends of mine a long time but I could see the way the story was developing and I must say I think it was inevitable in the end.\n\n\"Obviously, I've been pretty disappointed with the position that we find ourselves in but this is politics and it's a challenge.\"\n\nAn investigation by the Senedd's authorities found five people, including four members of the Welsh Parliament, drank alcohol on its premises during the Wales-wide alcohol ban.\n\nA third member of the Senedd, Labour's Alun Davies, apologised earlier in the week and has been suspended by his party.\n\nBBC Wales has asked for clarification as to the identity of the fourth Senedd member investigators have referred to.\n\nPaul Smith, the Tory group chief of staff, was the fifth person involved.\n\nThe Senedd has referred the \"possible breach\" of Covid rules to Cardiff council and its own standards watchdog.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Mixed Martial Arts\n\nDustin Poirier (left) has had nine mixed martial arts fights since November 2016, while Conor McGregor has had just three Former two-weight world champion Conor McGregor was left stunned on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier claimed victory in their rematch at UFC 257. McGregor came out of retirement for a third time to face fellow 32-year-old Poirier at Abu Dhabi's Fight Island. And although the Irishman edged the first round, Poirier unleashed a flurry of punches to seal a technical knockout two minutes 32 seconds into round two. \"I'm gutted, it's a tough one to swallow,\" said McGregor. \"I felt stronger than him, but his leg kicks were good. I didn't adjust. My leg was badly compromised, I've never experienced those low calf kicks, and I wasn't as comfortable as I needed to be. \"I have no excuses. It was a phenomenal performance by Dustin. I have to dust it off and come back. I need activity, you don't get away with being inactive in this business.\"\n• None Trilogies, Pacquiao or YouTuber - what next for beaten McGregor?\n• None UFC 257 - All the action as it happened When the pair first met in a featherweight bout in September 2014, McGregor stopped the American inside 106 seconds, setting \"the Notorious\" on course for global stardom. He became the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight champion before facing Floyd Mayweather in one of the richest bouts in boxing history in 2017. Poirier, meanwhile, had to gradually work his way back into title contention and is now the number-two ranked lightweight contender, losing just two of his 13 fights since 2014. McGregor now has a 22-5 mixed martial arts record having lost three of his past six UFC fights McGregor has been relatively inactive though. Since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018, he has had just 40 seconds in the octagon - beating Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone in style last January. But McGregor seemed to start well in front of about 2,000 fans at the new 18,000-capacity Etihad Arena. He survived an early takedown and pinned Poirier against the fence for most of the first round, landing a few shoulder strikes like those that did so much damage against Cerrone. McGregor said before the fight that what motivates him now is building a \"highlights reel like a movie\", and he tagged Poirier with a couple of right-hand shots. But, unlike their first fight, Poirier was unmoved. Poirier admitted McGregor won the mind games before they met in 2014. This time round, instead of swapping verbal barbs before the fight, McGregor pledged to donate $500,000 (£367,000) to Poirier's charity and at the weigh-in Poirier presented McGregor with a bottle of his own brand of Louisiana hot sauce. And it was the American southpaw that brought the heat midway through the second round. Having replied to that early pressure with a series of leg kicks, he pounced to inflict the first TKO/KO defeat of McGregor's MMA career and take his own record to 27-6. \"It was a lot of things, but it wasn't payback. That wasn't the driving force,\" said Poirier. \"The first time I was a deer in the headlights. This time I was just fighting another man who bleeds like me. \"The goal was to be technical, pick my shots and not brawl at all. Then I had him hurt so I went a little crazy.\" What now for Poirier? Poirier's first world title shot - against Nurmagomedov - came 31 fights into his MMA career Since beating McGregor in 2018, lightweight champion Nurmagomedov won unification bouts against Poirier and Justin Gaethje to stay undefeated, announcing his retirement immediately after beating Gaethje in October. Nurmagomedov's title is yet to be vacated and UFC president Dana White said this week that the Russian may consider returning for a rematch with McGregor or Poirier if he \"saw something spectacular\". But speaking after UFC 257, White said: \"He said to me, 'be honest with yourself, I'm so many levels above these guys. I've beaten these guys'. \"I don't know, it doesn't sound very positive, but he won't hold the division up.\" In the co-main event, former Bellator world champion Michael Chandler marked his UFC debut with an impressive first-round knockout of sixth-ranked lightweight Dan Hooker, who Poirier beat last time out. Poirier said: \"It was a great win, but to come in and beat a guy I just beat and get a title shot? I've had more than 20 UFC fights, fighting the toughest of the toughest guys to get my hands on gold [a belt]. \"Let Chandler and Charles Oliveira go at it. That [Chandler] doesn't interest me at this point - or I'll go and sell hot sauce. A rematch with Conor interests me, and I've always wanted to beat Nate Diaz.\" \"Conor McGregor's not an old dog, he's definitely ready to keep going. \"Going around doing other things is not what Conor needs. He's young, fit and still ready to go. He'll 100% be back.\"\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "Watch: Vaccine plea to prioritise those with learning disabilities\n\nAs high risk groups continue to be immunised, there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out. \"Just because we've got a learning disability, doesn't mean we should sit in the corner and rot,\" says Amanda. \"We need help now.\" \"There are so many people that are going to die, and it's not fair.\" \"Even before Covid, more than four in 10 people with a learning disability died of a lung condition like pneumonia,\" says Professor Tuffney-Wijne, of Kingston University. \"As a group of people, they really are at risk.\" Legal action is being taken against the Department of Health and Social Care, which says it is working hard to vaccinate all those at risk. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said it had made \"a clinical decision to prioritise those with profound and severe learning disabilities within our first six categories\".", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nBruno Fernandes' superb 78th-minute free-kick gave Manchester United victory in a thrilling FA Cup tie with old rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.\n\nLiverpool led a fantastic contest through Mohamed Salah, who then equalised after Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford had struck for the hosts either side of the break.\n\nBut in a game which had everything last week's drab stalemate between this pair at Anfield lacked, Fernandes came off the bench to have the final word after Fabinho had fouled Edinson Cavani on the edge of the area.\n• None Don't worry about us, says Reds boss Klopp\n\nFernandes might have been slightly off the pace in recent games but when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed his £47m inspiration to come up with another special moment, the Portuguese delivered, bending his shot round the wall and beyond Allison's reach.\n\nThe victory earns United a home meeting with an in-form West Ham side managed by former boss David Moyes in the fifth round.\n\nBut the search for form goes on for Liverpool, whose only win in seven games since that seven-goal hammering of Crystal Palace came against Aston Villa's kids in the last round, and who have a meeting with Jose Mourinho's Tottenham looming on Thursday.\n• None Watch all the goals from the FA Cup fourth round\n\nIt was not quite the ending Solskjaer served up when he won a previous fourth-round meeting between these sides but, as in 1999, they had to come from behind.\n\nAnd while Fernandes applied the devastating finish, that goal should not be allowed to overshadow Rashford's contribution to United's victory.\n\nSo much has been said about the England forward as a social crusader it is sometimes easy to forget he also needs to be judged as a footballer.\n\nAt only 23, he is still a long way off his prime but he is developing into an outstanding forward, with vision to match his speed and finishing ability.\n\nThe pass that created Greenwood's equaliser was superb. Taking possession just inside his own half, Rashford delivered a 60-yard pass with such accuracy all Greenwood needed to do was take one touch to control with his chest before drilling low into the far corner.\n\nRashford's raw pace put Liverpool's defence under constant stress and the delicate touch that took him past Rhys Williams by the touchline in a move that ended with Paul Pogba curling wide was sensational.\n\nAnd then there was his goal, which needed a perfectly-timed run to go beyond the Liverpool defence and reach Greenwood's through ball, and then a cool head to apply the finish.\n\nAt that point, it seemed United had the game under control. It did not quite work out that way and once again, Fernandes, who has won four Premier League player of the month awards out of the seven he has been eligible for since leaving Sporting Lisbon less than 12 months ago, underlined his credentials as English football's most influential player at present.\n\nSalah's effort was the first time Liverpool had been ahead at Old Trafford since January 2017, since when Liverpool have won both the Champions League and Premier League, a clear indication that whatever issues Jurgen Klopp is wrestling with at the moment, they are not insurmountable.\n\nThe finish for the striker's 18th goal of the season did not hint at a lack of confidence as he raced on to Roberto Firmino's precise through ball, having escaped the attentions of Victor Lindelof, and lifted his shot beyond the reach of Dean Henderson.\n\nEvidently, what Klopp needs is to find a solution in defence. Williams was shaky and at fault for Rashford's goal, while Fabinho was exposed by United in this game and Cavani exploited the Brazilian's defensive inexperience to earn the free-kick that won the game.\n\nEven so, after Salah equalised from close range after United had lost possession to James Milner and never recovered their position after working their way up-field from a short goal-kick, the visitors did have chances to win it themselves.\n\nBut Dean Henderson saved from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Salah before Fernandes struck - so Liverpool's wait for a first FA Cup win since 1921 at Old Trafford, and Jurgen Klopp's for a first win at United full stop, goes on.\n\nManchester United are next in action against Sheffield United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday, 27 January (20:15GMT). Liverpool play at Tottenham on Thursday, 28 January (20:00GMT).\n• None Manchester United have eliminated Liverpool from the FA Cup proper for the 10th time; in the competition's history, only Liverpool themselves (12 v Everton) have knocked a particular side out more times (including finals).\n• None Liverpool have won just one of their past 15 matches at Old Trafford in all competitions (D4 L10), and are winless in their last eight at the ground (D4 L4).\n• None Manchester United have won each of their past eight home games in the FA Cup; only from 1908 to 1912 have they had a better winning run on home soil in the competition (9 games).\n• None Liverpool are the first reigning Premier League champion to be eliminated from the FA Cup as early as the fourth round since Manchester City in 2014-15.\n• None Liverpool have lost back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since March 2020.\n• None Roberto Firmino has assisted Mohamed Salah for 18 goals in all competitions for Liverpool, the most any player has set up another for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp. Since they first played together in 2017-18, this is the most one player has assisted another for all Premier League sides in all competitions.\n• None Mason Greenwood scored his first goal for Man Utd in 11 appearances in all competitions, ending his longest run of games without a goal for the club. Aged 19 years and 115 days, he was the youngest Man Utd player to score against Liverpool since Wayne Rooney in January 2005 in the Premier League (19y 83d).\n• None Marcus Rashford has scored more goals at Old Trafford against Liverpool than he has against any other opponent on home soil for Manchester United (4).\n• None Since his Man Utd debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has scored more goals than any other player for Premier League clubs (28).\n• None No player has scored more goals for Premier League clubs in all competitions this season than Salah for Liverpool (19, level with Harry Kane).\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.\n• None Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 3, Liverpool 2. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None All the goals, highlights and drama from Saturday's fourth-round ties are", "A protester holds a poster that reads \"One for all and all for one\" in support of opposition leader Navalany\n\nTens of thousands of people rallied across Russia on Saturday in some of the largest demonstrations held against President Vladimir Putin in years.\n\nCrowds defied police to show support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny - who was arrested last weekend after returning to the country following a near-fatal nerve agent attack last year.\n\nMonitors say more than 3,000 were arrested for taking part in rallies in dozens of cities across the country.\n\nReuters estimated that some 40,000 gathered in Moscow alone, but authorities played down the figure and said only a tenth of that number showed up.\n\nRiot police were pictured dragging away and beating some protesters. The US and UK have condemned the heavy-handed response and called for the release of peaceful protesters.\n\nJosep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, also expressed concern and said foreign ministers would discuss \"next steps\" on Monday.\n\nOVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies, said more than 1,200 had been detained in Moscow alone.\n\nDemonstrations, held from Russia's Far East to St Petersburg, were some of the biggest seen in years.\n\nIn Omsk protesters braced freezing temperatures of almost -30C (-22F) to protest against Mr Navalny's detention.\n\nAnd conditions were even colder, -52C (-62F), at another protest held in Yakutsk in Siberia.\n\nMr Navalny, a lawyer and blogger, has long been a thorn in the side of the Kremlin. He forged reputation as an anti-corruption campaigner and has become the most prominent face of the country's opposition.\n\nHe was arrested immediately on arrival into the country last Sunday after flying home from Germany, where he had been recovering from an attempted assassination attempt which he and investigative journalists have blamed on Russian authorities - a claim officials deny.\n\nPolice said Mr Navalny had violated parole conditions and have kept him in custody pending further hearings.\n\nMuch of the international community have condemned his arrest and called for his immediate release.\n\nMr Navalny called for street protests and his team further galvanised support this week after releasing an investigative documentary about an opulent Black Sea property allegedly owned by President Putin.\n\nThe investigation, now watched more than 70m times, alleges the property cost £1bn ($1.37bn) and was paid for \"with the largest bribe in history\" but the Kremlin denies it belongs to the president.\n\nRussian authorities had warned in advance of Saturday that any unauthorised demonstrations would be \"immediately suppressed\".\n\nSome demonstrators were pictured with injuries, including wounds to the head, following the promised crackdown.", "Vaccination appointments for people aged 70-79 are being delivered from Monday - but plans to use distinctive blue envelopes in some parts of the country have been delayed.\n\nThe aim is to have this group receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nOn Sunday morning, the Scottish government said some letters would be sent out in blue envelopes and given Royal Mail priority.\n\nBut in a statement published later it said the envelopes were not yet ready.\n\nIt added that the change has no impact on the vaccination programme timetable.\n\nVaccinations for over-80s are continuing, with Nicola Sturgeon revealing on Sunday that about 40% of this age group had received a first dose of the vaccine.\n\nAll appointments will initially be sent out in white envelopes which will have a window and a black NHS logo on the right hand side.\n\nThe blue envelopes were due to be sent out in Fife, Forth Valley, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Lothian as part of a new booking system.\n\nUnder the system, patients are scheduled in order of priority and more boards are expected to make use of the technology as the vaccination programme expands.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said the blue envelopes would be introduced \"as quickly as possible\".\n\nHe added: \"The blue envelopes we hoped to use were not ready in time for the first tranche of vaccine appointment invitations so distinctive NHS branded white envelopes are being used as a temporary measure.\n\n\"The absolute priority remains the roll-out of vaccinations and this temporary change to the envelope colour has absolutely no impact to our timetable.\n\n\"We continue to strongly urge everyone in the 70-79 age group to check all their post in the coming weeks and take up the offer of the vaccine when it is received,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Scottish government's vaccine deployment plan, the 470,000 people aged in the 70 and 79 age bracket should receive their first dose by mid-February.\n\nSome patients may receive a phone call from their local health board as part of the appointment process.\n\nAnd all patients aged 75 to 79 in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will be invited via phone.\n\nA Royal Mail spokesman said \"clearly marked envelopes\" would be used to make it easier for the postal service to identify and prioritise this mail during sorting and delivery process.\n\nHe added: \"We are poised to make these letters even more noticeable in the coming weeks as we have agreed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has said it is on track for all those aged 80 and over to have received their first dose of the vaccine by the end of the first week in February.\n\nThis age group are being contacted by telephone or another form of letter.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over the pace of the vaccine rollout, and accusations that Scotland is \"lagging behind\" England on the vaccine roll-out.\n\nOpposition parties say vaccines are not being supplied to GPs' surgeries fast enough.\n\nAnd they point to the latest official figures which show that 13% of over 80s in Scotland had their first dose by Sunday 17 January, while 56.3% of same age group had been vaccinated in England.\n\nMs Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that, a week on, the figure had reached about 40%.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says the over 70s are to receive their vaccine date\n\nThe UK government Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Andrew Marr on Sunday that 75% of over-80s and three-quarters of UK care homes had received a first Covid vaccine in England.\n\nAbout 95% of Scottish care home residents have received their first dose, Ms Sturgeon told the Scottish government briefing on Friday.\n\nShe said the over-80s roll-out has been slower because the Scottish government has \"very deliberately\" concentrated on vaccinating care home residents first, which is \"more time consuming and labour intensive\".\n\nThis was designed to target the most vulnerable and was in line with the priority list compiled by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises on vaccine rollout across the UK, she said.\n\nScotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch has defended the plan, which has been challenged by the British Medical Association (BMA) for not getting second doses out quickly enough.\n\nProf Leitch told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"The difficulty with the BMA's position is that we would have to de-prioritise another group, either care home residents or the over-80s, in order to give a second dose to younger people.\n\n\"And that's what the Joint Committee on Vaccination have told us not to do.\n\n\"They have told us in very clear terms - give the first dose to as many vulnerable people as you can and that gives us the best chance of saving the most lives.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Deputy First Minister John Swinney told Politics Scotland that the Scottish government was \"actively exploring\" the possibility of stricter rules around facemasks.\n\nHe said the issue was being \"looked at\" after new rules announced in Germany last week required people to wear medical-grade facemasks on public transport and in shops.\n\nMr Swinney said progress was being made in reducing cases but hospitals were still under \"enormous pressure\" and it would be \"foolish\" to rule out strengthening restrictions further in the future.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nCheltenham Town came within nine minutes of one of the biggest shocks in recent FA Cup history before Manchester City staged a dramatic late rally to crush the dreams of the gallant League Two side.\n\nThe Robins, 72 places below City who sit second in the Premier League, threatened huge embarrassment for Pep Guardiola's side after Alfie May put Cheltenham ahead on the hour after a trademark long throw from captain Ben Tozer caused chaos in the area.\n\nCity, who made ten changes to the team that beat Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday, spared their embarrassment when Phil Foden, the game's outstanding player, arrived at the far post to turn in substitute Joao Cancelo's long cross in the 81st minute.\n\nAnd the turnaround was complete three minutes later when a rare moment of slackness in the outstanding Cheltenham defence, with goalkeeper Josh Griffiths superb, switched off and Gabriel Jesus scored from Fernandinho's delivery.\n\nFerran Torres scored Manchester City's third with the last kick of the game to give the scoreline a cruel reflection on Cheltenham's heroic efforts.\n\nIt was so cruel on manager Michael Duff and his players, who now go back the battle for promotion from League Two, while City will be away at Swansea in the fifth round.\n\n\"I'm incredibly proud,\" the Robins boss said of his side's display. \"The players they brought on from the bench and they way they celebrated the goals tells you something. They know they've been in a game. They've done that to better teams than us.\"\n\nThe sight of Manchester City manager Guardiola disputing where Cheltenham could take a throw-in said everything about the way the League Two underdogs gave their mighty opponents a serious fright.\n\nTozer's throw-ins were causing all manner of problems and led to Cheltenham's goal but there was so much more to their performance than that set-piece weapon, a threat any manager in the game would utilise.\n\nCheltenham tried to play football when they got the chance, with goalscorer May, who has done the hard yards in non-league before playing for Doncaster and now Cheltenham, a leading light.\n\nRobins keeper Griffiths, who suffered the ignominy of being beaten from 71 yards by his Newport County opposite number Tom King in midweek, was in defiant form as he saved well from Riyad Mahrez and Torres, showing command throughout. Tozer's headed goalline clearance from Benjamin Mendy in the first half was also symbolic of their 'they shall not pass' approach.\n\nThere may have been no fans inside this compact stadium but there was still a real sense of occasion, the game being halted in the first half because of a firework display nearby.\n\nIn the end this will be a bitter disappointment to Cheltenham but they can be rightly proud and take huge confidence into their League Two promotion battle.\n\nDuff highlighted how financially important the cup run was for his club.\n\n\"It's essential,\" he added. \"Every pound coming in is probably worth a tenner in normal times.\n\n\"These games don't come around very often. It's a shame because [with fans] the place would've been bouncing. Would that have seen us through in the last 10 minutes? I'm not so sure - but the key is to enjoy it.\"\n\nGuardiola made 10 changes to his line-up to give Manchester City's shadow squad a chance to impress.\n\nSome, like the erratic Mendy, did not take that opportunity and it was someone establishing himself in City's side that spared the blushes of this expensively assembled squad.\n\nFoden was magnificent, so light on his feet with glorious ball control, endless creativity and the man pulling the strings for City even when they were struggling to break down resilient Cheltenham.\n\nThe 20-year-old was head and shoulders above his City team-mates. He was the one who was going to pull them out of their grim predicament if anyone was, and so it proved when he popped up with the crucial late equaliser that lifted Guardiola's team and deflated Cheltenham.\n\nFoden had already carved out chances for Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus that were not taken so it was a case of 'do it yourself' when he was the player on target.\n\nThe fact Guardiola was forced to use three subs in Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo once Cheltenham went ahead proved how worried the Premier League giants were.\n\nThis was an unimpressive, scratchy display from City's much-changed team, with Guardiola resting so many of the players who are giving them such an ominous look in the Premier League - luckily they had the brilliance of Foden to pull them out of a deep hole.\n\nGuardiola praised the England attacking midfielder for his impressive performance.\n\n\"Foden is in a great moment and with great confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"He is clinical in front of goal and he had a similar chance to the goal we scored at [Chelsea's] Stamford Bridge - he is playing really well.\"\n\nThe City manager suggested he was confident in the players he put out on the pitch.\n\n\"I didn't have regrets even when we were 1-0 down, we had clear chances from the first minute,\" he added.\n\n\"When they take advantage it gets complicated, but we got it to 1-1 and it was tight. We came here with humility and had the quality to make the difference.\"\n• None Cheltenham have lost all nine of their competitive meetings with Premier League sides, by an aggregate score of 6-23.\n• None City have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 11 from August to October 2017.\n• None May's opener for Cheltenham was the first goal City had conceded in 509 minutes of action in all competitions, since Callum Hudson-Odoi's strike for Chelsea at the start of the month.\n• None Foden is City's top scorer in all competitions this season with nine goals in 25 appearances, one more than he netted in 38 games last season.\n• None Jesus has been involved in 12 goals in 13 FA Cup appearances for City, scoring eight and assisting four.\n• None May has scored four goals in his four FA Cup games for Cheltenham, with each of his eight goals in total in the competition coming in home games.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 3. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.\n• None Attempt missed. Matty Blair (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernandinho with a through ball.\n• None Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.\n• None Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear from the former US president as he reflects on his time in office\n• None How can you eat well for £1 a portion?", "Some of the party-goers have travelled from Newcastle and London, police said\n\nA student party that attracted people from up to 200 miles away has been broken up by police.\n\nSome of the guests were found hiding in cupboards when officers raided the gathering in Lower Loveday Street, Birmingham, on Friday night.\n\nOne officer was assaulted as one guest made off but was not hurt, West Midlands Police said.\n\nParty-goers had travelled to the event from places such as Newcastle, Nottingham and London.\n\nThe flats are private accommodation but predominantly used by students from Aston University and University College Birmingham, West Midlands Police said.\n\nInsp Steve Barnes added: \"We understand that young people are frustrated at not being able to enjoy themselves and I do feel their pain, but we have to stick to the rules so that we can get back to some sort of normality sooner rather than later.\n\n\"People are dying and we have to prevent the spread of this virus.\"\n\nOfficers were also called to a party on Soho Road where shop owners had set up a sound system, and a 30th birthday party attended by about 20 people in Kingstanding.\n\nAcross 32 breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules on Friday night, the force issued 58 fines of £200 and five of £1,000.\n\nThe West Midlands is under an England-wide lockdown with people not allowed to leave home to meet others socially.\n\nOn Thursday, the government said fines of £800 would be introduced in England this week for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People made the most of the snowy slopes of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset\n\nSevere weather warnings are in place across much of the UK after large parts of the country saw heavy snowfall.\n\nThe blanket of snow drew people outside for sledging and winter walks, but motorists have been warned to take extra care on icy roads with sub-zero temperatures forecast overnight.\n\nSeveral coronavirus vaccination and testing centres were closed in England and Wales due to the conditions.\n\nPolice reminded the public to keep to lockdown rules while out in the snow.\n\nOfficers in Wandsworth, south-west London, encouraged people with gardens to play in the snow at home.\n\nAnd police in Rutland, Leicestershire, were among several forces questioning why people were leaving their homes to go sledging.\n\nContinuing coronavirus lockdowns across the four UK nations mean most of the population must stay at home, except for a limited number of reasons.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. For cats Bonny and Freddy, the snow is a chance to explore. Credit: Rachel Prew\n\nAs well as four vaccination centres in Wales, six Covid testing centres in the West Midlands had to close due to heavy snow on Sunday.\n\nHighways England warned that the snow had caused collisions on the M3, M27 and M25 in southern England, with the agency urging drivers to only travel if absolutely necessary.\n\nThose using the roads for essential journeys have been urged to allow plenty of extra time for their travel and pedestrians and cyclists are also advised to be cautious.\n\nThe Met Office put a yellow weather warning for snow in place on Sunday, stretching from coast to coast in southern England and ending just south of Manchester.\n\nIt is also in place for western and northern areas of Scotland, most of Northern Ireland and all of Wales apart from Anglesey.\n\nAn amber warning for snow in Nottingham and Stoke meant travel disruption and power cuts were likely on Sunday evening.\n\nYellow weather warnings for ice are in place until 11:00 GMT Monday for all of Wales and Northern Ireland, northern and eastern Scotland and much of southern England and the Midlands.\n\nMany people swapped their usual daily bout of exercise for sledging on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, north London, but police urged people to stay at home\n\nGritters leapt into action near Touchen-end in Berkshire\n\nIn Wales, appointments at the Bridgend, Rhondda, Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil coronavirus vaccination centres were rescheduled for safety reasons, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said.\n\nUp to 1in (3cm) of snow was forecast to fall in most areas of Wales, with 4-6in (10-15cm) expected in the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.\n\nIn the West Midlands, coronavirus testing centres at Castle Vale Stadium, the Arcadian Centre and Maypole Youth Centre were closed, Birmingham City Council said.\n\nFacilities in Moat Street, Coventry and The Place in Oakengates in Shropshire also closed, along with one in Lichfield, Staffordshire, local MP Michael Fabricant said.\n\nAnd in Devon, a gritting lorry overturned on Dartmoor. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMet Office forecaster Simon Partridge said a band of hail, sleet, snow and rain moved in through Wales and south-west England in the early hours before sweeping across the UK and stalling over the Midlands, which saw some of the heaviest snow.\n\nColeshill, near Birmingham, had seen had 3.5in (9cm) by Sunday lunchtime.\n\nThe snow clouds eased away on Sunday evening but overnight temperatures could be as low as -4C to -6C (25F to 21F) for a lot of the south of the UK, the forecaster added.\n\n\"Some localised spots, likely in the Midlands, could see it as low as -10C (14F),\" he said.\n\nSnowmen popped up in the grounds of Guildford Castle, Surrey\n\nAs shown on the M1 in Bedfordshire, the wintry showers have caused hazardous driving conditions\n\nChris Fawkes of BBC Weather said some stretches of the M4 and M5 had been completely covered in snow at some points on Sunday morning.\n\nHe said this was partly because traffic has been low due to lockdown restrictions - and vehicles are needed to help grit mix into snow to make it melt.", "People who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules, England's deputy chief medical officer has warned.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists \"do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission\".\n\nHe said vaccines offer \"hope\" but infection rates must come down quickly.\n\nMatt Hancock said 75% of over-80s in the UK have now had a first virus jab.\n\nBoth the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose.\n\nThe health secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr that around three quarters of care homes had also been vaccinated.\n\nProf Van-Tam said \"no vaccine has ever been\" 100% effective, so there is no guaranteed protection.\n\nIt is possible to contract the virus in the two- to three-week period after receiving a jab, he said - and it is \"better\" to allow \"at least three weeks\" for an immune response to fully develop in older people.\n\n\"Even after you have had both doses of the vaccine you may still give Covid-19 to someone else and the chains of transmission will then continue,\" Prof Van-Tam said.\n\n\"If you change your behaviour you could still be spreading the virus, keeping the number of cases high and putting others at risk who also need their vaccine but are further down the queue.\"\n\nLast week, the person coordinating Israel's Covid response reportedly suggested a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine might not be as effective as reported.\n\nIsrael has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world against coronavirus, with scientists keenly watching data shared by the country for signs of how effective the vaccine is when given to the whole population.\n\nThe country's health minister Yuli Edelstein told the Andrew Marr Show that some people \"still get sick\" with coronavirus after getting the first dose of the vaccine, but said there were \"some encouraging signs of less severe diseases, less people hospitalised after the first dose\".\n\nSenior doctors have called on health officials in England to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nThe maximum wait was extended from three to 12 weeks in order to get the first jab to more people across the UK.\n\nBut the British Medical Association said the policy was \"difficult to justify\" and the gap should be reduced to six weeks.\n\nIts chair, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, told the BBC there were \"growing concerns\" that the vaccine could become less effective with doses 12 weeks apart.\n\nResponding to the criticism, Prof Van-Tam said: \"What none of these (who ask reasonable questions) will tell me is: who on the at-risk list should suffer slower access to their first dose so that someone else who's already had one dose (and therefore most of the protection) can get a second?\"\n\nA further 32 vaccine sites are set to open across England this week.\n\nMore than 5.8 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a vaccine, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nNHS England said new vaccine sites were preparing to open across England from Monday.\n\nThey include Dudley's Black Country Living Museum, which doubled as a set for TV series Peaky Blinders, Plymouth Argyle FC's stadium Home Park and an old Ikea store in Stratford, London.\n\nThe 32 sites will prioritise health and social care staff on Monday, and other priority patients from Tuesday.\n\nThey will bring the number of mass vaccination sites across England to 49 - as well as 70 pharmacies, more than 1,000 GP surgeries and 250 hospitals offering the jab.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday that more than a third of over-80s had received their first dose of a vaccine.\n\nMore than half of over-80s in Northern Ireland have had the jab, though Health Minister Robin Swann said \"it will take time\" for the programme to have a \"major effect.\"\n\nIn Wales, four vaccination centres have been shut as officials brace for more snowy weather.\n\nProf Van-Tam stressed that the UK needs to \"bring the number of cases down as soon as we can whilst we vaccinate our most vulnerable\".\n\nAnother 1,348 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test were reported in the UK on Saturday, in addition to 33,552 new infections.\n\nThere were 4,076 Covid patients were on hospital ventilators in the UK as of Friday, according to government data.\n\nThat is higher than during the first wave, when the peak was 3,301 on 12 April.\n\nHow has coronavirus affected you? What have been your experiences of vaccination, lockdown, work or travel? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Rescuers in China have freed the first of a group of miners who have been trapped 600m underground for two weeks, state media report.\n\nAn explosion closed the entrance tunnel to the Hushan gold mine in Shandong province on 10 January.\n\nTV footage from China has shown the first miner being brought to the surface, as emergency workers applaud.", "Jim Haynes was both an icon and a relic of the Swinging Sixties, an American in Paris who was famous for inviting hundreds of thousands of strangers to dinner at his home. He died this month.\n\nLast February, I took my last trip abroad before lockdown closed in on us. I bought a last-minute ticket and jumped on the Eurostar to Paris, motivated by a sudden urge to have dinner with a friend. Jim Haynes had entered his late 80s and his health was declining, yet I knew he would welcome a visit. Jim always welcomed visitors.\n\nThe essence of that trip now feels like the antithesis of Covid times. I was far from the only guest wandering into the warm glow of his atelier in the 14th arrondissement on a wet winter's night. Inside, people were squeezing, shoulder to shoulder, through the narrow kitchen. Strangers struck up conversations, bunched together in groups, balancing their dinners on paper plates and reaching over each other to press the plastic spout on a communal box of wine.\n\nJim had operated open-house policy at his home every Sunday evening for more than 40 years. Absolutely anyone was welcome to come for an informal dinner, all you had to do was phone or email and he would add your name to the list. No questions asked. Just put a donation in an envelope when you arrive.\n\nThere would be a buzz in the air, as people of various nationalities - locals, immigrants, travellers - milled around the small, open-plan space. A pot of hearty food bubbled on the hob and servings would be dished out on to a trestle table, so you could help yourself and continue to mingle. It was for good reason that Jim was nicknamed the \"godfather of social networking\". He led the way in connecting strangers, long before we outsourced it all to Silicon Valley.\n\nA ballet dancer staying with Jim in the late 1970s suggested cooking for him and friends to repay the hospitality; the dinners became weekly for 40-plus years\n\nI only knew Jim in his later years, but his entire life was extraordinary. Born in Louisiana in 1933, he had lived in Venezuela as a teenager; founded the alternative culture centre Arts Lab in London, where he mixed with David Bowie, John Lennon and Yoko Ono; ran a sexual liberation magazine in Amsterdam, and all before becoming a university lecturer in sexual politics in Paris, his home since 1969.\n\nAnd yet he was often seen as a son of Scotland, following an influential stint there in the late '50s and late '60s, when he established Edinburgh's first paperback bookshop, co-founded the Traverse Theatre and helped kickstart the Fringe festival.\n\nWhen Jim died, at 87, earlier this month, a Herald obituary called him \"the unofficial agent for the beat generation in Scotland\".\n\nWhile a lot of highly regarded people tend to retreat into their own circles after finding success, Jim never stopped reaching out to new people. The first time I heard from him was an email out of the blue in 2008.\n\nI had written a newspaper article from Barcelona - not the one in Spain but the one on the coast of Venezuela - and it had brought back memories for him. His father worked in the oil business and had moved the family there when Jim was in his early teens.\n\nMy article was about meeting people through the Couchsurfing website, where locals opened their homes to strangers for free around the world. This was before AirBnB worked out how to monetise the idea, and the concept of non-commercial cultural exchange was right up Jim's street. \"When you are back in Europe, come to dinner,\" he wrote, promising to tell me about an old travel project of his own that he thought I might like.\n\nIntrigued, I headed to Paris soon after my return. I had imagined some sort of intimate dinner party with cultural elites, but what I found was more like a student house party - albeit with more mature attendees and only moderate alcohol consumption. (Jim was teetotal and proceedings ended strictly by 23:00.)\n\nJim never cooked himself, instead he invited guest cooks\n\nJim instantly greeted me like an old friend and, as we chatted, he reached up on to his living room shelves to offer me a book. People to People read the cover line. It was the project he had wanted to tell me about.\n\nHe explained that, in the late 1980s, he had founded a guidebook series for countries behind the Iron Curtain. Instead of the standard descriptions of sights and hotel listings, the format was like an address book, including the contact details for hundreds of in-country hosts. The idea was that if people could not easily see the Western world themselves, he would bring it to them via travellers. It was \"couchsurfing\", but offline.\n\nThe hand-sized copy he pressed into my palm centred on Poland. I loved it and decided to travel there to see if the participants were still up for receiving random visitors, even though so much had changed.\n\nJim created the People to People guidebooks for multiple Eastern European countries\n\nEach person was filed under the town where they lived, followed by two or three lines, including their address, date of birth, phone number and hobbies. Through a combination of Google and snail-mail, I managed to get hold of several of them. Most had all known Jim either personally or through friends of friends. All had fond memories of the project and all were still willing to act as local guides to show me around.\n\nIn Gdansk, I asked civil servant Krystyna Wróblewska why she had signed up originally. She told me she had been working as a media fixer, helping reporters cover the anti-communist shipyard strikes. \"They [the media] went looking for women with handkerchiefs on their heads and horses with carts, perpetuating the same old picture. I suppose I wanted to meet people to subvert stereotypes and show that not all the pictures you have in your head are real.\"\n\nKrystyna Wroblewska signed up in the late 1980s to show travellers around Gdansk\n\n\"It surprised me how easy it was,\" Jim insisted to me. He produced guides for Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Baltics and Russia, featuring thousands upon thousands of locals. Some of his contacts came from his personal, multi-volume address books, and he got new sign-ups after placing interviews in local papers and jazz magazines.\n\n\"Some of the older people in Russia were scared about being put on a Western list, because they thought it would be easier to be rounded up and carted away,\" he said. \"But a lot of younger people wanted to be in the book… I was getting sackfuls of mail. I'm sure the local postman wondered what the hell was going on.\"\n\nOver the years, the authorities often wondered what was going on at Jim's place. Not least during the period when he started issuing fake passports. It was back in the 1970s, after he had caught wind of an American traveller, who, 20 years before, had renounced his American citizenship and created his own \"world passport\".\n\nFor Jim, non-national passports seemed to encapsulate his ideals of peace and global freedom. So he turned his home into an \"embassy\" and started producing world passports for anyone who wanted one. The documents were so convincing that some people used them to cross borders.\n\n\"Look, you can't do this any more. You have to stop making passports,\" exasperated French police would say when they came to his door. But Jim continued until he ended up in court. Though he was eventually acquitted of fraud and counterfeiting, he was found guilty of \"confusing the public\".\n\nJim always dismissed the idea that it was a naïve undertaking, but he was trusting to a fault, according to some of his friends, and this led to financial mistakes and legal troubles over the years. He wouldn't deal with problems, waiting until they blew up instead.\n\n\"I often had to stop him signing things. Sometimes he didn't even read them,\" says Jesper, his son, who was born during Jim's marriage to Viveka Reuterskiold in the 1960s.\n\nJesper grew up in Stockholm after they separated, but visited Paris every summer from the age of 10.\n\n\"There were mattresses on every spare bit of floor, people sleeping everywhere,\" he says, as he recalls his earlier visits. \"It was exciting and fun, but sometimes I felt jealous. Lots of people did. People were very possessive of him. People wanted to claim him, but he was unclaimable.\"\n\nJesper credits his father with opening the world to him. He used Jim's contacts books extensively as he travelled and he is currently living with his own family in Bangkok, where he briefly replicated the Sunday dinners. \"Just for six months... It was a lot of work.\"\n\nDuring the 1990s, the crowds started to dwindle at the Paris dinners, as the original hippy crowd aged. But then a new wave of younger visitors started to get in touch. The bloggers had discovered him.\n\n\"The internet both ruined and saved the dinners,\" says Seamas McSwiney, a close friend who helped on Sunday evenings for decades. \"It became less spontaneous as people tried to book six months ahead - which was anathema to how Jim travelled and also annoying as those people were more likely to do a no-show - but at the same time, these online articles re-energised the idea. There was a younger crowd and new momentum.\"\n\nAt the dinners' peak, Jim would welcome up to 120 guests, filling his atelier and spilling out into the cobbled back garden. An estimated 150,000 people have come over the years.\n\n\"The door was always open,\" says Amanda Morrow, an Australian journalist who stayed with Jim for a year-and-a-half. \"It was a revolving door of guests - some who wanted to stay over, and others who just wanted to say hello. Jim never said no to anyone.\"\n\nThe only thing that really got Jim down was people leaving,\" says Jesper. \"He struggled with that. He didn't like being on his own... Though fortunately there was usually a new person to distract him.\"\n\nIn the final years, Jim would sit quietly, as others gravitated into his orbit. On my last visit, he looked frail and pained by his various ailments, but he also had an air of contentment, clearly never tiring of being the conduit for human interactions.\n\n\"I was wondering when you'd come back,\" he said to me, in the rasping American accent he somehow had never lost.\n\nHere was a man who had spent time with Lennon and Bowie, who was once friends with Sonia Orwell and used to walk round Paris with Samuel Beckett. And yet he made everyone feel special. Every connection mattered.\n\n\"It felt like politician's trick, but it was natural,\" says Seamas.\n\nIn very recent times, Covid restrictions reduced the dinners' clockwork schedule, but his friends say he was not depressed by the pandemic. He had figured the get-togethers would resume and, until then, had enjoyed a smaller stream of visiting carers and, whenever possible, friends.\n\nAmid the outpouring of online tributes since his death in his sleep on 6 January, these words from Jesper stand out: \"His goal from early on was to introduce the whole world to each other. He almost succeeded.\"\n\nYou may also be interested in:", "The EHIC card is making way for the GHIC card under a new agreement with the EU\n\nUK residents can apply for a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to access emergency medical care in the EU when their current EHIC card runs out.\n\nUnder a new agreement with the EU, both cards will offer equivalent healthcare protection when people are on holiday, studying or travelling for business.\n\nThis includes emergency treatment as well as treatment needed for a pre-existing condition.\n\nThe new GHIC card is free and can be obtained via the official GHIC website.\n\nCurrent European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) are valid as long as they are in date, and can continue to be used when travelling to the EU.\n\nYou don't need to apply for a GHIC until your current EHIC expires.\n\nPeople should apply at least two weeks before they plan to travel to ensure their card arrives on time.\n\nHealth Minister Edward Argar said: \"Our deal with the EU ensures the right for our citizens to access necessary healthcare on their holidays and travels to countries in the EU will continue.\n\n\"The GHIC is a key element of the UK's future relationship with the EU and will provide certainty and security for all UK residents.\"\n\nIf a UK resident is travelling without a card, they are still entitled to necessary healthcare, and should contact the NHS Business Services Authority (which covers the whole of the UK), which can arrange for payment should they require treatment when abroad.\n\nEHICs from EU member states will continue to be accepted by the NHS.\n\nIt is advised that anyone travelling overseas, whether to the EU or elsewhere in the world, should take out comprehensive travel insurance.", "A video featuring footage of a County Mayo man being consumed by fits of laughter while trying to record a birthday message for his son, has gone viral.\n\nVincent McDonnell was sending the message to his son David, who was celebrating his 40th birthday in Australia.\n\nHis younger son Paul got the video rolling, but the pair could not contain their laughter as they racked up the attempts.\n\nThe video has been viewed more than 1.5m times on Paul's Twitter account.", "The UK economy will \"get worse before it gets better\" as the country battles the pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs the new national restrictions were necessary to control the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHowever, he said they would have a further significant economic impact,\n\n\"Even with the significant economic support we've provided, over 800,000 people have lost their job since February,\" he said.\n\n\"Sadly, we have not and will not be able to save every job and every business.\n\n\"But I am confident that our economic plan is supporting the finances of millions of people and businesses.\"\n\nThe chancellor said \"the road ahead will be tough\", but maintained that the government was \"taking the difficult but right long-term decisions for our country\".\n\nHe said that fiscal stimulus provided so far amounted to more than £280bn, while 1.2 million employers had furloughed almost 10 million employees.\n\nAt the same time, three million people had benefited from self-employment grants.\n\nMr Sunak said he would \"bear in mind\" calls to extend business rate relief and provide further support for the hospitality sector at the Budget in March.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds accused Mr Sunak of being \"out of ideas\" and providing \"nothing new\".\n\nShe said: \"The purpose of an update is to provide us with new information, not to repeat what we already know.\"\n\nThe chancellor's words reflect the fact that with a widespread lockdown, the first months of 2021 are likely to see a further contraction in the UK economy and probably an official double-dip recession. This reflects the physical shutdown nationwide of hospitality and retail, as well as the effect in the data of school shutdowns too.\n\nIn addition, consumers and workers are likely to be more cautious as the vaccine starts to be rolled out. So this is a very odd sort of economic tripwire. The challenge in the next weeks and months gets bigger, although not as big as it was last April. But beyond that, there is the hope of something normal.\n\nThe implication for the chancellor as he prepares a vital early March Budget, however, is further delay to the measures, such as tax rises, to deal with historic levels of pandemic government borrowing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK is at the \"worst point\" of the pandemic, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned, but said the actions of the public \"could make a difference\".\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock pleaded with people to follow the government's Covid rules until the vaccine could provide a \"way out\" of the pandemic.\n\nThe government earlier published its plan to immunise tens of millions of people by spring.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first Covid vaccine shot.\n\nAnd a total of 2.6 million doses have been given out across the country, with some people having received both doses.\n\nMr Hancock said the new variant of coronavirus was putting the NHS under \"significant pressure\", adding it was \"imperative\" that people limit their social contacts.\n\n\"The NHS, more than ever before, needs everybody to be doing something right now - and that something is to follow the rules,\" he said.\n\n\"I know there has been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it is needed, but it is your actions now that can make a difference.\"\n\nThe health secretary said he could \"rule out\" tightening restrictions by removing support and childcare bubbles, however.\n\nHis comments follow similar warnings from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty, who said that the next few weeks will be \"the worst\" of the pandemic for the NHS.\n\nAccording to the latest figures, there have been another 529 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, and another 46,169 cases reported. There are also more than 32,000 people in hospital with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nMatt Hancock has previously said he's learned to rule nothing out when it comes to dealing with the pandemic.\n\nBut today he took the unusual step of doing just that.\n\nSupport bubbles and childcare bubbles, hugely valued by so many, will stay.\n\nSenior Whitehall sources have previously told me bubbles were \"untouchable\" but for a minister to say as much, so explicitly and on the record, means there's now very little wriggle room for the government to change its mind.\n\nMinisters will know that scrapping bubbles, for those that rely on them, could have proved deeply unpopular. But this certainty is a rarity.\n\nWhilst the current emphasis is on compliance, the idea of toughening up controls in other areas is not being ruled out.\n\nThe vaccine delivery plan says it is expected to take until spring to give a first dose to all 32 million people in the UK's priority groups, including everyone over 55 and those who are clinically vulnerable.\n\nUnder the plan, the government has pledged to carry out at least two million vaccinations in England per week by the end of January, which it says will be made possible by rolling out jabs at 206 hospital sites, 50 vaccination centres and around 1,200 local vaccination sites.\n\nIt also reiterates the government's aim of offering vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK - the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable - by mid-February.\n\nAccording to Mr Hancock, two fifths of over-80s have now received their first dose, and almost a quarter of care home residents have received theirs.\n\nAlso at the briefing, NHS England's national medical director, Prof Stephen Powis, said the NHS was aiming to vaccinate the rest of the top nine priority groups by April, with a final push to offer all adults over 18 a jab by the autumn.\n\nHe stressed it would take until February before there were \"early signs\" that vaccination was leading to a drop in hospitalisations.\n\nThe country has still not seen the full impact of the Christmas loosening of lockdown restrictions, Prof Powis added, although he noted there are now 13,000 more Covid patients in hospital than there were on Christmas Day.\n\nSpeaking in Bristol earlier, Mr Johnson warned the vaccination programme was in a \"race against time\" because of pressure on the NHS.\n\nHe said it was \"a very perilous moment because everyone can sense the vaccine is coming in - my worry is that will breed false complacency\".\n\nThe newly-published vaccination plan also says ministers are aiming to offer jabs at more than 2,700 sites across the UK.\n\nAnd it says that daily vaccination figures for England will be published from now on - showing the total number vaccinated to date, including first and second doses.\n\nEarlier, NHS England's chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens, told MPs that there was a \"strong case\" for asking the the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to consider prioritising \"teachers and other key workers\" for vaccination after the \"first nine [priority] groups have been vaccinated\".\n\nA quarter of coronavirus admissions to hospital are for people under the age of 55, he added.\n\nIn the first four weeks of the vaccination campaign, the NHS did 1.3 million vaccinations.\n\nNews that in the past week almost the same again has been done shows progress is being made - even though there has been some concern rollout to care home residents has been slower than hoped.\n\nHitting two million doses a week is the next target - and is something the NHS is aiming to get close to this week.\n\nWith more vaccination sites opening by the day, it should be achievable as long as there is good supply.\n\nThere is already enough vaccine in the country to vaccinate all 15 million people in the highest at-risk groups that have been promised an offer of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nHowever, not all of it has been through the final safety checks or been packaged up ready for distribution.\n\nChallenges remain, but even at this early stage it is clear there is growing optimism that the programme is on track.\n\nAs seven mass vaccination centres opened across England on Monday, NHS England said hundreds more GP-led and hospital services would also open later this week.\n\nBut with all centres, people will need to wait until they receive an invitation.\n\nTwo vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca - are currently being administered in the UK.\n\nOn Friday, a third coronavirus vaccine - made by US company Moderna - was approved for use, although supplies are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nVaccine programmes are also progressing in the UK's devolved nations.\n\nAll over-50s and everyone who is at greater risk from Covid in Wales will be offered a vaccine by spring, under new plans.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has said every aged over 80 or over in the nation will be offered a jab by February, while care workers in Northern Ireland who provide services to ill or elderly patients living at home can now book an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has questioned why there are \"less restrictions in place\" now than there were last March.\n\nIn his first speech of the year, he said: \"I do think it's time to hear from the scientists [about] what else could be done and that probably should be done in the next few hours\".\n\nMeanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nAnd England's Test and Trace scheme has revised one of its definitions of a \"close contact\" - the people who need to be reached if they have been near to someone who has tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis now refers to anyone who has been within two metres of someone for more than 15 minutes, whether in a single period or cumulatively over the course of one day.\n\nPreviously the definition was just a single period of at least 15 minutes.", "Rani has co-hosted BBC One's Countryfile since 2015\n\nCountryfile host Anita Rani is to join Emma Barnett as a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.\n\nShe will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the long-running programme, beginning on 15 January.\n\nRani, 43, said she had \"long been a fan\" of the programme and that she was \"really looking forward to getting to know the listeners and discussing issues that matter to them the most\".\n\nLong-time hosts Jane Garvey and Dame Jenni Murray left the show last year.\n\nBarnett, 35, who made her name on Radio 5 Live and Newsnight, made her Woman's Hour debut on 4 January. She hosts the show from Monday to Thursday.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Rani said it was \"an honour\" to be joining Radio 4's \"mothership\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by anita rani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRani joined the BBC's Asian Network in 2005 and is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. She is also known for her appearances on The One Show and Watchdog, and for competing on the 2015 series of Strictly Come Dancing.\n\n\"Woman's Hour has always given a voice to people who may not be heard elsewhere and I want to continue that important tradition,\" she said.\n\nRadio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya said he wanted the station to \"better reflect and be relevant to the audience across the UK\". Rani will bring \"a wealth of broadcasting experience\" as well as a \"valuable\" perspective and insight, he added.\n\nComedian Shappi Khorsandi was among those to welcome her new role, saying she would be \"listening even more\".\n\nRani's appointment means the new Woman's Hour presenters are considerably younger than their predecessors. Dame Jenni was 70 when she left on 1 October, while Garvey was 56 when she signed off last month.\n\nEmma Barnett took the reins of Woman's Hour earlier this month\n\nBefore leaving, Garvey expressed a hope that whoever joined Barnett would be closer to her own age.\n\n\"Emma is in her 30s and that's great,\" she told the Daily Telegraph. \"It will give the programme a real energy, which I think is brilliant.\n\n\"So I think the person working alongside her should be somebody nearer my age to make sure we give the audience as broad a range of life experience and interests as possible. I would prefer it if the other presenter were in her 50s.\"\n\nBarnett had an eventful first week on the Radio 4 institution, opening her stint by reading out a message from The Queen.\n\nTwo days later, one of her guests dropped out of a discussion after objecting to remarks the presenter made about her off air.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A twenty-year-old from Cambridgeshire who spent a week in intensive care with Covid-19 says he can't believe so many young people are in denial about the virus.\n\nJay Clack fell ill on December 27th and within five days, 80% of his lungs has stopped functioning.\n\nWhile in intensive care he had a goodbye phone call with his family.\n\nBut now, he's showing signs of recovery and spoke to the BBC's Jon Ironmonger.", "The police are stepping up enforcement because they believe many people breaking the Covid regulations are doing so because they are stubborn, not because they don’t understand what is allowed.\n\nThe public, police, and legal experts do struggle to keep up with the ever-changing rules.\n\nBut the organisers of a party on a boat in Hertfordshire, the passengers on a minibus heading for Wales, and the couple who travelled 120 miles to \"watch seals\" would have struggled to explain to the officers issuing them with fines that they were confused.\n\nThose were clear breaches. More complicated is the fine line between the law - which police officers can enforce - and the government guidance, which they can’t.\n\nNo law says exercise can only be conducted once a day, or for a specific duration. These are pieces of firm guidance, along with the request to \"stay local\", which resulted in criticism of the prime minister after his bike ride in east London.\n\nIt would be difficult to set a distance limit which would work for both people living in rural areas and inner cities. Impossible to prove that a 65-minute run was in breach of the law.\n\nWhich is why the success of the measures will rely on personal responsibility in the end.\n\nAnd why some experts are saying that different messages such as \"act like you’ve got it\" or \"thanks for doing the right thing\" might cut through better than a list of regulations to be obeyed.", "Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a \"perilous moment\" in the fight against the virus.\n\nThe Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham.\n\nInitially they will be used to vaccinate the over 80's, alongside NHS staff and health and social care workers. It's part of a drive that the government hopes will see 15 million people vaccinated against the virus by mid-February.", "But it delivered a fascinating look behind the scenes at two cutting-edge ways the firm is creating video content.\n\nThe first involved the use of a giant screen which is matched with movement-sensors on a camera to create a fake backdrop that shifts in turn with the lens.\n\nA similar technique was pioneered by Industrial Light & Magic and used in the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian, but this opens the door to other filmmakers.\n\nThe screens involved use Sony's Crystal LED technology, which the firm first unveiled at CES in 2012, but has been unable to bring low down enough in price to take mainstream.\n\nIn effect, this is its version of micro-LED tech, using millions of tiny light emitting diodes (LEDs) to match the number of pixels. The result is much greater brightness and contrast than a normal LCD or OLED display would be capable of.\n\nThe background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion Image caption: The background footage moves in time with the camera to aid the illusion\n\nUntil now, the firm has marketed the tech at building owners wanting the ultimate video walls. But this has the potential to help film and advert-makers place actors within environments they can see, rather than relying on greenscreen effects.\n\nThe second innovation was the creation of an \"immersive reality\" performance, which uses body sensors to create a highly-detailed animated version of an artist.\n\nIt was demoed by the singer-songwriter Madison Beer.\n\nMotion capture has been used for years to add special effects to characters in movies and to place real-world actors into video games.\n\nBut the aim here is to create a lifelike representation of a performer on stage at a concert.\n\nThe footage shown didn't quite escape the \"uncanny valley\" - there's still some way to go before we can't tell the difference between a real person and even a highly detailed avatar.\n\nBut it's easy to imagine that the tech being more impressive when viewed in virtual reality, where users can move about and choose their view.\n\nThe computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer Image caption: The computer-generated image looks less real the closer you get to the performer\n\nUntil now, VR apps of concerts have either offered a pick of different static camera locations or involved much lower-resolution characters.\n\nWith Covid meaning it's impossible for artists to tour, this second-best experience could be very timely when it's offered to PlayStation VR headsets and other devices soon.", "John Lewis is suspending its click and collect services and tightening safety measures after a \"change in tone\" from the government over the virus.\n\nThe department store will also pause in-home services, unless they are \"essential to customers' wellbeing\".\n\nThe retailer said it felt the changes were right with the country at a \"critical point in the pandemic\".\n\nHowever customers will be able to collect John Lewis orders from Waitrose stores.\n\nWaitrose, which belongs to the John Lewis Partnership, is also tightening rules over face coverings, following moves from the other supermarkets to make face masks mandatory for shoppers unless they have a medical exemption.\n\n\"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days,\" said Andrew Murphy, Executive Director, Operations.\n\n\"While we recognise that the detail of formal guidance has not changed, we feel it is right for us - and in the best interests of our Partners and customers - to take proactive steps to further enhance our Covid-security and related operational policies.\"\n\nJohn Lewis said click and collect from its department stores would be switched off for new orders from the end of Tuesday.\n\nExisting orders and bookings for services, such as installing washing machines, will still be carried out, if customers wish to proceed, but there will be no further bookings for non-essential services.\n\nMany other shops from coffee chains to craft suppliers are offering click and collect services. However, with the continued rise in coronavirus cases the government is examining ways to reduce social contact further.\n\nThe book chain Waterstones stopped offering click and collect services from its shops at the start of the current lockdown.\n\nMarks and Spencer said it was continuing to offer customers the opportunity to collect other items at its food halls, which are still open for grocery shopping.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gary Furlong described his son as \"an amazing, kind boy\"\n\nThe father of one of three men murdered in a park terror attack has called on the home secretary to \"tell us why\" the killer was deemed safe to be free.\n\nGary Furlong, whose son James, 36, was killed in Reading's Forbury Gardens attack in June, said it was \"beyond\" him why Khairi Saadallah was considered \"not a danger to the public\".\n\nSaadallah was jailed for the rest of his life over the murders.\n\nThe Home Office has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment.\n\nAt the time of the attack Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"We must learn the lessons from what has happened... to prevent anything like this from happening again.\"\n\nDuring his trial, London's Old Bailey heard Saadallah \"executed\" James Furlong, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, as an \"act of religious jihad\" on the afternoon of 20 June.\n\nHe was jailed on Monday having previously admitted the three murders and the attempted murders of three other men.\n\nKhairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three of attempted murder\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said a Serious Further Offence (SFO) review had been completed into how Saadallah was managed by the National Probation Service.\n\nThe victims' families would be offered a meeting to discuss the findings of the review, it added.\n\nIt comes after the killer had been subject to licence conditions at the time of the attack.\n\nThe court previously heard on the 18 June, two days before the attack, Saadallah's probation officer had emailed his mental health team as he had been talking about \"magic\".\n\nSaadallah also contacted the mental health crisis team himself, but he did not not open the door when they visited on 19 June.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nAnalysis of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material and the court heard while at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nSpeaking after the sentencing, Gary Furlong, from Liverpool, said Ms Patel needed to \"tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him\".\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets,\" he added.\n\nSaadallah, 26, had been told just before his release from prison that the Home Office wanted to deport him, but it was not legally possible due to the situation in Libya.\n\nIn law, what are known as the Hardial Singh principles place certain limits on the government's power to detain people ahead of deportation.\n\nThe Prime Minister's spokesman said the government \"always tries to remove foreign national offenders where possible\".\n\nHe was released from custody on 5 June, and proceeded to research the location for his attack online and carry out reconnaissance in the park.\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer on 19 June, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near to a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nSaadallah's brother, Aiman, said he had asked for police to detain him under the Mental Health Act, and added \"lives would have been saved\" if more had been done.\n\nThames Valley Police has been contacted for comment.\n\nReading Refugee Support Group's (RRSG) also said it had raised concerns about his potential for radicalisation over three years and the possibility of a \"London Bridge\" scenario.\n\nIn a statement, it said Saadallah had a \"known, significant mental health problem\".\n\n\"This in no way excuses what he did. He murdered three innocent people. But there must be accountability on the part of services that should have supported him,\" it said.\n\nBut passing sentence Mr Justice Sweeney said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nGary Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\n\n\"How was he ever allowed to stay in this country? How was he allowed in, in the first place?\"\n\nHistory teacher James Furlong and pharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett each died from a single stab wound to the neck, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nGary Furlong described his son as \"an amazing, kind boy\" who was loved by family, friends and students.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Royal Mail has published a list of areas where there have been delivery delays due to its workforce being affected by the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe postal service said some areas will see a reduced service due to workers being off sick or self-isolating.\n\nRoyal Mail listed 28 areas where post might be late, with 27 in England and one in Northern Ireland.\n\nProblems with deliveries over Christmas had prompted shoppers to complain about parcels not arriving on time.\n\nRoyal Mail said: \"Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some customers may experience slightly longer delivery timescales than our usual service standards.\n\n\"This is due to the exceptionally high volumes we are seeing, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related measures we have put in place in local mail centres and delivery offices to keep our people and customers safe.\"\n\nMany of the affected areas are in or near London, while others include Chelmsford in Essex, Leeds in West Yorkshire, Margate in Kent, and Widnes in Cheshire.\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting, whose Ilford constituency is one of the areas affected, tweeted on Sunday that he was concerned about vaccination invitations getting caught up in Royal Mail delays.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Wes Streeting MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Covid vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi replied that the government would work with Royal Mail to ensure that vaccine invitations were prioritised.\n\nCustomers have taken to Twitter to complain about delays to their postal service.\n\n\"Unfortunately I live in one of these areas.,\" wrote Matt S. \"N8 has been receiving an absolutely dreadful service since April 2020 - @RoyalMail what are you going to do to improve the situation?\"\n\nMark Harrison wrote: \"We could manage and expect a bit of disruption - but we've had only 2 deliveries in a month. Nothing for a fortnight. SE11 not even on the list of disrupted areas. Royal Mail need to get a grip.\"\n\nIn a service update on Tuesday, Royal Mail said: \"Due to resourcing issues, deliveries in the following areas are likely to be limited.\"", "Khairi Saadallah admitted three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder\n\nA killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park has been handed a whole-life jail term.\n\nKhairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and 39-year-old Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in June last year in Forbury Gardens.\n\nLondon's Old Bailey previously heard the 26-year-old \"executed\" the men as an \"act of religious jihad\".\n\nPassing sentence Judge Mr Justice Sweeney said it was a \"ruthless and brutal\" terror attack.\n\nSaadallah, who admitted the murders, had also pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of three other men who were also in the park.\n\nThe judge said the victims \"had no chance to react, let alone defend themselves\".\n\n(L-R) David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong were pronounced dead at the scene\n\nHe said he was sure the attack \"involved a substantial degree of premeditation or planning\" and was carried out \"for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, or ideological cause\".\n\nBBC News correspondent Helena Wilkinson, who was in court, said the families of James Furlong and David Wails were present, while Joseph Ritchie-Bennett's loved ones watched via a link from America.\n\nSaadallah showed no emotion as Mr Justice Sweeney went through his sentencing remarks.\n\nOn the afternoon of 20 June, the park was busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England.\n\nAndrew Cafe, who witnessed the stabbings, said he saw Saadallah wielding the \"biggest kitchen knife\" and charging towards him shouting \"Allahu Akbar\".\n\nPharmaceutical manager Mr Ritchie-Bennett and teacher Mr Furlong died from single stab wounds to their necks, while scientist Mr Wails was stabbed once in the back.\n\nDespite treatment from paramedics and doctors, all three friends, who were members of the LGBT community, died at the scene.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Witness Andrew Cafe visited Forbury Gardens for the first time since the attack\n\nThree other people - Nishit Nisudan, Patrick Edwards and Stephen Young - were also injured, before Saadallah threw away the knife and fled the scene, pursued by police.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Saadallah initially said he wanted to plead guilty to the \"jihad that I done\", but the prosecution claimed he later feigned mental illness in police interviews.\n\nAt a previous hearing, the court heard he had developed an emotionally unstable and anti-social personality disorder, with his behaviour worsened by alcohol and cannabis misuse.\n\nBut the judge said it was \"clear that the defendant did not, and does not, have any major mental illness\".\n\nAn examination of Saadallah's phone revealed an interest in extremist material, including images of the flag of Islamic State and Jihadi John, the court previously heard.\n\nWhile at HMP Bullingdon in 2017, he was seen to associate with radical preacher Omar Brookes, who has connections with banned terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun.\n\nThe court heard Saadallah, who arrived in Britain from Libya in 2012, had previously been involved with militias who had been part of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, and was pictured handling weapons, including firearms.\n\nSince seeking asylum in Britain, he had been repeatedly arrested and convicted of various offences, including theft and assault, between 2013 and 2020.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV cameras captured Khairi Saadallah before and after the stabbing\n\nHe briefly came to the attention of MI5 in 2019, but the information provided did not meet the threshold of investigation.\n\nSaadallah had been released from prison on 5 June, days before the attack, the court heard.\n\nOn 17 June, he researched the location for his attack online and carried out reconnaissance in the park.\n\nThe following day his probation officer alerted his mental health team over comments he made about magic.\n\nA day later, Saadallah contacted the crisis team himself, but when they visited he did not answer.\n\nFollowing concerns from his brother, police visited the killer the same day, but he told officers he was \"alright\" while he stood near a knife he bought from a supermarket.\n\nAndrew Wails said losing his brother had been devastating\n\nAfter the sentencing, James Furlong's father, Gary, said: \"The secretary of state needs to tell us why this guy wasn't put into some form of detention centre before they could deport him.\n\n\"He was not safe to be released back on the streets.\"\n\nReferring to the fact that Saadallah had been visited by police the night before the attack, Mr Furlong said: \"Given the volume of crimes he's committed and the information that they had on him, for an assessment to be done the night before to say that he's not a danger to the public - it is beyond me.\"\n\nHe described Mr Furlong, originally from Liverpool, as \"a lovely man, loved by his family, idolised by his mother\".\n\nDavid Wails' brother Andrew said: \"For us as a family it's been devastating to lose our much loved son, brother and uncle.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Bennett family described Mr Ritchie-Bennett as a \"devoted and loving husband\" and \"a man who cared strongly about family\".\n\nThe park had been busy due to the first lockdown restrictions being relaxed in England\n\nDet Ch Supt Kath Barnes, head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, described Saadallah as \"a committed jihadist\".\n\nShe said: \"He has caused unspeakable hurt and distress to the families of the three men who were brutally murdered as they were relaxing and enjoying socialising with friends on a Saturday evening.\n\n\"I'm sure there will also be lasting effects on those who were injured in the attack, who were fortunate not to have been even more seriously harmed.\"\n\nReading Borough Council leader Jason Brock described the attacks as \"horrific\" and \"senseless\" and said a permanent memorial to the victims was planned.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vogue editor Anna Wintour said images of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris were meant to celebrate her achievements\n\nUS Vogue editor Anna Wintour has defended the magazine following criticism of its front-cover portrait of Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.\n\nThe image shows Ms Harris wearing an informal outfit including jeans and a pair of Converse trainers.\n\nSocial media users have criticised Vogue for the photo's \"washed out\" lighting and styling, saying it does not reflect Ms Harris's achievements.\n\nBut Ms Wintour said the photos were intended to highlight her success.\n\n\"We want nothing but to celebrate Vice-President-elect Harris's amazing victory and the important moment this is for America's history and particularly women of colour all over the world,\" Ms Wintour said in a statement to the New York Times' Kara Swisher.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Vogue Magazine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe also defended Vogue's decision to use the picture for the print cover of its February issue, rather than an alternative portrait of her in a more formal suit.\n\nA member of Ms Harris's team told AP news agency that Vogue staff, including Ms Wintour, agreed to feature the blue-suited image on cover. But Ms Wintour denied that any formal agreement had been made.\n\n\"All of us felt very, very strongly that the less formal portrait of the vice-president-elect really reflected the moment that we were living in,\" said Ms Wintour.\n\n\"We felt to reflect this tragic moment in global history, a much less formal picture... really reflected the hallmark of the Biden/Harris campaign and everything they were trying to - and I'm sure they will - achieve,\" the editor - herself an influential supporter of the Democratic Party - added.\n\nSources at Vogue told the New York Times that the second, more formal image may be used as a cover for a separate print edition.\n\nBoth pictures were taken by Tyler Mitchell who, in 2018, became the first black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover.\n\nThe magazine has been criticised in the past over issues relating to race.\n\nSeveral former employees previously shared experiences of alleged racism in the workplace with the New York Times.\n\nEarlier this year, British Vogue editor Edward Enninful spoke out after he was allegedly \"racially profiled\" by a security guard at the magazine's UK offices.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HBO's Insecure is making sure lighting people of colour is not an afterthought", "A deal has been agreed for the sale of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Home and Bonmarché chains, which were on the brink of closure.\n\nThe businesses went into administration last year after a collapse in sales due to the pandemic.\n\nAlmost 2,000 staff will be kept on but as many as 260 stores could close.\n\nThe buyers are a consortium of international investors who will inject fresh funds into the business, led by the existing management team.\n\nEdinburgh Woollen Mill, which sells mid-price knitwear and other clothing to older shoppers, is part of a stable of retail brands owned by billionaire businessman, Philip Day.\n\nIt is understood that Mr Day will effectively lend the group the money to buy the businesses which will be paid back over a number of years.\n\nThe deal also covers two other brands in the group, value retailer Bonmarché, and Ponden Home, an interiors chain based in the south east of England.\n\nThe new owners plan to operate 246 stores across both the Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home brands, retaining 1,453 staff in those stores, the head office and distribution centres in Carlisle.\n\nHowever, 85 Edinburgh Woollen Mill stores and 34 Ponden Home stores have been closed permanently, with the loss of 485 jobs.\n\nWakefield-based Bonmarché will retain 72 of its stores and 531 staff including head office and distribution centre staff.\n\nThe majority of its stores, 148 outlets, remain under review with staff on furlough.\n\nAdministrators representing Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home said the deal represented the best chance to save stores and jobs, given the difficult outlook for UK retail.\n\n\"We regret that not all of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home could be rescued,\" said Tony Wright, partner at FRP. \"This has resulted in a significant number of redundancies at a particularly challenging time of year and period of economic uncertainty.\"\n\nRetail has been particularly hard hit by measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Even when shops have been open many shoppers stayed away, wary of the health risks.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium said consumers bought 5% less last year than the year before (not including food). Much of that custom switched from the High Street to online, making it harder for chains whose customers usually shop in person. Physical stores saw sales drop by a quarter, the BRC said.\n\nOther major brands including Topshop-owner Arcadia and Debenhams have also gone into administration, costing hundreds of jobs.\n\n\"Lockdowns have proved hugely damaging for mid-range fashion chains like Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Bonmarché whose traditional customer base has not adapted so quickly to online shopping as younger shoppers,\" said Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"The backers of this rescue deal clearly believe there is pent-up demand amongst core customers which will be released once the doors are flung open once more,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday, Marks & Spencer announced it was buying Jaeger, another brand that had belonged to Philip Day's portfolio.\n\nPeacocks, another High Street fashion brand in the EWM group remains in administration.", "As major social media platforms crack down on accounts promoting US election conspiracy theories, many conspiracy and far-right groups in the US are looking for a new home online.\n\nTwitter hasn’t just kicked the president off the platform. It’s also closed down some 70,000 accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy, while Facebook said it is continuing efforts to shut down “Stop the Steal” groups which allege, with no evidence, that Donald Trump was cheated of the presidency.\n\nOne of the most popular alternatives had been the self-styled “free speech” social media outlet Parler, but then over the weekend that was banned too for posts inciting violence.\n\nThen there’s Gab, a Twitter-like platform popular with right-wing groups, which is awash with extreme content and welcomes QAnon followers with open arms. It claims to have added 600,000 new users since the riots.\n\nIt’s thought Gab’s user base is far smaller than that of the now-closed Parler, which had around 16m users.\n\nOthers seem to be moving to MeWe, which is similar to Facebook.\n\nThere are some parallels with online jihadists, who also found their voices silenced after the rise of Islamic State in the Middle East.\n\nThe Islamic State group and al-Qaeda frequently have to re-establish their online presence after social media companies identify and close their accounts, leading to a nomadic online existence.\n\nThey have already adapted to life outside the big social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook and have exploited less well known platforms and apps to get their messages out.\n• 65 days that led to chaos at the Capitol", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Lockdown likely to extend to February\n\nScotland's first minister has said the country's current lockdown is \"very unlikely\" to be lifted at the end of the month.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed that more than 5,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus.\n\nA review of the current restrictions is due to be carried out at the end of January.\n\nMs Sturgeon said it was possible that there would be no easing at that point.\n\nA further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total by that measure to 5,023.\n\nBut the most recent figures from the National Records of Scotland - which record all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate - put the total at 6,686.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the figures were a reminder of the toll the virus had taken.\n\nAnd she said every death had caused heartbreak to friends, families and loved ones across the country.\n\nThe first minister also said Scotland's NHS would be under far greater pressure if the current restrictions had not been put in place on Boxing Day.\n\nAnd she urged people not to raise their expectations about what will be announced when the lockdown review is completed in a fortnight as wholesale lifting of the restrictions was \"very unlikely\".\n\nShe added: \"There may not even be any lifting of these restrictions as soon as the end of January - we will have to consider all of that carefully and set it out in due course.\"\n\nAll of mainland Scotland and some islands were placed into level four restrictions on 26 December, with schools remaining closed to most pupils until at least the end of the month.\n\nA further 1,875 positive cases of the virus were recorded on Monday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 153,423.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with the virus stands at 1,717 - an increase of 53 since yesterday and higher than the peak of about 1,500 in the first wave in April.\n\nOf these, 133 patients are intensive care units, with Ms Sturgeon saying that the virus was putting \"very acute pressure\" on hospitals.\n\nThe first minister also said that 175,942 people in Scotland had received their first vaccine dose by Monday.\n\nOpposition parties have claimed that the rollout of the vaccine has been \"sluggish\" in Scotland compared to south of the border - a charge that the government denies.\n\nAnd they have called for greater transparency over how many people are being given the jab every day.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said on Monday that the government was aiming to vaccinate about 560,000 people in Scotland by 31 January.\n\nNon-essential shops have been closed in Scotland since 26 December\n\nThe Scottish government has previously said it is concerned that too many people have not been following the \"stay at home\" rules that are in place across the whole of the mainland and some islands.\n\nMinisters have been discussing the possibility of imposing tougher rules on click and collect shopping and takeaway food, with an announcement expected to be made on Wednesday.\n\nRetail industry representatives have described click and collect services as a \"lifeline\" for struggling businesses amid the forced closure of all non-essential shops.\n\nAnd they said they had not been shown any evidence that click and collect was driving transmission of the virus.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily coronavirus briefing that the government may not stop click and collect services altogether.\n\nBut she added: \"If we are saying to people right now that you should not be out of your home for shopping unless it is essential, then do we need to have click and collect for non-essential services instead of having that for delivery?\"\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross told BBC Scotland that he did not want to see further restrictions put in place unless there was evidence that they would have the desired effect.\n\nHe also suggested that restricting click and collect would simply result in more people going back into supermarkets to do their shopping.\n\nThe Scottish government is also under pressure to lift the the current ban on public Sunday worship, with a group of 500 church leaders from across the UK - including 200 in Scotland - insisting that there is \"no evidence of any tangible contribution to community transmission through churches in Scotland\".\n\nIn a letter to the first minister, they claim that the ban may be unlawful and accuse the government of failing to understand that \"Christian worship is an essential public service, and especially vital to our nation in a time of crisis\".\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Test and Protect tells us where people were in their 48-hour infectious period.\n\n\"So we know that on one day last week the seven-day number for places of worship was 120, and data from yesterday shows the seven-day number for places of worship is 38, underlining the essential decision to require places of worship to close for public health reasons.\"\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that everyone arriving in Scotland from overseas will need to show proof of a negative test from Friday.\n\nThe test will need to be \"highly reliable\", the first minister said, and will need to have been from the previous three days - although young children may be exempt from the restriction.\n\nThose travelling from countries not on the quarantine exemption list will still need to self-isolate on arrival.\n\nThe new rules, which will also come into force in England, were first outlined last week.", "Sir David Attenborough has previously spoken of his support for the Covid-19 vaccines\n\nSir David Attenborough has become the latest well-known name to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, his representative has confirmed.\n\nThe news about the 94-year-old natural historian comes a few days after it was revealed the Queen had been vaccinated.\n\nIt's not known which vaccine Sir David has been given or exactly when he had it.\n\nThe Perfect Planet host is one of several stars to receive the first of two doses of the vaccine.\n\nThey include The Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith, actor Sir Ian McKellen, choreographer Lionel Blair, actor Brian Blessed and actress Dame Joan Collins.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere are currently three vaccines approved for administration in the UK - Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, although supplies of the latter are not expected to arrive until spring.\n\nSir David, who has been isolating at his London home, has previously talked about his support for the work in developing a means of protection from Covid-19.\n\nIn an interview with The Telegraph last month he said he would definitely accept an invitation to be vaccinated when his time came.\n\n\"At 94, I think I'm entitled!\" he told the newspaper.\n\n\"I'm sufficient of a scientist still, I hope, to realise this is the thing to do.\"\n\nHe added that the work that had gone into developing the vaccines showed the positive effects of international cooperation in combating global problems, such as the climate crisis.\n\n\"It (the virus) has drawn attention to the fact we aren't as omnipotent and all-controlling as we think we are,\" he told the paper.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The United Arab Emirates is being removed from the UK list of travel corridors amid a spike in Covid cases.\n\nThat means anyone who arrives from the UAE after 04:00 GMT on Tuesday now needs to self-isolate for 10 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nUK officials say Covid cases have risen 52% in the UAE in the last seven days and cite \"a significant acceleration in the number of imported cases\".\n\nIt comes after Scotland removed the UAE city Dubai from its safe travel list.\n\nThe Foreign Office has also updated its advice to advise against all but essential travel to the emirates.\n\nThe recent lockdown restrictions imposed across the UK mean leisure travel is currently banned.\n\nBut the UAE has been in particular focus in recent weeks after a number of UK reality TV and social media stars posted photographs of themselves holidaying there before the rules came into place.\n\nAnd a Celtic footballer tested positive for Covid-19 after the club took a trip to Dubai for a winter training camp.\n\nCeltic were allowed to go as a group under exemptions for elite athletes. As a result,15 playing and coaching staff are now required to self-isolate.\n\nDubai was added to Scotland's travel quarantine list from 04:00 GMT on Monday - with the rule also applying retrospectively for passengers who have arrived in Scotland from the city since January 3.\n\nThe Department for Transport said the removal of the whole of the UAE from the travel corridor is being adopted by all four UK nations.\n\nArrivals to the UK from most destinations now have to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nHowever, arrivals from some countries are exempt from the rules. Those countries make up the so-called travel corridor list.\n\nFrom this week, passengers arriving by boat, train or plane, including UK nationals, must also take a Covid test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.\n\nAre you affected by the government decision to remove UAE from the UK travel corridor list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A Scottish earl has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home in Angus.\n\nThe Earl of Strathmore, Simon Bowes-Lyon, forced his way into the sleeping woman's room during a weekend event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.\n\nHe repeatedly assaulted the 26-year-old victim and tried to pull off her nightdress during the 20-minute attack.\n\nBowes-Lyon, 34 - who is the Queen's first cousin twice removed - has been placed on the sex offenders register.\n\nHe was granted bail at Dundee Sheriff Court and sentence was deferred.\n\nSheriff Alistair Carmichael also ordered Glamis Castle be assessed for its suitability to house Bowes-Lyon while under a tagging order.\n\nThe court heard the woman fled the castle the morning after the attack on 13 February last year and flew home to report the matter to police.\n\nBoth Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police were involved in the investigation.\n\nGlamis Castle was the childhood home of the Queen Mother\n\nOutside court, Bowes-Lyon said he was \"greatly ashamed\" of his actions.\n\nHe added: \"Clearly I had drunk to excess on the night of the incident. I should have known better. I recognise, in any event, that alcohol is no excuse for my behaviour.\n\n\"I did not think I was capable of behaving the way I did but have had to face up to it and take responsibility.\n\n\"My apologies go, above all, to the woman concerned, but I would also like to apologise to family, friends and colleagues for the distress I have caused them.\"\n\nGlamis Castle, near Forfar, has been the seat of the Bowes-Lyon family since 1372.\n\nIt was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Queen's sister Princess Margaret was born there.\n\nBowes-Lyon was a great-great nephew of the Queen Mother.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid lockdown: Are supermarkets following the rules?\n\nSupermarket workers are facing abuse for challenging shoppers not wearing masks during the pandemic, staff say.\n\nOne Mold supermarket worker said she was challenging people every day and seeing \"loads of people walking around\" the store without masks and in groups.\n\nThe Welsh Government has hinted rules will be tightened amid concerns Covid-19 rules are not being followed.\n\n\"This is not a social event, come in on your own, not as a family of five,\" the supermarket worker said.\n\nSupermarket workers spoke to BBC Radio Wales as Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the \"onus\" was on supermarkets to make sure shoppers abided by the rules.\n\nThere has been an \"escalation of abuse\" towards supermarket staff in the last nine months, and the role of policing such rules must not fall on those on the shop floor, Nick Ireland Divisional Officer of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) said.\n\nHe said measures in stores had \"rolled back\", with many no longer enforcing systems, and people walking the wrong way down one-way systems, and \"whole families\" shopping with just one basket.\n\nMeanwhile Bally Auluk, an area organiser in Cardiff and Barry for Usdaw, said abuse towards shopworkers was happening on \"a daily and weekly basis\".\n\nHe said retailers and the Welsh Government should \"start protecting shop workers\" after dealing with members himself who were \"threatened with physical violence and spat on\".\n\n\"Customers now are treating it almost like it was last year, that it's not a problem, that is where the big issues arises,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh Government is in discussions about bringing in \"more visible\" coronavirus regulations.\n\nMorrisons and Sainsbury's had pledged to challenge shoppers not wearing face coverings in store, unless they have a medical exemption.\n\nTesco, Asda and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to follow the move and challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nUnder coronavirus rules, people must wear face coverings in order to enter shops across the UK, while supermarkets should have social distancing and strict hygiene measures in place.\n\nThe Welsh Government has been in talks with retailers on how to improve safety and return to the strict observance of social distancing from the first lockdown, although no new guidance has been issued.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he had heard concerns from people \"expressing anxiety\" about a lack of \"visible protections\" in supermarkets, such as limited numbers allowed in store, hand sanitiser and security on doors.\n\nThe Mold supermarket worker said staff had been told not to challenge people not wearing masks, and had seen people being yelled at.\n\nJane, who did not give her last name, told BBC Wales customers were offered a mask on the way in, but many did not want them.\n\n\"You do see a lot of customers walking around without a mask on,\" she said.\n\n\"Of course there are people with hidden disabilities who can't wear a mask but there can't be that many of them.\"\n\nJane said enforcement needed to be greater, but it should not be led by the shopfloor staff.\"We're told not to challenge people as we don't know someone's personal situation and we don't want to face any abuse if they don't want to wear it or don't agree with it,\" she said.\n\n\"At the moment people will ask politely, but I have witnessed quite a few occasions where customers have been verbally abusive to the person greeting them on their way in.\n\n\"There needs to be someone enforcing this, it can't be left to retail staff: whether its a police officer or a security guard.\"\n\nSupermarket aisles carrying non-essential items are closed off again, as they were during the firebreak lockdown\n\nOne security guard at a supermarket in Aberdare said he had had more \"hassle\" working in the past 10 months at the store, than from drinkers while working as a nightclub doorman for more than 20 years.\n\n\"The attitude towards yourself... they don't appreciate that you're standing there for 12 hours a day, they don't understand how hard it is to try and keep people distancing,\" he told Dot Davies on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"When they go inside the shop it all goes out the window... we keep the two metres outside, but we've got people coming outside to tell us we should be in there sorting it out.\"\n\nOne supermarket manager said the lengths people were going to in order to shop together were \"ridiculous\", with families coming in with a number of trolleys or baskets in order not to be challenged.\n\n\"We've seen families turning up to go shopping for a basket shop, it's just not on,\" said Mr Ireland, who called on supermarket staff to be prioritised for vaccines.\n\nHe suggested those who do not observe the rules should be banned and fined.\n\nBut one mother said that she had no choice but to shop with her children, and she had been unable to get a click and collect or delivery slot.\n\n\"It's easy to get caught up in the fear of it, but some people are at the shops as they have no choice,\" she said.\n\nOthers have spoken of shop staff themselves not wearing masks.\n\nJames Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, said it was \"everyone's responsibility\" to abide by the rules, rather than for shop workers to enforce.\n\n\"Doing that [enforcement of rules] in a small store, where you don't have lots of colleagues around, has been a trigger for more abuse and even violence,\" he said.\n\nMr Lowman said making businesses Covid secure was down to the local authority, while individuals' behaviour was a matter for police, but \"in practicality\" it is everyone's responsibility.\n\nBut Mr Gething said the \"onus\" for getting shoppers to follow Covid-19 rules, such as wearing masks, social-distancing and cordoning off non-essential items, was on the supermarket managers.\n\n\"[It needs to be made] clear that you do need to wear a mask unless you can demonstrate that you have a particular exemption,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't think there's any lack of understanding. We've been through this before and I do think a number of supermarkets are going to go and make clear there are a range of items that are off-limits for shoppers coming in.\n\n\"Supermarkets understand what they need to do.\"", "London's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital has been reopened and is admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread in the capital.\n\nMedical director Dr Vin Diwakar said the facility at London's ExCeL Centre also had a vaccination centre on site.\n\nIt was placed on standby in May after fewer than 20 patients were treated following a grand opening on 3 April.\n\nDr Diwakar said the Nightingale was being used to treat non-coronavirus patients.\n\nIn the Downing Street press conference, he explained it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nHe said: \"This means that hospitals have more beds to care for Covid-19 patients and for our very sickest patients. We cannot do this indefinitely.\n\n\"There comes a point where if the infection gets further out of control, more and more patients from London will need to be transferred elsewhere.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nAt the start of November, he said, London had 1,000 Covid-19 patients.\n\nThis increased four-fold to 4,000 on Christmas Day and has doubled to just under 8,000 today, with more than 1,000 of those on critical care, he told the press conference.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC News (UK) This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Dr Diwakar said there was \"hope\", with one hall of the ExCel Centre having opened as London's first mass vaccination centre.\n\n\"I can tell you Covid-19 is a horrible, horrible disease that leaves so many, including young people, breathless and gasping for life,\" he said.\n\nOn Friday, the Mayor of London declared a \"major incident\" as he described the coronavirus spread in the capital as \"out of control\".\n\nMore than 120 firefighters and 75 Met Police officers have been drafted in to help the London Ambulance Service cope with demand.", "The data showed men were more likely to be admitted to intensive care units\n\nAround half of patients admitted to Welsh intensive care units during the second wave of the pandemic have died, a study has found.\n\nThe Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) found men aged in their 60s were more likely to need intensive care.\n\nIt also found those from Asian backgrounds and deprived areas were disproportionately affected.\n\nBut a leading doctor said, overall, people were more likely to survive now.\n\nIntensive care consultant Matt Morgan said new treatments meant only the sickest patients were reaching intensive care, where outcomes were poorer.\n\nICNARC collected information on 431 Welsh patients who were critically ill with coronavirus from 1 September to 31 December 2020 as part of a UK-wide audit of intensive care patients.\n\nOf the patients who were admitted, 68% were men and 32% women. The average age of a patient was 59.5 years.\n\nIntensive care consultant Matt Morgan said, overall, patients were more likely to survive Covid now\n\nWhile the vast majority of patients were white (91.6%), the number of patients of Asian ethnicity was more than double the proportion of the Asian population, with 6.3% of patients recorded as being Asian, compared to an average of 2.4% in their local population.\n\nThe audit of patients found that, excluding those still being treated at the unit, half had died while half had been discharged.\n\nAlthough the numbers of patients surveyed is relatively low for statistical purposes, Dr Morgan said the survival rate reflected the situation in hospitals.\n\n\"We are putting fewer people, who are in the first stage of their illness, on to life support machines. And that is because we have treatments now that we know can help,\" he said.\n\n\"Overall, you are more likely now to survive Covid than ever before, and that is in every age group - sometimes by as much as 10% more.\n\n\"What we do know is that overall, out of every ten people who come to intensive care with Covid about six of them will survive and will leave the intensive care unit. Which means sadly four of them won't, four of them will die.\n\n\"That's similar overall to the first wave but that data is based on some patients who are still in the intensive care unit. So that may change and it's more likely to get worse rather than better.\"\n\n\"We also know patients who are on life support machines in the intensive care unit will do worse than those who come to the intensive care unit and are not on life support machines.\n\n\"For those people, it's probably five out of 10 people who will survive and five who will sadly die and that may be worse when we have the data on those who are still there.\n\n\"And there's a big effect of age. So for those over the age of 70 it may be as little as four people out of 10 who survive, maybe less. And for those over the age of 80 it may be as low as one or two people out of ten who survive.\n\nThe figures from ICNARC also highlight how people from poorer backgrounds were more likely to need treatment in intensive care.\n\nUsing a deprivation score from 1 to 5, more than half of patients scored 4 or 5, representing the most deprived postcodes in Wales.\n\nDr Morgan said: \"Sadly, disease is an illness of deprivation.\n\n\"And so that's why we feel it, particularly in Wales where the industrial scars of our past are still very much there - and our health is there.\"", "The men were arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in Birmingham and Worcestershire\n\nFour men have been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance at hospitals in the West Midlands.\n\nThe men, aged between 31 and 37, were held in relation to incidents in Birmingham and Worcestershire between 31 December and 9 January.\n\nEarlier this month, police said they were investigating after people posted videos of supposedly empty hospital corridors on social media.\n\nThe videos claiming Covid-19 was a hoax sparked an outcry from medical workers.\n\nWest Mercia Police launched a joint investigation with West Midlands Police, after incidents were reported at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Alexandra in Redditch.\n\nHospitals in Worcester and Kidderminster also featured, before the footage was deleted.\n\nThe West Mercia force confirmed it had arrested two men from Bromsgrove aged 31 and 34 as well as a 37 year-old man from Kidderminster and a fourth man, aged 34, from Droitwich.\n\nThey were also detained relating to incidents in a park in Bromsgrove as well as the town centre.\n\nAll four men have since been bailed with conditions not to enter any hospital in England unless they have a medical reason to do so.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Birmingham has one of the largest intensive care capacities in the whole country\n\nTwo hundred doctors will be redeployed to one of England's largest intensive care units amid fears it could be \"overwhelmed\".\n\nA leaked memo warned hospitals in Birmingham were \"in a position of extremis\" as Covid-19 cases rise.\n\nElective surgeries at the city's main Queen Elizabeth Hospital will stop as staff move to critical care duties.\n\nA spokesperson said the approach ensured \"the greatest good for the greatest numbers of people\".\n\nThe trust's decision to redeploy doctors was revealed in a leaked email to the Health Service Journal, which has been verified by the BBC.\n\nSent by consultant Peter Hewins, it said hospitals in Birmingham risked being \"overwhelmed\" amid a \"period of absolute emergency\".\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 across its sites, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nThis was significantly more than in April 2020, it said, as it announced plans to double its intensive care capacity to more than 250 beds.\n\nTime-critical surgery, including cancer operations, will continue, the trust said, but elective procedures at the Queen Elizabeth will be paused, and reduced elsewhere.\n\nThere will also be a \"further reduction of outpatient activity\", a spokesperson said, adding: \"Every member of staff will be supported by the Trust in delivering the best care wherever they are working.\"\n\nThere are currently 873 Covid-19 patients being treated at the trust\n\nNeighbouring University Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals Trust confirmed it had started taking Covid patients from Birmingham.\n\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England.\n\nIt runs several hospitals, including Birmingham Heartlands, the Queen Elizabeth, Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. It also runs Birmingham Chest Clinic.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - has long been a fan of cycling\n\nBoris Johnson has been criticised for travelling seven miles from Downing Street to go cycling during lockdown.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported the prime minister had been spotted in the Olympic Park in East London on Sunday.\n\nGovernment advice allows people to exercise outside, but says you should not travel outside your local area.\n\nA No 10 spokesman would not confirm if Mr Johnson had been driven to the park or cycled there, but said the PM had complied with Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nLabour's Andy Slaughter said: \"Once again it is do as I say, not as I do, from the prime minister.\"\n\nThe Hammersmith MP added: \"London has some of the highest infection rates in the country. Boris Johnson should be leading by example.\"\n\nIn response to the criticism, a Downing Street source told the BBC: \"The PM has exercised within the Covid rules and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong.\"\n\nA woman told the PA news agency she had seen the prime minister in the park: \"He was leisurely cycling with another guy with a beanie hat and chatting, while around four security guys, possibly more, cycled behind them.\n\n\"Considering the current situation with Covid I was shocked to see him cycling around looking so care-free.\n\n\"Also, considering he's advising everyone to stay at home and not leave their area, shouldn't he stay in Westminster and not travel to other boroughs?\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock was asked at Monday's Downing Street press conference whether travelling seven miles for a cycle ride was within the rules.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"It is OK, if you went for a long walk and ended up seven miles from home, that is OK, but you should stay local.\n\n\"It is OK to go for a long walk or a cycle ride or to exercise, but stay local.\"\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after two women said they were surrounded by police and fine £200 after driving five miles from home to take a walk.\n\nDerbyshire Police have now dropped the fine and apologised to the women, but the incident led to a debate over the guidance.\n\nGovernment advice for England says you can leave your home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is more precise, saying exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nFormer Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who represents a constituency in the Lake District, has written to the PM calling for clearer guidance on exercise similar to that in Scotland.\n\nHe wrote: \"On the one hand, our local police force here in Cumbria are reporting that people... have travelled hundreds of miles to take their exercise in the Lake District.\n\n\"And on the other hand, I have constituents writing to me, worried whether they will be punished for driving five minutes up the road to go for a walk in their local park.\"\n\nMr Farron added: \"We need a solution that clearly deters people from making lengthy trips and potentially spreading the virus, but also that doesn't discourage people from keeping fit and healthy.\"", "Retailers suffered their worst annual sales performance on record in 2020, driven by slump in demand for fashion and homeware products, figures show.\n\nWhile food sales growth rose 5.4% on 2019, non-food fell about 5%, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.\n\nIt meant an overall fall of 0.3% in a year dominated by the Covid-19 impact, the worst annual change since the BRC began collating the figures in 1995.\n\nChristmas offered little cheer, with much of the High Street still closed.\n\n\"Physical non-food stores, including all of non-essential retail, saw sales drop by a quarter compared with 2019,\" said Helen Dickinson, BRC chief executive.\n\n\"Christmas offered little respite for these retailers, as many shops were forced to shut during the peak trading period,\" she said.\n\nThe 5.4% rise in food sales was fuelled by shoppers flocking to supermarkets and online grocers to ensure they were stocked up during the pandemic.\n\nIn December, total retail sales increased by 1.8% as shoppers spent more in the run-up to Christmas. Like-for-like sales for the month were up 4.8% as overall shop takings were still affected by restrictions and temporary closures.\n\nOnline non-food sales jumped by 44.8% in December, according to the new figures, as a higher proportion of shopping took place online.\n\nThe BRC's sales monitor is collated with the consultancy KPMG, whose UK head of retail, Paul Martin, said: \"In the most important month for the retail industry, there was some positive growth due to the ongoing shift of expenditure from other categories such as travel and leisure.\n\n\"Once again we saw big swings in the types of products being purchased and the channels used for shopping, with much of the growth taking place online, where nearly half of all non-food purchases were made.\"\n\nBut he warned that the new lockdown would worsen conditions for many non-essential shops and the High Street generally.\n\nLast week, a report from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) said that 2020 was the worst for High Street job losses in more than 25 years, as the coronavirus accelerated the move towards online shopping.\n\nNearly 180,000 retail jobs were lost last year, up by almost a quarter from 2019, the CRR said.", "The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level in the UK since World War Two.\n\nThere were close to 697,000 deaths in 2020 - nearly 85,000 more than would be expected based on the average in the previous five years.\n\nThis represents an increase of 14% - making it the largest rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.\n\nWhen the age and size of the population is taken into account, 2020 saw the worst death rates since the 2000s.\n\nThis measure - known as age-standardised mortality - takes into account population growth and age.\n\nThe data is only available until November - so the impact of deaths in December have not yet been taken into account - but it shows the death rate at that stage was at its highest in England since 2008.\n\nThe data on deaths can be confusing.\n\nOn one hand, excess deaths are at their highest since World War Two, while on the other, death rates, once age and size of population are taken into account, are at their worst level for a little over a decade 'only'.\n\nHow should that be interpreted?\n\nExcess deaths are basically a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected based on the previous few years.\n\nClearly, 2020 saw a huge and unexpected rise in deaths because of the pandemic, just as World War Two led to a sudden jump.\n\nBut in determining how much those jumps affected the chances of dying, a measure known as age-standardised mortality, which takes into account the age and size of the population, is important.\n\nIt shows the pandemic has undone the progress made in the last decade or so. That is significant - especially given this has happened despite lockdowns and social-distancing measures to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nBut it also helps put the death toll over the past 12 months in a wider context.\n\nKing's Fund chief executive Richard Murray said the picture was likely to worsen, given Covid deaths were rising following the surge in infections over recent weeks.\n\n\"The UK has one of the highest rates of excess deaths in the world, with more excess deaths per million people than most other European countries or the US,\" he said.\n\n'It will take a public inquiry to determine exactly what went wrong, but mistakes have been made.\n\n\"In a pandemic, mistakes cost lives. Decisions to enter lockdown have consistently come late, with the government failing to learn from past mistakes or the experiences of other countries.\n\n\"The promised 'protective ring' around social care in the first wave was slow to materialise and often inadequate, a contributing factor to the excess deaths among care home residents last year.\n\n'Like many countries, the UK was poorly prepared for this type of pandemic.\"\n\nMatthew Reed, of the end-of-life care charity Marie Curie said the focus on Covid should not hide the fact there has been a \"silent crisis\" of deaths at home.\n\nHe said people have died prematurely in 2020 from other causes - with a big jump in deaths at home.\n\n\"We are concerned many have not had the care they needed,\" he added.\n• None Lockdown needs to be stricter, scientists warn", "Officer Eugene Goodman is being celebrated for his heroics\n\nCapitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman is being called a hero for a second time after footage shown at the impeachment trial shows him directing Mitt Romney away from an advancing mob.\n\nIn the video, the officer is seen notifying Mr Romney that the rioters were heading in his direction and guiding him away.\n\nThe Utah senator, an unpopular figure among Trump supporters, said he looked forward to thanking the police officer for his actions.\n\nOfficer Goodman was already being praised for his bravery that day, after singlehandedly steering a mob away from the Senate chambers.\n\nVideo footage showed him just steps ahead of rioters as they chase him up a flight of stairs.\n\nMr Goodman is then seen glancing towards the Senate entrance before luring the men in the opposite direction.\n\nFive people, including a police officer, died as a result of the riots.\n\nThe officer was seen confronting a pro-Trump rioter during the attack\n\nMembers of the 2,000-person Capitol police department are tasked with protecting the Capitol building and those inside, it.\n\nA group of senators has introduced a bill to award Officer Goodman with the Congressional Gold Medal.\n\nNews of his additional heroics involving Senator Romney will only amplify calls for him to be recognised.\n\nThe senator said he was unaware of the danger he was in until he saw the footage at the trial on Wednesday.\n\nSenator Mitt Romney said he was looking forward to thanking Officer Goodman\n\nIt formed part of the Democratic prosecution in trying to underline the peril the heart of US government was under as Trump supporters ransacked the Capitol.\n\nSenator Romney said it was \"overwhelmingly distressing and emotional\" to see the violence again, six weeks after the attack.\n\nAnd reflecting on his own narrow escape, he added he was looking forward to thanking Officer Goodman \"when I next see him\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See how close the mob got to Mike Pence, Mitt Romney and other lawmakers\n\nNew York Law School criminal law professor and 20-year veteran of the New York City Police Department Kirk Burkhalter called Mr Goodman's response to the rioters \"tremendous\".\n\n\"I don't think there was any type of training that would prepare you for that situation,\" Mr Burkhalter told the BBC, speaking days after the attack.\n\nIn the video shot by Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic, Mr Goodman, who is black, is antagonised by the group of Trump supporters - who are all white men.\n\nThe man at the front of the pack, wearing a QAnon T-shirt, has been identified as Doug Jensen of Iowa. He was later arrested by local police and the FBI for his role in the riots.\n\nFootage shows Mr Jensen leading the mob that chased Mr Goodman up a flight of stairs - just a few feet away from the entrance to the Senate floor. As he is pursued, Mr Goodman shouts \"second floor!\" into his radio, seemingly alerting other officers of the group approaching the chamber.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Igor Bobic This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter Mr Goodman glances toward the Senate chamber entrance, he shoves Mr Jensen - a move seemingly designed to draw attention on to himself, luring the mob away from the chambers and those hiding inside.\n\nThe image of Mr Goodman trailed by a mob - some armed with Confederate flags, others with allusions to the Nazi flag - was extremely disturbing, Mr Burkhalter said.\n\n\"Police officer, not a police officer, to see a black man being chased by someone carrying a Confederate flag - there is something wrong with that picture. That should never happen again,\" he said.\n\n\"It just reeks of everything we need to correct.\"\n\nMr Goodman's standoff with the mob came just minutes before authorities were able to seal the chamber, according to reporting from the Washington Post.\n\nHis heroics were noted at the highest level - he was invited to the inauguration as a guest of Vice-President Kamala Harris.", "Naomi Campbell and Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala sealed the deal over the weekend\n\nThe appointment of British supermodel Naomi Campbell as Kenya's tourism ambassador has caused a Twitter storm in the East African nation.\n\nMany queried why it had not been given to a prominent Kenyan like Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong'o.\n\nOthers leapt to her defence, saying the debate already justified her role.\n\nKenya's tourism sector has been badly hit by coronavirus, with visitor numbers down by 72% between January and October last year.\n\n\"The sector hence lost over 110bn Kenyan shillings [$1bn, £738m] of direct international tourists' revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic,\" Kenya's Tourism Research Institute reported last month.\n\nThe country is famous for its wildlife safaris and beach resorts.\n\nKenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said the deal with Ms Campbell was done over the weekend after he met the model, who is currently on holiday in Kenya.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife-Kenya\n\nThe 50-year-old style icon and philanthropist has been posting images of her stay on Instagram, where she has 10 million followers.\n\n\"We welcome the exciting news that Naomi Campbell will advocate for tourism and travel internationally for the Magical Kenya brand,\" Mr Balala said, without giving further deals of the contract.\n\nBut the statement, posted on Twitter on Tuesday, prompted instant outrage from some, and the supermodel's name has since been trending in the country.\n\nOne tweeter cited other Kenyan celebrities better suited to the ambassadorial role, including models Ajuma Nasenyana and Debra Sanaipei, as well as Nyong'o.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Syombua A. Kibue 🇰🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOne tweeter said the backlash revealed an unhealthy attitude in Kenya: \"At the end of the day, it's all about who will get the job done. This mentality is what causes nepotism and tribalism in Kenyan institutions, it should be about the most suitable candidate not 'one of our own' thing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Campbell's defenders praised her for visiting Kenya several times and said it was not only the model's social media following that made her the perfect appointment.\n\nHer circle of friends were equally important as she would attract wealthy tourists willing to spend money.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mlolwa🐬 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tourism industry usually contributes about 8.8% to Kenya's annual Gross domestic product (GDP), according to Kenya's East African newspaper.\n• None The supermodel and the warlord", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nPolice patrols were stepped up around the Scotland-England border around Christmas\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nSo many of us are spending more time staring at a screen right now and an eye health charity is recommending we learn the \"20-20-20\" rule to protect our sight. Fight for Sight advises looking at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes you're working at a screen, in order to reduce eye strain. The charity also commissioned a survey of 2,000 people which found more than a third believed their eyesight had worsened in the past year. It says the number of us getting regular eye tests is also down and is urging people not to miss their appointments.\n\nIt sadly comes as no surprise to learn that 2020 was the worst year on record for UK retailers, especially those focused on clothing and homeware. Food bucked the trend, particularly over Christmas, with the highest ever festive spending on groceries. But overall, retail sales declined by 0.3% across the year, and non-food by nearly a quarter, the biggest annual dip since the British Retail Consortium began collating the figures in 1995. The BRC says many retailers are struggling to survive and the government should extend the business rates holiday to save jobs.\n\nA father who'd campaigned for a change in the coronavirus rules to make life easier for non-resident parents to see their children has welcomed a government rethink. Previously, parents could visit children they don't live with during lockdown, but restrictions prevented them from staying overnight in a hotel. Ex-BBC journalist Tom De Castella said the ban \"had a massive bearing on seeing my daughter\", who lives a three-and-a-half hour drive away from his home. Now the rules have been rewritten, he's relieved. \"This is about building a bond with your child, it's crucial to their development,\" he added.\n\nTom De Castella said the rethink was \"great news\" for parents like him\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, three vaccines are now approved for use in the UK, but there are many differences between them. BBC health correspondent Laura Foster explains.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Lockdown rule-breakers are more likely to be fined as Covid laws will be enforced \"more quickly\", the UK's most senior police officer has said.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers have had to break up parties, despite hospitals struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nA minister confirmed her pledge that fines were \"increasingly likely\".\n\nKit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [are illustrating] to them that if they don't they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" Mr Malthouse, the policing minister, told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"These current measures should in theory, if we all stick by them, be enough to drive the numbers down so that we can start to move through the gears of tiers from mid-February,\" he added.\n\nAsked if tighter restrictions for England were on the way - something the health secretary has refused to rule out - Mr Malthouse said ministers were \"on tenterhooks\" watching the daily figures for Covid deaths, new cases and hospital admissions, as rules continue to be kept under review.\n\nHe said the government's ramped-up efforts to give vulnerable people the coronavirus vaccine should help the UK to \"get back to some sort of normality later this year\".\n\nThe BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there was currently no expectation that Westminster will impose more extensive restrictions.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she discussed possible tighter restrictions with members of her cabinet on Tuesday morning.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel and chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, Martin Hewitt, will hold a coronavirus press conference at Downing Street later.\n\nThe latest figures on Monday showed a further 529 people had died within 28 days of a positive test in the UK, while another 46,169 cases were reported.\n\nThere are also more than 32,200 people in hospital in the UK with coronavirus, data shows.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme some 75 police officers are joining 185 firefighters in being trained to drive ambulances in the capital, to help London Ambulance Service as the number of cases of the virus continues to rise.\n\nAnd writing in the Times, she said her officers had found people hosting raves, house parties and basement gambling events, despite clear laws that ban social gatherings.\n\n\"It is preposterous to me that anyone could be unaware of our duty to do all we can to stop the spread of the virus,\" she said, adding that people breaking Covid laws were \"increasingly likely to face fines\".\n\nPolice chiefs in other parts of England have also warned \"patience is running out\" with rule-breakers, with the public increasingly willing to report alleged rule breaches.\n\nSince March, some 32,000 penalties for breaching Covid laws have been issued in England and Wales - with a sharp rise in penalties during England's November lockdown.\n\nAlmost 6,500 penalty tickets were handed out in the weeks up to Christmas as police began moving more quickly from \"engage\", \"explain\" and \"encourage\" to the fourth \"e\" - \"enforcement\".\n\nExpect the rate of fines to continue upwards during January, given the scale of the emergency and the pressure from government on constabularies to enforce the law.\n\nBut there is also a tension here. Police chiefs have told their officers they will often have to use their own judgement because the list of \"reasonable excuses\" in the law for why someone can be outside is not fixed in stone.\n\nThere is a lot of wriggle room in the law to allow daily lives to continue.\n\nWhile ministers, scientists and health experts are all hammering home the message that people should stay at home as much as possible, the law is more liberal - for instance, there is no restriction on exercise in England.\n\nAnd that's why some police officers believe they are stuck between a rock and a hard place as people who don't want to be locked down find more and more creative ways to stretch the rules to breaking point.\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nDame Cressida told the Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nShe also said Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cycle in east London at the weekend was \"not against the law\", but added the \"stay local\" guidance on exercise for England could be made more clear.\n\nUnder Scotland's lockdown restrictions, people must start and finish their exercise in the same place - and to do so, they may travel up to five miles from the boundary of their local authority area. People in Wales should start and finish exercising from their home, while those in Northern Ireland are advised not to go more than 10 miles from home when exercising.\n\nAsked if she would like to see similar detail in England's guidance, Dame Cressida said: \"That is certainly something the government could consider.\n\n\"Anything that brings greater clarity, for officers and the public, in general, will be a good thing.\"\n\nDame Cressida also said she was delighted that a proposal to prioritise frontline officers for vaccines was being discussed\n\nPolice chiefs have been under increasing pressure to enforce the lockdown laws - with a number of news reports about breaches of Covid rules in recent days.\n\nIn one case, Derbyshire Police withdrew penalties for two women who had been fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk together - following widespread media attention.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has defended the way police have handled breaches, saying there is a need for \"strong enforcement\".\n\nFour people were arrested in Edinburgh on Monday after anti-lockdown protesters clashed with police\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - which are in charge of making their own coronavirus restrictions.\n\nIn her article, Dame Cressida said she was \"delighted to hear\" that a proposal to prioritise frontline officers to get vaccinated was being \"actively discussed\", as the rate of officers self-isolating has risen.\n\nSo far 2.3 million people in the UK have had a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, as part of the government's plan to vaccinate tens of millions of people by the spring.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said members of the armed forces were working \"hand in hand with the NHS\" to help with the response to the UK's epidemic.\n\nSome 5,300 members of the armed forces are currently involved in the Covid response including personnel to help with vaccinations and community testing across the UK, he said.", "Rules governing the import of personal goods from the UK to the EU changed after Brexit formally came into effect\n\nA Dutch TV network has filmed border officials confiscating ham sandwiches and other foods from drivers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK, under post-Brexit rules.\n\nThe officials were shown explaining import regulations imposed since the UK formalised its separation from the EU.\n\nUnder EU rules, travellers from outside the bloc are banned from bringing in meat and dairy products.\n\nThe rules appeared to bemuse one driver.\n\n\"Since Brexit, you are no longer allowed to bring certain foods to Europe, like meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, that kind of stuff,\" a Dutch border official told the driver in footage broadcast by TV network NPO 1.\n\nIn one scene, a border official asked the driver whether several of his tin-foil wrapped sandwiches had meat in them.\n\nWhen the driver said they did, the border official said: \"Okay, so we take them all.\"\n\nSurprised, the driver then asked the officials if he could keep the bread, to which one replied: \"No, everything will be confiscated - welcome to the Brexit, sir. I'm sorry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK officially finished its formal separation from the EU on 31 December, 2020.\n\nFrom 23:00 GMT on that date, the UK stopped following EU rules, with new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation coming into force.\n\nA trade deal with the EU was agreed on 24 December, and a week later, UK lawmakers voted in favour of the agreement.\n\nThe UK's departure means big changes for business - with the UK and EU forming two separate markets - the end of free movement, and new regulations, including those governing the import of personal goods.\n\nThe UK government has issued guidance to commercial drivers travelling to the EU, warning them to \"be aware of additional restrictions to personal imports\".\n\n\"You cannot bring POAO (products of an animal origin) such as those containing meat or dairy (e.g. a ham and cheese sandwich) into the EU,\" the guidance says. \"There are exceptions to this rule for certain quantities of powdered infant milk, infant food, special foods, or special processed pet feed.\"\n\nOn its website, the European Commission says the ban is necessary because such goods \"continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union\".\n\n\"It is known, for example, that dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease and classical swine fever can reside in meat, milk or their products,\" the Commission says.\n\nSeparately, the Dutch customs agency shared a picture of foodstuffs it had confiscated from motorists in the ferry terminal the Hook of Holland.\n\n\"Since 1 January, you can't just bring more food from the UK,\" the agency said. \"So prepare yourself if you travel to the Netherlands from the UK and spread the word. This is how we prevent food waste and together ensure that the controls are speeded up.\"\n\nThe BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam described the confiscation of ham sandwiches and other foodstuffs at the EU's borders with the UK as \"a standard implication of [the] Brexit deal\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Faisal Islam This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS Louisa Jordan was built in two weeks in April response to concerns over hospital capacity\n\nA shortage of NHS staff could prevent the opening of the NHS Louisa Jordan to Covid patients if capacity is exceeded elsewhere, a leading doctor has said.\n\nPresident of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Prof Mike Griffin, said the increasing numbers off work was a \"major problem\".\n\nThe Scottish government says the NHS is not being \"overwhelmed\" and staffing plans are in place to deal with demand.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan is currently being used for outpatient services.\n\nThe temporary hospital at the SEC in Glasgow was set up in April in response to concerns over hospital capacity.\n\nIt was not used for Covid care during the first surge of the pandemic and has since been made available for outpatient services, such as orthopaedics, plastic surgery and dermatology.\n\nIt is also being used for Covid vaccinations.\n\nProf Mike Griffin told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the pressure on the NHS workforce was particularly acute in the west of Scotland, where the number of cases was high.\n\n\"Particularly in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, there's been significant increases recently because of the new variant. Without any doubt, that new variant is increasing transmissibility, and therefore increasing infection rates and increasing hospital admissions,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's not just the admissions that's the problem. Our doctors, surgeons, nurses and everyone are really working extremely hard - but there is an increase in absenteeism because of illness and because of self-isolation amongst nursing staff.\"\n\nTwo of Scotland's health boards - NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Lanarkshire - are currently over their capacity for Covid patients.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has reached 85% capacity and NHS Tayside is at 81% capacity, according to the latest Scottish government figures.\n\nThe NHS Louisa Jordan has capacity for 1,000 Covid patients if it is needed, but Prof Griffin said that using it as a Covid facility could be dependent on retired or former staff returning to work for NHS Scotland.\n\n\"Opening the Louisa Jordan as a Covid institution without staff is impossible,\" he said.\n\n\"It is equipped to be able to do it. And if the staffing is there, if we get returners and so on, then perhaps that might happen.\"\n\nThe number of Covid patients in hospital across Scotland is now higher than it was in April, although the numbers in intensive care are lower.\n\nNumbers initially appeared to be declining in November, but never reached low levels and began to climb sharply again at the end of the year.\n\nProf Griffin added that it was likely that better treatments for Covid patients were also reducing mortality and so keeping those patients in hospital for longer.\n\nNHS Scotland has an overall capacity for 13,000 beds, with 2,400 assigned to Covid patients.\n\nThis is down from a capacity of about 3,600 in the autumn because of additional seasonal pressures on the NHS, including weather-related issues and increased staff absence.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, accepted that having around 1,500 patients in hospital with Covid had forced the cancellation of procedures such as cataract operations and hip replacements.\n\nBut he said that ability to \"flex\" within the system meant that the NHS remained within capacity.\n\nProf Leitch also pointed to the situation in England where there have been reports of limits being put on the amount of oxygen that patients can receive and some intensive care patients having to be treated in non-ICU beds.\n\nSpeaking at the first minister's coronavirus briefing, he said: \"People shouldn't be scared that the health service is full or overwhelmed - it isn't.\n\n\"It is fragile, and you just have to look a few hundred miles south to see what happens when it is even more fragile.\n\n\"So we need to avoid that as much as we can in Scotland.\"", "The Northern Lights from Munlochy on the Black Isle in the Highlands\n\nDisplays of the Aurora Borealis were visible from north and north east Scotland overnight.\n\nAlso known as the Northern Lights, the aurora appear as shimmering waves of light when atoms in the Earth's high-altitude atmosphere collide with energetic charged particles from the sun.\n\nBBC Weather Watchers photographed the \"lights\" from Shetland, the Highlands and Moray.\n\nBrae, Shetland, was among the vantage points for observing the aurora overnight on Monday into Tuesday\n\nA view of the aurora from Hopeman on the Moray Firth coast\n\nA colourful scene at Nairn on the Highlands' Moray Firth coast\n\nThe aurora from Glenelg in the west Highlands\n\nThis stunning image was captured at Durness by Andy Walker\n\nClear skies over Moray offered opportunities to see the lights, including from Elgin\n\nFreck Fraser's image of the aurora from a snowy Belladrum near Beauly\n\nThe green glow of the aurora from Portmahomack in the Highlands\n\nAnother image of the aurora from Brae in Shetland\n\nBright lights of the aurora from Uig in the Highlands", "Meddyg Care Dementia Home was due to receive vaccinations last week\n\nA care home manager is \"frightened\" for the residents after its delivery of Covid vaccinations failed to arrive.\n\nLorna Jones said Meddyg Care Dementia Home in Criccieth, Gwynedd, was due to have a delivery of the new Oxford-AstraZeneca jab a week ago.\n\nHowever the vaccine has not arrived amid claims other people in the area have already had the jab.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board admitted there had been \"logistical problems\" in north west Wales.\n\nThe health board insisted it is \"committed\" to vaccinating those most vulnerable.\n\nOn Monday, it was announced that all over-50s in Wales are to be offered jab by spring, after criticism the rollout of the vaccine in Wales has been slower than in other parts of the UK.\n\nWith family visits suspended, the care home has not recorded a single Covid-19 case and a phone call on New Year's Eve to say it was to receive the vaccine was met with \"glee and happiness\".\n\nUnder the Welsh Government's vaccination rollout plan, care home residents and staff are first in line to get the immunisation - or priority one - ahead of elderly people within communities across Wales.\n\nHowever the vaccine has not arrived while, the home claimed, local GP surgeries have been administering the vaccine to over 80s in the community.\n\nLorna Jones is demanding answers as to why the vaccine has not arrived\n\nMs Jones said: \"I can't understand why Betsi Cadwaladr have veered away from the priority list.\n\n\"It's very clear. If there are vaccines coming into the local community, which there are, why have our residents not been vaccinated?\n\n\"I know some care homes have had it in Caernarfon, so why haven't we. What's the difference?\"\n\nMs Jones said the delay is causing concern among staff, residents and families.\n\n\"I'm frightened for our residents. I'm getting a lot of contact from families and I just can't give them anything,\" she said.\n\nThe home's owner said he had now taken matters into his own hands.\n\nKevin Edwards, managing director of Meddyg Care, said he had spent hours ringing around GP surgeries \"begging\" for spare vaccines.\n\nHe said the residents would now be vaccinated on Tuesday.\n\n\"We're a specialist dementia home, you can't just turn up one day and give the vaccine to the residents, there needs to be an element of preparation,\" he told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nBetsi Cadwaladr health board said it was working to ensure those with the highest priority are vaccinated.\n\nTeresa Owen, the health board's executive director of public health, said: \"Last week we vaccinated nearly 10,000 people in north Wales.\n\n\"This week, staff from primary care practices will be going into the local nursing and residential homes to administer the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccination to residents.\n\n\"The initial supply of vaccinations to the west of BCUHB has caused some logistical problems with commencing this programme, but vaccines have now been allocated for all the nursing and residential homes in the locality.\"", "Boris Johnson - pictured here in 2013 - is a keen cyclist\n\nDowning Street has defended Boris Johnson for riding his bicycle seven miles from home, saying he complied with Covid rules during his trip.\n\nLabour accused the prime minister of having double standards, after it was reported he had been spotted in the saddle at east London's Olympic Park.\n\nGovernment guidance says daily outdoor exercise is allowed but people should not travel outside their local area.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said any suggestion he had broken the rules was \"wrong\".\n\nBut he did not confirm whether Mr Johnson had been driven to the Olympic Park from Downing Street or cycled there.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the trip had not been \"against the law - that's for sure\".\n\nPeople should go for exercise \"from your front door and come back to your front door\", she said, adding: \"That's my view of local.\"\n\nThe prime minister's press secretary said the Commissioner's words were \"wise\".\n\n\"The instruction is to stay local and for her a reasonable interpretation was to exercise from their front door but for some people it's more complicated. Everyone needs to exercise their own judgement\", she added.\n\nThe Evening Standard reported that the prime minister had been seen in the Olympic Park, with his security detail, on Sunday.\n\nThere's nothing in English lockdown law that says Boris Johnson shouldn't have pedalled around London's Olympic park on Sunday, seven miles from Downing Street.\n\nBut this comes at a time when the government is desperately pleading with people to take Covid-19 seriously and follow the rules.\n\nIn England that means leaving home only for essential work, shopping and exercise. The guidance also says \"stay local\" without defining how far people can roam.\n\nTravel for exercise is allowed \"a short distance within your area\" to access an open space.\n\nNumber 10 will insist that's precisely what Mr Johnson did.\n\nBut his ride highlights the problem everyone faces trying to interpret rules, and relying on people using common sense.\n\nThe outing certainly doesn't help ministers straining to tell the public - in clear, consistent, easy-to-understand terms - to stay at home.\n\nAndy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith, west London, criticised the prime minister for having a \"do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do\" attitude.\n\nSpeaking to Today, Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said: \"What we are asking people to do is when they exercise to stay local.\n\n\"Now local is, obviously, open to interpretation, but people broadly know what local means.\n\n\"If you can get there under your own steam and you are not interacting with somebody... then that seems perfectly reasonable to me.\"\n\nThe PM's official spokesman added: \"We have always trusted the public to exercise good judgement. We did throughout the first lockdown and continue to do so.\"\n\nDame Cressida Dick said Boris Johnson had not broken the law\n\nThe issue of travelling for exercise was highlighted at the weekend after police in Derbyshire fined two women £200 after they drove five miles from home to take a walk - a penalty that was later dropped.\n\nGovernment advice for England says people can leave home to exercise, but adds: \"This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.\"\n\nThe guidance adds: \"Stay local means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.\"\n\nThe government also states: \"The law is what you must do; the guidance might be a mixture of what you must do and what you should do.\"\n\nIn Scotland, the advice is that exercise can be taken if it \"starts and finishes at the same place, which can be up to five miles from the boundary of your local authority area\".\n\nIn Wales, exercise also has to start from and finish at home. There no limits on distance travelled, although the advice is that \"the nearer you stay to your home, the better\".\n\nPeople in Northern Ireland are advised not to go more than 10 miles from home when exercising.", "Fans of the University of Alabama football team gathered in the streets of Tuscaloosa in Alabama, ignoring social distancing.\n\nThey were celebrating the university's third national championship in the past six years.", "More than 12,500 people have died with coronavirus, since the first reported death in Scotland on 13 March 2020.\n\nHere are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives.\n\nIf you would like to pay tribute to a loved one lost to Covid, please use the form below or email newsonline-scotland@bbc.co.uk and ensure you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.\n\nJean was born in 1937 Maryhill and spoke often and fondly of her childhood in \"the Butney\". This involved real hardships - including war-time evacuation to Holytown - though Jean's memories were all good and Maryhill became a touchstone when dementia became a factor in recent years.\n\nWorking at Rolls-Royce Hillington, Jean was transferred to its Derby HQ where, as a young woman, she made small component parts for jet engines. Even in her 80s, Jean could still perform all the machinist actions (with sound effects).\n\nShe loved to paint landscapes and had a life-long passion for music, especially jazz (with Frankie and Ella being constants). She was a great singer and dancer, always up for fun and laughs, brightening up any party.\n\nHer family said Jean was a fabulous mum to two daughters, a brilliant friend, and a warm-hearted women with kindness for everyone and anyone. She died on 27 October 2020.\n\nRashelle Baird's family describe her as \"kind, bubbly, and always the life and soul of the party\".\n\nThe 27-year-old mother-of-three from Brechin had put off appointments to get the vaccine because she was busy with her children.\n\nHer family stressed she was not anti-vaccine. \"She wanted to get her vaccine but she put her kids first,\" her father Stephen said.\n\nRashelle, who had asthma, initially thought she had caught a cold from her children, but her symptoms worsened and she was admitted to hospital.\n\nShe died in November 2021 after several days in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, having been placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.\n\nDavid Trower worked as a clerical officer in the A&E department of University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie before retiring in 2016.\n\nBut he was committed to the NHS and even in retirement he chose to continue to work shifts, through NHS Lanarkshire's staff bank, right up until February. He died on 9 March 2021, aged 67.\n\nHis colleagues thought highly of him, saying: \"We have many happy memories of shifts together, laughs, nights out, and listening to all his stories of his many holidays abroad. We will miss him.\"\n\nBernadette White, his sister, said he was a caring, gentle and loving man with a wicked sense of humour.\n\nShe added: \"The last seven years, I would say, is when David started to live his life, doing the things that made him happy without having to worry about anyone else.\"\n\nStephen Stewart met his future wife, Heather, at a youth club when he was just 14. They got engaged on his 17th birthday and he had just turned 20 when they married.\n\nThe couple, who lived in Motherwell, came from \"very different\" backgrounds but they grew up together during their 25-year marriage while raising their only child.\n\nStephen took pride in his work for concrete manufacturer FP McCann, latterly as a lab technician working out what strength the concrete needed to be for certain projects.\n\nOutside work, he loved fishing, computer games, gadgets and during the first lockdown he managed to build a hot tub shelter with the help of a series of YouTube videos.\n\nHe died of Covid pneumonia at University Hospital Wishaw on 19 February 2021, aged 45.\n\nNan Douglas worked her way up from shorthand typist to headteacher during a remarkable career.\n\nShe was already a mother of three when she left her job as a school secretary at West Calder High School to enrol at Moray House in Edinburgh where she qualified as a primary school teacher.\n\nAfter losing her husband John when she was just 43, she found solace in working with disabled children and went on to be appointed head of Pinewood Special School in Blackburn, West Lothian.\n\nFollowing a spell living in Cornwall during her retirement, she returned to Scotland where she hosted a \"living wake\" with 80 friends and family on her 90th birthday.\n\nShe lived independently in Milnathort, Kinross, and was admitted to hospital for a minor issue just before Christmas 2020. But she picked up Covid and never left. She died on 19 February 2021, aged 95.\n\nGraeme McGrath's greatest passions were rowing and the River Clyde.\n\nOn the day of his funeral, fellow rowers held oars in a guard of honour at Glasgow Green in a tribute appreciated by his wife Anne and their three sons.\n\nFor 40 years Graeme volunteered with the Glasgow Humane Society and was often called on to row rescue boats on the Clyde, or to help evacuate families during floods.\n\nAfter undergoing a kidney transplant in his 50s, he was unable to get out on the river as much. He retired from his job as a Thomas Cook travel agent and moved to Prestwick in Ayrshire.\n\nBut he still felt the pull of the Clyde and regularly returned to the city to meet friends and row safety boats at regattas.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021 at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, aged 66, after being admitted for an infection affecting his heart.\n\nTommy Morrow spent most of his life in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, where he met his partner Jackie and raised their children, Demi and Mark.\n\nHis family described him as a character and not a day went by without them laughing at his jokes.\n\nHe loved camping and fishing in places like Stornoway with his friends but the most important people in his life were his family, including grandchildren, Lacey and Louden.\n\nDuring his career he worked in various well-known hotels and restaurants in Glasgow but he had not worked for some years due to poor health, including COPD.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021, aged 53. \"It was so cruel - he was so close to getting the vaccine,\" his family said.\n\nTommy Rooney was a bus driver for 36 years and hugely popular with colleagues at First Bus in Larbert.\n\nOn the day of his funeral they were among dozens of people who lined the streets and applauded as his cortege passed the depot.\n\nFirst Bus operations manager Jason Hackett told the Falkirk Herald that Tommy was the \"heart and soul\" of the Larbert station.\n\nMarried to Margaret, the Bonnybridge man had two daughters and a granddaughter who described him as a \"humble but proud family man who put everyone else's needs before his own\".\n\nAn avid Celtic fan, he spent much of the pandemic driving key workers to their essential duties. He died on 12 February 2021, aged 57.\n\nDavid Gray's first grandchild - a girl called Islay - was born in July 2020. The proud \"papa\" used to say that she was the love of his life and she gave him a reason to wake up in the morning.\n\nTragically, the 62-year-old only got to spend five months with her before falling ill with Covid. He died on 3 February 2021.\n\nDavid lived in Erskine and worked for BAE Systems for 20 years, first as a mechanical fitter then as records manager dealing with secret files for the Ministry of Defence.\n\nHis family describe him as \"music daft\" - he played guitar and he was performing a gig with his band in Glasgow when he met his wife, Joyce, 40 years ago.\n\nThey went on to have two children - Darren and Danielle - as well as his beloved Cocker Spaniels, Buster and Shimmer, who he described as his \"bairns\".\n\nHarry Osborne was a Dunkirk veteran whose life was full of adventures - his daughter said he was still able to recall stories until just a few days before he died.\n\nMr Osborne was deployed to France months after joining the Territorial Army in Glasgow, served with the 77th Highland Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and later became a surveyor.\n\nFriends recall how upon joining, he promised his mother he would not swear and instead would say \"cricky jings\", which became his nickname in the forces.\n\nHe was also known as a keen golfer with a \"wicked sense of humour\".\n\nMr Osborne died from Covid-19 on 25 January, nine months after celebrating his 100th birthday.\n\nConnie Simpson's grandchildren say she was more like a pal than a granny - she was full of fun and laughter, and was always the first up to dance at a party.\n\nBorn in Kinning Park, Glasgow, she moved to the east end after marrying John who she met at the Barrowlands when they were teenagers.\n\nWhile John was away with the Merchant Navy, she brought up their four children in a house \"surrounded by love\", before taking work as a curtain consultant.\n\nShe was fabulous even in her 80s - she loved getting her hair, eyebrows and manicure done, meeting friends at Mecca Bingo in Parkhead and at a local pensioners' club.\n\nConnie died on 23 January 2021 at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, aged 82.\n\nSheila Gartly was as \"bright as a button\" and the \"heart of our family\", her loved ones said.\n\nShe was born and brought up in Deskford, Moray, before marrying and moving to Keith in 1954. Widowed in 1975, she remarried but lost her second husband in 2005.\n\nDuring her working life she had jobs in a florist and in a fish shop - both of which she thoroughly enjoyed.\n\nShe loved to watch the birds in her garden, read her daily newspaper, listen to traditional Scottish music, and the spring and summer when the nights were lighter and flowers bloomed.\n\nIn 2019 she had surgery on a broken leg but she was recovering well. She died with Covid on 19 January 2021, aged 86.\n\nAlex Goldie was an electrical engineer who latterly worked as a lecturer at Stow College in Glasgow before his retirement.\n\nHis family said he was a gregarious man, always interested in other people, who took great delight and pride in the antics and education of his two great-grandsons, Charlie and Joe.\n\nDuring his long life he enjoyed skiing, tennis, pottery, sailing, golf, holidays in Europe, Australia and North America, single malts and red wine.\n\nHe had been well cared for by Randolph Hill nursing home in Dunblane for 19 months after developing dementia. Covid restrictions meant he had not seen his family, other than by Skype, for a year.\n\nHe is thought to have contracted the virus on a trip to A&E after a fall. He died on 14 January, aged 100.\n\nVincent Logan became one of the youngest bishops in the world when he was ordained Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981, aged 39.\n\nHe served the Roman Catholic diocese for almost 32 years before his retirement in 2012.\n\nThe Scottish Catholic Church said he was \"dedicated and energetic\" and had \"an energy and zeal in all he did\".\n\nBorn in Bathgate in 1941, he was ordained a priest in Edinburgh in 1964. He died on 14 January, aged 79, the day after his friend the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.\n\n\"Both bishops succumbed to the lethal effects of the coronavirus,\" the current Bishop of Dunkeld, Stephen Robson, added.\n\nThe Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, died suddenly at his home in the city on 13 January - the Feast of St Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow.\n\nHe had been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid shortly after Christmas.\n\nBorn in Glasgow in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute were First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, who described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\".\n\nLiz Shingleston was a well-known figure in the village of Dunragit and her death on 13 January had a big impact on the small community near Stranraer.\n\n\"Her hearse passed the bottom of the village and the amount of people who turned out to pay their respects was overwhelming,\" said her daughter, Lisa.\n\nLiz spent her early childhood in New Luce but moved to the railway station cottage in Dunragit where her father worked as a signalman.\n\nDuring a varied working life, Liz left school to work in the laboratory of the nearby Nestle factory and later replaced her own mother as the local school's dinner lady.\n\nThe 73-year-old was devoted to her grandchildren and great-grandson but she also liked to treat herself to afternoon tea (with Prosecco) at Trump Turnberry.\n\nHugh Polland, who was known as Shug to his friends and family, was born and raised in Glasgow's Easterhouse.\n\nHe was well known in the area where he ran the Casbah Pub for many years during the 1980s and early 90s.\n\nA huge Celtic fan, he loved to play golf and took up photography later in life - becoming \"unofficial photographer\" at many friends' weddings, christening and parties.\n\n\"Everyone wanted him at their party not just to take photos but because of his personality,\" said his son, Tony McAllister. \"Everyone loved him because what you seen is what you got.\"\n\nShug died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 5 January, aged 70. His sudden death has left his family heartbroken.\n\nFor more than 75 years George Wight lived on his dairy farm in the village of Drumoak in Aberdeenshire.\n\nBut he had more than one string to his bow - as well as being a dairy farmer, for 25 years he was also the publican of his local, the Irvine Arms.\n\nA loyal Aberdeen FC fan, he was one of the lucky ones - he was in Gothenburg in 1983 to see the his beloved Dons lift the European Cup Winners Cup.\n\nHe was devoted to his family, including wife Claire and their four children, and despite suffering a series of bereavements and health setbacks, he always bounced back.\n\n\"He was an inspiration and a hardy soul who kept going no matter what life threw at him,\" they said. George died at a nursing home on 4 January 2021, aged 85.\n\nHugh Bell loved to dance. As a young man, when he doing his national service with the RAF, he was a regular at the dancing at the YMCA in Paisley.\n\nIt was there he met the love of his life, Margaret. They were married for 63 years and had two children Alan and Stuart. Margaret passed away in 2013.\n\nA keen ballroom dancer, Hugh was often first on the dance floor and in his later years he enjoyed dancing to the entertainment at Southerness caravan park, near Dumfries, where Stuart and his friend had a holiday home.\n\nHe was a bright, bubbly sociable man who spent a career in logistics before working as a lollipop man in his retirement.\n\nHugh died on 31 December at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 92.\n\nDavid Warnock was a keen sportsman who loved squash, tennis, rugby, football, cycling and climbing munros.\n\nIn fact, it was on the tennis courts in Aberdeen that he met his teenage sweetheart, Zena. He was 17 and she was 14 - they were married for 62 years.\n\nAn electrical engineer, he worked for Pye Communications, moving first to Cambridge and then Edinburgh.\n\nHe was a quiet man who never complained about anything and was happiest around his family - including four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.\n\nHis second great-grandchild was born shortly after he died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 31 December. He was 85.\n\nHenry Anderson, an SNP councillor on Perth and Kinross Council, died with Covid on 27 December.\n\nHe had represented the Almond and Earn ward since 2012 and colleagues said he would be \"hugely missed\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute to the 68-year-old was Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who described him as \"a good, decent man and a faithful councillor\".\n\nMurray Lyle, the leader of Perth and Kinross Council, said Mr Anderson was an excellent advocate for his ward and \"passionate about local issues\".\n\n\"I had the pleasure of working with Henry for several years on the Local Review Body and always his enjoyed his company, good humour and sense of fun when we were out visiting planning sites.\"\n\nTeenage sweethearts Bryson Mitchell and his wife Irene were due to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in January,\n\nThey met when he was an 18-year-old apprentice electrician and was assigned to a contract with the company where Irene, who was 16, was working.\n\nAfter marrying in 1961, Bryson spent his adult life in Paisley and 35 years working as an aircraft electrician with British Airways.\n\nThe couple had two children and four grandchildren, who described him as a quiet man with a great sense of humour. \"He was kind and generous, very hardworking, and he lived for his family,\" they said.\n\nHe was in hospital being treated for an acute illness when he contracted Covid. He died on Christmas Eve, aged 82.\n\nAs a child, Sandy Adam survived pioneering surgery to remove his voice box - an operation that left him unable to speak normally.\n\nInstead he learned a different way to communicate - oesophageal speech (swallowing air) - by drinking lots of lemonade. He had a life-long hatred of the fizzy drink after that.\n\nAfter training to be a dentist in Dundee, he returned to his hometown of Aberdeen. In addition to surgeries around the city, at one time he worked at Craiginches Prison one afternoon a week.\n\nA father and a grandfather, he loved tinkering with cars, pranking his two children and sitting in the sun with a glass of red wine.\n\nThe 81-year-old, who had dementia, died on 16 December, shortly after testing positive for Covid.\n\nDavid Barr was born and grew up in Paisley and for more than 40 years he worked in the town's Anchor Mill.\n\nAs well as being a keen bowler, a church elder, and an active member of Martyrs Church Men's Club, he had a gift for carpentry.\n\nThe dolls houses and garages that he made for his children and grandchildren were much loved and they are still treasured.\n\nHis favourite place in the world was the East Neuk of Fife, where he spent many happy holidays.\n\nDavid had an underlying respiratory condition and he was admitted to hospital with shortness of breath in December. He died within days of being diagnosed with Covid on 16 December, aged 86.\n\nAna Lisa Sayson was a nurse who moved from the Philippines to work for the NHS in Scotland.\n\nShe was a staff nurse at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow before she moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the Covid crisis. The mother-of-two died on 15 December after testing positive for the virus.\n\n\"Ana Lisa was a much-loved member of the team and an incredibly compassionate nurse who was devoted to the care of her patients,\" said John Stuart, the chief nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\n\"Ana Lisa came to our country from the Philippines to care for our loved ones and my heart goes out to her family and especially her husband and children.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all of her NHS family here in Glasgow, are with them at this terribly sad time.\"\n\nBilly and May Fannin were married for 62 years after meeting at a ballroom in Glasgow in 1955.\n\nMay was a bookkeeper who gave up her job to look after her grandchildren in the 1980s. \"Her life revolved around her four grandchildren,\" their younger daughter Jennifer told BBC Scotland.\n\nBilly was a joiner by trade but his real passion was singing, performing under the name Scott Allan. And as a member of Equity, he also took on work as an extra on TV programmes like Take the High Road and Taggart.\n\nHe loved being the centre of attention and \"if he was chocolate he would have eaten himself\", Jennifer joked.\n\nWhen the couple from Barrhead caught Covid, their two daughters also fell ill with the virus and had to self-isolate. They were heartbroken they could not be with their 84-year-old mother when she died in hospital on 6 December.\n\nBut they chose not tell their 88-year-old father about her death, as he was also in hospital and had dementia. Jennifer was able to visit him to say goodbye before he slipped away just eight days after the passing of his wife.\n\nShe was president of the city's Bangladesh Association, a civil servant at Glasgow City Council and, according to her family, \"a pillar of the community\".\n\nThey said she was a \"devoted mother, daughter, aunt and friend [but] she would prefer to be remembered as a social activist, volunteer and community advocate\".\n\nBoth Mridula and her husband, Sarwar Hassan, were admitted to hospital with Covid in November. He was discharged but Mridula was moved to Aberdeen for specialist treatment.\n\nHer husband and two sons were able to spend time with her before she died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 12 December, aged 50.\n\nBridget Turner and her husband Alan worked for years in the window blinds industry before setting up their own business, A&B Window Blinds, in 1992.\n\nThey lived next door to the shop in Paisley, where Bridget worked in the office and Alan went out to do the measuring. Their years of hard work paid off and the family business remains successful.\n\nThe mother-of-three \"loved a good gab and a good catch-up with friends\", according to her daughter, Lisa. \"She was amazing, such a good friend to lots of people.\"\n\nWhen the children were young, family holidays were spent at the Isle of Whithorn but later the couple, who moved to Greenock, spent winters in Gran Canaria where they made friends from around the world.\n\nBridget was treated for Covid at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, where she received \"amazing care\". She died, aged 71, on 7 December after saying goodbye to her family.\n\nAndrew Slorance was a civil servant in charge of the Scottish government's planning and response to crisis situations - including the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe grew up in Hawick and became a journalist before joining the Scotland Office. He led the new Scottish Parliament's media team when it opened in 1999, then became the official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond.\n\nA father-of-five, he was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2015. He documented his experience of the rare cancer - including six rounds of chemotherapy - in a blog he called \"The fight of my life\".\n\nHe relapsed in 2019 and a stem cell transplant scheduled for Easter 2020 was delayed by Covid. While shielding at home in Edinburgh, he spent the first part of the pandemic working on the government's response from a spare room.\n\nMr Slorance was finally admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow for his stem cell transplant in October. He tested positive for Covid shortly after that and died on 5 December, aged 49.\n\nTributes from across the political spectrum, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, have been paid to Mr Slorance. His wife, Louise, told BBC Scotland: \"He was a proud family man who was the life and soul of any party, loving and loyal.\"\n\nAllan Harper was a salesman at Topps Tiles for 23 years, mainly in the Hillington branch.\n\nHe met Caroline through a dating website 21 years ago. They were due to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in July.\n\nA father-of-one, he lived in Craigton, in the south-west of Glasgow, where he enjoyed computer games and playing pool with work colleagues.\n\nCaroline said they would spend their days off and holidays together with their three cats \"who sometimes got more attention than me\".\n\nHe was a kind man, a \"true gentleman\" and her \"forever love\", she added. He died on 1 December 2020, aged 60.\n\nEileen Terry was born and brought up in Renfrew before marrying Bob and moving to Milngavie in 1968.\n\nHe was a keen golfer and when their sons, Robert and David, reached secondary school she decided the time was right to join him on the golf course.\n\nIt led to a lifetime's love of the sport and she became the ladies captain of Clober Golf Club in 2001 - the club's centenary year.\n\nHer family say she was a kind and generous lady who was well-known in her local community, where she worked as a home help until her retirement.\n\nShe spent her final years in Mavisbank Nursing Home in Bishopbriggs after developing vascular dementia. She died in hospital on 25 November 2020, aged 84.\n\nDavie Burgess was one of 10 siblings born in the Townhead area of Glasgow, but he had a lifelong love of the fresh air and the scenery of the Scottish countryside.\n\nAs a young man, he worked as a fireman on the steam train to Crianlarich - a trip which included a two-hour stopover allowing him to explore the hills.\n\nLater in life he loved driving up to Acharacle to visit his son and his family, where he could go for long walks with his grandchildren and their dog, Mac.\n\nMarried for 60 years to May, the father-of-three worked for the Milk Marketing Board at Hogganfield Loch. He was a hard worker who even after he \"retired\" took on three jobs, including running a caravan park.\n\nHis family described him as a \"gentleman\" and a \"man of pride\". He died on 25 November, aged 86.\n\nRod Moore spent 40 years with the ambulance service, working as a technician, a paramedic, a trainer and then in managerial roles before returning to the front line and the job he loved.\n\nThe football fan from Falkirk was married to Clare for 31 years and they had a son, Craig.\n\n\"He was my best friend, he was always happy, joking around all the time, he was so funny... he made me laugh every day,\" Clare told BBC Scotland.\n\nAnd he was so close to their son \"you wouldn't have got a sheet of paper between them\", she added.\n\nAlthough they were not able to see Rod for four weeks while he was treated in hospital for Covid, they we allowed one final visit to say goodbye before he died on 21 November, aged 63.\n\nTom Kenmure was a manager at the Tesco distribution centre in Livingston, where he had worked for 28 years.\n\nThe 51-year-old was a friendly, sociable man and in normal times he liked nothing better than driving around the country exploring \"any little shop he could find\".\n\nAfter the restrictions came into force, the father-of-two from Carluke did everything he could to keep himself and his family safe from Covid.\n\nBut on the 6 October he felt a tightness in his chest on his way to work and had to get tested. It came back positive the next day.\n\nHe spent two weeks in Wishaw General before being transferred to an ECMO machine at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He died on 17 November.\n\nAndrew, or \"Andra\", Kettrick was a porter at Stirling Royal Infirmary for 28 years.\n\nHe would take patients out on \"mystery tours\" in a \"big blue hospital ambulance bus\" his son, also Andrew, told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"The old people loved my dad as he would often stop and buy them all fish and chips or ice cream - all this was paid for out of his pocket,\" he said.\n\nMr Kettrick's work was recognised by hospital bosses and they put him forward for a British Empire Medal which he received in 1991.\n\nThe father-of-three, from Cowie, Stirling, died at Caledonia Court care home in Larbert on 17 November. He was 86.\n\nJim - Flocky - Flockhart was the public face of the firefighters' strike in Glasgow in 1973.\n\nA leading figure in the Fire Brigade Union, he regularly appeared on TV and in newspapers during the controversial 10-day strike over pay.\n\nFirefighting was a dangerous - sometimes fatal - job in the \"tinderbox city\" and Jim was hailed a hero by colleagues after the dispute ended with a famous victory for the strikers.\n\nHe retired to Darvel in Ayrshire where he enjoyed a pint in the Black Bull and spent many years driving friends and local elderly men on trips around Scotland and to Ireland.\n\nA father and grandfather, he died with Covid on 13 November with his daughters Yvonne and Julie by his side. He was 77.\n\nTom Maley never wanted for anything, but after enduring months of Covid restrictions this year the 73-year-old retired joiner set his heart on a big Christmas tree.\n\nIt had been a tough year for the normally sociable pensioner who was renowned for his jokes (good and bad) and was devoted to his wife of 53 years, Georgina, and their family.\n\nThey usually decorate a small table-top tree for the festive season, but this year Mr Maley ordered a 5ft showstopper illuminated with multi-coloured stars to fill the window of their Grangemouth home.\n\nThe great-grandfather will never get to see the tree in its full glory. He died at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert on 12 November, shortly after falling ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter Claire Taylor told BBC Scotland, said: \"My gran has made sure that the tree he ordered will go up and it will shine bright for Granda.\"\n\nTracey Donnelly was born and brought up in Edinburgh but she moved to the north-east of England after meeting her husband, George.\n\n\"I loved her the first time I saw her, and I always will,\" he said. \"She was so loving and kind - just an extra-special person in every way.\"\n\nTracey had four children, three step-children and eight grandchildren, and she worked as a support worker for the North East Autism Society.\n\nCare manager Michael Ross, said: \"She loved her family, and she loved the service-users in her care. This tragic news has ripped the heart out of the team and her colleagues are absolutely devastated.\"\n\nShe died at Sunderland General Hospital in mid-November after testing positive for coronavirus. She was 53.\n\nJim Grant was originally from Bo'ness but he spent most of his life in Grangemouth where he brought up two daughters, Margaret and Senga, with his wife Mary.\n\nHe worked as a labourer at BP before taking early retirement when he was 60.\n\nThe 88-year-old great-grandfather spent his last months at the Caledonian Court care home in Larbert before his death on 8 November. He was one of 20 residents who died in the space of a month after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter, Nicole Ritchie, said he was a gentleman who always had a huge smile on his face, and his death had had a huge impact on the family.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland \"As a family, we would like to thank Caledonian Court from the bottom of our hearts. They looked after my grandad for the last 11 months of his life and they couldn't have done a better job, he was so happy and very well looked after.\"\n\nFor more than 20 years until her retirement in February 2020, Liz Khan was a support worker for adults with learning and physical disabilities.\n\nShe also ran a drama group for them - it was always more than a job to her, her family said.\n\nLiz was also an elder at her local church, St Margaret's Parish Church in the Muirhouse area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.\n\n\"She devoted her life to her work, church and family,\" her children Stephen, Sonia and Lorraine told BBC Scotland.\n\nLiz died in hospital with Covid on 26 October 2020, aged 67 - eight months into her retirement.\n\nWhen Marie Ward broke her wrist in 2019, she asked her consultant whether she would be able to play the piano once it had healed.\n\nHe assured her she would, but when she replied \"that's great because I couldn't before\", the previously serious and solemn medic cracked up.\n\nShe was always laughing and joking, according to her granddaughter, Abby McNicol, and she enjoyed nothing more than knitting, shopping and a \"good blether\".\n\nMarried to Robert for 53 years, they started life together in a single-end tenement in Househillwood in Glasgow. Moving to a three-bedroom council house in Johnstone was \"like winning the lottery\".\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-11 died on 18 October 2020, aged 83.\n\nFrances Brown spent lockdown shielding in her room in the Glasgow care home where she had lived for almost 10 years.\n\nAfter months of keeping in touch via video calls, the 76-year-old was finally able to meet up with her sister, Anne Turnbull, in August.\n\nMs Turnbull said her sister, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bi-polar disorder, had a special bond with staff at the David Cargill care home.\n\nAnd she praised the home which remained Covid-free until a staff member tested positive on 4 October. Frances contracted the virus and died in hospital on 13 October.\n\nIn a statement, the care home described Frances as \"the most incredible woman, a real character, and an absolute pleasure to know and care for\".\n\nAfter a long battle against illness throughout the year, great grandfather Charlie Armstrong died on 10 October.\n\nThe 82-year-old retired property manager from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, had been allowed home after receiving treatment at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for chest problems.\n\nEight days later he was readmitted to the hospital and tested positive for coronavirus. The family say they were told he must have contracted Covid during his earlier stay at the Infirmary.\n\nHis wife, Joyce, who was also treated in hospital for the virus, said: \"He was very generous, very loving and very funny and he hated seeing anybody being put down. He didn't like to see injustice. He would stand up for people.\n\n\"We were together for 40 years and he was a very good father and a very good husband to me.\"\n\nMargaret Kerrigan was a \"force to be reckoned with\", according to her family - a matriarch who commanded respect.\n\nShe was born in Plymouth but her family moved to Glasgow when she was young. Growing up in Govan in the 1950s, she learned to be a \"tough cookie\".\n\nIt meant she must have been perfectly suited to her job as bar manager at Curlers in Byres Road in the 1960s. And it was there she met Joe, a customer at the pub, who she married in 1970.\n\nHe worked as a school janitor during many of their 50 years of marriage, and they had four sons, 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.\n\nClydebank Bowling Club provided Joe with a good social life, while Margaret loved having her family around her and going to the bingo.\n\nJoe had dementia and he died at Hill View care home in Dalmuir on 19 April 2020, aged 78. Margaret fell ill during the second wave and died in hospital on 8 October, aged 73.\n\nFormer ambulance technician George Cairns was a resident at LittleInch Care Home in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.\n\nHis family said the move from his Renfrew flat to the home in January had reinvigorated him and brought out his mischievous sense of humour.\n\nDuring the lockdown period Mr Cairns, who was bipolar, even joked about topping up his tan in the garden.\n\nThe 71-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on 8 May despite displaying no symptoms, but his condition deteriorated and he died in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley nine days later.\n\nHis daughter, Gillian, paid tribute to his caring nature, saying: \"Even if you only met him once he would tell you a story, a terrible joke or offer a supportive ear when you needed it the most.\"\n\nRetired farmer Jock Brown was a keen ice hockey player in his youth, and he represented Scotland for six years in the 1950s.\n\nHe told his family that he was selected for the team because he was the only Scotsman who played as goal tender (goalkeeper) at the time. They insist this is not true.\n\nMarried to Mary for 48 years, they had two children and four grandchildren.\n\nHe farmed near Falkirk - on land next to what is now home to The Kelpies - until his retirement in the 1980s.\n\nMr Brown's family said he was a quiet man with a great sense of humour. He had dementia and he died with Covid-19 at Burnbrae care home in Falkirk on 14 May. He was 89.\n\nIna Beaton was a well-known figure on the Isle of Skye and she lived in her own home in Balmaqueen until two years ago.\n\nShe died on 11 May aged 103, the seventh resident of Home Farm care home in Portree to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nIna lived through the Great War and the 1919 Spanish Flu outbreak. During World War Two she moved to Glasgow to work as a conductress on the trams and survived the Clydebank blitz.\n\nHer grandson, Ailean Beaton, said his loss was shared across the island, especially the north end \"where she was mum, granny, friend to more than just the Beatons.\n\n\"Her crystal memory and broad experience of life in Skye over several generations meant that she contributed to our shared knowledge of the place we're from, its language and culture,\" he added.\n\nBetty Steele grew up in Paisley but later moved to Corby, Northamptonshire - the town known as \"little Scotland\".\n\nShe had seven children, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and she lived for her family, according to her granddaughter, Debbie Smiley.\n\nHer house was always the meeting point, and she was the life and soul of the party.\n\n\"She had such a zest for life, and anything she did it was done with care and love for others,\" Debbie added.\n\nJohn Angus Gordon, 83, spent the last few years of his life at the Home Farm care home in Portree on Skye.\n\nHe had dementia and the sense of touch reassured him - he liked to shake a hand or hold the hand of the person he was talking to.\n\nUnable to visit the home, his family spoke to him for the last time in a video-call a few hours before he died on 5 May.\n\nAs he listened to their voices, he reached out to the hand of the carer sitting with him, dressed in full personal protective equipment.\n\n\"We found it quite poignant that my dad put out his hand to hers and she was wearing these blue protective gloves,\" said his son, John.\n\nPaul McCaffrey was an \"amazing dad\" of two children and two step-children who was always busy, according to his partner Caroline McNultry.\n\n\"He was always helping someone, whether he was in someone's house helping them out or just on-the-go in work all the time,\" she said.\n\nThe healthy 49-year-old from Glasgow fell ill after returning home from work at a care home where he was a highly-regarded maintenance manager.\n\nRather than the traditional coronavirus symptoms, he complained of a headache and aching limbs but he was eventually admitted to hospital in Glasgow where he tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe was transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he could be hooked up to an ECMO machine, which performs the tasks of the lungs. After three weeks, he died on 4 May.\n\nHGV driver Jim Russell kept his lorries so spotlessly clean he was known as \"Big Gorgeous\" by colleagues who joked that he must have worn his slippers in his cab.\n\nHe was a big character who loved cars, trucks, motorbikes, lorries and going to Truckfest with his fiancée Connie McCready, who he affectionately nicknamed \"Isa\" after the Still Game character.\n\nThis photograph was taken at the last concert the couple attended together on 8 March 2020.\n\nThey met online in 2014 and were due to get married last summer but Mr Russell fell ill with Covid three weeks after the concert. He died on 4 May, aged 51.\n\n\"Everyone is talking about life getting back to normal when coming out of lockdown, however for myself and many many others we are terrified as our lives will never be normal again,\" Connie said.\n\nClive Andrews was born in Trinidad and in 1967 he moved to Edinburgh where he \"immediately felt like he belonged\", according to his daughter, Nadine.\n\nThe father-of-six worked as a senior lecturer in ergonomics at Napier College, but he was also committed to the arts.\n\nDevoted to promoting and supporting artists and musicians, he held committee roles with groups including Theatre Alba and the Scottish Arts Council.\n\nHe helped establish the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and volunteered every year for decades with the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.\n\nClive was a lover of life (and of salsa dancing), his family said. He died at The Elms Care Home in Edinburgh on 3 May 2020, aged 86.\n\nRobert Black was a paramedic but he was also a talented musician and part of the team behind Argyll FM.\n\nPaying tribute to him on social media, the community radio station said he was \"a genuine good guy... everyone was his pal\".\n\nThe Mull of Kintyre Music Festival described him as \"one of our pals\" and a \"true gent, wonderful musician\".\n\nHe was a well-known and loved character in Campbeltown, according to Kintyre Community Resilience Group.\n\nThe father-of-two died in hospital in Glasgow on 2 May.\n\nKaren Hutton was a \"much-loved\" care home nurse who died with coronavirus days after her granddaughter was born.\n\nThe 58-year-old was a staff nurse in the dementia unit at Lochleven Care Home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.\n\nHer only daughter, Lauren, gave birth to a girl just two weeks ago, according to care home operators Thistle Healthcare.\n\nCare home manager Andrew Chalmers-Gall said: \"Karen was a tenacious advocate for her residents and she always put their needs first.\"\n\nShe died at home in Carnoustie, Angus, on 28 April after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nMark McCarron Gillan bought his wife, Jan, flowers every Friday - a small gesture but something that she still misses following his death on 27 April.\n\nThey were married for 23 years, after first meeting as teenagers, and they have three daughters - twins Ebony and Hope, who are 20, and Brenna, 19.\n\nWhen his colleagues at a soap factory in Queenslie, Glasgow, learned of his death, they stopped production for the first time since opening.\n\nThey were among dozens of people - including friends and neighbours - who lined the streets on the day of his funeral to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old.\n\nMark loved golf, football and hill walking but he was also a family man. \"There is a such a void left in each of us and every life that he touched,\" his wife said.\n\nAlastair Sinclair split his younger years between Reay in Caithness and Lanark before being called up for national service.\n\nBut his army career was cut short when he stood on a mine in Korea and lost a foot.\n\nHis son told BBC Scotland that he was persuaded to pursue a career in developing artificial limbs as he was being fitted for his own prosthetic.\n\nIn retirement, the father-of-three moved with his wife from Newtown Mearns in East Renfrewshire to Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.\n\nHe moved into Erskine Park care home in Bishopton shortly before lockdown and died, aged 87, five weeks later on 27 April.\n\nPearl Paterson grew up in Dennistoun in the east end of Glasgow and was just 10 years old when World War II broke out.\n\nShe was a teenager when she joined the Women's Land Army but it wasn't until she was in her 80s that she received official recognition - and a badge - for her efforts from the UK government.\n\nPearl spent much of her working life employed as a domestic assistant in hotels across Scotland, before settling in Largs, Ayrshire, with her daughter, Fiona.\n\nAn animal lover, she had a special Chihuahua called Flash, and she read the People's Friend magazine every week.\n\nOn her 91st birthday in March, her family was able wave to her in the conservatory at her care home in Glasgow. She died with Covid-19 on 26 April.\n\nAnnie Munro's home was always filled with people - her husband, six children and many nieces and nephews who would often come to visit.\n\nHer family used to joke that the house in Eaglesham must have \"rubber walls\" and they often had to share beds and would \"wake up with somebody's feet up their nose\".\n\nShe was a real homemaker who could as easily run up a set of curtains as make a batch of jam from fruit she had grown in her own garden. She never turned anyone away who needed help.\n\nA mild-mannered woman, she never had any need to raise her voice - a look over the top of her spectacles was enough to keep her children under control.\n\nIn later life she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and her daughter, Linda, became her main carer before she moved into a care home. Annie died on 25 April, aged 84.\n\nKnown to all as Gogs, Gordon Reid was a taxi driver from Edinburgh who loved football, played golf, enjoyed a pint and doted on his grandchildren.\n\nHe stopped working as a precaution four days before the lockdown came into force but within a week had fallen ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis wife, Elaine, and daughter Leemo Goudie, were able to spend some time with him in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before he died on 24 April, aged 68.\n\nLeemo said: \"My dad was a normal guy, no health issues, a non-smoker, fairly fit. It can happen to anyone.\"\n\nAs only a small number of mourners could attend his funeral, people stood and applauded as his hearse passed some of his favourite places in the city.\n\nDavid Allan joined a local running club in Edinburgh in retirement, after spending 36 years as a science technician at the city's Trinity Academy.\n\nThe fit and healthy 64-year-old was training for a half marathon and was planning to take part in some Park Runs in Sydney during a trip to visit his nephew in Australia this year.\n\nWhen the holiday - including a trip to Fiji - was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, David was pragmatic and told his wife, Glenda, they could rearrange for a later date.\n\nIt was a shock when he tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He died on 24 April after more than four weeks in ICU.\n\nGlenda took comfort from the funeral, when neighbours lined the streets, running club friends and former colleagues stood outside the crematorium, and hundreds watched the service online.\n\nAngie Cunningham worked for NHS Borders for more than 30 years before her death.\n\nThe 60-year-old from Tweedbank was a much-respected and valued colleague who provided \"amazing care\" to her patients, the health board said.\n\nAs well as being a much-loved mother, sister, granny and great-granny, she was proud to be a nurse, her family added.\n\nShe died in the intensive care unit at Borders General Hospital from Covid-19 on 22 April, NHS Borders confirmed.\n\nKirsty Jones, a healthcare support worker with NHS Lanarkshire, was a bubbly, larger than life character, according to her colleagues.\n\nShe joined the health board after leaving school at 17 and spent much of her career working with older patients.\n\nBut the 41-year-old recently took up a role on the frontline of the pandemic, working at an assessment centre in Airdrie.\n\nHer husband, Nigel, said she devoted her life to caring for others and was a wonderful wife and mother to their two sons.\n\nAndy McGinley used to say he didn't need to win the lottery - his family meant he was already a millionaire.\n\nHe was brought up by adoptive parents in Glasgow's Maryhill area during World War Two and went on to become a carpenter at John Brown's Shipyard.\n\nAlthough he first met his wife, Margaret, at primary school they lost touch and got together after meeting at the Barrowland Ballroom years later.\n\nThey spent almost all of their 62 years of married life in the same house in Barmulloch, where they had five children. They also had 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.\n\nHe loved his garden, bowls, and a sing-song at family gatherings - his party piece was \"I'm glad that I was born in Glasgow\". He died on 29 April 2020, aged 84.\n\nEvelyn Brown dedicated her life to her family and her community. Born and bred in Peterhead, she was married to Charles for 50 years and they had two children.\n\nShe gave up her job as a bank manager to care for her son Craig after he was born with Down's syndrome in the 1970s.\n\nHer daughter Emma, who was born two years later, said her mother was a selfless woman who loved spoiling her grandchildren with \"gifts and love\".\n\nMrs Brown was an adult Guide leader and later a district commissioner, she volunteered with Barnardo's and was an active member of the Church of Scotland.\n\nAfter her death at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 19 April, aged 75, her family raised £3,000 in her name for the hospital's staff garden.\n\nWaqar Hussain Choudhry was a popular shopkeeper in the north of Glasgow.\n\nThe 65-year-old ran a convenience store on Skerray Street in Milton where he was affectionately known as Wacca.\n\nFollowing his death on 17 April 2020, well-wishers left flowers outside the shop he ran for almost 40 years.\n\nThey told The Glasgow Times that the father-of-three served generations of school children and put an extra sweet in their bags.\n\nHis son Zeeshan Chaudhry told the BBC: \"My beloved father was the most amazing hardworking human and parent.\"\n\nJane Murphy was known as \"Mama Murphy\" by close friends and colleagues at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.\n\nShe worked at the city hospital for almost 30 years, first as a cleaner before retraining as a clinical support worker.\n\nThe 73-year-old, from Bonnyrigg, was placed on sick leave due to her age when the pandemic broke out.\n\nIt's understood the mother-of-two died on 16 April.\n\nHer friend Gerry Taylor said: \"She wasn't afraid to tell nurses, doctors or consultants if they were not pulling their weight and they loved her for it.\"\n\nMary McCann, 70, was a \"strong, wonderful woman\" who was dedicated to her family, according to her son, David.\n\nShe spent the last three months of her life in an East Kilbride care home, having being diagnosed with cancer last year.\n\nThe grandmother was doing well in the Whitehills home, where she was putting on weight and smiling again, David said.\n\nBut in early April she developed a urinary tract infection. Her condition deteriorated quickly and within days she was struggling to breathe.\n\nShe died in the care home on 16 April with her son, Derek, by her side.\n\nVerity Watson met her husband Adam (Adie) in a bible class and together they raised three sons, Alan, Gordon and Adam.\n\nThey lived in South Africa for a few years but returned to their beloved home of Rutherglen in 1970.\n\nShe worked at the local Coulls Bakers until retiring aged 72 but in her spare time she enjoyed bowls, knitting and - best of all - a cream cake with a cup of tea.\n\nHer family were unable to be with her when she died at Roger Park Care Home on 15 April 2020, after a short stay in hospital.\n\nHer son Adam said he couldn't thank staff enough for their \"invaluable support\", sitting with his mother in her final moments. She was 98.\n\nDavid Whittick joined the Royal Navy as a pilot on his 18th birthday in the midst of World War Two. Aged 19, as part of 835 Naval Air Squadron, he was flying off aircraft carrier HMS Nairana in the Arctic.\n\nAlmost 70 years later he received the Arctic Star for his role in Arctic Convoys - described by Sir Winston Churchill as \"the worst journey in the world\".\n\nHe survived two serious accidents during his long civilian career with Scottish Airways and later British Airways, before dedicating himself to supporting the Riding for the Disabled charity in his retirement.\n\nHis work - including helping to raise funds for a purpose-built facility at Summerston in Glasgow - led to him being appointed an OBE by the Queen for his services to charity.\n\nHe was married to Joyce for more than 60 years and they had four children. His son, Peter, said he lived a full and active life, even enjoying a trip on a seaplane in January this year. He died at Erskine care home in Bishopton on 14 April, aged 95, after falling ill with coronavirus.\n\nHer daughter Linda, a lawyer for the BBC, had hoped she would survive the virus as she was from \"strong stock\".\n\nShe last saw her mother in March when she travelled from London to warn her they may not be able to visit her during the pandemic.\n\nThe pensioner had been \"extremely distressed\" afterwards, Ms Duncan said.\n\nShe was taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital on 12 April and died three days later.\n\nDerek Wilkie worked for 27 years as a firefighter before retiring in December 2017.\n\nHe had senior roles in Badenoch and Strathspey, and Shetland before becoming station commander for Inverness and Nairn District.\n\nColleagues said he was a \"diligent and capable firefighter... with a larger than life personality\".\n\nHis wife and two sons - who all work for the NHS - thanked those who cared for Mr Wilkie and urged people to stay at home.\n\nHe died at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness on 12 April.\n\nFormer Merchant Navy engineer Bill Campbell died of suspected Covid-19 at Erskine Park care home in Bishopton.\n\nThe 86-year-old had dementia and carers initially thought he had a chest infection but he developed a cough and a high temperature.\n\nHis condition deteriorated and he died on Easter Sunday, with his daughter, Linda Verlaque - in full protective clothing - by his side.\n\nShe praised the work of carers at the home but she said his death was \"horrific\" as undertakers came to take away his body in full hazmat gear and goggles.\n\n\"Instead of having people surrounding me and giving me a hug to say everything was all right, everyone was just standing there and we were watching my dad being taken away, which was traumatic,\" she said.\n\nProud Welshman Glyn Edwards did not learn to speak English until he was five years old, but in adulthood he made Edinburgh his home.\n\nA contemporary of Neil Kinnock at Cardiff University, he worked as a civil servant in London before marrying and moving to Scotland.\n\nHe was a regular at Robbie's Bar on Leith Walk where he was known as \"McTaffy\" but he could be a solitary character who could easily lose himself in a book or a concert.\n\nClassical music, politics and poetry were his passions - as a teenager he won a major Welsh poetry contest and his daughter, Mhairi Jarvie, treasures a ring-binder full of his poems.\n\nShe affectionately described her father as a cross between Coronation Street's Ken Barlow and Victor Meldrew - \"intelligent, opinionated, political, but grumpy and a tad anti-social\".\n\nMaths teacher Gerry McHugh was a \"true gentleman\", able to inspire every single student who walked through his door.\n\nHis death would have a \"devastating effect\" on the Notre Dame High School community in Greenock, head teacher Katie Couttie said.\n\nUnable to attend his funeral due to the lockdown, past and current pupils found a unique way to pay tribute to the 58-year-old.\n\nThey wore red and posted images on social media in memory of the lifelong Manchester United fan.\n\nEileen McCarron died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary less than 24 hours after falling ill. She had no underlying health concerns.\n\nA mother of three daughters, she spent 18 years working as a nursery teacher at Save the Children's Charles Street playgroup in Glasgow's Germiston.\n\nShe gave up the job to look after her only grandson, Patrick. Her husband of more than 35 years, also Patrick, died suddenly in 1997, aged just 57.\n\nAs well as volunteering at a Barnardo's charity shop, she liked shopping, knitting, going out for coffees and lunches, and holidays with her family.\n\nShe was 79 when she died on 9 April, leaving her family devastated and unable to comfort each other during lockdown. They had still not been able to hold a memorial service nine months later.\n\nHelen McMillan was 10 days short of her 85th birthday when she died at Almond Court care home in Glasgow's Drumchapel on 9 April.\n\nShe spent most of her life in Summerston, where she widely known as \"Auntie Ellen\" - even to those she wasn't related to.\n\n\"Everybody loved my mum,\" her daughter, Jackie Marlow, told BBC Scotland. \"She knew everybody in the community and was the life and soul of the party.\"\n\nHelen worked in McLellan's rubber factory in Maryhill until she was in her 50s.\n\nA grandmother to Hayley and Josh, she developed dementia in later life but she was still \"pretty agile and loving life\", her daughter said.\n\nMary Martin and her husband, Alex, were keen ballroom dancers.\n\nAlthough their roots were firmly in Glasgow, they spent seven years in Dunblane where they were tasked with encouraging people on to the dancefloor at the Dunblane Hydro.\n\nBefore that, Mrs Martin brought up her family in Mount Vernon, later moving to Bearsden. She had three children, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.\n\nHer daughter, Sandra O'Neill, told BBC Scotland she was \"just a wonderful person - gentle and kind\".\n\nIn her later years she had vascular dementia and she lived at the Almond Court care home in Drumchapel. She died there on 8 April, aged 88.\n\nVic and Maureen Sharp, who were both 74, had been together since they were teenagers.\n\nUnderlying health conditions meant the couple from Oakley in Fife were both asked to shield themselves during lockdown.\n\nBut their daughter, Yvonne Sharp, believes the letter came too late and they caught the virus during a weekly trip to the supermarket.\n\nMaureen died in hospital on 8 April and then, Yvonne said, her father \"just gave up\". He died the following day.\n\nOnly six members of the family could attend their funeral but a piper led the funeral cortege through Oakley, where locals lined the streets.\n\nWhen Ann Tonner left the Nazareth House orphanage in Glasgow as teenager, she was one of the few women of colour in the city, according to her son, Tony McCaffery.\n\nShe was \"exotic-looking and quite glamourous\" and was soon in demand as a model for local shops and boutiques before working as a celebrated hot-dog girl in an Odeon cinema.\n\nHer first husband tragically died and her second was largely absent, leaving her to bring up six children and - at times - hold down five jobs at once.\n\nShe was a \"remarkable, formidable woman with a strong work ethic\", Mr McCaffery told BBC Scotland, but she was also a \"gentle soul with an incredibly child-like sense of humour\".\n\nA grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Tonner died at a nursing home in Glasgow where she was living with Alzheimer's, on 8 April. She was 84.\n\nMary Nixon was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 18 but she was determined to never let it hold her back.\n\nBorn and raised in Greenock, she was a lone parent to four children who described her as a \"strong, independent woman who lived life to the full\".\n\n\"My mum made being a single parent look easy\", her daughter Alexis said. \"We were very happy kids growing up. Everyone loved her and always said she was a 'wee gem'.\"\n\nWhen she fell seriously ill in 2014, her family was told to prepare for the worst, but their \"invincible\" mum rallied, though she lost her mobility.\n\nShe died with Covid on 7 April 2020, aged 66. After everything she had been through in life, her family said they felt \"robbed... that this awful virus has taken her from us\".\n\nJanice Graham was the first NHS worker to die with coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThe health care support worker and district nurse died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 6 April.\n\nOne colleague said she had a \"bright and engaging personality and razor sharp wit\".\n\nAnother said the 58-year-old was the \"most kind, caring and compassionate HCA I have had the privilege to work with\".\n\nHer son, Craig, told STV News he would miss everything about her.\n\nNewly-wed Andy Wyness developed a high temperature and a cough following a trip to Wales.\n\nWhen his symptoms worsened the 53-year-old drove himself from his Wishaw home to an appointment at an assessment centre.\n\nThat was the last time his wife, Sandra, saw him.\n\nThe grandfather, who was a keen bowler, was taken straight to hospital by ambulance. He died on 6 April.\n\n\"Even walking out the house that night, although I knew he wasn't well, I never imagined he would never walk back in,\" Sandra said.\n\nRita Hawthorn spent the first 35 years of her life in Hamilton, where she was born, grew up and had her own family.\n\nBut when her husband, Robert, lost his job as a miner the couple and their three children re-located from the west of Scotland to the far north in 1973.\n\nWhile Robert took up a new job at the Scottish Instruments Factory in Wick, she worked as a cleaner at a nearby job centre and became secretary of the Highlands and Islands Civil Service Union.\n\nShe was sadly widowed at 51 but she was \"fiercely independent\" and went on to fulfil her dreams of travelling - a trip up the Nile, a safari in South Africa, and solo bus tours to Austria and Paris.\n\nRita, who was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, fell ill during the first week of lockdown. She died at Caithness General Hospital on 6 April, aged 82.\n\nBill Paul grew up in Giffnock on the south side of Glasgow and did his national service as a radar operator with the RAF in Malta.\n\nIn his youth he was an extremely accomplished tennis player and it was through the sport that he met his first wife, Frances, who died in 1984.\n\nWith his second wife, Liz, he loved to play golf and travel - hobbies that he continued after her death in 2012.\n\nAn extremely active man, he loved to go on cruises with a group of like-minded friends. However his last cruise to the Caribbean was cut short by the pandemic in March.\n\nHe returned home to Arran and fell ill with Covid within a week. He died at Lamlash Hospital on 5 April, aged 81.\n\nMofizul Islam was beginning a new life in Scotland after relocating from Bangladesh when he fell ill with coronavirus.\n\nHis family believe the 49-year-old caught the virus on his daily three-hour journeys between their Edinburgh home and his job at a pizza outlet in Midlothian.\n\nHe died on 5 April and was buried in the Muslim section of a city cemetery but his wife and children were in isolation and unable to attend.\n\nHis death has left the family \"completely helpless\", according to a family friend as they have no documents, no bank account and they are struggling for money.\n\n\"We are very worried about our future because we don't have our father,\" said Mofizul's 19-year-old son, Azahural. \"He was everything for us. And now we are just hopeless.\"\n\nCatherine Sweeney was a \"wonderful mother, sister and beloved aunty\", her family said after her death on 4 April.\n\nBorn and raised in Dumbarton, she worked as a home carer for more than 20 years.\n\nHer family said she would be sorely missed after a \"lifetime of service\" to the community.\n\nAnd they praised the medics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley who \"heroically\" looked after her in her final days.\n\nJimmy Andrews was 17 years old when began his career in Glasgow Corporation's finance department in 1955.\n\nBy the turn of the century, he had risen to become chief executive of Glasgow City Council and in 2001 he was appointed CBE for services to local government - a \"career highlight\".\n\nHe was born in Kilsyth but spent much of his life living in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, with his wife of 52 years, Mary.\n\nIn retirement, he \"enjoyed life to the full\", spending time with his three children and six grandchildren, and visiting horse racing courses throughout the country.\n\nA gentle, intelligent man with a great sense of humour, he died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 3 April 2020, aged 81.\n\nLord Gordon of Strathblane was a former political editor of STV and he founded Radio Clyde.\n\nHe died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31 March after contracting coronavirus, Radio Clyde reported. He was 83.\n\nHis family paid tribute to his \"generosity, his kindness and his enthusiasm for life\".\n\nFormer First Minister Jack McConnell said Lord Gordon had \"an outstanding career in business and public service\".\n\nRyan Storrie was in Scotland to celebrate his 40th birthday with a trip to a Rangers match when he fell ill.\n\nThe father-of-two was from Ardrossan but lived in Dubai.\n\nWhen he developed symptoms, the asthmatic isolated in his hotel room and waited for the virus to run its course.\n\nHis condition deteriorated but he wouldn't let his wife, Hilary, phone 999 as he was convinced he would recover and didn't want to bother the NHS.\n\nShe found him dead in his room on 31 March.\n\nMary and Andy Leaman began self-isolating at the end of March after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.\n\nTheir son, Andy, told the Glasgow Evening Times the couple were married 50 years and doted on their only granddaughter, nine-year-old Anna.\n\nMrs Leaman died at home in Castlemilk on 30 March - four days after the death of Anna's maternal grandfather, Dougie Chambers.\n\nThe schoolgirl lost her third grandparent almost three weeks later when Mr Leaman died in hospital on 19 April.\n\nHer mother, Lynsey Chalmers, told BBC Scotland: \"For a nine-year-old girl whose three grandparents were her world... why does a wee girl need to get punished like that over and over again?\"\n\nRobert Tarbet was \"self-opinionated and witty\", according to his daughter, Paula Karoly, but also \"hardworking, loyal and beautiful\".\n\nHe spent his working life as a plumber with Glasgow City Council before retiring in the early 2000s.\n\nIn his spare time, the sociable man was a mason who was a keen follower of Rangers FC. He loved country and western music and watching musicals in the theatre.\n\nA father and a grandfather-of-three, he was being treated for cancer when he contracted coronavirus.\n\nHe died on 29 March at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 76.\n\nSchool janitor Ian Wilson was at home in Coatbridge for two weeks with a high temperature and delirium before being admitted to hospital.\n\nDespite his worsening condition, doctors initially told his wife, Sandra, she would not be able to visit the 72-year-old who had a heart condition and diabetes.\n\nStaff eventually granted access provided she wore protective equipment - a decision which meant she could be at her husband's side when he died on 29 March.\n\nAlthough nurses were unable to comfort her with a hug due to social distancing protocols, Mrs Wilson is grateful they allowed her to be with her partner at the end.\n\n\"I was able to talk to him and just say goodbye. I've got strength from that,\" she said.\n\nDougie Chambers was one of several people who fell ill after the 40th birthday party of his daughter, Wendy, on 7 March.\n\nWithin days, the 66-year-old, who had an underlying health condition, went into hospital and tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMr Chambers, who was from Castlemilk in Glasgow, died two weeks later, on 26 March.\n\nTwo other members of his extended family - Andy and Mary Leaman - also contracted the virus and later died.\n\nWendy said: \"If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have had the party. It wouldn't have happened.\"\n\nDanny Cairns was a healthy 68-year-old before he fell ill with coronavirus, according to his brother, Hugh.\n\nWhen he developed a cough and sore throat at the end of March, he isolated at home in Greenock.\n\nBut within days he was so ill he had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nIn a video call from his hospital bed, his last words to his brother were: \"I'm on my way out, mate\".\n\nHe died on 26 March, three days after arriving in hospital.\n\nMargaret Innes lived with her daughter, Sally McNaught, in Edinburgh for four years before her death at the very beginning of the pandemic.\n\nShe was housebound and very frail but she loved sitting with their pet cat and dog, doing crosswords and watching quiz shows.\n\nHer favourite soap was Neighbours and she used to say \"I'm off to Australia now\".\n\nMs McNaught said they stopped visitors coming to the house a week before lockdown, they washed their hands, cleaned everything and thought they would be safe.\n\nBut Ms Innes woke up on Mother's Day with severe breathing difficulties. She died on 25 March, three days after going into hospital. She was 93.\n\nHas one of your loved ones died recently after contracting Covid? We would like to pay tribute to some of them on the BBC Scotland website.\n\nIf you would like to see your relative or friend featured, use the form below to send us your details and we could be in touch.\n\nIn some cases your details will be published, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "England is currently under a third national lockdown, in an attempt to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases.\n\nBut there has been speculation that ministers could be considering tightening restrictions, amid concerns the \"stay-at-home\" message isn't being followed by enough people.\n\nAt Monday evening's Downing Street briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged people to follow the existing rules but added, \"we won't rule out taking further action if it's needed\". Other ministers have struck a similar tone.\n\nBut what is the case for more changes?\n\nIn March, nurseries closed to all but vulnerable children and those whose parents were key workers.\n\nBut so far this lockdown, early-years provision has remained open in England.\n\nScotland and Northern Ireland have chosen to keep nurseries closed to most children for now.\n\nBut England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said keeping them open \"would allow people who need to go to work, or need to do particular activities, to do so\".\n\nYounger children carry a lower risk of transmission than adolescents, scientists say.\n\nBut according to Public Health England, 10% of coronavirus outbreaks or clusters in educational settings since September have been in early-years provision.\n\nEngland's three main nursery organisations have called on the government to provide clear scientific evidence on the risks to early-years staff now there is a more transmissible variant of Covid-19.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he too would like to hear more from scientists about the risks - and nurseries should \"probably\" close.\n\nGoing out to exercise once a day is one of the \"reasonable excuses\" for leaving home during lockdown.\n\nPeople can walk, run, cycle or swim with those they live - or are in a support bubble - with.\n\nIn addition, they can exercise, on their own, with one person, each time, from another household - as long as they stay 2m (6ft) apart.\n\nHowever, Mr Hancock said, \"we've been seeing large groups and that is not acceptable\" and warned that, \"if too many people keep breaking this rule, then we are going to have to look at it\".\n\nThe rules say exercise should be \"local\" - in the village, town, or part of the city where you live - but do not currently specify how far people can travel.\n\nDerbyshire Police recently fined two women £200 each for driving five miles to meet for a walk, saying driving for exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of lockdown. They were told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed, either, as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nThe penalties have now been withdrawn.\n\nProf Whitty, meanwhile, has urged people to \"double down\", avoid unnecessary contact and stick to the rules.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 Live about coffee shops remaining open for takeaways, he advised against meeting up there.\n\n\"Really, please don't,\" he said.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in almost all public indoor settings - including shops - unless people are exempt.\n\nPremises \"should take reasonable steps to promote compliance with the law\", government guidance says.\n\nLast summer, when customer face coverings became law, many supermarkets said they would not make their staff responsible for enforcing the rules.\n\nHowever, Morrisons has now updated its policy to bar shoppers who refuse to cover their faces, unless they are medically exempt. Sainsbury's says security guards at its stores will challenge customers who do not comply.\n\nTesco, Asda and Waitrose have followed suit and say they too will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they have an exemption.\n\nThere have been suggestions face coverings should be required in outdoor public places.\n\nHowever, Sage has previously suggested it would have a \"very low impact\" on community transmission\n\nProf Whitty told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the risk posed by joggers, for example, was \"very low\" - but there \"might be some logic\" to people wearing masks in a busy outdoor queue or crowded around a market stall.\n\nOne change the government has ruled out is to support bubbles - which allow people living alone and single, or new parents to mix with another household of any size, without having to socially distance.\n\nAt the government briefing, Mr Hancock said: \"I can rule out removing the bubbles.\"\n\nThe official guidance says it's best if a support bubble is formed with a household who live locally.\n\nBut there is currently no limit to how far people can travel to visit their bubble, meaning they could go from areas with high infection rates to those with lower ones, potentially spreading the virus.\n\nWhen \"bubbling\" was first suggested, in May, Sage rejected it as too dangerous, because the reproduction (R) number - the average number of people each infected person passes the virus on to - was close to one.\n\nCurrently, the R number in England is between 1.1 and 1.4. Sage says stopping all indoor contact between different households could lower this by as much as 0.2.\n\n\"Active contract tracing should be a precondition of introducing bubbling\", Sage added.\n\nUnlike in March, places of worship are allowed to open in England, although they are closed in Scotland.\n\nThey provide spiritual leadership for many and bring communities together - but their \"communal nature\" also makes them \"vulnerable to the spread of coronavirus\", the government guidance for England says.\n\nWhen the latest lockdown was announced, the Archbishop of Canterbury tweeted: \"The government hasn't suspended public worship - but some may feel it better not to attend in person and some parishes are expected to offer online services only for now.\"\n\nSage has previously suggested places of worship pose a high risk to vulnerable groups but closing them would have a low to moderate impact on overall coronavirus transmission.", "Isabella Curry urged others to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\"\n\nA woman has celebrated her 100th birthday by getting a covid vaccination at home.\n\nIsabella Curry, known as Ella, from Cramlington, was among some of the most vulnerable people in Northumberland to receive the vaccine.\n\nMs Curry, who lives alone, urged others not to be afraid to get the jab and said it was just a little \"prick in the arm\" and she now felt safe.\n\nHer birthday was also marked by the arrival of a card from the Queen.\n\nShe said: \"This vaccine means I'll be able to go out, meet my friends soon and feel safe.\"\n\nIsabella Curry's nephew Neil Curry thanked the \"army\" of helpers who cared for his aunt\n\nMs Curry's nephew, Neil Curry from Bristol, said he was delighted she had had the vaccination but sad the whole family could not get together for the milestone birthday.\n\n\"We had a family reunion for Ella's 90th - we all got together in Newcastle. We would have all got together again to mark this occasion, but we couldn't,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he wanted to thank the \"army\" of people who looked after his aunt including Noreen and Jim Hutchinson, who did her shopping and cut her grass.\n\nHe also thanked June and Peter Marshall and all the other people who collected her prescriptions and mobile library books.\n\nKate Fraser, the community nurse who administered the vaccination, said: \"It's been an emotional time being able to give Isabella her vaccination.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "People's reaction to a sonic boom heard across the East of England has been caught on camera.\n\nIt happened after a Typhoon aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire to escort a plane to Stansted Airport because it had lost communications at about 13:05 GMT.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex and parts of London posted videos on social media, with one person heard asking if it was thunder.\n\nHeather Eastlake, who was filming herself exercising near Cambridge, described her reaction as being like \"a deer in the highlights\".", "The three main Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna.\n\nThe Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until you have had both shots.\n\nBut there are many differences between them.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Foster looks at how much immunity they give, how they prevent infection and how they compare.", "Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore said their cars were surrounded by police when they arrived at the reservoir\n\nTwo women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn.\n\nJessica Allen and Eliza Moore were walking at Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire, when they were \"surrounded\" by officers.\n\nAt the time Derbyshire Police insisted driving to exercise was \"not in the spirit\" of the most recent lockdown.\n\nBut new national guidance for police has led the force to quash the fines, and apologise to the women.\n\nChief Constable Rachel Swann said the fines \"have been withdrawn and we have notified the women directly, apologising for any concern caused\".\n\nThe two friends travelled the short distance to the reservoir from their homes in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThey said their cars were \"surrounded\" by police. They were then questioned on why they were there and told the hot drinks they had brought along were not allowed as they were \"classed as a picnic\".\n\nIn a statement, the women said: \"This afternoon we both received a phone call from Derbyshire Police.\n\n\"After reviewing our case, our fines have been rescinded and we have received an apology on behalf of the constabulary for the treatment we received.\n\n\"We welcomed this apology and we are pleased to draw a line under this event.\"\n\nAfter the incident gained media attention, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) \"clarified the policing response concerning travel and exercise\".\n\nThe guidance said: \"The Covid regulations which officers enforce and which enables them to issue FPNs [fixed penalty notices] for breaches, do not restrict the distance travelled for exercise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid: Fined women 'could have been dealt with differently'\n\nDerbyshire Police said: \"Having received clarification of the guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on Friday, these FPNs as well as a small number of others issued, were reviewed in line with that latest advice, and so it is right that we have taken this action.\"\n\nThe county's police and crime commissioner Hardyal Dhinsda said: \"While the police are doing their absolute best to protect public safety during what is a critical time of the pandemic, the public should rightly expect a proportionate and balanced approach, taking full consideration of individual circumstances.\n\n\"We recognise that errors will occur in the face of complex guidance and legislation and it is important such situations are resolved quickly and fairly, as has been the case here.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rhondda Cynon Taf has the highest death rate from coronavirus in Wales - with another 34 hospital deaths in the latest week\n\nThere have now been more than 5,100 deaths in Wales involving Covid-19 since the pandemic began.\n\nThe latest weekly figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 310 deaths in the week ending 1 January, which is 32 more than the week before.\n\nThis is nearly 42.6% of all deaths.\n\nCwm Taf Morgannwg saw the highest numbers of weekly deaths in Wales, the most since the end of April at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic.\n\nThere were 76 deaths in the area - including 66 in hospitals and six in care homes.\n\nLooking at council areas, Rhondda Cynon Taf had the second highest number of hospital deaths across England and Wales, with 34. The London borough of Newham had 35.\n\nThe ONS again urged caution when interpreting this week's figures, due to the Christmas and new year holidays, which will affect the number of registrations.\n\nThe total number of Covid deaths in Wales, up to and registered by 1 January, was 4,963.\n\nBut when deaths registered over the following few days are included, there was a total of 5,169.\n\nThe Aneurin Bevan health board, with 68 deaths registered involving Covid, also had its highest number in a single week since the end of April.\n\nHywel Dda health board reported 37 deaths - its highest weekly figure since the pandemic began. Of these, 18 were patients in hospital from Carmarthenshire and 10 were hospital patients from Pembrokeshire.\n\nSwansea Bay health board had 61 deaths in this week. The Swansea council area itself had the seventh highest number of hospital deaths across England and Wales.\n\nThere were 36 deaths in Cardiff and Vale, 25 deaths in Betsi Cadwaladr in north Wales - 10 of which were hospital deaths in Wrexham - and seven in Powys.\n\nAll counties recorded at least one death involving Covid-19.\n\nThis map shows three valleys areas in south Wales among the highest for crude mortality rates involving Covid in the pandemic so far\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf, with 685 deaths, has the largest number of Covid-19 deaths in Wales up to the latest week, followed by Cardiff with 578.\n\nWhen looking at crude death rates - based on the number of deaths compared to local populations - Wales has three of the five worst across England and Wales.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf has 283 deaths per 100,000 in total so far in the pandemic.\n\nMerthyr Tydfil is second with 253.6 and Blaenau Gwent is ranked fourth.\n\nSo-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, continue to be above the five-year average.\n\nLooking at the number of deaths we would normally expect to see at this point in the year is seen as a useful measure of how the pandemic is progressing.\n\nIn Wales, the number of deaths fell from 825 to 727 in the latest week, but this was still 209 deaths (40.3%) higher than the five-year average for that week. This is the second highest proportion after London.\n\nThe ONS figures report where doctors mention Covid-19 on death certificates, including confirmed and suspected cases.\n\nThey include deaths occurring in all places, not only hospitals and care homes but also people's own homes.\n\nIt has been estimated that Covid is the underlying cause in around 90% of these deaths and not just a contributory factor.", "An eye health charity is recommending people learn the \"20-20-20\" rule to protect their sight, as lockdown has increased people's time using screens.\n\nFight for Sight advises looking at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes you look at a screen.\n\nOut of 2,000 people, half used screens more since Covid struck and a third (38%) of those believed their eyesight had worsened, a survey suggested.\n\nOpticians remain open for those who need them, the charity said.\n\nThe representative survey of 2,000 adults suggested one in five were less likely to get an eye test now than before the pandemic, for fear of catching or spreading the virus.\n\nRespondents reported difficulty reading, as well as headaches and migraines and poorer night vision.\n\nThe research charity, which commissioned a survey from polling company YouGov, said it wanted to emphasise the importance of having regular eye tests and to remind people \"the majority of opticians are open for appointments throughout lockdown restrictions\".\n\nFight for Sight chief executive Sherine Krause said: \"More than half of all cases of sight loss are avoidable through early detection and prevention methods. Regular eye tests can often detect symptomless sight-threatening conditions.\"\n\nBut even simple screen breaks can help to prevent eye strain, the charity suggested.\n\nGovernment guidance states that under lockdown people can leave home for medical appointments and to \"avoid injury, illness or risk of harm\".\n\nThe College of Optometrists said its members should continue to provide eye care under lockdown for people who experience any eyesight changes or problems.\n\nOptometrists are the professionals who will carry out your eye test when you visit an optician's practice.\n\nRoutine appointments can also be provided \"if capacity permits, and if it is in the patients' best interests\", the guidance states.\n\nClinical adviser Paramdeep Bilkhu said the college's own research suggested just under a quarter of people noticed their vision deteriorate during the first lockdown.\n\n\"Our research showed us that many people believe that spending more time in front of screens worsened their vision,\" he said.\n\n\"The good news is that this is unlikely to cause any permanent harm to your vision. However, it is very important that if you feel your vision has deteriorated or if you are experiencing any problems with your eyes, such as them becoming red or painful, you contact your local optometrist by telephone or online.\"\n\nUK health and safety legislation states employers must pay for eye tests for their employees if they have to use a screen for work for more than one hour a day.\n\nIn the summer, the UK Ophthalmology Alliance and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists calculated that at least 10,000 people had missed out on essential eye care in Britain.\n\nIn the most extreme cases, the Royal National Institute of Blind People said it feared some people were at risk of losing their sight because of a fear of attending hospital during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nA Royal College of Ophthalmologists spokesperson said: \"It is important that people who have found significant changes in their vision seek the advice of an optometrist who will examine, and determine if the changes require further investigation by an ophthalmologist - a medically-trained eye doctor.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Home Secretary Priti Patel: \"Our selfless police officers... will enforce the regulations and I will back them to do so\"\n\nPeople have been urged to \"play your part\" and follow Covid rules by Home Secretary Priti Patel, who says she will back police to enforce laws.\n\nAt a No 10 briefing, Ms Patel said a minority were \"putting the health of the nation at risk\" by flouting rules.\n\nPolice are \"moving more quickly to issuing fines\", she added, with nearly 45,000 fixed penalty notices issued across the UK.\n\nAnother 1,243 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid.\n\nAnd there have been a further 45,533 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, another 145,076 people have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 20,768 a second dose, bringing the totals respectively to 2,431,648 and 412,167.\n\nAt the briefing, Ms Patel said: \"My message today to anyone refusing to do the right thing is simple: if you do not play your part, our selfless police officers - who are out there risking their own lives every day to keep us safe - they will enforce the regulations.\n\n\"And I will back them to do so, to protect our NHS and to save lives.\"\n\nIt comes after the UK's most senior police officer said lockdown rule-breakers were more likely to be fined as Covid laws would be enforced \"more quickly\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said her officers had been forced to break up parties, despite hospitals in London struggling to cope with rising patient numbers.\n\nChairman of the National Police Chiefs' Council Martin Hewitt, who also spoke at the Downing Street briefing, said people should be asking themselves whether their reason for leaving home was \"truly essential\".\n\nHe stressed that police officers had been \"putting themselves at risk in order to keep people safe\", and said it had been \"disappointing\" to see some of the behaviour by rule-breakers.\n\nHe said examples of recent breaches included:\n\nMr Hewitt said he made \"no apology\" for police issuing fines, and warned people breaking rules - such as by organising parties or not wearing face coverings on public transport - to \"expect\" a fine.\n\nAsked if there needed to be more clarity on the guidance around exercise and staying local, Mr Hewitt said it would be wrong to put a \"particular distance\" on how far people could exercise from their home - as it would be too difficult for police to enforce.\n\nHe said it was right there was an exception to allow people to exercise, but insisted it was the public's responsibility to make sure they were doing so safely.\n\nThere is a big focus on adherence to lockdown rules. But what has almost gone unnoticed is the fact that cases may have actually started falling.\n\nThere has now been two consecutive days where newly diagnosed cases have hovered around the 46,000 mark. Up to the weekend, the average was close to 60,000.\n\nThe drop has largely been driven by falls in new cases in London, the south east and east of England.\n\nIn some regions, cases are still going up. The north west of England is causing particular concern.\n\nIt is too early for the vaccination programme to be having any significant impact, so a combination of the national lockdown on top of the tier four restrictions that were imposed in some areas before Christmas look like they may be beginning to have an impact.\n\nCare must be taken in reading too much into a couple of days' data.\n\nHospital cases are still rising - patients being admitted at the moment are the ones who were infected a week or so ago - but it does at least offer a glimmer of hope.\n\nLater in the news conference, NHS medical director for London Dr Vin Diwakar said the capital's Nightingale hospital has reopened and was admitting patients to help with the coronavirus spread.\n\nHe told reporters it was taking non-Covid patients to help free up beds in London's hospitals.\n\nDr Diwakar warned that if levels of hospitalisation in the capital continued to rise then more patients would need to be transferred out of London, adding that the NHS across the country was under pressure.\n\nIn Birmingham, 200 doctors are being redeployed to one of the country's largest intensive care units as it nears capacity.\n\nThe University Hospitals Birmingham Trust said there were 873 patients with Covid-19 in their hospitals, with 125 in intensive care.\n\nEarlier, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said people have a \"duty\" to make this lockdown \"the last one\".\n\n\"We are urging the small minority of people who aren't taking this seriously to do so now, and [we say] to them that, if they don't, they are much more likely to get fined by the police,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nDame Cressida told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move towards greater enforcement was \"common sense\" rather than a show of \"dictatorial policing\".\n\nFines start at £200 in England and Northern Ireland, and £60 in Wales and Scotland. Large parties can be shut down by the police, with fines of up to £10,000.\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar lockdown measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - all of which are in charge of deciding and enforcing their own coronavirus restrictions.\n• None Could I be fined for exercising?", "New England Patriots's Bill Belichick is considered one of the most successful coaches in NFL history\n\nTop NFL coach Bill Belichick says he will not accept President Donald Trump's offer of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, citing the US Capitol riot.\n\nBelichick, of the New England Patriots, said he was flattered when he was first offered the medal - the top award given to civilians in the US.\n\nBut he said he changed his mind after a mob of Trump supporters stormed Congress last week. Five people died.\n\nThe celebrated coach had previously spoken of his friendship with Mr Trump.\n\n\"Recently, I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I was flattered by out of respect for what the honour represents and admiration for prior recipients,\" Belichick said in a statement.\n\n\"Subsequently, the tragic events of last week occurred and the decision has been made not to move forward with the award.\"\n\nBelichick, who has won a record six Super Bowl titles, is considered one of the most successful coaches in NFL history.\n\nThe Presidential Medal of Freedom recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to \"the security or national interests of America\".\n\nIn 2019 Mr Trump gave the award to golfer Tiger Woods, as well as radio personality Rush Limbaugh and posthumously Elvis Presley.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Super Bowl: How Tom Brady and Bill Belichick built a New England Patriots dynasty\n\nDonald Trump may only have recently made a career of politics, but he's always loved sport.\n\nHe owns 17 golf courses and once bought and ran the New Jersey Generals of the US Football League.\n\nJust last week, he awarded three presidential medals of freedom to professional golfers. This week he was planning to honour the most successful professional football coach in modern times, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots.\n\nThe president seems to particularly enjoy the company of sport figures and revel in their achievements and prowess.\n\nSo for Belichick, a personal friend of the president's, to decline the award is a stinging rebuke.\n\nThe coach's decision reflects the depth of the political crisis president has created in the past week. It also highlights the troubled relationship Trump has had with the National Football League and its players, who he has disparaged for Black Lives Matter protests during the US national anthem.\n\nBelichick, a sometimes bristling, controversial figure with more than a few detractors, is used to public animosity. A coach can't win without the commitment of his players, however, and Belichick clearly believed his relationship with his team would be jeopardised by associating himself with Trump at this point.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have joined a march organised following claims a man died hours after being released by police in Cardiff.\n\nThe family of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, claim he was assaulted in custody.\n\nMore than 300 people took part in a march from the city centre to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it found no evidence of excessive force. The police watchdog said initial tests showed Mr Hassan was not killed by any injuries.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said toxicology tests were now being carried out and it was awaiting the full post-mortem results.\n\nEarlier, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the reports of Mr Hassan's death were \"deeply concerning\".\n\nMr Hassan was arrested at his Roath home on Friday on suspicion of breach of the peace but released without charge on Saturday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan told BBC Wales she had seen Mr Hassan within an hour of his release.\n\n\"He was released on Saturday morning with lots of wounds on his body and lots of bruises,\" she said.\n\n\"He didn't have these wounds when he was arrested and when he came out of Cardiff Bay police station, he had them.\"\n\nIn a virtual session of the Welsh Parliament on Monday, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said: \"Every effort should be made to seek the truth of what happened.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to know why Mr Hassan was arrested and what happened during his arrest.\n\nMr Hassan's aunt Zainab Hassan said she saw him after his release\n\n\"Why did this young man die?,\" he added.\n\nMr Price said any inquiry should not be prejudged, but asked if the first minister would \"help the family find those answers\".\n\nIn response, Mr Drakeford said reports of the story were \"deeply concerning\".\n\n\"Our thoughts must be with the family of a young man who was... a fit and healthy individual,\" the Cardiff West MS said.\n\nMark Drakeford said he was deeply concerned by the reports\n\nMr Drakeford, who said the death must be \"properly investigated\", said the first step in any inquiry would be to allow the IOPC to carry out their work, which he said he expected \"to be done rigorously and with full and visible independence\".\n\nHe added that if there were things the Welsh Government could do \"I will make sure that we attend properly to those\".\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon chanted \"no justice, no peace\" and called for the police force to release CCTV of Mr Hassan's time in custody.\n\nProtesters on Tuesday afternoon marched from the city centre to Cardiff Bay\n\nIn a statement on Monday, South Wales Police said Mr Hassan was arrested at his home in Newport Road on Friday night and taken to Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nHe was released at 08:30 GMT on Saturday and officers returned to the property at about 22:30 following his death.\n\nIt added: \"As part of the South Wales Police investigation CCTV and body-worn video has already been, and will continue to be, examined.\n\n\"This will assist in establishing and understanding the events that took place.\n\n\"Early findings by the force indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force.\"\n\nProtesters were heard chanting \"no justice, no peace\"\n\nCatrin Evans, the IOPC's director for Wales, said its investigation would focus on Mr Hassan's arrest, the journey in a police van to custody and his time at Cardiff Bay police station, including whether relevant assessments were made before he was released.\n\nShe said they would be \"urgently examining the extensive relevant CCTV footage and body-worn video\" and would be speaking to the officers involved as well as witnesses who saw his arrest on Friday evening and his movements the next day after leaving custody.\n\nShe added: \"I send my condolences to Mr Hassan's family and friends, and to everyone affected by his sad death.\n\n\"We are aware of concerns being expressed and questions being asked about use of force by police officers. We will look carefully at the level of force used during the interaction and I would urge people show patience while our inquiries, which will take some time, are made.\"\n\nMs Evans added: \"An interim report from a post-mortem examination is awaited.\n\n\"Preliminary indications are that there is no physical trauma injury to explain a cause of death, and toxicology tests are required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France\n\nA global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU.\n\nMember states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firm's global output for 2021.\n\nBBC reporters in seven European capitals explain how the vaccinations are going on their patch.\n\nIn an election year, the vaccine has become a political battleground, writes Jenny Hill, in Berlin.\n\nThe fact it was German scientists who developed the first effective Covid vaccine has been the source of great national pride. And, by and large, Germans appear to be reasonably comfortable with the idea of immunisation.\n\nA recent survey found 65% were prepared to have the vaccine. Other research indicates that less than a quarter of those surveyed would not. But politically - and perhaps unsurprisingly, given this is an election year - Germany's vaccination programme has become a battleground.\n\nVaccinations began here just under two weeks ago and prioritise the over 80s and care home workers. By Thursday evening, more than 477,000 first doses had been administered.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered.\n\nBut some of the hundreds of specially prepared vaccination centres are still not in use and even the government has admitted there simply isn't enough to go around. Angela Merkel and her health minister Jens Spahn have been accused of failing to secure enough doses.\n\nMuch of the criticism has come from Mrs Merkel's own coalition partners but some within the scientific community have echoed their concerns - that Germany put European interests above its own by insisting on a joint EU procurement process. The scientists who developed the vaccine have said publicly that the EU originally turned down an offer for a further order.\n\nGermany's share of the EU order amounts to 56 million doses. So far, 1.3 million doses have been delivered and it's thought that by the end of the month a further 2.68 million will have followed.\n\nMr Spahn, whose assured performance through the pandemic led some to wonder whether he might be a potential successor to Mrs Merkel, has blamed the shortage on the inability of the manufacturers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to meet global demand.\n\nGermany has now ordered an extra 30 million doses and, following the recent European approval of the Moderna vaccine, expects to start rolling that out next week. The government is sticking to its pledge that the vaccination programme will be complete by the end of the summer.\n\nThe Czech prime minister has hit out at apparent delays in distributing the vaccine, writes Rob Cameron, in Prague.\n\nThe Czech vaccination effort began on 27 December, when the prime minister, Andrej Babis, became the first person in the country to receive the jab. Mr Babis, who is 66, had previously questioned whether he would be eligible, as he'd had his spleen removed as a teenager.\n\nBut the country's programme has got off to a sluggish start. Mr Babis - a billionaire businessman who has been dogged by both European and Czech investigations into alleged misuse of EU funds - has lost no time venting his (figurative) spleen at the European Commission over the delay. \"We believed when we contributed €12m to the European fund in November that we'd receive the vaccine,\" he told a newspaper this week.\n\nThe health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups will take months.\n\nThe country has received 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. So far, it has managed to administer it to 19,918 people. The government says it is ready to roll out the jab en masse as soon as supplies arrive from the manufacturers.\n\nIt has also published a strategy, which envisages a three-stage process. The first will see targeted vaccination of high-risk groups. This will gradually give way to mass vaccination in 31 centres, using an online reservation system that will be open to all from 1 February. And the final stage will see the country's GPs deployed, hopefully to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca and other jabs, which unlike the previous two can be stored and transported at fridge temperature.\n\nHowever, the timing in the original strategy document now appears optimistic. The health minister conceded this week that immunising the higher-risk groups - all health and social care staff, teachers, everyone over 65, all those with serious health conditions - will take months. GPs may not begin vaccinating young, healthy members of society until late spring, or summer.\n\nA sluggish start is being blamed on bureaucracy and vaccine scepticism, writes Hugh Schofield, in Paris.\n\nFrance's boast of a big, effective state apparatus has been badly exposed by the sluggish start to the Covid vaccination programme. After the first week, when neighbouring Germany had inoculated around 250,000 people, France was on a mere 530. By Friday, the figure had gone up to 45,500 - still so small as to be statistically meaningless.\n\nSo why has it taken so long for France to put the plan into action? It is not as if the authorities did not have time to prepare. And it is certainly not a question of a lack of vaccine. In fact, more than a million Pfizer doses are already in cold storage, waiting to be used.\n\nPolls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab.\n\nThe primary reason for the delay seems to be the cumbersome, over-centralised nature of France's health bureaucracy. A 45-page dossier of instructions issued by the ministry in Paris had to be read and understood by staff at old people's homes.\n\nEach recipient then had to give informed consent in a consultation with a doctor, held no less than five days before injection. The lengthy procedure is in theory to save lives - those of patients who might have an adverse reaction. But as the critics have been arguing, delay in inoculating the population is also costing lives.\n\nAnother problem in France is the high level of scepticism towards vaccination - product of a more general suspicion of government. Polls suggest as many as 58% of the public do not want to be given the jab. The effect - critics say - has been to make the government unduly cautious. When urgency was required, the authorities were reluctant to move fast for fear of galvanising the anti-vaxxers.\n\nAfter President Emmanuel Macron communicated his anger at the delays at the weekend, the pace is picking up. The procedure for consent is being simplified. By the end of January, the plan is to have 500-600 vaccination centres open across the country - either in hospitals or other big public buildings.\n\nPolitically a lot is at stake. The government has already come under fire for failings in providing masks and tests. With opposition voices calling the vaccine delay a \"state scandal\", President Macron needs a roll-out that is fast and problem-free.\n\nNational pride accelerated Russia's rollout, but one man is conspicuously absent from the list of people vaccinated, writes Sarah Rainsford, in Moscow.\n\nRussia registered its main Covid vaccine for domestic use way back in August, before mass safety and efficacy trials had even begun. In December, with those trials still underway, it began rolling out Sputnik V to the public ahead of mass vaccination launches everywhere else in Europe. The rush was driven by national pride as well as medical necessity.\n\nSputnik was initially offered to front line health and education workers but early take-up of the two-dose vaccination was slow and the list of those eligible soon expanded.\n\nA poll by the Levada Centre in late December showed only 38% of respondents were willing to get the jab: wary of domestic healthcare and medicines, Russians were sceptical of bold early claims made for the vaccine and nervous about possible adverse reactions. Even so, and despite similar delays scaling-up production as in other countries, Sputnik's backers announced this week that more than a million people had been vaccinated.\n\nRussia began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in December\n\nBut one man still conspicuously absent from the list of the vaccinated is Vladimir Putin, despite the Kremlin saying he will - eventually - get the jab. In the meantime, those who meet him in person are obliged to test for Covid first and even quarantine. The president may need to lead by example, though. Mr Putin has said repeatedly that protecting the economy is his priority so he's banking on mass vaccination to avoid a return to national lockdown.\n\nRussia has built giant, temporary hospitals since the start of the pandemic and the health minister said this week that 25% of Covid beds remain free. There's also been a fall in the number of new daily cases reported - around 25,000 for the past 5 days. But that's not down to the vaccine yet. The country is nearing the end of a 10-day New Year holiday period and the number of Covid tests has also dropped.\n\nAs infection rates grow in a country praised by many for its no-lockdown approach, a successful vaccine programme is crucial writes Maddy Savage, in Stockholm.\n\nAlmost two weeks since 91-year-old care home resident Gun-Britt Johnsson became the first Swede to get the initial dose of a Pfizer jab, there is still no official tally of how many others have received the vaccination.\n\nThe Public Health Agency of Sweden says it's in the process of compiling data from the country's 21 regional health authorities tasked with vaccinating the entire adult population - around eight million people - by 26 June. The date isn't arbitrary, it's the biggest public holiday weekend of the year, when Swedes traditionally hold Midsummer celebrations. Karin Tegmark, a senior manager at the agency, says the date remains \"feasible\". But she says it depends on the delivery of vaccines to the country.\n\nAfter months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled.\n\nAlongside 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Sweden has ordered 3.6 million jabs from Moderna, the first of which are expected to arrive next week. The country also plans to roll-out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as soon as possible after it is approved by the EU - ideally by February.\n\nSwedes initially appeared lukewarm to the idea of taking a speedily-developed coronavirus vaccine, although a poll at the end of December found 71% would take one. A key driver of the initial scepticism is thought to be the failure of a voluntary mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 2009. Hundreds of Swedish children and young adults under 30 developed the sleeping disorder narcolepsy, which was found to be a side effect of the Pandemrix vaccine.\n\nA successful vaccination programme will be crucial, not least because it comes at a time when Swedish authorities are struggling to maintain public confidence. After months of high trust levels in the country's no-lockdown approach, support for the health agency has dwindled as Sweden has struggled with the second wave of coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, several high profile officials have faced heavy criticism for breaching their own recommendations - including the head of the civil contingencies agency (pictured), who resigned after spending Christmas with his daughter in the Canary Islands.\n\nA new government in Belgium seems unified on the vaccine rollout - for now at least, writes Nick Beake, in Brussels.\n\nIt seemed fitting that the first person in Belgium to receive a Covid jab lives in the place where the world's first approved Covid vaccine is being produced. Jos Hermans, a 96-year-old from the municipality of Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December, in his care home. A further 700 elderly residents were also administered a dose in what was a small, initial trial.\n\nThe mass vaccination programme in Belgium began on 5 January, but has been criticised for starting slowly. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke had promised in November that the rollout would be \"seamless and fast\", tweeting: \"If that does not work, shoot me.\"\n\nThe first phase looks to vaccinate up to 200,000 nursing home residents by the end of this month, or early February. Healthcare professionals will be next in line and the aim was for the whole population to be inoculated by the end of September.\n\nJos Hermans, a 96-year-old from Puurs, was given the injection on 28 December\n\nYou may think the country would be at an advantage being the epicentre of the Pfizer-BioNTech production. While this clearly helps with distribution, Belgium cannot receive more doses - relative to its population - than other EU countries under strict Commission rules. That didn't stop the minister-president of the Flanders region, who admitted this week that he had contacted Pfizer directly in the hope of procuring more doses, only to be rebuffed.\n\nAfter getting a guarantee from Pfizer over supply of the jab, the federal Belgian authorities have adapted their strategy: they now propose giving as many available doses to as many people as they can - and no longer reserving vials for patients' second dose, given three weeks after the first. In general, the federal government, rather than the European Commission has faced any criticism for a delay and has defended its \"careful\" approach.\n\nAnd there appears to be an interesting regional or cultural discrepancy when it comes to whether people are willing to take the vaccine. Of the Flemish population interviewed in a poll, half have said they wanted the vaccine as soon as possible. Among French speakers - it was 20% fewer, which chimes with the deeper scepticism over the border in France.\n\nIn a country where politics are notoriously complicated and fractious - they've only recently agreed a government, after a 500-day vacuum - the Federal Coalition appears unified on its Covid vaccine strategy. For now, at least.\n\nRegional variances and political rows have marked the beginning of Spain's vaccination programme writes Guy Hedgecoe, in Madrid.\n\nSpain started administering the vaccine on 27 December. So far, 743,925 doses have been distributed to regional administrations, with 277,976 people vaccinated, according to the health ministry. The objective of the coalition government is to immunise 2.3 million people within 12 weeks. Priority is being given to elderly residents of care homes, those who look after them, and healthcare personnel.\n\nEach of the country's 17 regions has a high degree of control over healthcare and should receive the number of doses that corresponds to their populations. However, already there has been substantial geographical disparity.\n\nGovernment data showed, for example, that while the northern region of Asturias had used 55% of the doses it had received by 3 January, the Madrid region had only administered 5% by the same date. Some regions are holding back doses to administer a second follow-up jab to the same person in several weeks' time, and some have been vaccinating on national holidays while others have not.\n\nThe pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of incompetence.\n\nAlthough vaccination is voluntary, the government has said it is making a register of those who do not wish to be inoculated. That initiative has generated controversy, although the government has insisted the register will merely seek to clarify why people refuse the vaccination.\n\nHowever, the pandemic has been the cause of constant political conflict, with the right-wing opposition accusing the leftist government of Pedro Sánchez of incompetence, lack of transparency and using coronavirus to accumulate power.\n\nThe arrival of a vaccine has not stopped the rancour. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the conservative Popular Party (PP) president of Galicia, warned the number of doses being distributed to each region was being dictated by \"political affiliations or parliamentary needs\", a claim the central government has rejected.", "The US has placed Cuba back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, citing the communist country's backing of Venezuela.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's administration made the announcement just days before he leaves the White House.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on 20 January, has previously said he wants to improve US-Cuban relations.\n\nMr Biden has said he is seeking closer ties between the long-term adversaries but Mr Trump's decision is likely to hinder a quick repair of relations.\n\nCuba's place on the list will require a formal review that could take months, analysts say.\n\nThe Caribbean island was removed from the list by President Barack Obama in 2015, but Mr Trump has taken a harder line towards the country.\n\nIn 2016 Barack Obama became the first US president to visit Cuba since 1928\n\nWhen explaining the decision, officials cited Cuba's support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro who the US refuses to recognise.\n\n\"With this action, we will once again hold Cuba's government accountable and send a clear message: the Castro regime must end its support for international terrorism and subversion of US justice,\" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.\n\nIn response, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez tweeted: \"We condemn the cynical and hypocritical qualification of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, announced by the United States.\"\n\nIn advance of the announcement, House Democrat Gregory Meeks called it \"another stunt by President Trump and Pompeo, trying to tie the hands of the incoming Biden administration on their way out the door.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Obama began to normalise relations with Cuba in 2015. He called the decades-long US efforts to isolate the country \"a failure\".\n\nSince the Cold War era, the US had pursued various policies to undermine Cuba which it saw as a great threat.\n\nCuba now rejoins countries including Iran and North Korea on the list of sponsors of terrorism. The impact on the island country include severe limits on foreign investment.", "Mr Williamson says his department is doing all it can to support remote learning\n\nAn extra 300,000 laptops and tablets have been bought to help disadvantaged children in England learn at home, says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nMr Williamson said the devices would be delivered to schools.\n\nHe also pledged to publish a remote education framework to support schools and colleges with delivering lessons during the latest national lockdown.\n\nIt comes as research says children from poorer families are likely to struggle more with remote learning.\n\nThe Department for Education said its data showed that over 700,000 devices had been delivered to schools in England so far during the pandemic - 100,000 of which were delivered last week.\n\nThe department says the additional 300,000 laptops and tablets lifts government investment by another £100m, meaning over £400m will have been invested in supporting disadvantaged children who need help with access to technology during the pandemic.\n\nBut the department has faced mounting criticism over huge percentages of pupils not having access to digital devices, nine months into the pandemic.\n\nMr Williamson said the DfE was \"doing everything in our power to support schools with high-quality remote education\".\n\nHe said: \"These additional devices, on top of the 100,000 delivered last week, add to the significant support we are making available to help schools deliver high-quality online learning, as we know they have been doing.\"\n\nOn top of this, the remote education framework would support schools and colleges with delivering education for pupils who are learning from home, he said.\n\nThe frameworks, which are voluntary and should be adapted for schools' individual circumstances, will \"help them to identify the strengths and areas for improvement in the lessons and teaching they provide remotely\".\n\nBut Geoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"While we welcome the extra laptops and tablets announced, it is pretty poor that nearly a year after this crisis began we are only now inching up to the number of devices that are needed.\n\n\"The reality is that this extra provision is coming when we are already well into the new lockdown and after a heavily disrupted autumn term in which many children had to self-isolate in line with coronavirus protocols,\" he said.\n\n\"The government was slow off the mark to address the digital divide early in the crisis and is now trying to make up for lost time.\"\n\nMr Williamson's laptop announcement comes as research by the University of Sussex found that nearly one in five less advantaged parents said they struggled with home-learning during the first lockdown.\n\nThe research surveyed 3,409 parents in the UK between 5 May until 31 July last year and found families of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to report their home environment made it harder for pupils to complete schoolwork from home.\n\nThe study says secondary school pupils eligible for free school meals (39%) were more likely to report that a lack of technology - such as laptops and computers - made learning from home more difficult, compared to 19% of pupils who are not eligible for free school meals.\n\nThere are concerns poorer children will fall further behind\n\nPrimary school pupils from struggling households were found to be more likely to find home learning learning harder than their more comfortable off peers due to the environment - such as noise levels (59% to 50%), lack of space (45% to 22%), lack of technology (45% to 26%) and lack of internet (35% to 16%).\n\nThe researchers warned that educational inequalities were likely to increase due to further school closures this year.\n\nLead researcher Dr Matthew Easterbrook said: \"These results show that school closures disproportionately disrupt the education of those who are most economically disadvantaged, suggesting that educational inequalities are likely to rise because of the pandemic.\n\n\"The results show that parents of pupils from disadvantaged families - those who are eligible for free school meals, who have lower levels of education, or who are financially struggling - are much more likely to report that learning from home is challenging.\"\n\nReport co-author Lewis Doyle, doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex, added: \"School closures, while clearly necessary during this public health crisis, risk entrenching inequality.\"\n\nOn Tuesday the government also published figures on how many pupils were physically in schools across England before the Christmas holidays.\n\nThe data shows 79% of pupils in state schools were in class on Wednesday16 December - down from 85% on Thursday 10 December.\n\nIn secondary schools, attendance fell from 80% to 72% on 16 December, while pupil attendance in primary schools fell from 89% to 86%, the figures show.\n\nBetween 9% and 11% of pupils - up to 872,000 children - did not attend school for Covid-19 related reasons on 16 December.", "Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have become the latest supermarkets to say they will deny entry to shoppers who do not wear face masks unless they are medically exempt.\n\nIt follows a similar move by Morrisons, while Sainsbury's says it will challenge those who flout the rules.\n\nRetailers have been criticised for not doing enough to stop people breaking Covid rules as infections spread.\n\nBut enforcement of face coverings is officially a police responsibility.\n\nHowever, supermarkets can deny entry to their premises which is private property, and can call the police if someone refuses to follow the rules or becomes abusive.\n\nSenior police figures have reportedly said there is little officers can do to enforce the rules in shops because they are so busy.\n\nBut policing minister Kit Malthouse said that they would offer \"backup if things go seriously wrong\".\n\n\"What we hope is that in the vast majority of cases the enforcement, or the reminders if you like, put in place by the store owners will be enough,\" he told BBC News.\n\nA Tesco spokeswoman said the supermarket chain had decided to strengthen its policies.\n\n\"To protect our customers and colleagues, we won't let anyone into our stores who is not wearing a face covering, unless they are exempt in line with government guidance,\" she said.\n\n\"We are also asking our customers to shop alone, unless they're a carer or with children. To support our colleagues, we will have additional security in stores to help manage this.\"\n\nAn Asda spokesman said if customers had forgotten their face coverings, it would continue to offer them one free of charge.\n\nBut he added: \"Should a customer refuse to wear a covering without a valid medical reason and be in any way challenging to our colleagues about doing so, our security colleagues will refuse their entry.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nAndrew Murphy, executive director of operations at Waitrose, said: \"We've listened carefully to the clear change in tone and emphasis of the views and information shared by the UK's governments in recent days.\n\n\"By insisting on the wearing of face coverings, over and above the social distancing measures we already have in place, we aim to make our shops even safer for customers.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Sainsbury's told the BBC it did not have the power to deny entry to shoppers without masks. However, trials showed customers complied more when asked to wear masks by security guards at the door, it said.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Sainsbury's boss, Simon Roberts, said \"we are not going to ban customers\".\n\nBut he urged shoppers to wear a mask and shop alone.\n\n\"By doing that we will help keep everybody safe,\" he said.\n\nThe Co-op also said it would not ban shoppers without masks from entering, and instead urged customers to take responsibility for wearing a face covering when visiting its stores, as it was mandatory by law.\n\nBoss of Co-op Food Jo Whitfield said: \"We've increased our in-store messaging to remind customers and government guidance does state that the police can take measures if members of the public don't comply with this law.\"\n\nIceland said it would take a similar approach, adding the vast majority of its customers continued to shop in compliance with the law.\n\n\"In view of the rising tide of abuse and violence being directed at our store colleagues, we do not expect them to confront the small minority of customers who aggressively refuse to comply with the law,\" a spokesman added.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.", "Many hospitals are still under intense pressure with the increasing number of Covid patients arriving.\n\nDoctors say they are seeing more younger patients in their thirties and forties compared to the first wave.\n\nThe overall pattern of those at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying has not changed significantly and the older someone is, the greater their risk from Covid-19 - particularly those over the age of 65.\n\nThe BBC's Health Editor Hugh Pym was given access to film at Croydon University Hospital in South London.", "Morrisons will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings from its shops amid rising coronavirus infections.\n\nFrom Monday, shoppers who refuse to wear face masks offered by staff will not be allowed inside, unless they are medically exempt.\n\nSainsbury's also said it would challenge those not wearing a mask or who were shopping in groups.\n\nThe announcements come amid concerns that social distancing measures are not being adhered to in supermarkets.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said the government is \"concerned\" shops are not enforcing rules strictly enough.\n\n\"Ultimately, the most important thing to do now is to make sure that actually enforcement - and of course the compliance with the rules - when people are going into supermarkets are being adhered to,\" Mr Zahawi told Sky News.\n\n\"We need to make sure people actually wear masks and follow the one-way system,\" he said.\n\nMorrisons said it had \"introduced and consistently maintained thorough and robust safety measures in all our stores\" since the start of the pandemic.\n\nBut it said: \"From today we are further strengthening our policy on masks.\"\n\nSecurity guards at the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain will be enforcing the new rules.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"Those who are offered a face covering and decline to wear one won't be allowed to shop at Morrisons unless they are medically exempt.\n\n\"Our store colleagues are working hard to feed you and your family, please be kind.\"\n\nFollowing Morrisons' announcement, Sainsbury's said that it was also putting trained security guards at the front of its stores to challenge shoppers who did not comply.\n\nChief executive Simon Roberts said: \"I've spent a lot of time in our stores reviewing the latest situation over the last few days and on behalf of all my colleagues, I am asking our customers to help us keep everyone safe.\n\n\"The vast majority of customers are shopping safely, but I have also seen some customers trying to shop without a mask and shopping in larger family groups.\n\n\"Please help us to keep all our colleagues and customers safe by always wearing a mask and by shopping alone. Everyone's care and consideration matters now more than ever.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mr Zahawi stopped short of saying that supermarket staff should be responsible for enforcing rules on face masks.\n\nEnforcement of face coverings is the responsibility of the police, not retailers. Wearing face masks in supermarkets and shops is compulsory across the UK.\n\nIn England, the police can issue a £200 fine to someone breaking the face covering rules. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a £60 fine can be imposed. Repeat offenders face bigger fines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to wear your mask. Hint: it's not any of these three options\n\nHowever, retail industry body the British Retail Consortium said that, workers have faced an increase in incidents of violence and abuse when trying to encourage shoppers to put them on.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, added: \"Supermarkets continue to follow all safety guidance and customers should be reassured that supermarkets are Covid-secure and safe to visit during lockdown and beyond.\n\n\"Customers should play their part too by following in-store signage and being considerate to staff and fellow shoppers.\"\n\nUnder current lockdown restrictions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, people must only leave home for essential reasons, such as buying food or medicine.\n\nIn a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, supermarkets introduced social distancing measures during the UK's first nationwide lockdown last March. They included limits on the numbers of customers in the shops at any one time, protective plastic screens at tills and \"marshals\" to ensure shoppers were maintaining a two-metre distance.\n\nBut amid rising numbers of infections, some have expressed concerns about a \"lack of visible protections\" implemented by supermarkets in recent weeks.\n\nThe First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said on Saturday that he wanted to see stores policed as they were during the first lockdown as people were worried the strict enforcement of rules did not \"appear to be there this time\".\n\n\"Given the fact the new variant is so much easier to catch... we are looking at supermarkets and other places where people leave their homes, to make sure they are organised in a way that keeps their staff and customers safe,\" he said.\n\nSupermarket Waitrose said that it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to the virus, with marshals checking that customers are wearing face coverings on the door, hand sanitiser stations at its entrances and written communications to shoppers reminding them to maintain their distance.\n\nTesco said it was limiting the number of customers in store and was also reminding customers to wear masks.\n\n\"We have clear signage explaining this, and we have packs of face coverings available for purchase near the front of our stores for any customers who have forgotten them.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Asda announced last week that it would extend its marshals' hours to 08:00 to 20:00 and increase how often baskets and trollies are cleaned.\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw has also called for firms to apply more stringent measures again.\n\nThe union's general secretary, Paddy Lillis, said that it had received reports that \"too many customers are not following necessary safety measures like social distancing, wearing a face covering and only shopping for essential items\".\n\n\"It is going to take some time to roll out the vaccine and we cannot afford to be complacent in the meantime, particularly with a new strain sweeping the nation,\" Mr Lillis said.\n\nThe trade union also suggested that \"'one-in one-out\" policies and proper queuing systems should be reintroduced in supermarkets.\n\nIt added that these systems should be managed by trained security staff where necessary.", "Parler has hit back after Amazon pulled support for its so-called \"free speech\" social network.\n\nParler is suing the tech giant, accusing it of breaking anti-trust laws by removing it.\n\nParler had been reliant on the tech giant's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service to provide its alternative to Twitter.\n\nThe platform was popular among supporters of Donald Trump, although the president is not a user.\n\nAmazon took the action after finding dozens of posts on the service that it said encouraged violence.\n\nIn response, the platform has asked a federal judge to order Amazon to reinstate it.\n\n\"AWS's decision to effectively terminate Parler's account is apparently motivated by political animus,\" the complaint reads.\n\n\"It is also apparently designed to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter.\"\n\n\"There is no merit to these claims,\" it said.\n\n\"AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect Parler's right to determine for itself what content it will allow. However, it is clear that there is significant content on Parler that encourages and incites violence against others, and that Parler is unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service.\n\n\"We made our concerns known to Parler over a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.\"\n\nExamples Amazon had provided included posts calling for the killing of Democrats, Muslims, Black Lives Matter leaders, and mainstream media journalists.\n\nGoogle and Apple had already removed Parler from their app stores towards the end of last week saying it had failed to comply with their content-moderation requirements.\n\nHowever, it had still been accessible via the web - although visitors had complained of being unable to create new accounts over the weekend, without which it was not possible to view its content.\n\nParler has been online since 2018, and may return if it can find an alternative host.\n\nHowever, chief executive John Matze told Fox News on Sunday that \"every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too\".\n\n\"We're going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible, but we're having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won't work with us because if Apple doesn't approve and Google doesn't approve, they won't,\" he added.\n\nAWS's move is the latest in a series of actions affecting social media following the rioting on Capitol Hill last week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Capitol riots: ‘We would have been murdered’\n\nFacebook and Twitter have also banned President Trump's accounts on their platforms, citing concerns that he might incite further violence.\n\nParler's users included the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who had led an effort in the Senate to delay certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory.\n\nHe had about five million followers on the platform - more than his tally on Twitter.\n\nParler's app now shows an error message and its website is offline\n\n\"Why should a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires have a monopoly on political speech?\" he tweeted over the weekend.\n\nParler's downfall appears to have benefited Gab - another \"free speech\" social network that is popular with far-right commentators.\n\nIt has claimed to have \"gained more users in the past two days than we did in our first two years of existing\".\n\nParler has long been a home for what you might call untouchables, people who had been excluded from mainstream services for offences such as blatant racism or incitement to violence.\n\nDuring a brief excursion onto the site over the weekend, I observed plenty of examples of such behaviour, with users exhibiting vile anti-Semitism, displaying Nazi symbols such as the swastika and uttering incoherent threats against those they perceive to be enemies of America.\n\nBut as Amazon's deadline approached something like panic took hold, with users desperately urging their followers to join them on other platforms.\n\nMost seemed to accept that Parler was doomed, while vowing to continue their fight elsewhere.\n\n\"Well this is the end,\" wrote one user, who proclaimed his support for the American Nazi Party.", "The disease is still spreading. There are more people in hospital with Covid-19 in the UK than at any other point in the pandemic.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, hit the airwaves on Monday morning to tell us it's \"everyone's problem\".\n\nAnd a possible further increase in the numbers from those get-togethers that did take place over Christmas is yet to filter through.\n\nIt is cheering, and crucial, to see the elderly and vulnerable attending vaccine super-centres in huge numbers for their injections.\n\nBut there is no getting away from it: at this moment, the coronavirus situation seems pretty dire. And there is real concern in government that the public, this time round, is just not paying attention to the rules as closely as they did back in the spring.\n\nWhat is the government's answer? It is not, at least not yet, despite calls from the opposition, another big clampdown.\n\nIt might not feel like it, but it is only seven days since Boris Johnson took what used to be the rare step of making a national address, live on primetime TV, telling us, across the UK, once more to \"stay at home\".\n\nThere is hardly any political appetite to go even further.\n\nAs one senior minister said today: \"We have gone as far as we possibly can in terms of shutting things down\".\n\nThe prime minister was reluctant to go this far, only moving back to a lockdown in England when the evidence put forward by the government's top medics got worse, and worse and worse.\n\nThere are in fact even more limits that ministers, not just in Westminster but in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast too, could introduce.\n\nSchools could be forcibly closed to all pupils. Nurseries could shut.\n\nGovernment sources say the nurseries policy isn't going to change. Number 10 firmly denies they would ever take such a drastic step on schools which have always been open to key workers' children and it is hard to imagine that ever happening.\n\nIn extremis though there are measures that could be taken - in theory the government does not want to do any of this, but in practice there are other potential steps.\n\nBuilding sites could be made to lock their gates. Factories where machines are still whirring because they are operating under Covid guidelines could be made to pause.\n\nEngland, Scotland and Northern Ireland could follow Wales and ban people from seeing anyone they don't live with even outdoors.\n\nPlaygrounds, launderettes and chiropractors, could, along with many others on the list of premises allowed to stay open, have to shut up shop after all.\n\nBut while ministers have talked about squeezing the advice for takeaways to try to prevent big queues gathering at popular places, encouraged the supermarkets to make sure they are doing as much as they can to be safe, and even discussed the prospect of asking for masks to be worn outdoors, there is no expectation, at least at the start of this week, that a more extensive clampdown is coming from Westminster.\n\nAlthough, it's worth noting that the Scottish cabinet will discuss restrictions again on Tuesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On Monday Matt Hancock ruled out getting rid of support bubbles.\n\nOne reason for the reluctance to go much further is that every step that affects a business affects jobs and livelihoods too.\n\nThe chancellor told MPs on Monday that 800,000 people have lost their jobs since February, admitting the economy will get worse before it gets better.\n\nSo trying to preserve activity that can be done safely matters to the government too.\n\nThere's also a question in government circles about whether cranking up different rules bit by bit is really what would help.\n\nChris Whitty this morning bluntly suggested there was limited value in \"tinkering\" with the rules, and what is required instead is for all of us to realise how grave the situation really is.\n\nInstead of worrying about whether we are allowed to sit on a park bench at all, (and yes, this has been a lively conversation in Westminster today) , perhaps we should be asking ourselves whether we really need to be out at all.\n\nThe NHS has been under huge pressure dealing with a surge in Covid cases this winter.\n\nBut when what happens next will be in large part shaped by our behaviour as individuals, working out the dos and don'ts can get sticky fast.\n\nTwo women who hit the headlines for driving five miles to go for a snowy walk with a takeaway cuppa had their fines withdrawn today, just as the prime minister caused a stir when a newspaper revealed he'd gone seven miles to the other side of London for a cycle in the Olympic Park.\n\nYou might be a reader who feels, 'so what?'. In both cases they were exercising outside, within the law, so who cares?\n\nBut you might feel when the firm instruction is to stay at home, and stay local, that is pushing the rules.\n\nFor now though, with grimmer and grimmer medics' warnings ringing in our ears, and reminders about enforcement from the police coming too, ministers seem resolved to encourage the public to comply rather than crack down further.\n\nBut it is however, only a week since the lockdown the prime minister had so hoped to avoid returned. By now, it's not surprising, Boris Johnson would never quite rule anything out.\n\nP.S. In all the gloom, the cheerier news is that the vaccination programme across the UK is certainly getting going, with 2.3 million people having had their first jab.\n\nThe number of people getting vaccinated has been added to the list of statistics that the government publishes every day. The targets the government has set are tough, but the numbers so far, are growing fast.", "RAF Typhoons, similar to the aircraft pictured, took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and escorted the civilian aircraft to London Stansted Airport\n\nA sonic boom has been heard across the East of England after RAF Typhoon aircraft were launched to intercept a plane that had lost communications.\n\nThe Typhoons took off from RAF Coningsby and \"safely escorted\" the civilian aircraft to Stansted Airport in Essex, an RAF spokesman said.\n\nThe boom, at about 13:05 GMT, was reported by people across social media.\n\n\"The Typhoon aircraft were authorised to transit at supersonic speed for operational reasons,\" the RAF said.\n\nPeople in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and parts of London heard the boom.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People's reaction to the sonic boom was caught on camera\n\n\"We have received numerous calls from the public with reports of a sonic boom... between Huntingdon and Cambridge,\" Cambridgeshire police said, in a Facebook post.\n\n\"Nobody has been injured. Some callers reported the incident had shaken properties but no major damage is thought to have occurred.\"\n\nAn image from a police officer's body-worn camera captured the RAF Typhoon aircraft flying over Cambridgeshire\n\nCommunications with the aircraft were re-established after the Typhoons were launched and it was intercepted before being escorted to Stansted.\n\nA spokesman for the airport said the \"private jet\" was believed to have been flying from Germany to Birmingham.\n\nHe confirmed the plane had been brought into land at about 13:40.\n\nWhen an aircraft approaches the speed of sound, the air in front of the nose of the plane builds up a pressure front because it has \"nowhere to escape\", said Dr Jim Wild of Lancaster University.\n\nA sonic boom happens when that air \"escapes\", creating a ripple effect which can be heard on the ground as a loud thunderclap.\n\nThe speed of sound varies. It is about 770mph (1,200km/h) at sea level, but slower at higher altitudes. A plane flying at 30,000ft would reach the speed of sound at about 675mph (1,085km/h), according to NASA's educational website.\n\nIt can be heard over such a large area because it moves with the plane, rather like the wake of a boat spreading out behind the vessel.\n\nRAF jets are only given permission to go supersonic over populated areas in emergencies, usually when they are required to intercept another aircraft.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLeicester City climbed to second in the Premier League as they won a keenly contested encounter with fellow top-four hopefuls Southampton at King Power Stadium.\n\nJames Maddison fired in from a tight angle after 37 minutes, the Foxes midfielder instructing his team-mates to stand back as he performed a socially distanced celebration, before Harvey Barnes added a second deep into second-half stoppage-time.\n\nVictory takes Leicester within one point of leaders Manchester United, who travel to third-placed Liverpool on Sunday, while Southampton are eighth, three points outside the top four.\n• None How Leicester followed guidance on celebrations - and others didn't\n• None Reaction to Leicester v Southampton, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nThe Saints dominated in the opening stages and created the first opening when Che Adams stretched the home defence on the counter-attack, while Leicester's Barnes' powerful drive forced Alex McCarthy into action with the game's first shot after 19 minutes.\n\nThe visitors, without talisman Danny Ings after the striker tested positive for Covid-19 last week, went close to a response through Ryan Bertrand and Will Smallbone either side of half-time but neither could find a way past Kasper Schmeichel.\n\nIn an entertaining conclusion, Stuart Armstrong rattled the Leicester crossbar with an excellent strike from the edge of the penalty area, while Jan Bednarek produced a superb goalline clearance to deny Barnes and the returning McCarthy saved from Jamie Vardy as both sides pushed for a late goal.\n\nIt took Leicester until the 95th minute to seal the three points, Barnes calmly slotting past McCarthy on the break.\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers challenged his side to \"disrupt the Premier League hierarchy\" after a 2-1 win over Newcastle in their last league outing maintained their top-four hopes.\n\nVictory in this stern test ensured they continue to do just that.\n\nEnjoying their longest unbeaten run of the season, their streak now at six matches in all competitions since defeat by Everton a month ago, Rodgers' side delivered an assured performance to remain firmly in contention at the top.\n\nDespite their lofty position as the halfway stage approaches, Leicester have struggled at home this campaign - their four defeats at King Power Stadium in 2020-21 is as many as they suffered in the entirety of last season.\n\nThough largely frustrated in the early exchanges as the visitors retained possession, Leicester's superior quality in attack eventually ensured that record was improved with Maddison turning sharply to meet Youri Tielemans' through-ball before drilling home.\n\nThe in-form Barnes once again impressed and eventually got the goal his performance deserved to equal his best season tally of 10 after just 24 games.\n\nUnlike last season's post-Christmas collapse, the Foxes are yet to show signs of falling away. Maddison - involved in six of Leicester's last 12 league goals - and Barnes are easing the pressure on Vardy to deliver every week and there appears the strength in depth to better maintain this challenge.\n\nThe only concern for Rodgers at the end of a pleasing night was the sight of Vardy appearing to limp off as he was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho in the final minutes.\n\nWhen Southampton claimed victory in the corresponding fixture last January, the 2-1 win marked a remarkable short-term recovery from a club-record defeat by the Foxes less than three months earlier.\n\nOne year on, this match served as another reminder of how quickly the Saints are progressing under Ralph Hasenhuttl.\n\nThey were, however, unable to set a club top-flight record of seven consecutive away games without defeat in the absence of frontman Ings. That was despite their relative freshness, having not played for 12 days after their FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town was postponed last weekend because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the League One club.\n\nFollowing their impressive 1-0 victory over Liverpool on 4 January, a triumph which left Hasenhuttl with tears in his eyes, Southampton once again applied themselves with commendable determination but ultimately failed to produce in the final third.\n\nAdams ran out of space at the byeline after breaking clear from the halfway line in the game's first opening, and neither Bertrand nor Smallbone were able to place past Schmeichel as the equaliser their hard work perhaps deserved evaded them.\n\nAt the back, Bednarek produced the heroics to keep his side in the game and full-back Kyle Walker-Peters provided a regular outlet on the right, but Southampton, who named four teenagers on their bench because of an injury crisis, have now scored only once in five league games.\n\nThat is an obvious concern for Hasenhuttl as he looks to ensure his side do not fade after their promising start.\n\n'We took social distancing to the letter' - what the managers said\n\nLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers told BBC Sport: \"It's a very good win against a good team. We were too passive at the start, we took social distancing to the letter and didn't get close to them. After that we had some sustained attacks and ended up getting a brilliant goal.\n\n\"At half-time we had to reiterate the importance of fighting, you have to fight for every result and Southampton keep going. We were outstanding second half and should have scored more goals. We did the dirty work much better and Harvey Barnes showed again that he is a finisher now.\"\n\nOn Maddison's celebration: \"I said to them there is lots of negativity around it but see it as a positive and be creative. Supporters still want to see players celebrate, the happiness, so be creative with it.\"\n\nSouthampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said: \"It's never nice to lose a game but we had chances. We hit the bar, we fought with everything we have. We are definitely a team that is never giving up. The quality of the opponent was better than ours today.\n\n\"The first goal, you don't shoot at goal like that every day, it was fantastic from Maddison. We had good chances but we couldn't finish and that was the difference.\n\n\"It doesn't look good at the moment, we have a lot of injuries and not many alternatives. The good news is we have 29 points and they don't take them away from us. We did our best with the options we have. We have nine injured but we are fighting for everything.\"\n• None Leicester earned their first home league victory against Southampton since April 2016, ending a run of four without a win against the Saints at King Power Stadium.\n• None Southampton's first 12 Premier League games in 2020-21 witnessed 41 goals (24 scored) at an average of 3.4 per game. Their past six games have seen just six goals (two scored).\n• None Jamie Vardy had seven shots for Leicester, his highest tally without scoring in a single Premier League match in his career.\n• None Vardy has faced Southampton seven times at home in the Premier League, more than any other side at King Power Stadium without scoring in the competition.\n• None James Maddison scored in consecutive Premier League games for Leicester for the first time since October 2019, matching his goal tally at home from each of the previous two campaigns (three).\n\nBoth sides return to action on Tuesday. Leicester host Chelsea in the Premier League at 20:15 GMT, while Southampton welcome Shrewsbury to St Mary's in their postponed FA Cup third-round tie (20:00).\n• None Goal! Leicester City 2, Southampton 0. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.\n• None Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Justin.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel N'Lundulu (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.\n• None Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Ayoze Pérez is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.\n• None Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers are the first in line to get Covid jabs\n\nA sanitation worker became the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine as the country began the world's largest inoculation drive.\n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched the programme, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people against Covid.\n\nHe paid tribute to front-line workers who will be the first to receive jabs.\n\nIndia has recorded the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world after the United States.\n\nMillions of doses of two approved vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - were shipped across the country in the days leading up to the start of the drive.\n\n\"We are launching the world's biggest vaccination drive and it shows the world our capability,\" Mr Modi, said, addressing the country on Saturday morning.\n\nA sanitation worker is the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine\n\nHe added that India was well prepared to vaccinate its population with the help of an app, which would help the government track the drive and ensure that nobody was left out.\n\nMr Modi spoke at length about doctors, nurses and other front-line workers \"who showed us the light\" in \"dark times\".\n\n\"They stayed away from their families to serve humanity. And hundreds of them never went home. They gave their life to save others. And that is why the first jabs are being given to healthcare workers - this is our way of paying respect to them.\"\n\nDoctors and medical staff at Delhi's Max hospital tell me a lot of hope is being pinned on the vaccination drive. One official described it \"as a new dawn\" and said \"it's the beginning of Covid's end\".\n\nInside the waiting room, there are posters on the wall with information about the documents one needs to bring, how safe the vaccine is, and the precautions that need to be taken even after one's been vaccinated. Among those being vaccinated on Saturday are doctors, nurses and front-office staff from all departments.\n\nThe names have been been chosen alphabetically so those getting jabs are mostly those with names starting with the letter A.\n\n\"The pandemic has played havoc in the country. I hope the vaccine will rid us of the fears and we will be able to breathe easy,\" Dr Anil Dass said after getting the jab.\n\nAshutosh Chaturvedi, a 31-year-old male nurse described as a \"Covid warrior\" by hospital officials, became the first recipient of the vaccine at Max.\n\n\"I'm fine, I feel good,\" he told reporters as he came down the hospital ramp, which has been decorated with blue, green and white balloons.\n\nSince April, he told me, he's worked in the emergency wing of the Covid ward, tending to those afflicted with the coronavirus.\n\n\"I haven't seen my wife and nine-month-old daughter since then. A month later, once I've received the second dose, I'll visit my family,\" he said.\n\nMr Modi also appealed to people to continue adhering to Covid-19 safety protocols like wearing masks and following social distancing. He said the country cannot afford to be complacent as vaccinating the entire population will take time.\n\nHe also urged people not to believe any \"propaganda and rumours about the safety of the vaccines\".\n\n\"I want to tell people that the approval to these vaccines was given only after scientists and experts were satisfied about its safety,\" he said.\n\nAn estimated 10 million health workers will be vaccinated in the first round, followed by policemen, soldiers, municipal and other front-line workers.\n\nHealth workers have been queuing up at vaccination centres for their turn\n\nNext in line will be people aged over 50 and anyone under 50 with serious underlying health conditions. India's electoral rolls, which contain details of some 900 million voters, will be used to identify eligible recipients.\n\nThe government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August. This will happen in state-run health care centres, schools, colleges, community halls, municipal offices and wedding halls.\n\nSeveral hospitals across India are giving the first doses of the vaccine.\n\nThe government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August\n\nDr Atul Peters was among those who got the jab at Max hospital.\n\n\"It's a very big day. I'm grateful to those who worked hard to make this a reality. I was very very happy when I got a call informing me that my name was on the list.\n\n\"We worked hard during the pandemic to save lives and we are also taking the jab first to dispel fears in people's minds that the vaccine is not safe,\" he told the BBC.\n\nMillions of vaccine doses have been shipped across India\n\nIndia's drug regulator has given the green light to two vaccines - Covishield (the local name for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developed in the UK) and Covaxin, locally-made by pharma company Bharat Biotech.\n\nBut concerns have been raised over the efficacy of Covaxin because the regulator's emergency approval came before the completion of Phase 3 clinical trials. The regulator and the manufacturer have said the vaccine is safe, and that the efficacy data would be available by February.\n\nBoth vaccines will be given as two injections, 28 days apart, with the second dose being a booster. Immunity would begin to kick in after the first dose but reaches its full effect 14 days after the second dose.\n\nThe status of the vaccines and recipients will be electronically tracked in real time - some 8 million people who will receive the early jabs have been already registered. More than 600,000 people have been trained for the drive.\n\nThe jabs will be voluntary, and recipients will be given a certificate of vaccination after they complete both doses.\n\n\"I expect India's vaccination programme will be run much better than most countries because of the considerable government investment and early preparedness,\" Dr Gagandeep Kang, one of India's best-known vaccine experts, told the BBC.\n\nWith more than 10 million cases, India has recorded the second-highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world, after the US.\n\nThe largest vaccination drive in the country, however, begins at a time when infections have fallen sharply, and much of life has returned to normal. A limited availability of doses in the initial phase, therefore, is not likely to pose a problem.\n\nMost scientists feel India is primed for the challenge as it is a vaccine-making powerhouse and has run, for decades, a well-oiled immunisation programme for tens of millions of new-borns and mothers-to-be.\n\nBut the real challenges will begin when the general population starts receiving the jabs.\n\nIndia will use its formidable election machinery to deliver and track doses to recipients in far corners of the country. It is also likely to use digital platforms and apps to enable people to register for the doses.\n\nHowever, not every Indian owns a smart phone or knows how to operate an app, so it will be interesting to see what the government does to make sure that there are no inadvertent exclusions.\n\nVaccine hesitancy is the other concern.\n\nHealth activists Seema Pal and Rama Negi say they have been busting misinformation about the vaccine\n\nThe recent controversy over the hurried approval of Covaxin, many feel, could undermine confidence. There's a history of hesitancy about receiving the polio vaccine in parts of northern India, triggered by rumours about vaccines being impure and affecting fertility. Similar disinformation is now circulating about Covid vaccines on social networking apps, such as WhatsApp.\n\nThe government will need consistent, clear-eyed communication to bolster vaccine acceptance and community perception of the programme.\n\nVaccines come with side effects for some people. India has a 34-year-old surveillance programme for monitoring such \"adverse events\" following immunisation.\n\nBut researchers have found that benchmarks for reporting side effects still remain weak. A failure to transparently report adverse effects could easily lead to fear-mongering around vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The number of reported incidents of children dying or being seriously harmed after suspected abuse or neglect rose by a quarter after England's first lockdown last year, figures indicate.\n\nThe Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel received 285 serious incident notifications from April to September.\n\nThis is an increase of 27% from 225 in the same period the previous year.\n\nThe data also includes children who were in care and died, regardless of whether abuse or neglect was suspected.\n\nThe Children's Society described the figures as \"shocking\".\n\nThe serious incident notification system requires councils in England to report all incidents of death or serious harm involving children in their area to the Department for Education, which publishes the data.\n\nThey are also required to inform the education secretary and Ofsted if a looked-after child dies, regardless of whether they suspect abuse or neglect.\n\nChild deaths increased from 89 to 119 and those seriously harmed rose from 132 with 153 compared with the same period in 2019, according to the data.\n\nThe number of serious incidents involving children under one increased by 30% as did the harm suffered by those aged 16 and over.\n\nThe majority (54%) of incidents related to boys, and almost two thirds related to white children.\n\nIn two-thirds of the 285 cases reported, the harm occurred while children were living at home.\n\nThe number of serious incident notifications had fallen in 2019-20 compared with 2018-19 when there were 274 such notifications.\n\nIryna Pona, policy manager at the Children's Society, said the increase in incidents last year happened at a time when Covid-19 was having a \"huge impact on the well-being of children and families and disrupted help available to those who needed it most\".\n\nEngland's first lockdown began at the end of March last year and ended on 4 July.\n\nMs Pona said: \"During the first lockdown many vulnerable children were stuck at home in difficult, sometimes dangerous situations, often isolated from friends and support networks.\n\n\"Sadly, children also continued to be targeted and groomed by people outside their families for sexual and criminal exploitation like county lines drug dealing operations, which can lead to serious violence or death.\n\n\"At the same time, they were often hidden from view of professionals like social workers and teachers who are best placed to spot the signs if they may be in danger.\"\n\nShe added that in the current lockdown it was \"vital\" that social care and schools work together closely to ensure all vulnerable children, including those in care, have regular contact with a trusted professional.\n\nA government spokeswoman said: \"Every single incident of this nature is a tragedy and we are working to understand the impact the pandemic may be having.\n\n\"Throughout the past months, we have prioritised the most vulnerable children and their families and put in place support to protect babies.\n\n\"We've maintained vital frontline services because we know it has been a challenge for many, especially for new parents, and we've invested thousands of pounds in charities working with vulnerable children and their families.\n\n\"Today we have launched a wholescale review of children's social care to reform the system and think afresh about how we support the most vulnerable. This data will provide important information to the care review to help address major challenges.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK weather: Will it snow where you are?\n\nSnow and ice weather warnings are in place for much of England and Scotland after widespread recent snowfall.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across England and Scotland for Saturday and warned of possible travel disruption.\n\nParts of England and Scotland could see as much as 5-10cm of snow in higher areas, the weather service said.\n\nIt comes as hundreds of schools remain closed after heavy snow hit the north of England on Thursday.\n\nA snow warning is in place for south-east England, including London, the east of England and the East Midlands. The Met Office said East Anglia and parts of Kent and Sussex are most at risk of snow.\n\nSome 1-3 cm of snow may fall fairly widely over these areas, with 5-10 cm possible in places, mostly over parts of East Anglia and any higher ground.\n\nA snow and ice warning is in place for most of Scotland, north-west and north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, the East Midlands and parts of the West Midlands.\n\nSnow is likely to fall to low levels over east Scotland and northern England.\n\nThe Met Office said 1-3 cm is possible at low levels in these areas but is more likely at higher elevations, where 5-10 cm of snow is possible above 200m - and even 20cm at the highest places.\n\nFog is also forecast for parts of the Midlands and the North, along with mist around Glasgow which may pose hazards for motorists.\n\nPolice forces in Yorkshire have urged people to stay at home unless their travel is essential\n\nTwo girls took their sledge to a golf course near Penicuik, Midlothian\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOver-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could re-book rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nNewcastle Hospitals tweeted: \"There's enough vaccine for everyone, so don't worry about making a trip to Newcastle.\"\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.\n\nHeavy snowfall has already caused travel disruption across sections of northern England and Scotland.\n\nTemperatures were as low as -6C on Friday morning in parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria, with yellow warnings set to last through most of Friday.\n\nThere was a loss of gas supply to approximately 700 homes in the Hebden Bridge area after water got into the local gas network and froze.\n\nThe Met Office has published advice from the Department for Transport advising people to clear snow and ice from footpaths outside their homes, preferably in the morning.\n\n\"You can then cover the path with salt before nightfall to stop it refreezing overnight,\" the advice says.\n\nTemperatures in the Greater London area are expected to drop to 1C on Friday and parts of the South East could fall to -2C.\n\nIt comes after \"hazardous\" conditions on Thursday caused problems for the ambulance service in Yorkshire, which struggled to keep up with the high demand, while Covid vaccinations were also affected.\n\nMark Millins, of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said the bad weather was having a \"severe impact\" on its operations and urged people to \"take extra care\" when out walking or driving.\n\nIn Scotland, heavy snow in some areas resulted in road closures.\n\nThe deepest snow on Thursday was in Bingley, West Yorkshire, and Strathallan in Perth, Scotland, both of which recorded 11cm.", "CBBC star Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died in his sleep from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has said.\n\nLucy Lyndhurst said a second post-mortem exam had revealed his death was caused by a condition called Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukaemia.\n\nShe described Archie as \"the most magical human being we have ever met\".\n\nThe 19-year-old's death on 22 September had had a \"catastrophic effect\" on their family, she wrote on Instagram.\n\nArchie with his father Nicholas and mother Lucy Smith in 2017\n\nLucy said she and husband Nicholas were assured by the doctor who explained the post-mortem results to them that there \"wasn't anything anyone could have done as Archie showed no signs of illness\". She said it was \"not leukaemia as we know it\" and that acute in medical terms meant \"rapid\".\n\nThe couple were \"utterly floored\" to think something like this could happen, she wrote, adding: \"It's very rare and around only 800 people a year die from it.\"\n\nShe said that just days earlier he had been celebrating his birthday with \"the love of his life Nethra\".\n\n\"Life is fragile, precious and sometimes incredibly cruel,\" Lucy wrote.\n\nShe also criticised some media outlets for attempting to garner information about how her son had died from the coroner, before they knew the results of the post mortem themselves.\n\n\"To have a coroner call you a few days after your child has died to say the press have been calling for the results of Archie's post mortem, I think stoops to an all time low for us,\" she noted.\n\n\"What gives the press the right to badger a coroner's office solely to find the cause of death before the parents? The complete lack of empathy is astounding. We released no information at the time as we had no idea what he had died from.\"\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in an episode of So Awkward in 2019\n\nArchie began his acting career at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 10 and was best known for playing Ollie Coulton in the CBBC comedy show So Awkward.\n\nHe appeared in the sitcom, which followed the lives of a group of friends in secondary school, from its first series in 2015.\n\nNicholas appeared alongside his son in a 2019 episode of the programme.\n\nArchie's other roles included recurring appearances as a younger incarnation of comedian Jack Whitehall in various TV programmes.\n\nThese included BBC Three sitcom Bad Education, in which he was seen as a younger version of Whitehall's Alfie Wickers character.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Irish hauliers have been bypassing ports in Wales because of Brexit, say industry leaders\n\nIrish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy, industry leaders say.\n\nSo-called \"teething problems\" with new export rules are causing \"enormous strain on staff\", according to one haulage company.\n\nBut others warn of a longer-term shift by truck firms from using Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.\n\nGwynedd Shipping said it was operating at 65% normal volumes and the pressure of extra paperwork was challenging.\n\nAndrew Kinsella, the firm's managing director, said: \"It's an enormous strain on our staff in terms of processing bookings.\n\n\"We process around 400 or 500 bookings a week, the reality is we're operating at 65-70% of previous volumes.\n\n\"Whilst we see recovery in the number of clients and we're starting to get to a better pattern in terms of shipments I still think it's going to take several weeks for things to return to normal. Whether things return to pre-Christmas, pre-Brexit volumes remains to be seen.\"\n\nMr Kinsella thinks there will be long-term consequences for the ports.\n\nStena Line is among firms that have made changes to the routes its uses\n\n\"You can already see the shift in terms of the number of sailings,\" he said.\n\n\"I think you're seeing a shift away from Holyhead particularly in terms of weekend, off-peak traffic. I think longer term, the viability of all of these services will be something those ferry services will continue to scrutinise.\"\n\nThis week Stena Line moved its new ship to the route from Rosslare, in the Republic of Ireland, to Cherbourg, France.\n\nAccording to Irish public broadcaster RTÉ, a new weekend sailing from Dublin to Cherbourg will also begin on 23 January, resulting in a temporary reduction in weekend capacity on the Dublin to Holyhead route.\n\nIt also intends to sail the Belfast-to-Liverpool route.\n\n\"Due to the current Brexit-related shift for direct routes and increasing customer demand, Stena Line has decided to temporarily deploy the Stena Embla on Rosslare-Cherbourg,\" Stena Line said.\n\nAt Rosslare Europort, business is booming, says general manager Glenn Carr.\n\n\"We've seen unprecedented demand in the first two weeks of trading compared to last year,\" Mr Carr said.\n\n\"On our European routes there's a 500% increase in freight volume going through the port compared to last year.\"\n\nHe added that 18 months ago they would have had three sailings a week directly to mainland Europe from Rosslare Europort: \"Today we have 15.\"\n\nMr Carr says his customers want to bypass the UK because of Brexit.\n\n\"I think that's testament to demand, particularly from our exporters and importers, on the island of Ireland and the need to unfortunately bypass the UK because of Brexit to trade directly with the EU,\" he added.\n\nHe believes this change in operations will not be temporary.\n\nHe said decisions by ferry companies and businesses who trade with the EU to re-direct freight, have been made based on market analysis.\n\n\"The business case for the extra services out of Rosslare were not based on the first two weeks of this year,\" Mr Carr said.\n\n\"They were based on analysis of the market and conversations with our exporters and importers who were switching.\n\n\"So there is a genuine switch and we foresee services being maintained out of Rosslare.\"\n\nUK government ministers have played down concerns about the long term viability of Welsh ports.\n\nGiving evidence to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee this week, Wales Office Minister David TC Davies MP, said former haulage industry colleagues referred to the issues as \"teething problems\".\n\nSecretary of State for Wales Simon Hart MP, said: \"There is some evidence that things aren't looking necessarily, permanently bleak.\n\n\"It's one of those areas where we have to keep a very wary eye on it, but I think and hope that it is a temporary dip in the graph.\"\n\nBut transport expert Prof Stuart Cole, of the University of South Wales, thinks Brexit delays will be the incentive Irish companies needed to switch permanently to trading directly with the European mainland.\n\nProf Cole said the EU wanted to reduce congestion and pollution in parts of Europe.\n\nOne solution was to move freight by sea rather than road.\n\nThere have been problems with paperwork for drivers travelling to the European mainland\n\nUntil now there was no reason for Irish hauliers to move from using Welsh ports and Dover, Prof Cole said.\n\n\"The route worked perfectly, there was a predictable journey time and that's important for food and component parts going to factories,\" he said.\n\n\"That kind of change required a significant shift, and that's what's there now.\"\n\nBangor University economics lecturer, Dr Edward Thomas Jones, believes it is too soon to predict longer term changes.\n\n\"Because businesses stockpiled before Christmas in anticipation of Brexit, there is of course less use of the port [at Holyhead] since Brexit,\" he said.\n\n\"On top of that, coronavirus means there are fewer tourists going on holiday to Ireland.\n\n\"We'll have a better idea of the future of the port in six months when these businesses who have stockpiled start buying again.\n\n\"Hopefully, by the second half of the year coronavirus will have been resolved and tourists will once again be able to travel back and forth.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru warned if traffic continued to be diverted away from the UK then Wales would suffer.\n\n\"I urge the UK government to work with the Welsh Government to provide substantial investment into Welsh ports to secure their viability into the future,\" said MP Hywel Williams, Plaid's Cabinet Office spokesman.\n\n\"If the trend of rerouting traffic through direct routes continues, I fear that our local economies both in the north west and south west of Wales will suffer enormously.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The four main engines were fired in unison for the first time, but had to be shut down early\n\nA critical engine test for Nasa's new \"megarocket\" has ended early, but the agency denied it amounted to a failure.\n\nShortly before 22:30 GMT (17:30 EST) on Saturday, the four engines ignited, burning for more than a minute before the event was aborted.\n\nThe core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) was being evaluated at Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi.\n\nThe engines were supposed to fire for eight minutes to simulate the rocket's climb to orbit.\n\nThe SLS is part of Nasa's Artemis programme, which aims to put Americans back on the lunar surface in the 2020s.\n\nWhen it makes its maiden flight - possibly later this year - the SLS will become the most powerful rocket ever to have flown to space.\n\nTeams at Stennis are still poring over the data to find out what happened. John Honeycutt, SLS program manager at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, said there were \"a lot of dynamics going on\" when the engine shut down.\n\nThe engines' power levels were being throttled down and up again; they were also being prepared to pivot - or gimbal. This movement allows the rocket to be steered during flight.\n\nThe RS-25 engines are the same type that powered the space shuttle orbiter\n\n\"We did see a little bit of a flash come from around the interface between the thermal protection blanket on engine four at the time when we had initiated the gimbal,\" Honeycutt told reporters at a post-test briefing at Stennis.\n\nThe as-yet unknown problem triggered what Nasa calls a failure identification (Fid), followed by a major component failure (MCF). As a result of the fault, an onboard computer known as the engine controller sent a message to another computer called the core stage controller, which took a decision to shut down the vehicle.\n\n\"Any parameter that went awry on the engine could have sent that failure ID,\" said John Honeycutt.\n\nIt was the first time all four RS-25 engines had been ignited together, in a test known as a \"hotfire\".\n\nThe core stage of the rocket was anchored to a massive steel structure called the B-2 test stand on the grounds of the Stennis facility.\n\nTo prepare the core stage, engineers filled its tanks with more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million litres) of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellant.\n\nThis was the eighth and final test in the Green Run, a programme of evaluation carried out by engineers from Nasa and Boeing - the rocket's prime contractor.\n\nAlthough the test was intended to run for eight minutes, engineers would have received all the data required to certify the rocket for flight after 250 seconds.\n\nThey wanted to iron out any problems before the core stage is used for the first SLS launch, in which it will send Nasa's next-generation Orion spacecraft on a loop around the Moon.\n\nNasa's outgoing administrator Jim Bridenstine declined to call Saturday's event a failure: \"This is why we test,\" he said, adding: \"Before we put American astronauts on American rockets, that's when we need it to be perfect.\"\n\nOfficials have not yet decided whether to re-run the hotfire, or proceed with shipping the core stage to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to prepare it for the rocket's uncrewed maiden flight, a mission called Artemis-1.\n\n\"It depends what the anomaly was and how challenging it's going to be to fix it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said perfection wasn't a realistic expectation for the first engine test\n\nAsked whether a launch this year was still feasible, he added: \"I think it's too early to tell. As we figure out what went wrong, we're going to know what the future holds.\"\n\nHowever, if one or more of the engines needs to be replaced, there are spares waiting to be used at Stennis Space Center.\n\nThe Artemis-1 mission will evaluate how both the SLS and Orion capsule perform prior to Nasa staging a repeat of this lunar loop with astronauts in 2023.\n\nThis will be followed by the first landing on the Moon by humans since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\n\nThe SLS consists of the 65m (212 ft) -long core stage with two smaller solid rocket boosters (SRBs) attached to the sides. Engineers at KSC have begun stacking the individual SRB segments for Artemis-1.\n\n\"This powerful rocket is going to put us in a position to be ready to support the agency and the country in deep space missions to the Moon and beyond,\" John Honeycutt said during a media briefing on Tuesday.\n\nArtwork: The initial version of the SLS - known as Block 1 - during the climb to orbit\n\nOfficials have been planning to ship the core stage to Florida in February.\n\nIts engines are of the same type that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter - America's crewed space vehicle for 30 years from 1981-2011.\n\nNasa is re-using flown hardware: the RS-25 engines used in this test helped launch 21 shuttle missions. Two were used on the last shuttle flight - STS-135 in 2011.\n\nThe four RS-25s can generate 1.6 million lbs (7 Meganewtons) of thrust - the force that propels a rocket through the air.\n\nWhen the solid rocket boosters are added to the core stage, the combined system will produce 8.8 million pounds (39.1 Meganewtons) of thrust. This will make it 15% more powerful than the giant Saturn V rocket that sent astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s.\n\nPrior to Saturday's test, John Shannon, vice president and SLS program manager at Boeing praised teams at Stennis for keeping the Green Run on track despite the pandemic and this year's particularly active hurricane season.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHomes have been evacuated as Storm Christoph batters Wales with a three-day rainstorm.\n\nNorth Wales Police were called to help some residents in Ruthin who were being told to leave their homes.\n\nThey tweeted that \"people who do not live locally are driving to the area to 'see the floods'\".\n\nA rain warning issued by the Met Office is in place until midday on Thursday, with an ice warning for parts of north and mid Wales.\n\nSouth Wales fire crews pumped out water from homes in Pontypridd and Porth, in Rhondda, and roads were blocked in Powys and Flintshire.\n\nVehicles were pulled from floods by firefighters in Tenby, Llandovery, Llandeilo and Whitland, Mid and West Wales fire service said.\n\nUp to 20cm (8in) of rain is expected to fall, with the heaviest rain forecast for the north west of Wales.\n\nThere were flood warnings in 58 areas as forecasters warned heavy rain and melting snow could affect roads. There were also 57 flood alerts - meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA yellow warning for ice was issued for the north and parts of mid Wales, starting at 01:00 on Thursday and lasting until 10:00, as rain clears.\n\nA minor landslip was reported on the mountainside above Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Natural Resources Wales, who have responsibility for the land, said there is no immediate threat after an initial inspection, but the council urged residents to keep away from the area.\n\nThe River Taf at Llanglydwen in Carmarthenshire\n\nFlood warnings are in Carmarthenshire - the River Towy and isolated properties between Llandeilo and Abergwili, the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pontyates and Ponthenry, the River Hydfron at Llanddowror and the River Taf at Trevaughan in Whitland.\n\nThe other flood warnings cover the River Ely at Peterston-Super-Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, the River Vyrnwy in the Meifod area in Powys, the River Rhyd Hir at Riverside Terrace in Gwynedd, two for the River Wye at Glasbury and Builth Wells, the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, the River Dyfi at Pont ar Dyfi, the River Usk from Brecon to Glangrwyne, two at the River Severn at Abermule to Fron and Aberbechan and the River Lower Clydach at Clydach Bridge, Swansea.\n\nIn River Aeron at Aberaeron, in Ceredigion, the River Loughor at Ammanford and Llandybie and the River Wye at Builth Wells, Powys, are also covered by the warning.\n\nA person had to be saved from a car stuck in floodwater in Corwen, Denbighshire, North East Wales Search and Rescue tweeted.\n\nRest centres have been opened in St Asaph and Ruthin after some localised flooding following heavy rainfall throughout the day. Denbighshire council invited affected residents to use the facilities at the towns' main leisure centres.\n\nAnd Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to help a motorist whose vehicle had become stuck in 3ft of water in Machynlleth.\n\nThe waters lapped the doors of Ruthin's Ocean Pearl restaurant\n\nIn Broughton, Flintshire, Ray and Jacqui Littler said they and their daughter waited all afternoon for help at their flooded bungalow after emergency services told them they were \"flat out\".\n\nThey eventually decided to leave their home on Main Road, which was under 10 inches of water, to stay with friends.\n\nNeighbours blamed a blocked culvert on the fields opposite the road. Police closed the road at about 16:00 GMT and Flintshire council attended, after three houses were affected, with the gardens of two pensioners' bungalows also under water.\n\nOverflowing banks of the River Usk at Brecon\n\nSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had been called to two incidents overnight with reports of water entering properties in Pontycymmer in Bridgend and Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, it dealt with flooding at properties in Tyfica Road, Pontypridd, and Trebanog Road in Porth, Rhondda, where a crew was helping residents divert and pump out water.\n\nFirefighters also had to rescue 46 sheep from land surrounded by water at Merthyr Road, Llanfoist, Monmouthshire.\n\nCrews from Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale were called to help the stricken animals near the River Usk.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWater in the grounds of Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst\n\nJudy Corbett, owner of 16th Century Gwydir Castle in Llanrwst, Conwy, which flooded last year, told BBC Radio Wales things were \"looking pretty dire here this morning\".\n\nShe said: \"We've been obviously monitoring the levels overnight so we've had another sleepless night worrying about the weather but the levels are rising and the water is very violent this morning and of course, we've got another a whole day ahead of us.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sabrina Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSeveral roads have been hit by flooding, including the B5106 between Llanrwst and Trefriw\n\nThe Met Office warned spray and flooding could lead to \"difficult driving conditions and some road closures\" and the downpours could cause delays.\n\nTraffic Wales said restrictions were in place on the M48 Severn Bridge where traffic is coming off eastbound at junction two or westbound at junction one before being directed back on to cross the bridge, which remains open.\n\nIn Flintshire, the A548 Coast Road has been closed at Tan Lan and Mostyn, the A5118 at Padeswood, the A541 between Llong to Pontblyddyn, Bagillt High Street and the B5101 between Treuddyn and Llanfynydd.\n\nThe A485 in Garreg is also closed from the Brondaw Arms to Pont Aberglaslyn.\n\nThe Dyfi Bridge near Machynlleth is closed\n\nIn Powys, the A487 over the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth, is closed while the A458 at Llanfair Caereinion is blocked in both directions from Bridge Street to Guilsfield turn-off because of flooding.\n\nThe A483 in Builth Wells at the station is also closed along with the bridge over the River Wye.\n\nCapel Bangor in Ceredigion has temporary traffic lights on the A44 at Lovesgrove Roundabout due to flooding, which is affecting traffic between Aberystwyth and Llangurig.\n\nIn Bridgend, New Inn Road has been closed in both directions at The Dipping Bridge, affecting traffic between Ewenny village and the A48.\n\nSouth Wales Police warned people not to attempt driving through floodwater after the A4118 at Llanddewi on Gower became blocked.\n\nIn Gwynedd, the council tweeted that Ffordd Siliwen, Bangor, had been closed following a landslip.\n\nA section of the A470 Dolgellau Bypass has also been closed along with the A4085 at Garreg.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNational Rail said some lines between North Llanrwst, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd were blocked due to heavy rain while services were also disrupted between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth in Powys.\n\nAlterative road transport will run in place of cancelled services, it said.\n\nThe Met Office said 56mm (2.2in) of rain had fallen at Capel Curig in Snowdonia by 18:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nA yellow warning for rain is in place for virtually the whole of Wales until Thursday\n\nForecasters also said fast flowing and deep floodwater \"could cause a danger to life\".\n\nThe Met Office warned flooding could lead to some communities being cut off and possible power cuts.\n\nStrong winds will also follow the torrential rain, with forecasters predicting this may cause \"travelling difficulties across areas higher and more exposed routes\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Douglas Jones was fulfilling a lifelong dream when he became a pilot\n\nThe aviation industry has been among those hardest hit by the Covid pandemic.\n\nPilot Douglas Jones was working for Aegean Airlines, flying out of Athens, when it began.\n\nIt cost him his job and also prompted him to return to the small Scottish town where he grew up.\n\nNow he is now turning his hand to a very different line of work producing PPE, in a sector which is enjoying something of a boom.\n\nMr Jones saw much of Europe in his work with Easyjet and Aegean Airlines\n\nThe 27-year-old, who was born in Haywards Heath in Sussex but raised in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, was enjoying his dream job at the start of 2020.\n\nHaving gained a commercial pilot's licence, he was based in Berlin with Easyjet before landing a position in Greece.\n\n\"It is definitely what I have always wanted to do,\" he said.\n\n\"With Aegean I have flown a good way across all the major airports of Europe.\"\n\nHowever, life changed \"very quickly\" as coronavirus spread across the continent.\n\n\"I flew to Copenhagen and I flew back from Copenhagen and I was on unpaid leave when I landed back in Athens,\" he explained.\n\nFearing being stranded in Greece, he booked a flight home to Scotland and within a couple of weeks he received confirmation that his job was gone.\n\nMr Jones returned to Moffat amid fears of being stranded in Greece\n\nMr Jones said it took some time for him to fully appreciate that he would not be returning to the skies any time soon.\n\n\"Half of my stuff is still in Greece because we came back to our home countries thinking this will only be three to six months and that will be that,\" he said.\n\n\"We had just no concept of how bad this was ever going to be.\"\n\nIt meant he was back home in a region where he admits there are \"not a huge amount of options career-wise in normal times\".\n\n\"When you have been used to living in Berlin and Athens and you move back to Moffat, living with your dad, it is a bit of slowdown,\" he said.\n\n\"I was just desperate to do something, to have work.\"\n\nAlpha Solway is producing millions of masks for NHS Scotland\n\nIt was a relative of a friend who spotted south of Scotland firm Alpha Solway was hiring new workers to meet demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nAfter interview, he was offered a job in June which proved to be something of a change of pace from day one.\n\n\"I came in and I sat and cut elastic for visors for most of the day - I think I cut like something like 3km worth of elastic because one of the machines had a fault,\" he said.\n\nSince then he has helped make filter units for masks, developed standard work procedures and become a \"jack of all trades\" for the business.\n\nMr Jones said of his abilities as a pilot were useful at the PPE factory\n\nHe said he had been \"surprised\" by what parts of his old job he could bring to his new post.\n\n\"A lot in commercial aviation is about awareness - situational awareness - and a lot of that can be built into manufacturing as well,\" he said.\n\n\"When you are talking health and safety around large automated machinery you have to be aware of what things are doing and when and who is doing what.\n\n\"As a pilot - as you might like to think - we have quite a logical way of looking at things. The way we are trained to look at problems is very applicable to manufacturing.\"\n\nAn \"incredible\" summer helped ease the transition from Greece to Moffat\n\nSo how has the transition back to rural Scotland gone?\n\n\"We are so lucky that the summer we had here was quite incredible,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"To be out in Moffat, even during lockdown, you can access the hills, you don't have to drive outside a five-mile radius.\n\n\"You can just go out and walk and you will never see a soul.\"\n\nSome things, however, take more getting used to, like his more conventional nine to five day.\n\n\"I think that has probably been the biggest shock to my system, getting into that working routine,\" he said.\n\nAlpha Solway is taking in large numbers of new staff to cope with demand\n\nAlpha Solway secured a major contract to supply the NHS in Scotland earlier this year which has helped to keep Mr Jones \"extremely busy\".\n\nHowever, flying gets \"into your blood\" and he hopes to get back into a plane at some time in the future.\n\n\"My goal is when the jobs start to come - which they will - I will return to the sky in some capacity,\" he said.\n\n\"But it will be a double-edged sword in that I have learned a huge amount here and I have met a lot of very good people.\n\n\"I'm working with a really good team of people here - there are good people here doing a good job and I am helping at least with that.\"", "Disabled workers at one of the UK's oldest charitable enterprises, Clarity, have allegedly been denied £200,000 in wages by the new owner.\n\nThe company produces toiletries and beauty products under the Clarity, Beco and Soap Co brands.\n\nActress Joanna Lumley and Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP have spoken out strongly over the claims.\n\nNicholas Marks, who bought the company last year, says all currently employed staff have been paid.\n\nCommunity, the union which represents Clarity's workers, claims that a number of disabled employees at the firm have not been paid wages and furlough payments.\n\nStephen Steppens says he has received no money since September\n\nStephen Steppens, 60, has been blind since birth, and has worked at Clarity since 1985. He is officially on furlough until his redundancy is completed at the end of January.\n\nHe says he has received no money since September and has been relying on his savings to get by.\n\n\"I loved it,\" he says of working there. Losing the job, and the fight over the organisation's future, have taken a toll on his mental health, he says.\n\n\"I want to see justice done, not just for me, but also for my friends who are visiting food banks.\"\n\nA number of employees have brought successful employment tribunal claims for unauthorised deduction of wages against Clarity, including Mr Steppens. Clarity was ordered to pay him £706. A number of other employment tribunal claims are ongoing, according to Community.\n\nJoanna Lumley, who had been a supporter of Clarity, called it \"the best of the best\" and said she was \"shocked\" to learn of the allegations over treatment of workers. \"Justice must be done as soon as possible,\" she told BBC News.\n\nClarity was founded in 1854 by a wealthy blind woman, Elizabeth Gilbert, as the Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, to provide opportunities for workers whom other employers overlooked because of their disabilities. Before the takeover, three-quarters of its staff were disabled people.\n\nA factory in London run by General Welfare of the Blind, about 1901\n\nIts supporters and patrons in the past have included Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria.\n\nClarity went into administration last year, as it was losing money and unable to fund the hole in its pension scheme, according to a spokesman for the administrators, FRP. In January, it was bought by Nicholas Marks.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith, whose London constituency is home to Clarity's headquarters, raised the issue in the House of Commons on 12 January.\n\n\"Staff have failed to receive national insurance contributions, with many failing to receive their wages or support while undertaking childcare,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"The total amount that these decent but very vulnerable people have failed to receive is now around £200,000. They cannot claim benefits because they are essentially employed.\"\n\nCommunity estimates that about 60 former employees of Clarity are still awaiting payment of their wages and furlough payments, most of them disabled workers.\n\nA spokesman for Nicholas Marks said that Sir Iain's remarks were \"highly inaccurate\" and the company \"does not recognise\" the £200,000 figure.\n\n\"The grievances echoed by Sir Iain Duncan Smith simply reflect disgruntled ex-employees. All employees currently working have been paid in full up-to-date and the company is dealing with redundancies and gross misconduct of former employees,\" he said.\n\nCommunity says it is not aware of any staff who have been dismissed for gross misconduct.\n\nThe spokesman for Mr Marks said that Mr Marks had \"saved this historic company from permanent failure\".\n\nHowever, other bids for Clarity were made, including one from the well-known social entrepreneur, Cemal Ezel, who runs the Change Please coffee business, which creates opportunities for homeless people.\n\nHe is still interested in buying the brands, he told BBC News.\n\nThough Mr Ezel's final bid was slightly higher, the administrators' report says they chose to sell to Mr Marks because he was in a better position to complete the deal by 31 January.\n\nMr Marks's spokesman said that he had to make \"some sensible commercial decisions to place it on to a proper business footing and regrettably some staff had to be let go\".\n\nOn Wednesday, Clarity's website was still running the Certified Social Enterprise mark, denoting an organisation devoted to \"creating positive social change\".\n\nThe spokesman said Clarity Products was not a social enterprise and was not \"purporting to clients\" that it was, though it retained the \"social enterprise ethos through the continued employment of fully paid disabled staff\".\n\nWrongly using the logo for nearly a year was \"simply an oversight\", and it is being removed. On Thursday morning, the website was unavailable - the company spokesman said he was not aware why.\n\nIn a response to Sir Iain's query, Treasury Minister Jesse Norman wrote that he had \"specifically asked HMRC to note the circumstances you describe, and to consider whether and how there may be a case for early intervention\".\n\nAnother company owned by Mr Marks, a Preston-based caravan maker called Lunar Automotive, was reported to HMRC by the local MP, Sir Mark Hendrick, for allegedly refusing to pay wages and pension contributions for its workers.\n\nThis company was also bought out of an administration run by FRP.\n\nMr Marks's spokesman was not able to comment in detail on the Lunar Automotive case, but said the company had not heard back from HMRC.", "The Daily Telegraph must publish a correction over a \"significantly misleading\" column written by Toby Young, press regulator Ipso has ruled.\n\nThe July 2020 article claimed the common cold could provide \"natural immunity\" to Covid-19 and London was \"probably approaching herd immunity\".\n\nBut on Thursday Ipso found the paper had \"failed to take care not to publish inaccurate and misleading information\".\n\nIpso said the paper \"did not accept it has breached the [Editors] Code\".\n\nIt said the newspaper said that Young's comments on immunity referred to \"cross-reactive T-cells\" that work to combat the virus.\n\nHowever, the media watchdog sided with the complainant, James Whitehead, in its decision, who said that while these cells \"may lessen the impact of Covid-19\" after infection, they \"would not confer 'natural immunity'\"\n\nThe ruling added Young's statement \"misrepresented the nature of immunity\".\n\nIpso also found Young's suggestion that \"London is probably approaching herd immunity, even though only 17% tested positive [for antibodies] in the most recent seroprevalence survey\" could be misleading.\n\nThere is an antibody response and a cellular response to the coronavirus\n\nThe Telegraph referred to surveys listed in an article on Young's own Lockdown Sceptics website in its defence, but the Ipso committee judged these did not accurately reflect \"how herd immunity is reached and whether it exists in London\".\n\nThe ruling concluded that the paper had breached accuracy standards on a topic of \"public importance\", but deemed a correction an appropriate sanction, given the level of \"significant scientific uncertainty\" at the time of publication.\n\nYoung told the BBC: \"I think Ipso has been put in a difficult position because our scientific understanding of the virus is constantly evolving and there is a great deal about it that scientists still disagree about.\n\n\"While some of the things I wrote in that article would be contested by some scientists, they would be confirmed by others... Have we achieved herd immunity in London? I think that's an open question and the 'case' data is unreliable because of the well-documented shortcomings of the PCR test.\n\n\"I may have been over-emphatic in putting the anti-lockdown case, but it's not as if the advocates of a pro-lockdown position are any less emphatic.\n\n\"Don't forget the WHO initially estimated the global IFR [infection fatality rate] of Covid-19 at 3.4%. The consensus now is that it's less than 1% and almost certainly a lot less. Lots of journalists faithfully reported that alarmist figure. Why hasn't Ipso reprimanded them?\"\n\nLast week Young told BBC Newsnight that some of his claims from an article he wrote in June had been \"wrong\", where he had said a second spike of Covid-19 had \"refused to materialise\" and that one-metre rule is \"unnecessary\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the start of the year, Young, an associate editor at The Spectator and general secretary of the Free Speech Union, installed an app that auto-deletes tweets more than a week old.\n\nHe said he did so to protect against \"politically-motivated offence archaeologists\" - a move unrelated to the Ipso ruling.\n\nReacting to criticism of his past comments on coronavirus from Neil O'Brien, Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, after the deletion, Young then tweeted a defence of his stance against lockdowns.\n\n\"This is an important public debate to have,\" he wrote, \"both because it helps us assess the present government's management of the pandemic and because it will help us prepare better for the next one.\"\n\nThe UK entered a second national lockdown last week in a bid to control spiralling virus infection rates. On Wednesday, the UK saw its biggest daily death figure since the start of the pandemic, with 1,564 deaths.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Police said Graeme Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass when he was stabbed\n\nPlastic surgeons have expressed shock at the stabbing of \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons\" in their profession.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest during a break-in at his house in Halam, a village near Southwell in Nottinghamshire.\n\nPolice said the attack on Thursday morning had left him \"fighting for his life\" and left his family, who were upstairs at the time, \"extremely upset\".\n\nGraeme Perks has been described as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\"\n\nMr Perks previously served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).\n\nCurrent president Ruth Waters said BAPRAS had been contacted by colleagues all around the world as news of the attack spread.\n\n\"All have expressed their shock at what has happened and also their deep concern for his wellbeing and their hope for his speedy recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been my good fortune and honour to know Graeme for many years. I have benefited from his kindness, generosity and extensive knowledge throughout my career in plastic surgery.\"\n\nBAPRAS described him as \"one of the most highly regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nAs well as being a leading plastic surgeon, Mr Perks and his wife have raised thousands of pounds for charity by opening their garden to visitors. They were previously featured on BBC Radio Nottingham after raising more than £34,000.\n\nPolice were still outside the house in Halam more than 24 hours later\n\nPolice said Mr Perks had gone to investigate the sound of breaking glass at about 04:15 GMT, after an intruder is believed to have smashed his way into the house.\n\nThey said Mr Perks was stabbed and the suspect ran off.\n\nMr Perks was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for surgery, where he remains in a serious condition.\n\nDet Insp Gayle Hart, who is leading the investigation, said: \"The swift arrest of this suspect we hope will provide some reassurance to local residents.\n\n\"This is a horrific incident which has left a man fighting for his life and his family who were upstairs at the time are extremely shocked and upset by the ordeal.\"\n\nMr Perks has served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)\n\nMr Perks has previously worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia.\n\nHe returned to the UK in the mid-1990s and started working in Nottingham, with a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery.\n\nHe later became head of the department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nOutgoing BAPRAS president Mark Henley said: \"Graeme is an amazing colleague who it has been my pleasure and privilege to work with over the last 26 years.\n\n\"His dedication to patients, family and friends is an inspiration to us all and with his wisdom, kindness and humanity he has enabled us to achieve many things that I would never have thought possible. We are all willing him on.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The international community has missed previous deadlines on ensuring access to school\n\nBoris Johnson says it is his \"fervent belief\" that improving girls' education in developing countries is the best way to \"lift communities out of poverty\".\n\nThe prime minister has announced MP Helen Grant as a special envoy for efforts to support girls' education.\n\nIt is expected to be a key theme of the UK's presidency this year of the G7 group of major industrial countries.\n\n\"It can change the fortunes of not just individual women and girls, but communities and nations,\" says the PM.\n\nEven before the pandemic, millions of children in developing countries did not have any access to school - and girls from disadvantaged families are particularly vulnerable to missing out on education. whether through poverty or prejudice.\n\nThe Covid pandemic has created even more barriers to education, with a peak of 1.6 billion children around the world having faced school closures.\n\nBoris Johnson wants girls' education to be a focus of the UK's G7 presidency\n\nMr Johnson, as foreign secretary and prime minister, has previously highlighted girls' education as a key to improving the health, wealth and security of the poorest countries.\n\nHe once described it as the \"Swiss army knife\" of development, as getting girls to stay in education could avoid early marriage, improve their chances of getting a job and provide more income for children to be better fed.\n\nThe prime minister said the international target of ensuring all girls can have 12 years of good quality education would be the \"simplest and most transformative thing we can do\" to tackle poverty and to \"end the scourge of gender-based violence\".\n\n\"The benefits of educating girls are enormous - a child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past the age of five and twice as likely to attend school themselves. With just one additional school year, a woman's earnings can increase by up to a fifth,\" said Mr Johnson.\n\nHelen Grant, now the special envoy for girls' education, said: \"High quality female education empowers women, reduces poverty and unleashes economic growth.\n\n\"I will be making it my mission to encourage a more ambitious approach to girls' education from the international community.\"\n\nThere has been a series of pledges from the international community over the past three decades to provide at least a primary school education for all children - all of which have been missed.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said hosting the G7 should be a chance for the UK to act as a \"moral force for good in the world\", but accused the Conservatives of engaging in \"a decade of global retreat\".\n\n\"We need to seize this chance to lead again, just as Blair and Brown did over global poverty and the financial crisis.\"", "Everyone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19 but some of the worst affected hospital staff have been cleaners and porters. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary tells the story of a cleaner who became ill, and is now stricken with guilt for taking the virus home.\n\nThe first person I see early each morning when I arrive at the hospital is our cleaner, Karen Smith. During 10 months of uncertainty, Karen has been the one constant, apart from a few weeks in spring, when she was ill with Covid-19.\n\nUsually Karen cleans the offices of the hospital's Institute for Health Research, but in the first wave of the pandemic she was called to the Covid wards. It was a frightening time for everyone, but Karen volunteered for an extra shift on Good Friday as there was a staff shortage - and on that day she thinks she was infected.\n\nWe know that working in hospitals increases your risk of infection by a factor of three, but this risk is not evenly spread. Antibody tests carried out in many NHS hospitals over the summer showed it was not the ICU consultants or infectious \"red zone\" clinical staff who had the highest rate of infection, but porters and cleaners working in those areas. Their risk of infection was double that of their clinical colleagues.\n\nThis heightened risk for hospital staff also applies to their household contacts.\n\nAs she cleaned the hospital in April, Karen was scared not for herself, but for her family. She and her husband, Mal, had moved into a caravan in Mal's parents' garden, while his mother was ill with cancer - and they stayed on after she died, to support Mal's 80-year-old father, Malcolm. Mal, a hospital porter, was shielding because he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Malcolm senior was clearly vulnerable because of his age.\n\nStopping work, however, was not a luxury Karen could afford. And unlike some hospital staff who were housed in hotels to protect their families, she went back home every night.\n\nShe became ill towards the end of April, followed by Mal at the beginning of May. The weather was hot, she remembers, as they coughed and wheezed in the caravan.\n\n\"It was like being in a tin box,\" she says. \"I got Covid and couldn't get over it properly. And then Mal got it and his was on another level compared to mine - and then his dad got ill, and that was a different ball game altogether.\"\n\nProf John Wright, a doctor and epidemiologist, is head of the Bradford Institute for Health Research, and a veteran of cholera, HIV and Ebola epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. He is writing this diary for BBC News and recording from the hospital wards for BBC Radio.\n\nThe couple had to go inside the house to cook and to use the bathroom but did their best to keep away from the elderly Malcolm, who would go into a different room whenever they entered.\n\n\"We tried so, so hard not to give it to him - but then he got ill and he just went to his bed. Honestly, he was just like a little child, under the quilt looking all bewildered. He started with the shivers and we rang 111. They said to bring him to Accident and Emergency to get him tested, and we couldn't believe it when it came back positive,\" Karen says.\n\nLater, he was brought into hospital. I have fond memories of meeting Malcolm on the ward after he was admitted, acutely struggling with symptoms of cough and shortness of breath from his Covid infection. He was a kind and gentle man, stoical and patient.\n\nHe was adamant that he had been careful to keep his distance from Karen and Mal in the house, but admitted wandering over to show them articles in the Telegraph and Argus - Bradford's daily newspaper - whenever I was mentioned in it. I felt strangely culpable that I might have been the cause of the transmission.\n\nMalcolm made a good recovery and was eager to be discharged. But Covid is an unpredictable illness, and it can happen that improvements in a patient's condition are followed by a sharp deterioration. And this is what happened with Malcolm soon after he arrived home.\n\n\"He didn't want to go back into hospital - he said to get him some Tunes because they would help him breathe,\" says Karen. \"But nothing could help him, he was so, so ill. We had to say to him, 'No, you've got Covid and you need proper medical care.' He was such a lovely man, bless him.\"\n\nMalcolm was readmitted after two nights at home and died on 28 May.\n\nMalcolm as he turned 80, visiting his brother in Canada\n\nKaren returned to work. But like many people who have had this illness, she has been suffering the after-effects, both physically and mentally. She's now on an inhaler for breathlessness, can barely taste anything seven months later, and is constantly tired. She is also receiving medication for anxiety because of the fear that she will have to return to the Covid wards, where potentially she could get ill again.\n\nAnd in her case there is the added pain of having lost a loved one, mixed with feelings of guilt.\n\n\"When I start to think about him the tears come and sometimes I'll be crying almost all day - cleaning and crying. If I'm having a bad day, I won't be able to talk,\" she says.\n\n\"The guilt is always there, as I'll never know for sure where he picked it up. Mal's dad didn't set foot out of the door, and so in my head I feel such guilt, because we had to go into the house, we didn't have any choice. I go over it all but it's hard to escape from, because I got it, Mal got it and then his Dad got it. Deep down I think that's what's happened, and it will take time to come to terms with.\"\n\nKaren has been referred for counselling, but there is a long waiting list.\n\nBoth Karen and Mal also had to wait for the vaccine, though both had it on Wednesday. This was a huge relief for Karen, as anything that reduces her chance of reinfection also helps her cope with her anxiety. If NHS trusts are serious about following the science then arguably they should be vaccinating cleaners and porters first.\n\nThe fear of transmitting the virus to our loved ones at home is the ghost that haunts all front-line staff. Many went into isolation during the first wave, but this was never a sustainable approach, and with a virus that is so contagious and an environment in which it is so prevalent, transmission to family members is unfortunately common.\n\nKaren and Mal personify this occupational risk, and its potential deadly impact.", "Doctors and nurses need protection from prosecution over Covid-19 treatment decisions made under the pressures of the pandemic, medical bodies have said.\n\nGroups including the British Medical Association have written to ministers saying medical workers fear they could be at risk of unlawful killing charges.\n\nIt comes as the UK's chief medical officers said the NHS could be overwhelmed in weeks.\n\nThe government said staff should not have to fear legal action.\n\nThe letter from the health organisations points out that the prime minister warned in November that the NHS being overwhelmed would be a \"medical and moral disaster\", where \"doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die\".\n\nIt said: \"With the chief medical officers now determining that there is a material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed within weeks, our members are worried that not only do they face being put in this position but also that they could subsequently be vulnerable to a criminal investigation by the police.\"\n\nCo-ordinated by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), the letter was signed by the British Medical Association, the Doctors' Association UK, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Medical Defence Shield.\n\nIt calls for emergency legislation to protect doctors and nurses from \"inappropriate\" legal action when dealing with circumstances outside their control.\n\nExisting guidance for doctors and nurses on when to administer or withdraw treatment does not give legal protection, the letter says.\n\nIt also says the guidance does not consider the circumstances of the pandemic where demand for healthcare may outstrip supply.\n\n\"The first concern of a doctor is their patients and providing the highest standard of care at all times,\" the medical bodies said.\n\n\"We do not believe it is right that healthcare professionals should suffer from the moral injury and long-term psychological damage that could result from having to make decisions on how limited resources are allocated, while at the same time being left vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does it mean if the NHS is overwhelmed?\n\nThe medical organisations said no healthcare professional should be \"above the law\" and that the emergency legislation should only apply to decisions made \"in good faith\" and \"in circumstances beyond their control and in compliance with relevant guidance\".\n\nThey said the change in the law should be temporary and should apply retrospectively from the start of the pandemic.\n\nMedical staff in the NHS are protected financially from clinical negligence claims by indemnity schemes where the state pays the costs of claims.\n\nBut if someone dies as a result of a lack of treatment, doctors and nurses fear prosecutors could bring charges such as gross negligence manslaughter, which can carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.\n\nEarlier this month, a survey by the MPS of 2,420 of its members found that 61% were concerned about facing an investigation following a decision made in a high-pressure situation.\n\nAbout 36% were concerned about being investigated for a decision to withdraw or withhold life-prolonging treatment due to pressure on resources during the pandemic.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: \"Dedicated frontline NHS staff should be able to focus on treating patients and saving lives during the pandemic without fear of legal action.\"\n\nNHS staff have been told that existing indemnity arrangements will continue and will cover \"the vast majority of liabilities\", the spokesman said.", "Scottish fishermen have resorted to sailing to Denmark to land their catch as Brexit red tape continues to delay exports, an industry body has said.\n\nThe Scottish Fishermen's Federation, which campaigned to leave the EU, also said the Brexit trade deal was the worst of both worlds for the industry.\n\nMany fishermen \"now fear for their future\", it said.\n\nThe UK government said the deal would \"bring immediate gains to our fishermen and women across the whole UK\".\n\nLate last year, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) said it was \"deeply aggrieved\" by the Brexit deal.\n\nFishing firms have also warned of impending bankruptcy as delays continue at ports following the introduction of post-Brexit regulations.\n\nOn Friday, the SFF kept up the pressure on the UK government.\n\nIn a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, it said some fishermen \"are now making a 72-hour round trip to land fish in Denmark, as the only way to guarantee that their catch will make a fair price and actually find its way to market while still fresh enough to meet customer demands\".\n\nQuotas are used by many countries to manage shared fish stocks. They determine how many fish of each species each country's fleets are allowed to catch.\n\nThe SFF said that Brexit quota gains \"can hardly be claimed as a resounding success\" and that the Brexit deal \"actually leaves the Scottish industry in a worse position on more than half of the key stocks\".\n\n\"This industry now finds itself in the worst of both worlds,\" said SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of broken promises on quotas.\n\nThe \"desperately poor deal\" reached on quotas, under which the EU \"have full access to our waters\" means that the UK has \"no ability to leverage more fish from the EU\", she said.\n\n\"This, coupled with the chaos experienced since 1 January in getting fish to market, means that many in our industry now fear for their future, rather than look forward to it with optimism and ambition,\" Ms Macdonald added.\n\nThe Scottish National Party said the letter was \"an utterly devastating verdict on Brexit from Scotland's fishing industry\".\n\nAn SNP spokesperson said the Scottish fishing industry was \"right to be angry\" about the Brexit deal, which it said was costing Scotland's fishing communities millions of pounds.\n\nThe spokesman called on the prime minister to deliver \"a multi-billion pound package of Brexit compensation for Scotland\", adding: \"Communities across Scotland will never forgive the Tories for the damage they are doing to our country with their extreme Brexit obsession.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said the Prime Minister would respond to the SFF letter in due course.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"We have now taken back control of our waters and the agreement we have reached with the EU secures a 25% transfer of quota from EU to UK vessels over five years, starting with 15% this year.\"\n\nThe spokesperson said the government was looking at providing additional financial support for the Scottish fishing industry, which it recognised was facing \"some temporary issues\".\n\n\"The Prime Minister has already committed to investing £100m in the UK's fishing industry and provided the Scottish government with nearly £200m to minimise disruption for businesses,\" the spokesperson added.", "Louis Godwin said receiving the vaccine was \"no trouble at all\" and encouraged others to have it as soon as they could\n\nSalisbury Cathedral has been transformed into a vaccination centre with an RAF veteran being one of the first to receive the Covid-19 jab.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin, 95, gave a thumbs-up after being vaccinated in the cathedral, which dates back more than 800 years.\n\n\"I was so pleased to get it, especially in a setting like this,\" he said.\n\nOrganisers were aiming to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Saturday.\n\nPeople queuing to receive their vaccines at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday\n\nMr Godwin, a great-grandfather of 12, joined the RAF aged 18 in 1943 and served as an air gunner during World War Two.\n\n\"I've had many jabs in my time, especially in the RAF. After the war, I was sent to Egypt and I had a couple of jabs which knocked me over for a week,\" he said.\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' and I thought he hadn't started. So it's no trouble at all and no pain.\"\n\nA health worker prepares the vaccine to be administered at the cathedral\n\nStella Bennett, 88, said she felt \"safer\" after receiving the jab.\n\n\"It was easy. I live on my own so it has been hard but I've managed. At least I'm at home and not in hospital with it,\" she said.\n\nDerek Burnett was also among those inoculated against the virus on Saturday.\n\n\"I feel unbelievably relieved as lockdown has been a big strain. It takes a big weight off my mind,\" said the 81-year-old.\n\nOrganisers hoped to vaccinate 1,000 people aged over 80 during the day\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury described the vaccines as \"a real sign of hope for us at the end of this very, very difficult year\".\n\n\"I doubt that anyone is having a jab in surroundings that are more beautiful than this so I hope it will ease people as they come into the building,\" he said.\n\nThe Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury, described hosting the event as \"absolutely wonderful\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Parts of the UK were blanketed in snow on Saturday as forecasters warned of the potential for disruption.\n\nEast Anglia woke up to a thick layer that had settled overnight and there were warnings that rural communities could be \"cut off\", with up to 8cm (3in) of snow forecast.\n\nPeople in eastern England were warned to expect power cuts and travel delays.\n\nHowever, by midday snow had stopped falling across most parts of the UK, replaced by rain and sleet in places.\n\nSome further light snow is still expected in the hills and mountains of Scotland.\n\nParts of Wales and Northern Ireland were mostly cloudy, with some bands of rain in the northern regions.\n\nThe Met Office had predicted between 4-8cm (1.5-3in) of snow could fall in the worst-affected regions, and warned drivers to accelerate their cars \"gently\" and leave a large gap between surrounding vehicles.\n\nBut the worst of the wintry weather has passed and earlier amber and yellow weather warnings have been cancelled.\n\nA man trekking through the snow at a golf course in Gleneagles\n\nGreg Dewhurst, a Met Office forecaster, said earlier that Saturday was expected to be the colder of the two days over the weekend.\n\nHe said: \"Temperatures are unlikely to rise above 10C, with a lot of areas closer to freezing.\"\n\nThere were also 25 flood warnings across England on Saturday\n\nLuke Miall, meteorologist at the Met Office, said earlier patches of snow could reach parts of Greater London.\n\nHe said the snow had the potential to cause some \"fairly significant disruption\".\n\nThere were also 22 flood warnings across England on Saturday, stretching from the South East to the North East, meaning \"immediate action is required\", according to the Environment Agency.\n\nThis is expected to clear up in the evening, going into Sunday, when southern and eastern parts of the UK will see dry, sunny spells.\n\nNorth-western regions are expected to see showers, with a \"spell of more persistent rain\" later on in the day.\n\nThe coronavirus vaccine rollout has been affected by the weather.\n\nOn Friday, over-80s who were due to receive their jab at Newcastle's Centre for Life were told they could rebook rather than risk making a trip in the icy conditions.\n\nAnd Leeds University has delayed the opening of its asymptomatic Covid-19 test centre.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson: \"We will temporarily close all travel corridors from 0400 on Monday\"\n\nThe UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid, the PM has said.\n\nAnyone flying into the country from overseas will have to show proof of a negative Covid test before setting off.\n\nIt comes as a ban on travellers from South America and Portugal came into force on Friday over concerns about a new variant identified in Brazil.\n\nBoris Johnson said the new rules would be in place until at least 15 February.\n\nA further 1,280 people with coronavirus have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test, taking the total to 87,291.\n\nThe latest government figures on Friday also showed another 55,761 new cases had been reported - up from 48,682 the previous day.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two million people around the world have now died with the virus since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference, the prime minister said it was \"vital\" to take extra measures now \"when day by day we are making such strides in protecting the population\".\n\n\"It's precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country.\"\n\nAll travel corridors will close from 04:00 GMT on Monday. After that, arrivals to the UK will need to quarantine for up to 10 days, unless they test negative after five days.\n\nMr Johnson, who said the rules would apply across the UK after talks with the devolved administrations, added that the government would be stepping up enforcement at the border and in the country.\n\nTravel corridors were introduced in the summer to allow people travelling from some countries with low numbers of Covid cases to come to the UK without having to quarantine on arrival.\n\nTrade body Airlines UK said it supported the latest restrictions \"on the assumption\" that the government would remove them \"when it is safe to do so\".\n\nChief executive Tim Alderslade said travel corridors were \"a lifeline for the industry\" last summer but \"things change and there's no doubting this is a serious health emergency\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was the \"right step\" but called the timing of the decision \"slow again\", adding that the public would be thinking \"why on earth didn't this happen before\".\n\nThe prime minister warned that the NHS was facing \"extraordinary pressures\", having had the highest number of hospital admissions on a single day of the pandemic earlier this week.\n\nHe said that came on Tuesday when there were 4,134 new admissions, while the UK currently has more than 37,000 Covid patients in hospitals.\n\nMr Johnson said that once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated by mid-February \"we will think about what steps we could take to lift the restrictions\".\n\nEngland is currently under a national lockdown, meaning people must stay at home and can go out only for limited reasons such as food shopping, exercise, or work if they cannot do so from home.\n\nSimilar measures are in place across much of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nAlso speaking at the No 10 briefing, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the restrictions would need to be lifted gradually by \"testing what works, and then if that works going the next step\".\n\nHe said the peak of people entering hospital would be in the next week to 10 days for most places, but \"we hope\" the peak of infections \"already has happened\" in the south-east, east and London.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\nA ban on travellers from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde entering the UK came into force on Friday morning as a result of a new, potentially more infectious variant of coronavirus linked to Brazil.\n\nThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told the press briefing that some of the new variants may be able to \"get round\" the Covid vaccines but it was \"really quite easy\" to adjust the vaccines to deal with mutations in the virus.\n\nNew variants causing concern have previously been identified in the UK and South Africa, with many countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from both nations.\n\nPublic Health England said a total of 35 genomically confirmed and 12 genomically probable cases of the Covid-19 variant which originated in South Africa have been identified in the UK as of 14 January.\n\nEarlier, a leading scientist said one of the two variants first detected in Brazil had been found in the UK - but not the variant that was causing concern.\n\n\"I think it is likely that the vaccine we have now is going to protect against the UK variant and is going to provide protection I suspect against the other variants as well,\" said Sir Patrick. \"The question is to what degree.\"\n\nLatest figures show that more than three million people in the UK have now received the first dose of a vaccine - 3,234,946 - an increase of 316,694 from the previous day.\n\nSir Patrick said he expected the vaccines would reduce transmission of the virus but that \"we shouldn't go mad\" as jabs are rolled out because a risk would remain.\n\n\"Just because you've been vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch this and pass it on, it means you're protected against severe disease,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate of the UK's R number - which is the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to on average - is 1.2 to 1.3, compared with 1-1.4 last week.\n\nBut in London, where tight restrictions came in earlier, the R number is lower - between 0.9 and 1.2.\n\nIn Wales, new laws for shoppers and staff are to be introduced after \"significant evidence\" coronavirus is being spread in supermarkets.\n\nAre you due to travel back to the UK from overseas? Share your experiences. Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus.\n\nWhile some departments were already under these restrictions, the majority of France was under an 8pm - 6am curfew.\n\nFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex said the measures would be in place for at least 15 days.", "Northern Ireland's statistics agency has recorded its highest weekly Covid-19 related registered deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nNisra said 145 deaths were registered in the first week of 2021, although administrative delays over Christmas may have affected the number.\n\nThat brings the agency's death toll to 1,976 by 8 January.\n\nThe figures come as the chief medical officers from NI and the Republic issued a joint stay-at-home plea.\n\nDr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said they were \"gravely concerned\" about the \"unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection\" across the island of Ireland.\n\nConcern was raised in the Republic of Ireland this week as figures showed it has the world's highest number of confirmed new Covid-19 cases per million people.\n\nOn Friday evening, the Irish Department of Health reported 50 further deaths with Covid-19 and 3,498 new cases of the virus. More than half (54%) of those newly diagnosed are under the age of 45.\n\nNorthern Ireland is in the third week of a six-week lockdown, with ministers scheduled to review measures next week.\n\nHowever, health officials have warned that an extension of the restrictions could be required to reduce pressure on the health service.\n\nOf the 2,019 deaths recorded by Nisra by 8 January, 1,247 (62%) occurred in hospital, 622 (31%) in care homes, 12 (0.6%) in hospices and 138 (7%) at residential addresses or other locations.\n\nPeople aged 75 and over account for just over three-quarters of all Covid-19 related registered deaths (77.6%) between 19 March 2020 and 8 January 2021.\n\nJust over a fifth (22.2%) of all Covid-19 related registered deaths have been of people with an address in the Belfast council area.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health reported 26 further Covid-related deaths on Friday.\n\nFive of these deaths did not occur in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health bases its figures on a positive test result being recorded, whereas Nisra figures are based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, so people may or may not have been confirmed to have contracted the virus prior to death.\n\nA further 1,052 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 and 63 patients are being treated in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.\n\nThe chief medical officers warned the high infection rate was having a \"significant impact\" on the health of the population and the \"safe functioning\" of the healthcare systems.\n\nThey said the public should avoid all unnecessary journeys, including cross-border travel.\n\nPointing out that many of the patients admitted to hospital in January have been younger than 65, they warned coronavirus could affect anyone, \"regardless of age or underlying condition\".\n\n\"It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home,\" said the medical officers.\n\nNorthern Ireland's spike in infections has been put down to an easing of restrictions over Christmas.\n\nAsked if he regretted being part of the decision to ease restrictions, Health Minister Robin Swann said the executive had tried to be balanced in its approach.\n\n\"I regret the pressures we see now in our hospitals, but let's remember it's caused by this virus, we have it in our power to bring it back under control and get us back to where we were in the summer,\" he told BBC News NI on Friday.\n\nMr Swann pleaded with people to follow the current restrictions.\n\n\"We're in the middle of a very tough six-week scenario, and how we come out of this will be a more graduated approach to make sure we get the benefits of what we've already done, and also the benefits of the vaccine.\"", "Holiday firms say they are expecting more people to take holidays in the UK this year\n\nStaycations are expected to boom in 2021 after lockdown ends, UK holiday firms have said.\n\nBosses at the Caravan and Motorhome Club said the lifting of restrictions would be like \"a cork popping from a bottle\".\n\nDirector general Nick Lomas said although coronavirus had hit the industry hard, they were optimistic about the coming season.\n\nOther firms said they also expected more people to holiday in the UK.\n\nMr Lomas said: \"2020 was a very difficult year for the tourism and hospitality sector.\"\n\nThe West Sussex-based Caravan and Motorhome Club had suffered \"significant financial losses\", he said.\n\nHowever, he added: \"When our campsites were allowed to be open last year we actually saw record levels of bookings, with new memberships up by 14%.\n\n\"Sadly, this surge does not make up for the losses we suffered during nearly six months of lockdown.\"\n\nDuring the first lockdown popular resorts like Skegness were largely deserted\n\nBut, despite the current restrictions, Mr Lomas said he had every reason to believe this year could finish as one of \"the best and busiest yet\", due to the appetite for outdoor UK holidays.\n\n\"In fact, we think that 2021 is going to be like a cork popping from a bottle,\" he said.\n\nOperators say people are keen to experience the \"great outdoors\" once restrictions are lifted\n\nExperience Freedom, which operates glamping holidays in the UK, said bookings for 2021 were already up as people looked to spend more time in the \"great outdoors\".\n\nLincoln-based Anne's Vans said they were expecting a \"bumper year\"\n\nSmaller operators such as Anne's Vans, based in Lincoln, are also expecting to benefit.\n\nOwner Anne Davies said so far they had no bookings, saying \"uncertainty over when lockdown will end\" was putting people off at the moment.\n\nHowever, she said: \"Based on last year's experience we are expecting a bumper year in 2021... once this latest lockdown is over.\"\n\nThe Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority said it was inundated with visitors after restrictions were lifted last year\n\nThe chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, David Butterworth, said visitor numbers after the first lockdown ended were \"unprecedented\".\n\n\"The challenge for 2021 is to capitalise on this trend, and capture the hearts and minds of the people who have experienced the Dales for the first time to make sure they keep coming back,\" he added.", "Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe.\n\nFergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospital in London last April.\n\nHe's been back to see how they're coping.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning. We'll have another update for you on Sunday.\n\nThe UK will face short-term delays in delivery of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, as the pharmaceutical company makes modifications to its plant in Belgium. But the government says it still plans on achieving its target of vaccinating all top four priority groups by 15 February. Six EU nations have called the situation \"unacceptable\" and warned it \"decreases the credibility of the vaccination process\". Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia urged the EU to apply pressure on Pfizer-BioNTech. Pfizer says the reduced deliveries are a temporary issue, and the changes being made to its plant will speed up production in the longer term. So will a vaccine give us our old lives back?\n\nNew tighter Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland with changes for takeaway outlets and click and collect shopping. Among the six new rules announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, customers buying takeaway food and coffee are no longer allowed inside premises, and staff must serve from a hatch or doorway. Plus, only retailers selling essential items - clothing, footwear, baby equipment, homeware and books - can now provide click and collect services. Customer collections can only be made outdoors, with staggered pick-up times to avoid queues.\n\nEveryone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19, but some of the worst affected hospital staff have been cleaners and porters. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary tells the story of a cleaner who became ill while doing her job, and is now stricken with guilt for taking the virus home.\n\nIt is almost a month since Christmas was \"downsized\" across the country. But in most parts of the UK, people did meet in Christmas \"bubbles\" if only for just one day. So what impact did this have? The overall picture shows a sharp increase in cases around this time. However, a closer look at the numbers suggests this trend was already happening and was probably caused by the new, more infectious variant of the virus rather than increased contact between people. Take a closer look at what happened over Christmas.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nAnd if you're wondering whether you can catch the virus outside, our science editor David Shukman considers the risks.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Louis Godwin descibed the vaccine as \"no trouble at all\" Image caption: Louis Godwin descibed the vaccine as \"no trouble at all\"\n\nAn RAF veteran has been among hundreds of people over 80 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at Salisbury Cathedral, in Wiltshire, today.\n\nFormer Flight Sergeant Louis Godwin described receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech jab as \"absolutely marvellous\".\n\nThe landmark cathedral is hosting a vaccination hub for five GP surgeries in the area, with the aim of vaccinating more than 1,000 elderly residents and staff.\n\nMr Godwin recalled having jabs in Egypt after the war \"which knocked me over for a week\".\n\n\"This one, the doctor said to me 'well that's done' - and I thought he hadn't started!\"\n\nThe veteran pilot, who has 12 great-grandchildren, said the pandemic could not be compared to the war.\n\n\"It was entirely different because this has divided people.\n\n\"The vaccine is nothing, you don't feel a thing... so anybody that needs one and can get one, I would say go ahead and do it quickly.\n\n\"It's the only way we're going to beat the virus.\"\n\nPatients queued for a short time around the cloisters on Saturday, before going into the cathedral where they were treated to a programme of music on the famous Father Willis organ.\n\n\"It is a bonus to be in such a iconic, wonderful place,\" said Dr Dan Henderson, co-clinical director for the Sarum South Primary Care Network.\n\n\"It's great to be getting the vaccine out there and getting them in people's arms and knowing that this is hopefully the start of some sort of normality again.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nLahiru Thirimanne's unbeaten 76 frustrated England as Sri Lanka fought back on the third day of the first Test in Galle.\n\nBowled out for 135 in the first innings, Sri Lanka showed great spirit to reach 156-2 - trailing by 130 - after England had posted 421.\n\nJoe Root progressed to a magnificent fourth Test double century before he was last man out for 228 as England lost their last six wickets for 49 runs.\n\nSam Curran and Jack Leach took a wicket apiece in Sri Lanka's second innings, but off-spinner Dom Bess rarely threatened on a pitch that has offered assistance to spin since day one.\n\nKusal Perera contributed 62 to an opening stand of 101 with the patient Thirimanne, who was dropped on 51 by Dom Sibley at gully as he compiled his highest Test score since 2013.\n\nThe left-hander will resume alongside nightwatchman Lasith Embuldeniya at 04:15 GMT on Sunday.\n\nEngland all-rounder Moeen Ali, who tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Sri Lanka, spent time at the ground in the afternoon after finishing his quarantine period.\n\nFor the first time in two years, England failed to take a wicket in the first 30 overs - with seamers Curran, Stuart Broad and Mark Wood finding the going tough given the minimal swing or seam movement on offer.\n\nHowever, credit must be paid to the Sri Lanka openers. Thirimanne and Perera were criticised for their first-innings failures, but their century stand was the first time in six Tests that a Sri Lanka opening pair had survived longer than 10 overs.\n\nPerera showed restraint - he scored at a strike-rate of 57, compared to 74 over his Test career - but hit Leach over mid-wicket for six and swept and also drove well before slapping a Curran long hop to wide third man.\n\nThirimanne, who averaged 22 in 70 Test innings before this match, was happy to play second fiddle to Perera, although he did find the leg-side boundary with flicks and sweeps.\n\nHaving taken 5-30 in the first innings, Bess failed to maintain a consistent length and allowed Thirimanne and Perera to play off the back foot too often.\n\nLeft-arm spinner Leach, who bowled more accurately, failed with a review for lbw against Thirimanne on 61 before having Kusal Mendis caught behind off a beautiful delivery that turned and bounced in what proved to be the penultimate over of the day.\n\nResuming on 168, Root reached his fourth Test double century with the minimum of fuss.\n\nHe showed more intent than on day two - when he was happy for debutant Dan Lawrence to take more risks - hitting the third ball of the day to the cover boundary before driving down the ground for six.\n\nIt was almost fitting that Root reached 200 with a sweep for four - it was a productive shot throughout his innings, with 88 runs coming via sweeps and reverse sweeps.\n\nIn his 321-ball innings Root became the eighth Englishman to pass 8,000 Test runs - in 178 innings, two more than Kevin Pietersen, who holds the record.\n\nEngland passed 400 in the first innings for the sixth time in their past 12 Tests, having failed to do so in their previous 23.\n\nBut they lost their last six wickets in 13 overs as they chased quick runs, possibly with an eye on the rain forecast later in the game.\n\nSri Lanka were much more disciplined than on the previous two days, with pace bowler Asitha Fernando impressing, while off-spinner Dilruwan Perera mopped up the tail to finish with 4-109.\n• 372-6: Sam Curran is bowled first ball as Fernando gets one to nip back and crash into off stump.\n• 382-7: Dom Bess disagrees and is well short of his ground, a third wicket to fall in 12 balls.\n• 398-8: Jack Leach is trapped lbw for four by Dilruwan Perera.\n• 406-9: Mark Wood toe-ends a sweep straight up in the air to be caught by Niroshan Dickwella off Dilruwan Perera.\n• 421 all out: Joe Root holes out on the mid-wicket boundary.\n\n'Chasing anything will be tricky' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: \"It feels good to be in the position we are.\n\n\"It would have been nice to get a couple more wickets tonight but that one late on is a real bonus for us.\n\n\"It gives us a great opportunity in morning to apply a lot of pressure and hammer home what is a strong advantage in this game.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Sam Curran: \"It is a strange looking wicket. It played a bit better than we thought this evening.\n\n\"It didn't offer much for the seamers and there was real slow turn for the spinners. The two openers played really well.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"Sri Lanka came back really well - they have shown fight and discipline.\n\n\"If Sri Lanka bat the whole day tomorrow things will get interesting. Chasing anything on last day becomes tricky.\n\n\"I expect England will take eight wickets tomorrow and win the game.\"\n\nFormer England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent: \"Sri Lanka really have fought back well. It is good to see.\n\n\"If weather plays a factor and there is some resistance from the lower order this could bubble into an exciting finish.\"\n• None Hear how David Bowie always managed to stay ahead of his time\n• None Joe Wicks and guests are here to bring positivity to your day", "The funeral of Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden has been held at a church near his beloved River Mersey.\n\nMarsden died, aged 78, in hospital on 3 January following a blood infection.\n\nAs the frontman in the band Gerry and the Pacemakers, his hits included Ferry Cross The Mersey and a cover version of You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nEx-Liverpool boss Sir Kenny Dalglish was among the mourners at the funeral which had to remain small because of Covid restrictions.\n\nSir Kenny managed the club at the time of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which led to the deaths of 96 fans who were attending an FA Cup game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.\n\nGerry Marsden sings You'll Never Walk Alone before an Anfield match in 2010\n\nSir Kenny said: \"You'll Never Walk Alone has huge meaning to the lives of Liverpool supporters around the world and is synonymous with the club.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed by those who knew him and the millions he never got to meet.\"\n\nYou'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for Marsden's hometown club soon after it topped the charts in 1963.\n\nThe song was played during the funeral by a guitarist while a version of Marsden singing Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, a song he wrote for his wife Pauline, also featured.\n\nShe said: \"We, his family, are totally devastated and have been so moved and amazed at the extent of the respect, love and affection received from all over the world.\n\n\"When the time is right and we have come out of this terrible pandemic we hope a fitting memorial can be held for him in the city he loved so much.\"\n\nGerry and the Pacemakers was one of the biggest British bands in the 1960s\n\nReferring to the lyrics from Ferry Cross the Mersey, close friend Arthur Johnson said: \"He lived close to the banks of the Mersey for all his life and as the words of his song say: 'This land's the place I love and here I'll stay'.\"\n\nLiverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram said: \"I feel privileged he let me into his life, although that makes his passing even more painful.\"\n\nIn 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed up Gerry and the Pacemakers and, a year later, they became the first band to have their first three songs top the charts - How Do You Do It, I Like It and You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nA flag on the Royal Iris Mersey ferry flew at half mast after the death of Gerry Marsden\n\nThey were one of the successes of the Merseybeat era, with former Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney saying at the time of Marsden's death that: \"Gerry was a mate from our early days in Liverpool\".\n\n\"He and his group were our biggest rivals on the local scene.\"", "Work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest records accidentally wiped from police databases is ongoing, the Home Office has said.\n\nAround 400,000 records were lost, according to The Times, which first reported the story.\n\nThe Home Office did not comment on how many records were likely to be restored, or how long it would take.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the issue was \"a result of human error\".\n\nData was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe coding that caused the problem was introduced in November 2020, and the deletions started earlier this week.\n\nInitially, it was thought some 150,000 records were lost, but it since has emerged the number could be significantly higher.\n\nCommenting on the error, Ms Patel said: \"Engineers continue to work to restore data lost as a result of human error during a routine housekeeping process earlier this week.\n\n\"I continue to be in regular contact with the team, and working with our policing partners, we will provide an update as soon as we can.\"\n\nEarlier, Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Ms Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free.\n\n\"We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said the lost data had resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse insisted the affected records \"apply to cases where individuals were arrested and then released with no further action\".\n\nHe added: \"We are working to recover the affected records as a priority. While we do so, the Police National Computer is functioning and the police are taking steps to mitigate any impact.\"", "Mr Laschet is now in a good position to stand for German chancellor\n\nCentrist Armin Laschet has been elected leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel.\n\nMr Laschet, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state, defeated two rivals in the party's virtual conference.\n\nHe is now in a good position in the race to succeed Mrs Merkel when she steps down as German chancellor in September, after 16 years in office.\n\nBut he faces a changed political landscape following the Covid pandemic.\n\nMr Laschet, 59, defeated conservative businessman Friedrich Merz in a run-off vote by 521 votes to 466. A third candidate, Norbert Röttgen, was eliminated in the previous round.\n\nHe replaces as chair of the party Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who failed to live up to her billing as Mrs Merkel's appointed successor after taking office more than two years ago.\n\nGermany goes to the polls in September, but the CDU leader is not guaranteed to become its candidate for chancellor.\n\nHealth Minister Jens Spahn, who has been elected as one of Mr Laschet's deputies, and Markus Söder, leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party the CSU, could also step into the ring, though neither has yet said that they want the job.\n\nA final decision will be made in the spring.\n\nMr Laschet is a loyal supporter of Mrs Merkel, and said during the campaign that a change of direction for the party would \"send exactly the wrong signal\".\n\nIn his victory speech, he said: \"I want to do everything so that we can stick together through this year... and then make sure that the next chancellor in the federal elections will be from the [CDU/CSU] union.\"\n\nArmin Laschet is a short, cheerful chap. The popular premier of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, he throws himself with gusto into traditional carnival celebrations.\n\nHe touts himself as a continuity candidate and, for a time at least, was thought to have been Angela Merkel's preferred candidate. He defended her stance during the 2015 refugee crisis and is known for his liberal politics, passion for the EU and ability to connect with immigrant communities.\n\nBut his call for an early relaxation of Covid restrictions last spring surprised many and reportedly infuriated Mrs Merkel. He has since retreated from that position but he's had to work to repair the damage to his political credibility.\n\nThe big question now is whether the CDU will put him up as their chancellor candidate in September's general election.\n\nGerman Health Minister Jens Spahn - who supported Mr Laschet in his leadership bid - is thought to harbour ambitions to the chancellory. And recent opinion polls suggest that Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder would be a popular choice too.", "The US is in a race to vaccinate its population amid a winter surge\n\nA highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned of \"rapid growth\" of the variant in coming weeks.\n\nIt said such a spike could further threaten health systems already strained by a winter Covid surge.\n\nThe warning came on Friday as President-elect Joe Biden unveiled an ambitious plan to ramp up vaccinations.\n\nTo meet his target of inoculating 100 million Americans within his first 100 days in office, Mr Biden said his administration would take a more active role in accelerating the distribution of vaccines.\n\nHe outlined a plan to set up new mass vaccination centres, hire extra health workers, and ensure the shot is available to everyone, including minority communities that have been hit hardest by the epidemic.\n\nOfficial data shows that, so far, 12.2 million vaccine doses of have been administered in the US - a figure Mr Biden has criticised as insufficient. More than 30 million doses have been distributed to states.\n\nIn a speech on Friday, Mr Biden told Americans that \"we remain in a very dark winter\", admitting that \"things will get worse before they get better\".\n\n\"This is going to be one of the most challenging operational efforts ever undertaken by our country,\" Mr Biden, who takes office on 20 January, said of the vaccination drive.\n\nHis address came a day after he announced a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus package for the battered US economy that included a further $20bn for the vaccine roll-out. The plan will need to pass Congress.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: \"I promise we will not forget you\"\n\nThe US has recorded the highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections - 23.5 million - of any country in the world. At about 391,000, the country's coronavirus deaths account for a fifth of the global total, which passed the two-million mark on Friday.\n\nThe crisis is particularly acute in the state of California, where deaths have surged by more than 1,000% since November.\n\nIn its report, the CDC said that the UK variant would spread quickly in the coming weeks.\n\nThe latest research by Public Health England (PHE) suggests the variant - now dominant in much of Britain - is between 30% and 50% more transmissible than previous strains. There is currently no evidence to suggest it causes any more serious illness.\n\nExperts have also played down the possibility that the current vaccines will not be as effective against it.\n\nSo far, 76 people from 10 US states have been confirmed to have been infected with the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7.\n\nBut the CDC said: \"The modelled trajectory of this variant in the US exhibits rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March.\"\n\nTwo other variants - one from South Africa and one from Brazil - are also thought to be more contagious than the original one that started the pandemic. Studies are under way to assess the threat they pose.", "Exam results are likely to appear before the end of the summer term\n\nExam results for A-levels and GCSEs in England could be published in early July this year, according to proposals for replacing cancelled exams.\n\nA consultation launched by the exams watchdog and the Department for Education confirmed that grades will be decided by teacher assessment.\n\nBut results this summer are likely to be released much earlier than usual.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said pupils would receive \"a grade that reflects their ability\".\n\nThere are also likely to be written test papers set by exam boards, but marked by teachers, with some later checks if there are concerns about fairness.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, exams which use mostly written papers are also likely to use teachers' grades - but qualifications which need a test of practical, hands-on skills will have separate arrangements.\n\nOfqual and the Department for Education have formally launched a two-week consultation on a system for how results will be decided, after disruption from the pandemic forced the cancellation of exams.\n\nThis is the second year of exam results being disrupted by the pandemic\n\nFor A-levels and GCSEs this could see the scrapping of the traditional results days in August, with a proposal to publish the results in \"early July\", increasing the time for appeals and adding more time before the start of the university term.\n\nLast year the process of replacement results ended with U-turns and confusion, as an algorithm initially used for deciding grades was abandoned and teachers' assessments used instead.\n\nThis time there will be no algorithm, but from the outset the process will rely on the judgement of teachers, who will be asked to use evidence such as coursework, essays, homework and mock exams.\n\nThere are also proposals for test papers, or mini-exams, which would be set by examiners but which would be likely to be marked within schools by teachers.\n\nThese would inform teachers' decisions rather than be a fixed proportion of the final grade - and could be used as evidence for any scrutiny of the reliability of a school's results or if there were appeals over grades.\n\nThere is also a recognition they might have to be taken by some pupils at home.\n\nBut it has still to be decided whether it would be mandatory to take these exams, and whether there would be a single paper per subject or the option to take more.\n\nThe Department for Education has said pupils will not face tests in subject areas they have not covered.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said the proposals seemed \"sensible\".\n\nBut he said the written tests would have to be \"exceptionally well designed\" to make them fair between students \"whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic to greatly varying extents\".\n\n\"There are still many questions left unanswered,\" said the National Education Union's co-leader Kevin Courtney, about how tests could be flexible enough and how appeals will be decided.\n\nThere will be a process of training teachers in how the grading system will operate and be consistent between different schools.\n\nFor vocational qualifications, the proposals say those closer to written A-level and GCSE exams will be graded in a similar way to the academic exams, using teacher assessment to replace written papers.\n\nThere will be different approaches for qualifications requiring proof of practical skills, but there will be arrangements to make this possible.\n\nSome BTec exams have already gone ahead this month and IGCSE exams are still planned to continue this summer.\n\nA-levels and GCSEs have been cancelled in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Scotland the Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers have also been scrapped.\n\nEngland's Education Secretary, Mr Williamson, said: \"Fairness to young people has been and will continue to be fundamental to every decision we take on these issues.\"", "Men who had already had the virus were asked to donate blood plasma for the trial\n\nA potential treatment for Covid using blood plasma does not reduce deaths among hospital patients, trials show.\n\nThe results are a blow to researchers and the NHS, which led the drive to collect plasma donations.\n\nThis arm of the Recovery trial, which is investigating a number of promising Covid treatments, has now been closed.\n\nThe Oxford researchers involved say they are \"incredibly grateful\" for the contribution of patients across the country.\n\nDonations of plasma were temporarily suspended, according to NHS Blood and Transplant.**\n\nThere had been huge international interest in the role of convalescent plasma as a possible treatment for hospital patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe treatment involves blood plasma being taken from people who have recovered from the disease - which contains antibodies to coronavirus - and transfused into seriously ill patients.\n\nIt was hoped the plasma donation would give the recipient's struggling immune system a boost to fight off Covid.\n\nThe NHS had been urging people to donate, particularly men who are thought to have higher levels of antibodies in their blood.\n\nBut early analysis of 1,873 deaths in a study of 10,400 UK patients shows the treatment made \"no significant difference\".\n\nIn the group treated with convalescent plasma, 18% of patients died within 28 days - the same figure for the group given standard treatment.\n\nPatients in the study are still being followed up and the final results will be published shortly.\n\nEarlier this week, a separate study showed no evidence that the same treatment improved outcomes for patients in intensive care.\n\nMartin Landray, chief investigator and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, said the Recovery trial showed \"the value of large randomised trials to properly assess the role of potential treatments\".\n\nThe trial is still investigating other treatments, including tocilizumab, aspirin and an antibody cocktail.\n\nProf Peter Horby, who also worked on the trial, said the largest ever trial of convalescent plasma \"was only possible thanks to the generous donation of plasma by recovered patients and the willingness of current patients to contribute to advancing medical care\".\n\n\"While the overall result is negative, we need to await the full results before we can understand whether convalescent plasma has any role in particular patient sub-groups,\" he said.\n\n**NHS Blood and Transplant restarted donations of blood plasma on 20 January. They could be used to see whether particular groups of patients, such as those with low antibody levels, could benefit.\n\nInternational trials are also testing if plasma helps people when it's used much earlier in the disease, before people get to hospital.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke of Cambridge shared his own experiences of seeing \"death and so much bereavement\"\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been told the pandemic will leave many emergency workers \"broken\".\n\nMany police and NHS workers are too concerned with battling the pandemic to look after their mental health, they were told.\n\nInsp Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police said staff did not engage enough with counselling \"because we don't want to take anybody else's valuable time\".\n\nPrince William said he \"really worries\" about the effect on front-line workers.\n\n\"When you're surrounded by that level of intense trauma and sadness and bereavement, it really does, it stays with you at home, it stays with you for weeks on end,\" he said.\n\nInsp Spencer said emergency workers \"run towards danger, run towards a terrorist attack, we run towards the pandemic\".\n\n\"Perhaps further down the line when all this is gone we're going to have some broken police officers and emergency services staff, because we're too busy focusing on protecting the most vulnerable,\" he said.\n\nThe couple also spoke to counsellors from Hospice UK's Harrogate-based Just B support line for NHS staff, social care workers, carers and emergency services, which their foundation helps financially.\n\nThe prince said he feared \"you're all so busy caring for everyone else that you won't take enough time to care for yourselves\".\n\nHe and Catherine said the stigma surrounding seeking help for mental health issues must end.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n• None The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police investigations have been compromised by an error that led to hundreds of thousands of records being deleted from UK-wide databases, according to a letter seen by the BBC.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said 213,000 records were deleted - more than the 150,000 first reported.\n\nThis resulted in a couple of \"near misses\" for serious crimes when trying to identify an offender, it said.\n\nThe Home Office has said it is assessing the impact of the mistake.\n\nData including fingerprint, DNA, and arrest histories was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nThe Home Office said the lost entries related to people who were arrested and then released without further action.\n\nBut the letter from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) says officers are aware of at least one instance where the DNA profile from a suspect in custody did not generate a match to a crime scene as expected, potentially impeding the investigation.\n\nIt says that some of the records had been marked for indefinite retention following earlier convictions for serious offences.\n\nAnd it reveals that a \"weeding system\", developed and deployed by a Home Office PNC team, started to delete records wrongly last November.\n\nThe process was only brought to a halt at the start of this week.\n\nThe letter was sent on Friday afternoon by Deputy Chief Constable Naveed Malik of the NPCC to chief constables and police and crime commissioners.\n\nThe deletion of the records has been blamed on a coding error.\n\nThis resulted in records that had been flagged for deletion being lost from the database before checks had been carried out to determine whether they could be lawfully held or not.\n\nPolicing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected so \"it cannot happen again\".\n\nHe said the Home Office, National Police Chiefs' Council and other law enforcement partners were working \"at pace\" to recover the data.\n\nThe Home Office said no records of criminal or dangerous persons had been deleted.\n\nBut Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to take responsibility for the error and be clear about the impact it had had.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, he described the situation as \"extraordinarily serious\", adding: \"Priti Patel will be responsible for criminals walking free. We're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the DNA and fingerprint evidence.\"\n\nA home office source said the accusation was \"scaremongering and irresponsible\".\n\nFormer Cumbria Police Chief Constable Stuart Hyde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday the \"very large\" loss of arrest records presented a \"risk to public safety\".\n\nThe records are linked to police investigations that were terminated before charge (No Further Action or NFA cases) or to those where an individual had been acquitted at court.\n\nIt is not yet known how many records of each type were lost and full extent of deletions is still being investigated. A minister is expected to update the House of Commons on Monday.\n\nIt comes after about 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals were removed from the PNC following the UK's post-Brexit security deal with the EU.", "A 24m section of the bridge parapet collapsed one mile from where a fatal crash took place\n\nPart of a rail bridge has collapsed near the site of the fatal Stonehaven train derailment.\n\nA 24m (79ft) section of the side wall has fallen from the bridge, about a mile north of where three people died when a train left the track and crashed last August.\n\nNetwork Rail said it was a \"structural fault\" and not caused by a landslip.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee remains closed while structural engineers assess the fault.\n\nThe structure is located three miles north of Carmont signal box. The collapse was discovered just before 10:00 on Friday.\n\nThe rail company said the damage to the parapet was \"extensive\" and that the line was expected to be closed for a \"significant\" period of time while repairs to the bridge take place.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Network Rail Scotland This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Network Rail Twitter account told followers engineers would be working around the clock to complete repairs.\n\nSpecialist staff are also checking similar bridges as a precaution.\n\nThe line between Aberdeen and Dundee had just reopened in November, nearly three months after the Stonehaven derailment.\n\nThe driver, a conductor and a passenger died when the Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed near Stonehaven on 12 August after heavy rain.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland carried out \"complex\" repairs at the scene of the derailment\n\nAn interim report said the train hit washed-out rocks and gravel.\n\nA Network Rail spokesman said: \"The line is currently closed while our engineers repair a damaged side wall on a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.\n\n\"Specialist structural engineers are currently assessing the fault and putting plans in place for its repair.\n\n\"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this work as quickly as possible.\"", "Police officers who were targeted by a pro-Trump mob have been speaking out about the \"medieval battle\" that unfolded on the steps of the Capitol and inside the halls of American democracy last week.\n\nPolice faced off against rioters equipped with clubs, shields, pitchforks, firearms, and metal poles stripped from seating set up for next week's inauguration.\n\nHere's what we've learned from their interviews with US media.\n\nMichael Fanone, a 40-year-old DC plainclothes narcotics detective who was told to wear his uniform that day, rushed to the West Terrace of the Capitol where he took turns holding back the crowd, and resting to rinse his face of the the chemical irritants that that crowd was spraying on police.\n\n\"We weren't battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel,\" the MPD (Metropolitan Police Department of District of Columbia) veteran told the Washington Post. \"We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.\"\n\nAfter he was grabbed by his helmet and dragged face-first down several steps, he said the crowd started stripping gear from his vest, including spare ammo, his radio and his badge - all while chanting \"USA!\".\n\nMichael Fanone, a DC detective, was dragged into the crowd and beaten\n\n\"We got one! We got one!\" Mr Fanone said he heard people shout, with others chanting: \"Kill him with his own gun!\"\n\nSome members of the crowd protected him after he started yelling that he has children, the father of four told CNN. He sustained only minor injuries but later found out in hospital that he had suffered a mild heart attack during the brawl.\n\nMPD Officer Daniel Hodges, 32, had already been on shift for several hours before the rioting began.\n\n\"We were battling, you know, tooth and nail for our lives,\" he told ABC News.\n\nIn one viral video, Mr Hodges is seen pinned in a glass doorway between officers and the crowd, as rioters strip his gas mask from his face and beat him with his own police-issued baton. One rioter tried to gouge his eyes.\n\n\"That was one of the three times that day where I thought: Well, this might be it,\" said Mr Hodges. \"This might be the end for me.\"\n\nAs he choked on tear gas, he is seen on video gasping for air to call out for help. Enough police were eventually able to push through the melee to extract him.\n\n\"I had conspiracy theorists and everyone you could think of yelling at me, saying, 'Why are you doing this, you're the traitor,'\" Mr Hodges told radio station WAMU.\n\n\"We're not the traitors. We're the ones who saved Congress that day, and we'll do it as many times as necessary.\"\n\nDespite fearing for his life, Mr Hodges says he decided not to use his gun on the crowd.\n\n\"I didn't want to be the guy who starts shooting, because I knew they had guns - we had been seizing guns all day,\" he told the Post.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRobert Glover, the commander on scene for MPD, declared a riot at 13:50 local time, nearly two hours after Trump's speech at the White House where he instructed his followers to go to the Capitol.\n\nHe quickly told officers to retake the inauguration bleachers, to stop the crowd from raining down heavy objects on officers from above.\n\nMr Glover told the Post that some rioters may have been caught up in the moment, but others seemed to be moving in \"military formation\" as if they had prepared for the assault. He said that some appeared to be using hand signals to co-ordinate tactics.\n\nSeveral US military veterans, as well as off-duty police officers from Virginia, Maryland and Texas, have since been suspended or arrested for participating in the riot.\n\nMPD Officer Christina Laury, 32, was among the first city police officers to arrive on the scene. When she got to the Capitol, officers were already being brutally attacked by rioters attempting to storm the building.\n\n\"They had bear mace, which is literally used for bears. I got hit with it plenty of times that day and it just seals your eyes shut. You just would see officers going down trying to douse themselves with water, trying to open their eyes up so they can see again.\"\n\n\"The bravery and the heroism that I saw in these officers - the second they were able to open their eyes, they were back up front and they were just trying to stop these individuals from coming in.\"\n\nOne officer being lauded as a hero has yet to speak about his experience - Officer Eugene Goodman, a member of Congress' 2,100 member Capitol Police force.\n\nMr Goodman, an African American Iraq War veteran, was seen singlehandedly distracting a rampaging mob, giving lawmakers enough time to clear the chamber and get to safety.\n\nOn Thursday, a cross-party group of lawmakers introduced a bill calling for him to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his effort to defend democracy.\n\nThe Capitol Police have been criticised over their response and preparation.\n\nSeveral top Capitol security officials, including the Capitol Police chief and the sergeants-at-arms for the House and Senate, resigned in the wake of the siege amid claims from lawmakers that they had not done enough to prepare for the mob.\n\nProtesters climbed the bleachers that were erected for Biden's inauguration\n\nOn Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced General Russel Honoré would be leading an immediate investigation of the Capitol's security infrastructure.\n\nVideo footage has also emerged showing an officer taking a selfie with a rioter inside the Capitol. Some officers reportedly gave directions to rioters telling them how to get to the offices of Democratic lawmakers.\n\nSeveral Capitol Police officers have been suspended for allegedly violating policies as the agency conducts an internal probe.", "A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault.\n\nDavid Chambers is accused of administering the fake vaccine at her Surbiton home in London last month.\n\nThe 33-year-old, also from Surbiton, is charged with five offences including fraud and going outside in a tier four area without a good reason.\n\nHe denied the charges when he appeared before magistrates on Friday.\n\nMr Chambers was remanded in custody until a hearing on 12 February.\n\nIn the UK, coronavirus vaccines are free of charge and available via the NHS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August 2019\n\nAn inquest into the death of a teenager who went missing during a holiday in Malaysia has left several questions unanswered, her family has said.\n\nNóra Quoirin, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on 4 August 2019.\n\nHer body was found 10 days later about 1.6 miles (2.5km) away.\n\nEarlier this month a coroner ruled that she died as a result of misadventure, but her family said they were \"utterly disappointed\" with the verdict.\n\nIn an interview with Irish broadcaster RTÉ, Nóra's mother Meabh said there is \"compelling evidence\" that her daughter was abducted.\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nóra\n\nNóra, who was born to Irish-French parents, lived with her family in London and was understood to be in Malaysia on an Irish passport.\n\nShe was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.\n\nSince her disappearance, her parents have believed that she was abducted. They have always maintained that wandering off was not something they could imagine their daughter doing.\n\nMeabh Quoirin told RTÉ: \"One of the most compelling things that we found out was that in a relatively small area, the plantation where Nóra was eventually found, there was vast numbers of specialist personnel deployed to find Nóra.\n\n\"Not only that, on four different occasions, trained personnel went to the plantation area and searched it and, in fact, some officers were even in the precise location Nóra's body was recovered.\n\n\"They had all reported that there were no signs of human life at any point. That for us is compelling evidence to say that she was not there by herself.\"\n\nNóra went missing the day after she and her family arrived in Malaysia in August 2019\n\nMrs Quoirin added that \"there was a lack of evidence around DNA and prints\".\n\nShe said that when the family went to the inquest, \"we had a lot of unanswered questions and while many of those questions cannot be answered, we actually found out a great deal about what went on during those 10 days when Nóra was missing\".\n\nMeabh and Sebastien Quorin, pictured during the search for Nóra\n\n\"In fact we felt it really strengthened our case, our belief, that Nóra was abducted and we found some compelling evidence to support our view on that.\"\n\nMrs Quoirin added that her daughter \"was not physically or mentally capable\" of leaving the chalet via the window.\n\n\"Not only that - we also learned that none of her fingerprints could be found on the window and yet other unidentifiable prints were found on that window.\"", "Smoke rises from Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on the Indonesian island of Java\n\nIndonesia's Mount Semeru has erupted, pouring ash an estimated 5.6km (3.4 miles) into the sky above Java, the country's most densely populated island.\n\nNo evacuation orders have so far been issued, and no casualties reported.\n\nThe National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) warned villagers living on the mountain's slopes to be alert for ongoing volcanic activity.\n\nFootage showed ash from the 3,676m (12,060ft) volcano looming over homes.\n\n\"The villages of Sumber Mujur and Curah Koboan [in Lumajang municipality] are located in the trajectory of the hot clouds,\" local official Thoriqul Haq said on Saturday.\n\nResidents of the Curah Kobokan river basin have been urged to watch for possible \"cold lava\" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall combining with volcanic material.\n\nMount Semeru erupted at about 17:24 local time (10:24 GMT), authorities said.\n\nA picture from the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management shows ash rolling over the landscape\n\nIndonesia sits on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent volcanic activity as well as earthquakes.\n\nSemeru - also known as \"The Great Mountain\" - is the highest volcano in Java and one of the most active. It is also one of Indonesia's most popular tourist hiking destinations.\n\nThe volcano previously erupted in December, when about 550 people were evacuated.", "A further 1,295 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test have been reported in the UK, the third-highest daily total since the pandemic began.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths by this measure to 88,590.\n\nThere have also been a further 41,346 lab-confirmed cases, and 4,262 more people have been admitted to hospital.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director for Public Health England, said the \"continuous rise in cases and deaths should be a bitter warning for us all\".\n\n\"We must not forget the basics,\" she added. \"The lives of our friends and family depend on it.\n\n\"Keep your distance from others, wash your hands and wear a mask.\"\n\nThe latest figures come ahead of Monday's change in travel rules for the UK, with all travel corridors closing, meaning arrivals from every country will have to quarantine.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the changes at Downing Street on Friday, saying they would \"protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains\" of Covid.\n\nWhile daily figures can fluctuate due to delays in reporting, the seven-day average of Covid deaths in the UK has now risen slightly to 1,103.\n\nFor cases, however, there has been a drop in the seven-day average, with the figure now at 48,565.\n\nThere are currently 37,475 people in hospital with the virus, government figures show, while a further 324,233 people have received their first vaccine dose.\n\nThe government has promised all the over-70s, the extremely clinically vulnerable and front-line health and care workers - about 15 million people - will be offered a jab by mid February.\n\nCurrently, just over 3.5 million doses have been administered.\n\nThe government has also announced £120m in funds for the social care sector to be used by local authorities to increase staffing levels.\n\nStaff absence rates have risen in care homes and among home care staff, due to them testing positive or having to self-isolate.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the money would bolster staffing numbers in a \"controlled and safe way, whilst ensuring people continue to receive the highest quality of care\".\n\nA further £149m funding was announced in December to support rapid testing of care home staff.\n\nSpeaking alongside the PM on Friday, England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, said the number of patients being admitted to hospital with coronavirus was set to peak within the next 10 days, while the peak for deaths was also yet to come.\n\nHe added, however, that he hoped the peak in infections had already happened in the South East, East and London, where there was a surge in the new, more transmissible variant.\n\n\"The peak of deaths I fear is in the future, the peak of hospitalisations in some parts of the country may be around about now and beginning to come off the very, very top,\" he said.\n\n\"Because people are sticking so well to the guidelines we do think the peaks are coming over the next week to 10 days for most places in terms of new people into hospital.\"\n\nHowever, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance stressed it was a \"suppressed peak\" that would \"boil over for sure\" if controls were eased.\n\nHe said: \"This is not the natural peak that's going to come down on its own, it's coming down because of the measures that are in place.\n\n\"Take the lid off now and it's going to boil over for sure and we're going to end up with a big problem.\"\n\nMeanwhile, on Saturday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested he would back further coronavirus measures, as \"the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control\".\n\nSir Keir said he was \"still worried\" by the number of infections, despite signs they are falling - and that the \"sense that we are through the worst\" of the third wave was wrong.\n\n\"Nobody likes restrictions but the tougher the restrictions now the quicker we get the virus back under control, the quicker we reduce the number of hospital admissions and the quicker we get that number of deaths, tragically, down,\" he added.", "A further 1,610 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now above 90,000.\n\nA total of 4,266,577 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine, according to the latest government figures.\n\nAnother 33,355 positive Covid cases have been recorded - less than half the peak figure of 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nIt is the lowest number of daily cases seen since 27 December - before the start of England's third nationwide lockdown.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Whilst there are some early signs that show our sacrifices are working, we must continue to strictly abide by the measures in place.\"\n\nShe said reducing contact with others and staying at home will lead to \"a fall in the number of infections over time\".\n\nThe figures come as new estimates from the Office for National Statistics show about one in 10 people across the UK tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in December - roughly double the October figure.\n\nThe rising number of deaths was to be expected, sadly, after the surge in cases during December.\n\nAnd it is likely that the coming weeks will see figures even higher than this.\n\nToday's numbers are, though, inflated by the fact that delays in registering deaths over the weekend tends to lead to higher figures being reported on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.\n\nOn average, the UK is recording more than 1,100 deaths a day.\n\nTo put that in context, at Christmas it was less than half of that.\n\nBut there are two rays of hope in the daily update.\n\nFirstly, the number of cases is below 40,000 for a third day in a row. Just two weeks ago we saw a few days above 60,000.\n\nThat means in the coming weeks we should start to see fewer people in hospital and eventually fewer deaths.\n\nThe number of vaccinations also continues to rise.\n\nIt seems unlikely the NHS will manage its target of two million doses a week just yet.\n\nBut each increase at least takes us one step closer to getting on top of the virus.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS England said 400 military personnel were now assisting in hospitals in London and the Midlands, as wards face \"unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday, Prof Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said it would be \"some time\" before the vaccination programme begins to reduce pressures on hospitals.\n\nAnd in other developments, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he is self-isolating after being alerted by the UK's NHS Covid-19 app .that he had been in close contact with somebody who tested positive.\n\nHe said self-isolation was \"perhaps the most important part of all the social distancing\" and urged others to do the same if contacted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, died from Covid at the Royal London Hospital: 'Don't end up like us, please'\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was last Wednesday, when 1,564 deaths were recorded.\n\nTuesday's figure brings the total number of deaths recorded during the pandemic in the UK to 91,470.\n\nThese government figures count people who died within 28 days of testing positive, but there are other ways of measuring the total number of deaths.\n\nAnother method is to count all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate. That figure has now officially reached 95,829, although that is only measured up to 8 January.\n\nThe UK has recorded the fifth-highest number of deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University - behind the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: \"British people are paying the price for the government's serial incompetence.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video footage showed the aftermath of the deadly explosion\n\nAt least three people have died following an explosion that caused a building to partially collapse in centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid.\n\nA fourth person was missing and several others were hurt, officials said.\n\nCity officials said the blast, which destroyed four floors of the building, had been caused by a gas leak.\n\nMayor José Luis Martínez Almeida told reporters after the blast that a fire was raging inside the building, which belongs to the Catholic Church.\n\nThe blast happened shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) as gas workers were repairing a boiler at the back of the building in the central Puerta de Toledo area of Madrid.\n\nAn 85-year-old woman passer-by and two men were killed while a third man who had been working on the boiler was missing, Spanish media reported. One of the injured was in a serious condition and taken to hospital, according to officials.\n\nSpanish reports said the upper floors affected were being used to house local priests.\n\nRescue workers evacuated more than 50 people from a care home next-door to the building in Caille de Toledo, but a school on the other side was closed at the time of the blast.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion, which could be heard in many areas of Madrid. Images shared on social media showed billowing smoke and debris strewn along the street.\n\nEmergency services said nine fire crews and 11 ambulances were at the scene and some of those caught up in the blast were treated on the street.\n\nFour floors of the building were destroyed in the explosion\n\nPolice officers cleared the area, closing it to all traffic and pedestrians, and appealed to local residents not to come near.\n\n\"The noise was very loud, very loud, really,\" Lorenzo Fomento, who was working from home at a nearby apartment, told AFP news agency. \"I never heard anything so loud before,\" he added.\n\nThe director of the nursing home, Antonio Berlanga, said all the elderly residents were fine and places were being found for them to spend the night.", "In Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, residents have prepared their homes and businesses ahead of the heavy rain\n\nEmergency services in the north of England are preparing for widespread flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned of a \"volatile situation\" as heavy rain combines with melting snow, while police in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester declared major incidents.\n\nAn amber rain warning is in place for Yorkshire, the North West, East Midlands and the east of England.\n\nA yellow rain warning was issued for the rest of the country.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force had declared a major incident to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\n\"The safety of the public is our number one priority and we're continuing to work alongside partner agencies across the region,\" he said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had provided additional advice to local agencies to help them manage any evacuations and shelter provision in a Covid-secure way.\n\n\"The government has robust plans in place to support any areas affected by extreme weather this winter,\" they added.\n\nSandbags were laid in at-risk areas, with up to 70mm (2.75in) of rain due.\n\nIn isolated spots, particularly in the northern Peak District and parts of the southern Pennines, 200mm (7.87in) could be possible.\n\nNorthern Rail said buses were being used instead of trains on services between Bolton and Blackburn due to flooding at Darwen.\n\nSome motorists attempted to drive through floodwater on Derby Road in Hathern, Leicestershire\n\nIn the amber warning area, the Met Office said there was a \"danger to life\" due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, and told some communities they might be \"cut off\" by flooded roads.\n\nIt also predicted delays and cancellations to public transport, with the amber warning in place until 12:00 GMT on Thursday.\n\nRos Jones, mayor of Doncaster, said key risk areas had been inspected over the past 36 hours, with the delivery of sandbags continuing on Tuesday.\n\n\"I do not want people to panic, but flooding is possible so please be prepared,\" she said.\n\nResidents of Fishlake, South Yorkshire, which saw severe flooding hit 160 homes and businesses in November 2019, said they felt much better prepared this time round.\n\nFlood warden and parish councillor Peter Trimingham said the arrival of sandbags had been a welcome sight.\n\n\"It gives us confidence,\" he said.\n\nResidents in Fishlake, near Doncaster, say they are better prepared than when flooding hit in 2019\n\nMr Trimingham added: \"We're absolutely hoping it doesn't rise to the same level. But, if it does, we're reasonably comfortable we've still got a chance because the Environment Agency have done tremendous work here along with Doncaster Council.\"\n\nHe said new defences had been built and their team of flood wardens had been expanded to 22 people.\n\nOn Yarlborough Terrace in Bentley, Doncaster, many residents were out of their homes for months after the 2019 floods.\n\nAnna Booth, 37, who was forced to live in a caravan on her drive, said residents were worried about it happening again.\n\n\"Being in the pandemic doesn't help either. Morale's a bit down but I think we'll all pull together again like last time,\" she said.\n\n\"It breaks your heart, it's really sad, but we can't stop the weather.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Environment Agency issued more than 30 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, covering parts of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire as of 03:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nThere are also more than 150 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, issued across northern England, the Midlands and the east.\n\nRiver levels in the Ouse, which flows through York in North Yorkshire, are high before the arrival of Storm Christoph\n\nCatherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: \"That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather.\"\n\nShe said the agency would be working with local authorities to help with evacuation efforts should a severe flood warning be issued, adding: \"If you do need to evacuate then that is allowed within the Covid rules.\"\n\nWork took place on Tuesday morning to increase defences near the River Ouse\n\nDiscussing the different levels of flood warnings, she said: \"If you receive a flood alert, please pack valuables like medicines and insurance documents in a bag ready to go.\n\n\"If you receive a flood warning, please move valuables and precious possessions upstairs and be ready to turn off gas, electricity and water.\n\n\"If you receive a severe flood warning, which means you will be evacuated, please listen out and take heed of the advice from the local emergency services.\"\n\nSandbags have been used to help defend homes in Fishlake, Doncaster, which suffered devastating floods in November 2019\n\nBarry Greenwood, from the Upper Calder Valley Flood Prevention Group in West Yorkshire, has been \"sick\" with worry.\n\n\"I went round after the last [flood], people were there with their heads in their hands, thinking 'what am I going to do now?',\" he said.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden on Tuesday evening after a flood warning was issued for the area.\n\nIn a tweet, Calderdale Council asked residents to put their flood plan into action and move valuables to a safe place.\n\n\"River levels across the Upper River Calder have risen and are now approaching levels where we expect properties to flood,\" it warned.\n\nEarlier it had said staff were on standby to respond overnight.\n\nThe amber rain warning is in place until Thursday, with yellow warnings covering most of the UK coming in over the next three days\n\nA yellow rain alert is also in place for Wales, Northern Ireland, central and northern England and southern Scotland on Tuesday.\n\nThis yellow warning extends to the rest of England from Wednesday, with a yellow alert for snow and ice in north east Scotland.\n\nHighways England advised drivers to take extra care on motorways and major A roads, while the RAC breakdown service said motorists should only drive if absolutely necessary.\n\nDrivers faced wet road conditions and reduced visibility on the A1(M) near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning\n\nHebden Bridge's volunteer flood warden Keith Crabtree has been monitoring the river levels of Hebden Beck closely\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Israel is currently in its third lockdown since the pandemic began there last year Image caption: Israel is currently in its third lockdown since the pandemic began there last year\n\nA nationwide lockdown in Israel is to be extended until the end of the month amid a spike in cases - despite an intense vaccination campaign, with more than two of the nine million population already having received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.\n\nIt takes time for immunity to build up, so its expected to take several weeks for vaccines to have an impact on cases\n\nThe man coordinating Israel’s pandemic response, Nachman Ash, has warned that a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the country has been “less effective than we thought”.\n\nAccording to Israeli Army Radio, Prof Ash told cabinet members on Tuesday the data on the protective effect of a first dose against the virus was “lower than Pfizer presented”. Pfizer said its vaccine was roughly 52% effective two weeks after the first dose and reaches maximum efficacy of 95% after the second.\n\nIt’s not clear what data he is referring to, but a not-yet published study from Israel’s largest healthcare provider suggested a 33% fall in infections by day 14, at which point, full immunity would not have been reached.\n\nInfections continued to fall in the following days but the numbers were too small to put a percentage on it.\n\nIsrael saw its highest daily case figure on Monday with 10,000 new infections Image caption: Israel saw its highest daily case figure on Monday with 10,000 new infections\n\nThe health ministry said on Tuesday more than 12,400 Israelis had tested positive for Covid-19 ten days after being vaccinated – 69 of these had already received a second dose.\n\nThis was 6.6% of the 189,000 people who took Covid tests after being vaccinated, roughly tallying with the reported efficacy.\n\nHealth experts say they are analysing the new Israeli data closely but warn it may be too early to draw any conclusions on the single dose efficacy of the vaccine based on the initial data gathered in Israel, which began vaccinating its population on 19 December.", "Drug treatment services in England are to receive an extra £80m as part of government's efforts to cut crime.\n\nThis will mean more places for people released from prison and criminals handed community sentences.\n\nIt comes after warnings last year over government cuts to help for addicts.\n\nA further £40m is being earmarked for law enforcement to target drug gangs including so-called county lines operations in which young and vulnerable people act as couriers.\n\nThe investment will also see another £28m put into a three-year pilot project called ADDER - Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery - which will combine policing with treatment and recovery services.\n\nThe funding will see police target dealers, and local councils and health services help people with addictions, in five areas with high rates of drug use - Blackpool, Hastings, Middlesbrough, Norwich and Swansea Bay.\n\nAnnouncing the £148m package, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"The government's work to tackle county lines drugs gangs has already resulted in thousands more people being arrested and hundreds more vulnerable people being safeguarded, but we must do more to tackle the underlying drivers behind serious violence.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock added: \"Addiction and crime are inextricably linked and to truly break the cycle we must make sure people can access the help they need to get their lives back on track for good.\"\n\nMs Patel told BBC Breakfast the government wanted to focus on rehabilitation and treatment for drug addicts as well as law enforcement, saying this was \"something we've not been doing enough of\".\n\n\"We have to do much more to support individuals whose lives have been blighted by years and years of drug abuse,\" she said.\n\nA Home Office-commissioned review into the drugs trade by Prof Dame Carol Black released last February put the total cost to society of illegal drugs at about £20bn a year in England and said treatment services have been curtailed by local government funding cuts.\n\nDame Carol welcomed the funding, saying: \"Drug treatment has a vital role to play in helping people to come off drugs and thereby reduce crime, from minor acquisitive crime right through to homicide.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson: \"It's a big moment for us - we have things we want to do together.\"\n\nThe inauguration of President Joe Biden is a \"step forward\" for the United States, which has \"been through a bumpy period\", Boris Johnson has said.\n\nCongratulating Mr Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the UK PM said it was a \"big moment\" for the UK and the US and their \"joint common agenda\".\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to working with the US on tackling climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMaking his inaugural address, Mr Biden said \"democracy has prevailed\".\n\nHe promised to be a president \"for all Americans\" and said his \"whole soul is in putting America back together again\".\n\nOutgoing President Donald Trump, who has not formally conceded to Mr Biden, did not attend the ceremony.\n\nPresident Biden began work straight away on reversing a number of his predecessor's policies, including rejoining the Paris climate change agreement - gaining the praise of Mr Johnson.\n\nThe PM tweeted it was \"hugely positive news\", adding: \"I look forward to working with our US partners to do all we can to safeguard our planet.\"\n\nEarlier this week the former head of the civil service Lord Sedwill suggested Mr Johnson would be glad Mr Trump had not been re-elected for a second term as US president.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were \"mistaken\".\n\nThe former cabinet secretary - who stepped down in September - said a second term for Mr Trump \"would not have been to the benefit of British or European security, to transatlantic trade, let alone the environmental agenda to which the prime minister is so committed\".\n\nBoris Johnson with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in 2019\n\nMr Johnson's public stance toward the former president has varied over the years.\n\nIn 2015, when he was Mayor of London, Mr Johnson accused Mr Trump of \"stupefying ignorance\" over his comments about violence in the city.\n\nBut as foreign secretary, following Mr Trump's election as president, he said there was a \"lot to be positive about\", and in 2019, praised his \"many good qualities\".\n\nFor his part, Mr Trump has appeared largely supportive of Mr Johnson, backing his flagship Brexit policy and at one point saying of the British PM: \"They call him Britain Trump.\"\n\nAnd echoing his predecessor, in 2019 Mr Biden described the UK prime minister as a \"physical and emotional clone\" of Mr Trump.\n\nAfter winning the presidential election Mr Biden phoned Mr Johnson ahead of other European leaders and expressed his desire to strengthen the historic \"special relationship\" between the two countries.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said it was the job of all UK prime ministers to have a \"good, close working relationship\" with US presidents but, right now, there were many things the two countries \"wanted to do together\".\n\n\"When you look at the issues which unite me and Joe Biden, the UK and the US right now, there is a fantastic joint common agenda,\" he said. \"For us and America, it is a big moment.\"\n\nHe said he hoped the UK could help the US commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the run up to the climate change conference COP 26, to be held in Glasgow this year.\n\nUK prime ministers like to consider American presidents as their best diplomatic friend.\n\nThat relationship, particularly when it comes to security and defence, is unusually close.\n\nWhen, as with Donald Trump, that friend has been unpredictable and unconventional, that has made for some very awkward political moments.\n\nSo for the government, this a really important and positive turning of the page.\n\nThe terribly over-used phrase the 'special relationship', which provokes neurotic behaviour on this side of the Atlantic, has meant the most when there has been a genuine personal chemistry between the two leaders - whether Thatcher and Reagan, or Bush and Blair.\n\nThere is nothing automatic about Mr Biden and Mr Johnson developing that kind of political friendship.\n\nBut in the words of one former senior minister, for the UK Biden means \"we will lose exclusivity but gain predictability: easier to work with, less cringeworthy and more dependable, but we may not be the only girlfriend on speed dial\".\n\nSpeaking to the Guardian, shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described Mr Biden as \"a woke guy\".\n\nAsked if he agreed, Mr Johnson said: \"I can't comment on that. What I know is that he's a firm believer in the transatlantic alliance and that's a great thing.\"\n\nHe added that there was \"nothing wrong with being woke - I put myself in the category of people who believe that it's important to stick up for your history, your traditions and your values, the things you believe in.\"\n\nOpposition leader Sir Keir Starmer also sent his congratulations to the new president and vice-president.\n\n\"The US begins a new chapter in its history, one of hope, decency, compassion and strength,\" the Labour leader said, adding \"together, our two nations can build a better, more optimistic future for our world.\"\n\nAnd First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Warm congratulations and best wishes to President Biden and Vice President Harris.\n\n\"Scotland and the USA share long-standing bonds of friendship and co-operation. We look forward to building on these in the years ahead.\"\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe Queen sent a private message to Mr Biden before his inauguration, Buckingham Palace has said.", "Marion Dawson is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nA 108-year-old woman has received the Covid vaccination on her birthday.\n\nMarion Dawson, from Houston in Renfrewshire, is the third oldest person in Scotland to be given the vaccine.\n\nShe received her jab at Houston and Killellan Kirk, which is being used by the local GP surgery to deliver vaccinations to the community.\n\nBorn in 1913, Mrs Dawson has lived through two world wars and the Spanish flu pandemic.\n\nDr Diane Fisher, who gave the injection said: \"We are so excited to be starting vaccinations of our over-80s, and that our first patient to be vaccinated is doing so on her birthday.\"\n\nMrs Dawson is the most senior person in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to be given the vaccine.\n\nAfter receiving her injection, she said: \"I'm glad it's passed. I never felt a thing.\"\n\nKirk minister, Rev Gary Noonan said: \"Mrs Dawson is a local treasure in Houston, until the lockdown she never missed a week at church.\n\n\"It's fitting she can get her vaccine in the Kirk, a place she loves.\"\n\nDr Mark Storey, partner at Strathgryffe Medical Practice, added: \"It's been a very difficult year in general practice and society as a whole.\n\n\"In our practice we have a family of 10,000 patients, so we are delighted to start vaccinating, especially with Mrs Dawson.\"", "That's where we'll end our coverage of this week's PMQs.\n\nAs events get underway in Washington DC ahead of the Joe Biden's swearing in as the 46th President of the USA, our colleagues will bring you all the details of the inauguration here.\n\nOur coverage of this week's PMQs was brought to you by Gavin Stamp, Justin Parkinson, and Sinead Wilson. The editor was Johanna Howitt.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.\n\nMeghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' defence instead of a trial.\n\nMeghan's lawyers argue Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) has \"no prospect\" of defending the privacy and copyright claims being brought against them.\n\nThey claim the publication of extracts from the private, handwritten letter to Thomas Markle was \"self-evidently... highly intrusive\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent the letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nMr Markle said in a witness statement provided to the remote hearing, which started on Tuesday, that he wanted the letter published to \"set the record straight\" about his relationship with his daughter - but one of Meghan's lawyers described this claim as \"ridiculous\".\n\nMeghan is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex now live in the US with their son\n\nHer lawyers told the court the letter was written in sorrow rather than anger and was an attempt to get her father to stop talking to the press.\n\nBut the newspaper group said in its response to the court that Meghan had written the letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\".\n\nIn written submissions, the newspaper group's barrister Antony White said \"she must, at the very least, have appreciated that her father might choose to disclose it\" and pointed out that the Kensington Palace communications team had been shown the letter before it was sent.\n\n\"No truly private letter from daughter to father would require any input from the Kensington Palace communications team,\" said Mr White.\n\nBut Meghan's lawyers also pointed out the articles themselves had emphasised the private nature of the correspondence - and dismissed any argument that it was in the public interest for the newspaper to reproduce the letter, saying the public interest was at the \"very end of the bottom end of the scale\".\n\nJustin Rushbrooke, representing the duchess, described the handwritten letter as \"a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter to her father\".\n\nHe said the \"contents and character of the letter were intrinsically private, personal and sensitive in nature\" and that Meghan \"had a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the contents of the letter\".\n\nThe effect of publishing the letter was \"self-evidently likely to be devastating for the claimant\", said Mr Rushbrooke.\n\nThe barrister argued that, even if ANL was justified in publishing parts of the letter, \"on any view the defendant published far more by way of extracts from the letter than could have been justified in the public interest\".\n\nMr White said that the newspaper group would argue that Meghan's status as a member of the royal family was relevant to the case.\n\nIn response to that point, Mr Rushbrooke said: \"Yes, she is in some senses a public figure, but that does not reduce her expectation of privacy in relation to information of this kind.\"\n\nIn Thomas Markle's evidence, he said the letter \"signalled the end\" of his relationship with his daughter, and instead of a reconciliation attempt, the letter was a \"criticism\" of him.\n\nHe said that he had to \"defend himself\" against an article in People magazine. It carried an interview with a \"long-time friend\" of his daughter, who suggested Meghan sent the letter to repair her relationship with her father - something he claimed was false.\n\nThe People article, he claimed, made him appear \"dishonest, exploitative, publicity-seeking, uncaring and cold-hearted\".\n\nHe said he had \"never intended to talk publicly about Meg's letter\" until he read the People magazine piece which, he claimed, suggested he was \"to blame for the end of the relationship\".\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nThis interim remote hearing - to consider the request for summary judgement - is due to last two days. Mr Justice Warby, who is hearing the case, is expected to reserve his judgement to a later date.", "Low-deposit mortgages have made a return as the market emerges from a Covid-related slowdown.\n\nMortgage products for homeowners with a deposit of 10% of their property's value have risen more than fourfold compared with last summer's low.\n\nThe increase, based on figures from financial information service Moneyfacts, could offer some relief to first-time buyers.\n\nBut the cost of mortgages will remain an issue for many.\n\nIn early September last year, there were only 44 mortgage products available for those able to offer a 10% deposit. At the same time, first-time buyers putting money aside for a deposit were faced with pressures of poor savings rates and rising house prices.\n\nThat choice has now risen to 197 products, according to the Moneyfacts figures, with some big lenders returning in recent weeks.\n\nMortgage products for those able to offer a 15% deposit have also risen sharply, although the choice was already much greater.\n\n\"First-time buyers who may have been concerned that with record low savings rates and increasing house prices, their homeownership dreams may have had to be shelved, may have been pleased to note that we are now seeing some providers return products for those with 10% deposits,\" said Eleanor Williams, from Moneyfacts.\n\nLenders had been grappling with the practical effects that the coronavirus pandemic brought to their business.\n\nWhile some new businesses targeted first-time buyers on social media, many traditional lenders withdrew products from the market.\n\nStaff shortages, and employees working from home, meant they were unable to process applications as fast as they had before the pandemic.\n\nThere were also concerns among lenders that, despite strong activity in the housing market, riskier - and younger - first-time buyers could find it difficult to make mortgage repayments during an economic slowdown caused by the pandemic.\n\nResearch has shown that younger workers are more at risk of redundancy.\n\nAaron Strutt, from mortgage broker Trinity Financial, said lenders were now working more efficiently despite staff still being at home.\n\nHe said that some of the biggest mortgage lenders had returned to the market. Some of the mortgage rates they were offering were not as attractive as they had been, but competition would help push down costs.\n\n\"If you are planning to purchase a property and have a 10% deposit the mortgage rates are not as cheap as they used to be, but they are getting better,\" he said.\n\nMany thousands of existing mortgage-holders who had struggled to make their repayments during the pandemic had taken payment \"holidays\", which are deferrals on payments.\n\nThe latest figures from UK Finance, which represents lenders, show that 130,000 mortgage payment holidays were in place at the end of December 2020, down from a peak of 1.8 million in June last year.", "Mr Trump referred to his \"complete power to pardon\" in a tweet\n\nUS President Donald Trump has insisted he has the \"complete power\" to pardon people, amid reports he is considering presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself.\n\nThe US authorities are probing possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia. Intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power.\n\nRussia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion.\n\nThe Washington Post reported on Thursday that Mr Trump and his team were looking at ways to pardon people close to him.\n\nPresidents can pardon people before guilt is established or even before the person is charged with a crime.\n\nDescribing the reports as disturbing, Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said \"pardoning any individuals who may have been involved would be crossing a fundamental line\".\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Trump tweeted: \"While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS.\"\n\nMr Trump also attacked \"illegal leaks\" following reports his attorney general discussed campaign-related matters with a Russian envoy.\n\nThe Washington Post gave an account of meetings Attorney General Jeff Sessions held with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. The newspaper quoted current and former US officials who cited intelligence intercepts of Mr Kislyak's version of the encounter to his superiors.\n\nOne of those quoted said Mr Kislyak spoke to Mr Sessions about key campaign issues, including Mr Trump's positions on policies significant to Russia.\n\nDuring his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Mr Sessions said he had no contact with Russians during the election campaign. When it later emerged he had, he said the campaign was not discussed at the meetings.\n\nAn official confirmed to Reuters the detail of the intercepts, but there has been no independent corroboration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commander in tweets: What we can learn from Trump's Twitter\n\nThe officials spoken to by the Post said that Mr Kislyak could have exaggerated the account, and cited a Justice Department spokesperson who repeated that Mr Sessions did not discuss interference in the election.\n\nBut the Post's story was the focus of one of many tweets the US president fired off on Saturday morning.\n\n\"A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post, this time against A.G. Jeff Sessions. These illegal leaks, like Comey's, must stop!\" Mr Trump said.\n\nThe Washington Post is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has been an occasional sparring partner for Mr Trump. \"Comey\" refers to James Comey, the former FBI boss Mr Trump fired.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Trump told the New York Times he regretted hiring Mr Sessions because he had stepped away from overseeing an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.\n\nMr Sessions recused himself in March amid pressure over his meetings with Mr Kislyak. He says he plans to continue in his role as attorney general.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sessions said he loved the job and the department\n\nSeveral other regular targets for Mr Trump featured in his series of tweets.\n\nHe accused the \"failing\" New York Times of foiling an attempt to assassinate the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.\n\nIt is not clear what Mr Trump was referring to, but on Saturday a US general complained on Fox News that a \"good lead\" on Baghdadi was leaked to a national newspaper in 2015.\n\nA New York Times report at the time revealed that valuable information had been extracted from a raid, but the paper stressed on Saturday that no-one had taken issue with their reporting until now.\n\nAnd Mr Trump again urged Republicans to \"step up to the plate\" and repeal and replace President Obama's healthcare reforms, a key campaign pledge of his that has collapsed in Congress.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDoris Hobday and her twin sister Lilian Cox, known as the Tipton Twins, were admitted to hospital after testing positive earlier this month.\n\nHer family said Mrs Hobday had died on 5 January, adding they were \"totally heartbroken to lose Doris in this way\".\n\nMrs Cox has since been discharged from hospital and is continuing to recover, the family said. The siblings were among the UK's oldest living twins.\n\nDoris Hobday died in hospital on 5 January, her family has announced\n\n\"We are so grateful for all the special memories we have created and got to share with you all,\" the family said in a statement.\n\nThe twins, from Tipton, West Midlands, became popular figures online with their positive outlook on life and sense of humour.\n\nTipton Twins Doris and Lilian both tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month\n\nThey appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV's Good Morning Britain and This Morning, charming presenters with jokes about wearing their drawers inside out and their love for actor Jason Statham.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dan Walker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Piers Morgan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter���s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLilian and Doris said they did everything together. They lived in the same street after getting married, worked together at an ale-making factory in Birmingham and more recently lived next to one another at sheltered accommodation in Tipton.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on their 95th birthday, Lilian revealed her sister's secret to a long life was \"no sex and plenty of Guinness\" - her own being simply \"lemonade\".\n\nDoris Hobday's family said she had passed away peacefully and they were grateful for all their memories with her\n\n\"Doris will be laid to rest with her husband who she lost 11 years ago after 65 years of happy marriage,\" her family said.\n\nA crowdfunding page has been set up in Mrs Hobday's memory, with funds raised being donated to The Beacon Centre for the Blind, which supported her late husband Raymond for 20 years.\n\nDoris will be buried next to her husband Ray, who, along with half a Guinness, was \"her favourite thing\"\n\nThe family said Mrs Cox had only been told of her sister's death on Monday, \"once she was strong enough to take the news\".\n\n\"She is now being comforted by family and staying with her daughter Vivien while she fully regains her strength.\"\n\n\"Both were determined to live until 100, they had so much to look forward to,\" their family said. \"It's just so cruel that Covid has stopped Doris like this.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Bannon was once considered among the most influential men in Mr Trump's administration\n\nPresident Trump's former top advisor, Steve Bannon, has been suspended from Twitter over the \"glorification of violence\" amid the election aftermath.\n\nMr Bannon said a re-elected Mr Trump should fire the top infectious disease expert and the FBI director, and called for violence against them.\n\nIt comes as the tech firms continue a clampdown on misinformation.\n\nFacebook has shut down a large group which alleges fraud, and announced new measures to amplify genuine results.\n\nMr Bannon, once widely thought of as one of the most powerful men in Washington, served as the boss of Mr Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a top presidential advisor for the first several months of his presidency.\n\nOn Thursday, he posted a video podcast to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, in which he said both Dr Anthony Fauci - the face of the country's fight against coronavirus - and FBI Director Christopher Wray, should be fired after Mr Trump's re-election, but also said they should be subjected to violence.\n\nPresident Trump has expressed frustration with both men, clashing with Dr Fauci over the pandemic, and with Mr Wray over what he sees as a failure to investigate his opponent, Joe Biden.\n\nFacebook and YouTube both removed the video, but Twitter issued an outright suspension of Mr Bannon's \"war room pandemic\" account, for violating its policy on the glorification of violence.\n\nThe account has been permanently suspended, rather than banned for a limited amount of time, Twitter said in a statement.\n\nPresident Trump, meanwhile, had another of his tweets hidden and labelled by Twitter after falsely claiming victory and alleging the existence of \"illegal votes\".\n\nThe President responded by tweeting: \"Twitter is out of control\".\n\nThe Stop the Steal Facebook group had about 350,000 members when the social media giant removed it, something the social network admitted was an \"exceptional\" measure. It did so because it was \"creating real-world events\" and \"we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group\", Facebook said.\n\nThe social network is now taking further measures to restrict the flow of \"inaccurate claims\" in order \"to keep this content from reaching more people\".\n\n\"These include demotions for content on Facebook and Instagram that our systems predict may be misinformation, including debunked claims about voting. We are also limiting the distribution of live videos that may relate to the election on Facebook,\" the firm said in a statement.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Facebook Newsroom This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs President Trump continues to allege, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud took place, Facebook also said it would alter its election banner notifications and spread news of the projected winner, once a majority of independent outlets projected the result.\n\nThe same notice will be put on posts from both candidates.\n\nSeparately, Bloomberg reports that Twitter will remove the \"special treatment\" it affords President Trump as a world leader, in the event of Joe Biden winning the presidency.\n\nTwitter has specific rules for world leaders, which means it will not ordinarily ban them for the same offences for which it would ban ordinary users. Twitter argues that such posts - even when violating its rules - are sufficiently newsworthy to stay up, with a handful of exceptions.\n\nInstead, Twitter can label the post of a world leader, hiding it from view and restricting engagement - but leaving it viewable to anyone who clicks through a warning message about the content.\n\nIt has repeatedly done this to Mr Trump's tweets, leading to high-profile arguments with the president and his supporters.\n\nBut Mr Trump would return to the status of a regular user if he loses the election, Bloomberg reported - meaning that his tweets could be deleted outright or his account suspended, for policy violations.", "Liam Gallagher, Sir Elton John and Nicola Benedetti have put their names to the letter\n\nSome of the UK's biggest music stars have written to the government demanding action to ensure visa-free touring in the European Union.\n\nSir Elton John, Liam Gallagher and Nicola Benedetti are among 110 artists who have signed the open letter.\n\nIt said they had been \"shamefully failed\" by the government over post-Brexit travel rules for UK musicians.\n\nThe government said the signatories should be asking the EU why they \"rejected the sensible UK proposal\".\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden will meet music industry representatives on Wednesday to address their concerns.\n\nEarlier this week, culture minister Caroline Dinenage said the EU's \"very broad\" offer \"would not have been compatible with the government's manifesto commitment to take back control of our borders\".\n\nHowever, she said \"the door is open\" if the EU was willing to consider the UK's proposals to reach an agreement for musicians.\n\nIn the meantime, she confirmed, musicians and artists touring the continent \"will be required to check domestic immigration and visitor rules for each member state in which they intend to tour\".\n\nThat may require them to have multiple visas or work permits, which some industry experts say will be expensive and potentially prohibitive - especially for musicians at the start of their careers.\n\nOther names on the open letter include Ed Sheeran, Sir Simon Rattle, Sting, Radiohead, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Kim Wilde, Roger Daltrey, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, and Judith Weir, Master of the Queen's Music.\n\nThe letter was organised by the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the Liberal Democrats, and published in The Times.\n\n\"The reality is that British musicians, dancers, actors and their support staff have been shamefully failed by their government,\" it said.\n\n\"The deal done with the EU has a gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be. Everyone on a European music tour will now need costly work permits for many countries they visit and a mountain of paperwork for their equipment.\"\n\nThe extra costs will \"tip many performers over the edge\", it claimed.\n\n\"We call on the government to urgently do what it said it would do and negotiate paperwork-free travel in Europe for British artists and their equipment,\" it added.\n\n\"For the sake of British fans wanting to see European performers in the UK and British venues wishing to host them, the deal should be reciprocal.\"\n\nThe Who frontman Daltrey signed despite telling the BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme in 2018: \"It's nothing that can't be solved. I mean, we used to work in Europe before the EU was even thought about. We had the golden period of the 60s and the 70s.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey gave his take on Brexit in 2018\n\nOn Wednesday, the veteran rocker said the two positions were compatible. \"I have not changed my opinion on the EU,\" he said in a statement to the PA news agency. \"I'm glad to be free of Brussels, not Europe.\n\n\"I would have preferred reform, which was asked for by us before the referendum and was turned down by the then president of the EU. I do think our government should have made the easing of restrictions for musicians and actors a higher priority.\n\n\"Every tour, individual actors and musicians should be treated as any other 'goods' at the point of entry to the EU with one set of paperwork. Switzerland has borders with five EU countries, and trade is electronically frictionless. Why not us?\"\n\nDeborah Annetts, chief executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, said: \"World-renowned performers, emerging artists from every genre and the most respected figures from leading organisations within our sector are now sending a clear message.\n\n\"It is essential for the government to negotiate a new reciprocal agreement that allows performers to tour in Europe for up to 90 days, without the need for a work permit.\"\n\nResponding to the letter, a UK government spokesperson said that musicians' concerns were being taken seriously.\n\n\"We absolutely agree that musicians should be able to work across Europe,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"The UK Government put forward a proposal, based on feedback from the music sector, that would have allowed musicians to tour - but the EU repeatedly rejected this.\n\n\"The EU's offer in the negotiations would not have worked for touring musicians: it did not deal with work permits at all, and would not have allowed support staff to tour with artists. The signatories of this letter should be asking the EU why they rejected the sensible UK proposal.\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden is due to host a roundtable discussion with representatives from the music industry, addressing their concerns, on Wednesday.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Joe Biden has spent 50 years in politics working towards this moment, but he could never have expected such huge challenges would be facing him on his first day at the helm. What are his priorities?\n\nHe'll get started with a 10-day flurry of executive orders.\n\nThese are presidential directives that don't require congressional approval.\n\nTop of the list are rescinding a controversial travel ban, imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump against countries he viewed as a security threat, and rejoining the Paris climate deal.\n\nHere's what else we know about what will demand the new president's immediate attention.\n\nThe coronavirus has killed more than 400,000 people in the US - and the pandemic and its wide-ranging impact will be the new administration's top priority.\n\nMr Biden has called it \"one of the most important battles our administration will face\" and has vowed to implement his Covid strategy straight away.\n\nOne of his first moves will be executive action requiring social distancing and the wearing of masks on federal property nationwide and by federal employees and contractors.\n\nStill, there's no guarantee the state governors who've so far opposed mask mandates will suddenly change their minds - there appears to be no legal authority that grants a president the power to bring in a nationwide mask rule.\n\nMr Biden seems to have conceded that point, and says he'll personally try to persuade governors to come around.\n\nIf they're not receptive, he's vowed to make calls to mayors and municipal officials to recruit them to the cause. There's also no word yet on how a mandate will be enforced.\n\nMr Biden wants to speed up the vaccine rollout with the ultimate goal of vaccinating 100 million people with at least a first dose against Covid in his first 100 days in office.\n\nOne part of the acceleration plan is to release all available vaccine doses instead of holding some in reserve for the necessary second jab.\n\nHe is also expected to take executive action on efforts to develop and deploy rapid testing and to put in place a national supply chain for equipment, medications and personal protective equipment, or PPE.\n\nOn his agenda is a pledge to reverse the decision to have the US leave the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nMr Trump announced plans over the summer to pull the country out of the WHO, accusing it of mismanaging Covid after the virus emerged in China and saying it failed to make \"greatly needed reforms\".\n\nMr Biden's team has said he has immediate plans to extend a moratorium on evictions and on foreclosures on home mortgages - both of which were paused early in the pandemic - as well as the current pause on federal student loan payments and interest.\n\nMr Biden's transition team said he plans to direct Cabinet agencies this week to \"take immediate action to deliver economic relief to working families\", though they did not offer more detail.\n\n$1.9tn for the US coronavirus economy\n\nLast week, Mr Biden announced a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy, saying that \"a crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight and there's no time to waste\".\n\nIf passed by Congress, it would include direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. He has also included funding to help schools safely reopen, which he wants to happen in the first 100 days.\n\nIt'll be in addition to a long-awaited $900bn stimulus package Congress passed in December, which Mr Biden had called a \"down payment\" on the larger proposed package.\n\nRepublicans lawmakers are likely to object to parts of the bill, which will add more debt to what the US has already spent dealing with the pandemic - and Mr Biden will need bipartisan support for the plan.\n\nDemocrats currently control both chambers of Congress, but only by narrow margins.\n\nCovid aid isn't the only priority on the incoming president's economic agenda. He has pledged to get rid of Mr Trump's signature tax cuts as soon as he takes office.\n\nMr Trump passed the cuts in 2017, early in his presidency, and the Biden team says they unfairly reward the wealthiest Americans and favour corporations over small businesses.\n\nMr Biden has also said he would swiftly double the taxes that US firms pay on foreign profits - part of his Made in America push - which would come in addition to a rise in corporate taxes.\n\nHis tax policy legislation will need to pass Congress.\n\nAnother move Mr Biden says he will make on his first day in office is to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, a global accord that includes the goal to keep temperatures below 2.0C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times and \"endeavour to limit\" them even more, to 1.5C.\n\nHis predecessor pulled the US out of the 2015 accord - it became official on 4 November - making it the first nation in the world to do so.\n\nThe US will officially be part of the agreement again within 30 days.\n\nMr Biden has also pledged to \"up the ante\" and aim for higher standards on climate mitigation measures, and to convene a climate world summit within the first 100 days in office.\n\nMr Biden has said he wants to work with Congress to enact legislation this year that will allow the US to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.\n\nIn a move that has already sparked alarm with his northern neighbours, Mr Biden is reportedly planning to immediately rescind the cross-border permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a planned project from the oil sands of Canada's Alberta province, through Montana and South Dakota, to rejoin an existing pipeline to Texas.\n\nA further agenda item is a U-turn on much of Mr Trump's legacy of climate and energy deregulation, like the easing of vehicle emissions targets.\n\nMr Biden has said he will negotiate \"rigorous\" new emissions limits on cars and heavy-duty vehicles, to conserve 30% of US lands and waters by 2030, to ban new drilling on public lands, and to close the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.\n\nThe new administration says it plans also to bring in \"aggressive\" methane pollution limits for oil and gas operations and to ban new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters.\n\nThe travel ban, signed by Mr Trump just seven days after taking office in January 2017, will be among the first policies to be discarded.\n\nThe ban initially excluded people from seven majority-Muslim countries, but the list was modified following a series of court challenges.\n\nIt now restricts citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela and North Korea.\n\nIn another major immigration pledge, Mr Biden has said he'll swiftly send a bill to Congress laying out a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented immigrants.\n\n\"And all of those so-called dreamers, those Daca [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme] kids, they're going to be immediately certified again to be able to stay in this country and put on a path to citizenship,\" he said in late October.\n\nLate in the election, the campaign announced Mr Biden would create a task force to reunite some 545 migrant children separated from their parents at the US southern border.\n\nIn December, the Biden team conceded it would need more time to roll back one of Mr Trump's policies, the Migrant Protection Protocols that force thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US immigration court hearings.\n\nOnce a \"Day One\" pledge, officials now say it could take about six months to address.\n\nMr Biden has vowed to halt construction of a project synonymous with Mr Trump's presidency - the border wall between the US and Mexico. His campaign had called it \"a waste of money\" that \"diverts critical resources away from the real threats\".\n\nThe administration says it will instead divert the federal funds towards efforts like new border screening measures.\n\nUS President Donald Trump tours and signs a section of the US-Mexico border wall\n\nThe national reckoning with race is the fourth crisis - alongside Covid, the economy and climate - Mr Biden says he must tackle quickly.\n\nSome of those policies - like addressing racial disparities in housing and healthcare - overlap with his other plans.\n\nMr Biden will sign an executive order on racial equality and call on all US agencies to create a plan to tackle any unequal barriers to opportunity. It will also rescind Mr Trump's executive order limiting the ability of federal government agencies to implement diversity and inclusion training.\n\nMr Biden has promised to set up a national police oversight body to assist in reforming police departments in his first 100 days in office, though details of that plan are scarce.\n\nHe has said he wants swift passage by Congress of the \"Safe Justice Act\", which includes measures on reforming mandatory minimum sentences and increasing funding for community based policing.\n\nHe has made commitments to the LGBT community as well, like directing resources towards helping prevent violence against transgender people, ending the ban on transgender people serving in the military, and restoring guidance for transgender students in schools.\n\nOne other priority is passing the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal civil rights laws, though how fast he can pass that legislation remains unclear.\n\nThe incoming president says he plans to quickly reach out to US allies to smooth ruffled feathers and promise that \"America has your back\", saying the US must \"prove to the world that [it] is prepared to lead again - not just with the example of our power but also with the power of our example\".\n\nHe has said on his first day in the Oval Office he would reach out to Nato allies with the message \"we're back and you can count on us again\".\n\nThough Mr Trump was not the first president to pressure other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members to spend more on defence, he threatened at times to withdraw from the alliance that Mr Biden has called the \"bulwark of the liberal democratic ideal\".", "More than 127,000 people in the UK who contracted coronavirus have lost their lives - with the pandemic claiming more than 3.4 million deaths worldwide. As the UK marks a year since the first coronavirus lockdown was called, it's a time for reflection.\n\nWe have gathered tributes to more than 770 of those who have died. Below are words of remembrance from friends, family and colleagues.\n\nPlease enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser to see this interactive\n\nThe tributes are displayed at random, which means that you will see different faces each time you visit this page.\n\nIf we have used your tribute to your friend or family member, it will appear in the carousel above, or you can find it by entering their name in the search box below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Enter a name to search the tributes\n\nFor more on NHS and healthcare workers, please see this page dedicated to 100 people who died while helping to look after others.\n\nFor more on how it has affected people's lives, from family tragedy to its impact on everyday life, we have a collection of personal stories about life in lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many were taken by surprise by the events in Washington, but to those who closely follow conspiracy and extreme right groups online, the warning signs were all there.\n\nAt 02:21 Eastern Standard Time on election night, President Trump walked onto a stage set up in the East Room of the White House and declared victory.\n\n\"We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.\"\n\nHis speech came an hour after he'd tweeted: \"They are trying to steal the election\".\n\nHe hadn't won. There was no victory to steal. But to many of his most fervent supporters, these facts didn't matter, and still don't.\n\nSixty five days later, a motley coalition of rioters stormed the US Capitol building. They included believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory, members of \"Stop the Steal\" groups, far-right activists, online trolls and others.\n\nOn Friday 8 January - some 48 hours after the Washington riots - Twitter began a purge of some of the most influential pro-Trump accounts that had been pushing conspiracies and urging direct action to overturn the election result.\n\nThen came the big one - Mr Trump himself.\n\nThe president was permanently banned from tweeting to his more than 88 million followers \"due to the risk of further incitement of violence\".\n\nThe violence in Washington shocked the world and seemed to catch the authorities off guard.\n\nBut for anyone who had been carefully watching the unfolding story - online and on the streets of American cities - it came as no surprise.\n\nThe idea of a rigged election was seeded by the president in speeches and on Twitter, months before the vote.\n\nOn election day, the rumors started just as Americans were going to the polls.\n\nA video of a Republican poll watcher being denied entry to a Philadelphia polling station went viral. It was a genuine error, caused by confusion about the rules. The man was later allowed into the station to observe the count.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Chamberlain This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Chamberlain\n\nBut it became the first of many videos, images, graphics and claims that went viral in the days that followed, giving rise to a hashtag: #StopTheSteal.\n\nThe message behind it was clear - Mr Trump had won a landslide victory, but dark forces in the establishment \"deep state\" had stolen it from him.\n\nIn the early hours of Wednesday 4 November, while votes were still being counted and three days before the US networks called the election for Joe Biden, President Trump claimed victory, alleging \"a fraud on the American public\".\n\nMr Trump did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Studies carried out for previous US elections have shown that voter fraud is extremely rare.\n\nBy mid-afternoon a Facebook group called \"Stop the Steal\" was created and quickly became one of the fastest-growing in the platform's history. By Thursday morning, it had added more than 300,000 members.\n\nMany of the posts focused on unsubstantiated allegations of mass voter fraud, including manufactured claims that thousands of dead people had voted and that voting machines had somehow been programmed to flip votes from Mr Trump to Mr Biden.\n\nBut some of the posts were more alarming, speaking of the need for a \"civil war\" or \"revolution\".\n\nBy Thursday afternoon, Facebook had taken down Stop the Steal, but not before it had generated nearly half a million comments, shares, likes, and reactions.\n\nDozens of other groups quickly sprang up in its place.\n\nThe idea of a stolen election continued to spread online and take hold. Soon, a dedicated Stop the Steal website was launched in a bid to register \"boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote\".\n\nOn Saturday 7 November, major news organisations declared that Joe Biden had won the election. In Democratic strongholds, throngs of people took to the streets to celebrate. But the reaction online from Mr Trump's most ardent supporters was one of anger and defiance.\n\nThey planned a rally in Washington DC for the following Saturday, dubbed the Million MAGA (Make America Great Again) March.\n\nTrump tweeted that he might try to stop by the demonstration and \"say hello\".\n\nPrevious pro-Trump rallies in Washington had failed to attract large crowds. But thousands gathered at Freedom Plaza that sunny morning.\n\nOne extremism researcher called it the \"debut of the pro-Trump insurgency\".\n\nAs Trump's motorcade drove through the city, supporters screaming with delight rushed to catch a glimpse of the president, who beamed at them wearing a red MAGA hat.\n\nWhile mainstream conservative figures were present, the event was dominated by far-right groups.\n\nDozens of members of the far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group Proud Boys, who have repeatedly been involved in violent street protests and were among those who would later break into the US Capitol, joined the march. Militia groups, far-right media figures and promoters of conspiracy theories were also there.\n\nAs night fell, clashes between Trump supporters and counter-protesters broke out, including a brawl about five blocks from the White House.\n\nThe violence - although largely contained by police on this occasion - was a clear sign of things to come.\n\nBy now, President Trump and his legal team had invested their hopes in dozens of legal cases.\n\nAlthough a number of courts had already dismissed fraud allegations, many in the pro-Trump online world became fascinated with two lawyers with close ties to the president - Sidney Powell and L Lin Wood.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood promised they were preparing cases of voter fraud so comprehensive that when released, they would destroy the case for Mr Biden having won the presidency.\n\nMs Powell, 65, a conservative activist and former federal prosecutor, told Fox News that the effort would \"release the Kraken\" - a reference to a gigantic sea monster from Scandinavian folklore that rises up from the ocean to devour its enemies.\n\nThe \"Kraken\" quickly became an internet meme, representing sprawling, unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood became heroes to followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory - who believe President Trump and a secret military intelligence team are battling a deep state made up of Satan-worshipping paedophiles in the Democratic Party, media, business and Hollywood.\n\nThe lawyers became a conduit between the president and his most conspiracy-minded supporters - a number of whom ended up inside the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nMs Powell and Mr Wood were successful in whipping up sound and fury online, but their legal efforts came to nothing.\n\nWhen they released almost 200 pages of documents in late November, it became clear that their lawsuit consisted predominantly of conspiracy theories and debunked allegations that had already been rejected by dozens of courts.\n\nThe filings contained simple legal errors - and basic misspellings and typos.\n\nStill, the meme lived on. The terms \"Kraken\" and \"Release the Kraken\" were used more than a million times on Twitter before the Capitol riot.\n\nDeath threats were made against a Georgia election worker, and Republican officials in the state - including Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the official in charge of the state's voting systems, Gabriel Sterling - were branded \"traitors\" online.\n\nMr Sterling issued an emotional and prescient warning to the president in a press conference on 1 December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This has to stop... someone's gonna get killed\": Mr Sterling calls on President Trump to condemn the threats\n\n\"Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right,\" he said.\n\nIn Michigan in early December, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, had just finished trimming her Christmas tree with her four-year-old son when she heard a commotion outside her Detroit home.\n\nAbout 30 protesters with banners stood outside, shouting \"Stop the steal!\" through megaphones.\n\n\"Benson, you are a villain,\" one person yelled.\n\nOne of the demonstrators live-streamed the protest on Facebook, stating that her group was \"not going away\".\n\nIt was just one of a rash of protests targeting people involved in the vote.\n\nIn Georgia, a constant stream of Trump supporters drove past Mr Raffensperger's home, honking their horns. His wife received threats of sexual violence.\n\nIn Arizona, demonstrators gathered outside of the home of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, at one point warning: \"We are watching you.\"\n\nOn 11 December, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by the state of Texas to throw out election results.\n\nAs the president's legal and political windows continued to close, the language in pro-Trump online circles became increasingly violent.\n\nOn 12 December, a second Stop the Steal rally was held in the capital. Once again, thousands attended, and once again prominent far-right activists, QAnon supporters, fringe MAGA groups and militia movements were among the demonstrators.\n\nMichael Flynn, Mr Trump's former national security advisor, likened the protesters to the biblical soldiers and priests breaching the walls of Jericho. This echoed the rally organisers' call for \"Jericho Marches\" to overturn the election result.\n\nNick Fuentes, the leader of Groypers, a far-right movement that targets Republican politicians and figures they deem too moderate, told the crowd: \"We are going to destroy the GOP!\"\n\nThe march once again turned violent.\n\nThen two days later, the Electoral College certified Mr Biden's victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office.\n\nOn online platforms, supporters were becoming resigned to the view that all legal avenues were dead ends, and only direct action could save the Trump presidency.\n\nSince election day, alongside Mr Flynn, Ms Powell and Mr Wood, a new figure had rapidly gained prominence among pro-Trump circles online.\n\nRon Watkins is the son of Jim Watkins, the man behind 8chan and 8kun - message boards filled with extreme language and views, violence and extreme sexual content. They gave rise to the QAnon movement.\n\nIn a series of viral tweets on 17 December, Ron Watkins suggested President Trump should follow the example of Roman leader Julius Caesar, and capitalise on \"fierce loyalty of the military\" in order to \"restore the Republic\".\n\nRon Watkins encouraged his more than 500,000 followers to make #CrossTheRubicon a Twitter trend, referring to the moment when Caesar launched a civil war by crossing the Rubicon river in 49BC. The hashtag was also used by more mainstream figures - including the chairwoman of Arizona Republican Party, Kelli Ward.\n\nIn a separate tweet, Ron Watkins said Mr Trump must invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers the president to deploy the military and federal forces.\n\nMr Trump met Ms Powell, Mr Flynn and others at a strategy meeting at the White House the following day, 18 December.\n\nDuring the meeting, according to the New York Times, Mr Flynn called on Mr Trump to impose martial law and deploy the military to \"rerun\" the election.\n\nThe meeting further stoked online chatter about \"war\" and \"revolution\" in far-right circles. Many came to see the joint session of Congress on 6 January, normally a formality, as a last roll of the dice.\n\nA wishful story began to take hold among QAnon and some MAGA supporters. They hoped that Vice-President Mike Pence, who was set to preside over the 6 January ceremony, would ignore the electoral college votes.\n\nThe president, they said, would then deploy the military to quell any unrest, order the mass arrest of the \"deep state cabal\" who had rigged the election and send them to Guantanamo Bay military prison.\n\nBack in the land of reality, none of this was remotely feasible. But it launched a movement for \"patriot caravans\" to organise ride shares to help transport thousands from around the country to Washington DC on 6 January.\n\nLong processions of vehicles flying Trump flags and sometimes towing elaborately decorated trailers gathered in car parks in cities including Louisville, Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.\n\n\"We are on our way,\" one caravaner posted on Twitter with a picture of about two dozen supporters.\n\nAt an Ikea parking lot in North Carolina, another man showed off his truck. \"The flags are a little tattered - we'll call them battle flags now,\" he said.\n\nAs it became clear that Mr Pence and other key Republicans would follow the law and allow Congress to certify Mr Biden's win, the language towards them became vicious.\n\n\"Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason,\" Mr Wood tweeted. \"He will face execution by firing squad.\"\n\nOnline discussion reached boiling point. References to firearms, war and violence were rife on self-styled \"free speech\" social platforms such as Gab and Parler, which are popular with Trump supporters, as well as on other sites.\n\nIn Proud Boys groups, where members had once supported police, some turned against authorities, whom they deemed to no longer be on their side.\n\nHundreds of posts on a popular pro-Trump site, TheDonald, openly discussed plans to cross barricades, carry firearms and other weapons to the march in defiance of Washington's strict gun laws. There was open chatter about storming the Capitol and arresting \"treasonous\" members of Congress.\n\nOn Wednesday 6 January, Mr Trump addressed a crowd of thousands at the Ellipse, a park just south of the White House, for more than an hour.\n\nEarly on he encouraged supporters to \"peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard\", but he ended with a warning. \"We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.\n\n\"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue… and we're going to the Capitol.\"\n\nTo some observers, the potential for violence that day was clear from the outset.\n\nMichael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security under President George W Bush, blamed the Capitol Police, who reportedly turned down offers of assistance from the much larger National Guard ahead of time. He characterised it as \"the worst failure of a police force I can think of\".\n\n\"I think it was a very foreseeable potential negative turn of events,\" Mr Chertoff said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"To be blunt, it was obvious. If you read the newspaper and were awake, you understood that you've got a lot of people who have been convinced there was a fraudulent election. Some of them are extremists, and violent. Some of the groups openly said, 'Bring your guns'.\"\n\nStill, many Americans were astonished by Wednesday's scenes, like James Clark, a 68-year-old Republican from Virginia.\n\n\"I find it absolutely shocking. I didn't think it would come to this,\" he told the BBC.\n\nBut the signs were there for weeks. A hodgepodge of extreme and conspiratorial groups were convinced that the election was stolen. Online, they repeatedly talked about arming themselves, and violence.\n\nPerhaps the authorities didn't think their posts were serious, or specific enough to investigate. They now face pointed questions.\n\nFor Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, Mr Chertoff is expecting a \"much stronger showing\" by security services than last Wednesday night.\n\nBut that hasn't stopped many on extreme platforms calling for further violence and disruption on the day.\n\nThere are questions, too, for the major social media platforms, which enabled conspiracy theories to reach millions of people.\n\nLate on Friday, Twitter deleted the accounts of Mr Flynn, the former Trump advisor, the \"Kraken\" lawyers Ms Powell and Mr Wood, and Mr Watkins. Then Mr Trump himself.\n\nArrests of those who stormed the Capitol continue. But most of the rioters still live in a parallel online universe - a subterranean world filled with alternative facts.\n\nThey have already come up with fanciful explanations to dismiss Mr Trump's video statement, posted on Twitter the day after the riots, in which he acknowledged for the first time that \"a new administration will be inaugurated on 20 January\".\n\nHe can't possibly be giving up, they contend. Among their new theories - it's not really him in the video but a computer-generated \"deep fake\". Or perhaps the president is being held hostage.\n\nMany still believe Mr Trump will prevail.\n\nThere's no evidence behind any of this, but it does prove one thing.\n\nNo matter what happens to Donald Trump, the rioters who stormed the US Capitol are not backing down anytime soon.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Schools to stay closed until mid-February at least\n\nScotland's Covid-19 lockdown has been extended until at least the middle of February, with most school pupils to continue learning from home.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that transmission of the virus appeared to be declining but was still too high to ease restrictions.\n\nBut she hopes schools will be able to at least begin a phased return to the classroom in the middle of next month.\n\nThe level four restrictions have been in place since Boxing Day.\n\nMeanwhile the islands of Barra and Vatersay are being moved into the top level of restrictions due to a \"significant outbreak\" there.\n\nThe current restrictions, which have closed non-essential shops and seen a \"stay at home\" message put down in law, had been due to expire at the end of this month.\n\nBut Scottish government ministers agreed they should be extended after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.\n\nMs Sturgeon told MSPs that lockdown was \"beginning to have an impact\" on the number of new infections, but said Scotland remained in a \"very precarious position\".\n\nShe added: \"We need to be realistic that any improvement we are seeing is down, at this stage, to the fact that we are staying at home and reducing our interactions.\n\n\"Any relaxation of lockdown while case numbers, even though they might be declining, nevertheless remain very high, could quickly send the situation into reverse.\"\n\nThe vast majority of Scottish pupils have been home learning since the Christmas holiday\n\nThe announcement came as 1,165 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Scotland, representing 11.1% of tests carried out.\n\nA total of 1,989 people are in hospital with the virus while a further 71 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been logged.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was \"real and severe\" pressure on health services, with around 30% more patients in hospital than at the peak of the first wave in April 2020, and that this was \"almost certain to rise for a further period yet\".\n\nSchool buildings and nurseries have been closed to most pupils since the start of term, with all but the children of some key workers and vulnerable pupils learning from home.\n\nNot only will schools remain closed to most pupils until at least mid-February, they are unlikely to return to normal at that point.\n\nThe first minister has indicated that her aim is to begin a phased return, if coronavirus allows. So what might that mean?\n\nThe groups that will get back into class first are likely to include secondary school exam year pupils, the youngest primary school children and those in P7 getting ready to move to high school.\n\nFor others, online learning is likely to last a bit longer.\n\nBoth the return to school and the continuation of the wider lockdown will be reviewed again in a fortnight on 2 Feb.\n\nBy that week, first doses of vaccine should have been offered to all over 80s in Scotland as well as frontline NHS and social care staff and care home residents.\n\nWith only 15-20% of the over 80s reached so far, opposition parties think the programme is slipping behind schedule, which the first minister denies.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she knew how \"challenging and stressful\" home schooling was for families, but said community transmission was \"too high\" to allow a safe return to classrooms.\n\nShe said: \"If it is at all possible, as I very much hope it will be, to begin even a phased return to in-school learning in mid-February, we will.\n\n\"But I also have to be straight with families and say that it is simply too early to be sure about whether and to what extent this will be possible.\"\n\nStatistics released on Monday showed that Scotland had vaccinated 6% of its adult population so far - the same percentage as Wales, but lower than the 8% that have been vaccinated in England and 8.7% in Northern Ireland.\n\nEngland has also given a second dose of the vaccine to 427,386 people, compared to only 3,698 in Scotland.\n\nMs Sturgeon said approximately 100,000 people were being vaccinated per week in Scotland, and that health teams were \"on track\" to expand this to 400,000 per week by the end of February.\n\nStatistics have suggested the vaccination programme in Scotland is currently lagging behind England\n\nMore than 90% of care home residents have now been given a first dose, along with 70% of care home staff and 70% of all frontline health and care workers.\n\nThe first minister said the focus on care homes - where it is \"time consuming and labour intensive\" to give out jabs - was \"why overall figures are at this stage lower than in England\", where more over-80s have received the vaccine.\n\nShe said the \"pace of progress in the over-80s group is also now picking up\", and that the government remained on track to hit its target of completing everyone on the priority list by early May.\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson said the Scottish government were \"lagging behind their own targets\" on vaccination, saying the focus on care homes \"doesn't explain how slowly the vaccine is reaching GP surgeries and the public\".\n\nShe read out a series of letters from elderly people who had not been contacted about getting a jab, saying they were \"anxious they don't get left behind\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said she would not apologise for \"prioritising the most vulnerable first\", saying all four UK nations were \"working to the same targets\".\n\nScottish Labour's interim leader Jackie Baillie asked if Ms Sturgeon was confident the government could hit its \"critical\" targets, saying GPs were still complaining about \"patchy\" distribution of vaccines.\n\nThe first minister replied that her government would hit its goals, saying it was \"always the intention\" to increase the pace of vaccination as infrastructure and supplies became available.\n\nThis would see care home residents, healthcare staff and all over-80s get a first dose by the start of February, with over-70s and those deemed \"extremely vulnerable\" by mid-February and all over-65s by the beginning of March.", "The last vestiges of the Trump presidency will be swept away on Wednesday, as the Bidens move into the White House. Desks will have been cleared out, rooms scrubbed clean and the president's aides will be replaced by a new team of political appointees. It's part of the massive transformation that a new presidency brings to the heart of government.\n\nOne evening last week, Stephen Miller, a policy adviser and central figure in the Trump White House, was lounging in the West Wing.\n\nMiller, who has crafted speeches and policies for the president since his early days in office, is also one of the few members of the president's initial team still with him at the end.\n\nLeaning against a wall and chatting with colleagues about a meeting scheduled for later that day, he seemed in no hurry to leave.\n\nThe West Wing usually hums with activity but it seemed deserted. The phones were quiet. Desks in empty offices were cluttered with papers and unopened letters, as if people had left in a hurry and would not be coming back. Dozens of senior officials and aides quit in the wake of the Capitol riots on 6 January. A handful of loyalists, like Miller, remain.\n\nAs the conversation began to wind down, he broke away from his colleagues. When I asked him where he was headed next, he smiled. \"Back to my office,\" he said and sauntered down the hall.\n\nOn inauguration day, Miller's office will have been cleaned out, swept of signs that he and his colleagues had ever been there, ready for the Biden team to move in.\n\nThe cleaning out of West Wing offices, and the transition between presidents, is part of a tradition that dates back centuries. It's a process that has not always been imbued with warmth.\n\nAnother impeached president, Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, snubbed Republican Ulysses S Grant in 1869 and skipped the inauguration. Grant, who had backed Johnson's removal from office, was hardly surprised.\n\nStaff have started moving paperwork and pictures out of the White House\n\nThis year, however, the transition stands out for its acrimony. The process usually starts straight after the election, but it started weeks late after Trump refused to accept the result. And the president has said he will not attend the inauguration. Most likely, he will instead travel to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.\n\nStill, the handover is taking place, just as it has in the past. \"The system is holding,\" says Sean Wilentz, a professor of American history at Princeton University. \"It's very rocky, it's very bumpy, but nevertheless the transition is going to occur.\"\n\nEven in the best of times, the logistics of a transition are daunting, involving the transfer of knowledge and employees on a massive scale.\n\nStephen Miller is just one of 4,000 political appointees hired by the Trump administration who will lose their job and be replaced by individuals hired by Mr Biden.\n\nDuring an average transition, between 150,000-300,000 people apply for these jobs, according to the Center for Presidential Transition, a nonpartisan organisation based in Washington. About 1,100 of the positions also require Senate confirmation. Filling all of these positions takes months, even years.\n\nFour years of policy papers, briefing books and artefacts relating to the president's work will be carted off to the National Archives where they will be kept secret for 12 years, unless the president himself decides that portions may be released early.\n\nOn a weekday evening during Trump's last week in office, the door to the office of Kayleigh McEnany, the president's press secretary, was partly open.\n\nMcEnany has been one of the president's most high-profile defenders. Impeccably groomed, she is a precise speaker who maintains her composure amidst chaos.\n\nKayleigh McEnany has packed up her office in the White House\n\nHer office, too, was organised in a meticulous manner, even as she prepared to leave. A mirror stood on her desk, and several fireplace logs were wrapped in clear plastic and packed up.\n\nGenerally, the last few days are \"controlled chaos,\" says Kate Andersen Brower, who has written a book about the White House, The Residence.\n\nFurniture in the White House, such as the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, most of the artwork, china and other objects, belong to the government and will remain on the premises.\n\nBut other items, like photos of the president that hang in the hallway, will be taken down as the White House is transformed for its new occupants.\n\nStaffers are already moving some items out of the building. One White House staffer, a woman in sturdy heels, was lugging several images of First Lady Melania Trump out of the East Wing. The pictures are known as \"jumbos\" because of their extra-large size, she says, and they will be taken to the National Archives.\n\nThe Trumps' personal belongings, such as clothes, jewellery, and other items will be moved to their new residence, most likely at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.\n\nAnd this year, the place will be deep cleaned.\n\nPresident Biden is expected to make decorative changes to the Oval Office\n\nThe president, as well as Mr Miller and dozens of others at the White House, were infected with the coronavirus over the past several months, and the six-floor building, with its 132 rooms, will be thoroughly scrubbed down. Everything from handrails to elevator buttons to restroom fixtures will be wiped and sanitised, according to a spokeswoman for the General Services Administration, the federal agency that oversees the housekeeping effort.\n\nIncoming first families usually do some redecoration. Within days of arriving at the White House, Mr Trump had chosen a portrait of populist president Andrew Jackson for the Oval Office. He also replaced the drapes, couches and a rug in the office with ones that were gold-coloured.\n\nOn inauguration day, Vice-President Pence and his wife will also make way for Kamala Harris, and her husband, Doug Emhoff. They will be settling into their official residence, a 19th Century residence on the Naval Observatory grounds, a couple of miles from the White House.\n\nPolicy adviser Stephen Miller may have lingered in the West Wing, but others were ready to go. At the White House, people were lugging thick manila envelopes, framed photos and bags from a gift shop. \"It's my last day,\" says one man, smiling as he took a photo of his sons on the north lawn. A bulging backpack was slung over his shoulder.\n\nA group of National Security officials posed in front of the West Wing, asking me to take their picture. \"Make sure you get the marine guard,\" says one of the officials, referring to a marine who stands in front of the doorway when the president is in the Oval Office. The officials were in high spirits, joking and vamping for the camera.\n\nThe political appointees at the White House were in a good mood for a reason. For weeks, they had been caught in an in-between world. Their boss was denying the validity of the election, but they knew that their days were numbered. Now they could plan openly for their future, and they seemed almost giddy.\n\nOne political appointee, a man dressed in a dark suit, was already making plans. He ran into a colleague outside the Palm room, a reception area on the ground floor. \"See you on the flip side,\" he said, brightly. He was referring to the time after the inauguration, when they will both be out of their White House jobs. He mused about where they might meet again. \"Hopefully in the Greek isles or somewhere.\"\n\n\"Oh, yes. That is for sure,\" said his colleague, laughing. They smacked a high-five and then parted ways.", "Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed the government is looking at scrapping some EU labour laws now it is no longer bound by the bloc's rules.\n\nBut he promised there would be no dilution of workers' rights.\n\nMeasures under consideration include relaxing the working time directive which enshrines a 48-hour week.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband warned the government wanted to take a \"wrecking ball\" to hard-won rights.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Kwarteng said he wanted to \"protect and enhance\" labour law after the Financial Times reported that some rules could be weakened.\n\nThe minister later told business leaders the UK had an opportunity to reform regulation derived from EU law, but would not deliberately antagonise the EU - its biggest trading partner - immediately after the Brexit deal.\n\nConfirming the review on Tuesday, Mr Kwarteng told MPs there would be no \"bonfire of rights\".\n\n\"I think the view was that we wanted to look at the whole range of issues relating to our EU membership and examine what we wanted to keep, if you like,\" he said.\n\nBut he said \"the idea that we are trying to whittle down standards, that's not at all plausible or true\".\n\nAppearing before MPs, the business secretary said: \"I'm very struck as I look at EU economies how many EU countries - I think it's about 17 or 18 - have essentially opted out of the working time directive.\n\n\"So even by just following that we are way above the average European standard and I want to maintain that. I think we can be a high-wage, high-employment economy, a very successful economy, and that's what we should be aiming for.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kwasi Kwarteng This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Miliband said that after denying the FT's report, Mr Kwarteng had now \"let the cat out of the bag\" in admitting the government was conducting a review.\n\nHe warned that opting out of the 48-hour week would harm workers in key sectors like the NHS, road haulage and airlines from working excessive hours.\n\n\"A government committed to maintaining existing protections would not be reviewing whether they should be unpicked. This exposes that the government's priorities for Britain are totally wrong.\"\n\nDrew Hendry, the SNP's business spokesman, echoed the criticism, accusing the government of planning an \"assault\" on workers' rights.\n\nMeanwhile the boss of the UK's biggest recruitment firm, Reed, told the BBC's Today programme that there was \"no wish\" among employers to see \"a so-called bonfire of workers' rights.\n\n\"They must be protected because fair treatment is the bedrock of good workplace relations,\" James Reed said.\n\nThe chairman of the firm said the government should instead focus on lower-paid workers and measures that could be taken to improve unemployment, which is set to rise further into mid-2021.\n\n\"I would suggest two things are looked at before any EU rules: The apprenticeship levy, which is clearly failing... and also National Insurance on jobs. It's a tax on jobs - how can that be improved? Especially to help the low-paid back into work.\"\n\nUnder the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, the UK has agreed to conditions that maintain fair competition, or a level playing field, between the two sides.\n\nHowever, the EU's ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida, said Brussels could retaliate if Boris Johnson's government went too far in with deregulation.\n\n\"It will be for us to judge the extent to which it violates this principle of 'level playing field' and if that is the case there are mechanisms in the treaty, in the agreement, that allow us to discuss and eventually to come to an understanding,\" he said on Tuesday.\n\n\"If no understanding there are retaliation measures that can be applied on both sides.\"", "At 12:01, in the midst of his inaugural address, Joe Biden officially became the 46th president of the United States.\n\nHe was already well into outlining exactly how daunting a task he - and the nation - have ahead in what he called its \"winter of peril\".\n\nAmerica is facing a devastating pandemic which has resulted in massive job losses and business closures, a threatened environment, urgent cries for racial justice and resurgence in \"political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism\".\n\nHis speech was not a laundry list of proposals and solutions. Those were reserved for his first 17 executive actions as president - on immigration, climate change, transgender rights and public health, among others.\n\nThe Biden administration has also frozen all of Trump's last-minute regulations pending further review.\n\nInstead, Biden used his speech to offer hope - and to argue, at times forcefully, that the nation must be united in facing the challenges ahead; that it has to move past its current \"uncivil war\".\n\n\"Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury,\" he said. \"No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos.\"\n\n\"This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,\" he continued. \"And unity is the path forward\".\n\nAt times, Biden's speech seemed a direct rebuttal to his predecessor's administration, although he did not mention Donald Trump by name.\n\nWhere Trump frequently spoke of American greatness and glorified its founders, Biden noted that the nation's history has been a \"constant struggle\" between its ideals and sometimes harsh realities.\n\nWhere Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway spoke of \"alternative facts\" almost four years ago, Biden said: \"There is truth and there are lies - lies told for power and for profit.\"\n\nBiden wrapped up his inaugural address by warning that America must not \"turn inward\" - both as individuals retreating into \"competing factions\" and as a nation on the world stage.\n\n\"We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,\" he said.\n\nRhetorically, Biden turned the page from Trump's days of \"America first\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe first 100 days of any administration are always important to a new president. What are his priorities? What will he try to accomplish when his political capital is at its highest?\n\nJoe Biden and his presidential team have had nearly three months to plan out his first actions upon taking the oath of office, but executive action is the (relatively) easy part.\n\nHis speech reflected the reality that he enters office with his top priorities already determined for him.\n\nHis government will be responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine in an efficient and equitable way. After that, he will have to focus on the societal and economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe virus has exacerbated income inequality and pushed many households to the brink of economic ruin. It's devastated the travel and hospitality industries and placed incredible strain on the finances of state and local governments.\n\nHis pledge to seek unity will be tested early, as he pushes a sharply divided Congress to pass another, massive round of pandemic stimulus aid. If he wants to enact it quickly, he will need Republican support in the Senate, and already there are signs that some on the right may be lining up in opposition to more spending.\n\nThen there's Trump's Senate impeachment trial, which will present yet another challenge to national unity. It will keep Trump's name in the news for weeks, as his defenders rally to his side and his detractors call for consequences for his actions.\n\nAfter that, Biden's potential political paths diverge. He has said he wants to improve healthcare in the US, address growing college debt, make new investments in infrastructure and tackle climate change.\n\nHe's pledged to push immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants - a political lightning rod that helped fuel Trump's first presidential run.\n\nWhat he prioritises, and how successful his first efforts are, could determine the overall success of his administration. To make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony is over. But, as Biden noted in his speech, the American people face one of the most challenging times in their nation's history.\n\n\"We will be judged by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era,\" he said.\n\nBiden campaigned against Trump for the opportunity to face those crises. Now he has his chance.", "Anyone going on a Saga holiday or cruise in 2021 must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the tour operator has said.\n\nSaga, which specialises in holidays for the over-50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety.\n\nThe firm said it would delay restarting its travel packages until May to give customers enough time to get jabs.\n\nPeople over 50 in the UK have been rushing to book holidays as vaccinations boost confidence.\n\n\"The health and safety of our customers has always been our number one priority at Saga, so we have taken the decision to require everyone travelling with us to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19,\" Saga said in a statement.\n\n\"Our customers want the reassurance of the vaccine and to know others travelling with them will be vaccinated too.\"\n\nThe firm's holidays were due to restart in March and its cruises in April after a long hiatus, but they will now both be delayed.\n\nSaga said that meant all trips before May would no longer go ahead as planned, acknowledging it would be \"a huge disappointment\" to customers.\n\n\"We will be contacting all guests affected to discuss their options,\" it said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Singapore's 'cruises to nowhere' set back by Covid scare\n\nThe firm said its vaccination policy added to stronger safety processes already planned for when its holidays resume.\n\nThese include requiring cruise passengers to have a Covid-19 test before their trip, as well as a full medical screening.\n\nCapacity on its ships will also be kept to a maximum of 800 people.\n\nThere were some severe covid outbreaks on cruise ships early on the pandemic, before coronavirus restrictions were imposed.\n\nBritish-registered ship the Diamond Princess, owned by the company Carnival, was quarantined for nearly a month in February in the Port of Yokohama in Japan.\n\nMore than 700 of its 3,711 passengers and crew were infected, and 14 died.\n\nThe UK has embarked on a mass vaccination programme as Covid-19 cases surge.\n\nPeople in England are being vaccinated at a rate of 140 jabs per minute, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens said this week.\n\nExperts believe in future that airlines, concert venues and restaurants could routinely ask customers to prove that they have been vaccinated.\n\nAnd last week, London plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers said that all of its staff would be contractually obliged to get the jab.", "The government does not know how many cases might be affected by hundreds of thousands of police records being accidentally wiped, the PM has said.\n\nBoris Johnson told the House of Commons the police were working \"round the clock\" to rectify the error.\n\nAround 400,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records were deleted from the police database.\n\nEarlier, Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was not yet known whether any of the data had been permanently lost.\n\nSpeaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"The Home Office is actively working to assess the damage and... they believe that they will be able to rectify the results of this complex incident and they hope very much that they'll be able to restore the data in question.\"\n\nAsked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer how many convicted criminals had had their records wrongly deleted, Mr Johnson said: \"We don't know how many cases might be frustrated as a result of what has happened.\"\n\nHe added: \"Of course it is outrageous that any data should have been lost.\"\n\nLast week it was revealed that the information was wiped from the Police National Computer (PNC) - which stores and shares criminal records information across the UK - after being inadvertently flagged for deletion.\n\nThe PNC is used in police investigations and provides real-time checks on people, vehicles and crimes, as well as whether suspects are wanted for any unsolved offences.\n\nAn estimated 213,000 offence records, 175,000 arrest records and 15,000 records on people were potentially incorrectly deleted as a result of a defective code.\n\nMs Patel, who has launched an internal investigation, told ITV's Good Morning Britain that criminals would not get away with serious crimes as a result of the error.\n\n\"It is not about serious criminals getting away with anything. Multiple records are held on the same individuals on the same crimes on other profiling systems as well.\"\n\nShe told the BBC that officials could be instructed to re-submit the entries manually.\n\n\"I'm also clear with Home Office engineers and technicians that if we have to do manual uploads from other systems, that is effectively what we will do and that will potentially take time, but that is another option for us right now.\n\n\"We will absolutely provide updates once we know what has happened in terms of retrieving data. This will take time because it is a coding error.\"\n\nThe Home Office previously said that the faulty script was introduced in November 2020, but it did not run until earlier this month when the error within it immediately became apparent.", "After vowing to uphold and defend the Constitution of United States, Joe Biden has been officially sworn in as the 46th US president.\n\nThe new president's oath of office was administered by Chief Justice John G Roberts.\n\nRead more:Joe Biden becomes the 46th US president", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Hill We Climb: Watch 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's poem reading at Joe Biden's inauguration\n\nAmanda Gorman has become the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for \"unity and togetherness\" in her self-penned poem.\n\nThe 22-year-old delivered her work The Hill We Climb to both the dignitaries present in Washington DC and a watching global audience.\n\n\"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?\" her five-minute poem began.\n\nShe went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month.\n\n\"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy,\" she declared.\n\n\"And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.\"\n\nThe poet was applauded by Vice President Kamala Harris\n\nIn her poem, Gorman described herself as \"a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother [who] can dream of becoming president, only to find her self reciting for one\".\n\nAmerica's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate did her job, which was to find the right words at the right time.\n\nIt was a beautifully paced, well-judged poem for a special occasion, but it will live long beyond the time and space of the moment.\n\nAmanda Gorman delivered her piece with grace, the words it contained will resonate with people the world over: today, tomorrow, and far into the future.\n\nThe writer and performer, who became the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, followed in the footsteps of such famous names as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou.\n\n\"I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness,\" Gorman told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony.\n\n\"I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS broadcaster and actress Oprah Winfrey tweeted that she had \"never been prouder to see another young woman rise\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oprah Winfrey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlso on Twitter, Joanne Liu, the former head of aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières, described the poem as \"the most inspiring 5:43 minutes for the longest time\".\n\nFormer First Lady Michelle Obama praised Gorman's \"strong and poignant words\" adding: \"Keep shining, Amanda!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Michelle Obama This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUS politician and rights activist Stacey Abrams said the poem was \"an inspiration to us all\".\n\nFormer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: \"I for one can't wait.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIllinois poet laureate Angela Jackson said the recitation was \"so rich and just so filled with truth\".\n\n\"I was stunned that she was so young and so wise,\" Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.\n\nGorman said she \"screamed and danced her head off\" when she found out she had been chosen to read at President Biden's swearing-in ceremony.\n\nShe said she felt \"excitement, joy, honour and humility\" when she was asked to take part, \"and also at the same time terror\".\n\nAnd she added that she hoped her poem, completed on the day supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, would \"speak to the moment\" and \"do this time justice\".\n\nGorman, pictured with actor Morgan Freeman in 2018, became LA's youth poet laureate at 16\n\nBorn in Los Angeles in 1998, Gorman had a speech impediment as a child - an affliction she shares with America's new president.\n\n\"It's made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be,\" she said in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.\n\n\"When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds [and] be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.\"\n\nGorman became LA's youth poet laureate at 16. Three years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became National Youth Poet Laureate.\n\nShe published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015 and will publish a picture book, Change Sings, later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kamala Harris was sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.\n\nKamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president.\n\nShe was sworn in just before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US president.\n\nMs Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, initially ran for the Democratic nomination.\n\nBut Mr Biden won the race and chose Ms Harris as his running mate, describing her as \"a fearless fighter for the little guy\".\n\nPrior to taking the oath at the US Capitol, Ms Harris paid tribute to the women who she says came before her.\n\n\"I stand on their shoulders,\" she said in a video.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kamala Harris This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEugene Goodman, the Capitol police officer who was hailed as a hero for steering a pro-Trump mob away from Senate chambers during the 6 January riot, escorted Ms Harris at the inauguration.\n\nMs Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents: an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.\n\nKamala, left, as child with her mother and younger sister Maya\n\nShe went on to attend Howard University, one of the nation's preeminent historically black colleges and universities. She has described her time there as among the most formative experiences of her life.\n\nMs Harris says she's always been comfortable with her identity and simply describes herself as \"an American\".\n\nAfter four years at Howard, Ms Harris went on to earn her law degree at the University of California, Hastings, and began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.\n\nShe became the district attorney - the top prosecutor - for San Francisco in 2003, before being elected the first female and the first African American to serve as California's attorney general, the top lawyer and law enforcement official in America's most populous state.\n\nIn her nearly two terms in office as attorney general, Ms Harris gained a reputation as one of the Democratic party's rising stars, using this momentum to propel her to election as California's junior US senator in 2017. She was only the second black woman ever elected to the US senate.\n\nShe launched her candidacy for president to a crowd of more than 20,000 in Oakland at the beginning of 2019.\n\nBut Ms Harris failed to articulate a clear rationale for her campaign, and gave muddled answers to questions in key policy areas like healthcare.\n\nShe was also unable to capitalise on the clear high point of her candidacy: debate performances that showed off her prosecutorial skills, often placing Mr Biden in the line of attack, most notably criticising his praise for the \"civil\" working relationship he had with former senators who favoured racial segregation.\n\nShe dropped out of the presidential race in December 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Biden chose her as his number two in August, calling her \"one of the country's finest public servants\".\n\nAfter Mr Biden was announced as the next president in November, Ms Harris tweeted a video of her congratulating her running mate.\n\n\"We did it, we did it Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States!\" she beamed.", "Sophie Davies, from Shropshire, recovering from cervical cancer, says delays to screening could be a matter of life and death\n\nSmear-test delays during lockdown have prompted calls for home-screening kits.\n\nCervical cancer screening has restarted across the UK - but some women say they will not attend their appointments for fear of catching Covid.\n\nJo's Cervical Cancer Trust is urging \"faster action\" on home tests for HPV, which causes 99% of cervical cancers.\n\nAn NHS official said GP practices should continue screening throughout lockdown, and \"anyone invited for a cervical smear test should attend\".\n\nCancer Research UK said it was not yet known how effective and accurate self-sampling could be in cervical screening.\n\nScreenings in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have restarted after being halted during the first lockdown.\n\nIn England, the NHS told GPs and clinics not to halt smear tests - but, as the prime minister heard last week, some patients were experiencing cancellations and long waiting times.\n\nAbout 600,000 tests had failed to go ahead in the UK in April and May, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust said, in addition to a backlog of 1.5 million appointments missed annually.\n\nIn March, Sophie Davies was told she needed a hysterectomy \"within the month\" but had to wait until December for surgery\n\nA survey by gynaecological cancer charity the Eve Appeal indicates nearly one in three missed smear tests are the result of people being \"put off\" by coronavirus.\n\nAnd a Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust survey during the pandemic suggests the same proportion would prefer to take their own human-papillomavirus (HPV) test rather than go to a GP.\n\nActing chief executive Rebecca Shoosmith said coronavirus had added \"more barriers\" to going for a smear test.\n\n\"Sadly those who found it difficult before are likely to be no closer to getting tested,\" she said.\n\nBoth charities emphasise smear tests are for \"women and anyone with a cervix\" and transgender and non-binary people may have additional barriers to going.\n\nJo's Cervical Cancer Trust said DIY tests could also help people who had been sexually assaulted and those with disabilities or from backgrounds where smear tests were taboo.\n\nSamantha Renke felt anxious about catching coronavirus when she went for her smear test\n\nSamantha Renke had received an abnormal test result and needed to go for a follow-up test during the pandemic.\n\nThe broadcaster and campaigner, who has brittle bones and uses a wheelchair, said a home-testing kit would have made things easier.\n\n\"I am at very high risk of getting seriously ill from Covid-19,\" the 35-year-old, from Lancashire, said.\n\n\"So I was incredibly anxious sitting in the waiting room for my test.\n\n\"Women with a physical disability are so much more likely to find cervical screening difficult, to the point where it can sometimes be impossible just to get through the door.\n\n\"We shouldn't have to fight to get this life-saving test.\n\n\"Self-sampling would be so much easier for people like me.\n\n\"It would allow me to take my health into my own hands.\"\n\nIshita Ranjan said talk of smear tests was taboo in traditional South Asian families\n\nIshita Ranjan finally went for her smear test in August, having put it off for a \"really long time\".\n\n\"In most traditional South Asian families, women's sexual health is not something you talk about openly,\" the 31-year-old, from London, said.\n\n\"Young women are left to figure this stuff out.\n\n\"Until you get married, older female relatives find it problematic to share that kind of information.\"\n\nA fear of catching coronavirus could be also stopping people belonging to ethnic minorities attending appointments.\n\n\"We have seen high Covid infection and death rates and people are genuinely scared,\" Ms Ranjan said.\n\n\"And it's really important that you do still go and do it.\n\n\"I was in and out in five minutes, no sitting around waiting rooms.\"\n\nHelen Austin founded At your Cervix, a support network for people who find smear tests difficult\n\nAfter experiencing sexual violence, it took Helen Austin 10 years to work up the courage to go for her smear test.\n\n\"When my first invite arrived through the post, years ago, my body froze, and I then ripped it up,\" she said.\n\nSelf-sampling would have given her time and privacy, the 35-year-old, from Lincolnshire, said.\n\n\"If my appointment had been during the pandemic and I could not have brought someone I trust with me to help me, I would never have gone,\" she said.\n\n\"Other trauma survivors I speak to find wearing a mask triggering and are putting off attending their test partly for this reason too.\"\n\nSophie Davies, 32, saw in the new year alone in hospital, after having a hysterectomy\n\nAfter developing a rare form of cervical cancer, Sophie Davies had a trachelectomy to remove her cervix, in April 2018, allowing doctors to save her ovaries and two-thirds of her womb.\n\nBut in March 2020, she was told the risk of cancer coming back meant she needed a hysterectomy and the removal of both ovaries.\n\n\"I was advised the operation needed to be done 'the sooner the better' and 'within the month',\" the 32-year-old, from Shropshire, said.\n\nAnd she had an \"agonising\" wait, until 30 December, for her surgery.\n\n\"I'm still awaiting my results, more than three weeks on, and praying I have not been left for the best part of a year with cancer growing inside me,\" Ms Davies said.\n\n\"These months of delay could be the difference in saving fertility or losing fertility.\n\n\"It could be the difference in needing chemotherapy or radiotherapy or not needing it, or could be the difference of life or death.\"\n\nCancer Research UK early diagnosis head Dr Jodie Moffat said research was under way to understand how effective and accurate self-sampling could be in cervical screening.\n\nBut getting more people screened \"is not the only hurdle to overcome\".\n\n\"The NHS is under immense pressure and would need more staff and equipment to ensure patients receive their results and any follow-up treatment as quickly as possible,\" she said.\n\nAn NHS official said: \"The NHS guidance that cervical screening should continue has not changed, which has been communicated to GP practices, which have adjusted the way they work to remain open and safe, while local NHS services across the country have put extra measures in place to protect people from coronavirus and so anyone invited for a cervical smear test should attend.\"", "The government has unveiled details of a £23m fund to support fishing firms as it tries to quell industry anger over Brexit border delays.\n\nThe money will help firms whose exports to the EU have fallen sharply since rules changed on 1 January.\n\nFishing firms say extra paperwork has made it difficult to deliver fresh produce to the EU before it goes off, hammering their businesses.\n\nOne trade group called the fund \"welcome\" but a \"sticking plaster\".\n\nOn Monday, fish exporters held demonstrations outside government departments in central London, warning their livelihoods were under threat.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson admitted many had experienced \"bureaucratic delays [and] difficulties getting their goods through\" to buyers on the other side of the channel.\n\nHaving left the EU's customs union and the single market, UK exports are subject to new customs and veterinary checks which have caused problems at the border.\n\nCovid has worsened the issue, with the industry also facing lower market prices and demand from restaurants due to the pandemic.\n\nThe government said the scheme would be targeted at small and medium-sized fishing businesses who will be able to claim a maximum of £100,000 to cover losses.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay said: \"This further £23m package of support will help our hardworking fishing sector navigate the challenges of the next few months.\n\n\"It is vital that no community nor region within our United Kingdom is left behind as we continue to support British jobs and build back better from the coronavirus pandemic.\"\n\nIn addition to funding, the government will provide further training to help fishing businesses adapt to the new export processes.\n\nSeparately, the prime minister committed to providing a further £100m to help modernise UK fishing fleets and the fish processing industry.\n\nDonna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland, said: \"After almost three weeks of voicing their concerns and frustrations, we welcome the fact that the Scottish seafood sector has been heard and action is being taken.\n\n\"This [fund] will offer a ray of light to some small and medium-sized companies that have experienced crippling losses over the past few weeks.\"\n\nHowever, while the money was \"a much-needed sticking plaster\", she said it would not \"completely staunch the wound\".\n\n\"The sector still needs a period of grace during which the [new trade] systems must be overhauled so they are fit for purpose.\"", "Under current rules, cafes and restaurants are only allowed to provide a takeaway service.\n\nNine Met Police officers have been fined for breaching lockdown rules to meet at a cafe while on duty.\n\nPictures emerged online showing the officers, from the South East Basic Command Unit, eating at The Chef House Kitchen Cafe, Greenwich, on 9 January.\n\nAll nine officers have been issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice.\n\nCh Supt Rob Atkin, said: \"It is right that they will pay a financial penalty and that they will be asked to reflect on their choices.\n\n\"Police officers are tasked with enforcing the legislation that has been introduced to stop the spread of the virus and the public rightly expect that they will set an example through their own actions.\n\n\"It is disappointing that on this occasion, these officers have fallen short of that expectation.\"\n\nThe group were spotted by a member of the public in the Greenwich cafe while their patrol vehicles were parked outside.\n\nUnder current rules, cafes and restaurants are only allowed to provide a takeaway service.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nPaul Pogba scored a superb winner as Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham.\n\nIn what is becoming a familiar pattern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side outside Manchester this season, they fell behind early in the game, with Ademola Lookman beating the offside trap before firing in an angled drive.\n\nBut for the seventh time away from Old Trafford in 2020-21, United found a winning response - taking their run to 17 games unbeaten away in the Premier League - courtesy of a gift from their opponents and a bit of magic from their French midfielder.\n\nGoalkeeper Alphonse Areola has been a good addition for the Cottagers but in dropping Bruno Fernandes' cross at the feet of Edinson Cavani, he gifted his former Paris St-Germain team-mate the simplest of equalisers.\n\nAnd on the hour mark, Pogba stepped up to decide the contest, firing a superb angled drive across the diving Areola and into the far corner from 20 yards.\n\nThe France international has come in for criticism at times this season but received nothing but praise from his manager after his winner.\n\n\"I am very happy with his performances,\" said Solskjaer.\n\n\"I know what he can do. He does everything. Now he is putting all the elements together in his performances and it is great to see.\n\n\"It was about getting him fit. He is enjoying his football, he is happy and physically in a good shape.\"\n\nThe win takes United to 40 points, two more than both Leicester and Manchester City, who had briefly taken top spot from the Foxes with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.\n\nSolskjaer, though, was reluctant to get drawn into discussing his side's title credentials with so much of the campaign to go.\n\n\"It is always going to be talked about that when you are halfway through and top of the league, but we are not thinking about this, we just have to go one game at a time,\" he added. \"It is such an unpredictable season.\"\n\nFulham remain in the bottom three, four points behind 17th-placed Burnley.\n• None Man Utd or Man City to end day top? Cassia bassist Lou Cotterill takes on Lawro\n\nSolskjaer felt his side missed a big opportunity to fully assert their title credentials in failing to make the most of their chances in Sunday's 0-0 draw at champions Liverpool.\n\nUnited were clearly in no mood to repeat such a mistake at a wet and windy Craven Cottage on Wednesday against a less daunting and defining opposition, but one that is far more robust now than they were in the season's first month.\n\nThe visitors fell behind, but this is par for the course for this side, who once again did not panic, wrestled control of the game away from their opponents and took the win.\n\nIt is a handy trick for a title-challenging side to have in their locker, although one they would rather not have to repeatedly pull.\n\nIn truth, they should have won more handsomely.\n\nThey had the far greater share of possession and territory and were well ahead of their opponents on shots taken until a frantic finale in which the Cottagers threw in all they had in pursuit of a point.\n\nFred felt he should have had a penalty in the first half courtesy of being caught in the box by a loose challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but both on-field and VAR officials disagreed.\n\nHarry Maguire twice headed wide from corners, the first from a far less forgivable, unmarked position than the second.\n\nEqually, though, it is a game that could have seen them drop points, especially in light of Fulham's late barrage, which saw David de Gea save superbly with his legs to deny Loftus-Cheek, and the ball pinballing around the United box on more than one occasion.\n\nThe Cottagers demonstrated that they are no pushover, but they are making of habit of being on the rough end of fine margins.\n\nFive straight draws followed by two defeats by a single goal suggests their battle against the drop will go right down to the wire.\n\n\"I'm really pleased but I'm disappointed at the same time, which shows how far we've come,\" said Cottagers boss Scott Parker.\n\n\"I saw a team today that looked threatening and tried their hardest to get back into the game, but we go again. The next challenge is to maintain where we are and don't let defeat sink us.\n\n\"No doubt we can win and operate in this division and we just need to push on and keep improving.\"\n\nUnited lead the way in early concessions\n• None No side has conceded more goals in the opening five minutes of Premier League games this season than Manchester United (4). Manchester United have won seven Premier League games having gone behind this season - only Newcastle in 2001-02 (10) and Man Utd themselves in 2012-13 (9) have done so more in a single campaign.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League away games (W13 D4), equalling their longest ever unbeaten run on the road in top-flight history (17 between December 1998 and September 1999).\n• None This was the 41st different game in which Fulham had led in all competitions under Scott Parker, but the first time they had lost such a game (W34 D6).\n• None Edinson Cavani became the first Man Utd player whose first four Premier League goals for the club were all scored away from home.\n• None Since his return to the club in 2016, no Man Utd player has scored more league goals from outside the box than Paul Pogba (6).\n• None Ademola Lookman has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other Fulham player this season (6 - 3 goals, 3 assists).\n• None Bruno Fernandes has gone three Premier League games without a goal or assist for the first time since his Manchester United debut in February 2020.\n\nFulham's next game is in the FA Cup, against Burnley on Sunday (14:30 GMT). Their next league fixture, an away game on Wednesday, 27 January, is a big one. Opponents Brighton are two places and five points above them in the table.\n\nManchester United host Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday at 17:00, live on the BBC. They are also in league action the following Wednesday hosting the league's bottom club Sheffield United in a 20:15 kick-off.\n• None Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny Tete with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Lemina.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara tries a through ball, but Kenny Tete is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joe Bryan (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None You can stream five fourth-round games live on the BBC this weekend, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester United. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis is America's day. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. The people - the will of the people - has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.\n\nWe've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and, at this hour my friends, democracy has prevailed. So now on this hallowed ground where just a few days ago violence sought to shake the Capitol's very foundations, we come together as one nation under God - indivisible - to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.\n\nAs we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic, and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and must be, I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. And I know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength, the strength of our nation, as does President Carter, who I spoke with last night who cannot be with us today, but who we salute for his lifetime of service.\n\nI've just taken a sacred oath each of those patriots have taken. The oath first sworn by George Washington. But the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. On we the people who seek a more perfect union. This is a great nation, we are good people. And over the centuries through storm and strife in peace and in war we've come so far. But we still have far to go.\n\nWe'll press forward with speed and urgency for we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibility. Much to do, much to heal, much to restore, much to build and much to gain. Few people in our nation's history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging or difficult than the time we're in now. A once in a century virus that silently stalks the country has taken as many lives in one year as in all of World War Two.\n\nMillions of jobs have been lost. Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. A cry for racial justice, some 400 years in the making, moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now. The rise of political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, that we must confront and we will defeat.\n\nTo overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy - unity. Unity. In another January on New Year's Day in 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. When he put pen to paper the president said, and I quote, 'if my name ever goes down in history, it'll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it'.\n\nMy whole soul is in it today, on this January day. My whole soul is in this. Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause. Uniting to fight the foes we face - anger, resentment and hatred. Extremism, lawlessness, violence, disease, joblessness, and hopelessness.\n\nWith unity we can do great things, important things. We can right wrongs, we can put people to work in good jobs, we can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome the deadly virus, we can rebuild work, we can rebuild the middle class and make work secure, we can secure racial justice and we can make America once again the leading force for good in the world.\n\nI know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days. I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh ugly reality that racism, nativism and fear have torn us apart. The battle is perennial and victory is never secure.\n\nThrough civil war, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setback, our better angels have always prevailed. In each of our moments enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward and we can do that now. History, faith and reason show the way. The way of unity.\n\nWe can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbours. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, no progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. And unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America.\n\nIf we do that, I guarantee we will not failed. We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together. And so today at this time in this place, let's start afresh, all of us. Let's begin to listen to one another again, hear one another, see one another. Show respect to one another. Politics doesn't have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn't have to be a cause for total war and we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.\n\nMy fellow Americans, we have to be different than this. We have to be better than this and I believe America is so much better than this. Just look around. Here we stand in the shadow of the Capitol dome. As mentioned earlier, completed in the shadow of the Civil War. When the union itself was literally hanging in the balance. We endure, we prevail. Here we stand, looking out on the great Mall, where Dr King spoke of his dream.\n\nHere we stand, where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protesters tried to block brave women marching for the right to vote. And today we mark the swearing in of the first woman elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris. Don't tell me things can't change. Here we stand where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest in eternal peace.\n\nAnd here we stand just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, to drive us from this sacred ground. It did not happen, it will never happen, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Not ever. To all those who supported our campaign, I'm humbled by the faith you placed in us. To all those who did not support us, let me say this. Hear us out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart.\n\nIf you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America. The right to dissent peacefully. And the guardrail of our democracy is perhaps our nation's greatest strength. If you hear me clearly, disagreement must not lead to disunion. And I pledge this to you. I will be a President for all Americans, all Americans. And I promise you I will fight for those who did not support me as for those who did.\n\nMany centuries ago, St Augustine - the saint of my church - wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. Defined by the common objects of their love. What are the common objects we as Americans love, that define us as Americans? I think we know. Opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honour, and yes, the truth.\n\nRecent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson. There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit. And each of us has a duty and a responsibility as citizens as Americans and especially as leaders. Leaders who are pledged to honour our Constitution to protect our nation. To defend the truth and defeat the lies.\n\nLook, I understand that many of my fellow Americans view the future with fear and trepidation. I understand they worry about their jobs. I understand like their dad they lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling thinking: 'Can I keep my healthcare? Can I pay my mortgage?' Thinking about their families, about what comes next. I promise you, I get it. But the answer's not to turn inward. To retreat into competing factions. Distrusting those who don't look like you, or worship the way you do, who don't get their news from the same source as you do.\n\nWe must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes, as my mom would say. Just for a moment, stand in their shoes.\n\nBecause here's the thing about life. There's no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days you need a hand. There are other days when we're called to lend a hand. That's how it has to be, that's what we do for one another. And if we are that way our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future. And we can still disagree.\n\nMy fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us we're going to need each other. We need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter. We're entering what may be the darkest and deadliest period of the virus. We must set aside politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation, one nation. And I promise this, as the Bible says, 'Weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning'. We will get through this together. Together.\n\nLook folks, all my colleagues I serve with in the House and the Senate up here, we all understand the world is watching. Watching all of us today. So here's my message to those beyond our borders. America has been tested and we've come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances, and engage with the world once again. Not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenges. And we'll lead not merely by the example of our power but the power of our example.\n\nFellow Americans, moms, dads, sons, daughters, friends, neighbours and co-workers. We will honour them by becoming the people and the nation we can and should be. So I ask you let's say a silent prayer for those who lost their lives, those left behind and for our country. Amen.\n\nFolks, it's a time of testing. We face an attack on our democracy, and on truth, a raging virus, a stinging inequity, systemic racism, a climate in crisis, America's role in the world. Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways. But the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with one of the greatest responsibilities we've had. Now we're going to be tested. Are we going to step up?\n\nIt's time for boldness for there is so much to do. And this is certain, I promise you. We will be judged, you and I, by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era. We will rise to the occasion. Will we master this rare and difficult hour? Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world to our children? I believe we must and I'm sure you do as well. I believe we will, and when we do, we'll write the next great chapter in the history of the United States of America. The American story.\n\nA story that might sound like a song that means a lot to me, it's called American Anthem. And there's one verse that stands out at least for me and it goes like this:\n\n'The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day, which shall be our legacy, what will our children say?\n\nLet me know in my heart when my days are through, America, America, I gave my best to you.'\n\nLet us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our great nation. If we do this, then when our days are through, our children and our children's children will say of us: 'They gave their best, they did their duty, they healed a broken land.'\n\nMy fellow Americans I close the day where I began, with a sacred oath. Before God and all of you, I give you my word. I will always level with you. I will defend the Constitution, I'll defend our democracy.\n\nI'll defend America and I will give all - all of you - keep everything I do in your service. Thinking not of power but of possibilities. Not of personal interest but of public good.\n\nAnd together we will write an American story of hope, not fear. Of unity not division, of light not darkness. A story of decency and dignity, love and healing, greatness and goodness. May this be the story that guides us. The story that inspires us. And the story that tells ages yet to come that we answered the call of history, we met the moment. Democracy and hope, truth and justice, did not die on our watch but thrive.\n\nThat America secured liberty at home and stood once again as a beacon to the world. That is what we owe our forbearers, one another, and generations to follow.\n\nSo with purpose and resolve, we turn to those tasks of our time. Sustained by faith, driven by conviction and devoted to one another and the country we love with all our hearts. May God bless America and God protect our troops.", "Father Lee Taylor said people have \"really missed communal singing\"\n\nOnline \"Pimm's and Hymns\" singalong sessions at a north Wales church have attracted people from as far away as South Africa, Brazil and Canada.\n\nFather Lee Taylor, from St Collen's Church, Llangollen, set up the Facebook Live shows when his pews fell silent due to Covid restrictions.\n\nThe former bartender said: \"People started to share it and the online audience just exploded.\"\n\nIt adds \"a real light in the darkness\" of lockdown and a \"few drinks\".\n\nThe sessions, which have been running since last March, are a homage to the summer garden party known as 'Pimm's and Hymns' Mr Taylor, 43, hosts each year.\n\n\"I get phone calls, emails and letters from people all over the world, saying, 'You've lifted my spirits', and asking me to pray for their loved ones who are sick with the virus,\" he said.\n\n\"I started the sessions as I was trying to think of ways to bring comfort reassurance and cheer to people at home.\n\n\"While I can't hear people joining in, I feel them there with me in the room.\"\n\nFather Lee Taylor hosted annual 'Pimm's and Hymns' garden parties before Covid restrictions came in last March\n\nBelting out everything from Abide With Me to Pack Up Your Troubles, the vicar, who lives with his partner of 14 years, Fabiano Duarte, is known for pouring a glass of wine or a cocktail before performing for his Facebook congregation.\n\n\"I like to keep a libation on the piano,\" he said.\n\n\"When we started, people tuning in could see a glass of wine one week and a gin and tonic the next, so began to join in and have a drink with me.\n\n\"Soon, this became a discussion in the Facebook comments and people would send in photos of themselves with a tipple, singing along.\n\n\"I've got a bit carried away on the piano after a few drinks and played all the wrong notes a couple of times - which is always quite funny. It's joyful, really.\"\n\nHe said \"losing the churches and restricting the number at funerals\" was painful and people were \"missing communal singing\".\n\n\"[So] I got some elderly people set up on the internet and sent out instructions via email, so they could watch the live stream singalongs,\" he said.\n\n\"People were soon chatting through the comments and it felt like we were all connected.\n\n\"I wanted to raise spirits through music and it's been a real light in the darkness.\"", "Louise worries about her prospects for the next 12 months\n\nFreelance TV and film sound editor Louise Burton is one of those who are unable to benefit from government pandemic support schemes, despite being out of work.\n\nLouise, 28, of St Albans, in Hertfordshire, has not had a single penny of assistance since her last job ended eight months ago.\n\n\"With the last production that I was on, I was hired as a PAYE freelancer, which means that I essentially do exactly the same job as what I do as a freelancer, but I was paying tax at source,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"What often happens with film is that production companies are made for the sole purpose of the film. So they create these companies and everything goes through the company - and then once the film is completed, they then shut the company.\"\n\nThat means Louise fell foul of tax rules relating to self-employed people. And she could not go on furlough, because the company that had employed her no longer existed.\n\n\"I always feel guilty saying that I am one of the people who is suffering, because actually, I still have a roof over my head and I can just about put food on my table, but it's not easy,\" she says, adding that she fears for her prospects in the next 12 months.\n\nAccording to MPs, whole groups of people like Louise are falling through the cracks of Covid-19 support schemes because of out-of-date tax systems.\n\nSome freelancers and self-employed people have been particularly excluded, despite lockdowns and restrictions meaning they cannot work, the Public Accounts Committee said.\n\nOthers, meanwhile, are able to abuse the system, it said.\n\nThe government said its \"top priority\" was helping those who are struggling.\n\nSince March, HM Revenue and Customs has provided more than £80bn in support to companies and individuals through government coronavirus support schemes, the committee said.\n\nThey are also supporting the incomes of many of the self-employed.\n\nBut despite this, a report from the MPs says \"quirks in the tax system\" have meant that groups of workers - including freelancers and self-employed people who recently moved onto company payrolls or work on a series of short-term employment contracts with gaps in between - have been ineligible for furlough payments.\n\n\"As public spending balloons to unprecedented levels in response to the pandemic, out-of-date tax systems are one of the barriers to getting help to a significant number of struggling taxpayers who should be entitled to support,\" said MP Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).\n\nBy contrast, she said some large companies that had used government support schemes had continued to pay dividends to shareholders and high salaries to executives.\n\nShe added that HMRC was in many cases failing \"to capture or deal with those wrongly claiming\" support.\n\nThe tax agency should explain to freelancers and other groups why they have been excluded from receiving support and set out steps to fix the problem within six weeks, the MPs said.\n\nThe PAC also said that a lack of certainty about government coronavirus support schemes had made it difficult for businesses to plan effectively.\n\nFor example, HMRC could not provide clarity on whether the Job Retention Bonus scheme had been delayed or scrapped, the committee said.\n\nThe scheme was meant to pay employers an incentive for every worker they brought back from furlough and kept in employment until January.\n\n\"Such lack of clarity may lead to unnecessary hardships for some businesses, who in good faith were relying on the payments from the scheme to meet some of their needs,\" the MPs said.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had done \"all it can to help as many people as possible\".\n\n\"HMRC delivered Covid-19 support schemes at unprecedented speed, protecting the livelihoods of millions of people.\n\n\"We do not underestimate the challenges faced by individuals and businesses during the pandemic, and our top priority is getting financial support to those struggling... while protecting the taxpayer against fraud.\n\n\"Those not eligible for support through these schemes can still benefit from the strengthened welfare safety net, accessing help like universal credit.\"\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "19 January is a special day for Orthodox Christians across Russia, including President Vladimir Putin. It's a day reserved for commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, and it's called Epiphany. Though temperatures are as low as -20 Celsius, some celebrated this by submerging themselves in ice-cold water.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Louise Casey: \"The country has been torn to shreds by the pandemic\"\n\nThe government has been urged by its former homelessness adviser to extend benefit increases worth £20 a week beyond the end of March.\n\nDame Louise Casey said ending the universal credit top-up, introduced during the Covid pandemic, would be \"too punitive a policy right now\".\n\nShe said people would view the Tories as the \"nasty party\" if they did so.\n\nThe government said it was committed to supporting the lowest-paid families through the pandemic and beyond.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"No decisions have yet been made on a range of Covid support measures that run through until the end of March and April, and it is right to wait until we know more about where we are in the vaccination process before making any decisions.\"\n\nLabour and anti-poverty campaigners are pressing for the increase, worth £1,000 a year, to remain in place beyond its scheduled end date of 31 March.\n\nOn Monday they were joined by six Conservative MPs, who defied party orders to abstain and backed a symbolic motion calling for an extension.\n\nIn an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Dame Louise said the £20-a-week increase had proved a \"lifeline\" to poorer families.\n\n\"The Treasury need to step back and not feel this constant responsibility to close the books all the time, and fight and fight and fight,\" she said.\n\nOn the idea the top-up could end in March, she added: \"It's not the right thing to do.\"\n\nReferencing a phrase coined by Theresa May in 2002 about how the Conservatives were sometimes perceived, she added they would \"go back to being the nasty party\" if they did so.\n\nDame Louise added that the country had been \"torn to shreds\" by the pandemic, with an impact \"far deeper and greater than anything I've ever seen in my lifetime\".\n\n\"I think we will have to have a big plan to deal with the wounds inflicted by this pandemic once everybody's vaccinated,\" she added.\n\n\"And I think the government needs to turn its attention to that now, and not leave it until the summer.\"\n\nDame Louise, who was made a crossbench peer by the prime minister in July, also urged ministers to think about long-term reforms to the welfare system.\n\n\"Everybody is focused on the NHS and vaccinations, that I think everything else we see is incredibly reactive,\" she said.\n\nShe called on the government to take inspiration from the World War Two-era Beveridge report, which laid the foundations for the UK's welfare state, and draw up a long-term strategy for recovery after the pandemic.\n\n\"We're all in this storm, everybody's experienced it, just some people are in decent boats and some people are in rafts that are sinking.\n\n\"And that gives the prime minister the moment to say 'I am going to step into the shoes of a Beveridge moment'.\n\n\"If there's any reason for government to decide to actually rebuild Britain, so the divide between the rich and the poor isn't as big as it is... it's this pandemic\".\n\nUniversal credit can be claimed by both people who are in and out of work\n\nUniversal credit is a working-age benefit claimed by around 6m people, replacing six benefits and merging them into a single payment.\n\nPoverty campaign charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says 500,000 more people will be driven into poverty if the temporary £20 top-up is rolled back.\n\nHowever the Institute for Economic Affairs think tank has argued that \"across-the-board benefit increases are a wasteful use of taxpayers' money\".\n\nThe top-up, estimated to cost around £6bn a year, was brought in at the start of the pandemic as a temporary response due to lockdown.\n\nA government spokesperson said that support was being targeted by raising the living wage, spending on the furlough scheme, boosting welfare spending and introducing the £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme.", "There is a photograph of Kamala Harris, taken in 1986, while she was a student at Howard University.\n\nShe and two other friends, all shoulder pads and plaid, are smiling and laughing, a crowd behind them. It's a picture brimming with energy and hope.\n\nIt's been used a lot in telling the extraordinary story of her rise to become the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president and the first person who attended one of America's HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to get to such a position.\n\nBut this is the story of the other women in the photograph, her two best friends - Valarie Pippen and Karen Gibbs - as well as of others who might have been milling about in the background there.\n\nThis was the 1980s, when the children of America's civil rights generation came of age. Being at Howard University, an HBCU at a time when solidarity with the global anti-apartheid movement was reaching fever pitch and at the height of Reaganism, was a formative experience for many of them.\n\nNow they are about to witness one of their own become vice-president. What have their journeys been like and what does this moment feel like?\n\nHistorically Black Colleges, like Howard University, were founded in order to educate African Americans who were otherwise prohibited from attending college, after slavery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlthough that has now changed, a core part of the Howard message remains its focus on cultivating black leaders - it is not just about academic achievement, but social activism too.\n\nKamala Harris has made clear the influence Howard University had on her career and life goals. Last week, on the anniversary of her sorority's founding date, she posted on Instagram, paying homage to her Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and referring to her days at Howard, attending anti-apartheid marches and being part of the debate team: \"Howard taught me that while you will often find that you're the only one in the room who looks like you, or who has had the experiences you've had, you must remember: you are never alone.\"\n\nLike Ms Harris, I also went to Howard University and became a member of that same sorority decades later.\n\nI became intrigued by the stories of the other women and graduates who ventured out into the same world during the same time as Kamala.\n\nIn that photograph, Valarie Pippen is on the right and smiling with confidence at the camera.\n\nHer parents attended historically black colleges after moving north with the great migration, which was the movement over decades of millions of African Americans to the North from the South, where economic uncertainty and segregation prevailed. They settled in the Chicago region and forged successful careers.\n\nShe was led to Howard, specifically, after her older brother attended and brought home a yearbook that intrigued her.\n\nHoward had a festive celebratory atmosphere that the friends made the most of while they were there\n\n\"The culture was festive and lively yet focused on academic and cultural advancement of oppressed people,\" says Ms Pippen. \"We knew that our generation would make a difference with our success.\"\n\nMs Pippen says that at Howard University \"we all had more of a striving to do well, a striving to live with integrity and to make your mark on the world\".\n\nComing from a high-achieving and proud black family with high expectations of their children, she was brought up knowing that her college experience was going to be important.\n\nShe is now a healthcare consultant, and after graduating from Howard she attended medical school at Yale.\n\nShe recalls the commitment to academic excellence, the need to prove your worth out there in the world and how that also translated into many nights studying with her good friend Kamala.\n\n\"There was one year at Howard, we both stayed for summer school. We worked during the day, did night classes and we studied together afterwards. We did that for the whole summer and we had fun.\n\n\"She was born for the job. Her dedication - like mine - was to academics, being an all around good person and to integrity.\"\n\nIn the 1990s, 52% of black pharmacy recipients, 30% of dentistry degree recipients, and 27% of theology degree recipients were all educated at HBCUs.\n\nToday, the two oldest HBCU medical schools - Meharry Medical College and Howard University - are responsible for more than 80% of black doctors and dentists practising in the US.\n\nHBCUs have educated three-quarters of all black people holding a doctorate; three-quarters of all black officers in the armed forces; and four-fifths of all black federal judges, according to the US Department of Education.\n\nThe culture they fostered was hugely important for many ambitious and successful middle- and upper-class class black families going out into a world to become leaders in their field, within one generation of getting the right to vote.\n\nKaren Gibbs, pictured on the left in that photo, remains best friends with the vice-president elect and Valarie Pippen.\n\nShe is now an attorney and speaks of her time at Howard in the same way Kamala Harris has in the past.\n\nThere was \"a lot of black pride and a lot of black love\" in the Howard community, says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"We had black professors who loved us. That was the beauty of going to Howard. They nurtured us, they groomed us. They were realistic to tell us what we would confront when we left Howard - but they equipped us to realise and achieve our dreams.\"\n\nThat environment was especially important as an escape from the realities of society.\n\n\"I was raised in a rural area in Delaware, and the people there were really racist. I had been called bad names by a lot of people, despite having a black family and smaller community filled with educators and proud of their roots,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\nThat is one of the reasons that she wanted to attend Howard University, to become a civil rights lawyer. She made the move so that she could be surrounded by \"love\" and \"support\".\n\n\"It was never a matter if I would go to an HBCU,\" it was just a matter of which she would go to.\n\nMs Gibbs and Ms Pippen's experience at Howard University strikes a chord with others who were also there in the 1980s.\n\nThey speak of the open fostering of social awareness and political activism in movements happening off campus.\n\nBeing in the nation's capital, Howard in particular had a front-row seat to some memorable episodes in politics.\n\nThe debate team in 1981 at Howard University. Kamala Harris was one of the few women to join the club.\n\nDexter Cole, a Howard alumnus and now top executive at TV One, told the BBC that \"our parents actively participated in the civil rights movements and were at the forefront, and we came to Howard with a sense of commitment to not only improve the lives of ourselves, but others as well\".\n\nAcross the nation, HBCUs were training a generation who would have a large impact on the world, and the progression of the broader African-American community.\n\n\"We understood that we were agents of change.\"\n\nMr Cole explained that \"social unrest was very prevalent, but as a student body we knew that we had a seat at the table because of those we saw who went before us\".\n\n\"I remember marching on Capitol Hill on the National Mall. There was a group of students going to protest to make Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday, and now I look there is a memorial just where I marched.\n\n\"We knew what our rights were and we were determined to invoke our right. That's why there were so many of us active in the anti-apartheid movement - we saw it play out in the US,\" says Ms Gibbs.\n\n\"It was a time when a lot of people from the era transcended into important places in different parts of society,\" says Lita Rosario-Richardson.\n\nMs Rosario-Richardson is currently an entertainment lawyer. On campus, she recruited Ms Harris on to the debate team.\n\n\"The election of Kamala Harris has really made crystal clear that Howard prepares you for anything,\" she adds.\n\nAlthough it is no surprise to those who knew Kamala Harris that she is now the vice-president of the United States, it feels like a vindication for their own personal journeys and the philosophy they took forward with them into the wider world.\n\n\"It was instilled that with your education comes a responsibility to improve the world - specifically our own people. And, we see that that has benefited everyone in America.\n\n\"Kamala is a child of desegregation, like myself. Her nomination seemed historically fit, and she's the right person for it,\" Ms Rosario-Richardson adds.\n\nDexter Cole is now a top executive at TV One\n\n\"Alumni like Thurgood Marshall - the first black Supreme Court Justice - who attended Howard laid the framework.\"\n\nEven during their time as students, these alumni felt that they were connected to greatness and expected to make big strides in the world.\n\nIt was not a feeling confined to Kamala Harris. The stories of these women show many have become movers and shakers in their own fields.\n\n\"All this has come full circle,\" says Andrea Holmes, a graduate who is now a marketing executive.\n\n\"The vice-presidency is where she belongs. She is the role model of the world and to all women and little girls.\"\n\nThe original photograph of Kamala, Valarie and Karen was taken in 1986 at Howard University's famous Homecoming.\n\nAt most schools in the US, homecoming is an annual tradition marked by an American football game and partying. At Howard University, homecoming is marked by a football game as well as a week of events where all generations come back to meet and celebrate. Notable graduates as well as celebrities and artists come to perform, join discussions, and be part of the week.\n\nAs a graduate, I know Homecoming remains a highly anticipated annual event, an experience like no other. That picture captures the energy, friendship and ambition of a group of women, at Howard in an electric era, who felt capable of anything.\n\nValarie Pippen remembers the moment: \"The weekend was truly exhilarating, and you can see from the looks and smiles on our faces we were having the time of our lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 2,000 homes in parts of Manchester are being evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph.\n\nThe Environment Agency (EA) has issued two severe flood warnings, which means danger to life, for the Didsbury and Northenden areas.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey of Greater Manchester Police has warned some of those affected would \"be Covid-positive or isolating at home\".\n\nHe said the government was working to ensure it was \"totally prepared\" for floods \"in every part of the UK\".\n\nA major incident was earlier declared for the Greater Manchester area where up to 3,000 properties were feared to be at risk.\n\nMr Johnson urged people not to stay in their homes if they were told to evacuate.\n\n\"If you are told to leave your home then you should do so.\n\n\"People may think this is a minor issue at the moment, still relevantly minor by standards of previous floods, but never underestimate the suffering, the misery, that floods can cause people.\"\n\nUnder government restrictions due to the current national lockdown people are allowed to leave their homes to escape harm.\n\nIn an alert to those affected, ACC Bailey said: \"A basin at Didsbury to take water from the Mersey is full. It will over-top in the next few hours. As a result we will be issuing a flood warning to homes.\n\n\"This will be through texted flood alerts to some people, and police officers, PCSOs, firefighters, and volunteers will be knocking on doors.\"\n\nHe said police will be supported by North West Ambulance, the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance.\n\n\"I think it's important to stress that if you are contacted and advised to evacuate then we would strongly urge you to do so,\" he added.\n\nWater levels in the area were expected to peak at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nA major incident has also been declared in Derbyshire, where authorities believe a small number of evacuations are \"likely\" on Thursday morning, when the River Derwent is expected to peak.\n\nCounty council leader Barry Lewis said it could rival levels seen in November 2019, depending on the weather overnight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM says the government is making sure it is “totally prepared in every part of the UK” for flooding after Storm Christoph.\n\nSpeaking after a Cobra emergency meeting on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said work was under way to ensure transport and energy networks, and local council services, were prepared.\n\nHe added that work was also taking place to ensure the necessary numbers of sandbags were available.\n\n\"We want to make sure that we are totally prepared in every part of the UK for flooding, because it is coming on top of the stress people are already under fighting Covid,\" he said.\n\n\"We looked at particularly Manchester, we've got a situation potentially developing there,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"We are looking at a pattern of rainfall possibly not as bad at the end of this week, maybe worse next week.\"\n\nPeople in Greater Manchester have also been advised not to travel.\n\nStephen Rhodes, from Transport from Greater Manchester, said there was disruption across the network.\n\n\"Let's work together and not put our emergency services and the NHS - who are already working extremely hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic - under any more pressure,\" he said.\n\nIn Merseyside, the M57 has been closed in both directions between junction 6 and 7 due to flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 100 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 200 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nRiver levels have risen rapidly in parts of northern England\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nThe Met Office said some isolated areas could see up to 200mm (7.8in).\n\nSandbags have been distributed as Storm Christoph batters parts of England\n\n\"Once again the government's response to inevitable flood events has been slow and uncoordinated,\" the Barnsley East MP said.\n\n\"We must ensure councils are supported to protect people, businesses, and local communities, and that all of the necessary precautions are also in place to protect those fighting the floods in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Gender Identity Service is based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust\n\nThe NHS's child gender-identity service has been rated \"inadequate\" after inspectors identified \"significant concerns\".\n\nThe Care Quality Commission inspected the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in October.\n\nMore than 4,600 young people were on the waiting list and some had waited over two years for a first appointment.\n\nThe trust said it took the CQC report \"very seriously\".\n\nEngland and Wales' only children's gender-identity service was inspected after healthcare professionals and the children's commissioner for England raised concerns around \"clinical practice, safeguarding procedures, and assessments of capacity and consent to treatment\".\n\nThe children's commissioner had been provided evidence of staff concerns by BBC Newsnight.\n\nThe CQC's previous inspection, in 2016, had resulted in an overall \"good\" rating.\n\nBut in the latest inspection at clinics run by the trust in north London and Leeds, Gids was rated:\n\nOverall, the service is now rated as \"inadequate\".\n\nAnd the CQC has begun enforcement action, demanding monthly updates of the numbers on the waiting list and actions to reduce them.\n\nThe inspectors found Gids \"difficult to access\" and raised concerns over managing the risk to those on the waiting list, saying many of those waiting for or receiving a service were \"vulnerable and at risk of self-harm\".\n\n\"The size of the waiting list meant that staff were unable to proactively manage the risks to patients waiting for a first appointment,\" they added.\n\nRecord-keeping at Gids was also criticised, with the CQC noting that \"staff had not consistently recorded the competency, capacity and consent of patients referred for medical treatment before January 2020\".\n\nThis had changed since, but the CQC noted that in an audit of 10 records of young people referred for hormone blockers in March 2020, \"only three contained a completed consent form and checklist for referral\".\n\nA rating of inadequate is the lowest a healthcare provider can receive from the Care Quality Commission. It means that a service is \"performing badly\".\n\nGids had been rated good at its last inspection in 2016, but since then a number of concerns have been raised about the service.\n\nThe number of young people referred to Gids has increased significantly in recent years - leading to some of the delays in care highlighted by the inspection.\n\nBBC Newsnight has explored the standard of healthcare received by young people questioning their gender identity for the last 18 months.\n\nIn that time, NHS England has changed its guidance on the use of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria, saying little is known about the long-term side effects, and an independent review of this area of health is under way.\n\nLast June we revealed how some Gids staff had raised serious concerns about safeguarding at the service, the speed of assessments, and whether patients' traumatic backgrounds and other difficulties were always adequately explored.\n\nThe comments were made as part of an official internal review into Gids, which also described how staff felt they had been \"shut down\". We also discovered that some of these concerns dated back to 2005.\n\nFurthermore, it was not possible to clearly understand why clinical decisions had been made.\n\nAfter reviewing 35 care records, the CQC found there was \"no clearly defined assessment process\" and \"many records did not demonstrate good practice\".\n\nThe records also appeared to be \"insufficient\" in considering the needs of young people with autism spectrum disorders.\n\nIn a sample of 22 records, the CQC found more than half mentioned autistic spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but \"records did not demonstrate consideration of the relationship between autistic spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria\".\n\nSignificant variation in the clinical approach of different staff members was also noted. Assessments of young people ranged from \"two or three sessions\" in some cases to over 25, or even more than 50.\n\nCQC deputy chief inspector of hospitals Kevin Cleary said his team continued to monitor the trust \"extremely closely\" and inspected the service again because \"we were extremely clear that there were improvements needed in providing person-centred care, capacity and consent, safe care and treatment, and governance\".\n\n\"In addition, vulnerable young people were not having their needs met as they were waiting too long for treatment.\"\n\nThe leadership at the trust knew \"exactly what improvements are needed\", he added.\n\nThe trust said: \"We take the CQC's report very seriously and would like to say sorry to patients for the length of time they are waiting to be seen, which was a critical factor in arriving at this rating.\"\n\nAccepting there was a \"need for improvements in our assessments, systems and processes\", the trust said it agreed with the CQC that the \"growth in referrals has exceeded the capacity of the service\".\n\nIt added improvements were being made, saying: \"We are already finalising plans to bring in senior clinical and operational expertise from outside the service to help us implement the necessary changes and consider how we can improve on current processes and practice - including how we standardise our assessment process.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned there will be \"tough weeks to come\" as the UK reported another all-time high of daily coronavirus deaths.\n\nA further 1,820 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, according to government figures.\n\nIt means the total number of deaths by that measure is now 93,290.\n\nMr Johnson said there was now a \"race against time\" to vaccinate the vulnerable but he hoped there would be a \"real difference\" by spring.\n\nIn an interview with broadcasters, he said the high number of deaths was \"appalling\" and a reflection of the peak infection rates seen a couple of weeks ago.\n\nHe said: \"I must warn people there will be tough weeks to come, but as the vaccine goes in and that programme accelerates, there will be, I think, a real difference by spring.\"\n\nJust under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier.\n\nThe previous highest number of daily deaths was the 1,610 reported on Tuesday.\n\nSome 4,609,740 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine - a rise of 343,163 from yesterday.\n\nThere were also a further 38,905 cases, with 3,887 more patients admitted into hospital.\n\nIt is the second consecutive day deaths have hit a new high.\n\nThat, sadly, was to be expected as it is a reflection of the surge in cases seen during December.\n\nIt takes a week or two from the point of infection for someone to become seriously ill - and they can then spend some time in hospital. The high number is also a result of delays reporting deaths - a quarter happened last week or even before.\n\nBut make no mistake the death toll is going up. If you look at the average over the course of a week, the numbers being reported at the moment are twice what they were just two weeks ago.\n\nHowever, we also know they should soon start coming down. Daily infections are falling, with signs lockdown is taking effect. For four days in a row new diagnoses have been below 40,000 - after averaging 60,000 at the start of year.\n\nIt could be another week or so before we start to see the impact of that in the death figures. The hope then would be that within a few weeks we could start seeing a more rapid fall as the impact of the vaccination programme begins to bite.\n\nBut before that happens the daily totals reported could, sadly, go even higher.\n\nNew coronavirus cases are down by 21.5% over the last seven days. But the number of patients being admitted into hospital in the same period has not yet fallen (up by 0.5%).\n\nThe prime minister said it looked as though infection rates across the country overall might now be peaking or flattening, but he cautioned that \"they're not flattening very fast\".\n\nAsked if daily deaths would continue to rise, he said it was \"difficult to predict\".\n\nHe added: \"We must hope that by getting the numbers of daily infections down in the way that perhaps has been happening since the lockdown that will feed through into a reduction in deaths as well.\n\n\"But I must stress that we have tough weeks to come now as we roll out the vaccine.\n\n\"The light will only really begin to dawn as we get those vaccination numbers up.\"\n\nEarlier, the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told Sky News: \"This is very, very bad at the moment, with enormous pressure, and in some cases it looks like a war zone in terms of the things that people are having to deal with.\"\n\nHe said there was \"light at the end of the tunnel\" in the form of the vaccination programme.\n\nBut he said vaccines were \"not going to do the heavy lifting for us at the moment, anywhere near it\".\n\nMilitary personnel are going to be deployed to a number of hospitals to help staff cope with high numbers of cases, including in Northern Ireland and Exeter.\n\nAnd this week 10 hospital trusts across England consistently reported having no spare adult critical care beds.\n\nIn other developments, Home Secretary Priti Patel said ministers were working to ensure police and other frontline workers were moved up the priority list for the Covid vaccine.\n\nMr Johnson said the government must rely on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, but wanted front-line workers to be immunised \"as soon as possible\".\n\nHe also said the vaccination programme remained \"on track\" despite \"constraints on supply\".", "Theresa May has accused her successor Boris Johnson of \"abandoning\" the UK's moral leadership on the world stage.\n\nThe ex-prime minister said Mr Johnson's decision to cut the overseas aid budget below 0.7% of national income had reduced the UK's global \"credibility\".\n\nShe wrote in the Daily Mail the UK had to \"live up to its values\" and would be judged by its actions not its rhetoric.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK was \"embarking on a quite phenomenal year\" of global leadership.\n\nQuestioned about Mrs May's comments by the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: \"I think it's very important the prime minister of the UK has the best possible relationship with the president of the United States.\n\n\"That's part of the job description.\"\n\nHe cited the UK's hosting of a global vaccine summit, the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, as well as the G7 summit of leading industrial nations, in Cornwall, and his pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as examples of the UK's global leadership.\n\nMr Blackford called on the PM to reverse \"his cruel policy of cutting international aid for the world's poorest\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP Westminster leader called in the PM to reverse his \"cruel\" international aid policy\n\nLater on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump.\n\nIn advance of the event, Mr Johnson said he looked forward to working \"hand-in-hand\" with the new administration and that post-Covid challenges could only be tackled by \"international co-operation\".\n\nBut, in an article in the Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson had squandered international goodwill by choosing not to meet the longstanding UN target of spending 0.7% of income on international development.\n\nThe government says it cannot meet the figure - enshrined in UK law - this year because of the strain placed on the public finances by the pandemic.\n\nTheresa May has made these criticisms - on overseas aid and the threat by the government to override international law - before.\n\nQuite often she gets a dig in when she stands up in the House of Commons.\n\nBut packaging it all up in this way, on this day, is, in the words of one of her close former advisers, \"quite punchy\".\n\nThe government would rather focus on the relationship it is going to forge with the new US president.\n\nMinisters feel they have quite a lot in common with Joe Biden when it comes to working together on the world stage, fighting climate change and co-operating on global security.\n\nMrs May also criticised Mr Johnson's support for legislation which could have allowed the UK to go back on parts of its Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, had it been passed.\n\nControversial clauses were ultimately removed from the Internal Market Bill in December, after the UK and EU reached an agreement.\n\nBut Mr Johnson's threat to break international law was criticised in Europe and the US - where Mr Biden warned it could imperil peace in Northern Ireland.\n\nMrs May said the UK was \"well placed to play a decisive role in shaping this more co-operative world but to lead we must live up to our values\".\n\n\"Other countries listen to what we say not simply because of who we are, but because of what we do. The world does not owe us a prominent place on its stage,\" she added.\n\n\"Whatever the rhetoric we deploy, it is our actions which count. So, we should do nothing which signals a retreat from our global commitments.\"\n\nMrs May suggested the end of the Trump presidency could be a catalyst for a change in world politics\n\nMrs May, who had a sometimes strained relationship with Mr Trump, said Mr Biden's election presented the UK with a \"golden opportunity\" for Western democracies to reverse the trend towards \"absolutism\" - and a \"few strongmen facing off against each other\" - in global affairs.\n\nThe UK holds the presidency of the G7 this year and hosts the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.\n\nMr Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming Mr Biden to the UK at least twice in 2021.\n\n\"In our fight against Covid and across climate change, defence, security, and in promoting and defending democracy, our goals are the same and our nations will work hand-in-hand to achieve them,\" he added.", "(From left to right) Janet Yellen, Lloyd Austin, Deb Haaland\n\nPresident Joe Biden's first cabinet is being described as the most diverse ever. The latest historic first is an openly gay cabinet secretary.\n\nWhen George Washington convened the first cabinet meeting two centuries ago - though he didn't call it by that name - he enshrined the idea of promoting diverse perspectives at the heart of US government. Of course, back in 1791, all the voices in the room were white and male.\n\nYou won't find the cabinet mentioned in the lines of the Constitution, but the first president saw the value of advisers who could guide him on major issues while bringing different viewpoints to the table.\n\nIn 2021, America has seen its first openly gay cabinet secretary in Pete Buttigieg - the latest Biden confirmation - as well as its first female treasury secretary, first black Pentagon chief and more.\n\nMr Biden has been under pressure from all sides to deliver on his promises of a cabinet that truly reflects the country rather than a line-up of familiar political faces.\n\nThe graphic above shows all of Mr Biden's nominees - those with black and white photos are white men, while those with colour photographs are in one or more of these categories: women; people belonging to ethnic minorities; member of the LGBT community.\n\n\"This cabinet will be more representative of the American people than any other cabinet in history,\" Mr Biden told reporters in December.\n\nIf approved by the Senate, it will include Congresswoman Deb Haaland as the first Native American cabinet secretary in US history and Miguel Cardona, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, as his education chief.\n\nMr Biden's first cabinet is even more diverse than that put together by Barack Obama, who came close to truly reflecting the country but fell short with seven women to 16 men, and just one black secretary.\n\nBut not everyone has been pleased with his choices. When Mr Biden chose General Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon - the first black man to do so - other activists were upset that the position was yet again denied to a woman. And Mr Biden picked two white men to head the state and agriculture agencies - Anthony Blinken and Tom Vilsack - when progressive groups would rather have seen him nominate black women to the roles.\n\nProgressive liberals have also criticised Mr Biden's selections as too safe, too moderate, too establishment and too old. For many of the supporters who delivered Mr Biden the presidency, he's not there just yet.\n\nSince 1933, only 11 presidents have named women to cabinet-level positions. No cabinets have ever matched the gender or racial balance of the country.\n\nThe cabinet size can vary depending on administration, but they're roughly composed of around 15 executives. In the last 30 years, the trend has been towards greater representation - or at least it was, until the Trump administration.\n\nOn the day of President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the Washington Post wrote that the new Democratic leader had assembled \"the most diverse Cabinet in history: five women, four blacks and two Latinos\".\n\nMr Clinton's small business administrator Aida Alvarez was the first-ever Latina appointed to a cabinet-level position.\n\nPresident George W Bush's first cabinet was lauded by the New York Times as \"a governing team every bit as ethnically and racially diverse as President Clinton's\".\n\nMr Bush chose Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, to become the country's first black secretary of state. He also tapped Norman Mineta - a Democrat who became the first Asian American to hold a cabinet-level spot under Mr Clinton - to head his transportation department.\n\nLater on, the Bush administration made history again with the appointment of Condoleezza Rice: the first black woman to serve as secretary of state and then as national security adviser. Mr Bush also placed the first Pacific Islander and Asian American woman, Elaine Chao, in a cabinet role as labour secretary.\n\nPresident Barack Obama's history-making first cabinet was dubbed a \"majority-minority\". Mr Obama's inner circle had seven women, nine minorities and just eight white men.\n\nUnder Mr Obama, Susan Rice became the first black woman to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, and Eric Holder became the first black US attorney general.\n\nIn a throwback to the Reagan era, President Donald Trump's inner circle was notably white, affluent and male - though he had more women in his White House than previous Republicans.\n\nAnd Mr Trump did appoint women to other roles in the administration. He named the first Indian-American, Nikki Haley, as UN ambassador.\n\nBut why has it taken this long for women and minorities to make it into the room where decisions happen?\n\n\"When we think about how you get to these roles, one way is to come through elected office,\" says Professor Kelly Dittmar of the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics.\n\n\"So if you have a dearth of women and women of colour in elective office, and that's where presidents are looking, in part, to identify cabinet officials, then you already start with an uneven pool.\"\n\nWe saw the first woman in US Congress in 1916, she explains, but it took nearly two more decades before President Franklin Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a cabinet role (that was Labor Secretary Frances Perkins).\n\nThe story for black and other ethnic minority Americans has taken even longer. The first black man took a seat in Congress in 1870, but we didn't see a black man in the cabinet until President Lyndon Johnson appointed Robert Weaver in 1966. It took until 1968 for the first black woman to be elected to Congress. The first black woman in the cabinet followed in 1977 (Patricia Roberts Harris, Housing Secretary).\n\nThe US has no formal rules requiring equal representation for these groups in government, either.\n\nCountries with quotas in government or at the political party level have made strides towards equality at leadership levels. For example, Rwanda in 2018 saw 61% women in its lower chamber.\n\nIn three key posts, the Defence, Treasury, and Veteran's Affairs departments, there has never been a woman in the job - until now.\n\nOn 25 January, Janet Yellen was confirmed as Treasury Secretary, breaking that particular glass ceiling.\n\nOld time stereotypes have given way in this sector. Surveys show people nowadays are more likely to rate the genders equal when it comes to handling the economy.\n\nProf Dittmar says there are more persistent stereotypes about men versus women's expertise when it comes to defence and national security matters, and public opinion polls have shown this divide. Women weren't allowed in the military until 1948.\n\n\"Even though we have certainly seen greater diversification, these fields are among the most male dominant, especially at the highest levels,\" says Prof Dittmar. \"There's all sorts of biases going on within those structures to prevent women's advancement, I'm sure. That helps explain why those gaps have been there at least historically.\"\n\nOhio State University political science and gender studies Professor Wendy Smooth says these appointments are a way of signalling broader initiatives and values - inextricably tied to policy, but also indicators of identity.\n\n\"One of the early ways that a presidential administration expresses that willingness to be accountable is through cabinet picks,\" Prof Smooth says.\n\n\"These are the first acts that demonstrate the will of the administration, the spirit of the administration, the values of the administration. It's an identity moment. It's going to be the who we are as the Biden administration and who we are interested in connecting with in the American public.\"\n\nIt may be difficult to directly measure the importance of symbolism, but turning preconceived notions of leadership upside down can have very tangible implications.\n\n\"If you see a woman as secretary of defence for the first time, does that start to disrupt expectations that men are better and more expert in areas of defence? Yes, inevitably it does,\" Prof Dittmar says.\n\nShe says the same is true for Vice-President Kamala Harris and her history-making appointment.\n\n\"I hope that after her tenure as vice-president, the next time we have women running for president that these questions about electability or qualifications or capability will be at least fewer than they were.\"\n\nAnd research from an increasingly diverse Congress has shown that women bring priorities and issues to the table that may otherwise have been ignored. \"And that, ultimately, is better for making policy that better speaks to the experiences of the population that they serve,\" Prof Dittmar explains.\n\n\"Unless you can tell me that living your life as a woman or as a black woman or as a South Asian woman in the United States is the same as living your life as a white man, then I don't at all understand why we wouldn't expect that to make a difference in the lens through which they see policy.\"", "Joy Morgan was a second year midwifery student at the University of Hertfordshire\n\nA student murdered by a fellow church member may have been given drugs without her knowing, an inquest heard.\n\nThe body of Joy Morgan, 20, was found in Hertfordshire woodland in October 2019, two months after Shohfah-El Israel was convicted of her murder.\n\nTraces of MDMA were found in her body and the inquest was told there was no evidence that Ms Morgan would have taken the drug herself voluntarily.\n\nIsrael, of Fordwych Road, north-west London, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of 17 years for Ms Morgan's murder in August 2019, despite the fact her body had not been found.\n\nDuring sentencing, Judge Michael Soole said Israel's \"cruel and cowardly\" refusal to reveal her whereabouts caused \"continuing distress and suffering\" to her family.\n\nShohfah-El Israel was convicted by a jury at Reading Crown Court\n\nTwo months later, the remains of Ms Morgan were found in woodland off Chadwell Road, Norton Green, near Stevenage.\n\nPart of the police evidence showed the killer had been in the area of the woods shortly after Ms Morgan's disappearance in December 2018.\n\nShe was reported missing on 7 February 2019 after failing to return to her studies.\n\nBoth Israel and Ms Morgan, who was in her second year at the University of Hertfordshire studying midwifery, were worshippers at the Israel United in Christ Church in Ilford.\n\nAn inquest at Hatfield Coroner's Court heard her body was found badly decomposed, and wrapped in black plastic bin liners and gaffer tape.\n\nThe court heard toxicology tests showed MDMA in her body, and Det Insp Justine Jenkins said there was no evidence to indicate she would have voluntarily or knowingly taken illegal drugs.\n\n\"She was a church-goer, there is nothing to suggest [she took drugs] at all.\n\n\"We did, however, find MDMA in Israel's car, and it is likely that he was responsible for giving her these drugs.\"\n\nJoy Morgan's remains were found in woodland at Norton Green\n\nForensic pathologist Dr Charlotte Randall said there were three possible minor bruises on Ms Morgan's limbs. She added there was no evidence that Ms Morgan had been stabbed or shot, or restrained or suffered injuries consistent with a sexual assault.\n\nShe found evidence of a possible fracture to her hyoid bone, but there was nothing to suggest she had suffered compression of the neck.\n\nDr Randall said there was no evidence the student had suffered a head injury, but said she could have been rendered unconscious by a blow to the head that was \"non-fatal\".\n\nShe could not rule out suffocation as a cause of death, potentially following milder blunt force trauma to the head.\n\nCoroner Geoffrey Sullivan said: \"[The MDMA] is not something that she would have taken and one can't exclude that she was given that, and it in some way rendered her incapable or unconscious.\"\n\nHe said the cause of Ms Morgan's death could not be ascertained.\n\nAfter the inquest, her mother Carol Morgan described her daughter as \"an amazing person\".\n\n\"She's been cremated, I haven't decided where to put her ashes so at the moment she's still at home with me,\" she said.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "In the end, the master provocateur ended up provoking the wrong person in the wrong way at the wrong time.\n\nUntil August 2017, Steve Bannon was arguably the second most powerful man in Washington. The president's one-time chief strategist was the puller of strings, the Trump-whisperer, revelling in his role as an agent of chaos.\n\nAfter the 2016 election, he was among \"the best talent in politics\" - in Trump's words.\n\nThen he became \"Sloppy Steve\", a derogatory nickname used by the US president after Bannon was quoted in a book saying several things that appear to have made his former boss unhappy.\n\nOne example that made headlines was that the president's son, Donald Trump Jr, had committed a \"treasonous\" act in talking to Russians.\n\nBannon's backers cut their ties with him, he left the powerful right-wing media empire Breitbart, and the future of the man behind some of Trump's most headline-grabbing policies was left up in the air.\n\nAnd then in August 2020, more bad news. Bannon was arrested and charged with fraud over an online fundraising scheme to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.\n\nProsecutors said he received more than $1m - and used some of it to pay off personal expenses. He pleaded not guilty.\n\nEven in a White House where political careers have the life expectancy of a house fly, Bannon's sudden rise and fall over four years is remarkable. Here's how it came about.\n\nAs executive chairman of Breitbart - a combative conservative site with an anti-establishment agenda - Bannon was an early cheerleader for Trump and Trumpism.\n\nBut it was not until 15 months into the property tycoon's presidential race that Bannon joined his team.\n\nBy that point he was already, according to a profile on the Bloomberg website, \"the most dangerous political operative in America\", a man with Democrats and establishment Republicans in his crosshairs, and a knack for well-timed confrontation. A disruptive Trump presented Bannon with a golden opportunity.\n\nWithout Seinfeld, there is no Steve Bannon - it will become clear, don't worry\n\nBannon was born into a family of Irish Catholics - all Kennedy Democrats - in Virginia in November 1953.\n\nHe was not political, he said, until an eight-year stint with the Navy starting in 1977, when he became a Reagan Republican in response to President Carter's handling of the Iran conflict.\n\nA master of reinvention, he went on to work as an executive with the Goldman Sachs bank, before helping finance and produce Hollywood films and later emerging as a political Svengali.\n\nHis record in Hollywood can be described as patchy at best (\"The business runs on talent relationships,\" one former colleague told the New Yorker. \"He had this real will-to-power vibe that was so off-putting.\")\n\nBut Bannon did strike gold in one big way - by negotiating a share of the profits in a new television show, Seinfeld, in 1993. The show ran for nine seasons and was widely syndicated - in November 2016, Forbes estimated that Bannon, if he owned only a 1% share in the show's profits, would have earned $32.6m (£24m) by that point.\n\nAfter returning to the US from the Chinese city of Shanghai in 2008 feeling the Bush administration was a \"disaster\", Bannon was struck by what he described to the New Yorker as \"this phenomenon called Sarah Palin\". Bannon warmed to the brand of populism employed by the Alaskan governor picked as John McCain's Republican running mate in the 2008 presidential race.\n\nThat populist wave would come crashing to shore with Trump's participation in the 2016 election, a wave Bannon proudly rode the whole way. In Trump, he recognised a willing outlet for his idea that, according to Wolff, \"the new politics was not the art of compromise, but the art of conflict\".\n\nBannon had long talked up Trump's chances on Breitbart News Network, which he took over in 2012 after the death of its founder, Andrew Breitbart. Bannon considered Trump, according to Wolff's book, \"a big warm-hearted monkey\".\n\nLike many of the businessman's cheerleaders, Bannon was eventually invited into his inner circle, becoming the CEO of the Trump campaign in August 2016.\n\nDishevelled, regularly unshaven, and prone to wearing two shirts at the same time, he was an unlikely candidate to work closely with Trump, who places a high value on appearance. But somehow it worked.\n\nBannon's economic nationalist outlook and his eagerness for a \"deconstruction of the administrative state\" - a tearing apart of the system of taxes and regulations that he believed had hindered the US over years - chimed with Trump's \"Make America Great Again\" plea.\n\nTwo days after his arrival, Bannon replaced Paul Manafort as campaign chairman.\n\nBannon's counterpart in the Democratic camp, Robby Mook, responded furiously: \"Donald Trump has decided to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts by turning his campaign over to someone who is best known for running a so-called news site that peddles divisive, sometimes racist... sometimes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.\"\n\nThe provocateur in Bannon will almost certainly have enjoyed the reaction to his appointment. Less than three months later, he'd have even more to celebrate.\n\nTrump and Bannon thought as one in the last weeks of the campaign, to the extent that the Republican candidate would often demand: \"Where's my Steve? Where's my Steve?\", according to one former Trump aide.\n\nIn interviews after the event, Bannon said he always believed Trump would win. But not everyone else did, according to Michael Wolff's book. Indeed, in the weeks after the billionaire won, \"he had come to credit Bannon with something like mystical powers\" for having predicted the victory.\n\nWhite House appointments aren't often met with wide protests - but then Steve Bannon's was no ordinary appointment\n\nDays after the election, Trump named his trusted lieutenant as \"chief strategist\" - a newly created role - in his cabinet.\n\nThere were wide protests against the decision, and 169 members of the House - all Democrats - sent a letter to the president-elect asking him to withdraw Bannon's nomination, saying \"bigotry, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia should have no place in our society, and they certainly have no place in the White House\".\n\nBannon's vision was made clear in Trump's bleak inaugural address, which he wrote. Wolff says in his book it was \"a Bannon-driven message to the other side that the country was about to undergo profound change... his take-back-the-country, America-first, carnage-everywhere vision of the country\".\n\nThe \"American carnage\" speech painted a vision of a US with \"mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation\".\n\nThe full ramifications of Bannon's America First policy were made clear a week later, with Trump signing an executive order dreamt up by his chief strategist that banned people from seven Muslim-majority countries from travelling to the US. It caught many White House staff unaware.\n\nBannon, Wolff writes, was \"satisfied\" at the move and the subsequent outrage. \"He could not have hoped to draw a more vivid line between the two Americas - Trump's and liberals',\" Wolff writes, adding that the timing of its release before a busy weekend was deliberate - so it could cause as much chaos as possible.\n\nOne word that regularly features in interviews with Bannon is \"war\". Trump HQ on election night was \"the war room\", the same name he gave to the Oval Office when Trump took over. When Bannon would go on to leave the White House, he said he was going to \"war\" on Trump's behalf.\n\nFor Bannon, disorder was the new order in the White House. He and Trump were creating conflict and confusion, and that suited Bannon just fine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Bannon's three goals for the Trump presidency\n\nA day after Trump's executive order on immigration was signed, there was another controversial announcement - the US president downgraded military chiefs of staff from his National Security Council and gave a regular seat to Bannon instead.\n\nOnly career diplomats and generals usually join the council, the main group advising the president on national security and foreign affairs. By being invited to be a member, Bannon - in his first government job, aged 63 - was allowed to join high-level discussions about national security.\n\nThe reaction was, predictably, one of shock.\n\nDemocrat former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called the move \"dangerous and unprecedented\", and Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice tweeted: \"This is stone-cold crazy. After a week of crazy.\"\n\nThe White House, of course, defended their man as being more than capable enough to be on the council, pointing out his Navy service.\n\nBut in retrospect, this promotion is about as good as it got for Bannon in the White House.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the people who have resigned or been fired under President Trump\n\nIn the end, Bannon lasted a little over two months on the National Security Council, leaving in April.\n\nIt was not a demotion, White House officials said, but the reasons for the change were not clear. Perhaps, just by shaking up the old order, the appointment had done its job.\n\nBut this change in his responsibilities became an indication of what was to come.\n\nAfter a summer of reports that Bannon was less and less visible in a White House suffering infighting and leaks, he left his position last August.\n\nIt was sold as a strategic move - Bannon would head back to Breitbart, where he would fight for Trump's agenda. \"I've got my hands back on my weapons,\" he said. \"It's Bannon the Barbarian.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBreitbart welcomed back what it called its \"populist hero\", with editor-in-chief Alex Marlow saying Bannon had \"his finger on the pulse of the Trump agenda\".\n\nBut his departure from the White House came at the end of a week in which Bannon had come under fire from a number of quarters, and amid reports of tension with key aides including National Security Adviser HR McMaster.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlottesville was the culmination of months of protests by white supremacists\n\nClashes had taken place the previous weekend between far-right and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, after which Trump blamed \"both sides\" for the violence - Bannon had once said his Breitbart site was \"a platform for the alt-right\" who were responsible for the violence.\n\nTwo days before he left his job, an interview with Bannon in the American Prospect, a liberal magazine, reportedly infuriated the president. Bannon was quoted as dismissing the idea of a military solution in North Korea, undercutting Trump.\n\nThen, a day later, a BuzzFeed report that said that Trump was unhappy with the credit his adviser was taking for the election victory.\n\n\"He undermined Trump's ego,\" Joshua Green, the author of a book on Bannon's relationship with Trump, Devil's Bargain, told the BBC.\n\n\"Trump can't abide the thesis of my book and Michael Wolff's book, which is that Bannon is the brains of the operation and Trump is an erratic charlatan. That's what Trump won't abide.\"\n\nBannon backed Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race - it didn't end well for them\n\nNow on the outside looking in, Bannon was more than happy to tell Trump where he thought he was going wrong. He attacked him through Breitbart for reversing course and sending more troops to Afghanistan, and called Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey the biggest mistake in \"modern political history\".\n\nBut Bannon was back in his natural habitat as he gunned for the Republican establishment, putting his weight behind ultra-conservative populist candidate Roy Moore in a senate race in Alabama.\n\nMoore comfortably won the primary against Luther Strange, the incumbent backed by Trump and the Republican machine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Moore went on to face allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, which he denied, and in December he lost the race to Doug Jones, who became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Alabama in 25 years.\n\nBannon's man, one eventually backed by Trump and the Republican party, had suffered a humiliating loss in what was supposed to be Bannon's first big victory. A win would have given him momentum in his campaign to field populist candidates against Republican senators in the 2018 mid-terms. A loss made that much harder.\n\nBannon - humbled, surprised - credited Democrats for having worked hardest, but the defeat risked grounding his populist movement to a halt.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump harsher on Bannon than he is on his 'worst enemies'\n\nTrump may once have been Bannon's \"big warm-hearted monkey\". But even cuddly monkeys can bite.\n\nAs details of Michael Wolff's book emerged, one key line stood out - Bannon described a meeting Donald Trump Jr held in New York with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign as \"treasonous\".\n\n\"They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,\" he told Wolff.\n\nThe reaction from the White House - reeling from a special-counsel investigation into possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia - was swift. Bannon had \"lost his mind\" after losing his White House position, the president said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSoon after, Rebekah Mercer, a wealthy benefactor of Bannon's, said she had ended her support for his political efforts.\n\nBannon, left with fewer and fewer allies, insisted his comments were not directed at Mr Trump's son but at another former aide, Paul Manafort, who was also present at the meeting in Trump Tower.\n\nBut there was only one way left to go. The goodbye from Breitbart was polite, and Bannon was out.\n\nSomewhere, somehow, Bannon the master string-puller will re-emerge - possibly in a different guise.\n\nCould he and Trump ever reconcile?\n\n\"Trump has fired people before and then let them back in,\" Joshua Green, the author of Devil's Bargain, said.\n\n\"But I've never seen Trump bury somebody as forcefully as he did Bannon, both in his statement and the parade of White House officials who have come out to heap scorn and derision on Bannon.\n\n\"It's awfully hard to imagine how Bannon could recover from that.\"\n\nAn unexpected twist unfolded ahead of the November 2020 election when Bannon and three other people were arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.\n\nYou'll remember that building this wall was a key pledge of Trump's 2016 campaign, which Bannon played a leading role in.\n\nBannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with the \"We Build the Wall\" campaign, which raised $25m (£19m), the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.\n\nBannon received more than $1m, at least some of which he used to cover personal expenses, the DoJ said.\n\nEach of the two charges - conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering - carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.", "New legislation has been passed to protect Scottish shop workers from abuse from customers.\n\nThe Protection of Workers Bill will make it a new specific offence to assault, abuse or threaten staff.\n\nIncidents involving an age-restricted product, such as alcohol or cigarettes, could be treated more seriously.\n\nThe MSP behind the bill, Labour's Daniel Johnson, said attacks on retail workers had increased during the Covid pandemic.\n\nHe told Holyrood: \"Shop staff have been spat at for asking customers to socially distance, and stock has been smashed in retaliation for item limits being imposed.\n\n\"Violence, threats and abuse should not be just part of anyone's job.\"\n\nMr Johnson said that staff requesting age ID could be a \"trigger factor\" in many incidents of abuse.\n\nThe new legislation will also cover people working in bars, restaurants and hotels, and those delivering items bought online who may have to ask for proof of age.\n\nThe bill was supported by all parties at Holyrood, despite the government initially arguing that its provisions were already covered by existing criminal laws.\n\nThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told MSPs that further legislation was not needed, noting that \"violence, threats and abuse against retail workers, or indeed any other person, are prosecuted every day in the courts in Scotland using offences which are commonly understood\".\n\nPolice Scotland meanwhile said there would be \"no significant change in how we go about our business\" as a result of it.\n\nCommunity safety minister Ash Denham said that while there was a \"wide range of existing criminal laws\" currently in place to protect staff, the new legislation could \"make the general public think more about their behaviour when they interact with retail workers\".\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives also backed the bill, although they argued that the presumption against short sentences in Scotland meant anyone convicted under the new law would ultimately not be jailed.\n\nPaul Gerrard, public affairs director for the Co-Op, told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime that the retailer had seen a 450% rise in violent incidents in the last few years.\n\n\"It is a huge problem,\" he said. \"We've seen an explosion in violence and abuse toward my colleagues.\n\n\"Now across 350 stores in Scotland we have someone attacked every day. And 10 colleagues are threatened or abused every day.\n\n\"Increasingly we have seen knives, syringes and axes all used against shopworkers.\"\n\nMr Gerrard added that previous incidents were centred on shoplifting or age-restricted sales, but staff were now facing more abuse around enforcing Covid shopping rules.\n\nThe new legislation was passed by 118 votes to 0 in the Scottish Parliament.\n\nThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is now urging the UK government to introduce similar legislation to protect retail staff in England - something Labour MP Alex Norris is pursuing at Westminster.\n\nUsdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said: \"It is a great result for our members in Scotland, who will now have the protection of the law that they deserve.\n\n\"So we are looking for MPs to support key workers across the retail sector and help turn around the UK government's opposition.\"", "Donald Trump won a surprise victory in 2016 partly because he promised to shake things up. He leaves office with two impeachments and the nation on edge. But his supporters say he kept his promises.", "More than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed\n\nMembers of the military are to be brought in to help medical staff in Northern Ireland in the fight against Covid-19.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help out, primarily at a number of hospitals across NI.\n\nMore than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed.\n\nThose brought in will assist nursing staff and help on the wards in a move designed to ease the pressure on staff.\n\nIn the past, the use of the military in Northern Ireland has provoked controversy.\n\nWhile military help has already been used during the pandemic to transport equipment and patients, this is the first time military staff will be used in hospitals.\n\nIt is thought the first military staff will be made available as early as next week.\n\nMr Swann said it would have been an abdication of responsibility if he did not avail of help from the military.\n\nHe said while coronavirus cases were lower than two weeks ago, the challenge posed remained \"intense\" and intensive care pressures were expected to increase further in the next eight to 10 days.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Brandon Lewis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe confirmed that a request for military assistance for NI's health service had been accepted by the MoD.\n\nThe health minister thanked the MoD for the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities agreement, which is being provided in other UK regions.\n\n\"The armed forces have provided invaluable support in this pandemic, including aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning,\" he said.\n\n\"Our hospitals are under immense pressure and an additional staffing complement will be very welcome on the front line.\n\n\"This is a health decision and I am confident it will be supported on that basis.\"\n\nNI Secretary Brandon Lewis tweeted: \"Battling #COVID19 is a national effort. I'm pleased that 110 medically-trained personnel from our Armed Forces will support health and social care teams across Northern Ireland in their vital work on the frontline against coronavirus.\"\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nWhen it was announced last April that the health minster had made requests for military help, Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said Mr Swann had taken that decision unilaterally.\n\nHowever, she later said her party would not rule out any measure necessary to save lives.\n\nReacting to the latest request for help, Sinn Féin said its priority throughout the pandemic had been to save lives, keep people safe and protect the health service.\n\n\"The Minister of Health has made a request for staffing support from the British Ministry of Defence,\" the party said.\n\n\"We do not rule out any measures to do so, and any effort to make the threat posed by Covid-19 into a green and orange issue is divisive and a distraction.\"\n\nAs of Wednesday, there were 832 people in hospital in Northern Ireland with coronavirus, of whom 67 were in intensive care, with 57 ventilated.\n\nA further 22 people with coronavirus died, bringing the Department of Health's total to 1,671 while there were 905 new cases.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, 61 new Covid-19-related deaths were recorded on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,768.\n\nA further 2,488 new cases of the virus were also confirmed by the Irish Department for Health.\n\nSpeaking at Stormont's press briefing on Wednesday, Mr Swann confirmed the executive would review the current lockdown regulations on Thursday.\n\nNorthern Ireland began a six-week lockdown on 26 December, in a bid to bring the virus under control.\n\nMinisters promised to review the regulations after four weeks.\n\nMr Swann said he would not pre-empt the outcome of Thursday's meeting but confirmed he would bring recommendations from his officials to the meeting.\n\n\"This is not the time to open floodgates or take premature decisions that would lead to another spike in cases,\" he added.\n\n\"We must stay the course.\"\n\nThe minister also provided the latest update on the number of vaccinations - 160,396 doses have now been administered in NI, with 21,690 of those second doses.\n\nHe said he understood the frustration of some people that they were still waiting to hear when their elderly or vulnerable relatives would receive their vaccine, but he urged patience.\n\n\"We cannot go faster than supplies allow,\" he said.", "The National Audit Office has had full access to the BBC's accounts since 2010\n\nThe BBC faces \"significant\" uncertainty over its financial future due to changes in viewing habits, a National Audit Office report has found.\n\n\"While the BBC remains the most used media brand in the UK, its share of younger audiences has been under pressure,\" the spending watchdog said.\n\n\"Falling audience share poses a financial risk as people are less likely to pay the licence fee.\"\n\nThe BBC said it had already set out plans for \"urgent\" reforms.\n\nAccording to the NAO report, the BBC has seen \"a notable drop\" in audience viewing while its income from the licence fee has also declined.\n\nThe BBC \"faces considerable uncertainty\" about its licence fee income and should produce \"a long-term financial plan... as soon as possible\", it states.\n\nSuch a plan, the report recommends, should \"set out the detail for the next stage of its savings, and how it will fund its new strategic priorities\".\n\nIn 2019-20, the BBC generated total income of £4.94bn, of which £3.52bn was public funding from the licence fee. That was £310m less than the corporation received from the licence fee between 2017-18.\n\nThe current cost of an annual television licence is £157.50\n\nThe report also highlighted a 30% decline in BBC TV viewing over the past decade. On average, the amount of time an adult spent watching broadcast BBC television fell from 80 minutes a day in 2010 to 56 minutes in 2019.\n\nAnd the NAO said the BBC's financial health had been \"unexpectedly weakened\" by the impact of the coronavirus response.\n\nLast November, the BBC began negotiations with the government about the future funding it will receive from the licence fee. The fee, which is currently £157.50 annually, is due to stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends.\n\nIn response, the BBC said it had made \"significant savings and increased efficiencies, while maintaining our spending on content, and continuing to be the UK's most-used media organisation\".\n\nIt added: \"We have set out plans for urgent reforms focused on providing great value for all audiences and we will set out further detail on this in the coming months.\n\n\"The report also stresses the importance of stable funding for the future, which we welcome as we begin negotiations with government over the licence fee.\"\n\nThe National Union of Journalists said the report's findings \"come as no surprise\" and that the BBC needs \"a financially secure long-term deal that will guarantee its future.\"\n\nThe NAO scrutinises the finances of government departments and other public sector bodies. Last week Richard Sharp, the BBC's incoming chairman, said the licence fee was the \"least worst\" way of funding the corporation, but it \"may be worth reassessing\" in future.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "At noon on Wednesday, President Donald Trump's term will end. It's been a whirlwind four years, so what might the legacy be of such a history-making president?\n\nThere's a lot to consider, so we asked the experts to break it down for us.\n\nResponses have been edited for length and clarity.\n\nMatthew Continetti is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement.\n\nDonald Trump will be remembered as the first president to be impeached twice. He fed the myth that the election was stolen, summoned his supporters to Washington to protest the certification of the Electoral College vote, told them that only through strength could they take back their country, and stood by as they stormed the US Capitol and interfered in the operation of constitutional government.\n\nWhen historians write about his presidency, they will do so through the lens of the riot.\n\nThey will focus on Trump's tortured relationship with the alt-right, his atrocious handling of the deadly Charlottesville protest in 2017, the rise in violent right-wing extremism during his tenure in office, and the viral spread of malevolent conspiracy theories that he encouraged.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nIf Donald Trump had followed the example of his predecessors and conceded power graciously and peacefully, he would have been remembered as a disruptive but consequential populist leader.\n\nA president who, before the pandemic, presided over an economic boom, re-oriented America's opinion of China, removed terrorist leaders from the battlefield, revamped the space program, secured an originalist (conservative) majority on the US Supreme Court, and authorised Operation Warp Speed to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in record time.\n\nLaura Belmonte is a history professor and dean of the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. She is a foreign relations specialist and author of books on cultural diplomacy.\n\nHis attempt to surrender global leadership and replace it with a more inward-looking, fortress-like mentality. I don't think it succeeded, but the question is how profound has the damage to America's international reputation been - and that remains to be seen.\n\nThe moment I found jaw-dropping was the press conference he had with Vladimir Putin in 2018 in Helsinki, where he took Putin's side over US intelligence in regard to Russian interference in the election.\n\nI can't think of another episode of a president siding full force with a non-democratic society adversary.\n\nIt's also very emblematic of a larger assault on any number of multilateral institutions and treaties and frameworks that Trump has unleashed, like the withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, the withdrawal of the Iranian nuclear framework.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nTrump's applauding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, really turning himself inside out to align the US with regimes that are the antithesis of values that the US says it wants to promote. That is something that I think was really quite distinctive.\n\nAnother aspect is extricating the US from any really assertive role in promoting human rights throughout the world, and changing the content of the annual human rights reports from the State Department and not including many topics, like LGBT equality, for instance.\n\nKathryn Brownell is a history professor at Purdue University, focusing on the relationships between media, politics, and popular culture, with an emphasis on the American presidency.\n\nBroadly speaking: Donald Trump, and his enablers in the Republican Party and conservative media, have put American democracy to the test in an unprecedented way. As a historian who studies the intersection of media and the presidency, it is truly striking the ways in which he has convinced millions of people that his fabricated version of events is true.\n\nWhat happened on 6 January at the US Capitol is a culmination of over four years during which President Trump actively advanced misinformation.\n\nJust as Watergate and the impeachment inquiry dominated historical interpretations of Richard Nixon's legacy for decades, I do think that this particular post-election moment will be at the forefront of historical assessments of his presidency.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nKellyanne Conway's first introduction of the notion of \"alternative facts\" just days into the Trump administration when disputing the size of the inaugural crowds between Trump and Barack Obama.\n\nPresidents across the 20th Century have increasingly used sophisticated measures to spin interpretation of policies and events in favourable ways and to control the media narrative of their administrations. But the assertion that the administration had a right to its own alternative facts went far beyond spin, ultimately foreshadowing the ways in which the Trump administration would govern by misinformation.\n\nTrump harnessed the power of social media and blurred the lines between entertainment and politics in ways that allowed him to bypass critics and connect directly to his supporters in an unfiltered way.\n\nFranklin Roosevelt, John F Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan also used new media and a celebrity style to connect directly to the people in this unfiltered way, ultimately transforming expectations and operations of the presidency that paved the path for Trump.\n\nMary Frances Berry is a professor of American history and social thought at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on legal history and social policy. From 1980 to 2004, she was a member of the US Commission on Civil Rights.\n\nIn what he did with judges, Trump has made a long lasting change over the next 20 years, 30 years in how policies will stand up to legal tests and how they're able to be implemented - no matter what any particular president or administration proposes.\n\nThe courts are controlled by the Republican appointees. Sometimes judges surprise us, but for the most part, the historical evidence is that they pretty much do what their politics and their backgrounds say they will do.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nWhen he supported that package of measures that helped particular people in the black community, like First Step, pardoning people at the same time that he supported an amendment in the appropriations bill that gave a whole bunch of money to historically black colleges and universities for the first time.\n\nHe put all of these things together, as well as having the first stimulus programme making sure that black businessman and entrepreneurs get some of those loans they've had trouble getting before.\n\nThe effect of all of that, which we will see over time, was in the midterms, a lot more young black men voted for Trump than before. And if that's a trend, it may help the Republican party.\n\nTrump also made egregious comments about black people and other people of colour, tried to have protests against police abuse disrupted and in other ways appealed to his white supremacist base.\n\nHis lasting impact on race relations depends on what the Biden administration does on policy, and on healing and how long the pandemic and economic downturn lasts.\n\nMargaret O'Mara is history professor at the University of Washington, focusing on the political, economic, and metropolitan history of the modern US.\n\nContesting a very constitutionally and numerically clear election victory by Joe Biden.\n\nWe've had plenty of really unpleasant transitions. Herbert Hoover was incredibly unpleasant about his loss, but he still rode in that car down Pennsylvania Avenue at inauguration. He didn't talk to Franklin Roosevelt the whole time, but there still was a peaceful transfer of power.\n\nTrump is a manifestation of political forces that have been in motion for a half century or more. A culmination of what was not only going on in the Republican party, but also the Democratic party and more broadly in American politics - a kind of disillusionment with government and institutions and expertise.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nTrump is exceptional in many ways, but one of the things that really makes him stand out is that he is one of the rare presidents who was elected without having held any elected office before.\n\nTrump may go away, but there is this great frustration with the establishment, broadly defined. When you feel powerless, you vote for someone who's promising to do everything differently and Trump indeed did that.\n\nA presidency is also made by the people that the president appoints, and a great deal of experienced Republican hands were not invited to join the administration the first go round.\n\nOver time, his administration has diminished to a band of loyalists who are really not very experienced and are ideologically uninterested in wise governance of the bureaucracy. What has happened within the bowels of the bureaucracy is going to be a slow slog to rebuild.\n\nSaikrishna Prakash is a University of Virginia Law School professor focusing on constitutional law, foreign relations law and presidential powers.\n\nThe last gasps of his administration are the most consequential, as he exerts a control over his most devoted followers and he's talking about running again.\n\nHe forced people to consider what the presidency has become in a way that wasn't true I think either during the Bush or Obama administrations. Issues like the 25th Amendment and impeachment hasn't been thought of since Bill Clinton, really.\n\nIt's possible that people now when they think of the presidency are perhaps going to adopt a different stance going forward, knowing that someone like Trump could come along.\n\nIt's possible that Congress will delegate less to the president and take away some authority.\n\nWhat else stands out to you?\n\nThe president has demonstrated that there's a constituency who's opposed to a lot of these trade deals and that there are people willing to vote for those who will either extricate us from these trade deals or \"make them fairer\".\n\nThe president has also suggested that China has been taking advantage of the United States in ways that are deleterious to our economic and national security - and I think there's a consensus behind this view. No one wants to be accused of being soft on China, whereas no one cares if you're \"soft\" on Canada, right?\n\nI think people are going to fall all over themselves to be tougher or at least say they're tougher on China.\n\nDomestically the president had a populous tone to him. It wasn't ever fully realised in his policies, but we see more Republicans adopting populist ideas.", "Testing of close contacts of identified cases was due to start in secondary schools and colleges in England\n\nThe government has paused plans to roll out rapid daily coronavirus testing of close contacts, in all but a small number of secondary schools and colleges.\n\nTesting close contacts of a positive case as an alternative to isolation showed some benefits in trials.\n\nBut the emergence of a new variant means the risk of missing infections has risen, health officials say.\n\nRegular testing of staff will now increase to twice a week.\n\nMore research is needed on how daily contact testing would work given the new, more transmissible, coronavirus variant, Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace say.\n\nIn the meantime, routine testing to pick up asymptomatic cases in staff and pupils remains a key part of the government's plans.\n\nMass testing in schools, using pregnancy-style lateral flow tests to detect the virus, had been due to start in January.\n\nHowever, under new lockdown restrictions, schools have had to switch to providing online teaching until February - although children of key workers are still allowed to attend - and plans were postponed.\n\nHow testing of pupils will be organised once schools reopen is still not clear.\n\nThe original plan for rapid Covid testing in all secondary schools and colleges included:\n\nThe aim was to keep as many children in schools as possible by avoiding a whole bubble, class or year having to be sent home, and to reduce disruption from staff having to isolate.\n\nBut some scientists have consistently expressed concerns about the accuracy of the rapid tests, which do not need to be sent to a lab for the results.\n\nThey say the high number of false negatives means close contacts may wrongly think they are not infectious and go on to mix with more vulnerable people.\n\nAnd now PHE and NHS Test and Trace say the new variant, which \"increases the risk of transmission everywhere, including in school settings\", has made this a risk no longer worth taking.\n\n\"The balance between the risks (transmission of virus in schools and onward to households and the wider community) and benefits (education in a face-to-face and safe setting) for daily contact testing is unclear,\" their statement adds.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England have reviewed their advice and concluded that, in light of the higher prevalence and rates of transmission of the new variant, further evaluation work is required to make sure it is achieving its aim of breaking chains of transmission and reducing cases of the virus in the community.\n\n\"There is no change to the main rollout of regular testing using rapid lateral flow tests in schools and colleges, which is already proving beneficial in finding teachers and students with coronavirus who do not have symptoms.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'You wouldn’t want to give this to anybody'\n\nI was last here at University Hospital Monklands on 1 May when those dealing with the first wave of an unknown disease were already tired.\n\nAt that time, the deaths of 29,059 people had been registered in the UK within 28 days of a positive test for Covid-19.\n\nI returned 259 days later with the number of deaths at 89,230 to find that the staff are exhausted.\n\n\"We're all physically, mentally and emotionally drained now,\" says Fiona Bauld, an intensive care unit (ICU) staff nurse.\n\nIn the first wave, the Lanarkshire hospital was almost empty except for patients being treated for Covid or other critical and emergency needs.\n\nThis time there are just a handful of spare beds in the entire building. Staff who had helped out with critical care last year are back in their own departments, and the ICU specialists are alone once more.\n\n\"There's not really enough extra nurses to account for the extra patients so the amount of work everyone is doing is much more,\" says intensive care consultant Daniel Silcock.\n\nThe patients are changing too.\n\nIn the first wave, most patients were old and often ill before they contracted the virus, says ICU ward manager Margaret Harkins.\n\n\"This time the patients are a much younger age group and some have no underlying health conditions,\" she adds.\n\n\"We are getting people in in their 20s, 30s and 40s,\" Ms Bauld says. \"Younger people are catching this virus and becoming really critically ill with it.\"\n\nMae Mamaril (right) and her parents Jaramias and Sonia tested positive\n\nMae Mamaril is one of them. She is 26 and has no underlying health conditions.\n\nMae and her parents Jaramias and Sonia, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, tested positive for Covid within days of being vaccinated for their jobs.\n\nAll three ended up in Monklands but Mae was the sickest and the only member of her family admitted to intensive care.\n\nShe had to wear an oxygen mask and lie face down on a bed for three days, a treatment called proning which medics say can improve lung function in many patients.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mae Mamaril, 26, was moved to intensive care at the start of the year\n\n\"I couldn't breathe,\" she says. \"It was really bad because they moved so quickly to give me oxygen and told me to lie on my stomach.\n\n\"All I could think about was wanting to come home, but then at the same time, I knew that if I didn't have enough oxygen, even if I went home, I would never survive.\"\n\nNot only is the hospital busy with younger people in this wave but senior doctors say a third of all patients here now have the virus.\n\nThere is another big difference outside the building.\n\nIn May, when I drove from Glasgow to the hospital in Airdrie the roads were empty, the streets silent.\n\nThat is no longer the case. Heading east to Monklands again, the M8 is the busiest I have seen it since the pandemic began.\n\nDoctors and nurses have noticed the increase in traffic too - and they are worried.\n\n\"Without a lockdown, I think it would just be a disaster,\" Dr Silcock says.\n\n\"We've had twice as many admissions this time as we did in the first wave.\"\n\nDr Sanjiv Chohan, who runs the intensive care department, says he too is worried.\n\nBut what about the many harmful side effects of lockdown - on other medical conditions, especially mental health, as well as the impact on education and the economy?\n\n\"I sympathise completely,\" says Dr Chohan, pointing out that the ICU staff are also affected by these issues.\n\n\"It's a really difficult balancing act. It's choosing the least harmful options,\" he says, adding: \"We have to preserve some ability to have functioning hospitals.\"\n\nAt times, Monklands has not been able to function normally.\n\nSince the autumn, around a third of all intensive care patients here have had to be transferred out of the hospital to other facilities — primarily to Wishaw and Hairmyres but sometimes out of Lanarkshire entirely.\n\nChief nurse Karen Goudie says she is worried about the coming weeks\n\nThe chief nurse at Monklands, Karen Goudie, says that was necessary to reduce pressure and create capacity for incoming patients.\n\nThere has not yet been a point when all Scotland's hospitals have been overwhelmed at the same time.\n\n\"No, not yet but we're worried about the coming weeks,\" says Ms Goudie. \"The projections look - scary, I guess, is the right word to use. \"\n\nStaff here believe a current increase in cases is attributable to families mixing at Christmas and to people not sticking to the current lockdown rules.\n\nStill, they have coped. Patients are now less likely than in the first wave to need the dangerous intervention of a ventilator as knowledge of how to treat the disease develops.\n\nFor many though, a Covid diagnosis can remain frightening and perilous.\n\nJim McShane, 56, works for a gas company in Motherwell. I leave intensive care to meet him on the Covid ward where he is being treated.\n\n\"You just don't know what's ahead,\" he tells me. \"It just destroys you sometimes. Brings you right down.\"\n\n\"I would tell people to stay out the road of one another,\" he says.\n\nAfter I leave, Jim is transferred to intensive care. He is now on a ventilator.\n\nThere may be some signs that Scotland's latest surge in hospital admissions may be easing.", "Gabriel is an ardent 'Latino for Trump' who is active in New York Republican circles. He wishes the Biden/Harris administration well but doesn't believe Democrats really want unity and thinks they'll reverse a lot of good Trump policies.\n\nHow did Joe Biden's inaugural speech on unity sit with you?\n\nI caught bits and pieces of the inauguration, but I did not watch the speech. I'll give it a watch when I'm not as busy. Hopefully, his message is not like what we saw on 6 January, when he tried to lambast people as white supremacists for showing up at the Capitol, because that will just alienate people.\n\nThis country has come a long way in terms of race relations and, if we really want unity, let's regain the sense of what an American is. An American isn't white, black or Jewish; it is a person within the United States that takes part in our republic.\n\nWhat do you think of the executive actions he is taking today?\n\nI knew Biden would come out swinging while he stills holds the majority in the legislative branch. It's certainly a statement in the same vein as President Trump's first few days of office, but I think it's horrible. As someone of Hispanic descent, the idea of potentially granting 11 million immigrants citizenship is a slap in the face to everyone who came through the legal process.\n\nJoining the Paris climate agreement again is widely regarded as a farce, even by some ecologists, because nations that are members in the agreement didn't actually hit their targets. The removal of the Keystone Pipeline is not only going to cost people jobs but it could potentially increase our carbon footprint. When it comes to the WHO, they failed us during the Covid pandemic. It's all just smoke and mirrors to undo what President Trump did and stick it in the face of Republicans.", "The former Western Daily Press journalist lived in the property from 1970 until 1994\n\nAn \"inspiring\" house previously owned by fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett has been put on the market.\n\nThe creator of the Discworld series lived in the 18th Century property, called Gaze Cottage, in the village of Rowberrow, Somerset, from 1970 until 1994.\n\nSir Terry died aged 66 in 2015, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.\n\nHe wrote more than 70 books during his career and completed his final book in 2014.\n\nAt the turn of the century, Sir Terry was Britain's second most-read author, beaten only by JK Rowling.\n\nIn August 2007, it was reported he had suffered a stroke, but the following December he announced that he had been diagnosed with a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.\n\nThe fitted kitchen is in the older half of the house\n\nRuth Treasure-Smith, from Robin King Estate Agent, said: \"He wrote most of his most famous novels in that house in the 80s.\n\n\"The house must have been inspiring. The current owner purchased the property from Terry Pratchett and has lived at the house since.\"\n\nShe said he had received letters to the house addressed to the \"Hogfather\", a quirky and satirical character from the Death collection in the Discworld series.\n\nThe sitting room has an inglenook fireplace complete with bread oven\n\nThe house is being sold at a guide price of £800,000\n\nThe first floor houses the master bedroom which overlooks the garden\n\nThe property has four bedrooms\n\nThe cottage sits on a plot comprising almost a third of an acre\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "The driver sat on his overturned van until rescuers arrived\n\nA supermarket delivery driver had to be rescued from his overturned van after he careered off the road and ended up in a fast-flowing ford, police said.\n\nFirefighters and police were called to the River Wear, Westgate, in Weardale, after reports that a Morrisons van was stuck at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.\n\nPolice said the van had \"careered\" off the road and the man sat on top of the vehicle before being rescued.\n\nCounty Durham Fire and Rescue Service said the rescue was \"challenging.\"\n\nWater specialists from the fire service braved the river in a raft attached to a nearby footbridge and gave the man a life jacket.\n\nPolice said the driver was not injured but was taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThe fire service tweeted a video of the scene, and said they were \"so proud\" of the water rescue team.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nScott Bisset, who lives nearby, went to see if he could help after he was called by people who heard the driver shouting for help.\n\nMr Bisset, a member of the local mountain rescue team, said he thought the driver may have ended up there after being directed by his sat-nav.\n\nHe said: \"There's not a vehicle in the world that could have got through.\n\n\"The river was in flood - the snow here has melted and there was rain, so there was a lot of water in the river.\n\n\"The van was washed off and turned over on its side, luckily the front was pointing upstream, so it acted like a boat.\n\n\"If the water had been hitting the side of the van or the back, the driver would unfortunately have drowned.\n\n\"When I got there the driver was extremely distressed.\"\n\nThe van has not yet been recovered from the water\n\nHe also said that rescuers had put their lives at risk.\n\n\"I know they practice for this but in those conditions, with that freezing water travelling at great speed, in the dark and the pouring rain, it was very dangerous and they were very brave,\" he said.\n\nThe van has not yet been recovered from the water.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US President Joe Biden has officially announced his bid for re-election, asking Americans to help him \"finish the job\" he started more than two years ago.\n\nMr Biden, 80, faced a turbulent first two years in office marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic woes and geopolitical challenges including the US pull-out from Afghanistan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nOn the campaign trail, Mr Biden - who served as Vice-President under Barack Obama - is likely to focus on his efforts to prop up the US economy after the pandemic, as well as his successes pushing through legislation focused on infrastructure, climate change and prescription drugs.\n\nBut a key argument for a second term will be what he has described as a turn towards authoritarianism from Donald Trump and his supporters in the \"Make America Great Again\" movement.\n\n\"The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer,\" he said in a video launching his new campaign. \"I know what I want the answer to be. This is not a time to be complacent. That's why I'm running for re-election.\"\n\nThe President, however, is also likely to face questions about his age and ability to serve, as well as about his handling of inflation, immigration and other issues that worry Americans.\n\nThe upcoming campaign is likely the last in a career in politics that has spanned more than four decades, and may again see him square off against Donald Trump.\n\nSo who is Joe Biden and how did he get to the White House?\n\nMr Biden ran for the Democratic 2008 nomination before dropping out and joining the Obama ticket.\n\nHis eight years in the Obama White House - where he frequently appeared at the president's side - has allowed Mr Biden to lay claim to much of Mr Obama's legacy, including passage of the Affordable Care Act, as well as the stimulus package and reforms enacted in response to the financial crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at Joe Biden's life and political career\n\nAs a long-time Washington insider, Mr Biden had solid foreign affairs credentials, and helped balance Mr Obama's comparative lack of executive experience.\n\nThe so-called \"Middle Class Joe\" was also brought on board to help woo the blue-collar white voters who had proved a difficult group for Mr Obama to win over.\n\nHe made headlines in 2012 by saying he was \"absolutely comfortable\" with same-sex marriage, comments that were seen to undercut the president, who had yet to give full-throated support for the policy. Mr Obama ultimately did so, just days after Mr Biden.\n\nMr Biden's two terms supporting the first black president followed a long political career.\n\nThe six-term senator from Delaware was first elected in 1972. He ran for president in 1988 but withdrew after he admitted to plagiarising a speech by the then leader of the British Labour Party, Neil Kinnock.\n\nHis lengthy tenure in the nation's capital has given critics ample material for attacks.\n\nEarly in his career, he sided with southern segregationists in opposing court-ordered school bussing to racially integrate public schools.\n\nAnd, as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, he oversaw Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings and has been sharply criticised for his handling of Anita Hill's allegations that she was sexually harassed by the nominee.\n\nIn 1974, Biden was the youngest US senator\n\nMr Biden was also a fierce advocate of a 1994 anti-crime bill that many on the left now say encouraged lengthy sentences and mass incarceration.\n\nThe record made Mr Obama's moderate vice-president a sometimes uncomfortable fit for the modern Democratic Party.\n\nMr Biden's life has been dogged by personal tragedy.\n\nIn 1972, shortly after he won his first Senate race, he lost his first wife, Neilia, and baby daughter, Naomi, in a car accident. He famously took the oath of office for his first Senate term from the hospital room of his toddler sons Beau and Hunter, who both survived the accident.\n\nIn 2015, Beau died of brain cancer at the age of 46. The younger Biden was seen as a rising star of US politics and had intended to run for Delaware state governor in 2016.\n\nMr Biden garnered considerable goodwill following Beau's death, which served to highlight one of Mr Biden's central strengths: a reputation as a kind and relatable family man.\n\nThis perceived warmth is not without its pitfalls. After entering the 2020 race, he faced accusations of unwelcome physical contact during interactions with female voters - complete with uncomfortable accompanying footage.\n\nBut the avuncular politician responded by saying he was an empathetic person, though he accepted standards had changed. The episode, however, stoked a perception for some that he was out of touch.\n\nMr Biden's return to the White House came at a difficult time in US politics, with the country still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nJust two weeks before his inauguration, the country had also seen supporters of former President Donald Trump storm Congress in a bid to thwart the certification of his election victory after Mr Trump falsely claimed that the election had been rigged.\n\nMr Biden's new campaign is likely to focus heavily on the fight against the ideology on display during the 6 January riot. The video announcing his re-election bid opens with images of a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol.\n\n\"Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they've had to defend democracy,\" he said. \"This is ours. Let's finish the job.\"\n\nAs he campaigns, Mr Biden is likely to point to a number of accomplishments during his tenure, including job creation, efforts to prop up the economy in the wake of the pandemic and the passing of a bipartisan infrastructure law billed as a \"once-in-a-generation\" investment by the White House.\n\nBut he will face tough questions on his handling of immigration and the US-Mexico border, as well as on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.\n\nMr Biden has also acknowledged that many Americans have raised \"legitimate\" questions about his age and ability to serve as President.\n\n\"And the only thing I can say is, watch me,\" he said earlier this year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health workers can book an appointment at seven vaccination centres in operation across NI\n\nDoctors have insisted there is no postcode lottery when it comes to rolling out the coronavirus vaccines.\n\nNorthern Ireland's vaccination plan means all those over 80 should receive their first dose by the end of January.\n\nMore than 154,000 doses of a vaccine have now been administered, health officials said.\n\nDr Frances O'Hagan, deputy chairwoman of NI's GP committee, said practices had their own rollout plans but she expected them to meet official targets.\n\n\"As soon as we get the vaccine, we will get it to you,\" she told BBC News NI. \"But please, please wait until we contact you.\"\n\n\"We tailor our programmes to our individual patients and to our geography and to our surroundings.\n\n\"It's not actually a postcode lottery. It's the best way of doing it because we know what suits our patients.\"\n\nDr O'Hagan said she had not heard reports of some practices holding back vaccines until they received bigger amounts to allow for a larger number of vaccinations to be done.\n\nShe said rolling out the programme was a logistical challenge which fell on top of an already heavy workload but the jab would be given out in a \"safe and timely\" fashion.\n\nSinn Féin MP Órfhlaith Begley said doctors in her West Tyrone constituency were working above and beyond to administer the vaccine to as many people as possible.\n\n\"But unfortunately I am hearing that some GPs cannot access supplies of the vaccine,\" she said.\n\n\"There does appear to be, and it is a consistent message from GPs in my own constituency, a feeling the distribution of the vaccine has been unequal to date.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed a further delivery of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine into Northern Ireland on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a tweet, Robin Swann said: \"We now have the supply to complete all our over 80s and when that group is finished, there will be enough to start into the over 75 programme.\"\n\nPatricia Donnelly, the head of NI's vaccination programme said there had been 154,436 doses of the vaccine administered here, with 132,857 of those being first doses.\n\nOn Tuesday, she said three quarters of care home residents had already received both doses.\n\n\"With the arrival of additional vaccine today, which have been issued this afternoon and tomorrow to GPs, there will be enough to complete the over 80 population and to commence in the over 70 population,\" she added.\n\nA further 24 virus-related deaths and 713 more Covid-19 cases were reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths recorded by the Department of Health to 1,649.\n\nThere are currently 842 people in hospital with the virus, 70 people in intensive care units (ICU) and 57 being ventilated.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a further 93 Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the country's death toll to 2,708.\n\nA further 2,001 positive cases were also recorded in the latest figures from the Republic's Department of Health.\n\nNorthern Ireland's rate of Covid-19 infection is now below one and has been at that level for a couple of weeks, according to the chief medical officer.\n\nHowever, Dr Michael McBride warned the reproduction (R) number for hospital transmission remains above one.\n\nDr McBride said new variants of the virus had made the job of curtailing the spread even more difficult, and warned he did not foresee any relaxation of restrictions any time soon.\n\n\"We need to ensure that we have as many people who remain at risk of severe disease vaccinated and prioritised with the first dose as possible before we consider significant relaxations in the current restrictions,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile concerns have been raised that \"social media myths\" are encouraging some care home staff to reject the Covid vaccine.\n\nPauline Shepherd, from the Independent Health and Care Providers, said young women were especially vulnerable to misinformation about the vaccine and fertility.\n\nLast week, the Department of Health said there had been an uptake level of about 80% among care home staff.\n\n\"We are very keen obviously that everyone takes the vaccine, that is really the only way that we are going to get through this,\" she told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Obviously there are myths going around on social media about the vaccine and some are opting not to take it.\n\n\"Particularly younger females seem to have the view through social media that it may impact fertility\".\n\nA consultant anaesthetist says there is a \"reluctance\" among members of the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to take Covid-19 vaccines\n\nThere are currently 139 confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in NI's 483 care homes.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) and Department of Health were now exploring how \"to dispel the myths\", Ms Shepherd added.\n\nDr Mukesh Chugh, a consultant anaesthetist at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, said there had been a \"reluctance\" among black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to take Covid-19 vaccines.\n\nDr Chugh says this is because of \"anti-vaccine messages\" posted across various social media platforms and messenger apps \"targeted at certain ethnic and religious groups\".\n\n\"I encourage them not to believe the messages they are getting on WhatsApp - these are not scientific messages,\" he said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said a number of groups of key workers should be given priority access to vaccinations.\n\nPrioritisation was decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on immunisation.\n\nEdwin Poots said meat plant workers should be among those given priority vaccine access\n\nAsked if he supported prioritisation for food workers in meat plants, Mr Poots told the assembly he did and had raised it with the executive.\n\n\"It's been identified as an essential service - those people working in them are there in cold, wet conditions where we have had a number of outbreaks,\" he said.\n\n\"We should seek to introduce those people somewhat earlier than is currently the case - I will continue to endeavour to press that case.\"\n\nHe said other groups of workers who should be prioritised included \"teachers and police officers\".", "Four royal aides say they do not wish to \"take sides\" over a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father, the High Court has been told.\n\nIn a letter lawyers for the four said they believed their clients could \"shed some light\" on the letter's drafting but the four were \"strictly neutral\".\n\nMeghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online publisher over articles that reproduced parts of the letter.\n\nShe claims her privacy and copyright were breached by the newspaper group.\n\nHer lawyers are asking for summary judgement - a dismissal of Associated Newspapers' (ANL) defence instead of a trial.\n\nThe five articles, published in February 2019, were a \"triple-barrelled invasion\" of the duchess's privacy, correspondence and family, the lawyers claim.\n\nShe is seeking damages from the newspaper group for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act over the articles.\n\nANL claims Meghan wrote her letter \"with a view to it being disclosed publicly at some future point\" in order to \"defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter\", which she denies.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing on Wednesday, ANL's barrister Antony White QC told the court that a letter from the so-called \"palace four\" showed that \"further oral evidence and documentary evidence is likely to be available at trial which would shed light on certain key factual issues in this case\".\n\nHe said it was \"likely\" there was also further evidence about whether Meghan \"directly or indirectly provided private information\" to the authors of an unauthorised biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom.\n\nThe four aides are: Jason Knauf, former communications secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Christian Jones, their former deputy communications secretary, Samantha Cohen, formerly the Sussexes' private secretary, and Sara Latham, their ex-director of communications.\n\n\"None of our clients welcomes his or her potential involvement in this litigation, which has arisen purely as a result of the performance of his or her duties in their respective jobs at the material time,\" their lawyers said in a letter sent on their behalf.\n\n\"Nor does any of our clients wish to take sides in the dispute between your respective clients. Our clients are all strictly neutral.\n\n\"They have no interest in assisting either party to the proceedings. Their only interest is in ensuring a level playing field, insofar as any evidence they may be able to give is concerned.\"\n\nTheir letter said that their lawyers' \"preliminary view is that one or more of our clients would be in a position to shed some light\" on \"the creation of the letter and the electronic draft\".\n\nIt also said they may be able to shed light on \"whether or not the claimant anticipated that the letter might come into in the public domain\" and whether or not the duchess \"directly or indirectly provided private information, generally and in relation to the letter specifically, to the authors of Finding Freedom\".\n\nBut Justin Rushbrooke QC, representing the duchess, said the letter from the four \"contains no information at all that supports the defendant's case on alleged co-authorship (of Meghan's letter), and no indication that evidence will be forthcoming that will support the defendant's case should the matter proceed to trial\".\n\nMeghan, 39, sent a handwritten letter to her father in August 2018, following her marriage to Prince Harry in May that year, which Mr Markle did not attend. The couple are now living in the US with their son Archie.\n\nThe full trial of the duchess's claim had been due to be heard at the High Court this month, but last year the case was adjourned until autumn 2021.\n\nAt the conclusion of the hearing on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Justice Warby reserved his judgement, which he said he would deliver \"as soon as possible\".", "When Joe Biden becomes US president on 20 January plenty of change is expected under his new administration.\n\nFor those who want to put Donald Trump in the rear view mirror, there's a lot to look forward to.\n\nOthers are not sure if he can bring unity to a divided country and enact lasting change.\n\nHere's what members of our BBC voter panel told us.\n\nPeyton Forte is a recent college graduate who now works as a reporter. She was not the big supporter of Biden and Kamala Harris, but says getting rid of Donald Trump is an urgent and necessary first step towards change.\n\nWhat are you hopeful the Biden administration can accomplish?\n\nFor starters, easing the pandemic and ensuring more collaboration between federal and state governments on vaccine distribution. I'm looking forward to his stimulus packages to kickstart the economy and make sure people are actually alive to reap the benefits of it. We can also look forward to a president whose main mode of communication is not Twitter. The biggest thing is undoing the damage of the prior administration, from immigration laws to our relationships with foreign allies.\n\nWhat are your fears for the Biden presidency?\n\nTo be honest, I haven't really gotten to that point because I'm so ready for the Trump administration to be gone. So ask me that question again in a few weeks. I'm really encouraged by Biden's financial and economic cabinet picks because I think he is trying to stunt the racial wealth gap. There will be a time and place to nitpick his choices, but not yet. As somebody who is black, I know he rejected calls to defund the police. The phrase is inflammatory, but that money is redirected into our communities, so I'd like for him to take another look at it and maybe he'll reconsider.\n\nWith so much talk of the need for unity and healing, where does the country go from here?\n\n'Unity and healing' is the new 'thoughts and prayers'. I know it has been kind of a calling card for Biden to contrast himself with Trump, but I'm going to have to see it to believe it. Are you just faking it or are you doing the work to actually unify people? Time will tell if people actually want unity or if some are just mad that their candidate lost.\n\nJim is a property manager and conservative Republican who no longer supports President Trump since his refusal to accept the results of the election. He wants the incoming administration to find common ground rather than be too left wing.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI'm hopeful for some stability and less drama. America's standing in the world, particularly in the last couple of weeks, has really diminished and I would hope they would be able to return us to our traditional position in the world. I would like to see the bill he puts forward on Covid relief. If we're going to put money into people's hands, we need to make sure it actually makes a difference. Six hundred dollars is a slap in the face when you look at how we're giving away billions of dollars to other countries.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nI am worried they're going to overreach and placate the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and create deeper polarisation. I worry they will try to pack the Supreme Court. I am concerned about immigration policy. I would hope they have the courage to be more moderate in tone, action and policy, at least for the first few years. That way, things can level off and then we can have reasonable debate about issues on a case-by-case basis. One side is really having a hard time accepting the reality of [Trump's] loss; that's too many people to just ignore and it seems like there's a real mood for retaliation.\n\nCompromises will need to happen and both sides on the extreme right and left will not be happy with it. In the immediate moment, we need to have a good tone from the top that is conciliatory and respectful. I'm looking for Biden to reassure Americans their vote was secure and legitimate, restore a sense of public confidence and competence to the US government and spend serious time on rebuilding unity.\n\nLesley is a small business owner and an immigrant from Canada. Joe Biden was not her first choice for president by a long shot, but she now says he is \"the best person\" for this moment in the country's history and she hopes he can follow through.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI'm looking forward to real leadership and an administration that actually cares about getting things done. We need to get the virus under control. They have an actual plan; I hate that it's going to cost another $2tn, but it wouldn't have cost that if we had taken the time to do the hard work early. From climate change and fire management to infrastructure and renewable energy, they'll get us back on track. From a civil rights perspective, we have the greatest opportunity. The administration is diverse and he's trying to give everyone a seat at the table.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nNothing comes to mind. I feel like this administration is going to reset, refocus and prioritise things that should be prioritised. There's so much that needs to be addressed at once, but like the rest of the world, they have to learn to multitask and do their jobs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do countries around the world want from Joe Biden?\n\nWe need our elected officials, when doing their jobs, to not just represent one segment of the population. They can see what has happened by turning a blind eye and not listening. For the Democrats, they need to find a way to communicate so the concerns they've raised are taken seriously but without turning off the other side. For the Republicans, they need to pay attention not just to the loudest people - just being loud doesn't mean they're right. Moving forward, everybody has to do their part to prioritise what is best for the country. We're never going to get rid of the element that attacked the Capitol, but it's like herd immunity. The only people who were surprised by what happened last week were the ones who were not paying attention.\n\nJazmin is a writer and youth voting rights activist who says the past four years have damaged the psyche of young people. She wants the new administration to rebuild trust and show people like her that government can be a force for good in their lives.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nI hope that the Biden administration is bold on climate, an equitable Covid economic recovery and racial justice. Personally though, I think we fundamentally need to look at our broken system. Restoring voting rights, stronger ethics and anti-corruption measures, as well as campaign finance reform can restore balance and transparency within our government, so we can trust in our elections and elected officials.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nI've been thinking a lot about the pace of change. There's so much that needs to be done but we're also looking at departments that have been gutted. The damage of the past three years has been so deep and the rolling back of it will take a lot of time, so we have to practise patience and we have to be realistic.\n\nOur government only works when people decide not to disengage and be cynical, but instead step up and figure out how to get involved. The events of the Capitol work were horrific and traumatising for so many people, but the day before it was a Georgia election with incredibly high youth voter turnout. There is a lot of vitriol and hate, but the majority of folks believe in working to ensure our country is serving the best interests of everyone.\n\nGabriel is a writer and the activism chair for the New York Young Republicans. He wishes the Biden administration good luck, but is concerned it will sow more division in a vulnerable moment for the country.\n\nWhat are your hopes for Biden?\n\nAs an American, I am hopeful that things go well under this administration. I don't wish for Joe Biden to fail because the president is like the pilot of a plane: if he goes down, so do we. I hope he can answer the renewable energy debate, create more nuclear power plants and allow the United States to remain the number one exporter of energy. Hopefully, we'll see some sort of voter ID laws enforced, for greater election integrity. I hope he doesn't fuel more divisions.\n\nWhat are your fears about his presidency?\n\nMy fear is that he will listen to people like AOC [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] and Bernie Sanders, who are trying to push him to accept more far left policies that will do more harm than good to the US in an economic sense. He may continue the harsh lockdowns and ignore censorship of conservatives. Under the Trump administration, we decreased our presence in the Middle East and were stopping the forever wars, so I really hope we don't return there.\n\nAfter what happened at the Capitol, Biden came out and started very well, then devolved into race-baiting rhetoric - that's not something our country needs right now. There are millions of people who feel as though they were cheated and did not get a fair election, and some of them might not even recognise Biden as president, so it's very important that he treads lightly and focuses on unity. Don't lump them together as insurgents or other labels because you're going to further alienate people. Speak to every American and say that it is time to come together.", "As Donald Trump comes towards the end of his presidency, we've put together a selection of striking moments from his four years in office.\n\nCrowds are seen gathered at Mr Trump's inauguration ceremony on 20 January 2017.\n\nJust days later, the new president accused the media of lying about the attendance. He was said to be angry that images appeared to show the crowds were lower than for Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009.\n\nWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told the media it had been \"the largest audience to ever see an inauguration, period\".\n\nFar-right supporters and white nationalists took part in a torch-lit rally through Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.\n\nThe following day a woman was killed and 19 were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter-protesters in the city.\n\nIn response, President Trump condemned violence by \"many sides\", prompting a wave of criticism. Some 48 hours later, he denounced far-right extremists calling \"KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists repugnant to everything we hold dear\".\n\nJoe Biden has said it was the president's response to the tragedy that prompted his own decision to run against him.\n\nMr Trump's attendance at the G7 summit in Canada in June 2018 did not get off to a good start, when prior to the event, the president announced import tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada.\n\nOther images from the meeting showed more friendly relations between the leaders - but this photo was considered by many to reflect the underlying tensions of the gathering.\n\nMr Trump left the summit before other leaders and claimed that America was \"like the piggy bank that everybody is robbing\".\n\nFirst Lady Melania Trump is pictured wearing a jacket in June 2018 which reads \"I really don't care, do you?\" on the back, during a trip to a migrant child detention centre.\n\nThere was speculation over what message Mrs Trump intended to send by wearing the jacket on that trip, which came as the president was under fire for his policy of separating children from their parents at the border.\n\nThe First Lady later admitted it had been a message \"for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticising me. I want to show them I don't care. You could criticise whatever you want to say. But it will not stop me to do what I feel is right\".\n\nMr Trump called for compromise in politics during his State of the Union address in February 2019 but Nancy Pelosi was pictured giving what many saw as a sarcastic clap.\n\nHe broke protocol by not waiting for the customary introduction from the House Speaker before beginning his speech.\n\nThe image, termed the \"Pelosi clap\" quickly went viral and appeared to show the political rivalry between the two.\n\nMr Trump walks into the northern side of the military demarcation line that divides North and South Korea in June 2019. In doing so, he became the first US sitting president to cross the line.\n\nHis decision to meet Kim Jong-un without pre-conditions stunned the world.\n\nDespite the apparent warming of relations, little concrete progress was made on negotiations over North Korea's nuclear programme.\n\nKim Kardashian West speaks at a White House event about prison reform in June 2019.\n\nIn 2018, the celebrity activist lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of a grandmother jailed for life. Alice Johnson was later granted clemency in a high-profile decision by Mr Trump.\n\nPresident Trump has already given pardons to 94 people and there is speculation he may pardon 100 others before he leaves office.\n\nMr Trump holds a bible in front of St John's Episcopal Church, just across the road from the White House in June 2020.\n\nPeaceful anti-racism demonstrators had been cleared from nearby Lafayette Square with pepper spray and flash-bang grenades so that the president and his entourage could walk to the church.\n\nHis actions prompted shock and anger from many religious leaders, who accused him of using religion for political purposes.\n\nThe Trump family watch as Donald Trump debates with Joe Biden at their first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29 September 2020.\n\nThey broke debate rules that all spectators wear masks - sparking the same criticism often aimed at their father for taking a cavalier attitude to the virus.\n\nA few days after the debate, the president tested positive himself.\n\nHe spent three nights in a hospital receiving treatment before returning to the White House and declaring he felt \"really good\" and urging others not to be afraid of the virus.\n\nCrowds of Trump supporters climb on the US Capitol in DC earlier this month following a \"Stop the Steal\" rally.\n\nIt followed a 70-minute address by the president in which he exhorted them to march on Congress where politicians were meeting to certify Democrat Joe Biden's win. The mob ransacked the Capitol building and attempted to enter the chambers where lawmakers were hiding.\n\nMr Trump has since been impeached, becoming the first president ever to be impeached twice. But he denies charges that he incited the mob to attack the Capitol.", "A tearful President-elect Joe Biden says goodbye to his home state before departing for Washington on the eve of his inauguration.", "Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at a low key inauguration ceremony outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.\n\nIn his maiden speech as president, Mr Biden said: \"We've learned again that democracy is precious, democracy is fragile, and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.\"\n\nRead more: Joe Biden replaces Trump as US president", "More than 60 flood warnings remain in place in northern, central and eastern England\n\nResidents have been evacuated, roads closed and rail services were suspended as Storm Christoph batters England.\n\nHouseboat residents were moved from Northwich, Cheshire, for their safety as Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to hold an emergency meeting later.\n\nNorthern, central and eastern England are braced for flooding which will be discussed at the Cobra meeting.\n\nMore than 60 flood warnings remain in place and three police forces have declared major incidents.\n\nThe North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands have been preparing for widespread flooding following the Met Office's amber weather warning for heavy rain until midday Thursday.\n\nPeople living in houseboats in Cheshire have been moved to hotels for their safety, say police\n\nCheshire Police has declared a major incident - along with forces in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire - and moved 33 people from Hayhurst Marina for their safety as water levels rise.\n\nIn Greater Manchester up to 3,000 properties could be affected by flooding near the River Mersey where a peak is expected at 23:00 GMT.\n\nDowning Street said Covid-secure evacuation centres would be made available to those forced to leave their homes as a result of flooding.\n\n\"Preparations to create Covid-secure rest centres have been made by relevant agencies as a precautionary measure,\" the Prime Minister's official spokesman said.\n\n\"The important message for the public now is to continue to monitor the information the Environment Agency are providing and sign-up for flood alerts if they haven't already.\"\n\nThe River Eden has flooded Rickerby Park in Carlisle\n\nMore than 120mm (nearly 5in) of rain has already fallen in some parts of England, with 123.4mm at Honister Pass in Cumbria in the 24 hours up to 06:00 GMT on Wednesday.\n\nNearby Seathwaite saw the second highest total, with 107.2mm (4.2in), and some isolated spots could see up to 200mm (7.8in), the Met Office said.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued more than 60 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action required, while there are also more than 180 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.\n\nA road in Lancashire was shut by police after six vehicles got stuck in surface water\n\nIn North Yorkshire, York is currently predicting the River Ouse could rise above 4m (13.1ft) but that is a level the defences can cope with.\n\nHowever, if people are forced out of their homes due to flooding they can stay with friends or family without the risk of a Covid fine during Storm Christoff, North Yorkshire Police has said.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey said the force declared it a major incident on Tuesday to ensure it was \"as prepared as possible\".\n\nHe believes up to 3,000 properties in the region could be affected by flooding in Didsbury, Northenden and Sale near the River Mersey.\n\nFlood sirens were sounded in Walsden, Todmorden on Tuesday\n\n\"This is a significant incident in terms of disruption to people and those people have been advised with regard to action to take,\" he said.\n\nThe Prime Minister's spokesman added: \"The Environment Agency is on the ground now working with local partners and stand ready to respond to any flooding.\n\n\"They have already ensured there are 40km (25 miles) of temporary barriers, which they are ready to deliver anywhere in the country and that is alongside high-powered pumps and trained staff who are ready to assist and provide information to local communities.\"\n\nWhen asked if local authorities would be given further financial support to deal with flooding, the Prime Minister's spokesman said: \"We have a number of flood recovery schemes that can be made available to those who are affected by flooding.\"\n\nFlood warden Keith Crabtree from Todmorden, West Yorkshire, said he was hoping improved flood defences had \"done the trick\" after checking river levels in Mytholmroyd.\n\n\"There appears to be plenty of rain about but it does not seem to be having and serious impact on the river levels,\" he said.\n\n\"We will see over the years to come how it performs in reducing the flood risk for the village. Things can change very quickly in the Calder Valley and we are not out of the woods yet.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by the floods? Email your experiences: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Biden took his oath on a Bible that has been in his family since 1893 and was also used each time he was sworn in as Delaware senator. The book itself is five inches (12.5cm) thick with a Celtic cross on the cover", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe fluttering flight patterns of butterflies have long inspired poets but baffled scientists.\n\nResearchers have struggled to understand how these delicate creatures can fly with their large but inefficient wings.\n\nNow, a new study shows that butterflies evolved an effective way of cupping and clapping their wings to generate thrust.\n\nThe scientists say that this ability helps them avoid dangerous predators.\n\nFlying species have evolved various methods of evading death. Some have developed powerful and efficient wings to speed them to safety.\n\nOthers survive by tasting awful when eaten.\n\nBut what about the slow-moving, meandering butterfly?\n\nThe problem for these creatures is that they have unusually large wings relative to their body size, which are aerodynamically inefficient for flight.\n\nBack in the 1970s, researchers developed a theory that their big wings allowed the butterfly to clap them together on the upstroke to power their take off.\n\nBut no one has shown how this works in natural flying conditions.\n\nNow, Swedish scientists, using a wind tunnel and high-speed cameras, have captured the butterfly's unique flying skill.\n\n\"The wings are behaving in quite an interesting way,\" co-author Dr Per Henningsson, from Lund University, in Sweden, told BBC News.\n\n\"The leading and the trailing edge are meeting before the central part, forming this pocket shape.\n\n\"We think that sort of behaviour is going to improve the clap because it forms an air pocket between the wings which, when the wings collapse, that makes the jet even stronger and more efficient.\"\n\nA butterfly in the wind tunnel for the experiment\n\nAs well as recording slow-motion video of the butterflies in flight, the researchers constructed two simple pairs of mechanical clappers to test their ideas. One was rigid, the other flexible and more akin to the butterfly wings observed in the wind tunnel tests.\n\nThe team found that the flexible wings dramatically increased the force created by the clap.\n\nIt also improved the efficiency by 28%, which the authors describe as a huge amount for a flying animal.\n\nThis leads them to conclude that the large wings and cupped, clapping action were an evolutionary advantage for butterflies when faced with predators.\n\n\"If you are a butterfly that is able to take off quicker than the others, that gives you an obvious advantage,\" said Per Henningsson.\n\n\"It's a strong selective pressure then, because it's a matter of life and death.\"\n\nA silver washed fritillary , one of the creatures used to show the mechanics of butterfly flight\n\n\"I don't really know if they use it in free flight, but I think they typically don't flap their wings together.\n\n\"But in the take-off phase, they definitely do it a lot.\"\n\nThe authors believe that their research might prove useful in other spheres.\n\nSome drone devices and underwater vehicles already use propulsion systems based on wing clapping motion, but with limitations.\n\nThe incorporation of the approach used by butterflies might bring major improvements, the scientists say.\n\n\"We're suggesting that the people that are working on these designs, they should look into this cup-shape behaviour, since there are lots of efficiency and effectiveness to be gained from it,\" said Per Henningsson.\n\n\"It's certainly something that would be worthwhile looking into.\"\n\nThe report has been published in the journal of the Royal Society Interface.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nRelegation-threatened Fulham lost some of the momentum built up by their win at Everton but showed battling qualities to claim a point at Burnley.\n\nOf the three sides currently adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, the Cottagers seem the most capable of clawing their way to safety, as illustrated by their impressive win at Goodison Park on Sunday.\n\nBut they failed to repeat that bright and incisive display at Turf Moor against a typically hard-working and competitive Clarets side, who married their industry with the game's main moments of attacking ingenuity.\n\nIt was the visitors, though, who took the lead, as much through fortune as design, with Ola Aina's chested effort from a corner finding the net despite an attempted clearance from Robbie Brady on the line.\n\nCrucially, the visitors were denied the time to draw confidence from the opener, with Burnley hitting back three minutes later through a well-taken Ashley Barnes finish, following a superb low ball from Jay Rodriguez.\n\nThe same two strikers had both narrowly failed to get a goal-bound touch on a superb low cross from James Tarkowski in the first half, while Rodriguez saw a low drive kicked away by Alphonse Areola shortly after his side had levelled the score.\n\nThe draw represents an opportunity missed for Burnley to put further ground between themselves and the London side, with the gap between the two a sizeable but not yet entirely comfortable eight points.\n\nScott Parker's side remain six points shy of safety, with Newcastle the 17th-placed side most in danger of being reeled in.\n• None Follow live text commentary of Burnley v Fulham in the Premier League\n\nA point gained, or two lost for Fulham?\n\nEarning a result at Burnley against a side built to expose the mental and physical weaknesses in an opponent, especially a newly promoted one, is not an easy task.\n\nIn doing so, Fulham have further demonstrated their growth into a top-flight side, after claiming a number of creditable draws earlier in the campaign and then dispatching an aspiring big-hitter in Everton last weekend.\n\nUnfortunately, the Cottagers' development could have come too late.\n\nOnly wins will really eat into the gap between themselves and safety and they cannot afford to let one slip from their grasp when it is there to be had.\n\nIt is why Parker and his side will be so disappointed at the speed and manner with which they conceded the equaliser at Turf Moor, throwing away the lead and momentum they had seized by allowing Barnes a free run in on goal to finish.\n\nThey had been on the back foot for large periods before that and were indebted to a bit of fortune for their goal, but aesthetics come a distant second to actual points right now.\n\nThe biggest positive for Burnley will be that their advantage over the Cottagers remains the same as it was before kick-off.\n\nWith the likes of Newcastle and Palace in far worse form than they are, and Brighton a point worse off, they will feel relatively calm about their situation.\n\nWhat will worry manager Dyche is further injuries to his already depleted squad, with Johan Berg Gudmundsson having to depart, and his replacement Robbie Brady also needing to be replaced.\n\nThere is no respite for either side, with both facing further important fixtures at the weekend.\n\nBurnley host West Brom, the side a place below Fulham in the table, while Parker's men welcome bottom club Sheffield United to Craven Cottage.\n\n'When we get ahead we need to weather something'\n\nBurnley boss Sean Dyche talking to Sky Sports: \"Another point on the board, we are stripped to the bare bones. A committed performance.\n\n\"The reaction to their goal was excellent and I thought we defended well. It's remarkably unfortunate how many injuries we have had.\"\n\nFulham boss Scott Parker talking to Sky Sports: \"It is a tough place to come, the ball is in play not a lot, it is scrappy. We got our noses in front and disappointed with the goal we have conceded.\n\n\"We take the point though. That is four points so far this week. When we get ahead we need to weather something. There were a couple of mistakes for their goal.\n\n\"I thought we were solid, dealt with the threat of balls coming in but were not able to get our identity on it.\n\n\"We regroup, it has been a busy week. Every game is big for us. Six points. This team has honest belief and confidence.\"\n• None Burnley are unbeaten in their past 31 home meetings with Fulham in all competitions (W25 D6), extending their longest ever unbeaten run against an opponent at Turf Moor in their history. Their last such defeat was back in April 1951 (2-0).\n• None Fulham's 31-game winless streak away from home against Burnley in all competitions is their longest run without a victory on the road against an opponent in their history.\n• None There have been just 24 Premier League goals scored at Turf Moor this season (Burnley scoring 10 and conceding 14) - the joint-lowest total at a top-flight ground in 2020-21 (level with Craven Cottage).\n• None Fulham have gone six consecutive away games without defeat in the Premier League (W1 D5), their joint longest such run in the competition (also in August 2004 under Chris Coleman).\n• None Burnley have conceded the first goal of the game in eight of their 12 Premier League matches at Turf Moor this season, including each of the past five - only Sheffield United (10) have done so more often on home soil in the competition this campaign.\n• None There were just 224 seconds between Ola Aina's opener for Fulham and Ashley Barnes' equaliser for Burnley.\n• None Burnley's Jay Rodriguez has assisted in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time in his career, with this his 196th appearance in the competition.\n• None Burnley's Robbie Brady is the only player to have been substituted on and off in two separate Premier League games this season.\n• None Attempt missed. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Ademola Lookman (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Josh Maja.\n• None James Tarkowski (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Josh Maja (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Cavaleiro with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Lifting the lid on the former president's 'America First' foreign policy\n• None Romesh returns with celebrity guests, a virtual nation and his mum...", "The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that says UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed.\n\nThe US publication reported that UK health officials would allow patients to be given a second dose that is a different vaccine to their first.\n\nFiona Godlee pointed out in her letter to the NYT that it was not a recommendation.\n\nShe said the NYT's headline claiming UK guidelines say such substitutions \"may happen\" was \"seriously misleading\".\n\nThe UK has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab - but both require two doses which are now to be administered 12 weeks apart\n\nMs Godlee said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) does not make any recommendation to mix and match - in other words, having a shot of one vaccine and then a different one 12 weeks later.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England's head of immunisations, said: \"We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines - if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa.\"\n\nDr Ramsay added that on the \"extremely rare occasions\" where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is \"better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all\".\n\nMs Godlee urged the New York Times to print a \"highly visible correction\" as soon as possible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath was among the hospitals receiving a delivery\n\nMeanwhile, health staff have criticised the paperwork needed to gain NHS approval to give the coronavirus vaccine, with some medics being asked for proof they are trained in areas such as preventing radicalisation.\n\nThe first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are due to be given on Monday after the jab was approved for use in the UK last week.\n\nThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first vaccine approved in the UK, and 944,539 people have had their first jab.", "Police tweeted this photo, which appears to show the vehicle severely damaged in the crash\n\nFour ponies have been killed in a collision with a vehicle in the New Forest National Park.\n\nThe animals were hit on Thursday night while licking freshly laid salt on Roger Penny Way, Hampshire Constabulary said.\n\nThree ponies died at the scene while a fourth was found dead later a short distance away.\n\nIn December, three donkeys were killed on the road, which is a black spot for animal accidents.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\"\n\nThe crash happened at about 21:00 GMT on a 40mph (64km/h) section of the road north of Brook.\n\nThe car, a Land Rover Discovery, appears to have been severely damaged in the collision, according to a police tweet, which gave no further details.\n\nMark Ferrett, whose daughter owned the ponies, said the deaths were \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said: \"I would favour a reduction in the speed [limit]. Please, everyone needs to slow down and stop this carnage.\"\n\nThe New Forest is one of the largest remaining areas of unenclosed land where commoners' cattle, ponies and donkeys roam throughout the open heath.\n\nIn 2019, 58 animals were killed and 32 were injured, according to the New Forest National Park Authority.\n\nThe crash happened on Roger Penny Way, where donkeys, cattle and horses roam freely\n\nAndrew Napthine, a New Forest Agister who helps manage the area's free-roaming animals, attended the scene of the crash, and said the male driver was not injured.\n\nHe said three of the ponies were killed on the road while a fourth fled the scene and died behind a bush.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nA 500-year-old church was damaged during an illegal New Year's Eve party at the venue.\n\nAll Saints' Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, was broken into before crowds entered, Essex Police said.\n\nOfficers were threatened and had objects thrown at them as they dispersed hundreds of people and seized equipment, the force said.\n\nTwo men from Harlow, aged 27 and 22, and a 35-year-old from Southwark were arrested.\n\nThey were held on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints', said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up, they'd hired portable loos, they had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens... obviously it's a mess.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church, to find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nThe conservation group believes it will cost at least £1,000 to repair the Tudor building.\n\nEquipment was seized and fines issued over three illegal parties broken up by officers\n\nPolice later dispersed about 100 people at an illegal party at an abandoned warehouse in Brentwood and made two arrests.\n\nA woman was also fined £10,000 for organising a house party with 100 guests at Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, in Epping Forest.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andy Prophet said: \"Unfortunately, there were [those] who decided to blatantly flout the coronavirus rules and regulations and, ultimately, they decided that partying was more important than protecting other people.\n\n\"We've seized their equipment, arrested five people, and issued a large number of fines to those who think this behaviour is acceptable.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nFormer Tottenham and Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino has been appointed head coach of Paris St-Germain.\n\nThe Argentine, 48, who succeeded Thomas Tuchel, has signed a deal until 30 June 2022, with the option of an extra year.\n\nPochettino, who played for PSG between 2001 and 2003, has been out of work since being sacked by Spurs in November 2019.\n\nPSG are third in Ligue 1 and will face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League in February and March.\n\nGerman Tuchel was sacked on 29 December after two and a half years in charge.\n• None Pochettino is back - but why has he chosen PSG? Read Guillem Ballague's column\n\nPochettino will take his first training session on Sunday following the French league's winter break.\n\nHe said he was \"happy and honoured\" to take on the role and that the club \"has always held a special place in my heart\".\n\n\"I return to the club today with a lot of ambition and humility, and am eager to work with some of the world's most talented players,\" said Pochettino.\n\n\"This team has fantastic potential and my staff and I will do everything we can to get the best for Paris St-Germain in all competitions. We will also do our utmost to give our team the combative and attacking playing identity that Parisian fans have always loved.\"\n\nPSG chairman and chief executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi said Pochettino's return \"fits perfectly with our ambitions\", adding: \"It will be another exciting chapter for the club and one I am positive the fans will enjoy.\"\n\nPochettino began his managerial career at Espanyol and spent 18 months at Southampton before joining Tottenham in May 2014.\n\nHe guided them to the League Cup final in his first full season, while two third-placed finishes sandwiched a runners-up spot in the Premier League in 2016-17.\n\nA former Argentina defender, Pochettino led Spurs to the Champions League final in 2019, where they lost to Liverpool.\n\nHe was sacked five months later, with the club 14th in the Premier League, and replaced by Jose Mourinho.\n\nTuchel's final game in charge of PSG was a 4-0 win over Strasbourg on 23 December, which moved the reigning champions to within a point of Ligue 1 leaders Lyon and second-placed Lille before a two-week winter break.\n\nPSG have been linked with a January loan move for Tottenham's Dele Alli, who made his Premier League debut under Pochettino.\n\nWe all wanted to see him back and we all thought he was waiting for the Manchester United job. PSG is a massive job. There's a massive expectation there.\n\nWith the squad he can pick from and the players he can attract, it's a match made in heaven.\n\nPochettino has got the best out of Dele Alli in the past and it would probably be a clever move all round to get him out there with with the Euros looming.\n\nYou have to have success [at PSG]. They have moved Thomas Tuchel on because PSG are actually in a title race rather than winning at a canter. It's a great opportunity for Pochettino.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Arwel Morris said national park staff and police had been engaging with visitors\n\nBeauty spots have been \"disappointingly busy over the last few days\" despite restrictions meaning all but essential travel should be avoided.\n\nSnowdonia park warden Arwel Morris reiterated the message that people should not be driving to visit places.\n\nOn Saturday, police stopped people from Milton Keynes attempting to walk up Snowdon in breach of Covid rules.\n\nMr Morris blamed a \"perfect storm\" of good weather and people being off work for the number of visitors in the area.\n\n\"We try and enforce the fact that exercise should begin and end at home, meaning people should not try and drive to a location where they plan to exercise,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"And this has been really difficult over the last few days.\n\n\"We have dealt with people from London, Birmingham… numerous people from north Wales travelling to beauty spots.\"\n\nMr Morris, a warden for Snowdonia National Park, said police had been doing their \"absolute best\" dealing with visitors despite other pressures, as wardens could not enforce breaches in lockdown rules.\n\nA breach of Covid rules can incur a £60 fine, which rises to £120 for a second breach.\n\nOn Saturday, North Wales Police said officers had \"turned away\" people who wanted to walk up Snowdon in breach of stay-at-home rules, including some some from Milton Keynes and London.\n\nOn New Year's Day, the force tweeted to say people had been reported for breaching travel restrictions.\n\nWales has been in a nationwide level four lockdown since 20 December.\n\nWales is in a tier four lockdown\n\nTravelling is only allowed for essential purposes, such as for work and for caring responsibilities. International travel is also not allowed.\n\nPeople are still allowed out of their homes to exercise for unlimited periods each day, but must maintain social distancing and not exercise with anyone outside their household.\n\nMore than three quarters of England is also under the strictest tier four coronavirus measures, putting restrictions on people's daily lives.", "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has started to arrive in hospitals, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.\n\nThe Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath in West Sussex was one of the hospitals taking a delivery on Saturday.\n\nThe UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead this summer despite concern over rising coronavirus cases, says Japan's prime minister.\n\nThe Olympics are due to begin on 23 July with the Paralympics following a month later from 24 August.\n\nCases have surged in Japan in recent days with Tokyo reporting over 1,000 daily infections for the first time.\n\nBut prime minister Yoshihide Suga said the \"Games will be held this summer\" and be \"safe and secure\".\n\nJapan is responding to cases of the new variant of coronavirus first found in the UK, with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike warning the number of infections could \"explode\".\n\nThere were a record 1,337 cases in Tokyo on 31 December with 783 new infections announced on Friday.\n\nJapan has recorded 239,041 coronavirus cases and 3,337 deaths during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nCosts for the Games have increased by $2.8bn (£2.1bn) because of measures needed to prevent the spread of coronavirus but organisers have ruled out a delay.\n\nThe Games could be the most expensive summer Olympics in history.\n\nA poll by national broadcaster NHK showed that the majority of the Japanese general public oppose holding the Games in 2021, favouring a further delay or outright cancellation of the event.\n\nSuga said the Games going ahead could serve as a \"symbol of global solidarity\".", "The next few weeks will be \"nail-bitingly difficult\" for the NHS, hospital bosses have warned.\n\nStaff absences and the new Covid variant are creating a \"challenging situation\", Saffron Cordery, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts in England, said.\n\nDoctors are urging the public to \"take it seriously and follow the rules\" to protect the health service.\n\nThe year started with 53,285 more Covid cases and 613 deaths being reported.\n\nThe day's figures do not include data from Northern Ireland or Wales, or the numbers of deaths from Scotland - as these are not being published on certain days during the Christmas and New Year period.\n\nIt comes after the UK reported its highest daily cases on Thursday, with a record 55,892 infections.\n\nOn Friday evening, the government confirmed that all primary schools in London would remain closed for the start of the new term, following a review of Covid transmission rates.\n\nFrom Monday, all schools in the capital will now be required to provide remote learning.\n\nPrimaries in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nMeanwhile, new analysis by Imperial College London has confirmed the new variant of coronavirus has a much quicker rate of transmission than the original strain.\n\nAnd an analysis of NHS England data from 23 hospital trusts by the Health Service Journal shows that Covid-19 is putting intense pressure on adult acute care and general beds, as well as those in intensive care.\n\nIt found that more than a third of these beds were occupied by patients with Covid-19 on Tuesday, and in three trusts - North Middlesex in London, and Medway and Dartford and Gravesham in Kent - the figure was more than half.\n\nBased on the recent rise in numbers, the analysis suggests that all acute and general beds might soon be filled with Covid-19 patients.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Ms Cordery said the surging transmission and death rates were \"incredibly hard to deal with\".\n\n\"When we are seeing major London trusts saying they are under pressure, that's when we know we're in a very challenging space,\" she said.\n\nA leading intensive care doctor has urged people to follow restrictions until the vaccination programme is fully rolled out.\n\nProf Anthony Gordon, of Imperial College, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"There is light at the end of the tunnel so I would urge people to hold on for these few more months while the vaccination programme makes that difference and then we can truly get back to normal.\n\n\"But we can't overrun the health service because this will just lead to thousands more deaths.\"\n\nAdrian Boyle, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, urged people to follow guidance on hand washing, social distancing and face coverings to stop the \"entirely preventable\" spread of the virus.\n\nDr Boyle said staff are \"tired\" and at risk of \"burnout\", having \"worked really hard over the summer\" and \"put up with a lot of disruption\".\n\n\"This time people are frustrated, this is now an entirely preventable disease, we know what we did in spring made a lot of this go away. There's also now a vaccine,\" he added.\n\nMore than three-quarters of England is currently under the strictest tier four - \"stay at home\" - coronavirus measures, and other parts of the country have joined higher tiers.\n\nMainland Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are under lockdown.\n\nThere are also concerns the added pressures of rising numbers of Covid patients seen at London hospitals have begun to spread across the country.\n\nSpeaking on Today, Dr Alison Pittard, of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, said it was \"only a matter of time before it starts to spread to other parts of country\", adding that \"we're already starting to see that\".\n\nShe stressed it was \"really important that we try and stop the transmission in the community because that translates into hospital admissions\".\n\nIt comes as almost half the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the peak of the first wave in April.\n\nAnd pressure has been so great on some hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nHowever, Mike Adams, director of the Royal College of Nursing, questioned whether there were the staff available to run the hospital.\n\n\"Nursing is already stretched beyond capacity so there is no magic pile of nurses we can call upon,\" he told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\n\"I think the real battle is reducing the spread of the virus and getting the vaccine rolled out.\"\n\nThe new coronavirus variant has driven a big rise in cases, with the worst effects felt so far in London.\n\nResearchers at Imperial College London have confirmed it increases the R number - the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to - by about 0.4 to 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy, from the statistic section of Imperial College London, told the Today programme this higher rate of infection means that transmission of the disease would have tripled even during England's November lockdown conditions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nThe hunt is now on to find new ways to slow the spread of coronavirus, with the rules on mask wearing potentially coming up for review.\n\nBehavioural science group SPI-B (Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours), which reports to the Sage group of government advisers, has said that mandatory face coverings may be necessary in a wider number of settings, such as in workplaces and possibly outdoors.\n\nHowever, Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, told BBC Radio 4's World at One he was not convinced a move towards making the wearing of face coverings mandatory outdoors would make \"much difference\" to transmission rates.\n\nHe said the \"bigger problem\" was people touching their face covering or wearing it incorrectly, adding ministers should focus on ensuring people knew how to wear them and to change and wash them regularly.\n\nThe rollout of the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will begin on Monday, almost a month after the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.\n\nSecond doses of either will now take place within 12 weeks rather than 21 days as had been initially planned with the Pfizer vaccine.", "The star started filming his role in secret last year\n\nComedian John Bishop is to join Jodie Whittaker for the 13th series of Doctor Who, the BBC has revealed.\n\nThe 54-year-old, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, said boarding the Tardis was a \"dream come true\".\n\nHe will play a character called Dan, who \"becomes embroiled in the Doctor's adventures\" and faces \"evil alien races beyond his wildest nightmares\".\n\nBishop fills the gap left by Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, who bowed out in a special New Year's Day episode.\n\nHe began filming his role last November, but the BBC kept the signing under wraps until the broadcast of Revolution Of The Daleks on Friday night.\n\nBishop, who grew up on a Merseyside council estate, had a brief career as a professional footballer before turning his hand to comedy.\n\nHe has previously acted in the Channel 4 drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish.\n\nEarlier this week, the comedian revealed that he and his wife had tested positive for Coronavirus over Christmas, saying he had been \"flattened\" by \"the worst illness I have ever had\".\n\nWriting on Instagram, he described his symptoms as including \"incredible headaches, muscle and joint point, no appetite, nausea, dizziness [and] chronic fatigue like I didn't know existed\".\n\nHe updated fans on New Year's Eve, saying he and his wife were \"getting a little stronger\" every day, and promising he would return to work in January.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by johnbish100 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not thought his illness will disrupt production on Doctor Who. The show is on a scheduled break for Christmas and not due to resume filming until later this month.\n\nThe 13th series of the rebooted sci-fi stalwart will see Whittaker return as the extra terrestrial Time Lord, alongside Mandip Gill, who returns as Yaz.\n\nIn a statement, Bishop said: \"If I could tell my younger self that one day I would be asked to step on board the Tardis, I would never have believed it.\n\n\"It's an absolute dream come true to be joining Doctor Who and I couldn't wish for better company than Jodie and Mandip.\"\n\nJodie Whittaker became the first female actress to play The Doctor in 2017\n\nProgramme boss Chris Chibnall added: \"It's time for the next chapter of Doctor Who, and it starts with a man called Dan. Oh, we've had to keep this one secret for a long, long time.\n\n\"Our conversations started with John even before the pandemic hit.\n\n\"The character of Dan was built for him, and it's a joy to have him aboard the Tardis.\"\n\nDoctor Who will return to BBC One later this year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nArsenal continued their Premier League resurgence with a ruthless victory over strugglers West Brom at The Hawthorns.\n\nDefender Kieran Tierney's excellent solo run and curling finish put the Gunners in front in the first half, before the impressive Bukayo Saka rounded off a stunning passing move to make it 2-0.\n\nAlexandre Lacazette added the third and fourth goals after the break - smashing in a rebound from Emile Smith Rowe's shot before he was set up by Tierney.\n\nIt was Arsenal's third league victory in a row after they had failed to win their previous seven.\n\nWest Brom, playing their fourth match under new manager Sam Allardyce, remain second from bottom and six points from safety.\n• None Confidence? Youth? How have Arsenal turned relegation talk into European hopes?\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he wanted his players to \"show confidence\" at The Hawthorns, and they certainly did that in a dominant and eye-catching display.\n\nHector Bellerin forced Sam Johnstone into a save within two minutes after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke down the left, and Saka tormented full-back Dara O'Shea on the opposite wing constantly during the opening half.\n\nIt was Saka's ball that fizzed past the back post, inches away from the toe of Aubameyang, after the 19-year-old had got the better of O'Shea and hit it straight at Johnstone.\n\nWest Brom were being suffocated and Tierney's burst of pace to get around Darnell Furlong, before bending it into the far corner, was the perfect way to open the scoring.\n\nSaka made it 2-0 by rounding off a slick, one-touch passing move that former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would have been proud of.\n\nWest Brom could offer no response after the break either and Arsenal were 3-0 up on the hour when Lacazette eventually blasted in the rebound from a catalogue of errors by defender Semi Ajayi.\n\nThat was game over but Lacazette was allowed to add a fourth when he was left unmarked to divert Tierney's cross into the roof of the net four minutes later.\n\nArteta, knowing the job was done, was able to bring off Saka and Emile Smith Rowe following impressive performances from both youngsters, while Arsenal continued to create chances to round off a very enjoyable evening in the snow.\n\nAllardyce's first match in charge of West Brom - a 3-0 drubbing by Aston Villa after captain Jake Livermore had been sent off - was a sign of just how tough this job was going to be.\n\nThen that 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield provided hope. The Baggies were resilient, organised and tireless.\n\nBut heavy back-to-back defeats by Leeds United and now Arsenal at home have brought things back down to earth.\n\nWest Brom were overawed in defence, out-run in midfield and frustrated by a lack of opportunities in attack throughout this confidence-crushing defeat.\n\nTheir rare sniffs at goal came from a Granit Xhaka error in the first half - Matheus Pereira chipping it through to Matt Phillips who struck it straight at Bernd Leno - before Callum Robinson's finish was ruled out for offside in the second half.\n\nSubstitute Rekeem Harper's long-range strike deep in stoppage time was also comfortably turned behind by Leno.\n\nIt was West Brom's third home loss in three under Allardyce and they have conceded 12 goals with no reply in those games.\n\n'Everything looks much better' - what they said\n\nWest Brom manager Sam Allardyce: \"Another game gone by where we learn more about the players we have. We have learnt an awful lot about what we can and cannot do.\n\n\"We need to work out a way of not trying to be as sloppy as we have been at conceding goals. It appears when we try to open up we leave opportunities for the opposition and we cannot cope.\"\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta: \"We had a big week, three games in seven days, and we managed to win them and everything looks much better. It was difficult conditions but the team looked sharp from the start. It's a big win.\n\n\"After the results we had before we had to lift things straight away. Now we have got some discipline back. We look more creative in the final third and we look solid at the back.\"\n\nThe best of the stats\n• None West Brom are the first side to lose consecutive home Premier League games by at least four goals since Wigan in August 2010.\n• None Arsenal have scored in all 25 of their Premier League meetings with West Brom, the best 100% scoring record by one side against an opponent in the competition's history.\n• None There were 20 passes in the build-up to Arsenal's first goal scored by Kieran Tierney - since Mikel Arteta's first game in charge on Boxing Day 2019, the Gunners have scored more goals following a sequence of 20+ passes than any other Premier League side (3).\n• None Tierney became the first Scottish player to score an away Premier League goal for Arsenal and the first to do so in the top flight since Charlie Nicholas against Ipswich Town in March 1986.\n• None Alexandre Lacazette has scored five away Premier League goals in 2020-21, his best such tally in a single season in the competition.\n\nWest Brom travel to Blackpool for an FA Cup third-round tie on Saturday, 9 January (15:00 GMT kick-off), before returning to Premier League action on Saturday, 16 January against Wolves (12:30 GMT).\n\nArsenal host Newcastle in their FA Cup match on the same day (17:30 GMT), before facing Crystal Palace at home in the league on Thursday, 14 January (20:00 GMT).\n• None Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Charlie Austin tries a through ball, but Kyle Bartley is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Rekeem Harper (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.\n• None Attempt saved. Willian (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.\n• None Attempt missed. Joseph Willock (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Conor Gallagher (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Robinson.\n• None Attempt blocked. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dara O'Shea.\n• None Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.\n• None Attempt missed. Charlie Austin (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Phillips. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty saw off stubborn Aston Villa.\n\nFernandes drilled his 11th league goal this season - and his fifth from the spot - into the bottom corner to punish Douglas Luiz's clip on Paul Pogba and hand United an eighth win in 10 games.\n\nBertrand Traore's calm finish underneath David de Gea had deservedly drawn Villa level, cancelling out Anthony Martial's stooping first-half header for the hosts.\n\nBut Fernandes' penalty extended United's hold over Villa - they have now won 32 and lost just one of the past 44 league meetings between the sides - and leaves Liverpool top only by virtue of goal difference.\n\nThe spot-kick award angered Aston Villa boss Dean Smith who claimed Pogba \"tripped himself\" and that the video assistant referee should have asked on-pitch official Michael Oliver to review his decision.\n\n\"I don't see why Michael couldn't have looked at it. That's what VAR is for isn't it?\" Smith told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I thought it was a penalty at the time, but I looked at it after the game and saw he tripped himself. I don't think it's a penalty.\n\n\"I think there's enough doubt there to send the referee over to the screen.\"\n\nSmith's side were perhaps unfortunate not to have left Old Trafford with at least a point from a thoroughly entertaining game but they also needed several fine saves from Emiliano Martinez to keep them in it.\n\nAfter Fernandes' spot-kick put United back in front, Martinez superbly tipped a stinging 25-yarder from the Portuguese on to the crossbar as well as denying Martial a second.\n\nMartinez's counterpart David de Gea was just as busy, with a late save from Matty Cash's long-range strike preserving the points, not long after Tyrone Mings had headed wide a glorious chance to level.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side have displayed their ability to grind out points at Old Trafford in recent weeks, as evidenced in 1-0 home wins over both West Bromwich Albion and Wolves.\n\nBut they have also shown a willingness to go toe-to-toe with teams who are happy to open up the game and, while this was not quite the shootout of the 6-2 win over Leeds, it was just as easy on the eye.\n\nA number of fluid first-half moves produced chances before Martial's opener as the France forward saw a curler tipped over by Martinez, while Fernandes and Wan-Bissaka were narrowly off target with similar efforts.\n\nMartial stole between Mings and Ezri Konsa to nod the Red Devils ahead from Wan-Bissaka's inviting cross for only his second league goal of the season on his return to Solskjaer's starting line-up.\n\nWhile Luiz was unfortunate to be penalised for what might have been an accidental clip on Pogba, there was enough contact for the penalty to be given and Fernandes continued his excellent record from the spot.\n\nUnited were nine points behind Liverpool after a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal at Old Trafford on 1 November but have made up that gap in just two months to set an intriguing title race into motion.\n\nA minute's silence before the game paid tribute to former boss Tommy Docherty, who famously prevented Liverpool claiming the treble by leading United to an FA Cup win over the Reds in 1977.\n\nAnd while talk of foiling a second successive Liverpool title might be premature, moving alongside them at the Premier League's summit will give Solskjaer's side even more confidence as they eye up a trip to Anfield on 17 January.\n\nWhile Villa were ultimately outgunned by their hosts, their brave display was further evidence of the progress Smith's side have made this season.\n\nThey held their own in the first half, causing United a number of problems down the flanks, with playmaker Jack Grealish prompting and probing to show why the hosts have long considered a move for the Villa captain.\n\nBut they were even more impressive in the early stages of the second period, Grealish crossing for an Ollie Watkins header that was saved by De Gea before collecting a quick free-kick and finding Traore to tuck home the equaliser.\n\nLuiz's foul on Pogba came with Villa very much in the ascendancy and while they then had to ride a storm the visitors still came close to pinching a point as Mings beat fellow England centre-half Harry Maguire to a free-kick only to nod wide.\n\nWith Ross Barkley's return from a hamstring injury imminent, this performance should keep Villa optimistic even if defeat halted a five-game unbeaten run and saw them slip a place to sixth, behind Chelsea on goal difference.\n\nAnd while their rotten record at Old Trafford continues - just one win in 34 visits since 1983, which came courtesy of a Gabriel Agbonlahor header in 2009 - they have still only conceded five times in eight away games this campaign.\n\n'We have improved a lot in a year' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BBC Sport: \"You are always delighted with three points. The performance was good and we created chances.\n\n\"It was maybe a little too open and we wasted chances. We tried to play the Hollywood pass instead of securing the first one and using the space that was there.\n\n\"We are happy with what we are doing. We have shown we have improved a lot in a year. We lost to Arsenal away last New Year's Day. We have improved immensely.\"\n\nAston Villa boss Dean Smith told BBC Sport: \"I wasn't happy with the first half. We were miles off the levels where we have been. It felt like a testimonial pace then they deservedly had the lead at half-time. I told the players we needed to be upping our levels.\n\n\"We competed a lot better [in the second half], showed more quality and created chances. I'd take the second-half performance all day long. A dubious penalty has lost us the game.\n\n\"When you look at our performances and results, it shows we are very competitive in this league now, which is what we wanted it to be.\"\n\nUnited's hold over Villa goes on - the stats\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 16 Premier League matches against Aston Villa (W12 D4).\n• None Aston Villa have lost 13 of their past 15 away Premier League games against Manchester United at Old Trafford (W1 D1).\n• None In Premier League history, the only player to be directly involved in more goals in their first 30 appearances in the competition than Bruno Fernandes (33 - 19 goals, 14 assists) is Andrew Cole (37 - 28 goals, nine assists).\n• None Anthony Martial has now scored on all seven days of the week in the Premier League for Manchester United, becoming the fifth player to do so, after Ryan Giggs, Andrew Cole, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.\n• None Only Tottenham's Harry Kane (10) has assisted more Premier League goals this season than Jack Grealish (7), while the last Aston Villa player to assist more than seven Premier League goals in a season was Ashley Young in 2010-11 (10).\n• None Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first Premier League match in charge of Manchester United in December 2018, the Red Devils have taken (27) and scored (21) the most Premier League penalties.\n\nManchester United host local rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) and welcome Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday 9 January (20:00 GMT). Their next Premier League game is away at Burnley on Tuesday 12 January (20:15 GMT).\n\nAston Villa host Liverpool in the FA Cup next Friday (19:45 GMT) before returning to Premier League action at home to Tottenham on Wednesday 13 January (20:15 GMT).\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.\n• None Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "London's Nightingale Hospital is ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle, the NHS has said.\n\nThe Excel Centre site in east London has been \"reactivated\" amid a rise in the number of Covid-19 patients.\n\nOther Nightingale hospital sites across England are also being readied, with the UK recording a record daily rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nAn NHS spokesman said hospitals in London remain under \"significant pressure\".\n\nHe said: \"In anticipation of pressures rising from the spread of the new variant infection, NHS London were asked to ensure the London Nightingale was reactivated and ready to admit patients as needed, and that process is under way.\"\n\nSeveral NHS hospitals in London and the south-east are now reporting they are under extreme pressure as a result of a surge in the number of people falling seriously ill with Covid-19.\n\nAn email to staff at the Royal London Hospital says they are operating in disaster medicine mode - warning they can no longer provide high-standard critical care.\n\nNightingale hospitals in Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate are in use currently for non-Covid patients, the spokesman added.\n\nThe Exeter site received its first Covid patients in November when it began accepting those transferred from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, which was described as \"very busy\".\n\nHe said: \"Covid inpatient numbers are rising sharply so the remaining Nightingales are being readied to admit patients once again should they be needed, in line with best clinical practice developed over the first and second waves of coronavirus.\"\n\nSenior intensive care doctor Prof Hugh Montgomery warned those who fail to follow the rules on social distancing, hand washing and wearing a face covering \"have blood on their hands\".\n\nNHS England medical director Stephen Powis has described the Nightingale hospitals as \"our insurance policy, there as our last resort\".\n\nLondon's Nightingale hospital was built in nine days, with the help of hundreds of soldiers\n\nHe told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday: \"We asked all the Nightingale hospitals a few weeks ago to be ready to take patients if that was required.\n\n\"Indeed, some of them are already doing that, in Manchester taking step-down patients, in Exeter managing Covid patients, and in other places managing diagnostics, for instance.\n\n\"Our first steps though, in managing the extra demands on the NHS, are to expand capacity within existing hospitals - that's the best way to use our staff.\"\n\nLondon's Nightingale Hospital was opened on 3 April and placed on standby weeks later after fewer than 20 patients were treated there.", "Owen Thomas says metal detecting has been his escape from the stresses of the pandemic.\n\nThe writer from Tongwynlais, Cardiff started metal detecting after bumping into his long-time friend Bob Wiseman - an avid detectorist - during lockdown.\n\nAside from his first outing, when he followed his metal toe cap boots thinking he had found treasure, he has discovered artefacts dating back to the 13th Century.\n\nOwen says he has fallen in love with his new-found hobby and it is \"the link with a life that's gone” that appeals to him so much.", "A UK ticket-holder has started the new year by winning the EuroMillions jackpot of nearly £40m.\n\nOne ticket matched all five regular numbers and two lucky stars in the draw on Friday night to win the £39,774,466.40 prize.\n\nCamelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, said: \"What an amazing start to 2021 for UK EuroMillions players.\"\n\nA ticket-holder has now come forward to claim their prize.\n\nCamelot, which operates the lottery, said checks were being made on the claim.\n\nMr Carter said: \"It is fantastic news that the jackpot winning lucky ticket-holder has now claimed this enormous prize. We will now focus on supporting the ticket-holder through the process.\"\n\nThe winning numbers were 16, 28, 32, 44 and 48 with the lucky stars 01 and 09.\n\nTen other ticket-holders each won £1m in the UK Millionaire Maker New Year's Day event.\n\nIn 2019, a UK ticket-holder won the full £170m EuroMillions jackpot, making them Britain's richest ever lottery winner.\n\nAnd last year, a £57m EuroMillions prize claim was validated just before the deadline. The ticket had been bought in South Ayrshire.\n\nThe winning ticket holder's newfound cash means they are now wealthier than former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, who is worth £36m, according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nAnd if they have a bit more money in the bank, they could buy one of the UK's most expensive homes, which went on the market last year.\n\nNobody won the EuroMillons Hotpicks jackpot on Friday, which uses the same numbers as the main draw, but one winner scooped the Thunderball top prize of £500,000.\n\nThe Thunderball numbers were 13, 17, 30, 34, 35 and the Thunderball was 01.", "Lisa Montgomery is scheduled for execution in January 2021\n\nA US appeals court has lifted a stay of execution on the only woman awaiting a federal death penalty.\n\nLisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in 2004.\n\nIf the execution goes ahead, she will be the first female federal inmate to be put to death in almost 70 years.\n\nMontgomery's execution date was originally set for last month but a stay was put in place after her attorneys contracted Covid-19.\n\nIt was then rescheduled for 12 January by the Justice Department. But Montgomery's lawyers argued that the date could not be set while a stay was in place.\n\nA court sided with her attorneys, stopping an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death.\n\nBut on Friday, a panel of judges concluded that the director had acted under the law, allowing the execution to take place.\n\nMontgomery's legal team said they will file a petition for the judges to reconsider their ruling.\n\nThe last woman to be executed by the US government was Bonnie Heady, who died in a gas chamber in Missouri in 1953, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.\n\nFederal executions had been on pause for 17 years before President Donald Trump ordered them to resume earlier last year.\n\nIf the remaining executions go ahead, Mr Trump will have overseen the most executions by a US president in more than a century.\n\nMontgomery's execution date is just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.\n\nMr Biden, who for decades was a fierce supporter of the death penalty as a Delaware senator, has now said he will seek to end federal executions once he takes office.\n\nIn December 2004, Montgomery drove from Kansas to the home of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, in Missouri, purportedly to purchase a puppy, according to a Department of Justice press release.\n\n\"Once inside the residence, Montgomery attacked and strangled Stinnett - who was eight months pregnant - until the victim lost consciousness,\" it says.\n\nMontgomery cut into Stinnett's body to remove the baby, which she took with her in an attempt to pass it off as her own.\n\nIn 2007, a jury found Montgomery guilty of federal kidnapping resulting in death, and unanimously recommended a death sentence.\n\nBut Montgomery's lawyers say she experienced brain damage from beatings as a child and is mentally unwell, so should not face the death penalty.\n\nUnder the US justice system, crimes can be tried either in federal courts, at a national level, or in state courts, at a regional level.\n\nCertain crimes, such as counterfeiting currency or mail theft, are automatically tried at a federal level, as are cases in which the US is a party or those which involve constitutional violations.\n\nThe death penalty was outlawed at state and federal level by a 1972 Supreme Court decision that cancelled all existing death penalty statutes.\n\nA 1976 Supreme Court decision allowed states to reinstate the death penalty and in 1988 the government passed legislation that made it available again at federal level.\n\nAccording to data collected by the Death Penalty Information Center, 78 people were sentenced to death in federal cases between 1988 and 2018 but only three were executed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's in store for US President-elect Biden in 2021? Senior North America reporter Anthony Zurcher looks ahead\n\nThe latest in a series of attempts by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn the November US election result has failed.\n\nA Texas judge rejected the case, brought by Republican Louie Gohmert, seeking to stop Vice-President Mike Pence from certifying the final result.\n\nLawyers for Mr Pence had asked for the case to be thrown out on Thursday.\n\nPresident-elect Joe Biden is due to take office on 20 January. Mr Trump is yet to concede.\n\nMr Gohmert, a Republican congressman, told Newsmax TV that he planned to appeal against the verdict.\n\nMr Trump's friends and colleagues in the Republican party have presented dozens of legal challenges to the November outcome which delivered a decisive win to Mr Biden.\n\nHis victory was announced after days of vote-counting that took longer than in recent years because of the huge number of postal ballots cast due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Trump has made numerous unsubstantiated claims that Mr Biden's win, which saw the president-elect gain 306 electoral college votes to his rival's 232, was fraudulent.\n\nThe electoral college is a system whereby each US state has an allocated number of points that is granted to the overall winner in each state. The candidate who gains the majority wins the presidency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Explaining the Electoral College and which voters will decide who wins\n\nCongressman Gohmert's case sought to allow Vice-President Mike Pence to reject some electoral college votes when they are ratified by Congress on 6 January.\n\nThe vice-president presides over the vote certification in Congress in a ceremonial role that involves opening and tallying the envelopes containing electoral college votes before announcing the result.\n\nMr Gohmert's case aimed to expand that role to allow Mr Pence to cast judgement on the validity of the votes and potentially replace votes for Mr Biden with ones for Mr Trump.\n\nBut Judge Jeremy Kernodle, who was appointed to the Texas court in 2018 by Mr Trump, rejected the case, saying it was based on speculative events.\n\nOn Thursday a lawyer from the US Justice Department representing Mr Pence urged Mr Gohmert to drop the case, suggesting that it was not the vice-president's office that should be scrutinising the outcome.\n\nAlthough most Republicans in Congress are expected to vote in favour of certifying the results, a small number including Senator Josh Hawley, say they plan to object. But their vote is not expected to change the outcome.\n\nMr Biden is due to be sworn in as president on 20 January at a scaled-back ceremony with just 1,000 tickets available due to Covid-19 precautions.", "All primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the new term, the government has confirmed.\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said the government had \"finally seen sense and U-turned\" on its plan to allow pupils in some areas to return on Monday.\n\nLeaders of nine London local authorities had written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to rethink the decision.\n\nMr Williamson said the city-wide closures were \"a last resort\".\n\nThe government said it had decided all primary schools in the capital would be required to provide remote learning after a further review of coronavirus transmission rates.\n\nVulnerable pupils and the children of key workers will continue to attend school, the government said.\n\nEarly years care, alternative provision and special schools will remain open, it added.\n\nSchools in nine London boroughs and the City of London district had been set to reopen - while those in the remaining 23 boroughs would have stayed closed from 4 January.\n\nThe decision was criticised and branded \"illogical\" by councillors and residents in the affected areas, who called for primary schools across the capital to move to online learning until 18 January.\n\nThey pointed out that Covid-19 infection rates were higher in some boroughs told to reopen schools than in others where they were not.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Khan said a city-wide closure was \"the right decision\" and thanked education minister Nick Gibb for \"our constructive conversations over the past two days\".\n\n\"The government's original decision was ridiculous and has been causing immense confusion for parents, teachers and staff across the capital,\" Mr Khan said.\n\n\"It is right that all schools in London are treated the same, and that no primary schools in London will be forced to open on Monday\".\n\nDan Thorpe, leader of Greenwich council, said he was \"absolutely delighted\" to hear Mr Williamson had \"finally climbed down and reversed his decision\".\n\nKingston Council leader Caroline Kerr said she was \"dismayed\" at the government's handling of situation while a council statement added: \"It never made sense that neighbouring boroughs were being instructed to have different arrangements despite having similar rates of infection.\"\n\nIslington council leader Richard Watts said waiting until New Year's day to announce the further closures was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe said the decision \"should have been made weeks ago, as the public health situation became clear\".\n\nMary Bousted, of the National Education Union, said the government was right to reverse its \"obviously nonsensical position\".\n\n\"What is right for London is right for the rest of the country,\" she said, and she called on ministers to \"do their duty\" by closing all primary and secondary schools nationwide for at least two weeks.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, accused the government of damaging public confidence with a \"confusing and last-minute approach\".\n\n\"Just at the moment when we need some decisive leadership, the government is at sixes and sevens,\" he said.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said the move was \"yet another government U-turn creating chaos for parents just two days before the start of term\".\n\n\"Gavin Williamson must still clarify why some schools in tier 4 are closing and what the criteria for reopening will be,\" she said.\n\nGavin Williamson said closing schools across London was a \"last resort\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Williamson said children's education and wellbeing remained \"a national priority\" and moving the whole of London to remote education \"really is a last resort and a temporary solution\".\n\n\"We will continue keep the list of local authorities under review, and reopen classrooms as soon as we possibly can,\" he said.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the situation in London had continued to worsen in the past week and infections and hospital admissions had risen sharply.\n\n\"While our priority is to keep as many children as possible in school, we have to strike a balance between education and infection rates and pressures on the NHS,\" he said.\n\nThe Department for Education had previously said decisions on school closures and openings were based on new infections, positivity rates, and pressures on the NHS.\n\nA spokeswoman for the department said: \"In response to concerning data about the spread of coronavirus, we have implemented the contingency framework for education in a small number of areas of the country, requiring schools to provide remote learning to all but vulnerable and critical worker children and exam years.\n\n\"Decisions on which areas will be subject to the contingency framework are based on close work with PHE, the NHS, the Joint Biosecurity Centre and across government.\"\n\nAre you a parent or teacher who will be affected by the London primary school closures? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bodycam footage shows the moments before a black man was killed by a police shooting in Minneapolis\n\nMinneapolis police have released bodycam footage of a fatal shooting by officers, the first death at the hands of police in the US city since that of George Floyd, a black man, in May.\n\nThe victim, Dolal Idd, 23, was a suspect in a felony and was stopped by police on Wednesday. He was also black.\n\nInitial witness statements and police say Mr Idd fired first and was shot dead when the officers returned fire.\n\nMinneapolis saw months of unrest after Mr Floyd's death in police custody.\n\nThe protests spread across the US amid allegations of police brutality.\n\nMr Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.\n\nThe footage from Wednesday's fatal shooting, from the bodycam of one of the officers involved, was released late on Thursday.\n\nIt shows the officers' cars blocking a white vehicle at a petrol station on the city's south side, not far from where Mr Floyd died.\n\nThe police are heard shouting \"Stop your car, hands up, hands up!\" before shots are fired, including by the officers.\n\nA female passenger in the car with Mr Idd was not hurt, police said, nor were the officers.\n\nMinneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said a gun was found at the scene.\n\n\"When I viewed the video that everyone else is viewing - and certainly the real-time slow-down version - it appears the individual inside the vehicle fired his weapon at the officers first,\" he said.\n\nPeople including Mr Idd's father Bayle Gelle gathered at the scene the following day, prompting fears of renewed protests.\n\n\"He was just sitting in the car, and bullets were shot at him, and no reason,\" he said, quoted by CBS News.\n\n\"Why are we here?... Because of colour. He is a black man. We want to know why my sweet son gets shot and killed.\"\n\nGeorge Floyd's death led to violent protests in the city, including this police station set on fire in May\n\nCity mayor Jacob Frey said he was committed to getting the facts and pursuing justice.\n\n\"We know a life has been cut short tonight and that trust between communities of colour and law enforcement is fragile,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Rebuilding that trust will depend on complete transparency.\"\n\nMr Floyd's death in May led to calls for reform or even abolition of the city's police department, but those efforts have stalled.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 2,500 people take part in an illegal rave in northern France, despite the nationwide curfew\n\nAn illegal warehouse rave that began on New Year's Eve in France in defiance of coronavirus precautions has been shut down by police after arrests and clashes.\n\nSome of the 2,500 ravers in Lieuron near Rennes in Brittany had planned to party until Tuesday.\n\nPolice issued fines to revellers found leaving and the organisers were being identified as the party ended.\n\nA number of party-goers were from the UK and Spain, police said.\n\nAttendees clashed with police, setting fire to a car and throwing objects at officers attempting to shut the event down. At least three officers were injured.\n\nPolice broke up the three-day party that defied a nationwide curfew\n\nA driver was apprehended with turntables, speakers and a generator in the boot of the vehicle, according to French TV station BFM TV.\n\nPolice trying to stop the event faced \"fierce hostility from many partygoers\", a statement from local authorities said.\n\nBut at 05:30 local time on Saturday the ravers began to accept the party was over and started to leave the two disused warehouse hangars, the local prefecture said.\n\nSome revellers said they were hoping to stay until Tuesday\n\nInterior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter that trucks, sound equipment and generators were seized at the scene and an investigation has been opened.\n\nMore than 1,200 fines were issued for non-compliance with the curfew, not wearing a mask and attending an illegal gathering, Mr Darmanin said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gérald DARMANIN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Friday authorities said they had opened a sanitary cordon around the party and anyone leaving the event was urged to self-isolate for seven days.\n\nOne of the party-goers, who gave his name as Jo, told the AFP news agency that \"very few had respected social distancing\" at the event.\n\nA number of people slept in their cars before returning to dance, Le Monde newspaper reports.\n\nOne reveller told Le Monde that the rave was \"very well organised\" with food stalls inside.\n\nAnother, who came with four friends from Finisterre in north-west France, told the newspaper that she had wanted to \"escape\" for a few hours.\n\nOn Friday an interior ministry crisis meeting was held and all vehicle exits from the rave were blocked as police sought to shut down the party.\n\nFrance introduced strict rules ahead of the New Year including a curfew from 20:00 until 06:00.\n\nMore than 100,000 police officers were deployed across the country to break up parties and enforce the curfew.\n\nOfficers were instructed to break up underground parties as soon as they were reported, fine participants and identify the organisers.\n\nFrance has recorded more than 2.6 million coronavirus cases and 64,892 deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nOfficers elsewhere in Europe have also had to break up events in recent days.\n\nPolice dispersed a mass gathering near the Spanish city of Barcelona on Saturday where 300 people had been partying for more than 40 hours.\n\nThree footballers from London-based football team Tottenham Hotspur were photographed at a Christmas party last week in breach of coronavirus regulations.\n\nAnd in Essex, an illegal New Year's Eve party damaged All Saints Church near Brentwood. Church authorities have since received hundreds of pounds to pay for repairs.\n\nOfficers in Spain broke up the rave near Barcelona, which had been going on for more than 40 hours", "Officers dispersed the party at the Grade II* listed church before midnight\n\nThousands of pounds has been raised to pay for repairs to a 500-year-old church that was \"trashed\" during an illegal New Year's Eve party.\n\nHundreds of revellers attended the party at All Saints Church in East Horndon, near Brentwood, after the building was broken into.\n\nThree people were arrested on suspicion of public order and drugs offences.\n\nVolunteer group Friends of All Saints said it was \"completely overwhelmed\" by peoples' \"support and generosity\".\n\nChurch volunteer Astrid Gillespie said the damage was \"devastating\"\n\nThe fundraising page was set up on Friday and aimed to raise £2,000, but in less than 24 hours it had raised more than £8,700.\n\nIt said a \"massive clean-up\" was needed at the \"much-loved\" church after \"hundreds of revellers trashed the place\".\n\nEquipment was seized by police at the illegal party\n\nAstrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.\n\nShe said: \"It was a professional set-up. They had a bar area where you had to exchange tokens.\n\n\"It's such a beautiful church. To find out it's been damaged is devastating.\"\n\nReferring to the money that was raised, she said: \"Faith in humanity restored\".\n\nThe church, which is owned and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust, has not been used for religious services since 1970, but regularly houses community events.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Researchers have been tracking changes to the \"spike\" of the virus\n\nThe new variant of Covid-19 is \"hugely\" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found.\n\nIt concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.\n\nThe UK's latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3. It needs to be below 1.0 for the number of cases to start falling.\n\nProf Axel Gandy of London's Imperial College said the differences between the viruses types was \"quite extreme\".\n\n\"There is a huge difference in how easily the variant virus spreads,\" he told BBC News. \"This is the most serious change in the virus since the epidemic began,\" he added.\n\nThe Imperial College study suggests transmission of the new variant tripled during England's November lockdown while the previous version was reduced by a third.\n\nCases of Covid-19 have begun to increase rapidly during the second spike, and the number of cases recorded in a single day reached a new high on Thursday.\n\nEarly results indicated that the virus was spreading more quickly among under-20s, particularly among secondary school age children.\n\nBut the very latest data indicates that it was spreading quickly across all age groups, according to Prof Gandy who was a member of the research team.\n\n\"One possible explanation is that the early data was collected during the time of the November lockdown where schools were open and the activities of the adult population were more restricted. We are seeing now that the new virus has increased infectiousness across all age groups.\"\n\nProf Jim Naismith, of Oxford University, said he believed that the new findings indicated that even tougher restrictions would soon be needed.\n\n\"The data from Imperial represent the best analysis to date and imply that the measures we have employed to date, would - with the new virus - fail to reduce the R number to below 1.\n\n\"In simpler terms, unless we do something different the new virus strain is going to continue to spread, more infections, more hospitalisations and more deaths.\"\n\nThe R number is the average number of people an infected person infects. If it is above 1 the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe most chilling finding from this piece of research is that the November lockdown in England, hard though it was for many people, would not have stopped the variant form of the virus spreading. The same severe restrictions that saw cases of the previous version of the virus fall by a third, would see a tripling of the new variant. This is why there has been such a sudden tightening of restrictions across the country.\n\nIt is unclear whether the current restrictions will be enough to control the spread of the virus. Given the fact that it has taken two lockdowns to stop the earlier version of the virus overwhelming the NHS, many scientists fear that further tightening will be necessary.\n\nInfection levels will begin to drop as enough people are vaccinated. But until then it is now more important than ever for people to follow social distancing guidelines, wear masks where required and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe new year brings with it hope of a more normal life in the next few months but also a new form of the virus that all of us will have to combat in the coming days and weeks.\n\nProfessor Lawrence Young, of Warwick University, said early indications suggested that vaccines would be effective against the new form of the virus.\n\n\"Variants virus have been around since the beginning of the pandemic and are a product of the natural process by which viruses develop and adapt to their hosts as they replicate.\n\n\"Most of these mutations have no effect on the behaviour of the virus but very occasionally they can improve the ability of the virus to infect and/or become more resistant to the body's immune response.\"\n\nFurther research is needed to understand why the variant is spreading so quickly. But early indications are that vaccines should be effective against it.\n\nThe new virus has been designated \"Variant of Concern 202012/01\" or VOC by Public Health England.\n\nIt was detected in November and thought to have originated in the south-east England in September.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest that it is more deadly, but it will increase the number of cases which in turn will add further pressure on the NHS.\n\nThe variant can now be found across the UK, except Northern Ireland, but it is heavily concentrated in London, as well as south-east and eastern England.", "Amanda Quinn, who has early onset dementia, is cared for by her 23-year-old daughter Bethany\n\n\"It feels like you're being punished for something you didn't do.\"\n\nAmanda Quinn describes living through lockdown with early onset dementia as \"scary\" and \"feeling lost\".\n\nTwo years ago, she was diagnosed with the condition aged 49, and said the disease was a \"ticking time bomb\" for her husband and four children.\n\nAlzheimer's Society Cymru support worker Lorraine Davies said lockdown had brought a \"great sense of loss\" to many families.\n\nSince her diagnosis, Amanda says she has lost her sense of what day it is, her concentration, and she struggles with speech occasionally and suffers more with incontinence.\n\nWhen Wales went into a UK national lockdown on 23 March, Amanda said she did not leave her home in Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, for weeks.\n\nShe said her children have noticed a \"big change\" in her.\n\n\"I used to have a wicked sense of humour - I still have one, but it's not how I used to be,\" she said.\n\nBut for Amanda one of the worst parts of her condition is \"losing so many friends\" whom she said \"would rather cross the road\" than talk to her.\n\n\"They don't know how to interact with me anymore,\" she said.\n\nAmanda says her children have noticed a \"big change\" since she was diagnosed aged 49\n\nHer 23-year-old daughter Bethany Kingsley, who cares for her, said the pandemic has caused caring work to increase ten-fold.\n\n\"I have to keep an eye on mum a lot more now, because she doesn't know what to do with herself.\n\n\"But I have also got to look after my mental health side of it as well. There are days where I'm struggling,\" she said.\n\nNow Amanda does activities at home such as adult colouring books, baking with Bethany, and watches movies.\n\n\"It is like being a child,\" Amanda explained.\n\n\"My daughter says it's like we've switched roles and she has become the adult as she holds my hand when we cross the road.\n\n\"Although I can see a car, it doesn't register to me that it is not safe to walk out, all I can think is that I need to be on the other side of the road.\"\n\nBefore the pandemic, she attended dementia support groups in person, such as Memoria, a theatrical group of people with dementia and carers, whereas now she does this virtually.\n\nBethany says Covid has had a big impact on caring for her mother\n\nLast year, before the pandemic, Bethany put off moving away to study midwifery at university in Bristol.\n\nAlthough she said it was a \"difficult\" decision as she had wanted to do it for years, she said she was glad she was home to care for her mother during the pandemic.\n\nInstead she chose to study for an Open University course in health and social care from home.\n\n\"I thought my mother is the only person I've got at the end of the day and I would rather make sure she is safe and happy, rather than go off and leave her,\" she said.\n\nBut Amanda said she was concerned about how her condition will progress and affect her family more.\n\nThe 51-year-old said it was \"not fair\" that her daughter had to stay home because of her condition.\n\n\"It worries me how it will affect my children. I'm fortunate, I suppose, that I'm not going to know.\n\n\"I say I don't want to go into a care home but that wouldn't be fair on them - they have still got their whole lives to lead\".\n\nAmanda was still in her 40s when she was diagnosed\n\nAlzheimer's Society Cymru support adviser for younger people Lorraine Davies said there was a stigma attached to younger people with the disease and a \"lack of public awareness\".\n\n\"Some have mortgages, some have young families, and often they also care for older adults - so it has a different impact on them, and their social network of people.\n\n\"A lot of people living with dementia don't always feel they will have next year, so 2020 has been a great sense of loss to them because of the lockdown and restrictions,\" she said.\n\nThe charity estimates that there are between 2,000 to 3,000 people with young onset dementia in Wales, according to 2018 figures from the first Welsh Government national dementia action plan.\n\nHowever Lorraine said the figure was likely to be higher as getting a dementia diagnosis can be harder for younger people, and can take more than a year to have it confirmed.\n\n\"It is also more common for younger people to have rarer forms of dementia, so rather than being a typical Alzheimer's disease, associated with memory loss, a patient might have behavioural changes, but you might just think they are upset, stressed, or put it down to mood swings.\n\n\"Some people have been accused of being drunk, because they have slurred speech, but actually that is a symptom.\"\n\nShe said the Alzheimer's Society has organised virtual support groups for people with the condition and their carers during lockdown.\n\n\"Often younger people want to meet people like them, because it helps them not to feel so alone in this. Knowing that brings people comfort.\"\n\nSimon Hatch, the director of Carers Trust Wales, said the pandemic had highlighted the \"crucial role unpaid carers play both in providing exceptional, expert care to family and friends\".\n\nMr Hatch said the trust found that 44% of young adult carers it spoke to felt overwhelmed by the pressures they were facing.\n\nHe said although there was support available to carers they would need \"sustainable\" forms of this in the future.\n\nThere are about 45,000 people with dementia in Wales, according to the Alzheimer's Society.\n\nThe disease is considered \"early onset\" when it affects people under 65, according to Young Dementia UK.\n\nLorraine said the age distinction was made to mark the difference in financial support, as 65 was state pension age at the time.\n\nDementia itself refers to a set of symptoms caused by many diseases of the brain. The most common symptom is memory loss and difficulty concentrating.\n\nOther symptoms can include struggling to remember recent events, changes to behaviour, mood, becoming lost in familiar places or being unable to find the right word in a conversation.\n\nSpecific symptoms will depend on the parts of the brain that are damaged and the disease that is causing the dementia.", "Police made 17 arrests at the demonstration in Hyde Park\n\nPolice have made arrests at an anti-lockdown demonstration in central London.\n\nCrowds of between 200 to 300 people began to gather in Hyde Park, which is in a tier four coronavirus area, at about 13:30 GMT on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nSeventeen people were arrested on suspicion of breaching public health regulations.\n\nMost demonstrators had left the park by 16:45, police said.\n\nThe Met tweeted: \"Officers continue to engage with groups of people who have gathered in the Hyde Park area.\n\n\"A number of people have been arrested under health protection regulations and taken into custody.\n\n\"We urge those in the area to leave immediately.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore than two people are generally not allowed to meet in public under tier four rules.\n\nThe police force added: \"Officers will take enforcement action where we see clear breaches of the tier four rules.\n\n\"It's up to all of us to make the right choices and slow the spread of the virus.\"\n\nA group called The People's Lockdown, Stand For Your Human Rights, had said it was going to hold a event at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.\n\nIn an online post, it called on people to \"stand with your loved ones\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I wish I could switch place with my daughter\" - Odd Steinar Sørengen's daughter is missing\n\nA body has been found shortly after rescuers and dog handlers began a risky ground search for 10 people missing in a hillside collapse in Norway.\n\nInitially it was thought too dangerous to send rescuers on to the site, after flowing mud sent homes toppling into a giant chasm in the village of Ask.\n\nHelicopters and drones spent two days searching the scene.\n\nBut on Friday police commander Roy Alkvist said one or two houses appeared safe to enter.\n\nRescuers, who included a Swedish specialist team, began moving into the danger zone on Styrofoam boards. The bright orange boards were laid down on the mud in a domino-effect as rescuers tried to reach one of the wrecked homes, which are 25km (15 miles) north-east of the capital Oslo.\n\nA missing Dalmatian dog was rescued on Thursday and police believe there is still a chance survivors could be found.\n\nHowever, on Friday afternoon an air ambulance helicopter landed near the site and police said a body had been found at 14:30 (13:30 GMT) without giving further details.\n\nRescuers are using orange Styrofoam boards to move around the landslide area\n\nPrime Minister Erna Solberg said her thoughts went out to the victim's family, and to those waiting for news of the other nine people who were missing.\n\nIn Friday's operation the rescuers also prepared a giant army vehicle called a \"paver\", which has a giant steel bridge on which rescuers can move.\n\nHowever, conditions were not yet good enough for the 50-tonne machine to be deployed.\n\nThe plan is to deploy a Norwegian army bridge-laying vehicle as soon as conditions are good enough\n\nFriday's search was a race against time, as the rescuers only had a few hours of daylight in the Norwegian winter. Medics and geologists were reportedly part of the ground rescue team.\n\nThe ground search was called off for the night at 17:30 and police said drones and heat-seeking cameras would continue overnight until rescue crews could return on Saturday morning.\n\nAbout 1,000 people have been evacuated from Gjerdrum municipality, which contains Ask village. Dozens more were moved out of their homes on New Year's Eve.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the landslide\n\nAlthough police have not given details of the missing, they are believed to include men, women and children.\n\nAmong them is a woman who was talking to her husband on the phone while walking the dog when the line went dead, according to Bergens Tidende newspaper.\n\nFurther reports say a couple and their small child are also missing, as well as a woman in her 50s and her adult son.\n\nMore than 30 homes have been destroyed, but officials say more could be lost as the edges of the crater left by the landslide are still breaking away.\n\nThe conditions have proved challenging, with temperatures dropping to -1C (30F) and the clay ground proving too unstable for emergency workers to walk on.\n\nThe scale of the landslide is shown by this aerial view of the disaster site\n\nThe landslide began early on Wednesday, with residents calling emergency services and telling them that their houses were moving, police said.\n\n\"There were two massive tremors that lasted for a long while and I assumed it was snow being cleared or something like that,\" Oeystein Gjerdrum, 68, told broadcaster NRK.\n\n\"Then the power suddenly went out, and a neighbour came to the door and said we needed to evacuate, so I woke up my three grandchildren and told them to get dressed quickly.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) told AFP that the landslide was a so-called \"quick clay slide\" measuring about 300m by 700m (985ft by 2,300ft).\n\n\"This is the largest landslide in recent times in Norway, considering the number of houses involved and the number of evacuees,\" Laila Hoivik said.\n\nQuick clay is a kind of clay found in Norway and Sweden that can collapse and behave as a fluid when it comes under stress.\n\nBroadcaster NRK said heavy rainfall may have made the soil unstable, but questions have since emerged over why construction was permitted in the area.\n\nA 2005 geological survey labelled the area as at high risk of landslides, according to a report seen by the broadcaster TV2. Despite this, the homes were built three years later in 2008.", "Hospitals across the UK are being told to prepare to face the same Covid pressures as the NHS in London and south-east England.\n\nSenior doctor Prof Andrew Goddard said the virus's highly infectious new variant was spreading nationwide.\n\nCase numbers were \"mild\" compared with where he expected them to be next week, he said, with doctors \"really worried\".\n\nIt comes as a further 57,725 people have tested positive for Covid - a new daily high.\n\nThis is the fifth day in a row new daily cases have been over 50,000 and brings the total number of cases to 2,599,789.\n\nAnother 445 deaths, of people who had tested positive within the previous 28 days, were reported on Saturday - bringing the total number of deaths to 74,570, according to government figures.\n\nThe UK-wide total for people in hospital with Covid has already passed the spring peak.\n\nHalf of the major hospital trusts in England are said to be dealing with more Covid-19 patients than at the worst point of the first wave in April, with the NHS facing its \"busiest winter ever\".\n\nProf Goddard, of the Royal College of Physicians, told BBC Breakfast: \"There's no doubt that Christmas is going to have a big impact, the new variant is also going to have a big impact, we know that is more infectious, more transmissible, so I think the large numbers that we're seeing in the South East, in London, in south Wales, is now going to be reflected over the next month, two months even, over the rest of the country.\"\n\nHe said: \"It seems very likely that we are going to see more and more cases, wherever people work in the UK, and we need to be prepared for that.\"\n\nPressure has been so great on hospitals in London and south-east England that some patients have been moved out of the area.\n\nLondon's weekly rate of coronavirus cases is 858 per 100,000 people, double the UK figure.\n\nDominic Harrison, director of public health for Blackburn and Darwen, said a decision on a new lockdown had to be decided \"in the next week\" - instead of waiting for the North to get to the same rates as the capital \"and 'call it late' which has been our pattern of response too often\".\n\nThe most recent UK-wide statistics, from 28 December, showed there were 23,823 people in hospital with Covid. That was already significantly higher than the spring peak, which saw 21,683 in hospital on 12 April.\n\nOnly English hospitals have released figures for the final three days of December - and these show that a further 2,302 Covid patients were occupying hospital beds on 31 December.\n\nLondon's Nightingale emergency hospital is ready to admit patients, the NHS has said, while other sites currently not in use are being readied.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nProf Goddard said it was vital the public did not \"let their guard down\" and continued to follow government guidelines, including wearing a face mask, maintaining social distancing and washing hands.\n\n\"Until the vaccination hits and does its job - that's what our best defence is going to be,\" he said.\n\nDr Ami Jones, an intensive care consultant in Wales, told BBC Breakfast that \"hospitals are absolutely bursting\", adding that a quarter of her staff were currently off sick or self-isolating, making managing patients even more challenging.\n\n\"When we see the daily figures - we know that will sting us in about 10-12 days' time in the hospital,\" she said. \"We are not even at day 10 post-Christmas yet and it's already exceedingly busy.\n\n\"We are going to get to the point where we physically don't have the staff to look after people safely anymore.\"\n\nDr Jones also urged the public to \"please just obey the rules\", adding: \"Stop mixing with other households because it is spreading like wildfire - and we haven't got much more space in the hospitals left.\"\n\nDo you work in a hospital? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Tottenham\n\nTottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he is \"disappointed\" after three of his players breached coronavirus rules by attending a party over Christmas.\n\nA picture on social media showed Argentina forward Erik Lamela, Spain defender Sergio Reguilon and Argentina midfielder Giovani lo Celso at a party.\n\n\"We are not happy - it was a negative surprise for us,\" said Mourinho.\n\nIn a statement, Tottenham said they were \"extremely disappointed\" and \"the matter would be dealt with internally\".\n\nWest Ham reminded Argentina forward Manuel Lanzini, who also attended the party, of his responsibilities.\n\nLanzini apologised in a tweet on Saturday, saying he made a \"bad mistake\".\n\n\"I take full responsibility for my actions,\" he said. \"I know people have made difficult sacrifices to stay safe and I should be setting a better example.\"\n\nLamela and Lo Celso were not involved in Saturday's 3-0 Premier League win at home to Leeds, while Reguilon, who joined from Real Madrid in September, was on the bench.\n\n\"I gave an amazing gift to Reguilon - Portuguese piglet,\" Mourinho said. \"Amazing for Portuguese and Spanish. I was told he would spend Christmas on his own. He was not alone as you could see.\n\n\"We, the club, feel disappointed because we gave the players all the education and conditions. We know what we are internally. We don't need to open the door to you and let you know what is going on internally.\n\n\"What are going to be the consequences and how deeply we approach that negative surprise? I feel disappointed.\"\n\nThe Spurs statement added: \"We strongly condemned the image showing some of our players with family and friends together at Christmas, particularly as we know the sacrifices everybody around the country made to stay safe over the festive period.\n\n\"The rules are clear, there are no exceptions, and we regularly remind all our players and staff about the latest protocols and their responsibilities to adhere and set an example.\"\n\nLamela has made two league starts and Lo Celso four this season.\n\nLanzini has featured in nine of West Ham's 17 league games, coming on as a substitute in Friday's 1-0 win at Everton.\n\nA West Ham spokesperson said: \"The club has set the highest possible standards with its protocols and measures relating to Covid-19 so we are disappointed to learn of Manuel Lanzini's actions.\n\n\"The matter has been dealt with internally and Manuel has been strongly reminded of his responsibilities.\"\n\nTottenham's home league game with Fulham, scheduled to take place on 30 December, was called off three hours before kick-off after a number of Fulham players tested positive for coronavirus or showed symptoms.\n\nMeanwhile, Fulham told BBC Sport they are looking into claims Aleksandar Mitrovic broke coronavirus rules by attending a New Year's party with Crystal Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic.\n\nImages on social media, reported in the Sun , allegedly show the Serbia team-mates celebrating in London with at least seven other adults.\n\nThe mixing of households indoors is banned in London under the UK government's tier four restrictions.\n\n'Mourinho must be so angry'\n\nMourinho has been so critical and vocal of how the Premier League handled their situation [the Fulham postponement], which I totally disagree with him.\n\nYou have to accept we're in strange and difficult times - if it has to be called off at whatever time then it has to be called off.\n\nTo then see some of his players breaking the rules and laws, particularly when millions of people are sacrificing so much not only in this country but around the world, Mourinho must be so angry.\n• None A special and exclusive one-off chat with the music icon\n• None How has their rise come to define our culture?", "Liam Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years\n\nIrish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65.\n\nA family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly \"passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home\" on 1 January.\n\nMr Reilly fronted Bagatelle for more than 40 years and they had success with songs including Summer in Dublin and Second Violin.\n\nHe also came joint second at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song Somewhere in Europe.\n\nThe song finished on 132 points, joint with France's entry sung by Joëlle Ursull, in the contest in Zagreb.\n\nMr Reilly, from Dundalk, County Louth, also composed Ireland's Eurovision entry for the contest in Rome in 1991, when Kim Jackson performed his song Could It Be That I'm In Love, which was placed 10th.\n\n\"We know that his many friends and countless fans around the world will share in our grief as we mourn his loss, but celebrate the extraordinary talent of the man whose songs meant so much to so many.\" the family statement added.\n\nJoe Gallagher, the band's promoter from Strabane, County Tyrone, told BBC Radio Ulster \"the talent that Liam brought to the music industry in Ireland is second to none\".\n\n\"Some of the songs that he has written are up there with some of the better songs written in Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"He is one of the best singer-songwriters Ireland has ever seen or produced.\"\n\nMr Reilly also wrote songs for others, including The Wolfe Tones. The Irish group paid tribute to him on social media, describing him as \"a master songwriter\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪\n\nStephen Travers, a member of the Miami Showband, said Mr Reilly was a \"national treasure\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bitcoin's value has soared over the past year\n\nBitcoin's value surged above $34,000 (£24,850) for the first time on Sunday as the leading cryptocurrency continued to soar.\n\nIt put the gain this year at almost $5,000, although by 17:00 GMT the price had drifted lower to about $33,000, according to the Coindesk website.\n\nThe rise was put down to interest from big investors seeking quick profits.\n\nIt comes after Bitcoin soared 300% last year, with the price of many other digital currencies also rising sharply.\n\nEthereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency, gained 465% in 2020\n\nSome analysts think Bitcoin's value could rise even further as the US dollar drops further.\n\nWhile the value of the US currency rose in March at the start of the coronavirus pandemic as investors sought safety amid the uncertainty, it has since dropped due to major stimulus from the US Federal Reserve. The currency ended last year with its biggest annual loss since 2017.\n\nBitcoin is traded in much the same way as real currencies like the US dollar and pound sterling.\n\nRecently it has won growing support as a form of payment online, with PayPal among the most recent adopters of digital currencies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut the cryptocurrency has also proved to be a volatile investment.\n\nThe soaring price has raised concerns that Bitcoin is due for a dramatic correction, as happened three years ago when the value collapsed after a bull run.\n\nDuring the rally in 2017 Bitcoin came close to breaking through the $20,000 level, only to hit extreme lows and fall below $3,300.\n\nIt passed $19,000 in November last year before dropping sharply again.\n\nIn October, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey cautioned over Bitcoin's use as a payment method.\n\n\"I have to be honest, it is hard to see that Bitcoin has what we tend to call intrinsic value,\" he said. \"It may have extrinsic value in the sense that people want it.\"\n\nMr Bailey added that he was \"very nervous\" about people using Bitcoin for payments pointing out that investors should realise its price is extremely volatile.", "The aftermath of an attack in August in Niger, which has suffered a number claimed by jihadist groups\n\nSuspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, with reports of dozens of civilians killed.\n\nAround 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with Mali, Reuters reports.\n\nThere have been several recent violent incidents in Africa's Sahel region, carried out by militant groups.\n\nFrance said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were killed in Mali.\n\nHours earlier, a group with links to al-Qaeda said it was behind the killing of three French troops in a separate attack in Mali on Monday.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the Sahel.\n\nBut the region continues to be affected by ethnic violence, banditry, and human and drug trafficking.\n\nIn light of Saturday's attacks, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said soldiers had been sent to the area, according to French outlet RFI. But Mr Alhada did not say how many casualties there had been across the two villages.\n\nA local official, quoted by AFP news agency, said many people were killed, and a local journalist spoke of up to 50 deaths.\n\nNiger's Tillabéri region, where the villages are situated, lies within the so-called tri-border area between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by jihadi attacks in recent years.\n\nTravel by motorbike has been banned in the region for a year, as part of efforts to stop incursions by Islamic militants, who often launch attacks from the vehicles.\n\nAreas of Niger are also facing repeated attacks by jihadists from Nigeria, where the government is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram.\n\nLast month, members of the group killed at least 27 people in Niger's south-eastern Diffa region.\n\nThe latest attacks in Tillabéri come amid national elections in Niger, as President Mahamadou Issoufou steps down after two five-year terms.\n\nElection officials announced 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Here are their stories.", "Mark and Patricia McCloskey are charged with unlawful use of a weapon over the incident in St Louis.", "The BBC's medical correspondent on why volunteers are the lifeblood of medical innovation.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning.", "Mike Pompeo says UK took \"sovereign\" decision to exclude Chinese firm out of its national interest.", "More than 2,900 people have crossed this year in small inflatable dinghies.", "The government borrowed £127.9bn between April and June, the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.", "More than half of local council areas in Wales saw no Covid-19 deaths in the latest ONS weekly figures.", "Staff dealing with dying patients faced \"horrendous\" bullying for raising concerns, it is claimed.", "The future king flashes a smile at the camera in photos taken by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.", "Amber Heard claims ex-husband Johnny Depp \"was pressing so hard on my neck I couldn't breathe\".", "A pay rise for doctors and dentists is confirmed while underground attractions can reopen on Saturday.", "The investigation into care at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust is the largest of its kind.", "No 10 is delaying publishing a report on alleged Russian interference in UK democracy, critics say.", "A manager at contractors Rydon was asked if cladding could resist fire in concern over a 2009 blaze.", "The UK Cinema Association believes restrictions on food and social distancing will stop venues opening.", "Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad again provide the inspiration for England to complete a 113-run win over West Indies in the second Test.", "Aston Villa move out of the Premier League relegation zone with one game to go after Trezeguet hits a superb winner against Arsenal.", "Jeffrey Epstein died in prison waiting for his sex trafficking trial - but who was he?", "Britain’s biggest supermarket has reportedly given suppliers until 10 July to agree price cuts.", "The move comes after video of a sex act in UN-marked vehicle in Israel went viral.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning.", "From Monday 6 July, the five-mile limit will be lifted, the Welsh government confirms.", "Boris Johnson says the televised format will give the public \"direct engagement\" with decision-makers.", "The ex-soldier and his son are held in the US for allegedly helping the ex-Nissan boss flee Japan.", "North Korea maintains that it has zero Covid-19 cases, though analysts say this is unlikely.", "Scrapping of the \"stay local\" restrictions from Monday are confirmed by Mark Drakeford.", "An adviser to Wales' chief medical officer says \"the purpose of the journey should be considered\".", "Arrivals from Germany and Italy will also no longer need to isolate on either leg of the journey.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.", "Sheffield City Council apologises for the \"badly worded\" tweet, which it has since deleted.", "Outdoor team sports will be allowed to resume in Wales from Monday as lockdown restrictions continue to be eased.", "Holiday cottages can reopen and the travel limit has been lifted as Scotland's virus lockdown is eased.", "Police can fine people repeatedly flouting restrictions up to £3,200 from Saturday.", "Boris Johnson says the government will \"put on the brakes\" if the virus runs out of control and other developments on 3 July.", "A father who paid £4.99 for his daughter to use a smartphone app was shocked to find a £4,642 bill.", "The PM is accused of inventing an allegation that wildlife rules are holding back house-building.", "Self-contained holiday homes can now be used and the five-mile travel limit is lifted.", "Scotland's first minister criticises the UK government over a plan to relax quarantine restrictions for many overseas visitors.", "The social media platform along with JPMorgan are the latest firms to address their internal language.", "Police in Leicester will be monitoring for non-essential travel as pubs open outside the city.", "Ninety-one sites will close immediately with the loss of around 1,900 jobs.", "A study of patients in Italy suggests the symptoms improve with time for most people.", "Greece, Belgium and Spain are among the countries on the list but Portugal and the US are not.", "Buildings across the country have been decorated with pink ribbons, as venues remain shut.", "She faces charges in the US of having assisted disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minors.", "As Yo! Sushi prepares to reopen some restaurants in England, it has had to adapt its conveyor belt system.", "Monkeys are treated like \"picking machines\" to harvest 1,000 coconuts a day, an animal rights group says.", "Cambridge University accepts David Starkey's resignation, saying: \"We do not tolerate racism.\"", "The review follows a fresh wave of calls to scrap a team name long-criticised as racist.", "The impact of cuts at the wing factory in Broughton, Flintshire will be felt across the region.", "Mark Drakeford attacks the UK government's handling of foreign travel arrangements.", "With travel restrictions and tight budgets many British people are choosing to holiday at home this year.", "The first person to get blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment explains why she's taking part in the trial.", "The aerospace firm blames coronavirus for the cuts, warning of 1,700 job losses at its UK plants.", "The plane-making firm is cutting 15,000 jobs worldwide as it reels from the coronavirus pandemic.", "Lockdown measures in Wales are still in force as pubs open in England on Saturday.", "Recreational cricket is set to resume from 11 July, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite previously saying it was \"not safe\".", "Move in England comes after experts have been calling for the checks to contain the virus.", "The company is cutting 15,000 jobs, with 1,700 expected to go in Flintshire and Bristol.", "Air France-KLM plans thousands of job cuts at its French arm as the air industry reels from the pandemic.", "NI's deputy first minister says she stuck to lockdown regulations at Bobby Storey's funeral on Tuesday.", "At one stage the oxygen level in Davide Compagnone's blood was lower than on Everest's peak.", "The historian faces a backlash after comments he made during an interview are condemned as \"racist\".", "Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds calls for jobs schemes to be extended during local lockdowns.", "The figures from the ONS are the first to reveal the full toll of the epidemic in care homes.", "The UK helps rescue company from bankruptcy as part of a plan to replace the EU's Galileo sat-nav system.", "Michigan's supreme court says it will review the original family court ruling against 'Grace'.", "Johnny Depp's ex-fiancee says it is \"impossible to believe\" claims from Amber Heard that he was violent.", "Tributes have been paid to Shea Ryan who died in hospital after the accident on a Glasgow site.", "After more than 220 years, a lighthouse is being dismantled before it is claimed by the sea.", "The company has already added nearly as many subscribers as it did in all of 2019.", "Marichka Padalko simply put the tooth in her hand and continued presenting the news.", "Snowdonia National Park says visitors have left litter, dog mess, and excrement on paths.", "Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are among the public figures whose accounts were hacked by fraudsters.", "News and updates on the response to the pandemic in Wales.", "Public and private spaces in England can be closed from Saturday to deal with outbreaks, the PM says.", "Jurors hear Charlie Elphicke tell police he paid the woman to keep quiet about the incident in 2007.", "Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty called for honesty about the lack of investment in health protection in recent years.", "Spectators could be able to watch sport inside stadiums in England again from October, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "Aaron McKenzie must serve a minimum of 35 years in jail for killing Kelly Fauvrelle and her baby.", "Up to 1,200 jobs are at risk after Azzurri Group, which also owns Ask, was sold out of administration.", "Hotels are used only \"as a last resort\" to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the government says.", "It has risen 6% compared with the previous year, but overall offending has fallen, figures suggest.", "The Indian actress and her daughter had been isolating since testing positive earlier this week.", "Leeds United are back in the Premier League after 16 years away as West Brom's defeat by Huddersfield seals promotion.", "Kirk Butcher, a father of three, was killed when his car was hit by Thomas Hughes' van.", "Darren Roberts' partner claims Ealing Council has not helped sort out the twins' immigration papers.", "The first minister says the breakdown in her relationship with her predecessor has been like \"a grieving process\".", "The Queen honours the 100-year-old in her first official engagement in person since lockdown.", "The 100-year-old is knighted in a socially distanced ceremony - thought to be the first of its kind.", "The government is working on pilots for indoor socially distanced performances in England.", "Cédric Chouviat, 42, shouted \"I'm suffocating\" seven times as officers put him in a chokehold.", "When Tash Young was given weeks to live, she was determined to marry her boyfriend before she died.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The court's most senior liberal justice has a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.", "The BBFC's reclassification means the comedy has had four different ratings since its 1979 release.", "India's capital lost control of the pandemic but now cases are plummeting. Can we trust the data?", "The UN says up to 265 million people could face starvation because of the impact of Covid-19.", "Huge waves have lashed the New South Wales coastline this week, causing erosion beneath homes.", "Jubilant Leeds fans ignore warnings to stay at home and instead gather outside Elland Road.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "The magazine described him as \"a visionary publisher\" and \"a tireless champion of city culture\".", "Her marriage to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi took place in Windsor and was attended by the Queen.", "The men were in a car which crashed into a road barrier in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, police say.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there was no evidence of harm - but the kits should not be used.", "The flag of pro-slavery states during the US Civil War is no longer authorised on military property.", "The 20-year-old, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, has been denied a fair hearing, judges say.", "Boris Johnson also outlines plans to give local authorities more powers in his 17 July announcement.", "The former presenter and church minister admitted abusing children and adults in the UK and Romania.", "The body of Fahim Saleh was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday.", "A headstone honouring 617 Squadron's mascot - a black Labrador - is replaced at RAF Scampton.", "The Mets says it has not received a public complaint and there had been no misconduct in the case.", "Bowling shoes could become a thing of the past says one firm, as it prepares to reopen in August.", "A blaze destroys a fairground ride and damages an engineering shed on the seaside landmark.", "PM says the government is \"planning for the worst\" as he warns Covid-19 may be more virulent in winter.", "Owner Mondelez says the move will fight obesity, but the firm faces accusations of \"shrinkflation\".", "UK safety campaigners raise concerns about an increase in the number of US deaths caused by SUVs.", "The Department for International Development is due to be combined with the Foreign Office.", "A virtual orchestra of 350 musicians will launch a lockdown version of the annual music festival.", "Government campaign will also carry advice for UK and EU firms before the transition period ends.", "The fast-fashion firm is the latest to face allegations of poor working condition at its suppliers.", "Shopping centres can reopen, dentists can offer some routine procedures, and children can play organised contact sport outdoors.", "A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media.", "Lisa Marie Presley is \"heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated\" at Benjamin Keough's death.", "The rules will also apply to taxis and other places where 2m social distancing is not possible.", "The new points-based system has a visa for health staff but most care home workers will be excluded.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "It is one of several restrictions introduced by President Ramaphosa amid rising infection rates.", "The actress and wife of John Travolta died after a \"two-year battle with breast cancer\", he says.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says he will be going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he gets the chance.", "Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her father-in-law, husband and daughter test positive for Covid-19.", "The Duchess of Cambridge helps the BBC launch its new Tiny Happy People initiative to help under-fives.", "A 24-hour tally of 15,299 new coronavirus cases eclipses the worst rates seen in New York in April.", "Minister Michael Gove says he does not think face coverings should be mandatory in shops in England.", "For critics, the debate over face coverings is an example of ministers allowing confusion to spread.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "\"Targeted action\" means outbreaks are being swiftly dealt with, the health secretary says.", "A statement says the 24-year-old had named her child Reign with her partner Boga.", "Cross party group of MPs say the economic impact of the pandemic could drive young people to crime.", "Jonny McFadden says the fence is to remind people about social distancing when they are drinking.", "Two years after the maximum term was doubled in England and Wales, ministers may do so again.", "Beauty salons, spas and tattoo parlours are also allowed to reopen in the latest phase of changes.", "Two men are arrested after police officers find nothing suspicious on the Ryanair plane.", "Mixed messages from leaders are undermining public trust amid the pandemic, the WHO head says.", "Becky Jones' car was broken into while she went for a meal in Nottingham with her boyfriend.", "Evidence shows the teen was pushed into a river and died - so why hasn't the suspect been prosecuted?", "The BBC's Caroline Hawley follows Syrian refugee Rouaa to her new home, four years after first meeting her in Lebanon.", "The Pope is the latest faith leader to voice concern at the Istanbul museum reverting to a mosque.", "The first minister describes the week ahead as \"the most significant easing of lockdown\" in Scotland.", "Ministers may confirm on Tuesday that face coverings will be compulsory inside shops in England.", "The money will go towards tacking racial inequality in the UK and will be donated over 10 years.", "The \"breakthrough\" chemical solution has been created by Bonnybridge-based E&O Laboratories.", "A libel case hears that Johnny Depp, who denies domestic violence allegations, was a victim of abuse.", "The country's flood response alert has been raised to the second highest level.", "MPs are calling for action to help so-called mortgage prisoners, including thousands of key workers.", "Scientific evidence suggests singing increases the risk of spreading coronavirus among a crowd.", "Manchester City successfully overturn their two-year ban from European club competitions.", "Several boats are spotted as the home secretary visits France for talks on tackling people smuggling.", "More lockdown easing takes effect, but masks will be required on public transport in two weeks time.", "The actress went missing on Wednesday after going boating with her son at a lake in California.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has previously been criticised for calling the virus a \"little flu\".", "Five million are told to stay at home after the highest daily surge since the pandemic began.", "The move by the short-form video app comes after China imposed its new security law on the city.", "Meet the care workers who opted to live in their care home to protect the residents from Covid-19.", "The chancellor will announce some households could get grants up to £10,000 for energy-saving projects.", "Joshua Wong first rose to prominence during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong in 2014.", "Police, politicians and Glasgow's council had asked members of the public to avoid George Square.", "Reach, which also owns the Daily Express, says revenues have dropped 30% during the pandemic.", "Heads in England call for reduced courses or open-book exams for next year's GCSEs and A-levels.", "The foreign secretary announces the freezing of assets in “notorious” cases of human rights abuse.", "China is working to be the world's superpower \"by any means necessary,\" Christopher Wray said.", "Duke of Sussex tells young leaders \"uncomfortable\" past Commonwealth wrongs need to be put right.", "A day after leaving the band, Tom Meighan pleads guilty to attacking the woman in front of a child.", "UK government advisors say post-pandemic recovery funds should go to firms reducing carbon emissions.", "The president was seen coughing at a public rally, as criticisms against his response grow.", "The PM said \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures\" on combating coronavirus.", "Dan Williams says he and guide dog Zodiac have been refused taxi rides more than 100 times.", "In a special investigation, several gymnasts tell BBC Sport of an alleged \"culture of fear\" in the sport of weight shaming and abuse.", "Kerem Koseoglu was stuck in Turkey for three months, then had to wait two weeks to see his daughter.", "About 100 videos of an offensive song were viewed more than six million times before it took action.", "People will be able to have a trim - but with strict rules, it will be a different experience.", "The Domestic Abuse Bill now rules out \"consent for sexual gratification\" as a defence for causing serious harm.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning.", "Senior police officers have written to councils saying demonstrations pose risks to public safety.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells her daily briefing there has been one death from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.", "\"I will never be off the hook,\" says the musician, a year after allegations of abuse surfaced.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Nelson Teich resigned as Brazil's health minister in May after a disagreement with President Bolsonaro.", "Plans to reopen hair salons without the wider beauty industry in Wales are described as \"ridiculous\".", "Stephanie Winston Wolkoff has claimed she was \"thrown under the bus\" by the White House.", "Three major online retailers have dropped Boohoo over allegations of low pay and unsafe conditions.", "The actor strongly criticises people who don't wear face coverings amid the coronavirus pandemic.", "The Treasury grants tax exemption for the tests following criticism from MPs.", "Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething calls for caution despite no coronavirus deaths on Monday.", "The company will get public money to help bring up to 500 jobs to the town.", "Downing Street hits back at claims Boris Johnson was trying to shift blame for coronavirus deaths.", "The comments came after a leading scientist said everyone should wear them in crowded public spaces.", "Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos were stopped while driving a Mercedes in London.", "Footage of Bianca Williams and her partner being searched by officers has sparked controversy.", "Helen Hancock and her new partner Martin Griffiths were found dead in the early hours of New Year's Day.", "The ex-Army officer had a movie clip of children with one as young as 12 months old, a court hears.", "The suspects were located following the hack of a Europe-wide phone system.", "At least three pubs in England announce they have closed just days after opening their doors again.", "Paulinho Paiakan was best known for the fight against the Belo Monte hydroelectric project in Brazil.", "Some foreign students may need to move to a university with in-person classes to stay in the US.", "The Hollywood star is suing the Sun newspaper over a story saying he abused his ex-wife Amber Heard.", "The environment should be a priority as plans for a post-Covid future are made, NHS staff say.", "Claire Cross says the masks with a clear panel are vital for people who rely on lip-reading.", "Campaigners say the move is \"morally bankrupt\" after ministers find \"isolated\" humanitarian violations.", "A Lancet study estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies.", "Tackling climate change must be woven into post-Covid economic solutions, UK ministers say.", "Henry Long says he did not know the officer was caught in a tow rope attached to his getaway car.", "Boris Johnson vows a \"new deal\" for UK after coronavirus - but Labour says saving jobs is top priority.", "The TV historian and author says he made \"a bad mistake\" for which he is \"very sorry\".", "The inquiry into 72 deaths is urged to be on the \"right side of history\" when it publishes its findings.", "Some regions show significant drops in air pollutants as the coronavirus hits work and travel.", "New court documents from Rebekah Vardy's legal team detail the distress she says she felt over her row with Coleen Rooney.", "Four-year-old Hari Jones is back home after spending 28 months in a children's hospital.", "Kai Denovan, 22, denies the manslaughter of footballer Jordan Sinnott during a night out.", "Having stabilised the virus just a few weeks ago, Spain is again struggling to keep it under control.", "With the hospitality sector savaged by the pandemic, jobs are attracting many more applicants.", "Travellers from Portugal will have to self-isolate but restrictions are relaxed for other nations.", "James Healy attacked Mr Jones because of his politics and LGBTQ beliefs, the court heard.", "The video was shown to the High Court, after being provided by an anonymous source on Thursday.", "Four women and one man have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Lee McKnight.", "The president says his executive orders will overhaul the drug market, but some experts are sceptical.", "From Irish pub, to potting shed, they've offered a sanctuary for many during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Finding Freedom claims there was tension between Harry and Meghan and other royal households.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says rules are under review but \"downsides\" remain to their use.", "The 2020-21 Premier League and EFL seasons will start on 12 September.", "Business owners and customers grapple with the new rules which make coverings mandatory in stores.", "The move means people returning from Spain will have to self-isolate, as part of coronavirus rules.", "The increase from 50mph to 60mph in England is intended to ease driver \"frustrations\".", "The Welsh Secretary says it is \"fresh money\" but is a result of spending in England.", "Beverley Knight performs to a sparse, safety-conscious crowd at one of the first post-lockdown gigs.", "Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced the biggest ever vaccination programme in Wales.", "Up to 150 English venues will get help to stop them going to the wall after four months with no gigs.", "But the prime minister remains reluctant to go into detail over possible government mistakes.", "The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.", "The grime artist's manager says the company has \"cut all ties\" amid a series of social media posts.", "Public Health England's conclusions come as ministers consider new measures to combat obesity.", "Boris Johnson says there are “open questions” about whether the coronavirus lockdown came too late.", "Tributes were paid to the victims of the pandemic outside the Royal Palace in Madrid.", "More than 400,000 documents are yet to sent out because of fewer staff due to the Covid pandemic.", "Hundreds of cars parked illegally on Snowdonia roads, while a lifeboat station was blocked by motorbikes.", "Aziza Aljahwari says she waded through water searching for her son before the pair were rescued.", "Visitors are being warned they could be towed away if they park illegally at the foot of Snowdon.", "Graphic designer Keith Williams came up with alternative messages to keep shoppers socially distant.", "Businesses say they have been inundated with inquiries but it will not make up trade lost in lockdown.", "Two women document their birth stories for the BBC, to show what it’s like to have a baby in a pandemic.", "After watching an on-air broadcast, an eagle-eyed viewer urged Victoria Price to see a doctor.", "Craig Harakh will appear before magistrates accused of attacking a man in the theme park.", "The home secretary pledges a review into the hostile environment following the Windrush scandal.", "B&Q owner Kingfisher sees sales soar in lockdown as people do more DIY.", "Despite restrictions being eased, many firms have been unable to fully restart operations.", "Alison Rose, the chief executive of Natwest Group, warns not all firms will survive the current crisis.", "Crowds clap as the World Cup winner's cortege passes through the former mining town of Ashington.", "A committee says the economic reaction to Covid-19 was rushed and the impact could be long-term.", "The TV personality discusses her husband's bipolar disorder, following a string of erratic tweets.", "The president also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying they show \"patriotism\".", "Amber Heard claims Johnny Depp hurled around 30 bottles at her during \"three-day hostage situation\".", "Harry's mother appeals to the government to make her son \"top priority\" at the US Secretary of State visit.", "Figures reveal 14 properties bought by ministers for the axed M4 relief road remain vacant.", "There have also been more than 617,000 deaths worldwide, says Johns Hopkins University.", "Boris Johnson takes MPs' questions amid fallout from the Russia report.", "Kenny Dalglish will present the trophy - the first time the Reds have won the title in 30 years.", "Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifts the Premier League trophy to seal the club's first top-flight triumph for 30 years.", "Portuguese police are investigating if a suspect in the case may be linked to a rape three years earlier.", "Tesla’s soaring share price means Mr Musk also gained the option of accessing $2.1bn worth of stock.", "Police say a child and a parent have been found and are out of the river.", "Homeowners using a energy efficiency grant must be protected from bad quality work, campaigners say.", "The future king flashes a smile at the camera in photos taken by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.", "The UK has stiffened its attitude to Russia - but it's been an uncomfortable evolution for Tory politicians.", "The UK and US agree to amend an \"anomaly\" that allowed Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.", "Harry's parents are fighting for justice after he was allegedly killed by US citizen Anne Sacoolas.", "Boris Johnson visits Scotland as the SNP says he is worried about support for independence.", "An official report reveals how children have struggled to continue learning at home during lockdown.", "Deaths linked to coronavirus in Scotland have fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic began, new figures show.", "A \"poisonous ideology\" endures despite the group losing territory in Syria and Iraq, a minister says.", "A more lenient approach to replacement exam grades will see results going upwards, says watchdog.", "Russian influence in the UK is now \"the new normal\", according to a parliamentary committee.", "The government publishes a report on a leaked document used by Labour at the 2019 election.", "Cory Hewer died two days after suffering serious head injuries at a motorcycle track.", "Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico.", "Covid-19 appeared on just six death certificates last week - making it the lowest weekly fatalities total since the pandemic began in March.", "The Amazon-owned supermarket is accused of discriminating against black staff over BLM face masks.", "A manager at contractors Rydon was asked if cladding could resist fire in concern over a 2009 blaze.", "The party apologises for the \"distress\" caused to ex-members of staff who spoke out in BBC programme.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Residents can reunite with loved ones, but must see the same one visitor, government guidance says.", "Social distancing means fewer tables for customers - but many aren't showing up for their reservations at all.", "Eamonn Harrison is wanted over his alleged role in transporting a trailer in which 39 people died.", "Ministers say \"new offences and powers\" may be needed as Labour warns of a \"serious gap\" in UK defences.", "Dame Cressida Dick hopes shoppers who refuse to wear masks will be \"shamed\" into compliance.", "The refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas over Harry Dunn's death comes despite an Interpol notice.", "An attempt to make the Foreign Office release evidence on diplomatic immunity is rejected.", "Lea Michele and Jane Lynch are among those paying respect, after the actress's death was confirmed.", "Meghan told delegates at a gender equality summit to push humanity in a \"more inclusive\" direction.", "BBC Wales' health correspondent meets patients and staff at the heart of the coronavirus battle.", "Modelling suggests there could be a deadly second peak, killing more than 100,000 people in the UK.", "Nine council areas of Wales show no deaths with coronavirus in the latest weekly figures from ONS.", "The new points-based system has a visa for health staff but most care home workers will be excluded.", "UK government is set to announce the Chinese firm is to be excluded from the country's 5G networks.", "Like thousands of people in council tax debt, Penelope Dudley fears the bailiffs who will soon restart work.", "Cross party group of MPs say the economic impact of the pandemic could drive young people to crime.", "Jonny McFadden says the fence is to remind people about social distancing when they are drinking.", "Becky Jones' car was broken into while she went for a meal in Nottingham with her boyfriend.", "The BBC's Caroline Hawley follows Syrian refugee Rouaa to her new home, four years after first meeting her in Lebanon.", "The auctioned game, still in its original 1985 packaging, sold to an anonymous bidder for $114,000.", "The 20-year-old was shot at an LA mansion he had rented out in February.", "Residents face tougher limits on visitors and are being urged to bump elbows instead of hugging.", "New maternity clothes were taken from pregnant Becky Jones's car while she was having dinner.", "The Hong Kong theme park will shut its gates after a recent surge in coronavirus cases.", "A court rules that refusing to rent to a person because they are on housing benefit is unlawful.", "Hollows in the ground to catch and store heavy rain water are among projects that will get cash.", "The Natural History Museum, V&A and Science Museum all announce they will reopen in August.", "The latest developments on the response to the pandemic in Wales.", "Amit's relationship with Michelle was a secret for years because he feared his family's reaction.", "The Duchess of Cambridge helps the BBC launch its new Tiny Happy People initiative to help under-fives.", "The enigmatic graffiti artist returns to his Underground roots for his new pandemic-inspired piece.", "Leader Adam Price estimates policies for the 2021 election manifesto will cost £1bn.", "Properties up to the value of £250,000 will now be exempt from paying until next March.", "Two men are arrested after police officers find nothing suspicious on the Ryanair plane.", "The Orange Order urged people to stay at home, but crowds gathered in some parts of Belfast.", "Cities and states on several continents reimpose coronavirus restrictions as cases rise again.", "A libel case hears that Johnny Depp, who denies domestic violence allegations, was a victim of abuse.", "Just two patients in Scotland are in intensive care with coronavrius and only three new positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours.", "The British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.", "Wigan Athletic score seven first-half goals to stun relegation-threatened Hull City before equalling the biggest victory in Championship history.", "Judges are asked to decide if a coroner's decision to limit the scope of an inquest was \"flawed\".", "A Michigan officer kills a man suspected of stabbing someone who chided him for not wearing a mask.", "The sixth day of a libel case hears that Amber Heard \"berated\" her then partner on a Christmas trip.", "Wales needs to \"move fast\" to make wearing masks compulsory in shops, Plaid Cymru says.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Sir Richard Branson's airline pulls off the \"impossible\" to secure a £1.2bn deal to head off collapse.", "The actress went missing on Wednesday after going boating with her son at a lake in California.", "The online grocer saw \"years of growth in months\" amid the lockdown and says the retail world has changed.", "For critics, the debate over face coverings is an example of ministers allowing confusion to spread.", "Dozens of women would have shared the payout but other accusers had objected to its terms.", "Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith calls the Chinese telecoms firm a \"risk\" to national security.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday evening.", "The starting point for land and buildings transaction tax is to rise to £250,000, the finance secretary announces.", "The government is also banning telecoms firms from buying new Huawei 5G kit after 31 December.", "A child and seven other people are lowered to safety from a fire in a three-storey block of flats.", "A whistleblower in Leicester says demand for cheap clothing left workers exposed to Covid-19.", "A libel case hears the Hollywood actor threw a magnum of champagne at his ex-wife - a claim he denies.", "The company missed delivery targets, according Ofcom, and overcharged customers for stamps.", "Darrell and Darren Roberts face being sent to two different Caribbean countries they have never visited.", "Labour says the government must \"come clean\" on PPE procurement process after £120m face shield deals.", "It is thought a visitor left a gate open allowing the animal to make its way to the water's edge", "The Hollywood star tells a libel hearing his ex-wife threw a bottle of vodka at him during a fight.", "It is understood the government is looking at whether to make face coverings compulsory in England's shops.", "The latest developments as further measures to ease lockdown restrictions are announced.", "Parents say it is frustrating to wait months to register their babies, as councils face large backlogs.", "There were more than 160 cases of sports coaches having legal sexual activity with a 16- or 17-year-old in their care since 2016, BBC Sport has found.", "The rapper, whose debut album was released this month, was killed in a suspected robbery in February.", "More people are having surgery as they can work from home while they recover and hide behind masks.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building.", "Naya Rivera has been missing since Wednesday after going on a boat trip with her young son.", "Restrictions in England are further eased - with beauty businesses also able to reopen on Monday.", "Police say the body of the Glee star has been found in a California lake, after she went missing on Wednesday.", "Open-air gigs, festivals and theatre shows can resume from this weekend, the government says.", "Earlier, the company had asked staff to remove the TikTok app from phones over \"security risks.\"", "Majella O'Hare was 12 years old when she was shot dead by a soldier in 1976 on her way to church.", "One of the fashion firm's biggest shareholders dumps stock amid reports over poor working conditions.", "The airline halts flights for the next two weeks after the Scottish government left Spain off the quarantine exemption list.", "Inquiry into care by NHS trust is now assessing about 1,500 cases, the BBC learns.", "Pilots say the airline will include sick days when assessing job losses - a claim EasyJet rejects.", "British Transport Police issued 10 fines to people not wearing face coverings on public transport.", "Cinemas, museums and galleries can reopen on 27 July, the first minister says.", "A private funeral is held as friends and fans also pay respects to the Forces' Sweetheart.", "The streets were lined with people wanting to pay their respects, while two Spitfires flew past.", "France's president puts an end to speculation that the restored spire will be modern in style.", "British Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie say abusive behaviour in their gymnastics training became \"so ingrained in our daily lives that that it was completely normalised\".", "The driver in south-western France was set upon by people who reportedly refused to wear face masks.", "From his laptop in Essex, Dr Tahir Akhtar is advising Pakistani doctors on treating coronavirus patients.", "An Office for National Statistics survey suggests just two-in-10 would be happy to dine indoors.", "Probationary officer Benjamin Hannam is charged with being a member of banned group National Action.", "A day after the chancellor unveiled a plan to save jobs, two of the UK's biggest retailers announce cuts.", "Park Won-soon disappeared after reportedly leaving a message for his daughter, who raised the alarm.", "Antibodies detected in 45% of healthcare workers at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust.", "Her iconic shot of the band leaping in the air was used on the sleeve of their Twist and Shout EP.", "Bruno Fernandes inspires Manchester United to another impressive Premier League victory that deepens Aston Villa's relegation worries.", "Lockdown measures in Wales are still in force as pubs open in England on Saturday.", "Animal rights groups say a ban on the sale of dog meat in Nagaland is a milestone.", "An online portal will launch in England later this month to help people with ongoing symptoms.", "The landlord of the Swan Inn in Kent says \"how much bad luck can we have?\"", "There is a \"serious risk\" schools will not be ready unless plans are published soon, a union claims.", "Britain’s biggest supermarket has reportedly given suppliers until 10 July to agree price cuts.", "Recreational cricket is set to resume from 11 July, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite previously saying it was \"not safe\".", "The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats asks whether Nigel Farage has broken quarantine rules.", "A father who paid £4.99 for his daughter to use a smartphone app was shocked to find a £4,642 bill.", "Wales is the only UK nation without a date for when the sector can trade again.", "Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and other businesses are open for the first time in months.", "Air France-KLM plans thousands of job cuts at its French arm as the air industry reels from the pandemic.", "They could be trialled in towns and cities as the government promotes their use.", "Earl Cameron, who died aged 102, was one of the first black actors to star on screen in 1951.", "Scrapping of the \"stay local\" restrictions from Monday are confirmed by Mark Drakeford.", "People across the country could go to pubs and restaurants after coronavirus restrictions were eased.", "Louise Arnold and Jennifer Wilson are believed to be the first couple to marry after measures eased.", "The BBC speaks to people out and about in England as coronavirus restrictions are lifted.", "Landmarks will be lit up blue ahead of a nationwide applause celebrating 72 years of the health service.", "Wheelchair-user Ginny Butcher says disabled people in the UK have been abandoned during the pandemic.", "Portuguese leaders say the country's exclusion from a list drawn up by the UK government is \"absurd\".", "Greece, Belgium and Spain are among the countries on the list but Portugal and the US are not.", "Ghislaine Maxwell will not speak about Prince Andrew as part of a potential plea deal, according to a friend.", "Bricks and other missiles were thrown as officers tried to disperse the gathering in west London.", "Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.", "Three officers are sacked in Aurora, Colorado after they shared photos re-enacting a chokehold.", "An historic hotel has been hit by floods.", "The man in his 20s died at the scene in Islington after being found with gunshot wounds, police say.", "The artist said she wanted \"to make people question the Western myth that Jesus had fair hair and blue eyes\".", "Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Mercedes dominate qualifying at Austrian GP, while Ferrari have shocking day.", "A spokesman says the water was up to his knees as north west Wales sees the worst of the downpours.", "The Met Office said there was a \"small chance\" properties and roads could be flooded, with travel also hit.", "Gareth Cooper was left bankrupt after Debra Leyshon obtained loans and mortgages in his name.", "The first person to get blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment explains why she's taking part in the trial.", "Police can fine people repeatedly flouting restrictions up to £3,200 from Saturday.", "At least 16 people have died and a dozen are missing on the island of Kyushu amid devastating rains.", "Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says his team will have to get used to added pressure during a nervy Premier League run-in after they beat Watford on Saturday.", "Residents say Leicester has a \"very eerie\" atmosphere and police are patrolling the streets.", "The late civil rights activist is taken over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.", "The drummer co-founded Fleetwood Mac with the blues rock guitarist, who has died aged 73.", "Grant Shapps is on a family holiday in the country and will have to quarantine on his return.", "The Perseverance robot will take Martian rock with it when it launches from Earth on Thursday.", "Black, Asian and minority ethnic figures have never been featured on British legal tender.", "Three cases were confirmed last week, and health officials predict the number will rise.", "The travel industry reacts with dismay to the 14-day quarantine for travellers arriving from Spain.", "The faltering recovery of Spain's vital tourism sector is likely to worsen after the UK decision.", "Her career spanned more than 50 years and she was the last surviving star of Gone with the Wind.", "The Rwandan refugee, who worked as a volunteer warden, is relieved to confess, his lawyer says.", "Four women and one man have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Lee McKnight.", "From Irish pub, to potting shed, they've offered a sanctuary for many during the coronavirus lockdown.", "Sir Lindsay Hoyle says announcements should always be made to Parliament, not the media.", "Manchester United defeat Leicester 2-0 to secure a top-four finish and a place in next season's Champions League.", "The home secretary says anti-Semitic posts should be taken off Twitter and Instagram more quickly.", "The increase from 50mph to 60mph in England is intended to ease driver \"frustrations\".", "The rally in Thailand's capital is the latest in a series of youth-led pro-democracy protests.", "The \"massive\" four-year-old dog was showing signs of pain in her legs and was refusing to move.", "The eyes of people with PTSD behave differently when they see exciting images, researchers say.", "Face-to-face teaching starts again at the University of Nottingham, with safety rules on campus.", "The RNLI says eight people were pulled from waters off a beach after getting caught in currents.", "The hurricane was downgraded after making landfall, but authorities say heavy rains will continue.", "The grime artist's manager says the company has \"cut all ties\" amid a series of social media posts.", "The dean of Westminster Abbey says it is down £12m this year and is set to make staff redundant.", "Public Health England's conclusions come as ministers consider new measures to combat obesity.", "Mr Dunn's family believe a suspect in the case was allowed to leave the UK unlawfully.", "Almost 200 sex offenders were released from prison in a year without anywhere to live.", "A 17-year-old is arrested after violence erupts between two groups in Moss Side, Manchester.", "Graphic designer Keith Williams came up with alternative messages to keep shoppers socially distant.", "Champions League qualification and the battle to avoid relegation are the major issues at stake as the Premier League season concludes on Sunday.", "The court's most senior liberal justice has a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.", "Prosecutors say three fires were started at the site, and are treating the blaze as a criminal act.", "The Indian actress and her daughter had been isolating since testing positive earlier this week.", "Major heritage sites like Conwy and Beaumaris Castles are to be reopened after lockdown.", "Dr Anthony Fauci says recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him are \"nonsense\".", "The crown prince will 'temporarily' take over some of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah's duties.", "India's capital lost control of the pandemic but now cases are plummeting. Can we trust the data?", "The warning from Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland heads into the first weekend of pubs being open indoors.", "Buckingham Palace shares the images after she married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Friday.", "The burial of Badreddin Abadlla Adam was delayed for an hour after a crowd breached Covid-19 rules.", "Lewis, who was the last of the Big Six civil rights leaders, was diagnosed with cancer in December.", "The government reveals interference in elections just ahead of the long-awaited Russia report.", "The body of Fahim Saleh was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday.", "Video counselling is helping some but there is no way of supporting people in abusive relationships.", "PM says the government is \"planning for the worst\" as he warns Covid-19 may be more virulent in winter.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "People living in the suburbs outside Leicester reflect on being released from the local lockdown.", "Russian-born Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya competed for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "The 100-year-old is knighted in a socially distanced ceremony - thought to be the first of its kind.", "The magazine described him as \"a visionary publisher\" and \"a tireless champion of city culture\".", "Russia's representative in the UK also dismisses suggestions of interference in British politics.", "UK safety campaigners raise concerns about an increase in the number of US deaths caused by SUVs.", "The surge in electronic payments and takeaway delivery charges has hit Scottish businesses hard.", "The government is working on pilots for indoor socially distanced performances in England.", "The coastguard says it is now dealing with several more incidents off the Kent coast.", "Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvres his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reach the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley.", "Over 1,200 infections are reported in Catalonia, as restrictions are imposed on life in its capital.", "In the first 17 weeks of the year 22% more deaths were registered in Ceredigion than average.", "Spectators could be able to watch sport inside stadiums in England again from October, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "England pace bowler Jofra Archer is fined and warned by the England and Wales Cricket Board for returning home between Tests.", "Two men are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an altercation between two groups.", "The intelligence watchdog will give its findings on alleged involvement in an election and the Brexit vote.", "US presidents are among those paying tribute after the civil rights icon died of cancer, aged 80.", "Up to 1,200 jobs are at risk after Azzurri Group, which also owns Ask, was sold out of administration.", "The national clinical director says the new cases are not a \"cluster\" and day-to-day variation is expected.", "Marcus Coutain's lawyer says the arrest \"mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd\".", "Hotels are used only \"as a last resort\" to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the government says.", "Demonstrators say they are taking to the streets \"because our governor was stolen from us\".", "Residents of two US states where infections are ballooning describe how it's affecting them.", "Dr Anthony Fauci is fighting to stop the spread of Covid-19 and misinformation from President Trump.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has previously been criticised for calling the virus a \"little flu\".", "Meet the care workers who opted to live in their care home to protect the residents from Covid-19.", "The latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland.", "The WHO has acknowledged there is evidence that Covid-19 can be spread by airborne particles.", "Dozens are hurt as clashes erupt in Belgrade over restrictions imposed after a big rise in cases.", "The government needs to create new jobs to help younger workers severely hit by the pandemic.", "The Welsh Government will get half a billion pounds from the Treasury, the UK government says.", "There are 18,000 more registered than a year ago, but some fear the pandemic could hit recruitment.", "Heads in England call for reduced courses or open-book exams for next year's GCSEs and A-levels.", "Several US states are seeing a surge in new infections, and plans to reopen have been paused or reversed.", "Clubs call for government help after a survey suggests many face closure without financial support.", "The crew were hurt after being called to check on the welfare of a man at his home in Wolverhampton.", "A 15-year-old boy is being held on suspicion of driving offences after the victim was hit on the pavement.", "The audit highlights Facebook's failures on hate speech, voter protection, and more.", "China is working to be the world's superpower \"by any means necessary,\" Christopher Wray said.", "The Chancellor says Scotland will now receive £4.6bn in Barnett funding from the UK government.", "Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier is given a four-match ban and fined £40,000 for climbing over seats to confront a fan after a match.", "There are questions over whether the Joint Biosecurity Centre has the expertise needed for the job.", "The president was seen coughing at a public rally, as criticisms against his response grow.", "A report says the approach was \"flawed\" and care home deaths now account for 28% of Wales' total.", "In a special investigation, several gymnasts tell BBC Sport of an alleged \"culture of fear\" in the sport of weight shaming and abuse.", "About 100 videos of an offensive song were viewed more than six million times before it took action.", "The vote by the community's advisory board comes after weeks of anti-racism protests around the world.", "Finance minister says the plans to kickstart the economy are \"not ambitious enough\".", "Despite surges in new infections, the White House wants to press forward with school reopenings.", "Health and social care leaders warn the prime minister about the impact of the new immigration bill.", "Pullin, Australia's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics, was found unconscious while spearfishing.", "Amadou Gon Coulibaly was a favourite to succeed Alassane Ouattara as president in October's elections.", "The Hollywood star tells a libel hearing his ex-wife had been \"building a dossier\" against him.", "Nelson Teich resigned as Brazil's health minister in May after a disagreement with President Bolsonaro.", "A man, thought to be 18 years old, has died after he was found with stab injuries in south London.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an \"eat out to help out\" discount as part of wider measures.", "Three major online retailers have dropped Boohoo over allegations of low pay and unsafe conditions.", "There are hefty spending promises from the chancellor but many measures outlined run against traditional Tory instincts.", "Firms that have furloughed staff will be given £1,000 bonus per employee to keep workers in jobs.", "There must be no shortages in protective gear if the UK faces a second wave of coronavirus, say MPs.", "Footage of Bianca Williams and her partner being searched by officers has sparked controversy.", "Attractions and restaurants may not pass on the chancellor's VAT cut to visitors.", "The 2020 Ryder Cup, scheduled to take place in September, is postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams tells the BBC her \"heart hurts\" after being stopped by police with her partner.", "The suspects were located following the hack of a Europe-wide phone system.", "The publication of Matt Hancock's messages focuses attention on what happened in care homes during the pandemic.", "Ameer Davies-Rana says it is time to \"get rid\" of a monument to Sir Thomas Picton in Carmarthenshire.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "The crane crashed on to a block of flats under construction and two terraced houses in east London.", "The retailer will review its supply chain after reports of exploitation at a factory in Leicester.", "The Hollywood star is suing the Sun newspaper over a story saying he abused his ex-wife Amber Heard.", "The UK boss of the fast food giant said the chain could cut between 5% and 10% of its staff.", "Terry Ashton said he did not read information sent to him because he was not the \"primary recipient\".", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts VAT on hospitality and offers firms a bonus to keep furloughed staff, in a bid to stop mass unemployment.", "Henry Long says he did not know the officer was caught in a tow rope attached to his getaway car.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Rishi Sunak announced his plans to help the economy recover. Here's what you need to know.", "Liverpool continue their relentless pursuit of a Premier League points record with victory over Brighton at The Amex Stadium.", "Boris Johnson agreed the pension contribution for Sir Mark Sedwill, ahead of his exit in September.", "Police say many people officers spoke to were from England and thought lockdown rules were the same.", "Wales' first minister announces the payment as coronavirus deaths in care homes continue to rise.", "A social care tax was among options discussed to cover the costs, it is understood.", "The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats asks whether Nigel Farage has broken quarantine rules.", "After days of stand-off the passengers, who include children, will be taken into quarantine in Sicily.", "New rules mean F1, international football, golf and snooker tournaments can return in England.", "The Welsh Government says it wants assurances from the Treasury that the money won't be taxed.", "The 55-year-old woman was attacked in a Siberian tiger enclosure at a zoo in the Swiss city.", "The government pledges £111m for schemes in England to get young people into work.", "Before and after portraits as the people of Coventry visit the salon for the first time in three months", "President Trump used a 4 July address to attack the “radical left” and laud his Covid-19 strategy.", "Council and health officials call on staff to come forward after colleagues test positive at two plants.", "There are many key workers carrying on with jobs that you may not have realised are classified as critical.", "The TraceTogether Token is designed to make an app more effective, but worries privacy campaigners.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson joins in the tribute as the National Health Service marks 72 years.", "A government plan for the performing arts is met with calls for financial support and a timetable.", "With the usual parades and events on hold, it's set to be a unique year for US Independence Day.", "There is a \"rise in the extent\" that limits are broken during lockdown, says road safety manager.", "The hospitality sector has warned that half of firms will not break even this year without help.", "Earl Cameron, who died aged 102, was one of the first black actors to star on screen in 1951.", "People who have had healthcare postposed could be treated at the NHS Louisa Jordan in Glasgow.", "The man in his 20s died at the scene in Islington after being found with gunshot wounds, police say.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he is \"very worried about employment practices in some factories\".", "The magazine says it was trying to raise awareness after it was accused of using dystopian imagery.", "Early results in the general election give opposition candidate Luis Abinader an unassailable lead.", "Sir Simon Stevens tells the BBC the Covid-19 crisis has shone a \"very harsh spotlight\" on the sector.", "Safety measures did not put off the champions, who ate 75 and 48.5 hot dogs respectively in 10 minutes.", "The landlord of the Swan Inn in Kent says \"how much bad luck can we have?\"", "The video game Minecraft becomes the perfect inspiration for some home schooling on Bronze Age history.", "An Electron rocket launched from New Zealand's North Island fails in flight, destroying its satellites.", "Six young photographers document an evening out as lockdown measures are eased in England.", "People across the country could go to pubs and restaurants after coronavirus restrictions were eased.", "Six young photographers document an evening out as lockdown measures are eased in England.", "The police watchdog has been informed because a Kent Police vehicle was \"in close proximity\".", "A leaked letter reveals an extensive list of concerns about how the social care sector is coping.", "Police chief explains why his rural force issued so many penalties despite small population.", "The South East will be badly hit initially, but other areas will face a painful recovery, says a report.", "Buildings across the country have been decorated with pink ribbons, as venues remain shut.", "Minister says figures do not show how soon people are told to self-isolate if contact tests positive.", "With rising demand and shrinking budgets, who is receiving social care from the state?", "Christopher Gault left medicine for the priesthood, but returned to a hospital during the pandemic.", "The fallout from Covid-19 poses a \"significant threat\" to UK higher education, analysis suggests.", "An online portal will launch in England later this month to help people with ongoing symptoms.", "The applause was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown.", "They follow outbreaks at Anglesey's 2 Sisters, Wrexham's Rowan Foods and Merthyr Tydfil's Kepak.", "As people in England enjoy their first night out in months, police voice fears about social distancing.", "Kitchen and domestic workers, as well as agency and nursing staff, are among those entitled to it.", "Scotland rugby legend Doddie says reaching life's milestones helps him live with MND.", "The chancellor is expected to announce plans to recruit 13,500 extra staff at job centres.", "The US rapper claims that he has entered the 2020 race but it is unclear if he has actually registered.", "The BBC speaks to people out and about in England as coronavirus restrictions are lifted.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.", "Doctors, nurses, surgeons and other NHS and healthcare workers have died with coronavirus. Here are their stories.", "Tribal Clash says there is \"no cash\" after cancelling events around the world because of coronavirus.", "Ghislaine Maxwell will not speak about Prince Andrew as part of a potential plea deal, according to a friend.", "Authorities have warned people not to travel in or to Wales in breach of restrictions.", "In a speech at Mount Rushmore, President Trump said the monument \"will never be desecrated\".", "Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Mercedes dominate qualifying at Austrian GP, while Ferrari have shocking day.", "Che Adams scores his first Premier League goal as Southampton withstand a Manchester City barrage to earn victory at St Mary's Stadium.", "The figures from the ONS are the first to reveal the full toll of the epidemic in care homes.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner accuse the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.", "Gareth Cooper was left bankrupt after Debra Leyshon obtained loans and mortgages in his name.", "Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says his team will have to get used to added pressure during a nervy Premier League run-in after they beat Watford on Saturday.", "A National Police Chiefs' Council report analyses 17,039 fines imposed between March and May.", "The late civil rights activist is taken over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday evening.", "The location of the first Biden-Trump debate is moved from Indiana to Ohio over coronavirus precautions.", "Confirmed Covid-19 cases have now reached more than 16 million, with new clusters recorded in China.", "Schools are told by watchdog to be more lenient if pupils miss the grades for staying on for A-levels.", "A government source says no immediate decision is expected as No 10 warns \"no travel is risk free\".", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Black, Asian and minority ethnic figures have never been featured on British legal tender.", "Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill says anonymous briefings against officials have increased.", "The four locally transmitted cases in Da Nang prompt a tourism ban and renewed prevention measures.", "The travel industry reacts with dismay to the 14-day quarantine for travellers arriving from Spain.", "Scot Stephen Cameron spent more than two months in a coma in Vietnam after contracting coronavirus.", "The event comes after China's state media said HSBC played a role in the arrest of Huawei's finance chief.", "The prime minister says GPs in areas with poor health will be encouraged to prescribe cycling.", "MI6 officers are accused of interfering in a major legal battle over crimes linked to intelligence agencies.", "Her career spanned more than 50 years and she was the last surviving star of Gone with the Wind.", "The officers left after saying sorry to the residents of the property.", "Sir Lindsay Hoyle says announcements should always be made to Parliament, not the media.", "The airline says it will continue flights to Spain as normal, despite the UK's 14-day quarantine.", "The Falkirk-based firm has confirmed a quarter of its 2,300 employees are at risk of redundancy.", "The home secretary says anti-Semitic posts should be taken off Twitter and Instagram more quickly.", "The cabinet minister went on holiday knowing restrictions were likely and will quarantine on his return.", "The social media giant says EU investigators have unnecessarily demanded sensitive information.", "UK prime minister's spokesman says the social network \"needs to do better than this\".", "Manchester United defeat Leicester 2-0 to secure a top-four finish and a place in next season's Champions League.", "Analysts say it will take longer than expected for the economy to return to its pre-coronavirus size.", "The Foreign Office now advises against non-essential travel to the Balearic and Canary Islands.", "David Beckham, Tyrone Mings, Andros Townsend and Steph Houghton talk to Prince William about mental health in football.", "Daisy has made a full recovery after collapsing on Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain.", "It is thought the animal caught the virus from its owner.", "The World Health Organization warns of a long road ahead despite huge efforts made to curb the virus.", "Police were called to Poplar on Monday night after reports a child had \"fallen from a height\".", "Living without fillers and Botox under lockdown is a mental health challenge for some individuals.", "The fitness-tracking gadget-maker has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber-attack.", "Research suggests listed companies do better when women fill more than one in three executive roles.", "Thirteen novels have made the longlist, which will be whittled down to six in September.", "More than 2,000 sign a petition calling for Tahir Malik and two other Luton councillors to resign.", "Face-to-face teaching starts again at the University of Nottingham, with safety rules on campus.", "Experts from Heriot-Watt University's Orkney campus analysed the genetic composition of oarweed from 14 areas.", "Rapper Wiley's Twitter account has been temporarily locked after a long series of anti-Semitic posts.", "Men are spending more time on childcare and housework than in the 1970s, but women still do the bulk.", "Public Health England's conclusions come as ministers consider new measures to combat obesity.", "No 10 will also keep the quarantine policy for other countries under review, a minister says.", "A 17-year-old is arrested after violence erupts between two groups in Moss Side, Manchester.", "Stella Frew was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a van on Friday.", "But the first minister says people should continue to work from home \"wherever they can\".", "Same or next-day delivery will now be free for Prime subscribers in London on orders above £40.", "Businesses say they have been inundated with inquiries but it will not make up trade lost in lockdown.", "The new ecology minister says outside heating or air conditioning is an \"ecological aberration\".", "A whistleblower in Leicester says demand for cheap clothing left workers exposed to Covid-19.", "A libel case hears the Hollywood actor threw a magnum of champagne at his ex-wife - a claim he denies.", "11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu is challenging ballet stereotypes.", "President Trump has commuted his former adviser's prison term, which had been due to begin next week.", "It is thought a visitor left a gate open allowing the animal to make its way to the water's edge", "A 24-hour helpline and training on how to call out inappropriate behaviour are part of the plans.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Saturday morning.", "The lockdown-easing visitor experience is markedly different from the pre-pandemic wander-at-will affair.", "A suspect, 42, is in custody after a car passenger was stabbed on Weston-super-Mare's M5 sliproad.", "Parents say it is frustrating to wait months to register their babies, as councils face large backlogs.", "NI's first minister says Covid-19 restrictions affecting parades are to \"protect the community\".", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says he will be going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he gets the chance.", "The delay in publishing the findings of the investigation, launched in March, is labelled \"unacceptable\".", "Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England in 1966 and former Republic of Ireland boss, dies aged 85.", "Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, says economic closure is impossible as outbreak worsens.", "Holidaymakers are due to arrive at cottages and caravans in Wales for the first time since March.", "Job cuts and furlough reductions have left more people worried about making repayments, says Citizens Advice Scotland.", "The actor, 77, and his son are in hospital in Mumbai, and his wife and daughter also have the virus.", "Some volunteer-run attractions say a shortened summer season is \"not financially viable\".", "A Stonehenge-style wooden formation and a lead-lined Roman burial are also among the finds.", "The family of the teenager who died in Malaysia in August last year have campaigned for an inquest.", "It was released into the Trafalgar Square fountains in protest against animal farming, police say.", "Leicester is the only UK city on the Belgian government's list of higher risk coronavirus areas.", "Demonstrators shouted \"UK is not innocent\" after a video showed a man being restrained in the city.", "Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith were talking on her Facebook chat show Red Table Talk.", "Earlier, the company had asked staff to remove the TikTok app from phones over \"security risks.\"", "Police in Malaga said the Briton had landed on another man below, killing him too.", "Leading jockey Barry Geraghty, who won the Grand National and rode 43 Cheltenham Festival winners, announces his retirement aged 40.", "Nearby by surfers rushed to his aid but first aid efforts on the beach failed to save his life.", "Inquiry into care by NHS trust is now assessing about 1,500 cases, the BBC learns.", "Pilots say the airline will include sick days when assessing job losses - a claim EasyJet rejects.", "Labour has accused the government of being underprepared, saying the money was \"too little, too late\".", "A man is detained by police as the victim is being treated in hospital in Bolton.", "A private funeral is held as friends and fans also pay respects to the Forces' Sweetheart.", "The Football Association of Ireland says former manager Jack Charlton \"changed Irish football forever\" as it led tributes after he died aged 85.", "The church, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, was attacked amid reports of fighting over leadership.", "Norwich City are the first club to be relegated from the Premier League this season as Michail Antonio scores four goals to ease West Ham's troubles.", "The PM says \"we owe it to the victims\" to remember the massacre and \"to ensure it never happens again\".", "The child is being treated for a serious head injury and police are investigating.", "The driver in south-western France was set upon by people who reportedly refused to wear face masks.", "The London man is the first Islamic State supporter from the UK to die in Syrian Democratic Forces custody.", "Thousands rally on the streets of Khabarovsk as a regional leader is accused of contract killings.", "Scott McGlynn says bullies targeted him at school, leaving him lonely and depressed.", "Jack Charlton, who has died aged 85, was one of football's legendary characters and excelled as a player, manager and pundit.", "US President Donald Trump weighed in on his long-term ally Roger Stone's 40-month prison sentence.", "Labour urges the government not to leave regions behind after the PM promised to \"level up\" the country.", "Jack Charlton explains his football philosophy in a BBC Sport interview during his reign as Republic of Ireland boss from 1986 to 1995.", "How can coronavirus affect the brain? The BBC’s medical correspondent investigates.", "There were seven new cases and no Covid-19 deaths reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours.", "Visitors are required to wear masks, socially distance and have temperature checks on arrival.", "The late wartime singer, the NHS fundraiser and the rugby legend secured 50% of the votes in an online poll.", "The sculpture was placed on the plinth in Bristol where a toppled Edward Colston statue once stood.", "Tory MP Julian Lewis beats Chris Grayling to win the position, but loses his place in the parliamentary party.", "Meghan told delegates at a gender equality summit to push humanity in a \"more inclusive\" direction.", "Benjamin Keough died on Sunday in California at the age of 27.", "An immediate public inquiry could help save lives, say relatives of 450 virus victims.", "Spencer Kelly explains all - with the help of a stuffed penguin.", "A star has been sent hurtling across the galaxy after undergoing a partial supernova.", "The broadcaster says it's the \"right time for me to hang up the headphones\".", "Eva Williams, nine, has been unable to travel to the United States due to the coronavirus lockdown.", "The auctioned game, still in its original 1985 packaging, sold to an anonymous bidder for $114,000.", "Residents face tougher limits on visitors and are being urged to bump elbows instead of hugging.", "Jonathan Edwards must \"undertake a period of self-reflection\", said Plaid Cymru.", "Citizens Advice Cymru fears a \"wave\" of expulsions when the pause on evictions ends.", "New maternity clothes were taken from pregnant Becky Jones's car while she was having dinner.", "Dr Anthony Fauci says recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him are \"nonsense\".", "The actress played the sherry-loving gossip Betty Eagleton for 21 years in the ITV soap.", "Consumer price inflation rises slightly to 0.6% in June, although food prices fell.", "Wednesday's coverage of coronavirus pandemic developments, including the green light to resume driving lessons.", "Amit's relationship with Michelle was a secret for years because he feared his family's reaction.", "Twitter says a hacking attack on employees was to blame for one of its biggest ever security lapses.", "The enigmatic graffiti artist returns to his Underground roots for his new pandemic-inspired piece.", "Tran Nguyen died in 2006 after being brought to hospital beaten and unconscious.", "The 87-year-old underwent a procedure to clean out a bile duct stent in Baltimore's hospital.", "The biggest easing of lockdown restrictions get under way, but first minister Nicola Sturgeon says she is nervous about virus cases rising.", "The 27-year-old man was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.", "Plaid Cymru wanted ministers to seek the right for the Welsh Parliament to legislate for the poll.", "The Oscar-nominated 2011 film was created in the \"cesspool of systemic racism\", the actress says.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.", "Starbucks and McDonald's also say they will cut prices after the chancellor's VAT reduction.", "The group of 63 labourers working in Scotland were on the same flight as people who travelled to a coronavirus-hit farm in England.", "Wigan Athletic score seven first-half goals to stun relegation-threatened Hull City before equalling the biggest victory in Championship history.", "A former employee tells a libel case that the couple's arguments escalated from \"banal beginnings\".", "The Republic of Ireland argues it should not have to recover €13bn of unpaid taxes from Apple.", "A Michigan officer kills a man suspected of stabbing someone who chided him for not wearing a mask.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "There are no plans to make office workers in England wear face coverings, the health secretary says.", "The Republic of Ireland will not move forward into Phase 4 of its roadmap, the taoiseach confirms.", "Many have been left unsure about how to get support, according to the National Childbirth Trust.", "Hospital admissions in England dropped by a third, suggesting thousands did not receive expert care.", "Health officials are attempting to trace dozens of farm workers who came to the UK together.", "The WHO warns that a drop in lifesaving jabs could cause more harm than Covid-19 itself.", "After more than 50 years in Llandaff, BBC Wales programmes will now be produced in the city centre.", "The Cabinet Office had been investigating the home secretary's alleged behaviour towards staff.", "A significant easing of the country's lockdown has begun, but it comes with a warning from a \"nervous\" first minister.", "Boris Johnson says virus track and trace is \"as good as or better than\" any other system in the world", "A study of 120,000 volunteers in England also suggests those aged 18 to 24 were more likely to test positive.", "Dozens of women would have shared the payout but other accusers had objected to its terms.", "Health Minister Vaughan Gething says a more targeted regime will replace testing of entire sectors.", "The NHS ombudsman asks government to listen to patient complaints in order to learn from mistakes.", "Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith calls the Chinese telecoms firm a \"risk\" to national security.", "Women aged 17 are most likely to have been put on furlough during the coronavirus crisis, data shows.", "British Gymnastics steps aside from a review into allegations of mistreatment in the sport, as an athlete helpline is also launched.", "The stage and screen star, whose career lasted more than 60 years, appeared in hundreds of films, plays and television shows.", "The use of credit cards dropped by nearly half in April as people shunned big purchases.", "The decline in immunisations against some diseases is the first in nearly 30 years, the UN says.", "The government is also banning telecoms firms from buying new Huawei 5G kit after 31 December.", "The figure of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid appeared in Bristol early on Wednesday.", "Edward Enninful says he was racially profiled after being told to \"use the loading bay\" at his offices.", "The artist's piece on a Circle Line train was removed before anyone knew he was responsible for it.", "The phone app shows which beaches are crowded along 15 miles of coastline.", "Woman's experience prompts calls for changes to law barring students from claiming funeral benefit.", "Thieves hit Fabinho's home as Liverpool were presented with the Premier League trophy, police say.", "London Fire Brigade says the blaze has created a lot of smoke and warns people to avoid the area.", "MPs criticise the government for rushing out the decision as Parliament breaks for the summer.", "Paulette Wilson was one of thousands affected by the scandal and has been hailed an \"inspiration\".", "Cory Hewer, 13, died after falling from his bike at Aberbeeg Motorcross track.", "Updates on the pandemic in Scotland as the prime minister marks a year in office with a trip north of the border.", "MPs say Rishi Sunak has \"effectively drawn a line\" under helping 1m people needing virus support.", "A committee of MPs says Covid-19 risks causing \"a cataclysm in the arts and cultural space\".", "The worst-affected country in the world is seeing surges in several states, including California.", "Only one of the seven St Mirren staff members who tested positive for Covid-19 actually has the illness.", "UK and EU negotiators say progress has not been made in difficult areas, such as fishing and competition rules.", "A public information campaign on face coverings will be launched before a decision is finalised.", "Research from the University of Glasgow finds watching two hours or less of television a day could minimize health risks.", "A committee says the economic reaction to Covid-19 was rushed and the impact could be long-term.", "As more people learn guitar amid lockdown, the UK's biggest online seller of instruments sees sales surge.", "Locals and tourists have been evacuated as fires continue to rage near the city of Corinth.", "The TV personality discusses her husband's bipolar disorder, following a string of erratic tweets.", "Woody Johnson says media reports he made insensitive comments about race and gender are \"false\".", "Amber Heard claims Johnny Depp hurled around 30 bottles at her during \"three-day hostage situation\".", "Sir Thomas Picton's statue has been on display in 'Welsh heroes' gallery for more than a century.", "There are \"stark inequalities\" between those moving to London and those not, says Social Mobility Commission.", "Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifts the Premier League trophy to seal the club's first top-flight triumph for 30 years.", "Portuguese police are investigating if a suspect in the case may be linked to a rape three years earlier.", "Northern Ireland will be the first part of the UK to have a contact tracing app", "The Hollywood actor says he has no association with the companies that make CBD oil.", "A mother, 31, and her two sons aged two and five, were injured in the explosion in June.", "The singer's hitherto un-announced eighth album will arrive on Friday.", "People in northern England \"rightly expect action, progress and ambition\", the government says.", "The new Star Wars and Avatar movies are pushed back a year while Mulan is postponed indefinitely.", "The UK and US agree to amend an \"anomaly\" that allowed Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.", "The Islands Growth Deal will support communities in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.", "An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for the environment by 2040 unless global action is taken, scientists say.", "Boris Johnson visits Scotland as the SNP says he is worried about support for independence.", "Money from Prince William and Catherine's charity will pay for counselling for front-line emergency staff.", "The company behind the first bag-less vacuum cleaner said 600 of the cuts would be in the UK.", "Thousands of fans gathered as Sir Kenny Dalglish presented the Premier League trophy.", "Calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline were up 80% in June, says the charity Refuge.", "A \"poisonous ideology\" endures despite the group losing territory in Syria and Iraq, a minister says.", "The UK says the Russian satellite launched \"a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon\".", "A rise in support for Scottish independence and approval of Nicola Sturgeon lead the prime minister north.", "The club has been criticised for parading the Championship trophy after telling fans to stay home.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Visitors are being warned they could be towed away if they park illegally at the foot of Snowdon.", "MPs will probe a £400m investment in the satellite firm after a top civil servant warned of financial risk.", "Nightclubs and soft play areas call for clarity over when they will be able to start trading again.", "Renate Blauel, who married the singer in 1984, is suing over his book, Me, and the film Rocketman.", "The gunmen shot a man, 19, and two 15-year-old boys in a car park in Tottenham and then drove off.", "Ice cream sales surge but demand for deodorant and shampoo is down, says consumer goods giant Unilever.", "Residents can reunite with loved ones, but must see the same one visitor, government guidance says.", "A Premier League club was close to losing £1 million during a transfer deal due to cyber hackers.", "Officials are worried people are still not coming forward for testing when they are infected.", "At least seven UK universities and one in Canada were affected by attack on a cloud computing provider.", "A spike in coronavirus cases leads officials to postpone the reopening of leisure facilities.", "Carabinieri military police are held on suspicion of crimes that have shocked the city of Piacenza.", "One of those affected was Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, who called it \"unacceptable\".", "Andriy Yarmolenko came off the bench to hit an injury-time winner to boost West Ham's survival bid against Chelsea at London stadium.", "Leicester's police and crime commissioner complains that agencies have been \"drip-fed\" information.", "Young people's eating habits have meant more snacks but also more shared meals, say researchers.", "A Swedish study found twice as many people had protective T-cells as tested positive for antibodies.", "Shares in the electric carmaker have surged, giving it a market value of $209bn.", "Thousands attended the festive event in Prague, sharing food and drink with people around them.", "Pro-democracy supporters say the move does not represent most Hong Kong people.", "Thousands of jobs are slashed in retail and aviation - two of the sectors hardest hit by lockdown.", "Confusion and delay causes anxiety amongst business owners in the city.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The partnership, which also owns Waitrose, is reviewing the business after its annual profits dive.", "London police chief Dame Cressida Dick calls for people to \"be sensible\" as lockdown is eased.", "In a surprise message, Harry said people like them gave him the \"greatest hope\" for the future.", "A complaint against Ed Henry involving a co-worker was made last week, Fox News said.", "The airline says it is consulting on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle.", "Rayshard Brooks' widow said the ex-officer was dangerous and asked the judge to deny bail.", "Police make arrests and fire water cannon and pepper spray on crowds marking the handover anniversary.", "Leicester's mayor said officials had been trying to get hold of local data \"for weeks\".", "Sayagi Sivanantham was found with knife wounds at a property in Mitcham on Tuesday and later died.", "Jack Leslie, who would have been England's first black player, was dropped because of his ethnicity.", "A 24-year-old man is held on suspicion of criminal damage linked to Bristol's Edward Colston statue.", "Five-year-old Tony Hudgell set a target of raising £500 for the hospital that saved his life.", "Simon Cheng is granted asylum in the UK almost a year after he was detained by Chinese authorities.", "The force, which has been using a swastika in its emblem since 1918, said it had caused misunderstandings.", "Hundreds of thousands sign up to the NHS-backed running app during the coronavirus pandemic.", "The house in Neath Port Talbot was destroyed and a woman and her two sons seriously injured.", "Wigan Athletic go into administration, becoming the first English professional club to do so since the coronavirus pandemic.", "It's been years since Emma told police she had been raped - and now lockdown has further delayed her case.", "There's a warning that if all Christmas shows are called off, many theatres \"will go to the wall\".", "Some 350 elephant carcasses have been spotted in Botswana's Okavango Delta since May.", "The airline is advertising flights to Malaga and Faro from Cardiff Airport for Friday.", "The report said the increase in reported cases could be down to \"growth in availability of testing\".", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "The decision reflects a souring of the atmosphere in the UK-China relationship.", "\"This is the most unusual campaign, I think, in modern history,\" the Democratic nominee said.", "Liam Gallagher, Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney sign letter warning government of Covid-19 impact.", "The impact of cuts at the wing factory in Broughton, Flintshire will be felt across the region.", "The landlord of the Colston Arms in Bristol asks for the public's help in choosing a new name.", "Only 35 deaths linked to coronavirus were recorded last week - the lowest since the middle of March.", "It is the first time weekly deaths have been below the five-year average since mid March.", "As the government's furlough scheme starts to wind up, the real impact of the pandemic is being felt.", "The aerospace firm blames coronavirus for the cuts, warning of 1,700 job losses at its UK plants.", "Artist and activist Ai Weiwei warns lawyers and activists could be \"disappeared or sentenced\" after China passed a controversial security law.", "Up to three million people living in the former colony are being given the chance to settle in the UK.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "A 37-year-old woman was also hurt in the incident on Morningside Road in Edinburgh.", "The company is cutting 15,000 jobs, with 1,700 expected to go in Flintshire and Bristol.", "There have been calls for NI's deputy first minister to resign after she attended Bobby Storey's funeral.", "Women unable to buy sanitary products have used newspaper or pillow cases instead, one charity says.", "Boris Johnson rejects suggestion that Leicester virus data wasn't shared", "Humanist ceremonies are recognised in law in Scotland and Northern Ireland but not in England or Wales.", "The crisp giant says its products are unaffected, and it believes infections occurred off-site.", "The NHS ombudsman asks government to listen to patient complaints in order to learn from mistakes.", "Nine cases are identified around Gretna and Annan as the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 falls for the ninth week in a row.", "NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirms nine new cases in Gretna and Annan areas since Monday.", "An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry.", "Boris Johnson vows a \"new deal\" for UK after coronavirus - but Labour says saving jobs is top priority.", "Families of children with special educational needs tell MPs support \"fell off a cliff\" in lockdown.", "Experts issue warnings about lax rules ahead of e-scooters becoming legal this coming weekend.", "SSP Group has been hit badly by the reduction in train and air travel caused by the coronavirus.", "Eva Longoria and Cynthia Erivo are among those who have been invited to join the Academy.", "The chance of breaching one of the Paris accord goals in the next five years has doubled, a study says.", "The chancellor has announced a stamp duty holiday until next March, pleasing some but angering others.", "The Welsh Government will get half a billion pounds from the Treasury, the UK government says.", "Swimmers might have to arrive in their costumes, with limits on how many people can go in at a time.", "There are 18,000 more registered than a year ago, but some fear the pandemic could hit recruitment.", "Support will be particularly focused on disadvantaged pupils and those studying for exams.", "Local businesses and politicians say they were expecting more financial support from the government.", "The partnership, which also owns Waitrose, is reviewing the business after its annual profits dive.", "She was shot in Toxteth, Liverpool, following reports of a woman armed with a knife.", "The chancellor warns the UK is facing a \"severe recession,\" with \"significant\" job losses.", "The Chancellor says Scotland will now receive £4.6bn in Barnett funding from the UK government.", "Bruno Fernandes inspires Manchester United to another impressive Premier League victory that deepens Aston Villa's relegation worries.", "Frank Ludlow was caught in a post office sending dozens of bogus remedies to the United States.", "The musician also talks about why he was cheering at the recent Black Lives Matter protests in London.", "The majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building.", "The vote by the community's advisory board comes after weeks of anti-racism protests around the world.", "BT and Vodafone warn that users will face days without a mobile signal if a 2023 ban is imposed.", "Probationary officer Benjamin Hannam is charged with being a member of banned group National Action.", "Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden outlines measures for England at a press conference.", "Despite surges in new infections, the White House wants to press forward with school reopenings.", "The rise comes as the chancellor announces another £30bn of measures to try to help the economy.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The chancellor's huge economic support schemes will have to be paid for via higher taxes, the IFS says.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak rejected fears job retention bonus and meal discount are not value for taxpayers.", "The Hollywood star tells a libel hearing his ex-wife threw a bottle of vodka at him during a fight.", "Health and social care leaders warn the prime minister about the impact of the new immigration bill.", "Max Aubin said he lay on the ground believing he was going to die after the unprovoked attack.", "The firm is suffering after the drop of air travellers during the coronavirus pandemic.", "Restrictions in England are further eased - with beauty businesses also able to reopen on Monday.", "Amadou Gon Coulibaly was a favourite to succeed Alassane Ouattara as president in October's elections.", "Specialist workers are still working to recover June Harvey's body from one of the damaged houses.", "The Hollywood star tells a libel hearing his ex-wife had been \"building a dossier\" against him.", "Hundreds of job cuts are announced and all state schools will resume full lessons in September.", "A man, thought to be 18 years old, has died after he was found with stab injuries in south London.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an \"eat out to help out\" discount as part of wider measures.", "NHS England figures reveal how the pandemic has changed planned surgery, tests and A&E.", "France's president puts an end to speculation that the restored spire will be modern in style.", "There are hefty spending promises from the chancellor but many measures outlined run against traditional Tory instincts.", "A day after the chancellor unveiled a plan to save jobs, two of the UK's biggest retailers announce cuts.", "Park Won-soon disappeared after reportedly leaving a message for his daughter, who raised the alarm.", "Firms that have furloughed staff will be given £1,000 bonus per employee to keep workers in jobs.", "Two thirds of UK councils increase costs for cremation ceremonies during the pandemic.", "Attractions and restaurants may not pass on the chancellor's VAT cut to visitors.", "The health minister apologises to women, and their children, failed by healthcare professionals.", "The crane crashed on to a block of flats under construction and two terraced houses in east London.", "Open-air gigs, festivals and theatre shows can resume from this weekend, the government says.", "Firms hit back after more UK economy coronavirus support measures announced.", "The culture secretary announces that gyms will reopen later in July with extra safety measures.", "The UK boss of the fast food giant said the chain could cut between 5% and 10% of its staff.", "Nicola Sturgeon confirms the next phase of lockdown easing, which includes reopening bars, restaurants and hotels.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms the move to \"phase three\" of her government's route map out of lockdown.", "But universities reject that tests on online learning in China are accepting \"censorship\".", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts VAT on hospitality and offers firms a bonus to keep furloughed staff, in a bid to stop mass unemployment.", "Rishi Sunak announced his plans to help the economy recover. Here's what you need to know.", "Boris Johnson agreed the pension contribution for Sir Mark Sedwill, ahead of his exit in September.", "Households could see their energy bills cut by £20 a year under proposals from the regulator.", "The 56-year-old victim is in a stable condition following the \"unexplained\" attack in Brighton.", "Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix for the eighth time with Max Verstappen second following pre-race crash.", "New cases are rising around the Lancashire town, sparking warnings about the NHS test and trace system.", "The property portal and caterer are the latest to shun payouts for staff brought back from furlough.", "Greater Manchester Police launches an internal investigation into the \"disgraceful and disgusting act\".", "The crown prince will 'temporarily' take over some of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah's duties.", "As the country passes 2m cases, we tell the story of how the outbreak spread in pictures.", "Ruth Morrissey was awarded €2.1m in damages after smear test results were incorrectly reported.", "The 'Nightingale Courts' will help clear a backlog caused by the pandemic, the justice secretary says.", "Buckingham Palace shares the images after she married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Friday.", "Uncertainty over the Chinese video sharing app comes as tension mounts between the UK and China.", "The burial of Badreddin Abadlla Adam was delayed for an hour after a crowd breached Covid-19 rules.", "The government has acknowledged the initiative was launched without a data privacy assessment.", "The government reveals interference in elections just ahead of the long-awaited Russia report.", "Wales should have been better prepared for coronavirus, the Senedd health committee's chair says.", "The national park says many car parks are full and urged people not to park along roadsides.", "China's ambassador to the UK is confronted with drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains.", "The first minister and SNP leader was speaking in an interview to mark her 50th birthday.", "Khloemae Loy, 23, was pronounced dead at the Holiday Inn in Greenwich on 5 July.", "An investigation is under way after six people test positive at the NHS call centre in Motherwell.", "Chinese officials reject what Dominic Raab says are \"deeply troubling\" reports of forced sterilisation.", "Russian-born Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya competed for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.", "The Rwandan refugee, who was responsible for closing the building, is released without charge.", "There are fewer than 72 female Suffolk Punches remaining in the UK and fewer than 300 in the world.", "Russia's representative in the UK also dismisses suggestions of interference in British politics.", "A report says China is carrying out a campaign of forced birth control to limit the minority group.", "They have moved from rental areas, with one resident describing \"poisoned rodents on the pavement\".", "Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvres his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reach the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley.", "Chelsea will play Arsenal in the FA Cup final after two howlers from David de Gea settle their semi-final against Manchester United.", "Two men are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an altercation between two groups.", "The intelligence watchdog will give its findings on alleged involvement in an election and the Brexit vote.", "The \"near-extinct\" species is thriving 30 years after being reintroduced in England.", "Nearly a quarter of all the deaths have been in the US.", "The national clinical director says the new cases are not a \"cluster\" and day-to-day variation is expected.", "Marcus Coutain's lawyer says the arrest \"mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd\".", "Campaigners say rules for Changing Places toilets in new buildings are \"nothing short of life changing\".", "Police say they did not have the resources to halt the event which attracted more than 3,000 people.", "The programme will offer \"unprecedented flexibility\" to 80,000 workers in Japan, says Fujitsu.", "The National Cyber Security Centre has presented its report into the Chinese firm to government.", "The country's medical council set a 15 August date for a Covid-19 vaccine for public use.", "Nick Cordero suffered sepsis infections and mini-strokes and had a leg amputated while in hospital.", "Helen Hancock and her new partner Martin Griffiths were found dead in the early hours of New Year's Day.", "A man was Tasered by police after the ambulance crew were stabbed in Wolverhampton.", "The PM said \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures\" on combating coronavirus.", "Charlie Elphicke is on trial accused of sexually assaulting two women between 2007 and 2016.", "After days of stand-off the passengers, who include children, will be taken into quarantine in Sicily.", "Diana Higman meets her grandson for the first time after shielding since lockdown began.", "Business owners have warned their biggest hurdle could be persuading customers that it is safe to go out.", "Since 1962, Florida has reported only 37 cases of the deadly pathogen, which attacks brain tissue.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams tells the BBC her \"heart hurts\" after being stopped by police with her partner.", "The applause was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown.", "Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were both found stabbed to death in a park in Wembley.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Joshua Wong first rose to prominence during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong in 2014.", "The firm is to probe claims staff are underpaid and not socially distancing at a supplier in Leicester.", "\"I will never be off the hook,\" says the musician, a year after allegations of abuse surfaced.", "The hospitality sector has warned that half of firms will not break even this year without help.", "The boy was found after police responded to reports of a disturbance in the Ely area of Cardiff.", "The prolific composer's credits included the \"spaghetti\" Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star.", "At least three pubs in England announce they have closed just days after opening their doors again.", "The arts sector is relieved at the £1.57bn cash injection but says more detail is needed.", "The government pledges £111m for schemes in England to get young people into work.", "There was a shortfall of almost 600 trainees in 2018-19 signing-up to become teachers.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday morning.", "The Domestic Abuse Bill now rules out \"consent for sexual gratification\" as a defence for causing serious harm.", "The police watchdog has been informed because a Kent Police vehicle was \"in close proximity\".", "The foreign secretary announces the freezing of assets in “notorious” cases of human rights abuse.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.", "The sandwich chain said the coronavirus downturn in trading meant it had to take a \"difficult decision\".", "The South East will be badly hit initially, but other areas will face a painful recovery, says a report.", "Buildings across the country have been decorated with pink ribbons, as venues remain shut.", "Nicola Sturgeon says customers must follow the guidelines - and advises people to leave if no safety measures are in place.", "The magazine drops the cover, which has been criticised as \"outdated\" and in \"bad taste\".", "Shelter says action is needed before a ban on evicting tenants ends next month.", "Derek Draper was put into an induced coma in March after contracting coronavirus.", "It is the first day since March that Public Health Wales has not announced any further deaths.", "Tom Meighan is leaving \"by mutual consent\" after \"personal issues that have affected his behaviour\".", "It is thought \"Asda\" the frog arrived from Colombia, the UK's biggest supplier of bananas.", "The latest developments as the five-mile \"stay local\" advisory limit is removed.", "The research is based on the number of missed screenings, urgent referrals and delayed treatments.", "Che Adams scores his first Premier League goal as Southampton withstand a Manchester City barrage to earn victory at St Mary's Stadium.", "The fallout from Covid-19 poses a \"significant threat\" to UK higher education, analysis suggests.", "BBC News presenter Clive Myrie says racism was the rocket fuel that fuelled British conquest of much of the planet - and its effects are still felt today.", "A government plan for the performing arts is met with calls for financial support and a timetable.", "The TV historian and author says he made \"a bad mistake\" for which he is \"very sorry\".", "British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner accuse the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.", "Four Scottish universities will help study the long-term health impacts on hospitalised patients.", "Duke of Sussex tells young leaders \"uncomfortable\" past Commonwealth wrongs need to be put right.", "Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos were stopped while driving a Mercedes in London.", "A fire safety expert did not think cladding the tower needed a separate appraisal, the inquiry hears.", "New court documents from Rebekah Vardy's legal team detail the distress she says she felt over her row with Coleen Rooney.", "Four-year-old Hari Jones is back home after spending 28 months in a children's hospital.", "Kai Denovan, 22, denies the manslaughter of footballer Jordan Sinnott during a night out.", "Some business owners said they have been asked up to 100 times for deductions on food bills by NHS staff over the lockdown.", "The disruption to schools in the pandemic will cause long-term damage, says Royal Society.", "An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for the environment by 2040 unless global action is taken, scientists say.", "Money from Prince William and Catherine's charity will pay for counselling for front-line emergency staff.", "Thieves hit Fabinho's home as Liverpool were presented with the Premier League trophy, police say.", "London Fire Brigade says the blaze has created a lot of smoke and warns people to avoid the area.", "Travellers from Portugal will have to self-isolate but restrictions are relaxed for other nations.", "There have been no new deaths as a result of the virus recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours.", "James Healy attacked Mr Jones because of his politics and LGBTQ beliefs, the court heard.", "Two friends agreed nearly 30 years ago that if one scooped the Powerball lottery they would split it.", "The video was shown to the High Court, after being provided by an anonymous source on Thursday.", "Measures to cut obesity are yet to be finalised but could include a ban on junk food TV ads before 21:00.", "Video captured by a police patrol car shows the moment PC Harper confronted his killers.", "Paulette Wilson was one of thousands affected by the scandal and has been hailed an \"inspiration\".", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex claim pictures of Archie were taken at their US home during lockdown.", "The 2020-21 Premier League and EFL seasons will start on 12 September.", "Drivers are fuming as delays mount at the DVLA, with stories of lost documents and delayed driving licences.", "Business owners and customers grapple with the new rules which make coverings mandatory in stores.", "The UK says the Russian satellite launched \"a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon\".", "The Welsh Secretary says it is \"fresh money\" but is a result of spending in England.", "The shark had attempted to beach itself and could not be persuaded to go back out to sea.", "Wearing a face covering in enclosed public spaces - such as shops, banks and takeaways - is now compulsory in England.", "Florida's decision to reopen all brick and mortar schools in August caused a teacher backlash.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 17 and 24 July.", "Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced the biggest ever vaccination programme in Wales.", "Only one of the seven St Mirren staff members who tested positive for Covid-19 actually has the illness.", "But the prime minister remains reluctant to go into detail over possible government mistakes.", "What lessons has coronavirus taught us - and will ministers and health leaders act upon them?", "The man was given a fixed penalty notice after he was seen without a face covering in a Jedburgh supermarket.", "PC Andrew Harper's tragic killing led to tributes and support for the police being made from across the globe.", "Infected women can stay with and breastfeed their babies if safety measures are taken, a study says.", "The broadcaster says it is \"time to move on\" from the Radio 4 show after 33 years.", "The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.", "Public Health England's conclusions come as ministers consider new measures to combat obesity.", "Boris Johnson says there are “open questions” about whether the coronavirus lockdown came too late.", "The government borrowed £127.9bn between April and June, the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.", "A video shows two teenagers who dragged a police officer to his death laughing as they leave court.", "Footage has been released of the moment two teenagers were arrested following the death of a police officer.", "UK and EU negotiators say progress has not been made in difficult areas, such as fishing and competition rules.", "The Olympics are now one year away - again - but some athletes fear that they won't happen at all.", "The new Star Wars and Avatar movies are pushed back a year while Mulan is postponed indefinitely.", "Boris Johnson says the government did not fully understand coronavirus in the first weeks and months.", "Seven coaches and backroom staff at the football club initially tested positive for coronavirus.", "Renate Blauel, who married the singer in 1984, is suing over his book, Me, and the film Rocketman.", "The gunmen shot a man, 19, and two 15-year-old boys in a car park in Tottenham and then drove off.", "Florida is becoming the new US epicentre - but what's behind the rising case counts?", "The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was found collapsed after suffering gunshot wounds.", "Winners of a BFI competition will get their submissions broadcast on national television.", "The party says it will not advertise on the site \"in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter\" movement.", "They are advised in enclosed public spaces in England, so what's with the mask-free photo ops?", "A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media.", "NI's first minister says Covid-19 restrictions affecting parades are to \"protect the community\".", "It is one of several restrictions introduced by President Ramaphosa amid rising infection rates.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland is at risk of Covid-19 cases from elsewhere in the UK.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says he will be going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he gets the chance.", "Holidaymakers are due to arrive at cottages and caravans in Wales for the first time since March.", "Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England in 1966 and former Republic of Ireland boss, dies aged 85.", "Plaid Cymru's leader accuses the Brexit Party of an attempt to turn Wales \"into western England\".", "Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her father-in-law, husband and daughter test positive for Covid-19.", "A 24-hour tally of 15,299 new coronavirus cases eclipses the worst rates seen in New York in April.", "The actor, 77, and his son are in hospital in Mumbai, and his wife and daughter also have the virus.", "Minister Michael Gove says he does not think face coverings should be mandatory in shops in England.", "Demonstrators shouted \"UK is not innocent\" after a video showed a man being restrained in the city.", "Police say officers came under attack from youths, some of whom were masked and threw bottles and masonry.", "Police in Malaga said the Briton had landed on another man below, killing him too.", "US President Trump is seen wearing a face mask for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic.", "Leading jockey Barry Geraghty, who won the Grand National and rode 43 Cheltenham Festival winners, announces his retirement aged 40.", "Nearby by surfers rushed to his aid but first aid efforts on the beach failed to save his life.", "The daily increase was the largest in the US state since 4 July and comes a day after Disney World reopened.", "Labour has accused the government of being underprepared, saying the money was \"too little, too late\".", "A man is detained by police as the victim is being treated in hospital in Bolton.", "The Pope is the latest faith leader to voice concern at the Istanbul museum reverting to a mosque.", "Alice Williams' wedding plans have been delayed by the Thomas Cook collapse and coronavirus.", "The church, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, was attacked amid reports of fighting over leadership.", "Thousands have rallied against what they say is hardship caused by the mishandling of the crisis.", "The Short Stirling Bomber based at RAF Downham Market was lost returning from a German raid in 1943.", "The London man is the first Islamic State supporter from the UK to die in Syrian Democratic Forces custody.", "Scott McGlynn says bullies targeted him at school, leaving him lonely and depressed.", "The country's flood response alert has been raised to the second highest level.", "Scientific evidence suggests singing increases the risk of spreading coronavirus among a crowd.", "Mick McCarthy believes the passing of former Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton \"will be felt in Ireland more than anywhere else\".", "Several boats are spotted as the home secretary visits France for talks on tackling people smuggling.", "How can coronavirus affect the brain? The BBC’s medical correspondent investigates.", "Visitors are required to wear masks, socially distance and have temperature checks on arrival.", "Police had earlier warned of \"consequences\" for those involved in the previous night's violence.", "Simon Lawrence says the \"sheer amount of information\" led to a fire safety document being missed.", "The hashtag #do_not_execute trended after a court upheld the death sentences of three protesters.", "Kyle Bowen, 29, killed David Williams in a \"senseless and brutal\" attack after knocking on his door.", "Tory MP Julian Lewis beats Chris Grayling to win the position, but loses his place in the parliamentary party.", "The sculpture was placed on the plinth in Bristol where a toppled Edward Colston statue once stood.", "Random testing of blood samples between April and June reveal that 4.3% had coronavirus antibodies.", "Physical distancing rules may apply to staff but not pupils when Scotland's schools reopen in August.", "Spencer Kelly explains all - with the help of a stuffed penguin.", "Johnny Depp's ex-fiancee says it is \"impossible to believe\" claims from Amber Heard that he was violent.", "Lyra McKee was shot dead during rioting in Londonderry in April 2019.", "Universities at financial risk will have to change subjects and bosses' pay to qualify for rescue package.", "Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are among the public figures whose accounts were hacked by fraudsters.", "Jurors hear Charlie Elphicke tell police he paid the woman to keep quiet about the incident in 2007.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "Health secretary says infection rate in city has fallen but that some restrictions need to stay in force.", "The social network may have secured accounts but it could still face aftershocks from the attack.", "Dr Anthony Fauci says recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him are \"nonsense\".", "The actress played the sherry-loving gossip Betty Eagleton for 21 years in the ITV soap.", "New figures show reports of child abuse images online increased by 50% during lockdown.", "Consumer price inflation rises slightly to 0.6% in June, although food prices fell.", "The European Solar Orbiter probe captures images just 77 million km from the Sun's surface.", "Twitter says a hacking attack on employees was to blame for one of its biggest ever security lapses.", "Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi was accused of \"jumping on the bandwagon\" when she complained to officers.", "MP Philip Dunne says it is \"shameful\" it took the pandemic for the retailer to acknowledge issues.", "The Welsh Government says UK ministers must get four-nation consent for post-Brexit arrangements.", "Al-Hol is a Syrian camp that has grown to 70,000 people - inside are the women and children of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).", "Tributes were paid to the victims of the pandemic outside the Royal Palace in Madrid.", "The husband of Shamima Begum discusses life with his bride living under Islamic State rule.", "The intelligence watchdog will give its findings on alleged involvement in an election and the Brexit vote.", "UK banks fear up to three million jobs could be lost if firms cannot defer payments on coronavirus loans.", "The group of 63 labourers working in Scotland were on the same flight as people who travelled to a coronavirus-hit farm in England.", "The effectiveness of the committee, which has not sat since the 2019 election, has been questioned in the past.", "No 10 confirms Tony Sewell will lead the new body looking into \"all aspects\" of racial disparity.", "China's economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter of this year following a record coronavirus-related slump.", "Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes bat England into a strong position on an attritional first day of the second Test against West Indies.", "The Scottish government hopes to pause 'shielding' altogether at the end of July.", "Did you hear the one about the cancelled bookings? There was a call for financial help.", "England fast bowler Jofra Archer is excluded from the second Test against West Indies after breaching the bio-secure protocols.", "Women are often portrayed as peacemakers, but research suggests they can play an active role in extremism.", "The staff member at Home Farm care home in Portree has been advised to isolate following the test.", "The government publishes a report on a leaked document used by Labour at the 2019 election.", "The Manchester Cathedral service was attended by a maximum of 70 people to aid social distancing.", "Scottish and UK ministers clash over whether Holyrood will gain or lose powers after Brexit.", "The Republic of Ireland will not move forward into Phase 4 of its roadmap, the taoiseach confirms.", "Health officials are attempting to trace dozens of farm workers who came to the UK together.", "Police appeal for witnesses after a car driver and passenger are killed in the collision in Gwynedd.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there was no evidence of harm - but the kits should not be used.", "Unemployment increased by 34,000 in April to reach 1.3 million, according to official data.", "The 20-year-old, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, has been denied a fair hearing, judges say.", "The Scottish government receives scientific advice which concludes there is no need for physical distancing between pupils.", "The Cabinet Office had been investigating the home secretary's alleged behaviour towards staff.", "The Mets says it has not received a public complaint and there had been no misconduct in the case.", "PM says the government is \"planning for the worst\" as he warns Covid-19 may be more virulent in winter.", "Parent company Centrica says a fresh wave of layoffs is a \"last resort\".", "The Department for International Development is due to be combined with the Foreign Office.", "Cyber-attacks can be hard to trace and easy to deny, making it difficult to weigh their risks.", "Digital technology will enable Scottish juries to follow cases from another room in the courts.", "The tour was set to feature the hit musical Six, and performances by The Streets and Dizzee Rascal.", "The healthcare sector is being targeted online by hackers linked to foreign states, the two nations say.", "Edward Enninful says he was racially profiled after being told to \"use the loading bay\" at his offices.", "The artist's piece on a Circle Line train was removed before anyone knew he was responsible for it.", "The top model is given a large fine and ordered to serve nine months of community service.", "It comes amid rising tensions between London and Beijing over a controversial national security law.", "The BBC's medical correspondent on why volunteers are the lifeblood of medical innovation.", "New cases are rising around the Lancashire town, sparking warnings about the NHS test and trace system.", "Greater Manchester Police launches an internal investigation into the \"disgraceful and disgusting act\".", "The property portal and caterer are the latest to shun payouts for staff brought back from furlough.", "The CPS upholds its earlier decision, despite an appeal by 13-year-old Christopher Kapessa's family.", "Factories in south Wales and Lancashire start making \"high quality\" face coverings.", "Christopher Nolan's time-bending action film was originally expected to launch during the summer.", "Ruth Morrissey was awarded €2.1m in damages after smear test results were incorrectly reported.", "The latest round of measures to ease lockdown come into force on Monday.", "The government has acknowledged the initiative was launched without a data privacy assessment.", "Bringing you the latest news from across England about the coronavirus pandemic.", "The retailer says that the move is part of a plan to reduce store management and head office roles.", "The vaccines are still being researched, but offer hope of getting life back to normal.", "Cases have doubled in the past week, prompting fears of tighter restrictions in the borough.", "The foreign secretary says China's national security law is a \"serious violation\" of international obligations.", "Scientists say we have time to save polar bears if we act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.", "Only four councils say they will continue care for school-aged children over the summer holidays.", "An investigation is under way after six people test positive at the NHS call centre in Motherwell.", "A compromise on the Covid-19 recovery fund is now on the table, at an often testy Brussels meeting.", "Khloemae Loy, 23, was pronounced dead at the Holiday Inn in Greenwich on 5 July.", "Chinese officials reject what Dominic Raab says are \"deeply troubling\" reports of forced sterilisation.", "Thousands of fans gathered in Leeds to celebrate their club's promotion to the Premier League.", "Germany's Hermes says it will invest £100m in the UK after a surge in online shopping during lockdown.", "More than 2,900 people have crossed this year in small inflatable dinghies.", "A vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears to be safe and trains the immune system.", "Changes to Student Loans Company's website exaggerate outstanding loans, says money expert Martin Lewis.", "A senior company official tells the BBC the video-sharing app would never give user data to the government.", "The report has been delayed since last year and No 10 has been accused of evading scrutiny.", "Amber Heard claims ex-husband Johnny Depp \"was pressing so hard on my neck I couldn't breathe\".", "The country is the second largest film market in the world after the US, with a box office of $9.2bn in 2019.", "Hundreds of cars parked illegally on Snowdonia roads, while a lifeboat station was blocked by motorbikes.", "The charity which runs the Tower of London says the pandemic had a \"devastating\" impact on finances.", "Hundreds of beachgoers have seen the fire spread up the hillside at the back of the beach.", "Chelsea will play Arsenal in the FA Cup final after two howlers from David de Gea settle their semi-final against Manchester United.", "\"The pandemic did for us,\" says the editor of the UK's biggest rock magazine.", "The \"near-extinct\" species is thriving 30 years after being reintroduced in England.", "Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad again provide the inspiration for England to complete a 113-run win over West Indies in the second Test.", "Up to three million people living in the former colony are being given the chance to settle in the UK.", "Police say they did not have the resources to halt the event which attracted more than 3,000 people.", "Jeffrey Epstein died in prison waiting for his sex trafficking trial - but who was he?", "The former model and reality TV star talks about her experiences as MPs launch a new inquiry.", "The move comes after video of a sex act in UN-marked vehicle in Israel went viral.", "Shares in the electric carmaker have surged, giving it a 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incentives for buyers.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England and Northern Ireland in his summer statement.\n\nBut that measure came into force in July - too late to be reflected in the latest sales figures.\n\nProperty sales from April to June were the lowest for three months of any year since current HMRC records began in 2005.\n\nThe tax authority said this reflected the \"impact\" of coronavirus on the UK property market.\n\nThe sector was effectively closed down during lockdown, with England the first part of the UK to resume viewings and sales in mid-May, some weeks ahead of other countries of the UK.\n\nPeople reconsidering their domestic set-up during lockdown, the easing of restrictions, and the stamp duty holiday are reported to have boosted demand from potential buyers.\n\nThe market will be watching closely to see if this feeds through to actual sales, with some commentators suggesting interest may be short-lived as people feel the financial pressures of job losses and a drop in income.\n\nPaul Stockwell, chief commercial officer at Gatehouse Bank, said: \"While the transactions figures have not improved significantly since May, the nature of the property market means people have not had enough time to get through the moving process.\n\n\"It will take a bit longer for us to see how much new activity there has been in the market since it reopened in May.\"", "The model and her mother were found guilty of tax evasion\n\nIsraeli top model Bar Refaeli has been given a large fine and sentenced to nine months of community service for evading taxes.\n\nThe 35-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of providing false tax returns while living abroad in order to avoid Israeli taxes.\n\nThe court in Tel Aviv ordered her to pay a 2.5m-shekel fine (£577,000; $730,000), in addition to arrears.\n\nThe model's mother was also convicted of tax offences.\n\nTzipi Refaeli, who also acted as her daughter's agent, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and also ordered to pay a 2.5m-shekel penalty and taxes owed.\n\nThe two women pleaded guilty and were sentenced under a deal agreed with authorities last month.\n\nIsraeli authorities began their investigation into the case in 2015.\n\nBar Refaeli admitted to not declaring her worldwide income for certain years, claiming that she spent most of the time abroad, although her lawyers said she had not intentionally avoided the tax payments.\n\nHer mother, meanwhile, was convicted of signing property leases under the names of relatives to obscure the model's residency status, among other charges.\n\nThe model, who previously dated US actor Leonardo DiCaprio and hosted the 2019 Eurovision song contest, has been involved in controversy during her career.\n\nShe has faced anger from the Israeli army for not completing military service and in 2018 appeared in a controversial advert featuring the niqab.\n\nIn 2015, her request to close the air space over her wedding venue sparked a row.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why did Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli want a no-fly zone?", "Remi, Sharon and Leonardo are all struggling to secure their lives in the UK after learning they're not legally British.\n\nChanges to UK law over the past 40 years have meant the legal status of thousands of people is unknown, and that some British-born people can be threatened with deportation and left unable to work.\n\nThe BBC's Fahima Abdulrahman has been speaking to people who say they are British but are fighting for proof.", "Andy Haldane says we have seen a bounceback\n\nThe UK economy has \"clawed back\" about half the fall in output it saw during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown in March and April, according to the Bank of England's chief economist.\n\nAndy Haldane told MPs there had been a \"V\" shaped \"bounceback\".\n\nLast month, Mr Haldane said the economy was \"on track for a quick recovery\" - the so-called \"V\" shape.\n\nHowever, other economists have expressed doubts about the potential for such a swift recovery in activity.\n\n\"Roughly half of the roughly 25% fall in activity during March and April has been clawed back over the period since,\" Mr Haldane told members of the Treasury Select Committee. The economy had grown by about 1% per week, he said.\n\n\"We have seen a bounceback. So far, it has been a 'V'. That of course doesn't tell us about where we might go next,\" he added.\n\nThe latest economic growth figures for May indicated an increase of 1.8%, but Mr Haldane is known to take into account unofficial real-time data, such as Google searches and credit card receipts.\n\nCommenting on those figures at the time, Thomas Pugh, UK economist at Capital Economics, said the data showed the recovery was \"maybe not so V-shaped after all\" and that \"hopes of a rapid rebound from the lockdown are wide of the mark\".\n\n\"Indeed, the path to full economic recovery will probably be much longer than most people anticipate,\" he added.\n\nMr Haldane was speaking at a hearing to reconfirm him as a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).\n\nHe was the only member of the nine-strong MPC who last month voted against an expansion of quantitative easing - expanding the asset purchase programme aimed at boosting the economy.\n\nHowever, he told MPs unemployment was rising fast and was probably about 6% now, compared with 3.9% in the most recent official figures.\n\nHe also repeated his fear that unemployment could hit its highest level since the mid-1980s as the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic hit demand for staff in retail and hospitality.\n\nA speedy bounceback to activity, livelihoods and incomes is what we all hope for.\n\nBut most economists doubt it'll be that straightforward or painless to get back to business as usual.\n\nSo far the official data hasn't been encouraging. After losing a quarter of its output in the first six weeks of lockdown, output - or GDP - recouped only 1.8% in May.\n\nMr Haldane is known to be fond of more up-to-date unofficial data - Google searches, credit card transactions for example. That's why he's hopeful we're halfway back to the previous level of activity.\n\nBut even if it is so far so good, the real issue is what happens next.\n\nThe Bank of England expects unemployment to jump to 9% - but it's unusual in assuming that will fall back quickly, with no long-term fallout, or scarring, on prospects and incomes.\n\nIt is that risk that most other analysts worry will derail confidence and spending - the underpinnings of any recovery.\n\nSo the hoped-for V could look quite different. And that's even before the possibility of a second wave and shutdown is considered.", "Public Health England not set up as 'mass' organisation - Hancock\n\nReturning to the health secretary's evidence to the Commons Science and Technology Committee. Public Health England was \"designed as a scientific organisation\" and \"was not set up to be an organisation ready to go to mass national scale\", Matt Hancock tells MPs. He says the country was \"like almost every other country in the world\" in that it \"didn't go into this crisis with that mass of testing capability\". Asked whether he is engaged in reforming PHE, he says: \"There will be a time for that, my priority now is on controlling the virus and preparing for winter.\" Mr Hancock says the \"rate-limiting factor\" on delivery of a vaccine is its manufacture, while the distribution itself is \"not simple\". \"You need a cold chain because the vaccine needs to be kept below room temperature, and then the administration of it needs to be done by people who are qualified,\" he says. He adds that ministers are proposing to \"broaden the range of qualifications that are allowed to do the vaccination\".", "Dominic Grieve was a Conservative MP until he was kicked out of the parliamentary party for rebelling against the government Image caption: Dominic Grieve was a Conservative MP until he was kicked out of the parliamentary party for rebelling against the government\n\nFormer chair of the committee Dominic Grieve says he has “no idea” why the report was delayed.\n\n“There are two schools of thought - one is that they didn't like part of the content and they didn't want it publish just before the election.\n\n\"I’ve never really understood that - there are some things that might make uncomfortable reading but I think it was a very much in the public interest.\n\n“The other one is that it was done because I was the chair and I had become an independent MP and they didn't want me to have the publicity.\n\n“If that is the explanation it is shallow and base.\"\n\nHe says he is pleased the report has now been published but adds: “My pleasure is mitigated by a sense of frustration and bluntly anger at the way the government behaved over this report in October last year.\n\n“There is no valid reason for it not being published then.\"", "There have been protests in Hong Kong over China's new national security law\n\nThe UK will \"bear the consequences\" if it continues to go \"down the wrong road\" on Hong Kong, China has warned.\n\nOn Monday, the UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over a new security law for the ex-colony, which gives Beijing more power.\n\nIn response, the Chinese ambassador in London said the UK had \"blatantly interfered\" in China's affairs.\n\nLiu Xiaoming said: \"China has never interfered in UK's internal affairs. The UK should do the same to China.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to offer three million Hong Kong residents the chance to settle in the UK, allowing them to ultimately apply for British citizenship.\n\nThe moves came after Beijing introduced the controversial new security law at the end of June, creating offences that could see Hong Kong residents sent to mainland China for trial.\n\nCritics have claimed the law could see pro-democracy protesters in the region being served with life sentences.\n\nTensions between London and Beijing have been rising, with the UK government separately announcing it would require the removal of Chinese technology from the UK's fledgling 5G mobile network.\n\nMeanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in London on Monday evening ahead of talks with the PM on issues including China and the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAccording to its opponents, the new security legislation breaches an agreement made with the UK before Hong Kong - a former British colony - was handed over to China in 1997.\n\nUnder a 50-year agreement, China enshrined civil liberties - including the right to protest, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary - in Hong Kong's Basic Law, an approach which came to be known as \"one country, two systems\".\n\nMike Pompeo is in the UK for talks on a range of international issues, including China\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the suspension of the UK's extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday, saying there was \"uncertainty\" about how the new security law would be enforced.\n\n\"I would just say this: the UK is watching and the whole world is watching,\" he said.\n\nThe decision means that if someone in the UK is suspected of a crime in Hong Kong, they will not automatically be handed over by British authorities to face justice there.\n\nAmbassador Liu said in a tweet that the UK had \"contravened international law and the basic norms governing international relations\" with the move.\n\nAnd a statement published on the Chinese Embassy's website said: \"China urges the UK side to immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, which are China's internal affairs, in any form.\n\n\"The UK will bear the consequences if it insists on going down the wrong road.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Liu Xiaoming This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Raab on Sunday accused China of \"gross and egregious\" human rights abuses against a minority group known as the Uighurs, and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.\n\nThe Uighurs are mostly Muslims and see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their language is similar to Turkish. The majority live in Xinjiang, western China, where they number about 11 million people.\n\nIt is believed that the Chinese government has detained up to a million Uighurs over the past few years in what the state defines as \"re-education camps\". The government is now also accused of a programme of forced sterilisation against Uighur women.\n\nChina initially denied the existence of the camps, before claiming they were a necessary measure against separatist violence in Xinjiang. It also denies carrying out forced sterilisations.\n\nBut Ambassador Xiaoming denied abuses were taking place and said talk of a concentration camp was \"fake\" after being confronted with drone footage appearing to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains.\n\nLast week, the UK government announced it would require the removal of technology manufactured by Chinese company Huawei from the country's fledgling 5G mobile network.\n\nThat decision followed sanctions imposed by Washington after claims the firm poses a national security threat due to its links with China - something Huawei has denied.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, denied reports of a \"concentration camp\" in Xinjiang", "Apple has said that a new robotic device called Dave will be used to help extract rare earth magnets from old devices\n\nApple has announced a target of becoming carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030.\n\nThe company says the commitment means its devices will have had \"zero climate impact\" at point of sale.\n\nIt told BBC News any company hoping to become a supplier would have to commit to \"be 100% renewable for their Apple production\" within 10 years.\n\nIt follows climate-focused pledges by other technology giants.\n\nMicrosoft arguably has gone further, by promising:\n\nIt has also just announced the creation of a consortium involving Nike, Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz among others to share information on carbon-reducing technologies.\n\nAmazon has set a 2040 target to go carbon neutral, reflecting the challenges it faces in converting its home-delivery vehicles to more eco-friendly energy sources.\n\nAnd Google has said it also intends to extend the carbon-neutral status it claims for its own operations to encompass its supply chain but has yet to set a deadline.\n\nThe companies often note their goals are years ahead of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change's 2050 target for net-zero carbon-dioxide emissions, which the IPCC says is necessary to limit global warming.\n\nApple is investing in renewable energy infrastructure as part of its carbon-neutral commitment\n\nBut the environmental campaign group Greenpeace told BBC News the technology giants were among the most profitable companies in the world and therefore had a responsibility to act quickly.\n\n\"I am happy to see that Apple has worked with suppliers to source actual renewable energy and that it has not relied on low-impact solutions like offsetting or renewable energy credits,\" said Greenpeace USA's senior corporate campaigner, Elizabeth Jardim.\n\n\"But I will want to see how the company is further phasing out reliance on fossil fuels throughout its operations on a near-term timeline.\n\n\"At present, the company has matched data-centre energy demand with renewables and committed to do the same for its supply chain.\n\n\"But this is not the same as phasing out fossil fuel use altogether.\"\n\nBy contrast, she added, Google had committed to power its data centres with renewables around the clock.\n\nApple acknowledges its plan involves investment in new eco-friendly projects as well as the purchase of green energy offsets to compensate for some continued use of carbon-emitting fuels.\n\nIt intends to reduce emissions from its current carbon footprint by a further 75% before the 2030 deadline.\n\nBut it points to the fact some energy use - for example liquid fuel used in long-haul aviation - cannot be easily swapped for a greener alternative.\n\nApple has published a 10-year roadmap detailing some of the actions it plans to take.\n\nThese include the use of a new robot, nicknamed Dave, to recover materials from the vibrating Taptic Engine of devices returned for recycling.\n\nThe part is used to provide haptic feedback to owners of the company's smartwatches, tablets, smartphones and laptops.\n\n\"Once we have the engine removed [by another robot] Daisy, Dave will disassemble the engine itself and remove the rare-earth elements and the tungsten so that they can be reprocessed and put back into supply chains,\" Apple's environment chief, Lisa Jackson, said.\n\nShe said more than 70 of the company's existing suppliers had already committed to use 100% renewable energy for work on its products by 2030.\n\n\"Some of the investment we're making is to work with suppliers to convince their own governments to put more clean energy on the grid,\" Ms Jackson added.\n\nApple is investing in a project to benefit Colombia's coastline ecosystem among other projects\n\nWhen a business says it is carbon neutral, it aims to effectively add no carbon to the atmosphere.\n\nUntil now, most companies have focused on offsetting emissions to achieve neutrality.\n\nThis often involves funding projects in developing economies to reduce carbon emissions there, for example building hydroelectric power plants, encouraging families to stop using wood-based stoves, and helping businesses make use of solar power. These reductions are then deducted from the main company's own output.\n\nThe result of this slows carbon emissions rather than reversing them.\n\nTo be carbon negative a company must actually remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits.\n\nMicrosoft has said it will do this using a range of carbon capture and storage technologies.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump pivots on masks: 'I'm getting used to the mask'\n\nPresident Donald Trump has warned the US pandemic may \"get worse before it gets better\", as he revived his virus briefings with a more scripted tone.\n\nMr Trump also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying \"they'll have an effect\" and show \"patriotism\".\n\nThe president, who was not wearing a mask at the briefing, has previously disparaged them as unsanitary.\n\nHis aides have reportedly pressed him to adopt a more measured approach as virus caseloads spike across the US.\n\nThe daily White House news conferences ended soon after Mr Trump suggested in April during freewheeling remarks from the podium that the virus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into people.\n\nIn his first White House coronavirus briefing for months on Tuesday, a less off-the-cuff president echoed what public health officials on his pandemic task force have been saying as he warned: \"It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better.\n\n\"Something I don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask.\n\n\"Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact, they'll have an effect and we need everything we can get.\"\n\nMr Trump - who more than once referred to Covid-19 as the \"China virus\" - took a mask from his pocket in the briefing room, but did not put it on.\n\nThe president is facing an uphill climb to re-election in November against Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, according to opinion polls.\n\nMr Biden on Tuesday accused Mr Trump of having failed Americans in his handling of the pandemic. \"He's quit on you, he's quit on this country,\" the former US vice-president said.\n\nDonald Trump's afternoon coronavirus press briefings are back. Regardless of what the president said during his brief appearance on Tuesday, the simple fact of their return speaks volumes about the dismal course the pandemic has taken in the US in the past three months.\n\nCases are rising, particularly in the south and west, perhaps most directly as a result of the administration's support for states to end mitigation measures before public-health benchmarks were met.\n\nAnd so the president, sticking closely to his prepared remarks, sombrely noted that things \"will probably get worse before they get better\". After previously dismissing a mask-wearing reporter as being \"politically correct\", he now encouraged people to wear face coverings.\n\nA number of recent polls have indicated that sinking public support for the president's handling of the virus has been dragging down his re-election prospects. The White House reportedly hopes getting the president back in front of the American people will help rebuild their confidence in his leadership.\n\nA real solution to the president's dilemma, however, won't come until coronavirus cases once again go down, the hospitals empty, Americans go back to work, schools reopen and life returns to some semblance of normal. That day still seems a long way off, while election day is drawing close.\n\nMr Trump appeared without the medical experts who used to address the briefings. He kept his remarks brief and focused, avoiding sparring with reporters who asked a few questions.\n\nHe continued: \"We're asking Americans to use masks, socially distance and employ vigorous hygiene - wash your hands every chance you get, while sheltering high risk populations.\n\n\"We are imploring young Americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings. Be safe and be smart.\"\n\nMr Trump has been reluctant to wear a mask himself in front of the media, claiming that some people only wore such face coverings as a political statement against him. The press pictured him recently wearing a mask for the first time as he visited a military hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the US struggled with its reopening\n\nWhen asked on Tuesday about his shifting support for masks, the president pointed out that even health experts had changed their minds.\n\nBack in March, both Dr Anthony Fauci, one of the leading members of the president's coronavirus task force, and US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said there was no reason people in the US should wear a mask.\n\nSince at least April, the US Centers for Disease Control has recommended Americans wear face coverings in public.\n\nDr Fauci now argues US authorities should be more \"forceful\" in compelling mask wearing, though Mr Trump has rejected calls for the White House to issue a national order on the issue.\n\nDuring the briefing, the president continued to assert the virus would one day \"disappear\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The lost six weeks when the US failed to control the virus\n\nHe also wrongly claimed the US has a lower coronavirus death rate than \"almost everywhere else in the world\".\n\nAccording to Johns Hopkins University, the US mortality rate is ranked 10th out of the 20 worst-hit countries.\n\nThe United States has recorded nearly 3.9 million Covid-19 cases and over 141,000 deaths - the highest by volume in the world.\n\nMr Trump was also asked by a reporter about the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who was charged this month by US authorities with sex-trafficking children for her ex-boyfriend, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nThe president said: \"I haven't really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly. I've met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach [Florida], and I guess they lived in Palm Beach.\"\n\n\"I don't know the situation with Prince Andrew,\" added Mr Trump, mentioning the British royal who denies claims he had sex with a teenage girl who says she was trafficked by Epstein.", "Crowds of people were waiting to leave the park after the stabbing\n\nA man has been charged following a knife attack at Thorpe Park.\n\nA 26-year-old man suffered a serious stab wound to his stomach following an altercation at the Surrey theme park on Saturday.\n\nThe attack took place on a bridge near the exit of the attraction during a row between two groups, causing the park to be put in lockdown.\n\nCraig Harakh, 26, from south London, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, police said.\n\nHe has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nMr Harakh, of Jeffreys Road, Lambeth, is due to appear at Staines Magistrates' Court via video link on Wednesday.\n\nThe victim has since been discharged from hospital, police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Warner Bros has said it is delaying the release of Christopher Nolan's latest movie Tenet again due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe fantasy spy epic was originally set to debut on 17 July but this was pushed back to 12 August.\n\nTenet was expected to be the first big-budget Hollywood film to be released in US cinemas during the summer.\n\nBut the studio said it would be re-evaluating its release date \"amidst all this continued uncertainty.\"\n\nIt also suggested that it might consider releasing the film in overseas markets before the US.\n\n\"We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that,\" said Toby Emmerich, chairman of the studio's Pictures Group.\n\nMr Emmerich said that a release date would be shared \"imminently.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Warner Bros. Pictures This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nTenet focuses on a protagonist, played by John David Washington, trying to save the world from disaster. Its other stars include Robert Pattinson and Sir Kenneth Branagh.\n\nBritish director Christopher Nolan's other films include Inception, Interstellar and the Oscar-winning World War II film Dunkirk. He also directed the three films in the so-called Dark Knight trilogy - Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.\n\nThe delay of Tenet's release comes as coronavirus shutdowns continue to devastate the film industry.\n\nIn the face of rising infections and deaths, cinemas in New York City and Los Angeles, two of the biggest markets in America, still do not have permission from city authorities to open.\n\nCinemas in China - one of the world's largest box-office markets - reopened on Monday for the first time in six months, though strict rules are in place which limit their capacity.\n\nIn light of the pandemic, several studios have postponed the filming and release of movies, including Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, which is now set for release on 21 August.\n\nBut while some distributors have shifted to on-demand releases, Tenet is one of several big-budget films that have been delayed to ensure a full theatrical release.", "Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environment campaigner, has been awarded a new humanitarian prize worth one million euros.\n\nThe 17-year-old founder of School Strike for Climate, won the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.\n\nJudges described her as \"one of the most remarkable figures of our days\".\n\nMs Thunberg said she will be donating the prize money to charitable projects that are combating \"the climate and ecological crisis\".\n\nAs well as being awarded Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2019, Ms Thunberg has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize.\n\nResponding to the news, she said: \"I am extremely honoured to receive the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.\n\n\"We're in a climate emergency, and my foundation will as quickly as possible donate all the prize money of one million euros to support organisations and projects that are fighting for a sustainable world.\"\n\nThe prize, awarded each year, aims to \"recognise people, groups of people and/or organisations from all over the world whose contributions to mitigation and adaptation to climate change stand out for its novelty, innovation and impact\".\n\nChairman of the prize's grand jury Jorge Sampaio applauded the teenagers ability to mobilise the younger generation, adding: \"her tenacious struggle to alter a status quo that persists, makes her one of the most remarkable figures of our days\".\n\nThe jury also highlighted her \"charismatic and inspiring personality\".\n\nThe prize is part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which was established in 1956. It is a Portuguese philanthropic institute \"dedicated to the promotion of arts, charity, science, and education\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greta Thunberg talks about how she has spent lockdown in Sweden", "The child died four days after police called at a property in Haverfordwest\n\nTwo people have been arrested on suspicion of assault and neglect following the death of a two-year-old child.\n\nIt comes after Dyfed-Powys Police officers were called to a property in Haverfordwest, in Pembrokeshire, on Friday morning.\n\nThe force said the child \"tragically passed away in hospital\" on Tuesday.\n\nPolice said the investigation into the death was continuing and the family was being supported by specialist officers.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time,\" said a spokesman for the force.\n\nDetectives said they were appealing for anyone with any information about the matter to contact the police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Brits working from home during lockdown have turned to the comforts of coffee, tea and biscuits, and a good book.\n\nWe've splashed out an additional £24m on tea and coffee and an extra £19m on biscuits in the past three months, says market research firm Kantar.\n\nThe company also reported that grocery sales reached a record £31.6bn in the 12 weeks to 12 July.\n\nWe've also been reading much more, according to publisher Bloomsbury, which has seen book sales jump.\n\n\"The cost of working from home is starting to add up for many,\" said Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, talking about the extra cash we've spent on hot drinks and biscuits.\n\nThe research firm said grocery sales during lockdown have climbed 16.9%, the fastest growth rate since its records began in 1994.\n\nWith more people turning to online supermarkets, the home delivery grocers now account for 13% of the market, up from 7.4% in March at the start of lockdown.\n\n\"Although restrictions have eased, more than one in five households still made an online order during the latest four weeks,\" said Mr McKevitt.\n\nHe said that despite pubs, bars and restaurants re-opening recently, more than half of consumers say they are still uncomfortable with visiting a pub.\n\n\"As a result, take-home alcohol sales were still up by 41% this month as people were unable or avoided drinking out,\" said Mr McKevitt.\n\nThere's been a surge in reading during lockdown, according to publisher Bloomsbury.\n\nIts sales have climbed almost a fifth compared to last year, with its consumer division reported a 28% rise in revenue.\n\n\"Our good May and June performance in particular were unexpected,\" the company said.\n\nIts bestsellers have included the ever-popular Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, but also books related to the Black Lives Matter campaign.\n\n'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' by Reni Eddo-Lodge has led the bestseller lists in recent weeks, while the 2016 book 'White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide' by Carol Anderson, climbed to the New York Times to 10 bestseller list.\n\nReni Eddo-Lodge's book about race has led the UK's bestseller lists in recent weeks\n\nPrint revenues were 9% above the same period last year, while digital revenues grew by 63% year-on-year, Bloomsbury said.\n\nKantar said that during the last four weeks shoppers were embracing the new freedoms and cautiously returning to their pre-lockdown behaviours.\n\nIt said there were signs that shoppers might be growing more confident and travelling further afield for their weekly shop.\n\n\"Convenience stores were a lifeline for many people in the early days of the crisis, providing essential supplies close to home,\" said Mr McKevitt.\n\nCorner shops attracted 2.6 million fewer shoppers through their doors than at the peak of lockdown in April as the average distanced travelled to a grocer has climbed to 4.9km, a 10% increase from the April low.\n\n\"As lockdown restrictions are gradually eased and non-essential retail outlets re-open, some consumers are slowly resuming their pre-Covid routines and shopping habits,\" said Mr McKevitt.\n\nYear-on-year supermarket sales growth slowed to 14.6% in July, down from 18.9% in June.\n\n\"However, we are clearly a long way off a complete return to normality,\" he said.\n\nFootfall was still 15% lower during the past four weeks and the average supermarket trip cost £25.05, 35% more than the same period last year, as most people continue to eat more meals and snacks at home.", "The home secretary has promised \"sweeping reforms\" to Home Office culture after the Windrush scandal which saw people wrongly deported.\n\nSpeaking to MPs, Priti Patel said there would be a \"full evaluation\" of the hostile environment policy.\n\nShe also announced mandatory training for Home Office staff, reconciliation events with the victims of the scandal and diverse shortlists for senior jobs.\n\nLabour said the government was \"falling woefully short\".\n\nMs Patel said her commitment to changing the Home Office was \"fundamentally solid and firm\" adding: \"I have been on the receiving end of certain practices in the Home Office as well, which quite frankly speak to some of the points that came out of Wendy Williams' review.\"\n\nThe Windrush scandal saw people being detained or even removed from the UK despite having lived in the country for years.\n\nThe scandal prompted criticism of the government's \"hostile environment\" measures introduced to tackle illegal immigration such as a 'deport first, appeal later' policy and tougher 'right to work' checks.\n\nA report into the scandal by Wendy Williams, an inspector of constabulary, accused the Home Office of demonstrating \"ignorance and thoughtlessness\".\n\nShe made 30 recommendations and in June Ms Patel said she accepted the report in full.\n\nMaking a statement in the House of Commons, the home secretary told MPs the scandal was \"an ugly stain on the face of our country and our Home Office\" adding that her response had been \"swift, strong and uncompromising\".\n\nShe said she wanted to ensure \"sweeping reforms\" to Home Office culture and would be \"reviewing every aspect of how the department operates, its leadership, the culture, policies, practices and the way it views and treats all parts of the communities it serves\".\n\nShe told MPs that over £1.5m had been offered by the Windrush compensation scheme but added \"this is just the beginning\".\n\nIn her statement she announced:\n\nMs Patel said: \"There are simply not enough individuals from black, Asian or minority ethnic staff working at the top in senior roles and there are far too many times where I am the only non-white face in the room.\n\nThe Empire Windrush, which arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948, brought workers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands, as a response to post-war labour shortages in the UK.\n\n\"The injustices of Windrush did not happen because Home Office staff were bad people, but because staff themselves were caught up in a system where they did not feel they had the permission to bring personal judgement to bear,\" she said.\n\nShe also announced that in September 2021, Ms Williams would revisit the Home Office to review its progress.\n\nLabour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Windrush scandal \"must lead to real and lasting change\".\n\n\"Looking at the failure to act on so many previous reviews, the government is falling woefully short on that action and that's why we will be holding them to account for delivering the vital changes outlined in this report and to act with the urgency that is required.\"\n\nPatrick Vernon, a Windrush campaigner, urged the government to speed up the payment of compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal.\n\nHe said Mrs Patel's statement \"paid lip service to this review, but does not respond to the urgency of the matter - several Windrush victims have already died without receiving compensation for the injustice they faced.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ayesha Orlanda had been in intensive care for 41 days after being admitted in May.\n\nA senior nurse who had been in a coma for 40 days with coronavirus has been given an emotional send-off from hospital by her colleagues.\n\nAyesha Orlanda, 52, a senior sister at Bradford Royal Infirmary, had been in intensive care for 41 days after being admitted in May.\n\nShe had been critically ill but says she now has a \"second chance at life\".\n\nStaff from four wards gathered to applaud her leaving their care after nine-and-a-half weeks in hospital.\n\nMs Orlanda, who lives in Bradford and is originally from the Philippines, had initially been looked after in the intensive care unit where she was put on a ventilator because she had become critically ill.\n\nThe senior sister, who works on the acute dialysis unit, eventually regained consciousness and was moved on to another ward to continue her recovery, spending a total of 67 days in hospital.\n\nShe said: \"I feel like I have been given a second chance at life; I am one of the lucky ones.\"\n\nMs Orlanda added: \"I learnt a lot from this journey - it's really hard to be a patient when you're a nurse.\n\n\"I understand so much now about how important it is to be there for your patients, to spend time talking to them and to try and slow down.\n\n\"Be patient with your patients.\"\n\nMatron Sonya Tetley, whose team looked after her, said: said: \"She's been in hospital a long time and it's been very traumatic for her, but she's made a brilliant recovery and we are very proud of her.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "GCSE and A-level results in England will be higher this summer, with exam boards set to be more lenient.\n\nWritten exams were cancelled because of the pandemic - with pupils' results to be based on predicted outcomes.\n\nThe watchdog Ofqual says the numbers getting good grades will be 2% higher at A-level and 1% at GCSE.\n\nBut they will be much lower than the \"optimistic\" predictions from teachers, which at A-level would have pushed up results 12% higher than last year.\n\nThe exam regulator says it is also confident, from preliminary results, that there has been no \"unconscious bias\" in predicted grades that would have disadvantaged ethnic minorities or poorer students.\n\nA report from the education select committee this month warned of the risk that some pupils could be discriminated against.\n\nBut Ofqual says there is no evidence of any widening gaps in this summer's results, in terms of ethnicity, gender or deprivation, compared with years when pupils have taken exams.\n\nWhile individual pupils will not find out their GCSEs and A-levels until next month, the process of standardising these predicted grades means that the overall national picture is already emerging.\n\nThe exam regulator says this will be a more generous year, with candidates more likely to be given the benefit of the doubt.\n\nSo for instance, last summer 25.5% of candidates achieved an A grade or above at A-level - and this year it will be more like 27.5%.\n\nThere have been no GCSEs or A-levels this year - with results to be based on estimated grades\n\nOfqual says to expect variations in terms of subject and grades - but overall results will be \"slightly better\" than the previous year.\n\nBut teachers, who had to submit predicted grades, would have been much more generous and the exam boards have had to bump down the grades much closer to last year's.\n\nAt A-level, the predictions for A grades would have pushed up results by 12.3 percentage points - if they had not been knocked back down by the exam boards.\n\nFor GCSE, results would have jumped upwards by 9 percentage points, based on teachers' predictions.\n\nThe grades to be given to pupils will be based on a range of evidence - including their previous exam results, the distribution of grades in the school in recent years, how schools ranked their pupils in expected outcomes, as well as their teachers' predictions.\n\nBut because grades will be linked to schools' performance in previous years, schools that have been rapidly improving will not necessarily see that in this year's results.\n\nIf pupils are not happy with their results based on predictions, they will be able to take written exams in the autumn.\n\nNansi Ellis of the National Education Union welcomed the \"commitment to equalities\" in the results so far, in terms of the risk of bias - and that \"there appear to be no obvious differences between the grades of different groups of students\".\n\nPaul Whiteman of the National Association of Head Teachers backed the replacement grades, saying \"while not a perfect solution, this is the fairest and most pragmatic alternative to sitting exams\".", "Pubs and restaurants not taking customers' contact details, or customers refusing to give them, could endanger the one-metre social distancing rule, an owner is warning.\n\nColin Wilkinson, of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, yesterday suggested on Drivetime that recording such details was one of the reasons the Scottish government reduced the two-metre rule.\n\nThe government has today pointed out that the collection of names is \"strongly recommended but not mandatory\", although it was keeping the matter under review.\n\nMalcolm Duck, who owns Ducks Inn in Aberlady, says: \"Really, you are being pretty stupid as a publican or restaurateur if you are not doing it. We really want to keep that one-metre rule.\n\n\"If somebody refuses to give their details, that's okay and it's only one person in a group that has to do it. But, whilst it's not law, if we want it to remain not the law, we really should be doing it.\"", "Misleading and harmful online content about Covid-19 has spread \"virulently\" because the UK still lacks a law to regulate social media, an influential group of MPs has said.\n\nThe Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee urged the government to publish a draft copy of promised legislation by the autumn.\n\nIt follows suggestions the Online Harms Bill might not be in force until 2024.\n\nThe group's chairman said tech firms could not be left to self-regulate.\n\n\"We still haven't seen correct legislative architecture put in place, and we are still relying on social media companies' consciences,\" said Julian Knight.\n\n\"This just is not good enough. Our legislation is not in any way fit for purpose, and we're still waiting. What I've seen so far has just been quite a lot of delay.\"\n\nGoogle and Facebook have said they have invested in measures to tackle posts that breach their guidelines.\n\nBut the report has already been welcomed by the children's charity NSPCC.\n\n\"The committee is right to be concerned about the pace of legislation and whether the regulator will have the teeth it needs,\" said Andy Burrows, its head of child safety online policy.\n\nThe committee report specifically calls for recommendations set out in the Online Harms Paper published in April of last year to be made into law.\n\nThe paper suggested a legal \"duty of care\" should be created to force tech companies to protect their users, and that a regulatory body be set up to enforce the law.\n\nThe government has said legislation will be introduced \"as soon as possible\".\n\nBut last month, a House of Lords committee that looked into the same issue reported that the law might not come into effect until three or four years' time.\n\nIn its own report, the DCMS committee said it was concerned that the delayed legislation would not address the harms caused by misinformation and disinformation spread about fake coronavirus cures, 5G technology and other conspiracy theories related to the pandemic.\n\nIt also claimed social media firms' advertising-focused business models had encouraged the spread of misinformation and allowed \"bad actors\" to make money from emotional content, regardless of the truth.\n\nJulian Knight took charge of the DCMS select committee earlier this year\n\n\"As a result the public is reliant on the good will of tech companies or the 'bad press' they attract to compel them to act,\" the report said.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Knight said the major players - Facebook, Twitter and Google owner YouTube - now had to be dragged \"kicking and screaming\" to do more to regulate their platforms.\n\n\"We need social media companies to actually be ahead of the game and we need government as well to be very clear to them,\" he added.\n\n\"This is not a freedom of speech issue. This is a public health issue.\"\n\nFacebook has responded: \"We don't allow harmful misinformation and have removed hundreds of thousands of posts including false cures, claims that coronavirus doesn't exist, that it's caused by 5G or that social distancing is ineffective.\n\n\"In addition to what we remove, we've placed warning labels on around 90 million pieces of content related to Covid-19 on Facebook during March and April.\"\n\nYouTube said: \"We have clear policies around promoting misinformation on YouTube, and updated our policies to ensure that content on the platform aligns with NHS and WHO [World Health Organization] guidance.\n\n\"When videos are flagged to us, we work quickly to review them in line with these policies and take appropriate action.\"\n\nTwitter told the BBC its top priority was \"protecting the health of the public conversation - this means surfacing authoritative public health information and the highest quality and most relevant content and context first\".\n\nThe report also lists some of the main groups responsible for spreading online misinformation.\n\nFor various reasons, individuals had also contributed by spreading false information and ideas about fake cures to others online during the pandemic, the MPs said.\n\nMr Knight also expressed concern that anti-vaccine conspiracy theories might frustrate efforts to tackle Covid-19 once a suitable preventative treatment became available.\n\nSocial media companies, he added, \"need to ensure that they aren't just neutral in this - they absolutely must take an active part in ensuring that our society, our neighbours, our friends and our loved ones are safe\".\n\nThe report also criticised the government for setting up its own Counter Disinformation Unit in March.\n\nIt suggested this was late, since fake news about coronavirus had begun spreading online in January, adding that in any case the unit had largely duplicated the work of other organisations.", "UK government \"badly underestimated\" the Russian threat and the response it required, according to an inquiry.\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee's long-awaited report into Russian activity in the UK said the government was \"playing catch-up\" and needed to take \"immediate action\".\n\nThe report also claimed the government made no effort to investigate Russian interference in the EU referendum.\n\nNo 10 said the government was \"fully aware of the significant and enduring threat\" Russia posed.\n\nThe ISC's inquiry covers a number of topics, including disinformation campaigns, cyber tactics and Russian expatriates in the UK.\n\nMuch of the \"highly sensitive\" detail was not published due to fears Russia could use the evidence to threaten the UK.\n\nThe committee said Russian influence in the UK was now \"the new normal\", and the UK was a \"top Western intelligence target\" for the state, only behind Nato and US.\n\nISC member, Stewart Hosie, told reporters the government \"took its eye off the ball, because of its focus on counterterrorism\", adding: \"The government had badly underestimated the response required to the Russian threat, and is still playing catch up.\"\n\nIn its report, the group said UK was \"clearly a target\" for disinformation campaigns around its elections, but that the issue was described as a \"hot potato\", with no one organisation taking a lead to tackle it.\n\nThe report criticised intelligence agencies for not taking action during the EU referendum, despite there being \"credible open source commentary\" suggesting \"influence campaigns\" from the Russians during the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.\n\nAnd it said the government only \"belatedly realised the level of threat which Russia could pose\" after the so-called \"hack and leak\" operation against the Democrats in the 2016 US election, calling it a \"game changer\".\n\nThe committee said: \"Had the relevant parts of the intelligence community conducted a similar threat assessment prior to the [EU] referendum, it is inconceivable that they would not have reached the same conclusion as to Russian intent, which might then have led them to take action to protect the process.\"\n\nThe report also said that social media companies \"hold the key and yet are failing to play their part\", adding that the government should \"name and shame those which fail to act.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stewart Hosie MP says the government \"didn't take action to protect the UK\"\n\nMr Hosie also said no-one in Government wanted to touch the issue of Russian interference when it came to elections with a \"10-foot pole\".\n\nHe told reporters: \"The report reveals that no one in government knew if Russia interfered in or sought to influence the referendum, because they did not want to know.\n\n\"The UK government have actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfere.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab later told a press conference the government 'categorically rejected' the claim, saying it was \"the comment of one MP\" on the committee.\n\nThe government also rejected the committee's call for a full assessment by intelligence agencies of potential Russian meddling in the 2016 referendum, saying it had \"seen no evidence of successful interference\".\n\nThis report may not be what some expected, but it is still damning.\n\nMany expected the committee to have answered the question of whether there was interference in political events like Brexit.\n\nInstead, it says the problem was the government and the spy agencies failed to even look at this question.\n\nBritish intelligence has, at least in recent years, been reluctant to get involved in anything that looks \"political\" and treated the issue of trying to protect democracy like a \"hot potato\".\n\nBut ultimately it's the government that the committee blames.\n\nMore broadly, there are serious questions about the failure of the UK to confront the spread of Russian money and influence over a long period.\n\nAnd there is an urgent call for new legislation to deal with an ongoing challenge.\n\nThe report also accused successive governments of welcoming Russian oligarchs \"with open arms\" due to the investments they brought with them.\n\nThe committee said \"few questions if any were asked about the provenance of this considerable wealth\", with particular issues around the UK's investment visa scheme, the housing market, the judicial system and PR firms.\n\nThey said: \"A lot of Russians with very close links to Putin who are well integrated into the UK business and social scene, are accepted because of their wealth.\"\n\nThe report said it had concerns about links between these wealthy Russians and the House of Lords.\n\n\"It is notable that a number of members of the House of Lords have business interests linked to Russia, or work directly for major Russian companies linked to the Russian state,\" it read.\n\n\"These relationships should be carefully scrutinised, given the potential for the Russian state to exploit them.\"\n\nThe reaction to the ISC's report from Russia has been a big collective shrug.\n\nThe Russian foreign minister dismissed it out of hand and called it \"Russophobia\".\n\nAnd a Kremlin spokesman said Russia doesn't meddle in other countries elections.\n\nWhat this report has done is to present a broad picture of Russia as a powerful foe.\n\nAnd I don't think in the Kremlin they will be too unhappy at that.\n\nCommittee members also criticised No 10 for the delay in the report's publication - seven months after it was submitted to No 10 to sign off.\n\nDowning Street was accused of holding back the report ahead of December's UK election and for delaying its nominations to set up the new committee - both claims it has denied.\n\nBut speaking at a press conference to launch the report, one of the ISC's committee members, Kevan Jones, criticised Boris Johnson for not signing it off sooner, saying there was \"no reason for delay\".\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted: \"We've been clear that Russia must desist from its attacks on the UK and our allies.\n\n\"We will be resolute in defending our country, our democracy and our values from such Hostile State.\"\n\nThe ISC's former chair, Dominic Grieve - who pushed for the report to be published before the election - told BBC News his pleasure at seeing it come to light was \"mitigated by a sense of frustration and bluntly anger at the way the government behaved\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Grieve says there were “no valid reason” and no explanation for delaying its publication\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy accused the PM of taking a \"political decision\" to block the report.\n\nShe added: \"The government has underestimated the response required to Russia and it is imperative we learn the lessons from the mistakes that have been made.\"", "Ece Yorenc is one of Turkey's most successful screenwriters\n\nNetflix has cancelled a Turkish drama on the eve of filming, with its writer saying the government blocked it because it included a gay character.\n\nScreenwriter Ece Yorenc said Netflix scrapped If Only after the government refused to grant it a licence.\n\n\"Due to a gay character, permission to film the series was not granted and this is very frightening for the future,\" she told Turkish film website Altyazi Fasikul, according to the FT.\n\nIf Only was due to tell the story of Reyhan, an unhappily married mother of twins, who is suddenly transported back 30 years to the night her husband proposed.\n\nYorenc said there were no gay sex scenes or physical contact between the gay man and other characters.\n\nThe streaming service did not want to bow to Ankara's demands, and instead decided to cancel the show after talks with Turkey's audiovisual authority RTUK, she added.\n\nThe deputy chairman of Turkey's ruling party, Mahir Unal, tweeted on Monday that he believed Netflix would \"show greater sensitivity to Turkish culture and art with deeper co-operation\" in the future.\n\nWhile homosexuality has been legal throughout modern Turkey's history, official opposition to the LGBT community has grown in recent years. The Istanbul Pride march has been banned for five years in a row.\n\nNetflix said it remained \"deeply committed\" to its Turkish subscribers and those in the country's creative community.\n\nIn a statement, the company said: \"We currently have several Turkish originals in production - with more to come - and look forward to sharing these stories with our members all around the world\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "MPs voted in June to set up an independent panel to examine bullying allegations against them.\n\nMPs could be banned from foreign trips or made to take anger management classes under a proposed revamp of Parliament's sanctions regime.\n\nThe Commons Committee on Standards said a wider range of penalties was required for MPs found to have broken the official code of conduct.\n\nBreaches can include misuse of office expenses and incorrectly registering financial interests.\n\nMPs are typically asked to apologise, but can be suspended in extreme cases.\n\nThe committee's power to investigate MPs for bullying or harassment is set to be handed over to a new independent panel recently approved by MPs.\n\nThe decision to set up the panel, to be made up of eight members, follows a 2018 inquiry led by Dame Laura Cox into how allegations are handled.\n\nUnder the current sanctions system, set up in 1995 in the wake of the \"cash for questions\" scandal, the committee can order MPs to apologise or pay back money if they are found in breach of the code.\n\nIn serious cases, it can also ask for MPs to be suspended without pay or expelled from Parliament - although this requires approval from the Commons as a whole.\n\nUnder the current regime, the committee has never recommended expulsion, and has only recommended suspension on 15 occasions.\n\nSince 2015, MPs suspended for longer than two weeks have also been subject to a recall process which can result in them being forced to re-stand as an MP.\n\nIn a report, the committee said an \"expanded suite of sanctions\" was required to more appropriately deal with MPs who fall foul of the rules.\n\nLabour MP Chris Bryant, who chairs the committee, said: \"For too long the only sanctions available against MPs have been a slap on the wrist or suspension from the House.\"\n\nHe added that an expanded range of sanctions would give MPs \"a clear idea of the kind of attitudes and conduct we are trying to promote and those we wish to eliminate\".\n\nUnder their proposals, Parliament's Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone would get the power to force MPs to attend diversity training - or sign up to \"behaviour agreements\".\n\nShe would also be able to ban MPs from official overseas trips or withdraw their membership of a select committee for up to five years.\n\nMPs could also be banned from accessing parliamentary services such as bars and the Commons library - although MPs would have to decide the details.\n\nThe committee has also recommended that the new independent panel investigating bullying allegations should get a similar range of powers.\n\nThe committee said it had made its recommendations to help the new panel to quickly decide its own sanctions framework.\n\nBoth the proposed changes to the sanctions for breaking the code, and the new powers for the panel, will need to be signed off by the Commons as a whole.\n\nIn an effort to make penalties fairer, the committee has also published a list of aggravating and mitigating factors to be taken into account.\n\nUnder the committee's proposed system, a harder line could be taken with longer-serving MPs compared to their less experienced colleagues.\n\nOn the other hand, MPs could escape harsher sanctions if they can show they are suffering from mental health problems, or show \"genuine remorse\".\n\nThese factors would, however, not apply in cases to do with bullying or harassment.\n\nMPs who have fallen foul of the code in recent years include Boris Johnson, who in April 2019 was found to have not declared a financial interest in a timely manner.\n\nHe was ordered to apologise in the chamber and told to attend a briefing from officials on the rules.\n\nThe most recent example of an MP suspended from Parliament came earlier this year, when Conservative MP Conor Burns was found to have used his position as an MP to intimidate a member of the public.\n\nMr Burns said he accepted the sanction \"unreservedly\" and also resigned as a trade minister.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warns Beijing: \"The UK is watching and the whole world is watching”\n\nThe UK government will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong \"immediately and indefinitely\".\n\nAnnouncing the move, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK \"wants a positive relationship\" with China.\n\nBut he said the \"imposition\" of the new security law in Hong Kong by Beijing was a \"serious violation\" of the country's international obligations.\n\nLabour said it would support changes to the law, calling it a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nThe extradition treaty means that, if someone in Hong Kong is suspected of a crime in the UK, then the British authorities can ask Hong Kong to hand them over to face justice - and vice versa.\n\nThe UK fears the arrangement - which has been in place for more than 30 years - could see anyone it extradites to Hong Kong being sent on to China.\n\nMr Raab also confirmed the government would extend its arms embargo - which has been in place with China since 1989 - to Hong Kong, stopping the UK exporting equipment, such as firearms, smoke grenades and shackles, to the region.\n\nBut China has accused the UK government of \"brutal meddling\", insisting it is committed to upholding international law.\n\nThe country also promised a \"resolute response\" if the UK withdrew from extradition arrangements.\n\nBeijing introduced the security law at the end of June, creating new offences which could see Hong Kong residents sent to mainland China for trial.\n\nCritics said it could see pro-democracy protesters in the region being served with life sentences.\n\nThey have also said the law breaches an agreement made with the UK before Hong Kong - a former British colony - was handed over to China in 1997.\n\nUnder the 50-year agreement, China enshrined civil liberties - including the right to protest, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary - in Hong Kong's Basic Law, an approach which came to be known as \"one country, two systems\".\n\nMr Raab told MPs: \"There remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new national security law will be enforced.\n\n\"I would just say this: the UK is watching and the whole world is watching.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary also confirmed plans for a path to UK citizenship for around three million Hong Kong people would be in place by early 2021, in response to the law.\n\nHowever, Border Force officials have been given the ability to grant leave to any applicants before then.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPolitical and economic relations between the UK and China have become strained in recent months.\n\nMr Raab referenced a number of tensions during his speech, including the decision by the UK government to ban Chinese firm Huawei from the country's 5G network.\n\nHe told MPs: \"We will always protect our vital interests including sensitive infrastructure and we won't accept any investment that compromises our domestic or national security\"\n\nThe foreign secretary also raised his \"grave concerns\" about the \"gross human rights abuses\" taking place in China's Xinjiang region against Uighur Muslims, after reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the group.\n\nHe said they had raised the issue with his Chinese counterparts and with the United Nations.\n\nMr Raab added: \"We want a positive relationship with China. There's a huge amount to be gained for both countries, there are many areas, where we can work productively, constructively to mutual benefit together.\n\n\"For our part, the UK will work hard and in good faith towards that goal. But we will protect our vital interests, we will stand up for our values, and we will hold China to its international obligations.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, denied reports of a \"concentration camp\" in Xinjiang\n\nThe change in the treaty was praised by MPs from other parties.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said Labour \"strongly welcomed\" the measures, adding they should lead to a \"new era\" in the two countries' relationship.\n\n\"This must mark the start of a more strategic approach to China based on an ethical approach to foreign policy and an end to the naivety of the 'golden-era years',\" she told MPs.\n\n\"Our quarrel is not with the people of China, but the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong, the actions of the Chinese government in the South China Sea and the appalling treatment of the Uighur people is reason now to act.\n\n\"We will not be able to say in future years that we did not know.\"\n\nBut other MPs called for the government to go further.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael wanted action on imports from China - especially surveillance equipment - while the SNP's Margaret Ferrier called for sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights violations.\n\nConservative MPs also called for further action.\n\nTory MP and former defence minister Tobias Ellwood said: \"For decades we have turned a blind eye to China's democratic deficit and human rights violations in the hope that it would mature into a global, responsible citizen [but] that clearly hasn't happened.\n\n\"Can I ask the secretary of state, is this now the turning point that we drop the pretence the China shares our values, given its actions... [and] can we have a strategic overhaul of our foreign policy in relation to China?\"\n\nMr Raab said the government was carrying out an integrated review about its strategy.", "Sea ice is declining in the Arctic in both thickness and extent\n\nPolar bears will be wiped out by the end of the century unless more is done to tackle climate change, a study predicts.\n\nScientists say some populations have already reached their survival limits as the Arctic sea ice shrinks.\n\nThe carnivores rely on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean to hunt for seals.\n\nAs the ice breaks up, the animals are forced to roam for long distances or on to shore, where they struggle to find food and feed their cubs.\n\nThe bear has become the \"poster child of climate change\", said Dr Peter Molnar of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.\n\n\"Polar bears are already sitting at the top of the world; if the ice goes, they have no place to go,\" he said.\n\nPolar bears are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with climate change a key factor in their decline.\n\nFemale polar bears need to store sufficient fat to feed their cubs\n\nStudies show that declining sea ice is likely to decrease polar bear numbers, perhaps substantially. The new study, published in Nature Climate Change, puts a timeline on when that might happen.\n\nBy modelling the energy use of polar bears, the researchers were able to calculate their endurance limits.\n\nDr Steven Amstrup, chief scientist of Polar Bears International, who was also involved in the study, told BBC News: \"What we've shown is that, first, we'll lose the survival of cubs, so cubs will be born but the females won't have enough body fat to produce milk to bring them along through the ice-free season.\n\n\"Any of us know that we can only go without food for so long,\" he added, \"that's a biological reality for all species\".\n\nPolar bears rely on sea ice to catch their prey\n\nThe researchers were also able to predict when these thresholds will be reached in different parts of the Arctic. This may have already happened in some areas where polar bears live, they said.\n\n\"Showing how imminent the threat is for different polar bear populations is another reminder that we must act now to head off the worst of future problems faced by us all,\" said Dr Amstrup.\n\n\"The trajectory we're on now is not a good one, but if society gets its act together, we have time to save polar bears. And if we do, we will benefit the rest of life on Earth, including ourselves.\"\n\nUnder a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, it's likely that all but a few polar bear populations will collapse by 2100, the study found. And even if moderate emissions reduction targets are achieved, several populations will disappear.\n\nThe findings match previous projections that polar bears are likely to persist to 2100 only in a few populations very far north if climate change continues unabated.\n\nSea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface, forming and melting with the polar seasons. Some persists year after year in the Arctic, providing vital habitat for wildlife such as polar bears, seals, and walruses.\n\nSea ice that stays in the Arctic for longer than a year has been declining at a rate of about 13% per decade since satellite records began in the late 1970s.", "The British artist has won two Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards\n\nBritish pop star Dua Lipa has sparked a huge reaction online with a tweet often associated with supporters of extreme Albanian nationalism.\n\nLipa posted a map that includes Albania, Kosovo and parts of neighbouring Balkan countries and a definition of the word \"autochthonous\" to suggest Albanians belonged there.\n\nThe tweet sparked strong reaction from supporters and critics alike.\n\nLipa's parents are from Kosovo. She was born after they moved to the UK.\n\nIn a follow-up statement, Lipa said she rejected ethnic separatism and her post \"was never meant to incite any hate\".\n\nLipa was accused of favouring Albanian expansionism after posting the map which forms part of hard-line nationalist dreams of creating a Greater Albania that would incorporate all ethnic Albanians.\n\nIt has sparked controversy before. A football game in 2014 between Albania and Serbia descended into open brawls after a drone carrying that map appeared above the stadium.\n\nAt the centre of the current dispute is the status of Kosovo which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, nearly a decade after Nato's bombing campaign ended the rule of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic there.\n\nKosovo is recognised by the US and most European governments, but not by Serbia and its main allies, including Russia.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by DUA LIPA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe British artist posted the map after a petition appeared online calling for Apple Maps to show Kosovo as an independent nation.\n\nAs of Tuesday afternoon the petition has more than 130,000 signatures.\n\nRita Ora - another fellow British pop star who was born in Kosovo's capital Pristina in 1990 - has also tweeted in support of the country appearing on Apple Maps, and in support of Dua Lipa.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn her original tweet, Lipa included a definition of the word autochthonous - meaning indigenous to a place.\n\n\"We all deserve to be proud of our ethnicity and where we are from,\" she added in a later statement. \"I simply want my country to be represented on a map and to be able to speak with pride and joy about my Albanian roots.\"\n\nAlbanian nationalists allege that their people settled in the region long before the Serbs, and use this to claim nearby lands. Serbs say Kosovo is part of its territory - and nationalists often voice their sentiments with \"Kosovo is [part of] Serbia\" slogans.\n\nSome online users accused Lipa of being a \"fascist\", and began using the hashtag #CancelDuaLipa.\n\nUS-based organisation Team Albanians defended the artist, however, saying she was \"debunking the dangerous far-right claims that Albanians are not indigenous people in the Balkans\".\n\nLipa is the latest celebrity to cause an uproar by wading into Balkan history and politics.\n\nGermany and Bayern Munich's captain Manuel Neuer was filmed singing a popular Croatian football anthem while on holiday in the country earlier this month.\n\nBut the song references a region of neighbouring Bosnia-Herzegovina, and there was a backlash in Germany and in the Balkans after the video appeared online.\n\nWorld number one tennis player Novak Djokovic meanwhile was filmed in January singing what was alleged to be an ultra-nationalist Serbian song. Last week, he received an award by the ethnic Serbian Republika Srpska government in Bosnia-Herzegovina.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Albanians and Serbians remain divided after the War", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"Reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nRussians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK general election through illicitly acquired documents, the government has said.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said any attempt to meddle in UK democracy was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe documents - on UK-US trade discussions - emerged online and were used by Labour in the 2019 campaign.\n\nA much-delayed report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due next week.\n\nLabour said it condemned \"any attempt by Russia, or any foreign power, to interfere in our country's democratic processes\" and pledged to work to protect the nation's security.\n\nThis is the first time the government has acknowledged with such certainty that Russians interfered in the UK's democratic processes.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman dismissed as \"nonsense\" suggestions that the timing of Mr Raab's statement was aimed at pre-empting the publication of the Russia report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nAt the 2019 election, then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the documents proved the Conservatives were planning to include the NHS in a future trade agreement with the US - something denied by the government.\n\nWriting on his Facebook page, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of wanting \"to distract from the damage a Trump trade deal would do to our NHS by continuing to push the bogus claim Labour received Russian support\".\n\nHe added that the government's claim \"is an attempt to divert attention from the threat to the NHS and the Tory party links to Russian oligarchs expected to be revealed in the long-buried parliamentary Russia report.\"\n\nThe government launched an inquiry into how the papers got into the public domain, with help from the National Cyber Security Centre.\n\nThe announcement comes as a group of national security services warn that Russian hackers are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nDespite many suspicions of Russian attempts at meddling in the referendum and other campaigns, significant concrete evidence is in short supply.\n\nSo, it matters that this is the first time a UK minister has made an explicit link to Russia, in one way or another, trying to meddle in elections in the UK.\n\nBut the timing of that statement creates its own intrigue too.\n\nNext week, at long last, the powerful group of MPs who monitor UK intelligence will publish a report on the Russian threat to the UK - a report that has been anticipated for a very long time and may perhaps set the record straight on all of this.\n\nIs it politically convenient for ministers to acknowledge the threat themselves just before others may make embarrassing claims about it?\n\nLabour politicians have frequently accused the Conservatives of ignoring Russian interference because of their relationship with Tory Party donors.\n\nDid it suit the government to publicise the claims that material used by Labour was also manipulated by Russia?\n\nIt seems, as one former UK ambassador to Moscow said, a \"remarkable coincidence\" that the government decided at this moment to admit explicitly, for the first time, that Russia has tried to stick its nose into our politics - especially when there is a running criminal investigation into who obtained the documents to start with.\n\nBut Downing Street denies that there is any link in the timing at all.\n\nIn a written ministerial statement, Mr Raab said \"the government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked government documents.\n\nHe said the documents were disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit.\n\n\"When these gained no traction, further attempts were made to promote the illicitly acquired material online in the run up to the general election,\" he said.\n\nThe foreign secretary goes on to say that there is \"no evidence of a broad spectrum Russian campaign against the general election\" but that \"any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe forum website Reddit said the unredacted papers had been uploaded as \"part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia\".\n\nIt suspended 61 accounts that showed a \"pattern of coordination\".\n\nMr Raab's statement is not connected to the Intelligence and Security Committee's report into Russian interference, which is due to be published next week.\n\nJeremy Corbyn holds up the leaked documents at a press conference on 27 November\n\nThe committee launched its inquiry in November 2017 following concern Russia sought to influence the US 2016 election and the 2016 Brexit vote.\n\nAfter the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March 2018 the investigation became the \"primary focus\" of the committee.\n\nThe committee heard evidence from independent experts as well as the secret intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nBBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the committee's report has looked into Russian activity from traditional espionage to subversion - with a particular focus on possible interference in the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.\n\nIn addition to cyber-espionage and social media campaigns, the report also examines Russian influence through money.\n\nThe delay in publication has led to speculation the report contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives - specifically in relation to the party's Russian donors.\n\nHowever, Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg insisted the hold-up was due to a number of committee members leaving Parliament and the need \"to make sure that the right people with the right level of experience and responsibility could be appointed\".\n\nRussian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Mr Raab's statement was \"ambiguous\" and \"confusing\".\n\nShe said Mr Raab had said there was \"no evidence of full-scale interference\" by Russia in his statement but had also claimed \"any attempts of such interference are unacceptable\".", "There could be more than 3,500 avoidable cancer deaths in England in the next five years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers say.\n\nThe virus had disrupted services and some people had avoided healthcare, they told The Lancet Oncology journal.\n\nThe team looked at the likely impact on four major types of cancer - breast, colorectal, oesophageal and lung.\n\nEarly diagnosis and treatment can save lives and anyone who suspects they may have cancer should seek help.\n\nDuring lockdown, some cancer services were scaled back or delayed, although people were still encouraged to have any essential or urgent care.\n\nUK-wide screening programmes to detect early signs of bowel, breast and cervical cancer in people with no symptoms are now trying to catch up with a backlog of appointments.\n\nIf you are invited for a screening appointment, the NHS staff that see you will be following strict guidance on infection control to protect you and themselves against coronavirus.\n\nThe study used hospital data on more than 93,000 cancer patients to estimate the effect of delays in cancer diagnosis on survival.\n\nThe researchers stress the figures are a prediction of what might happen, rather than what will.\n\nThe model assumes that disruptions due to the pandemic will affect access to routine and urgent cancer diagnostic services and alter health-seeking behaviour for a 12-month period.\n\nOther estimates suggest excess deaths from all types of cancer (due to coronavirus delays) could be as high as 35,000 in the UK within a year.\n\nOther new research in the same edition of The Lancet Oncology journal suggests delays in diagnosis and treatment of two months could lead to a substantial proportion of patients with early-stage tumours progressing from having curable to incurable disease.\n\nStudy leader Prof Clare Turnbull, from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said taking fast action now could still turn things around.\n\n\"Prioritisation of particular patient groups may be effective in mitigating the extent of excess deaths and lost life years,\" she said.\n\nMichelle Mitchell, from Cancer Research UK, said: \"It's not easy to pin down the exact number of additional cancer deaths we expect to see over the coming years.\n\n\"But studies like this help us to understand the devastating long-term effect a pandemic like Covid-19 will have on the lives of thousands of cancer patients.\n\n\"People should feel reassured that it's safe to use our health services again.\n\n\"If you have any concerns, please do contact your GP or specialist cancer team for more information.\"\n\nThe government must work closely with the NHS to ensure it has sufficient staff and equipment to clear the backlog and deliver prompt care, she added.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS was getting services back up and running as fast as possible and that during the peak some services had be stopped for clinical reasons.\n\nNHS figures show that 106,535 urgent cancer referrals were made by GPs in England in May 2020, down from 200,599 in May 2019 - a fall of 47%.\n\nAt the same time, 55,500 more people are now waiting to have key cancer tests in England's hospitals compared with the same point last year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The funeral cortege was warmly welcomed as it arrived in Ashington\n\nThousands of people lined the streets of football great Jack Charlton's hometown to pay their respects ahead of his funeral.\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland boss Charlton, who won the World Cup playing for England, died on 10 July aged 85.\n\nHe was born in Ashington, Northumberland, and often returned to the former mining town.\n\nWell-wishers applauded and cheered as the cortege passed through the streets, with many waving flags and banners.\n\nHis family said they had been \"overwhelmed\" by the support shown and added \"he would have been thrilled by the outpouring of kindness\".\n\nPeople threw flowers on the hearse as it passed slowly through the town where he and his younger brother Sir Bobby honed their football skills.\n\nThe procession slowed as it passed close to the terraced house on Beatrice Street where the Charltons once lived and played in the back lane.\n\nOne floral tribute marked Charlton's wearing of the number 5 shirt in the 1966 World Cup final\n\nFloral tributes in the hearse included a football and a red England shirt with \"Jackie 5\" on it.\n\nThe cortege then made its way to a private service at a crematorium in Newcastle, where just a small number of relatives attended due to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe family said Sir Bobby had not been well enough to be there.\n\nJack Charlton was \"incredibly proud\" of Ashington, his son said\n\nNewcastle United, Leeds United, Ireland and England scarves were draped over the coffin as it was carried into the crematorium\n\nIn a eulogy at the service, his grandchildren, Emma, Kate and Tom Wilkinson, paid tribute to \"a proud Englishman, a proud northerner and a proud honorary Irishman\".\n\n\"The footballer, the friend, the family man we all knew was forged in Ashington - during a happy childhood with the parents and three brothers he always loved dearly.\n\n\"As they whiled away hours kicking a ball around Hirst Park, Grandad could never have imagined how remarkable his life would go on to be.\"\n\nReferencing him dropping to his knees at the end of the World Cup final in 1966, they added: \"Many have often wondered what he was thinking - was it pure elation? Was it the gravity of the achievement?\n\n\"Was it relief that the hopes of a nation had been realised? Well he always told us he was just bloody knackered.\"\n\nA message from brother Sir Bobby was among the many tributes\n\nThe former Leeds United defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in recent years and was suffering from dementia.\n\nIn more than 20 seasons with the club, he made 773 appearances and won the 1969 league title and the 1972 FA Cup.\n\nHe later found success managing the Republic of Ireland, but his family said while his achievements brought him recognition \"he always had his feet firmly on the ground\".\n\n\"It's clear that the many fleeting moments of kindness he showed to strangers had a lasting impact, and we're extremely proud to be able to say that the man everyone met is the man we knew.\n\n\"A man who struck the balance so perfectly between football icon, fan favourite and loving family man.\"\n\nSpeaking before the funeral, his son John said: \"Many will know now that, as a family, we wanted to give local people the opportunity to say goodbye to Jack, and pay their respects before he's laid to rest.\n\n\"Jack was incredibly proud of his hometown, which is why we made the decision to take the funeral cortege around Ashington.\"\n\nFlags and banners celebrating his involvement with the World Cup win have been placed around the town\n\nAs soon as the funeral car appeared, the hundreds of people on Alexandra Road started to applaud and cheer. One of the town's most famous sons was home.\n\nA Northumberland piper accompanied the cortege part of the way. It was a tribute that brought his family to tears.\n\nThese are strange times. The family requested that people kept their distance from each other and wore a mask. Despite the pandemic, everybody here left their home or took the morning off work to pay their respects. That's how much he is loved in this part of the world.\n\nThey all have a story about Jack Charlton too - a time he turned up at the local pub, or when he shared his packed lunch when he was out fishing.\n\nFootball defined him, but his personality also made him a local hero.\n\nMessages of love for Charlton were evident on flags around the town\n\nOne youngster paid tribute by having \"Wor Jackie\" painted on his back\n\nPeter Mather, a 68-year-old semi-retired bricklayer, stood on the route of the funeral with a sign saying \"Howay Wor Jack\".\n\nHe said: \"I lived over the road from here and I vividly remember watching the World Cup final.\n\n\"At the final whistle, he went to his knees, a big hard man like that showing such emotion. I'll never forget it.\"\n\nCharlton (centre) and his team-mates cemented their place in English football history in 1966\n\nBobby and Jack Charlton leave their mother's house in Ashington for a civic reception after the World Cup win in 1966\n\nHe spent his entire playing career at Leeds United and is seen here challenging his brother Bobby in action for Manchester United\n\nThe funeral procession left the Charlton family home in Dalton, Northumberland, and was met by a police escort in Ashington before going along Newbiggin Road into the town centre.\n\nIt stopped outside Hirst Welfare Centre, where Charlton and Sir Bobby played football as children, before travelling to the crematorium.", "After several months of sweating it out on the front line of an unprecedented crisis, a pay rise across the public sector is some welcome news for almost a million key workers.\n\nBut economists say that once inflation is stripped out, average pay for public sector workers remains below levels seen in 2010, due to pay freezes, or very modest increases, in the years of austerity that followed.\n\nAnd departments won't get extra funding to pay for these rises, a reminder that the government is still having to watch the pennies and pounds as it faces the biggest deficit in its finances in peacetime.\n\nThe Treasury claims the pay awards are assessed for affordability; that they shouldn't affect the provision of public services.\n\nBut budgets are already under pressure in some areas - in schools, for example, where extra costs may have arisen and income streams from the likes of clubs may have disappeared. In those cases, these pay rises might well pose some tough questions.", "Delivery giant Hermes says it will create 10,500 jobs in the UK after seeing a surge in demand from people shopping from home during lockdown.\n\nThis will include 1,500 full-time roles across its delivery network and head office, and 9,000 freelance couriers.\n\nHermes also said it would not accept any money from the government's job retention bonus scheme, designed to help struggling firms.\n\nIt comes as a raft of companies make job cuts due to the pandemic.\n\nHermes boss Martijn de Lange said: \"The pandemic has expedited the already phenomenal growth of online shopping and we see no sign of this changing.\n\n\"As a result, it is important that we have the right infrastructure and people in place to support this. This is good news for the many people who have sadly had their income affected and we are pleased to be able to support the UK economy with so many jobs at this time.\"\n\nHe said the firm had received thousands of applications from pub staff, hairdressers, pilots and others who had been let go at the start of lockdown.\n\nThe German firm, which has operated in the UK since 2000, has a network of more than 15,000 self-employed couriers in the country. It said it was investing £100m in its expansion and had already opened 90 new sub depots this year.\n\nHermes follows Primark, John Lewis and Rightmove in promising to shun the government's job retention bonus scheme, which will pay firms £1,000 for every furloughed worker they retain past January.\n\nIt is meant to stop struggling firms from cutting jobs, but MPs and economists have warned that healthy companies could also be tempted to use it.\n\nHermes, which has been criticised for its treatment of casual workers in the past, also said that all new self-employed hires would get holiday pay. It follows a deal with the GMB union last year.\n\nThe jobs news comes after a raft of companies have announced cuts citing the effects of the pandemic.\n\nOn Tuesday, Marks & Spencer and fashion brand Ted Baker said they would slash almost 1,500 roles between them.\n\nOther lay-offs announced in recent months have included:", "Almost 900,000 public sector workers are to get an above-inflation pay rise, including doctors and teachers.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said he recognised their \"vital contribution\" during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Treasury said the money for the pay increases of up to 3.1% would come from existing departmental budgets.\n\nBut Labour said the rise would not make up for years of real-terms cuts and the British Medical Association said doctors had hoped for \"far better\".\n\nLater, Mr Sunak warned that the government must \"exercise restraint\" in future public sector pay awards.\n\nHe said this while launching the 2020 comprehensive spending review, which is to be published in the autumn.\n\nNurses are not included in Tuesday's announcement because they negotiated a separate three-year deal in 2018.\n\nThe rise does also not apply to junior doctors, who agreed a new four-year pay deal last year.\n\nNot all settlements will be UK-wide.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"These past months have underlined what we always knew, that our public sector workers make a vital contribution to our country and that we can rely on them when we need them.\n\n\"It's right, therefore, that we follow the recommendations of the independent pay bodies with this set of real-terms pay rises.\"\n\nMore than 300 NHS workers and care home staff have died in England alone after contracting coronavirus, many doing so while caring for patients.\n\nBut shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the Conservatives had frozen public sector pay for seven years, and the rises they introduced after that failed to plug the gap.\n\nShe said the pay rise was \"good news\" but added that it \"won't make up for a decade of real-term pay cuts\" for many front-line workers.\n\n\"Many other public sector workers - including those working on the front line in social care - won't get a pay rise out of this at all because the Tories haven't made good on their promises to boost local authority funding,\" the Labour MP said.\n\n\"That's not fair - and it's no way to reward those who've been at the forefront of fighting this pandemic.\"\n\nSocial worker Maureen Cummins told the BBC she felt cheated that she was not getting a pay rise, saying those in her current profession and her previous career as a nurse have been chronically underpaid for years.\n\nKit Malthouse, the crime and policing minister, said the vast majority of social care workers were employed in the private sector so the government's \"ability to influence pay rates there is limited\".\n\nHowever, some social care providers accused the government of sidestepping the issue of low pay for social care staff.\n\nMark Adams, chief executive of the charity Community Integrated Care, said it was a matter of \"national shame\" that social care workers had been on the front line during the coronavirus pandemic on minimum wage salaries.\n\nVic Rayner, executive director at the National Care Forum - which represents 120 of the UK's social care charities - said it was \"unacceptable\" for the government to \"sidestep\" the issue, adding that care workers had been \"a stalwart of the Covid front line and need recognition\".\n\nAfter several months of sweating it out on the front line of an unprecedented crisis, this is some welcome news for almost a million key public sector workers.\n\nBut economists say that once inflation is stripped out, average pay for public sector workers remains below levels seen in 2010, due to pay freezes, or very modest increases, in the years of austerity that followed.\n\nAnd departments won't get extra funding to pay for these rises, a reminder that the government is still having to watch the pennies and pounds as it faces the biggest deficit in its finances in peacetime.\n\nThe Treasury claims the pay awards are assessed for affordability; that they shouldn't affect the provision of public services.\n\nBut budgets are already under pressure in some areas - in schools, for example, where extra costs may have arisen and income streams from the likes of clubs may have disappeared. In those cases, these pay rises might well pose some tough questions.\n\nEvery year, independent pay review bodies recommend pay rises for sectors, and the government said it had accepted all of their suggestions for 2020-21.\n\nDr David Wrigley, vice-chairman of the British Medical Association, said doctors would feel \"disappointed and let down\" by the announcement as pay \"has fallen way behind\" where it should be and \"we were hoping for far better\" than the 2.8% increase.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"These are the sort of rises we'd expect to see in normal times, not in a time when many of us have not had a day off in six months and have been putting our lives on the line.\"\n\nSome teachers' unions have welcomed the offer for newly qualified teachers but said they were disappointed by the pay award for more experienced staff.\n\nMary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said raising starting salaries by 5.5% had made the profession \"more attractive to graduates\" but the prospect of salaries \"tapering off as they progress\" meant it would be difficult to retain teachers.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said it was a \"kick in the teeth\" for \"long-serving teachers\".\n\nThe comprehensive spending review is carried out about every three years to allocate funding to government departments so they can plan ahead.\n\nFor the 2020 review, the Treasury said one of the priorities would be \"strengthening the UK's economic recovery from Covid-19 by prioritising jobs and skills\".\n\nBut it added: \"Given the impact Covid-19 has had on the economy, the chancellor was clear there will need be tough choices in other areas of spending at the review.\"\n\nAnd Mr Sunak told ministers: \"In the interest of fairness we must exercise restraint in future public sector pay awards, ensuring that, across this year and the spending review period, public sector pay levels retain parity with the private sector\".\n\nLabour's shadow treasury chief secretary Bridget Phillipson said: \"The choices made this autumn will determine whether our economy and society can rise to the challenges ahead.\n\n\"The government must not respond to this crisis with more spending cuts - which resulted in the slowest economic recovery in eight generations.\"\n\nAnd TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: \"It's hard to see how public sector workers can trust ministers after this cynical ploy to disguise plans for more pay restraint.\n\n\"In the last decade, we learned the hard way that austerity and pay restraint slow down recovery.\"", "Renowned surgeon Dr El Tayar worked in the NHS for 11 years before moving back to his native Sudan to help establish a transplant programme.\n\nHe returned to the UK in 2015, working as a locum surgeon before his death.\n\nHe gave the \"precious gift of life to so many people around the world\", fellow surgeon Abbas Ghazanfar wrote in a tribute.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA husband and wife have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon for pointing guns at demonstrators outside their home in St Louis, Missouri.\n\nLawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey drew guns on racial justice protesters marching through the grounds of their $1.15m mansion last month.\n\nThe couple said they armed themselves because they felt threatened.\n\nBut St Louis' top prosecutor said their actions had risked creating violence at an otherwise peaceful protest.\n\n\"It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in non-violent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct is unacceptable in St Louis,\" said Kim Gardner, who is the city's first black circuit attorney.\n\n\"We must protect the right to peacefully protest, and any attempt to chill it through intimidation will not be tolerated,\" she added.\n\nThe McCloskeys also face a charge of fourth-degree assault.\n\nThe couple's lawyer, Joel Schwartz, called the decision to press charges \"disheartening as I unequivocally believe no crime was committed\".\n\nThe couple, both personal injury attorneys who live on a private street, have said they were within their rights to defend their property.\n\nMissouri Governor Mike Parson has said he was prepared to exercise his pardon powers if prosecutors brought criminal charges in the case.\n\n\"I don't think they're going to spend any time in jail,\" the Republican told a local radio station last week.\n\nWhen he was a legislator, the governor co-wrote Missouri's \"castle doctrine\" law that justifies deadly force for those who are defending their homes from intruders.\n\nOn Friday, the couple made an appearance at a virtual Trump campaign event. Earlier, Mr Trump told the conservative news website Townhall: \"They want to prosecute these people, it's a disgrace.\"\n\nVideo footage showed Mr McCloskey, 63, and his wife, 61, draw firearms as demonstrators marched past their mansion to the home of St Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson to call for her resignation on 28 June.\n\nThe mayor had infuriated activists by reading out on Facebook Live the names and addresses of people advocating defunding the police.\n\nThe McCloskeys' legal team has said two or three white protesters had threatened the couple and their property.\n\nAccording to a police report on the incident, the couple said a large group of people had broken through an iron gate marked with \"No Trespassing\" and \"Private Street\" signs. One of the protest leaders maintained the gate was already open.\n\nThe march was part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations over police brutality and racism prompted by the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a white policeman.\n\nMs Gardner is recommending that the husband and wife participate in a \"diversion programme\" designed to reduce unnecessary involvement with the courts.\n\nIt could see them ordered to take part in community service or a remedial course.\n\nClass E felonies like unlawful use of a weapon can carry prison sentences of up to four years.", "The world eagerly awaits a coronavirus vaccine, and labs are racing to develop one. Some have now reached the stage of human trials and are looking for volunteers. So what's it like to be part of a vaccine trial?\n\nI remember very clearly my first medical trial. It was in Oxford where I was going to receive an experimental vaccine against bird flu.\n\nThis was in 2006 and at the time H5N1 avian flu was a big deal. It was a deadly virus, killing half of those it infected. That would make it perhaps 50 times more lethal than Covid-19.\n\nSo there was a need for a vaccine, and the Oxford Vaccine Group was to conduct a trial of healthy volunteers.\n\nI didn't hesitate about sticking my hand up, or rather, rolling up my sleeve. After all, I rely on patients to agree to me filming them in order to illustrate some aspect of healthcare, so it was a good thing for me to experience what that's like. Very often they are taking part in a medical trial, be it for cancer, diabetes or any number of other conditions.\n\nNaturally I was filmed while receiving the vaccine. I can remember being determined not to grimace because I didn't want to set a bad example. The immunisation takes just a few seconds, and I also had to give some blood samples the same day.\n\nAs the needle for the blood draw was about to go in, a kindly doctor said \"sharp scratch\" which was my cue to look into the lens and deliver a faultless \"piece to camera\" - the bit in most TV reports when correspondents pontificate. But with a needle in your arm you have to get it right the first time.\n\nAs my blood entered the test tube I spoke about antibodies and immunity.\n\nI think it went fine, but I remember a recent occasion that was a nightmare. Again, I started speaking as the needle went in, and my words, thankfully, flowed out on cue. The trouble was, the red stuff did not. It was like getting blood from a stone. It took four needles, and by the end of the filming the colour had drained from my face and I was in a cold sweat.\n\nAs the BBC's medical correspondent, since 2004 I have reported on global disease threats such as bird flu, swine flu, Sars and Mers - both coronaviruses - and Ebola. You could say I've been waiting much of my career for a global pandemic. And yet when Covid-19 came along, the world was not as ready as it could have been. Now it's here I wish, like everyone else, it would go away. Sadly, we may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely. In this column I will be reflecting on that new reality.\n\nThe bird flu vaccine trial went well. The following year it was approved for use, but bird flu never made the full jump from animals to humans, so it's not been needed.\n\nNot so with coronavirus. To say the results of vaccine studies are eagerly awaited would be the understatement of the year. There are lives, livelihoods and whole economies depending on a successful vaccine against Sars-CoV-2, to give the virus its proper name.\n\nMore than 100 vaccines are in development around the world. Many of these may never get to human trials, but several have already reached that stage, in record time. Normally it would take years, decades even.\n\nThe Chinese government shared the genetic sequence of coronavirus on 11 January, and within weeks a team at the University of Oxford had developed an experimental vaccine. Their human trial, the first in Europe, began last month.\n\nMore than 1,000 volunteers are now part of the Oxford vaccine study. Half will get ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, as the vaccine is called, and the rest a control vaccine which protects against meningitis. The trial is \"blinded\" so that the researchers and the volunteers won't know which jab they are getting.\n\nThe use of a real vaccine as a control, which may result in the odd sore arm, means volunteers really won't know whether they have got the real thing. That's important, as all of them will need to keep a daily health diary for up to four weeks, and come back for several blood tests.\n\nSamples of the vaccine have been made for the trial\n\nI wanted to volunteer for the first phase of the vaccine trial, but was ineligible. It's the first time I've been too old for a clinical study - the cut-off was 55 years and I'll be 59 in September. Though the trial has now been extended to include older adults and children aged five to 12, I may still be ruled out. Anyone who already has antibodies to coronavirus is excluded, and as I explained last week, I'm pretty sure I have these. I have signed up online just in case they will have me.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected\n\nIn order to check whether the vaccine works, it is vital that those given the jab come across the virus in their daily lives. So the team would like volunteers who have public-facing roles, especially health workers, who are more likely to be exposed to coronavirus.\n\nYou don't need all of your volunteers to get up close and personal with the virus, but it's important that some do, and in the absence of a guaranteed treatment it would be unethical to deliberately infect them.\n\nThe volunteers are all told to maintain the same social distancing as the rest of us. And remember they don't know which vaccine they have received.\n\nFergus holding a vial of the vaccine developed by the Oxford team\n\nThere's one big problem surrounding all of this, which is that you need a lot of virus to be circulating to know whether the vaccine protects the people who've been immunised, and at present cases are decreasing. It's reckoned about one in 1,000 people in England are currently infected, not counting cases in hospitals or care homes.\n\nA further 10,000 volunteers are being recruited at sites across England, Wales and Scotland. At present there are more cases in parts of the north of England and Scotland than in Oxford.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nVolunteers are absolutely crucial to medical advances; we'd never get anywhere without them. The same goes for blood donors. With all the volunteers I've spoken to over the years there's a really strong element of giving something back. People say, \"Well, it may not help me, but it'll help those coming after me.\"\n\nSome years ago, I covered a typhoid study in Oxford, in which they were immunising people with a new vaccine, and then infecting them deliberately with the disease - they could do this because it can be treated with antibiotics. The volunteers had to swallow a drink that had typhoid bacteria in it, and I remember one of them saying, \"Down the hatch!\" before they drank it.\n\nThat vaccine is now being used in Pakistan and Zimbabwe, and has reduced cases of the disease by 80%. When I let those volunteers know recently, they were delighted. That trial was of absolutely no benefit to their daily lives, they did it purely because they felt it was the right thing to do. But with the coronavirus trial there may be some benefits for volunteers.\n\nThere has been much speculation about when we will get results from the Oxford vaccine trial. I've heard September, even June. The hard truth is, it's not certain when we will know. It depends on whether we get a second wave of infections.\n\nIf, and it's still a big if, the vaccine does work, hundreds of millions of doses could be made within months because of a manufacturing deal struck with the pharma giant, AstraZeneca. It says it could produce a billion doses by the end of 2021.\n\nAnd the Oxford vaccine is not the only show in town. Imperial College London is developing a coronavirus vaccine which will begin human trials next month. All the researchers I've spoken to have said this is not a race to be first, but a race against the virus. It's a race we all hope they will win.\n\nFind out more about the Oxford Vaccine trial\n\nAntibody tests which show that you have had a Covid-19 infection are being rolled out, prioritising NHS and care staff. So what happens when you test positive? Carry on as before - and I should know.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nMisleading and harmful online content about coronavirus has spread \"virulently\" because the UK still lacks a law to regulate social media. That's the verdict from an influential group of MPs. They highlight rumours of fake cures and conspiracy theories about 5G technology and vaccines, and say government recommendations to reduce harm must be urgently implemented and enforced. Google and Facebook insist they are taking action. Read more on the human cost of virus misinformation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"There is no virus, it’s 5G radiation poisoning\"\n\nAlmost 900,000 public sector workers, including doctors, teachers and police officers, are to get an above-inflation pay rise. The chancellor said the workers made a \"vital contribution\", particularly during the pandemic, but Labour argues the rises will not make up for years of real-terms cuts. BBC business correspondent Dharshini David says tough questions will be asked about affordability given the pressure on budgets caused by coronavirus. Not all settlements will be UK-wide.\n\nThere could be more than 3,500 avoidable cancer deaths in England in the next five years as a result of the pandemic, according to researchers. Fewer people have sought advice for potential symptoms due to fears of catching the virus, and some cancer services, like routine screening, have been disrupted. But study leader Prof Clare Turnbull said taking fast action now could still turn things around.\n\nThe BBC has spent months speaking to scientists advising the government to try to find out how important the concept of herd immunity was to the strategy adopted at the beginning of the outbreak. Herd immunity is achieved when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, either because they've caught it or been vaccinated. Find out more by watching Panorama - Britain's Coronavirus Gamble on BBC iPlayer.\n\nCheltenham Festival went ahead in March amid warnings the UK should already have gone into lockdown\n\nTen-year-old Arlo Lipiatt, from Bristol, came up with a lockdown project to create a music fanzine and Pint-Sized Punk has become a surprise hit. He's secured interviews with the likes of Manic Street Preachers, and has orders coming from as far afield as Australia. Not all start-up enterprises have it easy, though, and the pandemic has created extra challenges, as our technology of business reporter explains.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest in our live page.\n\nPlus, with summer holidays abroad back on the cards, what might your trip be like? Here we tell you what to expect.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Dominic Raab has insisted the UK was not \"strong-armed\" by the US into excluding Huawei from its 5G network.\n\nWhile US sanctions against the Chinese firm had affected the UK's decision, the foreign secretary said the allies' interests \"overlapped\" on the issue.\n\nHe said diversifying the UK's telecoms supply chain was a priority to fill the gap once Huawei's role ended in 2027.\n\nUS counterpart Mike Pompeo said the UK had made the right \"sovereign\" call and Chinese \"bullying\" must be resisted.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference in London during a two-day visit to the UK, he praised the UK's recent actions on Hong Kong and suggested it and other allies must stand up to China's threatening behaviour \"in every dimension\".\n\nThe US had lobbied the UK to reverse its decision earlier this year to give Huawei a lead role in building the infrastructure for the next-generation mobile communications network.\n\nLast week, the government announced that it would ban domestic mobile providers from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after the end of this year and force them to remove all of its 5G kit from their networks by 2027.\n\nLast week, Mr Pompeo signalled that he hoped the UK would act more swiftly but, speaking in London, he thanked the government for its decision and its actions more broadly against China, saying \"well done\".\n\nMr Raab was asked by journalists whether the UK had effectively been forced into the u-turn by Washington's decision to sanction both US and foreign firm supplying technology to the Chinese company.\n\n\"As a result of US sanctions we have to look with a clear-sighted perspective...and we have taken a decision based on that,\" he replied. \"But I don't think there is any question of strong-arming.\n\n\"Mike and I always have constructive discussions and, in the vast majority of cases, our views overlap.\"\n\nMr Pompeo acknowledged the two countries had not always agreed over the issue but that the UK had ultimately acted in its own national interests.\n\n\"I think the UK made a good decision,\" he said.\n\n\"But I think that decision was made not because the US said it was a good decision but because the leadership in the UK concluded the right thing to do was to make that decision for the people of the UK.\"\n\nAsked whether the US wanted to \"crush\" the Chinese firm, which Washington has accused of state-sponsored espionage, Mr Pompeo said the US would vigorously defend its national security and stop its citizens' personal data from ending up \"in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nEarlier, Mr Pompeo met Boris Johnson in Downing Street for \"candid\" talks on a range of security and economic issues, including current US-UK trade negotiations.\n\nNo 10 said Boris Johnson had also raised the death of Harry Dunn and the need for \"justice\" for his family.\n\nThe UK continues to seek the extradition of Anne Sacoolas in connection with the 19 year-old's death in a road traffic collision outside a US military base in Northamptonshire last year.\n\nThe US has said it cannot allow Ms Sacoolas, who has been accused of causing Harry Dunn's death by dangerous driving, to return to the UK to be questioned, insisting she has diplomatic immunity.\n\nIn a statement, Downing Street said the PM had made Mr Pompeo aware of the \"strong feeling among the people of the UK that justice must be delivered\".\n\n\"The prime minister reiterated the need for justice to be done for Harry Dunn and his family,\" it said.\n\nDowning Street said the two men also spoke about \"shared global security and foreign policy issues, including China's actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, the situation in Iran and the Middle East peace process\".\n\nThe two-day visit is likely to be Mr Pompeo's last to the UK before November's presidential election.", "Hundreds of migrant boats have been filmed being stored at a location in Dover.\n\nSince the beginning of the year, 2,900 people have crossed the English Channel in small dinghies.", "The UK government borrowed a record £127.9bn between April and June as tackling the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the public finances.\n\nThe figure - the difference between spending and tax income - was more than double the £55.4bn borrowed in the whole of the previous tax year.\n\nHowever, borrowing in June was lower than in May at £35.5bn.\n\nThe re-opening of more retailers and other firms saw a drop in furlough scheme spending and a rise in tax take.\n\nNevertheless, June's borrowing figure was still the third highest monthly total since records began in 1993 and about five times more than the same month last year.\n\nThe figure took total government debt to a record £1.98 trillion.\n\nThe director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, told the BBC that the borrowing in the first three months of the financial year was \"the most we would ever have borrowed over a quarter\".\n\n\"It is more than double over this first quarter than we were expecting to borrow over the entire year and we'll be looking to borrow a lot more as a fraction of the size of the economy over this year than we did during the financial crisis.\n\n\"Probably something around 15% of national income, maybe a bit more, which is easily the most we've ever borrowed in a year outside of the first and second world wars.\"\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said debt at the end of June 2020 as a percentage of economic output was 99.6%, the highest debt to GDP ratio since the financial year ending March 1961.\n\nBut the ONS also warned that its borrowing estimates are currently \"subject to greater than usual uncertainty\".\n\nIt has revised down May's borrowing figure by £9.8bn to £45.5bn, mainly because tax receipts and National Insurance contributions were higher than previously estimated.\n\nThomas Pugh, UK economist at Capital Economics said the fact that borrowing fell in June suggested that government support was starting to wind down as the economy reopened.\n\n\"However, government borrowing is still rising at an exceptional rate and we suspect that a slowdown in the recovery and further rise in unemployment later this year will prompt the government to announce additional fiscal spending at the next Budget,\" he added.\n\nAs businesses reopened in June, some were able to wean themselves off state support. But that still meant the deficit for the first quarter of this financial year was more than twice that for last year as a whole.\n\nAnd there's more to come. Economists say the chancellor's Plan for Jobs, the package intended to support firms and workers as the furlough schemes are wound down, won't be enough to stem the spread of layoffs.\n\nWith even Rishi Sunak's own forecasters predicting joblessness could top four million, many expect extra help will have to be unveiled in the Autumn Budget.\n\nThen what? Already, the deficit is likely to top £300bn this year. There is a limit to how much the government can and will borrow cheaply to plug that.\n\nThe chancellor today repeated his vow to get the coffers back on to a sustainable path of in the \"medium term\". With austerity out of fashion, that's code for tax rises when he thinks the economy can bear it. The question is not only when that will be - but how much.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"It's clear that coronavirus has had a significant impact on our public finances, but we know without our response things would have been far worse.\n\n\"The best approach to ensure our public finances are sustainable in the medium-term is to minimise the economic scarring caused by the pandemic.\n\n\"I am also clear that, over the medium-term, we must, and we will, put our public finances back on a sustainable footing.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Sunak launched the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which will set out the government's plans for this parliament.\n\nThe Treasury said one of the priorities would be \"strengthening the UK's economic recovery from COVID-19 by prioritising jobs and skills\".\n\nBut it added: \"Given the impact COVID-19 has had on the economy, the chancellor was clear there will need be tough choices in other areas of spending at the review.\"\n\nPwC senior economist Alex Tuckett said June's \"moderately lower borrowing numbers - and a downwards revision to the deficit in May - should not distract from dramatic repercussions for public finances\".\n\n\"After announcing further stimulus measures this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will face a delicate balancing act in trying to bring the deficit down to less dramatic levels whilst avoiding pulling the fiscal rug from under the economic recovery,\" he added.\n\nLast week, the government's spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, said the government was on course to borrow £372bn this year to pay for the shortfall between tax revenues and public spending.\n\nThis includes extra borrowing to pay for the chancellor's £30bn package unveiled earlier this month to protect jobs and boost the economy.\n\nWith the UK's debt pile set to grow substantially, Robert Chote, the OBR's outgoing chairman, said policymakers faced tough choices.\n\n\"In practice, no government could allow net debt to persist for long on these explosive paths, as it would find it hard to finance its mounting deficits,\" he said.\n\nHe said getting the UK's debt share back down to around 75% of GDP would require tax rises or spending cuts of about £60bn in today's money every decade for the next 50 years.", "ONS figures include people who have died with coronavirus confirmed or suspected by a doctor\n\nThe number of registered deaths involving coronavirus in Wales has dropped to 22 in the week ending 10 July.\n\nThis compares to 35 the previous week, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nMore than half of local council areas (12) saw no deaths from coronavirus.\n\nThe number of so-called \"excess deaths\" is also six below the five-year average.\n\nThis is seen as a key indicator as it compares death numbers with what we might expect to see at this time of year.\n\nIn Wales, the number of deaths in 2020 up to 10 July was 20,865, which is 2,050 (10.9%) more than the five-year average.\n\nThe total number of deaths involving coronavirus is now 2,484 deaths (11.9% of all deaths).\n\nThese are for deaths registered by 10 July - and the total is 2,489 for those up to 10 July but registered by 18 July.\n\nIn total, Cardiff has the most deaths in Wales - 378, followed by Rhondda Cynon Taff (296).\n\nRCT also has the highest death rate - 123.2 deaths per 100,000, which is ranked 22nd across England and Wales for the size of its population.\n\nThe ONS includes all deaths when doctors suspect or confirm coronavirus is a factor - and unlike the daily Public Health Wales (PHW) figures they also include deaths in all places, including care homes and people's homes.\n\nThere were also six deaths with coronavirus mentioned in care homes in the latest week.\n\nSeparate figures from Care Inspectorate Wales out today confirm 736 care home resident deaths with suspected or confirmed cases of the virus up to 17 July - with deaths overall 71% higher than the same period last year.\n\nThe ONS figures take longer to come out but are seen as giving a fuller picture - PHW's own figures have been around 60% of the eventual total, and there is a difference of 947 deaths up to 10 July.", "Unison says they have raised a grievance for 36 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust staff\n\nHospital nurses were told their \"lives would be made hell\" if they complained over conditions on a coronavirus ward, a union has claimed.\n\nUnison has raised a group grievance for 36 employees, most of them nurses, at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.\n\nIt said staff on the Queen's Medical Centre ward were not trained properly, faced bullying for raising concerns and denied PPE \"as punishment\".\n\nThe trust said the allegations were \"very troubling\".\n\nThe union said the staff, which included nurses, senior nurses and healthcare assistants, volunteered to work on the hospital's only ward dealing with end-of-life coronavirus patients.\n\nIt claimed they were not given any specialist training or counselling for dealing with dying patients and their grieving relatives.\n\nAn anonymous member of staff described it as \"incredibly stressful\".\n\n\"Normally, the palliative care team who deal with end-of-life patients handle 200 deaths each year - we dealt with 185 in just 10 weeks,\" they said.\n\n\"People doing that job normally receive high levels of training and support because of the stress. We had none of that.\"\n\nThe union said staff were not given adequate training to deal with dying patients and their relatives\n\nDave Ratchford, from Unison, said staff were unprepared for dealing with such high frequency of death and should have had access to psychological support.\n\nHe said after the team raised concerns, management were \"hostile\" and locked away PPE \"as punishment\".\n\nAnother worker said a board with everyone's record of sickness was put on display in a break room to intimidate staff.\n\n\"We're talking about a very high-performing team who fell foul of a culture that permits bullying and fails to address it.\n\n\"Staff were told their lives would be made hell for complaining.\"\n\nThe team said they had experienced the treatment from April, during the peak of the coronavirus crisis, until this month.\n\nDr Neil Pease, of the trust, said he was \"disappointed\" to hear about the concerns and added: \"We greatly value our staff for the incredible dedication and resilience they have shown during the pandemic.\n\n\"They have done amazing things in the face of truly unprecedented challenges, so to hear of these grievances is very troubling indeed.\n\n\"Bullying and harassment are not tolerated in our organisation.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Doctors 'not taken seriously' over safety fears", "Two photographs of Prince George have been released to mark his seventh birthday on Wednesday.\n\nIn both the photos, taken by his mother the Duchess of Cambridge, the future king flashes a gap-toothed smile at the camera.\n\nShe photographed her son earlier this month and the pictures are likely to have been taken at their Norfolk home.\n\nKensington Palace said Prince William and Catherine were \"delighted\" to share the photos.\n\nIn one of the pictures, George is dressed in a dark green polo shirt and in the other he stands side-on, dressed more casually in a T-shirt with a camouflage design.\n\nThe prince is the great-grandchild of the Queen. He will be the 43rd monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England in 1066 if, as is expected, he follows on as king from his grandfather, the Prince of Wales, and then his father, the Duke of Cambridge.\n\nPrince George was pictured several times during the coronavirus lockdown with his younger siblings, five-year-old Princess Charlotte and two-year-old Prince Louis, as they applauded heath and care workers during the weekly Clap for Carers.\n\nPrince George Alexander Louis - known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge - was born on 22 July 2013.\n\nHe was born in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in central London and appeared in front of the world's media one day later, when Prince William and Catherine stood cradling him on the hospital steps.\n\nEarlier this year, the duke and duchess spoke about home-schooling George and his brother and sister while schools closed to most pupils during lockdown.\n\n\"The children have got such stamina I don't know how,\" Catherine told the BBC.\n\n\"You pitch a tent, take the tent down again, cook, bake. You get to the end of the day and they have had a lovely time - but it is amazing how much you can cram into one day, that's for sure.\"", "Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were at London's High Court for day 10 of the case\n\nActor Johnny Depp \"threatened to kill\" ex-wife Amber Heard \"many times\", the US actress has claimed.\n\nShe described a \"three-day hostage situation\" during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a \"drug and alcohol binge\".\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 allegations of domestic violence on which News Group Newspapers is relying for its defence.\n\nMs Heard took to the witness stand at London's High Court on the 10th day of the case, and her written witness statement was also submitted to the court.\n\nIn it, she accused Mr Depp of verbal and physical abuse including screaming, swearing, issuing threats, punching, slapping, kicking, head-butting and choking her, as well as \"extremely controlling and intimidating behaviour\".\n\n\"Some incidents were so severe that I was afraid he was going to kill me, either intentionally, or just by losing control and going too far,\" she said.\n\nUnder cross-examination, Ms Heard later said that although there were times when she \"lost her cool\" with Mr Depp, it was only in self-defence.\n\nMs Heard, 34, claimed Mr Depp had a \"unique ability to use his charisma to convey a certain impression of reality\" and \"he is very good at manipulating people\".\n\n\"He would blame all his actions on a self-created third party instead of himself, which he often called 'the monster'.\n\nA court artist sketch shows Amber Heard giving evidence, as ex-husband Johnny Depp looks on\n\nShe said at the beginning of their relationship, he would be \"intensely affectionate, warm and charming\" and it felt like she was \"dating a king\".\n\nMs Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017, said Mr Depp had pursued her romantically while they were filming The Rum Diary in 2009 but nothing happened between them then because she was in a relationship.\n\nShe said they next saw each other whilst promoting the same film in 2011, which was when their \"romantic relationship\" began.\n\nMs Heard said the pre-nuptial agreement was left on Mr Depp's team's desk and \"no-one did anything\"\n\nHer witness statement added: \"When Johnny puts his attention on you, with all his intensity and darkness, it is unlike anything I've ever experienced.\n\n\"When I say he was dark, he had a violent and dark way of speaking: the way he talked about our relationship being 'dead or alive' and telling me that death was the only way out of the relationship.\"\n\nIn her statement, Ms Heard also described visiting Mr Depp in Australia in March 2015, while he was filming Pirates of the Caribbean, and described the trip as \"like a three-day hostage situation\".\n\nShe said during this time, there were \"extreme acts\" of \"psychological, physical, emotional and other forms of violence\".\n\n\"It is the worst thing I have ever been through. I was left with an injured lip and nose, and cuts on my arms.\"\n\nShe claimed Mr Depp grabbed her neck, shoved her against the fridge, tore off her nightgown and pushed her against a bar.\n\n\"He was pressing so hard on my neck I couldn't breathe. I was trying to tell him that I couldn't breathe. I remember thinking he was going to kill me in that moment,\" she said.\n\nJohnny Depp is bringing the case against the Sun over an article published in 2018\n\nShe added that she later found her nightgown, saying: \"There were pieces of it wrapped round something and I realised it was the steak I had planned to cook.\n\n\"He had also gone around and painted on all my clothes in the closet,\" she said.\n\nThe court previously heard from Mr Depp, who said the top of his finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him during the trip to Australia.\n\nIn her statement, Ms Heard said: \"I didn't actually see the finger being cut off, but I was worried that it had happened the night before.\n\n\"I figured it might have happened when he was smashing the phone on the wall by the fridge.\"\n\nMs Heard also said Mr Depp accused her of having affairs with fellow actors, and claimed she had to justify to him why she accepted film roles.\n\n\"He accused me of having affairs with each of my co-stars, movie after movie: Eddie Redmayne, James Franco, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Costner, Liam Hemsworth, Billy-Bob Thornton, Channing Tatum; even women co-stars like Kelly Garner.\n\n\"He also accused me of having affairs with stars I auditioned with, like Leonardo DiCaprio. He would taunt me about it - especially when he was drunk or high - and had derogatory nicknames for every one of my male co-stars he considered a sexual threat.\n\n\"For example, Leonardo DiCaprio was 'pumpkin-head'. Channing Tatum was 'potato-head'.\"\n\nEarlier, from the witness stand, Ms Heard told the court that she had been subjected to repeated and regular physical violence by the time of the couple's marriage in 2015.\n\nMr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, asked her about her allegations regarding an argument in January 2015, and suggested it was over discussions with lawyers about a pre-nuptial agreement between herself and Mr Depp.\n\n\"There was an argument in a hotel room in Tokyo that resulted in Johnny kneeling on my back and hitting me on the back of the head,\" Ms Heard told the court.\n\nShe added: \"But then Johnny was also accusing me of having an affair with a co-star and that is what led to the actual argument.\"\n\nMs Heard said Mr Depp had told her he did not want a pre-nuptial agreement but it was his sister, Christi Dembrowski, who wanted the couple to get one.\n\nMs Heard added that she had hired a lawyer who worked on a draft pre-nuptial agreement and it was sent to Mr Depp's team but never signed.\n\nShe denied that she was interested in Mr Depp's money, saying: \"I never had been, I never was.\"\n\nShe said she did not have a \"problem\" with controlling her temper, when challenged by Mr Depp's lawyer, who also suggested that Ms Heard would have \"outbursts of rage and anger\".\n\nMs Heard said \"there were times when, yes, I lost my cool with Johnny in our fights...\"\n\nMs Laws referred to a medical note written by a nurse, Erin Boerum, who wrote that Ms Heard had reported \"experiencing increased anxiety and agitation and has had several outbursts of anger and rage\", and also that she was \"nervous about being alone while husband is working on movie set in London (and) dealing with feelings of insecurity and jealousy\".\n\nAsked by Ms Laws if she felt \"insecure and jealous\" when she wasn't in Mr Depp's presence, Ms Heard said she had expressed \"concerns\" about his travel because it was a \"trigger\" for him, when they were apart.\n\nMs Laws asked Ms Heard if she ever \"got violent\" with Mr Depp, to which the actress replied \"no\", adding that he put her in situations where she was faced with \"unimaginable frustrations and difficulties, often that were life-threatening to me\".\n\nShe added that she would \"try to defend myself when he got serious and when I thought my life was threatened, but I was never violent towards him\".\n\nMs Heard said it was \"years into the relationship\" before she tried to defend herself; adding \"before that\" she had \"just checked out\".\n\nMs Heard was then played a recording of a conversation between her and Mr Depp, in which Mr Depp can be heard to say that he is not the one who \"throws pots\".\n\nIn the recording, she can be heard saying that she has \"thrown pots and pans\". When questioned by Ms Laws on this admission, she said she threw things \"only to escape\" Mr Depp.\n\nThe lawyer put it to Ms Heard that she was \"not injured at all\" as a result of anything that happened on the night of 21 May 2016.\n\nMs Heard had alleged that Mr Depp had thrown her mobile phone at her face, hit her in the eye, pulled her hair and grabbed her face.\n\nMs Laws suggested that Mr Depp \"didn't cause any damage whatsoever in that penthouse\", to which Ms Heard said the actor had \"caused damage to multiple apartments and my face... he did a significant amount of damage to the property\".\n\nMs Laws showed Ms Heard a photograph taken days after the 21 May incident, and after Ms Heard was said to have had \"a four-hour meeting with your legal team\".\n\nThe lawyer said: \"It doesn't appear as if you have got any marks on your face at all there\".\n\nMs Heard said the photo was a \"paparazzi shot with long lenses\", adding: \"If I went out in Los Angeles, I would wear makeup, except for my court appearance.\"\n\nMs Laws then suggested that, in earlier photos which are said to show injuries, she had put bruises on \"yourself through makeup or lighting or any other means - it wasn't any injury from Mr Depp\".\n\nMs Heard said she disagreed \"wholeheartedly\" with this, adding that she had been forced to \"cover up many bruises\" as it was \"embarrassing\" to be seen with them.\n\nThe lawyer added that \"far from being petrified of Mr Depp\", Ms Heard had, between 21 May and 27 May, contacted Mr Depp on the phone.\n\nMs Heard she had been \"attempting to\", and Ms Laws said: \"You were not displaying any signs of being fearful of him in those texts.\" Ms Heard replied: \"No.\"\n\nMs Laws suggested that, by the time Ms Heard and Mr Depp met in July 2016 in San Francisco, \"you were no longer petrified of him\".\n\nMs Heard denied this. She alluded to her earlier statement that it was \"the monster\" in the relationship that she was \"terrified of\" and not \"Johnny\" whom she \"loved\".\n\nThe libel case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard. The hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "The Welsh Government would still consider using a contact-tracing app if a viable option comes available, the health minister has said.\n\nVaughan Gething told the weekly press conference an app would be a \"useful addition\" to contact tracing.\n\nHe said: \"If there is a viable UK wide app that works, and provides information into our system - as it will need to do to help assist contact tracing - we'd want to be part of it\".\n\nMr Gething added that Welsh officials are in contact with colleagues in Northern Ireland where an app is being developed based on technology used in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nHe said: \"If it works within one part of the NHS, then obviously there are questions for us about making use and adapting that here. We're still not there in terms of making a decision.\"\n\nBut Mr Gething did praise the success of the current contact tracing scheme in Wales.\n\n\"The latest management information is that we're getting to 88% of index cases,\" he said.\n\n\"We're getting to 80% of index cases within 24 hours. We're getting to 89% of contacts index cases. We're getting to 74% of those contacts within 24 hours as well.\"", "The independent review of maternity care at the trust was ordered in 2017\n\nThe largest ever review of maternity care in the NHS has revealed it is now examining nearly 1,900 cases.\n\nAn investigation into care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is reviewing 1,862 incidents, the vast majority since the year 2000.\n\nThe update comes as a separate report said the trust had delayed publishing a critical report into maternity care for fear of negative media coverage.\n\nThe trust admitted standards had \"fallen short for many families\".\n\nFormer health secretary Jeremy Hunt ordered the independent review into maternity care at the trust in 2017.\n\nAt the time, the chair, midwife Donna Ockenden, was asked to look into 23 cases.\n\nBut since then an avalanche of families have come forward with concerns about the care they received. The BBC understands most cases relate to incidents since 2000.\n\nMost of the new cases emerged after the review team asked the trust to examine its paper records.\n\nAn initial review ordered by NHS Improvement in 2018 only focused on electronic data, but a fresh study was ordered when some families came forward to say they had been excluded.\n\n\"I would like to thank them [the trust] for all the work undertaken to reach this point,\" said Ms Ockenden.\n\n\"By working together we have sadly identified a further 496 families as part of the review, who I am writing to this week.\"\n\nChair of the review Donna Ockenden will be writing to the families who have now been identified\n\nIn an open letter, chief executive of the trust Louise Barnett said: \"We should have provided far better care for these families at what was one of the most important times in their lives and we have let them down.\n\n\"An apology is not enough. What needs to be seen is evidence of real improvement at the trust. This is why we are committed to listening to families, our community and working with Donna Ockenden's review.\"\n\nIn June, West Mercia Police announced a criminal investigation had begun into maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford trust, which is arguably England's worst.\n\nThe rise in the number of cases comes as the trust has been severely criticised for its handling of a review of maternity care in 2017 by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).\n\nFormer chief executive Simon Wright \"would not accept the report\" when it was initially presented to him and led efforts to get the college to change its highly critical findings.\n\nAn investigation, carried out by NHS Improvement, said Mr Wright was motivated not just with concerns about the contents of the report, but also the \"potential negative media scrutiny\".\n\nSenior managers travelled to London for a highly unusual meeting, where they sought to assure the college that care had improved.\n\nOnly after the reviewers produced a more positive addendum report was the original published, together with the additional report.\n\nNHS Improvement is critical too of the role of the trust's board, who it found did not ask any questions of the contents of the report, despite being told at a private meeting that the RCOG reviewers had sent through their findings.\n\nFour of the board from that February 2018 meeting, including chairman Ben Reid, are still at the trust.\n\n\"A number of individuals have described a culture of defensiveness, denial and/or lack of openness that existed at the time in the maternity service and trust more generally. While such a culture clearly does not excuse any actions or behaviours, it may help explain them,\" NHS Improvement concluded.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "A row has broken out over the publication of an intelligence report into Russian covert actions in the UK, with critics saying Downing Street is stalling on its release until after the election.\n\nChancellor Sajid Javid said the timescale for the publication of the report from Parliament's Intelligence Security Committee (ISC) was \"perfectly normal\".\n\nBut pressure is mounting on No 10 after the Sunday Times claimed nine Russian business people who have donated money to the Conservative Party were named in the document.\n\nSo what is in the Intelligence and Security Committee report?\n\nThe answer is that only a small circle of people know for sure and none of them are saying. But it is possible to get a sense of what might be in it.\n\nWe know the report looks at a wide range of Russian activity - ranging from traditional espionage to subversion - and not just in the UK.\n\nBut the greatest interest has been in what it might say on political interference in the UK. The Mueller inquiry in the US laid out a broad pattern of interference in the US 2016 presidential election, particularly using social media and leaking of documents.\n\nSo far, no evidence of a cyber campaign on the same scale has been produced in the UK. While it is possible there is evidence of attempts in the report, government ministers have already said there is no evidence of \"successful\" interference in elections, including the Brexit referendum (although defining what \"successful\" means is hard and may be disputable).\n\nHowever, last week former deputy national security adviser Paddy McGuinness told the BBC not enough had been done to deal with vulnerabilities that the Russians and others could exploit. Mr McGuinness, who sat on the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission, said reforms were needed, including more transparency from political parties on how they collect and use data.\n\nThe ISC report is likely to focus more on broader aspects of Russian influence in politics and public life.\n\nThe committee took evidence from a number of independent experts and also from the secret intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nSome of those external experts are well known figures. Bill Browder is a former investor in Russia who became an arch-critic of the Kremlin and campaigns for sanctions on Russian individuals in the form of the Magnitsky Act (named after his former lawyer who died in jail in Moscow).\n\nAnother witness is understood to be Chris Steele, the former MI6 officer behind the famous dossier on US President Donald Trump. Another is journalist Edward Lucas.\n\nThese and other observers are understood to have been highly critical of the UK's openness to Russian influence - in particular the way in which Russian money had compromised first the financial system in London and then bled over into politics.\n\nThere have been questions about some donors to political parties and the Sunday Times suggests that nine who gave to the Conservative Party could be named in the report (although this may be more likely in a classified annex rather than the public report).\n\nThere may also have been evidence about specific relationships with Russians. For instance Boris Johnson as foreign secretary went to a party at an Italian villa hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, who runs the Evening Standard and whose father is a former KGB officer.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Chancellor Sajid Javid said: \"When it comes to party donors, whether it is to the Conservative Party or any other party, there are very strict rules that need to be followed and of course we will always follow those rules.\"\n\nAsked whether he was sure no Russian money was pulling the strings in December's general election, he said: \"I am as sure as I can be. I'm absolutely sure in terms of our own party and I am very confident about how we are funded and we are very transparent about that.\"\n\nMr Javid says the Tory Party follows strict rules on party donors\n\nThe BBC understands that witnesses have given evidence to the ISC that the UK government itself is partly to blame because it has not done enough to deter Russian subversion and interference - for instance in successive governments' weak response to events like the killing of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.\n\nThe UK, it was argued, is uniquely placed to be able to push back precisely because of the amount of Russian money in London and the importance of the city to Russia's elite. The failure to push back and instead to protect the financial centre in London has been, it is argued, a choice - but one with consequences.\n\nIt is easier to know what evidence from well-known critics of the Kremlin will have been. What is harder to know is how much of this the committee accepted and included in the final report.\n\nThe committee will likely have given most weight to evidence produced by the intelligence agencies themselves. What they said is less clear but it is unlikely they will have wanted details of specific individuals included in the report and any names will probably have been redacted and blacked out.\n\nThe report has gone through the formal security clearance process and sources have told the BBC there was no objection from any other government agency or department to its publication.\n\nThat left the decision entirely with Downing Street. It has been adamant that a normal process needs to be followed which explains why it could not be released ahead of the election.\n\nBut critics have been unconvinced. They believe that the embarrassing details - perhaps of party funding - were something that the government did not want out ahead of the election.\n\nAnother source suggested it could also have been references to evidence of interference in the US which might have added to the concerns since Donald Trump is due to come to the UK for a Nato summit just days before the election.\n\nOne official told the BBC there were details of Russian interference in the report but they also thought the government could have rebutted many of the allegations.\n\nThey suggested these were not as explosive as some people thought and that Downing Street had made a mistake by not releasing the report since by failing to do so, the questions of what is in the report and why it has not been released will now dog them throughout the campaign.", "A manager at the main contractor for Grenfell Tower's refurbishment ignored email concerns that the cladding could be combustible, the inquiry has heard.\n\nRydon's Simon Lawrence received an email from the Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) which ran the tower seeking clarity on whether the new cladding would resist a fire.\n\nThere is no evidence that he or anyone from Rydon replied to that email.\n\nThe inquiry's first phase found that cladding fuelled the June 2017 fire.\n\nHearings in the second phase of the inquiry returned last week after a four-month break due to coronavirus.\n\nThis second phase is examining the refurbishment of the 24-storey residential block in North Kensington, west London, in which 72 people died.\n\nThe inquiry heard on Tuesday that Mr Lawrence, a contracts manager at Rydon, received an email from Claire Williams from the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) responsible for the running of the tower, on 12 November 2014, seeking clarification on whether the new cladding would resist a fire.\n\nShe told Mr Lawrence, who was involved in the project between June 2014 and October 2015, that she was having a 'Lakanal moment' - referring to the 2009 fire in a high-rise residential block in London with cladding, which killed six people.\n\nThere is no evidence that Mr Lawrence or anyone else from Rydon responded to the email.\n\nInquiry lawyer Richard Millett QC asked him what he thought Ms Williams meant by a 'Lakanal moment'.\n\nMr Lawrence said he knew there had been a fire at Lakanal some years ago, but did not know \"the specific details\" or that it was relating to fire in the context of the fire retardance of the new cladding.\n\nHe added that he believed Ms Williams' concerns related \"specifically\" to the fire retardance of the cladding on the lower floors of the residential block, \"but not cladding overall\".\n\nDavid Gibson, another member of the TMO, said in a witness statement that he asked Mr Lawrence if there would be a 'Lakanal type problem', due to the danger of flames getting trapped in the gap between the external insulation and rainscreen cladding on the outside of the building.\n\nMr Lawrence said he did not recall Mr Gibson raising this matter with him in a meeting, when asked by Mr Millett.\n\nMr Gibson said Mr Lawrence assured him that the materials being used were 'inert' and would not burn - which Mr Lawrence denies saying.\n\nAsked again by Mr Millet if ever he assured Mr Gibson that the materials being used were \"inert\", Mr Lawrence said he would \"not give technical assurances\" unless he had that information from \"designers or specialists\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. No food or drink will be on sale to cinema-goers if premises open\n\nCinemas in Wales are unlikely to reopen next week because of restrictions on how they can operate, according to a trade association.\n\nPhil Clapp, chief executive of the UK Cinema Association, said \"few, if any\" will reopen as planned on 27 July.\n\nCurrent guidance says cinemas will not be able to sell any food if they reopen on that date and there is no concession on easing social distancing rules.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said it was working with the association.\n\nThe Maxime in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, is one of the cinemas which will not be reopening on Monday.\n\nIt has five screens with the biggest seating 232 people, but with 2m social distancing only 60 would be allowed in.\n\nSteve Reynolds, director of Picturedrome Cinemas which runs the Maxime, said: \"If we had to drop our capacity and there was no food sales then it would not be viable for us to open.\n\n\"And I think I can speak for most cinemas in Wales on that, the big companies as well.\n\n\"While we may be able to manage on the smaller capacity, we wouldn't wish to, but if we had to, maybe that would be an option with the food and sales, but if you take both away, then we wouldn't survive.\"\n\nThe pick and mix trays would have to remain empty if cinemas were to open on Monday\n\nThe Maxime employs 37 people and, while the last few months have partly been spent refurbishing the building, they are desperate to reopen.\n\n\"You see a business like this which has been closed for four months, it's very difficult,\" Mr Reynolds added.\n\n\"Without the government's furlough system I think it would have been impossible to survive and keep our staff.\n\n\"We didn't have the advantage of the business rate refund, most businesses in town did. As yet, we've had no financial help.\n\n\"There has been an announcement for the arts and independent cinemas, a fund of £1.5bn. We've had no information about that yet, we have enquired.\n\n\"We are financially viable to open up if we have the rules right. The staff are so eager to come back.\"\n\nThe Maxime is due to open on Monday but restrictions means that is unlikely to happen\n\nThe pandemic has been hard on the film and cinema industry.\n\nThe UK Cinema Association (UKCA) estimates 95% of cinema staff across the UK were put on furlough and film releases were in doubt because of the worldwide nature of the industry.\n\nWales is the only part of the UK where cinemas are yet to reopen.\n\nPhil Clapp, chief executive of the UKCA, has been speaking to the Welsh Government about the current advice and thinks it is unlikely people in Wales will be going to the cinema next week.\n\n\"Clearly, we've not spoken to all cinemas in Wales, but we we suspect that few, if any, will feel able to open at that time,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a conversation which is ongoing.\"\n\nSteve Reynolds said his staff were eager to return to work but that conditions had to be right\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"We are working with cinemas on the issue of selling food and drink as part of reopening of indoor hospitality [which can open from 3 August].\n\n\"We are exploring options around a package of funding support for the culture sector.\"", "Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad again provided the inspiration for England to complete a series-levelling 113-run victory over West Indies in the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford.\n\nStokes cracked 78 not out from 57 balls to allow England to declare on 129-3, setting West Indies 312 to win or 85 overs to survive.\n\nBroad took 3-1 on the fourth evening and tore through the top order with three more wickets on Monday to leave West Indies 37-4.\n\nTheir recovery came in the shape of a century partnership between Jermaine Blackwood and Shamarh Brooks, who both made fifties.\n\nStokes produced the breakthrough, having the tangled Blackwood top-edge a pull to a diving Jos Buttler in a sustained spell of short bowling.\n\nFurther resistance came from West Indies captain Jason Holder but, when he was bowled by Dom Bess, England could scent victory.\n\nThe win was completed with nearly 15 overs to spare, Bess having Kemar Roach caught at short leg to leave West Indies 198 all out and the series level at 1-1.\n\nThe only concern for England was the sight of Stokes pulling up mid-over, appearing to hold his groin, late in the day, but he said there are no concerns over his availability for the third and final Test beginning on Friday at the same ground.\n• None 'Stokes is Mr Incredible - we are in the presence of greatness'\n• None Watch Today at the Test on iPlayer\n\nDespite the surreal behind-closed-doors environment, this series has served up two superb finishes - West Indies' run-chase in Southampton and England's race against time in Manchester.\n\nIn order to level the series, England produced an excellent performance, overcoming the disruption caused by Jofra Archer's breach of the bio-secure protocols, being asked to bat in difficult conditions on day one and the obstacle of the entire third day being lost to rain.\n\nIn doing so, they have set up an intriguing finale when they will look win back the Wisden Trophy, defend a six-year unbeaten home record and prevent a first West Indies series win here since 1988.\n\nThey face decisions, especially around the make-up of a pace attack that has been rotated. Do they retain any of Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran, or recall Archer and either of rested pair James Anderson and Mark Wood? Will off-spinner Bess make way for Jack Leach?\n\nCan West Indies, an hour away from earning the draw that would have guaranteed a share of the series, stir themselves to ensure they do not end their tour empty handed?\n\nThe suspicion is that England have the momentum, and they will have been relieved when Stokes explained that his discomfort was only a result of stiffness from his exertions in this match.\n\nStokes and Broad have combined to engineer this victory one match after Stokes, as stand-in captain, was part of the decision to omit Broad for the first Test, leaving the pace bowler \"angry, frustrated and gutted\".\n\nWhile Broad responded with a reminder of his enduring quality, Stokes produced another sensational all-round display.\n\nWith England resuming on 37-2 and looking for quick runs on the final morning, Stokes - on 16 after opening the batting - signalled his intent with a glorious loft over long-off for six off pace bowler Roach in the first over.\n\nLet off on 29 when John Campbell dropped a simple chance at deep cover, Stokes moved to 50 from 36 balls - the fastest half-century in Tests by an England opener - and took his match tally to 254 runs after his careful 176 in the first innings.\n\nBroad's burst revived England on Sunday, and he picked up where he left off, nipping the ball in to the right-handers from a full length, endangering pads and stumps.\n\nWhen England were held up, Stokes produced another Herculean spell of 11 overs to open the door, and the hosts chipped away from there.\n\nWest Indies have been determined with the bat throughout the series, and their spirit almost ensured they escaped this match with a draw.\n\nAfter 15 overs, they were in disarray. Campbell played an awful drive to be caught behind, Shai Hope was bowled by one that nipped back and Roston Chase was lbw shouldering arms, all to Broad. Kraigg Brathwaite was stuck on the crease to be leg before to Woakes.\n\nHowever, Blackwood rescued West Indies from 27-3 in Southampton and he counter-attacked here. Brooks was more circumspect, but also hit Bess for two straight sixes.\n\nThey were parted when Blackwood flapped at Stokes, Buttler taking a wonderful catch, and after Shane Dowrich and Brooks were leg before to Woakes and Curran respectively, only Holder and the tail remained.\n\nBess had endured a frustrating afternoon, but two balls after he was launched for a straight six by Holder, he fizzed a quicker ball through the captain's defence.\n\nStokes had Alzarri Joseph held at point by Bess before hobbling to his fielding position in the slips midway through an over, leaving Bess to take the final wicket.\n\n'I expected this from England a week ago' - what they said\n\nPlayer of the match Ben Stokes on BBC Test Match Special: \"To come here after a disappointing loss in Southampton, to perform like we did here, especially with rain, shows we are capable of putting in performances like this. It can be driving force for us.\"\n\n\"The way we bowled all day was unbelievable. The way Broady has come back has been absolutely awesome. Everyone has put their hands up and contributed to a great win.\"\n\nEngland captain Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: \"Ben keeps developing his game and improving all the time. Credit to him - he really has taken every opportunity to make himself a better player.\n\n\"Throughout the game you've seen how destructive he can be when he needs to be, and when he needs to bat time and play to the situation, he can do that too.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"This kind of performance by England is what I expected a week ago. For whatever reason last week they didn't arrive with the bat in hand.\"\n\nEx-England captain Alastair Cook: \"England will be pleased with how they batted here. They dug in and learnt the lesson of going big. You don't lose many games when you get 450.\n\n\"England will go into Friday with a lot of confidence.\"\n\nWest Indies captain Jason Holder: \"I'm a little disappointed with the way we batted. Yesterday's evening batting performance really set us back.\n\n\"We need a few more of those starts and capitalising on certain moments in the game. We just have to tighten up a little more.\n\n\"It's all to play for. This is the perfect return to cricket.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nAston Villa's players must prepare for a \"cup final\" after showing \"courage\" to secure a priceless win over Arsenal and move out of the Premier League relegation zone with one game to go, says boss Dean Smith.\n\nTrezeguet beat Emiliano Martinez with a powerful first-time finish after Tyrone Mings had diverted a corner into the Egypt international's path to lift Villa out of the bottom three for the first time since 28 February.\n\nVilla moved above managerless Watford, who had started the day 17th before a heavy 4-0 home defeat by Manchester City, on goal difference.\n\nThe Midlanders' second win in three games sets up a dramatic final day at the bottom of the table on Sunday, which Villa will begin level on points with Watford and three points ahead of Bournemouth - with two of those three teams likely to go down.\n• None Who needs what to survive? Final-day permutations\n\nMeanwhile, 16th-placed West Ham, who also play on Wednesday, still require one point to secure safety, although their goal difference ought to keep them up.\n\nVilla's last game is away to West Ham and if they win - providing Watford do not win by a margin two or more goals greater than they do - Smith's men will secure another season in the top flight, having spent much of it in the bottom three.\n\n\"We had seen Watford play earlier and get beat. We knew we had to get a win to even catch them up,\" Smith told BBC Sport. \"By getting the win it puts our fate in our own hands.\n\n\"There was a lot of character and a lot of courage from the players. It was a massive performance and I am proud of the players for that but now we have to recover and get ready for our cup final.\n\n\"We're working hard to maintain our status and the last three results have shown that.\"\n\nA 10th league defeat means Arsenal, playing in their first match since reaching the FA Cup final, will finish outside the top six for the first time in 25 years.\n\nThey can come no higher than eighth after a disappointing performance by Mikel Arteta's side, Eddie Nketiah going closest to equalising with a header which hit the post.\n\nHowever, the Gunners will still have a big say in the relegation battle when they host Villa's rivals Watford on Sunday.\n\nDuring the match, a banner reading \"Back Arteta Kroenke Out' was towed by an aeroplane over Villa Park in reference to Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke.\n\nVilla's fate back in their own hands\n\nAfter Watford's 2-1 win over Newcastle on 11 July, Villa looked down and out - seven points from safety with four games to go.\n\nBut Smith's side have reacted magnificently in the closing stages of the season, beating Crystal Palace, drawing at Everton before overcoming Arsenal with a gritty display oozing in character to give themselves a fighting chance of staying up.\n\nWatford's defeat earlier on Tuesday opened the door for Villa to climb out of the relegation zone for the first time in five months, despite being forced to reshuffle their defence in the first half after Ahmed Elmohamady was forced off with an injury.\n\nSmith's side have scored six goals since the restart with Trezeguet netting half of them, his latest an instinctive finish which beat Martinez for pace and power.\n\nVilla were forced to endure some nervous moments, particularly towards the end after substitute Keinan Davis wasted a glorious chance to double the lead after firing wide.\n\nSmith reacted to the final whistle by clenching his fist - with Villa's fate back in their own hands.\n\nThey will be safe if they win (presuming Watford do not win by two more goals than they do), or draw providing the Hornets do not win. But defeat would send Villa down if Watford avoid defeat or if Bournemouth win at Everton.\n\nThis felt like a big step backwards for Arsenal after a positive spell in which they collected 13 points from six games.\n\nHaving followed up victory over runaway champions Liverpool by beating Manchester City to seal a first FA Cup final visit since 2017, the Gunners did not force Villa keeper Pepe Reina into a serious save.\n\nIt was the first time Villa had not faced any shots on target in a Premier League game since January 2016.\n\nPierre-Emerick Aubameyang's stream of goals have been a highlight of his side's season, but the Gabon forward was frustrated at Villa Park and his future remains a hot topic of conversation among supporters.\n\n\"The quicker we do it the better because the player will be more focused, more determined and more calm,\" said Arteta on the eve of this game when asked if Aubameyang, whose current deal expires next summer, will sign a new contract.\n\nIt was Nketiah who went closest to scoring for the visitors, the England Under-21 forward heading against the post after connecting with a corner.\n\nThe Gunners can still qualify for Europe but they will now have to win the FA Cup to play in next season's Europa League.\n\n\"I don't think the league table lies at all,\" conceded Arteta. \"You can see the gap and the difference in points with the other teams. It's where we are. That's the reality.\"\n• None Villa have beaten Arsenal at Villa Park in a Premier League game for the first time since they did so in December 1998 under John Gregory, ending a run of 17 home games without a win against the Gunners.\n• None Arsenal have lost four of their six away Premier League matches since the restart.\n• None The Gunners have lost 10 league matches for a third consecutive season for the first time since a run of seven seasons between 1981-82 and 1987-88.\n• None 21 of the 46 goals Arsenal have conceded in the Premier League this term have come from set-pieces.\n\nBoth teams are involved in games which affect relegation on the final day of the season - while Villa visit West Ham on Sunday (16:00 BST) looking to stay up, Arsenal round off their Premier League campaign at home to relegation-threatened Watford at the same time.\n• None Joseph Willock (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.\n• None Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None How can romance spark in a global pandemic?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Geoffrey Berman: \"If you believe you are a victim of this man... we want to hear from you.\"\n\n\"I'm not a sexual predator, I'm an 'offender,'\" Jeffrey Epstein told the New York Post in 2011. \"It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel.\"\n\nEpstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.\n\nIt came more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor, for which he was registered as a sex offender.\n\nThis time, he was accused of running a \"vast network\" of underage girls for sex. He pleaded not guilty.\n\nThe 66-year-old in the past socialised with Prince Andrew and former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.\n\nBut who was Jeffrey Epstein?\n\nBorn and raised in New York, Epstein taught maths and physics in the city at the private Dalton School in the mid 1970s. He had studied physics and maths himself at university, although he never graduated.\n\nA father of one of his students is said to have been so impressed that he put Epstein in touch with a senior partner at the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.\n\nHe was a partner there within four years. By 1982, he had created his own firm - J Epstein and Co.\n\nThe company managed assets of clients worth more than $1bn (£800m) and was an instant success. Epstein soon began spending his fortune - including on a mansion in Florida, a ranch in New Mexico, and reputedly the largest private home in New York - and socialising with celebrities, artists and politicians.\n\n\"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,\" Donald Trump told New York magazine for a profile on Epstein in 2002. \"He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.\n\n\"No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life.\"\n\nJeffrey Epstein, left, with Donald Trump at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 1997\n\nIn 2002, Epstein flew former President Bill Clinton and the actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on a customised private jet. He made an unsuccessful bid to buy New York magazine with then film producer Harvey Weinstein in 2003 - the same year he made a $30m donation to Harvard University.\n\nBut he also strove to keep his life private, reportedly shunning society events and dinners in restaurants.\n\nHe dated women like Miss Sweden winner Eva Andersson Dubin and Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of publisher Robert Maxwell, although he never married.\n\nRosa Monckton, the former CEO of Tiffany & Co, told Vanity Fair for a 2003 article that Epstein was \"very enigmatic\" and \"a classic iceberg\".\n\n\"You think you know him and then you peel off another ring of the onion skin and there's something else extraordinary underneath,\" she said. \"What you see is not what you get.\"\n\nIn 2005, the parents of a 14-year-old girl told police in Florida that Epstein had molested their daughter at his Palm Beach home. A police search of the property found photos of girls throughout the house.\n\nThe Miami Herald reports that his abuse of underage girls dated back years.\n\n\"This was not a 'he said, she said' situation,\" Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter told the newspaper. \"This was 50-something 'shes' and one 'he' - and the 'shes' all basically told the same story.\"\n\n\"He has never been secretive about the girls,\" columnist Michael Wolff told New York magazine for a 2007 profile piece, as the case against Epstein moved through the courts.\n\n\"At one point, when his troubles began, he was talking to me and said, 'What can I say, I like young girls.' I said, 'Maybe you should say, 'I like young women.'\"\n\nHowever, prosecutors forged a deal with the hedge fund manager in 2008.\n\nHe avoided federal charges - which could have seen him face life in prison - and instead received an 18-month prison sentence, during which he was able to go on \"work release\" to his office for 12 hours a day, six days a week. He was released on probation after 13 months.\n\nPrince Andrew, left, has been criticised for his association with Jeffrey Epstein\n\nThe Miami Herald says that the federal prosecutor Alexander Acosta - who was Secretary of Labour in the Trump administration - struck a plea agreement hiding the extent of his crimes and ending an FBI investigation into whether there were more victims or more powerful people who took part. The paper described it as the \"deal of the century\".\n\nMr Acosta resigned in July 2019 over the scandal, though he defended his actions as guaranteeing at last some jail time for Epstein.\n\nSince 2008 Epstein had been listed as a level three on the New York sex offenders register. It is a lifelong designation meaning he was at a high risk of reoffending.\n\nBut Epstein maintained his properties and his assets after his conviction.\n\nIn December 2010, Prince Andrew, the third child of the Queen, was pictured in New York's Central Park with Epstein, drawing controversy.\n\nIn a BBC interview in November 2019, the prince, who had known Epstein since 1999, said he had gone to New York to break off their friendship. He said he regretted staying at the financier's house while he was there, and that he had \"let the side down\" by doing so.\n\nAn Epstein accuser, Virginia Roberts - now Virginia Giuffre - would later allege that she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew in the early 2000s when she was 17.\n\nPrince Andrew categorically denied having sex with her and said he has no recollection of a photo of the pair being taken together in London.\n\nEpstein was arrested in New York on 6 July 2019 after flying back from Paris on his private jet.\n\nProsecutors were reportedly seeking the forfeiture of his New York mansion, where some of his alleged crimes occurred.\n\nEpstein always denied any wrongdoing, and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.\n\nAfter being denied bail by the court, he was being held in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center. He was taken to hospital briefly in July for what was widely reported to be injuries to his neck - which neither prison officials or his lawyers would officially comment on.\n\nAt his last court appearance on 31 July, it became clear that he would spend a year in prison, with a trial no earlier than summer 2020. Prosecutors said they wanted no delay, and bringing the trial quickly was in the public interest.\n\nNow, Epstein will never face the trial at all.\n\nAfter Epstein's death, his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, came into the spotlight.\n\nShe was arrested in July 2020 at her secluded mansion in the US state of New Hampshire on suspicion of having assisted Epstein's abuse of minors by helping to recruit and groom victims known to be underage.\n\nIn December 2021, a jury in New York City found her guilty on five out of six counts, including the most serious charge - that of sex trafficking of a minor.\n\nThis carries a possible 40-year sentence, which means the 60-year-old could spend the rest of her life behind bars.\n\nThe Oxford-educated Ms Maxwell is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York.\n\nFriends said that although Ms Maxwell and Epstein's romantic relationship lasted only a few years, she continued to work with him long afterward.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The secret lives of Maxwell and Epstein\n\nIn court documents, former employees at the Epstein mansion in Palm Beach describe her as the house manager, who oversaw the staff, handled finances and served as social co-ordinator.\n\nIn a Vanity Fair profile published in 2003, Epstein said Ms Maxwell was not a paid employee, but rather his \"best friend\".\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutors alleged Ms Maxwell preyed on and groomed young girls for Epstein to abuse. Her defence claimed she is being used as a scapegoat for Epstein's crimes following his death.", "Tesco has reportedly asked suppliers to agree price cuts as it steps up its battle with budget supermarkets.\n\nThe move is part of its shift to an \"everyday low pricing strategy\", which will see it use fewer promotions.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson said: \"We are committed to open, fair and transparent partnerships with all of our suppliers.\"\n\nTesco has given suppliers a deadline of 10 July to agree, according to the Grocer.\n\nSeveral suppliers told the trade publication that they faced pressure from the supermarket to lower their prices.\n\nSome raised concerns over the timescale of the demands, as well as a lack of clarity over how the change in promotions would work in practice.\n\nTesco launched its \"Aldi price match\" promise in March, where products including fresh and freezer food are matched against those offered at the budget supermarket.\n\nThe supermarket announced in June that it has extended the scheme to nearly 500 Tesco and branded products in response to increasing competition.\n\n\"We have also reduced the number of short-term promotions, as we focus our investment on everyday low prices instead,\" it said.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson told BBC News: \"We have been speaking to suppliers about how we can work together to continue giving our customers great value.\n\n\"We don't believe that our customers should pay more for a brand in Tesco than anywhere else.\"\n\nThey added: \"We are committed to open, fair and transparent partnerships with all of our suppliers, and that collaborative approach will continue as we look for new and innovative ways to bring our customers great value.\"\n\nTesco reported strong first quarter sales last week. The supermarket said that while the number of trips made by shoppers fell by nearly a third in the 13 weeks to 30 May, the amount being bought rose 64%.\n\nIn a trading update, Tesco said group sales had risen 8% to £13.4bn in the period, but warned that coronavirus-related costs were set to hit £840m this year.\n\nNeil Shah, director of research at Edison Group, said that investors \"should keep a close eye on the company, since the group operates in a crowded market with retailers Aldi and Lidl continuing to gain market share and current results might not be replicated when the UK is lifted from lockdown.\"", "The UN has been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct in recent years\n\nThe United Nations has placed two of its workers on unpaid leave over allegations of sexual misconduct in an official car in Israel.\n\nThe men were filmed in a UN-marked vehicle on a main street by Tel Aviv's seafront.\n\nIn the video, a woman in a red dress is seen straddling a man in the back seat of the car.\n\nThe UN launched an investigation into the 18-second video after it was shared widely on social media last month.\n\nStéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN's secretary general, said he was \"shocked and deeply disturbed\" by the footage.\n\nNow the UN says the men in the video have been identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), UN military observers based in Israel.\n\nThe two staff members have been suspended without pay until the investigation into the incident has concluded.\n\nMr Dujarric told the BBC on Thursday their suspension was appropriate \"given the seriousness of the allegations of failing to observe the standards of conduct expected of international civil servants\".\n\n\"UNTSO has re-engaged in a robust awareness-raising campaign to remind its personnel of their obligations to the UN Code of Conduct,\" Mr Dujarric said.\n\nThe UN has strict policies against sexual misconduct by its staff members.\n\nStaff may be disciplined if they are found to be in breach of conduct rules. They may be repatriated or banned from UN peacekeeping operations, but it is the responsibility of their home nation to take further disciplinary or legal action.\n\nThe UN says it has \"zero tolerance\" for sexual misconduct within its ranks\n\nThe UN has long been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct by its peacekeepers and other staff. There have been frequent allegations in recent years.\n\nIn 2019, there were 175 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against UN staff members, a report said. Of those allegations, 16 were substantiated, 15 were unsubstantiated and all others were still being investigated.\n\nSecretary General António Guterres has pledged to take a \"zero-tolerance\" approach to sexual misconduct within the UN's ranks.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nPeople arriving in England from countries including France, Spain, Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July. The Department for Transport will publish a full list of nations deemed lower risk and so exempt from the 14-day isolation requirements later. But there is no guarantee holidaymakers won't have to isolate on arrival abroad. Quarantines still apply in the rest of the UK.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is to urge the public to \"act responsibly\" when England's bars and restaurants reopen on Saturday. There's a similar plea in Northern Ireland, where the hospitality sector reopens later. Meanwhile, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to be \"sensitive\" to rural communities as Scotland's five-mile travel limit is lifted and self-catering accommodation reopens. Her Welsh counterpart, Mark Drakeford, is also expected to confirm the easing of restrictions later.\n\nStaff in care homes in England will receive weekly coronavirus tests from next week, with residents over 65 tested every 28 days. The regime will also apply to younger patients suffering from dementia, while any home dealing with - or at increased risk of - an outbreak, will be more intensively tested.\n\nHairdressers in England can reopen on Saturday, and some salons have been inundated with calls from an increasingly unkempt population desperate for a trim. But, as we discovered, not everyone is so keen.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet the people not to returning to the salon\n\nWhatever the changes in quarantine restrictions, many British people are choosing to holiday at home this year. England's Lake District is seeing a surge in holiday bookings, as Sarah Corker reports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holiday parks are gearing up for an influx of visitors\n\n...to follow the rules on socialising. Health correspondent Laura Foster has some tips on safely hosting visitors.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest via our live page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Several Welsh stations are to lose train services for a \"short time\" because their platforms have raised social distancing concerns.\n\nThey are either too short or too curved to allow the opening of two train doors, Transport for Wales said.\n\nServices will no longer stop at Llanfairpwll and Valley on Anglesey, Conwy, Gilfach Fargoed in Caerphilly county or Sugar Loaf in Powys.\n\nThe changes come into force on Monday, TfW said.", "Boris Johnson introduced daily briefings in March for updates on the coronavirus pandemic\n\nThe UK government is planning to introduce daily televised press briefings later this year.\n\nThe new format, similar to that used by the White House in the United States, is expected to come in by October.\n\nBoris Johnson told LBC Radio the recent daily televised coronavirus briefings showed the public wanted more \"direct engagement\" with decision-makers.\n\nIt is understood an experienced broadcaster will be recruited to host the question-and-answer sessions.\n\nAsked whether we would himself appear every day, the PM said this was \"not the plan\" but he would be \"popping up from time to time\".\n\nCurrently, political journalists are able to question the prime minister's official spokesperson - who is a civil servant - off camera every day.\n\nThese briefings are on the record, meaning they can be quoted and attributed to the spokesperson. Under the changes, the briefings will be on camera.\n\nA government spokesman said work would begin shortly on adapting 9 Downing Street, which will be used for the briefings. In recent years, this building has been used by the chief whip and the Brexit secretary.\n\nNobody has been recruited yet to host the briefings and asked about reports that former This Morning host Richard Madeley was being considered, the spokesman said that was \"news to me\".\n\nFor several months during the coronavirus pandemic, the government held daily briefings from No 10 every day.\n\nThey started on 16 March, following criticism of a lack of transparency over government plans to stem the spread of the virus. They were led by a senior minister - sometimes Boris Johnson - and normally accompanied by scientific and medical experts.\n\nDaily press conferences ended on 23 June., although ad hoc briefings are still taking place.\n\nFor many years, the White House held an on-camera daily press briefing every day, delivered by the administration's press secretary.\n\nUnder US President Donald Trump, the briefings were stopped for more than a year. In May 2020, new US Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a briefing - the first one in 459 days.\n\nThe US daily press briefings were first televised in 1995, under then President Bill Clinton, according to the White House Historical Association. The White House has its own press briefing room.\n\nLabour MP Chris Bryant said he was not a fan of the idea in the UK, saying it would divert attention away from Parliament, to whom ministers were accountable.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd the FDA union, which represents civil servants, said it was concerned by reports of a planned cull of press officers in individual departments in favour of more centralised communications strategy.", "Carlos Ghosn fled from Japan to Lebanon last December\n\nJapan has asked the US to extradite a former special forces soldier and his son for allegedly helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan last year.\n\nEx-Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter were held in Massachusetts in May, several months after Japan had issued warrants for their arrest.\n\nThe US authorities confirmed a formal extradition request was submitted.\n\nMr Ghosn, who was detained in Japan on financial misconduct charges in 2018, made a dramatic escape last year.\n\nThe former Nissan boss denies the charges against him.\n\nDespite being under house arrest and monitored 24 hours a day, on 29 December he managed to fly to the Lebanese capital Beirut via Turkey.\n\nDetails of the Taylors' alleged involvement in the escape are unclear. But Japanese prosecutors have said the two were in Japan at the time and helped Mr Ghosn evade security checks as he left.\n\nIn May, prosecutors in Turkey charged seven people over the escape. The suspects - four pilots, two flight attendants, and an airline executive - are also accused of helping Mr Ghosn flee.\n\nThey go on trial in Istanbul on Friday, with Turkish prosecutors seeking up to eight years in jail for the four pilots and the airline executive.\n\nFull details of the escape have never been fully explained. Mr Ghosn, who holds Brazilian, French and Lebanese nationalities, ran Renault and Nissan as part of a three-way car alliance.\n\nHe is accused of misreporting his compensation package, but has insisted he can never get a fair hearing in Japan.\n\nSince his arrival in Lebanon, he has told reporters he was a \"hostage\" in Japan, where he was left with a choice between dying there or running.", "State media said Kim warned against a hasty relaxing of restrictions\n\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hailed his country's \"shining success\" in dealing with Covid-19, according to state news agency KCNA.\n\nSpeaking at a politburo meeting, Mr Kim said the country had \"prevented the inroad of the malignant virus and maintained a stable situation\".\n\nNorth Korea closed its borders and put thousands into isolation six months ago as the virus swept across the globe.\n\nIt claims that it has no virus cases, though analysts say this is unlikely.\n\nMr Kim is said to have \"analysed in detail the six month-long national emergency anti-epidemic work\" at a politburo meeting on Thursday. He said the success in handling the virus was \"achieved by the far-sighted leadership of the Party Central Committee\".\n\nBut he stressed the importance of maintaining \"maximum alert without... relaxation on the anti-epidemic front\", adding that the virus was still present in neighbouring countries.\n\n\"He repeatedly warned that hasty relief of anti-epidemic measures will result in unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,\" said the KCNA report on Friday.\n\nHas coronavirus spread through North Korea? No-one really knows. The country has been closed off since 30 January. Very few people have made it in or out.\n\nThe International Federation of the Red Cross had volunteers in the border area working on virus prevention measures and there have been a number of unconfirmed reports of cases within the country.\n\nBut most accounts of life in the capital in recent weeks appear to show life carrying on as normal.\n\nWhatever the reality of the situation, Pyongyang wants to appear confident that it has crushed Covid-19.\n\nDomestically this is a strong message that the strict measures Kim Jong-un took to keep the virus at bay have worked.\n\nThe rest of the world may be in the grip of a pandemic and Mr Kim wants his people to know he has saved them from that.\n\nBut it has come at a cost. All border traffic has been cut off. That means getting essential supplies into the impoverished state have been impossible.\n\nDiplomatic sources have told me that there are stockpiles of PPE and medical supplies, including vaccines built up at the border unable to get through.\n\nThere were numerous reports of panic-buying of international goods at department stores in Pyongyang. Shelves being stripped bare as produce is restricted.\n\nIt's also worth noting that only 12 defectors have made it to South Korea between April and June this year - the lowest number on record.\n\nThe North Korean people may not be suffering from coronavirus, but they are now even more cut off from the outside world.\n\nIn late January, North Korea moved quickly against the virus - sealing off its borders and later quarantining hundreds of foreigners in the capital, Pyongyang.\n\nIt also put tens of thousands of its own citizens into isolation and closed schools.\n\nNorth Korea has now reopened schools, but has kept a ban on public gatherings and made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places, said a Reuters report on 1 July quoting a World Health Organization official.\n\nThe WHO also reported that the country has now tested just 922 people for the virus - all of whom have reportedly tested negative.\n\nNorth Korea, which shares a long border with China, has long maintained that it has not suffered from a single case of the virus.\n\nHowever, Oliver Hotham, managing editor of specialist news site NK News, told the BBC earlier this year that this was probably not true.\n\n\"It's very unlikely that it has seen no cases because it borders China and South Korea. [Especially with China], given the amount of cross border trade... I really don't see how it's possible they could have prevented it,\" he said.\n\n\"[But] they really did take precautions early [so] I think its possible they've prevented a full on outbreak.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do eased travel restrictions mean for me?\n\nTravel restrictions in Wales will end on Monday, First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed.\n\n\"Stay local\" guidance, asking people to stay within five miles of home will end with no limits on travel, and outdoor attractions will be able to open.\n\nTwo households will also be able to stay together indoors from Monday. It comes as the number of coronavirus cases continues to fall.\n\nMr Drakeford called for people to think \"carefully about where we go and why\".\n\nTravel restrictions were introduced across the UK at the start of lockdown in March, although Wales kept its travel restrictions longer than the UK government did in England.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned the rule in May - the difference in policy led to warnings not to drive to Wales.\n\n\"I want to do more to restore freedoms we have had to give up to us all,\" Mr Drakeford told the daily Welsh Government press conference.\n\n\"I want to see more of the Welsh economy in recovery. But that will depend, not on the actions of the Welsh Government, but on the actions of us all as Welsh citizens.\"\n\nMr Drakeford set out a list of \"golden rules\" people in Wales would need to follow if further restrictions were to be lifted, including:\n\nMeanwhile he confirmed the Welsh Government could allow the resumption of cricket as part of next week's review of lockdown restrictions.\n\nWales' beauty spots have been effectively closed to tourists since March\n\nDespite the request to avoid unnecessary travel, from Monday there is no longer a limit to the distance people can travel.\n\nIt follows an announcement on Thursday that restaurants and pubs can open outdoors from 13 July.\n\nVenues will be able to open in spaces they own and have licences for - as long as Covid-19 cases continue to fall.\n\nThe Welsh Government said two weeks ago travel restrictions could end, but it was dependent on cases of coronavirus continuing to fall.\n\nSome bars and restaurants with outdoor terraces are preparing to open from Monday week\n\nOn Friday, Mr Drakeford said there were only 19 patients receiving critical care in Wales - down 88% from a peak in April - and the lowest level since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe so-called \"R-number\" - the average number infected by each case - has stayed below 1, meaning cases are declining rather than increasing.\n\nThe Welsh Government has stuck to the 2m social-distancing rule but Mr Drakeford said in \"some contexts it may be important\" to reduce it.\n\nBut where it is, \"we will expect to see other important safeguards in place\", he said. Further guidance could be issued next week.\n\nTwo metres remains safer than one metre, he added. England is relaxing the rule in certain situations from Saturday.\n\nWales' busiest roads have been quieter during lockdown, like the M4 motorway through south Wales\n\nDarren Millar, Welsh Tory spokesman on Covid-19 recovery, said: \"I welcome news that the Welsh Labour-led Government's arbitrary and cruel five-mile rule is finally being scrapped in Wales but I urge the first minister to bring this forward to today to avoid another lost weekend for those wanting to see their loved ones.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said he would \"still like to hear a firming up of face covering rules in enclosed areas\".\n\n\"Let's also have clarity on the steps to be taken and the support that will be made available if there is a need to reintroduce some of restrictions in response to local outbreaks. And I'm also reiterating my calls to make maximum use of testing capacity so that the Test, Trace, Protect system can identify outbreaks urgently.\"\n\nTenby is among the places expecting visitors once the restrictions end\n\nTourist hotspots in Wales - such as Tenby in Pembrokeshire - are preparing for an influx once the restrictions are lifted.\n\nMayor Sam Skyrme-Blackhall admitted there had been a dilemma between balancing the need to kick-start the local economy while also maintaining the safety of both locals and visitors.\n\nPeople who live in Wales' seaside resorts \"want to be safe but also support businesses\"\n\n\"It's very daunting at the moment - obviously people are very worried, but there are two sides to that - people want to be safe, but also we need to support our businesses.\n\n\"Tenby relies heavily on tourism, which in turn provides jobs for the local community. If we're not allowed to open, there will be no jobs and a lot of businesses will close by the winter.\"\n\nKaren Evans, owner of the Bay Tree restaurant, added: \"I need to open. I need the tourists. Three winters back-to-back isn't funny.\n\n\"I'm looking forward to them coming back - we are nervous but life goes on and we've got to get on with it. I've been closed since 19 March and not earned a penny since.\"\n\nWith self-contained accommodation able to take bookings from 13 July, Tim Rees, chief executive of Quality Cottages based near St Davids in Pembrokeshire, said he had his highest-grossing weekend in terms of bookings in its history, last week.\n\n\"We're anticipating around 95% capacity for August this year and a record autumn is on the cards,\" he said.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri - Snowdonia National Park This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSnowdonia, which usually attracts about four million visitors a year, will also reopen on Monday but the authority that maintains it wants visitors to \"protect\" and \"respect\" the national park.\n\nAs well as maintaining a 2m distance, especially at gates and stiles, national park wardens want walkers to tread lightly, take litter and food waste home and sanitise hands after touching hard surfaces.\n\n\"Wildlife, birds and farm animals may be closer than before - protect them by keeping to the paths,\" says advice from Snowdonia's wardens.\n\n\"Be kind and considerate of other users and the people who live and work here.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path celebrated its 50th birthday earlier this year while it was shut due to lockdown\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which attracts about four million visitors annually, is also reopening - but its chief executive said there were mixed views locally.\n\n\"The tourism industry is extremely important in our area, therefore we're very supportive of businesses that need to reopen,\" said Tegryn Jones.\n\n\"On the other side, there are some people in local communities that are tremendously concerned that we are going to have an influx of visitors and the possibility that the virus comes with that.\"", "Dr Meirion Evans has worked as a consultant epidemiologist for Public Health Wales\n\nThe five-mile travel guidance in Wales should be \"reviewed\" according to a Welsh Government coronavirus adviser.\n\nDr Meirion Evans, who advises Wales' chief medical officer, said that \"the purpose of the journey rather than the distance\" should be considered.\n\nHe told the BBC that journeys such as visiting family members are \"important for society\".\n\nA minister suggested a further decision on the issue may be made on Friday.\n\nBut a Welsh Government spokesperson said changes would only be made \"when it is safe to do so\".\n\nOpposition politicians say that people need to travel greater distances than five miles in rural areas.\n\nMore than 14,000 people have signed a petition calling on ministers to relax the guidance, introduced at the end of May.\n\nThe Welsh Government has said that the limit is a \"general rule\" rather than law - with Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford suggesting last week that there were \"no immediate plans to lift the stay-local message in Wales.\"\n\nIn England, unlimited travel is allowed, although scientific advisors to the Conservative UK government have expressed concern at the speed lockdown is being eased in England.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Newyddion programme, on S4C, Dr Evans said: \"I'd like to see the rule on how far you can travel being reviewed.\n\n\"I think it's more important that we consider the purpose of the journey rather than the distance… That it is essential.\n\n\"For example going to see family is important for society.\"\n\nDuring the pandemic governments across the UK have recommended businesses and individuals maintain a 'social distance' of two metres.\n\nThe two-metre rule is currently being reviewed for England. In Wales, it has been part of lockdown legislation since the beginning.\n\nDr Evans also said that the risk in reducing the two-metre distancing rule to one metre \"isn't very big\".\n\n\"The difference in risk between being within a metre, or more than two metres away, isn't very big,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a matter of deciding whether there's more risk in being closer to someone else, that it's worth taking that risk in order to be able to do far more in terms of opening shops, schools and so on.\"\n\nLockdown has been in force since March\n\nThe International Relations Minister, Eluned Morgan told a press conference there is a \"degree of flexibility\" around the five-mile guidance for people living in rural areas.\n\nShe said: \"We absolutely understand that local in a rural area means something very different from local in an urban area, and that's why we have provided that degree of flexibility.\"\n\nMs Morgan said that the Welsh Government would be making some further decisions on the matter on Friday, when the outcome of the next lockdown review is expected to be announced.\n\nThe minister said the Welsh Government is closely monitoring the impact of lifting coronavirus lockdown measures on mainland Europe.\n\nPlaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth called for the Welsh Government to \"move forward as quickly as possible as long as they can show that it is safe\".\n\n\"We need real clarity about what the government's vision is, what it plans as the roadmap ahead, because that lack of certainty is causing real problems for businesses and huge frustration for the population at large.\"\n\nHe said people are finding the five-mile restriction difficult, \"though staying local makes sense still\".\n\nAdvisors of the Welsh Government have said that releasing lockdown measures in many European countries has not resulted in a rapid rise in the Covid reproduction rate - the R rate.\n\nMs Morgan said in most countries the R rate had stayed below one, \"but there are some strong hints from France, which suggest as more measures are eased, R may be rising\".\n\n\"The experience from Europe would tell us a cautious approach to further unlocking measures - that's what would be prudent\".\n\nThe R rate is the average number of people a sick person could pass the virus on to.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said in response to Dr Evans: \"The coronavirus lockdown measures in Wales are in place to help limit the spread of the virus.\n\n\"Ministers review all the restrictions in place at each review period - and then decide what, if anything, can be changed.\n\n\"Changes will only be made when it is safe to do so. Our focus is on helping to save lives.\"\n\nThe first minister is due to announce the outcome of the latest lockdown review in Wales on Friday.", "People arriving in England from more than 50 countries including France, Spain, Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July, the Department for Transport has confirmed.\n\nA full list of exempt countries posing \"a reduced risk\" from coronavirus will be published later.\n\nMost travellers to the UK currently have to self-isolate for two weeks.\n\nScotland and Wales are yet to decide whether to ease travel restrictions and described the changes as \"shambolic\".\n\nQuarantine regulations also remain in place in Northern Ireland for people arriving from outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nEngland's quarantine restrictions only came into force in early June, in a bid to stop coronavirus entering the country at a time when UK infections were falling.\n\nThe new exemptions mean people arriving from selected countries will be able to enter England without needing to self-isolate, unless they have been in or travelled through non-exempt countries in the preceding 14 days.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said finalising the list of countries had been delayed - after scrapping the quarantine was announced last week - in the hope that the four UK nations could reach a joint decision.\n\nHe said there was \"still an opportunity\" for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to co-ordinate and therefore make the changes more simple.\n\nBut Scottish ministers have complained of being pushed to make decisions too quickly. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: \"We can't allow ourselves to be dragged along in the wake of another government's - to be quite frank about it - shambolic decision-making process.\"\n\nFirst Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford agreed the UK government's approach had been \"utterly shambolic\".\n\nHowever, he added it was likely the Welsh government would impose the same measures as in England, provided the chief medical officer for Wales gave approval.\n\nMr Shapps told the BBC countries on the list would be labelled as either amber or green, in line with a traffic-light system based on their prevalence of coronavirus:\n\nMr Shapps said Greece would not be on the amber list to begin with, because it was currently not allowing flights from the UK.\n\nCountries that will be either on the green or amber list include some of the UK's overseas territories such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, Mr Shapps said, as well as smaller states such as the Vatican.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nMinisters have been under pressure to ease quarantine measures because of the impact on the travel industry.\n\nThe Department for Transport said a risk assessment had been conducted considering factors such as the prevalence of the virus, the numbers of new cases and potential trajectory of the disease in each country.\n\nThe list of exemptions would be kept \"under constant review\", so that if the health risks increased, self-isolation measures could be re-introduced, the DfT added.\n\nMr Shapps said people who were currently quarantining after returning from one of the green or amber countries could stop doing so on 10 July.\n\nMeanwhile, the Foreign Office will set out exemptions for a number of destinations from its current advice against non-essential international travel, which has been in place since 17 March.\n\nAll passengers, except those on a small list of exemptions, will still have to give contact information on arrival in the UK and details of where they have been during the previous 14 days.\n\nA spokesman for trade association Airlines UK said changes meant airlines would \"be able to re-start services to many key markets in time for peak summer travel\".\n\nBut he added: \"We would encourage rigour and science is applied in all future decisions surrounding our businesses.\"\n\nThe CEO of Gatwick Airport, Stewart Wingate, said it sent \"a very clear message that it is now safe to take summer holidays abroad\".\n\nHe hoped it would be \"the start of a turning point\" in the aviation industry's recovery from the effects of the pandemic.\n\nThe current quarantine policy has been criticised by some Conservative MPs, including former transport minister Theresa Villiers.\n\nShe said it had damaged the travel industry without reducing the risk from coronavirus.\n\nAsked about jobs already lost in the hospitality and aviation industries - in part as a result of restrictions on international travel - Mr Shapps said: \"The question I suppose everybody would have to ask is where is the right balance between making sure that we put lives first but also protect livelihoods. And this is not an easy balance.\"\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Social distancing guidance in England is changing to \"1 metre plus\" and pubs, restaurants and hotels can reopen.\n\nRules are different in each UK nation - and rules will not ease in Leicester, which is currently under a local lockdown.\n\nFrom Saturday, two households of any size can now meet inside in England.\n\nYou can meet different households at different times and overnight stays are allowed.\n\nNo more than two households should meet at any one time, and it is important that you don't see anyone if you have any coronavirus symptoms.\n\nBut social distancing still applies with everyone you don't live with - even your grandchildren.\n\nSo for the time being, unless they are in your support bubble, you can't hug them. Read the new social distancing rules.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 21 April 2020: The BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson looks at how Bolsonaro has responded to the virus in Brazil\n\nBrazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro, has sanctioned a law making the use of masks in public obligatory during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHowever, he has vetoed their use in shops, churches and schools.\n\nIn a social media broadcast, Mr Bolsonaro said people could have been fined for not wearing a mask at home.\n\nHe has refused to acknowledge the gravity of Brazil's Covid-19 outbreak, despite it having the world's second-highest numbers of cases and deaths.\n\nThe virus has infected almost 1.5 million people and killed 61,884 there since late February, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThere have been almost 1.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Brazil\n\nBBC South America correspondent Katy Watson says Jair Bolsonaro has never cared much for masks - a health recommendation that has become highly politicised, as has much of the handling of the coronavirus crisis in Brazil.\n\nEven where mask use has been made obligatory not everyone has observed the rules, and enforcement is often pretty lax, our correspondent adds.\n\nThe bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies included an article saying that masks had to be worn by people in \"commercial and industrial establishments, religious temples, teaching premises and also closed places where people are gathering\".\n\nOn Friday, Mr Bolsonaro vetoed the article, arguing that it could lead to the violation of property rights.\n\nHe also vetoed another requiring the distribution of masks to the poor.\n\nCongress has 30 days to overrule the vetoes by absolute majority vote.\n\nLast month, a judge ordered the president to wear a mask in public - something he has often refused to do. However, the order was later rescinded by another court.\n\nMr Bolsonaro has insisted that quarantine and social distancing are not necessary to combat the coronavirus and will only damage the fragile Brazilian economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nelson Teich resigned as Brazil's health minister as the pandemic worsened\n\nOn Thursday night, bars were allowed to open in Rio de Janeiro, where more than 6,600 people have died of Covid-19.\n\nFederal Congressman David Miranda posted a photograph showing dozens of people drinking on a street in the city's Leblon district without appearing to wear masks or observe social distancing.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by David Miranda This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"A tragedy foretold,\" he tweeted. \"[Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo] Crivella's decision to throw open the doors of business will come with a high cost.\"\n\nMr Crivella's office told Reuters news agency that law enforcement personnel had asked several establishments to close on Thursday for allowing crowds to gather.", "Pubs in England have been closed since March to slow the spread of Covid-19\n\nA council has apologised for telling people that coronavirus will be \"waiting for you\" at the pub when they reopen this weekend.\n\nSheffield City Council said Covid-19 would be \"happiest\" about rule changes which come into force on Saturday.\n\nA number of landlords responded angrily to the social media post, which has since been deleted.\n\nThe council said the post was \"badly worded but was done with the best intentions\".\n\nOn Thursday, the council tweeted: \"The virus loves crowded places and thrives on close contact.\n\n\"It won't be queuing to get inside the pub - it will already be there waiting for you.\"\n\nThe post also included a short video warning people: \"Don't put yourself at risk for the sake of a pint.\"\n\nThe post has since been deleted\n\nJohn Harrison, co-owner of the Beer House, said: \"I was shocked to see the tweet after we'd spent weeks working tirelessly to make sure our business is a safe environment, going above and beyond the government guidelines.\n\n\"It felt like a real kick in the gut for the hospitality industry in Sheffield that is on its knees.\"\n\nLiz Aspden, landlady at The Harlequin, said the tweet was \"very damaging to a trade which is just trying to get back on its feet and made no recognition of the fact that we'll be doing our utmost to create a safe environment\".\n\n\"Publicans have been spending long hours - and significant amounts of money - planning to re-open their pubs safely within the guidelines set out by the government,\" she said.\n\nCouncillor Mazher Iqbal, cabinet member for business and investment, apologised for the message.\n\n\"We are in a difficult situation, we want to support our local pubs and venues but we must also remember that we are still in the middle of a serious pandemic,\" he said.\n\n\"We want people to enjoy themselves this weekend, visit your favourite pub, cafe or restaurant, but to do so in a safe and measured way.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Wales\n\nRecreational sport will be allowed to resume in Wales from Monday as lockdown restrictions continue to be eased.\n\nThe Welsh Government announced on Friday that outdoor team sports would be allowed to resume from 13 July.\n\nPreviously only non-team outdoor sports - such as tennis and bowls - were permitted below elite level.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said the guidelines for the return of football, rugby and cricket would be issued by those sports' governing bodies.\n\n\"They [guidelines] allow low-contact sport, so football is okay,\" he said.\n\n\"A rugby scrum is a different matter. Coronavirus would be very happy indeed to see people doing that, so that will not be part of what we are reopening.\n\n\"The advice and the guidelines will come from the governing bodies of those sports.\"\n\nNo rugby union at any level has been played in Wales since coronavirus restrictions were introduced in March.\n\nWhile professional players have already returned to training, these are the first steps towards a resumption for those who play semi-professionally or recreationally.\n\nThe Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said it would host a webinar on Monday with \"club operations managers representing rugby clubs throughout Wales\" to \"share how this update impacts on the phased 'Return to Rugby' plans previously shared with clubs\".\n\nWRU rugby operations manager Julie Paterson said: \"It is vital that we keep player welfare and the impact on public health at the heart of our planning.\n\n\"Rugby is a close-proximity sport, even with modified rules, so a considered, phased approach is vital.\n\n\"We are determined to be part of the solution to Covid-19 so we are looking at all measures that need to be in place to ensure that players are physically prepared to safely return to contact as and when social distancing is no longer mandated by government.\n\n\"We know from discussions with clubs that they are keen to get back to rugby as soon as it is safe to do so.\n\n\"Our role is to ensure that we issue clear guidelines to safeguard the game and the general public and make rugby facilities as robust as possible.\n\n\"We urge clubs to remain patient and to actively take part in the online meetings we have organised.\"\n\nFollowing Friday's Welsh Government announcement, Cricket Wales chief executive Leshia Hawkins said: \"We are absolutely thrilled with the news, and as I know the cricket family in Wales will be.\n\n\"There has been an extraordinary amount of work by Cricket Wales staff and club and league volunteers behind the scenes over the last few months to get us to today. I must say a huge thank you to them.\n\n\"My team and I will now urgently work with colleagues at the England and Wales Cricket Board, to analyse the detail of the written guidance from Welsh Government on sport's return, when it is issued, and ensure that the guidance for cricket in Wales is signed off and published as soon as is possible.\"\n\nOn its website, Cricket Wales has published some of the \"key adaptations\" for recreational cricket's return, \"in conjunction with latest Welsh Government regulations and guidance\".\n\nThe guidance includes a need for individuals involved to \"undergo a personal symptom check prior to matches and not take part if they demonstrate any Covid-19 symptoms\".\n\nIt also stipulates \"players should socially distance - including not celebrating wickets with traditional high-fives\".\n\nAnd like international cricketers, such as England and the West Indies players who are currently playing the first Test of their series, recreational players have been told not to use saliva to shine the ball.\n\nCricket Wales says \"full guidance will be issued as soon as possible\".\n\nCricket clubs in Wales will hope to salvage part of the season even though most formal league competitions will not take place.\n\nProfessional and elite team sports have already been allowed to resume in Wales, providing safety protocols are followed.\n\nGlamorgan returned to part-time training earlier this month following confirmation of county cricket restarting on 1 August.\n\nThe Football Association of Wales said it \"welcomed\" the resumption of team sports in Wales.\n\n\"The FAW and FAW Trust await the revised Welsh Government's coronavirus regulations, together with the Welsh Government's updated guidance, and will be working through the changes to translate this into easily understandable information to advise both clubs and individuals as soon as possible,\" read a statement.\n\n\"The FAW continues to work with the Welsh Government and Sport Wales to develop a phased approach for the return of football in Wales.\"", "Some residents of rural communities have expressed concerns about the return of tourists during the pandemic\n\nThe five-mile travel limit has been lifted and self-contained holiday accommodation can now reopen as virus restrictions in Scotland are eased.\n\nVisits to care homes can also now resume, and physical distancing rules for young people have been relaxed.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon urged Scots to \"behave responsibly\" and be \"sensitive\" to rural communities.\n\nThe changes to the travel rules do not apply in parts of Dumfries and Galloway due to a local outbreak of Covid-19.\n\nFurther changes to lockdown rules - including the reopening of bars and restaurants - are set to be phased in later in July.\n\nUp until today, people in Scotland have been advised against travelling more than five miles from home for leisure purposes.\n\nHowever with the infection rate low and fewer than 1,500 people currently thought to be capable of spreading the virus, this restriction is being eased.\n\nSelf-catering accommodation which does not have any shared facilities, such as holiday cottages and caravans, can also now reopen.\n\nBut visitors have been warned that Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park campsite and camping permit areas remain off limits, despite the easing of the five-mile travel restriction.\n\nCar parks and toilets will reopen from Friday in the national park but camping is not expected to be allowed again until 17 July.\n\nTourism Secretary Fergus Ewing said the changes were \"good news\" for a \"hard-pressed\" sector, but warned that \"the onus is on all of us to follow the guidance and ensure the virus continues to be suppressed\".\n\nThe Farmhouse Cafe has been using its Highland cow to assist with social distancing\n\nHe added: \"When travelling, it is essential that plans are made in advance and checks are done on what facilities are open, like public toilets and car parking availability.\n\n\"Please ensure you make use of booking systems where available prior to your journey and avoid busy beaches, parks and forests. If you arrive somewhere and it's crowded, it is essential that you try and find another place.\"\n\nOne cafe owner on the island of Tiree has come up with a novel way of ensuring customers socially-distance as they queue for takeaways.\n\nFiona Armstrong, owner of the Farmhouse Cafe in Balemartine, is using her Highland cow to keep people apart.\n\nBrian Fairburn got the chance to visit his mum Moira Fairburn face-to-face for the first time in months\n\nVisits to care homes can also resume from Friday, although strict rules will be in place after the facilities were badly hit by the virus.\n\nResidents can have one named \"key visitor\" attend if their home has been virus-free for 28 days, but they will have to remain outdoors, 2m (6ft 6in) away and must wear a face covering throughout the visit.\n\nAt Murray House and Evanthea House care home in Kelso there were no hugs, but lots of smiles as Brian Fairburn got the chance to catch up with his mum Moira face-to-face.\n\n\"It's been a long time, because we are used to seeing each other all the time but we can't do anything about it,\" said Moira. \"Things will change but this will have to do for now.\"\n\nDespite keeping his distance, Brian Fairburn was delighted to see his mother doing so well\n\nSon Brian said: \"It was good to see her again and good to see her in such good spirits. It was quite uplifting to see her the way she was.\"\n\nThere have also been changes for young children, with physical distancing rules being scrapped for those under 12 when meeting other children or adults outdoors.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she hoped this move would \"help children enjoy the summer holidays a bit more\" so they could \"play more normally with friends\".\n\nNoah, aged 6, was among children able to hug their grandparents for the first time on Friday\n\nMeanwhile young people aged 12 to 17 are allowed to meet people from an unlimited number of households in a day, as long as groups do not exceed eight and physical distancing is maintained.\n\nMs Sturgeon said: \"It is only because so many of us have stuck to the rules so far, that we are able to take these steps out of lockdown.\n\n\"And only if we continue to stick to the rules will we be able to drive the virus down further, and live less restricted lives in the weeks and months ahead.\n\n\"For more businesses to reopen, for public services to get back to normal, for more of us to be able to meet indoors, for our children to go back to school full-time - all of those collective benefits depend on the decisions we make as individuals now and in the days and weeks to come.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Kids and teenagers - what are the new rules?\n\nScotland is coming out of lockdown at a slower pace than England, something Ms Sturgeon has said she hopes will be \"more likely to be sustainable than if we went faster\".\n\nOutdoor hospitality, such as beer gardens and outdoor areas of cafes, can begin trading again from Monday.\n\nFurther changes are expected to be confirmed by Ms Sturgeon in a statement at Holyrood on Thursday, 9 July.\n\nThese will include allowing people to meet with two other households indoors from 10 July, and with extended groups outdoors, as long as physical distancing is maintained.\n\nShopping centres are likely to be allowed to re-open from 13 July, and indoor areas of pubs and restaurants on 15 July.\n\nHairdressers and barbers, museums, galleries, cinemas, monuments and libraries and the rest of the tourist industry will also be able to resume business on that date, subject to the continued suppression of the virus.", "People seen repeatedly breaking the Leicester lockdown could be fined up to £3,200\n\nLegislation ensuring Leicester's local lockdown can be enforced by law has been rushed through Parliament.\n\nThe new regulations come into force on Saturday, as the rest of the country begins to see an easing of lockdown.\n\nPeople or businesses that repeatedly flout the new law could receive fines of up to £3,200.\n\nLimits on social gatherings and a ban on the reopening of hotels, pubs and restaurants are all included in the new legislation.\n\nLeicester became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on Monday following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPolice have said they are bracing themselves for a busy weekend as pubs stay closed in Leicester but reopen across the country, with more officers on duty than during a typical New Year's Eve.\n\nOfficers would be policing the stricter lockdown measures as well as overseeing the relaxation of rules outside of the restricted zone.\n\nHospital bosses in the city also said they were preparing for \"typical behaviours of New Year's Eve\".\n\nPeople in Leicester have been told to stay at home since Monday\n\nThe regulations for the city were passed as a new statutory instrument easing lockdown for the rest of the country came into force on Friday.\n\nPeople in Leicester who live on their own, or single parents, can still form a social bubble with one other household, the legislation says.\n\nPublic gatherings of more than six people are now banned and there are restrictions on meeting people indoors.\n\nFixed penalty notices can be issued to people who are seen breaking the lockdown rules.\n\nFines begin at £100, and increase on a sliding scale so a person found breaking the lockdown for a sixth time could be fined £3,200.\n\nThe same fines could be issued by police across England before the easing of lockdown.\n\nLeicestershire Police said: \"We will be directing people to follow the regulations and encouraging to them to follow the guidelines.\n\n\"We want people to stay at home in the protected area and if you are outside of this to be responsible and socialise safely.\"\n\nLeicester City Council confirmed it had been informed of the legislation \"shortly before its publication\".\n\nThe regulations are due to be reviewed from 18 July.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "We've been hearing about the government's plans to drop quarantine requirements for travellers who come back to the UK from a list of 59 countries and territories.\n\nNow we've had reaction from across the travel sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK - which represents UK-registered carriers - said it was a \"welcome announcement\".\n\nHe added: \"This gives a clear path to opening further predominantly long-haul destinations in the weeks ahead, and we look forward to working with ministers on measures to mitigate the risk from red countries [where the Covid risk is currently highest] such as via voluntary testing.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Abta, which represents UK travel companies, said: \"There is likely to be strong demand for holidays after months of lockdown and it is important that people consider how the lifting of these restrictions may affect their plans.\"\n\nShe urged people to check Foreign Office travel advice before booking and speak to their travel provider.\n\nAndrew Flintham, managing director of TUI UK & Ireland, said the company was pleased \"summer holidays are saved\" and \"really excited to take our customers on holiday\". \"It's a significant and positive step forward for the travel industry, which had been in hibernation since March.\"\n\nPatricia Yates, director of VisitBritain, said the announcement was a \"timely boost for the tourism industry as we head into the peak summer season\" and a \"step on tourism's road to rebuilding\".\n\nAnd Glenn Fogel, boss of Booking Holdings - whose brands include booking.com and kayak.com - told BBC World News he wanted governments to \"co-ordinate their effort\" and come together to draw up travel guidance. That would include what you can and can't do on a plane, and how far apart people should be - as this varies by country.\n\nThe British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) says the announcement is a good first step.\n\nIts general secretary Brian Strutton said: \"Pilots want to ensure that passengers can safely and quickly get flying again, to help people reunite with family and friends, to carry out essential business and for much-needed holidays. So this announcement is a good step forward after the setbacks caused by the government quarantine announcement in the first place.\"", "A father who initially paid £4.99 for his 11-year-old daughter to use a smartphone app was shocked to discover a bill for thousands of pounds a month later.\n\nSteve Cumming, 72, said he let her make what he thought was a one-off payment on his debit card to a firm called Roblox.\n\nAfter looking at his balance a month later, he saw thousands had been charged.\n\nRoblox says it will refund him.\n\nRoblox is an online multiplayer game with about 100 million users worldwide.\n\nIt is especially popular with children. Its business model relies on in-app purchases. Roblox is free to download, but users can then spend money during play.\n\nRoblox is a multiplayer platform where players can create their own games and join in with others\n\nMr Cumming wrote to BBC Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show to explain that his 11-year-old daughter had unwittingly run up the enormous bill while playing the game during lockdown.\n\n\"My daughter told me all her friends were playing this game and she wanted to spend £4.99,\" he said. \"She made that purchase using my debit card on 16 April and I thought nothing more of it.\"\n\nDuring the pandemic lockdown he decided to sign up to online banking.\n\n\"I'm not very tech-savvy. Due to coronavirus I couldn't visit the bank and I didn't want to use cash machines, so I decided to sign up to online banking,\" he said.\n\nWhen he first logged in, almost a month after that initial payment to Roblox, he was shocked to discover that £4,642 had gone and he was in his overdraft.\n\n\"When I first logged in nearly a month later I was astonished to see hundreds and hundreds of separate transactions, all between £0.99 and £9.99. I couldn't understand it. I thought I'd been scammed.\"\n\nHe realised he had lost about £3,500 so he phoned his bank, HSBC, to cancel his card. Despite doing that a further £1,000 or so left his account and was paid to Roblox via Google Play, he says.\n\nMr Cumming didn't realise his bank account was being charged with purchases from within the game\n\n\"My daughter was really upset when we told her about the financial consequences. She thought she was playing with monopoly money - it didn't seem real to her. How can these companies be allowed to trap minors in these games? To trap people who are vulnerable?\" he said.\n\nHe said he also thinks the government should step in and change the law.\n\n\"I get by on my pension. But this is a lot of money to me. I had earmarked it for a holiday when this pandemic is all over. I wanted to pay for my daughter to have a break. We can't now and I'm in my overdraft.\n\nSteve admits that he didn't read the terms and conditions of the sale when he allowed his daughter to initially spend £4.99 on his debit card.\n\nBut he says he's amazed that in a game designed to be played by children it would even be possible to spend thousands of pounds across a thousand transactions over the course of just a few weeks.\n\nAfter being approached for comment by the BBC, the company said it would issue a refund.\n\n\"We strive to prevent unauthorized purchases, by taking measures such as not storing billing information, and work directly with parents to provide appropriate refunds whenever possible, which is the case in this instance,\" Roblox told the BBC.\n\n\"We encourage parents to review their payment settings on third-party services, such as Google Play, as they typically have an option to require a password for each purchase made and/or to prevent any information from being saved in browser settings that could allow them to be reused.\"\n\nHis bank HSBC said: \"We sympathise with Mr Cumming and appreciate these payments have come as a surprise to him. We have received a claim for a dispute for these payments and we will be taking a closer look at the circumstances surrounding this matter in accordance with Visa dispute regulations.\"\n\nYou can hear an interview with Mr Cumming on Friday's Jeremy Vine Show.", "The great crested newt is rare in Europe\n\nThe prime minister has been accused of inventing an allegation that wildlife rules are holding back house-building.\n\nIn his recent speech on job creation, Boris Johnson said: \"Newt-counting delays are a massive drag on the prosperity of this country.\"\n\nBut environmental groups say the allegation is a political trick with no basis in fact.\n\nAnd BBC News has been unable to find recent evidence that wildlife surveys are unduly delaying development.\n\nThe Local Government Association said it was not aware of any evidence that newt surveys were unnecessarily holding back projects.\n\nAnd a property industry source said it had many concerns over planning, but newt surveys were towards the bottom of the list.\n\n\"The PM's speech was pure fiction,\" Craig Bennett, head of the Wildlife Trusts, which runs conservation projects and education projects, told the BBC.\n\n\"It may sound funny referring to newts, but actually it was rather sinister. In the environment movement we know referring to newts is a dog whistle to people on the right of his party who want environmental protections watered down.\"\n\nNumber 10 says Mr Johnson's remarks were based on government enquiries into red tape.\n\nHistorically, would-be developers would have to wait for a survey to check whether their plans might disturb great crested newts, which are uncommon in Europe.\n\nA 2017 review said newt survey delays could typically last nearly 15 weeks, which could make it hard to secure investment. One house builder reported the cost in 2013 at an average of £2,261.55 per newt relocated.\n\nThis took into account consultant fees, land purchase for the relocated newts and contracting costs for the physical relocation. Another large builder reported a sum of £500,000 spent on one site where just five newts were found.\n\nBut the wildlife watchdog Natural England says recently it's been working hard to restrict delays and costs.\n\nIt's using a method in which samples of pond water are taken and analysed to detect fragments of newt DNA.\n\nThe process is so fast that the organisation is often able to carry out research in advance so developers can get instant information.\n\nA springer spaniel called Freya is also playing a part. She works for Wessex Water, sniffing out newts in ponds. The firm says that, thanks to Freya, it can conclude its surveys in days, not weeks.\n\nWhat's more, if great crested newts are discovered, that doesn't sterilise development on the site.\n\nUnder recent rules, the developer can proceed so long as they provide alternative sites in a way that leaves nature better off than before. These changes may explain why newt surveys are no longer a great concern for many house builders.\n\nNewt rules have been under attack in the past from politicians complaining that the UK has \"gold-plated\" EU regulations.\n\nBut the head of Natural England, Tony Juniper, told the BBC: \"We have to find the best ways of pulling together our environmental ambition at the same time as the economic one. These two things have to be pursued together, not traded off against each other.\"\n\nGreen groups furious with Mr Johnson are meeting Environment Secretary George Eustice next week to express their concerns about his speech.\n\nJeremy Biggs from the Freshwater Habitats Trust told BBC News the processing time for a newt search in the South Midlands was now down to 10 days.\n\nBut the former chair of Natural England, Andrew Sells, said there were still delays in some areas. He said: \"The problem lies with local authorities. The new testing systems are there to be used, but they haven't been rolled out in all places.\"\n\nUpdate: At the time of writing, no government department had offered evidence for the Prime Minister's allegation that newts were causing serious delays. The story has since been amended following updated information from Number 10, which said his remarks were based on previous government enquiries into red tape.", "Quote Message: The Scottish government is perfectly entitled to take its own position on these matters, because quarantine handling – health and policing - are determined by Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon said the UK government was changing its mind daily, on the list and plans, describing their decision-making process as shambolic. She said it was completely unacceptable to expect Scotland just to sign up to it without any notice or discussion or serious thought. It is possible there could be a different list of countries for England and Scotland but I really think that is unlikely. It will be so complex and difficult for people to understand, and I wonder whether it could be policed in any case. I would expect Nicola Sturgeon to make an announcement pretty rapidly. She wants to align, but she wants to look at the detail first. It is causing a pretty big row. The first minister says she’s entitled to draw attention to the fact they were asked to sign up with half an hour’s notice to a completely different list of names at a meeting on Wednesday. This is causing a rammy, frankly, between the two governments.\"\n\nThe Scottish government is perfectly entitled to take its own position on these matters, because quarantine handling – health and policing - are determined by Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon said the UK government was changing its mind daily, on the list and plans, describing their decision-making process as shambolic. She said it was completely unacceptable to expect Scotland just to sign up to it without any notice or discussion or serious thought. It is possible there could be a different list of countries for England and Scotland but I really think that is unlikely. It will be so complex and difficult for people to understand, and I wonder whether it could be policed in any case. I would expect Nicola Sturgeon to make an announcement pretty rapidly. She wants to align, but she wants to look at the detail first. It is causing a pretty big row. The first minister says she’s entitled to draw attention to the fact they were asked to sign up with half an hour’s notice to a completely different list of names at a meeting on Wednesday. This is causing a rammy, frankly, between the two governments.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK government's decision-making on air bridges has been \"shambolic\", Scotland's first minister has claimed.\n\nNicola Sturgeon criticised the speed at which Westminster expected Scottish ministers to make a decision on lifting quarantine on overseas visitors.\n\nBut she said the Scottish government was \"very likely\" to agree to relaxing restrictions for people arriving in Scotland from \"low risk\" countries.\n\nShe said it needed to carefully scrutinise \"medium risk\" countries.\n\nUnder the UK government's plan, from 10 July people arriving in England from 50 countries including Spain, Italy and France will no longer have to isolate for 14 days.\n\nScotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have not yet agreed to the proposals, with Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford saying it had been \"impossible\" to get a \"sensible answer\" on how UK ministers intended to make the changes.\n\nDowning Street has said devolved governments should \"make and explain their own decisions\" on requirements for people to quarantine when returning from abroad.\n\nMeanwhile, the boss of two of Scotland's leading airports has warned that failure to adopt a four nations approach will put further jobs at risk.\n\nAnd the Scottish Chambers of Commerce called on the Scottish government to \"align with a UK-wide approach as a matter of urgency\" to help protect the economy.\n\nThe business organisation added: \"Politics must be put to one side by all in order to give Scottish businesses the ability to drive up demand and do what they do best, making Scotland the best place to invest and do business.''\n\nThe quarantine rules are due to be relaxed in England - but not Scotland\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish government had to make \"difficult and complex\" decisions on the issue - but the UK government's position kept changing.\n\nThe list of countries that Westminster asked Scotland to sign up to on Thursday was different to that announced on Friday, she added.\n\n\"When so much is at stake as it is right now we can't allow ourselves to be dragged along in the wake of, to be quite frank about it, another government's shambolic decision process,\" she said.\n\n\"We want to welcome visitors again from around the world and we also want to allow our own citizens to travel.\n\n\"We also want, if possible for obvious practical reasons, to have alignment on these matters with the rest of the UK.\"\n\nShe said she hoped a decision could be made \"quickly\".\n\nThe Scottish government has assessed the prevalence of coronavirus in Scotland as five times lower than it is in England, the first minister added.\n\nAbout 50 countries are expected to be on the list of \"air-bridges\"\n\nAsked about Nicola Sturgeon's criticism of the UK government, the prime minister's spokesman said that \"the changes we're making now are cautious and will allow people to travel to an exempt country without the need to self isolate on their return.\"\n\n\"It is for devolved administrations to make and explain their own decisions around the measures that they are putting in place,\" he said.\n\n\"We have been working with all devolved administrations on quarantine from the outset and we continue to do so,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said he had been given 30 minutes to look at a list of countries under consideration for \"air bridges\" before being asked to make a decision on Wednesday night.\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme the Scottish government wanted to take a \"four nations\" approach and he asked for more time consider the issue.\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps said there was still time for the devolved nations to join the plans.\n\n\"Remember this isn't changing until the 10 July so there's still an opportunity for them to do that and they may well,\" he said. \"I wouldn't be surprised if we see countries come on board.\n\n\"I very much hope we can do this as four nations at the same time I think that would very much simplify it for people but they will need to make that decision themselves.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports - which owns Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports - said regional variations will endanger livelihoods.\n\nHe added: \"Having a piecemeal approach will compound the devastating impact the blanket quarantine measures have had on our aviation, tourism and hospitality sectors.\n\n\"People are rightly concerned for their health, however, they're also fearful for their jobs.\n\n\"This isn't just about people being able to go on a summer holiday, it's about safely re-establishing the routes that drive trade and investment.\"", "Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms \"master\", \"slave\" and \"blacklist\" in favour of more inclusive language.\n\nThe terms are frequently used in programming codes which originated decades ago.\n\nUS bank JPMorgan has also announced a similar move as more companies address racism following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.\n\nReplacing the terms could cost millions and take months, according to experts.\n\nIn programming speak, \"master\" refers to a device or process - such as a hard drive or a database - that controls other devices or processes, which are known as \"slaves,\" or replicas. \"Blacklist\" is used to describe items that are automatically denied, typically forbidden websites.\n\nOn Thursday, Twitter's engineering division tweeted out a set of words that it wants \"to move away from using in favour of more inclusive language\". The list includes replacing \"whitelist\" with \"allowlist\" and \"master/slave\" with \"leader/follower\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Twitter Engineering This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLast month, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey donated $3m (£2.4m) to former NFL player Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp to \"advance the liberation and well-being\" of minority communities.\n\nJPMorgan said it is also dropping the outdated coding terms as the Black Lives Matter movement ripples through the corporate world. It said the terms had appeared in some of its technology policies and programming codes.\n\nLast month, GitHub, the world's biggest site for software developers, said it was working on changing the term 'master' from its coding language. The firm, owned by Microsoft, is used by 50 million developers to store and update its coding projects.\n\nGoogle's Chromium web browser project and Android operating system have both encouraged developers to avoid using the terms \"blacklist\" and \"whitelist\".\n\nGlobal brands are also looking carefully at their product logos and names to avoid racial stereotyping. In recent weeks, a number of well-known brands have said they will be changing or reviewing their branding including Quaker Oats which is renaming its Aunt Jemima line of syrups and foods.\n\nAt the same time, social media platforms are also under pressure to tackle hate posts, with Facebook facing a widespread ad boycott from the Stop Hate for Profit campaign. Ford, Adidas, Coca Cola, Unilever and Starbucks have all added their weight to the campaign, aimed at removing hateful content on social networks.", "People in Leicester have been told to stay at home since Monday\n\nPolice say they are bracing themselves for a busy weekend as pubs stay closed in Leicester but reopen across the country.\n\nMore officers would be on duty than during a typical New Year's Eve, Leicestershire Police said.\n\nHospital bosses in the city also said they were preparing for \"typical behaviours of New Year's Eve\".\n\nLeicester became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on Monday following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPolice said officers would be policing the stricter lockdown measures as well as overseeing the relaxation of rules outside of the restricted zone.\n\nLeicester's hospitals said the reopening of pubs outside of the city could have \"a big impact on the public\" and A&E admissions.\n\nActing chief executive of the hospitals' trust Rebecca Brown said: \"We're working with East Midlands Ambulance Service and the police to make sure that we're ready to support not only a surge in Covid, but also a surge in typical behaviours of New Year's Eve.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police is also deploying extra officers to Leicester railway station to check advice on non-essential travel is being followed.\n\nIt said rail users could expect to see an \"enhanced presence\" after the government said lockdown residents should only travel when essential.\n\nA number of pubs located just outside the lockdown boundary have decided not reopen this weekend.\n\nThey include The Royal Oak in Kirby Muxloe and JD Wetherspoon venue The White House in Scraptoft.\n\nA JD Wetherspoon company spokeswoman said: \"The pub is not technically within the lockdown area but it is located so very close to the red line border that we felt it responsible not to reopen on Saturday.\"\n\nNo decision has been made on when the pub will reopen.\n\nThe White House sits just outside the lockdown boundary\n\nThe Royal Oak will open on Monday - 48 hours later than bosses had originally planned to welcome back regulars.\n\n\"We just can't take the risk of loads of people coming and not being able to get in,\" said landlady Sarah Flavell.\n\n\"It's difficult because you want to get going again as quickly as you can because you need the money but you've got to be able to do it properly and safely.\"\n\nSarah Flavell had been getting ready to reopen on Saturday\n\nMeanwhile, door staff at a number of bars in Nottingham will be checking ID to keep out people from Leicester.\n\nRob Glasby, manager of Playhouse Bar and Kitchen and spokesman for an unofficial union representing hospitality staff in the city, said it was an important precaution aimed at keeping staff and other customers safe.\n\nMr and Mrs Smith were looking forward to a short stroll to the neighbouring village, which is now out of bounds except for essential journeys\n\nSue Smith gets a good view of the lockdown boundary - it extends to the bottom of her garden.\n\n\"We could climb over the fence and be free,\" she joked. \"But we won't.\"\n\nMrs Smith, 57, and her husband Denis have not left their house in Thurncourt in 15 weeks because Mr Smith, 70, has been shielding.\n\n\"So near and yet so far,\" said Mrs Smith. \"This further lockdown is disappointing but necessary.\"\n\nRead more about residents living on the lockdown border.\n\nNottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford said his force would also be monitoring the situation.\n\n\"If there's any intelligence that comes from Leicestershire about, for instance, a minibus of people coming to Nottingham for a night out, clearly we'd want to move into our education mode for those individuals,\" he said.\n\nNational Express has also said its coach services will not stop at Leicester during the lockdown period.\n\nLeicester City's home game against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon will go ahead as planned.\n\nThe restrictions are due to be reviewed by the government from 18 July.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The owner of High Street restaurant chains Café Rouge and Bella Italia has gone into administration.\n\nNinety-one Casual Dining Group outlets will close immediately, and 1,900 of the firm's 6,000 staff will lose their jobs.\n\nAdministrators Alix Partners are seeking offers for all, or parts, of the remaining business.\n\nUK firms have announced thousands of job cuts this week as the impact of the pandemic on the economy continues.\n\nCasual Dining Group, which also owns the Las Iguanas chain, applied in May to appoint administrators at the High Court as it found it increasingly hard to pay its rents.\n\nOn Thursday, the firm said it had already received \"multiple offers\" for the business and hoped to pursue these.\n\n\"We are acutely aware of our duty to all employees and recognise that this is an incredibly difficult time for them,\" chief executive James Spragg said.\n\n\"Working alongside the administrators, we will do everything we can to support them through this process, with a view to preserving as much employment as we are able to.\"\n\nThe firm owns the Bella Italia chain of restaurants\n\nThe restaurants that are closing are mainly located in England, with some in Scotland and Wales. 159 of the group's 250 outlets will remain open.\n\nRestaurants in the UK were struggling even before the pandemic, but their revenues collapsed when the UK went into lockdown in March.\n\nRestrictions will be eased from Saturday, but demand is likely to remain depressed for some time and some chains have already acknowledged the severity of the impact.\n\nThis week Byron Burger said it planned to bring in administrators, putting 1,200 jobs at risk. Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza owner SSP Group said it would cut up to 5,000 roles.\n\nThe government's furlough scheme - which is paying 80% of the wages of nine million workers - will start to be pared back from August, and so many firms are cutting jobs now to reduce costs.\n\nThousands of job losses were announced in other sectors too this week, including:\n\nWH Smith, Bensons for Beds, Wrights Pies, tableware-maker Steelite International, the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool and Norwich Theatre Royal have also announced plans to reduce staff.", "Almost 90% of people who lost their sense of smell or taste while infected with Covid-19 improved or recovered within a month, a study has found.\n\nThe study, in Italy, found 49% of patients had fully regained their sense of smell or taste and 40% reported improvements.\n\nBut 10% said their symptoms remained the same or had worsened.\n\nGiven the scale of the pandemic, experts warn hundreds of thousands of people could face longer-term problems.\n\nA change in - or loss of - someone's sense of smell or taste are now recognised as core symptoms of coronavirus.\n\nAccording to NHS advice, anyone who experiences them should isolate, together with their household, and be tested.\n\nThe international team of researchers surveyed 187 Italians who had the virus but who were not ill enough to be admitted to hospital.\n\nThe individuals were asked to rate their sense of smell or taste soon after they were diagnosed and again a month later.\n\nA total of 113 reported an alteration in their sense of smell and/or taste:\n\nPeople who had severe symptoms found they took longer to get better.\n\nProf Claire Hopkins, one of the researchers and president of the British Rhinological Society, said her team was now doing more research on people with long-lasting symptoms.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"Data from other viral illnesses, and some of the new data we are gathering, suggest the vast majority of people will get better but for some, recovery will be slow.\n\n\"For people who recover more quickly it is likely the virus has only affected the cells lining their nose.\n\n\"For people who recover more slowly it may be that the virus has affected the nerves involved in smell, too. It can take longer for these nerve cells to repair and regenerate.\"\n\nShe suggests anyone with concerns can find further information from charities such as AbScent.\n\nWriting in the same journal, Dr Joshua Levy, a specialist at the Emory University School of Medicine, said: \"Even with a high rate of resolution, the staggering number affected by this evolving pandemic suggests an almost certain deluge of patients likely to present for the treatment of unresolved symptoms.\"\n\nBut he says there are \"frustratingly few\" interventions for people who experience these problems.\n\nHe suggests that in long-term cases people could consider therapy used for similar conditions - such as smell-training.\n\nThe paper is published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Spain is among the countries which can be visited without having to quarantine for 14 days on your return\n\nA full list of countries for which quarantine will not apply to people arriving back in England has been published.\n\nCountries including Greece, Spain, France and Belgium are on the list, which comes into effect from 10 July.\n\nBut countries such as China, US, Sweden and Portugal are not, meaning arrivals from those have to isolate for 14 days.\n\nScotland and Wales are yet to decide whether to ease travel restrictions and described the changes as \"shambolic\".\n\nThe quarantine rules will also remain in place in Northern Ireland for visitors arriving from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe restrictions came into place in early June in a bid to stop coronavirus entering the country as the number of cases was falling.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press briefing, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Instead of quarantining arrivals from the whole world, we will only quarantine arrivals from those countries where the virus is sadly not under control.\"\n\nPeople travelling from the 59 places and 14 British overseas territories on the list will not have to quarantine on arrival in England unless they have travelled through a place which is not exempt.\n\nPassengers will still be required to provide contact information on arrival in England.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nSome of those on the list include popular short-haul destinations such as Turkey and Cyprus, as well as long-haul locations including Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Vietnam.\n\nHowever, some countries will require visitors to isolate on arrival or will bar them from entering at all, such as New Zealand.\n\nThe Foreign Office is expected to update its travel guidance on Saturday, including naming which countries will have a reciprocal arrangement with the UK and not require British visitors to quarantine on arrival.\n\nA list of countries which will be exempt from the Foreign Office's advice against \"all but essential travel\" from Saturday has also been published.\n\nThe advice has been lifted for Portugal but only for the Azores and Madeira.\n\nPortugal's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"We are very disappointed with the decision of the British authorities. We think it is senseless and unfair.\n\n\"It is quite absurd the UK has seven times more cases of Covid-19 than Portugal so we think this is not the way in which allies and friends are treated.\"\n\nHis prime minister, António Costa, tweeted comparing the UK's number of coronavirus cases with that of the Algarve, a popular holiday destination, saying: \"You are welcome to spend a safe holiday in the Algarve.\"\n\nThe government said information for travel into Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be published in due course by the devolved administrations.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said finalising the list of countries had been delayed - after scrapping the quarantine was announced last week - in the hope that the four UK nations could reach a joint decision.\n\nHe said there was \"still an opportunity\" for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to co-ordinate and therefore make the changes more simple.\n\nBut the first ministers of both Scotland and Wales have criticised the government, with Nicola Sturgeon saying Scotland could not be dragged along by the UK government's \"shambolic decision making\".\n\nWelsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said the approach had been \"utterly shambolic\".\n\nHowever, he added it was likely the Welsh government would impose the same measures as in England, provided the chief medical officer for Wales gave approval.\n\nMr Johnson said in a televised coronavirus briefing from Downing Street that the nations of the UK were following \"very similar paths but at different speeds\".\n\nAsked if a family from Scotland could drive to England and fly out and back from an overseas country to get around different quarantine rules the prime minister said that while he knew the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales had a \"slightly different take\" on it the \"convoy is very much going in the same direction\".\n\n\"I'm sure we'll get there together and common sense will apply.\"\n\nThe introduction of the quarantine on 8 June was met with criticism from the travel, tourism and hospitality industries and the easing of restrictions on arrivals from some countries has been welcomed.\n\nA statement on behalf of airlines Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways said the move to quarantine people had been \"irrational\" and had seriously damaged the economy and industry.\n\nIt added the carriers wanted clarification on how countries included on the lists were selected.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of industry body Airline UK, said the lists gave \"a clear path to opening further predominantly long-haul destinations in the weeks ahead\".\n\nTUI UK and Ireland managing director Andrew Flintham said the company was pleased the government had confirmed \"summer holidays are saved\" and said it was a \"significant step forward\" for the industry.\n\nThe chief executive of Booking Holdings, which owns the brands Booking.com and Kayak.com, called for a coordinated effort from governments around the world to set out principles as to why someone can travel from one country to another.\n\nGlenn Fogel told BBC World News current measures were \"totally chaotic\" but he welcomed England's announcement saying the UK is \"an important part of the global tourism industry\".\n\nVisitBritain director Patricia Yates said the lifting of travel restrictions for some of the \"largest and most valuable visitor markets\" was a \"timely boost\" for the industry.\n\nPilots union, the British Airline Pilots Association, said it was an important first step and said it was working with authorities to make sure the return to operations would be safe for pilots, passengers and crew.\n\nAn Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) spokeswoman said there was likely to be a strong demand for holidays and it was important people considered how this might affect their plans.\n\n\"It is especially important that customers also check the latest Foreign Office travel advice before booking, to establish if there are entry restrictions or self-isolation procedures on arrival, or any other measures they need to comply with, in the destination they are planning to visit,\" she said.\n\nA High Court challenge by British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair against the government's 14-day quarantine is set to be withdrawn, their barrister Tom Hickman QC said.", "That's a wrap: The National Theatre in London\n\nEmpty theatre buildings nationwide have been covered in colourful messages of support, as they remain closed due to Covid-19 concerns.\n\nThe National Theatre in London has been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads \"Missing Live Theatre\".\n\nThe project, led by stage designers group Scene Change, also includes the Manchester Royal Exchange and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.\n\nAs well as the Lyric Belfast, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and Theatre Royale Plymouth.\n\nVenues have been shut since March, with many warning that they will go out of business in the coming months without support.\n\nThe art intervention was unveiled on the same day that the National Theatre confirmed 400 casual staff will soon lose their jobs.\n\n\"We have committed to paying our casual staff until the end of August, but very sadly due to the changes in the government Job Retention Scheme, we simply cannot afford to offer financial support beyond that point, when we won't be back performing as usual,\" a spokeswoman told the BBC.\n\nShe added they hoped \"additional financial support from government may be forthcoming\" to allow performing again \"in a limited way\" but said \"it is set to be many months before it will be possible to perform to audiences at usual capacities, so regrettably a proportion of job losses are unavoidable\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC News on Friday, Oscar-winning actor, writer and theatre director Sir Mark Rylance warned that 70% of venues could be closed by Christmas, meaning 290,000 jobs in the sector are at risk, with redundancies being made already.\n\nSir Mark, who also revealed he will reprise his role in Jerusalem next year at some point, stressed that theatres can't go back to usual, and they are going to have to change how they operate and what stories they tell in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"They are devastatingly badly affected,\" said Rylance.\n\n\"We have discovered that what the pandemic has brought to the surface too, is that 70% of the workers in theatre are freelance,\" he added. \"They've not benefitted from any furlough scheme or any of the job retention schemes that the buildings and the permanent staff have benefitted from, so people are really in trouble, and they're going to be in more trouble in August and September.\"\n\nA close-up of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester\n\nIn a statement, Scene Change declared: \"This is a moment of reset in our industry and we believe the design community can be an essential part of the transformation that will see theatre buildings being reopened and the ways in which theatre can be reimagined,\"\n\n\"As shapers of theatrical space through the use of people and place, our work is pivotal in connecting an entire ecosystem within the theatre industry. We are ideally positioned to be at the heart of any discussions about how theatre operates in the future.\"\n\nThe tapes will stay up for a week and then be taken to envelop other theatres.\n\nVenues throughout London's West End will join in on Saturday, while The RSC, Sadler's Wells, Theatr Clwyd and Theatre Royal Stratford East will take part the following week, along with Sheffield Theatres, and the Ambassador Theatre Group.\n\nTom Piper, one of the team behind the campaign, told the BBC's Colin Paterson the design was \"inspired by the fact that the National Theatre was sort of wrapped with hazard warning tape it looked like a toxic sort of waste site\".\n\n\"And we know that theatres are not toxic places, they are places of great healing, where people will come together with a sense of community and that's what we're all missing at the moment,\" added Piper, who also who helped create the 2014 sea of ceramic poppies outside the Tower of London.\n\nHe encouraged people to go along and see the outdoor \"guerrilla\" artwork for themselves, from a safe distance.\n\n\"It's a gesture of love for these buildings really and to highlight that they're empty, they need to be full of people,\" he said.\n\nLast week, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published a five-stage plan for a \"phased return\", which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to follow later.\n\nHowever, the roadmap for the return of live theatre and music was met with calls for financial support and a timetable for reopening, with many dismissing the plan as inadequate.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "After the death of US financier Jeffrey Epstein in jail, his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, came into the spotlight.\n\nHer trial on sex trafficking and other charges begins this week in New York City, where she has been jailed since her arrest in July 2020.\n\nShe faces charges in the US after being arrested by the FBI on suspicion of having assisted Epstein's abuse of minors by helping to recruit and groom victims known to be underage.\n\nFour charges relate to the years 1994-97 when she was, according to the indictment, among Epstein's closest associates and also in an \"intimate relationship\" with him. Two other charges - of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor - came in an amended indictment and relate to the period 2001 and 2004.\n\nAnother two charges are allegations of perjury in 2016. She has pleaded not guilty on all charges.\n\nEpstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August 2019 as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.\n\nDetails of the allegations against Ms Maxwell emerged earlier in documents unsealed by a US judge in August 2019 in a 2015 defamation case.\n\nVirginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein, has accused Ms Maxwell of recruiting her as a masseuse to the financier at the age of 15.\n\nShe sued Ms Maxwell in 2015 for defamation - a case which has since been settled - after the media heiress, daughter of the late newspaper tycoon, Robert Maxwell, said Ms Giuffre was a liar.\n\nThe daughter of a disgraced newspaper tycoon, Ms Maxwell (R) is a well-connected socialite\n\nAnother of Epstein's alleged victims, Sarah Ransome, has told BBC Panorama that Ms Maxwell worked closely with him.\n\nShe said: \"Ghislaine controlled the girls. She was like the madam. She was like the nuts and bolts of the sex trafficking operation.\"\n\nMs Ransome said Ms Maxwell would visit Epstein on his private island in the Caribbean \"to make sure that the girls were doing what they were supposed to be doing\".\n\nShe added: \"She knew what Jeffrey liked. She worked and helped maintain Jeffrey's standard by intimidation, by intimidating the girls, so this was very much a joint effort.\"\n\nMs Maxwell has previously denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein's abuse.\n\nBorn on Christmas Day in 1961 outside Paris, Ms Maxwell is Oxford-educated and said to speak several languages,\n\nA well-connected socialite, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein's US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).\n\nBuckingham Palace has said that \"any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors\" by the duke was \"categorically untrue\".\n\nFriends said that although Ms Maxwell and Epstein's romantic relationship lasted only a few years, she continued to work with him long afterward, the Washington Post reports.\n\n\"She had an upbringing and taste and knew how to run a house and a boat and how to entertain,\" an acquaintance is quoted by the UK's Daily Telegraph as saying. \"You can't buy that. You can't buy access, either.\"\n\nIn a Vanity Fair profile published in 2003, Epstein said Ms Maxwell was not a paid employee, but rather his \"best friend\".\n\nIn court documents, former employees at the Epstein mansion in Palm Beach describe her as the house manager, who oversaw the staff, handled finances and served as social co-ordinator, the Post reports.\n\nMs Maxwell is the daughter of disgraced newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell, his ninth and youngest child.\n\nShe is said to have had a very close relationship with her late father, and he named his luxury yacht - the Lady Ghislaine - after her.\n\nGhislaine was said to be very close to her father, Robert Maxwell, who died nearly 30 years ago\n\nIt was near this yacht that his body was found in the sea off the Canary Islands in November 1991.\n\nAlthough a verdict of accidental drowning was recorded, the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his death was never cleared up.\n\nHe had succeeded in building a global publishing empire, but after his death, it emerged that he had taken money from pension funds of his Mirror Group Newspapers to keep his companies afloat and boost the share price.\n\nSoon after her father's death, Ms Maxwell left the UK to settle in America, where she worked in real estate, and not long after met Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nShe sold her Manhattan townhouse in 2016, and kept a low profile until she was arrested last July at her secluded mansion in the state of New Hampshire.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US prosecutors have appealed for alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein to contact the FBI", "The restaurant chain Yo! introduced the UK to the concept of choosing sushi dishes from a conveyor belt.\n\nBut as it prepares to reopen some of its restaurants in England, it has had to adapt its system in the age of coronavirus.", "A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys.\n\nThe monkeys are snatched from the wild and trained to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said.\n\nThe animal rights group said pigtailed macaques in Thailand were treated like \"coconut-picking machines\".\n\nIn response Waitrose, Ocado, Co-op and Boots vowed to stop selling some goods.\n\nMeanwhile, Morrisons said it had already removed products made with monkey-picked coconuts from its shelves.\n\nIn a statement, Waitrose said: \"As part of our animal welfare policy, we have committed to never knowingly sell any products sourced from monkey labour.\"\n\nCo-op said: \"As an ethical retailer, we do not permit the use of monkey labour to source ingredients for our products.\"\n\nIn a tweet earlier on Friday, the prime minister's fiancée Carrie Symonds, a conservationist, called on all supermarkets to boycott the products.\n\nSainsbury's subsequently told the BBC: \"We are actively reviewing our ranges and investigating this complex issue with our suppliers.\"\n\nAsda said: \"We expect our suppliers to uphold the highest production standards at all times and we will not tolerate any forms of animal abuse in our supply chain.\" It pledged to remove certain brands from its shelves until it has investigated the allegations of cruelty.\n\nMs Symonds later took to Twitter again to urge Tesco to make a similar pledge: \"Come on @Tesco! Over to you! Please stop selling these products too,\" she wrote.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson told the BBC: \"Our own-brand coconut milk and coconut water does not use monkey labour in its production and we don't sell any of the branded products identified by Peta.\n\n\"We don't tolerate these practices and would remove any product from sale that is known to have used monkey labour during its production.\"\n\nPeta said it had found eight farms in Thailand where monkeys were forced to pick coconuts for export around the world.\n\nMale monkeys are able to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day, Peta says. It's thought that a human can pick about 80.\n\nIt said it also discovered \"monkey schools\", where the animals were trained to pick fruit, as well as ride bikes or play basketball for the entertainment of tourists.\n\n\"The animals at these facilities - many of whom are illegally captured as babies - displayed stereotypic behaviour indicative of extreme stress,\" Peta said.\n\n\"Monkeys were chained to old tyres or confined to cages that were barely large enough for them to turn around in.\"\n\n\"One monkey in a cage on a lorry bed was seen frantically shaking the cage bars in a futile attempt to escape, and a screaming monkey on a rope desperately tried to run away from a handler.\"\n\nIn one case, the organisation was told that monkeys would have their canine teeth pulled out if they tried to bite handlers.\n\n\"These curious, highly intelligent animals are denied psychological stimulation, companionship, freedom, and everything else that would make their lives worth living, all so that they can be used to gather coconuts,\" said Peta director Elisa Allen.\n\n\"Peta is calling on decent people never to support the use of monkey labour by shunning coconut products from Thailand.\"", "Fitzwilliam College, at Cambridge University, has announced it has \"accepted the resignation of historian David Starkey from his honorary fellowship with immediate effect\".\n\nThe college said: \"Our student and academic bodies are diverse and welcoming to all. We do not tolerate racism.\"\n\nHis comments on slavery were criticised on Thursday for being racist.\n\nThe TV historian has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nStarkey told an online show hosted by conservative commentator Darren Grimes that slavery was not genocide, because of the survival of \"so many damn blacks\".\n\nThe master of Fitzwilliam contacted Starkey following his comments, and the college added: \"Fitzwilliam prides itself in leading the way in Cambridge in opening access to higher education for underrepresented groups.\"\n\nThe statement went on to note that while the author \"holds no teaching role\" there, that \"honorary fellows have the same responsibility as all members of our college to uphold our values\".\n\nCanterbury Christ Church University, meanwhile, has also announced it has \"terminated David Starkey's position as visiting professor with immediate effect\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CanterburyCCUni 🌈 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nProfessor Rama Thirunamachandran, vice-chancellor of the university, apologised to staff and students who have been offended and upset by the \"appalling\" comments.\n\nHe said: \"Widely reported comments by historian David Starkey during a recent online interview are, in our view, completely unacceptable and do not reflect the values of our university and community.\"\n\nLancaster University has also initiated a review of Starkey's honorary graduate status.\n\n\"His comments are abhorrent and contrary to our values,\" the institution tweeted.\n\nWriting on Twitter, former chancellor Sajid Javid said: \"David Starkey's racist comments are a reminder of the appalling views that still exist.\"\n\nThe Mary Rose Trust said it was \"appalled\" by Starkey's comments, adding on Thursday evening they had accepted his resignation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by The Mary Rose This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by The Mary Rose\n\nStarkey made the offensive remarks in an episode of Darren Grimes's YouTube show Reasoned, entitled \"Dr David Starkey: Black Lives Matter Aims To Delegitimate British History\".\n\nThe show's host tweeted on Thursday: \"I reject in the strongest possible terms what Dr Starkey said in that clip and so very wish I'd caught it at the time. I am still learning the ropes, I will be much more alert to challenging this kind of thing in future.\"\n\nIn it, Starkey said: \"Slavery was not genocide otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived.\"\n\nHe also claimed that the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, had been characterised by \"violence\" and \"victimhood\".\n\nHe described cancel culture and the pulling down of statues as \"deranged\".\n\nThe academic went on to discuss the links between slavery and the British Empire.\n\nStarkey said: \"As for the idea that slavery is this kind of terrible disease that dare not speak its name, it only dare not speak its name, Darren, because we settled it nearly 200 years ago.\"\n\n\"We don't normally go on about the fact that Roman Catholics once upon a time didn't have the vote and weren't allowed to have their own churches because we had Catholic emancipation.\"\n\nStarkey's comments were heavily criticised by several social media users.\n\nNicholas Guyatt, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, tweeted: \"Can't speak for my employer but as someone who teaches history at Cambridge I'm ashamed of our connections with David Starkey and urge both the university and Fitzwilliam College to cut all ties with him.\"\n\nIt's not the first time Starkey has been involved in a public race row.\n\nIn 2011, the BBC received nearly 700 complaints about Starkey's claim that \"whites have become black\", during a Newsnight discussion about riots in the UK.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Washington Redskins American football team will review its name after demands from major sponsors.\n\nIts headline sponsor, Fedex, joined a fresh wave of calls to scrap a team moniker long-criticised as racist.\n\nThe Washington DC-based team has faced years of pressure over a name seen as offensive to Native Americans. The latest calls come amid a fresh focus on racism sparked by worldwide protests.\n\nFedEx made the request at the behest of its own investors.\n\nDan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, said: \"This process allows the team to take into account not only the proud tradition and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the organization, sponsors, the National Football League (NFL) and the local community.\"\n\nAt the turn of the millennium, FedEx paid $205m (£165m) for the naming rights to the Redskins' 82,000-seat stadium in Maryland. The deal expires in 2025.\n\nBut that is not the delivery giant's only tie to the team. The boss and founder of FedEx, Frederick Smith also owns a minority stake in the Redskins.\n\nThe team has been under pressure to change its name for decades.\n\nNative Americans and supporters protesting against Redskins' name and logo\n\nSix years ago, FedEx shareholders voted to allow the Redskins to keep its name after the shipping giant received a complaint from the Wisconsin-based Oneida Indian tribe.\n\nBut as firms assess their stance on issues around race, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, FedEx has now called for the team to rebrand.\n\nLast week, 87 investment firms and shareholders wrote to FedEx, along with fellow Redskins' sponsors Nike and PepsiCo, calling on the firms to sever ties with the Redskins, according to trade publication AdWeek.\n\n\"'Redskins' remains a dehumanising word, characterizing people by skin colour and a racial slur with hateful connotations,\" the letter written to PepsiCo said.\n\n\"We have been in conversations with the NFL and Washington management for a few weeks about this issue,\" a PepsiCo spokesperson said.\n\n\"We believe it is time for a change. We are pleased to see the steps the team announced today, and we look forward to continued partnership.\"\n\nAs of Thursday, Nike's website did not display any Redskins merchandise. The Washington-based team was the only one of the 32 NFL teams no longer listed in the site's index.\n\nNike did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nIn the past, the team's owner Mr Snyder has remained steadfast on keeping the name, calling it a \"badge of honour\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nWhen the fortune of a town is so inextricably linked to one employer, any threat to jobs will have a \"devastating\" effect on the local community.\n\nAirbus is to Broughton what Hoover once was to Merthyr Tydfil, Ford to Bridgend and Tata Steel still is to Port Talbot.\n\nMore people are employed at the Airbus factory than live in Broughton itself.\n\nSo it is little wonder jobs losses are seen as a \"hammer blow\" to the area.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total, including 1,700 in its UK sites at Flintshire and Bristol, as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\n\"The majority of people living in the area work there so [job losses] are going to be a great shame to a lot of people. I have family working there, everyone is going to impacted,\" said one resident.\n\n\"I thought I had a job for life, I'm devastated,\" said worker Ross Leeding\n\nAnother added: \"It's a big part of the community, one of the main sources of jobs around here. So if anything happens it would have a big blow - devastating.\n\nOn the shop floor, the mood has been \"sombre\" since the news broke.\n\n\"People are shocked and the uncertainty over numbers is only adding to that,\" said worker Daz Reynolds, of the Unite union.\n\n\"People have families to feed and they want to know what their future looks like at Airbus. It's simple.\n\n\"This is going to have a devastating effect. There are highly-skilled workers here but also thousands of people in the supply chain in towns and villages across north-east Wales and Cheshire. Everyone knows someone who works with Airbus.\"\n\nAgency worker Ross Leeding, already on furlough, added: \"I wish they would tell us if we're being made redundant or not - not maybe. It's frustrating not to know.\n\n\"I'm devastated. I was happy here and thought I had a job for life here. I'm 60 years old now, so where am I going to get a job like this?\n\n\"There are others with kids, mortgages, loans who are worse off than me. It's the bread and butter for Broughton.\"\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nThe aftershocks from job losses are likely to ripple out across the entire region, to suppliers and the local economy that has been built around the success and size of Airbus.\n\nBen Francis, policy chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses, said it was \"extremely worrying news\".\n\nHe added: \"The importance of Airbus to the north Wales economy cannot be overstated. There are families, communities, and small businesses who rely on Airbus, as does the wider regional economy.\"\n\nThomas Smith runs the nearby New Glynne Arms inn that relies on Airbus staff for trade.\n\n\"We rely on passing trade so if you take away thousands of people, it's terrifying to think what might happen,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to affect the local economy big time because so many work there. You just don't know what the future is.\"\n\nLocal businesses will also be badly affected, said local pub landlord Thomas Smith\n\nWrexham MS Lesley Griffiths said the effects would be felt \"throughout\" the local supply chain and Flintshire council leader Ian Roberts said the factory was of \"immense\" importance for the county.\n\n\"It's devastating for Flintshire and the wider region - 50% of the workers come from outside the county,\" said Mr Roberts.\n\nThere is concern that job losses will not only affect current staff, but young people in the area.\n\nColeg Cambria in Connah's Quay offers engineering students an undergraduate apprenticeship with Airbus.\n\nThousands more people are employed in the supply chain around the Broughton site\n\nDavid Jones, a former chief executive of the college, said the scheme was the biggest of its kind in the UK with 150 new apprentices joining each year.\n\n\"With older people and other workers that receive training, around 1,000 people are linked with Airbus training in Coleg Cambria and other colleges and universities,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"The goal now must be to win the contract to build a new type of wing that will be developed over the next five years.\n\n\"There are huge developments in the aerospace sector, meaning that wings will be produced in completely different ways to today.\n\n\"Whoever manages to secure that next contract, it will be hugely important regarding the long term future of wing building in north east Wales.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Drakeford says dealing with the UK government has been \"shambolic\"\n\nDealing with the UK government on plans to lift quarantine measures for travellers from abroad has been \"utterly shambolic\", Wales' first minister has said.\n\nPeople arriving in England from more than 50 countries will not need to quarantine from 10 July.\n\nMark Drakeford said he wants to allow the UK scheme to operate in Wales.\n\nBut he said it had been \"impossible\" to get a \"sensible answer\" on how UK ministers intended to make the changes.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said it had been \"trailed\" for \"a very long time\" and that the UK nations were following \"very similar paths, if at slightly different speeds\".\n\nUK ministers have said people arriving in England from countries including France, Spain, Germany and Italy will be exempted from quarantine rules.\n\nMr Drakeford's comments were echoed by the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who also said the UK government's decision making on the matter had been \"shambolic\".\n\nAlthough foreign affairs is not devolved, the implementation of the changes under public health legislation means it needs to be signed off by the governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Dealing with the UK government, over the last few days, has been an utterly shambolic experience,\" Mr Drakeford said, in some of the strongest comments the first minister has made about his political rivals in Westminster during the pandemic.\n\n\"If ever there was an example of making an announcement first and then trying to work out what you meant by it, that is what we have seen since,\" the first minister said at his daily Welsh Government briefing.\n\n\"Day after day we have attempted to get a sensible answer from the UK government of how they intend to make these changes - which countries they intend to extend the new arrangements to, and I just have to say it's been an impossible experience to follow.\"\n\nSpain is amongst the countries UK ministers intend to exempt from quarantine rules\n\nEarlier Grant Shapps, UK transport secretary, said he had \"held off\" from his announcement in the hope that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would reach a decision at the same time as England.\n\nHe said there was \"still an opportunity\" for them to co-ordinate ahead of the changes coming into effect on 10 July.\n\nThe first minister said he does not expect the Welsh Government to disagree with the list.\n\n\"But the law requires that we ask our chief medical officer to take an independent assessment of the list\", he said.\n\n\"If he were to come to any other conclusion then we will pursue his views, first of all with the UK government and then in terms of what we would do here in Wales.\"\n\nThe quarantine restrictions only came into force in early June, to try to stop coronavirus entering the UK at a time when UK infections were falling.\n\nBoris Johnson, at a Downing Street press conference, said: \"We've trailed this for a very long time.\"\n\nHe said the \"administrations in Wales and Scotland may have their own take on this\".\n\n\"But my impression of the way we've been working as a UK is that we, generally speaking, are following very very similar paths if at slightly different speeds.\"", "With travel restrictions and tight budgets many British people are choosing to holiday at home this year. The Lake District is seeing a surge in holiday bookings, as Sarah Corker reports.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ann \"felt so well\" after being given plasma from patients who recovered from Covid-19\n\nBlood plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 is being tested as a potential treatment for those still suffering from the disease.\n\nIt is hoped transfusing seriously ill patients with the plasma - which contains coronavirus antibodies - can give struggling immune systems a helping hand.\n\nMother-of-seven Ann Kitchen was the first person to get the treatment.\n\nShe says her attitude to life is that \"you've got to give things a try\".\n\nAnn was being treated for coronavirus in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London, when researchers asked her to take part in the blood plasma trial.\n\n\"I just felt it was the right thing. Someone has to start doing it. And if it's going to help other people. I just felt it was right.\"\n\nShe was conscious throughout, so saw the pouch of liquid and thought that it looked like \"liquid gold\".\n\nAnn was the first patient to take part, but since then about 200 more have agreed to join the trials. About half have received the plasma.\n\nIt's not new for plasma to be used in hospitals. It is often given when people have lost a lot of blood.\n\nBefore the pandemic, there was no specific national plasma donation programme.\n\nNow, more than 90,000 people have volunteered to donate their plasma in England. It can be frozen for three years.\n\nSo far, there's already enough in the system to treat 1,000 people.\n\nResearchers are keen to collect as much as possible now, especially in case of a possible second wave.\n\nThe idea behind this treatment is simple.\n\nOne way the immune system fights off infections is by producing antibodies.\n\nSo, in theory, giving these antibodies to someone who is ill now, should give them an instant shot of immunity.\n\nTwo separate UK trials are testing to see if this is true.\n\nDr Gail Miflin, chief medical officer for NHS Blood and Transplant, says we could know later this year whether or not plasma is effective.\n\n\"At the moment, we don't know. We hope it could make a huge difference and it could help people recover quicker and come out of hospital faster.\"\n\n\"All I know is that it was within a couple of days of having that plasma, I started to feel a lot better,\" she says.\n\n\"So hopefully it'll be proven that it works.\"\n\nShe has been recovering at home for several weeks now, and thinks she's beginning to understand how sick she was.\n\nHer sons and daughters told her they had been frightened because she had been in a \"really bad way\".\n\nNow, she has days when she is very tired, but mostly she says she feels \"fantastic\".\n\nAnd she says she is incredibly grateful to the donors who have given their plasma.\n\n\"I'm just pleased that there are people out there who are willing to give people a chance.\"", "Airbus has two UK sites, in Flintshire in Wales and Filton near Bristol\n\nAerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15,000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt will cut 1,700 jobs in the UK, along with thousands more in Germany, Spain and elsewhere.\n\nThe move is subject to talks with unions which have opposed compulsory redundancies.\n\nThe Unite union said the Airbus announcement was \"another act of industrial vandalism\" against the UK aerospace sector.\n\nSome 134,000 people work for Airbus worldwide, with around a tenth of them in the UK.\n\nThe firm said the UK cuts would fall only on the commercial aircraft division at its two sites at Broughton in Flintshire and Filton, Bristol.\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nHowever, Unite said it expected 1,116 manufacturing jobs and 611 office-based jobs to go, shrinking Airbus's UK workforce by 15%.\n\nThese cuts were inevitable. The only question was just how severe the pain would be.\n\nThe Covid-19 pandemic has been little short of catastrophic for the airline industry. At one point in April, global air traffic was down by more than 90%.\n\nWhen planes aren't flying, they aren't earning money. Yet they still need to be maintained and leasing costs or loans still need to be paid.\n\nThe result? Airlines are struggling to survive and simply can't afford to take on new planes right now. And that, of course, means Airbus has had to curb production.\n\nAirbus has delayed these cuts and has made full use of support from governments. But ultimately it had little choice.\n\nAnd the pain being felt in places such as Broughton, Toulouse and Hamburg will echo through the entire supply chain.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nThe company warned in April that it was \"bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed\" as it struggled with the impact of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt said on Tuesday that production had dropped by 40% in recent months, and that it did not expect air traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.\n\n\"Airbus is facing the gravest crisis this industry has ever experienced,\" said chief executive Guillaume Faury. \"The measures we have taken so far have enabled us to absorb the initial shock of this global pandemic.\n\n\"Now, we must ensure that we can sustain our enterprise and emerge from the crisis as a healthy, global aerospace leader, adjusting to the overwhelming challenges of our customers.\"\n\nNews of the cuts comes as the international aviation industry reels from the impact of the pandemic. On Tuesday, EasyJet said it would close three UK bases and cut about 2,000 staff.\n\nAnd Reuters reported that Air France/KLM was targeting more than 6,500 job cuts over the next two years.\n\nJim McMahon, Labour's shadow transport secretary, called for more government support in the UK.\n\n\"Labour has consistently called for an extension to the furlough in the most impacted industries, and a sectoral deal that supports the whole aviation industry including securing jobs and protecting the supply chain, while continuing to press for higher environmental standards.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"We understand this will be a difficult time for Airbus's employees and their families, and we stand ready to support anyone affected in any way we can.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with the sector to ensure firms are able to rebuild as the civil aviation market recovers.\"", "Almost a quarter of the Airbus jobs in Broughton are being lost\n\nA total of 1,730 jobs will be cut at two of aerospace giant Airbus's UK factories, the company has confirmed.\n\nIt is part of plans to axe 15,000 jobs worldwide in response to the hit it has taken during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was \"deeply concerned\" about the 1,435 jobs being cut at Broughton, Flintshire and urged the UK government to \"get to grips\" with the economic crisis.\n\nA further 295 jobs will go in Filton, Bristol.\n\nPreviously, the company said the jobs would go by summer 2021.\n\nAirbus, which employs 6,080 workers at Broughton, hopes the majority will come via voluntary redundancies or staff retiring early.\n\nBut another 500 agency workers who were furloughed will not be returning.\n\nIt said in a statement: \"This split reflects the significant impact the Covid crisis has had on the UK's commercial aircraft manufacturing activities, which are concentrated in Broughton.\n\n\"Airbus will continue to meet regularly with its trade union partners in the UK in order to identify solutions that will help us implement this adaptation while minimising the social impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the company.\"\n\nSir Keir told a call with voters in Flintshire on Thursday evening he feared it was the beginning of an economic crisis \"the like of which we haven't seen for many, many years\".\n\n\"It's one of the reasons that we've been saying to the [UK] government, it is all very well saying build build build… but at the moment the thing that matters more than anything else is preserving jobs and having a laser-like focus on preserving and protecting jobs.\"\n\nOne of Airbus's senior vice presidents admitted \"it's going to be a difficult period,\" but added that the company remained \"confident in the future\" of the Broughton site.\n\nPaul McKinlay, head of major component told BBC Wales: \"If we didn't act, the viability and future of Airbus would be at stake. It's set at the right level, we believe, for when - we really hope - that recovery starts to come in two to three years, that we're ready for that brighter future.\"\n\nHe welcomed support given to the industry and company by both the Welsh and UK governments.\n\n\"With such devastating news and impact on our industry, any opportunity of support would be welcomed,\" he said.\n\n\"But I think if you look at the aviation sector and how much it's been devastated by this dreadful virus then I think there's quite a strong case for why the aviation sector needs support.\"\n\nBaroness Morgan said it was \"a larger number of jobs than we feared may happen\" and the Welsh Government would be \"working with the UK government to make sure that we keep on pressing to see if we can get more specific support for the sector\".\n\nThe cuts in Broughton represent almost a quarter of the workforce. Filton currently employs 3,200 people.\n\nThe job losses in Broughton have been described as \"a hammer blow\" for the area\n\nLlyr Gruffydd, North Wales Member of the Senedd, said it was \"gut-wrenching\" that 1,435 jobs were being cut at Broughton.\n\nThe Unite union described it as \"another act of industrial vandalism\" against the UK aerospace sector.\n\nIts regional secretary for Wales, Peter Hughes, said no one ever thought it would be \"this bad.\"\n\n\"Yesterday when the announcement was 'over 1,700,' we knew that was bad, and then today over 1,400 from here, (it) is just a massive number,\" he said.\n\n\"Especially when you think that's probably about a third of the workforce.\n\nMr Hughes said the union would be pushing for no compulsory redundancies and called on the UK Government to \"make sure they deliver for Welsh workers.\"\n\nThere would be \"a domino effect\".\n\n\"This is going to knock all of the other dominoes down,\" he said.\n\n\"There's going to be massive knock-on effects.\n\n\"Every one worker here is six in the supply chain, you can do the sums yourself.\"\n\nSome 134,000 people work for Airbus worldwide, with about 10% of them in the UK.\n\nThe factory in Broughton makes wings for the Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger plane.\n\nThe Filton site is responsible for wing assembly and equipping the Airbus A400M, a military transport plane.\n\nIn April, the company warned it was \"bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed\" as it struggled with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt said on Tuesday that production had dropped by 40% in recent months and it did not expect air traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.\n\nOn Tuesday, EasyJet announced it had started consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle, with Unite saying nearly 1,300 UK crew members faced losing their jobs.\n\nThe Airbus A400M is equipped at the company's Filton site\n\nLeader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Jane Dodds, said: \"Airbus is a huge part of north Wales' economy and provides thousands of well-paid, high-skilled jobs. This announcement is a real blow for Broughton and surrounding communities.\n\n\"We need to do all we can to support those who face losing their job at this difficult time. I hope both the UK and Welsh governments will respond quickly to put additional support in place.\"\n\nDelyn MP Rob Roberts called Airbus \"a vital part of the economy in our part of the country, and I am therefore deeply concerned for workers at the plant at Broughton, their families, and our wider community\".", "Pubs are reopening in England from 4 July and is being dubbed \"Super Saturday\"\n\nPolice are urging the public to heed the \"stay local\" message in Wales as pubs begin opening in England.\n\nIt follows concerns some people will travel by train or car to towns and cities across the border to enjoy a pint.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he did not want to see hard work to control coronavirus abandoned.\n\nTrain operator Transport for Wales also stressed public transport should only be used for essential journeys.\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the lifting of travel restrictions in Wales but this does not come into effect until Monday.\n\nAnd while pubs in England can open from 06:00 BST on Saturday, those in Wales will not begin welcoming punters to outdoor spaces until 13 July.\n\nNorth Wales Police urged people to \"stay local\" and Gwent Police said it would be engaging with communities to reinforce the \"stay safe, stay local\" message over the weekend.\n\n\"Our force area sits on one of the main gateways into Wales,\" said a force spokesman.\n\n\"We would like to remind our communities that there are still differences in the guidance in Wales and in England, and any changes to the government guidelines have not yet come into effect in Wales.\"\n\nBeer gardens in pubs will be able to open in Wales from 13 July\n\nThe Gwent force said it would be continuing regular patrols to drive home its message this weekend, ahead of travel restrictions being lifted in Wales from Monday.\n\nIt warned \"people ignoring government advice\" or \"repeatedly disregarding guidance\" would face enforcement measures, which include fixed penalty fines, which can rise to £1,920 for repeat offenders.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said it wanted to remind the public that travelling in large groups or with people outside of your own household \"is still not permitted\".\n\nThey added: \"It is also vital that anyone planning on consuming alcohol away from their home ensures they are fit to drive before doing so, or arranges an alternative method of transport.\n\n\"Drink-driving can have tragic consequences, and after three months of the country pulling together for the NHS we hope everyone continues to act responsibly and stays safe this weekend.\"\n\nPubs, cafes and restaurants have been closed in Wales since March\n\nAddressing the same issues ahead of the weekend, the first minister repeated the stay local message: \"So while there are populations very close to the border who may chose to travel, for most of us that will not be a possibility.\n\n\"So please, wherever you are in Wales, this weekend is not a reason or an excuse to abandon all the things that you have worked so hard to achieve, please continue to do those things that help to keep Wales safe.\"\n\nTransport for Wales chief executive James Price said: \"Covid-19 is an evolving situation and over the next week there are important changes in advice from UK and Welsh governments.\n\n\"However, we need to reinforce our travel safer campaign highlighting that public transport is for essential travel and where there are no other travel alternatives.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nRecreational cricket is set to resume in England from Saturday, 11 July, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nJohnson had previously said on Friday that it was not yet safe to play the game at grassroots level because of issues with \"teas and dressing rooms\".\n\nHowever, in a later briefing, he said the government would publish guidelines to help clubs and players prepare for the sport's return.\n\nChief medical officer Chris Whitty said it was \"very safe\" to resume playing.\n\nEngland's men will play West Indies in a three-Test series in a bio-secure environment from 8 July.\n\nWhitty said it should be possible to make the game \"safe at a distance\", adding that players should not hug one another or apply saliva to a ball.\n• None How to follow England v West Indies on BBC\n\nThe use of saliva will not be allowed during England's Test series and during warm-up matches players have celebrated by bumping elbows.\n\nThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was \"delighted\" at the government's decision.\n\n\"We believe we have a role to play in getting people active across the country, especially young people,\" chief executive Tom Harrison said.\n\n\"It is heartening to know that club cricket - albeit with social distancing in place and some other adaptations - will soon be back across England.\"\n\nJohnson had been criticised by a number of players - both at domestic and grassroots level - for not allowing recreational cricket to resume.\n\nThe head of Badminton England criticised Johnson for allowing cricket to return, but not badminton.\n\n\"Why can a badminton club not play in a local community centre? If we all follow the same rules, what's the problem?\" Adrian Christy tweeted.\n\nIn an interview with LBC on Friday morning, Johnson said the debate about the sport's return had \"gone round and round\".\n\n\"The longer answer which I think probably Whitty would give, if he were here, about cricket - the risk is not so much the ball, although that may be a factor,\" Johnson said.\n\n\"It's the teas, it's the changing rooms and so on and so forth. There are other factors involved that generate proximity which you might not get in a game of tennis.\"\n\nHe said later in the day that he had been \"stumped\" by the question and \"the third umpire has been invoked\".\n\nA statement from the ECB said the risks of exposure to coronavirus were \"very low\" while playing cricket.\n\n\"The ECB believes that cricket is a non-contact sport, with very low risks of exposure, and that it can be played as safely as many other activities being currently permitted,\" it said.\n\nOther recreational sports such as golf, tennis and basketball have all resumed following the coronavirus lockdown, and pubs are set to reopen in England from Saturday.", "Elderly care home residents will be tested every 28 days\n\nStaff and residents in care homes in England will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week.\n\nStaff will be tested for coronavirus weekly with tests every 28 for days residents over 65.\n\nThe testing policy, which begins on Monday, will also apply to younger patients suffering from dementia.\n\nAny care home dealing with an outbreak, or at increased risk of an outbreak, will be more intensively tested.\n\nCare sector experts say that repeated testing is crucial to containing the virus, following criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic in residential homes.\n\nThere have been 29,000 \"excess\" deaths - the number of fatalities above the average for the time of year - in care homes in England and Wales during this year's coronavirus outbreak, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThere were just over 66,000 deaths of care home residents between 2 March and 12 June this year, compared with just under 37,000 deaths last year.\n\nBBC head of statistics Robert Cuffe says the new figures give the clearest picture yet of the toll of the epidemic in care homes, because they include the deaths of all residents, wherever they took place - not just those who died in the homes.\n\nOf the 29,000 excess deaths, 19,394 of them mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, leaving almost 10,000 deaths that were registered to other causes.\n\nThree-quarters of these deaths occurred within care homes and a quarter in hospitals.\n\nCoronavirus was the leading cause of death for male care home residents, accounting for a third of all deaths, and the second cause of death in female care home residents - after dementia and Alzheimer's disease - accounting for a quarter of all deaths.\n\nSpeaking on LBC, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would \"go over and look at\" whether an earlier lockdown would have made a difference to the number of people who died in care homes.\n\n\"We will have to go back and look at the whole issue of what happened in care homes in great, great detail,\" he said.\n\n\"I think what happened was absolutely tragic, there's no question that we saw far too many lives lost in care homes and we mourn for everyone.\"\n\nA National Audit Office report last month said about 25,000 hospital patients were discharged into care homes in England at the height of the pandemic, without them all being tested for Covid-19.\n\nMr Johnson said he disagreed with claims that people were moved into care homes from the NHS to make space in hospitals.\n\n\"What we certainly wanted to do to was to ensure we had the space in the NHS, that's absolutely right, but what I'm told is every decision to move people out of the beds in the NHS was taken on a clinical basis and not in any way intended to endanger the care homes.\"\n\nA government survey of almost 9,000 care home managers has identified high levels of the virus among care staff, particularly among temporary staff who work in multiple care settings.\n\nThe data, being published on Friday morning by the ONS, will show care home staff may be at increased risk of contracting the virus, which they may then pass on to others if they have no symptoms.\n\nThe regular testing process will begin next week across all care homes for over 65s and residents with dementia who have registered to receive retesting.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the new policy would give \"certainty and peace of mind\" to families who might otherwise be worried about their loved ones.\n\nCare minister Helen Whately said: \"Social care and its workforce are at the front line of this unprecedented pandemic with many of our care homes looking after those who are most at risk from coronavirus.\n\n\"It is our priority to protect care residents and staff and testing is a crucial part of that. This is so important as it means care workers can be sure they are providing the very best care without worrying if they are carrying the virus themselves.\"\n\nCare providers have also been advised of the importance of reducing movement between care homes to prevent the spread of coronavirus.\n\nIt comes as the Department of Health published detailed guidance to pubs, restaurants, cinemas and other venues reopening in England on 4 July on the best way to collect records of staff and visitors to help NHS contact tracers.\n\nThe information will be kept for 21 days and used to reach anyone who at a later date was found to have potentially been in contact with a positive coronavirus case.\n\nAre you or a loved one currently a resident in a care home? What has been your experience of testing? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Wings for all the Airbus commercial planes are made in Wales\n\nPlans to cut 1,700 UK Airbus jobs have been described as \"utterly devastating\" by a Welsh minister.\n\nEconomy, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to support the flight sector.\n\nMr Skates said a \"significant share\" of the job losses were expected at Broughton, in Flintshire.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe site in Broughton makes wings for the Airbus A380, which is the world's largest passenger plane.\n\nMr Skates said \"compulsory action\" at the Broughton site, which employs 6,000, could not be ruled out.\n\nHe said within the next three weeks he would be convening a high level summit to discuss the future of the aerospace, automotive and manufacturing sector and he would be pressing the UK government to take part.\n\nThe minister added it was \"vital\" the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak \"takes the lead\", calling for an \"evolution\" of the furlough scheme to support a shorter working week.\n\nKen Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to save jobs at Airbus in Broughton\n\n\"Nobody should be under any illusion about the impact covid is having on aerospace, a critical part of the Welsh economy,\" Mr Skates said.\n\n\"The sector is in crisis and the UK government needs to take swift and decisive action now to save the industry and its supply chain.\n\n\"The alarm bells have been sounding for weeks and we need urgent steps at a UK level to prevent this crisis becoming even worse.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Drakeford This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart told Radio Wales: \"There's this idea that there hasn't been much UK government involvement, but there has been £10bn worth so far [in the aviation industry] and we'll keep doing that because we want it to survive…\n\n\"I spoke to [Airbus] yesterday or the day before and I have done throughout this crisis….\n\n\"There is a role for Welsh Government in this too, don't forget they protect their devolved areas very carefully… I'm looking forward to hearing what the first minister is going to do, what Ken Skates is going to do and what their role is in this rather than complain about the UK.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster, Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty asked what Boris Johnson was doing to help workers who \"don't want to hear slogans\".\n\nThe prime minister said there was a \"£600bn plan for investment\" in jobs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nAt the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Mr Skates said ministers would not \"abandon\" Airbus workers and would do all they could to help.\n\n\"This cannot - and will not - be the beginning of the end for Airbus at Broughton,\" he added.\n\nFlintshire council leader Ian Roberts said he would \"like to hear assurances that there will be a two-government approach to this\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"Too often governments blame each other.\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford responded, saying he would \"definitely agree that all levels of government will need to work together very closely\".\n\nHe said it was what happened when Ford announced it was closing its engine plant in Bridgend last year.\n\n\"We will need to mobilise exactly the same sort of effort,\" he said.\n\nUnite Wales Regional Secretary Peter Hughes urged the UK government to act: \"If the UK government does not step in now to ensure the support is there for Airbus to get through this crisis, the consequences for Wales could be catastrophic.\"\n\nHe said the union would \"not accept any proposal that involves compulsory redundancy for our members\".\n\nHe called on Airbus to \"hold their nerve and step back from implementing their plan\".\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nMr Skates said his thoughts were with workers and their families.\n\n\"As a Welsh Government we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the company, its workforce, the unions and the communities impacted by this,\" he said.\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nPlaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd warned two-thirds of the 1,700 job losses could be in Broughton.\n\nThe Member of the Senedd for North Wales said workers had told him that they expected to potentially lose 1,100 jobs.\n\nHe said Airbus supported another three local jobs for every one at the firm.\n\n\"We are talking about 25,000 dependent on Airbus in Broughton for their work,\" he said.\n\nIn a joint statement, a group of Conservative MPs with constituencies in north Wales said the announcement was \"immensely worrying for local employees\".\n\nWrexham MP Sarah Atherton, Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes, Ynys Mon MP Virginia Crosbie, Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies, Clwyd West MP David Jones, Aberconwy MP Robin Millar and Delyn MP Rob Roberts said: \"We have spoken to Airbus and will continue to work closely with the company, trade unions and both the UK and Welsh governments to do everything we can to support Airbus' workers, their families and the wider community.\"\n\nThey said the UK government had provided \"significant support to help Airbus face the challenges that have emerged as a result of this pandemic\".", "Air France-KLM plans to cut more than 7,500 jobs at its French arm as the airline industry reels from the coronavirus crisis.\n\nEurope's second-biggest airline will cut 6,560 staff at Air France, with its regional French carrier Hop! losing 1,020 jobs, the company said on Friday.\n\nIn a statement, the firm said: \"Recovery looks set to be very slow\" due to uncertainties around Covid-19.\n\nThe cuts will take place over the next three years.\n\nThe group also cited the lifting of travel restrictions and changing customer demand as potential cause for concern in the future.\n\nAt the height of the pandemic, revenues fell by 95% and the Air France airline was losing €15m (£13.5m) per day.\n\nAir France does not expect that activity will return to its pre-pandemic level before 2024.\n\nThe group's flagship airline expects to have cut more than 6,000 jobs by the end of 2022, out of a current total of 41,000 staff.\n\n\"Natural departures\", such as retirements and employees who leave of their own accord, are expected to make up about half of the reductions at Air France.\n\nIts sister airline Hop! will see 1,020 jobs cut over the next three years. It currently employs more than 2,000 people.\n\nProtestors at the entrance of an airport in Morlaix, western France\n\nThe company said: \"Air France and Hop! are working together with the unions to implement plans that give priority to voluntary departures, early retirement arrangements and professional and geographical mobility.\"\n\nAir France also said that a wider \"reconstruction plan\" would be presented at the end of July, along with one for the wider Air France-KLM group.\n\nUnion members and staff staged protests at several sites across France on Friday, including outside the company's offices near Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.\n\nThe French government has pledged billions of Euros to support Air France-KLM and the wider aviation industry as demand for travel has crashed as a result of coronavirus-related lockdown measures.\n\nLoans to Air France were contingent on the carrier scrapping some domestic flights in a bid to cut its carbon emissions.\n\nOther airlines have also been forced to adopt similar measures in anticipation of a long, slow return to former levels of demand.\n\nEasyJet previously said that it may need to reduce staff numbers by up to a third because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn June, Lufthansa said it planned to cut 22,000 jobs, and British Airways said in April that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs from its 42,000-strong workforce.", "Sinn Féin's leader and deputy leader attended, along with former leader Gerry Adams (centre)\n\nMichelle O'Neill has said she is \"sorry for grieving families experiencing more hurt\" after complaints about her attending an ex-IRA leader's funeral.\n\nThe deputy first minister was accused of breaching social distancing regulations at Bobby Storey's funeral.\n\nHowever the First Minister Arlene Foster said the apology \"fell short\" in not acknowledging Ms O'Neill's \"role in causing the hurt\".\n\nFour executive parties, including the DUP, had called for her to step aside.\n\nMs O'Neill has said she believes she stuck to the coronavirus lockdown guidelines.\n\nAt a press conference on Friday, she said: \"I am confident that I worked within the guidelines in terms of attending a Requiem Mass, which was allowed, and also to walk in a funeral cortege of up to 30 people.\"\n\nShe said she was conscious that \"in the middle all the politicking, there are a number of families grieving, who have lost love ones throughout this pandemic\".\n\n\"At a point in time, families were denied the right to have that family support in terms of a funeral and how they would grieve. I hear those families.\"\n\nMrs Foster told a press conference on Friday that she would be speaking to the other party leaders about this issue and \"trying to move forward\".\n\n\"It is important that we try to build the trust that has been lost,\" she said.\n\n\"The executive has tried to deliver messaging as regards public health guidance to keep our people safe and the credibility of that messaging has been severely damaged over the past week,\" she added.\n\nShe said it had been important the \"hurt was recognised\" but that the apology did not go far enough.\n\nShe reiterated her position that the deputy first minister should consider stepping aside while investigations were ongoing.\n\n\"If she decides not to that is a matter for Sinn Féin,\" she said.\n\nShe added that, as it was her opinion that Ms O'Neill had broken guidelines, the two would not be doing a side-by-side daily briefing on Monday.\n\nThere have also been calls for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr Storey's cremation at Roselawn Crematorium.\n\nMichelle O'Neill has reiterated that she believes she stuck to the coronavirus lockdown guidelines\n\nThe body of the former prisoner, who was considered the head of intelligence of the IRA for a period from the mid-1990s, was brought to the facility after initially being taken to Milltown Cemetery.\n\nIn relation to this, Ms O'Neill said \"everything was done by the guidelines\" and people should stop \"stirring the pot\".\n\nBelfast City Council said all cremations held on Tuesday complied with the guidance from the Northern Ireland Executive guidance which permits 30 people to gather outside.\n\nHands up who remembers the 1987 novelty single Star Trekkin' featuring the line \"It's life Jim but not as we know it\".\n\nFor the past five months it could have applied to the Stormont executive\n\nThe Covid crisis seemed to bring harmony to a place marked by discord in the past. No more.\n\nThe row over the Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill's attendance at Bobby Storey's funeral has driven a spike between her and the other executive parties.\n\nThe others want her out but she's not going and they can't force her.\n\nSo for the moment, no more happy family press snaps at their desks and no more joint press briefings extolling the message 'Keep your distance wash your hands'.\n\nArlene Foster says it will be a challenge. It looks like the executive really will be exercising social distancing with relish.\n\nFor one thing the situation still needs leadership even if the task is now infinitely more difficult. And secondly the parties must stumble on for this really could be devolution's last chance.\n\nIn other words ,It's Life Jim, a little more like we've known it.\n\nA large number of mourners turned out for the funeral on Tuesday\n\nThe UUP has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr Storey's cremation at Roselawn Cemetery.\n\nThere have been claims that a number of council staff were sent home from the cemetery during the funeral and that no burials were permitted after 14:00 BST and no cremations after 15:00 to accommodate Mr Storey's cremation.\n\nUlster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie said Sinn Féin had turned the situation \"into a circus\".\n\nThe council said plans were put in place for people appointed by the Storey family to work with it in stewarding the event so that \"those allowed on the site were only those permitted by the family\".\n\nIt said some staff who had been due to go home at 16:00 BST were allowed to leave at 14:00 \"to avoid a situation where staff would be photographed, as has happened... in the past\" and that a decision had been taken not to hold any more cremations that day \"in order to protect the privacy of other members of the public and their cremation services\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAbout 120 mourners were inside St Agnes's Church in Belfast for Mr Storey's funeral, BBC News NI understands.\n\nUpdated guidance, seen by BBC News NI on Wednesday and published on the Department of Health website on Thursday, said funeral services could now be conducted in a place of worship.\n\n\"The size and circumstances of the venue will determine the maximum number that can attend the service safely whilst observing social distancing of at least two metres, wherever possible,\" it stated.\n\nIt also recommended face coverings for indoor services.\n\nThe guidance for those gathering outdoors remains \"a maximum of 30 to gather for the committal at the graveside or at the front of the City of Belfast Crematorium\".\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald told RTÉ she understood \"the images of very busy pathways in west Belfast... has caused some hurt among some of those families\"\n\n\"For that I am very sorry,\" she said.\n\nThe issue has become Stormont's biggest political crisis since devolution was restored in January after a three-year hiatus.\n\nOn Thursday, Mrs Foster said she could not currently \"stand beside\" Ms O'Neill and \"give out public health advice\" after her attendance at the funeral.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said Ms O'Neill had offered a \"half apology\", and that she should stand aside if she was not able to show contrition.\n\nDUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the deputy first minister \"failed to realise the public mood on this and the deep concern that people are taking this personally\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Davide Compagnone returned from the brink of death after a struggle with coronavirus\n\nCovid-19 survivor Davide Compagnone was brought back from the brink of death after a struggle with the disease.\n\nNow the pharmacist has met Dr Matt Morgan, the University Hospital of Wales consultant who saved his life.\n\nThe 37-year-old from Cardiff received ECMO treatment - which adds oxygen directly to blood - because he wasn't getting enough by ventilation.\n\nWales doesn't have its own centre for this so patients are sent to one of five across England.\n\n\"I feel so much gratefulness and appreciation towards life,\" father-of-one Davide said.\n\n\"He saved my life, he took the right decision at the right time along with the amazing team at UHW, Llandough and London.\n\nThe amount of oxygen in his blood was lower than at the peak of Everest without oxygen and he needed a really specialised treatment\n\nDavide was fit and well before contracting coronavirus and had no underlying medical conditions.\n\nDuring treatment, Dr Morgan saw his condition wasn't improving on a ventilator so referred him to London for ECMO.\n\n\"He was probably one of the illest people I've ever met,\" Dr Morgan said.\n\n\"The amount of oxygen in his blood was lower than at the peak of Everest without oxygen, and he needed a really specialised treatment, because adding oxygen into his lungs through a breathing tube wasn't enough.\n\nDavide Compagnone came back from the brink of death after a struggle with Covid-19\n\nFor the first time, the intensive care specialist was moved to keep his notes on Davide in the form of a letter.\n\nHe wrote: \"Hi Davide, I've had a long chat to your wife today and I could hear your daughter in the background.\n\n\"I explained that you were very unwell, needing as much as 80% oxygen when on your back, and we were really worried that you were sick enough to die.\"\n\nECMO treatment is risky and has strict eligibility criteria.\n\nBut for those that have it there's a 70% survival rate.\n\nDavide said he now has a greater appreciation of life\n\nA specialist team from London travelled to Wales to hook Davide up to the machine.\n\nThen they took him to the UK capital by ambulance.\n\nDavide's wife, Valentina Flamini, stayed in Cardiff to look after their nine-month-old daughter whilst he was treated in London.\n\nShe said: \"I saw that people who went through mechanical ventilation had a very slow recovery so I was expecting months and months of tough times for him, and for us as well, but after a week or 10 days, he was more or less fine.\n\n\"This is why I think the ECMO played a role.\"\n\nDavide is now recovering well.\n\nValentina said she will remember Dr Matt Morgan's voice forever\n\n\"I feel a little bit anxious about the future,\" he said.\n\n\"I know that I will now be some sort of vulnerable patient for the future.\"\n\nValentina and Davide said their story has a happy ending\n\nValentina and Davide credit Dr Matt Morgan with making the life-saving decision to refer him for ECMO treatment.\n\nAfter meeting him, Valentina was delighted to be able to put a face to his name after many hours on the phone to him.\n\n\"I'm really, really grateful,\" she said.\n\n\"I will remember his voice forever. It was a real pleasure to see him in person.\n\n\"To see that he is OK (after dealing with so many Covid-19 cases) and we are all right, that's a happy end to the story.\"\n\nDr Morgan said a patient a week had been referred from south Wales' hospitals since the first Covid-19 case emerged in February.\n\nThe Welsh Government is considering the viability of setting up an ECMO treatment centre in Wales.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"A decision about whether or not such a facility should be developed in Wales is not about cost but about the number of patients needed to sustain a clinically safe model and maintain clinical competence.\"", "Comments on slavery by David Starkey have been criticised for being racist.\n\nThe TV historian and author told an online show hosted by the conservative commentator Darren Grimes that slavery was not genocide because of the survival of \"so many damn blacks\".\n\nWriting on Twitter, former chancellor Sajid Javid said: \"David Starkey's racist comments are a reminder of the appalling views that still exist.\"\n\nStarkey has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nFitzwilliam College, part of Cambridge University, where Starkey holds an honorary fellowship, described his remarks as \"indefensible\".\n\n\"We support and promote freedom of speech in our academic community, but we have zero tolerance of racism,\" the college said in a statement on Thursday. \"Dr David Starkey's recent comments on slavery are indefensible.\"\n\nThey added: \"The matter of Dr Starkey's honorary fellowship will be considered by the Governing Body at its meeting next Wednesday.\"\n\nThe Mary Rose Trust said it was \"appalled\" by Starkey's comments, adding on Thursday evening they had accepted his resignation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Mary Rose This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Mary Rose\n\nStarkey made the offensive remarks in an episode of Grimes's YouTube show Reasoned, entitled \"Dr David Starkey: Black Lives Matter Aims To Delegitimate British History\".\n\nThe show's host tweeted on Thursday: \"I reject in the strongest possible terms what Dr Starkey said in that clip and so very wish I'd caught it at the time. I am still learning the ropes, I will be much more alert to challenging this kind of thing in future.\"\n\nIn it, Starkey said: \"Slavery was not genocide otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived.\"\n\nHe also claimed that the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, had been characterised by \"violence\" and \"victimhood\".\n\nHe described cancel culture and the pulling down of statues as \"deranged\".\n\nThe academic went on to discuss the links between slavery and the British Empire.\n\nStarkey said: \"As for the idea that slavery is this kind of terrible disease that dare not speak its name, it only dare not speak its name, Darren, because we settled it nearly 200 years ago.\"\n\n\"We don't normally go on about the fact that Roman Catholics once upon a time didn't have the vote and weren't allowed to have their own churches because we had Catholic emancipation.\"\n\nStarkey's comments were heavily criticised by several social media users.\n\nNicholas Guyatt, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, tweeted: \"Can't speak for my employer but as someone who teaches history at Cambridge I'm ashamed of our connections with David Starkey and urge both the University and Fitzwilliam College to cut all ties with him.\"\n\nIt's not the first time Starkey has been involved in a public race row.\n\nIn 2011, the BBC received nearly 700 complaints about Starkey's claim that \"whites have become black\", during a Newsnight discussion about riots in the UK.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The shadow chancellor says the reward for workers after the coronavirus pandemic “cannot be a redundancy notice”.\n\nMore targeted economic support is required to prevent job losses in the wake of Covid-19, the shadow chancellor has said.\n\nIn a speech, Labour's Anneliese Dodds demanded that job retention schemes be extended in parts of the UK hit by local lockdowns.\n\nShe called on ministers to end a \"one-size-fits-all approach\" on help to shore up jobs.\n\nThe chancellor is due to outline an economic support package next week.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to bring forward infrastructure investment to create \"thousands of high-paid high-skilled jobs\".\n\nThe government's furlough scheme is paying 80% of the wages of more than nine million workers but is due to be pared back from August, and will finish at the end of October.\n\nMs Dodds' speech came after UK companies announced thousands of job cuts this week, with many firms cutting jobs now to reduce costs.\n\nFrom 1 August, employers will have to pay National Insurance and pension contributions for their staff.\n\nThey will then have to pay 10% of furloughed employees' salaries from September - rising to 20% in October.\n\nIn her speech, Ms Dodds blamed the latest round of job losses on the government \"refusing to shift from its one-size-fits-all approach\".\n\nShe added that workers in struggling sectors \"cannot and should not be treated the same way\" as those in sectors \"already back to full capacity\".\n\n\"To avoid the same flood of redundancy notices for workers within smaller companies later on this month, government must act now\".\n\nShe called on the chancellor to ensure projects announced as part of his recovery package are carbon neutral or help reduce emissions.\n\nMs Dodds also said jobs schemes should be extended in areas in localised lockdown, so that spikes in the virus in there \"don't wash away businesses and jobs in their wake\".\n\nThe owner of Cafe Rouge became the latest UK firm to announce job cuts on Thursday.\n\nIn an economic statement on Wednesday next week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is due to set out \"the next stage in our plan to secure the recovery\".\n\nIn a speech earlier this week, Boris Johnson promised a £5bn \"new deal\" to build homes and infrastructure to help aid a post-Covid economic recovery.\n\nHe also outlined plans for an \"opportunity guarantee\" to ensure every young person had the chance of an apprenticeship or placement.\n\nResponding to Ms Dodds' comments, Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling said the government had a \"clear plan to protect and create jobs\".\n\n\"Every Labour government has left unemployment higher than when it entered. Sir Keir Starmer would be no different,\" she added.\n\nMr Johnson has insisted the furlough scheme must come to an end in October - saying it would not be \"healthy\" to extend it further.\n\nThe hospitality sector, including pubs and restaurants, is reopening in Northern Ireland on Friday, with England following on Saturday.\n\nIn Scotland, beer gardens and outdoor restaurants will be allowed to reopen from 6 July. Indoor areas are due to follow from 15 July.\n\nPubs, bars, cafes and restaurants in Wales are due to be able to reopen outdoors from 13 July.", "Almost 30,000 more care home residents in England and Wales died during the coronavirus outbreak than during the same period in 2019, ONS figures show.\n\nBut only two-thirds were directly attributable to Covid-19.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics figures are the first to reveal the full toll on care homes, including deaths that happened in hospital.\n\nCare homes in England will carry out routine testing from Monday.\n\nThere were just over 66,000 deaths of care home residents in England and Wales between 2 March and 12 June this year, compared to just under 37,000 deaths last year.\n\nCovid-19 was the leading cause of death for male care home residents, accounting for a third of all deaths, and the second most-common cause of death for female residents, after dementia and Alzheimer's disease.\n\nWhile 20,000 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, another 10,000 of the excess deaths were registered to other, non-Covid, causes.\n\nPrevious analysis from the ONS has suggested that many of those \"non-Covid\" deaths could have involved undiagnosed coronavirus.\n\nThree-quarters of these deaths occurred within the care homes themselves and a quarter were care home residents who died in hospitals.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"We have been doing everything we can to ensure care home residents and staff are protected during this unprecedented global pandemic.\n\n\"We announced today that we will be rolling out repeat testing for care home staff and residents across the country from Monday, to help further reduce the spread of infection in care homes.\"\n\nDeaths from all causes in England and Wales have fallen to below the five-year average for the first time since before the coronavirus outbreak took hold, as of the week ending 19 June.\n\nONS figures showed deaths from all causes were lower than average for the time of year in care homes and hospitals.\n\nThe number of people dying at home was still slightly higher than average, but decreasing.\n\nDeaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate accounted for 8% of all deaths compared with 33% of deaths in the week ending 10 April.\n\nAlso on Friday, a survey of care homes in England which provide care for the elderly and younger people with dementia - the \"Vivaldi study\" - was published.\n\nMore than half of providers surveyed said they had coronavirus infections in their homes.\n\nIt also found care homes that offered their staff sick pay or relied less heavily on bank or agency staff (who may work in more than one home) had fewer infections.\n\nFrom next week, residents in care homes in England for over-65s, or younger patients with dementia, will receive monthly coronavirus tests.\n\nAny care home dealing with an outbreak, or at increased risk of an outbreak, will be more intensively tested.", "Artwork: The government wants OneWeb to run a sat-nav service as well as deliver broadband\n\nThe UK is spending $500m (£400m) on a stake in failed satellite firm OneWeb as part of a plan to replace use of the EU's Galileo sat-nav system.\n\nOneWeb went bankrupt in March while trying to build a spacecraft network to deliver broadband.\n\nThe UK is part of a consortium with India's Bharti Global which won a bidding war for the company.\n\nBusiness Secretary Alok Sharma said it would help deliver the \"first UK sovereign space capability\".\n\nIn a statement, Mr Sharma said: \"This deal underlines the scale of Britain's ambitions on the global stage.\n\n\"Our access to a global fleet of satellites has the potential to connect millions of people worldwide to broadband, many for the first time, and the deal presents the opportunity to further develop our strong advanced manufacturing base right here in the UK.\"\n\nThe consortium involving the UK government was the highest bidder in an auction for the bankrupt company.\n\nMatters will be clarified on 10 July, when the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York rules on the sale.\n\nIf the Bharti Global-led option goes through, the UK government will own an equity stake of 45% in the new operation.\n\nThe UK government sees satellites as a way to meet commitments on the roll-out of super-fast broadband and believes OneWeb's constellation could also deliver a precise Positioning, Navigation and Timing service, also known as sat-nav.\n\nThe latter has become a political imperative for No 10 since losing membership of Europe's Galileo satellite-navigation system on departure from the EU in January.\n\nAlthough Galileo's free and open signals remain accessible to the UK, its more secure signals, known as PRS, intended for military and government agency use, are only available to member states. UK ministers want to replace this capacity with a home-grown system.\n\nWhile exceptionally good news for the staff of OneWeb, the decision of the UK government to get involved in the company has raised eyebrows in the wider space sector.\n\nSome of the more established actors have questioned the financial viability of the broadband mega-constellation projects.\n\nSpaceX is building an even bigger network and Amazon has long talked about rolling out its own version.\n\nThese are extremely expensive endeavours involving multiple rocket launches - and it's an ongoing commitment.\n\nThe satellites need to be refreshed, to replace ageing and failed units, but also to take advantage of new technological developments.\n\nThe $500m (£400m), they believe, could be spent more fruitfully if spread across a wider set of less risky British space projects.\n\nThe interesting angle, of course, is the idea that OneWeb's network could also double as a satellite-navigation service.\n\nIt's not impossible technically, but it is challenging.\n\nThe UK's Satellite Applications Catapult is preparing a white paper to illustrate one potential way of using the initial OneWeb constellation to deliver precise timing for use in the country's power, telecoms and finance industries.\n\nBut experts warn that a bumpy road lies ahead on the issue of the frequencies used to transmit Positioning, Navigation and Timing signals - one that will require international agreement.\n\nOneWeb, which has its HQ in west London and parallel operations in Virginia, US, had initially raised $3.2bn (£2.6bn) of investment to build its mega-constellation.\n\nSeventy-four satellites in an initial network of 648 had been launched when the company announced recourse to bankruptcy protection, blaming the Covid crisis for the inability to raise additional financial support. Most experts believe a further $3bn at least is needed to bring the full constellation into use.\n\nAssuming there are no regulatory blockages put in the path of the consortium plan, OneWeb should soon be able to start pulling back staff who were laid off, and to resume the manufacture and launch of its satellites. The spacecraft are currently made in Florida in a partnership with European aerospace giant Airbus.\n\nOneWeb is headquartered in a former BBC building in west London\n\nThere has been talk of this production, or at least some of it, being moved to Britain in future as part of the new arrangements\n\nAdrian Steckel, CEO of OneWeb, said: \"We are delighted to have concluded the sale process with such a positive outcome that will benefit not only OneWeb's existing creditors, but also our employees, vendors, commercial partners, and supporters worldwide who believe in the mission and in the promise of global connectivity.\"\n\nAirbus in the UK welcomed the outcome of the auction.\n\nManaging Director Richard Franklin said: \"The UK government's vision in backing this project will drive innovation and new ways of thinking about how space can contribute even more to the UK economy, and the country's defence requirements, as well as playing a part in delivering broadband internet to communities across the country.\n\n\"We look forward to supporting OneWeb in the next phase of their business and growing the UK contribution to this market-changing business.\"\n\nOneWeb launched its first 74 satellites in three batches\n\nLockheed Martin UK Chief Executive Peter Ruddock said he hoped the OneWeb investment would not impact the much-anticipated UK national space policy or plans for a broader national space programme.\n\n\"Hopefully, it is more an indication of the level of ambition we can expect, as the UK government looks to secure additional investment, from companies like Lockheed Martin, to support future opportunities for growth in the space sector.\n\n\"Industry will be looking for the government, including the MoD, to work with us to sustain confidence in the UK space sector and future commercial and defence space programmes.\"\n\nChi Onwurah MP, Labour's shadow minister for science, commented: \"There are serious concerns about the government's decision to spend £400m buying a stake in this company. We were promised Galileo would be replaced by a UK-based programme, but this is not that.\n\n\"We need a 'Back to Work Budget' with a laser-like focus on UK jobs. The government needs to urgently explain how and why this decision was taken.\"\n\nBharti, through Bharti Airtel, is the third largest mobile operator in the world, with over 425 million customers.\n\nOneWeb's statement on Friday said Bharti Airtel's networks would in future act as the testing ground for all the satellite company's new products, services, and applications.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Students and teachers held rallies outside her school and the court in Michigan\n\nA Michigan judge's decision to send a 15-year-old girl to juvenile detention for violating her probation by not completing her online schoolwork during the coronavirus lockdown has prompted protests and calls for her release.\n\nThe African-American teenager has reportedly been detained since mid-May.\n\nHundreds of students gathered outside her school and the court to show their support for the girl known as \"Grace\".\n\nThe state's supreme court said on Thursday it would review her case.\n\nProPublica highlighted Grace's case in a report earlier this week. Following interviews with Grace's mother, the news site described how the teenager had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and had already been struggling with behavioural issues.\n\nShe had been placed on probation in mid-April via a zoom juvenile court hearing after facing an assault and theft charge last year; one of the terms of the probation was a requirement to do her schoolwork.\n\nThe teenager was detained in May\n\nProPublica report that the start of Grace's probation coincided with the first days of remote schoolwork, and she quickly became overwhelmed without the in-person support of her teachers.\n\nAt a mid-May hearing at the Oakland County Family Court Division to decide whether Grace had violated her probation, Judge Mary Ellen Brennan found the girl \"guilty on failure to submit to any schoolwork and getting up for school\" and called Grace a \"threat to the community\" because of the previous charges against her, ProPublica reports. Judge Brennan has so far not commented publicly on the ruling.\n\nFellow students and her teachers at Groves High School, in the Detroit suburb of Beverly Hills, came out in her support at a rally on Thursday, and several thousand people have signed online petitions calling for her release.\n\n\"A lot of people were behind on their work this semester, no one had motivation to do anything because the teachers weren't teaching and we were all online. I know so many people that didn't do their homework,\" 18-year-old student Prudence Canter told Reuters news agency.\n\nOther teens argued they too had failed to do school work during the pandemic\n\nSocial studies teacher Geoff Wickersham told Reuters: \"It didn't seem like the judge or the caseworker knew how grades and due dates and things were structured during the pandemic shutdown in the spring. I think this is a huge injustice.\"\n\n\"I know if Grace was a 15-year-old white girl she would not be sitting in juvenile detention right now,\" a mother, Sheri Crawley, told local TV news station WDIV.\n\nMichigan's Supreme Court said on Thursday it would review Grace's case after lawyers for the teenager filed a motion seeking an emergency review.\n\n\"The State Court Administrative Office is working with the Oakland Circuit Court to examine the processes in this case,\" John Nevin, the court's communications' director, said in a statement.", "Actress Winona Ryder, who was in a relationship with Johnny Depp for four years, gave a witness statement\n\nJohnny Depp's ex-partner Winona Ryder has said it is \"impossible to believe\" allegations from his former wife Amber Heard that he was violent.\n\n\"I truly and honestly only know him as a really good man,\" said Ms Ryder.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on for its defence.\n\nMs Ryder and Vanessa Paradis, also a former partner of Mr Depp, had been due to give evidence at London's High Court via video link.\n\nBut on Thursday the actor's barrister David Sherborne told the court Mr Depp's legal team had decided there was no need to hear from them. Their witness statements were released to the media, following a successful application by the PA news agency.\n\nMr Depp arriving at the High Court on Thursday\n\nMs Ryder, who was in a relationship with Mr Depp for four years, said: \"I understand that it is very important that I speak from my own experience, as I obviously was not there during his marriage to Amber, but, from my experience, which was so wildly different, I was absolutely shocked, confused and upset when I heard the accusations against him.\n\n\"The idea that he is an incredibly violent person is the farthest thing from the Johnny I knew and loved.\n\n\"I cannot wrap my head around these accusations. He was never, never violent towards me. He was never, never abusive at all towards me. He has never been violent or abusive towards anybody I have seen.\n\n\"I truly and honestly only know him as a really good man - an incredibly loving, extremely caring guy who was so very protective of me and the people that he loves, and I felt so very, very safe with him.\n\n\"I do not want to call anyone a liar but from my experience of Johnny, it is impossible to believe that such horrific allegations are true. I find it extremely upsetting, knowing him as I do.\"\n\nIn her witness statement, musician, actress and model Ms Paradis said she had known Mr Depp for more than 25 years - including 14 years when they were partners and raised their two children together.\n\n\"Through all these years I've known Johnny to be a kind, attentive, generous and non-violent person and father,\" she said.\n\n\"On movie sets the actors, directors and entire crews adore him because he is humble and respectful to everyone, as well as being one of the best actors we've seen.\"\n\nMs Paradis' statement said the allegations from Ms Heard were \"nothing like the true Johnny I have known, and from my personal experience of many years, I can say he was never violent or abusive to me\".\n\n\"I have seen that these outrageous statements have been really distressing, and also caused damage to his career because unfortunately people have gone on believing these false facts,\" she added.\n\nEarlier, Mr Depp's bodyguard claimed it was a \"very common occurrence\" for the actor to call his security team \"to take him away from Ms Heard, due to her behaviour\" and \"he would then stay somewhere else\".\n\nSean Bett, who is Mr Depp's head of security, has worked for the Hollywood star for nine years.\n\nIn a written statement, Mr Bett said he saw the couple \"very regularly\" during their relationship, and \"never saw any cuts, bruises or other injuries on Ms Heard\".\n\nSean Bett is a former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department\n\n\"On the contrary, throughout the course of Mr Depp and Ms Heard's relationship, Ms Heard was verbally and physically abusive towards Mr Depp,\" he claimed.\n\nHe added: \"I would describe it as a recurring cycle that Ms Heard would abuse Mr Depp, who would then remove himself from the situation.\"\n\nThe case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018. It was headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017. The hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "Floral tributes have been placed at the site\n\nA 10-year-old boy has died following an accident at a works site in Glasgow.\n\nShea Ryan died in hospital after suffering serious injuries on the site near Glenkirk Drive in Drumchapel on Thursday evening.\n\nHis name was confirmed by his grandparents, Janis Meechan and William Brown, who told BBC Scotland Shea was a \"good boy\".\n\nPolice said their inquiries into his death were continuing but it was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nEmergency services were called to the site at 21:55 on Thursday.\n\nShea was taken by ambulance to the Royal Hospital for Children on the Queen Elizabeth campus in Glasgow. He died soon after arriving.\n\nHis grandparents were among those who laid floral tributes at the site on Friday.\n\n\"We think our wee granddaughter was there when he fell,\" Ms Meechan said.\n\n\"We've just came up to put these flowers down and then we'll get him a big grandson flower.\n\n\"He was a good boy,\" she said. \"Wild, but good\".\n\nWhen Shea's grandfather found out what happened he said: \"I thought I was hearing things\".\n\nHis grandparents said they saw Shea all the time\n\nWork was being carried out on the site by agencies including Scottish Water to address flooding problems from the Garscadden Burn.\n\nOn Friday a children's slide that had been taped off could be seen at the very edge of the construction site with police standing guard.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive confirmed it was assisting police with their inquiries.\n\nThe police investigation is being supported by the Health and Safety Executive\n\nMargaret Coyle, head teacher at Camstradden Primary School where Shea went to school, said they were devastated to learn of his death.\n\n\"In the short period of time Shea's been with us at the school he has made many friends with school staff and the children,\" she added.\n\n\"Everyone will be shocked to learn of his death and we will do all that we can to offer support to the family and wider community in Drumchapel.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Scotland News This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGary Copland was driving to the local garage when he saw the large police presence on Thursday.\n\n\"I saw all the lights and the sirens and I pulled in. I was like 'That isn't normal. That's not the average response to see police running down a hill towards something,'\" he explained.\n\nMr Copland said the gaps in the construction site fence concerned him as a father himself because of the \"major excavation\" that was taking place.\n\n\"There are gaps in the fence and parts of the fence that have been torn down and replaced but because of Covid-19 I don't think a lot of people have been going round to check on it,\" he said.\n\n\"I think there has to be a consideration into security now, maybe more personnel here at night as a deterrent or more signs, something instead of just a fence with holes.\n\n\"The site just looks like a big sandy hill to a kid. It's devastating. Your heart goes out to them\".\n\nA Drumchapel resident who heard the sirens, Agnes Ball, said the small community would pull together in the \"heartbreaking\" and \"tragic\" accident.\n\nTributes to the 10-year-old have been posted on social media from \"devastated\" Drumchapel residents.\n\nA post on a community Facebook page said: \"So sorry to wake up and see this. Every parents worst nightmare. RIP wee angel. Thinking of all the family at this heartbreaking time.\"\n\nAnother post said: \"This is absolutely heartbreaking. May god bless all his family and friends. Also sending love to Drumchapel. Life is so cruel.\"\n\n\"R.I.P little man, such terrible news, my heart is breaking for your family & friends, another life taken too soon xxx,\" read another contribution.", "After days of preparation, deconstruction work at the historic Orfordness Lighthouse got under way\n\nFor more than 200 years, the lighthouse at Orford Ness has warned mariners they are nearing Europe's longest shingle spit. But as the sea steadily reclaims the land on which it is built, its owner has decided the time is right for the lighthouse to come down, changing forever the skyline of the Suffolk coast.\n\n\"I feel highly emotional,\" says Nicholas Gold, owner of Orfordness Lighthouse. \"It's taken a big chunk of my life.\"\n\nThe Grade II-listed building is the 11th - and final - Orfordness Lighthouse.\n\nIt was established 228 years ago on a particularly perilous stretch of England's coast. Although it is impossible to say how many souls it has helped save during that time, a single storm off Orford Ness, for example, wrecked 32 ships during a single day in 1627.\n\nOn Thursday, the dismantling operation began and the roof was cut away\n\nEarlier in the week, a giant crane made its slow way along the spit towards the lighthouse. On Thursday, the dismantling operation began and the roof was cut away. Dismantling the lighthouse is expected to take about four weeks.\n\nIt is hoped parts of the lighthouse can be used in a permanent memorial nearby.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the early 1980s, its base was 90m (295ft) from the sea. In the winter of 2013-14, four metres (13ft) of beach was lost in a single storm.\n\nIt took a pounding in 2018's \"Beast from the East\" storms, and the sea is now just a few metres from the imposing red and white structure.\n\nTides have slowly eroded the shingle beach on the Ness bringing the lighthouse perilously close to the sea\n\nOrfordness Lighthouse Trust plans to remove the lantern room and other artefacts that will one day form the basis of a lighthouse memorial on the other side of the Ness, facing Orford town's quay.\n\nAdrian Underwood's father Charlie was the last lighthouse keeper at Orford Ness, working there from 1965 until his retirement in 1994 and recognised with an MBE for his service.\n\nMr Underwood, who published his father's second book on Orford in tribute to him after his death in 1997, has a small model of the lighthouse in his home in Ireland.\n\n\"I spent most of my Sundays on Orford Ness with him,\" said Mr Underwood, who, with no other vehicles on the shingle spit, taught himself to drive while his father worked.\n\n\"It was just part of life. When I look back on it, I was blessed.\n\n\"I have not been back to Orford since 2007 but in my mind the lighthouse will always be as it was. I'm almost glad that I've not seen it since so that for me it will always be as I remember it.\"\n\nAdrian Underwood spent most Sundays as a teenager with his lighthouse man father Charlie on Orford Ness\n\nRelentless tides have started to take away the shingle from underneath the lighthouse's concrete footing\n\nTo protect the lighthouse from erosion, the Orfordness Lighthouse Trust filled rubble sacks with shingle, bound them together with felt and laid them out in \"large sausages\" each weighing about 50 tonnes.\n\nThis flexible wall has kept the building standing for longer than most expected.\n\nLonger-term defences, such as steel piling or rock armour, would not be allowed due to the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) status of Orford Ness.\n\nThis status has also prevented the cutting-off of the lighthouse at the base and moving it back, as has been done with some others.\n\nEqually, as the sea can continue to cut around the sides, the trust would have had to keep adding to the defences to prevent this happening or the lighthouse could end up on its own small island.\n\nThe lighthouse was never designed to be in the sea because the salt water would have made short work of its lime mortar.\n\nThe lighthouse was decommissioned in 2013, after which Mr Gold bought it. He describes that decision as one made by a \"silly idiot\" since it was \"always doomed\".\n\nSince then, a small team of volunteers have sought to prolong the life of the building.\n\n\"The whole point was the lighthouse had been such a celebrated landmark over so many years since the 18th Century,\" he said. \"It would be a wasted opportunity to leave it unkempt and sad in its final years.\n\n\"We did a deal. The headline price was £2,000 but I had a capital commitment to sort out the taking down and removal of it. I won't get any change from a six-figure sum.\"\n\nMr Gold previously worked as a financial adviser in London and has always had a passion for buying \"one-off buildings\". They include a redundant church and a former US spy station.\n\nThe lighthouse \"seemed to fold naturally into the family,\" he said.\n\nThe view from the top of Orfordness Lighthouse in 2018 towards Aldeburgh and looking down from the spiral staircase towards the \"sectored light\" landing. Charts would show mariners the sea marked into coloured sectors. Green was safe, white \"heading into danger\" and red meant you were about to run aground\n\nThe site is closed to visitors and members of the public have been told to stay away while the deconstruction work takes place\n\nVolunteers from the lighthouse trust must now \"deconstruct\" the building while there is enough shingle beach left for a crane to come and lift its 14-tonne cap and lantern room - or they will be lost forever.\n\nThe team will then collapse the walls inside the lighthouse so that the brickwork does not spill across the shingle beach.\n\nWork is also under way to save as many of the building's original features as possible, along with its bespoke curved furniture.\n\nThe lighthouse in 1951, just over a decade before it became one of the first remote-controlled lighthouses in the British Isles\n\nWhile the lighthouse is owned by Mr Gold, the National Trust owns the surrounding Ness, an area with its own place in history as a site for ballistic weapons, radar and atomic research.\n\nBut from its point of view, taking on the preservation of the lighthouse would have been too costly.\n\nOrfordness lighthouse has attracted artists for more than two centuries. Landscape and marine painter William Daniell featured it in his 1820s series A Voyage Round Great Britain\n\nNick Collinson, its general manager for the Suffolk and Essex Coast, said the disappearance of the lighthouse was in keeping with the longer life and history of the Ness.\n\n\"Orfordness Lighthouse has been an iconic landmark on this stretch of Suffolk's coastline for centuries, and we are saddened to see it lost,\" he said.\n\n\"Sitting on such a dynamic shingle spit, constantly changed by the sea, man's presence here can often feel ephemeral.\"\n\n\"I find Orford Ness hauntingly beautiful,\" said Norfolk-based illustrator Rebecca Pymar. \"The Ness is home to fragile and endangered habitats and species which is mirrored by the lighthouses' own fragility as it makes its sad decline into the sea. It will be missed.\"\n\nThe lighthouse trust hopes to sell off its \"local bricks in wonderful condition\" to help raise funds to recreate a likeness of its top third more than a mile inland, featuring as many of the original elements as possible.\n\nThe nature reserve on which the lighthouse stands is currently closed to the public.\n\nThe Orfordness Lighthouse Trust hopes it will be possible to construct a tribute to the lighthouse, featuring a number of original features, at a new location nearly 1.5 miles (2.4km) from the sea\n\n\"The lighthouse itself is an emotional thing, certainly for the people of Orford who've lived with it on their horizon for generations,\" said Mr Gold.\n\n\"It's Orford's equivalent of the Taj Mahal.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story idea email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Never Have I Ever was watched by 40 million households in the first four weeks of its release\n\nNetflix has seen a surge in sign-ups due to the coronavirus lockdown, but has warned investors that subscriber growth will slow.\n\nThe streaming giant added more than 10 million subscribers in the three months to July, bringing the total of new subscribers to 26 million in 2020.\n\nIn contrast, Netflix saw 28 million new subscribers for the whole of 2019.\n\n\"Growth is slowing as consumers get through the initial shock of coronavirus and social restrictions.\"\n\nNetflix shares dropped in after-hours trading as investors digested the firm's quarterly update.\n\nThe streaming service's revenue increased almost 25% to $6.1bn (£4.9bn), while profits rose to $720m in the quarter, up from $271m a year go.\n\nThe subscriber additions were far higher than analysts had expected.\n\nWhile, some people might still end up quitting the service, \"the pandemic has clearly shown that Netflix is an indispensable part of viewers lives,\" said Paolo Pescatore, analyst at PP Foresight.\n\nSophie Lund Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the streaming service will have to continue to spend heavily on new shows and movies to keep its audience.\n\n\"While Netflix is still the biggest fish in the tank, if it wants to keep it that way, there is work to be done,\" she said, adding that it should focus on markets outside the US where there is more growth potential.\n\nNetflix also announced it was promoting chief content officer Ted Sarandos to co-chief executive.\n\n\"This change makes formal what was already informal - that Ted and I share the leadership of Netflix,\" chief executive Reed Hastings told investors.", "'Honestly, I thought the incident would go unnoticed,' Marichka Padalko said\n\nLive TV can throw up all sorts of potential hurdles - technical glitches, unpredictable guests and knowing that there is no take two.\n\nBut Marichka Padalko, a news anchor in Ukraine, faced an unusual problem this week when part of her front tooth fell out.\n\nHowever, like a true professional, she simply put the tooth in her hand and continued.\n\n\"Honestly, I thought the incident would go unnoticed,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"But we underestimated the attention of our viewers,\" she added, under a video of her losing the tooth.\n\nMs Padalko revealed that she required a tooth repair around a decade ago after her daughter smashed it accidentally while swinging a metal alarm clock.\n\nDespite the network initially not posting the video to YouTube, Ms Padalko said she had been impressed by the amount of support she had received.\n\nShe added: \"In any situation, keep calm, See you tomorrow morning.\"", "Rubbish has been left strewn on Snowdon, including this found outside the cafe at the summit\n\nPeople are being urged to respect the countryside after \"widespread\" reports of visitors leaving litter and using beauty spots as toilets.\n\nAt the height of lockdown, Wales' three national parks - Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia, and Pembrokeshire Coast - were closed, in a bid to help curb the spread of coronavirus.\n\nSince reopening on 6 July, dog mess and litter has been left on Snowdon.\n\nThe national park authority said the behaviour was \"unacceptable\".\n\nIt said a \"small minority of people\" hiking up Snowdon since restrictions were eased had left litter, dog mess and human excrement behind.\n\n\"This is a emerging widespread issue not just in the mountains but also at lakeside locations, and across the national parks and visitor destinations in Wales,\" it said in a statement, adding similar problems were being seen in England.\n\nWith toilets closed at the summit of Snowdon, human excrement has been found\n\nWalker Arwel Griffiths said he was disgusted to find food and drink waste, bottles, cans and even blankets and items of clothing on the mountain.\n\n\"It was all the way from the bottom of the mountain to the top and outside the cafe by the doorwell,\" he said.\n\n\"It's disgusting, heartbreaking. The mountain was getting greener again and flowers were growing with lack of use during lockdown. Now there's gloves, socks, blankets, bottles, cans and lots of wipes thrown around.\n\n\"I'm going up there with a litter picker - it needs to be done.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by J This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUnlike most mountains, Snowdon has a visitor centre at the summit, with a cafe and toilets.\n\nBut during lockdown many public toilets have been closed, and many have struggled without them, including people with medical conditions, older people and those with young children.\n\nThe toilets on the mountain are currently shut, and there have been issues previously with people using the toilet on the mountainside.\n\nAlwena Jones found a man using the toilet on her cafe halfway up Snowdon\n\nAlwena Jones, who runs the Halfway House cafe on the Llanberis path to the summit, said with more people taking to the mountain following lockdown the problem was getting worse.\n\nShe said she had found a man urinating against the door of her business on Sunday.\n\n\"I just asked him: 'Excuse me, why do you have to have a wall to pee on? You've got 1,100 acres here for you to have a wee - why do you have to do it on my back door'.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Saturday before lockdown was the \"busiest ever visitor day in living memory\" in Snowdonia, officials say\n\nWith more than half a million people walking up Snowdon each year, and over 100,000 taking the train to the summit, Ms Jones feels it may be getting to the point where more toilets is the only answer.\n\n\"I think there is a need of a toilet - especially for the ladies. It's more difficult for them,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nElfyn Jones, access and conservation Officer for Wales for the British Mountaineer Council, said putting toilets on the mountain was not practical.\n\nHe said while there would be times that people had to answer the call of nature, leaving waste on paths was \"outrageous behaviour\".\n\n\"People need to be prepared before they come here. They need to be aware that they have to go in the outdoors and they have to do that discreetly, sensibly and hygienically,\" he said.\n\n\"The idea that there should be toilets and facilities half-way up a three and a half thousand foot mountain - quite frankly, it's absurd.\"\n\nThe problem has not just affected mountains since the travel ban was lifted and restrictions were eased.\n\nResidents and councils have been left clearing up beer cans and left over picnics and barbecues on beaches in recent weeks.\n\nThe clear up after people went drinking in Cardiff Bay\n\nIn Cardiff Bay, where police have issued a dispersal order after people flocked to enjoy the sunshine and drink last weekend, residents reported seeing urine on the side of the Pierhead Building.\n\nWhile in Ogmore-by-Sea, residents were left dealing with the clear up after a \"mass brawl\" on the beach.\n\nLitter was left following a brawl in Ogmore-by-Sea\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said it had worked hard to welcome back visitors and reopened toilet facilities at sites.\n\n\"We are working with colleagues across Wales and the UK including public health and public protection to develop further specific messaging relating to these issues in order to keep our communities safe and to protect our landscapes,\" it said.", "Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all 'hacked'\n\nThe FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.\n\n\"The accounts appear to have been compromised\" to perpetrate cryptocurrency fraud, said the bureau, urging the public to be vigilant.\n\nElon Musk, Bill Gates and Joe Biden were among those hit in what Twitter said was a \"co-ordinated\" attack.\n\nTheir official accounts requested donations in the cryptocurrency.\n\n\"Everyone is asking me to give back,\" said a tweet from the account of Mr Gates, the Microsoft founder. \"You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.\"\n\nThe US Senate Commerce committee has demanded Twitter brief it about Wednesday's incident by 23 July.\n\nTwitter said the hackers had targeted its employees \"with access to internal systems and tools\".\n\n\"We know they [the hackers] used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf,\" the company said in a series of tweets.\n\nIt added that \"significant steps\" had been taken to limit access to such internal systems and tools while the company's investigation continues.\n\nThe tech firm has also blocked users from being able to tweet Bitcoin wallet addresses for the time being.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said its officers had \"reached out\" to the tech firm. \"We would urge people to treat requests for money or sensitive information on social media with extreme caution,\" it said in a statement.\n\nUS politicians also have questions. Republican Senator Josh Hawley has written to the company asking if President Trump's account had been vulnerable.\n\nPresident Trump's account was not compromised, the White House said.\n\nThe chair of the Senate Commerce committee has also been in contact with Twitter.\n\n\"It cannot be overstated how troubling this incident is, both in its effects and in the apparent failure of Twitter's internal controls to prevent it,\" Senator Roger Wicker wrote to the firm.\n\nOne cyber-security expert said that the breach could have been a lot worse in other circumstances.\n\n\"If you were to have this kind of incident take place in the middle of a crisis, where Twitter was being used to either communicate de-escalatory language or critical information to the public, and suddenly it's putting out the wrong messages from several verified status accounts - that could be seriously destabilising,\" Dr Alexi Drew from King's College London told the BBC.\n\nTwitter earlier had to take the extraordinary step of stopping many verified accounts marked with blue ticks from tweeting altogether.\n\nPassword reset requests were also being denied and some other \"account functions\" disabled.\n\nBy 20:30 EDT (00:30 GMT Thursday) users with verified account started to be able to send tweets again, but Twitter said it was still working on a fix.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded cyber-security company CrowdStrike, told Reuters news agency: \"This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet.\"\n\nOn the official account of Mr Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief appeared to offer to double any Bitcoin payment sent to the address of his digital wallet \"for the next 30 minutes\".\n\n\"I'm feeling generous because of Covid-19,\" the tweet added, along with a Bitcoin link address.\n\nThe tweets were deleted just minutes after they were first posted.\n\nBut as the first such tweet from Mr Musk's account was removed, another one appeared, then a third.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe campaign of Joe Biden, who is the current Democratic presidential candidate, said Twitter had \"locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet\".\n\nThe BBC can report from a security source that a web address - cryptoforhealth.com - to which some hacked tweets directed users was registered by a cyber-attacker using the email address mkeyworth5@gmail.com.\n\nThe name \"Anthony Elias\" was used to register the website, but may be a pseudonym - it appears to be a play on \"an alias\".\n\nCryptoforhealth is also a registered user name on Instagram, apparently set up contemporaneously to the hack.\n\nThe description of the profile read \"It was us\", alongside a slightly smiling face emoticon.\n\nThe Instagram profile also posted a message that said: \"It was a charity attack. Your money will find its way to the right place.\"\n\nIn any case, the real identities of the perpetrators are as yet unknown.\n\nCameron Winklevoss, who was declared the world's first Bitcoin billionaire in 2017 along with his twin brother Tyler, tweeted a message on Wednesday warning people not to participate in the \"scam\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Cameron Winklevoss This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the short time it was online, the link displayed in the tweets of targeted accounts received hundreds of contributions totalling more than $100,000 (£80,000), according to publicly available blockchain records.\n\nThe Twitter accounts targeted have millions of followers.\n\nApple's official account has more than four million followers, while Amazon's chief has 1.5 million\n\nLast year, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey's account was hacked, but the company said it had fixed the flaw that left his account vulnerable.\n\nDr Drew recently co-authored a paper warning about the potential of Twitter being used to sow disinformation.\n\nShe said the latest incident highlighted the need for all major social media platforms to check their security measures, particularly in the run up to the US presidential vote in November.\n\n\"Social media companies such as Twitter and, Facebook all have a duty to consider the damage and influence their platforms can have on the 2020 election, and I think some companies are taking that more seriously than others,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Twitter actually has a good history of being forward-thinking and proactive in this space. But whatever the source of this attack [it seems they have] still not done enough.\"", "Advice to stay at home and work from home if possible is not changing in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford says.\n\nIt comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to see a \"significant return to normality\" by Christmas with employers in England being given more discretion to bring staff back to workplaces if it is safe to do so.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said he did not want to see people returning to offices “in the way we did before coronavirus\".\n\nHe said one of the few positives of the last few months was learning how possible it is to work “very effectively” from home, without the need for large numbers to travel to and from office locations.\n\n“We have managed extraordinarily well by working differently,\" Mr Drakeford said.\n\n\"I think that’s been a positive lesson we can draw from coronavirus.\n\n“I will not be doing things to undermine our ability to learn from those lessons in Wales.”\n\nThe pandemic has shown it is possible to work \"very effectively\" from home, the first minister said Image caption: The pandemic has shown it is possible to work \"very effectively\" from home, the first minister said", "Councils in England will get new powers from Saturday to force owners to shut pubs, cafes, shops and restaurants in areas hit by coronavirus outbreaks.\n\nBoris Johnson said local authorities would also be able to close public places, like parks, and cancel events.\n\nAnd he announced the government would issue \"stay-at-home orders\" where there are local outbreaks from next month.\n\nThese would stop people leaving defined areas and restrict public transport use until infection rates fall.\n\nDuring a Downing Street press briefing, the prime minister announced the government's next range of measures aimed at restarting the economy while keeping the coronavirus infection rate down.\n\nHe said employers would get more discretion over asking people to return to workplaces, while indoor performance events would restart from August.\n\nMr Johnson said greater powers for local authorities would enable them \"to act more quickly in response to outbreaks where speed is paramount\", in what he called \"lightning lockdowns\".\n\nCounty councils and unitary authorities will no longer have to get permission from a magistrate to close contaminated premises not deemed to be part of \"essential infrastructure\", in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.\n\nGovernment guidance says this \"significantly\" increases councils' powers and urges them to use them \"with discretion\".\n\nThere will be a right to appeal for businesses affected and local lockdowns must be reviewed weekly.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"Action by local councils will not always be sufficient, so next week we will publish draft regulations on how central government can intervene more effectively at a local level.\n\n\"Where justified by the evidence, ministers will be able to close whole sectors or types of premises in an area, introduce local stay-at-home orders, prevent people entering or leaving defined areas, reduce the size of gatherings beyond the national defined rules or restrict transport systems serving local areas.\"\n\nA more localised approach, when it comes to tackling Covid, has been used now for some time.\n\nBut Boris Johnson is also signalling a tougher approach: new powers for councils and for ministers as well.\n\nOne of those powers for central government is quite striking: the ability to prevent people entering or leaving defined areas.\n\nAs efforts to get the economy going mean the lockdown is loosening overall, the government's trying to tighten its ability to crack down on local outbreaks.\n\nJames Jamieson, chairman of the Local Government Association, which represents councils in England, said: \"Greater powers for councils to take swift and effective action to address local outbreaks will hopefully help avoid the need for more stringent measures to be imposed locally.\"\n\nBut John Phillips, acting general secretary of the GMB union, said: \"The prime minister has once again shown a failure of leadership in the face of this pandemic.\n\n\"Passing the responsibility of keeping the people safe to employers and local authorities is confusing and dangerous.\"\n\nThe government's latest measures follow the imposition of a lockdown in Leicester following a spike in coronavirus infections in the city.\n\nOn Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said some restrictions would be lifted there following a fall in cases.\n\nLabour's London Mayor, Sadiq Khan said he did not have any \"confidence that we could have a geographical lockdown in London\", but added: \"We probably could lock down a building, if it's a factory or a place of worship or a school.\"", "Charlie Elphicke is charged with three counts of sexual assault\n\nA former MP accused of sexually assaulting a woman agreed to pay her £5,000 to prevent his wife from finding out, a court heard.\n\nCharlie Elphicke, 49, said the complainant demanded to be paid \"compensation\" after he made advances towards her at his London home in 2007.\n\nMr Elphicke said he believed the woman had \"wanted to take matters further\" after they shared a bottle of wine.\n\nAt Southwark Crown Court he denies three counts of sexual assault.\n\nMr Elphicke and the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, drank together while Mrs Elphicke was away on business.\n\nThe former Conservative MP said he had been \"under a misapprehension\" in making advances towards her.\n\nThe woman, in her early-30s at the time, alleged Mr Elphicke tried to kiss her, groped her breast, then chased her around his home while trying to grab her buttocks.\n\nExcerpts from Mr Elphicke's interview with police in March 2018 were played in front of a jury.\n\nIn them he said the woman asked him not to tell his wife about the 2007 incident and to pay her £5,000.\n\nHe said: \"I got it [the £5,000] in smaller amounts - £500, £1,000 - because she was insistent Natalie shouldn't know.\"\n\nAsked if he had ever told his wife about the payments, Mr Elphicke told police: \"No.\"\n\nHe also described how the first alleged incident happened and said that he stopped immediately when the woman told him to.\n\nHe said: \"The atmosphere was very warm and convivial and I believed she wanted to take matters further.\n\n\"I leaned over and kissed her.\n\n\"At first she responded positively, then it became clear it was not what she wanted.\"\n\nHe said: \"I was incredibly apologetic. I believed this was what she wanted.\n\n\"She said she accepted my explanation, my apology, and that I had been under a misapprehension.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Local responses to coronavirus outbreaks could be threatened by a historic lack of investment in public health, government advisers warn.\n\nProf Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were speaking as councils were given new powers to close indoor and outdoor spaces and cancel events.\n\nThey were being questioned by peers on whether local public health teams would be able to cope over winter.\n\nPublic Health England has identified 12 areas of concern around the country.\n\nLeicester remains subject to the highest level of concern, followed by Blackburn and Pendle in Lancashire.\n\nSpeaking to peers on the Lords' Science and Technology committee, the Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said, \"countries that invested heavily in their public health systems\" had coped best with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThis had not been the case in the UK, Sir Patrick said.\n\nChief Medical Officer for England, Prof Chris Whitty added health protection had not been invested in \"over the last several years...I think we should all be honest about that\".\n\nDiscussing the further easing of restrictions trailed by the prime minister on Friday, Prof Whitty said there were things that could be relaxed for \"three seasons of the year\" that might not be possible in the winter - \"because winter benefits respiratory diseases\".\n\nThe prime minister had made it \"very clear\" that some restrictions may have to be re-introduced, he said.\n\nThe higher the number of infections you have going into winter, the higher the likelihood is of having a \"significant peak\" in cases, Prof Whitty added.\n\nProf Nick Phin at Public Health England (PHE), also appeared before peers and warned that budget reductions had \"taken away\" local public health resilience.\n\nOn Friday, PHE set out the areas of England of greatest concern for local outbreaks.\n\nWhile Leicester and nearby Oadby and Wigston are subject to \"national intervention\" in the form of an extended lockdown, Blackburn & Darwen and Pendle in Lancashire are receiving \"enhanced support.\n\nEight other authorities in England including Barnsley, Kirklees and Oldham were listed as \"areas of concern\".\n\nThe positions of Bradford and Sheffield, while still areas of concern, had improved on last week, while Wakefield and Peterborough had moved up the watch-list.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nSpectators could be able to return to stadiums in England from October, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nPilots will take place from 1 August but any stadium reopenings would be subject to coronavirus guidelines.\n\nSome sports, including football and cricket, have resumed behind closed doors after the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\n\"We will pilot larger gatherings in venues like sports stadiums with a view to a wider reopening in the autumn,\" said Johnson on Friday.\n\n\"From October, we intend to bring back audiences in stadiums.\n\n\"Again, these changes must be done in a Covid-secure way, subject to the successful outcome of pilots.\"\n\nThe pilot projects will be held at:\n• county cricket friendly matches - including Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval on 26-27 July;\n• None The Goodwood horse racing festival - known as Glorious Goodwood\n\nThe Racecourse Association said the Goodwood event could cater for up to 5,000 people, plus participants.\n\nThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was \"pleased that this announcement allows cricket to be among the first pilot events\" and that it would continue to work with the government on the safety measures required for supporters to return safely.\n\n\"For months, millions of us have felt the void of being unable to go to the match to support our team or attend a top-class sporting event,\" said sports minister Nigel Huddleston.\n\n\"So I am pleased that we are now able to move forward with a plan to help venues safely reopen their doors to fans.\n\n\"I recognise that not every sport, team or club has the benefit of huge commercial revenue, and it is often their dedicated fans that are the lifeblood which helps keep them going. By working closely with sports and medical experts, these pilots will help ensure the safe return of fans to stadiums.\n\n\"Although it will remain some time before venues are full to capacity, this is a major step in the right direction for the resumption of live spectator sport across the country.\"\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport also said further pilot events are likely to be held in other sports.\n\nIn order for fans to return to stadiums, the government has outlined operating guidelines that state:\n• None Fans must agree to a new code of behaviour that includes not attending if they potentially have symptoms of coronavirus or have been exposed to a person who has tested positive;\n• None Social distancing must be observed in seating arrangements;\n• None Crowd management plans should be in place, including the controlled entry and exit of fans and one-way systems;\n• None Additional hygiene facilities should be installed inside venues, particularly at entrances and exits;\n• None Screening procedures should be considered at stadium entrances.\n\nDomestic competitive sport in England resumed on 1 June for the first time since mid-March, with football's Premier League and English Football League (EFL) getting back under way on 17 and 20 June respectively.\n\nInternational cricket, golf, horse racing and snooker are among the other sports to have resumed.\n\nThe Premier League is understood to be pleased by the proposals and wants the maximum number of fans allowed back in stadiums as soon as it is safe to do so.\n\nThe league is also willing to offer pre-season games as possible trial events before the start of next season.\n\nThe Football Association said it welcomes the government's \"positive update\" that allows them to \"step up\" efforts to get fans back into stadiums.\n\n\"Supporters are the lifeblood of our national game, and that has been underlined by how much their absence has been felt over the last month,\" said the FA.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with relevant authorities on how we can bring them back in a safe and secure manner, including any help we can provide to the proposed pilot events.\"\n\nThe EFL said the Prime Minister's announcement started to \"provide some clarity\" as football authorities work to bring fans back.\n\n\"We will continue to work with our colleagues at DCMS, the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) and the wider football family in order to deliver on the timeframe and to assist clubs with the inevitable operational and financial challenges this will bring,\" said the EFL.\n\nPremiership Rugby says it would be ready to welcome fans back into grounds before the end of the season if given Government permission. The season is due to to resume on 14 August.\n\nIn Scotland, no date has yet been set for fans returning to stadiums. Now in phase three of the Scottish government's route out of lockdown, the Premiership - football's top flight - will begin on 1 August behind closed doors.\n\nThe second-tier Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two kick off a reduced, 27-game season on 17 October, the same weekend as the first Old Firm derby between Celtic and Rangers of the 2020-21 campaign.\n\nThe Scottish government has held talks with Scottish Rugby about using Murrayfield as a test venue, where fans could return but be physically distanced.\n\nMore than 45,000 people in the UK have died with coronavirus, while there have been more than 292,000 confirmed cases.\n• None Watch the trailer for series 3 now", "Aaron McKenzie must serve a minimum of 35 years in jail\n\nThe ex-partner of a heavily pregnant woman has been jailed for stabbing her to death in her own home.\n\nKelly Fauvrelle was knifed 21 times in the middle of the night in her Croydon bedroom. Her baby boy Riley, who was delivered by Caesarean, died four days later.\n\nAaron McKenzie, 26, from Peckham, was found guilty of the murder of Ms Fauvrelle and Riley's manslaughter.\n\nHe was sentenced to life with a minimum 35 years at the Old Bailey on Friday.\n\nHe was also given 20 years for the manslaughter of baby Riley and three years for possession of a knife, to run concurrently.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle's baby was delivered by paramedics but died later in hospital\n\nSentencing, Judge Mark Lucraft QC said: \"At 03:15 on 29 June last year, you broke into Kelly's bedroom at the home she shared with her family.\n\n\"You then launched a ferocious attack on Kelly, inflicting no fewer than 21 stab wounds.\n\n\"Kelly's family woke to the noise of her screams, rushed to her room and sought to care for her.\n\n\"It's clear from all the evidence this was the most vicious and deliberate killing.\"\n\nThe trial heard Miss Fauvrelle's relationship with McKenzie, with whom she shared an interest in motorbikes, had ended early last year.\n\nHer death was the result of McKenzie's \"cowardly\" response to learning Miss Fauvrelle wanted nothing to do with him, while his actions afterwards demonstrated no \"sorrow or remorse\", the judge added.\n\nMcKenzie gave the judge a thumbs up as he was sent down, while Miss Fauvrelle's family wept in court.\n\nIn a victim impact statement, Miss Fauvrelle's sister Melissa said: \"This was an act of pure evil.\"\n\nShe said her sister was a selfless, caring, loving woman with a \"pure heart\".\n\nHer father Jean Fauvrelle said: \"Aaron McKenzie's evil act has devastated our lives. My heart physically aches, but those words do not feel sufficient.\"\n\nAaron McKenzie was captured on CCTV on his way to kill Kelly Fauvrelle\n\nDet Ch Insp Mick Norman said Miss Fauvrelle's family had been \"devastated\".\n\n\"This has been a harrowing and distressing case for all concerned. My thoughts today are with Kelly-Mary's family, who have suffered immeasurable loss and been put through the agony of a trial.\n\n\"Their future with Kelly and Riley was so cruelly taken from them, and it is fitting that McKenzie's future has today been taken from him.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The owner of Zizzi and Ask Italian restaurant chains said it will close 75 locations, risking the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.\n\nAzzurri Group, which also owns the Coco Di Mama pasta chain, has been sold out of administration to TowerBrook Capital Partners.\n\nThe move will keep 225 shops and restaurants open and maintain about 5,000 jobs.\n\nThe company said the coronavirus had hit restaurants hard.\n\n\"The Covid-19 crisis has had a profound impact on the casual dining sector, bringing many businesses like ours to a standstill,\" said Steve Holmes, chief executive of Azzurri Group.\n\n\"Despite being a successful operator, the immediate loss of revenue during lockdown meant that we have had to make some incredibly difficult decisions to protect the business for the long-term.\n\n\"It is with deep sadness that this process will result in the permanent closure of a number of sites and that we must say goodbye to greatly valued employees across our brands.\"\n\nLast month The Restaurant Group, which owns Frankie and Benny's, said it expected to cut up to 3,000 workers after confirming plans to shut 125 sites.\n\nAnd this month two of the UK's biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts.\n\nThe moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be enough to stop millions of workers losing their jobs.", "More than 140 prisoners have been housed in hotels and B&Bs after being released during the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\nThey include some offenders who have been freed from their sentences early to relieve overcrowding and reduce the risk of infection in jails.\n\nA letter to hotel owners, seen by BBC News, says if they agree to take part in the scheme they will not be told the crime the prisoner has committed.\n\nThe government said hotels were used only as a \"last resort\".\n\nAll offenders due for release are \"thoroughly risk assessed\", the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) added.\n\nThe department said it had started using hotels in May, as part of the \"Conditional Release Date\" accommodation scheme, to prevent newly-freed prisoners having to sleep rough during the pandemic.\n\nThe MoJ said 304 former inmates let out on their scheduled release date have been provided with housing, 136 of whom have been put up in hotels or bed and breakfast accommodation.\n\nHotels have also been used to house six offenders freed early under an emergency programme to reduce overcrowding, known as the \"End of Custody Temporary Release\" scheme.\n\nAccording to officials, hotels for prisoners are identified by two business travel, conference and accommodation agencies, CTM and Calder.\n\nA hotel owner in the north of England said he had received a letter, written by the Prison and Probation Service, asking whether he would have rooms available for offenders on the early release scheme.\n\nThe letter says accommodation in hotels, B&Bs and serviced apartments would be needed for up to 56 days.\n\nIt says: \"We will not share information with you regarding the offence(s) the individual has committed but would wish to reassure that they have been subject to strict vetting.\"\n\nThe letter explains that electronic monitoring equipment would have to be installed in an offender's hotel room to ensure they abide by a curfew, but says staff would not be responsible for managing a prisoner's licence conditions.\n\n\"All incidents of concern should be dealt with in the same way as you would deal with any other resident and if local measures don't work (eg a phone call from reception to keep the noise down) be reported to police,\" the letter says.\n\nAlthough it is highly unusual for released prisoners to be accommodated in hotels, they have been used for asylum seekers, most recently, and controversially, in Glasgow.\n\nIn June, six people were stabbed at a hotel in the city which had been used to house asylum claimants. Their attacker - Badreddin Abadlla Adam - was shot dead by police.\n\nA MoJ spokesperson said: \"All offenders due for release are thoroughly risk assessed and hotels have only been used as a last resort to reduce any potential spread of coronavirus.\n\n\"These temporary measures are part of the unprecedented response to the pandemic which has helped protect the NHS and save lives.\"", "The number of knife crimes In England and Wales has risen to a new record high, says the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThere were 46,265 offences in the 12 months to the end of March this year, up 6% from the previous year.\n\nThe figures, which do not include Greater Manchester Police, were partly driven by a 7% rise in London.\n\nHowever, the ONS said there was a \"significant\" reduction in overall offending, which fell 9%.\n\nThere was also a large rise in cases of murder and manslaughter, with 683 deaths - though the total includes the 39 people found dead inside a lorry in Essex last October.\n\nOf all the killings, 256 involved a knife or sharp object, up from 250 the year before.\n\nThere were 619 offences involving a corrosive substance - such as acid - the first time the figures have been published by the ONS.\n\nThe crime statistics appear to present a contradictory picture - with estimates from the survey suggesting a reduction in offending and the police figures showing a rise.\n\nIn fact, they're measuring different things. The survey indicates how many people have experienced crime; the police data show how many offences have been reported to and recorded by forces.\n\nFor overall and long-term trends, the survey is more reliable. For instance, the ONS says there's been a drop-off for the first time in six years in the proportion of adults saying they've been the victim of a sexual assault.\n\nThis is far more likely to be an accurate gauge of what's happening than police figures, which rely to a large extent on the willingness of victims to come forward.\n\nFor some of the most serious - but comparatively less prevalent - offences, such as knife crime, the police figures are a better guide, though they make for depressing reading.\n\nFor the first time, data from the ONS Crime Survey captured the gender identity of victims of crime.\n\nThose whose gender identity is different from that registered at birth were twice as likely (28%) to be a victim.\n\nPeople of a mixed ethnic background were the most likely to have been a crime victim - 20% compared to 13% for white people. Those from an Asian background were also more likely to have experienced crime (15%).\n\nThe figures were also significantly higher for those who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual - 21% compared to 14% of those who are straight.\n\nThese figures exclude fraud and computer use, which the ONS says are generally considered to be less targeted crimes.\n\nHowever, the data from the survey, which is based on interviews with almost 34,000 people, suggest there was a 9% fall in overall offending.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics says this is a \"significant\" reduction, which was partly driven by steep falls in theft and criminal damage.\n\nSophie Sanders, from the ONS's centre for crime and justice, said: \"Overall, crime rates were lower in the months leading up to the coronavirus pandemic than they were in early 2019.\n\n\"However, it will not be possible to say whether this would have come to represent a change from the trend in recent years, as the pandemic will have had an impact on the level and types of crime since March.\"\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said it was \"extremely encouraging\" to see a further fall in crime.\n\n\"This is a step in the right direction, but there will be no let-up in our relentless pursuit of criminals so that we can deliver justice for victims,\" she said.\n\n\"We are recruiting 20,000 additional officers and giving police the powers and resources they need to keep our communities safe.\"\n\nThe Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank-and-file officers, said that while it was \"heartening\" to see some crimes were coming down, it had \"serious concerns\" about the rise in homicide, knife crime, and robbery.\n\nThe organisation's national chair, John Apter, said: \"It is a tragedy these crimes continue to spiral as my colleagues are stretched to their limits, but with fewer officers available to be out on patrol it comes as no surprise.\n\n\"More than ever we need a visible presence and deterrent to violent crime. We need more officers available to deter and prevent these horrendous crimes and ease the burden on over-stretched colleagues.\"\n\nThe statistics show 3.2% of sexual offences led to charges, down from 5.2% two years ago\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of crimes in England and Wales that are solved has fallen to a new record low.\n\nJust 7% of offences led to a suspect being charged or ordered to appear in court, in the 12 months to the end of March.\n\nThat compares with 8% the previous year and 16% in 2014-15, when the figures were first compiled in this way.\n\nThe Home Office, which published the data, said that is the equivalent of 33,460 fewer offences leading to a charge or court summons than last year.\n\nThe statistics, which cover forces in England and Wales excluding Greater Manchester Police, show 3.2% of sexual offences led to charges, down from 5.2% two years ago.\n\nOnly 1.4% of rape offences resulted in a prosecution.", "Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya all tested positive earlier this week\n\nAishwarya Rai Bachchan has been taken to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.\n\nThe Indian actress, a former Miss World and one of Bollywood's most famous faces, is being treated at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, ANI agency reports.\n\nHer daughter Aaradhya has also been taken to hospital, PTI agency reports.\n\nAishwarya's husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, both also famous actors, have been in hospital since Saturday with the virus.\n\nOn Sunday, 77-year-old Amitabh Bachchan - a Bollywood superstar who has achieved global fame during his long and illustrious career so far - tweeted that he had tested positive for the virus.\n\nAishwarya Rai and Aaradhya have both been taken to hospital in Mumbai\n\nAnother series of tweets from his son Abhishek, also a famous actor, confirmed that he, his 46-year-old wife Aishwarya and eight-year-old daughter Aaradhya had also tested positive.\n\nUntil now Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya have been isolating at home.\n\nNews that the family, often described as Bollywood royalty, had been affected by the coronavirus sent shockwaves across India. This week, thousands of fans have held prayers for the family's recovery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Friday India recorded a record 35,000 new cases of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, surpassing the one million mark.\n\nThe country now has the third-highest number of cases in the world, after the US and Brazil. The current death toll is 25,602.\n\nThe western state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, is still the biggest hotspot with the highest case count - more than 280,000 - of all the states.", "Last updated on .From the section Leeds United\n\nLeeds United have been promoted to the Premier League after 16 years away.\n\nTheir place in the top flight for next season was confirmed by West Brom's 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Friday.\n\nLeeds will now be crowned champions if Brentford do not beat Stoke on Saturday or the Whites then take a point from Sunday's visit to Derby County.\n\nArgentine Marcelo Bielsa has led the Yorkshire side to promotion in his second season in charge after finishing third in the Championship in 2018-19.\n\nEven allowing for the enforced break because of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a campaign where Leeds have never really looked like repeating mistakes of previous seasons and they have not been outside the top two since November.\n\nThey had seemed set to win promotion last season only for back-to-back defeats by Wigan and Brentford to leave them third behind Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United, before a dramatic 4-3 play-off semi-final defeat by Derby.\n\nAfter that setback, fans could have been forgiven for fearing the worst about the future of Bielsa and the talented group of players he had assembled.\n\nBut he opted to remain with the club and together they have reaped the rewards.\n• None Which clubs were in the top flight the last time Leeds were there?\n• None Leeds are back - 10 moments that mattered under Bielsa\n\nIt has been a long and often painful journey back to the Premier League for Leeds and their fans, who had seen their team reach the semi-final of the Champions League in 2001.\n\nThe club was in a dreadful financial position when they were relegated to the Championship in 2004 and though Kevin Blackwell - the first of 15 managers employed by Leeds since they were last in the top flight - steadied the ship initially and nearly took them back up in 2005-06, they were placed into administration in 2007 and went down to League One.\n\nWorse was to come in the form of a 15-point deduction to start the following campaign and it took them three seasons to eventually win promotion back to the second tier under the management of Simon Grayson.\n\nGrayson eventually made way for Neil Warnock, who lasted just a year before Brian McDermott was brought in.\n\nMcDermott came with a good reputation after bringing success to Reading but controversial new owner Massimo Cellino decided he wanted a head coach, not a manager, when he took over in 2014 and appointed former Forest Green boss David Hockaday.\n\nHe lasted just six games, as did Hockaday's replacement Darko Milanic.\n\nNeil Redfearn, Uwe Rosler and Steve Evans all quickly came and went before Garry Monk fell just short of getting the team into the play-offs in 2016-17 and promptly left.\n\nDane Thomas Christiansen started well but faded badly and was replaced by Paul Heckingbottom, who endured a difficult four months in charge.\n\nThe appointment of world-renowned coach Bielsa in June 2018, by owner Andrea Radrizzani, brought a new spotlight to the club.\n\nThe veteran had been widely praised by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino for his techniques and meticulous nature and had worked with Argentina, Chile and Athletic Bilbao during his long career.\n\nLeeds started the 2018-19 season brilliantly with few teams able to cope with their high tempo pressing and incisive passing.\n\nEven allowing for the controversy that occurred in January, when Bielsa admitted he had sent a member of staff to watch all the other clubs in the division train, they seemed set to end their long wait for promotion.\n\nHowever, they fell away badly at the end of the regular season before the Rams got the better of them in a play-off classic.\n\nThere was to be no denying them in 2019-20 though and they once more find themselves back in football's elite.\n\n'The best manager in the world' - Leeds players celebrate promotion\n\nOne of the key figures in Leeds' success this season has been homegrown midfielder Kalvin Phillips.\n\nThe 24-year-old told BBC Radio Leeds he was struggling to put the promotion feeling into words.\n\n\"It's crazy,\" Phillips added. \"When the manager first came in I never thought I would be in this position two years down the line.\n\n\"The manager and the coaching staff are a massive part of that. He's the best manager in the world. There's no manager I would rather be under than Marcelo Bielsa right now.\n\n\"At an age when I'm trying to develop, he's the perfect manager to have. The Premier League is the best league in the world and, after 16 years, we're back in there.\"\n\nCaptain Liam Cooper said promotion took Leeds back to \"where we've always belonged\".\n\n\"It's unbelievable and it's still not properly sunk in,\" he told BBC Radio Leeds. \"Our club, our fans and our players have sacrificed so much - we've been in the doldrums for 16 years.\n\n\"To be part of this team and to lead this team to promotion back to where we know we've always belonged is unbelievable.\n\n\"We deserve it - we've been the best team all season on a consistent level and we've got the job done. We set out to get promoted and now we want to go and be champions and lift that trophy.\"\n• None Watch the trailer for series 3 now", "Kirk Butcher was described by his family as a \"fun-loving husband\" who adored his three daughters\n\nA van driver who drove the wrong way down a motorway slip road, killing a father of three in a head-on crash, has been jailed.\n\nThomas Hughes, 24, was trying to take his own life when he drove on to the M4 at Newport, hitting Kirk Butcher's car on 5 April.\n\nHughes, from Cwmbran, pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to seven years.\n\nThe court heard how Hughes had been released from police custody, and had driven towards the M4 after being told by his flatmate he was not welcome back.\n\nIt was told he was trying to take his own life when he drove the wrong way down the slip road.\n\nBut the van he was driving crashed into Mr Butcher's car, who was on his way home from a 12-hour shift at a supermarket depot where he had started working during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHughes left the scene of the crash, and another driver called 999.\n\nIn a victim impact statement, Mr Butcher's widow Janet told the court the couple had been \"childhood sweethearts, soulmates who dreamed of getting old together\".\n\nShe said \"nothing in our lives will be the same\" following her husband's death.\n\nGwent Police said Hughes' actions were a \"senseless and selfish act\"\n\nSentencing Hughes, Judge Richard Twomlow said he \"gave Mr Butcher no chance to avoid you\".\n\n\"This was an unbelievably dangerous piece of driving with no thought for anyone but yourself,\" he said.\n\n\"The consequences for others were quite terrible.\"\n\nAfter the hearing, Mr Butcher's family called for a change in the law so that a car was recognised as a \"deadly weapon\".\n\nHis stepsister, Sarah Higgins, said: \"We're devastated. He's left three children behind and a beautiful wife.\n\n\"He was the busiest, nicest guy you could ever hope to meet and he's gone. Nothing's going to change that.\"\n\nPC Darren Sullivan, of Gwent Police, said Hughes' actions were a \"senseless and selfish act, which took the life of an innocent man\".\"This tragedy was completely avoidable and Hughes will have to live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life, although that will provide little comfort to the Butcher family,\" he said.\"Too many people die on our roads every year in senseless and often avoidable circumstances.\n\n\"I can only hope that the sentence passed today will act as a deterrent to anyone intent on driving in such a dangerous and reckless manner.\"Hughes was also banned from driving for eight and a half years.\n• None Crash victim was 'fun-loving' father of three", "Darrell and Darren Roberts were taken into care aged 13 when their mother died\n\nThe partner of a London-born man who could face being deported to the Caribbean has claimed his council never tried to register him as British.\n\nTwins Darrell and Darren Roberts, 24, said they were issued with deportation notifications while in jail.\n\nEaling Council, which took the boys into care when they were 13, said they had \"repeatedly engaged\" with the pair to sort out their immigration status.\n\nBut Darren's partner said the council \"definitely haven't\".\n\nThe Home Office said neither of the brothers \"are currently detained under immigration powers, nor are they subject to deportation orders\".\n\nBut lawyers claim they have \"physically seen the stage one notice of the intention-to-deport notice that was served.\"\n\nDarren's partner, who asked to remain anonymous, said the 24-year-old, who is serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm (GBH), had \"given up\" the fight with officials regarding his deportation.\n\n\"I think he's just at the point where he's given up,\" she said.\n\n\"He doesn't feel like he has the power to fight the system any more so if he goes [he told me] to make sure I bring our son to see him.\"\n\nThe twins were born in England, but neither their parents nor their carers applied for citizenship\n\nDarrell was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for a separate charge of GBH at the age of 17.\n\nThe twins were born in west London to parents from the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Grenada, with neither parent having UK citizenship.\n\nThey were taken into care by Ealing Council's social services at the age of 13 when their mother died and their father returned to Dominica.\n\nDarren has been warned he faces deportation to Grenada when he finishes his jail sentence.\n\nNeither their parents nor social services applied for the their British citizenship when they were children, leaving the twins technically stateless.\n\nDarren's partner claims Ealing Council has not engaged with the twins to discuss their immigration status \"at all\".\n\n\"I've had a lot of dealings with Ealing Council on behalf of Darren and it's never been straightforward with them,\" she said.\n\n\"I do think Ealing Council should have registered them as British citizens when they were 13 and when they were minors.\"\n\nDarren and his partner have a five-year-old son\n\nAn Ealing Council spokesperson said: \"Ealing Council's children's services have repeatedly engaged with both Darren and Darrell, their solicitors and the prison service to provide all documentation to allow them to apply for immigration status.\n\n\"Neither of the young men signed the documentation to allow it to be progressed.\n\n\"Darrel and Darren will be 25 in September and are eligible for Leaving Care After Care service until then to support them with their immigration status, but they do need to engage to allow it to progress.\"\n\nSyed Naqvi, Darell's immigration lawyer, said: \"I'm aware of Darren telling his family members that he's been told by prison officials there is a plan to deport him to Grenada and with regards to Darrell I've physically seen the stage one notice of intention-to-deport notice that was served.\n\n\"They both have paid their debt to society. Why should they now be subjected to a double punishment when all but for an application which should have been done by adults who were in charge of their care.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon were formerly close political colleagues\n\nNicola Sturgeon says she will feel a \"sense of relief\" when she gives evidence to a Holyrood inquiry into her government's handling of complaints against her predecessor, Alex Salmond.\n\nThe Court of Session ruled in January 2019 the government's actions had been \"unlawful\".\n\nMr Salmond was subsequently cleared of all criminal charges in a High Court case in March.\n\nThe first minister says their rift has been not unlike \"a grieving process\".\n\nBoth Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon will give evidence to an upcoming Holyrood committee set up to examine how the Scottish government handled the initial sexual harassment claims.\n\nThe first minister, who served as Mr Salmond's deputy from 2007 to 2014, signed off the complaints-handling process.\n\n\"It's been personally difficult,\" said Ms Sturgeon, speaking to Times Radio. \"Imagine how it would feel, for any reason and whatever the circumstances, if somebody that has been one of the biggest presences in your life...and then they're not in that role anymore. And it's difficult.\n\n\"I've not been able to talk about this because of the criminal trial and then when the criminal trial ended, I was immersed, as I still am, in Covid. I will get the opportunity to talk about that in the parliamentary inquiries that are to come.\n\n\"While I wouldn't say I relish that prospect at all, there will be to some extent be a sense of relief at just being able to have my say and put my side across and then let people make up their own minds.\"\n\nThe parliamentary inquiry was set up in January 2019 after the Scottish government conceded that an internal investigation of sexual misconduct complaints against Mr Salmond had been unlawful and paid out £500,000 in expenses to the former SNP leader.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of charges of sexual assault and attempted rape\n\nThe inquiry was subsequently put on hold when criminal charges were levelled against the former first minister.\n\nBut after Mr Salmond was acquitted earlier this year, a panel of nine MSPs - four from the SNP, two Conservatives and one each from Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems - held its first public meeting in late June.\n\nMs Sturgeon has previously told MSPs she herself had no role in the process and \"acted appropriately and in good faith\".\n\n\"There is a sense of something that I suppose is not a million miles from a grieving process,\" she added about the change in her relationship with Mr Salmond. \"But you know, we all go through difficult things and we have to cope with them.\"\n\nThe first minister also reiterated that she believes Scotland will become independent \"sooner rather than later\", an outcome which will see the country become \"an equal partner\" with the rest of the UK.", "Capt Sir Tom said it was \"an absolutely outstanding day\"\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore has been knighted in the Queen's first official engagement in person since lockdown.\n\nThe investiture to honour the 100-year-old, who raised more than £32m for NHS charities, was staged in a \"unique ceremony\" at Windsor Castle.\n\nHe has been recognised for walking more than 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.\n\nCapt Sir Tom, originally from Keighley, West Yorkshire, said it was \"an absolutely outstanding day\".\n\n\"I am absolutely overawed,\" he said,\n\n\"This is such a high award and to get it from Her Majesty as well - what more can anyone wish for? This has been an absolutely magnificent day for me.\"\n\nCapt Sir Tom said it had been a \"privilege to be close to the Queen and speak to her\"\n\nThe Queen personally praised Capt Sir Tom, telling him: \"Thank you so much, an amazing amount of money you raised.\"\n\nIn May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a special nomination for the war veteran to be knighted.\n\nBuckingham Palace said it was the first time the ceremony had been held in the strictly socially-distanced format.\n\nThe Queen spent about five minutes speaking to Capt Sir Tom and his family\n\nThe Queen used the sword that belonged to her father, George VI, to bestow the insignia of Knight Bachelor upon Capt Sir Tom.\n\nHer arrival was announced by the sound of bagpipes played by the Queen's Piper, Pipe Major Richard Grisdale, of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.\n\nEarlier, Her Majesty, the Duke of Edinburgh and other close family attended the unannounced wedding of their granddaughter Princess Beatrice to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a nearby chapel.\n\nThe ceremony took place in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle\n\nOther Royal investitures have been put on hold during the pandemic with those scheduled to take place at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in June and July postponed.\n\nCapt Sir Tom was joined at the ceremony by his family - daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, son-in-law Colin Ingram, grandson Benjie and granddaughter Georgia.\n\nMrs Ingram-Moore said: \"It is just the most sensational day, of all of the things Tom's been honoured by this is truly the icing on the cake.\"\n\nCapt Sir Tom, who was given the honorary title of colonel on his 100th birthday, had initially set out to raise £1,000 for NHS charities by repeatedly walking an 82ft (25m) loop of his garden.\n\nBut he eventually raised £32,794,701 from more than one-and-a-half million supporters.\n\nCapt Sir Tom (centre) was joined by his family son-in-law Colin Ingram, grandson Benjie, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and granddaughter Georgia (left to right)\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Capt Sir Tom has been knighted in a socially distanced ceremony in the grounds of Windsor Castle.\n\nThe 100-year-old war veteran, who raised millions for NHS charities, told reporters he would not share what the Queen said to him as she honoured him.\n\nCapt Sir Tom said: \"I don't think I'll tell anyone what she said. It was just the Queen and I speaking privately.\"\n\nBuckingham Palace says it believes it is the first ceremony of its kind and other Royal investitures have been postponed.", "Indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can take place in England from the start of August, the prime minister has said.\n\nThe government is working with the sector on pilots of performances with socially distanced audiences in theatres and music venues.\n\nBoris Johnson said the findings would feed into final guidance for venues in the run-up to them reopening.\n\nBut the head of Theatres Trust said the move \"will not be economically viable\".\n\nDame Judi Dench was among many theatre figures to voice concerns for her industry\n\nAlthough Jon Morgan, director of Theatres Trust welcomed the news as \"a step in the right direction\", he said that \"for most theatres it will not be economically viable to reopen with 30-40% audience required under social distancing\".\n\nHe said they needed to progress to theatres being allowed to open fully \"with the appropriate safety measures\", adding: \"Without this most theatres cannot reopen viably and we need the go-ahead for Christmas shows, on which the survival of many theatres depends, in the next few weeks at the very latest.\"\n\nThe government stressed that \"audiences, performers and venues will be expected to maintain social distancing at all times.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How theatre can reopen during the pandemic\n\nIt added: \"This guidance will be for organisations in England. Organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should adhere to the advice of the devolved administrations at all times.\"\n\nVenues have been shut since March as part of the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport added it was now working with venues including the London Symphony Orchestra on measures for reopening.\n\nHowever it added that singing and the playing of brass and wind instruments in groups or in front of an audience is \"still currently limited to professionals only\".\n\nThe announcement is likely to be welcomed by theatre owners and producers, but a sense of frustration with the government is likely to remain.\n\nIt makes no financial sense for many venues to open with social distancing rules in place; theatre budgets tend to be based on a breakeven of around 70% capacity.\n\nIf social distancing measures mean a theatre can only run at 20-25% capacity, the producer cannot afford to put the show on.\n\nWhat the industry says it desperately needs from the government is some clear guidance on when stage five (fuller audiences indoors) of the phased return will be possible.\n\nThe call is for the government to announce a \"not before\" date, which would allow producers and theatre owners to make a plan of action for the coming months, be that preparing a show or reducing overheads.\n\nThe Society of London Theatre, which represents venues in London's West End, said it was \"delighted\" by what it called \"another welcome step on the road map towards reopening with full audiences\".\n\nYet it said it would not be \"practical or economically viable\" for many shows to open with social distancing restrictions.\n\n\"We welcome the news that theatres & performance venues can reopen with social distancing in August, but the reality is the vast majority will not be opening,\" tweeted actors' union Equity.\n\nChoreographer Sir Matthew Bourne also expressed doubts about theatres' ability to open with social distancing in place.\n\n\"Why make these announcements when they know that the vast majority of theatre, dance and music is not financially viable under 'Covid secure' conditions?\" he tweeted.\n\nThe UK's media and entertainment union Bectu said the news was \"a significant development\" but that venues would need government support if they are to reopen.\n\nMr Dowden said the announcement was a \"welcome step in the path to a return to normal\"\n\n\"We know that theatres and venues will not be open in two weeks' time,\" said its head Philippa Childs. \"Theatres will have to bring back productions, sell tickets, conduct rehearsals and prepare for how they will operate in a Covid-secure way before they can open up again.\n\n\"This announcement brings into sharp focus the need for urgent answers to the pressing questions that we have been asking since the arts recovery package was announced nearly two weeks ago.\"\n\nEarlier this month the government announced a £1.57bn support package, following several weeks of lobbying from theatres, music venues, art galleries and other cultural institutions, many of which had said they were on the brink of collapse.\n\nThe government has also now outlined measures to \"support the safe return of audiences\", including:\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: \"The UK's performing arts sector is renowned across the world and I am pleased that we are making real progress in getting its doors reopened to the public with social distancing.\"\n\nThis latest announcement will now see venues move to stage four of the government's \"five-stage roadmap for the return of professional performing arts\", which was recently outlined by Mr Dowden as follows:\n\nEven as the government was preparing to unveil its latest measures, however, more venues announced they were having to consider staff redundancies.\n\nThe Royal Opera House announced on Friday \"with huge sadness\" that it had made the \"difficult decision\" to begin \"a restructure process\".\n\nAnd in Edinburgh, the Traverse Theatre said it had made the \"painfully difficult decision to enter into redundancy consultation\" with \"a number\" of its team.\n\nIn a statement, the venue said it was likely that \"almost a third\" of its staff \"in customer-facing and technical roles\" would lose their jobs.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Three French police officers have been charged with manslaughter following the death of a delivery driver in Paris after a traffic stop in January.\n\nCédric Chouviat, a 42-year-old father-of-five, said \"I'm suffocating\" seven times as officers held him down, still wearing his scooter helmet, for about 20 seconds, footage showed.\n\nHis body then went limp and he died in hospital two days later.\n\nA coroner later ruled he had died of asphyxia and a broken larynx.\n\nA fourth officer is being investigated but has not been charged.\n\nMr Chouviat's family say the manslaughter charges are not severe enough \"for the violence and aggressiveness of the police officers\" seen in video footage of the incident.\n\n\"Voluntary blows led to the death of Cédric Chouviat,\" the family said in a statement. The charge of voluntary violence could lead to a harsher sentence under French law, AFP news agency reported.\n\nHis family also want the chokehold used on Mr Chouviat and another technique also used on him, where a person is forced onto the ground face down while pressure is put on their upper body, to be banned.\n\nIn June the former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said chokeholds would be banned. However, the decision was reversed just a few days later after a backlash from police unions, who held demonstrations across the country.\n\nChokeholds - a controversial and potentially deadly form of restraint - are outlawed in many countries.\n\nMr Chouviat was of Algerian origin. In France, young Black and Arab men say they are disproportionately the victims of police brutality.\n\nFrance has seen demonstrations against police violence triggered by a report clearing police officers over the death of Adama Traoré, a young Black man who died in police custody in 2016.\n\nOne of the officers who arrested Mr Traoré has admitted that they used their combined body weight to pin him to the ground.\n\nHis death was likened to the police killing of George Floyd in the US, which sparked huge anti-racism protests around the world.", "After six months fighting cancer, Tash Young was told her body was not responding to treatment and she had weeks left to live.\n\nThe 25-year-old, who worked for Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, had a rare spindle cell sarcoma that initially presented itself as chest pain.\n\nHer boyfriend Simon Young was waiting for the perfect moment to propose, but decided they could not wait any longer.\n\nWith the help of the team at Southampton General Hospital, they organised a wedding in just four days during lockdown.\n\nTash and Simon were married for a month before she died, and now her family are fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust.\n\nThis story was filmed using safe social distancing techniques.", "There are questions about whether new announcements on lockdown restrictions being eased further are too optimistic.\n\nAnd people do say Boris Johnson is an optimist.\n\nBut the prime minister says all of the plans are contingent on people behaving responsibly, they will be reviewed, and he is not ruling out some of these restrictions being put back.\n\nThat would be done in a different way, though.\n\nThe government is very much hoping a national lockdown won’t be needed again.\n\nInstead, it believes it can see local outbreaks happening and give more powers to local councils, and ministers, to act on that very, very quickly.\n\nWhat we are seeing Boris Johnson do is outline a longer term plan to, as he says, “get back to life as normal”, or as normal as possible.\n\nBut it is clear from listening to him that it is not going to feel normal for everybody for quite some time.", "Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the court's most senior liberal justice, and her health is closely watched\n\nUS Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she is undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but will not be retiring.\n\nIn a statement, the 87-year-old judge said the treatment was having \"positive results\" and she was \"fully able\" to continue in her post.\n\nMs Ginsburg said a scan had revealed lesions on her liver, but the chemotherapy had helped to reduce them.\n\nAs the court's most senior liberal justice, her health is closely watched.\n\nShe has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years but has returned swiftly to work on each occasion.\n\n\"On May 19, I began a course of chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer,\" Ms Ginsburg said in her statement.\n\n\"The chemotherapy course... is yielding positive results,\" she added. \"My most recent scan on 7 July indicated [a] significant reduction of the liver lesions and no new disease.\n\n\"I am tolerating chemotherapy well and am encouraged by the success of my current treatment,\" she said. \"I will continue bi-weekly chemotherapy to keep my cancer at bay.\"\n\nSupreme Court justices serve for life or until they choose to retire, and supporters have expressed concern that if anything were to happen to Ms Ginsburg a more conservative judge might replace her while President Donald Trump, a Republican, remains in office.\n\n\"I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as long as I can do the job full steam,\" Ms Ginsburg said in the statement. \"I remain fully able to do that.\"\n\nThe Supreme Court justices pose for their official portrait in 2018\n\nMr Trump has appointed two judges since taking office, leaving the current bench with a 5-4 conservative leaning.\n\nIn May, Ms Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition, and participated in the Supreme Court's oral arguments from hospital. She has been treated for cancer four times in 20 years, including two separate bouts last year.\n\nEarlier this week, she was released from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital after a day of treatment for a possible infection. Ms Ginsburg is now \"home and doing well\", the court said on Tuesday.\n\nDespite her several health setbacks, Ms Ginsburg had not missed a single day of oral arguments in her 25 years on the court until last January, when she worked from home while recovering from surgery.\n\nJoan Ruth Bader was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933 to Jewish immigrant parents. At 17 years old, she lost her mother to cancer.\n\nShe attended Cornell University, where she met her husband, Marty Ginsburg. The pair had two children and remained together for 56 years, until Marty's death in 2010.\n\nThe progressive hero has grown into a pop icon in recent years\n\nBoth attended Harvard Law School. When Justice Ginsburg attended in 1956, one year behind her husband, she was one of nine women to enrol. While there, she and her female cohort were famously asked by the dean to justify taking the spot of a man in his school.\n\nMs Ginsburg later transferred to Columbia Law School in New York, becoming the first woman to work at both school's law reviews.\n\nDespite her academic success, she struggled to find work.\n\n\"Not a law firm in the entire city of New York would employ me,\" she once said. \"I struck out on three grounds: I was Jewish, a woman and a mother.\"\n\nShe went on to become a professor at Rutgers Law School in 1963, and co-founded the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As the ACLU's general counsel, Ms Ginsburg took up a series of gender discrimination cases, six of which saw her arguing before the Supreme Court.\n\nIn part due to her husband's enthusiastic lobbying, Ms Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton. She became the second woman in US history nominated to the august body.\n\nJustice Ginsburg was the second woman in US history to be nominated to the Supreme Court\n\nDuring her years on the court, as the bench has become more conservative, she has increasingly moved to the left, gaining a reputation for her spirited dissents.\n\nAnd in recent years, she has grown into a pop culture phenomenon.\n\nIn part due to her scathing dissents, Ms Ginsburg became the subject of a Tumblr account called Notorious RBG - a nod to the late rapper, The Notorious BIG. She has been played by actress and comedian Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live, and has her likeness painted on T-shirts, mugs and posters.\n\n\"I'm 84 years old,\" Ms Ginsburg says about her newfound fame in the 2018 documentary RBG.\n\n\"And everyone wants to take their picture with me.\"", "John Cleese, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman in Monty Python's Life of Brian\n\nIn 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian was considered so controversial it was given an X certificate and banned from some British cinemas.\n\nLast year, however, its rating was downgraded to a 12A by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).\n\nIn its annual report, published this week, the BBFC said it now considered the film \"permissible at a more junior category\" under its current guidelines.\n\nThe film returned to cinemas in 2019 to mark its 40th anniversary.\n\nIt was rereleased in April last year with a 12A rating for \"infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, nudity [and] comic violence\".\n\nLife of Brian, the third film to feature the entire Monty Python collective, tells of a young man in Roman times who is born on the same day as Jesus and is subsequently mistaken for the messiah.\n\nThe film, now considered a classic, includes a character called Biggus Dickus, several uses of a swear word and a scene in which actor Graham Chapman appears naked.\n\nWhen it was first released, the BBFC - then named the British Board of Film Censors - rated the film AA, which meant those under 14 were not allowed to see it.\n\nContemporary concerns that the film was blasphemous in nature led to more than 100 local authorities opting to view the film for themselves.\n\nThe late Terry Jones directed, starred in and co-wrote the 1979 film\n\nThis led to 28 of them raising the classification to an X certificate, meaning no one under 18 could see it, and 11 banning the film altogether.\n\nWhen the film went to video and DVD, the BBFC gave it a 15 rating for strong language and nudity - meaning only those 15 and over were allowed to see it.\n\nOn reviewing the film in 2019, though, the ratings body felt its \"six uses of strong language in a comic context\" merited no higher than a 12A certificate.\n\nThe rating means the film is not generally suitable for children under 12 and they cannot see it in a cinema without the supervision of an adult.\n\nIt is not uncommon for the BBFC to revisit films that are being reissued theatrically and reappraise their original classification.\n\nEarlier this year Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, released in 1980 with a U certificate, was reclassified as a PG for its \"moderate violence [and] mild threat\".\n\nComic book origin story Joker generated the most complaints from cinemagoers last year, with 20 people complaining that its 15 certificate was too lenient.\n\nThe BBFC said the Oscar-winning film, released in the UK in October 2019, featured \"scenes of strong violence... with accompanying bloody injury detail\".\n\nYet it said it had decided the scenes in question did not \"dwell on the infliction of pain or injury in a manner that requires an 18 [certificate]\".\n\nOther films that prompted complaints in 2019 included Alita: Battle Angel, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and Transformers spin-off Bumblebee.\n\nAnimated film The Queen's Corgi, meanwhile, received five complaints about sexual references and animal cruelty.\n\nReleased last July, the film features a cartoon version of President Trump and a scene where its canine hero climbs into a washing machine.\n\nIn its report, the BBFC said no animals had been harmed in the making of the film.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "India's capital, Delhi, has seen a sharp dip in coronavirus case numbers in recent weeks. Is one of the country's biggest hotspots actually close to flattening the curve? Aparna Alluri finds out more.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Delhi was scrambling to fight a pandemic that appeared to be spiralling out of control.\n\nJune had been a terrible month for the city - with record surges almost every day, it accounted for most of the case load in the capital territory up to that point. Overrun labs and public hospitals added to the chaos and anxiety - as did conflicting information from the state and central governments.\n\nBy the end of the month, Delhi responded with a flurry of measures, from door-to-door health check-ups to increased testing, with the use of antigen tests, which are rapid but less reliable than the more widely-used RT-PCR tests.\n\nThese efforts seem to be paying off, says K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India and member of the national Covid-19 taskforce.\n\nDelhi's daily case count has been dropping sharply, even as testing remains consistent.\n\nThis week it has recorded 1,200 to 1,600 new cases a day - about half of its daily count in the last week of June, when it was reporting more than 3,000 new cases a day.\n\nWhile Maharashtra, the state with the highest case load, continues to see a rise, Tamil Nadu, also a major hotspot, is seeing a more gradual decline in daily case numbers.\n\nAs far as the situation in Delhi goes, Prof Reddy is cautious. \"There are two explanations. One is that this is a genuine fall [in cases]. The other is that some of this is the result of the fact that they are using a lot of antigen tests.\"\n\nThat is, if antigen tests account for most of Delhi's increased testing rates, they may be missing a lot of cases, driving the case numbers down.\n\nAntigen tests are fast - they give results in minutes, unlike the RT-PCR test, which is longer, more complex and takes hours to generate a result.\n\nThe crucial difference between the two is that they look for different parts of the virus as evidence of infection. The antigen test looks for viral proteins whose presence is taken as proof of infection. But their absence does not mean the person is not infected. The RT-PCR test, on the other hand, looks for the RNA of the virus, which is a far more reliable indicator.\n\nIn fact, India's current testing guidelines require that anyone who tests negative for the virus must be retested with an RT-PCR kit.\n\nSo the question is how many tests of each kind is Delhi doing, and is everyone being retested? That data is not publicly available, leaving experts wondering how much of Delhi's \"turnaround\" could be the result of a poor testing strategy.\n\n\"I am inclined to believe there is a drop in cases, an observation that is bolstered by the falling deaths,\" says Prof Reddy.\n\nDelhi's reported Covid-19 daily deaths have fallen from 62 at the end of June to 41 earlier this week. It has now dipped below even Tamil Nadu, which has consistently reported fewer Covid-19 deaths than Delhi or Maharashtra since the pandemic began.\n\nWhile most experts, including Prof Reddy, agree that deaths are being under-reported, he says there is no reason to assume more deaths are being under-reported now than before.\n\nExperts see deaths as the second-best measure after confirmed cases, given the inconsistency of testing data.\n\nProf Reddy also points to the fact that the Delhi government has taken concrete steps that could explain a fall in cases to some degree, irrespective of the extent of testing with antigen kits.\n\n\"There is more emphasis on public health, more household visits, more testing, better public communication,\" he says.\n\n\"The public alarm helped, and there is a lot more energy in the system, and much better co-ordination between the centre and the state.\"\n\nBut at the same time, he says, it's too early to call this a turnaround. Only a continued drop in numbers - both cases and deaths - would count as evidence of a promising sign.\n\nInstead, he adds, the focus should be on improving hospital admissions and access to speedy treatment to lower deaths. \"That will also give confidence to people to self-report if they have symptoms.\"\n\nBut Delhi may not be the focus of attention for too long as cases are rising fast in other parts of the country.\n\nSouthern states such as Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are seeing some of the steepest rises. Telangana too saw a rapid rise in cases until recently, but its testing has been inconsistent.\n\nTamil Nadu's dip in cases might be the result of a strict state-wide lockdown for two weeks but it also has one of the country's highest testing rates, and it's only using RT-PCR kits.\n\n\"During the lockdown, they had fever camps, suspected cases were referred to testing centres, transportation was provided,\" says Manoj Murhekar, director of the National Institute of Epidemiology in Chennai (Madras), the state's capital.\n\n\"But it's too early to say if this trend will continue,\" he adds.\n\nClosed shops in Bangalore in Karnataka, which along with Tamil Nadu has a strict local lockdown\n\nMaharashtra continues to see a rise in daily case numbers - its capital city, Mumbai, has started to register a gradual decline, but surrounding districts, such as Thane, and Pune and other cities in the state are seeing spikes.\n\n\"After the lockdown, the movement of people was much more than what the government anticipated,\" says Subhash R Salunke, an adviser to the state government on its Covid-19 response.\n\n\"But my worry is the deaths.\"\n\nWith more than 10,900 deaths, Maharashtra has more Covid-19 fatalities than any state in India - and deaths have been rising too.\n\n\"You will see a downward trend in Mumbai definitely,\" Dr Salunke says. \"But this is not going to be over soon.\"\n\nData and analysis by Shadab Nazmi and Aparna Alluri", "In Yemen, a quarter of all those confirmed to have had the virus have died from it\n\nThe United Nations is making an appeal for $10.3 billion (£8.2 billion) to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, its largest ever fundraising call.\n\nThe UN says up to 265 million people could face starvation by the end of the year because of the impact of Covid-19.\n\nThe money will be for used for low income and fragile countries.\n\nThe UN warned that failure to act could undo decades of development. It initially asked for $2 billion in its first coronavirus appeal in March.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic is having a huge impact on the world's poorest, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.\n\nThis revised appeal is a record, but, the UN says, wealthy countries have thrown away the financial rule book to protect their own economies, and must now do the same for poorer nations.\n\nIf they do not, the UN warns, the world faces a series of crises, with millions pushed into starvation.\n\nMillions of migrant workers laid off under lockdown cannot send money home, vaccination programmes for childhood diseases are on hold, and countries already enduring years of conflict are ill equipped to handle Covid-19.\n\nIn Yemen, a quarter of all those confirmed to have had the virus have died from it, five times the global average.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five years of civil war have left Yemen's medical system devastated and the spread of Covid-19 is going unchecked\n\nIt comes as an appeal to help the world's most vulnerable through the pandemic was launched by the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).\n\nFourteen charities - including Oxfam, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and the British Red Cross - will join together to ask the British public to donate.\n\nThere have been more than 13 million confirmed Covid-19 cases so far globally and nearly 600,000 people have died.\n• None Appeal to help most vulnerable fight coronavirus", "Days of high tide have eroded Wamberal Beach north of Sydney\n\nHuge waves have pummelled the Australian state of New South Wales, eroding some coastal areas and putting homes at risk of collapse.\n\nIn beach suburbs to the north of Sydney, residents lost decks and fences as the surf lapped at the edge of properties.\n\nAuthorities say they have recorded waves as high as 11m (36ft) this week off the city's coastline.\n\nThe wild surf has been caused by a strong low pressure system.\n\nOn Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) re-issued a \"hazardous\" surf warning for the state's entire 2,100km (1,300-mile) coastline.\n\nIt advised people to stay away from the water, and warned against swimming, boating and rock fishing in the conditions.\n\nSurfers at Sydney's northern beaches on Thursday riding the massive waves\n\nThe biggest waves have been about four times the size of an average wave at this time of the year, said Weatherzone, a meteorology company.\n\nIn the suburb of Wamberal, an hour's north drive of Sydney, residents were evacuating beachfront homes at risk of collapse.\n\nPictures showed the tide had carved out some soil under houses, leaving foundations exposed.\n\nLocals fear the waves have caused structural damage to their homes\n\n\"We're anxious and and frightened and vulnerable and quite frankly, angry, we've come to this situation,\" one resident, Margaret Bryce, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.\n\nShe said locals had in previous years called for a break wall to be built as they experienced higher tides.\n\n\"The wall was not built. People are devastated we have lost our pristine beach.\"\n\nAuthorities have placed concrete blocks along the shore to protect the homes\n\nIn 2016, a storm surge caused severe damage to beachfront homes along the Collaroy plateau in northern Sydney.\n\nIn its 2018 State of the Climate report, the Bom said that sea levels had been rising around Australia due to warming ocean temperatures.\n\nIt noted climate change had also led to an increase in extreme weather events such higher-than-normal rainfall and powerful storm surges.\n\n\"As climate change continues, the combination of increases in heavy rainfall and rising sea levels means that coastal and estuarine environments may have an increase in flood risk from multiple causes,\" the bureau said in its report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None Hell to high water: Australia’s summer of extremes. Video, 00:05:09Hell to high water: Australia’s summer of extremes", "Some fans were seen wearing Leeds United face masks during the celebrations\n\nLeeds supporters have gathered outside the club's stadium to celebrate their return to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.\n\nLeeds' owner Andrea Radrizzani and the police had urged fans to stay at home.\n\nHowever, there was jubilation outside Elland Road as the club's place in the top-flight was confirmed when West Brom lost to Huddersfield Town earlier.\n\nLast month Liverpool fans flocked to Anfield to celebrate winning the league.\n\nUnder social distancing guidelines, people in England should keep a distance of at least 1m while observing precautions to reduce the risk of coronavirus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fans celebrate at home as Leeds are promoted in the midst of the coronavirus crisis\n\nFans were seen celebrating together despite social distancing rules\n\nThe smoke from blue and yellow flares filled the air outside Elland Road\n\nWhile hundreds of Leeds fans headed to the ground, countless others celebrated the historic moment at home, although manager Marcelo Bielsa had said he would not watch the game.\n\nPhil Beeton, co-chairman of Leeds United Supporters Club said: \"It's absolutely brilliant, I'm just so pleased for everyone.\n\n\"It's been such an up and down few weeks and the games have come so thick and fast that you've not had one minute to get over the last game before you're looking at the next one.\n\n\"You've got to not lose sight of the fact that we've been through a horrendous period and an awful lot of people have lost their lives, I dare say a lot of Leeds fans too, and we've done it for them.\"\n\nSupporter Neil Sutcliffe said he was pleased that his grandchildren and other young fans would finally get the chance to see Leeds in the Premier League.\n\nHe said: \"It's been a long, long time coming. Sixteen years of heartache and we've finally managed to get back where we belong, all those ups and downs and it's finally come to fruition.\n\n\"Let's hope we can consolidate for next year and I'm sure we'll put on a good show and show the world we deserve to be where we are.\n\n\"I'm just hoping the supporters can be let back into the stadium, it's fantastic but it's tinged with a bit of sadness that you're not there live.\"\n\nStewards tried unsuccessfully to enforce social distancing outside the ground\n\nFans were heard chanting Leeds anthem Marching On Together\n\nEarlier this week, Radrizzani said it was \"vitally important we stay safe and keep those around us safe too by staying at home\".\n\n\"The fight against Covid-19 is not yet over and we must continue to be sensible,\" Radrizzani wrote in an open letter to supporters published in the Yorkshire Evening Post.\n\nHis sentiments were echoed by West Yorkshire Police.\n\nEarlier this week, a spokesperson for the force said:\" It's important to remember that Covid-19 is still with us and large gatherings are still not permitted.\n\n\"We understand that fans will want to celebrate but ask them to bear in mind their own safety and wellbeing, as well as that of others.\n\n\"The safety of fans and the wider public is our primary concern and the safest way that people can celebrate is in their own homes.\"\n\nFans were seen celebrating by the statue of club legend Billy Bremner\n\nFlags were waved at the ground including one bearing the face of manager Marcelo Bielsa\n\nHundreds of fans have gathered here at Elland Road for this historic moment.\n\nBlue and yellow flares were let off as people stood next to the Billy Bremner statue raising cans of beer in celebration.\n\nObviously it's still against the rules to gather in large groups and stewards were trying to enforce social distancing with police also patrolling.\n\nBut it was almost impossible for many of the fans not to be standing shoulder to shoulder and there were few masks on show.\n\nLeeds players were cheered when they appeared at a window overlooking the crowd\n\nLeeds-born Kalvin Phillips came out to celebrate with the crowd from a distance\n\nLeeds put themselves on the brink of promotion when they beat Barnsley 1-0 on Thursday to move six points clear of third-placed Brentford with two games remaining.\n\nThe result meant their long exile from the top-flight would end if West Brom failed to beat Huddersfield or the Bees dropped points at Stoke.\n\nPromotion was secured when the Baggies fell 2-1 to a spirited Terriers side who still needed points to ensure their Championship survival.\n\nAfter the result came in, celebrities and high profile figures form the world of football posted messages of congratulations on Twitter:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rio Ferdinand This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLiverpool midfielder James Milner, who came through the ranks at Leeds, was among those to send his support:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by James Milner This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhile the BBC's Match of the Day highlighted the shared history between the Reds and the Whites:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Match of the Day This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 3 by Match of the Day\n\nLeeds will now be crowned champions if Brentford do not beat Stoke on Saturday or the Whites then take a point from Sunday's visit to Derby County.\n\nSome fans watched in the city's bars as West Brom lost to Huddersfield Town\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? 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Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Tony Elliott, the founder of Time Out magazine, has died aged 73 after a long illness, the organisation has said.\n\nElliott started the magazine in London in 1968 and it grew into a global media brand covering hundreds of countries.\n\nA statement on Time Out's website described him as \"a visionary publisher, a tireless champion of city culture and a staunch friend\".\n\nIt said Time Out's first post-lockdown print magazine in London on 11 August would be dedicated to him.\n\n\"It is with great sadness that we announce that Time Out's founder Tony Elliott passed away on 16th July, after a long illness,\" the statement said.\n\n\"He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.\n\n\"His life and his work inspired millions of people who did not have the good fortune to know him personally.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Elliott, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz described him as a \"visionary\".\n\n\"He really was the most wonderful, generous person whose passionate support for the arts was unstinting and invaluable,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Will Gompertz\n\nTime Out Group's chief executive Julio Bruno said Elliott had died with lung cancer.\n\n\"He would not allow that to stop him,\" he wrote in an article on LinkedIn.\n\n\"He kept looking at the world with those inquisitive eyes, with that innate curiosity that very few possess in such measure.\"\n\nBruno said he met Elliott five years ago and he \"was engaged with the company until the end\".\n\n\"I will miss his advice, his passion, his profound understanding of the media world. And I will miss his friendship above all,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Tony was a visionary, a pioneer, a brave man and a great friend. We owe him very much and we will fight to keep his legacy alive.\"\n\nDavid Fear, who previously worked as film editor at Time Out NY, tweeted that Elliott would \"argue [with] half of our suggestions, smile and go 'Keep it up!'\".\n\nThe magazine's global deputy film editor Joshua Rothkopf described him as \"so Swinging London\", adding: \"I'll miss him.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Joshua Rothkopf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElliott founded Time Out while he was a student at Keele University.\n\nThe first issue of the listings magazine was produced from his mother's kitchen table, funded by £70 he had received from his aunt for his 21st birthday.\n\nTony Elliott, pictured in 1971, three years after he founded Time Out\n\nThe company has now become a global media and leisure business covering food, drink, culture, travel and entertainment in 328 cities across 58 countries, through websites, magazines and live events.\n\nMarking Time Out's 50th anniversary, Elliott said he started the brand \"because it was hard to find out where to go and decide what to do in London: there was not one single place to find the information\".\n\n\"So I effectively created a publication for myself.\"\n\nIn 2017 he was appointed a CBE for services to publishing. He was honoured at the British Media Awards with an outstanding contribution award that same year.", "Princess Beatrice has married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at a private ceremony in Windsor.\n\nThe wedding took place on Friday morning at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge. It was attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, along with other close relatives.\n\nBeatrice was initially due to marry in May but coronavirus delayed the plans.\n\nThe new date had not been announced in advance and Buckingham Palace said the ceremony was \"small\".\n\nThe wedding took place at 11:00 BST in accordance with all relevant government guidelines, the palace said in a statement.\n\nWhen the coronavirus lockdown began on 23 March, weddings in England were banned under almost all circumstances. However, since 4 July, ceremonies of up to 30 people have been allowed to take place.\n\nThe investiture took place in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle\n\nThe Queen, 94, and Philip, 99, have been isolating at Windsor since March and the ceremony is believed to be the first time the pair have attended a family gathering since lockdown began.\n\nLater on Friday, she was pictured knighting Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who raised more than £32m for NHS charities - her first official engagement in person since lockdown.\n\nAfter the investiture, the Queen told the veteran fundraiser: \"My granddaughter got married this morning. Both Philip and I managed to get there - very nice.\"\n\nThe couple have only been seen in public together on a few occasions - including here at St James's Palace at a Pitch@Palace event last June\n\nThe princess, 31, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi, 35, had originally planned to marry on 29 May at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace, in London.\n\nThe new venue of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park - a short drive from Windsor Castle - is Beatrice's childhood home. Her parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, still live at the property and also attended the ceremony.\n\nIt was held at the chapel regularly used by the Queen as her place of worship when she is staying at Windsor.\n\nPrincess Beatrice with her mother, the Duchess of York, at the wedding of Princess Eugenie\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi - known as Edo - and Beatrice began dating in autumn 2018. They got engaged during a weekend trip to Italy last September.\n\nTheir families have known one another for many years. The couple are said to have started a relationship after meeting again at Beatrice's sister Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank.\n\nThe wedding at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in October 2018 was attended by 850 guests, while 1,200 people chosen by ballot followed proceedings from the grounds.\n\nPrincess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank pictured after their wedding\n\nCrowds lined the streets as the couple travelled by carriage through Windsor following the ceremony in 2018\n\nBeatrice, who is ninth in line to the throne, is not a full-time working royal but works for Afiniti, an artificial intelligence software firm, where she is vice president of partnerships and strategy.\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis and is a count himself.\n\nThe princess has become a stepmother, as he has a young son named Wolfie with ex-fiancee Dara Huang.", "The car crashed into a road barrier in Brighouse, West Yorkshire\n\nTwo men have been killed in a car crash during a police chase.\n\nThe vehicle hit a road barrier on Bradford Road in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, just after 01:00 BST as it fled from officers.\n\nTwo men, thought to be in their 20s, died as a result of their injuries, the police watchdog said.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation after a mandatory referral from the West Yorkshire force.\n\nIn a statement, Miranda Biddle, of the IOPC, said it had taken statements from two officers.\n\n\"Our role is to establish and examine the circumstances of what happened,\" she said.\n\n\"This work is already under way, and West Yorkshire Police is cooperating fully with our inquiries.\"\n\nEarlier, the force said: \"At 01:07 a car containing two male occupants was involved in a collision in Bradford Road, in Brighouse town centre.\n\n\"Due to the involvement of a police vehicle in the circumstances leading up to the collision, the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\"\n\nThe vehicle crashed in the early hours of Friday morning\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The swabs in some batches of one brand of coronavirus home-test kits are \"not up to standard\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nAs a precaution, the government says the kits made by Randox should not be used until further notice.\n\nThere is no evidence of harm being done and no impact on access to testing, Mr Hancock said.\n\nRandox claims to be responsible for up to 17% of the total tests carried out in the UK.\n\nThe company is a healthcare diagnostics group based out of County Antrim in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe swabs are used to collect a sample from the back of the throat and nose, which is then sent to a lab to test for the virus.\n\nMr Hancock told the Commons he was contacted on Wednesday afternoon about the problem.\n\nHe said the certification behind the CE safety mark on the product was \"not forthcoming\".\n\nIn a statement earlier on Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care said: \"The risk to safety is low and test results from Randox kits are not affected.\"\n\nIt said it would be \"supporting all testing settings to receive replacement kits as soon as possible\".\n\nTests kits produced by Randox Laboratories, which have been used in care homes and sent to people at home, are clearly marked with the company's name.\n\nKits that have already been used can still be collected for processing as normal.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding, head of NHS Test and Trace in England, which has a separate contract with Randox, said it was too early to comment on the impact of the safety issue, but she said test results were \"not affected\".\n• None Who can still get free Covid tests?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Confederate flag can no longer be flown on US military properties after the Pentagon issued a new policy to reject displays of \"divisive symbols\".\n\nDefence Secretary Mark Esper did not name the flag in a memo announcing the rules, but the policy effectively bans the secessionist banner.\n\nThe Confederacy was the group of southern states that fought to keep slavery during the US Civil War.\n\nRecent protests have renewed calls to ban the Confederate flag across the US.\n\nIn his memo to senior defence leaders, Mr Esper said: \"Flags are powerful symbols, particularly in the military community for whom flags embody common mission, common histories, and the special, timeless bond of warriors.\"\n\nHe said that the US 'Stars and Stripes' flag is the principal flag the military is encouraged to display. Other flags \"must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity and respect, and rejecting divisive symbols\".\n\nThe memo contains a list of acceptable flags, including those belonging to US states and territories, military services, and US allies, partners and member organisations, like Nato.\n\nThe policy applies to all public displays of flags by soldiers and civilians in all areas of the Department.\n\nThe Confederate flag is not listed among these, though no there is no reference of a specific ban.\n\nThe display of unauthorised flags in museums, historical or educational displays, artwork and similar monuments - \"where the nature of the display or depiction cannot reasonably be viewed as endorsement\" is still allowed.\n\n\"With this change in policy, we will further improve the morale, cohesion, and readiness of the force in defence of our great Nation,\" Mr Esper wrote.\n\nOther branches of the military, including the Navy and Marines, recently took steps to ban the flag ahead of the departmental guidance.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has previously defended the use of the Confederate flag as free speech.\n\nIn an interview with CBS News on Saturday, the president said: \"I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not thinking about slavery...I just think it's freedom of speech. Whether it's Confederate flags or Black Lives Matter, or anything else you want to talk about, it's freedom of speech.\"\n\nMany Confederate memorials have been covered in graffiti\n\nThe renewed push to ban the Confederate flag follows widespread protests against racism and injustice, prompted by the killing of George Floyd.\n\nA number of statues related to the Confederacy have been removed in recent weeks - in some cases torn down by protesters - though some Americans favour keeping the memorials as historical symbols. Others also say the flag is associated with rebellion rather than racism.\n\nAt the end of last month, the southern state of Mississippi voted to strip Confederate emblems from its state flag.\n\nAmid the nationwide discussion on racism, Mr Trump has rejected calls to rename military bases named after Confederate generals, saying they remain part of the country's heritage.", "Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015\n\nShamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled.\n\nMs Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015.\n\nHer citizenship was revoked by the Home Office on security grounds after she was found in a refugee camp in 2019.\n\nThe Court of Appeal said she had been denied a fair hearing because she could not make her case from the Syrian camp.\n\nThe Home Office said the decision was \"very disappointing\" and it would \"apply for permission to appeal\".\n\nThe ruling means the government must now find a way to allow the 20-year-old, who is currently in Camp Roj in northern Syria, to appear in court in London despite repeatedly saying it would not assist removing her from Syria.\n\nLord Justice Flaux - sitting with Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Singh - said: \"Fairness and justice must, on the facts of this case, outweigh the national security concerns, so that the leave to enter appeals should be allowed.\"\n\nThe judge also said that the national security concerns about her \"could be addressed and managed if she returns to the United Kingdom\".\n\nFormer Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who made the decision to strip Ms Begum of her citizenship in February 2019, tweeted a statement saying he was \"deeply concerned about the judgement\".\n\nHe said that regardless of the outcome of her case, if Ms Begum came to the UK \"it will prove impossible to subsequently remove her\".\n\nDaniel Furner, Ms Begum's solicitor, said: \"Ms Begum has never had a fair opportunity to give her side of the story.\n\n\"She is not afraid of facing British justice, she welcomes it. But the stripping of her citizenship without a chance to clear her name is not justice, it is the opposite.\"\n\nHer father Ahmed Ali told the BBC he was \"delighted\" by the ruling, adding that he hoped his daughter would get \"justice\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said that while the government \"doesn't routinely comment on individual cases\", the decisions it made about Ms Begum had not been \"taken lightly\".\n\nHe said the government would \"always ensure the safety and security of the UK and will not allow anything to jeopardise this\".\n\nShamima Begum is not yet packing her bags to return to the UK - there's no government plane warming up the engines at a military airfield to bring the young Eastender home.\n\nBut the Court of Appeal could not have been clearer in its wording - she needs to be allowed back to make her case in the interests of justice.\n\nThis is an unprecedented ruling - and the government has a matter of weeks to convince the Supreme Court to look at it again.\n\nIf it stands, it could have major implications for the UK's policy of excluding some British-born IS supporters by depriving them of nationality once they're out of the UK.\n\nScores of these people - all deemed a threat to national security - could seek to return to the UK as they fight their case to get back their British citizenship.\n\nOther governments have voluntarily repatriated these fighters and sought to contain their threat through prosecutions, monitoring and intensive deradicalisation. The UK has so far refused to do the same.\n\nMs Begum's legal team challenged the move on three grounds - that it was unlawful because it left her stateless; it exposed her to a real risk of death or inhuman and degrading treatment; and she could not effectively challenge the decision while she was barred from returning to the UK.\n\nUnder international law, it is only legal to revoke someone's citizenship if an individual is entitled to citizenship of another country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shamima Begum spoke to the BBC from a refugee camp in Syria in February 2019\n\nIn February, a specialist tribunal - the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) - ruled that the decision to remove Ms Begum's citizenship was lawful because she was \"a citizen of Bangladesh by descent\".\n\nShe is understood to have a claim to Bangladeshi nationality through her mother.\n\nSIAC, a semi-secret court which hears national security cases, also said that although there were concerns about how Ms Begum could take part in the proceedings in London, those difficulties did not mean the home secretary's decision should be overturned.\n\nIn his ruling on Thursday, Lord Justice Flaux said: \"It is difficult to conceive of any case where a court or tribunal has said we cannot hold a fair trial, but we are going to go on anyway.\"\n\nHuman rights organisation Liberty, which intervened in Ms Begum's appeal, welcomed the ruling, saying the right to a fair trial was \"a fundamental part of our justice system and equal access to justice must apply to everyone\".\n\nLiberty lawyer Katie Lines added: \"Banishing someone is the act of a government shirking its responsibilities and it is critical that cruel and irresponsible government decisions can be properly challenged and overturned.\"\n\nMs Begum left Bethnal Green, in east London, aged 15 for Syria in February 2015, with two school friends.\n\nWithin days she had crossed the Turkish border and eventually reached the IS headquarters at Raqqa, where she married a Dutch convert recruit. They had three children - all of whom have since died.", "There was some welcome news for the arts sector in Boris Johnson's announcement earlier: indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can take place in England from the start of August.\n\nIn the same way that sports fans are going to be allowed in stadiums for a small number of matches to see how it goes, there will also be pilots of theatre shows and concerts with socially distanced audiences.\n\nThe findings would feed into final guidance for venues in the run-up to them reopening, the PM said.\n\nHowever, with social distancing in place, many venues warn it's not financially viable to open. Theatre budgets tend to be based on a breakeven of around 70% capacity, and so with much less capacity the producer cannot afford to put the show on.\n\nJon Morgan, the head of Theatres Trust welcomed the news as \"a step in the right direction\" - but said \"for most theatres it will not be economically viable to reopen with 30-40% audience required under social distancing\".\n\nHe said they needed to progress to theatres being allowed to open fully \"with the appropriate safety measures\", adding: \"Without this most theatres cannot reopen viably and we need the go-ahead for Christmas shows, on which the survival of many theatres depends, in the next few weeks at the very latest.\"\n\nThere's more here.", "Ben Thomas reported for BBC Wales Today and the Welsh language news service for young people before joining the church\n\nA former church minister and BBC Wales presenter has pleaded guilty to sexual offences against children and adults.\n\nThe offences happened in north Wales, Shropshire, London, and Romania.\n\nThomas, who worked for BBC Wales as a reporter and a presenter on Ffeil, the Welsh language news programme for young people, and on Wales Today, will be sentenced on 18 August.\n\nHe left the BBC in 2005 to preach on the streets of London, before returning to Wales in 2008 as pastor of the Criccieth Family Church in Gwynedd.\n\nThomas' actions were an \"awful breach of trust\", police say\n\nIn a statement, Criccieth Family Church said Thomas' arrest had come as a \"complete shock\", and that safeguarding checks had been \"satisfactorily completed\".\n\n\"We are now devastated by the revelation of such sin and grieve over the pain caused to the innocent victims, the betrayal and deception,\" the statement added.\n\n\"Foremost in our prayers now are the victims and their families.\"\n\nNorth Wales Police thanked Thomas' victims and families for their \"strength and courage,\" adding they would now be \"spared the harrowing ordeal of a lengthy trial\".\n\nDet Con Lynne Willsher said: \"Ben Thomas' offending involved the serious sexual abuse of vulnerable young children by a religious leader.\n\n\"It is an awful breach of the trust placed in him by the victims and their families, and I cannot begin to imagine what impact the revelation of his offending has had on them.\"\n\nBen Thomas had worked on Wales Today and Ffeil, the Welsh language news programme for young people\n\nThe NSPCC said Thomas' crimes were \"horrendous\" and said it was important his victims had access to \"ongoing support\".\n\n\"Thomas has admitted to committing a wave of sexual offences over a long period of time and it is right that he now faces the consequences of his actions,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"It is crucial that anyone who has been abused feels safe to report what has happened to them, no matter how long ago the offence took place, in the knowledge that they will be listened to.\"", "Fahim Selah was best known for his role in creating popular start-ups in Nigeria and Bangladesh\n\nA man has been charged with the murder of leading tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh who was found dead in New York on Tuesday, police say.\n\nThe body of Saleh, 33, was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment.\n\nHis 21-year-old executive assistant Tyrese Haspil has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.\n\nThe suspect is alleged to have owed Saleh tens of thousands of dollars, police said.\n\nThe entrepreneur was best known for his role in creating popular ride-sharing companies in Nigeria and Bangladesh.\n\nMr Haspil is accused of using a taser on Saleh and then fatally stabbing him on Monday.\n\n\"[The suspect] handled [Saleh's] finances and personal matters,\" NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told reporters after the arrest on Friday.\n\n\"It is also believed that he owed the victim a significant amount of money.\"\n\nNew York Police Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison announced the arrest on Friday\n\nSaleh's body was discovered by his cousin who checked on him on Tuesday afternoon after he had not been seen for several days, Chief Harrison said.\n\nAccording to US media reports, CCTV footage from the building in which Saleh lived showed him entering a lift with a man wearing a mask on Monday.\n\nHis body was discovered with an electric saw placed nearby, police said.\n\nThe 33-year-old was the son of Bangladeshi immigrants and created his first company while still in high school.\n\nHe went on to co-found the ride company Pathao, which is popular in Bangladesh and Nepal, in 2015.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by pathaobd This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore recently, he helped found the Nigerian motorbike taxi app Gokada. But the company faced a setback after authorities in Lagos banned motorbike taxis earlier this year.\n\nBoth companies have paid tribute to the entrepreneur.\n\nGokada described Saleh as \"a great leader, inspiration and positive light for all of us\" in its tweet.\n\nHussain M Elius, who co-founded Pathao with Saleh, told Bangladesh's Daily Star newspaper: \"Fahim believed in the potential for technology to transform lives in Bangladesh and beyond.\n\n\"He saw the promise in us when all we had was a common purpose and a shared vision. He was, and will forever remain, an incredible inspiration for Pathao and our entire ecosystem.\"", "The RAF said the gravestone had been replaced \"as part of an ongoing review of its historical assets\"\n\nA gravestone honouring the Dambusters' dog - whose name is a racial slur - has been replaced.\n\nThe 617 Squadron's mascot, a black Labrador, died on the day of its famous \"bouncing bomb\" raid on German dams in 1943.\n\nA memorial at the Dambusters' World War Two base, RAF Scampton, bearing the dog's name was removed.\n\nThe RAF said it did not want to give prominence to an offensive term that went against its ethos.\n\nSir Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough, said he was \"very fearful of our ability today to erase or re-write history\".\n\nThe dog's grave is at RAF Scampton, home to an exhibition about the mission, known as Operation Chastise\n\nKris Hendrix, campaigns manager at the RAF Museum, said the dog - which the BBC is not naming - was a \"drinking buddy\" for squadron members and would consume litres of beer before passing out.\n\nHe was hit by a car and killed on 16 May 1943, but his death was kept from the airmen as it was feared they might see it as a bad omen.\n\nMr Hendrix added: \"It was such a famous dog, it was such a famous squadron and that meant the grave has been kept until today.\n\n\"The standards have changed throughout the years, while it may not have been a controversial name during the Second World War, things are very different now.\"\n\nThe Labrador was owned by the squadron's wing commander, Guy Gibson (centre)\n\nSir Edward said he had written to the station commander of RAF Scampton about the change.\n\nIn his letter, shared with the BBC, he said: \"Undoubtedly we are both more sensitive and more sensible today when it comes to the delicateness of racialist and derogatory terminology which had been used with unfortunate informality in the past.\n\n\"I am, however, very fearful of our ability today to erase or re-write history. The past needs to be explained, taught about, and learned from - not re-written.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wretch 32 posted a video on Twitter of his father falling downstairs after being Tasered\n\nNo further action will be taken by the Met Police over the Tasering of rapper Wretch 32's father, the force has said.\n\nThe 35-year-old musician posted a video on Twitter of Millard Scott falling downstairs after being Tasered by officers in north London in April.\n\nThe case was referred to the police watchdog at the force's request but it was then passed back to the Met.\n\nThe force said there had been no public complaint or indication of misconduct so no further action would be taken.\n\n\"Should a public complaint be made or information provided about injuries we will re-refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC),\" the force added.\n\nOfficers had gone to the address in Bromley Road, Tottenham, on 21 April as part of an operation to tackle a drugs supply linked to serious violence in Haringey.\n\nAs they entered the building, they were confronted by a man who \"started moving towards an officer suddenly\", the force said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Millard Scott was Tasered by officers after they entered his home in April\n\nFootage posted online showed Mr Scott tumbling downstairs at his home after an officer was heard to warn: \"Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are.\"\n\nThe 62-year-old was assessed by paramedics but did not require treatment.\n\nA 22-year-old man inside the address was arrested and later charged with encouraging another to commit an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007.\n\nA 52-year-old woman was also later charged with obstructing/resisting a police constable in the execution of duties.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Met's Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House told members of the London Assembly that the IOPC had decided that the matter should be handled internally by the force \"in a reasonable and proportionate manner\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the IOPC confirmed it was because they had \"not received a public complaint or confirmation the man involved sustained a serious injury\".\n\nScotland Yard has previously spoken with the family about any concerns they had about the Tasering and said they would now write to Mr Scott to tell him about the decision.\n\nCommander Treena Fleming said the force understood why the use of a Taser \"did look alarming in this case\".\n\n\"Met officers are highly trained to engage, explain and try to resolve situations, using force only when absolutely necessary.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It's been 16 weeks since bowling alleys and casinos closed their doors, but on Friday Boris Johnson gave them the go-ahead to reopen from 1 August in England.\n\nCustomers have been itching to get back, businesses say. But the experience will look a little different to what we're used to.\n\nHollywood Bowl is preparing to reopen all 54 of its venues in two weeks' time, but it'll be out with the bowling shoes and in with the plastic gloves.\n\nThe vast majority of the company's 1,900 furloughed staff members will return to work as soon as the doors reopen, says chief financial officer, Laurence Keen - but only after they've had their temperature checked.\n\nLike all firms reopening, they've had to make sure they're abiding by the government's Covid-secure guidelines, which involve grappling with dozens of safety questions specific to each business.\n\nFor instance, coronavirus is known to spread through contact with surfaces, which isn't ideal for a game which involves repeatedly touching bowling balls.\n\nStaff at Hollywood Bowl will be cleaning bowling balls before and after each game, Laurence explains, with sanitiser on-hand for customers.\n\nThe clattering of pins might not as deafening as usual though, as every other lane will be closed to allow for social distancing. Players will also be capped at six per lane - as opposed to eight before the pandemic.\n\nStaff will wear gloves, he says, and customers will be offered them too. So far, they've shelled out for 400,000 pairs of gloves, which Laurence expects will last \"a good 12 to 16 weeks\", depending on how many customers want them.\n\nThey're also hoping bowling shoes will become a thing of the past, as people will be encouraged to wear their own.\n\nLanes will look significantly emptier as every other one will be closed to allow for social distancing\n\nMany changes may have been made, but will customers turn up to see them?\n\nLaurence is feeling positive: \"A lot of the areas that have been allowed to open previously have been more targeted towards the older generation, but actually our kids are desperate to do things outside the four walls of the house.\"\n\nThey may be hoping to welcome back families in droves, but with every other lane closed, the company is having to cut their potential customer numbers in half.\n\nThey aren't too worried though as they would usually only see 35% of lanes filled on weekdays before the pandemic, but they do expect to lose some custom on weekends.\n\nAt 50% revenue, the company will still be profitable, Laurence says, \"albeit just\".\n\nMeanwhile, Jonathon Swaine, the managing director of venues at Grosvenor Casinos, says he's been waiting - \"patiently\" - for the green light from the government for months.\n\nThe company is now getting ready to welcome back 4,500 employees, the vast majority of whom have been furloughed.\n\nMaintaining social distancing has been one of the biggest problems for many firms - but Jonathon says that \"isn't so much of a problem\" for them.\n\n\"We're lucky with our casinos that, even with 50% capacity, generally our casinos are very spacious venues. We don't have the problems that pubs have.\"\n\nFloor markers will help players make their way round the building\n\nAnd he's confident that their longer opening hours will help mitigate against the customer cap they're introducing in their 43 venues.\n\nPlayers arriving at busier sites will face temperature checks as well as redesigned routes through the building to help keep people at a safe distance.\n\nAnd inside the casino, plastic screens will separate people playing blackjack and American roulette, with dealers wearing visors.\n\nGaming chips present a similar problem to bowling balls, but Jonathon says all tokens will be sanitised before and after use, and customers will only play with their own chips.\n\nAdapting in this way hasn't come cheap.\n\n\"The screens, the sanitiser, the additional measures that we've put in place have all been significant investments,\" Jonathon says. \"But we clearly think it's the right thing to do to reassure our customers.\"\n\nPlastic screens will become a regular sight at casinos in future\n\nReassurance has been \"right at the top of the customers' needs\" according to their research, so it's important for them to get that right.\n\nBut with some people still cautious, is he confident that reopening will be pay off?\n\n\"If we can bring as many people back as possible, and open as quickly and as safely as possible, we've got the best chance of a sustainable business,\" he says.", "An investigation is being conducted into the cause of the fire\n\nA large fire has damaged parts of Blackpool's historic Central Pier just a week after it reopened.\n\nThe blaze completely destroyed a fairground ride and damaged an engineering shed about halfway along the seaside attraction.\n\nAerial photos from the scene show a charred section of the structure, made from cast iron and wood, where the ride once stood.\n\nMark Marshall, of the Blackpool Pier Company, said he was \"devastated\".\n\nHe said a structural engineer would assess the damage and the company was \"hoping with every fibre of our body\" the pier would be safe to reopen again soon.\n\nIt welcomed its first visitors in months just a week ago after lockdown restrictions were eased.\n\nSome 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height, with 10 fire engines sent to the scene.\n\nFire crews were called to the blaze on the pier at about 03:00 BST\n\nA ride was destroyed in the blaze\n\nLancashire Fire and Rescue Service said crews arrived just after 03:00 BST to find the ride and engineering shed well alight.\n\nIncident commander Mark Winder said it was soon brought under control thanks to \"some fantastic early intervention\" by crews.\n\n\"Fortunately we had some of the conditions in our favour so we did not have a particularly strong wind and the tide was out, so we were able to tackle the fire below from the beach as well,\" he said.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun, he added.\n\nThe Promenade around the pier was closed for a time, but has since reopened.\n\nDamage to the roof of the engineering shed could be seen from the beach\n\nThe Big Wheel was first installed on Central Pier in 1990\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The NHS in England will get an extra £3bn of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe funding will also help ease winter pressures on the health service, Downing Street said.\n\nIt follows warnings a second wave this winter could see as many as 120,000 Covid-19 deaths in UK hospitals.\n\nThe prime minister made the funding commitment at a No 10 briefing, where he also pledged a new testing target.\n\nCapacity will be increased to at least 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, Mr Johnson said.\n\nConfirming the extra £3bn in funding for the NHS in England, he said Covid-19 could become \"more virulent\" in winter.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"Demand for testing is not the only challenge that winter will bring. It's possible that the virus will be more virulent in the winter months and it's certain that the NHS will face the usual annual winter pressures.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're making sure we're ready for winter and planning for the worst.\"\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive additional funds, Mr Johnson added.\n\nMeanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into how coronavirus deaths have been recorded in England.\n\nDowning Street said the new NHS funding would be available immediately and would allow the NHS to continue using additional private hospital capacity and maintain the temporary Nightingale hospitals until the end of March 2021.\n\nThis will provide additional capacity for coronavirus patients, as well as allowing the NHS to carry out routine treatments and procedures, No 10 said.\n\nNon-urgent operations were suspended as the UK went into lockdown, to free up hospital beds during the first wave of coronavirus - but in May NHS England told hospitals they should restart procedures.\n\nIn normal times an announcement of £3bn to help the NHS in England cope with winter pressures might look generous.\n\nBut these are not normal times as the government pumps tens of billions into the economy to soften the blows of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe head of NHS England, Sir Simon Stevens, has been in talks with the Treasury to get guarantees that the Nightingale hospitals can stay open through until next spring in case there is another Covid surge.\n\nHe also wanted secure funding in place to do a deal with private hospitals to help tackle the backlog of cancelled non urgent operations such as hip and knee replacements.\n\nThat money now seems to have been secured, though we await further details.\n\nThe question is, will this be enough to get the health service through what could be one of the most difficult winters in its history?\n\nThere have been predictions that the waiting list for routine surgery will swell to 10 million as fears of a second wave of Covid cases in the depths of winter won't go away.\n\nHighlighting other measures to protect the NHS as it heads into the winter, Mr Johnson said the government would carry out the biggest flu vaccination programme in the history of the health service, while supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators had also increased.\n\nThe announcement was made as the prime minister announced a further easing of lockdown measures.\n\nThe prime minister encouraged people to return to using public transport, while advice for employers will change from 1 August.\n\nFrom the beginning of next month, Mr Johnson said employers would have more discretion to bring staff back to the workplace providing it was safe to do so.\n\nSince late March the government had been advising people to work from home if possible to help curb coronavirus.\n\nLast week Mr Johnson had signalled a change, saying: \"I think we should now say, well, 'Go back to work if you can'.\"\n\nBut the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told MPs on Thursday there was \"absolutely no reason\" to change the government's current guidance on working from home.\n\nSir Patrick wore a mask as he spoke to the Commons Science and Technology Committee on Thursday\n\nEarlier this week a report, requested by Sir Patrick, called for immediate action to reduce the risks posed by a second wave of coronavirus this winter.\n\nAmong its recommendations were increasing the capacity of the test and trace programme and having more people vaccinated against flu.\n\nAsked to model a \"reasonable\" worst-case scenario, scientists suggested a range of between 24,500 and 251,000 virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February.\n\nThe estimate does not take into account any lockdowns, treatments or vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What factors determine a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections?\n\nResearch suggests the virus can survive longer in colder conditions and is more likely to spread when people spend more time indoors.\n\nExperts are also concerned the NHS will be under extreme pressure, not just from a resurgence of coronavirus but also from seasonal flu and a backlog of regular, non-coronavirus workload.\n\nThe British Medical Association chairman, Chaand Nagpaul, has called for more detail on how the £3bn funding will be used.\n\n\"The government talks of winter planning, but we need transparency on this, including how far this money can stretch in tackling a modelled worst-case forecast - including a second peak, additional non-Covid demand and a possible flu outbreak,\" Dr Nagpaul said.\n\n\"Crucially, the government must make prevention a priority and take every necessary step to try and avoid a national second spike all together.\"\n\nNHS Providers, which represents hospitals and other NHS organisations, echoed the call for clarity over what the money will be used for, saying funding is already in place for Nightingale hospitals and private beds.\n\nWhile welcoming the financial support, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery added: \"Trusts need more than that. They have got to recover the lost ground of the last four or five months and put measures in place to manage the additional activity that always happens in winter.\"", "All Cadbury chocolate bars sold in multipacks will shrink by the end of 2021 to reduce their calorie count, owner Mondelez has announced.\n\nPopular treats including Crunchie, Twirl and Wispa bars will contain no more than 200 calories each when sold in a four-pack.\n\nHowever, the price will stay the same. Bars sold individually will not change.\n\nChocolate fans took to Twitter to denounce the latest example of what has become known as \"shrinkflation\".\n\nThat is when food manufacturers reduce the weight of their products without shrinking the price.\n\n\"We must play our part in tackling obesity and are committed to doing so without compromising on consumer choice,\" said Louise Stigant, UK managing director at Mondelez International.\n\nWhen asked why \"single-serve\" bars were unaffected, a spokesperson for Mondelez said the firm believed in \"offering consumers different portion sizes for different occasions\".\n\nThe spokesperson confirmed that the list price for multipacks would not change and said pricing was up to retailers.\n\nConsumers were sceptical, with one tweeting that Cadbury should change the name of its Double Decker bar to Minibus.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by kev This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Cadbury trying to say that the change is for health reasons when it seems painfully obvious it's for profit margins,\" said another disgruntled customer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ian Guffogg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis is not the first time that Mondelez has run into opposition after altering the size of its chocolate bars.\n\nIn 2016, it reduced the weight of its Toblerone bar from 200g to 150g by spacing out its distinctive triangular chunks, but it reversed the change two years later.\n\n\"This is a sign of the times.\" said Mark Jones, food and drink supply chain expert at law firm Gordons.\n\n\"You may remember in July 2017, the ONS (Office for National Statistics) confirmed that 2,529 products shrank in size between January 2012 and June 2017, but their price remained the same. The vast majority of the affected products were food and drink.\n\n\"Now we are on the brink of another recession, shrinkflation will probably increase again. Only this time, when the producers are caught, they are likely to point to the obesity epidemic as their motivation rather than their margins.\"", "Campaigners are concerned about pedestrian safety standards for US vehicles\n\nSafety experts are urging the UK government to exclude American cars from any post-Brexit trade deal.\n\nThey say imported vehicles should meet British safety standards for accidents with pedestrians, cyclists and children.\n\nUK PM Boris Johnson has indicated he expects cars to be included in any new transatlantic trade agreement.\n\nBut safety campaigners point to a spike of pedestrian injuries and deaths in US road accidents.\n\nThe increase is associated with a boom in large SUVs, which have been engineered to protect passengers but not pedestrians.\n\nThe UK government said safety standards would not be \"diminished\" as a result of talks.\n\nIn the UK and Europe, cars are designed to minimise harm to people on foot or on bikes if they are hit by a vehicle. SUVs sold in the UK must meet the standards.\n\nThe Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety has written to Trade Secretary Liz Truss, saying: “We note that in negotiations covering food safety the USA has argued against accepting higher UK standards. It has sought to characterise these as protectionism.\n\n“We are concerned that pressure for lower safety standards will be applied in negotiations regarding the automotive sector.\n\n“US vehicle safety standards are much lower than those permitted for vehicles sold in the UK.”\n\nDavid Ward, president of the Global New Car Assessment Programme, told BBC News: “US crash standards are much lower for pedestrians... we simply can’t let American vehicles into the UK if they don’t meet our standards.”\n\nA Department for Transport spokeswoman told BBC News the government would decide its own safety regulations after Brexit.\n\n“Road safety or environmental standards will not be diminished as part of a free trade agreement with the USA or any other country,” she said.\n\nBut safety campaigners note that, on the parallel issue of whether to allow imports of chlorinated chicken from the US, ministers are under relentless pressure to give way.\n\nThe head of the UK Transport Research Laboratory, Richard Cuerden, said: “We know the PM and others have said the automotive sector is on the cards for a new trade deal after Brexit. Well, it’s fine to trade – but they have to meet our rules in this regard.”\n\nDonald Trump has spoken of his desire to sign a free trade deal with the UK\n\nUS President Donald Trump has previously derided safety standards for pedestrians - although the White House later said he was joking.\n\nA Ford Europe spokesperson said the firm had no intention of trying to bring vehicles into Europe that did not comply with regulations.\n\nBut Mr Cuerden said, from past experience, US negotiators would typically insist on equivalence of free access between markets. That meant cars could be used as a bargaining chip in the talks.\n\nMr Cuerden also warned that many of the UK’s crash barriers were designed to resist a car of standard weight and height. If British drivers started to buy large US-style SUVs in big numbers, the barriers might have to be replaced.\n\nBig SUVs are the focus of concern among US experts, too. A study from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said while the number of people killed in road crashes had fallen overall, the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles had risen by 53% over a decade.\n\nOver the same period, the share of SUVs in the vehicle fleet rose to 29% from 21% - a trend replicated in the UK.\n\nIIHS said design changes meant US SUVs no longer posed a greater threat to the occupants of other vehicles but there had not been a similar effort to address the danger that large SUVs posed to pedestrians.\n\nMatt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council, which represents US carmakers, said cars made there were just as safe as European vehicles.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"Cars, SUVs and other light trucks that meet US safety standards achieve equivalent safety performance to the safety standards applied in the European Union.\n\n\"A US-UK trade agreement should address the tariff and technical barriers to open US-UK automotive trade. This would increase competition and provide more consumer choice.\"", "The world's poorest \"will pay the greatest price\" of plans to merge the Department for International Development (Dfid) with the Foreign Office, MPs have said.\n\nAnnouncing the plans, Boris Johnson said the \"long overdue reform\" would ensure \"maximum value\" for taxpayers.\n\nBut the Commons International Development Committee called the move \"impulsive\".\n\nIts report also said the decision could reduce the UK's international standing.\n\nIt also criticised the lack of consultation with the development sector before the decision was taken. Former prime ministers David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair have also criticised the move.\n\nThe timing of the merger, in the middle of the global coronavirus crisis, was \"perplexing\", the report said. \"Now is not the time for a major government restructure,\" it added.\n\nIt recommends the retention of a minister responsible for development, as well as a specific related Commons committee.\n\nThe government's current plans do not include retaining Dfid's current secretary of state, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, in her post.\n\nHowever, Mr Johnson has pledged that the department's budget will be protected and will still be ring-fenced for aid projects.\n\nChair Sarah Champion, a Labour MP, said Dfid \"is something we should all be proud of\", adding that it was \"deeply disappointing that the government failed to recognise\" the department's strengths.\n\n\"Now we are on the brink of this expertise being lost and our international reputation being damaged beyond repair.\n\n\"The fact that there was no consultation, seemingly no evidence as to why this is a good idea, really lets down the communities that UK aid is there to support,\" she said.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"The new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will place our world-class development programmes at the heart of our foreign policy.\n\n\"Combining the development expertise of Dfid with the diplomatic reach of the Foreign Office will maximise the impact of our aid budget in helping the very poorest, while making sure we get the very best value for UK taxpayers' money in a world-leading department.\"", "The Beethoven tribute will be shown on BBC Four, featuring brand new choreography\n\nA six-minute \"mash-up\" of Beethoven's nine symphonies will launch the 2020 Proms season on Friday night.\n\nThe new piece will be played by 323 musicians from the BBC's choirs and orchestras, all playing remotely due to restrictions necessitated by Covid-19.\n\nThe lockdown means that most of this year's Proms season will comprise archive performances by some of the world's greatest classical musicians.\n\nBut it is hoped that live performances will take place in the final two weeks.\n\n\"This year it is not going to be the Proms as we know them, but the Proms as we need them,\" said David Pickard, who organises the BBC's annual festival.\n\n\"We will provide a stimulating and enriching musical summer for both loyal Proms audiences and people discovering the riches we have to offer for the first time.\"\n\nThe grand opening is a new composition by Iain Farrington, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.\n\nTitled Beethoveniana, it features all five BBC orchestras and the BBC singers, all recorded in lockdown.\n\nFarrington has described it as \"taking Beethoven's music and putting it in a musical washing machine to see which colours run\".\n\nThe piece even includes a nod to Saturday Night Fever, which included a disco version of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on its 1977 soundtrack.\n\n\"It's something I've enjoyed writing hugely,\" said Farrington, \"and I think it's something that hopefully captures a lot of the celebratory spirit of the Proms\".\n\nThe performance will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 19:00 BST. A specially filmed video, featuring two dancers interpreting the music, will be shown on BBC Four on Sunday.\n\nSakari Oramo will conduct the first live concert of the 2020 season\n\nThe rest of the first night will delve into the Proms archive, with Igor Levit's performance of Beethoven's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3, originally played at the 2017 First Night; and Sir Harrison Birtwistle's \"fiendishly difficult\" saxophone concerto, Panic, which premiered at the Last Night of the 100th-anniversary Proms season in 1995.\n\nThe programme will finish with a repeat of the great Italian conductor Claudio Abbado's final Proms appearance, in 2007, leading the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a rapturous performance of Mahler's Third Symphony.\n\nListeners are being encouraged to take part on Twitter, using the hashtag #PromsListeningParty, where BBC Radio 3 will be sharing programme notes, archive photos and behind-the-scenes stories on the performances.\n\nThe archive will continue to be raided for the next six weeks, with highlights including Leonard Bernstein leading the Vienna Philharmonic through Mahler's Fifth Symphony (26 August); the unforgettable debut of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela under Gustavo Dudamel (23 August); and Radio 1's Ibiza Prom, which gave a raft of club classics a fresh lease of life (31 July).\n\nThen, for the final two weeks, starting on 28 August, live music will return to the Royal Albert Hall with 14 concerts featuring mostly British musicians, including pianist Stephen Hough, violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.\n\nThe season will culminate in a pared-back version of the traditional Last Night, with soprano Golda Schultz joining conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.\n\nDetails of the live concerts, which are likely to take place without an audience, are still being decided, as organisers observe the constantly-changing social-distancing guidelines for orchestral musicians.\n\n\"The advice on how many players we can have has all been - to put it mildly - slightly unclear,\" said conductor Sakari Oramo, who told the BBC he was planning \"four different options\" for the first night.\n\n\"There won't be a Proms atmosphere in the same way,\" he added. \"But, of course, once the music gets going, the music will take us where it needs to take us.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Potential changes to travel insurance and passport rules for UK holidaymakers after Brexit are being highlighted in a series of adverts starting this week.\n\nThe government's \"UK's new start: let's get going\" campaign will be run on TV, radio, online, print and billboards.\n\nThere will be advice for Britons in the EU and EU citizens living in the UK, as well as UK and EU businesses, on how to prepare for the end of the transition period on 31 December.\n\nOn Monday the government also published a model setting out how the border with the EU would operate after the transition.\n\nMinisters say most of the actions that citizens and businesses are being asked to take will need to be completed regardless of the ongoing negotiations between the UK and EU on the post-Brexit trade arrangements.\n\nThat is because the UK will no longer be part of the single market and current customs union at the end of the year, no matter what arrangements are put in place.\n\nThe government says the actions people need to take after 1 January 2021 will vary depending on individual circumstances but the adverts will cover advice suggesting that:\n\nThe adverts will advise people to \"Check, Change, Go\" and recommend using a checker tool on the government's website.\n\nWe've already left the EU but we've been in the departure lounge, the transition period, when the status quo is pretty much held.\n\nThat is going to run out at the end of December, when we will leave the single market and the customs union.\n\nThat means big changes for business and a lot of them are frustrated that it isn't clear enough what that new world would look like.\n\nThere are also likely changes for all of us too. Your mobile phone bills might be pretty different next year if you escape somewhere in Europe on holiday, and message your friends from the beach.\n\nThe EU health card that has given people insurance wouldn't apply anymore, so we need to make different arrangements about that.\n\nThere are particular tensions for Northern Ireland, which of course will be part of the UK customs territory, but will still follow some EU customs law and regulation on goods to avoid a hard border.\n\nThere could be real disruption there if laws on the different sides of the channel diverged over the years.\n\nAnd there is an overall concern in government too, as we saw from a leaked letter from the International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, that the government just isn't quite ready for all of this, let alone the population and businesses who will have to grapple with the changes on the ground.\n\nThe adverts will appear on TV, radio and online - as well as billboards\n\nCabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said the end of the transition period will \"bring changes and significant opportunities for which we all need to prepare\".\n\n\"While we have already made great progress in getting ready for this moment, there are actions that businesses and citizens must take now to ensure we are ready to hit the ground running as a fully independent United Kingdom.\"\n\nHowever, the Cabinet Office says some of the UK-wide guidance will not apply to trade between Northern Ireland and the EU until the negotiations have concluded. A special trade arrangement involving Northern Ireland was agreed as part of the Brexit transition deal.\n\nThe campaign comes after the government announced a £705m funding package to help manage Britain's borders after Brexit - measures Labour said were \"too little, too late\" and showed that ministers were unprepared.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove announces a new public information campaign and an “operating model for the border”.\n\nIn a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Gove set out details of a new border operating model that would be phased in between January and July 2021.\n\nFrom January, traders importing standard goods, such as clothes and electronics, will need to prepare for basic customs requirements.\n\nBy July, traders moving any goods will have to make full customs declarations at the point of importation and pay relevant tariffs.\n\nHMRC estimates that the new system will see a 215 million rise in the number of customs declarations.\n\nIt is understood that the government expects to build 10 to 12 inland border posts, in order to check traders are complying with customs rules.\n\nMr Gove told MPs that the model would help the UK on its way to having \"the world's most effective border by 2025\".\n\nBut Labour's Rachel Reeves accused the government of \"wrapping business in red tape and sending them to a supersize lorry park in Dover\".\n\n\"The best way to help all businesses to prepare is to agree a deal with EU on the terms we were told to expect - that means no fees, charges, tariffs or quantitative restrictions across all sectors.\n\n\"It does not mean customs, physical checks and export declarations.\"", "The Only Way is Essex's Sam Faiers stars in Quiz's adverts\n\nFast-fashion firm Quiz says it has suspended a supplier after claims that a factory in Leicester offered a worker just £3 an hour to make its clothes.\n\nIt follows a report in the Times that an undercover journalist was told by a factory making Quiz clothes she would be paid below the minimum wage.\n\nQuiz said if the claims were accurate, they were \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nLeicester's garment-making industry is already under scrutiny for alleged poor working conditions at some sites.\n\nLast week, Boohoo faced a backlash after a report that workers at a factory supplying goods for its Nasty Gal brand could expect to be paid as little as £3.50 an hour.\n\nThe national minimum wage for people over 25 years-old is £8.72 an hour.\n\nThere were also claims that there were few measures in place to protect workers from the coronavirus. Leicester is currently in a localised lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nRetailers including Next, Asos and Zalando dropped Boohoo following the allegations.\n\nNext also sells Quiz's clothing through concessions. A spokesman for Next said it \"is now carrying out its own investigation, with full co-operation from the Quiz senior management team\".\n\nLast week, the National Crime Agency said it had visited a number of business premises in the Leicester area \"to assess some of the concerns that have been raised in respect of modern slavery\".\n\n\"These visits are likely to continue,\" it said.\n\nQuiz chief executive Tarak Ramzan, said: \"We are extremely concerned and disappointed to be informed of the alleged breach of national living wage requirements in a factory making Quiz products.\"\n\nThe company, which is based in Glasgow, said that the factory at the centre of the Times story was a sub-contractor of one of its suppliers.\n\nIt said: \"Quiz has immediately suspended activity with the supplier in question pending further investigation.\"\n\nQuiz said it monitored \"its supplier base through audits and site visits\".\n\nIt added that it was \"in the advanced stages of appointing an independent third-party partner to provide more regular audits of suppliers in the Leicester region\".\n\nBoohoo said last week that it was conducting a probe into exploitation claims, and has hired Alison Levitt QC, a barrister specialising in business crime and financial services, to lead an independent investigation.\n\nQuiz's share price fell by 10% to 6p following its statement.\n\nThe company has been facing difficulties. Last month, it hired KPMG to restructure its business, including renegotiating rental agreements on its High Street stores.", "The decision to exclude social care workers from a new UK fast-track health and care visa when freedom of movement with the EU ends in January has been labelled as \"just crazy\"\n\nDonald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, said he was \"immensely disappointed\" with the decision, which his organisation campaigned strongly against.\n\nScotland has distinctive needs because of its ageing population and despite a recruitment drive, staffing \"depends on inward migration\", he told BBC Radio Scotland.\n\n\"The fact it’s happening in January, just at the point where we could potentially have another wave of the pandemic, and flu at its peak, is just crazy,\" he said.\n\n\"This is policy taking over practical common sense and it’s based on a presumption of carers which is devoid of reality.\"\n\nMr Macaskill said around 6-8% of Scotland's workforce come from Europe, and the UK government's \"toxic and xenophobic approach\" could put off those already here.", "Last updated on .From the section Crystal Palace\n\nA 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media.\n\nZaha revealed he had received several abusive messages on social media before Sunday's trip to Aston Villa, a game they lost 2-0.\n\nHis manager Roy Hodgson called the abuse \"cowardly and despicable\".\n\nThe Premier League called the abuse of the 27-year-old Ivory Coast winger \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nWest Midlands Police tweeted Zaha to say they would look into the abuse and hours later confirmed an arrest.\n\n\"We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy,\" read a WM Police tweet.\n\n\"The 12-year-old from Solihull has been taken to custody. Thanks to everyone who raised it. Racism won't be tolerated.\"\n\nSpeaking to Sky Sports before the arrest, Hodgson added: \"It's been highlighted at the moment anyway with the Black Lives Matter movement and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this behaviour.\n\n\"It is very sad that, on the day of a game, a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse. It's right Wilf has made people aware of it and I don't think this is something you should keep quiet about.\n\n\"He wants to put off one of our best players from playing well today, but to do it in the way he has chosen is totally inexcusable.\"\n\nThe Premier League said: \"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and the Premier League stands alongside Wilfried Zaha in opposing this, and discrimination in any form.\n\n\"We will continue to support players, managers, coaches and their family members who receive serious discriminatory online abuse.\"\n\nPlayers in England's top flight have been kneeling in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before every match since the season restarted in June.", "Elvis Presley's only grandson died on Sunday, his mother Lisa Marie Presley's manager has confirmed.\n\nBenjamin Keough was 27, but manager Roger Widynowski gave no further details about his death.\n\nHe said Lisa Marie, 52, was \"heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated\".\n\n\"She adored that boy. He was the love of her life,\" Widynowski said, adding that she was \"trying to stay strong\" for her three daughters.\n\nThe Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed that the death of a person of his name and age was under investigation, but there was no other immediate information on the circumstances.\n\nHe was the younger of the two children Lisa Marie Presley had with her first husband, musician Danny Keough, before their divorce in 1994. The other is actress Riley Keough, 31.\n\nLisa Marie had previously described Keough's resemblance to her famous father as \"just uncanny.\" Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley died in 1977 aged 42.\n\nLisa Marie also has twin 11-year-old daughters with her fourth husband, musician and producer Michael Lockwood, who she wed in 2006 after brief marriages to pop star Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage.\n\nHer close relationship with her son, whose middle name was Storm, apparently inspired the title track on her third album, Storm & Grace, released in 2012.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Drakeford said face masks would become compulsory on public transport\n\nThree-layer face coverings will be mandatory on public transport in Wales from 27 July, the first minister has said.\n\nAt the daily Welsh Government coronavirus briefing, Mark Drakeford said this would also be the case for taxis and other situations where 2m social distancing was not possible.\n\nLast month, Health Minister Vaughan Gething recommended their use.\n\nBut he stopped short of making them mandatory.\n\nTransport for Wales said it had worked with the Welsh Government throughout the pandemic and Great Western Railway said it encouraged all customers to follow the new rule.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives questioned why the measure was not being introduced immediately and Plaid Cymru called for masks to be made mandatory for all indoor spaces.\n\nThe union Unite said it warmly welcomed the decision.\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"For the sake of simplicity and consistency, as well as being part of our plan to help reduce the risk of transmission while on public transport where it is not always possible to maintain a two metre physical distance, it will become mandatory for people to wear a three-layer face covering while travelling - this includes taxis.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers in Cardiff had a mixed view of face masks\n\nFace coverings are currently required on public transport in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, while wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.\n\nHaving a different rule for wearing masks on public transport in Wales and England was \"not sustainable in the long term\", Mr Drakeford said.\n\n\"Our decision to make face coverings mandatory on public transport is a combination of the fact that we know as the economy gets back into operation more people will need to use public transport to go to work and for other purposes, and when more people need to use confined spaces then additional protections need to be introduced in order to overcome the fact that two-metre social distancing will not always be possible,\" he added.\n\nTaxi driver Stephen Clifford is not sure if the plan will work for taxis\n\nTaxi driver Stephen Clifford, from Newport, does not believe it will work for customers\n\nHe said: \"Most of people the customers wouldn't wear them.\n\n\"We'd lose an awful lot of money. If you've got to have it, you have got to have it. And what if we had to provide them? It's hard to say.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The masks should be made of cotton, and even an old pair of socks can be used to cover your face\n\nAsked why coverings were not mandatory in other public spaces, Mr Drakeford said: \"The advice of the Welsh Government is that if places are crowded then face coverings are advisory. Where places are not crowded it is a matter for the individual citizen to make that decision.\"\n\nCoronavirus is now \"at its lowest ebb\" since the pandemic began, he added, saying the Welsh Government's response had to be \"proportionate\".\n\nWhile Mr Drakeford said masks would not be mandatory for shoppers, businesses may ask people to wear them.\n\nThe Welsh Government has recommended face coverings should be three layers thick\n\nHe said the retail sector had made \"huge efforts\" to introduce measures to maintain physical distancing, including putting up one-way systems, limiting the number people who can enter a shop and putting up screens at checkouts.\n\nBut, he added: \"At this point in time, when the prevalence of coronavirus is low, we are not mandating the use of face coverings in other public places, but many people may choose to wear them - and there is nothing to stop that happening in Wales.\n\n\"Our advice may change if cases of coronavirus begin to increase.\"\n\nThe first minister said the Welsh Government had made changes to regulations which recognise there are some occasions when it is not always possible to maintain a distance of 2m.\n\n\"These include maintaining hygiene standards and limiting close face-to-face interaction, wherever reasonable,\" he added.\n\nLondon Underground staff have been handing out face coverings\n\nMr Drakeford also said 300,000 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Wales, with 17,000 of them positive.\n\nHe urged people to carry on following the \"golden rules\" such as washing hands frequently.\n\nHe said there had been a \"real change in working patterns, with more people working from home\", adding: \"We need to see flexible working become a permanent feature of working life in Wales and the Welsh government will lead the way in this.\"\n\nReacting to the announcement, Conservative Covid recovery spokesman Darren Millar said: \"We must still take every precaution to avoid a second wave of cases, and making wearing face masks mandatory from today may go some way to achieving this - but only if brought in now.\"\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA) also called for the new rules to be \"implemented without delay\". It said face coverings should be used whenever people could not keep a safe distance.\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price welcomed the move but said: \"In acknowledging that face coverings make a crucial difference on trains, buses and in taxis, the question must be begged of Welsh Government - why not in shops also?\n\n\"The latest guidance, while a step in the right direction, still doesn't go far enough.\"\n\nUnite Wales regional secretary Peter Hughes said: \"This decision will improve safety on our buses, trains and taxis… it will also greatly increase the confidence of the general public to travel on public transport as lockdown measures are eased.\"", "A fast-track health and care visa has been unveiled as part of the UK's plans for a points-based immigration system when freedom of movement with the EU ends in January.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said employers would be encouraged to invest in workers from within the UK.\n\nBut the new system, she added, would also allow them to \"attract the best and brightest from around the world\".\n\nUnions have expressed concerns that the visa will exclude social care workers.\n\nThe health and care visa will be open to workers who have a confirmed job offer in one of a series of \"skilled\" roles within the NHS or care sector - or for NHS service providers, such as doctors, nurses, radiographers, social workers and paramedics.\n\nHowever, the GMB union, representing NHS staff, described the new rules as an \"embarrassing shambles\", criticising the exclusion of frontline care home workers and contractors, and pointing out that a minimum salary threshold meant many cleaners, porters and support staff would also not qualify.\n\nThe new visa system is set to come into force on New Year's Day, immediately ending freedom of movement with the EU.\n\nUnder the government's plans when the Brexit transition period ends, those wishing to live and work in the UK must gain 70 points.\n\nThere is a mandatory requirement for visa applicants to have an offer of a job on a list of eligible occupations and speak English - earning them 50 points.\n\nThere is a minimum salary requirement of £20,480.\n\nFurther Points would be awarded for meeting criteria such as holding a PhD relevant to the job, or earning more than a \"general salary threshold\" of £25,600.\n\nThose with job offers in \"shortage occupations\" such as nursing and civil engineering would also be able to earn extra points.\n\nThe home secretary said it would be simpler for businesses to access talent\n\nIn a written ministerial statement to the House of Commons, Ms Patel said: \"At a time where an increased number of people across the UK are looking for work, the new points-based system will encourage employers to invest in the domestic UK workforce, rather than simply relying on labour from abroad.\n\n\"But we are also making necessary changes, so it is simpler for employers to attract the best and brightest from around the world to come to the UK to complement the skills we already have.\"\n\nLabour said it would scrutinise the proposals \"very carefully\", saying the government had \"rushed through immigration legislation with very little detail in the middle of a global pandemic\".\n\nOne of the biggest arguments for leaving the EU is that it would allow the UK to sets its own immigration policy.\n\nThe government's aim is a system that provides flexibility for employers - so the minimum salary threshold starts at just over £20,000 and there's no need to prove that a job couldn't have been offered to someone already living in the country.\n\nBut there are restrictions too: the vast majority of vacant positions in the social care sector will not be filled from immigration as these workers are not classed as skilled - and they're not eligible for the rebranded NHS and care workers fast track visa.\n\nIn short, care workers won't be able to apply for a visa dedicated to care.\n\nMinisters say immigration can't solve the care sector's problems which, they argue, are down to poor pay and career prospects - making the job unattractive to British workers who could be capable of filling the roles.\n\nThe new health and care visa will have a reduced fee. Those applying for it should expect a reply within three weeks, the government said.\n\nCaroline Abrahams at charity Age UK said it was a \"care visa in name only. Care will scarcely benefit at all since the vast majority of care workforce roles are ineligible\".\n\nThe union Unison said the work of the social care sector was in crisis long before the coronavirus pandemic and failing to include care workers was a \"disastrous mistake that will make existing problems spiral\".\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: \"To exclude care workers from the health visa is a clear signal that this government does not appreciate the skill and dedication these roles involve... it is yet another insult from this Tory party to those who have been at the frontline of this crisis.\"\n\nHowever, the prime minister's official spokesman said the government wanted employers in the sector to invest more in training and development for people already in the UK - including EU citizens - to become care workers, and it had provided additional funding to support it.\n\n\"Our independent migration advisers have said that immigration is not the sole answer here,\" he added.\n\nThe home secretary said frontline health workers would not have to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge - the fee of up to £400 a year that most migrants who have not been granted permanent residency in the UK need to pay to receive NHS care.\n\nMs Patel also said the visa process for students was being refined, with a new graduate route being launched next summer to \"help retain the brightest and the best students to contribute to the UK post-study\".\n\nInternational students would be able to stay for a minimum of two years after finishing their studies, she said.\n\nThe paper also confirms that foreign criminals who have been jailed for more than a year could be banned from coming to the UK and foreign nationals already in the UK who have been sentenced to a year or more in prison \"must be considered for deportation\".", "Residents and carers at a north London care home have been recreating classic album covers to keep themselves occupied during the lockdown.\n\nSydmar Lodge Care Home, in Edgware, was closed to visitors on 12 March so staff have been organising activities to keep those living there entertained.\n\nAlbums by Adele, Taylor Swift and Queen are among those to have been redone.\n\nRobert Speker, who came up with the idea, said the residents had \"absolutely loved\" the creations.\n\nClassic records by The Clash, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen have also been recreated.", "This is the second ban on alcohol sales since South Africa's outbreak began\n\nSouth Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the spread of coronavirus.\n\nA night-time curfew has been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory.\n\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban - South Africa's second this year - would take pressure off the national healthcare system.\n\nIt comes as total infections exceed a quarter of a million.\n\nDeaths resulting from coronavirus have also risen to more than 4,000, and government projections estimate this could rise to 50,000 by the end of the year.\n\nSouth Africa remains the hardest-hit country on the continent, and earlier this week recorded its highest-ever single-day increase in cases. Nearly half of them were in Gauteng, a province that's become the outbreak epicentre.\n\nIn a public address, Mr Ramaphosa acknowledged \"most\" people had taken action to help prevent the spread, but he said there were still some who acted \"without any responsibility to respect and protect each other\".\n\n\"There are a number of people who have taken to organising parties, who have drinking sprees, and some who walk around crowded spaces without wearing masks,\" said the president.\n\nMr Ramaphosa said the new measures were being introduced to help the country to weather the storm of coronavirus, and a state of emergency would be extended until 15 August. The night-time ban would be in place from 21:00 to 04:00.\n\nThe government has also made 28,000 hospital beds available for Covid-19 patients. But President Ramaphosa said the country still faced a \"serious\" shortage of more than 12,000 healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors and physiotherapists.\n\nThe alcohol ban comes just weeks after another three-month ban was lifted in an effort to prevent drunken fighting, cut domestic violence and eliminate weekend binge-drinking prevalent across South Africa.\n\nDoctors and police say the previous ban contributed to a sharp drop in emergency admissions to hospital. But the country's brewers and wine makers complained they were being driven out of business.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Africa's province Gauteng has become the epicentre of coronavirus cases in the country.\n• None South Africans cheer as alcohol goes back on sale", "Travolta and Preston were married for almost 29 years\n\nKelly Preston, the actress and wife of John Travolta, has died aged 57.\n\nTravolta posted on Instagram: \"My beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.\"\n\nThe couple had been married for nearly 29 years. Preston's career included roles in Twins, From Dusk Till Dawn, Jerry Maguire and The Cat in the Hat.\n\nShe also collaborated with her husband on Battlefield Earth and Old Dogs.\n\nIn his post, Travolta thanked the health workers who had looked after his wife \"as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side\".\n\n\"I will be taking some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don't hear from us for a while. But please know that I will feel your outpouring of love in the weeks and months ahead as we heal. All my love, JT\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by johntravolta This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe couple's son Jett Travolta died at the age of 16 in January 2009 from a seizure during a family holiday in the Bahamas.\n\nThey have two other children, Ella Bleu and Benjamin.\n\nPreston promoted the film Gotti at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018\n\nElla wrote on Instagram: \"I have never met anyone as courageous, strong, beautiful and loving as you.\"\n\nA family representative told People magazine that she died on Sunday morning and that she had kept her cancer diagnosis private.\n\n\"She had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her closest family and friends,\" the family representative said.\n\n\"She was a bright, beautiful and loving soul who cared deeply about others and who brought life to everything she touched. Her family asks for your understanding of their need for privacy at this time.\"\n\nBorn Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, she changed her name to Kelly Preston before securing her first film role in the 1985 romcom Mischief, then appeared in another teen comedy, Secret Admirer.\n\nRussell Crowe was among the Hollywood stars paying tribute, remembering Preston as \"a lovely person\" and a \"sparkly eyed gem\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Russell Crowe This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinger Mariah Carey also responded to Travolta's post, saying she was \"sending so much love to you and your family in this heartbreaking moment\".\n\nOther tributes came from Maria Shriver and Josh Gad, who said he was \"in absolute shock\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Maria Shriver This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Josh Gad This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpencer Breslin, who played Preston's character's son in The Cat in the Hat, remembered his \"screen mom\" as being \"a lovely woman\", adding: \"Such a sad loss.\"\n\nAlec Baldwin, who also appeared in that 2003 film, said Preston was \"one of the loveliest people I've ever worked with\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by HABFoundation This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLost star Daniel Dae Kim, meanwhile, said he had been \"lucky enough to work with her on one of my very first films\", 1999's For Love of The Game.\n\n\"We were shooting on cold days in Colorado, but she couldn't have been warmer or kinder to a young, nervous actor trying to make good,\" he continued.\n\nOne of Preston's last screen roles was in the 2018 crime biopic Gotti, in which she appeared opposite her husband.\n\nWhile promoting the film at the Cannes Film Festival, the actress spoke to reporters about their long relationship.\n\n\"We took the time to get to know each other,\" she said. \"Marriage doesn't just happen on its own, you have to keep creating love.\n\n\"We also keep it light. Neither of us like to fight so we purposely do not push each other's buttons.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Men wearing life vests get ready with their paddle boards as the Bala Adventure and Watersports Centre in Bala, Gwynedd\n\nThe first minister has said Wales is \"absolutely safe\" to visit again after he defended not opening tourism sooner.\n\nFrom Saturday some holiday homes have reopened for the first time since lockdown began.\n\nBut with pubs still unable to open, the Welsh Conservatives have accused the Welsh Government of putting jobs at risk.\n\nMark Drakeford, on a visit to the Vale of Glamorgan, said a \"step by step\" approach was right to lifting lockdown.\n\nIn England, all hotels, B&Bs and campsites have been allowed to reopen since 4 July, with cleaning of shared spaces.\n\nIn Wales, only self contained accommodation, with no shared facilities, such as kitchens and bathrooms, are currently able to open.\n\nFrom Monday, Welsh pubs and restaurants with outdoor spaces, will be able to welcome back customers outdoors for the first time.\n\nBut many businesses have said they will not be opening, saying it will not be viable due to the two-metre (6ft) social distancing rule, which remains in place in Wales.\n\nMark Drakeford visited The Hide in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan\n\nShoppers were out in Cardiff as restrictions ease a little further in Wales\n\nMr Drakeford said easing restrictions had to be done \"step by step\" and he thought there would be a \"gradual build-up\" of people wanting to holiday in Wales and go to pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nDuring a visit to The Hide in St Donats, Mr Drakeford said the crisis \"has had a profound impact on the visitor economy\" and a phased approach to reopening tourism would give businesses, staff visitors and communities the confidence for a successful reopening.\n\n\"My message to people thinking of making a visit inside Wales or to Wales, is that Wales is open, the tourism industry is beginning again,\" he said.\n\nWalkers enjoy the fine day and the lockdown restrictions being eased with a stroll in the Brecon Beacons\n\nCars parked near the foot of Pen y Fan as people make the most of the lockdown restriction easing\n\n\"The virus hasn't gone away, we still need to do all the things we know. A social distance, hand washing, all those careful things.\n\n\"But the virus in Wales is now at a very low ebb of circulation. It's absolutely safe to be here, but you can play your part as well.\"\n\nMr Drakeford said he was \"looking forward\" to going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he had a chance, and people could help keep others safe by avoiding crowded areas.\n\nSocial distancing in operation on Llandudno pier on Saturday\n\nThe first weekend of the restrictions being eased and people enjoyed a paddle in Porthcawl\n\nBut with many hotels in Wales still closed due to restrictions, Welsh Conservative MP David Jones accused the Welsh Government of being behind the UK government in making decisions.\n\nThe Clwyd West MP wrote on twitter: \"Sadly the tourist season in Wales didn't begin four weeks after England\".\n\nMember of the Senedd, Janet Finch-Saunders, said it was not right that pubs and restaurants in Wales had to wait until 3 August before they could allow customers back inside.\n\nMrs Finch-Saunders said with many not having outdoor spaces, or enough room for customers, the first minister's \"uneven\" proposals would have a \"disastrous impact\" on Welsh jobs.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Drakeford said the \"balance is shifting\" on evidence for the use of face masks.\n\nThe car park at Pen y Pass as Snowdonia National Park is reopened for its first weekend since restrictions were eased\n\nWalkers returned to parts of Snowdonia National Park on Saturday\n\nBut he doesn't yet believe it is \"sensible\" to make use of them mandatory in certain situations.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Drakeford said the view of the Wales's chief medical officer was still that face coverings should be recommended but not required.\n\n\"When the weight of evidence changes, if it does, then we will change our policy.\"\n\nIn Wales, face coverings are recommended in situations where people cannot socially distance, like on public transport.\n\nBut their use is not mandatory - and both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru are calling for face coverings to be compulsory on public transport and in shops, as is the case in Scotland.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid health spokesman said \"every possible measure to help us leave lockdown safely should be adopted and we have consistently called for the use of face masks in public spaces where social distancing is difficult\".", "Abhishek (L) said his wife and daughter would self-isolate at home\n\nThree generations of a high-profile Bollywood family have tested positive for Covid-19, officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra say.\n\nResults on Sunday showed the actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former Miss World, and her daughter Aaradhya, eight, were infected with coronavirus.\n\nHer husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh, both also actors, were taken to hospital on Saturday with the virus.\n\nBoth men were said to have mild symptoms.\n\nAbhishek Bachchan tweeted that they would remain in hospital \"till the doctors decide otherwise\".\n\nAishwarya Bachchan, 46, is one of Bollywood's most famous faces both in India and abroad, featuring in several Bollywood and Hollywood films.\n\nShe won the Miss World pageant in 1994 and is Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. In 2003 she was the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.\n\nAishwarya and her daughter are said to be asymptomatic. Her husband tweeted to say they would be self-isolating at home.\n\nOn Saturday Amitabh Bachchan told his millions of Twitter followers he had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,\" he wrote.\n\nBachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films over five decades.\n\nBachchan has won multiple awards since rising to prominence in the 1970s\n\nHe and Abhishek, 44, were taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. Abhishek described them both as having mild symptoms.\n\nAmitabh is currently in the isolation unit of the hospital, news agency ANI reported, quoting a public relations officer for the hospital. He urged anyone who had been close to him in the past 10 days to get tested.\n\nMumbai municipal officials have since put up banners outside the actor's house in the city, classifying it as a \"containment zone\".\n\nThe news has led to an outpouring of support for the family on social media. Among those paying their respects were actress Sonam K Ahuja and former India cricket player Irfan Pathan.\n\nWell-wishers have been praying for Amitabh Bachchan\n\n\"Dear Amitabh ji, I join the whole Nation in wishing you a quick recovery! After all, you are the idol of millions in this country, an iconic superstar! We will all take good care of you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!\" said India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.\n\nBachchan Snr has enjoyed starring roles in hit movies such as Zanjeer and Sholay. Since rising to fame in the 1970s, he has won numerous accolades including four National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, for his contribution to cinema.\n\nOutside acting, Bachchan Snr had a brief stint in politics and was elected as a member of India's parliament in 1984 at the behest of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned three years later, disillusioned by a corruption scandal under Mr Gandhi's government.\n\nIn recent months, he has been prominent in helping the government get its message across in the fight against coronavirus.\n\nIndia saw a record rise in the number of coronavirus cases by 27,100 on Sunday, with the total climbing to nearly 850,000 - the third highest caseload in the world. There have been complaints about a lack of both testing and frontline medical staff.\n\nIndian megastars don't come bigger than the Bachchans, a family considered acting royalty.\n\nAt the helm of the dynasty is Amitabh Bachchan, one of the most famous people on the planet, with billions of fans spanning continents.\n\nOver five decades, the 77 year old actor has starred in hundreds of Bollywood films, fronted prime time television shows and is revered, even worshipped - by his die-hard followers.\n\nLittle wonder then, that news he has coronavirus is massive news in India and beyond. In 1982, the nation stood still as Amitabh Bachchan spent months in hospital after a film stunt went horribly wrong.\n\nThis time he is said to be stable, with only mild symptoms. The star who has 43 million Twitter followers, has been tweeting thanks to his well wishers from hospital.\n\nHis son Abhishek Bachchan, and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who both tested positive, are big stars in their own right too.\n\nAs attention is focused on this one family, thousands of other Indians are contracting Covid-19 every day. The country is seeing a sharp rise in cases, now the third highest number in the world after the US and Brazil.\n• None Why Amitabh Bachchan is more than a superstar", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC about the \"massive gap\" in support for parents\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has said there is \"a massive gap\" in support given to parents after the first few months of a child's life until they start school.\n\nIt was something she felt too as a new mum, the duchess told BBC Breakfast.\n\nCatherine was speaking as part of the launch of the BBC's Tiny Happy People initiative for children aged 0-4.\n\nIt aims to help parents develop their children's language skills with simple activities including free online videos and quizzes.\n\nDuring the interview, the duchess also spoke about the difficulties of life in lockdown for so many, but said one of the \"silver linings\" might be that we revalue how important our relationships are.\n\nThe duchess has long championed the importance of improving early years support for children. Earlier this year, she ran a nationwide survey to \"spark a national conversation\" and help create change for future generations.\n\nAt the heart of the BBC's five-year Tiny Happy People initiative is a simple message - talk to children from as early an age as possible.\n\nIt includes a range of online activities including parenting tips, films, articles and quizzes launched to help parents and carers develop the communication skills of their young children, right from the start of pregnancy.\n\nCatherine herself helped in the character and background development of two Tiny Happy People videos\n\nThe scheme was initially launched in Manchester last October, and Catherine has been involved for several months.\n\nShe recently met families at Sandringham, the Queen's estate in Norfolk, to hear about how they had found the activities. One of the parents she spoke with, Ryan, said they had helped him to identify that his eight-month-old daughter Mia has five different cries.\n\n\"He's learned a huge amount from Tiny Happy People,\" the duchess said, speaking to the BBC in the grounds of Sandringham.\n\n\"It's information like that I wish I had had as a first time mum, it's gold dust really for families to be given those tips and tools to be able to use, particularly in those first five years.\"\n\nShe said parents receive help from midwives and health visitors after a baby is born, but there's a gap before they start school.\n\nCatherine and her husband have three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis\n\nResearch by the National Literacy Trust shows that once children start behind, they stay behind, affecting performance in school, job prospects and even life expectancy.\n\nAnd other Department for Education research shows more than one in four children (27%) in England does not reach the necessary level of literacy development - meaning language, communication and literacy skills - by the time they start primary school, rising to more than one in three (42%) in deprived areas.\n\nThe free films, articles and quizzes explain the science behind baby brain development.\n\nThey include fun activities to do with both babies and toddlers to support language development and parent wellbeing, along with tips for new and soon-to-be parents.\n\n\"We couldn't be more proud of the part we're playing in this amazing partnership,\" said Tony Hall, the director general of the BBC.\n\n\"Growing up happy and healthy is the greatest gift we can give to any child. This campaign embodies our mission to inform, educate and entertain. The BBC has created hundreds of videos and written content that we hope will make a real difference.\"\n\nKate visited the Tiny Happy People team last November to take part in development sessions\n\nJames Purnell, the director of BBC Radio and Education, added: \"Early years language provides the foundation for all aspects of a child's life - right into adulthood.\n\n\"Tiny Happy People is a major, long-term education commitment from the BBC to help close the under-fives language and communication gap, and help give kids the best chance in life. We're all so proud of it and look forward to seeing parents and carers from across the UK using the materials.\"\n\nThe duchess helped in the character and background development for two animations on parenting, which are now available on the Tiny Happy People website, about making eye contact with babies and singing to babies.\n\nCatherine - pictured last year - previously called children's early years \"the most important years, for life long health and happiness\"\n\nAlso supporting the initiative are a number of celebrities who are using the activities to build their own infants' communication skills, including soap stars Jennie McAlpine and Kieron Richardson, singer and farmer JB Gill, former Love Islanders Jess and Dom Lever, BBC Three presenter Annie Price, and Louise Pentland, who was voted the UK's favourite mum influencer last year.\n\nCatherine and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, have three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.\n\nThe Royal Foundation website says the duchess believes \"many of society's greatest social and health challenges\" could be \"mitigated or entirely avoided\" if young children are given \"the right support\".\n\nThe interview with the duchess is being broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday 14 July. Visit the Tiny Happy People website here.", "Florida has seen protests over shutdown measures\n\nFlorida has registered a state record of 15,299 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - around a quarter of all of the United States' daily infections.\n\nThe state, with just 7% of the US population, surpassed the previous daily record held by California.\n\nFlorida, which began lifting coronavirus restrictions in May, has proved vulnerable due to tourism and an elderly population.\n\nIts figures eclipse the worst daily rates seen in New York in April.\n\nThe state would rank fourth in the world for new cases if it were a country, according to a Reuters analysis. More than 40 hospitals in Florida say their intensive care facilities are at full capacity.\n\nIntensive care units at many Florida hospitals are reaching capacity\n\nThe latest figures were released a day after Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida reopened, but with safety measures including mask-wearing and widespread use of sanitiser.\n\nThe caseload in Florida has continued to rise despite Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ordering some bars to close again last month.\n\nThe top adviser on the White House coronavirus taskforce, Dr Anthony Fauci, had criticised lockdown easing in the state, saying the data on infections did not support the move. Mr DeSantis has also declined to make mask-wearing obligatory.\n\nThe issue of masks has become highly politicised in the United States, with opponents saying having to wear them encroaches on personal freedom. There have been demonstrations against masks and other coronavirus measures in several states.\n\nBut on Saturday, President Donald Trump appeared wearing a mask in the public for the first time after previously casting doubt on their usefulness. He was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers.\n\n\"I've never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place,\" he said as he left the White House.\n\nThe United States overall has been exceeding new daily totals of 60,000 cases for the past few days. Other states including Arizona, California and Texas continue to see a rising cases.\n\nSince the pandemic hit the US, more than 134,000 people there have died with Covid-19.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. President Trump wears a mask for the first time for a hospital visit\n• None Living in Florida and Texas as virus cases surge", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove: \"It's always better to trust people's common sense\"\n\nSenior minister Michael Gove has said he does not think face coverings should be compulsory in shops in England, saying he trusts people's common sense.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Gove said wearing a mask in a shop was \"basic good manners\".\n\nOn Friday, Boris Johnson said a \"stricter\" approach was needed so people wear masks in confined spaces.\n\nSenior government sources have said the issue is being kept under review, as Labour called for clarity on the issue.\n\nCurrently, face coverings are compulsory on public transport in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to help stop the spread of coronavirus.\n\nIn Scotland, they are also mandatory in shops. Wales recommends masks but they are not compulsory.\n\nHowever, there have been calls for the UK government to make its stance on masks clearer, following comments from the prime minister on Friday.\n\nMr Johnson - who was pictured wearing a mask for the first time during a visit to his constituency - said: \"I do think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't normally meet.\n\n\"We are looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where there is a risk of transmission.\"\n\nAlso on Friday, senior Whitehall sources said the government was considering making face coverings mandatory in shops.\n\nThey said while no decision has yet been made, it is an issue that is being kept under review.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said on Sunday that 44,819 people have now died in UK hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus, a rise of 21 on the previous day's figures.\n\nBoris Johnson wore a mask for the first time as he visited a shop in Uxbridge on Friday\n\nAsked on the Andrew Marr Show about the issue of face masks, Mr Gove said: \"I don't think mandatory, no, but I would encourage people to wear face masks when they are inside, in an environment where they are likely to be mixing with others and where the ventilation may not be as good as it might.\n\n\"I think that it is basic good manners, courtesy and consideration, to wear a face mask if you are, for example, in a shop.\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office minister added: \"Now of course the government at all times does look at the emerging evidence about what the best way to control the disease is.\n\n\"If necessary, and if tough measures are required and as we have seen in Leicester, obviously a very different situation, then tough measures will be taken.\n\n\"But on the whole... it's always best to trust people's common sense.\"\n\nGuidance on face coverings has evolved over the last few months.\n\nThe key issue now is whether people will wear them without being forced to.\n\nThe Scottish government is worried they won't - and so has told people they have to wear one in shops.\n\nOn Friday, Boris Johnson appeared for the first time in public in a covering and hinted that stricter rules were coming in England.\n\nBut now Michael Gove seems to be saying something different - that we should trust the common sense of shoppers.\n\nMy sources are keen to point out Mr Gove also said the government would take more action when necessary - so mandatory face coverings in England aren't off the table. His comments are also in line with the policy as it stands just now.\n\nBut at a time when public messaging is crucial, some believe the government view on whether or not stronger action is needed isn't clear.\n\nEarlier, Mr Gove told Sky's Sophy Ridge On Sunday that wearing a face covering \"definitely helps you to help others in an enclosed space\". He also urged people to return to work rather than stay at home.\n\n\"We want to see more people back at work, on the shop floor, in the office, wherever they can be,\" he said.\n\nShadow Cabinet Office minister Rachel Reeves said Labour would support mandatory face coverings for shops, as it \"would inspire greater confidence and might encourage more people to go out and spend money\".\n\n\"I think people are increasingly wearing them but I think some greater clarity from government about that, I think, would be helpful,\" she said.\n\n\"People want to do the right thing but they want to know what the right thing is. We already have it on public transport.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the early days of the pandemic, the UK government was hesitant about advising people to wear face coverings, arguing the scientific evidence that they reduce transmission was \"weak\".\n\nIn early June, the World Health Organization changed its advice to say people should wear face coverings in public where social distancing is not possible. The WHO originally said there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks.\n\nRules compelling people to wear face masks on public transport in England were introduced on 15 June.\n\nEarlier this week, the WHO said there was \"emerging evidence\" of airborne transmission.\n\nProfessor Wendy Barclay, who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, said coronavirus particles can remain suspended and infectious in the air for more than an hour.\n\nA further 148 deaths were recorded in the UK, according to latest government figures on Saturday, bringing the total number of recorded deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus to 44,798.", "It seems after all that the ministers won't just be asking everyone to use their \"common sense\" or even just rely on manners to make people cover up.\n\nAfter weeks of discussion about the relative benefits of covering your face when out and about, ministers are now to confirm on Tuesday that it will be mandatory to cover your face in shops in England - and, like in Scotland seven days ago, expect that change to be brought in in law.\n\nIt is quite the shift. At the start of the crisis, the government's scientists suggested that masks could do more harm than good.\n\nThere were nerves too about creating sudden demand from the public to get hold of medical grade coverings when there was a worldwide spike in demand as the pandemic took hold.\n\nBut more evidence has emerged about how coronavirus can be transmitted through the air.\n\nPoliticians are also keen to find ways to make consumers feel more comfortable going back out into the world, as the economy struggles to come alive again.\n\nBut things have changed a lot since the start of the lockdown when the government's \"stay at home\" message was heard loud and clear.\n\nThe vast majority of the public stuck to the instruction carefully. Millions tuned into the daily press briefings for the latest information, wanting answers, but wanting guidance too.\n\nThe expected decision to go ahead on face coverings comes after a scrappy few days when ministers have given different impressions in different interviews.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak appeared without a mask for the cameras serving food last Wednesday. Eyebrows were raised when he was chatting to customers over their vegan katsu without covering his face.\n\nThe Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, did mask up when observing Picassos in the Royal Academy the next day.\n\nThen the prime minister donned his two-quid mask in a photocall on Friday.\n\nBoris Johnson wore a face mask in public for the first time last week\n\nBut on Sunday, Michael Gove made that call for \"common sense\", and even on Monday morning, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland was saying coverings should be \"mandatory perhaps\" - a contradiction if ever there were.\n\nClarity, for shops in England at least, should come on Tuesday. But you wouldn't be blamed for wondering quite what you are meant to do.\n\nFor the government's critics it's another example of ministers playing catch up after allowing confusion to spread.\n\nDuring the early stages of the Covid crisis the public surprised politicians by being very willing to listen and follow the rules.\n\nIn this more complicated phase, any hint of a messy message could make them less likely to comply.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Leicester was placed under local lockdown two weeks ago, following a rise in coronavirus cases\n\n\"Targeted action\" is being taken against more than 100 local outbreaks of coronavirus in England every week, the health secretary has said.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Matt Hancock said increased testing meant officials could now be \"targeted\" in their response.\n\nHis comments came after 73 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed at a farm in Herefordshire.\n\nAbout 200 workers there have been told to self-isolate.\n\nIt is now two weeks since Mr Hancock announced Leicester would be the first city in the UK to be put under a local lockdown. Restrictions are expected to be reviewed this week.\n\nBut he stressed that most measures to contain the coronavirus will not involve a whole city but instead centre on much smaller areas, even just one business or building - and he says these interventions often go unreported by the media and unnoticed by all except those directly involved.\n\nThe government strategy of targeted local responses whenever data suggests a coronavirus flare-up is a key part of its ongoing plan to reopen British businesses in different phases.\n\nIn the latest of these, beauty salons, spas, tattoo parlours and nail bars in the rest of England are welcoming back their first clients for almost four months, as national lockdown restrictions are eased.\n\nAround 200 workers are self-isolating at AS Green and Co following an outbreak there\n\nIn his article, Mr Hancock said more cases were being found through testing.\n\n\"The result is we can lift more of the lockdown and take targeted action,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Each week, there are more than 100 local actions taken across the country - some of these will make the news but many more are swiftly and silently dealt with.\"\n\nMr Hancock said England's NHS Test and Trace service was helping the government understand how the virus was spreading \"so we can hunt down coronavirus and keep it contained\".\n\nThe health secretary said there were now more than 250 testing centres and the government was also deploying a dozen walk-in testing centres.\n\n\"Where we find a cluster or outbreak, we send in extra testing, including mobile testing units that can be deployed anywhere in the country,\" he added.\n\nClusters of cases in places such as hospitals, factories or schools can also be dealt with by closing the premises.\n\nThis has already happened in several parts of the UK, including a hospital in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset and meat factories in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, and Wrexham and Anglesey.\n\nThe UK's first full local lockdown was announced in Leicester at the end of June\n\nAsked what counted as an outbreak during an interview on BBC Breakfast, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said each case would differ, adding \"I think we know it when we see it.\"\n\nIt could be when many individuals caught the virus in a particular area - such as a workplace, village or town, he said.\n\nBut pressed on whether the virus spreading outside of a household or social bubble would constitute an outbreak, Mr Buckland said: \"I defer to the experts in this.\n\n\"They know what an outbreak constitutes when they see it, and I think with each one that we see we get more knowledgeable, more sophisticated, and are able to respond in ever more appropriate ways.\"\n\nAccording to Public Health England, an outbreak is when two or more laboratory confirmed cases are linked to a particular setting.\n\nAlso appearing on Breakfast, Leicester's mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby said the lockdown there could have been prevented if local authorities had received testing data earlier.\n\nHe said after having \"finally\" been provided with \"useful data\", they knew around 10% of the city had recorded a higher transmission of the virus.\n\n\"It's very clear when you look at the data that it's a couple of areas of the city that have got a higher than the average transmission of the virus, and certainly the way in which the city has been locked down in its entirety, and indeed beyond our boundary, is not justified,\" he said.\n\n\"We should have been able to know this many, many weeks ago and we should have focused on those areas, preventing the transmission there.\"\n\nLeicester's rate of new Covid-19 cases has fallen from its recent peak, according to figures from NHS England - but it is not a steady decline.\n\nFor example, the rate jumped from 115.1 cases per 100,000 people for the seven days to 4 July to 127.5 for the seven days to 5 July. It fell again to 115.4 in the week to 9 July.\n\nThis fluctuation could be because more testing means more cases are being picked up.\n\nUnder the government's testing strategy, anyone with coronavirus symptoms should self-isolate and get a test. If someone tests positive they will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace, which will then contact any close contacts, who will also be told to self-isolate.\n\nNHS Test and Trace only operates in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own contact tracing systems.\n\nNHS Scotland has signed a new contract with biotech firm E&O Laboratories to supply a solution that can be placed in test tubes to help make samples of Covid-19 safe - allowing each sample to be tested as soon as it arrives at a lab and improving efficiency.\n\nA further 650 coronavirus cases were reported across the UK on Sunday, according to the Department of Health.\n\nThe total number of people who have died with Covid-19 in the UK is now 44,819, a rise of 21 on the previous day - although figures tend to be lower at weekends because of reporting delays.\n\nAre your working conditions unsafe because of coronavirus? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Social media star Nicole Thea has died along with her unborn son, her Instagram page has announced.\n\nA statement from her mum said the 24-year-old, who was eight months pregnant, had named her child Reign with her partner Boga.\n\nNo cause of death was revealed in the post.\n\nThe dancer and influencer, who lived in London, had kept fans up-to-date on her pregnancy, regularly posting videos on her YouTube channel and Instagram page.\n\nSeveral videos Nicole had filmed before her death will be published on her YouTube channel, the statement confirmed.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by nicoletheatv This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShortly before the announcement was made, a scheduled behind-the-scenes vlog was posted on YouTube showing her having a milk bath during a maternity photo shoot.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Nicole Thea This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHer partner Boga, part of the group Ghana Boyz, had recently posted a video of him dancing next to a pram - writing he couldn't wait to take his son to the park and to a playground.\n\nThe couple announced the pregnancy in April, writing \"God gave us the biggest blessing yet\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by nicoletheatv This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTributes from fans and other influencers were posted online.\n\nMs Banks posted a tribute, Love Island star Alexandra Cane wrote: \"This is heart breaking,\" while choreographer Sherrie Silver said she was \"completely and utterly heartbroken\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 3 by chanelambrose This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kevin works for the Violent Offender Watch (VOW) team in Edinburgh\n\nThe social and economic devastation caused by Covid-19 could lead to an increase in serious youth violence in the UK, MPs have warned.\n\nA Youth Violence Commission report says incidents of unemployment, homelessness and trauma sparked by pandemic could impact on vulnerable young people.\n\nIt fears 18 Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales could lose funding.\n\nThe Home Office says £70m is being spent on the units modelled on a scheme which helped cut crime in Scotland.\n\nBBC Panorama has been investigating how Scotland's VRU - launched in 2005 and the first in the UK - has succeeded in reducing crime.\n\nKaryn McCluskey, the former head of intelligence for Strathclyde Police and one of the founders of the unit, tells the programme they approached youth violence as a health issue, \"like a disease\".\n\nAccording to the cross-party Youth Violence Commission, long-term investment is needed in youth services and VRUs but the funding is at risk because of the \"economic devastation\" caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIts report comes after three years of research into the causes of violence in the UK which concludes that poverty and inequality are \"fundamental drivers\".\n\n\"Given the potential for the impact of Covid-19 to create the types of social conditions in which one might reasonably expect to see increased rates of serious violence, it is imperative that support for these units is not only maintained, but increased,\" the report says.\n\n\"If support and investment is withdrawn from these VRUs - a particular concern given the possibility of austerity measures that may be taken on the back of the economic impact of Covid-19 - the commission fears this would undo much of the hugely important work that has taken place.\"\n\nThe commission says serious youth violence across England and Wales has cost the economy £11bn since 2008 - based on costs to the police, criminal justice system, NHS, victim services, as well as costs from lost economic output and costs associated with physical and emotional harm.\n\nAccording to its report, the cost of running 18 regional VRUs for 10 years is £350m.\n\nTalking about the type of young offenders helped by Scotland's VRU, Karyn McCluskey says: \"You're brought up in an angry, aggressive home, so you almost become infected… So we started to look at it like, what would prevention look like?\"\n\nThis public health approach aimed to treat offenders with compassion and offering them more support, in the hope that they could bring down levels of violence.\n\nIn 2005, there were 39 homicides in Glasgow alone. The police cracked down on Glasgow's gangs, with increased stop and search and tougher sentences, but also decided to look at the causes as well. Over the next 14 years, homicides in Glasgow fell from 39 to 11 in one year.\n\nHowever, in recent years there has been a small increase in violence after a decade of steep falls.\n\nKevin Neary works with the Violent Offenders Watch, a Police Scotland initiative to partner police officers and former convicts in order to reach out to young offenders.\n\nAs a former armed robber and heroin addict himself, Mr Neary helps offenders keep out of prison.\n\nHe says most young offenders had experienced childhood trauma such as separation or loss of parents through bereavement.\n\n\"What we're doing is not a soft justice; it's not a soft approach, it's a caring and compassionate approach.\"\n\nBy Kate Silverton, presenter of Panorama's How Scotland Cut Violent Crime\n\nThe founders of the VRU believe that in order to tackle the root causes of violent crime, it needed to not just be a criminal justice issue but something much broader and tackled collaboratively across education, health and prisons.\n\nDuring my filming for the Panorama documentary, it became clear to me that this \"joined-up\" approach is essential to its effectiveness.\n\nThe people I met believe that we need to understand that children will be much more likely to \"act out\" the violence they themselves experienced or observed and that they need access to counselling, education and training.\n\nYou can watch BBC Panorama's How Scotland Cut Violent Crime on BBC iPlayer", "Jonny McFadden said some customers had struggled with social distancing after a few drinks\n\nA pub landlord has put an electric fence in front of his bar to encourage customers to keep social distancing.\n\nJonny McFadden, who runs the Star Inn in St Just, Cornwall, said there was limited space in his bar which only served drinks and no food.\n\nHe described the barrier as \"just a normal electric fence that you would find in a field\".\n\nAsked if it was switched on, Mr McFadden said: \"Come and find out - there is a fear factor and it works.\"\n\nMr McFadden said he had struggled to get the social distancing message across to some customers in the bar because \"when you serve people a drink they change\".\n\nMr McFadden said the fencing was a normal electric fence such as you would find in a field\n\nHe said the fence worked because \"people keep away from it, people are like sheep\".\n\nHe added: \"They know it is a fence and don't want to touch it to find out whether it is on or not.\"\n\nThe Star Inn in St Just is a small pub which only serves drinks\n\nThe landlord said his customers were happy with the fencing and it had generated a lot of laughs.\n\nOne person who did not see the funny side was Mr McFadden's insurance broker.\n\n\"He was a bit worried but then that is what he is there for,\" he said.\n\n\"He rang a nephew of mine and said 'I hope he is not electrocuting people'.\n\n\"Well come and find out if I am.\"", "Plans to double the maximum jail term for criminals who assault emergency workers to two years are being considered by the government.\n\nJust two years ago, a previous law change doubled the maximum term from six months to 12 in England and Wales.\n\nMinisters have launched a consultation on the issue.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said this sent a \"clear and simple message\" that \"vile thugs\" would not get away with such \"appalling behaviour\".\n\n\"Our police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers go above and beyond every single day - running towards danger to protect us all,\" she said.\n\n\"They are our frontline heroes who put their lives on the line every single day to keep us safe, and yet some despicable individuals still think it's acceptable to attack, cough or spit at these courageous public servants.\"\n\n\"We were working one night shift and got called to a man who'd been assaulted. He just had kind of minor facial cuts,\" paramedic Lizzie Smith told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"So we got him to the back of the ambulance and I was just carrying out some standard checks on him, blood pressure, heart rate, things like that.\n\n\"I sort of noticed him giving me prolonged periods of eye contact which was making me feel quite uncomfortable but didn't think too much of it.\n\n\"I then reached over to pop something in our bin of the ambulance, which was when he grabbed my bum.\n\n\"I would say it's an extremely common occurrence within the ambulance service. My experience personally is relatively minor but it's common, I'd say once or twice a week at least something verbal and then other colleagues have had worse.\"\n\nMore than 11,000 people were prosecuted for assaulting an emergency worker in 2019, according to the Ministry of Justice.\n\nA quarter of those found guilty received a suspended sentence or immediate custody.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland told BBC Breakfast: \"Stories of many front-line workers, particularly during this time of Covid, have really hit home not just with us but with the public as well and the vital importance of doing everything we can to safeguard our frontline emergency workers.\n\n\"Everything that needs to be done should be done, hence today's announcement.\"\n\nThe Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, which increased maximum sentences to 12 months, came into force in 2018.\n\nFirefighters, police officers, prison officers and NHS staff are among those covered by the law.\n\nAssaults include being pushed, shoved or spat at, but prosecutions can take place under more serious offences when an emergency worker is seriously injured.\n\nThe law change in 2018 also means that when a person is convicted of offences including sexual assault or manslaughter, the judge must consider tougher sentences if the victim is an emergency worker.\n\nLast year, Labour MP Holly Lynch, who campaigned for the change alongside fellow Labour MP Chris Bryant, warned the new law was not proving enough of a deterrent.\n\nMs Lynch said she welcomed the consultation but said it was \"frustrating\" she and Mr Bryant had wanted to increase the maximum sentence to two years in 2018 but the Conservative government instead set the maximum at 12 months.\n\nThe Conservatives pledged in their 2019 election manifesto to consult on doubling the maximum sentence again.", "Beauty salons, spas, tattoo parlours and nail bars are welcoming back their first clients for almost four months, as lockdown restrictions ease further in England.\n\nBut some treatments, such as eyebrow threading, are still banned, leaving many salons unable to reopen.\n\nIn Scotland, indoor shopping centres are allowed to reopen.\n\nIn Wales, pubs, bars and restaurants can start serving customers outdoors, while hairdressers can also reopen.\n\nBusinesses will be required to follow guidelines to reduce the spread of coronavirus - and treatments which involve work directly in front of the face will not be available.\n\nGovernment guidance says services including face waxing, eyebrow threading, eyelash treatments, make-up applications and facials should not be provided because of the greater risk of Covid-19 transmission.\n\nNaresh Bhana, who runs Flamin' Eight tattoo studio in north London, said the business was only taking advance bookings, so \"you can't walk off the street unannounced\".\n\n\"We can accommodate two or three being tattooed but we stagger their start times,\" he said. \"Work areas are four metres apart. Everyone's wearing masks. Clients will wear visors as well.\"\n\nHe has created a commemorative tattoo for his wife to mark the reopening.\n\nThe tattoo design to mark the end of lockdown for tattoo parlours was created for Naresh's wife, Sonia\n\nBeard trims have been allowed since barbers opened last weekend - but should be limited to simple tidy-ups or thinning which can be carried out from the side or by circling the client to avoid the highest risk zone in front of the face, the British Beauty Council has said.\n\nThe co-founder of the home beauty service, Blow Ltd, Fiona McIntosh, said the ban on beauty treatments involving the face was \"hugely frustrating\".\n\n\"We still don't know when we're going to be able to do those services, which is having a huge impact on the freelancers who work for us,\" she said.\n\n\"We have 250 women, freelance beauticians on our platform across London, Manchester and Birmingham who can't work and they have been given no date on when they can work.\"\n\nShe added: \"I found it very difficult to understand how a lash treatment when you actually could have a mask on to have that done is different to a beard treatment.\"\n\nBlow Ltd uses 1,000 self-employed beauticians and about a quarter of them can still not work, says Fiona McIntosh\n\nAngela Burnett, the co-founder of Moreton Place Beauty and Wellbeing in London, added: \"It's half of our business, not being able do facials and facial treatment. For example we can't do any eyebrow waxing, any tinting, any lip waxing. So we're just doing manicures, pedicures and massages.\"\n\nVanita Parti, founder and chief executive of the Blink Brow Bar walk-in beauty bar chain, which has 11 shops in London and specialises in eyebrow treatments, said her salons would not be able to reopen under the guidelines.\n\n\"I'm furious,\" she told the BBC last week. \"This will kill so many businesses. I wish they'd consulted us.\"\n\nMassage studios, tanning salons, physical therapy businesses and piercing services are also now allowed to reopen in England.\n\nBusiness Secretary Alok Sharma said: \"Enabling these often small, independent businesses to reopen is yet another step in our plan to kickstart the economy to support jobs and incomes across the country.\"\n\nSome nail bars have installed plastic screens to reduce the spread of coronavirus\n\nAt a salon in Birkenhead, a nail technician wears a PPE face shield and mask\n\nPeople - including a woman in Chirton, North Shields - are also returning to sunbeds for the first time in three months\n\nIn Scotland, hospitals are reopening to visitors and children and young people are now allowed to play contact sports outdoors.\n\nFrom Wednesday, Scottish hairdressers and barbers will be able to reopen and indoor pubs, cafes and restaurants can return to business.\n\nIn Wales, hospitality businesses can open for outdoor service. Only half of venues are predicted to do so, with major chains, including Wetherspoons and Brains, waiting until customers are allowed indoors from 3 August.\n\nThe National Trust is also reopening some of its historic houses, with visitors allowed at seven properties in England and Northern Ireland in a test run of new rules intended to keep the public and staff as safe as possible.\n\n\"We're really grateful to our members and supporters for sticking with us during lockdown,\" said Tarnya Cooper from the National Trust, who spoke to BBC's Breakfast from Petworth House. \"This is the first time in 16 weeks we've been able to contemplate reopening our houses.\"\n\nShe said about one million visitors had already pre-booked trips to National Trust's parks and gardens since they opened in early June.\n\nMeanwhile, the government's approach to face coverings in England continues to be discussed, following calls for clarity over the weekend.\n\nBoris Johnson has said people in England \"should be wearing\" masks or other coverings inside shops to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHe said the government would decide in the next few days if \"tools of enforcement\" were needed.\n\nEarlier, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he would \"perhaps\" support making the wearing of masks in public compulsory but his colleague Michael Gove said on Sunday he thought the matter should be left to people's \"common sense\".\n\nMr Buckland told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"Wearing them in an enclosed space where you've got lots of people, for example a busy shop, seems to be sensible.\n\n\"It is all about increasing confidence. I think the more of us who do the courteous and responsible thing, the more people you'll see venture out into shops.\"\n\nHe added: \"If it becomes necessary to nudge people further by taking further action then of course we will consider that. I think the matter is under careful and daily review.\"\n\nFace masks are mandatory in shops in Scotland but not in England, although some shoppers do wear them\n\nA further 650 coronavirus cases were reported across the UK on Sunday, according to the Department of Health. That is an increase on the 516 cases reported on the same day a week earlier - but hugely down on the peak in April when there were about 5,000 new cases a day.\n\nThe total number of people who have died with Covid-19 in the UK is now 44,819, a rise of 21 on the previous day - although figures tend to be lower at weekends because of reporting delays.\n\nAre you having your nails done or getting a tattoo today? Or are you a nail technician or tattoo artist who has reopened? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The plane was taken to a remote part of the airfield before passengers disembarked\n\nA flight from Krakow to Dublin was forced to land after a note was discovered in a toilet claiming there were explosives on board.\n\nThe Ryanair flight was diverted to Stansted Airport to allow Essex Police officers to carry out checks.\n\nTwo RAF jets escorted the plane which landed at about 18:40 BST on Monday.\n\nPolice said nothing suspicious was found and two men have been arrested on suspicion of making threats to endanger an aircraft.\n\nThe men, aged 26 and 47, remain in custody and the plane has been handed back to Stansted Airport and the operator.\n\nA spokeswoman for the airline said: \"The plane landed normally, but was taxied to a remote stand where passengers disembarked safely.\"\n\nFootage of the RAF jets scrambling was shared on Twitter.\n\nAndy Kirby, from Essex, said: \"Looks like two eurofighters? Circling Stansted Airport.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andy Kirby This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ryanair spokeswoman previously said the aircraft and passengers were \"being checked by the UK police who will decide when they may travel onwards to Dublin on a spare aircraft\".\n\n\"Passengers in Dublin waiting to depart to Krakow are being transferred to a spare aircraft to minimise any delay to their flight,\" she said.\n\nPolice confirmed all passengers were safely brought off the plane.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The leaders of Houston, Texas, are calling for another statewide lockdown after infections there climbed to more than 27,600 on Sunday.\n\n\"Not only do we need a stay home order now, but we need to stick with it this time until the hospitalisation curve comes down, not just flattens,\" tweeted Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo - who oversees the most populous county in Texas - on Sunday.\n\n\"Many communities that persevered in that way are reopening for the long haul. Let’s learn from that (and) not make the same mistake twice.\"\n\nHouston Mayor Sylvester Turner said over the weekend that he disagrees with the governor’s effort to reopen schools.\n\n“It makes no sense to be having this conversation while this virus is out of control,\" Turner said on Saturday. \"You don't send kids back to school when there's a raging fire and the fires still burning in August.\n\n“Put the doggone fire out in July, so shut down for a couple of weeks.\"\n\nTexas recorded 8,100 new cases on Sunday and 80 Covid-related deaths.", "A pregnant NHS worker whose maternity clothes were stolen from her car has recorded a tearful message after the theft.\n\nBecky Jones, 30, a clinical biochemist for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, left her shopping bags in her car while she went for a meal in Nottingham with her boyfriend on Saturday.\n\nWhen she returned, the passenger side window was smashed and her shopping was gone.\n\nMiss Jones, who is 22 weeks pregnant, recorded a video next to her car, where she called the thieves \"the pride of Britain\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"He had so much passion for football\"\n\nAlina Joseph remembers sitting with her son Christopher Kapessa in their living room watching the 2018 Fifa World Cup on the telly.\n\nIt was a scorcher of a day but Christopher was glued to the screen watching Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Portugal.\n\nHe knew his mum wasn't really a football fan but he couldn't resist telling her which team was the best, what the rules were and who his favourite player was.\n\nWhen she went upstairs to have a lie-down, it wasn't long before she was woken up by the huge racket coming from downstairs.\n\n\"He had so much passion for football,\" Alina tells me. \"His younger brother misses him so much, especially when it comes to football, because Christopher was teaching him how to play.\"\n\nChristopher was 13 when his body was found in the River Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales, on 1 July last year.\n\nHe'd been out with a group of other young people on a really hot day when it happened. He was the only black child there.\n\nWithin 24 hours, South Wales Police had told his mum there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death - it was a tragic accident.\n\nBut the family and their lawyer raised concerns about how the investigation was handled and it was taken on by the force's major crime unit.\n\nThen in February this year, Alina got a letter from the Crown Prosecution Service.\n\nIt said there was \"clear evidence\" that Christopher - who couldn't swim - had been pushed into the river.\n\nIt said there was \"sufficient evidence to support a charge of unlawful act of manslaughter\" but they weren't going to prosecute the 14-year-old suspect because it wasn't in the \"public interest\".\n\nChristopher's family have accused the police and the CPS of institutional racism.\n\n\"If this had been 14 black youths and a white victim we have no doubt that the approach of the police and outcome would have been different,\" Alina said at the time.\n\nAlina Joseph has questioned why the suspect hasn't been prosecuted over her son's death\n\nI'm chatting to Alina on the phone a day before the first anniversary of her son's death.\n\nThree days earlier, I'd been at a remembrance event where friends and family gathered to share their memories of Christopher.\n\nHis 14-year-old friend Cobi spoke through tears as he described how much Christopher meant to him.\n\n\"Christopher wasn't just a friend, he was more or less family. He was always cheeky - in a good way,\" he told the crowd.\n\nI've reported on many stories about people who've died - and there are some that just really hit you without warning.\n\nI was there writing notes of what Cobi was saying when I just had to stop because I welled up.\n\nThis young lad was so upset but from somewhere he found the strength to speak up for his friend.\n\n\"To see the same joy that he gave me as his mum, he was able to give to somebody else's heart - that was deep,\" Alina tells me.\n\nCobi paid tribute to Christopher wearing a football shirt with his friend's surname on it\n\nAt times, you can hear the pride in Alina's voice when she talks about her son - it feels just like a very normal conversation.\n\nShe tells me how he loved watching YouTube videos about history and how he had this certain way of saying \"Mummy\" which meant he wanted a fiver from her.\n\nThen there were the constant arguments with his six brothers and sisters over sharing the PlayStation - because he wanted to play Minecraft and Fortnite.\n\nOh, and then there were all the times he broke his glasses.\n\n\"He slept with his glasses, we'd have to go in and take them off,\" Alina tells me.\n\n\"Everybody knew we needed to help him with his glasses because we were sure that the opticians had had enough.\n\n\"I remember one time he was in the shower and he was having a shower in the glasses. I said 'Christopher!' and he said 'Mum I can't really see properly'.\n\n\"Christopher was just funny in his own way.\"\n\nFlowers were left near to the place where Christopher died a year on from his death\n\nIt was a sunny morning when Alina woke up on the day Christopher died.\n\n\"I don't like beautiful mornings anymore because it's like you know something bad is just gonna end up happening,\" she tells me.\n\nThe memory of that day must be so strong in her mind - she talks me through it in such detail.\n\nChristopher had come in from school and a few minutes later he told his mum he was going out to play football.\n\nAlina agreed he could go - but never got to say \"see you later\" or \"goodbye\".\n\n\"I hate that word now, or goodnight. What's good about it?\" she says.\n\nLater on, Alina was on the phone to her sister in Africa when there was a knock on the door.\n\n\"We were chatting away, we were laughing - he was there dying,\" she says through tears.\n\nIt was Christopher's sports coach. \"We can't find Christopher, apparently he's jumped off a bridge,\" he told her.\n\nPolice focused on a bridge over the River Cynon a part of their investigation\n\nTime is a bit blur for her after that.\n\nAlina started to go down to the river where he was last seen, but the roads were blocked off and she was told to wait at home as the police were on their way.\n\nBut the officers couldn't tell her anything so she tried to keep busy by washing the dishes. Eventually some news came in.\n\n\"We need to go to the hospital. We've found him,\" an officer told Alina.\n\nAs we continue talking about it over the phone, the emotion of it all just overwhelms her.\n\nHearing a mum wail down the phone for her son is absolutely heartbreaking - and we take a little break from the interview.\n\nBut then she agrees to carry on - she's ready to tell me what happened next.\n\n\"I was blocking it, saying that he's fine, everything's fine. I'm actually gonna tell him off,\" she recalls.\n\n\"I was sweating like mad and every sound of that siren just made the situation even worse.\"\n\nAlina releases a dove in memory of her son at his remembrance event\n\nAlina was taken into a grey room - the atmosphere was so bad. No-one could give her any information about Christopher.\n\nFrustrated and angry, she left and set off down the hospital corridor.\n\n\"I just started walking. I started crying. I just started walking, not knowing I was even actually walking in the right direction.\n\n\"Everybody was just lined up. The more I approached, they had their heads down. He was asleep. The only difference was he didn't have his glasses. And I knew.\n\n\"I tried calling his name. Normally he'd be like 'Yes Mama, I'm OK, Stop fussing, Mama. Mama, I didn't do it, it wasn't me.'\n\n\"Nothing like that was coming out.\"\n\nAlina then goes on to tell me how the family had so many questions that weren't getting answered.\n\nWhere exactly did he jump off the bridge? Why wasn't he wearing the same clothes in the morgue as he had been when he had left the house? How many people were actually there when Christopher fell into the river?\n\nChristopher's friends and family brought balloons with messages to his remembrance event\n\nIt took seven months for Alina to find out exactly what evidence there was about how her son had died.\n\n\"There was clear evidence that the suspect pushed Christopher in the back with both hands causing him to fall into the river,\" the letter from the CPS said.\n\n\"That push was an unlawful act and it was clearly dangerous in that on an objective standard it created a danger of some harm.\"\n\nIt said that the evidence suggested the push was \"not in an effort to harm someone\" but \"ill considered\" and the suspect was \"mature and intelligent for his age\" and had a \"good school record\".\n\nIt said the suspect \"will have learnt the very harshest of lessons from this experience, which will act as a deterrent from further offending\".\n\nIt also explained the decision not to prosecute had considered the best interest of the suspect and the adverse impact on his future prospects.\n\n\"Christopher had so much going for him, so for that to be taken away and then to be told that somebody else's future is of more value than of his, that's very painful,\" Alina told the BBC at the time.\n\nChristopher's family came together for his remembrance event on 27 June\n\nDuring our chat, Alina told me her family had experienced racism since moving from London to south Wales in 2011.\n\nThey'd had \"hate letters\" sent to the house, her children have been \"peed on\" and once Christopher had been left in a \"pool of blood\" after being attacked in a shop.\n\nI've seen the comments some people have posted on Facebook about this case and they're honestly tough to read.\n\n\"Pulling the race card is disgusting, total disrespect for the emergency services, sadly the boy has lost his life. People have donated thousands of pounds for his funeral, a little bit of gratitude is in order,\" one woman wrote.\n\n\"It's more of a worry that mum gave the boy permission to go swimming and he couldn't swim. It wasn't as if it was a swimming pool where lifeguards could have been at hand,\" another wrote.\n\n\"Sad to hear this, but pulling out the race card cheapens and demeans the issue and loses respect,\" said one man.\n\nAnd these are not from anonymous trolls. They're from people from around the community where Christopher lived.\n\nSome of the Facebook comments I've seen about this case have been tough to read\n\nThe lack of compassion and nastiness that comes across in the comments must be so difficult for Alina to get her head around.\n\nShe's a mum who has lost her 13-year-old child. Imagine if it was your son, your brother, your nephew? Would you just accept what had happened?\n\nChristopher's mum has been supported by anti-racism charity The Monitoring Group ever since the tragedy happened.\n\n\"This isn't playing the race card,\" its director Suresh Grover tells me.\n\n\"This is the lived experience of a large number of black people which tells you that when there are a large number of black people or children in the majority, and there are accusations of crimes, inevitably, they're mostly charged.\n\n\"And when black people are in the minority and suffer racial violence with a group of white people, we have cases which show that white people are never charged.\n\n'I think for those people who say it's the 'race card' I just would say stop denying the reality that is so prevalent for black people in this country.\"\n\nSuresh says there are still so many questions the family want answering.\n\n\"I think racism is a factor that can't be taken out and has to be examined by the police.\n\n\"For us, what's important is what exactly was said to Christopher before he was pushed in? What are the circumstances that led to his death? Was he afraid before he was pushed in? Was he being goaded before he was pushed in?\n\n\"What's very clear is that had Christopher been the only white person, I think the investigation wouldn't have come to the conclusion so quickly that it was an accident.\"\n\nSuresh Grover is leading the Justice For Christopher Kapessa campaign\n\nChristopher's family have asked for the CPS's decision not to prosecute the suspect to be reviewed. They're currently waiting for the outcome.\n\nA crowdfunding page has raised nearly £20,000 to help with the family's legal fees and an online petition demanding \"Justice For Christopher Kapessa\" has more than 50,000 signatures.\n\n\"For Alina, justice looks like having confidence in the police to investigate properly and for the CPS to put the evidence in front of the jury, and for her boy's life to be treated on equal terms with any other person, not as somebody who has less worth or less value or less rights,\" Suresh says.\n\nI contacted the CPS but they told me it couldn't comment because its decision not to prosecute the suspect is still under review. They wouldn't tell me when the family might hear the outcome.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it's also waiting for the decision to be made.\n\nIt added: \"South Wales Police has also referred the investigation to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) who will examine our response and subsequent investigation into the tragic circumstances surrounding Christopher's death.\n\n\"We will be absolutely committed to implementing any opportunities for learning by South Wales Police.\"\n\nThe IOPC said its investigation has made \"good progress\" but is partially suspended while the CPS's decision is under review.\n\nFor now, Alina just has to wait.\n\nI think back to Christopher's remembrance event and there's one thing that his friend Coby says that really sticks out in my mind.\n\nIt's something I think is important to remember, whatever happens next.\n\n\"Christopher Kapessa was an amazing person and he didn't deserve this.\"\n\nCherry Wilson is a proud northerner who recently moved back to Stockport, Greater Manchester, where she grew up.\n\nShe studied journalism in Sheffield and was the first in her family to go to university. Her passion is telling the stories of the people and communities behind the headlines, exploring issues that matter to them.", "Rouaa is nine years old, the same age as the devastating war that has ravaged her country, Syria, killing hundreds of thousands of people and creating the world’s largest refugee crisis.\n\nHer family fled a chemical attack near their home town and for the past few years BBC World Affairs Correspondent Caroline Hawley has been visiting her in a Lebanese refugee camp.\n\nMore than 13 million Syrians have had to flee their homes, with more than five million of them now living in neighbouring countries.\n\nThe UN says only a tiny fraction of those who need new homes will ever get the chance to be resettled. But Rouaa and her family have defied the odds and are coming to make a new life in the United Kingdom.\n\nCaroline accompanied her on the journey to the UK.", "Pope Francis is the latest religious leader to speak out over the Turkish president's move\n\nPope Francis has said he's \"pained\" by Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.\n\nSpeaking at a service in the Vatican, the Roman Catholic leader added that his \"thoughts go to Istanbul\".\n\nHagia Sophia was built as a Christian cathedral nearly 1,500 years ago and turned into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of 1453.\n\nThe Unesco World Heritage Site became a museum in 1934 under Turkish Republic founding father Ataturk.\n\nBut earlier this week a Turkish court annulled the site's museum status, saying its use as anything other than a mosque was \"not possible legally\".\n\nPope Francis confined himself to a few words on the issue: \"My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia and I am very pained.\"\n\nPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the first Muslim prayers would be held in Hagia Sophia on July 24.\n\nThe Hagia Sophia has huge significance as a religious and political symbol\n\nShortly after the announcement, the first call to prayer was recited at the site and broadcast on all of Turkey's main news channels. Hagia Sophia's social media channels have also been taken down.\n\nIslamists in Turkey have long called for it to become a mosque again but secular opposition members opposed the move.\n\nDefending the decision, President Erdogan stressed that the country had exercised its sovereign right, and he added that the building would remain open to all Muslims, non-Muslims and foreign visitors.\n\nThe Pope is one of several religious and political leaders worldwide who have criticised the move.\n\nThe World Council of Churches has called on President Erdogan to reverse the decision. The Church in Russia, home to the world's largest Orthodox Christian community, immediately expressed regret that the Turkish court had not taken its concerns into account when ruling on Hagia Sophia.\n\nThe site is now one of Turkey's most visited tourist attractions\n\nIt has also drawn condemnation from Greece, and Unesco said its World Heritage Committee would now review the monument's status.\n\nOne of Turkey's most famous authors, Orhan Pamuk, told the BBC that the decision would take away the \"pride\" some Turks had in being a secular Muslim nation.\n\n\"There are millions of secular Turks like me who are crying against this but their voices are not heard,\" said Mr Pamuk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's good to see everybody wearing their mask,\" says one shopper in Braehead\n\nScotland will see \"the most significant easing of lockdown\" this week with shopping centres, pubs and restaurants reopening, the first minister has said.\n\nNon-essential shops inside shopping malls are now allowed to return to business.\n\nChildren and young people are also permitted to play organised outdoor contact sports.\n\nFurther restrictions on the indoor hospitality sector will be lifted from Wednesday.\n\nFamily and friends are also able to visit hospital patients from Monday.\n\nPatients can have a designated visitor, although they will have to follow strict public health guidance and arrange a time to visit in advance.\n\nDentists can offer some routine treatments, such as examinations, hand scaling and extractions.\n\nBut they will not be able to carry out aerosol procedures - those which produce a fine mist - like the use of a high-speed drill.\n\nThat will rule out most fillings, crown preparations and treatments involving a water spray.\n\nIt was a slow start for many shopping centres across Scotland as people were allowed in for the first time since March.\n\nAt Waverley Mall, Edinburgh's only city centre shopping centre, a number of shops were still closed and its food court does not open until Wednesday for sit-in meals.\n\nMark Sleet, 62, a project manager working on the construction of another shopping centre in Edinburgh city centre, described his experience as a \"culture shock\".\n\nHe said: \"I've been travelling to Edinburgh from Morpeth in England every day for work and it's like going back in time.\n\n\"It's really getting back to normal in England and the shopping malls are busy.\n\n\"Waverley Mall was empty today and I had to wear a mask, which felt confusing for me.\"\n\nAlex Weedman, 29, from Edinburgh, said: \"I'm a shopaholic and wanted to see Flying Tiger, which is a shop that is only in Waverley Mall. I'm wearing a mask in case others feel worried but I'm not afraid.\"\n\nIt was also quiet at Ocean Terminal on the first day shopping centres could reopen in Scotland.\n\nShopper Chris Pearson, 61, said: \"It felt empty so I'm sure a lot of the shopkeepers would have felt disappointed.\n\n\"Quite a lot of the shops also weren't open. I can understand why the tourist shops weren't open but other shops must be waiting until they think it's going to get busier.\"\n\nMark Sleet, who lives in England but works in Edinburgh, said the shopping centres are busier south of the border\n\nIt was a quiet start at the Ocean Terminal shopping centre in the Leith area of Edinburgh\n\nElsewhere, some outlets in Aberdeen's Union Square shopping centre had queues of people for opening.\n\nOne shopper, who asked not to be named, said: \"It's a bit of normality, we've been waiting a few months. I've been working from home so not really doing anything else. I usually come into town every weekend.\n\n\"I took a day off, so first in the queue.\"\n\nAnother spoke of the safety measures in place and the relaxed feel in the centre.\n\nShe said: \"It's good and I do feel safe. There's a lot of measures in place, although getting used to this mask is going to be a bit hard.\"\n\nPeople waiting outside a clothes shop in the Union Square centre in Aberdeen\n\nNicola Sturgeon said continued success in suppressing coronavirus allowed the relaxation of lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut she has warned the easing could be revoked at any time if there was a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe first minister said: \"The fundamental, primary responsibility to keep the virus low in Scotland is on the shoulders of all of us to do the right things.\n\n\"That means face coverings, avoiding crowded places, cleaning our hands and keeping two-metres distancing, following the advice to self-isolate and get tested if we have symptoms.\"\n\nPerspex screens have been fitted to protect staff at the intu Braehead shopping centre in Glasgow\n\nRestricting access to people in hospital had been necessary \"to keep patients and staff as safe as possible\", Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said.\n\nShe also said the measures had \"helped us protect the capacity and resilience of NHS Scotland\".\n\nMs Freeman added: \"I want to thank everyone who has followed this guidance as I know how hard it has been for patients, families and carers not to have seen their loved ones in hospital.\n\n\"There is a need to balance the risk of physical and psychological harm that the absence of visitors can cause, with the gradual reduction of Covid-19.\n\n\"The safety of patients, staff and visitors will continue to be our priority.\"\n\nFrom Wednesday, hairdressers and barbers will be able to reopen - with enhanced hygiene measures.\n\nIndoor pubs, cafes and restaurants can also return to business.\n\nThey can seek an exemption from the two-metre distancing rule, but will have to warn customers that they are entering a 1m zone, produce revised seating plans, and improve ventilation.\n\nGuidance on physical distancing will have to be followed, and customers will have to provide their contact details.\n\nAll holiday accommodation can also reopen from 15 July, as can museums, galleries, cinemas, monuments and libraries.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says face masks have a “real value in confined spaces”.\n\nBoris Johnson has said people in England \"should be wearing\" face coverings inside shops to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.\n\nMinisters may confirm on Tuesday that face coverings will be compulsory inside shops in England.\n\nThe comments follow cabinet minister Michael Gove telling the BBC on Sunday that coverings should not become mandatory in such situations.\n\nLabour has demanded \"urgent clarity\" from the government on the issue.\n\nAnd the boss of Waterstones bookstores, James Daunt, said it \"would not be right\" to ask shop workers to \"police\" any new policy.\n\nMasks and other face coverings are worn to help prevent wearers spreading coronavirus, rather than catching it.\n\nCurrently, they are compulsory on public transport in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland - with the Welsh government set to enforce the same measure from 27 July.\n\nIn Scotland, coverings are also mandatory in shops, but not elsewhere in the UK - and critics have complained that the situation in England needs to be made easier for the public to understand.\n\nThe signs seem to point towards the government making face coverings compulsory in more places in England, but ministers appear reluctant to commit just yet.\n\nMichael Gove's preference for trying to encourage people to take action voluntarily - rather than through fear of enforcement - is one we've seen the government repeat throughout the pandemic.\n\nBut the risk that comes with it is of mixed messaging. Earlier, when coronavirus was more widespread, it said the scientific evidence for wearing coverings was not clear enough. Now, it says, the evidence is stronger.\n\nOf course, the scientific understanding of the virus is constantly developing, and so policy is likely to as well.\n\nIf the government does now think coverings are the way forward, though, communicating that message without confusion is going to be key.\n\nThe World Health Organization says masks and homemade cloth face coverings should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to reduce the spread of coronavirus droplets.\n\nIt changed its advice last month, having previously argued there was not enough scientific evidence to say that healthy people should use them.\n\nVisiting ambulance staff in central London, Mr Johnson, whose government controls health policy in England but not the rest of the UK, said: \"I think people should be wearing [face coverings] in shops.\n\n\"And, in terms of how we do that whether we make it mandatory or not, we'll be looking at the guidance - we'll be seeing a little bit more in the next few days.\"\n\nMr Johnson added: \"Throughout this crisis people have shown amazing sensitivity towards other people and understanding of the needs to get the virus down by doing things cooperatively.\n\n\"Wearing masks is one of them... It's a mutual thing; people do see the value of it. We'll be looking in the next few days about exactly how - with what tools of enforcement - we think we want to make progress.\"\n\nThe statement follows some confusion over the government's intentions in recent days.\n\nThe prime minister said on Friday: \"I do think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't normally meet.\"\n\nBut on Sunday, Cabinet Office minister Mr Gove told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he did not think wearing coverings in shops in England should be compulsory, adding that he would \"encourage\" the practice \"where they are likely to be mixing with others and where the ventilation may not be as good as it might\".\n\nHe added that it was \"basic good manners, courtesy and consideration\", to wear a face covering \"if you are, for example, in a shop\".\n\nRecent findings from the polling company YouGov suggest 36% of people in the UK wear face coverings in public places, compared with 86% in Spain, 83% in Italy and 82% in China.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said that \"conflicting advice and conflicting statements from the government only hinder our fight against the virus\".\n\nHe has written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, asking him to \"urgently set out the position on face coverings\".\n\n\"As lockdown rules are further relaxed this week, it is vital that updated guidance on this issue is published by the government without delay,\" Mr Ashworth added.\n\nPaddy Lillis, general secretary of the shop workers' union Usdaw, said \"mixed messaging\" on face coverings was \"not helpful\" for staff.", "BBC Children in Need has announced it will be matching Stormzy in pledging £10m to fight racial inequality in the UK.\n\nIt'll donate the money over 10 years and work with Radio 1Xtra to develop young black talent in the media.\n\nStormzy says the money will help \"in supporting and strengthening the young black community\".\n\nThe donation will also be used to help young business owners and offer skills to help boost employability.\n\nStormzy made his donation commitment after the death of George Floyd, saying he recognised what he had been able to achieve in his life but wanted more black people to have the same opportunities.\n\nIn 2018 he committed to paying for two black students to go to Cambridge University and also has a deal with Penguin to help young black authors get published in the UK.\n\nChildren in Need currently funds over 3,000 charities and projects in the UK that help disadvantaged children and young people.\n\nIt says its donations are used to help young Black people but that the additional funding will go even further to create opportunities.\n\nA panel of \"young people and volunteers with direct experience of the Black British experience\" will help decide who gets funding from this new scheme.\n\nBBC Radio 1Xtra will also be involved in the process, helping to develop future radio presenters but also telling the stories of the people and communities who are receiving the Children in Need funding.\n\nKenny Imafidon, trustee of BBC Children in Need, said: \"I can speak for the entire Board of Trustees and all the staff at BBC Children in Need when I say, we were really inspired by Stormzy's pledge.\n\n\"I am excited about this new fund and I truly believe that this is the beginning of greater things to come, as we continue on our mission to support children and young people most in need.\"\n\nStormzy has urged others to join in pledging.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Bonnybridge-based E&O Laboratories is behind the solution\n\nA Scottish biotech firm has landed a deal worth up to £7m with NHS Scotland after creating a chemical solution to aid the Covid-19 testing process.\n\nThe \"breakthrough\" approach is said to help make testing turnaround more efficient and improve safety.\n\nThe VPSS solution (Viral PCR Sample Solution) was developed by Bonnybridge-based E&O Laboratories.\n\nVPSS is placed in each tube, which is said to make test samples that contain Covid-19 safe within the tube itself.\n\nThis means that by the time it is transported to the lab, it is immediately ready for testing.\n\nThis streamlines the testing process and means lab technicians do not need to reopen the tubes to apply any pre-testing solution in the lab environment.\n\nThe result is an approved solution for production with up to 3.5 million of the new 'VPSS added' test tubes.\n\nAn initial quantity of 85,000 units will be distributed across Scotland from this week.\n\nTrade minister Ivan McKee said: \"Since the start of this pandemic the Scottish government has supported many Scottish businesses to innovate and alter their production processes, allowing us to be less reliant on global supply chains.\n\n\"E&O's work in this area secures a Scottish supplier of a crucial testing chemical that not only streamlines the testing process and supports our national test and protect programme, it will also further improve the safety of lab workers carrying out these essential tests.\"\n\nVirginia Lucey, Managing Director of E&O said: \"Our research and development team worked tirelessly with NHS virology experts to design formulations that will aid reliable testing of Covid-19.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amber Heard was the \"abuser\" in her relationship with Johnny Depp, his former personal assistant has claimed.\n\nStephen Deuters told London's High Court that Ms Heard, 34, subjected Mr Depp, 57, to \"years of abuse\".\n\nMr Depp is suing the publisher of the Sun newspaper over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the Sun maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on in its defence.\n\nMr Deuters, now European president of Mr Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, said he had worked for the US actor since 2004.\n\nIn his written witness statement, he said he saw Ms Heard \"on many occasions\" during the period Mr Depp is alleged to have been abusive.\n\n\"At no point did Ms Heard ever mention any physical abuse and I never saw evidence of any injury to Ms Heard,\" he claimed.\n\nMr Deuters said he was \"extremely surprised and outraged\" when it became public that Ms Heard had filed for a temporary restraining order in 2016.\n\n\"I knew that Ms Heard was the abuser in the relationship and I was appalled that she would behave in this way,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said he was with the couple on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles in May 2014, when an incident is alleged to have taken place.\n\nHe claimed Ms Heard was speaking \"in an increasingly aggressive manner\" to Mr Depp, who \"did not engage with the abuse he was receiving\".\n\nMr Deuters said he \"could not hear the specifics\" because he had headphones on, but \"could see her gesticulating\".\n\nHe said the actor \"made a playful attempt to tap her on the bottom\", adding that he did not believe that Mr Depp made contact with her.\n\n\"Ms Heard took great offence at what was clearly a harmless gesture and increased her abuse of Mr Depp in an extremely unpleasant manner,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said that he and Mr Depp's former private security guard decided to intervene and Mr Depp spent the rest of the flight in the bathroom.\n\n\"This was a common theme on the multiple times when Mr Depp was abused by Ms Heard - he would take himself away from the situation, often to a bathroom, and lock himself out of harm's way,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said that the day after the flight, Mr Depp asked him to \"mollify\" Ms Heard and \"to say whatever was needed to try and placate her\".\n\n\"Given Ms Heard's extremely volatile nature, I thought it best to try to engage with her on her own terms and simply apologise for what she was alleging had happened; hence my use of the word 'kicked', which is the word which Ms Heard herself had used,\" he said.\n\n\"As I have made clear, Mr Depp had not kicked Ms Heard.\"\n\nMr Deuters also spoke about the couple's trip to Australia in March 2015, during which it is alleged Mr Depp assaulted Ms Heard and \"completely destroyed\" a house in a drink- and drug-fuelled rage, which the actor denies.\n\nMr Depp alleges his finger was severed by Ms Heard throwing a vodka bottle at him, which she denies.\n\nMr Deuters claimed that, the day after the alleged incident, Mr Depp told him and two others \"he had sustained his injury when Ms Heard had thrown a bottle at him which smashed on his hand\".\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nAlso on Monday, the fifth day of evidence in the libel action, Mr Depp said Ms Heard's allegations \"mirrored\" what he claims was her abuse towards him.\n\nHe also accused Ms Heard of throwing a \"haymaker\" punch at him during a row after her 30th birthday party, hours after he had learned during a \"bad\" business meeting that he had lost $650m (£514m).\n\nAnd Mr Depp told the High Court he did not intend to headbutt Ms Heard during an alleged heated row at their Los Angeles penthouse.\n\nHe said he grabbed his ex-wife to \"lock her arms\" in an attempt to stop her attacking him and that he had not been violent to her.\n\nThe court also heard from the front desk supervisor at Mr Depp's Los Angeles penthouse home, who said she saw marks on Ms Heard's body after Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, had apparently spent the night there.\n\nTrinity Esperza said she saw \"no visible injuries\" to Ms Heard's face in the three days after Mr Depp was alleged to have hit her on the face with her mobile phone on 21 May, 2016.\n\nShe told the court she had seen a red mark on her face on 27 May, the day Ms Heard appeared in court to obtain a restraining order against Mr Depp. The following week, another resident in the building found a gift card she said fell out of a large plant sent to the building for Ms Heard, reading: \"I had a wonderful weekend with you. E.\"\n\nShe also said she saw a number of marks on Ms Heard's body in June or July of that year, shortly after seeing Mr Musk leave the building one morning.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "Areas of southern and central China have been hit by heavy flooding, and the country's flood response alert has been raised to the second highest level.\n\nLevels in Poyang lake have reached a record high, with thousands of soldiers dispatched to shore up its banks.", "Key workers Kevin and Melissa Antwhistle are stuck in \"a financial nightmare\" because of their mortgage\n\nMPs are calling on the government to step in and help more than 170,000 \"mortgage prisoners\" who are trapped on high interest rates.\n\nThousands of frontline workers, including nurses and hospital workers, are forced to pay double the interest they would on a competitive mortgage.\n\nStrict affordability rules prevent them from re-mortgaging to a cheaper deal.\n\nMPs now want the government to order regulators to investigate capping the profits firms make from the borrowers.\n\nThey are asking for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to undertake a joint consultation and introduce a cap on standard variable rates.\n\nThe Treasury said it sympathises with the situation of borrowers who cannot switch mortgages if, for example, their loan is too high against the value of their home or because they are now too old to re-mortgage.\n\nLast October, the FCA reformed the affordability rules to allow lenders to help mortgage prisoners with cheaper home loans.\n\nBut so far not a single lender has done so.\n\nSome key workers, who are also mortgage prisoners, say the financial pressure caused by paying far more than other homeowners is worsening the considerable stress of being on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMelissa Antwhistle has been dressing in protective equipment every day for round-the-clock shifts on the frontline at Scunthorpe general hospital, including in the intensive care unit.\n\nBut financially, she feels far from supported.\n\nSpeaking between shifts, she said: \"Many mortgage prisoners are key workers like my husband and me. Doing this job with all the stress of Covid and also looking after our children aged one and three, we could do without the extra stress and anxiety of this financial nightmare.\n\n\"While the nation clapped for key workers every Thursday evening in admiration, in fact we have been risking everything not just to fulfil our vocations but also because we were forced to work round the clock just to keep a roof over our heads.\"\n\nHer husband Kevin - also a key worker who runs and maintains a power station on the south Humber bank - bought his £120,000 house with a mortgage from Northern Rock and an unsecured loan on top in 2007.\n\nNorthern Rock's \"Together\" mortgage was approved at the time by regulators under the oversight of the Treasury.\n\nBut it's a decision he has had 13 years to regret.\n\nAfter it was nationalised, the Treasury put his loan along with hundreds of thousands of others into a new entity called Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM).\n\nThe Treasury then allowed NRAM to make bigger profit margins on standard variable rate mortgages, preparing the way for the sale of a portfolio of mortgages to private investors who could make large profits from the repayments Kevin and Melissa were making.\n\nHis loan was then sold in 2014 as part of a £13bn portfolio of loans to private investors whose mortgage interest rates were outside the regulation of the FCA.\n\nNorthern Rock collapsed in September 2007 before being nationalised\n\nIt was the biggest privatisation in UK history, meeting the Treasury's long-cherished goal of re-privatising the mortgage assets nationalised in the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nHowever, the investors purchasing the loans were typically 'inactive' lenders, meaning they were not willing or able to offer competitive new deals to existing borrowers.\n\nIt meant that when their initial fixed-rate interest rate deals expired, Kevin and Melissa could not re-mortgage to a cheaper deal with their existing lender.\n\nInstead they moved on to the high standard variable rate where they paid interest rates of between 6% and 9%, compared to loans of less than 3% had they been able to re-mortgage.\n\nMelissa and Kevin have been paying £780 a month on their Northern Rock loan, compared to £420 or less if they could re-mortgage. But because they borrowed more than the value of the property, the regulators' affordability rules now say they can't re-mortgage.\n\nThe rules, in other words, say they can't afford to pay less.\n\n\"Watching the widespread financial support during the current crisis has been a bitter pill to swallow. For many years we've been blamed for being ill-prepared and told that buying a mortgage is the risk you take,\" Kevin says.\n\n\"Yet whilst we're asked to risk our lives and take risks with our families' health, making huge sacrifices, we continue to be financially exploited without any choice. Our job is vocational but also necessary to pay the crippling interest rates.\"\n\nRachel Neale of the UK Mortgage Prisoners campaign said appeals to the Treasury to help key workers and others trapped on high-interest loans haven't helped a single mortgage prisoner.\n\n\"Families are being crippled by these high interest rates and aren't able to live properly because of it. We need action immediately before things get even worse and drive people into further arrears or cause repossessions.\"\n\nIn a letter to the Competition and Markets Authority, the all-party parliamentary group on mortgage prisoners says even during this period of record-low official rates, mortgage prisoners are typically paying 4.4%, two and half times the most competitive rates of 1.8% or less.\n\nCampaigner Rachel Neale says families are being \"crippled\" by high interest rates\n\n\"Mortgage prisoners are being exploited, by both fully regulated lenders and unregulated vulture funds by being held on high standard variable rates, \"says the letter, signed by LibDem, Conservative and Labour MPs.\n\n\"We believe that the only way mortgage prisoners will see the vital improvements they need within an acceptable timescale will be for the CMA and the FCA to conduct a joint consultation and introduce a cap on standard variable rates.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Treasury said: \"We know that being unable to switch your mortgage can be stressful.\n\n\"That's why we've introduced rules that will make it easier for some customers to change provider, which we now expect to be in place by the end of the year.\n\n\"The Financial Conduct Authority has also reiterated to lenders that customers on variable rate mortgages must be treated fairly, and that lenders should be actively reviewing their rates.\"", "The minister of a Welsh church in London said it was \"very strange\" not being able to sing\n\nChurches and chapels in Wales can gradually start to re-open from Monday - but members say they will miss the companionship of singing together.\n\nScientific evidence suggests singing increases the spread of respiratory droplets, thus increasing the risk of spreading coronavirus among a crowd.\n\nChurches in England opened for the first time since lockdown last Sunday, but singing was not allowed.\n\nThe minister of a Welsh church in London said it was \"very strange\".\n\n\"It was a great experience to be back on Sunday,\" said the Reverend Aneirin Glyn, of the Welsh Church of St Benet, in the City of London.\n\n\"But we didn't get to sing or offer after-service refreshments.\n\n\"We're very fond of singing as Welsh people, and it was very strange not to be able to sing as part of our worship.\"\n\nThe Welsh Church of St Benet in London opened its doors to worshippers last Sunday\n\nFrom 13 July, faith leaders will be able to gradually resume services, once they feel ready to do so safely, and services can be held outside.\n\nThe Church-in-Wales has issued guidance saying a cautious approach to re-opening was \"essential.\"\n\nRev Glyn said some members had recorded hymns to play during the service, but \"we could not sing with the recordings\".\n\nAnother who is missing the singing is Delyth Morgans Phillips, author of Companion to Caneuon Ffydd, a reference book on popular hymns.\n\n\"I understand, of course, that we must be careful but not singing hymns is going to be very strange,\" she said.\n\nMs Phillips is also a conductor in Cymanfa Ganu (singing festivals), and a member of the Corisma choir in Cwm-Ann, near Lampeter, and the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod Choir.\n\n\"When the choir doesn't meet, one loses the companionship,\" she added.\n\n\"We are a very social bunch in Corisma and we meet every fortnight to sing but also to laugh and put the world to rights.\"\n\nDelyth Morgans Phillips says choir members lose out on companionship from being unable to sing together\n\nMs Phillips said the National Eisteddfod Choir had been meeting on Zoom to rehearse, but that it was a \"completely different experience\".\n\nThe social element of worshipping and singing is a big draw for most church members in Wales, including Evie Jones, from Lannerch-y-medd, Anglesey.\n\n\"I miss the choir terribly,\" said Mr Jones, who is a member of the Foel Male voice choir.\n\nEvie Jones said he often wonders \"if we will be allowed to sing again\"\n\nMr Jones said he doubts whether choirs would have enough time to practice for the Eisteddfod next year, if it is able to go ahead at all.\n\n\"It's a rather bleak summer this year - I've sung all my life,\" he added.\n\n\"I often wonder if we will be allowed to sing again.\"\n\nThere was no other option but to postpone this year's Cerdd Dant Festival, said organiser John Jones.\n\nJohn Jones is also the conductor of Cor Meibion y Brythoniaid, a choir which usually meets weekly in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.\n\n\"It's the loss of companionship and banter more than anything else - I just hope that a vaccine comes soon,\" he said.\n\n\"But, like all the choir members, I miss the singing as well as the socialising - singing is good for the soul, but must be safe as well.\"\n• None The strange case of the choir that coughed in January", "Manchester City have successfully overturned their two-year ban from European club competitions.\n\nThe Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) announced the club were cleared of \"disguising equity funds as sponsorship contributions\".\n\nUefa issued the ban in February after ruling City had committed \"serious breaches\" of Financial Fair Play regulations between 2012 and 2016.\n\nCity's fine has been cut from 30m euros (£26.9m) to 10m euros.\n\nIn delivering the ruling on Monday, Cas said City did \"fail to cooperate with Uefa authorities\" but overturned the decision by Uefa's club financial control body (CFCB) to ban them.\n\nCity said the decision was \"validation of the club's position and the body of evidence that it was able to present\".\n\n\"The club wishes to thank the panel members for their diligence and the due process that they administered,\" City added.\n\nWhat did the ruling say?\n\nCas' ruling means City, who are guaranteed to finish second in the Premier League this season, will play in the 2020-21 Champions League.\n\nIn this year's competition, Pep Guardiola's side face Real Madrid in their last-16 second leg at Etihad Stadium on 7 August. They lead 2-1 from the first leg and will face Juventus or Lyon if they progress.\n\nCas, who will provide full written reasons for the ruling \"in a few days\" said the decision \"emphasised that most of the alleged breaches reported by the adjudicatory chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred\".\n\nIt added that in clearing City of the more serious charges surrounding \"dishonest concealment\" of sponsorship deals it was \"not appropriate to impose a ban on participating in Uefa's club competitions\" for the lesser charge of \"obstructing the CFCB's investigations\".\n\nOn reducing the fine, Cas said that, while it considered \"the importance of the co-operation of clubs in investigations conducted by the CFCB\" and Manchester City's \"disregard of such principle and its obstruction of the investigations\", the Cas panel \"considered it appropriate to reduce Uefa's initial fine by two-thirds\".\n\nIt added: \"The final award with reasons will be published on the Cas website in a few days.\"\n\nUefa said it noted there was \"insufficient conclusive evidence to uphold all of the CFCB's conclusions in this specific case and that many of the alleged breaches were time-barred\".\n\nThe governing body added: \"Over the last few years, Financial Fair Play has played a significant role in protecting clubs and helping them become financially sustainable and Uefa and the European Club Association remain committed to its principles.\"\n\nPrivately, City are hugely satisfied with today's decision. For, while the verdict is being viewed as a major blow for the whole FFP concept, senior sources at the club insist their argument - and resistance to complying with the initial hearing - was because of opposition to the process they were being judged by, not the regulation itself.\n\nCity could not see how it was fair that the evidence being used against them was obtained illegally particularly as, in their view, it created a distorted picture of the reality. It is also being stressed the non-compliance aspect of this case was with the Uefa process, not case.\n\nAnd, given the vehemence with which they repeatedly argued that the emails used as evidence against them was obtained illegally, it is not hard to work out what the major area of non-compliance might have been.\n\nEven as their two-year ban was being announced in February, the club were confident it would be overturned if they were given what, in their eyes, constituted a fair hearing and they now feel vindicated at how the situation has unfolded.\n\nNo-one from the club is saying so but you get the sense the first line of CAS' statement is the most pleasing from their point of view because it addresses the very crux of the argument City were trying to make, namely, they did not cheat the system by inflating their deals.\n\nWhat were City accused of?\n\nUefa launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body.\n\nReports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet FFP rules requiring clubs to break even.\n\nOn 14 February, the independent adjudicatory chamber of the CFCB said City had broken the rules by \"overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to Uefa between 2012 and 2016\".\n\nIt added that City had \"failed to cooperate in the investigation\".\n\nCity, who have been owned by Sheikh Mansour since 2008, were fined £49m in 2014 for a previous breach of regulations.\n\nCity failed in an initial bid to have Cas halt Uefa's investigation in November last year.\n\nAfter the two-year ban was announced, City said the process that led to it was \"flawed\" and \"prejudicial\" and immediately announced their intention to appeal.\n\nThey alleged they had been the victim of an illegal hack by people who had the express intention of damaging their reputation and that the emails were being used as the basis for reports which were being taken out of context.\n\nCity also believed the CFCB was not independent and ended up being distrustful of it, partly because of the amount of secretive information the club felt was leaked to the media.\n\nCity boss Guardiola had said on Friday that he was \"fully confident about what the club has done\".\n\nUefa could appeal against the decision in the Swiss federal courts. But BBC Sport understands that is not a route Uefa is keen to go down.\n\nIt is unlikely that any such appeal would be heard before the 2020-21 Champions League starts.\n\nThe Premier League could have looked to take action as well if the ban had been upheld because their own FFP rules are similar - but not exactly the same - as Uefa's.\n\nOver the last decade, City have been the dominant force in the English game, but few results have been as important as this one.\n\nAn upheld two-year ban would have been disastrous for the club's finances, their chances of keeping their best players and, above all, their reputation.\n\nInstead, City can breathe a huge sigh of relief, and the uncertainty instead surrounds Uefa and its financial rules.\n\nThe credibility off FFP lies in tatters. After all, how can FFP survive after one of the world's richest clubs, having been found guilty of obstructing a Uefa investigation, a club that was found to have breached the rules in 2014, walk away with just a 10m euros fine?\n\nMany will wonder what kind of deterrent that sets for other clubs, especially clubs with such financial resources. It shows how difficult it has become for governing bodies to enforce the rules.\n\nThe language that Cas uses is important. Uefa noted that Cas found \"insufficient conclusive evidence\" to uphold all of its conclusions, not 'no evidence'. And some allegations were dismissed because they were more than five years old. And, because City were found to have failed to co-operate, this falls short of a full exoneration.\n\nBut City are unlikely to care too much about that and what a story it would be if they can follow this up with a first Champions League success.", "The UK coastguard is coordinating a search-and-rescue operation after several boats of migrants crossing from France were spotted in the Channel.\n\nTwo Border Force vessels, the Dover lifeboat and a Coastguard aircraft are working alongside French authorities.\n\nIt is thought up to 200 migrants tried to cross the Channel on Sunday.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the number of crossings were rising despite the efforts of the UK and France and \"simply cannot be allowed to go on\".\n\nShe announced that the two countries had signed a deal on immigration and border management to establish a joint intelligence unit to \"crack down on the gangs behind this vile people smuggling operation\".\n\nMs Patel was speaking after a visit to Calais to discuss the \"new operational approach\" with the recently appointed French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.\n\nMore than 2,400 people have crossed the English Channel from France in small boats this year.\n\nIt is unclear how many of the 200 who attempted to cross on Sunday made it to England.\n\nThe highest number so far to get to the UK in a single day is 166, at the start of last month.\n\nDuring her meeting with Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin in Calais, Ms Patel was shown how French officials were working to target people smugglers\n\nMs Patel said: \"Despite all of the action taken by law enforcement to date - intercepting the boats, making arrests, returning people to France and putting the criminals responsible behind bars - the numbers continue to increase.\"\n\nOne of Mr Darmanin's first moves in his new role was to order the dismantling of several makeshift camps and move hundreds of migrants out of Calais.\n\nOn Saturday, 21 migrants in three boats were brought back to France - including four in a boat that capsized who were suffering from severe hypothermia.\n\nAnd the Home Office confirmed that six migrants were detained by police in Dover after arriving in a small boat and handed over to immigration officials.\n\nA note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.", "Opposition parties have criticised the Welsh Government's decision on making masks compulsory on public transport.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said the rule should come into force from today rather than July 27.\n\nCovid recovery spokesman Darren Millar said: \"The first minister and his cabinet must produce the scientific evidence - if it exists - to justify introducing them two weeks from now, rather than with immediate effect, and why only on public transport.\"\n\nMeanwhile Plaid Cymru wants masks worn in all enclosed spaces.\n\nParty leader Adam Price said: \"In acknowledging that face coverings make a crucial difference on trains, buses and in taxis, the question must be begged of Welsh Government, why not in shops also?\n\nMasks were made compulsory for shoppers in Scotland last Friday Image caption: Masks were made compulsory for shoppers in Scotland last Friday", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ventura County police said there was no indication of foul play\n\nA body found in a lake in the US state of California has been identified as the missing Glee star Naya Rivera, police say.\n\nRivera, 33, went missing on Wednesday after going boating with her four-year-old son at Lake Piru. He was found alone and asleep on the boat.\n\nDivers and teams using sonar equipment found the body earlier on Monday.\n\nRivera is best known for playing the cheerleader Santana Lopez in the hugely popular musical comedy TV series Glee.\n\nAt a news conference on the shore of the lake on Monday, Sheriff Bill Ayub of the Ventura County Sheriff Department said police were \"confident\" the body was that of Rivera.\n\nHe added that there was no indication of foul play or that she took her own life.\n\nRivera's son told police they had gone swimming but she never returned. After a massive search and rescue operation found no trace of Rivera, police moved to a \"search and recovery operation\".\n\nThat included using side-scanning sonar, divers, sniffer dogs, helicopters and remote-operated submarine vehicles equipped with cameras.\n\nSgt Kevin Donoghue, a spokesman for the police department, earlier told the BBC that they were \"putting every available asset and resource\" into the search.\n\nHe added that Rivera's son had seen his mother \"disappear beneath the water\".\n\nHelicopters were used to search the lake in southern California\n\n\"Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were,\" Rivera's Glee co-star Jane Lynch wrote on Twitter. \"Love and peace to your family.\"\n\nAnother Glee co-star, Josh Sussman, tweeted: \"Naya, you will be missed so much.\"\n\nRivera began her career as a child actress and model, appearing in TV commercials in the US.\n\nAs a four-year-old, she starred in the Royal Family sitcom on CBS and had a number of other TV appearances.\n\nBut it was playing cold-hearted Santana Lopez in Glee, the hugely popular musical comedy TV series, that made her a star.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Last footage of Glee star before disappearance\n\nIn 2014, Rivera starred in the horror film At the Devil's Door.\n\nThe same year she married fellow actor Ryan Dorsey - who is the father of her son. When the couple divorced in 2018, they were granted joint custody.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus - after previously being criticised for calling the virus a \"little flu\".\n\nMr Bolsonaro says he took the test, his fourth, on Monday after developing symptoms, including a high temperature.\n\nAfter announcing the positive result to the media, Mr Bolsonaro stepped back and removed his mask before continuing to speak.", "Israel has seen a surge in infections since it opened schools and businesses in May Image caption: Israel has seen a surge in infections since it opened schools and businesses in May\n\nIsrael's director of public health has resigned after the country experienced a sharp rise in cases.\n\nSiegal Sadetzki, an epidemiologist, criticised the government's response and said it had lifted lockdown restrictions too quickly.\n\n“The achievements in dealing with the first wave [of infections] were cancelled out by the broad and swift opening of the economy,\" she wrote in a statement.\n\nIsrael imposed a national lockdown in April, and by the following month it had reduced the number of new cases to about 20 a day.\n\nBut it reopened schools and businesses shortly after and the rate of infection rose sharply. The daily number of new cases hit 1,000 last week.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country needed to take “limited actions” to avoid another full lockdown.", "TikTok has said it will quit Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law on the city.\n\n\"In light of recent events, we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nThe company's exit from the city will come \"within days,\" according to the Reuters news agency.\n\nFacebook and Twitter said this week they were \"pausing\" co-operation with Hong Kong police over user information.\n\nThe short-form video app was launched by China-based ByteDance for users outside mainland China as part of a strategy to grow its global audience.\n\nTikTok, now run by former Walt Disney executive Kevin Mayer, has said in the past that the app's user data is not stored in China.\n\nThe company has also said previously that it would not comply with any Chinese government requests to censor content or give access to its users' data, nor has it ever been asked to do so.\n\nHowever, the controversial national security law in Hong Kong has given Chinese authorities sweeping new powers, raising concerns about data privacy.\n\nThe legislation punishes what China describes broadly as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, with up to life in prison.\n\nCritics say it erodes Hong Kong's freedoms as a semi-autonomous region, including freedom of speech.\n\nFacebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google and Telegram have all announced this week that they are also making changes to their operations in Hong Kong after the new security law came into force last week.\n\nThe tech firms have said they are not processing data requests from the Hong Kong police while they assess the ongoing political changes in the city.\n\nTikTok's decision to stop operations in Hong Kong of its popular video app looks unusual - but is strategic.\n\nThe company has struggled to fight off suspicions that it operates under Chinese law, or under the control of Beijing.\n\nWhich is why TikTok has been at pains to try to change its global image - and this move could be one more step towards doing that.\n\nTikTok has also consistently said that if asked, it would never hand over data to Beijing - and that it's never been asked for any user data either.\n\nStaying in Hong Kong, under the new law, may make it difficult for it to keep to that commitment.\n\nIts biggest market is India - where it has recently been banned by the Indian government because of a border conflict with China. Analysts say it could potentially lose up to a billion dollars in lost advertising revenue in India.\n\nWhich is why it is keen to show that it is not simply a Chinese-owned firm - but a global company that is also an international and responsible social media player.\n\nOn Tuesday, Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam defended the national security law imposed by Beijing saying it was not \"doom and gloom\" for the city.\n\nMs Lam said the law would restore Hong Kong's status as one of the safest cities in the world after pro-democracy protests last year often turned violent.\n\n\"Compared with the national security laws of other countries, it is a rather mild law. Its scope is not as broad as that in other countries and even China,\" she said.\n\nThe legislation has been heavily criticised globally for undermining freedoms guaranteed under the \"one country, two systems\" agreed as part of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule in 1997.\n\nAlso on Tuesday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the US is \"certainly looking at\" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.\n\n\"I don't want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it's something we're looking at,\" Mr Pompeo said.\n\nIn response to Mr Pompeo's comments, a TikTok spokesperson said: \"TikTok is led by an American CEO, with hundreds of employees and key leaders across safety, security, product, and public policy here in the US.\n\n\"We have no higher priority than promoting a safe and secure app experience for our users. We have never provided user data to the Chinese government, nor would we do so if asked.\"", "Meet the care workers who opted to live at their place of work to protect the residents from Covid-19.\n\nThe 12 carers at the Court House Retirement Home, Cheddar, Somerset, last saw their families on 14 April.", "Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for energy-saving home improvements, with the poorest getting up to £10,000.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is due to set out a £2bn grant scheme in England for projects such as insulation as part of a wider £3bn plan to cut emissions.\n\nThe Treasury said the grants could help to support more than 100,000 jobs.\n\nLabour said renters appeared to be left out and called for a \"broader and bigger\" plan to cut carbon emissions.\n\nIt comes ahead of a summer statement from Mr Sunak on Wednesday, in which he could announce changes to stamp duty and VAT.\n\nBusiness leaders and a former chancellor have called for radical action to bolster the economy, which is still reeling from the impact of coronavirus.\n\nUnder the Green Homes Grant, the government will pay at least two-thirds of the cost of home improvements that save energy, the Treasury said.\n\nFor example, a homeowner of a semi-detached or end-of-terrace house could install cavity wall and floor insulation for about £4,000 - the homeowner would pay £1,320 while the government would contribute £2,680.\n\nThe scheme will launch in September, with online applications for recommended energy efficiency measures, along with details of accredited local suppliers.\n\nOnce one of these suppliers has provided a quote and the work is approved, the voucher is issued.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Business Secretary Alok Sharma added that the poorest households could receive up to £10,000 towards costs, and that double glazing would also be covered by the scheme.\n\nHe continued: \"What [the scheme] ultimately means is lower bills for households, hundreds of pounds off energy bills every year, it's supporting jobs and is very good news for the environment.\"\n\nThe chancellor is rumoured to be planning changes to stamp duty to help the housing market\n\nThe government said about half of the fund - which is due to be spent in one financial year - will go to the poorest homeowners, who will not have to contribute anything to the cost. Better insulation could save some people £600 a year on energy bills, the Treasury said.\n\nMr Sunak said the investment would also help to \"kick-start our economy\" by creating thousands of jobs and providing business for existing skilled workers, as the UK recovers from the economic shock of coronavirus.\n\n\"As Britain recovers from the outbreak, it's vital we do everything in our power to support and protect livelihoods across the nation,\" he said.\n\nThe grants are part of a wider £3bn \"green investment\" package due to be announced in the chancellor's summer statement on Wednesday, to support efforts to rebuild the economy after the pandemic.\n\nThe plan aims to create tens of thousands of new jobs while helping the UK meet its 2050 target of achieving net zero carbon emissions.\n\nIt will involve improving insulation in public buildings such as schools and hospitals and retro-fitting low-carbon heating technology to social housing.\n\nThe Conservative manifesto had pledged £9.2bn for improving the energy efficiency of low income housing and public buildings.\n\nShadow business secretary Ed Miliband welcomed the plan but stressed that it was not \"comprehensive\".\n\n\"It appears there is almost nothing for the people who rent the 8.5 million homes in the social rented sector and private rented sector, which has the worst energy efficiency standards. That means one-third of people are left out,\" he said.\n\nThe Treasury says the £3bn investment plan will cut energy bills by an average of £200 for some of the UK's poorest households\n\nMr Miliband said the government needed \"a much broader and bigger-scale strategy\" to meet its target to reduce carbon emissions to net zero, including investing in nature conservation, increasing renewable energy, supporting manufacturers to be greener and improving transport.\n\nMeanwhile, Rosie Rogers, senior political advisor at Greenpeace UK, said the UK still wasn't \"playing in the same league\" as other countries, such as Germany, which is investing €40bn (£36bn) in green jobs and energy efficiency, or France, which pledged €15bn to tackle the climate crisis in June.\n\nThe UK Treasury said the figures are not like-for-like.\n\nAhead of Wednesday's summer statement, former Chancellor Philip Hammond told the BBC's Today programme that Mr Sunak faced an extraordinarily complex challenge in reviving the economy.\n\nHe said Mr Sunak would need to support viable businesses affected by shutdowns, but also help \"a transition\" for businesses that are no longer economically viable.\n\n\"Some businesses will close, some viable businesses will close units,\" he said.\n\nMr Hammond added that \"the other great unknown\" is that \"we don't know what the trajectory of the disease itself is going to be\".\n\nHe said the economy was likely to start to bounce back quickly as restrictions are lifted, but that would tail off, and some parts of the economy such as hospitality, aviation, and entertainment could take years to recover.\n\nMeanwhile Alison Brittain, chief executive of Premier Inn owner Whitbread, said it would be \"enormously helpful\" if Mr Sunak took action to support the hospitality sector on Wednesday.\n\n\"Anything about VAT relief for guests and customers would be great,\" she told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"Anything on rates relief, still, because the business rates holiday was enormously important for the sector and if we could extend that a bit longer, that would be equally helpful to us.\"", "Joshua Wong became the face of a 2014 protest movement in Hong Kong\n\nHe first rose to prominence as the face of a protest movement that swept Hong Kong in 2014.\n\nBut Joshua Wong wants the world to know he's not gone away. Earlier this month, the pro-democracy activist made a reappearance at the 2019 anti-extradition bill rallies in Hong Kong after an early release from jail.\n\nBut who exactly is this 23-year-old that's become a poster child for political activism?\n\nBorn as a dyslexic child with reading and writing difficulties, Mr Wong overcame these obstacles, with the help of his mother, to enrol in a Political Science and Public Administration degree at an open university.\n\nBut his activism started when he was just 14 - demonstrating against plans to build a high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland.\n\nTwo years later, he had set up the then pro-democracy student activist group Scholarism, successfully challenged the government and was firmly in the limelight.\n\nIn 2012 he rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against Hong Kong's plans to implement mandatory \"patriotic education\" in schools.\n\nJoshua Wong's political activism started when he was just a young teenager\n\nFaced with the sheer size of the crowds, a few of whom went on hunger strike, then-Chief Executive CY Leung was forced to abandon the idea. It was his first run-in with Mr Wong.\n\nBy 2014 his profile was so high, Joshua Wong held a press conference to announce his university entrance exam results.\n\nMr Wong told reporters the whole event made him \"uncomfortable\".\n\nThough he was only eight months old when Hong Kong's sovereignty was handed to China by the UK, Joshua Wong remains passionate about addressing the strictures Beijing has imposed on his home.\n\nIn late September 2014, Mr Wong led protesters in occupying a forecourt outside government headquarters.\n\nThe next day more than 60 were arrested, among them Mr Wong, who was held for 40 hours. His arrest galvanised the flagging demonstrators and tens of thousands flocked to the area to join the cause.\n\nIt was in 2014 when Joshua Wong really made his name as a pro-democracy activist\n\nIt was these protests - commonly referred to as the Umbrella Movement - that really thrust him into the limelight and cemented his role as a pro-democracy activist.\n\nBut even then Mr Wong questioned his new status as protest leader. In an essay posted on his Facebook page (in Chinese) he wrote: \"Many citizens have said to me that 'Hong Kong relies on you.'\"\n\n\"I feel uncomfortable and even irritated when I hear this praise. When you were suffering pepper spray and tear gas but decided to stay for the protest despite the repression from the government, I was not able to do anything other than stare at a meal box and the blank walls of the detention room and feel powerless.\"\n\nMr Wong was eventually jailed for his role in the Umbrella Movement.\n\nAfter a short stint in prison following a series of appeals, he was released in June this year - in time to join the 2019 protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China.\n\nJoshua Wong joined the 2019 protests shortly after his release from jail\n\nHe joined thousands of people who hit the streets in protests, saying he was ready to \"join the fight\" against the extradition bill.\n\nBorn into a middle-class family to parents Grace and Roger, Mr Wong has said his family taught him about social injustice but are far from radical.\n\nBut fellow activist Nathan Law, who went on to establish pro-democracy party Demosisto with Mr Wong and others, said there was a rift between Mr Wong and his father.\n\n\"Joshua comes from a very religious family background and is known to be Christian. His father [who is a]... vocal anti LGBT activist... on several occasions he has directly spoken out against his father's position,\" Mr Law told the BBC's Radio 4.\n\n\"But otherwise his father is very supportive of his activism.\"\n\nAccording to Mr Law, who met Mr Wong during the 2014 protests, the latter was mature even from a young age.\n\n\"He was really young [when we met] but I could feel maturity from him and how experienced he [was] in terms of social movements. We always described Joshua as a robot because he [works] from early morning to late [at] night,\" he said.\n\n\"He has unlimited energy and he can always make people feel energetic and hopeful.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people staged an anti-racism rally in Glasgow city centre despite appeals to stay away due to the lockdown restrictions.\n\nJustice Secretary Humza Yousaf, the city council and Police Scotland had called on the public not to gather for the Say No To Racism demonstration.\n\nThere was a heavy police presence in the square following violent scenes from a far-right group on Wednesday.\n\nOfficers later confirmed one man was arrested in the nearby Gallowgate area.\n\nA second man, aged 62, was arrested in Edinburgh for threatening and abusive behaviour.\n\nThat arrest is believed to be in connection with a separate protest in the capital.\n\nMany protesters wore masks to attend the event\n\nAt about midday a group of protesters from the Green Brigade - a group of ultras who follow Celtic football club - were hemmed in by police in the centre of Glasgow's George Square.\n\nAnti-racism activists outside the cordon chanted: \"Let them go.\"\n\nCh Supt Alan Murray, said: \"We identified a group as football risk supporters, who we believed posed a threat to public safety.\n\n\"We spoke with this group and, at their request, escorted them to the Gallowgate area of the city where they dispersed.\"\n\nLoyalists and members of a far-right group announced online on Friday night that they planned to head to the square to \"protect statues\".\n\nA small group gathered at the war memorial during the rally as lines of riot police separated the two.\n\nPolice officers separated the rally from a small group of loyalists who also gathered in George Square.\n\nMore than 500 people attended the rally, with stewards asking them to stick to social distancing guidelines by following markings on the square.\n\nSupporters include Stand Up To Racism, Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees, Positive Action in Housing, Afghan Human Rights Foundation and unions.\n\nThey had also been asked to wear masks and not to travel farther than public health advice allows.At the start of the rally, the crowd took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nLater, names of people who died in police custody were read out and attendees chanted \"no justice, no peace, no racist police\".\n\nSpeakers said they \"didn't come here for a fight\" and spoke of securing greater rights for refugees and asylum seekers.They added \"no-one welcomes\" the far-right group and called on police to \"do their job\".\n\nThere were some minor scuffles as police controlled people arriving and leaving but the rally was peaceful.\n\nChief Supt Murray said: \"Significant police resources were deployed at George Square to prevent the disgraceful scenes of violence and disorder witnessed in recent days.\n\n\"Those who turned up to protest were facilitated with an appropriate policing response and I would like to thank all officers involved for their professionalism in preventing trouble and maintaining public safety.\"\n\n\"Our robust response will continue across the country and anyone intent on causing violence and disorder should expect arrest.\"\n\nCharlotte Ahmed, of Stand Up to Racism, Scotland said: \"Today's demonstration was a magnificent expression of the unity, the anti-racism and the anti-fascism of the people of Glasgow.\n\n\"Here, in George Square, the very place where thousands of us welcomed Nelson Mandela to Scotland, we have made it clear: refugees are welcome here, Black Lives Matter, no racists in Glasgow.\"\n\nElsewhere, a protest was held at the statue of Henry Dundas, who delayed the abolition of the slave trade, at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.\n\nAnd the Loyalist Defence League staged a \"protect the statues\" demonstration at the Paisley War Memorial.\n\nOn Friday, Ch Supt Hazel Hendren, divisional commander, said: \"Please do not come to George Square.\"\n\nShe said: \"The lockdown restrictions remain in place and people should leave their homes only for very limited purposes.\n\n\"Anyone who wants to protest should find another way of doing so that keeps everyone safe.\"\n\nAt least six people were arrested on Wednesday following scenes labelled \"disgraceful\" by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nFar-right loyalists targeted a rally in the city's George Square which was calling for improved living conditions for refugees.\n\nThe organisers vowed the rally would \"send a positive anti-racist message from Glasgow's George Square to the world\".", "The owner of the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express is to cut 12% of its workforce as it struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nReach, which also owns the Daily Star, OK! Magazine and a stable of regional newspapers, said about 550 people would lose their jobs.\n\nThe group, whose sales were falling even before the pandemic, saw revenue slip nearly 30% in the quarter to June.\n\n\"To meet these challenges and to accelerate our customer value strategy, we have completed plans to transform the business and are ready to begin the process of implementation,\" he said.\n\n\"Regrettably, these plans involve a reduction in our workforce and we will ensure all impacted colleagues are treated with fairness and respect throughout the forthcoming consultation process.\"\n\nReach, which was created in March 2018 when Trinity Mirror bought the Daily Express and other titles, saw a 13% drop in revenue last year amid a continued decline in print newspaper sales.\n\nHowever, it was also becoming more profitable as it cut costs and attracted more online readers.\n\nThat process now appears to be at risk as advertisers have reined in their spending during the pandemic.\n\nThe firm said adoption of its digital products had increased in the three months to June, with 41 million people visiting its sites during May alone. But digital revenue still fell 14.8%, compounding an almost 30% dive in newspaper sales.\n\nReach said it would now achieve annualised savings of £35m through the job cuts and other means.\n\nBuilding on a plan announced in February, it said it would centralise its editorial operations, bringing together national and regional teams across print and digital to remove duplication.\n\nIt will also bring in a simpler management structure.\n\nReach said it would shortly begin a 45-day consultation regarding the job cuts.\n\nIt is the latest in a long line of companies to have made cuts during the pandemic. Other lay-offs announced include:\n• None Daily Mirror owner changes name to Reach", "Head teachers in England say GCSEs and A-levels will have to be slimmed down for next year's exams, because of the teaching time lost in the lockdown.\n\nA grassroots group of more than 5,000 heads is warning it is \"neither realistic nor workable\" to catch up in full by next summer.\n\nThey are calling for reduced content or to have some \"open book\" exams where students can use text books.\n\nThe exam watchdog Ofqual has suggested removing some practical parts of exams.\n\nWest Sussex head teacher Jules White is the organiser of the Worth Less? campaign group, which originally formed over school funding shortages.\n\nThe network of heads is now raising concerns about trying to run next year's exams with few changes, when many pupils have been out of school for so long and when there is the risk of more disruption from local lockdowns.\n\nThey are also calling for more support for pupils' mental health when they return to school in the autumn.\n\n\"The government must strike a much better balance to maintain standards whilst looking after children's mental health,\" said Mr White, head of Tanbridge House School in Horsham.\n\n\"The idea that pupils will simply 'catch up' on months of lost learning is neither realistic nor workable.\"\n\nHe also said it would be \"highly undesirable\" if the lack of time to complete courses meant \"reducing grade boundaries so low as to become meaningless\".\n\n\"Content for content's sake achieves nothing. Surely it is best that students leave Year 11 with deep knowledge and understanding for the next step in their education,\" said Clive Sentance, head teacher of Alcester Grammar School in Warwickshire.\n\nLast week the Department for Education's guidance for the return to school in the autumn said pupils would be expected to carry on with all the GCSEs and A-levels they had planned.\n\nThe exams regulator Ofqual said there would not be any reduction in the number of exams and suggested only a few changes, such as removing geography field trips or science practicals.\n\nAdditionally, to allow more teaching time, next year's exams are expected to take place later in the summer.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, described the changes as \"little more than tinkering at the edges\".\n\nHe warned that young people had \"lost a huge chunk of face-to-face teaching time\" and said the \"very minor changes\" proposed by Ofqual failed to \"recognise the enormous pressure on schools and their pupils\".\n\nMr White's group of heads, representing schools in 78 local authorities, is calling for a significant reduction in next year's exams, to reduce pressure on schools and stress on students.\n\nAs well as reducing the course content for GCSE and A-level, they also suggest using open-book exams for some subjects, where candidates would have access to text books or other notes during the exam.\n\nOfqual is running a consultation on any changes to next year's exams and says final decisions will be announced in August.", "The UK is imposing sanctions on 49 people and organisations behind the most \"notorious\" human rights abuses of recent years.\n\nIndividuals implicated in the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 will have their UK assets frozen and banned from entering the country.\n\nAnd Saudi Arabian officials involved in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are also being targeted.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the move sent a \"clear message\".\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, the foreign secretary said the UK was taking action against the \"thugs of despots and henchmen of dictators\" as well as stopping those trying to launder their \"blood-drenched ill-gotten gains\".\n\nRussia has threatened to retaliate with reciprocal measures and said the sanctions were \"pointless\".\n\n\"Russia reserves the right to respond to today's unfriendly decision by the UK on the basis of reciprocity,\" the Russian embassy in London said in a statement, adding that the move \"will not improve Russian-British relations\".\n\nThe sanctions are the first taken independently by the UK outside the auspices of the UN and EU.\n\nThose individuals and organisations subject to immediate sanctions are:\n\nMr Raab said those targeted had been involved in extra-judicial killings, including political assassinations, torture, degrading treatment, forced labour and servitude.\n\nThose on the list, which includes a former minister in the Russian interior department and the former deputy head of the Saudi intelligence services, will be stopped from entering the UK, channelling money into the country or profiting from the British economy, through property or other assets they own.\n\n\"Today this government and this house sends a very clear message on behalf of the British people that those with blood on their hands, the thugs of despots, the henchman of dictators will not be free to waltz into this country,\" Mr Raab told Parliament.\n\n\"The powers enable us to target a wider network of perpetrators including those who facilitate, incite, promote or support any of these crimes and this extends beyond state officials to non-state actors as well.\"\n\nThe UK's new sanctions' regime is significant. It marks the first time Britain has had its own independent scheme focused entirely on tackling human rights abuses.\n\nUntil now, it has almost always had to act in concert with the EU. The government wants the UK to be seen as a leading defender of international rules and human rights. These sanctions are a central part of that policy.\n\nOne key test will be whether it can get support from other countries. The United States and Canada have similar schemes, the EU is working on its own version. Sanctions are always more powerful if imposed collectively.\n\nWhat was announced today was merely the first wave of UK sanctions. More are to come and MPs are keen to see some Chinese names on the list.\n\nThe sanctions may well come at a cost to trade and investment if countries object to seeing their nationals targeted.\n\nWhat is also unclear is how effective they will be in actually deterring human rights abuses. Many of those 47 individuals and two organisations named in the first listing are already subject to US sanctions.\n\nWe don't know what assets they actually have in London or how often they have come to the UK. But London is a hub of international travel and finance, and officials hope the restrictions will have an impact in the long term.\n\nMr Raab told the BBC the list would be kept under \"constant review\", and the government was \"working already on the on further designations that can be made in due course\".\n\nAsked about if it could damage the UK's trading relationship with Saudi Arabia, the foreign secretary said it was \"a matter of moral duty\", adding: \"We can't turn a blind eye to gross violations of human rights.\n\n\"We will apply these designations in the countries which we've designated today… for countries where we have a relationship, whether it's an ally or other countries that we need to engage with, because that's the world we live in.\"\n\nBut asked if he was avoiding another clash with China by excluding them for the list, Mr Raab said: \"It's pretty clear… that we are willing to stand up for our vital national interests. But the regime that we have set out is evidence based.\n\n\"If we want a positive relationship with China… the real issue here is one of trust and whether China can be trusted to live up to its international obligations, and its international responsibilities.\n\n\"And that's a message that we're telegraphing, along with many of our allies and indeed, many international partners around the world to Beijing, particularly in relation to what we've seen in Hong Kong.\"\n\nMagnitsky's widow and mother took up the human rights case initially filed by him in Strasbourg\n\nMany MPs have long been pushing for a tougher domestic sanctions regime against foreign states accused of human rights abuses, based on the 2013 US Magnitsky Act.\n\nMagnitsky, a Moscow lawyer and auditor, died in police custody after accusing Russian tax officials of defrauding Hermitage Capital Management, a British investment firm he was advising.\n\nMagnitsky spent 11 months in police custody, during which he sustained injuries which human rights campaigners say were consistent with him being beaten and tortured.\n\nHis maltreatment has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights, which found in 2019 that he had been deprived of important medical care and the authorities had not complied with their duty to protect life.\n\nRussian officials subject to sanctions include Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin, a former interior minister and Oleg Silchenko, a member of the ministry's investigative team who was involved in questioning Magnitsky and who is accused of forced him to retract his allegations of corruption.\n\nMr Raab said he would be meeting Magnitsky's widow Natalia and two children later on Monday to express the UK's \"solidarity\" with them and the nightmare they had been through.\n\nBill Browder, co-founder and chief executive of Hermitage Capital, said the action represented \"a huge milestone in our 10 year campaign for justice\".\n\nSaudi officials involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi are among those targeted\n\nMr Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed by a team of Saudi agents in what the Saudi authorities described as a \"rogue operation\" that went wrong.\n\nIn December 2019, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and jailed three others but the process was condemned by foreign governments and the UN, which said it represented \"the antithesis of justice\".\n\nAmong those targeted by the UK, include Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri, a former deputy head of the Saudi intelligence services and Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, a former advisor to Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, who is said to have \"planned and directed the killing\".\n\nAlso on the list is Salah Muhammed Al Tubaigy, a government doctor present at the time of the killing and a number of intelligence officers also present in Istanbul said to have concealed evidence about the killing.\n\nLabour, which has been critical of the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia, particularly in relation to the war in Yemen, said it welcomed action against those responsible for the \"appalling\" murder.\n\nThe UK is also taking action against two senior generals in the Myanmar army, over the state's suppression of the minority Muslim Rohingya population in Rakhine state, a campaign of violence in 2017 and 2019 that campaigners have said amounts to attempted genocide.\n\nThey are Min Aung Hlaing, Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces and his deputy Soe Win, who the UK says carry ultimate responsibility for unlawful killings, torture, forced labour and systematic rape.\n\nThe North Korea organisations targeted are the Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and the Ministry of People's Security Correctional Bureau, which have responsibility for running prison camps.\n\nThe Foreign Office said its new sanctions regime, underpinned by legislation passed in 2018, could be extended in future to encompass individuals and governments guilty of corruption.\n\nThe UK is required by law to enforce existing EU sanctions it is a party to until the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021. The government has said it will maintain these after that date and also existing UN sanctions.", "FBI Director Christopher Wray, pictured in February, described a wide-ranging campaign by the Chinese government to disrupt US life\n\nThe director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government pose the \"greatest long-term threat\" to the future of the US.\n\nSpeaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, Christopher Wray described a multi-pronged disruption campaign.\n\nHe said China had begun targeting Chinese nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and was working to compromise US coronavirus research.\n\n\"The stakes could not be higher,\" Mr Wray said.\n\n\"China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world's only superpower by any means necessary,\" he added.\n\nIn a nearly hour-long speech on Tuesday, the FBI director outlined a stark picture of Chinese interference, a far-reaching campaign of economic espionage, data and monetary theft and illegal political activities, using bribery and blackmail to influence US policy.\n\n\"We've now reached a point where the FBI is now opening a new China-related counterintelligence case every 10 hours,\" Mr Wray said. \"Of the nearly 5,000 active counterintelligence cases currently under way across the country, almost half are related to China.\"\n\nThe FBI director mentioned a programme called \"Fox Hunt\", which he said President Xi Jinping had \"spearheaded\" and he said was geared at Chinese nationals living abroad seen as threats to the Chinese government.\n\n\"We're talking about political rivals, dissidents, and critics seeking to expose China's extensive human rights violations,\" he said. \"The Chinese government wants to force them to return to China, and China's tactics to accomplish that are shocking.\"\n\nHe continued: \"When it couldn't locate one Fox Hunt target, the Chinese government sent an emissary to visit the target's family here in the United States. The message they said to pass on? The target had two options: return to China promptly, or commit suicide.\"\n\nThe programme was originally begun in 2015 to target people accused of corruption and has reportedly led to the capture of thousands of fugitives.\n\nHowever, reports of extraordinary rendition of political opponents by Beijing have multiplied in recent years, starting with Gui Minhai, one of a group of Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared in 2015 and resurfaced in Chinese custody. Unlike the others, Mr Gui disappeared abroad - in Thailand - rather than from Hong Kong itself.\n\nChina is fast becoming a new kind of threat to the West, not so much because of its growing military capabilities - though that is a factor - but because in economic and technical terms it is already a peer competitor of the United States, and a peer competitor in a very different kind of world.\n\nNineteenth Century great powers competed more or less on equal terms but operated in a far less integrated international system. In the second half of the 20th Century, the Soviet Union was a peer military competitor of the United States, but with a relatively weak economy largely isolated from the wider international system.\n\nChina, however, has huge and growing economic muscle. It shares much of the same economic space with the West and its dominance of crucial supply chains - think medical PPE for example - only enhances its power.\n\nThe level of integration of today's globalised world and the importance of data and information only act as force multipliers for Beijing's overt and covert global reach.\n\nIn the unusual address, Mr Wray asked Chinese-born people living in the US to contact the FBI if Chinese officials target them seeking their return.\n\nThe Chinese government has defended this programme in the past, saying it is part of a legitimate anti-corruption effort.\n\nThe threat posed by China will be further addressed by the US attorney general and secretary of state in coming weeks, Mr Wray said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liu Xiaoming: China is not the enemy of the US\n\nThe address comes amid heightened tensions between the US and China.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has been highly critical of China amid the coronavirus outbreak, repeatedly blaming the country for the global pandemic. In another move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the administration was looking at banning Chinese apps - including the hugely popular TikTok.\n\nThe apps \"serve as appendages of the Chinese Communist Party's surveillance state\", he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry: 'It's not going to be easy... but it needs to be done'\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spoken to young leaders about equal rights - with Harry saying the wrongs of the past need to be acknowledged.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan dialled into the Queen's Commonwealth Trust weekly video call, which focused on responding to the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nHarry, president of the QCT, told them: \"There is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.\"\n\nHis wife Meghan added that equality is a fundamental human right.\n\nThe duchess, vice president of QCT, said on the call: \"We're going to have to be a little uncomfortable right now, because it's only in pushing through that discomfort that we get to the other side of this and find the place where a high tide raises all ships.\n\n\"Equality does not put anyone on the back foot, it puts us all on the same footing - which is a fundamental human right.\"\n\nThe couple, speaking from their Los Angeles home, said they had discussed the issues many times in the past weeks.\n\nThe call took place last week but details about it have just been released\n\nThe duke said on the 1 July call: \"When you look across the Commonwealth, there is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past.\n\n\"So many people have done such an incredible job of acknowledging the past and trying to right those wrongs, but I think we all acknowledge there is so much more still to do.\n\n\"It's not going to be easy and in some cases it's not going to be comfortable, but it needs to be done, because, guess what, everybody benefits.\"\n\nHe added that \"all of us have been educated to see the world differently\" but that it was important to acknowledge unconscious bias exists and then \"do the work to become more aware\".\n\nOn the call, they joined Chrisann Jarrett, co-founder of We Belong, which is led by young people who migrated to the UK; Alicia Wallace, director of Equality Bahamas; Mike Omoniyi, founder of The Common Sense Network, and Abdullahi Alim, who leads the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers.\n\nPrince Harry joked he was \"ageing\", as a 35-year-old - prompting his wife to retort \"that's not ageing!\" - but that he felt optimistic about change when speaking to the young people.\n\n\"This change is needed and it's coming,\" he said. \"The optimism and the hope that we get is from listening and speaking to people like you, because there is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.\n\n\"Solutions exist and change is happening far quicker than it ever has done before.\"\n\nQCT has been running weekly discussions with young people, looking at different forms of injustice.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan kept their roles with the trust after stepping down as senior working royals earlier this year. As part of that move, he stepped down from his position as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.", "Tom Meighan's departure from the band was announced on Monday\n\nFormer Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has admitted assaulting his ex-fiancee.\n\nHe pleaded guilty at Leicester Magistrates' Court to attacking Vikki Ager while drunk on 9 April.\n\nMs Ager hit her head on a hamster cage after being thrown across a room. The musician also grabbed her leg and hit her on the head, the court heard.\n\nKasabian said they were \"left with no choice but to ask Tom to leave the band\", adding there is \"no way we can condone his assault conviction\".\n\nA child witnessed the \"sustained assault\", the court was told, and contacted 999 to report that a \"domestic incident was taking place\".\n\nMeighan was given an 18-month community order and told to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.\n\nHe will also be required to complete five days of rehabilitation, and was ordered to pay a £90 victim surcharge and £85 in prosecution costs.\n\nOn Monday, the group announced Meighan had stepped down from the band in order to deal with \"personal issues\".\n\nMagistrates heard after Meighan \"threw the victim across the room in a rage\" and Ms Ager was struck on the head, he threatened to hit her with a wooden pallet before he \"thought better of it, thankfully, and threw it down on the hot tub aggressively\".\n\nThe court was told Meighan \"smelt heavily of intoxicants\" as he assaulted her.\n\nProsecutor Naeem Valli said the attack had left Ms Ager with bruises to her knees, elbow, ankle and \"a reddening around her neck\".\n\nMeighan, pictured in 2018 at the Isle of Wight Festival, had been in the band for 23 years\n\nMeighan, of Narborough, originally denied an assault had taken place, but after watching video footage he told police he could not watch it any further because it was \"horrible\".\n\nMr Valli told the court the child \"sounded panicked and afraid\" while making the call and the victim could be heard saying \"get off me, get off me\".\n\nHe added officers described Ms Ager as being \"visibly upset\" while Meighan was said to be acting \"aggressive\" and was unwilling to co-operate.\n\nAs CCTV of the attack was shown in court, Meighan wiped his eyes with a tissue and held his head in his hands.\n\nDefending, Michelle Heeley QC said Meighan felt \"deep remorse\" and a sense of \"personal humiliation - but he has nobody but himself to blame\".\n\nShe added he had faced a \"battle with alcohol\" and that \"to lose the opportunity to perform with the band he loves and people he loves is a huge personal loss\".\n\nSentencing, district judge Nick Watson said: \"I need to take account of the fact that not only did you hurt Ms Ager, you also let down many people - band members and those who love your music.\n\n\"They will be shocked about what you did that night.\n\n\"Ms Ager has not made a statement to police and does not appear to support this prosecution.\n\n\"Of course, that choice does not mean I should treat this offence any less seriously.\"\n\nIn a statement after the court hearing Kasabian said: \"No-one in the band wanted this to happen. We have all worked so hard for the past 23 years and had big plans for our future together. We're completely heartbroken.\n\n\"As soon as we found out about the charges made against Tom, we as a band made the decision that we could no longer work with him.\"\n\nThey added: \"Ultimately, as much as Tom hurt us all, we're not the victims in all of this. Domestic violence is something that can never be excused.\"\n\nKasabian formed in 1997 and reached the UK charts with their third single Club Foot in 2004. Major success came with albums Empire in 2006 and West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 2009, which featured a string of hits including Underdog and Fire.\n\nMeighan's departure leaves guitarist Serge Pizzorno and bassist Chris Edwards as the only remaining founding members.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government faces a post-lockdown choice between green growth or propping up polluting industries\n\nThe UK must avoid lurching from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper climate crisis, the government’s advisers have warned.\n\nThey recommend that ministers ensure funds earmarked for a post-Covid-19 economic recovery go to firms that will reduce carbon emissions.\n\nThey say the public should work from home if possible; and to walk or cycle.\n\nAnd investment should prioritise broadband over road-building, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says.\n\nPeople should also be encouraged to save emissions by continuing to consult GPs online.\n\nThe government will reply later, although the Energy Secretary Alok Sharma has already spoken in favour of a green recovery to the recession.\n\nIn a letter to the Prime Minister, the committee says jobless people should be re-trained for work in geographically-spread labour-intensive “green” industries such as home insulation; tree-planting; and peatland restoration.\n\nRoad building should have a lower priority than broadband, the report says\n\nIt makes a veiled reference to the current discussions over a potential government bailout to save jobs in aviation, which is struggling in the crisis.\n\nThe letter says: “Many sectors of the UK economy do not currently bear the full costs of emitting greenhouse gases. Revenue could be raised by setting or raising carbon prices for these sectors.”\n\nGreen groups say any bailout should include a condition that the industry shrinks until it finds a technological solution to its carbon emissions.\n\nThe letter also tackles broader social themes of fairness and risk.\n\nIt says the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted inequalities, with poorer people more in danger.\n\nThe committee notes: “The response to the pandemic has disproportionately affected the same lower-income groups and younger people - who face the largest long-term impacts of climate change.\n\n“The benefits of acting on climate change must be shared widely, and the costs must not burden those who are least able to pay or whose livelihoods are most at risk as the economy changes.\n\n“It is important that the lost or threatened jobs of today should be replaced by those created by the new, resilient economy.”\n\nThe committee says the government must produce policies that allow the UK to reduce emissions to Net Zero in an orderly way – unlike the chaos of the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nThe CCC Chairman, Lord Deben, said: “The Covid-19 crisis has shown the importance of planning well for the risks the country faces.\n\n“Recovery means investing in new jobs, cleaner air and improved health. The actions needed to tackle climate change are central to rebuilding our economy.\n\n“The government must prioritise actions that reduce climate risks and avoid measures that lock-in higher emissions.”\n\nThe message is not uncontested. Some politicians have argued that jobs must be protected at all cost in the recovery from the Covid-19 recession.\n\nThe UK will chair a vital global climate conference next year. Lord Deben said the UK should set a global example by planning a climate-friendly recovery from Covid-19.\n\nThe committee has copied the letter to the leaders of Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland. It will expand on its advice in June.\n\nThe Green MP Caroline Lucas says the government should harness the lessons from the Covid-19 crisis to create a better society overall.\n\nShe says ministers should force firms to show how they will meet CO2 cuts, and give people a right to locally-produced food; affordable clean energy; and access to green space.\n\nThe environment consultancy EPR says ministers should change the balance of the planning process to ensure that green space is a top priority rather than a nice-to-have.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come under criticism for his response to coronavirus, most recently for attending an anti-lockdown rally where he was seen coughing without covering his mouth.\n\nThe BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson looks at how Bolsonaro has responded to the virus in Brazil.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson has been accused of trying to shift the blame for coronavirus deaths onto care homes.\n\nThe prime minister said on Monday that \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures\".\n\nHis words sparked fury in the care home sector, with one charity boss calling them \"clumsy and cowardly\".\n\nHealth secretary Matt Hancock said care homes had done \"amazing work\" during the crisis and rejected Labour calls to apologise for the PM's remark.\n\n\"The PM was explaining that because asymptomatic transmission was not known about, the correct procedures were therefore not known,\" Mr Hancock said in the House of Commons.\n\nHe said the government had been been \"constantly learning about this virus from the start and improving procedures all the way through\".\n\nAppearing in the House of Lords, Communities Minister Lord Greenhalgh admitted that the guidance given to care homes during the early stages of the pandemic was \"not as clear as it could have been\".\n\nAnd a No 10 spokesman said the PM would not be apologising for his remarks, and said the government had \"put in place rigorous testing and additional funding\".\n\nBut Mark Adams, who runs the charity Community Integrated Care, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the prime minister's comments were \"cowardly\" and a \"travesty of leadership\".\n\nHe added: \"If this is genuinely his view, I think we're almost entering a Kafkaesque alternative reality where the government sets the rules, we follow them, they don't like the results, they then deny setting the rules and blame the people that were trying to do their best.\"\n\nNearly 20,000 people are confirmed to have died of coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales since the beginning of the outbreak.\n\nThe National Care Forum said Mr Johnson's remarks were \"frankly hugely insulting\" to care workers.\n\nVic Rayner, executive director of the forum which represents 120 social care charities, told BBC Newsnight that care homes followed the guidance \"to the letter\" but the government's attention was focused on hospitals.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth urged the government to apologise for the prime minister's \"crass remarks\".\n\n\"Care providers were sent conflicting guidance throughout this outbreak, staff could not access testing until mid-April and are still not tested routinely, PPE supplies have been inadequate, thousands of families have lost their loved ones in care homes to this disease, care workers themselves have died on the front line,\" he said during an urgent question to Mr Hancock in the Commons.\n\n\"Can he understand why people are so insulted by the PM's remarks when he said too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures?\"\n\nBehind the scenes in the government, there is a frustration the care sector has escaped largely blame free from the crisis.\n\nCare homes are not government-run. On the whole they are owned and operated by private firms.\n\nAs you would expert in a network of more than 14,000 homes there is a variation in performances and practices.\n\nNot all care homes have seen outbreaks - and that, of course, means questions should be asked. But the sector is right to complain that guidance, certainly at the start, was changing all the time.\n\nThe big national effort on PPE was focused on the NHS, leaving some homes severely lacking in equipment as their supply chains dried up or could not cope.\n\nThe roll-out of testing was slow - it is only now that residents and staff are to get regular testing, vital if those who are infected but don't show symptoms are to be spotted.\n\nThis virus is very tricky to contain and the UK is not alone in struggling to protect care homes.\n\nBut no debate would be complete without mention of funding.\n\nThe overhaul of the system has been talked about for years, but nothing has been done, leaving some services in a precarious position. The virus has certainly exploited that.\n\nIt comes as the Care England, the largest body representing independent care homes, accused the government of dragging its feet over issuing new guidance for visitors to care homes.\n\nChief executive Martin Green said: \"We are at a loss to know why the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is incapable of making swift decisions at a time of crisis.\n\n\"As the country unlocks, care providers are in the dark as to what is permissible in terms of visitors to their residents, or indeed residents leaving their homes on visits.\n\n\"This should have been a priority for the DHSC given that care homes are central to fighting this dreadful pandemic\".\n\nImelda Redmond - the national director of Healthwatch England which champions health and social care users - told BBC Radio 4 that \"the issues that underlie all of this have been there for a long time\".\n\n\"There has been underinvestment in social care for many years - and there needs to be quite significant amounts of reform - all those fault lines have been laid bare in this pandemic.\n\n\"We need to get a grip to this before we enter winter and perhaps a second wave.\"\n\nNHS England head Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC's Andrew Marr on Sunday that coronavirus had shone a \"very harsh spotlight\" on the \"resilience\" of the care system.\n\nAsked on Monday about Sir Simon's comments, Mr Johnson said: \"One of the things the crisis has shown is we need to think about how we organise our social care package better and how we make sure we look after people better who are in social care.\n\n\"We discovered too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we're learning lessons the whole time.\"\n\nAhead of December's election, the Conservatives pledged an extra £1bn per year for social care in England over the next five years.\n\nThe government has given an extra £3.2bn in emergency Covid-19 funds to English councils, which can be put towards helping with social care costs.\n\nMinisters have also promised an additional £600m for care homes to help with controlling infections.\n\nHow do you think care homes have handled the coronavirus crisis? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Dan Williams now tries to book taxis an hour in advance because of the problems he has experienced\n\nDan Williams says he and his guide dog Zodiac have been refused rides by taxi drivers more than 100 times.\n\nThe 28-year-old businessman from Cardiff, who is blind, claims Uber drivers have left him standing when they see his dog.\n\nHe says it is \"horrible discrimination\" and plans to mount a legal challenge against the firm.\n\nUber said: \"It is totally unacceptable for drivers to refuse to take a guide dog and we investigate every report.\"\n\nMr Williams' and other taxi passengers' experiences are due to be highlighted on BBC programme Rip Off Britain on Tuesday.\n\nHe says he has taken to speaking to drivers when booking a cab so they know he has the black Labrador retriever travelling with him.\n\nHowever, he says he often has to try several before he finds a driver who will take him and his dog.\n\nSometimes cabbies drive off when they see his dog, while others tell him they are allergic to dog hair and refuse to carry the pair.\n\nMr Williams has retinitis pigmentosa which causes gradual deterioration in sight.\n\nHe has been able to see when drivers leave him standing and he says he has a copy of the unfulfilled bookings recorded in his Uber account.\n\n\"It makes you feel like a second-class citizen,\" he says.\n\n\"It shouldn't be happening in the 21st Century.\"\n\nMr Williams is planning to take legal action under the Equality Act\n\nHe likes Uber's app because he can book and pay for a taxi in one go when he is travelling around the UK.\n\nHis firm helps companies to be more inclusive and accessible to people with a visual impairment.\n\nMr Williams has now taken to trying to book a taxi about an hour before he needs it due to the problems he encounters.\n\n\"I've been late a number of times,\" he says.\n\nHe believes drivers turn him away because they are concerned about getting dog hair in their vehicles, although some may have a genuine allergy.\n\nThe Royal National Institute of Blind People has published its own guidance about how people can challenge discrimination by taxi drivers via a local authority.\n\nMr Williams and his lawyer Chris Fry told BBC Radio 4 programme In Touch they were taking legal action against Uber under the Equality Act because the issue was happening frequently.\n\nBut they are first awaiting a Supreme Court decision following a separate legal hearing that will decide whether Uber drivers are employees as it will affect how their case will proceed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angharad Paget Jones said she and her dog Tudor have been \"yelled at\" for not social distancing\n\nUber told In Touch: \"It is totally unacceptable for drivers to refuse to take a guide dog and we investigate every report.\n\n\"Licensed private hire drivers must carry service animals in their vehicle.\n\n\"We highlight this obligation to all drivers before they start using the Uber app and often send reminders.\n\n\"Any driver who's found to have refused to take a service animal will permanently lose access to the app.\"\n\nRip Off Britain is on BBC One Wales on Tuesday at 10:00 BST and then iPlayer afterwards\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nicole Pavier says an eating disorder still \"plagues\" her life. A former England gymnast, she says she was weighed every day during her career.\n\nPavier, 24, told BBC Sport how she developed bulimia when she was 14 and that she retired three years later after becoming \"a shell of a person\".\n\nShe is one of several gymnasts to speak to BBC Sport about what they called a \"culture of fear\" within the \"mentally and emotionally abusive\" sport of gymnastics.\n\nBritish Gymnastics has announced an independent review will take place following allegations of mistreatment from a number of athletes in recent days.\n\n\"It is clear that gymnasts did not feel they could raise their concerns to British Gymnastics and it is vital that an independent review helps us better understand why so we can remove any barriers as quickly as possible,\" said chief executive Jane Allen.\n\nPavier said she became \"terrified\" she would put on weight, and would find \"mechanisms\" to try to prevent her from doing so.\n\n\"Being an adult now, you really realise how much it has affected you, from the eating disorders, the chronic pain, waking up having nightmares every night, never feeling good enough,\" Pavier said.\n\n\"It has such a long-term implication.\"\n\nShe alleges gymnasts were weighed twice a day sometimes, and claims her coach, Claire Barbieri, would \"discuss people's weights in front of the whole group\" and display their weights on a whiteboard.\n\nBarbieri told BBC Sport she has \"never, to date, ever had any formal complaint raised against me by a gymnast\".\n\n\"I acknowledge that the regime for training elite gymnasts can at times be a tough one,\" she said in a statement. \"However, throughout my career I have followed British Gymnastics best practice and I continue to treat the welfare of the gymnasts I coach as my top priority.\"\n\nShe added: \"In line with standard practice at the time, the club had a system of weighing and measuring the elite gymnasts daily. Following advice from the GB medical team this was reduced to twice a week.\n\n\"I am fully aware of the risks of eating disorders amongst gymnasts and ensured that professional advice was obtained and followed where potential issues had been flagged.\n\n\"Although a whiteboard was used initially, I acknowledged some gymnasts' concerns with this and changed the practice - introducing a system where the gymnasts had more privacy and kept their own records.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics' independent review will be conducted by Jane Mulcahy QC.\n\nAllen said: \"The behaviours we have heard about in recent days are completely contrary to our standards of safe coaching and have no place in our sport. The British Gymnastics integrity unit is set up to investigate all allegations when reported or identified by our national network of club and regional welfare officers.\n\n\"There is nothing more important for British Gymnastics than the welfare of our gymnasts at every level of our sport and we will continually strive to create a culture where people feel they can raise any concerns that they may have.\"\n\nPavier says she was 21 when she gained control of her eating disorder, but admits she is still \"picking up the pieces\".\n\n\"I still hate the way I look, I still feel like I'm overweight, I still wake up and don't want to eat breakfast some days or won't eat anything,\" she says.\n\n\"There is no day where I'll wake up and look in the mirror and be happy with what I see.\"\n\nAthletes 'sat on and made to sit in cupboards'\n\nBBC Sport also heard testimonies from several other gymnasts - at all levels of the sport, who had several different coaches and trained at several different clubs - as well as some parents.\n\nFrom their testimonies, BBC Sport has learned how some gymnasts were allegedly:\n• None Made to sit in store cupboards if they cried or refused to perform a skill in training;\n• None Hit by one coach on the legs with a wooden stick;\n• None Sat on if they were not fully on the ground while performing the splits.\n\nIt was claimed one coach made their gymnasts do three hours of conditioning after seeing some of them eating chips.\n\nAnother coach is said to have made theirs line up and watch as they ordered cleaners to search through bins to find discarded snack wrappers.\n\nOther gymnasts also said they trained through injuries. A parent told BBC Sport her daughter broke her wrist during training. As soon as her daughter was out of a splint, she says she was made to use the wrist in moves, once causing her so much pain she vomited.\n\nOne gymnast says she broke a rib in training but chose not tell her coach, with the injury eventually causing a punctured lung that prevented her competing and training for a year.\n\nMany of the gymnasts BBC Sport spoke to say they still suffer psychological effects, including anxiety and depression, for which some remain on medication and others are receiving therapy.\n\nOne says she continues to have night terrors, years after retiring, while a parent told of young gymnasts she knew of whose hair had fallen out because of the stress they felt.\n\nCoaches would frequently \"scream\" at gymnasts and their parents, with one parent saying they had been \"groomed\" as well as their children, who they knew would be \"punished\" if training methods were not accepted.\n\nMany of the athletes spoken to said they would not want any children they may have in the future to do gymnastics.\n\nBritish Gymnastics declined to comment on any individual cases but told BBC Sport in a statement: \"British Gymnastics condemns any behaviour which is harmful to the wellbeing of our gymnasts. Such behaviours are completely contrary to our standards of safe coaching.\n\n\"Our integrity unit investigates all allegations reported to us or identified by our national network of club welfare officers and takes disciplinary action to prevent recurrence.\n\n\"We have worked particularly hard in recent years to ensure that our athlete and coaching culture is transparent, fair and inclusive.\n\n\"British Gymnastics is reaching out to any gymnast, either current or past, that has concerns around specific incidents or behaviours and encourages them to contact our integrity unit.\"\n\n'We want to show support'\n\nLast week, British former gymnast Jennifer Pinches, who competed at the London 2012 Olympics, reached out to fellow gymnasts on social media.\n\n\"We wanted to come together and just show our support for anyone that has been mistreated,\" the 26-year-old told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It's about gymnasts and a support network coming together.\n\n\"Unfortunately, certain types of behaviour have become a bit normalised in gymnastics, unacceptable behaviour - and it's not just Britain, it's across the world.\n\n\"There's a better way, we know that, so we want to take a stand against any kind of damaging behaviour and support those who have experienced mistreatment. We want a safe happy and healthy environment for gymnasts.\"", "Kerem Koseoglu was 2,500 miles away from his daughter Ayla when lockdown was imposed\n\nA Turkish man has had an emotional reunion with his Scottish wife and severely disabled daughter more than three months after they were separated by the lockdown.\n\nKerem Koseoglu was in Turkey when travel restrictions were imposed in March.\n\nHe returned to Scotland two weeks ago but had to spend 14 days quarantined in the family home.\n\nHe has now finally been able to hug his daughter and wife.\n\nKerem normally divides his time between Turkey and Sauchie in Clackmannanshire. But when lockdown struck, he was unable to return to the UK from Turkey.\n\nHis wife Caroline Johnstone spent lockdown looking after their daughter, eight-year-old Ayla, who has health issues which make her exceptionally vulnerable to Covid-19.\n\nAyla has Edwards' Syndrome and a weakened immune system. She also suffers from seizures, skeletal issues, gastrointestinal problems and breathing difficulties.\n\nThe moment father and daughter were reunited after three months and a two-week quarantine period\n\nAfter three months, Kerem managed to fly back to the UK two weeks ago and was one of thousands who had to go straight into quarantine for 14 days, in line with government rules.\n\nOn Saturday, husband, wife and daughter were reunited.\n\nKerem was overjoyed. He said: \"It was a great feeling, so nice to have her after such a long time.\n\n\"I couldn't get close to her and I was distant with a mask on to say hello for two weeks.\n\nKerem Koseoglu had not been with his daughter Ayla for more than three months\n\n\"But she is so happy and I am so happy to see her now and to give her a cuddle.\n\n\"It was very strange but obviously because of the situation I have to look after them and Ayla's life is very important. I was patient and I managed two weeks and eventually I get the cuddles and hugs from them. It is a great feeling.\"\n\nShowing what the living arrangements were for the past two weeks, Kerem's wife Caroline opens the door on one room, with a bed, a makeshift desk and some tea and coffee-making facilities.\n\nShe said: \"We were basically sanitising everything because you don't know. You can't see the virus. I was running about like a headless chicken, doing all the things I do for Ayla then thinking, oh my goodness I've not fed him yet!\"\n\nKerem lived in the spare room for two weeks and stayed away from his wife and vulnerable daughter\n\nKerem was one of thousands of people who have arrived in Scotland since the quarantine was introduced. He flew to Stansted airport, gave his details and told authorities where he was going and travelled north.\n\nBut since then he has not heard from the authorities and no-one checked to see if he was following the rules.\n\nHe said: \"I was expecting a phone call. My phone was not working very well but I didn't hear from anyone.\"\n\nCaroline saw it as a missed opportunity to ensure no-one was bringing the virus back into Scotland.\n\nShe said: \"As a society, I think we have got a responsibility to make sure we follow the rules.\n\n\"However, I don't know that everyone takes it as seriously as we do. We have a child who has life-limiting conditions so we understand very well what the risks are.\"\n\nCaroline Johnstone would like to see checks that people are sticking to the quarantine rules\n\nCaroline is also delighted to have another pair of hands to help with their daughter.\n\nShe said: \"For four months she has been in a bubble in the house. We have played with all the toys, we have watched all the YouTube videos. It is getting more difficult to entertain her.\n\n\"Now the buck stops between us, and that's a good feeling.\"\n\nAnd Kerem wants to make sure he will be able to return to Scotland before he goes back to Turkey.\n\nHe said: \"I am scared to go back now in case there is a lockdown again.\"\n• None 'I won't be able to cuddle my daughter'", "TikTok has deleted a collection of videos found by the BBC to be using a \"sickening\" anti-Semitic song that gained more than 6.5 million views.\n\nThe song surfaced on the app on Sunday and includes the lyrics: \"We're going on a trip to a place called Auschwitz, it's shower time.\"\n\nThe first video to use the song showed a giant robot scorpion with a swastika attacking and killing people.\n\nTikTok's algorithm ensured that video alone got more than six million views.\n\nOther videos that made further use of the song accounted for the additional half a million views.\n\nAuschwitz was a Nazi death camp in a German-annexed part of Poland where more than a million people died during World War Two, many of them in gas chambers after being told they were going to take a communal shower.\n\nNearly 100 users chose the song for their own videos. One showed a character from the computer game Roblox that looks like Hitler.\n\nThe first video that sparked the viral meme gained hundreds of thousands of likes\n\nAnother used a clip of a shooter game where people are killed by green gas canisters.\n\nOther videos used imagery from films or television documentaries about the Holocaust.\n\nOne video used a Hitler lookalike character from the video game Roblox\n\nThe collection of videos attracted the large audience in less than three days before they were removed.\n\n\"It was incredibly distressing to watch this sickening TikTok video aimed at children, showing a swastika-bearing robot grabbing and incinerating Jews, as the music poked fun at Jewish men, women and children being killed with poison gas at Auschwitz,\" said Stephen Silverman, director of investigations and enforcement for the Campaign Against Antisemitism.\n\n\"TikTok has a particular obligation to tackle this content fast because it specialises in delivering viral videos to children and young adults when they are most impressionable, and yet our research has shown that TikTok has become one of the fastest vectors for transmission of memes mocking the Holocaust.\"\n\nSome of the videos used gaming clips with the song\n\nTikTok took about eight hours to remove all the offending videos.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Keeping our users safe is a top priority for TikTok, and our community guidelines make clear what is not acceptable on our platform.\n\n\"We do not tolerate any content that includes hate speech, and the sound in question, along with all associated videos, have now been removed. While we will not catch every instance of inappropriate content, we are continuously improving our technologies and policies to ensure TikTok remains a safe place for positive creative expression.'\"\n\nSome of the videos used clips from Holocaust movies and TV programmes\n\nSome experts believe TikTok needs to do more to check the content of videos before promoting them to a wider audience.\n\nMichael Priem, chief executive of Modern Impact said: \"TikTok is not revealing their algorithms or strategy behind content. But it's widely believed that it's similar to other commonly used models that collect data on our content consumption and peers influenced network.\n\n\"As specific videos gain momentum the algorithm then promotes them more widely across the platform. Hence the users intuitively asking each other to 'help this go viral'. The problems rest then on the content filtering.\"\n\nThe user who posted the original video that started the meme appears to be a young teenager from the UK. He did not respond to requests for comment and his account was still live at the time of writing. He wrote on his profile that he had gained 12,000 new followers after posting the video.\n\nA very similar version of the video was uploaded to YouTube in 2015. It was posted on a small channel and gained 67,000 views in the nearly five years it was live. YouTube removed it after being contacted by the BBC.\n\nIt is not clear where the song originated, but the imagery is from a computer game called Besiege that allows players to create custom siege weapons.", "Jackie Turner is ready to reopen her salon\n\nLong and untidy hair has been a topic of many jokes during lockdown - but the serious business of reopening salons has now begun.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford advised hairdressers and barbers to prepare to restart work on 13 July.\n\nBut when they do reopen, they will be very different places to those you could simply walk into, chat to friends or browse magazines.\n\nFor a start, there will be strict hygiene rules in place, with hairdressers only be able to accept booked appointments.\n\nFor Salon Chiron in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, there will be no waiting area.\n\n\"On arrival, there will be signs up as soon as people come through the door, and there'll be hand sanitizers, \" explains Jackie Turner, who runs it.\n\n\"If people don't arrive with personal protective equipment, we will have some available, but there will be a cost for that. So we are advising people to come with masks and gloves and their own sanitizers.\"\n\nClients will be asked to sign a consultation form declaring whether they have any symptoms.\n\nShe added: \"We'll also be doing a temperature check when they come in. It's not in the guidance, but we've decided to do it as we'll be temperature testing our staff everyday as well.\"\n\nIf people do not bring protective equipment, they will be charged for it\n\nMs Turner said the layout of her salon meant it could be sectioned off fairly easily.\n\nIt will be open for a longer period, in order to serve all their customers and to prepare the area between each appointment.\n\nDuring the lockdown, the team has been keeping in touch with their clients on social media.\n\n\"They've been really loyal to us over the years and we just wanted to make sure that they know that we're doing everything possible to ensure their safety when they come back to the salon.\n\n\"The technology has been brilliant. We've uploaded funny pictures, just to lighten the mood during this difficult time.\"\n\nWendie Williams will be cutting hair from her home\n\nWendie Williams, who runs Gwallt Wendigedig from her home in Carmarthen, has completed an online course on cleanliness and safety.\n\n\"I'll be wearing a visor, and I'll have masks for the customers,\" she said.\n\n\"It will be important to keep the space well ventilated, as you would do in a salon. But of course I've got a family, so I'll lock off the kitchen.\n\nShe has had to buy a contactless payment machine and sterilizers - and there are other increased costs, such a packet of hair colouring now costing £30, up from £25.\n\nAnwen Lewis is ready to start working again\n\nAnwen Lewis, a mobile hairdresser from Llanon, Aberaeron, in Ceredigion, said she could not wait to open.\n\n\"There are some clients who have mentioned that they want me to cut their hair in their garden,\" she said.\n\n\"But that depends on the weather. And if it rains, we would need to cancel the appointment.\"\n\nHowever, Ms Lewis does not believe she has received enough information.\n\n\"Nothing is set in stone, and I would have appreciated specific guidelines for mobile hairdressers,\" she added.\n\nShe is also considering a slight increase in her fees, in order to cover the cost of the protective equipment.", "A ban on killers using the \"rough sex defence\" in England and Wales is set to become law after MPs supported an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill.\n\nThe bill now rules out \"consent for sexual gratification\" as a defence for causing serious harm.\n\nThe wide-ranging legislation will also place a duty on councils in England to provide shelter for victims of abuse.\n\nIt has been broadly welcomed by campaigners but some said it failed to protect groups such as migrant women.\n\nThe bill, which covers England and Wales, has passed its final stage in the Commons and will now be debated in the House of Lords.\n\nIt was introduced with cross-party support by Theresa May's government in July last year but its passage was delayed by December's general election.\n\nThe government said the bill would ensure that children who saw, heard or experienced the effects of domestic abuse would be treated as victims under law.\n\nIt would also introduce the first legal government definition of domestic abuse, including economic abuse and coercive or controlling non-physical behaviour.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Home Office minister Victoria Atkins said one of the most \"chilling and anguished\" developments in recent times had been the increased use of the \"so-called rough sex defence\".\n\nMoving a new clause which would ban the defence in England and Wales court proceedings, she said: \"We've been clear that there is no such defence to serious harm which results from rough sex.\n\n\"But there is a perception that such a defence exists and that it is being used by men, and it is mostly men in these types of cases, to avoid convictions for serious offences or to receive a reduction in any sentence where they are convicted.\"\n\nWelcoming the move, Labour's shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Jess Phillips, paid tribute to Natalie Connolly, who died in 2016.\n\nThe 26-year-old's partner left her for dead with 40 separate injuries - he admitted manslaughter but was cleared of murder after claiming she was hurt during consensual sexual activity.\n\n\"Natalie Connolly's name and story has rung out around this chamber, been told in many newspapers and the bravery of her family will see this law changed,\" Ms Phillips said.\n\n\"Today, I don't want to remember her for how she died, or to allow a violent man to get to say what her story was.\n\nMs Phillips paid tribute to Natalie Connolly in the Commons\n\nCampaign group We Can't Consent To This, which wants to make it the expectation that murder charges will be brought against those suspected of killing a person during sex, has hailed the amendment as a \"victory\".\n\nThe current law says that if someone kills another person during sexual activity they could be charged with manslaughter alone, while to murder someone, there needs to have been an intention to kill that person or to cause them grievous bodily harm (GBH).\n\nWe Can't Consent To This has collated 60 examples of women \"who were killed during so-called 'sex games gone wrong'\" in the UK, since 1972.\n\nThe group claims that 45% of these cases ended in a \"lesser charge of manslaughter, a lighter sentence or the death not being investigated as a crime at all\".\n\nThere are also 115 people - all but one of whom were women - who have had to attend court where it is claimed they consented to violent injury, the group has said.\n\nHarriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, described the bill as \"a landmark piece of legislation\".\n\nHowever, she said there were \"some very important omissions\", including protections for victims of domestic violence who committed crimes in the context of being in an abusive relationship.\n\nOther campaigners have said the legislation needs additions to better protect migrant women.\n\nGisela Valle, director of the Latin American Women's Rights Service, said the bill had no provision for safe reporting mechanisms, meaning migrant women who reported abuse to police could be questioned about their immigration status and even detained.\n\nAdditionally, some immigrants with an insecure status cannot currently access public funds or housing and refuge support.\n\nMs Phillips also raised the issue of victims of domestic abuse who are migrants and have no recourse to public funds.\n\nShe told the Commons \"it cannot be right\" that \"humans, who when they have been raped, beaten, controlled and abused, before we ask them how we can help, first we ask what stamp is in their passport\".\n\nMs Atkins said the government was launching a £1.5m pilot fund to support migrant victims of domestic abuse who are unable to access public funds.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nHundreds of thousands of homeowners in England will be able to apply for vouchers of up to £5,000 to help cover the cost of installing insulation and other energy saving improvements. It's part of a plan from Chancellor Rishi Sunak to kick-start a green economic recovery. BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin says some campaigners are delighted, but plenty think much more money is needed. We'll hear more from the chancellor on Wednesday when he delivers an emergency mini-Budget. In the meantime, here are five things he might do., including a stamp duty holiday to stimulate the housing market.\n\nThe Treasury says the £3bn investment plan will cut energy bills by an average of £200 for some of the UK's poorest households\n\nBoris Johnson has been strongly criticised for suggesting that \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures\" during the coronavirus crisis. Downing Street later said he meant to point out that no-one knew what the correct procedures were at that stage, but organisations representing homes and their staff have accused the PM of unfairly blaming them. Many thousands of care home residents have died during the outbreak - BBC Reality Check has looked closely at what steps homes took.\n\nThe president of the UK's national academy of science has said everyone should have a face covering with them whenever they leave home, and use them when in crowded places. There are mixed feelings among the government' scientific advisory group, Sage, around the use of face coverings, but there's a consensus that they may reduce the risk of an infected person passing on the virus. Masks are compulsory in some settings in the UK, of course - here are the rules and some tips on making your own.\n\nA number of pubs in England have closed after some of the first customers to visit after lockdown was eased subsequently tested positive for coronavirus. At least three establishments - in Somerset, West Yorkshire and Hampshire - are known to be affected. See more on the steps pubs are taking to minimise risks. Pubs in Scotland and Wales are not yet allowing customers indoors - Northern Ireland is at the same stage as England.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News NI explains what customers can expect as pubs and restaurants reopen\n\nThe Duchess of Cornwall says she \"can't wait to hug her grandchildren\" after only seeing them on internet calls and at a social distance. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett, Camilla also talked about her husband Prince Charles' recovery from Covid-19, and discussed her concerns about another timely issue - the scale of domestic abuse in the UK during lockdown. The duchess is guest-editing Emma's show from 10:00 BST today. And read more on whether coronavirus is changing the royals.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cornwall says the “worst bit” of lockdown has been not seeing her family\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest via our live page.\n\nPlus, meet some of the Covid-19 \"long-haulers\" - people who've found themselves suffering for far longer than the 14 days officially said to be the average length of the illness.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Police were stationed at George Square last month ahead of an anti-racism protest\n\nSenior police officers have urged local authorities to help reduce the number of protests and counter-protests held across Scotland.\n\nIn a strongly worded letter, Police Scotland divisional commanders said such events posed public safety risks due to coronavirus.\n\nHowever, they accepted many protests were \"entirely legitimate\".\n\nIn recent weeks, police have handled clashes between anti-racism protesters and opposing groups at demonstrations.\n\nMany protestors wore masks to attend an anti-racism rally in Glasgow\n\nOn one occasion, violent scenes escalated after a far-right group gathered in Glasgow's George Square to \"protect the Cenotaph\".\n\nThey arrived shortly before a planned demonstration against the evictions of asylum seekers.\n\nSome councils have already seen planned demonstrations scrapped in light of the pandemic.\n\nThe Orange Order's annual 12 July celebration has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two.\n\nDivisional commanders are chief superintendents in charge of local policing in divisions.\n\nTheir letter said protests and counter-protests have often required \"significant resource deployment\" from the police, meaning officers are taken out of their local area and are unable to attend to other demands.\n\nIt said the issues and grievances being aired are often rooted in \"wider social and political issues\", and can act as proxies for \"ingrained sectarianism\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Protecting the safety of the public is paramount and all Police Scotland operations are planned and conducted with this in mind,\" it read.\n\n\"We live in a democratic society and police have a duty to protect the rights of both individuals and groups who wish to peacefully protest or counter-protest.\n\n\"But this has to be balanced against the rights of others who might be impacted upon by such activity and will not accept or tolerate violence and thuggery.\"\n\nThe letter cited a range of issues handled by police including the mass stabbing in Glasgow on 26 June.\n\nSix people including PC David Whyte were injured in the knife attack in the Park Inn hotel before the suspect was shot dead by armed police.\n\nDivisional commanders said the incident \"highlights the risks\" that police officers face daily.\n\nThey also pointed to the ongoing duties of the force - such as \"proactive patrols\" of beer gardens - as the country moves from Phase 2 to Phase 3 of the lockdown.", "Summer spending stimulus - what does it mean for Scotland?\n\nThe Treasury’s £1.57 billion of financial backing vocals for the art and culture sector is bringing £97m to Holyrood. The funding is part of this week’s summer stimulus of spending and support, being set out tomorrow by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak. A further splurge announced this morning is of £3bn of greenery, including £2bn vouchers for English home-owners to make energy efficient improvements. Expect a share of that for devolved administrations, including Holyrood. This brings us back to the question of what gets a share of funding to Holyrood and what is applied directly in Scotland. Pre-briefing includes a report, in The Times, that the property market is to get a stimulus from a cut to stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland. That translates in Scotland to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, wholly controlled from Holyrood. It can also choose to cut those rates as a stimulus, but unlike Westminster, it can’t borrow to fill the gap created in its budget. The Times is also reporting there could be a VAT cut aimed at restaurants and pubs. If that happens, that would cross the border and apply equally to Scotland. The Scottish government wants extended furlough funding, which has been done through the tax system at a UK-level. For the details though, we’ll have to wait until Wednesday, and later find out what the Scottish government intends to do with additional funds.", "\"I hope that the people I've hurt will heal,\" said the star.\n\nSinger-songwriter Ryan Adams has written a lengthy apology for his past behaviour, a year after he faced allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\n\"There are no words to express how bad I feel about the ways I've mistreated people through my life and career,\" the musician said in open letter.\n\n\"All I can say is that I'm sorry.\"\n\nLast year, seven women told the New York Times that Adams had offered to help them with their careers before things became sexual.\n\nOne of them, identified only as \"Ava\", showed reporters more than 3,000 explicit texts she said she exchanged with the star when she was 15 and 16.\n\nThe story also contained accusations of psychological abuse from the musician's former wife, Mandy Moore, who told the paper: \"Music was a point of control for him.\"\n\nAdams' initial response was to threaten legal action, in a tweet that said the newspaper was \"going down\".\n\nHe quickly deleted that message and apologised to anyone he had hurt, \"however unintentionally\"; while his lawyer said Adams \"unequivocally\" denied exchanging inappropriate messages with someone he knew to be underage.\n\nAdams said his new apology was prompted by an extended \"period of isolation and reflection\" during lockdown.\n\n\"I've gotten past the point where I would be apologising just for the sake of being let off the hook and I know full well that any apology from me probably won't be accepted by those I've hurt,\" he wrote, in a letter published by the Daily Mail.\n\n\"I get that and I also understand that there's no going back.\"\n\nHe acknowledged that many people would view his statement as \"the same empty apology\" he'd used in the past but added, \"this time it's different\".\n\n\"Having truly realized the harm that I've caused, it wrecked me, and I'm still reeling from the ripples of devastating effects that my actions triggered.\n\n\"No amount of growth will ever take away the suffering I had caused,\" he continued. \"I will never be off the hook and I am fully accountable for my harmful behaviour, and will be for my actions moving forward.\"\n\nAdams also said he was trying to give up alcohol.\n\n\"In my effort to be a better man, I have fought to get sober, but this time I'm doing it with professional help,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Sobriety is a priority in my life, and so is my mental health. These, as I'm learning, go hand in hand.\"\n\n\"I hope that the people I've hurt will heal,\" he concluded. \"And I hope that they will find a way to forgive me.\"\n\nMandy Moore married Adams in 2009, but the couple separated six years later\n\nHowever, Mandy Moore said she was surprised by Adams' public apology, because she had never received one in person.\n\n\"It's challenging because I feel like in many ways I've said all I want to say about him and that situation, but I find it curious that someone would make a public apology but not do it privately,\" she told NBC's Today programme.\n\n\"I am speaking for myself, but I have not heard from him, and I'm not looking for an apology necessarily, but I do find it curious that someone would do an interview about it without actually making amends privately.\"\n\nHer comments were echoed by Courtney Jaye, who appeared in the New York Times story last year, and model / actress Karen Elson, who subsequently described a \"traumatising experience\" with Adams.\n\nIn a series of tweets, Elson said that while she \"believe[s] in redemption and amends even for him,\" Adams \"has not reached out to me since 2018 to apologise for his terrible behaviour.\"\n\n\"In fact back then he called me a liar which added more pain and made me disillusioned with the entire music industry,\" she added.\n\n\"I would like to hope he would contact women he has hurt via his representatives to apologise privately and give us the opportunity to speak our truth on all the ways his actions caused suffering and for him to listen and try to make amends.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA prolific and mercurial musician, Adams received multiple Grammy nominations for his second album Gold, and reached the UK Top 10 with the records Ashes & Fire, Prisoner and the self-titled Ryan Adams.\n\nHe has worked with rock legends including Willie Nelson and Elton John, who dubbed him the \"fabulous one\", and famously covered Taylor Swift's album 1989 in full, putting a country-Americana twist on her big pop statement.\n\nAfter the allegations against him surfaced last year, Blue Note cancelled the release of Adams' 18th album Big Colors. He has not released any new music since.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Care home providers have criticised Boris Johnson after he said \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures in the way that they could have\" during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAt least 20,000 care home residents in England and Wales have died from Covid-19 since the start of the outbreak.\n\nVic Rayner, executive director of the National Care Forum, described the prime minister's comments as \"neither accurate nor welcome\" and said government guidance to the sector had come \"in stops and starts, with organisations grappling with over 100 pieces of additional guidance\".\n\nMost of the estimated 14,000 care homes in England are privately run, but they are regulated by national bodies and would typically act on advice from central as well as local government.\n• What was some of the key guidance from government during the pandemic and did it come early enough?", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised both within the country and internationally for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nMore than 53,000 people have died and there are over 1.1m confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil.\n\nTwo health ministers have left over his strategy - the first was fired after publicly disagreeing with Mr Bolsonaro’s attitude. The second, Nelson Teich, quit after less than a month.\n\nHe did not see eye-to-eye with the president over his insistence on using the anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatment for the virus.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarah Bruton says her salon is ready to reopen\n\nPlans to reopen hairdressers without the wider beauty industry in Wales have been described as \"ridiculous\" by some in the business.\n\nThe Welsh Government intends to allow hairdressers to restart a \"very limited range\" of services from 13 July.\n\nBut no date has been set for when others, like beauty salons, can reopen and some owners say there is a lot of confusion.\n\nMinisters said they would be publishing more industry guidance later this week.\n\n\"The picture is going to be really confused for so many people,\" said Sarah Bruton, from Captiva Spa in Caerphilly.\n\n\"Our business is 50% a hair salon and 50% a beauty salon.\n\n\"We are in the situation now where we'll be bringing back half of our staff and telling them that it's safe to work and telling the other half, who are equally qualified and experienced, that they are not safe to operate.\n\n\"That seems incredibly unfair to me.\"\n\nShe said it was still unclear whether barbers would be able to offer services like brow shapes and moustache trims, adding it was \"ridiculous\" if a beautician could then not offer brow shapes and lip waxes.\n\nMs Bruton has invested in a temperature check gun and plastic screens to keep customers safe\n\nHair and beauty salons in Wales generate an estimated annual turnover of £275m, according to the National Hair and Beauty Federation.\n\nMs Bruton said she was concerned plans for different reopening dates could unfairly impact the beauty sector.\n\n\"As an industry, 15,000 people are involved in the hair and beauty sector in Wales and many of those jobs are being put at risk by those kinds of delays,\" she said.\n\n\"We train apprentices, we take on graduates from college and higher education facilities, none of those students will have any workplace to go into at the end of this.\"\n\nThe National Hair and Beauty Federation, which represents both industries, said it had written to the Welsh Government asking it to \"reconsider delaying the reopening of beauty businesses\".\n\nIt said it was also seeking \"urgent clarification\" on whether mobile hair services would be allowed to restart next week.\n\nBBC Wales News found dozens of nail and beauty salons offering appointments from 13 July, having previously believed they were allowed to open alongside hairdressers.\n\nLyn Hancock, who runs Lynz Nails and Beauty in Torfaen, said she \"cried\" when she realised that was not going to be the case.\n\n\"We are not any more of a risk to people's health than a hairdresser,\" she said.\n\n\"I have full PPE ready for opening; masks, visors, gloves, aprons, disposable tools and nail files, disposable couch covers, hospital grade sanitiser and cleaning products, the works.\n\n\"I have already seen businesses closing permanently in both my industries due to Covid-19. I do not want to be simply another statistic.\n\n\"My salon is my safe space, my calm and I was so looking forward to opening it.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Subject to an assessment of the latest health situation in Wales on 9 July, hairdressers and barbers will be permitted to reopen from the 13 July.\n\n\"This would be strictly on an appointment only basis, and only for a very limited range of services.\n\n\"Their reopening would be a first step to easing the lockdown of close contact services in Wales, with a view of reopening other similar services soon.\"", "Melania and Me is due out on 1 September.\n\nA former aide to Melania Trump has written a memoir about her 15-year friendship with the US first lady.\n\nStephanie Winston Wolkoff's book, Melania and Me, is due out on 1 September.\n\nIn 2018, Ms Winston Wolkoff was reportedly forced out of the White House, amid allegations that she had been profiteering from President Trump's inauguration.\n\nBut the former aide has said she was \"thrown under the bus\".\n\nShe denied claims her company received $26 million (£20 million) in payments to help plan the 2017 ceremony and surrounding events, saying her firm \"retained a total of $1.62 million\".\n\n\"In her memoir, Wolkoff chronicles her journey from their friendship that started in New York to her role as the First Lady's trusted advisor to her abrupt and very public departure, to life after Washington,\" according to a description of the book published by Vanity Fair.\n\nThe book, which will be on sale ahead of the November presidential election - when Mr Trump will take on Democrat nominee Joe Biden, is the latest controversial memoir involving the Trumps.\n\nFormer National Security Adviser John Bolton's new book, The Room Where It Happened, portrays a president ignorant of basic geopolitical facts and whose decisions were frequently driven by a desire for re-election.\n\nHe accuses Mr Trump of wanting help from China to win re-election, while offering approval for China's plan to build forced-labour camps for its Muslim Uighur minority. He also backs up Democrat allegations that sparked impeachment efforts against the president.\n\nMeanwhile, the president's niece, Mary Trump, is due to publish Too Much And Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man later this month.\n\nAn Amazon blurb for the book says the author will set out how her uncle \"became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security and social fabric\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump voter: 'These people here are genuine Americans'", "Three major online retailers have dropped fast fashion brand Boohoo over allegations of low pay and unsafe conditions at a supplier's factories.\n\nNext dropped Boohoo clothes from its websites last week, while Asos and Zalando followed suit on Tuesday.\n\nThis follows a Sunday Times report claiming workers at a Leicester factory were paid £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus.\n\nBoohoo said if the reports were true, conditions were \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nThe company, which also owns the Nasty Gal and PrettyLittleThing brands, has denied any responsibility but said it would \"thoroughly investigate\" the claims.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"We will not hesitate to immediately terminate relationships with any supplier who is found not to be acting within both the letter and spirit of our supplier code of conduct.\"\n\nThe fast fashion retailer declined to comment on the moves made by Next, Asos and Zalando.\n\nBoohoo's shares fell a further 12% on Tuesday after a 16% slump the day before, following the publication of the allegations in the Sunday Times.\n\nBoohoo was already under fire after Labour Behind the Label, a workers' rights group, claimed that some employees at factories in Leicester that supply the fast fashion firm were \"being forced to come into work while sick with Covid-19\".\n\nAt the time Boohoo said it would \"not tolerate any incidence of non-compliance especially in relation to the treatment of workers within our supply chain\".\n\n\"Next concluded there is a case for Boohoo Group to answer,\" said a spokesman for the retailer.\n\n\"As a result, last week Next removed the Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing branded items it was selling previously, from all Next websites.\"\n\nThe company said it has set up its own investigation over the claims.\n\n\"Next is not pre-judging the outcome of this process and no final decision has been made, however, while there is a case to answer, these labels will remain suspended from all Next websites,\" the spokesman said.\n\nZalando, the Berlin-based online fashion store which had €6.4bn (£5.8bn) sales last year, said it \"has made the decision to delist all products by Boohoo Group and subsidiaries and pause all new business with Boohoo effective 7 July\".\n\nIt said the health and safety of workers has remained of utmost importance to the company. During the coronavirus crisis Zalando said it had introduced \"strict preventative measures to keep all employees safe while staying open for business\".\n\n\"We expect our partners to apply similar fundamental priorities and will distance ourselves from those who don't,\" the firm added.\n\nZalando said it will take action \"to address endemic human rights issues identified with Boohoo and in their supply chain\".\n\n\"Only once all corrective actions have been satisfactorily addressed by Boohoo, can a conversation be revisited to discuss the commercial relationship between Zalando and the Boohoo group moving forward.\"\n\nAsos, meanwhile, has temporarily suspended its trading relationship with all Boohoo brands.\n\nIt is understood the suspension will remain pending the outcome of Boohoo's investigation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Hanks criticised those who refuse to wear facemasks\n\nTom Hanks, who recovered from Covid-19 earlier this year, has said he \"has no respect\" for people who decline to wear a mask in public during the pandemic.\n\nThe actor and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus while filming in Australia in March.\n\nMany governments now recommend face coverings, but they are not mandatory in most places.\n\nHanks said: \"I don't get it, I simply do not get it, it is literally the least you can do.\"\n\nThe actor was speaking to the Associated Press about face coverings while promoting his latest film.\n\n\"If anybody wants to build up an argument about doing the least they can do, I wouldn't trust them with a driver's licence,\" he said.\n\n\"I mean, when you drive a car, you've got to obey speed limits, you've got to use your turn signals [indicators], you've got to avoid hitting pedestrians. If you can't do those three things, you shouldn't be driving a car.\n\n\"If you can't wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I've got no respect for you, man. I don't buy your argument.\"\n\nTom Hanks and Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus in March\n\nThe refusal of some members of the public to wear masks is a particular issue in the US, which leads the world in coronavirus deaths and infections.\n\nUS President Donald Trump had previously voiced his opposition to them, but he changed his tone last week, telling Fox News he is \"all for masks\".\n\nHanks is a two-time Oscar winner, taking home the best actor prize for both Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in the 1990s.\n\nHis new film, Greyhound, was originally due to be released in cinemas but will now be screened on Apple TV instead.\n\nMany cinemas around the world remain closed to slow the spread of infections amid the pandemic, but they are now allowed to open in the UK.\n\n\"We are all heartbroken that this movie is not playing in cinemas,\" Hanks told AFP. \"But with that removed as a possibility, we were left with this as a reality.\"\n\nIn another interview with Reuters, Hanks said Greyhound was made for \"a big, massive, immersive experience that can really only come out when you're in a movie theatre with at least 100 other people\".\n\nBut with the coronavirus pandemic, \"we've got to roll with these punches\" and put it online for home viewing, he said.\n\nTom Hanks was named the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille award at the Golden Globes earlier this year\n\nIn the movie, Hanks plays Commander Ernest Krause, a naval officer embarking on his first mission of World War Two.\n\nHanks also wrote the screenplay, adapting it from the 1955 CS Forester novel The Good Shepherd.\n\nIn his three-star review of the film, Empire's Ian Freer said the film was \"a serious, well-intentioned slice of WWII naval history full of compelling detail and good action but lacking the dimensions and dynamics to make you truly feel it\".\n\nDigital Spy's Gabriella Geisinger noted: \"Greyhound really suffers from the small screen. It is meant to be a naval epic, whose high-seas stakes and battles, with gunfire through the dark as sea-spray washes aboard, is made less visceral on a small screen in your relatively-well-lit living room.\"\n\n\"Greyhound is an efficient, satisfying war film,\" wrote Kevin Crust in the Los Angeles Times. \"In that regard, it's a fresh telling of familiar elements, buoyed by the powerfully understated performances.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's understandable that Sony opted to go the digital route in selling Greyhound \"to Apple TV+, but it would have been an especially good film to experience on the big screen in an auditorium.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Workers who have coronavirus tests paid for by their employer will not have to pay tax on them after all.\n\nOn Monday, HMRC said that the tests would be treated as a \"benefit in kind\", and so would be subject to extra income tax for employees.\n\nBut after questions in the House of Commons about the issue, the Treasury granted tax exemption for the tests.\n\nThe exemption will be in effect for any tests that have taken place during the current 2020-21 tax year.\n\n\"Given the importance of widespread testing, we want to ensure that all employers who wish to provide third party testing to their employees can do so without increasing their tax liability,\" a Treasury spokesperson said.\n\n\"So we will introduce a new income tax exemption for Covid-19 antigen tests provided by employers.\n\n\"HMRC will amend their guidance as soon as possible to reflect this change.\"\n\nThe issue had been raised by Treasury Committee chairman Mel Stride.\n\n\"Many employees, especially healthcare and hospitality workers, are required to undergo regular coronavirus testing,\" said Mr Stride.\n\nHe said Monday's guidance from HM Revenue and Customs had been \"unclear\" and would \"worry a large number of workers\".\n\n\"Many of our key workers could be faced with the perverse incentive of avoiding employer-sponsored tests in order to reduce their tax bill,\" he added.\n\nIn the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr Stride urged the chancellor to investigate the issue.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"I'm delighted with him for raising this with me and of course we will look into it very quickly.\"\n\nThat led to the Treasury granting exemption for the tests late on Tuesday evening.\n\nCommenting on the change, Mr Stride said: \"It would not have been right to increase the tax bill for workers every time that they had a coronavirus test. I'm glad that common sense has prevailed.\n\n\"And I'm grateful that the chancellor has listened to the Treasury Committee and reversed this decision so swiftly.\"\n\nBenefits in kind are benefits which employees receive from their employers that are not included in their salary.\n\nThey are often referred to as \"perks\" or \"fringe benefits\", but usually relate to things such as company cars, private medical insurance paid for by the employer and cheap or free loans.\n\nBut some company benefits can be tax-free, such as childcare and canteen meals.\n\nHMRC's guidance published on Monday but withdrawn late on Tuesday stated: \"Coronavirus (Covid-19) testing kits or tests carried out by a third party which have been purchased by you to provide to your employees are treated as a taxable benefit in kind on the employee.\"\n\nUntil the guidance was withdrawn, that meant a cash value would have been assigned to the coronavirus test by the employer, leaving the employee to pay income tax on the amount through PAYE.\n\nRegular Covid-19 tests are currently available through the government testing programme to a wide range of employees.\n\nIf an individual is tested through the government testing programme, there will be no tax liability.\n\nFor example, care home staff can access weekly testing to see whether or not they exhibit symptoms.\n\nIt means that in the vast majority of cases, those who need to be tested can access testing through the government programme.\n\nAs most workers will already be able to access tests for free through the NHS, the Treasury said it expected the new exemption to only affect a small number of individuals.", "Wales' health minister said he was \"really worried\" by scenes of crowds in England at the weekend.\n\nAn \"important milestone\" has been reached in the coronavirus pandemic, but it's not a time for complacency, Wales' health minister has said.\n\nNo new deaths were recorded in Wales on Monday.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Vaughan Gething said: \"It's a milestone on our progress with coronavirus but it's an unfinished journey.\"\n\nHe said he was \"really worried\" by scenes in England after pubs reopened at the weekend.\n\nCalling for caution, Mr Gething added: \"It's really important that we don't see yesterday's announcement as a sign that we can all go back to normal, to the way things were in February and January.\"\n\nHe told BBC Wales that the relatively low level of transmission meant \"we're able to open more areas of activity in a progressive and step-by-step way\".\n\nBut he added \"flare-ups and outbreaks\", such as the cases in Merthyr Tydfil, Wrexham and Anglesey, were a reminder \"we all need to continue to follow the guidance on social distancing as far as possible\".\n\nOn the scenes of crowds ignoring social distancing guidelines in England at the weekend, Mr Gething said: \"I'm really worried and we don't want scenes like that here in Wales.\n\n\"I enjoy going to the pub and having a drink, I enjoy going out for a meal with my family as well. We haven't been able to do that and I understand how frustrating that is for lots and lots of people.\"\n\nBut he said complacency now could cause another increase in deaths later.\n\n\"The risks in throwing that all away could be seen in more people becoming seriously unwell or an increase in those mortality figures and I don't want to see that happening here in Wales,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ineos says the new Bridgend plant will employ 500 people and produce 25,000 cars a year\n\nIneos Automotive has chosen Bridgend for the production of its new 4x4 vehicle, it has been announced.\n\nIt is expected to initially create around 200 jobs to make the Grenadier, and up to 500 in the long-term.\n\nThe company is building a manufacturing and assembly plant and plans to begin production in 2021.\n\nIt has received support from the Welsh Government, and funding from the UK Government as part of a competition to develop new technologies.\n\nThe new plant is being built at Brocastle, close to Ford Bridgend, which is to close in 2020 with the loss of 1,700 jobs.\n\nSome of the skills Ineos requires will be transferable from Ford, the company said.\n\nIt is not known how much public funding Ineos will receive, but it is planning to invest £600m in the new car, inspired by the original Land Rover Defender which went out of production in 2016.\n\nThe plant will be built on a new site at Brocastle in Bridgend\n\nThe new model is likely to face significant competition.\n\nLast week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar Land Rover launched their new version of the Defender, a modern car which has also been inspired by the original machine.\n\nAt peak production, it is hoped 25,000 vehicles a year will roll off the line at the new 250,000 sq ft (23,250 sq m) Bridgend site.\n\nKey parts for the Ineos vehicle - including the body and chassis - will be built at a second factory in Portugal before being brought to Bridgend for assembly.\n\nBMW will supply the engines, and engineering assistance will be provided by another German company, MBTech.\n\nIneos Group chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe said it had seen \"lots of good options to choose from\" for a manufacturing facility.\n\nSir Jim Ratcliffe says the car aims to be the \"spiritual successor\" to the Land Rover Defender (pictured)\n\n\"The decision to build in the UK is a significant expression of confidence in British manufacturing,\" he said.\n\nThe Welsh Economy Minister Ken Skates said their work to support Bridgend in the run up to the closure of Ford would \"not stop here\".\n\n\"We will continue to do all we can to attract new business opportunities,\" he said.\n\nFord opened in Bridgend in 1980 but is due to close the plant in 2020\n\nThe Welsh Government also said the company was in talks with two Wales-based component supply companies to support their work.\n\nThe UK government's competition funding was aimed at technologies for the motor industry's transition to zero-emission vehicles.\n\nThe Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns described the Ineos investment as a \"welcome boost\" and said they had been supporting the industry through their industrial strategy.\n\n\"There have been some significant automotive investments to Wales over the last few years, including at Aston Martin in St Athan and together with the Welsh Government we will continue to provide incentives for firms like Ineos to make Wales their home,\" he said.\n\nTom Crotty, a director of Ineos Group, told BBC Wales the Welsh Government's funding and general support was more significant than that received from the UK government - although Mr Cairns had been helpful, he added.\n\nHe would not be drawn on the exact level of Welsh Government funding, but said it was below the rumoured £13m. It was not the deciding factor he added, and the grant was linked to the creation of jobs.\n\n\"It's a great area with an industrial tradition, and... there's some really great skilled people and we're going to need up to 500 really skilled people,\" he said.\n\nOn Brexit, he emphasised the investment did not depend on a withdrawal deal being struck with the EU, but said the company had made no secret of supporting Theresa May's deal and a continued open market across Europe.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ken Skates This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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End of twitter post 2 by UK Government in Wales\n\nThe plant is being constructed on a 14-acre (five hectare) plot of land it is buying at market value from the Welsh Government.\n\nThe Welsh Government said the new business area, Brocastle Business Park, next to the established Bridgend Industrial Estate, will be able to accommodate a further 500,000 sq ft (46,500 sq m) of space.\n\nThe closure of Ford Bridgend was one of a series of recent blows to the automotive industry in Wales, which included the closure of Schaeffler in Llanelli and job losses at Calsonic Kansei in the town.\n\nPeter Hughes, Unite Wales regional secretary described the Ineos decision as \"welcome news\" but highlighted it was not enough on its own to mitigate the loss of the 1,700 Ford jobs.\n\n\"The Welsh Government must ensure that Ineos lives up to the standards of what we expect in Wales from socially responsible employers. It is imperative that the jobs being created are of the highest quality, well paid and unionised,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "No 10 has rejected calls for Boris Johnson to apologise after he said \"too many care homes didn't really follow procedures\" over coronavirus.\n\nLabour called the PM's comments \"crass\" and said government advice to care homes had been \"conflicting\".\n\nAnd one union accused the PM of blaming care workers for government \"failings\".\n\nBut Downing Street said Mr Johnson had been pointing out that not enough was known about the virus in the early stages of the outbreak.\n\nThe PM's official spokesman added that the care homes had \"done a brilliant job under very difficult circumstances\" and the government had \"put in place rigorous testing and additional funding\".\n\nCare homes were hit particularly badly by the coronavirus with nearly 20,000 people confirmed to have died of coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales since the outbreak.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said people were \"insulted\" by Mr Johnson's \"crass remarks\".\n\n\"Care providers were sent conflicting guidance throughout this outbreak, staff could not access testing until mid-April and are still not tested routinely, PPE supplies have been inadequate, thousands of families have lost their loved ones in care homes to this disease, care workers themselves have died on the front line,\" he told MPs.\n\nHe called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise for the PM's remarks.\n\nMr Hancock said the prime minister had been \"explaining that because asymptomatic transmission was not known about, the correct procedures were therefore not known\".\n\nRegular tests for care home staff and residents are to be rolled out from next week\n\nHe added: \"We've been constantly learning about this virus from the start and improving procedures all the way through and I pay tribute to the care homes in this country who have done so much to care for the most vulnerable throughout the crisis.\"\n\nSpeaking in the House of Lords another government minister, Lord Greenhalgh, admitted that guidance given to care homes during the initial stages of the pandemic was \"not as clear as it could have been\".\n\nMark Adams, who runs the charity Community Integrated Care, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the prime minister's comments were \"cowardly\" and a \"travesty of leadership\".\n\nAnd Unison, a trade union which represents workers providing public services, said: \"It's despicable for Boris Johnson to blame incredible, dedicated care workers for his own government's failings.\n\n\"Care staff have kept working throughout to help the vulnerable, putting their own health at risk with little or no protective kit and without testing.\n\n\"The prime minister should be ashamed, take responsibility and commit to proper, lasting reform of social care.\"\n\nBehind the scenes in the government, there is a frustration the care sector has escaped largely blame free from the crisis.\n\nCare homes are not government-run. On the whole they are owned and operated by private firms.\n\nAs you would expert in a network of more than 14,000 homes there is a variation in performances and practices.\n\nNot all care homes have seen outbreaks - and that, of course, means questions should be asked. But the sector is right to complain that guidance, certainly at the start, was changing all the time.\n\nThe big national effort on PPE was focused on the NHS, leaving some homes severely lacking in equipment as their supply chains dried up or could not cope.\n\nThe roll-out of testing was slow - it is only now that residents and staff are to get regular testing, vital if those who are infected but don't show symptoms are to be spotted.\n\nThis virus is very tricky to contain and the UK is not alone in struggling to protect care homes.\n\nBut no debate would be complete without mention of funding.\n\nThe overhaul of the system has been talked about for years, but nothing has been done, leaving some services in a precarious position. The virus has certainly exploited that.\n\nOn Sunday, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC that plans to adequately fund the social care sector needed to be in place within a year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked on Monday about his remarks, Mr Johnson said: \"One of the things the crisis has shown is we need to think about how we organise our social care package better and how we make sure we look after people better who are in social care.\n\n\"We discovered too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we're learning lessons the whole time.\"\n\nDuring the 2019 election, the Conservatives promised an extra £1bn per year for social care in England over the next five years.\n\nThe government has given an extra £3.2bn in emergency Covid-19 funds to English councils, which can be put towards helping with social care costs.\n\nIt has also promised an additional £600m for care homes to help with controlling infections.", "The Royal Society says the UK lags behind in setting clear policies on face coverings and on using them\n\nThe Welsh Government is \"continuing to look\" at evidence on whether face coverings should be mandatory in public places, the health minister has said.\n\nThe head of the UK's national academy of science said everyone should wear a face covering in crowded public spaces.\n\nPeople in Wales are advised, but not required, to wear face coverings if social distancing is not possible.\n\nVaughan Gething said the Welsh Government was \"actively considering what is the right thing to do\".\n\nHe said he would look at evidence from the scientific advisory group SAGE and consult Wales' Chief Medical Officer Frank Atherton about whether to change guidance.\n\nRoyal Society President Prof Sir Venki Ramakrishnan said the UK was \"way behind\" many countries in their usage and there was evidence that they protected both the wearer and those around them.\n\nThe Welsh Government has recommended in Wales that people wear three-layer face coverings on public transport and other situations where they cannot avoid being closer than 2m to others.\n\nAnswering journalists' questions at a news conference on Tuesday, Mr Gething said: \"At this point we are continuing to look at the evidence and today's comments are part of what we'll need to consider doing as we help to keep Wales safe now and in the future.\"\n\nMr Gething said he did recognise face coverings gave some people an \"extra element\" of reassurance, but he was also concerned that the wearing of them may encourage some people to take more risks.\n\n\"It's entirely possible we'll need to make a different choice in the near future for the longer term - so I wouldn't want to try and set up a position which says absolutely no, never, we'll never change our position on masks and face coverings, but we'll do so at a time where its the right thing to do to help keep all of us safe,\" he added.\n\nVaughan Gething said he will look at evidence from the scientific advisory group SAGE\n\nFace coverings are compulsory on public transport in England, where they should also be worn in hospitals by staff, outpatients and visitors.\n\nIn Scotland, masks are mandatory on public transport, and will be in shops from 10 July.\n\nPlans to make wearing face masks on public transport compulsory in Northern Ireland have been put on hold, pending legal clarification.\n\nSpeaking as the Royal Society published two reports on face coverings, Prof Ramakrishnan said the public remained \"sceptical\" about their benefits because \"the message has not been clear enough\" and guidelines have been inconsistent.\n\n\"What we would like for the government is to be a bit stronger and clearer about the messaging and require it whenever you are in crowded public spaces where you cannot get more than two metres away from the next person,\" he said\n\n\"If you're in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask.\"\n\nEndorsing his call, Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"Just as Scotland has now made face masks compulsory in shops and public transport, Welsh Government should provide a clear, unambiguous directive and make the wearing of face coverings a requirement in certain public places.\"\n\n\"The battle to bring down the transmission rate and stamp out the virus continues, and face coverings have a part to play in that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Masks should be used on public transport and places like supermarkets, say these people\n\nAngelo Mazzeo, from the south west of England, was at Newport station to pick up a friend before they drove to Leeds in his open top car.\n\nHe said he always tries to wear a mask in public areas like the supermarket or on trains and believes it is an important way to reduce the R rate across the UK.\n\nHe said: \"I think you know in crowded public areas like public transport or supermarkets, I think everyone should wear a mask, it will just keep that R value below one which will eventually kill the virus off.\"\n\nHe added: \"I think there should be a harmonious discussion between England, Wales and Scotland - I think face masks are important and it gives us all a reminder that the virus is still with us.\"\n\nLouise Pirouet: \"I think it's not good that in Wales it's not mandatory to wear them\"\n\nLouise Pirouet, who was catching a train from Newport station, believes it is vitally important to wear a mask on public transport and in public for the safety of others.\n\nShe feels, \"why should I wear a mask and not you?\"\n\nShe said: \"I've noticed on the train when people are going to England they do wear them then on the train, but when you come into Wales they don't.\"\n\nShe added: \"I think it's not good that in Wales it's not mandatory to wear them, I think that everyone should wear them on public transport in Wales, the same as England.\"\n\nCraig Higgins, who lives in Gelli in Rhondda Cynon Taf, was carrying out a site survey for a prospective cycle hire scheme in Newport city centre.\n\nHe believes wearing a mask \"gives a false sense of security\".\n\nHe says governments across the UK have not coordinated as well as they could have.\n\nHe said: \"There has been some communication between them all, I think that's fair to say.\n\n\"They've obviously taken their own stances because of those devolved powers, which is fine.\n\n\"But I think that lack of co-ordination between all of them is a bit confusing, having one rule for one place and one rule for another.\"", "Bianca Williams won European and Commonwealth gold in the 4x100m relay in 2018\n\nMet Police bosses say they want to speak to a Team GB sprinter who is accusing officers of racially profiling her in a stop and search.\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese 400m runner, were stopped in Maida Vale, west London on Saturday.\n\nMs Williams, whose three-month-old son was in the car at the time, called it an \"awful experience\".\n\nCdr Helen Harper said she was \"really keen\" to speak to the couple \"to discuss... the concerns they have\".\n\nThe Met had said that officers were patrolling the area in which Ms Williams was stopped because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nBut the European and Commonwealth Games gold medallist believes the couple were targeted because they are black and were driving a Mercedes.\n\n\"They [the officers] said there's a lot of youth violence and stabbings in the area and that the car looked very suspicious,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"They see a black male driving a nice car, an all-black car, and they assume that he was involved in some sort of gang, drug, violence problem.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the stop was shared widely on Twitter after being posted by former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who questioned why the vehicle had been targeted\n\nIn a statement on Sunday evening the Met said the Mercedes was stopped after it was seen driving suspiciously, including being on the wrong side of the road, and that the driver had sped off when asked to stop.\n\nBut this was rejected by Ms Williams, who said: \"That is false, we were never on the wrong side of the road. We were driving down through single-width roads.\n\n\"We only found out about us driving on the wrong side of the road once they tweeted.\n\n\"This isn't the first or fourth or fifth time, it must be about the 10th. It's getting ridiculous.\n\n\"We are planning on taking it down the legal route. I feel very hurt by their actions, and to witness my partner being taken away and for me to be taken away from my son, my heart hurts.\"\n\nMr Dos Santos and Ms Williams say police handcuffed them while their son was in the car\n\nThe Met said officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards had reviewed footage from social media and officers' bodycams and were satisfied there was no concern around the officers' conduct during the stop and search of the two athletes.\n\n\"That does not mean there isn't something to be learnt from every interaction we have with the public,\" Cdr Helen Harper said.\n\n\"We want to listen to, and speak with, those who raise concerns, to understand more about the issues raised and what more we can do to explain police actions.\n\n\"Where we could have interacted in a better way, we need to consider what we should have done differently and take on that learning for the future.\"\n\nSocial media clips of police incidents must be treated with great care.\n\nOften what you see is a short segment of an event that has gone on for some time; background information and context are seldom provided.\n\nIn this case, there are conflicting accounts as to what happened and why - which only an investigation is likely to resolve.\n\nNevertheless, the incident has reignited claims stop and search is being targeted at black people, particularly young men, and has given rise to concerns that handcuffs are being deployed unnecessarily, despite police guidance saying they should not be.\n\nIt appears the tactic, which Scotland Yard says has helped to reduce knife violence in London, remains as controversial and divisive as it's always been.\n\nSpeaking at a remote hearing of the House of Commons Human Rights Committee earlier, Baroness Lawrence said it was \"ludicrous\" that black people could not drive around in expensive cars.\n\n\"Stop and search will continue to be an element young people go through on a day-to-day basis,\" said the campaigner, whose murdered son was failed by an \"institutionally racist\" Met Police.\n\n\"And when they are stopped, it is not just one officer or two officers, you have six or seven officers standing around one individual, a young person who is probably frightened to death because he doesn't know what is going to happen to him.\n\n\"So if now people have mobile phones and start recording what is happening to them, we have the issues where police say it is one thing and the individual says it's another, and the authority believes the police over the individual.\n\n\"That is something that continues to happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The mother of Stephen Lawrence described being stopped by police while driving home after midnight\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said he took allegations of racial profiling \"extremely seriously\" and he had raised the case with the Met.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Complaints said it has not yet received an official complaint.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bianca Williams won European and Commonwealth gold in the 4x100m relay in 2018\n\nThe Met has referred itself to the policing watchdog over the controversial stop-and-search of a British sprinter in west London.\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese 400m runner, were stopped in Maida Vale on Saturday.\n\nCommonwealth Games gold medallist Williams, 26, accused the Met of racially profiling her partner for driving a black Mercedes.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate.\n\nFootage of the stop and search has been shared widely on social media.\n\nIn a statement the Met said the decision to refer to the IOPC had been taken \"due to the complaint being recorded and the significant public interest\".\n\n\"Two reviews of the circumstances by the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards have not identified misconduct for any officer involved,\" the force added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the stop was shared widely on Twitter after being posted by former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who questioned why the vehicle had been targeted\n\nThe Met had said officers were patrolling the area in which Ms Williams was stopped because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nBut Ms Williams believes she and her partner were targeted because they are black and were driving a Mercedes.\n\n\"They [the officers] said there's a lot of youth violence and stabbings in the area and that the car looked very suspicious,\" she said on Monday.\n\n\"They see a black male driving a nice car, an all-black car, and they assume that he was involved in some sort of gang, drug, violence problem.\"\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan told the BBC he was \"pleased\" that the Met had referred the case as \"it's really important that Londoners have trust and confidence in the police and the way the police are policed\".\n\n\"There are concerns about the how the police behaved so it's right and proper that those concerns are looked into,\" he said.\n\nKen Marsh, chairman of the Met Police Federation, said it had been supporting officers involved in the incident and called on the IOPC to \"conclude their work in a fair and timely fashion\".\n\nHe added that \"a short clip of an incident widely shared on social media does not always tell the full operational policing story\".\n\nThe police watchdog is also investigating a video of a white officer from Cambridgeshire Police quizzing a black driver which was shot in Ely in 2015 and was shared on Facebook in June as Black Lives Matter protests took place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nA man has admitted murdering his wife and her new partner on New Year's Day.\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, were found stabbed to death at a house in Duffield, Derbyshire, in the early hours of 1 January.\n\nDerby Crown Court heard Rhys Hancock called police at about 04:20 GMT to say he was at his former marital home and admitted murdering the couple.\n\nHancock, of Etwall in Derbyshire, pleaded guilty to both murders.\n\nThe 40-year-old former head teacher will be sentenced at a date to be fixed.\n\nPolice officers found the bodies of mother-of-three Ms Hancock and father-of-two Mr Griffiths in the house.\n\nAn inquest heard both had suffered multiple stab wounds and there was a blunt trauma injury to Ms Hancock's right eye.\n\nA previous court hearing was told Hancock had found out about his wife's new relationship on 26 December.\n\nRhys Hancock will be sentenced at a later date\n\nHancock's mother had called police just after 04:00 warning them he had left the house with two knives after earlier telling her he \"felt like killing them\".\n\nA phone operator tried to call Ms Hancock's mobile number but it went to voicemail.\n\nFollowing the husband's call, a police dog handler was the first to arrive at the scene and ordered Hancock to the floor before arresting him.\n\nBoth victims were found in a bedroom with multiple stab wounds.\n\nMr Griffiths had already died but paramedics battled for more than 15 minutes to resuscitate Ms Hancock before she was pronounced dead.\n\nA pathologist's report quoted at her inquest stated: \"A knife was recovered from the abdomen. The whole of the knife being within the body.\"\n\nMs Hancock and Mr Griffiths were found at a house in Duffield\n\nA close friend of Ms Hancock, who worked as a PE teacher in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, said she had been \"loving life\" in the months leading up to the killings and had climbed Snowdon with her new partner just days before they died.\n\nHer family described her as \"a lovely, beautiful, friendly, bubbly and social person\".\n\nThe family of Mr Griffiths said he was \"a lovely dad, husband, son, brother and uncle who had a passion for adventure, running and a love of animals\".\n\nThe case had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to contact between Derbyshire Police and Ms Hancock in the period leading up to the murders.\n\nAn IOPC spokesperson said: \"We are close to finalising our investigation and we will consider releasing our findings when all associated proceedings, including coronial, have been concluded.\"\n\nThey added the police contact related to \"a number of domestic incidents over a period of time\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eric Joyce, seen here in 2015, admitted a child sexual offence\n\nEx-Labour MP and former Army officer Eric Joyce has been told he faces jail after he admitted having an indecent movie of a child.\n\nJoyce, 59, had a film on a device that \"depicts a number of children\" with one said to be 12 months old, Ipswich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe former shadow minister was arrested in November 2018.\n\nHe was granted bail and ordered to sign the sex offenders register. He is due to be sentenced on 7 August.\n\nJoyce, of Worlingworth, Suffolk, pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child.\n\nHe was the Labour MP for Falkirk in Stirlingshire between 2000 and 2012 before leaving the party to serve as an independent.\n\nThe court heard the 51-second category A film - the most serious there is - was accessed by Joyce between August 2013 and November 2018.\n\nJudge Emma Peters said Joyce, who appeared at court in person, \"says he accesses it via an email which he says was a spam email\".\n\n\"At the time he was drinking heavily and he has now undergone work with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation and a psychotherapist,\" the judge said.\n\nJoyce in a Metropolitan Police handout after he was convicted of assaulting two teenagers in London in 2014\n\nShe said the court \"takes such incidents very seriously\" as they \"fuel the abuse of children\" and warned Joyce the offence crosses the custody threshold.\n\n\"It's going to be a question of whether it's immediate or suspended,\" she added.\n\nWhile a Labour MP, Joyce held the post of shadow Northern Ireland minister in 2010.\n\nHe stepped down before the 2015 general election.\n\nJoyce originally joined the Army in 1977 before serving for 21 years, during which he rose to the rank of major.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands following the discovery of seven shipping containers converted into cells and torture chambers.\n\nThe containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked encrypted phones used by criminals.\n\nDutch police said the containers were found before they were used, and potential victims were now in hiding.\n\nInside the containers was a dentist chair with straps and handcuffs.\n\nPolice also found a building in Rotterdam, which they believe was another criminal base.\n\nThe suspects were arrested on 22 June following a Franco-Dutch operation to infiltrate the EncroChat encrypted phone system.\n\nPolice intercepted millions of messages including that of one of the suspects, a 40-year-old man from The Hague. Investigators were able to access his contacts via an Encrochat phone.\n\nAfter locating the containers in April in Wouwse Plantage, near the Belgian border, police put the area under observation and found that multiple men were working on them almost every day. When the containers were almost finished, investigators decided to intervene.\n\nA video posted online by police shows officers arresting the suspects and also entering the containers.\n\nOfficers found handcuffs attached to the floors and ceilings of the structures, which had also been soundproofed.\n\nIn one container, they also discovered police clothing and bulletproof vests. In another, they located pruning shears, scalpels and balaclavas.\n\nTwo of the suspects have also been detained for possession of weapons.\n\nThe arrests are among 800 made across Europe after EncroChat messages were intercepted and decoded.\n\nEncroChat, which has now been taken down, was based in France and had an estimated 60,000 subscribers.\n\nIt operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided \"worry-free secure communications\".\n\nCustomers were able to access features such as self-destructing messages, which deleted from the recipient's device after a certain amount of time.\n\nThe system also had a panic wipe, which meant all data could be removed from the device by entering a four-digit code from the lock-screen.\n\nGangs are believed to have used the devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Tom Symonds is shown how a customised Android phone with EncroChat installed works", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Green from Lighthouse Kitchen: \"We could have opened today but chose not to as I think that's the right thing\"\n\nA number of pubs in England have shut after customers tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nAt least three establishments announced they had shut their doors again just days after reopening at the weekend.\n\nThey were among hundreds of venues that welcomed customers after three months as lockdown measures were eased - most apparently with no problem.\n\nBut crowds descending in some towns and cities prompted fears social distancing was being disregarded.\n\nThe Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, said it was \"slowly\" working through a list of customers who had left details at the weekend and that all staff had tested negative for the virus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The closures come after large crowds of people visited pubs across England, including London's Soho district\n\nIn Batley, West Yorkshire, the Fox and Hounds said a customer had phoned to say they had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile the landlord of the Village Home Pub in Alverstoke, Hampshire, said his team were awaiting test results after someone in a member of staff's \"family bubble\" tested positive.\n\nJess Green, manager of the Lighthouse Kitchen, told BBC Points West she decided to close to \"put everyone's health and safety first\".\n\n\"I felt I had to keep my customers and my staff safe which is why I chose to shut the pub. I'm gutted, but safety comes first.\n\n\"We could have opened today but chose not to as I think that's the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Fox and Hounds in Batley, West Yorkshire, said a customer phoned to say they had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nSaagar takeaway in Burnham will be closed until Friday\n\nIndian takeaway Saagar, also in Burnham, said it would be closing until Friday to undergo a deep clean after one of its drivers had been to the Lighthouse Kitchen, along with bar the Vape Escape, which has also closed for a full clean after a customer's positive test.\n\nLeanne Underhill, owner of the Vape Escape, told burnham-on-sea.com all staff tests had been negative and customers in the bar on Saturday have been contacted, in accordance with government advice.\n\nSomerset County Council said it was not treating the case as an \"outbreak\" and asked people to keep to social distancing guidelines and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe Fox and Hounds said staff had taken tests and the venue would be deep-cleaned prior to reopening.\n\nThe Batley pub said it had taken a number of measures ahead of Saturday's reopening, including limiting numbers allowed inside, a one-way system around the building and a one-in one-out policy on use of toilets.\n\nGeorgia Gosling visited the Fox and Hounds over the weekend and said it had \"all the right procedures in place\" but called the news a \"wake-up call\".\n\n\"We were told to get a test and luckily everyone I know has come back negative,\" she said.\n\nDespite saying she was \"a bit scared to go out now\", Ms Gosling said she would return to the pub once it reopened.\n\n\"I've been going there for years and once they've done a deep clean it's not like it's contagious forever. I'll definitely will go back.\"\n\nThe Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham said it was contacting customers\n\nCustomers of the Village Home who had visited at the weekend have been told there was \"no need to isolate\" unless they showed symptoms or were contacted by tracers.\n\nLandlord Robby Roberts said: \"A member of staff, one of my barmaids, has someone in her family bubble who has tested positive.\"\n\nHe said she was on shift on Saturday when the pub was open for 11-and-a-half hours and about 150 customers visited.\n\n\"All five staff who were on shift on Saturday have now been tested and we are waiting for the results,\" he said.\n\n\"The pub is being deep cleaned and I have contacted the council. I am awaiting advice from them.\"\n\nA second pub in Alverstoke, The Fighting Cocks, has announced it will also close temporarily despite \"having no suspected or confirmed cases\".\n\nThe pub said on Facebook it \"cannot guarantee that someone who has been in contact with a confirmed case has not been in the pub, nor will they come in over the coming days\".\n\nThe Village Home Pub in Alverstoke hopes to reopen on Saturday but the decision will depend on advice from the council\n\nCrowds were seen across England on \"Super Saturday\", as thousands flocked to enjoy a pint.\n\nThere were reports of arrests and early venue closures around the country, but police said a majority of people had acted responsibly.\n\nUK pub and hospitality trade bodies have published guidance for bars and restaurants on how to operate contact tracing.\n\nContact details only need to be taken from one person in a group and must be kept for 21 days.\n\nOwners are also asked to note the arrival times of customers and how long they stay. People can refuse to give information, but owners can choose not to serve them.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Paulinho Paiakan was a chief of the Kayapó people\n\nOne of the best-known indigenous defenders of the Amazon rainforest has died with coronavirus in Brazil, where the disease continues its rapid spread.\n\nPaulinho Paiakan, chief of the Kayapó people, came to international attention in the 1980s in the fight against Belo Monte, one of the world's largest dams.\n\nHe was around 65. In 1998, he was convicted of the rape of an 18-year-old, a case that hurt his reputation.\n\nThe country is among the world's worst affected, and the outbreak is believed to be weeks away from its peak. Brazil has the second-highest numbers of infections - over 955,000 - and deaths, more than 46,500, after the US.\n\nPaiakan was one of the most important indigenous voices during Brazil's return to democracy in the 1980s, and helped lead the campaign for the creation of large indigenous reserves in the Amazon.\n\nAlongside Kayapó chief Raoni and musician Sting, he brought attention to the impact of the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu river, in the Amazon. After many hurdles, a modified project was eventually built, and operation started in 2016.\n\nHe also fought to expel illegal miners and loggers from indigenous areas.\n\nBut his image was stained in 1992, after a student accused him of rape, a case that had worldwide repercussions. His allies argued the claim was fabricated to tarnish Paiakan's reputation and to silence him.\n\nAfter a long legal process, he was sentenced to six years in jail in 1998, but served only part of it under house arrest on his indigenous reserve in the northern state of Pará. His wife was found guilty of assisting him in the attack.\n\nReacting to his death on Wednesday at a hospital in Pará, the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Association (Apib) described Paiakan as a \"father, leader and warrior\" for indigenous peoples and the environment.\n\nGert-Peter Bruch, founder of environmental group Planet Amazon, told AFP news agency: \"He worked all his life to build worldwide alliances around indigenous peoples to save the Amazon. He was far ahead of his time. We've lost an extremely valuable guide.\"\n\nIndigenous communities have been hit hard by the virus\n\nAcross Brazil's Amazon region, more than 280 indigenous people have died with coronavirus, according to Apib. There are special concerns about the outbreak in the area, where hospitals are underfunded and access to remote areas is difficult.\n\nPará, home to tens of thousands of indigenous people, has become one of the hardest-hit states in the country.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mike Ryan, emergencies programme head at the World Health Organization (WHO), said the outbreak in Brazil was still \"quite severe\", and that the moment was of \"extreme caution\".\n\nFar-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who initially described the virus as a \"little flu\", has been heavily criticised at home and abroad for his handling of the crisis. He has refused to follow WHO advice and two health ministers have left the job over disagreements with the president.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ordinary people in Brazil are taking on extraordinary roles to help their cities cope\n\nEarlier this month, his government stopped publishing data about the virus. It was forced to reverse the decision after being accused of trying to manipulate the numbers.\n\nMr Bolsonaro has also repeatedly criticised state and local authorities for imposing restrictions that have shut down large cities across the country. The measures have started to be lifted in some areas.\n• None Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus", "Students could face deportation if they do not comply with the rules\n\nForeign students will not be allowed to stay in the US this autumn if their universities have moved classes fully online, unless they switch to a course with in-person tuition.\n\nThe US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said people could face deportation if they do not comply with the rules.\n\nMany universities are moving classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt is not clear how many students will be affected.\n\nLarge numbers of foreign students travel to the US to study every year and are a significant source of revenue for universities as many pay full tuition.\n\nHarvard has announced all course instruction will be delivered online when students return for the new academic year, including those living at the university.\n\nThe Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which is run by ICE, had permitted foreign students to continue with their spring and summer 2020 courses online while remaining in the country.\n\nBut Monday's announcement said foreign students who remain in the US while enrolled in online courses and fail to switch to in-person courses could face \"immigration consequences including, but not limited to, the initiation of removal proceedings\".\n\nThe rule applies to holders of F-1 and M-1 visas, which are for academic and vocational students. The State Department issued 388,839 F visas and 9,518 M visas in the fiscal year 2019, according to the agency's data.\n\nAccording to the US Commerce Department, international students contributed $45 billion (£36 billion) to the country's economy in 2018.", "Johnny Depp was pictured arriving at the High Court in London on Tuesday morning\n\nClaims that Johnny Depp was violent towards ex-wife Amber Heard are \"complete lies\", his lawyers have told the High Court.\n\nThe actor is suing the publisher of the Sun - News Group Newspapers (NGN) - and executive editor Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\".\n\nMr Depp has strenuously denied that he was violent towards Ms Heard.\n\nBut NGN lawyers said the \"wife beater\" description was \"entirely accurate\".\n\nBoth Mr Depp and Ms Heard were in court in London on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a written outline of the Hollywood star's case, his barrister, David Sherborne, said the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\" against Mr Depp, accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard and \"inflicting such serious injuries that she feared for her life\".\n\nMr Sherborne said: \"The articles amount to a full-scale attack on the claimant as a 'wife beater', guilty of the most horrendous physical abuse.\"\n\nHe added: \"The claimant's position is clear - Ms Heard's allegations are complete lies.\n\n\"The claimant was not violent towards Ms Heard, it was she who was violent to him.\"\n\nAmber Heard wore a face covering as she turned up at the High Court\n\nDuring a day of cross-examination by Sasha Wass QC, barrister for NGN, she argued there was a \"nasty\" side to Mr Depp's character.\n\nShe later suggested Mr Depp \"regularly engaged in destructive and violent behaviour\", which the actor denied.\n\nThe court was shown a video, recorded by Ms Heard without Mr Depp's knowledge, in which he was shown pacing around a room, swearing and kicking a cabinet.\n\nAsked by Ms Wass if he would agree he was violent in the clip, Mr Depp replied: \"I was violent with some cupboards.\"\n\nHe added: \"Clearly, I wasn't in the best state of mind.\"\n\nMr Depp was also questioned about his use of drugs and said there had been \"an internal fight in me in terms of alcohol and drugs and other numbing agents throughout my life, from the age of 11\", when he first took one of his mother's \"nerve pills\".\n\nAs part of its defence, NGN alleges Mr Depp was \"controlling and verbally and physically abusive towards Ms Heard, particularly when he was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs\".\n\nIn witness statements filed as part of the case, Mr Depp said he has never abused Ms Heard, or any other woman, in his life and alleged Ms Heard was \"calculating\", \"sociopathic\" and \"a narcissist\".\n\n\"I am now convinced that she came into my life to take from me anything worth taking, and then destroy what remained of it,\" he said.\n\nMr Depp said the pair sought the help of a marriage counsellor who he says confirmed to him that Ms Heard had a \"borderline, toxic narcissistic personality disorder and is a sociopath\".\n\nIn his witness statements he also accused Ms Heard of repeatedly punching him in the face and severing his finger by throwing a vodka bottle at him.\n\nNGN previously tried to have the case thrown out, but Mr Justice Nicol ruled last week the case could go ahead.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, 57, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He married the Aquaman and The Danish Girl actress, now 34, in February 2015, but she filed for divorce after 15 months.\n\nA defamation action is a civil law claim and can be brought if someone publishes to other people a statement about you which has either caused your reputation serious harm or is likely to cause it serious harm.\n\nThere are four possible defences to defamation. Firstly, that the statement about you is true. Secondly, that it was not a statement of fact but an honest opinion. Thirdly, that publication was justified because it was on a matter of public interest, and finally that it was protected by \"privilege\".\n\nHowever, defamation actions work differently from many civil actions such as breach of contract, where the burden of proving the \"wrong\" lies with the person bringing the claim. In defamation, that person has to show that the statement about them has a defamatory meaning - ie that it lowers them in the minds of right-thinking members of society.\n\n\"Meaning\" is now decided by a judge at an early, pre-trial stage. Many cases settle after the judge has ruled on meaning, but if a claim does go to trial, the burden then lies with the publisher to prove, for example, that the statement was substantially true. This is when the gloves come off and personal reputations and behaviour come under intense scrutiny.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email us at entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Farzad Saadat, an anaesthetic registrar at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, is among those seeking action\n\nPoor air quality and climate change pose a bigger threat to people's health and the economy than coronavirus, NHS staff have warned.\n\nBBC Wales has seen a letter sent on behalf of hundreds of healthcare workers to the Welsh Government.\n\nIt calls for environmental issues to be prioritised as part of a \"healthy recovery\" following the pandemic.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was \"committed\" to a green recovery.\n\nThe letter calls for scientific advisors to be involved in developing economic policy in the aftermath of the pandemic.\n\nEfforts to pedestrianise cities, encourage walking and cycling, and increasing how much energy is supplied by renewable sources should be sped up, it says, as well as businesses getting money to help cut energy consumption and waste.\n\nNHS workers want scientists involved in planning for a post-coronavirus Wales\n\nAnaesthetic registrar at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, Dr Farzad Saadat, said: \"What we're asking is that the government put clean air, clean energy and a cleaner environment at the centre of their policies for the future.\"\n\nThe Welsh Environmental Anaesthesia Network (WEAN), one of the organisations behind the letter, has worked with hospitals across Wales for the past 18 months to cut back on emissions of potent, planet-warming gases involved in treatment.\n\nThis has resulted in a cut of 130,000kg of CO2 per month \"the same as flying to New York 130 times,\" said Dr Saadat, a WEAN member.\n\nHe added: \"There's growing evidence, for instance, that air pollution makes us more susceptible to the disease and makes us more likely to have a bad outcome should we get it.\n\n\"There's convincing evidence too that diseases like Covid-19 are more likely to emerge as we destroy the natural world.\"\n\nYasmina Hamdaoui says people \"can't ignore the impact damage to the environment is having on our health\"\n\nYsbyty Gwynedd Green Group has also signed the letter.\n\nMember Yasmina Hamdaoui, a pharmacist, said pollution could lead to - and exacerbate - cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with possible links also to dementia and diabetes, as well as weight gain in babies and lung development in children.\n\n\"We've seen during this period that we have the ability to make drastic changes to our way of life when we need to. We want to learn from these changes and not just return to old habits.\"\n\nShe said the letter was inspired by another sent to leaders of the G20 countries by more than 350 groups representing 40 million healthcare workers.\n\n\"This is our attempt to do something at a more local level, join forces as Welsh organisations and call on the Welsh Government to make a commitment too,\" she added.\n\nAir quality in parts of Cardiff ranks among the worst in the UK when population is taken into account, and government data shows Wales has the highest levels of CO2 per capita emissions in the UK.\n\n\"Our record to date hasn't always been the best,\" Dr Saadat said.\n\n\"While I do think the Welsh Government have been active, the reality is we have to do better - we don't have a choice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could coronavirus be the environment's big moment?\n\nMathew Norman, of Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation in Wales, backs the plan: \"The cost of air pollution to our NHS is £1bn pounds a year - that's just in Wales.\n\n\"If we improve air quality, we're not just improving the nation's health and our environment we'll also be helping the NHS.\"\n\nThe circumstances surrounding coronavirus could provide an opportunity to \"fast-forward\" some of the changes required, he suggested.\n\n\"More of us are working from home, we've seen in Cardiff and elsewhere measures to transform the city centre, bringing in cycling infrastructure and pedestrianising whole streets. All of this will limit the amount of pollution we emit.\"\n\nTracy Cross hopes air quality in Cardiff does not return to pre-lockdown levels\n\nTracy Cross, of Llanishen, Cardiff, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma and said every breath was like \"breathing through straws\".\n\nShe has noticed a \"huge change\" in air quality during lockdown.\n\n\"It used to make my chest feel really tight and restricted and I had to risk assess every time I wanted to go out. But during lockdown it's been fantastic - I've been able to get out a lot more into the garden with my children.\"\n\nMs Cross said it was important things did not revert to \"normal\" as there would be many people with lung conditions who have lost fitness while shielding at home and deteriorating air quality would lead to \"a lot more people suffering\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said it was \"committed to a green and socially just recovery, leading to a cleaner, healthier and more equal nation\".\n\n\"This recovery will require working with partners across Wales,\" they said.\n\n\"Our Team Wales approach already includes work with Natural Resources Wales who have created a panel to advise on this recovery work, and through the Partnership Council for Wales we have jointly set an ambitious target to achieve a net-zero carbon public sector in Wales by 2030.\n\n\"Air pollution is the largest environmental threat to public health.\n\n\"We will be publishing our Clean Air Plan for Wales this August, which reflects how we will deliver our commitment to reducing emissions and delivering vital improvements for health and well-being, natural environment, ecosystems and biodiversity.\"", "Claire Cross has donated the masks to make the deaf feel \"safe and included\"\n\nA woman has sewn more than 100 protective masks that enable lip-reading to help deaf people feel \"safe and included\".\n\nClaire Cross, 45 and from Devon, said the masks - which feature a clear panel over the mouth - were \"vital\" for those with hearing issues.\n\nThe National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has called for the masks to be made widely available.\n\nThe government said its policies aimed to be \"as inclusive as possible\".\n\nGail Conway is using clear masks as she relies on lip reading to communicate effectively\n\nThe use of face masks is mandatory on public transport, in hospitals and in some enclosed areas to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.\n\nBut the NDCS has warned standard coverings \"could put the deaf at an even higher risk of isolation and loneliness than they already are\".\n\nMs Cross, a furloughed pub worker from Cranbrook, Exeter, who has been shielding because she has rheumatoid arthritis, has also been donating plain masks as she wants coverings to become a \"natural\" thing.\n\nMs Cross said deaf and hard of hearing people should be able to \"go back to normal\" like others\n\nMs Cross said people would \"want to get back to normal\" as lockdown eased.\n\n\"Why should they [deaf and hard of hearing people] suffer? Why should they not be able to get back to normal like everybody else?\"\n\nGail Conway, 59, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, said clear masks should be the new normal as opaque ones were a \"barrier\".\n\n\"When I tell people I lip read it means they have to touch their face to pull it down to communicate with me and then put it back on when the conversation is completed,\" she said.\n\n\"For many deaf people, especially if they live alone, the whole issue that this virus has created certainly has brought more isolation if they weren't [already isolated] before.\"\n\nThe government said there were exemptions in place for those who could not adhere to the mandatory use of a mask.\n\nIn a statement it said it regularly engaged with disabled people's charities so its policies were \"appropriately tailored to be as inclusive as possible\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 60% of civilian deaths have been the result of Saudi-led air strikes, the UN says\n\nThe UK is to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite concerns they could be used against civilians in Yemen, in violation of international humanitarian law.\n\nSales were suspended last year after a legal challenge by campaigners.\n\nA subsequent review found \"isolated incidents\" of possible violations but no pattern of non-compliance and \"no clear risk\" of future serious breaches.\n\nThe Campaign Against the Arms Trade said it was a \"morally bankrupt\" move.\n\nIt accused the government of \"rank hypocrisy\" after, on Monday, it banned 20 senior Saudi officials from entering the UK and frozen their assets in connection with the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\n\nLabour said the government's \"mixed messages...undermined the UK's claim to be human rights defenders\".\n\nThe UK's support for the Saudi-led international coalition in Yemen, which is backing the country's government in its battle against a long-running Houthi insurgency, has proved highly controversial.\n\nThousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed in the five-year conflict, while millions have been made homeless or left starving.\n\nThe UN has verified the deaths of at least 7,700 civilians since 2015 and said 60% of these were due to bombing raids by the Saudi-led coalition, whose other members include the United Arab Emirates.\n\nMonitoring groups believe the toll is far higher with the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project identifying 12,000 civilians killed in direct attacks.\n\nAccording to campaigners, the UK has licensed £5.3bn worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since 2015.\n\nBritish officials have provided military advice to the Saudi-led coalition, including on bombing targets and tactics.\n\nUnder UK export policy, military equipment licences should not be granted if there is a \"clear risk\" that weapons might be used in a \"serious violation of international humanitarian law\".\n\nThe UK was forced to review its policy after the Court of Appeal ruled in June 2019 that its decision-making process was unlawful as no attempt had been made to assess whether serious breaches had occurred in Yemen.\n\nIn a statement, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said the UK had now analysed individual allegations of abuses, using new methodology, to determine whether there had been a \"historic pattern of breaches\".\n\nWhile some of these incidents were assessed as \"possible\" violations, she said they \"occurred at different times, in different circumstances and for different reasons and the conclusion is that these are isolated incidents\".\n\nA Saudi-led multinational coalition intervened in the conflict in Yemen in March 2015\n\n\"In the light of all that information and analysis, I have concluded that...Saudi Arabia has a genuine intent and the capacity to comply with international humanitarian law,\" she said.\n\n\"On that basis, I have assessed that there is not a clear risk that the export of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia might be used in the commission of a serious violation.\"\n\nShe said sales could resume and the \"backlog\" of individual licences which have accumulated since last June would be cleared subject to them meeting UK and EU criteria.\n\nThe Campaign Against The Arms Trade said the government's decision was \"disgraceful\".\n\n\"The Saudi-led bombardment of Yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and the government itself admits that UK-made arms have played a central role on the bombing,\" it said.\n\n\"The evidence shows a clear pattern of heinous and appalling breaches of international humanitarian law by a coalition which has repeatedly targeted civilian gatherings such as weddings, funerals, and market places.\n\n\"The government claims that these are isolated incidents, but how many hundreds of isolated incidents would it take for the government to stop supplying the weaponry?\"\n\nLabour said they would be pressing Ms Truss to explain her decision to Parliament.\n\n\"Even by this government's standards, their decision to resume the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen is morally indefensible,\" said shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry.\n\n\"At a time when millions of Yemeni children are facing the mortal threat of starvation and disease, Britain should be working flat out to bring this terrible war to an end, not selling the arms that continue to fuel it.\"\n\nThe SNP's foreign affairs spokesman, Alyn Smith, said the government had \"repeatedly and disgracefully put profits before peace\".\n\nThe UK has long sought to broker a political settlement to the conflict in Yemen while backing the government in its effort to defeat the rebels.\n\nBut it has been criticised for not taking tougher line with Saudi Arabia, which is a longstanding defence and intelligence ally of the UK.\n\nGermany banned all arms exports to Saudi Arabia in 2018 following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government.", "The study estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies\n\nA Spanish study has cast doubt on the feasibility of herd immunity as a way of tackling the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe study of more than 60,000 people estimates that around just 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies, the medical journal the Lancet reported.\n\nHerd immunity is achieved when enough people become immune to a virus to stop its spread.\n\nAround 70% to 90% of a population needs to be immune to protect the uninfected.\n\nThe prevalence of Covid-19 antibodies was below 3% in coastal regions, but higher in areas of Spain with widespread outbreaks, the report said.\n\n\"Despite the high impact of Covid-19 in Spain, prevalence estimates remain low and are clearly insufficient to provide herd immunity,\" the study's authors said in the report.\n\n\"This cannot be achieved without accepting the collateral damage of many deaths in the susceptible population and overburdening of health systems.\n\n\"In this situation, social distance measures and efforts to identify and isolate new cases and their contacts are imperative for future epidemic control.\"\n\nThe study is thought to be the largest of its kind on the coronavirus in Europe.\n\nThere have been studies of a similar kind in China and the US and \"the key finding from these representative cohorts is that most of the population appears to have remained unexposed\" to the coronavirus, \"even in areas with widespread virus circulation,\" the Lancet article said.\n\nProf Danny Altmann, British Society for Immunology spokesperson and Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London, described the study as \"sobering\".\n\n\"Findings such as this reinforce the idea that faced with a lethal infection that induces rather short-lived immunity, the challenge is to identify the best vaccine strategies able to overcome these problems and stimulate a large, sustained, optimal, immune response in the way the virus failed to do,\" Prof Altmann said.\n\nThe country has recorded more than a quarter of a million cases and at least 28,385 deaths. But daily fatalities have been in the single figures for most of the past three weeks.\n\nHowever, officials in the north-western region of Galicia have re-imposed restrictions on an area of 70,000 people following an outbreak.\n\nOfficials linked local outbreaks to bars in the area. Capacity in bars and restaurants have been limited to 50%.\n\nThere are now 258 cases of Covid-19 in Galicia, including 117 in Lugo province, authorities say.\n\nOn Saturday the autonomous government of Catalonia re-imposed controls on an area of 210,000 residents after a sharp rise in infections there.\n\nCatalan President Quim Torra said no-one would be allowed to enter or leave Segrià, a district west of Barcelona that includes the city of Lleida.\n\nHerd immunity can be reached either by widespread vaccination or if enough of the population is exposed to an infection and recovers. If enough people are immune to a disease, it is unlikely to keep spreading from person to person. Letting the coronavirus infection run and risking lots of people getting very sick with it is not an option - it would put too many lives in danger.\n\nAnd currently, there is no vaccine for coronavirus - even though hundreds are in development. The challenge is to make a jab that provides enough protection. It needs to train the body's immune system to learn and remember how to make antibodies that can fight off coronavirus.\n\nScientists are concerned that this \"memory\" might be too short-lived though, given the nature of the disease. While some people who catch coronavirus develop protective antibodies, experts do not yet know how long these last.\n\nCommon colds are caused by similar viruses and the body's immune response fades quickly to those.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Tackling climate change must be woven into the solution to the Covid-19 economic crisis, the UK will tell governments next week.\n\nEnvironment ministers from 30 countries are meeting in a two-day online conference in a bid to make progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nThe gathering is called the \"Petersberg Climate Dialogue\".\n\nIt will focus on how to organise a \"green\" economic recovery after the acute phase of the pandemic is over.\n\nThe other aim is to forge international agreement on ambitious carbon cuts despite the postponement of the key conference COP26 - previously scheduled for Glasgow in November (now without a date).\n\nAlok Sharma, the UK Climate Secretary and president of COP26, said: \"I am committed to increasing global climate ambition so that we deliver on the Paris Agreement (to stabilise temperature rise well below 2C).\n\n\"The world must work together, as it has to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, to support a green and resilient recovery, which leaves no one behind.\n\n\"At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, we will come together to discuss how we can turn ambition into real action.\"\n\nThe informal conference is co-hosted by the UK and Germany.\n\nDeveloped and developing countries will attend, along with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and members of civil society and business. Last week, Mr Guterres warned that climate change was a deeper problem than the virus.\n\nCampaign groups will be sceptical about the meeting. Since the Paris deal to cut emissions, CO2 has actually been rising - although there's currently a blip in the trend thanks to the Covid recession.\n\nThe development charity CARE says it's alarmed that public finance provided from rich countries to developing countries to adapt to inevitable climate change actually decreased in 2018.\n\nSven Harmeling from CARE said: \"If governments fail to make their economic stimulus sustainable and equitable, they will drive our planet much deeper into the existential economic, social and ecological turmoil caused by the climate crisis.\"\n\nThe EU is already set on delivering a green stimulus. The Commission's Green Deal chief, Frans Timmermans, said every euro spent on economic recovery measures after the COVID-19 crisis would be linked to the green and digital transitions.\n\n\"The European Green Deal is a growth strategy and a winning strategy,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"It's not a luxury we drop when we hit another crisis. It is essential for Europe's future.\n\nMeanwhile, China appears set on its current carbon-intensive development path, and President Trump says the US will rescue struggling fossil fuel firms.\n\nEven in Europe there's a degree of push-back against the idea of a green stimulus .\n\nMarkus Pieper, an MEP from the centre-right German CDU party, told the magazine FOCUS that the EU's sweeping plan for investment in clean technologies would no longer be possible.\n\nHe said: \"The Green Deal was a gigantic challenge for an economy in top shape. After the corona bloodletting, it is simply not financially viable.\"\n\nBut the UK climate economist Lord Stern told BBC News: \"The immediate priority is the current Covid crisis – but then we have to build for the future.\n\n\"Timmermans is right and Trump is wrong. We should only be bailing out firms that are going to contribute to tackling climate change.\n\n\"They don’t have be be ostensibly clean tech firms at the moment – but they do have to be committed to cutting their emissions in line with international targets.\"\n\nThe high-level segment on 28 April can be followed live from around 3:10 pm here.", "PC Harper died after his ankles became entangled in a tow strap attached to a car\n\nA teenager accused of murdering PC Andrew Harper has told a court he feels \"disgraceful\" over his death.\n\nHenry Long, 19, was trying to evade arrest after attempting to steal a quad bike from a house in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, on 15 August.\n\nThe policeman was chasing after a suspect when his ankles became entangled in a tow rope attached to a Seat Toledo driven by Long.\n\nPC Harper, 28, was dragged for more than a mile along country lanes.\n\nGiving evidence at the Old Bailey, Long said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nHe said: \"If I was aware I would have stopped the vehicle, tried to save him.\"\n\nLeft to right: Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole deny murder\n\nLong, from Mortimer, Reading, has pleaded guilty to PC Harper's manslaughter but denied \"in any way\" intending to harm or kill him.\n\nHe said: \"I accept that I killed him from what I was doing, the way I was driving.\"\n\nRossano Scamardella QC, defending, asked him: \"Did you care about what happened?\"\n\nLong said: \"The fact he died, yes.\"\n\nHe told jurors he could not sleep and thought about PC Harper's family and how they felt.\n\nLong admitted he had been a passenger in cars chased by police before, but said this was the first time he had been the driver.\n\nHe told the court he was a \"thief\" like his father and grandfather, stealing quad bikes and mechanical equipment.\n\nHis two passengers on the night, Albert Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Jessie Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, both 18, have also denied murdering the Thames Valley Police officer.\n\nAll three have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a quad bike.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says Britain must \"build, build, build\" to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis\n\nBoris Johnson has said now is the time to be \"ambitious\" about the UK's future, as he set out a post-coronavirus recovery plan.\n\nThe PM vowed to \"use this moment\" to fix longstanding economic problems and promised a £5bn \"new deal\" to build homes and infrastructure.\n\nPlans set out in the Tory election manifesto would be speeded up and \"intensified,\" he added.\n\nLabour and the CBI said he was not focusing enough on saving jobs.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there was \"not much of a deal and not much that's new\".\n\nThe BBC's economic editor, Faisal Islam, said there was \"nothing really new\" in the plans, but was a pledge from the Treasury to \"speed up capital investment that has already been announced and tolerate higher levels of debt\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak later confirmed he would deliver an economic update on 8 July \"setting out the next stage in our plan to secure the recovery\".\n\nThe PM's speech came as new figures showed the UK economy shrank faster than at any time since 1979 between January and March.\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech in Dudley, in the West Midlands, Mr Johnson vowed to \"build, build, build\" to soften the \"economic aftershock\" of coronavirus.\n\nHe said the government wanted to continue with its plans to \"level up\" - one of its main slogans of last December's election - as \"too many parts\" of the country had been \"left behind, neglected, unloved\".\n\nInfrastructure projects in England would be \"accelerated\" and there would be investment in new academy schools, green buses and new broadband, the PM added.\n\nOther projects announced in the government's Spring Budget, which will now be accelerated, include:\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged jobs might be lost because of the economic hit from the pandemic, but said a new \"opportunity guarantee\" would ensure every young person had the chance of an apprenticeship or placement.\n\nAsked whether the plans went far enough for those who end up unemployed, the PM said the strategy was for \"jobs, jobs, jobs\" and there would not be a return to austerity.\n\nBut he could not put a figure on how many roles would be created through his plan, adding: \"We don't yet know what the full economic impact is going to be... [but] we will do everything we can to get this economy moving.\"\n\nHe is a keen student of Winston Churchill - and has even written a book about him.\n\nOver the last few days, the comparisons the government has sought to draw have been with former American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his \"New Deal.\"\n\nAs my colleagues at Reality Check point out, the plan set out today is a tiddler compared to what FDR did, and a fair chunk of it is re-announcing what we already knew the government was planning.\n\nBut Boris Johnson is attempting to set out in a broader context the government's vision - and his pride in saying he wants to spend a lot to revitalise the economy and haul it out of the doldrums.\n\nUnder what Mr Johnson dubbed \"project speed,\" planning laws would also be streamlined to encourage building.\n\nPubs, libraries, village shops will be protected from the changes as they were \"essential to the lifeblood of communities,\" the government said.\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged the planning changes might meet resistance in traditional Tory-voting areas, but said: \"Sometimes you have got to get on with things.\"\n\nThe government believes their existing plans for boosting infrastructure spending are already a significant fillip to the economy, and they want to see what happens as it re-opens.\n\nOne set of figures released today shows household savings increased during lockdown, but will people have the confidence to spend?\n\nThe scale of government support for businesses and employees in recent months probably does justify New Deal-style rhetoric. Extending support at that level may yet be required, and is far from ruled out.\n\nBut for now, they are holding fire as they assess the permanent scars to the UK economy.\n\nMr Johnson also attempted to calm Tory fears that he had shifted to the left, saying: \"I am not a communist\".\n\nInstead, he claimed he had been inspired by US president Franklin D Roosevelt, who led America out of the Great Depression with his New Deal in the 1930s.\n\nIn the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, President Roosevelt launched one of the largest, most expensive US government programmes which included building schools, hospitals and dams.\n\nYouth Worker Lisa Williams is worried young people will be hit hard\n\nIn the former \"red wall\" seat of Rother Valley - which the Conservatives won from Labour for the first time at last year's general election - there has been a mixed reaction to the announcement from employees and business owners.\n\nDavid Shaw, operations manager for a manufacturing company, said the investment announcement was \"positive\" and praised the government's furlough scheme during the crisis for saving businesses.\n\nBut Lisa Williams, manager of a youth and community centre in Dinnington, said of the promised investment that \"we've yet to see that happen\".\n\n\"Year-on-year, successive governments have made promises, and these areas have yet to see that,\" she said, adding she was concerned about the economic impact on young people.\n\nAnd Jayne Maxwell, a shop owner in Maltby, said she was sceptical about how much investment would go into high streets, saying more short-term help was needed.\n\nLabour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"We're facing an economic crisis, the biggest we've seen in a generation and the recovery needs to match that. What's been announced amounts to less than £100 per person.\n\n\"And it's the re-announcement of many manifesto pledges and commitments, so it's not enough.\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer says more focus is needed on jobs\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"We're not going to argue against a recovery plan, but the focus has to be on jobs.\"\n\nCBI Director General Carolyn Fairbairn said the prime minister had set out the \"first steps on the path to recovery\" but added that \"the focus on rescuing viable firms cannot slip\".", "Historian David Starkey has said using comments denounced as racist during a discussion about slavery were \"a bad mistake\" for which he is \"very sorry\".\n\nHe apologised \"unreservedly\" for the offence his \"deplorably inflammatory\" words had caused, saying he had spoken \"with awful clumsiness\".\n\nThe academic and author told an online show that slavery was not genocide as \"so many damn blacks\" had survived.\n\nHis comments were widely condemned and saw him lose several university posts.\n\nCambridge University's Fitzwilliam College, Canterbury Christ Church University and The Mary Rose Trust were among the organisations to cut ties with him.\n\nStarkey made the offensive remarks in an episode of Darren Grimes's Reasoned, entitled \"Dr David Starkey: Black Lives Matter Aims To Delegitimate British History.\"\n\nGrimes, a conservative commentator, also distanced himself from his guest's remarks, saying he rejected what Starkey said on his YouTube show \"in the strongest possible terms\".\n\nIn a statement released on Monday, Starkey said he had \"paid a heavy price for one offensive word with the loss of every distinction and honour acquired in a long career\".\n\nSpeaking about his use of the phrase \"so many damn blacks\", he said: \"It was intended to emphasise, in hindsight with awful clumsiness, the numbers who survived the horrors of the slave trade. Instead, it came across as a term of racial abuse.\n\n\"This, in the present atmosphere, where passions are high and feelings raw, was deplorably inflammatory. It was a bad mistake.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am very sorry for it and I apologise unreservedly for the offence it caused.\n\n\"Moreover, this misunderstanding of my words in no way reflects my views or practice on race.\n\n\"I have lived and worked happily and without conflict in multicultural London for almost 50 years and I spent much of the podcast discussing bi-culturalism as a key to the success of Britain's multicultural society.\"\n\nStarkey's original interview sparked a backlash, including from former chancellor Sajid Javid, who said Starkey's \"racist\" comments were a \"reminder of the appalling views that still exist\".\n\nPublisher HarperCollins said he had expressed \"abhorrent\" views and added it would no longer publish any of his books.\n\nDuring the original discussion, Starkey said slavery \"was not genocide\" because \"otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived.\"\n\nStarkey said he had spoken \"with awful clumsiness\"\n\nHe also claimed that the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, had been characterised by \"violence\", \"victimhood\" and the \"deranged\" pulling down of statues.\n\nHe continued: \"As for the idea that slavery is this kind of terrible disease that dare not speak its name, it only dare not speak its name, Darren, because we settled it nearly 200 years ago.\n\n\"We don't normally go on about the fact that Roman Catholics once upon a time didn't have the vote and weren't allowed to have their own churches because we had Catholic emancipation.\"\n\nIn his statement, Starkey said free speech was \"central\" to British history and that he feared his \"blundering use of language\" would \"restrict the opportunities for proper debate\".\n\n\"For it is only open debate that will heal the divisions in our society that the Black Lives Matter movement has both exposed and expressed,\" he concluded.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Grenfell Tower fire inquiry \"must not ignore\" the impact of race and poverty on the disaster, a lawyer representing survivors has said.\n\nLeslie Thomas QC, also representing bereaved families, said the 2017 fire was \"inextricably linked with race\".\n\nAnd he urged the inquiry to be on the \"right side of history\" when considering how the issue contributed towards the deaths of the 72 victims.\n\nThe inquiry returned this week after a four-month break due to coronavirus.\n\n\"The Grenfell fire did not happen in a vacuum,\" said Mr Thomas in his opening statement.\n\n\"A majority of the Grenfell residents who died were people of colour.\n\n\"Grenfell is inextricably linked with race. It is the elephant in the room.\n\n\"This disaster happened in a pocket of one of the smallest yet richest boroughs in London.\n\n\"Yet the community affected was predominantly working-class. That is the stark reality that cannot be ignored.\"\n\nMr Thomas said there were \"parallel themes\" between the Grenfell fire, the killing of George Floyd in the US and the \"disproportionate\" number of coronavirus deaths among people from minority ethnic backgrounds, adding: \"Race and state obligation are at the heart of all three cases.\"\n\nThe Grenfell Next of Kin group has called for the inquiry to \"investigate the extent of institutional racism as a factor\" in the fire in June 2017.\n\nLegal submissions made to the inquiry explain there were four visitors to the tower among the dead and also stillborn Baby Logan Gomes and then adds: \"Of the remaining 67, 57 were from BAME (black, Asian and other ethnic minority) communities.\n\n\"In the English Housing Survey 2017-2018, it was found that 40% of those living in high-rise buildings in the social rented sector are black, Asian or other. This, compared to the per cent of the population (14%), is high.\"\n\nMr Thomas told the inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick: \"This is your time of action to break the cycle of disengagement with the issue of race and inequality.\n\n\"What will this inquiry be remembered for? You will undoubtedly want it to be on the right side of history.\"\n\nOn Monday, the inquiry heard how a senior fire safety engineer did not think putting cladding on Grenfell Tower would pose any \"issues\" for safety.\n\nIn its first phase, the inquiry concluded that cladding fuelled the fire in June 2017. The second phase is examining how it could have happened in the first place.\n• None Grenfell Tower fire: Who were the victims?", "Traffic has been much-reduced on the streets of New York\n\nLevels of air pollutants and warming gases over some cities and regions are showing significant drops as coronavirus impacts work and travel.\n\nResearchers in New York told the BBC their early results showed carbon monoxide mainly from cars had been reduced by nearly 50% compared with last year.\n\nEmissions of the planet-heating gas CO2 have also fallen sharply.\n\nBut there are warnings levels could rise rapidly after the pandemic.\n\nWith global economic activity ramping down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it is hardly surprising that emissions of a variety of gases related to energy and transport would be reduced.\n\nScientists say that by May, when CO2 emissions are at their peak thanks to the decomposition of leaves, the levels recorded might be the lowest since the financial crisis over a decade ago.\n\nWhile it is early days, data collected in New York this week suggests that instructions to curb unnecessary travel are having a significant impact.\n\nTraffic levels in the city were estimated to be down 35% compared with a year ago. Emissions of carbon monoxide, mainly due to cars and trucks, have fallen by around 50% for a couple of days this week according to researchers at Columbia University.\n\nThey have also found that there was a 5-10% drop in CO2 over New York and a solid drop in methane as well.\n\n\"New York has had exceptionally high carbon monoxide numbers for the last year and a half,\" said Prof Róisín Commane, from Columbia University, who carried out the New York air monitoring work.\n\n\"And this is the cleanest I have ever seen it. It's is less than half of what we normally see in March.\"\n\nAlthough there are a number of caveats to these findings, they echo the environmental impacts connected to the virus outbreaks in China and in Italy.\n\nAn analysis carried out for the climate website Carbon Brief suggested there had been a 25% drop in energy use and emissions in China over a two week period. This is likely to lead to an overall fall of about 1% in China's carbon emissions this year, experts believe.\n\nBoth China and Northern Italy have also recorded significant falls in nitrogen dioxide, which is related to reduced car journeys and industrial activity. The gas is a serious air pollutant and also indirectly contributes to the warming of the planet.\n\nWith aviation grinding to a halt and millions of people working from home, a range of emissions across many countries are likely following the same downward path.\n\nWhile people working from home will likely increase the use of home heating and electricity, the curbing of commuting and the general slowdown in economies will likely have an impact on overall emissions.\n\n\"I expect we will have the smallest increase in May to May peak CO2 that we've had in the northern hemisphere since 2009, or even before,\" said Prof Commane.\n\nThis view is echoed by others in the field, who believe that the shutdown will impact CO2 levels for the whole of this year.\n\n\"It will depend on how long the pandemic lasts, and how widespread the slowdown is in the economy particularly in the US. But most likely I think we will see something in the global emissions this year,\" said Prof Corinne Le Quéré from the University of East Anglia.\n\n\"If it lasts another three of four months, certainly we could see some reduction.\"\n\nWhat's likely to make a major difference to the scale of carbon emissions and air pollution is how governments decide to re-stimulate their economies once the pandemic eases.\n\nBack in the 2008-09, after the global financial crash, carbon emissions shot up by 5% as a result of stimulus spending that boosted fossil fuel use.\n\nIn the coming months, governments will have a chance to alter that outcome. They could insist, for instance, that any bailout of airlines would be tied to far more stringent reductions in aviation emissions.\n\n\"Governments now have to be really cautious on how they re-stimulate their economies, mindful of not locking in fossil fuels again,\" said Prof Le Quéré.\n\n\"They should focus those things that are ready to go that would lower emissions, like renovating buildings, putting in heat pumps and electric chargers. These are not complicated and can be done straight away, they are just waiting for financial incentives.\"\n\nHowever, some argue that if the pandemic goes on a long time, any stimulus would more likely focus on promoting any economic growth regardless of the impact on the environment.\n\n\"I certainly think climate could go on the back burner, and in this case, I don't think there is much hope that stimulus goes to clean energy,\" said Prof Glen Peters from the Centre for International Climate Research.\n\n\"Any stimulus will help those with job losses such as tourism and services. I think this is very different to the global financial crisis. The only silver linings could be to learning new practices to work remotely, and buying a few years of lower growth allowing solar and wind to catch up a bit, though, these may be rather small silver linings.\"", "Rebekah Vardy says the row with Coleen Rooney made her a \"scapegoat\"\n\nRebekah Vardy felt \"suicidal\" following her row with Coleen Rooney last year, new court documents reveal.\n\nColeen Rooney, 34, claimed on social media that fake stories she posted on her private Instagram account were then published in the tabloids.\n\nShe said she deliberately made stories only viewable to Vardy - which then made it into The Sun.\n\nRebekah Vardy, 38, denies all allegations against her and is currently suing Rooney for defamation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther details included say her husband, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, was targeted with verbal abuse at games that took place after the post with chants like \"Becky Vardy's a grass\".\n\nRebekah Vardy says she was at some of the games where the chants could be heard and found the situation \"horrific and extremely distressing\" because she was there with her children.\n\nColeen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy were pictured together at Euro 2016\n\nRebekah Vardy's lawyers say she was made to feel like a \"scapegoat\" and they also claim Rooney posted \"in a calculated and deliberate manner that was designed to cause very serious harm and enormous distress.\"\n\nThe original post by Rooney, who is married to former England International Wayne, has nearly 300,000 likes on Twitter and 200,000 on Instagram.\n\nEvidence presented also includes screenshots of some of the comments Rebekah Vardy has received on social media after Coleen Rooney's post and states she \"suffered and continues to suffer severe and extreme hostility and abuse as a result of the post\".\n\nVardy's lawyers say the accusations made against her have caused \"serious harm\" to her reputation, \"personality, integrity and honesty\".\n\n\"She has been targeted by online trolls and attacked on social media platforms including but not limited to Twitter and Instagram; as well as via readers' comments on articles relating to the post,\" they say.\n\n\"The abuse was so extreme that the claimant was forced to use filters on her Instagram account to prevent certain words from being published under her posts.\"\n\nNewsbeat has approached Coleen Rooney's lawyers for comment on Rebekah Vardy's new claims.\n\n\"It is disappointing that Mrs Vardy has chosen to issue court proceedings,\" Coleen's lawyer, Paul Lunt of Brabners, said in June, before the case began.\n\n\"Coleen feels that the time and money involved could be put to better use; her offer to meet face to face still stands.\n\n\"Mrs Vardy's decision to issue court proceedings does at least mean that Coleen's evidence can be made public when the time is right.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police made Hari an honorary child police officer before he left for home\n\nA four-year-old boy has been given a special send off after spending 28 months in hospital.\n\nHari Jones from Caernarfon in Gwynedd has myotubular myopathy, which means the muscles he uses to breathe and swallow do not work.\n\nMerseyside Police gave him a guard of honour as he left on Tuesday.\n\nHis father Michael Jones said he had spent so much time at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool he had developed a Scouse accent.\n\nLater the family were met by a police biker and a roads policing BMW and escorted home with blue lights.\n\nHe has also been made an honorary child police officer.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme Mr Jones said: \"It was a hard and long time.\"\n\nAt one point both Hari and his father were in intensive care in separate hospitals after Mr Jones suffered a clot in his liver.\n\nThe family lost their home as Mr Jones was too unwell to work.\n\nHari needs to continually be on oxygen\n\nMany with Hari's condition do not survive their first year of life.\n\nMr Jones said of his son's condition: \"It's life limiting, he'll never get better.\n\n\"He's on life support 24/seven. A lot needs to be learned about the condition. There are only 17 cases, I think, in Britain.\"\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has meant Hari has had to go home to an unsuitable house as building work had to stop on a new home being built that can accommodate his wheelchair.\n\nHis father said: \"It was important to get him out of the hospital. He was isolated in the hospital in one room.\"\n\nHis parents had to take it in turns to see him.\n\n\"He now has a temporary bedroom in the living room but he can't get in and out of the house. There's no room in the house but we make it work.\"\n\nPC Scott Martin from North Wales Police's roads policing unit said: \"We know that Hari loves the emergency services so we were only too happy to oblige.\n\n\"It was lovely to see his face light up today when we turned up to welcome him back home. We wish him and his family all the best with settling back at home and we hope to see him again very soon.\"", "Jordan Sinnott played for Matlock Town and his previous clubs included Huddersfield Town, Altrincham, Halifax and Chesterfield\n\nA man accused of hitting a footballer with a \"haymaker\" punch before he died told a court he \"could never be any more sorry\".\n\nKai Denovan, 22, denies the manslaughter of Jordan Sinnott during a night out in Retford, Nottinghamshire.\n\nAfter Mr Denovan hit Mr Sinnott, the defendant's friend continued punching him, Nottingham Crown Court heard.\n\nMr Denovan had denied common assault and affray but admitted the charges while giving evidence.\n\nProsecutors said Mr Denovan did not strike the fatal blow on 25 January, but did \"drive\" the attack on the 25-year-old which led to his death.\n\nMr Sinnott was found unconscious by emergency crews at about 02:00 GMT on 25 January\n\nThe court was told there was a \"scuffle\" in The Vine Pub where Mr Denovan, of Collins Walk, Retford, punched Mr Sinnott.\n\nThe Matlock Town footballer and his two friends then left while Mr Denovan and his friends Cameron Matthews and Sean Nicholson followed shortly after.\n\nIn evidence, Mr Denovan, who admitted he was drunk and has a \"blurred\" memory of the night, said: \"As far as I was concerned, what had happened in there was done and it was time to go. I was leaving as it was closing.\"\n\nWhen he saw Mr Sinnott and his friends again he wanted to \"resolve the situation\" and had \"no intention\" of fighting, the court heard.\n\nHowever, the court was told the defendant hit Mr Sinnott with \"haymaker punch\" and was then pulled away, but Matthews punched Mr Sinnott three more times.\n\nMr Denovan said after leaving the pub, he went over to Mr Sinnott to try to \"resolve\" the situation and ask \"what his problem was\"\n\nMr Denovan said when he left the scene he did not know Mr Sinnott was seriously injured.\n\nHe told the court when he learned that Mr Sinnott was in intensive care and later died, he did not realise he \"had owt to do with it\".\n\nHe said: \"I did not see anything that could have caused death from what I remembered.\"\n\nWhen he realised what had happened, he said: \"It was the worse day of my life. I was heartbroken. Heartbroken for everyone involved - for his [Mr Sinnott's] family and for him.\"\n\nMatthews, 21, of Denman Close in Retford, has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Nicholson 22, of Beechways, Retford, has admitted affray.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gyms and leisure centres 'will be in financial hole for years'\n\nAs we know, some indoor gyms and leisure centres have been reopening in England on Saturday after coronavirus restrictions were eased. But the leisure sector has warned that it will struggle due to the financial impact of being closed for months during the government lockdown. Mark Sesnan, chief executive of GLL, the UK's largest operator of public leisure facilities, says gyms and leisure centres will be unable to dig themselves out of a \"financial hole\" caused by the closures for around \"two to three years\". He said: \"The reality is, you've got a business that has no income, and still has half the costs. Even though the furlough scheme, which has been very helpful, pays the staff costs - or most of them - the other half of our costs we've had to cover ourselves. \"We've used our reserves to pay for that, but they're running out and running out fast. So getting open is important, but actually running at half capacity, as you can guess, is still not going to solve the problem.\" The District Councils' Network (DCN) is also warning of the \"uncertain future\" faced by gyms and leisure centres, pointing out that the sector is expected to lose about £305m this year", "When a Manchester restaurant advertised for a receptionist on Monday, the owners were shocked to received almost 1,000 applicants in a day.\n\nThey had only expected about 30 people to be interested.\n\nThe UK's hospitality sector has been savaged by the coronavirus crisis, with many bars, restaurants and hotels struggling.\n\n\"It really is quite sad to see the amount of people that are looking for a job,\" the company said.\n\n\"On Monday we placed an advert for a receptionist role for our 20 Stories restaurant in Manchester,\" Carol Cairnes, director of people at the restaurant's owner D&D London, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"The next day, James, our head of talent, went to look at applications and was amazed to find that in less than 24 hours we had 963 people apply.\"\n\nNormally for such a role they'd expect at that stage to receive about 30 applications, she said.\n\n\"Going through the candidates who applied, we could see there were a lot of very talented and highly-qualified people that applied for the role, including some restaurant general managers.\"\n\nHospitality jobs have proved highly-sought-after as thousands of roles have been slashed by restaurant groups.\n\nIn the last two weeks, popular chains such as Pizza Express and Azzurri have kick-started restructures of their businesses that are likely to lead to more than 2,000 job losses and hundreds of restaurant outlets closing.\n\nSocial-distancing rules have also led to businesses reducing staff numbers, as they have re-opened with less space, meaning they can cater for fewer customers at a time now.\n\nOther businesses have reported similar experiences this week.\n\nEmily Pringle of Alnwick-based fragrance company Notes of Northumberland told the BBC that she received 583 applicants when she advertised a 16 hour-a-week retail job.\n\n\"Most of the applicants were massively over-qualified,\" she said.\n\n\"It's a very sad sign of the times. A large number of people have been educated to PhD level and applying for our job, which is telling about the current state of the job market.\"\n\n\"Massively over-qualified\" people are applying for retail, restaurant, cafe and bar jobs\n\nIn Swansea, Sarah John, founder of Boss Brewing, said that her firm had advertised for a bar manager two days before and were surprised by the number and quality of applicants.\n\n\"We would normally only get five or so responses, but have had 35 people apply already and the calibre of applicants is really high,\" she said.\n\nMost of the applicants had worked at reasonably well-known businesses, but have either lost their jobs, or are still furloughed and worried about their future, she added.\n\n\"There have also been quite of a lot of people who said they would be happy to relocate to work,\" she said.\n\n\"We're in Swansea and have had applications from people from as far as Manchester, Leeds and Cornwall.\"\n\nMeanwhile, when a London pub manager posted an advert for a £9-an-hour bar job last week, he was so overwhelmed by the response that he took to Twitter to report it.\n\nMick Dore, general manager of the Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, said: \"I don't want to alarm anyone about the economy or anything, but I advertised two bar jobs at 16:30 on Thursday. We've had well over 400 applicants. Gulp.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by mick dore This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe added: \"We'd normally get a dozen or so sensible replies.\"\n\nResearch by the Institute for Employment Studies this week found that the total number of live job vacancies across the country now stands at 433,000.\n\nThat's less than half of the number in February, indicating that there's a long way to go in the recovery for the UK job market.\n\n\"Without doubt, this is now the toughest jobs market in a generation, and there are no signs yet of a significant recovery,\" said Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies.", "Portugal remains off the list of countries that the government has exempted from quarantine restrictions.\n\nIn changes that apply to England, travellers from Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and St Vincent and the Grenadines won't have to isolate.\n\nIt takes the list of countries that do not face travel restrictions into England to 80 nations.\n\nThe government also said it will update guidance weekly, meaning rules could change while people are away.\n\nIt said people should regularly check the advice. Previously, updates were provided every three weeks.\n\nThe Portuguese government expressed \"regret\" at the UK's decision to continue to exclude it from the list of countries that are exempt from quarantine.\n\n\"It is a decision that is neither substantiated nor supported by the facts,\" said Portugal's Ministry of State and Foreign Affairs.\n\nSpain remains on the list of countries that people can return to England from without the need to self-isolate, despite a recent spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nOn Friday, Norway announced that it was imposing a new 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain.\n\nAccording to Johns Hopkins University, Spain has recorded270,166 cases of coronavirus and28,429 deaths.\n\nPortugal had recently imposed local lockdowns on the outskirts of its capital Lisbon to stem a rise in new cases.\n\nTourism is a major industry in Portugal and is popular with British holidaymakers, with almost three million UK visitors a year.\n\nAviation data analysts Cirium said there were 2,333 flights due to leave the UK for Portugal before the end of August.\n\nPaul Charles, chief executive of the PC Agency, said it was a badly timed move by the government.\n\n\"The scale of those due to go there before end of August is enormous. The decision today plants huge uncertainty in the minds of those who are booked who will be looking for refunds and changes and most won't have a holiday. It's going to cause uproar for operators and industry.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are not prepared to open Portugal when situation is declining, but cases in Spain are soaring, with rapid rises in their case numbers.\"\n\nJoe Mountain, of villa rental firm Sandy Blue in the Algarve is worried about the continued impact of the pandemic on tourism in Portugal\n\nJoe Mountain of Sandy Blue, a villa rental firm in the Algarve, told the BBC that he is deeply worried about the impact of a sharp drop in tourism on the local industry.\n\n\"The decision is absolutely ridiculous. If you look at the Algarve specifically, we've got exceptionally low rates of coronavirus here. There's only been, as of today's count, 806 [cases],\" he said.\n\n\"The Algarve absolutely depends on tourism - from hotels, to restaurants, to bars, and there will literally be thousands of job losses on the back of this.\"", "Owen Jones was attacked during a night out to celebrate his birthday\n\nA man has been jailed for attacking Guardian journalist Owen Jones outside a north London pub.\n\nJames Healy, 40, admitted assaulting Mr Jones, claiming it was because the 35-year-old had spilled his drink.\n\nHowever, a judge ruled that Healey carried out the attack because of Mr Jones's sexuality and political views.\n\nAppearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, he was sentenced to two years and eight months for affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.\n\nTwo other men - Charlie Ambrose, from Brighton, and Liam Tracey, from Camden - were given suspended sentences of eight months each, suspended for two years after pleading guilty to affray.\n\nMr Jones suffered cuts, swelling to his back and head, and bruises down his body in the attack outside the Lexington pub on Pentonville Road in Islington, on 17 August last year.\n\nThe Guardian journalist had been drinking in The Lexington in Islington\n\nHealy, from Portsmouth, has a string of convictions for football-related violence.\n\nThe 40-year-old Chelsea FC fan had argued he \"had the hump\" because the victim had bumped into him and spilled his drink.\n\nFollowing his arrest, a search of his home revealed a photograph of him performing a Nazi salute as well as other items connected to far-right ideology.\n\nIn his evidence, Mr Jones told the court he \"absolutely did not\" knock Healy's drink.\n\nHe said he was \"an unapologetic socialist, I'm an anti-racist, I'm an anti-fascist\" and he was \"the subject of an unrelenting campaign [of abuse] by far-right sympathisers\".\n\nRecorder Anne Studd QC said she would sentence Healy on the basis that the attack had been due to Mr Jones's \"widely published left-wing and LGBTQ beliefs\".\n\nFollowing the sentencing, the journalist tweeted that \"prison is not a solution to far right extremism\" as Healy \"will go to a prison a violent far right extremist, and probably leave prison a violent far right extremist\".\n\n\"There is no judicial solution to the far right: it is a political problem,\" he wrote.\n\nIn another tweet he called the attack \"the worst example of a concerted far right campaign of intimidation centring on the fact I'm left-wing, gay and an anti-racist\".\n\n\"Far right extremists have been responsible for murder, attempted murder, terrorist plots and violence.\n\n\"That threat is not taken seriously because it means having to ask searching questions of who is responsible for radicalising them. That must end,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Unused reality TV footage shows a woman asking Whitney Henriquez, \"did you get in a fight?\"\n\nA video which Johnny Depp's lawyers say shows his ex-wife Amber Heard \"attacked\" her sister has been shown to the High Court.\n\nIn the video, which was given to his legal team on Thursday night, friends of Whitney Henriquez suggest her sister had \"beat\" her and appear to inspect her body for bruises.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an online article that labelled him a \"wife beater\".\n\nThe paper insists it was accurate.\n\nIn the video, which was shown to the court on the 14th day of the hearing in London, Ms Henriquez is talking with friends by a pool.\n\nOne friend is heard saying, \"did you get in a fight?\" and then \"I can't believe Amber beat your ass.\"\n\nOne woman appears to inspect Ms Henriquez's cheek and arm, and Ms Henriquez is heard saying she is not going to talk about it.\n\nAmber Heard arrives at the High Court on Friday, after giving evidence the previous day\n\nMr Depp's barrister, David Sherborne, said his team received the video from \"an anonymous source\", after Ms Henriquez said in court that her sister had never attacked her.\n\nHe said the video was captured during the filming of a reality television show in 2006 or 2007 and was not for broadcast, but was \"the rushes\" - the unedited, raw footage.\n\nHe told the court: \"We were contacted to explain that Ms Amber Heard had a history of violence and attacking people and this video, which was attached, of her sister Whitney was taken shortly after Amber Heard had attacked her, and Ms Whitney was filmed with people commenting on the bruises on her face and body.\"\n\nMr Sherborne said the newly disclosed video material \"demonstrates Ms Whitney was lying yesterday\" and that she had \"tailored\" her evidence \"to meet her sister's evidence\".\n\nReturning to the witness stand, Ms Henriquez told the court she had been referring in the video to a verbal argument she had had with her sister and denied it had been physical.\n\nShe said her friends were \"inferring, trying to make a storyline - albeit a bad one - interesting, nothing more\".\n\nOn Thursday, Ms Henriquez said Ms Heard had never hit her and denied being \"frightened\" of her sister.\n\nShe said she had seen Mr Depp punch Ms Heard \"really hard in the head... multiple times\" in Los Angeles in March 2015. Ms Henriquez acknowledged that Ms Heard had punched Mr Depp on that occasion - but said it was only \"in my defence\" because Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was going to push Ms Henriquez down the stairs.\n\nAddressing the court on Friday, Mr Sherborne said Ms Henriquez's evidence about the so-called \"stairs incident\" was \"the only occasion on which any other human being is supposed to have witnessed\" Mr Depp being violent towards Ms Heard.\n\n\"The reliability of Ms Whitney is critical,\" he added.\n\nMr Depp denies allegations he was violent towards Ms Heard\n\nMr Sherborne said Ms Heard's evidence was that \"she was never violent, she (has not) physically attacked Mr Depp... and the only occasion is said to be when she was acting in self-defence\".\n\n\"Evidence that Ms Heard was violent towards her sister is relevant to that issue,\" he said.\n\nSasha Wass QC, who represents the Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), said she had not been aware of the video until Mr Sherborne told the court about it and argued it was \"meaningless\".\n\n\"This is an undated piece of film footage in circumstances which appear to be some sort of reality TV programme, which is flippant, certainly not serious,\" she told the court.\n\n\"This is a light-hearted exchange, there is no evidence of any injuries and it will take the matter... no further.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Sherborne, representing Mr Depp, argued: \"We say it is quite clear from that video that not only did Ms Amber Heard assault her sister, but it was quite clear also that the injuries that were suffered by Ms Whitney Heard are being examined by the individual that we see on the tape.\n\n\"There is no denial of the fact that Ms Amber Heard 'beat up' Ms Whitney Heard and that there are injuries.\"\n\nMs Heard's acting coach Kristina Sexton has also been giving evidence by video link from Australia.\n\nIn a written witness statement, Ms Sexton said she had met the actress in 2009 and the pair became friends \"quite quickly\".\n\nShe said Ms Heard became a \"nervous wreck\" about choosing film roles because she was \"so worried\" about Mr Depp's reaction.\n\nMs Sexton alleged Mr Depp \"dictated\" his ex-wife's work and told her not to take certain jobs because he did not want her doing \"whore parts\".\n\nGiving evidence, Ms Sexton confirmed to Mr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, that she had not seen the actor \"hit, kick or throw anything\" at Ms Heard.\n\nUnder questioning from NGN's lawyer, Ms Wass, Ms Sexton said she had previously been aware of \"verbal fights\" between the pair but in April 2016, Ms Heard told her Mr Depp had been hitting her and had tried to strangle her.\n\nThe libel case, which is due to finish next week, centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 under the headline \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, which Mr Depp denies.", "The body of Lee McKnight was found in the River Caldew\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in a river.\n\nThe body of Lee McKnight, 26, was found in the River Caldew in the Blackwell Hall area near Cummersdale, Carlisle, at about 05:30 BST on Friday.\n\nCumbria Police said his family had been informed and were being supported by officers.\n\nOne man, aged 25, and four women aged 25, 40, 46 and 47 have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nDetectives are appealing for information and are \"urgently seeking\" a black Nissan Navara pick-up with the registration DV15 TZD.\n\nPolice are urgently trying to find a black Nissan Navara like the one pictured\n\nMembers of the public are asked not to approach the vehicle if it is sighted but to contact the police immediately.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andrew Slattery said: \"We are requesting the assistance of the public as part of our murder investigation into the death of Lee McKnight.\n\n\"The investigators need to hear from anyone including friends and associates of Lee who might have seen him or have information on his movements on 23 and 24 July, particularly in the Fusehill Street area.\n\n\"Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Blackwell Hall area during this time should make contact with the incident room.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Donald Trump said he wanted to \"completely restructure the prescription drug market\"\n\nPresident Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at cutting prescription drug prices in the US.\n\n\"The four orders I'm signing today will completely restructure the prescription drug market,\" said Mr Trump, who has long criticised \"astronomical\" prices.\n\nThe measures would allow discounts and import of cheaper drugs from abroad.\n\nMr Trump will meet pharmaceutical bosses on Tuesday, but some industry analysts have criticised the move, saying it would not have much effect.\n\n\"This administration has decided to pursue a radical and dangerous policy to set prices based on rates paid in countries that he [President Trump] has labelled as socialist, which will harm patients today and into the future,\" Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement.\n\nIt said Mr Trump's move was \"a reckless distraction that impedes our ability to respond to the current [coronavirus] pandemic - and those we could face in the future\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The lost six weeks when the US failed to control the virus\n\nPresident Trump's administration has been criticised for its response for the worsening Covid-19 crises, as the number of confirmed virus-related deaths in America has now topped 145,000.\n\nSince taking office, Mr Trump has made repeated attacks against those who set drug prices and has pledged to take radical steps to reduce them.\n\nBut with the presidential election just several months away, industry experts have voiced doubts that any major decisions could come into force before the 3 November vote.\n\nThey also say that the White House has limited power to implement drug pricing policies.\n\nExecutive orders do not have any automatic legal force and can also be challenged in court.\n\nAccording to a 2019 report by the OECD group of industrialised nations, the US spends roughly twice the average amount spent by other member countries on pharmaceuticals per head.\n\nFor example, where the UK paid £398 ($497) per head in 2015, the USA paid $1,162.\n\nThis is despite having similar levels of prescription drug use.", "The garden shed might normally be home for your lawn mower, but during the coronavirus outbreak they've offered sanctuary for many who have taken on a lockdown project.\n\nSome of these transformations have now been shortlisted for the Shed of the Year award.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have denied contributing to a new book about their life in the Royal Family.\n\nThe book, Finding Freedom - which is being serialised in the Times - has claimed the Sussexes and Cambridges were barely speaking by March.\n\nIt also says friends of Prince Harry and Meghan referred to some Palace officials as \"vipers\".\n\nA spokesman for the Sussexes, who now live in California, said they had not been interviewed for the book.\n\nA statement said: \"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not interviewed and did not contribute to Finding Freedom.\n\n\"This book is based on the authors' own experiences as members of the royal press corps and their own independent reporting.\"\n\nThe book's authors, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, describe a culture of increasing tension between the Sussexes and other members of the Royal Family.\n\nThey say the Sussexes felt their complaints were not taken seriously and believed other royal households were leaking stories about them to the press.\n\n\"There were just a handful of people working at the palace they could trust,\" the authors write.\n\n\"A friend of the couple's referred to the old guard as 'the vipers'.\n\n\"Meanwhile, a frustrated palace staffer described the Sussexes' team as 'the squeaky third wheel' of the palace.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Duchess of Sussex: \"Humanity desperately needs you\"\n\nThe duke and duchess are now based in Los Angeles, California, having stepped back as senior royals earlier this year.\n\nFor their last public appearance as working members of the Royal Family, they joined the Queen and other senior royals at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on 9 March.\n\nThey have since begun their new life of personal independence in the US, pursuing charity projects.\n\nThere are some startling headlines accompanying the serialisation of Finding Freedom but those in search of a smoking gun may be disappointed.\n\nReliable, quotable sources are the hard currency of books about royalty. And Finding Freedom is quite well sourced. The authors have leant heavily on contacts in the different courts - Buckingham Palace for the Queen, Kensington Palace for William and Kate, 'the Sussexes' for Harry and Meghan. And they have spoken to at least one person, maybe more, who feels he or she can speak for, and at times quote, Meghan herself, and at least one friend of Prince Harry who feels he or she can do the same.\n\nSo some flesh is put on the bones of a story that we know quite well but despite the headlines there are no new properly sourced revelations in the book as serialised so far. We knew that William and Harry's relationship was badly damaged; Harry told ITN's Tom Bradby that in the interview he gave in late 2019. We knew that Meghan felt abandoned by the Palace; she went out of her way to make that point to Bradby in the same programme.\n\nWe knew that the Queen was upset by the couple's declaration of independence in January this year - senior Palace sources told the BBC within hours of the couple's statement. And we knew that Harry despises the media and some of its coverage of Meghan; he has spoken openly and very clearly about how he feels.\n\nSo Finding Freedom may be more rewarding for the rounded portrait it paints of a couple at the centre of a terrible whirlwind than in any particular revelation about who did what to whom, and when.\n\nEarlier this month, Meghan delivered a speech to a gender equality summit, while the duke and duchess also spoke to young people about equal rights during the Queen's Commonwealth Trust weekly video call.\n\nMeanwhile, the Sussexes have launched legal action in the US after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their infant son Archie.\n\nThe move marked the latest example of the Sussexes actions against what they have previously described as \"invasive\" tabloid media.\n\nMeghan is also suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online for breach of privacy and copyright infringement. The publisher denies her claims.", "The rules on face masks vary around the UK\n\nFace masks are not a \"magic bullet\" for preventing coronavirus, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nHe was responding to a call from a Brexit Party Senedd member for face masks to be made mandatory in public in Wales.\n\n\"If the advice changes our position in Wales will change as well,\" Mr Drakeford told the Welsh Parliament.\n\nFace masks are not mandatory in Wales but are recommended in certain places, like on public transport.\n\nHowever they must be used on public transport in England and Scotland, and in shops in Scotland.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.\n\nIf the evidence is confirmed, it may affect guidelines for indoor spaces.\n\nAppearing to refer to that debate, Caroline Jones claimed the virus could be spread \"not just by coughs and sneezes but carried in micro-droplets\" which were generated by \"breathing and talking\".\n\n\"Why then is Wales one of the only countries in the world that does not mandate the use of face coverings in some settings,\" the MS for South Wales West asked.\n\n\"I would like to see face coverings mandatory in all public settings.\"\n\nBut the first minister responded that \"wearing a face covering is not by itself a magic bullet that prevents people from contracting or spreading coronavirus\".\n\nHe said chief medical officer Frank Atherton was concerned that when people wore a face mask \"they act in ways that they wouldn't if they weren't wearing it, and they act in risky ways as well\".\n\nMr Drakeford said Ms Jones' case was \"persuasive\" but there were \"potential downsides\" as well as upsides.\n\nConservative Laura Jones called for an urgent review of the face mask guidance.\n\nThe new MS for South Wales East said it was \"farcical and confusing\" to have one approach on one side of the border to the other.\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said it would have been perfectly possible to have had a conversation where the Welsh and UK governments could have reached a joint position, but said it was \"never offered to us\".\n\nHe said consistency along the border was \"very much in my mind\" on face coverings and other changes.\n\nMeanwhile, NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall said wearing face masks should be \"seriously considered\" by the public, \"particularly in closed settings\".\n\nHe said that although \"the WHO hasn't come out with a definitive position\", if its advice was to change, then the Welsh Government would undertake its own review.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nThe 2020-21 Premier League and English Football League seasons will start on 12 September.\n\nIn the top flight, the campaign will end on 23 May, while the Championship, League One and League Two seasons will culminate on 8 and 9 May.\n\nNext season's play-off finals will take place on the final weekend in May.\n\nThe current Premier League season will end on Sunday after it was suspended for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe regular Championship season concluded on Wednesday, with the play-offs finishing on 4 August.\n\nMost League One and League Two teams have not played since March.\n• None Eight days without football - the shortest off-season ever?\n\nThe Premier League said it would \"continue to consult\" with the Football Association and EFL \"regarding the scheduling of all domestic competitions\".\n\nHowever, the start date for teams still playing in European competitions is still under discussion.\n\nIt remains possible they will be given a delayed start, given they could be playing well into August.\n\nLast-16 ties in the Europa League - featuring Manchester United and Wolves - resume on 5 August, with the final scheduled to take place on 21 August.\n\nRemaining Champions League last-16 ties resume from 7 August, with Manchester City and Chelsea still in the competition.\n\nThe final will take place on 23 August.", "\"Oh, better put our masks on,\" a woman says to her friend outside a homeware shop in Camberwell, south London, fishing around in her bag. He shrugs and follows her inside, opting to go without.\n\nIt's the first day that face coverings have been compulsory for customers in England's shops, and most people are complying on this high street. But the exchange sums up the dilemma for some shopkeepers.\n\nOn one side of the road, a mum ushers her two daughters into Lidl - the three of them clad in matching face coverings. On the other, a woman hovers outside a shop front, sussing out with the sales assistant whether she can come in without one.\n\n\"Keep distance please!\" reads a sign in the window of Ragini Patel's stationery shop. She says all she can do is ask customers to wear face coverings but some of the older customers, in particular, don't listen. One customer was even aggressive when she reminded him about social distancing.\n\n\"There's no point saying anything to anybody, you don't want to get in trouble,\" she shrugs.\n\nRagini Patel says all she can do is ask that customers wear face coverings in her shop\n\nA hundred miles away, in Birmingham, another shopper, Laura, told BBC Radio 5 Live she had been in a branch of supermarket Aldi this morning where a couple of people weren't wearing face coverings.\n\nShe didn't approve. \"If there's even a remote possibility that wearing a mask can reduce infection rate then it's worth it. It's not a hardship,\" she added.\n\nMeanwhile, listener Paul said he had been on the receiving end of some \"mask outrage\" this morning in Maidenhead, Berkshire, when he went into Tesco without a face covering after a bike ride.\n\nHe said it was an \"honest mistake\" but a fellow shopper berated him. \"She just went to town on me,\" Paul said. \"I've been rightfully scolded.\"\n\nLike many shopping areas across the country, stores in the Liverpool One complex have put up signs telling customers to wear face coverings.\n\nBut Susan Green, 57, in Liverpool, said: \"I think it is a little bit late to have introduced this and lots of people I've seen this morning are not even wearing one.\n\n\"It won't put me off coming to the shops because I'll be out anyway but it does seem a bit unnecessary.\"\n\nLiverpool One also has a new vending machine selling face coverings in a multitude of styles - and they have sprung up on other high streets too.\n\nVending machines selling face coverings have sprung up across the country\n\nBack in Camberwell, at the Scope charity shop, Dawn Suleyman says only one customer has come in today without a face covering - and was grateful when she handed her a spare.\n\nShe agrees that it might not be wise to challenge customers, since there have been instances when staff have been verbally abused for asking shoppers to use the hand sanitiser pump. Leaning over to tap the counter to her left, she adds: \"So far today, touch wood, we've not had any problems.\"\n\nDawn Suleyman says reopening has been difficult because people haven't been able to try clothes on\n\n\"I wouldn't say to someone, 'You can't come in because you haven't got a mask on,'\" says Dawn, who is exempt when she goes shopping because she suffers from asthma. \"I'd explain to them, 'You do realise that you could possibly get a fine? And if you haven't got a mask I'm happy to give you one.'\"\n\nMelanie Wall from Chloe James boutique in St Albans says there's been a \"great reaction\" among her shop's customers.\n\n\"People are very happy to wear face masks - it sparks conversation and banter when they come in... we talk about the different styles - it's been really well accepted,\" she said.\n\n\"We did have a lady who approached the front door and said, 'I haven't got a face mask but I'm here to buy a face mask'. She obviously couldn't come into the shop... but I served her from the doorstep, so it was a lovely funny moment.\"\n\nMelanie Wall said there had been a \"great reaction\" to the rules among her customers\n\nMeanwhile, one shopper in the city told the BBC she was \"really pleased\" the rules have come in, adding: \"It's given us more confidence to come into town. We've been avoiding it up to now.\"\n\nIn Leicester - the first city in England to have a local lockdown imposed - the new rules on face coverings came in on the same day some non-essential stores were allowed to reopen.\n\nCallum Goodson, 22, a buyer with clothes store Pilot in the Lanes shopping area, said levels of compliance from customers had so far been high.\n\nNon-essential shops started to reopen in Leicester on the same day the new rules came in\n\nMr Goodson said: \"Everyone coming into the store have been wearing masks. If anyone does come in without a mask, we can offer them one.\n\n\"If they refuse it's down to us if we accept that - but we haven't had to do that so far.\"\n\nThere were no problems for forgetful shoppers in Bristol either, where city council staff had bought in 80,000 masks to hand out in the city's shopping areas.\n\nFace masks were handed out to shoppers in Bristol\n\nIn Camberwell, not everyone is quite so worried about enforcing the regulations. In a photo-printing shop, the sales assistant says customers have been compliant. They have a stash of reusable masks they can give out in return for a charity donation, but she doesn't know what she'd do if someone refused. \"I'm sure we could politely tell them to put it on,\" she says.\n\nIn the arcade, a security guard with a face covering stands outside Poundland. Two women browse the \"two for £5\" stands in a nearby clothes shop - both wearing masks, though the shop assistant is barefaced, which is acceptable under the rules.\n\nArjan Patel says most customers have complied\n\nAround the corner in a hardware shop, Arjan Patel says some builders have come in without face coverings but most people have been compliant.\n\n\"What can we say? It's their choice, isn't it?\" he says. The shop needs customers, after all.\n\n\"We can't police it anyway, but maybe a bit more diplomacy might help.\"\n• None New face covering rules in force in England", "Many Britons have homes in Spain - and it is also popular with tourists\n\nTravellers returning to the UK from Spain after midnight will have to quarantine for 14 days, the government has said.\n\nThe decision came following a spike in coronavirus cases in Spain, with more than 900 new cases of the virus reported on Friday.\n\nSpanish officials have also warned a second wave could be imminent as major cities have seen cases surge.\n\nThe Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to mainland Spain.\n\n\"Protecting public health is our absolute priority and we have taken this decision to limit any potential spread to the UK,\" a spokesman from the Department of Transport said.\n\n\"We've always been clear that we would act immediately to remove a country [from quarantine exemptions list] where necessary.\"\n\nThe spokesman said people currently on holiday in Spain should follow the local rules, return home as normal, and check the Foreign Office's travel advice website for further information.\n\nThe quarantine measures will apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Palma and Ibiza. However, Foreign Office advice against non-essential travel, which has ramifications for travel insurance, only applies to mainland Spain.\n\nAmong those affected is Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who began his holiday in Spain on Saturday. He is expected to continue his trip as planned and isolate in line with guidance on his return.\n\nThe government is urging employers to be \"understanding of those returning from Spain who now will need to self-isolate\".\n\nBut Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds called for the government to explain in detail how it would support those affected, adding that the news would be \"deeply concerning for families who are in caught in Spain or are planning travel\".\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that the decision was made after reviewing the latest data earlier on Saturday.\n\n\"This reinforces the point that these matters are subject to change at short notice and so my advice is to be cautious about non-essential foreign travel,\" she said.\n\nSpain has so far seen more than 28,000 coronavirus deaths. On Thursday, it saw the biggest daily increase in infections since its lockdown ended.\n\nCatalonia has become the latest region to crack down on nightlife. The wealthy north-east region, which is home to Barcelona, ordered all nightclubs to close for two weeks and put a midnight curfew on bars in the greater Barcelona area.\n\nThe BBC's Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid says contagion among young people is a particular worry, as they have been gathering in large numbers in cities at night.\n\nFrance has warned its citizens not to travel to Catalonia while Norway has said it will start quarantining people arriving from Spain.\n\nQuarantine measures for UK travellers were introduced in early June. But after pressure from the aviation and travel industries, the government and devolved administrations published lists of countries exempt from the rules.\n\nThe Airport Operators Association said the new measures would \"further damage what is already a fragile restart of the aviation sector which continues to face the biggest challenge in its history\".\n\nBudget airline EasyJet said it was \"disappointed\" and would operate a full schedule in the coming days.\n\n\"Customers who no longer wish to travel can transfer their flights without a change fee or receive a voucher for the value of the booking,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nHowever, the UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, cancelled its flights due to depart to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands on Sunday. Customers currently on holiday will be able to return on their intended flight home.\n\nA spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the government's quarantine rule change was \"disappointing\".\n\n\"We suggest the government considers lifting the quarantine rules for flights to and from certain regions with lower infection rates, or to places such as the Balearic Islands or the Canaries - which are geographically distinct from mainland Spain - to avoid further damage to the UK inbound and outbound tourism industries,\" he said.\n\nLois Stothard had planned a surprise trip for boyfriend James Allott but has had to cancel\n\nThe new rules for Spain come a day after five other destinations were added to England's quarantine-free list.\n\nAnyone coming to England from Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and St Vincent and the Grenadines will not have to isolate for two weeks on arrival, the government confirmed on Friday.\n\nJohn Blackmore, from Hampshire, was due to fly out to his family in Spain with his wife and two young children. But the new rules mean he has had to cancel, for fears his wife's employer would not be able to accommodate her taking an extra two weeks off to quarantine on their return.\n\nHe said he thought it was unlikely they would get a refund for the flight, as it has not been cancelled.\n\n\"I'm devastated,\" he told the BBC. \"I have family in Spain who haven't seen their only grandkids since Christmas.\"\n\nLois Stothard, from South Yorkshire, told the BBC she had booked a holiday to Seville as a surprise for her boyfriend's 30th birthday - due to fly out on Sunday morning - but now feels that she cannot travel.\n\n\"I'm a keyworker - I'm a teacher - and my boyfriend has work commitments so we cannot quarantine for 14 days when we return,\" she said.\n\n\"We can't get any money back and to change the company want double what I've already paid in fees. I'm very disappointed and upset as we're packed and ready to go.\"", "Most motorways have a 50mph limit through roadworks\n\nSpeed limits through most roadworks on England's motorways will be raised to increase traffic flow and ease driver \"frustrations\".\n\nHighways England says raising the limit to 60mph from the usual 50mph comes after \"extensive research and trials\".\n\nThe AA welcomed the move, saying it would reduce journey times and help reduce tailgating by motorists.\n\nPreviously, unions have said increasing speeds through roadworks will put the safety of workers at risk.\n\nLimits will not necessarily be increased at every set of roadworks.\n\nDepending on the road layout and the work being done, 40mph and 50mph restrictions will continue to be used in places.\n\nThe AA claims 60mph can be safer than 50mph\n\nGovernment-owned Highways England has tested increased speeds, including through roadworks between junctions 13 and 16 of the M1.\n\nIt found the journey time for the 24-mile route was reduced by an average of 68 seconds.\n\nChief executive Jim O'Sullivan said: \"Road users understand that roadworks are necessary, but they are frustrated by them, so testing 60mph has been about challenging the norm while ensuring the safety of our people working out there and those using our roads.\n\n\"We have a huge programme of work planned, so being able to use 60mph where safe will continue to improve everybody's experience of our roads.\"\n\nAA president Edmund King claimed driving at 60mph \"is often safer than driving at 50mph\".\n\nHe said: \"Sticking at 50mph often leads to other drivers tailgating in order to try to force vehicles to pull over.\n\n\"Plus we have very long stretches of roadworks such as the 32 miles being converted to smart motorway on the M4 between junctions 3 and 12, where 60mph would seem much more appropriate.\"\n\nThe 10mph increase was suggested in 2017. At the time, the Unite union said: \"Sadly, in recent years there have been several deaths of motorway workers and these changes will make their work even more dangerous.\n\n\"Already motorists frequently drive into coned-off areas. At increased speeds, it will make such potentially lethal accidents even more common.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lockdown in Wales has been the responsibility of the Welsh Government\n\nUK ministers have announced £1.2bn funding for the Welsh Government.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said it was \"like an advance payment\" ahead of announcements to be made in England.\n\nThe Barnett formula is used to decide how much money the other nations receive when the UK government spends in England.\n\nThe Welsh finance minister said it would \"give the NHS the kind of certainty that it needs\" to plan for a potential second wave of the virus.\n\nThe Welsh Government has previously said it was \"not clear how much of this package is wholly new\".\n\nMr Hart told BBC Radio Wales: \"What we're trying to do here as a UK-wide project is make sure all the devolved nations have the money they need during Covid…\n\n\"The sum has gone from 2.3 [billion pounds] to 2.8 last week. With the chancellor's announcement it has now gone up by a further 1.2 so the total the Welsh Government will have received for Covid-related activity will be £4bn since March...\n\n\"It is a consequential of announcements to be made, like an advance payment - still fresh money, still new money...\n\n\"It's like get your money up front, in advance, rather than retrospectively.\"\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans said the additional funding would allow the Welsh Government to announce \"a really significant stabilisation package for the NHS\".\n\nShe added that the money would be used to respond to \"a really wide range of pressures\" such as those faced by local authorities.\n\nBut it would also enable the government to \"give the NHS the kind of certainty that it needs in order to to plan most effectively for a potential second wave of the coronavirus\" and to ensure that it's \"in good shape\" to cope with winter pressures.\n\nThe £4bn figure does not include direct spending by the Conservative UK government in Wales - such as the furlough scheme or VAT cuts for the tourism and hospitality sector.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said the UK government's \"guarantee\" means the Welsh Government can invest to protect jobs\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales ahead of Mr Hart's interview, Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"It was reported as being clearly additional money over and above Barnett but we don't think that's the case at all and it's one of the difficult and disappointing things that is just unnecessary...\n\n\"It is difficult and disappointing because I'd like the public to have a straight message where you don't hear Welsh Government politicians disagreeing with UK government politicians about the state of the money being provided.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has called for more freedom to borrow cash\n\nWelsh Government ministers have previously called for their UK counterparts to allow them to borrow more money to help deal with the pandemic.\n\n\"The pressures facing our budget are unrivalled in the post Second World War era,\" a Welsh Government spokesperson said in response to the funding announcement.\n\n\"And while we welcome confirmation of Wales' share of spend in England, it is not clear how much of this package is wholly new.\n\n\"We fully expected to receive funding on major PPE (personal protective equipment) costs and NHS winter funding.\n\n\"We look forward to receiving the full detail on new funding and hope that the UK Treasury will finally lift the restrictions on our ability to access our own savings to address urgent pressures.\"\n\nReacting to the announcement, Plaid Cymru's health and finance spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth told BBC Radio Wales: \"The union can't be sewn together with a bung where you don't even know what's in the brown envelope, where we're expected to trust that somehow it's a lot of money.\n\n\"What we need, and we're in agreement with Welsh Government actually, is we need additional flexibility with the spending powers that we have in Wales.\n\n\"This is the time when we need to be making decisions now on how much money to borrow to get us through this incredibly sticky point in our history... rather than expect to be grateful for somebody filling a begging bowl with money that we don't know how much it is anyway.\"\n\nExpect to hear UK government ministers talk a lot more about the union in months to come.\n\nThe pandemic has led to greater awareness of devolved powers - especially health and education.\n\nWhile Welsh Government ministers have faced scrutiny for their response to the pandemic, like being later to test all care home staff and residents, the UK government equally has faced criticisms for being behind on issues like committing to providing free school meals for eligible children during the summer holidays.\n\nThe prime minister's visit to Scotland, praising the furlough scheme and UK armed forces, and this announcement today send a clear signal: trying to strengthen support for the union is heavily back on the UK government's agenda.\n\nMeanwhile a group of MPs have also set up a new pro-union lobby group to keep it on the agenda in government and Parliament, chaired by Conservative Aberconwy MP Robin Millar.\n\nThe UK government has been in charge of much of the UK's economic response to the virus, including the coronavirus job retention furlough scheme.\n\nBut devolved governments have been responsible for the severe restrictions on day-to-day life, as well as their national health services, and different parts of the UK have come out of lockdown in different ways.\n\nOn a visit to Scotland on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he \"pledged to be a prime minister for every corner of the United Kingdom\", adding that the response to the pandemic had shown his government's commitment to the whole of the UK.", "On 29 January 2020, I went to the London Palladium to see Madonna perform her Madame X show. She made the 2,297-seat theatre feel as intimate as a downtown cabaret club. She came down into the audience, sat next to fans, had a chat, swigged beer from their plastic bottles. It was all very cosy.\n\nOn Thursday, I was back at the Palladium to watch Beverley Knight and her band perform. What a difference six months make.\n\nThe shows were polar opposites. Bev was pitch-perfect, Madonna was not. Bev moved around the stage with dynamism and grace, an injured Madonna hobbled. Bev's banter had everyone cheering, Madonna's left us feeling a bit awkward.\n\nMadonna's show was better. Not because she was better, she wasn't, but because we, the audience, were better. That's nobody's fault. It's down to the wretched virus and the associated social distancing rules.\n\nMore than 70% of the Palladium's seats were empty\n\nMadonna performed to a full house, Beverley Knight had the unenviable task of performing to row upon row of empty seats, consisting of about 1,650 plush pink chairs occupied by black crosses on white paper rather than people. There were 640 of us with tickets, whom Andrew Lloyd Webber in a pre-show welcome cheerfully described as guinea pigs.\n\nHe was making the premise for the show quite clear - it was not so much about entertainment, more about being part of a series of official experiments to see if a major indoor venue such as the Palladium could manage the logistics of putting on a socially distanced show.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe wearing of facemasks was obligatory, as a fellow journalist discovered when he surreptitiously let his slip mid-show, only for a (masked) usher to sidle up and insist he pull it back up.\n\nNotwithstanding debates about the effectiveness of masks, I found the compulsory measure reassuring, while accepting it subdues the atmosphere: a gig without atmosphere is like a joke without a punchline - it can fall a bit flat.\n\nTickets were checked at a safe distance at the entrance\n\nThe social distancing worked well, in so much as we were so spread out (unless you'd bought a pair of tickets to sit together) that you'd need the vocal projection of Brian Blessed to communicate with your neighbour. The only snag with that is live entertainment is all about a sense of shared experience, which is pretty much non-existent in a huge auditorium with people scattered about like ships on the ocean.\n\nThe net result was a feeling of watching a rehearsal rather than a show. There wasn't the tension in the air you normally get at a gig, or the union between performer and crowd.\n\nNot that Bev didn't give it her best - she was fantastic. But how weird it must have been for her, staring out at hundreds of pieces of paper, in between which was the occasional mask-wearing punter whose facial expressions were impossible to read or respond to. In the circumstances, she was five-star brilliant.\n\nThe singer stared out at a sparse, mask-wearing crowd\n\nThe way in which she tore into Piece of My Heart would have made Janis Joplin proud, while a full-bloodied cover of the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction was a highlight.\n\nThe stand-out moment, though, was her rendition of Memory from the musical Cats - a number she'd performed many times on the same stage when playing Grizabella in Lloyd Webber's long-running show. She nailed the song, which you'd expect. But what caught her by surprise was the audience reaction.\n\nWe rose as one to give her a spontaneous standing ovation, which caused her to pause, wipe away a tear, and walk away to gather herself. In retrospect it's easy to see why. She was two-thirds of the way through her set, and because we were wearing masks had no clue about how she was doing. We were loving it? Hating it? Bored? Who knew? Not Bev.\n\nWe were as non-communicative as those cardboard cut-outs in today's football stadiums. Until, that is, we did something impulsive to demonstrate our appreciation, acknowledging she was touching us from afar (safety measures dictate that performers must stand several metres away from the front of the stage).\n\nIt was a moment of 'liveness' that makes theatre and concerts so unique and important. You can stream Memory a million times, but it'll never be as good as it was at 3:46pm on 23 July 2020 at the London Palladium.\n\nIt proved to be a cathartic experience for both singer and audience, who found a way to bond as Bev and her well-tuned band powered through I'm Every Woman and Come As You Are. The show stopped with a showstopper: an a capella cover of Ben E King's 60s hit Stand By Me.\n\nDid the experiment work? Can a venue such as the Palladium manage the logistics of a socially distanced show? The answer to that appear to be yes.\n\nWill it be a template for the future? Beverley Knight and Andrew Lloyd Webber hope not, because as far as they are concerned it doesn't work artistically or commercially. So, it's hopeless really.\n\nWas this test better than nothing? Yes. But then what's the point of testing something that is ultimately doomed to fail? The stark choice is simple: for most shows to go on, it will be a case of all or nothing.", "More people in Wales could be offered a free flu jab, Vaughan Gething has suggested\n\nWales' largest ever flu campaign will see more people benefit from free vaccination, the health minister announced on Friday.\n\nIt followed news that this would be the case in England in case of a winter coronavirus spike.\n\nThe vaccination programme will include the shielding group and the eligibility age will be lowered from 65 to 50.\n\nThere will also be extra supplies of the nasal spray flu vaccine for toddlers and primary school children.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"This winter more than ever we need to protect the most vulnerable in our community and continue to protect our NHS.\n\n\"By extending the flu vaccine to more people than ever before, we can help prevent people becoming ill and reduce pressure on the NHS this winter.\n\n\"I would urge anyone who is eligible to have the vaccine.\"\n\nChief Medical Officer for Wales Frank Atherton said: \"Everyone who is eligible for a NHS flu vaccine should be confident about having it to protect themselves and those around them this winter.\n\n\"Those already eligible, which include some of the most vulnerable in our community will receive the vaccination first and via a phased approach our programme will be rolled out further to the over 50s and households of those shielding.\"\n\nMr Gething had previously said he could not make any guarantees as he had not been told of the UK government's plans.\n\nHe said it was \"disappointing\" an agreement on broadening the flu programme had not been reached between the four home nations.\n\n\"When it comes to supply of the flu vaccine, there's a UK-wide system,\" Mr Gething told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"The UK government procures flu vaccine for all four UK nations, so there should be enough flu vaccine available in Wales to match the way that other UK countries undertake that.\"\n\nHe said he \"hadn't been aware\" an announcement was being made about England.\n\nThe jab is being rolled out widely there in case the annual seasonal flu coincides with a coronavirus surge.\n\nVaughan Gething said he was not aware an announcement about the plan for England was going to be made\n\n\"I'd expect there to be a consistent set of advice between the four chief medical officers,\" Mr Gething said.\n\n\"If we have assurances about the amount of flu vaccine available, I'd struggle to see why there'd be any reason to be inconsistent.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"The flu vaccination campaign is a key priority for the coming winter and we are planning the largest ever programme in Wales.\n\n\"Details of the programme will be announced shortly\".", "The Deaf Institute in Manchester, pictured hosting a Girli gig in 2018, was recently saved from closure\n\nUp to 150 small music venues in England will share £2.25m emergency government funding to stop them going to the wall after four months with no gigs.\n\nIt is the first slice of a £1.57bn arts relief fund to be allocated and follows warnings that many venues are at risk.\n\nThe Music Venues Trust welcomed the funding as \"a short-term fix\".\n\nEarlier this month, 1,500 artists from Liam Gallagher and Dua Lipa to Sir Paul McCartney signed an open letter calling for support for the live music scene.\n\nIf 150 venues are helped, they would receive an average of £15,000 each. Some grants could be bigger, up to £80,000.\n\nThe MVT, which represents small venues, said the money was \"very welcome and desperately needed as we wait to hear how the recently announced £1.57bn rescue package for the arts will be administered and distributed\".\n\nChief executive Mark Davyd added: \"This interim solution will provide a short-term fix for those venues identified as being in crisis but we urgently need information and guidance on when and how venues can access the larger fund, which is so vital to safeguarding their longer term futures.\"\n\nIdles playing at Gorilla in Manchester in 2018\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said such clubs and venues were where \"nearly all of our globally successful music stars started out\", and he wanted to \"make sure those organisations weather the Covid storm\".\n\n\"We're working to deliver the rest of the £1.57bn emergency package as quickly as possible, so that we can protect and preserve our precious culture, arts and heritage for future generations,\" he added.\n\nThe amount available for grassroots music, worth 1/700th of the total relief package, will go to venues at \"severe risk of insolvency\" and can be spent on ongoing costs like rent, utilities, maintenance contracts and other bills.\n\nThe money will be dished out by Arts Council England, which does not usually fund regular live music venues, \"within the next few weeks\".\n\nIn the past fortnight, beloved Manchester venues Gorilla and The Deaf Institute have been saved from closure, but the companies behind the Welly and the Polar Bear in Hull have gone into administration.\n\nDetails of how organisations in other areas of the arts can apply for a slice of the £1.57bn will be revealed \"in the coming days\", the government said.\n\nMr Dowden has previously said the fund will protect the nation's cultural \"crown jewels\" and small venues around the country.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "He is fond of looking on the bright side and moving forward. \"Come on! Come on!\" and \"Fantastic, fantastic!\" are the phrases you hear in public most frequently from his mouth.\n\nEven some of his allies agree privately with his detractors that he is a politician for the good times, a spreader of cheer, rather than seeming like a statesman for a crisis.\n\nThat's one reason why the handling of this terrible epidemic has been a profound political challenge for this prime minister, beyond the enormous strain that coronavirus has put on the government machine and his own health.\n\nHe moved into No 10 a year ago today, taking charge of a country politically divided over Brexit, with protestors at the gate.\n\nBut after chucking veteran Tories out of the parliamentary party and suspending Parliament, the first tumultuous phase of his premiership ended with him being clapped back into No 10 for the second time, and with a thumping majority.\n\nA pugilistic Downing Street was almost punch drunk with the opportunities that lay before them.\n\nBut with unbelievable timing, 31 January 2020 - Brexit day - was also the day that the UK confirmed its first cases of coronavirus.\n\nFar from the first day of Boris Johnson's dream of raw power, it was the first day of a nightmare for the country's health and economy too.\n\nIt is the pandemic, therefore, not his hoped-for policies, that have fundamentally shaped Boris Johnson's premiership so far.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLike other world leaders, he had to take a series of enormous decisions, at huge speed, that have had consequences for each and every one of us.\n\nThe worst of the health crisis has faded; however, Boris Johnson has shown a profound reluctance to admit mistakes that were made.\n\nThe government did expand the capacity of the health service at breakneck speed. The Treasury's interventions in the economy have kept millions of people afloat for now.\n\nUK scientists are ahead in the world in terms of treatments and vaccine research. But a debate has raged about whether the lockdown came too late.\n\nWhy was the government slow to ramp up the testing they now say is vital? Why were protections for care homes not introduced much sooner? Why has the death rate here been so much higher than in nearly every other country?\n\nWhy does the government keep promising 'world beating' this, and 'world beating' that, when the UK's record on handling the pandemic has many flaws?\n\nWhen these questions have come, the prime minister's stock response has been to protest that it is not the right time to look at what went wrong.\n\nTime and again, ministers have repeated the mantra that \"we made the right decisions at the right time\".\n\nBut today, as he reflected on his 366 days in power, Boris Johnson inched towards confronting what went wrong.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over their initial decision to abandon mass community testing.\n\nIn his first full TV interview since the lockdown, and his own time in hospital, he told me that ministers had not understood the disease \"for the first few weeks and months\", unaware that the virus was already here and in circulation before the government fully realised.\n\nAnd what of the timing of the lockdown?\n\nAgain, he took a step towards acknowledging that there could have been mistakes, suggesting the lockdown timing was an \"open question\", and that while the government had stuck \"like glue\" to the advice given by its scientists, maybe that advice had been wrong.\n\nDespite that change in tone, the prime minister's reluctance to go into detail yet about the mistakes the government might have made is still striking.\n\nAdvice from his former close adviser Will Walden, who spoke to us on Newscast, is that he should admit mistakes were made, and get on with a proper inquiry into what went wrong, seems to have fallen largely on deaf ears.\n\nWhile the prime minister always says that he takes full responsibility for what the government does, that's perhaps preaching, not practice.\n\nMr Johnson wants to use the government's experience of what happened during the pandemic to speed up his agenda, to \"double down on levelling up\", as he puts it in his peculiar political jargon.\n\nIn other words, to push ahead with more determination, and less fudge in Whitehall, with the changes that he says will actually improve the lives of voters, particularly those who voted Tory for the first time in 2019.\n\nWhile preparing the NHS for a potential second surge, he clearly wants to concentrate on what's next, not what's gone before.\n\nBut perhaps until the government is really ready to acknowledge what has happened, the questions will continue - and the public may still feel anxious about whether they can really trust ministers to handle a second surge next time round.\n\nJust as 366 days ago, optimism is Boris Johnson's trademark.\n\nBut if the last few months have shown anything, it is that the real challenge of life in power, is that events that can surprise.", "More than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves\n\nA major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.\n\nMore than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was able to identify more details of the \"genetic impact\" the trade has had on present-day populations in the Americas.\n\nIt lays bare the consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism.\n\nMore than 12.5m Africans were traded between 1515 and the mid-19th Century.\n\nSome two million of the enslaved men, women and children died en route to the Americas.\n\nThe DNA study was led by consumer genetics company 23andMe and included 30,000 people of African ancestry on both sides of the Atlantic. The findings were published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.\n\nSteven Micheletti, a population geneticist at 23andMe told AFP news agency that the aim was to compare the genetic results with the manifests of slave ships \"to see how they agreed and how they disagree\".\n\nWhile much of their findings agreed with historical documentation about where people were taken from in Africa and where they were enslaved in the Americas, \"in some cases, we see that they disagree, quite strikingly\", he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo creates sculptures of slaves to immerse people in their experience.\n\nThe study found, in line with the major slave route, that most Americans of African descent have roots in territories now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\nWhat was surprising was the over-representation of Nigerian ancestry in the US and Latin America when compared with the recorded number of enslaved people from that region.\n\nResearchers say this can be explained by the \"intercolonial trade that occurred primarily between 1619 and 1807\".\n\nThey believe enslaved Nigerians were transported from the British Caribbean to other areas, \"presumably to maintain the slave economy as transatlantic slave-trading was increasingly prohibited\".\n\nLikewise, the researchers were surprised to find an underrepresentation from Senegal and The Gambia - one of the first regions from where slaves were deported.\n\nResearchers put this down to two grim factors: many were sent to work in rice plantations where malaria and other dangerous conditions were rampant; and in later years larger numbers of children were sent, many of whom did not survive the crossing.\n\nSome two million people did not survive the horrendous conditions aboard ship\n\nIn another gruesome discovery, the study found that the treatment of enslaved women across the Americas had had an impact on the modern gene pool.\n\nResearchers said a strong bias towards African female contributions in the gene pool - even though the majority of slaves were male - could be attributed to \"the rape of enslaved African women by slave owners and other sexual exploitation\".\n\nIn Latin America, up to 17 African women for every African man contributed to the gene pool. Researchers put this down in part to a policy of \"branqueamento\", racial whitening, in a number of countries, which actively encouraged the immigration of European men \"with the intention to dilute African ancestry through reproduction\".\n\nAlthough the bias in British colonised America was just two African women to one African man, it was no less exploitative.\n\nThe study highlighted the \"practice of coercing enslaved people to having children as a means of maintaining an enslaved workforce nearing the abolition of the transatlantic trade\". In the US, women were often promised freedom in return for reproducing and racist policies opposed the mixing of different races, researchers note.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do we do with the UK's symbols of slavery?\n\nThe Black Lives Matter movement has shone a light on the damaging legacy of colonialism and slavery on African Americans and other people of African heritage around the world. Statues of colonial-era slave traders have been pulled down as protesters demand an end to the glorifying of symbols of slavery.", "Rapper Wiley has been dropped by his management following anti-Semitic posts on his social media accounts.\n\nWiley's Twitter account has been temporarily locked while Instagram said it had deleted some of his content, after a long series of posts on both platforms on Friday and Saturday.\n\nThe social media giants are facing growing pressure to close his accounts.\n\nPolice said they were looking at \"relevant material\" as critics accused Wiley of incitement to racial hatred.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers in Tower Hamlets said in a statement: \"We have received a number of reports relating to alleged anti-Semitic tweets posted on social media. The Met takes all reports of anti-Semitism extremely seriously. The relevant material is being assessed.\"\n\nThere are also calls for Wiley's MBE, appointed for services to music, to be forfeited.\n\nWiley, 41, known as the \"godfather of grime\", shared conspiracy theories and insulted Jewish people on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, which together have more than 940,000 followers.\n\nIn one tweet he said: \"I don't care about Hitler, I care about black people\", and also compared the Jewish community to the Ku Klux Klan.\n\nOn Instagram, videos of himself were interspersed with posts of screenshots - which have since been deleted - including one at about midday on Saturday suggesting Twitter has suspended him from tweeting for a week.\n\nHe had already been given a 12-hour ban on Friday night, but resumed tweeting on Saturday.\n\nThe platform has removed some of his tweets, with a note saying they violated its rules.\n\nWiley's manager, John Woolf, confirmed that the Twitter account, which is not verified, belongs to the London-born rapper, whose real name is Richard Cowie.\n\nIn a tweet on Friday evening that is no longer visible, Mr Woolf initially said he was \"talking to him privately\". He also said that, having known Wiley for 12 years, he knows \"he does not truly feel this way\".\n\nBut on Twitter on Saturday morning he tweeted: \"Following Wiley's antisemitic tweets today we at @A_ListMGMT have cut all ties with him. There is no place in society for antisemitism.\"\n\nThe two men were pictured together in December with boxer Anthony Joshua.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by John Woolf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a subsequent statement, Mr Woolf said: \"To be very clear here. I do not support or condone what Wiley has said today online in any way shape or form.\n\n\"I am a proud Jewish man and I am deeply shocked and saddened but what he has chosen to say.\n\n\"I am speaking to key figures in my community in light of today's tweets. This behaviour and hateful speech is not acceptable to me.\"\n\nWiley later claimed in a video posted on Instagram that he had \"cut ties\" with Mr Woolf - not the other way around.\n\nBroadcaster and producer DJ Spoony criticised Wiley's \"inflammatory\" comments, tweeting that the artist \"still has a huge role in our community but he must first see the error of his ways/comments and then make himself open to the help that will be offered\".\n\nThe Ivors Academy, an association for music writers which gave Wiley its Inspiration Award in 2019, said \"such appalling views have no place in the music creator community\".\n\nThere has been growing outrage over the social media companies' responses.\n\nThe Campaign Against Antisemitism said it had reported Wiley to the Metropolitan Police and asked Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, to close his accounts to \"prevent further outpouring of anti-Jewish venom\".\n\n\"We consider that Wiley has committed the offence of incitement to racial hatred, which can carry a substantial prison sentence,\" a statement read.\n\nIt added that it would contact the Cabinet Office to ask for his MBE be forfeited.\n\nThe rapper, known as Wiley Kat earlier in his career, was appointed MBE in 2018\n\nLord Mann, an adviser to the government on anti-Semitism, called on Twitter and Instagram to remove him from their platforms.\n\nHe said some of the content glorifies a violent attack on a rabbi in London, adding: \"That breaches all their standards, it's not even marginal.\"\n\nLuciana Berger, a Liberal Democrat politician who left the Labour Party over anti-Semitism last year, said the \"bile... permeates impressionable (often younger) minds\".\n\nActors David Baddiel and Tracy-Ann Oberman, who are both Jewish, also called for more action.\n\nFacebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement: \"There is no place for hate speech on Instagram. We have deleted content that violates our policies from this account and are continuing to investigate.\"\n\nTwitter said Wiley's account had been temporarily locked \"for violating our Hateful Conduct policy\".\n\n\"Abuse and harassment have no place on our service and we have policies in place - that apply to everyone, everywhere - that address abuse and harassment, violent threats, and hateful conduct,\" it added.\n\n\"If we identify accounts that violate any of these rules, we'll take enforcement action.\"\n\nWiley first entered the UK singles charts with Wearing My Rolex in 2008. His subsequent hits include Heatwave in 2012 and Boasty in 2019, a collaboration with rappers Stefflon Don and Sean Paul and actor Idris Elba.", "Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies.\n\nThe review of evidence by Public Health England found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care.\n\nAnd the risk grew substantially as weight increased.\n\nThe release comes ahead of an expected government announcement of new measures to curb obesity.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the current evidence was clear, that being overweight or obese puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, as well as from many other life-threatening diseases.\n\n\"Losing weight can bring huge benefits for health - and may also help protect against the health risks of Covid-19,\" she said. \"The case for action on obesity has never been stronger.\"\n\nThe UK has one of the highest levels of obesity in Europe. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with similar figures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese.\n\nBody mass index is calculated by dividing a person's mass in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.\n\nAnother measure of excess fat is waist size - men with a waist of 94cm or more and women with a waist of 80cm or more are more likely to develop obesity-related problems.\n\nSupporting people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight may reduce the severe effects of Covid-19 on the population, especially among vulnerable groups who are most affected by obesity, the report said.\n\nProf Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford, said we already know that older people, men, those from South Asian and some other ethnic groups, and people living in more deprived areas, are at increased risk from Covid-19.\n\n\"Over and above these things, this review shows that excess weight is another very important risk factor,\" she said.\n\nThere was anecdotal evidence that some people were struggling with their weight during the pandemic, she added, which offered a \"re-set moment\" for everyone to think about their lifestyle.\n\nAccording to the report, while some data suggests that more people have exercised during lockdown, evidence indicates that the nation's exercise levels have not increased overall.\n\nMeanwhile, snack food and alcohol sales from High Street shops have increased.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to announce new measures soon to combat obesity, including a ban on TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nThe measures are yet to be finalised, but are also likely to include a ban on online ads for unhealthy foods, and limits on in-store promotions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the \"first few weeks and months\" of the UK outbreak.\n\nThe PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were \"very open questions\" about whether the lockdown had started too late.\n\nMr Johnson also spoke of \"lessons to be learned\" and said ministers could have done some things \"differently\".\n\nLabour accused the government of \"mishandling\" the crisis.\n\nMore than 45,000 people in the UK have died after testing positive for coronavirus, government figures show, with almost 300,000 cases confirmed.\n\nLast week, Mr Johnson promised an \"independent\" inquiry into the pandemic, but no details have been given of its scope or timing.\n\nPreviously, the prime minister has said he took the \"right decisions at the right time\", based on the advice of scientists.\n\nBut, in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg to mark the first anniversary of his entering Downing Street, he said: \"We didn't understand [the virus] in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months.\n\n\"And I think, probably, the single thing that we didn't see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person.\"\n\nMr Johnson wants to use the government's experience of what happened during the pandemic to speed up his agenda, to \"double down on levelling up\", as he puts it in his peculiar political jargon.\n\nIn other words, to push ahead with more determination, and less fudge in Whitehall, with the changes that he says will actually improve the lives of voters, particularly those who voted Tory for the first time in 2019.\n\nWhile preparing the NHS for a potential second surge, he clearly wants to concentrate on what's next, not what's gone before.\n\nBut perhaps until the government is really ready to acknowledge what has happened, the questions will continue - and the public may still feel anxious about whether they can really trust ministers to handle a second surge next time round.\n\nJust as 366 days ago, optimism is Boris Johnson's trademark.\n\nBut if the last few months have shown anything, it is that the real challenge of life in power, is that events that can surprise.\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I think it's fair to say that there are things that we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages...There will be plenty of opportunities to learn the lessons of what happened.\"\n\nThe UK went into full lockdown in late March, which critics say was too late and cost lives.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"Maybe there were things we could have done differently, and of course there will be time to understand what exactly we could have done, or done differently.\"\n\nBoris Johnson was himself diagnosed with coronavirus in March\n\nHe added that these were still \"very open questions as far as [scientists] are concerned, and there will be a time, obviously, to consider all those issues\".\n\nOn Friday, the government announced that 30 million people in England would be offered a flu vaccine this year, to reduce pressure on the NHS in case of a surge in coronavirus infections during the autumn and winter.\n\nMr Johnson said this was in addition to increased testing and tracing and more procurement of personal protective equipment, adding: \"What people really want to focus on now is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase.\"\n\nHe said: \"We mourn every one of those who lost their lives and our thoughts are very much with their families. And I take full responsibility for everything that government did.\"\n\nThe prime minister, who was himself placed in intensive care in April after contracting coronavirus, said he would \"very soon\" set out new measures to deal with obesity, seen as an added risk factor for patients.\n\nIn December, Mr Johnson's Conservative Party pulled off a convincing general election win over Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, after promising to \"level up\" all parts of the UK.\n\nAnd, despite the economic damage caused by coronavirus in the past four months or so, the prime minister promised more nurses, doctors, hospitals and police, saying his government's priorities were \"exactly what they always have been, except more so. We're doubling down.\"\n\n\"The agenda is what it was when I stood on the steps of Downing Street a year ago, but we want to go further and we want to go faster.\"\n\nMr Johnson reminisced about first entering No 10 as prime minister on 24 July 2019, saying it \"was very exciting, and everybody seemed to be in a very good mood\" and \"happy, upbeat\". He added that coronavirus had caused many \"difficulties\" since then.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Psychologically it's been an extraordinary time for the country,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"But I also know that this is a nation with incredible natural resilience, and fortitude and imagination. And I think we will bounce back really much stronger than ever before.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"Boris Johnson has finally admitted the government has mishandled its response to the coronavirus.\n\n\"It was too slow to acknowledge the threat of the virus, too slow to enter lockdown and too slow to take this crisis seriously.\"\n\nThe threat of a second wave of infections was \"still very real\", he added, while it was \"imperative the government learns the lessons of its mistakes so we can help to save lives\".\n\nActing Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said an \"immediate\" coronavirus inquiry was \"essential\", and that the prime minister had shown \"no remorse\" for his \"catastrophic mistakes\".", "Tributes were paid to the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic and the health workers combating it, in a ceremony on Thursday led by King Felipe VI.\n\nRelatives of those who died with the virus laid white roses on a black pedestal surrounding a bowl of burning coals outside the Royal Palace in Madrid.", "UK passport applications delayed by a backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be expedited if people are due to go on holiday within two weeks, the Home Office has said.\n\nPassport renewals will be delivered within five days for people waiting more than four weeks who produce evidence they are to about to travel.\n\nMore than 400,000 documents are still being processed because of fewer staff.\n\nOfficials say they will also continue to prioritise emergency cases.\n\nThey said more than 6,500 passports had been issued to individuals on compassionate and emergency grounds during the lockdown.\n\nThe Passport Office said it recognised an increasing number of people who did not meet the \"urgent and compassionate criteria\" would want their passport more quickly as international travel restrictions continued to ease, \"particularly those with pre-existing bookings\".\n\nIt comes after the UK government said more than 50 countries - including many popular holiday spots - now posed ''a reduced risk'' from coronavirus.\n\nBut people who want to go on holiday abroad are being warned not to book trips unless they have an up-to-date passport. Those who do not need to renew their passports yet are being urged to wait until after the summer.\n\nEarlier this week the Home Office revealed that passport staff were working through 126,000 applications, with a further 284,000 still to be processed.\n\nMinisters said the backlog had built up because passport offices had fewer workers due to social distancing rules.\n\nThe Passport Office said security checks meant the process would take longer for people applying for a passport for the first time but staff were \"working hard to ensure that anyone with pre-planned travel does not miss out if their passport application has been submitted correctly and in good time\".\n\nIt added that overseas applicants who had experienced delays and had to apply to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for emergency travel documents would be able to claim refunds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia\n\nVisitors to Welsh beauty spots are \"putting lives at risk\" with dangerous parking, officials have warned.\n\nOver the weekend more than 500 cars parked on mountain roads in Snowdonia, with people camping in laybys to hike up Snowdon.\n\nIn Barmouth visitors blocked a potential rescue by parking on the lifeboat forecourt.\n\nThe RNLI warned they were \"putting lives at risk\".\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said it was holding \"urgent talks\" to plan and agree a way forward after chaotic scenes near Snowdon.\n\nHelen Pye, of SNPA, said staff and volunteers said the number of visitors to Snowdon at the weekend \"was nothing like they'd ever seen before\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSnowdonia and the Brecon Beacons national parks were closed at the start of lockdown, after 'unprecedented' crowds flocked to Snowdon and Pen y fan despite advice against non-essential travel.\n\nCar parks and paths reopened in Snowdonia on 6 July to visitors for the first time after the stay local travel restrictions were lifted.\n\nOn Sunday, pictures were shared on social media of cars parked along the side of the mountain road, as people flocked to hike to the highest peak in Wales.\n\nAt Pen y pass 180 parking fines were issued on Sunday, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nAnd by 08:16 BST on Monday, the Pen-y-Pass car park, the closest car park to the summit of Snowdon, in Gwynedd, was again full.\n\nNia Jefferies, who had cycled from nearby Porthmadog on Sunday, said it was \"frightening\" as people had parked on bends, turning it into a \"single track\".\n\n\"There were walkers there, motorbikes there, cyclists and big campervans, and it was down to single file,\" the Gwynedd councillor said.\n\n\"It was the worst I've ever seen it, it was so scary, I was frightened.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMs Jefferies said people were camped in laybys, and the Sherpa bus to bring hikers to the mountain could not get through due to the \"reckless parking\".\n\nHundreds of people were fined by police, but with the fine only being about £30, Ms Jefferies said it was not a deterrent.\n\n\"People just think they want to go up it because it is the highest mountain in Wales, but there are so many other places,\" she added, calling for Visit Wales to actively promote other routes.\n\nMs Jefferies said while business owners were desperate for tourists to return to the area, people needed to respect the national park and think about the consequences of their actions.\n\n\"We are lucky we have the scenery, I know lockdown has been hard for people living in cities, but people are not respecting the environment or other people,\" she said.\n\n\"It was just so haphazard, fancy stopping on a mountain on a bend, and not thinking about the consequences, and just going for a walk, it's so selfish.\"\n\nTickets have been issued to some cars\n\nPlaid Cymru politicians said the scenes were \"truly shocking\" and called for a park and ride scheme to be brought in urgently.\n\n\"Nothing can excuse the behaviour of those who wantonly abandoned their vehicles on an exceptionally busy stretch of the A4086,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"What events over the weekend underscored is that we cannot wait any longer for a lasting solution to this problem.\"\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority, Gwynedd and Conwy councils have been reviewing parking and transport for the area.\n\nMs Jefferies said having a park and ride service could be a solution, to get people to spend in villages and towns, or passes for local residents.\n\nIn Barmouth, Gwynedd, the RNLI said people had parked outside the lifeboat station, blocking spaces for volunteers.\n\nIn a tweet the service said: \"We need this space for crew to park in case of a shout and to get the lifeboats out.\n\n\"You are potentially putting lives at risks parking here.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nConcerns have also been raised about litter left in beauty spots since restrictions were eased, and visitors returned to popular beaches and mountains.\n\nNorth Wales Police said the amount of litter being left on The Great Orme, Llandudno, by people picnicking was \"unacceptable\" at the weekend.\n\nHelen Pye said people were queuing at the top to reach Snowdon's summit\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said they were holding urgent talks with partners, including police and other national parks.\n\nHelen Pye, of SNPA, said: \"We've had things in place to cope with a busy period as lockdown eases, but there's only so much that one mountain can take. \"It's almost as if people are working out their pent up longing for open spaces and the countryside. \"It's lovely that people want to come and visit, but we do need everyone to check the car park situation before they arrive and park sensibly when they do.\n\n\"Once people are on the mountain, everything seems fine. Our wardens at the top of Snowdon itself say that there are queues for the summit, but people are being good natured and are social distancing.\"", "Aziza Aljahwari eventually found her son Ali after searching in the water for about 10 minutes\n\nA mother has told how she frantically waded through a deep river searching for her missing 10-year-old before the pair were rescued by firefighters.\n\nAziza Aljahwari and her son Ali were rescued from the River Rheidol in Aberystwyth on Wednesday.\n\nMrs Aljahwari said the emergency service teams that saved them had \"really touched\" her heart.\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service used a rescue sled, throw bags and floating line to retrieve the pair.\n\nAberystwyth Lifeboat launched to help Mrs Aljahwari and Ali\n\nMrs Aljahwari had visited the river on Wednesday with her friend and three of her six children, aged 12, 10 and six.\n\nShe said while she and her friend were looking for somewhere to sit her six-year-old son Mohammad dropped a small toy boat into the water and went in after it.\n\nShe retrieved Mohammad quickly but Ali had gone into the water after her and was trying to get the boat when she lost sight of him.\n\nThe incident started when Aziza Aljahwari's six-year-old dropped a toy boat into the River Rheidol\n\n\"I heard his voice but I couldn't see him,\" she said.\n\nAfter running onto the road to to get a better view of the river she was unable to see him so asked her friend to call 999 while she waded into the water after him.\n\nMrs Aljahwari, who cannot swim, said: \"I didn't have any choice. The water became faster. The water was so cold.\n\n\"I was scared for my son. I asked Allah to save him.\"\n\nEmyr Jones said the pair were \"very fortunate\"\n\nMrs Aljahwari said she was in the water for up to 10 minutes before she eventually saw her son clinging to a tree.\n\n\"Ali was crying and saying 'mummy please don't go'.\n\n\"The water was up to my neck. I was frightened, I said 'Ali don't come to me, just stay there'.\n\n\"I reached Ali and climbed onto the bank of the river. I was trying to call my friend but she couldn't hear us.\"\n\nThe coastguard and police were at the scene while the search was under way\n\nMrs Aljahwari, said once she had located Ali she had faith they would be okay: \"I didn't feel scared,\" she said.\n\n\"I knew the emergency services would come quickly.\n\n\"Later Ali told me he had been terrified until I came.\"\n\nAfter calling 999, Mrs Aljahwari's friend had called her husband and he had made his way to the river and was there to give her a kiss when they were brought out of the water.\n\n\"He was very scared,\" she added.\n\nMrs Aljahwari, her husband Jamal and their children moved from Oman to Aberystwyth five years ago for Jamal to study a PHD at the town's university.\n\nPosting on Facebook after the rescue, Mrs Aljahwari gave a \"warm thank you\" to those who tried to help them, including Dyfed-Powys Police, Aberystwyth Lifeboat, Welsh Ambulance Service, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the coastguard.\n\nShe wrote: \"Thank you for your kindness and hard work that day.\n\n\"I was truly amazed by your incredible work.\n\n\"There were few small unseen moments that really touched my heart that I would like to share.\n\n\"For example when fireman tried to break the branches from trees, until blood came out of his hand but he didn't complain or showed a sign, he did all that just to make sure that I walk safely.\n\n\"When we finally reached safety he kneeled down to speak to Ali and try to comfort him and cheer him.\n\n\"Or the firefighter who took his jacket off and put it in the ground to protect our feet from the cold.\n\n\"Or when a man saw us shivering and quickly asked the helicopter to drop us a blanket and a mat.\"\n\nA fire engine was also at the scene\n\nShe also thanked people who had supported her \"anxious\" husband while they were in the water.\n\nShe added: \"I feel lucky to live in Aber in such a wonderful community where everyone is a family.\n\n\"Thank You God for allowing all those people into my life.\"\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Aberystwyth fire station manager Emyr Jones said due to the terrain on the banks of the river, the pair could not be seen and two of his crew members had to enter the water \"as a last resort\".\n\nHe added the pair were found waist-deep in the water and were \"very fortunate\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia\n\nMotorists are being warned they could be towed away if they park illegally at the foot of Snowdon.\n\nIf follows chaotic scenes at Pen-y-Pass below the mountain last weekend, where vehicles turned the main road into a car park in places.\n\nIt led to 180 vehicles being given penalty fines.\n\nCar parks at Pen-y-Pass will now be closed at the weekend, and only available for buses and taxis to drop-off hikers heading on to the peak.\n\n\"This is a 60mph area, and the irresponsible and dangerous parking we saw last weekend not only risked lives but also would have prevented emergency vehicle access,\" said Supt Neil Thomas, from North Wales Police.\n\n\"Anybody found to be parked on the clearway or causing an obstruction will have their vehicle removed at their own expense. Please heed the warning.\"\n\nPen-y-Pass sits on the main A4086 road between Llanberis and Capel Curig, and is where the Pyg Track path takes walkers to the top of Snowdon, making it one of the most popular destinations in the national park.\n\nHowever, all access to Snowdon and other popular peaks in the national park was closed in March, as part of coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nWalkers and hikers were allowed back on the mountains when the \"stay local\" lockdown restrictions were eased on 6 July, while last weekend marked the start of the official school holidays for many visitors.\n\nTraffic enforcement officers will be out in force again at the weekend\n\nLocal residents accused visitors of treating the region with \"lack of respect\" after an estimated 500 cars lined verges and the roadside all down the pass.\n\nIn addition to closing the pass car parks over the weekend, extra park-and-ride bus services will be put in place, running from nearby Llanberis and Nant Peris.\n\nSnowdon Sherpa buses will be running every 15 minutes between 06:45 in the morning and 18:40 in the evening.\n\nThe buses link all the various Snowdon car parks with summit paths.\n\n\"These urgent measures will help to tackle the immediate challenge and we will continue to monitor and adapt as matters progresses,\" said Emyr Williams, chief executive of the Snowdonia Park Authority.\n\nThe leader of Gwynedd council Dyfrig Siencyn added: \"We want people to be able to enjoy our stunning mountain ranges safely.\n\n\"Those who ignore the message by parking illegally on the highway on Snowdonia's mountain passes will face an on-the-spot fine or even being towed away by police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Katrina Collins wanted to lighten the mood and create a talking point in Montgomery\n\nStern signs instructing people to queue two metres apart have become part of life since lockdown.\n\nBut graphic designer Keith Williams and friend Katrina Collins wanted to lighten the mood and create a talking point.\n\nSo they settled on making messages that describe two metres in quirky ways, such as \"7 Chihuahuas\" and \"50 chips\".\n\nMr Williams wanted something a little out of the ordinary, rather than \"awful plastic signs\".\n\n\"I thought we could do something different,\" he said.\n\n\"So every two metres there are random phrases.\"\n\nThese include \"14.3 pairs of scissors\"; \"1.1 piano hinges\"; \"25 - 50 chips\"; \"85.36 pound coins\" and \"153.85 marbles\".\n\nThe signs, in Montgomery, Powys, have got people talking, Mr Williams said.\n\n\"The idea was to get people bemused and then to chat when the penny dropped, because queueing is boring,\" he said.\n\nA woman and her dog stay 16 million coronaviruses from the person in front\n\nThe response had been positive, Mr Williams said, although not everybody initially understood what it was about.\n\n\"One chap said, 'I don't get it',\" Mr Williams said. \"I explained it to him and he said, 'How very Montgomery'.\n\n\"It's nice to see when the penny drops.\"\n\nGraphic designer Keith Williams spent 11 hours over two days painting the signs\n\nThe signs were finished on Monday after Mr Williams spent 11 hours on his hands and knees painting them.\n\nMs Collins, who runs \"zero-waste\" catering business Shed 38, said: \"Each sign has some relevance to the business they are outside.\n\n\"So outside the cafe is '22 scones and 33.7 carrot cakes'.\"\n\nThe hope was they would spark conversations in the town\n\nThe scones and carrots were not laid end-to-end on the pavement to measure, she explained.\n\n\"We measured a scone and measured a carrot cake and did the maths,\" said Ms Collins.\n\n\"We thought that we would stick to (Shed 38's) zero-waste theme - we didn't want to get carrot cakes on the floor.\"", "Holidaymakers are able to use sites with shared facilities from this weekend\n\nHolidaymakers can once again carry on camping in Wales - but it won't be as you remember it.\n\nFrom Saturday sites with shared facilities are allowed to open, with strict rules and regulations, having missed most of the high season.\n\nBusinesses said they had been inundated with inquiries but it would not make up for lost trade during lockdown.\n\nThere had also been the expense of deep cleaning, adding social distancing and reducing pitch numbers, some said.\n\nWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford warned holidaymakers they \"must get used to some changes\" to protect everyone from coronavirus.\n\n\"It's the responsibility of all of us to follow these new rules so we can keep ourselves and our loved ones safe,\" he said.\n\nThe British Holiday and Home Parks Association said it expected almost all of the 1,322 sites in Wales that offer shared facilities to open.\n\nAnd Philippa George, who chairs the Forum for South East Wales Tourism, estimated 97% would be welcoming visitors.\n\n\"It's been very hard, because all these businesses that have not been open have had no income for the season,\" she said.\n\nThere is less than two months of that left.\n\n\"It pretty well dries up in September, that is one of the quietest months in the season,\" said Ms George.\n\nPhilippa George has reduced numbers at her Monknash campsite and followed Covid-19 social distancing and hygiene advice\n\nThe cost of adding measures to conform to coronavirus regulations was \"quite expensive\", she said.\n\nMs George worried sites would be driven out of business.\n\n\"That is three winters of no income for some people,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been extremely serious and I am hoping the Welsh Government will help.\n\n\"Across tourism we need to look at these businesses otherwise we are going to lose some.\"\n\nMs George, who runs Heritage Coast Camping, in Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan, said: \"I'm only going to be effectively open for August and September, so income is reduced massively.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms George said more people wanted to take holidays in the UK\n\nSince the announcement sites would be allowed to reopen, her phone has been ringing off the hook.\n\n\"It has been ringing from half-seven to half-11 at night,\" Ms George said.\n\n\"The people who ring, I've been discussing with them what we are doing to protect them and their safety.\n\n\"Without exception they have enjoyed that discussion and welcomed it.\"\n\nHeritage Coast Camping is not opening until 31 July as it is not ready yet.\n\n\"With shared facilities it is difficult because you are talking about showers, toilets, washing up rooms,\" Ms George said.\n\nTo maintain social distancing this means no more than two people at a time can use them.\n\nSharon Evans runs Llandow Touring Caravan Park, which also accepts tents and is opening on Saturday.\n\nShe said: \"We have been able to open a fortnight now with the caravans on site, where customers are using their own facilities, which has given us a bit of a trial run.\n\n\"We have screens in reception and hand sanitisers and social distancing and we have spent a great deal of time deep cleaning.\n\n\"The level of interest has been overwhelming.\"\n\nRoger Thomas, of the Three Golden Cups site, said demand was so pent up he expected people \"whatever the weather\"\n\nIt was \"frustrating\" sites were banned from opening in Wales until Saturday, Ms Evans said, adding: \"Our customers have been going to England.\"\n\nSome of her customers have been visiting for years, she said: \"It's been very lonely without them, very quiet.\"\n\nRoger Thomas, who runs the Three Golden Cups campsite a few miles away in Southerndown, said trade was normally weather dependent.\n\n\"If the weather is dreadful people tend not to come,\" he said.\n\n\"But this year the demand is so pent up I expect they will come whatever.\"\n\nThe Camping and Caravanning Club said in Wales sites at Bala, Rhandirmwyn, Cardigan Bay and Wyeside were open.\n\nBut only Wyeside will be open with shared facilities from Saturday.\n\n\"It's great for campsites across Wales to be able to open their shared facilities, such as toilet blocks, as this will mean tent-campers and campervanners can now pitch up alongside caravans and motorhomes, which have self-contained washrooms,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBritish Holiday and Home Parks Association boss Ros Pritchard said: \"We are hoping to see the return of our tent campers on Saturday.\"", "Coronavirus has meant pregnant women around the world have had to face additional challenges – like changing birth plans, social isolation, and financial challenges.\n\nTwo women in Vancouver and London have documented their birth stories for the BBC, to show what it’s like to have a baby in a pandemic.\n\nYou can watch the full story, Lockdown Babies: Pregnancy In A Pandemic on BBC World News this weekend.", "A reporter in Florida has thanked a viewer who spotted a cancerous growth on her neck and sent an email urging her to seek treatment.\n\n\"A viewer emailed me last month,\" WFLA reporter Victoria Price posted online on Thursday. \"She saw a lump on my neck. Said it reminded her of her own.\"\n\n\"Hers was cancer. Turns out, mine is too,\" she said, announcing she would be taking time off from work to fight it.\n\nPrice said she would undergo surgery on Monday to remove the tumour.\n\n\"'8 On Your Side' isn't just a catchphrase at @wfla,\" she wrote on Instagram, referring to the station's call sign number and slogan.\n\n\"It's our cornerstone. But the roles recently reversed when I found a viewer on MY side, and I couldn't be more grateful.\"\n\nPrice said that her work covering the coronavirus outbreak in Tampa had distracted her from caring for her own health.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by victoria price This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"As a journalist, it's been full throttle since the pandemic began. Never-ending shifts in a never-ending news cycle,\" Price wrote, adding: \"We were covering the most important health story in a century, but my own health was the farthest thing from my mind.\"\n\nDoctors told her the tumour was spreading from the centre of her neck and would need to be surgically removed, along with her thyroid and some lymph nodes, she wrote in an article for WFLA.\n\n\"Had I never received that email, I never would have called my doctor. The cancer would have continued to spread. It's a scary and humbling thought,\" she posted.\n\n\"I will forever be thankful to the woman who went out of her way to email me, a total stranger. She had zero obligation to, but she did anyway. Talk about being on your side, huh?\"\n\nThyroid cancer is far more common in women than men, Price reported, adding that roughly 75% of all cases diagnosed in the US this year have been women.\n\n\"So ladies…#CheckYourNeck!\" she wrote, adding that she expects to return to work in a week.\n\nThis is not the first time that a watchful viewer has given helpful medical advice to a broadcaster.\n\nIn 2018, former Liverpool defender and football pundit Mark Lawrenson thanked a doctor who gave him a cancer diagnosis after watching him on BBC One's Football Focus.\n\nFlip or Flop's El Moussa described Nurse Ryan as \"an amazing woman\"\n\nIn 2013, cable news host Tarek El Moussa was alerted to a lump on his neck by a nurse who had seen him on the home makeover show Flip or Flop.\n\n\"I thought it was something that needed to be brought to his attention,\" nurse Ryan Reade told NBC.\n\nEl Moussa has now recovered from stage-2 thyroid cancer.", "Crowds of people were waiting to leave the park after the stabbing\n\nA man has been charged following a knife attack at Thorpe Park.\n\nA 26-year-old man suffered a serious stab wound to his stomach following an altercation at the Surrey theme park on Saturday.\n\nThe attack took place on a bridge near the exit of the attraction during a row between two groups, causing the park to be put in lockdown.\n\nCraig Harakh, 26, from south London, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, police said.\n\nHe has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nMr Harakh, of Jeffreys Road, Lambeth, is due to appear at Staines Magistrates' Court via video link on Wednesday.\n\nThe victim has since been discharged from hospital, police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The home secretary has promised \"sweeping reforms\" to Home Office culture after the Windrush scandal which saw people wrongly deported.\n\nSpeaking to MPs, Priti Patel said there would be a \"full evaluation\" of the hostile environment policy.\n\nShe also announced mandatory training for Home Office staff, reconciliation events with the victims of the scandal and diverse shortlists for senior jobs.\n\nLabour said the government was \"falling woefully short\".\n\nMs Patel said her commitment to changing the Home Office was \"fundamentally solid and firm\" adding: \"I have been on the receiving end of certain practices in the Home Office as well, which quite frankly speak to some of the points that came out of Wendy Williams' review.\"\n\nThe Windrush scandal saw people being detained or even removed from the UK despite having lived in the country for years.\n\nThe scandal prompted criticism of the government's \"hostile environment\" measures introduced to tackle illegal immigration such as a 'deport first, appeal later' policy and tougher 'right to work' checks.\n\nA report into the scandal by Wendy Williams, an inspector of constabulary, accused the Home Office of demonstrating \"ignorance and thoughtlessness\".\n\nShe made 30 recommendations and in June Ms Patel said she accepted the report in full.\n\nMaking a statement in the House of Commons, the home secretary told MPs the scandal was \"an ugly stain on the face of our country and our Home Office\" adding that her response had been \"swift, strong and uncompromising\".\n\nShe said she wanted to ensure \"sweeping reforms\" to Home Office culture and would be \"reviewing every aspect of how the department operates, its leadership, the culture, policies, practices and the way it views and treats all parts of the communities it serves\".\n\nShe told MPs that over £1.5m had been offered by the Windrush compensation scheme but added \"this is just the beginning\".\n\nIn her statement she announced:\n\nMs Patel said: \"There are simply not enough individuals from black, Asian or minority ethnic staff working at the top in senior roles and there are far too many times where I am the only non-white face in the room.\n\nThe Empire Windrush, which arrived at Tilbury Docks, Essex, on 22 June 1948, brought workers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands, as a response to post-war labour shortages in the UK.\n\n\"The injustices of Windrush did not happen because Home Office staff were bad people, but because staff themselves were caught up in a system where they did not feel they had the permission to bring personal judgement to bear,\" she said.\n\nShe also announced that in September 2021, Ms Williams would revisit the Home Office to review its progress.\n\nLabour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Windrush scandal \"must lead to real and lasting change\".\n\n\"Looking at the failure to act on so many previous reviews, the government is falling woefully short on that action and that's why we will be holding them to account for delivering the vital changes outlined in this report and to act with the urgency that is required.\"\n\nPatrick Vernon, a Windrush campaigner, urged the government to speed up the payment of compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal.\n\nHe said Mrs Patel's statement \"paid lip service to this review, but does not respond to the urgency of the matter - several Windrush victims have already died without receiving compensation for the injustice they faced.\"", "Sales of paint, wallpaper, plants and compost have soared during lockdown, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix has said.\n\nKingfisher said people had been doing more DIY than usual, as like-for-like sales jumped by 21.6% in the three months to 18 July.\n\nStore re-openings also boosted revenue, while online sales more than tripled.\n\nKingfisher's UK stores, as well as those in France, were closed in mid-March due to lockdown measures to stop the spread of coronavirus.\n\nAlthough B&Q's UK stores only started reopening in late April, online sales continued to see a huge increase, it said.\n\nThe retailer made click-and-collect and home delivery options available and the group saw online sales surge more than 200% in both May and June.\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics, retail sales across the UK partly recovered in May driven by DIY stores and garden centres reopening.\n\nSales were boosted by a 42% rise at household goods stores, such as hardware, furniture and paint shops, it said.\n\nKingfisher said that good weather had also helped demand - in addition to people having more time to spend on DIY improvements while they spent more time at home.\n\nIn June, the group said it would recruit 3,000 to 4,000 more workers to meet the rising demand, about half of them in the UK.\n\nKingfisher boss Thierry Garnier said the firm's new recruits would be \"temporary\" during the summer, depending on what happened to demand after coronavirus measures were eased.\n\nThe DIY group is one of the few large retailers to add to its workforce instead of cutting jobs amid the pandemic.\n\nDIY is one area that has done well during lockdown. Other businesses that have seen buoyant sales include supermarkets and online-only fashion stores.\n\nSainsbury's, for example, saw grocery sales up 10.5% during the lockdown, fuelled by online orders. Online fashion firm Asos also reported an increase in group sales of 10% to £1bn in the four months to 30 June.\n\nDespite Kingfisher's strong performance, the group said in a statement on Wednesday that it would not give guidance for the second half of the year due to \"uncertainty around Covid-19 and the wider economic outlook\".\n\nIt also said its sales over the six months to 18 July were down 3.7% compared with the same period last year.\n• None Five firms booming despite the lockdown", "At the moment, Rick Cressman says his hotel Nailcote Hall, near Coventry, is losing £40,000 a month, with bank borrowing his only financial lifeline.\n\nThe hotel had been turning over just short of £3m a year.\n\n\"Fixed costs mean we must operate at scale,\" he told the BBC. \"We would need to operate at 50% capacity just to turn a small profit.\"\n\nThe British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) says almost half of UK firms have been unable to fully restart operations despite restrictions being eased.\n\nIts coronavirus impact tracker - billed as the largest business survey of its type - found that weak consumer demand and possible local lockdowns were seen as obstacles.\n\nNailcote Hall, which employed 80 staff before lockdown, was a popular venue for weddings, party nights and visitors to the nearby National Exhibition Centre (NEC).\n\nIt plans to re-open on 24 August, but since Mr Cressman took the decision another big NEC event he was hoping would bring in business has been cancelled.\n\n\"We are taking a little bit of a punt,\" he says.\n\nMr Cressman is hopeful his customers will return relatively quickly, saying many bookings \"haven't been cancelled, just pushed back\".\n\nEven so, the hospitality sector has strict distancing rules, so getting back to the days when the hotel had average wedding parties of 100 guests could be a long way off.\n\nHis staff are gradually being brought back from furlough, with training underway and the re-arrangement of the hotel to make it Covid-19 compliant in progress.\n\nMr Cressman said: \"We need to get up to 50% capacity within about two months. I've been in this business 40 years. I'm sure many people with less experience would find it overwhelming.\"\n\nThe BCC's survey of firms between 6 July and 10 July found that while demand is up since the depths of the lockdown, most firms are only operating at about half of their pre-virus capacity.\n\nMeanwhile, almost half said they had seen a slight or significant decrease in revenue from UK customers compared to June.\n\nAnd some 43% saw an increase in late payments from customers when compared with the last six months of 2019.\n\nAdam Marshall, BCC director general, said: \"Businesses are grappling with reduced customer demand, an on-going cash crunch, and the potential for further lockdowns during an uncertain autumn and winter ahead,\" Mr Marshall said.\n\n\"The prime minister's encouragement to return to workplaces and further updates to business guidance will not be enough on their own.\"\n\nThe survey was carried out before Boris Johnson's announcement last week that coronavirus restrictions will ease further in England under plans for what he called a \"significant return to normality\" by Christmas.\n\nUnder the new guidelines, people may use public transport for journeys immediately and companies will have more discretion to bring staff back to work from 1 August.\n\nHowever, economists say that despite the easing of lockdown and hopes that the pace of staff being brought back from furlough will be pick up, the outlook for jobs was gloomy.\n\nJack Kennedy, economist at Indeed, an employment website which helped produce the BCC's report, said: \"The slowdown in consumer activity mirrors hiring activity in the UK.\n\n\"Today, there are 60% fewer job postings than there were before the outbreak of Covid-19, and so far there are few signs of a V-shaped recovery in vacancies.\n\n\"The furlough scheme has been an important lifeline to millions of people but the fear is there will be a sudden rise in unemployment after that umbilical cord has been severed,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We want to support businesses'\n\nOn the very day that the name RBS was consigned to the annals of financial history, the boss of the UK's biggest business lender warned that while the painful memories of the last great financial crisis had faded, the true extent of a new and graver threat to thousands of businesses was emerging.\n\nAlison Rose, the chief executive of the renamed Natwest Group said: \"There are clearly tough times ahead. Not all businesses will survive and there are going to be losses\".\n\nWe got a glimpse of the potential scale of the losses earlier this year when RBS (as was) reported a nine-fold (833%) increase in the amount of money it set aside for bad loans compared to the same period a year ago.\n\nNew accounting standards require companies to make their best guess of future bad loans - so RBS's best guess in the first quarter of this year was that bad loans would explode. We will get an update on their view next week.\n\nSince that time, RBS has gone on to lend £10bn under various government schemes to businesses that they would not normally have done were it not for government guarantees, the vast majority of which were at 100%.\n\nHowever, as Alison Rose was keen to stress - those guarantees are to the lender not the borrower.\n\nIf RBS predicts the default rate on loans rose by nine times on loans the bank was comfortable making without guarantees, how much higher will it be when that government backing meant the normal lending checks were accelerated or even effectively discarded?\n\nGiven these loans are guaranteed, the financial problem is primarily the government's (and therefore the taxpayer) but these are loans not grants and Alison Rose accepted that the high street banks will be the ones to be knocking on the door for repayment.\n\n\"It's a very important point that we have made to businesses that they are 100% liable for repayment. We will be involved in collecting that money because they will need to pay it back but we will do that in a very considered and thoughtful way.\" She added that a lot of businesses had secured the funds but many had not yet spent them.\n\nThe decade or so since the last crisis was the most painful in the nearly 300-year history of a bank that went from solid and dependable and trusted Royal Bank of Scotland (a brand its branches will retain in Scotland) to a by word for reckless expansion, hubristic leadership and, in some cases, the brutal and unethical treatment of its small business customers after the crash.\n\nMs Rose is determined to complete a transformation from that to a \"purpose driven, financially sustainable bank that works for all its stakeholders\".\n\nThe name change may help to close the door on a horrible decade for a bank whose losses over ten years amounted to £60bn - wiping out am injection of £46bn in taxpayer money and then some.\n\nThe shares in TBFKARBS (The bank formerly known as RBS), or Natwest Group, are trading at one quarter of the value at which the taxpayer bought its shares.\n\nWe will probably never get that money back. That doesn't mean it was the wrong thing to do. A failure of a bank whose assets were worth more than the entire UK economy would have taken that economy down the plughole with it.\n\nMs Rose insists that the bank will not airbrush events since 2009 out of its corporate memory: \"We don't want to forget the past, it's important we remember those lessons\"", "The funeral cortege was warmly welcomed as it arrived in Ashington\n\nThousands of people lined the streets of football great Jack Charlton's hometown to pay their respects ahead of his funeral.\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland boss Charlton, who won the World Cup playing for England, died on 10 July aged 85.\n\nHe was born in Ashington, Northumberland, and often returned to the former mining town.\n\nWell-wishers applauded and cheered as the cortege passed through the streets, with many waving flags and banners.\n\nHis family said they had been \"overwhelmed\" by the support shown and added \"he would have been thrilled by the outpouring of kindness\".\n\nPeople threw flowers on the hearse as it passed slowly through the town where he and his younger brother Sir Bobby honed their football skills.\n\nThe procession slowed as it passed close to the terraced house on Beatrice Street where the Charltons once lived and played in the back lane.\n\nOne floral tribute marked Charlton's wearing of the number 5 shirt in the 1966 World Cup final\n\nFloral tributes in the hearse included a football and a red England shirt with \"Jackie 5\" on it.\n\nThe cortege then made its way to a private service at a crematorium in Newcastle, where just a small number of relatives attended due to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe family said Sir Bobby had not been well enough to be there.\n\nJack Charlton was \"incredibly proud\" of Ashington, his son said\n\nNewcastle United, Leeds United, Ireland and England scarves were draped over the coffin as it was carried into the crematorium\n\nIn a eulogy at the service, his grandchildren, Emma, Kate and Tom Wilkinson, paid tribute to \"a proud Englishman, a proud northerner and a proud honorary Irishman\".\n\n\"The footballer, the friend, the family man we all knew was forged in Ashington - during a happy childhood with the parents and three brothers he always loved dearly.\n\n\"As they whiled away hours kicking a ball around Hirst Park, Grandad could never have imagined how remarkable his life would go on to be.\"\n\nReferencing him dropping to his knees at the end of the World Cup final in 1966, they added: \"Many have often wondered what he was thinking - was it pure elation? Was it the gravity of the achievement?\n\n\"Was it relief that the hopes of a nation had been realised? Well he always told us he was just bloody knackered.\"\n\nA message from brother Sir Bobby was among the many tributes\n\nThe former Leeds United defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in recent years and was suffering from dementia.\n\nIn more than 20 seasons with the club, he made 773 appearances and won the 1969 league title and the 1972 FA Cup.\n\nHe later found success managing the Republic of Ireland, but his family said while his achievements brought him recognition \"he always had his feet firmly on the ground\".\n\n\"It's clear that the many fleeting moments of kindness he showed to strangers had a lasting impact, and we're extremely proud to be able to say that the man everyone met is the man we knew.\n\n\"A man who struck the balance so perfectly between football icon, fan favourite and loving family man.\"\n\nSpeaking before the funeral, his son John said: \"Many will know now that, as a family, we wanted to give local people the opportunity to say goodbye to Jack, and pay their respects before he's laid to rest.\n\n\"Jack was incredibly proud of his hometown, which is why we made the decision to take the funeral cortege around Ashington.\"\n\nFlags and banners celebrating his involvement with the World Cup win have been placed around the town\n\nAs soon as the funeral car appeared, the hundreds of people on Alexandra Road started to applaud and cheer. One of the town's most famous sons was home.\n\nA Northumberland piper accompanied the cortege part of the way. It was a tribute that brought his family to tears.\n\nThese are strange times. The family requested that people kept their distance from each other and wore a mask. Despite the pandemic, everybody here left their home or took the morning off work to pay their respects. That's how much he is loved in this part of the world.\n\nThey all have a story about Jack Charlton too - a time he turned up at the local pub, or when he shared his packed lunch when he was out fishing.\n\nFootball defined him, but his personality also made him a local hero.\n\nMessages of love for Charlton were evident on flags around the town\n\nOne youngster paid tribute by having \"Wor Jackie\" painted on his back\n\nPeter Mather, a 68-year-old semi-retired bricklayer, stood on the route of the funeral with a sign saying \"Howay Wor Jack\".\n\nHe said: \"I lived over the road from here and I vividly remember watching the World Cup final.\n\n\"At the final whistle, he went to his knees, a big hard man like that showing such emotion. I'll never forget it.\"\n\nCharlton (centre) and his team-mates cemented their place in English football history in 1966\n\nBobby and Jack Charlton leave their mother's house in Ashington for a civic reception after the World Cup win in 1966\n\nHe spent his entire playing career at Leeds United and is seen here challenging his brother Bobby in action for Manchester United\n\nThe funeral procession left the Charlton family home in Dalton, Northumberland, and was met by a police escort in Ashington before going along Newbiggin Road into the town centre.\n\nIt stopped outside Hirst Welfare Centre, where Charlton and Sir Bobby played football as children, before travelling to the crematorium.", "The PAC said the Treasury did not announce plans for \"significant\" support for businesses and individuals until 11 March\n\nThe government's failure to plan for the economic impact of a pandemic is \"astonishing\", a committee of MPs says.\n\nThe Commons Public Accounts Committee said the economic reaction to Covid-19 had been rushed and the impact could be \"long-term\".\n\nIt added the Treasury had waited until mid-March before deciding on economic support schemes to put in place.\n\nBut the government said it regularly tested its pandemic plans, which enabled a \"rapid\" response.\n\nLabour accused ministers of being \"incompetent\" in dealing with coronavirus.\n\nLast month, official figures showed that the UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, contracting 2.2% in the joint largest fall since 1979.\n\nIn its report, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said the government needed to \"learn lessons\" and \"ensure it doesn't repeat its mistakes again in the event of a second spike in infections - or another novel disease outbreak\".\n\n\"We are astonished by the government's failure to consider in advance how it might deal with the economic impacts of a pandemic,\" it said.\n\nThe report noted the government undertook at three-day pandemic simulation in 2016 known as Exercise Cygnus.\n\nBut the committee said the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \"was not even aware of the exercise\", saying: \"It is astounding that the government did not think about the potential impact on the economy.\"\n\nAnd it said the Treasury did not announce plans for \"significant funding\" to support businesses and individuals until the Budget on 11 March \"and it did not become clear to the Treasury until the following week that a furlough scheme would be needed\".\n\nThe first reported cases of coronavirus confirmed by the chief medical officer in England was on 31 January.\n\nThe committee said a \"lack of prior thinking on the types of schemes that may be required led to a delay in implementation... particularly in relation to the self-employed scheme where it lacked sufficient, reliable information\" on recipients.\n\nThe report called for more transparency in government decision making and that the Cabinet Office should review crisis command structures to \"ensure longer-term decision making\".\n\nLast month, official figures showed that the UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March\n\nThe committee was also critical of how the issue of personal protective equipment (PPE) was handled, saying there were \"fundamental flaws in the government's central procurement and local distribution of vital goods and equipment\".\n\nThe report also warned of the pandemic's impact on children, saying: \"It will be a huge task to ensure lengthy school closures do not have long-term or irreversible effects on children and young people's future health and education.\"\n\nThe committee's chairwoman, Labour MP Meg Hillier, said: \"Pandemic planning is the bread and butter of government risk planning, but we learn it was treated solely as a health issue, with no planning for the economic impacts.\n\n\"This meant that the economic strategy was of necessity rushed and reactive, initially a one-size-fits-all response that's leaving people - and whole sectors of the economy - behind.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"As the public would expect, we regularly test our pandemic plans, allowing us to rapidly respond to this unprecedented crisis and protect the NHS.\n\n\"It was clear that coronavirus would affect all areas of the country, that's why we immediately put in place an unprecedented initial economic support package for jobs and business worth £160bn.\"\n\nThe spokesman said the next stage of the economic response will make a further £30bn available, including more than £100m \"to support children to learn at home\".\n\nThe government has committed almost £28bn to support councils, businesses and communities in local areas, he said.\n\nFor Labour, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said: \"It is a sorry catalogue of government failure. Their planning was incompetent and their response has been slow.\n\n\"We urgently need the prime minister to get a proper grip on tackling the pandemic.\"", "Kim Kardashian West has publicly addressed her husband Kanye's mental health issues following a series of erratic statements in recent days.\n\nShe wrote on Instagram: \"As many of you know, Kanye has bipolar disorder.\n\n\"Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand.\"\n\nHe is a \"brilliant but complicated person\" whose \"words sometimes do not align with his intentions\", she said.\n\nThe rapper is one of America's biggest music stars, and is currently attempting to run for US president. But his first campaign rally and a number of recent Twitter messages have sparked confusion and concern.\n\nKim and Kanye married in 2014 and have four children together.\n\nIn her message on Wednesday, the TV personality and model said she had not previously spoken publicly about how his mental health had affected the family \"because I am very protective of our children and Kanye's right to privacy when it comes to his health\".\n\nShe wrote: \"But today, I feel like I should comment on it because of the stigma and misconceptions about mental health.\n\n\"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behaviour know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor.\n\n\"People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgemental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kanye West cried as he told the rally his father had wanted to abort him - and he \"almost killed\" his own daughter\n\nKardashian West went on to say her husband was \"subject to criticism because he is a public figure and his actions at times can cause strong opinions and emotions\", but asked for greater empathy and understanding.\n\n\"He is a brilliant but complicated person who on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bipolar disorder,\" she added.\n\n\"Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand his words sometimes do not align with his intentions.\n\n\"Living with bipolar disorder does not diminish or invalidate his dreams and his creative ideas, no matter how big or unobtainable they may feel to some.\n\n\"That is part of his genius and as we have all witnessed, many of his big dreams have come true.\n\n\"We as a society talk about giving grace to the issue of mental health as a whole, however we should also give it to the individuals who are living with it in times when they need it the most.\n\n\"I kindly ask that the media and public give us the compassion and empathy that is needed so that we can get through this.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump pivots on masks: 'I'm getting used to the mask'\n\nPresident Donald Trump has warned the US pandemic may \"get worse before it gets better\", as he revived his virus briefings with a more scripted tone.\n\nMr Trump also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying \"they'll have an effect\" and show \"patriotism\".\n\nThe president, who was not wearing a mask at the briefing, has previously disparaged them as unsanitary.\n\nHis aides have reportedly pressed him to adopt a more measured approach as virus caseloads spike across the US.\n\nThe daily White House news conferences ended soon after Mr Trump suggested in April during freewheeling remarks from the podium that the virus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into people.\n\nIn his first White House coronavirus briefing for months on Tuesday, a less off-the-cuff president echoed what public health officials on his pandemic task force have been saying as he warned: \"It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better.\n\n\"Something I don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask.\n\n\"Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact, they'll have an effect and we need everything we can get.\"\n\nMr Trump - who more than once referred to Covid-19 as the \"China virus\" - took a mask from his pocket in the briefing room, but did not put it on.\n\nThe president is facing an uphill climb to re-election in November against Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, according to opinion polls.\n\nMr Biden on Tuesday accused Mr Trump of having failed Americans in his handling of the pandemic. \"He's quit on you, he's quit on this country,\" the former US vice-president said.\n\nDonald Trump's afternoon coronavirus press briefings are back. Regardless of what the president said during his brief appearance on Tuesday, the simple fact of their return speaks volumes about the dismal course the pandemic has taken in the US in the past three months.\n\nCases are rising, particularly in the south and west, perhaps most directly as a result of the administration's support for states to end mitigation measures before public-health benchmarks were met.\n\nAnd so the president, sticking closely to his prepared remarks, sombrely noted that things \"will probably get worse before they get better\". After previously dismissing a mask-wearing reporter as being \"politically correct\", he now encouraged people to wear face coverings.\n\nA number of recent polls have indicated that sinking public support for the president's handling of the virus has been dragging down his re-election prospects. The White House reportedly hopes getting the president back in front of the American people will help rebuild their confidence in his leadership.\n\nA real solution to the president's dilemma, however, won't come until coronavirus cases once again go down, the hospitals empty, Americans go back to work, schools reopen and life returns to some semblance of normal. That day still seems a long way off, while election day is drawing close.\n\nMr Trump appeared without the medical experts who used to address the briefings. He kept his remarks brief and focused, avoiding sparring with reporters who asked a few questions.\n\nHe continued: \"We're asking Americans to use masks, socially distance and employ vigorous hygiene - wash your hands every chance you get, while sheltering high risk populations.\n\n\"We are imploring young Americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings. Be safe and be smart.\"\n\nMr Trump has been reluctant to wear a mask himself in front of the media, claiming that some people only wore such face coverings as a political statement against him. The press pictured him recently wearing a mask for the first time as he visited a military hospital.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why the US struggled with its reopening\n\nWhen asked on Tuesday about his shifting support for masks, the president pointed out that even health experts had changed their minds.\n\nBack in March, both Dr Anthony Fauci, one of the leading members of the president's coronavirus task force, and US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said there was no reason people in the US should wear a mask.\n\nSince at least April, the US Centers for Disease Control has recommended Americans wear face coverings in public.\n\nDr Fauci now argues US authorities should be more \"forceful\" in compelling mask wearing, though Mr Trump has rejected calls for the White House to issue a national order on the issue.\n\nDuring the briefing, the president continued to assert the virus would one day \"disappear\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The lost six weeks when the US failed to control the virus\n\nHe also wrongly claimed the US has a lower coronavirus death rate than \"almost everywhere else in the world\".\n\nAccording to Johns Hopkins University, the US mortality rate is ranked 10th out of the 20 worst-hit countries.\n\nThe United States has recorded nearly 3.9 million Covid-19 cases and over 141,000 deaths - the highest by volume in the world.\n\nMr Trump was also asked by a reporter about the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who was charged this month by US authorities with sex-trafficking children for her ex-boyfriend, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nThe president said: \"I haven't really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly. I've met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach [Florida], and I guess they lived in Palm Beach.\"\n\n\"I don't know the situation with Prince Andrew,\" added Mr Trump, mentioning the British royal who denies claims he had sex with a teenage girl who says she was trafficked by Epstein.", "Actress Amber Heard has accused her ex-husband Johnny Depp of throwing around 30 bottles at her \"like grenades\", the High Court in London has heard.\n\nShe said the incident happened during what she previously called a \"three-day hostage situation\" in 2015.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that labelled him a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper insists it was accurate.\n\nMs Heard, 34, was giving evidence in court for a third day.\n\nIt is the 12th day of the libel action by her ex-husband.\n\nMs Heard said in court on Wednesday that she was not to blame for the tip of Mr Depp's finger being severed while the couple were in Australia in March 2015. He has previously claimed that his ex-wife caused the injury by throwing a vodka bottle at him.\n\nMs Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017, has accused Mr Depp of repeatedly assaulting her during the Australia trip, fuelled by drink and drugs, which he denies.\n\nShe told the court on Wednesday: \"I got angry at times but not into a rage that would cause me to throw anything at him.\"\n\nShe said she had taken a bottle from him on the night of the alleged incident as she did not want him to drink any more and smashed it on the floor.\n\n\"He started picking [bottles] up one by one and throwing them like grenades. One after the other after the other, in my direction, and I felt glass breaking behind me, I retreated more into the bar and he didn't stop.\"\n\n\"I was too scared to look behind me. He threw all the bottles that were in reach.\"\n\nMs Heard said she remembered that only \"a celebratory magnum-sized bottle\" was not smashed by Mr Depp \"out of 30 or so\" bottles.\n\nMr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, put it to Ms Heard that Mr Depp's fingertip was severed as a result of the actress throwing a bottle in his direction. Ms Heard replied: \"No.\"\n\nMs Laws said: \"According to you, Mr Depp sliced his finger off all on his own ... and then carried on attacking you.\"\n\nMs Heard said: \"Yes, he did. I don't think he meant to sever the finger but yes he did continue the attack.\"\n\nThe lawyer also asked about a photograph showing a mark on Mr Depp's face and accused Ms Heard of stubbing a cigarette out on his cheek.\n\nMs Heard denied the claim, saying: \"No, Johnny did it right in front of me, he often did things like that.\"\n\nThe lawyer then turned to an alleged incident of domestic violence in Los Angeles in December 2015, which Ms Heard has described in her first witness statement as \"one of the worst and most violent nights of our relationship\".\n\nMs Heard alleges that Johnny Depp slapped her, dragged her by the hair through their apartment - pulling clumps of her hair out - and then repeatedly punched her in the head.\n\nShe told the court: \"I had bruised ribs, bruises all over my body, bruises on my forearms from trying to defend the blows. I had two black eyes, I had a broken nose, I had a broken lip... the really bad ones (bruises) were in my hairline, on my scalp.\"\n\nThe actress, who appeared on James Corden's The Late Late Show the following night, described the moment when she says Mr Depp headbutted her.\n\n\"He clenched his fists, leaned back and slammed his head directly into mine.\"\n\nQuestioning Ms Heard about her injuries, Ms Laws referred to medical notes made by a nurse, Erin Boerum, who saw Ms Heard shortly after the alleged incident and recorded that the actress was \"actively bleeding on her lip\".\n\nMs Laws suggested that Ms Heard's list of injuries were \"nonsense\", adding: \"She (Ms Boerum) didn't see any bruising... you had just bitten your lip because there was fresh blood on it. Had you just done that for her benefit?\"\n\nMs Heard replied: \"Of course not.\"\n\nMs Laws put it to Ms Heard that a photograph of her with bruises on her face taken after the alleged December 2015 incident was \"completely set up\", which Ms Heard denied.\n\nA short clip of Ms Heard's appearance on The Late Late Show was then played to the court, following which Ms Laws said: \"That is what you looked like on the show, there is no injury, is there?\"\n\nMs Heard replied: \"I had tonnes of injuries.\" She then said she had makeup on covering the injuries and added: \"You can tell by the size of my lip alone.\"\n\nMs Heard's friend, make-up artist Melanie Inglessis, told the court that the pair had \"many conversations\" about Mr Depp and Ms Heard's relationship.\n\nShe said she had planned to go bowling with Ms Heard the night before The Late Late Show appearance, but that Ms Heard did not turn up and later texted Ms Inglessis to say Mr Depp \"beat on me\".\n\nMs Inglessis said Ms Heard told her that Mr Depp \"tried to suffocate her with a pillow ... those were her words\". She added Ms Heard was \"erratic, upset, you know, in between being sad and upset and furious\".\n\nThe court also heard that Mr Depp \"was jealous\" of other actors with whom Ms Heard filmed intimate scenes, and that Mr Depp wanted her to do fewer nude scenes.\n\nJoshua Drew, the ex-husband of Ms Heard's friend Raquel \"Rocky\" Pennington, said in a written witness statement: \"Rocky told me, based on her conversations with Amber, that Johnny had a particular issue with James Franco because he and Amber had some intimate scenes in a project they were filming, which Johnny did not want her doing.\"\n\n\"His name came up often and it would cause fights between them. They were arguing about it very regularly.\"\n\nThe hearing also covered the events surrounding the actress facing criminal proceedings in Australia for taking the couple's two Yorkshire Terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the country in 2015 without the proper paperwork.\n\nShe told the court she \"took the blame\" for illegally bringing the couple's dogs into Australia because his lawyers had said it would make her ex-husband 's job \"less threatened than it already was\".\n\nShe said it wasn't her decision to take the dogs, adding: \"Johnny's the boss.\"\n\nMr Depp's lawyer suggested Ms Heard \"was the boss\" and she had tried to get members of her staff to \"take the blame\". This was denied by Ms Heard, who said: \"I had already pleaded guilty.\"\n\nThe libel case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, which Mr Depp denies. Her evidence was initially due to conclude on Wednesday but will now continue until Thursday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlotte Charles said \"It's been nearly a year, please don't let this roll into a second year\"\n\nThe mother of Harry Dunn has appealed to the government to make her son \"top priority\" during the US Secretary of State visit.\n\nCharlotte Charles asked Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Mike Pompeo to \"please, please, discuss Harry\" at the visit on Monday.\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash outside RAF Croughton, following which the suspect - Anne Sacoolas - fled the UK.\n\nMr Raab said there are \"no measures\" to force the United States to comply.\n\nHarry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nIn a video message, Mrs Charles, said: \"Mr Raab, Mr Pompeo, Mr Johnson, when you get together next week with all of your families fully intact whilst mine is in complete tatters and my family has been ripped apart, can you please, please discuss Harry?\n\n\"We've been assured he's high on your list of priorities to discuss amongst all of the other important global issues that you have surrounding you but please, please make him top priority.\"\n\nMotorcyclist Mr Dunn died in a crash with a car at the Northamptonshire US military base on 27 August.\n\nShe said the past 11 months have been \"horrific\" and she would not wish what she has gone through \"on your worst enemy\".\n\n\"We've got his anniversary coming up which is going to be beyond painful for us\", she said.\n\n\"It's just about doing the right thing. It always has been, it always will be.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nMrs Sacoolas - the wife of a US intelligence official based at RAF Croughton - sparked an international row when she claimed diplomatic immunity after the crash.\n\nThe 42-year-old was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in December.\n\nA Home Office extradition request was refused by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in January.\n\nA state department's spokeswoman said that decision was final.\n\n\"We've always agreed immunity does need to be in place for certain circumstances. This isn't one of them\", Mr Dunn's mother said.\n\n\"Bring Anne Sacoolas back to the UK, face the justice system.\"\n\n\"My concern is to make sure justice is served and to make sure Harry's life is actually thought of and considered\", she added.\n\nMr Raab told Sky News, \"there's a denial of justice here\".\n\n\"There's no measures that we could I think credibly, realistically take which is somehow going to force the US or indeed Anne Sacoolas to comply with this [the extradition].\n\n\"I want to be realistic because I don't want to raise expectations which are then going to be dashed.\"\n\nHe said it has been \"raised\" in Washington, with the prime minister and President Trump.\n\n\"We will continue to make clear we're on the side of the family here, we think that she should return, she must return home, so that justice can be done.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The M4 Relief Road was designed to replace the stretch of motorway in Newport\n\nA million pounds of taxpayers' cash was spent on two properties affected by the M4 relief road route just weeks before the scheme was axed.\n\nSince 1995 more than £15m has been spent on the compulsory purchase of 29 properties affected by the scheme to relieve congestion around Newport.\n\nFourteen remain vacant. One house was bought 13 days before Welsh ministers decided the scheme was too costly.\n\nThe Welsh Government said many will be sold when market conditions are right.\n\nIt said it is require by law to purchase properties that meet certain criteria - which both properties did.\n\nTwo houses in the Coedkernew district of south west Newport were bought by the Welsh Government in April 2019.\n\nThe first purchase, for £575,000, was made on 9 April, while the second, for £462,162, was bought on 16 April, according to the Land Registry.\n\nOn 29 April, the Welsh Government cabinet decided in a meeting that the cost of the road project was not acceptable.\n\nNo announcement was made until 4 June - about two months after the purchase - when First Minister Mark Drakeford revealed that the scheme would be axed on cost and environmental grounds.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said it suggested a \"shambolic decision-making process within the heart of the Welsh Government\".\n\nRussell George, the party's economy spokesman, said: \"The Welsh Labour-run Government has, once again, expected the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the vast sums of money spent on a project it later sank.\"\n\nThe M4 Relief Road was designed to reduce congestion around the Brynglas tunnels\n\nIn response to a Welsh Conservative Freedom of Information request, the Welsh Government said: \"We are unable to tenant some properties due to their current condition, however where possible, these properties will be brought up to standard and advertised for rent this financial year.\"\n\nSeven of the 29 properties bought over the last 25 years have been sold for around £2.1m and eight have been rented out so far.\n\nSix of the 29 properties were purchased prior to devolution in 1999.\n\nMr George said millions of pounds of taxpayers' money has been \"frittered away, and worse still there is nothing to show for it\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"Many of these are assets with value that will be disposed of when market conditions are right.\n\n\"Land and buildings purchased before devolution would have been under the authority of the Wales Office as part of the UK government.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government later added: \"The purchase of properties is guided by legislation. We are bound to acquire properties that meet the relevant criteria and at both the point of application and point of purchase, the two properties referred to fulfilled the criteria.\"", "Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto has said a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Catalonia was coming under control, and that she hoped there would be no need for neighbouring France to close its border.\n\n“With the latest data we have in Aragon and Catalonia we are a bit more optimistic. Catalonia has already reduced the number of infections over the last three days,” said Ms Maroto.\n\n“Let’s hope that with these better data we don’t have to close a border that for us is very important for mobility with our European partners.”\n\nThe northeastern Spanish region has logged more than 7,000 new cases of Covid-19 over the last weeks - nearly half of the national total - although its infection rate has dropped in the recent days.\n\nCatalan leader Quim Torra has ruled out a return to lockdown, telling the regional parliament that \"Catalonia can't be closed.\"\n\nBut elsewhere, in Madrid the regional government said it might make face masks compulsory - even in situations where social distancing can be guaranteed - unless the national government imposed safety controls on people flying in to the capita's Barajas airport. Madrid and the Canary Islands are the only regions of Spain without such strict face mask rules in place.", "SNP's Ronnie Cowan highlights that the ISC report found that it has been difficult to establish which government department had responsibility for what, in dealing with Russian activity in the UK.\n\nThe government's response to the report alludes to the responsibilities of various government departments, he says.\n\nBut he says, \"At 1000am this morning we still did not know who would come to the House to defend the indefensible.\n\n\"Is the report, the government's delay in publishing it and its reaction, an example of the incompetence and arrogance we have come to expect of this government?\"\n\n\"I am very comfortable underlining the commitment this government has to our defence and nation security.\n\n\"It is about a whole government approach,\" he says, with each part of government engaged, and accountable through the National Security Council.", "Hundreds of fans applauded the team's arrival at Anfield\n\nLiverpool fans are celebrating as the squad prepares to be crowned Premier League champions - their first triumph in the top flight for 30 years.\n\nThe team bus's arrival was met with fans letting off flares around the Anfield ground.\n\nReds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish will present the silverware later after the team's clash with Chelsea.\n\nHundreds of fans applauded the team's arrival despite warnings from the club and police to celebrate at home.\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, captain Jordan Henderson and Dalglish as well as Merseyside Police had called on fans to celebrate at home because of the risk of coronavirus.\n\nLiverpool fans had been asked to celebrate their club's victory in their homes\n\n\"I know how difficult it must be as they've waited for so long for this club to win the league and it's huge,\" said Henderson.\n\n\"Unfortunately, they can't gather outside the stadium for the health and safety of the country, and we need to protect the NHS staff who have been working tirelessly over the past few months.\"\n\nFans celebrate a Liverpool goal against Chelsea in the match, which is being played behind closed doors\n\nPolice earlier dispelled rumours on social media that the players would celebrate outside the ground.\n\nMerseyside Police posted a tweet which said: \"This 100% will NOT happen. The only place to watch tonight's celebrations is on TV. Please listen to the advice of your manager and players. It's what they want.\"\n\nFans lined the streets and cheered the players as it made its way to the ground\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLiverpool FC previously condemned the behaviour of some fans, after the club secured the title last month.\n\nThirty-four people were injured - three seriously - as thousands of people turned up on the city's waterfront despite restrictions remaining in force, while other celebrations were held outside Anfield and in the city centre.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nLiverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy on the Kop at a near-empty Anfield to mark the club's first top-flight triumph for 30 years.\n\nHenderson received the trophy from Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish, who was manager when Liverpool last won it in 1990, during a spectacular ceremony after the champions beat Chelsea 5-3.\n\nLiverpool were confirmed as champions on 25 June with seven games to spare, when nearest rivals Manchester City lost at Chelsea, but they had to wait until their final home game of the season to be presented with the trophy.\n\nThey did so in front of their families, who were given special permission to attend the trophy presentation.\n\n\"We've been waiting a long time,\" said Henderson, who is recovering from a knee injury. \"Walking up there was amazing, the lads deserved the moment and thankfully the families were watching.\n\n\"To crown it off like that was really special.\"\n\nThere were no supporters in their 53,000-capacity Anfield home after the Premier League season resumed on 17 June behind closed doors following a three-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMerseyside Police had warned fans not to repeat the widespread gatherings that took place on the city's waterfront after the club's title win last month - amid fears of a spike in infections - and Reds boss Jurgen Klopp urged them to celebrate at home.\n\nA small group of fans, some with red flares, greeted the team coach when it arrived at the ground before kick-off, and fireworks were set off outside Anfield throughout the match.\n\nDuring the game, Merseyside Police announced they had put in place a dispersal order between 21:30 BST on Wednesday and 21:30 BST on Friday as they anticipated large crowds gathering.\n\nDalglish, who scored 172 goals in 515 appearances as a Liverpool player between 1977 and 1990, handed out medals during a ceremony which involved a light show and pyrotechnics.\n\nKlopp and his players sang the club's famous anthem You'll Never Walk Alone on the pitch after lifting the trophy.\n\nAsked if he had a message for fans, Klopp said: \"If you don't see that we do it for you, I can't help you.\n\n\"You made us happy, we all should celebrate at home. Prepare for a party and when this virus has gone we will have a party.\"\n\nAfter 30 years of near misses, some dark days and even mid-table finishes, Liverpool finally ended the club's long wait to be champions of England for the 19th time.\n\nIt started on 9 August 2019 when they beat newly promoted Norwich 4-1 in the opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League season.\n\nThat result set the tone for what was to come.\n\nHaving finished one point behind champions Manchester City in 2018-19, the Reds were relentless, winning their first eight league games.\n\nDespite travelling to Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup in December, they finished 2019 with a 13-point lead.\n\nThat had grown to 25 points when the Premier League was suspended in March because of Covid-19.\n\nKlopp later admitted he was \"worried\" about the season being declared null and void during the enforced shutdown. As it turned out, Liverpool's tally of 82 points from 29 games when football was stopped was enough to win the title. Manchester City, who are guaranteed to finish second, can only reach 81.\n\nWednesday's victory over Chelsea means Liverpool are on 96 points - 18 ahead of City - with one game, at Newcastle on Sunday (16:00 BST), to go.\n\nOn 1 May 1990, Liverpool's players paraded the league trophy around a packed and joyous Anfield.\n\nIt was the last time they would celebrate such a success for three decades.\n\nWednesday's celebrations come after Klopp's side have spent the season rewriting the history books.\n\nAt one stage the Reds had a 25-point lead, the biggest ever in English top-flight history.\n\nBy claiming the title with seven matches to spare, Liverpool beat the mark set by Manchester United in 2000-01 and Manchester City in 2017-18, who both became champions with five matches remaining.\n\nWhen Liverpool reached 61 points from their opening 21 matches, it was the most a team had ever accumulated at that stage in any of Europe's top five leagues.\n\nHowever, there is one record Klopp's side have missed out on.\n\nManchester City's record of 100 points in a single season set in 2017-18 remains as the most the Reds can reach is 99.\n• None The black experience in the UK", "Christian B has been named as the suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance\n\nPortuguese police are investigating whether a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case may also be linked to a rape in the Algarve three years prior.\n\nChild sex offender Christian B is being investigated over possible links to an attack on an Irish woman.\n\nHazel Behan, 37, waived her right to anonymity to speak about the assault near Praia da Luz in 2004.\n\nOfficers say they will pass on any evidence to their German counterparts probing the disappearance of Madeleine.\n\nA police source told BBC Europe correspondent Gavin Lee they have \"credible information\" that 43-year-old German man Christian B may be linked to the rape of Ms Behan, who was working in the region as a holiday rep in 2004.\n\nNo suspect was ever identified in her case and forensic evidence is understood to have been destroyed.\n\nHowever, it has since come to light that a year after her alleged attack, Christian B was convicted of a similar rape in Praia da Luz.\n\nMs Behan said she felt physically sick when she learned about Christian B, following a police appeal for information.\n\nThe Guardian reported that detectives in Portugal collected the archived case file on her assault last week, quoting a source in the public prosecutor's office.\n\nRape cases that took place more than 15 years ago cannot be tried in Portugal.\n\nMadeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in 2007\n\nChristian B, who is currently in prison in Germany, was revealed as the main suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, as German and UK police made a fresh appeal for help in the case in June.\n\nHe is believed to have been in the area where Madeleine, aged three, was last seen while on holiday in Praia da Luz with her parents and siblings.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police, who are working with their German and Portuguese counterparts, have said the case remained a \"missing persons\" investigation in the UK because there was no \"definitive evidence\" as to whether Madeleine was alive or not. But German prosecutors have said she is \"assumed\" to be dead.", "Elon Musk runs both Tesla and the space exploration firm SpaceX\n\nTesla chief Elon Musk briefly became the fifth richest person at the start of the week, thanks to the electric car-maker's soaring share price.\n\nTesla’s share price has since fallen slightly, however, putting Mr Musk in eighth place, according to the Forbes World's Billionaires List.\n\nIn a related development, his wealth could be further buoyed as he has just gained the option of buying and selling $2.1bn worth of Tesla shares.\n\nIn a pay deal approved by shareholders in 2018, Mr Musk obtained the right to buy 1.69 million shares once Tesla’s stock had reached an average market capitalisation of $150bn over a period of six months.\n\nHowever, the electric-car company’s board still has to certify the option and Mr Musk has not yet bought the shares in question.\n\nHe would also have to wait several years before being allowed to sell them.\n\nTesla’s share price has nearly quadrupled since the start of the year, from $430 to about $1,550.\n\nBut the company has yet to turn a full-year net profit, leading some analysts to argue its stock is currently overvalued.\n\nOn 1 May, Mr Musk himself tweeted Tesla’s share price was too high.\n\nThe entrepreneur has said the reason he seeks to acquire personal wealth is to fund his efforts to send people to Mars.", "The coastguard and police were at the scene while the search was under way\n\nA 10-year-old boy and woman have been rescued after falling into a river.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said they had been seen in the River Rheidol in Aberystwyth and fire crews helped to get them were out of the water.\n\nEarlier, Aberystwyth Lifeboat tweeted it had launched to assist police in a search for the missing child.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said it was called to the scene at 11:45 BST on Wednesday, adding: \"Two patients are currently being assessed by our crews.\"\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they used a rescue sled, throw bags and a floating line.\n\nEmyr Jones said the pair were \"very fortunate\"\n\nAberystwyth fire station manager Emyr Jones said due to the terrain on the banks of the river, the pair could not be seen and two of his crew members had to enter the water \"as a last resort\".\n\nHe added the pair were found waist-deep in the water and were \"very fortunate\".\n\nA child and parent have been rescued from the River Rheidol\n\nThe coastguard said a search and rescue helicopter was called from Caernarfon\n\nPolice vehicles could be seen near Llanbadarn in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and the air ambulance also landed nearby.\n\nThe coastguard said an RNLI lifeboat was sent as well as a search and rescue helicopter from Caernarfon.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cavity wall insulation has been installed in more than 13 million UK homes (file photo)\n\nThe government must ensure homeowners receive high quality improvements under its new energy efficiency scheme, campaigners and MPs have said.\n\nUnder the plan, the government will pay at least two-thirds of the cost of home improvements that save energy in homes.\n\nThe Green Homes Grant will be launched in England in September.\n\nBut the chair of Parliament's business select committee, Darren Jones MP, has expressed concern about how people will be protected from poor quality work.\n\nMr Jones warned that under previous government programmes, a number of consumers had work done on their homes by suppliers who failed to meet required standards, with many unable to get the redress they deserve.\n\nHe has written to ministers asking what consumer protections will be available.\n\nMeanwhile, campaigner Pauline Saunders, from the Cavity Insulation Victims' Alliance, CIVALLI, has accused some in the industry of bullying people, saying: ''They treat people like idiots''.\n\nThe grant will fund improvements such as home insulation and new boilers, with homeowners applying for a voucher of between £5,000 and £10,000 to help with the cost of the work.\n\nMore than 13 million homes in the UK have had cavity wall insulation but industry insiders have told the BBC that insulation will have failed in at least 800,000 homes.\n\nCavity wall insulation is meant to make homes warmer and cut energy bills. The insulation, which can be wool, foam or beads, is injected into the cavity between the exterior brick wall and interior wall by drilling holes in the brick.\n\nBadly installed insulation can lead to damp and mould which can have a detrimental effect on people's health.\n\nGavin Ward had to move out of his home in Bridgend two and a half years ago after the council said it was uninhabitable because of damp, mould and unsafe electrics.\n\nHe became emotional as he inspected the mould in his young son's bedroom. \"What can be worse than feeling you have failed your child?\" he asks.\n\nThe problems started after cavity wall insulation was fitted.\n\nMr Ward went through a claims firm to approach the company that did the work - Miller Pattison - for damages to fix his house in 2017.\n\nMiller Pattison insulated 800,000 homes and it admitted in court that it was receiving between 40 and 50 complaints a month.\n\nGavin was still in dispute with Miller Pattison when the company went into administration last year. He says he's angry: \"These companies know the problems the insulation is causing and yet they are allowing families to live in conditions like this.\"\n\nGavin's insulation failed because the installer didn't remove debris from inside the cavity before inserting the mineral wool insulation.\n\nAs his surveyor, Kevin Chellew, explains, the debris would have acted as a cold bridge carrying damp into the house. This, he says, is a very common problem. Mr Chellew says it'll cost £60,000 to extract the insulation and repair Gavin's house.\n\nThe work was guaranteed by the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA), which admitted the insulation should never have been installed and has offered to remove it. But because CIGA only became involved late last year it says it cannot assess the damage caused by the faulty insulation rather than damage that's occurred in the meantime and for which it cannot be held responsible. As a result it cannot consider any claim for internal works.\n\nCIGA says Gavin can challenge its decision by taking his case to arbitration.\n\nThe Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA) is an industry-funded body and not a regulator. It describes itself as an independent body that provides 25-year guarantees for cavity wall insulation fitted by registered installers in the UK.\n\nBut campaigners and some MPs have said it is not fit for purpose.\n\nMs Saunders from CIVALLI asks how it can claim to be standing up for consumers when its management team is almost entirely made up of people who manufacture or install the insulation, or have done until recently.\n\nShe said because much of the work completed under previous programmes was done for homeowners living in fuel poverty, some of the most vulnerable people in society have suffered.\n\nCIGA said it has appointed independent non-executive advisers to its board, including a consumer champion.\n\nIt said it's now dealing with 3,000 claims a year and will be carrying out physical inspections on 5% of all future installations.\n\nThe government has not yet announced the details of the Green Homes Grant scheme, but has said only accredited installers working to specified standards with robust consumer protection practices will be able to carry out work.\n\nClarification 25 August 2020: This article has been updated to give more details regarding the background in Gavin Ward's case and his dealings with the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA)", "Two photographs of Prince George have been released to mark his seventh birthday on Wednesday.\n\nIn both the photos, taken by his mother the Duchess of Cambridge, the future king flashes a gap-toothed smile at the camera.\n\nShe photographed her son earlier this month and the pictures are likely to have been taken at their Norfolk home.\n\nKensington Palace said Prince William and Catherine were \"delighted\" to share the photos.\n\nIn one of the pictures, George is dressed in a dark green polo shirt and in the other he stands side-on, dressed more casually in a T-shirt with a camouflage design.\n\nThe prince is the great-grandchild of the Queen. He will be the 43rd monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England in 1066 if, as is expected, he follows on as king from his grandfather, the Prince of Wales, and then his father, the Duke of Cambridge.\n\nPrince George was pictured several times during the coronavirus lockdown with his younger siblings, five-year-old Princess Charlotte and two-year-old Prince Louis, as they applauded heath and care workers during the weekly Clap for Carers.\n\nPrince George Alexander Louis - known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge - was born on 22 July 2013.\n\nHe was born in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in central London and appeared in front of the world's media one day later, when Prince William and Catherine stood cradling him on the hospital steps.\n\nEarlier this year, the duke and duchess spoke about home-schooling George and his brother and sister while schools closed to most pupils during lockdown.\n\n\"The children have got such stamina I don't know how,\" Catherine told the BBC.\n\n\"You pitch a tent, take the tent down again, cook, bake. You get to the end of the day and they have had a lovely time - but it is amazing how much you can cram into one day, that's for sure.\"", "If you do not seek, you do not find.\n\nWhether deliberate or deficient, the Intelligence and Security Committee's very long-awaited report outlines gaping holes in the UK's handling of the threat from Russia.\n\nFor years, it seems a lack of priority, and a lack of curiosity, allowed the risks to go unmonitored, if not unchecked.\n\nThe UK government has now stiffened its attitude to Vladimir Putin's Russia.\n\nBut it's been an uncomfortable evolution for Tory politicians. It's not just that party money men needed finance - receiving breath-taking donations from Russians who moved here, and became UK citizens over the years.\n\nBut for a long time in Westminster there was also an optimism that despite Russia's many problems, Mr Putin was a reformer, that there was scope and desire to reset the relationship, despite the many tensions.\n\nBack in 2000, not long after Mr Putin's election, Tony Blair invited him to the UK, hailing him at a press conference as a leader who \"talks our language of reform\".\n\nDavid Cameron flew to Moscow in 2011 to try to call for cooperation. Boris Johnson, when foreign secretary, repeated the trip: trying, and then failing, to reset the relationship - something that he now describes as a mistake.\n\nWe can't yet know what kind of change this report will prompt.\n\nThe government has no desire to unpick what Russia might have tried to do during the EU referendum.\n\nBut its political opponents are unlikely to rapidly give up their demand for the intelligence services to find out what did happen.\n\nGiven their activities in other campaigns, it seems highly unlikely that there was no attempt at meddling. As we talked about last week, there is evidence that some Kremlin-friendly media circulated anti-EU sentiment.\n\nAnd calls to get to the bottom of what happened are likely to intensify, even though the government shows no intention whatsoever of doing so.\n\nIf attempts at meddling were proven, the precise consequence of those efforts could then be hard to prove.\n\nMore broadly, however, the report is an important punctuation in political attitudes to Russia here.\n\nIn an echo of the UK's evolving attitude to China, the ambition of successive governments was to be disappointed by a continued, more brazen hostility.\n\nPerhaps the UK's political aspiration for a better relationship dulled the radar for malign behaviour.\n\nNeither Russia, and certainly not China, can be ignored.\n\nBut many UK politicians held what seem now terribly misplaced hopes that old enemies could become new friends.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe UK and the US have agreed to amend an \"anomaly\" that allowed Harry Dunn death suspect Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.\n\nMrs Sacoolas - the wife of a diplomat at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire - was able to leave the UK thanks to the \"secret agreement\".\n\nShe has been accused of killing the 19-year-old in a crash near the base.\n\nMr Dunn's mother said the change, which is not thought to be retroactive, was a \"huge step in the right direction\".\n\nCharlotte Charles told the BBC: \"We now need Dominic Raab to work with us to make sure that we get her back to the UK to face justice at some point soon.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I hope as a mum she will do the right thing'\n\nThe foreign secretary has said relatives of US staff at the air base can face prosecution under the amended rules where they may have previously been immune.\n\nMr Raab said the new arrangements had \"closed the anomaly that led to the denial of justice in the heartbreaking case of Harry Dunn\".\n\nHe said he appreciated the changes \"won't bring Harry back\" but hoped they may \"bring some small measure of comfort\" to his family.\n\nUnder the amended rules, relatives of US staff at RAF Croughton can face prosecution\n\nMs Charles vowed to continue the family's campaign to bring Mrs Sacoolas before a UK court.\n\n\"We always live with hope that one day she might just decide of her own accord to put herself on a plane and come back over here,\" she said.\n\n\"We definitely will keep the pressure up.\"\n\nMs Charles said she wanted Mrs Sacoolas to \"see what her own country has agreed to with the anomaly they've now amended\".\n\nNorthamptonshire Police said it understood the changes would not be retrospective but welcomed the move.\n\nDowning Street said the change meant \"in relation to the level of offence Anne Sacoolas is accused of, she could have been arrested by the police once they had obtained a warrant from the court\".\n\nAnne Sacoolas, the alleged killer of Harry Dunn, is never going to be extradited from the US because Washington is standing firm that she is entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nThis claim of immunity was the product of a legal loophole that needed to be fixed - a loophole that nobody spotted until tragedy struck.\n\nOfficials of foreign governments who are officially operating in another country have immunity from prosecution under long-standing international law. This legal principle of immunity has long been accepted by states as necessary to help foster good relations between them.\n\nBut limits can be imposed by agreement. In the case of RAF Croughton, a deal between the two states allowed the potential prosecution of US staff for crimes committed beyond their duties - but their families had greater protections.\n\nIn short, had a US official, rather than his or her spouse, been behind the wheel of the car that was involved in a crash, they may have had to face police questioning and potential criminal charge. This sad and bizarre legal mistake has now been corrected - and officials appear confident there are no other similar anomalies elsewhere that could stand in the way of justice.\n\nThe US State Department said the amendment was a \"reflection of our especially close relationship\" with the UK.\n\nNorthamptonshire Police said it would continue working with British prosecutors to ensure Mrs Sacoolas was returned from the US to face court proceedings.\n\nMrs Sacoolas, 42, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in December.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said that Labour would \"push for a full inquiry\" into the case.\n\nShe said: \"The foreign secretary has still not come to Parliament to explain how failings in his department allowed a US citizen to leave the country while their immunity was still in question.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nA Home Office extradition request was refused by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in January, and American officials said the decision was final.\n\nIt is believed Mrs Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road when Mr Dunn was killed.\n\nThere have been reports of other vehicles spotted driving on the wrong side of the road near the base, including one which was shown in a YouTube video in February.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe UK and the US have agreed to amend an \"anomaly\" that allowed Harry Dunn death suspect Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.\n\nMrs Sacoolas - the wife of a diplomat at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire - was able to leave the UK thanks to the \"secret agreement\".\n\nShe has been accused of killing the 19-year-old in a crash near the base.\n\nBelow are the key events following Mr Dunn's death last year.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the \"sheer might\" of the UK union, Boris Johnson has said during a visit to Scotland.\n\nMr Johnson was in Orkney and the north of Scotland one year on from the day he took office as prime minister.\n\nHe said the work of the military and Treasury job retention schemes had proved the \"merits of the union\".\n\nBut the SNP said the visit showed Mr Johnson was \"in a panic\" about rising support for Scottish independence.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did not meet Mr Johnson during the trip but said she would continue to work with his government on the \"immediate priority\" of tackling coronavirus.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she did not think anyone should be \"championing and celebrating a pandemic that has taken thousands of lives\" to make a constitutional argument.\n\nMr Johnson said he \"pledged to be a prime minister for every corner of the United Kingdom\" when he entered Downing Street one year ago, adding that the response to the pandemic had shown his government's commitment to the whole of the UK.\n\nThe UK government has coordinated much of the country's economic response to the virus, including the coronavirus job retention furlough scheme.\n\nBut devolved governments have had control over most public health measures and have been able to set more local timetables and messaging.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said she was \"always happy to meet the prime minister\"\n\nAlthough the whole of the UK entered lockdown in the same week, each constituent part has eased restrictions at a different rate.\n\nPhase 3 of Scotland's \"route map\" out of lockdown began last week, as pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and barbers were allowed to reopen.\n\nThey were allowed to reopen in England slightly earlier on 4 July, along with holiday accommodation - including hotels, B&Bs, cottages, campsites and caravan parks.\n\nBoris Johnson must have found recent opinion polls conducted in Scotland to be awkward reading.\n\nSurveys suggesting rising support for Scottish independence and a significant gap between his approval ratings and those of Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, appear to have prompted him to make his first visit to Scotland since last year's general election.\n\nThe prime minister wants to use the trip to remind people in Scotland just how much cash the UK treasury has spent in response to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nHe is stressing that it is the Westminster government that has supported 900,000 people who might have otherwise lost their jobs and produced billions of pounds in extra spending for the NHS.\n\nThe SNP don't look too worried about a prime ministerial trip denting support for their cause.\n\nOn her 50th birthday, on Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that a visit for Boris was the best birthday pressie she could hope for.\n\nEvery time the PM tells voters that it is only as part of the UK that Scottish businesses and public services could afford to cope with the pandemic, the SNP will reply that they are sick of being told that Scotland is \"too wee, too poor and too stupid\" to be independent.\n\nSpeaking in Orkney, where he met local fishermen, Mr Johnson said the \"merits of the union\" had been \"proved throughout this crisis\", citing the work of the military and the Treasury's support for workers and firms.\n\nThe UK government says the furlough and self-employment schemes have supported 900,000 jobs in Scotland, and that £4.6bn of additional funding was being provided to the Scottish government.\n\nThe prime minister also said not enough time had passed for another independence referendum to be held, saying the 2014 vote was a \"once in a generation\" event.\n\nHe said: \"What I'm saying is that the union is a fantastically strong institution. It's helped our country through thick and thin.\n\n\"It's very, very valuable in terms of the support we've been able to give to everybody throughout all corners of the UK, and we had a referendum on breaking up the union a few years ago - I think only six years ago. That is not a generation by any computation and I think what people really want to do is see our whole country coming back strongly together, and that's what we're going to do.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted that the prime minister's visit to Scotland \"highlighted the argument for Scottish independence\".\n\nHowever she said politicians should remain focused on tackling the coronavirus pandemic and \"not use it as a political weapon\".\n\nAt her coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Ms Sturgeon said she had \"worked very hard to have a collaborative approach to the other governments of the UK\".\n\nShe said financial support from the Treasury was \"very welcome\", but said it should be clear that \"this is borrowed money\" which would have to be repaid by Scottish taxpayers too - \"it's not some kind of favour that has been done\".\n\nThe first minister said UK-wide actions by Mr Johnson's administration were a reflection of where powers lie, saying that \"if we held the powers we would be doing these things ourselves\".\n\nShe added: \"I just don't think any of us should be championing and celebrating a pandemic that has taken thousands of lives as some example of the pre-existing political cases we want to make.\n\n\"This has been a heart-breaking crisis that we are not out of yet. Too many people people have died and all of us have a really solemn responsibility to focus on and get our countries through, and that's what I'm going to continue to do.\n\n\"Campaigning right now is not my priority. Boris Johnson has every right to be on a campaign visit but in his shoes it's not what I would do.\"\n\nMr Johnson was greeted by a small group of protestors during his visit to Orkney\n\nMr Johnson also announced £50m of funding from the UK government for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles - the latest in a series of \"city and region deals\" which see Scottish and UK ministers each pledge cash to various areas for spending on new infrastructure and local development schemes.\n\nThe Scottish government has also committed £50m to the \"Islands growth deal\", which will target sectors including tourism, energy and skills.\n\nThe timing of Mr Johnson's visit comes amid a \"perfect storm\" over Scottish independence, according to Sir Tom Devine, an emeritus professor of Scottish history at Edinburgh University.\n\nSir Tom told BBC Two's Newsnight the union is in its most fragile condition since 1745, and that opinion polling suggesting increasing support for independence in Scotland has been consistent for some time.\n\nNewsnight's political editor Nick Watt added that a senior SNP source had told him they believed the party's moment \"is at last arriving\".\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Mr Johnson was visiting due to recent polls suggesting support for independence was on the rise.\n\nMr Blackford told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the prime minister's message would go down \"particularly badly\" in Scotland.\n\n\"I think what we've demonstrated over the course of the last few months [is] that in the areas of devolved responsibility, in the areas of public health, the leadership that's been shown by our first minister is in sharp contrast to the bluster that we've seen from Boris Johnson,\" he said.", "Some 8 million children in England were sent home from school in March\n\nA majority of British children struggled to continue learning at home during the lockdown, a report says.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics research found that of the 52% who struggled, three-quarters of parents gave a lack of motivation as a reason.\n\nThe research, based on weekly household surveys between April and June, also found women's well-being was being more adversely affected than that of men.\n\nIt also showed wide disparities in what families were able to do.\n\nThe ONS researchers carried out nationally representative surveys of more than 12,000 people in Great Britain between 3 April and 7 June about their experiences of home-schooling during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSchools closed for most pupils at the end of March in England, Wales and Scotland, as the pandemic took hold. Some schools re-opened in England on or around 1 June for some year groups.\n\nPerhaps surprisingly, the research found under one in 10 parents complained about lack of devices to work on, although this rate doubled for single-parent households.\n\nProviding laptops for disadvantaged children has been a focus of England's government.\n\nBut Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat education spokesman said the figures still suggested 450,000 young people were struggling to learn due to a lack of technology at home.\n\nShe said: \"These damning figures show thousands of children have struggled to learn from home during lockdown due to a lack of devices.\n\n\"The government has failed these children and their parents by failing to get a lap top to every pupil who needed one.\"\n\nHowever, lack of motivation was by far the biggest reason for parents to say their children had found it difficult to carry on with school work.\n\nOne-in-three women said the situation was negatively affecting their own well-being, compared with one in five men.\n\nSome 43% of home-schooling parents said their children's well-being was being negatively impacted by the experience.\n\nParents who had not been working in the previous seven days were significantly more likely to have been helping children with their school work (86%), compared with those who had worked (74%).\n\nAnd parents with a university education were more likely to have attempted home schooling than those without.\n\nNotably, just under half (49%) of parents were confident to some degree in their ability to help their children's learning.\n\nWhile nearly a third of working parents said the requirement to home school had been negatively affecting their job.\n\nThe majority of children have been out of school since March\n\nA separate report by the ONS, found women were bearing the brunt of the home schooling experience, with women tending to carry out more educational and caring tasks during lockdown.\n\nThe findings will be particularly worrying for parents of children facing exams in the near future.\n\nAlthough exam boards have said they will be taking account of some of the lost learning by delaying next summer's exams slightly, there have been calls fro head teachers for many more changes to ensure pupils are treated fairly.\n\nGovernments in England, Wales and Scotland are aiming for a full return of pupils when the new term begins, but there are concerns that local lockdowns could see some children sent back home.", "Deaths linked to coronavirus in Scotland have fallen to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic, with just six registered last week.\n\nNew figures from the National Records of Scotland showed the number of deaths falling for the twelfth week in a row.\n\nIn the week to Sunday 19 July, the virus was mentioned on six death certificates.\n\nAt the peak of the outbreak in April, more than 600 deaths were being logged each week with links to Covid-19.\n\nThe NRS said there had been a \"significant decline\" in the number of deaths, which were now at \"the lowest weekly total since the pandemic began\".\n\nThe latest report said the virus had been registered as a confirmed or suspected cause on 4,193 death certificates.\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the weekly total of deaths was \"the lowest we have seen since we started to record them\".\n\nShe said: \"Today's report shows once again that Covid-19 has been driven, as of now, to very low levels in Scotland.\n\n\"But the figures also remind us that more than 4,000 people have lost their lives to this virus, and we must always remember that each of those deaths was of a unique and irreplaceable individual.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon also warned that an outbreak in North Lanarkshire was \"a clear reminder that Covid has not gone away\", and that \"it does not take much for a small number of cases to become a much bigger number\".\n\nShe added: \"While public health teams are working incredibly hard to contain outbreaks, it is not just their job - each and every one of us has a part to play in keeping this virus at bay.\"\n\nDeaths linked to Covid-19 accounted for less than 1% of deaths recorded by NRS last week, down from a peak of 36% in late April.\n\nHowever the total number of deaths registered has risen back above the five-year average, by 32 \"excess\" deaths, after several weeks of below-average figures.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the government would be \"looking to see if there are any particular causes of concern\", but said \"it's worth remembering that the total number of deaths is always likely to fluctuate a bit\".\n\nAcross the period of the pandemic, the number of deaths in care homes has been 54% above the five-year average, and the number of deaths at home or in non-institutional settings 53% above average. However after an early peak, hospital deaths fell back to average in May and are now below average levels overall.\n\nThe first minister also said only 0.3% of coronavirus tests were coming back with positive results, well below the 5% threshold at which the World Health Organisation considers outbreaks to be \"under control\".\n\nHowever she sounded a \"note of caution\" about virus restrictions being eased further, saying the current phase of lockdown could last \"considerably longer\" than previous ones.", "The RAF has continued to target IS fighters in 2020, the defence secretary told MPs\n\nThe Islamic State group (IS) remains the \"most significant\" threat to the UK, the defence secretary has warned.\n\nBen Wallace said the militant group's \"poisonous ideology\" endures despite it having lost territory it once held in Syria and Iraq - and a possible resurgence \"should concern us all\".\n\nBritish aircraft have struck 40 targets as part of the fight against IS in the past year, Mr Wallace told MPs.\n\nThe \"hard fight\" to beat IS, or Daesh, was \"by no means done\", he said.\n\nMaking a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Wallace said RAF strikes had hit 40 targets since July 2019. Targets ranged from caves in remote parts of northern Iraq, to weapons bunkers and training camps, he said.\n\n\"RAF aircraft have continued to patrol the skies on an almost daily basis,\" he said.\n\nMembers of the group have \"nowhere to hide\", he said, but added that the group's \"poisonous ideology\" still endures.\n\n\"Daesh retains its intent to carry out and inspire attacks against us, and remains the most significant terrorist threat to the United Kingdom and our interests,\" he said.\n\n\"Conflict, economic collapse and inequality is creating new opportunities that they will continue to exploit, to grow and recruit.\"\n\nAbout 900 people who joined the group as fighters during the conflict came from the UK, MPs were told.\n\nMr Wallace said of those, about 20% had been killed and around 40% remain in the area, either at large or in detention.\n\nThe remaining 40% - an estimated 360 people - have returned to the UK, \"where they have been investigated and the majority assessed now to pose no risk or a low security risk\", he said.\n\nThe UK continues to provide training, mentoring, and air support to Iraqi security forces, Mr Wallace said.\n• None RAF carries out four air strikes on IS in May", "GCSE and A-level results in England will be higher this summer, with exam boards set to be more lenient.\n\nWritten exams were cancelled because of the pandemic - with pupils' results to be based on predicted outcomes.\n\nThe watchdog Ofqual says the numbers getting good grades will be 2% higher at A-level and 1% at GCSE.\n\nBut they will be much lower than the \"optimistic\" predictions from teachers, which at A-level would have pushed up results 12% higher than last year.\n\nThe exam regulator says it is also confident, from preliminary results, that there has been no \"unconscious bias\" in predicted grades that would have disadvantaged ethnic minorities or poorer students.\n\nA report from the education select committee this month warned of the risk that some pupils could be discriminated against.\n\nBut Ofqual says there is no evidence of any widening gaps in this summer's results, in terms of ethnicity, gender or deprivation, compared with years when pupils have taken exams.\n\nWhile individual pupils will not find out their GCSEs and A-levels until next month, the process of standardising these predicted grades means that the overall national picture is already emerging.\n\nThe exam regulator says this will be a more generous year, with candidates more likely to be given the benefit of the doubt.\n\nSo for instance, last summer 25.5% of candidates achieved an A grade or above at A-level - and this year it will be more like 27.5%.\n\nThere have been no GCSEs or A-levels this year - with results to be based on estimated grades\n\nOfqual says to expect variations in terms of subject and grades - but overall results will be \"slightly better\" than the previous year.\n\nBut teachers, who had to submit predicted grades, would have been much more generous and the exam boards have had to bump down the grades much closer to last year's.\n\nAt A-level, the predictions for A grades would have pushed up results by 12.3 percentage points - if they had not been knocked back down by the exam boards.\n\nFor GCSE, results would have jumped upwards by 9 percentage points, based on teachers' predictions.\n\nThe grades to be given to pupils will be based on a range of evidence - including their previous exam results, the distribution of grades in the school in recent years, how schools ranked their pupils in expected outcomes, as well as their teachers' predictions.\n\nBut because grades will be linked to schools' performance in previous years, schools that have been rapidly improving will not necessarily see that in this year's results.\n\nIf pupils are not happy with their results based on predictions, they will be able to take written exams in the autumn.\n\nNansi Ellis of the National Education Union welcomed the \"commitment to equalities\" in the results so far, in terms of the risk of bias - and that \"there appear to be no obvious differences between the grades of different groups of students\".\n\nPaul Whiteman of the National Association of Head Teachers backed the replacement grades, saying \"while not a perfect solution, this is the fairest and most pragmatic alternative to sitting exams\".", "UK government \"badly underestimated\" the Russian threat and the response it required, according to an inquiry.\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee's long-awaited report into Russian activity in the UK said the government was \"playing catch-up\" and needed to take \"immediate action\".\n\nThe report also claimed the government made no effort to investigate Russian interference in the EU referendum.\n\nNo 10 said the government was \"fully aware of the significant and enduring threat\" Russia posed.\n\nThe ISC's inquiry covers a number of topics, including disinformation campaigns, cyber tactics and Russian expatriates in the UK.\n\nMuch of the \"highly sensitive\" detail was not published due to fears Russia could use the evidence to threaten the UK.\n\nThe committee said Russian influence in the UK was now \"the new normal\", and the UK was a \"top Western intelligence target\" for the state, only behind Nato and US.\n\nISC member, Stewart Hosie, told reporters the government \"took its eye off the ball, because of its focus on counterterrorism\", adding: \"The government had badly underestimated the response required to the Russian threat, and is still playing catch up.\"\n\nIn its report, the group said UK was \"clearly a target\" for disinformation campaigns around its elections, but that the issue was described as a \"hot potato\", with no one organisation taking a lead to tackle it.\n\nThe report criticised intelligence agencies for not taking action during the EU referendum, despite there being \"credible open source commentary\" suggesting \"influence campaigns\" from the Russians during the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.\n\nAnd it said the government only \"belatedly realised the level of threat which Russia could pose\" after the so-called \"hack and leak\" operation against the Democrats in the 2016 US election, calling it a \"game changer\".\n\nThe committee said: \"Had the relevant parts of the intelligence community conducted a similar threat assessment prior to the [EU] referendum, it is inconceivable that they would not have reached the same conclusion as to Russian intent, which might then have led them to take action to protect the process.\"\n\nThe report also said that social media companies \"hold the key and yet are failing to play their part\", adding that the government should \"name and shame those which fail to act.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stewart Hosie MP says the government \"didn't take action to protect the UK\"\n\nMr Hosie also said no-one in Government wanted to touch the issue of Russian interference when it came to elections with a \"10-foot pole\".\n\nHe told reporters: \"The report reveals that no one in government knew if Russia interfered in or sought to influence the referendum, because they did not want to know.\n\n\"The UK government have actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfere.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab later told a press conference the government 'categorically rejected' the claim, saying it was \"the comment of one MP\" on the committee.\n\nThe government also rejected the committee's call for a full assessment by intelligence agencies of potential Russian meddling in the 2016 referendum, saying it had \"seen no evidence of successful interference\".\n\nThis report may not be what some expected, but it is still damning.\n\nMany expected the committee to have answered the question of whether there was interference in political events like Brexit.\n\nInstead, it says the problem was the government and the spy agencies failed to even look at this question.\n\nBritish intelligence has, at least in recent years, been reluctant to get involved in anything that looks \"political\" and treated the issue of trying to protect democracy like a \"hot potato\".\n\nBut ultimately it's the government that the committee blames.\n\nMore broadly, there are serious questions about the failure of the UK to confront the spread of Russian money and influence over a long period.\n\nAnd there is an urgent call for new legislation to deal with an ongoing challenge.\n\nThe report also accused successive governments of welcoming Russian oligarchs \"with open arms\" due to the investments they brought with them.\n\nThe committee said \"few questions if any were asked about the provenance of this considerable wealth\", with particular issues around the UK's investment visa scheme, the housing market, the judicial system and PR firms.\n\nThey said: \"A lot of Russians with very close links to Putin who are well integrated into the UK business and social scene, are accepted because of their wealth.\"\n\nThe report said it had concerns about links between these wealthy Russians and the House of Lords.\n\n\"It is notable that a number of members of the House of Lords have business interests linked to Russia, or work directly for major Russian companies linked to the Russian state,\" it read.\n\n\"These relationships should be carefully scrutinised, given the potential for the Russian state to exploit them.\"\n\nThe reaction to the ISC's report from Russia has been a big collective shrug.\n\nThe Russian foreign minister dismissed it out of hand and called it \"Russophobia\".\n\nAnd a Kremlin spokesman said Russia doesn't meddle in other countries elections.\n\nWhat this report has done is to present a broad picture of Russia as a powerful foe.\n\nAnd I don't think in the Kremlin they will be too unhappy at that.\n\nCommittee members also criticised No 10 for the delay in the report's publication - seven months after it was submitted to No 10 to sign off.\n\nDowning Street was accused of holding back the report ahead of December's UK election and for delaying its nominations to set up the new committee - both claims it has denied.\n\nBut speaking at a press conference to launch the report, one of the ISC's committee members, Kevan Jones, criticised Boris Johnson for not signing it off sooner, saying there was \"no reason for delay\".\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted: \"We've been clear that Russia must desist from its attacks on the UK and our allies.\n\n\"We will be resolute in defending our country, our democracy and our values from such Hostile State.\"\n\nThe ISC's former chair, Dominic Grieve - who pushed for the report to be published before the election - told BBC News his pleasure at seeing it come to light was \"mitigated by a sense of frustration and bluntly anger at the way the government behaved\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Grieve says there were “no valid reason” and no explanation for delaying its publication\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy accused the PM of taking a \"political decision\" to block the report.\n\nShe added: \"The government has underestimated the response required to Russia and it is imperative we learn the lessons from the mistakes that have been made.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"Reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nRussians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK general election through illicitly acquired documents, the government has said.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said any attempt to meddle in UK democracy was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe documents - on UK-US trade discussions - emerged online and were used by Labour in the 2019 campaign.\n\nA much-delayed report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due next week.\n\nLabour said it condemned \"any attempt by Russia, or any foreign power, to interfere in our country's democratic processes\" and pledged to work to protect the nation's security.\n\nThis is the first time the government has acknowledged with such certainty that Russians interfered in the UK's democratic processes.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman dismissed as \"nonsense\" suggestions that the timing of Mr Raab's statement was aimed at pre-empting the publication of the Russia report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nAt the 2019 election, then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the documents proved the Conservatives were planning to include the NHS in a future trade agreement with the US - something denied by the government.\n\nWriting on his Facebook page, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of wanting \"to distract from the damage a Trump trade deal would do to our NHS by continuing to push the bogus claim Labour received Russian support\".\n\nHe added that the government's claim \"is an attempt to divert attention from the threat to the NHS and the Tory party links to Russian oligarchs expected to be revealed in the long-buried parliamentary Russia report.\"\n\nThe government launched an inquiry into how the papers got into the public domain, with help from the National Cyber Security Centre.\n\nThe announcement comes as a group of national security services warn that Russian hackers are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nDespite many suspicions of Russian attempts at meddling in the referendum and other campaigns, significant concrete evidence is in short supply.\n\nSo, it matters that this is the first time a UK minister has made an explicit link to Russia, in one way or another, trying to meddle in elections in the UK.\n\nBut the timing of that statement creates its own intrigue too.\n\nNext week, at long last, the powerful group of MPs who monitor UK intelligence will publish a report on the Russian threat to the UK - a report that has been anticipated for a very long time and may perhaps set the record straight on all of this.\n\nIs it politically convenient for ministers to acknowledge the threat themselves just before others may make embarrassing claims about it?\n\nLabour politicians have frequently accused the Conservatives of ignoring Russian interference because of their relationship with Tory Party donors.\n\nDid it suit the government to publicise the claims that material used by Labour was also manipulated by Russia?\n\nIt seems, as one former UK ambassador to Moscow said, a \"remarkable coincidence\" that the government decided at this moment to admit explicitly, for the first time, that Russia has tried to stick its nose into our politics - especially when there is a running criminal investigation into who obtained the documents to start with.\n\nBut Downing Street denies that there is any link in the timing at all.\n\nIn a written ministerial statement, Mr Raab said \"the government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked government documents.\n\nHe said the documents were disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit.\n\n\"When these gained no traction, further attempts were made to promote the illicitly acquired material online in the run up to the general election,\" he said.\n\nThe foreign secretary goes on to say that there is \"no evidence of a broad spectrum Russian campaign against the general election\" but that \"any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe forum website Reddit said the unredacted papers had been uploaded as \"part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia\".\n\nIt suspended 61 accounts that showed a \"pattern of coordination\".\n\nMr Raab's statement is not connected to the Intelligence and Security Committee's report into Russian interference, which is due to be published next week.\n\nJeremy Corbyn holds up the leaked documents at a press conference on 27 November\n\nThe committee launched its inquiry in November 2017 following concern Russia sought to influence the US 2016 election and the 2016 Brexit vote.\n\nAfter the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March 2018 the investigation became the \"primary focus\" of the committee.\n\nThe committee heard evidence from independent experts as well as the secret intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nBBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the committee's report has looked into Russian activity from traditional espionage to subversion - with a particular focus on possible interference in the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.\n\nIn addition to cyber-espionage and social media campaigns, the report also examines Russian influence through money.\n\nThe delay in publication has led to speculation the report contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives - specifically in relation to the party's Russian donors.\n\nHowever, Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg insisted the hold-up was due to a number of committee members leaving Parliament and the need \"to make sure that the right people with the right level of experience and responsibility could be appointed\".\n\nRussian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Mr Raab's statement was \"ambiguous\" and \"confusing\".\n\nShe said Mr Raab had said there was \"no evidence of full-scale interference\" by Russia in his statement but had also claimed \"any attempts of such interference are unacceptable\".", "Cory Hewer's parents said he was a \"cheeky, funny, loving boy\"\n\nA 13-year-old boy has died after coming off a motorbike on an off-road circuit.\n\nGwent Police said the incident happened at about 15:30 BST on Sunday at Aberbeeg Motorcross track in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nCory Hewer, from Ebbw Vale, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales with serious head injuries but died on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement, his parents thanked people for their \"kind support and generosity\".\n\nThey added: \"Cory was a very happy little lad who loved his rugby and motocrossing.\n\n\"He was a cheeky, funny, loving boy and will be missed very much. He passed away doing a sport that he loved the most and was so brave donating his organs.\n\n\"Our lives will never be the same without him,\" they said.", "One of the stone artefacts found at the cave\n\nHumans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico.\n\nThey suggest people were living there 33,000 years ago, twice the widely accepted age for the earliest settlement of the Americas.\n\nThe results are based on work at Chiquihuite Cave, a high-altitude rock shelter in central Mexico.\n\nArchaeologists found nearly 2,000 stone tools, suggesting the cave was used by people for at least 20,000 years.\n\nDuring the second half of the 20th Century, a consensus emerged among North American archaeologists that the Clovis people had been the first to reach the Americas, about 11,500 years ago.\n\nThe ancestors of the Clovis were thought to have crossed a land bridge linking Siberia to Alaska during the last ice age.\n\nThis land bridge - known as Beringia - subsequently disappeared underwater as the ice melted.\n\nAnd these big-game hunters were thought to have contributed to the extinction of the megafauna - large mammals such as mammoth, mastodon and various species of bear that roamed the region until the end of the last ice age.\n\nAs the \"Clovis First\" idea took hold, reports of earlier human settlement were dismissed as unreliable and archaeologists stopped looking for signs of earlier occupation.\n\nBut in the 1970s, this orthodoxy started to be challenged.\n\nIn the 1980s, solid evidence for a 14,500-year-old human presence at Monte Verde, Chile, emerged.\n\nAnd since the 2000s, other pre-Clovis sites have become widely accepted - including the 15,500-year-old Buttermilk Creek Complex in central Texas.\n\nThe entrance to the rock shelter in Zacatecas, Mexico\n\nNow, Ciprian Ardelean, from the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico, Tom Higham, from the University of Oxford, and colleagues have found evidence of human occupation stretching back far beyond that date, at the Chiquihuite site in the central-northern Mexican Highlands.\n\nThe results have been published in the journal Nature.\n\n\"This is a unique site, we've never seen anything like it before,\" Prof Higham, the director of Oxford's Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, told BBC News.\n\n\"The stone-tool evidence is very, very compelling.\n\n\"Anyone can see that these are deliberately manufactured stone tools and there are lots of them.\n\n\"The dating - which is my job - is robust.\n\n\"And so, it's a very exciting site to have been involved in.\"\n\nThe team excavated a 3m-deep (10ft) stratigraphic section - a sequence of soil layers arranged in the order they were deposited - and found some 1,900 stone artefacts made over thousands of years.\n\nResearchers were able to date bone, charcoal and sediment associated with the stone tools, using two scientific dating techniques.\n\nThe first, radiocarbon dating, relies on the way a radioactive form of the element carbon (carbon-14) is known to decay over time.\n\nThe second, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), works by measuring the last time sediments were exposed to light.\n\nUsing two different techniques \"added a lot of credibility and strength, particularly to the older part of the chronology\", Prof Higham said.\n\n\"The optical dates and [radiocarbon] dates are in good agreement,\" he said.\n\nAnd the findings could lead scientists to take a fresh look at controversial early occupation sites elsewhere in the Americas.\n\n\"In Brazil, there are several sites where you have stone tools that look robust to me and are dated 26-30,000, similar dates to the Chiquihuite site,\" Prof Higham said.\n\n\"This could be an important discovery that could stimulate new work to find other sites in the Americas that date to this period.\"\n\nProf David Meltzer, from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, who was not involved in the research, said the findings were \"interesting\". But he explained: \"It is not enough to argue that the stone specimens could be cultural (artefacts), one has to show that they are not natural.\" Natural processes could mimic some types of stone tool, Prof Meltzer said.\n\nSecond, he explained: \"With a stone tool tradition that long-lasting, one expects it would have been far more widespread in the region, raising the question of why that technology hasn't been spotted elsewhere,\" adding: \"Perhaps more important, with modern humans one expects to see evidence of technological and cultural change over such a long span of time.\"\n\nFinally, he said, \"the cave is 1,000 metres above the valley floor, but leaving aside the issue of why not camp closer to the valley floor, why keep coming back to that same place on 'a relatively constant basis' over such a long period of time? I find that curious. Not many sites have that kind of long term repeated occupation, unless there is something quite useful / available at the spot\".\n\nBetween 26,000-19,000 years ago, sea levels were low enough for people to cross easily from Siberia to America via the Beringian land bridge. But what about during earlier times?\n\n\"Before 26,000 years ago, the latest data suggest that Beringia might have been a rather unattractive place for humans to be. It might well have been boggy and very difficult to traverse,\" said Prof Higham.\n\n\"We still think the most likely scenario is for people to have come on a coastal route - hugging a coast - perhaps with some kind of maritime technology.\"\n\nWhile people seem to have been in the Americas before 26,000 years ago, they were probably thin on the ground. It's only much later, between 14,000 and 15,000 years ago, that populations increase substantially.\n\nIt coincides with the temperature spike at the end of the last Ice Age, when jumps of around 7C are seen in just a short space of time.\n\nThe scientists also used \"environmental DNA\" techniques to look for human genetic material in the cave sediments.\n\nBut they could not find a strong enough signal.\n\nPrevious DNA evidence has shown the Clovis people shared many similarities with modern Native Americans.\n\nAnd scientists will now want to understand how these older populations relate to later human groups who inhabited the continent.\n\nIn the same issue of Nature, Prof Higham and Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, also from Oxford, describe how they used ages from 42 archaeological sites in North America and Beringia to explore how humans expanded.\n\nThe results reveal the signal of a human presence stretching back thousands of years before the Clovis people.", "More than a quarter of people in the UK are estimated to have experienced mental distress in the first month of lockdown.\n\nA study of more than 17,000 people, published in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal, found mental health had shown a marked decline by the end of April, although the longer term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen.\n\nMike Staley is a radio DJ for the Stafford Centre, a community resource for people experiencing mental ill health in the Edinburgh area run by Support in Mind Scotland.\n\nHe says he started \"becoming very anxious and very isolated\" himself, although is \"beginning to come out of it” as more things reopen.\n\nQuote Message: It’s the fear of when is this going to end? How is it going to end? Are we going to have a second lockdown? When you’re in lockdown, you can’t keep moving, you almost come to a halt.” from Mike Staley It’s the fear of when is this going to end? How is it going to end? Are we going to have a second lockdown? When you’re in lockdown, you can’t keep moving, you almost come to a halt.”\n\nMr Staley says Zoom chats three times week with fellow members helps keep people in contact, and are \"a stairway to bringing out things that are troubling them\".\n\n\"The key is to keep moving, and keep thinking positive,\" he adds.", "Workers at Whole Foods are suing the US supermarket for punishing them for wearing Black Lives Matter masks.\n\nThe federal lawsuit says the firm discriminated against black staff by selectively enforcing its dress code.\n\nWhole Foods, owned by tech giant Amazon, forbids staff from wearing clothes with messages that are not company-related.\n\nIt denied firing a worker over the issue, but would not comment on the legal action.\n\n\"While we cannot comment on pending litigation, it is critical to clarify that no Team Members have been terminated for wearing Black Lives Matter face masks or apparel,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nThe lawsuit says more than 40 Whole Foods employees at locations across the country have been punished for wearing the Black Lives Matter masks, which became popular amid the outcry over George Floyd's death at the hands of police.\n\nStaff wearing clothing with other messages, such as LGBTQ pins or sports team apparel, had not faced such discipline in the past, the lawsuit says.\n\n\"Whole Foods' selective enforcement of its dress code in disciplining employees who wear apparel expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement constitutes unlawful discrimination,\" the lawsuit says.\n\nThe complaint asks the court to strike down Whole Foods' policy and bar the company from taking further action or retaliating against the workers. It also seeks back-pay for workers sent home for wearing the masks,\n\nThe lawsuit was filed by 14 employees as a class action suit on behalf of all Whole Foods staff. One of the workers claims she was fired for organising mask wearing and leading protests against the company's response.\n\nIn a statement, Whole Foods denied that claim, saying the employee, Savannah Kinzer, had been dismissed for \"repeatedly violating our time and attendance policy by not working her assigned shifts, reporting late for work multiple times in the past nine days and choosing to leave during her scheduled shifts.\n\n\"It is simply untrue that she was separated from the company for wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask. As an employer we must uphold our policies in an equitable and consistent manner. Savannah had full understanding of our policies and was given a number of opportunities to comply,\" the firm said.\n\nShannon Liss-Riordan, the lawyer representing the workers, said the firm was \"falsely attacking\" Ms Kinzer.\n\n\"Their decision to retaliate against employees expressing support for this racial justice movement was bad enough, but their efforts to disparage an amazing activist and leader are beyond the pale,\" she said. \"We look forward to making our argument in federal court.\"\n\nShe told the BBC the workers who filed the suit were angry in part over apparent hypocrisy, after Amazon and Whole Foods expressed public support for the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\n\"So many companies today are doing everything they can to profess how progressive they are... but when it actually comes to letting their employees express these same sentiments they get muzzled,\" she said.\n\nThe lawsuit is the latest clash involving Amazon and its workers.\n\nThe firm has faced repeated calls to do more to protect its supermarket and warehouse workers during the pandemic and been accused of retaliating against staff speaking out over the firm's environmental policies and coronavirus protections.\n\nEarlier this year, an engineer quit, citing firings as evidence of a \"vein of toxicity running through the company's culture\".", "A manager at the main contractor for Grenfell Tower's refurbishment ignored email concerns that the cladding could be combustible, the inquiry has heard.\n\nRydon's Simon Lawrence received an email from the Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) which ran the tower seeking clarity on whether the new cladding would resist a fire.\n\nThere is no evidence that he or anyone from Rydon replied to that email.\n\nThe inquiry's first phase found that cladding fuelled the June 2017 fire.\n\nHearings in the second phase of the inquiry returned last week after a four-month break due to coronavirus.\n\nThis second phase is examining the refurbishment of the 24-storey residential block in North Kensington, west London, in which 72 people died.\n\nThe inquiry heard on Tuesday that Mr Lawrence, a contracts manager at Rydon, received an email from Claire Williams from the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) responsible for the running of the tower, on 12 November 2014, seeking clarification on whether the new cladding would resist a fire.\n\nShe told Mr Lawrence, who was involved in the project between June 2014 and October 2015, that she was having a 'Lakanal moment' - referring to the 2009 fire in a high-rise residential block in London with cladding, which killed six people.\n\nThere is no evidence that Mr Lawrence or anyone else from Rydon responded to the email.\n\nInquiry lawyer Richard Millett QC asked him what he thought Ms Williams meant by a 'Lakanal moment'.\n\nMr Lawrence said he knew there had been a fire at Lakanal some years ago, but did not know \"the specific details\" or that it was relating to fire in the context of the fire retardance of the new cladding.\n\nHe added that he believed Ms Williams' concerns related \"specifically\" to the fire retardance of the cladding on the lower floors of the residential block, \"but not cladding overall\".\n\nDavid Gibson, another member of the TMO, said in a witness statement that he asked Mr Lawrence if there would be a 'Lakanal type problem', due to the danger of flames getting trapped in the gap between the external insulation and rainscreen cladding on the outside of the building.\n\nMr Lawrence said he did not recall Mr Gibson raising this matter with him in a meeting, when asked by Mr Millett.\n\nMr Gibson said Mr Lawrence assured him that the materials being used were 'inert' and would not burn - which Mr Lawrence denies saying.\n\nAsked again by Mr Millet if ever he assured Mr Gibson that the materials being used were \"inert\", Mr Lawrence said he would \"not give technical assurances\" unless he had that information from \"designers or specialists\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour has agreed to pay \"substantial\" damages to seven former employees who sued the party in an anti-Semitism row.\n\nThe party has issued an unreserved apology in the High Court for making \"false and defamatory\" comments about seven whistleblowers who spoke out in a BBC Panorama programme last year.\n\nThe individuals had criticised the then leadership's handling of complaints.\n\nLabour said they were wrongly accused of \"bad faith\" and caused \"distress, embarrassment and hurt\" by the party.\n\nThe BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said the payout was an \"extraordinary moment\" and underlined leader Sir Keir Starmer's determination to get to grips with the shadow of anti-Semitism hanging over the party.\n\nIn the July 2019 programme, entitled 'Is Labour Anti-Semitic?', a number of former party officials alleged that senior figures close to the leadership at the time had interfered in the process of dealing with anti-Semitism complaints.\n\nThey also claimed they had faced a huge increase in complaints since Jeremy Corbyn became leader in 2015.\n\nIn its response at the time, a party spokesman denounced them as \"disaffected former staff\" who had \"personal and political axes\" to grind. They were also accused of trying to undermine Mr Corbyn.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Corbyn said the decision to settle the claims with an apology and \"substantial payments\" was \"disappointing\", adding the party's legal advice was that it \"had a strong defence\".\n\nSeven of the whistleblowers - Kat Buckingham, Michael Creighton, Samuel Matthews, Dan Hogan, Louise Withers Green, Benjamin Westerman and Martha Robinson - took legal action and asked the Labour Party formally to apologise in court.\n\nIn a statement read out in the High Court, Labour said it unreservedly apologised and was determined to root out anti-Semitism in the party and the wider Labour movement.\n\n\"Before the broadcast of the programme, the Labour Party issued a press release that contained defamatory and false allegations about these whistleblowers,\" the party said.\n\n\"We acknowledge the many years of dedicated and committed service that the whistleblowers have given to the Labour Party as members and as staff. We appreciate their valuable contribution at all levels of the party.\n\n\"We unreservedly withdraw all allegations of bad faith, malice and lying. We would like to apologise unreservedly for the distress, embarrassment and hurt caused by their publication. We have agreed to pay them damages.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Matthews said he welcomed the \"important\" decision and said that being accused of acting against Labour had been like \"being rejected by our own family\".\n\nLabour has also agreed to pay damages to the presenter of the programme, BBC journalist John Ware.\n\nIt said Mr Ware, an award-winning investigative reporter who has worked for the BBC for more than 30 years, was subject to \"false and defamatory\" comments before the programme was aired which had now been withdrawn.\n\nShadow Attorney General Lord Falconer, who was attending court on the behalf of the Labour Party, told the BBC the settlement had brought a \"disastrous chapter\" to an end.\n\nLabour has also apologised to the BBC journalist John Ware\n\nThe BBC welcomed what it said was the party's \"long-overdue\" apology for what were \"painful and damaging personal attacks\" on the integrity and character of those involved in the programme.\n\nIt said Mr Ware was a \"reporter with an extraordinary record of excellence at Panorama for investigative journalism in the public interest\" and it \"applauded the strength\" of the whistleblowers.\n\nMr Ware said he accepted Labour's apology, adding: \"It was an unwritten code amongst we journalists that we don't sue because free speech is sacrosanct, but the world has changed thanks to social media.\n\n\"You either accept and shrug your shoulders when people call you a liar and say you fabricated evidence and deliberately promoted falsehoods - as the Labour Party did - or you decide to do something about it. So I decided to do something about it.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said it was a \"prudent move\" by the party and was \"part of that healing process\" that was needed.\n\n\"It's important that the whole of the Labour Party acknowledges what's happened in the past and acknowledges that we did have a problem with anti-Semitism within the Labour Party,\" she said.\n\nThe legal settlement was welcomed by current and former Jewish Labour MPs, including Margaret Hodge and Ruth Smeeth, the latter describing the whistleblowers are \"heroes\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Jewish Labour Movement said the Panorama programme had \"shone a light on the party's failure to act\" against anti-Jewish racism and the \"growing culture of denial\" within its ranks.\n\n\"Under new leadership, our hope is the party will continue to demonstrate this willingness to change,\" it said.\n\nThe former employees who went public with their concerns were accused of undermining Jeremy Corbyn's leadership\n\nBut former Labour leader Mr Corbyn said the legal settlement \"risks giving credibility to misleading and inaccurate allegations about action taken to tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour Party in recent years\".\n\nHe said it was a \"political decision, not a legal one\".\n\nUnite general secretary Len McCluskey described the settlement as a \"misuse\" of party's funds, suggesting Labour had been advised that it would win the case.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor Labour, this is an expensive and embarrassing outcome.\n\nThe leadership may hope that is a price well worth paying if it signals the beginning of the end of the anti-Semitism row that has caused real division in the party over the last few years.\n\nFor those unhappy with the party's previous handling of the issue, the apology sets down a marker that it really is \"under new management\".\n\nFor some of those who were quite happy with the old leadership, though, this is going to rankle and some are already making their unhappiness clear.\n\nThis is certainly a big moment for Labour but there a likely to be many more before this issue is put to bed.\n\nMr McCluskey and other allies of Mr Corbyn, who stood down in the Spring after four years leading the party, had urged Sir Keir Starmer to contest the lawsuit.\n\nThe BBC's Laura Kuenssberg tweeted that \"last minute legal wrangling by lawyers for some of former Labour leadership team didn't stop the apology and settlements going ahead\".\n\nSince being elected in April, Sir Keir has been anxious to emphasise his commitment to root out anti-Semitism, committing to implement in full the recommendations of an inquiry by the equality watchdog into Labour's culture and internal procedures due out in September.\n\nHe recently sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet for re-tweeting an article containing what he regarded as a conspiracy theory.\n• None Labour's agony over anti-Semitism far from over", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nBusinesses are only operating at about half of their pre-virus capacity, with the economy still \"in first gear\". That's according to the British Chambers of Commerce's coronavirus impact tracker. Reduced customer demand and concern about future local lockdowns were highlighted as the top two obstacles to normal operations. We've looked closely at some of the UK firms left in limbo by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nReduced staffing to allow social distancing is also slowing down operations for many businesses and organisations. That's demonstrated by the news this morning that a backlog of 400,000 passport applications has built up during the pandemic. Home Office minister Baroness Williams said steps were being taken to increase capacity now travel restrictions have eased.\n\nBeauty salons, tattoo parlours and tailors can now welcome customers as Scotland continues its phased lifting of lockdown. Universities and colleges can also begin to resume some on-campus learning, and a limited number of driving lessons are allowed. Read a fuller explanation of all Scotland's rules.\n\nCarrie Nicol says she is excited to get back to work despite the changes in how things operate\n\nThe number of job vacancies in the UK has plummeted and competition for those that are advertised is fierce given the redundancies caused by the pandemic. Some sectors appear to be in a much stronger position than others, though, so which are actually hiring staff? And which face a more uncertain future? We break it down.\n\nJoe Wicks' first began his daily live workouts in March, just hours before Boris Johnson went on to tell the UK it was entering lockdown. Today the trainer is bringing \"PE with Joe\" to an end, so we've spoken to people who say the experience of joining in every day has changed their lives.\n\nVanessa Taylor says both her physical and mental health have improved\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest via our live page.\n\nPlus, we answer the latest batch of questions from readers on all things pandemic, including whether any coronavirus vaccine might have side effects.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Staff at Exeter Airport face losing jobs because of the effect of coronavirus on the aviation industry, managers have said.\n\nThe airport said it was changing \"operational requirements\" but it would \"fight to protect every job we can\".\n\nIt did not confirm numbers, but it was reported locally 96 posts could be under threat .\n\nAs well as Covid-19, the airport has been affected by the collapse of regional airline Flybe in March, its main carrier, which accounted for about 60% of its passengers.\n\nThe airline also had its headquarters and training facilities nearby.\n\nThe airport - which has about 250 staff and is one of the main air hubs in the South West - said consultation was under way.", "Care home residents in England can begin to be reunited with one of their loved ones, the government has said, as it publishes new guidance.\n\nVisits will resume in care homes once local authorities and local public health directors say it is safe.\n\nResidents will be limited to seeing the same one visitor, where possible, the guidance says.\n\nSome providers began allowing outdoor, socially-distanced visits in June, in the absence of government guidelines.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said it was now possible to \"carefully and safely\" allow visits to care homes, while taking into account \"local knowledge and circumstances for each care home\".\n\nPeople in registered residential care and those in nursing homes for people with learning disabilities, mental health or other disabilities in England will also be able to welcome visitors under the same guidance.\n\nThe government said visits could resume after the rate of community transmission of coronavirus had fallen, but staff, residents and visitors should observe its guidance to minimise the risk of spreading the virus.\n\nIt says care providers should consider whether visits could take place outside, without people having to go through a shared building, and visitors should stick to social distancing guidance and avoid hugs or handshakes.\n\nAd hoc visits should be discouraged and providers should collect contact details of visitors to support NHS Test and Trace, the guidance says.\n\nVisitors should also be encouraged to wear a face covering and risk assessments must be carried out before homes reopen.\n\nGifts for residents should be easy to clean by care home staff. \"It is unlikely that they will be able to bring flowers but a box of chocolates that could be sanitised with wipes would be allowed,\" the guidance says.\n\nCare England, the country's largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, said it was \"disappointed\" the guidance had come so late.\n\nChief executive Professor Martin Green said: \"This guidance should have been with care providers last month.\n\n\"We are at a loss to understand why the Department of Health and Social Care cannot act quickly in a crisis or why it is deaf to the comments and input from the sector.\"\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded the deaths of another 79 people who tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 45,501.\n\nLesley Lightfoot says not being able to be with her mum Blumah, who has Parkinson's dementia, during lockdown has been \"the most painful thing I've ever been through\".\n\nFor months, she stood outside her mum's north London care home, talking to her through a ground floor window. In recent weeks, the home has allowed some outdoor visits.\n\nBut Ms Lightfoot wants clarity on whether the latest guidelines mean she'll be able to see her mum indoors.\n\n\"To be able to see her outside doesn't solve my problem. I need to get in and be with her in her room,\" she says, adding that her mum's mental state has deteriorated with the isolation of lockdown. \"She needs the reassurance, the love, the affection, the looking at things with her, the going through things with her.\"\n\nThe government said it will be down to individual care homes, working with public health officials, to decide whether visits can take place inside people's rooms.\n\nIn Scotland, visits to virus-free homes resumed earlier this month. In Wales, outdoor visits are allowed and in Northern Ireland, one person can visit a resident, with a second person accommodated \"where possible\".\n\nSue Parker from Ovingham, Northumberland, who has a 29-year-old son with autism and OCD, welcomed the guidance but said it would not help in her case as it isn't an option to visit her son in his residential care home.\n\nShe explained he would not tolerate relatives visiting his care home and would only accept leaving to his family home - something he did most weekends before the pandemic.\n\n\"It seems throughout that it has been a blanket one-size-fits-all policy [for social care], with a focus on the elderly and frail,\" she said, adding that the new guidance seemed to be \"disproportionate\" for her son, given that he is young and physically fit.\n• None How are the care home visiting rules changing?", "New social distancing regulations to make restaurants Covid-secure mean there are fewer tables for customers, which in turn means less income.\n\nHowever restaurateurs say many people who make reservations are simply not showing up, which is having a major impact on the company's bottom line, and ultimately their survival in the industry.", "Mr Harrison was arrested at Dublin Port after returning from France and Belgium on 26 October\n\nAn Irish lorry driver, wanted over his alleged role in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a lorry in October, has been extradited to the UK.\n\nEight women and 31 men were found in the container in Essex on 23 October.\n\nPolice said they died of lack of oxygen and overheating in an enclosed space.\n\nEamonn Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge, County Down, is alleged to have driven the trailer to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before it sailed to Purfleet in England.\n\nThe bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered in a refrigerated trailer\n\nEssex Police confirmed on Wednesday night that Mr Harrison was in their custody.\n\nHe faces 39 charges of manslaughter as well as conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.\n\nHe was arrested at Dublin Port on 26 October after returning from France and Belgium.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer questions Boris Johnson on the Russia report in parliament\n\nMinisters are considering strengthening security laws after a report by MPs accused them of underestimating the threat of Russian interference.\n\nHome Office Minister James Brokenshire said foreign agents could be required to register in the UK in future.\n\nHe told MPs that this and other \"new offences and powers\" for dealing with foreign spies were being looked at.\n\nLabour's Sir Keir Starmer accused the government of complacency and leaving a \"serious gap in our defences\".\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said the government had \"delayed\" legislation to help counter Russian interference, despite acknowledging 18 months ago that existing powers were insufficient.\n\n\"The PM sat on this report for 10 months and failed to plug a gap in our law in national security,\" he said.\n\n\"How is the PM going to address that gap and meet the threat with the joined-up, robust response it deserves?\"\n\nBoris Johnson said there was no other country in the Western world that was more \"vigilant\" about Russian interference, pointing to recent sanctions against Russian officials involved in human rights abuses and proposed laws to protect critical infrastructure and intellectual property.\n\n\"Let us be in no doubt about what this is all about,\" he said.\n\n\"It is about pressure from the Islingtonian remainers who have seized on this report to try and give the impression that Russian interference was somehow responsible for Brexit.\n\n\"The people of this country did not vote to leave the EU because of pressure from Russia.\"\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee report claimed the government made no effort to investigate claims of Russian interference in the EU referendum and criticised intelligence agencies for not prioritising the issue.\n\nThe government has said an inquiry is not necessary as it has \"seen no evidence of successful interference\".\n\nBut ministers are listening to calls from all parties to do more to counter Russian espionage and subversion after the UK was described the main target after the US and Nato.\n\nPlans to make foreign agents register were mentioned in the government's legislative agenda last December, and were previously announced by former home secretary Sajid Javid in May last year.\n\nIn response to an urgent question from Labour in the House of Commons, Mr Brokenshire said the UK would consider strengthening the Official Secrets Act and tightening rules on investment visas.\n\n\"Let there be no doubt, we are unafraid to act where necessary to protect the UK and our allies.\"\n\nIf you do not seek, you do not find.\n\nWhether deliberate or deficient, the Intelligence and Security Committee's very long-awaited report outlines gaping holes in the UK's handling of the threat from Russia.\n\nFor years, it seems a lack of priority, and a lack of curiosity, allowed the risks to go unmonitored, if not to go unchecked.\n\nThe UK government has now stiffened its attitude to Putin's Russia.\n\nBut shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the \"conscious\" decision not to consider whether they was any attempt to manipulate the Brexit vote spoke volumes.\n\nUrging ministers to treat the issue with the \"seriousness it deserves\", he added: \"I thank the security services for the work they do but they need help. This report makes clear they have not received the strategic support, legislative tools or resources necessary to defend our interests.\"\n\nIn its 50-page report, the ISC said the UK was \"clearly a target\" for disinformation campaigns around its elections, but that the issue was described as a \"hot potato\", with no one organisation taking a lead to tackle it.\n\nRussia has dismissed the report as Russophobia\n\nThe committee suggested a new Espionage Act could help prevent individuals acting on behalf of a foreign power from concealing their links with that country.\n\nIt said an obligation similar to that in the US - where agents are required to register with the Justice department - would \"clearly be valuable in countering Russian influence in the UK\".\n\nISC member Kevan Jones said he was concerned that the Law Commission, which was asked last year to look at the legal issues regarding such a move, had yet to release its findings.\n\n\"Can I urge the minister to make sure we actually gets this legislation in place because it is needed,\" he said. \"Let's hope it is not just some spin to get the headlines.\"\n\nDowning Street was accused of holding back the ISC report ahead of December's UK election and for delaying its nominations to set up the new committee - both claims it has denied.\n\nIts chair Julian Lewis, who was stripped of the Conservative whip after defying No 10 by standing for its leadership, sought reassurances that Downing Street special advisers would not be able to interfere with its work", "Officers will only attend incidents where people not wearing a mask refuse to leave a shop or become \"aggressive,\"\n\nPolice in London will only enforce the wearing of masks in shops \"as a last resort\", the Met Commissioner has said.\n\nDame Cressida Dick said she hoped shoppers who refused to wear masks would be \"shamed\" into compliance.\n\nOfficers will attend if people not wearing a mask refuse to leave a shop or become \"aggressive,\" Dame Cressida said.\n\nThames Valley and Devon and Cornwall police forces say officers will attend incidents only if they turn violent.\n\nBut Dame Cressida said if shop keepers were concerned and had \"tried everything else\", her officers would try to assist.\n\nShe told LBC Radio: \"Calling the police should be a last resort for dealing with a mask issue. But of course the law is the law.\n\n\"My hope is that the vast majority of people will comply and that people who are not complying will be shamed into complying or shamed to leave the store by the store keepers or by other members of the public.\n\n\"If somebody is concerned about what is going on in their store, yes, of course they should call the police and we will try to assist.\"\n\nWearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory this week\n\nWearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.\n\nThose who fail to comply with the new rules will face a fine of up to £100, the government has announced.\n\nDame Cressida said supermarkets had managed to maintain social distancing and queuing themselves and had only rarely needed to call the police.\n\nThe move will bring England into line with Scotland and nations such as Spain, Italy and Germany.\n\nSince mid-May, members of the public have been advised to wear coverings in enclosed public spaces, where they may encounter people they would not usually meet.\n\nMask-wearing has been compulsory on public transport in England and at NHS facilities across the UK since 15 June.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe US has said its decision to refuse an extradition request for Harry Dunn's alleged killer was final.\n\nIt comes after an Interpol Red Notice was issued for US national Anne Sacoolas who is now \"wanted internationally\".\n\nA US official said she had diplomatic immunity, but Downing Street branded the refusal \"a denial of justice\".\n\nMr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire, with Mrs Sacoolas accused of death by dangerous driving.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary has accused the Foreign Office of \"clear and repeated failings\".\n\nMrs Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence official based at RAF Croughton, claimed diplomatic immunity following the crash and was able to return to her home country, sparking an international outcry.\n\nThe Interpol Red notice means she can be arrested if she leaves the US.\n\nMr Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles was notified by Northamptonshire Police about the Interpol notice.\n\nShe said it was \"a huge step in the right direction\".\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nMotorcyclist Mr Dunn died in a crash with a car near US military base RAF Croughton on 27 August.\n\nA Home Office extradition request was refused by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in January.\n\nOn Tuesday, the state department's spokeswoman said that decision was final.\n\nShe said that granting the extradition request for Mrs Sacoolas would have rendered the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would have set an \"extraordinarily troubling precedent\".\n\nShe added that the US has a history of close law enforcement co-operation with the UK, and values that relationship.\n\nBut the Prime Minister's official spokesman said Boris Johnson \"has been clear that he wants to see justice served for Harry and his family\".\n\nMr Johnson had raised the case with Donald Trump \"on a number of occasions\", the spokesman said.\n\n\"The US refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas amounts to a denial of justice and she should return to the UK,\" the spokesman added.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has called for a parliamentary inquiry, in which the Foreign Secretary would have to explain \"failings\" with Mr Dunn's case.\n\nBut the Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said: \"The White House may feel that secretary Pompeo's refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas was final but that does not reflect the real position.\n\n\"In fact quite the contrary, as the US Embassy in London said in a recent letter to Andrea Leadsom, both countries recognise that the final decision will rest with the court following a judicial review.\"\n\nAn Interpol Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.\n\nOn its website, Interpol states a red notice \"is an international wanted persons notice, but it is not an arrest warrant\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The campaign to see Harry Dunn get justice will return to the High Court later this year\n\nAn application by Harry Dunn's parents for the Foreign Office to disclose evidence relating to a \"secret agreement\" between the UK and US governments has been rejected.\n\nThe Dunns said the agreement had given diplomatic immunity to their son's alleged killer, Anne Sacoolas.\n\nThe 19-year-old was killed in a crash in Northamptonshire.\n\nAt the High Court, Lord Justice Flaux said disclosure was not necessary for the \"just determination\" of the case.\n\nMr Dunn died when his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton in August last year.\n\nMrs Sacoolas, 42, claimed diplomatic immunity afterwards and returned to the US.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nCharlotte Charles and Tim Dunn are bringing legal action against Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Northamptonshire Police, claiming they acted unlawfully over Mrs Sacoolas' departure.\n\nAt a preliminary hearing on Thursday, conducted by video call, the Dunns argued the Foreign Office \"acted unlawfully by proceeding as if Anne Sacoolas conclusively had immunity\".\n\nThey said that action prevented Northamptonshire Police \"from reaching an informed view\" on immunity.\n\nGeoffrey Robertson QC, representing the Dunns, told the court the Foreign Office had \"obstructed a criminal investigation, under pressure from the United States\".\n\nMr Robertson said the case \"turns on the interpretation of a secret agreement made in 1995 between America and the UK, as a result of a US request to add up to 200 technical officers as diplomatic agents at RAF Croughton\".\n\nHe said at the time the UK had been \"deeply concerned\" about the request and the danger of media interest if crimes - particularly road traffic-related crimes - were committed.\n\nHarry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nSir James Eadie QC, for the Foreign Office, said Mr Raab \"has acted lawfully at all times\".\n\nHe argued the Foreign Office had \"given extensive disclosure, well in excess of what is strictly required\".\n\nMr Robertson asked the court to order the Foreign Office to disclose documents about the 1995 agreement, as well as notes of phone calls and messages about Mr Dunn's death involving Foreign Office officials.\n\nThe application was rejected by Lord Justice Flaux and Mr Justice Saini.\n\nA full hearing will take place in October or November.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Co-stars reflected on Rivera's sense of humour and moral support\n\nTributes have been paid to actress Naya Rivera, whose death has been confirmed by US police.\n\nThe 33-year-old, best known for playing Santana Lopez on Glee, had gone missing during a boat trip in California.\n\nAfter a long search, divers found her body on Monday, prompting an outpouring of love and sympathy from her co-stars.\n\n\"She was so independent and strong and the idea of her not being here is something I cannot comprehend,\" wrote Glee actor Kevin McHale on Twitter.\n\n\"She was the single most quick-witted person I've ever met, with a steel-trap memory that could recall the most forgettable conversations from a decade ago.\n\n\"She was the most talented person I've ever known and I'm furious we won't get to see more.\"\n\n\"Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were. Love and peace to your family,\" added Jane Lynch, who played coach Sue Sylvester on the show.\n\nMany of her former cast-mates gathered at the bank of Lake Piru, near Los Angeles, to pay their respects.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dave Quinn This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Jane Lynch This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChris Colfer, who played Kurt Hummel in the teen comedy, shared a photo of himself with Rivera on Instagram.\n\n\"How can you convey all your love and respect for someone in one post?\" he wrote in the caption.\n\n\"How can you summarise a decade of friendship and laughter with words alone?\n\n\"If you were friends with Naya Rivera, you simply can't. Her brilliance and humour were unmatched. Her beauty and talent were otherworldly.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by chriscolfer This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I was constantly moved by the degree to which she took care of her family, and how she looked out for her friends,\" he wrote.\n\n\"She showed up for me on numerous occasions where she didn't have to, and I was always so grateful for her friendship then, as I certainly am now.\"\n\nRivera was first reported missing last week, after she rented a pontoon boat with her four-year-old son.\n\nHe was found alone and asleep in the boat and later told police his mother had never returned after swimming in the lake.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference on Monday, Ventura County Sheriff William Ayub said a body had been found near the surface of the water in the north eastern section of the lake.\n\nPolice were \"confident\" they had found Rivera, based on location, clothing and physical characteristics. An autopsy and dental records will be used to confirm her identity. There were no signs of foul play.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ventura County police said there was no indication of foul play\n\nThe discovery came exactly seven years after Rivera's Glee co-star, Cory Monteith, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room of an overdose of heroin and alcohol.\n\nLea Michele, who was the show's lead actress, posted black-and-white photos of both actors on her Instagram story in tribute.\n\nMany cast members also re-posted a video of Rivera and Monteith signing autographs for fans outside Paramount studios in Hollywood.\n\nThe original poster had highlighted how \"Naya and Cory always took the time to meet fans and talk with them\".\n\n\"They were so kind-hearted and they loved and appreciated us so much,\" she added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFans also posted videos of Rivera's most memorable performances on the show - especially the song If I Die Young, which she sang in an episode commemorating Monteith's death.\n\nOthers shared how important it had been to see Rivera portray a character who was both Latin and LGBT.\n\n\"Naya was a powerhouse not just on Glee, but in life,\" wrote Twitter user @IssyFields.\n\n\"Her portrayal of Santana gave me the confidence to be unapologetically myself and made millions of voices heard. Glee has memorialised her beautiful talents forever because she is, and always will be, a hero.\"\n\nRivera attended the 2012 Golden Globes with her co-stars (L-R) Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele and Amber Riley\n\nSinger Bryana Salaz said she \"didn't realize the impact\" Rivera had on her life growing up as \"the first POC, LGBTQ character I saw on screen.\n\n\"I grew up listening to you sing, being inspired by the girl on Glee who looks like me and is unapologetically herself. You changed so many lives. Rest easy angel,\" she added.\n\n\"Glee gave me the strength I needed to come to terms with my sexuality,\" added YouTuber Luke Birch.\n\n\"Seeing characters like Santana gave me so much hope and courage. You helped an entire generation of LGBTQ+ people, Naya. A talent like no other. Rest In Peace.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 6 by Luke Birch This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Duchess of Sussex: \"Humanity desperately needs you\"\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has urged young women to \"push\" humanity in a \"more inclusive\" direction.\n\nSpeaking to a gender equality summit, Meghan called on delegates to challenge \"lawmakers, leaders and executives\" and make them \"uncomfortable\".\n\nShe said this discomfort would \"create the conditions to re-imagine our standards\".\n\nIt comes after she and husband Prince Harry spoke to young people about equal rights.\n\nIn a pre-recorded video, Meghan, 38, told the 2020 Girl Up leadership summit that the duke, 35, and their son Archie, will be \"cheering\" on young activists as they \"continue marching, advocating, and leading the way forward\".\n\nThe duke and duchess are now living in Los Angeles with their son after stepping back as senior working royals earlier this year.\n\nLast week, the pair spoke to young leaders during the Queen's Commonwealth Trust (QCT) weekly video call, which focused on responding to the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nIn the keynote speech to the female empowerment summit, which took place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, Meghan told delegates humanity \"desperately\" needed them to \"push\" it in \"a more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction\".\n\nShe said as well as framing debate, they needed to \"be in charge\" of the conversation on issues including racial justice, gender, climate change, mental health and \"so much more\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry: 'It's not going to be easy... but it needs to be done'\n\nThe duchess praised the work delegates have already been doing. She highlighted those involved in efforts like organising global Black Lives Matter protests, reforming the criminal justice system and campaigns to end gun violence.\n\nShe said: \"You are standing up and demanding to be heard, yes, but you're also demanding to own the conversation.\"\n\nShe went on to say women regularly get a verbal brush-off from those in power, something experienced \"in the moments we challenge the norms\".\n\nMeghan added: \"So if that's the case, I say to you, keep challenging, keep pushing, make them a little uncomfortable.\n\n\"Because it's only in that discomfort that we actually create the conditions to re-imagine our standards, our policies, our leadership; to move towards real representation and meaningful influence over the structures of decision-making and power.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan called on young people and students at the school to come together to rebuild society\n\nThis \"reimagining\" of standards is not \"a zero-sum game\", she explained, but rather it is \"mutually beneficial and better for everyone\".\n\nShe said the path to get there will take \"girls and women, men and boys, it will take those that are black and those that are white collectively tackling the inequities and structural problems that we know exist\".\n\nFormer US First Ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton also made appearances during the conference organised by Girl Up, an initiative created by the UN Foundation in 2010 to help support UN agencies that focus on adolescent girls.\n\nMeghan has actively campaigned on a number of humanitarian issues, especially the topics of gender equality and women's empowerment.\n\nShe has spoken previously about how a soap manufacturer altered its advert after, at the age of 11, she wrote a letter to then first lady Mrs Clinton, and other high-profile figures, complaining that it implied women belonged in the kitchen.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Patients recovering from being critically ill with Covid-19 'have a long road ahead'\n\nThe University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff was a very different place to the one I'm used to visiting.\n\nFootsteps echo around the normally crowded corridors of Wales' largest hospital as I make my first stop, the rehabilitation ward - one of three on the same floor - all repurposed to help patients recover from the ravages of coronavirus.\n\nHere, staff are tasked with gently easing them back to full strength.\n\nGeoff Bodman has spent more than two months in intensive care\n\nIt was sobering to watch previously healthy patients, such as 56-year-old Geoff Bodman, from Tremorfa in Cardiff, who spent two months in intensive care, struggle with basic tasks such as walking, talking or writing their own name.\n\nThe sheer level of rehabilitation support they need gives a hint of what to expect from the intensive care unit itself.\n\nWe joined hospital staff queuing outside its entrance, waiting to don the mandatory personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nIt is here they cover up their hair and put on gowns, hospital-grade masks, visors or goggles and two pairs of gloves.\n\nThe wait offers a few moments to steel themselves for whatever lies ahead.\n\nHaving gone through the final meticulous checks, we followed them in.\n\nProtective personal equipment is double checked before anyone gets on the intensive care wards\n\nThe constant low hum and whir of the ventilators keeping patients alive was punctuated by the urgent beep of monitors.\n\nStaff have to raise their voices to be heard here through the face masks and visors. They spend many long, hot hours in full PPE and leave with the marks of the shift on their faces.\n\nWithin minutes, I quickly realised why most staff here opted for visors rather than goggles.\n\nMy BBC-issued eyewear steamed up and I could hardly see a thing, viewing the room through a hazy fog.\n\nHealth correspondent Owain Clarke wore PPE provided by the BBC during the filming\n\nIt was a constant battle to stop myself touching my face to adjust my eye protection, while acutely aware of the presence of the virus all around us.\n\nThe painful sensation of the mask digging into my nose at least reassured me it had formed the necessary seal.\n\nIt was both a profound and surreal experience.\n\nAfter 10 minutes, I was left exhausted, uncomfortable and claustrophobic by the restrictions of the PPE.\n\nIt was obvious why staff who endure this intense environment for hours on end can leave dehydrated and suffering splitting headaches.\n\nHelping some of the hospital's most gravely-ill patients has left most nurses in tears, Emma Thomas tells us. She's one of the unit's research nurses.\n\nWorking in critical care has been an emotional experience, says nurse Emma Thomas\n\nIt's hard, she says, replacing a family member at a patient's bedside as they take their last breath.\n\nCoronavirus has claimed the lives of at least 228 people at this hospital alone.\n\nThere is also a determination to convey to families their loved-ones are well cared for in those moments.\n\nThe hospital has so far narrowly avoided exceeding its critical care capacity but there was frustration among staff that many people appear to be taking themselves out of lockdown.\n\n\"We'll be seeing some of those who were out last weekend [for VE day] in about five days, I suspect,\" one member of staff told me.\n\nThey seemed almost resigned to a second peak of infection, but hoped the public would continue to listen to government advice, however tough and tiring they are finding the restrictions of protecting themselves at home.\n\nOwain Clarke and cameraman Dyfed Davies were given unprecedented access to the University Hospital of Wales ITU department and Covid rehabilitation wards. They used PPE provided by the BBC to document the hospital's response to the coronavirus epidemic", "The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in a second wave of infections this winter, scientists say.\n\nAsked to model a \"reasonable\" worst-case scenario, they suggest a range between 24,500 and 251,000 of virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February.\n\nTo date, there have been 44,830 official deaths in the UK, but this has slowed with 1,100 in July.\n\nThe estimate does not take into account any lockdowns, treatments or vaccines.\n\nAnd the scientists say: \"The risk... could be reduced if we take action immediately\".\n\nThe report, requested by the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, stresses there is still a high degree of uncertainty over how the coronavirus pandemic will play out this winter.\n\nBut research suggests the virus can survive longer in colder conditions and is more likely to spread when people spend more time indoors.\n\nAnd experts are concerned the NHS will be under extreme pressure, not just from a resurgence of coronavirus but also from seasonal flu and a backlog of regular, non-coronavirus workload.\n\nThe health service is already severely disrupted in the aftermath of the first pandemic wave, with a waiting list that could stand at 10 million by the end of this year, the report says.\n\nProf Stephen Holgate, a respiratory specialist from University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, who chaired the report, said: \"This is not a prediction - but it is a possibility.\n\n\"The modelling suggests that deaths could be higher with a new wave of Covid-19 this winter.\n\n\"But the risk of this happening could be reduced if we take action immediately.\"\n\nWith relatively low numbers of coronavirus cases at the moment, \"this is a critical window of opportunity to help us prepare for the worst that winter can throw at us\", he added.\n\nLess pessimistic winter scenarios are also possible, with coronavirus deaths in the thousands.\n\nThe report makes it clear there is a high degree of uncertainty in the projected death figures.\n\nIt is not a prediction of what will happen, rather what might.\n\nResearchers can model likely scenarios. But simulations rest on assumptions that do not always play out in real life.\n\nChange any of the parameters slightly, and you get very different projections.\n\nThe overall message, however, is clear - prepare for the worst and hope for the best.\n\nCurrently, coronavirus deaths and cases in the UK are down, which gives the nation a chance to reflect and plan for a second wave.\n\nKeeping infection rates low as Britain emerges from lockdown will be critical in controlling the disease.\n\nThe virus has not gone away. And we do not have a vaccine for it yet.\n\nBut there are things we can all do, including isolating and getting tested if we develop symptoms.\n\nCo-author Prof Dame Anne Johnson, from the Academy of Medical Sciences, said: \"Faced with these potential challenges, and after an already tough year, it would be easy to feel hopeless and powerless.\n\n\"But this report shows that we can act now to change things for the better.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said planning was already under way for dealing with the expected surge in demand on the NHS this winter.\n\nThe government had procured enough flu vaccine to roll out the \"biggest flu vaccine programme in history\" and was working on setting up a coronavirus vaccination programme should a successful vaccine be found, he added.\n\nA government statement said: \"We remain vigilant and the government will ensure the necessary resources are in place to avoid a second peak that would overwhelm our NHS.\"\n• None Could there be a second wave- - BBC News\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Deaths involving the virus fell in all parts of England and Wales, apart from Wales, east of England and London\n\nThe number of deaths involving coronavirus in Wales has risen slightly, in the latest weekly figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nFor deaths registered in the week ending 3 July, the figure had increased by 35, compared to 30 the week before.\n\nThe number of so-called \"excess\" deaths is also above what we would normally expect to see at this time of year.\n\nThere were 29 more deaths than the five-year average.\n\nIn Wales, the number of all registered deaths increased by 32 to 584 deaths. Six per cent of these involved coronavirus.\n\nThe ONS, unlike Public Health Wales' daily figures, includes all deaths in care homes and people's homes, as well as people suspected by doctors of having coronavirus, not just confirmed cases.\n\nWe have to wait a little longer for the figures but they are regarded as being more comprehensive and reliable.\n\nThe total number of deaths in Wales up to 3 July was 2,470 - for deaths to be included in these figures, they must have been registered by 11 July.\n\nCardiff has the largest number of deaths with 373, followed by Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) with 295 up to 3 July, but the rate of increase has dramatically slowed down.\n\nAround half the deaths in the latest week were in north Wales.\n\nBut there were no new coronavirus deaths registered in nine council areas; Blaenau Gwent, Ceredigion, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Swansea and Torfaen.\n\nThere were fewer care home deaths - six - in the latest week, with a total of 686 Covid-19 deaths in care homes up to 3 July, making up 27.8% of all coronavirus deaths in Wales.", "A fast-track health and care visa has been unveiled as part of the UK's plans for a points-based immigration system when freedom of movement with the EU ends in January.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said employers would be encouraged to invest in workers from within the UK.\n\nBut the new system, she added, would also allow them to \"attract the best and brightest from around the world\".\n\nUnions have expressed concerns that the visa will exclude social care workers.\n\nThe health and care visa will be open to workers who have a confirmed job offer in one of a series of \"skilled\" roles within the NHS or care sector - or for NHS service providers, such as doctors, nurses, radiographers, social workers and paramedics.\n\nHowever, the GMB union, representing NHS staff, described the new rules as an \"embarrassing shambles\", criticising the exclusion of frontline care home workers and contractors, and pointing out that a minimum salary threshold meant many cleaners, porters and support staff would also not qualify.\n\nThe new visa system is set to come into force on New Year's Day, immediately ending freedom of movement with the EU.\n\nUnder the government's plans when the Brexit transition period ends, those wishing to live and work in the UK must gain 70 points.\n\nThere is a mandatory requirement for visa applicants to have an offer of a job on a list of eligible occupations and speak English - earning them 50 points.\n\nThere is a minimum salary requirement of £20,480.\n\nFurther Points would be awarded for meeting criteria such as holding a PhD relevant to the job, or earning more than a \"general salary threshold\" of £25,600.\n\nThose with job offers in \"shortage occupations\" such as nursing and civil engineering would also be able to earn extra points.\n\nThe home secretary said it would be simpler for businesses to access talent\n\nIn a written ministerial statement to the House of Commons, Ms Patel said: \"At a time where an increased number of people across the UK are looking for work, the new points-based system will encourage employers to invest in the domestic UK workforce, rather than simply relying on labour from abroad.\n\n\"But we are also making necessary changes, so it is simpler for employers to attract the best and brightest from around the world to come to the UK to complement the skills we already have.\"\n\nLabour said it would scrutinise the proposals \"very carefully\", saying the government had \"rushed through immigration legislation with very little detail in the middle of a global pandemic\".\n\nOne of the biggest arguments for leaving the EU is that it would allow the UK to sets its own immigration policy.\n\nThe government's aim is a system that provides flexibility for employers - so the minimum salary threshold starts at just over £20,000 and there's no need to prove that a job couldn't have been offered to someone already living in the country.\n\nBut there are restrictions too: the vast majority of vacant positions in the social care sector will not be filled from immigration as these workers are not classed as skilled - and they're not eligible for the rebranded NHS and care workers fast track visa.\n\nIn short, care workers won't be able to apply for a visa dedicated to care.\n\nMinisters say immigration can't solve the care sector's problems which, they argue, are down to poor pay and career prospects - making the job unattractive to British workers who could be capable of filling the roles.\n\nThe new health and care visa will have a reduced fee. Those applying for it should expect a reply within three weeks, the government said.\n\nCaroline Abrahams at charity Age UK said it was a \"care visa in name only. Care will scarcely benefit at all since the vast majority of care workforce roles are ineligible\".\n\nThe union Unison said the work of the social care sector was in crisis long before the coronavirus pandemic and failing to include care workers was a \"disastrous mistake that will make existing problems spiral\".\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: \"To exclude care workers from the health visa is a clear signal that this government does not appreciate the skill and dedication these roles involve... it is yet another insult from this Tory party to those who have been at the frontline of this crisis.\"\n\nHowever, the prime minister's official spokesman said the government wanted employers in the sector to invest more in training and development for people already in the UK - including EU citizens - to become care workers, and it had provided additional funding to support it.\n\n\"Our independent migration advisers have said that immigration is not the sole answer here,\" he added.\n\nThe home secretary said frontline health workers would not have to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge - the fee of up to £400 a year that most migrants who have not been granted permanent residency in the UK need to pay to receive NHS care.\n\nMs Patel also said the visa process for students was being refined, with a new graduate route being launched next summer to \"help retain the brightest and the best students to contribute to the UK post-study\".\n\nInternational students would be able to stay for a minimum of two years after finishing their studies, she said.\n\nThe paper also confirms that foreign criminals who have been jailed for more than a year could be banned from coming to the UK and foreign nationals already in the UK who have been sentenced to a year or more in prison \"must be considered for deportation\".", "The UK government is preparing to change course over the role of Huawei in its 5G telecoms network.\n\nSix months after agreeing it could have a limited role, ministers look set to exclude the Chinese company, with no new equipment installed from next year.\n\nThe move is in part a result of pressure from Washington.\n\nHowever, the precise time frame and details of the phase-out will be crucial in determining how the decision is received.\n\nIn January, after a lengthy delays and hard-fought battles, the government announced that Huawei would be kept out of the sensitive core of the 5G network and limited to 35% market share of its other parts.\n\nBut now it finds itself revisiting that decision.\n\nA key reason is the Trump administration has continued what one UK official calls a campaign of \"unrelenting pressure\" on the company.\n\nUS officials have claimed China could use the firm as a gateway to \"spy, steal or attack\" the UK - Huawei denies this and its founder has said he would rather shut the company down than do anything to damage its clients.\n\nNew sanctions in May limited Huawei's access to US chip technology.\n\nThat forced the UK's National Cyber Security Centre to launch a review to understand whether using alternative chips would reduce the level of assurance it could offer about Huawei's presence in the UK.\n\nBut the decision will be as much about geopolitics and domestic politics as it is about technicalities.\n\nReplacing Huawei's 5G equipment will often involve simultaneously swapping out its 4G base stations and antennas\n\nAttitudes to China have hardened in the last six months.\n\nThe Coronavirus crisis - and Beijing's handling of it - have increased concerns about dependencies on China. And the growing tension over Hong Kong has heightened concerns about whether China is becoming more authoritarian.\n\nA significant Conservative backbench rebellion in March suggested there were already many wanting a tougher policy, and their confidence and numbers have been fuelled by events in the intervening months.\n\nBut amid heavy lobbying from telecoms companies, which have warned of mobile coverage blackouts if they are forced to remove Huawei equipment fast, the government has been debating how quickly to move.\n\nA long lead time for Huawei kit to be removed of seven to 10 years would leave critics unhappy but cause less disruption.\n\nThree to five years would placate them, but impose many more costs because of the need to rip out existing Huawei equipment, which is sometimes integrated with 4G and older equipment.\n\nIf the telecom networks fall behind with their 5G rollout as a result, it would make it harder for the government to deliver on its promises of increasing connectivity for the country in the coming years.\n\nChina may also seek some way of punishing the UK, partly to discourage others from following its course.\n\nBut equally, if the new policy is seen as not tough enough, then critics on the backbenches may continue their rebellion to push for a tighter time-frame when legislation is brought to parliament in the autumn.\n\nWhatever the case, a decision which has already been overturned once may still be fought over in the months ahead.", "Penelope Dudley is behind on her council tax payments. Already stressed about losing her job after being furloughed, she's worried things may soon get a whole lot worse.\n\nBailiffs employed to chase late payers will soon have the right to resume visits to homes following an enforced break during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\n\"The thought of bailiff charges, the thought of prison, has of course been a source of stress,\" said Penelope. \"But I have to trust that won't happen. Things are slightly getting better, but they're not getting better for everybody and it could easily go downhill again if I was unlucky.\"\n\nSome 800,000 UK households are behind on council tax, and from 23 August debt collectors can re-start work chasing payment.\n\nAccording to the Local Government Association, £700m is owed in council tax since the start of lockdown - a figure that's expected to grow.\n\nEmergency legislation was introduced in April banning bailiffs from visiting homes to enforce debts during the Covid-19 restrictions. But next month, Penelope fears debt enforcement agents may come knocking to demand payment.\n\n\"I've had some help from charities and my local church, but I'm not sure how it will all be in a few months' time. The thought of bailiffs is stressful. I had a dark moment on the phone when I was speaking to an advisor who said it [a bailiff visit] could be a prospect.\"\n\nPenelope is on furlough from her job as an usherette at a London theatre. But when the scheme comes to an end, she won't be returning to work, as the theatre can't afford to keep her. She is hoping to pick up acting work on the side to help pay off some debt.\n\nThe UK's largest debt charity StepChange has told the BBC it wants the government to reconsider lifting the ban.\n\n\"Enforcement action like bailiffs can very quickly compound the financial problems of particularly vulnerable households\", said Richard Lane, the organisation's director of external affairs. \"We're worried that in the middle of a global pandemic when households are financially struggling, that's going to make things worse.\"\n\nRichard Lane says councils should be more flexible\n\nThe charity wants to see councils assess personal finances before sending in debt collectors.\n\n\"If they're financially vulnerable, sending in bailiffs is probably not going to be the right thing to do to the get back on their feet. We also want the government to give councils more flexibility about how they enforce council tax arrears collections. There are more compassionate approaches that can work.\"\n\nPaul, who asked that his surname wasn't used, was a bartender in a Manchester nightclub until lockdown closed the venue. Concerned about being able to pay for living expenses, he applied for universal credit. But because he had to wait six weeks for the first payment to come through, he's behind on his regular household bills.\n\n\"I'm behind on my council tax and rent. It's been helpful that bailiff charges have not been added on and that I don't have to worry about them knocking on my door. But I know it's only temporary,\" he said.\n\n\"The wait for furlough and universal credit was too long. If those payments had come sooner, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in now. It would be great if the government could pay some of the relief directly to the landlords and councils, so that I can have more money to pay off this debt I've accumulated.\n\n\"I start teacher training later this year and that will involve moving home. At the moment I don't have the cash for a deposit, let alone rent. I don't know what to do,\" Paul said.\n\nThe government has said it expects councils to be sympathetic to those in genuine hardship and this should be taken into consideration before enforcement action is put in place.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, said: \"Many councils have put in place alternative payment arrangements to help people who are struggling to pay, for example by deferring payments to later in the year. Our £500m hardship fund builds on local support schemes by further reducing the council tax bills of some of the most vulnerable households by up to £150.\"\n\nFor the likes of Penelope and Paul, however, this does not ease the stress. All they can do is hope they don't receive a knock on the door and they are able to repay what they owe.\n\n\"I have relied on prayer a lot,\" says Penelope. \"I just have to trust that I'm going to be okay.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kevin works for the Violent Offender Watch (VOW) team in Edinburgh\n\nThe social and economic devastation caused by Covid-19 could lead to an increase in serious youth violence in the UK, MPs have warned.\n\nA Youth Violence Commission report says incidents of unemployment, homelessness and trauma sparked by pandemic could impact on vulnerable young people.\n\nIt fears 18 Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales could lose funding.\n\nThe Home Office says £70m is being spent on the units modelled on a scheme which helped cut crime in Scotland.\n\nBBC Panorama has been investigating how Scotland's VRU - launched in 2005 and the first in the UK - has succeeded in reducing crime.\n\nKaryn McCluskey, the former head of intelligence for Strathclyde Police and one of the founders of the unit, tells the programme they approached youth violence as a health issue, \"like a disease\".\n\nAccording to the cross-party Youth Violence Commission, long-term investment is needed in youth services and VRUs but the funding is at risk because of the \"economic devastation\" caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIts report comes after three years of research into the causes of violence in the UK which concludes that poverty and inequality are \"fundamental drivers\".\n\n\"Given the potential for the impact of Covid-19 to create the types of social conditions in which one might reasonably expect to see increased rates of serious violence, it is imperative that support for these units is not only maintained, but increased,\" the report says.\n\n\"If support and investment is withdrawn from these VRUs - a particular concern given the possibility of austerity measures that may be taken on the back of the economic impact of Covid-19 - the commission fears this would undo much of the hugely important work that has taken place.\"\n\nThe commission says serious youth violence across England and Wales has cost the economy £11bn since 2008 - based on costs to the police, criminal justice system, NHS, victim services, as well as costs from lost economic output and costs associated with physical and emotional harm.\n\nAccording to its report, the cost of running 18 regional VRUs for 10 years is £350m.\n\nTalking about the type of young offenders helped by Scotland's VRU, Karyn McCluskey says: \"You're brought up in an angry, aggressive home, so you almost become infected… So we started to look at it like, what would prevention look like?\"\n\nThis public health approach aimed to treat offenders with compassion and offering them more support, in the hope that they could bring down levels of violence.\n\nIn 2005, there were 39 homicides in Glasgow alone. The police cracked down on Glasgow's gangs, with increased stop and search and tougher sentences, but also decided to look at the causes as well. Over the next 14 years, homicides in Glasgow fell from 39 to 11 in one year.\n\nHowever, in recent years there has been a small increase in violence after a decade of steep falls.\n\nKevin Neary works with the Violent Offenders Watch, a Police Scotland initiative to partner police officers and former convicts in order to reach out to young offenders.\n\nAs a former armed robber and heroin addict himself, Mr Neary helps offenders keep out of prison.\n\nHe says most young offenders had experienced childhood trauma such as separation or loss of parents through bereavement.\n\n\"What we're doing is not a soft justice; it's not a soft approach, it's a caring and compassionate approach.\"\n\nBy Kate Silverton, presenter of Panorama's How Scotland Cut Violent Crime\n\nThe founders of the VRU believe that in order to tackle the root causes of violent crime, it needed to not just be a criminal justice issue but something much broader and tackled collaboratively across education, health and prisons.\n\nDuring my filming for the Panorama documentary, it became clear to me that this \"joined-up\" approach is essential to its effectiveness.\n\nThe people I met believe that we need to understand that children will be much more likely to \"act out\" the violence they themselves experienced or observed and that they need access to counselling, education and training.\n\nYou can watch BBC Panorama's How Scotland Cut Violent Crime on BBC iPlayer", "Jonny McFadden said some customers had struggled with social distancing after a few drinks\n\nA pub landlord has put an electric fence in front of his bar to encourage customers to keep social distancing.\n\nJonny McFadden, who runs the Star Inn in St Just, Cornwall, said there was limited space in his bar which only served drinks and no food.\n\nHe described the barrier as \"just a normal electric fence that you would find in a field\".\n\nAsked if it was switched on, Mr McFadden said: \"Come and find out - there is a fear factor and it works.\"\n\nMr McFadden said he had struggled to get the social distancing message across to some customers in the bar because \"when you serve people a drink they change\".\n\nMr McFadden said the fencing was a normal electric fence such as you would find in a field\n\nHe said the fence worked because \"people keep away from it, people are like sheep\".\n\nHe added: \"They know it is a fence and don't want to touch it to find out whether it is on or not.\"\n\nThe Star Inn in St Just is a small pub which only serves drinks\n\nThe landlord said his customers were happy with the fencing and it had generated a lot of laughs.\n\nOne person who did not see the funny side was Mr McFadden's insurance broker.\n\n\"He was a bit worried but then that is what he is there for,\" he said.\n\n\"He rang a nephew of mine and said 'I hope he is not electrocuting people'.\n\n\"Well come and find out if I am.\"", "A pregnant NHS worker whose maternity clothes were stolen from her car has recorded a tearful message after the theft.\n\nBecky Jones, 30, a clinical biochemist for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, left her shopping bags in her car while she went for a meal in Nottingham with her boyfriend on Saturday.\n\nWhen she returned, the passenger side window was smashed and her shopping was gone.\n\nMiss Jones, who is 22 weeks pregnant, recorded a video next to her car, where she called the thieves \"the pride of Britain\".", "Rouaa is nine years old, the same age as the devastating war that has ravaged her country, Syria, killing hundreds of thousands of people and creating the world’s largest refugee crisis.\n\nHer family fled a chemical attack near their home town and for the past few years BBC World Affairs Correspondent Caroline Hawley has been visiting her in a Lebanese refugee camp.\n\nMore than 13 million Syrians have had to flee their homes, with more than five million of them now living in neighbouring countries.\n\nThe UN says only a tiny fraction of those who need new homes will ever get the chance to be resettled. But Rouaa and her family have defied the odds and are coming to make a new life in the United Kingdom.\n\nCaroline accompanied her on the journey to the UK.", "A rare version of the classic 1985 Super Mario Bros has sold at auction for $114,000 (£90,000), the most ever paid for a video game.\n\nThe cartridge, still in its original packaging, sold to an anonymous bidder.\n\nAnd the US auctioneer said demand \"was extremely high\", partly because this particular packaging had been used for a short while only.\n\nThe previous record for an auctioned game was $100,000 - for a different copy of Super Mario.\n\n\"If any lot in the sale could hit a number like that, it was going to be that one,\" Heritage Auctions video games director Valarie McLeckie said.\n\n\"We knew this would be a strong live session.\n\n\"But I don't think anybody could have anticipated how much bidding there was on Heritage Live and the phones.\"\n\nSuper Mario follows the adventures of the eponymous plumber hero, often joined by his brother, Luigi.\n\nAppetite for the game has never waned.\n\nAnd it is often cited as the most successful video games franchise so far.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls, a gaming expert at research company Amper Analysis, said: \"Brand new 'old stock' packaged games connected to much loved gaming brands and companies, especially if they are rare versions, have risen hugely in value over the last 20 years.\"\n\n\"This is because these items are now firmly entrenched in the nostalgia of childhood gaming for many collectors in their 30s and 40s.\n\n\"As prices have risen, so more collectors have come into the market.\n\n\"These auction pieces now sit alongside other toys and collectibles that command large amounts at auction, including boxed Dinky cars, sealed, vintage Star Wars figures and pristine Marvel comics.\"", "Four people have been charged with murdering the rapper Pop Smoke at a Los Angeles mansion.\n\nProsecutors say the 20-year-old was shot during a robbery at the Hollywood Hills home where he was staying in February.\n\nCorey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, are charged with robbery and murder.\n\nTwo males, aged 15 and 17, who can't be named because of their age, face the same charges.\n\nThe two adults could face life in jail without the chance of being released if they are convicted.\n\nProsecutors said a decision about whether to seek the death penalty on conviction \"would be made at a later date\".\n\nLast week, Los Angeles Police Department arrested three adults and two teenagers in connection with the shooting, which happened in the middle of the night.\n\nThe third adult has not been charged.\n\nPop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson, got his first US top 10 album in the week of his death.\n\nHe was a guest on DJ Target's show on BBC Radio 1Xtra just days earlier.\n\nThe rapper had had a breakout hit with Welcome to the Party in 2019, which led to him being singled out as an artist to watch by 1Xtra on the station's Hot For 2020 list.\n\nThe station said he \"possessed the air and cadence of a rapper who has been in the game for a decade or two longer than his actual age\".\n\nThe track ended up being remixed by both Nicki Minaj and Skepta.\n\nHe had been co-signed by 50 Cent, who executive-produced his posthumous album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon - which features a sample of the classic 50 Cent song Many Men, from 50's debut album.\n\nIn the days before he died, Pop Smoke cancelled a concert, attributing it to New York Police concerns.\n\nThere have been multiple reports of homes rented by musicians targeted by burglaries in recent years in Los Angeles.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mass testing in Blackburn began at the weekend following a spike in infections\n\nNew measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Blackburn with Darwen have been introduced after a spike in cases.\n\nFor the next month, people living within the Lancashire authority must observe the rules in a bid to avoid a Leicester-style local lockdown.\n\nThe new measures include tighter limits on visitors from another household, and officials have called on people to bump elbows in place of handshakes and hugs.\n\nMass testing began at the weekend after 61 new cases sprang up within a week.\n\nResidents are being told to wear cloth face coverings in all enclosed public spaces, including workplaces, libraries, museums, health centres and hair and beauty salons.\n\nBlackburn with Darwen's public health director, Prof Dominic Harrison, also called for people only to bump elbows with anyone outside their immediate family.\n\nHe said public protection advice for small shops was being stepped up to ensure social distancing was being observed.\n\nTargeted testing is taking place in the borough, and residents have been told they do not need to have symptoms to be tested.\n\nProf Harrison said: \"These steps will help and we are appealing to everyone in Blackburn with Darwen to follow them to protect themselves and their loved ones.\n\n\"If we don't, a local lockdown, like in Leicester, becomes a very real possibility.\"\n\nProtective equipment is being used by shop workers around the borough\n\nHe said increased testing would mean a \"rise in the number of cases\" in the next seven to 10 days.\n\nIf rates were continuing to rise after two weeks, he said, the authority would \"have to consider reversing some of the national lockdown lifting measures locally\".\n\nThis would be done \"one by one until we see a reversal in the current rising trend,\" he said.\n\n\"It's up to everyone to make sure we don't have to do that.\"\n\nHe said there would also be \"targeted work\" after a rise in infections within the South Asian community - in particular \"cluster infections\" among families living in small terraced houses.\n\nWhen \"one person gets infected in a multi-generational household, all the household members are getting infected\", Prof Harrison said.\n\nFigures show Blackburn with Darwen recorded 47 new cases per 100,000 in the week ending Saturday, up from 31.6 the previous week.\n\nIn Leicester, where a local lockdown has been imposed, the rate has risen from 115 per 100,000 to 118 over the same period.\n\nBut this is still down from 152.2 in the seven days to 27 June.\n\nBased on figures released on Tuesday, Pendle in Lancashire currently has England's second-highest rate of new cases for the week, rising from 14.2 per 100,000 to 76.6 in the week to 11 July.\n\nInformation videos are being produced in English, Urdu and Gujurati to spread the message in the former mill town.\n\nCouncil leader Mohammed Khan said the authority was working to spread the message that \"life cannot go back to normal just yet, and we must all make sacrifices to avoid a local lockdown\".\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to get a grip on the virus, and we need everyone in Blackburn with Darwen to pull together to help us,\" he said.\n\n\"Please continue to do your bit to stick to the rules to protect yourself and your family.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA pregnant NHS worker who recorded a tearful message after thieves broke into her car said her faith in people has been restored by a stranger who offered to cover the cost.\n\nBecky Jones, a clinical biochemist who is 23 weeks pregnant, found her car damaged in Nottingham on Saturday.\n\nMiss Jones recorded an emotional video, calling those responsible \"the pride of Britain\".\n\nOver the weekend, Miss Jones parked at Nottingham Arena car park on Brook Street to go shopping.\n\nShe later returned to put her bags in the car and meet her boyfriend.\n\nThe couple went for dinner, but when they returned to the car park they found the passenger side window was smashed and the shopping was gone.\n\nMiss Jones, who works for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: \"I felt absolutely devastated, and angry.\"\n\nThe 30-year-old said she had doubted her faith in people but the stranger's offer made her \"cry with happiness\".\n\nMiss Jones said the stranger's offer made her \"cry with happiness\"\n\nIn his Facebook message, the man said: \"My family are all hard-working and dedicated members of the NHS similar to yourself.\n\n\"I personally think you are all utterly amazing unsung heroes for everything you do, not just during this Covid crisis.\n\n\"I would like to cover the price of the replacement window and the maternity clothes so hopefully it restores your feelings that there are some good people out here in the world.\n\n\"I just think heroes like you might need a helping hand from time to time.\"\n\nMiss Jones said what happened to her car made her doubt her faith in people\n\nMiss Jones said: \"I'm not even bothered about replacing the window or the clothes, just the fact that he said what I was doing was really brave and that he was willing to pay for it.\n\n\"That's made all the difference.\"\n\nNottinghamshire Police confirmed it was investigating the break-in.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hong Kong Disneyland is closing its gates again less than one month after it reopened, following a new coronavirus outbreak in the city.\n\nThe theme park was originally closed at the end of January as the pandemic spread across Asia.\n\nDisney decided to reopen the park on 18 June as Hong Kong kept coronavirus cases low.\n\nBut gates will close again on Wednesday as social distancing measures are reimposed.\n\n\"As required by the government and health authorities in line with prevention efforts taking place across Hong Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland park will temporarily close from 15 July,\" Disney said in a statement.\n\nHong Kong Disneyland was the second Disney park to reopen, following Shanghai Disneyland in May.\n\nBut a surge in infections has forced authorities in the city to bring back measures to contain the new outbreak.\n\nHong Kong officials said activities including large social gatherings, dining-in at restaurants and going to the gym would be temporarily suspended.\n\nBoth Disney's Hong Kong and Shanghai theme parks limited daily visitor numbers and increased health and safety measures after they reopened to the public.\n\nIts Shanghai theme park remains open with numbers limited to less than half of its normal capacity.\n\nDisney said the Hong Kong park closure won't impact Walt Disney World in the US.\n\nWalt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopened in Florida last week with enhanced sanitisation measures and limited capacity.\n\nIts Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios are due to reopen on Wednesday.\n\nThe entertainment company owns a 47% stake in the Hong Kong theme park, with a government entity holding the remaining portion.", "A judge has ruled that blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit are unlawful and discriminatory.\n\nThe \"momentous\" court ruling found a single mother-of-two had experienced indirect discrimination when a letting agent refused to rent to her.\n\nShe ended up homeless with her two children, when her case was taken on by housing charity Shelter.\n\nThe judge ruled \"No DSS\" rental bans are against equality laws.\n\nPreviously, cases backed by Shelter - and first reported by BBC News - have established that \"No DSS\" landlords and agents are guilty of indirect discrimination, but the cases were settled before any court heard them in full.\n\nIn February 2018, single mother Rosie Keogh won compensation for sex discrimination from a lettings agency that refused to consider her as a tenant because she was on state benefit, but the case was settled out of court.\n\nDistrict Judge Victoria Mark heard this latest case in York County Court on 1 July, and ruled: \"Rejecting tenancy applications because the applicant is in receipt of housing benefit was unlawfully discriminating on the grounds of sex and disability\".\n\nAnd this was, therefore, contrary to the Equality Act 2010, she said.\n\nPolly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: \"This momentous ruling should be the nail in the coffin for 'No DSS' discrimination.\n\n\"It will help give security and stability to people who unfairly struggle to find a place to live just because they receive housing benefit.\"\n\nSingle mother, Jane (not her real name) had been looking for a new home in October 2018 after being subject to a \"no fault\" eviction by her previous landlord.\n\nShe said: \"I was shocked and found it very unfair that they wouldn't even give me a chance.\n\n\"I had excellent references from both my landlords of the last nine years as I've always paid my rent on time and I had a professional guarantor.\n\n\"I could have paid up to six months' rent in advance because my parents lent me the amount.\n\n\"When the letting agent wouldn't take me because of a company policy, I felt offended that after all those years when I have prided myself on paying my rent, paying my bills, being a good tenant, it just meant nothing.\n\n\"When I realised I was going to be homeless because I couldn't find anywhere, I felt sick to my stomach.\"\n\nThe letting agent in the case cannot be named for legal reasons.\n\nThe ruling of indirect discrimination is due to the fact that women and those with disabilities are disproportionately more likely to be in receipt of housing benefit, and therefore disproportionately affected by blanket \"No DSS\" bans.\n\nThe successful case is the latest step in the charity's End DSS Discrimination campaign to stop the practice, which excludes thousands of people from renting homes each year - and the charity hopes the ruling will send a clear message that landlords or agents who continue to refuse to rent to housing benefit claimants risk legal action.\n\nIt was Rosie's case in 2018 that established the principle of indirect discrimination\n\nThe legal action was also supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Nationwide Foundation and barrister Tessa Buchanan at Garden Court Chambers.\n\nA survey for the charity conducted by YouGov in December 2019 and January 2020 found nearly two-thirds of private landlords either do not, or prefer not to, let to people on housing benefits.\n\nRose Arnall, the Shelter solicitor who has led the charity's legal challenges on the issue, said: \"This is the first time a court has fully considered a case like this.\n\n\"It finally clarifies that discriminating against people in need of housing benefits is not just morally wrong, it is against the law.\n\n\"This sends a huge signal to letting agents and landlords that they must end these practices and do so immediately.\"\n\nResponding to the ruling, Chris Norris, policy director at the National Residential Landlords Association, said: \"No landlord should discriminate against tenants because they are in receipt of benefits.\n\n\"Every tenant's circumstance is different and so they should be treated on a case by case basis, based on their ability to sustain the tenancy.\"\n\nBut he added that the government could support tenants by ensuring benefits covered rents entirely.\n\nMinister for rough sleeping and housing Luke Hall said the government had been working with landlords and letting agents to ensure tenants are treated on an individual basis and that benefits are not a barrier.\n\nHe added: \"Everyone should have the same opportunity when looking for a home and discriminating against someone simply because they receive benefits has no place in a modern hosing market.\"", "Last winter saw extensive flooding across the country\n\nA new approach to combating floods in England, backing natural solutions with government cash, has been unveiled.\n\nIt includes funding for schemes such as creating sustainable drainage systems - and building hollows in the ground to catch flood water in heavy rain, before storing it to tackle summer droughts.\n\nInsurers have also been asked to pay to improve flood-hit homes so they are more resilient.\n\nThe policy allowing building on plains liable to flood will be reviewed.\n\nAnd £200 million of the floods budget will be earmarked for measures including natural flood prevention to capture water on farmers' fields during heavy rainfall.\n\nCritics say the schemes do not go far enough at a time of climate change.\n\nFlooding was forced up the priority list after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by flood victims of failing to take their plight seriously.\n\nThe government says the measures in the new plan are the most comprehensive in a decade, including the £5.2bn for flooding announced in the Budget four months ago.\n\nIt says the cash will help protect a third of a million properties in England up to 2027.\n\nThere will be money for innovative projects such as sustainable drainage systems to provide porous surfaces in new developments to prevent water run-off.\n\nAnd cash will be provided to create hollows in the ground to catch flood waters in heavy rain.\n\nThese hollows in 25 test areas will benefit wildlife and provide water storage to tackle droughts in the summer.\n\nIt is likely that incentives for farmers to capture water on their land will be included in the government’s coming reform of farm subsidies.\n\nA previous study for the Environment Agency suggested that these hollows and other nature-friendly solutions such as planting woodlands in river catchments would help with minor flooding events, but would be overwhelmed by major floods.\n\nGuy Shrubsole from Friends of the Earth told BBC News: “It’s great that nature-based solutions are being adopted, but the government needs to move beyond trialling and testing – it’s clear that they work.\n\n“What’s needed is hundreds of small interventions in river catchment areas – but that’s not so interesting to a government that likes to unveil concrete-pouring on a large scale.”\n\nHe welcomed the inquiry into flood plain construction, and said developers must be stopped from allowing new properties to increase flood risk for others.\n\nBut Professor Hannah Cloke, from the University of Reading, said: \"A commitment to review policies on developments on flood plains does not sound in tune with cutting red tape to build houses more quickly.\n\n\"A fortnight ago, Boris was attacking 'newt counting', and bemoaning the pace of progress in the UK.\n\n\"Dealing with flooding shows precisely the difficulties behind his promise to build better, faster and greener.\n\n\"Sometimes being better and greener requires building more slowly and carefully, or we risk long-term economic and social costs that we cannot afford.\"\n\nThe new measures follow last winter’s widespread flood misery when the insurers Flood Re incurred claims of £160m – that’s 10 times higher than the previous year.\n\nAfter three relatively dry years, the UK saw thousands of homes flooded in northern and central England, as well as in South Wales and the Scottish Borders.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said: “The devastating impacts of last winter’s flooding were an important reminder of the need to continue to invest and accelerate action to reduce the impact of flooding.\n\n“But we also recognise that we cannot prevent flooding entirely, which is why we will ensure that communities at high risk are more resilient.”\n\nThis will be partly achieved by a change in support to householders from Flood Re, which offers cut-price insurance to people in flood-risk areas, subsidised by a levy on all insurance bills.\n\nPreviously, the scheme would only pay to restore a flood-hit house to its pre-flood state.\n\nUnder the new rules agreed by the government, flood victims will in future get insurance money to restore their homes to resist future flood damage by, for example, moving electric points higher up a wall. It’s called “building back better”.\n\nDiscounted premiums also will come for households that have fitted property flood resilience measures, such as airbrick covers or non-return valves.\n\nHeather Shepherd from the National Flood Forum, which campaigns on behalf of families at risk of flooding, said: “Obviously we welcome provision for building back better – we’ve got to learn to live with floods.”\n\nBut she called on the government to expand its investment criteria for flood defences so that sparsely-populated rural areas could also benefit.\n\nA related Environment Agency strategy says 62,000 more families will be added to the flood risk alert service, in which residents receive an electronic warning if their home is likely to be flooded.\n\nIt means that, by the end of 2022, all of England's at-risk households will receive alerts.\n\nThe agency said it must plan for more extreme weather, including summer temperatures up to 7.4C hotter and 59% more rainfall by 2050.\n\nIts chair, Emma Howard Boyd, said: \"This year we had major flooding and the sunniest spring on record in rapid succession. We know climate change is going to bounce us between these extremes more and more in the coming years.\"\n\nShe said the agency would embrace nature-based solutions: \"The clean, green recovery of the economy from coronavirus must have nature at its heart. This is a blueprint for using the natural world to build back better so that homes, businesses and infrastructure are more resilient.\"", "A curator checks the distancing between two exhibits at the Natural History Museum\n\nSome of London's biggest museums have announced their plans to reopen next month, but are expecting visitor numbers to drop by 80% when they do.\n\nThe Natural History Museum, V&A and Science Museum will all open their doors again during August.\n\nVisitors will be \"strongly\" recommended to wear face masks, but it will not be compulsory, as it will in shops.\n\nFree tickets must be booked in advance. The venues ruled out charging, despite their \"very precarious\" finances.\n\nThe museums all have their main bases in South Kensington and will reopen before the end of the school summer holidays:\n\nNatural History Museum director Sir Michael Dixon said its visitor numbers would initially be capped at 2,800 per day.\n\n\"But that's about a fifth of our normal average attendance,\" he said. \"We're expecting something like an 80% reduction until social distancing rules change, and the public attitudes to visiting change.\n\n\"We think that demand will outstrip supply, but that's a guess because we're in a period of mass uncertainty at the moment.\"\n\nMuseums including the V&A have been closed since March\n\nThe V&A is expecting a reduction \"in the same ballpark\", director Tristram Hunt said, explaining that it would open for fewer days than normal at first.\n\n\"Our finances have been bolstered by the government but are still very precarious, so there's little point having very extended opening hours if no-one's coming through the door,\" he said.\n\nThe museum bosses praised the government for its £1.5bn emergency funding package, but said they would need more money next year to make up for fewer people buying from their cafes and shops.\n\nHunt said there would need to be \"a new partnership with government which recognises this new reality, which understands that in the absence of the commercial income that comes from those visitors we will need more government support going into the future\".\n\nThe funding announced by the government earlier this month was \"resoundingly good\", according to Sir Ian Blatchford, director of the Science Museum Group and chair of the National Museum Directors' Council.\n\n\"It's the type of thing you'd expect the German or the French government to spend,\" he said.\n\n\"The big issue for us is next year - the [next] full financial year - there'll be a discussion with the government this autumn.\"\n\nBut he said charging for entry to make up the financial shortfall was \"definitely not on the agenda\", beyond special exhibitions.\n\n\"It seems to me absolutely the worst possible policy. There's no support for entrance fees from any major political party.\n\n\"As far as I'm concerned, that debate is dead, buried and covered in concrete because at a time when we're trying to increase the diversity of our audiences, I think charging people to go to museums would be a retrograde step of absolutely the worst sort.\n\n\"If the government introduced it, I would resign.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Welsh Government says no tax will be paid on main residential property purchases for less than £250,000.\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans announced the Land Transaction Tax \"holiday\" at the daily coronavirus briefing.\n\nThe minister said the move would take effect on 27 July to coincide with the full reopening of the housing market in Wales as the coronavirus lockdown eases.\n\nShe said the \"tax holiday\" would last until 31 March 2021.\n\n\"Unlike in England, this new threshold will not apply to the purchase of additional properties such as buy-to-lets or second homes,\" she added.\n\n\"It will support people looking to purchase their first home or those seeking to move up the property ladder.\n\n\"So it will offer more targeted help to those who may be affected by the economic challenges resulting from the pandemic.\"\n\nThe minister said the new threshold meant that no tax will be paid on around 80% of transactions in Wales where the main residential rates apply.\n\nShe said it would help \"growing families needing to move on in the housing ladder as well as first time buyers\".\n\nMs Evans added that £30m would be invested in \"the construction of modern social homes, supporting jobs and securing a decent place to call home for those who need it\".\n\nThe Welsh Government's \"tax holiday\" follows UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's announcement of a stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of property sale values in England and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Scottish government says it will introduce a temporary cut to the transaction tax on house sales in Scotland next week.", "Amit, who is British with Indian heritage, kept his relationship with Michelle, who’s British with Ghanaian heritage, secret for years - because he feared his family’s reaction. He says that racist attitudes about black people in his community can be influenced by colourism and the caste system in some south Asian countries.\n\nRapper Raj Forever’s music draws on his Jamaican and Sri Lankan heritage. But growing up he was made to feel like an outsider in the Asian community and has heard offensive slurs used to describe black people.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC about the \"massive gap\" in support for parents\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has said there is \"a massive gap\" in support given to parents after the first few months of a child's life until they start school.\n\nIt was something she felt too as a new mum, the duchess told BBC Breakfast.\n\nCatherine was speaking as part of the launch of the BBC's Tiny Happy People initiative for children aged 0-4.\n\nIt aims to help parents develop their children's language skills with simple activities including free online videos and quizzes.\n\nDuring the interview, the duchess also spoke about the difficulties of life in lockdown for so many, but said one of the \"silver linings\" might be that we revalue how important our relationships are.\n\nThe duchess has long championed the importance of improving early years support for children. Earlier this year, she ran a nationwide survey to \"spark a national conversation\" and help create change for future generations.\n\nAt the heart of the BBC's five-year Tiny Happy People initiative is a simple message - talk to children from as early an age as possible.\n\nIt includes a range of online activities including parenting tips, films, articles and quizzes launched to help parents and carers develop the communication skills of their young children, right from the start of pregnancy.\n\nCatherine herself helped in the character and background development of two Tiny Happy People videos\n\nThe scheme was initially launched in Manchester last October, and Catherine has been involved for several months.\n\nShe recently met families at Sandringham, the Queen's estate in Norfolk, to hear about how they had found the activities. One of the parents she spoke with, Ryan, said they had helped him to identify that his eight-month-old daughter Mia has five different cries.\n\n\"He's learned a huge amount from Tiny Happy People,\" the duchess said, speaking to the BBC in the grounds of Sandringham.\n\n\"It's information like that I wish I had had as a first time mum, it's gold dust really for families to be given those tips and tools to be able to use, particularly in those first five years.\"\n\nShe said parents receive help from midwives and health visitors after a baby is born, but there's a gap before they start school.\n\nCatherine and her husband have three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis\n\nResearch by the National Literacy Trust shows that once children start behind, they stay behind, affecting performance in school, job prospects and even life expectancy.\n\nAnd other Department for Education research shows more than one in four children (27%) in England does not reach the necessary level of literacy development - meaning language, communication and literacy skills - by the time they start primary school, rising to more than one in three (42%) in deprived areas.\n\nThe free films, articles and quizzes explain the science behind baby brain development.\n\nThey include fun activities to do with both babies and toddlers to support language development and parent wellbeing, along with tips for new and soon-to-be parents.\n\n\"We couldn't be more proud of the part we're playing in this amazing partnership,\" said Tony Hall, the director general of the BBC.\n\n\"Growing up happy and healthy is the greatest gift we can give to any child. This campaign embodies our mission to inform, educate and entertain. The BBC has created hundreds of videos and written content that we hope will make a real difference.\"\n\nKate visited the Tiny Happy People team last November to take part in development sessions\n\nJames Purnell, the director of BBC Radio and Education, added: \"Early years language provides the foundation for all aspects of a child's life - right into adulthood.\n\n\"Tiny Happy People is a major, long-term education commitment from the BBC to help close the under-fives language and communication gap, and help give kids the best chance in life. We're all so proud of it and look forward to seeing parents and carers from across the UK using the materials.\"\n\nThe duchess helped in the character and background development for two animations on parenting, which are now available on the Tiny Happy People website, about making eye contact with babies and singing to babies.\n\nCatherine - pictured last year - previously called children's early years \"the most important years, for life long health and happiness\"\n\nAlso supporting the initiative are a number of celebrities who are using the activities to build their own infants' communication skills, including soap stars Jennie McAlpine and Kieron Richardson, singer and farmer JB Gill, former Love Islanders Jess and Dom Lever, BBC Three presenter Annie Price, and Louise Pentland, who was voted the UK's favourite mum influencer last year.\n\nCatherine and her husband, the Duke of Cambridge, have three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.\n\nThe Royal Foundation website says the duchess believes \"many of society's greatest social and health challenges\" could be \"mitigated or entirely avoided\" if young children are given \"the right support\".\n\nThe interview with the duchess is being broadcast on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday 14 July. Visit the Tiny Happy People website here.", "Banksy spray painted his tag in the colours of a medical face mask\n\nBanksy has returned to the London Underground with a piece encouraging people to wear a face mask.\n\nA video posted on his Instagram page shows a man, believed to be the enigmatic artist, disguised as a professional cleaner.\n\nHe can be seen ordering passengers away as he gets to work, stencilling rats around the inside of a carriage.\n\nTransport for London (TfL) said the art was removed \"some days ago\" in line with its \"strict anti-graffiti policy\".\n\nThe work, called If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, features a number of rats in pandemic-inspired poses and wearing face masks.\n\nOne rodent stencilled on the Circle Line train appears to be sneezing, while another is shown spraying anti-bacterial gel.\n\nThe artist's name is also daubed across the driver's door of a train.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the end of the video, the words \"I get lockdown\" appear on the side of a station wall before a train's doors close to reveal the phrase \"but I get up again\", and Chumbawamba's 1997 song Tubthumping kicks in.\n\nAll users of public transport in London must wear a face mask.\n\nThe statement from TfL said it appreciated \"the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings\".\n\n\"We'd like to offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC has asked if the travel authority worked with Banksy on this artwork and, if not, whether his actions posed a security risk.\n\nEarly on in his career Banksy, who is originally from Bristol, often spray-painted rats and monkeys on to Tube trains.\n\nA man purporting to be Banksy asks onlookers to move away\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price says he wants to be 'open and honest' with the public\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader says his party is currently considering which taxes to raise to pay for some of the policies in their 2021 election manifesto.\n\nAdam Price told BBC Wales: \"It's important that we're open and honest with the people of Wales\".\n\nPlaid fleshed out plans to end poverty among the oldest and youngest in Wales.\n\n\"We certainly will need to raise additional revenue to enable us to do things that we've talked about for so long,\" said Mr Price.\n\nThe party wants to introduce free childcare and a weekly £35 support payment for children, as well as a national health and care service.\n\nMr Price believes it would allow parents to go back to work, create \"up to 3,000\" jobs and boost thousands of incomes.\n\nHe estimated the cost of the policies to be £1bn and said that extra money would need to be raised to pay for it.\n\nIncome tax has been partially devolved to the Welsh Government and the 2021 Senedd election will be the first where parties can campaign to change rates.\n\nWhile admitting Plaid would need to raise revenue to implement its policies, Mr Price refused to be drawn on whether that would mean a rise in income tax.\n\n\"We are thinking carefully about that but we need to look at the range of tax powers that we have,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"In the long term we need to have a better balance between taxing income through employment for example, and taxing wealth.\"\n\nHe said that to be truly progressive, the party had to ensure it was also taxing wealth \"in a fair and proportionate way.\"\n\nThe Senedd election - Mr Price's first as leader - is due to happen on 6 May.\n\nPlaid Cymru managed to retain the four Westminster seats it won in last year's UK general election and increased its share of the vote in all but one of those seats.\n\nOverall, however, in an election overshadowed by Brexit, the party's share of the vote across Wales was down 0.5%.\n\nNext year Plaid Cymru faces a Senedd election which again risks being overshadowed, this time by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn the last election to Cardiff Bay in 2016, Plaid Cymru won 12 seats under the previous leader Leanne Wood.\n\nThat number later fell to 10 after another former leader, Lord Elis-Thomas, left to become an independent AM then subsequently a deputy minister in the Labour-led government, before Neil McEvoy was expelled from the party.\n\nIt meant Plaid Cymru lost its status as the largest opposition party to the Welsh Conservatives.\n\nMr Price, who became leader in 2018, said the party's \"guiding mission\" if it formed the next government would be to make Wales an \"equal nation and a nation of equals\".\n\nWhile the Welsh Government has had partial income tax varying powers since April 2019, the forthcoming election will be the first in which political parties will be able to make an offer to you that could impact directly on your pay packet.\n\nThe Welsh Government has some other tax powers too, so how to balance the overall tax package is obviously something Plaid, and no doubt the other parties, are thinking about.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has the potential to change the context too. In recent months the NHS and social care has been the focus of attention, but now concerns about jobs and the economy are starting to take centre stage.\n\nWho knows where we'll be in May 2021, but the politicians have to start planning now and gamble on whether you'd rather see a tax cut or pay more for policies they hope will appeal to you.\n\nMr Price says the policies would be paid for by \"prioritising\" the budget, and hinted at tax rises\n\nMr Price said the policies were \"designed to offer opportunity in youth and dignity in old age\".\n\nHe added: \"After 20 years of a Labour-led government, there are still 200,000 children living in poverty in Wales.\n\n\"That is a blight on our communities and something I am determined to change with £35 a week child payment targeted at families, many who have to decide between heating the home and feeding the children.\n\n\"Plaid Cymru's childcare offer would boost the incomes of thousands of households, allowing non-working parents back into the workplace and creating up to 3,000 new jobs.\"\n\n\"Similarly, the national care service will make Wales the 'caring nation' - valuing our carers and the cared for with salaries comparable with the NHS and making social care free at the point of delivery.\n\n\"I want to lead a government for all generations - a government delivering radical change, not for change's sake but for the sake of the thousands of families whose futures rest on it.\n\n\"I want my son to grow up in a country where poverty is a distant memory thanks to a belief that there is no challenge too big to overcome.\"\n\nMr Price said the 2021 election was a \"time for change\" of government.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The average cost of a home in Wales is £161,719, already under the tax payment threshold\n\nLand transaction tax will be changed in Wales, meaning about 80% of house sales will be exempt from paying tax.\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans made the announcement at the Welsh Government daily coronavirus briefing.\n\nIt will bring the rate payable for properties valued at between £180,000 and £250,000 to zero from 27 July until the end of March 2021.\n\nProperties selling for less than £180,000 are already exempt from paying the tax.\n\nThe change will not apply to second homes or buy-to-let properties, which have to pay an additional 3% in tax on top of the existing rate for their value.\n\nThe tax, known as stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland, has already been waived for properties there up to the value of £500,000.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rebecca Evans says the change will \"help those moving up the housing ladder and first-time buyers\"\n\nMs Evans said: \"Unlike in England, this new threshold will not apply to the purchase of additional properties such as buy-to-lets or second homes.\n\n\"It will support people looking to purchase their first home or those seeking to move up the property ladder. So it will offer more targeted help to those who may be affected by the economic challenges resulting from the pandemic.\"\n\nThe minister said the new threshold meant no tax would be paid on around 80% of transactions in Wales where the main residential rates apply.\n\nMs Evans said the decision to cut the tax house buyers pay was \"very much a response\" to the chancellor's change to the system in England last week, saying the \"porous\" nature of the Wales-England border was a motivating factor.\n\nThe UK government changes meant Wales had received some additional funding, she explained, some of which was being redirected towards social housing.\n\n\"This decision will not only provide support to homebuyers, it will also free up some £30m to invest in a different, even more direct stimulus to the housebuilding industry,\" Ms Evans said.\n\n\"I am pleased to confirm that this funding will be committed to the construction of modern social homes, supporting jobs and securing a decent place to call home for those who need it\".\n\nCurrently, properties sold for between £180,000 and £250,000 pay 3.5% of the value in tax.\n\nAs an example, an average selling price of £212,063 in Cardiff means the buyer would pay £1,262.21 in land transaction tax (LTT).\n\nThe maximum tax payable at present on a £250,000 property is £2,450.\n\nForecasts from February by the Office for Budget Responsibility showed the Welsh Government was expected to raise £250m from the tax, although this was before the coronavirus pandemic, so it is now likely to be lower.\n\nNathan Hardee and his girlfriend will save nearly £2,500\n\nNathan Hardee and his girlfriend have been renting in Cardiff for three years while saving up to buy a house.\n\nThey found a house for around £300,000 in the new Plasdwr development to the city's north-west.\n\nIf coronavirus had not come along, they would have moved in by now after finding the house in December.\n\nHowever, the Welsh Government's announcement on the land transaction tax holiday has seen a silver lining to the cloud of delay.\n\nIt means the couple will now save nearly £2,500 on what they would have had to pay, as they will only be taxed on the portion of the payment which is more than £250,000, rather than everything above £180,000.\n\nMr Hardee told BBC Wales: \"If you haven't got to save up for stamp duty as well, that could be quite a big, significant difference to people who want to buy.\n\n\"We're due to complete early September at the moment, so today's announcement has made a massive difference to us. We'll get an extra £2,450 now.\n\n\"When we come to complete on the day, we end up paying less money.\n\n\"It was the sort of thing that was needed.\"\n\nHe thought the tax holiday could help keep buyers in his situation in Wales, saying if there had been a tax break only in England they might have looked at Bristol instead.\n\nThe tax holiday will only apply to main residence purchases, not second homes\n\nIn England and Northern Ireland, anyone completing on a main residence costing up to £500,000 between 8 July and 31 March will not pay any stamp duty, and more expensive properties will only be taxed on their value above that amount.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the average stamp duty bill in the two countries would fall by £4,500, with nine out of ten people paying no duty at all.\n\nScotland has also announced a rise in the threshold for its version of stamp duty, the land and buildings transaction tax, from £145,000 to £250,000.\n\nAlthough welcoming Ms Evans announcement, Conservative finance spokesman in the Senedd Nick Ramsay said capping the tax holiday at sales of £250,000 would \"do very little to kick-start the housing market in Wales or to tempt buyers near the border to buy a property here rather than in England\".\n\nPlaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said he was pleased Welsh ministers did not \"cut and paste England's changes to stamp duty\" saying the move \"shows the value of being able to tailor taxation policy to Wales' needs and being able to set different priorities\".", "The plane was taken to a remote part of the airfield before passengers disembarked\n\nA flight from Krakow to Dublin was forced to land after a note was discovered in a toilet claiming there were explosives on board.\n\nThe Ryanair flight was diverted to Stansted Airport to allow Essex Police officers to carry out checks.\n\nTwo RAF jets escorted the plane which landed at about 18:40 BST on Monday.\n\nPolice said nothing suspicious was found and two men have been arrested on suspicion of making threats to endanger an aircraft.\n\nThe men, aged 26 and 47, remain in custody and the plane has been handed back to Stansted Airport and the operator.\n\nA spokeswoman for the airline said: \"The plane landed normally, but was taxied to a remote stand where passengers disembarked safely.\"\n\nFootage of the RAF jets scrambling was shared on Twitter.\n\nAndy Kirby, from Essex, said: \"Looks like two eurofighters? Circling Stansted Airport.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andy Kirby This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Ryanair spokeswoman previously said the aircraft and passengers were \"being checked by the UK police who will decide when they may travel onwards to Dublin on a spare aircraft\".\n\n\"Passengers in Dublin waiting to depart to Krakow are being transferred to a spare aircraft to minimise any delay to their flight,\" she said.\n\nPolice confirmed all passengers were safely brought off the plane.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Twelfth: 'It's different but it's still the Twelfth of July'\n\nBands have been marching in their own Twelfth of July parades across Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Orange Order called off large demonstrations because of Covid-19 and asked people to celebrate the event in their own homes and gardens.\n\nBut the Parades Commission was notified of 248 parades from individual bands.\n\nThe Order said it did not want people to follow the bands or congregate in groups of more than 30 people due to coronavirus regulations.\n\nIts advice was followed in some areas but social distancing was ignored in some areas of Belfast.\n\nA crowd of more than 100 people gathered on the Shankill Road, where people thronged the footpaths and stood outside bars to watch one of the bands which had been playing.\n\nA crowd gathered on the Shankill Road on Monday afternoon\n\nIn the south of the city people lined Egmont Gardens, off the Donegall Road, to watch a parade.\n\nHowever, in many other areas in Belfast, people stayed in their homes and watched bands as they passed.\n\nAfter viewing pictures of the Shankill Road, the Order's grand secretary, the Rev Mervyn Gibson, said what happened must be \"put into perspective\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"Normally we have up to half a million people on the streets of Northern Ireland on the Twelfth day.\n\n\"If you are talking about one or two pubs with more than 30 gathered outside them, it's no different to what happened in Ballyholme (beach) etc.\n\n\"It doesn't make it right but I hope the police will encourage those people to go home.\"\n\nHe added: \"The vast majority of people on the Shankill obeyed the regulations and stayed at home and I would applaud everyone for doing that.\"\n\nHowever, Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly said social distancing rules were broken at a number of parades.\n\n\"Clearly that was a nonsense to say that [social distancing] was going to happen,\" he said.\n\nA \"No surrender to Covid-19\" sign was erected in Belfast\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Alan Todd of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said he was pleased that the day passed off without major incident.\n\nHe said: \"I would like to thank and acknowledge the hard work of the organisers of many of today's events and those within local communities who contributed to this largely successful day.\n\n\"I would also like to thank my officers and staff who have worked tirelessly and will continue to do so throughout the night to keep our communities safe.\"\n\nACC Todd urged everyone to work with the PSNI to ensure that the rest of the holiday period remained peaceful.\n\nEach year, the Orange Order marks the anniversary of the victory of Protestant William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690.\n\nCommemorations are usually held on 12 July but due to the Twelfth falling on a Sunday this year, it is being marked on Monday, 13 July.\n\nOn Monday morning, the Orange Order held a religious service and wreath-laying ceremony at the cenotaph in the grounds of Belfast City Hall.\n\nThe Orange Order held a wreath-laying ceremony at the cenotaph in Belfast\n\nIn Armagh, a short wreath-laying ceremony was held on the Mall, in memory of lodge members killed during the Troubles.\n\nIt's been an evolving situation on the Shankill Road today - I first drove up it at 10 o'clock this morning, not a problem, a few people on the streets, you could hear a few bands in local housing estates.\n\nI went back at three o'clock and you could see that social distancing was starting to crumble on parts of the road, mainly outside bars.\n\nBy four o'clock a very loud, noisy crowd had developed, you couldn't get down the road, people either had to turn around and go elsewhere or wait.\n\nA crowd - and this is a conservative estimate - of 100 people, if not more, gathered on the road dancing along with a stationary band.\n\nAny other year it wouldn't be all that remarkable, but there was virtually no social distancing.\n\nBut I've been all round Belfast today and this is very much the exception to the rule.\n\nIn Londonderry, Victor Wray of City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge laid a wreath with fellow members in the Fountain estate.\n\n\"It's a different type of Twelfth, but one in which we must follow government guidelines and save lives,\" he said.\n\nElsewhere in the county, Twelfth commemorations were brought to the doorstep of local residents in the village of Newbuildings.\n\nFamilies celebrate in their gardens in Newbuildings, County Londonderry\n\nThe Pride of Orange and Blue flute band played a number of hymns before parading around the area.\n\nIn County Fermanagh, the Enniskillen Fusiliers Flute Band paraded through the town with small groups of people lining part of the route, while other parts of the town were deserted.\n\nIn Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, a new arch had been put up this year\n\nOutside the Old Gate Orange Hall in Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, a new arch had been put up this year.\n\nAlthough unable to march, lodge members gathered outside to display their old banners, including two from the 1930s.\n\nIn the Clogher Valley, Orange Order members took to their tractors to parade around local halls.\n\nAround 60 tractors took part and many were decorated with union flags, balloons and orange banners, while others paid tribute to the NHS.\n\n\"We didn't want the occasion to pass unmarked so being a rural and agricultural community, what better way to mark it than with a tractor run?\" said Ian McClung, district secretary of Fivemiletown District.\n\n\"Rather than people coming together in one place for the Twelfth, we brought the Twelfth to the people.\n\nPeople gathered in their front gardens this year to hear the bands\n\n\"We asked people to decorate their tractors appropriately. We have the normal decorations that you see around the Twelfth, but also a number of flags and banners in support of the NHS.\n\n\"We are very conscious of the role the NHS and health workers have played in the current crisis and we have many members associated with that ourselves, so we want to just say thank you to them.\"\n\nTwelfth of July celebrations took place in Portadown with six local bands parading through streets.\n\nHealth minister Robin Swann, who attended a drive-in service organised by the Ballymena district lodge on Sunday, had urged people to follow the regulations set by the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\nThe latest Covid-19 guidance from the Northern Ireland Executive allows for up to 30 people to meet outdoors while social distancing, so many smaller parades were given the go-ahead.\n\nThe Parades Commission said it considered it necessary to impose restrictions on three parades based upon \"pre-existing parading tensions in those specific locations\".\n\nIt added there had been a \"high level of positive engagement with the vast majority of organisers\".", "President Rajoelina takes a swig of the Covid-Organics tonic, the efficacy of which is unproven Image caption: President Rajoelina takes a swig of the Covid-Organics tonic, the efficacy of which is unproven\n\nMadagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina, who made headlines in May touting a plant-based tonic cure for Covid-19, has announced the deaths of several high-profile figures from coronavirus, including two MPs, a Unicef representative and a WHO doctor. Soldiers have been deployed in the capital, Antananarivo, to enforce a 15-day lockdown, following a spike in cases.\n\nKenya’s largest maternity hospital tested 290 members of staff for coronavirus and found 41 of them had Covid-19. The authorities at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in the capital, Nairobi, have sought to calm fears and say those infected are isolating and receiving treatment at home. Meanwhile, churches and mosques in the deeply religious country will also be able to reopen from today, four months after their closure - though some are opting not to do so.\n\nThe reinstatement of a ban on alcohol in South Africa prompted some thieves to target an off-licence in Cape Town. But they reportedly left the wine untouched - opting only for hard stuff. “They basically emptied the whiskies out,” Mark Kallend, shop owner of Liquor Bothasig, told the News24 site. It is hoped the ban will take pressure off the health system, which deals with many trauma cases caused by alcohol-fueled violence.\n\nA girls’ high school in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has been hit by an outbreak, with 55 confirmed cases. The girls have been transferred to treatment and isolation centres. The West African country allowed final-year students back into classrooms last month to allow them to sit exams. Meanwhile, President Nana Akufo-Addo is still in quarantine as a precaution after a member of his close circle tested positive for the virus last week.", "Amber Heard was the \"abuser\" in her relationship with Johnny Depp, his former personal assistant has claimed.\n\nStephen Deuters told London's High Court that Ms Heard, 34, subjected Mr Depp, 57, to \"years of abuse\".\n\nMr Depp is suing the publisher of the Sun newspaper over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the Sun maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on in its defence.\n\nMr Deuters, now European president of Mr Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, said he had worked for the US actor since 2004.\n\nIn his written witness statement, he said he saw Ms Heard \"on many occasions\" during the period Mr Depp is alleged to have been abusive.\n\n\"At no point did Ms Heard ever mention any physical abuse and I never saw evidence of any injury to Ms Heard,\" he claimed.\n\nMr Deuters said he was \"extremely surprised and outraged\" when it became public that Ms Heard had filed for a temporary restraining order in 2016.\n\n\"I knew that Ms Heard was the abuser in the relationship and I was appalled that she would behave in this way,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said he was with the couple on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles in May 2014, when an incident is alleged to have taken place.\n\nHe claimed Ms Heard was speaking \"in an increasingly aggressive manner\" to Mr Depp, who \"did not engage with the abuse he was receiving\".\n\nMr Deuters said he \"could not hear the specifics\" because he had headphones on, but \"could see her gesticulating\".\n\nHe said the actor \"made a playful attempt to tap her on the bottom\", adding that he did not believe that Mr Depp made contact with her.\n\n\"Ms Heard took great offence at what was clearly a harmless gesture and increased her abuse of Mr Depp in an extremely unpleasant manner,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said that he and Mr Depp's former private security guard decided to intervene and Mr Depp spent the rest of the flight in the bathroom.\n\n\"This was a common theme on the multiple times when Mr Depp was abused by Ms Heard - he would take himself away from the situation, often to a bathroom, and lock himself out of harm's way,\" he said.\n\nMr Deuters said that the day after the flight, Mr Depp asked him to \"mollify\" Ms Heard and \"to say whatever was needed to try and placate her\".\n\n\"Given Ms Heard's extremely volatile nature, I thought it best to try to engage with her on her own terms and simply apologise for what she was alleging had happened; hence my use of the word 'kicked', which is the word which Ms Heard herself had used,\" he said.\n\n\"As I have made clear, Mr Depp had not kicked Ms Heard.\"\n\nMr Deuters also spoke about the couple's trip to Australia in March 2015, during which it is alleged Mr Depp assaulted Ms Heard and \"completely destroyed\" a house in a drink- and drug-fuelled rage, which the actor denies.\n\nMr Depp alleges his finger was severed by Ms Heard throwing a vodka bottle at him, which she denies.\n\nMr Deuters claimed that, the day after the alleged incident, Mr Depp told him and two others \"he had sustained his injury when Ms Heard had thrown a bottle at him which smashed on his hand\".\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nAlso on Monday, the fifth day of evidence in the libel action, Mr Depp said Ms Heard's allegations \"mirrored\" what he claims was her abuse towards him.\n\nHe also accused Ms Heard of throwing a \"haymaker\" punch at him during a row after her 30th birthday party, hours after he had learned during a \"bad\" business meeting that he had lost $650m (£514m).\n\nAnd Mr Depp told the High Court he did not intend to headbutt Ms Heard during an alleged heated row at their Los Angeles penthouse.\n\nHe said he grabbed his ex-wife to \"lock her arms\" in an attempt to stop her attacking him and that he had not been violent to her.\n\nThe court also heard from the front desk supervisor at Mr Depp's Los Angeles penthouse home, who said she saw marks on Ms Heard's body after Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, had apparently spent the night there.\n\nTrinity Esperza said she saw \"no visible injuries\" to Ms Heard's face in the three days after Mr Depp was alleged to have hit her on the face with her mobile phone on 21 May, 2016.\n\nShe told the court she had seen a red mark on her face on 27 May, the day Ms Heard appeared in court to obtain a restraining order against Mr Depp. The following week, another resident in the building found a gift card she said fell out of a large plant sent to the building for Ms Heard, reading: \"I had a wonderful weekend with you. E.\"\n\nShe also said she saw a number of marks on Ms Heard's body in June or July of that year, shortly after seeing Mr Musk leave the building one morning.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "That's all from us here on the BBC Scotland live page, on the eve of what the first minister has called \"the biggest step so far\" out of lockdown.\n\nHere are the changes coming tomorrow as Scotland continues with Phase 3 of the route map out of lockdown :\n• Indoor hospitality in pubs and restaurants will return on \"a limited basis\" and subject to several conditions\n• Places of worship can re-open for congregational services,communal prayer and contemplation\n• Easing of restrictions on attendance at funerals, marriage ceremonies and civil partnership registrations\n\nFor many a trip to the hairdressers has been high on their wish list Image caption: For many a trip to the hairdressers has been high on their wish list\n• Museums, galleries, cinemas, monuments, libraries can reopen - with physical distancing and other measures\n• All childcare providers can open subject to individual provider arrangements\n• Hairdressers and barbers will be able to reopen - with enhanced hygiene measures - guidance will be published later this week", "A courtroom sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell, who appeared in court via video link\n\nGhislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and ex-girlfriend of the late US convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been denied bail in a high-profile sex case.\n\nAt a hearing via video link, a New York judge said she would remain in custody while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minors for Epstein.\n\nMs Maxwell, who pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in July 2021.\n\nHer lawyers had said she was at risk of contracting coronavirus in prison.\n\nEpstein died in prison on 10 August 2019 as he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was determined to be suicide.\n\nMs Maxwell, seen here in 2016, is accused of helping Epstein groom girls as young as 14\n\nMs Maxwell, who was arrested on 2 July, faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted.\n\nDuring Tuesday's hearing, federal prosecutors said she was an \"extreme\" flight risk and should remain in custody.\n\nIn a filing, they said that when FBI agents visited her property on 2 July, they identified themselves and asked her to open the front door.\n\n\"Through a window, the agents saw the defendant ignore the direction to open the door and, instead, try to flee to another room in the house, quickly shutting a door behind her,\" they said.\n\nThey added: \"Agents were ultimately forced to breach the door in order to enter the house to arrest the defendant.\"\n\nBut her lawyers denied that she was a flight risk and asked for her release on bail of $5m (£4m). The requested bail was secured by a $3.75m property in the UK.\n\nMs Maxwell's lawyers also said her detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, put her at \"serious risk\" of contracting coronavirus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins has taken a look at the many remaining questions for Ghislaine Maxwell\n\nProsecutors allege that between 1994 and 1997, Ms Maxwell helped Epstein groom girls as young as 14. They have said that they expect \"one or more victims\" to testify.\n\nFour of the charges Ms Maxwell faces relate to the years 1994-97 when she was, according to the indictment, among Epstein's closest associates and also in an \"intimate relationship\" with him. The other two charges are allegations of perjury in 2016.\n\nThe indictment says Ms Maxwell \"assisted, facilitated, and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom and ultimately abuse victims known to Maxwell and Epstein to be under the age of 18\".\n\nJeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York in 2005\n\nMs Maxwell is the daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell.\n\nA well-connected figure, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the 2015 court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein's US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).\n\nBuckingham Palace has said that \"any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors\" by the duke was \"categorically untrue\".\n\nMs Maxwell, who has mostly been out of public view since 2016, was arrested at her remote estate in Bradford, New Hampshire, on 2 July.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nWigan Athletic scored seven first-half goals to stun relegation-threatened Hull City before equalling the biggest victory in Championship history.\n\nThe result matched Bournemouth's 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham City in 2014 and set a new record league win for the Latics.\n\nIn an extraordinary first 45 minutes at the DW Stadium, Kal Naismith, Jamal Lowe and Joe Williams all got on the scoresheet for the hosts, while Kieffer Moore and Kieran Dowell netted twice.\n\nDowell completed his hat-trick after the break but that was where the scoring ended as Wigan also kept a 10th clean sheet in 11 games.\n\nWhile the final scoreline was staggering, the result was crucial for both sides.\n\nThe Latics, who have a 12-point deduction for going into administration looming, are now 12 points above the relegation zone with two games to play.\n\nHull's woeful run of form in 2020 continues, however, with this low point leaving them in the bottom three by one point. Grant McCann's side have won just once in their past 18 games, losing 14 of them.\n\nThe Tigers face fellow strugglers Luton and play-off chasing Cardiff in their final two games, but there was little from this performance to inspire confidence in their survival.\n• None Wigan's biggest ever league win - surpassing their 7-0 victory against Oxford United in 2017\n• None Hull conceded eight goals in a league match for the first time since November 1911 (0-8 against Wolves)\n• None Wigan were the first team to score eight goals at home in the English second tier since Manchester City beat Huddersfield 10-1 in 1987\n• None Equalled the biggest victory in the second tier since it was rebranded as the Championship in 2004 (Birmingham 0-8 Bournemouth in 2014)\n\n'I'm so, so sorry'\n\nFormer Northern Ireland midfielder McCann apologised to the supporters but indicated that he expected to be in charge for Hull's final two games.\n\n\"It has hurt us, and all I can do is apologise to the fans on behalf of everyone in that dressing room because it's nowhere good enough, and I'm so, so sorry for that,\" the 40-year-old said.\n\n\"We didn't get going at all. We concede in the first-odd minute, giving ourselves a mountain to climb, and then we seemed to concede every time Wigan went forward. We're stood there at the sideline thinking 'Is this ever going to stop?'\n\n\"We just didn't get to grips with it at all. We just didn't turn up. We all felt embarrassed. We're all hurting. We have worked so hard this season, and to get done like we did today is unacceptable, from everyone.\"\n\nPaul Cook's Wigan had been the second-lowest scorers in the league prior to Tuesday's game, but the huge victory has taken their goal difference into positive territory which could be a key factor in their survival quest.\n\nNaismith opened the scoring for the Latics inside the opening minute after he nodded home Dowell's short corner, while Moore finished well in the box after some good work from Lowe to gift him the ball.\n\nLowe registered another assist for Dowell to score Wigan's third before getting on the scoresheet himself soon after with a cool finish.\n\nMoore headed home from a Nathan Byrne cross to pile on the misery for Hull while Dowell added a second moments before Williams scored Wigan's seventh of the half just before the half-time whistle.\n\nWhat does this victory mean for Wigan?\n\nDespite their fine form either side of football's suspension amid the coronavirus crisis, Wigan's hopes of survival hang on them maintaining their impressive run after they entered administration.\n\nShould they finish outside the bottom three this season, their 12-point deduction will be implemented straight away, meaning they need to stay at least 12 points clear of the relegation zone.\n\nThe Latics began the game with a better goal difference of 11 compared to Hull, which was already a slight advantage should their deduction come into play this season, but their seven-goal haul in the first half alone extended that to 25 goals.\n\nWith the shadow of staff redundancies, wage cuts and fans funding transport for players to get to games, this remarkable victory could be the tonic the club need to maintain their Championship status.\n\n\"The players deserve so much credit but there is two big games to go,\" manager Cook said. \"We're climbing a mountain but we're not at the top.\n\n\"We're very proud of our supporters and the town, to raise the money and give us the support they have, and I think tonight we've gone a long way towards repaying that.\n\n\"Can we go the extra yard to give them that full satisfaction of overturning possibly a 12-point deduction? We have to keep believing we can.\"\n\nThis was a performance to forget for Hull and their dismal form this year means their chances of survival look even slimmer as a result of their 23rd defeat of the campaign.\n\nHull have not played in English football's third tier since 2005, enjoying promotions to the Premier League in the intervening years.\n\nThose glory days look like a distant memory, as they slipped to their biggest defeat since an 8-0 thrashing by Wolves in 1911.\n\nThere had looked to be a consolation in Hull's fortunes as the game drew to a close after Keane Lewis-Potter looked to have been brought down by Nathan Byrne.\n\nHowever referee Tony Harrington changed his mind after initially pointing to the spot, in a moment that was symbolic of a nightmare evening for Hull.\n• None Attempt missed. George Honeyman (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Callum Elder.\n• None Offside, Hull City. George Long tries a through ball, but Tom Eaves is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Tom Eaves (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Elder with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Kevin Stewart (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Eaves. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Lawyers acting for Dawn Sturgess' daughter are arguing the coroner's decision was wrong\n\nThe daughter of a woman killed by a nerve agent wants her mother's inquest to consider whether senior members of the Russian state were responsible.\n\nDawn Sturgess died in hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018.\n\nLawyers for her daughter are arguing that coroner David Ridley's decision to limit the inquest's scope was wrong.\n\nTwo High Court judges are expected to reserve their judgement until a later date after the hearing, which is due to end on Wednesday.\n\nMs Sturgess, 44, was poisoned after inadvertently spraying herself with Novichok contained in a perfume bottle, which had been given to her by her partner Charlie Rowley.\n\nShe died after collapsing at Mr Rowley's flat in Amesbury, which is near Salisbury.\n\nMr Ridley, the senior coroner for Wiltshire, ruled that while the inquest can examine the actions of two Russian agents thought to have been responsible for bringing Novichok to the county, it should not look at the actions of other Russians or the Russian state, nor should it consider where the nerve agent came from.\n\nHe decided these were outside the scope of the inquest, the evidence is overseas, and Ms Sturgess was not the target of the attempted assassination.\n\nBut lawyers acting for Ms Sturgess' daughter, referred to in the case as GS because of her age, are arguing the decision was wrong.\n\nIn his submissions, Michael Mansfield QC said: \"The use of Novichok in Salisbury was the first aggressive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War.\n\n\"It put hundreds of members of the British public at risk and killed Ms Sturgess.\n\n\"The issue of who was responsible for it is a matter of almost unparalleled public concern.\"\n\n\"There is a compelling public interest in this inquest investigating what responsibility the Russian state had for Ms Sturgess' death.\"\n\nSergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia survived the poisoning attempt\n\nPolice believe two Russian men, using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, brought the Novichok to Wiltshire in an attempt to assassinate the former agent Sergei Skripal.\n\nHe and his daughter Yulia Skripal both ended up in intensive care after they were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury, in March 2018, but both survived.\n\nThe decontamination of Salisbury and nearby Amesbury took nearly a year to complete.\n\nLawyers for the Home Secretary are arguing that the coroner's decision to limit the scope of the inquest was correct.\n\nThe hearing is due to end on Wednesday and is being conducted virtually, with all participants, including the two judges Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Lewis appearing on a video call.", "Michigan State Police released security footage showing the confrontation between the officer and the suspect\n\nA police officer in the US state of Michigan has shot dead a man suspected of stabbing a customer in a shop, in an altercation over face masks.\n\nPolice say the incident began in a convenience store near Lansing, where the suspect - named as Sean Ruis - attacked a 77-year-old man who had challenged him for not wearing a mask.\n\nThey say Ruis fled the scene in a car.\n\nHe was later pulled over by a female deputy sheriff, who opened fire when Ruis lunged towards her.\n\nMichigan State Police released footage of the confrontation in a residential area in the Lansing suburb of Delta early on Tuesday.\n\nIt shows the police car stopping a vehicle and the driver, identified as Ruis, advancing on the deputy who shoots him after a brief tussle.\n\nPolice say Ruis, 43, was carrying a weapon. He was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead.\n\nThe incident happened 30 minutes after Ruis allegedly stabbed a customer at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale, about six miles (10km) to the south.\n\nThe row is said to have begun when the 77-year-old - who was wearing a face mask - chided Ruis for not doing so. The elderly man is in hospital and said to be in a stable condition.\n\nIt is not the first dispute over face masks to end in tragedy in the US.\n\nLast week a security guard in Gardena, south of Los Angeles, was charged with murder over the shooting of a customer who had entered a shop without a face mask.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Amber Heard insulted Johnny Depp during a Christmas trip to the Bahamas, his estate manager has claimed.\n\nTara Roberts told London's High Court that Ms Heard, 34, called Mr Depp, 57, \"washed up\" and \"fat\".\n\nMr Depp is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that labelled him a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper insists it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on in its defence.\n\nIn her witness statement at the High Court, Ms Roberts, who is the estate manager of Mr Depp's Caribbean home, claimed she had seen Ms Heard screaming at and berating the actor as he yelled at her to \"go away\".\n\nMs Roberts, who has worked for Mr Depp since December 2008, added that she saw a \"red, swelling gash\" on his nose, and that he had told her Ms Heard had thrown a can of lacquer thinner into his face.\n\nShe went on to describe Mr Depp as an \"unusually kind man\", saying she had never seen him be \"violent or aggressive\" with Ms Heard, or anyone else.\n\nMs Roberts alleged that she saw Ms Heard \"lunge violently at Johnny, pull his hair, and commit other aggressive physical acts against him\".\n\nMs Roberts said that on 29 December 2015, when the couple were staying on the island with his two children and a friend, the pair had an argument.\n\nIn her statement, she said: \"While I could not hear what caused the fight, Amber repeatedly berated him with increasing ferocity.\n\n\"She was insulting him, calling him names, and in the middle of this onslaught I heard her say specifically 'your career is over', 'no one is going to hire you', 'you're washed up', 'fat', 'you will die a lonely man', and also screaming things that were incomprehensible.\"\n\nMs Roberts claimed Mr Depp tried to leave, repeatedly asking for the key to a vehicle, which Ms Heard refused to give back, adding it was later found in the couple's house.\n\nShe said during the entire incident, she \"never saw\" Mr Depp hit or push Ms Heard, and \"nor did he physically react to the attacks\".\n\nShe said on walking Mr Depp to a café later on, she saw he had \"a red, swelling gash on the bridge of his nose\".\n\n\"Amber, Johnny then told me, had thrown a quart sized can of lacquer thinner into Johnny's face, causing a gash,\" her witness statement said.\n\nMs Roberts claimed she did not see any signs of injury on Ms Heard's face or body during the trip.\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nSasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, asked her about the former couple's Bahamas stay, and Ms Roberts said she was not aware their relationship was very difficult at that time.\n\nMs Wass said: \"As far as you were concerned, you have suggested that it was Ms Heard who was the most violent, is that right?\"\n\nShe was shown a photograph from around that time of Ms Heard with bruising on her face but said she had not seen this bruising when she saw the pair after the row.\n\nDuring an exchange with Mr Depp's barrister David Sherborne, Ms Roberts said that she \"never saw\" the actor being violent or aggressive towards Ms Heard on the island.\n\nMr Sherborne asked the estate manager whether she was \"lying\" to protect Mr Depp because she was \"worried\" about losing her job. She replied that she was not.\n\nHollywood stylist Samantha McMillen told the court Ms Heard had \"no visible\" injuries the day after the actress alleges Mr Depp was violent towards her in a separate incident in late 2015.\n\nMs McMillen said she spent \"much of the afternoon and early evening\" with Ms Heard on 16 December 2015 as she prepared to appear on a US late-night talk show.\n\nIn a witness statement, Ms McMillen said she saw Ms Heard \"in good light, at close range, wearing no make-up\", adding: \"I could see clearly that Ms Heard did not have any visible marks, bruises, cuts, or injuries to her face or any other part of her body.\"\n\nThe stylist said after the programme Ms Heard said to her: \"Can you believe I just did that show with two black eyes?\"\n\nMs McMillen said: \"Ms Heard did not have any black eyes, and had been visibly uninjured throughout the day and at that moment.\"\n\nThe libel case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.", "The rules on face masks vary around the UK\n\nThe Welsh Government needs to \"go further and faster\" on face coverings and make them mandatory in shops, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has said.\n\nMr Price told BBC Radio Wales \"there is no reason for any further delay\" and said they should be freely available.\n\nBut Wales' chief medical officer said \"very little had changed\" in the science, which pointed to them having little benefit.\n\nThey are currently required on public transport in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, while wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.\n\nAdam Price called for more urgency from the Welsh Government\n\nMr Price called for more urgency from the Welsh Government, adding that the scientific evidence had changed in terms of the \"airborne nature\" of the virus.\n\n\"I think sometimes, slow can be good - in terms of the slow, cautious approach to easing restrictions, I think the Welsh Government has got it right,\" Mr Price told BBC Radio Wales' Claire Summers programme.\n\n\"But slow sometimes can be our enemy - if we need to move with agility, if we need to move fast.\n\n\"If the science changes as it has done around face coverings, then we need the Welsh Government to move fast.\"\n\nChief medical officer Frank Atherton said the evidence on face masks was \"quite weak\"\n\nAlso speaking to Claire Summers on Tuesday, Wales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton said the evidence for making face coverings mandatory was \"quite weak\", although there might be a \"small benefit\".\n\nWhether they would be introduced, Dr Atherton said \"never say never\" but believed they were inappropriate and social distancing and personal hygiene, like hand-washing, were more important.\n\nAsked on Monday why coverings were not mandatory in other public spaces, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: \"The advice of the Welsh Government is that if places are crowded then face coverings are advisory. Where places are not crowded it is a matter for the individual citizen to make that decision.\"\n\nCoronavirus is now \"at its lowest ebb\" since the pandemic began, he added, saying the Welsh Government's response had to be \"proportionate\".\n\nWhile Mr Drakeford said masks would not be mandatory for shoppers, businesses may ask people to wear them.\n\nLater, he said Wales had taken longer than other governments in the UK to make the wearing of face coverings compulsory because it was \"an intrusion on people's civil liberties\".\n\nHe told Times Radio: \"It's not straightforward because there are people who cannot wear them - people with breathing difficulties, people who rely on lip reading, children - and you don't do it, I think, without being very certain that it will make a material difference.\"\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives have also been calling for the mandatory wearing of face masks in shops, saying it was a key element of its 10-point plan published last week.\n\nBMA Cymru Wales council chairman Dr David Bailey said on Monday: \"We also continue our calls for face coverings to be worn by the public in all areas where they cannot socially distance, not just on public transport, and for the continued practice of good hand hygiene.\"\n\nProf Sian Griffiths, co-chairwoman of the SARS expert committee in Hong Kong, said it was \"common sense\" to wear face masks.\n\n\"In a way, it's great that the various governments are setting timelines and instituting more mandatory regulations, but at the same time we ourselves could take action and could be wearing face coverings at the current time, because we know they contribute towards cutting the spread of the disease,\" she said.\n\n\"Given that up to 30% of cases of coronavirus are asymptomatic but infectious at that time, it just makes common sense to protect other people from possibly passing disease onto them.\"", "Deaths of cleaners who worked at the Ministry of Justice during the Covid-19 pandemic must be examined as part of an independent investigation, Labour has said.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, shadow justice secretary David Lammy said leaked emails, interviews and messages show cleaners were \"forced\" into the department during the lockdown period and \"denied\" personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nSeven outsourced staff have had \"consistent symptoms\" for coronavirus and two are now dead, Mr Lammy told MPs.\n\nJustice minister Lucy Frazer said the matters have been \"looked at\" but she would be happy to consider any further points.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice later said it was complying with official guidance and there was \"no evidence\" to suggest there had ever been a coronavirus outbreak at its premises.", "Virgin Atlantic saw passenger numbers slump as countries closed borders and brought in travel bans\n\nTroubled airline Virgin Atlantic has finalised a rescue deal worth £1.2bn that should protect thousands of jobs.\n\nSir Richard Branson's Virgin Group will inject £200m, with additional funds provided by investors and creditors.\n\nThe billionaire Virgin boss had a request for government money rejected, leaving the airline in a race against time to secure new investment.\n\nVirgin Atlantic is cutting 3,500 staff, but the airline said the remaining 6,500 jobs should be secure.\n\nThe deal includes funding from US hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and the postponement of about £450m in payments to creditors. Virgin Group owns 51% of the airline, with the rest held by US carrier Delta Air Lines.\n\nVirgin Atlantic said the refinancing covered the next five years and paved the way for it to rebuild its balance sheet and return to profitability in 2022.\n\n\"We have taken painful measures, but we have accomplished what many thought impossible,\" said chief executive Shai Weiss. \"The last six months have been the toughest we have faced in our 36-year history.\"\n\nAs with other airlines, the Covid-19 outbreak plunged Virgin Atlantic into a crisis as air travel dried up. Virgin grounded most of its fleet for months, but is due to resume some services next week.\n\nThe company had initially hoped the government would step in with up to £500m in bailout loans, but ministers made it clear taxpayers' money could only be considered once all other options had been exhausted.\n\nSir Richard even offered to mortgage his Caribbean holiday island, Necker, in return for new investment, although this was no longer necessary. Virgin Group raised money for the investment from the sale of some shares in the Virgin Galactic space tourism company.\n\nThe investment plan still needs formal approval from Virgin Atlantic's creditors under a court-sanctioned process.\n\nIn May, the airline announced 3,500 job cuts and the closure of its base at Gatwick airport. Although the restructuring and investment plans protect the remaining jobs, it does not change the need to re-shape the size of the business, Virgin Atlantic said.\n\nVirgin Atlantic calls this a \"solvent recapitalisation\". But the question is, will it be enough to secure the company's long-term future?\n\nThere is some new money here - an extra £200m in cash from the Virgin Group and loans worth £170m from Davidson Kempner. But a large part of the package is made up of deferring or waiving existing liabilities.\n\nThis was probably the best the company could do in the circumstances, after the government made it clear targeted state aid would only be considered as a last resort, after private-sector options had been exhausted.\n\nBut it doesn't seem to give the company much of a war chest to absorb future shocks. It is due to resume flights next week - and managers will be desperate for demand to pick up, and quickly.\n\nVirgin Atlantic has already taken drastic action to cut costs, shedding more than 3,500 staff and closing its base at London Gatwick. There's no doubt it will be a much leaner operation in future.\n\nThis deal does at least keep the airline flying, but navigating its way through the stormy skies facing the industry for the foreseeable future will still be a huge challenge.\n\nVirgin insiders say the company has wargamed the worst-case scenario, which is a failure of transatlantic flights to recover, and it still reckons this deal will be enough to keep Virgin in the air.\n\nOn Tuesday, Delta Air Lines wrote down the value of its stake in Virgin Atlantic, taking a $200m (£160m) charge. The giant US airline also reported an adjusted pre-tax loss of $3.9bn, saying it was burning through cash at a rate of $27m per day.\n\nEd Bastian, Delta's chief executive officer said. \"Given the combined effects of the pandemic and associated financial impact on the global economy, we continue to believe that it will be more than two years before we see a sustainable recovery.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Bastian told the BBC: \"We're not planning on injecting additional capital into Virgin. We're supporting them in doing everything we can, helping them through a restructuring, hopefully to avoid an in-court process, and I'm still optimistic, cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to get there.\"\n\nAviation firms have been battered by the coronavirus crisis. On Tuesday, Ryanair said it would cut 1,000 flights between Ireland and the UK in August and September because of Irish quarantine restrictions which had \"suppressed demand\".\n\n\"Air travel between Ireland and the UK is being badly damaged by this ineffective 14-day quarantine,\" a spokesperson said. \"This means 100,000 fewer visitors from the UK travelling to regional airports in Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry during the peak months of the tourism season.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ventura County police said there was no indication of foul play\n\nA body found in a lake in the US state of California has been identified as the missing Glee star Naya Rivera, police say.\n\nRivera, 33, went missing on Wednesday after going boating with her four-year-old son at Lake Piru. He was found alone and asleep on the boat.\n\nDivers and teams using sonar equipment found the body earlier on Monday.\n\nRivera is best known for playing the cheerleader Santana Lopez in the hugely popular musical comedy TV series Glee.\n\nAt a news conference on the shore of the lake on Monday, Sheriff Bill Ayub of the Ventura County Sheriff Department said police were \"confident\" the body was that of Rivera.\n\nHe added that there was no indication of foul play or that she took her own life.\n\nRivera's son told police they had gone swimming but she never returned. After a massive search and rescue operation found no trace of Rivera, police moved to a \"search and recovery operation\".\n\nThat included using side-scanning sonar, divers, sniffer dogs, helicopters and remote-operated submarine vehicles equipped with cameras.\n\nSgt Kevin Donoghue, a spokesman for the police department, earlier told the BBC that they were \"putting every available asset and resource\" into the search.\n\nHe added that Rivera's son had seen his mother \"disappear beneath the water\".\n\nHelicopters were used to search the lake in southern California\n\n\"Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were,\" Rivera's Glee co-star Jane Lynch wrote on Twitter. \"Love and peace to your family.\"\n\nAnother Glee co-star, Josh Sussman, tweeted: \"Naya, you will be missed so much.\"\n\nRivera began her career as a child actress and model, appearing in TV commercials in the US.\n\nAs a four-year-old, she starred in the Royal Family sitcom on CBS and had a number of other TV appearances.\n\nBut it was playing cold-hearted Santana Lopez in Glee, the hugely popular musical comedy TV series, that made her a star.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Last footage of Glee star before disappearance\n\nIn 2014, Rivera starred in the horror film At the Devil's Door.\n\nThe same year she married fellow actor Ryan Dorsey - who is the father of her son. When the couple divorced in 2018, they were granted joint custody.", "Online grocer Ocado says the switch to internet shopping amid the coronavirus lockdown has led to a \"permanent redrawing\" of the retail landscape.\n\nIts comments came as it said sales during the first half of 2020 jumped 27% to more than £1bn.\n\n\"The world as we know it has changed,\" said chief executive Tim Steiner.\n\n\"As a result of Covid-19, we have seen years of growth in the online grocery market condensed into a matter of months; and we won't be going back.\"\n\n\"We are confident that accelerated growth in the online channel will continue, leading to a permanent redrawing of the landscape of the grocery industry worldwide.\"\n\nHe said Ocado was now the fastest growing grocer in the UK, thanks to a 50/50 partnership with Marks and Spencer announced last year.\n\nAs part of the deal, which saw M&S take a half-share in Ocado's retail business, Ocado will start delivering M&S grocery products from September, when its current deal with Waitrose expires.\n\nThe group reported a loss before tax of £40.6m in the six months to the end of May, blaming an increase in investment to handle the higher demand generated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDuring the period the company opened its first two customer fulfilment centres abroad, for Casino in France and Sobeys in Canada, while increasing capacity in the UK.\n\nThe loss was smaller than the £147.4m posted in the same period last year, although that figure included £99m of costs incurred as a result of a major fire at its warehouse in Andover.\n\nBut after raising £1bn through an equity and bond issue last month, Ocado said it had £2.3bn in cash on its balance sheet.\n\n\"There is evidence to suggest many shoppers will likely continue buying their groceries online once lockdown measures have been lifted completely, but it will be difficult for Ocado to maintain the sales registered at the peak of the crisis,\" said John Moore, senior investment manager at Brewin Dolphin.\n\n\"Nevertheless, Ocado has a strong balance sheet and the Covid-19 pandemic has super-accelerated many of the trends that have led to its exceptional share price growth over the last few years, placing the company in a good position for the future.\"\n\nSeparately, discount grocer Lidl has revealed plans to open a shop a week until Christmas, creating 1,000 jobs.\n\nThe 25 new stores will be opened across England, Scotland and Wales with sites in Selhurst, Harrow Weald, Coleford and Llandudno Junction opening in the coming weeks.\n\nBy the end of 2023 it plans another 100 stores across Britain, creating 4,000 more jobs, and bringing its total number of shops to 1,000.\n\n\"It is testament to the continued hard work of our colleagues that we are able to continue forging ahead with our expansion plans, despite the challenging circumstances that have been faced over the past months,\" said Lidl GB boss Christian Härtnagel.\n\nLidl - which opened its first shops in the UK in 1994 - has opened new stores throughout the pandemic in locations such as Birmingham, Torquay and across London.", "It seems after all that the ministers won't just be asking everyone to use their \"common sense\" or even just rely on manners to make people cover up.\n\nAfter weeks of discussion about the relative benefits of covering your face when out and about, ministers are now to confirm on Tuesday that it will be mandatory to cover your face in shops in England - and, like in Scotland seven days ago, expect that change to be brought in in law.\n\nIt is quite the shift. At the start of the crisis, the government's scientists suggested that masks could do more harm than good.\n\nThere were nerves too about creating sudden demand from the public to get hold of medical grade coverings when there was a worldwide spike in demand as the pandemic took hold.\n\nBut more evidence has emerged about how coronavirus can be transmitted through the air.\n\nPoliticians are also keen to find ways to make consumers feel more comfortable going back out into the world, as the economy struggles to come alive again.\n\nBut things have changed a lot since the start of the lockdown when the government's \"stay at home\" message was heard loud and clear.\n\nThe vast majority of the public stuck to the instruction carefully. Millions tuned into the daily press briefings for the latest information, wanting answers, but wanting guidance too.\n\nThe expected decision to go ahead on face coverings comes after a scrappy few days when ministers have given different impressions in different interviews.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak appeared without a mask for the cameras serving food last Wednesday. Eyebrows were raised when he was chatting to customers over their vegan katsu without covering his face.\n\nThe Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, did mask up when observing Picassos in the Royal Academy the next day.\n\nThen the prime minister donned his two-quid mask in a photocall on Friday.\n\nBoris Johnson wore a face mask in public for the first time last week\n\nBut on Sunday, Michael Gove made that call for \"common sense\", and even on Monday morning, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland was saying coverings should be \"mandatory perhaps\" - a contradiction if ever there were.\n\nClarity, for shops in England at least, should come on Tuesday. But you wouldn't be blamed for wondering quite what you are meant to do.\n\nFor the government's critics it's another example of ministers playing catch up after allowing confusion to spread.\n\nDuring the early stages of the Covid crisis the public surprised politicians by being very willing to listen and follow the rules.\n\nIn this more complicated phase, any hint of a messy message could make them less likely to comply.", "Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in February\n\nA US judge rejected a proposed $18.9m (£15.3m) settlement of misconduct cases against abusive Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday.\n\nThe fund would have been distributed between dozens of female claimants.\n\nHowever various other accusers had called it unfair, saying it \"absolved\" Weinstein, his producer brother and the company board of liability.\n\nWeinstein was given a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault in March.\n\nThe settlement would have marked an end to nearly all of the civil claims against him, The Weinstein Company and several of its directors.\n\nDistrict Judge Alvin Hellerstein dismissed it for putting women who had merely met Weinstein on an almost equal footing with women who he had raped or sexually abused.\n\nIt also would have typically awarded $10-15,000 to each claimant, whereas $15m would have gone towards Weinstein's defence costs.\n\nIn a 20-minute phone hearing, Judge Hellerstein said: \"The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defence fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, lawyers for six of Weinstein's accusers filed an objection to the proposed payout, calling it a \"cruel hoax\".\n\nThey complained that Weinstein would not have to accept responsibility for his actions and would not make the payments personally.\n\nWhat was in the settlement?\n\nThe settlement, announced on 30 June, would have resolved a lawsuit filed in 2018 against Weinstein, his production company and his brother by the New York Attorney General's office.\n\nIt would have also settled a separate class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of women who accused Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault.\n\n\"After all the harassment, threats and discrimination, these survivors are finally receiving some semblance of justice,\" Attorney General Letitia James said at the time.\n\n\"Women who were forced to sign confidentiality agreements will also be freed from those clauses and finally be able to speak.\"\n\nThe settlement needed approval from both a federal judge and bankruptcy court.\n\nWhat was the response from accusers?\n\nAhead of the hearing, lawyers Douglas H Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer, who represent six accusers, said: \"While we do not begrudge any survivor who truly wants to participate in this deal, as we understand the proposed agreement, it is deeply unfair for many reasons.\"\n\nHowever, another of Weinstein's accusers, Louisette Geiss, said: \"This important act of solidarity allowed us to use our collective voice to help those who had been silenced and to give back to the many, many survivors who lost their careers and more.\"\n\nIn February, Weinstein was convicted in New York City of committing third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act, and later sentenced to 23 years in jail.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The government should remove Chinese firm Huawei from the UK's 5G network by 2025 instead of 2027, as planned, ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has said.\n\nThe telecoms company is to be banned from setting up 5G, but will remain involved in 3G and 4G.\n\nMr Duncan Smith said allowing Huawei to work on these also posed a continued \"risk\" to national security.\n\nBut the government said it would \"ensure\" the UK's communications system was as \"secure as it possibly can be\".\n\nHuawei, which has repeatedly said it would not cause harm to any country, predicted the UK would now be pushed \"into the digital slow lane\", with higher bills for consumers.\n\nIn January, ministers announced the company would be kept out of the sensitive core of the 5G network - including national intelligence - but be allowed involvement in up to 35% of other parts.\n\nThis prompted criticism from backbench Conservative MPs, marshalled by Mr Duncan Smith, who called Huawei an arm of the Chinese Communist Party and a risk to the UK.\n\nThe US, with which the UK shares much of its intelligence, also applied diplomatic pressure for a rethink.\n\nUnder its revised plans, the government says Huawei will not be allowed to install any equipment for the 5G network from next year - and its existing equipment will be removed by 2027.\n\nBut Mr Duncan Smith told the House of Commons that the head of BT thought the removal could happen two years earlier.\n\nHe said: \"I do think he [Mr Dowden] can do it quicker than this... There's no reason why it can't [happen].\"\n\nThe government thought it had made its decision on Huawei earlier this year. It wanted to get on with delivering faster internet and thought Huawei was best placed to ensure speedy upgrades.\n\nBut since then the US has continued to apply pressure - with its decision to impose new sanctions on China a crucial factor.\n\nMeanwhile, dozens of Tory backbenchers continued their opposition - and refused to fall in line. They have cautiously welcomed the announcement that the UK is moving away from Huawei - but they want things to move faster. Some are also uneasy that the company's technology will stay in the 3G and 4G network.\n\nThis decision wasn't without cost though. Ministers admit it will delay the rollout of 5G across the UK and will cost significant amounts of money - into the billions. They've also had to consider warnings from telecoms providers about service provision.\n\nUltimately though, the combination of political pressure - international and domestic - has won the debate in government.\n\nMr Duncan Smith added that there were \"contradictions\" in banning Huawei from 5G but not 3G and 4G, which would undergo \"software upgrades\"by Huawei \"for the next decade\".\n\n\"So, if they're a risk to us in 5G, why are they not a risk to us generally?\" he asked.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden replied: \"The reality of the 5G network is that it is fundamentally different and it's a recognition of that fundamental difference that we are imposing these rules for 5G.\n\n\"Of course, over time... 5G will be replaced by 6G, and in all of that Huawei will be absent.\"\n\nHe also said: \"There is of course no such thing as a perfectly secure network, but the responsibility of the government is to ensure that it is as secure as it possibly can be.\"\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described the announcement as a \"welcome, long-overdue step\" but accused the government of having \"no consistent approach\" to China.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said said that, while one department is \"seeking to ban them from the 5G network\", another is \"considering handing over technology involved in our nuclear industry to the Chinese government.\"\n\nSNP culture spokesman John Nicolson said it had been wrong in the first place to allow Huawei near the \"nervous system\" of the UK's telecoms network.\n\nAnd Labour MP Chris Bryant told the Commons there was \"unity\" among MPs in opposition to the company's further involvement in 5G, saying: \"I wish the government would listen to its own backbenchers.\"\n\nThe US has claimed China could use Huawei to \"spy, steal or attack\" the UK - but the company denies this and its founder has said he would rather shut the company down than do anything to damage its clients.\n\nSanctions imposed in May by Washington have limited China's access to US chip technology, which prompted the UK's National Cyber Security Centre to launch a review of the use of Huawei.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK economy shrank by 19.1% in the three months to May, revealing the full impact of the lockdown. GDP - a key measure of the health of the economy - actually grew 1.8% in May as the country took its first steps towards reopening, but that's less than the 5% growth economists had hoped for. It's also 24.5% below the level before the virus really hit. The Office for National Statistics said manufacturing and house-building showed signs of recovery, as did some areas of the retail sector.\n\nScientists advising the government are warning a second wave of coronavirus infections in the UK this winter could be more severe than the first. In a worst-case scenario they say there could be nearly 120,000 hospital deaths, but stress that effective preparations and responses - lockdowns, treatments or vaccines - could reduce the risk. We examine what the UK could learn from Asia about a second wave.\n\nThe UK's Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an appeal to help the world's most vulnerable cope with the pandemic. Fourteen charities - including Oxfam, Christian Aid and Islamic Relief - are coming together and the government has promised to double the first £5m of donations from the public. Much of the money raised will go to refugee camps.\n\nNail bars reopened in England on Monday - along with salons, tattooists and spas. We spent the day inside one, NUKA Nails in west London, to see how things worked and why getting a manicure after so long really matters to people.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest from our live page.\n\nPlus, several US states are re-imposing lockdown restrictions to combat a surge in cases. We look closely at why Florida, in particular, is a hotspot.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you in the morning.\n\nBanksy spray-painted his tag in the colour of a medical face mask\n\nIn France, the annual military parade for Bastille Day was called off for the first time since the end of World War Two in 1945. Instead, there was a tribute to the health workers who have helped tackle coronavirus, attended by family members of those who have died. President Emmanuel Macron gave a rare televised interview, answering questions about the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nScotland has made solid progress in tackling the pandemic - with no new Covid-19-related deaths for the sixth day in a row and only two patients currently being treated in intensive care. As the country looks towards the opening of tourism-related business on Wednesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon again refused to rule out the option of quarantining people travelling from England to Scotland, but said she hoped it wouldn't be necessary. We hear from people who live their lives on both sides of the line and are worried about how the situation might play out.\n\nVicky Muirhead's business is split across the Scottish border\n\nJimmy Flores dismissed coronavirus as \"fake news\" until he got it and was in hospital for more than a week. He thinks he contracted it on a night out, after US state Arizona's governor lifted lockdown in May. He tells how he is using his experience as a young adult who caught it to warn friends amid a surge in cases around the world.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n...At Bristol Zoo, which reopened today after 110 days of lockdown, quelling fears for its future for now. It's running at a quarter of visitor capacity and tickets have to be pre-booked, but the zoo's chief executive says they are \"cautiously optimistic\" it can survive.\n\nThe zoo had warned earlier in the summer about its finances\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest from our live page.\n\nPlus, there was glum news for the UK economy today, with growth slower than expected. So what is a recession and how might it affect you?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has announced a temporary cut to the transaction tax on house sales and extra support for first-time buyers.\n\nThe starting point for land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) is to rise from £145,000 to £250,000.\n\nMs Forbes said this meant eight out of 10 house sales in Scotland would be exempt from the tax.\n\nThe move follows in the footsteps of a stamp duty holiday on transactions in England and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe change will not come into force immediately for \"administrative reasons\", although Ms Forbes said it would be implemented \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe government is also to spend an extra £50m on the \"first home fund\" scheme which helps first-time buyers with their purchases.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak announced a stamp duty holiday on transactions in England and Northern Ireland of up to £500,000 as part of his summer statement of measures to respond to the coronavirus crisis on Wednesday.\n\nSeveral of the major reforms announced - such as a VAT cut for the hospitality industry and funding to encourage firms to keep furloughed staff on - apply UK-wide.\n\nHowever, housing and residential taxes are devolved to Holyrood, meaning there were calls for Ms Forbes to mirror the stamp duty cut in its Scottish equivalent, LBTT.\n\nKate Forbes said extra cash would be spent supporting first-time buyers\n\nThe finance secretary said she had listened to calls to \"raise the starting threshold for LBTT to help stimulate the housing market and the economy\", and said she would be taking \"a distinctive approach\" targeting first-time buyers.\n\nThe threshold where the tax kicks in will be raised from £145,000 to £250,000 - although this will not apply to second homes.\n\nMs Forbes said: \"That means eight out of 10 people purchasing a home in Scotland will be taken out of LBTT, and all home movers purchasing a home above £250,000 will be £2,100 better off.\n\n\"This is a blanket measure and one which may not help first-time buyers, so I am announcing further targeted support for those who may be most concerned about making such an investment at this time.\"\n\nMs Forbes committed an extra £50m to the first home fund, a \"shared equity\" scheme which allows first-time buyers to effectively borrow money from the government interest-free.\n\nAnd she said another £100m would be spent on \"targeted employment support and training to keep people in work or help them retrain\".\n\nIt is not yet clear when the change will come into force, with Ms Forbes saying time is needed to draw up legislation and for Revenue Scotland to be ready to manage the tax.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives said there \"remains a significant disparity\" between the scale of the cuts announced by Mr Sunak and Ms Forbes, saying the delay in implementing the LBTT changes would be an incentive for people to delay purchases.\n\nThe Scottish Greens, meanwhile, said \"this tax cut is likely to immediately push house prices up, wiping out any savings\".", "The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.\n\nDigital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons of the decision.\n\nIt follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat - something Huawei denies.\n\nMr Dowden said the supply ban would delay the UK's 5G rollout by a year.\n\nThe technology promises faster internet speeds and the capacity to support more wireless devices, which should be a boon to everything from mobile gaming to higher-quality video streams, and even in time driverless cars that talk to each other. 5G connections are already available in dozens of UK cities and towns, but coverage can be sparse.\n\nMr Dowden added that the cumulative cost of the moves when coupled with earlier restrictions announced against Huawei would be up to £2bn, and a total delay to 5G rollout of \"two to three years\".\n\n\"This has not been an easy decision, but it is the right one for the UK telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy, both now and indeed in the long run,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The digital secretary says providers must remove all of Huawei's 5G kit from their networks by 2027\n\nBecause the US sanctions only affect future equipment, the government has been advised there is no security justification for removing 2G, 3G and 4G equipment supplied by Huawei.\n\nHowever, when swapping out the company's masts, networks are likely to switch to a different vendor to provide the earlier-generation services.\n\nHuawei said the move was \"bad news for anyone in the UK with a mobile phone\" and threatened to \"move Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the digital divide.\"\n\nThe action, however, does not affect Huawei's ability to sell its smartphones to consumers or how they will run.\n\nChina's ambassador to the UK said the decision was \"disappointing and wrong\".\n\n\"It has become questionable whether the UK can provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from other countries,\" tweeted Liu Xiaoming.\n\nBut US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the news, saying: \"The UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors.\"\n\nNew restrictions will also apply to use of the company's broadband kit.\n\nOperators are being told they should \"transition away\" from purchasing new Huawei equipment for use in full-fibre networks, ideally within the next two years.\n\nMany of Huawei's products are developed at its labs near Shenzhen, China\n\nMr Dowden said the government would \"embark on a short technical consultation\" with industry leaders about this.\n\nHe explained that the UK needed to avoid becoming dependent on Nokia - which is currently the only other supplier used for some equipment - and he wanted to avoid \"unnecessary delays\" to the government's gigabit-for-all by 2025 pledge.\n\nBT's Openreach division told the BBC it had in fact recently struck a deal to buy full-fibre network kit from a new supplier - the US firm Adtran - but first deliveries would only start in 2021.\n\nThe UK last reviewed Huawei's role in its telecoms infrastructure in January, when it was decided to let the firm remain a supplier but introduced a cap on its market share.\n\nBut in May the US introduced new sanctions designed to disrupt Huawei's ability to get its own chips manufactured. The Trump administration claims that Huawei provides a gateway for China to spy on and potentially attack countries that use its equipment, suggestions the company strongly rejects.\n\nThe sanctions led security officials to conclude they could no longer assure the security of its products if the company had to start sourcing chips from third-parties for use in its equipment.\n\nThe minister cited a review carried out by GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre as being the motivation for the changes.\n\nTSMC - one of the world's biggest chip manufacturers - has stopped taking orders from Huawei as a consequence of the US sanctions\n\nNCSC has said Huawei products adapted to use third-party chips would be \"likely to suffer more security and reliability problems\".\n\nBut other political considerations are also likely to have also come into play, including the UK's desire to strike a trade deal with the US, and growing tensions with China over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and its treatment of Hong Kong.\n\nSome backbench Tory MPs had pressed for a shorter time-span for its removal, in particular there had been calls for the 5G ban to come into effect before the next election in May 2024.\n\nHowever, Mr Dowden said that \"the shorter we make the timetable for removal, the greater the risk of actual disruption to mobile phone networks\".\n\nBT and Vodafone had warned that customers could face mobile blackouts if they were forced to remove all of Huawei's 5G kit in less time.\n\nLabour's shadow technology minister Chi Onwurah said the government was incapable of sorting \"this mess out on their own\".\n\nIt had \"refused to face reality\" and been \"incomprehensively negligent\" in allowing matters to get to this point, she added, and a taskforce of experts now needed to be created.\n\nHopes on the part of government that this decision may put the Huawei issue to bed may be optimistic.\n\nThe reason that we are here again despite a decision in January is because one of the key players - the US - played a new card in the form of sanctions.\n\nAnd there is still time between now and legislation coming to parliament in Autumn for others to do the same - whether Conservative backbenchers or Beijing.\n\nIn the long run, many countries will be watching carefully how China reacts.\n\nWill it feel it needs to punish the UK in order to discourage others from following its lead on 5G? Or will it want to avoid being seen as a bully and prefer to try and influence the decision more subtly? Whatever the case, the Huawei story in the UK is not over yet.\n\nHuawei says it employs about 1,600 people in the UK and claims to be one of Britain's largest sources of investment from China.\n\nThe firm - whose shares are not publicly traded - does not provide a regional breakdown of its earnings. But on Monday, it announced a 13% rise in sales for the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, totalling 454bn yuan ($64.8bn; £51.3bn).\n\nThe UK will have accounted for a fraction of that. The firm's UK chief recently noted that Huawei had only deployed a total of 20,000 5G base stations - the radio receiver/transmitter equipment fitted to a mast - in the UK so far. By contrast it expects to deliver a total of 500,000 globally this year.\n\nEven so, what the firm fears and Washington hopes is that other countries will now follow Westminster's lead with bans of their own.\n\nDespite there seeming little chance of a U-turn, Huawei said it was still urging UK ministers to reconsider.\n\n\"We will conduct a detailed review of what today's announcement means for our business here and will work with the UK government to explain how we can continue to contribute to a better connected Britain,\" spokesman Ed Brewster said.\n\nShortly before the announcement Sky News revealed that Lord Browne, Huawei's UK chairman and the ex-chief executive of BP, would be leaving the Chinese company before his term had expired. It said he had given his notice a few days ago and would formally step down in September.\n\nLord Browne is stepping down six months before his time at Huawei was due to end\n\nLord Browne had led efforts to improve the company's image in the UK and had tried to prevent a ban.\n\n\"He has been central to our commitment here dating back 20 years, and we thank him for his valuable contribution,\" said Huawei, confirming the report.\n\nBT is set to be the telecoms operator most affected by the decision given it runs both the EE mobile network and Openreach, which provides fixed-line infrastructure to individual internet providers.\n\n\"We need to further analyse the details and implications of this decision before taking a view of potential costs and impacts,\" it said.\n\nThe move should, however, benefit Nokia and Ericsson, which are the two other main 5G kit vendors.\n\n\"We have the capacity and expertise to replace all of the Huawei equipment in the UK's networks at scale and speed... with minimal impact on the people using our customers' networks,\" said Nokia.\n\nHuawei still supplies masts and other 5G equipment to Germany, Switzerland and China among other countries\n\nEricsson added: \"Today's decision removes the uncertainty that was slowing down investment decisions around the deployment of 5G in the UK... and we stand ready to work with the UK operators to meet their timetable.\"\n\nHowever, both firms manufacture some of their 5G equipment in China, which has also caused concern in Washington.\n\nIn June, the US Department of Defense published a list of 20 companies it claimed had close ties to the Chinese military.\n\nIt included Panda Electronics - the firm with which Ericsson jointly runs a manufacturing facility in the Chinese city of Nanjing.\n\n\"A lot of companies assemble equipment or have some type of manufacturing in China,\" Ericsson's head of corporate communications Peter Olofsson told the BBC, when asked about this.\n\n\"Our trade compliance people have looked at this [list] and they concluded that it's not something that has an impact on Ericsson or our operations.\"\n\nUltimately Huawei believes that this was a political decision and not a business one.\n\nAnd if the political winds change, then Huawei's fortunes may too.\n\nMy understanding is that a longer time frame for the removal of its 5G kit from UK networks was a relatively desirable outcome for Huawei.\n\nSo even though no new Huawei UK equipment can be bought by UK mobile carriers after the end of this year, the fact that the UK has until 2027 to remove Huawei's 5G kit from all of its network could be seen as a potential positive.\n\nA new US administration in November could markedly change Washington's position on Huawei.\n\nSo for Huawei, playing the long game makes sense.\n\nAnd one thing that was crystal clear to me from meeting Ren Zhengfei, the company's founder is that he's a fighter.\n\nRen Zhengfei told the BBC: 'If the lights go out in the West, the East will still shine. And if the North is dark, then there is still the South.'\n\nNothing he has said indicates he is willing to give up.\n\nFor now though, the immediate impact of the UK decision will be seen as a signal that Washington's campaign on Huawei has worked.\n\nAnd the Chinese firm will not want that replicated in other countries around the world.", "Five people, including a child, were taken to hospital after the blaze at Knightswood Court in Liverpool\n\nA child left trapped in a fire in the second floor of a block of flats was rescued by neighbours using ladders.\n\nThe fire broke out in the three-storey Knightswood Court block in Allerton, Liverpool, at about 17:00 BST on Monday.\n\nThe neighbours helped bring eight people down to safety before firefighters arrived, the fire service said.\n\nFive people including the child were taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThey were suffering the effects of smoke inhalation but nobody was seriously injured.\n\nMerseyside Fire and Rescue Service area manager Gary Oakford, said the fire had spread through communal stairways, causing \"significant damage\".\n\nHe said firefighters were \"extremely grateful\" for the rescue efforts of the neighbours.\n\nThe fire was put out by 17:45 and crews remained at the scene for a few hours afterwards.\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the blaze will be carried out, a fire spokesman said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The anonymous whistleblower said some factories had stayed open and taken on extra staff during the lockdown\n\nA whistleblower from Leicester's textile industry says some factories almost doubled their staffing to cope with online orders during the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\nThe worker, who cannot be identified, said firms that \"maybe used to have 50 people working comfortably, now had 80 or 90 people in the same area\".\n\nInvestigations are ongoing into employment practices at several firms.\n\nA lockdown was enforced in Leicester after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe worker told the BBC some factories had stayed open and taken on extra staff during the lockdown.\n\n\"If somebody did have Covid or wasn't well, they were still there passing it on to whoever's next to them,\" he said.\n\n\"During Covid we've had no social distancing whatsoever in the factories.\n\n\"They [factory bosses] were getting a lot of pressure from customers to produce garments as quickly as possible, in as much volume as possible, because people were shopping from home and they needed the goods to be in.\n\n\"So the pressure was on these suppliers to hire anybody that was walking around and just get somebody on a machine to make a garment.\n\n\"Garments go through, six, seven pairs of hands before they get packed and sealed, so a lot of people are touching the same things.\"\n\nHe said the situation had made already poor conditions worse.\n\n\"Very few factories, if any, have cleaners coming in and out,\" he said.\n\n\"I've seen people eating at their tables, then going straight back to work. There's no kitchens in a lot of these places, there's barely toilets, and it's all logged because it's all about productivity rather than humanity.\"\n\nConcerns about working conditions have prompted investigations by several agencies, including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, Leicester City Council, the police and fire service, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and immigration enforcement.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday he was \"very worried about the employment practices in some factories\".\n\nThe whistleblower said the falling price paid for products had led to a \"substantial\" decline in pay rates and working conditions over the past 10 years.\n\n\"The way the market is at the minute, it's the person who produces the good cheapest who gets the order,\" he said.\n\nLeicester was put on a local lockdown after Matt Hancock said it accounted for 10% of all positive Covid-19 cases in the country\n\nLukasz Bemka, from the Bakers and Allied Workers Union, said they shared concerns about pay practices and safety at the factories.\n\n\"Some people are not getting their wage slips - just cash in hand,\" he said.\n\n\"There have been issues around providing the appropriate PPE during the pandemic and not carrying out the proper risk assessments.\"\n\nHe said some factories used CCTV cameras to alert factory bosses if the authorities paid a visit.\n\n\"In the case of a police raid or agency visit they can quickly get rid of uncomfortable people from the shop floor.\n\n\"They can even get rid of the whole workforce within minutes before the authorities hit the shop floor.\"\n\nAn HSE spokeswoman said it was investigating 10 textile businesses in Leicester. The whistleblower is not understood to have been referring to any of the businesses under investigation.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"Since the start of the pandemic in March, we've made 80 workplace interventions with more than 45 site visits. Ten investigations are on-going. Enforcement action has been taken against 10 businesses.\n\n\"Following this particular outbreak in Leicester, HSE has engaged with 32 textile businesses and undertaken 30 site visits to assess compliance with health and safety legislation.\n\n\"Enforcement action of some kind is being taken at half of these businesses where non-compliance with health and safety requirements, including COVID-19 risk controls, was found.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnny Depp has claimed \"all hell would break loose\" if he failed to follow ex-wife Amber Heard's \"rules\".\n\nThe actor, 57, told London's High Court during a libel hearing Ms Heard, 34, would often force him to give her attention.\n\nMs Heard claimed he once threw a magnum of champagne at her, which he denied.\n\nMr Depp is suing for libel over an article that called him a \"wife beater\" - but the Sun newspaper maintains the story was accurate.\n\nThe April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting of Mr Depp in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film franchise.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers say the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\", by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard.\n\nBut the Sun is defending the article as true - and is seeking to prove so at the High Court.\n\nSpeaking about his relationship with Ms Heard, Mr Depp told the court it was \"normal\" for the couple to have dinner in front of the television, and to lie or sit on the couch together.\n\nHe said: \"But on occasion, out of nowhere, if my hand wasn't holding Ms Heard's hand or I didn't have my arm around her or whatever, she would reach over and grab my hand and put it on her thigh, so that I was then feeding the attention that she wanted.\n\n\"It was almost as if there were rules, she has a routine and if that routine isn't met to her standards then there was going to be a problem.\"\n\nDuring the fourth day of proceedings, the High Court was also told:\n\nEarlier in the day, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, suggested Mr Depp got out of bed to argue with Ms Heard after her 30th birthday party, which the actor denied.\n\nThe barrister said Mr Depp was \"very distressed\" about the news he had received earlier that night about his finances \"and the last thing you wanted to be told was that you were a disappointment to your wife\".\n\nMr Depp replied: \"I believe that's the last thing any husband would want to hear.\"\n\nMs Wass went on to accuse Mr Depp of picking up a magnum bottle of champagne and throwing it at Ms Heard, which missed, with the glass smashing, which he denied.\n\nShe also alleged he grabbed Ms Heard by her hair and pushed her onto the bed adding \"when she tried to leave, you blocked the bedroom door and you tried to grab her hair\".\n\nThe barrister suggested Mr Depp then \"pushed her to the ground\" and \"bumped her chest\" before leaving a birthday message which contained an expletive and exiting the penthouse apartment.\n\nAmber Heard's 30th birthday was held at the iconic Eastern Columbia Building in LA\n\nMs Wass then told the court further details of events which followed, described as the \"defecation incident\".\n\nThe barrister said to Mr Depp that \"it came to your attention the following, that was the day of Amber's actual birthday, that the cleaner had found faeces in the bed\".\n\nShe suggested Mr Depp was later sent photographs of the faeces, which the actor found \"hilarious\" and that \"there were jokes like... 'Amber in the dumps' going on.\"\n\nMr Depp replied: \"It was one of the most absurd, unexpected statements that I have ever witnessed in my life so, yes, initially I did laugh because it was so strange.\"\n\nHe told the court it was \"a mystery\" who defecated in the bed \"and it was not left by a three or four-pound dog\", in reference to the couple's pets, one of which was said to have \"problems with her toilet habits\".\n\n\"I was convinced that it was either Ms Heard herself or one of her cohort involved in leaving human faeces on the bed,\" Mr Depp added.\n\nHe told the court he thought the incident was \"a fitting end to the relationship\".\n\nDetails of Ms Heard's allegations of sexual violence against the Pirates of the Caribbean star were heard in private on Friday and not disclosed to the press or public.\n\nThe court was also told an LAPD officer saw \"no injuries\" on Ms Heard's face after she alleged Mr Depp had thrown her own mobile phone at her.\n\nShe claimed he had come to the penthouse \"drunk and high\", became enraged and then threw the phone \"like someone throwing a baseball\", which hit her in the eye.\n\nBut domestic violence specialist Melissa Saenz said she saw no marks on Ms Heard's face after the alleged incident in May 2016.\n\nMs Heard also claimed Mr Depp had smashed things in the apartment with a wine bottle before leaving but Ms Saenz told the court via videolink from Los Angeles she had found no damage after searching the entire flat.\n\nMs Wass suggested the police \"didn't give the care to this case that you say you did\".\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "Royal Mail has been fined £1.5m by the regulator for being late with first class deliveries and overcharging customers for second class stamps.\n\nOfcom said Royal Mail missed its target of delivering 93% of first class post within a day of collection.\n\nIt also overcharged people £60,000 after raising the cost of a second class stamp before a price cap was officially lifted.\n\nRoyal Mail admitted it was \"disappointed\" with its performance.\n\nIn the 2019 financial year, Ofcom found that only 91.5% of first class post was on time.\n\n\"Royal Mail let its customers down, and these fines should serve as a reminder that we'll take action when companies fall short,\" said Gaucho Rasmussen, Ofcom's director of investigations and enforcement.\n\nThe watchdog also found that the company increased its price for second class stamps by 1p to 61p seven days ahead of the official cap being lifted.\n\nRoyal Mail estimates it overcharged people by £60,000 \"which it is unable to refund\".\n\nRoyal Mail admitted it had made a mistake and donated the sum to the charity Action for Children.\n\n\"We worked with Ofcom throughout this investigation and lessons have been learned by us during this process,\" it said.\n\nEarlier this year, Royal Mail lifted the price of a first class stamp which now costs 11p more than second class postage.\n\nThe price of a first class stamp for regular letters rose 6p to 76p and second-class went up by 4p to 65p.\n\nThe 65p second-class stamp is the maximum under an Ofcom price cap.\n\nCommenting in the current financial year, Royal Mail said it would be on course to hit the 93% first class delivery target if it hadn't been for the coronavirus outbreak.\n\n\"Despite our best endeavours, some areas of the UK experienced a reduction in service levels during March,\" it said.\n\n\"Relevant factors included high levels of coronavirus-related absences and necessary social distancing measures.\"\n\nLast month Royal Mail said it will cut 2,000 management jobs as it struggles to deal with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe cuts, equal to around a fifth of the company's management roles, aim to save about £130m in costs from next year.\n\nRoyal Mail said the pandemic accelerated the trend of more parcels and fewer letters being sent, and it had not adapted quickly enough to that.", "Darrell and Darren Roberts were taken into care aged 13 when their mother died\n\nTwin brothers born in London and brought up in state care could face deportation to two different Caribbean countries they have never visited.\n\nSiblings of Darrell and Darren Roberts, 24, said they had been issued with deportation notifications and could be put on planes when released from jail for grievous bodily harm.\n\nDarrell's lawyer said his client was British and had served his sentence.\n\nThe Home Office denied it had issued a deportation order.\n\n\"Neither Darrell or Darren Roberts are currently detained under immigration powers nor are they subject to deportation orders,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"The Home Office considers carefully all cases where an offender is suspected of being potentially liable for deportation and it has a particular responsibility where the offending is prolific or high harm.\"\n\nBut the BBC has seen a notice sent to one of the men that indicates the Home Office does intend to pursue deportation.\n\n\"They could pick and deport any one of us,\" says their sister Freya Valie Roberts\n\nThe twins were born in west London to parents from the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Grenada, with neither parent having UK citizenship.\n\nThey were taken into care by Ealing Council's social services at the age of 13 when their mother died and their father returned to Dominica.\n\nDarrell was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for grievous bodily harm at the age of 17.\n\nHis family said on his release he was served with the deportation notice to the Dominican Republic, a country he has no connection to.\n\nDarrell believes officials named it in error because his father was born on the island of Dominica.\n\nHis twin Darren remains in prison on a separate sentence for grievous bodily harm.\n\nAccording to his family Darren has been warned he faces deportation to Grenada - the country where his mother was born - when he finishes the jail sentence.\n\nThe twins were born in England, but neither their parents nor their carers applied for citizenship\n\nThe Home Office automatically issues a deportation notice to anyone without citizenship who has been convicted of a reasonably serious offence with a sentence of more than 12 months.\n\nChildren born in the UK to parents who are foreign nationals can be eligible for British citizenship but are not automatically citizens.\n\nNeither their parents nor social services applied, leaving Darrell and Darren technically stateless.\n\nFreya Valie Roberts, one of the twins' sisters, said she was \"disgusted, upset and insulted\" when she heard they were being threatened with deportation.\n\n\"If they're going to deport my brothers, I mean there are 11 of us in total, they could pick and deport any one of us,\" she said.\n\nShe said she was scared of what would happen to them in a country they had never visited and said they were being \"just sent to a place and you're not allowed to come back\".\n\nDarrell's lawyer, Andrew Sperling, compared what was happening to the twins to the 18th and 19th Century practice of penal transportation, where convicts were shipped to countries such as Australia.\n\nHe said Darrell was British and had served his sentence in \"a society which apparently believes in rehabilitation and supporting people to reintegrate into the community\".\n\n\"This is what should be happening with this man. But instead, he's having to fight a complex, terrifying legal procedure,\" he said.\n\nAndrew Sperling says Darrell Roberts should be supported \"to reintegrate into the community\"\n\nFamily members have launched a petition to gather support for the twins, who they say should be able to remain in the UK indefinitely.\n\nA spokesman for Ealing Council said its children's services team had \"repeatedly engaged with both Darren and Darrell\" to allow them to apply for immigration status.\n\nBut he said \"neither of the young men signed the documentation to allow it to be progressed\".\n\n\"We always work with young people to secure their status as part of the pathway planning process,\" he said.\n\n\"Care leavers in Ealing are supported practically and financially to get the advice and support to progress their applications and any subsequent appeals they may make.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government has spent £15bn on protective equipment for medical and care workers\n\nThe government is under pressure to review its personal protective equipment (PPE) deals after a Tory councillor received major contracts.\n\nThe councillor's company, P14 Medical, was given contracts to supply face shields worth £120m in total.\n\nLabour said the government had \"serious questions\" to answer about the PPE procurement process.\n\nNo 10 said the Department of Health and Social Care \"works closely with the Treasury to ensure value for money\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said demand for PPE had been going up but the DHSC \"will have worked with the Treasury on spending conditions\".\n\nAsked what safeguards were in place where companies were run by Conservative Party members, he said: \"All contracts will be published by DHSC and their value.\"\n\nThe government has spent £15bn on PPE since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a Treasury statement earlier this week.\n\nOf this, the details of PPE contracts worth £1.5bn have been published on the government's website.\n\nIn responding to the coronavirus crisis, the government has forgone the tendering process under which contracts are usually handed out.\n\nInstead, it has tended to use an emergency procedure, in which contracts are handed directly to companies without competition.\n\nP14 Medical, based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, was awarded two contracts worth a total of £120m to supply PPE to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).\n\nThe deal was the third largest PPE contract awarded by the DHSC that has been published so far.\n\nSteve Dechan, the director of P14 Medical, is a Conservative councillor on Stroud Town Council and campaigned for the local MP Siobhan Baillie at the 2019 election.\n\nThe company, a specialist in pain management technologies, was handed the contracts despite recording significant losses in 2019.\n\nP14 told the Financial Times the losses were owing to heavy investment in new chronic pain technology that it plans to market in Europe and the Middle East this summer.\n\nIt said it had saved the government £55m on its face shield contracts, which had been completed \"ahead of time and on budget\".\n\nThe contracts were awarded directly to the company without a competitive tendering process.\n\nIn an email, Mr Dechan told the BBC: \"We are an expert company that has been in medical supplies for eight years including PPE that has managed to deliver on a big contract that the 'big companies' could not.\n\n\"I only know a couple MPs through local campaigning on issues, only met ministers (no current ones) on [general election] campaign trails. Never discussed PPE.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are so proud that we stood up and unlike many got it done and protected our customers.\"\n\nLabour shadow health minister Justin Madders said the contracts awarded to P14 Medical raised questions about transparency.\n\n\"On the face of it this company's connections to the Conservative Party appear to be stronger than their experience in delivering PPE.\n\n\"Serious questions need to be asked about how they managed to obtain such a lucrative contract without any track record to speak of.\n\n\"Ministers need to adopt total transparency and release all details of how these contracts were awarded.\n\n\"There is more than a sniff of contracts being awarded on the basis of who you know, which can only be answered by the government coming clean on the process they followed.\"\n\nQuestions have also been raised about large contracts awarded to other small firms with limited experience of supplying PPE.\n\nCampaigners are seeking a judicial review into the award of a £32m contract to PestFix Ltd, a pest control company in Sussex.\n\nIn a statement, the Department for Health and Social Care said: \"We have been working around the clock to deliver PPE to protect people on the frontline during this global pandemic.\n\n\"Almost 28 billion items of PPE have been ordered from UK-based manufacturers and international partners to provide a continuous supply over the coming months.\n\n\"We have a robust process to ensure orders are of high-quality standard and meet commercial due diligence.\"", "A cow that got stranded at the bottom of a steep bank on the Northumberland/Cumbria border has been finally freed.\n\nThe 15-year-old Galloway got stuck at the Crammel Linn waterfall near Gilsland on Monday night.\n\nIt is thought a visitor left a gate open and the cow found its way down from its field to the water's edge.\n\nThe area has been hit by heavy rain for days, and the frightened animal was unable to make its way back up the hill due to the soft ground.\n\nThe fire and rescue service from nearby RAF Spadeadam joined other rescuers in a bid to try and guide the animal to safety, but in the end it had to be sedated and airlifted out by an RAF helicopter.", "Johnny Depp told a court his ex-wife Amber Heard told \"porkie pies\" about him\n\nJohnny Depp has accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of severing the tip of his finger, as his libel claim against the Sun newspaper continues.\n\nThe actor told the High Court Ms Heard, 34, threw a vodka bottle at him which cut the top of his finger and \"crushed the bones\".\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing for libel over a Sun article that called him a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains the story was accurate.\n\nThe April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting of Mr Depp in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film franchise.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers say the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\", by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard.\n\nOn the third day of proceedings at London's High Court, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, said Ms Heard had been subjected to a \"three-day ordeal\" during which Mr Depp had \"completely destroyed\" the house they were staying in during a drug-fuelled rage.\n\nMs Wass said Mr Depp had accused the actress of having affairs with her \"leading man\" while the couple were in Australia where he was filming one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in March 2015. He then threw Ms Heard against a ping-pong table and pushed her up against a fridge, Ms Wass said.\n\nMr Depp denied the accusation, adding: \"After the incident where Ms Heard threw the vodka bottle, the second vodka bottle at me, which severed the top of my finger and crushed the bones, that's when I began what I feel was probably some species of a breakdown, a nervous breakdown or something.\"\n\nMr Depp said he then began to write on mirrors and walls using the injured finger, saying he \"didn't want to live at that time\".\n\nJohnny Depp said his finger was injured when Amber Heard threw a bottle of vodka at him\n\nMs Wass said to Mr Depp: \"At one stage when you were in the kitchen, screaming at Ms Heard, you picked up the wall-mounted telephone.\"\n\nShe said Mr Depp had the phone in his right hand and was \"repeatedly smashing it against the wall\".\n\nHe added: \"I remember ripping the phone off the wall.\"\n\nMs Wass asked: \"By this stage, you were really, really angry, weren't you?\"\n\nMr Depp said: \"I had just lost the top of my finger and as a musician - as a human being and as a musician - it is upsetting.\"\n\nMs Wass asked Mr Depp about previously saying that he had been responsible for losing the top of his finger.\n\nHe said he had said that to \"protect Ms Heard\" when he had to tell the production company he could not work.\n\nMs Heard has previously denied injuring Mr Depp's finger saying he injured it while pulling the phone off the wall.\n\nMs Wass said Ms Heard had come down to a \"state of complete carnage\" in the house with Mr Depp holding up his injured hand and saying \"Look what you made me do.\" He said that was \"incorrect\".\n\nMr Depp admitted he had said their relationship as \"a crime scene waiting to happen\" on several occasions.\n\nThe hearing also focussed on a detox trip Mr Depp and Ms Heard took to his private island in the Bahamas in August 2014.\n\nThe trip is one of 14 occasions on which incidents of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, are alleged to have taken place - and which NGN are using in their defence against the actor's libel claim.\n\nMr Depp was asked during cross-examination if he had \"hit and pushed\" Ms Heard, to which he said: \"I didn't push Ms Heard or attack her in any way, as certainly I was not in any condition to do so.\"\n\nThe court heard medical notes suggesting Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was jealous of her professional work with another actor, James Franco.\n\nShe said one doctor wrote: \"Her movie with JF [James Franco] precipitated a binge that put JD in the hospital. Everyone around J [Johnny Depp] seems to be intimidated by his power and money. No-one stands up to him.\"\n\nMr Depp said: \"I think she was telling porky pies with her psychiatrist.\"\n\nAmber Heard has attended every day of the court case so far\n\nEarlier, Ms Wass read out medical notes by Mr Depp's own doctor, David Kipper, which said the actor \"romanticises the entire drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour\".\n\nThe doctor also wrote that Mr Depp paid \"lip service\" to people like Sir Elton John \"more for their celebrity than their struggle with sobriety\".\n\nDuring another argument at their Los Angeles penthouse Mr Depp admitted \"accidentally\" headbutting Ms Heard but claimed she was \"flailing and punching\" him.\n\nIn a recorded conversation shortly after the incident, which was played to the the High Court, Mr Depp appeared to say he had headbutted his ex-wife in the forehead and added: \"That doesn't break a nose.\"\n\nHe told the court he had tried to get hold of her \"to stop her flailing and punching me\" and as he did so \"it seems there was a collision\".\n\nMs Heard and Mr Depp were married in 2015 and separated two years later\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.", "The UK government is expected to confirm later whether it will opt out of an EU scheme to secure potential Covid-19 vaccine supplies.\n\nThe EU has launched other schemes, during the pandemic, to secure things like testing kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) - negotiating with suppliers on behalf of EU member states.\n\nThe UK was allowed to join these (because it is still in a transition period with the EU) but chose not to .\n\nSo, how are the schemes getting on?\n\nThe European Commission says its PPE procurement plan can potentially provide up to 20 million goggles, 12 million face shields and over 350 million masks of different types. It says the ventilator scheme can deliver 110,000 units.\n\nIt says orders so far include: Belgium placing one for 2.6 million FFP2 masks and Austria for 500,000.\n\nLatvia’s order for 25,000 goggles and 100,000 surgical masks was delivered in June. Bulgaria’s order for 55 ventilators is expected to be delivered by the end of July.\n\nLuxembourg has received its order for 1,000,000 gloves.", "There is \"no longer anxiety about widespread community transmission of coronavirus around two north Wales food plants, the first minister has said.\n\nThere have been 634 confirmed Covid-19 cases at meat plants in Wales - 283 at Rowan Foods in Wrexham, 134 at Kepak in Merthyr Tydfil and the 217 cases at 2 Sisters at Llangefni on Anglesey.\n\nMark Drakeford said the latest advice \"does indeed suggest that we are probably past the most concerning time\" at Rowan Foods and 2 Sisters.\n\nOn Rowan Foods, he said ministers were hopeful that an update from the outbreak control team later today would \"confirm that the measures that we were looking to the company to put in place have been put in place, and that it can continue to operate in that new way\".\n\nMr Drakeford said the experience had shown the importance of accurate record-keeping for tracing \"when you are working with a population which is often drawn from countries outside the United Kingdom\".\n\n\"Some of the people who we have struggled the most to contact are people where names and addresses have not been properly recorded, where the spelling of people's names is many and various, where telephone numbers are not been properly transcribed,\" he told the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus news conference.\n\n\"I think we've learned something about being prepared to communicate in languages other than Welsh and English.\n\n\"For some of the workers at Rowan Foods being able to see information in their own language, their native language, is important and we will be better prepared to do that more quickly if we face a similar outbreak in the future.\"\n\nRowan Foods in Wrexham has seen 283 cases of coronavirus confirmed Image caption: Rowan Foods in Wrexham has seen 283 cases of coronavirus confirmed", "Emma Pratt's first appointment to register Skye's birth was cancelled due to lockdown\n\n\"It's been a weird feeling to know she technically doesn't exist,\" says Emma Pratt.\n\nHer newborn daughter, Skye, was born the week before lockdown began. She is now almost four months old, but her birth still hasn't been registered.\n\nNormally, babies have to be registered with the local council within 42 days of being born, or 21 days in Scotland. But during the coronavirus lockdown, many councils paused all birth registrations - and are only now starting up again. It means they're faced with backlogs of thousands of babies to register. And for the parents, it can cause practical problems.\n\n\"It's just annoying,\" says Ms Pratt, 35, from Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross. \"It's something that should have been done within weeks of her being born and we are now four months.\n\n\"We can't open a bank account and my auntie had brought her premium bonds and we had to provide her identity, which we haven't been able to do. So that's been all cancelled.\n\n\"People have really kindly sent us cheques and we haven't been able to deposit them. It's really frustrating.\"\n\nMs Pratt finally managed to book an appointment to register the birth, face to face, for next Friday.\n\n\"It's funny because people have been saying she doesn't officially belong, and she doesn't,\" she adds. \"We could even change her name now if we wanted to, and that's crazy.\"\n\nFor new mum Olivia McDermott, 24, registering her son Elijah's birth meant the difference between continuing with her training to become a nurse.\n\nMs McDermott would have had to drop out of her nurse training course if her baby wasn't registered\n\nWithout a birth certificate, she could not apply for a childcare grant, and without the grant she said she would not be able to continue her course.\n\n\"Goodbye, dream job,\" says Ms McDermott, from Leeds. \"I'm meant to be going into my final year of training to be a nurse. I was just like, I won't be able to come in.\n\n\"There's a massive shortage of nurses, and the birth certificate is stopping me.\"\n\nShe and her partner checked the council website every morning to see when registrations would resume. She eventually got an appointment and registered her son on Wednesday. \"Now I'm able to register him I'm feeling a lot better,\" she says.\n\nMs McDermott adds that it has been \"really hard\" having your first baby in lockdown. \"Normally, you have an idea in your head of what it will be like when you first have a baby, with all your friends and your family. But there wasn't any of that. Luckily I have a partner.\"\n\nDespite the added hassle, Ms McDermott says she is now optimistic about the future.\n\n\"Although it caused me anxiety about the funding and not having his birth certificate, I'm just happy that they have managed to open safely as that is so important for this time that we are in.\"\n\nMs McDermott said she wouldn't have enough money to live on without the childcare grant\n\nOne of the most common problems with the delay has been getting passports. Parents whose families live abroad are desperate to get a passport so they can introduce their babies.\n\nAgi, who did not want her second name used, wants to take her newborn son to Poland to meet her parents and elderly grandmother.\n\n\"It didn't occur to me, I almost booked flights for August,\" says Agi, who lives in south-east London.\n\nBecause her son was born two weeks ago, he will be \"at the back of the queue\" compared to the babies born at the beginning of lockdown, she adds. Many councils have resumed registrations but are prioritising babies by the dates they were born. Her council is currently only registering babies born before the end of March.\n\n\"This is the most frustrating aspect, the lack of communication and not knowing how big the delay I'm looking at,\" she says.\n\n\"Are we looking at weeks, a month, six months? I have an elderly grandmother who would ideally like to see her great grandson.\n\n\"There's talk of swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms opening but you can't register the birth of your child.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents councils, has urged the government to allow birth registrations to be done over the phone, to help clear the backlog.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"With birth registrations having to be suspended for three months due to the pandemic, councils are experiencing a considerable backlog in registrations. Now that registrations have resumed, councils are offering appointments in some registration offices where they have been able to put in place safety measures to protect families as they work through this backlog, and are planning to open further offices soon.\n\n\"The registrations have to be done face to face, which is why we are urging government to consider allowing them to be done over the phone or online in the future, and as part of any further local or national lockdowns in response to the pandemic.\n\n\"Greater flexibility in the birth registration process would help councils reduce delays and families enjoy a smoother experience.\"\n\nThe government has warned parents they still may not be able to register a birth at the moment because of the virus, but \"you'll be able to register at a later date\". Despite this, councils say parents can still apply for child benefit and Universal Credit.\n\nAnd as lockdown is eased further, parents of newborn babies can begin introducing them to the wider world and their social circles. But for some parents, they will just have to wait a little longer before their baby becomes \"official\".", "There were more than 160 cases of sports coaches engaging in sexual activity with a 16- or 17-year-old in their care since 2016, a BBC investigation has found - prompting campaigners to say the law must be changed \"urgently\".\n\nVictims, MPs and the NSPCC have renewed calls for a legal \"loophole\" to be closed to ban anyone holding a position of responsibility over a child from having a sexual relationship with them.\n\nIt is illegal for certain professions, including teachers and doctors, to engage in sexual activity with children, even if they are over the age of consent.\n\nHowever, the Sexual Offences Act does not extend to sports coaches.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice is carrying out a review of the legislation, and says it will outline its plans \"in due course\", but Sarah Champion MP said the figures obtained by the BBC were \"irrefutable\" evidence that the law needs to be changed \"immediately\".\n\nA Freedom of Information request by BBC Sport asked all councils in England and Wales for complaints made to them about cases involving sexual activity with a 16- or 17-year-old by a person potentially in a position of trust.\n\nThe complaints are referred to the local authorities because they do not constitute a potential crime under the Sexual Offences Act.\n\nIn the last four years 164 cases involved sports coaches or adults working in sport, out of a total of 1,481 cases recorded.\n\nMs Champion, MP for Rotherham, told BBC Sport: \"There is a gaping legal loophole that perpetrators of child abuse are walking straight into.\n\n\"I've been raising this with government for six years now and my frustration is that we keep on having reviews.\n\n\"In the intervening years while the government hasn't acted and has just had consultation after consultation, more children have had their lives wrecked.\"\n\nShe said the BBC's figures for the number of cases \"makes it irrefutable to the government that they have to act on this\", but warned the numbers are the \"tip of the iceberg\".\n\n\"The vast, vast majority of these cases will never be reported,\" she said.\n\n\"And part of the reason for that is these sports coaches are grooming these children into believing they are in a legitimate relationship. It's not. It's an abuse of their power position.\n\n\"It will take sometimes decades for the young people to realise exactly what was going on and speak out about it. So 160 people that we know about will be a tiny minority of the actual people that are abusing their position.\"\n\nAlthough abuse of positions of trust by sports coaches is not a criminal offence, unless they work in an educational setting such as schools, some councils referred the cases onto the police for consideration of further action.\n\nIt is also possible the relevant sports governing bodies and other safeguarding authorities were alerted to these cases, and may have followed their own disciplinary proceedings.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Abuse of power is abhorrent and these crimes rightly carry tough sentences. We have reviewed the law in this area and will set out our plans in due course.\"\n\nThis area of the law has been the subject of scrutiny for several years.\n\nIn 2017, in the wake of the football child sex abuse scandal, then Sports Minister Tracey Crouch announced that a change to the law had been agreed by the Ministry of Justice and Home Office.\n\nHowever, it has been subject to a lengthy judicial review, and the Sexual Offences Act remains unchanged.", "Five people have been arrested in connection to the death of rapper Pop Smoke.\n\nThe 20-year-old was killed in a suspected robbery in February. Three men and two under the age of 18 are in custody, say the Los Angeles Police Department.\n\n\"The suspects robbed and shot Jackson inside the residence, killing him,\" police say in a statement.\n\nThe arrests come a week after Pop Smoke's debut album was released.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by LAPD HQ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn 19 February police received a call about a robbery in West Hollywood just before 5am.\n\nIt was from one of the Brooklyn rapper's friends in New York, who told police they had been contacted by a friend within the residence about a break-in, and that one of the intruders had a handgun.\n\nPolice say several people entered the rental property.\n\nThe LAPD have identified the three adults arrested on Thursday 9 July 2020 as Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, who are charged with murder, and 21-year-old Jaquan Murphy, charged with attempted murder.\n\nPop Smoke performed with Skepta at shows in London, Glasgow and Birmingham at the end of last year\n\nThe LAPD statement also mentioned the killing of another man, Kamryn Stone - an 18-year-old who was killed in September 2019.\n\n\"During the course of the investigation, it was revealed that members of a Los Angeles street gang were involved in the murder of Jackson; as well as the murder of 18-year-old Kamryn Stone.\"\n\nWhether the five people arrested in connection to Pop Smoke's death are also believed to have been involved with the death of Kamryn Stone was not clear from the statement.\n\nPop Smoke's posthumous debut album was released last week, and fans told Radio 1 Newsbeat the rapper had left them \"something special\".\n\n\"He was definitely destined for great things,\" fan Malluchi Boateng said on the day Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon was released.\n\n\"If you look at what he did in about 14 months of his career, most artists do that in five or six years.\"\n\nThe New York rapper found fans in the UK, in part, because he used drill beats produced from this side of the Atlantic.\n\nHe had relationships with artists like AJ Tracey, Fredo and Dave - and his previous mixtape featured a freestyle on the same beat as Headie One's iconic tune Know Better.\n\n\"The UK has a thing where we can see who the up-and-coming US rap stars are, it's a weird one. Pop Smoke was the front runner in that,\" music journalist Abubakar Finiin told Newsbeat.\n\n\"It's a shame we didn't see it proper come into fruition.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here", "A number of clinics around the world say they are seeing a rise in people getting surgery\n\nA number of cosmetic surgery clinics around the world are reporting a rise in people getting treatment during the coronavirus outbreak as they can hide their treatment behind a mask or work from home.\n\nDespite the virus shutting businesses across the globe, a number of plastic surgery clinics have remained open, adopting stricter measures such as Covid-19 tests and more frequent cleaning.\n\nClinics in the US, Japan, South Korea and Australia have all seen a rise in patients coming in for treatment including lip fillers, botox, face lifts and nose jobs.\n\n\"I decided to get procedures done during quarantine because it allowed me to heal at my own pace,\" Aaron Hernandez, who had lip fillers and buccal (cheek) fat removal in Los Angeles, told the BBC.\n\n\"Getting my lips done is not something that all men tend to do, so some people might find it different. Therefore I preferred to stay home and recover fully and people not know what work I had done once I'm out.\"\n\nThe last time he had the procedure done before quarantine, he said, he had to go out in public for work and his lips were \"extremely swollen and bruised\".\n\nDr Rod J Rohrich, a cosmetic surgeon based in Texas, said he was seeing a lot more patients. \"Even more than I would say is normal. We could probably operate six days a week if we wanted to. It's pretty amazing,\" he told the BBC.\n\nHe said usually people would have to factor in recovery at home when considering surgery but now that many people are working from home, this doesn't need to be considered.\n\n\"They can actually recover at home and also they can have a mask that they wear when they go outside after a rhinoplasty or facelift. People want to resume their normal lives and part of that is looking as good as they feel.\"\n\nIt's not just the US that is seeing a rise in patients during the outbreak.\n\nSouth Korea, well-known for its cosmetic surgery, was one of the first countries to see cases of the virus. Instead of enforcing a nationwide lockdown, it had a social distancing plan with people encouraged to work from home.\n\nCosmetic clinics have seen a decline in foreign visitors however locals have been coming to clinics for treatments. A number of clinics chose to offer a discount to locals.\n\nCosmetic surgery is incredibly popular in South Korea and locals have flocked to clinics\n\nA 54-year-old middle school teacher who had eyelid surgery in February told Joongang Daily that \"every plastic surgery clinic I visited was packed\".\n\nBK Hospital in Seoul told the BBC that at the beginning of the pandemic, people were nervous but more locals had begun to come to the clinic.\n\n\"Patients started to feel safe and comfortable to have surgery, despite Covid-19. The number of patients is increasing continuously,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"Despite coronavirus, the number is estimated to increase by half compared to the same season last year.\"\n\nInquiries from foreign patients have also increased, the spokesperson said.\n\n\"The number of online enquiries has increased significantly since there has been an opportunity to have online consultations and get prepared in advance for a trip once travelling restrictions will be lifted.\"\n\nPeople in Japan were told to stay at home during the outbreak\n\nJapan has not had an official lockdown, however Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a state of emergency which lasted until the end of May. People were asked to stay at home.\n\nDespite this, clinics also saw a rise in patients wishing to get treatment.\n\nThe surge prompted Japan's Association of Aesthetic Medicine to warn that cosmetic treatments were \"not essential for many people\". It asked people to stay away from surgeries to \"prevent further spread of the virus\".\n\n\"As an outpatient plastic surgery clinic equipped to provide same-day procedures, we have definitely seen an influx of patients who desire to have treatments done during this period,\" said Michelle Tajiri, clinic co-ordinator at Bliss Clinic in Fukuoka.\n\n\"The main reasons are that they are off work and downtime isn't an issue, as well as the fact that everyone is wearing masks and thus any facial procedures can be easily disguised.\"\n\nFor Mr Hernandez, surgery during the outbreak was perfect timing. \"It definitely allowed me more time to heal. I was able to take medication I probably would not have been able to take if I was driving and I was able to ice my lips and face area more.\"", "When libraries went into lockdown, the buildings and books were off-limits but their kindness, connection and sense of community continued.\n\nWe went to Ipswich Library to hear how people have been finding solace in more than just the pages of a favourite book.\n\nAs the coronavirus pandemic gathered pace, book lovers were just as quick to act.\n\nLibraries found their shelves being cleared as novels, children's picture stories and recipes were borrowed in their thousands.", "The vast majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building, a report says.\n\nThe government says vehicle emissions per mile will fall as zero-emissions cars take over Britain’s roads.\n\nBut the report says the 80% of the CO2 savings from clean cars will be negated by the £27bn planned roads programme.\n\nIt adds that if ministers want a “green recovery” the cash would be better spent on public transport, walking, cycling, and remote-working hubs.\n\nAnd they point out that the electric cars will continue to increase local air pollution through particles eroding from brakes and tyres.\n\nThe calculations have been made by an environmental consultancy, Transport for Quality of Life, using data collected by Highways England.\n\nThe paper estimates that a third of the predicted increase in emissions would come from construction - including energy for making steel, concrete and asphalt.\n\nA third would be created by increased vehicle speeds on faster roads.\n\nAnd a further third would be caused by extra traffic generated by new roads stimulating more car-dependent housing, retail parks and business parks.\n\nIts authors say history shows that building roads almost always generates more traffic.\n\nThe report says even with the government’s most optimistic estimate of the adoption rate for electric vehicles, emissions from trunk roads and motorways in England are not on track to meet “net zero“ by 2050.\n\nA government spokesperson told BBC News the report is based on old data.\n\n“This assessment is wholly incorrect and doesn’t take into account the benefits from the massive surge in electric vehicles,\" he said.\n\n\"The Road Investment Strategy is consistent with our ambition to improve air quality and decarbonise transport.\"\n\nThe report’s lead author, Lynn Sloman, said the electric car revolution would happen too slowly for transport to achieve the UK's carbon-cutting goals.\n\n“If we are to meet the legally-binding carbon budgets, we need to make big cuts in carbon emissions over the next decade,\" she said.\n\n\"That will require faster adoption of electric cars - but it will also require us to reduce vehicle mileage by existing cars.\n\n“Unfortunately, the Government’s £27 billion road programme will make things worse, not better.”\n\nThe government accepts that overall mileage should be cut.\n\nBut it says the impact of the new roads programme on emissions will be a fraction of the report’s predicted figure.\n\nThe AA president, Edmund King, supports some road-building. He told BBC News said: “We believe post-lockdown that more people will continue to work from home, drive less and cycle and walk more.\n\n“But even with investment in broadband and active travel, we will still need road investment - particularly to overcome the congestion hotspots to help get our goods to market.”\n\nMs Sloman, who works regularly as a consultant for the Department for Transport, responded: “More roads just mean more cars. Decades of road investment have not solved congestion.\n\n“Sustained lobbying for more money for roads, leaving less for public transport, cycling and walking, is one of the reasons we now face a climate emergency. We can’t afford any more to indulge this Toad of Toad Hall model of mindless road-building.”\n\nShe also says the government can't ignore the continuing air pollution that will be caused by particles from the brakes and tyres of electric cars.\n\nThis pollution could actually be increased if the fashion for heavy battery-powered SUVs continues.\n\nMs Sloman said: \"This is an institutional problem. There are people in the Department for Transport and Highways England who have built their careers on big road building budgets, and they won't easily give them up.\n\n“But there are also some officials - and perhaps some politicians - who are starting to recognise that the climate emergency means we need a radically different approach to transport.\"\n\nThe Department for Transport is currently consulting on a decarbonisation strategy, and will publish its plan later in the year.", "Glee star Naya Rivera has been missing since Wednesday after going on a boat trip in California with her young son.\n\nCCTV footage, released by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, shows Rivera arriving at the dock with her son and leaving on the hire boat.\n\nShe is believed to have drowned in a \"tragic accident\", police say.", "Leisure facilities and beauty services in England will be allowed to reopen, the government has announced.\n\nPools, gyms, nail bars and tattooists will be able to open their doors again, and team sports - starting with cricket - will be allowed to resume.\n\nAnnouncing the changes at a briefing at No 10, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden urged people to \"work out to help out\".\n\nOutdoor performances will also be able to resume with limited audiences.\n\nIt came as the UK reported the deaths of a further 85 people who tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 44,602.\n\nMr Dowden said \"all the data\" was continuing to \"move in the right direction\" despite the reopening of pubs and restaurants last weekend.\n\nHe said normal life was \"slowly returning\" and that this was an important milestone for the country's performers and artists, who had been \"waiting in the wings since March\".\n\n\"I'm really urging people to get out there and to play their part,\" he said. \"Buy the tickets for outdoor plays and musical recitals, get to your local gallery and support your local businesses.\"\n\nBut the culture secretary warned the measures were conditional and reversible, adding that the government would impose local lockdowns if cases started to spike.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dowden: 'We need to get the nation match fit to defeat this disease'\n\nNot all forms of beauty treatment will be able to go ahead, as some are deemed too high-risk. These include face waxing, sugaring or threading services, facial treatments, make-up application and eyebrow treatments.\n\nVanita Parti, chief executive of walk-in beauty chain Blink Brow Bar, said that at first she had welcomed the news but then she received an email from the British Beauty Council telling her no treatments to the face would be allowed.\n\n\"I'm furious. We can't reopen,\" she said. \"This will kill so many businesses.\"\n\nGuidance for the reopening of sports facilities has been published, including on cleaning regimes, social distancing and protection for staff.\n\nMeasures include limiting the number of people using a facility at one time, reducing class sizes and spacing out equipment. Face coverings will not be mandatory in gyms.\n\nSmall numbers of supporters will be able to watch outdoor sports, provided social distancing measures and group size rules are followed.\n\nEach sport will have to submit an action plan to the government of how it will operate safely, with sports where a single ball is used having to show how they can reduce the risk of it transmitting the virus.\n\nThe government said a team led by England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam had been visiting sports sites to see the sector's preparations to reopen safely.\n\nWhen put to him that the restrictions would make exercise \"less fun\", Mr Dowden said people would get used to the new measures.\n\nHe said: \"The judgment we've taken with this [pubs] and swimming pools and elsewhere is it is better to reopen with those restrictions than not reopen at all.\"\n\nActors' union Equity welcomed the reopening of outdoor productions but called for further protection for venues, while Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said more clarity was needed regarding indoor performances.\n\nThe announcements follow the government's pledge of £1.57bn to support the arts industry.", "Glee star Naya Rivera went missing on Wednesday after going out boating with her son.\n\nThe boy was found asleep on the boat alone. He told police he and his mother had gone swimming but she didn't return to the boat.\n\nOn Monday, police said a body found in Lake Piru in California had been identified as Rivera.\n\nSheriff Bill Ayub of the Ventura County Sheriff Department said there was no indication of foul play or that she took her own life.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The culture secretary promised to act to protect theatres and other venues from demolition\n\nOpen-air gigs, festivals and theatre shows can resume in England from this weekend, as long as they have \"a limited and socially distanced audience\", the government has said.\n\nOutdoor performances can go ahead from Saturday, 11 July.\n\nA number of small indoor test events will also take place to help plan how and when venues can begin to reopen.\n\nThose pilot performances will also be socially distanced, and guidelines for indoor venues have been published.\n\nThe test events will feature the London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke's Church, as well as performances at the London Palladium and Butlin's holiday parks.\n\n\"This is an important milestone for our performing artists, who have been waiting patiently in the wings since March,\" Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said.\n\nThe Minack Theatre in Cornwall was cited as one venue that can reopen\n\n\"Of course we won't see crowds flooding into their venues, but from 11 July our theatres, operas, dance and music shows can start putting on outdoor performances to socially distant audiences.\n\n\"That means theatregoers can experience a live play for the first time in months at places like the stunning Minack Theatre in Cornwall, and music lovers can attend Glyndebourne this summer.\"\n\nCapacities will be reduced and the venues will be asked to use electronic ticketing in order to keep a record of visitor details in case they are needed by the test and trace system, he said.\n\nThe announcement means 11 July will mark the start of stage three of the government's roadmap for reopening the live entertainment industry.\n\nThere are no dates for stages four and five - indoor performances with a limited audience, and indoor performances with a fuller audience. However the government has said dance studios can reopen from 25 July.\n\nNew guidelines for future performances in England have also been published, with recommendations including:\n\nJulian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said the guidance was \"welcome\", but urged the government to provide more clarity regarding indoor performances.\n\nThe government has also commissioned a scientific study on the risks associated with singing and brass instruments.\n\nAnd Mr Dowden said planning rules would be changed to prevent empty venues from being demolished or redeveloped.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error.\n\nAn internal memo sent to staff earlier on Friday had said employees should delete the app over \"security risks\".\n\nThe app, owned by a Chinese company, has come under scrutiny because of fears it could share data with China.\n\nTikTok said it did not understand Amazon's concerns.\n\n\"This morning's email to some of our employees was sent in error. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok\", a company spokesperson told the BBC.\n\nBut earlier on Friday, a memo sent to staff seen by multiple news outlets stated that the app must be removed from mobile devices.\n\n\"Due to security risk, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email.\n\n\"If you have TikTok on your device, you must remove it by July 10 to retain mobile access to Amazon email\", it read.\n\nTikTok said the company had not received any communication from Amazon before the email went out.\n\nArtificial intelligence-powered short video app TikTok is one of the most downloaded mobile apps in the world, and its popularity has only grown during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThis has drawn the attention of the Trump administration - on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that it was considering a ban on Chinese social media apps.\n\nMr Pompeo went so far as to say that TikTok users risk their private information ending up \"in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nTikTok is owned by Chinese start-up ByteDance, which has taken pains to point out that its chief executive is American.\n\nIt has also said publicly several times that it has never, and will never, share TikTok users' data with the Chinese authorities.\n\nAnd on Friday, the firm decided to halt its operations in Hong Kong - a move designed to show its distance from the Chinese government.\n\nBut many people use their smartphones for both recreation and to access their work email accounts.\n\nTikTok is on many personal smartphones, and with rising numbers of cyber-security vulnerabilities regularly being discovered in both the Android and iOS mobile operating systems, perhaps Amazon is now starting to worry whether the app could perhaps be used to infiltrate devices.\n\n\"We still do not understand their concerns, we welcome a dialogue so we can address any issues they may have and enable their team to continue participating in our community,\" TikTok said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Fans are accusing TikTok creators of exploiting them for cash\n\nTikTok was launched outside mainland China by Beijing-based ByteDance to reach a global audience. It increased its popularity during the global coronavirus lockdowns with about 315 million people downloading the app in the first three months of this year, according to research firm Sensor Tower.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an Australian member of parliament have recently suggested the app needs more scrutiny over its data and privacy policies because its headquarters are in China.\n\nMr Pompeo has banned Department of State employees from downloading the app and suggested it could also be banned in the US.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Majella O'Hare, 12, was fatally wounded going to church in Whitecross\n\nThe family of a young girl shot dead by a soldier in County Armagh in 1976 is calling for a fresh investigation.\n\nMajella O'Hare, 12, was fatally wounded going to church in Whitecross.\n\nSolicitors have written to the PSNI asking it to appoint an outside team to examine the case, stating previous investigations lacked independence.\n\nIt comes at a time when there is controversy surrounding proposals to deal with the past, with the government committed to protecting veterans.\n\nMichael O'Hare, the victim's brother, said: \"I am fighting for justice for Majella and if it weren't for the actions of the soldier, she would still be with us.\"\n\nIn 1977, a Parachute Regiment soldier, Michael Williams, was acquitted of her manslaughter, claiming he had opened fire in response to an IRA sniper attack.\n\nIn 2011, following a review of the case by the PSNI's Historical Enquiries Team, the Ministry of Defence said it was \"profoundly sorry\" for her death.\n\nIt added the explanation given for the soldier opening fire was \"unlikely\".\n\nMajella's father was a caretaker in the local school, close to where his daughter was shot, and was one of the first to arrive on the scene.\n\nMichael O'Hare says his father never recovered from the trauma.\n\n\"When my father arrived he knew that one of the children had been injured and hurt, but he didn't know it was Majella,\" he said.\n\n\"He ran to provide assistance and found it was his own daughter. The trauma began there and then and it didn't stop.\"\n\nAmnesty International is supporting the family's call for an independent investigation.\n\nIts Northern Ireland campaign manager, Grainne Teggart, said: \"The apology from the Ministry of Defence should have been swiftly followed by action and accountability.\n\n\"It is utterly appalling that the family have been left without justice for 44 years.\"\n\nThe PSNI said the \"tragic death\" of Majella O'Hare would be subject to \"future review\"\n\nMr O'Hare's solicitor, Darragh Mackin, added: \"The apology does not negate the need for an investigation - it in fact exacerbates the need for an investigation.\n\n\"The apology is tantamount to accepting that mistruths have been told to previous investigations.\"\n\nThe PSNI has previously referred some Troubles cases for investigation to Operation Kenova, the team headed by the former chief constable of Bedfordshire, Jon Boutcher.\n\nIn a statement the PSNI said the \"tragic death\" of Majella O'Hare would be subject to \"future review\" by its own Legacy Investigation Branch (LIB).\n\n\"Regrettably, due to the LIB caseload, which extends to more than 1,100 incidents touching on over 1,400 deaths, we are unable to give any undertaking as to when this review will commence,\" a statement added.\n\nThe PSNI wants Troubles cases taken off its hands.\n\nMajella pictured at home with her mother and father\n\nSix years ago the Stormont House Agreement put forward the creation of an independent Historical Investigations Unit, but it has not been implemented.\n\nRecently the government suggested alternative proposals which aim to limit new investigations.\n\nPart of its objective is to \"end the cycle of reinvestigations\" of Army veterans.\n\nNationalist parties have expressed strong opposition and the Irish government remains supportive of the original Stormont House plan.", "One of Boohoo's largest shareholders is dumping stock in the fashion firm after it said the company had failed to address concerns about working conditions at a supplier in Leicester.\n\nStandard Life Aberdeen (SLA) criticised Boohoo's response to exploitation claims as \"inadequate in scope, timeliness and gravity\".\n\nAllegations of poor pay and conditions at a factory emerged last weekend.\n\nBoohoo has since announced an independent review of its supply chain.\n\nThe fast fashion retailer's share price fell 2% to 279.7p each.\n\nA Sunday Times report claimed workers at a factory in Leicester - currently in local lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases - were paid just £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus. It was making clothes for Boohoo's Nasty Gal brand.\n\nLesley Duncan, deputy head of UK equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments, SLA's fund management arm, said it had invested in Boohoo since its flotation in 2014.\n\nSLA holds a 3.3% stake in Boohoo, according to data provider Morningstar.\n\nMs Duncan said it had lobbied the company over a number of years on issues such as supply chain transparency.\n\n\"While we would have liked progress to have been quicker we did feel that progress was being made,\" Ms Duncan said.\n\nBoohoo also owns PrettyLittleThing, which has collaborated with celebrities like Little Mix\n\nBut she said that concerns had been growing in recent weeks \"which even before recent developments, had negatively impacted our conviction levels in the company\".\n\n\"Having spoken to Boohoo's management team a number of times this week in light of recent concerning allegations, we view their response as inadequate in scope, timeliness and gravity.\"\n\nThe company, which also owns the PrettyLittleThing brand, said it was \"appalled\" by the allegations and that it had asked a senior barrister to lead a review.\n\nHowever, other retailers have distanced themselves from Boohoo.\n\nNext, Asos and Zalando all announced on Tuesday that they had stopped selling Boohoo clothes on their websites.\n\nThe retailers said they were pausing relationships with Boohoo's brands, pending the outcome of the company's investigation.", "Holiday airline Jet2 has suspended all flights to Spain from Scotland as a result of the 14-day quarantine rule.\n\nPassengers travelling into Scotland from Spain have to go into isolation for 14 days after Nicola Sturgeon confirmed she would not yet allow an \"air bridge\" with the country.\n\nSpain and Serbia were left off the quarantine exemption list announced by the first minister earlier this week.\n\nThey were omitted due to concerns about the prevalence of Covid-19.\n\nFlights from Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports will not resume until 25 July, according to the airline.\n\nA spokeswoman for Jet2 said: \"Our customers have been eagerly awaiting clarity about where they can travel to from Scotland for some time, and based on the demand we are experiencing it is clear that they are ready for their much-needed and well-deserved holidays.\n\n\"Because of the travel restrictions that are still in place to Spain as a result of this week's announcement by the Scottish government, we have taken the decision to recommence our flights and holidays programmes from Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports to Mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands on 25 July 2020.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon said cases entering Scotland from abroad was \"one of our biggest risk factors\"\n\nThe company said that customers would offered a refund or the chance to rebook.\n\nMost of the company's flights from Scotland to holiday destinations are due to resume on 15 July.\n\nFrom today, Scots are able to travel to 57 other countries without having to self-isolate on returning.\n\nThe first minister said it was a \"very difficult decision\" to make, but that it was needed to \"protect Scotland as far as possible from a resurgence of this virus in the weeks ahead\".\n\nMeanwhile, Edinburgh Airport has warned that about a third of its 7,000 jobs are under threat.\n\nDirector of communications Gordon Robertson said the airport will not return to 2019 levels of business for another few years, and \"certainly not back to any kind of normality until 2021\".\n\nRedundancies are currently being negotiated, in consultation with unions.\n\n\"We employ 750 people there, and the airport employs around 7.000 people as a whole, and we think there will be up to a third of job losses across that, so it is a very challenging time,\" Mr Robertson told BBC Radio Scotland.\n\nHe said Spain was \"one of our biggest markets\" and a big chunk of the summer schedules for airports like Edinburgh, Glasgow and Prestwick.\n\n\"More importantly, decisions made now means aircraft might move to England and not come back for next year's summer schedule,\" he added.\n\n\"It has long-lasting impacts and we hope the Scottish government can make decisions quickly so we can get back to flying to Spain soon.\"", "Hundreds more cases are to be reviewed by an independent inquiry into maternity care at an NHS trust, BBC News has learned.\n\nAs many as 300 cases were discovered following an examination of records at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust.\n\nIt is understood the inquiry is now looking at about 1,500 cases of death or harm, most between 1998 and 2017.\n\nThe Shrewsbury and Telford trust said it was co-operating with the inquiry and its maternity care was improving.\n\nLast week, West Mercia Police announced it had opened an investigation into whether criminal charges could be brought in relation to the maternity problems.\n\nThe independent review, chaired by Donna Ockenden, was ordered by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt in 2017 after two sets of parents who had both lost children through avoidable medical errors raised concerns about care.\n\nThat initial investigation into 23 deaths has continually expanded as more families have raised questions about the care they have received.\n\nBut the problems at the trust extend far beyond its maternity services. No other trust in England has as many conditions on its licence as Shrewsbury and Telford.\n\nInspectors, the Care Quality Commission, revealed last week that they had \"new and ongoing concerns around patient safety\" following an inspection in June.\n\nUrgent discussions were said to be taking place with NHS England.\n\nJanette O'Maoldhomhaigh has long wondered why her son Declan was still born at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.\n\nOn arriving there in October 2000, 33 weeks pregnant, she says she was placed on a monitor but after being left alone for about an hour, a doctor came and told her the baby had died.\n\nShe had to give birth to her son the following day, and needed the support of a charity to bury him.\n\n\"I didn't save money for a funeral as I didn't expect my son to die,\" she said.\n\nFollowing media reports, she has contacted the Ockenden inquiry to find out why her son died, why she was left alone for close to an hour and whether the wrong dosage of steroids was given to her for a long-standing chest complaint shortly before she gave birth.\n\nShrewsbury and Telford NHS trust has been in special measures since November 2018.\n\nWhen that downgrading was announced, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said external support would be offered to the trust by NHS England. But since then, care has deteriorated.\n\nIts accident and emergency department is regularly either the worst, or among the worst, in England. The number of patients seen within four hours of arrival has sometimes been as low as 65%.\n\nIn some months, hundreds of patients have spent more than 12 hours on trolleys waiting to be seen, while hundreds more are trapped in ambulances waiting for more than one hour to actually be admitted to hospital.\n\nThere is a widespread belief across Shropshire that while frontline staff are providing the best care they can, they've been let down for years by the trust's senior leadership.\n\nThe last CQC inspection was published in April.\n\nNinety-two breaches of legal requirements were found, and inspectors detailed 94 separate actions the trust must take.\n\nThe CQC found staff \"did not feel respected, valued, supported or appreciated\", and demonstrated high levels of bullying, harassment, discrimination, stress and work overload.\n\nDirectors of the trust described themselves as \"shocked\" that inspectors had downgraded their rating for providing a caring service - from good, to requires improvement.\n\nGill George, a long-time campaigner for better healthcare in Shropshire, said the biggest issue facing the trust was cultural, suggesting the senior team do not have a clear indication of what is happening at the trust.\n\nInspectors said \"leaders recognised the quality of data was poor however they were relying on and taking assurance from this data\".\n\nAccording to Ms George, \"because of quite a weak leadership over many, many years...what you have is a messy, complex, unhappy organisation with problems at virtually every level\".\n\nMaggie Bayley, interim chief nurse at the trust, said the potential new cases were found after the inquiry asked it to carry further checks, following an initial search of records held electronically.\n\nOn the latest CQC report, Ms Bayley said: \"We recognise that a significant amount of work needs to be undertaken to address the issues...\n\n\"There is a dedicated programme of improvement at the trust to address all the concerns raised with us. Some progress has been made, for example in our emergency departments.\"\n\nShe added: \"Services in maternity are now graded as being 'good' for caring, effectiveness and responsiveness....\n\n\"We are already receiving some positive feedback about the care we provide.\"", "EasyJet has been accused of intending to use pilots' sickness records when drawing up plans for over 700 job cuts.\n\nThe Balpa pilots' union said it was \"unnecessary and wrong\", claiming the airline was risking safety because unwell staff would report for work.\n\nEasyJet said general absenteeism could form part of its assessment, but denied sickness might be a key component.\n\nThe airline said it had put forward initial proposals for talks with Balpa which were at a very early stage.\n\nEasyJet is planning 727 pilot redundancies as part of up to 4,500 job cuts and a restructuring that includes closing bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle airports.\n\nThe airline has blamed the collapse in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAhead of the start of formal talks, Balpa said the airline has told pilot representatives it will use sickness as a component in choosing who loses their job.\n\nBrian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, called it outrageous. \"Flight safety is built on a culture of openness and not fear of repercussions. This is a well understood and fundamental tenet for everyone involved in ensuring our skies are safe.\n\n\"It is unnecessary and wrong that easyJet is intending to use sickness as a stick to beat its safety-critical staff. EasyJet has in the past rightly encouraged pilots to report in sick or fatigued if they are unfit to fly - that is in everyone's best interest.\"\n\nHe said EasyJet was planning to use the start of the coronavirus period as part of its sickness timeframe, when staff may have been sick or shielding themselves.\n\nBut the airline rejected Balpa's claims: \"We would never put forward proposals which would compromise safety as we have an industry-leading safety culture, as Balpa acknowledges.\n\n\"Safety is our number one priority and we are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward,\" the airline said in a statement.\n\nThe airline said it is still setting out formal proposals for talks with Balpa, and while sickness might be one of the criteria, the focus would be on attendance and conduct.\n\n\"It is not true to say that sickness is a key component of the proposals. We have put forward a full range of criteria, including absence, for discussion with the union,\" the airline.\n\nEasyJet added that any general absentee assessment would be based on data from before coronavirus hit.\n\nThe airline said: \"We are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward.\"\n\nMeanwhile, EasyJet said it had begun re-building its summer schedule and would be flying to and from all its UK bases across July and August, but at reduced capacity.\n\nThe airline said it planned to fly 50% of its 1,022 routes in July and 75% in August.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the flight volumes every two weeks and adjust capacity accordingly to latest booking trends,\" the EasyJet said.", "Not a single person was fined by police in England and Wales for breaching quarantine rules in the first two weeks after they were introduced, data shows.\n\nUnder the rules, people arriving in the UK must self-isolate for 14 days or face a fine of between £100 and £1,000.\n\nFrom Friday, those coming from certain countries will not have to quarantine.\n\nThe figures released also show police issued 10 fines to passengers for not wearing face coverings on public transport up to 22 June.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council, which published the data, said that up to 22 June, no fines were issued by forces in England and Wales for breaches of the quarantine rules after arriving in the UK from abroad.\n\nThe figures do not include fines given by the Border Force, which has issued three tickets.\n\nTwo British nationals were fined at Coquelles, near Calais, in northern France, on 28 June, while a European was fined in Hull the following day.\n\nThe government's quarantine policy, introduced on 8 June, was met with fierce criticism over the impact on the UK's travel, tourism and hospitality industries.\n\nFrom Friday morning, people arriving in the UK from France, Italy, Belgium, Germany and dozens of other countries will no longer have to spend 14 days in quarantine.\n\nHowever, Scotland still requires people travelling from Spain to quarantine - unlike England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said the system was \"informed by science\" and designed to \"keep us all safe\".\n\nThere had been a \"high level of compliance\" with the rules, he said, which the government expects to continue.\n\nHe added that full data on the enforcement of the rules at the border would be published in \"due course\".\n\nFace coverings became mandatory on public transport on 15 June in England and passengers found breaking the rules can be being fined £100 and removed from services.\n\nThe British Transport Police was the only force to hand out fines in England and Wales, issuing 10 tickets up to 22 June.\n\nThe NPCC cautioned that the data did not include instances where someone had been refused travel, as police only intervene if \"significant issues\" are reported.\n\nA total of 18,656 fixed-penalty notices (FPNs), comprising 16,019 in England and 2,637 in Wales, have been recorded by forces up to 6 July, according to the provisional data.\n\nPolice were first given powers to disband gatherings and fine people for breaching restriction of movement rules under the Health Protection Regulations 2020 on 27 March.\n\nPolice broke up events at Clapham Common at the end of last month\n\nJust 97 fines were issued in England and 57 handed out in Wales during the two weeks to 6 July.\n\nThe figures do not include fines issued during the local lockdown in Leicester, which was announced on 30 June, although the laws enforcing it only came in on 3 July. People or businesses that repeatedly flout these new laws can be fined up to £3,200.\n\nMartin Hewitt, the NPCC chairman, stressed the need for everyone to be \"personally responsible\" in their daily lives by wearing face coverings \"where necessary\" and avoiding crowded public places.", "Playgrounds in Wales will open in just over a week's time\n\nWales' campsites, hairdressers, beauty salons, cinemas and playgrounds are to reopen in the next three weeks.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said playgrounds and community centres would reopen from 20 July.\n\nHe said campsites would reopen on 25 July \"provided we make a success of self-contained accommodation\" which opens on Saturday.\n\nCinemas, museums and galleries as well as beauty and tattoo parlours will be able to open on 27 July.\n\nHe said house viewings with owners present would also be possible from 27 July.\n\nChurches in Wales can reopen for public worship from 19 July, if they can meet safety regulations.\n\nBaptisms and holy communion will be able to be given for the first time since lockdown.\n\nSafety measures will include social distancing, following hygiene and cleaning rules and undergoing a safety assessment. This means not all will be able to open.\n\nConfirmation that pubs, restaurants and cafes can resume trading outdoors from Monday, as well as hairdressers, was given at the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus briefing.\n\nOutdoor sports, including team sports, can also resume - allowing up to 30 people to take part.\n\nIt is understood ministers are still in discussions with gym and leisure companies about the reopening of indoor gyms and swimming pools.\n\nMr Drakeford said there would be \"some limitations\" on the services beauticians can offer, calling some procedures \"particularly risky\".\n\nHe told Sky News the government would discuss with the industry which measures will need to be in place.\n\nSarah Bruton, from Captiva Spa in Caerphilly, said: \"What we don't know is which services we can offer, so while it's lovely to have a date, as a first step that's great, but we need some guidance.\"\n\nMs Bruton raised concerns that services on the face such as make-up and eyebrow shaping, may not be allowed - meaning some of her staff will still not be able to return to work.\n\n\"For us it's good because we can start bringing people back, we're already prepared because we expected this a few weeks ago, so that's brilliant.\"\n\nMs Bruton has half of her workers - the hairstylists - returning from Monday, with the other half still staying at home.\n\n\"It would be good to know we can bring the whole team back together, and we've had so many lovely messages from people saying how excited they are to come back for treatments and the social elements that come with it.\"\n\nSarah Bruton has invested in a temperature check gun and plastic screens to keep customers safe\n\nOn driving lessons, Mr Drakeford said ministers were in discussions with the agency responsible and trade unions, adding: \"Those discussions will continue next week and I'm optimistic we will be able to say something pretty rapidly about that.\"\n\nBut Mr Drakeford said while outdoor gyms can reopen from Monday, indoor gyms are places where coronavirus is \"particularly likely to spread\".\n\n\"We'll use the next three weeks to talk to indoor gym operators about how they could safely reopen,\" he told LBC radio.\n\n\"In a gym the nature of what you do me means that you breathe out heavily, and we've seen it in other parts of the world [that coronavirus can spread there].\n\n\"That's why noisy environments are dangerous for coronavirus, because when people start shouting then the breath goes further.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Vera's cortege halted as it passed through her home town of Ditchling\n\nTwo Spitfires flew over the funeral procession of Dame Vera Lynn as family, friends and fans said goodbye to the Forces' Sweetheart.\n\nHer cortege was accompanied by the Battle of Britain flypast as it travelled through Ditchling in East Sussex at midday.\n\nDame Vera died last month at the age of 103 and her funeral was held at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton.\n\nThe World War Two fighter planes made three passes over the village.\n\nHundreds of people had gathered to await the arrival of the cortege and the crowd applauded as the aircraft flew over.\n\nRepresentatives from the Royal British Legion stood with flags as they waited to honour Dame Vera.\n\nShops in the village displayed portraits of Dame Vera\n\nThe funeral procession stopped at the crossroads in the centre of Ditchling, where the singer lived for 50 years, to allow people to pay their respects.\n\nLater, as the procession made its way out of the village, there were shouts of \"hip hip hooray\" from the crowd.\n\nThe cheers were followed by a spontaneous rendition of We'll Meet Again, one of the songs Dame Vera was well-known for.\n\nA private service at the crematorium chapel included music from a bugler from the Royal Marines.\n\nThe family said a full memorial service would be held at a later date.\n\nPeople applauded as the Battle of Britain flypast took place\n\nDame Vera's daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, said Ditchling had always been special to her mother.\n\n\"That is why we know she would be touched that so many people want to pay their respects,\" she said.\n\nShe also urged people to continue to back the causes that were important to her mother, adding: \"We are sure her music will endure forever but most importantly, we hope that people will continue to support those charities that she cared about so much.\n\n\"It means so much to us to see my mother's legacy living on.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted footage of the flypast, saying it has been \"a farewell befitting a truly great Briton\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said Dame Vera's work would never be forgotten.\n\n\"Her support helped to sustain the fortitude of British personnel deployed around the world and those waiting for them to return,\" he said.\n\nChief of Defence Staff Sir Nick Carter said the Armed Forces would be \"forever grateful\" to Dame Vera, adding: \"Her lasting legacy of lifting spirits will remain.\"\n\nThe Spitfires made three passes over Ditchling as hundreds of people lined the streets\n\nEvery lamppost in the narrow streets of Ditchling bears a large poppy.\n\nUnion flags flutter in the breeze and shop windows display portraits of the woman who became known as the Forces' Sweetheart.\n\nCamera crews and photographers have descended on the village along with servicemen and women who have come to pay their respects.\n\nIt is a fond farewell for Dame Vera.\n\nA picture of Dame Vera and a video were projected on to Dover's white cliffs ahead of her funeral.\n\nThe lyrics of We'll Meet Again appeared as the music was played across the English Channel.\n\nThe projection on the 350ft cliffs was visible to ships and planes and could also be seen from the main road and some back gardens.\n\nThe singer was best known for performing hits such as We'll Meet Again to troops on the front line.\n\nDame Vera, who had sold more than a million records by the age of 22, was also remembered for singing The White Cliffs Of Dover, There'll Always Be An England, I'll Be Seeing You, Wishing and If Only I Had Wings.\n\nDame Vera's face and the lyrics to We'll Meet Again were projected on to the cliffs at Dover\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The funeral of wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn has taken place.\n\nShe died in June at the age of 103.\n\nPeople lined the streets of her home town of Ditchling, East Sussex, to pay their respects to the woman who came to be known as the Forces' Sweetheart.", "The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision, putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style.\n\nMr Macron had previously hinted he was in favour of a \"contemporary gesture\".\n\nHowever he has said he wants the restoration to be completed by 2024, when Paris is hosting the Olympics.\n\nThe Elysée said Mr Macron's main concern was \"not delaying the reconstruction and making it complicated - things had to be cleared up quickly\".\n\nIt added that the process of designing a modern spire, with an international competition for architects, could have caused unnecessary delays.\n\n\"The president trusts the experts and approved the main outlines of the project presented by the chief architect which plans to reconstruct the spire identically,\" the Elysée said.\n\nThe announcement followed a meeting of France's national heritage and architecture commission (CNPA).\n\nWhen the 13th century roof of the Paris cathedral caught fire during restoration works in April 2019 it sparked a vast outpouring of emotion, as well as donations from across the world.\n\nWithin two days about €900m ($1bn; £805m) had been raised for the cathedral's restoration.\n\nThe cathedral's first spire was built in the 13th Century, but due to extensive damage it was removed in the late 18th Century. Its replacement, designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was built in the mid-19th Century.\n\nOne architects' firm drew up plans for a rooftop pool on the cathedral\n\nSince last year's fire, discussion over how to restore the spire has been tense.\n\nJean-Louis Georgelin, the army general put in charge of the reconstruction effort, wanted a modern alternative. This idea appeared briefly to have President Macron's backing, when he said he would be in favour of a \"contemporary gesture\".\n\nThis sparked a wave of unconventional proposals from architects around the world - including one design with a rooftop pool, and another with a giant park and greenhouse on the roof.\n\nBut the cathedral's chief architect Philippe Villeneuve spoke out strongly in favour of a faithful restoration to the previous, 19th Century design.\n\nIn one particularly heated exchange last November, Gen Georgelin told Mr Villeneuve to \"shut his mouth\" - causing audible gasps in a meeting of the National Assembly's cultural affairs committee.", "British Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie say abusive behaviour in gymnastics training became \"ingrained\" and \"completely normalised\".\n\nIt comes after several gymnasts told BBC Sport about what they called a \"culture of fear\" within the \"mentally and emotionally abusive\" sport.\n\nThe Downies said they had previously been afraid to speak out.\n\n\"We certainly didn't realise how wrong it was at the time,\" they said.\n\nThe World Championship medallists, both current members of the GB squad, added in a statement on Twitter : \"It's taken years and years to understand and come to terms with it.\n\n\"While exact experiences obviously vary, we both recognise the environment of fear and mental abuse those before us have described so bravely.\n\n\"For too long, the health and wellbeing of young girls has been of secondary importance to a dated, cruel, and - we'd argue - often ineffective culture within women's gymnastics training.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, British Gymnastics announced an independent review will take place following allegations of mistreatment from a number of athletes in recent days.\n\nThe governing body told BBC Sport on Thursday: \"The behaviours we have heard about in recent days are completely contrary to our standards of safe coaching and have no place in our sport.\n\n\"It is clear that gymnasts did not feel they could raise their concerns to British Gymnastics and it is vital that an Independent Review helps us better understand why so we can remove any barriers as quickly as possible.\n\n\"This review will ensure that all those with concerns about safeguarding and abuse have the correct and proper channel to raise any issues.\"\n\n'Deep scars which will never be healed'\n\nEllie Downie, 20, says she has been made to feel \"ashamed\" of her weight for almost all of her career, and to this day \"still hides food\".\n\n\"This never-ending focus on my weight has left deep scars which will never be healed, I suspect,\" she said.\n\n\"After a deep emotional battle, I've finally found a place to be happy with my body outside of the gym, but I'll always feel overweight whenever I'm in a gymnastics setting.\n\n\"We've seen too many girls descend into eating disorders and mental health problems because of this, and while this is changing, there is still a culture of less is best.\"\n\nHer older sister Becky, 28, said it is only over the last few years that she has felt strong enough to \"stand up for herself\", adding that they are \"no longer routinely weighed\".\n\nThey say they have raised their concerns and shared their experiences with British Gymnastics.\n\n\"We're speaking out now, just a year before the peak of our sport, the Olympic Games, because we have a duty to the wellbeing of the young children coming into gymnastics, and their safety is more important than any Olympic medal.\"\n\nThey added: \"We hope by speaking up today, we'll not only support those who have already done so, but also encourage others who may want to, but have so far felt unable to do so.\n\n\"We'll do everything in our power to see the sport showcase itself for what it should be: a place for boys and girls to have fun, be healthy and take it as far as they want to on their own terms.\"\n\nThe BBC has learned that UK Sport knew of allegations of abuse in gymnastics as recently as summer 2019.\n\nAfter several gymnasts spoke out earlier this week, UK Sport, which funds Olympic sports in the UK, responded saying the allegations were \"shocking and upsetting\".\n\nBut the BBC has seen emails from last year in which two different parents separately emailed UK Sport's Head of Integrity in June and July 2019 regarding different allegations around safeguarding and alleged abuse.\n\nA face-to-face meeting was due to take place between the head of integrity and one parent - but was later cancelled by UK Sport.\n\nThat parent said in an email: \"I still hope that one day someone will finally listen and prioritise the welfare of children over medals. Perhaps you will be that person?\"\n\nA spokesperson for UK Sport told the BBC: \"There is absolutely no place in sport for abuse or bullying of any description.\n\n\"It is important to note that UK Sport doesn't have the authority to intervene in employment matters within a sport, but we are absolutely committed to draw on all available measures to ensure that the high performance system is a safe environment for all athletes.\"", "The wife of Philippe Monguillot, Veronique Monguillot (centre), holds a portrait of her husband during a protest march\n\nA bus driver has died in France, five days after he was attacked by passengers who reportedly refused to wear face masks, his family says.\n\nPhilippe Monguillot, aged 59, had been left brain dead after the assault in the south-western city of Bayonne.\n\n\"We decided to let him go,\" his daughter Marie told AFP news agency, saying doctors had agreed.\n\nTwo men in their 20s were arrested and charged with attempted murder after the assault late on Sunday.\n\nTwo other men were charged with failing to help a person in danger while a fifth man was charged with attempting to hide a suspect.\n\nMr Monguillot was set upon after he reportedly asked three of the men to put on face masks and also tried to check another man's ticket.\n\nFace masks are mandatory on public transport in France.\n\nThe mayor of Bayonne condemned the \"barbaric act\", local media report.\n\nOn Wednesday, thousands of people took part in a protest march in the city.\n\nRegional bus services were severely disrupted as drivers refused to work following the incident.", "Dr Akhtar connects via video link from his home in Essex\n\nFrom his laptop at his home just outside London, Dr Tahir Akhtar is helping treat a coronavirus patient in Lahore, Pakistan. Via a video link, a doctor there shows Dr Akhtar around the intensive care unit at the city's Jinnah Hospital.\n\nDr Akhtar is an intensive care unit consultant in Britain's National Health Service, and has helped lead the response to Covid-19 in Essex, where he lives.\n\nNow, in his free time, he is using telemedicine software to share his experiences with counterparts in his country of birth, Pakistan - advising doctors on the best way to treat their patients.\n\n\"We are very proud of the NHS service we are giving here,\" Dr Akhtar said. \"And because of our relationships both in medicine and otherwise, it was very important for us to help our colleagues and to help the people of Pakistan.\"\n\nDr Akhtar told the BBC the huge number of coronavirus cases meant that even in the UK it was not possible for intensive care doctors alone to treat seriously ill patients - doctors from different specialties also had to be drafted in. In Pakistan, the difficulties would be amplified, he said, making it useful for those doctors to have \"someone they can talk to, someone they can take advice from\".\n\nDr Muhammad Ashraf Zia, who heads the Covid-19 ICU in Jinnah Hospital, told the BBC it was \"very useful\" to exchange ideas with Dr Akhtar - even though he is a senior doctor himself, as coronavirus is such a new disease. He said his team had begun using certain medicines to treat patients that they previously had not, and they were now producing \"very good results\".\n\nThere have been about 250,000 coronavirus cases and 5,000 deaths recorded in Pakistan. That's substantially lower than in Britain, where more than 44,000 people have died, even though it is likely fatalities in Pakistan have been undercounted.\n\nHowever, Pakistan has far fewer doctors per capita than the UK, and at times hospitals there have been stretched. According to the World Health Organization, there are under 10 medical doctors per 10,000 of the population in Pakistan, about three times fewer than in the UK.\n\nDr Suhail Chughtai, another UK-based doctor of Pakistani origin, built the telemedicine software used to connect to the intensive care unit in Lahore. The software allows doctors to talk via video link and exchange copies of case notes as they speak. His aim was \"to plug the gap\" in Pakistan caused by a relative lack of intensive care specialists, by \"importing\" those doctors from the UK via telemedicine, he said.\n\nCustom made software allows doctors to video chat and exchange files\n\nDr Chughtai has also created a number of other similar projects. One, run in conjunction with the government in Punjab province, allows doctors in the UK, Ireland, US and Pakistan to hold free virtual consultations with coronavirus patients - meaning they don't need to risk travelling to a hospital or clinic and infecting others along the way. Doctors in the four countries have carried out 35,000 consultations since March, with members of the Association of Pakistani Physicians in the UK among those offering their services.\n\nAnd another recently launched project aims to connect patients visiting rural health clinics in Punjab with centralised teams of doctors in more urban centres.\n\nDr Chughtai sees such schemes as the future of medicine. \"Where a doctor and patient can speak the same language, we can create a bridge no matter where they are, through telemedicine,\" he said.\n\nThere are other groups of British-Pakistani doctors also spending their free time trying to boost healthcare capacity in Pakistan. The \"Midland Doctors\" charity was set up in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Pakistani-administered Kashmir in 2005, and established a hospital in the city of Muzaffarabad.\n\nNow, the charity's members in Britain have been using their expertise to offer online training to doctors in Pakistan, as well as holding \"virtual ward rounds\" of critical care units, said one member, Dr Farhan Rashid. He said that because the UK's coronavirus peak was well ahead of Pakistan's, the doctors were able to offer valuable lessons to their counterparts in Pakistan.\n\nDr Chughtai, who founded a number of the telemedicine portals, said that many British-Pakistani doctors were keen to engage. \"They love the UK, but they also want to give back to the country they came from,\" he said.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak will spend an estimated £500m subsidising meals in August\n\nA majority of Britons feel uncomfortable at the prospect of eating at a restaurant, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey suggests.\n\nJust over two-in-10 of the 1,788 adults in England, Scotland and Wales asked said they would be happy to have a sit-down meal as restrictions ease.\n\nSome 60% said they would be uncomfortable or very uncomfortable eating indoors during the pandemic.\n\nIt comes as the government prepares a £500m \"eat out to help out\" scheme.\n\nMeals eaten at participating restaurants on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August will be subsidised up to £10 a head.\n\nThe weekly ONS survey - the first since lockdown measures eased further in England on 4 July - found men were slightly more confident about eating out than women.\n\nAnd fewer people aged 69 and under said they would be uncomfortable at a restaurant when compared with those over 70.\n\nThe chancellor has also reduced hospitality VAT from 20% to 5% to encourage spending\n\nIt suggests opinions are more evenly split on eating outdoors at a restaurant, with nearly four-in-10 (37%) saying they would be comfortable or very comfortable and a similar number saying they would not be.\n\nThose surveyed also expressed their reluctance to visit the cinema - with just over 13% saying they would be comfortable or very comfortable watching a blockbuster film indoors.\n\nEarlier this week, the World Health Organization revised its warning over indoor transmission of the coronavirus as it acknowledged it can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.\n\nFewer than one-in-10 of those surveyed said they would holiday abroad in the near future, despite the lifting of quarantine conditions for popular summer destinations on Friday.\n\nBut a quarter said they were likely or very likely to go on holiday in the UK this summer.\n\nThe ONS survey also reported a rise in the number of adults wearing a face covering outdoors since the previous week.\n\nMore than half of adults (52%) who have left their home have worn a face covering - an increase from last week when 43% reported doing so.\n\nAdults with an underlying health condition saw the greatest increase in the proportion wearing a face covering this week, up to 67% compared with 46% last week.\n\nRules requiring the use of face coverings on public transport were introduced in Wales on 9 June, England on 15 June and in Scotland on 22 June.\n\nThey are also now mandatory when visiting NHS facilities across the UK and while shopping in Scotland.", "Probationary officer Benjamin Hannam has been charged with being a member of far-right group National Action\n\nA probationary Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with being a member of a banned neo-Nazi group.\n\nBenjamin Hannam, 21, has been charged with five offences following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.\n\nScotland Yard says he has been suspended from duty.\n\nMr Hannam, from North London, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month.\n\nCharges include possession of an indecent photograph of a child in 2018 and possession of a prohibited image of a child in 2016.\n\nIn relation to far-right activity, it is alleged that between December 2016 and January 2018 Mr Hannam belonged or professed to belong to a proscribed organisation, namely National Action, contrary to section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nHe is also accused of falsely representing in his application to join the Met Police that he had not been a member of an organisation similar to the BNP, namely National Action, intending to make a gain for himself.\n\nHe is further charged with falsely representing in his vetting form to join the Met that he had not been a member of National Action.\n\nDet Supt Ella Marriott said: \"These are extremely serious charges for anyone to face, and I fully understand and appreciate how deeply concerning it might be for the public, and particularly local communities here in north London, that the charges are against a serving police officer.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two of the UK's biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts.\n\nBoots has said 4,000 jobs will go, while John Lewis is shutting down eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.\n\nThe moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be enough to stop millions of workers losing their jobs.\n\nMr Sunak admitted that he would not be able to protect \"every single job\" as the UK enters a \"severe recession\".\n\nBoots is consulting on plans to cut head office and store teams and shut 48 of its more than 600 Boots Opticians practices.\n\nIt has not yet said which outlets will close, but about 7% of its workforce will lose their jobs.\n\nJohn Lewis said department stores in Birmingham and Watford will not reopen as the coronavirus lockdown eases. It also plans to shut down its At Home stores in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth and travel sites at Heathrow airport and London St Pancras.\n\nMr Sunak unveiled a series of measures on Wednesday aimed at saving jobs, including a one-off £1,000 payment to employers for every furloughed employee retained to the end of January 2021.\n\nHe also announced measures to benefit the hospitality sector, including giving diners 50% off eating out from Monday to Wednesday in August.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the moves to support restaurants, pubs and cafes could also help retail.\n\n\"We very much hope that when people go to their local pub or their restaurant to eat out, those are often in the centre of towns, hopefully that will encourage the footfall to those areas so we get more people going to our shops as well,\" Mr Dowden said, speaking after announcing the reopening of gyms, indoor pools and outdoor theatres.\n\nJohn Lewis says some of its stores were in trouble before the virus struck, while Boots already had plans for a shake-up.\n\nThe crisis has forced them to speed up efforts to deal with the rise of internet shopping.\n\nAnd just now they face the phasing out of the government-supported furlough scheme, starting next month.\n\nOne by one, retailers are revealing how many staff they will bring back into stores as the job subsidy is withdrawn.\n\nMost Boots outlets remained open throughout the lockdown to provide pharmacy and healthcare services, but the firm said footfall had \"dramatically reduced\".\n\nThe firm said sales across all Boots UK outlets were down 50% in the third quarter, and some 70% at Boots Opticians.\n\n\"Restrictions are beginning to lift, but with an uncertain economic outlook, it is anticipated that the High Street will take considerable time to recover,\" it said.\n\nBoots said last year that it was reviewing the size of its UK operations with the possibility that up to 200 stores could be closed.\n\nThe managing director of Boots UK, Sebastian James, described the latest cuts as \"decisive actions to accelerate our transformation plan\".\n\nJohn Lewis said the eight stores affected were already \"financially challenged\" even before the pandemic struck.\n\nHowever, Covid-19 had caused customers to move more quickly towards online shopping and away from stores.\n\nJohn Lewis Partnership chairwoman Sharon White said: \"Closing a shop is always incredibly difficult and today's announcement will come as very sad news to customers and partners.\n\n\"However, we believe closures are necessary to help us secure the sustainability of the partnership - and continue to meet the needs of our customers, however and wherever they want to shop.\"\n\nMs White said John Lewis would do everything it could to keep on as many people as possible.\n\nJohn Lewis had warned in March it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nFormer John Lewis boss Andy Street, now mayor of the West Midlands, said the closure of the chain's flagship Birmingham store was \"deeply disappointing\".\n\n\"At this stage the closure is only a proposal, and one which I believe risks being a dreadful mistake,\" he tweeted.\n\nHe added that his belief in its potential was \"unwavering\" and that he would be making the case for it to stay open.\n\nThe planned closure of John Lewis's Watford store has prompted a petition to save it, which has been signed by 4,400 people so far.\n\nOther John Lewis customers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJohn Lewis and Boots are the latest in a long line of companies to have made cuts during the pandemic. Other lay-offs announced include:\n\nUnions and analysts have warned that the virus could mean millions of people end up out of work, warning that government incentives to save jobs were not large enough to persuade bosses to keep workers.\n\nLen McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: \"With no modification to the jobs retention scheme, that dreaded October cliff-edge for businesses and workers has now been set in stone.\n\n\"Our fear is the summer jobs loss tsunami we have been pleading with the government to avoid will now surely only gather pace.\"\n\nVivienne King, chief executive at Revo, which represents the retail property sector, warned that three million retail jobs remained in jeopardy unless the government undertook \"a fundamental review of business rates and direct financial support to underwrite rents\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak himself told BBC Breakfast: \"Is unemployment going to rise, are people going to lose their jobs? Yes, and the scale of this is significant.\n\n\"We are entering one of the most severe recessions this country has ever seen. That is of course going to have a significant impact on unemployment and on job losses.\"\n\nLucy Powell, shadow minister for business and consumers, said the job cuts were \"deeply worrying news for staff at John Lewis and Boots\" and described Mr Sunak's statement as \"a missed opportunity to protect jobs with properly targeted support for the businesses and people that need it\".", "Park Won-soon speaks during an event at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday\n\nPolice in the South Korean capital Seoul have found the body of the city's mayor after he went missing on Thursday.\n\nPark Won-soon's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house, leading her to raise the alarm.\n\nHis body was found at Mount Bugak in northern Seoul, near where his phone signal was last detected.\n\nNo cause of death has been officially recorded.\n\nBut police said they were investigating the case as a suicide.\n\nA note was released that was left by Mr Park in his office. It read: \"I apologise to everyone. I thank everyone who was with me in my lifetime. I am so sorry to my family, to whom I have only caused pain. Please cremate my body and scatter the ashes at my parents' grave. Goodbye everyone.\"\n\nIt is reported that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against the 64-year-old on Wednesday, the day before he went missing, thought there has been no official confirmation of the complaint.\n\nMr Park did not show up for work on Thursday, cancelling a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office. A message reportedly left for his daughter led to her raising the alarm, and police began to search a wooded area in the north of the city where his phone signal was last detected.\n\nHe was seen by a security camera at 10:53 near the entrance to the woods. About 600 police and fire officers using drones and dogs searched the area for hours on Thursday.\n\nHis body was found in the woods on Mount Bugak at 00:01 (16:01 BST) on Friday. His body was moved to the Seoul National University hospital, where crowds gathered and politicians visited throughout the day on Friday.\n\nMourners have been paying tribute in Seoul\n\nMr Park was first elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to an unprecedented third and final term in June of last year.\n\nHe clashed with President Park Geun-hye, openly supporting millions of people who protested against her in 2017 before she was eventually charged and imprisoned on bribery and other charges.\n\nAs a member of President Moon Jae-in's liberal Democratic Party, Mr Park was reportedly under consideration as a potential presidential hopeful in the 2022 elections.\n\nMayor Park Won-soon was well liked for a reason.\n\nAs a lawyer, he had fought to further the cause of women - winning the country's first sexual harassment case. He highlighted this country's many economic inequalities, once even spending a month in a cramped home in a poor part of the city.\n\nHe fought against authoritarian rule in South Korea and was put in prison in the 1970's as a college student, and went on to win an unprecedented third term as mayor of Seoul.\n\nBut his death is now mired in controversy.\n\nWe may now never get to the truth behind the claims of sexual harassment filed against him just hours before his death.\n\nThe investigation has been dropped which means there will be no further inquiry into potentially serious issues within one of the highest political offices in the country. There will also be no justice - either for his alleged victim or for him.\n\nIf you or someone you know are feeling emotionally distressed, BBC Action Line has more information.\n\nIn the UK you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066.In addition, you can call the Samaritans free on 116 123 (UK and Ireland). Mind also has a confidential telephone helpline- 0300 123 339 (Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm). Links for help in South Korea can be found here.", "The case for routinely testing NHS staff is \"overwhelming\", leading cancer scientist at the Crick Institute Dr Charles Swanton has said.\n\nHis team identified NHS staff testing positive at the peak of the pandemic who were \"completely asymptomatic\".\n\nBut the study was not able to show whether these staff without symptoms passed their infections on to others.\n\nThe Department of Health said it was being \"guided by the evidence\" on routine testing.\n\nDr Swanton said while the prevalence of infection in healthcare staff was now low, routine screening would be necessary \"ahead of a second wave\".\n\nHealthcare workers in the study, lead by Dr Catherine Houlihan, were swabbed between 26 March and 8 April, at the peak of the pandemic.\n\nThey were then followed up for a month.\n\nOf 200 University College London Hospital staff tested, 36 were positive initially, of whom 16 (38%) did not report any noticeable symptoms at the time of the test or at any point afterwards.\n\nFor the 20 people who did develop symptoms, on average these developed four days after the positive test, the study.\n\nThe same people were also tested for antibodies in their blood, suggesting a past Covid infection.\n\nBy the end of the study period, 45% (87 staff members) had developed antibodies.\n\nThis level of exposure to the virus among healthcare staff was much higher than they had expected and than previous studies had suggested, Dr Swanton said. \"The case for asymptomatic healthcare worker testing seems to be overwhelming.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We have engaged with SAGE on the appropriate frequency of repeat testing, with NHS Trusts continuing to routinely and strategically test asymptomatic frontline staff.\"\n\nPeople working in patient-facing and resident-facing roles in health and social care were six times more likely than the general population to test positive for coronavirus, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday.\n\nThe evidence suggests people without symptoms are capable of passing on the virus, but establishing how big a role they play is still challenging.\n\nOn 11 June the government's Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies stated infectiousness did \"correlate with the duration of disease/severity\" - in other words, it does seem that people with symptoms transmit the disease more.\n\nThat doesn't mean symptomless people don't transmit the disease at all.\n\nBut equally, the fact that a significant proportion of positive tests are in people without symptoms, doesn't mean that a significant number of infections are spread by those people.\n\nIt's believed that just 10-15% of people are responsible for about 80% of infections.\n\nA number of NHS leaders have called for routine testing of staff at least once - if not twice - a week, to assure them they are not carrying the virus without knowing it.\n\nAsymptomatic testing is currently available to care home staff and residents.\n\nA pilot launched on Thursday will look into the testing of other \"high-contact\" occupations, like taxi drivers and sales assistants without symptoms.", "The Beatles photographed by Fiona Adams in April 1963\n\nPhotographer Fiona Adams, whose famous shot of The Beatles jumping in the air was used on the sleeve of the Twist and Shout EP, has died at the age of 84.\n\nAdams captured the iconic image of the Fab Four on a London bomb site for Boyfriend magazine in April 1963.\n\nThe photo was then used on the record sleeve and has been described by the National Portrait Gallery as \"the one that defined their early look\".\n\nAdams also snapped many other pop acts, from Bob Dylan to the Rolling Stones.\n\nAccording to the late photographer's website, The Beatles \"readily agreed\" when Adams asked them to pose for Boyfriend magazine.\n\nHaving previously spotted an undeveloped bombsite near Euston station, she hailed a taxi and took them to the abandoned area.\n\n\"I climbed down the rubble into a bombed-out cellar, open to the sky, and had a wonderful session with the Beatles lined up on the wall above,\" she wrote.\n\nAdams went on to take many more shots of John, Paul, George and Ringo, the last of whom celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this week.\n\nAdams took this shot of Bob Dylan at London's Savoy Hotel in 1966\n\nCilla Black, Adam Faith, Sandy Shaw and Dusty Springfield were among other icons of the 1960s who were photographed by Adams for Boyfriend, Fabulous and other publications.\n\nShe later moved into travel photography before marrying and having two children.\n\nIn 2009, some of her images featured in Beatles to Bowie, an exhibition of 1960s photography at the National Portrait Gallery.\n\nHer death at a hospice on Guernsey on 26 June was confirmed by her son Karl, who said she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February.\n\nAdams' death comes two months after that of Astrid Kirchherr, the German photographer famous for her early shots of The Beatles.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nBruno Fernandes inspired Manchester United to another impressive Premier League victory and deepened Aston Villa's relegation worries.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side continued their impressive recent run, extending their unbeaten streak to 17 games in all competitions, and closed to within a point of fourth-placed Leicester.\n\nThey had to repel a sharp start from the hosts at Villa Park as Mahmoud Trezeguet's low strike cannoned off the foot of the post.\n\nThe miss proved vital as the excellent Fernandes converted from the penalty spot after being tripped by Ezri Konsa, although it appeared to be a foul by the Portuguese international on the Villa defender.\n\nUnited controlled the possession and tempo of the contest and doubled their advantage through teenager Mason Greenwood, who further highlighted his ruthless finishing ability by firing in his 16th of the campaign.\n\nPaul Pogba stroked in a delightful third and Anthony Martial smashed against the crossbar, with the heavy defeat leaving Villa second bottom, four points adrift of safety with four games remaining.\n\nUnited continue to move in the right direction and have not suffered defeat since a feeble home defeat at the hands of Burnley in January. They have not lost in 10 Premier League games - currently the longest unbeaten run in the top flight.\n\nMidfielder Fernandes was brought in from Sporting Lisbon at the end of that month and he has completely revitalised the side from being a slow, ponderous team to one full of attacking intent and dynamism.\n\nA clever operator in the final third, Fernandes drives the team forward with his incisive passing and it was his crafty spin on the ball which earned the penalty, although Villa will be aggrieved by the decision made by Jon Moss and supported by VAR.\n\nFernandes, who has contributed seven league goals, took his assist tally to six by setting up Pogba's side-footed finish, with the Frenchman continuing to improving and looking settled in the side after a long injury lay-off.\n\nGreenwood's smashing 20-yard strike leaves him one short of George Best, Brian Kidd and Wayne Rooney's joint-record of most goals in a season by a United teenager, one which will surely be beaten by the end of the campaign.\n\nWith better finishing they could have had more but Greenwood and Martial had low shots kept out by Pepe Reina, while Fernandes and Aaron Wan-Bissaka both wasted headed opportunity.\n\nFree-scoring United's victory means they become the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive games by at least a three-goal margin.\n\nIf United are on the up, Villa are going in the opposite direction and are running out of time to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.\n\nDean Smith's side have collected just two points from their past 10 games, a run that includes eight defeats, and they concede just too many goals.\n\nThe three shipped against United means they have let in 65 from 34 games, the most in the division, and have conceded two or more goals in 21 Premier League games this term.\n\nRelegation will leave them with a big task of holding on to Jack Grealish, who has been linked with a move to United, but the captain could not conjure up any sort of threat to worry the opposition.\n\nHad his early volley, which sailed over the crossbar, found the net or Trezeguet's strike sneaked in, it may have been a different story but Villa have now won just one of their past 43 meetings against the Red Devils.\n\nUnited goalkeeper David de Gea became United's leading appearance maker from overseas with 399 games, surpassing the legendary Peter Schmeichel, but the Spaniard was called into action just once, a comfortable save from John McGinn's long range drive.\n• None Manchester United are the first side in Premier League history to win four consecutive games by a margin of 3+ goals, with the last team to do so in the English top-flight being Liverpool in October 1987.\n• None United are the first team to beat an opponent on every day of the week in the Premier League, with this match against Aston Villa making it the sixth fixture to be played on all seven days of the week in the competition.\n• None Aston Villa have conceded 65 goals in the Premier League this season; the same number they had after 34 games when they were last relegated in 2015-16 and finished 20th.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 21 Premier League away games against Aston Villa (W14 D7) - the longest unbeaten away run one team has had against another in English top-flight history.\n• None Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 13 goals in his first 10 Premier League games for Manchester United (seven goals, six assists); the joint-most of any player in their first 10 appearances in the competition, along with Mick Quinn (13).\n• None Mason Greenwood is only the second teenager to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances for Manchester United (18y 282d), following on from Wayne Rooney back in February 2005 (19y 125d).\n• None Greenwood is the fourth player aged 18 or younger to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances, after Danny Cadamarteri (1997), Michael Owen (1997 & 1998) and Francis Jeffers (1999).\n• None Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have won 13 penalties in the Premier League this season; no team have ever won more in a single campaign in the competition (also Leicester in 2015-16 and Crystal Palace in 2004-05).\n• None United named the same starting XI in four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 2006.\n\nAston Villa host Crystal Palace on Sunday (kick-off 14:15 BST), while Manchester United are at home to Southampton on Monday (20:00).\n• None Easy exercises to do from home\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.\n• None Fred (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.\n• None Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel James (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Pubs are reopening in England from 4 July and is being dubbed \"Super Saturday\"\n\nPolice are urging the public to heed the \"stay local\" message in Wales as pubs begin opening in England.\n\nIt follows concerns some people will travel by train or car to towns and cities across the border to enjoy a pint.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said he did not want to see hard work to control coronavirus abandoned.\n\nTrain operator Transport for Wales also stressed public transport should only be used for essential journeys.\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the lifting of travel restrictions in Wales but this does not come into effect until Monday.\n\nAnd while pubs in England can open from 06:00 BST on Saturday, those in Wales will not begin welcoming punters to outdoor spaces until 13 July.\n\nNorth Wales Police urged people to \"stay local\" and Gwent Police said it would be engaging with communities to reinforce the \"stay safe, stay local\" message over the weekend.\n\n\"Our force area sits on one of the main gateways into Wales,\" said a force spokesman.\n\n\"We would like to remind our communities that there are still differences in the guidance in Wales and in England, and any changes to the government guidelines have not yet come into effect in Wales.\"\n\nBeer gardens in pubs will be able to open in Wales from 13 July\n\nThe Gwent force said it would be continuing regular patrols to drive home its message this weekend, ahead of travel restrictions being lifted in Wales from Monday.\n\nIt warned \"people ignoring government advice\" or \"repeatedly disregarding guidance\" would face enforcement measures, which include fixed penalty fines, which can rise to £1,920 for repeat offenders.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said it wanted to remind the public that travelling in large groups or with people outside of your own household \"is still not permitted\".\n\nThey added: \"It is also vital that anyone planning on consuming alcohol away from their home ensures they are fit to drive before doing so, or arranges an alternative method of transport.\n\n\"Drink-driving can have tragic consequences, and after three months of the country pulling together for the NHS we hope everyone continues to act responsibly and stays safe this weekend.\"\n\nPubs, cafes and restaurants have been closed in Wales since March\n\nAddressing the same issues ahead of the weekend, the first minister repeated the stay local message: \"So while there are populations very close to the border who may chose to travel, for most of us that will not be a possibility.\n\n\"So please, wherever you are in Wales, this weekend is not a reason or an excuse to abandon all the things that you have worked so hard to achieve, please continue to do those things that help to keep Wales safe.\"\n\nTransport for Wales chief executive James Price said: \"Covid-19 is an evolving situation and over the next week there are important changes in advice from UK and Welsh governments.\n\n\"However, we need to reinforce our travel safer campaign highlighting that public transport is for essential travel and where there are no other travel alternatives.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Activists have long campaigned for an end to the sale of dog meat\n\nThe Indian state of Nagaland has banned the import, trading and sale of dog meat, in a move celebrated by animal rights activists.\n\nThe north-east state's government announced the ban following a sustained campaign by animal welfare groups.\n\nThey hailed the decision as a \"major turning point\" in ending cruelty to dogs in India.\n\nBut some civil society groups criticised the ban, calling it an attack on food customs in the state.\n\nEating dog meat is illegal in parts of India, but some communities in north-eastern areas consider it a delicacy.\n\n\"The State Government has decided to ban commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and also the sale of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked. Appreciate the wise decision taken by the State's Cabinet,\" Nagaland's Chief Secretary Temjen Toy tweeted on Friday.\n\nThe government shared no further details about how it planned to enforce the ban.\n\nIndian media said the ban came after a picture of dogs bound in sacks at a wet market was circulated widely on social media, provoking outrage.\n\nOn Thursday, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisation (FIAPO) said it was \"hit by shock and horror at recent images\" of dogs in \"terrifying conditions, tied up in sacks, waiting at a wet market, for their illegal slaughter, trade, and consumption as meat\".\n\nThe group urged Nagaland's government to enforce an immediate ban on selling dog meat.\n\nThe FIAPO was among several animal rights organisations, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), to spearhead campaigns against the sale of dog meat in Nagaland.\n\nThe Humane Society International (HSI), which has campaigned for years to end India's dog-meat trade, welcomed the decision by Nagaland's government.\n\n\"The suffering of dogs in Nagaland has long cast a dark shadow over India, and so this news marks a major turning point in ending the cruelty of India's hidden dog meat trade,\" managing director of HSI, Alokparna Sengupta said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Korea dog meat: The dogs saved from being eaten\n\nAn estimated 30,000 dogs a year are smuggled into Nagaland, where they are sold in live markets and \"beaten to death with wooden clubs\", according to the HSI.\n\nEarlier this year, the state of Mizoram took the first step towards ending the sale of dogs, by amending legislation to remove them from the list of animals suitable for slaughter.\n\nWhile not widespread, the eating of dogs does take place in other countries, including China, South Korea and Thailand.", "NHS England is launching a new service for people with ongoing health problems after having coronavirus.\n\nThe government says \"tens of thousands\" of people have long-term symptoms after catching Covid-19.\n\n\"Your Covid Recovery\" will be an online portal for people in England to access tutorials, contact healthcare workers and track their progress.\n\nThe project will be rolled out in two phases, with the web portal launching later this month.\n\nIt will only be accessible via a personal log-in and will be available to virus patients who had to be treated in hospital, as well as to those who managed their illness at home.\n\nLater in the summer, tailored rehabilitation will also be offered to those who qualify, following an assessment.\n\nEach programme will last a maximum of 12 weeks, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nThe online portal pilot site is called Space for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)\n\nThe service, which was developed and piloted in Leicester, will include access to mental health services, community support groups and exercise tutorials, either online or over the phone.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the portal would \"give people who have survived the virus on-demand access to online clinical support\" for problems with breathing, mental health or other complications.\n\nMr Hancock told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that long-term effects for some were like \"post-viral fatigue syndrome\".\n\nHe added that the government was spending £8m for research in this area and was developing a support package for those who have experienced such symptoms.\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: \"Rolling out Your Covid Recovery alongside expanding and strengthening community health and care services is another example of how the NHS must bring the old and the new together to create better and more convenient services for patients.\"\n\nThe new service was announced on the day of the 72nd birthday of the NHS, which was founded on 5 July 1948.\n• None Calls for 'post-Covid syndrome' to be recognised", "Landlady Ann Perkins said neighbours, who delivered flowers, had been \"incredible\"\n\nA car smashed through the front of a pub hours before it was due to open for the first time in nearly four months.\n\nThe owners of the Swan Inn near Ashford in Kent were woken by a \"terrible bang\" at about 02:00 BST as a Land Rover crashed into the Grade-II building.\n\nLandlord Ray Perkins said he was \"distraught,\" adding: \"We just don't know why we had such bad luck.\"\n\nA 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taking a vehicle without consent.\n\nThe teenager and two other 17-year-olds were treated at hospital for minor injuries before being discharged, Kent Police said.\n\nMr Perkins said: \"We spent weeks getting the pub ready to open today and eight hours before we are due to open, this happens. How much bad luck can we have?\"\n\nLandlady Ann Perkins said she heard an \"horrendous noise and the actual floor in our bedroom dropped\".\n\nThe couple went downstairs to find \"the car parked in the pub, with three youths in it\" and the air thick with \"smoke and dust from rubble,\" she said.\n\nMrs Perkins fears the interior of the pub will be out of action for many months\n\nThree people inside the vehicle needed treatment in hospital for minor injuries\n\nWhile the interior of the pub is likely to remain closed for many months, Mr Perkins said the \"show must go on\" and they have opened to customers using marquees in the pub garden.\n\nMrs Perkins said neighbours in the village of Little Chart had provided \"incredible\" support, delivering flowers and helping to clean the bar and glassware.\n\nKent Police said: \"Three 17-year-old boys, who were inside the vehicle, were taken to a local hospital to be treated for minor injuries before being discharged.\n\n\"One of these teenagers has been arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent and drink driving.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is a \"serious risk\" schools will not be ready to reopen in September if the Welsh Government does not publish plans by Monday, according to a teaching union.\n\nThe National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) Cymru said its members were frustrated they do not yet have details of what ministers expect.\n\nThe Welsh Government said an update will be given in the \"coming days\".\n\nSchools reopened this week for a short return before the summer holidays.\n\nThe NAHT said school staff cannot be expected to work through that summer break as many have \"worked continually since February\", and if plans for September were not published by Monday there would not be enough time to implement them.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has said she expects \"blended learning\" - a mix of school time and online work at home - to continue for some time, but has not ruled out a full return to school in September.\n\nIn a letter to Ms Williams, NAHT Cymru director Laura Doel said it was \"unacceptable\" that schools, parents and pupils did not know \"at this late stage\" what to plan for in the autumn term.\n\n\"Without immediate publication of your expectations of schools and your detailed advice in support of those expectations, it will be impossible for leaders to plan and implement effectively,\" Ms Doel wrote.\n\n\"Up until now, the clarity provided by the Welsh Government regarding schools has enabled school leaders to plan and deliver effectively.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Pupils back in Welsh schools after three months\n\n\"But a lack of clarity now, at this most sensitive moment, risks putting children in Wales at a serious and unnecessary disadvantage when they return in September.\"\n\nIn the absence of fresh guidance, the NAHT wants the education minister to confirm:\n\nThe letter adds that head teachers fear a \"failed September return\" would do \"more harm to education than continuing with the current arrangement\".\n\nDylan Saer, head teacher at Crwys Primary School, Gower, said: \"I don't think people realise how hard schools have had to work even though they aren't open, and school staff are shattered.\n\n\"I think it's slightly unfair to expect staff to go back to school over the summer holidays to prepare for September,\" he told BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme.\n\n\"It's only fair on school staff, and also for parents, to have time to prepare for September if we are to see changes.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"Wales is the only UK nation where all pupils have been given the opportunity to attend school before the summer holidays, to see their teachers and classmates and to 'check in, catch up and prepare' for summer and September.\n\n\"Good practice and evidence from this current period is helping inform school operations for the future.\n\n\"Wales is in a unique position in having this opportunity, and that is thanks to the efforts of heads, teachers and wider school staff.\n\n\"Health and scientific advice is evolving, and having to look ahead a further two months is an added challenge.\n\n\"The education minister is looking at that advice and evidence and will provide a further update in the coming days.\"", "Tesco has reportedly asked suppliers to agree price cuts as it steps up its battle with budget supermarkets.\n\nThe move is part of its shift to an \"everyday low pricing strategy\", which will see it use fewer promotions.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson said: \"We are committed to open, fair and transparent partnerships with all of our suppliers.\"\n\nTesco has given suppliers a deadline of 10 July to agree, according to the Grocer.\n\nSeveral suppliers told the trade publication that they faced pressure from the supermarket to lower their prices.\n\nSome raised concerns over the timescale of the demands, as well as a lack of clarity over how the change in promotions would work in practice.\n\nTesco launched its \"Aldi price match\" promise in March, where products including fresh and freezer food are matched against those offered at the budget supermarket.\n\nThe supermarket announced in June that it has extended the scheme to nearly 500 Tesco and branded products in response to increasing competition.\n\n\"We have also reduced the number of short-term promotions, as we focus our investment on everyday low prices instead,\" it said.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson told BBC News: \"We have been speaking to suppliers about how we can work together to continue giving our customers great value.\n\n\"We don't believe that our customers should pay more for a brand in Tesco than anywhere else.\"\n\nThey added: \"We are committed to open, fair and transparent partnerships with all of our suppliers, and that collaborative approach will continue as we look for new and innovative ways to bring our customers great value.\"\n\nTesco reported strong first quarter sales last week. The supermarket said that while the number of trips made by shoppers fell by nearly a third in the 13 weeks to 30 May, the amount being bought rose 64%.\n\nIn a trading update, Tesco said group sales had risen 8% to £13.4bn in the period, but warned that coronavirus-related costs were set to hit £840m this year.\n\nNeil Shah, director of research at Edison Group, said that investors \"should keep a close eye on the company, since the group operates in a crowded market with retailers Aldi and Lidl continuing to gain market share and current results might not be replicated when the UK is lifted from lockdown.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nRecreational cricket is set to resume in England from Saturday, 11 July, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nJohnson had previously said on Friday that it was not yet safe to play the game at grassroots level because of issues with \"teas and dressing rooms\".\n\nHowever, in a later briefing, he said the government would publish guidelines to help clubs and players prepare for the sport's return.\n\nChief medical officer Chris Whitty said it was \"very safe\" to resume playing.\n\nEngland's men will play West Indies in a three-Test series in a bio-secure environment from 8 July.\n\nWhitty said it should be possible to make the game \"safe at a distance\", adding that players should not hug one another or apply saliva to a ball.\n• None How to follow England v West Indies on BBC\n\nThe use of saliva will not be allowed during England's Test series and during warm-up matches players have celebrated by bumping elbows.\n\nThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was \"delighted\" at the government's decision.\n\n\"We believe we have a role to play in getting people active across the country, especially young people,\" chief executive Tom Harrison said.\n\n\"It is heartening to know that club cricket - albeit with social distancing in place and some other adaptations - will soon be back across England.\"\n\nJohnson had been criticised by a number of players - both at domestic and grassroots level - for not allowing recreational cricket to resume.\n\nThe head of Badminton England criticised Johnson for allowing cricket to return, but not badminton.\n\n\"Why can a badminton club not play in a local community centre? If we all follow the same rules, what's the problem?\" Adrian Christy tweeted.\n\nIn an interview with LBC on Friday morning, Johnson said the debate about the sport's return had \"gone round and round\".\n\n\"The longer answer which I think probably Whitty would give, if he were here, about cricket - the risk is not so much the ball, although that may be a factor,\" Johnson said.\n\n\"It's the teas, it's the changing rooms and so on and so forth. There are other factors involved that generate proximity which you might not get in a game of tennis.\"\n\nHe said later in the day that he had been \"stumped\" by the question and \"the third umpire has been invoked\".\n\nA statement from the ECB said the risks of exposure to coronavirus were \"very low\" while playing cricket.\n\n\"The ECB believes that cricket is a non-contact sport, with very low risks of exposure, and that it can be played as safely as many other activities being currently permitted,\" it said.\n\nOther recreational sports such as golf, tennis and basketball have all resumed following the coronavirus lockdown, and pubs are set to reopen in England from Saturday.", "The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, has written to Kent Police asking them to investigate whether Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has broken coronavirus quarantine rules.\n\nMr Farage tweeted a picture of himself at lunchtime on Saturday having a pint in a pub, as many businesses in England reopened.\n\nExactly a fortnight ago, Mr Farage tweeted from a trip to the United States - where he was a guest at a rally for President Trump.\n\nPeople travelling to the UK from the US are required to quarantine for a period of 14 days from the moment they arrive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nigel Farage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"There are clearly serious questions to answer for Nigel Farage,\" Sir Ed said.\n\n\"It is clear from his social media posts that he was in America on 20 June, and he was pictured at a Trump rally that evening. Given the current requirements for visitors returning to the UK to isolate for 14 full days on their return, Nigel Farage appears to be in violation of the quarantine,\" he added.\n\n\"By choosing to go to the pub when it appears he should have been staying at home, Mr Farage is showing a flagrant disregard for the safety of people in his community.\"\n\nIn his letter to Kent's chief constable, Alan Pughsley - which has also been sent to Home Secretary Priti Patel - the former cabinet minister said:\n\n\"I write to ask you to immediately investigate this issue, establish the timeline of events for Mr Farage's return to the UK and establish whether Mr Farage was in breach of his quarantine. It is vital that lives are not put at risk by breaches of quarantine.\n\n\"I am copying this letter to the home secretary as I believe this case illustrates the difficulties that the police and Home Office will have in enforcing the quarantine rules as they are currently set out.\"\n\nSo how has Mr Farage managed to quarantine back in the UK for 14 days, if he was in the States two weeks ago?\n\nHe insists he has \"been back from the USA for two weeks.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nigel Farage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis spokesman told me he flew straight back to Britain on the same day - and claimed that a negative coronavirus test after he got back meant he could head back out and about again.\n\nBut the Department of Health has told me getting a test does not get you out of quarantining - self isolating at home - because a test could amount to a false negative; you could be harbouring the virus but not yet symptomatic.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Alexandra Phillips, a former Brexit Party MEP who once worked as Nigel Farage's media adviser, said:\n\n\"Dear Ed Davey, The police have better things to do, you sad little man. Getting an officer to go to Nigel's house to tell him he shouldn't have gone to the pub is a total waste of resources and makes you look like a pathetic, attention-seeking twerp.\"", "A father who initially paid £4.99 for his 11-year-old daughter to use a smartphone app was shocked to discover a bill for thousands of pounds a month later.\n\nSteve Cumming, 72, said he let her make what he thought was a one-off payment on his debit card to a firm called Roblox.\n\nAfter looking at his balance a month later, he saw thousands had been charged.\n\nRoblox says it will refund him.\n\nRoblox is an online multiplayer game with about 100 million users worldwide.\n\nIt is especially popular with children. Its business model relies on in-app purchases. Roblox is free to download, but users can then spend money during play.\n\nRoblox is a multiplayer platform where players can create their own games and join in with others\n\nMr Cumming wrote to BBC Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show to explain that his 11-year-old daughter had unwittingly run up the enormous bill while playing the game during lockdown.\n\n\"My daughter told me all her friends were playing this game and she wanted to spend £4.99,\" he said. \"She made that purchase using my debit card on 16 April and I thought nothing more of it.\"\n\nDuring the pandemic lockdown he decided to sign up to online banking.\n\n\"I'm not very tech-savvy. Due to coronavirus I couldn't visit the bank and I didn't want to use cash machines, so I decided to sign up to online banking,\" he said.\n\nWhen he first logged in, almost a month after that initial payment to Roblox, he was shocked to discover that £4,642 had gone and he was in his overdraft.\n\n\"When I first logged in nearly a month later I was astonished to see hundreds and hundreds of separate transactions, all between £0.99 and £9.99. I couldn't understand it. I thought I'd been scammed.\"\n\nHe realised he had lost about £3,500 so he phoned his bank, HSBC, to cancel his card. Despite doing that a further £1,000 or so left his account and was paid to Roblox via Google Play, he says.\n\nMr Cumming didn't realise his bank account was being charged with purchases from within the game\n\n\"My daughter was really upset when we told her about the financial consequences. She thought she was playing with monopoly money - it didn't seem real to her. How can these companies be allowed to trap minors in these games? To trap people who are vulnerable?\" he said.\n\nHe said he also thinks the government should step in and change the law.\n\n\"I get by on my pension. But this is a lot of money to me. I had earmarked it for a holiday when this pandemic is all over. I wanted to pay for my daughter to have a break. We can't now and I'm in my overdraft.\n\nSteve admits that he didn't read the terms and conditions of the sale when he allowed his daughter to initially spend £4.99 on his debit card.\n\nBut he says he's amazed that in a game designed to be played by children it would even be possible to spend thousands of pounds across a thousand transactions over the course of just a few weeks.\n\nAfter being approached for comment by the BBC, the company said it would issue a refund.\n\n\"We strive to prevent unauthorized purchases, by taking measures such as not storing billing information, and work directly with parents to provide appropriate refunds whenever possible, which is the case in this instance,\" Roblox told the BBC.\n\n\"We encourage parents to review their payment settings on third-party services, such as Google Play, as they typically have an option to require a password for each purchase made and/or to prevent any information from being saved in browser settings that could allow them to be reused.\"\n\nHis bank HSBC said: \"We sympathise with Mr Cumming and appreciate these payments have come as a surprise to him. We have received a claim for a dispute for these payments and we will be taking a closer look at the circumstances surrounding this matter in accordance with Visa dispute regulations.\"\n\nYou can hear an interview with Mr Cumming on Friday's Jeremy Vine Show.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. SA Brain chief executive Alistair Darby: \"The industry is running out of time rapidly\"\n\nWork is \"ongoing\" on when pubs can reopen but no date has been set, a Welsh Government minister has said.\n\nWales is the only one of the UK nations without a planned reopening date for the pub trade.\n\nPlaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives have called for a timetable.\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans said discussions were taking place with the industry. \"I want to reassure you that the work is actively ongoing,\" she said.\n\nThe Welsh Government has promised a \"rapid review\" to consider a phased reopening.\n\nOn Wednesday the Scottish Government announced beer gardens could reopen there from 6 July, and pubs and restaurants can fully reopen from 15 July.\n\nThe hospitality sector is due to reopen in England from 4 July, while in Northern Ireland pubs and hotels can open on 3 July.\n\nMs Evans said timings could not be provided in Wales \"because it's very, very difficult to know where the coronavirus will be in the weeks and months ahead\".\n\nPubs have been closed in Wales since the start of lockdown in March\n\nHelen Mary Jones, Plaid Cymru's economy spokeswoman, said she would welcome a similar approach to Scotland.\n\n\"If Welsh Government does not believe this is a possible step, I would look for an alternative timetable to be confirmed as soon as possible,\" she said.\n\n\"Plaid Cymru has been consistent in our assertion that public health should come first, but our economy sits on a cliff edge and we've never had a clearer signal that it may be safe to act to save it.\"\n\nDarren Millar, Welsh Tory Covid recovery spokesman, said: \"The lack of an indicative timetable for the reopening of pubs and restaurants in Wales is now a major concern.\n\n\"If Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland have managed to set out a timetable for these businesses to reopen safely then Wales can too; I urge the first minister to give those whose employment is at risk some hope by setting out a timetable today.\"\n\nMs Evans, speaking at the daily Welsh Government press conference, said discussions were taking place with the industry.\n\n\"I can't give you a timetable or a date but I want to reassure you that the work is actively ongoing with the hospitality sector.\"\n\nDates for pub reopening have been set in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland\n\nEach stage of the reopening after lockdown had been co-ordinated, she said, adding that talks were happening to see if more outdoor seating could be provided in town and city centres to help the hospitality industry.\n\nShe said each UK nation was taking a different approach, citing building work and non-essential retail being open in Wales but closed in Scotland.\n\nShops in Scotland are opening on the 29 June.\n\nLast week Brains brewery warned many Welsh pubs would go bust - putting thousands of jobs at risk - unless social distancing measures are relaxed.\n\nAlistair Darby, the chief executive officer of Wales' largest brewery, said: \"All business needs certainty and we aren't getting that at the moment, and the longer the uncertainty continues the more people are going to lose their jobs.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said: \"The first minister has asked for a rapid review of the hospitality sector to consider a potential phased reopening of pubs, cafes and restaurants. Those discussions are taking place with a wide range of interests across the hospitality sector in Wales and have been constructive. We will announce our intentions when further headroom for change allows.\"\n\n\"We have adopted a careful and gradual approach to easing the restrictions. We will be guided by the latest scientific and medical advice and will carefully monitor the impact of each change,\" she added.", "Street pastors: No hugs, but we are happy to listen\n\nAs venues like pubs and bars reopen, it's not just police who will be patrolling the streets. In Cheltenham, street pastor Maria Perry will also be on hand to help pub-goers get home safely. She said: \"You don't know how people will react, whether they will be over-keen to get back and celebrate because the pubs are open or if other people wouldn't think it was the right time. \"As a street pastor, myself and the rest of the team will be only too happy to meet anyone who would want to talk to us - we are happy to listen. \"We are non-judgemental, because who am I to judge people? We would love to see people to come up and greet us.\" She added that normally people would often come up for a hug on their night out, but due to social distancing this was one thing they would be unable to do. Ms Perry and her team will be in the town centre for two hours, from 20:00 BST.", "Air France-KLM plans to cut more than 7,500 jobs at its French arm as the airline industry reels from the coronavirus crisis.\n\nEurope's second-biggest airline will cut 6,560 staff at Air France, with its regional French carrier Hop! losing 1,020 jobs, the company said on Friday.\n\nIn a statement, the firm said: \"Recovery looks set to be very slow\" due to uncertainties around Covid-19.\n\nThe cuts will take place over the next three years.\n\nThe group also cited the lifting of travel restrictions and changing customer demand as potential cause for concern in the future.\n\nAt the height of the pandemic, revenues fell by 95% and the Air France airline was losing €15m (£13.5m) per day.\n\nAir France does not expect that activity will return to its pre-pandemic level before 2024.\n\nThe group's flagship airline expects to have cut more than 6,000 jobs by the end of 2022, out of a current total of 41,000 staff.\n\n\"Natural departures\", such as retirements and employees who leave of their own accord, are expected to make up about half of the reductions at Air France.\n\nIts sister airline Hop! will see 1,020 jobs cut over the next three years. It currently employs more than 2,000 people.\n\nProtestors at the entrance of an airport in Morlaix, western France\n\nThe company said: \"Air France and Hop! are working together with the unions to implement plans that give priority to voluntary departures, early retirement arrangements and professional and geographical mobility.\"\n\nAir France also said that a wider \"reconstruction plan\" would be presented at the end of July, along with one for the wider Air France-KLM group.\n\nUnion members and staff staged protests at several sites across France on Friday, including outside the company's offices near Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.\n\nThe French government has pledged billions of Euros to support Air France-KLM and the wider aviation industry as demand for travel has crashed as a result of coronavirus-related lockdown measures.\n\nLoans to Air France were contingent on the carrier scrapping some domestic flights in a bid to cut its carbon emissions.\n\nOther airlines have also been forced to adopt similar measures in anticipation of a long, slow return to former levels of demand.\n\nEasyJet previously said that it may need to reduce staff numbers by up to a third because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn June, Lufthansa said it planned to cut 22,000 jobs, and British Airways said in April that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs from its 42,000-strong workforce.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could e-scooters be about to hit the roads in Wales, as the government promotes their use?\n\nPeople in some Welsh communities could soon be riding electric scooters to work or to visit friends.\n\nBicycles have been seen as an effective way of getting cars off roads in Wales' towns and cities, but they could be joined by another mode of transport.\n\nWhile privately owned e-scooters remain banned from the streets, rented ones will be allowed from Saturday as part of a UK government scheme.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was exploring their use in the country.\n\n\"Electric scooters offer the potential for low-carbon transport, offering an alternative to car use for many urban journeys in particular,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We have engaged with the UK government to discuss the potential for trials in Wales and publicised the opportunity to Welsh local authorities.\n\n\"The scope of trials depends on interest at local authority level.\"\n\nE-scooter firms say the vehicles are an \"ideal\" way to travel outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nUnder new rules announced by the UK government's Department for Transport, rental e-scooters will be allowed on roads in Great Britain to ease pressure on public transport amid the coronavirus crisis.\n\nLocal authorities and devolved administrations in Wales, England and Scotland can allow or run sharing schemes in their areas as part of a 12-month trial.\n\nRiders will need a full or provisional car, motorcycle or moped licence to use the vehicles, and they must be aged 16 or over.\n\nThey will be banned on pavements and limited to 15.5mph.\n\nIn Wales, if a local authority decides to take part, changes to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 will be needed for the scooters to travel on cycle lanes, the Welsh Government added.\n\nScooter-sharing schemes have previously faced criticism over dumped scooters, which have been a problem in Paris, so local authorities will need to establish rules to avoid vehicles being abandoned on pavements.\n\nIt is hoped the first UK scheme will be up and running in Middlesbrough next week.\n\nElectric scooters for hire have already become a familiar sight in European and US cities", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarl Cameron, one of the first black actors to forge a successful career in British film and television, has died aged 102, his family has confirmed.\n\nBermuda-born Cameron, who lived with his wife in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, died in his sleep on Friday.\n\nCameron first appeared on screen in the 1951 film Pool of London, in a rare starring role for a black actor.\n\nHis family said he \"was an inspirational man who stood by his moral principles\".\n\nCameron was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.\n\nHis other screen credits include 1965 Bond movie Thunderball and Doctor Who.\n\nHis family said they \"have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and respect they have received\".\n\n\"As an artist and actor he refused to accept roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of people of colour,\" they added. \"He will be very sadly missed.\"\n\nEarl Cameron outside Buckingham Palace with his CBE, which he received in 2009\n\nBermuda Premier David Burt tweeted: \"I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of iconic Bermudian actor Earl Cameron.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Premier David Burt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPaterson Joseph, who recently starred as Kamal Hadley in the BBC's Noughts and Crosses series, said Cameron was a \"giant man\", whose \"pioneering shoulders are what my generation of actors stand on\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFamily friend Martin Beckett said: \"He's a great character, very spiritual, very modest, we're going to miss him.\n\n\"He would never take on roles that demeaned people of colour.\"\n\nCameron also starred alongside Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in the 2005 film The Interpreter.\n\nOne of his final acting credits was for a small part in the 2010 film Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC as he turned 100, Cameron said he wanted to see more black actors in roles.\n\nAlan White as Schultz and Earl Cameron as Williams in a scene from \"Dr Who and The Tenth Planet\"\n\nHe said: \"There's a lot of talent out there and I think the British film industry would prosper by using more black talent.\"\n\nCameron joined the British merchant navy and arrived in the UK in 1939.\n\nHe told the Royal Gazette he made his debut in the chorus of Chu Chin Chow, a West End show, when he was working as a dishwasher at a restaurant and they needed someone quickly.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None Black Doctor Who actor ahead of his time. Video, 00:00:49Black Doctor Who actor ahead of his time", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do eased travel restrictions mean for me?\n\nTravel restrictions in Wales will end on Monday, First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed.\n\n\"Stay local\" guidance, asking people to stay within five miles of home will end with no limits on travel, and outdoor attractions will be able to open.\n\nTwo households will also be able to stay together indoors from Monday. It comes as the number of coronavirus cases continues to fall.\n\nMr Drakeford called for people to think \"carefully about where we go and why\".\n\nTravel restrictions were introduced across the UK at the start of lockdown in March, although Wales kept its travel restrictions longer than the UK government did in England.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned the rule in May - the difference in policy led to warnings not to drive to Wales.\n\n\"I want to do more to restore freedoms we have had to give up to us all,\" Mr Drakeford told the daily Welsh Government press conference.\n\n\"I want to see more of the Welsh economy in recovery. But that will depend, not on the actions of the Welsh Government, but on the actions of us all as Welsh citizens.\"\n\nMr Drakeford set out a list of \"golden rules\" people in Wales would need to follow if further restrictions were to be lifted, including:\n\nMeanwhile he confirmed the Welsh Government could allow the resumption of cricket as part of next week's review of lockdown restrictions.\n\nWales' beauty spots have been effectively closed to tourists since March\n\nDespite the request to avoid unnecessary travel, from Monday there is no longer a limit to the distance people can travel.\n\nIt follows an announcement on Thursday that restaurants and pubs can open outdoors from 13 July.\n\nVenues will be able to open in spaces they own and have licences for - as long as Covid-19 cases continue to fall.\n\nThe Welsh Government said two weeks ago travel restrictions could end, but it was dependent on cases of coronavirus continuing to fall.\n\nSome bars and restaurants with outdoor terraces are preparing to open from Monday week\n\nOn Friday, Mr Drakeford said there were only 19 patients receiving critical care in Wales - down 88% from a peak in April - and the lowest level since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe so-called \"R-number\" - the average number infected by each case - has stayed below 1, meaning cases are declining rather than increasing.\n\nThe Welsh Government has stuck to the 2m social-distancing rule but Mr Drakeford said in \"some contexts it may be important\" to reduce it.\n\nBut where it is, \"we will expect to see other important safeguards in place\", he said. Further guidance could be issued next week.\n\nTwo metres remains safer than one metre, he added. England is relaxing the rule in certain situations from Saturday.\n\nWales' busiest roads have been quieter during lockdown, like the M4 motorway through south Wales\n\nDarren Millar, Welsh Tory spokesman on Covid-19 recovery, said: \"I welcome news that the Welsh Labour-led Government's arbitrary and cruel five-mile rule is finally being scrapped in Wales but I urge the first minister to bring this forward to today to avoid another lost weekend for those wanting to see their loved ones.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said he would \"still like to hear a firming up of face covering rules in enclosed areas\".\n\n\"Let's also have clarity on the steps to be taken and the support that will be made available if there is a need to reintroduce some of restrictions in response to local outbreaks. And I'm also reiterating my calls to make maximum use of testing capacity so that the Test, Trace, Protect system can identify outbreaks urgently.\"\n\nTenby is among the places expecting visitors once the restrictions end\n\nTourist hotspots in Wales - such as Tenby in Pembrokeshire - are preparing for an influx once the restrictions are lifted.\n\nMayor Sam Skyrme-Blackhall admitted there had been a dilemma between balancing the need to kick-start the local economy while also maintaining the safety of both locals and visitors.\n\nPeople who live in Wales' seaside resorts \"want to be safe but also support businesses\"\n\n\"It's very daunting at the moment - obviously people are very worried, but there are two sides to that - people want to be safe, but also we need to support our businesses.\n\n\"Tenby relies heavily on tourism, which in turn provides jobs for the local community. If we're not allowed to open, there will be no jobs and a lot of businesses will close by the winter.\"\n\nKaren Evans, owner of the Bay Tree restaurant, added: \"I need to open. I need the tourists. Three winters back-to-back isn't funny.\n\n\"I'm looking forward to them coming back - we are nervous but life goes on and we've got to get on with it. I've been closed since 19 March and not earned a penny since.\"\n\nWith self-contained accommodation able to take bookings from 13 July, Tim Rees, chief executive of Quality Cottages based near St Davids in Pembrokeshire, said he had his highest-grossing weekend in terms of bookings in its history, last week.\n\n\"We're anticipating around 95% capacity for August this year and a record autumn is on the cards,\" he said.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri - Snowdonia National Park This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSnowdonia, which usually attracts about four million visitors a year, will also reopen on Monday but the authority that maintains it wants visitors to \"protect\" and \"respect\" the national park.\n\nAs well as maintaining a 2m distance, especially at gates and stiles, national park wardens want walkers to tread lightly, take litter and food waste home and sanitise hands after touching hard surfaces.\n\n\"Wildlife, birds and farm animals may be closer than before - protect them by keeping to the paths,\" says advice from Snowdonia's wardens.\n\n\"Be kind and considerate of other users and the people who live and work here.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path celebrated its 50th birthday earlier this year while it was shut due to lockdown\n\nThe Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which attracts about four million visitors annually, is also reopening - but its chief executive said there were mixed views locally.\n\n\"The tourism industry is extremely important in our area, therefore we're very supportive of businesses that need to reopen,\" said Tegryn Jones.\n\n\"On the other side, there are some people in local communities that are tremendously concerned that we are going to have an influx of visitors and the possibility that the virus comes with that.\"", "People across England have had their first night out in three months, after coronavirus restrictions eased.\n\nHospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants as well as hairdressers, cinemas and theme parks reopened with strict social distancing rules.\n\nBut ministers urged caution and England's chief medical officer said the latest step was not \"risk-free\".\n\nIt comes as buildings and landmarks across the country were lit up to celebrate the NHS.\n\nPeople were also encouraged to place lights in their window on Saturday to remember those who have died from the virus.\n\nBuildings were lit up blue in honour of the tens of thousands of people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK\n\nDowning Street was lit up blue while other public buildings including Royal Albert Hall, Blackpool Tower, the Shard and the Wembley Arch were also illuminated.\n\nRestrictions on the hospitality sector remain in place in Scotland and Wales, while pubs have been able to open in Northern Ireland since Friday.\n\nIn England, people are being allowed to stay the night away from home for the first time since lockdown started, with campsites and holiday accommodation also reopening.\n\nPolice in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall reported gridlock on the roads on Saturday - including a high volume of caravan owners heading to the coast.\n\nDespite the relaxation of restrictions, some 30% of bars, pubs and restaurants have stayed shut, according to the Night-Time Industries Association, amid fears for safety and concerns over how to implement social distancing guidance.\n\nCampaign for Real Ale national chairman Nik Antona said: \"The government have not really been helpful with their guidance, leaving it to the last minute in a lot of cases.\" Some pubs \"want to see what's going to happen\" before opening their doors, he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's good to have a proper pint\" : The BBC's Fiona Trott talks to drinkers in a pub in Newcastle\n\nAt a pub in Newcastle, punters enjoyed their first \"proper pint\" in more than three months. \"The atmosphere is a bit different... that was expected. But everyone's having a good time,\" one customer told the BBC's Fiona Trott.\n\n\"The regulations are good and everyone is sticking with them, by the looks of things,\" said his companion.\n\nBut it is a very different sort of Saturday evening from pre-lockdown expectations. Customers are expected to book a table in advance, to register their details on arrival and to stay no more than three hours.\n\nWhile pubs in Scotland remain closed one publican in Berwick-upon-Tweed claimed 70% of his pub's bookings were from over the border.\n\nPublican Marc McDonald told BBC Scotland people had travelled from as far afield as Glasgow and Edinburgh to drink at The Meadow House.\n\nIt is a different story in Leicester where the streets were largely deserted as pubs and other venues remain closed after the city became the first to be subject to a local lockdown on Monday, following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nOther rule changes that came into effect on Saturday include allowing two households to meet indoors or outside, including for overnight stays - although they have to maintain social distancing.\n\nPeople in England are still urged to stay 2m apart, but the new \"one metre plus\" guidance means they can get closer if they use \"mitigation\" measures, such as face coverings and not sitting face-to-face.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak welcomed the reopening of businesses, saying it was \"good news\" people were working again.\n\nOn a visit to The Bell and Crown in Chiswick, west London, Mr Sunak said the almost half a million people who worked in Britain's pubs and bars were \"helping us all to enjoy summer safely\".\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government's messaging as \"all over the place\", telling TimesRadio: \"You have had some government messaging saying go out and have a drink, other messaging saying be responsible, be cautious - the messaging, I think, has been very poor over the last few weeks.\"\n\nDespite the easing of restrictions, public health experts are continuing to warn people to be cautious to avoid a second UK wave of the epidemic.\n\nProf Robert West, an epidemiologist from University College London, told the BBC: \"We are looking at around 20,000 new infections a week and around 1,000 deaths a week and the rates aren't coming down very fast.\"\n\nThe latest figures, released on Saturday, showed a further 67 people had died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 44,198.\n\nHow are you planning to deal with lockdown easing? Are you going to meet loved ones for the first time since it began? Are you working? Are you happy or concerned about lifted restrictions? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The couple said their vows under the Peace Garden Pergola at Runcorn Town Hall Register Office\n\nA couple are believed to be the first to say \"I do\" in England after the easing of virus restrictions.\n\nNewlyweds Louise Arnold and Jennifer Wilson, both 22, tied the knot at 00:01 BST in the grounds of Runcorn Town Hall in Cheshire in front of 16 guests.\n\nThose unable to attend the ceremony including family and friends in Australia and New Zealand still put on their wedding outfits to watch online\n\n\"It's hard to put into words how much this means to us,\" said Ms Wilson.\n\nThe couple, who have been engaged for three years, had cancelled their previous plans as travel restrictions meant Ms Wilson's family in Australia would not be able to attend.\n\n\"Last week the registry office rang and asked if we wanted to be the first couple in the UK to marry after lockdown and we just said yes,\" said Ms Wilson, who has been working as a senior dementia care assistant throughout the pandemic.\n\n\"We both work nights normally so the time suited us.\"\n\nPlans for a reception with 120 guests have been postponed until next year\n\nMs Arnold, who works for lorry firm Eddie Stobart, added: \"With it having just been Pride month, this felt like something we couldn't really pass up.\n\n\"Not just for us but for other LGBT people who haven't been able to get together to celebrate Pride.\"\n\nThe couple from Widnes had just over a week to prepare for the rearranged nuptials under the Peace Garden Pergola at Runcorn Town Hall Register Office.\n\nThe childhood sweethearts met eight years ago while Ms Arnold was on holiday in New Zealand, where Ms Wilson was living.\n\nShe added: \"I think everyone has been excited to be able to celebrate something positive after the past few months.\"\n\nRegistration service manager Andrew Lucas said he was \"delighted to help Louise and Jennifer say \"I do\" on what we think was the first wedding after the lockdown period\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n• None No singing part of new wedding rules for England", "As the day wore on crowds gathered outside pubs and bars in London's Soho\n\nPubs, cinemas and hairdressers have reopened as lockdown restrictions are eased across England - but how have people adjusted to the latest \"new normal\"?\n\nThe Rush Hair salon on Deansgate in Manchester city centre opened its doors at 09:00 BST to welcome customers for the first time in more than three months.\n\nWhile staff were wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and shields divided each hair-cutting station, it was much like business as usual, according to the BBC's Lauren Hirst.\n\nSalon manager Abbie Denton told her: \"It feels like you're starting a new job with all the new changes but it's just great to be back.\"\n\nAbbie Denton said Rush Hair's staff were \"raring to go\"\n\nThe salon was fully booked and Ms Denton, who has worked at Rush Hair for eight years, said she was happy to be back doing what she loves.\n\n\"We had a full training day yesterday where we went through everything about the PPE and health and safety and we had a Zoom call with the CEO this morning, which was all about team building and got everything raring to go,\" she said.\n\nBBC presenter Ben Tavener joined the first customers entering Pall Mall Barbers for a haircut near London's Trafalgar Square.\n\nHe said: \"The experience ultimately wasn't that bad - a little fiddly when cutting around my ears as I had to hold the mask in place for a few seconds without the elastic bands.\n\n\"But a small price to pay to end three months of 'lockdown hair'.\n\n\"One of the barbers - Michael Barby - has had to shave off his prized beard, as it won't fit under his face mask. Four years of growth gone in a snip.\n\n\"But he's glad to be back at the grindstone. And his 'beard off' raised over £2,000 for charity.\"\n\nBarber Michael Barby had to shave off his prized beard, as it won't fit under his protective face mask\n\nLipstick & Locks, in Sudbury, Suffolk, opened for 24 hours from midnight - and was expecting 43 clients through the door in that time.\n\nManager Megan Tuck said: said: \"It's been such an exciting day for us… so lovely to be back and work.\"\n\nLipstick & Locks manager Megan Tuck said its reopening was \"exciting\"\n\nIn the afternoon, punters outside Dukes 92 - a bar and restaurant in the centre of Castlefield, Manchester - were in good spirits\n\nOperations director Lucy McCarthy said: \"It's been pretty stressful trying to open with all the changes but so far so good.\n\n\"We are just really excited to be open.\"\n\nA group of friends enjoying drinks outside Dukes in Castlefield\n\nSome parts of central London \"seemed as if things had never been different\", according to BBC journalist Winnie Agbonlahor.\n\nJill and Sean Connel, from Twickenham, had travelled into the capital to show their six-month-old son Charlie that \"even though it's all very scary, it's OK and people are friendly\".\n\nTheir train was \"almost completely empty\" with everyone wearing masks and being very respectful, Mrs Connel said.\n\n\"We expected it to be more crowded but everywhere we've been so far, including Buckingham Palace, has been quite quiet,\" she added.\n\nJill and Sean Connel travelled into central London with their six-month-old son Charlie\n\nAs the wedding ban was lifted, a trainee doctor who contracted Covid-19 became one of the first brides in England to say \"I do\".\n\nShe was working in A&E at Ipswich Hospital when she became unwell in March.\n\nThe ceremony was restricted to 30 people, but it was live-streamed for others to enjoy the celebrations.\n\nThe happy couple said they were looking forward to having a \"massive party\" next year\n\nIn Upware, Cambridgeshire, 38-year-old Tom Jones moored up on his river cruiser boat at the Five Miles From Anywhere pub.\n\nIt's the first time boat owners have been allowed to stay overnight on their boats, because they are classed as a second home.\n\nMr Jones said: \"It's great to be able to support this fantastic local business, and the beer is a definitely a bonus.\n\n\"We are taking things slowly and trying to stay outside as much as possible.\"\n\nIn the Lake District, visitors said they were keen to get their fill of stunning views and fresh air as lockdown eased.\n\nPeople arrived as early as 06:00 at Waterside House Campsite on the shores of Ullswater with some having travelled from London, Gloucestershire, Merseyside, Manchester and the North East.\n\nFamilies pitched tents, hooked up their campervans and set up gazebos to protect them from the showers.\n\nNearby Pooley Bridge was busy and queues formed for the farm shop while other visitors enjoyed the sunshine in the beer gardens.\n\nBBC Look North's Hannah Gray said things were \"starting to get busy\" in Leeds as the afternoon progressed.\n\n\"Some people were very dressed up and clearly intending to have a night of partying,\" she added.\n\nCampers pitched up on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District\n\nBBC News Online picture editor Phil Coombes put together some before and after photos of clients at The Men's Grooming Company in Coventry.\n\nDom Nelson, 30, said: \"I'm really pleased. He has done a great job and I'm off to a barbecue tonight if the weather holds off.\n\n\"I've been desperate for a cut and have been pre-booked since June - they just moved it back to the opening day. I've no worries coming along as there is lots of information about keeping safe.\"\n\nDom Nelson said he had been \"desperate\" for a haircut\n\nMeanwhile in Leicester, the streets were deserted as the city remained at a standstill in the first localised lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe only sign of activity in the streets was around the city's open-air market, which remained open.\n\nDhansukh Rana, 79, was shopping for some fruit and vegetables at a stall with his wife.\n\nHe said: \"I have to keep moving but it is sad they have left out Leicester when the rest of the UK is moving on.\"\n\nDhansukh Rana said many people in the city were suffering", "Drawings of rainbows became a symbol of hope and gratitude towards the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nDozens of landmarks across the country will be lit up blue later to mark 72 years since the founding of the NHS.\n\nAhead of the health service's anniversary on Sunday, people are being encouraged to take part in a weekend of celebration and remembrance.\n\nPeople will be asked to put a light in their window to remember those who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOn Sunday evening, households across the UK will take to their doorsteps for a nationwide clap for NHS workers.\n\nA moment's applause will also be observed before the kick-off of this weekend's Premier League and Championship football matches in England.\n\nOn Saturday, major public buildings will be illuminated with blue light, including the Houses of Parliament, Blackpool Tower, the SEC Armadillo, the Shard and the Wembley Arch.\n\nDowning Street will also be lit up, with a candle placed on the doorstep of No 10.\n\nAt 20:00 BST, the dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London will light a candle of remembrance of the lives which have been lost during the pandemic.\n\nOn Sunday, a flypast by a World War Two Spitfire fighter plane is due to take place over hospitals in the east of England and a nationwide applause, inspired by the Clap for Carers initiative, will take place at 17:00 BST.\n\nA special programme will be broadcast on BBC One to mark the occasion.\n\nThe Clap for Carers initiative saw households across the country showing appreciation for healthcare workers for 10 Thursday evenings in a row during the height of the pandemic.\n\nDutch-born Londoner Annemarie Plas, who started the Clap for Carers campaign, said she hoped Sunday's applause would mark the start of a yearly tradition to thank the health service.\n\nMeanwhile, a new NHS cadet programme being launched to coincide with the anniversary hopes to encourage thousands of teenagers into careers in healthcare.\n\nTeenagers aged between 14 and 18 will be able to train in first aid, develop leadership skills, and find volunteer opportunities within the health service.\n\nThe £6m programme, funded equally by the NHS and St John Ambulance, aims to offer a route into employment for up to 10,000 young people by 2023.\n\nThe scheme's organisers are looking for people who may not have previously considered working in the NHS, including those not in employment, education or training.\n\nThe NHS's chief nurse for England, Ruth May, said the scheme would give people \"a genuine opportunity to get a taste of what it's like to work in the best health service in the world\".\n\nIt is being piloted in Colchester, Hull and London and will be rolled out to Liverpool, Bradford, Hertfordshire and the Wirral in the coming months.\n• None In pictures: The history of the NHS", "Ginny Butcher is not surprised by the ONS findings.\n\nAs a disabled woman, Ginny Butcher is roughly 11 times more likely to die from coronavirus than her peers. New figures also suggest almost two-thirds of Covid-19 deaths in the UK have been disabled people. There are now calls for an inquiry.\n\nGinny is a 22-year-old wheelchair user who needs two personal assistants with her at all times. She is at high-risk of coronavirus and is still shielding at home.\n\nShe has a ventilated tracheotomy and says she's been \"extremely anxious\" during lockdown because there has been \"zero guidance\" on what to do if any of her assistants became ill or had to isolate.\n\nShe points to the impact of the Coronavirus Act - the emergency legislation the government passed at the beginning of lockdown - which took away significant parts of councils' duty to provide care for disabled people.\n\nCritics said it gave councils - who previously had an obligation to provide certain care - the power to \"downgrade\" provisions for disabled and elderly people.\n\n\"Disabled women were left wondering how they were going to get out of bed in the morning,\" Ginny says. \"With much less care, women were forced to venture outside to get groceries and other essentials, putting themselves at risk.\"\n\nThose who do have care support have \"struggled immensely\" to get vital personal protective equipment (PPE), she adds, saying this puts both carers and disabled people at risk.\n\nGinny couldn't get any PPE for the first eight weeks of the crisis, despite being on the government's list of people who are clinically vulnerable to the virus.\n\n\"It has been my biggest concern throughout this crisis,\" she says.\n\nIt comes as the latest ONS figures, first reported by Disability News Service, showed more than 22,000 disabled people died from coronavirus, from 2 March to 15 May, making up two-thirds of all deaths.\n\nThe statistics suggest working-age disabled women like Ginny are more than 11 times more likely to die from coronavirus than their peers. For disabled men, the death rate was 6.5 times higher than non-disabled men.\n\n\"I'm not surprised at all\", says Ginny. \"Hardly anything has been done to protect disabled women. In fact, the opposite is true. Disabled women are being abandoned and left to die.\"\n\nThe ONS analysis suggests that much of the disparity is caused by social and economic factors, such as \"region, population density, area deprivation, household composition... and occupation\".\n\nInequalities have been shown to disproportionately affect disabled people. But Chris Hatton, professor of public health and disability at Lancaster University, highlighted two key factors.\n\nHe says disabled women, and disabled people in general, are also more likely to have other health conditions that can increase their risk of dying from coronavirus. People with learning disabilities are disproportionately likely to be obese, have diabetes, or have kidney disease, he adds.\n\nCrucially, he says people with learning disabilities often develop those conditions at a relatively young age, which could explain why the difference in death rates is particularly pronounced when it comes to young disabled women.\n\nThe second factor, Prof Hatton says, is that disabled people often have their health concerns overlooked and diagnoses are often delayed because new issues are assumed to relate to existing disabilities, rather than a new condition.\n\nThose same issues have spilled over into discrimination in coronavirus treatment.\n\nAt the end of March, the National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) published guidance which appeared to recommend prioritising coronavirus patients based on a \"dependency\" scale .\n\nPeople who were highly dependent on others in their daily lives would be the first to be denied intensive care in the event that units became overwhelmed, regardless of whether they were clinically less likely to survive.\n\nWhile hospital ICUs never exceeded capacity and the guidance was partially rescinded, Prof Hatton says it badly damaged confidence among disabled people.\n\n\"Medical professionals do not listen to disabled women, and often gaslight disabled women into thinking that they are not sick, unwell or in pain,\" Ginny adds.\n\n\"I'm not surprised that disabled women are failing to receive the medical treatment that they need.\"\n\nGinny says more needs to be done and disabled people's organisations agree.\n\n\"It feels like there has been a systemic failure to understand and address the needs of disabled people\", says Mike Smith, a former commissioner of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, who is now chief executive of disability charity Real.\n\nHe says an inquiry needs to look at all the \"structural inequalities\" disabled people face.\n\n\"All the way through this pandemic there has been a narrative to the wider population: don't worry, it only affects older people, and those with pre-existing conditions - as if, somehow, the value of those people's lives was less.\"\n\n\"We would want to know whether there are things that could have been done differently, such as earlier provision of PPE, earlier provision of testing, speedier diagnosis, access to critical care - as well as tackling increased isolation,\" says the charity's policy manager Fazilet Hadi.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said the government was \"determined to take the right steps to protect\" those who are most vulnerable to the disease and \"minimise their risk\".\n\n\"More than two million people have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable and we have provided guidance to GPs and clinicians so they can add people to the shielded patient list, as they are best placed to advise on the needs of their individual patients.\"\n\nThe department said the care provisions implemented in the Coronavirus Act are only intended to be used when absolutely necessary and should be temporary.\n\nThere are no plans to extend shielding for extremely vulnerable people beyond the end of July but Public Health England continues to monitor the effects of the virus on different minority groups, the department said.", "Portugal's foreign affairs minister has said his country's exclusion from a list of countries for which quarantine will not apply for people returning to England is \"absurd\".\n\nAugusto Santos Silva told the BBC not including Portugal was \"senseless and unfair\".\n\nThe list of countries exempt from quarantine was published on Friday.\n\nBoris Johnson said 14-day quarantines would remain for countries where the virus was not under control.\n\nOther countries excluded from the list, which comes into effect on 10 July, include the US, China, the Maldives and Sweden.\n\nMr Santos Silva told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"We are very disappointed with the decision of the British authorities. We think it is senseless and unfair.\n\n\"It is quite absurd the UK has seven times more cases of Covid-19 than Portugal so we think this is not the way in which allies and friends are treated.\"\n\nThe Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, tweeted comparing the UK's number of coronavirus cases with that of the Algarve, saying: \"You are welcome to spend a safe holiday in the Algarve.\"\n\nLabour shadow transport minister Jim McMahon said people up and down the country were keen for the quarantine measures to be lessened but said \"this is a mess\".\n\n\"First we had the quarantine that they were slow to implement, then they said they'd do air bridges,\" he said.\n\n\"Now we see a plan to let residents of 60 or more countries into England without any reciprocal arrangements.\"\n\nScotland and Wales are yet to decide whether to ease travel restrictions and described the changes as \"shambolic\".\n\nThe quarantine rules will also remain in place in Northern Ireland for visitors arriving from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland.\n\nSome of those on the list include popular short-haul destinations such as Turkey and Cyprus, as well as long-haul locations including Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Vietnam.\n\nHowever, some countries will require visitors to isolate on arrival or will bar them from entering at all.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nA list of countries which will be exempt from the Foreign Office's advice against \"all but essential travel\" from Saturday has also been published.\n\nThe introduction of the quarantine on 8 June was met with criticism from the travel, tourism and hospitality industries and the easing of restrictions on arrivals from some countries has been welcomed.", "Spain is among the countries which can be visited without having to quarantine for 14 days on your return\n\nA full list of countries for which quarantine will not apply to people arriving back in England has been published.\n\nCountries including Greece, Spain, France and Belgium are on the list, which comes into effect from 10 July.\n\nBut countries such as China, US, Sweden and Portugal are not, meaning arrivals from those have to isolate for 14 days.\n\nScotland and Wales are yet to decide whether to ease travel restrictions and described the changes as \"shambolic\".\n\nThe quarantine rules will also remain in place in Northern Ireland for visitors arriving from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe restrictions came into place in early June in a bid to stop coronavirus entering the country as the number of cases was falling.\n\nSpeaking at the Downing Street press briefing, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"Instead of quarantining arrivals from the whole world, we will only quarantine arrivals from those countries where the virus is sadly not under control.\"\n\nPeople travelling from the 59 places and 14 British overseas territories on the list will not have to quarantine on arrival in England unless they have travelled through a place which is not exempt.\n\nPassengers will still be required to provide contact information on arrival in England.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nSome of those on the list include popular short-haul destinations such as Turkey and Cyprus, as well as long-haul locations including Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Vietnam.\n\nHowever, some countries will require visitors to isolate on arrival or will bar them from entering at all, such as New Zealand.\n\nThe Foreign Office is expected to update its travel guidance on Saturday, including naming which countries will have a reciprocal arrangement with the UK and not require British visitors to quarantine on arrival.\n\nA list of countries which will be exempt from the Foreign Office's advice against \"all but essential travel\" from Saturday has also been published.\n\nThe advice has been lifted for Portugal but only for the Azores and Madeira.\n\nPortugal's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"We are very disappointed with the decision of the British authorities. We think it is senseless and unfair.\n\n\"It is quite absurd the UK has seven times more cases of Covid-19 than Portugal so we think this is not the way in which allies and friends are treated.\"\n\nHis prime minister, António Costa, tweeted comparing the UK's number of coronavirus cases with that of the Algarve, a popular holiday destination, saying: \"You are welcome to spend a safe holiday in the Algarve.\"\n\nThe government said information for travel into Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be published in due course by the devolved administrations.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said finalising the list of countries had been delayed - after scrapping the quarantine was announced last week - in the hope that the four UK nations could reach a joint decision.\n\nHe said there was \"still an opportunity\" for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to co-ordinate and therefore make the changes more simple.\n\nBut the first ministers of both Scotland and Wales have criticised the government, with Nicola Sturgeon saying Scotland could not be dragged along by the UK government's \"shambolic decision making\".\n\nWelsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said the approach had been \"utterly shambolic\".\n\nHowever, he added it was likely the Welsh government would impose the same measures as in England, provided the chief medical officer for Wales gave approval.\n\nMr Johnson said in a televised coronavirus briefing from Downing Street that the nations of the UK were following \"very similar paths but at different speeds\".\n\nAsked if a family from Scotland could drive to England and fly out and back from an overseas country to get around different quarantine rules the prime minister said that while he knew the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales had a \"slightly different take\" on it the \"convoy is very much going in the same direction\".\n\n\"I'm sure we'll get there together and common sense will apply.\"\n\nThe introduction of the quarantine on 8 June was met with criticism from the travel, tourism and hospitality industries and the easing of restrictions on arrivals from some countries has been welcomed.\n\nA statement on behalf of airlines Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways said the move to quarantine people had been \"irrational\" and had seriously damaged the economy and industry.\n\nIt added the carriers wanted clarification on how countries included on the lists were selected.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of industry body Airline UK, said the lists gave \"a clear path to opening further predominantly long-haul destinations in the weeks ahead\".\n\nTUI UK and Ireland managing director Andrew Flintham said the company was pleased the government had confirmed \"summer holidays are saved\" and said it was a \"significant step forward\" for the industry.\n\nThe chief executive of Booking Holdings, which owns the brands Booking.com and Kayak.com, called for a coordinated effort from governments around the world to set out principles as to why someone can travel from one country to another.\n\nGlenn Fogel told BBC World News current measures were \"totally chaotic\" but he welcomed England's announcement saying the UK is \"an important part of the global tourism industry\".\n\nVisitBritain director Patricia Yates said the lifting of travel restrictions for some of the \"largest and most valuable visitor markets\" was a \"timely boost\" for the industry.\n\nPilots union, the British Airline Pilots Association, said it was an important first step and said it was working with authorities to make sure the return to operations would be safe for pilots, passengers and crew.\n\nAn Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) spokeswoman said there was likely to be a strong demand for holidays and it was important people considered how this might affect their plans.\n\n\"It is especially important that customers also check the latest Foreign Office travel advice before booking, to establish if there are entry restrictions or self-isolation procedures on arrival, or any other measures they need to comply with, in the destination they are planning to visit,\" she said.\n\nA High Court challenge by British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair against the government's 14-day quarantine is set to be withdrawn, their barrister Tom Hickman QC said.", "Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to appear in court in New York on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls and young women, and also perjury. She has previously denied any wrongdoing.\n\nWhen she moved to New York, she became friends with Laura Goldman.\n\nLaura Goldman spoke to the BBC's Today programme and was asked whether she thought Ms Maxwell would speak about Prince Andrew, a former friend of Epstein, as part of a potential plea deal.\n\nHe has also strenuously denied any wrong doing.\n\nThis video has been removed while the BBC investigates claims about the veracity of the contributor.", "Police were seen entering the estate but were seen retreating when revellers started chasing them\n\nSeven officers have been injured after police tried to break up an unlicensed music event in west London.\n\nPolice were called to White City on Friday evening following reports of a number of people gathered at an estate.\n\nBricks and other missiles were thrown at police when they tried to speak to the group, forcing them to back away before more officers arrived.\n\nNone of the injuries are said to be life-threatening. The violence was \"totally unacceptable\", the Met said.\n\nMayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: \"It's disgraceful that police officers came under attack with some suffering injuries at an illegal gathering in White City last night.\n\n\"Violence against the police will not be tolerated and perpetrators will be caught and prosecuted.\"\n\nHe added that extra police would be out on Saturday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dave Kayani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLocal resident Dave Kayani, who filmed what happened, said when the police initially arrived, they looked like \"traffic wardens\".\n\n\"They stopped people going into the block and after a while people were getting agitated.\"\n\n\"The police started to march in, with no riot gear and shouting.\n\n\"Some of the people were riled up and started to run towards the police, who started retreating,\" he said.\n\nMr Kayani said riot police arrived about 20 minutes later.\n\n\"A bottle hit my leg, not glass. I was okay. It was quite terrifying,\" he said, adding that a neighbour had his car window smashed with stones thrown by people.\n\nHe said a few illegal parties have been held recently, but this was the biggest.\n\nPolice were called by residents complaining about a large gathering, noise, anti-social behaviour and violence.\n\nOfficers trained to deal with public disorder were met with hostility and violence, police said.\n\nA Dispersal Zone has been authorised in the area while a section 60 order is also now in place.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said seven officers had suffered injuries as a result of the clashes.\n\n\"These gatherings are illegal and also pose a risk to public health.\n\n\"The violence shown towards officers this evening was totally unacceptable and we will not tolerate it in any form. Officers encountered bricks and other missiles being thrown at them.\"\n\nPolice in the capital have been called in to break up a number of illegal gatherings in the past fortnight, with more than 20 officers hurt at a gathering in Brixton, south London, on 24 June.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 21 April 2020: The BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson looks at how Bolsonaro has responded to the virus in Brazil\n\nBrazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro, has sanctioned a law making the use of masks in public obligatory during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHowever, he has vetoed their use in shops, churches and schools.\n\nIn a social media broadcast, Mr Bolsonaro said people could have been fined for not wearing a mask at home.\n\nHe has refused to acknowledge the gravity of Brazil's Covid-19 outbreak, despite it having the world's second-highest numbers of cases and deaths.\n\nThe virus has infected almost 1.5 million people and killed 61,884 there since late February, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThere have been almost 1.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Brazil\n\nBBC South America correspondent Katy Watson says Jair Bolsonaro has never cared much for masks - a health recommendation that has become highly politicised, as has much of the handling of the coronavirus crisis in Brazil.\n\nEven where mask use has been made obligatory not everyone has observed the rules, and enforcement is often pretty lax, our correspondent adds.\n\nThe bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies included an article saying that masks had to be worn by people in \"commercial and industrial establishments, religious temples, teaching premises and also closed places where people are gathering\".\n\nOn Friday, Mr Bolsonaro vetoed the article, arguing that it could lead to the violation of property rights.\n\nHe also vetoed another requiring the distribution of masks to the poor.\n\nCongress has 30 days to overrule the vetoes by absolute majority vote.\n\nLast month, a judge ordered the president to wear a mask in public - something he has often refused to do. However, the order was later rescinded by another court.\n\nMr Bolsonaro has insisted that quarantine and social distancing are not necessary to combat the coronavirus and will only damage the fragile Brazilian economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nelson Teich resigned as Brazil's health minister as the pandemic worsened\n\nOn Thursday night, bars were allowed to open in Rio de Janeiro, where more than 6,600 people have died of Covid-19.\n\nFederal Congressman David Miranda posted a photograph showing dozens of people drinking on a street in the city's Leblon district without appearing to wear masks or observe social distancing.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by David Miranda This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"A tragedy foretold,\" he tweeted. \"[Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo] Crivella's decision to throw open the doors of business will come with a high cost.\"\n\nMr Crivella's office told Reuters news agency that law enforcement personnel had asked several establishments to close on Thursday for allowing crowds to gather.", "The images showed the officers grinning as they re-enacted the chokehold\n\nThree US police officers in Colorado have been sacked after they shared photos re-enacting a chokehold used on a black man who later died.\n\nElijah McClain, 23, died in August last year after being stopped by police.\n\nAnother officer resigned over the matter. A local police chief called the images \"beyond comprehension\".\n\nMr McClain's case attracted renewed focus in the wake of the death of George Floyd, another unarmed African-American who died in police custody.\n\nThe officers who were fired were named as Jason Rosenblatt, Erica Marrero and Kyle Dittrich. The fourth, Jaron Jones, resigned on Tuesday.\n\nVanessa Wilson, the acting police chief in Aurora, where the incident took place, called the images a crime against humanity and decency.\n\n\"We are ashamed, we are sickened, and we are angry about what I have to share,\" she told a news conference.\n\n\"While the allegations of this internal affairs case are not criminal, they are a crime against humanity and decency. To even think about doing such a thing is beyond comprehension and it is reprehensible.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four numbers that explain impact of George Floyd\n\nOne of the pictures shows former officers Dittrich and Jones imitating a neck hold, while Marrero smiles to their left.\n\nJason Rosenblatt was sent the photos by text and responded \"ha ha\".\n\nChief Wilson said she held off releasing the photos until she could share them with Mr McClain's family. Their lawyer called the images \"appalling\".\n\nMr McClain was walking in Aurora on 24 August last year when he was stopped by three police officers.\n\nA district attorney report later said there had been an emergency call about a \"suspicious person\" matching his description.\n\nThere was a struggle after Mr McClain resisted contact with the officers, who wanted to search him to see if he was armed, the report says. On body cam footage Mr McClain can be heard saying, \"I'm an introvert, please respect my boundaries that I am speaking.\"\n\nOne of the officers then says \"he is going for your gun\", and they wrestle him to the ground and put him in a chokehold.\n\nThe report says Mr McClain lost consciousness, was released from the chokehold, and began to struggle again.\n\nThe officers called for assistance, with fire fighters and an ambulance responding. A medic injected Mr McClain with ketamine to sedate him.\n\nMr McClain was then put in \"soft restraints\" on a stretcher and put inside the ambulance. The medic who had administered the drug then noticed that Mr McClain's chest \"was not rising on its own, and he did not have a pulse\". He was declared brain dead on 27 August.\n\nDemonstrators have marched in Denver to protest against the death of Mr McClain\n\nMr McClain's family allege that the officers used excessive force for about 15 minutes as Mr McClain vomited, begged for them to stop and repeatedly told them he could not breathe. The officers also threatened to set a police dog on him, the family said.\n\nAn coroner's autopsy found the cause of death to be undetermined.\n\nColorado Governor Jared Polis has appointed a special prosecutor to review the case. Earlier this month, Aurora police banned the chokehold used on Mr McClain. New rules also say officers must intervene if they see a colleague using excessive force.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "An historic hotel has been hit by floods.\n\nThe Ty'n y Cornel Hotel, by Tal-y-llyn lake in Gwynedd, has suffered regular flooding in recent years.\n\nThis time it has \"flooded all the garages but not the main building,\" according to a hotel spokesman.\n\n\"The flood water is up to my knees in the road,\" he said.\n\nNatural Resources Wales has issued half a dozen flood alerts in north Wales on Saturday.", "The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency teams\n\nA man in his 20s has been shot dead in north London.\n\nEmergency services were called to Roman Way in Islington at 15:20 BST and found the man with gunshot wounds.\n\nHe was pronounced dead at the scene, close to Pentonville Prison, shortly afterwards, the Met Police said.\n\nThe man's next of kin have been informed but no-one has been arrested. Officers have cordoned off the Westbourne Estate area as they investigate.\n\nThe force said it was too early to say whether the shooting was linked to the prison, which is one of the country's oldest and busiest jails and houses a men's prison and a young offender institution.\n\nA witness said he heard a number of shots, ran to his window and saw \"a guy on a bike or moped rode off\".\n\nThe man was shot dead close to a children's playground\n\n\"When I looked to the park, I could see a guy stagger then fall,\" he added.\n\n\"That was it, then police came.\"\n\nThe witness, who wanted to remain anonymous, added: \"There's always crime around here, the shooting is shocking, but not much of a surprise.\n\n\"It's not nice though, especially near the local park.\"\n\nIslington South and Finsbury MP Emily Thornberry said: \"My thoughts are with the victim's family and friends and local residents in whose midst this terrible event occurred.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "St Albans for Black Lives Matter said the cathedral's use of the print had \"brought about a countywide conversation\".\n\nA picture of the Last Supper showing a black Jesus has been installed in a cathedral in what campaigners described as a \"bold statement\".\n\nThe print, by Lorna May Wadsworth, has been placed at the Altar of the Persecuted in the North Transept of St Albans Cathedral.\n\nThe church said it was in \"support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement\".\n\nThe original artwork, painted in 2010, had previously been shot while on display at a church in Gloucestershire.\n\nSt Albans for BLM said the cathedral's move had \"brought about a countywide conversation\".\n\nThe artist used a Jamaican-born model for the basis of her interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci's 15th Century work, and said she wanted \"to make people question the Western myth that [Jesus Christ] had fair hair and blue eyes\".\n\nThe Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey John, dean of the cathedral, said: \"Our faith teaches that we are all made equally in the image of God, and that God is a God of justice.\"\n\nThe cathedral said the 8ft 8in-high (2.6m) picture was part of a prayer installation to mark its reopening, and called on people to \"look with fresh eyes at something you think you know\".\n\nIn a statement, the cathedral said: \"We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement to be allies for change, building a strong, just and fair community where the dignity of every human being is honoured and celebrated, where black voices are heard, and where black lives matter.\"\n\nA spokeswoman added it was \"the sentiment [of the movement] that we support, and we don't uncritically support any political organisation\".\n\nDa Vinci's mural painting shows the scene of The Last Supper as narrated in the Gospel of John\n\nThe St Albans for BLM group, which is not affiliated to UKBLM and is a separate group created to support the city's response to the movement, said the picture \"was not about accurate portrayal of Jesus' appearance\" but about \"promoting conversation about how history is often whitewashed\".\n\nShelley Hayles, from the group, said: \"Much of our society has had no problem accepting the inaccurate portrayal of a 'white' Jesus, but are quick to take issue with a 'black' Jesus and this is just another example of the systemic racism in the UK.\n\n\"The bold statement by St Albans Cathedral has brought about a countywide conversation which would have been unlikely to happen before Black Lives Matter gained momentum.\"\n\nThe installation has provoked debate on the cathedral's Facebook page, with one poster saying: \"Why do we have to be all about colour? If Jesus was from Jerusalem he would've probably looked darker, but he taught us to love everyone, that's my belief anyway.\"\n\nOthers had a different view, with another poster saying: \"I think this is a very welcome initiative. Thank you for it - it is needed.\"\n\nThe print has been placed at the Altar of the Persecuted in the North Transept of St Albans Cathedral\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Mercedes dominated qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, while Ferrari had a shocking day.\n\nMercedes seemed unbeatable as the season re-started after a four-month delay as a result of the coronavirus.\n\nThe cars, painted black this year to reflect Mercedes' support for anti-racism, were half a second clear.\n\nThe fastest Ferrari of Charles Leclerc was in seventh as the sheer scale of their lack of performance became clear.\n\nTeam-mate Sebastian Vettel did not even make it into the final part of qualifying and the four-time world champion will start 11th.\n\nIt was a toss-up as to which was the biggest shock - the size of Mercedes' advantage over everyone else, or how badly wrong Ferrari have got it with this year's car.\n\nAs attention turns to the race on Sunday, there will be a question as to whether anyone can challenge Mercedes, and also a focus on F1's stance against racism, in the wake of the focus on the issue created by protests around the world.\n\nThe drivers are to make a collective statement before the race by wearing \"end racism\" T-shirts, although there remains a question as to whether all of them will take a knee.\n• None Drivers' reluctance to take a knee shows 'lack of understanding' - Hamilton\n\nMercedes have dominated the weekend, the cars quickest by a significant margin in every single session.\n\nThe Finn was quicker than Hamilton on the first runs by 0.122 seconds and then, running ahead of the Briton, went off at Turn Five on his final run.\n\nHamilton was ahead of Bottas on split times at that point. The world champion improved his time over the rest of the lap but lost out on pole position by 0.012secs.\n\nBottas said: \"It feels really good. I have missed this feeling after qualifying, the shakes. It is something special when you push the car to the limit. It feels so good. Our team, amazing job - we seem to be in our own league.\"\n\nHamilton said that the incident with Bottas \"didn't really affect the lap\", adding: \"Great job by Valtteri. This is a great job by the team and I am happy to be here.\"\n\nVerstappen in third was 0.538secs off pole. The Dutchman will start the race on a different tyre than Mercedes, having chosen to run the medium in second qualifying, while Mercedes were on the soft, but on the face of it the world champions look to be unbeatable.\n\nVerstappen said: \"It is going to be quite a bit warmer tomorrow and that could play to our advantage, Mercedes were on a different level today but let's see what we can do tomorrow.\n\n\"I suspect we are a little bit better off in the race. We have nothing to lose so I will try to make it as difficult as possible for them.\"\n\nHamilton was investigated after qualifying for ignoring yellow flags waved for the Bottas incident and for going off track on his first lap.\n\nNo further action was taken with regard to flags because there were conflicting green light signals showing at the same time. His first lap time was deleted for going off track at Turn 10, but it made no difference to his grid position because his second lap was his fastest anyway.\n\nAs attention turns to the race on Sunday, there will be a question as to whether anyone can challenge Mercedes, and also a focus on F1's stance against racism, in the wake of the focus on the issue created by protests around the world.\n\nThe drivers are to make a collective statement before the race by wearing \"end racism\" t-shirts, although there remains a question as to whether all of them will take a knee.\n\nEven before arriving in Austria, Ferrari were downplaying expectations, saying that they had had to redesign their car after discovering problems following pre-season testing and that the first parts of that change would not appear until the Hungarian Grand Prix in two weeks' time.\n\nBut few expected them to be as far off the pace as they were.\n\nBoth drivers were in danger of being knocked out at the end of second qualifying but Leclerc managed to scrape through in 10th place.\n\nEven he seemed surprised to be so slow.\n\n\"Are we safe?\" the 22-year-old asked his engineer at the end of the second session.\n\n\"Yes,\" he was told. \"You are P10.\"\n\nIn the end, Leclerc managed to make it into seventh on the grid by pulling out all the stops in the final session but the inquiry will be long and questing.\n\nRival teams pointed out that whereas at last year's Austrian Grand Prix there were five cars with Ferrari engines in the top 10, while this year only one made it through - and that all those teams had lost more than 0.5secs a lap in performance compared to 2019.\n\nThere was a controversial settlement between governing body the FIA and Ferrari over the winter, with the FIA saying that they had doubts about the legality of the Ferrari engine in 2019 but could not prove them.\n\nRivals were angered that the details of the settlement were kept confidential.\n\nThe Racing Point - or 'Pink Mercedes' as it has become known for its likeness to last year's Silver Arrow - had looked best of the rest behind Mercedes and Red Bull on Friday but McLaren pipped them thanks to a stellar performance from Lando Norris.\n\nThe Briton qualified a brilliant fourth, less than 0.2secs behind Verstappen and ahead of the second Red Bull of Alex Albon.\n\nAlbon set the same time as Racing Point's Sergio Perez, but as the Anglo-Thai set it first, he will start ahead of the Mexican.\n\nBehind Leclerc, the second McLaren of Carlos Sainz was eighth, ahead of Perez's team-mate Lance Stroll and the lead Renault of Daniel Ricciardo.\n• None Comedian and actor Chris O'Dowd joins from LA to chat to Louis", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Natural Resources Wales has issued half a dozen flood alerts in north Wales on Saturday\n\nAn historic hotel has been hit by floods as heavy rain falls in Wales.\n\nThe Ty'n y Cornel Hotel, by Tal-y-llyn lake in Gwynedd, has suffered regular flooding in recent years.\n\nA hotel spokesman said: \"The flood water is up to my knees in the road. It's flooded all the garages but not the main building.\"\n\nThe gardens of Gwydir Castle in Conwy were also hit as Natural Resources Wales issued 10 flood alerts, all but one in north Wales.\n\nThat was later reduced to six, with three alerts in north Wales and one in south west Wales lifted.\n\nThe hotel building dates back to the early 1800s and is thought to have offered lodgings since the early 1900s.\n\n\"The lake does flood a few times but we didn't expect it today,\" the spokesman said.\n\n\"It's the people who sometimes try to drive through that's the problem and the aftermath of the drivers going through.\"\n\nHe claimed lorries were the worst, saying: \"They just think it's fine to drive through - the bow wave goes halfway up the building.\"\n\nThe green at Llanrwst Bowling Club was left under water\n\nAt Gwydir Castle, in Conwy, the gardens were flooded.\n\nIt was also hit in February and in 2018 and 2019.\n\nA 400m sandbag wall has been constructed in an effort to protect the building.\n\nBut water still affected the gardens last night and there are \"feet of water\" in the cellars.\n\nShe said the water \"came from nowhere\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gwydir Castle This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's very disheartening,\" she said\n\n\"This shouldn't be happening in July. It's very unusual. I can't think of when we last had a flood in July.\"\n\n\"What on earth are Natural Resources Wales doing?\" she said.\n\n\"I don't buy that it's just climate change. We need a coherent water management policy.\n\n\"Water is drained from further up the catchment area and we on the valley floor are paying for it.\"\n\n\"It's completely heart-breaking for us.\"\n\nIn Llanrwst, Conwy, North Wales Police warned of flooding on Friday night.\n\nLlanrwst councillor Aaron Wynne said on Twitter: \"After just a day of rain, Llanrwst is on a flood alert.\n\nTraffic lights are in operation due to flooding on the A487 at Maentwrog\n\n\"This should not be happening after only one day of 'typical Welsh weather'.\n\nMr Wynne said he would call a meeting with Natural Resources Wales and other organisations \"to hear their plans to resolve this long-standing issue\".\n\n\"Don't forget about Llanrwst again,\" he said.\n\nElsewhere, fire crews pumped water from two properties after being called to Pant Llwyd, Llan Ffestiniog, at 10:35 BST.\n\nAt Dolgellau, Gwynedd, they removed water from a house at Tan-y-Bwlch at 08:10 BST.\n\nNatural Resources Wales operational manager, Keith Ivens, said: \"We sympathise with anyone affected by the unusually high rain fall for the summer months.\n\n\"Flooding can happen anytime of year which is why our flood forecasting and warning systems are in place at all times.\"", "The yellow weather warning is between 16:00 BST on Wednesday and 09:00 on Thursday\n\nHeavy rain is expected across parts of Wales, prompting a Met Office alert for possible floods and travel disruption.\n\nThe yellow weather warning for rain covers Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Swansea from 16:00 BST until 09:00 on Thursday.\n\nUp to 30mm (1in) of rain is expected \"quite widely\", with up to 70mm (2.7in) in a \"few places\".\n\nThe Met Office said there was a \"small chance\" properties and roads could be flooded, affecting travel.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n• None Storms 'a taste of things to come' for Wales\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gareth Cooper played for Bath, Celtic Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Gloucester and Cardiff Blues in his club career\n\nRugby star Gareth Cooper's ex-wife has been ordered to pay back just £1 after swindling him out of £1m.\n\nEx-British and Irish Lions player Mr Cooper, 41, set up two gyms and freight businesses to be run by Debra Leyshon.\n\nBut Leyshon, 41, fraudulently obtained mortgages and loans in her husband's name while telling Mr Cooper the struggling business was \"thriving\".\n\nShe also re-mortgaged the family home and four other properties, and Mr Cooper was bankrupted by the con.\n\nThe former Wales international previously said his trust in others had been \"destroyed\".\n\nLeyshon was given a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to 13 counts of fraud - totalling more than £1m.\n\nHer business partner Simon Thomas, 47, and associate Mark Lee also received suspended sentences after admitting fraud.\n\nOn Friday, a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Cardiff Crown Court was told Leyshon, from Bridgend, had benefitted to the tune of £371,271 and Thomas, from Cowbridge, £161,081.\n\nBut Judge David Wynn Morgan ordered both to pay back just a £1 nominal sum within the next 28 days.\n\nDebra Leyshon was ordered to pay back just £1 after a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing\n\nRoger Griffiths, prosecuting, said: \"Leyshon and Thomas have both been made bankrupt and their assets are being dealt with by a trustee in bankruptcy.\n\n\"As a result, the Crown will only be able to recover a nominal sum due to their status.\"\n\nLee, 43, from Exeter, was not subject to the hearing as the prosecution did not go ahead with POCA proceedings against him.\n\nIn a statement read out at sentencing in December, Mr Cooper said: \"I was deceived and manipulated by the person I trusted the most - my wife and the mother of my children.\n\n\"I do not think I will ever be the same again.\"\n\nMr Cooper said previously his trust in others had been \"destroyed\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ann \"felt so well\" after being given plasma from patients who recovered from Covid-19\n\nBlood plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 is being tested as a potential treatment for those still suffering from the disease.\n\nIt is hoped transfusing seriously ill patients with the plasma - which contains coronavirus antibodies - can give struggling immune systems a helping hand.\n\nMother-of-seven Ann Kitchen was the first person to get the treatment.\n\nShe says her attitude to life is that \"you've got to give things a try\".\n\nAnn was being treated for coronavirus in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London, when researchers asked her to take part in the blood plasma trial.\n\n\"I just felt it was the right thing. Someone has to start doing it. And if it's going to help other people. I just felt it was right.\"\n\nShe was conscious throughout, so saw the pouch of liquid and thought that it looked like \"liquid gold\".\n\nAnn was the first patient to take part, but since then about 200 more have agreed to join the trials. About half have received the plasma.\n\nIt's not new for plasma to be used in hospitals. It is often given when people have lost a lot of blood.\n\nBefore the pandemic, there was no specific national plasma donation programme.\n\nNow, more than 90,000 people have volunteered to donate their plasma in England. It can be frozen for three years.\n\nSo far, there's already enough in the system to treat 1,000 people.\n\nResearchers are keen to collect as much as possible now, especially in case of a possible second wave.\n\nThe idea behind this treatment is simple.\n\nOne way the immune system fights off infections is by producing antibodies.\n\nSo, in theory, giving these antibodies to someone who is ill now, should give them an instant shot of immunity.\n\nTwo separate UK trials are testing to see if this is true.\n\nDr Gail Miflin, chief medical officer for NHS Blood and Transplant, says we could know later this year whether or not plasma is effective.\n\n\"At the moment, we don't know. We hope it could make a huge difference and it could help people recover quicker and come out of hospital faster.\"\n\n\"All I know is that it was within a couple of days of having that plasma, I started to feel a lot better,\" she says.\n\n\"So hopefully it'll be proven that it works.\"\n\nShe has been recovering at home for several weeks now, and thinks she's beginning to understand how sick she was.\n\nHer sons and daughters told her they had been frightened because she had been in a \"really bad way\".\n\nNow, she has days when she is very tired, but mostly she says she feels \"fantastic\".\n\nAnd she says she is incredibly grateful to the donors who have given their plasma.\n\n\"I'm just pleased that there are people out there who are willing to give people a chance.\"", "People seen repeatedly breaking the Leicester lockdown could be fined up to £3,200\n\nLegislation ensuring Leicester's local lockdown can be enforced by law has been rushed through Parliament.\n\nThe new regulations come into force on Saturday, as the rest of the country begins to see an easing of lockdown.\n\nPeople or businesses that repeatedly flout the new law could receive fines of up to £3,200.\n\nLimits on social gatherings and a ban on the reopening of hotels, pubs and restaurants are all included in the new legislation.\n\nLeicester became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on Monday following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPolice have said they are bracing themselves for a busy weekend as pubs stay closed in Leicester but reopen across the country, with more officers on duty than during a typical New Year's Eve.\n\nOfficers would be policing the stricter lockdown measures as well as overseeing the relaxation of rules outside of the restricted zone.\n\nHospital bosses in the city also said they were preparing for \"typical behaviours of New Year's Eve\".\n\nPeople in Leicester have been told to stay at home since Monday\n\nThe regulations for the city were passed as a new statutory instrument easing lockdown for the rest of the country came into force on Friday.\n\nPeople in Leicester who live on their own, or single parents, can still form a social bubble with one other household, the legislation says.\n\nPublic gatherings of more than six people are now banned and there are restrictions on meeting people indoors.\n\nFixed penalty notices can be issued to people who are seen breaking the lockdown rules.\n\nFines begin at £100, and increase on a sliding scale so a person found breaking the lockdown for a sixth time could be fined £3,200.\n\nThe same fines could be issued by police across England before the easing of lockdown.\n\nLeicestershire Police said: \"We will be directing people to follow the regulations and encouraging to them to follow the guidelines.\n\n\"We want people to stay at home in the protected area and if you are outside of this to be responsible and socialise safely.\"\n\nLeicester City Council confirmed it had been informed of the legislation \"shortly before its publication\".\n\nThe regulations are due to be reviewed from 18 July.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rain in Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu, southern Japan, has led to severe flooding\n\nAt least 16 people have died and a dozen are missing on Japan's southern island of Kyushu as unprecedented rains cause flooding and landslides.\n\nFourteen victims were found in one nursing home which was inundated after a nearby river broke its banks.\n\nThe authorities have ordered more than 200,000 to evacuate and 10,000 soldiers are being sent to help rescuers.\n\nRainfall eased during the day on Sunday, but more is forecast to hit in the region on Sunday night.\n\nThe number of fatalities is expected to rise, with national broadcaster NHK reporting another 20 people in a state of \"cardio-respiratory arrest\" - a term used in Japan before a doctor officially certifies death.\n\nPrime Minister Shinzo Abe urged residents to be on \"maximum alert\".\n\nThe prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima have been worst hit.\n\nFootage shows a bridge over the Kuma river washed away, with other pictures of submerged cars and houses.\n\nJapan's Meteorological Agency said such rainfall had never been seen before in the region.\n\nOne woman who sought refuge at an evacuation centre said she had never imagined rain could be so powerful, while another said she could feel the vibrations of the churning water from a nearby river\n\nHaruka Yamada, who lives in Ashikita in Kumamoto prefecture, told Kyodo: \"I saw large trees and parts of houses being washed away and heard them crashing into something. The air is filled with the smell of leaking gas and sewage.\"\n\nNHK says there are reports that eight homes in the town's Takinoue district were washed away.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nChelsea manager Frank Lampard says his team will have to get used to added pressure during a nervy Premier League run-in after they beat Watford on Saturday.\n\nManchester United had leapfrogged the Blues - who lost 3-2 at West Ham on Wednesday - into fourth place by thrashing Bournemouth earlier in the day.\n\nHowever, Lampard's side responded with a comfortable win over the struggling Hornets to reclaim the final automatic qualification spot for next season's Champions League.\n\nOlivier Giroud opened the scoring for the Blues, latching on to Ross Barkley's clever pass and steering a left-foot shot into the bottom-right corner.\n\nWhile Watford worked hard to contain the hosts, they offered little to suggest they were capable of a first win at Stamford Bridge since 1986.\n\nAnd they fell further behind before the break, with Etienne Capoue's rash challenge on Christian Pulisic resulting in a Chelsea penalty that Willian converted.\n\nThereafter it was relatively plain sailing for Lampard's side, who rounded off the scoring when Barkley found the top left corner from Cesar Azpilicueta's cross.\n\nThe Blues have now won three of their four games since the top flight resumed in June.\n\n\"Pre-West Ham, we could have gone third and we let ourselves down,\" Lampard told Sky Sports.\n\n\"Today, there was a bit of pressure to get back to fourth and we produced - so get used to that pressure, whatever way it looks, because it's going to be tough all the way through.\"\n\nNigel Pearson's Watford remain a point above the relegation zone but have played a game more than 18th-placed Aston Villa, who travel to champions Liverpool on Sunday (16:30 BST).\n• None Reaction to Chelsea's win over Watford plus all the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nManchester United's thumping victory against Bournemouth had seen Chelsea drop out of the top four places for the first time since 26 October.\n\nBut this was the perfect response from Lampard's side who were brimming with energy throughout and appeared galvanised by Wednesday's lacklustre defeat at West Ham.\n\nThe Blues made four changes to their starting XI and looked considerably more assured defensively while Willian - who scored a penalty in his third consecutive game - Barkley and Pulisic provided the thrust going forward.\n\nEngland midfielder Barkley was particularly impressive, demanding the ball in tight areas and then restricting his number of touches to get out of trouble and maintain Chelsea's attacking momentum.\n\nChelsea's opener was the perfect example as he controlled and swivelled away from a defender in one movement and then sliced open the Watford defence with his third touch.\n\nBarkley, who played more attacking passes (47) than any of Chelsea's other front six players, also capped a fine individual performance with his first Premier League goal of the campaign late on.\n\nAfter meekly losing to Southampton last Sunday, manager Pearson had called for his side to produce a performance that \"better represented\" them.\n\nAnd his players initially responded with a committed and gritty show, albeit one that lacked the quality to suggest they were ever going to trouble their hosts.\n\nThere was no lack of application - Pearson's side collectively ran almost 5km more than their higher-placed opponents - it was simply a gulf in class.\n\nBut they were also guilty of moments of carelessness in possession, such as when Capoue presented Chelsea with an easy opportunity to double their advantage.\n\n\"To concede in the first half was painful because we showed the qualities that were missing last week,\" Pearson told Sky Sports.\n\n\"We are having to play our way back into nick. Time is not on our side but we have to be brave enough and want the ball. The second half performance was one we can build on.\"\n\nDanny Welbeck's introduction after the interval did provide them with some pace and quality in the final third but it was too little too late.\n\nWelbeck wriggled into several promising positions and forced Kepa Arrizabalaga into a superb save late on, but it was one of very few moments that would have excited any Watford supporters watching at home.\n\nAnd it was a performance indicative of a side, if you discount Jan Bednarek's own goal, that has failed to score in three consecutive defeats and is now anxiously looking over its shoulder at their relegation rivals.\n• None Chelsea have won four successive Premier League games at Stamford Bridge for the first time since winning seven in a row at home under Antonio Conte between October and December 2017.\n• None Watford have lost four consecutive Premier League away games in a row for the first time since the final six on the road in the 2017-18 season under Javi Gracia.\n• None Watford haven't won away at Chelsea in any competition since May 1986 (5-1), drawing four and losing nine at Stamford Bridge since then.\n• None Chelsea have scored two or more goals in nine of their past 10 Premier League games, only failing to do so in a 2-0 loss to Man Utd at Stamford Bridge in February.\n• None Only seven defenders have recorded more Premier League assists than Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta (31), with the Spaniard equalling his record for assists in a single campaign in the competition (6 - also 2017-18).\n• None After failing to score with his last 63 shots in the Premier League, Ross Barkley has scored his first goal since netting against Burnley in October 2018.\n• None Chelsea midfielder Barkley has been directly involved in eight goals in his last 10 starts in all competitions (three goals, five assists).\n• None Olivier Giroud has scored four goals in his last seven Premier League games for Chelsea, more than he had netted in his previous 38 appearances (3).\n• None Willian is the first ever Chelsea player to score a penalty in three consecutive Premier League games and the sixth different player to do it in the competition.\n\nChelsea travel to Crystal Palace in their next Premier League outing on Tuesday, 7 July (18:00 BST). Watford host bottom club Norwich on the same date at the same time.\n• None Comedian and actor Chris O'Dowd joins from LA to chat to Louis\n• None Offside, Watford. Adam Masina tries a through ball, but Danny Welbeck is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 3, Watford 0. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.\n• None Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Chalobah.\n• None Attempt saved. Adam Masina (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Will Hughes (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Substitution, Chelsea. Billy Gilmour replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Police patrol the streets next to the city's clock tower\n\nRestaurants, shops and pubs remain closed in Leicester's deserted centre, as the city stays in lockdown despite a relaxation of the rules elsewhere in England.\n\nPolice patrolled the streets and the city's railway station, leading to an atmosphere described as \"very eerie\".\n\nThe only shoppers were found in the city's market, which remains open.\n\nLeicester became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on Monday following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe city is the subject of the UK's first local lockdown\n\nAnthony Worley, who lives in the city centre, said the city had felt as if it was \"coming back to life\" following the relaxing of the initial legislation but now felt \"empty again\".\n\n\"It's very eerie,\" he said. He had booked the week off to go and visit his mother in Plymouth, whom he has not seen since Christmas.\n\n\"It was hard to tell her I wasn't coming. It's just not fair,\" he said.\n\nAnthony Worley said the streets felt \"very eerie\"\n\nThe only sign of activity in the streets was around the city's open-air market, which remained open.\n\nDhansukh Rana, 79, was shopping for some fruit and vegetables at a stall with his wife.\n\n\"It's really sad this is happening to Leicester,\" he said. \"A lot of people are suffering.\n\n\"We have to get out for our walk and exercise because, at my age, I have to keep moving but it is sad they have left out Leicester when the rest of the UK is moving on.\"\n\nDhansukh Rana said many people in the city were suffering\n\nJessica Stone, 35, who lives in the city, said she was heading to the bank before returning home.\n\n\"Normally on a Saturday, the city would be heaving by now,\" she said.\n\nJessica Stone wondered if other cities would follow Leicester into lockdown\n\nShe added she wondered if it was \"too soon\" for the government to be relaxing lockdown across the rest of England.\n\n\"It was too soon for us in Leicester and I wonder if other areas will have similar problems after the weekend and will be shutting back down,\" she said.\n\n\"We definitely opened up too quickly so these local lockdowns could happen elsewhere.\"\n\nOne officer at Leicester railway station said hardly anyone was attempting an unnecessary journey.\n\n\"Most people are adhering to [the lockdown],\" he said.\n\nI'm standing on the high street which, on a normal Saturday, would have been bustling. There are no restaurants or cafes open - except for takeaways - and even the newsagents is shut.\n\nIt almost seems like a ghost town, which is what one lady called it when I spoke to her. People within the city centre seem to be observing the lockdown.\n\nOutside the city, things are slowly returning to normal but Leicester remains at a standstill.\n\nA week ago (left) the city centre was bustling but now (right) it is quiet again\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n• None 'More police than New Year's Eve' in lockdown city", "The body of the late US civil rights icon John Lewis has been carried over Selma's historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.\n\nOn 7 March 1965, known as \"Bloody Sunday\", Lewis and other peaceful protesters were attacked by Alabama police officers as they marched over the bridge.\n\nThey had planned to walk to state capital Montgomery to demand equal voting rights.\n\nLewis, who died aged 80 on 17 July, will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Atlanta on Thursday.\n\nRead more: 'A man who fought for equality until his last breath'", "An early line-up of Fleetwood Mac (L-R): Peter Green, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood and Danny Kirwan\n\nMick Fleetwood has led tributes to his \"dearest friend\" and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green.\n\nFleetwood said they had \"trail blazed one hell of a musical road for so many to enjoy\".\n\nAnd Stevie Nicks, who joined the band five years after Green quit amid struggles with his mental health, said her biggest regret was not having shared a stage with him.\n\nGreen, 73, died peacefully in his sleep, his family said on Saturday.\n\nFleetwood said: \"For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental.\n\n\"No-one has ever stepped into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac without a reverence for Peter Green and his talent, and to the fact that music should shine bright and always be delivered with uncompromising passion.\"\n\nThe 73-year-old added: \"Peter, I will miss you, but rest easy your music lives on. I thank you for asking me to be your drummer all those years ago. We did good, and trail blazed one hell of a musical road for so many to enjoy.\n\n\"God speed to you, my dearest friend.\"\n\nPeter Green performed at a charity event at London's Royal Albert Hall in 2004\n\nBlues rock guitarist Green, from Bethnal Green in east London, formed Fleetwood Mac with drummer Fleetwood, bass guitarist John McVie and guitarist Jeremy Spencer in 1967.\n\nHe wrote the instantly recognisable instrumental track Albatross, which remains the band's only number one hit, plus two other early hits, Black Magic Woman and Oh Well. And it was under Green's direction that they produced their first three albums.\n\nGreen left the band after a last performance in 1970 as he struggled with his mental health. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in hospital in the mid-70s.\n\nSinger Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham in 1975 and the band became one of the most successful in the world.\n\n\"I am sorry to hear about the passing of Peter Green. My biggest regret is that I never got to share the stage with him. I always hoped in my heart of hearts that that would happen,\" she said.\n\n\"When I first listened to all the Fleetwood Mac records, I was very taken with his guitar playing. It was one of the reasons I was excited to join the band.\n\n\"His legacy will live on forever in the history books of Rock n Roll. It was in the beginning, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and I thank you, Peter Green, for that. You changed our lives.\"\n\nDavid Coverdale, the lead singer of Whitesnake, is among other musicians to pay tribute to a \"truly loved and admired\" artist.\n\nIn a tweet, he said: \"I supported the original Fleetwood Mac at Redcar Jazz Club when I was in a local band... he was a breathtaking singer, guitarist and composer. I know who I will be listening to today. RIP\"\n\nMumford and Sons guitarist Winston Marshall tweeted: \"RIP Peter Green. #GOAT. Man of the world, oh well, albatross, need your love so bad. Some of my favourites songs and performances of all time. Thank you for the music.\"\n\nActor David Morrissey praised Green's \"fantastic soulful voice\" while Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler described Green as \"one of the greats\". And Scottish musician Midge Ure tweeted: \"One of the great ones gone. You taught me well.\"\n\nThe singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, tweeted: \"God bless the ineffable Peter Green, one of the unsung heroes of musical integrity, innovation and spirit. When I heard he left Fleetwood Mac in 1970 to get a real life and donate his wealth to charity, he became something of a model for me.\"\n\nPeter Green was one of the greatest Blues guitarists Britain ever produced. His shape-shifting riffs and long, improvisational excursions made Fleetwood Mac one of the most exciting live bands of the 1960s Blues explosion.\n\nHe first picked up a hand-me-down guitar at the age of 10 and, like many of his peers, began to devour the import vinyl that trickled into the UK from the US. He studied the greats - Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and BB King - combining their tensely coiled playing style with the shimmering vibrato of The Shadows' Hank Marvin.\n\nBut he actually started his professional career as a bassist, until an encounter with Eric Clapton persuaded him to ditch the instrument.\n\n\"I decided to go back on lead guitar after seeing him with the Bluesbreakers. He had a Les Paul, his fingers were marvellous. The guy knew how to do a bit of evil, I guess.\"\n\nHe later had the seemingly impossible task of taking over from Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Fans were unconvinced at first, but after a handful of incendiary performances, he won them over, earning the nickname \"The Green God\".\n\nRolling Stone magazine ranked Green at number 58 in its all-time list of the 100 greatest guitarists, describing him as \"Britain's most progressive blues guitarist\" in his heyday.\n\nHe was among the eight members of the band - along with Fleetwood, Nicks, Buckingham, Spencer, McVie, Christine McVie and Danny Kirwan - who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.\n\nThe news of his death comes days after Fleetwood Mac announced they would release a retrospective box set documenting the band's early years between 1969 and 1974.\n\nGreen married Jane Samuels in January 1978. They divorced in 1979 and have a daughter.", "Grant Shapps travelled to Spain with his family on Saturday morning - hours before the rule change came into force\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has been caught up in his own department's rule change while on holiday in Spain.\n\nThe cabinet minister travelled to the country with his family on Saturday morning for a summer break.\n\nBut just hours later, the Department for Transport confirmed all travellers returning to the UK from Spain would have to quarantine for 14 days, due to a spike in cases in the country.\n\nA DfT spokesman said Mr Shapps would continue with his holiday as planned.\n\nHe will then isolate upon his return, in line with the new rules.\n\nOn Sunday afternoon, Mr Shapps tweeted that he had held a video call with UK airlines and the British Ambassador to Spain about the rule change.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said he spoke to Mr Shapps after he had arrived in Spain on Saturday, and that his colleague \"recognised we had to take the measures\".\n\nMr Raab told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday the transport secretary \"empathised with the many other people\" who were experiencing the same thing, adding: \"I think it shows you the risk for everyone... and shows you we have got to take swift measures.\"\n\nMore than 900 cases of coronavirus were reported in Spain on Friday, and the country's officials are warning of fears of a second spike.\n\nAnother Tory MP, Minister for London Paul Scully, has been affected by the changes.\n\nMr Scully - who is also the small business minister for the government - posted pictures on Instagram from a holiday in Lanzarote on Saturday, saying he was due to come back to the UK in August.\n\nOn Sunday, he posted it was \"worth it\", saying he would \"still be able to work\" on his return, \"just no shopping or running\".\n\nThe Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy confirmed Mr Scully was in Lanzarote and would be isolating on his return to the UK.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is not known where Mr Shapps is staying, but quarantine measures apply to all those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.\n\nTravellers have been advised by the government to follow the local rules, return home as normal, and check the Foreign Office's travel advice website for further information.\n\nThe Foreign Office is now advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said \"you couldn't make it up\" that Mr Shapps was on holiday in the country while being in charge of the department announcing the rule change.\n\nHe told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme the government's re-imposition of the quarantine rules was \"shambolic\", adding: \"I think that tells you everything about the government's approach to this.\"\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "A section of the Sayh al Uhaymir 008 meteorite which was found in Oman in 1999\n\nA small chunk of Mars will be heading home when the US space agency launches its latest rover mission on Thursday.\n\nNasa's Perseverance robot will carry with it a meteorite that originated on the Red Planet and which, until now, has been lodged in the collection of London's Natural History Museum (NHM).\n\nThe rock's known properties will act as a calibration target to benchmark the workings of a rover instrument.\n\nIt will give added confidence to any discoveries the robot might make.\n\nThis will be particularly important if Perseverance stumbles across something that hints at the presence of past life on the planet - one of the mission's great quests.\n\n\"This little rock's got quite a life story,\" explained Prof Caroline Smith, head of Earth sciences collections at the NHM and a member of the Perseverance science team.\n\n\"It formed about 450 million years ago, got blasted off Mars by an asteroid or comet roughly 600,000-700,000 years ago, and then landed on Earth; we don't know precisely when but perhaps 1,000 years ago. And now it's going back to Mars,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Caroline Smith: \"It gives me a tingling feeling to hold something that came from Mars\"\n\nDiscovered in the deserts of Oman in 1999, the meteorite, known as Sayh al Uhaymir 008, or SaU 008, is a classic piece of basalt - very similar to the type of igneous rock you will find, for example, at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.\n\nIt contains lots of pyroxene, olivine and feldspar minerals. And it's this well-studied chemistry, together with the meteorite's textures, that make it so useful for Perseverance.\n\nThe rock has been put in a housing, along with nine other types of material, on the front of the rover where it will be scanned from time to time by the Sherloc instrument.\n\nThis is a tool that contains two imagers and two laser spectroscopes, which together will investigate the geology of the rover's landing site - a 40km-wide crater called Jezero.\n\nSatellite images suggest the bowl once held a lake, and scientists consider it to be one of the best places on Mars to try to find evidence of past microbial activity - if ever that took place.\n\nGiant's causeway: The World Heritage site is made from columns of basalt rock\n\nSherloc will study the local rocks and soil, looking for signatures of ancient biology.\n\nWhat scientists don't want, however, is to have what they think is a \"eureka moment\" only to then realise Sherloc had developed some systematic error in its observations.\n\n\"We'll look at the calibration target in the first 60-90 days and perhaps not again for six months because we think the instrument is really very stable,\" said Dr Luther Beegle, Sherloc's principal investigator from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\n\n\"But if we start seeing interesting things on the surface of Mars that we can't explain in the spectra, then we'll look back to the calibration target to make sure that the instrument's working correctly.\n\n\"I think the best we're going to be able to do from a scientific perspective is identify what we would call a 'potential bio-signature'.\n\n\"I don't think we'll ever be necessarily 100% sure because that's a hard measurement to make, which is why the sample-return aspect of Perseverance is so important.\"\n\nArtwork: The Sherloc instrument is in the turret on the end of the robotic arm\n\nThe rover will package its most interesting rock samples into small tubes that will be left on the surface of Mars for retrieval and return to Earth by later missions.\n\nProf Smith is hopeful she'll get to work on this material, which could come back in the next 10-15 years.\n\nThe NHM expert is on an international panel that will determine how best to handle the extra-terrestrial rocks.\n\n\"I'm actually leading the curation focus group,\" she told BBC News. \"By this time next year, we should have a really good plan for the sort of building we will need, the types of processes that will be happening in that building, and how we'll actually start curating the samples and making them available to scientists for study.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How long does it take to get to Mars and why is it so difficult?\n\nResearchers will have a much better chance of confirming life on Mars if they can assess the evidence using all the analytical tools available in Earth laboratories, as opposed to just the small suite of instruments carried by a robot rover.\n\nNasa's Perseverance rover is scheduled to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a two-hour window on Thursday that begins at 07:50 local time (11:50 GMT; 12:50 BST).\n\nThe slice of SaU 008 won't be the only Martian meteorite on board. The rover's SuperCam instrument will have its own piece of Mars rock, again to act as a calibration target.\n\nThe meteorite is one of several calibration items to be employed by Sherloc. Others include materials that could be used in the spacesuits worn by future human explorers of Mars\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Black, Asian and minority ethnic figures (BAME) are set to feature on British notes and coins for the first time.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is considering proposals from a campaign group for legal tender to be more inclusive, according to the Sunday Telegraph.\n\nMr Sunak has asked the Royal Mint to come up with new designs honouring BAME figures.\n\nMilitary nurse Mary Seacole and spy Noor Inayat Khan are being considered.\n\nThe former Conservative parliamentary candidate Zehra Zaidi is leading the Banknotes of Colour campaign.\n\nShe says no non-white person has ever been featured on British currency.\n\n\"Who we have on our legal tender, our notes and our coins, builds into a narrative of who we think we are as a nation,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe former Conservative parliamentary candidate Zehra Zaidi is leading the Banknotes of Colour campaign\n\nBAME people who have served the nation - such as military figures and nurses - have been put forward for the proposed set of coins.\n\nTwo years ago Ms Zaidi started a petition for the British World War Two secret agent Noor Inayat Khan, who was also a descendant of Indian royalty, to be featured on a coin, but the campaign fell on deaf ears.\n\n\"She was the first female radio operator to be sent to enemy-occupied France,\" said Ms Zaidi.\n\n\"She was one of only four women in history to receive the George Cross.\"\n\nThe Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole is also being considered. She was born in the Caribbean to a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother.\n\nAt the outbreak of the Crimean War she travelled to England hoping to join Florence Nightingale's team of nurses.\n\nWhen she was turned down, she travelled to the Crimea herself and established the \"British Hotel\" - somewhere the soldiers could rest and enjoy a good meal.\n\nIn May, a community hospital was named after the pioneering nurse.\n\nBAME figures such as Walter Tull, the British Army's first black officer, have been featured on commemorative coins in the past.\n\n\"But commemorative coins are not the same as legal tender because legal tender acts as a passport, an ambassador,\" says Ms Zaidi.\n\n\"We must tell the story of inclusive representation as it matters for cohesion and it matters in the narrative of who we are as a nation.\"", "The three initial cases were linked to an outbreak in Wales, health officials said\n\nTwenty-one people have tested positive for coronavirus at a caravan park site in Shropshire, with health experts warning the number will rise.\n\nTesting started when two positive cases were confirmed at Craven Arms last week, linked to an outbreak in Welshpool and a recent local event.\n\nA testing site has now been set up at a nearby business park, Shropshire Council and Public Health England said.\n\nAll residents have been told to self-isolate with their families.\n\nTo date 41 people at the residential site have been tested.\n\nContact tracing is being undertaken, and the number of positive cases is expected to increase before infection control measures and social distancing start to take effect, the council said.\n\nThose who tested positive were asked to isolate for a minimum of seven days from the time they started showing symptoms, or from when they took their test.\n\nPeople who were in contact with a positive case were told to isolate for 14 days, the council said.\n\nA playground and outdoor gym on nearby Newington Way has been temporarily closed to help stop transmission, and the council said it had been arranging the delivery of food, prescriptions and essential supplies for residents.\n\nDavid Evans, councillor for Church Stretton and Craven Arms, said teams were working with the NHS, Public Health England, police and other key agencies to provide advice and support to the local community.\n\n\"I would like to thank members of the community for their own ongoing support and co-operation,\" he said.\n\n\"We continue to rely on everyone at the site playing their part, and want to encourage the residents to continue to self-isolate and take all the necessary precautions.\n\n\"This is the only way we can help stop the spread of the virus.\"\n\nOfficials will monitor people's symptoms on a daily basis, and PPE, hand sanitisers and cleaning products have also been distributed on site.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August.\n\nThe move comes after the government imposed a 14-day quarantine on people arriving in the UK from Spain.\n\nThe firm said all those going to the Balearic and Canary Islands could still travel as planned from Monday.\n\nThe airline industry has reacted with dismay to the decision to impose the quarantine, calling it a big blow.\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain. Quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.\n\nBritish Airways is still operating flights, but said the move was \"throwing thousands of Britons' travel plans into chaos\".\n\nBudget airline easyJet is also maintaining a full schedule, as is Jet2.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nWizz Air said it would continue to operate flights to Spain \"as scheduled for the time being\", but added that it is \"re-evaluating this schedule in light of potential diminished demand\".\n\nRob Griggs of Airlines UK said the move was a \"big blow\" to the aviation sector.\n\nHe told the BBC that individuals should be tested for coronavirus instead of having to self-isolate automatically.\n\n\"We back the idea of voluntary testing on arrival or before you leave,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We think testing would... enable individuals to come back without the need for quarantine if they test.\"\n\nMr Griggs also called on the government to be \"a little more specific\" in its advice, since the latest spike in coronavirus cases in Spain did not affect the whole country in the same way.\n\nTui said it would contact customers affected and offer them the right to cancel or amend their holidays.\n\n\"All customers currently on holiday can continue to enjoy their holiday and will return on their intended flight home,\" it added.\n\nTui said health and safety was its highest priority, but urged the government to \"work closely\" with the travel industry.\n\n\"This level of uncertainty and confusion is damaging for business and disappointing for those looking forward to a well-deserved break,\" it added.\n\nQuarantine measures for UK travellers were first introduced in early June. But after pressure from the aviation and travel industries, the government and devolved administrations published lists of countries exempt from the rules.\n\nThe decision to remove Spain from those lists was announced on Saturday following a spike in Spanish coronavirus cases, with more than 900 new cases reported on Friday.\n\nSpanish officials have also warned a second wave could be imminent as major cities have seen cases surge.\n\nBA is among the airlines disappointed by the government's move\n\nThe Airport Operators Association said the new measures would \"further damage what is already a fragile restart of the aviation sector, which continues to face the biggest challenge in its history\".\n\nHowever, easyJet said it was \"disappointed\" and would operate a full schedule in the coming days.\n\n\"Customers who no longer wish to travel can transfer their flights without a change fee or receive a voucher for the value of the booking,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nA spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the government's quarantine rule change was \"disappointing\".\n\n\"We suggest the government considers lifting the quarantine rules for flights to and from certain regions with lower infection rates, or to places such as the Balearic Islands or the Canaries - which are geographically distinct from mainland Spain - to avoid further damage to the UK inbound and outbound tourism industries,\" he said.\n\nPeople currently on holiday in Spain have been advised by the Department of Transport to follow the local rules, return home as normal, and check the Foreign Office's travel advice website for further information.\n\nThe Association of British Insurers advised holidaymakers that if they were already in Spain when the government's advice changed, their insurance was likely to cover them until they returned home.\n\nBut it added: \"Travelling to countries against FCO advice is likely to invalidate your travel insurance and this would apply to those yet to travel to mainland Spain.\n\n\"Customers looking to change or cancel their travel plans should speak with the airline provider, tour operator or travel agent in the first instance.\n\n\"If you booked your trip or took out your travel insurance after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, you may not be covered for travel disruption or cancellation. In either circumstance, we'd advise checking with your insurer.\"", "More reaction now from UK holidaymakers in Spain who will now have to quarantine for 14 days on their return.\n\nDan Chadderton, 49, from Sale, Cheshire, flew from Manchester to Spain on Saturday morning with his wife Gabby, 51, and daughters Anna, 16, and Eliza, 11.\n\nHe and his family have been \"looking at the news all the time\" from their holiday spot south of Alicante, after colleagues told him about the rule change on Saturday evening.\n\nHe adds it's a stress he could have done without.\n\n\"I'm particularly upset as I work for a travel company - March, April and May were hell - was never furloughed, and really needed this break.\"\n\nBut Rachael Gillespie, 48, of Llandough, Penarth, still intends to travel to Quesada, Murcia, on Monday morning with her partner and two daughters.\n\n\"I'm not ignoring the potential risk but we're staying in a family villa, have a family car and both my partner and I are fortunate to be able to work from home when we return,\" she says.\n\n\"I know there's a question over insurance and some people think I'm mad, but when you see the crowds in UK destinations like north Wales or the Lake District, where exactly is the safest place to holiday right now?\"\n\nRead more from other holidaymakers affected by the move - including one who found out about the rule changes three minutes after landing in Spain.", "Olivia de Havilland in 1940, a year after one of her career-defining roles in Gone with the Wind\n\nOlivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 104.\n\nDe Havilland's career spanned more than 50 years and almost 50 feature films, and she was the last surviving star from Gone with the Wind (1939).\n\nThe film earned her one of her five Oscar nominations.\n\nDe Havilland, who had lived in Paris since 1960, was central in taking down Hollywood's studio system, giving actors better contracts.\n\nShe also had a tempestuous relationship with her sister, fellow Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine.\n\nAt the time of her death, De Havilland was the oldest living performer to have won an Oscar. She died of natural causes at her home in the French capital, her publicist said.\n\nThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Oscars, labelled her as \"an immeasurable talent\"\n\n\"Here's to a true legend of our industry,\" the Academy said.\n\nIn a statement, the estate of fellow Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart, called Dame Olivia a \"true Classic Hollywood icon\".\n\nDe Havilland with Errol Flynn in Dodge City (1939). The pair had a strong on-screen chemistry\n\nOlivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo in 1916 and soon moved to California with her family.\n\nShe made her breakthrough in Captain Blood, opposite Errol Flynn, and the pair developed an immediate chemistry.\n\nDe Havilland was then cast in the role of Melanie in David O Selznick's epic adaptation of the Margaret Mitchell novel, Gone with the Wind.\n\nShe lost the best supporting actress Oscar to Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy in the film.\n\nBut she did win a Best Actress Oscar in 1946 for her role in To Each His Own, and then a second for The Heiress in 1949.\n\nDe Havilland also famously turned down the role of Blanche DuBois in the 1951 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for the role.\n\nDe Havilland continued to act until the late 1980s, winning a Golden Globe in 1986 for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna.\n\nOff screen, she took on the studios at a time when they had complete control over their stars.\n\nBacked by the Screen Actors Guild, she took Warner Brothers to court in 1943 when it added time to her original contract as a penalty for turning down roles.\n\nThe California Supreme Court ruled in her favour in what became known as the De Havilland Law, which loosened the grip studios had on their actors.\n\nMuch has been made of her feud with her sister. The pair reportedly had a difficult relationship from childhood. It was exacerbated by them both being nominated for Best Actress in 1942, with Fontaine winning out.\n\nDe Havilland was also reportedly angered by Fontaine's comments about her new husband, Marcus Goodrich, whom de Havilland married in 1946. And there was also disagreement over medical treatment for their mother in 1975. Fontaine died in 2013.\n\nDe Havilland was created a Dame in the 2017 Birthday Honours list, within weeks of her 101st birthday.\n\nOlivia de Havilland was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire\n\nAfter her death, actor and musician Jared Leto paid tribute to the actress, describing her as \"a class act\".\n\n\"I still have the kind and thoughtful letters she wrote me in longhand on beautiful blue stationery,\" he tweeted. \"They were of another era.\"\n\nLeto also credited Dame Olivia with helping to bring about a law that enabled him to get out of a lengthy and exploitative music contract.\n\n\"I got to thank her for fighting the system back then so I could battle it now,\" Leto added. \"It was amazing to meet her - she's a legend.\"\n\nActress Jane Seymour said she would \"cherish\" the memories of appearing alongside the \"larger than life\" Dame Olivia in 1988 film, The Woman He Loved.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by janeseymour This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ\n\nA church volunteer has admitted starting a fire that devastated the cathedral in the French city of Nantes last week, his lawyer has said.\n\nThe Rwandan refugee, who worked as a warden at the cathedral, was rearrested on Saturday night.\n\nNo motive for the fire, which destroyed the cathedral's 17th Century organ as well as historic stained-glass windows, has been given.\n\nHis lawyer told reporters his client felt \"relief\" after confessing.\n\n\"It's someone who is scared, who is somehow overwhelmed,\" his lawyer, Quentin Chabert, was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.\n\nThe 39-year-old volunteer, who has not been named, was initially detained for questioning after the blaze but then released without charge.\n\nHe had been in charge of locking up the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral the day before the blaze on 18 July.\n\nOfficials had previously said that the fire was believed to have been arson and had been started in three different places.\n\nNantes prosecutor Pierre Sennes said on Saturday that the man had been charged with \"destruction and damage by fire\" and could face up to 10 years in prison and €150,000 ($175,000; £135,000) in fines, according to the AFP news agency.\n\nAround 100 firefighters managed to stop the flames from destroying the main structure at the cathedral. French Prime Minister Jean Castex praised their \"professionalism, courage and self-control\".\n\nThe fire comes about 15 months after a blaze nearly destroyed Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.", "The body of Lee McKnight was found in the River Caldew\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in a river.\n\nThe body of Lee McKnight, 26, was found in the River Caldew in the Blackwell Hall area near Cummersdale, Carlisle, at about 05:30 BST on Friday.\n\nCumbria Police said his family had been informed and were being supported by officers.\n\nOne man, aged 25, and four women aged 25, 40, 46 and 47 have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nDetectives are appealing for information and are \"urgently seeking\" a black Nissan Navara pick-up with the registration DV15 TZD.\n\nPolice are urgently trying to find a black Nissan Navara like the one pictured\n\nMembers of the public are asked not to approach the vehicle if it is sighted but to contact the police immediately.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andrew Slattery said: \"We are requesting the assistance of the public as part of our murder investigation into the death of Lee McKnight.\n\n\"The investigators need to hear from anyone including friends and associates of Lee who might have seen him or have information on his movements on 23 and 24 July, particularly in the Fusehill Street area.\n\n\"Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Blackwell Hall area during this time should make contact with the incident room.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The garden shed might normally be home for your lawn mower, but during the coronavirus outbreak they've offered sanctuary for many who have taken on a lockdown project.\n\nSome of these transformations have now been shortlisted for the Shed of the Year award.", "Sir Lindsay Hoyle also warned social distancing will remain in force in the Commons for some time\n\nPlans for daily televised press briefings from No 10 risk sidelining Parliament, the Commons Speaker warns.\n\nSir Lindsay Hoyle told the BBC he was worried the idea was \"not the way forward\" and major announcements should always be made in Parliament first.\n\nIf MPs always learned of policy changes through the media, it would make it harder for them to do their jobs, he told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour.\n\nHe also suggested it would be some time before Parliament returned to normal.\n\nWhile he longed to see the Commons benches \"packed\" and MPs \"jostling\" for room again, he said social distancing would only be relaxed when it was safe to do so, due to the threat of coronavirus.\n\n\"I can't see that happening tomorrow, let's put it that way,\" he told the programme. \"I think we're a little bit further away from normality as we knew it.\"\n\nIn the UK, lobby reporters currently receive twice daily briefings from No 10, but they are not broadcast.\n\nInstead, Downing Street is planning to pilot daily televised press briefings from October, modelled on US briefings from the White House.\n\nThe daily coronavirus briefings - which took place for three months up until the end of June - attracted large TV audiences.\n\nNo 10 hopes a more permanent arrangement would help the government get its message across, while increasing engagement with the public.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Carolyn Quinn, Sir Lindsay said Parliament should be the place in which MPs and the public found out what was happening.\n\n\"You know the worry I've had - that statements should be made to the House first,\" he said. \"Once you've made that statement, by all means go and have a press conference. But do it after, not before.\n\n\"If there's something new to come out and you want to tell the world, tell Parliament and let the world watch it from Parliament's eyes.\"\n\nDaily televised press briefings are a feature of life in the US\n\nIn recent months, Sir Lindsay has rebuked a number of ministers after details of policies appeared in the press before being unveiled in Parliament.\n\nHe said he did not want this to become a habit under the new arrangements.\n\n\"Members are elected to hold the government to account and we've got to allow them to do so,\" he said. \"And if you're briefing the press first, that's not the way forward.\n\n\"It's not good for Downing Street, it's not good for relations and it doesn't endear your own backbenchers.\n\n\"They want to know that they count and that they matter. And I think that's the way forward for all of us.\"\n\nSir Lindsay, who was elected Speaker in November, said he had been right to insist on the 2m social distancing rule remaining in force in the Commons, even when it was relaxed in society at large.\n\nThe guidelines restrict the number of MPs able to be physically present in the chamber at any one time.\n\nWhile the Commons is at its most lively when it is full, the Speaker said he had a duty of care to MPs and staff.\n\n\"It would be nice to be able to turn the clock back and know that you could have a full chamber without risk,\" said Sir Lindsay.\n\n\"But while there's risk, I cannot see it.\"\n\nSir Lindsay also told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour that he enjoyed presiding over Prime Minister's Questions\n\nReflecting on his duties, the Speaker said he was enjoying the \"clash of styles\" between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nBut he revealed he had been getting advice from one of his predecessors, Baroness Boothroyd, on ensuring the set piece of the parliamentary week did not drag on beyond its allotted 30 minutes.\n\nThe Chorley MP also spoke about living with type-one diabetes, which he was diagnosed with shortly before last year's election campaign.\n\nHe said he had been given a \"big tip\" on managing his blood sugar levels by ex-Prime Minister Theresa May, who also has the condition.\n\n\"When it significantly drops, I have to take a jelly baby,\" he said. \"So when I go very low, I rely on the jelly baby to put me back in the right place.\"\n\nSir Lindsay added: \"I always say to people with diabetes, it doesn't end your life - far from it. You've just got to work with it. And that's what I want to prove.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United secured a place in the Champions League at the expense of Leicester City with victory at King Power Stadium.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side needed a point from this decisive final-day meeting to confirm a place in the top four - and break the hearts of the Foxes, who were in a Champions League spot for so much of the season.\n\nLeicester needed victory once Chelsea took command at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers but their dreams were dashed as Bruno Fernandes scored a 71st-minute penalty after Anthony Martial tumbled under challenge from Wes Morgan and Jonny Evans.\n\nBoth sides had their chances, with Leicester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel saving well from Marcus Rashford in the first half and Jamie Vardy seeing a header glance off the frame of the goal after the break.\n\nLeicester pressed but could not break Manchester United down and their misery was compounded when Evans was sent off against his former club for a wild, late lunge on Scott McTominay.\n\nManchester United confirmed the formalities seconds from time when substitute Jesse Lingard robbed Schmeichel and rolled the ball into an empty net.\n\nIt is a result that fulfils the usual minimum requirement of Champions League qualification for Manchester United.\n\nBut while Leicester City's fifth-placed finish is highly creditable and earns a place in the Europa League, this will undoubtedly be a huge disappointment and anti-climax after being in a position to reach the Champions League for so long.\n\nIt will be scant consolation for them that striker Vardy will claim the Golden Boot, as the Premier League's top scorer with 23 goals.\n\nAfter Fernandes had made an impressive debut in a goalless draw at home to Wolves on 1 February, Manchester United stood 14 points adrift of Leicester City, who were third.\n\nFast forward to his decisive role in this victory that sees United qualify for next season's Champions League by taking that third place, and you can see the extent of his impact.\n\nThe Portuguese attacker - a mid-season signing from Sporting Lisbon in a deal that could eventually be worth around £68m - has provided the missing link for this Manchester United side.\n\nHe has built a bridge between midfield and a talented attacking array of strikers with his talent and his positive style, looking forward every time he receives possession.\n\nFernandes was not at his best here but he was the man who unlocked Leicester's defence as Martial won the crucial penalty, then performed his usual hop, skip and jump to send Schmeichel the wrong way and ease any lingering United nerves.\n\nIt capped a remarkable recovery for Manchester United - with credit also due to manager Solskjaer for guiding his side into the top four.\n\nThe scenes at the final whistle here showed the extent of Leicester City's bitter disappointment at being denied the footballing and financial prize that seemed theirs for the taking for so long.\n\nBrendan Rodgers' side had started to lose their early-season sparkle even before the campaign was halted in March by the coronavirus pandemic - yet they were still in a powerful position as the finish line approached.\n\nThey have still had a fine season but there is no point glossing over this huge missed opportunity.\n\nRodgers is left to rue moments such as the inexplicable meltdown at Bournemouth, where they led at half-time only to lose 4-1.\n\nThe manager faces a big job to pick his players up and remind them of what they have achieved in returning to European football.\n\nWhen they go into next season's Europa League, will they be without players such as Ben Chilwell, a target for Chelsea and reduced here to exhorting his team-mates from the directors' box as he was absent through injury?\n\nFoxes fail to hang on to top four - the stats\n• None Leicester finished fifth despite ending 325 days inside the top four places during the season.\n• None Manchester United recorded a top-four finish in the Premier League for just the second time in five seasons - and the third time in seven seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.\n• None Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has lost 10 of his 12 meetings with Manchester United across all competitions, suffering defeats in each of the past five.\n• None Manchester United extended their unbeaten run to 14 games in the Premier League, their longest run without defeat in the competition since April 2017.\n• None Bruno Fernandes' penalty was the 14th Manchester United have been awarded in the Premier League this season, which is the most for a team in a single campaign in the competition's history.\n• None Since making his debut in the competition in February, Fernandes has been directly involved in more goals in the competition than any other player (15).\n• None Jesse Lingard scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United since December 2018, when he hit two in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first game in charge against Cardiff.\n• None Harry Maguire became the first outfield player since Gary Pallister in 1994-95 to start every game in a Premier League campaign for Manchester United.\n• None Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester United 2. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Brandon Williams (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Demarai Gray (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt saved. George Hirst (Leicester City) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kasper Schmeichel. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The home secretary has demanded a \"full explanation\" from Twitter and Instagram on why anti-Semitic posts by rapper Wiley were not removed more quickly.\n\nPolice are investigating a series of posts on the grime artist's social media accounts. He has been temporarily banned from both Twitter and Instagram.\n\nPriti Patel said the posts were anti-Semitic and \"abhorrent\".\n\n\"Social media companies must act much faster to remove such appalling hatred from their platforms,\" she said.\n\nWiley, 41, known as the \"godfather of grime\", shared conspiracy theories and insulted Jewish people on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, which together have more than 940,000 followers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Priti Patel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter removed some of Wiley's tweets with a note saying they violated its rules - but other tweets were still visible 12 hours after being posted. It later said Wiley's account had been locked for seven days.\n\nFacebook - which owns Instagram - said on Sunday that the platform had also blocked the rapper from his account for seven days, and that there was \"no place for hate speech on Instagram\".\n\nBut Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the steps taken by Twitter and Instagram were not enough.\n\nIn a letter to bosses of the two social media firms, he said that when the material was published on their platforms, \"the response - its removal and the banning of those responsible - should be immediate.\n\n\"It takes minutes for content shared on your platform to reach an audience of millions. When someone influential shares hate speech, in that time it may have an impact on the views of many who look up to them.\"\n\nMr Khan said it was \"particularly disheartening\" when social media had played a \"positive role in amplifying the vital voices\" of the Black Lives Matter movement recently.\n\nWiley's series of posts began on Friday night and his manager John Woolf's initial response was that, having known the artist for 12 years, \"he does not truly feel this way\".\n\nBut on Saturday, Mr Woolf said he had \"cut all ties\" with the London-born rapper and that there was \"no place in society for anti-Semitism\".\n\nWiley first entered the UK singles charts with Wearing My Rolex in 2008. His subsequent hits include Heatwave in 2012 and Boasty in 2019, a collaboration with rappers Stefflon Don and Sean Paul and actor Idris Elba.", "Most motorways have a 50mph limit through roadworks\n\nSpeed limits through most roadworks on England's motorways will be raised to increase traffic flow and ease driver \"frustrations\".\n\nHighways England says raising the limit to 60mph from the usual 50mph comes after \"extensive research and trials\".\n\nThe AA welcomed the move, saying it would reduce journey times and help reduce tailgating by motorists.\n\nPreviously, unions have said increasing speeds through roadworks will put the safety of workers at risk.\n\nLimits will not necessarily be increased at every set of roadworks.\n\nDepending on the road layout and the work being done, 40mph and 50mph restrictions will continue to be used in places.\n\nThe AA claims 60mph can be safer than 50mph\n\nGovernment-owned Highways England has tested increased speeds, including through roadworks between junctions 13 and 16 of the M1.\n\nIt found the journey time for the 24-mile route was reduced by an average of 68 seconds.\n\nChief executive Jim O'Sullivan said: \"Road users understand that roadworks are necessary, but they are frustrated by them, so testing 60mph has been about challenging the norm while ensuring the safety of our people working out there and those using our roads.\n\n\"We have a huge programme of work planned, so being able to use 60mph where safe will continue to improve everybody's experience of our roads.\"\n\nAA president Edmund King claimed driving at 60mph \"is often safer than driving at 50mph\".\n\nHe said: \"Sticking at 50mph often leads to other drivers tailgating in order to try to force vehicles to pull over.\n\n\"Plus we have very long stretches of roadworks such as the 32 miles being converted to smart motorway on the M4 between junctions 3 and 12, where 60mph would seem much more appropriate.\"\n\nThe 10mph increase was suggested in 2017. At the time, the Unite union said: \"Sadly, in recent years there have been several deaths of motorway workers and these changes will make their work even more dangerous.\n\n\"Already motorists frequently drive into coned-off areas. At increased speeds, it will make such potentially lethal accidents even more common.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "GBT groups in Thailand say they \"do not yet have equal rights in society\"\n\nHundreds of Thai gay activists have raised rainbow flags in Bangkok during a pro-democracy rally in the capital.\n\nThey danced and sang in the city centre, where police were deployed. There were no reports of any violence.\n\nSaturday's rally was the latest in a series of youth-led protests calling for the government to resign.\n\nGeneral Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power in a coup in 2014, and was later named as prime minister by the military-appointed parliament.\n\nPolice officers were deployed for what was a peaceful gathering\n\n\"We're here today mainly to call for democracy. Once we achieve democracy, equal rights will follow,\" a young protester told Reuters.\n\nHe said that LGBT groups in Thailand \"do not yet have equal rights in society, so we're calling for both democracy and equality\".\n\nIn recent days Thai pro-democracy activists have been defying a government ban on public gatherings amid an ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country in south-east Asia.", "The operation took five hours, with rescuers carrying Daisy on a stretcher\n\nA St Bernard has been rescued after collapsing while walking down England's highest mountain.\n\nMembers of the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) went to four-year-old Daisy's aid on Scafell Pike.\n\nA team spokesman said Daisy had been showing signs of pain in her legs and was refusing to move.\n\nSt Bernards are traditionally on the other side of such mercy missions - they were originally bred to rescue people in the Italian and Swiss Alps.\n\nFriday's operation, which involved 16 members of the MRT, took five hours as rescuers carried Daisy on a stretcher over obstacles including a waterfall.\n\nDaisy was taken down the mountain to Wasdale\n\nThe spokesman said: \"The team rescues canine casualties around a dozen times every year but this was the first time a St Bernard breed has been rescued by the team.\n\n\"Daisy was a four-year-old female but still a massive dog.\n\nObstacles that had to be negotiated included a waterfall\n\n\"Daisy was in fact a rescue dog and extremely placid and compliant, which was a bonus for the stretcher-carry off the mountain.\n\n\"It was important to get Daisy off the mountain quickly as the weather was due to deteriorate later that evening.\"\n\nNo details have been released about Daisy's owner.\n\nThe rescue involved 16 team members and took five hours\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The pupils of someone with PTSD have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images, the study found\n\nA person's pupils can reveal if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past, according to new research.\n\nThe joint Swansea and Cardiff universities study found the eyes of people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) behave differently.\n\nIt found their pupils have an exaggerated response when viewing exciting or dangerous images.\n\nThose behind the study said it could be useful in diagnosis, treatment and in bench-marking progress.\n\nNormally pupil size fluctuates with changing light levels, but it can also alter when a person is scared, excited, or even concentrating hard.\n\nShocking or surprising images can cause pupils to enlarge, however the researchers discovered this reaction was highly exaggerated in people who have experienced a traumatic event.\n\nThree groups of people were tested - some with diagnosed PTSD, others who had experienced a traumatic event but had no PTSD, and a control group of people with no previous issues.\n\nProf Nicola Gray, of Swansea University, co-authored the study with Prof Robert Snowden of Cardiff University.\n\nShe said: \"The pupil normally shows a fast constriction when the person sees a new image, but then the pupil gets bigger - especially if the picture is arousing, such as a scary image of, for example, fierce animals or weapons.\n\n\"However, the patients with PTSD behaved differently in both phases. First, their pupil did not constrict much when shown a new picture, and then it expanded more to the scary images than for people without PTSD.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could virtual reality help treat PTSD in veterans?\n\nOne man with PTSD who wished to remain anonymous described how, after his time in the Army, he was left unable to drive at night because his pupils could not contract sufficiently in response to street lights and on-coming headlights, leaving him dazzled and unable to see properly.\n\nThe research found the PTSD group showed enlarged pupils to images which were positive and exciting.\n\n\"When we displayed exciting scenes, such as a sporting triumph or an image of a person sky-diving, these images elicited the same enhanced pupil response in the PTSD group as the frightening pictures,\" Prof Snowden said.\n\n\"The subjects weren't frightened by these images, but the images were arousing. Once again, the people with PTSD showed a far greater response, indicating that they were even more aroused by these images than the other participants\".\n\nAccording to Prof Gray this finding could help to develop new therapies for PTSD.\n\n\"If exciting, but non-threatening, images elicit the same response, then it may be possible in the future to use them to gradually reduce the arousal levels of people experiencing PTSD.\"\n\nPTSD is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events.\n\nSomeone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt.\n\nThey may also have problems sleeping, such as insomnia, and find concentrating difficult.\n\nThese symptoms are often severe and persistent enough to have a significant impact on the person's day-to-day life.\n\nCauses of PTSD can include:\n\nThe pupil is the opening in the middle of the iris\n\nProf Gray said the research may also be useful from a diagnostic perspective.\n\n\"PTSD comes in many forms, from people who have experienced a one-off sudden event like a car crash, to those who have gone through many traumatic events over a period of months or years via abuse.\n\n\"Sometimes people struggle to express these thoughts, or might even play them down in order to please the therapist.\n\n\"Having a more objective method to look for these signs of hypervigilance and hyperarousal may be useful in order to obtain a more accurate benchmark of how the person is progressing.\"", "The trainee vets say they're relieved to be back with their friends again after the long lockdown\n\nThe first students are beginning to return for face-to-face teaching on UK university campuses - with a new term of compulsory masks and closed bars.\n\nMost students won't begin until the autumn, but veterinary students are now back at the University of Nottingham.\n\nThey are the pioneers for how campuses across the UK could look as they reopen after the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\n\"The social experience will be more limited, but these are unprecedented times,\" says registrar Paul Greatrix.\n\nThe first cohort going back in Nottingham are 150 trainee vets, some of whom will see a great deal of each other - as the university adopts the \"bubble\" system in which small groups will live as well as study together.\n\nThe university is calling it \"households\" rather than \"bubbles\", but it is the same principle of restricting the spread of infection by keeping people in small groups which are kept separate from each other.\n\nWithin these households of three to 10 students there will be no need for social distancing or wearing masks, but where different households meet the students will have to stay apart.\n\n\"Safety has to be the priority,\" says Dr Greatrix.\n\nThe buildings are mapped out with one-way systems and hand sanitising stations and masks have to be worn, including in lessons, by staff and students.\n\nLectures will be online and there will be in-person teaching for small groups, which is essential for a practical subject such as veterinary science.\n\nSarah Cripps says it was impossible to teach such a practical subject online\n\nThe student bars are closed and there are posters up for a pizza night that's going to be an online event.\n\n\"We can't emulate an all-night club experience through a Zoom chat,\" says Dr Greatrix.\n\nBut he says the university is doing everything it can to create a sense of involvement.\n\nThe students at Nottingham just seem very glad to be back and seeing friends, after months of being cooped up at home and having to study online.\n\nRegistrar Paul Greatrix says it is a huge logistical operation to get ready for 40,000 students and staff in the autumn\n\nThey don't seem particularly daunted by the safety restrictions or that much of the socialising will be online.\n\n\"We were desperate to come back,\" says Amy Thornton. \"It will be different, but it was time to come back.\"\n\nShe will be living in a bubble with five other trainee vets - and isn't worried about the new arrangements or seeing too much of a small number of people.\n\n\"It's just nice to see people again,\" says Emily Howell. \"We're going to have to get on with it.\"\n\nTom handles a milk snake as part of the training in looking after reptiles\n\nThe online lectures are useful, she says, because you can rewind them. \"But I can't wait to do practicals.\"\n\nHer flatmate, Lewis Ashman, says he has no concerns about any risks from going on to the campus. \"It's safe,\" he says.\n\nTom, getting his first chance to hold a snake and a bearded dragon called Barbie, says it's \"great to be back\".\n\nThe students don't mind the masks, but they're finding that dogs used in training don't like them - and it can set them off barking.\n\nIt's also a relief to be back teaching in person rather than online, says clinical assistant professor, Sarah Cripps.\n\nNottingham has a one-way system operating across its buildings\n\nUniversities didn't close, but went online - and the pandemic has shown the limitations of remote teaching, and how much is missed when students and teachers are not there together in person.\n\nAnd in the case of a practical subject such as learning to be a vet, which is all about handling, it's impossible to switch completely online.\n\nDr Greatrix says reopening for the rest of Nottingham's 40,000 students and staff will be one of the biggest projects the university has ever faced.\n\nThere will be staggered arrival times in September to reduce contacts between students, in what is like a small town turning up.\n\nEmily Howell and Lewis Ashman do not have any worries about the safety of being on campus\n\nAnd there are plans if there are further Covid-19 outbreaks, either in halls of residence or in parts of the city where students are living.\n\nThere is a strong message of reassurance about safety - not least to overseas students, particularly from China, who have been doubtful of how well the pandemic has been handled in the UK.\n\nDr Greatrix says he will be pleased if more than 50% of overseas students turn up as planned - with many universities fearing a financial hit from cancellations.\n\nUniversities can introduce safety rules, but students are adults and he recognises there is no way of preventing people in separate bubbles from meeting away from the university - such as going to a local pub.\n\nAnd it's not possible to put the same safety controls on students living in private accommodation.\n\n\"We'll try to regularly remind students about a sense of responsibility,\" said Dr Greatrix.", "Ambulances, the coastguard and the RNLI were at the scene of beach rescue in Gwynedd\n\nSix people have been taken to hospital after being caught in a rip current off the north Wales coast, the coastguard has said.\n\nOn Sunday the RNLI said eight people had been caught in currents in the waters off Aberdyfi, Gwynedd, and \"were being resuscitated\".\n\nHM Coastguard confirmed six people had been taken to hospital, while two others were treated at the scene.\n\nNo details on their injuries have yet been released.\n\nThe coastguard said a number of 999 calls had been made at about 14:15 BST reporting a number of people \"in difficulty\" in the water at Aberdyfi.\n\nIt said three people were taken to hospital by the coastguard helicopter, one by an air ambulance and two by road ambulance.\n\nAt 16:40 the coastguard confirmed all people were now \"accounted for\" and emergency services were leaving the scene.\n\nA number of people called emergency services to report the incident\n\nKay Richards was out walking her dog on the beach when she saw police cars and the air ambulance arrive.\n\n\"By the time we got to the beach all had been pulled from the water,\" she said.\n\n\"We could see someone was surrounded by paramedics and they were eventually put on a stretcher and went on the air ambulance.\"\n\nMs Richards said she saw people being taken to the coastguard helicopter, and one person sat on the beach being \"checked over\".\n\nShe praised rescuers from the RNLI and air ambulance, for their actions getting the people from the water, saying without them it could have been \"very different\".\n\n\"From what I heard it was people out kite surfing who saw the people in trouble and raised the alarm,\" she said.\n\n\"The red flag was up so I'm not sure why they were in the water swimming, we have very strong tides here.\"\n\nThe beach is popular with tourists but it has strong currents\n\nThe ambulance service said they were called at 14:24 BST, following a \"beach incident\" near Aberdyfi.\n\nIt said casualties were flown to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.\n\nEarlier the RNLI confirmed it had launched its lifeboat from Aberdyfi after reports of three casualties in difficulty off the coast, but when they arrived they found eight in the water.\n\nThe coastal village, off the Dyfi Estuary and set within Snowdonia National Park, is popular with tourists due to its long sandy beach and water sports.\n\nVisit Snowdonia's website warns that while the water looks inviting, \"swimmers must take care while venturing out, due to the strong currents around the estuary mouth\".", "Heavy rain is likely to lead to \"life-threatening\" flash flooding in southern Texas and north-eastern Mexico even as Hurricane Hanna weakens, US officials have warned.\n\nThe hurricane made landfall on Saturday but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.\n\nBut the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) says that rains and strong winds \"remain a threat\".\n\nHe said coronavirus would complicate the work of emergency services, although a storm surge warning on the Texan coast was later cancelled by the NHC.\n\nHanna was initially classified as a Category One hurricane, the lowest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, before being downgraded.\n\nIt made landfall on Padre Island on Saturday, and on Sunday moved into Mexico.\n\nWith wind gusts of up to 90mph (145km/h), the storm was earlier tearing roofs off homes.\n\nHanna hit Texas as the southern state struggled to contain the spread of coronavirus.\n\nMore than 380,000 cases have so far been confirmed, with nearly 5,000 deaths.\n\n\"Any hurricane is an enormous challenge,\" Gov Abbott said on Saturday. \"This challenge is complicated and made even more severe, seeing that it is sweeping through an area that is the most challenged area in the state for Covid-19.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tomasz Schafernaker takes a look at the formation of Cape Verde-type hurricanes and where their energy comes from.\n\nAT 22:00 local time on Saturday (03:00 GMT Sunday), maximum sustained winds were near 75mph, the NHC said.\n\nIt added that \"rapid weakening is expected as Hanna moves farther inland\" over Texas and into north-eastern Mexico on Sunday.\n\nSeparately, Hurricane Douglas - with maximum winds of up to 90mph - was approaching Hawaii in the Pacific, the NHC said, warning of damaging winds, flooding rainfall and dangerously high surf.\n\nUS President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration was closely monitoring the storms. \"We continue to closely co-ordinate closely with both states,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why coronavirus cases are surging in Texas", "Rapper Wiley has been dropped by his management following anti-Semitic posts on his social media accounts.\n\nWiley's Twitter account has been temporarily locked while Instagram said it had deleted some of his content, after a long series of posts on both platforms on Friday and Saturday.\n\nThe social media giants are facing growing pressure to close his accounts.\n\nPolice said they were looking at \"relevant material\" as critics accused Wiley of incitement to racial hatred.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers in Tower Hamlets said in a statement: \"We have received a number of reports relating to alleged anti-Semitic tweets posted on social media. The Met takes all reports of anti-Semitism extremely seriously. The relevant material is being assessed.\"\n\nThere are also calls for Wiley's MBE, appointed for services to music, to be forfeited.\n\nWiley, 41, known as the \"godfather of grime\", shared conspiracy theories and insulted Jewish people on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, which together have more than 940,000 followers.\n\nIn one tweet he said: \"I don't care about Hitler, I care about black people\", and also compared the Jewish community to the Ku Klux Klan.\n\nOn Instagram, videos of himself were interspersed with posts of screenshots - which have since been deleted - including one at about midday on Saturday suggesting Twitter has suspended him from tweeting for a week.\n\nHe had already been given a 12-hour ban on Friday night, but resumed tweeting on Saturday.\n\nThe platform has removed some of his tweets, with a note saying they violated its rules.\n\nWiley's manager, John Woolf, confirmed that the Twitter account, which is not verified, belongs to the London-born rapper, whose real name is Richard Cowie.\n\nIn a tweet on Friday evening that is no longer visible, Mr Woolf initially said he was \"talking to him privately\". He also said that, having known Wiley for 12 years, he knows \"he does not truly feel this way\".\n\nBut on Twitter on Saturday morning he tweeted: \"Following Wiley's antisemitic tweets today we at @A_ListMGMT have cut all ties with him. There is no place in society for antisemitism.\"\n\nThe two men were pictured together in December with boxer Anthony Joshua.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by John Woolf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a subsequent statement, Mr Woolf said: \"To be very clear here. I do not support or condone what Wiley has said today online in any way shape or form.\n\n\"I am a proud Jewish man and I am deeply shocked and saddened but what he has chosen to say.\n\n\"I am speaking to key figures in my community in light of today's tweets. This behaviour and hateful speech is not acceptable to me.\"\n\nWiley later claimed in a video posted on Instagram that he had \"cut ties\" with Mr Woolf - not the other way around.\n\nBroadcaster and producer DJ Spoony criticised Wiley's \"inflammatory\" comments, tweeting that the artist \"still has a huge role in our community but he must first see the error of his ways/comments and then make himself open to the help that will be offered\".\n\nThe Ivors Academy, an association for music writers which gave Wiley its Inspiration Award in 2019, said \"such appalling views have no place in the music creator community\".\n\nThere has been growing outrage over the social media companies' responses.\n\nThe Campaign Against Antisemitism said it had reported Wiley to the Metropolitan Police and asked Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, to close his accounts to \"prevent further outpouring of anti-Jewish venom\".\n\n\"We consider that Wiley has committed the offence of incitement to racial hatred, which can carry a substantial prison sentence,\" a statement read.\n\nIt added that it would contact the Cabinet Office to ask for his MBE be forfeited.\n\nThe rapper, known as Wiley Kat earlier in his career, was appointed MBE in 2018\n\nLord Mann, an adviser to the government on anti-Semitism, called on Twitter and Instagram to remove him from their platforms.\n\nHe said some of the content glorifies a violent attack on a rabbi in London, adding: \"That breaches all their standards, it's not even marginal.\"\n\nLuciana Berger, a Liberal Democrat politician who left the Labour Party over anti-Semitism last year, said the \"bile... permeates impressionable (often younger) minds\".\n\nActors David Baddiel and Tracy-Ann Oberman, who are both Jewish, also called for more action.\n\nFacebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement: \"There is no place for hate speech on Instagram. We have deleted content that violates our policies from this account and are continuing to investigate.\"\n\nTwitter said Wiley's account had been temporarily locked \"for violating our Hateful Conduct policy\".\n\n\"Abuse and harassment have no place on our service and we have policies in place - that apply to everyone, everywhere - that address abuse and harassment, violent threats, and hateful conduct,\" it added.\n\n\"If we identify accounts that violate any of these rules, we'll take enforcement action.\"\n\nWiley first entered the UK singles charts with Wearing My Rolex in 2008. His subsequent hits include Heatwave in 2012 and Boasty in 2019, a collaboration with rappers Stefflon Don and Sean Paul and actor Idris Elba.", "The dean of Westminster Abbey, the Very Rev Dr David Hoyle, told the BBC: \"We are vulnerable and we are getting more vulnerable\"\n\nWestminster Abbey is down more than £12m in revenue this year and is set to make about 20% of its staff redundant as a result of the lockdown.\n\nMore than 90% of its income comes from visitors paying an entrance fee.\n\nIt closed its doors on 20 March and only began to reopen for limited tourist visits on 11 July.\n\nThe dean of Westminster Abbey, the Very Rev Dr David Hoyle, told the BBC the coronavirus had dealt a \"shattering blow\" to the Abbey's finances.\n\nSeparately, the Church of England's 42 cathedrals are projected to be down more than £28.4m on what they thought their budgets would be this year.\n\nThey are projected to lose another £15.5m next year.\n\nThe Association of English Cathedrals, which represents Westminster Abbey and the Church of England's 42 cathedrals, warned job cuts would hit churches around the country when the government's job retention scheme ended in October.\n\nThe Abbey's financial reserves would be depleted by a third from September, Dr Hoyle said, and would continue to fall as visitor numbers were not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels for up to five years.\n\n\"There is a real need here,\" he said, warning Westminster Abbey expected a similar \"breathtaking\" loss of between £9m and £12m next year as well.\n\nThe Abbey is open for services and visits, but numbers are limited as social distancing is enforced.\n\nDr Hoyle said it was \"inconceivable\" that the Abbey would be so quiet, as in a \"normal\" month of July, it would be admitting 1,000 people an hour.\n\n\"We are vulnerable and we are getting more vulnerable,\" he said.\n\n\"We're negotiating one of the greatest challenges to hit the Abbey in recent times.\"\n\nCoronavirus saw the Abbey closed for the longest time since the Queen's coronation\n\nThe Abbey has already announced plans to scrap regular Sunday services at St Margaret's, a medieval church in Parliament Square. The professional choir at St Margaret's will be disbanded and worshippers will be told to merge with the congregation in the Abbey.\n\nDue to its status as a Royal Peculiar, Westminster Abbey does not count as one of the Church of England's 42 cathedrals. Instead it is owned directly by the monarch, meaning it is not eligible for funding by the Church Commissioners.\n\nWhile the Abbey makes most of its income from tourism, many places of worship across the UK rely on cash donations from congregations to survive. Having been forced to close their doors due to the lockdown, many are struggling financially.\n\nOne Sikh temple, Singh Sabha London East, typically received about £80,000 a month in donations from attendees. During lockdown, despite losing 90% of its monthly income, the gurdwara provided more than 4,000 meals to NHS staff and other key workers.\n\nBut Sukhbir Bassi, one of the senior figures at the gurdwara, said that could not continue without government support.\n\n\"We are having serious, serious problems,\" he said.\n\nThe government has pledged £750m in support for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.\n\nA spokesperson from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: \"We understand the difficulty lockdown has caused people of faith, which is why we have worked in partnership with faith leaders to enable a phased and safe reopening of places of worship.\"\n\nIt said faith organisations had access to government support including the Coronavirus Community Support Fund.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies.\n\nThe review of evidence by Public Health England found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care.\n\nAnd the risk grew substantially as weight increased.\n\nThe release comes ahead of an expected government announcement of new measures to curb obesity.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the current evidence was clear, that being overweight or obese puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, as well as from many other life-threatening diseases.\n\n\"Losing weight can bring huge benefits for health - and may also help protect against the health risks of Covid-19,\" she said. \"The case for action on obesity has never been stronger.\"\n\nThe UK has one of the highest levels of obesity in Europe. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with similar figures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese.\n\nBody mass index is calculated by dividing a person's mass in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.\n\nAnother measure of excess fat is waist size - men with a waist of 94cm or more and women with a waist of 80cm or more are more likely to develop obesity-related problems.\n\nSupporting people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight may reduce the severe effects of Covid-19 on the population, especially among vulnerable groups who are most affected by obesity, the report said.\n\nProf Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford, said we already know that older people, men, those from South Asian and some other ethnic groups, and people living in more deprived areas, are at increased risk from Covid-19.\n\n\"Over and above these things, this review shows that excess weight is another very important risk factor,\" she said.\n\nThere was anecdotal evidence that some people were struggling with their weight during the pandemic, she added, which offered a \"re-set moment\" for everyone to think about their lifestyle.\n\nAccording to the report, while some data suggests that more people have exercised during lockdown, evidence indicates that the nation's exercise levels have not increased overall.\n\nMeanwhile, snack food and alcohol sales from High Street shops have increased.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to announce new measures soon to combat obesity, including a ban on TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nThe measures are yet to be finalised, but are also likely to include a ban on online ads for unhealthy foods, and limits on in-store promotions.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe parents of a young man whose death in a crash sparked an international diplomatic row have dropped their legal action against Northamptonshire Police.\n\nHarry Dunn, 19, was fatally injured outside RAF Croughton in August.\n\nHis family began legal action against the force and the Foreign Office after US suspect Anne Sacoolas left the UK, citing diplomatic immunity.\n\nAfter seeing documents disclosed in the case the family said the \"police are absolved of any blame\".\n\nThe information provided for the court proceedings showed the force \"could have done no more last August and September to ensure that Mrs Sacoolas was brought to justice\", said family spokesman Radd Seiger.\n\nPolice had been \"kept in the dark\" by the FCO (Foreign & Commonwealth Office) about uncertainty relating to Mrs Sacoolas' immunity status, he said.\n\nMr Seiger said: \"Our case remains that the documents clearly show how the police investigation was effectively stopped in its tracks abruptly when the Foreign Office told the police shortly after Harry died that Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity.\"\n\nNorthamptonshire Police previously said it was \"not informed\" by the FCO of the arrangements that allowed Mrs Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.\n\nTim Dunn and Charlotte Charles have taken legal action against the FCO\n\nA two-day judicial review hearing at the High Court in November is scheduled, with Mr Dunn's parents, Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, claiming the foreign secretary \"obstructed justice\" by allowing Mrs Sacoolas to leave the UK.\n\nNorthamptonshire Police were brought into the legal claim in January.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after a crash involving her car and Mr Dunn's motorbike outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe force will continue to be involved in the claim as an \"interested party\", said Mr Seiger.\n\nIn December last year, Mrs Sacoolas was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but an extradition request was rejected by the US.\n\nEarlier this month the UK and US agreed to amend the \"anomaly\" which allowed Mrs Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.\n\nA Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: \"This is an ongoing legal matter and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\"\n\nThe FCO has been approached for comment.", "Almost 200 sex offenders were released from prison in England and Wales in one year without having anywhere to live, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show.\n\nMore than 100 of them were classed as posing a \"high\" or \"very high\" risk to the public.\n\nProbation inspectors have warned that freed prisoners who sleep rough are more likely to commit further crimes.\n\nThe Probation Service said it worked closely with local councils to help those leaving prison.\n\nThe figures, for England and Wales in 2018-19, were supplied by the MoJ under the Freedom of Information Act.\n\nThey show that on 68 occasions \"high and very high risk\" sex offenders, who were on licence for more than six months, had no accommodation on release.\n\nA further 53 homelessness cases involved \"high risk\" sex offenders with a licence period of more than 12 months, and 70 involved \"medium risk\" sex offenders with more than six months on licence.\n\nEarlier this month, the chief inspector of probation, Justin Russell, criticised the lack of a \"cross-government\" approach to housing offenders, pointing out that prisoners with no settled accommodation were almost twice as likely to be sent back to jail within 12 months of release.\n\nIn an inspection report, he blamed the problem on:\n\nMr Russell said: \"We were particularly disturbed by the high numbers of higher-risk prisoners being released into homelessness or unsettled accommodation.\"\n\nThe report found that in 2018-19 at least 22% of prisoners presenting the highest risk to the public were homeless or had nowhere stable to stay, amounting to 6,515 individuals.\n\nIn total, there were 11,435 occasions when prisoners were homeless when they were let out - 16% of released male offenders and 18% of female inmates.\n\nThe Probation Service, which is part of the MoJ, said the figures for sex offenders showed accommodation on the day of release and did not necessarily mean they \"remained homeless afterwards\".\n\nIt says it has introduced new teams dedicated to finding housing, and is increasing places in \"approved premises\", also known as \"bail hostels\" or \"probation hostels\".\n\nIt adds that it has helped \"hundreds of offenders\" stay off the streets as part of the Government's Rough Sleeping Strategy.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Public protection is our number one priority. Sex offenders on licence must report regularly to their probation officer and abide by strict conditions which if breached can see them go back to prison.\"\n\nDuring the coronavirus lockdown, BBC News discovered that 142 prisoners were put up in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation to limit the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene\n\nA 17-year-old has been stabbed to death and four other boys were injured as two groups clashed in Manchester.\n\nPolice were called to a disturbance in Henbury Street, Moss Side, at about 19:30 BST on Sunday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nTwo 15-year-olds and a 17-year old were also hurt, as well as a 16-year old who is in hospital with \"potentially life-changing injuries.\"\n\nA 17-year-old boy arrested at the scene remains in custody, police said.\n\nThe 15-year-olds and the 17-year-old were also arrested on discharge from hospital.\n\nHe is being held on suspicion of murder and the injured boys are also in custody awaiting questioning in connection with the killing, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nSupt Mark Dexter said: \"No parent should ever have to bury their child and my heart goes out to the mother and father who lost their son yesterday evening.\"\n\nHe added: \"Despite us having made four arrests, we are still actively piecing together the circumstances around this incident and I would urge anyone who has any information to please get in touch with us as a matter of absolute urgency.\n\n\"Violence of this kind is unacceptable and it is difficult to digest that another young life has been lost.\n\n\"We and the community have been working so hard to reduce knife crime, we obviously all need to do more and we will.\"\n\nPolice were called to a disturbance in Henbury Street, Rusholme\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Katrina Collins wanted to lighten the mood and create a talking point in Montgomery\n\nStern signs instructing people to queue two metres apart have become part of life since lockdown.\n\nBut graphic designer Keith Williams and friend Katrina Collins wanted to lighten the mood and create a talking point.\n\nSo they settled on making messages that describe two metres in quirky ways, such as \"7 Chihuahuas\" and \"50 chips\".\n\nMr Williams wanted something a little out of the ordinary, rather than \"awful plastic signs\".\n\n\"I thought we could do something different,\" he said.\n\n\"So every two metres there are random phrases.\"\n\nThese include \"14.3 pairs of scissors\"; \"1.1 piano hinges\"; \"25 - 50 chips\"; \"85.36 pound coins\" and \"153.85 marbles\".\n\nThe signs, in Montgomery, Powys, have got people talking, Mr Williams said.\n\n\"The idea was to get people bemused and then to chat when the penny dropped, because queueing is boring,\" he said.\n\nA woman and her dog stay 16 million coronaviruses from the person in front\n\nThe response had been positive, Mr Williams said, although not everybody initially understood what it was about.\n\n\"One chap said, 'I don't get it',\" Mr Williams said. \"I explained it to him and he said, 'How very Montgomery'.\n\n\"It's nice to see when the penny drops.\"\n\nGraphic designer Keith Williams spent 11 hours over two days painting the signs\n\nThe signs were finished on Monday after Mr Williams spent 11 hours on his hands and knees painting them.\n\nMs Collins, who runs \"zero-waste\" catering business Shed 38, said: \"Each sign has some relevance to the business they are outside.\n\n\"So outside the cafe is '22 scones and 33.7 carrot cakes'.\"\n\nThe hope was they would spark conversations in the town\n\nThe scones and carrots were not laid end-to-end on the pavement to measure, she explained.\n\n\"We measured a scone and measured a carrot cake and did the maths,\" said Ms Collins.\n\n\"We thought that we would stick to (Shed 38's) zero-waste theme - we didn't want to get carrot cakes on the floor.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nChampions League qualification and the battle to avoid relegation are the major issues at stake as the Premier League season concludes on Sunday.\n\nCoronavirus prompted fears the campaign might not be completed but after 92 games in 40 days the top flight is set for a dramatic finale.\n\nLeicester City host Manchester United with both teams and Chelsea competing for the two remaining top-four spots.\n\nTwo of Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth will be relegated.\n\nEuropa League qualification is also up for grabs, with Wolves and Tottenham battling for sixth place, which guarantees a European place next season.\n\nJamie Vardy is favourite to win the Golden Boot, while the Golden Glove is also up for grabs.\n\nManchester City's Kevin de Bruyne will be hoping to match - or break - an assists landmark only previously achieved by Thierry Henry, plus the Premier League will bid farewell to a legend as De Bruyne's City team-mate David Silva plays his final match in the competition.\n• None How to watch, listen and follow the final day\n• None Who needs what to survive?\n• None Race for Europe - which clubs are likely to qualify?\n\nHeartbreak and tears - who will go down?\n\nRemember in normal times when the television cameras loved zooming in on sobbing fans after their club had been relegated?\n\nWith supporters unable to attend games because of the coronavirus pandemic, that is not going to happen this season.\n\nBut fans of Bournemouth, Watford and Aston Villa are preparing for a nerve-shredding day as their clubs look to avoid joining Norwich in the Championship.\n\nAfter a long slog of a season, three teams separated by three points and with almost identical goal differences, are left to battle for one Premier League place.\n\nVilla, who start the day outside of the bottom three on goal difference, visit a West Ham side who are now safe, 18th-placed Watford go to FA Cup finalists Arsenal, while 19th-placed Bournemouth are at mid-table Everton.\n\n\"We can control our own destiny and that was looking unlikely,\" said Villa boss Dean Smith, whose side moved out of the bottom three with one game to go.\n\n\"We are above the dotted line but the most important thing is to be there after the game on Sunday.\"\n\nSports data analysts Gracenote have used their Euro Club Index to work out the chances of relegation for those teams trying to stay up.\n\nBournemouth's chances of going down are rated at 95%, Watford are 77.5% while the figure is 28.5% for Villa.\n\nThe Cherries may be favourites for the drop as they are reliant on both their relegation rivals losing - but manager Eddie Howe believes keeping a cool head is crucial.\n\n\"It's controlling our emotions that is going to be key because you have to play the game and you have to play the moment, be very much in the present,\" he said.\n\n\"Thinking too much, or getting too emotional, can be very counter productive so we need the players to enjoy the game, play the game as they have always done.\n\n\"I'm sure at some stage I will hear what's happening elsewhere. But we have to win regardless, so that's what I'll be working on.\"\n\nHayden Mullins, in charge of Watford following Nigel Pearson's surprise sacking, knows his side must better Villa's result.\n\n\"If we need to get messages onto the pitch we will but they just need to concentrate on their jobs,\" he said.\n\nWith all of Sunday's games kicking off at 16:00 BST, expect tears to be flowing around 17:50 - just not from fans in stadiums, as we have become used to on the last day of the league season.\n\nFor a detailed explanation of the permutations at the bottom, click here.\n\nPassports at the ready - who will make Europe?\n\nWith champions Liverpool and runners-up Manchester City having booked their places in next season's Champions League, Chelsea, Leicester and Manchester United are battling it out for the final two group-stage spots.\n\nUnited, who are third, will guarantee a top-four finish if they avoid defeat at fifth-placed Leicester. FA Cup finalists Chelsea, who are one point clear of Leicester, just need a point against sixth-placed Wolves to secure a place. Leicester will guarantee a spot in the top four by beating Manchester United.\n\n\"We'll approach the game to win it - I don't think there's any other way,\" said Chelsea boss Frank Lampard.\n\nMeanwhile, Wolves will qualify for the Europa League for a second successive season if they win at Chelsea.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's United were six points off the top four after a 2-0 home defeat by Burnley on 22 January. They go into the final day with an 88% chance of making the Champions League, according to Gracenote, as do Chelsea. Leicester's chances are rated at 70%.\n\n\"We want the players to learn about the traditions and history of the club and what the players before them have done,\" Solskjaer told Sky Sports.\n\n\"The club's former players have played so many vital games at the end of the season - a cup final, a game to win the league, a game to get into the Champions League.\n\n\"The players now are learning what the other players through history have been through.\"\n\nLeicester manager Brendan Rodgers said: \"This is virtually like a barrier-breaking goal, a goal that will get us into the Champions League.\n\n\"It wasn't really something we spoke about at the beginning of the season because naturally, where the club had been these last few seasons, we wanted to try step-by-step to arrive there.\"\n\nClick here for a more detailed explanation of the race for the Europe.\n\nEight years ago, Jamie Vardy was playing non-league football for Fleetwood Town. On Sunday, the Leicester striker could win the Golden Boot awarded to the leading Premier League scorer.\n\nVardy, 33, is top of the scoring charts with 23 goals, two ahead of Southampton's Danny Ings, his nearest rival for the award.\n\nWhile Vardy goes into the Foxes' final game at home to Manchester United without a goal in his past two appearances, Ings has scored six times in eight matches since the restart for Southampton, who entertain Sheffield United.\n\nShould Vardy and Ings seal the top two places, it will be the first time two English forwards have finished top of the scoring charts outright since 1999-2000, when Sunderland's Kevin Phillips scored 30 and Newcastle's Alan Shearer got 23.\n\nIn 2015-16, Vardy shared runners-up spot with Manchester City's Argentina forward Sergio Aguero - the pair ending the season on 24 goals, one behind Tottenham's Harry Kane.\n\nWith Manchester City's Raheem Sterling on 19 goals, there is a chance English forwards could fill the top three places, although Arsenal's Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (20) and Liverpool's Egypt forward Mohamed Salah (19) might have something to say about that.\n\nBurnley against Brighton is one of the few games on the final day with little riding on it.\n\nThe Clarets start ninth after another solid season while the Seagulls have secured their safety.\n\nBut it is a huge game for Nick Pope as he chases the prestigious Golden Glove - the award for the goalkeeper who keeps the most clean sheets in a Premier League season.\n\nThe Clarets stopper has managed an impressive 15 shutouts - the same number as Manchester City's Brazil keeper Ederson.\n\nPope will become the first English winner of the award since City's Joe Hart in 2014-15 if Burnley do not concede against Brighton - and relegated Norwich score at Pep Guardiola's runners-up.\n\nIf Pope and Ederson finish on the same number of clean sheets, the award will be shared for the first time since 2013-14 when Chelsea's Petr Cech and Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny were tied on 16 shutouts.\n\nThanks for the memories\n\nAlthough there will be no supporters present, Silva will be fighting back the tears when he makes his 309th and final Premier League appearance for Manchester City.\n\nThe former Spain playmaker, 34, is regarded as one of the club's greatest-ever players, a key figure in transforming City into the dominant domestic force over the past few years.\n\nSilva, who has helped the club win 11 major trophies in 10 years, announced in June he would leave at the end of the 2019-20 season, adding: \"Ten years for me is enough. It's the perfect time for me.\"\n\nSince arriving from Valencia for £24m in July 2010, he has provided 93 assists in the Premier League and scored 60 goals.\n\nWith relegated Norwich providing the opposition for City's final league game of the season, Silva might well be confident of adding to that tally.\n\n\"I know he's loved by City fans and appreciated far beyond Etihad Stadium, but I'm still not sure he quite gets all the wider accolades he deserves for what he's brought to English football since he arrived in 2010,\" said former City defender Micah Richards.\n\nOther things to look out for\n\nWill Liverpool finish the season with another record? Jurgen Klopp's runaway champions are in the hunt for the biggest title-winning points margin.\n\nThe record currently stands at 19, set by Manchester City in 2017-18 when they finished on 100 points and runners-up Manchester United got 81. Liverpool, who are at Newcastle, are 18 points clear with one match to go.\n\nMeanwhile, Henry's record of 20 Premier League assists in one season is under threat.\n\nHenry achieved the record in 2002-03 at Arsenal but Manchester City's De Bruyne needs just one more to go level with the Gunners legend.\n• None Greg, Felix and Jimmy on the second Test and the genius of Ben Stokes", "Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the court's most senior liberal justice, and her health is closely watched\n\nUS Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she is undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but will not be retiring.\n\nIn a statement, the 87-year-old judge said the treatment was having \"positive results\" and she was \"fully able\" to continue in her post.\n\nMs Ginsburg said a scan had revealed lesions on her liver, but the chemotherapy had helped to reduce them.\n\nAs the court's most senior liberal justice, her health is closely watched.\n\nShe has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years but has returned swiftly to work on each occasion.\n\n\"On May 19, I began a course of chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer,\" Ms Ginsburg said in her statement.\n\n\"The chemotherapy course... is yielding positive results,\" she added. \"My most recent scan on 7 July indicated [a] significant reduction of the liver lesions and no new disease.\n\n\"I am tolerating chemotherapy well and am encouraged by the success of my current treatment,\" she said. \"I will continue bi-weekly chemotherapy to keep my cancer at bay.\"\n\nSupreme Court justices serve for life or until they choose to retire, and supporters have expressed concern that if anything were to happen to Ms Ginsburg a more conservative judge might replace her while President Donald Trump, a Republican, remains in office.\n\n\"I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as long as I can do the job full steam,\" Ms Ginsburg said in the statement. \"I remain fully able to do that.\"\n\nThe Supreme Court justices pose for their official portrait in 2018\n\nMr Trump has appointed two judges since taking office, leaving the current bench with a 5-4 conservative leaning.\n\nIn May, Ms Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition, and participated in the Supreme Court's oral arguments from hospital. She has been treated for cancer four times in 20 years, including two separate bouts last year.\n\nEarlier this week, she was released from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital after a day of treatment for a possible infection. Ms Ginsburg is now \"home and doing well\", the court said on Tuesday.\n\nDespite her several health setbacks, Ms Ginsburg had not missed a single day of oral arguments in her 25 years on the court until last January, when she worked from home while recovering from surgery.\n\nJoan Ruth Bader was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933 to Jewish immigrant parents. At 17 years old, she lost her mother to cancer.\n\nShe attended Cornell University, where she met her husband, Marty Ginsburg. The pair had two children and remained together for 56 years, until Marty's death in 2010.\n\nThe progressive hero has grown into a pop icon in recent years\n\nBoth attended Harvard Law School. When Justice Ginsburg attended in 1956, one year behind her husband, she was one of nine women to enrol. While there, she and her female cohort were famously asked by the dean to justify taking the spot of a man in his school.\n\nMs Ginsburg later transferred to Columbia Law School in New York, becoming the first woman to work at both school's law reviews.\n\nDespite her academic success, she struggled to find work.\n\n\"Not a law firm in the entire city of New York would employ me,\" she once said. \"I struck out on three grounds: I was Jewish, a woman and a mother.\"\n\nShe went on to become a professor at Rutgers Law School in 1963, and co-founded the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As the ACLU's general counsel, Ms Ginsburg took up a series of gender discrimination cases, six of which saw her arguing before the Supreme Court.\n\nIn part due to her husband's enthusiastic lobbying, Ms Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton. She became the second woman in US history nominated to the august body.\n\nJustice Ginsburg was the second woman in US history to be nominated to the Supreme Court\n\nDuring her years on the court, as the bench has become more conservative, she has increasingly moved to the left, gaining a reputation for her spirited dissents.\n\nAnd in recent years, she has grown into a pop culture phenomenon.\n\nIn part due to her scathing dissents, Ms Ginsburg became the subject of a Tumblr account called Notorious RBG - a nod to the late rapper, The Notorious BIG. She has been played by actress and comedian Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live, and has her likeness painted on T-shirts, mugs and posters.\n\n\"I'm 84 years old,\" Ms Ginsburg says about her newfound fame in the 2018 documentary RBG.\n\n\"And everyone wants to take their picture with me.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ\n\nA fire at the cathedral in the French city of Nantes is believed to have been started deliberately, prosecutors say.\n\nThree fires were started at the site and an investigation into suspected arson is under way, Prosecutor Pierre Sennes said.\n\nThe blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral, which dates from the 15th Century.\n\nIt comes a year after the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.\n\nBut the local fire chief said the fire in Nantes had been contained and was \"not a Notre-Dame scenario\".\n\n\"The damage is concentrated on the organ, which appears to be completely destroyed. The platform it is situated on is very unstable and risks collapsing,\" Laurent Ferlay told reporters.\n\nThe cathedral roof had not been touched by the blaze, he said.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron has reacted, tweeting: \"After Notre-Dame, the St Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is in flames. Support to the firefighters who are taking all the risks to save the Gothic jewel.\"\n\nThe French fire service tweeted footage of the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Pompiers de France This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe fire began in the early morning, with massive flames visible from outside the building. More than 100 firefighters brought it under control after several hours.\n\nMr Sennes said the national police would be involved in the investigation and a fire expert was travelling to Nantes\n\n\"When we arrive at a place where a fire has taken place, when you see three separate fire outbreaks, it's a question of common sense, you open an investigation,\" he said.\n\nNewsagent Jean-Yves Burban said he heard a bang at about 07:30 local time (05:30 GMT) and saw flames when he went out to see what was happening.\n\n\"I am shook up because I've been here eight years and I see the cathedral every morning and evening. It's our cathedral and I've got tears in my eyes,\" he told Reuters.\n\nThis is not the first fire at the cathedral. It was damaged by Allied bombing in 1944, during World War Two, and then in 1972 its roof was largely destroyed.\n\nIt was rebuilt 13 years later with a concrete structure replacing the wooden roof.\n\nIn 2015 a huge fire destroyed part of the 19th Century basilica of Saint-Donatien in Nantes.", "Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya all tested positive earlier this week\n\nAishwarya Rai Bachchan has been taken to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.\n\nThe Indian actress, a former Miss World and one of Bollywood's most famous faces, is being treated at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, ANI agency reports.\n\nHer daughter Aaradhya has also been taken to hospital, PTI agency reports.\n\nAishwarya's husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, both also famous actors, have been in hospital since Saturday with the virus.\n\nOn Sunday, 77-year-old Amitabh Bachchan - a Bollywood superstar who has achieved global fame during his long and illustrious career so far - tweeted that he had tested positive for the virus.\n\nAishwarya Rai and Aaradhya have both been taken to hospital in Mumbai\n\nAnother series of tweets from his son Abhishek, also a famous actor, confirmed that he, his 46-year-old wife Aishwarya and eight-year-old daughter Aaradhya had also tested positive.\n\nUntil now Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya have been isolating at home.\n\nNews that the family, often described as Bollywood royalty, had been affected by the coronavirus sent shockwaves across India. This week, thousands of fans have held prayers for the family's recovery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Friday India recorded a record 35,000 new cases of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, surpassing the one million mark.\n\nThe country now has the third-highest number of cases in the world, after the US and Brazil. The current death toll is 25,602.\n\nThe western state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, is still the biggest hotspot with the highest case count - more than 280,000 - of all the states.", "Conwy Castle is considered by Unesco to be a fine example of military architecture\n\nWales' major heritage sites will start to be reopened from next month.\n\nUnesco World Heritage Sites such as the castles at Beaumaris, Conwy and Harlech will reopened by historical monuments body Cadw in August.\n\nEntrance to sites will be ticketed as Cadw attempts to ensure social distancing in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThe historical monuments, however, will not reopen seven days a week. Cadw will issue more detail later this month.\n\nDates for the reopening of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire and Caernarfon Castle are yet to be confirmed due to ongoing refurbishment works at those sites.\n\nThe Welsh Government has said Wales' indoor visitor attractions can reopen from 3 August as long as Covid-19 cases continue to fall and strict safety measures are in place.\n\nBeaumaris Castle was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282\n\nDates for the reopening of Grade I listed Tintern Abbey is to be confirmed\n\nCaernarfon Castle was used for the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1911 and 1969\n\nAll monuments will reopen with a reduced visitor capacity \"ensuring a safe and socially distanced on-site experience for staff and visitors\" while visitors and members will have to book time-allotted tickets.\n\nTourism in Wales, the country's second biggest economy, has been affected by the coronavirus crisis but now the five-mile travel limit has ended it has given the sector a little hope amid stark warnings.\n\n\"The coronavirus pandemic has proved hugely challenging for everyone involved in the heritage and tourism industry in Wales, including Cadw,\" said culture and tourism minister Lord Elis-Thomas.\n\nSome sites including Castell Coch near Cardiff, Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths in Newport will not reopen until September.\n\nBut Rug Chapel, Rhuddlan Castle, Valle Crucis Abbey and Llangar Church in Denbighshire and Oxwich Castle on the Gower will not reopen until the spring.\n\n\"We understand that there may be some frustration around the ongoing closure of certain monuments,\" added Mr Elis-Thomas.\n\n\"But rest assured that we are working as hard as we can to prepare them for reopening — and will do so when we are confident of them being safe spaces for everyone to enjoy.\"", "Dr Fauci: \"It's only reflecting negatively on them\"\n\nUS infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has described recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him as \"bizarre\" and \"nonsense\".\n\n\"Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,\" Dr Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic. \"It doesn't do anything but reflect poorly on them.\"\n\nOn Sunday, a White House official shared a list detailing past apparent erroneous comments by Dr Fauci.\n\nBut on Wednesday Mr Trump insisted he had a \"good relationship\" with him.\n\n\"We're all in the same team including Dr Fauci,\" he said. \"We want to get rid of this mess that China sent us, so everybody's working on the same line and we're doing very well.\"\n\nThe White House statement attacking Dr Fauci criticised him for what it said was conflicting advice on face coverings and remarks on Covid-19's severity.\n\nResponding to the criticism, Dr Fauci told The Atlantic that targeting him was \"completely wrong\".\n\n\"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that,\" he said.\n\n\"I think they realise now that that was not a prudent thing to do, because it's only reflecting negatively on them,\" he added.\n\nThe top government expert on infectious diseases took the high road in his first public comments after White House officials, both on and off the record, questioned his professional judgement and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDr Fauci acknowledges that the advice and analysis he has provided has shifted over time, but he insists his recommendations have always been based on the latest science.\n\nThose views have sometimes led to clashes with the president, who has attempted to shift focus to rebuilding a US economy that has been devastated by the pandemic. Dr Fauci has said that the top priority must be controlling the spread of the virus and recent reopening steps have set those efforts back.\n\nSuch blunt talk has helped make Dr Fauci a popular figure during the pandemic, and that alone may be behind some of the resentment that is simmering within the White House.\n\nThe swipes at Dr Fauci, however, seem destined to be counter-productive. With a general election just a few months away the Trump campaign needs a consistent public message - and an administration attacking one of its own, then distancing itself from those attacks, may only promote a message of chaos and confusion.\n\nDr Fauci was also criticised by Peter Navarro, Mr Trump's top trade adviser, in an opinion piece for USA Today in which he said the disease expert had been \"wrong about everything I have interacted with him on\".\n\nHowever, the White House distanced itself from Mr Navarro's remarks, with communications chief Alyssa Farah tweeting that the article \"didn't go through normal White House clearance processes\" and was \"the opinion of Peter alone\".\n\nAsked about Mr Navarro's piece as he departed the White House for Atlanta, Mr Trump said he should not have written it.\n\n\"Well he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn't be doing that,\" he said.\n\nIn his interview with The Atlantic, Dr Fauci said he was not thinking of resigning over the attacks on him.\n\n\"I think the problem is too important for me to get into those kinds of thoughts and discussions. I just want to do my job. I'm really good at it. I think I can contribute. And I'm going to keep doing it,\" he said.\n\nHe has also told Reuters that he believes the US will successfully develop a vaccine against the coronavirus by the end of the year.\n\nIt follows early stage results from a vaccine developed by the firm Moderna, which Dr Fauci said were promising because the vaccine appeared to offer the type of protection seen in a natural infection.\n\nDr Fauci's comments come after reports that as of 15 July, US hospitals will have to report Covid-19 patient data to the federal health agency in Washington instead of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).\n\nThe CDC, the US's top public health institute, has until now been responsible for handling data about the pandemic from its hospital network.\n\nHealth experts have expressed concerns that data will be politicised, become less transparent and possibly affect the work of researchers and modellers.\n\nThe US has reported more than 3.4 million cases of coronavirus, and more than 136,000 deaths nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.", "The crown prince of Kuwait has taken on the role of partial ruler after the country's emir was hospitalised.\n\nSheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 91, was admitted for \"routine\" medical tests on Saturday, the country's national news agency said.\n\nThe report added he was in \"good health\" but gave no further details.\n\nHis half-brother and crown prince, 83-year-old Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, will \"temporarily\" take on a number of functions.\n\nLast summer, the emir was reported to have suffered a health \"setback\" while in Kuwait.\n\nThe following month, he was hospitalised for medical tests during a visit to the US.\n\nSheikh Sabah has been credited with shaping the Gulf nation's foreign policy and spent decades as foreign minister before becoming emir in 2006.", "India's capital, Delhi, has seen a sharp dip in coronavirus case numbers in recent weeks. Is one of the country's biggest hotspots actually close to flattening the curve? Aparna Alluri finds out more.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Delhi was scrambling to fight a pandemic that appeared to be spiralling out of control.\n\nJune had been a terrible month for the city - with record surges almost every day, it accounted for most of the case load in the capital territory up to that point. Overrun labs and public hospitals added to the chaos and anxiety - as did conflicting information from the state and central governments.\n\nBy the end of the month, Delhi responded with a flurry of measures, from door-to-door health check-ups to increased testing, with the use of antigen tests, which are rapid but less reliable than the more widely-used RT-PCR tests.\n\nThese efforts seem to be paying off, says K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India and member of the national Covid-19 taskforce.\n\nDelhi's daily case count has been dropping sharply, even as testing remains consistent.\n\nThis week it has recorded 1,200 to 1,600 new cases a day - about half of its daily count in the last week of June, when it was reporting more than 3,000 new cases a day.\n\nWhile Maharashtra, the state with the highest case load, continues to see a rise, Tamil Nadu, also a major hotspot, is seeing a more gradual decline in daily case numbers.\n\nAs far as the situation in Delhi goes, Prof Reddy is cautious. \"There are two explanations. One is that this is a genuine fall [in cases]. The other is that some of this is the result of the fact that they are using a lot of antigen tests.\"\n\nThat is, if antigen tests account for most of Delhi's increased testing rates, they may be missing a lot of cases, driving the case numbers down.\n\nAntigen tests are fast - they give results in minutes, unlike the RT-PCR test, which is longer, more complex and takes hours to generate a result.\n\nThe crucial difference between the two is that they look for different parts of the virus as evidence of infection. The antigen test looks for viral proteins whose presence is taken as proof of infection. But their absence does not mean the person is not infected. The RT-PCR test, on the other hand, looks for the RNA of the virus, which is a far more reliable indicator.\n\nIn fact, India's current testing guidelines require that anyone who tests negative for the virus must be retested with an RT-PCR kit.\n\nSo the question is how many tests of each kind is Delhi doing, and is everyone being retested? That data is not publicly available, leaving experts wondering how much of Delhi's \"turnaround\" could be the result of a poor testing strategy.\n\n\"I am inclined to believe there is a drop in cases, an observation that is bolstered by the falling deaths,\" says Prof Reddy.\n\nDelhi's reported Covid-19 daily deaths have fallen from 62 at the end of June to 41 earlier this week. It has now dipped below even Tamil Nadu, which has consistently reported fewer Covid-19 deaths than Delhi or Maharashtra since the pandemic began.\n\nWhile most experts, including Prof Reddy, agree that deaths are being under-reported, he says there is no reason to assume more deaths are being under-reported now than before.\n\nExperts see deaths as the second-best measure after confirmed cases, given the inconsistency of testing data.\n\nProf Reddy also points to the fact that the Delhi government has taken concrete steps that could explain a fall in cases to some degree, irrespective of the extent of testing with antigen kits.\n\n\"There is more emphasis on public health, more household visits, more testing, better public communication,\" he says.\n\n\"The public alarm helped, and there is a lot more energy in the system, and much better co-ordination between the centre and the state.\"\n\nBut at the same time, he says, it's too early to call this a turnaround. Only a continued drop in numbers - both cases and deaths - would count as evidence of a promising sign.\n\nInstead, he adds, the focus should be on improving hospital admissions and access to speedy treatment to lower deaths. \"That will also give confidence to people to self-report if they have symptoms.\"\n\nBut Delhi may not be the focus of attention for too long as cases are rising fast in other parts of the country.\n\nSouthern states such as Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are seeing some of the steepest rises. Telangana too saw a rapid rise in cases until recently, but its testing has been inconsistent.\n\nTamil Nadu's dip in cases might be the result of a strict state-wide lockdown for two weeks but it also has one of the country's highest testing rates, and it's only using RT-PCR kits.\n\n\"During the lockdown, they had fever camps, suspected cases were referred to testing centres, transportation was provided,\" says Manoj Murhekar, director of the National Institute of Epidemiology in Chennai (Madras), the state's capital.\n\n\"But it's too early to say if this trend will continue,\" he adds.\n\nClosed shops in Bangalore in Karnataka, which along with Tamil Nadu has a strict local lockdown\n\nMaharashtra continues to see a rise in daily case numbers - its capital city, Mumbai, has started to register a gradual decline, but surrounding districts, such as Thane, and Pune and other cities in the state are seeing spikes.\n\n\"After the lockdown, the movement of people was much more than what the government anticipated,\" says Subhash R Salunke, an adviser to the state government on its Covid-19 response.\n\n\"But my worry is the deaths.\"\n\nWith more than 10,900 deaths, Maharashtra has more Covid-19 fatalities than any state in India - and deaths have been rising too.\n\n\"You will see a downward trend in Mumbai definitely,\" Dr Salunke says. \"But this is not going to be over soon.\"\n\nData and analysis by Shadab Nazmi and Aparna Alluri", "Two of the first customers to be served at The Scotsman's Lounge pub in Edinburgh earlier in the week\n\nThe first minister has warned people not to drop their guard as Scotland heads into the first weekend of pubs and restaurants being open indoors.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the nation's \"collective sacrifices\" had helped get the virus under control and urged Scots to \"keep it up\".\n\nThe reopening of indoor spaces requires anti-virus precautions to be in place.\n\nCustomers will also be asked to provide their name and a phone number, as part of the NHS Test and Protect scheme.\n\nScottish pubs were able to open their beer gardens last weekend, but this is the first weekend since the Covid-19 lockdown began in March that they have been able to allow customers inside.\n\nReflecting on the latest coronavirus figures, Ms Sturgeon tweeted: \"Another day yesterday with no deaths registered of people with confirmed #COVID.\n\n\"My thanks to everyone across [Scotland] - our collective sacrifices have helped get this virus under control. Please keep it up. Let's not drop our guard now.\"\n\nColin Wilkins, from the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, said he was confident that pubs and bars could provide the right environment for people to enjoy a safe visit.\n\nBut he told BBC Scotland that customers should be aware of the new regulations when using pubs.\n\nColin Wilkins said it was possible to provide a safe environment for pub customers\n\n\"We work in a very heavily-regulated industry anyway so we're used to dealing with customers,\" he said.\n\n\"Customers have their part to play as well and we're asking those that do visit our pubs to bear with us and comply with the necessary restrictions that are now in place.\n\n\"Certainly visits to our pubs will be different, but everything that can be done will be done to ensure that a visit to the pub is as enjoyable as it was before.\"\n\nMr Wilkins also urged pubs and bars to gather customers' contact details as requested by the Scottish government, saying there should be \"no confusion\" over whether this needed to be done.\n\n\"The test and protect is the one thing that's going to help us, because the last thing we want is a spike coming back now that the industry's back up and opening,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Photographs from Princess Beatrice's wedding to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have been released by Buckingham Palace.\n\nFour official pictures have been issued after their small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.\n\nOne shows the beaming couple leaving the chapel through its flower-covered archway.\n\nIn another they are outside the entrance with Beatrice's grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.\n\nBeatrice's parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, did not appear in either of the released photos, though the palace confirmed her father walked her down the aisle. It comes as Prince Andrew continues to keep a low profile following the arrest of his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking offences, which she denies.\n\nThe Queen loaned Beatrice a vintage dress for the occasion, as well as a diamond fringe tiara which the monarch wore on her own wedding day in 1947.\n\nThe newlyweds decided to hold a private ceremony with their parents and siblings after they postponed their wedding in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBuckingham Palace sent out two pictures taken by Benjamin Wheeler, the day after Friday's wedding. Two further images by the Oxfordshire-based photographer - showing the couple holding hands in the grounds outside the chapel after they were married - were issued on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement the couple said they were so \"touched by the warm wishes they have received since their wedding\" they decided to share two more photographs from their \"happy day\".\n\nWhen the national lockdown began on 23 March, weddings in England were banned under almost all circumstances. However, since 4 July, ceremonies of up to 30 people have been allowed to take place.\n\nIn a statement, the palace said the wedding was held within government guidelines.\n\nIt is believed to be the first time the Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, have attended a family gathering since lockdown began.\n\nFor the ceremony, Beatrice wore a vintage Peau De Soie taffeta dress, in shades of ivory by Norman Hartnell, on loan from the Queen, and trimmed with duchess satin and encrusted with diamante.\n\nThe dress appears to be a modified version of the one the Queen wore to the world premiere of Lawrence Of Arabia at the Odeon cinema Leicester Square in December 1962\n\nThe dress was remodelled and fitted by the Queen's senior dresser Angela Kelly and designer Stewart Parvin, according to Buckingham Palace.\n\nBeatrice, who is ninth in line to the throne, also wore the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara loaned to her by her grandmother.\n\nThe Queen wore the same tiara when she married Prince Philip in November 1947\n\nBeatrice, 31, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi, 35, had originally planned to marry on 29 May this year at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace, in London.\n\nThe new venue of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park - a short drive from Windsor Castle - is Beatrice's childhood home. Her parents still live at the property.\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi's son Wolfie was best man and pageboy.\n\nBeatrice and her husband began dating in autumn 2018 and got engaged last September.\n\nThe couple are said to have started a relationship after meeting again at Beatrice's sister Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank.\n\nAfter Friday's ceremony, Beatrice's wedding bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey, as is tradition for royal brides.\n\nThe bouquet was fashioned out of trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink O'Hara garden roses, pink wax flower, baby pink astilbe and, in keeping with royal tradition, sprigs of myrtle.\n\nThe Reverend Canon Anthony Ball laid the bouquet with Toby Wright, the son of the sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, Reverend Paul Wright.", "The funeral of a man shot dead by police after stabbing six people in Glasgow was delayed after more than 100 people turned up to the ceremony.\n\nThe funeral for Badreddin Abadlla Adam was due to start at Linn Cemetery at 14:00 but police were called when a crowd breached Covid-19 rules.\n\nThe 28-year-old from Sudan was shot by officers after wounding six people.\n\nPC David Whyte, 42, was among those injured during the attack at the Park Inn Hotel on 26 June..\n\nThe Scottish government's current rules allow for a maximum of 20 guests at funeral services.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said officers were in attendance \"assisting staff with social distancing regulations\".\n\nAt the time of his knife attack, Adam was being temporarily housed in the hotel that was being used as accommodation for asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe was described as a \"quiet and polite and decent guy\" by asylum seekers who were also residing at the city centre hotel.\n\nThe burial ceremony took place in Glasgow\n\nFellow resident, Andrew, said: \"One way or the other we have been affected mentally, physically and otherwise.\n\n\"I (was not) around when it took place but I happened to gather some information from my other asylum seekers.\n\n\"They described him as a quiet and polite and decent guy - they were surprised that he acted the way he acted.\n\n\"There must be something that pushed him to behave in that ugly manner which honestly I strongly condemned because it is abnormal, but definitely something must have pushed that guy into that level of disastrous act.\"\n\nPC Whyte, one of the attacker's six injured victims, paid tribute to police and medical staff after being discharged from hospital a week after the attack.\n\n\"There is no doubt that I face a long road to recovery but I am absolutely determined to be back on duty as soon as I possibly can,\" he said.\n\n\"I would like to thank the medical staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for saving my life and getting me back to where I am today.\"\n\nAt the time of his discharge on 2 July four other men remained in hospital, three in a stable condition while one was still critical.\n\nThe funeral has now reportedly taken place after it was delayed for about an hour.", "Rep John Lewis announced he had stage 4 cancer in December 2019\n\nRep John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement and later US congressman, has died at the age of 80.\n\nLewis was one of the \"Big Six\" civil rights leaders, which included Martin Luther King Jr, and helped organise the historic 1963 March on Washington.\n\nAs a congressman he was a Georgia Democrat, and represented an area which covered most of its capital Atlanta.\n\nIn December 2019 Lewis announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.\n\n\"I have been in some kind of fight - for freedom, equality, basic human rights - for nearly my entire life,\" he said in a statement released at the time. \"I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.\"\n\nDuring the civil rights movement, Lewis was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and then became its chairman from 1963 to 1966.\n\nHe co-organised and spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the rally at which Dr King delivered his historic I Have a Dream speech.\n\nLewis was the last surviving speaker from the march.\n\nJohn Lewis addressing the crowd at the historic March on Washington in 1963\n\nDemocratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi confirmed Lewis's death in a statement posted on her website and on social media.\n\nShe wrote that Lewis \"was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation\", and that as a congressman he was \"revered and beloved on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the Capitol\".\n\n\"Every day of John Lewis's life was dedicated to bringing freedom and justice to all,\" she said. \"As he declared 57 years ago during the March on Washington, standing in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial: 'Our minds, souls, and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people.'\n\n\"How fitting it is that even in the last weeks of his battle with cancer, John summoned the strength to visit the peaceful protests where the newest generation of Americans had poured into the streets to take up the unfinished work of racial justice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Lewis is the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington\n\nUpon news of his death, civil rights group the NAACP tweeted that they were \"deeply saddened\".\n\n\"His life-long mission for justice, equality and freedom left a permanent impression on our nation and world,\" the organisation said. \"The NAACP extends our sincerest condolences to his family, and we send prayers of comfort and strength to all.\"\n\nIn a statement, former President Barack Obama said he had spoken with Lewis after a virtual town hall with a group of activists following the death of George Floyd. Obama said Lewis could not have been prouder of their efforts - \"a new generation standing up for freedom and equality\".\n\n\"Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did,\" he said.\n\n\"And thanks to him, we now all have our marching orders — to keep believing in the possibility of remaking this country we love until it lives up to its full promise.\"\n\nFormer presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren tweeted that Lewis \"was a true American hero and the moral compass of our nation\".\n\nLewis's death comes on the same day as the death of fellow civil rights leader C T Vivian at the age of 95. Vivian helped organise the Freedom Rides - a protest to integrate buses in the south - and later went on to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).", "When you have picked your jaw up from the floor after the revelations hackers working for the Russian state are believed to have been trying to steal research into a vaccine that could combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus, it's worth knowing that attempts at interference do not stop there.\n\nThose actions - described as \"despicable\" by the government - are believed to have targeted, not just UK scientists, but those from Canada and the US as well.\n\nAnd it's clear, even from the rather technical public statements from security leaders, that the UK government believes the Kremlin itself was involved.\n\nThis is not a group of hackers working out of their parents' garage. The group thought to be responsible - APT29 - is one of those previously linked to hacks on the US Democrats in 2016.\n\nAnd the UK government is confident the attacks were known about at the highest level of the Russian state.\n\nMinisters also chose today, though, to confirm already widely held suspicions that Russian \"actors\" separately tried to interfere in the UK election last year.\n\nThis accusation is not explicitly against the Russian state, but those shadowy figures who \"amplified\" leaks of government documents during the 2019 campaign, which were then used by the Labour Party to make claims against the Tories.\n\nIt seems a lifetime ago, but one of Labour's central mantras against Boris Johnson was that the NHS would be \"up for sale\" in a trade deal with the Americans. You might remember hearing the chant at numerous events - \"Not for sale! Not for sale!\"\n\nAt one of those campaign events, Jeremy Corbyn dramatically unveiled leaked documents that he alleged proved this to be the case.\n\nLabour supporting doctors and nurses wearing scrubs even handed out the reams of paper.\n\nThe papers did show that the US wanted access to the NHS, but they did not categorically prove that the Tories would go along with it.\n\nIn any case, there was widespread suspicion about where the hundreds of pages had come from, after they had first appeared on the website Reddit.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has not claimed today that Russian influences stole the documents.\n\nBut he has accused them of \"amplifying\" the claims online, condemning these attempts at interfering in the UK's democratic process as \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nIt's important to say too that Labour has also slammed the Russians' apparent role.\n\nIt's not a secret that there have been attempts by Russia to interfere in what happens on UK soil - most dramatically, of course, with the Novichok attacks.\n\nAnd the culture select committee found some evidence of media aligned with the Kremlin spreading anti-EU messages during the EU referendum.\n\nRumours and allegations have swirled about Russian attempted influence for years, although the extent of what has gone on has never been clear.\n\nDespite many suspicions of attempts at meddling in the referendum and other campaigns, significant concrete evidence is in short supply.\n\nThat's one of the reasons why, until today, UK ministers have stopped short of saying that political interference has happened here.\n\nSo, it matters that this is the first time a UK minister has made an explicit link to Russia, in one way or another, trying to meddle in elections in the UK.\n\nBut the timing of that statement creates its own intrigue too.\n\nNext week, at long last, the powerful group of MPs who monitor UK intelligence will publish a report on the Russian threat to the UK - a report that has been anticipated for a very long time and may perhaps set the record straight on all of this.\n\nIt's been produced by an independent committee who are able to access and interrogate intelligence information.\n\nThe report was completed many months ago, and while No 10 has continually denied there is anything fishy, it has been sitting on the prime minister's desk for a long time.\n\nThe Tories' attempts to install a loyal chairman of the committee backfired spectacularly yesterday, which you can read about here.\n\nNow, the report itself, which looks at the spectrum of the threat that Russia may pose to the UK - the financial influence of wealthy Russians in the country, what happened in Salisbury, attempts at meddling in political campaigns and more - will be published next week.\n\nIs it politically convenient for ministers to acknowledge the threat themselves just before others may make embarrassing claims about it?\n\nLabour politicians have frequently accused the Conservatives of ignoring Russian interference because of their relationship with Tory Party donors.\n\nDid it suit the government to publicise the claims that material used by Labour was also manipulated by Russia?\n\nIt seems, as one former UK ambassador to Moscow said this afternoon, a \"remarkable coincidence\" that the government decided at this moment to admit explicitly, for the first time, that Russia has tried to stick its nose into our politics - especially when there is a running criminal investigation into who obtained the documents to start with.\n\nBut Downing Street denies that there is any link in the timing at all.\n\nWhatever shenanigans there may have been about the timing of these announcements, it is clear there is cause to be anxious about Russia's attitude to the UK.\n\nBoris Johnson once hoped, as foreign secretary, that he could reset the UK's relations with Vladimir Putin.\n\nToday's evidence suggests that what he did get right was his own later admission that he was wrong.", "Fahim Selah was best known for his role in creating popular start-ups in Nigeria and Bangladesh\n\nA man has been charged with the murder of leading tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh who was found dead in New York on Tuesday, police say.\n\nThe body of Saleh, 33, was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment.\n\nHis 21-year-old executive assistant Tyrese Haspil has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.\n\nThe suspect is alleged to have owed Saleh tens of thousands of dollars, police said.\n\nThe entrepreneur was best known for his role in creating popular ride-sharing companies in Nigeria and Bangladesh.\n\nMr Haspil is accused of using a taser on Saleh and then fatally stabbing him on Monday.\n\n\"[The suspect] handled [Saleh's] finances and personal matters,\" NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison told reporters after the arrest on Friday.\n\n\"It is also believed that he owed the victim a significant amount of money.\"\n\nNew York Police Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison announced the arrest on Friday\n\nSaleh's body was discovered by his cousin who checked on him on Tuesday afternoon after he had not been seen for several days, Chief Harrison said.\n\nAccording to US media reports, CCTV footage from the building in which Saleh lived showed him entering a lift with a man wearing a mask on Monday.\n\nHis body was discovered with an electric saw placed nearby, police said.\n\nThe 33-year-old was the son of Bangladeshi immigrants and created his first company while still in high school.\n\nHe went on to co-found the ride company Pathao, which is popular in Bangladesh and Nepal, in 2015.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by pathaobd This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMore recently, he helped found the Nigerian motorbike taxi app Gokada. But the company faced a setback after authorities in Lagos banned motorbike taxis earlier this year.\n\nBoth companies have paid tribute to the entrepreneur.\n\nGokada described Saleh as \"a great leader, inspiration and positive light for all of us\" in its tweet.\n\nHussain M Elius, who co-founded Pathao with Saleh, told Bangladesh's Daily Star newspaper: \"Fahim believed in the potential for technology to transform lives in Bangladesh and beyond.\n\n\"He saw the promise in us when all we had was a common purpose and a shared vision. He was, and will forever remain, an incredible inspiration for Pathao and our entire ecosystem.\"", "Relationship counsellors say they are bracing themselves for a \"post-lockdown reckoning\" similar to that usually seen after Christmas.\n\nSteph James, a counsellor in rural Wales, said couples \"thrown together in a stressful situation\" could trigger a \"surge\" in relationship breakdowns.\n\nA UK-wide poll of 2,000 people at the start of lockdown found 23% said it was placing pressure on their relationship.\n\nRelate Cymru urged people to seek help and not let problems \"fester\".\n\nThe Relate survey in April found 29% of those questioned in Wales said lockdown was exerting extra pressure on their relationship.\n\nAround 20% of respondents in Wales said they were having doubts about their future together, compared to a figure of 12% for the UK as a whole.\n\nOf those questioned across the UK, 42% said they were finding their partner irritating and 36% argued more.\n\nMs James said: \"We may see a surge as we do after Christmas. Couples are thrown together in a stressful situation like this.\n\n\"Many can't leave, and there may come a lockdown reckoning where all the issues come to the fore.\n\n\"They are trying to get through, stiff upper lip. But as we get to some kind of normal, relationships will break down.\"\n\nHowever, confidentiality issues have meant no counselling for those in abusive relationships, despite a \"huge increase\" during lockdown.\n\nMs James described some couples opening up more on video conference sessions from the comfort of their living room, and one couple becoming closer despite the husband being in Dubai and wife in Wales.\n\nLauren (not her real name) returned to her native Cardiff for a break before lockdown, she and her boyfriend of four years having just been furloughed from their jobs in England.\n\nBut when the lockdown kicked in and the pandemic stretched on, the pair found themselves reflecting on the relationship.\n\nThey eventually decided on an amicable split.\n\nThe 24-year-old said: \"It just made me realise that it would be possible to have a different life without being in a relationship, and I don't think that I would have realised that had it not been for lockdown.\n\n\"I think it's definitely a step in the right direction for both of us, so it's sort of a weird blessing in disguise.\"\n\nLauren said the pandemic had certainly added strain to the relationship.\n\n\"It was highly stressful finding out that we weren't going to be getting an income and trying to do a joint Universal Credit application,\" she said.\n\n\"And so trying to sort all of that financial stuff out, while still contributing to the same rents and bills and having the trouble of not really being happy in the relationship, that was a massive pressure.\"\n\nWhile the break-up has been tinged with sadness, Lauren felt it had ultimately been healthy for both parties.\n\n\"I don't think I realised how much my headspace was taken up by thinking about how my decisions might affect someone else,\" she said.\n\nSteph James said some farmers had struggled in lockdown\n\nMs James, who is based near Cardigan and works across mid and west Wales, said farming couples in particular had struggled, with the demands of rural life taking their toll.\n\n\"It's already difficult running a farm and you add into that home schooling and getting the children to knuckle down.\n\n\"We've also had the beautiful weather and them wanting to go outside, with a lot of rural areas isolated, the five-mile rule and no access to childcare.\"\n\nDuring lockdown, the charity Refuge has seen calls about domestic abuse increase by 25% while Gwent Police chief constable Pam Kelly said there had been \"suppressed reporting\" and it was \"inevitable\" more cases would come to light after lockdown.\n\n\"There has been a huge increase,\" Ms James said.\n\n\"Couples have been thrown together and abuse issues have manifested themselves. Home should be a safe area, but often it isn't.\"\n\nHowever, counselling for couples in this situation often involves chatting to them individually to get to the bottom of the abuse issues.\n\nThe lockdown means victims could find it harder to escape their abusers, say campaigners\n\n\"If one of them is unsafe, [chatting via video conference] with the other partner in the house, the more vulnerable person could be in danger,\" she added.\n\n\"We don't want to put anyone at greater risk, so have to prioritise safety.\"\n\nMs James noted that counselling via video apps and telephone had seen many benefits, including people more open to something often seen as \"taboo\" from the comfort of their homes.\n\nWhile there was a drop-off in counselling at the start of lockdown, more couples have now been engaging with it.\n\nLockdown has not been bad for all though, as Ms James points to the couples that have \"pulled together\", had less distractions and been able to focus on their relationship, as well as realising all their problems were trivial in the face of the pandemic.\n\nThere have also been the emergence of \"turbo relationships\" - those who were in the early stages when lockdown started and then moved in together, which could have been \"a recipe for disaster\".\n\n\"You're together 24-7, not going out with friends, so building very strong foundations,\" Ms James said.\n\n\"Time will tell, these are unprecedented times. Will they flounder on foundations, or stay strong? One core aspect will be spending time out of lockdown.\"\n\nHome schooling and working from home have added to underlying tensions\n\nRelate Cymru's manager Val Tinkler urged people to seek help now and not let problems \"fester until things get irreparably bad\".\n\n\"We always see a peak in people seeking relationship support after Christmas, when spending unusually long together brings issues to the surface,\" she said.\n\n\"Add to that the current extended period of isolation, worries about job security, finances, how to juggle work with childcare and uncertainty about the future - and it's clear why we're expecting a relationship reckoning.\"\n\nRelate launches its first ever Relationships Week from 20 to 26 July, for those struggling to cope as they come out of lockdown.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS in England will get an extra £3bn of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe funding will also help ease winter pressures on the health service, Downing Street said.\n\nIt follows warnings a second wave this winter could see as many as 120,000 Covid-19 deaths in UK hospitals.\n\nThe prime minister made the funding commitment at a No 10 briefing, where he also pledged a new testing target.\n\nCapacity will be increased to at least 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, Mr Johnson said.\n\nConfirming the extra £3bn in funding for the NHS in England, he said Covid-19 could become \"more virulent\" in winter.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"Demand for testing is not the only challenge that winter will bring. It's possible that the virus will be more virulent in the winter months and it's certain that the NHS will face the usual annual winter pressures.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're making sure we're ready for winter and planning for the worst.\"\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive additional funds, Mr Johnson added.\n\nMeanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into how coronavirus deaths have been recorded in England.\n\nDowning Street said the new NHS funding would be available immediately and would allow the NHS to continue using additional private hospital capacity and maintain the temporary Nightingale hospitals until the end of March 2021.\n\nThis will provide additional capacity for coronavirus patients, as well as allowing the NHS to carry out routine treatments and procedures, No 10 said.\n\nNon-urgent operations were suspended as the UK went into lockdown, to free up hospital beds during the first wave of coronavirus - but in May NHS England told hospitals they should restart procedures.\n\nIn normal times an announcement of £3bn to help the NHS in England cope with winter pressures might look generous.\n\nBut these are not normal times as the government pumps tens of billions into the economy to soften the blows of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe head of NHS England, Sir Simon Stevens, has been in talks with the Treasury to get guarantees that the Nightingale hospitals can stay open through until next spring in case there is another Covid surge.\n\nHe also wanted secure funding in place to do a deal with private hospitals to help tackle the backlog of cancelled non urgent operations such as hip and knee replacements.\n\nThat money now seems to have been secured, though we await further details.\n\nThe question is, will this be enough to get the health service through what could be one of the most difficult winters in its history?\n\nThere have been predictions that the waiting list for routine surgery will swell to 10 million as fears of a second wave of Covid cases in the depths of winter won't go away.\n\nHighlighting other measures to protect the NHS as it heads into the winter, Mr Johnson said the government would carry out the biggest flu vaccination programme in the history of the health service, while supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators had also increased.\n\nThe announcement was made as the prime minister announced a further easing of lockdown measures.\n\nThe prime minister encouraged people to return to using public transport, while advice for employers will change from 1 August.\n\nFrom the beginning of next month, Mr Johnson said employers would have more discretion to bring staff back to the workplace providing it was safe to do so.\n\nSince late March the government had been advising people to work from home if possible to help curb coronavirus.\n\nLast week Mr Johnson had signalled a change, saying: \"I think we should now say, well, 'Go back to work if you can'.\"\n\nBut the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told MPs on Thursday there was \"absolutely no reason\" to change the government's current guidance on working from home.\n\nSir Patrick wore a mask as he spoke to the Commons Science and Technology Committee on Thursday\n\nEarlier this week a report, requested by Sir Patrick, called for immediate action to reduce the risks posed by a second wave of coronavirus this winter.\n\nAmong its recommendations were increasing the capacity of the test and trace programme and having more people vaccinated against flu.\n\nAsked to model a \"reasonable\" worst-case scenario, scientists suggested a range of between 24,500 and 251,000 virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February.\n\nThe estimate does not take into account any lockdowns, treatments or vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What factors determine a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections?\n\nResearch suggests the virus can survive longer in colder conditions and is more likely to spread when people spend more time indoors.\n\nExperts are also concerned the NHS will be under extreme pressure, not just from a resurgence of coronavirus but also from seasonal flu and a backlog of regular, non-coronavirus workload.\n\nThe British Medical Association chairman, Chaand Nagpaul, has called for more detail on how the £3bn funding will be used.\n\n\"The government talks of winter planning, but we need transparency on this, including how far this money can stretch in tackling a modelled worst-case forecast - including a second peak, additional non-Covid demand and a possible flu outbreak,\" Dr Nagpaul said.\n\n\"Crucially, the government must make prevention a priority and take every necessary step to try and avoid a national second spike all together.\"\n\nNHS Providers, which represents hospitals and other NHS organisations, echoed the call for clarity over what the money will be used for, saying funding is already in place for Nightingale hospitals and private beds.\n\nWhile welcoming the financial support, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery added: \"Trusts need more than that. They have got to recover the lost ground of the last four or five months and put measures in place to manage the additional activity that always happens in winter.\"", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Susan Bassett cancelled her holiday this weekend in confusion about the dates\n\nPeople living in a number of suburbs just outside Leicester have been released from the local lockdown. BBC News has been to meet some of them.\n\nWhile the rest of England has been enjoying staycations, having a pint in a pub and booking a haircut, people in parts of Leicestershire have watched enviously from the sidelines.\n\nBut more of the county can now rediscover life's little pleasures after several areas outside the city centre were released from the lockdown zone.\n\nBut the conditions and dates mentioned in the announcement by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Thursday were initially confusing.\n\nBelieving she could not travel anywhere until after 24 July, Susan Bassett immediately cancelled a three-day trip to Poole planned for this weekend.\n\nThe 54-year-old, from Braunstone Town, said she later realised restrictions were in fact being lifted nearly a week earlier - meaning she could have gone away after all.\n\n\"I'm not a happy bunny,\" she said.\n\n\"We're getting the money back but not the holiday and everything is sold out now or too expensive.\n\n\"It's the fourth holiday we've had to cancel this year. We shouldn't have been in lockdown in the first place.\"\n\nTracy Plant said she was looking forward to a seaside trip\n\nFor Tracy Plant, 40, also from Braunstone Town, it means she can finally take a trip to the beach.\n\n\"We were so pleased, we were dancing and singing round the house when he made the announcement,\" she said.\n\n\"It's been hard. We've got to do what we've got to do but I'm looking forward to a bit more freedom.\n\n\"But I feel sorry for the people still in Leicester, my mum and dad are still in the lockdown zone. So we want to be happy but we're sad for them too.\"\n\nShe said Mr Hancock's message about the timings of lifting the lockdown was \"as clear as mud\" so it was easy to see how people had become confused.\n\nPublican Kim Thornley said she was looking forward to welcoming customers again\n\nJeffrey Williamson, 82, said he and his wife were happy they were now \"free and easy\".\n\n\"It was a bit confusing to say the least at first, with the two different dates,\" he said.\n\n\"It would be better if they just had one spokesperson. But we're pleased to hear it's sooner and we're not in it anymore.\"\n\nA pub in Glenfield that had been ready with its beers to open on 4 July, is finally able to open on Monday.\n\nKim Thornley, landlady at the Railway Inn, said she had missed seeing her regulars and was \"elated\" at the news.\n\n\"I can finally open my front door and welcome my customers,\" she said.\n\n\"Being a landlady, I'm a social person and to not have any customers in four months, it has been a hard slog.\n\n\"I normally only take two days off a year - Boxing Day and New Year's Day.\"\n\nMs Thornley said she had used the closure to decorate the pub for her returning customers.\n\n\"The beer is in the cellar ready to go, I have put the optics back up today and I'm looking forward to Monday morning.\n\n\"Everything is coming together nicely. I'm just relieved I can finally open.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alexandrovskaya competed for her adopted country at the 2018 Winter Olympics\n\nEkaterina Alexandrovskaya, who was born in Russia but competed for Australia in figure skating at the Olympics, has died in Moscow at the age of 20.\n\nThe cause of her death on Friday has not yet been disclosed. Alexandrovskaya retired in February due to injury.\n\nShe was granted Australian citizenship to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics with indigenous Australian pairs skating partner, Harley Windsor.\n\nWindsor, who won the world juniors with her in 2017, said he was devastated.\n\n\"The amount we had achieved during our partnership is something I can never forget and will always hold close to my heart,\" Windsor wrote on Instagram.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by h_d22 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHer coach, Andrei Khekalo, said Alexandrovskaya was diagnosed with epilepsy earlier this year.\n\n\"She was fearless. She was like a fish in the water,\" he told AFP.\n\nIan Chesterman, the Australian Olympics team chief in Pyeongchang in 2018, said: \"Katia... was a vibrant and talented person and an incredible athlete.\"\n\nAlexandrovskaya broke barriers with Windsor, who became the first indigenous Australian to qualify for the Winter Olympics.\n\nHe had flown to Moscow to meet Alexandrovskaya, saying: \"The first time we skated together we matched really well.\"\n\nIt is the second death of an Australian Winter Olympian in 10 days.\n\nAlex Pullin, a two-time world champion snowboarder and three-time Olympian, drowned while spearfishing last week on Australia's Gold Coast.", "Capt Sir Tom has been knighted in a socially distanced ceremony in the grounds of Windsor Castle.\n\nThe 100-year-old war veteran, who raised millions for NHS charities, told reporters he would not share what the Queen said to him as she honoured him.\n\nCapt Sir Tom said: \"I don't think I'll tell anyone what she said. It was just the Queen and I speaking privately.\"\n\nBuckingham Palace says it believes it is the first ceremony of its kind and other Royal investitures have been postponed.", "Tony Elliott, the founder of Time Out magazine, has died aged 73 after a long illness, the organisation has said.\n\nElliott started the magazine in London in 1968 and it grew into a global media brand covering hundreds of countries.\n\nA statement on Time Out's website described him as \"a visionary publisher, a tireless champion of city culture and a staunch friend\".\n\nIt said Time Out's first post-lockdown print magazine in London on 11 August would be dedicated to him.\n\n\"It is with great sadness that we announce that Time Out's founder Tony Elliott passed away on 16th July, after a long illness,\" the statement said.\n\n\"He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.\n\n\"His life and his work inspired millions of people who did not have the good fortune to know him personally.\"\n\nPaying tribute to Elliott, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz described him as a \"visionary\".\n\n\"He really was the most wonderful, generous person whose passionate support for the arts was unstinting and invaluable,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Will Gompertz\n\nTime Out Group's chief executive Julio Bruno said Elliott had died with lung cancer.\n\n\"He would not allow that to stop him,\" he wrote in an article on LinkedIn.\n\n\"He kept looking at the world with those inquisitive eyes, with that innate curiosity that very few possess in such measure.\"\n\nBruno said he met Elliott five years ago and he \"was engaged with the company until the end\".\n\n\"I will miss his advice, his passion, his profound understanding of the media world. And I will miss his friendship above all,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Tony was a visionary, a pioneer, a brave man and a great friend. We owe him very much and we will fight to keep his legacy alive.\"\n\nDavid Fear, who previously worked as film editor at Time Out NY, tweeted that Elliott would \"argue [with] half of our suggestions, smile and go 'Keep it up!'\".\n\nThe magazine's global deputy film editor Joshua Rothkopf described him as \"so Swinging London\", adding: \"I'll miss him.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Joshua Rothkopf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElliott founded Time Out while he was a student at Keele University.\n\nThe first issue of the listings magazine was produced from his mother's kitchen table, funded by £70 he had received from his aunt for his 21st birthday.\n\nTony Elliott, pictured in 1971, three years after he founded Time Out\n\nThe company has now become a global media and leisure business covering food, drink, culture, travel and entertainment in 328 cities across 58 countries, through websites, magazines and live events.\n\nMarking Time Out's 50th anniversary, Elliott said he started the brand \"because it was hard to find out where to go and decide what to do in London: there was not one single place to find the information\".\n\n\"So I effectively created a publication for myself.\"\n\nIn 2017 he was appointed a CBE for services to publishing. He was honoured at the British Media Awards with an outstanding contribution award that same year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrei Kelin: \"We do not see any point in interference\"\n\nRussia's ambassador to the UK has rejected allegations that his country's intelligence services tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research.\n\n\"I don't believe in this story at all, there is no sense in it,\" Andrei Kelin told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.\n\nHowever, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it is \"very clear Russia did this\", adding that it is important to call out this \"pariah-type behaviour\".\n\nMr Kelin also rejected suggestions that Russia had interfered in UK politics.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Raab said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK election through illicitly-acquired documents.\n\nThe papers, which emerged online, detailed UK-US trade discussions and were used by Labour in its election campaign.\n\n\"I do not see any point in using this subject as a matter of interference,\" Mr Kelin said.\n\n\"We do not interfere at all. We do not see any point in interference because for us, whether it will be [the] Conservative Party or Labour's party at the head of this country, we will try to settle relations and to establish better relations than now.\"\n\nThe interview comes days before a report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due to be published by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nOn Thursday, UK, US and Canada security services said a hacking group called APT29 had targeted various organisations involved in Covid-19 vaccine development, with the likely intention of stealing information.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was more than 95% certain that the group, also known as The Dukes or Cozy Bear, was part of Russian intelligence services.\n\nAsked whether that was true, Mr Kelin did not directly answer but said: \"I learned about their existence from British media.\"\n\n\"In this world, to attribute any kind of computer hackers to any country, it is impossible,\" he said.\n\nMr Raab responded on Sunday, saying the UK government does not just \"throw out allegations\" and accused Russia of denying the claims in the same way they \"denied responsibility for the 2018 nerve agent attack on Salisbury\".\n\n\"It is very clear that as the world was coming together and we were trying to drive vaccine collaboration to get a vaccination for this terrible virus, Russia has been trying to sabotage it,\" said the foreign secretary.\n\nMr Kelin dismissed suggestions that it would be an \"advantage\" for Russia to know about vaccines being developed. He said Russian pharmaceutical company R-Pharm had already entered a partnership with AstraZeneca to manufacture the coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford, should it prove effective.\n\nElsewhere in the BBC interview, Mr Kelin said Russian officials studying the country's recent constitutional referendum discovered \"several cyber-attacks\" originating from UK territory.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Russia voted in favour of a wide-ranging set of constitutional changes, which included clauses banning same-sex marriage and making it possible for President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.\n\nMr Kelin stressed that Russia was not \"accusing the United Kingdom as a state\" of being involved in the cyber-attacks and did not give further details as to their nature.\n\nAndrew Marr also asked Mr Kelin whether he had seen the recent BBC miniseries, The Salisbury Poisonings, which dramatised the poisoning of former spy and MI6 informant Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.\n\n\"I saw part of them,\" he said, adding that it was \"so dull\" he could not watch the three-part series to the end.\n\nThe UK has accused two Russian military intelligence officers of being behind the poisonings but the ambassador indicated Moscow was keen to move on from the incident, saying: \"We still do not understand why some spy story should disrupt these important business relations which will be very helpful to Britain... when it is exiting from the European Union.\n\n\"We are prepared to turn the page and we are prepared to do business with Britain.\"\n\nThe interview with Andrei Kelin was shown on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One at 09:00 BST on Sunday.", "Campaigners are concerned about pedestrian safety standards for US vehicles\n\nSafety experts are urging the UK government to exclude American cars from any post-Brexit trade deal.\n\nThey say imported vehicles should meet British safety standards for accidents with pedestrians, cyclists and children.\n\nUK PM Boris Johnson has indicated he expects cars to be included in any new transatlantic trade agreement.\n\nBut safety campaigners point to a spike of pedestrian injuries and deaths in US road accidents.\n\nThe increase is associated with a boom in large SUVs, which have been engineered to protect passengers but not pedestrians.\n\nThe UK government said safety standards would not be \"diminished\" as a result of talks.\n\nIn the UK and Europe, cars are designed to minimise harm to people on foot or on bikes if they are hit by a vehicle. SUVs sold in the UK must meet the standards.\n\nThe Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety has written to Trade Secretary Liz Truss, saying: “We note that in negotiations covering food safety the USA has argued against accepting higher UK standards. It has sought to characterise these as protectionism.\n\n“We are concerned that pressure for lower safety standards will be applied in negotiations regarding the automotive sector.\n\n“US vehicle safety standards are much lower than those permitted for vehicles sold in the UK.”\n\nDavid Ward, president of the Global New Car Assessment Programme, told BBC News: “US crash standards are much lower for pedestrians... we simply can’t let American vehicles into the UK if they don’t meet our standards.”\n\nA Department for Transport spokeswoman told BBC News the government would decide its own safety regulations after Brexit.\n\n“Road safety or environmental standards will not be diminished as part of a free trade agreement with the USA or any other country,” she said.\n\nBut safety campaigners note that, on the parallel issue of whether to allow imports of chlorinated chicken from the US, ministers are under relentless pressure to give way.\n\nThe head of the UK Transport Research Laboratory, Richard Cuerden, said: “We know the PM and others have said the automotive sector is on the cards for a new trade deal after Brexit. Well, it’s fine to trade – but they have to meet our rules in this regard.”\n\nDonald Trump has spoken of his desire to sign a free trade deal with the UK\n\nUS President Donald Trump has previously derided safety standards for pedestrians - although the White House later said he was joking.\n\nA Ford Europe spokesperson said the firm had no intention of trying to bring vehicles into Europe that did not comply with regulations.\n\nBut Mr Cuerden said, from past experience, US negotiators would typically insist on equivalence of free access between markets. That meant cars could be used as a bargaining chip in the talks.\n\nMr Cuerden also warned that many of the UK’s crash barriers were designed to resist a car of standard weight and height. If British drivers started to buy large US-style SUVs in big numbers, the barriers might have to be replaced.\n\nBig SUVs are the focus of concern among US experts, too. A study from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said while the number of people killed in road crashes had fallen overall, the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles had risen by 53% over a decade.\n\nOver the same period, the share of SUVs in the vehicle fleet rose to 29% from 21% - a trend replicated in the UK.\n\nIIHS said design changes meant US SUVs no longer posed a greater threat to the occupants of other vehicles but there had not been a similar effort to address the danger that large SUVs posed to pedestrians.\n\nMatt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council, which represents US carmakers, said cars made there were just as safe as European vehicles.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"Cars, SUVs and other light trucks that meet US safety standards achieve equivalent safety performance to the safety standards applied in the European Union.\n\n\"A US-UK trade agreement should address the tariff and technical barriers to open US-UK automotive trade. This would increase competition and provide more consumer choice.\"", "Stefano Rossi, owner of Stefano's Fish and Chips in Edinburgh's Morningside, said his earnings were being \"whittled away to nothing\"\n\nSome business owners in Scotland are calling on their customers to pay with cash - saying the hidden costs from card payments are \"crippling\" them.\n\nThe surge in electronic payments due to coronavirus guidance has left small businesses with hundreds of pounds of extra charges each month.\n\nRestaurateurs also said charges for increased takeaway deliveries were running into thousands of pounds.\n\nAnd some publicans said they could not afford table-ordering app fees.\n\nStefano Rossi, owner of Stefano's Fish and Chips in Edinburgh's Morningside, said his earnings were being \"whittled away to nothing\".\n\nHe said: \"Before the lockdown, I used to pay about £40 a month on card machine charges but now I've been paying £400 a month.\n\n\"I really need customers to return to paying with money now as all the charges are crippling my business.\n\n\"Some customers are seeing the sign I have put up and asking me if I'm trying to tax dodge, and I'm having to explain to them that could not be further from the truth.\n\n\"I declare everything and the reason for my sign is I just want to stop all these charges.\"\n\nHe added he was paying £550 a month extra on Just Eat charges since the lockdown began.\n\n\"People just don't realise that when they pay £10 for a takeaway order we only receive £8.10 and that is if we use our own driver,\" he said. \"Just Eat charges 14% on every order plus a 50p service charge and it's 35% if you use their driver.\n\n\"The delivery order costs are just too much now and I would urge customers to please start coming back to the shop and to use money.\"\n\nNadeem Amgid, owner of Yayas Grillhouse in Edinburgh's Colinton Mains, said there were a catalogue of charges involved with paying electronically.\n\nHe said: \"People don't realise it costs us more if they pay electronically and even more if they pay over the phone.\n\nTakeaway owner Nadeem Amgid said he wanted his customers to be aware of all the hidden costs involved in cashless transactions\n\n\"The charges even vary depending on which card customers use.\n\n\"I've seen a huge difference in my card charge bill since the lockdown and am now paying £500 more on charges a month.\n\n\"Then there are the third party delivery charges which you were almost forced to join when the lockdown started as that was the way people were ordering food.\n\n\"Before the lockdown, I was spending about £600 a month on Just Eat and Uber Eat charges. But since the lockdown, I'm spending £3,480 a month.\"\n\nHe added: \"People think we want money over card payments for tax reasons but it's not that. It's because the electronic payment charges have become a real burden.\"\n\nAntonio Baiano, owner of the Napole Pizzeria restaurant in Edinburgh's Corstorphine, said he was only surviving because everyone in his family had been helping.\n\nRestaurateur Antonio Baiano said he was struggling with his new delivery costs\n\nHe said: \"I wish people would start using money again because it is costing me so much currently.\n\n\"I didn't do delivery before the lockdown but now I've had to join Just Eat and Uber Eat.\n\n\"The more money I make the more they make and the more you work the less profit is for you. I've been working 12 hour days during the lockdown but seen less profit because I have to pay so many charges.\n\n\"I've been giving £2,800 per month to Just Eat and Uber Eat.\n\n\"The costs are a lot but the customers don't know about it.\"\n\nZaheer Aslam, of the business podcast Chattin with Z, said: \"Small business owners have been telling me they are concerned that, between the fees they are now paying for the increased card machine use and the costs for using third party companies, it is not sustainable.\n\n\"They are saying to me they want customers now to return to spending money on-site so they don't have to pay the high commission costs to third party companies.\n\n\"With more card payments and less cash they are saying the increased overhead costs are too much and they say their businesses as a result are suffering massively.\"\n\nTom Ponton, owner of Oz Bar in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, said: \"We looked at the table order apps but they were just too expensive as they have a monthly charge, a charge for every transaction and a charge to use their cash machine.\"\n\nA Just Eat spokeswoman said: \"Just Eat is only successful if our restaurant partners are successful and we believe our commission rates are aligned with the value we provide to our partners.\n\n\"Through our 30 day Covid-19 emergency support package, we gave over £11m worth of support to the many thousands of independent restaurants we work with across the UK.\"", "Indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can take place in England from the start of August, the prime minister has said.\n\nThe government is working with the sector on pilots of performances with socially distanced audiences in theatres and music venues.\n\nBoris Johnson said the findings would feed into final guidance for venues in the run-up to them reopening.\n\nBut the head of Theatres Trust said the move \"will not be economically viable\".\n\nDame Judi Dench was among many theatre figures to voice concerns for her industry\n\nAlthough Jon Morgan, director of Theatres Trust welcomed the news as \"a step in the right direction\", he said that \"for most theatres it will not be economically viable to reopen with 30-40% audience required under social distancing\".\n\nHe said they needed to progress to theatres being allowed to open fully \"with the appropriate safety measures\", adding: \"Without this most theatres cannot reopen viably and we need the go-ahead for Christmas shows, on which the survival of many theatres depends, in the next few weeks at the very latest.\"\n\nThe government stressed that \"audiences, performers and venues will be expected to maintain social distancing at all times.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How theatre can reopen during the pandemic\n\nIt added: \"This guidance will be for organisations in England. Organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should adhere to the advice of the devolved administrations at all times.\"\n\nVenues have been shut since March as part of the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport added it was now working with venues including the London Symphony Orchestra on measures for reopening.\n\nHowever it added that singing and the playing of brass and wind instruments in groups or in front of an audience is \"still currently limited to professionals only\".\n\nThe announcement is likely to be welcomed by theatre owners and producers, but a sense of frustration with the government is likely to remain.\n\nIt makes no financial sense for many venues to open with social distancing rules in place; theatre budgets tend to be based on a breakeven of around 70% capacity.\n\nIf social distancing measures mean a theatre can only run at 20-25% capacity, the producer cannot afford to put the show on.\n\nWhat the industry says it desperately needs from the government is some clear guidance on when stage five (fuller audiences indoors) of the phased return will be possible.\n\nThe call is for the government to announce a \"not before\" date, which would allow producers and theatre owners to make a plan of action for the coming months, be that preparing a show or reducing overheads.\n\nThe Society of London Theatre, which represents venues in London's West End, said it was \"delighted\" by what it called \"another welcome step on the road map towards reopening with full audiences\".\n\nYet it said it would not be \"practical or economically viable\" for many shows to open with social distancing restrictions.\n\n\"We welcome the news that theatres & performance venues can reopen with social distancing in August, but the reality is the vast majority will not be opening,\" tweeted actors' union Equity.\n\nChoreographer Sir Matthew Bourne also expressed doubts about theatres' ability to open with social distancing in place.\n\n\"Why make these announcements when they know that the vast majority of theatre, dance and music is not financially viable under 'Covid secure' conditions?\" he tweeted.\n\nThe UK's media and entertainment union Bectu said the news was \"a significant development\" but that venues would need government support if they are to reopen.\n\nMr Dowden said the announcement was a \"welcome step in the path to a return to normal\"\n\n\"We know that theatres and venues will not be open in two weeks' time,\" said its head Philippa Childs. \"Theatres will have to bring back productions, sell tickets, conduct rehearsals and prepare for how they will operate in a Covid-secure way before they can open up again.\n\n\"This announcement brings into sharp focus the need for urgent answers to the pressing questions that we have been asking since the arts recovery package was announced nearly two weeks ago.\"\n\nEarlier this month the government announced a £1.57bn support package, following several weeks of lobbying from theatres, music venues, art galleries and other cultural institutions, many of which had said they were on the brink of collapse.\n\nThe government has also now outlined measures to \"support the safe return of audiences\", including:\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: \"The UK's performing arts sector is renowned across the world and I am pleased that we are making real progress in getting its doors reopened to the public with social distancing.\"\n\nThis latest announcement will now see venues move to stage four of the government's \"five-stage roadmap for the return of professional performing arts\", which was recently outlined by Mr Dowden as follows:\n\nEven as the government was preparing to unveil its latest measures, however, more venues announced they were having to consider staff redundancies.\n\nThe Royal Opera House announced on Friday \"with huge sadness\" that it had made the \"difficult decision\" to begin \"a restructure process\".\n\nAnd in Edinburgh, the Traverse Theatre said it had made the \"painfully difficult decision to enter into redundancy consultation\" with \"a number\" of its team.\n\nIn a statement, the venue said it was likely that \"almost a third\" of its staff \"in customer-facing and technical roles\" would lose their jobs.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "More than 2,800 migrants have reached the UK this year, with a record number of 180 arriving on Sunday alone\n\nNine boats carrying 125 migrants have been intercepted on their way to the UK as searches continue for more vessels.\n\nThe Home Office said Border Force dealt with several incidents on Friday after being alerted to small boats in the Channel.\n\nMeanwhile, French authorities picked up three migrants in a kayak plus another 15 in a broken down boat and returned them to France.\n\nNo nationality details were available at this stage, the Home Office said.\n\nThe migrants would be interviewed and dealt with in line with immigration rules, transferring to detention where appropriate, it added.\n\nThe first boat was intercepted at about 00:30 BST on Friday and 14 men were found on board.\n\nVessels continued to arrive throughout the night and well into the next day, each with between eight and 19 people on board.\n\nThe coastguard said it had also been dealing with several incidents on Saturday morning and was coordinating a search and rescue response.\n\nMore than 2,800 migrants have reached the UK this year, with a record number of 180 arriving on Sunday alone.\n\nMinister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts Chris Philp said: \"It is in the interests of both France and the UK to stop people making this dangerous journey.\n\n\"The French have prevented more than 200 attempts in the past week alone, but more action is required.\"\n\nHe said a new Franco-British intelligence cell would \"go after the criminals facilitating these crossings\" and stronger enforcement measures were being explored.\n\nOn Friday, Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont accused the British Home Secretary of fake news by suggesting the French were not stopping boats from making the crossing.\n\nPriti Patel told the Commons Home Affairs Committee the British and French governments disagreed on whether it would be lawful to intercept boats.\n\nMr Dumont said: \"It's not true to say we are doing nothing, it's quite the opposite actually.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvred his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reached the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley.\n\nArteta, who left his job as Manchester City assistant manager to succeed Unai Emery at Arsenal in December, now has a chance to mark his first season in charge with major silverware when they face Chelsea or Manchester United in the final on 1 August.\n\nThe match-winner was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the world-class striker Arsenal are desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, as he ruthlessly exposed City's defensive deficiencies.\n\nAubameyang had already shot straight at Ederson with one clear chance but there was no escape for City after 19 minutes when he showed great technique to steer home Nicolas Pepe's cross with the outside of his foot at the far post.\n\nCity dominated possession after the break but squandered their opportunities and Aubameyang made them pay once more in the 71st minute when he raced away on the angle to slide a composed finish under the keeper.\n\nThis was a personal triumph for Arteta and completes a superb week after the victory over Premier League champions Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.\n\nAnd there was so much to admire about Arsenal's willingness to adopt a courageous gameplan, happy to patiently keep possession - often in their own area - with one such passage of play leading to Aubameyang's opener.\n\nAs against Liverpool, Arsenal were well-organised and resilient at the back, willing to throw bodies on the line to repel the wave of City attacks in the second half as the holders tried to hold on to the FA Cup.\n\nDavid Luiz had the sort of nightmare many believed would end his Arsenal career when they played City in their first post-lockdown game at Etihad Stadium, making a mistake leading to a goal then being sent off after conceding a penalty.\n\nThis was the other side of the maverick Brazilian defender, a rock at the heart of Arsenal's defence and a central figure in this victory.\n\nThe spearhead, however, was the 31-year-old Gabon striker Aubameyang, who was a huge threat throughout and illustrated exactly why he is among the game's elite group of strikers.\n\nAn ever-present menace, his two finishes were of the highest quality and demonstrated his big-match temperament.\n\nThis is why Arsenal are so keen to get his signature on a lucrative new deal - and why they will have a chance of winning the FA Cup no matter who they face in the final.\n\nManchester City rightly receive plaudits for their classic purist style - but there is a faultline running through this team that manager Guardiola simply must address.\n\nThis is a side that can defeat anyone but also has a soft centre that makes them eminently beatable - there is a reason why they have lost nine times in the Premier League this season.\n\nGuardiola's side can be cut and carved open, as they were twice by Aubameyang here, and this must surely be central to their summer transfer activity.\n\nAs at Southampton recently, they had plenty of the ball after going behind but could not find a cutting edge. This is where master finisher Sergio Aguero is missed, especially as this was one of those rare occasions when Kevin de Bruyne's radar was faulty.\n\nCity romped to a 6-0 victory in last season's final against Watford, but there will be no repeat this year and that is because there are faults in this team that Arsenal - led by Arteta - were able to exploit.\n\n'An incredible week' - what they said\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta to BBC Sport: \"We've had an incredible week to beat the best two teams in Europe, it doesn't happen every day.\n\n\"I don't care who plays, I can trust them - we made changes and everyone was ready.\n\n\"We had to suffer in many moments. We had to be really well-organised and minimise the spaces.\"\n\nOn seeing Pep Guardiola after the game: \"I high-fived him after the game and wished him luck. I love him like yesterday or this morning the same way.\"\n\nOn Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's contract talks: \"Hopefully it will help him to be more convinced we are going in the right direction.\"\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola to MOTD: \"We didn't make a good performance, we were not ready enough. If you don't play for 90 minutes in a semi-final this can happen. We didn't play good, we are human beings. The opponent played good, sometimes it happens.\n\n\"The only regret is that we didn't play the first half like we played the second one. We had to change the set-up but we couldn't do it.\"\n\nCity's cup run comes to an end - the stats\n• None Arsenal have reached the FA Cup final a record 21 times, with the Gunners also winning the competition more than any other side (13).\n• None Manchester City have been eliminated from a domestic cup tie (League Cup and FA Cup) for the first time since February 2018 (FA Cup 5th Round v Wigan), with this their 22nd such tie since that game.\n• None Arsenal have eliminated the holders of the FA Cup on each of the last six occasions they've faced them.\n• None All four of Arsenal's shots in this match were on target - indeed they had more shots on target in this match than they'd had in their previous three meetings with Manchester City combined (3).\n• None Manchester City had just one shot on target in this match, their fewest in a game since April 2018 in the Champions League against Liverpool (0).\n• None Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the fourth Arsenal player to score a competitive brace at Wembley Stadium, after Reg Lewis (1950 FA Cup final), Charlie Nicholas (1987 League Cup final) and Alexis Sanchez (2015 FA Cup semi-final).\n• None Nicolas Pepe has been involved in 17 goals in all competitions for Arsenal this season (8 goals, 9 assists) - only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (27) has been involved in more.\n\nBoth sides return to Premier League action as City face Watford at Vicarage Road on Tuesday, 21 July (18:00 BST), before Arsenal travel to Aston Villa later that evening (20:15).\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy.\n• None Joseph Willock (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Shkodran Mustafi because of an injury.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo.\n• None Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The UK's first local lockdown, in Leicester, is due to be relaxed next week Image caption: The UK's first local lockdown, in Leicester, is due to be relaxed next week\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said new regulations allowing central government to impose local lockdowns will be published next week.\n\nHe said they will allow ministers, \"where justified by the evidence\", to close whole industries or types of business in an area, introduce local stay-at-home orders, stop people entering or leaving specific areas, reduce the maximum gathering size, or restrict local transport.\n\nIn a series of Twitter posts , Mr Johnson said the strategy of \"targeted, local action\" is \"already working\".\n\nHe pointed to outbreaks contained in Weston-super-Mare and Kirklees, work to tackle rising infections in Bradford and Blackburn, and the local lockdown in Leicester, which is due to be relaxed next week.\n\nBut he said new powers given to local councils today to rapidly tackle local outbreaks \"will not always be sufficient\".\n\nThe prime minister acknowledged that \"it may seem unjust that people just a short distance away can live their lives closer to normal\", but he said \"there is no point shutting down a city in one part of the country to contain an outbreak in another part of the country\".", "In the first 17 weeks of the year 342 deaths were registered in Ceredigion - 22% more than the five-year average\n\nCoronavirus antibody tests should be used to establish if the virus was in Ceredigion earlier than thought, its council leader has declared.\n\nDeaths at the start of 2020 were 22% higher than the five-year average, figures obtained by Newyddion S4C show.\n\nEllen ap Gwynn said she was \"almost certain\" she was infected with the virus after falling ill in January.\n\nThe health board said it was looking into the data but had not yet identified \"anything unusual\".\n\nThe local authority chief's calls follow those of MP Ben Lake.\n\nThe figures shows that in the first 17 weeks of this year, 342 deaths were registered.\n\nDeaths in January, February and March this year were higher than they have been in those months for at least a decade.\n\n\"I personally suspect Covid may have reached Ceredigion earlier, as I fell ill in January with the exact symptoms associated with the virus,\" Ms ap Gwynn said.\n\n\"I would like to see the antibody tests being made available to more people.\"\n\nThe tests can confirm whether a person had previously been infected.\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics, seven people died with Covid-19 in Ceredigion\n\nShe said it would be \"interesting\" to know how many had been infected to better trace the virus' spread.\n\nMarilyn Jones' mother-in-law, Nel Phillips, died on 8 January. The cause was a chest infection.\n\nMs Jones said Ms Phillips was \"breathless and coughing\".\n\n\"It was awful seeing her struggling to breathe. And then she died in my arms. It was heartbreaking,\" she said.\n\n\"I was short of breath, was in terrible pain, had a high temperature,\" she said.\n\nShe also suspects Covid-19 was in Ceredigion before lockdown.\n\n\"And I was bedridden for three days. I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover it was Covid. It was so different to a normal bug.\"\n\nHywel Dda University Health Board's medical director and deputy chief executive, Phil Kloer, said: \"We are looking into the detail behind the data and so far have not identified anything unusual, and we will work with Public Health Wales experts to analyse the data further.\"\n\n\"The mortality data does vary from month to month and year to year, and the variation can be larger when using single county data,\" he said.\n\nCeredigion has the lowest number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in Wales.\n\nCouncil leader Ellen ap Gwynn believes she was infected with the illness in January\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics seven people have died in the county with the virus.\n\nThe Welsh Government said antibody tests were currently given to \"defined groups\" - school staff, health and care workers and care home residents.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Anyone who has Covid-19 symptoms can and should be tested at one of the many testing centres set up around Wales or via a home testing kit.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nSpectators could be able to return to stadiums in England from October, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nPilots will take place from 1 August but any stadium reopenings would be subject to coronavirus guidelines.\n\nSome sports, including football and cricket, have resumed behind closed doors after the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\n\"We will pilot larger gatherings in venues like sports stadiums with a view to a wider reopening in the autumn,\" said Johnson on Friday.\n\n\"From October, we intend to bring back audiences in stadiums.\n\n\"Again, these changes must be done in a Covid-secure way, subject to the successful outcome of pilots.\"\n\nThe pilot projects will be held at:\n• county cricket friendly matches - including Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval on 26-27 July;\n• None The Goodwood horse racing festival - known as Glorious Goodwood\n\nThe Racecourse Association said the Goodwood event could cater for up to 5,000 people, plus participants.\n\nThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was \"pleased that this announcement allows cricket to be among the first pilot events\" and that it would continue to work with the government on the safety measures required for supporters to return safely.\n\n\"For months, millions of us have felt the void of being unable to go to the match to support our team or attend a top-class sporting event,\" said sports minister Nigel Huddleston.\n\n\"So I am pleased that we are now able to move forward with a plan to help venues safely reopen their doors to fans.\n\n\"I recognise that not every sport, team or club has the benefit of huge commercial revenue, and it is often their dedicated fans that are the lifeblood which helps keep them going. By working closely with sports and medical experts, these pilots will help ensure the safe return of fans to stadiums.\n\n\"Although it will remain some time before venues are full to capacity, this is a major step in the right direction for the resumption of live spectator sport across the country.\"\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport also said further pilot events are likely to be held in other sports.\n\nIn order for fans to return to stadiums, the government has outlined operating guidelines that state:\n• None Fans must agree to a new code of behaviour that includes not attending if they potentially have symptoms of coronavirus or have been exposed to a person who has tested positive;\n• None Social distancing must be observed in seating arrangements;\n• None Crowd management plans should be in place, including the controlled entry and exit of fans and one-way systems;\n• None Additional hygiene facilities should be installed inside venues, particularly at entrances and exits;\n• None Screening procedures should be considered at stadium entrances.\n\nDomestic competitive sport in England resumed on 1 June for the first time since mid-March, with football's Premier League and English Football League (EFL) getting back under way on 17 and 20 June respectively.\n\nInternational cricket, golf, horse racing and snooker are among the other sports to have resumed.\n\nThe Premier League is understood to be pleased by the proposals and wants the maximum number of fans allowed back in stadiums as soon as it is safe to do so.\n\nThe league is also willing to offer pre-season games as possible trial events before the start of next season.\n\nThe Football Association said it welcomes the government's \"positive update\" that allows them to \"step up\" efforts to get fans back into stadiums.\n\n\"Supporters are the lifeblood of our national game, and that has been underlined by how much their absence has been felt over the last month,\" said the FA.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with relevant authorities on how we can bring them back in a safe and secure manner, including any help we can provide to the proposed pilot events.\"\n\nThe EFL said the Prime Minister's announcement started to \"provide some clarity\" as football authorities work to bring fans back.\n\n\"We will continue to work with our colleagues at DCMS, the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) and the wider football family in order to deliver on the timeframe and to assist clubs with the inevitable operational and financial challenges this will bring,\" said the EFL.\n\nPremiership Rugby says it would be ready to welcome fans back into grounds before the end of the season if given Government permission. The season is due to to resume on 14 August.\n\nIn Scotland, no date has yet been set for fans returning to stadiums. Now in phase three of the Scottish government's route out of lockdown, the Premiership - football's top flight - will begin on 1 August behind closed doors.\n\nThe second-tier Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two kick off a reduced, 27-game season on 17 October, the same weekend as the first Old Firm derby between Celtic and Rangers of the 2020-21 campaign.\n\nThe Scottish government has held talks with Scottish Rugby about using Murrayfield as a test venue, where fans could return but be physically distanced.\n\nMore than 45,000 people in the UK have died with coronavirus, while there have been more than 292,000 confirmed cases.\n• None Watch the trailer for series 3 now", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland pace bowler Jofra Archer has been fined and given a written warning by the England and Wales Cricket Board for breaching bio-secure protocols.\n\nThe 25-year-old visited his home in Hove on Monday during his journey from Southampton, where the first Test against West Indies was played, to Manchester, the venue for the second.\n\nArcher was dropped from the squad for the ongoing second Test at Emirates Old Trafford, but can rejoin the squad on Tuesday and is available for the third Test, which starts on Friday.\n\nArcher's return to the England team is dependent on him returning two negative tests for coronavirus during a five-day period of isolation which began on Thursday.\n\nThe disciplinary hearing on Friday evening was chaired by England director of cricket Ashley Giles and attended by Archer's agent and a representative from the Professional Cricketers' Association.\n\nThe size of the fine has not been disclosed.\n• None What next for Archer and England?\n• None Archer trip could have cost 'tens of millions of pounds'\n\nGiles said on Thursday that Archer's trip home included meeting a person who has since tested negative for coronavirus.\n\nSussex bowler Archer was due to be the only member of the England pace attack from the first-Test defeat who retained his place for the second.\n\nAlthough he is now clear to play in the third, which begins on Friday, England's plans to rotate their fast bowlers during a schedule of six Tests in seven weeks may mean he misses out.\n\nStuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran are playing in the second Test, James Anderson and Mark Wood have been rested, and Ollie Robinson and Olly Stone are pushing for inclusion.\n\nAfter play on Friday, England vice-captain Ben Stokes said the team were mindful of Archer's well-being during his period of isolation in a hotel room at the ground.\n\n\"We understand that it can be a very vulnerable and lonely place for him right now,\" Stokes told BBC Test Match Special.\n\n\"Making sure that Jof is as happy as he possibly can be is the main thing for us. We need to do everything we can to make sure we keep him going.\"", "Crowds of people were waiting to leave the park after the stabbing\n\nA man has been seriously injured in a stabbing at Thorpe Park following an altercation between two groups.\n\nThe man in his 20s was slashed in his stomach on a footbridge near the exit of the resort in Surrey shortly before 17:00 BST.\n\nThe theme park said on-site medical staff were at the scene \"within minutes\".\n\nSurrey Police said two men in their 20s had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.\n\nVisitors were locked down inside the park while police attended, with pictures on social media showing crowds building up as the bridge was cordoned off.\n\nPolice said two groups of people were involved in an altercation on the bridge close to the park's exit.\n\nOne man was treated for a slash wound to his stomach and is in hospital in a serious condition, the force added.\n\nDet Insp Andy Greaves appealed for witnesses and said officers were tracing \"all those believed to have been involved\".\n\n\"I'm keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened or who has video footage of this assault,\" he said.\n\n\"The two groups of people were close to the exit inside the park on the bridge when the assault took place.\"\n\nSouth East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to the park at about 16:50 following reports of a person with an abdominal injury.\n\nParamedics treated one person who was taken to a London hospital.\n\nThorpe Park said its on-site medical staff provided emergency first aid and said it was helping police with inquiries.\n\n\"The health, safety and security of our guests is our primary objective. We have an excellent security track record and have never had any incidents of this kind in over 40 years,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThorpe Park reopened on 4 July after being shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The committee is looking into Moscow's alleged influence on UK votes\n\nA long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in the 2017 general election and the 2016 Brexit vote is to be published next week.\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee voted unanimously for it to be released before Parliament's summer break.\n\nThe delay in publishing the report, which was completed last year, has led to speculation that it contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives.\n\nBut the government denies that political considerations were involved.\n\nThe report is thought to look at a wide range of Russian activity - from traditional espionage to subversion - but the greatest interest is in possible interference in the 2016 and 2017 votes.\n\nDowning Street gave clearance for publication last autumn, but it did not come out before December's general election was called - at which point the old committee's membership was disbanded.\n\nPublication was further delayed by the replacement committee not being set up until this week.\n\nEspionage, subversion and influence: that's what the Russia Report is all about. How far has Russia been carrying out such activities and has enough been done to stop them?\n\nIt is not just about the traditional spy-versus-spy intelligence-gathering to steal secrets, but also Russia's use of new techniques like cyber-espionage and social media campaigns to interfere in political life.\n\nBut it is also about Russian influence, especially though money, which critics argue has seeped into public life and compromised various institutions.\n\nThe information in the report came from the intelligence agencies but also from independent experts. Some of them are believed to have painted a stark picture of a long-term failure to deter Moscow, all the way back to the weak response to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium in 2006.\n\nHow much detail is there and how damning is it? We are about to find out.\n\nThe decision by the nine-member ISC - which meets behind closed doors - to bring out the report follows the election of Julian Lewis as its chairman on Wednesday.\n\nA Tory MP since 1997, he put himself forward for the role, apparently against the wishes of Downing Street, which had preferred former cabinet minister Chris Grayling for the job.\n\nThe three Labour members and one SNP member of the committee supported Mr Lewis, who, immediately after being named chairman, was expelled from the Conservative Parliamentary Party.\n\nChris Grayling had been the PM's preferred choice for committee chair\n\nBut in a statement, Mr Lewis said the 2013 Justice and Security Act had \"explicitly removed the right of the prime minister to choose the ISC chairman and gave it to the committee members\".\n\nHe added: \"It was only yesterday afternoon [Thursday] that I received a text asking me to confirm that I would be voting for the prime minister's preferred candidate for the ISC chair.\n\n\"I did not reply as I considered it an improper request. At no earlier stage did I give any undertaking to vote for any particular candidate.\"\n\nMr Lewis also said the government had denied wanting to \"parachute\" a preferred candidate in to the chair, adding:\"It is therefore strange to have the whip removed for failing to vote for the government's preferred candidate.\"\n\nBut House of Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg accused him of of \"playing ducks and drakes with the Labour Party\" and said that was why he had had the Conservative whip withdrawn.\n\nHowever, Conservative MP Peter Bone said Mr Lewis was \"exceptionally well-qualified\" to become chairman and \"would do and excellent job\", while some in Downing Street had had a \"huge hissy-fit\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"good thing\" the committee had chosen Mr Lewis.\n\nHe added: \"They obviously chose to reject the imposition by the prime minister of his preferred chair on them…They're an independent committee and we should respect the decision they came to.\"", "US presidents and foreign leaders have joined the tributes to civil rights icon John Lewis, who has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.\n\nLewis was one of the \"Big Six\" civil rights leaders, which included Martin Luther King Jr, and helped organise the historic 1963 March on Washington.\n\nBarack Obama is among those who have praised Lewis's legacy.\n\nPresident Donald Trump later said in a tweet that he was \"saddened\" to hear of the former congressman's death.\n\nA petition to rename a bridge in Alabama that played a pivotal role in Lewis's life has drawn more than 400,000 signatures.\n\nJoe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, described Lewis as \"truly one-of-a-kind, a moral compass\".\n\nMr Biden said he had spoken to Lewis in the days before his death.\n\n\"His voice still commanded respect and his laugh was still full of joy. Instead of answering our concerns for him, he asked about us. He asked us to stay focused on the work left undone to heal this nation.\"\n\nEach of the four living former US presidents paid tribute to Lewis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Luther King III: \"John Lewis was a giant in terms of what he personified\"\n\n\"Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did,\" Barack Obama said. \"And thanks to him, we now all have our marching orders - to keep believing in the possibility of remaking this country we love until it lives up to its full promise.\"\n\nHis predecessor George W Bush said Lewis had \"worked to make our country a more perfect union\", while Bill Clinton described him as \"the conscience of the nation\".\n\nJimmy Carter, meanwhile, noted that the former congressman had \"made an indelible mark on history through his quest to make our nation more just\".\n\nThe flag flies at half mast over the White House\n\nThe response from current President Donald Trump, however, was far more muted and came hours after messages were issued by other US politicians.\n\n\"Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. Melania and I send our prayers to he and his family,\" said Trump, whom Lewis had publicly criticised.\n\nFlags were flown at half-mast on Saturday morning and Vice-President Mike Pence called Lewis \"a great man whose courage and decades of public service changed America forever\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"He was fighting for justice when it wasn't cool\" - tributes to John Lewis in Atlanta\n\nCivil rights activists spoke of their sorrow at Lewis's death.\n\n\"John Lewis is what patriotism and courage look like,\" civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson, who first met Lewis during protests in 1960, said.\n\nMartin Luther King III, the eldest son of the civil rights activist, told CNN: \"From a historical standpoint, there are few who are able to become giants... John Lewis really became a giant through his examples that he set for all of us.\"\n\nA number of foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have also paid tribute.\n\nThe bridge crosses the Alabama river in the state's town of Selma.\n\nIn 1965, John Lewis led hundreds of protesters over the bridge on a peace march to Montgomery.\n\nState troopers attacked them and Lewis was left with a broken skull on what became known as Bloody Sunday.\n\nBarack Obama and John Lewis walked across the bridge 50 years after the landmark march\n\nHe walked across the bridge with then President Obama 50 years later.\n\nThe bridge was named after a Confederate general and later Ku Klux Klan leader in Alabama.\n\nThe petition on change.org cites the recent movement to remove statues and monuments to the Confederate past in the wake of the death in police custody of African American George Floyd.\n\n\"As we wipe away this country's long stain of bigotry, we must also wipe away the names of men like Edmund Pettus,\" the petition argues.", "The owner of Zizzi and Ask Italian restaurant chains said it will close 75 locations, risking the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.\n\nAzzurri Group, which also owns the Coco Di Mama pasta chain, has been sold out of administration to TowerBrook Capital Partners.\n\nThe move will keep 225 shops and restaurants open and maintain about 5,000 jobs.\n\nThe company said the coronavirus had hit restaurants hard.\n\n\"The Covid-19 crisis has had a profound impact on the casual dining sector, bringing many businesses like ours to a standstill,\" said Steve Holmes, chief executive of Azzurri Group.\n\n\"Despite being a successful operator, the immediate loss of revenue during lockdown meant that we have had to make some incredibly difficult decisions to protect the business for the long-term.\n\n\"It is with deep sadness that this process will result in the permanent closure of a number of sites and that we must say goodbye to greatly valued employees across our brands.\"\n\nLast month The Restaurant Group, which owns Frankie and Benny's, said it expected to cut up to 3,000 workers after confirming plans to shut 125 sites.\n\nAnd this month two of the UK's biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts.\n\nThe moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be enough to stop millions of workers losing their jobs.", "Scotland has seen the biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in almost a month.\n\nThe Scottish government said 21 cases had been detected in the last 24 hours - eight of them within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.\n\nIt is the biggest daily increase since 21 June.\n\nHowever, Scotland's national clinical director, Jason Leitch, said he expected to see \"day-to-day variation\" in the number of new cases.\n\nIn addition to the Glasgow and Clyde cases, there were five new cases in NHS Lothian with the rest spread around seven other health boards.\n\nMr Leitch told BBC Scotland that he did not believe the new cases were part of a cluster.\n\n\"I expect day-to-day variation and the next thing I look at is the spread around the country\" he said.\n\n\"So 21 in one small town would worry me much more than 21 spread around the country - and these 21 are spread around the country.\"\n\nMr Leitch said he was confident in Scotland's test and protect system and also pointed out that about 16,500 tests had been carried out on Friday and so a rise in the number of positive results could also be expected.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney tweeted that the 21 new positive cases were a reminder of the \"danger still out there\".\n\nThe percentage of tests coming back positive remains low in Scotland and has been under 1% since the end of May.\n\nThe World Health Organisation says that one measure which can indicate whether an epidemic is under control is whether, with a comprehensive testing system, less than 5% of samples return a positive for Covid-19 over two weeks.\n\nThe Scottish government also confirmed that no new deaths were registered in Scotland following a positive test for the virus, meaning that only one death in the last 10 days has been recorded using this measure.\n\nThe number of patients in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 fell from 316 to 305, with just three of them in intensive care units.", "Footage on social media appears to show an officer with his knee on a man's head during an arrest\n\nThe Met Police must formally apologise to a man who was detained while a police officer appeared to kneel on his neck, his lawyer has said.\n\nMarcus Coutain, 48, was filmed telling officers \"get off my neck\" as he was arrested in north London on Thursday.\n\nHis lawyer Tim Rustem said the events \"mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd\", who died after being restrained in the US.\n\nOne Met officer has been suspended and another placed on restricted duties.\n\nThe Met \"quickly assessed the incident\" and referred it to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which is conducting an investigation.\n\nThe force said it would not be issuing any further statements.\n\nA protest against the arrest was held outside Islington police station on Saturday\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Coutain pleaded not guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to possessing a knife in public.\n\nPolice said officers were called to reports of a fight in Isledon Road on Thursday.\n\nFootage posted on social media that evening shows two officers holding a handcuffed black man on the pavement.\n\nIn court, Mr Rustem said the police should apologise.\n\nSpeaking outside court, Mr Rustem said the Crown Prosecution Service should review the case, drop the charges and offer a \"formal apology\" to Mr Coutain.\n\nMr Rustem said his client was legally carrying a blade for the purposes of repairing his bicycle.\n\n\"Essentially Mr Coutain was stopped and searched for matters for which he has not been charged,\" he said.\n\n\"It is the use of what I would regard as excessive force, a knee being placed on his neck ... references which mirror exactly what happened to George Floyd in America.\n\n\"A man saying 'I can't breathe' and 'get your knee off my neck', while he was already handcuffed and while he was restrained by two police officers.\"\n\nHe said his client was lucky to have only \"minimal\" injuries to his wrists and neck, adding: \"Fortunately it didn't lead to the tragic consequences that we saw in America.\"\n\nDeputy Commissioner Sir Steve House described footage of the arrest in Islington as \"deeply disturbing\" and said some of the techniques, which were \"not taught in police training\", caused him \"great concern\".\n\nIn a statement, the Met Police said it had quickly assessed the incident, including the body worn video footage from the officers and their statements and justification for their use of force, and referred it to the IOPC.\n\nIn Islington, about 30 people gathered outside the police station in protest against how Mr Coutain was arrested.\n\nThe case has been sent to Snaresbrook Crown Court on 17 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 140 prisoners have been housed in hotels and B&Bs after being released during the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\nThey include some offenders who have been freed from their sentences early to relieve overcrowding and reduce the risk of infection in jails.\n\nA letter to hotel owners, seen by BBC News, says if they agree to take part in the scheme they will not be told the crime the prisoner has committed.\n\nThe government said hotels were used only as a \"last resort\".\n\nAll offenders due for release are \"thoroughly risk assessed\", the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) added.\n\nThe department said it had started using hotels in May, as part of the \"Conditional Release Date\" accommodation scheme, to prevent newly-freed prisoners having to sleep rough during the pandemic.\n\nThe MoJ said 304 former inmates let out on their scheduled release date have been provided with housing, 136 of whom have been put up in hotels or bed and breakfast accommodation.\n\nHotels have also been used to house six offenders freed early under an emergency programme to reduce overcrowding, known as the \"End of Custody Temporary Release\" scheme.\n\nAccording to officials, hotels for prisoners are identified by two business travel, conference and accommodation agencies, CTM and Calder.\n\nA hotel owner in the north of England said he had received a letter, written by the Prison and Probation Service, asking whether he would have rooms available for offenders on the early release scheme.\n\nThe letter says accommodation in hotels, B&Bs and serviced apartments would be needed for up to 56 days.\n\nIt says: \"We will not share information with you regarding the offence(s) the individual has committed but would wish to reassure that they have been subject to strict vetting.\"\n\nThe letter explains that electronic monitoring equipment would have to be installed in an offender's hotel room to ensure they abide by a curfew, but says staff would not be responsible for managing a prisoner's licence conditions.\n\n\"All incidents of concern should be dealt with in the same way as you would deal with any other resident and if local measures don't work (eg a phone call from reception to keep the noise down) be reported to police,\" the letter says.\n\nAlthough it is highly unusual for released prisoners to be accommodated in hotels, they have been used for asylum seekers, most recently, and controversially, in Glasgow.\n\nIn June, six people were stabbed at a hotel in the city which had been used to house asylum claimants. Their attacker - Badreddin Abadlla Adam - was shot dead by police.\n\nA MoJ spokesperson said: \"All offenders due for release are thoroughly risk assessed and hotels have only been used as a last resort to reduce any potential spread of coronavirus.\n\n\"These temporary measures are part of the unprecedented response to the pandemic which has helped protect the NHS and save lives.\"", "Street protests are continuing for a seventh day in Russia's far east in support of the detained governor Sergei Furgal.\n\nMr Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk, is being held in Moscow on charges of ordering the murder of at least two businessmen 15 years ago – which he denies.\n\nThe BBC's Steve Rosenberg says there is widespread resentment towards the Kremlin - seven time zones to the west - with many people believing the arrest is politically-motivated.\n\nMr Furgal became Khabarovsk’s governor two years ago, when he defeated a candidate from Mr Putin’s United Russia party.", "A waiter in Miami wears a mask during the dinner rush\n\nPeople in Florida and Texas - where new coronavirus infections are ballooning - have described their opinions about the pandemic and their leaders decisions to restart the economy before defeating the virus.\n\nI am worried about the situation in the entire world, not just my hometown of Pembroke Pines, Florida. This is a sad situation that we have all been affected by and the best thing we can do is hope for it to end soon.\n\nI knew that this was inevitable. I do not believe Florida opened their businesses too soon. At the end of the day some responsibility has to be placed in the hands of citizens.\n\nI do not quarantine right now. I decided to stay in Gainesville, where I go to college, and am surrounding myself with people who are at very low risk of developing bad symptoms.\n\nI try to wear a mask as often as I can.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why coronavirus cases are surging in Texas\n\nAs someone who planned on moving to a large city after graduation this summer, the pandemic has affected my life a lot. Days that used to be packed with going to the gym, searching for jobs and having fun with friends have become quests of finding small activities to keep me productive.\n\nRight now, the goal of every citizen should be staying healthy and protecting those that are most vulnerable to the virus.\n\nI have been here for four years as I attend Florida Atlantic University.\n\nI feel just as nervous as I did In March when it all started. But I do think there was a period when everyone began to forget about the virus. I even thought things were getting better for awhile.\n\nI absolutely think businesses reopened too soon.\n\nFor the most part I know I could be doing better with social distancing. I've been going to yoga classes and took a trip to a hotel in Miami for the weekend which was probably not my best decision.\n\nBut we made sure to keep six feet apart and wear masks.\n\nMasks are worn to buy ice cream in Florida\n\nLiving with the pandemic has been really hard. I'm graduating from university this semester and always thought I'd be diving straight into my career, but a lot of companies are not hiring right now. To be honest, I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing.\n\nThe Florida governor needs to make it easier for people here to get a test. It should not be this hard during a pandemic to find a test.\n\nIt took days of being placed on hold or hung up on before I finally found a place that required me to stand in 99F (37C) heat for nearly two hours before I could get tested.\n\nI watched an elderly women practically collapse as she waited in direct sunlight with no seat or water.\n\nThank you to everyone on the front line fighting this thing, but we need to do better.\n\nI'm mostly worried about the people who aren't taking it seriously here in Boca Raton and are preventing us from improving or moving forward from this.\n\nI don't think it was reopening businesses that caused an increase in cases. I think it was the people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nI think it's people's behaviour that caused the Florida outbreak, like crowding on beaches and in bars with no masks.\n\nI personally wear a mask when I leave my home. Most places and grocery stores require it.\n\nThe pandemic has personally affected me by having my dream internship cancelled, my graduation ceremony cancelled, my senior year in college cancelled and many job opportunities cancelled.\n\nThe governor should implement rules or do something that will make people follow them.\n\nIt's very frustrating how wearing masks has become about political opinion, rather than a simple precaution.\n\nWhen we reopened, my friends all went to the Houston bars, and they have all tested positive now. If I wasn't in the healthcare industry, I'm sure I'd still be somewhat careful.\n\nI'm a Republican, but I don't think Trump should be enforcing rules if he isn't following them. I don't agree with how he acts. I think that if he led by example, more likely people would follow and wear masks.\n\nLike, even the people who were protesting Trump wore masks, it really isn't that hard. So, I think that the way he acts discredits his authority.\n\nBut I think Governor Abbott and his team have done everything they can do.\n\nSome bar owners here in Austin are vocally going against what we need to do - criticising the data and suing the government for shutting them down.\n\nIf we continue to do this, we are going to be shut down for the rest of the year. For me that's completely narcissistic. How certain bar owners are acting is ludicrous.\n\nThe reopening should have been done less quickly.\n\nI think initially the decision by local and state government, who closed down everything quickly, was made out of fear instead of data.\n\nIf it was scientific evidence that led to the closure back in March, I think that the data wasn't shared as well as it should have been. The New York governor gave daily talks where he would explain with data. That was more credible than what occurred here in Texas.\n\nThe pandemic is horrible. So many people have died, but I don't think the is media is portraying it in the correct light, and are putting the president at fault for it.\n\nPersonally, it's affecting me with school and stuff but don't know anyone with the virus.\n\nWhen Texas reopened I was hanging out with friends on a daily basis.\n\nPlaces up north are much worse. There is so much land here, and when you look at the numbers and the percentages, a lot of deaths are in nursing homes.\n\nWe shouldn't be shutting down the economy I'm happy with the way the things reopened the way they did.\n\nI wash my hands to be more cautious and stuff, but if I need to go to the store I'm going to go. I've been to a couple of parties. I am aware I could get it at a party.\n\nI went to Austin, I thought if I'm getting it, it would for sure be then. But two weeks later I'm fine. I was around so many different people, and nothing happened.\n\nI have lived in Miami for the last 23 years where I lead the Florida International Bankers Association.\n\nI am as concerned now as I was when the pandemic first started. I still have most of my essentials delivered to my house and I wear a mask anytime I go out.\n\nI do not believe the issue is when businesses reopened, but rather how the guidelines are being respected.\n\nMy staff and I have been working remotely from home for more than 100 days now. I no longer have the freedom to go to restaurants or movies and, more importantly, to travel.\n\nIf I could speak to my governor, I would ask him to be more stringent in enforcing the recommended WHO and CDC guidelines regarding the use of masks and social distancing.\n\nInterviews have been edited for clarity", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci has emerged as the face of America's fight against coronavirus. But he is also battling the dangerous spread of misinformation, sometimes from within his own government.\n\nOver his five decades as a medical researcher, Anthony Fauci has seen his effigy burnt, heard the cries of protesters calling him a \"murderer\", and had smoke bombs thrown outside his office window.\n\nBut he has also been praised as the most famous doctor in America, and the man whose compassion and calm helped the US make otherwise impossible strides in confronting a public health crisis.\n\nAs head of immunology at the National Institutes of Health during the 1980s HIV/Aids epidemic, Dr Fauci, 79, has seen conflict before.\n\nNow, as the US struggles to contain the pandemic six months after its first known case, the White House is targeting Dr Fauci by briefing reporters about his alleged mistakes.\n\nBorn on Christmas Eve, 1940 to a family of immigrant Italian pharmacists in Brooklyn, Anthony was \"delivering prescriptions from the time I was old enough to ride a bike,\" he told the Holy Cross college alumni magazine in 2002.\n\nIn 1966, he graduated first in his class at Cornell medical school, whose library he had helped build as an undergraduate working construction to earn money over the summers.\n\nThe family pharmacy in Brooklyn run by Dr Fauci's father, known in the neighbourhood as 'Doc'\n\nFollowing a medical residency, he joined the NIH in 1968 as part of the US war effort, instead of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. \"Yellow Berets\", the researchers were called - a play on military division Green Berets.\n\nA turning point in his career came decades later, he said, when a report landed on his desk on June 5, 1981, describing the death of an otherwise healthy patient from a strange pneumonia normally seen in people with cancer. Another report soon followed describing 26 deaths, all gay men.\n\n\"I remember reading it very clearly,\" he later said. \"It was the first time in my medical career I actually got goose pimples. I no longer dismissed it as a curiosity. There was something very wrong here. This was really a new microbe of some sort, acting like a sexually transmitted disease.\"\n\nAs a clinician, Dr Fauci's work on the regulation of the human immune system was credited with helping to reveal how the HIV virus destroys the body's defences. He led clinical trials for zidovudine, the first antiretroviral drug to treat Aids.\n\nAs the epidemic swept through the US in the 1980s, however, he became the target of activists angry at the Reagan administration's muted response and lack of access to novel drugs.\n\nAids activists protesting the government's response to the epidemic in 1988\n\nProtesters held signs outside government offices that said: \"Dr Fauci, you are killing us\" and he was denounced on television by activists.\n\nThe playwright and gay rights advocate Larry Kramer even modelled the antagonist of a play after him.\n\n\"I remember looking out a window and people on the lawn of the NIH were throwing smoke bombs,\" Dr Fauci recalled in a 2011 interview. \"Police were ready to arrest them and I said, 'Don't. Bring them up to my office so I can talk with them'.\"\n\nHis compassion for Aids sufferers was lauded, and he was credited with convincing regulators to loosen restrictions on clinical trials for patients to test new drugs.\n\nThe New York Times called him \"the government's leading Aids celebrity\" - but noted that he still actually did all his research work himself, not like \"a lot of people you see quoted on TV [who have] assistants don white coats and do all that tedious work\". He was awarded the highest US civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 2008.\n\nIn 1984, he was appointed director of the NIH's Allergy and Infectious Diseases division, a title he still holds.\n\nThe research division he leads has overseen studies on everything from Aids to Ebola to asthma.\n\nHe has advised six presidents, helping to found George W Bush's US government Aids initiative in Africa and now, serving as explainer-in-chief to the public amid the Covid-19 outbreak of the Trump era.\n\nFor Americans, he has become a trusted presence behind the podium at White House Covid-19 briefings, where he has dispensed facts about the US response, explaining the science and sometimes correcting President Trump's pronouncements.\n\nA vaccine will take at least a year and a half, he has said, dampening Mr Trump's optimistic claim one would be ready very soon.\n\nThe current US leader, who is known to dislike being challenged, has even begrudgingly given Dr Fauci a high compliment. The researcher, Mr Trump has said, is \"a major television star\".\n\nHowever, observers say his contradictions of the president's claims has laid bare the frictions of working with the White House. When Dr Fauci told CNN in an interview that the US \"could have saved lives\" if it had introduced measures to stop Covid-19, Mr Trump shared a tweet on firing him.\n\nDr Fauci told Science magazine that when it comes to giving the public correct information, \"I'm trying my best. I cannot do the impossible\".\n\n\"I can't jump in front of the microphone and push him [President Trump] down. OK, he said it. Let's try and get it corrected for the next time.\"\n\nBut he will try and stay the course, he said, adding: \"To my knowledge, I haven't been fired.\"\n\nIn early May, Dr Fauci was blocked from testifying to a panel in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives that was investigating the country's response to the pandemic.\n\nThe White House said that as Dr Fauci is part of the government response to Covid-19, \"it is counter-productive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at congressional hearings\".\n\nHe instead appeared in front of the Health, Education, Labour and Pensions Committee of the Republican-controlled Senate on 12 May.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus - after previously being criticised for calling the virus a \"little flu\".\n\nMr Bolsonaro says he took the test, his fourth, on Monday after developing symptoms, including a high temperature.\n\nAfter announcing the positive result to the media, Mr Bolsonaro stepped back and removed his mask before continuing to speak.", "Meet the care workers who opted to live at their place of work to protect the residents from Covid-19.\n\nThe 12 carers at the Court House Retirement Home, Cheddar, Somerset, last saw their families on 14 April.", "Scotland Office Minister Iain Stewart says the measures announced today by Rishi Sunak take the total support from the UK government to £160bn.\n\nMr Stewart says: \"As the chancellor made clear this is just the next step in our recovery programme.\"\n\nFurther measures will be brought in at the right point he says and the £30bn announced today comes on top of all the other measures the UK government has announced already, he says.\n\nThe UK government minister encourages the first minister now to do all she can to make sure the tourism and hospitality sectors don't suffer a \"three winter period\" in Scotland.\n\nMr Stewart argues that the \"eat out to help out\" discount will help the sector return.\n\nOn the Scottish government announcement on air bridges, he says he has not seen any evidence to suggest Spain as a whole is not safe to travel to.", "The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.\n\nThe airborne transmission could not be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings, an official said.\n\nIf the evidence is confirmed, it may affect guidelines for indoor spaces.\n\nAn open letter from more than 200 scientists had accused the WHO of underestimating the possibility of airborne transmission.\n\nThe WHO has so far said that the virus is transmitted through droplets when people cough or sneeze.\n\n\"We wanted them to acknowledge the evidence,\" Jose Jimenez, a chemist at the University of Colorado who signed the paper, told the Reuters news agency.\n\n\"This is definitely not an attack on the WHO. It's a scientific debate, but we felt we needed to go public because they were refusing to hear the evidence after many conversations with them,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nyka Alexander from the WHO explains what an airborne virus is.\n\nAnother signatory - Professor Benjamin Cowling of Hong Kong University - told the BBC the finding had \"important implications\".\n\n\"In healthcare settings, if aerosol transmission poses a risk then we understand healthcare workers should really be wearing the best possible preventive equipment... and actually the World Health Organization said that one of the reasons they were not keen to talk about aerosol transmission of Covid-19 is because there's not a sufficient number of these kind of specialised masks for many parts of the world,\" he said.\n\n\"And in the community, if we're thinking about aerosol transmission being a particular risk, then we need to think about how to prevent larger super spreading events, larger outbreaks and those occur in indoor environments with poor ventilation, with crowding and with prolonged close contact.\"\n\nWHO officials have cautioned the evidence is preliminary and requires further assessment.\n\nBenedetta Allegranzi, the WHO's technical lead for infection prevention and control, said that evidence emerging of airborne transmission of the coronavirus in \"crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings that have been described, cannot be ruled out\".\n\nFor months, the WHO has insisted that Covid-19 is transmitted via droplets emitted when people cough or sneeze. Droplets that do not linger in the air, but fall onto surfaces - that's why handwashing has been identified as a key prevention measure.\n\nBut 239 scientists from 32 countries don't agree: they say there is also strong evidence to suggest the virus can also spread in the air: through much tinier particles that float around for hours after people talk, or breathe out.\n\nToday the WHO admitted there was evidence to suggest this was possible in specific settings, such as enclosed and crowded spaces.\n\nThat evidence will have to be thoroughly evaluated, but if it is confirmed, the advice on how to prevent the virus spreading may have to change, and could lead to more widespread use of masks, and more rigorous distancing, especially in bars, restaurants, and on public transport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: The health claims that won't go away", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Opposition protesters storm Serbian parliament over stricter lockdown measures due to be reinforced\n\nDozens of police and protesters have been hurt in riots that broke out outside the National Assembly in the Serbian capital Belgrade.\n\nThe protests began peacefully on Tuesday evening and included students and families, angered by a move to re-impose a weekend curfew because of a rise in coronavirus infections.\n\nProtesters broke into the assembly, prompting police to intervene.\n\nClashes erupted and police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.\n\nFar-right nationalists have been blamed for stirring up the unrest and storming the assembly building. Serbian media said they included an MP who has pushed anti-vaccine and anti-5G conspiracy theories.\n\nSerbian President Alexander Vucic on Wednesday condemned what he described as the most brutal political violence for years and appealed for the protests to end, citing the risk of increased infection.\n\nOn Wednesday evening police again clashed with protesters, firing teargas as bottles, stones and flares were thrown from the crowd.\n\nIt took police 15 minutes to clear the parliament building\n\nSerbia saw its deadliest day so far in the pandemic on Tuesday. President Vucic announced in a televised address that there had been 13 further deaths and 120 people were on ventilators, with 4,000 people being treated in hospital.\n\nThe situation was most alarming in Belgrade, he said, before imposing a ban on gatherings of more than five people from Wednesday, with a curfew in force from 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Friday until 05:00 on Monday morning.\n\nMr Vucic said on Tuesday the curfew would apply only to the capital, but he was keen for it to be extended nationally.\n\nHowever, in a sign that situation was being reassessed on Wednesday, Serbia's chief epidemiologist, Predrag Kon, said later that Belgrade was improving and a lockdown in the city was \"unlikely\".\n\nIn a further TV address on Wednesday, President Vucic said a curfew would probably not be imposed on the capital, but stricter measures would be announced. A decision will now be taken by the Covid-19 crisis response team on Thursday.\n\nA makeshift hospital has been set up inside the Belgrade Arena to cater for an increase in patients\n\nSerbia has seen a dramatic rise in cases and authorities have announced a state of emergency in several towns and cities.\n\nOpponents accuse the president of lifting the lockdown far too early, in May, allowing football matches with spectators and few limitations on movement ahead of elections on 21 June that Mr Vucic's party won by a landslide.\n\nCritics also accuse the government of not giving the true number of deaths during the initial weeks of the pandemic. Serbian authorities say there have been 341 deaths and 17,076 cases. Some 300 new infections are being reported daily.\n\nSome restrictions were brought back last week in areas where the virus is most prevalent. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic was booed when she visited Novi Pazar, one of the cities worst hit by the new outbreak.\n\nThe protests against a fresh curfew began with a mixture of locals, including students and members of the \"Don't let Belgrade drown\" citizen movement, which described the gathering as spontaneous. Many of them observed social distancing although not everyone wore masks.\n\nScuffles broke out between police and protesters later in the evening and shortly after 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT), a large group entered the assembly building, reportedly involving ultra-nationalists and anti-vaccine campaigner Srdjan Nogo. Crowds could be heard chanting \"Serbia has risen\".\n\nMany of the protesters outside parliament wore masks, but not everyone\n\nAfter about 15 minutes, police managed to clear the assembly building, but clashes continued outside. Rocks were thrown, police used tear gas and protesters set police cars alight.\n\nAuthorities said 43 police were among those wounded. Rights groups called for an investigation after video showed protesters being kicked and beaten by police with truncheons.\n\nSmall-scale protests are common in Belgrade. An atomised political opposition, and more recently an election boycott, means disgruntled citizens have to take to the streets to make their voices heard.\n\nBut the protests don't normally feature police swinging batons and firing tear gas while protesters hurl stones and set light to police vehicles. The scenes reflect a sour mood in Serbia's capital triggered by Mr Vucic's warning of a weekend lockdown.\n\nProtesters hurled rocks at police as the clashes erupted\n\nSome protesters expressed anger at the government's rapid removal of restrictions to allow last month's parliamentary election to go ahead. Tens of thousands attended football matches and nightclubs reopened, signalling that normal life had resumed. The SNS gained the massive majority they wanted, but the Covid-19 infection rate has been rising ever since.\n\nAuthorities have placed barricades around the National Assembly to prevent a repeat on Wednesday evening.\n\nPresident Vucic on Wednesday described the attack on parliament as an illegal, aggressive protest that had more to do with extreme right-wing politics than Covid-19. He said another 11 people had died of the virus in the past 24 hours.\n\n\"There are no free beds in our hospitals,\" he warned, having said the day before that hospitals in Nis, Novi Pazar, Zemun and other cities were filling up fast.\n\nIn a separate development, neighbouring Romania said on Wednesday that it had seen a record number of 555 cases in the past 24 hours. Romania has had more than 30,000 infections but only once, in April, has it seen more than 500 cases in a day.", "The government is keenly aware that younger workers are more exposed to the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn some of the hardest hit sectors - retail, hospitality and leisure, a third of the workforce is aged between 16 and 24.\n\nIt is also fertile ground for young people to start their own businesses.\n\nHowever, its's also one of the sectors of the economy least likely to bounce back quickly, which is why the Chancellor will announce plans on Wednesday to find new jobs to replace the old ones young people typically filled.\n\nA £2bn \"kickstarter\" jobs fund will see the government pay for the first 25 hours - at minimum wage - for six months, for companies taking on young workers claiming universal credit.\n\nIt's estimated that this could translate into the support of more than 300,000 new jobs.\n\nThat may help offset the 500,000 job losses that the British hospitality industry is predicting in that sector alone this year, unless there is further support.\n\nPossible measures could include extending the government's wage support scheme that is due to start wearing off from 1 August, before being withdrawn completely at the end of October. But that is thought to be unlikely.\n\nThe government may listen to pressure from industry groups, calling for targeted VAT cuts to boost confidence and profit margins in crippled sectors.\n\nWhat seems certain is that the government focus will shift tomorrow, from a mode of \"protect and survive\" for the jobs of the past, to one of trying to create the jobs of the future.", "Rishi Sunak presented his summer statement in the Commons on Wednesday\n\nThe Welsh Government will get an extra £500m as a result of the chancellor's summer statement, the UK government has said.\n\nRishi Sunak announced measures to help hospitality, tourism and young people in the Commons on Wednesday.\n\nMeasures include cuts to VAT and discounts for eating out.\n\nBut the Welsh Government said the announcement did not pull the \"levers needed to support\" the recovery from coronavirus.\n\nThe UK government says it has provided Welsh ministers, who run many of Wales' public services including the NHS, with a total of £2.8bn during the pandemic.\n\nBoth measures will apply in Wales, as will a £2bn 'kickstart' scheme to create more jobs for young people.\n\nThe decision to give employers £1,000 per staff member they take back from the furlough scheme is also UK-wide.\n\nBut a temporary stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of all property sales applies to England and Northern Ireland. In Wales stamp duty is devolved.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said through the crisis the UK government has \"supported hundreds of thousands of people in Wales, putting in place one of the largest and most comprehensive economic responses in the world\".\n\nThe measures led to calls from the UK government for ministers in Cardiff to go further in relaxing lockdown.\n\nUK government Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said: \"The opportunities we are creating and the new routes into employment are great news for young people in Wales, while VAT cut for tourism and hospitality will be a huge boost for that sector.\n\n\"It is now absolutely essential that Wales' world-class tourism and hospitality industry can properly open for business.\"\n\nCurrently no date is set for pubs, cafes and restaurants to reopen indoors in Wales, although plans are for them to use outdoor spaces from 13 July.\n\nOutdoor attractions have been allowed to reopen with the lifting of travel restrictions last Monday, and self-contained accommodation is also expected to open from 13 July.\n\nA cut to the Welsh version of stamp duty has not been ruled out\n\nThe UK government announcement on stamp duty prompted requests for the same in Wales, where the charge is called land transaction tax (LTT).\n\nIt is not levied for properties sold in Wales worth £180,000 and lower.\n\nEstate agent Morris, Marshall and Poole with Norman Lloyd, said such a cut would \"stimulate the local market\", while the Home Builders Federation said cutting LTT would \"increase industry confidence and encourage investment\".\n\nWales' finance minister Rebecca Evans did not rule out matching the stamp duty holiday, saying she would consider the implications of the announcements over the \"next day or so\".\n\nMs Evans said it was \"really surprising that the chancellor had very little to say today about public services, health, social care\" and local government, calling for more cash to \"reopen healthcare more widely\".\n\nShe added the youth employment scheme looked \"very much indeed\" like the Welsh Government's part-EU funded Jobs Growth Welsh scheme, which she said had helped 20,000 into employment since 2012.\n\nThe 'kickstart' fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and 24, who are at risk of long-term unemployment, while Jobs Growth Wales offers firms subsidies for six-month job opportunities.\n\nMs Evans denied that the restaurant discount would put more pressure on the Welsh Government to reopen indoor hospitality. \"I think what we really want to see is the evidence which tells us that it is safe to increase the opportunities for those hospitality businesses to open,\" she added.\n\nRebecca Evans has called for more flexibility in how the Welsh Government spends money\n\nThe UK government said the summer statement confirmed \"an additional £500m of Covid-19 funding for the Welsh Government through the Barnett formula\".\n\nThe Welsh Government has seen its budgets rise since the Covid-19 crisis began - the UK government said it has now provided £2.8bn extra cash.\n\nUnder the Barnett system, public spending in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland increases or decreases according to how spending in England rises or falls.\n\nWelsh public services are mostly funded by UK governments grants, with a small amount of revenue from Welsh Government taxation in Wales added on.\n\nThe last Welsh Government supplementary budget in May for coronavirus said ministers in Cardiff were spending £22bn in 2020/21.\n\nPlaid Cymru said the UK government had not learned the lessons from the start of the coronavirus crisis, and did not announce any measures to support the next stage of the pandemic, such as local lockdowns.\n\nBrexit Party Senedd leader Mark Reckless welcomed the chancellor's statement: \"We would encourage Welsh Government to cut stamp duty here too, but there is not much point while they still ban most property viewings. It's time for a UK wide approach.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said it is awaiting \"full clarity on what this announcement means for Wales but we do know that it did not pull the macro levers needed to support the recovery\".\n\n\"It ignored the joint calls from devolved nations to ease the rigid fiscal rules that limit our response and made only a passing reference to public services\".\n\nWelsh Finance Minister Rebecca Evans, together with counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland, has called for the rules to be loosened so devolved governments can borrow more.", "Record numbers of nurses, midwives and nursing associates have registered in the UK, figures show.\n\nBy the end of March, there were 716,600 nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.\n\nDespite this the NMC is worried coronavirus will hit the ability to recruit and retain overseas staff.\n\nThe rise is driven by those joining and staying from the UK and from countries outside of Europe.\n\nThere has been a significant increase in those from the Philippines and India in particular.\n\nBut those coming from Europe have dropped by 5% to just over 31,000.\n\nThe NMC report includes the results of a survey of more than 6,000 people asking why they had left the profession.\n\nThe main reason given was too much pressure leading to stress and poor mental health. This was before the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe NMC also revealed more than 14,000 had joined the temporary register set up to boost numbers during the pandemic. This includes staff who have come out of retirement to help out.\n\nNMC chief executive Andrea Sutcliffe said: \"It's great to celebrate record numbers of people on the register.\"\n\nBut she predicted there would be \"stormy waters ahead\".\n\n\"As a result of the pandemic and subsequent travel restrictions, we may no longer be able to rely on the flow of professionals joining our register from overseas in the same way.\"", "Head teachers in England say GCSEs and A-levels will have to be slimmed down for next year's exams, because of the teaching time lost in the lockdown.\n\nA grassroots group of more than 5,000 heads is warning it is \"neither realistic nor workable\" to catch up in full by next summer.\n\nThey are calling for reduced content or to have some \"open book\" exams where students can use text books.\n\nThe exam watchdog Ofqual has suggested removing some practical parts of exams.\n\nWest Sussex head teacher Jules White is the organiser of the Worth Less? campaign group, which originally formed over school funding shortages.\n\nThe network of heads is now raising concerns about trying to run next year's exams with few changes, when many pupils have been out of school for so long and when there is the risk of more disruption from local lockdowns.\n\nThey are also calling for more support for pupils' mental health when they return to school in the autumn.\n\n\"The government must strike a much better balance to maintain standards whilst looking after children's mental health,\" said Mr White, head of Tanbridge House School in Horsham.\n\n\"The idea that pupils will simply 'catch up' on months of lost learning is neither realistic nor workable.\"\n\nHe also said it would be \"highly undesirable\" if the lack of time to complete courses meant \"reducing grade boundaries so low as to become meaningless\".\n\n\"Content for content's sake achieves nothing. Surely it is best that students leave Year 11 with deep knowledge and understanding for the next step in their education,\" said Clive Sentance, head teacher of Alcester Grammar School in Warwickshire.\n\nLast week the Department for Education's guidance for the return to school in the autumn said pupils would be expected to carry on with all the GCSEs and A-levels they had planned.\n\nThe exams regulator Ofqual said there would not be any reduction in the number of exams and suggested only a few changes, such as removing geography field trips or science practicals.\n\nAdditionally, to allow more teaching time, next year's exams are expected to take place later in the summer.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, described the changes as \"little more than tinkering at the edges\".\n\nHe warned that young people had \"lost a huge chunk of face-to-face teaching time\" and said the \"very minor changes\" proposed by Ofqual failed to \"recognise the enormous pressure on schools and their pupils\".\n\nMr White's group of heads, representing schools in 78 local authorities, is calling for a significant reduction in next year's exams, to reduce pressure on schools and stress on students.\n\nAs well as reducing the course content for GCSE and A-level, they also suggest using open-book exams for some subjects, where candidates would have access to text books or other notes during the exam.\n\nOfqual is running a consultation on any changes to next year's exams and says final decisions will be announced in August.", "As we reported earlier, VP Mike Pence has been holding a press briefing, where he confirmed the US has passed 3 million cases of the virus.\n\nHe's downplayed a threat from President Trump over schools reopening, saying the White House would be \"very respectful\" of states and communities who decide they can't fully open their schools.\n\n\"We're here to help,\" Mr Pence - a former governor of Indiana - told reporters.\n\n\"We don't want federal guidance to be a substitute for state and local laws and rules and guidance. We're here to assist with the shared objective, which I think is shared by every parent in America, which is we want to get our kids back. We want to get them back in the classroom.\"\n\nHis tone was markedly different to that of President Trump, who earlier today threatened to cut off funding to schools that don't open in the autumn. He also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidelines for reopening schools were \"very tough and expensive\".\n\nSchools in the US normally begin the year in either August or early September.\n\nThe CDC's guidelines suggest pupils and staff all wear face coverings and stay at home if necessary. They also suggest schools should implement staggered timetables and socially distanced seating arrangements, and close communal spaces.\n\nHowever Mr Pence said the agency would be issuing new guidelines soon.\n\nThe US has the highest number of infections, and the highest death toll, in the world.", "\"I don't think there will be an industry to go back to,\" says Kiri Pritchard-McLean\n\nComedy clubs have called for a slice of the government's £1.5bn emergency arts funding, with a warning that hundreds face closure within the next year.\n\nComedy was not mentioned when the government announced its bailout package for the arts on Sunday.\n\nHalf of the clubs that took part in a Live Comedy Association survey said they would definitely face permanent closure without financial support.\n\nChair Brid Kirby said small venues were \"the bedrock of the entire industry\".\n\nShe told BBC News: \"All of the household names will have started in those clubs. The risk of those clubs disappearing therefore poses a risk that we could lose a whole new generation of voices from the industry.\"\n\nThe association surveyed more than 660 people working in comedy, from venue owners and stand-up performers to producers and publicists, about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It found:\n\nThere are 600 comedy clubs in the UK, according to the association. Kirby said: \"We need live comedy to be included in the distribution of this £1.57bn.\n\n\"The concern currently is that as we have had a longstanding history of being overlooked as an art form [for funding], we're really worried at not seeing comedy listed in the press release and not being able to get any clarity on whether we will be included once the details are announced.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How comedians went online to survive lockdown\n\nKirby has met officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), who told her there was no reason comedy would be actively excluded but that they were waiting for guidelines, she said.\n\nA DCMS spokesperson told BBC News: \"This week we announced the biggest ever one-off investment in UK culture to help the industry through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations and venues across a range of sectors and detailed eligibility criteria will be set out in the coming weeks.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, comedian Shazia Mirza said small clubs were vital for all performers who go on to play bigger venues or star on TV.\n\n\"We've been ignored because no money is being pumped into these small clubs,\" she said.\n\nMark Watson said Britain's live comedy scene is \"the best and most vibrant in the world\"\n\nFellow stand-up Kiri Pritchard-McLean warned: \"I don't think there will be an industry to go back to. The people giving this money don't understand how the industry works, least of all comedy.\n\n\"We have one of the best comedy circuits in the world because we have so many brilliant comedy clubs, which means you can gig several times a night and get really great at what you do.\n\n\"If those institutions aren't being helped... then it disappears and we stop being world leaders in this.\"\n\nIn a statement, comic Mark Watson said the British live comedy scene was \"the best and most vibrant in the world\" and \"produces work on a fraction of the budgets enjoyed by theatre, opera, or anything else\".\n\nHe added: \"Any rescue plan for the performing arts needs to include it.\"\n\nThe government has said the grants and loans would be available to \"the performing arts and theatres, heritage, historic palaces, museums, galleries, live music and independent cinema\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The ambulance crew was on a call at a property in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton\n\nA man has been charged with wounding two paramedics who were stabbed during a call-out to his home.\n\nMichael Hipgrave and Deena Evans, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, were hurt at a property Wolverhampton on Monday after being called to check on the welfare of a man.\n\nMartyn Smith, 52, of Stephens Close, is charged with two counts of wounding with intent.\n\nMr Smith was remanded in custody and will appear at the city's crown court on 5 August.\n\nMr Hipgrave was discharged from Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Monday night and is recovering at home after surgery for cuts to his back.\n\nMs Evans remains at the hospital where she is receiving further treatment for a knife wound to her chest and remains in a stable condition.\n\nOn Tuesday, an ambulance service spokesman said both staff members were \"recovering well\".\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The 13-year-old was hit on the pavement in Old Road\n\nA 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being hit by a car as he walked along the pavement.\n\nThe driver and passenger of the Jaguar failed to stop following the crash in Wigan at about 16:30 BST on Tuesday, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe boy is thought to have been walking along Old Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield when the car hit him and then a wall.\n\nA 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.\n\nHe remains in custody for questioning, said a GMP spokesperson.\n\nA nearby wall was damaged after it was struck by the car\n\nThe 13-year-old sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition.\n\nOld Road was closed for about six hours while police investigated but has since reopened.\n\n\"We are very much keeping an open mind and would make a direct plea to anyone who may have been involved, or has the slightest bit of information, to do the moral thing and come forward,\" he said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook's \"vexing and heartbreaking\" decisions are causing significant setbacks for civil rights, an audit commissioned by the company says.\n\nThe two-year-long review says its actions have left many activists \"disheartened, frustrated and angry\".\n\nFacebook has already said it will make some - but not all - of the changes called for in the 100-page report.\n\nThe official number of advertisers boycotting Facebook over its civil-rights policy is now at nearly 1,000.\n\nFacebook commissioned the review in May 2018, a month after founder Mark Zuckerberg faced intense questioning at a congressional hearing.\n\n\"With each success, the auditors became more hopeful that Facebook would develop a more coherent and positive plan of action that demonstrated, in word and deed, the company's commitment to civil rights,\" it says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boycott wants Facebook to do more about hate speech and misinformation\n\n\"Unfortunately, in our view Facebook's approach to civil rights remains too reactive and piecemeal.\n\n\"Many in the civil rights community have become disheartened, frustrated and angry after years of engagement where they implored the company to do more to advance equality and fight discrimination, while also safeguarding free expression.\"\n\nBut the audit report also praises Facebook for progress in some areas, such as its improved consultations with rights groups.\n\nFacebook said the report was \"the beginning of the journey, not the end\".\n\n\"What has become increasingly clear is that we have a long way to go,\" it said.\n\n\"As hard as it has been to have our shortcomings exposed by experts, it has undoubtedly been a really important process for our company.\"\n\nThe auditors also referenced Facebook's decision to allow a controversial post from US President Donald Trump to remain on the platform.\n\n\"When it means that powerful politicians do not have to abide by the same rules that everyone else does, a hierarchy of speech is created that privileges certain voices over less powerful voices,\" the report says.\n\n\"This report outlines a number of positive and consequential steps that the company has taken but at this point in history, the auditors are concerned that those gains could be obscured by the vexing and heartbreaking decisions Facebook has made that represent significant setbacks for civil rights,\" it adds.\n\nChief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the audit had already had a \"profound effect\" on the company and Facebook had already acted on many of its recommendations.\n\n\"While we won't be making every change they call for, we will put more of their proposals into practice soon,\" she said.\n\nShe also noted that two years ago, the company could not have predicted the audit would be published at a time of a major advertising boycott of Facebook.\n\nOrganisers of the boycott said a meeting with Facebook's senior management this week, including Ms Sandberg and Mr Zuckerberg, had been \"disappointing\".\n\n\"It was abundantly clear in our meeting today that Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook team is not yet ready to address the vitriolic hate on their platform,\" the Stop hate for Profit group said, adding the company would not respond directly to the demands of the boycott.\n\nAnd it accused Mr Zuckerberg of offering \"the same old defence\" society had \"heard too many times before\".\n\n\"Facebook wants us to accept the same old rhetoric, repackaged as a fresh response,\" it said.\n\nColor of Change president Rashad Robinson also said the meeting \"was a disappointment\".\n\nFacebook's Sheryl Sandberg said there is still much more to do\n\nThis audit is grim reading for Facebook.\n\nWhat makes it so significant is the report looks at whether Facebook itself is driving people towards extremism.\n\n\"Facebook should do everything in its power to prevent its tools and algorithms from driving people toward self-reinforcing echo chambers of extremism,\" it says.\n\nAnd that is not just a criticism there is nasty stuff on the platform.\n\nIt is criticism the platform itself may drive hate.\n\nFailure to act can have dangerous and life-threatening real-world consequences, the report says.\n\nAnd it will add momentum to the Facebook ads boycott that had gone a bit quiet over the past few days.\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged Facebook's much-lauded oversight board will not now launch until late-autumn. The board will be an independent body that can decide what kind of content can and cannot be on Facebook - with the power to overrule the company's own decisions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oversight Board This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen asked, the Oversight Board Administration said the tweet did not necessarily mean the start date would be after the US Presidential election on 3 November.\n\n\"There has been no change to the oversight board's timing for becoming fully operational, and we expect it to begin its work in the coming months,\" it told the BBC.\n\n\"No effort is being made to avoid any particular event, and the board aims to begin its work as early as possible. No exact date can be set yet as the technical and operational systems are still being set up.\"", "FBI Director Christopher Wray, pictured in February, described a wide-ranging campaign by the Chinese government to disrupt US life\n\nThe director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government pose the \"greatest long-term threat\" to the future of the US.\n\nSpeaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, Christopher Wray described a multi-pronged disruption campaign.\n\nHe said China had begun targeting Chinese nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and was working to compromise US coronavirus research.\n\n\"The stakes could not be higher,\" Mr Wray said.\n\n\"China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world's only superpower by any means necessary,\" he added.\n\nIn a nearly hour-long speech on Tuesday, the FBI director outlined a stark picture of Chinese interference, a far-reaching campaign of economic espionage, data and monetary theft and illegal political activities, using bribery and blackmail to influence US policy.\n\n\"We've now reached a point where the FBI is now opening a new China-related counterintelligence case every 10 hours,\" Mr Wray said. \"Of the nearly 5,000 active counterintelligence cases currently under way across the country, almost half are related to China.\"\n\nThe FBI director mentioned a programme called \"Fox Hunt\", which he said President Xi Jinping had \"spearheaded\" and he said was geared at Chinese nationals living abroad seen as threats to the Chinese government.\n\n\"We're talking about political rivals, dissidents, and critics seeking to expose China's extensive human rights violations,\" he said. \"The Chinese government wants to force them to return to China, and China's tactics to accomplish that are shocking.\"\n\nHe continued: \"When it couldn't locate one Fox Hunt target, the Chinese government sent an emissary to visit the target's family here in the United States. The message they said to pass on? The target had two options: return to China promptly, or commit suicide.\"\n\nThe programme was originally begun in 2015 to target people accused of corruption and has reportedly led to the capture of thousands of fugitives.\n\nHowever, reports of extraordinary rendition of political opponents by Beijing have multiplied in recent years, starting with Gui Minhai, one of a group of Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared in 2015 and resurfaced in Chinese custody. Unlike the others, Mr Gui disappeared abroad - in Thailand - rather than from Hong Kong itself.\n\nChina is fast becoming a new kind of threat to the West, not so much because of its growing military capabilities - though that is a factor - but because in economic and technical terms it is already a peer competitor of the United States, and a peer competitor in a very different kind of world.\n\nNineteenth Century great powers competed more or less on equal terms but operated in a far less integrated international system. In the second half of the 20th Century, the Soviet Union was a peer military competitor of the United States, but with a relatively weak economy largely isolated from the wider international system.\n\nChina, however, has huge and growing economic muscle. It shares much of the same economic space with the West and its dominance of crucial supply chains - think medical PPE for example - only enhances its power.\n\nThe level of integration of today's globalised world and the importance of data and information only act as force multipliers for Beijing's overt and covert global reach.\n\nIn the unusual address, Mr Wray asked Chinese-born people living in the US to contact the FBI if Chinese officials target them seeking their return.\n\nThe Chinese government has defended this programme in the past, saying it is part of a legitimate anti-corruption effort.\n\nThe threat posed by China will be further addressed by the US attorney general and secretary of state in coming weeks, Mr Wray said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liu Xiaoming: China is not the enemy of the US\n\nThe address comes amid heightened tensions between the US and China.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has been highly critical of China amid the coronavirus outbreak, repeatedly blaming the country for the global pandemic. In another move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the administration was looking at banning Chinese apps - including the hugely popular TikTok.\n\nThe apps \"serve as appendages of the Chinese Communist Party's surveillance state\", he said.", "The Chancellor has said his package of measures aimed at limiting the economic impact of coronavirus are \"absolutely vital\" for Scotland.\n\nRishi Sunak said many rural areas of Scotland would particularly benefit from a cut to VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector.\n\nAnd he said Scotland would now receive a total of £4.6bn in additional Barnett funding from the UK government.\n\nThe figure had been put at £3.8bn by the UK government before his statement.\n\nThe Scottish government welcomed parts of Mr Sunak's announcement, but accused him of showing a lack of ambition by not introducing the £80bn stimulus package it had called for.\n\nMany of the measures unveiled by Mr Sunak will apply in Scotland, including the \"job retention bonus\" that will pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for at least three months when the furlough scheme ends in October.\n\nVAT on food, accommodation and attractions will be cut across the UK from 20% to 5% from next Wednesday.\n\nThe cut will apply to eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites, attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.\n\nMr Sunak also unveiled a scheme to give 50% off to people dining out across the UK in August.\n\nAnd he announced a £2bn \"kickstart\" scheme to help create more jobs for young people which will cover Scotland, England and Wales.\n\nThe chancellor's speech, as expected, was all about jobs with billions of pounds to stem looming unemployment.\n\nFor a Conservative government these are big spending interventions, perhaps more natural territory for Labour or the SNP.\n\nIt's certainly no easy balancing act for a relatively new chancellor. He wants to give people hope but he certainly isn't sugar-coating it.\n\nDespite calls to extend the furlough scheme, it was a no. An admission some jobs will never come back, shifting the focus on getting employers to hire people who have been furloughed through bonuses.\n\nThe chancellor was also keen to flash his unionist credentials early on. The UK government will be aware of a series of polls suggesting support for independence growing during the pandemic.\n\nSo the chancellor stressed the \"special bond\" of the union and the support people in devolved nations received.\n\nHowever, his announcement of a temporary stamp duty holiday in England to stimulate the property market will not apply in Scotland unless the Scottish government matches the move through its equivalent Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.\n\nThe Chancellor told the Commons that the UK government remained \"absolutely committed\" to its goal of \"levelling up in every part of the country\".\n\nHe added: \"I am pleased to tell the House that the sum total of Barnett funding for Scotland as a result of all the interventions through this crisis now totals £4.6bn, which is going to support similar measures in Scotland as we are providing elsewhere.\n\n\"The measures I announced today - the jobs retention bonus for furloughed employees, the Kickstart scheme, the VAT cut, the eat out to help out discount - are all incredibly significant interventions and all of them benefit the entire United Kingdom.\"\n\nMr Sunak also stressed the importance of tourism to the Scottish economy, particularly in rural and coastal areas, and said that the VAT and eating out measures would be \"absolutely vital in driving the growth of Scotland going forward again\".\n\nHe added: \"Again, they are a reminder to everyone - we are stronger together, one United Kingdom\".\n\nThe UK government says measure it has previously introduced, such as the furlough scheme, have \"protected more than 620,000 jobs, thousands of businesses and paid £425m to self-employed people\" in Scotland.\n\nKate Forbes says she needs additional borrowing powers to help Scotland's economic recovery from the pandemic\n\nThe Scottish government had called on the Chancellor to show \"greater ambition in the level of investment in our economy\" by introducing an £80bn stimulus package.\n\nIts finance secretary, Kate Forbes, said that Mr Sunak's commitment to economic recovery \"appears to be less than half of that with no apparent increase in capital infrastructure\".\n\nShe added: \"We called for an £80bn stimulus package to build a strong, green and inclusive economic recovery and while there are elements in this announcement to be welcomed, in particular the measures on VAT for tourism and hospitality, overall this package is a huge opportunity missed.\n\n\"It falls well short of delivering what is needed to boost the economy and protect jobs.\n\n\"There is no new capital spend, no extension to the furlough scheme for hard-hit sectors and no further support for households in financial difficulty. A half-price meal out does not help those struggling to put food on the table.\"\n\nMs Forbes made a request to be allowed to borrow £500m this year and to be given the flexibility to reallocate any unused capital funding on day-to-day spending in a letter to the Treasury two weeks ago.\n\nShe has argued that the \"relatively limited\" changes would \"ease some of the immense pressures on our budget\" caused by the coronavirus crisis.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said at the time that he would consider the request - but there was no mention of it in the Chancellor's statement.", "Last updated on .From the section Tottenham\n\nTottenham midfielder Eric Dier has been given a four-match ban and fined £40,000 for climbing over seats to confront a fan after a match in March.\n\nThe incident happened after Spurs were knocked out of the FA Cup at home by Norwich.\n\nThe Football Association ban rules the 26-year-old out of all but one of Tottenham's remaining Premier League fixtures.\n\nDier has also been warned about his future conduct by the FA.\n\nA statement said: \"The Tottenham player admitted that his actions at the conclusion of a fixture against Norwich City in the FA Cup were improper but denied that they were also threatening.\n\n\"An independent regulatory commission subsequently found Eric Dier's actions to be threatening.\"\n\nThe incident occurred on 4 March in the fifth-round tie following a penalty shootout in which Dier scored, but Spurs eventually lost.\n\nSpeaking at the time, Spurs manager Jose Mourinho said a fan had insulted Dier after the game.\n\nFollowing the announcement the Portuguese boss refused to comment on the ban to avoid \"getting into trouble\" but did confirm that the club would not be appealing.\n\n\"If you appeal you have other risks. At least let's start next season without a suspension,\" Mourinho added.\n\n\"We all know how it works with the FA decisions. I don't think we will appeal.\"\n\nWhat happened and how did the FA come to its ruling?\n\nDier jumped over the pitchside barriers into the stand at the end of the game. He made a beeline for a fan and clambered over seats until he reached the top row of seats in front of the hospitality boxes.\n\nAnother video shows him being restrained by fans and security, while shouting \"he's my brother\". He is then led away by security with his arm around a fan.\n\nThe fan later said in a statement to the police, who took no action following an investigation, that he had \"been an idiot\".\n\nDier, who has 40 England caps, argued during the hearing that his actions did not deserve a football ban as he just wanted to \"protect\" his brother Patrick who he believed was \"in trouble\", but the panel disagreed.\n\nIn a written statement, the independent regulatory panel outlined a number of aggravating factors:\n• None The stand was heavily populated by spectators.\n• None Dier travelled an appreciable distance for a not insignificant period of time trying to reach the spectator - it was a determined and sustained attempt to get to the spectator.\n• None He pursued the spectator after he had desisted and moved away.\n• None He pursued the spectator when he knew he posed no threat to his brother.\n• None Dier's actions caused some pushing and shoving in the stands\n• None Dier's actions resulted in a melee at the entrance of exit 103.\n• None He is a high-profile footballer, whose conduct was witnessed by many within the ground and countless others more widely.\n• None Alex Brooker explores what it really means to be disabled in the UK", "The Joint Biosecurity Centre is being asked to develop new ways to respond to coronavirus outbreaks\n\nThe government's new Joint Biosecurity Centre is to take a more prominent role in coordinating the response to Covid-19, the BBC understands.\n\nThe JBC will be asked to develop novel ways to quickly identify and contain potential outbreaks.\n\nThe government's scientific advisory group, Sage, will meet less often and its sub-groups will feed into departments.\n\nBut some fear there may be insufficient expertise in the JBC for the job.\n\nA spokesman said a slimmed-down Sage would focus on longer-term concerns, such as the impact of winter.\n\n\"Sage will continue to provide a single consensus view of scientific advice at the heart of government decision-making, to inform the national strategic response to the coronavirus epidemic.\n\n\"As we move into the next phase of the coronavirus response, the JBC will complement the work of Sage, providing more operational focus including data analysis and epidemiological expertise, with the aim of ensuring that outbreaks of coronavirus are detected and brought under control quickly.\"\n\nThe JBC was formed in May to help the UK's chief medical officers set the threat levels in each of the four nations.\n\nThe centre, part of the NHS test-and-trace service, brings together epidemiologists and analysts from national and local government, and universities, to provide real-time analysis of outbreaks and develop interventions to stamp them out.\n\nNew ways of identifying a brewing outbreak before it takes hold could include:\n\nBut privately some scientists are expressing concern that, given how important the JBC will be to the public's wellbeing, little is known about how it will operate, and the quality and experience of its personnel.\n\nFormer government chief scientific adviser Prof Sir David King said the operations of the new body were a mystery.\n\nHe also questioned whether the JBC had the in-house expertise to undertake the type of analysis that was necessary to identify potential surges in infection, expressing publicly what other experts said off the record.\n\n\"Are the JBC scientists going to be willing to be cross-examined by the media, or is it a body feeding information behind the scenes to ministers?\n\n\"If it is the latter, then how will government regain the trust of the public?\"\n\nHow the JBC will operate and interact with bodies such as Public Health England (PHE) is still being worked out. Many government advisers, such as Prof Sir Roy Anderson of Imperial College, London, believe transparency is essential for its success.\n\n\"As with Sage, it will be important that the workings of the new centre are open to scrutiny by independent experts,\" he told BBC News.\n\nMany on Sage are delighted that JBC will be taking responsibility for monitoring the spread of Covid-19.\n\nThomas House, of Manchester University, is among those who have been working for no payment during the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"Sage is very much designed for emergencies, so the current model isn't sustainable.\n\n\"I'm working on my n-th last-minute request to do complex analysis of messy data at short notice just now, and it's an exhausting way to work.\"\n\nBut he added that there should be more openness.\n\n\"The exact way JBC will work is still to be determined, and it's a good thing that the BBC is prompting discussion and scrutiny of what the public might want from such a body.\"", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come under criticism for his response to coronavirus, most recently for attending an anti-lockdown rally where he was seen coughing without covering his mouth.\n\nThe BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson looks at how Bolsonaro has responded to the virus in Brazil.", "Public Health Wales, supported by the Army, spent two hours swabbing everyone at Claremont Court Care Home in Newport\n\nCare homes have been \"badly let down\" during the coronavirus pandemic and the Welsh Government has been too slow to respond, a report has said.\n\nThe Senedd's health committee described Wales' testing policy in care homes at the start of the outbreak as \"flawed\".\n\nIt said it took \"too long\" to start \"appropriate testing measures\". Care homes account for 28% of Wales' 2,438 coronavirus deaths.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it did not accept residents had been let down.\n\n\"The Senedd's health committee has focused on testing, which is just one part of our response,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We have provided a wide range of support, including extra nursing staff where necessary and free PPE [personal protective equipment] for care homes across Wales.\"\n\nHow well Wales coped with the pandemic, including whether there was adequate PPE and effective testing policies was explored by the cross-party committee.\n\nThe crisis \"exposed serious weaknesses that existed in many areas\", its report said.\n\nHowever, it added: \"A second wave does not have to be inevitable if the lessons of the last few months are properly learned and fully applied.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nearly one-fifth of residents at Tregwilym Lodge died in the space of a month\n\nEarly in the outbreak, 1,097 patients were discharged from hospitals to care homes without being tested for Covid-19.\n\nCare home residents with symptoms, and those being discharged from hospital, were not routinely tested until 29 April.\n\nOn 16 May it was announced that all residents and staff, regardless of whether they had symptoms, could be tested.\n\nThe committee points out this was \"considerably later than both England (28 April) and Scotland (1 May)\" took the same decision.\n\nWales' initial approach was \"flawed, and... it was subsequently too slow in responding to the mounting crisis\", the report adds.\n\nIt said: \"We are deeply troubled by the number of Covid-related deaths in care homes. Care homes look after some of our oldest and most vulnerable members of society.\n\n\"They deserve to be protected in the event of a national health emergency, yet they have been badly let down during this crisis.\"\n\nParkside House Residential Home in Penarth says it has kept the virus at bay\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething has said policies are based on scientific advice - and there was no evidence that discharging people from hospitals to care homes without tests led to more deaths.\n\nBut the report said decisions to reverse the original testing policy, later than happened in England and Scotland, came \"at great cost to the social care sector\".\n\nThe report also said there was a lack of PPE at the start of the outbreak and it was \"extremely concerning\" Wales has - at times - come within days of running out.\n\nOther concerns included the fact vulnerable people who were asked to shield from the disease did not always get clear information and the UK-wide decision to abandon contact tracing early in the crisis was \"devastating\".\n\nIt said the Welsh Government should now make sure it has an \"efficient and effectively functioning contact tracing system\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said its approach had been \"rooted in scientific evidence with the sole objective of saving lives, regardless of where people live\".\n\n\"Everyone working in social care has worked tirelessly to protect some of the most vulnerable people in Wales,\" he added.\n\n\"We will continue to work with the sector to identify and provide any additional support it needs to respond to the virus.\"\n\nCare Forum Wales, which represents the industry, said some of its members felt under pressure to admit hospital patients who had not been tested.\n\nChairman Mario Kreft said: \"This report is essentially confirming what we knew already and what Care Forum Wales has been saying for months that essentially care homes, their residents and staff inadvertently became collateral damage in a drive to protect the NHS from being overrun.\"", "Nicole Pavier says an eating disorder still \"plagues\" her life. A former England gymnast, she says she was weighed every day during her career.\n\nPavier, 24, told BBC Sport how she developed bulimia when she was 14 and that she retired three years later after becoming \"a shell of a person\".\n\nShe is one of several gymnasts to speak to BBC Sport about what they called a \"culture of fear\" within the \"mentally and emotionally abusive\" sport of gymnastics.\n\nBritish Gymnastics has announced an independent review will take place following allegations of mistreatment from a number of athletes in recent days.\n\n\"It is clear that gymnasts did not feel they could raise their concerns to British Gymnastics and it is vital that an independent review helps us better understand why so we can remove any barriers as quickly as possible,\" said chief executive Jane Allen.\n\nPavier said she became \"terrified\" she would put on weight, and would find \"mechanisms\" to try to prevent her from doing so.\n\n\"Being an adult now, you really realise how much it has affected you, from the eating disorders, the chronic pain, waking up having nightmares every night, never feeling good enough,\" Pavier said.\n\n\"It has such a long-term implication.\"\n\nShe alleges gymnasts were weighed twice a day sometimes, and claims her coach, Claire Barbieri, would \"discuss people's weights in front of the whole group\" and display their weights on a whiteboard.\n\nBarbieri told BBC Sport she has \"never, to date, ever had any formal complaint raised against me by a gymnast\".\n\n\"I acknowledge that the regime for training elite gymnasts can at times be a tough one,\" she said in a statement. \"However, throughout my career I have followed British Gymnastics best practice and I continue to treat the welfare of the gymnasts I coach as my top priority.\"\n\nShe added: \"In line with standard practice at the time, the club had a system of weighing and measuring the elite gymnasts daily. Following advice from the GB medical team this was reduced to twice a week.\n\n\"I am fully aware of the risks of eating disorders amongst gymnasts and ensured that professional advice was obtained and followed where potential issues had been flagged.\n\n\"Although a whiteboard was used initially, I acknowledged some gymnasts' concerns with this and changed the practice - introducing a system where the gymnasts had more privacy and kept their own records.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics' independent review will be conducted by Jane Mulcahy QC.\n\nAllen said: \"The behaviours we have heard about in recent days are completely contrary to our standards of safe coaching and have no place in our sport. The British Gymnastics integrity unit is set up to investigate all allegations when reported or identified by our national network of club and regional welfare officers.\n\n\"There is nothing more important for British Gymnastics than the welfare of our gymnasts at every level of our sport and we will continually strive to create a culture where people feel they can raise any concerns that they may have.\"\n\nPavier says she was 21 when she gained control of her eating disorder, but admits she is still \"picking up the pieces\".\n\n\"I still hate the way I look, I still feel like I'm overweight, I still wake up and don't want to eat breakfast some days or won't eat anything,\" she says.\n\n\"There is no day where I'll wake up and look in the mirror and be happy with what I see.\"\n\nAthletes 'sat on and made to sit in cupboards'\n\nBBC Sport also heard testimonies from several other gymnasts - at all levels of the sport, who had several different coaches and trained at several different clubs - as well as some parents.\n\nFrom their testimonies, BBC Sport has learned how some gymnasts were allegedly:\n• None Made to sit in store cupboards if they cried or refused to perform a skill in training;\n• None Hit by one coach on the legs with a wooden stick;\n• None Sat on if they were not fully on the ground while performing the splits.\n\nIt was claimed one coach made their gymnasts do three hours of conditioning after seeing some of them eating chips.\n\nAnother coach is said to have made theirs line up and watch as they ordered cleaners to search through bins to find discarded snack wrappers.\n\nOther gymnasts also said they trained through injuries. A parent told BBC Sport her daughter broke her wrist during training. As soon as her daughter was out of a splint, she says she was made to use the wrist in moves, once causing her so much pain she vomited.\n\nOne gymnast says she broke a rib in training but chose not tell her coach, with the injury eventually causing a punctured lung that prevented her competing and training for a year.\n\nMany of the gymnasts BBC Sport spoke to say they still suffer psychological effects, including anxiety and depression, for which some remain on medication and others are receiving therapy.\n\nOne says she continues to have night terrors, years after retiring, while a parent told of young gymnasts she knew of whose hair had fallen out because of the stress they felt.\n\nCoaches would frequently \"scream\" at gymnasts and their parents, with one parent saying they had been \"groomed\" as well as their children, who they knew would be \"punished\" if training methods were not accepted.\n\nMany of the athletes spoken to said they would not want any children they may have in the future to do gymnastics.\n\nBritish Gymnastics declined to comment on any individual cases but told BBC Sport in a statement: \"British Gymnastics condemns any behaviour which is harmful to the wellbeing of our gymnasts. Such behaviours are completely contrary to our standards of safe coaching.\n\n\"Our integrity unit investigates all allegations reported to us or identified by our national network of club welfare officers and takes disciplinary action to prevent recurrence.\n\n\"We have worked particularly hard in recent years to ensure that our athlete and coaching culture is transparent, fair and inclusive.\n\n\"British Gymnastics is reaching out to any gymnast, either current or past, that has concerns around specific incidents or behaviours and encourages them to contact our integrity unit.\"\n\n'We want to show support'\n\nLast week, British former gymnast Jennifer Pinches, who competed at the London 2012 Olympics, reached out to fellow gymnasts on social media.\n\n\"We wanted to come together and just show our support for anyone that has been mistreated,\" the 26-year-old told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It's about gymnasts and a support network coming together.\n\n\"Unfortunately, certain types of behaviour have become a bit normalised in gymnastics, unacceptable behaviour - and it's not just Britain, it's across the world.\n\n\"There's a better way, we know that, so we want to take a stand against any kind of damaging behaviour and support those who have experienced mistreatment. We want a safe happy and healthy environment for gymnasts.\"", "TikTok has deleted a collection of videos found by the BBC to be using a \"sickening\" anti-Semitic song that gained more than 6.5 million views.\n\nThe song surfaced on the app on Sunday and includes the lyrics: \"We're going on a trip to a place called Auschwitz, it's shower time.\"\n\nThe first video to use the song showed a giant robot scorpion with a swastika attacking and killing people.\n\nTikTok's algorithm ensured that video alone got more than six million views.\n\nOther videos that made further use of the song accounted for the additional half a million views.\n\nAuschwitz was a Nazi death camp in a German-annexed part of Poland where more than a million people died during World War Two, many of them in gas chambers after being told they were going to take a communal shower.\n\nNearly 100 users chose the song for their own videos. One showed a character from the computer game Roblox that looks like Hitler.\n\nThe first video that sparked the viral meme gained hundreds of thousands of likes\n\nAnother used a clip of a shooter game where people are killed by green gas canisters.\n\nOther videos used imagery from films or television documentaries about the Holocaust.\n\nOne video used a Hitler lookalike character from the video game Roblox\n\nThe collection of videos attracted the large audience in less than three days before they were removed.\n\n\"It was incredibly distressing to watch this sickening TikTok video aimed at children, showing a swastika-bearing robot grabbing and incinerating Jews, as the music poked fun at Jewish men, women and children being killed with poison gas at Auschwitz,\" said Stephen Silverman, director of investigations and enforcement for the Campaign Against Antisemitism.\n\n\"TikTok has a particular obligation to tackle this content fast because it specialises in delivering viral videos to children and young adults when they are most impressionable, and yet our research has shown that TikTok has become one of the fastest vectors for transmission of memes mocking the Holocaust.\"\n\nSome of the videos used gaming clips with the song\n\nTikTok took about eight hours to remove all the offending videos.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Keeping our users safe is a top priority for TikTok, and our community guidelines make clear what is not acceptable on our platform.\n\n\"We do not tolerate any content that includes hate speech, and the sound in question, along with all associated videos, have now been removed. While we will not catch every instance of inappropriate content, we are continuously improving our technologies and policies to ensure TikTok remains a safe place for positive creative expression.'\"\n\nSome of the videos used clips from Holocaust movies and TV programmes\n\nSome experts believe TikTok needs to do more to check the content of videos before promoting them to a wider audience.\n\nMichael Priem, chief executive of Modern Impact said: \"TikTok is not revealing their algorithms or strategy behind content. But it's widely believed that it's similar to other commonly used models that collect data on our content consumption and peers influenced network.\n\n\"As specific videos gain momentum the algorithm then promotes them more widely across the platform. Hence the users intuitively asking each other to 'help this go viral'. The problems rest then on the content filtering.\"\n\nThe user who posted the original video that started the meme appears to be a young teenager from the UK. He did not respond to requests for comment and his account was still live at the time of writing. He wrote on his profile that he had gained 12,000 new followers after posting the video.\n\nA very similar version of the video was uploaded to YouTube in 2015. It was posted on a small channel and gained 67,000 views in the nearly five years it was live. YouTube removed it after being contacted by the BBC.\n\nIt is not clear where the song originated, but the imagery is from a computer game called Besiege that allows players to create custom siege weapons.", "A vote will take place on Thursday to determine whether offensive words will be banned\n\nLeaders of the Scrabble tournament community in North America are voting on whether to ban the use of racial and homophobic slurs.\n\nThe vote will decide whether the words will be removed from the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) list of accepted words.\n\nThe NASPA manages competitive Scrabble tournaments and clubs in North America.\n\nThe decision is due after weeks of anti-racism protests in the US and around the world.\n\nHasbro, owner of the rights to Scrabble in North America, told The New York Times on Tuesday that the NASPA had \"agreed to remove all slurs from their word list for Scrabble tournament play, which is managed solely by NASPA and available only to members.\"\n\nHasbro has not allowed slurs in its dictionary since 1994. However the association has still permitted them.\n\nThe NASPA advisory board is set to vote on Thursday. The removal of the words from its vocabulary list could affect online versions of the game. The association licenses its list of words to software developers, according to Mashable.\n\nNASPA Chief Executive John Chew told the BBC: \"The vote is at this point a necessary formality, and we will be removing all offensive words from our lexicon. We will be reviewing our candidate list of 236 such words carefully to make sure that they all need to be deleted, which may take an additional week or two after the decision.\"\n\nAddressing members in a letter, Mr Chew said: \"When we play a slur, we are declaring that our desire to score points in a word game is of more value to us than the slur's broader function as a way to oppress a group of people.\n\n\"I don't think that this is the time for us to be contributing divisively to the world's problems.\n\nHe told Reuters news agency that he was worried people were put off from joining the association due to offensive language in the association's dictionary.\n\nAbout 1,000 people took part in the association's poll on whether to remove the words, he said.\n\nThe survey asked respondents whether they wanted the \"N-word\", or all slurs, or all offensive words removed from the association's vocabulary.\n\nMr Chew said members were split over removing the \"N-word\" and the public were in favour of its removal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDaniel Tunnard plays competitive Scrabble in Spanish and has written a novel about the game, Escapes. He told the BBC that there are some words in the English language that are so offensive and so inflammatory that it's understandable for players to question whether they should be using them in a game.\n\n\"There are hundreds of thousands of words valid for play in Scrabble, we're not going to miss some 80 words that might cause offence.\n\n\"Slurs account for something like 0.0004% of the word list, it isn't going to make a tremendous difference. And new, non-offensive words are being added all the time, like OK, which got lots of press last year. There is no shortage of words.\"\n\nHe added: \"Of course, there will inevitably be a situation if slurs are banned where a world championship final hinges on one player's inability to play a now-banned word. That's bound to happen.\"", "The chancellor's summer statement will mean an extra £39m in public spending for Northern Ireland, Finance Minister Conor Murphy has said.\n\nHe said other recent announcements, such as support for the arts, would add a further £116m to Stormont budgets.\n\nHe also welcomed moves such as a hospitality VAT cut but said the overall package did not go far enough.\n\n\"The measures are not ambitious enough to spur economic recovery,\" Mr Murphy said.\n\n\"Covid-19 will continue to have a dramatic impact on our economy for some time to come.\n\n\"What is needed is a comprehensive stimulus package.\"\n\nMr Murphy was responding to a range of measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to boost the hospitality and tourism industries.\n\nThe measures announced on Wednesday include a six-month cut in VAT from 20% to 5% for the hospitality and tourism sectors.\n\nHospitality Ulster said the announcement was \"a welcome boost\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier, Mr Murphy urged the government to ease \"rigid fiscal rules\" in NI.\n\nThe chancellor did not respond to that in his statement to the House of Commons, but outlined a number of other measures, including:\n\nThe package is designed to help prevent mass unemployment and help the economy, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHospitality and tourism have been particularly affected due to a huge decline in air travel and the introduction of social-distancing rules.\n\nHospitality Ulster said the move comes at a time many in the industry were \"fearful for their future\" but will help to \"paint a brighter picture\".\n\nBill Wolsey, whose portfolio includes Belfast's Merchant and Bullitt hotels and the Dirty Onion bar, welcomed the news.\n\n\"We have just had a 10% increase from breweries and food prices have gone up, so the cut in VAT will help us keep prices as they are,\" he said.\n\n\"The whole industry is doing their very best to make sure they don't make redundancies.\"\n\nAn end to NI's \"antiquated licensing laws\" would also boost \"an industry on its knees\", he added.\n\nThe hospitality industry in Northern Ireland has pursued a long campaign for a VAT cut.\n\nThis was mainly about bringing the sector into line with competitors in the Republic of Ireland who have been paying VAT at a much lower rate.\n\nNow the industry has its wish, but not in circumstances it could have ever imagined.\n\nRestaurants, pubs and other businesses face a huge battle for sustainable trading in an era of social distancing.\n\nThe VAT cut will allow them to fund price promotions in an attempt to get people through the doors.\n\nOr alternatively many will simply pocket in the VAT saving in an attempt to keep their businesses above water.\n\nColin Johnston, general manager of the Galgorm Resort, described the new measures as \"pretty much a game changer\".\n\nHoward Hastings, managing director of Hastings Hotels, said they would \"go a long way in helping the local economy recover\".\n\nDetails of how the package will be paid for - through borrowing and possible tax rises - are likely to be unveiled in the chancellor's autumn budget.\n\nMr Sunak also announced a temporary stamp duty holiday in Northern Ireland and England to stimulate the property market.\n\nThis would exempt the first £500,000 of all property sales from the tax.\n\nThe Westminster announcement comes as a Stormont committee heard the money generated by tourism in Northern Ireland is likely to drop from £1bn last year to £400m in 2020.\n\nJanice Gault, of the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation, said in the medium term the sector hoped to \"get the GB market back\".\n\nBut she said international visitor numbers were likely to be low over the summer.\n\n\"For us, we see the really difficult time of trading is going to be from September through to next March.\"\n\nJoanne Stuart, of the Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance, told the committee businesses believed it would take at least two to three years to recover from lockdown.\n\nShe said it was \"critical to the survival of businesses over the winter period\" that they can maximise the rest of this year's season.\n\n\"What we now need to see is communication from our political leaders to encourage people to stay local and support local businesses this year,\" she said.\n\nEarlier, Mr Murphy, along with his Scottish and Welsh counterparts Kate Forbes and Rebecca Evans, made a call for greater financial flexibility ahead of the chancellor's statement.\n\nThey said it would help them respond better to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThey want assurances that will give them the freedom to switch capital funding to day-to-day revenue.\n\nMr Murphy, along with Kate Forbes and Rebecca Evans, made the call ahead of the Chancellor's summer statement\n\nThe ministers also called for an end to the arbitrary limits on borrowing and more clarity on details around the forthcoming spending review.\n\nMr Murphy said it was \"crucial\" that devolved administrations were \"equipped to respond swiftly and effectively to the challenges arising from Covid-19\".\n\n\"More financial flexibility can help us deal with these challenges and use our budgets to support public services, protect the vulnerable, and deliver an economic recovery,\" he said.", "California and Texas each reported more than 10,000 new daily cases on Tuesday\n\nMore than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOver 131,000 deaths have been reported, and on Tuesday the US broke its record for most new cases reported in one day.\n\nDespite the rise, the White House wants to press forward on some reopenings, including for schools.\n\nUS Vice-President Mike Pence, who leads the White House Coronavirus Taskforce, argued rules should not be \"too tough\".\n\nCases were flattening out, he said, while President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that America was \"in a good place\" regarding the pandemic.\n\nOver 60,000 new cases were reported Tuesday, shattering the previous highest tally of 55,220 new cases on 2 July.\n\nThe latest figures came as the states of California and Texas each reported more than 10,000 new daily cases.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci, an infectious disease expert and adviser to the White House on the coronavirus, said the country was still \"knee-deep\" in only its first coronavirus wave.\n\nSpeaking to reporters at the US Department of Education on Wednesday, Mr Pence defended the Trump administration's response to the pandemic.\n\n\"While we mourn with those who mourn, because of what the American people have done, because of the extraordinary work of our healthcare workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady,\" he said after lowering his face mask.\n\nHe added that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will issue new guidelines on reopening schools after Mr Trump criticised a plan put forward by the expert body as \"very tough and expensive\" and threatened to cut off funding to schools that don't open in the autumn.\n\n\"The president said today we just don't want the guidance to be too tough,\" Mr Pence said. \"That's the reason why, next week, CDC is going to be issuing a new set of tools, five different documents that will be giving even more clarity on the guidance going forward.\"\n\nSchools in the US normally begin for the year in either August or early September.\n\nThe CDC's guidelines suggest pupils and staff all wear face coverings and stay at home if necessary. They also suggest schools should implement staggered timetables and socially distanced seating arrangements, and close communal spaces.\n\nIn Oklahoma, health officials in the city of Tulsa said President Trump's campaign rally there last month and the protests that took place at the same time \"likely contributed\" to a spike in cases locally, the Associated Press reported.\n\n\"In the past few days, we've seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots,\" Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr Bruce Dart said. The Trump campaign has not yet commented.\n\nMeanwhile, two prestigious universities in the US are taking legal action against the government over an immigration rule they say will force international students to leave the country.\n\nUnder the rule, introduced by the Trump administration, foreign students would be barred from staying in the country if their colleges don't hold in-person classes this autumn. Much university teaching is shifting online during the pandemic.\n\nHarvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - two of the highest-ranking universities in the world - have now asked a federal court to block the rule.\n\nHarvard President Lawrence Bacow said in an email to the Harvard community: \"We will pursue this case vigorously so that our international students - and international students at institutions across the country - can continue their studies without the threat of deportation.\"\n\nIn other US virus-related news:", "Care homes could face a staffing \"black hole\" because of the impact of the government's immigration bill, care leaders have warned.\n\nThe Cavendish Coalition - which represents UK health and social care groups - says it is gravely concerned.\n\nThe current proposals would not allow enough overseas workers to be recruited, it has warned.\n\nThe government said immigration is \"not the answer to the challenges in the social care sector\".\n\nLeaders of 37 national care organisations, including the NHS Confederation, have signed the letter to the prime minister.\n\nThey say the proposed post-Brexit bill could have a damaging effect on care homes and other social care services, especially as the nation heads towards winter - which could bring further challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Immigration Bill, which has been given initial approval by MPs, repeals EU freedom of movement and introduces a new framework for who can come to live in the UK.\n\nThe legislation will put EU and European Economic Area (EEA) citizens on an equal footing to immigrants from outside the bloc.\n\nIt also paves the way for the government to introduce a new points-based system.\n\nBut the Cavendish Coalition said this points-based system currently does not include social care as the roles do not pass the proposed minimum salary threshold and \"are not classed as a shortage occupation\".\n\nOne in six workers in the sector is a foreign national and earn on average between £16,400 and £18,400 in England, says the coalition. But from next January, under the new bill, foreign workers will have to be on a minimum of £25,000 to be allowed in to the UK.\n\nDanny Mortimer, co-convenor of the Cavendish Coalition and chief executive of NHS Employers, said: \"If adult social care wasn't in a precarious position before coronavirus, it certainly is now.\"\n\nHe said one in five health and care workers have said that they are likely to leave their roles after the pandemic, adding that was \"pretty worrying\" given that the sector had 122,000 vacancies in England alone.\n\nThe coalition is calling on the government to come up with a \"transitional solution\" to \"navigate the gap\" between the new immigration system and a longer term plan and funding settlement for social care.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"The Migration Advisory Committee has been very clear in its assertion that immigration is not the answer to the challenges in the social care sector.\n\n\"As we implement the new immigration system, we want employers to focus on investing in our domestic work force.\n\n\"Additionally, the EU Settlement Scheme means that all EU and EAA citizens, and their family members, currently working in social care can stay in the UK and we are encouraging them to do so.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\nTwo-time world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin has died while spearfishing in his native Australia, local officials have confirmed.\n\nPullin, 32, was found unresponsive off a beach on Queensland's Gold Coast on Wednesday.\n\nHe was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be revived, authorities said.\n\nNicknamed \"Chumpy\", Pullin was Australia's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.\n\nA Queensland Ambulance spokesman said: \"The man was spearfishing off Palm Beach. He was brought to shore by bystanders where he was treated by local lifesavers and paramedics.\"\n\nA snorkeler had spotted Pullin unconscious underwater on an artificial reef, local media said.\n\nLifeguards brought him to shore and called paramedics about 10:30 local time (00:30 GMT).\n\nA police official told Australia's Channel 9 News that Pullin appeared to have been diving alone.\n\n\"He didn't have an oxygen mask, we understand he was free diving and spearfishing out on the reef,\" Officer Chris Tritton said.\n\nThe athlete had previously shared pictures online of himself spearfishing, swimming and surfing.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by alexchumpypullin This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe sport's Australian top body, Snow Australia, said it was \"shocked and saddened\" by Pullin's death.\n\n\"Alex was a beloved member of the Snow Australia community and he will be dearly missed,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"An incredible athlete, beloved teammate and role model, you will be sorely missed,\" the Australian Olympic Team, which Pullin had been part of three times, said.\n\nThe chief executive of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, Geoff Lipshut, described the athlete as \"one of our great winter sports pioneers\". He told Reuters news agency that Pullin had retired from snowboarding last month but had not announced the decision before his death.\n\nPullin was the flagbearer for Australia at the 2014 Games\n\nOther athletes and commentators have also paid tribute, with many describing him as a kind and generous person.\n\n\"The world will miss such a talented human and a double world champion without ego and without selfishness who is everyone's best mate,\" wrote former Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury.\n\nPullin, who grew up in the town of Mansfield, Victoria, first learned to snowboard when he was eight years old, going on to win world championship titles in 2011 and 2013.\n\nHe also represented Australia in snowboard cross at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Olympics.", "Amadou Gon Coulibaly had just returned from heart treatment in France\n\nIvory Coast's PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting.\n\nThe 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party's candidate for October's presidential election, after Alassane Ouattara said he would not seek a third term in office.\n\nMr Gon Coulibaly had only just returned from France where he had received two-months' heart treatment.\n\nPresident Ouattara said the country was in mourning.\n\nHe said Mr Gon Coulibaly had become unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was taken to hospital where he later died.\n\n\"I pay tribute to my younger brother, my son, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was for 30 years my closest partner,\" the president said. \"I salute the memory of a statesman of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland.\"\n\nHe had received a heart transplant in 2012 and had travelled to Paris on 2 May for the insertion of a stent.\n\nHe returned last Thursday saying: \"I am back to take my place by the side of the president, to continue the task of developing and building our country.\"\n\nMr Gon Coulibaly was among the favourites to win the presidential election.\n\nAn article in Le Monde on Monday quoted one foreign observer as saying: \"If Gon Coulibaly were unfit, Ouattara would have no choice but to run as a candidate because there is no plan B.\n\n\"This matter has so far remained taboo because the president has clearly shown his willingness to leave and indicated who his choice was to succeed him.\"\n\nMr Ouattara's decision in March not to run stunned the country.\n\nAt the time, the BBC's James Copnall wrote from the main city, Abidjan, that there was praise from politicians as Mr Ouattara broke the normal mould for the region of trying to remain in power.\n\nEven then it was clear that Mr Gon Coulibaly would be backed as the successor candidate.\n• None PhD in economics and worked for IMF\n• None Sworn in as president on 6 May 2011 after years in opposition\n\nMr Ouattara's supporters say he has brought economic growth, stability and a renewed standing for Ivory Coast on the international stage.\n\nBut opposition politicians - and many Ivorians - say that the president has not done enough to bring the nation together, and heal the wounds of the bitter conflict that divided Ivory Coast and then brought him to power.\n\nAround 3,000 people are thought to have died in the war sparked by candidate Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to accept he had lost the 2010 elections to Mr Ouattara, before troops loyal to the current president arrested Mr Gbagbo in April 2011.\n\nThe long-running political disputes between him, Mr Ouattara and another former president, Henri Konan Bédié, have been disastrous for Ivory Coast.", "Johnny Depp arriving at the High Court in London on Wednesday morning\n\nJohnny Depp has denied he slapped ex-wife Amber Heard after she laughed at one of his tattoos, as he appeared at a hearing at London's High Court.\n\nHe accused Ms Heard of \"building a dossier\" against him after the court heard she wrote an email describing him as a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde character.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun newspaper over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\".\n\nThe Sun has defended the accuracy of its story.\n\nIt had referred to \"overwhelming evidence\" that Mr Depp attacked Ms Heard, 34, during their relationship - which he strenuously denies.\n\nMr Depp is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor Dan Wootton over the article, published in 2018.\n\nMs Heard claims that Mr Depp first hit her in early 2013 - one of 14 separate allegations of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, which are being relied on by NGN in their defence.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing, NGN's lawyer Sasha Wass QC began by asking Mr Depp about an alleged incident in March 2013 involving one of his tattoos which reads \"Wino Forever\".\n\nIt had originally said \"Winona Forever\" in reference to his relationship with actress Winona Ryder, but he had changed it when they split in 1993.\n\nMs Wass said Ms Heard - who was also in court - had made a joke out of the tattoo at a time when he was drinking heavily after about 160 days of sobriety.\n\nMs Wass said the actor then slapped his ex-wife across the face, a total of three times. He denied this.\n\nThe barrister then put it to Mr Depp that he \"broke down\" after coming to his senses and realising what he had done, to which he said: \"I didn't hit Ms Heard.\"\n\nThe High Court also heard details of the email Ms Heard wrote to the actor - but never sent - saying he lived \"in a world of enablers\".\n\nIt it, she said: \"It's like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Half of you, I love. Madly. The other half scares me.\"\n\nShe wrote that she knew she was \"dealing with the monster\" when he had been drinking.\n\nIn response, Mr Depp, 57, said the \"dossier\" was being built up from early on \"that appears to be an insurance policy for later\".\n\nHe agreed he would describe the allegation he was a serial domestic abuser as a \"hoax\", adding the claims were \"patently untrue\".\n\nAmber Heard was also at the High Court in London for the second day of the case\n\nThe court heard about another alleged incident that month when Ms Heard claims Mr Depp hit her several times after an argument about a painting by her ex-partner, Tasya van Ree, which was hanging in her Los Angeles home.\n\nMs Wass read out part of Mr Depp's witness statement in which he said he had asked Ms Heard to remove the painting \"as a courtesy\" to him.\n\nHe said she hadn't taken it down it but denied allegations put to him by Ms Wass that he tried to remove the painting and to set fire to it, saying each time they were \"not true\".\n\nMr Depp was asked whether he would describe himself as jealous. He responded: \"I am, yes. I can be jealous.\"\n\nMs Wass asked Mr Depp about an alleged incident on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles in May 2014.\n\nThe barrister put it to Mr Depp that he had been \"screaming obscenities\" at Ms Heard on the plane and brought up the subject of fellow actor James Franco - whom Mr Depp \"suspected\" was having an affair with his partner.\n\nMs Wass said Mr Depp threw ice cubes at Ms Heard, and was \"in a blind rage\", becoming so angry he slapped her across the face.\n\nMr Depp denied that happened, or that he called Ms Heard a \"slut\" and a \"whore\".\n\nThe barrister suggested the actor went to the toilet of the plane, where he passed out.\n\nMr Depp said in response: \"As Ms Heard was berating me, screaming at me and whatnot, as is her wont, she began to get physical.\"\n\nHe added that he then \"grabbed a pillow from the couch and slept on the bathroom floor\".\n\nMs Wass asked about an incident in which Ms Heard's dog \"had eaten some hash, some cannabis - quite a lot\".\n\nThe actor replied: \"The puppy got a hold of a little ball of hashish and just scooped it up before I could get to it.\"\n\nThe court has also heard about an alleged incident in which it is claimed Mr Depp held another of Ms Heard's dogs out of a car window, which he dismissed as \"utter falsity\".\n\nAmber Heard and Johnny Depp, pictured in 2015, were married for two years\n\nOn the first day of the libel case the court heard that Mr Depp denied being violent towards his ex-wife and accused Ms Heard of being violent towards him.\n\nNGN previously tried to have the case thrown out, but Mr Justice Nicol ruled last week the case could go ahead.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.", "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised both within the country and internationally for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nMore than 53,000 people have died and there are over 1.1m confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil.\n\nTwo health ministers have left over his strategy - the first was fired after publicly disagreeing with Mr Bolsonaro’s attitude. The second, Nelson Teich, quit after less than a month.\n\nHe did not see eye-to-eye with the president over his insistence on using the anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatment for the virus.", "The injured man was found in Seeley Drive\n\nA man has died in a stabbing in south London.\n\nPolice and paramedics were called to Seeley Drive, West Dulwich, where they found the man with stab injuries at about 18:30 BST.\n\nThe man, thought to be aged 18, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they were working to find his family.\n\nA murder investigation has been launched. No-one has been arrested and a crime scene remains in place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Diners will get a 50% discount off their restaurant bill during August under government plans to bolster the embattled hospitality sector.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the \"eat out to help out\" discount as part of a series of measures to restart the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe deal means people can get up to £10 off per head if they eat out from Monday to Wednesday.\n\nMr Sunak also said VAT on hospitality and tourism would drop to 5%.\n\nThe reduction, from 20%, will be in place for the next six months.\n\nAs he announced the discount, the chancellor said the UK was facing a \"unique moment\" because of Covid-19, adding: \"We need to be creative.\"\n\nPubs and restaurants reopened on Saturday after more than three months in lockdown, with safety measures in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nMr Sunak sought to reassure the public that it was safe to dine out. \"I know people are cautious about going out. But we wouldn't have lifted the restrictions if we didn't think we could do so, safely,\" he said.\n\nThe discount will not apply to alcohol, but to food and soft drinks up to £10 per person.\n\nThe Treasury said the 50% discount can be used unlimited times during August and applies to participating restaurants, cafés, and pubs across the UK.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by HM Treasury This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Sunak said the plan was aimed at getting \"customers back into restaurants, cafes and pubs\" and protecting \"the 1.8 million people who work in them\".\n\nHowever, the scheme prompted criticism from some who questioned subsidising meals out while British people continue to die from the coronavirus and many people are struggling financially.\n\nBusinesses that want to take part in the scheme will have to register through a website that opens on Monday 13 July.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"Each week in August, businesses can then claim the money back, with the funds in their bank account within five working days.\"\n\nHe added that the cut in VAT, from 20% to 5%, would apply to \"eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs; accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites [and] attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos\".\n\nThe lower tax rate will be implemented next Wednesday, 15 July, and will remain in place until 12 January 2021.\n\nCaroline Roylance, owner of The George pub at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, said she would be applying for the \"eat out to help out\" scheme.\n\nThe pub reopened on Wednesday after being closed since 23 March, when the coronavirus lockdown was implemented.\n\nPub-owner Caroline Roylance said the measures will help her business \"through the next few months\"\n\nShe said the discount and the VAT cut \"will help us make it through the next few months, because trade is unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels for some time\".\n\n\"Saying that, it's been surprisingly busy today, which is encouraging, but it's still not July busy,\" said Mrs Roylance. \"It's a start though.\"\n\nUK Hospitality, the trade body which represents the industry, \"warmly\" welcomed the moves, as well as Mr Sunak's plans to stem unemployment through schemes such as creating thousands of job placements for young people.\n\nHowever, UK Hospitality's chief executive, Kate Nicholls, said: \"This doesn't mean we are out of the woods and there are still significant challenges ahead.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the UK is facing a \"unique moment\"\n\n\"The biggest of these is the spectre of rent liabilities, which many businesses are still facing from their closure period. We are going to need government support on this before too long.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the exclusion of alcohol from the \"eat out to help out\" discount hit some pub groups' share prices.\n\nMitchells & Butler's share price jumped by 7.3% to 175p towards the end of Mr Sunak's statement, when he revealed the VAT cut for the hospitality and leisure industries, as well as the dining out discount.\n\nBut once it became clear it did not include alcohol, Mitchell & Butler's share price fell \"just as quickly as it spiked up\", said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK.\n\nMarston's share price also dropped 6.1% to 48.98p. JD Wetherspoon's share price fell 2% to 986p.", "Three major online retailers have dropped fast fashion brand Boohoo over allegations of low pay and unsafe conditions at a supplier's factories.\n\nNext dropped Boohoo clothes from its websites last week, while Asos and Zalando followed suit on Tuesday.\n\nThis follows a Sunday Times report claiming workers at a Leicester factory were paid £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus.\n\nBoohoo said if the reports were true, conditions were \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nThe company, which also owns the Nasty Gal and PrettyLittleThing brands, has denied any responsibility but said it would \"thoroughly investigate\" the claims.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"We will not hesitate to immediately terminate relationships with any supplier who is found not to be acting within both the letter and spirit of our supplier code of conduct.\"\n\nThe fast fashion retailer declined to comment on the moves made by Next, Asos and Zalando.\n\nBoohoo's shares fell a further 12% on Tuesday after a 16% slump the day before, following the publication of the allegations in the Sunday Times.\n\nBoohoo was already under fire after Labour Behind the Label, a workers' rights group, claimed that some employees at factories in Leicester that supply the fast fashion firm were \"being forced to come into work while sick with Covid-19\".\n\nAt the time Boohoo said it would \"not tolerate any incidence of non-compliance especially in relation to the treatment of workers within our supply chain\".\n\n\"Next concluded there is a case for Boohoo Group to answer,\" said a spokesman for the retailer.\n\n\"As a result, last week Next removed the Boohoo and Pretty Little Thing branded items it was selling previously, from all Next websites.\"\n\nThe company said it has set up its own investigation over the claims.\n\n\"Next is not pre-judging the outcome of this process and no final decision has been made, however, while there is a case to answer, these labels will remain suspended from all Next websites,\" the spokesman said.\n\nZalando, the Berlin-based online fashion store which had €6.4bn (£5.8bn) sales last year, said it \"has made the decision to delist all products by Boohoo Group and subsidiaries and pause all new business with Boohoo effective 7 July\".\n\nIt said the health and safety of workers has remained of utmost importance to the company. During the coronavirus crisis Zalando said it had introduced \"strict preventative measures to keep all employees safe while staying open for business\".\n\n\"We expect our partners to apply similar fundamental priorities and will distance ourselves from those who don't,\" the firm added.\n\nZalando said it will take action \"to address endemic human rights issues identified with Boohoo and in their supply chain\".\n\n\"Only once all corrective actions have been satisfactorily addressed by Boohoo, can a conversation be revisited to discuss the commercial relationship between Zalando and the Boohoo group moving forward.\"\n\nAsos, meanwhile, has temporarily suspended its trading relationship with all Boohoo brands.\n\nIt is understood the suspension will remain pending the outcome of Boohoo's investigation.", "\"No one will be left without hope.\"\n\nThat's quite the promise from the Chancellor at a time when fears are rising of a spike in unemployment.\n\nJobs have already been disappearing. As expected, therefore, Rishi Sunak's priority at the despatch box was to find ways to create new jobs, and to protect others.\n\nThe new Jobs Retention Bonus, a cash payment to employers who bring staff back from the taxpayer backed furlough scheme, was the big surprise - it is a significant and potentially very expensive way of trying to get people back to work.\n\nBosses who bring staff back to work after they have been at home on taxpayer funded wages will get £1,000 per employee if they are still on the payroll at the end of January.\n\nHypothetically, it could cost up to £9bn if everyone returns to work. That seems unlikely, and it is impossible to know what the take up will be, but it is another major intervention from this Conservative chancellor.\n\nHe's prepared to spend as much as £30bn by the time you include the other measures he confirmed - cuts to stamp duty, VAT in the hospitality sectors down to 5%, a scheme to create jobs for young people that might have a price tag of £2bn. Spending on infrastructure was accelerated too and don't forget an 'eat out to help out' scheme where customers will get discounts on their social life (although not including alcohol) courtesy of the Chancellor - insert pun here.\n\nDon't let excitement about a few cheap burgers (only Monday to Wednesday) distract you from what this is about.\n\nThe Chancellor has just outlined another hefty chunk of spending to try to prop up the economy, specifically to try to keep millions of people from joining the dole.\n\nMany of the measures run against traditional Tory instincts. And there isn't a whiff of how any of it will be paid for for at least another couple of months.\n\nBut that's against the background of the sharpest decline in the economy in generations, with the fortunes of what will actually happen next dependent on the progress of a deadly disease.\n\nThe opposition parties already suggest that the scale of what the government is proposing falls short of what will be required.\n\nRishi Sunak admitted in his statement \"our plan will not be the last - it is the next\", knowing full well that the profound economic impact of the coronavirus crisis is far from passed.", "The government is offering a carrot to businesses if they hang on to their workers.\n\n£1,000 for every worker who returns from furlough who is still employed at the end of January.\n\nThe government says it could cost up to £9bn – a pretty blunt calculation of 9 million furloughed workers multiplied by £1000.\n\nOf course it won’t be that simple.\n\nThe calculation facing business owners is more complicated.\n\nDo they want to start paying 5% of employee wage costs next month, then 14% in September and then over 20% in October – followed by three months of full wages to land a prize of £1,000 during the worst recession in living memory.\n\nA lot of that will be contingent on demand, which the chancellor has tried to stimulate in the worst-affected industries by cutting VAT and offering half-price early bird food, but it is surely wildly optimistic to think that employers will hang on for that long.\n\nWe also learned two other important things today.\n\nFirst, that any idea of extending the furlough scheme – as many have called for in some form - appears dead.\n\nSecond, the government and business are realising just how much they need each other.\n\nThese programmes are big and challenging to deliver.\n\nRishi Sunak said early on that today is not the last intervention but the next intervention.\n\nThe biggest question of all – the question that may determine the future of hundreds of thousands of workers - is whether he’s made his carrot big enough.", "Supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) must be guaranteed ahead of winter when the UK could face a second wave of coronavirus, say MPs.\n\nThe cross-party committee says it is not convinced there is a robust plan or \"sufficient urgency\" from government.\n\nIt comes after an official assessment of the supply and distribution of PPE in England between March and May highlighted shortcomings.\n\nNationally, PPE stocks never ran out, says the government.\n\nBut there were some shortages, including the supply of gowns.\n\nThe Commons Public Accounts Committee called on ministers to come forward with a detailed plan within two months, setting out how they intended to keep the NHS and the care sector fully supplied in future.\n\nThe business leader brought in by the government to sort out shortages of PPE, Lord Paul Deighton, recently told the BBC that supplies were now stable and had been secured for the rest of the year.\n\nSince the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, global demand for PPE has been at unprecedented levels.\n\nMuch of the PPE used in the UK is bought from overseas suppliers.\n\nAs of 5 July, the Department of Health and Social Care had distributed more than 2.2 billion items of PPE for use by health and social care services in England.\n\nThat compares with 2.43bn for the whole of 2019, pre-coronavirus.\n\nAlmost 28 billion items of PPE have been ordered overall from UK-based manufacturers and international partners to provide a continuous supply in the coming months.\n\nTemporary scrapping of VAT on PPE has been extended until the end of October to make it easier and cheaper for care homes, charities and businesses to acquire the vital kit.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"We do not accept these claims. We have been working around the clock to deliver PPE to the frontline throughout this global pandemic, working with industry, the NHS and the armed forces to create a distribution network to supply over 58,000 settings.\n\n\"We will continue to give the NHS whatever it needs and protect it for the future. We have written off £13.4bn of NHS hospital debt, recently announced another £1.5bn of capital investment, and we will deliver 50,000 more nurses by end of this Parliament.\"", "Bianca Williams won European and Commonwealth gold in the 4x100m relay in 2018\n\nThe Met has referred itself to the policing watchdog over the controversial stop-and-search of a British sprinter in west London.\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese 400m runner, were stopped in Maida Vale on Saturday.\n\nCommonwealth Games gold medallist Williams, 26, accused the Met of racially profiling her partner for driving a black Mercedes.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate.\n\nFootage of the stop and search has been shared widely on social media.\n\nIn a statement the Met said the decision to refer to the IOPC had been taken \"due to the complaint being recorded and the significant public interest\".\n\n\"Two reviews of the circumstances by the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards have not identified misconduct for any officer involved,\" the force added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the stop was shared widely on Twitter after being posted by former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who questioned why the vehicle had been targeted\n\nThe Met had said officers were patrolling the area in which Ms Williams was stopped because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nBut Ms Williams believes she and her partner were targeted because they are black and were driving a Mercedes.\n\n\"They [the officers] said there's a lot of youth violence and stabbings in the area and that the car looked very suspicious,\" she said on Monday.\n\n\"They see a black male driving a nice car, an all-black car, and they assume that he was involved in some sort of gang, drug, violence problem.\"\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan told the BBC he was \"pleased\" that the Met had referred the case as \"it's really important that Londoners have trust and confidence in the police and the way the police are policed\".\n\n\"There are concerns about the how the police behaved so it's right and proper that those concerns are looked into,\" he said.\n\nKen Marsh, chairman of the Met Police Federation, said it had been supporting officers involved in the incident and called on the IOPC to \"conclude their work in a fair and timely fashion\".\n\nHe added that \"a short clip of an incident widely shared on social media does not always tell the full operational policing story\".\n\nThe police watchdog is also investigating a video of a white officer from Cambridgeshire Police quizzing a black driver which was shot in Ely in 2015 and was shared on Facebook in June as Black Lives Matter protests took place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Attractions could, but might not, pass the VAT cut on to ticket prices\n\nA reduction in VAT might not cut the price of a family trip to the rollercoasters, but venues hope it may give their sector less of a rocky ride.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a temporary drop in the sales tax from 20% to 5% for attractions, meals and accommodation.\n\nA family ticket to the zoo of £144 could, in theory, become £18 cheaper.\n\nBut experts predict many businesses will not cut prices, instead using the money to save their ailing businesses.\n\nThe chancellor said the VAT rate on food, non-alcoholic drink, accommodation and attractions in the UK would be cut to 5% between 15 July and 12 January.\n\nIn theory, the rate change could mean a couple buying a pub meal costing £45 without alcohol would save £5.62, while a £54.50 one-night stay at a hotel in a family room would see a saving of £6.81, according to accountants Deloitte.\n\nIn practice, venues may decide to keep prices the same, but keep the extra money they would have sent to the tax authority. Providers will not refund those who have booked and paid for accommodation later in the summer, because the rate is for when the sale was made.\n\nMany of these businesses find themselves on the brink, given they were closed for months during lockdown, and the Treasury believes that the choice should remain with these operators, rather than the government, on whether to pass on savings.\n\nMinisters may hope to get somewhere close to the reaction of a VAT cut in 2008, when eight in 10 firms said they passed it on, although that was a much more wide-ranging policy.\n\nThis latest cut marks a move towards more targeted support for the worst-hit sectors of the economy.\n\nKate Nicholls, chief executive of trade body UK Hospitality, said: \"This [VAT change] doesn't mean we are out of the woods and there are still significant challenges ahead.\"\n\nThe biggest of these was the rent payments that many of these businesses still needed to pay, despite not having any income for weeks.\n\nThe policy will mean many businesses in the hospitality sector will be operating on three different rates of the sales tax.\n\nAlcohol will see a 20% VAT rate, there is a 0% VAT rate on cold takeaway food, and everything else will now see a temporary 5% rate.\n\nThis would add an extra administrative burden for the sector, said Alison Horner, from accountants MHA MacIntyre Hudson.\n\nThere is concern, too, about the timing of the latest cut.\n\nAlthough the summer holidays mean many families will be free to visit attractions, they still may be nervous in doing so.\n\nThey may be worried about coronavirus. They may not fancy the idea of booking days, or possibly weeks, in advance, as venues have reduced their capacity. They might not like the potential of having to queue at a social distance.\n\nIf the venues themselves could not increase the number of customers owing to virus restrictions, then the VAT would just be a giveaway not targeted at those who were struggling, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.\n\nTax specialist Chas Roy-Chowdhury argued that the chancellor could have delayed any VAT cuts until a vaccine was found and people returned to some kind of normality.\n\nThis would give the UK economy some significant \"momentum\" at that time, he said, rather than a watered-down version now.\n\nOthers, including many venues, would argue that without any stimulus now, many of these restaurants, cinemas or attractions simply would not survive until then.", "The 2020 Ryder Cup has been postponed for a year because the coronavirus pandemic means the event cannot be staged safely with spectators present.\n\nThe match between the United States and Europe was due to be held at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin on 25-27 September.\n\nBut the biennial event has now been rescheduled for 24-26 September 2021.\n\n\"The spectators make it a unique and compelling event and playing without them was not a realistic option,\" said PGA of America chief Seth Waugh.\n\n\"It became clear that our medical experts and the public authorities in Wisconsin could not give us certainty that conducting an event responsibly with thousands of spectators in September would be possible.\n\n\"Given that uncertainty, we knew rescheduling was the right call.\"\n\nProfessional men's golf in the US has resumed behind closed doors but players have said the Ryder Cup should not go ahead without fans.\n\nThe women's Solheim Cup is scheduled to take place from 4-6 September, 2021 in Ohio and LPGA commissioner Mike Whan has told BBC Sport that the Ryder Cup decision does not affect their plans.\n\nThe European Tour announced that the qualification process for the European team has been frozen until the beginning of 2021.\n\nAnd the next Ryder Cup to be held in Europe has been pushed back a year with Rome now set to host the event in 2023.\n\n'The crowd atmosphere would have missed'\n\nEurope captain Padraig Harrington said it was a \"relief\" that organisers decided to postpone the competition.\n\n\"For me, it was very messy behind the scenes,\" the 48-year-old Irishman said.\n\n\"The decision was based on health and safety, but trying to get organised behind the scenes, it was going to be incredibly difficult to pull a team together that was fair and representative, and all the complications that go with it.\n\n\"For example, what happens if a player gets Covid? What happens if there's a cluster? Do players have to quarantine?\"\n\nHarrington also said that if the Ryder Cup went ahead without fans then it would have lost part of its character.\n\n\"The team atmosphere the crowd generate, that would've been missed,\" the three-time major winner added. \"When you win in a tournament it's very exciting, but you don't get the same experience as you would at the Ryder Cup.\n\n\"I've seen over the years, the amount of players that come out of their shell in terms of their personality because of the crowds and that would be missed.\"\n\nIn 2018 Europe regained the trophy with a 17½-10½ win over USA in the 42nd edition of the biennial competition.\n\nMeanwhile, there has been a knock-on effect from the rescheduling with next September's Presidents Cup - between the US and a Rest of the World team - at Quail Hollow also now postponed for a year.\n\nThe Wells Fargo Championship will be played at its traditional venue at Quail Hollow in 2021 and at TPC Potomac in 2022, during Presidents Cup year.\n\nThis year's PGA Tour in the US has played four events behind closed doors following the shutdown enforced by coronavirus, despite a handful of positive tests, while the European Tour will resume on 22 July with the first of six successive UK events.\n\nThe number of daily coronavirus cases is rising again in the US with fears it could reach 100,000 per day.\n\nOnly three of the four annual men's majors are scheduled to take place in 2020 - all of them in the United States - after the Open Championship, due to be played from 15-18 July at Royal St George's in Kent, was cancelled.\n\nThe rearranged USPGA Championship is now set to be the first major of the year but that will be held behind closed doors in San Francisco from 6-9 August.\n\nThe US Open is to be played at Winged Foot in New York State from 17-20 September, with the Masters following from 12-15 November at Augusta National.\n\nIt was clear there were two different camps: those who know the financial difficulties of navigating this period without holding an event that is their biggest cash cow, and the players.\n\nThese golfers had no interest in generating roars and cheers that would only be heard in living rooms. They need to hear them for themselves - that is what makes the Ryder Cup such an attractive proposition for them.\n\nAnd it was that view that ultimately held sway. The players are everything and their views are the ones that played the biggest part in the decision to postpone until 2021.\n\nSo we will wait another year. Hopefully former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn's fears are unfounded, although there is plenty to suggest he makes a worryingly worthwhile point over whether it will be possible to have fans at the match in 2021.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams said she had \"never had to experience anything like this\", after being stopped by police in her car in London.\n\nWilliams, 26, and her partner Ricardo dos Santos have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.\n\n\"It's a really sad world that we live in and if it's not one black man, it's another black man,\" a tearful Williams said on BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nWilliams said she and Dos Santos - who had their three-month-old son in the car - are considering legal action.\n\nShe added: \"It was just weird that we were treated that way and what hurt me the most was me being dragged away from my son.\"\n\nWilliams and Portuguese 400m record holder Dos Santos, 25, fear they were targeted because they are black and drive a Mercedes.\n• None When can police stop and search you?\n\nPolice say the vehicle had been on the wrong side of the road and the driver sped off when asked to stop.\n\nOfficers were patrolling in the Maida Vale area because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nA police statement said: \"Officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards have reviewed both footage from social media, and the body-worn video of the officers, and are satisfied that there is no concern around the officers' conduct.\"\n\nHowever, Williams - who says she has been left \"really shaken\" by the incident - insists \"at no point did we drive on the wrong side of the road or speed off\".\n\n\"We didn't want to get out of the car because of how their behaviour was, they had batons ready and it is very scary, you worry about your life when the police are acting that way, we had a baby in the car,\" the European and Commonwealth relay gold medallist said.\n\n\"My partner got dragged out of the car, they handcuffed him straight away and pinned him up against the wall... I didn't want to be separated from my three-month-old son and they then put me in handcuffs straight away too.\n\n\"It's just nasty and the police were talking to him [Ricardo] as if he was scum, as if his life didn't matter.\n\n\"The police always say to him you look like someone we're looking for, how can you afford a £60,000 car, you look very suspicious.\"\n\nDos Santos and Williams say police handcuffed them while their son was in the car and carried out a search that lasted 45 minutes.\n\nVideo of the incident showed them protesting that they had done nothing wrong and Williams screaming \"my son is in the car\".\n\nDos Santos, who plans to meet lawyers on Monday, said he had been stopped by police as many as 15 times since they changed their car to a Mercedes in November 2017.\n\nOn Monday, British Athletics released a statement about the incident, saying: \"We are aware of the hugely distressing footage of Bianca Williams and her partner being handcuffed by the police outside their home yesterday.\n\n\"Our staff have been in touch with her and will be on hand for any support required.\"\n\nThe police statement said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday, officers from the Territorial Support Group \"witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out windows that was driving suspiciously, including driving on the wrong side of the road\".\n\nThe statement added: \"They indicated for it to stop but it failed to do so and made off at speed. The officers caught up with the vehicle when it stopped on Lanhill Road. The driver initially refused to get out of the car.\"\n\nThey searched Williams and Dos Santos, and the vehicle. Nothing was found and no arrests were made.\n\nThe incident was first raised on social media by their coach, 1992 Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who accused the police of abusing their power and institutionalised racism.\n\nWilliams, the fifth-fastest British woman in history over 200m, and Dos Santos said a written report given to them by police did not mention driving on the wrong side of the road, and that where they stopped is a single car-width road.\n\nWhen can the police stop and search you?\n\nIn most cases in England and Wales, police can only stop and search you (or your vehicle) if they have \"reasonable grounds\" that you might be carrying:\n• None Something that could be used to carry out a crime, like a crowbar\n\nReasonable grounds for stopping someone cannot be based on race or whether the person is a known criminal.\n\nInstead, officers must base it on current intelligence (has there been a recent crime in the area, for example) and make balanced judgement calls on the behaviour of the suspect.\n\nIn this case, the Metropolitan Police says there had been an increase in violent crime in the area and that the car in question was driving suspiciously. Bianca Williams denies this.\n\nIf you are stopped, you have a number of rights. This includes being told the reason why you are being stopped, what they expect to find on you and information on how to receive records of the search.", "Six men have been arrested in the Netherlands following the discovery of seven shipping containers converted into cells and torture chambers.\n\nThe containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked encrypted phones used by criminals.\n\nDutch police said the containers were found before they were used, and potential victims were now in hiding.\n\nInside the containers was a dentist chair with straps and handcuffs.\n\nPolice also found a building in Rotterdam, which they believe was another criminal base.\n\nThe suspects were arrested on 22 June following a Franco-Dutch operation to infiltrate the EncroChat encrypted phone system.\n\nPolice intercepted millions of messages including that of one of the suspects, a 40-year-old man from The Hague. Investigators were able to access his contacts via an Encrochat phone.\n\nAfter locating the containers in April in Wouwse Plantage, near the Belgian border, police put the area under observation and found that multiple men were working on them almost every day. When the containers were almost finished, investigators decided to intervene.\n\nA video posted online by police shows officers arresting the suspects and also entering the containers.\n\nOfficers found handcuffs attached to the floors and ceilings of the structures, which had also been soundproofed.\n\nIn one container, they also discovered police clothing and bulletproof vests. In another, they located pruning shears, scalpels and balaclavas.\n\nTwo of the suspects have also been detained for possession of weapons.\n\nThe arrests are among 800 made across Europe after EncroChat messages were intercepted and decoded.\n\nEncroChat, which has now been taken down, was based in France and had an estimated 60,000 subscribers.\n\nIt operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided \"worry-free secure communications\".\n\nCustomers were able to access features such as self-destructing messages, which deleted from the recipient's device after a certain amount of time.\n\nThe system also had a panic wipe, which meant all data could be removed from the device by entering a four-digit code from the lock-screen.\n\nGangs are believed to have used the devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Tom Symonds is shown how a customised Android phone with EncroChat installed works", "The publication of leaked WhatsApp messages sent and received by former health secretary Matt Hancock has highlighted the issue of government policy on care homes during the first wave of coronavirus.\n\nThe Telegraph claims Mr Hancock ignored advice - in April 2020 - to test everybody going into care homes.\n\nHis spokesperson disputes this and says he had also been advised that there was not enough capacity to do so.\n\nSo, what action did the government take in the care sector in England, where there were more than 40,000 deaths involving Covid-19.\n\nOn 14 March 2020, the government began prioritising the most vulnerable individuals for testing, including those in hospitals and care homes.\n\nIf an outbreak was suspected, a handful of residents at a home could be tested.\n\nReality Check understands that some care providers found access to testing to be very limited at this time.\n\nFigures for March to May 2020\n\nOn 14 April, according to messages seen by The Telegraph, which we cannot independently verify, there was discussion of advice from Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty to Mr Hancock that there should be testing for everyone going into care homes.\n\nIt is reported that Mr Hancock initially accepted that advice but later that day changed his mind and said the government should just commit to testing people being moved to care homes from hospitals.\n\nMr Hancock's spokesperson said this followed an operational meeting at which he had been advised that it was not possible to test everyone going into care homes.\n\nOn 15 April, the social care action plan was launched as care home deaths in England were peaking at around 400 a day.\n\nThis included a pledge to test all care staff who needed one, for example if they were in a household that was self-isolating.\n\nAt that point, just 1,000 care staff had been tested out of an estimated half a million who work in care homes.\n\nThe government said it would \"move... to a policy of testing all residents prior to admission to care homes\", starting with people being moved there from hospitals.\n\nAll care home residents with coronavirus symptoms would also be tested.\n\nOn 28 April, this was extended to all care staff and residents, regardless of whether they had symptoms.\n\nIt's important to remember that early in the pandemic it wasn't widely understood that people who didn't have symptoms could pass on coronavirus.\n\nOn 19 March 2020, NHS guidance said that \"unless required to be in hospital, patients must not remain in an NHS bed\".\n\nThis policy was implemented to free up beds in advance of an expected surge in coronavirus patients.\n\nOn 2 April, the rules on discharging patients to care homes were clarified, saying \"negative [coronavirus] tests are not required prior to transfers/admissions into the care home\".\n\nEven elderly patients who tested positive could be admitted to care homes, if measures - such as wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and isolation - were used.\n\nFrom 15 April, the government said that all patients discharged from hospitals would be tested for coronavirus.\n\nBy this time, an estimated 25,000 patients had been discharged to care homes. In July, Panorama gathered data from 39 hospital trusts, which showed three-quarters of people discharged were untested.\n\nUp to this point more than 5,700 care home residents had died in England and Wales (either in homes or in hospital).\n\nPublic Health England has published research into the impact of hospital transfers. It found that 1.6% of the lab-confirmed outbreaks in care homes that they knew about by mid-October 2020, had come from people discharged from hospitals.\n\nBut it is not clear what percentage of outbreaks up to 15 April (when the testing policy changed) were the result of patients being moved to homes.\n\nAnd it is important to note that, at this time, there was a lack of testing so not every outbreak may have been recorded. Also, the figures do not count people who were not previously care home residents who were transferred into them from hospitals.\n\nThe government has repeatedly said that decisions to discharge patients from hospitals during this time were made by medical professionals on a case-by-case basis.\n\nIn March 2020, specific guidance related to coronavirus said that the PPE in care homes should be similar to that used in hospital settings.\n\nThe government launched the National Supply Disruption Response on 13 March, a centralised line for care and health providers to raise concerns.\n\nThis was followed on 19 March by a promise to deliver 300 masks to each care provider.\n\nConcerns over PPE peaked at the end of March and early April, as bodies such as Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and care homes themselves highlighted shortages.\n\nBecause care homes are generally privately-run, they are responsible for purchasing their own PPE. Many found their local suppliers were running low and that they were competing with better-funded hospitals.\n\nA letter from the government on 2 April recognised \"the challenges providers may have experienced in obtaining PPE supplies over recent weeks,\" and promised that the supply chain would be bolstered, with support from the armed forces.\n\nOn 10 April the government announced a PPE action plan, which included freeing up 34 million pieces of equipment to \"local resilience forums\" who would then distribute it to care homes through local authorities.\n\nBy this point, 3,100 care home residents had died in England and Wales.\n\nGeneral guidance produced on 25 February 2020 included advice for carers on what to do if they came into contact with someone with Covid-19 - but there was nothing advising against visits to care homes.\n\nIn one section it said: \"It remains very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home or the community will become infected.\"\n\nAnother section said: \"Currently there is no evidence of transmission of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. There is no need to do anything differently in any care setting at present.\"\n\nHowever, the government's own Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) had advised on 10 February that \"it is a realistic probability that there is already sustained transmission in the UK, or that it will become established in the coming weeks.\"\n\nOn 3 March, the government released its coronavirus action plan - the document did not mention restricting visits to care homes.\n\nBy 5 March, England had had 273 cases of people with the virus.\n\nThat day Prof Chris Whitty told a committee of MPs that as there were cases that could not be traced back to people who had come from abroad, it was \"highly likely therefore that there is some level of community transmission in this virus in the UK now\".\n\nItaly suspended visits to care homes at this point, five weeks after recording its first case. A day later, Nursing Homes Ireland, which represents hundreds of care homes in Ireland, banned non-essential visits, just six days after the first confirmed case in the country.\n\nOn 10 March, Prof Martin Green, head of Care England, which represents independent care providers, directed criticism in an Independent article at the government for its response.\n\n\"There is no evidence of a plan. I'm not even certain they have these plans and aren't just making them up as they go along,\" he said.\n\nSome homes were already deciding to close their doors to visitors, with care groups Barchester and HC-One stopping non-essential visits on 10 March and 12 March.\n\nScottish Care - a representative body for social care in Scotland - advised care homes to close to visits on 11 March.\n\nOn 13 March, the government's guidance from 25 February was updated to say that \"care home providers are advised to review their visiting policy, by asking no-one to visit who has suspected Covid-19 or is generally unwell, and by emphasising good hand hygiene for visitors\".\n\nOn the same day, Bupa and Four Seasons care homes stopped non-essential visits.\n\nIt wasn't until 16 March that it was announced that social distancing should be carried out by everyone, in particular those aged over 70 and vulnerable people.\n\nThat day, the prime minister was asked about care homes and said: \"We don't want to see people unnecessarily visiting care homes.\"\n\nIn the period between 25 February and 16 March, 14 deaths of care home residents were reported along with 30 outbreaks in England's 15,000 care homes.\n\nOn 21 March, guidance was introduced to encourage medically vulnerable people to remain indoors as much as possible until the end of June - a process known as shielding.\n\nFinally, on 2 April a document from the Department of Health and Social Care said that \"family and friends should be advised not to visit care homes, except next of kin in exceptional situations such as end of life\".\n\nThis piece was originally published in July 2020.", "Ameer Davies-Rana can be seen on S4C's Hansh service and heard on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales\n\nA TV presenter who endured racism while growing up has backed calls to remove a monument to a slave trader.\n\nSir Thomas Picton, a 19th Century war hero from Haverfordwest, has been denounced for cruelty as a slave owner and colonial governor of Trinidad.\n\nCarmarthenshire councillors have voted unanimously to adopt a plan to tackle racism in line with the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nAmeer Davies-Rana, 23, said it was time to \"get rid\" of such memorials.\n\nMr Davies-Rana, who has contributed to S4C's Hansh service and to BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales, said he suffered racist comments \"from an early age\" while growing up in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.\n\n\"In primary school, I was the only person of colour, so it made me question my identity. In secondary school, racism was thrown in my face with the p-word and n-word,\" he said.\n\nMr Davies-Rana said he could recall one incident while visiting Carmarthen, when he was passing a group of children on a busy street \"shouting at the top of their voices, the n-word\".\n\n\"I couldn't believe it. As soon as I turned a corner, I burst out crying,\" he said.\n\nCalls have been made to remove memorials around the UK which honour people with links to slavery and racism.\n\nIt follows protests around the world after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died in police custody in Minneapolis in the United States.\n\nAn \"urgent audit\" is to be carried out of statues, street and building names to address the country's connections with the slave trade, the Welsh government announced on Monday.\n\nThere have also been calls to remove the obelisk to Picton in Carmarthen, along with street names associated with the general, who was killed at Waterloo.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. TV presenter Ameer Davies-Rana wants the obelisk removed but one councillor says it should include a more \"rounded picture\" of Picton's past\n\nMr Davies-Rana said: \"Personally, I think we should get rid of them. We are in a new day and age. Racism is not tolerated, regardless of who you are.\"\n\nAt the Carmarthenshire council meeting, the motion discussed calls to:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCouncillor Cefin Campbell, a Plaid Cymru member of Carmarthenshire's executive board, said the authority was determined to see meaningful change.\n\n\"We need to reach out and listen to BAME [black, Asian and minority ethnic] communities' concerns and experiences,\" he said.\n\n\"We need that to impact on our policy. We need to educate young people about the impact of racism and how unacceptable it is.\"\n\nA review of public monuments - including the controversial Thomas Picton monument - will be reviewed.\n\nAddressing the meeting, Llwynhendy Labour councillor Fozia Akhtar said memorials such as Picton's should be removed \"as we should not promote anybody who promotes racism\".\n\n\"We need to re-evaluate who we put up as role models,\" she added.\n\nIndependent councillor Shahana Najmi, who represents the Lliedi ward Llanelli, said issues on diversity in the authority's workforce needed to be examined.\n\nA task-and-finish group will be set up to hear the concerns of the BAME community across the authority, to inform policy. It will be asked to conclude its work within six months.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nA £2bn temporary jobs scheme for the under 25s will be unveiled by the chancellor later. The \"kickstart scheme\" will subsidise six-month work placements for an estimated 350,000 people. The government will cover the cost of the National Minimum Wage and employers will be able to top it up. Applications will open in August, with the first jobs expected to start in the autumn. We'll hear from the chancellor in the Commons at lunchtime - here's what a selection of young people are hoping for.\n\nCampaigners say home-schooling has taken a toll on both parents and children, and it's \"not sustainable, fair or workable\" to assume a similar situation could continue in the event of future lockdowns. Parents responded to a survey from group Sept for Schools asking for their experiences with stories of stress, guilt and strained relationships.\n\nThe government says all pupils in England will be back in school in September. Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland are aiming for a full return for all pupils when the new term begins. In Wales, ministers have said blended learning - a mix of home and classroom learning - would be likely for some time to come, but more detail is expected in the coming days.\n\nFor months, the World Health Organization has insisted Covid-19 is transmitted via droplets emitted when people cough or sneeze and that they do not linger in the air. However, the organisation has now accepted there's emerging evidence it can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air after people talk or breathe out - especially in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings. It could potentially strengthen calls for the widespread wearing of masks, and there are also warnings that discarded PPE could be damaging our oceans.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: 'The masks you throw away could end up killing a whale'\n\nThe first International cricket match to take place anywhere in the world for 128 days is due to get under way at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton later. It'll be played behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment with crowd-noise pumped in for atmosphere. Stand-in captain Ben Stokes said the team understood it was an important moment for fans across the country.\n\nLet's just not talk about the rain...\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What will an England Test match look like?\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest in our live page.\n\nPlus, can you become reinfected with coronavirus if you've already had it? BBC health reporter Rachel Schraer looks at what we know so far about immunity and Covid-19.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 20m-high (65ft) crane crashed on to a property in Gale Street, Bow\n\nA woman died and four people were injured when a crane collapsed on to houses and a block of flats which were being built in London.\n\nThe 20m (65ft) crane crashed on to the development and two terrace houses in Compton Close, Bow, before 14:40 BST.\n\nThe woman was found on the first floor of one of the houses and died at the scene. Four others were injured, including two people taken to hospital for head injuries.\n\nOne witness described \"feeling the ground shake\" when the crane collapsed\n\nThe crane collapsed where a block of flats was being built in Watts Grove and crashed on to two adjacent houses.\n\nA woman whose home was one of those damaged said she and her family were \"so lucky to be alive\".\n\n\"The way that everything fell - if my brother or sister had been in their rooms which is where it hit directly, I just cannot bear to think about it,\" she said.\n\nSecuring the properties will be a \"complex rescue operation,\" London Fire Brigade said\n\nThe woman, who asked not to be identified, described the sound of the collapse as being \"like an earthquake\", adding that she had been left \"traumatised\" by what had happened.\n\nAnother witness described \"feeling the ground shake\" when the crane collapsed.\n\nDJ Munro, who lives nearby, said he heard \"the metal of the crane crushing against the scaffolding and then the wood crushing in the house\".\n\nA video posted on social media showed a terrace house with part of the roof collapsed.\n\nEyewitness Bridget Teirney said she believed the crane driver had escaped safely.\n\nTwo people were treated in hospital and another two were treated at the scene\n\nThe crane that collapsed was being used by Swan Housing Association and NU living at the time.\n\nA spokeswoman for Swan Housing Association and NU living said they were \"deeply saddened by an incident that occurred at our Watts Grove development site this afternoon\".\n\n\"Our staff are on site to provide support to the emergency response and the investigation.\"\n\nJerry Swain, national officer for union Unite, said there had to be \"an urgent, full and complete investigation into the circumstances that led to this accident\".\n\nHe added: \"The preliminary findings of which must be released in weeks, rather than months or years, in order to ensure that similar accidents are avoided in the future.\"\n\nThe crane also crashed on to a block of flats under development\n\nLondon Ambulance Service tweeted to say it had \"a number of crews and specialist resources\" at the scene.\n\nLFB assistant commissioner Graham Ellis said securing the house had been a \"complex rescue operation\".\n\nMr Ellis said: \"Our Urban Search and Rescue crews undertook a complex rescue operation and used specialist equipment to search the properties.\"\n\nLondon's Mayor Sadiq Khan said the collapse was \"a tragedy\" and his \"heartfelt condolences go out to the family of the victim who died\".\n\n\"We must ensure the lessons are learned so an accident like this never happens again,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Fast fashion brand Boohoo has ordered an independent review of its UK supply chain following reports of poor working conditions at a factory in Leicester.\n\nIt comes after retailers Next and Asos dropped Boohoo goods from their stores amid claims workers were underpaid and not socially distancing.\n\nThe firm is also facing calls for a boycott on social media.\n\nBoohoo, which said it was \"appalled\" by the allegations, has asked a senior barrister to lead the review.\n\nIt comes after a Sunday Times report claimed workers at a Leicester factory that supplied clothes to Boohoo were paid just £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus.\n\nThe factory was also said to be operating during a localised lockdown designed to stop a spike in Covid-19 cases in Leicester.\n\nLabour Behind the Label, a workers' rights group, has separately claimed that some employees at factories in Leicester that supply the fast fashion firm were \"forced to come into work while sick with Covid-19\".\n\nBoohoo said it took \"extremely seriously all allegations of malpractice, poor working conditions, and underpayment of workers\".\n\nIt said that Alison Levitt, a senior barrister who specialises in business crime, would lead an investigation looking into whether the company's suppliers pay the minimum wage, and comply with coronavirus safety regulations, working hours rules and immigration law.\n\nIt will also spend an initial £10m \"to eradicate supply chain malpractice\", with the help of audit and compliance specialists Verisio and Bureau Veritas.\n\nThe brand is popular with young women in particular, who it targets with marketing campaigns using Instagram \"influencers\" including contestants from the reality TV show Love Island .\n\nThat strategy could be in question, as the company was criticised on platforms including Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag boycottboohoo.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer The Only Way Is Essex cast member Vas Morgan and model Jayde Pierce, distanced themselves from the brand in social media posts on Tuesday.Boohoo said in June that it expected sales to increase by at least 25% this year, a stark contrast to the struggles seen at many High Street retailers.\n\nHowever, shares in the firm have dropped by almost half this week, diving 23% on Wednesday alone.\n\nThe company has grown rapidly since it was founded in Manchester in 2006 by Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane.\n\nBefore the Sunday Times' investigation the business was valued at about £5bn.", "Johnny Depp was pictured arriving at the High Court in London on Tuesday morning\n\nClaims that Johnny Depp was violent towards ex-wife Amber Heard are \"complete lies\", his lawyers have told the High Court.\n\nThe actor is suing the publisher of the Sun - News Group Newspapers (NGN) - and executive editor Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\".\n\nMr Depp has strenuously denied that he was violent towards Ms Heard.\n\nBut NGN lawyers said the \"wife beater\" description was \"entirely accurate\".\n\nBoth Mr Depp and Ms Heard were in court in London on Tuesday morning.\n\nIn a written outline of the Hollywood star's case, his barrister, David Sherborne, said the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\" against Mr Depp, accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard and \"inflicting such serious injuries that she feared for her life\".\n\nMr Sherborne said: \"The articles amount to a full-scale attack on the claimant as a 'wife beater', guilty of the most horrendous physical abuse.\"\n\nHe added: \"The claimant's position is clear - Ms Heard's allegations are complete lies.\n\n\"The claimant was not violent towards Ms Heard, it was she who was violent to him.\"\n\nAmber Heard wore a face covering as she turned up at the High Court\n\nDuring a day of cross-examination by Sasha Wass QC, barrister for NGN, she argued there was a \"nasty\" side to Mr Depp's character.\n\nShe later suggested Mr Depp \"regularly engaged in destructive and violent behaviour\", which the actor denied.\n\nThe court was shown a video, recorded by Ms Heard without Mr Depp's knowledge, in which he was shown pacing around a room, swearing and kicking a cabinet.\n\nAsked by Ms Wass if he would agree he was violent in the clip, Mr Depp replied: \"I was violent with some cupboards.\"\n\nHe added: \"Clearly, I wasn't in the best state of mind.\"\n\nMr Depp was also questioned about his use of drugs and said there had been \"an internal fight in me in terms of alcohol and drugs and other numbing agents throughout my life, from the age of 11\", when he first took one of his mother's \"nerve pills\".\n\nAs part of its defence, NGN alleges Mr Depp was \"controlling and verbally and physically abusive towards Ms Heard, particularly when he was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs\".\n\nIn witness statements filed as part of the case, Mr Depp said he has never abused Ms Heard, or any other woman, in his life and alleged Ms Heard was \"calculating\", \"sociopathic\" and \"a narcissist\".\n\n\"I am now convinced that she came into my life to take from me anything worth taking, and then destroy what remained of it,\" he said.\n\nMr Depp said the pair sought the help of a marriage counsellor who he says confirmed to him that Ms Heard had a \"borderline, toxic narcissistic personality disorder and is a sociopath\".\n\nIn his witness statements he also accused Ms Heard of repeatedly punching him in the face and severing his finger by throwing a vodka bottle at him.\n\nNGN previously tried to have the case thrown out, but Mr Justice Nicol ruled last week the case could go ahead.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, 57, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He married the Aquaman and The Danish Girl actress, now 34, in February 2015, but she filed for divorce after 15 months.\n\nA defamation action is a civil law claim and can be brought if someone publishes to other people a statement about you which has either caused your reputation serious harm or is likely to cause it serious harm.\n\nThere are four possible defences to defamation. Firstly, that the statement about you is true. Secondly, that it was not a statement of fact but an honest opinion. Thirdly, that publication was justified because it was on a matter of public interest, and finally that it was protected by \"privilege\".\n\nHowever, defamation actions work differently from many civil actions such as breach of contract, where the burden of proving the \"wrong\" lies with the person bringing the claim. In defamation, that person has to show that the statement about them has a defamatory meaning - ie that it lowers them in the minds of right-thinking members of society.\n\n\"Meaning\" is now decided by a judge at an early, pre-trial stage. Many cases settle after the judge has ruled on meaning, but if a claim does go to trial, the burden then lies with the publisher to prove, for example, that the statement was substantially true. This is when the gloves come off and personal reputations and behaviour come under intense scrutiny.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email us at entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The boss of Burger King UK has warned that economic damage triggered by the coronavirus pandemic may push the fast food chain to permanently shut up to 10% of its restaurants.\n\nThose closures could lead to more than 1,600 lost jobs, Alasdair Murdoch said.\n\nGovernment schemes to help the restaurant industry do not do enough to overcome the combination of fixed costs and lost sales, he said.\n\n\"I don't think you can ever get over the top of this problem,\" he said.\n\nBurger King has reopened about 370 of its 530 restaurants in the UK, Mr Murdoch told the BBC's Newscast\n\nOn Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would subsidise 50% of restaurant bills up to £10 per person in August, in an effort to jumpstart consumer spending.\n\nMr Murdoch said that it was an \"innovative approach\" and that Burger King expected to participate.\n\nBut despite that scheme and other government support, he said the chain could close 5% to 10% of its stores as a result of costs such as rent and \"taking absolutely no money\".\n\nSuch closures would lead to between 800 to 1,600 job losses, he said. The chain has more than 16,500 UK staff, he said.\n\n\"If we can possibly avoid it, we will,\" he said.\n\n\"We don't want to lose any. We try very hard not to, but one's got to assume somewhere between 5% and 10% of the restaurants might not be able to survive,\" he told the BBC's Newscast.\n\n\"It's not just us - I think this applies to everyone out there in our industry,\" he said.\n\nThe firm has been pushing to re-negotiate rents, but he said: \"Some of these High Streets - they're not coming back.\"\n\nMr Murdoch, who has previously said Burger King would withhold its payments, called rents the \"decisive issue\". He said he hoped the government would consider more proactive support on the matter.\n\nHe added that the government's furloughing scheme and VAT cut for restaurants was already aimed at avoiding job losses.", "People gathered at Grenfell Memorial Community Mosaic at the base of the tower block in London on the third anniversary of the fire\n\nThe lead fire safety consultant of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment ignored documents outlining proposed cladding and insulation materials, the inquiry into the fire has heard.\n\nTerry Ashton said he did not read an email from project architects detailing a planned cladding system because he was not the \"primary recipient\".\n\nThe hearing was told he also failed to read the architect's progress report.\n\nThe inquiry has concluded that cladding fuelled the 2017 fire in west London.\n\nHearings in the second phase of the inquiry returned this week after a four-month break due to coronavirus. It is looking at the refurbishment of the residential block in North Kensington in which 72 people died.\n\nMr Ashton, of fire engineering firm Exova, ignored an email from architecture firm Studio E on 23 October 2012 which included attachments containing details and drawings of a planned cladding system.\n\nAsked why, he told the hearing that people are often copied into emails on big projects in \"a sort of scattergun approach\".\n\nThe inquiry's counsel, Kate Grange QC, asked him: \"Wasn't that a really important document prepared by the architects that would inform your work on the outline fire safety strategy?\"\n\nMr Ashton said he would not have read it unless \"specifically asked to do so\".\n\nPeople released balloons at the base of the tower block on the third anniversary of the fire\n\nThe inquiry also heard that he did not read the architect's progress report which he was sent on 31 October 2012, and failed to mention plans to cover the tower block in cladding at all in his first fire safety report published on the same day.\n\nHe said: \"Had we had some sort of preliminary details of the cladding for us to consider then we might have incorporated it in the list.\"\n\nMr Ashton, a fire consultant of 25 years and with no formal training as a fire engineer, said his main focus was on the refurbishment of the lower four floors of the 24-storey tower block at the time\n\nMs Grange showed Mr Ashton the architect's 2012 Stage C report - which he was seeing for the first time - that included drawings and proposed cladding and insulation materials.\n\nShe asked him whether he agreed that it contained \"specific information\" about what was proposed, including the type of insulation to be used in the tower block's outer cladding.\n\nHe replied: \"I can see that now, yes.\"\n\nThe inquiry heard that between October 2012 and November 2013, he produced three issues of a fire strategy report without pressing the architects to ask what materials they planned to use to cover the tower block.\n\nIn all three reports he wrote that the proposed changes will \"have no adverse effect on the building in relation to external fire spread\" adding this would be confirmed by an analysis in a later issue of the report, but no further report was completed.\n\nMr Ashton denied the lawyer's suggestion that failing to ask for further details on the proposed cladding system had been an \"abdication\" of his responsibilities.\n\nHe said: \"I wouldn't put it in those strong terms. We can only react to what we are being given to look at.\"\n\nHe added he accepted that perhaps he should have pursued the architects \"a bit more firmly, or at all\" to ask about what they were doing about the external walls.\n\nExova has previously said criticism of it is \"unjustified\" because it was not consulted about the flammable materials which eventually coated the building in North Kensington.\n\nThe firm's counsel, Michael Douglas QC, has told the inquiry the company had been \"left out\" of planning discussions and had been effectively sidelined after Rydon became the main contractor in 2014.\n\nThe inquiry heard on Monday that Dr Clare Barker, the former principal fire engineer at Exova, did not raise the need for any proposed cladding system to have a separate fire safety assessment during a meeting in July 2012.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor Rishi Sunak: \"We cannot lose this generation\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is to cut VAT on hospitality as part of a £30bn plan to prevent mass unemployment as the economy is hit by coronavirus.\n\nThe government will also pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for three months when the furlough scheme ends in October.\n\nAnd Mr Sunak announced a scheme to give 50% off to people dining out in August.\n\nThe chancellor warned \"hardship lies ahead\", but vowed no-one will be left \"without hope\", in a statement to MPs.\n\nHe told MPs he will cut VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% from next Wednesday.\n\nIt came as the latest death toll for coronavirus, in all settings, increased by 126 to 44,517.\n\nLabour said the chancellor's plans did not go far enough and the job retention money should be better targeted to prevent it going to firms that were already planning to bring staff back.\n\n\"We were promised a 'New Deal', but what we got was a 'Meal Deal',\" the party added.\n\nMr Sunak rejected calls to extend the furlough scheme beyond October, saying it would give people \"false hope\" that they will have a job to return to, and \"the longer people are on furlough, the more likely it is their skills could fade\".\n\nHe conceded that jobs would be lost but said he would \"never accept unemployment as an inevitable outcome\" of the pandemic.\n\nDetails of how the package will be paid for - through borrowing and possible tax rises - are likely to be unveiled in the chancellor's Autumn Budget.\n\n\"Over the medium-term, we must, and we will, put our public finances back on a sustainable footing,\" he told MPs, adding that the jobs plan was merely the next stage \"in our fight to recover and rebuild after coronavirus\".\n\nThe \"job retention bonus\" could cost as much as £9.4bn if every furloughed worker is brought back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak chats to customers and serves a few meals to highlight his VAT rate cut to help the hospitality trade\n\nExplaining how it will work, the chancellor said: \"If you're an employer and you bring back someone who was furloughed - and continuously employ them through to January - we'll pay you a £1,000 bonus per employee.\n\n\"It's vital people aren't just returning for the sake of it - they need to be doing decent work.\n\n\"So for businesses to get the bonus, the employee must be paid at least £520 on average, in each month from November to the end of January - the equivalent of the lower earnings limit in National Insurance.\"\n\nThe VAT cut will apply to eat-in or hot takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites, and attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.\n\nRishi Sunak said this \"£4bn catalyst\" would help protect \"over 2.4 million jobs\". The Treasury said it hoped firms would pass the VAT savings on to customers but many had been without income for months so it would be their decision.\n\nThe VAT cut is aimed at boosting theme parks and other attractions\n\nMr Sunak also announced an \"Eat Out to Help Out\" discount, which he said would help protect 1.8 million jobs, at a cost of £0.5bn.\n\nMeals eaten at any participating business, Monday to Wednesday, will be 50% off in August, up to a maximum discount of £10 per head for everyone, including children.\n\nBusinesses will need to register, and can do so through a website, which will open next Monday.\n\nLuke Johnson, former chairman of the Pizza Express, among other restaurant businesses, told BBC Radio 4's PM the chancellor understood the challenges facing the hospitality sector.\n\nAsked if the voucher scheme would work, he said: \"I think a lot of people are still frightened and so every inducement that can be brought to bear to encourage people to get back to their habits of eating and spending and working is good news.\"\n\nThe chancellor also announced a £2.1bn \"kickstart scheme\" to create more jobs for young people.\n\nThe fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and 24, who are at risk of long-term unemployment.\n\nA temporary stamp duty holiday, costing £3.8bn, to stimulate the property market was another measure unveiled by the chancellor.\n\nThis will exempt the first £500,000 of all property sales from the tax, from midnight.\n\nA few other pledges released in the build-up to his statement included:\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor Annaliese Dodds told the BBC she was \"concerned\" the UK looks \"set to be breaking the previous unfortunate record of three million people unemployed\".\n\nShe said job support should be better targeted to help struggling sectors.\n\nSome 9.3 million workers are having 80% of their salaries paid for by the government - up to £2,500 a month - under the furlough scheme, which was originally due to end in July, before being extended to October, with employer contributions.\n\nFrom August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions, then 10% of pay from September, rising to 20% in October.\n\nDame Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI, said: \"The job retention bonus will help firms protect jobs, but with nearly 70% of firms running low on cash, and three in four reporting lack of demand, more immediate direct support for firms, from grants to further business rates relief, is still urgently needed.\"\n\nMike Cherry, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said the newly self-employed and company directors had \"once again been overlooked\".\n\nThe National Institute of Economic and Social Research warned that the chancellor's \"badly timed\" measures \"could trigger a rapid rise in unemployment\".\n\nThe think tank said he was ending the furlough scheme too early and the bonuses for employers to bring staff back \"look too small to be effective\".\n\nThe Chancellor has just outlined another hefty chunk of spending to try to prop up the economy, specifically to try to keep millions of people from joining the dole.\n\nMany of the measures run against traditional Tory instincts. And there isn't a whiff of how any of it will be paid for, for at least another couple of months.\n\nBut that's against the background of the sharpest decline in the economy in generations, with the fortunes of what will actually happen next dependent on the progress of a deadly disease.\n\nWill the kickstart scheme benefit you? Are you looking to buy a home, what are your views on the stamp duty changes? Will VAT cut benefit your business? Have you recently become unemployed? Email your thoughts to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "PC Harper died after his ankles became entangled in a tow strap attached to a car\n\nA teenager accused of murdering PC Andrew Harper has told a court he feels \"disgraceful\" over his death.\n\nHenry Long, 19, was trying to evade arrest after attempting to steal a quad bike from a house in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, on 15 August.\n\nThe policeman was chasing after a suspect when his ankles became entangled in a tow rope attached to a Seat Toledo driven by Long.\n\nPC Harper, 28, was dragged for more than a mile along country lanes.\n\nGiving evidence at the Old Bailey, Long said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nHe said: \"If I was aware I would have stopped the vehicle, tried to save him.\"\n\nLeft to right: Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole deny murder\n\nLong, from Mortimer, Reading, has pleaded guilty to PC Harper's manslaughter but denied \"in any way\" intending to harm or kill him.\n\nHe said: \"I accept that I killed him from what I was doing, the way I was driving.\"\n\nRossano Scamardella QC, defending, asked him: \"Did you care about what happened?\"\n\nLong said: \"The fact he died, yes.\"\n\nHe told jurors he could not sleep and thought about PC Harper's family and how they felt.\n\nLong admitted he had been a passenger in cars chased by police before, but said this was the first time he had been the driver.\n\nHe told the court he was a \"thief\" like his father and grandfather, stealing quad bikes and mechanical equipment.\n\nHis two passengers on the night, Albert Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Jessie Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, both 18, have also denied murdering the Thames Valley Police officer.\n\nAll three have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a quad bike.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Soho residents have mixed feelings about the events of Saturday night after images of packed streets and drunken antics filled the news.\n\nParts of the West End were pedestrianised over the weekend to allow restaurants and bars to put tables and chairs in the streets from 17:00 to 23:00, with inspiration taken from continental outdoor-dining culture.\n\nTim Lord, chair of the Soho Society residents group, said we “can’t have the chaos again that we saw on Saturday.\n\n“There was not enough marshalling... There needs to be a way of making it street dining rather than a street party. If they can’t, the whole thing might have to be pulled.”\n\nMeanwhile, 84-year-old Debbie Smith, of Old Compton Street, said jokingly: “I’ve lived here 50 years, it was much worse in the 1960s. Yes it was very busy, and noisy to live next to. But heavens, what do you expect?”\n\nNicholas, from Frith Street, said he felt \"sorry for the restaurants because I think it would make more sense to pedestrianise the streets through the whole day”.\n\nThe council was approached for comment on whether it will deploy more marshalls next weekend to disperse crowds, but it did not respond to that point.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We are working with businesses in the area to ensure that they are operating responsibly and implementing the social distancing guidance that the council has provided.\"", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his summer economic plan to help the UK economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt includes plans to protect jobs, help younger workers and encourage spending with measures such as a VAT cut for leisure activities and a restaurant voucher scheme.\n\nHere is a summary of the main points.\n\nGetting ready to reopen a restaurant in Central London\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I fell through the gap with the furlough scheme\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nLiverpool continued their relentless pursuit of a Premier League points record with victory over Brighton at the Amex Stadium.\n\nThe newly-crowned champions looked on course to secure three more points with ease when they went two up inside eight minutes as Brighton, with sights set on Premier League safety, made a nightmare start.\n\nNaby Keita robbed Davy Propper in a dangerous position to set up Mohamed Salah before Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson swiftly swept home a superb second from 20 yards.\n\nBrighton, however, fought back with real spirit and fully deserved to pull a goal back when Leandro Trossard fired a crisp finish past Liverpool keeper Alisson from the impressive Tariq Lamptey's cross.\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp stopped Brighton's progress with some astute substitutions and a corner from one, Andrew Robertson, was headed in by Salah for his 19th league goal of the season.\n\nBrighton manager Graham Potter, whose side are edging towards preserving their top-flight status, were left to rue those opening minutes while Liverpool - with 92 - close in on Manchester City's 100-point Premier League landmark.\n\nLiverpool have now won 30 of their 34 Premier League games this season (drawn two, lost two); this is the fastest any side has ever reached 30 wins in a season in the history of the English Football League.\n\nLiverpool had their uncomfortable moments in this game and their defending lacked its usual assurance in the face of a spirited Brighton response to those two early goals but in the end, as on so many occasions, they simply carried too much firepower and quality.\n\nKlopp's pressing demands were in evidence as Brighton paid the price for a risky possession plan near their own goal early on and in Salah they have a reliable goal machine who is a proven world class match-winner.\n\nSome of Liverpool's players will want to make an impact before the end of the season, even with the club's first title in 30 years already won, and Keita was highly impressive for an hour before his substitution while teenager Neco Williams, given his first Premier League start in an unaccustomed position of left-back, had some uncomfortable moments but will be all the better for this experience.\n\nWilliams was replaced by Robertson at the interval but this was not so much a reflection of his performance but more Klopp not wanting to take any chances with the Welsh youngster on a yellow card.\n\nLiverpool may not have been quite at their intense, irresistible best since clinching title, which is perfectly understandable.\n\nHowever, they will to win, quality and sheer belief remains and they still have more history in their sights before the end of this stellar campaign.\n\nBrighton's impressive form since the season's re-start means they are now close to Premier League safety - but they have had two harsh lessons at home in the last week, first from Manchester United and now from Liverpool.\n\nIt will have been disappointing for manager Graham Potter but he will take heart from the manner in which Brighton responded to conceding two goals in the first eight minutes that would have seen many teams sink without trace against this Liverpool side.\n\nBrighton picked themselves up and gave Liverpool some real problems before they ran out of steam and ideas in the second half and Salah wrapped up the points for the champions.\n\nThere was still much to admire from Brighton's play, particularly teenage defender Lamptey, who was a real threat down the right flank and the quality of Trossard, whose goal was a masterpiece of technique and provides Potter's side with a real threat.\n\nIt may have been another home defeat but Potter's policies look certain to see Brighton still in the Premier League next term.\n\n'It's my responsibility' - what they said\n\nBrighton manager Graham Potter speaking to Match of the Day: \"Its not an ideal start and it's my responsibility - I asked them to play that way, the decision making could be better but they showed personality to claw back into the game. We created chances before scoring a really good goal. We tried to play, we went toe-to-toe and there were lots of positive performances.\n\n\"The scoreline can affect you but if you analyse the chances we had they were good chances. They are a top side who can hurt you, with unbelievable players everywhere. I'm proud of the players, they stuck with it and they played a good game.\"\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaking to Match of the Day: \"I saw two very good teams, both trying to play football. They had a brave formation and set up but we had a super solution for that. Our high press was outstanding but when we lost the ball in the wrong moment it was really difficult.\n\n\"They deserved the goal so we had to adjust a few things like our protection and position in midfield and it helped. The beginning was outstanding and the end was good again. I couldn't respect more what Graham [Potter] is doing here - they made it a really tough game.\"\n\nOn Neco Williams: \"The yellow card was the only reason [he came off]. He was good but I cannot ask a 19-year-old not to make another challenge on a yellow card. We asked a lot, we put him on the wrong side and asked him for a really hard press. We asked for a lot but he can do that, he was good.\"\n\nOn chasing the points record: \"It's not important for me, I'm not interested in any of this but I want to win football games. For sports people in general it might be important. We are champions and it could be softening but it is not - the boys go with everything.\n\n\"We have 92 points and last season we had 97. We got five points more than this last season - that's unbelievable, I have no idea how we did that.\"\n\nAnother away success for Liverpool - the stats\n• None Liverpool have never won more matches (30) in a single league campaign (level with 1978-79 and 2018-19).\n• None Brighton have only won two of their 14 Premier League games in 2020 (drawn seven, lost five); no other side has won fewer in the calendar year.\n• None This was Liverpool's 13th away league win this season; the joint-most the Reds have ever won on the road in a league season in their history.\n• None Brighton have lost back-to-back home league games for the first time since April 2019.\n• None After going seven hours and 47 minutes without scoring a goal away from home in all competitions, Liverpool scored twice within 127 seconds.\n• None Liverpool were 2-0 ahead in the eighth minute of this match, the earliest they have taken a two-goal lead in a Premier League match since May 2011 against Fulham (seven minutes).\n• None Salah has reached 100 goal involvements for Liverpool in the Premier League (73 goals, 27 assists in 104 appearances), becoming just the fourth player to do so for the Reds after Steven Gerrard (212), Robbie Fowler (158) and Michael Owen (148)\n• None Salah has been directly involved in eight goals in his six Premier League appearances against Brighton, scoring five and assisting three.\n• None Liverpool captain Henderson has scored more Premier League goals in 2019-20 (four) than in his previous three seasons combined before this (three).\n• None Brighton winger Trossard has scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the very first time; seven of his eight combined goals (five) and assists (three) in the competition have come at the Amex Stadium.\n\nLiverpool play at home against Burnley on 11 June (15:00 BST), with Brighton at home to Manchester City later that day (20:00 BST).\n• None Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.\n• None Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.\n• None Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Aaron Mooy tries a through ball, but Aaron Connolly is caught offside.\n• None Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Aaron Connolly (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Aaron Connolly (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yves Bissouma.\n• None Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk with a headed pass following a set piece situation.\n• None Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dale Stephens with a through ball. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Mark Sedwill: The decision to stand down was \"amicable\".\n\nThe UK's top civil servant will receive a payout of almost £250,000 when he steps down in September.\n\nSir Mark Sedwill confirmed he was leaving Whitehall last month as Boris Johnson announced plans to split his role as cabinet secretary and national security adviser into two posts.\n\nHis exit follows reports of tensions between him and senior members of Mr Johnson's team in Downing Street.\n\nOn Wednesday, the PM signed off the £248,189 pension contribution.\n\nThe amount was recommended by Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm, with advice from Civil Service Human Resources and legal advisers, before being agreed by Mr Johnson.\n\nIn a note from No 10, the PM said the payment was \"likely to be in the form of a pension contribution\" for Sir Mark.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Sir Mark told the National Security Strategy Committee he had not \"resigned\" but left his post \"by agreement\" with the PM.\n\n\"We had concluded it was time to split the jobs again and have a separate security adviser and separate cabinet secretary,\" he added.\n\nSir Mark said the timing was \"at his initiative\", as it was \"never my intention to do that [job] long-term\", but the departure was \"entirely amicable\".\n\nThe UK's chief negotiator in post-Brexit trade talks with the EU, David Frost, will take over as national security adviser as a political appointee.\n\nThe Cabinet Office has published a job advert for the cabinet secretary position, with a salary of £200,000, and the role is open to current and former permanent secretaries.\n\nThe person who gets the position will advise the prime minister on implementing policy and the conduct of government.\n\nDominic Cummings, regarded as the prime minister's most influential political adviser, has long called for an overhaul of the civil service.\n\nSir Mark is a career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan during a 20-year career in the Foreign Office, before working alongside former Prime Minister Theresa May as the most senior civil servant in the Home Office.\n\nHe took over as cabinet secretary at short notice following Sir Jeremy Heywood's death in November 2018.\n\nAsked about reports of anonymous briefings from Downing Street against him, Sir Mark told the committee that civil servants had become \"fair game\" and it \"goes with the territory\".\n\nHe added: \"It is never pleasant to find oneself, particularly as an official, in the midst of stories of that kind.\n\n\"I don't think it is ever pleasant in government, whether it is against ministers, between them and particularly against officials, when you have briefings to which you cannot really reply, particularly those that are off the record and sniping away.\n\n\"But it is a regrettable feature of modern politics, I'm afraid.\"\n\nAfter he leaves government service in September, Sir Mark will be made a peer and will chair a new panel on global economic security when the UK assumes the presidency of the G7 economic group of nations.", "Dyfed-Powys Police said many of those it stopped were from England and thought lockdown restrictions were the same in Wales\n\nPolice turned away more than 1,000 cars from one beauty spot in just two days for breaching lockdown rules.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said many people officers spoke to in the Brecon Beacons were from England who said they did not know about Wales' different rules.\n\nThe force's commissioner has said the UK government \"hasn't been all that clear\" on the differences.\n\nSupt Steve Davies said fines were issued if people had \"clearly flouted the rules\".\n\nThe force said many of those stopped at the weekend claimed they thought the rules in Wales were the same as in England and came from as far afield as London and the Midlands.\n\nPolice said they were kept busy due to the volume of people trying to drive to the area around Ystradfellte, Powys, known as \"waterfall country\".\n\nThe force, which covers some of Wales' most rural areas, also said 72% of people reported for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions in Powys since 27 March had been from outside the force area.\n\nDafydd Llywelyn, Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner, told BBC Radio Wales that the \"majority\" of people had listened to advice to stay local.\n\nBut he concluded the number of people breaking the rules was \"not surprising\".\n\n\"We have people travelling from Cardiff and the valleys into the force area. We also are getting people coming across the border,\" he said.\n\n\"In the first instance the police are trying to educate those coming across the border because the message from the central government hasn't been all that clear.\"\n\nA UK government spokesman said it had been \"absolutely clear\" that people should check and follow local guidance when travelling between different parts of the UK.\n\n\"Our analysis shows that this message has been received clearly and is helping to tackle coronavirus,\" he added.\n\nDafydd Llywelyn says he \"felt sorry\" for people who did not know the rules were different in Wales\n\nMr Llywelyn added he \"felt sorry\" for people who did not know the rules were different in Wales because it is often \"impossible\" for officers to do anything other than issue a fine.\n\nSupt Davies added: \"Our officers have worked hard to engage with the public at every opportunity throughout these unprecedented times by explaining what we are doing and why, and encouraging people to make the best choices to protect public health in Wales.\n\n\"But where people have clearly flouted the rules we have dealt with them appropriately and issued fines.\"\n\nHe said officers would continue to conduct stop checks throughout Powys and across the force area this weekend.\n\nWales' three national parks and all National Trust sites remain closed to the public during the lockdown, although the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has said parts of the park will open from Monday.", "Deaths in care homes in Wales continue to rise\n\nAll social care workers will get a cash bonus of £500 each, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.\n\nThe payments will be made to more than 64,000 workers, at a cost of £32.2m.\n\nDeaths with coronavirus in Welsh care homes continue to rise - there were 184 such deaths by 17 April, accounting for 40% of all Covid-19 deaths in Cardiff.\n\nMr Drakeford said both residential and domiciliary staff were \"often accepting a greater degree of risk\" and the payment was designed to recognise that.\n\nThe first minister said it was a flat-rate payment, and therefore most benefited the lowest paid.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Wales News This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe called on UK government departments not to tax the bonus or to reduce benefits as a result.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Drakeford said care home workers and residents would only be tested for coronavirus if they were symptomatic, despite the UK government announcing all residents and staff would be tested in England.\n\nMark Drakeford said: \"I want our social care workforce to know their hard work is both appreciated and recognised\"\n\n\"They are undertaking tasks, which involve a high level of intimate personal care, often accepting a greater degree of risk and responsibility,\" Mr Drakeford said at the Welsh Government's daily briefing on Friday.\n\n\"Many of our social care workers are juggling their own personal caring responsibilities with their professional ones.\n\n\"I want our social care workforce to know their hard work is both appreciated and recognised.\n\n\"This payment is designed to provide some further recognition of the value we attach to everything they are doing to - it recognises this group of people are providing the invisible scaffolding of services, which support both our NHS and our wider society.\"\n\nFurther details, including when the payment will be made, were still being worked out, the Welsh Government said.\n\nThe Unison union in Wales welcomed Mr Drakeford's announcement, and reiterated its calls for a higher pay for care workers.\n\nTheir work \"should be valued much more highly by society\", according to Dominic MacAskill, its head of local government in Wales.\n\n\"It can't be right that many care workers, particularly in the private or non-profit sector, suffer in-work poverty because of very low wages and precarious contracts,\" he said.\n\n\"That's why Unison believes all care workers should earn at least £10 per hour to lift them and their families out of poverty.\"", "A personal cap on care costs in England was being considered by ministers prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe idea was raised during talks with Sir Andrew Dilnot, the former UK statistics chief, whose proposals for a cap were abandoned in 2017.\n\nIt is understood a specific social care tax was among options discussed to cover the costs.\n\nDetails were not agreed by the March Budget and were put off till autumn.\n\nA senior figure involved in the talks, which took place in January and February, said there had been \"90% agreement\" on revisiting Sir Andrew's model.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is understood to have taken part in the discussions.\n\nSir Andrew's proposals would have introduced a more generous means-test for government funding, as well as a lifetime limit on social care costs.\n\nThey were put into law in 2014 under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, but delayed and then eventually ditched under David Cameron.\n\nHis successor, Theresa May, later suggested and then abandoned a form of the proposals in 2017.\n\nUnlike health care, social care is not generally provided for free. In England, anyone with assets over £23,250 is expected to contribute to costs.\n\nLocal authorities determine their own means-tests for those receiving care at home, which have to be as generous as the test for care homes.\n\nAlongside adopting a version of the Dilnot model, ministers are considering making changes to the way the social care sector is funded, which is under severe strain after years of cuts to local council budgets.\n\nOne option is to hand money more directly to English care homes, rather than the current model of providing funding through local authorities.\n\nEarlier this month, £600m in government funding to help with infection control in care homes was given to councils on a ring-fenced basis.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock hinted earlier this week that a similar model could be an option for long-term financing of the system.\n\nSenior sources have also told the BBC the Conservatives seriously considered including providing free personal care in their manifesto for last year's election.\n\nHowever, the idea was ditched as the party wanted to rule out rises to income tax, VAT or national insurance.\n\nThe plan for free personal care, which is already available in Scotland, could have cost as much as £10bn in the first year. Some care costs are capped in Wales and home care is free for the over-75s in Northern Ireland.\n\nA source involved in the discussions said: \"No one wanted to raise taxes, so we put it off.\"\n\nThe party's manifesto eventually promised extra funding for social care in England and to pursue cross-party talks on long-term changes to the sector.\n\nMinisters acknowledge reform is long overdue, with a senior figure saying: \"It is obvious now that there is a need for change.\"\n\nDowning Street would not comment on the manifesto.\n\nBut a government spokesperson said ministers remain committed to bringing forward a social care plan \"so everybody is treated with dignity and respect, and nobody has to sell their home to pay for care\".\n\n\"The health secretary has already sought views from across Parliament, but this is one of the most complex issues we face, and it is right we take time to develop a fair, sustainable solution,\" they added.\n\n\"Care homes will continue to get all the support they need to tackle the impacts of the pandemic, with £3.2bn to help address pressures in adult social care and £600m to control infections in care homes.\"", "The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, has written to Kent Police asking them to investigate whether Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has broken coronavirus quarantine rules.\n\nMr Farage tweeted a picture of himself at lunchtime on Saturday having a pint in a pub, as many businesses in England reopened.\n\nExactly a fortnight ago, Mr Farage tweeted from a trip to the United States - where he was a guest at a rally for President Trump.\n\nPeople travelling to the UK from the US are required to quarantine for a period of 14 days from the moment they arrive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nigel Farage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"There are clearly serious questions to answer for Nigel Farage,\" Sir Ed said.\n\n\"It is clear from his social media posts that he was in America on 20 June, and he was pictured at a Trump rally that evening. Given the current requirements for visitors returning to the UK to isolate for 14 full days on their return, Nigel Farage appears to be in violation of the quarantine,\" he added.\n\n\"By choosing to go to the pub when it appears he should have been staying at home, Mr Farage is showing a flagrant disregard for the safety of people in his community.\"\n\nIn his letter to Kent's chief constable, Alan Pughsley - which has also been sent to Home Secretary Priti Patel - the former cabinet minister said:\n\n\"I write to ask you to immediately investigate this issue, establish the timeline of events for Mr Farage's return to the UK and establish whether Mr Farage was in breach of his quarantine. It is vital that lives are not put at risk by breaches of quarantine.\n\n\"I am copying this letter to the home secretary as I believe this case illustrates the difficulties that the police and Home Office will have in enforcing the quarantine rules as they are currently set out.\"\n\nSo how has Mr Farage managed to quarantine back in the UK for 14 days, if he was in the States two weeks ago?\n\nHe insists he has \"been back from the USA for two weeks.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nigel Farage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis spokesman told me he flew straight back to Britain on the same day - and claimed that a negative coronavirus test after he got back meant he could head back out and about again.\n\nBut the Department of Health has told me getting a test does not get you out of quarantining - self isolating at home - because a test could amount to a false negative; you could be harbouring the virus but not yet symptomatic.\n\nWriting on Twitter, Alexandra Phillips, a former Brexit Party MEP who once worked as Nigel Farage's media adviser, said:\n\n\"Dear Ed Davey, The police have better things to do, you sad little man. Getting an officer to go to Nigel's house to tell him he shouldn't have gone to the pub is a total waste of resources and makes you look like a pathetic, attention-seeking twerp.\"", "The decision to allow the group to disembark follows a week of tension on board the ship\n\nItaly has given permission for 180 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to disembark from a charity-run ship.\n\nThe decision comes after a stand-off that lasted more than a week.\n\nThe Ocean Viking, operated by rescue group SOS Méditerranée, declared a state of emergency on Friday, citing fears for the safety of both migrants and crew.\n\nThe migrants are set to be transferred to a government vessel in Sicily on Monday and will quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMedics have already tested those on the Ocean Viking for Covid-19. Results are expected on Monday.\n\nThe migrants are from a range of countries including Pakistan, Eritrea and Nigeria. They had fled the coast of Libya when they were rescued in four separate groups between 25 and 30 June.\n\nThey include 25 minors, most of whom are unaccompanied by adults and two women, including one who is pregnant.\n\nThe ship had been awaiting permission to allow the passengers off the vessel in either Italy or Malta.\n\nThe migrants were rescued while fleeing the coast of Libya\n\nAs time went on, those on board had become desperate to reach land - while others, unable to contact friends and family to let them know they were safe, had become distraught, AFP news agency reports.\n\nA doctor for SOS Méditerranée said he had noted \"enormous psychological discomfort on the ship\", where the situation was \"almost out of control, for guests and crew\".\n\nOne crew member said there had been a series of fights and threats of suicide.\n\nAn Italian interior ministry source told AFP that a medical team had been sent to the ship ahead of disembarkation.\n\n\"We're very happy! We've come a long way, Libya was like hell and now at least we can see the end. I need to tell my family that I'm still alive,\" said one passenger, 27-year-old Rabiul from Bangladesh.\n\nSOS Méditerranée wrote on Twitter that the \"unnecessary delay of this disembarkation has put lives at risk\".\n\nMore than 110,000 migrants tried to cross the Mediterranean last year. More than 1,200 died during the attempt, according to the International Organisation for Migration.\n\nThe UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, says that more than 24,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea during the first six months of this year, although it is thought that warmer weather during summer could lead to an increase in the number of attempts.", "New quarantine exemptions will allow major sporting events, as well as TV and film productions, to go ahead this summer, the government has said.\n\nSome sports teams and production crews will not have to quarantine upon arrival in England if they are essential to the event or production.\n\nThe scheme gives the green light for Formula One, international football, golf and snooker tournaments to return.\n\nMinisters said darts, horse racing and other sports are expected to follow.\n\nThe government's new quarantine exemptions mean Silverstone will be able to stage races in August, while Champions League and Europa League football, the PGA British Masters Championship and the World Snooker Championships will go ahead.\n\nAnnouncing the scheme, which applies to England only, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: \"The British summer of sport is back on.\"\n\nUnder the new rules, sports authorities, event organisers and the film and TV industry would need to follow \"stringent protocols\" to become exempt from the 14-day quarantine rule.\n\nAt the moment, most travellers to the UK must quarantine for two weeks. However, from 10 July, people arriving in England from dozens of countries deemed \"low risk\" will not have to isolate.\n\nThose who earn exemption by following the new rules will have to live and work in controlled \"bubbled\" environments and must be tested for coronavirus regularly.\n\nPeople working in the film industry will be required to remain for 14 days within a bubble that includes only their accommodation and production location.\n\nThe scheme will apply to individuals coming into England specifically to work on film and television productions which qualify as British under one of the government's cultural tests or official co-production treaties.\n\nIt comes as the culture secretary is under increasing pressure to provide further support to the performing arts.\n\nThe government's plan for the return of live theatre and music, announced last week, was dismissed by many in the industry as inadequate amid calls for financial help and a timetable for reopening.\n\nActors' union Equity said that without investment to save jobs and venues, such guidance would be \"meaningless\".", "\"Every penny\" of the bonus should go to staff, Health Minister Vaughan Gething says\n\nSocial care workers in Wales have still not received a £500 cash bonus that was promised more than two months ago.\n\nThe health minister said the Welsh Government is \"looking to exhaust every avenue\" to persuade the UK government the bonus should not be taxed.\n\nVaughan Gething said \"every penny\" should go to social care staff and not be \"a windfall for the Treasury\".\n\nThe UK government said Welsh ministers had the power and funding to increase the payment to account for deductions.\n\nMore than 64,000 social care workers were told by First Minister Mark Drakeford on 1 May that they would get a cash bonus of £500, at a cost of £32.2m.\n\nIt was to recognise the fact residential and domiciliary care staff were \"often accepting a greater degree of risk\", Mr Drakeford had said.\n\nVaughan Gething said the UK government's stance was \"deeply frustrating\"\n\nIn June, the pledge was extended to care home kitchen and domestic staff, agency and nursing staff, personal assistants working in care homes, and domiciliary workers.\n\nBut no payments have yet been made.\n\n\"It's deeply frustrating for not just the government but, in particular, for care home workers themselves,\" Mr Gething told the BBC Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"We're still trying to get the UK government to a position where they won't take tax and National Insurance off these payments.\"\n\nCare home industry leaders say their funding assumes staff are only paid the minimum wage\n\nMary Wimbury, chief executive of Care Forum Wales, said even if workers got the bonus, it would \"not be enough\".\n\n\"We see the £500 as the first step to a long-term solution where the vital role care workers undertake is properly rewarded,\" she said.\n\n\"We cannot continue with local authorities and health boards setting fee rates that assume they will only be paid the legal minimum wage.\"\n\nIn a statement, the UK government said it had provided £2.3bn of funding for the Welsh Government to support people, businesses and public services during the pandemic.\n\n\"We are working with the Welsh Government to determine the exact scope of the proposed bonus,\" a spokesman added.\n\n\"Payments made in connection with employment are however chargeable to income tax and NICS unless explicitly exempt.\n\n\"The Welsh government has the powers and funding to gross up the payment, if its intention is for social care workers to benefit by at least £500.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A Siberian tiger has attacked and killed a female zookeeper in Switzerland in front of visitors and zoo employees.\n\nStaff rushed to her aid and eventually managed to draw the tiger out of the cage, but the 55-year-old keeper died at the scene, Zurich zoo said.\n\nVisitors raised the alarm at about 13:20 (11:20 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nAn investigation is under way to determine why the zookeeper was in the cage at the same time as the tiger.\n\nDespite an emergency team at the zoo luring the tiger from the enclosure and into a holding pen, efforts to resuscitate the wounded keeper failed, the zoo said in a statement.\n\n\"Sadly all help came too late,\" a spokeswoman for Zurich police, Judith Hoedl, said.\n\nThe tiger, named Irina, was born at a zoo in Denmark in 2015 and transferred to Zurich last year.\n\nThe director of Zurich zoo, Severin Dressen, said the zookeeper had been a member of staff there for some time, the AP news agency reported.\n\n\"Our full sympathy is with the relatives of the victim,\" Mr Dressen added.\n\nProfessional counselling has been made available for those who witnessed the attack.\n\nZurich zoo said it would remain closed on Sunday following the incident.\n\nAnimal attacks at zoos and sanctuaries are relatively rare, but this is not the first reported attack at Zurich zoo.\n\nIn December 2019, a crocodile at the zoo bit the hand of a keeper during a routine cleaning operation in the animal's enclosure. When the reptile failed to release its grip on the keeper, the decision was made to shoot it.", "The government is pledging to provide 30,000 new traineeships to get young people in England into work, as fears about mounting unemployment increase.\n\nTraineeships provide classroom-based lessons in maths, English and CV writing, as well as up to 90 hours of unpaid work experience.\n\nUnder the £111m scheme, firms in England will be given £1,000 for each new work experience place they offer.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive £21m for similar schemes.\n\nThe additional funding for traineeships is set to be announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday when he will unveil an economic plan to deal with the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nEmployers are not required to pay trainees for a work placement, unlike apprenticeships where the minimum wage rate is £4.15 per hour.\n\nOn an apprenticeship, a person is employed to do work while studying for a formal qualification, usually for one day a week, either at a college or training centre over a number of years.\n\nBusinesses have been hit hard since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March, and even though restrictions are gradually being eased, consumer demand remains depressed.\n\nAs a result, companies with a presence across the UK have revealed thousands of staff cuts in the past week.\n\n\"Young people's employment prospects are expected to be disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of coronavirus,\" the Treasury said in a statement announcing plans to expand the traineeship programme.\n\nTraineeships are intended to get people into their first job after education. They last from six weeks to six months and they are open to people aged between 16 and 24.\n\n\"Expanding traineeships will be part of a wider package to support young people and to ensure they have the skills and training to go on to high quality, secure and fulfilling employment,\" the Treasury said.\n\nEmployers must currently offer a minimum of 100 hours of work experience. But the Treasury statement refers to \"a high-quality work placement of 60 to 90 hours\", which could suggest a new, lesser, commitment for providers.\n\nThe expanded scheme will be in place in England from September 2020.\n\nThe Treasury said that three quarters of young people who completed a traineeship moved on to employment or further study within a year. In contrast, three quarters of 18-24 year-olds who are not in education, employment or training for three months will continue to be out of work and out of education for a full 12 months, according to government figures.\n\nThe number of people starting traineeships has, however, been declining gradually, from a high of 24,100 in 2015-16 down to 14,900 in 2018, according to figures from the Department for Education.\n\nDavid Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, told the BBC's Today programme: \"We know that young people get treated very badly in recessions and will be at the back of the queue for jobs.\n\n\"What we want is a whole range of actions that the government can take: put money into colleges to give them a chance, incentivise employers to take on trainees, but also take on apprenticeships as well.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need really bold action now on both the labour market and on skills.\"", "Hairdressers in England have re-opened for business for the first time in three months as lockdown restrictions eased, along with pubs, restaurants and cinemas.\n\nCustomers in Coventry posed for portraits before and after their haircuts at 17A Salon and Men's Grooming Company, while sharing their thoughts on the experience.\n\n\"I'm really pleased, [the hairdresser] has done a great job and I'm off to a barbecue tonight if the weather holds off.\n\n\"I've been desperate for a cut and have been pre-booked since June, they just moved it back to the opening day.\n\n\"I have had no worries about coming along as there is lots of information about keeping safe.\"\n\n\"My hair has become increasingly annoying.\n\n\"It blows into my face but is not long enough to tie back, so very pleased to be getting it cut.\n\n\"When you move to a new area it is important to find a dentist and hairdresser you can trust, and this is one of those.\"\n\n\"A haircut makes you feel better about yourself.\n\n\"I've had no worries about the safety of coming here as I have been working throughout and don't know anyone who has caught it.\"\n\n\"It's an amazing feeling to get my hair done at last, I can finally wear it down again, [it's] the best feeling.\"\n\n\"I've had it up to hide my roots.\"\n\n\"My hair has been driving me mad, it's been 17 or 18 weeks since I had it cut.\n\n\"My wife had a go at it with the clippers but got scared, but it did take a bit of weight out of it at the back.\n\n\"I did contemplate a buzz cut but decided against it.\"\n\n\"This is my first proper cut since February but my housemates have been cutting it.\n\n\"We've all done each other's now. I've cut about four people's hair but I've been looking forward to a proper cut.\"\n\n\"It's been horrible not to have my hair cut, it's been hard to keep it under control.\n\n\"I've been coming here for 40 years and am used to having it cut every four or five weeks.\n\n\"It's fabulous now it's done, when it is short it so much more manageable, I don't have to blow dry it every morning.\"\n\n\"I had my last cut on 10 March and now really need it as I usually have a 0.5 grade on the sides.\n\n\"I thought about a home cut but didn't want to let the missus do it.\n\n\"So today, I'm looking forward to it and have treated myself to a cut with the head barber - probably the most expensive haircut I'll ever have.\"", "US President Donald Trump has lashed out at his political enemies in a speech to mark 4 July at the White House in Washington DC.\n\nThe president pledged to defeat the \"radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters\", in an apparent reference to anti-racism protesters.\n\nMany US demonstrators want a re-evaluation - or the total removal - of statues connected to slavery. Mr Trump has accused them of wanting to \"erase our history\".", "All staff at the 2 Sisters plant in Llangefni have been sent home on full pay\n\nStaff who have yet to be tested for coronavirus after an outbreak linked to a food processing factory have been urged to \"act immediately\".\n\nAnglesey council's plea comes after 210 cases have been confirmed among workers at the 2 Sisters plant, in Llangefni.\n\nMeanwhile, Public Health Wales (PWH) said about 300 workers \"have not yet presented for testing\" at a Wrexham food factory which has had 166 cases.\n\nIt said there was \"no evidence\" Rowan Foods was the source of the outbreak.\n\nAbout 1,000 people linked to the Wrexham food factory have already been tested.\n\nRowan Foods in Wrexham has introduced screens and visors to keep staff safe\n\nOn Saturday, PHW said it was working with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to \"urgently contact just over 300 workers that have not yet presented for testing\".\n\nMeanwhile, six more Covid-19 cases were identified in the workforce associated with the 2 Sisters plant on Friday, taking the total from 204 to 210.\n\nPHW said the \"increase in reported cases is low, which is reassuring and is evidence that the control measures put in place combined with the rapid testing process, have worked\".\n\nIn a tweet, Anglesey council shared a link for other 2 Sisters workers to get a test \"to help safeguard themselves, family, friends and their communities\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Isle of Anglesey CC #KeepWalesSafe", "Matt Forward with his hawk in Trafalgar Square\n\nWhether it's nurses, carers or supermarket staff, key workers have rightly been hailed as heroes during lockdown.\n\nBut behind the frontline of the pandemic there have been a huge number of people who have been busy doing essential jobs, as outlined by the government.\n\nThey include those working across the food and transport industries, people providing childcare, working in public service and the financial sector.\n\nThey have been allowed to travel to work and send their children to school while the rest of us have been in lockdown. We spoke to some of them to find out how lockdown has been.\n\nMatt Forward's job is to keep the pigeons away from Trafalgar Square. Pest management was covered in the key worker list, so throughout lockdown Matt drove himself and his Harris hawk 45 miles to the iconic square early two mornings a week.\n\nFrom 06:00, his \"little boy\" Lighten would fly around for a couple of hours - perching on Nelson's Column and the roof of the National Gallery.\n\nHarris hawks are social birds known for their co-operative manner\n\nHis presence alone was enough to keep the pigeons away. \"If I was a pigeon and saw this beast flying around everywhere I wouldn't want to nest and get too comfy,\" he says.\n\nMatt, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said he never thought of stopping his job because of lockdown.\n\n\"If someone wasn't there doing the job that we do, we'd be overrun,\" he says. Matt is new to the profession - he swapped his work as a plumber for the \"best job in the world\" a few months before lockdown.\n\nMatt has kept birds of prey all his life, but only recently started getting paid to work with them\n\nHe saw a \"hell of a difference\" during lockdown, particularly because there were fewer people about, meaning there was less food waste for the pigeons to eat. \"People aren't dropping bags of crisps in Trafalgar Square anymore,\" he says, \"basically food isn't on a plate for them.\"\n\nBut because there is less food around, it's changed the behaviour of the pigeons. They seem a bit braver because they're hungrier, he says.\n\nAfter he finishes in Trafalgar Square, he takes his bird of prey to other places in the capital - London Stadium, museums, hotels.\n\nMatt says he loves that, despite coronavirus, people still come up to him to ask him about what he's doing. \"It's not as if I'm walking a dog down the road,\" he says. \"People show a lot of interest in it - that's one of the reasons I love it.\"\n\nLockdown has been \"a rollercoaster\" on Lunan Bay Farm, in Angus. Perched on the eastern coast of Scotland, the farm produces free range goat meat, honeyberries and other niche products. But a third of its business comes from asparagus - which has just a six-week season, running from early May until the middle of June.\n\n\"Covid hit us right before our asparagus started,\" says Jillian McEwan, who runs the farm with her husband Neil, a fifth-generation farmer. \"It is a high-intense time because it is such a short season.\"\n\nAs food producers, they also qualified as key workers, but were faced with a race to pick - and then sell - their asparagus right in the middle of lockdown.\n\nNeil and Jillian usually sell most of their asparagus to restaurants around Scotland\n\n\"We were able to booster our workforce with people who had been furloughed or had been made redundant,\" Jillian says. They ended up with a team of 10-15 pickers, who all had to be equipped with masks, gloves and aprons.\n\nThe farm usually uses lightweight tractors in the asparagus fields, with pickers filling baskets on a platform pulled behind it. But to ensure social distancing they needed a much larger platform, meaning a heavier tractor was required.\n\nJillian worries about the impact the heavier machinery could have in the coming years.\n\n\"By compacting the ground it will have an impact on next year's crop. So there were a lot of consequences of Covid for us.\"\n\nThe six-week asparagus season fell in the middle of lockdown\n\nThe farm has 15 acres of asparagus and harvested 7,500kg in the six weeks from 4 May. But then came the challenge of finding new customers to sell it to while it was fresh. The 70-plus restaurants who usually take most of it were all closed.\n\nInstead they've turned to small farm shops and independent retailers. Much of their asparagus has been delivered to people as part of veg boxes. \"It actually proved to be quite successful for us. We could have actually sold three times the amount of asparagus we produced.\"\n\n\"I have 62 volunteers that help me run manage the locks,\" says Alex Goode, site manager at Foxton Locks, in Leicestershire. \"I went down to zero at the start of lockdown.\"\n\nAs a key worker, the operation of the area became Alex's responsibility during lockdown.\n\nJust a handful of boats a day passed through Foxton Locks during lockdown\n\nLocated on the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal, Foxton boasts the longest and steepest set of staircase locks in the UK. It is a set of 10 individual locks, split into two by a passing area. In the height of summer it can see 30-45 boats pass through every day.\n\nWith all but essential travel stopped on the canal system at the beginning of lockdown, that number fell to between one and four a day. Yet boaters still needed to pass through the locks.\n\n\"People who are living on their boats, it is their house, they still needed to get to areas where they could empty their toilets and fill up their water. Other people needed to move around to get to sick relatives, or to get somewhere to moor for lockdown.\"\n\nWorking mainly from home, he created a next day booking system, where all the boats wanting to pass had to register for a set time the following day, giving Alex time to arrive, unlock the locks, and make sure coronavirus protocols were being stuck to by boaters.\n\nA team of more than 60 volunteers usually help to maintain and run the locks\n\nAlex would also perform a daily safety check to make sure there was no damage or vandalism to the lock - or to the tow path, where locals came for their daily permitted exercise.\n\nHe says about 10-15 boats a day now pass through Foxton and he is looking forward to the canal volunteers returning at the beginning of July.\n\n\"It resembled something out of ET,\" says Caitlin Rehal. The 37-year-old specialist speech and language therapist is describing the personal protective equipment she had to wear to see a 102-year-old patient.\n\nNeither were suspected of having coronavirus, but such PPE is just one of the changes Caitlin has seen in her profession since the pandemic hit.\n\n\"It was almost impossible to engage with this patient while wearing all of this gear,\" she said. \"It was very hard to get her to know I was a person trying to speak to her. My impression was it was as if a bin was speaking to her… like something was talking but perhaps it shouldn't be.\"\n\nCaitlin says she felt like she was wearing an \"ET\" outfit\n\nCaitlin says that as the PPE guidance has changed she hasn't been required to wear the \"ET\" outfit again - now a surgical mask, gloves and an apron are deemed suitable to see patients.\n\nAs a specialist health key worker, she has continued to work at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, in Kent, during the pandemic, treating people struggling to communicate or swallow, which affects their eating and drinking.\n\nShe says her team regularly sees patients who have had a brain injury, a fall, or those with dementia, Parkinson's or multiple sclerosis. And now Covid-19 - because it affects the respiratory system, it can have an impact on the way people swallow, she says.\n\n\"Overall we have had fewer patients but of those patients some of them are much higher risk. So it's been a bit of an adjustment,\" she says. It's also meant many of the patients her team treats have been younger than usual - aged in their 50s and 60s, rather than 70s and older.\n\n\"It's been a bit of an adjustment,\" says Caitlin\n\nBut because she has asthma, Caitlin has been unable to work with many of those higher risk patients. She can't see anyone suspected of having coronavirus, even with elaborate PPE.\n\nShe says she's grateful for the support of her colleagues when she felt \"she wasn't able to pull her weight\". \"Their understanding and appreciation of the work I was able to do, in lieu of being able to be on the high-risk wards with them, was very important for my emotional health in a very stressful period.\"", "Singapore's TraceTogether Tokens are the latest effort to tackle Covid-19 with tech. But they have also reignited a privacy debate.\n\nThe wearable devices complement the island's existing contact-tracing app, to identify people who might have been infected by those who have tested positive for the virus.\n\nAll users have to do is carry one, and the battery lasts up to nine months without needing a recharge - something one expert said had \"stunned\" him.\n\nThe government agency which developed the devices acknowledges that the Tokens - and technology in general - aren't \"a silver bullet\", but should augment human contact-tracers' efforts.\n\nThe first to receive the devices are thousands of vulnerable elderly people who don't own smartphones.\n\nTo do so, they had to provide their national ID and phone numbers - TraceTogether app users recently had to start doing likewise.\n\nIf dongle users test positive for the disease, they have to hand their device to the Ministry of Health because - unlike the app - they cannot transmit data over the internet.\n\nHuman contact-tracers will then use the logs to identify and advise others who might have been infected.\n\n\"It's very boring in what it does, which is why I think it's a good design,\" says hardware developer Sean Cross.\n\nHe was one of four experts invited to inspect one of the devices before they launched. The group was shown all its components but were not allowed to turn it on.\n\n\"It can correlate who you'd been with, who you've infected and, crucially, who may have infected you,\" Mr Cross adds.\n\nSingapore was the first country to deploy a national coronavirus-tracing app.\n\nThe local authorities say 2.1 million people have downloaded the software, representing about 35% of the population.\n\nIt is voluntary for everyone except migrant workers living in dorms, who account for the majority of Singapore's 44,000-plus infections.\n\nThe government says the app helped it quarantine some people more quickly than would have otherwise been possible.\n\nBut by its own admission, the tech doesn't work as well as had been hoped.\n\nSome people have uninstalled the app because of its drain on battery life\n\nOn iPhones, the app has to be running in the foreground for Bluetooth \"handshakes\" to occur, which means users can't use their handsets for anything else. It's also a huge drain on the battery. Android devices don't face the same problem.\n\nAutomated contact-tracing can in theory be hugely effective, but only if a large percentage of a population is involved.\n\nSo, owners of Apple's devices are likely to be among others asked to use the dongles in the near future.\n\nWhen the Token was first announced in early June, there was a public backlash against the government - something that is a relatively rare occurrence in Singapore.\n\nWilson Low started an online petition calling for it to be ditched. Almost 54,000 people have signed.\n\n\"All that is stopping the Singapore government from becoming a surveillance state is the advent and mandating the compulsory usage of such a wearable device,\" the petition stated.\n\n\"What comes next would be laws that state these devices must not be turned off [and must] remain on a person at all times - thus sealing our fate as a police state.\"\n\nMinisters point out the devices don't log GPS location data or connect to mobile networks, so can't be used for surveillance of a person's movements.\n\nMr Cross agrees that from what he was shown, the dongles cannot be used as location-trackers.\n\nBut he adds that the scheme is still less privacy-centric than a model promoted by Apple and Google, which is being widely adopted elsewhere.\n\n\"At the end of the day, the Ministry of Health can go from this cryptic, secret number that only they know, to a phone number - to an individual,\" he explains.\n\nBy contrast, apps based on Apple and Google's model alert users if they are at risk, but do not reveal their identities to the authorities. It is up to the individuals to do so when, for example, they register for a test.\n\nDr Michael Veale, a digital rights expert at University College London, warns of the potential for mission creep.\n\nHe gives an example in which a government struggling against Covid-19 might want to enforce quarantine control. It could do so, he says, by fitting Bluetooth sensors to public spaces to identify dongle users who are out and about when they should be self-isolating at home.\n\n\"All you have to do is install physical infrastructure in the world and the data that is collecting can be mapped back to Singapore ID numbers,\" he explains.\n\n\"The buildability is the worrying part.\"\n\nBut the official in charge of the agency responsible for TraceTogether plays down such concerns.\n\n\"There is a high trust relationship between the government and people, and there is data protection,\" says Kok Ping Soon, chief executive of GovTech.\n\nHe adds that he hopes the public recognises that the health authorities need this data to protect them and their loved ones.\n\nAnother reason Singapore prefers its own scheme over Apple and Google's is that it can provide epidemiologists with greater insight into an outbreak's spread.\n\nThis was in part why the UK government initially resisted adopting the tech giants' initiative until its own effort to work around Apple's Bluetooth restrictions failed to pass muster.\n\nIf Singapore's wearables work as hoped, other nations may be tempted to follow.\n\n\"[With more data], you are able to make policy decisions which very carefully tie restraints or obligations only to high-risk activities. Otherwise you're left with much blunter tools,\" comments privacy expert Roland Turner, another member of the group invited by Singapore to inspect its hardware.\n\n\"There is perhaps a paradoxical consequence that greater freedoms are possible.\"", "Around the UK, people have paused once again to thank NHS staff and care workers for their tireless work during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson led the clapping at 10 Downing Street, where he was joined by Annemarie Plas. Plas initiated the weekly clap for the NHS, which became a regular feature of the pandemic at its height. Image caption: Prime Minister Boris Johnson led the clapping at 10 Downing Street, where he was joined by Annemarie Plas. Plas initiated the weekly clap for the NHS, which became a regular feature of the pandemic at its height.\n\nNHS staff outside the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle stepped outside to salute the NHS on its 72nd birthday. Image caption: NHS staff outside the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle stepped outside to salute the NHS on its 72nd birthday.\n\nPlayers and officials stood for a minute's applause for NHS staff before the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool Image caption: Players and officials stood for a minute's applause for NHS staff before the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool\n\nMembers of staff at London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital were among those to celebrate 72 years of the NHS Image caption: Members of staff at London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital were among those to celebrate 72 years of the NHS\n\nMeanwhile, about 100 protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London, calling for the end of racial disparity in the health system. Image caption: Meanwhile, about 100 protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London, calling for the end of racial disparity in the health system.", "A government roadmap for the return of live theatre and music has been met with calls for financial support and a timetable for reopening, with many dismissing the plan as inadequate.\n\nThe five-step roadmap did not come with dates or monetary help attached.\n\nActors' union Equity said that without investment to save jobs and venues, such guidance \"will be meaningless\".\n\nBirmingham Hippodrome and UK Theatre head Fiona Allan said it was \"of no practical benefit\" without a timescale.\n\n\"We need dates to work towards in order to plan properly or more jobs will be lost and more venues and companies close,\" she wrote. \"How is this not clear?\"\n\nVenues have been shut since March, with many warning that they will go out of business in the coming months without support.\n\nMr Dowden said the roadmap \"provides a clear pathway back\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We want to get the performing arts fully back up and running safely as soon as possible and are working closely with the sector on a phased approach, guided by public health and medical experts.\"\n\nThe arts have been supported by loans, grants, the furlough scheme and a £160m Arts Council England emergency package, and the government is \"considering ways in which we may be able to support it further on top of the unprecedented financial assistance we have already provided\", the spokesperson said.\n\nOn Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published the five-stage plan for a \"phased return\", which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to follow later.\n\nMr Dowden said he wanted \"to raise the curtain on live performances\" as soon as possible, and that the roadmap \"provides a clear pathway back\".\n\nHe said: \"I am determined to ensure the performing arts do not stay closed longer than is absolutely necessary to protect public health.\"\n\nSir Ian McKellen has given a ray of hope with the news that he will play Hamlet on stage\n\nDespite the lack of an official timetable, on Friday the producers of a musical based on Sleepless In Seattle went ahead and announced its world premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London on 1 September.\n\nSleepless, A Musical Romance will star Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness and ex-Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh. Audiences will be socially distanced, temperature checked and required to wear masks.\n\nThat news came a day after the announcement that Sir Ian McKellen will play Hamlet at the age of 81, in what was billed as the \"first major UK theatre production post-Covid to start rehearsals\".\n\nIt will be staged at Theatre Royal Windsor, but no opening date has yet been announced.\n\nOn Thursday, Leeds theatre company Slung Low staged a rare live performance with an audience. The children's show took place outdoors, with the performers on the back of a truck and families watching from tents.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Alan Lane This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTheatre Royal Plymouth has warned it could cut 110 of its 350 staff\n\nEarlier this week, the Newcastle Theatre Royal and Plymouth Theatre Royal became the latest theatres to announce job cuts.\n\nWelcoming the government roadmap, Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatres and UK Theatre, said it was \"essential\" to have indicative dates for each stage.\n\n\"Otherwise with no information at all, theatres and producers will have to assume a worst case scenario and plan to be shut for a long period,\" he said.\n\nLouise Chantal, chief executive of the Oxford Playhouse, said the plan was \"as useful a map as a snakes and ladders board\", adding: \"We need dates, data and INVESTMENT now!\"\n\nPlaywright Lisa Holdsworth, chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, said \"a road map is only any use if you have enough petrol to get you where you need to go\".\n\nMatt Trueman, creative associate at Sonia Friedman Productions, which staged shows like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, said: \"Destinations without directions - that's not a roadmap, it's a fantasy gap year.\" He dismissed the plan as \"fag packet stuff\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTom Kiehl, acting CEO of UK Music, which represents the music industry, said: \"A roadmap is welcome but we also need a timeline for when live performances can resume.\n\n\"Financial help in the form of sector specific support is increasingly needed to stop music businesses from going bust.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the Music Venues Trust (MVT) published an open letter to the government calling for support to \"prevent the closure of hundreds of grassroots music venues\".\n\nIn response to the roadmap, MVT chief executive Mark Davyd said: \"We don't need guidance on how to organise creative activity and connect with audiences, this is what our venues do professionally.\n\n\"We need the money to survive the crisis and plan our own route back to full use.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Scenes like this are unlikely as the US faces a spike in coronavirus cases\n\nFor millions of Americans, celebrating 4 July comes with certain rituals and traditions.\n\nParades, public fireworks displays and large family reunions are some of the most popular ways Americans mark the nation's independence from Britain in 1776.\n\nBut this year is set to look a little different. Here's why.\n\nSadly, it looks like the floats will have to stay in the garage this year.\n\nCities around the US have cancelled their annual parades as cases of coronavirus continue to rise. The National Independence Day Parade in Washington DC is the highest-profile casualty.\n\n\"Covid-19 infection levels will not be abated to the degree that it would be safe,\" its organisers said in a rather downcast statement.\n\nThe annual parade in Washington DC has been cancelled because of coronavirus\n\nBut others have approached things with a more creative touch.\n\nIn the small town of Montgomery, Ohio, there's set to be a \"reverse parade\" where motorists will drive past a stationary show featuring the usual marching band, stilt walkers and floats.\n\nEither way, we're unlikely to see the kind of showpiece events that we're used to. There's always next year, at least.\n\nFireworks displays are synonymous with Independence Day and - while a raft of events have been cancelled - it's not all bad news.\n\nSome organisers have come up with ingenious ways to ensure they can still go ahead without crowds gathering to watch.\n\nSome cities are trying to avoid crowds gathering to watch the displays\n\nIn New York, the Macy's Fireworks Show is being held over a series of nights at unspecified locations and times. Each show will last for just five minutes to avoid crowds being able to gather.\n\nOther cities, such as Boston and Houston, are encouraging people to watch the fireworks from home on TV or online. Which brings us nicely onto...\n\nIt's fair to say this pandemic has pushed a lot of people to do more online, and that appears to include celebrating Independence Day.\n\nA huge number of events will be streamed online so they can be enjoyed safely at home.\n\nThe Capitol Fourth concert in Washington DC is one of the most well-known. This year, it was pre-recorded in \"iconic locations across the country\" and will be shown both online and on TV.\n\nAnd in Los Angeles, an arts centre is set to host an \"online block party\" with music and other performances being shown live on Facebook. Plenty of other cities are planning to livestream concerts of their own.\n\nWhat better way to commemorate the birth of a nation?\n\nOh, and one of the quirkier Independence Day traditions - Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest - is still going ahead with various Covid-19 precautions in place.\n\nThe century-old competition will be shown on TV where it's previously attracted almost two million viewers. Some traditions are sacred, after all.\n\nWhile some events organisers are finding innovative ways to keep things on track, there's no getting around the fact that a lot of public spaces will be closed this weekend.\n\nBars and restaurants will be shut in many states, as officials continue to pull back on plans to reopen after the recent spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nAnd beaches in states such as Florida and California, which would normally be packed with holidaymakers, will be closed to the public.\n\nThere have been protests over beach closures - such as this one in California\n\nBut there's some consolation if you had planned a trip to see a major attraction.\n\nA fair few offer some form of online tour, including the USS Constitution which is one of the world's oldest warships. It's set to stream virtual tours as well as a live 21-gun salute to mark Independence Day on Saturday.\n\nBeyond the pandemic, the US has also been rocked by another major news event this year.\n\nThe death of African American George Floyd in police custody in May triggered nationwide protests and led to renewed demands for an end to institutional racism. Many of these protests targeted statues of controversial historical figures.\n\nNow, some officials are concerned that Independence Day could see further clashes at monuments and sites.\n\nMemorials to the Confederacy, a group of southern states that fought to keep slaves, have been targeted\n\nPresident Donald Trump's administration has put \"rapid deployment teams\" in place to guard federal monuments around the country ahead of the long weekend.\n\n\"While the department respects every American's right to protest peacefully, violence and civil unrest will not be tolerated,\" Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement announcing the move.\n\nThere are also plans for Black Lives Matter protests on 4 July in a swathe of cities including Orlando, Newark and Washington DC.\n\nWhile the majority of this year's events will take place on 4th, the celebrations will actually kick-off on 3rd.\n\nThat's when President Trump will travel to the Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota for the first firework display there in more than a decade.\n\nIt's proved to be a controversial plan for a few reasons. Firstly, there are environmental concerns as some fear the display could set off wildfires in the surrounding forest.\n\nAnd Native American groups are planning to protest against Mr Trump's visit as the monument to former US presidents was built on land sacred to the Sioux tribe.\n\nPresident Trump will bring fighter jets and fireworks to Mount Rushmore on 3 July\n\nThe event has also attracted criticism because social distancing will not be enforced and masks will not be mandatory. \"We told those folks that have concerns that they can stay home,\" the Republican governor said.\n\nMr Trump has promised a \"special evening\" back in Washington DC, too, where 10,000 fireworks will be set off as part of the \"Salute to America\" event which is still going ahead.\n\nBut the city's Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern and urged people to stay at home. \"Ask yourself, do you need to be there?\" she said. \"Do you know if you'll be able to social distance?\"\n\nTheir disagreement points to the fraught political backdrop that is likely to make this year's Independence Day - in more ways than one - unlike any other.", "There has been a \"rise in the extent\" that limits are broken during lockdown despite a big drop in the number of fines, according to GoSafe\n\nMotorists have been caught driving at speeds of almost 140mph on Wales' roads during lockdown, police figures show.\n\nWhile there has been a 72% drop in the number of people caught speeding, there has been a \"rise in the extent\" that limits are broken, according to GoSafe.\n\nThe road safety partnership said such behaviour risked putting more pressure on the NHS during the pandemic.\n\nThere were 9,447 fines sent out between 24 March and 24 May, compared to 33,796 for the same period last year.\n\nThe reduction corresponds to a 70% drop in the volume of traffic on Welsh roads, but that is not the whole story, according to GoSafe manager Teresa Ciano.\n\nTravel restrictions which allow people to travel no further than five miles (8km) will not be lifted earlier than 6 July, First Minister Mark Drakeford said on Friday.\n\n\"Whilst the offending rate is similar, we have seen a rise in the extent that speed limits have been broken,\" she said.\n\n\"This minority of motorists have been putting themselves and others at risk of serious injury or death at a time when we all need to play our part in reducing road collisions to protect the NHS and save lives.\"\n\nPolice have set up new speed checks where concerns have been raised locally, said GoSafe manager Teresa Ciano\n\nThe highest speeds have been recorded on the M4 near Newport and the A55 in Denbighshire.\n\nIndividual fines issued between 24 March - the day after lockdown was announced - and 25 May include:\n\nThe number of speeding fines issued in the South Wales Police, Gwent Police and Dyfed-Powys Police force areas dropped from 24,371 last year to 6,446 this year - a 73% reduction overall.\n\nThe North Wales Police force area saw a slightly smaller drop of 68% - from 9,425 last year to 3,001 this year.\n\nThe M4 eastbound, between junctions 27 and 26 near Newport, is one of the worst areas for speeding during lockdown, figures suggest\n\nMs Ciano said continued enforcement was having an impact during lockdown.\n\n\"Our casualty reduction officers have been out enforcing the roads of Wales to keep all road users safe and to encourage compliance with the speed limits.\n\n\"Despite the high level of speeding seen on some of our roads, we have seen a number of sites record zero offences, which is a clear indication of enforcement working at its best.\"\n\nShe added that police had set up new speed checks where concerns have been raised locally.", "\"Urgent\" support is needed to prevent \"widespread devastation\", the hospitality sector has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nAround 120 hospitality and tourism bosses have signed an open letter calling for aid and investment.\n\nThe industry wants to see VAT reduced, tax bills further deferred and some rent debt covered through grants.\n\nBosses say parts of the sector will not survive because some businesses remain closed, despite the easing of lockdown.\n\n\"Hospitality businesses operate with very high fixed costs and labour costs are the only flexible point to absorb this suppressed demand,\" the letter said.\n\n\"Many parts of the late night and leisure economy, as well as activities such as events and conferencing in our hotels, have no provisional date for reopening and this is impacting confidence and undermining job security.\"\n\nLabour is calling for the government to create a £1.7bn \"fightback fund\" to prevent firms in the hospitality industry and on High Streets from going under.\n\nIt wants ministers to give councils more flexibility to tailor support for their local economies and better focus funds on struggling businesses, such as hotels and cafes in coastal communities, as well as conference centres and music venues in towns and cities.\n\nThe Treasury said the government's job retention scheme had protected 9.2 million jobs, adding that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, had announced a business rates holiday specifically for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.\n\nBosses claim that the hospitality and tourism industry have been hardest hit by the crisis, compared to other sectors. They also argue that the impact is likely to last longer than in other sectors, due to social distancing rules, restrictions on business events and lower demand from international tourists.\n\n\"Sales across the sector are expected to be 56% lower than last year, reducing revenues by £73.4bn and half of businesses do not expect to reach break even until the end of next year,\" the hospitality industry warned.\n\nThe hospitality industry says it is confident it can recover and operate safely and responsibly, but it needs help from the government to get there\n\nTrade group UK Hospitality says it is \"confident\" that the industry can return to full strength and still be able to operate safely and responsibly, but it will require help from the government to enable businesses to \"restart and begin to recover\" over the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.\n\nTo that end, bosses have outlined a set of recommendations for the government, which include:\n\nThe hospitality industry stressed in the letter that the sector has a record of creating new jobs following a crisis, and that it can be trusted to do it again, with help from the government.\n\n\"In the decade that followed the financial crisis hospitality consistently created around one in six new jobs thanks in part to the VAT cuts and investment in youth employment and training introduced in the immediate aftermath,\" hospitality bosses wrote.\n\n\"We can do so again. Physical hospitality cannot be replicated digitally online, in the same way that some form of retail can be. We therefore urge you and your colleagues across government to work with us to stimulate demand and support the sector's recovery.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarl Cameron, one of the first black actors to forge a successful career in British film and television, has died aged 102, his family has confirmed.\n\nBermuda-born Cameron, who lived with his wife in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, died in his sleep on Friday.\n\nCameron first appeared on screen in the 1951 film Pool of London, in a rare starring role for a black actor.\n\nHis family said he \"was an inspirational man who stood by his moral principles\".\n\nCameron was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.\n\nHis other screen credits include 1965 Bond movie Thunderball and Doctor Who.\n\nHis family said they \"have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and respect they have received\".\n\n\"As an artist and actor he refused to accept roles that demeaned or stereotyped the character of people of colour,\" they added. \"He will be very sadly missed.\"\n\nEarl Cameron outside Buckingham Palace with his CBE, which he received in 2009\n\nBermuda Premier David Burt tweeted: \"I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of iconic Bermudian actor Earl Cameron.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Premier David Burt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPaterson Joseph, who recently starred as Kamal Hadley in the BBC's Noughts and Crosses series, said Cameron was a \"giant man\", whose \"pioneering shoulders are what my generation of actors stand on\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFamily friend Martin Beckett said: \"He's a great character, very spiritual, very modest, we're going to miss him.\n\n\"He would never take on roles that demeaned people of colour.\"\n\nCameron also starred alongside Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in the 2005 film The Interpreter.\n\nOne of his final acting credits was for a small part in the 2010 film Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC as he turned 100, Cameron said he wanted to see more black actors in roles.\n\nAlan White as Schultz and Earl Cameron as Williams in a scene from \"Dr Who and The Tenth Planet\"\n\nHe said: \"There's a lot of talent out there and I think the British film industry would prosper by using more black talent.\"\n\nCameron joined the British merchant navy and arrived in the UK in 1939.\n\nHe told the Royal Gazette he made his debut in the chorus of Chu Chin Chow, a West End show, when he was working as a dishwasher at a restaurant and they needed someone quickly.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None Black Doctor Who actor ahead of his time. Video, 00:00:49Black Doctor Who actor ahead of his time", "People who have had healthcare postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic could be treated at the hospital constructed to help Scotland fight the virus.\n\nThe £38m NHS Louisa Jordan was built at the SEC in Glasgow in April but it has not been needed during the outbreak.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said the facility will help the NHS \"recover\" from the effects of the virus response.\n\nIt will initially be open to some orthopaedic outpatients this month.\n\nIf the appointments are judged to be \"clinically successful\" and patients are satisfied, the hospital could be used to provide a wide range of delayed planned healthcare.\n\nStaff training, teaching and examinations will also be held in the large building as there is plenty of space for social-distancing.\n\nBut if it is needed to deal with a second spike of coronavirus, the Scottish government said it could by ready to accept Covid patients with a few days' notice.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 27,000 people have not been able to have their planned hospital treatments over the past 14 weeks, according to figures from Public Health Scotland.\n\nThey were paused - along with screening services - at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in a bid to ensure there was enough capacity in the NHS to deal with the pandemic.\n\nSome services are starting again, with hip and knee replacements among procedures resuming at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank .\n\nThe health minister said the Louisa Jordan could also play a vital role in tackling the backlog.\n\n\"As we begin to resume some paused NHS services safely, carefully and in a series of stages, this national hospital will play an important role in helping our NHS recover by providing planned healthcare for non-Covid outpatients,\" Ms Freeman said.\n\n\"It will also ensure the sustainability of our NHS workforce as the clinical setting, alongside the ability to maintain physical distancing, will allow undergraduates and postgraduates to carry out training, teaching and examinations, and support training for the wider health and social care workforce in Scotland.\n\n\"By continuing to follow the clear public health advice, we can continue to suppress this virus in Scotland.\"\n\nThe hospital will provide up to 1,036 additional beds\n\nThe Louisa Jordan was built in less than two weeks to offer extra capacity to the NHS in dealing with the predicted influx of patients with coronavirus symptoms.\n\nA total of 1,036 bed bays were built and it was initially able to treat 300 patients.\n\nIt was named after a Glasgow-born nurse who died in Serbia in 1915 during World War One while working in a hospital.", "The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency teams\n\nA man in his 20s has been shot dead in north London.\n\nEmergency services were called to Roman Way in Islington at 15:20 BST and found the man with gunshot wounds.\n\nHe was pronounced dead at the scene, close to Pentonville Prison, shortly afterwards, the Met Police said.\n\nThe man's next of kin have been informed but no-one has been arrested. Officers have cordoned off the Westbourne Estate area as they investigate.\n\nThe force said it was too early to say whether the shooting was linked to the prison, which is one of the country's oldest and busiest jails and houses a men's prison and a young offender institution.\n\nA witness said he heard a number of shots, ran to his window and saw \"a guy on a bike or moped rode off\".\n\nThe man was shot dead close to a children's playground\n\n\"When I looked to the park, I could see a guy stagger then fall,\" he added.\n\n\"That was it, then police came.\"\n\nThe witness, who wanted to remain anonymous, added: \"There's always crime around here, the shooting is shocking, but not much of a surprise.\n\n\"It's not nice though, especially near the local park.\"\n\nIslington South and Finsbury MP Emily Thornberry said: \"My thoughts are with the victim's family and friends and local residents in whose midst this terrible event occurred.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock said infections in Leicester were \"three times the rate of the next highest city\"\n\nMatt Hancock has said he is concerned about working practices in some clothing factories in Leicester, which is under local lockdown.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the health secretary said he was \"very worried about the employment practices in some factories\" in the city.\n\nLeicester was put on local lockdown on Monday after a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nMr Hancock told Sky's Sophy Ridge he was \"very worried\" about the number of infections in Leicester.\n\nHe confirmed the government has already shut down businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe city is the subject of the UK's first local lockdown\n\nAsked if there was a link between employment practices in Leicester and the outbreak there, Mr Hancock described guidance for employers as \"statutory guidance\" backed up by fines.\n\n\"There are clearly some problems that have been under the radar in Leicester that need action,\" he told the BBC.\n\nSpeaking on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Mr Hancock said: \"We've seen outbreaks in clothing factories and in food factories and there are some quite significant concerns about some of the employment practices in some of the clothing factories in Leicester, they are important problems to deal with.\n\n\"We also have the authority to shut down the business if it doesn't follow the guidance.\"\n\nOn Thursday, online fashion retailer Boohoo defended its business practices after a workers' rights group said staff at Leicester factories that supply the group were at risk of coronavirus.\n\nLabour Behind the Label said workers were \"being forced to come into work while sick with COVID-19\".\n\nBoohoo said it had \"terminated relationships\" with factories over the treatment of workers.\n\nIn a statement, the group said: \"The Boohoo group will not tolerate any incidence of non-compliance especially in relation to the treatment of workers within our supply chain.\"\n\nThe group said it would investigate the allegations and take any necessary action.\n\nA HSE spokesperson previously said: \"In Leicester we are actively investigating three textile businesses, have recently contacted 17 and undertaken three site visits.\n\n\"Enforcement action is being taken at one of these sites and further spot inspections will take place in the area in the coming days and weeks.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Portuguese model Sara Sampaio said the magazine cover image was in \"very bad taste\"\n\nVogue Portugal has responded to criticism over its depiction of mental health treatment on a recent magazine cover saying its aim was to \"shine a light\" on the important issue.\n\nThe \"Madness Issue\" features a woman in a bathtub in a hospital setting with a nurse pouring water over her head.\n\nMental health experts and sufferers said the cover depicted a \"dystopian\" and \"outdated\" idea of treatment.\n\nVogue Portugal said the image was intended to \"start a discussion\".\n\n\"The cover story explores the historical context of mental health and is designed to reflect real life and authentic stories,\" the publisher said in a statement posted on Twitter on Saturday.\n\n\"Inside the issue features interviews and contributions from psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists and other experts,\" the statement added.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe woman featured in the bathtub, Slovak model Simona Kirchnerova, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday that it was a \"career highlight\" because those standing either side of her were family members.\n\n\"Made it to Vogue cover with my mum and my grandma,\" she wrote.\n\nBut London-based clinical psychologist Katerina Alexandraki told the BBC that she considered the cover to be \"unethical\".\n\n\"For those with experience of the psychiatric system, seeing a fashion magazine cover presenting a woman in such a vulnerable state can be a reminder of a very challenging time in their lives,\" she said.\n\n\"This image reinforces the idea of women being vulnerable and helpless during a mental health breakdown. It does not show us the effort those with mental health put in to overcoming their struggles, their strengths and resistance to overcome adversity,\" she added.\n\nPortuguese model Sara Sampaio said images like the one portrayed on the Vogue Portugal cover \"should not be representing the conversation about mental health\".\n\nMs Sampaio, who said she had suffered with mental health issues herself, said she considered it \"very bad taste\".\n\n\"It looks like its in an [outdated] mental hospital\" that used to \"torture\" patients, she said in a video posted on social media.\n\nShe added that it comes at a particularly sensitive time \"because of Covid and the way that mental health has been dealt with\" while many people have been isolated or directly affected by the deadly coronavirus pandemic.\n\nWriter and mental health awareness advocate Poorna Bell, whose husband took his life 2015, wrote about her disapproval on Twitter using an expletive, preceded by: \"On behalf of anyone who has ever been in a psychiatric hospital or had a loved one who has been in one.\"\n\n\"The thing is knowing how painfully slow the process is to get anything signed off on a magazine, this will have been seen and approved by many, many eyeballs,\" she added.\n\nA psychotherapist based in Lisbon, Silvia Baptista, said the cover was \"everything the mental health conversation doesn't need\".\n\n\"These nurses, this patient, what is this? What is this uninformed and disrespectful ensemble?\" she wrote on Instagram, adding that it was wrong to \"glamorise\" mental illness.\n\nVogue Portugal ended its statement saying that it recognised the \"significance of the topic of mental health\".\n\n\"Our intention, through visual storytelling, is to shine a light on the important issues of today,\" it said.\n• None Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health", "Luis Abinader will replace Danilo Medina, whose party has been in power for 16 years\n\nEarly results in the presidential election in the Dominican Republic give the opposition candidate, Luis Abinader, an unassailable lead.\n\nHis two main rivals have conceded defeat and the outgoing president has congratulated Mr Abinader on his win.\n\nHis victory puts an end to 16 years in power of the centre-left Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).\n\nVoter turnout was high despite the election being conducted during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nWith about 60% of the votes counted, Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) had 53% of the votes.\n\nLuis Abinader has won the top job on his second attempt\n\nIn second place is the candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party, Gonzalo Castillo, with 37% of the votes.\n\nMr Abinader needed to have more than 50% of the votes to stave off a second round of voting on 26 July.\n\nWhile votes are still being counted, Mr Abinader's comfortable lead prompted both Mr Castillo and third-placed candidate Leonel Fernández to concede defeat.\n\nMr Castillo said that the official count \"shows that there is an irreversible trend and that from now on we have a president-elect... Our congratulations to Mr Luis Abinader\".\n\nGonzalo Castillo of the governing PLD party has conceded defeat\n\nOutgoing President Danilo Medina, who has served two consecutive terms and could therefore not run for a third, said that democracy in the Dominican Republic had \"emerged stronger\" from the election and wished his successor every success.\n\nMr Abinader said that \"all Dominicans had won by voting for change\".\n\nOpinion polls had predicted a victory for Mr Abinader after an acrimonious split in the governing Dominican Liberation Party.\n\nFormer President Leonel Fernández left the party, which had chosen Gonzalo Castillo as its presidential candidate, and ran for the presidency for the People's Force party.\n\nHe is currently in a distant third place with less than 9% of the vote.\n\nMr Abinader celebrated the early results with his supporters while urging them to await the official announcement from the electoral board.\n\nHe appealed for unity, saying that he owed his victory to the Dominican people, who he said had \"all won tonight\".\n\nIt is the second time Mr Abinader, a US-educated economist, ran for the top job in the Caribbean nation.\n\nIn 2016 he lost to Danilo Medina in the second round.\n\nSome analysts think he benefitted from discontent among Dominicans with the way the government has handled the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe election was postponed from its original date in May because of the outbreak.\n\nThe Dominican Republic is one of the worst-affected countries in the Caribbean, with more than 37,000 confirmed cases and almost 800 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nMr Abinader and his wife were among those who tested positive for coronavirus and he had to temporarily stop campaigning while he recovered.\n\nLocal media reported that the election proceeded smoothly except for one incident in which a person was shot dead outside a polling station when an argument erupted between rival party supporters.\n\nOne of the main challenges for Mr Abinader in his new job will be to revive the country's tourism industry which has been battered by the travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nHis own family operates major tourism projects in the Dominican Republic.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Simon Stevens: \"We do not have a fair and properly resourced adult social care system\"\n\nPlans to adequately fund the social care sector need to be in place within a year, the head of NHS England has said.\n\nSir Simon Stevens told the BBC the Covid-19 crisis had shone a \"very harsh spotlight\" on the \"resilience\" of the care system.\n\nHe said there was a need to \"decisively answer\" how high quality care could be provided long-term.\n\nThe Department of Health said it would bring forward a plan for reform.\n\nIn their 2019 election manifesto, the Conservatives pledged to find a cross-party solution to reduce pressures on the sector and provide long-term funding.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Sir Simon said the Covid-19 pandemic should be used to give momentum to plans to overhaul how the system works.\n\n\"If any good is to come from this, we must use this as a moment to resolve once and for all to actually properly resource and reform the way in which social care works in this country,\" he said.\n\n\"The reality is that after at least two decades of talking about it, we do not have a fair and properly resourced adult social care system with a proper set of workforce supports.\"\n\nHe added: \"I would hope by the time we are sitting down this time next year on the 73rd birthday of the NHS that we have actually, as a country, been able to decisively answer the question of how are we going to fund and provide high-quality social care for my parents' generation.\n\n\"If you take back the history coming out of the Second World War, the country at that point was on austerity. We had rationing for bread and potatoes.\n\n\"The founders of the NHS did not use that as a moment to hesitate, they said, 'let one of the legacies of the war be the creation of the NHS'.\n\n\"That's the same legacy we need for long-term care support in social care coming out of coronavirus.\"\n\nThe coronavirus crisis has placed many care homes under additional stress\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he agreed with NHS England chief executive Sir Simon.\n\n\"The system needs a huge amount of work - it has been broken for a long time,\" Sir Keir said.\n\n\"I think it has been fractured, it's been underfunded, I think the staff have been undervalued and underpaid, and the prime minister needs to take responsibility.\n\n\"The Conservative government has been in power for 10 years and therefore they've had time to start doing something about social care - they haven't done it.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said it had set out a \"comprehensive action plan\" to support social care in England during the pandemic.\n\n\"We know there's a need for a long-term solution for social care and there are complex questions to address,\" they added.\n\n\"We will bring forward a plan that puts social care on a sustainable footing to ensure the reforms will last long into the future.\"\n\nAdult social care encompasses the support provided by councils to older people and younger adults with disabilities.\n\nUnlike health care, social care is not generally provided for free. In England, anyone with assets over £23,250 is expected to pay for some or all of their costs, leading to the prospect of some having to sell their homes to pay for care.\n\nServices have also been stretched as a result of years of funding cuts from government and growing demand linked to an ageing population.\n\nIn Scotland, free personal care is available. Some care costs are capped in Wales, and home care is free for the over-75s in Northern Ireland.\n\nPolitical parties have been talking about reforming the sector for the past 20 years.\n\nThe Conservatives previously brought forward legislation for a cap on care costs, but the plan was scrapped amid concerns about the costs of implementation.\n\nHowever, the idea was again considered by ministers in the current government prior to the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nAt December's election, the government pledged an extra £1bn per year for social care in England over the next five years.\n\nIt has subsequently given an extra £3.2bn in emergency Covid-19 funds to English councils, which can be put towards helping with social care costs.\n\nMinisters have also promised an additional £600m for care homes to help with controlling infections.\n\nDo you work in a care home? Share your views and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n• None What are the challenges facing social care?", "Champions of the 104th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest - Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo\n\nConey Island in the US has hosted a special socially-distanced version of an annual hot dog eating contest amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nNew records were set in both the men's and women's categories at the climate-controlled indoor event in Brooklyn, New York City, on Saturday.\n\nCalifornian Joey \"Jaws\" Chestnut won the men's division for the 13th time, swallowing 75 hot dogs in 10 minutes.\n\nMiki Sudo, from Connecticut, took the women's title by downing 48.5 hot dogs.\n\nThe contest is usually held outdoors and is watched by thousands of people lining the beach.\n\nWomen compete in the socially distanced hot dog eating competition on Coney Island\n\nSpeaking ahead of the competition on Saturday, Ms Sudo, 35, said she was unsure how she would perform in an air-conditioned setting.\n\n\"To be honest I'm a creature of habit, so having any unknown variables might throw me off,\" she said.\n\nMr Chestnut, 36, said the precautionary measures in place were \"super weird\", adding: \"One of the best things about this contest is the energy and the energy the audience brings. There's been years where I don't feel my best and the audience pushes me.\"\n\nJoey Chestnut (C) competes with other participants separated by plexiglass\n\nThe Fourth of July competition - Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest - has reportedly taken place every year on the US Independence Day holiday since Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker opened his stand on Coney Island in 1916.\n\nA judge in a face mask and visor checks that all is in order as the men's competition begins\n\nWhile Mr Chestnut has won the men's category on 13 occasions, there was an upset in 2015 when he came second to competitor Matt Stonie.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Landlady Ann Perkins said neighbours, who delivered flowers, had been \"incredible\"\n\nA car smashed through the front of a pub hours before it was due to open for the first time in nearly four months.\n\nThe owners of the Swan Inn near Ashford in Kent were woken by a \"terrible bang\" at about 02:00 BST as a Land Rover crashed into the Grade-II building.\n\nLandlord Ray Perkins said he was \"distraught,\" adding: \"We just don't know why we had such bad luck.\"\n\nA 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taking a vehicle without consent.\n\nThe teenager and two other 17-year-olds were treated at hospital for minor injuries before being discharged, Kent Police said.\n\nMr Perkins said: \"We spent weeks getting the pub ready to open today and eight hours before we are due to open, this happens. How much bad luck can we have?\"\n\nLandlady Ann Perkins said she heard an \"horrendous noise and the actual floor in our bedroom dropped\".\n\nThe couple went downstairs to find \"the car parked in the pub, with three youths in it\" and the air thick with \"smoke and dust from rubble,\" she said.\n\nMrs Perkins fears the interior of the pub will be out of action for many months\n\nThree people inside the vehicle needed treatment in hospital for minor injuries\n\nWhile the interior of the pub is likely to remain closed for many months, Mr Perkins said the \"show must go on\" and they have opened to customers using marquees in the pub garden.\n\nMrs Perkins said neighbours in the village of Little Chart had provided \"incredible\" support, delivering flowers and helping to clean the bar and glassware.\n\nKent Police said: \"Three 17-year-old boys, who were inside the vehicle, were taken to a local hospital to be treated for minor injuries before being discharged.\n\n\"One of these teenagers has been arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent and drink driving.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTake an archaeologist, a bored schoolgirl living through coronavirus lockdown, and a shared interest in exploring ancient tombs.\n\nThe result? One of Wales' most important Bronze Age sites recreated - in the video game Minecraft.\n\nIt is the achievement of Dr Ben Edwards, from Wrexham, and his daughter Bella, 11.\n\nTheir models of Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey are now being shared with classrooms around the world.\n\nThe models can be loaded into the block-building universe of Minecraft, and explored to learn more about both the site, Neolithic life and art.\n\nThe burial mound dates back an estimated 5,000 years, with its so-called \"passage tomb\" whose entrance aligns perfectly with the sun at dawn on the summer solstice.\n\nThe ancient and modern: Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber for real - and in Minecraft\n\nThe passage tomb aligns with the rising sun on the longest day of the year\n\nMore recent excavations at the site, including some by the Manchester Metropolitan University archaeologist Dr Edwards himself, revealed the burial chamber was built as a \"henge\".\n\nLike Stonehenge, this was a ritual enclosure consisting of a bank around an inner ditch, enclosed in a circle of upright stones.\n\nDr Edwards has used those digs, alongside work with researchers from the University of Central Lancashire and Wales' historical environment service Cadw, to painstakingly recreate Bryn Celli Ddu in the video game.\n\nIt was then incorporated in the educational edition of Minecraft, which is used across the world to deliver lessons in anything from chemistry to computer coding.\n\nYou can now add ancient Welsh history to that list.\n\n\"I knew Bella had access to the education version of Minecraft at school here, near Wrexham, and I had access to it at my university.\n\n\"So it was always at the back of my mind for a while to do something in Minecraft,\" said Dr Edwards, who has worked on other more grown-up computer models of Bryn Celli Ddu in the past.\n\n\"It was never a massive priority, but then you are in lockdown, it's the Easter holidays, and you are home schooling.\n\n\"I just said to Bella: 'Shall we have a crack at this?'\"\n\nReal geographical data was used to map the virtual Minecraft site\n\nThe game is famous for players being able to build almost anything out of graphic blocks, creating massive worlds and playgrounds.\n\nThough it may be a game, Dr Edwards took the approach to Bryn Celli Ddu seriously, and used actual geographical mapping data to recreate the landscape for the Minecraft models.\n\nIt includes the tomb itself, as it may have appeared in the Bronze Age, and alongside it other burial mounds and pits discovered in the last few years.\n\nRock art recovered from Bryn Celli Ddu is also represented in the game, alongside a model of what a Neolithic home may have looked like nearby.\n\nAccording to Dr Edwards, the hardest thing to build was not the burial mounds or house.\n\n\"It was planting the trees,\" he said.\n\nEach one had to be individually \"planted\" and grown by Bella and her father as part of the Minecraft world.\n\n\"Bella had to show me how to do a lot of things, because she uses it more than me,\" Dr Edwards confessed.\n\nIn the end, she approved of the final version and said it was \"very realistic\".\n\n\"And she knows, because she used to come down to the excavations too,\" her father added.\n\nA Neolithic settlement was recreated as part of the digital game project\n\nDr Ffion Reynolds, from Cadw, said it was exactly children such as Bella who would benefit from playing with the Minecraft model.\n\n\"We were looking for creative ways of providing people with a digital experience of Bryn Celli Ddu,\" said Dr Reynolds, who would normally be spending the summer months giving guided tours of the excavations to schools from the area.\n\n\"This was a way of continuing our relationship with those schools, and offering them a way of 'visiting' the site digitally.\"\n\nCoronavirus restrictions mean Cadw's sites across Wales have been closed to the public, including Bryn Celli Ddu.\n\nIt also meant, for the first time in years, those who celebrate the summer solstice were unable to gather at the burial mound to witness the dawn phenomenon there.\n\n\"However, it did allow us get access with a special camera crew, and we have been able to capture the sunrise there with 360-degree filming,\" Dr Reynolds added.\n\nShe said Cadw hoped to make the footage available in the very near future, as well as reopening the site to visitors.\n\nMeanwhile, those with access to Minecraft at home or in school can now visit the site digitally - in safety.\n\nThe Bryn Celli Ddu Minecraft world is free to download for the Minecraft Education version from Hwb - the Welsh Government's teaching resource site, and also from the Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage.\n\nAnd for those looking for a more serious experience, Dr Andrews and his colleagues are behind an augmented reality app available for Apple devices, which can guide visitors around the real site - once it reopens.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Electron mission was lost late in the ascent from Mahia Peninsula\n\nThe American launch company that flies its rockets out of New Zealand has lost its latest mission.\n\nRocket Lab said its Electron vehicle failed late in its ascent from Mahia Peninsula on North Island.\n\nAll satellite payloads are assumed to have been destroyed.\n\nThese included imaging spacecraft from Canon Electronics of Japan and Planet Labs Inc of California, as well as a technology demonstration platform from a UK start-up called In-Space Missions.\n\n\"I am incredibly sorry that we failed to deliver our customers' satellites today. Rest assured we will find the issue, correct it and be back on the pad soon,\" he said on Twitter.\n\nRocket Lab has made everyone in the space sector sit up since it debuted its Electron vehicle in 2017. It's at the head of a wave of new outfits that want to operate compact rockets to service the emerging market for small satellites.\n\nSaturday's lift-off from New Zealand was the Electron's 13th outing to date. All prior launches had been a complete success, bar the very first which failed to reach its intended orbit.\n\nWhat went wrong this time is unclear. Video footage showed the rocket's second-stage engine operating normally five minutes and 40 seconds into the flight, at an altitude of 192km, and at a speed of 3.8km/s. The video feed then froze.\n\nThe main payload on board was a satellite from Canon Electronics - part of a series the company is producing to image features on the ground smaller than a metre across.\n\nPlanet, which operates the largest network of imaging spacecraft in orbit, was trying to loft five of its latest iteration of satellite. Because the San Francisco company produces and launches so many spacecraft, it will more easily bounce back from this failure.\n\nBut for the In-Space Missions start-up, the Electron's loss is a major disappointment. Its Faraday-1 platform was to be the showcase of the company's new service.\n\nFaraday-1 was a kind of \"car pool\" satellite that allowed third parties to fly payloads in orbit without the requirement to fund and build a whole spacecraft themselves. They just needed to rent a compartment in Faraday-1, even if it was just for a standalone instrument or circuit board.\n\nFaraday-1 would have provided its on-board community of seven payloads with all the power, communications and operating support they required.\n\nAmong those taking up this cost-effective solution was Prometheus, a new radio technology from the UK, Portsmouth arm of European aerospace giant Airbus.\n\nThis equipment was to have conducted a radio-frequency survey, scanning the globe for distress beacons and the activities of military radars, with a view to incorporating this sensing capability into future services.\n\nAlso present on board was Lacuna Space, who are based at the Harwell science campus in Oxfordshire. It's developing sensitive receivers to pick up faint signals from remote, battery-powered devices. These are being used in the burgeoning field of machine-to-machine communications - part of what's become known as the \"Internet of Things\".\n\nIn-Space, which is itself based in Bordon, Hampshire, tweeted: \"The In-Space team is absolutely gutted by this news. Two years of hard work from an incredibly committed group of brilliant engineers up in smoke. It really was a very cool little spacecraft.\"\n\nFuture missions are already in production.\n\nThe Airbus Prometheus radio would have conducted radio spectrum surveys", "Pubs, cafes, restaurants and cinemas in England have opened their doors to customers for the first time in three months.\n\nWe asked six young photographers to document what an evening out looked like.\n\nThe seaside town and port situated on the east coast of Yorkshire is perhaps best known for its strong literary associations - particularly Bram Stoker's Gothic novel Dracula - and the dramatic abbey ruins on the headland overlooking the town.\n\nThe Moon and Sixpence, a harbour-side bar, offers views of the historic town. But its popular window seats have been removed to meet social distancing measures.\n\nManager Lex Atkinson takes the details of all customers as they come to enjoy an evening out. The bar is offering table service only, and a booking system is in place, with customers limited to a two-hour slot.\n\nThese friends who travelled to Whitby from nearby Darlington say they are happy to see bars opening again as it is time to kick-start the economy. They say not seeing their friends is the thing they have missed most over the past three months.\n\nEmma Morley and Lee Clarke from Peterborough both work for the NHS, and say they have had a hectic three months. Because of their work, they have been around people throughout the lockdown. \"It doesn't really feel any different for us [being out again], we're not having to step out of our comfort zone,\" says Emma.\n\nLex Atkinson admits that a night out at the bar \"looks so different to how it did before\". She says the reduced capacity will allow them to ease themselves back in gently after three months off. \"It means we've got time to enforce the new stricter cleaning procedures such as wiping down till points and menus between every customer with antibacterial spray,\" she says.\n\nThe weekend marks the end of Pride events in the UK. Covid-19 meant that celebrating LGBT+ rights looked a little different this year with many of the events held virtually.\n\n\"We have installed screens between each table, there are sanitiser units around the building and everything is socially distanced,\" says Jeremy Joseph, owner of G-A-Y. Capacity inside the club has been cut. People give their details before entering, and these are held for 21 days to tie in with the NHS track and trace system.\n\n\"To be honest I wouldn't normally be inside a bar but I did miss Pride generally,\" says Evan, a 32 year old actor (pictured right). He says the atmosphere on Old Compton Street has been \"amazing\". \"This feels the closest to Pride that we could have,\" he says.\n\nTommy is 25 and also an actor. He says he feels safe with the precautions the bar had in place. \"They've put up lots of barriers, so it's a one-way system. There's lots of perspex so that germs can't be spread.\" He's not so sure about the new rules of having to sit in a booth. \"You can't get up and dance,\" he says.\n\nMichael, a 22-year-old receptionist, (pictured left) was disappointed events had been affected by the lockdown. \"It's one of the days of the year that I like to go out and express myself. But it's OK because today it does feel festive - everyone's out and about, and it feels a bit like Pride today.\"\n\nOne of London's coolest neighbourhoods, Peckham is filled with a variety of bars, restaurants and unique street art.\n\nGilda Bruno is a 22 Italian living in London. \"I moved here just before lockdown began. I was ready to explore a new city, meet new people and see what the city had to offer me. Then all of a sudden this happened.\n\n\"Now things are going to get better. I'm going to try to make the most of my stay in London and connect with like-minded people and also the nightlife. It hasn't been possible for the last few months.\"\n\n\"It's definitely going to be a challenging experience, because in the past few years I have experienced a lot of social anxiety. I never really enjoyed being in big crowds, so having to face that experience again after a few months when I only interacted with my two flat mates is going to be a struggle.\"\n\n\"Maybe people are going to be just as clumsy as me socially - especially after being inside for so long. I'm not really worried about the restrictions in place in the bars. It might make the focus more on being around people, conversation and quality time rather than just drinking.\"\n\nSituated in the northern part of the county close to the Scottish border and often referred to as the \"Gateway to the Cheviots\", the small town of Wooler is a popular base for walkers. It has many attractive stone-built watering holes dotted around the town.\n\nAt The Angel Inn, landlady Nikki says getting ready to reopen has been \"a lot of work\". \"I've put in a one-way system and taken out lots of furniture,\" she says.\"The staff all have plastic visors. I've made two separate smoking areas, and counted anyone coming in. We really need to be safe.\"\n\nChatton is a village roughly 3 miles (6km) east of Wooler. A group of agricultural workers have gathered at The Chatton Arms Hotel. \"We are regulars here, and our group is made up of people aged 18-to-35,\" says one. \"People of all ages gather here - we all talk to each other. It's good for the older farmers. Without this they wouldn't see anyone. If we didn't have the pub here, there would be nothing else to do.\"\n\nFarmer Jonny Spink was out at his local The Three Horseshoes in Wensley. \"As a farmer not a lot has changed for me during this time. I'm enjoying being out. Working on your own can be stressful, and it's bad for your mental health not seeing anyone.\"\n\nDescribed as \"Stratford's place to be\", Roof East, is a roof-top bar on top of an old shopping centre.\n\nThe unusual venue boasts a crazy golf course, baseball batting cages and the Scottish game of curling. Its cinema is temporarily closed.\n\nBirute, who works at the bar, is worried about the prospect of a local lockdown. She says young people need to be able to continue with their lives, as long as they \"cooperate with the stipulations of post-lockdown life.\"\n\nStephanie, who also works at the venue is cautious: \"I reckon in a week of two there will be a second wave,\" she says. \"Given a little freedom, the natural tendency is for people to do their own thing, so I think people may forget the new rules.\"\n\nUnfortunately, rain cut short Saturday night's festivities and the venue was forced to close early.\n\nFour friends - two couples - have met up to enjoy a few drinks in the local pub, The Queens Arms in Audenshaw, Manchester.\n\n\"The last time I went out was in February and I've really missed socialising with my friends,\" says Demi Lonsdale. Dean Fallon thinks the pubs are doing enough to keep people safe: \"We had to sign a form for tracing purposes, there are perspex screens at the bar, I'm really impressed.\"\n\nClub promoter Jake Rees, has put on a special event billed as a \"sober rave\". It features entertainment and guest speakers, which he hopes will help people start to socialise again, after so many months at home.\n\n\"These events are about making sure people feel safe and have a good time. It's nice to see people socialising again - you can really see people light up when they are around other people enjoying good vibes.\"", "People across England have had their first night out in three months, after coronavirus restrictions eased.\n\nHospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants as well as hairdressers, cinemas and theme parks reopened with strict social distancing rules.\n\nBut ministers urged caution and England's chief medical officer said the latest step was not \"risk-free\".\n\nIt comes as buildings and landmarks across the country were lit up to celebrate the NHS.\n\nPeople were also encouraged to place lights in their window on Saturday to remember those who have died from the virus.\n\nBuildings were lit up blue in honour of the tens of thousands of people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK\n\nDowning Street was lit up blue while other public buildings including Royal Albert Hall, Blackpool Tower, the Shard and the Wembley Arch were also illuminated.\n\nRestrictions on the hospitality sector remain in place in Scotland and Wales, while pubs have been able to open in Northern Ireland since Friday.\n\nIn England, people are being allowed to stay the night away from home for the first time since lockdown started, with campsites and holiday accommodation also reopening.\n\nPolice in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall reported gridlock on the roads on Saturday - including a high volume of caravan owners heading to the coast.\n\nDespite the relaxation of restrictions, some 30% of bars, pubs and restaurants have stayed shut, according to the Night-Time Industries Association, amid fears for safety and concerns over how to implement social distancing guidance.\n\nCampaign for Real Ale national chairman Nik Antona said: \"The government have not really been helpful with their guidance, leaving it to the last minute in a lot of cases.\" Some pubs \"want to see what's going to happen\" before opening their doors, he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's good to have a proper pint\" : The BBC's Fiona Trott talks to drinkers in a pub in Newcastle\n\nAt a pub in Newcastle, punters enjoyed their first \"proper pint\" in more than three months. \"The atmosphere is a bit different... that was expected. But everyone's having a good time,\" one customer told the BBC's Fiona Trott.\n\n\"The regulations are good and everyone is sticking with them, by the looks of things,\" said his companion.\n\nBut it is a very different sort of Saturday evening from pre-lockdown expectations. Customers are expected to book a table in advance, to register their details on arrival and to stay no more than three hours.\n\nWhile pubs in Scotland remain closed one publican in Berwick-upon-Tweed claimed 70% of his pub's bookings were from over the border.\n\nPublican Marc McDonald told BBC Scotland people had travelled from as far afield as Glasgow and Edinburgh to drink at The Meadow House.\n\nIt is a different story in Leicester where the streets were largely deserted as pubs and other venues remain closed after the city became the first to be subject to a local lockdown on Monday, following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nOther rule changes that came into effect on Saturday include allowing two households to meet indoors or outside, including for overnight stays - although they have to maintain social distancing.\n\nPeople in England are still urged to stay 2m apart, but the new \"one metre plus\" guidance means they can get closer if they use \"mitigation\" measures, such as face coverings and not sitting face-to-face.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak welcomed the reopening of businesses, saying it was \"good news\" people were working again.\n\nOn a visit to The Bell and Crown in Chiswick, west London, Mr Sunak said the almost half a million people who worked in Britain's pubs and bars were \"helping us all to enjoy summer safely\".\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised the government's messaging as \"all over the place\", telling TimesRadio: \"You have had some government messaging saying go out and have a drink, other messaging saying be responsible, be cautious - the messaging, I think, has been very poor over the last few weeks.\"\n\nDespite the easing of restrictions, public health experts are continuing to warn people to be cautious to avoid a second UK wave of the epidemic.\n\nProf Robert West, an epidemiologist from University College London, told the BBC: \"We are looking at around 20,000 new infections a week and around 1,000 deaths a week and the rates aren't coming down very fast.\"\n\nThe latest figures, released on Saturday, showed a further 67 people had died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 44,198.\n\nHow are you planning to deal with lockdown easing? Are you going to meet loved ones for the first time since it began? Are you working? Are you happy or concerned about lifted restrictions? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Pubs, cafes, restaurants and cinemas in England have opened their doors to customers for the first time in three months.\n\nWe asked six young photographers to document what an evening out looked like.\n\nThe seaside town and port situated on the east coast of Yorkshire is perhaps best known for its strong literary associations - particularly Bram Stoker's Gothic novel Dracula - and the dramatic abbey ruins on the headland overlooking the town.\n\nThe Moon and Sixpence, a harbour-side bar, offers views of the historic town. But its popular window seats have been removed to meet social distancing measures.\n\nManager Lex Atkinson takes the details of all customers as they come to enjoy an evening out. The bar is offering table service only, and a booking system is in place, with customers limited to a two-hour slot.\n\nThese friends who travelled to Whitby from nearby Darlington say they are happy to see bars opening again as it is time to kick-start the economy. They say not seeing their friends is the thing they have missed most over the past three months.\n\nEmma Morley and Lee Clarke from Peterborough both work for the NHS, and say they have had a hectic three months. Because of their work, they have been around people throughout the lockdown. \"It doesn't really feel any different for us [being out again], we're not having to step out of our comfort zone,\" says Emma.\n\nLex Atkinson admits that a night out at the bar \"looks so different to how it did before\". She says the reduced capacity will allow them to ease themselves back in gently after three months off. \"It means we've got time to enforce the new stricter cleaning procedures such as wiping down till points and menus between every customer with antibacterial spray,\" she says.\n\nThe weekend marks the end of Pride events in the UK. Covid-19 meant that celebrating LGBT+ rights looked a little different this year with many of the events held virtually.\n\n\"We have installed screens between each table, there are sanitiser units around the building and everything is socially distanced,\" says Jeremy Joseph, owner of G-A-Y. Capacity inside the club has been cut. People give their details before entering, and these are held for 21 days to tie in with the NHS track and trace system.\n\n\"To be honest I wouldn't normally be inside a bar but I did miss Pride generally,\" says Evan, a 32 year old actor (pictured right). He says the atmosphere on Old Compton Street has been \"amazing\". \"This feels the closest to Pride that we could have,\" he says.\n\nTommy is 25 and also an actor. He says he feels safe with the precautions the bar had in place. \"They've put up lots of barriers, so it's a one-way system. There's lots of perspex so that germs can't be spread.\" He's not so sure about the new rules of having to sit in a booth. \"You can't get up and dance,\" he says.\n\nMichael, a 22-year-old receptionist, (pictured left) was disappointed events had been affected by the lockdown. \"It's one of the days of the year that I like to go out and express myself. But it's OK because today it does feel festive - everyone's out and about, and it feels a bit like Pride today.\"\n\nOne of London's coolest neighbourhoods, Peckham is filled with a variety of bars, restaurants and unique street art.\n\nGilda Bruno is a 22 Italian living in London. \"I moved here just before lockdown began. I was ready to explore a new city, meet new people and see what the city had to offer me. Then all of a sudden this happened.\n\n\"Now things are going to get better. I'm going to try to make the most of my stay in London and connect with like-minded people and also the nightlife. It hasn't been possible for the last few months.\"\n\n\"It's definitely going to be a challenging experience, because in the past few years I have experienced a lot of social anxiety. I never really enjoyed being in big crowds, so having to face that experience again after a few months when I only interacted with my two flat mates is going to be a struggle.\"\n\n\"Maybe people are going to be just as clumsy as me socially - especially after being inside for so long. I'm not really worried about the restrictions in place in the bars. It might make the focus more on being around people, conversation and quality time rather than just drinking.\"\n\nSituated in the northern part of the county close to the Scottish border and often referred to as the \"Gateway to the Cheviots\", the small town of Wooler is a popular base for walkers. It has many attractive stone-built watering holes dotted around the town.\n\nAt The Angel Inn, landlady Nikki says getting ready to reopen has been \"a lot of work\". \"I've put in a one-way system and taken out lots of furniture,\" she says.\"The staff all have plastic visors. I've made two separate smoking areas, and counted anyone coming in. We really need to be safe.\"\n\nChatton is a village roughly 3 miles (6km) east of Wooler. A group of agricultural workers have gathered at The Chatton Arms Hotel. \"We are regulars here, and our group is made up of people aged 18-to-35,\" says one. \"People of all ages gather here - we all talk to each other. It's good for the older farmers. Without this they wouldn't see anyone. If we didn't have the pub here, there would be nothing else to do.\"\n\nFarmer Jonny Spink was out at his local The Three Horseshoes in Wensley. \"As a farmer not a lot has changed for me during this time. I'm enjoying being out. Working on your own can be stressful, and it's bad for your mental health not seeing anyone.\"\n\nDescribed as \"Stratford's place to be\", Roof East, is a roof-top bar on top of an old shopping centre.\n\nThe unusual venue boasts a crazy golf course, baseball batting cages and the Scottish game of curling. Its cinema is temporarily closed.\n\nBirute, who works at the bar, is worried about the prospect of a local lockdown. She says young people need to be able to continue with their lives, as long as they \"cooperate with the stipulations of post-lockdown life.\"\n\nStephanie, who also works at the venue is cautious: \"I reckon in a week of two there will be a second wave,\" she says. \"Given a little freedom, the natural tendency is for people to do their own thing, so I think people may forget the new rules.\"\n\nUnfortunately, rain cut short Saturday night's festivities and the venue was forced to close early.\n\nFour friends - two couples - have met up to enjoy a few drinks in the local pub, The Queens Arms in Audenshaw, Manchester.\n\n\"The last time I went out was in February and I've really missed socialising with my friends,\" says Demi Lonsdale. Dean Fallon thinks the pubs are doing enough to keep people safe: \"We had to sign a form for tracing purposes, there are perspex screens at the bar, I'm really impressed.\"\n\nClub promoter Jake Rees, has put on a special event billed as a \"sober rave\". It features entertainment and guest speakers, which he hopes will help people start to socialise again, after so many months at home.\n\n\"These events are about making sure people feel safe and have a good time. It's nice to see people socialising again - you can really see people light up when they are around other people enjoying good vibes.\"", "Three teenagers remain in hospital in a serious condition\n\nA 17-year-old girl has died and three other teenagers were seriously injured in a car crash in Kent.\n\nA Suzuki Swift carrying six teenagers hit a tree in a garden in Mundy Bois Road in Egerton, near Ashford, at about 20:20 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe police watchdog has been informed because a Kent Police vehicle was \"in close proximity at the time of the collision\", the force said.\n\nTwo teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of driving offences.\n\nKent Police said officers were in the area due to reports an illegal rave was taking place in nearby Pluckley.\n\nHowever, the force found no such event was being held.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said \"police on patrol in a marked vehicle saw a vehicle containing six people that then headed off at speed\".\n\nThe police car then \"turned around to follow the vehicle and found it had crashed\", the IOPC said.\n\nThe 17-year-old girl died while being taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nTwo men - aged 19 and 18 - and a second 17-year-old girl remain in hospital in a \"serious but stable condition\", a force spokesperson said.\n\nA 19-year-old man from Ashford and a 17-year-old girl from Maidstone, who have been discharged from hospital, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nOfficers have asked for anyone who saw the silver hatchback to contact them.\n\nKent Police said it had \"made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to a police vehicle being in close proximity at the time of the collision\".\n\nAn IOPC spokesman said it had begun an investigation, adding: \"Part of our investigation will be to establish whether or not the police were actively pursuing the vehicle.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A leaked letter seen by the BBC has revealed an extensive list of concerns about how the social care sector is coping with the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe letter raises fears about funding, testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and the shielding scheme for vulnerable people.\n\nWritten on Saturday, to a senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass), it says mixed messages from the government have created \"confusion and additional workload\".\n\nOn protective equipment for care workers, the letter says the national handling has been \"shambolic\".\n\nEarly drops of equipment have been \"paltry\" and more recent deliveries have been \"haphazard\", with some even being confiscated by border control for the NHS.\n\nThe letter says there have been contradictory messages from the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health on the shielding scheme for people particularly at risk from the illness.\n\nAnd while the rollout of testing for care workers has been generally welcomed, the letter states \"testing for care workers appears to be being rolled out without being given thought to who is going to be tested and what we are going to do with the result\".\n\nAdass is a charity that supports members from all 151 local authorities in England with responsibility for adult social care.\n\nThe organisation is also critical of the way central government has recruited volunteers, saying the national scheme has \"diverted 750,000 volunteers away from supporting local communities and left them with nothing to do for the first three weeks\", and claiming it was \"shameful that this was not done in collaboration with local government\".\n\nWhile the letter, also reported in the Local Government Chronicle, welcomes some of the guidance given by Whitehall, it raises significant concerns about the interaction between central government and local government.\n\nIt suggests the sector had to make \"invidious decisions before the pandemic\" and now is not being given the same consideration as the NHS.\n\n\"We are very concerned that there is a significant imbalance between listening, hearing, and understanding NHS England as opposed to social care,\" it says.\n\nThe social care system helps and looks after older and disabled people in residential centres and in their own homes. There are more than 400,000 residents in care homes in 15,000 locations in England.\n\nAdass has broadly welcomed the health secretary's plan to help social care, which was announced on Wednesday.\n\nMatt Hancock announced that all care home residents and staff with Covid-19 symptoms will be tested for coronavirus, as well as any new care home residents being discharged from hospital into care.\n\nBut senior figures in the care sector say there is scepticism about whether the commitments can be delivered.\n\nResponding to Mr Hancock's announcements, Adass said: \"We now have a national strategy; the challenge is now to implement it. Any strategy will ultimately be judged by actions it produces, not words it contains.\"\n\nSpeaking to Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Hancock said: \"It's absolutely true that we need to do more - that's why we put the next stages of our action plan out... so we can test all people going from hospital into care homes.\"\n\nHe said that 15% of care homes in the UK have two or more cases of Covid-19.\n\nWhen challenged on that figure - one care home boss, for example, says two thirds of his homes are infected - Mr Hancock said it was a \"robust figure\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast that \"what really matters is availability of testing now in social care\" where he said more than 10,000 tests of residents had been undertaken.\n\nMr Hancock also said his latest figures showed 1,500 care workers were tested on Tuesday, while 4,100 workers have the test \"immediately available to them\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health said the government's plan in England included \"ramping up testing, overhauling the way PPE is being delivered to care homes and helping to minimise the spread of the virus to keep people safe\".\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with the social care sector to ensure they have everything they need to respond to this outbreak and receive the recognition they deserve,\" they added.\n\nThe government has also said it is \"committed to ensuring that all areas have access to PPE\" and is \"working round the clock\" with industry, the NHS, social care providers and the army to ensure supply.\n\nIt said 38 million items of PPE had been delivered to local resilience forums - multi-agency groups of emergency services and agencies - since last week.\n\nLabour's shadow social care minister Liz Kendall said the concerns raised in the letter were \"extremely worrying\".\n\n\"Their view that the supply chain for PPE has been shambolic and that testing for care workers hasn't been properly thought through must be an urgent wake up call for ministers,\" she added.\n\n\"Coronavirus has exposed the already fragile state of these vital services. Ministers must heed the warnings from Adass and take all necessary to halt the emerging crisis in social care.\"\n\nDo you live or work in a care home? How have you been affected by coronavirus? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Dyfed-Powys Police has issued more fines for lockdown breaches than any force in the UK\n\nDyfed-Powys Police's commissioner has said \"proactivity\" is behind the force issuing more fines than any other for lockdown breaches.\n\nDafydd Llywelyn spoke as Wales braced itself for the lifting of the Welsh Government's five-mile \"stay local\" travel guidance on Monday.\n\nUp to 22 June, the force issued 1,651 fixed penalty notices. The next highest was North Yorkshire Police with 1,122.\n\nMr Llywelyn said enforcement was used as the \"final measure\".\n\nThe Dyfed-Powys force serves mid and west Wales, including popular tourist destinations such as the Brecon Beacons, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.\n\nOver one two-day period its officers turned around 1,000 cars for breaches of lockdown regulations.\n\nFrom Monday people will be able to travel as far as they wish in Wales for the first time since 23 March.\n\nHowever, they can only stay overnight in one other home nominated as part of their \"extended household\" - Wales' version of England's support \"bubbles\".\n\nMr Llywelyn told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement it was a small minority who broke the rules.\n\n\"Some might question why Dyfed-Powys Police, one of the smallest in terms of the population size of police forces across England and Wales, albeit the largest geographically, has actually issued more tickets than any other police force,\" he said.\n\n\"And a lot of that is due to the proactivity.\"\n\nOf the other Welsh forces, figures up to 22 June showed North Wales Police issued 464 penalties, South Wales Police 315 and Gwent Police 128 - all with much larger populations than Dyfed-Powys.\n\nIn England, the most penalties were issued by North Yorkshire Police with 1,122 with the smallest number being 35 by the Ministry of Defence Police.\n\nPeople were warned not to come into Wales from England to because of different lockdown rules\n\nMr Llywelyn said his force explained the rules to people \"lots\" during lockdown's first few weeks.\n\nBut four or five weeks in, people were still travelling \"hundreds of miles\" into the force's area.\n\n\"The police have, from the outset, tried to use the four-phase approach that they talked about - the engaging, explaining, encouraging, and enforcing as the final measure,\" he said.\n\n\"We have seen lots of people coming over the border from England and I do, to a degree, feel some sympathy towards them, because the messaging has not always been that clear from central UK government about the differences between the regulations in the different nations across the UK.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The coronavirus crisis could \"level down\" the UK economy with London and the South East expected to bounce back more quickly than Hull and Bradford.\n\nSectors such as finance and construction will be worst affected by the pandemic, a report from the Social Market Foundation think tank warned.\n\nInitially, that means London and the South East would be worst hit, but other areas face a slower recovery.\n\nThe Treasury said it was committed to \"levelling up\" every region of the UK.\n\nThe worst-affected areas in the short-term:\n\n\"After the financial crisis, London recovered quickly because of a concentration of jobs in banking and insurance,\" the Social Market Foundation (SMF) report said.\n\n\"Whilst these jobs will face the biggest initial blow from coronavirus, evidence suggests the capital is more economically resilient and the labour market will recover quicker than the rest of the country.\"\n\nBut that is not the case in areas where unemployment rates were above the UK's average of 3.8% last year, according to the SMF, a centrist think tank.\n\nIt said those areas, which include Manchester and Peterborough, face the slowest recovery.\n\nThe areas that will find it hardest to bounce back:\n\n\"Policy makers need to recognise that national or even regional data can conceal the local realities of this recession and should not rely on it when making important decisions for the recovery from coronavirus,\" said Amy Norman from the SMF.\n\n\"The economic severity of coronavirus will be felt across many places, but we must remember that this recession does not occur in isolation,\" she said.\n\n\"Many people and places outside of the capital will be particularly vulnerable due to the lasting hardships of the past decade.\"\n\nThe report also found that young people were more vulnerable to the economic impacts of the virus crisis.\n\nIt said people between the ages of 20 and 24 were least likely to work in sectors like education, health or public administration, which have seen fewer people furloughed or made redundant.\n\n\"Young people's jobs are most at risk, but a quarter of older workers also face job instability,\" Ms Norman said.\n\n\"Politicians have announced the guaranteed youth opportunity but are light on support for those in older categories who will find themselves out of work.\"\n\nA Treasury spokeswoman said: \"As we recover from the outbreak we remain committed to levelling up every region and nation of the UK - helping ensure they return to growth, jobs and prosperity in a way that is safe.\n\n\"Alongside our generous package of economic support that has protected millions of jobs and businesses, we're supporting communities up and down the country. At Spring Budget 2020, we allocated more than £6bn for local transport in towns and cities across England, £5bn to support the rollout of the fastest broadband, and committed to a £2.5bn skills fund to help our communities thrive.\"\n• None Why North-South is not England's only divide", "That's a wrap: The National Theatre in London\n\nEmpty theatre buildings nationwide have been covered in colourful messages of support, as they remain closed due to Covid-19 concerns.\n\nThe National Theatre in London has been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads \"Missing Live Theatre\".\n\nThe project, led by stage designers group Scene Change, also includes the Manchester Royal Exchange and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.\n\nAs well as the Lyric Belfast, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and Theatre Royale Plymouth.\n\nVenues have been shut since March, with many warning that they will go out of business in the coming months without support.\n\nThe art intervention was unveiled on the same day that the National Theatre confirmed 400 casual staff will soon lose their jobs.\n\n\"We have committed to paying our casual staff until the end of August, but very sadly due to the changes in the government Job Retention Scheme, we simply cannot afford to offer financial support beyond that point, when we won't be back performing as usual,\" a spokeswoman told the BBC.\n\nShe added they hoped \"additional financial support from government may be forthcoming\" to allow performing again \"in a limited way\" but said \"it is set to be many months before it will be possible to perform to audiences at usual capacities, so regrettably a proportion of job losses are unavoidable\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC News on Friday, Oscar-winning actor, writer and theatre director Sir Mark Rylance warned that 70% of venues could be closed by Christmas, meaning 290,000 jobs in the sector are at risk, with redundancies being made already.\n\nSir Mark, who also revealed he will reprise his role in Jerusalem next year at some point, stressed that theatres can't go back to usual, and they are going to have to change how they operate and what stories they tell in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"They are devastatingly badly affected,\" said Rylance.\n\n\"We have discovered that what the pandemic has brought to the surface too, is that 70% of the workers in theatre are freelance,\" he added. \"They've not benefitted from any furlough scheme or any of the job retention schemes that the buildings and the permanent staff have benefitted from, so people are really in trouble, and they're going to be in more trouble in August and September.\"\n\nA close-up of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester\n\nIn a statement, Scene Change declared: \"This is a moment of reset in our industry and we believe the design community can be an essential part of the transformation that will see theatre buildings being reopened and the ways in which theatre can be reimagined,\"\n\n\"As shapers of theatrical space through the use of people and place, our work is pivotal in connecting an entire ecosystem within the theatre industry. We are ideally positioned to be at the heart of any discussions about how theatre operates in the future.\"\n\nThe tapes will stay up for a week and then be taken to envelop other theatres.\n\nVenues throughout London's West End will join in on Saturday, while The RSC, Sadler's Wells, Theatr Clwyd and Theatre Royal Stratford East will take part the following week, along with Sheffield Theatres, and the Ambassador Theatre Group.\n\nTom Piper, one of the team behind the campaign, told the BBC's Colin Paterson the design was \"inspired by the fact that the National Theatre was sort of wrapped with hazard warning tape it looked like a toxic sort of waste site\".\n\n\"And we know that theatres are not toxic places, they are places of great healing, where people will come together with a sense of community and that's what we're all missing at the moment,\" added Piper, who also who helped create the 2014 sea of ceramic poppies outside the Tower of London.\n\nHe encouraged people to go along and see the outdoor \"guerrilla\" artwork for themselves, from a safe distance.\n\n\"It's a gesture of love for these buildings really and to highlight that they're empty, they need to be full of people,\" he said.\n\nLast week, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published a five-stage plan for a \"phased return\", which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to follow later.\n\nHowever, the roadmap for the return of live theatre and music was met with calls for financial support and a timetable for reopening, with many dismissing the plan as inadequate.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "It is not clear how quickly Wales' contact tracing system is working, according to the health minister.\n\nVaughan Gething said people were contacted \"in a matter of days but what I want to have is more detail\".\n\nStatistics show 81% of positive cases were reached and 84% of their contacts were contacted between 21-27 June.\n\nBut the figures do not show how long it takes from contacting someone who tests positive to asking their contacts to self-isolate.\n\nThe Welsh Government's contact tracing system - Test, Trace, Protect - asks for the details of all the people an individual who tests positive has had contact with.\n\nThose people are then asked to self-isolate for 14 days to prevent the virus spreading further.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Politics Wales, Mr Gething said statistics relating to the speed of that system had not been published because \"we need to get the data right so we're not providing misleading data to the public and that's really important\".\n\nAsked if he had private data as to how quickly the system is working, Mr Gething said: \"It isn't clear because there are things we need to sort out in the back-end system.\n\n\"I know that we're getting to over 84% of our contacts and I know we're getting to them in a matter of days.\n\n\"But what I want to have is more detail on how many people we're getting to within 24 hours of knowing who the contacts are, how many within 36, 48 and so on.\n\n\"I couldn't tell you the exact detail on all those points because it changes day-to-day,\" he added.\n\nThe speed of processing Covid-19 tests is an important part of the system, with new figures published this week showing the proportion of tests turned around within 24 hours fell to just 35.1% a few weeks ago.\n\nVaughan Gething: \"We're looking at what we do to improve\"\n\nNew data giving a breakdown of weekly performance shows that last week, 49.4% of results were processed within a day and 74.4% within two days.\n\nThe government's scientific advisers have said contact tracing systems \"perceived to be most successful\" require results within 24 hours.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC Politics Wales programme on 14 June, Mr Gething said: \"We get about 90% within 48 hours and that's what you need to have an effective system.\"\n\nBut the weekly breakdown figures show that the number of tests processed within 48 hours has been below 90% since the week ending 17 May.\n\nAsked about the discrepancy in the figures, Mr Gething said: \"The point is that we're looking at what we do to improve.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns MS said: \"It is a scandal that only half of Covid test results in Wales are being turned around in a day compared to two-thirds of a similar number of daily tests were being processed in this time just a few weeks ago.\n\n\"Ministers need to get a grip and turn this situation around to ensure an effective testing system is in place as we reopen Wales,\" she added.", "We know our population is ageing and, as we live longer, many of us will need support in old age. There has also been an increase in the numbers of people living with a disability who may rely on some level of social care.\n\nNiall Dickson, the head of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS providers, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the system was trying to cope with \"huge amounts of extra demand\" as a result of there being \"many many more\" older people.\n\nBetween 2005 and 2015, the number of people aged 65 and over in the UK increased by 21%, while the number aged 85 and over increased by 31%.\n\nMore than a million more people were living with a disability in the UK in 2016 than 10 years earlier because people are living longer with disabilities than before. This is all good news.\n\nBut at the same time, directors of adult social services in England say they have had to cut £4.6bn from their budgets since 2010.\n\nSo who is getting care, what kind of care are they getting and who is paying for it?\n\nUnlike the NHS, in England social care is not free at the point of delivery - a lot of people have to pay for at least some of their care, and a lot of that care is delivered by private providers.\n\nThat can be anything from someone coming to your house to help you get out of bed or washed, to full-time accommodation in a care home.\n\nIt's a little different in the rest of the UK - home care is capped at £60 a week in Wales and free for the over-75s in Northern Ireland, while Scotland provides free personal care, that is help with things such as washing and dressing, in both care homes and people's own homes.\n\nThe UK Homecare Association estimates that more than 70% of homecare services in the UK are bought by local authorities, with the rest bought by people paying for their care themselves.\n\nIn 2014-15, that equated to 646,000 people being cared for in their homes with the state paying.\n\nThis doesn't necessarily mean 70% of people who need care at home are paid for by the state.\n\nIn 2015, Age UK estimated that more than a million older people in England were living with unmet social care needs (such as not receiving assistance with bathing and dressing), a rise from 800,000 in 2010.\n\nPeople not eligible for funding may just be doing without the care they really need or relying on informal care from friends and family.\n\nWhen it comes to residential care, the latest figures from 2014 suggest local authorities across the UK paid for 37% of people, while the NHS funded 10% of care home places.\n\nThe rest was made up of people who either paid for all of their care (41%), or topped it up with a contribution from their local council (12%).\n\nOn 31 March 2016, in England, there were 199,305 people in nursing and residential home places and 452,990 people accessing long-term care in the community for whom the local council had some role in funding or providing care or assessing the needs of the person receiving it.\n\nThe most recent data doesn't tell us how many people were cared for overall in England, but we can say that there were 1.8 million requests for support in 2015-16.\n\nOf those, 28% were from people aged 18-64 and the remaining 72% were aged 65 and over.\n\nBut of these requests, 57% resulted in no direct support from the council.\n\nFor the over-65 group, almost a quarter of requests for support were from people being discharged from hospital.\n\nThink tank the King's Fund says the number of older people getting state-funded help in England alone fell by 26% between 2009 and 2014.\n\nThis is in the context of an ageing population.\n\nThe government has said English councils' social care departments are getting an extra £3.5bn by 2020.\n\nAlmost £2bn of this comes from council tax, which local authorities have been allowed to raise by 3% this year and next year provided they spend it on adult social care.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Belfast man Christopher Gault left medicine to join the priesthood in 2014.\n\nWith the outbreak of coronavirus, he returned to work as a doctor for six weeks on the front line in Belfast’s Mater hospital.\n\n\"There were, of course, patients who lost their lives and there was physical and spiritual suffering during this crisis,\" said the trainee Dominican.\n\n\"The hardest part about being a doctor is accepting that a patient is at the end of their life and there’s nothing more we can do.\"\n\nBr Christopher added: “But how people reacted was immensely inspiring, I remember nurses who, after their shift ended, were sitting for hours with patients who couldn’t be visited by their families.\"\n\nHe is now back in Dublin continuing his studies as part of the Dominican Order.", "Most universities have seen their finances harmed by the pandemic\n\nThirteen universities face \"a very real prospect\" of insolvency following the coronavirus crisis unless they receive a government bailout, a study suggests.\n\nHigh-ranking universities with large numbers of international students face the largest immediate drop in income, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nBut the least prestigious universities are at the greatest risk, says the IFS.\n\nThe IFS does not name the universities, but says a targeted government bailout would be the most cost-effective plan.\n\nThe fallout from Covid-19 \"poses a significant financial threat\" across UK higher education, with most institutions left with reduced net assets, says the analysis.\n\nThey say the total size of the sector's losses is \"highly uncertain\" - anywhere between £3bn and £19bn, or between 7.5% and almost half the sector's annual income.\n\nThe researchers' central estimate is an £11bn loss, amounting to a quarter of the sector's annual income.\n\nIn addition, universities which are running pension scheme deficits will see them widen during the pandemic as investments stagnate.\n\nBut there are big variations between institutions, says the study.\n\nUniversities with many international students which also have substantial pension obligations are often also higher-ranking institutions, with \"large financial buffers\" and the option of alleviating losses by admitting more UK-based students.\n\nBut this behaviour could harm less selective universities, which could see their potential students recruited by higher-ranking institutions.\n\nWithout significant redundancies, which would impact on teaching quality, universities are unlikely to be able to claw back much of the losses through cost savings, the researchers warn.\n\nSome universities went into the crisis with far stronger finances than others, they add.\n\n\"Our analysis shows it is not the universities with the greatest losses, but the institutions in the weakest financial positions before the crisis, that are at the greatest risk of insolvency,\" they conclude.\n\nThe researchers do not name names but, under their central estimate, suggest 13 universities, out of the UK's 165 higher education institutions, would end up with negative reserves \"and thus may not be viable in the long run without a government bailout or debt restructuring\".\n\nLess selective universities may face tougher competition for UK-based students\n\nThe analysis, which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, suggests a targeted bailout aimed at \"keeping these institutions afloat could cost just £140m\".\n\nIFS research economist Elaine Drayton said a targeted bailout would be by far the cheapest option.\n\n\"However, rescuing failing institutions may weaken incentives for others to manage their finances prudently in future,\" she warned.\n\n\"General increases in research funding avoid this problem, but are unlikely to help the institutions that are most at risk, as few of them are research active.\"\n\nThe National Union of Students said the crisis had \"exposed many of the flaws inherent in running our education like a market\".\n\n\"When funding is so unstable, it's no wonder that our universities and the jobs of thousands of academic and support staff are now at risk,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"We are of course especially concerned about the risk to students that this instability poses.\"\n\nThe University and College Union's general secretary, Jo Grady, called on the government \"to step in and guarantee lost funding for universities so they can weather this crisis and lead our recovery on the other side\".\n\n\"We need a comprehensive support package that protects jobs, preserves our academic capacity and guarantees all universities' survival,\" said Dr Grady.\n\nIn a statement, the Department for Education said a government package announced in May, allows UK universities to access business support and job retention schemes, while the sector will also benefit from the pulling forward of £2.6bn in tuition fee payments to ease cash flow problems.\n\nAdditionally, research focused universities across the UK will see 80% of fees lost from international students covered by government, alongside £280m in extra research funding.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said the body had been working closely with government on proposals to support universities.\n\nNicola Dandridge, chief executive of the universities watchdog for England, urged all registered higher education providers to inform the Office for Students if they encountered financial difficulties.\n\n\"In these circumstances, we will be proactive in ensuring students' interests are protected, including helping make sure that students can find an appropriate course elsewhere should any provider close,\" she added.", "NHS England is launching a new service for people with ongoing health problems after having coronavirus.\n\nThe government says \"tens of thousands\" of people have long-term symptoms after catching Covid-19.\n\n\"Your Covid Recovery\" will be an online portal for people in England to access tutorials, contact healthcare workers and track their progress.\n\nThe project will be rolled out in two phases, with the web portal launching later this month.\n\nIt will only be accessible via a personal log-in and will be available to virus patients who had to be treated in hospital, as well as to those who managed their illness at home.\n\nLater in the summer, tailored rehabilitation will also be offered to those who qualify, following an assessment.\n\nEach programme will last a maximum of 12 weeks, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nThe online portal pilot site is called Space for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)\n\nThe service, which was developed and piloted in Leicester, will include access to mental health services, community support groups and exercise tutorials, either online or over the phone.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the portal would \"give people who have survived the virus on-demand access to online clinical support\" for problems with breathing, mental health or other complications.\n\nMr Hancock told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that long-term effects for some were like \"post-viral fatigue syndrome\".\n\nHe added that the government was spending £8m for research in this area and was developing a support package for those who have experienced such symptoms.\n\nSir Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: \"Rolling out Your Covid Recovery alongside expanding and strengthening community health and care services is another example of how the NHS must bring the old and the new together to create better and more convenient services for patients.\"\n\nThe new service was announced on the day of the 72nd birthday of the NHS, which was founded on 5 July 1948.\n• None Calls for 'post-Covid syndrome' to be recognised", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People have been applauding the NHS in a range of locations\n\nThe prime minister has joined a nationwide applause to pay tribute to NHS staff on the 72nd anniversary of the health service.\n\nThe round of clapping was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers initiative to thank key workers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson said he celebrated with staff who \"quite simply, saved my life\" after he caught the virus.\n\nIt is hoped the anniversary applause will become an annual tradition.\n\nSpeaking after applauding outside Downing Street, Boris Johnson tweeted: \"Thank you to the whole NHS family and all of our carers for all you have done and continue to do to keep us well and cared for.\n\n\"In these past few months, indeed the past 72 years, you have represented the very best of this country. Our gratitude to you will be eternal.\"\n\nHe later added in a statement that he had marked the occasion with staff from St Thomas' Hospital, who cared for him when he was admitted to hospital with coronavirus in April.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson took part in the clap from outside Downing Street\n\nA World War Two Spitfire plane with the words \"Thank U NHS\" painted on its underside tipped its wings above hospitals and the homes of fundraisers and volunteers, recognising the way people have supported the NHS and local communities during the pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the celebrations were \"very personal for me\" as his late mother was a nurse and later relied on the health service when she became ill.\n\nHe said: \"Many, many times she got gravely ill and it was the NHS that she turned to, and I remember as a boy, a teenager, being in high dependency units, in intensive care units, with my mum, watching nurses and other support staff keep my mum alive.\n\n\"They did that on more than one occasion - it's etched in my memory. For them, it was just the day job. They were doing that every day.\"\n\nLeeds General Infirmary workers joined in to mark the health service's 72nd anniversary\n\nMembers of the public came together - at a safe distance - to share the moment\n\nThe National Health Service was launched on 5 July 1948, with the core principle that it is free at the point of delivery and is based on clinical need.\n\nAs part of a weekend of anniversary events, UK landmarks were lit up blue in celebration and remembrance on Saturday.\n\nDowning Street, the Royal Albert Hall, Blackpool Tower, the Shard and the Wembley Arch were all illuminated and a minute's silence was held to remember those who have died during the pandemic.\n\nThe latest government figures, released on Sunday, showed a further 22 people had died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 44,220.\n\nPeople were also asked to place lights in their windows in a show of remembrance on Saturday night, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, lighting a candle in Canterbury Cathedral.\n\nA World War Two Spitfire plane flew over hospitals in Cambridge\n\nFirst Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon was among officials joining in with the nationwide applause on Sunday evening.\n\nIn a video message she said the country was \"depending more than ever\" on its health and care workers, and thanked them \"from the bottom of my heart\".\n\nFirst Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said NHS staff and social care workers were \"all heroes\".\n\nAnd Captain Tom Moore - who raised more than £32m for the health service by walking laps of his garden during lockdown - shared a video of himself clapping from his armchair at home in Bedfordshire.\n\nThe idea for Sunday's round of applause was inspired by the success of the weekly Clap for Carers, which saw households across the country show their appreciation for the NHS and other key workers during the lockdown.\n\nEarlier, Liverpool FC players applauded key workers ahead of their Premier League match against Aston Villa\n\nPeople clapped in Tredegar in south Wales - the birthplace of Aneurin Bevan, the health service's founding father\n\nAnnemarie Plas, who founded the Clap for Carers initiative, joined Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside No 10 for the clap at 17:00 BST.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast on Sunday morning, she said: \"We have had this first part of the crisis, we don't know what lies ahead, so if we can have this one moment where we say thank you to each other and recharge our batteries for what may be a heavier time that lies ahead, then I think that is a beautiful moment.\"\n\nShe said the NHS helped her when she arrived in the UK from the Netherlands as a new mother, \"so I feel very happy to be in touch with the NHS this way\".\n\nAnnemarie Plas, who founded the Clap for Carers, clapped alongside the prime minister in Downing Street\n\nSunday's applause (pictured) was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers which took place at the height of the coronavirus lockdown\n\nMs Plas added that the celebrations were \"not just about the NHS\" but about others who have also \"sacrificed so much\" during the pandemic - such as \"delivery workers, teachers, parents, good neighbours\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised healthcare workers on a visit to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk.\n\nThe couple chatted to staff and volunteers about how they coped during the first wave of the epidemic.\n\nDuke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a hospital near their home in Anmer, Norfolk\n\nThe Prince of Wales paid tribute to staff working through \"the most testing time in the service's history\".\n\nIn a video message to mark the occasion, Prince Charles spoke of his gratitude and pride for the \"costly sacrifices\" of NHS staff.\n\n\"Despite all that has been endured, there is deep cause for gratitude, and a true reason for pride,\" he said.\n\nThe prince also said the pandemic had brought out the best in people, adding: \"This renewal of our community spirit has been a silver lining during this dark time.\"\n\nTwo dogs outside Chelsea and Westminster hospital were dressed for the occasion\n\nThe Shard in London was one of the many landmarks lit up blue on Saturday\n\nSpeaking at a rally celebrating seven decades of the health service, Labour leader Sir Keir said NHS staff needed a pay rise in the wake of the pandemic.\n\n\"It's very important that we don't just say thanks, but recognise in a meaningful way what the NHS has done,\" he said.\n\nHis comments come after unions representing more than 1.3 million nurses, cleaners, physiotherapists, healthcare assistants, dieticians, radiographers, porters, midwives, paramedics and other NHS employees wrote to the chancellor and the prime minister calling for pay talks to start soon.\n\nMeanwhile, about 100 protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London, calling for the end of racial disparity in the health system.\n\nProtesters gathered at Marble Arch before moving to Downing Street\n\nOne of the organisers, Tyrek Morris, 21, told the crowd: \"We are protesting for black lives and one of the demands we have is to abolish the racial disparity within the NHS, especially towards black women.\n\n\"We need to implement extensive measures to prevent the disproportionate suffering of black women in healthcare and bring to an end the significantly increased black maternal mortality rate.\"\n\nHow are you marking the anniversary of the NHS? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "2 Sisters food factory on Anglesey has suffered an outbreak of coronavirus\n\nMeat plants should consider staggered staff starts and gaps between carcasses on production lines to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to new Welsh Government guidelines.\n\nThey emphasise social distancing and for staff to work and take breaks in small groups.\n\n\"Cohorts\" should be formed, particularly if staff live together and travel to work with each other.\n\nIt said staff should not lose pay if they have to self-isolate.\n\n\"Self-isolation will not occur if pay is absent, causing infection to spread,\" the guidelines state.\n\nThe guidelines have been issued following clusters of coronavirus cases at Welsh food factories - including 2 Sisters on Anglesey, Rowan Foods in Wrexham and Kepak in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nThey stress coronavirus is \"unlikely\" to be transmitted through food or packaging, and the guidelines are designed to protect plant workers.\n\nOn Friday, the first minister confirmed 204 cases of coronavirus had been recorded among workers at 2 Sisters, while 166 cases had now been linked to Rowan Foods.\n\nMark Drakeford said cases at Kepak appeared to be different to the other sites, as they were spread over several months.\n\nWhile he said there were 33 cases at that site, Public Health Wales said the verified figure was 29.\n\nIt said Mr Drakeford was using numbers from the company.\n\nRowan Foods in Wrexham says it has introduced screens and visors to keep staff safe\n\nHeather Lewis, of Public Health Wales, said no outbreak had been declared at the site, but investigations were ongoing.\n\n\"HSE officers were satisfied that Kepak Merthyr are taking all reasonably practicable measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 within the workforce,\" she said.\n\nRowan Foods said it had also been visited by the HSE and that this went \"well\". It said \"no enforceable action\" was taken.\n\n\"We have no serious issues which need addressing and we continue to comply with the law,\" a spokesman said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt is \"crystal clear\" that drunk people are unable to socially distance, the chair of the Police Federation said as pubs reopened on Saturday.\n\nMinisters had urged caution ahead of hospitality venues reopening in England after three months of lockdown.\n\nJohn Apter dealt with \"naked men, happy drunks, angry drunks, fights and more angry drunks\" on shift in Southampton.\n\nBut police thanked the majority of people for acting responsibly as they enjoyed the night out.\n\nStreets were packed in London's Soho district, with images showing revellers outside pubs into the early hours of Sunday.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said \"a small number\" of premises closed early following advice from officers due to crowding, but the force added that there were \"no significant issues\" in the capital.\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police received more than 1,000 reports, most of which were \"drink-related\".\n\nBars on Hilton Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter set out tables for customers\n\nIn north Nottinghamshire, four people were arrested and several pubs decided to close after alcohol related anti-social behaviour.\n\nWhile people were out in droves at thousands of venues, fears emergency services could be as busy as New Year's Eve appear not to have been realised.\n\nBut Mr Apter, from the Police Federation, an association for police staff in England and Wales, said: \"What was crystal clear is that drunk people can't/won't socially distance.\n\n\"It was a busy night but the shift managed to cope. I know other areas have had issues with officers being assaulted.\"\n\nSome streets in Soho, London, were closed to traffic\n\nPolice officers were seen walking through heavy crowds in Soho\n\nAddressing concerns raised by Mr Apter, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said people had largely acted responsibly, saying the \"vast majority of people are, I think, doing the right thing\".\n\nHe told Sky News' Sophy Ridge: \"Overall I'm pleased with what happened yesterday, it was really good to see people out and about and very largely social distancing.\"\n\nSir Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"Pleasingly, we did not see last night the kind of scenes that people feared might be. It was the foolish few, but the sensible majority.\"\n\nRob Moore, paramedic at the West Midlands Ambulance Service, told BBC Breakfast it had been a \"really average\" night shift in his area.\n\n\"We were really prepared for a sudden upsurge in calls related to people being out drinking but it hasn't happened thankfully,\" he said. \"Hopefully it's a sign people have heeded the advice and had a sensible night.\"\n\nPeople in England are still urged to stay 2m apart, but the new \"one metre plus\" guidance means they can get closer if they use \"mitigation\" measures, such as face coverings and not sitting face-to-face.\n\nBoris Johnson and government experts had urged people to stick to the rules to avoid creating a second wave of coronavirus, with chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty saying easing lockdown is not \"risk-free\".\n\nThe latest government figures, released on Sunday, showed a further 22 people had died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 44,220.\n\nA group sits outside a bar and restaurant in Whitby, after travelling from nearby Darlington\n\nDr Chris Smith, a virologist from the University of Cambridge, said that the majority of people are \"responsible\", but urged caution, citing cities such as Leicester and Melbourne, which have imposed localised lockdowns.\n\n\"I would remind people, have a look at what's going on around the world,\" Dr Smith told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We could easily lurch back in the wrong direction if we don't remain vigilant because this thing hasn't gone away. We've still got a lot of circulation of the virus in the country, it's just a lot lower than when we started.\"\n\nIn Leicester, streets were largely deserted as pubs and other venues remain closed after the city became the first to be subject to a local lockdown on Monday, following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nRestrictions on the hospitality sector remain in place in Scotland and Wales, while pubs have been able to open in Northern Ireland since Friday.\n\nThere were further lockdown restrictions relaxed in England on Saturday, including hairdressers and barber shops reopening.\n\nLong queues were seen outside barbers and there were midnight hairdressing appointments as people tamed their locks following months of closures.\n\nOther places now allowed to reopen in England include:\n\nThere were long queues outside a barbers in Clapham, south London\n\nPeople are also allowed to stay the night away from home for the first time since lockdown started, with campsites and holiday accommodation also reopening.\n\nPolice in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall reported gridlock on the roads on Saturday - including a high volume of caravan owners heading to the coast.\n\nTwo households can also meet indoors or outside, including for overnight stays - although they have to maintain social distancing.\n\nMeanwhile, new quarantine exemptions will allow major sporting events, as well as TV and film productions, to go ahead this summer.\n\nHow are you planning to deal with lockdown easing? Are you going to meet loved ones for the first time since it began? Are you working? Are you happy or concerned about lifted restrictions? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Staff in care homes are set to get a £500 bonus\n\nCare home kitchen and domestic staff will get a £500 bonus, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.\n\nThe payment will also go to agency and nursing staff, personal assistants working in care homes and domiciliary workers.\n\nArrangements are being put in place to start making the payments to tens of thousands of people across Wales.\n\nMr Drakeford dubbed social care the \"scaffolding\" that holds society together.\n\n\"Without the vital care provided by this small army of people who work in our homes and care homes, we know the NHS would not be able to cope, and very many people would not be living independent lives,\" he added.\n\n\"This payment recognises the tremendous dedication of the tens of thousands of social care workers throughout Wales who are caring for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.\"\n\nHe said the Welsh government was working with the UK government and HM Revenue and Customs to ensure the money reached people.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said the work they did was \"vital\"\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"It is right that this payment is awarded to those who play a role in looking after care home residents.\n\n\"As well as the important work social care staff are doing in people's homes and care homes, we know that domestic and kitchen staff are working beyond their normal roles, providing care and friendship to residents during this pandemic.\"\n\nStaff who worked between 15 March and 31 May will receive the extra payment.", "Doddie Weir says reaching milestones in life helps him live with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).\n\nAs he celebrates his 50th birthday, the former Scotland rugby international says he is looking forward.", "The government is pledging to double the number of frontline staff at job centres in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to pledge £800m to recruit 13,500 extra staff as part of an economic recovery package announced on Wednesday.\n\nThe Treasury says 4,500 of them will be in position by October, with more following later in the year.\n\nLabour has called for more targeted support to prevent job losses.\n\nThe announcement comes after UK companies announced thousands of job cuts this week, with many firms cutting jobs now to reduce costs.\n\nJob centres are set for more face-to-face meetings with jobseekers from Monday, as lockdown restrictions are eased.\n\nThe government says its furlough scheme, currently paying 80% of the wages of more than nine million workers, has already stemmed job losses from a sharp economic decline following the Covid-19 crisis.\n\nHowever, the scheme is due to be pared back from August, and is set to finish at the end of October.\n\nShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said schemes to support jobs should be better tailored to individual sectors and tied to the easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\n\"There's a strong argument for continuing to provide support in areas where there would be viability for the future,\" she told the BBC's Andrew Marr show.\n\n\"We want to make sure that people are in that kind of situation for as short a period as possible,\" she said.\n\n\"The problem is, we don't have those alternative opportunities yet available, we don't have the support packages there.\"\n\nHigher unemployment is inevitable as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, that much the government admits.\n\nThe impact of the crisis is already all too clear, with companies in various sectors announcing significant redundancies over the last few weeks.\n\nWhat is not yet clear is how far the chancellor is willing to go to limit the number of people losing their jobs.\n\nLabour criticise the government's \"one size fits all\" economic approach and say current support should continue through local lockdowns.\n\nA further extension to the job retention scheme has been ruled out, beyond that Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised \"bold\" action to restart the economy.\n\nWith recession looming and further job cuts expected he will be under significant pressure to deliver on that.\n\nThe Treasury is committing to increase the total number of mentors working in job centres in Great Britain to 27,000, double the current 13,500.\n\nA spokesperson added that the extra staff would provide \"expert advice\" to those seeking work to help jobseekers \"make the most of their skills\".\n\nThe chancellor is also expected to pledge an extra £32m for recruiting extra careers advisors, and £17m for work academies in England.\n\nPCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka said the recruitment of extra staff for job centres was welcome, but the announcement \"falls well short of what is required\".\n\nHe also accused the government of being \"reckless\" by sending job centre staff back to work \"when Covid-19 is still a threat\".\n\n\"Some job centres have no screens installed and we have reports that some are so flimsy they can easily be knocked over,\" he said.\n\n\"Risk assessments have not been agreed with the union and our members say PPE and hand santisers are in short supply.\"\n• None UK businesses cut more than 12,000 jobs in two days", "Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West are among the world's wealthiest celebrities\n\nUS rapper Kanye West has said he is running for president, potentially pitting him against a man he says he admires, Donald Trump.\n\n\"We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,\" he tweeted. \"I am running for president of the United States!\"\n\nHis wife Kim Kardashian West and entrepreneur Elon Musk endorsed him.\n\nBut it's unclear whether West is really running.\n\nHe does not appear to have registered his name with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for November's election. The closest name the FEC database shows is a candidate called \"Kanye Deez Nutz West\", who filed their papers with the Green Party in 2015 under the address \"1977 Golddigger Avenue, Suite Yeezus\" and appears to have raised no money.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ye This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is also not the first time West has claimed that he is running for the White House.\n\nAt the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, he said he had decided to run for president in 2020.\n\nBut last November he pushed the date back, saying he would actually run in the 2024 contest.\n\n\"What are you laughing at?\" he asked the crowd at Fast Company's Innovation Festival.\n\n\"We would have created so many jobs that I'm not gonna run, I'm gonna walk,\" he said, adding he was considering changing his name for the run to \"Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Elon Musk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn his tweet on Saturday, US Independence Day, West, 43, did not say if his supposed run would be affiliated with a particular political party.\n\nIn any case, contesting the nomination of one major parties would be impossible at this stage, with the election only four months away.\n\nIn order to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate, West would have to gather a certain amount of signatures and register in states by a particular deadline. The deadline has already passed in some major states but the music star would still technically have time to file in many others.\n\nThis year's contest is likely to be a straight battle between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.\n\nIn 2018, West made a bizarre appearance at the White House with President Trump during which he wore a Make America Great Again hat and made an expletive-filled rant that Mr Trump described as \"quite something\".\n\n\"I love this guy right here,\" West said, walking behind the desk to hug the seated president, who said: \"That's really nice.\"\n\nThe rapper also pushed back on the idea that African-Americans are overwhelmingly Democratic Party voters, saying: \"People expect that if you're black, you have to be Democrat.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nKim Kardashian West retweeted her husband's statement about the presidential run with an American flag.\n\nShe has in recent years become a significant voice in the US movement for criminal justice reform and has successfully lobbied President Trump to release several prisoners.", "As the day wore on crowds gathered outside pubs and bars in London's Soho\n\nPubs, cinemas and hairdressers have reopened as lockdown restrictions are eased across England - but how have people adjusted to the latest \"new normal\"?\n\nThe Rush Hair salon on Deansgate in Manchester city centre opened its doors at 09:00 BST to welcome customers for the first time in more than three months.\n\nWhile staff were wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and shields divided each hair-cutting station, it was much like business as usual, according to the BBC's Lauren Hirst.\n\nSalon manager Abbie Denton told her: \"It feels like you're starting a new job with all the new changes but it's just great to be back.\"\n\nAbbie Denton said Rush Hair's staff were \"raring to go\"\n\nThe salon was fully booked and Ms Denton, who has worked at Rush Hair for eight years, said she was happy to be back doing what she loves.\n\n\"We had a full training day yesterday where we went through everything about the PPE and health and safety and we had a Zoom call with the CEO this morning, which was all about team building and got everything raring to go,\" she said.\n\nBBC presenter Ben Tavener joined the first customers entering Pall Mall Barbers for a haircut near London's Trafalgar Square.\n\nHe said: \"The experience ultimately wasn't that bad - a little fiddly when cutting around my ears as I had to hold the mask in place for a few seconds without the elastic bands.\n\n\"But a small price to pay to end three months of 'lockdown hair'.\n\n\"One of the barbers - Michael Barby - has had to shave off his prized beard, as it won't fit under his face mask. Four years of growth gone in a snip.\n\n\"But he's glad to be back at the grindstone. And his 'beard off' raised over £2,000 for charity.\"\n\nBarber Michael Barby had to shave off his prized beard, as it won't fit under his protective face mask\n\nLipstick & Locks, in Sudbury, Suffolk, opened for 24 hours from midnight - and was expecting 43 clients through the door in that time.\n\nManager Megan Tuck said: said: \"It's been such an exciting day for us… so lovely to be back and work.\"\n\nLipstick & Locks manager Megan Tuck said its reopening was \"exciting\"\n\nIn the afternoon, punters outside Dukes 92 - a bar and restaurant in the centre of Castlefield, Manchester - were in good spirits\n\nOperations director Lucy McCarthy said: \"It's been pretty stressful trying to open with all the changes but so far so good.\n\n\"We are just really excited to be open.\"\n\nA group of friends enjoying drinks outside Dukes in Castlefield\n\nSome parts of central London \"seemed as if things had never been different\", according to BBC journalist Winnie Agbonlahor.\n\nJill and Sean Connel, from Twickenham, had travelled into the capital to show their six-month-old son Charlie that \"even though it's all very scary, it's OK and people are friendly\".\n\nTheir train was \"almost completely empty\" with everyone wearing masks and being very respectful, Mrs Connel said.\n\n\"We expected it to be more crowded but everywhere we've been so far, including Buckingham Palace, has been quite quiet,\" she added.\n\nJill and Sean Connel travelled into central London with their six-month-old son Charlie\n\nAs the wedding ban was lifted, a trainee doctor who contracted Covid-19 became one of the first brides in England to say \"I do\".\n\nShe was working in A&E at Ipswich Hospital when she became unwell in March.\n\nThe ceremony was restricted to 30 people, but it was live-streamed for others to enjoy the celebrations.\n\nThe happy couple said they were looking forward to having a \"massive party\" next year\n\nIn Upware, Cambridgeshire, 38-year-old Tom Jones moored up on his river cruiser boat at the Five Miles From Anywhere pub.\n\nIt's the first time boat owners have been allowed to stay overnight on their boats, because they are classed as a second home.\n\nMr Jones said: \"It's great to be able to support this fantastic local business, and the beer is a definitely a bonus.\n\n\"We are taking things slowly and trying to stay outside as much as possible.\"\n\nIn the Lake District, visitors said they were keen to get their fill of stunning views and fresh air as lockdown eased.\n\nPeople arrived as early as 06:00 at Waterside House Campsite on the shores of Ullswater with some having travelled from London, Gloucestershire, Merseyside, Manchester and the North East.\n\nFamilies pitched tents, hooked up their campervans and set up gazebos to protect them from the showers.\n\nNearby Pooley Bridge was busy and queues formed for the farm shop while other visitors enjoyed the sunshine in the beer gardens.\n\nBBC Look North's Hannah Gray said things were \"starting to get busy\" in Leeds as the afternoon progressed.\n\n\"Some people were very dressed up and clearly intending to have a night of partying,\" she added.\n\nCampers pitched up on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District\n\nBBC News Online picture editor Phil Coombes put together some before and after photos of clients at The Men's Grooming Company in Coventry.\n\nDom Nelson, 30, said: \"I'm really pleased. He has done a great job and I'm off to a barbecue tonight if the weather holds off.\n\n\"I've been desperate for a cut and have been pre-booked since June - they just moved it back to the opening day. I've no worries coming along as there is lots of information about keeping safe.\"\n\nDom Nelson said he had been \"desperate\" for a haircut\n\nMeanwhile in Leicester, the streets were deserted as the city remained at a standstill in the first localised lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe only sign of activity in the streets was around the city's open-air market, which remained open.\n\nDhansukh Rana, 79, was shopping for some fruit and vegetables at a stall with his wife.\n\nHe said: \"I have to keep moving but it is sad they have left out Leicester when the rest of the UK is moving on.\"\n\nDhansukh Rana said many people in the city were suffering", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.\n\nA US woman who says she was brought to Britain aged 17 to have sex with Prince Andrew has said he \"should be panicking\" following the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.\n\nVirginia Roberts Giuffre, one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, says she was trafficked to London by Epstein in 2001.\n\nShe spoke to Australia's Channel Nine 60 Minutes programme following the arrest of Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was arrested on charges of helping Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls and young women, and also perjury.\n\nPrince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell both deny allegations made against them.", "Renowned surgeon Dr El Tayar worked in the NHS for 11 years before moving back to his native Sudan to help establish a transplant programme.\n\nHe returned to the UK in 2015, working as a locum surgeon before his death.\n\nHe gave the \"precious gift of life to so many people around the world\", fellow surgeon Abbas Ghazanfar wrote in a tribute.", "Teams of six - three men and three women - take part in a series of physical challenges\n\nAn outdoor events firm has said it will not have the money to refund thousands of people over cancelled events.\n\nDevon-based Tribal Clash said it was \"facing bankruptcy\" after cancelling events in Devon, Portugal and the United States due to coronavirus.\n\nThe events would have attracted about 450 teams of six who have paid a total of £270,000 in registration fees.\n\nThe government said refunds should normally be given for cancellations of \"promised goods or services\".\n\nTribal Clash, billed as the \"world's most savage team competition\" was founded in 2013 as a series of physical tasks on a beach with teams of six - three men and three women.\n\nIt expanded in 2017 with competitions in Australia, Portugal and the US.\n\nAbout 100 teams who had entered the Devon and Portugal events this year had received refunds, said co-founder Andrew Barker.\n\nBut there was \"no cash\" left from the ticket sales and \"we simply don't have and never have carried enough cash reserves to refund 100% of our customers\", he said.\n\nAndrew Barker: \"We are in a very precarious situation and we are literally on the brink of bankruptcy\"\n\nSome of the ticket money had been spent on subsidising previous events and investment in future events, while the rest had gone on overheads, paying hire companies, landowners and transport.\n\nThe firm had offered an online competition, a training weekend and discounts.\n\nThe total package \"we believe far exceeds the price paid\", said Mr Barker.\n\nTribal Clash is billed as the \"world's most savage team competition\"\n\nThe firm, which netted £174,000 in a 2018 crowdfunding appeal, had considered rolling over entries to 2021, but the firm said it had \"no idea\" if they would happen.\n\n\"We are in a very precarious situation and we are literally on the brink of bankruptcy,\" Mr Barker said.\n\nThe pandemic has been nothing short of a nightmare for the live events industry and for those with tickets to those events.\n\nWe are hearing from lots and lots of consumers who are really distressed by not being able to get hold of refunds.\n\nConsumers should get a full refund if they've paid for an event that isn't going ahead, depending on terms and conditions.\n\nA customer can take online courses or whatever an event organiser is offering, but a refund has to be an option.\n\nThe best option is to turn to your bank. If you have paid with debit cards there is something called chargeback where your bank can claw money back from the recipient account.\n\nIf you pay for something that's more than £100 on your credit card there is something called Section 75 in the Consumer Credit Act which gives you protection and the credit card company has to refund you.\n\nWhat we really need is government stepping in to support these businesses either with clear instructions on how the events industry can open up again or financial support that they need to survive in the meantime.\n\nMr Barker added: \"There are many other companies in the live events sector in exactly the same position.\n\n\"The leisure sector has been hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis.\n\n\"None of us has been able to make any sales since this began.\n\n\"The government has mandated that we cannot trade and have promised 100% refunds but that has not been balanced against the need to protect our industry and all of the jobs that businesses like ours provide.\"\n\nMr Barker posted a message about the firm's plight on Instagram and some responses were sympathetic.\n\n\"This is an awesome and creative compromise. I wish you nothing but success,\" said Mike Carroll.\n\nThe event has grown in seven years to become an international organisation\n\nFormer Tribal Clash competitor Chris Mills, who set up a website for customers seeking refunds, said: \"Everyone wants to have Tribal Clash, but at the moment it is very one-sided, we have put money in but we are not getting anything out.\n\n\"I'm disappointed because it feels as if the customers are footing the bill for Covid-19.\n\n\"That angers me because every other event that I have been involved with has found some solution.\"\n\nAndrew Barker has guided Tribal Clash from its Devon roots in 2013\n\nFirms that failed to refund people for events cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak could face legal action from the consumer watchdog.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would take companies to court if they flouted the law.\n\nThe CMA said it would \"normally require the consumer to be offered a refund for any services they have already paid for but that are not provided... because of government public health measures.\n\n\"This may be a partial refund of the total amount the consumer has paid, to reflect the value of the services already provided.\"\n\nA Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson said: \"We have been clear that we want to get the performing arts and live events fully back up and running safely as soon as possible.\n\n\"We have developed a five-stage roadmap which provides a clear pathway back to performance and are working closely with the sector as well as public health and medical experts on guidance for this phased approach.\"", "Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to appear in court in New York on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls and young women, and also perjury. She has previously denied any wrongdoing.\n\nWhen she moved to New York, she became friends with Laura Goldman.\n\nLaura Goldman spoke to the BBC's Today programme and was asked whether she thought Ms Maxwell would speak about Prince Andrew, a former friend of Epstein, as part of a potential plea deal.\n\nHe has also strenuously denied any wrong doing.\n\nThis video has been removed while the BBC investigates claims about the veracity of the contributor.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Here are the key differences between lockdown rules in Wales and England\n\nPeople have been warned not to breach coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Wales this weekend, including those thinking of travelling from England.\n\nRules have been relaxed in England so people can now \"drive to other destinations\" and meet one person outside their households outdoors.\n\nBut in Wales they cannot travel \"a significant distance\".\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford told those mulling a weekend trip to Wales \"don't do it\".\n\nRules in Wales mean travelling long distances are not allowed, with the rules in England also specifying that overnight stays away from home are not allowed.\n\nSpeaking at Friday's Welsh Government news conference, Mr Drakeford said: \"I know many people in Wales are concerned about people travelling long distances from England, particularly in the light of the UK government's announcement last weekend.\n\n\"I understand their concern. Our rules here in Wales are clear, travel should only be local, and it should only be essential.\n\n\"Travelling a long way to visit beauty spots or second homes in Wales is neither of those things - so don't do it.\"\n\nPeople have been urged not to travel a significant distance to exercise\n\nPolice forces in Wales have the power to fine people for making non-essential journeys, including those from England into Wales, with a £60 penalty for lockdown breaches.\n\nAnd Welsh police forces have expressed concerns over whether traffic into Wales could continue to increase as a result of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson's easing of restrictions.\n\nSouth Wales Police reminded people inside and outside Wales the regulations remain in place and they would be enforced.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Andy Valentine said: \"Travelling into Wales for exercise or without a reasonable excuse is not permitted, and I appeal for the support of people living in England.\"\n\nGwent Police Deputy Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman warned anyone thinking of flouting the rules to they could face action.\n\n\"If you're travelling - either cycling, in the car or on a motorbike - then we've got patrols out, we're visible, we will be stopping you, we will be explaining to you what the situation is, we will be asking you to return home.\"\n\nDyfed-Powys Police said there would be no \"specific targeting\" of people travelling from across the border, although its patrols would continue.\n\nOn Friday, a letter by the All Wales Policing Group of chief constables and police and crime commissioners to the first minister said \"there is growing evidence that adherence to the regulations is weakening in some areas\".\n\n\"We should make it clear that we want to be balanced and proportionate in the use of fines, taking our local communities with us in the way that we enforce the rules, with the difference of messaging in England being a challenge which can be helped by a similarity of maximum fine levels\".\n\nOn Thursday, the Welsh Government said it was not planning to change the fine system to increase penalties above £60 but it was keeping the matter \"under consideration\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the start of the pandemic, some Welsh beauty spots saw \"unprecedented\" weekend crowds, prompting criticism from authorities.\n\nAhead of this weekend, Wales' three national park authorities issued a joint call for \"all UK residents to respect the rules and measures in place in Wales\".\n\n\"These measures in Wales mean that people cannot drive to exercise in Wales - no matter where they live,\" said Emyr Williams, chief executive of Snowdonia National Park.\n\n\"There will continue to be no parking or access to the most popular sites in the Welsh National Parks.\"\n\nPembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority chief executive Tegryn Jones said the \"message was clear\" for people who did not live within walking distance of beauty spots.\n\n\"Do not visit Wales' national parks until the Welsh Government's guidelines to avoid unnecessary travel in Wales have been lifted,\" he added.\n\nNational parks said they would be \"making significant efforts\" to ensure correct information reaches the public\n\nAnd the coastguard told people coronavirus \"hasn't gone away\" and told them to \"respect the coastline\".\n\n\"Don't forget though, in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, nothing has changed. Give the coast a miss and stay home to save lives,\" they said in a statement.", "US President Donald Trump denounced \"angry mobs\" who are \"trying to tear down statues of our founders\", in a speech marking 4 July celebrations at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.\n\nThe location was controversial, as the monument features the faces of two slave-owning former US presidents, and stands on land taken from the indigenous Lakota Sioux by the US government in the 1800s.\n\nThousands of Trump supporters gathered despite concerns over the possible spread of coronavirus.", "Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Mercedes dominated qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, while Ferrari had a shocking day.\n\nMercedes seemed unbeatable as the season re-started after a four-month delay as a result of the coronavirus.\n\nThe cars, painted black this year to reflect Mercedes' support for anti-racism, were half a second clear.\n\nThe fastest Ferrari of Charles Leclerc was in seventh as the sheer scale of their lack of performance became clear.\n\nTeam-mate Sebastian Vettel did not even make it into the final part of qualifying and the four-time world champion will start 11th.\n\nIt was a toss-up as to which was the biggest shock - the size of Mercedes' advantage over everyone else, or how badly wrong Ferrari have got it with this year's car.\n\nAs attention turns to the race on Sunday, there will be a question as to whether anyone can challenge Mercedes, and also a focus on F1's stance against racism, in the wake of the focus on the issue created by protests around the world.\n\nThe drivers are to make a collective statement before the race by wearing \"end racism\" T-shirts, although there remains a question as to whether all of them will take a knee.\n• None Drivers' reluctance to take a knee shows 'lack of understanding' - Hamilton\n\nMercedes have dominated the weekend, the cars quickest by a significant margin in every single session.\n\nThe Finn was quicker than Hamilton on the first runs by 0.122 seconds and then, running ahead of the Briton, went off at Turn Five on his final run.\n\nHamilton was ahead of Bottas on split times at that point. The world champion improved his time over the rest of the lap but lost out on pole position by 0.012secs.\n\nBottas said: \"It feels really good. I have missed this feeling after qualifying, the shakes. It is something special when you push the car to the limit. It feels so good. Our team, amazing job - we seem to be in our own league.\"\n\nHamilton said that the incident with Bottas \"didn't really affect the lap\", adding: \"Great job by Valtteri. This is a great job by the team and I am happy to be here.\"\n\nVerstappen in third was 0.538secs off pole. The Dutchman will start the race on a different tyre than Mercedes, having chosen to run the medium in second qualifying, while Mercedes were on the soft, but on the face of it the world champions look to be unbeatable.\n\nVerstappen said: \"It is going to be quite a bit warmer tomorrow and that could play to our advantage, Mercedes were on a different level today but let's see what we can do tomorrow.\n\n\"I suspect we are a little bit better off in the race. We have nothing to lose so I will try to make it as difficult as possible for them.\"\n\nHamilton was investigated after qualifying for ignoring yellow flags waved for the Bottas incident and for going off track on his first lap.\n\nNo further action was taken with regard to flags because there were conflicting green light signals showing at the same time. His first lap time was deleted for going off track at Turn 10, but it made no difference to his grid position because his second lap was his fastest anyway.\n\nAs attention turns to the race on Sunday, there will be a question as to whether anyone can challenge Mercedes, and also a focus on F1's stance against racism, in the wake of the focus on the issue created by protests around the world.\n\nThe drivers are to make a collective statement before the race by wearing \"end racism\" t-shirts, although there remains a question as to whether all of them will take a knee.\n\nEven before arriving in Austria, Ferrari were downplaying expectations, saying that they had had to redesign their car after discovering problems following pre-season testing and that the first parts of that change would not appear until the Hungarian Grand Prix in two weeks' time.\n\nBut few expected them to be as far off the pace as they were.\n\nBoth drivers were in danger of being knocked out at the end of second qualifying but Leclerc managed to scrape through in 10th place.\n\nEven he seemed surprised to be so slow.\n\n\"Are we safe?\" the 22-year-old asked his engineer at the end of the second session.\n\n\"Yes,\" he was told. \"You are P10.\"\n\nIn the end, Leclerc managed to make it into seventh on the grid by pulling out all the stops in the final session but the inquiry will be long and questing.\n\nRival teams pointed out that whereas at last year's Austrian Grand Prix there were five cars with Ferrari engines in the top 10, while this year only one made it through - and that all those teams had lost more than 0.5secs a lap in performance compared to 2019.\n\nThere was a controversial settlement between governing body the FIA and Ferrari over the winter, with the FIA saying that they had doubts about the legality of the Ferrari engine in 2019 but could not prove them.\n\nRivals were angered that the details of the settlement were kept confidential.\n\nThe Racing Point - or 'Pink Mercedes' as it has become known for its likeness to last year's Silver Arrow - had looked best of the rest behind Mercedes and Red Bull on Friday but McLaren pipped them thanks to a stellar performance from Lando Norris.\n\nThe Briton qualified a brilliant fourth, less than 0.2secs behind Verstappen and ahead of the second Red Bull of Alex Albon.\n\nAlbon set the same time as Racing Point's Sergio Perez, but as the Anglo-Thai set it first, he will start ahead of the Mexican.\n\nBehind Leclerc, the second McLaren of Carlos Sainz was eighth, ahead of Perez's team-mate Lance Stroll and the lead Renault of Daniel Ricciardo.\n• None Comedian and actor Chris O'Dowd joins from LA to chat to Louis", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSouthampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said Che Adams' first goal for the club was \"so important for him\" as the forward's spectacular strike earned Southampton victory over Manchester City in a lively encounter at St Mary's.\n\nAdams, who joined Saints from Birmingham City for £15m a year ago, lobbed goalkeeper Ederson with a first-time strike from 40 yards out after Oleksandr Zinchenko had surrendered possession in midfield.\n\nIt has taken 30 appearances for 23-year-old Adams to open his account for the Saints, after registering 22 goals in 46 Championship games last season.\n\n\"When you hear how much the guys were celebrating him as he went into the dressing room, then you know how happy they are he scored,\" Hasenhuttl said.\n\n\"He has always been working hard. He showed the trust we had in him to start him today was the right one.\"\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola made six changes to the side which thrashed champions Liverpool 4-0 at Etihad Stadium on Thursday, with key playmaker Kevin de Bruyne among those initially rested.\n\nAdams' goal drew an intense reaction from City, as Fernandinho hit the post and the in-form Alex McCarthy kept out David Silva's header in the aftermath.\n\nThe visitors rarely let up thereafter but were repeatedly left frustrated by Saints goalkeeper McCarthy, whose one-handed save from Gabriel Jesus in the second half was the pick of several superb stops.\n\nSouthampton had chances of their own amid the increasing City pressure but neither Nathan Redmond nor Danny Ings could convert rare opportunities, while Ederson was alert to Stuart Armstrong's swerving shot.\n\nThere was to be no repeat of City's comeback to win the reverse fixture 2-1 in November and defeat leaves Guardiola's side 23 points behind Liverpool, who beat Aston Villa 2-0 earlier on Sunday.\n\nSouthampton welcomed Manchester City to St Mary's with 40 points already secured - a tally which saw them a reassuring 13 points clear of the relegation places prior to kick-off.\n\nThat return, with six games remaining, had already bettered their total haul in each of the past two seasons and allowed Hasenhuttl's side to approach Sunday's fixture without fear.\n\nAlthough City settled into the mesmerising passing that has hypnotised many other opponents, Southampton once again demonstrated the desire and determination which has seen them admirably recover from their humiliating 9-0 defeat by Leicester in October.\n\nAdams has had to wait for his opportunities in his first season at Southampton but his first goal in 456 days was one to savour as Stuart Armstrong robbed Zinchenko and the striker punished the wandering Ederson emphatically.\n\nThe hosts could have led after just six minutes but Nathan Redmond was unable to convert after Adams had gathered an uncharacteristic miskick by Aymeric Laporte.\n\nIngs went close from Kyle Walker-Peters' excellent cross, but it was in defence where Southampton supplied the heroics as the returning Jack Stephens led by example with brave blocks and vital clearances in front of the unbeatable McCarthy.\n\nEpitomising the commitment to the cause despite there being little to play for, striker Ings - unable to add to his tally in the race for the Golden Boot - was among those throwing their body in the way as Saints held on for a rare home victory. They have now taken 17 points from 17 home games this season.\n\nHasenhuttl's side were staring at a relegation fight halfway through this campaign, but in 13th with five matches to go they have officially secured their Premier League status for another season.\n\nManchester City's immediate response to officially being dethroned as Premier League champions was to dismantle Liverpool at Etihad Stadium.\n\nRaheem Sterling ominously claimed \"next season starts now\" after that result but, as Sunday's team news suggested, City's priorities now lie with the FA Cup and Champions League in a season in which they have already dropped more league points than in the previous two combined (33).\n\nA return to the consistency which had delivered back-to-back league titles is the task for Guardiola, given the sheer brilliance his team can produce on any given day - yet Sunday's defeat demonstrated that may take some work.\n\nZinchenko's error was typical of the momentary lapses in concentration that have cost City so dearly this campaign, though the visitors had ample opportunities to turn the game in their favour as they fired 26 shots at goal.\n\nJesus, with six of those attempts, was once again unable to provide the clinical touch in Sergio Aguero's absence, while De Bruyne and Phil Foden were unable to unlock a dogged Southampton defence following their second-half introductions.\n\nThe desire to recover a result was certainly evident in City's performance with Riyad Mahrez and Sterling both also going close, but with second place all but secure an FA Cup semi-final meeting with Arsenal on 18 July is where attentions surely now lie.\n• None Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost three consecutive away league games for the first time in his managerial career\n• None Southampton have ended a run of six consecutive Premier League defeats against Manchester City, with their first league victory against them since May 2016\n• None City have lost nine Premier League games this season, last losing more in a single campaign in 2015-16 under Manuel Pellegrini, when they lost 10\n• None Southampton have won 11 points against 'big six' sides in the Premier League this season - only Wolves (12) have won more outside of those 'big six' sides\n• None Che Adams' first goal for Southampton was the longest-range Premier League goal so far this season (39 yards). It arrived in his 25th appearance, with his 22nd shot in the competition\n• None Man City had 26 shots in this game. That's their highest tally in a Premier League match without scoring since March 2016, recording the same number against Manchester United\n• None This was the fifth time City have made six or more changes for a Premier League match this season. With 120, they have made 33 more changes than any other side during this campaign, ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea (87 each)\n\nManchester City host Newcastle on Wednesday (18:00 BST), while Southampton travel to Everton on Thursday (18:00).\n• None Binge on all three series of the hit comedy from BBC Three\n• None New versions of Alan Bennett's classics starring Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and many more\n• None Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.\n• None Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nathan Redmond. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Almost 30,000 more care home residents in England and Wales died during the coronavirus outbreak than during the same period in 2019, ONS figures show.\n\nBut only two-thirds were directly attributable to Covid-19.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics figures are the first to reveal the full toll on care homes, including deaths that happened in hospital.\n\nCare homes in England will carry out routine testing from Monday.\n\nThere were just over 66,000 deaths of care home residents in England and Wales between 2 March and 12 June this year, compared to just under 37,000 deaths last year.\n\nCovid-19 was the leading cause of death for male care home residents, accounting for a third of all deaths, and the second most-common cause of death for female residents, after dementia and Alzheimer's disease.\n\nWhile 20,000 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, another 10,000 of the excess deaths were registered to other, non-Covid, causes.\n\nPrevious analysis from the ONS has suggested that many of those \"non-Covid\" deaths could have involved undiagnosed coronavirus.\n\nThree-quarters of these deaths occurred within the care homes themselves and a quarter were care home residents who died in hospitals.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"We have been doing everything we can to ensure care home residents and staff are protected during this unprecedented global pandemic.\n\n\"We announced today that we will be rolling out repeat testing for care home staff and residents across the country from Monday, to help further reduce the spread of infection in care homes.\"\n\nDeaths from all causes in England and Wales have fallen to below the five-year average for the first time since before the coronavirus outbreak took hold, as of the week ending 19 June.\n\nONS figures showed deaths from all causes were lower than average for the time of year in care homes and hospitals.\n\nThe number of people dying at home was still slightly higher than average, but decreasing.\n\nDeaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate accounted for 8% of all deaths compared with 33% of deaths in the week ending 10 April.\n\nAlso on Friday, a survey of care homes in England which provide care for the elderly and younger people with dementia - the \"Vivaldi study\" - was published.\n\nMore than half of providers surveyed said they had coronavirus infections in their homes.\n\nIt also found care homes that offered their staff sick pay or relied less heavily on bank or agency staff (who may work in more than one home) had fewer infections.\n\nFrom next week, residents in care homes in England for over-65s, or younger patients with dementia, will receive monthly coronavirus tests.\n\nAny care home dealing with an outbreak, or at increased risk of an outbreak, will be more intensively tested.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBritish sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.\n\nEuropean and Commonwealth relay gold medallist Williams, 26, and Portuguese 400m record holder Ricardo dos Santos were stopped in a vehicle in London.\n\nThey fear they were targeted because they are black and drive a Mercedes.\n\nPolice say the vehicle had been on the wrong side of the road and the driver sped off when asked to stop.\n\nOfficers were patrolling in the Maida Vale area because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nA police statement said: \"Officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards have reviewed both footage from social media, and the body-worn video of the officers, and are satisfied that there is no concern around the officers' conduct.\"\n\nWhen can the police stop and search you? In most cases in England and Wales, police can only stop and search you (or your vehicle) if they have \"reasonable grounds\" that you might be carrying:\n• None Something that could be used to carry out a crime, like a crowbar Reasonable grounds for stopping someone cannot be based on race or whether the person is a known criminal. Instead, officers must base it on current intelligence (has there been a recent crime in the area, for example) and make balanced judgement calls on the behaviour of the suspect. In this case, the Metropolitan Police says there had been an increase in violent crime in the area and that the car in question was driving suspiciously. Bianca Williams denies this. If you are stopped, you have a number of rights. This includes being told the reason why you are being stopped, what they expect to find on you and information on how to receive records of the search.\n\nWilliams and 25-year-old Dos Santos, who are training for next year's Tokyo Olympics, told the Times they plan to formally complain at being pulled from their car for a weapons search when returning home from a training session.\n\nThey say police handcuffed them while their three-month-old son was on board and carried out a search that lasted 45 minutes.\n\nDos Santos, who plans to meet lawyers on Monday, said that he had been stopped by police as many as 15 times since they changed their car to a Mercedes in November 2017.\n\nVideo of the incident showed them protesting that they had done nothing wrong and Williams screaming \"my son is in the car\".\n\nThe police statement said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday officers from the Territorial Support Group \"witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out windows that was driving suspiciously, including driving on the wrong side of the road\".\n\nThe statement added: \"They indicated for it to stop but it failed to do so and made off at speed. The officers caught up with the vehicle when it stopped on Lanhill Road. The driver initially refused to get out of the car.\"\n\nAfter searching Williams and Dos Santos, and the vehicle, nothing was found and no arrests were made.\n\nThe incident was first raised on social media by their coach, 1992 Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who accused the police of abusing their power and institutionalised racism.\n\nWilliams, the fifth-fastest British woman in history over 200m, and Dos Santos said that a written report given to them by police did not mention driving on the wrong side of the road, and that where they stopped is a single car-width road.", "Gareth Cooper played for Bath, Celtic Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Gloucester and Cardiff Blues in his club career\n\nRugby star Gareth Cooper's ex-wife has been ordered to pay back just £1 after swindling him out of £1m.\n\nEx-British and Irish Lions player Mr Cooper, 41, set up two gyms and freight businesses to be run by Debra Leyshon.\n\nBut Leyshon, 41, fraudulently obtained mortgages and loans in her husband's name while telling Mr Cooper the struggling business was \"thriving\".\n\nShe also re-mortgaged the family home and four other properties, and Mr Cooper was bankrupted by the con.\n\nThe former Wales international previously said his trust in others had been \"destroyed\".\n\nLeyshon was given a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to 13 counts of fraud - totalling more than £1m.\n\nHer business partner Simon Thomas, 47, and associate Mark Lee also received suspended sentences after admitting fraud.\n\nOn Friday, a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Cardiff Crown Court was told Leyshon, from Bridgend, had benefitted to the tune of £371,271 and Thomas, from Cowbridge, £161,081.\n\nBut Judge David Wynn Morgan ordered both to pay back just a £1 nominal sum within the next 28 days.\n\nDebra Leyshon was ordered to pay back just £1 after a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing\n\nRoger Griffiths, prosecuting, said: \"Leyshon and Thomas have both been made bankrupt and their assets are being dealt with by a trustee in bankruptcy.\n\n\"As a result, the Crown will only be able to recover a nominal sum due to their status.\"\n\nLee, 43, from Exeter, was not subject to the hearing as the prosecution did not go ahead with POCA proceedings against him.\n\nIn a statement read out at sentencing in December, Mr Cooper said: \"I was deceived and manipulated by the person I trusted the most - my wife and the mother of my children.\n\n\"I do not think I will ever be the same again.\"\n\nMr Cooper said previously his trust in others had been \"destroyed\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nChelsea manager Frank Lampard says his team will have to get used to added pressure during a nervy Premier League run-in after they beat Watford on Saturday.\n\nManchester United had leapfrogged the Blues - who lost 3-2 at West Ham on Wednesday - into fourth place by thrashing Bournemouth earlier in the day.\n\nHowever, Lampard's side responded with a comfortable win over the struggling Hornets to reclaim the final automatic qualification spot for next season's Champions League.\n\nOlivier Giroud opened the scoring for the Blues, latching on to Ross Barkley's clever pass and steering a left-foot shot into the bottom-right corner.\n\nWhile Watford worked hard to contain the hosts, they offered little to suggest they were capable of a first win at Stamford Bridge since 1986.\n\nAnd they fell further behind before the break, with Etienne Capoue's rash challenge on Christian Pulisic resulting in a Chelsea penalty that Willian converted.\n\nThereafter it was relatively plain sailing for Lampard's side, who rounded off the scoring when Barkley found the top left corner from Cesar Azpilicueta's cross.\n\nThe Blues have now won three of their four games since the top flight resumed in June.\n\n\"Pre-West Ham, we could have gone third and we let ourselves down,\" Lampard told Sky Sports.\n\n\"Today, there was a bit of pressure to get back to fourth and we produced - so get used to that pressure, whatever way it looks, because it's going to be tough all the way through.\"\n\nNigel Pearson's Watford remain a point above the relegation zone but have played a game more than 18th-placed Aston Villa, who travel to champions Liverpool on Sunday (16:30 BST).\n• None Reaction to Chelsea's win over Watford plus all the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n\nManchester United's thumping victory against Bournemouth had seen Chelsea drop out of the top four places for the first time since 26 October.\n\nBut this was the perfect response from Lampard's side who were brimming with energy throughout and appeared galvanised by Wednesday's lacklustre defeat at West Ham.\n\nThe Blues made four changes to their starting XI and looked considerably more assured defensively while Willian - who scored a penalty in his third consecutive game - Barkley and Pulisic provided the thrust going forward.\n\nEngland midfielder Barkley was particularly impressive, demanding the ball in tight areas and then restricting his number of touches to get out of trouble and maintain Chelsea's attacking momentum.\n\nChelsea's opener was the perfect example as he controlled and swivelled away from a defender in one movement and then sliced open the Watford defence with his third touch.\n\nBarkley, who played more attacking passes (47) than any of Chelsea's other front six players, also capped a fine individual performance with his first Premier League goal of the campaign late on.\n\nAfter meekly losing to Southampton last Sunday, manager Pearson had called for his side to produce a performance that \"better represented\" them.\n\nAnd his players initially responded with a committed and gritty show, albeit one that lacked the quality to suggest they were ever going to trouble their hosts.\n\nThere was no lack of application - Pearson's side collectively ran almost 5km more than their higher-placed opponents - it was simply a gulf in class.\n\nBut they were also guilty of moments of carelessness in possession, such as when Capoue presented Chelsea with an easy opportunity to double their advantage.\n\n\"To concede in the first half was painful because we showed the qualities that were missing last week,\" Pearson told Sky Sports.\n\n\"We are having to play our way back into nick. Time is not on our side but we have to be brave enough and want the ball. The second half performance was one we can build on.\"\n\nDanny Welbeck's introduction after the interval did provide them with some pace and quality in the final third but it was too little too late.\n\nWelbeck wriggled into several promising positions and forced Kepa Arrizabalaga into a superb save late on, but it was one of very few moments that would have excited any Watford supporters watching at home.\n\nAnd it was a performance indicative of a side, if you discount Jan Bednarek's own goal, that has failed to score in three consecutive defeats and is now anxiously looking over its shoulder at their relegation rivals.\n• None Chelsea have won four successive Premier League games at Stamford Bridge for the first time since winning seven in a row at home under Antonio Conte between October and December 2017.\n• None Watford have lost four consecutive Premier League away games in a row for the first time since the final six on the road in the 2017-18 season under Javi Gracia.\n• None Watford haven't won away at Chelsea in any competition since May 1986 (5-1), drawing four and losing nine at Stamford Bridge since then.\n• None Chelsea have scored two or more goals in nine of their past 10 Premier League games, only failing to do so in a 2-0 loss to Man Utd at Stamford Bridge in February.\n• None Only seven defenders have recorded more Premier League assists than Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta (31), with the Spaniard equalling his record for assists in a single campaign in the competition (6 - also 2017-18).\n• None After failing to score with his last 63 shots in the Premier League, Ross Barkley has scored his first goal since netting against Burnley in October 2018.\n• None Chelsea midfielder Barkley has been directly involved in eight goals in his last 10 starts in all competitions (three goals, five assists).\n• None Olivier Giroud has scored four goals in his last seven Premier League games for Chelsea, more than he had netted in his previous 38 appearances (3).\n• None Willian is the first ever Chelsea player to score a penalty in three consecutive Premier League games and the sixth different player to do it in the competition.\n\nChelsea travel to Crystal Palace in their next Premier League outing on Tuesday, 7 July (18:00 BST). Watford host bottom club Norwich on the same date at the same time.\n• None Comedian and actor Chris O'Dowd joins from LA to chat to Louis\n• None Offside, Watford. Adam Masina tries a through ball, but Danny Welbeck is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 3, Watford 0. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.\n• None Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.\n• None Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Chalobah.\n• None Attempt saved. Adam Masina (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Will Hughes (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.\n• None Substitution, Chelsea. Billy Gilmour replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Men aged 18 to 34 from ethnic minority groups were twice as likely to be fined for breaching lockdown coronavirus laws as young white men, figures show.\n\nA National Police Chiefs' Council report said overall those from minority ethnic groups were 1.6 times more likely to be fined than white people.\n\nGovernment statisticians analysed 17,039 fixed penalty notices imposed from March to May in England and Wales.\n\nNPCC chairman Martin Hewitt said it was \"a concern to see disparity\".\n\nBut he said it was a \"complex picture\" and each force will work to \"mitigate any risks of bias - conscious or unconscious\".\n\nPolice have been able to issue fines for breaching public health regulations introduced to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 since 27 March.\n\nMr Hewitt said issuing a fine was \"a last resort\" and the data only presented a \"partial picture\" because it \"does not show the hundreds of thousands of interactions with the public where engagement, explanation and encouragement was effective and there was no need to issue a fine\".\n\n\"Many forces have brought in community representatives to help them scrutinise the circumstances around each FPN (Fixed Penalty Notice) and if it has been issued fairly,\" he said.\n\nThe analysis showed the highest overall disparity rates to be in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Lancashire, where those from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds were 6.5 times, 5.6 times and five times more likely to be fined than white people respectively.\n\nOnly one police force, Cheshire, recorded no overall level of ethnic disproportionality.\n\nBBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said senior police officers had highlighted that high levels of disproportionality in some regions may be due to large numbers of visitors travelling to areas with proportionately low numbers of residents from black, Asian and ethnic minority groups.\n\nAnd Mr Hewitt said: \"For a number of forces, continued focus on crime and violence could affect their disparity rate as areas... that have been a focus of police activity are also areas with a higher concentration of black, Asian and minority ethnic people, which also increases the possibility of officers identifying and dealing with breaches during those deployments.\"\n\nThe report also said there were 20 forces that each issued fewer than 40 fines in total to people from ethnic minority backgrounds.\n\nMr Hewitt said a \"plan of action\" was being developed \"to address issues of inclusion and race equality that still exist in policing - like the lower trust in us from black communities, their concerns about use of powers like stop and search and the concerns from people of colour within policing about inclusivity and equality at work\".\n\nNPCC data also showed the total number of fines issued to 20 July had risen to 18,669 across England and Wales, with eight fines imposed in the previous two weeks - six of which were for people not wearing face coverings on public transport.\n\nPolice have fined one person for not self-isolating after arriving in England. Rules mean travellers from certain countries are told told quarantine for 14 days after returning home.\n\nMr Hewitt said he was not aware of any fines being issued to shop customers since face coverings were made mandatory in stores in England on Friday.\n• None Could police fine me for exercising?", "The body of the late US civil rights icon John Lewis has been carried over Selma's historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.\n\nOn 7 March 1965, known as \"Bloody Sunday\", Lewis and other peaceful protesters were attacked by Alabama police officers as they marched over the bridge.\n\nThey had planned to walk to state capital Montgomery to demand equal voting rights.\n\nLewis, who died aged 80 on 17 July, will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Atlanta on Thursday.\n\nRead more: 'A man who fought for equality until his last breath'", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice to Spain. Britons are now advised against all non-essential travel to the country, including the Balearic and Canary Islands, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks there. It comes after a quarantine for travellers returning to the UK from Spain was reintroduced over the weekend. We've been answering your questions about the travel rules for Spain here. Meanwhile, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is leaving a family holiday in Spain early to return to the UK, after the new restrictions came into force.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nForecasters are warning the UK economy could take until 2024 to return to the size it was before lockdown. Analysis from the EY Item Club, which uses a similar economic model to the Treasury, suggests unemployment will rise to 9% from 3.9%. It also estimates the economy will shrink by 11.5% this year, worse than the 8% it predicted only a month ago. The Item Club says consumers have been more cautious than expected, while growth is also being dampened by low business investment.\n\nA pet cat has become the first animal in the UK to test positive for the strain of coronavirus causing the current pandemic. It's thought the cat caught coronavirus from its owner, who had previously tested positive for the virus. But experts say there's no cause for alarm - they stress the case is very rare and does not mean the disease is being spread to people by their pets. We've looked at the evidence on pets catching Covid-19 here.\n\nA small number of coronavirus cases in pets have been found in Europe, North America and Asia\n\nMen aged 18 to 34 from ethnic minority groups were twice as likely to be fined for breaching lockdown laws as young white men, new figures suggest. Overall, those from minority ethnic groups were 1.6 times more likely to be fined than white people, according to a report by the National Police Chiefs' Council. NPCC chairman Martin Hewitt said it was \"a concern to see disparity\" but it was a \"complex picture\" and each force would work to \"mitigate any risks of bias - conscious or unconscious\". You can read more about the powers police have to enforce lockdown rules here.\n\nScottish pilot Stephen Cameron made headlines around the world after surviving for more than two months on a ventilator in Vietnam. Now recovering in hospital back in the UK, the 42-year-old from Motherwell is warning Britons \"not to be blasé\" about the virus. He told the BBC he was a \"living example\" of how serious it can be, while his doctors said he now faces \"a long path\" to recovery.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest in our live page.\n\nPlus, track the world's coronavirus hotspots with our visual guide to the pandemic.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Joe Biden, left, has been leading Donald Trump in the polls\n\nThe first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29 September.\n\nIt had been due to take place at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana but was changed because of concerns over coronavirus precautions.\n\nIt will now be co-hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic.\n\nThe two men will hold three debates in all before the 3 November vote.\n\nReverend John I Jenkins, president of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, said the health precautions needed to stage the event \"would have greatly diminished the educational value of hosting the debate on our campus\".\n\nThe new location will be at Western Reserve University's Health Education Campus, the Commission on Presidential Debates said.\n\nThe second presidential debate on 15 October will take place in Miami after getting shifted from the University of Michigan.\n\nThe third will take place in Nashville on 22 October, while a debate between Vice-President Mike Pence and the Democratic vice-presidential nominee - who has still to be chosen - will be held on 7 October in Salt Lake City.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Trump's attitude toward coronavirus has shifted\n\nMr Biden is currently holding a lead of 15 percentage points nationally, a Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests.\n\nThe president's national approval ratings have dropped in a year dominated by coronavirus - of which the US has by far the world's highest death toll with more than 147,000 - and widespread protests over the death of black man George Floyd in police custody in May.", "Demand at food banks in the US has surged during the pandemic Image caption: Demand at food banks in the US has surged during the pandemic\n\nIn the US, the $600 (£465) a week additional payment that the government approved to top up unemployment benefits during the pandemic will expire on 31 July.\n\nIn many states, recipients have already received their last cheque.\n\n\"It's pretty dire,\" says Brandon Humberston, who worked as a cook at Mexican restaurant until the pandemic cost him his job. His benefits will be cut from $750 to $150. \"My generation is hanging on by a thread.\"\n\nPoliticians in Washington have yet to act.\n\nWhile Democrats have proposed another $3tn in spending, Republicans have rejected that plan and they are divided about how much more aid - if any - is warranted.\n\nThe fate of the unemployment benefits that Mr Humberston - and an estimated 30 million other Americans rely on - is giving the debate a sense of urgency.\n\nYou can read more here.", "Schools and colleges in England are being told by the exams watchdog to be more lenient this year about letting pupils stay on to take A-levels.\n\nEven if pupils do not get the required GCSE grades, Ofqual is calling for \"greater flexibility\".\n\nA-levels and GCSE exams were cancelled in the pandemic and exam boards will issue replacement results.\n\nThe exams watchdog says schools should put \"slightly less weight\" on pupils getting \"one or two lower grades\".\n\nIf pupils do not get the results they expect they can take written exams in the autumn - but that would be too late for those taking GCSEs who planned to start A-level courses in September.\n\nOfqual has written to schools and colleges saying this year they might look beyond specific grades and consider \"other robust evidence\", such as \"if you already know a student and their potential well\".\n\n\"You may wish to consider the approach you take for certain students, given they did not have the opportunity to sit exams and other assessments,\" says the letter from the chief regulator, Sally Collier.\n\nThis summer's results will be based on factors including teachers' predicted grades, results in previous exams, performance of the school in previous years and how the school ranked pupils in order of how well they expected them to achieve.\n\nOfqual warns that teachers could be investigated for malpractice if they tell pupils or parents the predicted grades or rankings submitted by schools before exam boards issue their results.\n\nHowever, the watchdog says this information can be shared after the exam results are published.\n\nLast week Ofqual announced that exam results would be more generous this year - with 2% more pupils getting A grades or above at A-level and 1% more getting grade 4 or above at GCSE.\n\nTeachers had been even more optimistic in their predicted grades, although the moderation process to keep results in line with previous years means many of these predicted grades will have been lowered.\n\nThere have been fears of \"unconscious bias\" in the results, but Ofqual says there is no evidence of any widening gaps in terms of ethnicity, gender or deprivation, compared with years when pupils have taken exams.\n\nThere could still be questions about the results of individual pupils, such as those who perform better in exams than in coursework or in schools which rapidly improve above their performance in previous years.", "Talks are under way with Spain about easing quarantine rules for the Balearic and Canary Islands, a government source has said.\n\nThe potential move would mean people arriving in the UK from the islands would not have to self-isolate for 14 days after rules changed this weekend.\n\nThe travel industry is hoping ministers make a decision by Friday.\n\nA government source said there are no plans to change the rules, while No 10 said \"no travel is risk free\".\n\nOne travel industry source said the government had told them it wanted to study more data from Spain's islands before making a decision.\n\nThe rate of infection in Spain is 35.1 cases per 100,000 people, while the UK is at 14.7, according to the latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nData up to 19 July suggested there were lower rates of infection in the Balearic and Canary Islands than in mainland Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said he cancelled a holiday to the Balearics after the change in quarantine rules was announced on Saturday.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said the change \"couldn't have been done at a worse time or handled in a worse way\" and questioned whether the quarantine rule should extend to the whole of Spain.\n\nAmong the thousands of British holidaymakers affected was Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who flew to Spain on Saturday despite knowing a decision on the policy was due.\n\nMr Shapps said in a statement he would return to the UK this week in order to complete his quarantine and would return to work as soon as possible.\n\nJames Middleton, a receptionist from Weston-super-Mare, is also due to return home from his holiday this week.\n\nHis employer is looking at what it can do to help but the 49-year-old, who is holidaying in Tenerife until Tuesday, said he now risks going without pay in order to observe the quarantine rule.\n\nJames Middleton is on holiday in Tenerife and now faces a 14-day quarantine on his return to the UK\n\n\"I will have credit card bills to pay at the end of the month and with no income for two weeks, I will not be able to pay them and will invite interest on them,\" Mr Middleton said.\n\nHe said he has \"no problem\" with the quarantine rule as the government \"has to act on the information\" it has - but he thinks it should \"support\" those who are affected.\n\n\"They have said before no one should suffer as a result of following these rules so they should stand by it. The minimum support on offer should be sick leave pay,\" he said.\n\nConcern has grown among employers about what to do if their staff cannot immediately return to work after holidaying in Spain.\n\nDebbie Pearson runs small catering businesses in the West Midlands. Staff at her business that caters for weddings and events are furloughed, but staff at two firms that supply meals for the elderly are still working.\n\nMs Pearson said she will not be able to claim statutory sick pay for workers who must isolate for two weeks upon returning for holiday for either of those businesses.\n\n\"If I have to pay to pay them, I would pay them,\" she said.\n\nBecause one of her businesses only has three staff, it will also pile pressure on the remaining two staff if they have to cover the extra work for two more weeks.\n\n\"We pride ourselves on being a good employer,\" she said. \"If somebody had been abroad and told to isolate, I'd want to make sure they weren't asked to work.\"\n\nHoliday companies have responded to the imposition of the quarantine for people arriving from Spain.\n\nEasyJet said it would operate its full schedule of flights to Spain, but it is cancelling holidays to all Spanish destinations for the next few weeks. It said it only offered holidays where there was no known requirement to self-isolate on arrival or return.\n\nRyanair said its schedules \"remain in place\" and it will continue flights in and out of Spain as normal.\n\nJet2 cancelled flights and holidays from Costa de Almeria, Alicante, Malaga and Murcia up to 16 August. Package holiday firm Tui cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August.\n\nIt said customers due to travel to all areas of Spain between 27 July and 9 August would be able to cancel or amend holidays and receive a full refund or the option to rebook their holiday with an incentive.\n\nHowever, there will be uncertainty for those with holidays due to depart from 10 August as the company said it will be update passengers with future bookings on 31 July.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office currently advises against \"all but essential travel\" to countries without air bridge agreements in place.\n\nTui has urged the UK government not to slap blanket quarantines on whole countries.\n\nAndrew Flintham, managing director of TUI UK and Ireland, said the government should have a \"regionalised\" policy.\n\nThat would mean only travellers returning from coronavirus hotspots should be forced to quarantine.\n\nThe UK imposed the restriction over the weekend after a spike in infections in some Spanish regions, including Catalonia, where Barcelona is located, and Aragon.\n\nHoliday giant Tui has cancelled departures to Spain up to 9 August following the quarantine announcement\n\nThe French government has been telling its nationals to stay away from Catalonia, while Norway has imposed a new 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain.\n\nMr Flintham told the BBC that the government was \"rightly nervous\" about people's ability to move \"relatively unchecked\" around countries which had a spike of cases in certain areas.\n\nHowever, he said most holidaymakers stayed in one place when they got there and should be safe if they were not in high-risk areas.\n\n\"They do not go travelling around wider Spain and then they come home again,\" he said.\n\nA further seven people with coronavirus have died across all settings in the UK, according to latest government figures - bringing the UK's death toll to 45,759.\n\nThe government also said in the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST on Monday, there had been a further 685 lab-confirmed cases. The UK's total is 300,111.", "One person has been fined by police for breaching quarantine rules after arriving from abroad, new figures from forces in England and Wales show.\n\nThe data released by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on Monday comes after holidaymakers in Spain and its islands were told they would have to self-isolate for 14 days when returning to the UK.\n\nThe ticket for breaching quarantine rules, which was issued by Lincolnshire Police, was one of only eight fixed penalty notices handed out in England in the two weeks to July 20, with none in Wales.\n\nNPCC chairman Martin Hewitt said compliance with the rules had been good, but added \"it's really difficult to understand how people will respond\" after Spain was removed from the UK's list of safe destinations over a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.\n\n\"You would hope that people would come back and be responsible,\" he said.\n\nA total of 18,669 fixed-penalty notices, including 16,029 in England and 2,640 in Wales, have been recorded by forces up to July 20. The figures do not include fines issued during the local Leicester lockdown.", "Black, Asian and minority ethnic figures (BAME) are set to feature on British notes and coins for the first time.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is considering proposals from a campaign group for legal tender to be more inclusive, according to the Sunday Telegraph.\n\nMr Sunak has asked the Royal Mint to come up with new designs honouring BAME figures.\n\nMilitary nurse Mary Seacole and spy Noor Inayat Khan are being considered.\n\nThe former Conservative parliamentary candidate Zehra Zaidi is leading the Banknotes of Colour campaign.\n\nShe says no non-white person has ever been featured on British currency.\n\n\"Who we have on our legal tender, our notes and our coins, builds into a narrative of who we think we are as a nation,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe former Conservative parliamentary candidate Zehra Zaidi is leading the Banknotes of Colour campaign\n\nBAME people who have served the nation - such as military figures and nurses - have been put forward for the proposed set of coins.\n\nTwo years ago Ms Zaidi started a petition for the British World War Two secret agent Noor Inayat Khan, who was also a descendant of Indian royalty, to be featured on a coin, but the campaign fell on deaf ears.\n\n\"She was the first female radio operator to be sent to enemy-occupied France,\" said Ms Zaidi.\n\n\"She was one of only four women in history to receive the George Cross.\"\n\nThe Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole is also being considered. She was born in the Caribbean to a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother.\n\nAt the outbreak of the Crimean War she travelled to England hoping to join Florence Nightingale's team of nurses.\n\nWhen she was turned down, she travelled to the Crimea herself and established the \"British Hotel\" - somewhere the soldiers could rest and enjoy a good meal.\n\nIn May, a community hospital was named after the pioneering nurse.\n\nBAME figures such as Walter Tull, the British Army's first black officer, have been featured on commemorative coins in the past.\n\n\"But commemorative coins are not the same as legal tender because legal tender acts as a passport, an ambassador,\" says Ms Zaidi.\n\n\"We must tell the story of inclusive representation as it matters for cohesion and it matters in the narrative of who we are as a nation.\"", "Anonymous briefings against civil servants have had a \"demoralising\" effect on the service, the UK's top civil servant has said.\n\nCabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, who is standing down in September, said \"sniping\" against officials had risen in recent years.\n\nSir Mark also said a \"decade of pay restraint\" had made it harder for the civil service to retain expertise.\n\nHe added the size of the cabinet should be cut to improve decision-making.\n\nSpeaking at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government, Sir Mark said the current number of ministers had made it a \"cumbersome forum\" for debate.\n\nHe said smaller groups below cabinet level, such as a special committee for no-deal Brexit preparations, were where \"big issues are thrashed out\".\n\nSir Mark acknowledged civil servants were \"not the only victims\" of anonymous briefings, which had also sometimes been directed at politicians.\n\nBut he added they had become \"damaging to the process of governance\".\n\n\"There's nothing more destabilising for a senior cabinet minister to read a whole load of stuff in one of the newspapers about whether or not the skids are under them because of something that's happened,\" he said.\n\nSir Mark, who took up his post after Sir Jeremy Heywood's death in November 2018, is also standing down as UK national security adviser.\n\nHis exit, announced in June, followed reports of tensions between him and senior members of Boris Johnson's team.\n\nBut he said anonymous briefings should not necessarily be linked with a number of announced departures from the civil service in recent months.\n\n\"I don't think you should read into the fact that several of us are leaving within the first year of a new parliament, I don't think you should read too much of a connection between the two,\" he said.\n\nSir Philip Rutnam, ex-top civil servant at the Home Office, quit in February and is suing the Home Office for unfair dismissal.\n\nSir Simon McDonald will leave the Foreign Office in September when it merges with the Department for International Development.\n\nSir Mark Sedwill, a career diplomat, has also served at the Home Office.\n\nIn his speech, Sir Mark called for a \"fundamental review\" of civil servants' pay, progression, and pensions.\n\nHe said he agreed that \"churn\" in the best officials between different roles had made it harder for departments to hang on to expertise.\n\nBut he said a \"decade of pay restraint\" since 2010 had contributed to the most talented officials moving on, in turn meaning the remainder could negotiate bigger salaries in \"departments under the spotlight\".\n\nHowever, he added that the civil service was currently \"too metropolitan\" and \"too short term\" in its thinking, and reform was \"rightly\" on the government's agenda.\n\nHe also added there were too few ethnic minority civil servants, and their views had been \"under-represented in the policy debate\".", "Officials have been carrying out health checks in Da Nang neighbourhoods\n\nVietnam has closed Da Nang to tourists after 15 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases were recorded there - the first in the country since April.\n\nTourists cannot enter the city for 14 days and up to 80,000, mostly domestic, visitors are to be flown home.\n\nVietnam has been lauded as a success story of the pandemic having acted early to close borders and enforce quarantine and contact tracing.\n\nIt has recorded just over 400 cases and no deaths.\n\nBut over the past four days, nearly 100 days after its last locally transmitted case, 14 new cases emerged in Da Nang, a central coastal city popular with domestic tourists. Another case was reported in nearby Quang Ngai Province.\n\nPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday ordered Da Nang residents to re-implement social distancing and close all non-essential services.\n\nHe said the response had to be \"decisive\" but that he was not yet ordering a total lockdown of the city.\n\nAnalysis by scientists found that the strain of the virus in Da Nang had not previously been detected in the country, Vietnam's health minister said.\n\nNguyen Thanh Long said that claims the strain was more contagious than others seen in the country were yet to be confirmed.\n\nThe first new case - patient 416 - was a 57-year-old man who sought medical care on 20 July for flu symptoms.\n\nHe is now on a ventilator and, according to doctors quoted in local media, in a critical condition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nContact tracing identified more than 100 people who had interacted with the man, but all returned negative tests.\n\nHowever over the weekend, three more cases were confirmed, including one 17 year old from neighbouring Quang Ngai province who had travelled home on a coach with people who had been at the Da Nang C Hospital.\n\nDa Nang C Hospital sealed its doors in response to the first diagnosis.\n\nOn Monday, a further 11 cases were confirmed. Seven were patients at a hospital in Da Nang and four are medical staff. The hospital was not identified.\n\nThe cases have raised fears that a full outbreak could be under way in Da Nang.\n\nPeople in Hanoi are being asked to wear masks again after months without\n\nWith international travel largely impossible, Da Nang had been promoted as a holiday destination for Vietnamese people.\n\nOfficials say up to 80,000 domestic tourists are in the city, so extra flights are being laid on to take them home. People may be asked to quarantine on their return, according to media reports.\n\nHospitals across the country have also stepped up preventative measures, while the capital, Hanoi, has begun urging people to wear masks in public again.\n\nDomestic football matches were also suspended on Sunday.\n\nThe new cases are a significant setback for Vietnam, which has been proud of its success in containing the virus. It has been praised by the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nUnlike many countries, Vietnam acted early on the pandemic, before it even had confirmed cases. It recognised that it did not have the resources to tackle widespread infection so instead, did everything it could to keep the virus out altogether.\n\nIt closed its borders to almost all travellers except returning citizens and requires anyone entering the country to quarantine in government facilities for 14 days and undergo testing.\n\nMost of its cases have been detected in quarantine.\n\nAn extensive contact tracing and testing operation also meant it was able to quickly quash local outbreaks.\n\nIts most famous foreign patient, a British man who spent 68 days on a ventilator, was able to travel home earlier this month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vietnam put out this song to teach people how to protect themselves from coronavirus", "The UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August.\n\nThe move comes after the government imposed a 14-day quarantine on people arriving in the UK from Spain.\n\nThe firm said all those going to the Balearic and Canary Islands could still travel as planned from Monday.\n\nThe airline industry has reacted with dismay to the decision to impose the quarantine, calling it a big blow.\n\nThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain. Quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.\n\nBritish Airways is still operating flights, but said the move was \"throwing thousands of Britons' travel plans into chaos\".\n\nBudget airline easyJet is also maintaining a full schedule, as is Jet2.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nWizz Air said it would continue to operate flights to Spain \"as scheduled for the time being\", but added that it is \"re-evaluating this schedule in light of potential diminished demand\".\n\nRob Griggs of Airlines UK said the move was a \"big blow\" to the aviation sector.\n\nHe told the BBC that individuals should be tested for coronavirus instead of having to self-isolate automatically.\n\n\"We back the idea of voluntary testing on arrival or before you leave,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"We think testing would... enable individuals to come back without the need for quarantine if they test.\"\n\nMr Griggs also called on the government to be \"a little more specific\" in its advice, since the latest spike in coronavirus cases in Spain did not affect the whole country in the same way.\n\nTui said it would contact customers affected and offer them the right to cancel or amend their holidays.\n\n\"All customers currently on holiday can continue to enjoy their holiday and will return on their intended flight home,\" it added.\n\nTui said health and safety was its highest priority, but urged the government to \"work closely\" with the travel industry.\n\n\"This level of uncertainty and confusion is damaging for business and disappointing for those looking forward to a well-deserved break,\" it added.\n\nQuarantine measures for UK travellers were first introduced in early June. But after pressure from the aviation and travel industries, the government and devolved administrations published lists of countries exempt from the rules.\n\nThe decision to remove Spain from those lists was announced on Saturday following a spike in Spanish coronavirus cases, with more than 900 new cases reported on Friday.\n\nSpanish officials have also warned a second wave could be imminent as major cities have seen cases surge.\n\nBA is among the airlines disappointed by the government's move\n\nThe Airport Operators Association said the new measures would \"further damage what is already a fragile restart of the aviation sector, which continues to face the biggest challenge in its history\".\n\nHowever, easyJet said it was \"disappointed\" and would operate a full schedule in the coming days.\n\n\"Customers who no longer wish to travel can transfer their flights without a change fee or receive a voucher for the value of the booking,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nA spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said the government's quarantine rule change was \"disappointing\".\n\n\"We suggest the government considers lifting the quarantine rules for flights to and from certain regions with lower infection rates, or to places such as the Balearic Islands or the Canaries - which are geographically distinct from mainland Spain - to avoid further damage to the UK inbound and outbound tourism industries,\" he said.\n\nPeople currently on holiday in Spain have been advised by the Department of Transport to follow the local rules, return home as normal, and check the Foreign Office's travel advice website for further information.\n\nThe Association of British Insurers advised holidaymakers that if they were already in Spain when the government's advice changed, their insurance was likely to cover them until they returned home.\n\nBut it added: \"Travelling to countries against FCO advice is likely to invalidate your travel insurance and this would apply to those yet to travel to mainland Spain.\n\n\"Customers looking to change or cancel their travel plans should speak with the airline provider, tour operator or travel agent in the first instance.\n\n\"If you booked your trip or took out your travel insurance after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, you may not be covered for travel disruption or cancellation. In either circumstance, we'd advise checking with your insurer.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA Scottish pilot, who spent more than two months on a ventilator in Vietnam, has warned Britons \"not to be blasé about coronavirus\" as lockdown eases.\n\nStephen Cameron, 42, from Motherwell, was Vietnam's sickest patient and became known nationwide as Patient 91.\n\n\"I'm a living example of what this virus can do and how it is serious,\" he told the BBC from his Wishaw hospital bed.\n\nHis doctors say he now faces \"a long path\" to recovery,\n\nStephen Cameron is recovering in the University Hospital Wishaw near Glasgow\n\nDr Manish Patel, the respiratory consultant has been responsible for Mr Cameron's care since his return to Scotland on 12 July.\n\n\"People say going into ITU is like running a marathon. In Stephen's case, I think he's run multiple ultra-marathons,\" he said.\n\nMr Cameron said: \"I don't think the NHS could cope if there was a wave of people who needed the amount of care and life support that I needed.\"\n\nThe pilot spent 68 days on a ventilator - most of which he was also reliant on an Ecmo machine, a form of life support only used in the most extreme cases.\n\n\"I've been told that I was Asia's sickest patient for a period,\" he said. \"And that because of the things they learnt from me, Vietnam's doctors were able to employ that knowledge on patients in a similar position.\"\n\nMr Cameron narrowly avoided a double lung transplant when his lung capacity fell to 10%\n\nDr Patel told the BBC that Mr Cameron surviving such a long time in a medically-induced coma was \"exceptional\".\n\n\"We don't have much experience of people being on a ventilator for more than a month and a half,\" he said.\n\nAccording to data from the Scottish Intensive Care Society, three-quarters of Covid-19 survivors stay in intensive care for under 21 days, and are ventilated for an even shorter period of time.\n\nStephen Cameron with the British consul general Ian Gibbons and the chairman of Ho Chi Minh City's People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong\n\nMr Cameron narrowly avoided a double lung transplant when his lung capacity fell to 10%. He also suffered multiple organ failure and lost 30kg (4.7 stone) in weight while in a coma, and is still struggling to walk despite extensive rehab.\n\n\"When I first woke up, I thought, will I be able to walk again?,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't know if I was paralysed for life because I couldn't feel my feet and I wasn't sure if that was the end of my flying career.\"\n\nMr Cameron's aim is to pilot a plane again by \"early next year\". But his rehab will be long and arduous, and his job security has been thrown into doubt by the devastating effects the pandemic has wrought on the Asian air travel industry.\n\nHe came closer to dying of coronavirus than anyone else in Vietnam, which has had under 10 ICU admissions and fewer than 500 confirmed cases.\n\nThe effort to keep him alive and avoid a single death from the virus in a country of 95 million people meant all Vietnam's best ICU doctors were involved in his care, and his story made headlines in national newspapers and led TV news bulletins.\n\n\"The vast majority of the country knew about Patient 91, which was my moniker,\" he said.\n\n\"On their equivalent of the 10 o'clock news, they had somebody with my X-rays, my CT scans, my stats, and actually talking through them in maybe a five-minute segment.\n\n\"I mean that is a bit mind-blowing when you think about it.\"\n\nHundreds of press and members of the public watched Mr Cameron's departure from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City a fortnight ago.\n\nWhen he first fell ill at an expat bar, which was the site of southern Vietnam's biggest outbreak, his case caused controversy as there was speculation he was the source of the outbreak.\n\n\"There seemed to be a desire to pin it on me coming from abroad, as I did a visa run to Bangkok a week earlier,\" he told the BBC in June, when he was still in Vietnam.\n\n\"I was the first person to put my hands up and say: 'Look I don't feel well'. It was inevitable I would be blamed.\"\n\nSince Mr Cameron's return to the UK, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has thanked his counterpart in Vietnam, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, for the treatment of the 20 British Covid-19 patients in the country, including Mr Cameron.", "Chinese technology giant Huawei starts a four-day online event today focusing on how technology can be used in the fight against the coronavirus.\n\nThe \"Better World Summit\" will also explore how to boost the world economy in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nMeanwhile, HSBC has issued a statement defending its cooperation with the US in a case against Huawei.\n\nIt came after Chinese state media accused the London-headquartered bank of “setting traps to ensnare” Huawei.\n\nThe world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker said the summit will feature talks by technology industry executives and experts from around the world, including Huawei's deputy chairman Guo Ping as well as South Africa's telecoms minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.\n\nThe event is being held against the backdrop of growing pressure on the company as tensions rise between Beijing and western governments.\n\nOn Friday, an article in China's official People’s Daily newspaper said HSBC had \"framed” Huawei and played a role in the arrest of the company's finance chief Meng Wanzhou.\n\nThe following day, HSBC posted a statement on the Chinese social media platform WeChat which said it was not involved in Washington's decision to investigate Huawei or arrest Ms Meng.\n\nIt also said “HSBC has no malice against Huawei, nor has it ‘framed’ Huawei”. In response, another Beijing-controlled newspaper, The Global Times, said: \"Chinese observers called HSBC's statement 'not persuasive' at all\".\n\nMeanwhile, the US has been calling on members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing alliance - which also includes the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - to avoid Huawei kit.\n\nAustralia has barred Huawei from providing 5G technology for the country's network.\n\nEarlier this month, the British government banned the country's mobile providers from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after the end of this year.\n\nThe companies were also told they must remove all of the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.\n\nIt follows sanctions imposed by the US government, which claims Huawei poses a national security threat - something the company denies.\n\nAs early as this week a court in Canada will open a hearing into what evidence should be made public in proceedings on whether to extradite Ms Meng to America.", "A government scheme offering £50 bike repair vouchers will launch in England on Tuesday as part of plans to boost cycling and walking.\n\nAn initial 50,000 vouchers will be made available online later in the day on a first-come, first-served basis.\n\nThe prime minister also announced that access to bikes will be available on the NHS as part of the strategy.\n\nBut Labour said many of the government's proposals were taking too long to come into effect.\n\nIt comes after the government launched its obesity strategy on Monday.\n\nGPs in areas of England with poor health will be encouraged to prescribe cycling, with patients able to access bikes through their local surgery.\n\nThe idea is that GP surgeries will have a stock of bicycles to lend, with training, access to cycling groups and peer support.\n\nIn some cases, if they used them enough, patients would be allowed to keep them.\n\nRecent Public Health England research found that being overweight or obese puts people at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19.\n\nGovernment statistics showed nearly 8% of critically ill patients in intensive care units with the virus have been morbidly obese, compared with 2.9% of the general population.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said cycling and walking have \"a huge role to play\" in tackling health and environmental challenges.\n\n\"But to build a healthier, more active nation, we need the right infrastructure, training and support in place to give people the confidence to travel on two wheels,\" he said.\n\n\"That's why now is the time to shift gears and press ahead with our biggest and boldest plans yet to boost active travel - so that everyone can feel the transformative benefits of cycling.\"\n\nFormer Olympic gold medal cyclist Chris Boardman, now a policy adviser to British Cycling, welcomed the plans.\n\n\"There's a quarter of households in Britain who don't have access to a car at all and we've got public transport operating at 30%, so 70% of people have got to find another way to travel or not go to work,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"This can be not only provision for people who don't have a car now, it's a consultation for the future.\"\n\nThe government's \"Fix Your Bike\" vouchers are being released in batches \"to help manage capacity\" and so that the scheme can be monitored before being rolled out more widely, the government said.\n\nThey will typically cover the bill for a standard service and the replacement of a basic component such as an inner tube or cable.\n\nDuring a Downing Street briefing in May, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the initiative would be \"available from next month\".\n\nBut the Department for Transport (DfT) said in July that it would only begin when maintenance shops could handle the expected spike in demand.\n\nHalfords says it has thousands of slots available each day for customers to bring their bikes into stores to identify potential faults which could be rectified under the scheme.\n\n\"We think the government's 'Fix Your Bike' voucher scheme will not only help individuals become more confident about keeping their bikes maintained, but will help speed up the cycling revolution,\" said chief executive Graham Stapleton.\n\nThe retailer previously reported that bike sales had risen by 57.1% in the 13 weeks to 3 July, as people sought to avoid public transport during lockdown.\n\nThousands of miles of new protected cycle lanes, cycle training for children and adults, and the creation of the UK's first zero-emission transport city are also part of the plans to promote cycling and walking.\n\nThe initiative has been welcomed by cycling groups and environmentalists.\n\nThey have long argued that Active Travel - the new phrase for walking and cycling - fulfils twin objectives of improving health and well-being, while also reducing emissions that harm people's health and fuel climate change.\n\nBut they point out that the investment is less than a 10th of the £27bn that the government previously announced would be spent on new roads.\n\nThere's now increasing pressure for that road budget to be reduced.\n\nAA head Edmund King told BBC News in April that some of the cash might be better spent on improving broadband.\n\nAnd environmentalists have brought a legal challenge against the plans because the construction and use of the roads will increase carbon emissions when ministers are committed to reducing emissions.\n\nA recent study suggested that big carbon savings can be made by constructing cycle lanes in suburbs, to be used by e-bikes.\n\nOther measures to improve the well-being of pedestrians and cyclists include strengthening the Highway Code, improving legal protections, increasing lorry safety standards and working with the police and retailers to tackle bike thefts.\n\nThe plans will be funded by a £2bn investment announced in February.\n\nMr Shapps said it was a \"once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a shift in attitudes\" to make cycling or walking part of daily routines.\n\nMatt Mallinder, director of the charity Cycling UK, said the plan \"places cycling at the heart of our towns and cities\", but he called for even more funding \"to truly shift gears\".\n\nKerry McCarthy, Labour shadow cycling minister also said that the Conservative party had \"failed to seize the opportunity this crisis has posed\".\n\n\"Although funding is welcome, cyclists will be rightly concerned about how long it is going to take to actually put these plans into practice.\"\n\nDid you take part in a previous scheme where doctors prescribed exercise, such as vouchers for free gym sessions or similar? Did it help you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "MI6 officers have been accused of attempting to interfere in a major legal battle over crimes linked to intelligence agencies.\n\nDocuments reveal officers sought to prevent documents being provided to one of the country's top judges.\n\nThe agency has since apologised - but critics say it was an attempt to put pressure on the judge and his team.\n\nOn Monday, the judge said MI6 had acknowledged that nothing like the incident should ever happen again.\n\nThe allegation of an inappropriate attempt to intervene in the work of the semi-secret Investigatory Powers tribunal has emerged 16 months after the incident.\n\nIn early 2019, the IPT, which hears complaints against intelligence agencies, was gathering and considering evidence in a case about whether MI6 and others can authorise their agents to commit crimes.\n\nMI6, its UK counterpart MI5 and the communications agency GCHQ, were preparing their defence against the case which could see the current secret rules being disclosed.\n\nOn 5 March, two MI6 officers called Susan Cobb, the secretary of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. They told her the tribunal should not have been provided with copies of secret documents which were potentially relevant to the case.\n\nThe documents were highly-sensitive inspections of MI6's work. The IPT had a legal right to not only see the documents but also to consider them as evidence.\n\nBut the officers told Ms Cobb the documents should not be passed to Lord Justice Singh, other members of the tribunal or the senior lawyer who advises them.\n\nTwo days later, Ms Cobb wrote to MI6 saying the phone conversations amounted to \"inappropriate interference\".\n\n\"It was inappropriate for your staff to seek to intervene in ongoing legal proceedings in the way that they sought to do,\" she wrote. \"The tribunal is an independent judicial body.\"\n\nMs Cobb then sent the letter to the independent watchdog that inspects MI6.\n\nDays later, a senior MI6 manager replied, admitting the contact had been wrong.\n\n\"Please accept my apologies for any misunderstanding that may have arisen as a result of the approach made to the tribunal,\" said the letter.\n\nIn court on Monday, lawyers for the campaign groups in the case - Reprieve, Privacy International and the Pat Finucane Centre - called for a wider investigation. They said the tribunal should ask whether MI6's directors had ordered an attempt to interfere in the case. But lawyers for the government said the agency had already apologised for what had been a mistake.\n\nLord Justice Singh said he would not order a wider investigation into MI6's motivations.\n\n\"The tribunal's secretary acted entirely appropriately in responding the way she did and by drawing these matters to my attention,\" he said.\n\n\"This tribunal is, in substance, a court which is completely independent of the government, the intelligence agencies and everybody else.\n\n\"In March 2019, it was recognised that the direct communication was inappropriate. An apology was given and it was recognised that nothing like this should happen in the future. Everyone recognised that something serious had gone wrong.\"\n\nMaya Foa, director of Reprieve, said: \"Britain's security services play a crucial role in keeping this country safe.\n\n\"But they do not get to decide what evidence a court should see. MI6 was right to apologise.\"", "Olivia de Havilland in 1940, a year after one of her career-defining roles in Gone with the Wind\n\nOlivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 104.\n\nDe Havilland's career spanned more than 50 years and almost 50 feature films, and she was the last surviving star from Gone with the Wind (1939).\n\nThe film earned her one of her five Oscar nominations.\n\nDe Havilland, who had lived in Paris since 1960, was central in taking down Hollywood's studio system, giving actors better contracts.\n\nShe also had a tempestuous relationship with her sister, fellow Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine.\n\nAt the time of her death, De Havilland was the oldest living performer to have won an Oscar. She died of natural causes at her home in the French capital, her publicist said.\n\nThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Oscars, labelled her as \"an immeasurable talent\"\n\n\"Here's to a true legend of our industry,\" the Academy said.\n\nIn a statement, the estate of fellow Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart, called Dame Olivia a \"true Classic Hollywood icon\".\n\nDe Havilland with Errol Flynn in Dodge City (1939). The pair had a strong on-screen chemistry\n\nOlivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo in 1916 and soon moved to California with her family.\n\nShe made her breakthrough in Captain Blood, opposite Errol Flynn, and the pair developed an immediate chemistry.\n\nDe Havilland was then cast in the role of Melanie in David O Selznick's epic adaptation of the Margaret Mitchell novel, Gone with the Wind.\n\nShe lost the best supporting actress Oscar to Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy in the film.\n\nBut she did win a Best Actress Oscar in 1946 for her role in To Each His Own, and then a second for The Heiress in 1949.\n\nDe Havilland also famously turned down the role of Blanche DuBois in the 1951 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Vivien Leigh won an Oscar for the role.\n\nDe Havilland continued to act until the late 1980s, winning a Golden Globe in 1986 for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna.\n\nOff screen, she took on the studios at a time when they had complete control over their stars.\n\nBacked by the Screen Actors Guild, she took Warner Brothers to court in 1943 when it added time to her original contract as a penalty for turning down roles.\n\nThe California Supreme Court ruled in her favour in what became known as the De Havilland Law, which loosened the grip studios had on their actors.\n\nMuch has been made of her feud with her sister. The pair reportedly had a difficult relationship from childhood. It was exacerbated by them both being nominated for Best Actress in 1942, with Fontaine winning out.\n\nDe Havilland was also reportedly angered by Fontaine's comments about her new husband, Marcus Goodrich, whom de Havilland married in 1946. And there was also disagreement over medical treatment for their mother in 1975. Fontaine died in 2013.\n\nDe Havilland was created a Dame in the 2017 Birthday Honours list, within weeks of her 101st birthday.\n\nOlivia de Havilland was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire\n\nAfter her death, actor and musician Jared Leto paid tribute to the actress, describing her as \"a class act\".\n\n\"I still have the kind and thoughtful letters she wrote me in longhand on beautiful blue stationery,\" he tweeted. \"They were of another era.\"\n\nLeto also credited Dame Olivia with helping to bring about a law that enabled him to get out of a lengthy and exploitative music contract.\n\n\"I got to thank her for fighting the system back then so I could battle it now,\" Leto added. \"It was amazing to meet her - she's a legend.\"\n\nActress Jane Seymour said she would \"cherish\" the memories of appearing alongside the \"larger than life\" Dame Olivia in 1988 film, The Woman He Loved.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by janeseymour This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Armed police searching for a group of men with weapons accidentally stormed the wrong house.\n\nOfficers with guns first raided a property on Blaenclydach Street, Cardiff and were later seen around the corner at a house in Blaenclydach Place.\n\nSouth Wales Police apologised and admitted officers \"attended the wrong address\" at about midday on Sunday.\n\nThe force said it would arrange for a door to be repaired.\n\nCharlie Gough, who lives at the house that was raided wrongly, was on his way home at the time and when officers \"burst in and smashed the door\".\n\nThere were \"four or five\" police cars outside the property, the 23-year-old said.\n\n\"They were all stood outside ready to raid the house,\" he added. \"If I had been inside it would have been terrifying.\"\n\n\"If they were just going to knock on a door and got the wrong house, it'd be no big thing,\" said Mr Gough, who works on the BBC's Casualty programme.\n\nBut he said he thought police would \"double check\" when they were armed.\n\nSouth Wales Police admitted they went to the wrong house\n\nA spokesman for South Wales Police said: \"Following reports of a disturbance in Cornwall Street yesterday involving a group of men armed with weapons, firearms officers were making arrest enquiries in the Grangetown area of Cardiff.\n\n\"While looking for one of the suspects, officers unfortunately attended the wrong address.\n\n\"Officers apologised to those living in the house and have made arrangements for the door to be repaired.\"\n\nSoon after they were seen about 120 metres away at a property around the corner\n\nThe force said three men in their 30s and a 16-year-old boy were arrested.", "Sir Lindsay Hoyle also warned social distancing will remain in force in the Commons for some time\n\nPlans for daily televised press briefings from No 10 risk sidelining Parliament, the Commons Speaker warns.\n\nSir Lindsay Hoyle told the BBC he was worried the idea was \"not the way forward\" and major announcements should always be made in Parliament first.\n\nIf MPs always learned of policy changes through the media, it would make it harder for them to do their jobs, he told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour.\n\nHe also suggested it would be some time before Parliament returned to normal.\n\nWhile he longed to see the Commons benches \"packed\" and MPs \"jostling\" for room again, he said social distancing would only be relaxed when it was safe to do so, due to the threat of coronavirus.\n\n\"I can't see that happening tomorrow, let's put it that way,\" he told the programme. \"I think we're a little bit further away from normality as we knew it.\"\n\nIn the UK, lobby reporters currently receive twice daily briefings from No 10, but they are not broadcast.\n\nInstead, Downing Street is planning to pilot daily televised press briefings from October, modelled on US briefings from the White House.\n\nThe daily coronavirus briefings - which took place for three months up until the end of June - attracted large TV audiences.\n\nNo 10 hopes a more permanent arrangement would help the government get its message across, while increasing engagement with the public.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Carolyn Quinn, Sir Lindsay said Parliament should be the place in which MPs and the public found out what was happening.\n\n\"You know the worry I've had - that statements should be made to the House first,\" he said. \"Once you've made that statement, by all means go and have a press conference. But do it after, not before.\n\n\"If there's something new to come out and you want to tell the world, tell Parliament and let the world watch it from Parliament's eyes.\"\n\nDaily televised press briefings are a feature of life in the US\n\nIn recent months, Sir Lindsay has rebuked a number of ministers after details of policies appeared in the press before being unveiled in Parliament.\n\nHe said he did not want this to become a habit under the new arrangements.\n\n\"Members are elected to hold the government to account and we've got to allow them to do so,\" he said. \"And if you're briefing the press first, that's not the way forward.\n\n\"It's not good for Downing Street, it's not good for relations and it doesn't endear your own backbenchers.\n\n\"They want to know that they count and that they matter. And I think that's the way forward for all of us.\"\n\nSir Lindsay, who was elected Speaker in November, said he had been right to insist on the 2m social distancing rule remaining in force in the Commons, even when it was relaxed in society at large.\n\nThe guidelines restrict the number of MPs able to be physically present in the chamber at any one time.\n\nWhile the Commons is at its most lively when it is full, the Speaker said he had a duty of care to MPs and staff.\n\n\"It would be nice to be able to turn the clock back and know that you could have a full chamber without risk,\" said Sir Lindsay.\n\n\"But while there's risk, I cannot see it.\"\n\nSir Lindsay also told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour that he enjoyed presiding over Prime Minister's Questions\n\nReflecting on his duties, the Speaker said he was enjoying the \"clash of styles\" between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nBut he revealed he had been getting advice from one of his predecessors, Baroness Boothroyd, on ensuring the set piece of the parliamentary week did not drag on beyond its allotted 30 minutes.\n\nThe Chorley MP also spoke about living with type-one diabetes, which he was diagnosed with shortly before last year's election campaign.\n\nHe said he had been given a \"big tip\" on managing his blood sugar levels by ex-Prime Minister Theresa May, who also has the condition.\n\n\"When it significantly drops, I have to take a jelly baby,\" he said. \"So when I go very low, I rely on the jelly baby to put me back in the right place.\"\n\nSir Lindsay added: \"I always say to people with diabetes, it doesn't end your life - far from it. You've just got to work with it. And that's what I want to prove.\"", "Ryanair has said it will continue its flights in and out of Spain as normal, despite the UK government's decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers arriving from the country.\n\nNeil Sorahan, Ryanair's chief financial officer, told the BBC: \"The schedules remain in place.\"\n\nThe travel industry has been plunged into confusion by the quarantine rule, which was announced over the weekend.\n\nAirlines have called it a \"big blow\", throwing travel plans into chaos.\n\nBut speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Mr Sorahan said: \"As things stand, the market remains open, the schedules remain in place and we continue to operate in and out of Spain as normal.\"\n\nHe added, however, that Ryanair was keeping its entire operation \"under consideration\" as it builds back its route network post-lockdown.\n\nMr Sorahan was questioned about previous remarks by Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, who has described quarantine measures as a \"political stunt\".\n\nHe said it was \"a possibility\" that people would not follow the guidance.\n\n\"it's extremely difficult to police quarantine. People make their own decisions,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't think it's the most effective measure out there, but it's the measure that's been chosen by the UK government.\"\n\nEarlier, Ryanair revealed that it had fallen into loss in the first three months of the financial year after what it called the most challenging period in its history.\n\nWith more than 99% of its fleet grounded because of the pandemic, the airline reported a loss of €185m (£169m) over the April-to-June period, compared with a profit of €243m a year earlier.\n\nRyanair said it expected to clear more than 90% of refunds for cancelled flights by the end of July.\n\nThe airline said it was impossible to predict how long the coronavirus pandemic would persist.\n\n\"A second wave of Covid-19 cases across Europe in late autumn (when the annual flu season commences) is our biggest fear right now,\" it added.\n\nThe UK announced a surprise 14-day quarantine for travellers from Spain on Saturday\n\nAirlines have been struggling because of global travel restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nIn May, Ryanair announced it was set to cut 3,000 jobs across Europe.\n\nHowever, earlier this month, the company revealed that it had cut a deal with the Unite union, including temporary pay cuts, so that UK cabin crew jobs would be safeguarded.\n\nThe airline later said it was shutting its base at Frankfurt Hahn airport after German pilots voted to reject pay cuts.\n\nIn its latest results statement, Ryanair repeated its criticism of rival airlines for receiving what it called \"illegal state aid\" to stay in business.\n\n\"Many other airlines are cutting capacity, with the result that air travel in Europe is likely to be depressed for at least the next two or three years,\" it added.\n\n\"This will create opportunities for Ryanair... to grow its network and expand its fleet, to take advantage of lower airport and aircraft cost opportunities that will inevitably arise.\"\n\nThe airline said the challenge of Brexit, and in particular a no-deal Brexit, remained high.\n\nIt said it hoped that the UK and EU would agree a trade deal for air travel that would allow the free movement of people and the deregulated airline market between the UK and Ireland to continue.\n\n\"As an EU airline, the Ryanair Group should be less affected by a no-deal Brexit than UK registered airlines. We still, however, expect adverse trading consequences to arise,\" the airline said.\n\n\"Ryanair has put the necessary measures in place to ensure that the group remains majority EU owned, including restricting voting rights of non-EU shareholders, in the event of a 'hard Brexit'\".\n\nRyanair said it remained a committed supporter of the \"game-changer\" Boeing 737 Max plane, which was grounded last year after two crashes killed all 346 people on the flights.\n\nIt was due to take delivery of its first 737 Max planes more than a year ago and still hopes to do so before the end of 2020.\n\nThe US aviation regulator has started formal test flights for the troubled plane after Boeing overhauled its flight control system.", "Alexander Dennis has been owned by group of Scottish investors since 2004\n\nBus builder Alexander Dennis Limited is expected to cut 650 jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Falkirk-based firm employs 2,300 people, including 1,000 at its Scottish factory and head office.\n\nThe workforce were told on Monday that more than quarter of them are at risk of redundancy, following a 45-day consultation.\n\nBritain's biggest bus builder was bought by a Canadian company last year for £320m.\n\nBut since the lockdown passenger numbers and, as a result, orders for new buses have plummeted.\n\nADL chief executive Colin Robertson said: \"A few short months ago, we were looking at a record year of sales, reaping the benefits of all our investment in new technology, new products and new markets.\n\n\"All of this changed with the impact of Covid-19.\"\n\nDespite the support offered by the UK government's job retention scheme he added that industry is facing an \"unprecedented crisis\".\n\nManagers in Falkirk have been appealing to the Scottish and UK governments to step in and save thousands of industry jobs, citing the prime minister's commitment to renewing Britain's bus fleet with lower-emission models.\n\nADL chief executive Colin Robertson (left) with NFI president Paul Soubry after the Canadian company bought Alexander Dennis last year\n\nBut no special deal for the sector has been agreed.\n\nUnite Scotland described the news as \"devastating\" for the workforce and their families.\n\nRegional officer Willie Thomson said: \"We believe these actions are premature and urge the company to continue to explore all options to protect jobs and livelihoods.\n\n\"We stand ready to work with them to achieve this.\n\n\"Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the bus industry with the collapse of new orders from operators due to the crisis.\"\n\nThe union also called on both the Scottish and UK governments to support the industry.\n\nMr Thomson added: \"The Alexander Dennis workforce has a crucial role to play in a cleaner and greener future for both our economy and our communities.\n\n\"We will be fully engaging with the company in the coming weeks and we will do all we can to save these jobs.\n\n\"Each job is a worker, a family affected, and they shouldn't be the ones to pay the price for this crisis.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said the industry was one with \"a bright future, but short-term difficulties\".\n\nHe added: \"This news is deeply concerning and any redundancies following from this will be a hammer blow, both to the workforce and their families as well as Scotland's manufacturing base.\n\n\"That's why no stone should be left unturned to save these jobs.\"\n\nScottish Conservative Central Scotland MSP Alison Harris said: \"It's essential both the UK and Scottish governments work together to try and save as many of these jobs as possible, and ensure the company can continue its pioneering work in the future.\"\n\nADL's head office is in Larbert and its main factory is in Camelon.\n\nIt also employs workers in Guildford and Scarborough.\n\nAlexander Dennis, which is the world's largest producer of double-decker buses, was acquired by a group of Scottish investors in 2004.\n\nStagecoach founders Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag owned more than half the company, which is now part of the NFI Group, which makes buses for the North American market.", "The home secretary has demanded a \"full explanation\" from Twitter and Instagram on why anti-Semitic posts by rapper Wiley were not removed more quickly.\n\nPolice are investigating a series of posts on the grime artist's social media accounts. He has been temporarily banned from both Twitter and Instagram.\n\nPriti Patel said the posts were anti-Semitic and \"abhorrent\".\n\n\"Social media companies must act much faster to remove such appalling hatred from their platforms,\" she said.\n\nWiley, 41, known as the \"godfather of grime\", shared conspiracy theories and insulted Jewish people on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, which together have more than 940,000 followers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Priti Patel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTwitter removed some of Wiley's tweets with a note saying they violated its rules - but other tweets were still visible 12 hours after being posted. It later said Wiley's account had been locked for seven days.\n\nFacebook - which owns Instagram - said on Sunday that the platform had also blocked the rapper from his account for seven days, and that there was \"no place for hate speech on Instagram\".\n\nBut Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the steps taken by Twitter and Instagram were not enough.\n\nIn a letter to bosses of the two social media firms, he said that when the material was published on their platforms, \"the response - its removal and the banning of those responsible - should be immediate.\n\n\"It takes minutes for content shared on your platform to reach an audience of millions. When someone influential shares hate speech, in that time it may have an impact on the views of many who look up to them.\"\n\nMr Khan said it was \"particularly disheartening\" when social media had played a \"positive role in amplifying the vital voices\" of the Black Lives Matter movement recently.\n\nWiley's series of posts began on Friday night and his manager John Woolf's initial response was that, having known the artist for 12 years, \"he does not truly feel this way\".\n\nBut on Saturday, Mr Woolf said he had \"cut all ties\" with the London-born rapper and that there was \"no place in society for anti-Semitism\".\n\nWiley first entered the UK singles charts with Wearing My Rolex in 2008. His subsequent hits include Heatwave in 2012 and Boasty in 2019, a collaboration with rappers Stefflon Don and Sean Paul and actor Idris Elba.", "The transport secretary is leaving a family holiday in Spain early to return to the UK, after quarantine restrictions came into force.\n\nGrant Shapps said he would come home on Wednesday so he can \"get through quarantine\" as quickly as possible and return to work.\n\nHe added he wanted to help the government \"handle the situation\".\n\nHe flew out on Saturday morning aware that the 14-day quarantine rule could be imposed on Sunday.\n\nIt's understood Mr Shapps had originally decided to press ahead with his holiday and then quarantine on his return to the UK, to avoid a possible public backlash.\n\nIn a statement, he added: \"I've been in constant contact with officials and industry representatives since I arrived in Spain on Saturday afternoon.\n\n\"However, I think it's right to get back to work in the UK as soon as possible in order to help handle the situation.\"\n\nOn Monday evening, the Foreign Office said it now advised against all non-essential travel to the whole of Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands.\n\nEarlier, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said he had decided to cancel a planned holiday to the Balearic Islands.\n\n\"I know there will be other people who'll be much worse affected than me, and I do strongly sympathise with the situation in which they find themselves,\" Mr Gove said.\n\n\"But we all recognise that public health comes first,\" he added.\n\n\"Whilst self-isolation for 14 days can be difficult, everyone will want to do the right thing.\"\n\nQuarantine measures apply to all those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.\n\nIt is not known where Mr Shapps is staying.\n\nMinisters discussed the rising infection rate in parts of Spain on Friday night.\n\nOnce in Spain, Mr Shapps took part in a meeting with other UK ministers at which it was agreed to impose the restrictions.\n\nThe requirement came into force on Sunday.\n\nMore than 900 cases of coronavirus were reported in Spain on Friday, and the country's officials are warning of fears of a second spike.\n\nAnother Tory MP, Minister for London Paul Scully, has been affected by the changes.\n\nThe Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy confirmed Mr Scully was in Lanzarote and would be isolating on his return to the UK.", "Facebook will be challenged on whether its current practices respect EU citizens' right to privacy\n\nFacebook has pushed back against a European Union investigation into its practices, taking it to court over privacy concerns.\n\nTwo investigations are being carried out into Facebook to find out if it breaches competition laws.\n\nTo gather information, the European Commission has demanded internal documents from Facebook that include 2,500 specific key phrases.\n\nFacebook says that means handing over unrelated but highly sensitive data.\n\nThe European Commission says it will defend the case in court, and its investigation into Facebook's potential anticompetitive conduct is ongoing.\n\nThe social media giant has filed an appeal to the EU courts, arguing against the breadth of the document requests.\n\n\"We are cooperating with the commission and would expect to give them hundreds of thousands of documents,\" said Tim Lamb, Facebook's competition lawyer.\n\n\"The exceptionally broad nature of the commission's requests means we would be required to turn over predominantly irrelevant documents that have nothing to do with the commission's investigations, including highly sensitive personal information such as employees' medical information, personal financial documents, and private information about family members of employees.\"\n\nA Facebook spokesperson stressed the company is not trying to hold up the investigation, saying the firm has been very forthcoming with information so far.\n\nHe said Brussels' request for any documents which include the phrases \"big question\", \"shut down\" and \"not good for us\" could even force Facebook to hand over confidential security assessments of its California headquarters.\n\nFacebook says it offered commission investigators the chance to view sensitive but unrelated documents in a secure-viewing room where no copies could be made, but the offer was refused.\n• None Zuckerberg: Advertisers will be back 'soon enough'", "Those taking part in the boycott include MPs David Lammy and Rosena Allin-Khan, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, actor Jason Isaacs, broadcasters Rachel Riley and Maajid Nawaz, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, and entrepreneur Lord Sugar\n\nA 48-hour boycott of Twitter by some of its users, protesting at the platform's alleged lack of action on anti-Semitism has begun.\n\nIt was triggered by the actions of grime music artist Wiley, who shared several posts on Twitter on Friday.\n\nSome of the tweets were deleted, but Twitter was criticised for taking time to act and leaving some tweets up.\n\nThe Prime Minister's official spokesman has said Boris Johnson believes \"Twitter needs to do better\".\n\nThe offending messages \"should not have been able to remain on Twitter and Instagram for so long\", he added, and \"social media companies need to go further and faster to remove content like this\".\n\nDozens of well-known figures supporting the two-day \"walkout\" are using the hashtags #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate and #48HoursSilence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Rapper Wiley's Twitter account has been suspended after anti-Semitic posts\n\nMany of those taking part accused Twitter of \"breaking its own policies\" for not having taken a tougher line - Wiley has been temporarily suspended by Twitter but not banned.\n\nThe protest formally began at 09:00BST. But since that time, other people and organisations have joined, including the accounts of Greenpeace UK, the Royal Opera House, the pop group McFly, sports broadcaster Gary Lineker, as well as members of the public.\n\nHowever, some people have questioned whether keeping silent is the best way to challenge online hate.\n\nPolice are now investigating Wiley's tweets, and said \"enquiries remain ongoing\". The so-called \"godfather of grime\" has also been temporarily barred from Instagram.\n\nActress and writer Tracy-Ann Oberman, who is one of those leading the movement, tweeted on Saturday that Twitter had \"allowed [Wiley] 48 hours of pure race hate\".\n\nShe said that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey \"has to stick by [Twitter's] remit of anti racism. Silence is complicity. Please walk out with us.\"\n\nThe rallying cry was taken up by a diverse cross-section of Twitter users, including:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Jewish Chronicle This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA host of MPs from different parties also said they would take part - including Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan and David Lammy, former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, acting Lib Dems leader Ed Davey, and Conservative MP Jane Stevenson.\n\nThose taking part have vowed not to tweet - or use Twitter at all - from Monday morning to Wednesday morning, reflecting the 48 hours of inaction they accuse Twitter of.\n\nSome organisations are also taking part, including the Music Producers Guild, the National Children's Bureau charity, London's Southbank Centre, the Jewish Chronicle newspaper and the American Jewish Committee.\n\nKaren Pollock, chief executive of the UK's Holocaust Educational Trust, tweeted her organisation's support for the move, writing that Twitter can be \"abusive, distressing and so draining\".\n\nShe added: \"It is about time social media companies Twitter [and] Instagram live up to the values their users would expect.\"\n\nTwitter said: \"Abuse and harassment has no place on Twitter and we strongly condemn it\". The firm highlighted its policies that ban the promotion of violence against people on the basis of religion, race or ethnicity.\n\n\"We enforce our rules judiciously and impartially for all and take action if an account violates our rules,\" it said.\n\nWiley began posting a stream of offensive messages on social media before being temporarily banned by Twitter on Saturday\n\nChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, meanwhile, has written to Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey and Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, telling them: \"social media companies have a responsibility to act and must do so without delay\".\n\n\"This cannot be allowed to stand. Your inaction amounts to complicity.\"\n\nDuring his tweet session, Wiley referenced conspiracy theories about Jewish people and other insulting material. He also posted extensively to Facebook-owned Instagram.\n\nMany have now been replaced with notices that the tweets are no longer available because they violated Twitter's rules.\n\nHowever, they had already attracted the attention of a number of public figures and the police.\n\nOn Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police in Tower Hamlets tweeted that they had received \"a number of reports\" about anti-Semitic tweets, and that \"the relevant material is being assessed\".\n\nUK Home Secretary Priti Patel said she had asked Twitter and Instagram for a full explanation, while London mayor Sadiq Khan has written to the firms, criticising their reaction.\n\nWiley's management also dropped the artist over the weekend, saying: \"There is no place in society for anti-Semitism.\"\n\nThe 41-year-old artist, whose real name is Richard Cowie, is a major figure in grime music, and was made an MBE in 2018 for services to music.\n\nThe anti-Semitism row has also resulted in calls for that honour to be withdrawn.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nManchester United secured a place in the Champions League at the expense of Leicester City with victory at King Power Stadium.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side needed a point from this decisive final-day meeting to confirm a place in the top four - and break the hearts of the Foxes, who were in a Champions League spot for so much of the season.\n\nLeicester needed victory once Chelsea took command at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers but their dreams were dashed as Bruno Fernandes scored a 71st-minute penalty after Anthony Martial tumbled under challenge from Wes Morgan and Jonny Evans.\n\nBoth sides had their chances, with Leicester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel saving well from Marcus Rashford in the first half and Jamie Vardy seeing a header glance off the frame of the goal after the break.\n\nLeicester pressed but could not break Manchester United down and their misery was compounded when Evans was sent off against his former club for a wild, late lunge on Scott McTominay.\n\nManchester United confirmed the formalities seconds from time when substitute Jesse Lingard robbed Schmeichel and rolled the ball into an empty net.\n\nIt is a result that fulfils the usual minimum requirement of Champions League qualification for Manchester United.\n\nBut while Leicester City's fifth-placed finish is highly creditable and earns a place in the Europa League, this will undoubtedly be a huge disappointment and anti-climax after being in a position to reach the Champions League for so long.\n\nIt will be scant consolation for them that striker Vardy will claim the Golden Boot, as the Premier League's top scorer with 23 goals.\n\nAfter Fernandes had made an impressive debut in a goalless draw at home to Wolves on 1 February, Manchester United stood 14 points adrift of Leicester City, who were third.\n\nFast forward to his decisive role in this victory that sees United qualify for next season's Champions League by taking that third place, and you can see the extent of his impact.\n\nThe Portuguese attacker - a mid-season signing from Sporting Lisbon in a deal that could eventually be worth around £68m - has provided the missing link for this Manchester United side.\n\nHe has built a bridge between midfield and a talented attacking array of strikers with his talent and his positive style, looking forward every time he receives possession.\n\nFernandes was not at his best here but he was the man who unlocked Leicester's defence as Martial won the crucial penalty, then performed his usual hop, skip and jump to send Schmeichel the wrong way and ease any lingering United nerves.\n\nIt capped a remarkable recovery for Manchester United - with credit also due to manager Solskjaer for guiding his side into the top four.\n\nThe scenes at the final whistle here showed the extent of Leicester City's bitter disappointment at being denied the footballing and financial prize that seemed theirs for the taking for so long.\n\nBrendan Rodgers' side had started to lose their early-season sparkle even before the campaign was halted in March by the coronavirus pandemic - yet they were still in a powerful position as the finish line approached.\n\nThey have still had a fine season but there is no point glossing over this huge missed opportunity.\n\nRodgers is left to rue moments such as the inexplicable meltdown at Bournemouth, where they led at half-time only to lose 4-1.\n\nThe manager faces a big job to pick his players up and remind them of what they have achieved in returning to European football.\n\nWhen they go into next season's Europa League, will they be without players such as Ben Chilwell, a target for Chelsea and reduced here to exhorting his team-mates from the directors' box as he was absent through injury?\n\nFoxes fail to hang on to top four - the stats\n• None Leicester finished fifth despite ending 325 days inside the top four places during the season.\n• None Manchester United recorded a top-four finish in the Premier League for just the second time in five seasons - and the third time in seven seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.\n• None Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has lost 10 of his 12 meetings with Manchester United across all competitions, suffering defeats in each of the past five.\n• None Manchester United extended their unbeaten run to 14 games in the Premier League, their longest run without defeat in the competition since April 2017.\n• None Bruno Fernandes' penalty was the 14th Manchester United have been awarded in the Premier League this season, which is the most for a team in a single campaign in the competition's history.\n• None Since making his debut in the competition in February, Fernandes has been directly involved in more goals in the competition than any other player (15).\n• None Jesse Lingard scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United since December 2018, when he hit two in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first game in charge against Cardiff.\n• None Harry Maguire became the first outfield player since Gary Pallister in 1994-95 to start every game in a Premier League campaign for Manchester United.\n• None Goal! Leicester City 0, Manchester United 2. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Brandon Williams (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Demarai Gray (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt saved. George Hirst (Leicester City) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kasper Schmeichel. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The UK economy could take until 2024 to return to the size it was before the coronavirus lockdown, according to analysis from the EY Item Club.\n\nThe forecasters, who use a similar economic model to the Treasury, suggest unemployment will rise to 9% from 3.9%.\n\nThey also estimate the economy will shrink by 11.5% this year, worse than the 8% they predicted only a month ago.\n\nConsumers have been more cautious than expected, they said, while low business investment will dampen growth.\n\nAs a result, they now expect the post-coronavirus economic recovery to take 18 months longer than previously forecast.\n\nHowever, the Item Club says it is early days and useful data has only recently been made available.\n\n\"Unsurprisingly, without hard data, a wide range of views on the performance and outlook for the UK economy emerged,\" said Mark Gregory, UK chief economist at EY.\n\nLast week, the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane told MPs the UK economy had \"clawed back\" about half the fall in output it saw during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown in March and April.\n\nThere had been a V-shaped \"bounceback\", he said, referring to the shape that indicates a rapid economic recovery.\n\nLast month, Mr Haldane said the economy was \"on track for a quick recovery\".\n\nHowever, other economists have expressed doubts about the potential for such a swift recovery in activity.\n\n\"Even though lockdown restrictions are easing, consumer caution has been much more pronounced than expected,\" said Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club.\n\n\"We believe that consumer confidence is one of three key factors likely to weigh on the UK economy over the rest of the year, alongside the impact of rising unemployment and low levels of business investment.\n\n\"The UK economy may be past its low point but it is looking increasingly likely that the climb back is going to be a lot longer than expected.\"\n\nThe government has moved to cut taxes, support wages and offer incentives to spend in an effort to keep the economy going and encourage consumers to spend.\n\nEarlier this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak cut VAT on hospitality and promised to pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for three months when the furlough scheme ends in October.\n\nBut he also conceded that not every job would be saved, and his £30bn package was criticised for helping certain sectors, such as restaurants and tourism, but ignoring others.\n\nLast month, the Bank of England said it would pump an extra £100bn into the UK economy to help fight the \"unprecedented\" coronavirus-induced downturn.", "The UK has updated its advice against all non-essential travel to Spain to include the Balearic and Canary Islands following a rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nForeign Office guidance was changed on Monday to include both mainland Spain and islands such as Ibiza and Tenerife.\n\nHoliday firm Jet2 has told passengers not to go to the airport after cancelling flights to all Spanish destinations on Tuesday.\n\nThe change is in addition to the self-isolation policy that began on Sunday.\n\nThe amended advice came after calls for clarity from travel companies and as airlines announced sweeping flight cancellations.\n\nJet2 said it will not be operating flights to Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, or to mainland Spain, but will be running a schedule of flights back from those destinations on Tuesday.\n\nHoliday operator Tui, meanwhile, said it would cancel all its packages to the Balearic and Canary Islands until 31 July and to mainland Spain until 9 August.\n\nTravellers returning to the UK from anywhere in Spain must now self-isolate for 14 days at a registered address.\n\nHoliday firm Jet2 has cancelled flights to the Balearic and Canary Islands\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said: \"We have considered the overall situation for British nationals travelling to and from the Balearic and Canary Islands, including the impact of the requirement to self-isolate on return to the UK, and concluded that we should advise British nationals against all non-essential travel to the whole of Spain.\"\n\nSpeaking earlier, Boris Johnson's official spokesman warned \"no travel is risk-free during this pandemic\".\n\nThe rate of infection in Spain is 35.1 cases per 100,000 people, while the UK is at 14.7, according to the latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nData up to 19 July suggested there were lower rates of infection in the Balearic and Canary Islands than in mainland Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, a government source told the BBC that the Spanish government was lobbying for the Balearic and Canary Islands to be exempt from the quarantine policy, and that discussions on the matter had taken place.\n\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described the decision to impose a 14-day quarantine as an \"error\" as it applied to the whole of Spain, rather than affected regions, the Reuters news agency reported.\n\nAmong the thousands affected by the change in travel advice was Tom Clasby, who had checked into an airport hotel near Stansted with his fiancé, their two daughters, and other family members, ahead of a holiday to Majorca.\n\nMr Clasby, 26, was due to depart at 06:55 BST on Tuesday but now faces having to return home to Bury St Edmunds.\n\n\"We're in a situation where we can't do anything yet and I don't actually know what to do. The poor little girls have been so excited for this holiday - it's the second holiday this year we've had cancelled,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"We are just very disappointed, the girls will be so upset in the morning.\"\n\nTom Clasby said he was dreading telling his two daughters their Spanish holiday was cancelled\n\nAnother would-be traveller, Rachel Warren, 43, said her bags were half packed for a planned trip to Tenerife on 31 July when she received a text message saying her trip was cancelled.\n\nIt's the third holiday she's had called off this year.\n\n\"I was supposed to be going to Mexico, changed it to Ibiza and then amended the booking for a third time when they all got cancelled. I thought Tenerife was going to be third time lucky and now this has happened,\" she said.\n\n\"I can try and rebook; god knows where, or how, or when!\"\n\nRachel Warren has now had three holidays cancelled due to the coronavirus\n\nAlso affected was Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who flew to Spain on Saturday despite knowing a decision on the quarantine policy was due.\n\nMr Shapps said in a statement he would return to the UK this week in order to complete his quarantine and would return to work as soon as possible.\n\nAnd Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said he cancelled a holiday to the Balearics after the change to quarantine rules was announced on Saturday.\n\nEasyJet, British Airways, and Ryanair said they would continue to operate full schedules of flights to Spain, though EasyJet said its holidays would be cancelled for the next few weeks.\n\nThe UK imposed the restriction over the weekend after a spike in infections in some Spanish regions, including Catalonia, where Barcelona is located, and Aragon.\n\nThe French government has told its nationals to stay away from Catalonia, while Norway has imposed a new 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain.\n\nIt comes as a further seven people with coronavirus were reported to have died across all settings in the UK, according to latest government figures - bringing the UK's death toll to 45,759.\n\nThe government also said in the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST on Monday, there had been a further 685 lab-confirmed cases. The UK's total is 300,111.", "Football in the UK has signed up to the \"Mentally Healthy Football Declaration\", which is spearheaded by the Duke of Cambridge and commits to making mental health a priority at all levels of the sport.\n\nIn a video call, Prince William, who is president of the Football Association, spoke to former England captain David Beckham, Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings, Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend and Manchester City defender Steph Houghton about their mental health and the state of the problem in football.\n\nHere are their personal experiences.\n\nBeckham on 'different era' and 'keeping it all in'\n\nAfter being sent off for England in the 1998 World Cup against Argentina, Beckham, who was 23 at the time, was vilified in the press and abused by football fans in the stands for months.\n\n\"When I look back on it now, I didn't realise how hard it was. The times I've faced adversity throughout my career - '98 was by far the toughest,\" said former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder Beckham.\n\nThe all-time England appearance record-holder added: \"The reaction at the time was pretty brutal, but times have changed.\n\n\"If social media was going around at that time in '98, it would have been a whole different story. Did I feel OK to go to someone and say I needed help? No. I just felt I had to keep it all in and deal with it myself.\n\n\"Now I'm the one preaching to my kids and to other kids that it's really important to talk. We all know now that it's OK not to be OK, and it's OK to say that. It's OK to come out and say I need help.\"\n\nPalace winger Townsend, 29, says he is \"not very shocked\" to see racial abuse aimed at Premier League footballers, including his team-mate and Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha and other high-profile sports stars.\n\n\"We seem to have gone backwards in football. We seem to have a kind of a copycat era where people see one person give out racist abuse and, for some reason, they think it's cool to do the same,\" said Townsend.\n\nA 12-year-old boy was arrested over the abuse Zaha was subjected to, something Townsend finds \"quite scary\".\n\nHe added: \"We all need to kind of look at ourselves and think, how can we do better? How can we bring up our kids to not know these sort of phrases in the first place?\n\n\"It's a real eye opener and we have to keep working hard to try and eradicate this - not only from football, but from society as well.\n\n\"Since the stuff with George Floyd, everyone seems to be getting behind it. The Premier League, the FA and clubs, they've backed us.\"\n\nTownsend called for social media companies to come down harder on racist abuse.\n\n\"People can so easily make false new accounts under aliases and make a racist remark and then delete their account and not be held accountable,\" he added.\n\n\"Every person needs to be held accountable for their actions on social media.\"\n\nMings on how academies can be 'challenging' for young players\n\nEngland centre-back Mings, 27, played a key part in Villa avoiding Premier League relegation, but has had to overcome several injury and personal setbacks during his career.\n\n\"I was at Southampton as an academy player and got released at 15,\" Mings told Prince William. \"I've kind of seen the good and bad sides of academies.\n\n\"They have great pools of talent and they can be a pathway into the professional game. But they can also be quite challenging.\n\n\"I felt like kids are exposed to pressure at such young ages in academies and it's year-long contracts - will I be kept on for the next year?\"\n\nAs a result, Mings has set up his own football academy.\n\n\"If kids want to be away from that and not feel pressurised to win games or impress people, then that's the environment we have set up. We've had really good feedback.\"\n\nHoughton on the mental health pressures of being captain\n\n\"I spent a lot of time worrying and it affected the way I played as I was trying to be everyone's best friend,\" says Manchester City and England skipper Houghton.\n\n\"But I was the one who was suffering and my form dipped.\"\n\nAs a result, the 32-year-old defender, who made her international debut in 2007, has had to learn to control her own performances and stay \"true to her beliefs\" on how football should be.\n\nBeckham, Townsend, Mings and Houghton were speaking to Prince William, while Townsend was also interviewed by Nick Robinson about mental health on Radio 4's Today Programme.", "A St Bernard dog that had to be rescued from England's highest mountain has fully recovered and is back home with her owners.\n\nDaisy collapsed while descending Scafell Pike on Friday. She had shown signs of pain in her rear legs and had refused to move.\n\nMembers of the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team had to intervene and carried her down on a stretcher.\n\nSt Bernards are usually the ones helping with such missions - they were originally bred to rescue people in the Italian and Swiss Alps.", "A small number of coronavirus cases in pets have been found in Europe, North America and Asia\n\nA pet cat has tested positive in the UK for the strain of coronavirus that is causing the current pandemic.\n\nExperts say it is the first confirmed case of infection in an animal in the UK but does not mean the disease is being spread to people by their pets.\n\nIt's thought the cat caught coronavirus from its owner, who had previously tested positive for the virus. Both have now recovered.\n\nHealth officials stress the case is very rare and no cause for alarm.\n\nUK chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss said: \"This is a very rare event, with infected animals detected to date only showing mild clinical signs and recovering within in a few days.\n\n\"There is no evidence to suggest that pets directly transmit the virus to humans. We will continue to monitor this situation closely and will update our guidance to pet owners should the situation change.\"\n\nYvonne Doyle, Public Health England's director for health protection, advised people to wash their hands regularly, including before and after contact with animals.\n\nAn animal's fur could carry the virus for a time if a pet were to have come into contact with someone who was sick.\n\nA private vet initially diagnosed feline herpes virus - a common cat respiratory infection - but the sample was also tested for Sars-Cov-2 as part of a research programme.\n\nThere has been a very small number of confirmed cases in pets in other countries in Europe, North America and Asia.\n\nDaniella Dos Santos, President of the British Veterinary Association, said: \"Our advice to pet owners who have Covid-19 or who are self-isolating with symptoms remains to restrict contact with their pets as a precautionary measure and to practise good hygiene, including regular handwashing.\n\n\"We also recommend that owners who are confirmed or suspected to have Covid-19 should keep their cat indoors if possible, but only if the cat is happy to be kept indoors. Some cats cannot stay indoors due to stress-related medical reasons.\"", "Covid-19 is easily the most severe global health emergency ever declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), its leader has said.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he would reconvene the WHO's emergency committee this week for a review.\n\nThere have been five other global health emergencies: Ebola (two outbreaks), Zika, polio and swine flu.\n\nMore than 16m cases of Covid-19 have been reported since January, and more than 650,000 deaths.\n\n\"When I declared a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January... there were less than 100 cases outside of China, and no deaths,\" Dr Tedros said.\n\n\"Covid-19 has changed our world. It has brought people, communities and nations together, and driven them apart.\"\n\nThe total number of cases, he added, had roughly doubled in the past six weeks.\n\nAlthough the world had made a huge effort in fighting the virus, there remained \"a long hard road ahead of us\", he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zhang Hai's father died with coronavirus after travelling to Wuhan, China, for routine surgery just before the lockdown\n\nAt Monday's briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, the WHO also said travel restrictions could not be the answer for the long term, and countries had to do more to halt the spread by adopting proven strategies such as social distancing and wearing masks.\n\n\"It is going to be almost impossible for individual countries to keep their borders shut for the foreseeable future. Economies have to open up, people have to work, trade has to resume,\" WHO emergencies programme director Mike Ryan said.\n\nWHO officials acknowledged however that further lockdowns in countries experiencing renewed outbreaks may be necessary, but suggested they should be as short as possible, and confined to as small a geographic area as possible (ie local lockdowns).\n\n\"The more we understand about the virus, the more surgical we can be in controlling it,\" said Mr Ryan.", "Police were called to East India Dock Road in Poplar shortly after 18:50 BST on Monday\n\nA toddler is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a block of flats in east London.\n\nThe Met Police were called to East India Dock Road in Poplar shortly after 18:50 BST on Monday to reports that a child had \"fallen from a height\".\n\nThe boy was taken to a specialist hospital for treatment. No arrests have been made in the inquiry.\n\nA security guard at the tower said the family involved were \"very nice people\" and boy's fall was \"just horrible\".\n\nThe child was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to a major trauma centre.\n\nA resident at the block, who did not want to be named, said she saw people outside with the child before emergency services arrived.\n\n\"They were trying to help but they did not know what to do,\" she said.\n\nOther residents living in the tower have spoken of their concerns about the building's windows, which can be opened wide on some settings.\n\nLydia Best, 50, said she was \"very scared about the windows\" and she only ever opened them \"a little bit, even when it is hot\".\n\nRanjit Naik said the \"quite large\" windows were also \"something I worry about\".\n\nThe 43-year-old father of two said he keeps the keys in the locks so his own children are not able to get to them.\n\nA road closure was put in place at East India Dock Road's junction with Chrisp Street and Newby Place but the route has since been re-opened.\n\nPeople who witnessed what happened or have footage have been asked to contact police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Iwan Steffan, Sara James, and Mared Parry all use cosmetic beauty treatments - but Mared has welcomed the break lockdown has brought\n\n\"Not being able to have treatments has really affected my mental health negatively.\"\n\nIwan Steffan relies on cosmetic treatments such as Botox injections and facial fillers to look and feel good.\n\nThe 30-year-old is also one of those who has been unable to get cosmetic treatments during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nBut those missing out are being warned they risk fines - and their health - if they access treatments illegally.\n\n\"For me, looking good and feeling good is essential,\" said Iwan, who hails from Bangor, Gwynedd, but lives in Liverpool.\n\n\"I haven't cut my hair for weeks, I haven't had fillers since March, I haven't had anything and I feel horrible.\n\n\"I can't go to the shop with my friends, if I go to the shop I wear sunglasses and a hat over my head.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Life is \"horrible\" without his fillers and Botox, Iwan Steffan says\n\nSara James from Cardiff also gets beauty treatments regularly.\n\n\"At 27 years old I had my first child, so the body starts to go then with the lack of sleep. So then I started getting Botox.\n\n\"When you're used to looking one way, it's really hard to look in the mirror and see that you don't look like that.\n\n\"I'm quite lucky I got my Botox around mid-March, but when that definitely runs out. Oh my gosh, I'm sure I'll really start to hate myself then.\"\n\nThe anxiety experienced by individuals, and its impact on their sense of self, is understandable under the circumstances, sociologist Dr Sara Louise Wheeler, from Glyndwr University in Wrexham said.\n\n\"I can't imagine how I would feel, if you have these treatments regularly, but then suddenly you can't have them. I have a lot of sympathy for that,\" said Dr Wheeler.\n\n\"As the sociologist Michael Bury says in his work on the concept of Biographical Disruption, we see our lives as a novel, with a narrative, and the future that we envision. And then if something happens that changes that, and we can't do what we think we need to do to continue as normal, it stops us, and that's hard.\n\nSociologist Dr Sara Louise Wheeler says anxiety over missing cosmetic treatments is natural\n\nSwansea East MP Carolyn Harris co-chairs the all-party group on beauty, aesthetics and wellbeing at Westminster, and had been vocal on the matter.\n\n\"The beauty industry plays a vital role in many people's lives - it's not just about looking good - being able to get our beauty or hair treatments done plays a big part in supporting our mental and social wellbeing,\" she said.\n\nThe Labour politician also warned: \"While we all look forward to a day that the industry can reopen, it is vital that members of the public do not take unnecessary risks by having procedures carried out unsafely or by buying kits online to try at home.\"\n\nWelsh Government officials said beauty salons, hairdressers and tattoo parlours all remained closed to help \"reduce the spread of coronavirus and save lives\".\n\n\"If the regulations are being breached, those offering such services illegally, and those receiving them, could be fined,\" a spokesman added.\n\nMared Parry is happy to be taking a break\n\nFor some, the lockdown has become a welcome break.\n\nMared Parry, 23, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, has had treatments for her lips, jaw-line, chin and eyes, as well as Botox for her forehead in the past three years.\n\n\"To be honest it's nice to have a break,\" she said.\n\n\"It doesn't really make a difference to me, it's still my skin. It's not as if it reaches a year and it all disappears. It's just slowly, the effect starts to wear off.\n\nThere is another bonus, she added: \"It's nice for my bank account to have a break.\"", "The American GPS and fitness-tracker company Garmin is dealing with the aftermath of a ransomware attack, the BBC has confirmed.\n\nOwners of its products had been unable to use its services since Thursday.\n\nHowever, some of its online tools are now being provided in a \"limited\" state, according to its online dashboard.\n\nGarmin has said it was \"the victim of a cyber-attack that encrypted some of our systems\".\n\nBut the statement it released avoided any reference to a ransom demand.\n\n\"Many of our online services were interrupted including website functions, customer support, customer-facing applications, and company communications,\" it said.\n\n\"We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, lost or stolen.\"\n\nThe firm added that it expected all its systems to return to normal operation within a few days, but warned that there might be a \"backlog\" of user data to process.\n\nIt is not known if the firm paid the blackmailers, but a source told the BBC it was in the \"final stage of recovery\".\n\nThe BBC's cyber reporter Joe Tidy said the malware involved was Wasted Locker - a program that scrambles the target's data, and was first detected in the wild around April. Victims are typically contacted after their computers are infected, and told they must transfer funds if they want to return the files to their original state.\n\nSome customers have already reported that Garmin's services appear to be \"partially\" working again.\n\nEarlier reports claimed that the company had been asked to pay $10m (£7.79m) to get its systems back online.\n\nPilots who use flyGarmin were unable to download up-to-date aviation databases, which aviation regulators such as the FAA require pilots to have, before they can fly.\n\nCustomers were also unable to log into Garmin Connect to record and analyse their health and fitness data.\n\nThere have been many high-profile attacks in recent months, but few victims have been as tight-lipped as Garmin.\n\nEven now, despite confirmation from many different sources across different newsrooms, the company is choosing not to admit it was ransomware.\n\nThe big question is whether or not the company paid the blackmailer what is likely to be a multi-million dollar demand.\n\nIt seems the company has somehow got the decryption key it needs to start bringing services back online.\n\nAs well as customers and shareholders, the US authorities will be very keen to know what happened.\n\nMembers of Evil Corp, the criminal group that's suspected of being behind the hack, were indicted in 2019 by the US Treasury.", "London-listed companies are more profitable when women make up more than one in three executive roles, according to new research.\n\nListed firms where at least one-third of the bosses are women have a profit margin more than 10 times greater than those without, it suggests.\n\nOf the 350 largest companies listed, just 14 are led by women, according to gender diversity business The Pipeline.\n\n15% of companies in the FTSE 350 have no female executives at all.\n\nThe group's co-founder Lorna Fitzsimons said having more women in the decision-making room means businesses are better able to understand their customers.\n\nThe Pipeline's Women Count 2020 report \"shows the stark difference in net profit margins of companies that have diverse gender leaderships compared to those who do not,\" she said.\n\nThe Pipeline says London-listed companies with no women on their executive committees have a net profit of 1.5%, whereas those with more than one in three women at that level reach 15.2% net profit margin.\n\nThe report also points out that in the largest 100 London-listed companies, the total number of female chief executives is the same as the number of bosses named Peter - six.\n\nWhen it comes to chief financial officers in those firms, fewer than two out of 10 are women, while men make up 96% of investment managers.\n\nThe sectors with the lowest number of women in executive roles are construction and retail.\n\n\"If you look at retail, entry level jobs are usually 80% women,\" Ms Fitzsimons said. \"But they don't make it to the executive level.\"\n\nFormer Prime Minister Theresa May, who contributed to the report, said there can be no good explanation for the massive underrepresentation of women at the top of British business.\n\n\"Every single male CEO who looks around his boardroom table to see nine out of 10 male faces staring back at him needs to ask himself what he is doing to make his business one which his daughter or granddaughter can get on in,\" she wrote.\n\nVanda Murray OBE led Blick PLC in the early 2000s. She currently chairs the board at Marshalls PLC, a FTSE 250 construction firm.\n\nWhile she welcomes recent moves to encourage women to make up 30% of company boards, she says it's in executive, decision-making roles where women are still underrepresented.\n\n\"There are talented females out there, no-one could really argue against this,\" she said.\n\nLeadership groups with people from mixed backgrounds, ethnicity and gender do better because \"they challenge more, and they have more discussion and debate and that leads to better decision-making,\" she said.\n\nMs Murray said Marshalls has a female HR director, but the rest of the executive committee members are men.\n\n\"We have plans in place. We have talent management programmes and training and development so that we can make sure the younger female managers come through.\"", "Hilary Mantel has won the Booker Prize twice - for Wolf Hall in 2009 and 2012's Bring Up the Bodies\n\nHilary Mantel's The Mirror & The Light is among the novels longlisted for this year's Booker Prize.\n\nIt is the third book in the author's Cromwell trilogy, and was selected for its \"masterful exhibition of sly dialogue and exquisite description,\" the judges said.\n\nMantel has previously won the prize twice - for the first two novels in the trilogy.\n\nThe longlist will be whittled down from 13 to a shortlist of six in September.\n\nZimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga was nominated, like Mantel, for the third novel in her own trilogy - entitled This Mournable Body.\n\nThis year's longlist - nicknamed the 'Booker's dozen' - features eight debut novels.\n\nThe prize, which has been going since 1969, was last year won jointly by Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo.\n\nThe annual longlist was compiled from 162 English-language novels published in the UK or Ireland.\n\nMargaret Busby, chair of the 2020 judges, said that each of the titles on this year's list was \"deserving of wide readership\".\n\n\"Included are novels carried by the sweep of history with memorable characters brought to life and given visibility, novels that represent a moment of cultural change, or the pressures an individual faces in pre- and post-dystopian society,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"Some of the books focus on interpersonal relationships that are complex, nuanced, emotionally charged. There are voices from minorities often unheard, stories that are fresh, bold and absorbing,\" she added.\n\n\"The best fiction enables the reader to relate to other people's lives; sharing experiences that we could not ourselves have imagined is as powerful as being able to identify with characters.\"\n\nThe shortlist of six books will be announced on 15 September, with the £50,000-prize winning author being revealed in November.\n\nGabriel Krauze - Who They Was\n\nAnne Tyler - Redhead by The Side of The Road\n\nC Pam Zhang - How Much of These Hills is Gold\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A petition calling for a town's major to resign after he was caught breaking lockdown rules has been signed by more than 2,000 people in two days.\n\nPictures appeared on social media of a large gathering at a house in Luton, attended by Labour mayor Tahir Malik and councillors Asif Masood and Waheed Akbar.\n\nIt came as Luton was designated an \"area of intervention\" by Public Health England through a rise in cases.\n\nThe men said they were \"sorry that we did not live up to the standards that are rightly expected of us,\" and both the council and Labour Party said they would investigate.", "The trainee vets say they're relieved to be back with their friends again after the long lockdown\n\nThe first students are beginning to return for face-to-face teaching on UK university campuses - with a new term of compulsory masks and closed bars.\n\nMost students won't begin until the autumn, but veterinary students are now back at the University of Nottingham.\n\nThey are the pioneers for how campuses across the UK could look as they reopen after the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\n\"The social experience will be more limited, but these are unprecedented times,\" says registrar Paul Greatrix.\n\nThe first cohort going back in Nottingham are 150 trainee vets, some of whom will see a great deal of each other - as the university adopts the \"bubble\" system in which small groups will live as well as study together.\n\nThe university is calling it \"households\" rather than \"bubbles\", but it is the same principle of restricting the spread of infection by keeping people in small groups which are kept separate from each other.\n\nWithin these households of three to 10 students there will be no need for social distancing or wearing masks, but where different households meet the students will have to stay apart.\n\n\"Safety has to be the priority,\" says Dr Greatrix.\n\nThe buildings are mapped out with one-way systems and hand sanitising stations and masks have to be worn, including in lessons, by staff and students.\n\nLectures will be online and there will be in-person teaching for small groups, which is essential for a practical subject such as veterinary science.\n\nSarah Cripps says it was impossible to teach such a practical subject online\n\nThe student bars are closed and there are posters up for a pizza night that's going to be an online event.\n\n\"We can't emulate an all-night club experience through a Zoom chat,\" says Dr Greatrix.\n\nBut he says the university is doing everything it can to create a sense of involvement.\n\nThe students at Nottingham just seem very glad to be back and seeing friends, after months of being cooped up at home and having to study online.\n\nRegistrar Paul Greatrix says it is a huge logistical operation to get ready for 40,000 students and staff in the autumn\n\nThey don't seem particularly daunted by the safety restrictions or that much of the socialising will be online.\n\n\"We were desperate to come back,\" says Amy Thornton. \"It will be different, but it was time to come back.\"\n\nShe will be living in a bubble with five other trainee vets - and isn't worried about the new arrangements or seeing too much of a small number of people.\n\n\"It's just nice to see people again,\" says Emily Howell. \"We're going to have to get on with it.\"\n\nTom handles a milk snake as part of the training in looking after reptiles\n\nThe online lectures are useful, she says, because you can rewind them. \"But I can't wait to do practicals.\"\n\nHer flatmate, Lewis Ashman, says he has no concerns about any risks from going on to the campus. \"It's safe,\" he says.\n\nTom, getting his first chance to hold a snake and a bearded dragon called Barbie, says it's \"great to be back\".\n\nThe students don't mind the masks, but they're finding that dogs used in training don't like them - and it can set them off barking.\n\nIt's also a relief to be back teaching in person rather than online, says clinical assistant professor, Sarah Cripps.\n\nNottingham has a one-way system operating across its buildings\n\nUniversities didn't close, but went online - and the pandemic has shown the limitations of remote teaching, and how much is missed when students and teachers are not there together in person.\n\nAnd in the case of a practical subject such as learning to be a vet, which is all about handling, it's impossible to switch completely online.\n\nDr Greatrix says reopening for the rest of Nottingham's 40,000 students and staff will be one of the biggest projects the university has ever faced.\n\nThere will be staggered arrival times in September to reduce contacts between students, in what is like a small town turning up.\n\nEmily Howell and Lewis Ashman do not have any worries about the safety of being on campus\n\nAnd there are plans if there are further Covid-19 outbreaks, either in halls of residence or in parts of the city where students are living.\n\nThere is a strong message of reassurance about safety - not least to overseas students, particularly from China, who have been doubtful of how well the pandemic has been handled in the UK.\n\nDr Greatrix says he will be pleased if more than 50% of overseas students turn up as planned - with many universities fearing a financial hit from cancellations.\n\nUniversities can introduce safety rules, but students are adults and he recognises there is no way of preventing people in separate bubbles from meeting away from the university - such as going to a local pub.\n\nAnd it's not possible to put the same safety controls on students living in private accommodation.\n\n\"We'll try to regularly remind students about a sense of responsibility,\" said Dr Greatrix.", "Researchers hope the discovery could help show how marine plant life survives extreme changes in climate\n\nScientists have discovered kelp off the coast of Scotland, Ireland and France that has survived since the last ice age, around 16,000 years ago.\n\nExperts from Heriot-Watt University's Orkney campus analysed the genetic composition of oarweed from 14 areas across the northern Atlantic ocean.\n\nIt is hoped the discovery could help show how marine plant life survives extreme changes in climate.\n\nDr Andrew Want collected samples from Kirkwall Bay, near his home.\n\nThe marine ecologist said the \"refugee populations\" managed to hang on and survive \"amid dramatic changes\".\n\nDr Want, who is based at Heriot-Watt's International Centre for Island Technology in Orkney, said: \"Oarweed in Scotland and Ireland is more closely related to populations in the high Arctic than to the Brittany cluster.\n\n\"As the ice sheets retreated from northern European shorelines at the end of the most recent ice age, oarweed distribution followed and recolonised the higher latitudes of the Atlantic.\n\n\"Kelp plays a critical role in the Atlantic so it is important to understand what affects its distribution and survival over time and how sensitive it is to change.\"\n\nThe research team, which included academics based in Portugal and France, found one distinct genetic cluster along the eastern seaboard of Canada and the US.\n\nAnother was discovered in central and northern Europe and a third compact population around Brittany.\n\nDr Want said the \"Brittany population\" is once again close to the other populations but has managed to remain distinct.\n\nHe added: \"Worryingly, this unique Brittany gene pool is projected to disappear under greenhouse gas emission scenarios.\n\n\"This provides further evidence of the loss of biodiversity expected with rapidly changing marine temperatures.\"\n\nThe team's findings have been published in the European Journal of Phycology.\n\nDr Joao Neiva, from Algarve's Centre of Marine Sciences, said: \"Our study shows how marine organisms adjust to shifting climates by migrating polewards and even across the Atlantic when conditions are favourable.\n\n\"These migrations provide a mechanism by which marine life buffers the effects of global climatic shifts, and how they can compensate for predictable contractions at warmer limits as the modern climatic crisis unfolds.\n\n\"While the species may not be threatened at global scales, range contractions can have very negative impacts if vanishing ranges are composed of unique and diverse populations.\n\n\"This is certainly the case off the coast of Brittany.\"", "Rapper Wiley's Twitter account has been temporarily locked while Instagram said it had deleted some of his content, after a long series of posts on both platforms on Friday and Saturday.\n\n5 Live's Emma Barnett, whose grandmother escaped the from the Nazis in Austria, spoke out about the rapper's anti-Semitic views on her radio programme.\n\nShe said the rapper's words \"burn deep, are deeply dispiriting and play on a very well hidden fear a lot of Jewish people have – that some day anti-Semitism will rise up once more\".\n\nListen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds.", "The split between genders in the amount of paid and unpaid work they do has shrunk over the last 40 years, according to a think tank.\n\nA new study by the Resolution Foundation found that men in the UK are doing fewer paid hours and women more.\n\nThe foundation says that women and men are almost equal in terms of overall hours worked, clocking in 50 and 51 hours a week respectively.\n\nHowever, men get paid for 10 more of their weekly hours than women do.\n\nSince the 1970s, women have increased their paid working hours by more than five hours to 22 per week, and have cut unpaid hours, which include childcare duties and household chores, by almost three.\n\nMeanwhile, men have cut their paid hours by more than eight to 34 per week. The number of unpaid hours worked has increased by more than five a week.\n\nWomen still spend more time on childcare and spend slightly more time on \"personal care\". Men, by contrast, spend more time in front of the TV. Both spend the same amount of hours asleep.\n\nThe report also highlights what it describes as a \"new divide\" across households. Women in higher-income households have seen the biggest increase in paid work, with men in lower-income households seeing a drop in their working hours - by as much as three hours a day - since the 1970s.\n\nThe foundation suggests that, as a result, the gap in total hours of paid work between high and low-income households has grown from 40 minutes per week in 1974 to four hours and 20 minutes in 2014-15.\n\nOne in seven workers in low-income households want to increase their hours of work, compared with just one in 30 workers in high-income households.\n\nGeorge Bangham, economist at the Resolution Foundation, said that since the coronavirus outbreak, many households are reconsidering how they structure their days.\n\n\"Debates around how people spend their time often focus on a single goal - speeding up the move to a shorter working week to enable more time for socialising, sport and hobbies,\" he said.\n\n\"But this isn't how people's lives have changed over the past four decades, desirable as it may be.\n\n\"Men are doing less paid work, while women are doing more. Both have less time for 'play' with childcare up and leisure time down.\n\nHe added that a new \"working time inequality\" has emerged.\n\nLabour's shadow women and equalities secretary, Marsha de Cordova, said: \"The government must carry out and publish an Equality Impact Assessment of the financial and social measures it has taken so far to support people through the pandemic.\n\n\"It's vital to prevent lower income households bearing the brunt of the crisis when they were already doing less paid work than high income households and many wanted to be doing more.\"", "Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies.\n\nThe review of evidence by Public Health England found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care.\n\nAnd the risk grew substantially as weight increased.\n\nThe release comes ahead of an expected government announcement of new measures to curb obesity.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the current evidence was clear, that being overweight or obese puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, as well as from many other life-threatening diseases.\n\n\"Losing weight can bring huge benefits for health - and may also help protect against the health risks of Covid-19,\" she said. \"The case for action on obesity has never been stronger.\"\n\nThe UK has one of the highest levels of obesity in Europe. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with similar figures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese.\n\nBody mass index is calculated by dividing a person's mass in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.\n\nAnother measure of excess fat is waist size - men with a waist of 94cm or more and women with a waist of 80cm or more are more likely to develop obesity-related problems.\n\nSupporting people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight may reduce the severe effects of Covid-19 on the population, especially among vulnerable groups who are most affected by obesity, the report said.\n\nProf Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford, said we already know that older people, men, those from South Asian and some other ethnic groups, and people living in more deprived areas, are at increased risk from Covid-19.\n\n\"Over and above these things, this review shows that excess weight is another very important risk factor,\" she said.\n\nThere was anecdotal evidence that some people were struggling with their weight during the pandemic, she added, which offered a \"re-set moment\" for everyone to think about their lifestyle.\n\nAccording to the report, while some data suggests that more people have exercised during lockdown, evidence indicates that the nation's exercise levels have not increased overall.\n\nMeanwhile, snack food and alcohol sales from High Street shops have increased.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to announce new measures soon to combat obesity, including a ban on TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nThe measures are yet to be finalised, but are also likely to include a ban on online ads for unhealthy foods, and limits on in-store promotions.", "The government had to act \"rapidly and decisively\" to impose a quarantine on people arriving in the UK from Spain, a minister has said.\n\nHealth minister Helen Whately said the UK virus rate must be kept down to avoid a second spike.\n\nAsked about a quarantine for other countries, such as France and Germany, she said No 10 will monitor virus rates and \"take action\" if necessary.\n\nLabour has called for support for those having to quarantine.\n\nThe party says there is no guarantee employers will allow people to work from home for two weeks.\n\nIt comes as a UK government source has confirmed talks are under way with Spanish authorities about introducing specific air bridges with the Balearic and Canary Islands.\n\nThe rate of infection in Spain is 35.1 cases per 100,000 people, while the UK is at 14.7, according to the latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nThe new coronavirus travel rule was announced on Saturday evening following a spike in the number of new cases in Spain this week.\n\nIt came into force less than six hours after it was confirmed by the government, and requires travellers returning from all parts of Spain - including the islands of Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza - to provide an address where they will self-isolate for 14 days or risk a fine.\n\nDuring those two weeks, people must not go out to work, school, or public areas, or have visitors except for essential support. They should not go out to buy food if they can rely on others.\n\nAlmost 1.8m people were due to fly from the UK to Spain before the end of August, according to analysis by travel experts The PC Agency.\n\nGlobal airline body the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called the UK government's decision \"disproportionate\" and warned that it will cause a \"big setback for consumer confidence\".\n\nAndrew Flintham, the managing director of Tui UK and Ireland, the UK's biggest tour operator, called for a more \"nuanced\" quarantine policy that would allow customers to go to certain regions of countries with a lower number of infections.\n\nThe company has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August after the change in rules, but said all those going to the Balearic and Canary Islands could still travel as planned from Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I know it's hard for the many people who are on holiday in Spain,\" Health Minister Helen Whately said\n\nRyanair has said it will continue its flights in and out of Spain as normal, and Jet2 said it will still operate its schedule of holidays and flights to and from mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.\n\nEasyJet has said it is cancelling holidays to all Spanish destinations for the next few weeks, but flights will still go ahead.\n\nMr Flintham told BBC Breakfast: \"We'd really like a nuanced policy, so if there is a travel advice that says you can still go to the Canary Islands and the Balearics, we'd also like to have that backed up with a quarantine that obviously, isn't in place.\n\n\"If there's a travel advice that says you can't go, then we believe that clearly the quarantine should be in place.\n\n\"If we can have a lined up and regional policy, it will be much easier for us to communicate that to customers.\"\n\nAsked about this, and the difference in the number of new infections between mainland Spain and places like the Balearic Islands, Ms Whately said that she recognised that rates are \"lower in the islands\" but that they were going up \"very rapidly in some locations, not just in mainland Spain\" and No 10 had to take scientific advice on how to \"best protect the UK\".\n\nShe urged anyone considering booking a holiday to \"be mindful that we are still in the situation of a global pandemic\".\n\nAsked about whether people arriving from other countries, such as France and Germany, could also soon have to quarantine, Ms Whately said No 10 will monitor virus rates and \"take action\" if necessary.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"It is the right thing for us to do to keep an eye on the rate in these countries, so if we see something going on, like we've seen in Spain, we would have to take action.\"\n\nShe said the so-called air bridges to other countries would be kept constantly \"under review\", adding that the government is \"enacting the policy\" it had committed to doing when they were first brought in.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds criticised the \"chaotic nature\" of the government's decision-making and urged it to bring in \"smarter\" measures at airports rather than a blanket quarantine.\n\nHe told the Today programme: \"We certainly would be following the advice and introducing protective measures at the border if there are spikes in cases in other countries, absolutely.\n\n\"But there are two serious questions around this. The first is why we are still employing the... blunt tool of the 14-day quarantining rather than smarter measures and secondly the chaotic nature of the decision-making which certainly hasn't bred confidence in the government's approach.\"\n\nHe added: \"I think you need a smarter set of quarantine measures at the airport. I've suggested this test, trace and isolate regime but you can also have temperature checking and other things - you look at a range of measures.\"\n\nQuarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza.\n\nReturning travellers must provide an address where they will self-isolate for 14 days and failing to do so could result in a fine.\n\nDuring those two weeks, people must not go out to work, school, or public areas, or have visitors except for essential support. They should not go out to buy food if they can rely on others.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and those returning to Scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nAmong the travellers caught up in the rule change was Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who flew to Spain early on Saturday morning.\n\nThe BBC understands that Mr Shapps decided to remain in Spain and self-isolate on his return so as to avoid a possible public backlash.\n\nSources say that Mr Shapps - even though he knew the quarantine was about to be imposed - felt he could not use the information to escape the need to quarantine by returning to London ahead of its introduction at midnight.\n\nMeanwhile, fellow cabinet minister Michael Gove confirmed he has cancelled his planned holiday to one of the Balearic Islands following the rule change.\n\nHe called the government's approach to the quarantine measures \"coherent\".\n\nThe director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Dame Carolyn Fairburn, said the new measures would have a \"chilling impact\" on the tourism industry, and that \"there are lessons to be learned\".\n\n\"Anyone going abroad now will know that this can happen,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour programme. \"It was in the small print, but I'm not sure that people knew that that advice could change so quickly.\"\n\nAnd the Airport Operators Association said the new measures would \"further damage what is already a fragile restart of the aviation sector, which continues to face the biggest challenge in its history\".\n\nWhat should I do if I'm are already in Spain? Continue your holiday, follow the local rules, return home as planned, and regularly check Foreign Office (FCO) travel advice, the government says.\n\nWhat about if I have a trip to Spain booked? Contact your travel provider, as some holiday operators like Tui have cancelled trips to mainland Spain. The FCO is advising against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain, but that does not include the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, such as Majorca and Ibiza. However, anyone arriving from any part of Spain, including its islands, must quarantine.\n\nWhat will happen with travel insurance? For people already in Spain, the Association of British Insurers said it's \"likely\" insurance will stay in place until they return home. Otherwise, those travelling now against FCO advice will invalidate their insurance. If in doubt, check with your insurer.\n\nRead more here. Send your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk\n\nOn Thursday, Spain recorded 971 new infections - the biggest daily increase since Spain's lockdown ended - and 922 on Friday.\n\nBut on Sunday, the country's foreign minister insisted it was safe to visit, saying \"the outbreaks in Spain are perfectly controlled.\"\n\nForeign Office guidance advising against all but essential travel to mainland Spain does not include the islands, but ministers opted to apply blanket quarantine arrangements across the Spanish territories.", "The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene\n\nA 17-year-old has been stabbed to death and four other boys were injured as two groups clashed in Manchester.\n\nPolice were called to a disturbance in Henbury Street, Moss Side, at about 19:30 BST on Sunday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nTwo 15-year-olds and a 17-year old were also hurt, as well as a 16-year old who is in hospital with \"potentially life-changing injuries.\"\n\nA 17-year-old boy arrested at the scene remains in custody, police said.\n\nThe 15-year-olds and the 17-year-old were also arrested on discharge from hospital.\n\nHe is being held on suspicion of murder and the injured boys are also in custody awaiting questioning in connection with the killing, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nSupt Mark Dexter said: \"No parent should ever have to bury their child and my heart goes out to the mother and father who lost their son yesterday evening.\"\n\nHe added: \"Despite us having made four arrests, we are still actively piecing together the circumstances around this incident and I would urge anyone who has any information to please get in touch with us as a matter of absolute urgency.\n\n\"Violence of this kind is unacceptable and it is difficult to digest that another young life has been lost.\n\n\"We and the community have been working so hard to reduce knife crime, we obviously all need to do more and we will.\"\n\nPolice were called to a disturbance in Henbury Street, Rusholme\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Stella Frew was pronounced dead at the scene in Sutton on Friday\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who died after she was struck by a van.\n\nStella Frew, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene in Tonfield Road, Sutton, south-west London, just before 18:00 BST on Friday. The vehicle left the scene after the crash.\n\nPolice believe she climbed into a white van on Friday afternoon and \"later got into a dispute with the driver\".\n\nA man in his 20s was arrested on Sunday and remains in custody.\n\nEmergency services were called to Tonfield Road in Sutton on Friday afternoon\n\nDet Ch Insp Helen Rance said police think Ms Frew had been \"deliberately harmed\".\n\n\"We believe she got into a white transit van in this area and later got into a dispute with the driver of this van,\" she said.\n\nShe appealed for \"anyone who may have seen Stella in the area of the A24 in Stonecot, West Sutton on Friday afternoon\" to contact Scotland Yard.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It had been a criminal offence not to work from home if you were able to\n\nA coronavirus law requiring people in Wales to work from home where they can has been scrapped by the Welsh Government.\n\nIt means it is no longer a criminal offence for individuals not to do so.\n\nThe changes were made as part of the easing of Wales' lockdown rules. The Welsh Government said the offence was no longer seen as proportionate.\n\nBut First Minister Mark Drakeford said working from home \"remains a cornerstone of our approach\".\n\nThe recommendation will remain in Welsh Government guidance.\n\nThe move comes after the UK government signalled a change to the advice to work from home in England.\n\nEarlier in July Prime Minister Boris Johnson said employers would have \"more discretion\" from 1 August.\n\nDespite this, the chief scientific adviser to the UK government, Sir Patrick Vallance, said there was no reason to change the guidance on home working.\n\nMark Drakeford said people should continue to work from home 'wherever they can'\n\nRegulations had been in place in Wales for months requiring people to work from home where it was \"reasonably practicable\".\n\nThe Welsh Government removed the regulation over the weekend, with the offence lifted on Saturday.\n\nMark Drakeford said the Welsh Government's policy \"remains clear that people should continue to work from home wherever they can\".\n\n\"The increase in remote and flexible working has been one of the few positives we can take away from the coronavirus pandemic and for public health and other reasons I am keen that this continues - and the Welsh Government will lead by example,\" he said in a statement.\n\nBut he added that in order to provide the \"flexibility needed to sustain this policy we will lift the legal requirement to work from home\".\n\n\"Guidance will be provided to ensure that home working remains a cornerstone of our approach to recovery in Wales.\n\n\"Employers will also have responsibilities to support home working,\" he added.", "Amazon is ramping up its online grocery service with the aim of serving millions of shoppers across the UK by the end of 2020.\n\nOnline food sales have almost doubled during the pandemic with grocers struggling to keep up with demand.\n\nAmazon is now after a bigger slice of this fast-growing market, which analysts say could increase pressure on rivals such as Ocado.\n\n\"[Amazon] can be compelling, disruptive and it's a business with gigantic ambitions.\"\n\nAmazon Fresh offers same or next-day grocery deliveries for customers in London and parts of the Home Counties.\n\nShoppers have to subscribe to Amazon Prime to get it and users currently have to pay an additional monthly fee or a delivery charge per order. It has about 10,000 products including fresh, chilled and frozen food.\n\nFrom Tuesday, this service will now be a free benefit to subscribers in these areas on orders above £40.\n\nAbout 40 postcodes in Surrey will also have access to a faster offer, with a possible same-day delivery before midnight if you order by 21:00.\n\nAmazon says it will roll out this quicker and unlimited free delivery grocery service to \"multiple cities\" by the end of this year. It's an ambitious move.\n\n\"Grocery delivery is one of the fastest growing businesses at Amazon and we think this will be one of the most-loved Prime benefits in the UK, \" says Russell Jones, country manager of Amazon Fresh UK.\n\nHe says this expansion was on the cards before Covid-19.\n\n\"We've been planning this for a long time. It's a big step up in volume. In the early days of lockdown all our capacity was being used. We're confident that we can launch this service now at this point in time,\" he says.\n\nAmazon revealed few specifics about its plans.\n\nIt launched Amazon Fresh in the UK in 2016 and has never given sales figures or customer numbers. It hasn't even confirmed how many Amazon Prime members it has in the UK.\n\nAccording to market research firm Mintel, there are 15 million subscribers, potentially giving Amazon a huge platform.\n\n\"I think they will be a big player in food retailing online. They wouldn't be doing it otherwise. Most of the markets they go into, they want to be the biggest player,\" says Richard Hyman.\n\nIt's also far more difficult for grocers to make a profit with online sales compared to customers visiting stores.\n\n\"The frightening thing for everybody else is that they all really need to make money, whereas Amazon doesn't and that places them at an enormous advantage.\"\n\nBut it won't be easy, says Thomas Brereton, retail analyst at GlobalData.\n\n\"At the moment, people don't really consider Amazon for food. They've got to build brand awareness and that takes time and a lot of investment.\"\n\n\"Food and non-food retailing are two very different concepts, and Amazon must be careful not to underestimate the competitiveness of the UK grocery market.\"\n\nHe adds: \"Also, because of what's happening with the economy, value is going to be the main driver, which is something Tesco's been trying to do with Aldi and its price match campaign. Amazon's target is going to be fairly premium as it has signed a lot of deals with smaller, independent suppliers.\"\n\nA big battle for upmarket shoppers is set for the autumn. In September, Ocado will start selling M&S products instead of Waitrose food. And it's these players, thinks Richard Hyman, who have most to worry about when it comes to Amazon's latest move.\n\n\"If you think about the demographic of Prime, these members are relatively better-off... It's one thing fighting Amazon off when you have an established business, but fighting them off when you've got something completely new in the case of M&S and relatively new in the case of Waitrose flying solo will be more challenging.\n\n\"Amazon are very clever at getting the rest of the market to follow their agenda and I think what they will particularly be doing is upping the ante on delivery times,\" he says.\n\nAll of the established players have been rapidly building online capacity to cope with soaring demand, which many believe will be a permanent shift in shopping behaviour. Amazon's expansion means this part of the £119bn grocery market is going to become even more competitive in the coming months.", "Holidaymakers are able to use sites with shared facilities from this weekend\n\nHolidaymakers can once again carry on camping in Wales - but it won't be as you remember it.\n\nFrom Saturday sites with shared facilities are allowed to open, with strict rules and regulations, having missed most of the high season.\n\nBusinesses said they had been inundated with inquiries but it would not make up for lost trade during lockdown.\n\nThere had also been the expense of deep cleaning, adding social distancing and reducing pitch numbers, some said.\n\nWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford warned holidaymakers they \"must get used to some changes\" to protect everyone from coronavirus.\n\n\"It's the responsibility of all of us to follow these new rules so we can keep ourselves and our loved ones safe,\" he said.\n\nThe British Holiday and Home Parks Association said it expected almost all of the 1,322 sites in Wales that offer shared facilities to open.\n\nAnd Philippa George, who chairs the Forum for South East Wales Tourism, estimated 97% would be welcoming visitors.\n\n\"It's been very hard, because all these businesses that have not been open have had no income for the season,\" she said.\n\nThere is less than two months of that left.\n\n\"It pretty well dries up in September, that is one of the quietest months in the season,\" said Ms George.\n\nPhilippa George has reduced numbers at her Monknash campsite and followed Covid-19 social distancing and hygiene advice\n\nThe cost of adding measures to conform to coronavirus regulations was \"quite expensive\", she said.\n\nMs George worried sites would be driven out of business.\n\n\"That is three winters of no income for some people,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been extremely serious and I am hoping the Welsh Government will help.\n\n\"Across tourism we need to look at these businesses otherwise we are going to lose some.\"\n\nMs George, who runs Heritage Coast Camping, in Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan, said: \"I'm only going to be effectively open for August and September, so income is reduced massively.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms George said more people wanted to take holidays in the UK\n\nSince the announcement sites would be allowed to reopen, her phone has been ringing off the hook.\n\n\"It has been ringing from half-seven to half-11 at night,\" Ms George said.\n\n\"The people who ring, I've been discussing with them what we are doing to protect them and their safety.\n\n\"Without exception they have enjoyed that discussion and welcomed it.\"\n\nHeritage Coast Camping is not opening until 31 July as it is not ready yet.\n\n\"With shared facilities it is difficult because you are talking about showers, toilets, washing up rooms,\" Ms George said.\n\nTo maintain social distancing this means no more than two people at a time can use them.\n\nSharon Evans runs Llandow Touring Caravan Park, which also accepts tents and is opening on Saturday.\n\nShe said: \"We have been able to open a fortnight now with the caravans on site, where customers are using their own facilities, which has given us a bit of a trial run.\n\n\"We have screens in reception and hand sanitisers and social distancing and we have spent a great deal of time deep cleaning.\n\n\"The level of interest has been overwhelming.\"\n\nRoger Thomas, of the Three Golden Cups site, said demand was so pent up he expected people \"whatever the weather\"\n\nIt was \"frustrating\" sites were banned from opening in Wales until Saturday, Ms Evans said, adding: \"Our customers have been going to England.\"\n\nSome of her customers have been visiting for years, she said: \"It's been very lonely without them, very quiet.\"\n\nRoger Thomas, who runs the Three Golden Cups campsite a few miles away in Southerndown, said trade was normally weather dependent.\n\n\"If the weather is dreadful people tend not to come,\" he said.\n\n\"But this year the demand is so pent up I expect they will come whatever.\"\n\nThe Camping and Caravanning Club said in Wales sites at Bala, Rhandirmwyn, Cardigan Bay and Wyeside were open.\n\nBut only Wyeside will be open with shared facilities from Saturday.\n\n\"It's great for campsites across Wales to be able to open their shared facilities, such as toilet blocks, as this will mean tent-campers and campervanners can now pitch up alongside caravans and motorhomes, which have self-contained washrooms,\" a spokesman said.\n\nBritish Holiday and Home Parks Association boss Ros Pritchard said: \"We are hoping to see the return of our tent campers on Saturday.\"", "Heated terraces became ubiquitous in France in the 1990s, when smoking bans came into force\n\nFrance's government has announced new environmental measures, including a ban on heated terraces for cafes and bars.\n\nEcology Minister Barbara Pompili said outside heating or air conditioning was an \"ecological aberration\".\n\nThe ban would not come into force until after the winter as restaurants have been hard hit by Covid-19, she added.\n\nAll heated or air-conditioned buildings open to the public will also have to keep their doors closed to avoid wasting energy.\n\nMs Pompili told reporters it was wrong for shops to \"air-condition the streets\" in summer by keeping their doors open just to spare customers from having to open them.\n\n\"Neither should terraces be heated in winter so people can feel warm as they drink coffee,\" she said.\n\nTrade groups say more than 75% of restaurants and cafes in the Paris area have a heated terrace.\n\nA few French cities have already banned them but Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo refused to do so, saying it would be too much of a blow to businesses.\n\nMs Pompili said officials would talk to owners about ways of implementing the measure after the winter.\n\nShe was appointed by new Prime Minister Jean Castex, who has pledged €20m ($23m; £18.2m) for climate-related investment as part of a €100m stimulus plan aimed at helping the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe measures announced by Ms Pompili were proposed by the 150-member Citizens' Convention on Climate, set up by President Emmanuel Macron last year and randomly selected from members of the public.\n\nThey also include the creation of two natural parks and a national nature reserve.\n\nOwners of buildings will be encouraged to improve insulation and banned from installing new coal- or oil-burning furnaces, while limits will be imposed on developments in rural areas.", "The anonymous whistleblower said some factories had stayed open and taken on extra staff during the lockdown\n\nA whistleblower from Leicester's textile industry says some factories almost doubled their staffing to cope with online orders during the Covid-19 lockdown.\n\nThe worker, who cannot be identified, said firms that \"maybe used to have 50 people working comfortably, now had 80 or 90 people in the same area\".\n\nInvestigations are ongoing into employment practices at several firms.\n\nA lockdown was enforced in Leicester after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe worker told the BBC some factories had stayed open and taken on extra staff during the lockdown.\n\n\"If somebody did have Covid or wasn't well, they were still there passing it on to whoever's next to them,\" he said.\n\n\"During Covid we've had no social distancing whatsoever in the factories.\n\n\"They [factory bosses] were getting a lot of pressure from customers to produce garments as quickly as possible, in as much volume as possible, because people were shopping from home and they needed the goods to be in.\n\n\"So the pressure was on these suppliers to hire anybody that was walking around and just get somebody on a machine to make a garment.\n\n\"Garments go through, six, seven pairs of hands before they get packed and sealed, so a lot of people are touching the same things.\"\n\nHe said the situation had made already poor conditions worse.\n\n\"Very few factories, if any, have cleaners coming in and out,\" he said.\n\n\"I've seen people eating at their tables, then going straight back to work. There's no kitchens in a lot of these places, there's barely toilets, and it's all logged because it's all about productivity rather than humanity.\"\n\nConcerns about working conditions have prompted investigations by several agencies, including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, Leicester City Council, the police and fire service, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and immigration enforcement.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday he was \"very worried about the employment practices in some factories\".\n\nThe whistleblower said the falling price paid for products had led to a \"substantial\" decline in pay rates and working conditions over the past 10 years.\n\n\"The way the market is at the minute, it's the person who produces the good cheapest who gets the order,\" he said.\n\nLeicester was put on a local lockdown after Matt Hancock said it accounted for 10% of all positive Covid-19 cases in the country\n\nLukasz Bemka, from the Bakers and Allied Workers Union, said they shared concerns about pay practices and safety at the factories.\n\n\"Some people are not getting their wage slips - just cash in hand,\" he said.\n\n\"There have been issues around providing the appropriate PPE during the pandemic and not carrying out the proper risk assessments.\"\n\nHe said some factories used CCTV cameras to alert factory bosses if the authorities paid a visit.\n\n\"In the case of a police raid or agency visit they can quickly get rid of uncomfortable people from the shop floor.\n\n\"They can even get rid of the whole workforce within minutes before the authorities hit the shop floor.\"\n\nAn HSE spokeswoman said it was investigating 10 textile businesses in Leicester. The whistleblower is not understood to have been referring to any of the businesses under investigation.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"Since the start of the pandemic in March, we've made 80 workplace interventions with more than 45 site visits. Ten investigations are on-going. Enforcement action has been taken against 10 businesses.\n\n\"Following this particular outbreak in Leicester, HSE has engaged with 32 textile businesses and undertaken 30 site visits to assess compliance with health and safety legislation.\n\n\"Enforcement action of some kind is being taken at half of these businesses where non-compliance with health and safety requirements, including COVID-19 risk controls, was found.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnny Depp has claimed \"all hell would break loose\" if he failed to follow ex-wife Amber Heard's \"rules\".\n\nThe actor, 57, told London's High Court during a libel hearing Ms Heard, 34, would often force him to give her attention.\n\nMs Heard claimed he once threw a magnum of champagne at her, which he denied.\n\nMr Depp is suing for libel over an article that called him a \"wife beater\" - but the Sun newspaper maintains the story was accurate.\n\nThe April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting of Mr Depp in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film franchise.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers say the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\", by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard.\n\nBut the Sun is defending the article as true - and is seeking to prove so at the High Court.\n\nSpeaking about his relationship with Ms Heard, Mr Depp told the court it was \"normal\" for the couple to have dinner in front of the television, and to lie or sit on the couch together.\n\nHe said: \"But on occasion, out of nowhere, if my hand wasn't holding Ms Heard's hand or I didn't have my arm around her or whatever, she would reach over and grab my hand and put it on her thigh, so that I was then feeding the attention that she wanted.\n\n\"It was almost as if there were rules, she has a routine and if that routine isn't met to her standards then there was going to be a problem.\"\n\nDuring the fourth day of proceedings, the High Court was also told:\n\nEarlier in the day, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, suggested Mr Depp got out of bed to argue with Ms Heard after her 30th birthday party, which the actor denied.\n\nThe barrister said Mr Depp was \"very distressed\" about the news he had received earlier that night about his finances \"and the last thing you wanted to be told was that you were a disappointment to your wife\".\n\nMr Depp replied: \"I believe that's the last thing any husband would want to hear.\"\n\nMs Wass went on to accuse Mr Depp of picking up a magnum bottle of champagne and throwing it at Ms Heard, which missed, with the glass smashing, which he denied.\n\nShe also alleged he grabbed Ms Heard by her hair and pushed her onto the bed adding \"when she tried to leave, you blocked the bedroom door and you tried to grab her hair\".\n\nThe barrister suggested Mr Depp then \"pushed her to the ground\" and \"bumped her chest\" before leaving a birthday message which contained an expletive and exiting the penthouse apartment.\n\nAmber Heard's 30th birthday was held at the iconic Eastern Columbia Building in LA\n\nMs Wass then told the court further details of events which followed, described as the \"defecation incident\".\n\nThe barrister said to Mr Depp that \"it came to your attention the following, that was the day of Amber's actual birthday, that the cleaner had found faeces in the bed\".\n\nShe suggested Mr Depp was later sent photographs of the faeces, which the actor found \"hilarious\" and that \"there were jokes like... 'Amber in the dumps' going on.\"\n\nMr Depp replied: \"It was one of the most absurd, unexpected statements that I have ever witnessed in my life so, yes, initially I did laugh because it was so strange.\"\n\nHe told the court it was \"a mystery\" who defecated in the bed \"and it was not left by a three or four-pound dog\", in reference to the couple's pets, one of which was said to have \"problems with her toilet habits\".\n\n\"I was convinced that it was either Ms Heard herself or one of her cohort involved in leaving human faeces on the bed,\" Mr Depp added.\n\nHe told the court he thought the incident was \"a fitting end to the relationship\".\n\nDetails of Ms Heard's allegations of sexual violence against the Pirates of the Caribbean star were heard in private on Friday and not disclosed to the press or public.\n\nThe court was also told an LAPD officer saw \"no injuries\" on Ms Heard's face after she alleged Mr Depp had thrown her own mobile phone at her.\n\nShe claimed he had come to the penthouse \"drunk and high\", became enraged and then threw the phone \"like someone throwing a baseball\", which hit her in the eye.\n\nBut domestic violence specialist Melissa Saenz said she saw no marks on Ms Heard's face after the alleged incident in May 2016.\n\nMs Heard also claimed Mr Depp had smashed things in the apartment with a wine bottle before leaving but Ms Saenz told the court via videolink from Los Angeles she had found no damage after searching the entire flat.\n\nMs Wass suggested the police \"didn't give the care to this case that you say you did\".\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "A recent video of 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu dancing in the rain went viral with the likes of Hollywood superstar Viola Davis and other celebrities sharing the video.\n\nAnthony is one of the 12 students at the Leap of Dance Academy in Lagos.\n\nThe academy, founded in 2017, is the brainchild of Daniel Ajala Owoseni who has been been teaching ballet for free without a dance space.", "President Trump has commuted his former adviser's prison term, which had been due to begin next week.\n\nRoger Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, he said he would appeal his conviction and expressed concerns about Covid-19 cases in the prison he had been assigned to.", "A cow that got stranded at the bottom of a steep bank on the Northumberland/Cumbria border has been finally freed.\n\nThe 15-year-old Galloway got stuck at the Crammel Linn waterfall near Gilsland on Monday night.\n\nIt is thought a visitor left a gate open and the cow found its way down from its field to the water's edge.\n\nThe area has been hit by heavy rain for days, and the frightened animal was unable to make its way back up the hill due to the soft ground.\n\nThe fire and rescue service from nearby RAF Spadeadam joined other rescuers in a bid to try and guide the animal to safety, but in the end it had to be sedated and airlifted out by an RAF helicopter.", "The Ministry of Defence has announced a raft of measures to tackle \"unacceptable levels\" of bullying and discrimination in the armed forces.\n\nThese include setting up a 24-hour helpline staffed by counsellors outside the chain of command.\n\nPersonnel will also undergo training to ensure they have the confidence to challenge inappropriate behaviour.\n\nIt comes after Britain's most senior military officer said \"laddish behaviour\" had to be stamped out.\n\nGen Sir Nick Carter, the chief of the defence staff, said it was driving out talented female and ethnic minority personnel as he told MPs this week the culture within the armed forces was worrying and said the pace of change was unacceptable.\n\nFigures published by the independent Service Complaints Ombudsman show that women and black, Asian and other ethnic minority ethnic (BAME) personnel are more likely to complain about bullying, harassment and discrimination.\n\nLast year, 23% of complaints about discrimination were made by women even though they make up just 12% of the regular armed forces.\n\nBAME personnel also made a disproportionate number of complaints. They make up 8% of the regular armed forces but lodged 11% of complaints about bullying, harassment and discrimination.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace has already described the record of the armed forces on diversity as woeful. Of the top 150 military officers only three are women.\n\nAnnouncing the new measures Mr Wallace said: \"There is simply no place for bullying or harassment in our armed forces and I am determined to stamp this out.\n\n\"Our anti-bullying helpline is an important next step and I will continue to seek the change in behaviour we need to see across defence.\"\n\nDefence minister Johnny Mercer said the helpline would \"allow personnel to report incidents in a safe and secure environment\" and would ensure that concerns were dealt with quickly and professionally.\n\nThe MoD said it would also conduct a wider review of its anti-bullying measures to ensure progress is being made.\n\nInoke Momonakaya, a Fijian soldier, served with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment from 2005-2012, doing tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. In January 2019 he was awarded £490,000 from the MoD for racial discrimination.\n\nHe told BBC Three's Racism in the Ranks documentary last month that he and fellow Fijian soldiers were ordered to dress as Taliban insurgents for an Army training video, with white soldiers playing friendly forces.\n\nWhite soldiers also wrote his name on a black troll doll, which a senior officer displayed in his office, which he said made him feel \"like a second-class soldier\".\n\nAsked about his reaction to the new measures, such as the 24-hour hotline, Mr Momonakaya, who lives in in the town of Kirkham, in Lancashire, said he was \"happy\" because it showed the MoD is \"taking steps\" against racism and things were going in a \"positive direction\".\n\nHe welcomed the helpline being private and outside the chain of command, but questioned \"what further steps\" would be taken once a person has made a phone call and how the issue might be dealt with afterwards.\n\nHe said that, as well as racism, sexual harassment and bullying also still go on in the Army, and that all soldiers should be educated about these issues so they can be dealt with.\n\nThe new measures are being introduced one year after the publication of a report by the current head of the RAF, Air Chief Marshall Mike Wigston, which found a significant number within the armed forces had experienced bullying, harassment and discrimination, but had felt unwilling or unable to report it.\n\nHe also highlighted a perception among some that the armed forces were led by a \"pack of white middle-aged men\".", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Saturday morning. We'll have another update for you on Sunday.\n\nMPs have warned the system of predicted grades - which is being used in place of GCSE and A-level exams in schools in England this summer - could deny pupils the marks they deserve. The Commons Education Committee says disadvantaged and ethnic minority pupils face particular risks from the possibility of unconscious bias. The regulator, Ofqual, says it is working with exam boards to ensure all students and their families can register complaints, or appeal against results.\n\nLabour wants the government to clarify its position on face coverings after Boris Johnson said a \"stricter\" approach to their use in England was needed. Face coverings became compulsory in shops in Scotland on Friday - and senior sources have said the government is considering a similar move south of the border. They are currently advised in enclosed public spaces, so why aren't more politicians wearing face coverings?\n\nLabour has warned that the economic downturn caused by coronavirus must not \"increase the gap\" in income and wealth between the north and south of England. Deputy leader Angela Rayner urged the government not to leave regions behind and to think of the \"human cost\" of unemployment. The prime minister has previously promised to \"level up\" the country.\n\nRestrictions on holidays are being relaxed in Wales this weekend, with holidaymakers able to stay at cottages, caravans and yurts for the first time since March. Holiday accommodation without shared facilities such as bathrooms are able to reopen from Saturday. In England some restrictions are also being lifted, allowing open air swimming pools and outdoor theatres to reopen.\n\nLockdown has prompted many people to reflect on past relationships that ended badly. A BBC story about a surprise lockdown apology from an ex resulted in many readers getting in touch with stories of their own about contacting an ex - and either apologising or rekindling their old romances. Here is a selection of those stories.\n\nTo take measures to protect yourself. Tap here to find out how.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "I missed an appointment the other day because it took me 10 minutes to figure out how to leave Broadcasting House. My place of work has changed a bit since I last set foot in W1A pre-lockdown. A one-way system has been introduced to allow for social distancing, which is a good idea. That the job was given to a brilliant escape-room game designer is evidence that someone, somewhere has a mischievous sense of humour.\n\nStill, better get used to it.\n\nOne-way is the new way nowadays. Supermarkets, coffee shops, and now arts venues have all gone down the same one-way street.\n\nThe National Gallery in London was the first of the major national museums to reopen to the public on Wednesday, offering a lockdown-easing visitor experience that is markedly different from the pre-pandemic wander-at-will affair.\n\nIt is still free to see its collection of world-class paintings but tickets have to be booked online for a specific day and time. Once in the gallery you are encouraged to wear a face covering, use the hand sanitiser stations, and choose from one of three prescribed one-way routes: A, B or C (you can do them all if you want).\n\nTo help maintain social distancing, the National Gallery has devised a strict one-way system with three routes\n\nEach trail takes around 30 minutes and features hundreds of stunning paintings. All three options are something of a smorgasbord of styles and epochs, but broadly speaking route A focuses on Italian paintings, route B is more Flemish and Dutch, and C is German and British.\n\nThere are way-finding arrows on the floor which double-up as two-metre markers for social distancing. They work well on the whole, but become a little confusing when the B and C routes converge. I was whisked off in the direction of Lucas Cranach the Elder's mean-mouthed masterpieces when I'd set my sights on the swirling Baroque of Peter Paul Rubens.\n\nAdam and Eve, 1526 by Lucas Cranach the Elder is on route C\n\nAurora abducting Cephalus (1636-37) by Rubens is on route B\n\nAs wrong turnings go, that's hardly a disaster. But you can't rectify your mistake.\n\nThe defined routes are like motorways, once you're on one you have to go with the flow until the next exit, which in this case, is the exit.\n\nThat said, there are plenty of visor-wearing gallery assistants to ask for directions. They are very helpful as long as you don't try to swim against the tide; if you do they'll read you the riot act (moon walking won't fool them, I tried).\n\nFair enough. The safety of visitors and staff alike is paramount, and with levels of anxiety running high, the gallery can't afford to have people going off-piste. The digressive pleasures of gallery-going have gone, for the time being at least.\n\nThe new normal is the curated walking tour, which, it turns out, has a lot going for it.\n\nIt is helpful, for instance, if you're not a regular at the National Gallery, which can be overwhelming: which way should you turn, what should you see?\n\nNow, you can't go wrong, each of the three routes serves up room after room of exquisite paintings, contextualised within their period and style. Take your pick: do you fancy a gallery full of Rembrandts or one chock-a-block with Holbein's (my advice, go around twice, see them both).\n\nThe Ambassadors (also known as Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve), 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger is on route C\n\nRoute A is the shortest and has fewest pictures, and conveniently takes you back to the starting point for all three options, unlike B and C which both finish with the Impressionists and a five-minute hike back to the beginning if you want to try another option. It also features some wonderful pictures including Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks, Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, and Piero della Francesca's The Baptism of Christ, which is one of the most exceptional paintings you will ever set eyes upon.\n\nThe Virgin of the Rocks (1491 - 1508) by Leonardo da Vinci is on route A\n\nNot only has it the aforementioned rooms dedicated to Rubens and Rembrandt (including the splendid A Woman bathing in a Stream, and a very late, very moving self-portrait), but also Velázquez's The Toilet of Venus, Seurat's magnificent Bathers at Asnières, and Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus.\n\nA Woman bathing in a Stream (perhaps Hendrickje Stoffels), 1654 by Rembrandt is on route B\n\nBathers at Asnières, 1884 by Georges Seurat is on route B\n\nDoes that mean Route C is the weakest link? Absolutely not.\n\nIt has Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, Constable's The Hay Wain, and Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. And that's just a few of the Britons.\n\nElsewhere, you'll also see Van Gogh's A Wheatfield with Cypresses, Holbein's The Ambassadors, and Bruegel's Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery.\n\nJMW Turner's breathtaking painting The Fighting Temeraire is on route C\n\nA visor-wearing National Gallery assistant looking at Vincent van Gogh's A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, 1889, which is on route C\n\nIt's like a feast of all your favourite dishes, served at once, leaving you with no choice other than to gorge yourself until you can't take any more.\n\nMaybe it is too much, but it's difficult to see what more the National Gallery could do in the current circumstances. It has clearly thought long and hard about how to best display its collection in a manner that will give the greatest access to its greatest pictures, while also giving confidence to the public visiting at a time when Covid-19 still lurks ominously like the black spot of syphilis in Hogarth's famous moralising satire Marriage A-la-Mode (route C).\n\nMarriage A-la-Mode: The Inspection is the third in a series of six satirical works by Hogarth, which shows the terrible consequences of marrying for money rather than love\n\nI was just happy to be back among one of the finest fine art collections in the world, and grateful to all of those who have made it possible. It felt safe enough, and the few small teething problems are insignificant compared to the show that has been put on in such a challenging climate.\n\nWelcome back the National Gallery. And congratulations for finding an intelligent solution to a difficult situation: turning expert curators into art-route planners might be more than a quick fix, it could be the future.", "The victim was stabbed at the lights on the southbound sliproad of the M5 at junction 21 near Weston-super-Mare\n\nA dispute at traffic lights on an M5 motorway sliproad led to a car passenger being stabbed.\n\nThe knifing at the Weston-super-Mare junction happened after a row erupted between the occupants of two vehicles, on Friday\n\nA man was later arrested over the knifing after emergency crews were called at about 22:15 BST.\n\nA 26-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Avon and Somerset Police said.\n\nThe 42-year-old suspect, from Birmingham, has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and remains in custody.\n\n\"The victim was a passenger in a car which had just exited the M5 at this junction and was at a set of traffic lights,\" Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement.\n\n\"A dispute then ensued with the driver of another car, following which the victim was stabbed.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emma Pratt's first appointment to register Skye's birth was cancelled due to lockdown\n\n\"It's been a weird feeling to know she technically doesn't exist,\" says Emma Pratt.\n\nHer newborn daughter, Skye, was born the week before lockdown began. She is now almost four months old, but her birth still hasn't been registered.\n\nNormally, babies have to be registered with the local council within 42 days of being born, or 21 days in Scotland. But during the coronavirus lockdown, many councils paused all birth registrations - and are only now starting up again. It means they're faced with backlogs of thousands of babies to register. And for the parents, it can cause practical problems.\n\n\"It's just annoying,\" says Ms Pratt, 35, from Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross. \"It's something that should have been done within weeks of her being born and we are now four months.\n\n\"We can't open a bank account and my auntie had brought her premium bonds and we had to provide her identity, which we haven't been able to do. So that's been all cancelled.\n\n\"People have really kindly sent us cheques and we haven't been able to deposit them. It's really frustrating.\"\n\nMs Pratt finally managed to book an appointment to register the birth, face to face, for next Friday.\n\n\"It's funny because people have been saying she doesn't officially belong, and she doesn't,\" she adds. \"We could even change her name now if we wanted to, and that's crazy.\"\n\nFor new mum Olivia McDermott, 24, registering her son Elijah's birth meant the difference between continuing with her training to become a nurse.\n\nMs McDermott would have had to drop out of her nurse training course if her baby wasn't registered\n\nWithout a birth certificate, she could not apply for a childcare grant, and without the grant she said she would not be able to continue her course.\n\n\"Goodbye, dream job,\" says Ms McDermott, from Leeds. \"I'm meant to be going into my final year of training to be a nurse. I was just like, I won't be able to come in.\n\n\"There's a massive shortage of nurses, and the birth certificate is stopping me.\"\n\nShe and her partner checked the council website every morning to see when registrations would resume. She eventually got an appointment and registered her son on Wednesday. \"Now I'm able to register him I'm feeling a lot better,\" she says.\n\nMs McDermott adds that it has been \"really hard\" having your first baby in lockdown. \"Normally, you have an idea in your head of what it will be like when you first have a baby, with all your friends and your family. But there wasn't any of that. Luckily I have a partner.\"\n\nDespite the added hassle, Ms McDermott says she is now optimistic about the future.\n\n\"Although it caused me anxiety about the funding and not having his birth certificate, I'm just happy that they have managed to open safely as that is so important for this time that we are in.\"\n\nMs McDermott said she wouldn't have enough money to live on without the childcare grant\n\nOne of the most common problems with the delay has been getting passports. Parents whose families live abroad are desperate to get a passport so they can introduce their babies.\n\nAgi, who did not want her second name used, wants to take her newborn son to Poland to meet her parents and elderly grandmother.\n\n\"It didn't occur to me, I almost booked flights for August,\" says Agi, who lives in south-east London.\n\nBecause her son was born two weeks ago, he will be \"at the back of the queue\" compared to the babies born at the beginning of lockdown, she adds. Many councils have resumed registrations but are prioritising babies by the dates they were born. Her council is currently only registering babies born before the end of March.\n\n\"This is the most frustrating aspect, the lack of communication and not knowing how big the delay I'm looking at,\" she says.\n\n\"Are we looking at weeks, a month, six months? I have an elderly grandmother who would ideally like to see her great grandson.\n\n\"There's talk of swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms opening but you can't register the birth of your child.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents councils, has urged the government to allow birth registrations to be done over the phone, to help clear the backlog.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"With birth registrations having to be suspended for three months due to the pandemic, councils are experiencing a considerable backlog in registrations. Now that registrations have resumed, councils are offering appointments in some registration offices where they have been able to put in place safety measures to protect families as they work through this backlog, and are planning to open further offices soon.\n\n\"The registrations have to be done face to face, which is why we are urging government to consider allowing them to be done over the phone or online in the future, and as part of any further local or national lockdowns in response to the pandemic.\n\n\"Greater flexibility in the birth registration process would help councils reduce delays and families enjoy a smoother experience.\"\n\nThe government has warned parents they still may not be able to register a birth at the moment because of the virus, but \"you'll be able to register at a later date\". Despite this, councils say parents can still apply for child benefit and Universal Credit.\n\nAnd as lockdown is eased further, parents of newborn babies can begin introducing them to the wider world and their social circles. But for some parents, they will just have to wait a little longer before their baby becomes \"official\".", "The Twelfth of July is not \"cancelled\" and should be celebrated at home, according to Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster.\n\nAlthough some individual bands are planning to hold parades, large demonstrations have been called off in 2020 because of the risk of Covid-19.\n\nMrs Foster acknowledged it would be a \"difficult\" year for many as a result.\n\nShe was speaking on the Orange Order's Radio Boyne station on Saturday evening.\n\nEach year, the organisation marks the anniversary of the victory of Protestant William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690.\n\nAlthough it has cancelled its summer parades along with the Royal Black Preceptory and Apprentice Boys of Derry, the Parades Commission has been notified of more than 250 parades from individual bands over the 11 to 13 July period.\n\nParades are usually held on 12 July but due to the Twelfth falling on a Sunday this year, it is being celebrated on Monday 13 July.\n\nThe latest Covid-19 guidance from the NI Executive allows for up to 30 people to meet outdoors while social distancing.\n\nThe commission said it considered it necessary to impose restrictions on three parades based upon \"pre-existing parading tensions in those specific locations\".\n\nIt added there had been a \"high level of positive engagement with the vast majority of organisers\".\n\nTwelfth of July parades take place every year in Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne\n\nMrs Foster said she was particularly missing celebrating the day with her sister and brother-in-law who live in England.\n\n\"We know it's all very difficult, but thanks to Grand Orange Lodge there's a good way to celebrate at home this year,\" she told Radio Boyne.\n\nReferring to the risks from coronavirus, the first minister said \"it's very much under control at present\".\n\n\"We don't want that to build up again when it could be a big challenge for us,\" she added.\n\n\"We're trying to protect the community, protect our older members.\"\n\nSupporting the Orange Order's '12th at home' campaign, Mrs Foster encouraged people to \"make memories with your children\" and said \"2020 will be a year we won't forget\".\n\n\"It's important we still celebrate the Twelfth and still celebrate our culture,\" she continued.", "Men wearing life vests get ready with their paddle boards as the Bala Adventure and Watersports Centre in Bala, Gwynedd\n\nThe first minister has said Wales is \"absolutely safe\" to visit again after he defended not opening tourism sooner.\n\nFrom Saturday some holiday homes have reopened for the first time since lockdown began.\n\nBut with pubs still unable to open, the Welsh Conservatives have accused the Welsh Government of putting jobs at risk.\n\nMark Drakeford, on a visit to the Vale of Glamorgan, said a \"step by step\" approach was right to lifting lockdown.\n\nIn England, all hotels, B&Bs and campsites have been allowed to reopen since 4 July, with cleaning of shared spaces.\n\nIn Wales, only self contained accommodation, with no shared facilities, such as kitchens and bathrooms, are currently able to open.\n\nFrom Monday, Welsh pubs and restaurants with outdoor spaces, will be able to welcome back customers outdoors for the first time.\n\nBut many businesses have said they will not be opening, saying it will not be viable due to the two-metre (6ft) social distancing rule, which remains in place in Wales.\n\nMark Drakeford visited The Hide in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan\n\nShoppers were out in Cardiff as restrictions ease a little further in Wales\n\nMr Drakeford said easing restrictions had to be done \"step by step\" and he thought there would be a \"gradual build-up\" of people wanting to holiday in Wales and go to pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nDuring a visit to The Hide in St Donats, Mr Drakeford said the crisis \"has had a profound impact on the visitor economy\" and a phased approach to reopening tourism would give businesses, staff visitors and communities the confidence for a successful reopening.\n\n\"My message to people thinking of making a visit inside Wales or to Wales, is that Wales is open, the tourism industry is beginning again,\" he said.\n\nWalkers enjoy the fine day and the lockdown restrictions being eased with a stroll in the Brecon Beacons\n\nCars parked near the foot of Pen y Fan as people make the most of the lockdown restriction easing\n\n\"The virus hasn't gone away, we still need to do all the things we know. A social distance, hand washing, all those careful things.\n\n\"But the virus in Wales is now at a very low ebb of circulation. It's absolutely safe to be here, but you can play your part as well.\"\n\nMr Drakeford said he was \"looking forward\" to going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he had a chance, and people could help keep others safe by avoiding crowded areas.\n\nSocial distancing in operation on Llandudno pier on Saturday\n\nThe first weekend of the restrictions being eased and people enjoyed a paddle in Porthcawl\n\nBut with many hotels in Wales still closed due to restrictions, Welsh Conservative MP David Jones accused the Welsh Government of being behind the UK government in making decisions.\n\nThe Clwyd West MP wrote on twitter: \"Sadly the tourist season in Wales didn't begin four weeks after England\".\n\nMember of the Senedd, Janet Finch-Saunders, said it was not right that pubs and restaurants in Wales had to wait until 3 August before they could allow customers back inside.\n\nMrs Finch-Saunders said with many not having outdoor spaces, or enough room for customers, the first minister's \"uneven\" proposals would have a \"disastrous impact\" on Welsh jobs.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Drakeford said the \"balance is shifting\" on evidence for the use of face masks.\n\nThe car park at Pen y Pass as Snowdonia National Park is reopened for its first weekend since restrictions were eased\n\nWalkers returned to parts of Snowdonia National Park on Saturday\n\nBut he doesn't yet believe it is \"sensible\" to make use of them mandatory in certain situations.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Drakeford said the view of the Wales's chief medical officer was still that face coverings should be recommended but not required.\n\n\"When the weight of evidence changes, if it does, then we will change our policy.\"\n\nIn Wales, face coverings are recommended in situations where people cannot socially distance, like on public transport.\n\nBut their use is not mandatory - and both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru are calling for face coverings to be compulsory on public transport and in shops, as is the case in Scotland.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid health spokesman said \"every possible measure to help us leave lockdown safely should be adopted and we have consistently called for the use of face masks in public spaces where social distancing is difficult\".", "An inquiry into whether Home Secretary Priti Patel bullied staff must be published \"immediately\", the Labour Party has said.\n\nA Cabinet Office investigation into several allegations about Ms Patel's behaviour was launched in March.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds wrote to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove on Saturday, saying that the delay in publishing the findings was \"unacceptable\".\n\nThe Cabinet Office said the process was \"ongoing\" and it would respond to the letter \"in due course\".\n\nThe MP for Witham faces accusations she mistreated staff in her current role as home secretary.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson - who has said he is \"sticking by\" Ms Patel - asked the Cabinet Office to establish the facts following the claims levelled against her.\n\nThe report is understood to have been completed.\n\nIn the letter to Mr Gove, Mr Thomas-Symonds and shadow Cabinet Office minister Rachel Reeves said the delay \"creates the clear sense that the government is acting in the interests of a Conservative Party elite, rather than the national interest\".\n\nThey added: \"We have been asking frontline public servants to make extraordinary sacrifices throughout this pandemic and it is only right that they have full faith in those in government who make demands of them.\n\n\"This report must now be published immediately for it to be properly considered before recess begins, and we look forward to your confirmation of this.\"\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs earlier this year that he was \"sticking by\" Priti Patel\n\nThe investigation was launched by Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill - who has since announced his resignation following reports of tensions between him and senior members of the PM's team in Downing Street.\n\nSenior Cabinet Office official Helen McNamara and senior civil servant Alexander Allan are compiling the report.\n\nThe letter follows a report in The Times of a \"stand-off\" between senior officials and political aides over the publication of the report.\n\nThe paper said Ms MacNamara was refusing to exonerate Ms Patel from some of the allegations of bullying, despite the PM's aides supposedly wanting the inquiry to find there was no conclusive evidence of bullying.\n\nMr Thomas-Symonds said in the letter: \"It has been over four months since the government promised a report into whether the home secretary broke the Ministerial Code.\n\n\"There are now allegations of deeply inappropriate political interference in the publication of the report, both in terms of content and timing. The delay in producing it is totally unacceptable.\"\n\nA Cabinet Office spokeswoman said: \"The prime minister asked the Cabinet Office to establish the facts of the case, in line with the Ministerial Code.\n\n\"That process is ongoing and we will respond to the letter in due course.\"\n\nIn February, Sir Philip Rutnam resigned as the Home Office's permanent secretary, saying there had been a \"vicious and orchestrated\" campaign against him in the department. The inquiry is separate to the employment tribunal claim lodged by Sir Philip.\n\nMs Patel's allies said the home secretary was a \"demanding\" boss but not a bully.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nJack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85.\n\nThe former Leeds defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia.\n\nOne of English football's most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, alongside his brother Bobby.\n\nHe made a record number of appearances for Leeds and achieved unprecedented success with the Republic of Ireland.\n• None 'He changed our lives' - former players pay tribute\n• None Football Daily: 'He was a natural leader' - a tribute to Jack Charlton\n\nA family statement read: \"Jack died peacefully on Friday, July 10 at the age of 85. He was at home in Northumberland, with his family by his side.\n\n\"As well as a friend to many, he was a much-adored husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.\n\n\"We cannot express how proud we are of the extraordinary life he led and the pleasure he brought to so many people in different countries and from all walks of life.\n\n\"He was a thoroughly honest, kind, funny and genuine man who always had time for people.\n\n\"His loss will leave a huge hole in all our lives but we are thankful for a lifetime of happy memories.\"\n\nThe England football team tweeted to say they were \"devastated\" by the news, while he was hailed as a man who \"changed Irish football forever\" by the Football Association of Ireland.\n\n\"He was a great and lovable character and he will be greatly missed. The world of football and the world beyond football has lost one of the greats. RIP old friend,\" said England's 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst.\n\nCharlton had spells in charge of Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Newcastle.\n\nHe led the Republic of Ireland to their first major finals at Euro '88 and the World Cup quarter-finals at Italia 90.\n\nLeeds United, where he spent his entire 21-year playing career and made a joint club record 773 appearances before retiring as a player in 1973, said they were \"deeply saddened\".\n\nCharlton, part of the Leeds side that won the 1969 league title and the 1972 FA Cup, is the third club legend and former England international to die this year after Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry.\n\nDespite not being called into the England team until days before his 30th birthday, Charlton won 35 caps and, playing alongside younger brother Bobby, lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy at Wembley in 1966.\n\nHe also helped England finish third at the 1968 European Championship, and was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1967.\n\n\"Saddened to hear that Jack Charlton has passed away,\" wrote former England striker Gary Lineker on Twitter.\n\n\"World Cup winner with England, manager of probably the best ever Ireland side and a wonderfully infectious personality to boot. RIP Jack.\"\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland forward John Aldridge said: \"Absolutely gutted that big Jack has passed away.\n\n\"What a football man, loved and adored, especially in Ireland. The best manager I was lucky to play for.\n\n\"The times we had on and off the pitch were priceless. My thoughts are with Pat and the family. RIP my good friend. Never forgotten.\"\n\nHe is survived by wife Pat, whom he married in 1958, and their three children, John, Deborah and Peter.\n\nCharlton's granddaughter, journalist Emma Wilkinson, tweeted: \"Beyond sad to have to say goodbye to my beloved Grandad, Jack Charlton.\n\n\"He enriched so many lives through football, friendship and family. He was a kind, funny and thoroughly genuine man and our family will miss him enormously.\"\n\nIrish president Michael D Higgins said: \"He leaves a legacy of outstanding leadership of a group of players of many diverse talents, which he moulded into the successful team that captured the imagination of the nation.\"", "Shops and shopping centres all require face coverings under the new rules Image caption: Shops and shopping centres all require face coverings under the new rules\n\nBelgium has taken a notable and noticeable step in its Covid-19 public health campaign, by making the wearing of face masks mandatory in public places. It applies to shops, cafes, bars and restaurants, museums, theatres, libraries and places of worship.\n\nBefore now, it was advisory, but not mandatory, except for hospitals and clinics, hairdressers and public transport.\n\nAnyone visiting the cinema will also now have to wear a face covering Image caption: Anyone visiting the cinema will also now have to wear a face covering\n\nBelgian virologist and government adviser Mark Van Ranst says the move was made after it became clear that advising people to wear them wasn’t enough.\n\n“Face masks reduce droplets and can reduce the viral transmission in poorly ventilated areas. it took a while to convince people, but now the time has come,” he told reporters.\n\nFailure to wear a mask can now result in prosecution. Shops and businesses that fail to enforce the rule can be closed down as well. That’s led to some criticism from labour unions, who argue that responsibility should lie with the customer.", "Ruaridh and Caroline MacDonald run agency The Cottage Co and have been preparing their own Romany caravan for guests\n\nHolidaymakers are due to arrive at cottages, caravans and yurts in Wales for the first time since March.\n\nHoliday accommodation without shared facilities such as bathrooms are able to reopen from Saturday.\n\nSome in the industry say there is light at the end of the tunnel after a \"rollercoaster\" lockdown rescheduling bookings and issuing refunds.\n\nNow the focus has moved to following guidance for reopening, writing risk assessments and deep cleaning.\n\nSher from Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, booked a cottage near Llangrannog, Ceredigion, as soon as the first minister announced the easing of restrictions.\n\nShe and her husband Dameon are heading there on Monday.\n\nShe said: \"It's my 50th birthday and we were planning to go to Greece so having somewhere to see the sea and countryside after being within five miles for so long is very important.\"\n\nShe said she was not concerned about safety: \"Where we're going is very isolated, but having said that I wouldn't be concerned if it was somewhere more populated, as long as there's proper measures in place.\"\n\nShe said she had not spoken to the owners about what changes they had put in place, adding: \"I've been there four or five times before and it's always been spotless.\"\n\nRuaridh and Caroline MacDonald run self-catering accommodation agency The Cottage Co from their home in Monmouthshire and also have their own Romany caravan which has its first guests arriving on Saturday.\n\nThe MacDonalds' Romany caravan has been deep cleaned in preparation to welcome guests on Saturday\n\nMr MacDonald described lockdown as \"both a challenge and an opportunity\".\n\n\"We realised it was vital to keep in touch with guests and owners and in a funny way it's made the company stronger and strengthened our connection with guests,\" he said.\n\n\"Its been a rollercoaster in terms of moving hundreds of bookings and giving refunds... we've been talking to hundreds and hundreds of guests.\"\n\nHe said a surge in inquires meant they had nothing available for the whole of the summer.\n\n\"There's been significant financial impact but if things are okay from now on that would be a wonderful result,\" he said.\n\nTy Glyn in Criccieth, Gwynedd, is one of many coastal properties preparing to reopen\n\nHe said they had spent time speaking to accommodation owners about their preparation to minimise risk to guests: \"They are very keen to get going and have been deep cleaning, coming up with new risk assessments and simplified what is in the cottage so it is easier to clean.\"\n\nHe said preparing their Romany caravan had not been too difficult: \"Dare I say it but with outdoor glamping social distancing is relatively easy.\n\n\"The caravan is very much on its own so they won't meet anyone else... it's a low-ish risk.\n\n\"It's very exciting to be reopening... and guests are certainly incredibly keen to come.\"\n\nHide Wales' cabins, shepherd's hut and lodge in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, are reopening on Monday.\n\nIts owner Paula Louise Warren said of the past three months: \"It's been bonkers.\n\n\"You have to arrange so many things, all our bedding, all our beautiful woollen blankets have all been put in storage and instead we're using cotton as everything needs to be boiled.\"\n\nThe shepherd's hut at Hide Wales will be reopening on Monday\n\nShe said getting ready to reopen had been a \"real journey\" but advice from Visit Wales and Business Wales had been invaluable.\n\n\"We weren't expecting to be able to open until Christmas so we are grateful. It's about being safe,\" she said.\n\nGreg Stevenson is the owner and director of Under the Thatch.\n\nHide Wales says preparing to reopen has been a \"real journey\"\n\nThe agency has 82 holiday properties on its books with about 60 in Wales, seven of which he owns.\n\nHe said his company actually increased its staff's hours through lockdown: \"Right from the start we were corresponding with customers,\" he said.\n\n\"We've seen our advanced sales for the rest of the year are higher than ever before... I'm so pleased thanks to our customers.\"\n\nMenai Holiday Cottages has been taking bookings for cottages such as Belan Fawr on Rhosneigr, Anglesey\n\nHe said he was \"delighted\" to be welcoming guests again: \"We've been waiting for it for a long time.\n\n\"We were very frustrated that the other countries of the UK and Europe had dates [for reopening] and we didn't... we got the date so late which caused huge administration problems and a huge amount of work in the office.\"\n\nGlamping accommodation such as Cwt Alpaca in Llanidloes, Powys, can reopen from Saturday\n\nHe said he was pointing owners to Welsh Government guidance for the sector but it had come in \"too late\" which was a \"niggle\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said the first minister asked owners to begin preparing to reopen three weeks ago and guidance was published on 29 June.\n\nShe said the reopening date was moved forward by two days to enable Saturday to Saturday bookings following calls from the industry.\n\nMr Stevenson said he did not think customers had too many safety concerns: \"We've had very few queries... if I'm reading it correctly the customers are not too paranoid about this issue.\"\n\nHoliday cottages, such as Bwthyn Tresinwen in Pembrokeshire, have been preparing to welcome guests\n\nWhen asked if locals would welcome back tourists, he said: \"I think a lot of people are very cautious at the moment but if you ask them one week after the 11th then they'll be fine.... give it a couple of weeks and people will be more relaxed.\"\n\nMenai Holiday Cottages has 490 properties on its books in Snowdonia, Anglesey, and the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd.\n\nIts managing director Jack Matthews said: \"There's finally light at the end of the tunnel.\n\n\"There's a huge amount of excitement. Bookings have climbed back very quickly.\"\n\nCabins with their own bathrooms, such as Caban Llys y Frân in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, can reopen\n\nHe would have liked the reopening date to be 10 July to allow Friday to Friday bookings - about 60% of its cottages are Friday changeover - and to have been consulted by the Welsh Government.\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said it had been speaking to the industry through the four regional tourism forums, sector representative bodies including Wales Tourism Alliance, individual businesses and holding a weekly meeting of the tourism taskforce group.\n\nMr Matthews believes communities are ready for the change.\n\n\"Locals are ready for tourists to come back at a distance,\" he said.\n\n\"A minority may have strong views but it's about getting the balance right, I'm sure tourists will be respectful.\"", "The coronavirus crisis could spark a \"personal debt time bomb\", according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).\n\nIt has said the number of people unable to manage their debts may climb as the furlough scheme is reduced and job losses increase.\n\nA survey for the service shows 27% of respondents were worried about making repayments during the pandemic.\n\nCitizens Advice warned the situation could be causing financial hardship and is pushing more people into poverty.\n\nIt said support schemes during the lockdown have been welcome, but managing the situation as these begin to lift would \"require thoughtful and significant intervention\".\n\nCAS financial health spokesman Myles Fitt said: \"The issue is most often a result of insecure or low incomes which are simply not able to keep pace with the cost of living.\n\n\"While concerns about unemployment have understandably replaced it for the time being, the issue of personal debt will become a real challenge in the coming months and years.\n\n\"An income shock from a job loss or reduced pay, combined with the cost of arrears such as council tax, housing or energy bills built up due to Covid-19 payment holidays, will put individual and household finances under extreme pressure.\n\n\"Our fear is that many households will fall into unmanageable debt, causing financial hardship and pushing more people into poverty, or exacerbate existing poverty.\"\n\nThe company which conducted the poll also warned people who are are already struggling financially could be hardest hit.\n\nSpokesman Mark Diffley said: \"Overall, a quarter of Scots remain concerned about paying utility bills and paying their rent (24% and 26% respectively), while 20% are concerned about paying for food and essentials and 35% about their income.\n\n\"Of additional concern is the finding that, once again, it is apparent that the highest levels of concern are recorded from those in the poorest socio-economic groups who are least likely be able to bear the financial burdens which they are facing as a result of the virus.\"", "Bachchan has been a star for five decades\n\nAmitabh Bachchan, one of India's best known film actors, has tested positive for Covid-19, he told his millions of Twitter followers.\n\n\"I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,\" he wrote.\n\nHis son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and granddaughter Aaradhya have also tested positive.\n\nBachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films in five decades as a star.\n\nHe and Abhishek, 44, were taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, and his son described them both as having mild symptoms.\n\nAmitabh is currently in the isolation unit of the hospital, news agency ANI reported, quoting a public relations officer for the hospital. He urged anyone who had been close to him in the past 10 days to get tested.\n\nOther members of the Bachchan family have returned negative coronavirus antigen test reports, local media reported.\n\nMumbai municipal officials have since put up banners outside the actor's house in the city, classifying it as a \"containment zone\".\n\nThe news has led to an outpouring of support for the pair on social media. Among those paying their respects were actress Sonam K Ahuja and former India cricket player Irfan Pathan.\n\n\"Dear Amitabh ji, I join the whole Nation in wishing you a quick recovery! After all, you are the idol of millions in this country, an iconic superstar! We will all take good care of you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!\" said India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.\n\nBachchan has won multiple awards since rising to prominence in the 1970s\n\nBachchan Snr has enjoyed starring roles in hit movies such as Zanjeer and Sholay. Since rising to fame in the 1970s, he has won numerous accolades including four National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, for his contribution to cinema.\n\nOutside acting, Bachchan Snr had a brief stint in politics and was elected as a member of India's parliament in 1984 at the behest of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned three years later, disillusioned by a corruption scandal under Mr Gandhi's government.\n\nHe was also a businessman, setting up the Amitabh Bachchan Corporation in 1995 for event management and the production of films. After the venture failed, he went on to host TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati - based on the UK game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - and has starred in more movies since. His latest film was the comedy Gulabo Sitabo, released on Amazon.\n\nIn recent months, he has been prominent in helping the government get its message across in the fight against coronavirus.\n\nIndia has seen a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases, with the total climbing to nearly 821,000 on Saturday - the third highest caseload in the world. There have been complaints about a lack of both testing and frontline medical staff.\n• None Why Amitabh Bachchan is more than a superstar", "The Jubilee Pool in Penzance is hoping to reopen at the end of July\n\nOperators of outdoor swimming pools have criticised the timing of the government announcement allowing them to reopen.\n\nSome have decided not to open, claiming a lack of preparation time has made a shorter summer season \"unviable\".\n\nMany are run by community groups or charities and have mounted fundraising efforts in order to survive.\n\nThe government said \"comprehensive guidance\" was available to leisure operators.\n\nAs part of the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, swimmers can visit outdoor pools from Saturday, while indoor gyms, pools and sports facilities can reopen from 25 July.\n\nPool operators have said the announcement came too late to allow them to go through the process of cleaning and filling pools and meeting both water-quality and coronavirus safety standards.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bathers returned to outdoor swimming, as coronavirus restrictions were eased\n\nThere are more than 100 outdoor public swimming baths around the country - many restored and run by community groups.\n\nThe volunteer-run Hilsea Lido in Hampshire said on Facebook, \"with a heavy heart\", it would not reopen until 2021.\n\n\"With no clear indication of when we would be allowed to open, we were not able to prepare the pool in advance.\n\n\"Hilsea Lido is a massive pool and the preparation costs reflect this,\" it said.\n\nShap Lido in Cumbria - England's \"highest heated pool\" - said it would \"not be financially viable\" to open for a six-week summer period, as did Portishead's community lido in Somerset.\n\nThe lido in Petersfield, Hampshire, takes two weeks to fill and two weeks to heat up\n\nPeterborough's lido is among those not reopening this weekend\n\nIn Berkshire Covid-19 restrictions meant contractors were not been able to complete repair work on Northcroft Lido, which will remain closed as a result.\n\nPeterborough's 1930s art deco lido will also not reopen this weekend after its operator was forced to hand back its council contract due to financial difficulties during the crisis.\n\nAmong those planning to open is Lymington Sea Water Baths in Hampshire which dates back to the early 19th Century.\n\nManager Hugo Ambrose said: \"It's certainly not going to be a good, viable year but I do think there's a community we need to work with.\"\n\nCornwall's coastal art deco Jubilee Pool in Penzance is hoping to reopen at the end of July.\n\nOperations officer Nicola Murdoch said reopening \"isn't possible at 48 hours notice\" and would require a deep clean, staff training and social distancing measures.\n\n\"It's fantastic to have the green light, but a little more notice like indoor leisure centres would have been helpful,\" she added.\n\nThe covers remain on Droitwich Lido which plans to reopen for six weeks this summer\n\nDroitwich Lido plans to open in August thanks to a £55,000 grant from Wychavon Council.\n\nManager Tim Kirkham said: \"We're in winter mode - we've got a lot of work and power washing to do but I'm sure we can do it. People have been so supportive.\"\n\nHowever its usual capacity of 550 swimmers will be reduced to about 100.\n\nIn London, the 1930s Parliament Hill Lido has introduced online booking for hour-long socially distanced sessions for an \"adjustment to a new way of swimming\".\n\nThe Department of Media, Culture and Sport said: \"We recognise the importance of reopening our indoor and outdoor pools as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy.\n\n\"We have published comprehensive guidance to enable the reopening of outdoor pools and outdoor water parks.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The man could have lived as much as 2,500 years ago and may have been murdered or executed. The clay soil helped preserve his skeleton\n\nAn Iron Age skeleton with his hands bound has been discovered by HS2 project archaeologists, who believe he may be a murder victim.\n\nThe remains of the 2,000-year-old adult male were found face down at Wellwick Farm near Wendover in Buckinghamshire.\n\nProject archaeologist Dr Rachel Wood described the death as \"a mystery\" and hopes further analysis will shed light on the \"potentially gruesome\" find.\n\nA Stonehenge-style wooden formation and Roman burial have also been discovered.\n\nThey are among a number of finds ranging from the Neolithic Age to the Medieval period unearthed ahead of construction work for the 225mph (362 km/h) rail line.\n\nThe archaeologists also found an Iron Age funerary monument, which would have been used only by \"high status people\"\n\nThis Iron Age gold coin called a stater dating from about about 100BC was found in a ditch near the funerary monument\n\nDr Wood, who works for Fusion JV, said: \"Discovering a site showing human activity spanning 4,000 years came as a bit of a surprise to us.\"\n\nA large Neolithic circular monument of wooden posts 65m (213 ft) in diameter and aligned with the winter solstice, \"similar to Stonehenge\", was uncovered.\n\nThe site also has evidence of domestic occupation during the Bronze to Iron Ages (3000BC to AD43), including a roundhouse and animal pits.\n\nThe Roman burial was found in a square enclosure. The skeleton was in a coffin lined with lead and probably had a wooden outer layer\n\nThe Neolithic wooden circle, dating to between 4,000 to 5,000 years old, is seen as further evidence of the site's ritual importance over thousands of years\n\nDuring the Roman era it was used for burials and a \"high status\" skeleton buried in an \"expensive\" lead coffin was unearthed.\n\nDr Wood said the fascinating thing about the site was its \"persistent use over centuries for the burial of specific, high status people\".\n\nThe only exception was the Iron Age skeleton.\n\nDr Wood said: \"The death of the Wellwick Farm man remains a mystery to us, but there aren't many ways you end up in a bottom of a ditch, face down, with your hands bound.\n\n\"We hope our osteologists will be able to shed more light on this potentially gruesome death.\"\n\nJewellery including brooches and this ring were discovered. Experts believe it could date to the Iron Age\n\nThe HS2 high-speed rail link will connect London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.\n\nIt is the biggest infrastructure project in Europe, but has been delayed and faced concerns over the exact route and spiralling costs.\n\nIts official price tag in 2015 was £56bn but the latest figure was reported to be rising to £106bn.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August 2019\n\nAn inquest into the death of a London teenager found dead while on holiday in Malaysia is scheduled to begin next month.\n\nNóra Quoirin, 15, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on 4 August last year.\n\nHer body was found 10 days later about 1.6 miles (2.5km) away.\n\nIn January her Irish-French parents, Meabh and Sebastian, expressed shock at the case being closed and called for an inquest.\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.\n\nMeabh and Sebastien Quorin, pictured during the search for Nóra, say they do not believe she would have wandered off alone\n\nThe inquest is set to begin on 24 August, a family statement said, and is expected to last for two weeks.\n\nThe statement said: \"We have fought very hard to keep Nora's case alive, after it was initially closed by the police in early 2020, and it has been our wish all along to have an inquest.\n\n\"This will be crucial in determining the fullest possible picture of what happened to Nora and how her case was dealt with.\"\n\nMuch of the proceedings are expected to take place using video conferencing software.\n\nIn January, her parents said they were \"shocked\" by a decision by the Malaysian Attorney General's Chambers to close the case, \"not least because it is based on a preliminary report from the coroner's office\".\n\n\"As a vulnerable child, with significant physical and mental challenges, we strongly refute any conclusion that Nóra was alone for the entire duration of her disappearance,\" her parents previously said.\n\nNora, her parents and her younger brother and sister arrived at the resort in a nature reserve near Seremban, about 39 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, on 3 August for a two-week stay.\n\nThe head teacher at Nora's school in Wandsworth, south-west London, paid tribute to her as \"a delight to work with\".", "Campaigners released red dye into the fountains in protest against animal farming, police say\n\nTwo people have been held on suspicion of criminal damage after red dye was released into London's Trafalgar Square fountains, police said.\n\nThe stunt was in protest against animal farming with campaigners claiming the government had \"blood on [its] hands\".\n\nIt was carried out by campaign group Animal Rebellion on Saturday afternoon.\n\nDemonstrators, some of whom stood up to their knees in the red water, alleged that the Covid-19 pandemic was caused by animal exploitation.\n\nA tweet by the Met said: \"Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following an incident at the fountains in Trafalgar Square earlier today.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhile some activists poured blood-red dye into the fountains' waters, others held placards and staged a socially-distanced protest in Trafalgar Square.\n\nStephanie Zupan, a representative of Animal Rebellion, said: \"The government must now begin a transition towards a plant-based food system, or risk future zoonotic pandemics of catastrophic proportions.\"\n\nDemonstrators alleged that the Covid-19 pandemic was caused by animal exploitation\n\nAnimal Rebellion said the action was coordinated with protests in 20 cities, including Bristol, Brighton and New York.\n\nKieran Blyth, another representative for the group, said: \"These unsatisfactory and dangerous measures will only increase the risk of future pandemics.\n\n\"The government are playing with the potential of tens of thousands more deaths.\"", "Belgium has singled Leicester out for stricter restrictions after the city was placed in a local lockdown\n\nLeicester has joined a handful of European cities to be placed on the Belgian government's \"red-zone\" list.\n\nIt means anyone arriving in the country who has recently visited Leicester will be told to place themselves in a two-week mandatory quarantine.\n\nIt is the only UK city to be included in Belgium's list. The other cities are in Portugal or Spain.\n\nLeicester was the site of England's first local lockdown on 29 June following a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nSir Peter Soulsby, mayor of Leicester, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier there was \"no clear understanding of what will constitute the threshold that needs to be achieved before we can be released from [the local lockdown]\".\n\nHe spoke out after the government announced the number of coronavirus cases in Leicester was going down.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons the seven-day infection rate had dropped from 135 to 117 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nBut when he was pressed on what level they had to reach to leave the lockdown, Mr Hancock would not commit to a specific number.\n\nSigns are due to be erected around Brussels Airport telling arriving passengers to inform the authorities if they have been in Leicester during the lockdown.\n\nThe Belgian government has also told its own citizens to avoid travelling to the city if possible.\n\nSir Peter was speaking to the Radio 4 Today programme\n\nSir Peter has previously said the government should have shared its data sooner with Leicester City Council about where the cases were in order for the local authority to target affected areas and communities.\n\nA spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it prioritised giving detailed local data to public health bodies but was now sharing it with councils.\n\nThe DHSC spokesman added: \"We continue to work closely with local authorities in Leicester to further curb the spread of the virus, so that these necessary restrictions can be removed as soon as possible.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "The protest was in the wake of a video showing a man being restrained by police in Brighton\n\nThousands of protesters have marched through Brighton in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nDemonstrators held placards and shouted \"black lives matter every day\" and \"UK is not innocent\".\n\nIt follows an outcry over a video showing a man shouting \"I can't breathe\" while being restrained on the ground by three Sussex Police officers.\n\nIn another BLM protest, attended by hundreds in Hull, the police custody death of a man was remembered.\n\nBrighton protesters were serenaded by a string quartet as they passed the city's war memorial.\n\nThe Sussex force said the man was arrested and became aggressive towards officers before being placed on the ground.\n\nThe incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nMany of the demonstrators wore face coverings as they marched through Brighton\n\nLast month, more than 10,000 protesters marched through the East Sussex city in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide.\n\nIt followed the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes in the US city of Minneapolis on 25 May.\n\nHis death sparked a wave of Black Lives Matter protests, including in the UK.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "The couple have been married since 1997\n\nJada Pinkett Smith has revealed on her chat show in a heart-to-heart with husband Will Smith that she did have a relationship with singer August Alsina.\n\nSpeaking to Smith on her Facebook show Red Table Talk, the actress said that the relationship happened while the pair were separated.\n\n\"We were over,\" she says. \"From there, as time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August.\"\n\nMr Smith then presses her, saying \"an entanglement? A relationship.\"\n\n\"I was in a lot of pain and I was very broken,\" she countered.\n\nThe pair have been married since 1997, have two children together, and said they are currently back together after a split.\n\nThe couple said they wanted to do the show to clear up speculation circulating in the media over an interview August Alsina recently gave to a radio morning show, The Breakfast Club.\n\nThe rapper said he had been in a relationship with Pinkett Smith and that Smith had given the affair his \"blessing\", leading to speculation that the Hollywood power couple were in an open marriage.\n\n\"The only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself,\" Pinkett Smith said.\n\n\"I could actually see how he would perceive it as permission because we were separated amicably and I think he also wanted to make it clear that he's also not a home-wrecker. Which he's not.\"\n\nShe had not spoken to the rapper in years, she added.\n\nSmith asked her what she felt she was looking for in the \"interaction\" with Alsina about four-and-a-half years ago.\n\n\"I just wanted to feel good,\" she replied, as her husband nodded sympathetically. \"It had been so long since I had felt good.\"\n\nNow the couple are back together, Pinkett Smith said they had reached a place of \"unconditional love\".\n\nTowards the end of the interview, Smith told her: \"I'm gonna get you back first.\"\n\nPinkett Smith laughed and responded: \"I think you got me back! I think we're good on that.\"\n\nAt the end of the chat, the pair fist-bumped.\n\n\"We ride together, we die together. Bad marriage for life,\" they said in a quote derived from Smith's Bad Boys movies.", "Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error.\n\nAn internal memo sent to staff earlier on Friday had said employees should delete the app over \"security risks\".\n\nThe app, owned by a Chinese company, has come under scrutiny because of fears it could share data with China.\n\nTikTok said it did not understand Amazon's concerns.\n\n\"This morning's email to some of our employees was sent in error. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok\", a company spokesperson told the BBC.\n\nBut earlier on Friday, a memo sent to staff seen by multiple news outlets stated that the app must be removed from mobile devices.\n\n\"Due to security risk, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email.\n\n\"If you have TikTok on your device, you must remove it by July 10 to retain mobile access to Amazon email\", it read.\n\nTikTok said the company had not received any communication from Amazon before the email went out.\n\nArtificial intelligence-powered short video app TikTok is one of the most downloaded mobile apps in the world, and its popularity has only grown during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThis has drawn the attention of the Trump administration - on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that it was considering a ban on Chinese social media apps.\n\nMr Pompeo went so far as to say that TikTok users risk their private information ending up \"in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nTikTok is owned by Chinese start-up ByteDance, which has taken pains to point out that its chief executive is American.\n\nIt has also said publicly several times that it has never, and will never, share TikTok users' data with the Chinese authorities.\n\nAnd on Friday, the firm decided to halt its operations in Hong Kong - a move designed to show its distance from the Chinese government.\n\nBut many people use their smartphones for both recreation and to access their work email accounts.\n\nTikTok is on many personal smartphones, and with rising numbers of cyber-security vulnerabilities regularly being discovered in both the Android and iOS mobile operating systems, perhaps Amazon is now starting to worry whether the app could perhaps be used to infiltrate devices.\n\n\"We still do not understand their concerns, we welcome a dialogue so we can address any issues they may have and enable their team to continue participating in our community,\" TikTok said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Fans are accusing TikTok creators of exploiting them for cash\n\nTikTok was launched outside mainland China by Beijing-based ByteDance to reach a global audience. It increased its popularity during the global coronavirus lockdowns with about 315 million people downloading the app in the first three months of this year, according to research firm Sensor Tower.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and an Australian member of parliament have recently suggested the app needs more scrutiny over its data and privacy policies because its headquarters are in China.\n\nMr Pompeo has banned Department of State employees from downloading the app and suggested it could also be banned in the US.", "The incident occurred in the coastal resort of Marbella, southern Spain\n\nA British man has died in Spain after falling from a hotel balcony in the early hours of Saturday and landing on another man, according to reports.\n\nPolice in Malaga told the Mail they were \"investigating\" the death of two men in Marbella after \"one man landed on another man, killing him as well\".\n\nThe Foreign Office told the BBC it was \"supporting the family of a British man following his death in Spain\".\n\nA spokesman for the FCO added officials were in contact with local police.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nHe won all the major races, including the Grand National in 2003 on Monty's Pass and the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Kicking King and Bobs Worth.\n\nGeraghty was also associated with champion chasers Moscow Flyer and Sprinter Sacre.\n\n\"I am happy to say I'm announcing my retirement,\" said Geraghty, the retained jockey for owner JP McManus.\n\n\"A big thank you to my family, friends and everyone who has supported me over the last 24 years.\n\n\"I've been blessed to have had a wonderful career and I'm looking to what the future holds.\"\n\nGeraghty replaced AP McCoy as the main man for McManus after the legendary jockey retired in 2015.\n\nHe bounced back from a succession of injuries to ride five winners at Cheltenham in March, including the Champion Hurdle on Epatante.\n\nGeraghty, who was Irish champion jump jockey in 2000 and 2004, is the second most successful rider in Cheltenham Festival history with 43 wins, behind only his compatriot Ruby Walsh, who quit the sport last year.\n\nWhat they said\n\nRichard Johnson, four-time champion jockey: \"Happy retirement Barry, an amazing career. Top man on and off the track. No man better on the big day.\"\n\nTrainer Nicky Henderson: \"Enjoy your retirement Barry, we've had many great days together over the years. See you back at Seven Barrows soon, hopefully.\"\n\nJockey Tom Scudamore: \"Wishing you all the best and happiness in retirement. Congratulations on a great career. One of the very best and a gent with it.\"\n\nWhile the timing and nature of his announcement, at 23:00 BST on Saturday via Twitter, may have been a surprise, Geraghty is bowing out at a similar age to McCoy and Walsh.\n\nHe broke his leg in a fall on the eve of last year's Grand National, one of a catalogue of injuries.\n\nYet Geraghty remained at the elite level and one of his last winning rides was one of his best - guiding Champ from a seemingly forlorn position to win the RSA Chase at Cheltenham in March.\n\nHe will be remembered as a successful and likeable rider who managed to thrive in a golden generation of jump jockeys.", "Other surfers tried to save the teenager\n\nA teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack off the northern coast of New South Wales in eastern Australia, police say.\n\nThe 15-year-old was surfing when he suffered severe leg injuries at Wooli Beach, 630km (390 miles) north of Sydney, according to witnesses.\n\nNearby surfers came to help, including one who is reported to have tried to pull the shark away.\n\nFirst aid was given on the beach but the boy died at the scene.\n\n\"Several board-riders came to his assistance before the injured teen could be helped to shore,\" a police statement said.\n\nAn official investigation has been launched, but the authorities have not released the name of the teenager.\n\nOne witness said the shark may have been a great white. They are active in the area at this time of year.\n\nThis is the fifth fatal attack by a shark in Australia this year.\n\nIn April, a shark attacked and killed a 23-year-old Queensland ranger on the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nIn another fatal attack in June, a shark bit the leg of a surfer off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drones used to spot sharks on Australian beaches\n• None How do you stop sharks attacking?", "Hundreds more cases are to be reviewed by an independent inquiry into maternity care at an NHS trust, BBC News has learned.\n\nAs many as 300 cases were discovered following an examination of records at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust.\n\nIt is understood the inquiry is now looking at about 1,500 cases of death or harm, most between 1998 and 2017.\n\nThe Shrewsbury and Telford trust said it was co-operating with the inquiry and its maternity care was improving.\n\nLast week, West Mercia Police announced it had opened an investigation into whether criminal charges could be brought in relation to the maternity problems.\n\nThe independent review, chaired by Donna Ockenden, was ordered by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt in 2017 after two sets of parents who had both lost children through avoidable medical errors raised concerns about care.\n\nThat initial investigation into 23 deaths has continually expanded as more families have raised questions about the care they have received.\n\nBut the problems at the trust extend far beyond its maternity services. No other trust in England has as many conditions on its licence as Shrewsbury and Telford.\n\nInspectors, the Care Quality Commission, revealed last week that they had \"new and ongoing concerns around patient safety\" following an inspection in June.\n\nUrgent discussions were said to be taking place with NHS England.\n\nJanette O'Maoldhomhaigh has long wondered why her son Declan was still born at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.\n\nOn arriving there in October 2000, 33 weeks pregnant, she says she was placed on a monitor but after being left alone for about an hour, a doctor came and told her the baby had died.\n\nShe had to give birth to her son the following day, and needed the support of a charity to bury him.\n\n\"I didn't save money for a funeral as I didn't expect my son to die,\" she said.\n\nFollowing media reports, she has contacted the Ockenden inquiry to find out why her son died, why she was left alone for close to an hour and whether the wrong dosage of steroids was given to her for a long-standing chest complaint shortly before she gave birth.\n\nShrewsbury and Telford NHS trust has been in special measures since November 2018.\n\nWhen that downgrading was announced, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said external support would be offered to the trust by NHS England. But since then, care has deteriorated.\n\nIts accident and emergency department is regularly either the worst, or among the worst, in England. The number of patients seen within four hours of arrival has sometimes been as low as 65%.\n\nIn some months, hundreds of patients have spent more than 12 hours on trolleys waiting to be seen, while hundreds more are trapped in ambulances waiting for more than one hour to actually be admitted to hospital.\n\nThere is a widespread belief across Shropshire that while frontline staff are providing the best care they can, they've been let down for years by the trust's senior leadership.\n\nThe last CQC inspection was published in April.\n\nNinety-two breaches of legal requirements were found, and inspectors detailed 94 separate actions the trust must take.\n\nThe CQC found staff \"did not feel respected, valued, supported or appreciated\", and demonstrated high levels of bullying, harassment, discrimination, stress and work overload.\n\nDirectors of the trust described themselves as \"shocked\" that inspectors had downgraded their rating for providing a caring service - from good, to requires improvement.\n\nGill George, a long-time campaigner for better healthcare in Shropshire, said the biggest issue facing the trust was cultural, suggesting the senior team do not have a clear indication of what is happening at the trust.\n\nInspectors said \"leaders recognised the quality of data was poor however they were relying on and taking assurance from this data\".\n\nAccording to Ms George, \"because of quite a weak leadership over many, many years...what you have is a messy, complex, unhappy organisation with problems at virtually every level\".\n\nMaggie Bayley, interim chief nurse at the trust, said the potential new cases were found after the inquiry asked it to carry further checks, following an initial search of records held electronically.\n\nOn the latest CQC report, Ms Bayley said: \"We recognise that a significant amount of work needs to be undertaken to address the issues...\n\n\"There is a dedicated programme of improvement at the trust to address all the concerns raised with us. Some progress has been made, for example in our emergency departments.\"\n\nShe added: \"Services in maternity are now graded as being 'good' for caring, effectiveness and responsiveness....\n\n\"We are already receiving some positive feedback about the care we provide.\"", "EasyJet has been accused of intending to use pilots' sickness records when drawing up plans for over 700 job cuts.\n\nThe Balpa pilots' union said it was \"unnecessary and wrong\", claiming the airline was risking safety because unwell staff would report for work.\n\nEasyJet said general absenteeism could form part of its assessment, but denied sickness might be a key component.\n\nThe airline said it had put forward initial proposals for talks with Balpa which were at a very early stage.\n\nEasyJet is planning 727 pilot redundancies as part of up to 4,500 job cuts and a restructuring that includes closing bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle airports.\n\nThe airline has blamed the collapse in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAhead of the start of formal talks, Balpa said the airline has told pilot representatives it will use sickness as a component in choosing who loses their job.\n\nBrian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, called it outrageous. \"Flight safety is built on a culture of openness and not fear of repercussions. This is a well understood and fundamental tenet for everyone involved in ensuring our skies are safe.\n\n\"It is unnecessary and wrong that easyJet is intending to use sickness as a stick to beat its safety-critical staff. EasyJet has in the past rightly encouraged pilots to report in sick or fatigued if they are unfit to fly - that is in everyone's best interest.\"\n\nHe said EasyJet was planning to use the start of the coronavirus period as part of its sickness timeframe, when staff may have been sick or shielding themselves.\n\nBut the airline rejected Balpa's claims: \"We would never put forward proposals which would compromise safety as we have an industry-leading safety culture, as Balpa acknowledges.\n\n\"Safety is our number one priority and we are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward,\" the airline said in a statement.\n\nThe airline said it is still setting out formal proposals for talks with Balpa, and while sickness might be one of the criteria, the focus would be on attendance and conduct.\n\n\"It is not true to say that sickness is a key component of the proposals. We have put forward a full range of criteria, including absence, for discussion with the union,\" the airline.\n\nEasyJet added that any general absentee assessment would be based on data from before coronavirus hit.\n\nThe airline said: \"We are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward.\"\n\nMeanwhile, EasyJet said it had begun re-building its summer schedule and would be flying to and from all its UK bases across July and August, but at reduced capacity.\n\nThe airline said it planned to fly 50% of its 1,022 routes in July and 75% in August.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the flight volumes every two weeks and adjust capacity accordingly to latest booking trends,\" the EasyJet said.", "Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has defended his plans for new post-Brexit border infrastructure after Labour said the government was unprepared.\n\nA £705m funding package to help manage Britain's borders has been announced as the UK prepares to leave the EU customs union at the end of the year.\n\nMr Gove insisted the government had been \"laying the groundwork for months\".\n\nBut Labour's Rachel Reeves said the plans were \"too little, too late.\"\n\nThe funding announcement follows a leaked letter from International Trade Secretary Liz Truss raising concerns about the readiness of Britain's ports.\n\nUnder the plans, new border posts will be created inland where existing ports have no room to expand to cope with the extra checks that will be required.\n\nIt relates only to the external borders of England, Scotland and Wales. Mr Gove told BBC's Andrew Marr programme that more details will be set out about the situation for Northern Ireland \"later this month\".\n\nThe new funding will include up to £470m to build port and inland infrastructure, and £235m will be allocated for IT systems and staffing.\n\nThe money for IT and staffing includes:\n\nCabinet Office Minister Mr Gove said the funding would help the UK \"seize the opportunities\" post-Brexit.\n\nThe UK left the EU on 31 January and is now in an 11-month transition period, during which existing trading rules and membership of the customs union and single market apply.\n\nWhat the UK's relationship with the EU will look like when the transition period ends will depend on whether a trade deal is reached.\n\nNorthern Ireland will continue to follow some EU rules on agricultural and manufactured goods even after the transition period.\n\nCustoms checks on EU goods will be delayed until July 2021.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jonathan Blake breaks down the next round of Brexit negotiations\n\nA leaked letter, first reported by Business Insider, suggested Ms Truss had expressed concerns about the government's plans to phase in checks on EU goods coming into the UK after the Brexit transition period.\n\nMs Truss reportedly warned fellow ministers that failing to impose full border controls until July could see increased smuggling from the EU, lead to legal challenges at the World Trade Organization, and even weaken the union with Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Gove said: \"With or without further agreement with the EU, this £705m will ensure that the necessary infrastructure, tech and border personnel are in place so that our traders and the border industry are able to manage the changes and seize the opportunities as we lay the foundations for the world's most effective and secure border.\"\n\nFormer national security adviser Lord Ricketts responded on Twitter to Mr Gove's comments. \"It's not clear to me how we will have 'the world's most effective and secure border' (Mr Gove) when we will lose access on 1 Jan to the Schengen Information System which gives alerts on movement of criminals/suspects,\" he said.\n\nHe added that UK police and border staff consulted the shared Schengen system 600 million times last year.\n\nFormer director general of UK Border Force Tony Smith said the funding was \"obviously welcome\" but \"a bit late in coming\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said the plan showed the \"sheer complexity of the new bureaucracy\" which businesses face from 1 January and said it had been in discussions with the UK government as various sectors in Wales were affected.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked about reports the government had bought land in Kent to build a large lorry park as part of preparations for post-Brexit border checks, Mr Gove said: \"It is not our intention to create a massive concrete lorry park, it is the intention to provide the smart infrastructure which in Kent and elsewhere will allow the freight to flow.\"\n\nLabour shadow minister Rachel Reeves said the measures were \"too little, too late\" and accused the government of being unprepared.\n\nAnd on the Brexit talks she said: \"We were promised an oven-ready deal but it looks like the government forgot to turn the oven on,\" referring to the Conservative Party's election slogan.\n\nThe new Irish Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, told the BBC's Andrew Marr that his country does not yet have all the information it needs about the Irish sea border arrangements.\n\n\"We do need more details, we need more precision,\" he said. \"I think we need an injection of momentum into the overall talks between the European Union and United Kingdom in relation to Brexit.\"\n\nHe said although he believes progress towards a trade deal has been slow, he added: \"I believe that if there's a will there's a way in terms of resolving outstanding issues.\"\n\n\"I think there will be a deal, there has to be a deal,\" he said, but added: It can't be at any price.\"\n\nMr Gove said there had been \"movement\" in the negotiations but acknowledged that \"differences\" remained.\n\nBoth sides agreed to \"intensify\" negotiations last month and held the first face-to-face talks since the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of July.\n\nThe UK government has ruled out extending the transition period in order to reach a deal.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Gove also said the government will introduce a migration policy \"that ensures we're open to the world's best talent\".\n\nThe government is planning a points-based immigration system which treats EU migrants the same as those from the rest of the world and which takes different factors like skills and language into account when awarding visas allowing people to work in the UK.\n\nMr Gove said: \"And the new technology we're introducing will allow us to monitor with far greater precision exactly who, and what, is coming in and out of the country, enabling us to deal more effectively with organised crime and other security threats.\"\n\nMore details about changes to the immigration system will be revealed on Monday.\n\nWriting in the Sun on Sunday, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"We will scrap the bureaucratic Resident Labour Market Test, lower the skills and salary threshold and remove the cap on skilled workers.\"\n\nThe so-called \"resident labour market test\" only allows companies to recruit new workers from outside the EU if they are on the shortage list or if they have been unable to find anyone suitable after advertising in the UK.\n\n\"Our new Health and Care Visa will ensure the NHS continues to benefit from the outstanding health and care professionals who have kept this country on its feet throughout the pandemic,\" Ms Patel added.\n\nAnd she said \"a new graduate route will ensure international students can stay in the country once they have completed their studies\".", "A large police presence remains in the area where the boy was stabbed\n\nA 10-year-old boy has been stabbed and is being treated in a Bolton hospital.\n\nA man, aged 18, was later arrested in connection with the knifing near Bridgeman Street in Great Lever.\n\nEmergency crews were called at about 13:15 BST, but the stabbing is being treated as an \"isolated incident\", Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe boy is described as being in a stable condition and the suspect is being held on suspicion of assault, the force said.\n\nA witness told the Manchester Evening News there were five to six ambulances and up to seven police cars at the scene.\n\nIn a statement, GMP said a \"large police presence remains in the area, whilst investigation work is carried out\".\n\nDet Supt Joanne Rawlinson said: \"No child should ever be the victim of such a distressing incident... [but] we are pleased to hear the news the boy is doing well and that he may be discharged later today.\n\n\"I appreciate that such news is likely to cause upset and shock within the local community, as well as the wider public, but I can assure you that we are doing absolutely everything we can to piece together the circumstances of this incident.\n\n\"In a recent development, specially trained officers have made an arrest of an 18-year-old man who will be questioned by detectives in the coming hours.\"\n\nDet Supt Rawlinson added that if people \"have any concerns or issues, we would urge them to speak with the officers\" who remain in the area.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Vera's cortege halted as it passed through her home town of Ditchling\n\nTwo Spitfires flew over the funeral procession of Dame Vera Lynn as family, friends and fans said goodbye to the Forces' Sweetheart.\n\nHer cortege was accompanied by the Battle of Britain flypast as it travelled through Ditchling in East Sussex at midday.\n\nDame Vera died last month at the age of 103 and her funeral was held at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton.\n\nThe World War Two fighter planes made three passes over the village.\n\nHundreds of people had gathered to await the arrival of the cortege and the crowd applauded as the aircraft flew over.\n\nRepresentatives from the Royal British Legion stood with flags as they waited to honour Dame Vera.\n\nShops in the village displayed portraits of Dame Vera\n\nThe funeral procession stopped at the crossroads in the centre of Ditchling, where the singer lived for 50 years, to allow people to pay their respects.\n\nLater, as the procession made its way out of the village, there were shouts of \"hip hip hooray\" from the crowd.\n\nThe cheers were followed by a spontaneous rendition of We'll Meet Again, one of the songs Dame Vera was well-known for.\n\nA private service at the crematorium chapel included music from a bugler from the Royal Marines.\n\nThe family said a full memorial service would be held at a later date.\n\nPeople applauded as the Battle of Britain flypast took place\n\nDame Vera's daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, said Ditchling had always been special to her mother.\n\n\"That is why we know she would be touched that so many people want to pay their respects,\" she said.\n\nShe also urged people to continue to back the causes that were important to her mother, adding: \"We are sure her music will endure forever but most importantly, we hope that people will continue to support those charities that she cared about so much.\n\n\"It means so much to us to see my mother's legacy living on.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted footage of the flypast, saying it has been \"a farewell befitting a truly great Briton\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Boris Johnson #StayAlert This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said Dame Vera's work would never be forgotten.\n\n\"Her support helped to sustain the fortitude of British personnel deployed around the world and those waiting for them to return,\" he said.\n\nChief of Defence Staff Sir Nick Carter said the Armed Forces would be \"forever grateful\" to Dame Vera, adding: \"Her lasting legacy of lifting spirits will remain.\"\n\nThe Spitfires made three passes over Ditchling as hundreds of people lined the streets\n\nEvery lamppost in the narrow streets of Ditchling bears a large poppy.\n\nUnion flags flutter in the breeze and shop windows display portraits of the woman who became known as the Forces' Sweetheart.\n\nCamera crews and photographers have descended on the village along with servicemen and women who have come to pay their respects.\n\nIt is a fond farewell for Dame Vera.\n\nA picture of Dame Vera and a video were projected on to Dover's white cliffs ahead of her funeral.\n\nThe lyrics of We'll Meet Again appeared as the music was played across the English Channel.\n\nThe projection on the 350ft cliffs was visible to ships and planes and could also be seen from the main road and some back gardens.\n\nThe singer was best known for performing hits such as We'll Meet Again to troops on the front line.\n\nDame Vera, who had sold more than a million records by the age of 22, was also remembered for singing The White Cliffs Of Dover, There'll Always Be An England, I'll Be Seeing You, Wishing and If Only I Had Wings.\n\nDame Vera's face and the lyrics to We'll Meet Again were projected on to the cliffs at Dover\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe Football Association of Ireland says former manager Jack Charlton \"changed Irish football forever\".\n\nThe former Leeds and England defender, who had been diagnosed with lymphoma, died on Friday aged 85.\n\nEngland said it was \"devastated\" by the death of a key member of the 1966 World Cup-winning side.\n\nTributes were also paid by former clubs Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough.\n• None 'Player, manager, pundit - Charlton was one of football's legendary characters'\n• None \"You either worked in the pit or you played football\" Jack Charlton on Desert Island Discs\n• None Football Daily: 'He was a natural leader' - a tribute to Jack Charlton\n\nCharlton spent his entire playing career with Leeds between 1953 and 1973, before joining Middlesbrough later that year in his first managerial post.\n\nIn 1977, he took over at Wednesday and had a spell with his boyhood club Newcastle before moving into international management with the Republic of Ireland in 1986.\n\n\"Charlton's contribution to the game and Leeds United will never be forgotten,\" said the West Yorkshire club.\n\n\"He will remain in football folklore forever and his records at Leeds United are unlikely ever to be surpassed.\"\n\nNewcastle United said: \"We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former NUFC manager and England World Cup winner Jack Charlton at the age of 85. RIP, Jack. A true legend of the game.\"\n\nSheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough said they were \"saddened\" to hear of Charlton's death.\n\nOne of English football's most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, alongside his brother Bobby.\n\nCharlton achieved unprecedented success with the Republic of Ireland, leading them to their first major finals at Euro 88 and the World Cup quarter-finals at Italia 90.\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland international David O'Leary, whose winning penalty against Romania guided the country into the quarter-final in 1990, told BBC Radio 5 Live Charlton's \"impact was immense\".\n\n\"He took the country from really low down to something very, very special. He was fantastic for Ireland and I think Ireland was fantastic for Jack and they both complemented each other in that great run of success,\" said O'Leary.\n\n\"So many people who weren't football fans got so much enjoyment, particularly during Italia 90, because any time we played, the whole country stopped to watch the match.\n\n\"Jack never let anything faze him. He had a very direct way of playing and he wasn't a man that was concerned about the opposition. It was about us playing the way he believed was best for us. He kept things simple.\"\n\nAshington-born Charlton never played for his boyhood club Newcastle, instead joining Leeds United as a 15-year-old and spent his whole playing career with the Whites.\n\nCharlton made a record 773 appearances between 1953 and 1973, winning an English league title, FA Cup, League Cup and two Fairs Cups.\n\nHe is the third Leeds United legend to have died this year, following the deaths of team-mates Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry.\n\nThe Leeds United Supporters' Trust hoped the club, which leads the Championship, can seal promotion to the Premier League as a fitting tribute to the three men.\n\n\"Another massively sad day for the fans and club as we lose another legend. RIP Big Jack,\" it said.\n\n\"If there was ever a more prominent year for us to go up it's now, let's do it for Jack, Norman and Trevor.\"\n\nCurrent Leeds United captain Liam Cooper said Charlton's death was \"a very sad day\".\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker: \"Saddened to hear that Jack Charlton has passed away. World Cup winner with England, manager of probably the best ever Ireland side and a wonderfully infectious personality to boot.\"\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland defender Paul McGrath: \"Absolutely gutted. Father figure to me for 10 years, thanks for having faith in me. Sleep well Jack, Love ya. Broken heart.\"\n\nTimes football writer Henry Winter: \"Sad, sad day. RIP Jack Charlton. Epitome of the word legend. A winner as a player, gave everything for Leeds United and England. Inspirational manager and wonderful company. He lived the fullest of lives and enriched so many lives. Thoughts with Jack's family and his many, many friends.\"\n\nFormer Leeds United and Republic of Ireland midfielder Johnny Giles on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"When Don Revie took over at Leeds, Jack didn't have a great reputation with training and he was prepared to let him go, but he really knuckled down and he was the best defender in what is now the Premier League for five years.\"\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland midfielder Mark Lawrenson on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"As a manager, he had a dose of realism. Johnny Giles gave me my debut for the Republic when he was player/manager but somewhere along the line, there was always a manager who was going to come and make those players a better team, and it was Jack.\"", "Police released images of suspects lying on the ground\n\nFive people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership.\n\nSouth African police said they had rescued men, women and children from a \"hostage situation\" on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Saturday morning.\n\nThey have also arrested at least 40 people, and seized dozens of weapons.\n\nEyewitnesses say the men who stormed the International Pentecostal Holiness Church were part of a splinter group.\n\nThe church's leadership has reportedly been the subject of infighting since its former leader died in 2016. Police had previously been called to the church following a shoot out between members in 2018, South Africa's IOL reports.\n\nThe year before, the church's finances had come under the spotlight, amid allegations some 110m rand ($6.5m; £5.2m) had gone missing, according to The Sowetan newspaper.\n\nOn Saturday, police were called to the church in Zuurbekom in the West Rand at 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT).\n\nA number of weapons have been recovered by police\n\nAccording to national police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo, a group of attackers indicated to those inside \"that they were coming to take over the premises\".\n\nHe said four people had been found shot and burnt to death in cars, while a security guard, who was thought to have been responding to the incident, was also fatally shot.\n\nFive rifles, 16 shotguns and 13 pistols, along with other weapons, were found at the church, which police have been combing for evidence.\n\nThe South African Police Service (SAPS) said that among those arrested were members of SAPS, the South African National Defence Force, the Johannesburg Metro Police Department and the Department of Correctional Services.\n\nThe International Pentecostal Holiness Church is thought to have about three million members in Southern Africa.\n\nWhile the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, one of the largest churches in that region, has made tabloid headlines over missing money and its leadership squabbles in the last few years, what happened on Saturday took many by surprise - including authorities.\n\nNow police say they have launched a high-level investigation looking into the exact circumstances around the shooting - not least, who ordered the attack.\n\nPart of the investigation is trying to ascertain whether the four people who were killed and burnt inside a car were part of the group who had earlier stormed into the church.\n\n\"We've arrested all those we reasonably believed are suspects. They have been taking in for questioning,\" said police spokesperson Vish Naidoo.\n\nAs night falls, police officers have been deployed to monitor the safety of hundreds of congregants living on the church premises who are said to be fearful of another attack.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nNorwich City became the first club to be relegated from the Premier League this season as Michail Antonio scored all four goals to ease West Ham's troubles near the bottom of the table.\n\nA seventh successive league defeat left Daniel Farke's side anchored at the foot of the table, 13 points from safety with only three games to play.\n\nHaving struggled to adapt since winning the Championship last season, Norwich's third relegation in seven seasons was sealed by Antonio's superb performance in front of goal.\n\nThe forward volleyed the first from inside the six-yard area after Issa Diop's flick from a corner before using his head to guide Mark Noble's free-kick beyond Tim Krul.\n\nHammers skipper Noble also provided the ball over the top for Antonio's hat-trick. Krul saved his initial shot but it fell invitingly for the West Ham player to head over the line. His fourth was a tap-in from Ryan Fredericks' pass.\n\nWest Ham's first Premier League away win under David Moyes lifts them six points above the relegation zone, with two of their remaining three matches at home to fellow strugglers Watford and Aston Villa.\n\nNorwich's dreadful form since the Premier League resumed after being suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic meant it was a matter of when - not if - they would be relegated\n\nTheir 24th league defeat came after an abject performance, the Canaries failing to score for a league-high 17th game this season.\n\nArgentine midfielder Emiliano Buendia tested Lukasz Fabianski while Teemu Pukki, who has not scored since netting his 11th league goal of the season on 22 January, headed a good chance wide.\n• None 'The outcome is more or less what was expected' - Farke has no regrets after relegation\n• None Reaction from Carrow Road as Norwich City are relegated\n\nWhat went wrong for the Canaries?\n\nThere were emotional scenes at Carrow Road when referee Kevin Friend signalled the end of the match.\n\nA number of Norwich players dropped to the ground while boss Farke consoled his team.\n\nHaving spent the majority of this prolonged campaign in the bottom three, the end of the season cannot come soon enough.\n\nThe Canaries depart England's top flight having caused one of the biggest shocks of the season, a 3-2 win over defending champions Manchester City, while Farke's side also held Arsenal and Tottenham at home, and won at Everton.\n\nWhen Jamal Lewis hit the winner against Champions League hopefuls Leicester on 28 February, shortly before the season was suspended, Norwich were just four points from safety with 10 games remaining.\n\nBut they have been woeful since the restart, losing all six league games by an aggregate score of 15-1.\n\nFarke opted to keep the core of last season's team that finished with five more points than Sheffield United on the way to winning the Championship in impressive style.\n\nNine of the 11 players that started against West Ham also started the final Championship game of last season against Villa.\n\nWhile Villa spent more than £100m after winning promotion via the play-offs, Norwich spent a fraction of that sum, with £750,000 for West Ham right-back Sam Byram one of their biggest outlays.\n\nThey have managed just five clean sheets and scored only seven times away from Carrow Road.\n\nWith two of their three remaining games at third-placed Chelsea and second-placed Manchester City, they are on course to finish the season with the fewest away goals in the Premier League era.\n\nWhat now for Farke and his players?\n\nFarke insists Norwich will not do anything \"crazy\" in the transfer market as they look to bounce back in 2020-21 - but there are some important decisions to be made.\n\nThe former Borussia Dortmund reserve-team boss has a contract until 2022 and is keen to stay and rebuild a team capable of making an immediate return to the Premier League.\n\nWhether Farke will be in charge after a dreadful run of form remains to be seen, while Norwich's hierarchy has some tough decisions to make concerning the future of the club's playing assets.\n\nIn November 2019, the Canaries announced losses of £38m for the financial year ending June 2019 before senior staff forecast a profit in the region of £16m for 2019-20.\n\nThat was before the season was suspended, Norwich warning in April that they could lose up to £35m because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt may prompt Norwich to cash in on highly-rated young players like Ben Godfrey and Todd Cantwell, although Farke stated on the eve of the West Ham game: \"If we want to bounce back next season it is important we keep our best players to be competitive.\"\n\nDefender Godfrey, 22, has been linked with German teams Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, while Sheffield United are reported to be interested in 22-year-old midfielder Cantwell.\n\nThis was a huge win for West Ham - and not just in terms of the score.\n\nHaving started the game three points above the relegation zone, they have created some breathing space before the last three games of the season - and left Bournemouth and Aston Villa in big trouble.\n\nThe Hammers had failed to win any of their previous seven away league games under Moyes - but they made up for it as they claimed their biggest away win in the Premier League since November 2007.\n\nIn addition to scoring the first hat-trick of his professional career, Antonio became the first West Ham player to score four goals in a league match since David Cross against Tottenham in September 1981.\n\nSince the restart, Antonio has been involved in 78% of West Ham's Premier League goals, scoring six and assisting one - form Moyes will hope he can continue to the end of the season.\n• None Norwich have been relegated from the Premier League for a record fifth time.\n• None West Ham picked up their first away win in the Premier League since December (1-0 v Southampton), ending a run of eight games on the road without a win (D1 L7).\n• None Norwich have lost 24 Premier League games this season - in no league season in their history have they ever lost more.\n• None The Canaries have conceded 17 goals from set-piece situations in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties), more than any other side.\n\nWhile Norwich are back in action on Tuesday at Chelsea (20:15 BST), West Ham host fellow strugglers Watford next Friday (20:00 BST).\n• None Attempt missed. Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.\n• None Offside, Norwich City. Todd Cantwell tries a through ball, but Adam Idah is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Norwich City 0, West Ham United 4. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Fredericks. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Memorial events are being held in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the anniversary of the massacre\n\nBoris Johnson has paid tribute to the victims of Srebrenica to mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\n\nAround 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed in 1995 by Bosnian Serb forces - the worst atrocity on European soil since the end of World War Two.\n\nThe prime minister said \"we owe it to the victims\" to remember Srebrenica and \"to ensure it never happens again\".\n\nIt comes after he was criticised for a 1997 article he wrote about Srebrenica.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Johnson was urged to apologise for his comments in which he described \"these Muslims\" as not \"exactly angels\".\n\nIn a letter from more than 100 Muslim representatives and 30 MPs, Labour's Tony Lloyd said there can be \"no excuse for in any way blaming the victims of a genocide for its perpetration\".\n\nBut Downing Street said the comments had been taken out of context.\n\nMr Johnson said in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday: \"I want to join with you once more in mourning the victims of those terrible events, and to stand with the families in their fight for justice.\n\n\"As in so many cases from this conflict which brought violence and destruction across the western Balkans, many families still do not know what happened to their loved ones. Many perpetrators have still not been held to account.\n\n\"And there are those who would prefer to forget or deny the enormity of what took place. We must not allow that to happen.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab, who previously worked as a Foreign Office lawyer involved in bringing war criminals to justice at the Hague, also released a statement.\n\nHe said: \"During my time in the Hague between 2003 and 2006, pursuing those responsible for this dark chapter in European history, I was reminded daily of the heinous cruelty perpetrated against the innocent.\n\n\"The UK is determined to end impunity and help rebuild those countries affected.\"\n\nThe massacre took place during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) when the Serb army was engaged in an ethnic-cleansing operation.\n\nThousands of Muslims sought safety in Srebrenica, which the UN was protecting with Dutch forces, but the area fell in July 1995 during a Serb offensive led by General Ratko Mladic.\n\nPrince Charles had planned to personally pay his respects at nearby Potocari cemetery but the trip was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn a recorded message, he said the \"terrible events\" of July 1995 were \"a dreadful stain on our collective conscience\".\n\nHe said: \"The international community failed those who were killed, those who somehow survived and those who endure the terrible loss of their loved ones.\n\n\"By remembering the pain of the past and learning its lessons, we can together resolve that it must never happen again.\"", "West Midlands Police said the one-year-old fell from the window of a flat at the YMCA in Erdington\n\nA one-year-old boy has suffered a serious head injury falling from a second-floor window, police say.\n\nThe child fell from the window of a flat in the YMCA on Reservoir Road in Erdington, Birmingham, shortly before 19:30 BST on Friday.\n\nHe remains in hospital and inquiries are continuing into the circumstances, West Midlands Police said.\n\nNo-one has been arrested. The force has urged any witnesses and anyone else with information to get in contact.\n\nWest Midlands Police has urged anyone with information to come forward\n\nA spokesperson for YMCA Heart of England said the child had fallen from a second-floor flat at its housing scheme, The Vineyard.\n\n\"Staff from the YMCA scheme next door attended the scene within minutes and offered our support to the family and everyone involved,\" they said\n\n\"Our heart goes out to the little boy's family and our thoughts and prayers are with them.\n\n\"We are working with the West Midlands Police and will be carrying out our own investigation internally so that we fully understand what has taken place. YMCA Heart of England takes health and safety extremely seriously and our residents' safety and welfare is central to everything we do.\"\n\nIt said The Vineyard, which opened in May 2016 \"meets or exceeds all relevant safety standards\".\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The wife of Philippe Monguillot, Veronique Monguillot (centre), holds a portrait of her husband during a protest march\n\nA bus driver has died in France, five days after he was attacked by passengers who reportedly refused to wear face masks, his family says.\n\nPhilippe Monguillot, aged 59, had been left brain dead after the assault in the south-western city of Bayonne.\n\n\"We decided to let him go,\" his daughter Marie told AFP news agency, saying doctors had agreed.\n\nTwo men in their 20s were arrested and charged with attempted murder after the assault late on Sunday.\n\nTwo other men were charged with failing to help a person in danger while a fifth man was charged with attempting to hide a suspect.\n\nMr Monguillot was set upon after he reportedly asked three of the men to put on face masks and also tried to check another man's ticket.\n\nFace masks are mandatory on public transport in France.\n\nThe mayor of Bayonne condemned the \"barbaric act\", local media report.\n\nOn Wednesday, thousands of people took part in a protest march in the city.\n\nRegional bus services were severely disrupted as drivers refused to work following the incident.", "Ishak Mostefaoui is the first IS-supporter from the UK to die in the custody of the Syrian Democratic Forces\n\nA man who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria has died while being held in prison in the country, the BBC has been told.\n\nOne source said that Ishak Mostefaoui, previously from east London, was killed while attempting to escape custody.\n\nAnother said the death came during serious disorder in a jail in Hassakeh, which houses IS prisoners from various countries.\n\nThe death and surrounding circumstances have not been officially confirmed.\n\nAfter being captured last year, the 27-year-old was held in a prison in north-east Syria controlled by the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.\n\nSources said he was one of around 10 British men and 30 British women being held by the militia - but he was the first to die in SDF custody.\n\nThe prison where he was held is a converted school. When the BBC spoke to him there last October he admitted joining IS.\n\nThe general situation in the prisons and camps where IS prisoners are being held has deteriorated this year and there have been several riots.\n\nThe British government has refused to allow adult prisoners to return to the UK, saying they should be put on trial in the region.\n\nA government spokesman told the BBC the Foreign Office had advised against all travel to Syria since 2011.\n\nThey added: \"Those who chose to leave the UK and fight for, or support, Daesh potentially pose a very serious national security risk.\"\n\nA cell at the prison where Mostefauoi was being held\n\nThe SDF has said foreign states should take responsibility for their citizens, stating earlier this year that IS prisoners were \"a time bomb\" and \"we need to set up international courts, under UN jurisdiction, and try them in NE Syria where they perpetrated their crimes\".\n\nSeveral countries have arranged for the return of some citizens.\n\nMinisters have said that, of the estimated 900 people who have left the UK for Syria to join violent Islamist groups, 20% have died, 40% have returned to the UK, and 40% are still in the region.\n\nThere are differing accounts of how Mostefauoi died.\n\nThe BBC has been given the two versions: that he was shot while trying to escape, and the other that he was killed during recent rioting.\n\nAn IS propaganda channel on a messaging app claims he was killed while trying to get water during a siege of the prison that also saw food and medication withheld from inmates.\n\nLast year, the BBC revealed that Mostefaoui was one of several University of Westminster students to have travelled to Syria.\n\nHis Algerian family had settled in London when Mostefaoui was five. He was described as a popular, football-loving boy, brought up in a home that was opposed to extremism, but he later became increasingly radicalised while a student.\n\nIn April 2014, Mostfaoui told his father that he was going to Amsterdam for a few days, leaving with just a small bag, and he then secretly made his way to Syria.\n\nIn 2018, Mostefaoui had his British citizenship revoked.\n• None 'At least seven from my university joined IS'", "Estimates suggested up to 40,000 people took part\n\nThousands of people have taken part in protests in Russia's far east over the arrest of a regional leader.\n\nThey marched to the regional government in Khabarovsk shouting slogans against President Vladimir Putin.\n\nKhabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal was detained on Thursday, accused of having ordered the killing of several business people 15 years ago.\n\nMr Furgal defeated the candidate of Mr Putin's United Russia party in elections two years ago.\n\nHis party, the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democrat Party of Russia, is usually seen as loyal to the Kremlin.\n\nBut correspondents say Mr Furgal's victory was seen as a blow to United Russia's grip on power in the regions, and he is a popular figure in the far east.\n\nSergei Furgal was remanded in custody on Friday\n\nEstimates by regional media and opposition put the number of demonstrators at between 5,000 and 40,000, in a city of about 600,000 inhabitants.\n\nOpposition leader Alexei Navalny's regional office described the rally, which lasted nearly four hours, as \"an absolute record for our region and a unique show of unity in society\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Штаб Навального в Хабаровске This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVideo footage showed protesters shouting slogans such as \"Freedom!\", \"Putin is a thief\" and \"Putin, resign\".\n\nSeveral other towns in the region held smaller protests. Police did not intervene or make any arrests.\n\nThousands took to the streets of Khabarovsk in what locals are calling the biggest protest they've seen in decades.\n\nThey're angry at the arrest of Sergei Furgal and from their chants - against Moscow, and against Vladimir Putin himself - they believe the move is political.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Furgal beat the Kremlin's chosen candidate for governor by a landslide. He's proved popular locally, cutting the number of civil servants and putting the governor's yacht up for sale.\n\nNow he's facing a murder charge, from his pre-political days in the murky world of metals trading. Mr Furgal's supporters want to know why the authorities waited until now, though, 15 years later to arrest him.\n\nThe protests were not authorised and in Khabarovsk the meeting point had been taped-off overnight, supposedly for Covid 19 disinfection. But the crowds marched in any case, and the police - on this occasion - didn't intervene.\n\nMr Furgal was arrested by masked law enforcement officers on 9 July and brought to Moscow. A day later he was remanded in custody for two months ahead of his trial.\n\nHe is accused of organising two murders and one attempted murder of businessmen in 2004-05, and could face life imprisonment.\n\nThe arrest comes amid fears of a crackdown on opposition following last week's vote to approve constitutional reforms that will allow Mr Putin the option of seeking two more terms in office.\n\nOn Tuesday, Russian space agency official and former journalist Ivan Safranov was charged with treason, following accusations that he had passed official secrets to a Nato country.", "Scott McGlynn used make-up to hide his acne while he was at school\n\nSocial media influencer Scott McGlynn has more than 150,000 Instagram followers and can earn £6,000 for his beauty and skin care posts.\n\nBut as a teenager bullies targeted him for his acne, dubbing him \"pizza face\".\n\nHis face and back were affected by the condition, which left him lonely and depressed.\n\nNow, a clinical psychology expert has called for more specialist training for healthcare professionals with \"centres of excellence\" in Wales.\n\n\"It was really bad, I had it all over my back as well,\" said Scott, 33. \"It went up my forehead and around my face and cheeks.\"\n\nThe bullying started when he was 12 and Scott, who now has 153,000 Instagram followers, would wear makeup to hide his acne.\n\n\"When people would comment on how I looked it would affect my confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"I would walk with my face looking at the floor, hoping that no-one would say anything. I don't think the teachers were really trained to deal with situations like that.\"\n\nOnce a week, pizza would be served as school dinner and Scott \"didn't even want to eat in the dining hall then\".\n\n\"There was a stage where I would eat lunch in a classroom with two of my friends.\"\n\nScott says the bullies who used to torment him have tried to get in touch with him\n\nHe would avoid PE so he did not have to get changed in front of everyone else: \"Putting myself in a boys changing room, it was a very vulnerable situation. Why would I do that to myself?\"\n\nHis acne and the bullying he suffered left him introspective.\n\n\"If you met me back then you would not think I would ever do anything on social media,\" Scott, from Cardiff, said.\n\nThe support of his family helped: \"Luckily I didn't have suicidal thoughts in my head, the only reason is that I had my family there.\n\n\"If they were not there I do not know where I would be right now.\"\n\nFellow pupils at his school would call him names such as pizza-face\n\nLast year Scott was named a global skincare ambassador for Neutrogena - something he called a \"pinch me\" moment.\n\nSince the publication of of his memoir Out, and his podcast going top five in the UK iTunes chart, Scott said his former bullies have tried to get in touch.\n\n\"I don't want to know,\" he said.\n\nAcne is a common skin condition characterised by blackheads, whiteheads and pus-filled spots.\n\nIt usually starts at puberty and varies in severity from a few spots to a more significant problem that may cause scarring.\n\nA degree of acne affects nearly all people between the ages of 15 and 17.\n\nFor the majority of sufferers it tends to clear up by the late teens or early 20s, but for some it persists longer.\n\nAndrew Thompson, professor of clinical psychology at Cardiff University and a spokesman for The British Skin Foundation, said: \"There is not enough psychological support for people.\n\n\"There are psychological services available to the extent there are general services available. They are not going to turn people away.\n\n\"But those services are rather stretched and many of the practitioners have not had the training for working around people living with the impact of a skin condition.\n\n\"Dermatology services are stretched. Mental health services are stretched. And people with skin conditions fall between the gaps.\"\n\nProf Andrew Thompson said there were not enough psychological services for people with skin conditions\n\nHe said he wanted more training for healthcare professionals in treating people with skin conditions in psychological distress, with \"centres of excellence\" in Wales.\n\n\"There are some centres in London and Birmingham but as far as I am aware I do not think there are any in Wales.\"\n\nOlivia Hughes sits on the committee of Skin Care Cymru, and has suffered from psoriasis since she was seven.\n\nThe Swansea University student is writing her dissertation on the emotional impact of her condition and said there was \"not a lot in Wales\" for people who needed psychological help.\n\n\"It is very much something you have got to seek yourself, it is not something that is offered with treatment,\" the 24-year-old said.\n\n\"The physical aspects of skin conditions are looked at as being more important than the psychological effects, which are seen as secondary.\n\n\"But they are just as significant. There should be more of a combined approach.\"\n\nOlivia Hughes is writing her dissertation on the emotional impact of her psoriasis\n\nTo get psychological treatment people have to go through their GP, she said.\n\nShe accepted funding may be a \"massive issue\" but having a specialised service to help people struggling psychologically \"would be really valuable\".\n\nScott agreed services in Wales needed improving: \"Absolutely, there should be a centre of excellence.\"\n\nThe Welsh government confirmed there were no specialised dermatology services in Wales, but there had been a review of services to examine gaps that existed.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We expect health boards to put in place services tailored to the individual needs of patients, including any psychological support they might require to help them manage their condition.\"", "Jack Charlton, who has died aged 85, will always be remembered as one of the group of 11 England players who won the World Cup against West Germany in 1966.\n\nAnd yet there was so much more to the rounded, wonderful career of one of football's legendary characters - as a player with Leeds United, manager at club and international level and also as one of the first generation of television pundits, going on to enjoy a long and distinguished career in broadcasting.\n\nPlaying alongside younger brother Bobby, the Ashington-born centre-half was the late developer who went on to the greatest glory with his country.\n\nThe man simply known as 'Big Jack', of great football stock as a cousin of Newcastle United legend 'Wor Jackie' Milburn, also won the game's major club honours as part of Don Revie's Leeds United side and was a fine manager with Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle before his wonderful spell in charge of the Republic of Ireland.\n• None 'He changed our lives' - former players pay tribute\n• None Football Daily: 'He was a natural leader' - a tribute to Jack Charlton\n\nCharlton's spiky, outspoken nature was allied to a genuine, humorous, honest personality which ensured him iconic status not just as an Englishman but also as an honorary Irishman.\n\nThe giant Charlton, nicknamed 'the Giraffe' because of his long neck and the stature that made him the scourge of forwards and goalkeepers alike - almost inventing the ploy of standing in front of keepers at corners - had a slow-burning playing career.\n\nAnd rather like his great Leeds central defensive partner Norman Hunter, who also sadly died recently, his no-nonsense approach often disguised the great ability he had as a footballer.\n\nCharlton's career, if not exactly going nowhere, was lacking in direction until he fell under the guidance of Revie, who was able to harness the more maverick nature of his personality with his talent to make him an essential element of a wonderful side, going on to make a record 773 appearances for Leeds over a 23-year period as a player.\n\nHe also scored 96 goals for the club, making him ninth on their list of all-time scorers.\n\nRevie brought together a group of young players and experienced hands such as Charlton alongside Hunter, Billy Bremner, Peter Lorimer and shrewd signings such as the veteran Bobby Collins and John Giles, signed from Manchester United for a paltry £33,000.\n\nAfter gaining promotion to the former First Division in 1964, Charlton helped Leeds reach the 1965 FA Cup final, where they lost to Liverpool, but success was just around the corner and after another losing final, the brutal two-game affair against Chelsea in 1970, they finally won the coveted trophy by beating Arsenal in 1972.\n\nThe Holy Grail, the league title, was won in 1968-69, and there was silverware elsewhere such as the League Cup in 1968 and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner of the Uefa Cup and Europa League) in 1967-68 and 1970-71.\n\nCharlton was never bound by the usual conventions, making him an even more colourful presence in the game.\n\nHe once courted trouble with the authorities by revealing he had \"a little black book\" of players he intended to, shall we say, meet again on the pitch, if they had ever crossed him - one of whom was believed to be former Everton hard man Johnny Morrissey, a tough Scouser who even his ruthless team-mate Giles suggested was an adversary best avoided.\n\nThe great Leeds team, and this was a great team, was somewhat overshadowed by their reputation for a physical approach, and should have won more than the honours that came their way - but his presence ensured Charlton still became one of the most decorated players of his era.\n\nIt was with England, however, that Charlton wrote his name indelibly into the history books. And, like his development at Leeds, his emergence as an international came later in his career.\n\nCharlton had turned 29 when he made his England debut in a 2-2 draw with Scotland at Wembley in April 1965.\n\nHe was so surprised at his call-up he subsequently asked manager Sir Alf Ramsey why he had picked him. Charlton revealed Ramsey's deadpan response was: \"I pick the best team for my pattern of play, Jack - I don't always pick the best players.\"\n\nIt was a team that became champions of the world on 30 July the following year, with one of the enduring images of England's 4-2 win after extra time against West Germany a picture of Charlton sinking to his knees, overcome by emotion, before embracing his tearful brother Bobby.\n\n\"People say to me 'was that the most memorable day of your life?' and I say 'not really' because unlike our kid [brother Bobby] and Bobby Moore, I hadn't been with them for years and years aiming for this,\" Charlton told Desert Island Discs in 1996. \"I'd just come in , done it and gone. The most joy as a player was winning the league championship with Leeds at Liverpool.\"\n\nCharlton, who won the Footballer of the Year award in 1967, went on to win 35 caps for England, the last of which came in a 1-0 win over Czechoslovakia in a group game at the Mexico World Cup in June 1970, aged 35.\n\nFollowing his retirement from playing at Leeds, Charlton was appointed manager of Middlesbrough in May 1973, his character proving more suited to the job than his quieter and more reserved brother, who had an undistinguished spell in charge of Preston North End.\n\nLegend has it he declined to be interviewed, simply handing the Middlesbrough board a list of what his responsibilities would be and warning any interference on the playing side would not be tolerated.\n\nCharlton was an instant success, winning promotion to the First Division with a top-class Middlesbrough side boasting a host of very fine players such as Graeme Souness, Willie Maddren, David Armstrong and many others.\n\nHe stayed at Middlesbrough for four years before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday, during which time he took the Owls from the bottom of the old Third Division to promotion, reaching the FA Cup semi-final in 1983, only for defeat to soon be followed by his departure.\n\nCharlton had a short spell back at Middlesbrough as caretaker before taking over at Newcastle in June 1984 but it was unproductive and he left in 1985 - before what many consider to be the crowning glory of his managerial career.\n\nHe had applied for the England job when his old boss Revie resigned in 1976 but never received a reply - instead he was appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland in February 1986.\n\nWhat followed was a glorious thrill ride that provided a thousand tales of Charlton's eccentric approach (although he was perhaps wily enough to use some of that to cover up an incredibly shrewd tactical mind and superb knowledge) and a period of success that still brings a warm glow to Ireland whenever it is recalled.\n\nCharlton made good use of eligibility rules to build a formidable side with players born outside the Republic of Ireland, such as central defender Mick McCarthy and forwards Tony Cascarino and John Aldridge.\n\nThe first sign of things to come was delivered at the 1988 European Championship when, despite losing world-class players such as Mark Lawrenson after his retirement through injury, Charlton's side beat Bobby Robson's England 1-0 in a group game.\n\nIreland just failed to make it out of the group but Charlton masterminded a run to the quarter-finals of the Italia '90 World Cup, qualifying from a group that included England and the Netherlands, both games drawn 1-1, before a win on penalties over Romania and then a narrow 1-0 defeat against hosts Italy in the last eight.\n\nThe Irish squad had an audience with Pope John Paul II in Rome during the tournament (when the football fan Pontiff allegedly referred to Charlton as \"the Boss\") and such was the pleasure Charlton's team had brought to the country a crowd of more than 500,000 welcomed them back to Dublin.\n\nCharlton guided his team to the last 16 at the next World Cup in the United States four years later, including a win over eventual finalists Italy in the group, before losing to the Netherlands. He was also awarded the freedom of the city of Dublin that year. He was awarded honorary Irish citizenship two years later.\n\nAnd it was the Netherlands who brought the curtain down on his time in charge when they beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 at Anfield in a play-off to reach Euro '96.\n\nIf the art of management is to extract the maximum from the players at your disposal, Charlton and his trusted lieutenant Maurice Setters did that and more with Ireland.\n\nCharlton had also built a career as a skilled pundit, starting as a member of ITV's revolutionary World Cup 'panel' in 1974, and the recent revisiting of Euro '96 demonstrated his charismatic style as a standout analyst.\n\nFor a career that came late to prominence, Charlton lived the fullest of football lives and is guaranteed his place in the game's Hall of Fame.", "US President Donald Trump weighed in on his long-term ally Roger Stone's 40-month prison sentence.\n\nHe was found guilty in November on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering\n\nMr Trump said he'd \"love to see Roger [Stone] exonerated\" but also wants \"the process to be played out\".", "Angela Rayner accused Conservatives of \"turning their backs\" on the North\n\nLabour has warned that the economic downturn caused by coronavirus must not \"increase the gap\" in income and wealth between the north and south of England.\n\nIn a speech, deputy leader Angela Rayner urged the government to think of the \"human cost\" of unemployment.\n\nShe also argued that the stamp-duty holiday would help people in London more than those anywhere else.\n\nBoris Johnson has promised to \"level up\" the country, helping parts feeling \"left behind, neglected, unloved\".\n\nLast month, the prime minister set out a £5bn plan to build homes and infrastructure as part of measures to deal with the expected massive recession following the nationwide lockdown.\n\nThe UK economy shrank by 2.2% during the first three months of this year, according to official figures - the joint-largest quarterly fall since 1979.\n\nAnd the Office for National Statistics' data for April show a monthly fall of 20.4% - by far the biggest on record.\n\nIn a pre-recorded speech for the Durham Miners' Gala, the annual labour movement and trade union celebration which takes place online on Saturday, Ms Rayner spoke of her fears that the government might use the downturn to justify a policy of \"managed decline\" for northern England.\n\nShe said: \"The north-south divide is continuing to grow and we cannot afford for the economic impact of coronavirus to increase this gap even more.\n\n\"The Tories talk a good game on this issue but their record of turning their backs on the North speaks for itself.\"\n\nIn his summer statement this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England to reinvigorate the property market.\n\nMs Rayner, citing research by the Resolution Foundation think tank, said this would not help the average homebuyer in north-east England, while the average buyer in London would save £14,200.\n\nShe added that the large rises in unemployment seen in former industrial areas of the North during the 1980s should not be allowed to happen again.\n\nLabour is keen to regain many former safe seats across northern England and the Midlands - once known as the \"red wall\" - that it lost in December's landslide general election victory for Boris Johnson.\n\nLast month, the prime minister said his plans would ensure \"jobs, jobs, jobs\" and that there would be no return to austerity during the coronavirus downturn.", "Jack Charlton explains his football philosophy in a BBC Sport interview during his reign as Republic of Ireland boss from 1986 to 1995.\n\nCharlton was accused of an over-reliance on long ball tactics although his time in charge saw unprecedented success for the country as it qualified for three major tournaments after never having previously reached a finals.", "Stroke, delirium, anxiety, confusion, fatigue - the list goes on. If you think Covid-19 is just a respiratory disease, think again.\n\nAs each week passes, it is becoming increasingly clear that coronavirus can trigger a huge range of neurological problems.\n\nSeveral people who've contacted me after comparatively mild illness have spoken of the lingering cognitive impact of the disease - problems with their memory, tiredness, staying focused.\n\nBut it's at the more severe end that there is most concern.\n\nChatting to Paul Mylrea, it's hard to imagine that he had two massive strokes, both caused by coronavirus infection.\n\nThe 64-year-old, who is director of communications at Cambridge University, is eloquent and, despite some lingering weakness on his right side, able-bodied.\n\nHe has made one of the most remarkable recoveries ever seen by doctors at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) in London.\n\nPaul Mylrea has made a remarkable recovery after his stroke\n\nHis first stroke happened while he was in intensive care at University College Hospital. Potentially deadly blood clots were also found in his lungs and legs, so he was put on powerful blood-thinning (anticoagulant) drugs.\n\nA couple of days later he suffered a second, even bigger stroke and was immediately transferred to the NHNN in Queen Square.\n\nConsultant neurologist Dr Arvind Chandratheva was just leaving hospital when the ambulance arrived.\n\n\"Paul had a blank expression on his face,\" he says. \"He could only see on one side and he couldn't figure out how to use his phone or remember his passcode.\n\n\"I immediately thought that the blood thinners had caused a bleed in the brain, but what we saw was so strange and different.\"\n\nPaul had suffered another acute stroke due to a clot, depriving vital areas of the brain of blood supply.\n\nDr Chandratheva says he has never seen such a high level of clotting before\n\nTests showed that he had astonishingly high levels of a marker for the amount of clotting in the blood known as D-dimer.\n\nNormally these are less than 300, and in stroke patients can rise to 1,000. Paul Mylrea's levels were over 80,000.\n\n\"I've never seen that level of clotting before - something about his body's response to the infection had caused his blood to become incredibly sticky,\" says Dr Chandratheva.\n\nDuring lockdown there was a fall in the number of emergency stroke admissions. But in the space of two weeks, neurologists at the NHNN treated six Covid patients who'd had major strokes. These were not linked to the usual risk factors for stroke such as high blood pressure or diabetes. In each case they saw very high levels of clotting.\n\nPart of the trigger for the strokes was a massive overreaction by the immune system which causes inflammation in the body and brain.\n\nDr Chandratheva projected Paul's brain images on a wall, highlighting the large areas of damage, shown as white blurs, affecting his vision, memory, coordination, and speech.\n\nThe stroke was so big that doctors thought it likely he would not survive, or be left hugely disabled.\n\n\"After my second stroke, my wife and daughters thought that was it, they would never see me again,\" Paul says. \"The doctors told them there was not much they could do except wait. Then I somehow survived and have been getting progressively stronger.\"\n\nPaul Mylrea having remote therapy - doctors did not think he would survive\n\nOne of the first encouraging signs was Paul's ability with languages - he speaks six - and he would switch from English to Portuguese to speak to one of his nurses.\n\n\"Unusually he learned several of his languages as an adult, and this will have created different wiring connections in the brain which have survived his stroke,\" says Dr Chandratheva.\n\nPaul says he cannot read as fast as he used to, and is sometimes forgetful, but that's hardly surprising given the areas of damage in his brain.\n\nHis physical recovery has also been impressive, which doctors attribute to his previous very high level of fitness.\n\n\"I used to cycle for an hour a day, do a couple of gym sessions a week and swim in the river. My cycling and diving days are over, but I hope to get back to swimming,\" Paul says.\n\nA study in the Lancet Psychiatry found brain complications in 125 seriously ill coronavirus patients in UK hospitals. Nearly half had suffered a stroke due to a blood clot while others had brain inflammation, psychosis, or dementia-like symptoms.\n\nOne of the report authors, Prof Tom Solomon of the University of Liverpool, told me, \"It's clear now that this virus does cause problems in the brain whereas initially we thought it was all about the lungs. Part of it is due to lack of oxygen to the brain. But there appear to be many other factors, such as problems with blood clotting and a hyper-inflammatory response of the immune system. We should also ask whether the virus itself is infecting the brain.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The wiring of the human brain\n\nIn Canada, neuroscientist Prof Adrian Owen has launched a global online study of how the virus affects cognition. Owen said: \"We already know that ICU survivors are vulnerable to cognitive impairment. So as the number of recovered Covid-19 patients continues to climb, it's becoming increasingly apparent that getting sent home from the ICU is not the end for these people. It's just the beginning of their recovery.\"\n\n\"Sars and Mers, which are both caused by coronaviruses, were associated with some neurological disease, but we've never seen anything like this before,\" Dr Michael Zandi, consultant neurologist at the NHNN, told me. \"The closest comparison is the 1918 flu pandemic. We saw then there was a lot of brain disease and problems that emerged over the next 10-20 years.\"\n\nAs the BBC's medical correspondent, since 2004 I have reported on global disease threats such as bird flu, swine flu, Sars and Mers - both coronaviruses - and Ebola. I've been waiting much of my career for a global pandemic, and yet when Covid-19 came along, the world was not as ready as it could have been. Sadly, we may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely. Here, I will be reflecting on that new reality.\n\nA mysterious neurological syndrome known as encephalitis lethargica appeared around the end of World War One and went on to affect more than a million people worldwide. There is limited evidence of its causes, and whether the trigger was influenza or a post-infectious autoimmune disorder.\n\nAs well as a sleepiness coma, some patients had movement disorders that looked like Parkinson's disease, which affected them for the rest of their lives.\n\nIn his book Awakenings, the neurologist Oliver Sacks told the story of a group of patients who'd been frozen in sleep for decades, and how he used the drug L-Dopa to temporarily free them from their locked-in state.\n\nWe should be careful before reading too much into comparisons between Covid-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. But with so many Covid patients having neurological symptoms, it will be important to look at the long-term effects on the brain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fergus Walsh discovers why the brain is a marvel of evolution", "The number of new coronavirus cases in Scotland has fallen to single figures after a rise on Friday led Nicola Sturgeon to warn against complacency.\n\nScottish government statistics show that 18,340 people have tested positive for coronavirus, an increase of seven in the last 24 hours.\n\nNo Covid-19 deaths were reported over that period, meaning the total number of fatalities remains at 2,490.\n\nIt is the third day in a row without any new deaths.\n\nThere were 18 new positive cases reported on Friday, which was higher than any daily tally for the past three weeks.\n\nThe first minister said at the time that the rise was being \"looked at very closely\" and served as a reminder the virus has not gone away.\n\nOn Twitter on Saturday, Nicola Sturgeon said: \"Positive cases in past 24 hrs back in single figures (7) after yesterday's increase\n\n\"Also, another day with no registered deaths amongst people who had tested positive.\n\n\"Progress still good - but with significant easing of lockdown next week, we all must take care StaySafe.\"\n\nOf those who have tested positive, 323 people were in hospital on Friday night.\n\nA total of six patients are in intensive care with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, a fall of six on the previous day.\n\nGreater Glasgow and Clyde is the health board area to have recorded the most cases positive (4,872) so far, followed by Lothian (3,165) and Lanarkshire (2,734).", "Walt Disney World was closed in March due to concerns over coronavirus\n\nWalt Disney World Resort has begun to reopen in Florida despite a coronavirus surge across the US state.\n\nThe site's Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom opened on Saturday. Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios are expected to follow from 15 July.\n\nVisitors will be required to wear masks and adhere to other safety measures across the complex in Orlando.\n\nMore than a quarter of a million cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Florida, along with 4,197 deaths.\n\nDisney first closed the resort in March during the early months of America's outbreak. While infections were largely concentrated in New York and California at first, Florida is among several states recording a rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nIn Orange County, where the resort is based, authorities have reported 16,630 cases - some of the highest numbers in Florida.\n\nAs a result, many cities and counties across Florida have reinstated restrictions that were lifted in May when infections began to drop.\n\nDespite the outbreak, hundreds of people made their way to the Disney flagship resort on Saturday.\n\nSome of its competitors, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, reopened to visitors several weeks ago.\n\nDisney has also resumed limited operations at its four parks in Asia, and at Disney Springs - an outdoor shopping mall in Orlando. Disney reported a $1.4bn (£1.1bn) hit to profits in the first three months of the year.\n\n\"The world is changing around us, but we strongly believe that we can open safely and responsibly,\" said Josh D'Amaro, Disney's theme park chairman, in an interview with the New York Times.\n\n\"Covid is here, and we have a responsibility to figure out the best approach to safely operate in this new normal.\"\n\nDisney is selling limited ticket numbers to help maintain safety\n\nVisitors are going through temperature checks, and social distancing measures are in place\n\nWalt Disney World was closed in March due to concerns over coronavirus\n\nFirework shows and parades have been cancelled to prevent mass gatherings\n\nHand sanitiser was also widely available", "The osprey chicks are in the Highlands\n\nDame Vera Lynn, Capt Sir Tom Moore and Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir have topped a poll to have ospreys chicks named after them.\n\nThe three birds at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber in the Highlands found fame via a nest camera.\n\nWoodland Trust Scotland confirmed the trio secured 50% of the votes.\n\nThor, Freya and Loki finished runner-up with 28%, while Ally, Bally and Bee polled 14%.\n\nThe least popular option, Hagrid, Boudica and Merlin, only managed 8%.\n\nDame Vera Lynn died at the age of 103\n\nCapt Tom initially set out to raise £1,000 for the NHS but raised millions\n\nThe three osprey chicks have become popular internationally during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThe young trio - two males and a female - are watched by tens of thousands of fans on a nest camera.\n\nGeorge Anderson, of Woodland Trust Scotland, said of the name suggestions: \"Many wanted to honour individuals who have been on people's minds during this lockdown summer.\"\n\nMore than 10,000 votes were cast before the online poll closed on Sunday night.\n\nThe birds are expected to take their first flights in around a week and will remain in the nest until they migrate south towards the end of August.\n\nMr Anderson added: \"Most Scottish ospreys fly overland down through England before crossing the Channel to France and on to Africa.\n\n\"There is every chance that Vera the osprey may fly over those white cliffs made so famous in song by her namesake.\"", "Jen Reid posed with her statue, which appeared on the empty plinth on Wednesday\n\nA sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester, placed on the plinth where a slave trader's statue was toppled, will be removed, Bristol's mayor has said.\n\nThe sculpture of Jen Reid was erected early on Wednesday at the spot in the city where an Edward Colston statue was pulled down during protests last month.\n\nMs Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth.\n\nMayor Marvin Rees said it was up to the people of Bristol to decide what would replace the Colston statue.\n\nArtist Marc Quinn said his black resin statue, called A Surge of Power, was meant to be a temporary installation to continue the conversation about racism.\n\nHe said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during the Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June.\n\nMr Quinn then contacted Ms Reid through social media and they worked together on the statue, which was erected shortly before 04:30 BST.\n\nThe new statue has has attracted people both supporting it and those against\n\nBBC producer Alex Littlewood said people had been gathering around the Jen Reid statue for most of Wednesday, with many coming to take a knee.\n\n\"Most people have been supportive of the statue, but for a short time this afternoon a small amount of people arrived calling for the statue to be removed, saying it was an act of vandalism,\" he added.\n\nMr Rees, the city's elected mayor, said removing the new statue was \"critical to building a city that is home to those who are elated at the [Colston] statue being pulled down, those who sympathise with its removal... and those who feel that in its removal, they've lost a piece of the Bristol they know\".\n\nHe added the sculpture was the work and decision of a London-based artist, \"was not requested and permission was not given for it to be installed\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Marvin Rees This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCouncillor Cleo Lake said while she welcomed the arrival of the statue, she agreed the long term future of the plinth should be decided by the people of Bristol.\n\nShe said: \"I expect the statue will be a temporary intervention and it is great to hear that should the statue be sold then the money raised will in part go towards the Cargo education project set to be rolled out in Bristol secondary schools this September.\"\n\nJen Reid was pictured standing on top of the plinth after the Colston statue was pulled down on 7 June\n\nMs Reid said: \"I think it's something the people of Bristol really appreciate seeing.\n\n\"My husband took the photo on the day of the protests and put it on his social media. He was contacted by Marc Quinn who then contacted myself.\n\n\"I was in his studio by the Friday after the protest with 201 cameras surrounding me, taking pictures of me from every conceivable angle. That went into a 3D print and a mould was made.\"\n\nMs Reid said the sculpture was important because it helped \"keep the journey towards racial justice and equality moving\".\n\nPeople in Bristol stopped to take photos of the new statue\n\nShe said she had felt an \"overwhelming impulse\" to climb on to the plinth during last month's protest.\n\n\"When I was stood there on the plinth, and raised my arm in a Black Power salute, it was totally spontaneous,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't even think about it. It was like an electrical charge of power was running through me.\n\n\"This sculpture is about making a stand for my mother, for my daughter, for black people like me.\"\n\nArtist Marc Quinn's previous works include a sculpture entitled Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was put on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square\n\nMr Quinn said: \"I saw pictures of Jen on the plinth and she spontaneously made this gesture and I thought 'this is amazing'.\n\n\"She's made an extraordinary artwork just by doing that and it needs to be crystallised into an object and put back on to the plinth.\n\n\"It had to be in that public realm and I wanted to put it in that charged spot where Edward Colston had been before.\"\n\nThe statue of Edward Colston was pulled from its plinth last month and dragged into the harbourside\n\nOn 7 June, protesters used ropes to pull down the Colston statue, which had been at the Bristol city centre site since 1895.\n\nIt was then dragged to the harbourside where it was thrown into the water at Pero's Bridge - named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city.\n\nBristol City Council later retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Lewis has been the Conservative MP for New Forest East since 1997 and has previously chaired the Commons defence committee\n\nConservative MP Julian Lewis has been kicked out of the Conservative parliamentary party after beating Chris Grayling to become chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nBelieved to be No 10's preferred choice, Mr Grayling was widely expected to get the role.\n\nBut concerns had been raised that the body's impartiality could be undermined, and MPs backed Mr Lewis.\n\nThe committee scrutinises the work of the intelligence and security services.\n\nA senior government source told the BBC that Mr Lewis \"has been told by the chief whip that it is because he worked with Labour and other opposition MPs for his own advantage\".\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy criticised the decision tweeting: \"Completely self-defeating act that bears the hallmark of a government so arrogant it really believes it is above scrutiny.\n\n\"What is in the Russia report that Johnson doesn't want to see the light of day?\"\n\nFormer Tory Cabinet minister and ex-chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Dominic Grieve, told the BBC's Newsnight: \"What troubles me about this episode, quite apart from its utter absurdity, and now withdrawing the whip from Julian, who is indeed highly respected, is the mindset it gives about what on earth is going on in Downing Street.\n\n\"Why did they try to manipulate this process? They shouldn't have done.\n\n\"The committee can only exist, the committee can only be respected... if it is seen to be non-partisan, and independent.\"\n\nAfter Boris Johnson nominated five Conservative MPs for the committee last week - giving them a majority - it had been thought Chris Grayling was a shoo-in for the chairman position.\n\nBut it seems there was a coup. Opposition members of the committee were worried Mr Grayling would be too close to No 10, and decided to back Julian Lewis. It appears he then backed himself, thus securing a majority.\n\nThat's left No 10 embarrassed and it seems angry. Sources say Mr Lewis had the whip removed because he had told the Tory chief whip he would back Mr Grayling.\n\nI hear the committee is meeting again on Thursday to discuss when to publish the much delayed Russia report. Some are pushing for it to be published next week - and believe today's events could make that more likely.\n\nMr Grayling held cabinet positions under David Cameron and Theresa May including transport secretary.\n\nDespite supporting Mr Johnson in the Conservative leadership election he was not given a role in government.\n\nThe other Conservative committee members are Sir John Hayes, Mr Lewis, Mark Pritchard, and Theresa Villiers. There are two Labour MPs - Kevan Jones and Dame Diana Johnson - plus Labour peer Lord West of Spithead. Stewart Hosie is the SNP's representative on the committee.\n\nOne of the first jobs of the newly formed committee will be to publish a long-awaited report on alleged Russian interference in UK politics.\n\nPublication has been held up by the 2019 election and then a delay in setting up the committee. It has been the longest hiatus since the committee was established in the early 1990s.\n\nThe report includes evidence from UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.\n\nThe delay in publication has led to speculation the report contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives, however leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said the hold up was due to a number of committee members leaving Parliament and the need \"to make sure that the right people with the right level of experience and responsibility could be appointed\".\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Jones said the report should be produced before Parliament goes into recess on 22 July.\n\n\"There's no reason why it shouldn't be. It's been through both the committee, it's been agreed through the redaction process, and it's been agreed by government,\" he says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Duchess of Sussex: \"Humanity desperately needs you\"\n\nThe Duchess of Sussex has urged young women to \"push\" humanity in a \"more inclusive\" direction.\n\nSpeaking to a gender equality summit, Meghan called on delegates to challenge \"lawmakers, leaders and executives\" and make them \"uncomfortable\".\n\nShe said this discomfort would \"create the conditions to re-imagine our standards\".\n\nIt comes after she and husband Prince Harry spoke to young people about equal rights.\n\nIn a pre-recorded video, Meghan, 38, told the 2020 Girl Up leadership summit that the duke, 35, and their son Archie, will be \"cheering\" on young activists as they \"continue marching, advocating, and leading the way forward\".\n\nThe duke and duchess are now living in Los Angeles with their son after stepping back as senior working royals earlier this year.\n\nLast week, the pair spoke to young leaders during the Queen's Commonwealth Trust (QCT) weekly video call, which focused on responding to the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nIn the keynote speech to the female empowerment summit, which took place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, Meghan told delegates humanity \"desperately\" needed them to \"push\" it in \"a more inclusive, more just, and more empathetic direction\".\n\nShe said as well as framing debate, they needed to \"be in charge\" of the conversation on issues including racial justice, gender, climate change, mental health and \"so much more\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry: 'It's not going to be easy... but it needs to be done'\n\nThe duchess praised the work delegates have already been doing. She highlighted those involved in efforts like organising global Black Lives Matter protests, reforming the criminal justice system and campaigns to end gun violence.\n\nShe said: \"You are standing up and demanding to be heard, yes, but you're also demanding to own the conversation.\"\n\nShe went on to say women regularly get a verbal brush-off from those in power, something experienced \"in the moments we challenge the norms\".\n\nMeghan added: \"So if that's the case, I say to you, keep challenging, keep pushing, make them a little uncomfortable.\n\n\"Because it's only in that discomfort that we actually create the conditions to re-imagine our standards, our policies, our leadership; to move towards real representation and meaningful influence over the structures of decision-making and power.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan called on young people and students at the school to come together to rebuild society\n\nThis \"reimagining\" of standards is not \"a zero-sum game\", she explained, but rather it is \"mutually beneficial and better for everyone\".\n\nShe said the path to get there will take \"girls and women, men and boys, it will take those that are black and those that are white collectively tackling the inequities and structural problems that we know exist\".\n\nFormer US First Ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton also made appearances during the conference organised by Girl Up, an initiative created by the UN Foundation in 2010 to help support UN agencies that focus on adolescent girls.\n\nMeghan has actively campaigned on a number of humanitarian issues, especially the topics of gender equality and women's empowerment.\n\nShe has spoken previously about how a soap manufacturer altered its advert after, at the age of 11, she wrote a letter to then first lady Mrs Clinton, and other high-profile figures, complaining that it implied women belonged in the kitchen.", "Benjamin Keough's cause of death has been confirmed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office.\n\nThe 27-year-old, who was the son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of the late Elvis Presley, was found dead in Calabasas, California, on Sunday.\n\nAfter an autopsy, his cause of death was listed as a shotgun wound and his manner of death was listed as suicide.\n\nFollowing his death, Lisa Marie's manager said she was \"heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated\".\n\n\"She adored that boy. He was the love of her life,\" Roger Widynowski said, adding that she was \"trying to stay strong\" for her three daughters.\n\nBenjamin was the younger of the two children Lisa Marie Presley had with her first husband, musician Danny Keough, before their divorce in 1994. The other is Mad Max actress Riley Keough, 31.\n\nLisa Marie had previously described Keough's resemblance to her famous father as \"just uncanny\".\n\nFootage of Keough and his siblings featured in the 2012 music video for Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous \"duet\" with Elvis, I Love You Because.\n\nHer close relationship with her son, whose middle name was Storm, also apparently inspired the title track on her third album, Storm & Grace, released in 2012.\n\nHe reportedly signed his own record deal with Universal in 2009, although no music was ever released.\n\nIn 2013, Lisa Marie told the Huffington Post she was letting Keough do \"his own thing\".\n\n\"I'm going to let him decide when he wants to go out and do what he wants to do,\" she said.\n\nLisa Marie also has twin 11-year-old daughters with her fourth husband, musician and producer Michael Lockwood, who she wed in 2006 after brief marriages to pop star Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Jamie Brown (left), whose father, Tony, died of Covid-19 in March, wants an urgent public inquiry\n\nRelatives of 450 people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic are demanding an immediate public inquiry.\n\nThe families want an urgent review of \"life and death\" steps needed to minimise the continuing effects of the virus and a guarantee that documents relating to the crisis will be kept.\n\nA full inquiry would take place later, says lawyer, Elkan Abrahamson, who is representing the families.\n\nThe government has said its current focus is on dealing with the pandemic.\n\nBut the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group say immediate lessons need to be learned to prevent more deaths, and that waiting for ministers to launch an inquiry will cost lives.\n\nThe call for an inquiry comes as a report from the National Audit Office - assessing the readiness of the NHS and social care in England for the pandemic - has shown it is not known how many of the 25,000 people discharged from hospitals into care homes at the peak of the outbreak were infected with coronavirus.\n\nHealth and Social Care Select Committee chairman Jeremy Hunt said it seemed \"extraordinary that no one appeared to consider\" the risk.\n\nThe Department of Health says it took the \"right decisions at the right time\".\n\nMinisters have insisted throughout that their response to the pandemic has been based on scientific advice.\n\nBut for Jamie Brown, whose father, Tony, died of Covid-19 in Colchester General Hospital on 29 March, two-and-a-half weeks after travelling into central London by train, the government's decision to lock down on 23 March came too late.\n\nJamie, 28, who said his father made the journey once a week at most, believes his death was preventable.\n\n\"I can't help but believe that if we'd entered lockdown sooner he wouldn't have been exposed in the way he was,\" he said.\n\nTony Brown, 65, became ill with a dry cough and a temperature on 17 March. He was bedridden but was adamant he would \"wait out\" the illness at home.\n\nHe appeared to be getting better but on 28 March he developed chest pains.\n\nBy the following morning his family were so concerned they called an ambulance, and soon after Tony reached hospital he had a cardiac arrest - caused by respiratory failure - and died.\n\nJamie said government advice to \"stay at home\" meant his 65-year-old father did not seek medical help early enough.\n\n\"He was trying to wait it out and if you wait too long it turns out it kills you really quickly,\" he said.\n\nHe added that a detailed public inquiry into the broader handling of the crisis in the UK must eventually take place, but right now he believes it is crucial that a limited inquiry starts as soon as possible.\n\n\"We need to learn the lessons immediately from what has gone wrong to get us to this point,\" he said.\n\nThe group of families, which has 450 members and is expected to grow further, is supported by the Liverpool-based law firm Broudie Jackson Canter that acted for the Hillsborough families.\n\nTheir lawyer Mr Abrahamson has backed their call for an early phase to any inquiry, with full proceedings taking place once the pandemic is over.\n\n\"What we need to look at straightaway are the issues which are life-and-death decisions,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"We expect there will be a second spike. We want to know what the government is going to do when that happens.\"\n\nMr Abrahamson said an early phase to a public inquiry would also help clarify government plans for fully reopening schools and easing the lockdown and lay out the science behind these decisions more clearly.\n\nThe government has rejected calls for an early start to any public inquiry.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"At some point in the future there will be an opportunity for us to look back, to reflect and to learn some profound lessons.\n\n\"But at the moment, the most important thing to do is to focus on responding to the current situation.\"\n\nThe National Audit Office's report into the readiness of the NHS and social care in England for the pandemic said 25,000 people were discharged from hospitals into care homes between 17 March and 15 April. That was 10,000 fewer than the same period last year.\n\n\"It is not known how many had Covid-19 at the point of discharge,\" said the report.\n\nIt said NHS England and NHS Improvement advice at the time was to urgently discharge from hospital \"all patients medically fit to leave\" in order to free up bed space for coronavirus patients.\n\nThe advice was changed on 15 April but the NAO noted that, as of 17 May, one in three care homes had declared a coronavirus outbreak, with more than 1,000 homes dealing with positive cases during the peak of infections in April.\n\nIt follows a separate report by care chiefs in England, who said there were \"tragic consequences\" of moving patients from hospitals to care homes at the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said 60% of all care homes had avoided outbreaks entirely.\n\nMr Hunt, a Conservative MP and former health secretary, said: \"It seems extraordinary that no-one appeared to consider the clinical risk to care homes despite widespread knowledge that the virus could be carried asymptomatically.\n\n\"Places like Germany and Hong Kong took measures to protect their care homes that we did not over a critical four-week period.\"\n\nLatest government figures show another 151 people with coronavirus have died in the UK, across all settings, taking the country's death toll to 41,279.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues in this story? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "An estimated £3-4bn is being laundered via cryptocurrencies in Europe every year, the director of Europol has told the BBC.\n\nIt comes as Treasury Select Committee member Alison McGovern MP says much speedier regulation is needed.\n\nBut what are crypto-currencies? Spencer Kelly explains all.\n\nWho Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire? was first broadcast at 20:30 GMT on Monday 12 February, BBC One.\n\nThe programme will be re-broadcast on BBC World News on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 February 2018.", "A star has been sent hurtling across the galaxy after undergoing a partial supernova, astronomers say.\n\nA supernova is a powerful explosion that occurs when some stars reach the ends of their lives; in this case, the blast was not sufficient to destroy it.\n\nInstead, it sent the star hurtling through space at 900,000 km/hr.\n\nAstronomers think the object, known as a white dwarf, was originally circling another star, which would have been sent flying in the opposite direction.\n\nWhen two stars orbit each other like this, they are described as a \"binary\". Only one of the stars has been detected by astronomers, however.\n\nThe object, known as SDSS J1240+6710, was previously found to have an unusual atmospheric composition.\n\nDiscovered in 2015, it seemed to contain neither hydrogen nor helium (which are usually found), appearing to be composed instead of an unusual mix of oxygen, neon, magnesium and silicon.\n\nNow, using the Hubble Space Telescope, an international team has also identified carbon, sodium, and aluminium in the star's atmosphere, all of which are produced in the first thermonuclear reactions of a supernova.\n\nBut there is also a clear absence of what is known as the \"iron group\" of elements, iron, nickel, chromium and manganese.\n\nThese heavier elements are normally cooked up from the lighter ones, and make up the defining features of thermonuclear supernovas.\n\nThe lack of iron group elements in SDSSJ1240+6710 suggests that the star only underwent a partial supernova before the nuclear burning died out.\n\nLead author Professor Boris Gänsicke, from the department of physics at the University of Warwick, UK, said: \"This star is unique because it has all the key features of a white dwarf but it has this very high velocity and unusual abundances that make no sense when combined with its low mass.\n\n\"It has a chemical composition which is the fingerprint of nuclear burning, a low mass and a very high velocity; all of these facts imply that it must have come from some kind of close binary system and it must have undergone thermonuclear ignition. It would have been a type of supernova, but of a kind that that we haven't seen before.\"\n\nThe high velocity could be accounted for if both stars in the binary were carried off in opposite directions at their orbital velocities in a kind of slingshot manoeuvre after the explosion.\n\nThe scientists were also able to measure the star's mass, which is particularly low for a white dwarf - only 40% the mass of our Sun - which would be consistent with a partial supernova that did not quite destroy the star.\n\nThe nature of the nuclear burning that occurs in a supernova is different from the reactions that release energy in nuclear power plants or most nuclear weapons. Most uses of nuclear energy on Earth rely on fission - which breaks down heavier elements into lighter ones - rather than the fusion that occurs in a star.\n\n\"The process developing during a thermonuclear supernova is very similar to what we try to achieve on Earth in our future power plants: nuclear fusion of lighter elements into heavier ones, which releases vast amounts of energy,\" Prof Gänsicke told BBC News.\n\n\"In a fusion reactor, we use the lightest element, hydrogen (more specifically, different flavours, or isotopes of it). In a thermonuclear supernova, the density and temperature in the star becomes so high that fusion of heavier elements ignites, starting with carbon and oxygen as 'fuel', and fusing heavier and heavier elements.\"\n\nThe best studied thermonuclear supernovas are classified as Type Ia. These helped lead to the discovery of dark energy, and are now routinely used to map the structure of the Universe. But there is growing evidence that thermonuclear supernovas can happen under very different conditions.\n\nSDSSJ1240+6710 may be the survivor of a type of supernova that hasn't yet been observed as it's happening.\n\nWithout the radioactive nickel that powers the long-lasting afterglow of the Type Ia supernovas, the explosion that sent the white dwarf careering across our Galaxy would have been a brief flash of light that would have been difficult to discover.\n\nThe research has been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.", "The broadcaster, who's been with the station for nine years, says it's \"the end of an era\".\n\n\"I've decided it's the right time for me to hang up the headphones (not a thing) and say goodbye to Radio 1,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nThe 34-year-old currently hosts the weekend afternoon show with co-host Dev Griffin - her last show will be on Sunday 9 August.\n\nAlice says she's \"met friends for life\" and thanked everyone at Radio 1, including the producers who \"patiently stood with me whilst I crashed the vocals, pressed the wrong buttons and had a prolonged crisis of confidence in those early off-air days (and beyond!).\"\n\nDuring her time at Radio 1 Alice presented the 10pm until midnight show with Phil Taggart, before taking on a weekend afternoon show and then the Weekend Breakfast Show.\n\nShe picked up a Music Week Best Music Show Award along the way and in her own words - \"had a dead nice time\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by thisisalicelevine This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"If you've listened to the show or got in touch with one of your amazing stories over the years, I can't thank you enough. To make jokes all day has just been a gift of a job!\"\n\nAlice hasn't revealed what she's doing next but alongside her BBC presenting duties she's been one-third of one of the world's most popular podcasts - My Dad Wrote A Porno.\n\nFellow broadcaster Clara Amfo, who's presented from the Brits red carpet alongside Alice over the last few years, was one of the first to react.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Clara Amfo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo 🗣 WHO’S NEXT?! This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Clara Amfo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo-fo 🗣 WHO’S NEXT?!\n\nAlice's announcement comes not long after Maya Jama revealed that she was leaving the station, and a week after 1Xtra Breakfast Show presenter Dotty announced she was leaving Radio 1's sister station.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eva's father, Paul Slapa, says the generosity of strangers has been \"amazing\"\n\nBoris Johnson has said he would look at what help can be offered to a nine-year-old girl who needs to fly to the United States for cancer treatment.\n\nThe family of Eva Williams, who has a brain tumour, raised £250,000 for a new trial for their \"trooper\".\n\nBut the schoolgirl from Marford, Wrexham, has been unable to travel due to coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nEva's father Paul Slapa said she was \"amazed\" to hear the prime minister mention her name in Parliament.\n\nHer plight was raised by the Wrexham MP Sarah Atherton during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.\n\nMs Atherton described Eva as a \"beautiful and brave nine-year-old girl\" and praised her constituents for rallying round her.\n\nShe asked the prime minister if he would \"work with the family to look at ways Eva can access treatment\".\n\nBoris Johnson replied: \"Our thoughts are very much with Eva, her family and we will of course look at everything we can do to support her travel arrangements.\"\n\nEva has undergone radiotherapy to help shrink her brain tumour\n\nEva was diagnosed with a high-grade diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in the new year, and has been undergoing radiotherapy treatment to shrink the tumour.\n\nHer parents Paul Slapa and Carran Williams started a fundraising campaign to access the trial treatment in the US, and managed to raise the money in the space of three weeks.\n\nThey had been originally due to take part in the trial in New York in April.\n\nBut then Covid-19 measures saw international flight bans and travel restrictions imposed.\n\nThe family have been told by Eva's consultant at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool that she is still eligible for treatment in the US, once she is in a position to travel.\n\nThe family used social media to thank their MP for raising the issue, saying they were looking forward to the prime minister following up the intervention \"and helping us get Eva the treatment she deserves\".\n\nMr Slapa told BBC Radio Wales the fact the question was raised gave the campaign \"a real boost.\"\n\n\"Eva was amazed the Prime Minister said her name in Parliament. She immediately text all her friends so that was nice to see her smiling about that,\" Mr Slapa said.\n\n\"She's a trooper, she battles on. She enjoys playing like any other nine-year-old child will. She's in good spirits generally.\"", "A rare version of the classic 1985 Super Mario Bros has sold at auction for $114,000 (£90,000), the most ever paid for a video game.\n\nThe cartridge, still in its original packaging, sold to an anonymous bidder.\n\nAnd the US auctioneer said demand \"was extremely high\", partly because this particular packaging had been used for a short while only.\n\nThe previous record for an auctioned game was $100,000 - for a different copy of Super Mario.\n\n\"If any lot in the sale could hit a number like that, it was going to be that one,\" Heritage Auctions video games director Valarie McLeckie said.\n\n\"We knew this would be a strong live session.\n\n\"But I don't think anybody could have anticipated how much bidding there was on Heritage Live and the phones.\"\n\nSuper Mario follows the adventures of the eponymous plumber hero, often joined by his brother, Luigi.\n\nAppetite for the game has never waned.\n\nAnd it is often cited as the most successful video games franchise so far.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls, a gaming expert at research company Amper Analysis, said: \"Brand new 'old stock' packaged games connected to much loved gaming brands and companies, especially if they are rare versions, have risen hugely in value over the last 20 years.\"\n\n\"This is because these items are now firmly entrenched in the nostalgia of childhood gaming for many collectors in their 30s and 40s.\n\n\"As prices have risen, so more collectors have come into the market.\n\n\"These auction pieces now sit alongside other toys and collectibles that command large amounts at auction, including boxed Dinky cars, sealed, vintage Star Wars figures and pristine Marvel comics.\"", "Mass testing in Blackburn began at the weekend following a spike in infections\n\nNew measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Blackburn with Darwen have been introduced after a spike in cases.\n\nFor the next month, people living within the Lancashire authority must observe the rules in a bid to avoid a Leicester-style local lockdown.\n\nThe new measures include tighter limits on visitors from another household, and officials have called on people to bump elbows in place of handshakes and hugs.\n\nMass testing began at the weekend after 61 new cases sprang up within a week.\n\nResidents are being told to wear cloth face coverings in all enclosed public spaces, including workplaces, libraries, museums, health centres and hair and beauty salons.\n\nBlackburn with Darwen's public health director, Prof Dominic Harrison, also called for people only to bump elbows with anyone outside their immediate family.\n\nHe said public protection advice for small shops was being stepped up to ensure social distancing was being observed.\n\nTargeted testing is taking place in the borough, and residents have been told they do not need to have symptoms to be tested.\n\nProf Harrison said: \"These steps will help and we are appealing to everyone in Blackburn with Darwen to follow them to protect themselves and their loved ones.\n\n\"If we don't, a local lockdown, like in Leicester, becomes a very real possibility.\"\n\nProtective equipment is being used by shop workers around the borough\n\nHe said increased testing would mean a \"rise in the number of cases\" in the next seven to 10 days.\n\nIf rates were continuing to rise after two weeks, he said, the authority would \"have to consider reversing some of the national lockdown lifting measures locally\".\n\nThis would be done \"one by one until we see a reversal in the current rising trend,\" he said.\n\n\"It's up to everyone to make sure we don't have to do that.\"\n\nHe said there would also be \"targeted work\" after a rise in infections within the South Asian community - in particular \"cluster infections\" among families living in small terraced houses.\n\nWhen \"one person gets infected in a multi-generational household, all the household members are getting infected\", Prof Harrison said.\n\nFigures show Blackburn with Darwen recorded 47 new cases per 100,000 in the week ending Saturday, up from 31.6 the previous week.\n\nIn Leicester, where a local lockdown has been imposed, the rate has risen from 115 per 100,000 to 118 over the same period.\n\nBut this is still down from 152.2 in the seven days to 27 June.\n\nBased on figures released on Tuesday, Pendle in Lancashire currently has England's second-highest rate of new cases for the week, rising from 14.2 per 100,000 to 76.6 in the week to 11 July.\n\nInformation videos are being produced in English, Urdu and Gujurati to spread the message in the former mill town.\n\nCouncil leader Mohammed Khan said the authority was working to spread the message that \"life cannot go back to normal just yet, and we must all make sacrifices to avoid a local lockdown\".\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to get a grip on the virus, and we need everyone in Blackburn with Darwen to pull together to help us,\" he said.\n\n\"Please continue to do your bit to stick to the rules to protect yourself and your family.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Jonathan Edwards has been an MP since 2010\n\nMP Jonathan Edwards has been suspended from Plaid Cymru for 12 months after he accepted a police caution.\n\nThe Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP was arrested on 20 May on suspicion of assault.\n\nOn Wednesday Plaid Cymru's disciplinary panel suspended him from the party saying it was a \"serious matter\".\n\nThe 44-year-old MP, who has described the incident as the \"biggest regret\" of his life, said he fully accepted the decision of the panel.\n\nMr Edwards referred himself to the party's internal disciplinary committee following his arrest, and had the whip withdrawn.\n\nNow he will be suspended from the party for 12 months, meaning he will be effectively sitting as an independent MP.\n\nIn a statement the disciplinary panel said: \"Any lifting of the suspension after 12 months is dependent upon Mr Edwards appearing before the panel to demonstrate that he has undertaken a period of self-reflection and learning to address his actions\".\n\nAt the time of the caution Mr Edwards said: \"I am deeply sorry. It is by far the biggest regret of my life.\"\n\nA statement on behalf of his wife, Emma Edwards, said: \"I have accepted my husband's apology.\n\n\"Throughout the decade we have been together he has been a loving and caring husband and father.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru said Mr Edwards had \"co-operated fully with the investigation\" by the panel.\n\nThe party added: \"If Mr Edwards fails to abide by the terms of the suspension he will be excluded.\"\n\nAlun Ffred Jones, the chairman of Plaid Cymru, said the party \"condemns any behaviour that falls below what is expected of our membership\".\n\n\"The speed and outcome of the disciplinary process reflect the seriousness with which the party has dealt with this matter,\" he said.\n\n\"All forms of harassment, abuse and violence are unacceptable, and this has been reflected in the verdict.\"\n• None MP cautioned after arrest on suspicion of assault\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rutendo Dafana said getting into rent arrears was like \"drowning\"\n\nA student fears having to take a year out after being furloughed from their bar job and \"drowning\" in rent arrears.\n\nRutendo Dafana has only been able to afford to pay three-quarters of their rent since being furloughed in March.\n\nNearly 40% of an estimated 180,000 tenants in private housing in Wales have fallen behind on rent in lockdown, according to a Rent Smart Wales survey.\n\nWithout action, Citizens Advice Cymru fears a \"wave of evictions\" from 23 August, when a pause on evictions ends.\n\n\"It feels like you're constantly drowning but you never die,\" the medical science student from Treorchy said.\n\nThe Cardiff Metropolitan University student is now considering the \"not ideal\" choice of leaving study for full-time work.\n\n\"The furlough scheme is giving me only 40% of what I used to make and I was hoping that the government would introduce some sort of rent forgiveness or rent discounts,\" the 21-year-old said.\n\n\"I feel like it's definitely needed now because everyone is struggling. You can't expect the money to come out of nowhere.\"\n\nA Rent Smart Wales survey of 1,343 landlords found 38% had tenants unable to pay full rent since lockdown began on 23 March.\n\nA Rent Smart Wales landlord survey found 38% had tenants unable to pay full rent since lockdown began\n\nThat is the equivalent of 68,000 tenants in Wales who have fallen behind.\n\nAccording to the survey, 28% of those were more than two months in arrears.\n\nCitizens Advice Cymru said calls for help with rent \"doubled\" during lockdown, with 1,037 between 24 March and 23 June this year, compared to 497 during the same period last year.\n\nPolicy advisor Gwennan Hardy recently warned the Senedd's equality, local government and communities committee that when the eviction pause ends in August many tenants could be \"threatened with homelessness\".\n\n\"Whilst the pause in evictions and the extension of the notice period for tenants were really welcome, it has pushed problems further down the road,\" she told the committee.\n\n\"We'd like to see some targeted help for people.\"\n\nThe organisation has called on the Welsh Government to extend the no-fault eviction notice period from three months to six, which said it was reviewing it.\n\nRent Smart Wales' survey also found nearly one in five landlords were struggling to pay their mortgage during lockdown.\n\nRent Smart Wales also found nearly one in five landlords were struggling to pay their mortgage during lockdown\n\nDouglas Haig, of James Douglas Letting Agency in Cardiff, said after three months of reduced revenues, many landlords were struggling to cover costs.\n\n\"Banning evictions is not a solution,\" he said.\n\n\"In the long run that will mean landlords will not be able to pay their mortgages and those properties will be repossessed and increase homelessness over the long term.\"\n\nMr Haig, a representative of the National Residential Landlords' Association, said a survey it carried out revealed one in five tenants in Wales was on furlough.\n\nHe was concerned the number of tenants unable to pay rent would increase when the furlough scheme was wound down.\n\n\"If we don't do something now, and possibly quite radical, then we could be looking at a lot more tenants being unable to pay their rents,\" he said.\n\nHe called on the UK government to raise universal credit housing allowance from 30% of average rent in Wales to 50% and offer tenants a three-year interest-free loan to cover lockdown rent arrears.\n\nThe UK government said it had spent an extra £6.5 billion on the welfare system in response to Covid-19, including raising local housing allowance rates for universal credit and housing benefit claimants, which it said were worth an additional £600 a year on average.\n\nOne landlord insurer said said tenants and landlords were in a \"tough spot\"\n\nLandlord insurers Hamilton Fraser estimates tenants who have fallen three months behind - £1,616 on average - in rent payments could take more than four and a half months to catch up.\n\nThe firm's Matthew Hooker said tenants and landlords were in a \"tough spot\".\n\n\"The UK government has provided both with some initial respite in the form of no evictions and mortgage holidays, however, this is only a temporary fix to a problem,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA pregnant NHS worker who recorded a tearful message after thieves broke into her car said her faith in people has been restored by a stranger who offered to cover the cost.\n\nBecky Jones, a clinical biochemist who is 23 weeks pregnant, found her car damaged in Nottingham on Saturday.\n\nMiss Jones recorded an emotional video, calling those responsible \"the pride of Britain\".\n\nOver the weekend, Miss Jones parked at Nottingham Arena car park on Brook Street to go shopping.\n\nShe later returned to put her bags in the car and meet her boyfriend.\n\nThe couple went for dinner, but when they returned to the car park they found the passenger side window was smashed and the shopping was gone.\n\nMiss Jones, who works for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: \"I felt absolutely devastated, and angry.\"\n\nThe 30-year-old said she had doubted her faith in people but the stranger's offer made her \"cry with happiness\".\n\nMiss Jones said the stranger's offer made her \"cry with happiness\"\n\nIn his Facebook message, the man said: \"My family are all hard-working and dedicated members of the NHS similar to yourself.\n\n\"I personally think you are all utterly amazing unsung heroes for everything you do, not just during this Covid crisis.\n\n\"I would like to cover the price of the replacement window and the maternity clothes so hopefully it restores your feelings that there are some good people out here in the world.\n\n\"I just think heroes like you might need a helping hand from time to time.\"\n\nMiss Jones said what happened to her car made her doubt her faith in people\n\nMiss Jones said: \"I'm not even bothered about replacing the window or the clothes, just the fact that he said what I was doing was really brave and that he was willing to pay for it.\n\n\"That's made all the difference.\"\n\nNottinghamshire Police confirmed it was investigating the break-in.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dr Fauci: \"It's only reflecting negatively on them\"\n\nUS infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has described recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him as \"bizarre\" and \"nonsense\".\n\n\"Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,\" Dr Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic. \"It doesn't do anything but reflect poorly on them.\"\n\nOn Sunday, a White House official shared a list detailing past apparent erroneous comments by Dr Fauci.\n\nBut on Wednesday Mr Trump insisted he had a \"good relationship\" with him.\n\n\"We're all in the same team including Dr Fauci,\" he said. \"We want to get rid of this mess that China sent us, so everybody's working on the same line and we're doing very well.\"\n\nThe White House statement attacking Dr Fauci criticised him for what it said was conflicting advice on face coverings and remarks on Covid-19's severity.\n\nResponding to the criticism, Dr Fauci told The Atlantic that targeting him was \"completely wrong\".\n\n\"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that,\" he said.\n\n\"I think they realise now that that was not a prudent thing to do, because it's only reflecting negatively on them,\" he added.\n\nThe top government expert on infectious diseases took the high road in his first public comments after White House officials, both on and off the record, questioned his professional judgement and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDr Fauci acknowledges that the advice and analysis he has provided has shifted over time, but he insists his recommendations have always been based on the latest science.\n\nThose views have sometimes led to clashes with the president, who has attempted to shift focus to rebuilding a US economy that has been devastated by the pandemic. Dr Fauci has said that the top priority must be controlling the spread of the virus and recent reopening steps have set those efforts back.\n\nSuch blunt talk has helped make Dr Fauci a popular figure during the pandemic, and that alone may be behind some of the resentment that is simmering within the White House.\n\nThe swipes at Dr Fauci, however, seem destined to be counter-productive. With a general election just a few months away the Trump campaign needs a consistent public message - and an administration attacking one of its own, then distancing itself from those attacks, may only promote a message of chaos and confusion.\n\nDr Fauci was also criticised by Peter Navarro, Mr Trump's top trade adviser, in an opinion piece for USA Today in which he said the disease expert had been \"wrong about everything I have interacted with him on\".\n\nHowever, the White House distanced itself from Mr Navarro's remarks, with communications chief Alyssa Farah tweeting that the article \"didn't go through normal White House clearance processes\" and was \"the opinion of Peter alone\".\n\nAsked about Mr Navarro's piece as he departed the White House for Atlanta, Mr Trump said he should not have written it.\n\n\"Well he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn't be doing that,\" he said.\n\nIn his interview with The Atlantic, Dr Fauci said he was not thinking of resigning over the attacks on him.\n\n\"I think the problem is too important for me to get into those kinds of thoughts and discussions. I just want to do my job. I'm really good at it. I think I can contribute. And I'm going to keep doing it,\" he said.\n\nHe has also told Reuters that he believes the US will successfully develop a vaccine against the coronavirus by the end of the year.\n\nIt follows early stage results from a vaccine developed by the firm Moderna, which Dr Fauci said were promising because the vaccine appeared to offer the type of protection seen in a natural infection.\n\nDr Fauci's comments come after reports that as of 15 July, US hospitals will have to report Covid-19 patient data to the federal health agency in Washington instead of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).\n\nThe CDC, the US's top public health institute, has until now been responsible for handling data about the pandemic from its hospital network.\n\nHealth experts have expressed concerns that data will be politicised, become less transparent and possibly affect the work of researchers and modellers.\n\nThe US has reported more than 3.4 million cases of coronavirus, and more than 136,000 deaths nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.", "Tilbrook played Betty, one of the soap's most popular characters\n\nEmmerdale actress Paula Tilbrook, who played Betty Eagleton in the soap for 21 years, has died at the age of 89.\n\nTilbrook joined the ITV soap as the gossip Betty in 1994 and left in 2015, returning for a brief cameo in the Christmas episode that year.\n\n\"The family of Paula Tilbrook are sad to confirm the peaceful passing of their beloved Paula,\" a statement said.\n\nThe show's producers described her as \"a great talent and a wonderful friend\".\n\nTilbrook died in December, but the news was only made public on The Stage website on Wednesday.\n\nThe family statement said: \"She died of natural causes a few months ago at home with her loved ones beside her.\"\n\nAs Betty, Paula Tilbrook loved a gossip over a glass of sherry\n\nBetty was one of the soap's most popular characters with fans, who revelled in her gossiping, sherry drinking and on-screen relationship with Seth, played by Stan Richards from 1978 until 2004.\n\nA spokeswoman for the show said: \"We are saddened to hear of the passing of our much loved colleague, Paula Tilbrook.\n\n\"Paula was at the heart of Emmerdale for many years and she will be greatly missed by all who worked with her and by the fans of her character, Betty.\n\n\"We have lost a great talent and a wonderful friend but she will forever live in the memories of those lucky enough to have known her.\"\n\nBetty's last scenes on the soap saw her revealing to her fellow Yorkshire villagers her plans to move to Australia after finding love.\n\nTilbrook told Digital Spy at the time: \"I did ask our producer, bless her, not to have me murdered because I was fed up of murders. It's a very, very dangerous place to be - you're better in the Bronx than in Emmerdale village!\n\n\"She said, 'Oh no, of course I won't', and she hasn't. It's a proper ending and it's a happy one. Who doesn't like a happy ending?\"\n\nAs well as starring in Emmerdale, Tilbrook also played several minor characters in Coronation Street, including Estelle Plimpton in 1977, Olive Taylor-Brown in 1978 and 1980, and Vivian Barford between 1991 and 93.\n\nTilbrook's other soap role was as another character named Betty - this time Betty Hughes - in Channel 4's Brookside between 1984 and 85.\n\nThe Salford-born actress enjoyed a wide-ranging career across TV, film, theatre and radio. In 1979, she appeared in the thriller/horror series Tales of the Unexpected, while her film credits included Yanks and Alan Bennett's A Private Function.\n\nShe appeared as dog-lover Mrs Tattersall in Open All Hours and played three roles in Last of the Summer Wine. Her other credits included Crown Court and the BBC's Play for Today.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK's inflation rate rose to 0.6% in June as the coronavirus lockdown began to ease.\n\nThe Consumer Prices Index (CPI) picked up slightly from May's four-year low of 0.5%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nFood and alcohol prices fell, but prices for clothing and games rose, the ONS said.\n\nDespite the slight increase in the rate, inflation remains below the Bank of England's 2% target.\n\nJonathan Athow, deputy national statistician for economic statistics at the ONS, said: \"The inflation rate has increased for the first time this year, but remains low by historical standards.\n\n\"Due to the impact of the coronavirus, clothing prices have not followed the usual seasonal pattern this year, with the normal falls due to the start of the summer sales failing to materialise.\n\n\"Prices for computer games and consoles have risen, but food prices, particularly vegetables, have fallen.\"\n\nInflation has fallen sharply during the coronavirus crisis as consumer demand has slumped.\n\nIn June, men's clothing in particular rose in price, with increases coming \"across almost the full range\", the ONS said.\n\nWomen's clothing showed \"a more mixed picture across the different products\", but with the overall effect still upward.\n\nGames, toys and hobbies, particularly computer games and computer games consoles, made the biggest contribution to the inflation rise, the ONS said.\n\n\"It is possible that prices have been influenced by the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown changing the timing of demand and the availability of some items, particularly consoles,\" the ONS added.\n\nInflation is the rate at which the prices for goods and services increase.\n\nIt's one of the key measures of financial wellbeing because it affects what consumers can buy for their money. If there is inflation, money doesn't go as far.\n\nIt's expressed as a percentage increase or decrease in prices over time. For example, if the inflation rate for the cost of a litre of petrol is 2% a year, motorists need to spend 2% more at the pump than 12 months earlier.\n\nAnd if wages don't keep up with inflation, purchasing power and the standard of living falls.\n\nSince many areas of the economy were completely shut down in June, the ONS said it had to estimate or \"impute\" some of the data.\n\nJeremy Thomson-Cook, chief economist at financial services firm Equals, said the slight increase in the inflation rate was \"a positive sign\", but added that the outlook remained \"messy\".\n\n\"Food prices are falling from lockdown levels, clothing demand is out of kilter with typical seasonal patterns, demand for entertainment during lockdown provided a pronounced bump in prices, and the ONS has only been able to log 84% of the normal price quotes due to unavailability,\" he said.\n\n\"For now, however, inflation remains low, and both consumers and the Bank of England will be happy with that.\"\n\nPaul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the small rise in inflation was unlikely to be sustained and that deflation was \"around the corner\".\n\n\"In fact, by July or August, CPI inflation may have fallen below zero,\" he said.\n\nDiscounting from retailers and the impact of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's \"eat out to help out\" scheme would push inflation down, he said.\n\nMr Dales said any bout of deflation would last just a few months, but added: \"It will be a few years before the economy is strong enough to raise inflation to the 2% target.\"", "Not all care workers visiting people's homes will be routinely tested for coronavirus, the health minister says.\n\nThere have been calls to test all domiciliary carers who look after people in their own homes, regardless of whether they have symptoms, as happens with staff in care homes.\n\nDomciliary carers are only tested when they have symptoms.\n\nVaughan Gething said some would receive anitbody tests, which show if people have had the disease, as part of a new surveillance plan.\n\n“The evidence that we have had and published today doesn't support testing the whole sector as the right approach,” he said.\n\n“It does underpin though, as I've said, everyone who has symptoms should get a test and self-isolate.\n\n“It also underpins actually the importance of a move from the UK government on statutory sick pay or supportive pay where people are advised by the contact tracing service to self-isolate as they have in Germany.\n\nSpeaking ahead of his press conference, opposition parties called for domiciliary carers to receive more testing.\n\nConservative shadow social care minister Janet Finch Saunders said the service had “gone under the radar”.\n\n“If you work in domiciliary care, social care, district nurse, occupational therapy, physiotherapy – anybody going to somebody’s home receiving care in the community, I think you should be tested,” she said.\n\nAge Cymru’s chief executive Victoria Lloyd said: “We have been clear about the need for adequate and practical access to fast testing for all social care staff to support infection control measures.\n\n\"As such we would support a programme of regular testing for domiciliary care staff.\"", "Amit, who is British with Indian heritage, kept his relationship with Michelle, who’s British with Ghanaian heritage, secret for years - because he feared his family’s reaction. He says that racist attitudes about black people in his community can be influenced by colourism and the caste system in some south Asian countries.\n\nRapper Raj Forever’s music draws on his Jamaican and Sri Lankan heritage. But growing up he was made to feel like an outsider in the Asian community and has heard offensive slurs used to describe black people.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all 'hacked'\n\nBillionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.\n\nThe official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency.\n\n\"Everyone is asking me to give back,\" a tweet from Mr Gates' account said. \"You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.\"\n\nThe US Senate Commerce committee has demanded Twitter brief it about the incident next week.\n\nTwitter said it was a \"co-ordinated\" attack targeting its employees \"with access to internal systems and tools\".\n\n\"We know they [the hackers] used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf,\" the company said in a series of tweets.\n\nIt added that \"significant steps\" had been taken to limit access to such internal systems and tools while the company's investigation was ongoing.\n\nThe firm has also blocked users from being able to tweet Bitcoin wallet addresses for the time being.\n\nMeanwhile, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted: \"Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened.\"\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said its officers had \"reached out\" to the tech firm.\n\n\"While this appears to be an attack on the company rather than individual users, we would urge people to treat requests for money or sensitive information on social media with extreme caution,\" it added in a statement.\n\nUS politicians also have questions. Republican Senator Josh Hawley has written to the company asking if President Trump's account had been vulnerable.\n\nPresident Trump's account was not compromised, the White House said. \"The president will remain on Twitter. His account was secure and not jeopardised during these attacks,\" a statement said.\n\nThe chair of the Senate Commerce committee has also been in contact with Twitter.\n\n\"It cannot be overstated how troubling this incident is, both in its effects and in the apparent failure of Twitter's internal controls to prevent it,\" Senator Roger Wicker wrote to the firm.\n\nHe added that the company must brief the committee's staff about the hack no later than Thursday 23 July.\n\nOne cyber-security expert said that the breach could have been a lot worse in other circumstances.\n\n\"If you were to have this kind of incident take place in the middle of a crisis, where Twitter was being used to either communicate de-escalatory language or critical information to the public, and suddenly it's putting out the wrong messages from several verified status accounts - that could be seriously destabilising,\" Dr Alexi Drew from King's College London told the BBC.\n\nTwitter earlier had to take the extraordinary step of stopping many verified accounts marked with blue ticks from tweeting altogether.\n\nPassword reset requests were also being denied and some other \"account functions\" disabled.\n\nBy 20:30 EDT (00:30 GMT Thursday) users with verified account started to be able to send tweets again, but Twitter said it was still working on a fix.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by jack This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded cyber-security company CrowdStrike, told Reuters news agency: \"This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet.\"\n\nOn the official account of Mr Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief appeared to offer to double any Bitcoin payment sent to the address of his digital wallet \"for the next 30 minutes\".\n\n\"I'm feeling generous because of Covid-19,\" the tweet added, along with a Bitcoin link address.\n\nThe tweets were deleted just minutes after they were first posted.\n\nBut as the first such tweet from Musk's account was removed, another one appeared, then a third.\n\nThe Biden campaign said Twitter had \"locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet\".\n\nA spokesman for Bill Gates told AP news agency: \"This appears to be part of a larger issue that Twitter is facing.\"\n\nThe BBC can report from a security source that a web address - cryptoforhealth.com - to which some hacked tweets directed users was registered by a cyber-attacker using the email address mkeyworth5@gmail.com.\n\nThe name \"Anthony Elias\" was used to register the website, but may be a pseudonym - it appears to be a play on \"an alias\".\n\nCryptoforhealth is also a registered user name on Instagram, apparently set up contemporaneously to the hack.\n\nThe description of the profile read \"It was us\", alongside a slightly smiling face emoticon.\n\nThe Instagram profile also posted a message that said: \"It was a charity attack. Your money will find its way to the right place.\"\n\nIn any case, the real identities of the perpetrators are as yet unknown.\n\nThese \"double your Bitcoin\" scams have been a persistent pest on Twitter for years but this is unprecedented with the actual accounts of public figures hijacked and on a large scale.\n\nThe fact that so many different users have been compromised at the same time implies that this is a problem with Twitter's platform itself.\n\nEarly suggestions are that someone has managed to get hold of some sort of administration privileges and bypassed the passwords of pretty much any account they want.\n\nWith so much power at their fingertips the attackers could have done a lot more damage with more sophisticated tweets that could have harmed an individual or organisation's reputation.\n\nBut the motive seems to be clear - make as much money as quickly as they can. The hackers would have known that the tweets wouldn't stay up for long so this was the equivalent of a \"smash and grab\" operation.\n\nThere are conflicting accounts of how much money the hackers have made and even when a figure is settled upon, it's important to remember that cyber-criminals are known to add their own funds into their Bitcoin wallets to make the scam seem more legitimate.\n\nEither way, it's going to be very hard to catch the criminals by following the money. Law enforcement, as well as many angry users, will have some strong questions for Twitter about how this could have happened.\n\nCameron Winklevoss, who was declared the world's first Bitcoin billionaire in 2017 along with his twin brother Tyler, tweeted a message on Wednesday warning people not to participate in the \"scam\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Cameron Winklevoss This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the short time it was online, the link displayed in the tweets of targeted accounts received hundreds of contributions totalling more than $100,000 (£80,000), according to publicly available blockchain records.\n\nThe Twitter accounts targeted have millions of followers.\n\nApple's official account has more than four million followers, while Amazon's chief has 1.5 million\n\nLast year, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey's account was hacked, but the company said it had fixed the flaw that left his account vulnerable.\n\nDr Drew recently co-authored a paper warning about the potential of Twitter being used to sow disinformation.\n\nShe said the latest incident highlighted the need for all major social media platforms to check their security measures, particularly in the run up to the US Presidential vote.\n\n\"Social media companies such as Twitter and, Facebook all have a duty to consider the damage and influence their platforms can have on the 2020 election, and I think some companies are taking that more seriously than others,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Twitter actually has a good history of being forward-thinking and proactive in this space.\n\n\"But whatever the source of this attack [it seems they have] still not done enough.\"\n\nThe FBI's San Francisco field office put out a statement on Wednesday about the latest cyber-breach.\n\n\"The accounts appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud,\" it said.\n\n\"We advise the public not to fall victim to this scam by sending cryptocurrency or money in relation to this incident.\"", "Banksy spray painted his tag in the colours of a medical face mask\n\nBanksy has returned to the London Underground with a piece encouraging people to wear a face mask.\n\nA video posted on his Instagram page shows a man, believed to be the enigmatic artist, disguised as a professional cleaner.\n\nHe can be seen ordering passengers away as he gets to work, stencilling rats around the inside of a carriage.\n\nTransport for London (TfL) said the art was removed \"some days ago\" in line with its \"strict anti-graffiti policy\".\n\nThe work, called If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, features a number of rats in pandemic-inspired poses and wearing face masks.\n\nOne rodent stencilled on the Circle Line train appears to be sneezing, while another is shown spraying anti-bacterial gel.\n\nThe artist's name is also daubed across the driver's door of a train.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt the end of the video, the words \"I get lockdown\" appear on the side of a station wall before a train's doors close to reveal the phrase \"but I get up again\", and Chumbawamba's 1997 song Tubthumping kicks in.\n\nAll users of public transport in London must wear a face mask.\n\nThe statement from TfL said it appreciated \"the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings\".\n\n\"We'd like to offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC has asked if the travel authority worked with Banksy on this artwork and, if not, whether his actions posed a security risk.\n\nEarly on in his career Banksy, who is originally from Bristol, often spray-painted rats and monkeys on to Tube trains.\n\nA man purporting to be Banksy asks onlookers to move away\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tu Minh Le was sentenced to 12 years at the People's Court of Hung Yen Province\n\nA man has been jailed in Vietnam 14 years after killing another man in Wales.\n\nTran Nguyen died at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital in 2006 after being brought in beaten and unconscious.\n\nTu Minh Le, 47, who had fled to Vietnam, was sentenced to 12 years for unlawful killing at the People's Court of Hung Yen Province on Tuesday.\n\nThree men were sentenced for the 44-year-old's manslaughter at Cardiff Crown Court in 2008.\n\nGwent Police said following the 2008 convictions it continued working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Vietnamese authorities to track down Tu Minh Le.\n\nMr Nguyen was killed two months after arriving in the UK in the back of a lorry.\n\nTran Nguyen was killed two months after arriving in the UK in the back of a lorry\n\nDuring the 2008 court case, the prosecution said Mr Nguyen had been at a cannabis plantation at a property in Newport when it was raided by rivals, who tied him up and stole the crop of drug.\n\nThe court heard his gangmaster suspected he may have had a role in the theft and was taken to a house in London where he was beaten up.\n\nMr Nguyen, a father-of-two, was then driven back to Newport where he was then dumped unresponsive and unconscious at the hospital.\n\nPolice did not discover Mr Nguyen's identity until a month after his death when his brother-in-law went to the Royal Gwent Hospital looking for him.\n\nDet Ch Insp Justin O'Keefe, who has worked on the case since the start, said it had been one of the most logistically challenging inquiries ever faced by the force.\n\n\"This was the first time a trial was held in Vietnam for a foreign offence,\" he said.\n\n\"It's taken years of work liaising with a range of authorities, but we never lost hope that we would see the outcome we now have.\"\n\nNCA head of region for Asia Pacific, Mark Bishop, said: \"This was a truly landmark case which came about because of unprecedented co-operation between the NCA, Gwent Police and the Vietnamese ministry of public security...\n\n\"Tran Nguyen's family have been through a horrendous ordeal and have had to wait 14 years for this verdict. I hope it brings some form of comfort or closure to them.\"", "Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the court's most senior liberal justice, and her health is closely watched\n\nUS Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from hospital after \"treatment of a possible infection\", the court has said.\n\nIt said she \"underwent an endoscopic procedure... to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August\", in Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital.\n\nMs Ginsburg, 87, \"is home and doing well,\" the court said on Tuesday, one day after she was admitted in Maryland.\n\nAs the court's most senior liberal justice, her health is closely watched.\n\nShe has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years, but has returned swiftly to work on each occasion.\n\nIn May, she took part in legal argument from her hospital bed, just a day after she was admitted with a gallbladder condition.\n\nIn August 2019, Ms Ginsburg was treated for a cancerous tumour on her pancreas. She received treatment for colon cancer in 1999, and pancreatic cancer in 2009.\n\nAnd in December 2018, she had surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her lung. She has also suffered fractured ribs from falls.\n\nSupreme Court justices serve for life or until they choose to retire, and supporters have expressed concern that if anything were to happen to Ms Ginsburg then a more conservative judge might replace her.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has appointed two judges since taking office, and the current court is seen to have a 5-4 conservative majority in most cases.\n\nReacting to the news that Ms Ginsburg was taken to hospital, Mr Trump said: \"She's actually giving me some very good rulings… I wish her the absolute best\".", "Two of the first customers to be served at The Scotsman's Lounge pub in Edinburgh Image caption: Two of the first customers to be served at The Scotsman's Lounge pub in Edinburgh\n\nThat's all from BBC Scotland's live page on Wednesday 15 July, the day Scotland began its most significant relaxation of coronavirus measures since the country went into lockdown.\n\nNicola Sturgeon hailed a \"really significant milestone\" after Scotland recorded three days with no coronavirus cases admitted to hospitals last week.\n\nFor the seventh day in a row no deaths of patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 have been registered.\n\nThe first minister warned it was now more important than ever to stick to public health measures.", "Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.\n\nA 27-year-old man has been charged in Londonderry as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.\n\nThe man was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances.\n\nHe is due to appear via videolink at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Thursday.\n\nMs McKee was shot in Derry's Creggan estate on 18 April 2019.\n\nThe 29-year-old was observing rioting when she was shot.\n\nOne man, Paul McIntyre, 52, from Kinnego Park in Derry, has been charged with Ms McKee's murder.", "A march for Welsh independence in Caernarfon last summer\n\nA call for Welsh ministers to seek the right for the Senedd to legislate for an independence referendum has been rejected by the Welsh Parliament.\n\nPlaid Cymu's Rhun ap Iorwerth said Wales could have dealt better with Covid-19 if it was self-governing.\n\nBut Tory Darren Millar said independence would \"make us less resilient to global events\".\n\nLabour minister Jane Hutt said Wales was \"best served by a strong devolution settlement within a strong UK\".\n\nConstitutionally, an independence referendum would require the agreement of the UK government, as was the case with the one in Scotland in 2014.\n\nOpening the debate, Mr ap Iorwerth, Senedd member for Ynys Mon, said that if Wales had the \"kinds of tools that independent countries have the ability to devise\" it could have handled the pandemic better.\n\nIndependent small nations such as Norway, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia and Lithuania \"have death rates a tenth of Wales\", he said.\n\n\"We are not asking the Senedd to support independence today, but asking the Senedd to support the principle that the people of Wales should decide,\" he said.\n\nAdam Price: \"We the people of Wales are the builders of a better Wales\"\n\nClwyd West Conservative Senedd member Mr Millar said independence would be \"bad for Wales and bad for the United Kingdom\".\n\n\"It would make us less resilient to global events and catastrophes - we would be less secure,\" he said,\n\n\"And of course we know that, as a net beneficiary of the UK Treasury, Wales would be poorer.\"\n\nUKIP Senedd member Neil Hamilton said an independent Wales would see a \"massive contraction\" of its economy and \"all the poverty and deprivation which that would imply\".\n\n\"But I think what we have seen in the last 20 years is the comprehensive failure of devolution to deliver on the promises that were made for it.\"\n\nDarren Millar said independence would be \"bad for Wales and bad for the United Kingdom\"\n\nEx-UKIP Senedd leader Gareth Bennett last month announced he was joining the Abolish the Welsh Assembly party.\n\nIn his contribution to Wednesday night's debate he said a referendum should be held on abolition of the Senedd and politicians should \"then do precisely what Wales' people tell us to do\".\n\nLabour Welsh Government deputy minister Jane Hutt said Wales' best interests were \"best served by a strong devolution settlement within a strong UK and the United Kingdom is better and stronger for having Wales in it\".\n\nAlthough she described the \"current model\" of devolution as \"outmoded and inappropriate\".\n\nThere was a need to establish \"inter-governmental mechanisms to ensure we can address the many challenges that lie ahead\", Ms Hutt said.\n\nJane Hutt said Wales was best served within a strong UK devolution settlement\n\nWinding up the debate, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said the \"crisis and upheaval\" of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic had \"opened people's minds to new possibilities\".\n\n\"We the people of Wales are the builders of a better Wales,\" he said.\n\n\"No one else will build it for us.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's motion was rejected by 43 Senedd members, with nine in favour of it and one abstention.", "Viola Davis says she feels like she \"betrayed myself and my people\" in 2011 film The Help.\n\nSet in 1960s Mississippi it was nominated for multiple Oscars but Viola says it was \"created in the filter and the cesspool of systemic racism\".\n\nThe film was \"invested in the idea of what it means to be Black\" but catered \"to the white audience\".\n\nIt has been one of Netflix's most-watched films since recent Black Lives Matter protests.\n\nViola Davis starred in The Help along with Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard\n\nIt's based on a 2009 book that has been accused of perpetuating a \"white saviour\" narrative - when black characters are marginalised for the benefit of a white hero who \"saves\" them.\n\nViola plays a maid who helps Emma Stone's journalist character expose racism in the community - and this isn't the first time she's said she regrets the role.\n\n\"There's no one who's not entertained by The Help. But there's a part of me that feels like I betrayed myself, and my people, because I was in a movie that wasn't ready to [tell the whole truth],\" Viola told Vanity Fair.\n\nThe Emmy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress - the first black actor to win the \"Triple Crown of Acting\" - says she took the role because she was hoping it would make her \"pop\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by violadavis This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I was that journeyman actor, trying to get in.\"\n\nViola praised the film's white writer-director, Tate Taylor, and the majority-female cast that included Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, whose performance won her an Oscar for best supporting actress.\n\n\"I cannot tell you the love I have for these women, and the love they have for me.\n\n\"But with any movie - are people ready for the truth?\"\n\nViola now has a production company with her husband Julius Tennon and will portray Michelle Obama in one of its upcoming shows\n\nBryce Dallas Howard recently shared her views on The Help too.\n\n\"I'm so grateful for the exquisite friendships that came from that film -- our bond is something I treasure deeply and will last a lifetime.\n\n\"This being said, The Help is a fictional story told through the perspective of a white character and was created by predominantly white storytellers. We can all go further,\" she wrote on Facebook, sharing a list of films that \"centre black lives\" instead.\n\nViola Davis is now at the top of her profession - but her talent wasn't really recognised until the last decade.\n\nSpeaking to Vanity Fair she compared her career - and those of other \"unknown, faceless\" black actresses who represent earlier versions of herself - to \"fabulous white actresses\" like Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon and Kristen Stewart who've had \"a wonderful role for each stage of their lives, that brought them to the stage they are now. We can't say that for many actors of colour\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Staff at Cornwall's Eden Project have been told that job losses for up to 40% of its staff \"are sadly inevitable\" because of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on its finances and scale of operations.\n\nManagers said the prolonged lockdown closure and continuing restrictions on visitor numbers of the attraction near St Austell had resulted in the managing company \"losing more than £7m in revenue so far this financial year\" and they had told staff \"redundancies will need to follow\".\n\nBosses said a six-week consultation process and restructuring had begun \"across all areas and levels of the company\".\n\nThey estimated that the equivalent of about 150 full-time jobs would be lost out of the current total of 375 full-time equivalent jobs, but that would equate to between 200 and 220 people in full and part-time roles \"likely to leave the organisation\".\n\nEden said it \"would provide the fullest support in whatever ways it can to those employees whose jobs are at risk\".", "A courtroom sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell, who appeared in court via video link\n\nGhislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and ex-girlfriend of the late US convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been denied bail in a high-profile sex case.\n\nAt a hearing via video link, a New York judge said she would remain in custody while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minors for Epstein.\n\nMs Maxwell, who pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in July 2021.\n\nHer lawyers had said she was at risk of contracting coronavirus in prison.\n\nEpstein died in prison on 10 August 2019 as he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was determined to be suicide.\n\nMs Maxwell, seen here in 2016, is accused of helping Epstein groom girls as young as 14\n\nMs Maxwell, who was arrested on 2 July, faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted.\n\nDuring Tuesday's hearing, federal prosecutors said she was an \"extreme\" flight risk and should remain in custody.\n\nIn a filing, they said that when FBI agents visited her property on 2 July, they identified themselves and asked her to open the front door.\n\n\"Through a window, the agents saw the defendant ignore the direction to open the door and, instead, try to flee to another room in the house, quickly shutting a door behind her,\" they said.\n\nThey added: \"Agents were ultimately forced to breach the door in order to enter the house to arrest the defendant.\"\n\nBut her lawyers denied that she was a flight risk and asked for her release on bail of $5m (£4m). The requested bail was secured by a $3.75m property in the UK.\n\nMs Maxwell's lawyers also said her detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, put her at \"serious risk\" of contracting coronavirus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins has taken a look at the many remaining questions for Ghislaine Maxwell\n\nProsecutors allege that between 1994 and 1997, Ms Maxwell helped Epstein groom girls as young as 14. They have said that they expect \"one or more victims\" to testify.\n\nFour of the charges Ms Maxwell faces relate to the years 1994-97 when she was, according to the indictment, among Epstein's closest associates and also in an \"intimate relationship\" with him. The other two charges are allegations of perjury in 2016.\n\nThe indictment says Ms Maxwell \"assisted, facilitated, and contributed to Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom and ultimately abuse victims known to Maxwell and Epstein to be under the age of 18\".\n\nJeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York in 2005\n\nMs Maxwell is the daughter of the late British media mogul Robert Maxwell.\n\nA well-connected figure, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the 2015 court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein's US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).\n\nBuckingham Palace has said that \"any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors\" by the duke was \"categorically untrue\".\n\nMs Maxwell, who has mostly been out of public view since 2016, was arrested at her remote estate in Bradford, New Hampshire, on 2 July.", "A £4bn cut in VAT has come into force, allowing firms in the food, drink and hospitality sectors to slash prices.\n\nNando's, Pret A Manger and McDonald's are among firms to promise reductions after the chancellor ordered a temporary VAT cut from 20% to 5%.\n\nThe Treasury estimates households could save £160 a year on average, but not all firms will pass on the benefit.\n\nMany companies are expected to use the windfall to shore up finances hit by the lockdown, rather than cut prices.\n\nThe VAT reduction will stay until 12 January next year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last week. It was part of a package of measures to help firms recover and get consumers spending.\n\nVAT - Value Added Tax - is paid on everyday goods and services, but the tax is usually included in the price most consumers see.\n\nSeveral restaurants and food-to-go chains have announced price cuts:\n\nValue Added Tax, or VAT, is the tax you have to pay when you buy goods or services.\n\nThe standard rate of VAT in the UK is 20%, with about half the items households spend money on subject to this rate.\n\nThere is a reduced rate of 5% which applies to some things such as children's car seats and home energy.\n\nWhen you see a price for something in a shop, any VAT will already have been added.\n\nThere are also various items for which you do not have to pay any VAT, such as most supermarket food, children's clothing, newspapers and magazines.\n\nIt is clear that many businesses will not be passing on the reduction. Malcolm Bell, chief executive of Visit Cornwell, said the chancellor's move was to support business, not help holidaymakers.\n\nHe said some firms had reported tourists calling them to ask for 15% off their holiday booking. \"My message to customers is this is to help the businesses, not to reduce the cost of their holiday. It is only a temporary relaxation up to January.\"\n\nMany attractions such as museums, parks and zoos, might also not pass on the reduction.\n\nBernard Donoghue, director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva), said he expected the VAT cut would go towards helping venues \"repair their finances as opposed to being passed on to customers\".\n\nAlva members were seeing a spike in demand after three months of lockdown, with attractions that offer pre-booked visits \"vastly oversubscribed\", he said.\n\nPub chain Wetherspoon said it would use the tax break to help fund lower prices on some of its most popular beers.\n\nHowever, this move drew criticism from Tom Stainer, chief executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), and James Calder, chief executive of the Society for Independent Brewers (Siba).\n\n\"Like all pubs, Wetherspoon will not be able to benefit from a VAT reduction on beer sales and it is disappointing to see them potentially mislead customers into believing cheaper beer prices are as a direct result of the chancellor's measures,\" he said.\n\nWetherspoon has produced promotional posters to advertise food price cuts, including one called Sunak's Specials and another called Dishi Rishi.\n\nIts chairman, Tim Martin, has campaigned for tax equality between pubs, restaurants and supermarkets for many years. He said: \"Supermarkets pay no VAT on food sales and pubs pay 20%. Supermarkets pay about 2p per pint of business rates and pubs pay about 20p.\n\n\"A VAT reduction will help pubs and restaurants reverse this trend - creating more jobs, helping high streets and eventually generating more tax income for the government.\"\n\nBut he said that not every hospitality business would be able to reduce prices immediately.\n\n\"Some will need to retain the benefit of lower VAT just to stay in business. Others may need to invest in upgrading their premises.\n\n\"However, lower VAT and tax equality will eventually lead to lower prices, more employment, busier High Streets and more taxes for the government.\"", "Workers are self-isolating at the Herefordshire farm\n\nA group of farm workers in Scotland have been quarantined after they were on the same flight as people who travelled to a coronavirus-hit farm\n\nVegetable producer A S Green and Co in England went into lockdown after tests showed 93 people had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nSome of them were on a flight bringing agricultural workers to the UK which included 63 people heading to Scotland.\n\nTesting has been made available to them and none has shown Covid symptoms.\n\nThe Scottish government said officials in Scotland were alerted by Public Health England.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"A number of farm workers in Scotland travelled to the UK at the same time as those in Herefordshire.\n\n\"All those farm workers are understood to have undertaken the required 14-day quarantine on the farms where they are based and have exhibited no symptoms in that time.\n\n\"The risk of infection is understood to be very low in this case, however testing is being made available to all those working on these farms.\"\n\nIt is understood two farms in Scotland were affected, but their location has not been revealed.\n\nThe A S Green farm in Mathon, Herefordshire, employs a mix of seasonal workers from the UK and abroad and they have been asked to quarantine at the site's live-in accommodation.\n\nThree workers who left the farm against health advice, one of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, have now been traced and are self isolating.\n\nKatie Spence, Public Health England's Midlands health protection director, said: \"Information gathered from both the recruitment company and from the workers themselves suggested that those workers who tested positive were not showing any symptoms of Covid-19 at the time they travelled to the UK.\n\n\"We know, however, that there is a risk that people can transmit the infection before - or without ever - developing symptoms, and this is why we've taken a precautionary approach to follow-up workers who were on the same flight as the confirmed cases.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nWigan Athletic scored seven first-half goals to stun relegation-threatened Hull City before equalling the biggest victory in Championship history.\n\nThe result matched Bournemouth's 8-0 thrashing of Birmingham City in 2014 and set a new record league win for the Latics.\n\nIn an extraordinary first 45 minutes at the DW Stadium, Kal Naismith, Jamal Lowe and Joe Williams all got on the scoresheet for the hosts, while Kieffer Moore and Kieran Dowell netted twice.\n\nDowell completed his hat-trick after the break but that was where the scoring ended as Wigan also kept a 10th clean sheet in 11 games.\n\nWhile the final scoreline was staggering, the result was crucial for both sides.\n\nThe Latics, who have a 12-point deduction for going into administration looming, are now 12 points above the relegation zone with two games to play.\n\nHull's woeful run of form in 2020 continues, however, with this low point leaving them in the bottom three by one point. Grant McCann's side have won just once in their past 18 games, losing 14 of them.\n\nThe Tigers face fellow strugglers Luton and play-off chasing Cardiff in their final two games, but there was little from this performance to inspire confidence in their survival.\n• None Wigan's biggest ever league win - surpassing their 7-0 victory against Oxford United in 2017\n• None Hull conceded eight goals in a league match for the first time since November 1911 (0-8 against Wolves)\n• None Wigan were the first team to score eight goals at home in the English second tier since Manchester City beat Huddersfield 10-1 in 1987\n• None Equalled the biggest victory in the second tier since it was rebranded as the Championship in 2004 (Birmingham 0-8 Bournemouth in 2014)\n\n'I'm so, so sorry'\n\nFormer Northern Ireland midfielder McCann apologised to the supporters but indicated that he expected to be in charge for Hull's final two games.\n\n\"It has hurt us, and all I can do is apologise to the fans on behalf of everyone in that dressing room because it's nowhere good enough, and I'm so, so sorry for that,\" the 40-year-old said.\n\n\"We didn't get going at all. We concede in the first-odd minute, giving ourselves a mountain to climb, and then we seemed to concede every time Wigan went forward. We're stood there at the sideline thinking 'Is this ever going to stop?'\n\n\"We just didn't get to grips with it at all. We just didn't turn up. We all felt embarrassed. We're all hurting. We have worked so hard this season, and to get done like we did today is unacceptable, from everyone.\"\n\nPaul Cook's Wigan had been the second-lowest scorers in the league prior to Tuesday's game, but the huge victory has taken their goal difference into positive territory which could be a key factor in their survival quest.\n\nNaismith opened the scoring for the Latics inside the opening minute after he nodded home Dowell's short corner, while Moore finished well in the box after some good work from Lowe to gift him the ball.\n\nLowe registered another assist for Dowell to score Wigan's third before getting on the scoresheet himself soon after with a cool finish.\n\nMoore headed home from a Nathan Byrne cross to pile on the misery for Hull while Dowell added a second moments before Williams scored Wigan's seventh of the half just before the half-time whistle.\n\nWhat does this victory mean for Wigan?\n\nDespite their fine form either side of football's suspension amid the coronavirus crisis, Wigan's hopes of survival hang on them maintaining their impressive run after they entered administration.\n\nShould they finish outside the bottom three this season, their 12-point deduction will be implemented straight away, meaning they need to stay at least 12 points clear of the relegation zone.\n\nThe Latics began the game with a better goal difference of 11 compared to Hull, which was already a slight advantage should their deduction come into play this season, but their seven-goal haul in the first half alone extended that to 25 goals.\n\nWith the shadow of staff redundancies, wage cuts and fans funding transport for players to get to games, this remarkable victory could be the tonic the club need to maintain their Championship status.\n\n\"The players deserve so much credit but there is two big games to go,\" manager Cook said. \"We're climbing a mountain but we're not at the top.\n\n\"We're very proud of our supporters and the town, to raise the money and give us the support they have, and I think tonight we've gone a long way towards repaying that.\n\n\"Can we go the extra yard to give them that full satisfaction of overturning possibly a 12-point deduction? We have to keep believing we can.\"\n\nThis was a performance to forget for Hull and their dismal form this year means their chances of survival look even slimmer as a result of their 23rd defeat of the campaign.\n\nHull have not played in English football's third tier since 2005, enjoying promotions to the Premier League in the intervening years.\n\nThose glory days look like a distant memory, as they slipped to their biggest defeat since an 8-0 thrashing by Wolves in 1911.\n\nThere had looked to be a consolation in Hull's fortunes as the game drew to a close after Keane Lewis-Potter looked to have been brought down by Nathan Byrne.\n\nHowever referee Tony Harrington changed his mind after initially pointing to the spot, in a moment that was symbolic of a nightmare evening for Hull.\n• None Attempt missed. George Honeyman (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Callum Elder.\n• None Offside, Hull City. George Long tries a through ball, but Tom Eaves is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Tom Eaves (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum Elder with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Kevin Stewart (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Eaves. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Johnny Depp and Amber Heard argued \"like schoolchildren\", his former estate manager has claimed.\n\nBen King told London's High Court that their rows started from \"banal beginnings\" and escalated.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on for its defence.\n\nMr King worked for Mr Depp for three separate periods between 2014 and 2016, in Australia, London and Vancouver, Canada.\n\nIn witness statements, Mr King said he \"frequently witnessed\" Ms Heard, 34, \"goading and attempting to provoke\" Mr Depp, who he never saw \"be violent or unkind towards Ms Heard, or indeed towards anyone else\".\n\nHe said: \"Of what I heard of their arguments, they could start from very banal beginnings.\n\n\"On one occasion in London, I recall Ms Heard complained that Mr Depp had removed his hand from hers, and she complained along the lines of 'maybe you don't love me'.\"\n\nMr King continued: \"The argument then carried on and escalated seriously. The way they argued could make them seem like schoolchildren.\"\n\nReflecting on periods in London and Australia, he said he \"saw Ms Heard as the antagoniser\" while Mr Depp \"seemed keen to walk out of, or away from, arguments\".\n\n\"I want to make clear that I did not see any violence at any time. I do not want to accuse Ms Heard of anything, but this was what I saw of the pattern of their arguments,\" he said.\n\nMr King also claimed that on a number of occasions, Mr Depp \"left notes downstairs before he went to work, saying things like 'let's not do this again' and 'I love you'.\"\n\nMr Depp and Ms Heard were married for two years until 2017\n\nHe also spoke about the couple's trip to Australia in March 2015, during which it is alleged Mr Depp assaulted Ms Heard and \"completely destroyed\" a house in a drink and drug-fuelled rage, which the actor denies.\n\nMr Depp alleges his finger was severed by Ms Heard throwing a vodka bottle at him, which she denies.\n\nMr King said he was summoned to the house the couple were renting, where he found a \"significant amount of damage\" and discovered Mr Depp's severed finger tip on the floor.\n\nHe said that on the flight back to Los Angeles from Australia with Ms Heard, she asked him \"have you ever been so angry with someone that you just lost it?\"\n\nHe said: \"I replied that that had never happened to me. She seemed incredulous and asked again, 'you have never been so angry with someone that you just lost it?'\n\n\"Again, I answered that I had not and Ms Heard did not continue on this topic. This question seemed alarming to me, given the severity of the damage I had earlier witnessed at the house and the apparent serious injury to Mr Depp's finger.\"\n\nMr King also said Mr Depp was teetotal when he interviewed for the job and he was \"surprised\" when the couple brought \"a relatively large number of cases of wine\" to a house in London.\n\nHe also said that during their London stay in October 2014, he did not see Mr Depp drink, but he believed Ms Heard \"would regularly drink at least one or two bottles a night\".\n\nIn later testimony, via video link from Los Angeles, Ms Heard's former personal assistant, Kate James, claimed the actress would send a \"barrage of drunk text messages between the hours of two and four in the morning... on an almost daily basis\".\n\nMs James accused Ms Heard of deleting all the \"abusive\" texts after the actress terminated her employment.\n\nWhen Sasha Wass QC, barrister for the News Group Newspapers, suggested Ms James had been \"encouraged\" by Mr Depp and his associates to give \"vicious evidence\" against Ms Heard, she denied the accusation - adding she was \"here for my own reasons\".\n\nIn her witness statement, Ms James said she had discovered the Aquaman actress had \"stolen\" her own account of being \"violently raped\" at machete-point in Brazil in the 1990s and \"twisted it into her own story to benefit herself\".\n\n\"This of course caused me extreme distress and outrage that she would dare to attempt to use the most harrowing experience of my life as her own narrative.\n\n\"I'm a sexual violence survivor and that's very, very serious to take that stance if you are not one and I am one.\n\n\"That's the reason I'm here, because I take offence.\"\n\nAlso on Wednesday, Kevin Murphy - Mr Depp's current estate manager, who gave evidence via video link - said Mr Depp \"would never hit a woman\".\n\nMr Murphy was asked about a text message sent to him by Mr Depp, in which the actor offered his \"profound thanks\" and referred to wanting to \"rid this fraud of the ability to hurt all womankind\".\n\nHe said Mr Depp felt that Ms Heard's allegations were \"not only a fraud against him, but a fraud against women in general\".\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "Ireland wants to demonstrate to multinational investors that the country is a safe and predictable place to do business\n\nAn EU court is hearing appeals against a decision to order Ireland to recover £11.5bn of unpaid taxes from Apple.\n\nIn 2016, the European Commission found an agreement between Dublin and the technology giant was against EU law.\n\nIt said the Irish government allowed Apple to attribute nearly all its EU sales earnings to an Irish head office that existed only on paper, thereby avoiding paying tax on EU revenues.\n\nBoth the Republic of Ireland and Apple are appealing against the ruling.\n\nWhy would any government want to turn down a €14bn tax windfall?\n\nFor Ireland, the motivation is twofold: First there is the desire to disprove claims that it acts, or has acted, as a tax haven.\n\nThe country has faced increasing criticism of its corporate tax policies, with the American economist Gabriel Zucman leading the charge.\n\nHe has accused Ireland of being \"the world's number one tax haven\".\n\nSecondly, Ireland wants to demonstrate to multinational investors that the country is a safe and predictable place to do business.\n\nApple's lawyer Daniel Beard told the court the order issued by the European Commission three years ago \"defied reality and common sense\".\n\n\"The activities of these two branches in Ireland simply could not be responsible for generating almost all of Apple's profits outside the Americas\", he added.\n\nThe European Commission argued Ireland allowed Apple to reduce substantially its tax bill in a way that gave the technology giant a selective advantage over other companies located in Ireland, said Laura Treacy, a Brussels-based partner at Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald.\n\n\"The two companies in question were really the revenue generating companies for all of Europe. They happened to be located in Ireland,\" Ms Treacy told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"They were established in Ireland, but importantly, they were non-tax resident in Ireland and, as a result, they were not required to pay income or corporate tax on their worldwide profits but rather only on the profits that were attributable to the Irish operations.\"\n\nThe iPhone has been one of Apple's most successful products\n\nThe Irish state argues the EC has misunderstood the Irish tax rules and Irish tax arrangements, she said.\n\n\"Where the commission says a lot of the profits were being transferred to head offices which, according to the commission, had no employees and no staff, and carried on very little substance,\" she said.\n\n\"Ireland and Apple are saying no actually, quite serious decision making was taking place in these head office entities,\" she added.\n\n\"And it was correct to allocate the vast proportions of the profits to the head offices, leaving only smaller amounts in Ireland because they are saying only routine tax decisions were taking place in Ireland.\"\n\nMs Treacy said both Apple and Ireland argue that one of the commission's key points is incorrect and does not form part of state aid law, but is instead \"a kind of novel rule\" introduced by the commission.", "Michigan State Police released security footage showing the confrontation between the officer and the suspect\n\nA police officer in the US state of Michigan has shot dead a man suspected of stabbing a customer in a shop, in an altercation over face masks.\n\nPolice say the incident began in a convenience store near Lansing, where the suspect - named as Sean Ruis - attacked a 77-year-old man who had challenged him for not wearing a mask.\n\nThey say Ruis fled the scene in a car.\n\nHe was later pulled over by a female deputy sheriff, who opened fire when Ruis lunged towards her.\n\nMichigan State Police released footage of the confrontation in a residential area in the Lansing suburb of Delta early on Tuesday.\n\nIt shows the police car stopping a vehicle and the driver, identified as Ruis, advancing on the deputy who shoots him after a brief tussle.\n\nPolice say Ruis, 43, was carrying a weapon. He was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead.\n\nThe incident happened 30 minutes after Ruis allegedly stabbed a customer at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale, about six miles (10km) to the south.\n\nThe row is said to have begun when the 77-year-old - who was wearing a face mask - chided Ruis for not doing so. The elderly man is in hospital and said to be in a stable condition.\n\nIt is not the first dispute over face masks to end in tragedy in the US.\n\nLast week a security guard in Gardena, south of Los Angeles, was charged with murder over the shooting of a customer who had entered a shop without a face mask.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe reduction from 20% to 5% - designed to help sectors of the economy hit hardest by the pandemic - applies to a host of things including food and non-alcoholic drinks in restaurants and pubs, hotel and campsite accommodation and admission to tourist attractions. Some firms have already promised to reduce prices - Nandos, Starbucks and McDonald's among them - but others are likely to shore up their finances instead. Read more on how VAT works and why things might not look any different for customers.\n\nTheme park ticket prices could fall, but operators might use the windfall in other ways\n\nIn Scotland, the cut in VAT coincides with the reopening of bars, restaurants and tourist attractions. Hairdressers and beauty salons, cinemas, places of worship and childcare settings are also opening up in the most significant relaxation of restrictions yet. Here are the changes in full. Infection reduction measures will be in place in all settings and face masks encouraged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in living in Blackburn with Darwen are waking up to tighter coronavirus restrictions, imposed after the area emerged as an infection hotspot. For the next month, there'll be stricter limits on socialising and a request to wear face coverings in all enclosed public spaces, including workplaces, libraries, museums, health centres and hair and beauty salons. Officials say they hope that by doing so the area can avoid a full Leicester-style local lockdown.\n\nThe number of hospital admissions in England for heart attacks fell by a third when the pandemic hit, and by the end of May, 5,000 fewer people than expected had presented with urgent heart symptoms. That's according to a study published today in The Lancet. Researchers say some avoidable deaths may have occurred because fears about catching the virus put patients off seeking help. See the NHS advice on heart attack warning signs.\n\nMany NHS procedures and treatments have been delayed or cancelled during the crisis\n\nMore than a million people have given up smoking since the pandemic hit, a survey for charity Action on Smoking and Health suggests. Four in 10 said it was in direct response to coronavirus, in part, perhaps, because government advice says smokers may be at risk of more severe symptoms. Limited access to tobacco while isolating and no opportunity to smoke socially are also likely to have contributed.\n\nTerence Craggs is one of those who has quite recently after two spells in hospital\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest from our live page.\n\nPlus, what can police do about coronavirus rule breakers? Our home affairs correspondent explains.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "There are no plans to make face coverings mandatory for office workers in England, Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe health secretary told the BBC people working in offices would not need to cover up, despite a newspaper report suggesting they would.\n\n\"It is something we've looked at and rejected,\" he said, but added masks would be worn elsewhere by the public \"for the foreseeable future\".\n\nFace coverings in shops will become mandatory in England on 24 July.\n\nThose who fail to comply with the new rules on wearing face coverings in England's shops will face a fine of up to £100.\n\nChildren under 11, those with certain disabilities, and people working in shops will be exempt.\n\nScotland already requires shoppers to cover their faces while Wales and Northern Ireland are both weighing up similar policies.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has committed for the first time to an \"independent inquiry\" into the government's handling of the pandemic.\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded a further 85 deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 45,053.\n\nMr Hancock said face coverings helped prevent spread during short interactions with strangers, but that social distancing and hand washing were more effective for contact with people over long periods of time.\n\nThere is a difference between visiting a shop for a few minutes and working alongside colleagues at a desk for several hours, he told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"When you're in close proximity with somebody that you have to work closely to, if you're there for a long time with them, then a mask doesn't offer that protection.\"\n\nNo 10 has suggested face coverings are not required while buying takeaway food after cabinet ministers Liz Truss and Michael Gove were photographed on Tuesday\n\n\"The same logic applies for schools - we're not recommending masks for schools because if you're in a classroom with kids all day then a mask doesn't give you protection,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer's spokesman said the party was not calling for the compulsory wearing of face coverings in offices \"at this stage\".\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Johnson declined to say he would implement the recommendations of a government-commissioned report into a potential \"winter wave\" of coronavirus infections later this year.\n\nThe PM instead said the government was busy \"getting on with implementing the preparations for a potential new spike\" and is \"engaged in record investments in the NHS\".\n\nMr Johnson went on to hail the UK's coronavirus \"Test and Trace\" scheme as being \"as good as or better than\" any other system in the world, although Sir Keir cast doubt on its success in ensuring people self-isolate.\n\nIt comes as a council in Blackburn, Lancashire, told residents they must wear face coverings while in all public settings as it worked to combat a \"rising tide\" of coronavirus cases.\n\nProf Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen's director of public health, said he hoped the use of coverings, alongside other specific measures, would prevent a Leicester-style local lockdown in the area.\n\nLeicester became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on 4 July following a spike in Covid-19 cases. There are limits on social gatherings and hotels, pubs and restaurants have not been allowed to reopen.\n\nResidents and visitors in York are also being told to \"wear masks now\" ahead of them becoming mandatory for shoppers on 24 July.\n\nHealth officials in the city said there was \"mounting evidence for the value of wearing face coverings\".\n\nMeanwhile, questions were raised about exactly where face coverings would need to be worn by shoppers in England after various cabinet ministers were seen with and without masks buying takeaway food.\n\nPhotographs of Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove showed him without a face covering while at a Westminster branch of Pret on Tuesday, while Trade Secretary Liz Truss was seen in the same shop minutes later wearing a bright blue mask.\n\nMr Hancock told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was \"not frankly interested\" in the pictures, adding: \"Those photographs were taken before I announced the change in policy to the House of Commons yesterday afternoon.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak was pictured wearing a face mask when buying takeaway food at a central London sandwich shop on Wednesday afternoon\n\nDowning Street then suggested face coverings will not have to be worn when buying takeaway food in England, with official guidance due shortly.\n\nThe PM's official spokesman said his understanding \"is that it wouldn't be mandatory if you went in, for example, to a sandwich shop in order to get a takeaway to wear a face covering\".\n\nIn response to the comments, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: \"This is frankly ridiculous. The virus doesn't know if you're in a takeaway or a supermarket. The government is risking the health of the public to cover the back of a cabinet minister.\"\n\nMr Hancock said the public needed to get used to wearing face coverings in shops and at NHS facilities \"for the foreseeable future\".\n\n\"People have got to play their part,\" he said.\n\nMask-wearing has been compulsory on public transport in England and at NHS facilities across the UK since 15 June.\n\nMeanwhile, more than £5m has been donated to the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) in its first day of fundraising to help some of the world's most vulnerable through the pandemic.\n\nThe DEC, which is made up of 14 of Britain's largest aid charities, will spend donations on providing food, water and medical care to people in countries such as Syria, Yemen and South Sudan.\n\nDo you work in an office? What are your feelings about wearing a face covering at work? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The Republic of Ireland has decided not to move forward to Phase 4 of its roadmap for easing lockdown amid concerns about the spread of Covid-19.\n\n\"This virus has not changed, indiscriminate in its cruelty and relentless,\" said the taoiseach.\n\n\"The concern about the rise in cases in recent weeks is very real, the R (reproductive) number has risen above 1 in this country,\" Micheál Martin said.\n\nMr Martin said the Irish cabinet had agreed that current public health measures should remain in place and the Republic of Ireland would not progress to Phase 4 of the agreed roadmap.\n\nHe was speaking following a meeting with his cabinet colleagues on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe five key priorities identified by Irish government are:\n\nPhase 4 of Ireland's plan to move out of lockdown - which could have seen pubs that do not serve food reopen- was due to start on Monday.\n\nIt comes as two further Covid-19-related deaths were recorded in the Republic - the death toll is now 1,748.\n\nPubs will not now reopen until 10 August\n\nFourteen new cases of coronavirus have also been recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 25,683.\n\nPubs and hotel bars operating as restaurants have already been allowed to reopen, under Phase 3. They are only allowed to serve alcohol to customers who purchase a \"substantial\" meal.\n\nThe news that the country will not move forward comes amid concerns about a rising number of new cases of the virus - particularity in young people - since lockdown eased and the Republic of Ireland opened up again.\n\nThere has been an increase in the number of clusters of Covid-19 in private households, particularly in the last week.\n\nCurrently a maximum of 50 people are allowed to gather indoors. This had been due to rise to 100 on 20 July.\n\nSome 200 people can gather outside. This had been due to increase to 500 in Phase 4 of the easing of coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe increase in the size of crowds permitted would have allowed cultural and arts facilities, such as theatres, cinemas and galleries, to reopen their doors.\n• None Ireland to further ease restrictions on Monday", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I could be crying my eyes out on the floor and they wouldn't know\"\n\nNew parents have been left \"socially isolated\" during lockdown and unaware of how to get help, the National Childbirth Trust has claimed.\n\nBethan Sayed, who gave birth in April, said the support she has received was \"sporadic\".\n\nThe member of the Senedd warned of a long-term impact on new mothers' mental health.\n\nThe Welsh Government said perinatal community services had continued through the pandemic.\n\nBut there have been calls for better support in the event of a second lockdown.\n\nNew mum Bethan Sayed described support she received as \"sporadic\"\n\nNCT practice manager Val Wilcox, said some parents had been reluctant to contact health visitors or midwives because \"they don't want to bother them or they're not sure whether they're allowed to\".\n\nShe said: \"We've heard about certain services reaching out and ringing the socially isolated at the other end of the spectrum - so the elderly receiving proactive phone calls - perhaps that's something that could be put in place for new parents as well.\n\n\"So rather than having to pick up the phone themselves, someone's actually checking in with them if we go into a second lockdown.\"\n\nMs Wilcox said research showed the sooner post-natal depression sufferers sought help, the sooner they got better.\n\n\"If it's not easy or apparent where that help comes from, then an individual is more likely to spiral downward,\" she said.\n\nPlaid Cymru Senedd member, Ms Sayed, gave birth to son Idris after lockdown started on 23 March.\n\nThe South Wales West MS said she had not had a single health visit and described support as \"sporadic\".\n\nShe said she was \"overwhelmed\" by the number of people calling with similar concerns, saying they felt \"isolated\".\n\nMs Sayed is calling on the Welsh Government to ensure mothers are offered a six week check-up and are told of services available.\n\n\"The lack of consistency across both counts is really disappointing,\" she said.\n\nKatie Jones felt \"forgotten about\", having not had a single health visit\n\nKatie Jones, from Porthcawl, gave birth to her second child, George, in March, just before lockdown began.\n\nShe said she felt \"forgotten about\" having not had a single health visit and just two phone calls since her son was born.\n\n\"I'm genuinely OK but they don't know that,\" she said.\n\n\"I could be a mess on the floor crying my eyes out with my baby just not knowing what to do, and no one would have a clue right now, because there's been no touch points since he was eight weeks old.\"\n\nShe said she had been given a number if she needed help but said it would be better if the health visitors called.\n\n\"I personally wouldn't phone or text a health visitor but if they phoned me I might open up a lot more,\" she said.\n\nMichelle Townsend said support available as a first-time mum was \"patchy\"\n\nMichelle Townsend's daughter Audrey was born prematurely at 26 weeks in October.\n\nShe was allowed home from hospital 10 days before lockdown began.\n\nThe neonatal team at University Hospital of Wales had continued to visit Audrey at her Cardiff home.\n\nBut she said support available to her as a first-time mum was \"patchy\".\n\n\"I've had a conversation with the health visitor a couple of times over the phone and one face-to-face and there was a little bit of a discussion about my mental health,\" she said.\n\n\"But to be honest we'd been home about two days, and then lockdown happened, and actually I think that's had more of an impact on my mental health and wellbeing.\n\n\"And it's taken a few weeks for me to realise that I needed more support, and that's where I've found that it's been a little bit lacking.\"\n\nShe said lifting travel restrictions and letting people form extended households made \"an enormous difference.\"\n\nBut if there was a second wave of coronavirus and restrictions were tightened \"special considerations\" should be given to new parents, she added.\n\nThe Welsh Government said perinatal community services and mental health support continued throughout the pandemic.\n\n\"Support is available to parents through their named midwife and health visitor, as well as through virtual, phone and face-to-face appointments - where safe to do so,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We have recently provided funding to boost the free and confidential support available through the Family Lives helpline, to offer bilingual advice on any aspect of parenting and family life.\n\n\"We would urge anyone experiencing difficulties to get in touch with their designated health visitor, midwife or support services.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An estimated 28,000 procedures have been delayed in England\n\nHospital admissions for heart attacks dropped by a third across England when coronavirus took off in the UK and the nation went into lockdown, say researchers in The Lancet journal.\n\nBy the end of May, 5,000 fewer people than expected were seen and treated for urgent heart symptoms, they estimate.\n\nThe study authors say some avoidable deaths may have occurred as a result.\n\nA heart attack is a medical emergency - people with symptoms should call 999, even during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nExperts suspect coronavirus fear and anxiety may have put some patients off seeking urgent help.\n\nFrom mid-February and throughout March 2020 - when cases of coronavirus started to affect the UK - there were about 2,000 hospital admissions for suspected heart attacks and angina a week.\n\nAdmissions started to rise during April and May 2020 but were still below the 2019 average, of 3,000.\n\nLead study author Dr Marion Mafham, from the University of Oxford, said: \"Our study shows that far fewer people with heart attacks have attended hospital during this pandemic.\n\n\"It is important that anyone with chest pain calls an ambulance immediately, because every minute of delay increases the risk of dying or experiencing serious complications from a heart attack.\"\n\nDr Sonya Babu-Narayan, from the British Heart Foundation, said: \"Prompt treatment for your heart attack could save your life.\n\n\"So if you think you are experiencing symptoms, call 999 immediately.\".\n\nNHS national clinical director for heart disease Nick Linker said: \"NHS staff pulled out all the stops to treat over 100,000 people for coronavirus in hospitals during the pandemic.\n\n\"But they also made sure that everyone who needed urgent and emergency treatment for other conditions - including for heart attacks and strokes - could get it in a safe way.\n\n\"While it's good news that since the peak more people are now coming forward with heart problems, and A&E visits are closer to usual levels, our message to the public continues to be heart attacks are a medical emergency and can be fatal, so help us help you, and call 999 right away.\"", "Workers are self-isolating at the Herefordshire farm\n\nA further 19 workers have tested positive for coronavirus on a farm which went into lockdown.\n\nVegetable producers A S Green and Co in Herefordshire ordered crop-pickers to self-isolate after 74 tested positive.\n\nHerefordshire Council and Public Health England (PHE) said the number of cases had now risen to 93.\n\nTwo groups of workers who arrived in the UK via bus and plane - including some who worked at A S Green - are being traced as a precaution.\n\nIn a joint statement, the council and PHE said those who tested positive were not showing symptoms when they travelled to the UK.\n\nThey have begun contact tracing with a group of workers who travelled into the UK by private coach, including some who went on to work at A S Green and Co.\n\nAuthorities in Scotland have been notified about a group of 63 workers on the same flight who travelled to Scottish farms, the statement said.\n\nNo cases have been identified among a further 76 workers on the flight who went on to other farms in England.\n\nThree workers, including one who had tested positive for Covid-19, have been traced after they left the site against health officials' advice.\n\nAll are said to be self-isolating.\n\nOn Wednesday, Herefordshire Council said a fourth worker who tested negative for the virus had also left the site. They are also said to be self-isolating.\n\nAbout 200 workers are in quarantine at the site's live-in accommodation, and others are being tested, the council said.\n\nKaren Wright, Director of Public Health for Herefordshire, said: \"We continue to test workers at the farm and expect to see the number of cases rise over the coming days before social distancing and infection prevention measures start to take effect.\n\n\"We're aware that local residents are concerned, but the risk to the general public remains low.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An investigation into a coronavirus-hit farm in Herefordshire has now been widened to include others in England and Scotland.\n\nThe total number of positive coronavirus cases linked to the outbreak at AS Green & Co in Mathon now stands at 93, Public Health England (PHE) said.\n\nIn an update on Wednesday evening, PHE said 76 workers who travelled on to other farms in England came to the UK on the same flight as the Herefordshire farm workers.\n\nIt added that these 76 people have already been offered testing and no further cases have been identified to date.\n\nA further 63 workers who travelled on to Scottish farms were on the same flight.\n\nPHE said it has notified public health authorities in Scotland so this group can be \"followed-up appropriately\".\n\nA group of workers who travelled to the UK by private coach, including some of those who went on to work at AS Green and Co, are also being followed up, it added.\n\nAnother worker fled the farm, despite being told not to.\n\nPHE said the agency that employed the worker (who tested negative for the virus) is in contact with them and has been advised they are self-isolating. Three other workers who fled the farm earlier have been traced.\n\nKaren Wright, director of Public Health for Herefordshire, said as testing of workers at the farm continues, officials expect to see the number of cases rise over the coming days \"before social distancing and infection prevention measures start to take effect\".\n\nShe added that workers have been asked to remain on site and self-isolate to \"reduce risk of spread within the workforce and into the wider community\", and food and essential supplies were being delivered to the farm during this time.\n\nShe said she knows local residents are concerned, but added the risk to the general public \"remains low\"", "On the air: Leanne Thomas introduces the BBC News at Six to viewers in Wales\n\nBBC Wales has begun broadcasting live from its new headquarters in Cardiff city centre.\n\nAfter more than 50 years based in suburban Llandaff, BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales are now both being broadcast from Central Square.\n\nDirector of BBC Wales Rhodri Talfan Davies said it was \"an historic day in Welsh broadcasting\".\n\nThe studios went live when channel announcer Leanne Thomas introduced the BBC News at Six on BBC One Wales.\n\n\"It's really exciting to be guiding viewers through the first evening of television coming from Central Square,\" she said.\n\n\"We've been planning this day for a long time, but now it's arrived it feels as if it's arrived very quickly.\n\n\"Of course, we're working under social-distancing conditions so, at the moment, the new building feels very different from what we'd been expecting, but it's still a fantastic place to be working.\"\n\nThe new headquarters are at the heart of a redevelopment opposite Cardiff Central station\n\nWith TV presentation now up and running, Radio Wales and Radio Cymru will move later in July, with sport and news due to follow in the next couple of months.\n\n\"Llandaff has served us well for over 50 years, but this move provides us with the opportunity to modernise our technology systems, provide colleagues with modern, fit-for-purpose facilities and - once social distancing has ended - open up to our audiences like never before,\" said Mr Talfan Davies.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nHe thanked the \"brilliant\" engineering, technology and operations teams who had contributed to the live launch on Wednesday.\n\n\"In extraordinary circumstances, they've delivered a superb result that provides a foundation for BBC Wales services for decades to come,\" he added.", "\"It was finished, but it has become unfinished\" - welcome to what seems to be extremely tricky wrangling over the report into Home Secretary Priti Patel's alleged behaviour towards staff.\n\nIt is a long time now since I spent a very strange Saturday morning, standing in the pouring rain in North London, listening up close to the extraordinary resignation statement from the top official at her department, Sir Philip Rutnam.\n\nThe former mandarin announced his intention to sue the government, making a series of incendiary allegations about how she acted.\n\nThe home secretary fervently denied his version of events, but as you would expect, the Cabinet Office swiftly announced that there would have to be a separate investigation into whether she had broken the ministerial code - the rules that guide how senior politicians are meant to behave in office.\n\nThe Cabinet Minister Michael Gove confirmed to MPs a matter of days later that it was \"vital this investigation is concluded as quickly as possible in the interests of everyone involved\".\n\nAt that stage, no one would have bargained on the coronavirus pandemic slamming the brakes on much of the business of government with its urgent demands.\n\nBut as Parliament looks to the summer break, there is an increasing sense of tension over what on earth has happened to the report into the home secretary - one of the most senior politicians in the country, the most senior woman in government - who Boris Johnson would be loath to lose.\n\nGiven the importance of her position in government, and the sensitivities around the issue, almost everyone you try to talk to about it sighs when the subject is raised.\n\nIt is not very easy to get to the bottom of exactly what is going on. It is clear however, that there is a problem.\n\nSome in Ms Patel's camp suggest that the hold up in the government's own inquiry may be down to the separate employment tribunal claim being pursued by Sir Philip through the legal system.\n\nThat is dismissed as nonsense by those backing his claim. Dave Penman from the FDA union which represents senior civil servants told me \"it's quite separate from the tribunal process.\"\n\nThere are no restrictions whatever on the prime minister around making a decision. The tribunal may not even take place until next year.\n\nOne senior official told me the initial inquiry into how the home secretary had behaved hadn't come up with much, there was nothing really amiss.\n\nOfficials in fact had been preparing to publish the outcome more than a month ago.\n\nBut then \"there was a pause\". And after another bit of work, it's suggested some issues were uncovered, but that there was no slam dunk finding that would make it impossible for her to stay on in her job.\n\nTwo separate sources concur that the inquiry has found some evidence of poor behaviour during her time in government.\n\nBut according to the senior official the report itself has since been \"parked\".\n\nNot, it's said, because it contains the kind of explosive material that would require the home secretary's automatic exit.\n\nBut because no one agrees what to do next hence, in a phrase worthy of the fictional Sir Humphrey himself, the report is now 'unfinished'.\n\nOne of the suggestions I'm told is that officials believe that there should be some \"learning\" for the home secretary, or perhaps even an apology for past mistakes, but there is not much enthusiasm on Downing Street's side for that.\n\nThere are even claims, that are denied by the Cabinet Office, that the senior official who has put the report together has threatened to resign over Number 10's reluctance to act.\n\nBut several insiders have also suggested that the tension is, in part, a result of the less than happy wider atmosphere between the Cabinet Office and Downing Street.\n\nUnease is thick in the air in Whitehall over No 10's plans for shaking up the civil service.\n\nThe service boss is on his way out, the prime minister's team are set on making change.\n\nHackles are up. Nerves are fraught. Bullying allegations against one of the most senior politicians in the land would, at any time, create tensions around the place.\n\nNeither Ms Patel's team, nor Downing Street will comment. Any kind of bullying allegation has always been and is still firmly denied by Ms Patel.\n\nAnd her allies say that she is still in the dark about what is in the report itself, and was told, it's claimed, near the start of the process, that there had been no formal complaints.\n\nBut this is a messy business, and it is nearly five months since the start.\n\nIf the decision to publish is to be made before the end of this Parliamentary session, it has to happen soon.\n\nOne insider joked the decision may come towards the end of next week, part of \"dump week\", when the government pushes out a flurry of announcements before MPs disappear for the summer.\n\nBut in the end, believe it nor, the government is under no obligation to publish the full findings.\n\nThe ministerial code has many pages, many principles, and many rules.\n\nBut whatever the investigation has found, the code makes plain it is for the Prime Minister himself to decide what to do.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hairdressers, pubs, cinemas, tourist attractions and places of worship have reopened\n\nScotland has begun its most significant relaxation of coronavirus measures since the country went into lockdown in March.\n\nHairdressers and barbers, bars and restaurants, cinemas, tourist attractions, places of worship and childcare settings can now all reopen.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said it is \"the biggest step so far\" in exiting lockdown.\n\nBut she warned she would \"not hesitate\" to close bars and restaurants again if the coronavirus starts to spread.\n\nThe reopening of indoor spaces requires anti-virus precautions to be in place and all customers will be asked to provide their name and a phone number, as part of the NHS Test and Protect scheme.\n\nThe first minister warned it was now more important than ever to stick to public health measures.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was blunt when she said sticking to public health measures was now more important than ever\n\nShe said that by some margin these are the highest-risk changes to date as they include indoor activity where the risk of spread is significantly higher than outdoors,\n\nSpeaking at the daily briefing, she added: \"I have to say I am even more nervous about today's changes than I have been about earlier changes.\n\n\"It is vital, more vital than it has been at any stage of this crisis so far, that all of us stick rigidly to the rules and guidance on how to behave in these different settings.\"\n\nThe first minister said she would not hesitate to reverse changes if the virus gets out of control again.\n\nShe said: \"If these rules are not respected and the virus spreads again then I am afraid I am going to be standing here in a few weeks' time saying we're shutting pubs and restaurants again.\"\n\nMany businesses are opening their doors for the first time since March, but not all are planning to do so right away.\n\nBarbers across have been serving people since midnight as part of the lockdown restrictions easing further\n\nTony Mann opened his barber shop in Giffnock just after midnight, and plans to cut hair for the entire day.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"For the next 24 hours, I'm going to stand here and do what I do best.\"\n\nMr Mann, who first opened his barbers in 2014, said the midnight opening was a way of offering loyal customers a haircut as soon as possible.\n\nHe said it had been stressful preparing his shop to be \"Covid-secure\", but it was very important to do so.\n\nScottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard getting a trim at Scrimshaws and Co salon in Glasgow\n\nPaul Russell said messages of support from his bar's regulars during the lockdown was a lifeline for him and his staff\n\nIn Dundee city centre, Paul Russell, licensee of the Bank Bar, said he was delighted to be back serving regulars in the pub after a \"long three months\".\n\nHe said: \"At one point we did think we would not be here but obviously we're glad to be back.\n\n\"We've been doing takeaway food to keep our hand in and it's been quite successful.\n\n\"Now we've put a lot of things in place for the safety of not just the staff but the customers as well.\"\n\nThe Bank Bar has been providing takeaway food during the lockdown\n\nTwo of the first customers to be served at The Scotsman's Lounge pub in Edinburgh\n\nNeil Douglas is offering the same food but the dining experience will be very different\n\nHand sanitiser, plastic screens and passing places on the way to the toilet, are among the measures in place to keep people safe at Ardnamurchan restaurant in Glasgow.\n\nThese protections have allowed the business to relax the 2m rule and increase their capacity to become more financially viable.\n\nDirector Neil Douglas, said: \"We have installed contactless taps and flushes in the toilet and weekly deep cleans. Our staff are organised into teams and we have turned our business model on its head.\n\n\"However, the end product is still langoustines from Ardnamurchan and venison straight off the estate, so fundamentally the food on the plate is still the same\".\n\nThe dining experience will be different - paper disposable menus, no salt and pepper on tables and sealed, pre-packaged cutlery.\n\nArdnamurchan is unrecognisable with its screens but clever distancing measures mean it has retained an 80% capacity\n\nBut just because bars and restaurants can open does not mean they will.\n\nColin Wilkinson, managing director of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, said the hospitality sector would be struggling for a long time.\n\nHe said: \"About a third of licensed premises will still not be able to reopen and be viable even with the reduced 1m social distancing restrictions in place.\n\n\"So we are looking for ongoing support for not just a few weeks but months or maybe even years ahead to get us back to anywhere near where we were before the pandemic.\"\n\nAlastair Cameron said everything had now been put in place to enable the cinema to open safely when the time comes\n\nCinemas can open, but very few will.\n\nOdeon appears to be the only major operator reopening on Wednesday in two locations - Glasgow Quay and Dunfermline. Vue & Cineworld will return on 31 July and most others have pencilled in late July or August for a comeback.\n\nAlastair Cameron, owner of the Dominion Cinema in Edinburgh, which is the oldest cinema in Scotland, said he was unable to reopen until about mid-August.\n\nHe said: \"The only product which is available at the moment is older films and our thoughts and feelings are that we need new films for our patrons to enjoy.\n\n\"If we opened and could not attract much business then we would have to close again so we need to wait until there is a new film released. I have my eye on Tenet which is a $200m film, which looks good.\"\n\nMr Cameron has removed 60 seats from his cinema for social distancing.\n\nAberdeen's Masjid Alhikmah mosque is providing free masks and hand sanitiser, and has a queuing system in place which limits its capacity to 50 people\n\nAfter months, worshippers can now gather in congregations again, with physical distancing.\n\nIn Aberdeen, afternoon prayers returned at the city's Masjid Alhikmah mosque.\n\nSpaces have been marked out on the floor for social distancing during prayer.\n\nThe Catholic Church in Scotland expects the majority of churches to reopen, but some will take longer to have workable measures in place.\n\nMost have already been open for private prayer but they can now hold socially-distanced services for up to 50 people.\n\nA spokesman for the Catholic Church said the general mood was \"excitement and relief\" that the period of restrictions seemed to be coming closer to an end.\n\nCanon Gerald Sharkey during Communion at the first mass held at St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow since 19 March\n\nThe Church of Scotland said the opportunity to return to places of worship, even on a limited basis, would bring spiritual and mental-health benefits.\n\nThe church has left it up to each congregation to decide when to reopen their buildings for worship, subject to presbytery checks of individual risk assessments.\n\nGuidance has been issued to places of worship by the Scottish government . Measures which will remain for all faiths include the retention of worshippers' contact details for Test and Protect if required, a ban on hymn books and shared items and avoiding singing or chanting.\n\nCommunities Secretary Aileen Campbell, said: \"I know it has been very difficult for our faith communities to be unable to come together in their places of worship during such challenging times.\n\n\"The updated guidance reflects the evolving scientific and health advice and has been developed in consultation with leaders and representatives of Scotland's faith and belief communities.\"\n\nThe Loch Ness visitor centre has all its virus control measures in place\n\nMuseums, galleries and monuments can open with public health measures and booking in place.\n\nBut the big attractions in Scotland say they will open at their own pace.\n\nIn Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will not return until 17 August, with the Riverside Museum following a week later and GoMA returning on 5 October.\n\nDundee's V&A has announced it will reopen on 27 August.\n\nOne attraction that is ready is the Loch Ness Centre in Inverness.\n\nThe centre says customers will benefit from the new measures, which control the numbers flowing through the exhibition.\n\nOther attractions are expected to return gradually.\n\nThe Surgeons' Hall Museums, which include The History of Surgery Museum and the Dental Collection, will open on Wednesday, but Glasgow's Science Centre needs longer because it is updating and improving its experiences.\n\nLibraries are able to operate but will return in line with each local council's programme of reopening.\n\nCity councils in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen all said their priority was to open after ensuring the facilities were safe for staff and the public.\n\nVisit Scotland has launched a campaign to attract people to tourist attractions across Scotland.\n\nThe \"Take five for tourism\" appeal asks people across Scotland to support the sector in its \"time of need\".\n\nThe five actions that could help restart the visitor economy are taking a trip, visiting an attraction or experience, shopping locally, dining out and booking a staycation.\n\nWith tourism worth more than £11.5bn to the Scottish economy and supporting one in 12 jobs, the sector has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown and travel restrictions.", "Boris Johnson has committed to a full independent inquiry into the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAnd we know from inquiries we've seen before - whether it's the Iraq inquiry or the Leveson inquiry into the media, or Bloody Sunday into the army in Northern Ireland - they have the potential to shape and shatter the reputations of the most powerful and to probe their innermost thinking and calculations in moments of crisis.\n\nBut there are an awful lot of unanswered questions.\n\nWe still don't really know what the prime minister meant when he talked about an independent inquiry - it could be a full blown judge-led inquiry, or it could be a much lower calibre investigation led by an academic or maybe a select committee.\n\nWe don't know the timeframe. The prime minister has indicated he does not think an inquiry should be held while we're still grappling with coronavirus. So it could be months, even years away if we're having to wait to actually eliminate the virus or get a vaccine.\n\nAnd we don't know the remit of the inquiry or the authority it will have; will it be the sort of inquiry where witnesses are questioned under oath by barristers.\n\nWith the number of deaths from coronavirus, the catastrophe that has inflicted on care homes, and because it's involved the government imposing restrictions on us never seen before in peacetime, my sense is it will have to be a similar sort of inquiry to that into the Iraq war.", "The rate of coronavirus infections in the community in England was significantly reduced before lockdown eased in May, according to a government-commissioned study.\n\nImperial College research showed there were, on average, 13 positive cases for every 10,000 people.\n\nThis means the R number was lower than thought at 0.57, the study suggests.\n\nBut the figure does not take into account infections in care homes and hospitals at the time.\n\nCalculated using this information, the national overall reproduction number - or R - was estimated to be between 0.7 and 1 during May.\n\nThe study of 120,000 volunteers also suggested young adults aged 18 to 24 were more likely to test positive. The researchers said this could be due to young people having more social contacts over lockdown.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the findings showed the impact of lockdown.\n\nHe said: \"As a country we have made great strides towards beating this virus but we mustn't take our foot off the pedal, and such studies will be vital as we continue to fight this virus.\"\n\nThe study, which is yet to be reviewed by the scientific community, provides a snapshot survey of who was infected between 1 May and 1 June and confirms what the government said it understood about reduced infections at the time.\n\nResearchers also found people of Asian ethnicity were more likely to test positive than those of white ethnicity, while people working in care homes were at greater risk of being infected during lockdown than the general population.\n\nAnd the study showed 69% of those who did test positive reported no symptoms on the day of their test or the previous week, though they may have developed symptoms later.\n\nThose who did report symptoms complained of nausea, diarrhoea, a blocked nose, loss of smell or taste, headache, chills or fatigue.\n\nData collection has been evolving throughout the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe suspension of community testing in March - when people outside hospitals were not offered tests - made it harder for policymakers to work out what was happening.\n\nIt took another two months for widespread laboratory and testing capacity to be established and tests rolled out to everyone.\n\nSo studies like this, with testing of a significant number of participants, are important additions to our understanding of Covid-19.\n\nThe findings tell us what was happening in May in England - that the R number was lower than we thought at the time with infection rates falling sharply.\n\nIt's important to note that this study covers community infections - and not care home or hospital cases - which explains, in part, the lower R number.\n\nBut this is broadly in line with what research by the Office for National Statistics has already told us - in other words, that lockdown had successfully forced down the number of new cases.\n\nThe Imperial College findings for June will be more interesting as they will cover a period of further easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\nIn future months, policymakers will have a useful tool as they monitor the path of the virus.\n\nLockdown restrictions imposed in March were initially eased in England on 13 May, when people were allowed to spend more time outdoors.\n\nOn 15 May, the reproduction number - indicating how many people are infected, on average, by someone with the virus - was estimated to be between 0.7 and 1.\n\nIn March, the R number was estimated to be as high as 4.\n\nThe researchers say the work will be used as the basis of further studies to better understand what is happening to infection rates as lockdown eases.\n\n\"It's providing that baseline from which we can then assess what's happening particularly to the R value at local and regional levels as we ease out of lockdown,\" said Prof Paul Elliott of Imperial College London.\n\nA further 30,000 volunteers were recruited for an upscaled study to assess the rate of coronavirus infection in England during the month of June, results of which will be published later.\n\nPlans are currently under way for a second large-scale study, which will use antibody tests to determine how much of the general public has been infected with Covid-19 in the past.\n\nThe Imperial College study commissioned by the Department of Health considers data from volunteers in England only. Separate models are used by the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.", "Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in February\n\nA US judge rejected a proposed $18.9m (£15.3m) settlement of misconduct cases against abusive Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday.\n\nThe fund would have been distributed between dozens of female claimants.\n\nHowever various other accusers had called it unfair, saying it \"absolved\" Weinstein, his producer brother and the company board of liability.\n\nWeinstein was given a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault in March.\n\nThe settlement would have marked an end to nearly all of the civil claims against him, The Weinstein Company and several of its directors.\n\nDistrict Judge Alvin Hellerstein dismissed it for putting women who had merely met Weinstein on an almost equal footing with women who he had raped or sexually abused.\n\nIt also would have typically awarded $10-15,000 to each claimant, whereas $15m would have gone towards Weinstein's defence costs.\n\nIn a 20-minute phone hearing, Judge Hellerstein said: \"The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defence fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, lawyers for six of Weinstein's accusers filed an objection to the proposed payout, calling it a \"cruel hoax\".\n\nThey complained that Weinstein would not have to accept responsibility for his actions and would not make the payments personally.\n\nWhat was in the settlement?\n\nThe settlement, announced on 30 June, would have resolved a lawsuit filed in 2018 against Weinstein, his production company and his brother by the New York Attorney General's office.\n\nIt would have also settled a separate class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of women who accused Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault.\n\n\"After all the harassment, threats and discrimination, these survivors are finally receiving some semblance of justice,\" Attorney General Letitia James said at the time.\n\n\"Women who were forced to sign confidentiality agreements will also be freed from those clauses and finally be able to speak.\"\n\nThe settlement needed approval from both a federal judge and bankruptcy court.\n\nWhat was the response from accusers?\n\nAhead of the hearing, lawyers Douglas H Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer, who represent six accusers, said: \"While we do not begrudge any survivor who truly wants to participate in this deal, as we understand the proposed agreement, it is deeply unfair for many reasons.\"\n\nHowever, another of Weinstein's accusers, Louisette Geiss, said: \"This important act of solidarity allowed us to use our collective voice to help those who had been silenced and to give back to the many, many survivors who lost their careers and more.\"\n\nIn February, Weinstein was convicted in New York City of committing third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act, and later sentenced to 23 years in jail.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Positive tests for Covid-19 are continuing to fall, says the Welsh Government\n\nA new \"risk-based\" coronavirus testing strategy will be put in place in Wales, says Health Minister Vaughan Gething.\n\nThe number of positive tests being recorded has now dropped to about 1%, which is \"very good news\", said Mr Gething.\n\nBut he said it meant wholesale testing of entire sectors may no longer be appropriate.\n\nHe said care home staff will be offered weekly tests for the next four weeks, but then dropping to fortnightly tests.\n\nMr Gething told the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus briefing the new strategy set out \"why, where and how we will test to achieve clear outcomes\".\n\nHe said priorities would be:\n\nHe said: \"An enormous amount has been achieved over the past few months and I would like to thank everyone for their contribution.\n\n\"But, we now need to prepare ourselves for this next phase - and for what might be a difficult winter.\"\n\nThe health minister said the low prevalence of positive tests in the residential care sector now posed other challenges, including increases in false results being returned.\n\n\"Bespoke\" testing teams will be sent into virus hotspots\n\nHe told Wednesday's briefing that was one of the reasons why antigen testing, which shows if someone has Covid-19, would become fortnightly rather than weekly in care homes later in August.\n\nHe said that where care homes are identified as higher risk, for example due to local outbreaks, \"bespoke testing regimes\" would be implemented.\n\nIn his latest statement setting out the new strategy he added: \"We now have a national testing infrastructure that means anyone who needs a test can access one.\n\n\"This enables our contact tracing system to help control the transmission of the disease as lockdown measures are eased.\"\n\nHe told the briefing: \"This risk-based approach will also apply to other settings and localities, enabling local teams to use testing as part of a wider approach to surveillance and outbreak control.\"\n\nThere are still areas where Wales \"need to improve\" on testing, says the health minister\n\nBut the health minister said he recognised more still needed to be done on turning around test results.\n\nLast week, only 66.3% of results came back within 48 hours, the worst performance since the crisis began.\n\nA single laboratory was blamed for \"difficulties\" in returning results.\n\n\"There are still areas where we know we need to improve and we are working hard to ensure more test results are returned within 24 hours,\" said Mr Gething.\n\n\"Over the weeks and months ahead, we'll make the most of new testing technologies and be ready to seize the opportunities that these offer.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said \"talk of a reduction in weekly to fortnightly testing of care home staff at a point that more restrictions are eased is going to be a concern to many\".\n\n\"I feel strongly that we need to make better use of the testing capacity available, and we need to make sure that those care workers most at risk - either in terms of their own health or the health of others they come into contact with - are tested regularly.\"", "The government must set out plans for an inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the health service ombudsman has said.\n\nThis was not about blaming staff but about \"learning lessons\", he said.\n\nOmbudsman Rob Behrens said patients were reporting concerns about cancelled cancer treatment and incorrect Covid-19 test results.\n\nMinisters have not committed to holding an inquiry, but have accepted there are lessons to be learned.\n\nThe Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) stopped investigating complaints against the NHS on 26 March, to allow it to focus on tackling the Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nBut people had continued to phone in with these concerns, Mr Behrens said.\n\nAnd cancelled treatment and wrong coronavirus test results have emerged as major themes.\n\n\"Complaining when something has gone wrong should not be about criticising doctors, nurses or other front-line public servants, who have often been under extraordinary pressure dealing with the Covid-19 crisis,\" he said.\n\n\"It is about identifying where things have gone wrong systematically and making sure lessons are learned so mistakes are not repeated.\"\n\nMr Behrens said he had written to the government on 19 May asking for information about the scope of any future inquiry, but had not received a response.\n\nHearing the real experiences of people who used NHS services during the pandemic should form part of any future review of the government's handling of the pandemic, he added.\n\nAnd an \"independent, swift and urgent\" review could have an impact on policies should there be a second wave of infections.\n\nHe said while the government still needed to focus on the current crisis, there were already themes \"that we can learn from\".\n\n\"You can do both things,\" he said.\n\nLast month a group of leading scientists and medical experts wrote to the government, demanding an urgent public inquiry into the response to Covid-19. They warned that without it more lives could be lost if there was a second spike in cases.\n\nRelatives of 450 people who have died in the pandemic have also demanded an immediate public review to minimise the continuing effects of the virus, ahead of a full inquiry.\n\nAnd a number of MPs have said they will form a cross-party parliamentary group in support of an urgent inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis.\n\nDuring an evidence session to MPs on Tuesday, patients described problems they had had because of cancelled care.\n\nKnee-surgery patient Rob Martinez said he had not heard anything from his doctors.\n\n\"It just went so silent. I was so close to having it and then it got cancelled and it was absolutely devastating,\" he said.\n\nDaloni Carlisle said: \"My doctors told me that I needed some chemotherapy. I then fell into a hole where I was absolutely in limbo.\n\n\"I'd had absolutely no communication about when this chemotherapy might start. So for most of the lockdown I've been sitting here at home knowing that all the cancer is growing, knowing that the tumours in my lung, in my liver, in my spine are all busily growing and absolutely no word from the hospital about when some treatment might start.\n\n\"I can't tell you how difficult that limbo period has been.\"\n\nMr Behrens said people should report their complaints to the PHSO office if they had not been resolved by the local service's own complaints process, \"otherwise other people may experience the same failings\".\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock on Tuesday tweeted that the Nightingale hospitals, set up to care for coronavirus patients if existing hospitals overflowed, would be converted into cancer-testing centres.", "The government should remove Chinese firm Huawei from the UK's 5G network by 2025 instead of 2027, as planned, ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has said.\n\nThe telecoms company is to be banned from setting up 5G, but will remain involved in 3G and 4G.\n\nMr Duncan Smith said allowing Huawei to work on these also posed a continued \"risk\" to national security.\n\nBut the government said it would \"ensure\" the UK's communications system was as \"secure as it possibly can be\".\n\nHuawei, which has repeatedly said it would not cause harm to any country, predicted the UK would now be pushed \"into the digital slow lane\", with higher bills for consumers.\n\nIn January, ministers announced the company would be kept out of the sensitive core of the 5G network - including national intelligence - but be allowed involvement in up to 35% of other parts.\n\nThis prompted criticism from backbench Conservative MPs, marshalled by Mr Duncan Smith, who called Huawei an arm of the Chinese Communist Party and a risk to the UK.\n\nThe US, with which the UK shares much of its intelligence, also applied diplomatic pressure for a rethink.\n\nUnder its revised plans, the government says Huawei will not be allowed to install any equipment for the 5G network from next year - and its existing equipment will be removed by 2027.\n\nBut Mr Duncan Smith told the House of Commons that the head of BT thought the removal could happen two years earlier.\n\nHe said: \"I do think he [Mr Dowden] can do it quicker than this... There's no reason why it can't [happen].\"\n\nThe government thought it had made its decision on Huawei earlier this year. It wanted to get on with delivering faster internet and thought Huawei was best placed to ensure speedy upgrades.\n\nBut since then the US has continued to apply pressure - with its decision to impose new sanctions on China a crucial factor.\n\nMeanwhile, dozens of Tory backbenchers continued their opposition - and refused to fall in line. They have cautiously welcomed the announcement that the UK is moving away from Huawei - but they want things to move faster. Some are also uneasy that the company's technology will stay in the 3G and 4G network.\n\nThis decision wasn't without cost though. Ministers admit it will delay the rollout of 5G across the UK and will cost significant amounts of money - into the billions. They've also had to consider warnings from telecoms providers about service provision.\n\nUltimately though, the combination of political pressure - international and domestic - has won the debate in government.\n\nMr Duncan Smith added that there were \"contradictions\" in banning Huawei from 5G but not 3G and 4G, which would undergo \"software upgrades\"by Huawei \"for the next decade\".\n\n\"So, if they're a risk to us in 5G, why are they not a risk to us generally?\" he asked.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden replied: \"The reality of the 5G network is that it is fundamentally different and it's a recognition of that fundamental difference that we are imposing these rules for 5G.\n\n\"Of course, over time... 5G will be replaced by 6G, and in all of that Huawei will be absent.\"\n\nHe also said: \"There is of course no such thing as a perfectly secure network, but the responsibility of the government is to ensure that it is as secure as it possibly can be.\"\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy described the announcement as a \"welcome, long-overdue step\" but accused the government of having \"no consistent approach\" to China.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, she said said that, while one department is \"seeking to ban them from the 5G network\", another is \"considering handing over technology involved in our nuclear industry to the Chinese government.\"\n\nSNP culture spokesman John Nicolson said it had been wrong in the first place to allow Huawei near the \"nervous system\" of the UK's telecoms network.\n\nAnd Labour MP Chris Bryant told the Commons there was \"unity\" among MPs in opposition to the company's further involvement in 5G, saying: \"I wish the government would listen to its own backbenchers.\"\n\nThe US has claimed China could use Huawei to \"spy, steal or attack\" the UK - but the company denies this and its founder has said he would rather shut the company down than do anything to damage its clients.\n\nSanctions imposed in May by Washington have limited China's access to US chip technology, which prompted the UK's National Cyber Security Centre to launch a review of the use of Huawei.", "Seventeen-year-old women are most likely to have been put on furlough during the coronavirus crisis, official data shows.\n\nSome 61% of jobs done by these young women had wages paid by the state, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said.\n\nYoung men of the same age were also more likely than not to have been furloughed, hitting 58% of their jobs.\n\nMen aged in their 40s and women aged 41 to 58 were least likely to have been put on the scheme.\n\nAnne Willmot, age campaign director at Business in the Community, said: \"Young people are being locked out of employment at the start of their careers - a key time for them to gain experience, learning and development in the workplace.\"\n\nMore than nine million workers who are unable to do their job because of the coronavirus outbreak have had their wages paid by the government.\n\nThe furlough scheme was designed to help people put on leave because of the outbreak, and prevent mass redundancies. Firms start paying towards the scheme from August. It will close in October.\n\nDetailed data has been published by HMRC which shows where the scheme was used until the end of June, by which point it had cost the Treasury £26.5bn.\n\nPeople working for smaller companies are more likely to have been furloughed than those employed by bigger businesses.\n\nSome 57% of jobs at businesses with between five and nine employees had been furloughed, compared with 19% at companies with 250 or more employees.\n\nA handful of larger companies have been repaying furlough money claimed from the Treasury.\n\nBy sector, those working in accommodation and food services had the highest proportion of employers furloughing at least some staff (87%) and the highest proportion of total employments furloughed at 73%.\n\nThe local authority with the highest proportion of jobs furloughed was South Lakeland at 40% and the lowest was Boston in Lincolnshire at 20%.\n\nThree-quarters of those eligible for support grants to help the self-employed through the coronavirus crisis had made a claim by the end of June, further data from HMRC shows.\n\nWomen were less likely to have made a claim, with 70% having done so, compared to 78% of men who were eligible and had claimed a grant.\n\nThe amount paid depends on previous income from their trade, and the figures show that the average claim for women was also lower, at £2,300, compared to the average claim for men of £3,200.\n\nThe highest proportion of claims by profession was in the construction sector.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nBritish Gymnastics has stepped aside from a review into allegations of widespread mistreatment in the sport to \"remove any doubt\" over the \"integrity or independence\" of the process.\n\nUK Sport and Sport England will now co-commission the independent review aimed at \"bringing about positive change\".\n\nSeveral gymnasts have come forward detailing their experiences of mistreatment in recent days, including Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie, who claimed abusive behaviour in gymnastics became \"completely normalised\".\n\nBritish Gymnastics chief executive Jane Allen said the decision was made to \"retain the trust of the gymnastics community\", adding: \"In the past week, the complexities have increased.\n\n\"Our priority is to learn the lessons and ensure the welfare of all those within gymnastics.\"\n\nThe British Athletes Commission (BAC) said it welcomed the decision by British Gymnastics and will work with UK Sport and Sport England to \"ensure a truly independent review that can command the confidence of gymnasts and all others affected by the allegations\".\n\nA confidential helpline is also being set up for British gymnasts who say they have suffered bullying or abuse.\n\nThe service, run jointly by the BAC and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), comes amid widespread allegations in the sport.\n\nThe dedicated helpline will be \"a safe place for athletes to go to\", BAC board member Peter Crowther told BBC Sport.\n\n\"We will then get each of these athletes the respective support they need. We have already had inquiries.\n\n\"It was gut-wrenching to see these utterly disgraceful allegations be made public and concerning not just athletes, but young children.\n\n\"This is likely to be one of the more in-depth and broad-ranging situations we've faced, but unfortunately we've dealt with many situations of alleged abuse… across many sports.\"\n\nEarlier, Crowther had said the BAC should also help decide the terms of reference for the panel that leads the inquiry.\n\n\"It is understandable that British Gymnastics wants to have an independent investigation… when something as serious as this emerges,\" he said.\n\n\"[But] frankly, it's not in the interest of anyone, including British Gymnastics, to commission a report where they set the terms of the investigation and tell the investigating panel what sort of questions to ask.\n\n\"It doesn't inspire confidence - athletes need to go somewhere they feel completely safe.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics has encouraged athletes with \"concerns around specific incidents or behaviours\" to contact its integrity unit.\n\nThe BAC/NSPCC helpline will also now be available from 20 July.\n\nOn Wednesday, Olympic medallist Beth Tweddle said \"there is no place for bullying or abuse in the sport that I love\", and urged all gymnasts to share their feelings.\n\nMeanwhile, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said the organisation takes the allegations of emotional and physical abuse in British gymnastics \"very, very seriously\".\n\n\"These cases are clearly against everything we stand for and therefore we will do everything we can with regard to prevention,\" he said.\n\n\"But also to then follow up on cases if they should come under our jurisdiction.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics is the latest governing body to be engulfed in an athlete welfare crisis since Rio 2016, and Crowther said the development shows \"more effort needs to be put into policing the high-performance system\".\n\nCrowther said the funding the BAC received from UK Sport was \"deeply insufficient\".\n\nIn 2018, UK Sport announced a range of new initiatives to improve athlete welfare, upping investment for the BAC to £1m for the rest of the Tokyo 2020 cycle which it said would generate \"a three-fold increase in its capacity to support its members\".\n\nDame Tanni Grey-Thompson, who led a duty of care review in 2017, called for her recommendations of a sports ombudsman and independent funding of the BAC to now be implemented.\n\n\"Ultimately, I don't think enough has been done,\" the cross-bench peer and 11-time Paralympic gold medallist told BBC Sport.\n\n\"With each new issue that arises and hits the media for a brief amount of time, it then disappears again and everyone just gets back to normal.\n\n\"We do need to look at a massive cultural change. I don't think applying duty of care to anyone in the system means less medals, it just means that we help people survive the system in the best way they can.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Team GB chef de mission Mark England told BBC Sport's Nick Hope that the British Olympic Association (BOA) is \"alarmed\" by the allegations of widespread mistreatment.\n\nEngland, who led Team GB at Rio 2016 and will do so again at the Tokyo Olympics next year, insists the welfare support system in place for next summer's Games is already \"hugely sound\".\n\nHe says the BOA will consider the findings of the independent review.\n\n\"British Gymnastics took a very important step to announce an independent review,\" England said. \"It's important athletes have a voice.\"", "Maurice Roeves, right, played the villain Robert in Scottish television drama River City alongside Johnny Beattie and Jayd Johnson\n\nActor Maurice Roeves - known for playing villains and hard men - has died at the age of 83.\n\nIn a career spanning six decades, he acted in hundreds of TV shows and films including The Sweeney, Star Trek, The Eagle Has Landed and Tutti Frutti.\n\nBorn in Sunderland, the actor was brought up in Glasgow and launched his career at the city's Citizen's Theatre.\n\nHe also appeared in Eastenders, River City, Doctor Who and Irvine Welsh's The Acid House.\n\nRoeves' most recent role was a small part in the 2020 BBC television drama The Nest.\n\nHis wife Vanessa Roeves told the BBC that he had been in ill health for some time.\n\nDespite playing tough characters on screen, Vanessa said Roeves was a \"softie\" in real life and that no part was too small for her husband.\n\nShe said he was keen to be involved in his last project, despite the small appearance.\n\nAnd when Tutti Frutti was played on the launch of the BBC Scotland Channel, she said Roeves was delighted at having come \"full circle\".\n\nVanessa also said that the family would often joke, \"Does your character make it to the end of this one?\" because his characters would always be killed off.\n\nHowever, Roeves found success at a time where lots of working class actors were just managing to break through into the mainstream, such as Albert Finney and Richard Harris.\n\nOne of the hard man characters he played was the sinister McGurn (left) in the comedy series Rab C Nesbitt\n\nThe Roeves family moved to Glasgow when he was seven years old as his father had a cotton mill in Partick.\n\nHe went to school in the city and when he left full time education he took an an office job to earn money.\n\nBut he returned to his studies and secured a place at the then Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. While there he won a gold medal for his acting.\n\nMaurice Roeves as Stotz in the Dr Who adventure The Caves of Androzani\n\nAfter graduating he got a job at the Citizens Theatre as an assistant stage manager but found himself playing small roles in between sweeping the stage floor.\n\nHis first major role was as Lorenzo in the Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice when apparently screaming fans would gather at the stage door after the show to catch a glimpse of Maurice.\n\nFollowing this performance Disney sent a scout to Glasgow to see Roeves perform.\n\nHe was then screen tested and offered his first film role, marking his debut in a career that would stretch more than 60 years of television and film.\n\nRoeves' film debut was in The Fighting Prince of Donegal in 1966, where he played the Irishman.\n\nDespite launching his film career, he continued in theatre roles.\n\nHis next major role was in Macbeth at the Royal Court in London where he played Macduff, next to Sir Alec Guinness' Macbeth.\n\nOne memorable Holywood screen role for Roeves was in Last of the Mohicans acting beside Daniel Day-Lewis and Wes Studi.\n\nStudi played Magua, a native American villain who ripped the heart out of Col Edmund Munro, played by Roeves.\n\nHis friendship with Wes Studi lasted for more than 25 years and they met often near Wes's home in Santa Fe. Studi said on social media that they shared haggis together.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Wes Studi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Credit cards spending dropped by nearly half at the start of lockdown as people played safe with their finances and shunned big purchases.\n\nA total of £8.7bn was spent on credit cards in the first full month of lockdown in April, half the level of April last year, UK Finance said.\n\nThe banking trade body said this was the lowest level of spending seen since the last economic downturn.\n\nThe cancellation of holiday plans is one likely reason for the fall.\n\nConsumers often use credit cards to pay for summer getaways or major purchases such as household appliances, owing to the extra protection available if something goes wrong.\n\nMany people uncertain about the coronavirus effect on their jobs and finances would have put off buying these items, UK Finance said.\n\nThe temporary closure of shops and travel restrictions would also have meant many people put these buying decisions on hold.\n\nSome pre-paid holidays or flights were refunded into credit card accounts after being cancelled, and consumers adopted a safety-first approach to their credit card spending similar to that seen following the banking crisis of a decade ago.\n\nAs a result, outstanding balances on credit cards fell by almost £4.7bn in April 2020, the largest monthly fall in over a decade, as many people opted to make repayments rather than spend on their credit cards, UK Finance said. Separate data from the Bank of England has also shown this repayment trend.\n\nEric Leenders, from UK Finance, said: \"The Covid-19 crisis has significantly changed how, where and when people spend their money.\"\n\nWith many shops closed in April, the proportion of card spending that was completed online hit a record level.\n\nA third of credit and debit card spending was made over the internet, according to the UK Finance figures.\n\nThe picture for debit cards is more complex. With shops closed, the use of these cards was down 5.1% in April compared with the same month a year ago.\n\nContactless payments saw a significant drop, as many people were working from home and making fewer occasional purchases, as well as commuting less.\n\nHowever, with the limit on contactless payments having risen from £30 to £45 and some shops refusing cash, the average purchase using this technology rose above £10 for the first time.", "A boy is vaccinated against measles in Samoa last year - many such programmes this year have been disrupted by the pandemic\n\nThe pandemic has led to a sharp fall in the number of children around the world being vaccinated, the UN says.\n\nThe decline in immunisation against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough over the first four months of the year is the first in nearly three decades.\n\nHe said the suffering and death caused by children missing out on vaccines could dwarf that caused by the virus.\n\nImmunisation programmes in three-quarters of the more than 80 countries that responded to a UN survey have been disrupted, Unicef and the WHO said.\n\nThey said the disruptions were linked to a lack of personal protective equipment for health workers, travel restrictions, low health worker staffing levels and a reluctance to leave home, all of which saw programmes curbed or shut down.\n\nBy May this year at least 30 measles vaccinations campaigns had been cancelled or were at risk.\n\nMeasles outbreaks were already rising before the pandemic struck, with 10 million people infected in 2018 and 140,000 deaths, most of whom were children, according to UN data.\n\nUnicef head Henriette Fore said the coronavirus had made routine vaccinations a \"daunting challenge\".\n\n\"We must prevent a further deterioration in vaccine coverage... before children's lives are threatened by other diseases, she said, adding: \"We cannot trade one health crisis for another.\"\n\nDisruption to the global immunisation programme is extremely bad news, particularly for the world's poorest countries. It is estimated that immunisations save up to 3m lives a year by protecting children against serious diseases.\n\nThe Unicef programme is specifically targeted at children who would otherwise struggle to receive good quality health care, but although vaccines now protect more children than ever before, millions of children still go without protection, and it is estimated that more than 1.5m people die each year from diseases that vaccines could prevent.\n\nExperts believe that low immunisation rates among poor and marginalised children seriously compromise all the gains made in other areas of maternal and child health, so major disruption on the scale outlined in this new report will inevitably cost a lot of lives.\n\nCoronavirus has consumed huge amounts of healthcare resources worldwide as the international community has focused on efforts to combat the deadly impact of the virus.\n\nIt has also made delivery of healthcare difficult, particularly in poorer countries where supply chains have been disrupted, facilities and protective equipment can be basic, and fear of being infected has put people off attending clinics.\n\nBut diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and cholera are already on the rise, underlining the urgency of finding ways to tackle this problem.\n\nProgress on immunisation had already been stalling before the pandemic, the UN agencies said.\n\nIn 2019 nearly 14m children - more than half of them in Africa - did not get life-saving vaccines against diseases such as measles and diphtheria.\n\nTwo-thirds of them were in 10 countries: Angola, Brazil, DR Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The Philippines.\n\nMeanwhile, historically high rates of immunisation had fallen in Latin America and the Caribbean, the UN said, with immunisation coverage falling by at least 14 percentage points in Brazil, Bolivia, Haiti and Venezuela over the past decade.\n\n\"The likelihood that a child born today will be fully vaccinated with all the globally recommended vaccines by the time she reaches the age of five is less than 20 percent,\" Unicef and the WHO said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa are both important and controversial", "The UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.\n\nDigital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons of the decision.\n\nIt follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat - something Huawei denies.\n\nMr Dowden said the supply ban would delay the UK's 5G rollout by a year.\n\nThe technology promises faster internet speeds and the capacity to support more wireless devices, which should be a boon to everything from mobile gaming to higher-quality video streams, and even in time driverless cars that talk to each other. 5G connections are already available in dozens of UK cities and towns, but coverage can be sparse.\n\nMr Dowden added that the cumulative cost of the moves when coupled with earlier restrictions announced against Huawei would be up to £2bn, and a total delay to 5G rollout of \"two to three years\".\n\n\"This has not been an easy decision, but it is the right one for the UK telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy, both now and indeed in the long run,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The digital secretary says providers must remove all of Huawei's 5G kit from their networks by 2027\n\nBecause the US sanctions only affect future equipment, the government has been advised there is no security justification for removing 2G, 3G and 4G equipment supplied by Huawei.\n\nHowever, when swapping out the company's masts, networks are likely to switch to a different vendor to provide the earlier-generation services.\n\nHuawei said the move was \"bad news for anyone in the UK with a mobile phone\" and threatened to \"move Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the digital divide.\"\n\nThe action, however, does not affect Huawei's ability to sell its smartphones to consumers or how they will run.\n\nChina's ambassador to the UK said the decision was \"disappointing and wrong\".\n\n\"It has become questionable whether the UK can provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from other countries,\" tweeted Liu Xiaoming.\n\nBut US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the news, saying: \"The UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors.\"\n\nNew restrictions will also apply to use of the company's broadband kit.\n\nOperators are being told they should \"transition away\" from purchasing new Huawei equipment for use in full-fibre networks, ideally within the next two years.\n\nMany of Huawei's products are developed at its labs near Shenzhen, China\n\nMr Dowden said the government would \"embark on a short technical consultation\" with industry leaders about this.\n\nHe explained that the UK needed to avoid becoming dependent on Nokia - which is currently the only other supplier used for some equipment - and he wanted to avoid \"unnecessary delays\" to the government's gigabit-for-all by 2025 pledge.\n\nBT's Openreach division told the BBC it had in fact recently struck a deal to buy full-fibre network kit from a new supplier - the US firm Adtran - but first deliveries would only start in 2021.\n\nThe UK last reviewed Huawei's role in its telecoms infrastructure in January, when it was decided to let the firm remain a supplier but introduced a cap on its market share.\n\nBut in May the US introduced new sanctions designed to disrupt Huawei's ability to get its own chips manufactured. The Trump administration claims that Huawei provides a gateway for China to spy on and potentially attack countries that use its equipment, suggestions the company strongly rejects.\n\nThe sanctions led security officials to conclude they could no longer assure the security of its products if the company had to start sourcing chips from third-parties for use in its equipment.\n\nThe minister cited a review carried out by GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre as being the motivation for the changes.\n\nTSMC - one of the world's biggest chip manufacturers - has stopped taking orders from Huawei as a consequence of the US sanctions\n\nNCSC has said Huawei products adapted to use third-party chips would be \"likely to suffer more security and reliability problems\".\n\nBut other political considerations are also likely to have also come into play, including the UK's desire to strike a trade deal with the US, and growing tensions with China over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and its treatment of Hong Kong.\n\nSome backbench Tory MPs had pressed for a shorter time-span for its removal, in particular there had been calls for the 5G ban to come into effect before the next election in May 2024.\n\nHowever, Mr Dowden said that \"the shorter we make the timetable for removal, the greater the risk of actual disruption to mobile phone networks\".\n\nBT and Vodafone had warned that customers could face mobile blackouts if they were forced to remove all of Huawei's 5G kit in less time.\n\nLabour's shadow technology minister Chi Onwurah said the government was incapable of sorting \"this mess out on their own\".\n\nIt had \"refused to face reality\" and been \"incomprehensively negligent\" in allowing matters to get to this point, she added, and a taskforce of experts now needed to be created.\n\nHopes on the part of government that this decision may put the Huawei issue to bed may be optimistic.\n\nThe reason that we are here again despite a decision in January is because one of the key players - the US - played a new card in the form of sanctions.\n\nAnd there is still time between now and legislation coming to parliament in Autumn for others to do the same - whether Conservative backbenchers or Beijing.\n\nIn the long run, many countries will be watching carefully how China reacts.\n\nWill it feel it needs to punish the UK in order to discourage others from following its lead on 5G? Or will it want to avoid being seen as a bully and prefer to try and influence the decision more subtly? Whatever the case, the Huawei story in the UK is not over yet.\n\nHuawei says it employs about 1,600 people in the UK and claims to be one of Britain's largest sources of investment from China.\n\nThe firm - whose shares are not publicly traded - does not provide a regional breakdown of its earnings. But on Monday, it announced a 13% rise in sales for the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, totalling 454bn yuan ($64.8bn; £51.3bn).\n\nThe UK will have accounted for a fraction of that. The firm's UK chief recently noted that Huawei had only deployed a total of 20,000 5G base stations - the radio receiver/transmitter equipment fitted to a mast - in the UK so far. By contrast it expects to deliver a total of 500,000 globally this year.\n\nEven so, what the firm fears and Washington hopes is that other countries will now follow Westminster's lead with bans of their own.\n\nDespite there seeming little chance of a U-turn, Huawei said it was still urging UK ministers to reconsider.\n\n\"We will conduct a detailed review of what today's announcement means for our business here and will work with the UK government to explain how we can continue to contribute to a better connected Britain,\" spokesman Ed Brewster said.\n\nShortly before the announcement Sky News revealed that Lord Browne, Huawei's UK chairman and the ex-chief executive of BP, would be leaving the Chinese company before his term had expired. It said he had given his notice a few days ago and would formally step down in September.\n\nLord Browne is stepping down six months before his time at Huawei was due to end\n\nLord Browne had led efforts to improve the company's image in the UK and had tried to prevent a ban.\n\n\"He has been central to our commitment here dating back 20 years, and we thank him for his valuable contribution,\" said Huawei, confirming the report.\n\nBT is set to be the telecoms operator most affected by the decision given it runs both the EE mobile network and Openreach, which provides fixed-line infrastructure to individual internet providers.\n\n\"We need to further analyse the details and implications of this decision before taking a view of potential costs and impacts,\" it said.\n\nThe move should, however, benefit Nokia and Ericsson, which are the two other main 5G kit vendors.\n\n\"We have the capacity and expertise to replace all of the Huawei equipment in the UK's networks at scale and speed... with minimal impact on the people using our customers' networks,\" said Nokia.\n\nHuawei still supplies masts and other 5G equipment to Germany, Switzerland and China among other countries\n\nEricsson added: \"Today's decision removes the uncertainty that was slowing down investment decisions around the deployment of 5G in the UK... and we stand ready to work with the UK operators to meet their timetable.\"\n\nHowever, both firms manufacture some of their 5G equipment in China, which has also caused concern in Washington.\n\nIn June, the US Department of Defense published a list of 20 companies it claimed had close ties to the Chinese military.\n\nIt included Panda Electronics - the firm with which Ericsson jointly runs a manufacturing facility in the Chinese city of Nanjing.\n\n\"A lot of companies assemble equipment or have some type of manufacturing in China,\" Ericsson's head of corporate communications Peter Olofsson told the BBC, when asked about this.\n\n\"Our trade compliance people have looked at this [list] and they concluded that it's not something that has an impact on Ericsson or our operations.\"\n\nUltimately Huawei believes that this was a political decision and not a business one.\n\nAnd if the political winds change, then Huawei's fortunes may too.\n\nMy understanding is that a longer time frame for the removal of its 5G kit from UK networks was a relatively desirable outcome for Huawei.\n\nSo even though no new Huawei UK equipment can be bought by UK mobile carriers after the end of this year, the fact that the UK has until 2027 to remove Huawei's 5G kit from all of its network could be seen as a potential positive.\n\nA new US administration in November could markedly change Washington's position on Huawei.\n\nSo for Huawei, playing the long game makes sense.\n\nAnd one thing that was crystal clear to me from meeting Ren Zhengfei, the company's founder is that he's a fighter.\n\nRen Zhengfei told the BBC: 'If the lights go out in the West, the East will still shine. And if the North is dark, then there is still the South.'\n\nNothing he has said indicates he is willing to give up.\n\nFor now though, the immediate impact of the UK decision will be seen as a signal that Washington's campaign on Huawei has worked.\n\nAnd the Chinese firm will not want that replicated in other countries around the world.", "Jen Reid posed with her statue, which appeared on the empty plinth on Wednesday\n\nA figure of a Black Lives Matter protester has appeared on the plinth previously occupied by the statue of slave trader Edward Colston.\n\nA sculpture of protester Jen Reid was erected early on Wednesday in Bristol city centre where the Colston statue was pulled down last month.\n\nMs Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth after the Colston statue was toppled during the march.\n\nMayor Marvin Rees said the statue did not have permission to be installed.\n\nIn a tweet he said: \"Anything put on the plinth outside of the process we've put in place will have to be removed.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nArtist Marc Quinn said the black resin statue, called A Surge of Power, was meant to be a temporary installation to continue the conversation about racism.\n\nHe said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during the Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June.\n\nMr Quinn then contacted Ms Reid through social media and they worked together on the statue, which was erected shortly before 04:30 BST.\n\nThis image of Jen Reid standing on top of the plinth after the Colston statue was pulled down inspired the sculpture\n\n\"I think it's something the people of Bristol really appreciate seeing,\" said Ms Reid.\n\n\"My husband took the photo on the day of the protests and put it on his social media. He was contacted by Marc Quinn who then contacted myself.\n\n\"I was in his studio by the Friday after the protest with 201 cameras surrounding me, taking pictures of me from every conceivable angle. That went into a 3D print and a mould was made.\"\n\nMs Reid said the sculpture was important because it helped \"keep the journey towards racial justice and equality moving\".\n\nThe new statue was unveiled and put on the plinth early on Wednesday\n\nShe said she had felt an \"overwhelming impulse\" to climb on to the plinth during last month's protest.\n\n\"When I was stood there on the plinth, and raised my arm in a Black Power salute, it was totally spontaneous,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't even think about it. It was like an electrical charge of power was running through me.\n\n\"This sculpture is about making a stand for my mother, for my daughter, for black people like me.\"\n\nPeople in Bristol stopped to take photos of the new statue\n\nMr Quinn said: \"I saw pictures of Jen on the plinth and she spontaneously made this gesture and I thought this is amazing. She's made an extraordinary artwork just by doing that and it needs to be crystalised into an object and put back on to the plinth.\n\n\"It had to be in that public realm and I wanted to put it in that charged spot where Edward Colston had been before.\"\n\nThe statue of Edward Colston was pulled from its plinth last month and dragged into the harbourside\n\nMayor of Bristol Marvin Rees, who had previously called the statue of Colston \"an affront\", said the new sculpture \"was not requested and permission was not given for it to be installed\".\n\nIn a statement, he said: \"The future of the plinth and what is installed on it must be decided by the people of Bristol,\" he said.\n\n\"This will be critical to building a city that is home to those who are elated at the statue being pulled down, those who sympathise with its removal but are dismayed at how it happened and those who feel that in its removal, they've lost a piece of the Bristol they know and therefore themselves.\n\n\"We need change. In leading that change we have to find a pace that brings people with us. There is an African proverb that says if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.\"\n\nThe council has established a commission of historians and other experts to research the city's \"true history\".\n\nArtist Marc Quinn's previous works include a sculpture entitled Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was put on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square\n\nOn 7 June, protesters used ropes to pull the Colston statue, which had been at the Bristol city centre site since 1895, from its plinth.\n\nIt was then dragged to the harbourside, where it was thrown into the water at Pero's Bridge - named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city.\n\nBristol City Council later retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Edward Enninful took over as editor of British Vogue in August 2017\n\nBritish Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said he was racially profiled after being told to \"use the loading bay\" by a security guard as he entered work.\n\nEnninful, who has been editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine since 2017, said the incident happened as he walked into his offices on Wednesday.\n\nIn a social media post, he said Conde Nast, which owns British Vogue, \"moved quickly\" to dismiss the security guard.\n\nBut he said \"change needs to happen now\".\n\nEnninful, who was appointed an OBE in 2016 for services to diversity in the fashion industry, wrote on Twitter: \"Today I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my work place.\n\n\"As I entered, I was instructed to use the loading bay.\n\n\"Just because our timelines and weekends are returning to normal, we cannot let the world return to how it was.\"\n\nIn a separate post to his one million Instagram followers, he said: \"It just goes to show that sometimes it doesn't matter what you've achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is understood the security guard, who works for a third party contractor, was dismissed from the site immediately and placed under investigation by their employer.\n\nEarlier this month, when accepting an industry award for his work at the magazine, Enninful said: \"It would be disingenuous of me not to point out that I am the first black person to ever win this award - the first black person in 40 years.\n\n\"Diversity is making its way into our commissioning and on to our pages. But what about inside our workplaces?\n\n\"Who are we hiring? Who are we nurturing? Who are we promoting? How do our office environments treat people? Who is allowed to get to the top?\"\n\nWhen he took the helm of British Vogue three years ago, Enninful said he hoped to create a more diverse magazine that was \"open and friendly\".\n\n\"My Vogue is about being inclusive,\" he said at the time.\n\n\"It is about diversity - showing different women, different body shapes, different races, different classes [and] tackling gender.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Edward Enninful OBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Banksy spray painted his tag in the colours of a medical face mask\n\nCleaners did not know graffiti on a London Underground train was by world-renowned artist Banksy when they removed it, the BBC has been told.\n\nThe piece, If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, was painted inside a Circle Line service carriage.\n\nBut by the time he unveiled the work on his Instagram account, it had been wiped away by Transport for London (TfL) cleaning crews.\n\nA TfL source said: \"It was treated like any other graffiti on the network.\"\n\n\"The job of the cleaners is to make sure the network is clean, especially given the current climate,\" they said.\n\nA video posted online showed a man - presumed to be Banksy - disguised as a cleaner and armed with stencils.\n\nIt is thought the stunt, revealed on Tuesday, was designed to encourage the use of face masks.\n\nIt was a smudge on a cleaning cloth long before the artist revealed on social media he'd done it.\n\nIn the current climate, it is perhaps reassuring that the cleaners on the Tube did their job quickly and efficiently and cleaned off the work so quickly.\n\nGraffiti is regarded - certainly in the transport world and by many commuters - as something that contributes to a threatening, unwelcoming atmosphere.\n\nOf course there will be those who say it should have been kept or protected as art but that is somewhat academic.\n\nYou get the feeling Banksy, who has previously destroyed his art on purpose, knew exactly what would happen to his work by putting it inside a carriage.\n\nThis was perhaps all part of the plan.\n\nAn official statement said the art was removed \"some days ago\" in line with the London Underground's \"strict anti-graffiti policy\".\n\nAll public transport users in London must wear a face covering, and TfL said it appreciated \"the sentiment of encouraging people\" to do so.\n\n\"We'd like to offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Officials said they had \"no choice\" but to \"instigate an emergency response\"\n\nAn app has been launched to help social distancing by showing beachgoers which areas are crowded.\n\nDeveloped by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Tourism, the free BCP Beach Check app gives real time information for visitors.\n\nThousands flocked to the area last month as lockdown restrictions eased, which council bosses said stretched services \"to the absolute hilt\".\n\nThe app is available for Apple or Android devices.\n\nThe app covers 15 miles of coastline between Sandbanks and Highcliffe\n\nCouncil leader Vikki Slade said: \"With 15 miles of coastline, there is more than enough space for people to be able to spread themselves around and maintain social distancing which is pivotal to ensuring the minimal spread of this pandemic.\"\n\nBCP Beach Check uses a traffic light system to code beaches green, amber or red to show congestion levels.\n\nData for the app is provided via a number of sources including seafront rangers, CCTV and some footfall counters, BCP Council said.\n\nThe beaches on the Dorset coast have been heaving with people in recent weeks\n\nThe app covers 24 sections of beach between Sandbanks and Highcliffe.\n\nLast month, as temperatures hit the mid-20s, thousands of people visited the Bournemouth and Poole areas.\n\nBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council said the sheer numbers of people had left its services \"stretched to the absolute hilt\".\n\nThe app will also give information on the location of public toilets and lifeguards and which areas dogs can use.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cerys Evans wants laws on students and funeral benefits changed\n\nA student says a flaw in the law means she had to borrow money on a credit card to pay for her father's funeral.\n\nCerys Evans discovered she was not eligible for a special benefit to help cover the costs when her father died unexpectedly.\n\nLyndon Evans was just 51 when he was admitted to hospital in Cardiff in May with sepsis and pneumonia.\n\nUK officials said Funeral Expenses Payments were only available to those on \"qualifying benefits\".\n\n\"It was really unexpected. Dad was diabetic and he'd been unwell before, but he was honestly like a cat with nine lives, he came out of anything,\" said Ms Evans, from Caerphilly.\n\n\"When he went into hospital, we were told he can be treated, you know, he should come out the other side, and it went downhill so quickly and then he passed away.\"\n\nThe 20-year-old, who is studying criminal justice and psychology at the University of South Wales, said as next-of-kin it was up to her to make the funeral arrangements.\n\nShe had heard of the funeral expenses benefits payments, but told BBC Wales it quickly became clear she would not be eligible, even though she had a severely limited income as a student.\n\n\"It absolutely crushed me,\" she said.\n\n\"I had a credit card before. I had to use that and another one and borrow money from family members, it was just a nightmare. It was horrible.\"\n\nShe said her only other source of income was a part-time weekend retail job, with savings of just a few hundred pounds and \"everything went towards the funeral\".\n\nThe family say they struggled to grieve while focusing on funeral costs\n\nMs Evans said the reality of having to find about £4,000 from \"virtually nowhere\" was incredibly stressful for the family, including her younger 14-year-old sister and an older 27-year-old sister.\n\n\"I don't feel like any of us - especially my younger sister - none of us have taken time to grieve because we've all been focused on: 'Oh my god, there's money, there's this'.\n\n\"And Dad really wouldn't have wanted that either.\n\n\"We've all been focused on money and how we're going to sort everything out. Everyone has been lovely but it's been awful mentally, to tell you the truth.\"\n\nThe funeral took place in June, and Ms Evans said they could only afford \"the bare minimum\" for their father.\n\nShe has now started a petition to try and change the system, to allow students to apply for help towards funeral costs.\n\n\"People don't realise how much we do,\" said Ms Evans.\n\n\"I cared for my Dad beforehand. I did his shopping.\n\n\"I didn't have a day for myself, and in between that I was helping Dad.\"\n\nShe said if the UK government wanted to encourage individuals to go to university, they should also realise \"we are deserving of this fund just as much as anyone else\".\n\nA UK government official responded: \"Losing a loved one is incredibly distressing and our hearts go out to anyone experiencing bereavement.\n\n\"The financial assistance we offer is targeted at those on qualifying benefits to ensure that the most vulnerable are supported with these costs.\"", "Jewellery and an Audi RS6 were taken in the raid, police say\n\nLiverpool midfielder Fabinho's home was burgled as the footballer celebrated the team's Premier League win.\n\nThieves broke in to the Brazilian's home on the day the Reds were presented with the trophy for their first top flight win in 30 years.\n\nItems of jewellery and an Audi RS6 were stolen during the raid in Formby, Merseyside Police said. The car was later recovered in Wigan.\n\nThe burglary was discovered when the occupants returned.\n\nFabinho (right) celebrated the Premier League victory with Roberto Firmino and Alisson Becker\n\nPolice said thieves targeted the footballer's home sometime between 15:00 BST on Wednesday and 04:00 on Thursday.\n\nOn Wednesday evening Sir Kenny Dalglish presented the Premier League trophy to Liverpool after a 5-3 home win over Chelsea.\n\nFabinho joined the Reds in 2018 in a deal worth more than £40m.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "About 80 firefighters are tackling the blaze at a shop in Park Royal\n\nA large fire at a bakery and restaurant is sending huge plumes of black smoke over west London.\n\nThe blaze, on Minerva Road in Park Royal, has prompted 50 calls from local residents, firefighters have said.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade said \"a lot of black smoke\" was coming from the building, and advised those living nearby to close doors and windows.\n\nAbout 80 firefighters and 15 fire engines were sent to the scene at 18:20 BST. No injuries have been reported.\n\nThe blaze is over two storeys of a bakery and restaurant\n\nAssistant Commissioner Graham Ellis said: \"This is a severe, complex and highly visible fire.\n\n\"Due to the layout of the building and access to pockets of fire that remain we will be at the scene throughout the night.\n\n\"Thankfully there are no reports of any injuries.\"\n\nNo injuries have been reported\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "UK aid is distributed with the aim of protecting public health and alleviating global poverty\n\nBritain is to cut its global aid budget by £2.9bn this year due to the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, the government has announced.\n\nIt said a review of aid projects has prioritised the most vulnerable countries for assistance.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK would still meet its commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) on international development.\n\nBut MPs criticised the announcement's timing as Parliament breaks for summer.\n\nLabour MP Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the Commons International Development Committee, said it was \"poor practice\" to announce the move on the final day of Parliament before the summer, preventing MPs from asking questions about it.\n\nIn a letter to Ms Champion, Mr Raab said the UK was \"experiencing a severe economic downturn as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic\".\n\nDespite the reductions, Mr Raab said money spent this year \"remains prioritised on poverty reduction\".\n\nHe added that aid would also focus on \"tackling climate change and reversing biodiversity loss, championing girls' education, UK leadership in the global response to Covid-19, and campaigning on issues such as media freedom and freedom of religious belief\".\n\nSpending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) was set to be £15.8bn this year, before the Covid-19 crisis emerged.\n\nMr Raab said spending on ODA would remain at 0.7% of GNI.\n\nThe foreign secretary suggested the cuts were in anticipation of \"potential shrinkage\" in the UK economy in the coming months.\n\nHe said a £2.9bn package of reductions in the government's planned foreign aid spending had been identified \"so we can proceed prudently for the remainder of 2020\".\n\n\"The package I have agreed with the prime minister maintains our flexibility and enables the government to manage our ODA spend against an uncertain 0.7% position,\" he added.\n\nBoris Johnson has described UK aid spending as a \"giant cashpoint in the sky\"\n\nIt comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the Department for International Development (DFID) would be merged with Mr Raab's department.\n\nThe PM said at the time that UK aid spending had \"been treated as some giant cashpoint in the sky that arrives without any reference to UK interests\".\n\nMs Champion said Mr Raab's announcement on the last day of Parliament before the long summer recess raises more questions than it answers\" and queried the timescale of the cuts.\n\n\"If it is with immediate effect, do the projects know or will they find out via the media as DFID staff did about the merger? Is there an overarching strategy in place?\" she wrote.\n\nShe added: \"Clearly there has been no consultation, but to release this news literally as Parliament rises so there can be no scrutiny by MPs is poor practice.\"\n\nLiberal Democrat international development spokesperson Wendy Chamberlain said assurances over foreign aid were not \"worth the paper they were written on\".", "A Windrush campaigner who was nearly deported despite having lived in the UK for nearly 50 years has died.\n\nPaulette Wilson came to the UK as a child and was one of thousands of people affected by the Windrush scandal which made headlines in 2018.\n\nShe died aged 64 on Thursday morning, her daughter Natalie Barnes confirmed.\n\n\"She was an inspiration to many people. She was my heart and my soul and I loved her to pieces,\" her daughter said in a statement.\n\nMs Wilson arrived in Telford from Jamaica in 1968 aged 10 - but in August 2015 her benefits were stopped and was later sent to a detention centre.\n\nShe was later told by the Home Office she could stay.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC about the experience last year, Ms Wilson said: \"I couldn't sleep. It was terrible. It's been like that since I came out. I still can't eat like I used to.\"\n\nIn a statement, Ms Wilson's daughter Natalie Barnes said: \"My mum was a fighter and she was ready to fight for anyone. She was an inspiration to many people. She was my heart and my soul and I loved her to pieces.\n\n\"She was widely loved and respected; her laugh was infectious and she loved to see people smile; she will be missed by us all.\"\n\nMany people have been paying tribute to her following her death.\n\nImmigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie tweeted: \"Saddened to hear of today's death of Paulette Wilson who arrived in the UK in 1968, aged 10, but became a victim of the Windrush scandal - told she had no rights of residency, she was detained in an IRC.\n\n\"Paulette took on the fight for justice for others. May she rest in peace.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nZubaida Haque, the interim director of the think tank the Runnymede Trust, said it was \"incredibly upsetting and sad\".\n\nShe said Ms Wilson was \"one of the most selfless and bravest victims of the Windrush scandal\".\n\nSNP MP Joanna Cherry expressed her condolences, and said Ms Wilson \"fought back with incredible strength and campaigned for justice for all the victims\" of the scandal.\n\nMs Wilson, who lived in Wolverhampton, was looked after by her grandparents in Wellington, Telford, when she first arrived in Britain.\n\nShe remained in the country all her life, never visited Jamaica, and had 34 years of National Insurance payments. She also had a British daughter and grandchild.\n\nIn October 2017, she was detained in the Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, where she was held for a week before being released.\n\nThe following year, she gave evidence to MPs about the scandal.\n\nThe Windrush scandal broke in 2018, when it emerged many children of Commonwealth citizens had been threatened with deportation.\n\nDespite living and working in the UK for decades, many were told they were there illegally because of a lack of official paperwork.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at life when the Windrush generation arrived in the UK\n\nThe Windrush generation is the name given to those who arrived in UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries. In 1971, Commonwealth citizens already living in the UK were given indefinite leave to remain.\n\nAfter the scandal broke, the government apologised. Since then, reports and compensation schemes have been launched, but some people are concerned that not enough has been done.\n• None Who are the Windrush generation?", "Cory Hewer died at a track after falling from his bike\n\nThe death of a 13-year-old who fell from his motorbike at an off-road circuit is being investigated by a council.\n\nCory Hewer, from Ebbw Vale, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales with serious head injuries but died on Tuesday.\n\nGwent Police said the crash happened at about 15:30 BST on Sunday at Aberbeeg Motorcross track in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent.\n\nBlaenau Gwent council said it was aware of the \"tragic accident\".\n\n\"The council is investigating the circumstances of the incident and enquiries are ongoing at this stage,\" a spokesman said.\n\nCory's parents said on Wednesday their lives would \"never be the same\" without their son.", "People working from home have been eating more ice cream but neglecting their grooming habits, consumer goods giant Unilever has suggested.\n\nThe firm said ice cream sales leapt 26% in the three months to June, but demand for shampoo and deodorant fell.\n\nIt said it had seen strong \"growth in home consumption of foods, ice cream and tea\" during lockdown.\n\nBut there had been \"fewer personal care occasions from going to work or socialising\".", "Rishi Sunak said he had the \"right policies\" for the crisis.\n\nMPs say the chancellor has \"effectively drawn a line\" under helping more than a million people excluded from government virus support packages.\n\nLast week, the Treasury Committee published an interim report into gaps in support to firms and workers hit by the virus.\n\nHowever, Rishi Sunak mounted a strong defence of his aid packages.\n\nThe committee's chairman, Mel Stride, said on Thursday it appeared Mr Sunak was turning his back on people in need.\n\nLast week's report stressed that more than a million people had not received support from the government and called on the Treasury to \"do whatever it takes\" to protect people and businesses.\n\nHowever, the chancellor defended the current system of business loans and job retention schemes after reading the committee's initial findings.\n\nIn a letter, Mr Sunak admitted to MPs on the committee that it \"is correct that some people have not been eligible\" for furlough or self-employment scheme funding, while others, such as PAYE freelancers, do not have a specific scheme.\n\nBut he said that these \"were the right policies for the first phase of the crisis\".\n\nMr Sunak also stressed that the Treasury was unable to allow returns for the 2019-20 tax year to be used by people to secure self-employment support as that would create an opportunity for an \"organised criminal gang to file fake or misleading returns to claim the grant\".\n\nIn response, Mel Stride said: \"The chancellor has effectively drawn a line under helping the million-plus people who have been excluded from support for four months.\n\n\"Despite stating that he will not pick winners and losers when it comes to sectors and businesses that need support, the chancellor has done this when it comes to households and individuals.\n\n\"The chancellor said that the schemes were designed to be open and accessible to as many people as possible, but the committee remains to be convinced that more people could not have been helped.\"\n\nApprentices can be furloughed and continue their training\n\nMr Stride pointed out that the chancellor initially told people at risk of losing their livelihoods that they would not be forgotten.\n\nHe said: \"While the government is clear that it is moving on to the next phase of its recovery plan, it cannot just turn its back on those who are suffering.\"\n\nMr Stride said the committee \"urges the government to re-think its position\".\n\nHowever, Treasury spokesperson said on Thursday that the scale of its support packages had been \"unmatched\" by any schemes in recent history and they had helped millions of companies and individuals.\n\n\"We have kept nine-and-a-half million people in work, supported the incomes of 2.6 million self-employed people and helped businesses across the UK get through the outbreak - acting quickly to deliver one of the most generous and comprehensive packages of support in the world worth an initial £160bn.\n\n\"As part of the next phase of our economic plan to rebuild and recover the UK, we recent announced Our Plan for Jobs. We have made up to £30bn available to support, protect and create jobs, helping ensure people and businesses can come back from this crisis stronger,\" the Treasury said.", "Indoor performances, with socially distanced audiences, can resume in England from 1 August\n\nThe government has been too slow to respond to the \"existential threat\" faced by live theatre, music and other culture, a committee of MPs has said.\n\nMinsiters \"consistently failed to recognise\" the challenges Covid-19 posed to the arts, the House of Commons culture select committee said.\n\nChair Julian Knight MP said a £1.57bn support package was \"nothing more than an Elastoplast over a gaping wound\".\n\nThe government insisted it had \"worked with urgency\" to provide support.\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) disagreed that it had been too slow, saying thousands of organisations and hundreds of thousands of jobs in the sector had been saved by its furlough and loan schemes.\n\nThe DCMS also pointed to the \"largest ever one-off cash injection into culture\", which was welcomed by many figures in the arts when it was announced earlier this month.\n\nHowever, the national advisory body for theatres has warned that a \"significant proportion\" of theatres are expected to close due to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIn written evidence to the committee, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group confirmed it was losing more than £6 million a week in box office sales, with shows including London productions of Cinderella, Evita and The Phantom Of The Opera, all cancelled or postponed since lockdown.\n\nMr Knight, Conservative MP for Solihull, told BBC arts editor Will Gompertz: \"The reality is we are facing a cataclysm in the arts and cultural space.\"\n\nWhat is needed is \"not just a bailout\" but a \"long-term plan\" that would enable the sector to \"come out the other side\", he said.\n\n\"What we've seen is a lack of joined-up thinking across government,\" he went on, suggesting \"huge swathes of our cultural infrastructure\" are at risk.\n\nThe committee said the cultural industries were likely to face mass redundancies. There could be a lasting impact on diversity, opportunities for audiences and workers, and the UK's position as a cultural world leader, it said.\n\nThe help available was hampered by the \"lack of spending power\" at the DCMS, and \"a fundamental misunderstanding\" of what is needed, the committee said.\n\nMr Knight said: \"Our report points to a department that has been treated as a 'Cinderella' by government when it comes to spending, despite the enormous contribution that the DCMS sectors make to the economy and job creation.\"\n\nShakespeare's Globe in London was among the venues that submitted evidence\n\nThe committee cited evidence that 70% of theatres and production companies could go out of business by the end of 2020, with more than £300m lost in box office revenue in the first 12 weeks of the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nIt also pointed to figures suggesting that 93% of grassroots music venues faced permanent closure and that 90% of all festivals would be cancelled this year.\n\nThe report recommended a \"sector-specific recovery deal\", \"clear, if conditional, timelines for reopening\", and \"long-term structural support\".\n\nIt also called for continued support for workers and freelancers, and help for those who had fallen through the gaps in the current schemes.\n\nAnd it said VAT relief on ticket sales should be extended until 2024 and that Theatre Tax Relief should be halved for the next three years.\n\nThe Old Vic and Shakespeare's Globe were among those to submit evidence to the committee's inquiry.\n\nLast week it was announced that indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can resume in England from 1 August.\n\nYet the report said the announcement did not take into account \"the lead times for performance, the challenges of social distancing or the concerns about audience behaviours\".\n\nResponding to the report, a DCMS statement said: \"We have worked with urgency, day-in-day-out since the start of the pandemic in providing support for our sectors and on plans to reopen them safely.\n\nIt added: \"Our £1.57 billion investment is the largest ever one-off cash injection into culture in this country. We have also worked with our arms length bodies on additional emergency packages and provided billions in support to charities to help those most in need.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "We're closing our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic for today but we’ll be back tomorrow.\n\nIn the meantime, here's a look back at some of the biggest developments we've been bringing you from the UK and around the world:\n• Nearly four million cases of coronavirus infections have now been reported in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University pandemic tracker\n• Less than 12 hours before face coverings become mandatory in England's shops, the government released new guidelines\n• Nicola Sturgeon announced that people who have been advised to stay at home and shield in Scotland will be allowed to visit shops, pubs and restaurants from Friday\n• Brazil has registered a record number of new coronavirus cases - more than 67,000 over the course of the past day. The health ministry also reported almost 1,300 deaths in that period\n• More than 10,000 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)\n• Uganda has recorded the country's first coronavirus death, according to a tweet from the ministry of health\n• Dyson announced it is cutting 600 jobs in the UK and a further 300 worldwide as the coronavirus impact speeds up the company's restructuring plans\n\nYou can follow all the latest news on the BBC News website, or for coronavirus news head here.\n\nToday's live page was written and edited by Andreas Illmer, Sophie Williams, Flora Drury, Katie Wright, Alex Kleiderman, Jo Couzens, Victoria Bisset, Joshua Cheetham and Max Matza.", "Last updated on .From the section St Mirren\n\nOnly one of the seven St Mirren staff members who tested positive for Covid-19 actually has the illness.\n\nThe Paisley side said on Thursday that the individuals - none of whom are players - had been identified after tests analysed by a private lab.\n\nHowever, after further NHS screening, it has emerged that six staff members returned 'false positives'.\n\nThe other is in \"strict isolation\" and has not been in contact with any player or other staff member since Saturday.\n\n\"The club will continue to support and look after this staff member to ensure a full recovery,\" added chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick, who confirmed Saturday's friendly with St Johnstone remains cancelled.\n\nFitzpatrick said St Mirren had \"complied robustly\" with testing protocols \"to the letter\" and are \"undertaking an urgent review of the private testing arrangement\".\n• None Podcast: What does this mean for season?\n\nAs a consequence of the results, Scottish Premiership clubs have had to reintroduce twice-weekly testing for the first time since 8 July.\n\nThe news comes after the Scottish FA wrote to Rangers, Motherwell and Hibernian to ask them to explain delays in receiving test results.\n\nThe Ibrox side have also been asked whether they breached protocols by fielding players who had not received up-to-date results against Dundee United on Wednesday.\n\nThe rules state players cannot take part in matches unless a negative test has been returned, with another Rangers friendly later that day against Motherwell delayed for two hours while both sides waited for results.\n\nHibs' friendly with Ross County was cancelled at short notice on Saturday for the same reason.\n\nThe governing body had already reminded clubs of the importance of adhering to the protocol, with the Premiership season scheduled to start on 1 August.\n\nAt this stage, there remains no suggestion that is in any doubt.\n\nSt Mirren, who are due to begin their competitive campaign at home to Livingston in little over a week, last played Hamilton Academical in a friendly on Saturday.\n\nAll Hamilton players and staff were tested two days after that, with no positive tests returned.\n\nThe club also confirmed that the area of FOYS Stadium used by St Mirren was segregated, then cleaned and disinfected afterwards.\n\nScottish football's coronavirus joint response group (JRG) informed the Scottish government of the tests before demanding clubs \"revert to twice-weekly testing protocols until further notice\".\n\nHowever, SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: \"There can be no complacency, but we are heartened by the rigorous way that clubs, players and officials have responded to Covid-19 since March.\n\n\"With such regular testing being carried out by SPFL clubs, it is inevitable that several players or coaching staff will have tested positive. This has happened, as it has also happened in leagues around the world.\n\n\"What is vital is that clubs manage those very few confirmed positive tests such that the virus does not spread. So far, the rigorous work that our clubs have carried out has ensured that this is the case.\"", "The UK and EU have said they still remain some way off reaching a post-Brexit trade agreement, following the latest negotiations in London.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a deal looked \"at this point unlikely\" given the UK position on fishing rights and post-Brexit competition rules.\n\nHis UK counterpart David Frost said \"considerable gaps\" remained in these areas, but a deal was still possible.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the December deadline to reach a deal.\n\nThis was the second official negotiation round to be held in person since the coronavirus crisis, after both sides agreed to \"intensify\" talks in June.\n\nThe two sides' chief negotiators are due to meet informally in London next week, with another round of official talks scheduled for mid-August in Brussels.\n\nSpeaking after the talks, Mr Barnier said the UK had not shown a \"willingness to break the deadlock\" over fisheries and post-Brexit rules on competition.\n\n\"By its current refusal to commit to conditions of open and fair competition and to a balanced agreement on fisheries, the UK makes a trade agreement at this point unlikely,\" he told reporters.\n\nHe said there was a risk of no deal being reached unless the UK changed course on the topics, which were \"at the heart\" of the EU's trade interests.\n\nHe added that an agreement would be needed by October \"at the latest\" so it could be ratified before the current post-Brexit transition period ends in December.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Frost said fisheries and the rules on competition - known as \"level playing field\" provisions - remained the \"most difficult areas\".\n\nHe said he still believed a deal could still be reached in September, but the government must \"face the possibility\" one will not be struck.\n\nBut he added the EU had shown a \"pragmatic approach\" over British demands to limit the role of the European Court of Justice after the transition period ends.\n\nIf the last four years, or even 40 years, have taught us anything about negotiations and the European Union, it is that they go on a bit and rarely are they concluded without the deadline being not just imminent, but, well...pretty much now.\n\nAnd this is not that point, yet.\n\nIt was always very unlikely this would be the moment where a document would be pulled triumphantly from the inside of a suit pocket, a deal done.\n\nWhen Michel Barnier says a trade agreement between the UK and the EU is \"at this point unlikely\", your eye is drawn towards that word \"unlikely\".\n\nBut \"at this point\" matters too.\n\nBoth sides are still talking and compromise likes to turn up fashionably late.\n\nNone of this guarantees there will be a deal - there may not be.\n\nBut both sides want one, if they can find one they can live with.\n\nAnd remember, whatever happens between now and New Year's Eve, things will be different next year.\n\nLegally, Brexit happened at the end of January this year.\n\nIn practical terms, it happens at the start of January next year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Frost said the UK, which has so far insisted on a series of separate deals in different areas, was also willing to consider a \"simpler\" structure for an agreement.\n\nHowever he conceded previous UK demands for an \"early understanding\" on the principles of a deal by this month would not be reached.\n\nHe said EU offers to break the deadlock had so far failed to honour the \"fundamental principles which we have repeatedly made clear\".\n\nEach side says the other needs to make a move. And if there is to be a deal, it will probably come at the eleventh hour.\n\nThat means compromises will have to emerge in September before a deal is agreed in October - leaving both sides just enough time to ratify an agreement before the end of the year.\n\nThere have been suggestions of potential progress this week - on the role of the European Court of Justice and on the overall structure of a future agreement.\n\nBut differences between the two sides are substantial, and go to the heart of what the Brexit process is all about: how closely aligned will the UK be with the EU in the future?\n\nFor the UK sovereignty is key; for the EU the priority is to protect the integrity of its single market.\n\nAnd for now, the two sides often seem to be talking past each other in public.\n\nMr Barnier said that to agree a deal, the EU would require \"robust\" guarantees from the UK over its future rules for providing state support to companies.\n\nHe criticised the UK for providing \"no visibility\" on its future regime in this area, and called for it to share more details of its plans.\n\nThe UK is due to stop following EU \"state aid\" rules at the end of the transition period, and has not unveiled details of its subsequent regime.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said he wants to make it easier for the UK government to provide assistance to struggling firms.", "NI shoppers could be legally obliged to wear face coverings from 20 August\n\nFace coverings in Northern Ireland shops could become mandatory from 20 August if most people do not use them voluntarily.\n\nThe NI Executive announced that it will be legislating to have the power to make masks mandatory.\n\nHowever, first it will launch a public information campaign to encourage the use of coverings\n\nThe executive said it will consider the impact of the campaign by 20 August and then potentially enforce the measure.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said face coverings \"are effective if everybody uses them\".\n\nThe announcement was part of a raft of changes to Covid-19 rules announced on Thursday.\n\nIn addition to the decision on face coverings, Stormont ministers agreed that swimming pools, spas; community centres; bowling alleys and funfairs can reopen from Friday 24 July.\n\nSwimming pools in leisure centres, hotels and private facilities can reopen from Friday\n\nThe Stormont Executive also agreed to request urgent talks with the UK and Irish governments to discuss Covid-19 travel issues.\n\nIt follows controversy earlier this week after Sinn Féin called for a 14-day quarantine for travellers arriving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, while the DUP said people travelling from the Republic of Ireland posed an infection risk.\n\nThe executive has now agreed to write to both governments calling for an urgent summit of the British-Irish Council to discuss the Common Travel Area arrangements in relation to the pandemic.\n\nThey also agreed that updated travel advice will be published on the NI Direct website.\n\nFirst Minister Arlene Foster tweeted that the guidance will be updated \"to remove reference to travel overseas having to be essential travel\".\n\nMrs Foster \"What we're essentially saying now, because we do accept there was confusion around this, is that you should if possible staycation - have your holiday at home.\n\n\"But if you do decide to go away to the continent for your holidays, make sure that you consider carefully all of the advice in relation to that country, make sure that you don't have to quarantine when you come back from that country.\"\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said he was pleased that the executive had supported his recommendation around face coverings, which was \"in line with the expert advice provided to ministers by the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser\".\n\n\"We need to promote every available measure to stop the spread of Covid-19 in our community.\n\n\"The evidence in support of face coverings in shops and other enclosed spaces has become increasingly compelling.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Department of Health said the lead-in period before 20 August will allow time for \"public education and engagement to promote the benefits of face coverings\".\n\nEmployees, children under 13 and those who cannot wear coverings on health grounds will not have to wear them.\n\nFace coverings are already mandatory in shops in Scotland and will become compulsory in England from Friday 24 July.\n\nOther decisions taken by the executive on Thursday include the easing of restrictions on outdoor sporting events and on social gatherings in private homes.\n\nFrom Friday 24 July the following changes will take effect:\n\nChanging room and shower facilities in pools, leisure centres and gyms, which the executive had previously advised people to refrain from using, will be able to open again from Friday.\n\nThe executive has also agreed an indicative date of 10 August for the reopening of indoor pubs and bars that only sell alcohol.\n\nThis move will be confirmed at a later date, depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 in the community.\n\nPubs that only sell alcohol in the Republic of Ireland are also due to reopen on 10 August - a later date that expected after the new Irish government paused its Covid-19 roadmap to recovery.\n\nFollowing Stormont's announcement that spectators can attend outdoor sporting events, the Irish Football Association confirmed it plans on having a limited number of fans at next week's Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, the Department of Health revealed a coronavirus contact tracing app for Northern Ireland will be launched next week", "Television channels and streaming apps like Netflix have seen their viewing figures soar during lockdown\n\nRestricting television viewing to two hours a day could prevent or delay poor health, according to a new study.\n\nHealth risks associated with screen time, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, were at their lowest when daily TV time was two hours or less.\n\nThe study from the University of Glasgow, followed almost 500,000 participants aged 37-73 over a 12 year period between 2006 and 2018.\n\nResearchers said the findings mean adults should minimize exposure.\n\nIf all participants limited television time to two hours a day, potentially 5.62% of all deaths and 7.97% of deaths due to cardiovascular disease could have been prevented or delayed.\n\nIt was not just the traditional television screen that was included in the study, watching videos on a mobile phone counted too.\n\nCurrent physical activity guidelines in UK encourage 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity a week\n\nDr Hamish Foster from the University of Glasgow's Institute of Health and Wellbeing led the study.\n\nHe said that the latest research backed the current evidence that watching too much TV - and living a sedentary lifestyle more generally - could lead to poor heath.\n\n\"Our study suggests limiting TV time could delay or prevent a lot of adverse health\", Dr Foster said.\n\n\"However, there is still more work to be done before we can make firm TV time recommendations.\n\n\"Further research is needed to understand all these factors and inform future advice and guidelines.\"\n\nHe added that unhealthy snacking and lower socioeconomic status are linked to both TV time and poor health.\n\nResearchers also looked at the potential benefits of substituting television time with healthier activities such as walking.\n\nThey found people who would benefit most from replacing longer periods at a screen with more time exercising are those who only spend very small amounts of their day doing those healthier activities.", "The PAC said the Treasury did not announce plans for \"significant\" support for businesses and individuals until 11 March\n\nThe government's failure to plan for the economic impact of a pandemic is \"astonishing\", a committee of MPs says.\n\nThe Commons Public Accounts Committee said the economic reaction to Covid-19 had been rushed and the impact could be \"long-term\".\n\nIt added the Treasury had waited until mid-March before deciding on economic support schemes to put in place.\n\nBut the government said it regularly tested its pandemic plans, which enabled a \"rapid\" response.\n\nLabour accused ministers of being \"incompetent\" in dealing with coronavirus.\n\nLast month, official figures showed that the UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, contracting 2.2% in the joint largest fall since 1979.\n\nIn its report, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said the government needed to \"learn lessons\" and \"ensure it doesn't repeat its mistakes again in the event of a second spike in infections - or another novel disease outbreak\".\n\n\"We are astonished by the government's failure to consider in advance how it might deal with the economic impacts of a pandemic,\" it said.\n\nThe report noted the government undertook at three-day pandemic simulation in 2016 known as Exercise Cygnus.\n\nBut the committee said the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \"was not even aware of the exercise\", saying: \"It is astounding that the government did not think about the potential impact on the economy.\"\n\nAnd it said the Treasury did not announce plans for \"significant funding\" to support businesses and individuals until the Budget on 11 March \"and it did not become clear to the Treasury until the following week that a furlough scheme would be needed\".\n\nThe first reported cases of coronavirus confirmed by the chief medical officer in England was on 31 January.\n\nThe committee said a \"lack of prior thinking on the types of schemes that may be required led to a delay in implementation... particularly in relation to the self-employed scheme where it lacked sufficient, reliable information\" on recipients.\n\nThe report called for more transparency in government decision making and that the Cabinet Office should review crisis command structures to \"ensure longer-term decision making\".\n\nLast month, official figures showed that the UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March\n\nThe committee was also critical of how the issue of personal protective equipment (PPE) was handled, saying there were \"fundamental flaws in the government's central procurement and local distribution of vital goods and equipment\".\n\nThe report also warned of the pandemic's impact on children, saying: \"It will be a huge task to ensure lengthy school closures do not have long-term or irreversible effects on children and young people's future health and education.\"\n\nThe committee's chairwoman, Labour MP Meg Hillier, said: \"Pandemic planning is the bread and butter of government risk planning, but we learn it was treated solely as a health issue, with no planning for the economic impacts.\n\n\"This meant that the economic strategy was of necessity rushed and reactive, initially a one-size-fits-all response that's leaving people - and whole sectors of the economy - behind.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"As the public would expect, we regularly test our pandemic plans, allowing us to rapidly respond to this unprecedented crisis and protect the NHS.\n\n\"It was clear that coronavirus would affect all areas of the country, that's why we immediately put in place an unprecedented initial economic support package for jobs and business worth £160bn.\"\n\nThe spokesman said the next stage of the economic response will make a further £30bn available, including more than £100m \"to support children to learn at home\".\n\nThe government has committed almost £28bn to support councils, businesses and communities in local areas, he said.\n\nFor Labour, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said: \"It is a sorry catalogue of government failure. Their planning was incompetent and their response has been slow.\n\n\"We urgently need the prime minister to get a proper grip on tackling the pandemic.\"", "Guitars are in demand, big amplifiers not so much\n\nLife under lockdown has seen a surge in amateur musicians and podcasters, says the UK's biggest online retailer of instruments and sound equipment.\n\nIn the April-to-June period, Gear4music saw the value of UK sales rise 80% on the same time last year to £21.2m.\n\nAmong the big sellers were electric and acoustic guitar starter bundles, which contain all the accessories required for a budding player to get picking.\n\nDigital pianos also sold particularly well, said chief executive Andrew Wass.\n\n\"People are interested in having a really good hobby that they can get into,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Maybe they played music at school and have found themselves indoors and decided to come back to it.\"\n\nMr Wass said home studio equipment, including microphones and recording software, was popular as well.\n\n\"It seems everybody wants to be a podcaster and they're buying into really professional set-ups at home,\" he added.\n\nFounded in 2003 and based in York, Gear4music employs 460 people and exports all over the world.\n\nIncluding international sales, its quarterly figures were up 68% year-on-year to £37.3m.\n\nAndrew Wass of Gear4music says more people have turned to music as a hobby\n\nMr Wass said the first three weeks of lockdown had been \"the most difficult weeks of my business life\", as the firm adapted its working environment to the new coronavirus conditions.\n\n\"But the staff were very keen to continue and it's thanks to them we've been able to do so,\" he said.\n\nMr Wass said that sales rises had come \"across the range of what we do\".\n\nThe only items that have not been so popular during lockdown have been PA systems and speakers for gigs - \"anything to do with live performance in a venue,\" he said.\n\nWith live music events falling victim to quarantine, demand for ear-blasting amplifier stacks has dried up, but Mr Wass is hopeful that things are about to change as restrictions ease.\n\n\"That's coming back a little bit now, but it's been very difficult,\" he added. \"Fortunately, we've made up for it in other areas.\"\n• None Coronavirus: Are more of us turning to music?", "Firefighters are battling out of control forest fires in Greece.\n\nLocals and tourists have been evacuated as fires continue to rage near the city of Corinth in the eastern Peloponnese for a second day.\n\nThe city's mayor says the flames are out of control and has called for a state of emergency to be declared in the region.\n\nMore than 260 firefighters are currently tackling the blaze, with 10 helicopters and 10 planes assisting.\n\n\"Despite the fact that almost all the aerial firefighting equipment is operating in the area, the situation is not under control,\" Mayor Vassilis Nanopoulos told local media.\n\nNo injuries or fatalities have been reported yet.", "Kim Kardashian West has publicly addressed her husband Kanye's mental health issues following a series of erratic statements in recent days.\n\nShe wrote on Instagram: \"As many of you know, Kanye has bipolar disorder.\n\n\"Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand.\"\n\nHe is a \"brilliant but complicated person\" whose \"words sometimes do not align with his intentions\", she said.\n\nThe rapper is one of America's biggest music stars, and is currently attempting to run for US president. But his first campaign rally and a number of recent Twitter messages have sparked confusion and concern.\n\nKim and Kanye married in 2014 and have four children together.\n\nIn her message on Wednesday, the TV personality and model said she had not previously spoken publicly about how his mental health had affected the family \"because I am very protective of our children and Kanye's right to privacy when it comes to his health\".\n\nShe wrote: \"But today, I feel like I should comment on it because of the stigma and misconceptions about mental health.\n\n\"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behaviour know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor.\n\n\"People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgemental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kanye West cried as he told the rally his father had wanted to abort him - and he \"almost killed\" his own daughter\n\nKardashian West went on to say her husband was \"subject to criticism because he is a public figure and his actions at times can cause strong opinions and emotions\", but asked for greater empathy and understanding.\n\n\"He is a brilliant but complicated person who on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bipolar disorder,\" she added.\n\n\"Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand his words sometimes do not align with his intentions.\n\n\"Living with bipolar disorder does not diminish or invalidate his dreams and his creative ideas, no matter how big or unobtainable they may feel to some.\n\n\"That is part of his genius and as we have all witnessed, many of his big dreams have come true.\n\n\"We as a society talk about giving grace to the issue of mental health as a whole, however we should also give it to the individuals who are living with it in times when they need it the most.\n\n\"I kindly ask that the media and public give us the compassion and empathy that is needed so that we can get through this.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The US ambassador to the UK has denied reports he made \"insensitive\" remarks about race and gender to embassy staff.\n\nCNN said Woody Johnson had been investigated by US officials after making \"generalisations about black men\" and \"cringeworthy\" comments about women's looks.\n\nBut the diplomat tweeted that the claims were \"totally inconsistent with my longstanding record and values\".\n\nMr Johnson was named ambassador to the UK by President Donald Trump in 2017.\n\nCNN also reported Mr Johnson had sought to promote the president's business interests in the UK by asking politicians if the Open Championship golf tournament could be played at Mr Trump's Turnberry course.\n\nBut Mr Johnson, who is part-owner of NFL team the New York Jets, denied that claim too.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I have followed the ethical rules and requirements of my office at all times,\" he wrote on social media.\n\nAsked about the allegation at a White House press conference on Wednesday, President Trump said he had never spoken to Mr Johnson about the matter.", "Actress Amber Heard has accused her ex-husband Johnny Depp of throwing around 30 bottles at her \"like grenades\", the High Court in London has heard.\n\nShe said the incident happened during what she previously called a \"three-day hostage situation\" in 2015.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that labelled him a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper insists it was accurate.\n\nMs Heard, 34, was giving evidence in court for a third day.\n\nIt is the 12th day of the libel action by her ex-husband.\n\nMs Heard said in court on Wednesday that she was not to blame for the tip of Mr Depp's finger being severed while the couple were in Australia in March 2015. He has previously claimed that his ex-wife caused the injury by throwing a vodka bottle at him.\n\nMs Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017, has accused Mr Depp of repeatedly assaulting her during the Australia trip, fuelled by drink and drugs, which he denies.\n\nShe told the court on Wednesday: \"I got angry at times but not into a rage that would cause me to throw anything at him.\"\n\nShe said she had taken a bottle from him on the night of the alleged incident as she did not want him to drink any more and smashed it on the floor.\n\n\"He started picking [bottles] up one by one and throwing them like grenades. One after the other after the other, in my direction, and I felt glass breaking behind me, I retreated more into the bar and he didn't stop.\"\n\n\"I was too scared to look behind me. He threw all the bottles that were in reach.\"\n\nMs Heard said she remembered that only \"a celebratory magnum-sized bottle\" was not smashed by Mr Depp \"out of 30 or so\" bottles.\n\nMr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, put it to Ms Heard that Mr Depp's fingertip was severed as a result of the actress throwing a bottle in his direction. Ms Heard replied: \"No.\"\n\nMs Laws said: \"According to you, Mr Depp sliced his finger off all on his own ... and then carried on attacking you.\"\n\nMs Heard said: \"Yes, he did. I don't think he meant to sever the finger but yes he did continue the attack.\"\n\nThe lawyer also asked about a photograph showing a mark on Mr Depp's face and accused Ms Heard of stubbing a cigarette out on his cheek.\n\nMs Heard denied the claim, saying: \"No, Johnny did it right in front of me, he often did things like that.\"\n\nThe lawyer then turned to an alleged incident of domestic violence in Los Angeles in December 2015, which Ms Heard has described in her first witness statement as \"one of the worst and most violent nights of our relationship\".\n\nMs Heard alleges that Johnny Depp slapped her, dragged her by the hair through their apartment - pulling clumps of her hair out - and then repeatedly punched her in the head.\n\nShe told the court: \"I had bruised ribs, bruises all over my body, bruises on my forearms from trying to defend the blows. I had two black eyes, I had a broken nose, I had a broken lip... the really bad ones (bruises) were in my hairline, on my scalp.\"\n\nThe actress, who appeared on James Corden's The Late Late Show the following night, described the moment when she says Mr Depp headbutted her.\n\n\"He clenched his fists, leaned back and slammed his head directly into mine.\"\n\nQuestioning Ms Heard about her injuries, Ms Laws referred to medical notes made by a nurse, Erin Boerum, who saw Ms Heard shortly after the alleged incident and recorded that the actress was \"actively bleeding on her lip\".\n\nMs Laws suggested that Ms Heard's list of injuries were \"nonsense\", adding: \"She (Ms Boerum) didn't see any bruising... you had just bitten your lip because there was fresh blood on it. Had you just done that for her benefit?\"\n\nMs Heard replied: \"Of course not.\"\n\nMs Laws put it to Ms Heard that a photograph of her with bruises on her face taken after the alleged December 2015 incident was \"completely set up\", which Ms Heard denied.\n\nA short clip of Ms Heard's appearance on The Late Late Show was then played to the court, following which Ms Laws said: \"That is what you looked like on the show, there is no injury, is there?\"\n\nMs Heard replied: \"I had tonnes of injuries.\" She then said she had makeup on covering the injuries and added: \"You can tell by the size of my lip alone.\"\n\nMs Heard's friend, make-up artist Melanie Inglessis, told the court that the pair had \"many conversations\" about Mr Depp and Ms Heard's relationship.\n\nShe said she had planned to go bowling with Ms Heard the night before The Late Late Show appearance, but that Ms Heard did not turn up and later texted Ms Inglessis to say Mr Depp \"beat on me\".\n\nMs Inglessis said Ms Heard told her that Mr Depp \"tried to suffocate her with a pillow ... those were her words\". She added Ms Heard was \"erratic, upset, you know, in between being sad and upset and furious\".\n\nThe court also heard that Mr Depp \"was jealous\" of other actors with whom Ms Heard filmed intimate scenes, and that Mr Depp wanted her to do fewer nude scenes.\n\nJoshua Drew, the ex-husband of Ms Heard's friend Raquel \"Rocky\" Pennington, said in a written witness statement: \"Rocky told me, based on her conversations with Amber, that Johnny had a particular issue with James Franco because he and Amber had some intimate scenes in a project they were filming, which Johnny did not want her doing.\"\n\n\"His name came up often and it would cause fights between them. They were arguing about it very regularly.\"\n\nThe hearing also covered the events surrounding the actress facing criminal proceedings in Australia for taking the couple's two Yorkshire Terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the country in 2015 without the proper paperwork.\n\nShe told the court she \"took the blame\" for illegally bringing the couple's dogs into Australia because his lawyers had said it would make her ex-husband 's job \"less threatened than it already was\".\n\nShe said it wasn't her decision to take the dogs, adding: \"Johnny's the boss.\"\n\nMr Depp's lawyer suggested Ms Heard \"was the boss\" and she had tried to get members of her staff to \"take the blame\". This was denied by Ms Heard, who said: \"I had already pleaded guilty.\"\n\nThe libel case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, which Mr Depp denies. Her evidence was initially due to conclude on Wednesday but will now continue until Thursday.", "Sir Thomas Picton defended his right to obtain confessions by torture while governor of Trinidad\n\nThe statue of a \"brutal\" slave owner - convicted over the torture of a girl - is to be removed from a \"Welsh heroes\" gallery in Cardiff's City Hall.\n\nSir Thomas Picton's statue had stood for more than a century, remembering him as the highest ranking officer to die in the Battle of Waterloo.\n\nCardiff council noted Picton's \"abhorrent behaviour\" as Governor of Trinidad in the 19th Century and on Thursday voted to remove the monument.\n\nThe statue will now be covered up.\n\nCalls to remove the statue followed Black Lives Matter protesters toppling a similar statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.\n\nThe statue of Sir Thomas Picton (left) is in a gallery of Welsh heroes at City Hall\n\nWhile governor of the-then British colony Trinidad, Picton authorised the illegal torture of a 14-year-old girl, which caused public outrage at the time. He was found guilty but was never sentenced.\n\nA statue of Picton was placed in City Hall in 1916, as part of the Heroes of Wales collection.\n\nCouncillor Saeed Ebrahim proposed the motion to the full council to remove the statue.\n\n\"The behaviour of Picton as governor of Trinidad was abhorrent, even in his own era, and not deserving of a place in the Heroes of Wales collection,\" the motion read.\n\n\"Heightened awareness about the history of slavery must include a reassessment of the regard in which we hold Picton, and many others who were actors and beneficiaries of slavery.\n\n\"In hindsight it was an error to have included Picton as an option in the 1916 public vote, and an error that he had not been removed sooner.\n\n\"A democratic decision, by the representatives of the people of Cardiff, to remove the statue will send a message to Black people in Cardiff and across the world that the city recognises the role people like Picton played in slavery, and that we must seek to address the systemic racism that still exists due to slavery and empire.\n\n\"Black lives matter, and none of us are equal until all of us are equal.\"\n\nFifty seven councillors voted for the statue's removal from the Marble Hall of Heroes, five voted against that and there were nine abstentions.\n\nNow Cardiff council will seek permission from the Welsh Government and Cadw - which protects historic monuments in Wales - to remove it from the civic centre building, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.\n\nFollowing the vote, council leader Huw Thomas said: \"Whilst gestures such as this are important, they cannot deflect us from the harder task of trying to address the challenges still experienced by black communities today.\"\n\nCardiff council has said it will set up a taskforce to explore how to tackle racial inequality in the Welsh capital.", "Ailsa went from a council estate to working in banking - but says it's now hard for young people to move into London\n\nFor Ailsa, the big \"should I stay or should I go?\" decision came at a Gateshead bus stop.\n\n\"I thought 'this is not for me,'\" she said, thinking about a future of unsecured jobs in a time and place where \"industry was dead\".\n\nSo she became the first in her family to go to university and then moved to London and left her home town behind.\n\nBut the decision whether to chase better-paid jobs in the capital has become a widening social divide.\n\nThe Social Mobility Commission has published a report showing \"stark inequalities\" between those who can afford to move to London and the south east of England and those who stay behind in other parts of the UK.\n\nThose \"movers\" who typically arrive in London in their twenties on average earn 33% more than \"stayers\", says research from the Institute for Employment Studies, published by the commission.\n\nWhen people from disadvantaged areas do move, it is four times more likely to be to another deprived area, rather than moving somewhere wealthier, says the research.\n\nResearchers found that family ties could stop people from moving far from home\n\nAilsa Weymes, now in her early fifties, bucked the trend and went from a council estate in the North East to university and then a job in banking in London, before teaching and then the civil service.\n\n\"It wasn't the norm,\" she said and remembers people in her home town thinking her university ambitions in the 1980s were \"a bit uppity\".\n\nHer dad had been unemployed and she says if she'd decided to stay, she might have got a job as a secretary, but the options would have been narrow.\n\n\"I didn't see a future,\" she said of her old home town - and her school had \"no expectations for people from the council estates\".\n\n\"I felt the burning injustice of that,\" she said.\n\nNow living in London she sees how hard it is for the next generation to move to get better-paid jobs in the capital.\n\nWhether renting or buying, it's very expensive to live in London - and entry points to jobs, such as unpaid internships, can depend on young people having someone else to support them.\n\nLocation makes a big difference to potential jobs - but it's not easy to move to an expensive area\n\nShe gives talks in schools encouraging children to think about a wide range of careers, as part of the Inspiring the Future project, run by the Education and Employers charity.\n\nThe charity's chief executive, Nick Chambers, highlights an unexpected opportunity raised in the social mobility report - that the increase in working from home during the coronavirus pandemic could lead to long-term changes in how people work.\n\n\"Many more employers are embracing flexible working arrangements and this will make it much easier for young people to access a wider range of jobs without relocating,\" said Mr Chambers.\n\nIt means a \"London\" job could be accessible beyond the range of a daily commute.\n\nBut the Social Mobility Commission research shows how much upwards mobility currently depends on starting out with an advantage.\n\nAmong those moving to London and the South East, 56% are graduates and 60% have a parent in a well-paid job.\n\nJustine Greening remembers the moment when she realised she was going to leave her home in Rotherham\n\nBut there are downsides to the move to London, says the study - with a higher cost of living and the risk of a weaker sense of community.\n\nIt means the move to get better opportunities might come at the cost of friends and family.\n\n\"We are all very close,\" said a mother who was one of the \"stayers\" interviewed by researchers.\n\n\"So the thought of not having that community around you to look after the kids… or even just get together as a family, was massive for me.\"\n\n\"You're so used to a certain area, and then you just go somewhere else, you'd feel a bit lost. I know I would, because I don't like being out my comfort zone,\" a young person told researchers.\n\nCould the location of an office become irrelevant if there is a long-term shift to working from home?\n\nThere were also those who thought family priorities were more important than money.\n\n\"I feel the job I'm in just now suits my circumstances, in the sense that I've got a good work-life balance. Could I strive to do better? I could, but I wouldn't,\" a parent told researchers.\n\nFor one affluent man in his thirties, moving was almost an inevitability.\n\n\"I just kind of assumed, to be honest. Both of my parents are graduates and nearly all my friends' parents are graduates - we always knew we'd move away. You will leave because that's what you do.\"\n\nJustine Greening, former education secretary, is now running the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, which gets businesses to widen opportunities.\n\nFor her, the big fork in the road that meant she was leaving her home town of Rotherham was when, in a phone box, she got her A-level results and knew she was going to university.\n\nShe said she was \"completely aware\" of the significance of the moment - and that having seen her dad being unemployed, she knew the seriousness of such an opportunity.\n\nGrowing up, she said she had wanted to know why their family couldn't move to an area where there were more jobs, and had been told by her dad that they couldn't afford the house prices.\n\nBut Ms Greening says she wishes that people didn't have to leave their own areas to get ahead.\n\n\"I would have liked to have had the chance to stay local,\" she said, and still thinks of Rotherham as \"home\".\n\nBut at present opportunities can be hard to come by in some parts of the country - and a sense of unfairness can be \"very corrosive,\" said Ms Greening.\n\n\"Advantage accumulates - and so does disadvantage,\" she said.", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nLiverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy on the Kop at a near-empty Anfield to mark the club's first top-flight triumph for 30 years.\n\nHenderson received the trophy from Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish, who was manager when Liverpool last won it in 1990, during a spectacular ceremony after the champions beat Chelsea 5-3.\n\nLiverpool were confirmed as champions on 25 June with seven games to spare, when nearest rivals Manchester City lost at Chelsea, but they had to wait until their final home game of the season to be presented with the trophy.\n\nThey did so in front of their families, who were given special permission to attend the trophy presentation.\n\n\"We've been waiting a long time,\" said Henderson, who is recovering from a knee injury. \"Walking up there was amazing, the lads deserved the moment and thankfully the families were watching.\n\n\"To crown it off like that was really special.\"\n\nThere were no supporters in their 53,000-capacity Anfield home after the Premier League season resumed on 17 June behind closed doors following a three-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMerseyside Police had warned fans not to repeat the widespread gatherings that took place on the city's waterfront after the club's title win last month - amid fears of a spike in infections - and Reds boss Jurgen Klopp urged them to celebrate at home.\n\nA small group of fans, some with red flares, greeted the team coach when it arrived at the ground before kick-off, and fireworks were set off outside Anfield throughout the match.\n\nDuring the game, Merseyside Police announced they had put in place a dispersal order between 21:30 BST on Wednesday and 21:30 BST on Friday as they anticipated large crowds gathering.\n\nDalglish, who scored 172 goals in 515 appearances as a Liverpool player between 1977 and 1990, handed out medals during a ceremony which involved a light show and pyrotechnics.\n\nKlopp and his players sang the club's famous anthem You'll Never Walk Alone on the pitch after lifting the trophy.\n\nAsked if he had a message for fans, Klopp said: \"If you don't see that we do it for you, I can't help you.\n\n\"You made us happy, we all should celebrate at home. Prepare for a party and when this virus has gone we will have a party.\"\n\nAfter 30 years of near misses, some dark days and even mid-table finishes, Liverpool finally ended the club's long wait to be champions of England for the 19th time.\n\nIt started on 9 August 2019 when they beat newly promoted Norwich 4-1 in the opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League season.\n\nThat result set the tone for what was to come.\n\nHaving finished one point behind champions Manchester City in 2018-19, the Reds were relentless, winning their first eight league games.\n\nDespite travelling to Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup in December, they finished 2019 with a 13-point lead.\n\nThat had grown to 25 points when the Premier League was suspended in March because of Covid-19.\n\nKlopp later admitted he was \"worried\" about the season being declared null and void during the enforced shutdown. As it turned out, Liverpool's tally of 82 points from 29 games when football was stopped was enough to win the title. Manchester City, who are guaranteed to finish second, can only reach 81.\n\nWednesday's victory over Chelsea means Liverpool are on 96 points - 18 ahead of City - with one game, at Newcastle on Sunday (16:00 BST), to go.\n\nOn 1 May 1990, Liverpool's players paraded the league trophy around a packed and joyous Anfield.\n\nIt was the last time they would celebrate such a success for three decades.\n\nWednesday's celebrations come after Klopp's side have spent the season rewriting the history books.\n\nAt one stage the Reds had a 25-point lead, the biggest ever in English top-flight history.\n\nBy claiming the title with seven matches to spare, Liverpool beat the mark set by Manchester United in 2000-01 and Manchester City in 2017-18, who both became champions with five matches remaining.\n\nWhen Liverpool reached 61 points from their opening 21 matches, it was the most a team had ever accumulated at that stage in any of Europe's top five leagues.\n\nHowever, there is one record Klopp's side have missed out on.\n\nManchester City's record of 100 points in a single season set in 2017-18 remains as the most the Reds can reach is 99.\n• None The black experience in the UK", "Christian B has been named as the suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance\n\nPortuguese police are investigating whether a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case may also be linked to a rape in the Algarve three years prior.\n\nChild sex offender Christian B is being investigated over possible links to an attack on an Irish woman.\n\nHazel Behan, 37, waived her right to anonymity to speak about the assault near Praia da Luz in 2004.\n\nOfficers say they will pass on any evidence to their German counterparts probing the disappearance of Madeleine.\n\nA police source told BBC Europe correspondent Gavin Lee they have \"credible information\" that 43-year-old German man Christian B may be linked to the rape of Ms Behan, who was working in the region as a holiday rep in 2004.\n\nNo suspect was ever identified in her case and forensic evidence is understood to have been destroyed.\n\nHowever, it has since come to light that a year after her alleged attack, Christian B was convicted of a similar rape in Praia da Luz.\n\nMs Behan said she felt physically sick when she learned about Christian B, following a police appeal for information.\n\nThe Guardian reported that detectives in Portugal collected the archived case file on her assault last week, quoting a source in the public prosecutor's office.\n\nRape cases that took place more than 15 years ago cannot be tried in Portugal.\n\nMadeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in 2007\n\nChristian B, who is currently in prison in Germany, was revealed as the main suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, as German and UK police made a fresh appeal for help in the case in June.\n\nHe is believed to have been in the area where Madeleine, aged three, was last seen while on holiday in Praia da Luz with her parents and siblings.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police, who are working with their German and Portuguese counterparts, have said the case remained a \"missing persons\" investigation in the UK because there was no \"definitive evidence\" as to whether Madeleine was alive or not. But German prosecutors have said she is \"assumed\" to be dead.", "The app will assist with the ongoing contact tracing programme\n\nA coronavirus contact tracing app for Northern Ireland will be launched next week, the health committee has been told.\n\nDan West from the Department of Health said the release of Stop Covid NI was supported by the executive.\n\nThe app will supplement the phone-based contact tracing programme already in place.\n\nNorthern Ireland will be the first part of the UK to have a contact tracing app.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's app launched earlier in July.\n\nBoth apps have been designed by the company Nearform.\n\nMr West, a chief digital information officer at the Department of Health, said the NI app would notify close contacts automatically.\n\nIt would also identify people at risk of infection who would be impossible to trace through the traditional method.\n\nThe app could launch as soon as 29 July.\n\nIt comes as the Northern Ireland Executive announced a further easing of lockdown restrictions from Friday.\n\nAfter a positive Covid-19 test result, a person will receive a unique code by text message.\n\nThat message will invite the person to enter the code if they use the app.\n\nEntering the code will trigger a \"Bluetooth handshake\", allowing the app to notify any other user who has been nearby for long enough to be at risk of infection.\n\n\"There will be some people who won't be able to or won't want to use the app, and that's okay,\" Mr West said.\n\n\"The more people who do use it, the more protection this will provide to the whole community. We can say that for sure.\"\n\nThe app will be intended for over-18s initially, because of a conflict between data protection laws and the need for identifiable safeguarding consent.\n\nDr Eddie O'Neill from the Health and Social Care Board is meeting the children's commissioner, the information commissioner's office and the Children's Law Centre to find a way through that.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann wants a system that can work with the Republic of Ireland's app\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann previously said his department was working with its counterpart in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe ambition was to have the two systems work in tandem, so information about contacts who need to be traced can be shared by both governments.\n\nThe contact tracing programme has been operational in Northern Ireland since mid-May.\n\nIt involves people with a positive test result being contacted by phone.\n\nThe people they have been within 2m of for 15 minutes or more are called and advised about isolating or being tested if they have symptoms.\n\nThe app is an add-on to that, to help with contact tracing, and alert those who may not be easily contacted.\n\nThe UK government is working on an app using the Google Apple toolkit\n\nMr West said the development and operation of the app in Northern Ireland \"is orders of magnitude cheaper than the efforts in England to develop their app so far\".\n\nHe said it would cost less than £1m to build and operate.\n\nThe UK government is working on developing an app for use in the rest of the country.\n\nIn England an NHS team spent four months and nearly £12m developing an app which was trialled on the Isle of Wight but did not work as planned.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock then announced the new focus would be on a decentralised app using the Google Apple toolkit - but that was unlikely to be ready for months.", "Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood is suing a host of cannabis companies that he says have falsely used his name to endorse their goods.\n\nThe 90-year-old accuses the firms of spreading fake articles and tagging their websites with his name to make it look like he had backed their products.\n\nNearly 20 firms are named in the suits, accused of trademark infringement and defamation among other violations.\n\nOne firm, Sera Labs, said it had stopped the fake ads \"immediately\".\n\nAll of the companies sell goods with CBD, an extract from the marijuana plant that does not have psychoactive properties. It is used in products such as creams, oils and food.\n\nHowever lawyers for Mr Eastwood - who has starred in films such as Dirty Harry, as well as directing features including Mystic River - said he \"does not have and never has had\" any association with CBD.\n\nOne of the fake articles was headlined \"Big Pharma In Outrage Over Clint Eastwood's CBD\" and quotes the actor saying he is stepping away from his acting career to promote a new line of CBD products, according to one of the two lawsuits, which were filed in a federal court in California.\n\nBut Mr Eastwood's lawyers say he never gave such an interview.\n\nThe other lawsuit concerns an \"internet scam\", in which the firms tagged their websites with Mr Eastwood's name, a move that made it look like he had backed the products, while also making it easier for people searching online to find their products.\n\n\"Like many of his most famous characters, Mr Eastwood is not afraid to confront wrongdoing and hold accountable those that try to illegally profit off his name,\" the court papers say.\n\nThe lawsuits say it is standard practice for Mr Eastwood to reject licensing deals and reserve his celebrity to advertise his films and other personal interests.\n\nOne of the CBD firms in the lawsuit, Sera Labs, said it had been unaware that its products were being falsely linked with the actor.\n\nIt said it had \"worked for a limited time with a publisher and gave them specific advertisements they could use which follow our very strict guidelines\".\n\nIt added that it \"shut down the ads immediately after learning that they used Mr Eastwood's name and likeness\".", "Fourteen houses were evacuated after the explosion\n\nNeighbours of a family whose home was destroyed in an gas explosion are trying to raise £50,000 to rebuild the uninsured house.\n\nJess Williams, 31, and her sons aged two and five, were injured in the blast in Church Road, Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot, on 24 June.\n\nMs Williams remains in hospital and the boys are recovering with family.\n\nUp to 18 neighbours helped pull the family from the wreckage.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the cause was most likely ageing LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) equipment and environmental conditions.\n\nNeath Port Talbot councillor Stephen Hunt said: \"I realised that the house that exploded wasn't insured.\n\n\"I then realised two of the three houses affected by the blast were also uninsured.\"\n\nSo far almost £22,000 has been raised.\n\nThe boys were flown to Southmead Hospital in Bristol and their mother was taken to Morriston Hospital, Swansea\n\nMr Hunt said builders had also offered to carry out construction work for free.\n\nHe said: \"The family feel so hurt by what has happened but also humbled by all the support they have received.\n\n\"They cannot come to terms with the kindness or the support that has been shown right across the country. They had support from as far as Leeds. They are incredibly grateful.\"", "Taylor Swift has announced she is to release a \"surprise\" eighth studio album, called Folklore, at midnight.\n\nThe 16-track album was written and recorded in isolation during the Covid-19 lockdown, she said on social media.\n\n\"Most of the things I had planned this summer didn't end up happening,\" added Swift, who was set to headline Glastonbury's Pyramid stage in June.\n\n\"But there is something I hadn't planned on that DID happen,\" she told fans, before revealing the new album.\n\nFolklore is made up of \"songs I've poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into,\" she continued, and sees her collaborate (remotely) with \"musical heroes\" inclduing The National's Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Jack Antonoff.\n\n\"Before this year I probably would've over-thought when to release this music at the 'perfect' time, but the times we're living in keep reminding me that nothing is guaranteed,\" said Swift.\n\n\"My gut is telling me that if you make something you love, you should just put it out into the world. That's the side of uncertainty I can get on board with.\"\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe also revealed that a fresh music video, which she has written and directed, for a track called Cardigan, would be released alongside the album.\n\n\"The entire shoot was overseen by a medical inspector, everyone wore masks, stayed away from each other, and I even did my own hair, makeup, and styling,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nSwift had been due to play her seventh album, Lover, at a string of festivals this summer, before the coronavirus pandemic put paid to live music.\n\nIn February, the star directed a video for her single The Man, in which she played a man-spreading, cigar smoking, strip-club-going businessman.\n\nThe satirical video took aim at male music executives - in particular Scooter Braun, who purchased her back catalogue last year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Improvements are being promised on congested sections of the route near Leeds\n\nLong-awaited improvements to rail services in the north of England will get a £589m kick-start, the government has announced.\n\nMost of it will go on electrifying the line between Manchester and Leeds, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.\n\nThe Transpennine route upgrade was first announced in 2011 and a modified £2.9bn scheme was confirmed in 2019.\n\nA new body to speed up transport investment across the north is also being set up, the DfT added.\n\nThe improvements include electrification and a doubling of the number of tracks on the most congested sections around Leeds and Huddersfield, allowing faster trains to overtake slower ones.\n\nMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said the additional funding was a \"welcome sign of intent\" from the government.\n\nTransport Secretary and Northern Powerhouse Minister Grant Shapps said people in the north \"rightly expect action, progress and ambition\".\n\n\"This government is determined to accelerate improvements as we invest billions to level up the region's infrastructure,\" he added.\n\nThe upgrade will increase capacity and cut journey times\n\nHe said full electrification, improved digital signalling and doubling of tracks elsewhere on the line were under consideration as part of an Integrated Rail Plan.\n\nThis would allow all-electric services between Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York and Newcastle, offering increased service frequency and capacity.\n\n\"The north has long argued for the existing scheme to be upgraded to bring the full range of passenger and freight benefits and we are glad that the government has listened to this,\" Mr Burnham said.\n\nHowever Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North, said she was concerned there was no mention of rail connections to Hull.\n\n\"I think the government and the Northern Powerhouse are missing a massive trick by not making sure that we are included and at the heart of plans around investment in rail infrastructure,\" she said.\n\n\"We have one of the biggest port complexes in the country and yet we can't get our rail lines upgraded.\"\n\nMr Shapps said the Humber region had not been forgotten and he was focusing on every part of the region.\n\n\"I've been speaking to leaders across the north and we're finding out exactly what the concerns are and I am very familiar with what the concerns are in the Humber region and we're going to deliver on them.\"\n\nPassenger group Transport Focus said the government must keep travellers informed about what disruption caused by the upgrade work would mean for rail users and their journeys.\n\n\"How this work is managed over the coming years will be key to passengers' trust in the rail industry,\" the group's director David Sidebottom said.\n\nMr Shapps said the new Northern Transport Acceleration Council would hold its first meeting in September.\n\n\"This new council will allow us to engage collectively and directly with elected northern leaders to build the vital projects the region is crying out for,\" he said.\n\nMr Burnham welcomed the new body, saying it felt like a \"gear change\" from the government in delivering transport improvements in the north.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The next Mulan is a live action remake of the animated hit movie\n\nWalt Disney has delayed and postponed the release of three major films, dealing a fresh blow to cinema operators struggling amid the pandemic.\n\nThe new Avatar and Star Wars films have been delayed by a year, while Mulan has been removed from schedules completely.\n\nMulan, already delayed because of cinema closures, had been scheduled for release at the end of August.\n\nA rise in virus cases in the US and the impact globally on film production forced the change.\n\n\"It's become clear that nothing can be set in stone when it comes to how we release films during this global health crisis,\" a Disney spokesman said. \"Today that means pausing our release plans for Mulan as we assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world.\"\n\nA rise in virus cases in the US and the impact globally on film production forced the change.\n\nNews that the release of three major Walt Disney films will be delayed or postponed is a fresh blow to cinema operators struggling amid the pandemic.\n\nIt had been hoped that Mulan might spark a late-summer rebound in cinema-going. The Avatar sequel is now set to debut in theatres in December 2022, and the next Star Wars movie in December 2023.\n\nOn Thursday, the AMC and Cineworld cinema chains pushed back the reopening date for their US outlets until at least mid-August, from the end of July.\n\nNew York City and Los Angeles, the two biggest markets in the US, have no concrete plans for reopening cinemas.\n\nWhile cinemas in England were allowed to reopen from 4 July - as long as social distancing guidelines were followed - the picture across North America is much more uncertain.\n\nIn China, the world's second largest movie market, cinemas started to reopen this week after being closed for six months due to social distancing measures.\n\nOne film expert said the delay in Mulan was a \"blessing in disguise\" for Disney given the rising tensions between the US and China.\n\nChris Fenton is the author of Feeding the Dragon, a book about the power struggle between China and American business, particularly Hollywood film studios.\n\n\"No film based on Chinese mythology, set in China, and full of Chinese faces would perform well in America given the current state of anti-Chinese sentiment,\" Mr Fenton said.\n\n\"And in China, the same underperformance would be reciprocated due to hostility towards the US and American-made products, of which, Mulan is one.\"\n\nThe Mulan delay follows Warner Bros' decision to postpone the August release of Christopher Nolan's thriller Tenet. Cinema owners were pinning hopes on the two films to salvage part of the lucrative summer season.\n\nAvatar 2 would have been one of next year's biggest films. It is the follow-up to James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster, which is the second highest-grossing film of all time.\n\nAnother delayed Disney film is Ridley Scott's historical thriller The Last Duel, which stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. That has been shifted from December of this year to October 2021.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe UK and the US have agreed to amend an \"anomaly\" that allowed Harry Dunn death suspect Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.\n\nMrs Sacoolas - the wife of a diplomat at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire - was able to leave the UK thanks to the \"secret agreement\".\n\nShe has been accused of killing the 19-year-old in a crash near the base.\n\nMr Dunn's mother said the change, which is not thought to be retroactive, was a \"huge step in the right direction\".\n\nCharlotte Charles told the BBC: \"We now need Dominic Raab to work with us to make sure that we get her back to the UK to face justice at some point soon.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I hope as a mum she will do the right thing'\n\nThe foreign secretary has said relatives of US staff at the air base can face prosecution under the amended rules where they may have previously been immune.\n\nMr Raab said the new arrangements had \"closed the anomaly that led to the denial of justice in the heartbreaking case of Harry Dunn\".\n\nHe said he appreciated the changes \"won't bring Harry back\" but hoped they may \"bring some small measure of comfort\" to his family.\n\nUnder the amended rules, relatives of US staff at RAF Croughton can face prosecution\n\nMs Charles vowed to continue the family's campaign to bring Mrs Sacoolas before a UK court.\n\n\"We always live with hope that one day she might just decide of her own accord to put herself on a plane and come back over here,\" she said.\n\n\"We definitely will keep the pressure up.\"\n\nMs Charles said she wanted Mrs Sacoolas to \"see what her own country has agreed to with the anomaly they've now amended\".\n\nNorthamptonshire Police said it understood the changes would not be retrospective but welcomed the move.\n\nDowning Street said the change meant \"in relation to the level of offence Anne Sacoolas is accused of, she could have been arrested by the police once they had obtained a warrant from the court\".\n\nAnne Sacoolas, the alleged killer of Harry Dunn, is never going to be extradited from the US because Washington is standing firm that she is entitled to diplomatic immunity.\n\nThis claim of immunity was the product of a legal loophole that needed to be fixed - a loophole that nobody spotted until tragedy struck.\n\nOfficials of foreign governments who are officially operating in another country have immunity from prosecution under long-standing international law. This legal principle of immunity has long been accepted by states as necessary to help foster good relations between them.\n\nBut limits can be imposed by agreement. In the case of RAF Croughton, a deal between the two states allowed the potential prosecution of US staff for crimes committed beyond their duties - but their families had greater protections.\n\nIn short, had a US official, rather than his or her spouse, been behind the wheel of the car that was involved in a crash, they may have had to face police questioning and potential criminal charge. This sad and bizarre legal mistake has now been corrected - and officials appear confident there are no other similar anomalies elsewhere that could stand in the way of justice.\n\nThe US State Department said the amendment was a \"reflection of our especially close relationship\" with the UK.\n\nNorthamptonshire Police said it would continue working with British prosecutors to ensure Mrs Sacoolas was returned from the US to face court proceedings.\n\nMrs Sacoolas, 42, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in December.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said that Labour would \"push for a full inquiry\" into the case.\n\nShe said: \"The foreign secretary has still not come to Parliament to explain how failings in his department allowed a US citizen to leave the country while their immunity was still in question.\"\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nA Home Office extradition request was refused by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in January, and American officials said the decision was final.\n\nIt is believed Mrs Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road when Mr Dunn was killed.\n\nThere have been reports of other vehicles spotted driving on the wrong side of the road near the base, including one which was shown in a YouTube video in February.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland are to receive £100m in government investment.\n\nThe Scottish and UK governments are to each to provide up to £50m in investment as part of the Islands Growth Deal.\n\nTourism, infrastructure, innovation, energy and skills will be targeted for funding.\n\nThere are already regional deals for areas including Ayrshire, Moray and the south of Scotland.\n\nWestern Isles, Orkney and Shetland local authorities have been campaigning since 2013 for greater support for their communities.\n\nIn response, the Scottish government produced the Islands Bill and National Islands Plan.\n\nTransport, Infrastructure and Connectivity Secretary Michael Matheson said money from the growth deal would be used to improve the quality of life in island communities over the next 10 years.\n\nHe said: \"This significant investment will support islanders' ambitions to create world-class visitor destinations, lead the way to a low carbon future, support growth and future industries.\"\n\nMr Matheson said it would also help communities to attract and retain younger people.\n\nIn the Western Isles, the local authority has long been trying find ways to encourage young islanders to stay rather than move away to live and work.\n\nMr Matheson added: \"It is important that all deals take account of the unprecedented economic challenges created by coronavirus and we are working with partners, to understand how best to move forward and respond to current circumstances.\"\n\nScottish Secretary Alister Jack said: \"The City Region and Growth Deals will be crucial to our economic recovery from coronavirus.\n\n\"(This) announcement means that every corner of Scotland will benefit from these and takes the UK government's investment in growth deals across Scotland to more than £1.5bn.\n\n\"These deals are just part of the unprecedented support that the UK government is providing to people and businesses in Scotland during this time.\n\nMr Jack added: \"We have supported 900,000 jobs in Scotland with our furlough and self-employed schemes, including 11,600 across the islands. \"\n\nThe funding was announced as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to make a series of visits in Scotland.", "The single biggest use of plastics is in packaging and it tends to be used just once before being thrown away\n\nAn estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for our environment - both on land and in the ocean - by 2040, unless worldwide action is taken.\n\nThat's according to a global model of the scale of the plastic problem over the next 20 years.\n\nDr Costas Velis from the University of Leeds said the number was \"staggering\" but that we had \"the technology and the opportunity to stem the tide\".\n\nThe report is published in the journal Science.\n\n\"This is the first comprehensive assessment of what the picture could be in 20 years' time,\" Dr Velis explained. \"It's difficult to picture an amount that large, but if you could imagine laying out all that plastic across a flat surface, it would cover the area of the UK 1.5 times.\n\n\"It's complex [to calculate] becayse plastic is everywhere and, in every part of the world, it's different in terms of how it's used and dealt with.\"\n\nBeach plastic may be a very small fraction of the waste out there\n\nTo turn this complex problem into numbers, the researchers tracked the production, use and disposal of plastic around the world. The team then created a model to forecast future plastic pollution. What they called a \"business as usual\" scenario - based on the current trend of increasing plastic production and no significant change in the amount of reuse and recycling - produced the 1.3 billion tonne estimate.\n\nBy adjusting their model, the researchers were able to project how much different interventions would affect that number; they tweaked their model to increase recycling, reduce production and replace plastic with other available materials.\n\nWinnie Lau from the US-based Pew Charitable Trusts, which funded the research, told BBC News that it was vital to put in place every possible solution. \"If we do that,\" she said, \"we can reduce the amount of plastic that goes into the ocean - by 2040 - by 80%.\"\n\nBut even if \"all feasible action\" was taken, Dr Velis explained, the model showed there would be 710 million extra tonnes of plastic waste in the environment in the next two decades.\n\nThere is no \"silver bullet solution\", for the plastic problem. But an often overlooked issue that this study highlighted was the fact that an estimated 2 billion people in the Global South have no access to proper waste management. \"They have to just get rid of all their rubbish, so they have no choice but to burn or dump it,\" said Dr Velis.\n\nAnd despite playing a major role in reducing global plastic waste, the roughly 11 million waste pickers - people who collect and sell reusable materials in low-income countries - often lack basic employment rights and safe working conditions.\n\nDr Velis said: \"Waste pickers are the unsung heroes of recycling - without whom the mass of plastic entering the aquatic environment would be considerably greater.\" He added that policies to support them and make their work safer were a vital part of solving this problem.\n\nDr Ian Kane, from the University of Manchester, who was recently part of a team that calculated the amount of micro-plastic in the seabed, described the picture the researchers had painted as \"horrifying\".\n\n\"The authors are clear that there are large uncertainties in the data and analysis but regardless of the exact figures, the increasing rate of plastic production to meet increasing global demand has pretty dire consequences for the environment,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What happens to microplastics in the ocean?\n\nProf Jamie Woodward, also from the University of Manchester, pointed out the irony in this scenario being laid out during the pandemic.\n\n\"Plastic has kept many frontline workers safe through this,\" he said. \"But PPE waste over the next decade could be horrendous.\n\n\"There are parallels with the climate change problem in that business as usual will be disastrous. We need to radically change our behaviour.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the \"sheer might\" of the UK union, Boris Johnson has said during a visit to Scotland.\n\nMr Johnson was in Orkney and the north of Scotland one year on from the day he took office as prime minister.\n\nHe said the work of the military and Treasury job retention schemes had proved the \"merits of the union\".\n\nBut the SNP said the visit showed Mr Johnson was \"in a panic\" about rising support for Scottish independence.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did not meet Mr Johnson during the trip but said she would continue to work with his government on the \"immediate priority\" of tackling coronavirus.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she did not think anyone should be \"championing and celebrating a pandemic that has taken thousands of lives\" to make a constitutional argument.\n\nMr Johnson said he \"pledged to be a prime minister for every corner of the United Kingdom\" when he entered Downing Street one year ago, adding that the response to the pandemic had shown his government's commitment to the whole of the UK.\n\nThe UK government has coordinated much of the country's economic response to the virus, including the coronavirus job retention furlough scheme.\n\nBut devolved governments have had control over most public health measures and have been able to set more local timetables and messaging.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said she was \"always happy to meet the prime minister\"\n\nAlthough the whole of the UK entered lockdown in the same week, each constituent part has eased restrictions at a different rate.\n\nPhase 3 of Scotland's \"route map\" out of lockdown began last week, as pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and barbers were allowed to reopen.\n\nThey were allowed to reopen in England slightly earlier on 4 July, along with holiday accommodation - including hotels, B&Bs, cottages, campsites and caravan parks.\n\nBoris Johnson must have found recent opinion polls conducted in Scotland to be awkward reading.\n\nSurveys suggesting rising support for Scottish independence and a significant gap between his approval ratings and those of Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, appear to have prompted him to make his first visit to Scotland since last year's general election.\n\nThe prime minister wants to use the trip to remind people in Scotland just how much cash the UK treasury has spent in response to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nHe is stressing that it is the Westminster government that has supported 900,000 people who might have otherwise lost their jobs and produced billions of pounds in extra spending for the NHS.\n\nThe SNP don't look too worried about a prime ministerial trip denting support for their cause.\n\nOn her 50th birthday, on Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that a visit for Boris was the best birthday pressie she could hope for.\n\nEvery time the PM tells voters that it is only as part of the UK that Scottish businesses and public services could afford to cope with the pandemic, the SNP will reply that they are sick of being told that Scotland is \"too wee, too poor and too stupid\" to be independent.\n\nSpeaking in Orkney, where he met local fishermen, Mr Johnson said the \"merits of the union\" had been \"proved throughout this crisis\", citing the work of the military and the Treasury's support for workers and firms.\n\nThe UK government says the furlough and self-employment schemes have supported 900,000 jobs in Scotland, and that £4.6bn of additional funding was being provided to the Scottish government.\n\nThe prime minister also said not enough time had passed for another independence referendum to be held, saying the 2014 vote was a \"once in a generation\" event.\n\nHe said: \"What I'm saying is that the union is a fantastically strong institution. It's helped our country through thick and thin.\n\n\"It's very, very valuable in terms of the support we've been able to give to everybody throughout all corners of the UK, and we had a referendum on breaking up the union a few years ago - I think only six years ago. That is not a generation by any computation and I think what people really want to do is see our whole country coming back strongly together, and that's what we're going to do.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted that the prime minister's visit to Scotland \"highlighted the argument for Scottish independence\".\n\nHowever she said politicians should remain focused on tackling the coronavirus pandemic and \"not use it as a political weapon\".\n\nAt her coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Ms Sturgeon said she had \"worked very hard to have a collaborative approach to the other governments of the UK\".\n\nShe said financial support from the Treasury was \"very welcome\", but said it should be clear that \"this is borrowed money\" which would have to be repaid by Scottish taxpayers too - \"it's not some kind of favour that has been done\".\n\nThe first minister said UK-wide actions by Mr Johnson's administration were a reflection of where powers lie, saying that \"if we held the powers we would be doing these things ourselves\".\n\nShe added: \"I just don't think any of us should be championing and celebrating a pandemic that has taken thousands of lives as some example of the pre-existing political cases we want to make.\n\n\"This has been a heart-breaking crisis that we are not out of yet. Too many people people have died and all of us have a really solemn responsibility to focus on and get our countries through, and that's what I'm going to continue to do.\n\n\"Campaigning right now is not my priority. Boris Johnson has every right to be on a campaign visit but in his shoes it's not what I would do.\"\n\nMr Johnson was greeted by a small group of protestors during his visit to Orkney\n\nMr Johnson also announced £50m of funding from the UK government for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles - the latest in a series of \"city and region deals\" which see Scottish and UK ministers each pledge cash to various areas for spending on new infrastructure and local development schemes.\n\nThe Scottish government has also committed £50m to the \"Islands growth deal\", which will target sectors including tourism, energy and skills.\n\nThe timing of Mr Johnson's visit comes amid a \"perfect storm\" over Scottish independence, according to Sir Tom Devine, an emeritus professor of Scottish history at Edinburgh University.\n\nSir Tom told BBC Two's Newsnight the union is in its most fragile condition since 1745, and that opinion polling suggesting increasing support for independence in Scotland has been consistent for some time.\n\nNewsnight's political editor Nick Watt added that a senior SNP source had told him they believed the party's moment \"is at last arriving\".\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said Mr Johnson was visiting due to recent polls suggesting support for independence was on the rise.\n\nMr Blackford told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the prime minister's message would go down \"particularly badly\" in Scotland.\n\n\"I think what we've demonstrated over the course of the last few months [is] that in the areas of devolved responsibility, in the areas of public health, the leadership that's been shown by our first minister is in sharp contrast to the bluster that we've seen from Boris Johnson,\" he said.", "The duke and duchess met four representatives from organisations that will benefit from the fund\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's charity has donated £1.8m to mental health charities and to help front-line emergency workers.\n\nTen charities will receive grants, including Hospice UK which will offer individual grief trauma counselling to all front-line staff.\n\nCatherine said the coronavirus pandemic \"will have a lasting impact\" on emergency responders' mental health.\n\nThe money will also help provide mental health support to schools.\n\nThe charity, the Royal Foundation, was initially set up in 2009 by Prince William and Prince Harry, and has focused on causes close to the princes' hearts, including the armed forces, conservation and mental health.\n\nCatherine joined the charity after she became Duchess of Cambridge in 2011 and Meghan joined shortly before she and Harry were married in May 2018. Last year, Prince Harry and Meghan split from the foundation to forge their own charity.\n\nThe couple met two emergency responders and two mental health counsellors earlier this the week at Sandringham\n\nIn May, Prince William warned of a potential mental health impact over hailing NHS workers as \"heroes\"\n\nDuring the coronavirus lockdown, the duke and duchess have been vocal about the need to look after people's mental health.\n\nThe £1.8m \"Covid-19 Response Fund\" will include grants to 10 charities: Mind, Hospice UK, the Ambulance Staff Charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably, Best Beginnings, The Anna Freud Centre, Place2Be, Shout 85258, The Mix, YoungMinds.\n\nThe ways the money will be used include:\n\n\"Over recent months we have all been in awe of the incredible work that frontline staff and emergency responders have been doing in response to Covid-19, but we know that for many of them, their families, and for thousands of others across the UK, the pandemic will have a lasting impact on their mental health,\" said Catherine earlier this week, during a visit to speak to front-line workers and mental health counsellors.\n\nKate previously said the pandemic has \"been anxious and unsettling for everyone\"\n\nWilliam told them: \"It's great to hear how The Royal Foundation is supporting you and many others to build resilience and give you the networks you need through its Covid-19 Response Fund, which will help ten leading charities continue their crucial work.\"\n\nIn May, during the lockdown, William warned of a potential mental health impact over hailing NHS workers as \"heroes\" during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe said the praise could deter workers from seeking support as they feel pressure to appear \"strong\".\n\nIn a separate interview with the BBC, the couple said the lockdown is \"stressful\" for many people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC via video link\n\nPsychiatrists have previously warned of a \"tsunami\" of mental illness from problems stored up during lockdown. They were particularly concerned that children and older adults are not getting the support they need because of school closures, self-isolation and fear of hospitals.\n\n\"We are already seeing the devastating impact of Covid-19 on mental health, with more people in crisis,\" said Prof Wendy Burn, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, at the end of May.\n\nIf you need support or help - you can also find resources on the BBC Action Line website.", "Sir James Dyson is Britain's richest man, according to The Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nDyson is cutting 600 jobs in the UK and a further 300 worldwide as the coronavirus impact speeds up the company's restructuring plans.\n\nThe firm, best known for the invention of the bag-less vacuum cleaner, said the pandemic was changing consumer habits as more people shopped online.\n\nDyson was founded by inventor Sir James Dyson, who in May topped the Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nThe company has a global workforce of 14,000, with 4,000 in the UK.\n\nMost of the jobs will be lost in retail and customer service roles.\n\nDyson uses its own people to sell in department stores, for example at John Lewis, but the shift to online has cut necessity for a High Street presence. The jobs being lost overseas, where the company operates in 80 countries, involve similar roles.\n\nA Dyson spokesman said: \"The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated changes in consumer behaviour and therefore requires changes in how we engage with our customers and how we sell our products.\"\n\nHe said the company would try to avoid compulsory redundancies where possible, and emphasised that it had not furloughed any staff nor drawn on any public money to support jobs anywhere in the world during the pandemic.\n\nMost Dyson products are designed in the UK, where it has two technology campuses in Wiltshire, but manufactured in Asia.\n\nEarlier this year the company joined the fight to produce medical ventilators for the NHS, amid fears it would be overwhelmed by coronavirus.\n\nThe company also tried to diversify into making electric cars.\n\nBut last year, it said that although its engineers in the UK had developed a \"fantastic electric car\", it would not hit the roads because it was not \"commercially viable\".\n\nSir James, a Brexit-backing entrepreneur, launched his first vacuum cleaner in 1993. He had previously, in 1974, invented a wheelbarrow which used a spherical wheel.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands of supporters descended on the ground outside the stadium\n\nNine people were arrested as Liverpool fans ignored police advice and crowded the streets following the club's trophy-lifting final home game.\n\nThousands of supporters gathered on Wednesday night as Sir Kenny Dalglish presented the trophy in an empty stadium after the team beat Chelsea.\n\nPolice had issued a dispersal order to clear about 3,000 fans from Anfield.\n\nNine arrests were made on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, drink and drug driving, affray and assault.\n\nThe club said in a statement it was \"disappointed\" with the scenes outside Anfield overnight and with supporters who \"did not heed the celebrate at home advice\".\n\nIt thanked supporters who stayed at home \"protecting their loved ones and our city\" from the \"threat of this pandemic\" as well as those who helped clean up Anfield after large crowds gathered around the stadium.\n\nThe Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has also tweeted his thanks to those involved in the clean-up operation.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe dispersal order had been set up to try to prevent a repeat of the widespread gatherings seen last month, when Liverpool clinched their first Premier League title.\n\nMerseyside Police said the order was put in place at 21:30 BST \"following increased numbers of people gathering near the ground\".\n\nThe imposition of a dispersal order gives police the power to direct people suspected of causing crime, or those seen as likely to cause crime, nuisance or anti-social behaviour, to leave an area for up to 48 hours.\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, captain Jordan Henderson and former player and manager Dalglish had called on fans to stay away because of the risk of spreading coronavirus.\n\nA number of streets were closed in the area around Anfield\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Natalie Perischine, from Merseyside Police, said \"the vast majority of the crowd were good natured and had dispersed by 02:00 BST\".\n\n\"Thankfully we didn't see the sort of incidents of disorder and criminal damage we saw at the Pier Head on 27 June, the investigation into which has seen more than 20 arrests made to date,\" she added.\n\n\"We would like to thank the overwhelming majority of Liverpool fans who listened to that advice and celebrated their team's success at home,\" she said.\n\nThe club previously condemned the behaviour of some fans in the days after the title was secured on 25 June.\n\nThirty-four people were injured - three seriously - as thousands of people congregated at the city's waterfront despite coronavirus restrictions, while other celebrations were held outside Anfield and in the city centre.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "More than 40,000 calls and contacts were made to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline during the first three months of lockdown, most by women seeking help, new figures show.\n\nIn June, calls and contacts were nearly 80% higher than usual, says the charity Refuge, which runs the helpline.\n\nAnd as restrictions ease, there is a surge in women seeking refuge places to escape their abusers, the charity says.\n\nThe government says it prioritised help for domestic-abuse victims in lockdown.\n\nIn a statement, the Home Office said it had recognised early on the risks of a nationwide lockdown for victims of domestic abuse and focused on ensuring vital support services remained available.\n\n\"From our ground-breaking legislation in the Domestic Abuse Bill, to additional financial support and regular engagement with charities throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the government remains resolute in combating this vile crime,\" said the Minister for Safeguarding, Victoria Atkins.\n\nAs well as a near doubling in the number of women contacting the helpline, Refuge says, the figures also show more needing to flee their abusers.\n\n\"We've seen in the last couple of weeks an increase of 54% of women wanting to access emergency accommodation,\" spokeswoman, Lisa King said.\n\nTanya was among those who fled her abusive husband during the lockdown.\n\n\"When we were on lockdown, things became much worse,\" she says.\n\n\"Before, he was drinking only in the early hours of the evening.\n\n\"Then, when Covid happened, he started drinking in the early hours of the morning.\n\nLockdown has cut off escape routes such as the school run\n\n\"And he started getting very aggressive.\n\n\"When he was hitting me, mentally it was affecting me more.\n\n\"He threw me against a wall.\n\nMeanwhile, Claire, separated from her ex-partner, continues to receive support from Refuge, as the lockdown has meant fresh emotional abuse in that he has breached custody arrangements - at one point, refusing to hand back their young daughter.\n\nWith no court hearing in sight, because of the pandemic, Claire says she feels powerless.\n\n\"It's like I am in lockdown with him,\" she says.\n\n\"It's difficult to feel like I'm handing over my daughter, knowing that potentially I might not get her back.\"\n\nAs well as calling Refuge, women have sought help online.\n\nDuring the lockdown the charity set up a live chat service, allowing women too frightened to make a call to tap in and describe in message form what they were going through.\n\nThe National Domestic Abuse Helpline can be contacted online as well as by phone\n\n\"We've been able to talk to women even when their perpetrators are at home with them,\" one support worker said.\n\n\"It can be easier to grab 10 minutes in the bathroom on your phone, doing something that is silent.\"\n\nThe helpline deals with complaints from women only.\n\nMen reporting abuse are directed to other specialist services.\n\nThe Men's Advice Line says it received nearly 8,500 calls over the first three months of the lockdown, significantly higher than during the same period last year.\n\nDuring the lockdown, the government announced about £30m in extra funding.\n\nBut Refuge and other charities say as restrictions ease, a longer-term funding strategy is needed.\n\nThe lockdown proved particularly difficult for migrant women, who are frequently not entitled to financial help from the state, according to the charity Southall Black Sisters.\n\n\"As we come out of the lockdown, we are afraid that we are going to see a surge in demand, particularly migrant women with no recourse to public funds,\" director Pragna Patel says.\n\n\"They would have been the ones feeling most entrapped in situations of abuse because they would have thought, 'There's nowhere for me to go.\n\nTanya found herself in exactly this position when she left her husband with £4 in her pocket before going to Southall Black Sisters for help.\n\n\"If I had stayed in that house, I don't know whether I would be here today,\" she says.\n\n\"I was in a situation where I wanted to finish my life completely.\n\nMs Patel said the Domestic Abuse Bill, currently going through Parliament, had failed to address the plight of women such as Tanya, unable to access state help.\n\n\"Women have put up with really coercive controlling environments, particularly Asian women who live in households with multiple members of a family, which can often translate into multiple perpetrators of abuse,\" she said.\n\n\"We had a case just two weeks ago of a woman who took her own life because she felt that was the only way out of the abuse.\"\n\nThe Home Office said it had committed £1.5m \"to pilot work later this year to better understand needs in this area\".\n\nIt urged anyone in immediate danger and fearing for their life to contact the police.\n\nOnline webchats and text services are also available.", "The RAF has continued to target IS fighters in 2020, the defence secretary told MPs\n\nThe Islamic State group (IS) remains the \"most significant\" threat to the UK, the defence secretary has warned.\n\nBen Wallace said the militant group's \"poisonous ideology\" endures despite it having lost territory it once held in Syria and Iraq - and a possible resurgence \"should concern us all\".\n\nBritish aircraft have struck 40 targets as part of the fight against IS in the past year, Mr Wallace told MPs.\n\nThe \"hard fight\" to beat IS, or Daesh, was \"by no means done\", he said.\n\nMaking a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Wallace said RAF strikes had hit 40 targets since July 2019. Targets ranged from caves in remote parts of northern Iraq, to weapons bunkers and training camps, he said.\n\n\"RAF aircraft have continued to patrol the skies on an almost daily basis,\" he said.\n\nMembers of the group have \"nowhere to hide\", he said, but added that the group's \"poisonous ideology\" still endures.\n\n\"Daesh retains its intent to carry out and inspire attacks against us, and remains the most significant terrorist threat to the United Kingdom and our interests,\" he said.\n\n\"Conflict, economic collapse and inequality is creating new opportunities that they will continue to exploit, to grow and recruit.\"\n\nAbout 900 people who joined the group as fighters during the conflict came from the UK, MPs were told.\n\nMr Wallace said of those, about 20% had been killed and around 40% remain in the area, either at large or in detention.\n\nThe remaining 40% - an estimated 360 people - have returned to the UK, \"where they have been investigated and the majority assessed now to pose no risk or a low security risk\", he said.\n\nThe UK continues to provide training, mentoring, and air support to Iraqi security forces, Mr Wallace said.\n• None RAF carries out four air strikes on IS in May", "The US and UK have accused Russia of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit.\n\nThe US State Department described the recent use of \"what would appear to be actual in-orbit anti-satellite weaponry\" as concerning.\n\nRussia's defence ministry earlier said it was using new technology to perform checks on Russian space equipment.\n\nThe US has previously raised concerns about new Russian satellite activity.\n\nBut it is the first time the UK has made accusations about Russian test-firing in space. They come just days after an inquiry said the UK government \"badly underestimated\" the threat posed by Russia.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation, Christopher Ford, accused Moscow of hypocrisy after it said it wanted arms control to be extended to space.\n\n\"Moscow aims to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting its own counter-space programme,\" he said.\n\nThe head of the UK's space directorate, Air Vice Marshal Harvey Smyth, said he was also concerned about the latest Russian satellite test, which he said had the \"characteristics of a weapon\".\n\n\"Actions like this threaten the peaceful use of space and risk causing debris that could pose a threat to satellites and the space systems on which the world depends,\" he said. He urged Russia to be \"responsible\" and to \"avoid any further such testing\".\n\nRussia, the UK, the US and China are among more than 100 nations to have committed to a space treaty that stipulates that outer space is to be explored by all and purely for peaceful purposes.\n\nThe treaty adds that weapons should not be placed in orbit or in space.\n\nThe US said the Russian satellite system was the same one it raised concerns about in 2018 and earlier this year when the US accused it of manoeuvring close to an American satellite.\n\nIn this latest incident, Gen Jay Raymond, who heads US space command, said there was evidence Russia \"conducted a test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon\".\n\nGen Raymond added: \"This is further evidence of Russia's continuing efforts to develop and test space-based systems and [is] consistent with the Kremlin's published military doctrine to employ weapons that hold US and allied space assets at risk.\"\n\nThis Russian test of what the Americans say is an anti-satellite weapon is part of a pattern of recent Russian space activity. In February, the US military said that two Russian satellites manoeuvred close to an American one, and in April Moscow test-fired a ground-based satellite interceptor.\n\nOnly four countries - Russia, the US, China and India - have demonstrated an anti-satellite capability over the past decades. Anti-satellite warheads have been carried aloft by aircraft or rockets, and satellites have also been illuminated by lasers.\n\nBut Moscow is also clearly looking at using one satellite to kill another. Interest in such weapons is growing given our reliance upon satellites for a variety of purposes such as intelligence gathering, communications, navigation and early-warning.\n\nThere is no treaty banning or limiting such weapons though a number of countries have argued for some kind of agreement to do just this.\n\nBut in military terms, space has already become the new frontier with several countries organising specific commands in their armed forces to deal with both the defensive and offensive aspects of protecting their essential space-based systems.\n\nA test of a new Russian satellite took place on 15 July with the aim of performing checks on the country's space equipment, Russia's defence ministry said at the time.\n\n\"During testing of the latest space technology, one of the domestic satellites was examined close up using the specialised equipment of small space craft,\" the ministry said, according to Interfax news agency.\n\nIt added that \"valuable information about the technical condition of the object under investigation\" had been recorded.", "Boris Johnson became prime minister exactly one year ago\n\nBoris Johnson must have found recent opinion polls conducted in Scotland to be awkward reading.\n\nSurveys suggesting rising support for Scottish independence and a significant gap between his approval ratings and those of Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, appear to have prompted him to make his first visit to Scotland since last year's general election.\n\nThe prime minister wants to use the trip to remind people in Scotland just how much cash the UK treasury has spent in response to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nHe is stressing that it is the Westminster government that has supported 900,000 people who might have otherwise lost their jobs and produced billions of pounds in extra spending for the NHS.\n\nThe SNP don't look too worried about a prime ministerial trip denting support for their cause.\n\nOn her 50th birthday, on Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon tweeted that a visit from Boris was the best birthday pressie she could hope for.\n\nEvery time the PM tells voters that it is only as part of the UK that Scottish businesses and public services could afford to cope with the pandemic, the SNP will reply that they are sick of being told that Scotland is \"too wee, too poor and too stupid\" to be independent.\n\nScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon will not be meeting the prime minister during his visit\n\nIt's a line from the 2014 referendum that seems to have developed extra resonance at a time when people seem to have far more confidence in Nicola Sturgeon's handling of the crisis than Boris Johnson's.\n\nRising support for the uncertain path of independence is not what you might expect at a time of deep economic uncertainty.\n\nOpinion polls have been suggesting more people in Scotland have been turning towards \"Yes\" for many months.\n\nLong before the coronavirus crisis, Brexit was driving Remain voters in to the nationalist camp.\n\nIt will take more than arguments about the deep pockets of the UK exchequer to win back hearts and minds in Scotland.\n\nWhich is why that the PM says that the UK is more than \"simply a lifeboat to which our four nations can cling in times of peril\".\n\nThe emotional case for keeping the UK united is something government ministers will need to work on if they are planning many more Scottish visits.\n\nBoris Johnson has clearly stated that he will not allow another Scottish referendum.\n\nAnd the Scottish government would need agreement from Westminster to make the process legally watertight.\n\nSo what is the PM worrying about?\n\nWell, he may find it much harder to refuse another independence vote if the SNP win a majority in the Scottish elections due in May 2021. And the same polls that are suggesting growing support for independence are predicting a very good result for Nicola Sturgeon's party next year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLeeds United have defended the decision to parade the Championship trophy from an open-top bus in front of fans after previously telling people to stay away.\n\nThousands were at the club's ground on Wednesday night to celebrate its return to the top flight. Four people were arrested for public order offences.\n\nOfficials had urged fans to stay away but the team made a brief appearance after the 4-0 win over Charlton.\n\nOne fan group described the move as \"a dreadful own goal\" by the club.\n\nHundreds of Leeds fans gathered at Elland Road to celebrate the club lifting the Championship trophy\n\nThe club's chief executive had earlier urged them to stay home, saying they would \"celebrate when the time was right\"\n\nChief executive Angus Kinnear had urged fans to stay away from the game, saying when the time was right \"we will celebrate in style\".\n\nBut in a later statement the club said: \"Following consultation with the Safety Advisory Group and council, Leeds United arranged for a bus to be parked outside the East Stand reception as a contingency to assist dispersal should a crowd congregate at Elland Road, despite a month-long campaign from the club and supporter groups to encourage supporters to stay at home.\n\n\"The safety group believed that a brief appearance from the players with the Championship trophy would help to signal an end to proceedings, encouraging fans to head home safely.\n\n\"In challenging circumstances, fan safety has always been our priority.\"\n\nFans cheered the team from outside the ground as they beat Charlton 4-0\n\nSupt Jackie Marsh from West Yorkshire Police said four people had been arrested for public order offences and one officer received a minor injury but did not require hospital treatment.\n\n\"While most of those who gathered did so with good intentions, there were some missiles thrown which resulted in officers having to wear protective equipment,\" she said.\n\nPeople of all ages came along to mark the occasion\n\nFlares were set off as fans celebrated\n\nThe Leeds United Supporters' Trust called on the club to apologise to those fans who heeded its original advice to stay at home.\n\nThe trust said: \"We have received many messages from members outlining their anger, frustration and disappointment at being asked to stay at home and then missing out on the events that unfolded at the ground.\n\n\"We completely understand that frustration. We also empathise with those that made a personal decision to attend the ground last night to feel part of a shared moment.\n\n\"We do, however, feel that the use of such a potent symbol of celebration, the open-top bus, was a dreadful own goal by the club\".\n\nThe trust said the presence of the open-top bus begged the question of whether the club's intention was to secure \"powerful video footage\" rather than anything safety-related in respect of the fans.\n\nLeeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police had also urged fans to stay away over concerns about coronavirus.\n\nIn a statement, the council confirmed it was aware of the plan, but claimed the measures were \"effective\", as fans left \"within 40 minutes\" of the event finishing.\n\nA spokesperson told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"All parties involved recognise the difficulties around this decision, which was made only as a method of ensuring the fans dispersed if significant numbers gathered, and would wish to thank all those fans who adhered to the requests to stay safe and stay away.\"\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThat came after supporters gathered outside the ground on Friday to celebrate the club's return to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.\n\nOn Sunday, about 7,000 fans packed the city's Millennium Square.\n\nThousands of fans left piles of rubbish after they celebrated promotion to the Premier League\n\nA number of fans arrived at the ground on Thursday morning to help in the clean up operation after piles of litter were left behind.\n\nOne supporter, Chris, said: \"It's nice to just come down and do my bit really.\"\n\n\"By the time we'd got here, the council had cleared most of it already. They've done a cracking job, full credit to them.\"\n\nChris and other fans helped to clean up litter at Elland Road\n\nIn contrast to the scenes outside the ground, the trophy was presented inside an almost empty stadium.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Funding gap from coronavirus could see further council cuts\n\nCouncil services in Cornwall could see further cuts as a funding gap emerges due to coronavirus. The council has estimated the cost of Covid-19 and the accompanying lockdown measures at £74m, and has so far received about £40m from central government to cover the losses. \"We may see further cuts to services which obviously we don't want to do,\" said Cornwall Council's deputy leader, Adam Paynter. \"We've already had 10 years of austerity - the government has said that austerity is over and that they will support councils, but we don't know yet the full details of how they will guarantee the incomes that we usually receive,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia\n\nMotorists are being warned they could be towed away if they park illegally at the foot of Snowdon.\n\nIf follows chaotic scenes at Pen-y-Pass below the mountain last weekend, where vehicles turned the main road into a car park in places.\n\nIt led to 180 vehicles being given penalty fines.\n\nCar parks at Pen-y-Pass will now be closed at the weekend, and only available for buses and taxis to drop-off hikers heading on to the peak.\n\n\"This is a 60mph area, and the irresponsible and dangerous parking we saw last weekend not only risked lives but also would have prevented emergency vehicle access,\" said Supt Neil Thomas, from North Wales Police.\n\n\"Anybody found to be parked on the clearway or causing an obstruction will have their vehicle removed at their own expense. Please heed the warning.\"\n\nPen-y-Pass sits on the main A4086 road between Llanberis and Capel Curig, and is where the Pyg Track path takes walkers to the top of Snowdon, making it one of the most popular destinations in the national park.\n\nHowever, all access to Snowdon and other popular peaks in the national park was closed in March, as part of coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nWalkers and hikers were allowed back on the mountains when the \"stay local\" lockdown restrictions were eased on 6 July, while last weekend marked the start of the official school holidays for many visitors.\n\nTraffic enforcement officers will be out in force again at the weekend\n\nLocal residents accused visitors of treating the region with \"lack of respect\" after an estimated 500 cars lined verges and the roadside all down the pass.\n\nIn addition to closing the pass car parks over the weekend, extra park-and-ride bus services will be put in place, running from nearby Llanberis and Nant Peris.\n\nSnowdon Sherpa buses will be running every 15 minutes between 06:45 in the morning and 18:40 in the evening.\n\nThe buses link all the various Snowdon car parks with summit paths.\n\n\"These urgent measures will help to tackle the immediate challenge and we will continue to monitor and adapt as matters progresses,\" said Emyr Williams, chief executive of the Snowdonia Park Authority.\n\nThe leader of Gwynedd council Dyfrig Siencyn added: \"We want people to be able to enjoy our stunning mountain ranges safely.\n\n\"Those who ignore the message by parking illegally on the highway on Snowdonia's mountain passes will face an on-the-spot fine or even being towed away by police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "OneWeb has a factory in Florida with the capacity produce two satellites a day\n\nMPs have launched an inquiry into the government's $500m (£400m) investment in bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb, amid disclosure that a top civil servant warned that taxpayers could lose out.\n\nThe government took a stake in the satellite broadband company as part of a post-Brexit space strategy.\n\nIt emerged on Wednesday that an acting permanent secretary raised concerns, warning that the deal was \"unusual\".\n\nMr Jones, chairman of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, said in a statement that news of the permanent secretary's worries \"heightens concerns around this investment\" and \"prompts further questions about how the government… came to plump for this largely US-based bankrupt satellite company\".\n\nHe went on to say that \"using nearly half a billion pounds of taxpayer money to gamble on a 'commercial opportunity' whilst still failing to support manufacturing jobs with a sector deal is both troubling and concerning.\"\n\nOneWeb is creating a satellite network to deliver broadband connections. But the firm collapsed in March, blaming the Covid crisis for not being able to raise more financial support.\n\nEarlier this month, a joint offer from the UK government and India's Bharti Global mobile operator won a bidding war for the firm.\n\nBut it was disclosed on Wednesday that Sam Beckett, the top civil servant in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), said all the money put forward could be lost.\n\n\"While in one scenario we could get a 20% return, the central case is marginal and there are significant downside risks, including that venture capital investments of this sort can fail, with the consequence that all the value of the equity can be lost,\" she wrote.\n\nThe comments were part of a letter for \"ministerial direction\", an avenue for civil servants to register a stronger than usual opinion. Ministers are obliged to formally overrule the official's objections to instruct the spending to go ahead. The contents of the letter must also be made public.\n\nMs Beckett said that an assessment by the UK Space Agency had identified \"substantial technical and operational hurdles\" that OneWeb would need to overcome in order to become a \"viable and profitable business\" and there was a high likelihood that further taxpayer funding would be necessary.\n\nHowever, Business Secretary Alok Sharma overrode Ms Beckett's concerns and the government went ahead with the bid.\n\nMr Sharma said Chancellor Rishi Sunak had agreed to the purchase, and other private sector investors were involved in the bid for OneWeb.\n\nThe government hopes that London-based OneWeb, can take the place of the EU's Galileo programme, which the UK left when Brexit took effect in January this year.\n\nMs Beckett said: \"I completely understand your, the Prime Minister's and the Chancellor's interest in wider benefits such as the potential long-term geopolitical advantages for foreign policy and soft power that would come with sovereign ownership of a fleet of satellites.\n\n\"Moreover, I do not underestimate the potential opportunity that this investment represents for UK interests globally.\n\n\"It would be the first mega-constellation operator, if it succeeds, and would have the potential to connect millions of people, in particular those in remote, rural locations without broadband access.\"\n\nHowever she wrote that she could not be sure that the investment met Whitehall's strict value-for-money requirements and so requested the formal order from Mr Sharma to proceed.\n\nOneWeb, which has its headquarters in London and a manufacturing base in Florida, is aiming to complete the construction of a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites.\n\nThe UK government sees satellites as a way to meet commitments on the roll-out of super-fast broadband and believes OneWeb's constellation could also deliver a precise satellite navigation system.\n\nSeventy-four satellites in an initial network of 648 had been launched when the company announced it was seeking bankruptcy protection. Most experts believe a further $3bn at least is needed to bring the full constellation into use.", "As the nation gradually unlocks, nightclubs and soft play centres still don't know when it will be their turn to reopen.\n\n\"On Friday there was the devastating news that everybody else apart from ourselves and nightclubs could open,\" says Janice Dunphy, owner of the Web Adventure Park indoor play centre in York.\n\n\"We've been closed now 133 days so it's really difficult to accept,\" she told BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up To Money.\n\nIndoor play centres, along with nightclubs, have not yet been given permission to reopen and so far no date has been set for them to work towards.\n\nThat's leaving business owners such as Janice unable to plan for a return of their customers and the financial boost that would provide.\n\nRecent weeks have seen non-essential shops, theme parks and outdoor play areas reopen and at the start of August it will be possible for bowling alleys, casinos and ice rinks to welcome customers back.\n\nBut as Boris Johnson announced the lifting of those restrictions, as well as a return to full services for beauticians, he added: \"Nightclubs and soft play areas will sadly need to remain closed for now - although this will be kept under review.\"\n\nJanice says: \"My financial director told me we have to lose £200,000 off our wage bill over the next 18 months. Some of the staff that we've had to let go have families.\"\n\nFor the Web Adventure Park that meant significant redundancies, as they could not afford for furloughed staff to continue accruing holiday pay.\n\n\"We used to have 65 staff but I've just made nine redundant and had to lay 20 off temporarily. Then we have 20 staff working in the nursery, which is still open.\n\n\"The ones we have had to lay off are mostly the younger workers, the 18-year-olds.\"\n\nJanice is not just a business owner, she also sits on the management committee for the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions.\n\nIt claims that up to two-thirds of soft play centres could close by October if they don't receive support that reflects their extended lockdown.\n\n\"We have supported everything that we've been asked to do,\" says Janice. \"I actually produced the reopening protocol that was approved by [the Health and Safety Executive] so we've ticked every box as far as we've been asked.\n\n\"We would remove ball pits and anything that was a potential hazard would be taken out. Our members have foggers that they can clean surfaces with.\"\n\n\"However there's been no clarity, nothing has come back from government. There's questions as to why certain industries that are indoors that have large numbers like inflatables parks, like trampoline parks can open but we can't.\n\n\"If we had some idea of why, if we could speak to the government and ask why we could answer some of the questions but we've had no communication at all.\"\n\nThe nightclub sector is another that remains locked down despite the easing of restrictions elsewhere.\n\n\"I think what's really frustrating with our nightclub is we just have no idea when we might be able to reopen and it's really hard to plan that way,\" says Charlie Gilkes, a nightlife entrepreneur and the co-founder of Inception Group, which includes a nightclub.\n\n\"We understand that nightclubs are quite hard to operate with any social distancing in place, they are social environments, but we just need to have some sort of clarity of when they think it will be, even if that's next year.\n\n\"And we need some sort of promise that the furlough scheme will be extended for nightclubs so that our staff can remain on that and there can be some specific support for the businesses which aren't allowed to open.\"\n\nA Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesman said: \"We recognise the frustration of businesses which have had to remain closed because of the pandemic and we are working to help them reopen as soon as it is safe.\n\n\"We are also providing businesses and their employees with an unprecedented package of support during this national emergency including £330bn worth of government backed and guaranteed loans and the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme.\"\n\nYou can hear more of these interviews by downloading the Wake Up To Money podcast.", "Elton John and Renate Blauel got married in 1984 and divorced four years later\n\nSir Elton John's ex-wife, Renate Blauel, is seeking an estimated £3m in damages amid claims the singer broke the terms of their divorce deal.\n\nThe sound engineer, who was married to the star for four years, is suing over passages in Sir Elton's 2019 memoir Me, and the hit movie Rocketman.\n\nMs Blauel claims these revealed details of the marriage, breaking an agreement they made when they divorced in 1988.\n\nThe disclosures triggered long-standing mental health problems, her claim said.\n\nIn response, Sir Elton's defence acknowledged the existence of the divorce agreement, which both parties signed, but denied any breaches or causing \"psychological harm\".\n\nAccording to papers filed at the High Court in London, Sir Elton agreed to remove certain passages from his autobiography before it was published last year, and in the final draft, Ms Blauel only appears on eight pages.\n\nSir Elton describes her in positive terms throughout the book, calling her \"dignified\", \"decent\" and \"someone I couldn't fault in any way\".\n\nMs Blauel has never spoken publicly about her marriage to Sir Elton\n\nHowever, Ms Blauel claims some of the remaining passages \"seriously misrepresented the nature of their relationship\".\n\nFor instance, Sir Elton claimed in his book that he did not enter their marriage with the intention of starting a family. Ms Blauel contests that they \"did attempt to have children during their relationship but were unable to do so\".\n\nA request to have this passage removed was rejected, according to court documents.\n\nShe also claimed not to have been consulted about her appearance in Rocketman, in which she was played by Celinde Schoenmaker - although the marriage took up less than five minutes of screentime.\n\nMs Blauel also said that, following the release of the movie and the memoir, a journalist had \"been trying to locate her in her local village\", causing her \"great anxiety\".\n\nHer lawyer, Yisrael Hiller, told the BBC that Sir Elton had \"ignored\" his promise to keep the details of their marriage private.\n\n\"Renate is particularly upset by the film,\" he added.\n\n\"In her mind, the film seeks to portray their marriage as a sham, which she wholeheartedly disputes and considers a false and disrespectful portrayal of their time together.\n\n\"Renate wants the privacy that was promised to her - that is why she is seeking an injunction. Any claim for monetary relief is secondary, and would just cover damages and future expenses caused by Elton's breaches.\"\n\nHer court filing does not suggest a figure for the damages, but the £3m sum is referred to in Sir Elton's defence, as a figure that had been disclosed in previous correspondence between the two parties.\n\nA source close to the singer told the BBC: \"Elton is shocked and saddened by Renate's claim after 30 years of a mutually amicable and respectful divorce, especially as he has only ever praised her publicly.\"\n\nThe pair met in 1983, as Sir Elton recorded his comeback album Two Low For Zero at London's Air Studios, where Ms Blauel worked as an engineer.\n\nThe couple married the following year in Australia, with Ms Blauel telling United Press International: \"He's the nicest guy I've ever met\".\n\nHowever, they divorced four years later. Sir Elton, who had told Rolling Stone magazine in 1976 that he was bisexual, subsequently told the same publication he was \"quite comfortable being gay\".\n\nThe star went on to marry filmmaker David Furnish in 2005, and the couple have two children.\n\nMs Blauel has kept a low profile since the divorce, but Sir Elton has previously spoken of his \"huge guilt and regret\" over the hurt he caused her.\n\nDetails of their legal dispute first emerged last month, when Ms Blauel filed for an injunction at London's High Court. Further details emerged after Sir Elton's team filed a response this week.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Police were called to reports of a shooting in Rochford car park on Willan Road\n\nA man and two teenagers have been injured in a triple shooting in north London. The man is now critically ill.\n\nThey were targeted on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham at about 00:45 BST, the Met Police said.\n\nOfficers believe the gunmen arrived in a car, carried out the shooting and then left in the same vehicle.\n\nDetectives say a 19-year-old man is in a critical condition and two 15-year-old boys are also in hospital with serious injuries.\n\nOne of the 15-year-old's injuries have been described as \"life changing\" while the other is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommander Paul Brogden said: \"This was another appalling crime, where three young black males have become victims in our capital city, two of whom are actually children.\n\n\"The Metropolitan Police will leave no stone unturned to bring to justice those responsible, but we need the help of Londoners to break this cycle of violence.\"\n\nDet Ch Supt Treena Fleming said there will be extra police in the Tottenham area in order to investigate the shooting and reassure the community.\n\n\"I fully understand how frightening this will be,\" she added.\n\n\"These incidents cannot be tolerated, a society cannot be indifferent to the plight of young people who are being injured and killed on our streets.\"\n\nA BBC analysis of homicides across the capital show there have been more than 70 murder investigations started in the capital this year.\n\nNine of them have been as a result of fatal shootings - six of them have happened since the start of June.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People working from home have been eating more ice cream but neglecting their grooming habits, consumer goods giant Unilever has suggested.\n\nThe firm said ice cream sales leapt 26% in the three months to June, but demand for shampoo and deodorant fell.\n\nIt said it had seen strong \"growth in home consumption of foods, ice cream and tea\" during lockdown.\n\nBut there had been \"fewer personal care occasions from going to work or socialising\".\n\nHowever, it said sales of some cleaning products, such as hand sanitiser, had soared as people stepped up efforts to battle Covid-19.\n\nThe firm's Magnum and Ben and Jerry's brands benefited the most as people bought more ice cream to eat at home.\n\nThe company - which makes the deodorant Lynx and Dove soap - had warned about shrinking personal care sales at its last trading update in April.\n\nIt said that as more people worked from home, they were washing their hair less often, putting off shaving and even ditching deodorant.\n\nFour months on, it said personal care sales had continued to slump.\n\nBut it reported increased demand for household cleaning products, such as Cif surface cleaners and Domestos, which campaigned to educate consumers about targeted cleaning of high-touch surfaces in the home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.\n\nUnilever - which owns brands such as Marmite and PG Tips tea - posted a 4% climb in first-half pre-tax profits to €4.5bn (£3.5bn) after people stockpiled toilet rolls and other consumer goods at the start of the coronavirus crisis.\n\n\"In North America and parts of Europe, there was a positive impact from household stocking in March,\" it said.\n\n\"Consumption patterns then normalised in the second quarter with heightened levels of demand for hygiene and in-home food products.\"\n\nBoss Alan Jope said the results \"demonstrated the resilience of the business\", as demand from the hospitality industry for its products slumped after hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars closed.\n\nBut with people buying more food to eat at home, the company saw double-digit growth in its retail foods business, with Knorr soups and Hellmann's sauces performing strongly.\n\nUnilever also confirmed plans to spin off its tea business, which includes other household brands such as Lipton and Brooke Bond.\n\nIt said it would retain its tea businesses in India and Indonesia and partnership interests in ready-to-drink tea joint ventures.\n\n\"The balance of Unilever's tea brands and geographies and all tea estates have an exciting future, and this potential can best be achieved as a separate entity,\" it said.\n\n\"A process will now begin to implement the separation, which is expected to conclude by the end of 2021.\"", "Care home residents in England can begin to be reunited with one of their loved ones, the government has said, as it publishes new guidance.\n\nVisits will resume in care homes once local authorities and local public health directors say it is safe.\n\nResidents will be limited to seeing the same one visitor, where possible, the guidance says.\n\nSome providers began allowing outdoor, socially-distanced visits in June, in the absence of government guidelines.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said it was now possible to \"carefully and safely\" allow visits to care homes, while taking into account \"local knowledge and circumstances for each care home\".\n\nPeople in registered residential care and those in nursing homes for people with learning disabilities, mental health or other disabilities in England will also be able to welcome visitors under the same guidance.\n\nThe government said visits could resume after the rate of community transmission of coronavirus had fallen, but staff, residents and visitors should observe its guidance to minimise the risk of spreading the virus.\n\nIt says care providers should consider whether visits could take place outside, without people having to go through a shared building, and visitors should stick to social distancing guidance and avoid hugs or handshakes.\n\nAd hoc visits should be discouraged and providers should collect contact details of visitors to support NHS Test and Trace, the guidance says.\n\nVisitors should also be encouraged to wear a face covering and risk assessments must be carried out before homes reopen.\n\nGifts for residents should be easy to clean by care home staff. \"It is unlikely that they will be able to bring flowers but a box of chocolates that could be sanitised with wipes would be allowed,\" the guidance says.\n\nCare England, the country's largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, said it was \"disappointed\" the guidance had come so late.\n\nChief executive Professor Martin Green said: \"This guidance should have been with care providers last month.\n\n\"We are at a loss to understand why the Department of Health and Social Care cannot act quickly in a crisis or why it is deaf to the comments and input from the sector.\"\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded the deaths of another 79 people who tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 45,501.\n\nLesley Lightfoot says not being able to be with her mum Blumah, who has Parkinson's dementia, during lockdown has been \"the most painful thing I've ever been through\".\n\nFor months, she stood outside her mum's north London care home, talking to her through a ground floor window. In recent weeks, the home has allowed some outdoor visits.\n\nBut Ms Lightfoot wants clarity on whether the latest guidelines mean she'll be able to see her mum indoors.\n\n\"To be able to see her outside doesn't solve my problem. I need to get in and be with her in her room,\" she says, adding that her mum's mental state has deteriorated with the isolation of lockdown. \"She needs the reassurance, the love, the affection, the looking at things with her, the going through things with her.\"\n\nThe government said it will be down to individual care homes, working with public health officials, to decide whether visits can take place inside people's rooms.\n\nIn Scotland, visits to virus-free homes resumed earlier this month. In Wales, outdoor visits are allowed and in Northern Ireland, one person can visit a resident, with a second person accommodated \"where possible\".\n\nSue Parker from Ovingham, Northumberland, who has a 29-year-old son with autism and OCD, welcomed the guidance but said it would not help in her case as it isn't an option to visit her son in his residential care home.\n\nShe explained he would not tolerate relatives visiting his care home and would only accept leaving to his family home - something he did most weekends before the pandemic.\n\n\"It seems throughout that it has been a blanket one-size-fits-all policy [for social care], with a focus on the elderly and frail,\" she said, adding that the new guidance seemed to be \"disproportionate\" for her son, given that he is young and physically fit.\n• None How are the care home visiting rules changing?", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nA Premier League club came close to losing £1m during a transfer deal because of cyber hackers.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was only the intervention of the unnamed club's bank that stopped the theft.\n\nIt was one of several incidents highlighted as evidence that sport needed to improve its cybersecurity.\n\n\"The impact of cybercriminals cashing in on this industry is very real,\" said the NCSC's Paul Chichester.\n\nA new report from the NCSC says the email address of a Premier League club's managing director had been hacked during a transfer negotiation, leading to the attempt to steal the £1m.\n\nThe report also says that a Football League club was targeted by hackers who cut off its security systems, blocking turnstiles and almost resulting in a fixture postponement.\n\nAnd it added that in one incident a member of staff at a racecourse lost £15,000 after attempting to buy groundskeeping equipment from a fake version of eBay.\n\nSir Hugh Robertson, chair of the British Olympic Association, said in the report: \"This report is a crucial first step, helping sports organisations to better understand the threat and highlighting practical steps that organisation should take to improve cybersecurity practices.\"", "Swab tests are used to look for the presence of the virus\n\nA network of coronavirus-testing walk-in centres is to be set up across England in an attempt to persuade more people to come forward for testing.\n\nSeveral hundred walk-in units will be up and running by the end of October, in time for winter, when there is concern cases could start to rise.\n\nThey will complement the existing drive-through centres, mobile testing units and home-ordering service.\n\nIt comes amid concern people are still not coming forward for testing.\n\nThe government's weekly random test of 30,000 people, run by the Office for National Statistics, suggests there are about 1,700 new infections a day.\n\nBut the testing service is picking up only about a third of those.\n\nSome of that will be because people are not showing symptoms when they are infected, but bosses at the NHS Test and Trace service said they wanted to see more people come forward for testing.\n\nMeanwhile, Public Health England has released its weekly report into local infection rates.\n\nIt shows Blackburn has had the most positive cases per 100,000 people over the past week at nearly 80 - as the BBC reported earlier this week.\n\nMass testing in Blackburn began at the weekend following a spike in infections\n\nLeicester, which was placed into local lockdown earlier in the month, has seen cases fall.\n\nExtra measures have been introduced in Blackburn, including tougher guidance on household mixing.\n\nBut a full local lockdown is not on the cards yet.\n\nLuton has also been designated an area for intervention alongside Leicester and Blackburn.\n\nIt means some of the restrictions being eased nationally from this weekend, including the re-opening of gyms, will not now happen there.\n\nOther areas among the top 10 are Kirklees, Sandwell, Rotherham and Bradford.\n\nThese are all being closely watched, with local public health teams encouraging those who have been in close contact with confirmed cases to self-isolate.\n\nOverall, there are signs the contact tracing service - NHS Test and Trace - is beginning to improve on some measures.\n\nSome 80% of people who tested positive over the past week provided details of close contact.\n\nOf those close contacts provided 78% were reached and asked to isolate, up from 72% last week.\n\nNHS Test and Trace head Baroness Harding said she was pleased with the performance.\n\nBut she said the \"most important lever\" in keeping the virus at bay was to get more people to come forward for testing, which was why a network of walk-in centres was being created.\n\n\"NHS Test and Trace relies on everyone playing their part,\" she said.\n\n\"We all need to get a test if we have symptoms, share details of our contacts if we test positive and self-isolate when asked to do so.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Walk-in centres will be able to test 500,000 people for Covid-19 each day, says Baroness Dido Harding\n\nBaroness Harding said by the end of October no-one in urban areas should be further than a 30-minute walk away from one of the new walk-in centres, which have been piloted in a handful of places over recent weeks.\n\nAnd the capacity to process tests is also being increased, with a new mega-lab opening in Newport, Gwent.\n\nThe ambition is that by the end of October 500,000 tests a day will be able to be processed.\n\nCurrently, the figure stands at just over 300,000.\n• None NHS test and trace- how it works - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The University of York is one of those institutions affected\n\nAt least 10 universities in the UK, US and Canada have had data stolen about students and/or alumni after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider.\n\nHuman Rights Watch and the children's mental health charity, Young Minds, have also confirmed they were affected.\n\nThe hack targeted Blackbaud, one of the world's largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software.\n\nThe US-based company's systems were hacked in May.\n\nIt has been criticised for not disclosing this externally until July and for having paid the hackers an undisclosed ransom.\n\nIn some cases, the data was limited to that of former students, who had been asked to financially support the establishments they had graduated from. But in others it extended to staff, existing students and other supporters.\n\nThe institutions the BBC has confirmed have been affected are:\n\nAll the institutions are sending letters and emails apologising to those on the compromised databases.\n\nIn some cases, the stolen data included phone numbers, donation history and events attended. Credit card and other payment details do not appear to have been exposed.\n\nBlackbaud, whose headquarters are based in South Carolina, declined to provide a complete lists of those impacted, saying it wanted to \"respect the privacy of our customers\".\n\n\"The majority of our customers were not part of this incident,\" the company claimed.\n\nIt referred the BBC to a statement on its website: \"In May of 2020, we discovered and stopped a ransomware attack. Prior to our locking the cyber-criminal out, the cyber-criminal removed a copy of a subset of data from our self-hosted environment.\"\n\nThe statement goes on to say Blackbaud paid the ransom demand. Doing so is not illegal, but goes against the advice of numerous law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, NCA and Europol.\n\nBlackbaud added that it had been given \"confirmation that the copy [of data] they removed had been destroyed\".\n\nSeveral Blackbaud clients listed on its site have confirmed they were not affected, including:\n\n\"My main concern is how reassuring - impossibly so, in my opinion - Blackbaud were to the university about what the hackers have obtained,\" commented Rhys Morgan, a cyber-security specialist and former student at Oxford Brookes University, whose data was involved.\n\n\"They told my university that there is 'no reason to believe that the stolen data was or will be misused'.\n\n\"I can't feel reassured by this at all. How can they possibly know what the attackers will do with that information?\"\n\nOxford Brookes University is among those contacting students about the hack\n\nBlackbaud has said it is working with law enforcement and third party investigators to monitor whether or not the data is being circulated or sold on the dark web, for example.\n\nBarrister blogger Matthew Scott was also sent an email about the hack.\n\n\"I doubt that my university has many details that aren't pretty easily available, but I am more concerned about giving in to the blackmail and blithely accepting the word of the blackmailer that all the data has now been destroyed,\" he told the BBC.\n\nUnder General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies must report a significant breach to data authorities within 72 hours of learning of an incident - or face potential fines.\n\nThe UK's Information Commissioner's Office [ICO], as well as the Canadian data authorities, were informed about the breach last weekend - weeks after Blackbaud discovered the hack.\n\nAn ICO spokeswoman said: \"Blackbaud has reported an incident affecting multiple data controllers to the ICO. We will be making enquiries to both Blackbaud and the respective controllers, and encourage all affected controllers to evaluate whether they need to report the incident to the ICO individually.\"\n\nLeeds University said, in a statement: \"We want to reassure our alumni that, since being informed by Blackbaud of this incident, we have been working tirelessly to investigate what has happened, in order to accurately inform those affected. No action is required by our alumni community at this time, although, as ever, we recommend that everyone remains vigilant.\"", "People in Blackburn have been urged to follow tougher control measures for a month to bring infection rates down\n\nResidents in Luton and Blackburn have been told lockdown measures set to be eased this weekend will not be lifted in the towns.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) data released on Thursday showed both had been marked as \"areas for intervention\" due to a spike in cases.\n\nLeaders of both town councils said they would postpone the planned lifting of certain restrictions.\n\nGyms and leisure centres in the rest of England are due to re-open on Saturday.\n\nThe leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council said it had already decided to keep leisure facilities closed.\n\nHealth officials in the Lancashire town had said a phased lockdown could happen if the virus rise was not halted by Monday.\n\nA testing site was set up at Downside Primary School in Luton after residents were urged to get screened\n\nCouncil leader Mohammed Khan said: \"We feel that accelerating our control measures in this way will assist us to move out of having higher Covid-19 rates even faster- we are grateful for the government's help in our local plans on this\"\n\nMr Khan added that the decision to delay the reopening of council leisure facilities would run alongside new \"localised prevention measures\".\n\n\"We feel that accelerating our control measures in this way will assist us to move out of having higher Covid rates even faster - we are grateful for the government's help in our local plans on this,\" he said.\n\nThe steps being taken in Blackburn and Luton should come as no surprise - there has been growing concern about the rising number of cases in each area.\n\nBut these are still relatively low levels of infection - Leicester had twice the rate of Blackburn at the point a local lockdown was announced there.\n\nAnd we should expect to see more of this sort of thing in the coming months.\n\nThe widespread availability of testing means in the fight against the virus authorities should be able to spot local flare-ups early and take action to prevent them spiralling out of control. Similar measures are being taken in other parts of Europe.\n\nIt is short-term pain for long-term gain.\n\nLuton council leader Hazel Simmons said: \"The safety of the public is the priority for us. Not opening the the gyms is part of our ongoing work to tackle coronavirus.\n\n\"Better not to open or delay opening than open and then having to close.\n\n\"Fighting coronavirus is everyone's responsibility. Too many families and friends have lost loved ones and we must do everything we can to ensure more lives aren't wasted unnecessarily.\n\n\"There has been too much heartache in the town for us to risk further anguish, pain and suffering.\"\n\nA mobile testing centre has been set up at Witton Park High School in Blackburn\n\nEarlier, Luton Borough Council sent residents in certain postcode areas an \"urgent message\" urging them to get tested for coronavirus due to a rise in cases in the town.\n\nThe National Covid-19 Surveillance Report said an area of intervention was one \"where there is divergence from the measures in place in the rest of England\".\n\nIt said these areas have a \"detailed action plan in place\" because of \"the significance of the spread\" of coronavirus.\n\nThe report said Leicester and nearby Oadby and Wigston continued to be areas of intervention.\n\nMeanwhile Pendle, near Blackburn, has been described as an area of enhanced support, while Calderdale, Northampton and Rotherham have become \"areas of concern\".\n\nNHS Test and Trace chief Baroness Dido Harding told the BBC there were still concerns surrounding northern towns including Blackburn, Bradford and Leicester.\n\nShe said Bradford had been in the \"enhanced support\" category - one level below an area of intervention.\n\nA drop in cases saw its alert level lowered to an \"area of concern\", she added.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Four of the suspects were pictured in this handout from Italy's financial police corps\n\nA group of Carabinieri military police have been arrested and their police station closed after investigators uncovered a raft of alleged crimes taking place in the barracks.\n\nThe Carabinieri in the northern city of Piacenza are suspected of drug-trafficking, blackmail and torture.\n\nThe case has shocked prosecutors and residents in the northern Italian city.\n\n\"We are untouchable,\" one of the suspects is alleged to have told a colleague on a police wiretap.\n\nAccounts of the team's exploits were front-page news in Italy on Thursday, and local prosecutor Grazia Pradella said \"nothing that went on in that barracks was legal - they were out-and-out criminals\".\n\nThe allegations read like the pages of a crime novel, and many of the offences took place in the weeks when Italy went into pandemic lockdown, even though the police operation began in 2017.\n\nOne picture showed a man who had clearly been mistreated in custody\n\n\"While the city of Piacenza was counting so many coronavirus deaths, these Carabinieri supplied drugs to the drug dealers who were stuck at home without drugs under anti-Covid rules,\" the prosecutor said. Piacenza is in the northern region of Emilia Romagna and suffered one of the highest death rates in Italy.\n\nShe compared what went on at the barracks to the practices of organised crime syndicates.\n\nSuspects who were brought in for questioning were mistreated and even tortured. One photo released to the media showed a detainee in handcuffs and bare feet with a bloody nose.\n\nAccording to one wiretap, one member of the corps was heard saying they would never be caught. \"I've made a criminal gang, guys! In short, we've built a pyramid. We stand on top - me you and him - we're untouchable ok?\"\n\nThe prosecutor said Carabinieri in the Levante barracks were suspected of drug dealing, receiving stolen property, extortion, illegal arrest, embezzlement and abuse of office. While 12 people were under investigation, five people were detained and a sixth placed under house arrest.\n\nThe military prosecutor in Verona, who has jurisdiction in the case, said he had opened an investigation and was working in close contact with his colleagues in the civil judiciary.\n\nThe revelations risked tarnishing the image of 110,000 men and women who did their best every day to uphold the values of the military police force, Italy's defence minister said.\n\nHowever, reports also emerged of a young Carabiniere who refused to join in the beatings, drugs and other alleged illegal activities.\n\nThe most recent arrival at the barracks, identified in Italian reports as having the initials RB, was recorded complaining to his father about what was going on. According to Italian media, his father told him to move to a department where he would feel more comfortable\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We risked everything to survive\" - Naples resident Filomena", "Twitter has revealed that hackers viewed private direct messages (DMs) from 36 of the accounts involved in last week's hack.\n\nIt did not disclose who they belonged to beyond saying one was owned by an elected official in the Netherlands.\n\nBut the Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has told the BBC that this was a reference to his account.\n\nTwitter has said that it does not believe any other former or current politicians had their DMs accessed.\n\nIt is not clear how many of the accounts overlap with the 45 that tweeted a Bitcoin scam.\n\nLast week, Mr Wilders' profile image was replaced with that of a cartoon of a black man, and his account's background image was changed to that of the Moroccan flag.\n\nMr Wilders' Freedom Party is the second biggest party in Netherland's House of Representatives. In the last Dutch election it campaigned to ban Muslim immigration and shut mosques.\n\nMr Wilders told the BBC he had used Twitter's direct message tool for about 10 years\n\n\"I was informed by Twitter last night... that my Twitter account was not only hacked for some days and the hacker also posted tweets on my account and sent DMs in my name, but indeed also got full access to my DMs, which of course is totally unacceptable in many ways,\" Mr Wilders said.\n\n\"People critical of Islam or regimes in the Middle East [including those] from within countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria [have sent me DMs over 10 years] and I do hope they will not be in danger if their identity would be exposed because of this hack.\n\n\"I had deleted most of them but maybe some were left there for the hacker to see and copy.\"\n\nTwitter also commented further about the incident as it released its latest earnings.\n\n\"We've implemented safeguards to improve the security of our internal systems and are working with law enforcement as they conduct their investigations,\" it said.\n\n\"We understand our responsibilities and are committed to earning the trust of all our stakeholders with our every action, including how we address the security issue.\n\n\"We will continue to be transparent in sharing our learnings and remediations.\"\n\nOn 16 July, the accounts of several high profile business leaders, celebrities and politicians accounts posted a bogus get-rich-quick scheme, including:\n\nIt is believed victims sent about $120,000 (£93,600) in Bitcoin to the perpetrators, and the sum would have been larger if a crypto-currency exchange had not blocked further transfers.\n\nTwitter has said a total of 130 accounts were targeted in the attack, which exposed personal information including email addresses and telephone numbers.\n\nIt previously revealed that eight non-verified accounts had all of their Twitter data downloaded, including DMs. The firm has not said if any of these coincide with the ones whose DM inboxes were looked at.\n\nThe US Senate Commerce Committee has demanded Twitter brief it about the wider incident by 23 July.\n\nThe senior Republican on the House of Representatives' Judiciary committee has also called on its chair to ask Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey to attend a separate hearing on Monday, at which Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon's chief executives are already scheduled to give testimony.\n\nHowever, political watchers say it is unlikely that a formal invitation will be made as the focus of that event is anti-competitive behaviour, and Twitter is a much smaller company than the others.", "Andriy Yarmolenko's last-gasp winner settled an eventful London derby with Chelsea and delivered a huge boost to West Ham United's hopes of avoiding relegation.\n\nIn a topsy-turvy game, which saw West Ham infuriated when Tomas Soucek's first-half goal was ruled out by VAR, substitute Yarmolenko made the decisive contribution when the finished off a superb counter attack with a classic left-foot finish.\n\nIt looked like both sides would have to settle for a point but that late twist not only provides a huge morale lift to David Moyes' side, putting them three points clear of the relegation places, but also completed a good 24 hours for Manchester United in the race for Champions League places after their win at Brighton and third-placed Leicester City's loss at Everton.\n\nMoyes was angry when Soucek saw a first-half goal ruled out because Michail Antonio was adjudged to be offside and in Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's line of vision.\n\nChelsea then took the lead through Willian's penalty but battling West Ham levelled through Soucek's header right on the stroke of half-time.\n\nMan-of-the-match Antonio bundled West Ham in front six minutes after the interval but this eventful affair looked to be heading for a draw when Willian's superb free-kick with 18 minutes left drew Chelsea level.\n\nAnd yet, with injury-time looming, West Ham broke and the tireless Antonio set up Yarmolenko for a crisp finish that gave Moyes' men what could be a priceless three points.\n\nWest Ham manager Moyes needed a big performance to turn around their fortunes in an increasingly fraught battle to avoid the drop.\n\nAnd when he was needed, Antonio stepped up with a performance of determination and quality as he led from the front to see off the challenge of Chelsea as they chase a place in the top four.\n\nAntonio was a potent mix of skill and power, a central figure as he was controversially adjudged to be in Kepa's eyeline when West Ham's first goal was disallowed, then scoring their equaliser before leading the counter that led to Yarmolenko's winner.\n\nWest Ham needed a reaction after losing at home to Wolves and away to Spurs since the Premier League kicked into action again - and there will be no better tonic for Moyes and his players than a win over their arch-rivals from west London.\n\nWith a visit to Newcastle United and a home game against Burnley on the horizon, with both teams in form, it was vital West Ham gained full reward and Antonio was the driving force behind this vital victory.\n\nIt is hard to escape the sense that Kepa still faces a fight to secure his future at Stamford Bridge after an uncertain season that even saw the £71m signing dropped for Willy Caballero shortly before the season went into hiatus.\n\nAnd he did nothing to dispel doubts here. When Chelsea came under pressure in the first half, he failed to command his area and they were fortunate to see Soucek's goal chalked off by VAR before the Czech rose to head West Ham in front from another corner.\n\nHe still has much to prove and Chelsea boss Frank Lampard will expect better as he tries to cement a season of improvement with a place in the top four and another season in the Champions League.\n\nThis was a real disappointment for Chelsea, especially as the force appeared to be with them after William's second goal and they looked the most likely winners.\n\nBut they were caught out by a lightning break that ended in Yarmolenko's goal and the chance to close even further on fading Leicester City and maintain the gap between themselves and in-form Manchester United was lost.\n\n'Everything was going against us' - what they said\n\nOn VAR decision: \"At that moment I thought everything was going against us. The first goal is vital and when you lose it you think here we go again but great credit to the players, they kept at it and I thought we got the reward. The equaliser was deserved.\"\n\nOn the winning goal: \"We had to counter because they had pinned us right back. We were always waiting for a moment or a chance. We hoped luck would change for us, we felt it had not been with us in some games, we worked harder and deserved that luck.\n\n\"We need him (Antonio) so much. He led the line really well. You have to win a game people have not been expecting. I think it was a shock after we saw the performance of Chelsea at Manchester City. Chelsea played a lot of good football. We've done well but our football has to get better.\"\n\n\"We dominated the game in terms of possession, but make mistakes and teams will hurt you. I'm not happy with any of the goals. You don't get given victories for scoring two goals, you have to be better than that.\n\n\"There were moments they counter-attacked, which we knew they would. There were details in the game which we knew but we lost because we didn't get them right. Against West Ham you have to make recovery runs. That is the bit we got wrong.\n\n\"It is why we are fighting for top four not one or two, because we don't get things right as much as the big boys do. I am not happy but at the same time we are two points ahead of Manchester United, who have been going great for some time.\n\n\"If you don't get details right in big games, you're going to drop points. At times we have played really well this season. As a group we need to find more consistency.\"\n\nWillian in the goals all year round - the stats\n• None West Ham ended a 20-game losing run when conceding the first goal in Premier League fixtures, with this the first time they avoided defeat after conceding first in the competition since February 2019 - a 3-1 win over Fulham.\n• None Only opponents West Ham (22) and Aston Villa (19) have dropped more points from leading positions in this season's Premier League than Chelsea (18).\n• None This was West Ham's sixth Premier League win over Chelsea after conceding the first goal; only against Southampton (seven) have the Hammers come from behind after conceding first to win more times in the competition, while only Arsenal (seven) have beaten Chelsea more after conceding first to them in the division.\n• None This was Chelsea's 10th Premier League defeat of the season; only in 2015-16, when they finished 10th, have they suffered more in a single campaign in the Roman Abramovich era (12).\n• None West Ham have now won three of their seven home league games under David Moyes since his return to the club (D2 L2), one more than they won in their nine Premier League matches at the London Stadium under Manuel Pellegrini this season (W2 D1 L6).\n• None Chelsea's Willian became the first player in Premier League history to score in all 12 calendar months in the competition.\n• None Willian has scored in back-to-back Premier League appearances for Chelsea for only the second time, and the first since October 2015. The Brazilian was the first player to score both a direct free-kick and a penalty in the same Premier League game since Cesc Fabregas also did so for Chelsea against West Ham back in March 2016.\n• None All 29 of Michail Antonio's Premier League goals for West Ham have been scored inside the penalty area. Among current Premier League players, only Gabriel Jesus (37) has scored more goals with 100% coming inside the box.\n\nChelsea host Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, 4 July (20:00 BST), while West Ham travel to Newcastle the following afternoon (14:15).\n• None Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.\n• None Goal! West Ham United 3, Chelsea 2. Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michail Antonio following a fast break.\n• None Attempt missed. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a cross.\n• None Offside, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna tries a through ball, but Aaron Cresswell is caught offside.\n• None Willian (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Leicester will not join the rest of the UK in seeing restrictions eased on Saturday\n\nPolice in Leicester were not issued a map of the area affected by the UK's first local lockdown until \"well after the announcement\", the county's police and crime commissioner has said.\n\nLord Willy Bach said the information \"has now been issued\" but law enforcement had \"received minimal guidance\" on the tighter restrictions.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock announced the lockdown at 21:15 BST on Monday.\n\nNon-essential shops have shut and schools will be closed to most pupils.\n\nThe tightening of restrictions in Leicester will last until at least 18 July and apply to the city centre and a number of suburbs.\n\nMr Hancock said the measures would be enforced by police \"in some cases\".\n\nLord Bach said: \"Amazingly we were not even provided with a map of the area until well after the announcement.\n\n\"That has now been issued, but, unfortunately, we received minimal guidance regarding practical implementation at the time the measures were imposed.\n\n\"I have a great deal of sympathy with the agencies charged with delivery. They needed clarity from the start, and I am astonished that it is being drip-fed as the day progresses.\"\n\nLord Willy Bach said law enforcement had \"received minimal guidance\" on the tighter restrictions\n\nAnnouncing measures for the lockdown, Mr Hancock said Leicester had \"10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week\".\n\nThe Department of Health said as of 17:00 on Monday, 43,730 people had died in hospital of coronavirus in the UK, an increase of 155 on the day before.\n\nLeicester's mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, has urged people in the city to \"stick together\" and stay at home.\n\nSir Peter said he was glad the health secretary had introduced measures that went beyond just extending the current level of restrictions.\n\n\"What we got was more wide-ranging than we'd anticipated and I'm really grateful for that,\" he said.\n\n\"Because while it is a pain and a nuisance for us in the city to be subject to that level of restriction and to have the clock, as it were, turned back, it is nonetheless something that has some realistic prospect of being effective.\"\n\nThe loosening of restrictions in England which are due on Saturday, including the reopening of bars, restaurants and hair salons, will also not be taking place in the city.\n\nThe relaxation of shielding measures on 6 July - which will allow the most clinically vulnerable to spend more time outside - has been cancelled in Leicester.\n\nThe Bishop of Leicester said no weddings or funerals would take place in church buildings as a result of the local lockdown.\n\nMr Hancock said advice on people not travelling in or out of Leicester was a \"recommendation for now\", but laws could be put in place to enforce the lockdown.\n\nHe said the lockdown was \"profoundly in the interest of people in Leicester, and across the country that we get this virus under control\".\n\nHowever, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the government had left people in the city \"anxious and confused\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer echoed calls for a government press conference, saying the people of Leicester were \"crying out for answers to perfectly legitimate questions\".\n\nDowning Street said legislation already existed to allow the government to enforce the local lockdown but it needed to be signed off by the health secretary.\n\nA spokesman said there were no plans for a news conference, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would \"stay in close contact\" with Leicester's mayor \"as we monitor the situation\".\n\nSir Peter also criticised the government and Public Health England for being too slow to share testing data with the city's officials.\n\nHe said local leaders had tried to get figures from the government \"for weeks\".\n\n\"I wish they had taken a more speedy decision rather than leaving it 11 days from the secretary of state's first announcement,\" he said.\n\n\"That's a long gap, and a long time for the virus to spread.\"\n\nMr Hancock said Leicester's seven-day infection rate was 135 cases per 100,000 people - three times that of the next highest city.\n\nBradford, Barnsley and Rochdale have all seen 45 or more cases per 100,000 people in the last week.\n\nDave Stokes, chairman of Leicestershire Police Federation, called on the government to provide more detail on what the public can and cannot do during the lockdown.\n\n\"As we have seen over recent weeks and months, if the guidance and messaging from government is confusing for the public, then it will be almost impossible for our colleagues to police,\" he said.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said officers could fine visitors from Leicester who they suspected had travelled to Nottingham for a \"night out\".\n\nThe force said it would work with British Transport Police to ensure people were not coming to the city on trains from Leicester to shop or visit pubs.\n\nTeresa Lander is worried about \"a massive gap\" in her daughter's education\n\nTeresa Lander, 51, whose daughter goes to Launde Primary School in Oadby said the local lockdown was \"a surprise and a bit upsetting\" for parents and pupils.\n\n\"It's worrying how much school they are missing, it's a massive gap in their learning if they're not in from March to September,\" she said.\n\n\"They were having fun being back at school, it's disappointing for them, but you've got to respect it.\"\n\nRead more reaction from local parents here.\n\nThe local lockdown has also affected Leicester residents who had made holiday plans.\n\nTracy Jebbett, 50, was due to travel to Pentewan Sands in Cornwall with her husband and daughter on 11 July.\n\nBut the campsite the family had booked put up a Facebook post on Tuesday, saying they would not allow anyone from Leicester to visit the site.\n\n\"I feel like a Leicester leper,\" she said.\n\n\"I understand why, but I think they should've contacted the holiday goers from Leicester privately by email.\"\n\nTracy Jebbett, her daughter Jessica and husband Martin were due to go on holiday\n\nBusinesses also said they had been left reeling by the abrupt nature of the announcement.\n\nBlake Edwards, owner of Flappers and Gentlemen salon, said he was \"devastated\" by the news as he was due to reopen on Saturday and had bookings for the next five weeks.\n\n\"Time is running out [for the business], we're going to need more support,\" he said.\n\n\"Even though the staff is being furloughed, rent still needs to be paid, all the other bills still need to be paid.\"\n\nBlake Edwards said his salon was fully booked for the next five weeks\n\nThe government has confirmed businesses that have been forced to shut their doors because of the local lockdown can re-furlough staff.\n\nRestaurant owner Shaf Islam said: \"I had a spring in my step getting ready for the reopening on the fourth of July.\n\n\"To say the news is a big disappointment is an understatement. We'd spent a lot of money and I'd called staff back from furlough.\"\n\nLeicester City said it hoped its home games could go ahead despite the stricter lockdown.\n\nThe club is due to host Crystal Palace on Saturday, and said the Premier League remains \"completely satisfied\" with its \"Covid operations plan\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Christina Adane's campaign over free school meals was backed by Marcus Rashford\n\nChanges in young people's eating habits, tracked during the lockdown in England, show both increases in snacking and families eating together.\n\nResearchers found 60% of young people thought more shared family meal times were positive for health and wellbeing.\n\nYoung people in the study said they wanted to keep having meals together.\n\nThe research, from the Guy's and St Thomas's Charity and the Bite Back 2030 healthy eating charity, studied over 1,000 14-19 year olds.\n\nThe youth co-chair of Bite Back 2030 is Christina Adane, the 16-year-old Londoner who set up the petition for free school meals over the summer holidays, which footballer Marcus Rashford supported.\n\n\"I don't want us to be the victims of endless fast food advertisement and celebrities endorsing stuff that everyone knows is bad for us,\" said Ms Adane.\n\n\"I want to be part of a world where our health is the priority of the food industry.\"\n\nThe study of lockdown eating found contrasting trends for more unhealthy snacks, such as \"grazing\" on crisps and chocolate, but also more shared meals as families spent more time at home together.\n\nIt also found a widening social divide in healthy and unhealthy eating.\n\nThe report describes snacking as the \"biggest negative consequence\" in eating habits during the pandemic, with a 40% increase in snacks.\n\nYoung people in poorer families were \"more likely to snack, less likely to eat fresh fruit and vegetables\" than their wealthier counterparts.\n\n\"Some days I don't eat a lot at all as I'm not hungry, but others I snack more on things like chocolate, which I didn't do as much before,\" a 16-year-old girl told researchers.\n\nBut there was also a trend for more home-cooked food and families eating together in a way that was not usually possible.\n\n\"Food during this period allowed me to reconnect with members of my family, we've been cooking together and enjoying meals together. I'd love to continue doing it,\" said a 19-year-old young woman in the study.\n\n\"I think I want to continue to eat together with my family, really make an effort of that, as we didn't normally do that, and it's nice to sit together and eat,\" an 18-year-old told researchers.\n\nThis rise in shared meal times during the lockdown was greater among better-off families - although there was also an increase among disadvantaged families too.\n\nAnd most young people saw this as healthier and more sociable.\n\nSarah Hickey, the childhood obesity programme director at Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, said it showed the social divide in nutrition getting worse during the lockdown.\n\n\"Even before the pandemic, families' food options were strongly shaped by where they lived, and their socio-economic background,\" she said.\n\n\"This research shows that the inequality gap around access to nutritious food has been further widened by the Covid-19 lockdown.\"", "People testing negative for coronavirus antibodies may still have some immunity, a study has suggested.\n\nFor every person testing positive for antibodies, two were found to have specific T-cells which identify and destroy infected cells.\n\nThis was seen even in people who had mild or symptomless cases of Covid-19.\n\nBut it's not yet clear whether this just protects that individual, or if it might also stop them from passing on the infection to others.\n\nResearchers at the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden tested 200 people for both antibodies and T-cells.\n\nSome were blood donors while others were tracked down from the group of people first infected in Sweden, mainly returning from earlier affected areas like northern Italy.\n\nThis could mean a wider group have some level of immunity to Covid-19 than antibody testing figures, like those published as part of the UK Office for National Statistics Infection Survey, suggest.\n\nIt's likely those people did mount an antibody response, but either it had faded or was not detectable by the current tests.\n\nAnd these people should be protected if they are exposed to the virus for a second time.\n\nProf Danny Altmann at Imperial College London described the study as \"robust, impressive and thorough\" and said it added to a growing body of evidence that \"antibody testing alone underestimates immunity\".\n\nThis doesn't necessarily get us any closer to herd immunity, though, according to assistant professor Marcus Buggert, one of the study's authors.\n\nMore analysis needs to be done to understand whether these T-cells provide \"sterilising immunity\", meaning they completely block the virus, or whether they might protect an individual from getting sick but not stop them from carrying the virus and transmitting it.\n\nMuch of the discussion around Covid-19 immunity has focused on antibodies - Y-shaped proteins which act like \"missiles shooting down a target\", assistant Prof Buggert explained.\n\nThey bind to the virus before it can enter your cells, and neutralise it.\n\nIf antibodies fail to neutralise the virus, it can enter your cells and turn them into virus-making factories.\n\nT-cells, on the other hand, target already-infected cells and completely destroy them, stopping them from spreading to other, healthy cells.\n\nLike antibodies, T-cells are part of the bit of your immune system that has a memory. Once it recognises a particular virus, it can quickly target cells infected with it and kill them.\n\nA drug called interleukin 7, known to boost T-cell production, is being trialled in the UK to see if it can aid patients' recovery.\n\nResearchers from the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital noticed a group of 60 severely ill patients appeared to experience a crash in their numbers of T-cells.\n\nThis was not observed in the Karolinska study, which found the sicker the patient, the higher the level of antibodies and T-cells they appeared to produce.\n\nThe team said more research was needed.\n\nWhile theirs is the biggest T-cell study done so far, it still involved a relatively small group of patients.\n\nT-cells are very complex and much harder to identify than antibodies, requiring specialist labs and small batches of samples being tested by hand over the course of days.\n\nThis means mass testing for T-cells is not a very likely prospect at the moment.", "Tesla has become the world's most valuable carmaker, overtaking Japan's Toyota, after its stock hit a record high.\n\nShares in the electric carmaker touched $1,134 on Wednesday morning before falling back, leaving it with a market value of $209.47bn (£165bn).\n\nThat is roughly $4bn more than Toyota's current stock market value.\n\nHowever, Toyota sold around 30 times more cars last year and its revenues were more than 10 times higher.\n\nShares in Tesla have surged since the start of 2020 as investors have begun to feel more confident about the future of electric vehicles.\n\nThat is despite its founder Elon Musk having wiped $14bn off Tesla's value in May after tweeting that its share price was too high.\n\nAfter years of losses, the Californian firm has also delivered three profitable quarters in a row and maintained that momentum during the first three months of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nToyota, however, remains a far larger business in terms of sales.\n\nThe Japanese company sold 10.46 million vehicles in the year to March and posted revenues of 30.2 trillion yen ($281.20bn).\n\nTesla ended 2019 with sales of just $24.6bn, having delivered 367,200 vehicles last year.\n\nHowever, investors are excited by the US firm's potential, believing it could dominate the future electric car market.\n\nAnalysts at the stockbroker Jefferies said the firm remained \"significantly ahead of peers in product range, capacity and technology\".\n\nIn a reflection of that, the firm is also now worth around three times the combined value of US rivals General Motors and Ford.\n\nMr Musk has said Tesla will deliver at least 500,000 vehicles in 2020, a forecast the company has not changed despite the coronavirus pandemic.", "Thousands of people celebrated the end of coronavirus in the city of Prague on Tuesday\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the pandemic was not even close to being over, but in the Czech Republic, a party has been held to give the coronavirus a \"symbolic farewell\".\n\nThousands of guests sat at a 500 metre-long (1640ft) table on the Charles Bridge in Prague on Tuesday sharing food and drinks they had brought from home.\n\nGuests were encouraged to share with their neighbours and there was no social distancing, something people in countries under lockdown will find hard to relate to.\n\nThere have been fewer than 12,000 infections in the Czech Republic, a country of 10 million. About 350 people have died.\n\nThe event's organiser said the celebration was possible due to a lack of tourists in the famously charming city.\n\nSpaces for the event, which had to be reserved, were fully booked\n\nGuests were entertained by local musicians during the party\n\nOndrej Kobza, organiser of the party and owner of a cafe in the city, told the AFP news agency: \"We want to celebrate the end of the coronavirus crisis by letting people meet and show they are not afraid to meet, that they are not afraid to take a piece of a sandwich from their neighbour.\"\n\nSpaces for the event, which had to be reserved, were fully booked.\n\nThe celebration comes as the Czech Republic continues to loosen its lockdown restrictions\n\nOne attendee, Galina Khomchenko-Krejcikova, said she found the event on Facebook and \"thought it was interesting\".\n\n\"I just finished a night shift so I didn't have time to prepare anything,\" she said. \"But we brought some wine and snacks we found at home.\"\n\nPeople were told to bring food and drinks from home and share them with people around them\n\nThe Czech Republic was quick to enforce a lockdown and has managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic.\n\nLast week, the government permitted public gatherings of up to 1,000 people. Swimming pools, museums, zoos and castles can now open without limits on the number of visitors.\n\nRestaurants, bars and pubs have been allowed to serve people indoors for a month now.\n\nAbove the music and the clinking of cutlery one heard a most unusual sound for this iconic landmark: people speaking Czech.\n\nLargely free of foreign tourists, Charles Bridge was transformed on this gloriously sunny evening into one long dining table - as people gathered to mark what organisers described as the end of a period of crisis, although everyone here freely admitted that such celebrations might well turn out to be premature.\n\nCertainly however there is a sense here that through swift and decisive action Czechs have dodged a bullet.\n\nRelaxing the lockdown has not sent the numbers soaring; there are several local outbreaks far from Prague, which is only recording around 15 infections a day. There was a palpable sense of optimism on the bridge this evening as people remembered what it was like… to live again.", "China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong, including criminalising sedition and effectively curtailing protests.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, pro-democracy supporters say they are concerned the new law takes away the 'one country, two systems' form of government.\n\nHowever those supporting the new law hope it brings greater security to Hong Kong, which has seen widespread unrest and instability from the pro-democracy movement.", "Public concern over coronavirus 'has risen' in Britain\n\nMost of Britain is preparing for an easing of lockdown restrictions. But public concern at the risks from coronavirus has risen to the highest level since the end of April, a new poll conducted by Ipsos Mori this week suggests. However, the survey also says the public is becoming more comfortable about returning to work and sending children back to school. A month ago, 37% of those surveyed said they were ‘very concerned’ about the risks to the country. This new poll suggests that has risen to 50%. Concern about the risks to individuals has also risen from 24% to 29%. The survey asks people whether they would feel comfortable in a range of situations if lockdown measures were lifted. The proportion of parents who said they would be comfortable sending their children to school has risen to 49%, up from 38% a month earlier. Two-thirds of people would be comfortable meeting friends or family outside their household, also a rise from six weeks before. But the poll suggests around six in 10 people would be anxious going to bars or restaurants, using public transport or lavatories and only 15% said they would be comfortable going to large sport or music events. Ipsos MORI interviewed a representative sample of 1,078 British adults aged 18-75 online between 26-29 June 2020. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. All polls are subject to a wide range of potential sources of error.", "The Prime Minister is fond of talking about a whack-a-mole strategy to knock coronavirus on the head. The thing is with the whack-a-mole game, it requires speed and co-ordination to succeed.\n\nMany are wondering in Leicester why it has taken so long to take action when authorities knew there was a surge in Covid-19 cases in early June.\n\nIndeed, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock called it an outbreak about a fortnight ago.\n\nWhy the delay? Leicester City Council had been waiting to be given the data from the upsurge in positive Covid-19 tests. They only received it ahead of last weekend.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking before the official announcement, Leicester residents already had mixed feelings about stricter lockdown measures\n\nLocal health officials analysed it and found the virus was spreading among the younger, working age population and predominately east of the city centre.\n\nSir Peter Soulsby, conscious no doubt about the knock-on effect to business in the city by a delayed easing of lockdown, was initially reluctant to extend restrictions. He was sceptical. Why, he wondered, is Leicester being treated differently to other parts of the country?\n\nAnd surely the increase in cases is inevitable because they've had increased localised testing.\n\nAccording to Public Health England data, Barnsley, Bradford and Rochdale all had a higher incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people than Leicester until new figures were announced by the health secretary in the Commons on Monday night.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock says the extended lockdown measures are \"profoundly in the national interest\"\n\nMr Hancock said Leicester accounted for \"10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week\". And the number of positive coronavirus cases in Leicester were \"three times higher than the next highest city\".\n\nWe have had days of confusion, briefings to national newspapers, and delays throughout Monday to a decision which has caused anxiety to business owners, hoping to reopen at the weekend.\n\nIt wasn't until after 21:00 BST on Monday that we learned Leicester would have to have an increased lockdown. Non-essential shops like clothing stores are not allowed to open again. That's not much notice.\n\nPeople have been getting tested at the Spinney Hill test centre in Leicester\n\nThose who are vulnerable and shielding won't be allowed new freedoms, and from Thursday schools will close again to all but the children of key workers.\n\nThis is the first big local community lockdown in the UK. But it has taken a long time to make that decision and there is still confusion over who enforces it.\n\nIt was not until about 09:30 BST on Tuesday we had an accurate map to show us the boundaries of the lockdown.\n\nConservative MPs with constituencies nudging the Leicester boundaries were having to go on social media to say they were still awaiting the information, late on Monday night.\n\nThe hope has to be that testing and tracing people through the data can be speeded up so communities where the virus surges can be targeted quickly.\n\nThey also need to speed up the communication with local authorities.\n\nThen it will make it possible to be ready for the next appearance of the virus and whack it as it pops up again. Quickly.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People in Bradford are being warned to \"stay vigilant\" after figures revealed it has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in England.\n\nAccording to the latest figures, Bradford has 69.4 cases per 100,000 population. In Leicester, where a localised lockdown has been imposed, the figure was 140.2\n\nThe leader of Bradford Council, Susan Hinchcliffe, says the number of people testing positive for the virus \"is still too high\".\n\nShe said: \"We continue to work hard with all our partners to prevent infection spreading as no one wants a second lockdown.\n\n\"As we take more and more steps towards returning to a more normal life, it’s easy to believe Covid-19 is less of a threat to our health and the health of our family and friends. This is simply not the case.\n\n\"We urge all residents to continue to follow the guidelines around staying at home as much as possible, social distancing, washing hands frequently and ensuring they self-isolate and get tested if they, or anyone in their household, develop any symptoms.\n\n\"We must all stay vigilant, we don’t want to see a second spike of cases that inevitably would mean more deaths. Don’t be conned into thinking it’s all OK now, it’s not.\"", "John Lewis has warned it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nThe retailer, which also owns Waitrose, has launched a review of the business which it said would involve \"right sizing\" its stores across both brands.\n\nThe review would involve store closures \"where necessary\" as well as space reduction in existing stores, it said.\n\nThe conclusions of the review are expected to be announced in September.\n\nNew chairwoman Sharon White - who took over last month - said the changes would kick-start a \"vital new phase\" for the partnership, and said she had \"no doubt\" the business would be stronger as a result.\n\n\"We need to reverse our profit decline and return to growth so that we can invest more in our customers and in our partners.\n\n\"This will require a transformation in how we operate as a partnership and could take three to five years to show results.\"\n\nThe group announced that three Waitrose stores would close later this year at Helensburgh, Four Oaks and Waterlooville as part of the overhaul.\n\nJohn Lewis also said as fears about coronavirus continued to spread, it had see increased demand \"particularly this week\" for some food items as well as things such as hand sanitiser, soap and loo roll.\n\nJohn Lewis's finance director, Patrick Lewis, said it was working \"very hard with suppliers on an hourly basis\" to keep up with demand.\n\nSharon White took the helm at John Lewis last month\n\nThe John Lewis Partnership is owned by its staff - known as partners - who usually receive a bonus each year.\n\nThis year, staff bonuses have been set at 2%, the lowest since 1953 when it paid no bonus.\n\nProfits at the partnership dived by 23% last year to £123m - the third year in a row that profits have fallen - as it continued to struggle with the slowdown in consumer spending.\n\nThe John Lewis department stores saw \"significantly reduced profitability\" following weaker sales of home and electrical goods, although profits rose at Waitrose after a \"solid performance\", the company said.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said the fall from grace for John Lewis had been \"spectacular\", and warned that if Ms White could not turn around the business \"the fallout could be much worse\".\n\n\"Once the envy of the retail industry, the company has suffered dismal trading performances over the past few years, demonstrating that the retail race is so fast that even those seemingly on an unstoppable march one year can be vulnerable the next.\n\n\"This goes to show that no retailer is safe.\"\n\nCatherine Shuttleworth, the chief executive of retail analysts Savvy, said store closures appeared inevitable.\n\n\"I think the business is going to have to be slimmed down,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It's very difficult to close some of the department stores down because they're on really long leases, but certainly I think where there are opportunities to close stores that aren't performing they will look at that.\"\n\nShe added that Ms White did not have much time to turn the business around.\n\n\"She's talking about changes taking three-to-five years, I don't think there are three-to-five years in retail at the minute where there isn't going to be an enormous amount of change. She hasn't got that much time on her side. John Lewis have been 'strategically reviewing' things for quite a while - we need some action.\"\n\nRetail analyst Richard Hyman told the BBC the firm's staff bonus scheme was an \"absolutely fundamental\" part of its ethos.\n\n\"The key competitive edge John Lewis has is customer service, that is delivered by its staff. If you take away part of their remuneration then your customer service levels are likely to be impacted.\n\n\"And I think that over the past few years as that bonus has gone down we've been seeing a bit of that. It's a really difficult dilemma they have.\"", "England's most senior police officer has urged people to \"be calm, be sensible\" when pubs reopen on Saturday.\n\nThe commissioner of the Met Police, Dame Cressida Dick, said police had been preparing \"for some time\" and had \"extra resources in place\".\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it had planned a \"significant\" operation, while night marshals will be deployed to support officers in Leeds.\n\nPubs in England have been closed since March to slow the spread of Covid-19.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last Tuesday that they - as well as bars and restaurants - would be able to reopen on 4 July, with certain restrictions.\n\nDame Cressida said that she was \"not predicting\" violence but that there would be \"a lot\" of officers on the streets, with \"more ready... should people get violent\".\n\n\"My message is, if you're coming out on Saturday, be calm, be sensible,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday.\n\n\"Look after yourself, look after your family. We are still in a global pandemic which is affecting this country very obviously.\"\n\nHer warning comes after officers were attacked as they tried to break up unlawful gatherings in London last week, with at least 22 officers injured during unrest in Brixton.\n\nOther parts of the UK have announced moves in a bid to ensure a smooth reopening of businesses this week.\n\nGreater Manchester Police has said it has planned a \"significant\" operation across the region's cities and towns.\n\nLeeds City Council has announced it will provide \"night marshals\" to help police to \"keep things running smoothly\".\n\nAnd police in Suffolk plan to increase enforcement around road safety amid concerns around drink-driving.\n\nSome people have criticised the government's decision to allow pubs to reopen on a Saturday - which some MPs and newspapers have dubbed \"Super Saturday\" - instead of a quieter midweek day.\n\nTim Clarke, from the Metropolitan Police Federation, said the weekend could be as busy as policing New Year's Eve.\n\nHe added that he feared it could be \"anything but a 'Super Saturday' for police officers\".\n\nThe chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation, Brian Booth, said he hoped people would \"maintain their common sense\" as the country continues to live \"under the cloud of Covid\".\n\n\"Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, local A&Es on Friday and Saturday nights were at times akin to a circus full of drunken clowns. We do not need this once again,\" he added.\n\nJohn Apter, the head of the Police Federation which represents rank-and-file officers in England and Wales, told the BBC last week that the government's announcement had created \"a countdown to carnival\" that could lead to \"big problems\".\n\nThe West Midlands police and crime commissioner, Labour's David Jamieson, has described the decision to reopen pubs in England on Saturday as \"pure madness\".\n\nSacha Lord, Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, said many bars were already \"on their knees\" but would not be opening on Saturday due a lack of time to prepare.\n\nBut Mr Lord said: \"It makes more sense to open up on a Wednesday in the middle of the week so staff have got time to get used to this new normal before things get too crowded.\"\n\nHe predicted most drinkers would stay away from the city centre and stay local, while others would \"sit back for the next couple of weeks to see how things pan out\".\n\nThe British Beer and Pub Association, which represents the industry, said it welcomed the move to reopen businesses but called on pub goers to support staff \"to ensure everyone can enjoy the return of our pubs safely\".\n\nOther parts of the UK have announced later dates for restrictions to be eased.\n\nIn Scotland, beer gardens and outdoor restaurants will be allowed to reopen from 6 July, and indoor areas can be used from 15 July, while in Northern Ireland, pubs and restaurants can open from 3 July.\n\nNo date has so far been announced for pubs to reopen in Wales, where ministers say work is \"ongoing\".", "Prince Harry has paid tribute to young people tackling racial inequality in a surprise message.\n\nAlso speaking on behalf of his brother, Prince William, he praised recipients of the Diana Award on what would have been their late mother Diana, Princess of Wales's 59th birthday.\n\nThe prince said those working on race issues gave him the \"greatest hope\" amid divisions in the world.\n\nHis wife, Meghan, recently spoke to her old school about George Floyd's death.\n\nIn a video message, the Duke of Sussex said he was \"incredibly proud\" to be part of the awards, which \"honour\" his mother's legacy, telling recipients that she would have been \"fighting your corner\".\n\nHe praised the \"incredible work\" young people were doing in making a \"positive mark\" on the world during a time of \"great uncertainty\".\n\nHe said situations were arising around the world where \"division, isolation and anger\" were dominating as \"pain and trauma come to the surface\".\n\nBut he said he saw \"the greatest hope\" in people like them, adding he was \"confident about the world's future and its ability to heal\" because it was in their hands.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge\n\nThe charity was set up in memory of the princess who was killed in a car crash in 1997 when Harry was just 12 and William 15.\n\nDiana, Princess Of Wales, visited Thorpe Park with sons Prince William And Prince Harry in 1993\n\nThe duke singled out the work of some of the 184 children and young adults presented with the accolade this year for their social action or humanitarian efforts.\n\nOne of them was James Frater, a young black boy of Caribbean descent from London who had had 300 detentions and exclusions from school before being mentored by four teachers.\n\nNow 24, he is training to become a doctor and has focused on creating initiatives to increase the representation of black students at university, particularly those in the prestigious Russell Group.\n\nAnother award winner praised by Prince Harry included 23-year-old Nasra Ayub, from Bristol, an activist at Integrate UK, a youth-led charity that works towards gender and racial equality.\n\nShanea Kerry Oldham, 19, from London, was also praised. She developed the Operation Inspire mentoring programme for young boys that were excluded internally and founded Your Life More Life, which creates safe spaces for young people impacted by violence.\n\nThe Vamps star James McVey hosted this year's award event, which included virtual messages from celebrities including singers Liam Payne and Bastille's Dan Smith, actor Will Poulter, and actress Dame Emma Thompson.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meghan called on young people and students at the school to come together to rebuild society\n\nLast month, the Duchess of Sussex gave a personal speech to students at her old high school in Los Angeles following the death of Mr Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, in the USA, telling students his life \"mattered\".\n\nMr Floyd died after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes on 25 May. His death sparked a wave of global Black Lives Matter protests, including in the UK.\n\nHundreds of anti-racism activists gathered for demonstrations in cities including London, Coventry and Newcastle, despite the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now living in Los Angeles with their son Archie after stepping back as senior working royals earlier this year.", "Fox News has fired one of its leading anchors over claims of \"wilful sexual misconduct\" involving a colleague several years ago.\n\nEd Henry co-presented the America's Newsroom programme, which is broadcast mid-morning every weekday.\n\nHis former co-host Sandra Smith gave viewers the news on air on Wednesday.\n\nFox News said it received a complaint last week and fired Mr Henry after hiring a law firm to investigate. He has not yet commented.\n\nThe 48-year-old's profile has already been deleted from the network's website, and the page for America's Newsroom now lists Smith as the sole anchor.\n\nFox News said the complaint was made on 25 June by the lawyer of a former employee.\n\nMr Henry was suspended the same day and has now been fired based on \"investigative findings\" from the law firm, according to an internal memo provided to the Reuters news agency.\n\nOn Wednesday's programme, Smith read a statement from Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace, saying they had taken the decision as part of an \"effort to bring full transparency\" to the matter.\n\n\"We strive to maintain a safe and inclusive workplace for all employees,\" they added.\n\nSmith said rotating anchors would co-host the programme with her until a replacement is named.\n\nFormer anchor Gretchen Carlson has called for employees to be released from non-disclosure agreements\n\nThe former employee has not been identified. Mr Henry joined Fox News from CNN in 2011. He has served as the network's chief national correspondent and previously hosted several weekend shows.\n\nHe is not the first Fox News figure to face allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nFormer chairman Roger Ailes resigned in 2016 after being accused by former employees of sexual harassment.\n\nThe case against him was made into a 2019 Hollywood film, Bombshell, which starred Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie.\n\nAfter Mr Henry's departure, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson called for the network to release former employees from non-disclosure agreements.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "EasyJet says it has begun consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle.\n\nIt follows an announcement by the airline that it may need to reduce staff numbers by up to a third because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Unite union said nearly 1,300 UK crew members faced losing their jobs.\n\nPilots' union Balpa said it had been told by EasyJet that 727 of its UK-based pilots were also at risk of redundancy.\n\nThat is equivalent to one in three of its pilots, Balpa said.\n\nEasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said: \"The lower demand environment means we need fewer aircraft and have less opportunity for work for our people.\n\n\"We are committed to working constructively with our employee representatives across the network with the aim of minimising job losses as far as possible.\"\n\nHowever, Balpa general secretary Brian Stratton said the job cuts were \"an excessive over-reaction\".\n\n\"EasyJet won't find a supply of pilots waiting to come back when the recovery takes place over the next two years.\"\n\nAnd Unite said the plan to make 1,290 cabin crew redundant was a \"massive blow\" for a \"battered industry\".\n\n\"There is no need for this announcement at this time, especially since Easyjet has taken a multi-million pound government loan which it ought to be putting to use defending UK jobs,\" said national officer for civil aviation Oliver Richardson.\n\nEasyjet currently has 11 bases in the UK, with 163 aircraft, serving 546 routes.\n\nEven though it is looking at closing the Stansted, Southend and Newcastle bases, it said the airports would remain part of its route network.\n\nThat means it will continue to fly in and out but will not have aircraft and crew based permanently at the airports.\n\nEasyjet has seven aircraft based at Stansted, with 335 crew. At Southend, there are 183 crew and four aircraft. And there are three aircraft based in Newcastle, with 157 crew.\n\nThe job cut proposals are not limited to the bases that may close, a Unite spokesman said.\n\nNewcastle Airport said it was \"saddened to hear of possible job losses and the significant impact this would cause.\"\n\n\"This is very disappointing for the airport, airline and the North East as a whole and we sympathise with everyone affected by this announcement.\"\n\nEasyJet said in May that it planned up to 4,500 job cuts as it struggled with the collapse in air travel due to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt has started to fly passengers again, but does not expect 2019 levels of demand to be reached again until 2023.\n\nAirlines have been hit hard by lockdowns and travel restrictions around the world, with many announcing job cuts.\n\nReuters reported on Tuesday that Air France/KLM would present a plan to unions on Friday to cut more than 6,500 jobs over the next two years as the airline deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIn June Lufthansa said it planned to cut 22,000 jobs, and British Airways said in April that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs from its 42,000-strong workforce.\n• None EasyJet plans up to 4,500 job cuts as virus hits", "Garrett Rolfe (left), who is charged with killing Rayshard Brooks. Devin Brosnan, the other officer at the scene, is on the right\n\nA judge has granted bail for an ex-Atlanta police officer charged with killing an African-American man in a restaurant car park earlier this month.\n\nGarrett Rolfe, now free on a $500,000 (£403,000) bond, faces 11 charges, including murder, for the death of Rayshard Brooks, 27, on 12 June.\n\nMr Brooks' widow implored the judge not to grant bail, arguing Mr Rolfe was a danger to the community.\n\nMr Brooks' death fuelled anti-racism protests across the US.\n\nHe was shot while fleeing Mr Rolfe and another white officer. Mr Brooks had just failed a sobriety test. As the officers tried to arrest him, he punched Mr Rolfe, snatched his partner's Taser and then appeared to fire the stun gun towards Mr Rolfe as he gave chase, according to footage.\n\nRayshard Brooks, 27, the father of three daughters and a stepson, was killed on 12 June\n\nTomika Miller, Mr Brooks' widow, spoke at the bond hearing on Tuesday via video.\n\nThrough tears, she told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick that Mr Rolfe \"has already shown he's a danger to the community\".\n\n\"My husband did not deserve to die, and I should not live in fear while waiting for the man who killed my husband to be tried in court.\"\n\nMs Miller said Mr Brooks was a loving father, and that he had died on her daughter's birthday and a day before the couple's anniversary.\n\nJudge Barwick thanked Ms Miller for her bravery but said Mr Rolfe was not a flight risk and that she did not believe he posed a danger to the community.\n\nProsecutors had requested a $1m bond plus conditions: the passcode to Mr Rolfe's phone, his passport and firearms, as well as instating a curfew, requiring an ankle monitor and prohibiting contact with Atlanta police, witnesses or victims.\n\nMr Rolfe's lawyers, who argue he acted in self-defence, had asked for a $50,000 bond. They also denied prosecutors' allegation that Mr Rolfe kicked Mr Brooks as he lay on the ground.\n\nMr Rolfe will not have had to pay half a million dollars to walk free. Bail in the US typically costs about 10-15% of the total bond amount.\n\nJudge Barwick denied the request for the passcode, but approved the other conditions set by prosecutors.\n\nMr Rolfe also appeared during the hearing via teleconference but did not speak.\n\nThe officers were responding on 12 June to a call from a Wendy's fast food restaurant employee that an apparently intoxicated customer, Mr Brooks, had fallen asleep in his car, blocking a drive-through lane.\n\nFootage from police body cameras showed Mr Brooks complying with officers for over 40 minutes before he fought to break free as they tried to handcuff him.\n\nThe other officer at the scene, Devin Brosnan, faces several charges including aggravated assault for allegedly standing on Mr Brooks' shoulder after the shooting.\n\nLast week a woman referred to by Mr Brooks during the arrest as his girlfriend was charged with an arson attack on the Wendy's.\n\nThe night after Mr Brooks was shot, the restaurant was burned down in alleged retaliation for the 911 call that led to his death.\n\nNatalie White, 29, did not enter a plea during her court appearance and was placed under house arrest on a $10,000 bail bond.", "The new law is seen as wide-reaching, and several elements have left Hong Kongers – even those outside the territory – deeply concerned.\n\nArticle 38 of the law specifies that the law applies to offences committed outside of Hong Kong – including by people who are not Hong Kong residents.\n\nOne British Hong Konger, who asked not to be identified, said she had started deleting posts critical of the government on social media, as she feared she could be targeted next time she travelled to Hong Kong.\n\n“With the new law I feel I have to self-censor everything now. The law is written quite subjectively – you don’t have any idea of what you may do that may break the law.”\n\n“It feels more oppressive than it used to be – especially because my family members are still in Hong Kong and I’m afraid it may affect them as well.”\n\nMeanwhile, a Hong Kong American told me: “I decided to change my Facebook name and switch to Signal after reading the details of the new law.”\n\n“Since it was written in such a way that could apply to my actions abroad, I feel like it was wise to make it more difficult for people to trace my criticism of China and the Hong Kong government back to me, particularly if I were to return to Hong Kong to visit.”\n\nHundreds have been arrested at protests in Hong Kong - and many abroad are now also fearful Image caption: Hundreds have been arrested at protests in Hong Kong - and many abroad are now also fearful", "Local authorities are to be given access to postcode-level data about the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in their areas after it was agreed with the Department of Health.\n\nIt comes after Leicester became the first city to have a local lockdown imposed following a rise in cases.\n\nLabour leader Keir Starmer said there had been a \"lost week\" due to city officials not having full testing data.\n\nThe prime minister said the figures had been shared with all local authorities.\n\nBut, at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Sir Keir said officials in Leicester had only received full figures on Thursday.\n\nUntil now local authorities have not routinely had full access to the data on people who are tested for the virus in the community.\n\nBut the agreement, signed individually with councils over the past week, now gives them access to a digital dashboard which shows test results down to a postcode level.\n\nDr Jeanelle De Gruchy, president of the Association of Directors of Public Health, welcomed the news and said \"timely, high quality and consistent data\" would be key to combating local outbreaks.\n\nBut Prof Azeem Majeed, from Imperial College London, said the country had been slow in areas of its Covid-19, response and said the data-sharing agreement \"should have been in place some time ago\".\n\nOn Monday, it was revealed Leicester's seven-day infection rate was 135 cases per 100,000 people - three times that of the next highest city.\n\nThe local authorities in England with the next highest rate in the week to 21 June was Bradford with 69 cases per 100,000 people, followed by Barnsley and Rochdale with 55 and 53 cases per 100,000 respectively.\n\nThe city's mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, also criticised the government and PHE for being slow to share testing data - saying city officials had been trying to get figures \"for weeks\".\n\nThe British Medical Association, which represents doctors in the UK, said providing local leaders with up-to-date information was \"vital\" in containing outbreaks, particularly as a contact-tracing app was not yet in place.\n\nOfficials are also keeping a close eye on Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen, Kirklees, Oldham, Rotherham and Tameside which seen 30 to 44.9 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nImperial College London's Prof Neil Ferguson, who used to advise the government before he resigned for breaking lockdown rules, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was \"inevitable\" there would be further local outbreaks adding that high rates of the virus in Bradford and Doncaster were \"clearly of concern\".\n\nThe BMA's Dr Chaand Nagpaul said Prime Minister Boris Johnson's \"whack-a-mole strategy\" to tackle local outbreaks would be no use if the people leading the response were \"not given the most accurate up-to-date data\".\n\nLabour MP Yvette Cooper tweeted it was \"incomprehensible\" that health authorities in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, had also been trying to get hold of local data on swab test results of the wider population but had not been able to.\n\nSir Keir also criticised the speed of the government response in Leicester, saying it took 11 days from the announcement that cases were rising for the lockdown to be tightened.\n\nMr Johnson said the government had started taking action on 8 June, but \"unfortunately it did not prove possible to get the results seen elsewhere\", referring to another localised outbreak at a meat plant in West Yorkshire.\n\nAcross the rest of England, the lockdown is set to ease further on Saturday with the reopening of bars, restaurants and hair salons, but the BMA said it wanted the government to set metric \"trigger points\" for when action will be taken to reintroduce local and national restrictions.\n\nThe BMA said this metric should consider not only the regional reproductive number or R rate - the number of people that one infected person, on average, will pass the virus on to - but also the proportion of the population currently infected.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had been working closely with local partners, providing the resources and tools needed to take swift action to deal with any new local spikes in infection.\n\nIt remains one of the most baffling aspects of the current approach.\n\nLocal authorities have not routinely been given information about their residents who test positive.\n\nEven though they are intrinsically involved in the system as the local arm of the contact tracing service, councils have only been getting what the national system deems appropriate.\n\nThey have been asked to chase up the so-called complex cases - where people test positive in care homes, prisons or schools - so they get that information quickly.\n\nBut they have not been given real-time information about individual residents who test positive.\n\nLocal directors of public health say it has hampered their ability to look for patterns and clusters developing. In theory, the national system should do this, but why not have a second pair of eyes? Especially one that knows the local situation much better?\n\nThis is beginning to change - data sharing agreements have just been signed with local authorities and Public Health England has now set up a system that should do this in a comprehensive and speedy manner from now on.\n\nBut the fact it has not already and the experience of those on the ground in Leicester - where cases were going up for a number of weeks - suggests local outbreaks developing in the community may not yet have been spotted as quickly as they should.\n\nUnder the local lockdown, announced on Monday evening, non-essential shops in Leicester have been forced to shut and schools have closed, except for vulnerable pupils and children of \"critical workers\". People are also being advised not to travel in or out of the city.\n\nThe measures will last until at least 18 July and apply to the city centre and a number of suburbs.\n\nNew laws are not planned \"at this stage\" to stop people entering or leaving Leicester, Downing Street said, as local police weigh options for enforcing the lockdown.\n\nLeicestershire Police Chief Constable Simon Cole said people would have to be \"pretty daft\" to leave the lockdown area for a pint of beer when pubs reopened elsewhere.\n\n\"This is a serious public health risk. Do you want to bring that illness into contact with your mates or your family?\" he asked.\n\n\"Certainly I wouldn't want to do that. We do work really closely with all the neighbouring forces - we've been communicating with them so they can understand.\"\n\nHe added: \"I'd really implore people - some of the leading health experts in the country are saying stay at home and that seems pretty shrewd advice to me.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the UK death toll rose by 176, to 43,906, according to the latest figures from the Department for Health and Social Care.\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues in this story? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Sayagi Sivanantham was found with fatal knife wounds at a property in Mitcham\n\nA five-year-old girl who died after being found with knife wounds at a flat in south London has been named as Sayagi Sivanantham.\n\nSayagi was found alongside a 35-year-old woman who also had knife injuries on Monarch Parade in Mitcham at about 16:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA murder investigation has begun. Police are not looking for anyone else and said Sayagi knew the woman.\n\nNeighbours described Sayagi as a \"smart kid\" who was \"always smiling\".\n\nElsa Gonzales, who has lived on Monarch Parade for 12 years, described hearing screaming and crying coming from the flat next to hers.\n\nThe 47-year-old, who used to work in an emergency department, said she found the woman and child in the bedroom.\n\nPolice were called to a flat on Mitcham Parade, in Merton\n\n\"I saw the woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood,\" she told the PA news agency.\n\n\"There was blood everywhere.\n\n\"She was a cheeky little girl, always playing with the neighbourhood kids. To see her so lifeless, it's like my heart is bleeding.\"\n\nThe woman is being treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries\n\nBoth Sayagi and the woman were taken to hospital. The woman is being treated for life-threatening injuries.\n\nSayagi's next of kin have been informed and post-mortem tests are due to take place.\n\nA 15-year-old neighbour, who wanted to remain anonymous, said her family were friends with Sayagi.\n\nShe described her as \"playful and talkative\".\n\n\"We feel sad hearing the news,\" she said.\n\nSiobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, tweeted: \"Truly tragic events in Mitcham over the last [two] days. My sincere condolences to family and friends.\n\n\"My thoughts are also with neighbours & residents who have witnessed such tragedy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jack Leslie played for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920s\n\nA campaign is being launched to erect a statue of a footballer dropped by England when selectors found out he was black.\n\nPicked in 1925, Jack Leslie would have been the first black player to play for England, 53 years before Viv Anderson.\n\nBy the time he died, in 1988 at the age of 88, there were many more black players at top levels of the game.\n\nLeslie was born in Canning Town, in London's docklands, in 1900, to an English mother and a Jamaican father.\n\nA gifted athlete, he played for Barking Town, where his prolific scoring record attracted the attention of Plymouth Argyle, then a third-division club.\n\nJack Leslie (third from right) was Plymouth Argyle's top goal scorer\n\nHe joined them in the 1921-22 season and stayed for 14 years, making 401 appearances and scoring 137 goals, a feat made all the more impressive because of the racial abuse he experienced at the hands of both crowds and opponents.\n\nHe is remembered as a great attacking inside left but also a utility player who could fill in as a central defender.\n\nIn 1925, Argyle's manager, Bob Jack, called his star striker into his office and gave him some thrilling news - Jack Leslie had been selected to play for England against Ireland.\n\nIt was a great achievement for the player and an honour for third-division Plymouth.\n\nHis selection was the talk of the club and the town - but some days later, when the newspapers published the team, Billy Walker, of Aston Villa, was in the starting line-up and Leslie was named as a travelling reserve.\n\nHe never did travel with the England team to Belfast.\n\nInstead, while England struggled to a 0-0 draw, he scored twice, as Plymouth trounced Bournemouth 7-2 at home.\n\n\"I believe that the manager sent in his request, saying: 'I've got a brilliant player here, he should play for England,'\" his granddaughter, Lesley Hiscott, said.\n\nLesley Hiscott (left) and Lyn Davies have fond memories of their grandfather\n\n\"So then someone came down to watch him.\n\n\"They were looking at the colour of his skin.\n\n\"And because of that, he was denied the chance of playing for his country.\"\n\nLeslie later suggested finding out he was black, for the selectors, must have been \"like finding out I was foreign\".\n\nBut he accepted what had happened and, according to his granddaughters, never expressed any bitterness.\n\nThey remember him as a kind and loving grandfather.\n\nHe had married their grandmother, Lavinia, in 1925, at a time when it was unusual for a black man to marry a white woman.\n\nAnd as a consequence, some of the family, and Lavinia in particular, experienced racial abuse.\n\nLyn Davies said: \"If I walked down the street with my friends and he was coming the other way, he would cross to the other side of the road so I could pretend that I didn't know him, so I didn't suffer.\n\n\"But I'd run across and say, 'Hello Granddad.'\"\n\nDespite helping Plymouth gain promotion, a top-four finish in division two, captaining the club and, in 1931-32, scoring 21 goals in 43 games, Leslie was never again picked for England.\n\nViv Anderson was picked for England in 1978\n\nAnderson, picked to play for England against Czechoslovakia at Wembley in 1978, went on to win 30 caps.\n\n\"I'd never heard of Jack Leslie until up to two weeks ago,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"And that's a crying shame, because what he achieved and what he did should be paramount in every black person's mind.\n\n\"It's a crying shame but hopefully the statue they are trying to get erected will carry on his legacy.\"\n\nArgyle have already honoured Leslie with a mural and renamed their boardroom after him.\n\nAnd now a group of fans are campaigning for a statue.\n\n\"At a time when some statues are being pulled down, we want to put one of Jack Leslie up to commemorate his amazing achievements and to remember the injustice that he suffered,\" campaign co-founder Greg Foxsmith says.\n\nJack Leslie is already honoured in a mural at the club\n\nThe campaign hopes to raise £100,000.\n\nAnd supporters include Anderson and the club itself.\n\n\"Having a statue promoted by our fans and funded by fans is a statement by them that they are joining the fight against racism in football,\" Plymouth chairman Simon Hallett told BBC News.\n\n\"History has been written by the winners and I think we are now trying to pay more attention to some of the victims of those victories.\"\n\nBill Hern co-author of the upcoming book Football's Black Pioneers said: \"Jack Leslie should have been a major figure in the history of British football and society.\n\n\"Everyone needs a role model and young black footballers didn't have that major role model in the 30s, 40s and 50s.\n\n\"Had he played for England, as he should have, he would have fired the aspirations of generations of young black players.\"\n\nLeslie's playing days came to an end after he sustained an injury when a lace from a leather ball flew into his eye.\n\nHe and his family returned to east London and he resumed his trade as a boilermaker.\n\nFollowing his retirement and with time on his hands, Lavinia urged him to go to West Ham and ask the club if there was any work he could do.\n\nHe met manager Ron Greenwood, who immediately recognised and remembered him as a great player.\n\nGreenwood offered him a job in the boot room, where, somewhat poignantly, he cleaned mud from the boots of England stars Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, and Trevor Brooking.\n\nIn a further ironic twist to his story, Leslie also cleaned the boots of West Ham's black striker Clyde Best, who, in the late 1960s and 1970s, was still one of only a tiny number of black players in top-flight English football.\n\nLeslie loved the work and being around footballers but it was hardly fitting for a man who should have occupied a unique place in football history - and now, perhaps, will.\n\n\"Stories like this are incredibly sad. Discrimination in the game, in any form or from any time period, is unacceptable,\" said FA chairman Greg Clarke, adding that English football had made \"huge strides\" in diversity, although there was still more to do.\n\nHe said the FA backed the campaign for a statue to recognise Leslie as a pioneer.\n• None How many statues of black people does the UK have?", "The statue of Edward Colston was pushed into the harbour after being toppled by protesters\n\nA man has been arrested in connection with the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.\n\nA bronze memorial to the 17th Century slave merchant was torn down in Bristol during a Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June and was dumped in the harbour.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said it would review footage of a \"small group of people\" filmed pulling down the statue with ropes.\n\nA 24-year-old has been held on suspicion of criminal damage.\n\nThe statue was pulled from its plinth on 7 June\n\nOfficers previously appealed for the public's help to identify 15 people they wanted to speak to.\n\n\"In the eyes of the law\", the force said, a crime had been committed and the force was \"duty-bound to investigate without fear or favour\".\n\nThe statue was pulled from its plinth in the city centre and was rolled into the harbour.\n\nIt was later recovered from the water and is due to be given a new home in a city museum displayed with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A five-year-old boy who had both of his legs amputated has raised more than £1m for the hospital that saved his life.\n\nTony Hudgell, from Kings Hill in Kent, needed the surgery because he was abused by his biological parents as a baby.\n\nHe walked every day in June on his new prosthetic legs, reaching his target of 10km.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Cheng says he was blindfolded and beaten in China\n\nA former employee of the UK's Hong Kong consulate who alleged he was tortured in China has been granted political asylum in Britain.\n\nSimon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen, was detained on a business trip to mainland China for 15 days last August.\n\nHe denied the charges, telling the BBC he had been beaten and forced to sign false confessions while in custody.\n\nUK government sources said at the time they believed his claims were credible.\n\nMr Cheng, a supporter of the pro-democracy movement, says he believes it is too dangerous for him to return to Hong Kong, fearing he may be arrested and taken to mainland China once more.\n\nIn June, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said China had still not provided \"an adequate response\" to the UK's questions over the incident.\n\nMr Cheng was granted asylum on 26 June. In a press conference on Wednesday, he said he believed he was the first Hong Kong holder of the British National (Overseas) passport, known as a BNO, to receive political asylum.\n\nMr Cheng believed his life would be in danger if he returned to Hong Kong\n\n\"I am grateful for the determination and courage shown by the UK government to rescue British nationals,\" he wrote on Facebook. \"I also hope my case can be a precedent for other HongKongers to seek for protection.\n\n\"Leaving means not an end but a beginning. We will continue the fight against the expanding totalitarianism, and be back to our hometown with true democracy and freedom.\"\n\nThe UK government confirmed on Wednesday that up to three million Hong Kong residents would be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship in the wake of Beijing imposing a controversial new national security law.\n\nCritics say the law, brought in on Tuesday, will erode the added freedoms granted to the region under the \"one country, two systems\" policy agreed after the UK handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hundreds have been arrested as Hong Kong's national security law kicks in\n\nThe Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases.\n\nMr Cheng was working for the UK embassy in Hong Kong, charged with generating interest in investing in Scotland among the Chinese business community.\n\nBut as the 2019 protests began to grow, he also volunteered to collect information on the status of the protests for the consulate - for the purposes of observation.\n\nHe went missing on 8 August after being detained at the border on the way back from the Chinese city of Shenzhen.\n\nThe detention centre where Mr Cheng alleges he was held\n\nMr Cheng says he was held for 15 days during which time he was \"shackled, blindfolded and hooded\", held in stress positions and beaten if he moved.\n\nThe questioning focused on his role in the protests. He also said he saw other Hong Kong protesters during his time in custody.\n\nLater, after he had been released, China's state-run broadcaster ran a video showing Mr Cheng confessing to soliciting prostitutes. Mr Cheng says he was forced into making the confession.", "The old emblem for the Finnish Air Force Command (left) featured a swastika, but the current emblem of the force does not\n\nIt was long a rather surprising choice of imagery for Finland's Air Force Command - a swastika and pair of wings.\n\nThe symbol will always be intrinsically linked with Nazi Germany and its crimes, even though its roots go back many thousands of years.\n\nBut now it has been confirmed the Air Force Command has quietly stopped using this unit emblem.\n\nThe change was first observed by University of Helsinki academic Teivo Teivainen.\n\nHe had previously questioned whether the continued use of the symbol was helpful for the Finnish armed forces.\n\nFinland's air force has been using a swastika ever since it was founded in 1918, shortly after the country became an independent nation and long before Nazism devastated Europe.\n\nUntil 1945 its planes bore a blue swastika on a white background - and this was not intended to show allegiance to Nazi Germany, though the two nations were aligned.\n\nWhile the symbol was left off planes after World War Two, a swastika still featured in some Air Force unit emblems, unit flags and decorations - including on uniforms, a spokesperson for the Finnish air force told the BBC.\n\nThis veteran DC-2 plane has been restored and shows the wartime insignia of the Finnish air force\n\nSince January 2017 the emblem for Air Force Command has been similar to the Air Force service emblem - a golden eagle and a circle of wings, the air force said.\n\n\"As unit emblems are worn on uniform, it was considered impractical and unnecessary to continue using the old unit emblem, which had caused misunderstandings from time to time,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nThe geometric symbol takes the form of a cross with further arms coming off at right angles. The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit for well-being or luck.\n\nIt has been used for thousands of years in Indian cultures and worldwide, and became a fashionable motif in the West in the early 20th Century.\n\nHowever, in 1920 Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika for his National Socialist party, which came to power the following decade in Germany. The genocidal crimes of the Hitler regime mean that the swastika symbolises Nazism and anti-Semitism for most Westerners.\n\nProf Teivainen told the BBC that swastikas could be seen in Finland on buildings dating from the 1920s.\n\n\"In Finland there's this idea that it's a random decorative sign - which to some extent it is,\" he said.\n\nThe famed Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela first used the symbol in a painting in 1889.\n\nThe Romantic painter went on to use a swastika as part of his designs for the insignia of the Order of the Cross of Liberty. He used a cross with much smaller hooks, so the visual similarity to Nazi symbolism is much less pronounced. It also features on the official flag of the Finnish president.\n\nThe Finnish president's flag features the Cross of Freedom in the top left corner\n\nBut the swastika became associated with the Finnish air force via a very different man - a Swedish nobleman called Count Eric von Rosen.\n\nThe count used the swastika as a personal good luck charm. When he gifted a plane to the nascent air force of Sweden's newly independent neighbour in 1918 he had had a blue swastika painted on it. This Thulin Typ D was the first aircraft of the Finnish air force and subsequent planes all had his blue swastika symbol too, until 1945.\n\nSupporters of a continued use of the symbol point out that there were no Nazis in 1918 so the air force's use of the swastika has nothing to do with Nazism.\n\nHowever, while Eric von Rosen had no Nazi associations at the time of his 1918 gift, he did subsequently become a leading figure in Sweden's own national socialist movement in the 1930s. He was also a brother-in-law of senior German Nazi Herman Göring, and, according to Prof Teivainen, a personal friend of Hitler.\n\nThis vintage training aircraft performed at an air show to mark the 100th anniversary of the Finnish air force in 2018\n\nThe Finnish air force said that, having been von Rosen's symbol, the swastika remains in some Air Force unit flags and decorations, albeit no longer that of the central Air Force Command.\n\nProf Teivainen told the BBC he had never argued that the swastika should be banned in Finland (as it is in Germany).\n\nBut he said the military's duty \"is to defend the nation - not to defend an old symbol given by a Swedish count in 1918\".\n\nHe was concerned that it could affect young Finns' attitude to the military (at a time when male citizens are still conscripted). Finland's huge neighbour Russia might see the symbol as a sign that its neighbour remains an enemy, he thought - and, crucially, could it impact on Western neighbours' attitudes to supporting Finland if the non-aligned nation ever came under threat again?\n\nWhile the emblem of the Finnish Air Force Academy still features a swastika - superimposed with a propeller - the unheralded move away from the old insignia of the central Air Force Command suggests that the military top brass are ready to move on from Count von Rosen and his blue and white swastika.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Couch to 5K: Get running half an hour in just nine weeks\n\nThe coronavirus lockdown has spurred thousands to put on trainers and run.\n\nMore than 858,000 people downloaded the NHS-backed Couch to 5K app between March and the end of June.\n\nThe figures represent a 92% increase over the same period in 2019, when it was downloaded 448,000 times.\n\nThe NHS has urged people to keep going if they started exercising during the lockdown and hailed running as good for physical and mental health.\n\nIt comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week described the UK as fatter than its European neighbours and as he considers policies to get Britain moving.\n\nThe app, known as One You Couch to 5K on the Apple App store and Google Play store, aims to equip people who have never run consistently before with the stamina to tackle a 5000m (3.1 mile) circuit over nine weeks.\n\nA roster of coaches - including radio DJ and Sport Relief participant Jo Whiley, comedians Sarah Millican and Sanjeev Kohli, and former US Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson - help motivate beginners.\n\nRunners can choose between four famous faces to guide them through the programme\n\nThere is also the option to listen to Laura, a less well-known narrator who is also the voice of the Couch to 5K podcast.\n\nTheir voices guide runners every step of the way, imparting wisdom and tips.\n\nBristolian Rob Bryher, 36, marked his completion of Couch to 5K with a celebratory tweet on Monday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rob Bryher This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe said: \"I downloaded the app in mid-April and in the beginning I just didn't think I'd complete it. I'm one of these people who starts lots of things and can be put off if something doesn't go right.\n\n\"I went with Jo Whiley because I used to listen to Radio 1 in the 90s - she was comforting and had a bit of humour to her.\n\n\"Because of the lockdown I couldn't, you know, go to the pub,\" he laughed. \"I just wanted to do something that got me out.\"\n\nJames Sharp, 33, from Essex, described his progress after five weeks of using the app.\n\n\"It's going really well,\" the NHS marketing manager said. \"For me I was thinking I should practise what I'm preaching. I've also been diagnosed with blood pressure hypertension and I was looking for things to reduce that and one of them is exercise.\n\n\"I'm not a sporty person at all, six weeks ago I couldn't run more than 60 seconds and now I'm at seven and eight minutes without stopping.\"\n\nNHS manager James Sharp said sticking with the app was crucial\n\nHe added that people should just trust the programme. \"Stick with it, it does work,\" he said, adding he's found the exercise has also improved his mental health.\n\nAmateur rugby player Louise Banks, 44, from Kent, said her teammates set up a Couch to 5K group during lockdown - and now she can run 5.6 km in half an hour.\n\n\"I wanted to do something that had a long-lasting impact. I'd never properly run - in rugby you stop and you start.\"\n\nLouise Banks said the app challenge was quite different to playing amateur rugby\n\n\"I've got asthma and fibromyalgia and I thought it would only be good to improve my health in the long run,\" she added.\n\n\"The first couple of weeks were a nice introduction and then suddenly it ramps up. I found myself having to repeat a week before moving on. I used Jo Whiley and found the things she says really resonate with me.\"\n\nDr Nikki Kanani, NHS national director for primary care, who has also been running more during lockdown, said: \"We have all coped differently during lockdown, and for me, running and taking some time out to exercise with my children has been really important - we've seen huge benefits physically, mentally and for our general wellbeing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anybody can run - the inside story of Couch to 5K\n\nRosanna O'Connor, acting director for health improvement at Public Health England, said: \"Lockdown has been challenging for us all but it's hugely positive to see so many people using this opportunity to get more active and using Public Health England's app, part of its Couch to 5K campaign.\n\n\"Keeping active is not only good for our physical health but also crucially at this time helping us look after our mental health. And staying fit and healthy means we're also playing our part in supporting the NHS.\"", "The house was destroyed by the blast and neighbouring properties were badly damaged\n\nA house explosion that left a mother and her two sons seriously hurt was \"most likely\" caused by \"ageing LPG gas equipment and environmental conditions\", police say.\n\nJessica Williams, 31, was injured in the blast in Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot last Wednesday, along with her sons aged two and five.\n\nEngineers believe the blast \"appears not to be gas network related.\"\n\nPolice investigated and said there \"was no criminal cause of the explosion\".\n\nUtilities engineering firm GTC has now said it had found no evidence a gas leak caused the blast.\n\nSouth Wales Police, meanwhile, said the \"cause of the explosion has not been deemed suspicious and the most likely explanation is a combination of ageing LPG gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) equipment and environmental conditions\".\n\nMs Williams' sons were flown to Southmead Hospital in Bristol and are both in serious but stable conditions after the explosion on Church Road.\n\nPolice said Ms Williams was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea and she remains in a critical but stable condition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeff Davies was one of the first at the scene\n\nA total of 14 neighbouring properties had to be evacuated following the explosion.\n\nAround 18 neighbours helped to free the family from the badly damaged house on 24 June.\n\nA spokeswoman for the utilities company said: \"GTC engineers worked with the emergency services following last week's incident to make the area safe and undertake an investigation in to the cause.\n\n\"As a result of GTC's investigation, it appears not to be gas network related.\"\n\nNeath MP Christina Rees has thanked residents who have \"come together\" to support those affected by the explosion \"after a difficult week\" for the community.\n\nNearby properties had undergone structural surveys and some residents have been able to return to their homes, Ms Rees said.\n\n\"The most severely affected properties remain under constant reassessment as the council's building control team seek to remove debris, reclaim personal items, and make the site safe,\" she said.\n\n\"All my thoughts continue to be with those who have been injured in this tragic incident - we are all willing you on to make a full and speedy recovery.\"\n\nMs Rees added an emergency fund had been set up by the Dovecote Day Nursery, which the two children attend.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wigan Athletic have gone into administration, becoming the first English professional club to do so since the coronavirus pandemic began.\n\nThe English Football League has said Wigan will be deducted 12 points.\n\nThe sanction will be applied at the end of this season if the Latics, 14th in the Championship, finish outside the bottom three after 46 games.\n\nShould Wigan finish in the relegation zone, the penalty will be applied during the 2020-21 season instead.\n\nWigan have won all three of their league games since the resumption of the Championship season on 20 June and are eight points clear of the drop zone with six matches left to play.\n\nAdministration one month after change in ownership\n\nUntil 2018, the club was owned by Dave Whelan, who steered them from the fourth tier of English football to the Premier League in 2005, and they also won the FA Cup in 2013.\n\nWhelan sold the club to Hong Kong-based International Entertainment Corporation in November 2018 and there was a further change of ownership in May when Next Leader Fund took control.\n\nPaul Stanley, Gerald Krasner and Dean Watson of Begbies Traynor have been appointed as joint administrators.\n\nKrasner said in a statement that the suspension of the Championship season because of the coronavirus pandemic has had a \"significant impact on the recent fortunes of the club\".\n\nHowever, when asked by BBC Radio Manchester how big an impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the situation, Stanley said: \"I don't think it's played a massive part in terms of the way the club's been run, because the club's been run very well.\n\n\"The funding that was due to come in from the owners didn't come in. I've had no contact with the owners and I don't know why the funding didn't come in. It might be coronavirus-related, I just don't know.\"\n\nStanley also confirmed that the administrators have control over Wigan's DW Stadium and training ground as well as the club itself.\n\nMeanwhile, former Leeds United chairman Krasner told BBC Sport he is \"optimistic\" that the situation will be resolved.\n\nHe said: \"We are dealing with some proper people here and I have a lot more information on the situation than I did this morning.\n\n\"There are two objectives; firstly to make sure we get to the end of the season, otherwise the club is finished, then to find a buyer.\n\n\"All I can really say at this moment is that we have spoken to the EFL and the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association). We intend to speak to the local MP and also the supporters, who we have not managed to speak to yet. I have spoken to the manager (Paul Cook).\n\n\"I have been involved at other clubs - Leeds, Bournemouth and Port Vale - although I didn't have the additional problem of a pandemic.\n\n\"We need some money really quickly to deal with the situation. I think I have organised that, which will give us some breathing space.\n\n\"I have put my neck on the block a few times, particularly at Leeds, but I have not lost a club yet and I am optimistic we will resolve the problem.\"\n\nThe administrators say there have been expressions of interest, while Whelan has said he will see if he can \"help in any way\".\n\nHe told Talksport: \"I'll have to stick my nose in a little and have a look, to see if I can find out what's caused it.\n\n\"I'll have to just try because the people of Wigan will be in absolute shock, because I am.\n\n\"Wigan is Wigan and I built the stadium, so I am going to have to see if I can help in any way, shape or form.\"\n\nIn May, EFL chairman Rick Parry told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee that clubs were facing a £200m financial hole by September and were \"stacking up creditors\".\n\nEFL matches were suspended in March and, while Championship fixtures resumed on 20 June, League One and Two clubs voted to curtail their seasons early, with many pinpointing financial implications as one of the reasons against returning.\n\n'Wigan may not be alone' - analysis\n\nWigan are the first, but the big question is how many more clubs will enter administration when the full financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic starts to be felt?\n\nWhen I interviewed Huddersfield owner Phil Hodgkinson in May, his bleak assessment was that \"50 or 60\" clubs could go bust.\n\nThat view was felt to be extreme. However, the brutal truth is football is being played without fans at present. That means clubs such as Manchester United are losing £5m worth of income per game. They, at least, have a massive TV deal to support them.\n\nAs you go down the pyramid, the TV income reduces massively. Can League One, League Two and the National Leagues really play to no fans? These are all full-time clubs, many of whom used the government's furlough scheme to shield themselves.\n\nBut that option will not exist shortly. Wigan may not be alone.", "The lockdown has added to delays to court cases (stock image)\n\nThe coronavirus lockdown has added thousands more cases to the backlog faced by courts in England and Wales. It could take up to 10 years to clear this backlog, a new report says. So how does this affect people already tied up in the criminal justice system?\n\nEmma describes herself as stubborn. She says it's the reason why she hasn't given up on the justice system.\n\nIt's been nearly three years since she went to the police to allege she'd been raped. The suspect was arrested soon afterwards but it would be another two years before he was charged.\n\nShe says the police have been incredibly supportive throughout but she still doesn't understand why the investigation has taken so long. \"It's never been explained. Just that they're very busy.\"\n\nHer trial, which was finally due to start in June, has now been adjourned as a result of the pandemic, and she's been warned it might not start for another year. \"It's really difficult. How are we supposed to move on when it's never finished? And it's not just me, it's my family and friends. It affects others.\"\n\nThrough it all Emma has been supported by the charity Solace Women's Aid. They say there's nothing unusual about the delays she has faced. Even before the pandemic, government figures show that it's been taking, on average, 511 days to complete a case. For rape, robbery and fraud it's been taking on average even longer.\n\nWhen asked what she would like to say to those who might be in a position to do something to speed up the system, Emma starts to cry and says: \"Please don't forget about us.\"\n\nJohn describes himself as a composed, professional person. But after three years of being tangled up in the courts system, he says he felt battered and calls the system broken. John's barrister nicknamed his case \"the zombie case\".\n\nJohn was charged with actual bodily harm in 2016. Having never been in trouble with the law before, he was desperate to get to court and clear his name.\n\nHe was told to be on standby for a trial in March 2017. It didn't happen. Then he was put on standby for a trial the following month. Again it didn't happen. Then it got postponed for a whole year but it didn't happen in 2018 either.\n\n\"I asked my barrister, is this normal? And he said, 'sadly, yes'. It was astonishing really,\" he says.\n\nThe delays in John's case caused him so much stress that he thought about pleading guilty to a lesser offence. \"I seriously considered it, even though I was innocent, just to end the matter.\"\n\nHe was finally acquitted late last year, three years after the legal process began. In total his trial was postponed eight times. On seven occasions it was because of a lack of court time. He says each time he would build himself up for a court date. \"There is anxiety, as you can imagine, and to have to do that nine times over, it brings unnecessary stress upon yourself and your family.\"\n\nThe pandemic has exacerbated existing delays in the courts - even before it struck there were some 37,000 cases waiting to be heard in the crown courts and nearly 400,000 were in the queue for the magistrates' courts.\n\nThousands more trials than usual have been delayed since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March. And a report by the watchdog, Her Majesty's CPS Inspectorate, says social distancing measures in courtrooms \"will not allow\" the existing backlog to be reduced. \"Some estimates show that the current scale of increase in the backlog would take 10 years to clear at pre-pandemic rates,\" the report adds.\n\nThe Criminal Bar Association, which represents criminal barristers, says that some trial delays have been caused by government cuts to the court budget which forced court rooms to stay shut last year.\n\nBut the Ministry of Justice points out that the court backlog is not exceptional and has fallen markedly in the crown courts over the past 10 years. They also say that they planned before the pandemic to increase the number of days the courts sit.\n\nMatthew hasn't been able to go to work in his public-sector job for the last three years because he's being investigated for allegedly committing a serious offence.\n\nHe was arrested in 2017 but rather than being released on bail, which is time limited, he was released under investigation or RUI, which isn't. He then waited two-and-a-half years before being charged. He says that his mental health has drastically suffered as a result of what he calls an abusive process. The government is currently reviewing the use of RUIs.\n\nMatthew's lawyers fear that his trial, due in the autumn, will get postponed to next year as a result of the pandemic.\n\nBut he is desperate to clear his name and get back to work. \"Prior to the false allegation, my life was built around helping others in any way I could. During the pandemic, I have felt as if I'm hiding at home whilst my colleagues battle on the front line to beat this virus.\"\n\nNames in this article have been changed.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gemma Sutton, Clive Rowe and Tameka Empson in Aladdin at the Hackney Empire in 2018\n\nOh yes it is. Oh no it isn't. The big question facing many theatres at the moment is - is panto season cancelled?\n\nNorwich Theatre Royal became one of the first to call off its pantomime this week, saying the risk was \"too great\" after three months with no income.\n\nVenues in Buxton and Welwyn Garden City have also cancelled, while Leicester Curve has scrapped its festive musical.\n\nPantos are crucial to theatre earnings, and this Christmas could prove to be make or break for some venues' futures.\n\nConservative MP Giles Watling, a former actor and panto dame, warned of the impact if festive shows are scrapped. \"I think many provincial theatres will go to the wall, frankly, because that's the time they can make the money,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"It puts money in the coffers to support the rest of the cultural offer. I can see massive problems ahead if something isn't done and soon.\"\n\nNorwich Theatre said more than half of its workforce is at risk of redundancy\n\nTheatres have been shut since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the government hasn't given a date for the return of live performances.\n\nThe UK's biggest pantomime producer Qdos has set a deadline of 3 August to decide whether its 34 shows - in cities from Bristol to Birmingham and Bradford - can go ahead.\n\nQdos managing director Michael Harrison told BBC News there could be \"a lot of redundancies\" in regional theatres if Aladdin, Snow White and Dick Whittington fall victim to live entertainment's extended lockdown.\n\n\"If Christmas is cancelled - or if pantomime is cancelled - then the theatres will be left with no choice,\" he said.\n\n\"And I'm afraid that if it gets to 3 August and we haven't got clarity from the government, we will then have to begin the process of unravelling the season.\"\n\nTheatres are waiting for a timetable for reopening\n\nHe wants an official date for the theatres to reopen, but said pantos will only be able to go ahead if social distancing is put behind us.\n\n\"Commercial theatre can't operate on anything less than 100% capacity. It's no good saying you can sell every other row,\" he said.\n\n\"How can you social distance actors on stage? How can you social distance dancers who have to touch each other? How do you social distance somebody who has to do a quick costume change? There's all of those things to take into consideration.\n\n\"We can adapt if we have some clarity about what the position might be. But we do need to know in advance to set those ideas and plans in motion.\"\n\nJohn Barrowman is due to star in Snow White at the Bristol Hippodrome\n\nAlthough social distancing in the audience may make shows unviable, The Elgiva theatre in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, recently switched from Snow White to Sleeping Beauty to reduce the number of performers backstage.\n\nManager David Cooper said: \"Sleeping Beauty means fewer people backstage, as there won't be any dwarfs, so we can ensure the cast has the proper social distancing.\"\n\nLast week, the government published a five-step roadmap for restarting live performance, but were widely criticised for not attaching a timetable or financial support.\n\nEarlier this month, Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, told MPs that Christmas shows were economically \"vital\" for theatres.\n\nHe said: \"It is the time when theatres, being blunt, make the most profit, and that profit they need for the rest of the year to invest in everything they do and all the other types of productions.\"\n\nJohn Barrowman, who is due to star in Snow White at Bristol Hippodrome this winter, told ITV's Good Morning Britain that if Christmas shows are scrapped, \"70% of theatres around the UK are going to be gone\".\n\nNot all theatres stage traditional pantos - seasonal musicals are also under threat. Last week, Leicester Curve called off The Wizard of Oz, saying such productions \"take months of preparation\".\n\nIn the US, Broadway theatres have confirmed they will stay shut until 2021.\n\nOn Wednesday, Norwich Theatre, which runs the city's Theatre Royal, Playhouse and Stage Two, announced that 113 of its 217 jobs are at risk, with a further 59 employees on zero hours contracts told they won't get any more work.\n\nChief executive Stephen Crocker said: \"I remain shocked and angry that the government is standing idle as an industry that has delivered so much to this country and is so vital to its recovery is being allowed to fade into dust.\"\n\nMr Watling, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Theatre, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson pointing out how vital theatres are, \"not just for the arts offer, but for UK plc\".\n\nHe said: \"I used to tour the world, taking the theatre to every corner of the world, and we are highly regarded because of our massive and very important theatre offer.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We are clear that we want to get the performing arts fully back up and running safely as soon as possible and are working closely with the sector on a phased approach, guided by public health and medical experts.\"\n\nThey said the government was also \"considering ways in which we may be able to support\" the theatre industry on top of the \"unprecedented financial assistance\" from the loans, grants and furlough scheme open to businesses, plus a £160m Arts Council England emergency package.\n\nMr Watling called for more information and help before more theatres are forced to cancel Christmas.\n\nHe said: \"Theatre Royal Norwich losing its pantomime is indicative of the way the whole thing could go like a pack of cards.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Mystery surrounds the \"completely unprecedented\" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months.\n\nDr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta since the start of May.\n\nNo one knows why the animals are dying, with lab results on samples still weeks away, according to the government.\n\nBotswana is home to a third of Africa's declining elephant population.\n\nWarning: Some people may find the following images upsetting\n\nDr McCann, of the UK-based charity National Park Rescue, told the BBC local conservationists first alerted the government in early May, after they undertook a flight over the delta.\n\n\"They spotted 169 in a three-hour flight,\" he said. \"To be able to see and count that many in a three-hour flight was extraordinary.\n\n\"A month later, further investigations identified many more carcasses, bringing the total to over 350.\"\n\n\"This is totally unprecedented in terms of numbers of elephants dying in a single event unrelated to drought,\" he added.\n\nBack in May, Botswana's government ruled out poaching as a reason - noting the tusks had not been removed, according to Phys.org.\n\nThere are other things which point to something other than poaching.\n\n\"It is only elephants that are dying and nothing else,\" Dr McCann said. \"If it was cyanide used by poachers, you would expect to see other deaths.\"\n\nDr McCann has also tentatively ruled out natural anthrax poisoning, which killed at least 100 elephants in Bostwana last year.\n\nBut they have been unable to rule out either poisoning or disease. The way the animals appear to be dying - many dropping on their faces - and sightings of other elephants walking in circles points to something potentially attacking their neurological systems, Dr McCann said.\n\nEither way, without knowing the source, it is impossible to rule out the possibility of a disease crossing into the human population - especially if the cause is in either the water sources or the soil. Dr McCann points to the Covid-19 pandemic, which is believed to have started in animals.\n\n\"Yes, it is a conservation disaster - but it also has the potential to be a public health crisis,\" he said.\n\nDr Cyril Taolo, acting director for Botswana's department of wildlife and national parks, told the Guardian they had so far confirmed at least 280 elephants had died, and were in the process of confirming the rest.\n\nHowever, they did not know what was causing the animals' deaths.\n\n\"We have sent [samples] off for testing and we are expecting the results over the next couple of weeks or so,\" he said.", "Wales' \"stay local\" guidance on travel is in place until Monday, 6 July\n\nRyanair flights will proceed at Cardiff Airport despite pleas to wait until the end of Wales' five-mile travel guidance.\n\nThe airline said flights to and from Spain and Portugal would go ahead on Friday despite ministers' objections.\n\nIt said \"hundreds of Welsh people\" would be returning from nations with 'R' rates lower than the UK's.\n\nCardiff Airport is owned by the Welsh Government, whose \"stay local\" rules end on 6 July.\n\nA spokesman for the administration said: \"We don't believe these flights should be going ahead.\"\n\nEconomy Minister Ken Skates said he expected a \"vast proportion\" of passengers would not turn up for flights.\n\nHe acknowledged some people will be travelling on compassionate grounds or for work, but said otherwise \"stay local\".\n\n\"Everybody needs to be continuing to contribute to the national effort and it is for individuals to take responsibility now,\" he said.\n\n\"We know that a huge proportion of the tickets sold for these flights were sold up to 12 months ago.\n\n\"We don't know how many passengers will actually turn up at the airport.\"\n\nSophie, from Cardiff, blasted the communication between the two sides, saying passengers had been left \"in limbo\" and will lose hundreds of pounds.\n\nShe and her partner had been due to fly to Faro, in Portugal, on Friday but decided against it because he has health problems.\n\nSophie said Ryanair wanted an extra £280 to change the date, and she added: \"They're expecting us to break the law just to get to the airport.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government does not want people travelling to go on holiday\n\nCardiff Airport said airlines would \"slowly re-start flying passenger services, increasing in August\".\n\nConservative Senedd member, Andrew RT Davies, said the position the Welsh Government was taking on the matter was \"pretty pathetic\".\n\nPeople in Wales have been asked to stay local, within five miles, as a guideline.\n\nThese restrictions are expected to be lifted from Monday, 6 July, so people can \"travel as far as they like for all purposes.\"\n\nTourism in Wales is not due to re-open until the following week on 13 July.\n\nCardiff Airport was bought by the Welsh Government in 2013\n\nFrom 6 July people in England can travel to some European countries without having to spend 14 days in quarantine on their return, but no decision has been made on this in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh Government said to slow the spread of coronavirus, the law in Wales requires people to \"stay local and not to travel further than five miles unless they have a reasonable excuse\".\n\nIt said: \"While there are legitimate reasons why flights can operate, the onus is on individuals to obey the rules.\"\n\nIt said all travellers entering Wales from overseas need to self-isolate for 14 days to prevent the further spread of the virus.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCardiff Airport said it had remained open throughout the pandemic to support essential flying including critical cargo and medical flights.\n\nIt said: \"During July our airlines will slowly re-start flying passenger services, increasing in August.\n\n\"All airlines are making decisions about reinstating flights on a global basis and the situation remains fluid.\n\n\"We continue to follow government guidance and work closely with Public Health Wales to keep the safety of our team and customers as our number one priority.\"\n\nCardiff Airport was sold to the Welsh Government for £52m in 2013.\n\nMr Davies accused Welsh Government ministers of \"blaming Ryanair and the management at Cardiff Airport after the embarrassment of being caught out\".\n\n\"You bought the airport, fund it, you even run the country and could stop this if you really wanted to,\" he said.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock first mentioned an \"outbreak\" in Leicester on 18 June\n\nThere is no obvious source for a recent surge in coronavirus cases in Leicester, a report has found.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) found \"no explanatory outbreaks in care homes, hospital settings, or industrial processes\".\n\nIts analysis of cases showed more \"young and middle-aged people\" in the city had tested positive for Covid-19 than in other parts of the Midlands.\n\nBut the spread did not appear to be \"unconstrained\", it found.\n\nThe report was released on the evening before schools in the city were due to close to all but a handful of children as part of local lockdown measures.\n\nThe preliminary investigation said the increase in reported cases could partly be due to a \"growth in availability of testing\" in Leicester.\n\nIt confirmed a concentration of new cases in the North Evington ward of the city.\n\nThe report said hospitals in Leicester were currently treating 80 patients with Covid-19, 10 of whom required ventilation.\n\nPatient numbers had \"decreased rapidly\" since a surge in early April but new admissions had \"remained steady\" at between six and 10 per day throughout June.\n\nSchools and non-essential retail have closed in Leicester as a result of the local lockdown\n\nThe report said the increase in positive cases was \"most marked\" among the under-19 year group.\n\nWhile there had been \"good provision of primary school access for children\" since the beginning of June, researchers said, they could find no \"analytical link\" between this and \"any real or apparent rise in new infections\".\n\nHowever, they said it would \"seem sensible to investigate\" in order to exclude a link between this and an increase in young people testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nFive schools in the city closed as a result of positive coronavirus tests, it added.\n\nFrom Thursday, all schools in the lockdown area will be closed to all but children of key workers and pupils deemed vulnerable or having educational or health needs.\n\nThe rapid response investigation found 3,216 Covid-19 cases had been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic in March, and the majority of positive cases were found through Pillar 1 tests - those conducted in hospitals.\n\nBut since May the bulk of Leicester's infections have been discovered under Pillar 2 tests done outside of hospital.\n\nBetween 11-24 June, 944 were reported, 71 were in hospital, 873 were in the community.\n\nThe report said the increase in positive Pillar 2 tests is \"probably linked, in part, to the availability of testing to the general public\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in Leicester? Have you been affected by coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Opening the doors to the UK to as many as around 3 million people from Hong Kong is a big step.\n\nNo one in Westminster tonight would expect anything like that number will move here, to escape the increasingly fraught reality of life in Hong Kong. But the decision is important, and not just for those to whom the UK may now provide sanctuary.\n\nIt reflects immediate concern in the government about what has been happening on the streets in that packed, throbbing territory.\n\nBut the decision was also fuelled by the legacy of British control there. This kind of citizenship was not offered, despite some calls to do so, at the time when Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997.\n\nRemember that handover took place on the basis that its partial democracy and market economy would be respected. But that's been eroded so visibly in recent years.\n\nIt was notable not one MP in the House of Commons spoke against the next phase of Britain and Hong Kong's story being to offer a home to islanders here. Government's decisions are still affected by choices made decades ago.\n\nThe decision also reflects a souring of the atmosphere around relations between the UK and China.\n\nIt's not that long ago that former Prime Minister David Cameron rolled out not just the red carpet, but the Queen's golden carriage to welcome the Chinese Premier.\n\nWe rarely saw the then Chancellor George Osborne happier than on visits to China extolling the virtues of trade.\n\nThe balance between the opportunities of doing business and objecting to China's human rights policy was awkward then.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping with Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2015\n\nBut the dilemma is more acute, not least because a group of Tory MPs, including some up and coming key figures on the backbenches, have joined forces with some of the more traditional 'awkward squad' to oppose close links with China regularly and loudly.\n\nMost prominently they have been concerned about whether the UK government should allow the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei a place in building the 5G phone network.\n\nSeveral of those involved in trying to change the government's minds are increasingly confident that Number 10 will soon find a way of rolling back the firm's participation in the project.\n\nAs a group they have organised, and they have some strength in numbers, as a previous rebellion suggested.\n\nOne of those involved in the manoeuvrings suggested the government had to be pushed to act on Hong Kong.\n\nChina is a vast economic power that can't be ignored. There are areas, such as trade and climate where ministers are keen to cooperate.\n\nAnd the prime minister, asked just yesterday about it, said that: \"The position is very, very simple: I'm not going to get drawn into Sinophobia because I'm not a Sinophobe.\"\n\nBut the characteristics of the relationship between the two countries have definitely changed.\n\nIn the words of one government source today, the UK approach has not hardened, but \"China's more aggressive preferences have been revealed.\"\n\nA group of Conservative MPs have put pressure on the UK government about allowing the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei a place in building the 5G phone network\n\nThe government's promise to Hong Kongers comes at a junction in our immigration policy.\n\nIt was only yesterday that MPs backed the Immigration Bill that ends freedom of movement - the product of a referendum that was fought on the concept of controlling immigration which, for many voters meant getting the numbers down.\n\nIsn't it a contradiction therefore that the government has sent out this message to potentially several million to come to our shores?\n\nA clash for many perhaps, depending how and when people from Hong Kong arrive here.\n\nBut for ministers, the decision is a testament of the principle that the UK out of the EU can make its own decisions about who arrives and who leaves.", "\"I'm going to follow the doc's orders,\" Mr Biden said\n\nUS Democrat Joe Biden has said he will not hold presidential campaign rallies during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"This is the most unusual campaign, I think, in modern history,\" Mr Biden said at a press conference in Delaware.\n\nHis rival, President Donald Trump, saw lower-than-expected turnout for a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June and his campaign has announced no new rallies.\n\nOpinion polls show Mr Biden with an almost double-digit lead over Mr Trump as the 3 November election looms.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Biden told reporters: \"I'm going to follow the doc's orders - not just for me but for the country - and that means that I am not going to be holding rallies.\n\nThe former US vice-president under Barack Obama also said he has not yet been tested for Covid-19, which has killed almost 130,000 people in the US.\n\nCiting the pandemic, Mr Biden has limited his public appearances, conducting interviews from a makeshift TV studio in his basement, leading the Trump campaign to dub him \"Hidin' Biden\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Biden took aim at the president for his handling of the pandemic.\n\n\"Month after month, as other leaders and other countries took the necessary steps to get the virus under control, Donald Trump failed us,\" Mr Biden said, before mocking Mr Trump's declaration that he was a \"wartime president\".\n\n\"It seems like our wartime president surrendered, waved the white flag and left the battlefield,\" Mr Biden said.\n\nThe Democrat's announcement comes as top disease researcher Dr Anthony Fauci told the US Senate that he \"would not be surprised\" if new virus cases in the country reach 100,000 per day.\n\n\"Clearly we are not in control right now,\" Dr Fauci testified, warning that not enough Americans are wearing masks or social distancing.\n\nOn Tuesday, cases rose by more than 40,000 in one day for the fourth time in the past five days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The biggest myth about the 'black vote'", "Liam Gallagher, Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1,500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UK's live music scene.\n\nEd Sheeran, the Rolling Stones and Coldplay also signed the letter to the culture secretary warning of the impact of Covid-19 on venues and musicians.\n\nIt says the music industry faces \"mass insolvencies\", with gigs and festivals unlikely to return until 2021.\n\nThe organisers said there had already been \"hundreds of redundancies\".\n\nJob losses, across a range of connected professions, have been reported by venues, agencies and promoters, they said.\n\nThe letter to Oliver Dowden reads: \"With no end to social distancing in sight or financial support from government yet agreed, the future for concerts and festivals and the hundreds of thousands of people who work in them looks bleak.\"\n\nIt calls for a \"clear, conditional timeline\" for reopening venues without social distancing, as well as financial support and a VAT exemption on ticket sales.\n\nSkepta was also among the signatories\n\nEric Clapton, Beverley Knight, Little Mix and Skepta are among the other stars to have added their names to the campaign, entitled Let the Music Play.\n\nIn an accompanying statement, Dua Lipa said she was \"proud\" to have worked her way up through small clubs, theatres, arenas and festivals.\n\nShe said: \"But the possibility for other emerging British artists to take the same path is in danger if the industry doesn't receive much needed government support in the interim period before all the various venues, festivals and promoters are ready and able to operate independently again.\"\n\nFormer Oasis frontman Gallagher added: \"Amazing gigs don't happen without an amazing team behind the stage, but they'll all be out of jobs unless we can get back out there doing what we love.\"\n\nIn response, a spokeswoman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said the government was \"already providing unprecedented financial assistance which many music organisations and artists have taken advantage of\", pointing to loans and the job retention scheme.\n\n\"We recognise that this pandemic has created major challenges for the sector and are working closely with them to develop comprehensive guidance for performances and events to return as soon as possible,\" she said.\n\nMusic venues have been closed since mid-March, and the government has not given a date for the return of live performances.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the culture secretary said he was looking to provide the music industry with a \"clear roadmap back\" and fixed dates for when venues could reopen.\n\nMr Dowden added: \"These involve v difficult decisions about the future of social distancing, which we know has saved lives.\"\n\nResearch carried out by Media Insight Consulting and published alongside the open letter suggested the UK music industry contributed £4.5bn to the UK economy in 2019 and supported 210,000 jobs.\n\nBen Lovett of Mumford & Sons, who also runs the Omeara and Lafayette venues in London, told BBC News that music \"defines our culture\".\n\nThe multi-instrumentalist said: \"When people think about Britishness I hope that they're talking these days about Stormzy through to the Beatles.\n\n\"People kind of assume it is a just a self-fulfilling industry that doesn't really need much help - rock and grime and pop - but actually it needs help sometimes and right now it really does.\"\n\nAs well as being in the Brit Award-winning band, Lovett is chief executive of the Venue Group, which employs 210 people.\n\nHe said he was \"sad\" and \"shocked\" to have already had conversations with people who have now decided \"they're not going to be a musician any more\".\n\nYoung British artists will have less chance to forge their careers, as potential future Glastonbury headliners, if they can't gain experience and earn money playing in small venues, he warned. As the likes of Stormzy, Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, and his own band did.\n\nHe said: \"Losing 2020 and not giving them support and not finding a way to protect the industry means that you fast forward to 2023, and I really think we're going to be scratching our heads being like, 'Oh, isn't this the same as we saw last year?'\n\n\"There won't be anyone coming through. There won't be any new talent.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nWhen the fortune of a town is so inextricably linked to one employer, any threat to jobs will have a \"devastating\" effect on the local community.\n\nAirbus is to Broughton what Hoover once was to Merthyr Tydfil, Ford to Bridgend and Tata Steel still is to Port Talbot.\n\nMore people are employed at the Airbus factory than live in Broughton itself.\n\nSo it is little wonder jobs losses are seen as a \"hammer blow\" to the area.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total, including 1,700 in its UK sites at Flintshire and Bristol, as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\n\"The majority of people living in the area work there so [job losses] are going to be a great shame to a lot of people. I have family working there, everyone is going to impacted,\" said one resident.\n\n\"I thought I had a job for life, I'm devastated,\" said worker Ross Leeding\n\nAnother added: \"It's a big part of the community, one of the main sources of jobs around here. So if anything happens it would have a big blow - devastating.\n\nOn the shop floor, the mood has been \"sombre\" since the news broke.\n\n\"People are shocked and the uncertainty over numbers is only adding to that,\" said worker Daz Reynolds, of the Unite union.\n\n\"People have families to feed and they want to know what their future looks like at Airbus. It's simple.\n\n\"This is going to have a devastating effect. There are highly-skilled workers here but also thousands of people in the supply chain in towns and villages across north-east Wales and Cheshire. Everyone knows someone who works with Airbus.\"\n\nAgency worker Ross Leeding, already on furlough, added: \"I wish they would tell us if we're being made redundant or not - not maybe. It's frustrating not to know.\n\n\"I'm devastated. I was happy here and thought I had a job for life here. I'm 60 years old now, so where am I going to get a job like this?\n\n\"There are others with kids, mortgages, loans who are worse off than me. It's the bread and butter for Broughton.\"\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nThe aftershocks from job losses are likely to ripple out across the entire region, to suppliers and the local economy that has been built around the success and size of Airbus.\n\nBen Francis, policy chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses, said it was \"extremely worrying news\".\n\nHe added: \"The importance of Airbus to the north Wales economy cannot be overstated. There are families, communities, and small businesses who rely on Airbus, as does the wider regional economy.\"\n\nThomas Smith runs the nearby New Glynne Arms inn that relies on Airbus staff for trade.\n\n\"We rely on passing trade so if you take away thousands of people, it's terrifying to think what might happen,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to affect the local economy big time because so many work there. You just don't know what the future is.\"\n\nLocal businesses will also be badly affected, said local pub landlord Thomas Smith\n\nWrexham MS Lesley Griffiths said the effects would be felt \"throughout\" the local supply chain and Flintshire council leader Ian Roberts said the factory was of \"immense\" importance for the county.\n\n\"It's devastating for Flintshire and the wider region - 50% of the workers come from outside the county,\" said Mr Roberts.\n\nThere is concern that job losses will not only affect current staff, but young people in the area.\n\nColeg Cambria in Connah's Quay offers engineering students an undergraduate apprenticeship with Airbus.\n\nThousands more people are employed in the supply chain around the Broughton site\n\nDavid Jones, a former chief executive of the college, said the scheme was the biggest of its kind in the UK with 150 new apprentices joining each year.\n\n\"With older people and other workers that receive training, around 1,000 people are linked with Airbus training in Coleg Cambria and other colleges and universities,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"The goal now must be to win the contract to build a new type of wing that will be developed over the next five years.\n\n\"There are huge developments in the aerospace sector, meaning that wings will be produced in completely different ways to today.\n\n\"Whoever manages to secure that next contract, it will be hugely important regarding the long term future of wing building in north east Wales.\"", "The pub has asked for suggestions for a new name\n\nA pub named after 17th Century slave trader Edward Colston has covered over its sign amid plans for a name change.\n\nThe Colston Arms in Kingsdown, Bristol, has hung up a temporary banner calling it \"Ye olde Pubby Mcdrunkface\" and asked people to suggest new names.\n\nThe sign outside the pub reads \"We are listening. Black Lives Matter.\"\n\nA statue of Colston in the city centre was torn down and thrown into the harbour during anti-racism protests last month.\n\nThe pub's banner reads: \"The Clearly Temporarily Named Ye olde Pubby Mcdrunkface. Suggestions welcome (Obviously).\"\n\nLandlord Paul Frost said it was \"just a bit of fun to draw attention to the issue\".\n\n\"It's not me that's keen to make the name change, I just want to make sure the debate happens,\" he said.\n\n\"The point I'm making is that it's not my voice that needs to be heard. I'm a white middle aged man, it's the people, the community around Bristol.\n\n\"It is a serious issue, however the banner suggests a little levity about the matter. It's just get engaged, learn about the whole era and make suggestions on Facebook really.\"\n\nAdmiral Taverns, which owns the pub, said it was supporting Mr Frost.\n\n\"We will be listening carefully to the feedback from the local community before deciding on the pub's new name,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nSince the Colston statue was pulled down there have been several other protests calling for monuments celebrating controversial figures in the UK to be taken down or amended.\n\nBristol's Colston Hall removed his name from the building last month ahead of a name change later this year.\n\nThe Diocese of Bristol has also formally applied to remove a plaque and part of a stained glass window in the north transept of Bristol Cathedral that commemorates Colston's life.\n\nParts of the window, which was installed in 1890, were covered up last month.\n\nThe Colston Arms name has been covered over\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The total number of people who are dying in Scotland has returned to normal levels, according to official figures.\n\nThe National Records of Scotland (NRS) said a total of 1,006 people died between 22 and 28 June.\n\nThis was actually slightly lower than the average of 1,026 deaths recorded in the same week over the past five years.\n\nThe figures reflect the continuing fall in the number of coronavirus deaths in Scotland.\n\nThere were 35 deaths linked to the virus last week - the lowest number since the middle of March.\n\nThis was a decrease of 14 on the previous week, and means the country's coronavirus death rate has now fallen for nine weeks in a row.\n\nDeaths linked to coronavirus accounted for just 3% of all deaths registered during the week. The figure was 36% at the height of the pandemic.\n\nIt is the first time since the start of the pandemic that the total number of deaths from all causes was below Scotland's five-year average for the time of year.\n\nHowever, the figures also showed that 2,417 more people have died at home in Scotland during the pandemic than would have been expected based on the average of the past five years\n\nThe total number of deaths where coronavirus is known or suspected to have been a factor now stands at 4,155.\n\nSeparate figures released on Tuesday showed the number of deaths across the UK as a whole has also fallen below the five-year average.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the statistics showed the \"real and sustained progress\" that Scotland is making in tackling the virus.\n\nBut she stressed that the numbers still \"speak of heartbreak for many of our fellow citizens\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Sturgeon also said a cross-border cluster of cases spread between Dumfries and Galloway and the northwest of England was a \"sharp reminder\" that the virus is still a threat.\n\nThe \"small but complex\" cluster is thought to include fewer than ten cases, and efforts are under way to trace the contacts of those who have tested positive.\n\nA cross-border incident management team has also been established to ensure appropriate measures are being put in place.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she hoped the current containment measures would be sufficient, but that \"other interventions might become necessary\" - drawing a comparison to the local lockdown measures recently imposed in Leicester.\n\nThe first minister has previously said Scotland was \"not far away\" from eliminating coronavirus.\n\nBut she has warned people not to let their guard down and become complacent as the country begins to open up again, and has said \"unpopular decision\" could still need to be taken to prevent a resurgence.", "The number of deaths registered in the UK over one week has fallen below the five-year average for the first time since mid-March.\n\nMore than 80% of local authorities in Great Britain have also seen death rates fall to normal levels.\n\nThe decrease reflects a decline in coronavirus-related deaths, official data shows.\n\nOf 10,681 deaths registered in the week up to 19 June, 849 (8%) mentioned coronavirus.\n\nThis is the lowest number of coronavirus deaths registered since the week lockdown was announced.\n\nThe total number of deaths registered in the week up to 19 June was eight below the five-year average for that week and the lowest figure since the week of 13 March.\n\nBBC analysis of the figures shows that more than four out of every five local authorities in Great Britain have seen death rates fall back to or below normal levels.\n\nAt the peak of the epidemic in mid-April, only 10 of 187 local authorities were in this range, with nearly 160 seeing registered deaths significantly above the five year average in that area.\n\nWhile the figures are not yet down to the levels seen in the weeks before the coronavirus epidemic started, nearly every local authority in Great Britain has seen the number of deaths fall substantially from the epidemic's peak in mid-April.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average:\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nPublic Health England figures on coronavirus cases include people tested in hospitals and healthcare workers. Figures for the rest of the UK also include people in the wider population.\n\nFigures for England and Wales show deaths in care homes and hospitals were also below their five-year average - 49 and 782 deaths lower, respectively.\n\nBut the number of deaths at home was 827 higher than the five-year average, only 52 of which were registered as coronavirus deaths.\n\nThe total number of excess deaths in the UK since the coronavirus outbreak began stands at just over 65,000 in the UK: 57,000 in England, nearly 5,000 in Scotland, 2,300 in Wales, and 900 in Northern Ireland.", "The worldwide economic impact of the coronavirus has been seismic and the job losses are starting to crash on the shores of the UK with increasing frequency and severity.\n\nThe 1,700 job losses at Airbus had a grim inevitability to them, given the destruction of demand in the aviation industry.\n\nDemand for air travel in April and May was down more than 90% and normality is not expected to return for up to three years - maybe never for the more lucrative business class travel.\n\nBA, Easyjet, Ryanair and Rolls Royce have already announced 20,000 job losses between them, so Airbus was never going to emerge unscathed.\n\nThe travel wipeout has seen SSP, the owner of stalwart transport hub tenants Upper Crust and Café Ritazza, cut 5,000 posts.\n\nWe already know that the number of workers on UK payrolls shrank more than 600,000 between March and May, according to the ONS.\n\nThat looks like the thin end of a very big wedge as the government's unprecedented job support scheme tapers off, with employers being asked to share the burden of the cost from the end of July to its withdrawal at the end of October.\n\nThe European head of a large investment bank told me this morning that one of their key concerns was the \"fraying of the social fabric in the UK\", thanks to a toxic cocktail of mass redundancies which will hit the low-wage jobs the UK has excelled in creating.\n\nEmployers are discovering that with increased use of technology, they can do many things with fewer people.\n\nThe march towards a more automated world has been accelerated by the virus - and the UK, with its high levels of employment in lower-skilled work, has further to fall compared to others, he said. The divide between the digital skills \"haves\" and \"have-nots\" will widen.\n\nThe chief economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, has provided some relief to the gloom by saying the hit will not be as bad as expected and the recovery faster, but it's fair to say that his is not a mainstream view.\n\nThe reason the government has thrown tens of billions of pounds at trying to hold back the waves of unemployment is they realise that it does long-lasting damage to demand in the economy.\n\nThere is no doubt that the furlough scheme helped delay the impact, but this barrage of job cut announcements suggests the government is now struggling to turn the tide.\n\nBoris Johnson described the virus as \"still circling like a shark in our waters\". It was an odd metaphor to use, considering the PM has previously praised the Mayor in Jaws for keeping the beaches open.\n\nOne thing seems certain: to combat the huge economic shock whose repercussions are being felt in airlines, factories and now High Streets, the government will need a bigger boat than the £5bn of previously announced spending accelerated yesterday.\n\nThe pressure is now on Captain Sunak.", "Airbus has two UK sites, in Flintshire in Wales and Filton near Bristol\n\nAerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15,000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt will cut 1,700 jobs in the UK, along with thousands more in Germany, Spain and elsewhere.\n\nThe move is subject to talks with unions which have opposed compulsory redundancies.\n\nThe Unite union said the Airbus announcement was \"another act of industrial vandalism\" against the UK aerospace sector.\n\nSome 134,000 people work for Airbus worldwide, with around a tenth of them in the UK.\n\nThe firm said the UK cuts would fall only on the commercial aircraft division at its two sites at Broughton in Flintshire and Filton, Bristol.\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nHowever, Unite said it expected 1,116 manufacturing jobs and 611 office-based jobs to go, shrinking Airbus's UK workforce by 15%.\n\nThese cuts were inevitable. The only question was just how severe the pain would be.\n\nThe Covid-19 pandemic has been little short of catastrophic for the airline industry. At one point in April, global air traffic was down by more than 90%.\n\nWhen planes aren't flying, they aren't earning money. Yet they still need to be maintained and leasing costs or loans still need to be paid.\n\nThe result? Airlines are struggling to survive and simply can't afford to take on new planes right now. And that, of course, means Airbus has had to curb production.\n\nAirbus has delayed these cuts and has made full use of support from governments. But ultimately it had little choice.\n\nAnd the pain being felt in places such as Broughton, Toulouse and Hamburg will echo through the entire supply chain.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nThe company warned in April that it was \"bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed\" as it struggled with the impact of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt said on Tuesday that production had dropped by 40% in recent months, and that it did not expect air traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.\n\n\"Airbus is facing the gravest crisis this industry has ever experienced,\" said chief executive Guillaume Faury. \"The measures we have taken so far have enabled us to absorb the initial shock of this global pandemic.\n\n\"Now, we must ensure that we can sustain our enterprise and emerge from the crisis as a healthy, global aerospace leader, adjusting to the overwhelming challenges of our customers.\"\n\nNews of the cuts comes as the international aviation industry reels from the impact of the pandemic. On Tuesday, EasyJet said it would close three UK bases and cut about 2,000 staff.\n\nAnd Reuters reported that Air France/KLM was targeting more than 6,500 job cuts over the next two years.\n\nJim McMahon, Labour's shadow transport secretary, called for more government support in the UK.\n\n\"Labour has consistently called for an extension to the furlough in the most impacted industries, and a sectoral deal that supports the whole aviation industry including securing jobs and protecting the supply chain, while continuing to press for higher environmental standards.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"We understand this will be a difficult time for Airbus's employees and their families, and we stand ready to support anyone affected in any way we can.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with the sector to ensure firms are able to rebuild as the civil aviation market recovers.\"", "Artist and activist Ai Weiwei has warned lawyers and activists could be \"disappeared or sentenced\" after China passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong.\n\nPresident Xi Jinping signed the law and it is being placed in Hong Kong's mini-constitution, criminalising sedition and effectively curtailing protests.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson says the new law \"violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy\"\n\nUp to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe PM said Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by a new security law and those affected would be offered a \"route\" out of the former UK colony.\n\nAbout 350,000 UK passport holders, and 2.6 million others eligible, will be able to come to the UK for five years.\n\nAnd after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong were granted special status in the 1980s but currently have restricted rights and are only entitled to visa-free access to the UK for six months.\n\nUnder the government's plans, all British Overseas Nationals and their dependants will be given right to remain in the UK, including the right to work and study, for five years. At this point, they will be able to apply for settled status, and after a further year, seek citizenship.\n\nThe PM said Tuesday's passing of a new security law by the Hong Kong authorities was a \"clear and serious breach\" of the 1985 Sino-British joint declaration - a legally binding agreement which set out how certain freedoms would be protected for the 50 years after China assumed sovereignty in 1997.\n\n\"It violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatens the freedoms and rights protected by the joint declaration,\" he said.\n\n\"We made clear that if China continued down this path we would introduce a new route for those with British National (Overseas) status to enter the UK, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the UK and thereafter to apply for citizenship. And that is precisely what we will do now.\"\n\nForeign Office permanent secretary Sir Simon McDonald expressed the government's \"deep concern\" about the new law to China during a meeting with the country's ambassador Liu Xioming.\n\nThe UK government has been raising concerns about the national security law and very publicly trying to pressure Beijing into a change heart.\n\nThat has clearly failed - so ministers are now fulfilling their promise to allow some three million British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK. This is a significant move and the government wants to send a strong message.\n\nBut there will be more pressure now to rethink other elements of our relationship with China - not least the deal to allow Huawei to build parts of the UK's 5G structures.\n\nMany Tory MPs have been lobbying against that for some time - and this will only add to their concern.\n\nUpdating MPs on the details, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said there would be no limit on numbers or quotas and the application process would be simple.\n\n\"This is a special, bespoke, set of arrangements developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking to ITV's Peston programme, Mr Raab acknowledged there \"would be little we could do to…cohesively force\" China to allow British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK.\n\nDowning Street said further details of the scheme will be detailed \"in due course\".\n\nIn the meantime, British National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong will be able to travel to the UK immediately, subject to standard immigration checks, the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\nThey will also will not face salary thresholds to gain their visas, he added.\n\nHong Kong's new national security law, which targets secession, subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in prison, came into effect on Tuesday.\n\nI was born in Hong Kong before 1997, the year when Hong Kong was handed back to Chinese rule. That means I had a British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a child.\n\nWhen the news broke that BNO passport holders were eligible for British citizenship after living and working in the UK for five years, and after spending another year of being granted settled status, many of my friends were excited. They say at least there's a way out for Hong Kongers after the national security law came into force.\n\nBut many questions remain. Currently there are 350,000 BNO passport holders, but about three million Hong Kong residents are eligible for BNO passports - and that doesn't appear to include dependants born after 1997.\n\nWill the UK be ready to take in so many Hong Kong residents? Will there be enough jobs? Will BNO passport holders have recourse to public funds? And will they be covered by the NHS?\n\nSome also say it's good that there's a lifeboat, but do they really want to leave their home?\n\nSeveral people have already been arrested under the new powers, including a man carrying a pro-independence flag as police used pepper spray to disperse some protesters gathered to mark 23 years since British rule ended.\n\nCritics say it effectively puts an end to the \"one country, two systems\" principle enshrined in the Joint Declaration. China has rejected criticism of its actions, saying they are internal matters.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passports do not confer nationality or the automatic right to live and work in the UK\n\nThe UK government has come under growing pressure to take a firm line with Beijing from MPs, who are worried about China's increasingly assertive role regionally and the security implications of Chinese firm Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Raab said he wanted a positive relationship with China but Beijing had \"broken its promise\" to the people of Hong Kong through its \"flagrant assault\" on freedom of speech and right of peaceful assembly.\n\nLabour said it welcomed the government's action but said there must be no discrimination on those allowed into the UK on the basis of income or other factors.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the UK also had a responsibility to consider the welfare of those who were not able to re-locate or who wished to stay in Hong Kong.\n\nShe urged the government to work with its international partners, through the UN, to force an inquiry into police brutality in Hong Kong and also called for the UK to re-examine its commercial relationship with China.\n\n\"For too long in relation to China we've had no strategy at home and no strategy abroad. I hope he can give us a commitment today that this marks the start of a very different era,\" she said.\n\nAre you a Hong Kong resident with a British National Overseas passport? Share your views, plans and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nLockdown has added thousands more cases to the backlog already faced by courts in England and Wales, with a suggestion it could take up to 10 years to clear. The BBC has spoken to people tied up in the criminal justice system about how they've been affected. Emma, John and Matthew describe what it's like to be left in limbo.\n\nThe lockdown has added to delays to court cases (stock image)\n\nMichelle Geraghty-Carns says the future of her business is hanging in the balance\n\nYoung people in England have been snacking more during lockdown, but also enjoying more meals together with their families, a survey suggests. Researchers found 60% of young people thought more shared meal times were good for their health and wellbeing, and something they want to keep doing.\n\nWe might be snacking a lot but it seems we're more active too. More than 858,000 people downloaded the NHS-backed Couch to 5K app between March and the end of June - that's a 92% increase on the same period in 2019. The NHS has urged people to keep going if they started exercising during the lockdown. Read more on how Couch to 5K works and find your perfect coach.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Couch to 5K: Get running half an hour in just nine weeks\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest via our live page.\n\nPlus, what does Covid-19 do to the brain? Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh investigates.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A three-year-old boy has died after a car crashed into a charity shop in Edinburgh.\n\nThe boy and a 37-year-old woman were hit by a red Kia car which is understood to have mounted the pavement on Morningside Road at 14:30.\n\nThe vehicle crashed into the St Columba's Hospice charity shop.\n\nPolice confirmed the two pedestrians were taken to hospital, where the toddler died and the woman was treated for her injuries.\n\nThe road was closed from Morningside Library to the M&S food shop.\n\nInspector Roger Park from the Edinburgh road policing unit said: \"The heartfelt thoughts of my colleagues and I remain with the families involved in this absolutely tragic incident.\n\n\"We are providing support to the family and I would ask that the privacy of those involved are respected at this time.\"\n\nHe said inquiries would continue to establish the full circumstances of the collision and appealed for anyone who witnessed the collision or who has dashcam or CCTV footage to contact police.\n\nMelanie Main, Green councillor for Morningside, said: \"My thoughts and hopes are with the family affected.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wings for all the Airbus commercial planes are made in Wales\n\nPlans to cut 1,700 UK Airbus jobs have been described as \"utterly devastating\" by a Welsh minister.\n\nEconomy, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to support the flight sector.\n\nMr Skates said a \"significant share\" of the job losses were expected at Broughton, in Flintshire.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe site in Broughton makes wings for the Airbus A380, which is the world's largest passenger plane.\n\nMr Skates said \"compulsory action\" at the Broughton site, which employs 6,000, could not be ruled out.\n\nHe said within the next three weeks he would be convening a high level summit to discuss the future of the aerospace, automotive and manufacturing sector and he would be pressing the UK government to take part.\n\nThe minister added it was \"vital\" the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak \"takes the lead\", calling for an \"evolution\" of the furlough scheme to support a shorter working week.\n\nKen Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to save jobs at Airbus in Broughton\n\n\"Nobody should be under any illusion about the impact covid is having on aerospace, a critical part of the Welsh economy,\" Mr Skates said.\n\n\"The sector is in crisis and the UK government needs to take swift and decisive action now to save the industry and its supply chain.\n\n\"The alarm bells have been sounding for weeks and we need urgent steps at a UK level to prevent this crisis becoming even worse.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart told Radio Wales: \"There's this idea that there hasn't been much UK government involvement, but there has been £10bn worth so far [in the aviation industry] and we'll keep doing that because we want it to survive…\n\n\"I spoke to [Airbus] yesterday or the day before and I have done throughout this crisis….\n\n\"There is a role for Welsh Government in this too, don't forget they protect their devolved areas very carefully… I'm looking forward to hearing what the first minister is going to do, what Ken Skates is going to do and what their role is in this rather than complain about the UK.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster, Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty asked what Boris Johnson was doing to help workers who \"don't want to hear slogans\".\n\nThe prime minister said there was a \"£600bn plan for investment\" in jobs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nAt the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Mr Skates said ministers would not \"abandon\" Airbus workers and would do all they could to help.\n\n\"This cannot - and will not - be the beginning of the end for Airbus at Broughton,\" he added.\n\nFlintshire council leader Ian Roberts said he would \"like to hear assurances that there will be a two-government approach to this\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"Too often governments blame each other.\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford responded, saying he would \"definitely agree that all levels of government will need to work together very closely\".\n\nHe said it was what happened when Ford announced it was closing its engine plant in Bridgend last year.\n\n\"We will need to mobilise exactly the same sort of effort,\" he said.\n\nUnite Wales Regional Secretary Peter Hughes urged the UK government to act: \"If the UK government does not step in now to ensure the support is there for Airbus to get through this crisis, the consequences for Wales could be catastrophic.\"\n\nHe said the union would \"not accept any proposal that involves compulsory redundancy for our members\".\n\nHe called on Airbus to \"hold their nerve and step back from implementing their plan\".\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nMr Skates said his thoughts were with workers and their families.\n\n\"As a Welsh Government we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the company, its workforce, the unions and the communities impacted by this,\" he said.\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nPlaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd warned two-thirds of the 1,700 job losses could be in Broughton.\n\nThe Member of the Senedd for North Wales said workers had told him that they expected to potentially lose 1,100 jobs.\n\nHe said Airbus supported another three local jobs for every one at the firm.\n\n\"We are talking about 25,000 dependent on Airbus in Broughton for their work,\" he said.\n\nIn a joint statement, a group of Conservative MPs with constituencies in north Wales said the announcement was \"immensely worrying for local employees\".\n\nWrexham MP Sarah Atherton, Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes, Ynys Mon MP Virginia Crosbie, Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies, Clwyd West MP David Jones, Aberconwy MP Robin Millar and Delyn MP Rob Roberts said: \"We have spoken to Airbus and will continue to work closely with the company, trade unions and both the UK and Welsh governments to do everything we can to support Airbus' workers, their families and the wider community.\"\n\nThey said the UK government had provided \"significant support to help Airbus face the challenges that have emerged as a result of this pandemic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michelle O'Neill: 'I believe in the regulations'\n\nNorthern Ireland's deputy first minister has said criticism of her presence at the funeral of republican Bobby Storey is \"political point-scoring\".\n\nEarlier First Minister Arlene Foster called for Michelle O'Neill to apologise for her actions.\n\nMs O'Neill was one of several senior Sinn Féin politicians who was present, along with hundreds of other mourners.\n\nOn Wednesday two other parties in the NI executive said she should resign.\n\nCurrent coronavirus regulations state a maximum of 30 people are allowed to gather together outdoors.\n\nThere has been widespread criticism of Ms O'Neill and her party colleagues, including leader Mary Lou McDonald and former leader Gerry Adams, who attended the funeral of Mr Storey, who was considered the head of intelligence of the IRA for a period from the mid-1990s.\n\nAll of the other parties which make up Northern Ireland's devolved government along with Sinn Féin - the DUP, UUP, SDLP and Alliance - have criticised Ms O'Neill, with the UUP and Alliance calling for her to resign.\n\nMrs Foster said she had \"undermined\" the executive.\n\nMs O'Neill said a picture taken at the funeral happened in the \"blink of an eye\" and should not have happened\n\nMrs Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said on Wednesday: \"It is quite intolerable now that people think that there are some people to whom the law doesn't apply and that indeed there are some politicians who are saying: 'Do as I say but not as I do'.\n\n\"That undermines everything that we have been trying to do.\n\n\"She needs to apologise, she needs to recognise the wrong that has been done and she absolutely needs to make amends for what has happened.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpeaking to the Executive Committee at Stormont on Wednesday, Ms O'Neill said: \"I am satisfied that my actions are within the regulations and the public health guidance. My actions I stand over.\n\n\"I think it is unfortunate that a lot of the charges being levelled towards me are political point-scoring, as opposed to actually being about the rules.\"\n\nThe Sinn Féin vice-president added that she would encourage \"anybody to stick within the regulations and the guidance as we have set out.\n\n\"We are not out of the woods yet.\"\n\nHowever, she did say a photograph that was taken of her and two others at the funeral \"shouldn't have happened\".\n\n\"I'm absolutely okay to say that,\" she said\n\nShe said it happened in the \"blink of an eye\".\n\nA large number of mourners turned out for the funeral\n\nEarlier, she told the Irish News the cortege had a \"maximum of 30 people in it\" and that the service at St Agnes's Church had been \"exemplary\" in relation to social distancing and hygiene.\n\nInside the church only three mourners shared a pew, she said.\n\nThe BBC understands about 120 mourners were inside the church\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Tuesday it would review footage of the funeral and \"consider any suspected breaches of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) Regulations NI 2020\".\n\nStormont's Finance Minister Conor Murphy and Northern Ireland Assembly members (MLAs) Gerry Kelly and Martina Anderson also attended the funeral.\n\nSources within the local churches have expressed concern about the deputy first minister's claim that the arrangements for the funeral service for Bobby Storey within St Agnes's Church in West Belfast were \"exemplary\".\n\nIt's understood that in a call last Wednesday with the chief medical officer, chief scientific adviser and two junior ministers, church representatives were told that the change in rules enabling social distancing at regular religious services did not apply to funerals, weddings and baptisms.\n\nA letter published on the executive website summarised the latest guidance on social distancing for places of worship passed on to the faith leaders.\n\nHowever the letter states that \"weddings, baptisms and funerals are not covered by the advice below. The executive will consider this further early next week.\"\n\nIt's understood the churches then advised other families planning funerals for this week that the maximum attendance for funerals of 10 people remained in place.\n\nAfter the TV pictures of Bobby Storey's funeral emerged, it's believed the Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor sought clarity from the executive.\n\nIt's believed church leaders were sent new guidance last night, marked \"draft\" which extends the social distancing rule to funeral services.\n\nHowever this guidance was not communicated to the churches prior to Bobby Storey's funeral and its status remains uncertain.\n\nGerry Kelly and Gerry Adams (centre and second from right) carried Mr Storey's coffin\n\nJustice Minister Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party, said on Wednesday: \"In any other system of government the deputy first minister's position would be untenable.\n\n\"She should reflect on her position, as she has undermined the authority of her office by doing huge damage to the respect people have for the rules.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, NI Health Minister Robin Swann said no-one was exempt from the regulations.\n\nMr Swann said he hoped \"this isn't the Dominic Cummings effect in Northern Ireland because quite frankly our health service can't afford it to be\".\n\n\"There is no person, or position, or point of privilege that is above the guidance we had laid down, no one is immune from it,\" he said.\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said: \"Today's [Tuesday's] display showed a blatant disregard for the sacrifices made by so many.\"\n\nIn the assembly, Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said the executive's credibility had been undermined by the appearance of the deputy first minister and other MLAs \"in flagrant breach, it would appear, of some of those regulations\".\n\nThere have been a number of events which have been criticised for attracting crowds during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nIn May, a senior police officer said there had been social-distancing breaches at funerals in both the unionist and nationalist communities.\n\nBobby Storey was previously chairman of Sinn Féin and a close friend of Gerry Adams\n\nMr Storey died at the age of 64 following a period of illness.\n\nSecurity sources linked him to several major incidents, including the £26m Northern Bank robbery in 2004.", "Charities tackling period poverty said the lockdown had \"exacerbated\" the issue\n\nThe number of women and girls facing period poverty has risen sharply during the coronavirus lockdown, according to charities working to help them.\n\nWomen unable to afford or access sanitary products have resorted to using items including newspaper, pillow cases, or tea towels.\n\nOne charity said the number of packs it gave out had risen about five-fold.\n\nPoverty left some struggling to afford products and schools and community centres that distribute them have shut.\n\nThe government said its scheme launched in January to give out free period products in schools was still in operation.\n\nNational charity Bloody Good Period said it usually distributed 5,000 packs a month but had handed more than 23,000 in the three months since lockdown began in England on 23 March.\n\nTina Leslie, who set up Freedom4Girls in 2016, said period poverty was affecting people's mental health\n\nLeeds-based Freedom4Girls said it had seen an even larger five-fold increase in the number of free sanitary products it supplied in and around the city.\n\nTina Leslie, who runs the charity, said it normally delivered about 500 packs of pads, tampons and liners a month. But since the start of lockdown it had distributed more than 7,500 packs.\n\n\"If you can't manage your periods your emotional mental health is just plummeting,\" she said.\n\n\"You feel awful, you feel dirty - you just need to have that protection so you can go about your daily life.\n\n\"Corona has exacerbated the issue over lockdown. Community centres weren't open, schools were closed.\"\n\nShe said the charity had received requests from schools for products because they had \"run out\".\n\n\"The level of deprivation and poverty and people not able to afford products has been growing slowly but this has just exacerbated the issue and I don't think it's going to get better any time soon.\"\n\nAjmal Said distributes sanitary products received from Freedom4Girls in the community with the help of her mother\n\nAjmal Said, 14, who lives in Leeds, said she and her friends were normally given sanitary products by the school nurse, but \"it's hard to access products when you're not at school\".\n\n\"Getting your period isn't a choice, so it's not really fair we have to pay this amount of money to get something we need and if we don't have that money we can't get it,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A Hull woman is offering to make pads for those struggling to buy during the lockdown\n\nAlison Gordon said she had set up a \"free shop\" in her garden on the Hawksworth estate in Leeds during lockdown, providing clothes, toys and period products to local families.\n\n\"It's been really difficult getting hold of these kind of things,\" she said.\n\n\"We have people who really struggle because the food banks aren't as accessible.\n\n\"We have a woman up the road using nappies, toilet paper, newspaper - anything she can get her hands on.\n\n\"If you can't afford your food, your priority is not going to be getting a period product, it's feeding yourself and your children.\n\n\"So if you don't have the money for food you're not going to have the money to look after yourself in your period.\"\n\nThe Leeds charity makes sanitary products available at food banks, as well as distributing them out in the community\n\nMandu Reid, leader of the Women's Equality Party and a candidate in the election for Mayor of London - delayed until next year - said the pandemic had highlighted the issue of period poverty.\n\n\"You've got a situation where something that was starting to be recognised, gradually kind of being under control, has now taken several steps back,\" she said.\n\nThe Department for Education said: \"We introduced the period product scheme so that students are able to access to these products when they need them at school or college.\n\n\"The scheme remains in operation and schools and colleges are still able to order a range of period products through the online portal and distribute them to students, whether they are learning from home or at school or college.\"", "Labour leader Keir Starmer said three quarters of people with Covid-19 are not being reached by test and trace teams .\n\nHe said that there were 22,000 weekly cases in England but only 5,000 were asked to provide details.\n\nBut his first number is drawn from a survey.\n\nEach week the Office for National Statistics tests a sample of people and then forms an estimate for the population as a whole based on the percentage who are positive.\n\nIt is an estimate and not people who have actually been tested, so therefore the teams could not trace that many people.\n\nIn reality, the latest week in the figures (11-17 June) saw 6,100 people actually test positive for coronavirus.\n\nOf these, the government was able to reach 4,869 people.", "Six couples are taking a landmark challenge to the High Court next week in a bid to get legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales.\n\nCurrently, humanist ceremonies are not recognised in law, so couples must also have a civil ceremony.\n\nLawyers for the six couples say the current law discriminates against them because of their humanist beliefs.\n\nIn Scotland and Northern Ireland, the law is different and humanist ceremonies are legally recognised.\n\nHumanist weddings are non-religious ceremonies which are conducted by a humanist celebrant.\n\nCurrently in England and Wales, non-religious weddings are only legal if they are carried out by a registrar.\n\nBut humanist weddings became legal in Scotland in 2005 and in Northern Ireland in 2018, and since then the number of couples opting for such weddings in both nations has soared.\n\nThe legal challenge to ask the UK government to change the law was lodged at the High Court last November, and will be heard on 7 and 8 July.\n\nIt is being supported by the charity Humanists UK, which has campaigned on the issue for decades.\n\nThe organisation says a change in law could help deal with \"the huge backlog\" of demand for marriage services due to the pandemic.\n\n\"Couples who have humanist weddings see that day as the epitome of their love and commitment to each other, and all they want is the same legal recognition for that as is given to every religious person in our country,\" said the head of Humanists UK, Andrew Copson.\n\n\"We have tried for decades to address this glaring double standard. Government has dragged its heels and that's why it's been left to these couples to bring this case.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it wants to \"give couples more choice in how they celebrate their commitment to each other\" and has asked for a review from the Law Commission to make recommendations \"for a simple, fair and consistent system for all\".\n\n\"We believe that the act of getting married is profoundly personal and having a humanist ceremony is central to our identities as humanists,\" said Kate Harrison and Christopher Sanderson from Lincolnshire.\n\n\"We are very happy to be taking a case that will help to create a fairer law,\" said Christopher and Kate\n\nThe retired couple have been together for 14 years and are in their sixties, and say they will not get married until humanist marriages are recognised.\n\n\"It is highly discriminatory that if you have a religion you can get married in a way of your choosing which is compatible with your beliefs, but if you are non-religious, the state has a complete monopoly over how you get married,\" they said.\n\nMeanwhile, Jennifer McCalmont and Finbar Graham from Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland, said: \"We come from two separate religious backgrounds which neither of us practises and so we didn't want to be hypocritical in having a religious ceremony.\"\n\nCivil servant Jennifer and landscape gardener Finbar say humanism resonates with them\n\n\"Living in Northern Ireland we could simply have a legally recognised humanist marriage here but Northam Beach in Devon is special to us as it was the first place we holidayed together.\n\n\"Not being able to have the ceremony we want will undoubtedly undermine the significance of the day and devalue our beliefs. The current law discriminates against us as humanists.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Victoria Hosegood and Charli Janeway from Kent have postponed their wedding until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic but intend to have a humanist ceremony.\n\nCharli and Victoria say the humanist ceremony \"is the most important part\" of their wedding day\n\n\"Marriage laws need to reflect the make-up of modern-day society, including the growing numbers of humanists, which is why we think this case is so important,\" they said.\n\nCiaran Moynagh, a solicitor representing some of the claimants, suggested \"momentum is on our side\" following the law change in Northern Ireland in 2018.\n\nTory MP Crispin Blunt, who chairs the all-party Parliamentary Humanist Group, said it was \"understandable\" that the six couples had \"given up waiting\" and chosen the legal route.\n\n\"The government has been considering bringing about legal recognition of humanist marriages for some seven years now, over three different reviews.\"\n\nLabour's faith and belief spokeswoman, shadow minister Janet Daby, said: \"It's time for the government to recognise the thousands of humanists across the country who are simply asking for a legally recognised wedding that is reflective of their beliefs and values.\"\n\nHumanists UK say more than 1,000 couples a year already have a humanist ceremony and then must have a separate civil marriage - usually at a registrar's office - for it to be legally recognised.", "The main production for Walkers is at the site in Beaumont Leys, Leicester\n\nWalkers has confirmed 28 staff at its factory in Leicester have tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe crisp giant, which employs 1,400 at its Beaumont Leys site, said it had seen a \"steady increase\" in confirmed cases in June.\n\nA local lockdown has been announced in Leicester after the number of infections in the city rose.\n\nWalkers said its products were unaffected, and transmission of the virus was \"not in our factory\".\n\n\"The advice from DEFRA and the Food Standards Agency is clear - it is very unlikely that people can catch Covid-19 from food,\" added a spokeswoman.\n\n\"We do not anticipate any disruption to the supply of our products.\"\n\nThe firm said the increase in confirmed cases reflected the situation in the local community.\n\nIt was \"in regular contact\" with health authorities and the government, the spokeswoman said, and was \"reassured\" it had the correct measures in place to protect employees.\n\nShe said employees with a confirmed or suspected case of Covid-19 were self-isolating on full pay and Walkers continued to \"maintain the highest level of vigilance\".\n\nWalkers said its products were unaffected as a result of the confirmed cases\n\nThe company said health authorities supported their view the cases reflect transmission in the community and therefore there was \"not a transmission issue on site\".\n\nOn Monday, Matt Hancock said Leicester accounted for \"10% of all positive cases in the country over the past week\" and the number of positive coronavirus cases in Leicester was \"three times higher than the next highest city\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government must set out plans for an inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the health service ombudsman has said.\n\nThis was not about blaming staff but about \"learning lessons\", he said.\n\nOmbudsman Rob Behrens said patients were reporting concerns about cancelled cancer treatment and incorrect Covid-19 test results.\n\nMinisters have not committed to holding an inquiry, but have accepted there are lessons to be learned.\n\nThe Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) stopped investigating complaints against the NHS on 26 March, to allow it to focus on tackling the Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nBut people had continued to phone in with these concerns, Mr Behrens said.\n\nAnd cancelled treatment and wrong coronavirus test results have emerged as major themes.\n\n\"Complaining when something has gone wrong should not be about criticising doctors, nurses or other front-line public servants, who have often been under extraordinary pressure dealing with the Covid-19 crisis,\" he said.\n\n\"It is about identifying where things have gone wrong systematically and making sure lessons are learned so mistakes are not repeated.\"\n\nMr Behrens said he had written to the government on 19 May asking for information about the scope of any future inquiry, but had not received a response.\n\nHearing the real experiences of people who used NHS services during the pandemic should form part of any future review of the government's handling of the pandemic, he added.\n\nAnd an \"independent, swift and urgent\" review could have an impact on policies should there be a second wave of infections.\n\nHe said while the government still needed to focus on the current crisis, there were already themes \"that we can learn from\".\n\n\"You can do both things,\" he said.\n\nLast month a group of leading scientists and medical experts wrote to the government, demanding an urgent public inquiry into the response to Covid-19. They warned that without it more lives could be lost if there was a second spike in cases.\n\nRelatives of 450 people who have died in the pandemic have also demanded an immediate public review to minimise the continuing effects of the virus, ahead of a full inquiry.\n\nAnd a number of MPs have said they will form a cross-party parliamentary group in support of an urgent inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis.\n\nDuring an evidence session to MPs on Tuesday, patients described problems they had had because of cancelled care.\n\nKnee-surgery patient Rob Martinez said he had not heard anything from his doctors.\n\n\"It just went so silent. I was so close to having it and then it got cancelled and it was absolutely devastating,\" he said.\n\nDaloni Carlisle said: \"My doctors told me that I needed some chemotherapy. I then fell into a hole where I was absolutely in limbo.\n\n\"I'd had absolutely no communication about when this chemotherapy might start. So for most of the lockdown I've been sitting here at home knowing that all the cancer is growing, knowing that the tumours in my lung, in my liver, in my spine are all busily growing and absolutely no word from the hospital about when some treatment might start.\n\n\"I can't tell you how difficult that limbo period has been.\"\n\nMr Behrens said people should report their complaints to the PHSO office if they had not been resolved by the local service's own complaints process, \"otherwise other people may experience the same failings\".\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock on Tuesday tweeted that the Nightingale hospitals, set up to care for coronavirus patients if existing hospitals overflowed, would be converted into cancer-testing centres.", "The outbreak involves the Annan and Gretna areas Image caption: The outbreak involves the Annan and Gretna areas\n\nThe cross-border \"cluster\" of coronavirus cases around Dumfries and the north west of England \"continues to illustrate the challenge we face with this virus\", according to Scotland's national clinical director.\n\nProfessor Jason Leitch goes on to tell Radio Scotland: \"This will be, unfortunately, the new normal, for a little while, of these outbreaks and containing them.\"\n\nNHS Dumfries and Galloway confirmed there had been nine new cases of Covid-19 in the Gretna and Annan areas since Monday.\n\nProf Leitch says if the group of positive cases can be contained and contact and trace works as it should, then \"you can close down that cluster without too much more trouble\".\n\nThe danger is if the contacts can't be traced then potentially something more severe might have to be done, he adds.\n\nProf Leitch hopes that will not happen and he says the incident management team on both sides of the border is meeting now and he is confident the process will work.\n\nThe national clinical director stresses that people must organise a test if they have the symptoms and tell the truth regarding their movements, so that their contacts can be traced to close down the chain of transmission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA cross-border \"cluster\" of coronavirus cases has been identified across south west Scotland and north west England.\n\nNHS Dumfries and Galloway confirmed there had been nine new cases of Covid-19 in the Gretna and Annan areas since Monday.\n\nIt said everyone was self-isolating and work was taking place to identify any recent contacts.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, described it as a \"complex but small cluster\".\n\nHe stressed that the last positive cases in the Dumfries and Galloway health board area had come on 22 June.\n\n\"This is a complex but small cluster captured in different testing areas; in a hospital testing site, in a mobile testing unit and in a drive-through testing unit,\" he added.\n\nHe said the number of cases was in \"single figures\" and stretched across the Scotland-England border.\n\n\"That adds a complexity because some of the testing will have been done in England and some of the testing will have been done in Scotland,\" he said.\n\nA cross-border incident management team has been put together with Health Protection Scotland and Public Health England.\n\nJohn Pagani said all you could do was stick to guidance\n\nJohn Pagani, who runs the Café Royal in Annan, only recently reopened his business after it was shut for seven weeks. He has strict hygiene and social distancing measures in place, such as temperature checks for staff.\n\nHe said: \"It is a very worrying development.\n\n\"I have noticed an increase in the number of customers from England over the last week or so and customers say Carlisle is pretty much business as usual now.\n\n\"We obviously don't know where the outbreak started, and the last thing I want to say to any customer is you're not welcome, but it shows you how complicated this is.\n\n\"All we can do is stick to our own plan for social distancing and hygiene and hope they can trace all the cases.\"\n\nProf Leitch said contact tracing had \"already begun\".\n\n\"Incidents like this reinforce the importance of our test and protect model quickly identifying potential clusters and identifying contacts,\" he said.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that the public should \"take some assurance\" from the news that clusters of coronavirus outbreaks had been detected.\n\nShe said she understood the anxiety caused by the virus but the systems to deal with the situation were \"kicking in\" when they needed to.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People on the streets of Annan react to the new \"cluster\" of coronavirus cases.\n\nNHS Dumfries and Galloway said it was monitoring the situation \"very closely\" and would provide updates as the situation developed.\n\nIt said a mobile testing unit would be made available for anyone experiencing symptoms\n\nA health board statement said the region had been \"very fortunate\" to have a relatively small number of cases in recent weeks.\n\nValerie White, interim director of public health, said: \"These new cases are a clear reminder of the challenges we face in learning to live with Covid-19.\n\n\"As we move out of lockdown we are very likely to see areas of localised outbreak.\n\n\"Our test and protect system is designed to identify cases and their contacts and provide advice and support to individuals in relation to self isolating for the required period.\n\n\"That is why everyone must continue to stay alert, get a test if they have symptoms, and self isolate.\"\n\nHenry McClelland said it showed the virus had not gone away\n\nAnnandale South councillor Henry McClelland said he had first heard about five cases on Tuesday.\n\n\"We are absolutely horrified, we have been doing so well here in Dumfries and Galloway keeping the numbers really low,\" he said.\n\n\"I think it is a very timely reminder. We are so close to Carlisle and I am seeing so many notices on social media about people going to Carlisle this weekend for a drink, the pubs are reopening.\n\n\"This is surely a timely reminder that we have got to take this seriously - it hasn't gone away.\"", "Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing\n\nAn 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two sisters in a park in London.\n\nThe bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found at Fryent Gardens in Wembley on 7 June, two days after a birthday party in the park.\n\nTheir family has been told in person about the arrest, the Met said. The arrested man from south-London was taken into custody where he remains.\n\nThe sisters had met friends in the park at about 19:00 BST on 5 June to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday.\n\nThe group had been in an area of Fryent Gardens which was about a five-minute walk from the Valley Drive entrance.\n\nImages recovered from their phones - which were found in a pond - showed the sisters dancing with fairy lights hours before they were killed\n\nMs Smallman and Ms Henry are thought to have ended up alone by about 12:30 on 6 June.\n\nPolice said they were in \"good spirits\" and \"taking selfie pictures, listening to music and dancing with fairy lights\" until at least 01:13.\n\nCalls to them from family at 02:30 went unanswered, police said.\n\nExtensive forensic work has finished at the park but smaller searches in outer areas continue, police said.\n\nMore than 1,000 exhibits including property belonging to Ms Smallman and Ms Henry have been recovered and hours of CCTV collected, the Met said.\n\nExtensive forensic work in the park has concluded, though smaller searches will continue\n\nDet Ch Insp Simon Harding, said: \"Given the significance of this development, we visited the family in person today to inform them of the arrest.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with them at this very difficult time.\"\n\nThe arrest comes after two Met Police officers were suspended after \"inappropriate photos\" were taken of the crime scene.\n\nNicole Smallman's body was found by her boyfriend after she was reported missing\n\nThe unnamed officers were arrested by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) on 22 June and have since been bailed.\n\nTalking to the BBC last week, the girls' mother Mina Smallman said the pictures \"dehumanised\" her children.\n\nThe IOPC said the pictures were allegedly \"shared with a small number of others\", adding the Met was \"handling matters involving those members of the public who may have received those images\".\n\nThe police watchdog is also separately investigating how the Met handled calls from worried family and friends of the sisters after they went missing.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says Britain must \"build, build, build\" to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis\n\nBoris Johnson has said now is the time to be \"ambitious\" about the UK's future, as he set out a post-coronavirus recovery plan.\n\nThe PM vowed to \"use this moment\" to fix longstanding economic problems and promised a £5bn \"new deal\" to build homes and infrastructure.\n\nPlans set out in the Tory election manifesto would be speeded up and \"intensified,\" he added.\n\nLabour and the CBI said he was not focusing enough on saving jobs.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there was \"not much of a deal and not much that's new\".\n\nThe BBC's economic editor, Faisal Islam, said there was \"nothing really new\" in the plans, but was a pledge from the Treasury to \"speed up capital investment that has already been announced and tolerate higher levels of debt\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak later confirmed he would deliver an economic update on 8 July \"setting out the next stage in our plan to secure the recovery\".\n\nThe PM's speech came as new figures showed the UK economy shrank faster than at any time since 1979 between January and March.\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech in Dudley, in the West Midlands, Mr Johnson vowed to \"build, build, build\" to soften the \"economic aftershock\" of coronavirus.\n\nHe said the government wanted to continue with its plans to \"level up\" - one of its main slogans of last December's election - as \"too many parts\" of the country had been \"left behind, neglected, unloved\".\n\nInfrastructure projects in England would be \"accelerated\" and there would be investment in new academy schools, green buses and new broadband, the PM added.\n\nOther projects announced in the government's Spring Budget, which will now be accelerated, include:\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged jobs might be lost because of the economic hit from the pandemic, but said a new \"opportunity guarantee\" would ensure every young person had the chance of an apprenticeship or placement.\n\nAsked whether the plans went far enough for those who end up unemployed, the PM said the strategy was for \"jobs, jobs, jobs\" and there would not be a return to austerity.\n\nBut he could not put a figure on how many roles would be created through his plan, adding: \"We don't yet know what the full economic impact is going to be... [but] we will do everything we can to get this economy moving.\"\n\nHe is a keen student of Winston Churchill - and has even written a book about him.\n\nOver the last few days, the comparisons the government has sought to draw have been with former American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his \"New Deal.\"\n\nAs my colleagues at Reality Check point out, the plan set out today is a tiddler compared to what FDR did, and a fair chunk of it is re-announcing what we already knew the government was planning.\n\nBut Boris Johnson is attempting to set out in a broader context the government's vision - and his pride in saying he wants to spend a lot to revitalise the economy and haul it out of the doldrums.\n\nUnder what Mr Johnson dubbed \"project speed,\" planning laws would also be streamlined to encourage building.\n\nPubs, libraries, village shops will be protected from the changes as they were \"essential to the lifeblood of communities,\" the government said.\n\nMr Johnson acknowledged the planning changes might meet resistance in traditional Tory-voting areas, but said: \"Sometimes you have got to get on with things.\"\n\nThe government believes their existing plans for boosting infrastructure spending are already a significant fillip to the economy, and they want to see what happens as it re-opens.\n\nOne set of figures released today shows household savings increased during lockdown, but will people have the confidence to spend?\n\nThe scale of government support for businesses and employees in recent months probably does justify New Deal-style rhetoric. Extending support at that level may yet be required, and is far from ruled out.\n\nBut for now, they are holding fire as they assess the permanent scars to the UK economy.\n\nMr Johnson also attempted to calm Tory fears that he had shifted to the left, saying: \"I am not a communist\".\n\nInstead, he claimed he had been inspired by US president Franklin D Roosevelt, who led America out of the Great Depression with his New Deal in the 1930s.\n\nIn the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, President Roosevelt launched one of the largest, most expensive US government programmes which included building schools, hospitals and dams.\n\nYouth Worker Lisa Williams is worried young people will be hit hard\n\nIn the former \"red wall\" seat of Rother Valley - which the Conservatives won from Labour for the first time at last year's general election - there has been a mixed reaction to the announcement from employees and business owners.\n\nDavid Shaw, operations manager for a manufacturing company, said the investment announcement was \"positive\" and praised the government's furlough scheme during the crisis for saving businesses.\n\nBut Lisa Williams, manager of a youth and community centre in Dinnington, said of the promised investment that \"we've yet to see that happen\".\n\n\"Year-on-year, successive governments have made promises, and these areas have yet to see that,\" she said, adding she was concerned about the economic impact on young people.\n\nAnd Jayne Maxwell, a shop owner in Maltby, said she was sceptical about how much investment would go into high streets, saying more short-term help was needed.\n\nLabour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"We're facing an economic crisis, the biggest we've seen in a generation and the recovery needs to match that. What's been announced amounts to less than £100 per person.\n\n\"And it's the re-announcement of many manifesto pledges and commitments, so it's not enough.\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer says more focus is needed on jobs\n\nThe Labour leader added: \"We're not going to argue against a recovery plan, but the focus has to be on jobs.\"\n\nCBI Director General Carolyn Fairbairn said the prime minister had set out the \"first steps on the path to recovery\" but added that \"the focus on rescuing viable firms cannot slip\".", "Families of children with special educational needs have felt \"utterly abandoned\" during school closures, an MPs' committee has been told.\n\nWitnesses told the education committee those with extra educational, physical or emotional needs had seen support \"fall off a cliff\" amid lockdown.\n\nRisk assessments linked to Covid-19 had been used by some schools to prevent SEND pupils attending, it heard.\n\nThere was also concern national catch-up plans do not mention SEND children.\n\nWitnesses from the special educational needs and disability (SEND) world painted a bleak and disturbing picture of life for pupils with additional needs.\n\nAli Fiddy, chief executive of the Independent Provider of Special Education Advice, said her organisation was seeing families \"who are very clearly struggling\".\n\nThere was definitely not enough support being offered for parents, she said, with many families feeling \"utterly abandoned\".\n\nChildren with special needs plans were part of the group of children who were invited to continue schooling.\n\nBut Ms Fiddy said, in some cases, the risk assessment process tied to the coronavirus outbreak was being used as an excuse to offer no services and keep pupils out of school.\n\nShe gave the example of a parent of a Reception child with SEND being told they could not attend because they would need to be reminded to wash their hands.\n\nChildren and young people are not vulnerable by virtue of having SEND, they are vulnerable because of the way the system treats them, Ms Fiddy said.\n\nAmanda Batten, chair of the Disabled Children's Partnership, said families feel \"very much forgotten\" and that most families had seen their support reduced if not withdrawn.\n\nShe said overall the picture was one of exhaustion and stress among the families she had heard from, with children's physical and mental health deteriorating.\n\nFamilies were left to fend for themselves as they struggled with home schooling, nursing in some cases and no therapeutic support at all, she said.\n\nPhilippa Stobbs, policy vice-chair at the Special Educational Consortium, said many families and young people had been hit hard by the waiving of the legal duty on schools to provide support for SEND pupils.\n\nThis was replaced when schools closed with the requirement for schools and councils to make \"reasonable endeavours\" with children on education health care plans.\n\nAll the witnesses agreed they wanted to see these temporary \"watered down\" regulations come to an end.\n\nThe problem was that many families had received no information about what might replace their regular support.\n\n\"The impact of that is absolutely devastating,\" she said.\n\n\"So the pre-existing inequalities have been exacerbated because so little has been done in some places for children who already experience difficulties in their education.\"\n\n\"The difficulty for a family left to home educate their child with a lack of any provision from a school or local authority is almost unimaginable, and the impact of that is going to be deep and long-lasting.\"\n\nShe also highlighted the structural issues within the SEND system which has form many years been be-set with delays and difficulties.\n\nChair of the committee, Robert Halfon, said: \"This is very, very depressing what you're telling us this morning, I have to say.\n\n\"I'm glad we have you here, but it is incredibly depressing, what we're hearing.\"\n\nAll witnesses agreed there was a need for a specific catch-up plans for children with special educational needs, involving extra emotional and therapeutic support.\n\nAnd there was a warning of a spike in school refusal and exclusions next term, if substantial support was not offered and manifestations of emotional needs were treated as disciplinary matters.\n\nConcerns were also raised about practical issues such as transport for SEND children come September.\n\n\"You will need more buses, not fewer and you will need to potentially plan them for slightly different timetables and so forth in order that we don't have everyone arriving by bus at the same time,\" said Ms Stobbs.\n\n\"There are all sorts of considerations that really need to be part of a comprehensive local plan.\"", "E-scooters are a common sight in cities like LA - but are illegal in the UK until the weekend\n\nThe UK's blindness charity says e-scooters remain a \"real and genuine threat\" ahead of their legalisation.\n\nThe Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said that the government's safeguards, announced this week, had failed to assuage its fears.\n\nOther witnesses at a parliamentary transport committee hearing said the top speed and weight of the e-scooters were higher than they should be.\n\nIt will become legal to ride e-scooters on Great Britain's roads from Saturday.\n\nThe change, which comes amid pressure on the public transport system from social distancing requirements, applies only to rentals. Private scooters will remain illegal.\n\nEarlier this week, the government revealed that the speed limit would be 15.5mph (25km/h), and that users would need a driving licence to take part.\n\nEleanor Southwood, chair of the RNIB board, told the committee: \"It's really clear that even with all of the safeguards… we do consider e-scooters to be a real and genuine threat to the ability of blind and partially sighted people to move around independently and safely.\"\n\nShe said the RNIB was \"really surprised to see the 15mph speed limit yesterday, which is a lot faster than we had anticipated\".\n\nElectric scooters are much quieter than cars, she said. And she added that evidence of pedal bikes being used on pavements suggested that \"without robust enforcement\", e-scooters would probably be used on pedestrian walkways.\n\nUndocked e-scooters left on the street could also be a trip hazard.\n\n\"We were hoping that speeds would be limited, ideally to as close to walking as possible, but if not, to an absolute maximum of 12.5mph,\" Ms Southwood said.\n\n\"So we are really shocked by the speed limit.\"\n\nPhilip Darnton, director of the Bicycle Association, told politicians his group had no set view on e-scooters, because some of its members were fiercely against them while others sold them.\n\nBut he said that the power and weight allowed by the government went far beyond what was expected.\n\n\"The power, again, was very surprising - 500 watts,\" he said, referring to the motor.\n\n\"Most scooters in the world, and all the most popular brands are rated up to 250 watts. 500 watts will give you formidable acceleration, much, much faster than any cyclist or e-bike - which is also rated at 250 watts - could possibly do.\"\n\nThat acceleration increased the risk to riders, he said.\n\nHe added that the Bicycle Association had recommended a maximum weight of 20kg (44lb). But the government had approved more than twice that - 55kg - to accommodate bigger batteries and lower the cost of constant recharging by the commercial operator.\n\n\"The combination of speed, power, and weight has to be looked at,\" he warned.\n\nRachel Lee, of the Living Streets walking group, said she was concerned about the speed - and also about people using them while drunk.\n\nBut the broader problem was that \"our infrastructure currently is not up to the job\", she said - pointing to a lack of segregated cycleways as an example.\n\n\"At the moment I just fear that people who are using these for the first time, are getting scared on our busy roads, and then jumping up on the pavement - and then before you know it someone who's vulnerable, elderly, maybe can't see - or even children - are being knocked over.\"\n\nTwo academics, however, spoke about the potential positive impact e-scooters could have.\n\n\"I can see the benefits in terms of environment, and health, and also social inclusion,\" Graeme Sherriff from the University of Salford said.\n\n\"It depends on the rest of the system in a way, but they could very much encourage people away from cars.\"\n\nJillian Anable, a transport expert from the University of Leeds, echoed the positive sentiments.\n\n\"If we can't do some bold things now, then when can we do them, with respect to the transport sector?\" she said.\n\nShe also questioned the need for users to have a driving licence.\n\n\"Its greatest merit is for those who do not have a driving licence, and don't aspire to have one,\" she said.", "Upper Crust owner SSP Group says up to 5,000 jobs could be cut across its UK outlets and head office, as it struggles with the reduction in passenger travel.\n\nThe firm said global sales in April and May were 95% below the previous year's.\n\nSSP operates 580 food and drink outlets across the UK, mostly at railway stations and airports, but fewer than 10 are currently open.\n\nThe company expects only one-fifth of its UK stores to be open by the autumn.\n\nSSP employs around 39,000 staff worldwide across 2,800 outlets. Last month, it said it had suffered \"extremely low sales\" after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut branches.\n\nAs well as Upper Crust bakeries, the company also owns the Caffè Ritazza chain, deli operator Camden Food Co. and luxury bar chain Cabin.\n\nSSP joins a growing list of companies slashing jobs as the UK economy suffers its worst contraction in 41 years.\n\nIn the past few days, a number of firms have announced UK job cuts:\n\n\"Covid-19 continues to have an unprecedented impact on the travel industry and on SSP's businesses in all geographies,\" said SSP Group chief executive Simon Smith.\n\n\"We are beginning to see early signs of recovery in some parts of the world and are starting to open units as passenger demand picks up. However, in the UK the pace of the recovery continues to be slow,\" he said.\n\nThe company added: \"If the pace of the recovery continues at the current level, this could lead to up to c. 5,000 roles becoming redundant from within the head office and UK operations.\"\n\nWhile SSP operates across more than 30 countries, including the US, India and China, the job cuts are only being made at its UK business.\n\nAt this time of year, the company would normally employ about 9,000 people across the UK. Staff have been enrolled on the government-paid furlough scheme throughout the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe company said it had planned to reopen UK outlets as passenger demand returned, adding: \"The reality is that passenger numbers still remain at very low levels.\"\n\nMr Smith said the firm would swiftly reopen UK units if there were improved sales over the summer.\n\nIn a statement, the company said it had access to around £750m in liquidity and it was confident it had sufficient funds to allow it to operate \"throughout even its most pessimistic scenario\".", "Cynthia Erivo and Eva Longoria are among the new invitees\n\nThe latest batch of actors and film-makers to be invited to vote for the Oscars has been unveiled, exceeding the diversity target that was set for 2020.\n\nAfter the #OscarsSoWhite movement of 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences promised to double the number of female and BAME members.\n\nEva Longoria and Cynthia Erivo are among those who have been invited to join the organisation this year.\n\nOf the 819 people invited, 45% are women and 36% are non-white.\n\nFigures including Ana de Armas, Zendaya, Awkwafina, Constance Wu and Roma star Yalitza Aparicio have also been invited.\n\nBritish stars on the list alongside Erivo include 1917 star George MacKay and Little Women's Florence Pugh.\n\nThe Academy said 49% of the new invitees were from outside the US. If all 819 accept, it will bring the organisation's total membership to 9,412.\n\nCuban actress Ana de Armas, who starred in Knives Out, is among the new invitees\n\nThey will vote for next year's Oscars, which will take place two months later than usual as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"Very excited to be a new member of The Academy with so many brilliant minds,\" tweeted The Farewell director Lulu Wang.\n\n\"Though there is still much work to be done, this class looks more like an actual jury of our PEERS than ever before, so that's a step in the right direction.\"\n\nAcademy president David Rubin said in a statement: \"We have always embraced extraordinary talent that reflects the rich variety of our global film community, and never more so than now.\"\n\nBefore the latest invitees were unveiled, The Academy's overall membership was 32% female, up from 25% in 2015.\n\nAwkwafina, one of the new invitees, won a Golden Globe in January for her performance in The Farewell\n\nThe number from \"underrepresented ethnic/racial communities\" had also increased, from 8% in 2015 to 16% in 2018.\n\nDiversity at the Oscars has improved in recent years, with films such as Parasite and Moonlight winning best picture in 2019 and 2017 respectively.\n\nSeveral Parasite actors, including Jang Hye-Jin, Jo Yeo-Jeong, Park So-Dam and Lee Jung-Eun, are among those who have received invitations.\n\nThose on the list also include Nigerian actress and director Genevieve Nnaji, who starred and directed in Lionheart, which was disqualified from the race for best international feature film in 2019.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Genevieve Nnaji MFR This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Academy said it would now launch a new scheme, Aperture 2025, to further increase its diversity over the next five years.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A child tries to cool himself in a heatwave in Gaza\n\nThe World Meteorological Organisation says there's a growing chance that global temperatures will break the 1.5C threshold over the next five years, compared to pre-industrial levels.\n\nIt says there's a 20% possibility the critical mark will be broken in any one year before 2024.\n\nBut the assessment says there's a 70% chance it will be broken in one or more months in those five years.\n\nScientists say that keeping below 1.5C will avoid the worst climate impacts.\n\nThe target was agreed by world leaders in the 2015 Paris climate accord accord.\n\nThey committed to pursue efforts to try to keep the world from warming by more than 1.5C this century.\n\nThis new assessment, carried out by the UK's Met Office for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says there's a growing chance that this level will be breached.\n\nResearchers say that the Earth's average annual temperature is already more than 1C higher than it was in the 1850s - and will probably stay around this level over the next five years.\n\nPrevious studies had put the short-term chances of going above 1.5C at 10% - that's now doubled say the climate modellers, and it's increasing with time.\n\nThere are likely to be more storms hitting Europe\n\nSome parts of the world will feel this rising heat more than others, with the scientists saying that the Arctic will probably warm by twice the global average this year.\n\nThey also predict that over the coming five years there will be more storms over western Europe thanks to rising sea levels.\n• None 70%chance 1.5°C threshold broken in one or more months by 2024 World Meteorological Organization (assessment does not take into account fall in CO2 emissions due to coronavirus pandemic)\n\nThe assessment considers natural variability as well as the impact of carbon emissions from human activities - however the models don't take account of the fall-off in CO2 emissions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe WMO says this is unlikely to affect temperatures in the early 2020s.\n\nFires in Siberia are said to be linked to the very warm conditions being experienced there\n\n\"The WMO has repeatedly stressed that the industrial and economic slowdown from Covid-19 is not a substitute for sustained and co-ordinated climate action,\" said Prof Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary general.\n\n\"Due to the very long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere, the impact of the drop in emissions this year is not expected to lead to a reduction of CO2 atmospheric concentrations which are driving global temperature increases.\n\n\"Whilst Covid-19 has caused a severe international health and economic crisis, failure to tackle climate change may threaten human well-being, ecosystems and economies for centuries. Governments should use the opportunity to embrace climate action as part of recovery programmes and ensure that we grow back better,\" he said.\n\nIf the 1.5C threshold is broken in one of the coming years, the experts stress it won't mean the targets are invalid.\n\nHowever it will, once again, underline the urgency of significant emissions cuts to prevent a long-term move to this more dangerous, warmer world.", "Mike and Sally Stuart are full of joy after saving £8,000 on stamp duty\n\n\"When I found out that we were going to have a stamp duty holiday, I jumped for joy,\" says Sally Stuart.\n\nThe Salford-based university lecturer reckons the chancellor's announcement on Wednesday will save her and her husband about £8,000.\n\n\"We're in the middle of buying our £346,000 dream home and have agreed a completion date of 30 July.\n\n\"it means we'll have some money to use when we move in. The house needs some work doing to it, so we can use it there.\"\n\nSally and husband Mike - a software developer - have both been working from home during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThey started home hunting in February and quickly found the house they wanted.\n\n\"But then Covid happened and we were at the stage of searches which meant everything stopped. It was really frustrating,\" Sally says.\n\nIt was only when the lockdown started easing, and estate agents were allowed to start showing people around again, that it started moving again.\n\n\"We're having to think twice about how we'll work in the future, but we'll use some of the extra money to make a little office to work from home.\n\n\"It's something I never would have considered before coronavirus times, but the stamp duty holiday has proved to come at just the right time for us.\"\n\nThe timing of the stamp duty holiday - it started on Wednesday 8 July - has angered James Davies.\n\n\"We're almost £10,000 out of pocket, because we completed a week ago,\" he says.\n\n\"It should be backdated to help the ones that didn't pull out of their house purchase.\"\n\nJames Davies is angry that the stamp duty holiday has not been backdated\n\nIn March, all looked rosy for James and his wife, who lived in Preston.\n\n\"I had a nice job, my wife had recently got a new job in the tourism industry and we rescued two golden retrievers.\n\n\"We all know what happened next.\"\n\nThe couple decided to continue with their purchase of their new home in East Riding of Yorkshire despite lockdown: \"We just didn't want to let the coronavirus win!\" James says.\n\nThey paid the deposit on their new home last Wednesday, 1 July, and paid £9,750 in stamp duty tax.\n\nOn the same day, James was made redundant from his job in the food industry, where he was an account manager in the airline and restaurant/foodservice sector.\n\n\"Our new situation means we could really do with that money now and it would make a huge difference to us.\n\n\"We carried on paying solicitors, the mortgage broker, surveyors, van rental guys, a storage unit, spending thousands of pounds believing in our government to do right by us if there was a stamp duty holiday.\n\n\"Now we feel let down. It feels like we've been penalised. If they backdated it to the beginning of the month, we would qualify for the holiday.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary holiday on stamp duty on the first £500,000 of all property sales in England and Northern Ireland until next March.\n\nHe said the move would save the average house buyer £4,500.\n\nThere has been a mixed reaction to the news.\n\n\"The chancellor's announcement should give a welcome boost to the housing market and in turn, have positive knock-on effects for the wider economy,\" said Eric Leenders, managing director of personal finance at UK Finance.\n\n\"The stamp duty holiday might have a positive indirect impact on a long list of related industries, such as house builders, conveyancers, estate agents, finance and insurance providers, house movers and furniture and garden retailers,\" said Jamie Ward, head of stamp taxes at PwC.\n\nBut critics said the temporary move needed to be longer.\n\n\"It gives little opportunity for house builders to use the reduction to inform strategic decisions on construction plans beyond the next nine months,\" said Chris Denning, partner at MHA MacIntyre Hudson.\n\n\"Making the stamp duty cut temporary is a gamble,\" warned David Westgate, group chief executive at Andrews Property Group.\n\n\"Cliff-edge deadlines completely distort the market and rarely benefit the consumer.\"\n\nHe warned of \"a boom scenario\" between now and April next year, \"when a disproportionate number of people are buying at higher prices\".\n\nSarah Ryan, head of conveyancing at law firm Simpson Millar, called on the government to make the scheme retrospective to help people like James Davies.\n\n\"For people who have managed to complete on the purchase of their home either during lockdown, or in the immediate aftermath, this will come as a bitter blow,\" she said.", "Rishi Sunak presented his summer statement in the Commons on Wednesday\n\nThe Welsh Government will get an extra £500m as a result of the chancellor's summer statement, the UK government has said.\n\nRishi Sunak announced measures to help hospitality, tourism and young people in the Commons on Wednesday.\n\nMeasures include cuts to VAT and discounts for eating out.\n\nBut the Welsh Government said the announcement did not pull the \"levers needed to support\" the recovery from coronavirus.\n\nThe UK government says it has provided Welsh ministers, who run many of Wales' public services including the NHS, with a total of £2.8bn during the pandemic.\n\nBoth measures will apply in Wales, as will a £2bn 'kickstart' scheme to create more jobs for young people.\n\nThe decision to give employers £1,000 per staff member they take back from the furlough scheme is also UK-wide.\n\nBut a temporary stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of all property sales applies to England and Northern Ireland. In Wales stamp duty is devolved.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said through the crisis the UK government has \"supported hundreds of thousands of people in Wales, putting in place one of the largest and most comprehensive economic responses in the world\".\n\nThe measures led to calls from the UK government for ministers in Cardiff to go further in relaxing lockdown.\n\nUK government Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said: \"The opportunities we are creating and the new routes into employment are great news for young people in Wales, while VAT cut for tourism and hospitality will be a huge boost for that sector.\n\n\"It is now absolutely essential that Wales' world-class tourism and hospitality industry can properly open for business.\"\n\nCurrently no date is set for pubs, cafes and restaurants to reopen indoors in Wales, although plans are for them to use outdoor spaces from 13 July.\n\nOutdoor attractions have been allowed to reopen with the lifting of travel restrictions last Monday, and self-contained accommodation is also expected to open from 13 July.\n\nA cut to the Welsh version of stamp duty has not been ruled out\n\nThe UK government announcement on stamp duty prompted requests for the same in Wales, where the charge is called land transaction tax (LTT).\n\nIt is not levied for properties sold in Wales worth £180,000 and lower.\n\nEstate agent Morris, Marshall and Poole with Norman Lloyd, said such a cut would \"stimulate the local market\", while the Home Builders Federation said cutting LTT would \"increase industry confidence and encourage investment\".\n\nWales' finance minister Rebecca Evans did not rule out matching the stamp duty holiday, saying she would consider the implications of the announcements over the \"next day or so\".\n\nMs Evans said it was \"really surprising that the chancellor had very little to say today about public services, health, social care\" and local government, calling for more cash to \"reopen healthcare more widely\".\n\nShe added the youth employment scheme looked \"very much indeed\" like the Welsh Government's part-EU funded Jobs Growth Welsh scheme, which she said had helped 20,000 into employment since 2012.\n\nThe 'kickstart' fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and 24, who are at risk of long-term unemployment, while Jobs Growth Wales offers firms subsidies for six-month job opportunities.\n\nMs Evans denied that the restaurant discount would put more pressure on the Welsh Government to reopen indoor hospitality. \"I think what we really want to see is the evidence which tells us that it is safe to increase the opportunities for those hospitality businesses to open,\" she added.\n\nRebecca Evans has called for more flexibility in how the Welsh Government spends money\n\nThe UK government said the summer statement confirmed \"an additional £500m of Covid-19 funding for the Welsh Government through the Barnett formula\".\n\nThe Welsh Government has seen its budgets rise since the Covid-19 crisis began - the UK government said it has now provided £2.8bn extra cash.\n\nUnder the Barnett system, public spending in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland increases or decreases according to how spending in England rises or falls.\n\nWelsh public services are mostly funded by UK governments grants, with a small amount of revenue from Welsh Government taxation in Wales added on.\n\nThe last Welsh Government supplementary budget in May for coronavirus said ministers in Cardiff were spending £22bn in 2020/21.\n\nPlaid Cymru said the UK government had not learned the lessons from the start of the coronavirus crisis, and did not announce any measures to support the next stage of the pandemic, such as local lockdowns.\n\nBrexit Party Senedd leader Mark Reckless welcomed the chancellor's statement: \"We would encourage Welsh Government to cut stamp duty here too, but there is not much point while they still ban most property viewings. It's time for a UK wide approach.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said it is awaiting \"full clarity on what this announcement means for Wales but we do know that it did not pull the macro levers needed to support the recovery\".\n\n\"It ignored the joint calls from devolved nations to ease the rigid fiscal rules that limit our response and made only a passing reference to public services\".\n\nWelsh Finance Minister Rebecca Evans, together with counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland, has called for the rules to be loosened so devolved governments can borrow more.", "Swimmers may have to arrive in their costumes and the number of people in lanes be limited when pools reopen, to allow for social distancing.\n\nFor the time being indoor and outdoor pools must remain shut, despite the easing of some lockdown restrictions,\n\nIt's thought chlorine in swimming pools will kill coronavirus but Swim England has warned a \"stricter regime\" will still be needed when they do reopen.\n\nThe body has warned 500 pools in England could close permanently.\n\nPools in England cannot reopen before 4 July under the government's current plan for lifting lockdown restrictions and the advice also says people should not swim at the beach without a lifeguard present.\n\nIn Scotland, indoor leisure facilities will not be able to open until the country moves to phase three of its plan for easing the lockdown and they will be subject to physical distancing and hygiene measures.\n\nA provisional date for reopening pools is also yet to be given in Wales and Northern Ireland, where indoor leisure centres will remain closed until step four of its lockdown plan.\n\nBut as the weather has warmed up, people have headed to beaches, with three people seriously injured while jumping off a cliff into the sea at Durdle Door in Dorset on Saturday.\n\nIn London, the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park was forced to close after attempting to reopen last week because it became too crowded.\n\nChlorinated water should kill the virus, but preventing it from spreading in changing rooms and other areas around pools remains a concern.\n\nSwim England chief executive Jane Nickerson said guidance was still being finalised but that people might be asked not to use changing rooms, and pools could be told to limit how many people could be in the water at a time.\n\nShe told The Times people might have to arrive \"beach ready\" in their costumes.\n\nOlympic gold-medallist Duncan Goodhew, who is president of the Swimathon charity, told Radio 4's Today programme there were 5,000 public pools in England, 10% of which might not be able to reopen with social-distancing measures as they were \"old, inefficient and expensive to run\".\n\nHe said: \"A little like a restaurant, it becomes very difficult economically to make it work because you're just not getting the volume of people through.\"\n\nSwim England has called for financial support from the government to help ensure pools are financially viable as the lockdown eases.\n\nMs Nickerson said: \"We know there will be major financial challenges for pool operators, all of whom saw their income disappear overnight, and who will be faced with the dilemma of opening pools against the backdrop of less footfall and increased environmental costs.\"\n\nMr Goodhew, who won gold at 100m breaststroke in Moscow in 1980, added: \"It's really important the pools open because there are many, many people out there, some people who are disabled or have bad hips, etc, who cannot do any other exercise.\n\n\"From a point of view of quality of life, we've got to get them open.\"\n\nThea Paraskevaides, 33, is one of those who is desperate to get back in the pool.\n\nShe started swimming 18 months ago after a bad ankle injury and relies on the activity as her main form of exercise.\n\n\"Aside from the fitness element, it's really important for mental health,\" she said.\n\n\"For me I feel like I need that exercise to help my wellbeing, especially now at such a difficult time.\"\n\nWhile she feels confident she would be able to maintain social distancing while swimming, Thea said she would still have some concerns about hygiene around the pool.\n\n\"I would have to take hand sanitiser and wipes and clean everything before I touched it,\" she added.\n\nLouise Zecevic, who used to swim regularly with her children before the lockdown, said she would be happy to put up with any restrictions needed when pools are allowed to reopen.\n\n\"If numbers were restricted I would accept that and it might make the swimming experience more pleasant in some ways as the pools near me in London can be massively overcrowded,\" the 39-year-old said.\n\n\"We all love swimming and my kids are constantly asking when we can go back to the pool.\n\n\"We've had a paddling pool in the back garden but it's not an activity you can really replicate.\"\n\nLouise and her family have been missing swimming during the lockdown\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said chlorine was \"very easily able to inactivate most viruses including Covid-19\", but \"the main problem will be the social distancing, mostly the changing rooms\".\n\nSwim England is working with Public Health England on advice for pools reopening, which will be published on 15 June.\n\nAmong the issues which will be covered are water treatment, air circulation and social distancing.\n\nThe Swimming Teachers' Association is also liaising with the government on measures for after the lockdown.\n\nChief executive Dave Candler said there was no \"one-size fits all\" answer to personal hygiene and social distancing measures for the industry - which would \"most likely mean smaller classes in the interim\".", "Record numbers of nurses, midwives and nursing associates have registered in the UK, figures show.\n\nBy the end of March, there were 716,600 nurses, midwives and nursing associates on the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.\n\nDespite this the NMC is worried coronavirus will hit the ability to recruit and retain overseas staff.\n\nThe rise is driven by those joining and staying from the UK and from countries outside of Europe.\n\nThere has been a significant increase in those from the Philippines and India in particular.\n\nBut those coming from Europe have dropped by 5% to just over 31,000.\n\nThe NMC report includes the results of a survey of more than 6,000 people asking why they had left the profession.\n\nThe main reason given was too much pressure leading to stress and poor mental health. This was before the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe NMC also revealed more than 14,000 had joined the temporary register set up to boost numbers during the pandemic. This includes staff who have come out of retirement to help out.\n\nNMC chief executive Andrea Sutcliffe said: \"It's great to celebrate record numbers of people on the register.\"\n\nBut she predicted there would be \"stormy waters ahead\".\n\n\"As a result of the pandemic and subsequent travel restrictions, we may no longer be able to rely on the flow of professionals joining our register from overseas in the same way.\"", "The Welsh Government said the £29m would target disadvantaged pupils and those studying for exams\n\nNine-hundred extra teaching posts are to be created as part of a £29m support package to help pupils catch up when they return to school.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would pay for the equivalent of 600 teachers and 300 teaching assistants for a year.\n\nIt will target disadvantaged pupils and those taking exams, and could include extra coaching and learning resources.\n\nHead teachers' union NAHT welcomed the announcement, saying it was vital to invest in the next generation.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams will later reveal whether pupils will return to full-time education in September.\n\nThe Welsh Government said newly qualified teachers and supply teachers would take up the majority of the posts, and will be on one-year contracts.\n\nIn secondary schools, support will be focused on pupils studying for exams in Years 11, 12 and 13, as well as pupils of all ages who receive free schools meals, have additional learning needs or who are identified as being vulnerable.\n\nLearning resources are promised to help new and current teachers deliver support to pupils studying for exams, which could include personalised learning programmes and additional lessons.\n\nA range of teaching approaches will be used, the government said, including \"blended learning\" - a mix of learning from home and limited face-to-face teaching.\n\nDetails are to follow about how the money will be shared between schools, it added.\n\nMs Williams said the government was supporting schools in the \"recovery phase\" and would continue to raise standards.\n\n\"This extra investment and targeted support will ensure that the impact of time away from school over recent months is minimised,\" she said.\n\n\"This is not a short-term fix. I am guaranteeing this money, extra staff and support for the whole of next year.\"\n\nThe announcement comes as Ms Williams is due to set out plans for how schools will operate in the new term.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams says she wants to \"maximise\" face-to-face contact between pupils and teachers\n\nShe told a Senedd committee on Tuesday that her goal was to \"maximise\" face-to-face contact between pupils and teachers.\n\nIt suggests the minister could adopt similar plans to those proposed in other parts of the UK planning for the full-time return of pupils after the summer.\n\nSo far the government has said that blended learning would continue for some time.", "Leicester's local lockdown is not due to be reviewed until 18 July\n\nThe first city in the UK to be put in local lockdown will not receive special financial support from the government.\n\nBusinesses in Leicester had expected extra help after they were ordered to close on 30 June following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nBut a letter from Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi said there were no plans to change or extend any current schemes.\n\nLabour MP Liz Kendall said she was \"so angry\" at the development.\n\nChris Hobson, from East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, said not giving extra help was a \"massive mistake\".\n\nThe latest weekly figures from Public Health England, released on Thursday, showed 116 new cases per 100,000 people in the city in the week up to 5 July.\n\nThis is down from 141 per 100,000 the week before, but still far ahead of any other area of England.\n\nBusinesses in Leicester were ordered to close on 30 June following a spike in Covid-19 cases\n\nShadow social care minister Ms Kendall, who released a letter from Mr Zahawi about the government's stance, said it was \"a warning for future local lockdowns\".\n\n\"People in Leicester have made huge sacrifices and everybody is hanging on in there,\" she said.\n\n\"I think it is wrong the government isn't saying 'you're in lockdown for longer, you'll get the help for longer'.\"\n\nMs Kendall, the MP for Leicester West, urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson to \"think again\".\n\nMr Hobson said there were businesses \"which are fundamentally sound but are struggling with cash flow through no fault of their own\".\n\n\"You have lots of businesses which have picked themselves up again and again and some will not be able to continue to do that,\" he said.\n\n\"This is going to put Leicester at a long-term disadvantage, there is a danger of seeing a two-tier recovery.\"\n\nRestaurant owner Dharmesh Lakhani said many in the community felt \"betrayed\"\n\nDharmesh Lakhani, owner of Bobby's restaurant in the city, said they had been led to expect more help.\n\n\"It was a bit of a hammer blow, we felt betrayed,\" he said.\n\n\"We were looking forward to 4 July and had put in a lot of preparation, so it was a shock to be told we couldn't open.\n\n\"And then we, businesses and councillors, were quite certain there would be more help and without that, I can see some of the smaller, independent businesses going under.\"\n\nStuart Fraser said the Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre had launched an appeal to raise money\n\nStuart Fraser, manager of Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre, said the lack of extra funding was \"a blow\" and called for clarity on when the lockdown would be lifted.\n\n\"We have already had to cancel the first week of our holiday scheme,\" he said.\n\n\"And we have staff putting pressure on, saying they may have to look elsewhere for work, and this is trained staff who, if we lose them, will affect our ability to reopen at all.\"\n\nMr Fraser said the centre, a registered charity, had launched a fundraising campaign to \"help it survive\".\n\nLeicester Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said he was \"absolutely furious\" the expected funds had not materialised and described the lack of extra measures as \"brutal\".\n\nWeekly figures released by Public Health England show there were 116 new cases per 100,000 people in the week ending 5 July.\n\nThis is down from 141 cases per 100,000 people the week before, but still at more than three times more than the next highest in England.\n\nThe rate of cases in Bradford has fallen faster than Rochdale, which was second highest after Leicester.\n\nNew cases of coronavirus in Leicester came quickly during June, having previously started falling the month before.\n\nSo far, 24 June has seen the highest number of positive tests in Leicester of any day since the pandemic started with 97 confirmed results.\n\nThe data combines tests in hospitals and those done in the community, the latter of which has only recently been added to the local figures and showed for the first time how Leicester really compares with other areas.\n\nAs of Wednesday, the city has the highest rate of confirmed coronavirus per head of population in England with 1,136 cases per 100,000 population. The next highest is Bradford with nearly 792 per 100,000.\n\nLast week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC there would be extra financial support for Leicester businesses affected by the local lockdown.\n\n\"We have given support to both the county council and the city council to make sure they have discretionary funds available to support businesses, if that's what's needed,\" he said.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Zahawi claimed the city council had spent less than £500,000 of a £3.5m discretionary grant awarded to it.\n\nHe went on to write: \"I hope the lockdown is temporary and that affected businesses in Leicester are able to re-open soon.\"\n\nBut Ms Kendall added: \"I don't think you can tell people one thing one day and tell them something else the other. It is just not right.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"The circumstances of individual lockdowns will continue to be carefully assessed before appropriate action is taken.\"\n\nOn Wednesday it was revealed a county-wide lockdown was considered.\n\nCounty council leader Nick Rushton said that during discussions over where to put the edge of the lockdown zone, \"there was even an argument that the boundary could have included the whole of Leicestershire\" but it would have \"created even more angst\".\n\nNewly released data shows, since the beginning of the pandemic, Leicester had a positive test rate of 1,116 per 100,000 of population, compared to 294 in nearby Melton, 475 in neighbouring Charnwood and a national average of 440 per 100,000.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "John Lewis has warned it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nThe retailer, which also owns Waitrose, has launched a review of the business which it said would involve \"right sizing\" its stores across both brands.\n\nThe review would involve store closures \"where necessary\" as well as space reduction in existing stores, it said.\n\nThe conclusions of the review are expected to be announced in September.\n\nNew chairwoman Sharon White - who took over last month - said the changes would kick-start a \"vital new phase\" for the partnership, and said she had \"no doubt\" the business would be stronger as a result.\n\n\"We need to reverse our profit decline and return to growth so that we can invest more in our customers and in our partners.\n\n\"This will require a transformation in how we operate as a partnership and could take three to five years to show results.\"\n\nThe group announced that three Waitrose stores would close later this year at Helensburgh, Four Oaks and Waterlooville as part of the overhaul.\n\nJohn Lewis also said as fears about coronavirus continued to spread, it had see increased demand \"particularly this week\" for some food items as well as things such as hand sanitiser, soap and loo roll.\n\nJohn Lewis's finance director, Patrick Lewis, said it was working \"very hard with suppliers on an hourly basis\" to keep up with demand.\n\nSharon White took the helm at John Lewis last month\n\nThe John Lewis Partnership is owned by its staff - known as partners - who usually receive a bonus each year.\n\nThis year, staff bonuses have been set at 2%, the lowest since 1953 when it paid no bonus.\n\nProfits at the partnership dived by 23% last year to £123m - the third year in a row that profits have fallen - as it continued to struggle with the slowdown in consumer spending.\n\nThe John Lewis department stores saw \"significantly reduced profitability\" following weaker sales of home and electrical goods, although profits rose at Waitrose after a \"solid performance\", the company said.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said the fall from grace for John Lewis had been \"spectacular\", and warned that if Ms White could not turn around the business \"the fallout could be much worse\".\n\n\"Once the envy of the retail industry, the company has suffered dismal trading performances over the past few years, demonstrating that the retail race is so fast that even those seemingly on an unstoppable march one year can be vulnerable the next.\n\n\"This goes to show that no retailer is safe.\"\n\nCatherine Shuttleworth, the chief executive of retail analysts Savvy, said store closures appeared inevitable.\n\n\"I think the business is going to have to be slimmed down,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It's very difficult to close some of the department stores down because they're on really long leases, but certainly I think where there are opportunities to close stores that aren't performing they will look at that.\"\n\nShe added that Ms White did not have much time to turn the business around.\n\n\"She's talking about changes taking three-to-five years, I don't think there are three-to-five years in retail at the minute where there isn't going to be an enormous amount of change. She hasn't got that much time on her side. John Lewis have been 'strategically reviewing' things for quite a while - we need some action.\"\n\nRetail analyst Richard Hyman told the BBC the firm's staff bonus scheme was an \"absolutely fundamental\" part of its ethos.\n\n\"The key competitive edge John Lewis has is customer service, that is delivered by its staff. If you take away part of their remuneration then your customer service levels are likely to be impacted.\n\n\"And I think that over the past few years as that bonus has gone down we've been seeing a bit of that. It's a really difficult dilemma they have.\"", "Investigations are under way after a woman was shot by police in Toxteth\n\nA woman has been shot by police in a street.\n\nOfficers were called to reports of a woman armed with a knife in Cairns Street, Toxteth in Liverpool, at about 13:50 BST.\n\nShe suffered an injury to her upper body and has been taken to hospital for treatment. Her condition is unknown.\n\nMerseyside Police said it was an \"isolated incident\" and the shooting had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nNorth Hill Street remains cordoned off and there will be an increased police presence in the community in the next few days, the force said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A cordon was put in place at the scene by police\n\nSupt Diane Pownall said: \"I know that people in the Toxteth area and the wider communities of Merseyside may feel shocked by the incident that has taken place today.\n\n\"This was an isolated incident in which officers responded to a number of members of the public reporting a woman in possession of a knife in the Toxteth area.\"\n\nPolice are not looking for anyone else.\n\nThe police watchdog is investigating the shooting\n\nA woman who lives near the police cordon said she had been asleep after working a night shift when she was woken by a gunshot.\n\n\"I heard a bang. I didn't know what had happened until my daughter told me she had seen it on the news,\" she said.\n\nA neighbour, who did not want to be named, heard two loud bangs.\n\nShe said: \"It sounded like something had blown up.\"\n\nAnother resident said: \"People are sad and mad about it but obviously we don't know who she is or what's happened yet.\n\n\"A lot of people are going to be angry that a police officer has felt the need to shoot a bullet into somebody.\"\n\nNorth Hill Street remains cordoned off after the shooting\n\nAn IOPC spokesman confirmed an investigation had begun.\n\nHe said: \"The incident was referred to us, as is mandatory in these circumstances, at 2:45pm.\n\n\"Our investigation is in its very early stages and we have investigators attending the scene and the post incident procedures to begin gathering evidence. The woman is currently being treated in hospital.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this incident.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The chancellor has said he is \"sorry\" for not helping \"everyone in exactly the way they would have wanted\".\n\nRishi Sunak said the government was \"throwing everything\" at stemming job losses with a £30bn stimulus package.\n\nBut he told the BBC he will not be able to protect \"every single job\" as the UK enters a \"severe recession\".\n\nHe also admitted that some of the £1,000 bonuses being offered to take back furloughed staff would go to firms that were already keeping workers on.\n\nLabour has called for a more targeted approach to saving jobs, saying the government will \"waste billions at a time when others are crying out for support\".\n\nIn his summer statement on Wednesday, Mr Sunak said the \"jobs retention bonus\" could cost as much as £9bn if every worker currently furloughed is kept on.\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged the most senior civil servant at HM Revenue and Customs did not back two of the key policies in Mr Sunak's summer statement over uncertainty about their value for money.\n\nIn letters to the chancellor, Jim Harra, HMRC's permanent secretary, said advice received by HMRC \"highlights uncertainty around the value for money\" of the job Retention Bonus and Eat Out To Help Out scheme - which gives diners money off some meals in August.\n\nSelf-employed curtain fitter Mark Whittaker told BBC Breakfast he cannot \"get his head round how the chancellor expects any citizen of this country to get by on zero income\".\n\n\"If he can manage it, please tell me how to do it,\" Mr Whittaker said. \"I don't want a handout… I want parity.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. “I don’t want a handout… I want parity and that’s it.”\n\nMr Whittaker started his own business in Stockport, Greater Manchester, towards the end of 2018 and fell short of earnings requirements to receive support during the crisis.\n\nHe said people in his situation have children, mortgages, rent and bills to pay.\n\nResponding to Mr Whittaker's comments, Mr Sunak said more than 2.5 million people who are self-employed will receive support from a \"generous\" scheme of government funding.\n\nHe added: \"Have we been able to help everyone in exactly the way they would have wanted? I'm sure not and I've said previously that we haven't been able to do that and for that I am sorry.\"\n\nMr Sunak warned the UK was \"entering one of the most severe recessions this country has ever seen\".\n\n\"If you're asking me 'can I protect every single job' of course the answer is no,\" he said.\n\n\"'Is unemployment going to rise, are people going to lose their jobs?' Yes, and the scale of this is significant.\"\n\nIt comes as figures released by the Treasury reveal that public spending on the battle against coronavirus has risen to nearly £190bn.\n\nAnd the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned the UK was not in a \"normal recession\" but \"the deepest in history\".\n\nThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates that unemployment in the UK will reach \"record highs\" of up to 11.7% by the end of 2020, without a second wave of coronavirus.\n\nWith a second wave, it says UK unemployment could reach near 15%.\n\nThe chancellor announced a series of measures to help the economy on Wednesday, including a VAT cut for the hospitality and tourism sectors, a bonus scheme for employers and an eating out money off scheme for August.\n\nMr Sunak said the £1,000 bonus being offered to businesses that keep furloughed staff in jobs until January would be a \"dead weight\" cost, as some employers who intend to retain workers anyway would benefit.\n\nThe Chancellor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"Throughout this crisis I've had decisions to make and whether to act in a broad way at scale and at speed or to act in a more targeted and nuanced way.\n\n\"In an ideal world, you're absolutely right, you would minimise that dead weight and do everything in incredibly targeted fashion.\n\n\"The problem is the severity of what was happening to our economy, the scale of what was happening, and indeed the speed that it was happening at demanded a different response.\"\n\nHe said that \"without question there will be dead weight - and there has been dead weight in all of the interventions we have put in place\".\n\nBut Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Philipson said: \"The chancellor should be targeting support on those who need it, not handing it out aimlessly to those who don't.\n\n\"It's not brave to admit the government plans to waste billions at a time when others are crying out for support.\"\n\nSome 9.3 million workers are having 80% of their salaries paid for by the government - up to £2,500 a month - under the furlough scheme, which was originally due to end in July, before being extended to October, with employer contributions.\n\nFrom August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions, then 10% of pay from September, rising to 20% in October.\n\nWe are looking to speak to people who used previous unemployment schemes to get work - is that you? Did the 'Future Jobs Fund' in 2009 help you get a job? How useful was it for you in developing your career? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The Chancellor has said his package of measures aimed at limiting the economic impact of coronavirus are \"absolutely vital\" for Scotland.\n\nRishi Sunak said many rural areas of Scotland would particularly benefit from a cut to VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector.\n\nAnd he said Scotland would now receive a total of £4.6bn in additional Barnett funding from the UK government.\n\nThe figure had been put at £3.8bn by the UK government before his statement.\n\nThe Scottish government welcomed parts of Mr Sunak's announcement, but accused him of showing a lack of ambition by not introducing the £80bn stimulus package it had called for.\n\nMany of the measures unveiled by Mr Sunak will apply in Scotland, including the \"job retention bonus\" that will pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for at least three months when the furlough scheme ends in October.\n\nVAT on food, accommodation and attractions will be cut across the UK from 20% to 5% from next Wednesday.\n\nThe cut will apply to eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites, attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.\n\nMr Sunak also unveiled a scheme to give 50% off to people dining out across the UK in August.\n\nAnd he announced a £2bn \"kickstart\" scheme to help create more jobs for young people which will cover Scotland, England and Wales.\n\nThe chancellor's speech, as expected, was all about jobs with billions of pounds to stem looming unemployment.\n\nFor a Conservative government these are big spending interventions, perhaps more natural territory for Labour or the SNP.\n\nIt's certainly no easy balancing act for a relatively new chancellor. He wants to give people hope but he certainly isn't sugar-coating it.\n\nDespite calls to extend the furlough scheme, it was a no. An admission some jobs will never come back, shifting the focus on getting employers to hire people who have been furloughed through bonuses.\n\nThe chancellor was also keen to flash his unionist credentials early on. The UK government will be aware of a series of polls suggesting support for independence growing during the pandemic.\n\nSo the chancellor stressed the \"special bond\" of the union and the support people in devolved nations received.\n\nHowever, his announcement of a temporary stamp duty holiday in England to stimulate the property market will not apply in Scotland unless the Scottish government matches the move through its equivalent Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.\n\nThe Chancellor told the Commons that the UK government remained \"absolutely committed\" to its goal of \"levelling up in every part of the country\".\n\nHe added: \"I am pleased to tell the House that the sum total of Barnett funding for Scotland as a result of all the interventions through this crisis now totals £4.6bn, which is going to support similar measures in Scotland as we are providing elsewhere.\n\n\"The measures I announced today - the jobs retention bonus for furloughed employees, the Kickstart scheme, the VAT cut, the eat out to help out discount - are all incredibly significant interventions and all of them benefit the entire United Kingdom.\"\n\nMr Sunak also stressed the importance of tourism to the Scottish economy, particularly in rural and coastal areas, and said that the VAT and eating out measures would be \"absolutely vital in driving the growth of Scotland going forward again\".\n\nHe added: \"Again, they are a reminder to everyone - we are stronger together, one United Kingdom\".\n\nThe UK government says measure it has previously introduced, such as the furlough scheme, have \"protected more than 620,000 jobs, thousands of businesses and paid £425m to self-employed people\" in Scotland.\n\nKate Forbes says she needs additional borrowing powers to help Scotland's economic recovery from the pandemic\n\nThe Scottish government had called on the Chancellor to show \"greater ambition in the level of investment in our economy\" by introducing an £80bn stimulus package.\n\nIts finance secretary, Kate Forbes, said that Mr Sunak's commitment to economic recovery \"appears to be less than half of that with no apparent increase in capital infrastructure\".\n\nShe added: \"We called for an £80bn stimulus package to build a strong, green and inclusive economic recovery and while there are elements in this announcement to be welcomed, in particular the measures on VAT for tourism and hospitality, overall this package is a huge opportunity missed.\n\n\"It falls well short of delivering what is needed to boost the economy and protect jobs.\n\n\"There is no new capital spend, no extension to the furlough scheme for hard-hit sectors and no further support for households in financial difficulty. A half-price meal out does not help those struggling to put food on the table.\"\n\nMs Forbes made a request to be allowed to borrow £500m this year and to be given the flexibility to reallocate any unused capital funding on day-to-day spending in a letter to the Treasury two weeks ago.\n\nShe has argued that the \"relatively limited\" changes would \"ease some of the immense pressures on our budget\" caused by the coronavirus crisis.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said at the time that he would consider the request - but there was no mention of it in the Chancellor's statement.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nBruno Fernandes inspired Manchester United to another impressive Premier League victory and deepened Aston Villa's relegation worries.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side continued their impressive recent run, extending their unbeaten streak to 17 games in all competitions, and closed to within a point of fourth-placed Leicester.\n\nThey had to repel a sharp start from the hosts at Villa Park as Mahmoud Trezeguet's low strike cannoned off the foot of the post.\n\nThe miss proved vital as the excellent Fernandes converted from the penalty spot after being tripped by Ezri Konsa, although it appeared to be a foul by the Portuguese international on the Villa defender.\n\nUnited controlled the possession and tempo of the contest and doubled their advantage through teenager Mason Greenwood, who further highlighted his ruthless finishing ability by firing in his 16th of the campaign.\n\nPaul Pogba stroked in a delightful third and Anthony Martial smashed against the crossbar, with the heavy defeat leaving Villa second bottom, four points adrift of safety with four games remaining.\n\nUnited continue to move in the right direction and have not suffered defeat since a feeble home defeat at the hands of Burnley in January. They have not lost in 10 Premier League games - currently the longest unbeaten run in the top flight.\n\nMidfielder Fernandes was brought in from Sporting Lisbon at the end of that month and he has completely revitalised the side from being a slow, ponderous team to one full of attacking intent and dynamism.\n\nA clever operator in the final third, Fernandes drives the team forward with his incisive passing and it was his crafty spin on the ball which earned the penalty, although Villa will be aggrieved by the decision made by Jon Moss and supported by VAR.\n\nFernandes, who has contributed seven league goals, took his assist tally to six by setting up Pogba's side-footed finish, with the Frenchman continuing to improving and looking settled in the side after a long injury lay-off.\n\nGreenwood's smashing 20-yard strike leaves him one short of George Best, Brian Kidd and Wayne Rooney's joint-record of most goals in a season by a United teenager, one which will surely be beaten by the end of the campaign.\n\nWith better finishing they could have had more but Greenwood and Martial had low shots kept out by Pepe Reina, while Fernandes and Aaron Wan-Bissaka both wasted headed opportunity.\n\nFree-scoring United's victory means they become the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive games by at least a three-goal margin.\n\nIf United are on the up, Villa are going in the opposite direction and are running out of time to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.\n\nDean Smith's side have collected just two points from their past 10 games, a run that includes eight defeats, and they concede just too many goals.\n\nThe three shipped against United means they have let in 65 from 34 games, the most in the division, and have conceded two or more goals in 21 Premier League games this term.\n\nRelegation will leave them with a big task of holding on to Jack Grealish, who has been linked with a move to United, but the captain could not conjure up any sort of threat to worry the opposition.\n\nHad his early volley, which sailed over the crossbar, found the net or Trezeguet's strike sneaked in, it may have been a different story but Villa have now won just one of their past 43 meetings against the Red Devils.\n\nUnited goalkeeper David de Gea became United's leading appearance maker from overseas with 399 games, surpassing the legendary Peter Schmeichel, but the Spaniard was called into action just once, a comfortable save from John McGinn's long range drive.\n• None Manchester United are the first side in Premier League history to win four consecutive games by a margin of 3+ goals, with the last team to do so in the English top-flight being Liverpool in October 1987.\n• None United are the first team to beat an opponent on every day of the week in the Premier League, with this match against Aston Villa making it the sixth fixture to be played on all seven days of the week in the competition.\n• None Aston Villa have conceded 65 goals in the Premier League this season; the same number they had after 34 games when they were last relegated in 2015-16 and finished 20th.\n• None Manchester United are unbeaten in their past 21 Premier League away games against Aston Villa (W14 D7) - the longest unbeaten away run one team has had against another in English top-flight history.\n• None Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 13 goals in his first 10 Premier League games for Manchester United (seven goals, six assists); the joint-most of any player in their first 10 appearances in the competition, along with Mick Quinn (13).\n• None Mason Greenwood is only the second teenager to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances for Manchester United (18y 282d), following on from Wayne Rooney back in February 2005 (19y 125d).\n• None Greenwood is the fourth player aged 18 or younger to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances, after Danny Cadamarteri (1997), Michael Owen (1997 & 1998) and Francis Jeffers (1999).\n• None Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have won 13 penalties in the Premier League this season; no team have ever won more in a single campaign in the competition (also Leicester in 2015-16 and Crystal Palace in 2004-05).\n• None United named the same starting XI in four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 2006.\n\nAston Villa host Crystal Palace on Sunday (kick-off 14:15 BST), while Manchester United are at home to Southampton on Monday (20:00).\n• None Easy exercises to do from home\n• None Attempt blocked. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.\n• None Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.\n• None Fred (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.\n• None Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Daniel James (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Frank Ludlow had a genuine belief his cure could \"take out all viral infections\", the court heard\n\nA man has pleaded guilty to selling fake coronavirus cure kits to people in France and the United States.\n\nFrank Ludlow, 59, was caught by City of London Police trying to send dozens of parcels of fake remedies in a post office near his West Sussex home.\n\nJudge William Mousley said father-of-two Ludlow contacted national governments and \"took advantage of an international crisis\".\n\nLudlow was given a suspended 10-month sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court.\n\nAmerican custom officials had intercepted Ludlow's fake kits at Los Angeles International Airport, with his \"Trinity Covid-19 SARS Antipathogenic Treatment\" labels attached, the court was told.\n\nHis address was also found by the officials who alerted City of London Police on 23 March.\n\nHours later, officers went to a post office in Petersfield, Hampshire, to ask for a description of the person who had been sending the packages.\n\nPolice seized chemicals and labels when they raided Ludlow's home in March\n\nThe court heard while officers were talking to staff Ludlow walked in with more packages addressed to France, Shoreham and New York.\n\nProsecutor Steven Hopper said: \"Mr Ludlow admitted to making the product and had been making it for 17 years.\n\n\"Despite saying his cures had had not been officially tested, Mr Ludlow told police he was confident it took out 'all viral infections'.\"\n\nLudlow \"made elaborate claims\" about wanting to make 1,000 kits a week and he sent a message to a friend saying \"Thank god for Covid-19\", Mr Hopper added.\n\nLudlow admitted three medical product offences but denied fraud charges which were to lie on file, Judge Mousley said.\n\n\"You were exposing customers, attempting to bypass the regulatory body and take advantage of an international crisis\" the judge told him.\n\nDefence barrister Ben Smitten said Ludlow had spent time in custody and while in lockdown was only allowed out one hour a day.\n\nSpeaking after sentencing, Det Ch Supt Clinton Blackburn warned criminals were \"preying on people's fears and anxieties\" around coronavirus.\n\n\"The kits produced by Ludlow were unlawful and untested,\" he said.\n\n\"They gave false hope to vulnerable people and their families, offering no medical benefit.\"\n\nHundreds of packages were seized by City of London Police in March\n\nLudlow is still facing prosecution in the United States.\n\nUS officials said people who bought the kits were instructed to \"add 18 ounces of water, say a prayer, drink half of the solution, take a probiotic along with bee pollen, and then ingest the remainder of the solution\".\n\nBetween May 2017 and March 2020, Ludlow sold a connection in Utah between 300 and 400 of these \"treatments\" for $50 per kit, many of which she gave away, but some of which she sold for as much as $200, an affidavit stated.\n\nLudlow has been charged with one count of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, a felony offence that carries a maximum sentence of three years in federal prison.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Imagine being a teenager and finding Stormzy in your house when you get home from school.\n\nThat’s what happened to 15-year-old Ishae from Croydon.\n\nThe rapper was there to help decorate his bedroom as part of a “give back” scheme run by decorating company The Good Guys.\n\nThe musician also talked about why he'd been cheering at the recent Black Lives Matter protests in London, saying: \"One thing I really want this movement to do is show what it means to be black.\"\n\nHe said the protests showed a real pain, adding: \"This ain't some sort of trend, this is real life and this has been our reality for hundreds, thousands of years.\"", "The vast majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building, a report says.\n\nThe government says vehicle emissions per mile will fall as zero-emissions cars take over Britain’s roads.\n\nBut the report says the 80% of the CO2 savings from clean cars will be negated by the £27bn planned roads programme.\n\nIt adds that if ministers want a “green recovery” the cash would be better spent on public transport, walking, cycling, and remote-working hubs.\n\nAnd they point out that the electric cars will continue to increase local air pollution through particles eroding from brakes and tyres.\n\nThe calculations have been made by an environmental consultancy, Transport for Quality of Life, using data collected by Highways England.\n\nThe paper estimates that a third of the predicted increase in emissions would come from construction - including energy for making steel, concrete and asphalt.\n\nA third would be created by increased vehicle speeds on faster roads.\n\nAnd a further third would be caused by extra traffic generated by new roads stimulating more car-dependent housing, retail parks and business parks.\n\nIts authors say history shows that building roads almost always generates more traffic.\n\nThe report says even with the government’s most optimistic estimate of the adoption rate for electric vehicles, emissions from trunk roads and motorways in England are not on track to meet “net zero“ by 2050.\n\nA government spokesperson told BBC News the report is based on old data.\n\n“This assessment is wholly incorrect and doesn’t take into account the benefits from the massive surge in electric vehicles,\" he said.\n\n\"The Road Investment Strategy is consistent with our ambition to improve air quality and decarbonise transport.\"\n\nThe report’s lead author, Lynn Sloman, said the electric car revolution would happen too slowly for transport to achieve the UK's carbon-cutting goals.\n\n“If we are to meet the legally-binding carbon budgets, we need to make big cuts in carbon emissions over the next decade,\" she said.\n\n\"That will require faster adoption of electric cars - but it will also require us to reduce vehicle mileage by existing cars.\n\n“Unfortunately, the Government’s £27 billion road programme will make things worse, not better.”\n\nThe government accepts that overall mileage should be cut.\n\nBut it says the impact of the new roads programme on emissions will be a fraction of the report’s predicted figure.\n\nThe AA president, Edmund King, supports some road-building. He told BBC News said: “We believe post-lockdown that more people will continue to work from home, drive less and cycle and walk more.\n\n“But even with investment in broadband and active travel, we will still need road investment - particularly to overcome the congestion hotspots to help get our goods to market.”\n\nMs Sloman, who works regularly as a consultant for the Department for Transport, responded: “More roads just mean more cars. Decades of road investment have not solved congestion.\n\n“Sustained lobbying for more money for roads, leaving less for public transport, cycling and walking, is one of the reasons we now face a climate emergency. We can’t afford any more to indulge this Toad of Toad Hall model of mindless road-building.”\n\nShe also says the government can't ignore the continuing air pollution that will be caused by particles from the brakes and tyres of electric cars.\n\nThis pollution could actually be increased if the fashion for heavy battery-powered SUVs continues.\n\nMs Sloman said: \"This is an institutional problem. There are people in the Department for Transport and Highways England who have built their careers on big road building budgets, and they won't easily give them up.\n\n“But there are also some officials - and perhaps some politicians - who are starting to recognise that the climate emergency means we need a radically different approach to transport.\"\n\nThe Department for Transport is currently consulting on a decarbonisation strategy, and will publish its plan later in the year.", "A vote will take place on Thursday to determine whether offensive words will be banned\n\nLeaders of the Scrabble tournament community in North America are voting on whether to ban the use of racial and homophobic slurs.\n\nThe vote will decide whether the words will be removed from the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) list of accepted words.\n\nThe NASPA manages competitive Scrabble tournaments and clubs in North America.\n\nThe decision is due after weeks of anti-racism protests in the US and around the world.\n\nHasbro, owner of the rights to Scrabble in North America, told The New York Times on Tuesday that the NASPA had \"agreed to remove all slurs from their word list for Scrabble tournament play, which is managed solely by NASPA and available only to members.\"\n\nHasbro has not allowed slurs in its dictionary since 1994. However the association has still permitted them.\n\nThe NASPA advisory board is set to vote on Thursday. The removal of the words from its vocabulary list could affect online versions of the game. The association licenses its list of words to software developers, according to Mashable.\n\nNASPA Chief Executive John Chew told the BBC: \"The vote is at this point a necessary formality, and we will be removing all offensive words from our lexicon. We will be reviewing our candidate list of 236 such words carefully to make sure that they all need to be deleted, which may take an additional week or two after the decision.\"\n\nAddressing members in a letter, Mr Chew said: \"When we play a slur, we are declaring that our desire to score points in a word game is of more value to us than the slur's broader function as a way to oppress a group of people.\n\n\"I don't think that this is the time for us to be contributing divisively to the world's problems.\n\nHe told Reuters news agency that he was worried people were put off from joining the association due to offensive language in the association's dictionary.\n\nAbout 1,000 people took part in the association's poll on whether to remove the words, he said.\n\nThe survey asked respondents whether they wanted the \"N-word\", or all slurs, or all offensive words removed from the association's vocabulary.\n\nMr Chew said members were split over removing the \"N-word\" and the public were in favour of its removal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDaniel Tunnard plays competitive Scrabble in Spanish and has written a novel about the game, Escapes. He told the BBC that there are some words in the English language that are so offensive and so inflammatory that it's understandable for players to question whether they should be using them in a game.\n\n\"There are hundreds of thousands of words valid for play in Scrabble, we're not going to miss some 80 words that might cause offence.\n\n\"Slurs account for something like 0.0004% of the word list, it isn't going to make a tremendous difference. And new, non-offensive words are being added all the time, like OK, which got lots of press last year. There is no shortage of words.\"\n\nHe added: \"Of course, there will inevitably be a situation if slurs are banned where a world championship final hinges on one player's inability to play a now-banned word. That's bound to happen.\"", "BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huawei's equipment out of their 5G networks.\n\nExecutives from the network providers told MPs that they wanted at least five years, and ideally seven, if such an order were made.\n\nThe government is expected to announce new curbs on the use of the Chinese firm's kit within the next two weeks.\n\nHuawei has urged it to take more time.\n\n\"There isn't a burning bridge,\" said Huawei's UK vice president Jeremy Thompson, adding that it was too soon to determine what impact new US sanctions would have.\n\nThe company also denied claims it would ever act against its clients' interests, even if told to do so by the Chinese government.\n\nTestimony was given via video link because of the coronavirus pandemic\n\nThe Science and Technology Committee hearing represents a last chance for companies to make their cases before government ahead of a decision being taken.\n\nIn January, the government put a cap on Huawei's 5G market share, but decided that suggested security risks raised by allowing the Chinese firm to supply the country's telecoms providers could be managed.\n\nSince then, however, Washington has announced fresh sanctions designed to prevent the company from having its own chips manufactured.\n\nAs a consequence, Huawei faces having to source other companies' chips for use in its equipment.\n\nGCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre is believed to have told the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport that this means it can no longer assure the security of Huawei's products.\n\nWhile it now seems likely the government will opt for a ban of some sort, the question is when it will come into effect.\n\nSome Tory backbenchers are urging a deadline to be set before the 2024 general election - and there has been speculation that it could be as soon as 2023.\n\nBut Vodafone and BT - which both use Huawei's products in their networks - said this would be hugely disruptive.\n\n\"To get to zero in a three-year period would literally mean blackouts for customers on 4G and 2G, as well as 5G, throughout the country,\" said Howard Watson, BT's chief technology and information officer.\n\nHe explained the logistics involved in bringing in cranes and shutting off streets to replace masts, base stations and other Huawei equipment meant that the only way to meet the timespan would be to switch over multiple sites in an area at the same time.\n\n3G signals would not be affected as the EE network uses Nokia kit to provide that service.\n\nVodafone made a similar case - it uses Huawei's kit in its 2G, 3G. 4G and 5G networks.\n\n\"[Customers] would lose their signal, sometimes for a couple of days, depending on how big or how intrusive the work to be carried out is,\" said Andrea Dona, Vodafone UK's head of networks.\n\n\"I would say a five-year transition time would be the minimum,\"\n\nMr Watson added: \"A minimum of five years, ideally seven.\"\n\nEarlier in the hearing, Huawei made the case that it was too soon to decide on any new restrictions.\n\nReplacing Huawei's 5G equipment will often involve simultaneously swapping out its 4G base stations and antennas\n\nExecutives said that the US had yet to confirm some of the details about the sanctions, adding they would subsequently need time to see if they could mitigate the impact.\n\nThe company has built up stockpiles of its chips, and believes it could keep providing equipment based on them for some time to come.\n\n\"We can supply our customers with their orders and support the existing network with spares,\" said Mr Thompson.\n\n\"And in terms of who the alternative [chip] suppliers are, they're not just Chinese. There are European companies who are also in this space.\n\n\"We will be able to share those [details] with you, but that will take a few more weeks.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for DCMS said she could not reveal whether the department had already handed over its recommendations to the prime minister.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to convene a meeting of the National Security Council within the coming days to discuss the possibility of a ban, which could also extend to the country's broadband infrastructure.\n\nThe warnings from Vodafone and BT about disruption to customers if Huawei is removed swiftly sound stark - but, in fact, both firms have softened their stance.\n\nLast year they seemed determined to battle against any plan to exclude Huawei from the UK's 5G networks.\n\nNow they seem resigned to the fact that this is going to happen.\n\nIndeed, BT accepts that the threatened US sanctions could mean that within a couple of years, it won't be able to get hold of reliable Huawei equipment.\n\nTheir emphasis now is on timing - they want to make sure the government does not proceed as rapidly as many Conservative backbenchers would like in stripping out the Chinese firms' kit.\n\nThey understand how the political mood has changed, but will be warning ministers that disrupting mobile reception, or abandoning the target to get gigabit broadband to everyone by 2025, would also be bad politics.", "Probationary officer Benjamin Hannam has been charged with being a member of far-right group National Action\n\nA probationary Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with being a member of a banned neo-Nazi group.\n\nBenjamin Hannam, 21, has been charged with five offences following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.\n\nScotland Yard says he has been suspended from duty.\n\nMr Hannam, from North London, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month.\n\nCharges include possession of an indecent photograph of a child in 2018 and possession of a prohibited image of a child in 2016.\n\nIn relation to far-right activity, it is alleged that between December 2016 and January 2018 Mr Hannam belonged or professed to belong to a proscribed organisation, namely National Action, contrary to section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000.\n\nHe is also accused of falsely representing in his application to join the Met Police that he had not been a member of an organisation similar to the BNP, namely National Action, intending to make a gain for himself.\n\nHe is further charged with falsely representing in his vetting form to join the Met that he had not been a member of National Action.\n\nDet Supt Ella Marriott said: \"These are extremely serious charges for anyone to face, and I fully understand and appreciate how deeply concerning it might be for the public, and particularly local communities here in north London, that the charges are against a serving police officer.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The city of Bergamo in northern Italy was one of the worst-hit areas by Covid-19 in the country.\n\nBut now, after 137 days, the intensive care unit in the city's main hospital, Papa Giovanni XXIII, has no positive Covid-19 cases.\n\nDr Luca Lorini is the head of the intensive care unit and emergency department at the hospital.\n\nHe's been speaking to BBC OS on World Service radio.\n\n\"When we started, in the first week, we didn't expect so many patients. But it was clear at the end of the first week that a lot of patients in the region were infected with Covid-19.\n\n\"We worked so hard in March, April and May. We used more than 100% of our capability, starting early in the morning trying to find materials, beds, ventilators. It was three months of very hard work.\n\n\"But at the end of April I observed a downward curve, so we have been expecting this.\"\n\nDr Lorini says that the ICU now has just 72 patients, none of them Covid-positive, and looks like it did before the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"It's incredible because you don't have to use so much protection. So you feel free. You can drink coffee... the atmosphere is much more comfortable.\"\n\nHowever, he says they still need to be alert for a possible second wave.\n\n\"We have to prepare for the future, because we don't know what will happen. No science, no doctor, nobody knows.\"", "California and Texas each reported more than 10,000 new daily cases on Tuesday\n\nMore than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nOver 131,000 deaths have been reported, and on Tuesday the US broke its record for most new cases reported in one day.\n\nDespite the rise, the White House wants to press forward on some reopenings, including for schools.\n\nUS Vice-President Mike Pence, who leads the White House Coronavirus Taskforce, argued rules should not be \"too tough\".\n\nCases were flattening out, he said, while President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that America was \"in a good place\" regarding the pandemic.\n\nOver 60,000 new cases were reported Tuesday, shattering the previous highest tally of 55,220 new cases on 2 July.\n\nThe latest figures came as the states of California and Texas each reported more than 10,000 new daily cases.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci, an infectious disease expert and adviser to the White House on the coronavirus, said the country was still \"knee-deep\" in only its first coronavirus wave.\n\nSpeaking to reporters at the US Department of Education on Wednesday, Mr Pence defended the Trump administration's response to the pandemic.\n\n\"While we mourn with those who mourn, because of what the American people have done, because of the extraordinary work of our healthcare workers around the country, we are encouraged that the average fatality rate continues to be low and steady,\" he said after lowering his face mask.\n\nHe added that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will issue new guidelines on reopening schools after Mr Trump criticised a plan put forward by the expert body as \"very tough and expensive\" and threatened to cut off funding to schools that don't open in the autumn.\n\n\"The president said today we just don't want the guidance to be too tough,\" Mr Pence said. \"That's the reason why, next week, CDC is going to be issuing a new set of tools, five different documents that will be giving even more clarity on the guidance going forward.\"\n\nSchools in the US normally begin for the year in either August or early September.\n\nThe CDC's guidelines suggest pupils and staff all wear face coverings and stay at home if necessary. They also suggest schools should implement staggered timetables and socially distanced seating arrangements, and close communal spaces.\n\nIn Oklahoma, health officials in the city of Tulsa said President Trump's campaign rally there last month and the protests that took place at the same time \"likely contributed\" to a spike in cases locally, the Associated Press reported.\n\n\"In the past few days, we've seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots,\" Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr Bruce Dart said. The Trump campaign has not yet commented.\n\nMeanwhile, two prestigious universities in the US are taking legal action against the government over an immigration rule they say will force international students to leave the country.\n\nUnder the rule, introduced by the Trump administration, foreign students would be barred from staying in the country if their colleges don't hold in-person classes this autumn. Much university teaching is shifting online during the pandemic.\n\nHarvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - two of the highest-ranking universities in the world - have now asked a federal court to block the rule.\n\nHarvard President Lawrence Bacow said in an email to the Harvard community: \"We will pursue this case vigorously so that our international students - and international students at institutions across the country - can continue their studies without the threat of deportation.\"\n\nIn other US virus-related news:", "A £15bn bill for PPE has helped to push the cost of the coronavirus outbreak to £190bn\n\nPublic spending on the battle against coronavirus has risen to nearly £190bn, according to latest Treasury figures.\n\nIt comes after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced another £30bn of support in his summer statement on Wednesday.\n\nThe extra money is worth nearly £3,000 for every person in the UK - and more than the entire planned health budget for 2020-21.\n\nBut despite the soaring cost of supporting the economy, some sectors said they had been \"ignored\".\n\nAlthough Mr Sunak said his priority was getting people back to work, he acknowledged that the extra support would not be enough to save every job and prevent further economic hardship.\n\nDirect spending on the crisis, excluding the latest £30bn package, has risen to £158.7bn, Mr Sunak revealed on Wednesday.\n\nIncluding the new measures, it means the cost of the crisis has risen by more than 40% since last month, when the government's spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, estimated it at £133bn.\n\nThis extra spending is likely to push the gap between what the government spends and what it raises in taxes - the deficit - above the OBR's latest estimate of around £300bn, according to the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank.\n\nBefore the coronavirus outbreak began, the government was expecting a deficit of £55bn.\n\nThe extra public spending figure includes £15bn to buy personal protective equipment such as gloves and masks. It also includes £10bn for the testing and tracing of infected persons, taking the total extra spending on health services to £32bn.\n\n\"There is a huge public services additional spending that we didn't really know about that was announced (on Wednesday). It was kind of skated over, but £15bn for PPE for frontline workers is an enormous sum,\" Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, told the BBC.\n\nHe said the chancellor's strategy was to spend money now, to minimise long-term damage to the economy, which would ultimately cause more harm overall.\n\n\"I don't think the chancellor is desperately worried about the size of the deficit this year. What will concern him is the size of the deficit the year after, and the year after, and the year after that,\" he said.\n\nTorsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, said the financial cost of the crisis, at £190bn so far, was \"approaching the amount we spend on the day-to-day running of our NHS, schools and colleges each year\".\n\nHe welcomed the focus on supporting young people and sectors most affected by lockdown, but added: \"The scale of support... risks falling short of what will be required. The chancellor is taking quite a gamble on the strength of the recovery in the months ahead.\"\n\nThere are some things no chancellor can prepare for - such as what to do if your economy wipes out 18 years' gains in two months of lockdown.\n\nHis solution was to temporarily deep freeze the economy, and pump money into crisis response. And the thawing process needs more funds, to prevent long term damage.\n\nNow economists are talking about a deficit, a shortfall of way more than the £300bn previously expected. It's equivalent to a bigger slice of the economy than at any time since the Second World War.\n\nAnd it could get bigger; if more is needed to support the recovery - or in the event of a severe second wave.\n\nBut it's a cost worth bearing if it carries the economy through a devastating crisis, safeguard the damage to output and jobs - and ensure taxes get paid.\n\nFor at some point, there will have to be a discussion about how we pay this back.\n\nThe government is currently borrowing record amounts on the financial markets to plug the gap - but that may not be enough. There may have to be tax hikes, possibly less generous rises in pensions.\n\nBut it may be a while until the economy is robust enough to bear that.\n\nConcern that the chancellor did not go far enough was underlined by the aviation industry.\n\nThe Airlines UK trade body criticised the decision not to extend the furlough scheme beyond October, saying flights were likely to continue to be restricted during the winter.\n\nIt would mean more jobs lost in addition to the tens of thousands of redundancies already announced \"if the government continues to ignore aviation\", a spokesman for the trade body said.\n\nOf the policy measures announced in Wednesday's summer statement, the biggest was the plan to pay employers £1,000 for every furloughed worker they retain past January. The total bill could rise as high as £9.4bn, but only if every furloughed worker keeps their job.\n\nBut Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, wondered if it was money well spent, as he thought some firms would only retain staff until they get the cash.\n\n\"Firms will either want their staff back, or they won't. I just feel some employers will take advantage of this scheme,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How are we going to pay for the coronavirus crisis?", "New cases down in Leicester but still way ahead\n\nThe latest weekly report from Public Health England shows the rate of new coronavirus cases in Leicester was 116 per 100,000 in the week to 5 July, down from 141 per 100,000 the week before. Rochdale is now a distant second in England as Bradford's rate of new cases has fallen faster, putting it in third place. The figures now include both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 tests. Pillar 1 tests are those done in hospitals or involving healthcare workers and until last week were the only ones where the data was broken down locally. Pillar 2 tests are those done in the community and it was these that surged in Leicester during June, leading to the local lockdown.", "Taxpayers face a day of reckoning when the government's massive coronavirus support measures have to be paid off, experts warn.\n\nThe Institute of Fiscal Studies think tank says the economy will remain in a \"support and recovery\" phase for some time, but higher taxes are inevitable.\n\nOn Wednesday, the chancellor unveiled another £30bn of support, bringing the total cost to £190bn.\n\nBut it was revealed the UK's tax authority queried its value for money.\n\nThe most senior civil servant at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak about the value of two measures in his summer statement - the Job Retention Bonus and the eating out support.\n\nWednesday's additional spending announced by Mr Sunak is worth nearly £3,000 for every person in the UK - and more than the entire planned health budget for 2020-21.\n\nIt also means that the cost of the crisis so far has risen by more than 40% since last month, when the government's spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, estimated it at £133bn.\n\nOn Thursday, in its analysis of the latest measures, the IFS predicted that government borrowing would surge to about £350bn this year. In March, the government forecast a deficit of about £50bn to £60bn this year.\n\nThe IFS said it expected further spending support in the autumn Budget, perhaps through targeted tax cuts.\n\nHowever, IFS director Paul Johnson said: \"Let's hold in the back of our minds that a reckoning, in the form of higher taxes, will come eventually.\n\n\"This is no normal recession. It's the deepest in history,\" Mr Johnson said. The IFS said annual borrowing as a share of the economy was on course to be its highest outside wartime in more than 300 years.\n\nMr Sunak has given few details about how he intends to pay for the huge public spending, but has previously refused to rule out tax rises.\n\nThere are some things no chancellor can prepare for - such as what to do if your economy wipes out 18 years' gains in two months of lockdown.\n\nHis solution was to temporarily deep freeze the economy, and pump money into crisis response. And the thawing process needs more funds, to prevent long term damage.\n\nNow economists are talking about a deficit, a shortfall of way more than the £300bn previously expected. It's equivalent to a bigger slice of the economy than at any time since the Second World War.\n\nAnd it could get bigger; if more is needed to support the recovery - or in the event of a severe second wave.\n\nBut it's a cost worth bearing if it carries the economy through a devastating crisis, safeguard the damage to output and jobs - and ensure taxes get paid.\n\nFor at some point, there will have to be a discussion about how we pay this back.\n\nThe government is currently borrowing record amounts on the financial markets to plug the gap - but that may not be enough. There may have to be tax hikes, possibly less generous rises in pensions.\n\nBut it may be a while until the economy is robust enough to bear that.\n\nOf the policy measures announced in Wednesday's summer statement, the biggest was the plan to pay employers £1,000 for every furloughed worker they retain past January. The total bill could rise as high as £9.4bn, but only if every furloughed worker keeps their job.\n\nBut Mr Johnson said there was a \"value for money issue\" about the scheme.\n\n\"A lot, probably a majority, of the job retention bonus money will go in respect of jobs that would have been, indeed already have been, returned from furlough anyway,\" he said. And he said much of the planned cuts in VAT and stamp duty \"will be deadweight\".\n\nIt has also emerged that the UK tax authority had some doubts. Jim Harra, HMRC's permanent secretary, wrote to the chancellor earlier this week about the Job Retention Bonus and Eat Out To Help Out policies.\n\nOn both, he said, advice received by HMRC and the Treasury \"highlights uncertainty around the value for money\" of the proposals.\n\nHowever, the correspondence showed the chancellor said the plans should go ahead because there was a \"compelling case\".\n\nBusinessman Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, also questioned if the job retention bonus was money well spent, as he thought some firms would only retain staff until they get the cash.\n\n\"Firms will either want their staff back, or they won't. I just feel some employers will take advantage of this scheme,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How are we going to pay for the coronavirus crisis?\n\nMeanwhile, Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, said the financial cost of the crisis, at £190bn so far, was \"approaching the amount we spend on the day-to-day running of our NHS, schools and colleges each year\".\n\nHe welcomed the focus on supporting young people and sectors most affected by lockdown, but added: \"The scale of support... risks falling short of what will be required. The chancellor is taking quite a gamble on the strength of the recovery in the months ahead.\"", "Two schemes unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to stem coronavirus job losses may not be value for money for taxpayers, a top official has warned.\n\nHM Revenue and Customs boss Jim Harra wrote to Mr Sunak to express concerns about paying firms a £1,000 bonus to retain furloughed staff.\n\nHe also questioned the value for money of a discount scheme offering 50% off restaurant meals.\n\nThe chancellor rejected his concerns, saying action was needed to save jobs.\n\nThe exchanges are revealed in letters between the pair during a standard procedure for assessing the effectiveness of policy decisions.\n\nThey show Mr Sunak issued so-called \"ministerial directions\" to instruct officials to go ahead with both programmes.\n\nA Treasury official said a decision to press ahead with a policy in such a manner was a \"normal part\" of government business.\n\nA number of other emergency coronavirus measures have been approved in the same way where officials have been unable to sign off on cost-effectiveness.\n\nUnder plans outlined on Wednesday, firms will be offered a one-off £1,000 \"job retention bonus\" for every furloughed employee kept to the end of January 2021.\n\nThe UK-wide scheme, which will apply to workers earning over £520 per month, has been estimated to cost up to £9.4bn.\n\nTreasury sources have told the BBC that they have not modelled the likely take-up of the job retention bonus scheme, but hope that it will protect as many as nine million jobs.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said: \"We're not even 48 hours out from the Summer Statement and it's already unravelling fast. Yesterday we said the job retention bonus was a poorly targeted scheme that was made up on the hoof. Reports that the Treasury hasn't even modelled how many jobs the scheme will protect suggest we were right.\n\n\"We now urgently need more information from the head of HMRC on his decision to require a ministerial direction before implementing the job retention bonus.\"\n\nThe government's furlough scheme - currently paying the 80% of the wages of 9.4m employees - will be pared back from next month and end in October.\n\nThe chancellor says ministers are \"throwing everything\" at stemming job losses after UK companies announced thousands of cuts in recent weeks.\n\nBut he has admitted some firms will claim the bonus who would be keeping staff on in any case, saying there would be a \"dead weight\" cost to the policy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"In an ideal world... you would minimise that dead weight and do everything in incredibly targeted fashion.\n\n\"The problem is the severity of what was happening to our economy, the scale of what was happening, and indeed the speed that it was happening at demanded a different response.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the bonus scheme \"should be targeted in the areas which most need it, not across the piece\".\n\nShadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson has written to Mr Harra asking him to publish HMRC's modelling of the job bonus scheme.\n\n\"Given the huge amount of public money involved, we need to know if public spending on this scale is achieving value for money,\" the Labour MP said.\n\nMr Harra also questioned the plan to offer diners a 50% discount for every meal, up to £10 a head, from Monday to Wednesday throughout August, and which is set cost £0.5bn.\n\nIn his letters, sent before Wednesday's announcements, Mr Harra said there was \"sound policy rationale\" behind the aims of both programmes, but it had been hard to estimate their effectiveness.\n\nOf the jobs programme, he wrote: \"It has proved difficult to establish a counterfactual for this scheme, which depends on the overall cost of the scheme and the number of extra jobs it would protect, both of which are currently highly uncertain.\"\n\nHe added that he had been unable to conclude the policy \"represents value for money\" to the standards expected in the public spending guidebook.\n\nThe chancellor hasn't done anything wrong here.\n\nMinisterial direction is designed to allow political choices to be made - even if officials don't agree with them.\n\nBut these letters from Jim Harra highlight the uncertainty around the key policies in the summer statement.\n\nQuite simply, the government doesn't know how effective they will be, how many jobs they will save, or whether they will provide value for money when we look back on these decisions in a year or so.\n\nClearly this unprecedented crisis requires some 'out of the box' thinking.\n\nBut the chancellor will be judged on the success of his novel policies.\n\nMr Harra expressed reservations about the plans for meal discounts, saying: \"There is insufficient time to gather further evidence and wider external opinions that might enable me to reach a conclusion.\n\n\"By nature, this is a novel scheme meaning there are also particular value for money risks surrounding the level of potential losses that could arise.\"\n\nReplying to the letters from Mr Harra, Rishi Sunak said there were \"broader issues\" to consider outside the normal guidance on public spending, and there were \"compelling reasons\" for the action he has taken.\n\nHe said the jobs bonus scheme would play a \"vital role\" in allowing employers to bring back furloughed staff whose jobs would otherwise be at \"acute risk\".\n\nDefending the meal discount scheme, he said it would make people more likely to visit restaurants and help support up to 1.8m hospitality jobs.", "Johnny Depp told a court his ex-wife Amber Heard told \"porkie pies\" about him\n\nJohnny Depp has accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of severing the tip of his finger, as his libel claim against the Sun newspaper continues.\n\nThe actor told the High Court Ms Heard, 34, threw a vodka bottle at him which cut the top of his finger and \"crushed the bones\".\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing for libel over a Sun article that called him a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains the story was accurate.\n\nThe April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting of Mr Depp in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film franchise.\n\nMr Depp's lawyers say the article made \"defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness\", by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard.\n\nOn the third day of proceedings at London's High Court, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, said Ms Heard had been subjected to a \"three-day ordeal\" during which Mr Depp had \"completely destroyed\" the house they were staying in during a drug-fuelled rage.\n\nMs Wass said Mr Depp had accused the actress of having affairs with her \"leading man\" while the couple were in Australia where he was filming one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in March 2015. He then threw Ms Heard against a ping-pong table and pushed her up against a fridge, Ms Wass said.\n\nMr Depp denied the accusation, adding: \"After the incident where Ms Heard threw the vodka bottle, the second vodka bottle at me, which severed the top of my finger and crushed the bones, that's when I began what I feel was probably some species of a breakdown, a nervous breakdown or something.\"\n\nMr Depp said he then began to write on mirrors and walls using the injured finger, saying he \"didn't want to live at that time\".\n\nJohnny Depp said his finger was injured when Amber Heard threw a bottle of vodka at him\n\nMs Wass said to Mr Depp: \"At one stage when you were in the kitchen, screaming at Ms Heard, you picked up the wall-mounted telephone.\"\n\nShe said Mr Depp had the phone in his right hand and was \"repeatedly smashing it against the wall\".\n\nHe added: \"I remember ripping the phone off the wall.\"\n\nMs Wass asked: \"By this stage, you were really, really angry, weren't you?\"\n\nMr Depp said: \"I had just lost the top of my finger and as a musician - as a human being and as a musician - it is upsetting.\"\n\nMs Wass asked Mr Depp about previously saying that he had been responsible for losing the top of his finger.\n\nHe said he had said that to \"protect Ms Heard\" when he had to tell the production company he could not work.\n\nMs Heard has previously denied injuring Mr Depp's finger saying he injured it while pulling the phone off the wall.\n\nMs Wass said Ms Heard had come down to a \"state of complete carnage\" in the house with Mr Depp holding up his injured hand and saying \"Look what you made me do.\" He said that was \"incorrect\".\n\nMr Depp admitted he had said their relationship as \"a crime scene waiting to happen\" on several occasions.\n\nThe hearing also focussed on a detox trip Mr Depp and Ms Heard took to his private island in the Bahamas in August 2014.\n\nThe trip is one of 14 occasions on which incidents of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, are alleged to have taken place - and which NGN are using in their defence against the actor's libel claim.\n\nMr Depp was asked during cross-examination if he had \"hit and pushed\" Ms Heard, to which he said: \"I didn't push Ms Heard or attack her in any way, as certainly I was not in any condition to do so.\"\n\nThe court heard medical notes suggesting Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was jealous of her professional work with another actor, James Franco.\n\nShe said one doctor wrote: \"Her movie with JF [James Franco] precipitated a binge that put JD in the hospital. Everyone around J [Johnny Depp] seems to be intimidated by his power and money. No-one stands up to him.\"\n\nMr Depp said: \"I think she was telling porky pies with her psychiatrist.\"\n\nAmber Heard has attended every day of the court case so far\n\nEarlier, Ms Wass read out medical notes by Mr Depp's own doctor, David Kipper, which said the actor \"romanticises the entire drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour\".\n\nThe doctor also wrote that Mr Depp paid \"lip service\" to people like Sir Elton John \"more for their celebrity than their struggle with sobriety\".\n\nDuring another argument at their Los Angeles penthouse Mr Depp admitted \"accidentally\" headbutting Ms Heard but claimed she was \"flailing and punching\" him.\n\nIn a recorded conversation shortly after the incident, which was played to the the High Court, Mr Depp appeared to say he had headbutted his ex-wife in the forehead and added: \"That doesn't break a nose.\"\n\nHe told the court he had tried to get hold of her \"to stop her flailing and punching me\" and as he did so \"it seems there was a collision\".\n\nMs Heard and Mr Depp were married in 2015 and separated two years later\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.", "Care homes could face a staffing \"black hole\" because of the impact of the government's immigration bill, care leaders have warned.\n\nThe Cavendish Coalition - which represents UK health and social care groups - says it is gravely concerned.\n\nThe current proposals would not allow enough overseas workers to be recruited, it has warned.\n\nThe government said immigration is \"not the answer to the challenges in the social care sector\".\n\nLeaders of 37 national care organisations, including the NHS Confederation, have signed the letter to the prime minister.\n\nThey say the proposed post-Brexit bill could have a damaging effect on care homes and other social care services, especially as the nation heads towards winter - which could bring further challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Immigration Bill, which has been given initial approval by MPs, repeals EU freedom of movement and introduces a new framework for who can come to live in the UK.\n\nThe legislation will put EU and European Economic Area (EEA) citizens on an equal footing to immigrants from outside the bloc.\n\nIt also paves the way for the government to introduce a new points-based system.\n\nBut the Cavendish Coalition said this points-based system currently does not include social care as the roles do not pass the proposed minimum salary threshold and \"are not classed as a shortage occupation\".\n\nOne in six workers in the sector is a foreign national and earn on average between £16,400 and £18,400 in England, says the coalition. But from next January, under the new bill, foreign workers will have to be on a minimum of £25,000 to be allowed in to the UK.\n\nDanny Mortimer, co-convenor of the Cavendish Coalition and chief executive of NHS Employers, said: \"If adult social care wasn't in a precarious position before coronavirus, it certainly is now.\"\n\nHe said one in five health and care workers have said that they are likely to leave their roles after the pandemic, adding that was \"pretty worrying\" given that the sector had 122,000 vacancies in England alone.\n\nThe coalition is calling on the government to come up with a \"transitional solution\" to \"navigate the gap\" between the new immigration system and a longer term plan and funding settlement for social care.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"The Migration Advisory Committee has been very clear in its assertion that immigration is not the answer to the challenges in the social care sector.\n\n\"As we implement the new immigration system, we want employers to focus on investing in our domestic work force.\n\n\"Additionally, the EU Settlement Scheme means that all EU and EAA citizens, and their family members, currently working in social care can stay in the UK and we are encouraging them to do so.\"", "Armed police arrived on the scene within two minutes\n\nThe man who was the first stabbing victim of the Glasgow hotel knife attacker has told the BBC he thought he was going to die.\n\nMax Aubin was among six people stabbed by asylum seeker Badreddin Abadlla Adam at the city's Park Inn in West George Street on 26 June.\n\nHe said he had seen Adam before but had never spoken to him until he called him over and then knifed him twice.\n\nBut although he came close to death, Mr Aubin says he has already forgiven him.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, the 20-year-old, who would like to become a criminal lawyer, said that Friday started like any other day.\n\nHe said: \"I was in my room when my friend Dante messaged me saying he needs tobacco. I said I would meet him outside.\n\n\"I was late to meet him so he had started to returned to his hotel. I saw him and shouted him to come back.\n\n\"Then I heard the guy (Adam) say 'hey you' and I was surprised because it was the first time he had talked to me. He didn't talk to anyone. He said 'Can I see you?'\".\n\nMr Aubin said he thought he might need his help. He put his hand out to shake Adam's hand but he blocked it and he slapped him on the head.\n\nHe said: \"It was real quick, he slapped me, I started to panic and he started to stab me - two seconds, so quick.\n\n\"I felt something on my body but I didn't see the knife. I went to go to the ground but he grabbed my t-shirt and tried to stab me again. When I went to run, my t-shirt ripped and I looked to find Dante.\n\n\"He stabbed me on both sides. I didn't feel pain but when I saw the blood I realised he had stabbed me.\"\n\nThe incident sparked a major police operation in the city centre\n\nAfter Mr Aubin was attacked, he said he heard someone screaming, in a stairwell, but he did not see it.\n\nHe remembers looking down and seeing that he was bleeding.\n\n\"When I saw my blood I thought I would die.\n\n\"My eyes wanted to close. But in my mind I thought, if I close my eyes I will die, so I fought to stay awake.\"\n\nBoth men were among 100 asylum seekers moved to the hotel during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMr Aubin, from the Ivory Coast, had been in Scotland for just 20 days when he found himself at the centre of one of the city's biggest police operations, sparked by reports of \"armed attacks\" at the city centre hotel.\n\nThe 28-year-old Sudanese attacker was shot dead by police, but not before he stabbed PC David Whyte and five other casualties, including two members of hotel staff and three asylum seekers.\n\nPC David Whyte was treated in hospital for serious injuries\n\nMr Aubin says he was well looked after in hospital and although he still feels pain, he says it is improving every day.\n\nBut he keeps reliving the attack in his mind.\n\nHe said: \"When I remember, I take my bible and I start to pray. I am a Christian.\"\n\nMr Aubin said he feels very lucky to be alive and he does not blame Adam for what happened to him.\n\n\"I thank the Lord every morning that I am alive. It was just a bad day.\n\n\"He is dead but I prayed for him. It wasn't him, I think maybe he was sick.\n\n\"We have to forgive him. I am alive and once the doctor said I would be okay, I prayed for him.\n\n\"I forgave him already. I was just worried for the police officer.\"\n\nDespite going through such a traumatic event, Mr Aubin still believes Glasgow is a \"nice city\".\n\nHe said: \"It is not the city, it was the one man. I was unlucky.\"", "There are 11 hectares of workshop space at the Nantgarw site - enough to cover 16 football pitches\n\nGeneral Electric is to cut 369 jobs at its aircraft engine maintenance plant in south Wales.\n\nGE has been consulting with 1,400 staff at its site in Nantgarw, near Caerphilly, as the firm suffers from the drop of numbers in air travel.\n\nThe company, which makes jet engines for Boeing and Airbus, blamed the \"unprecedented impact of Covid-19\".\n\nIt said it remained focused on \"preserving our capability to respond as the industry recovers\".\n\nThe announcement comes on top of 180 posts already lost at the site since the coronavirus crisis began through voluntary redundancies.\n\n\"Today's news from GE is further devastating news for Welsh workers, Welsh manufacturing and the Welsh economy,\" said union leader Peter Hughes, the regional secretary for Unite Wales.\n\n\"Our members at GE and their families will be extremely worried about their futures today.\n\n\"Unite will stand completely behind our members and will not move an inch from our position that compulsory redundancies must be ruled out.\"\n\nThe union called on GE to pause their plans and \"work with us to seek an urgent UK government sector deal for aerospace that could save these jobs\".\n\nWelsh economy minister Ken Skates said his officials would be working to help those affected, but said there needed to be \"immediate and radical action\" from the UK government.\n\n\"We have already called for measures to be taken and I am repeating that once again today. Without action from the UK government, the future of the aerospace sector is at serious risk,\" said Mr Skates.\n\n\"Other central governments have moved rapidly to protect their industries, the UK government must do the same to safeguard a sector which is vital to our economy.\"\n\nThe UK government has been approached for comment.\n\nGE Aviation employs 1,400 at its aircraft engine maintenance plant in Nantgarw\n\nThe Labour MP for Pontypridd Alex Davies-Jones and her Senedd counterpart Mick Antoniw said it was an \"absolutely devastating\" announcement.\n\nThey said it was \"particularly distressing\" that the majority of GE's UK job cuts would fall on the Nantgarw site.\n\n\"These are highly-skilled, highly-paid jobs and will be extremely difficult to replace,\" they said.\n\nIt follows job cuts at British Airways in south Wales and the announcement of 1,435 redundancies at Airbus in Broughton in Flintshire.\n\nMs Davies-Jones and Mr Antoniw added: \"The UK aerospace industry is in crisis and it is not acceptable for the UK government to simply sit back and shrug its shoulders.\n\n\"We will continue to work with Unite the union and GE management locally to do everything we can to ensure that as many jobs as possible are retained for the future and to support those who have lost their jobs in any way we can.\"\n\nThe Conservative's business spokesman in the Senedd, Russell George, said: \"If these reports are accurate, then it is clearly going to be very worrying news for the employees at the GE Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in south Wales, during what are already very uncertain times, and it follows similar recent announcements by aviation firms with operations in Wales.\"\n\nHe said his party would do \"all we can\" to deal with the impact, including working cross-party with the Welsh Government.\n\nPlaid Cymru's South East Wales Senedd member Delyth Jewell called on the Welsh Government to look at investing in the \"green economy\".\n\n\"I fear that this is just the tip of the iceberg, we will see with job losses over the coming weeks and months, which is why I urge the Welsh Government to heed Plaid Cymru's call for an All-Wales Renewal Fund to help boost sectors that are hardest hit by the crisis,\" she said.\n\n\"In responding to this crisis, our communities need employment solutions that are sustainable.\"", "Leisure facilities and beauty services in England will be allowed to reopen, the government has announced.\n\nPools, gyms, nail bars and tattooists will be able to open their doors again, and team sports - starting with cricket - will be allowed to resume.\n\nAnnouncing the changes at a briefing at No 10, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden urged people to \"work out to help out\".\n\nOutdoor performances will also be able to resume with limited audiences.\n\nIt came as the UK reported the deaths of a further 85 people who tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths to 44,602.\n\nMr Dowden said \"all the data\" was continuing to \"move in the right direction\" despite the reopening of pubs and restaurants last weekend.\n\nHe said normal life was \"slowly returning\" and that this was an important milestone for the country's performers and artists, who had been \"waiting in the wings since March\".\n\n\"I'm really urging people to get out there and to play their part,\" he said. \"Buy the tickets for outdoor plays and musical recitals, get to your local gallery and support your local businesses.\"\n\nBut the culture secretary warned the measures were conditional and reversible, adding that the government would impose local lockdowns if cases started to spike.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dowden: 'We need to get the nation match fit to defeat this disease'\n\nNot all forms of beauty treatment will be able to go ahead, as some are deemed too high-risk. These include face waxing, sugaring or threading services, facial treatments, make-up application and eyebrow treatments.\n\nVanita Parti, chief executive of walk-in beauty chain Blink Brow Bar, said that at first she had welcomed the news but then she received an email from the British Beauty Council telling her no treatments to the face would be allowed.\n\n\"I'm furious. We can't reopen,\" she said. \"This will kill so many businesses.\"\n\nGuidance for the reopening of sports facilities has been published, including on cleaning regimes, social distancing and protection for staff.\n\nMeasures include limiting the number of people using a facility at one time, reducing class sizes and spacing out equipment. Face coverings will not be mandatory in gyms.\n\nSmall numbers of supporters will be able to watch outdoor sports, provided social distancing measures and group size rules are followed.\n\nEach sport will have to submit an action plan to the government of how it will operate safely, with sports where a single ball is used having to show how they can reduce the risk of it transmitting the virus.\n\nThe government said a team led by England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam had been visiting sports sites to see the sector's preparations to reopen safely.\n\nWhen put to him that the restrictions would make exercise \"less fun\", Mr Dowden said people would get used to the new measures.\n\nHe said: \"The judgment we've taken with this [pubs] and swimming pools and elsewhere is it is better to reopen with those restrictions than not reopen at all.\"\n\nActors' union Equity welcomed the reopening of outdoor productions but called for further protection for venues, while Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said more clarity was needed regarding indoor performances.\n\nThe announcements follow the government's pledge of £1.57bn to support the arts industry.", "Amadou Gon Coulibaly had just returned from heart treatment in France\n\nIvory Coast's PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting.\n\nThe 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party's candidate for October's presidential election, after Alassane Ouattara said he would not seek a third term in office.\n\nMr Gon Coulibaly had only just returned from France where he had received two-months' heart treatment.\n\nPresident Ouattara said the country was in mourning.\n\nHe said Mr Gon Coulibaly had become unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was taken to hospital where he later died.\n\n\"I pay tribute to my younger brother, my son, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was for 30 years my closest partner,\" the president said. \"I salute the memory of a statesman of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland.\"\n\nHe had received a heart transplant in 2012 and had travelled to Paris on 2 May for the insertion of a stent.\n\nHe returned last Thursday saying: \"I am back to take my place by the side of the president, to continue the task of developing and building our country.\"\n\nMr Gon Coulibaly was among the favourites to win the presidential election.\n\nAn article in Le Monde on Monday quoted one foreign observer as saying: \"If Gon Coulibaly were unfit, Ouattara would have no choice but to run as a candidate because there is no plan B.\n\n\"This matter has so far remained taboo because the president has clearly shown his willingness to leave and indicated who his choice was to succeed him.\"\n\nMr Ouattara's decision in March not to run stunned the country.\n\nAt the time, the BBC's James Copnall wrote from the main city, Abidjan, that there was praise from politicians as Mr Ouattara broke the normal mould for the region of trying to remain in power.\n\nEven then it was clear that Mr Gon Coulibaly would be backed as the successor candidate.\n• None PhD in economics and worked for IMF\n• None Sworn in as president on 6 May 2011 after years in opposition\n\nMr Ouattara's supporters say he has brought economic growth, stability and a renewed standing for Ivory Coast on the international stage.\n\nBut opposition politicians - and many Ivorians - say that the president has not done enough to bring the nation together, and heal the wounds of the bitter conflict that divided Ivory Coast and then brought him to power.\n\nAround 3,000 people are thought to have died in the war sparked by candidate Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to accept he had lost the 2010 elections to Mr Ouattara, before troops loyal to the current president arrested Mr Gbagbo in April 2011.\n\nThe long-running political disputes between him, Mr Ouattara and another former president, Henri Konan Bédié, have been disastrous for Ivory Coast.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 20-metre (65ft) crane crashed on to two properties in Gale Street, Bow\n\nAn 85-year-old woman who died when a crane collapsed on to houses and a block of flats in east London has been described as a \"very caring woman\".\n\nJune Harvey was found on the first floor of one home after the 20m (65ft) crane crashed down in Compton Close, Bow, before 14:40 BST on Wednesday.\n\nSam Atkinson, her great nephew, said it was a \"miracle\" he and his mother had also not been killed.\n\nA construction worker still remains in a critical condition in hospital.\n\nMr Atkinson, 28, was inside one of the damaged houses where he lived with Ms Harvey, his mother Jacqueline Atkinson, 63, and their dog.\n\nPaying tribute to his great aunt, Mr Atkinson said she was \"loyal to her family\" and her relatives were \"devastated by our loss\".\n\n\"The last thing you ever think is going to happen is a crane coming through your roof. It's extremely traumatising,\" he said.\n\nSpecialist urban search and rescue crews took part in the operation to find those injured\n\nHe said the noise of the collapse was \"indescribable\" and he had \"thought it was a plane crash\".\n\n\"As I looked around, the whole house was destroyed and crumbling around me,\" he said.\n\nThe 28-year-old explained how his mother had been sorting clothes with Ms Harvey in a bedroom and had been \"about a metre away from where my aunt was\" when the crane came down.\n\n\"It's just a miracle that we're alive. It was lucky it didn't come straight through and crush me, crush my mum,\" he said.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said specialist firefighters were working to recover her body from the house, with the operation expected to last throughout the day.\n\nThe crane also crashed on to a block of flats which was under development\n\nThe crane collapsed where a block of flats was being built in Watts Grove, falling across the development and on to two adjacent houses.\n\nWitnesses described the collapse as being \"like an earthquake\".\n\nOne woman, who asked not to be named, said her family felt \"so lucky to be alive\" as their home was one of those to be damaged.\n\n\"The way that everything fell - if my brother or sister had been in their rooms which is where it hit directly, I just cannot bear to think about it,\" she said.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service said it had treated four people, two of whom were taken to hospital with head injuries.\n\nWitnesses described the collapse as being \"like an earthquake\"\n\nThe crane was being used by Swan Housing Association and NU living to build flats on the site of a former electrical substation building.\n\nScotland Yard said a joint investigation had begun \"involving officers from the Met's Central East Command Unit and Specialist Crime, the Health and Safety Executive and the London Fire Brigade\".\n\nNo arrests have been made and \"a scene is expected to remain in place for the next few days\".\n\nLondon Fire Brigade said it was \"likely to be a protracted operation\" to rescue Ms Harvey's body\n\nTower Hamlets Council said 97 residents from 26 households have been temporarily rehoused in hotel accommodation.\n\nThe borough's mayor, John Biggs, said it was unknown when they would be able to return as the site had to be made safe.\n\nSpeaking about the crane, Mr Biggs said he understood it was still being erected at the time it fell.\n\nHe said it was important to \"learn any lessons\" and find out if there were \"any errors\" which led to the collapse.\n\n\"A lot of people will be worried by this and... there's a question of public assurance as well,\" the mayor said.\n\nA spokeswoman for Swan Housing Association and NU living said they were \"deeply saddened by an incident that has occurred at our Watts Grove development site\".\n• None One dead and four injured in crane collapse\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnny Depp arriving at the High Court in London on Wednesday morning\n\nJohnny Depp has denied he slapped ex-wife Amber Heard after she laughed at one of his tattoos, as he appeared at a hearing at London's High Court.\n\nHe accused Ms Heard of \"building a dossier\" against him after the court heard she wrote an email describing him as a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde character.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun newspaper over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\".\n\nThe Sun has defended the accuracy of its story.\n\nIt had referred to \"overwhelming evidence\" that Mr Depp attacked Ms Heard, 34, during their relationship - which he strenuously denies.\n\nMr Depp is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor Dan Wootton over the article, published in 2018.\n\nMs Heard claims that Mr Depp first hit her in early 2013 - one of 14 separate allegations of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, which are being relied on by NGN in their defence.\n\nOn the second day of the hearing, NGN's lawyer Sasha Wass QC began by asking Mr Depp about an alleged incident in March 2013 involving one of his tattoos which reads \"Wino Forever\".\n\nIt had originally said \"Winona Forever\" in reference to his relationship with actress Winona Ryder, but he had changed it when they split in 1993.\n\nMs Wass said Ms Heard - who was also in court - had made a joke out of the tattoo at a time when he was drinking heavily after about 160 days of sobriety.\n\nMs Wass said the actor then slapped his ex-wife across the face, a total of three times. He denied this.\n\nThe barrister then put it to Mr Depp that he \"broke down\" after coming to his senses and realising what he had done, to which he said: \"I didn't hit Ms Heard.\"\n\nThe High Court also heard details of the email Ms Heard wrote to the actor - but never sent - saying he lived \"in a world of enablers\".\n\nIt it, she said: \"It's like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Half of you, I love. Madly. The other half scares me.\"\n\nShe wrote that she knew she was \"dealing with the monster\" when he had been drinking.\n\nIn response, Mr Depp, 57, said the \"dossier\" was being built up from early on \"that appears to be an insurance policy for later\".\n\nHe agreed he would describe the allegation he was a serial domestic abuser as a \"hoax\", adding the claims were \"patently untrue\".\n\nAmber Heard was also at the High Court in London for the second day of the case\n\nThe court heard about another alleged incident that month when Ms Heard claims Mr Depp hit her several times after an argument about a painting by her ex-partner, Tasya van Ree, which was hanging in her Los Angeles home.\n\nMs Wass read out part of Mr Depp's witness statement in which he said he had asked Ms Heard to remove the painting \"as a courtesy\" to him.\n\nHe said she hadn't taken it down it but denied allegations put to him by Ms Wass that he tried to remove the painting and to set fire to it, saying each time they were \"not true\".\n\nMr Depp was asked whether he would describe himself as jealous. He responded: \"I am, yes. I can be jealous.\"\n\nMs Wass asked Mr Depp about an alleged incident on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles in May 2014.\n\nThe barrister put it to Mr Depp that he had been \"screaming obscenities\" at Ms Heard on the plane and brought up the subject of fellow actor James Franco - whom Mr Depp \"suspected\" was having an affair with his partner.\n\nMs Wass said Mr Depp threw ice cubes at Ms Heard, and was \"in a blind rage\", becoming so angry he slapped her across the face.\n\nMr Depp denied that happened, or that he called Ms Heard a \"slut\" and a \"whore\".\n\nThe barrister suggested the actor went to the toilet of the plane, where he passed out.\n\nMr Depp said in response: \"As Ms Heard was berating me, screaming at me and whatnot, as is her wont, she began to get physical.\"\n\nHe added that he then \"grabbed a pillow from the couch and slept on the bathroom floor\".\n\nMs Wass asked about an incident in which Ms Heard's dog \"had eaten some hash, some cannabis - quite a lot\".\n\nThe actor replied: \"The puppy got a hold of a little ball of hashish and just scooped it up before I could get to it.\"\n\nThe court has also heard about an alleged incident in which it is claimed Mr Depp held another of Ms Heard's dogs out of a car window, which he dismissed as \"utter falsity\".\n\nAmber Heard and Johnny Depp, pictured in 2015, were married for two years\n\nOn the first day of the libel case the court heard that Mr Depp denied being violent towards his ex-wife and accused Ms Heard of being violent towards him.\n\nNGN previously tried to have the case thrown out, but Mr Justice Nicol ruled last week the case could go ahead.\n\nThe case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\"\n\nThe Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.\n\nWitnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.\n\nMr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.", "450 jobs to go at Celtic Manor and ICC\n\nAlmost half of the workforce at Celtic Manor Resort and International Convention Centre Wales in Newport are to be made redundant. Parent group the Celtic Collection said the “devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic” meant it would lose 450 jobs from its permanent workforce of 995. Celtic Manor Resort, which hosted the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament and a 2014 Nato summit, reopens next Tuesday, 14 July for the first time since March 23. The company said it would have \"reduced capacities and restricted facilities in line with safety guidelines to mitigate the risk of Coronavirus”. It said the number of job losses was “based on the current restrictions surrounding hospitality and tourism, and the total may reduce significantly should more of our facilities be permitted to reopen during the consultation period”. Staff whose positions are at risk of redundancy have been sent letters advising them of the process.", "The injured man was found in Seeley Drive\n\nA man has died in a stabbing in south London.\n\nPolice and paramedics were called to Seeley Drive, West Dulwich, where they found the man with stab injuries at about 18:30 BST.\n\nThe man, thought to be aged 18, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they were working to find his family.\n\nA murder investigation has been launched. No-one has been arrested and a crime scene remains in place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Diners will get a 50% discount off their restaurant bill during August under government plans to bolster the embattled hospitality sector.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the \"eat out to help out\" discount as part of a series of measures to restart the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe deal means people can get up to £10 off per head if they eat out from Monday to Wednesday.\n\nMr Sunak also said VAT on hospitality and tourism would drop to 5%.\n\nThe reduction, from 20%, will be in place for the next six months.\n\nAs he announced the discount, the chancellor said the UK was facing a \"unique moment\" because of Covid-19, adding: \"We need to be creative.\"\n\nPubs and restaurants reopened on Saturday after more than three months in lockdown, with safety measures in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nMr Sunak sought to reassure the public that it was safe to dine out. \"I know people are cautious about going out. But we wouldn't have lifted the restrictions if we didn't think we could do so, safely,\" he said.\n\nThe discount will not apply to alcohol, but to food and soft drinks up to £10 per person.\n\nThe Treasury said the 50% discount can be used unlimited times during August and applies to participating restaurants, cafés, and pubs across the UK.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by HM Treasury This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Sunak said the plan was aimed at getting \"customers back into restaurants, cafes and pubs\" and protecting \"the 1.8 million people who work in them\".\n\nHowever, the scheme prompted criticism from some who questioned subsidising meals out while British people continue to die from the coronavirus and many people are struggling financially.\n\nBusinesses that want to take part in the scheme will have to register through a website that opens on Monday 13 July.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"Each week in August, businesses can then claim the money back, with the funds in their bank account within five working days.\"\n\nHe added that the cut in VAT, from 20% to 5%, would apply to \"eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs; accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites [and] attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos\".\n\nThe lower tax rate will be implemented next Wednesday, 15 July, and will remain in place until 12 January 2021.\n\nCaroline Roylance, owner of The George pub at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, said she would be applying for the \"eat out to help out\" scheme.\n\nThe pub reopened on Wednesday after being closed since 23 March, when the coronavirus lockdown was implemented.\n\nPub-owner Caroline Roylance said the measures will help her business \"through the next few months\"\n\nShe said the discount and the VAT cut \"will help us make it through the next few months, because trade is unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels for some time\".\n\n\"Saying that, it's been surprisingly busy today, which is encouraging, but it's still not July busy,\" said Mrs Roylance. \"It's a start though.\"\n\nUK Hospitality, the trade body which represents the industry, \"warmly\" welcomed the moves, as well as Mr Sunak's plans to stem unemployment through schemes such as creating thousands of job placements for young people.\n\nHowever, UK Hospitality's chief executive, Kate Nicholls, said: \"This doesn't mean we are out of the woods and there are still significant challenges ahead.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the UK is facing a \"unique moment\"\n\n\"The biggest of these is the spectre of rent liabilities, which many businesses are still facing from their closure period. We are going to need government support on this before too long.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the exclusion of alcohol from the \"eat out to help out\" discount hit some pub groups' share prices.\n\nMitchells & Butler's share price jumped by 7.3% to 175p towards the end of Mr Sunak's statement, when he revealed the VAT cut for the hospitality and leisure industries, as well as the dining out discount.\n\nBut once it became clear it did not include alcohol, Mitchell & Butler's share price fell \"just as quickly as it spiked up\", said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK.\n\nMarston's share price also dropped 6.1% to 48.98p. JD Wetherspoon's share price fell 2% to 986p.", "Planned operations in England fell by 80% in May compared with the same month in 2019, NHS figures show.\n\nThe number of people attending A&E was a third lower in June than in the same month last year.\n\nBut waiting lists for treatment also fell as fewer people are having key tests for cancer and heart disease.\n\nA raft of stats published on Thursday by NHS England show how dramatically use of the health service has been changed by coronavirus.\n\nNon-emergency surgery, including cancer and heart operations, fell from from 296,000 in May 2019 to 55,000 in May this year.\n\nThis is slightly up from the 41,000 planned operations that took place in April, but remains far below normal.\n\nAnd there were about half as many procedures that didn't involve being admitted to a hospital bed in May 2020 - 506,000, compared with 1.1 million in May 2019.\n\nAs services have paused, the number of patients on a waiting list to start treatment has actually fallen -from 4.4 million in May 2019 to 3.8 million patients in May this year.\n\nThis had been expected, since fewer people have been going for tests which could indicate people need procedures - and is likely to shoot back up.\n\nTotal tests - including scans to look for tumours and tests of heart function - fell by almost a third, from 1.2 million in May 2019 to 870,000 May 2020.\n\nGuidance to begin re-opening services for more non-urgent care was issued to trusts in mid-May.\n\nThe tranche of data released on Thursday also included figures on A&E attendances in June. These showed there were 1.4 million A&E attendances in June compared with 2.1 million in June 2019 (though this is slightly up from 1.26m in May).\n\nThis partly reflects there having been fewer accidents as people have stayed away from roads, sports and pubs. But it may also include people who stayed away from hospitals out of fear or because they didn't want to be a burden, despite needing urgent care.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"Despite responding rapidly to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to ensure over 100,000 patients could receive hospital care, NHS staff also provided more than five million urgent tests, checks and treatment in a safe way during the peak of the virus.\n\n\"The overall waiting list has fallen by more than half a million since the onset of Covid, but as more patients come forward local health services continue work to expand services safely.\"", "The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision, putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style.\n\nMr Macron had previously hinted he was in favour of a \"contemporary gesture\".\n\nHowever he has said he wants the restoration to be completed by 2024, when Paris is hosting the Olympics.\n\nThe Elysée said Mr Macron's main concern was \"not delaying the reconstruction and making it complicated - things had to be cleared up quickly\".\n\nIt added that the process of designing a modern spire, with an international competition for architects, could have caused unnecessary delays.\n\n\"The president trusts the experts and approved the main outlines of the project presented by the chief architect which plans to reconstruct the spire identically,\" the Elysée said.\n\nThe announcement followed a meeting of France's national heritage and architecture commission (CNPA).\n\nWhen the 13th century roof of the Paris cathedral caught fire during restoration works in April 2019 it sparked a vast outpouring of emotion, as well as donations from across the world.\n\nWithin two days about €900m ($1bn; £805m) had been raised for the cathedral's restoration.\n\nThe cathedral's first spire was built in the 13th Century, but due to extensive damage it was removed in the late 18th Century. Its replacement, designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was built in the mid-19th Century.\n\nOne architects' firm drew up plans for a rooftop pool on the cathedral\n\nSince last year's fire, discussion over how to restore the spire has been tense.\n\nJean-Louis Georgelin, the army general put in charge of the reconstruction effort, wanted a modern alternative. This idea appeared briefly to have President Macron's backing, when he said he would be in favour of a \"contemporary gesture\".\n\nThis sparked a wave of unconventional proposals from architects around the world - including one design with a rooftop pool, and another with a giant park and greenhouse on the roof.\n\nBut the cathedral's chief architect Philippe Villeneuve spoke out strongly in favour of a faithful restoration to the previous, 19th Century design.\n\nIn one particularly heated exchange last November, Gen Georgelin told Mr Villeneuve to \"shut his mouth\" - causing audible gasps in a meeting of the National Assembly's cultural affairs committee.", "\"No one will be left without hope.\"\n\nThat's quite the promise from the Chancellor at a time when fears are rising of a spike in unemployment.\n\nJobs have already been disappearing. As expected, therefore, Rishi Sunak's priority at the despatch box was to find ways to create new jobs, and to protect others.\n\nThe new Jobs Retention Bonus, a cash payment to employers who bring staff back from the taxpayer backed furlough scheme, was the big surprise - it is a significant and potentially very expensive way of trying to get people back to work.\n\nBosses who bring staff back to work after they have been at home on taxpayer funded wages will get £1,000 per employee if they are still on the payroll at the end of January.\n\nHypothetically, it could cost up to £9bn if everyone returns to work. That seems unlikely, and it is impossible to know what the take up will be, but it is another major intervention from this Conservative chancellor.\n\nHe's prepared to spend as much as £30bn by the time you include the other measures he confirmed - cuts to stamp duty, VAT in the hospitality sectors down to 5%, a scheme to create jobs for young people that might have a price tag of £2bn. Spending on infrastructure was accelerated too and don't forget an 'eat out to help out' scheme where customers will get discounts on their social life (although not including alcohol) courtesy of the Chancellor - insert pun here.\n\nDon't let excitement about a few cheap burgers (only Monday to Wednesday) distract you from what this is about.\n\nThe Chancellor has just outlined another hefty chunk of spending to try to prop up the economy, specifically to try to keep millions of people from joining the dole.\n\nMany of the measures run against traditional Tory instincts. And there isn't a whiff of how any of it will be paid for for at least another couple of months.\n\nBut that's against the background of the sharpest decline in the economy in generations, with the fortunes of what will actually happen next dependent on the progress of a deadly disease.\n\nThe opposition parties already suggest that the scale of what the government is proposing falls short of what will be required.\n\nRishi Sunak admitted in his statement \"our plan will not be the last - it is the next\", knowing full well that the profound economic impact of the coronavirus crisis is far from passed.", "Two of the UK's biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts.\n\nBoots has said 4,000 jobs will go, while John Lewis is shutting down eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.\n\nThe moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be enough to stop millions of workers losing their jobs.\n\nMr Sunak admitted that he would not be able to protect \"every single job\" as the UK enters a \"severe recession\".\n\nBoots is consulting on plans to cut head office and store teams and shut 48 of its more than 600 Boots Opticians practices.\n\nIt has not yet said which outlets will close, but about 7% of its workforce will lose their jobs.\n\nJohn Lewis said department stores in Birmingham and Watford will not reopen as the coronavirus lockdown eases. It also plans to shut down its At Home stores in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth and travel sites at Heathrow airport and London St Pancras.\n\nMr Sunak unveiled a series of measures on Wednesday aimed at saving jobs, including a one-off £1,000 payment to employers for every furloughed employee retained to the end of January 2021.\n\nHe also announced measures to benefit the hospitality sector, including giving diners 50% off eating out from Monday to Wednesday in August.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the moves to support restaurants, pubs and cafes could also help retail.\n\n\"We very much hope that when people go to their local pub or their restaurant to eat out, those are often in the centre of towns, hopefully that will encourage the footfall to those areas so we get more people going to our shops as well,\" Mr Dowden said, speaking after announcing the reopening of gyms, indoor pools and outdoor theatres.\n\nJohn Lewis says some of its stores were in trouble before the virus struck, while Boots already had plans for a shake-up.\n\nThe crisis has forced them to speed up efforts to deal with the rise of internet shopping.\n\nAnd just now they face the phasing out of the government-supported furlough scheme, starting next month.\n\nOne by one, retailers are revealing how many staff they will bring back into stores as the job subsidy is withdrawn.\n\nMost Boots outlets remained open throughout the lockdown to provide pharmacy and healthcare services, but the firm said footfall had \"dramatically reduced\".\n\nThe firm said sales across all Boots UK outlets were down 50% in the third quarter, and some 70% at Boots Opticians.\n\n\"Restrictions are beginning to lift, but with an uncertain economic outlook, it is anticipated that the High Street will take considerable time to recover,\" it said.\n\nBoots said last year that it was reviewing the size of its UK operations with the possibility that up to 200 stores could be closed.\n\nThe managing director of Boots UK, Sebastian James, described the latest cuts as \"decisive actions to accelerate our transformation plan\".\n\nJohn Lewis said the eight stores affected were already \"financially challenged\" even before the pandemic struck.\n\nHowever, Covid-19 had caused customers to move more quickly towards online shopping and away from stores.\n\nJohn Lewis Partnership chairwoman Sharon White said: \"Closing a shop is always incredibly difficult and today's announcement will come as very sad news to customers and partners.\n\n\"However, we believe closures are necessary to help us secure the sustainability of the partnership - and continue to meet the needs of our customers, however and wherever they want to shop.\"\n\nMs White said John Lewis would do everything it could to keep on as many people as possible.\n\nJohn Lewis had warned in March it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nFormer John Lewis boss Andy Street, now mayor of the West Midlands, said the closure of the chain's flagship Birmingham store was \"deeply disappointing\".\n\n\"At this stage the closure is only a proposal, and one which I believe risks being a dreadful mistake,\" he tweeted.\n\nHe added that his belief in its potential was \"unwavering\" and that he would be making the case for it to stay open.\n\nThe planned closure of John Lewis's Watford store has prompted a petition to save it, which has been signed by 4,400 people so far.\n\nOther John Lewis customers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJohn Lewis and Boots are the latest in a long line of companies to have made cuts during the pandemic. Other lay-offs announced include:\n\nUnions and analysts have warned that the virus could mean millions of people end up out of work, warning that government incentives to save jobs were not large enough to persuade bosses to keep workers.\n\nLen McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: \"With no modification to the jobs retention scheme, that dreaded October cliff-edge for businesses and workers has now been set in stone.\n\n\"Our fear is the summer jobs loss tsunami we have been pleading with the government to avoid will now surely only gather pace.\"\n\nVivienne King, chief executive at Revo, which represents the retail property sector, warned that three million retail jobs remained in jeopardy unless the government undertook \"a fundamental review of business rates and direct financial support to underwrite rents\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak himself told BBC Breakfast: \"Is unemployment going to rise, are people going to lose their jobs? Yes, and the scale of this is significant.\n\n\"We are entering one of the most severe recessions this country has ever seen. That is of course going to have a significant impact on unemployment and on job losses.\"\n\nLucy Powell, shadow minister for business and consumers, said the job cuts were \"deeply worrying news for staff at John Lewis and Boots\" and described Mr Sunak's statement as \"a missed opportunity to protect jobs with properly targeted support for the businesses and people that need it\".", "Park Won-soon speaks during an event at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday\n\nPolice in the South Korean capital Seoul have found the body of the city's mayor after he went missing on Thursday.\n\nPark Won-soon's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house, leading her to raise the alarm.\n\nHis body was found at Mount Bugak in northern Seoul, near where his phone signal was last detected.\n\nNo cause of death has been officially recorded.\n\nBut police said they were investigating the case as a suicide.\n\nA note was released that was left by Mr Park in his office. It read: \"I apologise to everyone. I thank everyone who was with me in my lifetime. I am so sorry to my family, to whom I have only caused pain. Please cremate my body and scatter the ashes at my parents' grave. Goodbye everyone.\"\n\nIt is reported that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against the 64-year-old on Wednesday, the day before he went missing, thought there has been no official confirmation of the complaint.\n\nMr Park did not show up for work on Thursday, cancelling a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office. A message reportedly left for his daughter led to her raising the alarm, and police began to search a wooded area in the north of the city where his phone signal was last detected.\n\nHe was seen by a security camera at 10:53 near the entrance to the woods. About 600 police and fire officers using drones and dogs searched the area for hours on Thursday.\n\nHis body was found in the woods on Mount Bugak at 00:01 (16:01 BST) on Friday. His body was moved to the Seoul National University hospital, where crowds gathered and politicians visited throughout the day on Friday.\n\nMourners have been paying tribute in Seoul\n\nMr Park was first elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to an unprecedented third and final term in June of last year.\n\nHe clashed with President Park Geun-hye, openly supporting millions of people who protested against her in 2017 before she was eventually charged and imprisoned on bribery and other charges.\n\nAs a member of President Moon Jae-in's liberal Democratic Party, Mr Park was reportedly under consideration as a potential presidential hopeful in the 2022 elections.\n\nMayor Park Won-soon was well liked for a reason.\n\nAs a lawyer, he had fought to further the cause of women - winning the country's first sexual harassment case. He highlighted this country's many economic inequalities, once even spending a month in a cramped home in a poor part of the city.\n\nHe fought against authoritarian rule in South Korea and was put in prison in the 1970's as a college student, and went on to win an unprecedented third term as mayor of Seoul.\n\nBut his death is now mired in controversy.\n\nWe may now never get to the truth behind the claims of sexual harassment filed against him just hours before his death.\n\nThe investigation has been dropped which means there will be no further inquiry into potentially serious issues within one of the highest political offices in the country. There will also be no justice - either for his alleged victim or for him.\n\nIf you or someone you know are feeling emotionally distressed, BBC Action Line has more information.\n\nIn the UK you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066.In addition, you can call the Samaritans free on 116 123 (UK and Ireland). Mind also has a confidential telephone helpline- 0300 123 339 (Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm). Links for help in South Korea can be found here.", "The government is offering a carrot to businesses if they hang on to their workers.\n\n£1,000 for every worker who returns from furlough who is still employed at the end of January.\n\nThe government says it could cost up to £9bn – a pretty blunt calculation of 9 million furloughed workers multiplied by £1000.\n\nOf course it won’t be that simple.\n\nThe calculation facing business owners is more complicated.\n\nDo they want to start paying 5% of employee wage costs next month, then 14% in September and then over 20% in October – followed by three months of full wages to land a prize of £1,000 during the worst recession in living memory.\n\nA lot of that will be contingent on demand, which the chancellor has tried to stimulate in the worst-affected industries by cutting VAT and offering half-price early bird food, but it is surely wildly optimistic to think that employers will hang on for that long.\n\nWe also learned two other important things today.\n\nFirst, that any idea of extending the furlough scheme – as many have called for in some form - appears dead.\n\nSecond, the government and business are realising just how much they need each other.\n\nThese programmes are big and challenging to deliver.\n\nRishi Sunak said early on that today is not the last intervention but the next intervention.\n\nThe biggest question of all – the question that may determine the future of hundreds of thousands of workers - is whether he’s made his carrot big enough.", "Many councils have defended the rising cost of cremations\n\nThe cost of cremations in the UK has continued to rise despite reduced services on offer during the pandemic.\n\nTwo thirds of councils have continued with price increases of up to 16% from last year, while limited numbers of mourners can attend shorter ceremonies to maintain social distancing.\n\nA quarter of authorities have frozen prices, while seven have cut costs on the grounds of compassion.\n\nOne widower said a lockdown service for his wife was like a \"pauper's funeral\".\n\nCouncils have defended the price rises, saying those decisions were taken before the government's social distancing measures were introduced and that it currently costs more to run ceremonies.\n\nOne authority said the pandemic had also placed increased stress on its crematoria staff, who have had to receive extra training.\n\nThe funeral service time for Doreen Wilson was reduced to 20 minutes\n\nNeville Wilson's wife Doreen died of lung cancer in March and her funeral took place during lockdown.\n\nOnly five mourners could attend under the government guidelines on social distancing.\n\nThe funeral procession was a hearse only, without floral tributes and the family had to go in their own cars.\n\nWhile the service time was reduced from 45 minutes to 20 minutes, the fee charged by Coventry City Council was not.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Neville Wilson said he would not wish his wife's funeral \"on his worst enemy\"\n\n\"It felt like a pauper's funeral. It couldn't get any worse if we'd tried.\n\n\"I then started some investigation myself as to which councils were and which councils weren't [freezing costs] and I thought if some councils are doing it, why aren't Coventry council doing it?\"\n\nAndrew Walster, from Coventry City Council, said service times had to be cut to introduce deep cleaning in the chapels between services and to increase the number of service slots in a day to account for the rise in deaths.\n\n\"Unfortunately, that didn't reduce our costs of providing that service to the public, in fact it increased it, by providing those additional facilities for bereaved families,\" he said.\n\n\"We haven't passed on those additional costs.\"\n\nGovernment guidelines issued under lockdown restricted ceremonies to close family and household members only.\n\nYet, as of June, the average cost of a local authority cremation in the UK was £775, up from £752 last financial year, according to BBC analysis.\n\nPrices for 2020-21 range from £392 in Belfast to £995 in Worthing, West Sussex.\n\nThe past 10 years have seen costs at council facilities rise by an average of £200 above the rate of inflation.\n\nThis year, Cornwall Council increased the price of an off-peak cremation by £147.\n\nCampaigners say the rises cannot be justified while the restrictions are in place.\n\nAmong them is Down to Earth, a project by charity Quaker Social Action aimed at tackling \"funeral poverty\".\n\nActing manager Lindesay Mace said: \"What we're seeing here are increases in cremation fees in the last year of as much as six, seven and even 10% in some places.\n\n\"Those kind of price rises are clearly beyond the means of the average person, especially when you bear in mind that incomes haven't risen by nearly as much.\"\n\nCornwall Council said it has offered \"a reduced fee for cremations which take place at certain times of day for several years.\"\n\nSome authorities have meanwhile decided to cut costs as an immediate measure.\n\n\"We know funerals can be expensive and people are suffering financially so we looked at how we could help out and ease the burden,\" Oldham Council said.\n\nThe authority has cut its fees by £144, a measure which will stay in place until September.\n\nCheltenham Council cannot offer a video streaming service outside and only five mourners are permitted to attend a reduced \"graveside-only\" ceremony.\n\nAs a result, it dropped its prices by £490.\n\nCouncil bosses in Coventry said the price rises at Canley Crematorium reflected the increased cost to run a ceremony\n\nChief executive officer of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management, Julie Dunk, said councils have had to invest in environmentally friendly equipment in recent years, which has left them needing to recover costs.\n\nTwo out of the three biggest private crematoria operators, Memoria and Westerleigh, have also increased prices in 2020.\n\nPrivate firms make up around a quarter of the market share in the UK.\n\nWesterleigh said its annual price review took place in January 2020 and it has not increased any prices \"since then, or during the Covid-19 crisis.\".\n\nPeople claiming certain benefits can receive help with funeral costs from the government's Funeral Expenses Payment, although the scheme does not always cover the entire cost.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority is investigating the funeral industry and could recommend tighter regulation or price capping to stop above-inflation increases.\n\nIt is set to report back on its findings in 2021, having called for an extension to the review that will take into account the effect of the pandemic.\n\nWidower Mr Wilson said current costs were heaping extra grief on families during a difficult time.\n\n\"My two sons are still extremely angry. And also so are my wife's family, they're very upset that they couldn't attend. I really wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy,\" he said.", "Attractions could, but might not, pass the VAT cut on to ticket prices\n\nA reduction in VAT might not cut the price of a family trip to the rollercoasters, but venues hope it may give their sector less of a rocky ride.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a temporary drop in the sales tax from 20% to 5% for attractions, meals and accommodation.\n\nA family ticket to the zoo of £144 could, in theory, become £18 cheaper.\n\nBut experts predict many businesses will not cut prices, instead using the money to save their ailing businesses.\n\nThe chancellor said the VAT rate on food, non-alcoholic drink, accommodation and attractions in the UK would be cut to 5% between 15 July and 12 January.\n\nIn theory, the rate change could mean a couple buying a pub meal costing £45 without alcohol would save £5.62, while a £54.50 one-night stay at a hotel in a family room would see a saving of £6.81, according to accountants Deloitte.\n\nIn practice, venues may decide to keep prices the same, but keep the extra money they would have sent to the tax authority. Providers will not refund those who have booked and paid for accommodation later in the summer, because the rate is for when the sale was made.\n\nMany of these businesses find themselves on the brink, given they were closed for months during lockdown, and the Treasury believes that the choice should remain with these operators, rather than the government, on whether to pass on savings.\n\nMinisters may hope to get somewhere close to the reaction of a VAT cut in 2008, when eight in 10 firms said they passed it on, although that was a much more wide-ranging policy.\n\nThis latest cut marks a move towards more targeted support for the worst-hit sectors of the economy.\n\nKate Nicholls, chief executive of trade body UK Hospitality, said: \"This [VAT change] doesn't mean we are out of the woods and there are still significant challenges ahead.\"\n\nThe biggest of these was the rent payments that many of these businesses still needed to pay, despite not having any income for weeks.\n\nThe policy will mean many businesses in the hospitality sector will be operating on three different rates of the sales tax.\n\nAlcohol will see a 20% VAT rate, there is a 0% VAT rate on cold takeaway food, and everything else will now see a temporary 5% rate.\n\nThis would add an extra administrative burden for the sector, said Alison Horner, from accountants MHA MacIntyre Hudson.\n\nThere is concern, too, about the timing of the latest cut.\n\nAlthough the summer holidays mean many families will be free to visit attractions, they still may be nervous in doing so.\n\nThey may be worried about coronavirus. They may not fancy the idea of booking days, or possibly weeks, in advance, as venues have reduced their capacity. They might not like the potential of having to queue at a social distance.\n\nIf the venues themselves could not increase the number of customers owing to virus restrictions, then the VAT would just be a giveaway not targeted at those who were struggling, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.\n\nTax specialist Chas Roy-Chowdhury argued that the chancellor could have delayed any VAT cuts until a vaccine was found and people returned to some kind of normality.\n\nThis would give the UK economy some significant \"momentum\" at that time, he said, rather than a watered-down version now.\n\nOthers, including many venues, would argue that without any stimulus now, many of these restaurants, cinemas or attractions simply would not survive until then.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadine Dorries has apologised to women, calling for a “quicker and more compassionate way” to address harm to patients.\n\nThe health minister has apologised to hundreds of women, and their children and families, failed by healthcare professionals after expressing concerns about medical treatments.\n\nNadine Dorries was giving a statement in Parliament, on the Cumberlege review, published on Wednesday.\n\nThe review, which had heard from about 700 women, focused on vaginal mesh to treat incontinence, an oral pregnancy test and an epilepsy medicine.\n\nIts report was \"harrowing\", she said.\n\n\"I would like to make an apology to those people on behalf of the health and care sector for the time the system took to listen and respond to those women, their children and their families,\" Ms Dorries said at the beginning of her statement.\n\nHowever, she did not commit to any immediate action, saying the government would issue a full response as soon as possible.\n\nWomen said they had been ignored when telling doctors of severe pain after having vaginal mesh fitted.\n\nOthers said their children had been born with defects as a result of two different drugs:\n\nThe review found their concerns had often been dismissed as \"women's problems\".\n\n\"One simple core theme that runs through all of this - two words - 'listening' and 'humility',\" Ms Dorries said.\n\n\"So much frustration and anger from patients and families stems from what they see as an unwillingness to listen.\n\n\"We need to make listening a much stronger part of clinical practice.\"\n\nShe said that women often \"struggle to get their voices heard\", and reading the report had left her \"shocked and incredibly angry and most of all determined to make the changes needed to protect women in the future\".\n\nDr Sue Black OBE says she will never be better after having a vaginal mesh implant, in 2005\n\nDr Sue Black OBE, who had her mesh partially removed in 2018 after years of health problems, said the government needed to take immediate action.\n\n\"The one word that's missing is 'action',\" she said.\n\n\"Action needs to be taken now to set up centres to support and help women whose lives have been damaged by having mesh implanted in the first place, the issues caused by the mesh and then, when they've gone for help, they've been gaslighted and often told they are imagining the pain.\"\n\nDr Black said after having it implanted, in 2005, she had a range of \"strange\" symptoms, including insatiable thirst, problems urinating and purple lumps on her body.\n\nYears later, she discovered the mesh had torn through her urethra.\n\nAnd doctors were unable to remove it completely because it had become embedded in her body.\n\n\"I'll never be completely better,\" she said.\n\n\"And I would say I am a best-case-scenario situation.\"\n\nDr Black belongs to the Sling the Mesh campaign group on Facebook, which has 8,500 members.\n\nIn 2019 she was had to withdraw as a candidate in the London mayoral election, representing the Women's Equality Party, because of her continuing health problems.\n\n\"I realised I didn't have the energy for the campaign,\" she said.\n\n\"I sat at home in tears all day after making the decision.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 20m-high (65ft) crane crashed on to a property in Gale Street, Bow\n\nA woman died and four people were injured when a crane collapsed on to houses and a block of flats which were being built in London.\n\nThe 20m (65ft) crane crashed on to the development and two terrace houses in Compton Close, Bow, before 14:40 BST.\n\nThe woman was found on the first floor of one of the houses and died at the scene. Four others were injured, including two people taken to hospital for head injuries.\n\nOne witness described \"feeling the ground shake\" when the crane collapsed\n\nThe crane collapsed where a block of flats was being built in Watts Grove and crashed on to two adjacent houses.\n\nA woman whose home was one of those damaged said she and her family were \"so lucky to be alive\".\n\n\"The way that everything fell - if my brother or sister had been in their rooms which is where it hit directly, I just cannot bear to think about it,\" she said.\n\nSecuring the properties will be a \"complex rescue operation,\" London Fire Brigade said\n\nThe woman, who asked not to be identified, described the sound of the collapse as being \"like an earthquake\", adding that she had been left \"traumatised\" by what had happened.\n\nAnother witness described \"feeling the ground shake\" when the crane collapsed.\n\nDJ Munro, who lives nearby, said he heard \"the metal of the crane crushing against the scaffolding and then the wood crushing in the house\".\n\nA video posted on social media showed a terrace house with part of the roof collapsed.\n\nEyewitness Bridget Teirney said she believed the crane driver had escaped safely.\n\nTwo people were treated in hospital and another two were treated at the scene\n\nThe crane that collapsed was being used by Swan Housing Association and NU living at the time.\n\nA spokeswoman for Swan Housing Association and NU living said they were \"deeply saddened by an incident that occurred at our Watts Grove development site this afternoon\".\n\n\"Our staff are on site to provide support to the emergency response and the investigation.\"\n\nJerry Swain, national officer for union Unite, said there had to be \"an urgent, full and complete investigation into the circumstances that led to this accident\".\n\nHe added: \"The preliminary findings of which must be released in weeks, rather than months or years, in order to ensure that similar accidents are avoided in the future.\"\n\nThe crane also crashed on to a block of flats under development\n\nLondon Ambulance Service tweeted to say it had \"a number of crews and specialist resources\" at the scene.\n\nLFB assistant commissioner Graham Ellis said securing the house had been a \"complex rescue operation\".\n\nMr Ellis said: \"Our Urban Search and Rescue crews undertook a complex rescue operation and used specialist equipment to search the properties.\"\n\nLondon's Mayor Sadiq Khan said the collapse was \"a tragedy\" and his \"heartfelt condolences go out to the family of the victim who died\".\n\n\"We must ensure the lessons are learned so an accident like this never happens again,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The culture secretary promised to act to protect theatres and other venues from demolition\n\nOpen-air gigs, festivals and theatre shows can resume in England from this weekend, as long as they have \"a limited and socially distanced audience\", the government has said.\n\nOutdoor performances can go ahead from Saturday, 11 July.\n\nA number of small indoor test events will also take place to help plan how and when venues can begin to reopen.\n\nThose pilot performances will also be socially distanced, and guidelines for indoor venues have been published.\n\nThe test events will feature the London Symphony Orchestra at St Luke's Church, as well as performances at the London Palladium and Butlin's holiday parks.\n\n\"This is an important milestone for our performing artists, who have been waiting patiently in the wings since March,\" Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said.\n\nThe Minack Theatre in Cornwall was cited as one venue that can reopen\n\n\"Of course we won't see crowds flooding into their venues, but from 11 July our theatres, operas, dance and music shows can start putting on outdoor performances to socially distant audiences.\n\n\"That means theatregoers can experience a live play for the first time in months at places like the stunning Minack Theatre in Cornwall, and music lovers can attend Glyndebourne this summer.\"\n\nCapacities will be reduced and the venues will be asked to use electronic ticketing in order to keep a record of visitor details in case they are needed by the test and trace system, he said.\n\nThe announcement means 11 July will mark the start of stage three of the government's roadmap for reopening the live entertainment industry.\n\nThere are no dates for stages four and five - indoor performances with a limited audience, and indoor performances with a fuller audience. However the government has said dance studios can reopen from 25 July.\n\nNew guidelines for future performances in England have also been published, with recommendations including:\n\nJulian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said the guidance was \"welcome\", but urged the government to provide more clarity regarding indoor performances.\n\nThe government has also commissioned a scientific study on the risks associated with singing and brass instruments.\n\nAnd Mr Dowden said planning rules would be changed to prevent empty venues from being demolished or redeveloped.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "UK airlines have said they are being \"ignored\" by the government after not being included in a fresh wave of economic stimulus to counter the effects of coronavirus.\n\nIndustry body Airlines UK warned of further job losses after tens of thousands of job cuts.\n\nGyms also said they were ignored, and retailers called for tax breaks.\n\nThe government had earlier said it had put in place \"one of most comprehensive economic responses in the world\".\n\nThe UK aviation sector has repeatedly called for more aid from the government as it grapples with the plunge in travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe industry has announced many thousands of job losses over the past months. Traffic in April and May fell more than 90% as airlines were hit by global lockdown measures and travel restrictions.\n\nDemand is not expected to pick back up to its previous level for three years, but airlines still face costs, such as leasing aircraft, that they have to pay.\n\nThe fresh set of measures Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday to help the UK economy included diners getting 50% off their restaurant bills during Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August to stimulate the hospitality sector, and a reduction in stamp duty to aid the housing sector.\n\nHowever, Airlines UK reacted angrily to the plans, saying its members had been left out.\n\n\"Tens of thousands of jobs lost in aviation and a winter season where we're likely to see connectivity slashed,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Now the Prime Minister has said the furlough scheme will end in October. Something needs to give and if the government continues to ignore aviation we're going to see our regional airports with fewer connections and more jobs lost across aviation and aerospace.\"\n\nThe expectation that the government's furlough scheme will end in October in part helped to drive the timing of thousands of job cuts last week, many of which fell in the retail sector.\n\nThe retail industry said it had hoped for aid like the tax break Mr Sunak announced on Wednesday for the hospitality sector.\n\nThe government lowered VAT on hospitality and tourism to 5%. The reduction, from 20%, will be in place for the next six months.\n\n\"It was disappointing that the Chancellor did not extend this measure to the retail industry and the three million people it employs,\" the British Retail Consortium said.\n\n\"It was a missed opportunity and we hope that the government will reconsider this ahead of the autumn Budget.\"\n\nHowever, the BRC said it welcomed the Chancellor's \"huge support\" for employment and training, which included a Job Retention Bonus of £1,000 per furloughed employee still employed at the end of January.\n\nAlthough businesses such as pubs have been allowed to reopen, other firms such as gyms have not.\n\nPure Gym employs just over 1,500 workers across 265 sites, as well as providing work for 3,500 self-employed personal trainers.\n\nHumphrey Cobbold, the chief executive of PureGym, said that the gym and fitness sector \"has been forgotten and ignored.\"\n\n\"It is all very well opening pubs and restaurants - and now subsidising their trade with massive VAT discounts and unlimited meal vouchers - but to be honest it beggars belief that thousands of hard working gym and fitness operators are being left high and dry with no specific support.\"\n\n\"And let's remember, unlike pubs and restaurants, many of whom have been able to earn revenue from off sales and takeaways, gym and fitness operators have had zero revenue for 110 days.\"\n\nEarlier, Chancellor Rishi Sunak responded to a question in the House of Commons saying he hoped the government could make progress on reopening gyms, and that airlines and aviation \"are experiencing a difficult period.\"\n\n\"I remain in close contact with the industry and with individual companies to understand what is happening, and if there are things that we can and should do, of course we will,\" he said.\n\nLater, in a speech laying out the latest government stimulus plans, he said:\n\n\"While we can't protect every job, one of the most important things we can do to prevent unemployment, is to get as many people as possible from furlough back to their jobs.\"\n\nHe then laid out details of the jobs retention bonus, saying: \"Our message to business is clear: if you stand by your workers, we will stand by you.\"", "Speaking at a special Coronavirus news conference in Downing Street Oliver Dowden announced gyms will reopen from 25 July. Safety measures to include timed entry, extra cleaning and smaller class sizes.", "The boss of Burger King UK has warned that economic damage triggered by the coronavirus pandemic may push the fast food chain to permanently shut up to 10% of its restaurants.\n\nThose closures could lead to more than 1,600 lost jobs, Alasdair Murdoch said.\n\nGovernment schemes to help the restaurant industry do not do enough to overcome the combination of fixed costs and lost sales, he said.\n\n\"I don't think you can ever get over the top of this problem,\" he said.\n\nBurger King has reopened about 370 of its 530 restaurants in the UK, Mr Murdoch told the BBC's Newscast\n\nOn Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would subsidise 50% of restaurant bills up to £10 per person in August, in an effort to jumpstart consumer spending.\n\nMr Murdoch said that it was an \"innovative approach\" and that Burger King expected to participate.\n\nBut despite that scheme and other government support, he said the chain could close 5% to 10% of its stores as a result of costs such as rent and \"taking absolutely no money\".\n\nSuch closures would lead to between 800 to 1,600 job losses, he said. The chain has more than 16,500 UK staff, he said.\n\n\"If we can possibly avoid it, we will,\" he said.\n\n\"We don't want to lose any. We try very hard not to, but one's got to assume somewhere between 5% and 10% of the restaurants might not be able to survive,\" he told the BBC's Newscast.\n\n\"It's not just us - I think this applies to everyone out there in our industry,\" he said.\n\nThe firm has been pushing to re-negotiate rents, but he said: \"Some of these High Streets - they're not coming back.\"\n\nMr Murdoch, who has previously said Burger King would withhold its payments, called rents the \"decisive issue\". He said he hoped the government would consider more proactive support on the matter.\n\nHe added that the government's furloughing scheme and VAT cut for restaurants was already aimed at avoiding job losses.", "Face coverings are becoming more fashionable Image caption: Face coverings are becoming more fashionable\n\nDon't rely on just one mask or face covering, NHS Grampian's divisional general manager of public health told BBC Radio Scotland earlier today.\n\nFace coverings are already mandatory on public transport in Scotland and the same becomes true tomorrow in shops and other enclosed indoor spaces.\n\nJillian Evans pointed out that, as soon as you take off a face covering, you could potentially contaminate it and it should not be used again until it is washed.\n\n\"There's not a huge point in just having one mask in your bag that you take off and put on throughout the day,\" she says.\n\n\"My advice would be keep the mask on the whole time you are shopping. If you can remain two metres apart during your day, it reduces your need to wear a mask.\n\n\"So plan ahead, make sure you have enough masks, keep socially distant where you can, don't put the same mask on again twice.\"", "People in Scotland will be able to visit other households indoors and stay overnight as the country enters the next phase of easing the lockdown.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said coronavirus had been suppressed to a \"low level\".\n\nPeople will be allowed to meet up in extended groups outdoors, and with two other households indoors, from Friday.\n\nExemptions to the 2m (6ft 6in) physical distancing rule will also be introduced from 10 July, although the use of face coverings in shops will be mandatory.\n\nCouples who do not live together will no longer have to physically distance from Friday onwards, and dates have been set in the coming weeks for the reopening of bars and restaurants, hairdressers and barbers, and the tourist industry.\n\nThe first minister said it was still \"essential that we all take the utmost care and strictly follow all public health advice\", warning that \"we mess with [coronavirus] at our peril\".\n\nThe changes which take effect from Friday will increase the size of gatherings that will be allowed in Scotland, and let people meet up indoors for the first time.\n\nA maximum of 15 people from up to five different households will be allowed to meet outdoors, as long as they stay 2m apart.\n\n\"Limited\" indoor gatherings can also take place, with a maximum of eight people from three different households allowed to meet - again while staying apart physically.\n\nPeople will also be allowed to stay overnight - although Ms Sturgeon described this as \"one of the highest risk changes we have made so far\".\n\nShe said: \"We know that the risk of transmitting the virus indoors is significantly higher than it is outdoors.\n\n\"At all times try to avoid creating bridges that allow the virus to spread from one household to another.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What are the new rules for meeting others?\n\nShopping centres will be able to reopen from Monday 13 July, when dentists and optometrists will be allowed to begin scaling up their work again.\n\nHairdressers and barbers will resume business from 15 July, with enhanced hygiene measures in place, and indoor areas of bars and restaurants can reopen the same day - along with libraries, museums and cinemas.\n\nPlaces of worship can resume services at that point, although numbers will be strictly limited, singing and chanting will be limited, and physical distancing will have to be observed. Restrictions on how many people can attend funeral and wedding services will also be eased.\n\nMs Sturgeon also set a date for the first time for the reopening of personal retail services like beauticians and nail salons, which can happen from 22 July.\n\nUniversities and colleges can implement a phased return to campuses from that date, while Scotland's schools are due to reopen in full from 11 August.\n\nHowever, no date has yet been set for the reopening of \"non-essential\" offices, indoor gyms, entertainment venues like theatres and bingo halls, or the resumption of live outdoor events.\n\nScotland's beer gardens have already reopened, and indoor areas of pubs and restaurants will follow on 15 July\n\nMs Sturgeon said a number of these activities \"present particular challenges\" and \"will take a bit more time to work through\".\n\nThe next review of lockdown restrictions is due on 30 July, but Ms Sturgeon said the current phase \"may well last longer than three weeks\".\n\nShe said all changes \"depend on us keeping the virus under control\".\n\nShe added: \"This is undoubtedly a time for cautious hope. Scotland through our collective efforts has made great progress in tackling Covid-19.\n\n\"But I have a duty to be crystal clear with the country that this is also a time of real danger.\n\n\"We must remember that Covid - although currently at very low levels in Scotland - is still out there.\"", "There were rival student protests over Hong Kong in UK universities last year\n\nUK universities are testing a new online teaching link for students in China - which will require course materials to comply with Chinese restrictions on the internet.\n\nIt enables students in China to keep studying UK degrees online, despite China's limits on internet access.\n\nBut it means students can only reach material on an \"allowed\" list.\n\nUniversities UK said it was \"not aware of any instances when course content has been altered\".\n\nAnd the universities' body rejected that this was accepting \"censorship\".\n\nA spokeswoman said the project would allow students in China to have better access to UK courses \"while complying with local regulations\".\n\nBut in a separate essay published by the Higher Education Policy Institute, Professor Kerry Brown of King's College London cautioned of the risk of universities adopting \"self-censorship\" when engaging with China.\n\nMPs on the foreign affairs select committee have previously warned against universities avoiding \"topics sensitive to China\", such as pro-democracy protests or the treatment of Uighur Muslims.\n\nChinese students have become an important source of revenue for UK universities, representing almost a quarter of all overseas students - and Queen's University Belfast is chartering a plane to bring students from China this autumn.\n\nThe pilot project involves four Russell Group universities - King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, York and Southampton - and is run by JISC, formerly the Joint Information Systems Committee, which provides digital services for UK universities.\n\nChina's internet censorship means that some websites are filtered or blocked - and there have been concerns that students in China could not study online, such as clicking on an embedded link in a scholarly article.\n\nThe technical solution, provided free by the Chinese internet firm Alibaba Cloud, creates a virtual connection between the student in China and the online network of the UK university, where the course is being taught.\n\nBut a spokeswoman for JISC says Chinese students will not have free access to the internet, but will only be able to reach \"resources that are controlled and specified\" by the university in the UK.\n\nAny online information used in these UK university courses will have to be on a \"security 'allow' list, which will list all the links to the educational materials UK institutions include in their course materials\", said JISC.\n\nThis raises questions about academic freedom and free speech - but when asked about whether these principles were being put at risk, the universities have so far referred back to JISC.\n\nJISC, which is an online services provider, says such issues are for the universities - and that \"all course materials have been within regulations. Nothing was altered or blocked\".\n\nUniversities have feared that the pandemic could reduce overseas student numbers\n\nUniversities UK, which is a supporter of the project, said: \"We do not endorse censorship. This scheme is intended to ensure that Chinese students, learning remotely during the pandemic, can access course materials and are able to continue their studies.\"\n\nThe university body said a similar scheme was already operating for Australian universities.\n\nAs well as complying with Chinese regulations, this online link is intended to create a more reliable connection, so that students can more easily watch lectures and follow their courses.\n\nJISC says online students in China face particular barriers with restrictions that \"screen traffic between China and the rest of the world, filtering content from overseas used for delivering teaching and learning and blocking some platforms and applications\".\n\nThe pilot will finish this month and it could be offered more widely from September.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor Rishi Sunak: \"We cannot lose this generation\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak is to cut VAT on hospitality as part of a £30bn plan to prevent mass unemployment as the economy is hit by coronavirus.\n\nThe government will also pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for three months when the furlough scheme ends in October.\n\nAnd Mr Sunak announced a scheme to give 50% off to people dining out in August.\n\nThe chancellor warned \"hardship lies ahead\", but vowed no-one will be left \"without hope\", in a statement to MPs.\n\nHe told MPs he will cut VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% from next Wednesday.\n\nIt came as the latest death toll for coronavirus, in all settings, increased by 126 to 44,517.\n\nLabour said the chancellor's plans did not go far enough and the job retention money should be better targeted to prevent it going to firms that were already planning to bring staff back.\n\n\"We were promised a 'New Deal', but what we got was a 'Meal Deal',\" the party added.\n\nMr Sunak rejected calls to extend the furlough scheme beyond October, saying it would give people \"false hope\" that they will have a job to return to, and \"the longer people are on furlough, the more likely it is their skills could fade\".\n\nHe conceded that jobs would be lost but said he would \"never accept unemployment as an inevitable outcome\" of the pandemic.\n\nDetails of how the package will be paid for - through borrowing and possible tax rises - are likely to be unveiled in the chancellor's Autumn Budget.\n\n\"Over the medium-term, we must, and we will, put our public finances back on a sustainable footing,\" he told MPs, adding that the jobs plan was merely the next stage \"in our fight to recover and rebuild after coronavirus\".\n\nThe \"job retention bonus\" could cost as much as £9.4bn if every furloughed worker is brought back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak chats to customers and serves a few meals to highlight his VAT rate cut to help the hospitality trade\n\nExplaining how it will work, the chancellor said: \"If you're an employer and you bring back someone who was furloughed - and continuously employ them through to January - we'll pay you a £1,000 bonus per employee.\n\n\"It's vital people aren't just returning for the sake of it - they need to be doing decent work.\n\n\"So for businesses to get the bonus, the employee must be paid at least £520 on average, in each month from November to the end of January - the equivalent of the lower earnings limit in National Insurance.\"\n\nThe VAT cut will apply to eat-in or hot takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites, and attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.\n\nRishi Sunak said this \"£4bn catalyst\" would help protect \"over 2.4 million jobs\". The Treasury said it hoped firms would pass the VAT savings on to customers but many had been without income for months so it would be their decision.\n\nThe VAT cut is aimed at boosting theme parks and other attractions\n\nMr Sunak also announced an \"Eat Out to Help Out\" discount, which he said would help protect 1.8 million jobs, at a cost of £0.5bn.\n\nMeals eaten at any participating business, Monday to Wednesday, will be 50% off in August, up to a maximum discount of £10 per head for everyone, including children.\n\nBusinesses will need to register, and can do so through a website, which will open next Monday.\n\nLuke Johnson, former chairman of the Pizza Express, among other restaurant businesses, told BBC Radio 4's PM the chancellor understood the challenges facing the hospitality sector.\n\nAsked if the voucher scheme would work, he said: \"I think a lot of people are still frightened and so every inducement that can be brought to bear to encourage people to get back to their habits of eating and spending and working is good news.\"\n\nThe chancellor also announced a £2.1bn \"kickstart scheme\" to create more jobs for young people.\n\nThe fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and 24, who are at risk of long-term unemployment.\n\nA temporary stamp duty holiday, costing £3.8bn, to stimulate the property market was another measure unveiled by the chancellor.\n\nThis will exempt the first £500,000 of all property sales from the tax, from midnight.\n\nA few other pledges released in the build-up to his statement included:\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor Annaliese Dodds told the BBC she was \"concerned\" the UK looks \"set to be breaking the previous unfortunate record of three million people unemployed\".\n\nShe said job support should be better targeted to help struggling sectors.\n\nSome 9.3 million workers are having 80% of their salaries paid for by the government - up to £2,500 a month - under the furlough scheme, which was originally due to end in July, before being extended to October, with employer contributions.\n\nFrom August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions, then 10% of pay from September, rising to 20% in October.\n\nDame Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI, said: \"The job retention bonus will help firms protect jobs, but with nearly 70% of firms running low on cash, and three in four reporting lack of demand, more immediate direct support for firms, from grants to further business rates relief, is still urgently needed.\"\n\nMike Cherry, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said the newly self-employed and company directors had \"once again been overlooked\".\n\nThe National Institute of Economic and Social Research warned that the chancellor's \"badly timed\" measures \"could trigger a rapid rise in unemployment\".\n\nThe think tank said he was ending the furlough scheme too early and the bonuses for employers to bring staff back \"look too small to be effective\".\n\nThe Chancellor has just outlined another hefty chunk of spending to try to prop up the economy, specifically to try to keep millions of people from joining the dole.\n\nMany of the measures run against traditional Tory instincts. And there isn't a whiff of how any of it will be paid for, for at least another couple of months.\n\nBut that's against the background of the sharpest decline in the economy in generations, with the fortunes of what will actually happen next dependent on the progress of a deadly disease.\n\nWill the kickstart scheme benefit you? Are you looking to buy a home, what are your views on the stamp duty changes? Will VAT cut benefit your business? Have you recently become unemployed? Email your thoughts to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his summer economic plan to help the UK economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt includes plans to protect jobs, help younger workers and encourage spending with measures such as a VAT cut for leisure activities and a restaurant voucher scheme.\n\nHere is a summary of the main points.\n\nGetting ready to reopen a restaurant in Central London\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I fell through the gap with the furlough scheme\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Mark Sedwill: The decision to stand down was \"amicable\".\n\nThe UK's top civil servant will receive a payout of almost £250,000 when he steps down in September.\n\nSir Mark Sedwill confirmed he was leaving Whitehall last month as Boris Johnson announced plans to split his role as cabinet secretary and national security adviser into two posts.\n\nHis exit follows reports of tensions between him and senior members of Mr Johnson's team in Downing Street.\n\nOn Wednesday, the PM signed off the £248,189 pension contribution.\n\nThe amount was recommended by Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm, with advice from Civil Service Human Resources and legal advisers, before being agreed by Mr Johnson.\n\nIn a note from No 10, the PM said the payment was \"likely to be in the form of a pension contribution\" for Sir Mark.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Sir Mark told the National Security Strategy Committee he had not \"resigned\" but left his post \"by agreement\" with the PM.\n\n\"We had concluded it was time to split the jobs again and have a separate security adviser and separate cabinet secretary,\" he added.\n\nSir Mark said the timing was \"at his initiative\", as it was \"never my intention to do that [job] long-term\", but the departure was \"entirely amicable\".\n\nThe UK's chief negotiator in post-Brexit trade talks with the EU, David Frost, will take over as national security adviser as a political appointee.\n\nThe Cabinet Office has published a job advert for the cabinet secretary position, with a salary of £200,000, and the role is open to current and former permanent secretaries.\n\nThe person who gets the position will advise the prime minister on implementing policy and the conduct of government.\n\nDominic Cummings, regarded as the prime minister's most influential political adviser, has long called for an overhaul of the civil service.\n\nSir Mark is a career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan during a 20-year career in the Foreign Office, before working alongside former Prime Minister Theresa May as the most senior civil servant in the Home Office.\n\nHe took over as cabinet secretary at short notice following Sir Jeremy Heywood's death in November 2018.\n\nAsked about reports of anonymous briefings from Downing Street against him, Sir Mark told the committee that civil servants had become \"fair game\" and it \"goes with the territory\".\n\nHe added: \"It is never pleasant to find oneself, particularly as an official, in the midst of stories of that kind.\n\n\"I don't think it is ever pleasant in government, whether it is against ministers, between them and particularly against officials, when you have briefings to which you cannot really reply, particularly those that are off the record and sniping away.\n\n\"But it is a regrettable feature of modern politics, I'm afraid.\"\n\nAfter he leaves government service in September, Sir Mark will be made a peer and will chair a new panel on global economic security when the UK assumes the presidency of the G7 economic group of nations.", "Energy companies have criticised proposals by the industry's regulator to cut customers' bills and spend more on green investments.\n\nUnder Ofgem's plans, households could see their bills cut by £20 a year while firms spend £25bn over five years to invest in the UK's energy network.\n\nOfgem said it wanted \"a greener, fairer energy system for consumers\".\n\nHowever, National Grid, SSE and Scottish Power all said that the regulator's plans were flawed.\n\nThe energy regulator sets out price controls which dictate how much money gas and electricity companies can earn, while allowing them sufficient scope to fund new investment from customers' bills.\n\nUnder its latest proposals, which run from 2021 to 2026, they will be allowed to spend £25bn on improving gas and electricity networks and recoup this cost from customers.\n\nSome £3bn will be used to make the electricity network more environmentally friendly, while more than £1bn will go towards green energy research and reducing the networks' own impact on the environment.\n\nIn order to reduce the cost to consumers, Ofgem says, the return energy firms will be allowed to make from their investments will be nearly halved.\n\nThe regulator said this would mean that \"less of consumers' money goes towards network companies' profits, and more towards driving network improvements\".\n\nOfgem estimated that cutting returns would save more than £3.3bn over the next five years, which should cut household bills by about £20 a year.\n\nThe regulator added that investing in the energy network of the UK was low-risk and should be an attractive option to investors.\n\n\"Strong evidence from water regulation and Ofgem's offshore transmission regime shows that investors will accept lower returns and continue to invest robustly in the sector,\" it said.\n\nOfgem also said it would provide firms with additional funding for green projects from its own coffers, with £10bn worth of such schemes already under consideration.\n\nCitizens Advice said the move could put an end to energy firms \"overcharging energy customers by billions of pounds\".\n\n\"Ofgem has struck the right balance between shareholder returns and value for money for energy customers, while making sure networks can continue to attract investment,\" said Dame Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice.\n\nUswitch.com., the comparison website, also welcomed the move.\n\n\"The amount of profit that network companies have been allowed to make in recent years has been a matter of significant controversy, given our energy suppliers have to pass on these charges to our bills.\"\n\nHowever, National Grid said it was \"extremely disappointed\" with the plans.\n\n\"This proposal leaves us concerned as to our ability to deliver resilient and reliable networks, and jeopardises the delivery of the energy transition and the green recovery.\"\n\nEnergy firm SSE said the proposal was likely to be challenged through the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).\n\n\"Ofgem's first pass at a settlement resembles a worrying return to austerity,\" Rob McDonald, the managing director of transmission at SSE, said.\n\n\"At present the draft settlement does not strike the right balance for all stakeholders and without significant changes during the consultation period, there is a real risk that the critical investment in Britain's electricity networks will be unnecessarily slowed down by an appeal process via the CMA, which is not in any stakeholders' interests.\"\n\n\"Instead of investing more in creating green jobs and skilled apprenticeships in every community, at a time when the UK needs them most, this is a short-sighted return to austerity politics.\n\n\"Nobody benefits from this half-baked plan. It's bad for jobs, bad for apprenticeships, bad for training and bad for the UK supply chain.\n\n\"Net Zero can be an accelerator of the economic recovery, but only if private companies are given the right conditions for investment. Slamming the door in investors' faces by offering one of the lowest rates of return of any developed country traps the UK in an economic cul-de-sac.\"", "Armed police could be seen patrolling the site\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a member of staff was stabbed at a hospital.\n\nThe 56-year-old victim was attacked at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, at about 08:40 BST.\n\nHis injuries are not life-threatening and he is \"stable and safe\", the hospital trust said.\n\nThe hospital was placed in lockdown as teams of armed police responded before a 30-year-old man was arrested in nearby Wilson Avenue at about 09:40.\n\nAccess to the hospital was restricted for much of the day as police conducted searches.\n\nAt 16:00, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust tweeted that the hospital was \"running normally\".\n\nIt thanked Sussex Police for its \"rapid and professional response\" and hospital staff \"whose performance has been exemplary throughout\".\n\nLocal resident Maureen Bannister witnessed the aftermath of the arrest.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"My grand-daughter came running through saying there's policemen out there with guns. She was absolutely terrified.\n\n\"So we went and looked and there was more police cars than I've ever seen. We counted at least 30 police officers, all armed.\"\n\nForensics officers collected evidence at the scene of the arrest on Wilson Avenue\n\nHospital patient Gareth Cronin, from Hove, told the BBC: \"I was just in having an X-ray and I came out and there were 15-odd armed police in the A&E.\n\n\"I had to wait in there for about two and a half hours. I was quite shocked.\"\n\nSussex Police said the \"apparently isolated and unexplained\" attack was not being treated as terrorism.\n\nIt said officers worked quickly with hospital security staff to ensure nobody else was injured and \"staff and patients were safe\".\n\n\"There is currently nothing to suggest that any other person has been involved or that anyone else is at risk,\" it added.\n\nPolice said they worked hard to ensure staff and patient safety\n\nSussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne called it a \"dreadful event\" and said her thoughts were with \"the injured NHS staff member's family and those police officers and health colleagues at the scene\".\n\nKemptown MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle told the BBC his thoughts were with the worker and his family.\n\nHe added: \"Last year Labour passed (through a back bench Bill) a law to ensure that people who assault NHS workers got double time.\n\n\"This will be no relief to the person who was stabbed but I hope it will ensure justice can be delivered when the person is brought to book.\"\n\nHove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle tweeted that it was \"shocking news\" but thanked police for a \"swift arrest\" and wished the staff member a \"speedy recovery\".\n\nThere was a heavy police presence at the hospital all day\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lewis Hamilton moved into the world championship lead for the first time this season with a dominant victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix.\n\nThe Mercedes driver pulled out an eight-second lead in three wet laps at the start of the race before switching to dry tyres, and controlled the race from there.\n\nHamilton even had time to stop for fresh tyres with three laps to go to grab the extra point for fastest lap.\n\nValtteri Bottas failed in an attempt to pass Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second, giving Hamilton a five-point championship lead over his team-mate after three races.\n\nVerstappen's second place was extraordinary, for he crashed on the laps to the grid and damaged both his front wing and suspension.\n\nThe Red Bull mechanics worked wonders to change his left front push-rod on the grid in the time permitted and get him into the race and he then drove a superb race to hold off Bottas at the end.\n• None Listen: Even Hamilton gets confused sometimes\n\nIt was Hamilton's second consecutive victory in the third race of the season, and it came after another anti-racism protest from the drivers before the race.\n\nIt ended up slightly chaotic, as it had in the Styrian Grand Prix a week ago, with the drivers rushing to take part. But as in the first two races, most of the drivers 'took the knee' alongside Hamilton, while a few chose to remain standing for their own reasons.\n\nHamilton's win was never in doubt once he shot away from the field at the start, while Bottas may be considered lucky to get away with an apparent jumped start.\n\nThe Finn moved before the lights went out and then stopped again, saying he had reacted to a light on his dashboard. The subsequent slow getaway dropped him to sixth place on the first lap.\n\nRace director Michael Masi said the movement had not been enough to trigger the sensors that determine what is a jumped start.\n\nHamilton took advantage to show off his renowned wet-weather skills in the opening laps, moving six seconds clear of the Racing Point of Lance Stroll in two laps and adding a further two seconds before pitting at the end of the next lap as the initially wet track quickly dried.\n\nBy the time the other front-runners had all stopped a lap later, Hamilton was 7.8secs clear and in a position to control the race, and he simply moved further and further away as the laps ticked by.\n\nIt was his eighth win in Hungary - and he now shares the record for most wins at a single circuit with Michael Schumacher.\n\nVerstappen and Red Bull had had a difficult weekend, the Dutchman qualifying only seventh in what he said was a difficult car. But after the scare on the grid, a brilliant first lap put him up to third behind Hamilton and Stroll, and he was second by lap five after the pit stops for dry tyres.\n\nThere will be questions as to how Bottas was not penalised for moving before the lights - just as there were with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in a similar incident in Japan last year.\n\nOnce the Finn got going, he drove patiently and by mid-race was up to fourth, taking third from Stroll when they pitted for fresh tyres.\n\nBottas caught Verstappen with 25 laps to go and then Mercedes pulled the same strategy as they had to win the race with Hamilton last year, pitting him again for fresh tyres with the idea of catching and passing Verstappen before the end of the race.\n\nBut while Hamilton managed it in 2019, Bottas did not catch Verstappen until the final lap, and it was too late to pass the Dutchman.\n\nIt was a three-point boost for Hamilton and the sort of missed opportunity for which Bottas might pay this year, when the title fight seems to be a private one between the Mercedes.\n\nStroll was a strong fourth for Racing Point, while Red Bull's Alexander Albon twice took advantage of unforced errors from Vettel - once early in the race and once close to the end - to take fifth ahead of the second Racing Point of Sergio Perez.\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc could manage only 11th, out of the points, after a decision to put him on the unloved 'soft' tyres at his first pit stop. Most teams avoided them, as they were prone to 'graining' and Leclerc struggled with a lack of grip before being forced into an earlier-than-ideal second stop, which left him on old, slow tyres in the closing laps, when he lost out to McLaren's Carlos Sainz.\n\nAfter the race, both Racing Point cars were protested by Renault, as they had been at the previous race, on the claim that they have not designed their brake ducts themselves.\n\nThe stewards ruled that as the ducts were identical to those used in Austria a week ago, there was no need to impound the parts, and the two protests would be dealt with as one once a date has been set for the hearing.\n\nVerstappen takes it for his controlled management of the race and cool recovery from his error on the treacherous surface before the grid. Splitting the Mercedes will feel almost like a win for the Dutchman when they have an advantage like this. An honourable mention for Kevin Magnussen, who hung on for two points for Haas in ninth after the team gambled on stopping for dry tyres after the formation lap.\n\nWhat happens next?\n\nA weekend off and then the British Grand Prix, the first of two weekends at Silverstone. Mercedes are looking unstoppable and Hamilton will be determined to add to his record tally of home wins.", "England's contact tracers have only reached about 50% of people who have been in close contact with someone with Covid-19 in an area of Lancashire where new cases are rising.\n\nThe figure was revealed by Prof Dominic Harrison, public health director of Blackburn with Darwen Council.\n\nHe warned of \"exponential growth\" of new infections if the system did not become more efficient.\n\nThe government said the NHS scheme had helped identify thousands of cases.\n\nIt is not clear why the contacts provided were not able to be reached.\n\nThe government's most recent statistics reveal that of the people in England who tested positive for Covid-19 between 2-8 July, 17.1% could not be reached and a further 4.1% did not provide their phone number.\n\nIt said 71.1% of the contacts provided were reached, but 21.8% of those who originally tested positive said they had not been in close contact with anyone during the required time frame.\n\nA leaked report, seen by the Independent, suggested that fewer than half of contacts were reached in Oldham, St Helens, Manchester and Rochdale.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, Prof Harrison said that Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, which he oversees, faces a \"rising tide\" of infections.\n\n\"The key issue here is that 40% of people who are infected by someone with Covid-19 who goes for tests because they have symptoms, will be infected by them before they have those symptoms,\" said Prof Harrison.\n\n\"So, there's a 48 hour window which is critical to get the contacts of the first case contacted, and if we don't get them contacted, and if they don't then get tested and self-isolated, and they then have symptoms, we do risk the spread progressing.\"\n\nIt later emerged that the Jamia Ghosia mosque in Blackburn said it is being investigated by the police and public health officials after holding a funeral on 13 July, attended by 250 people.\n\nThe Imam has since tested positive for coronavirus and is recovering.\n\nThe mosque has emailed its congregation advising everybody to self-isolate and said it \"made a mistake\" in allowing more than the officially-permitted 30 mourners to attend.\n\nProf Harrison called for testing and tracing to be carried out at a local rather than national level, and for Public Health England to share more data with local authorities.\n\nProf Harrison said PHE had only begun sharing data about the postcode areas in which new infections were being registered on 29 June.\n\n\"That has made a great difference in three weeks for us in being able to identify what our local outbreak issue is,\" he said.\n\n\"Had we had that data much earlier in this pandemic, I think we could have made progress much more rapidly.\"\n\nIn response the Department for Health and Social Care said the NHS test and trace scheme had so far \"helped test and isolate more than 180,000 cases\".\n\n\"The service is working closely with local authorities across England to help manage local outbreaks and data is shared daily,\" it added.\n\nIt also urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to seek a test and self-isolate immediately.\n\n\"The service relies on everyone playing their part - please book a test if you have symptoms, self-isolate and help us trace anyone you've been in contact with.\"\n\nThe NHS test and trace scheme is a crucial part of the government's plan for managing the spread of the virus.\n\nIt began on 1 June and Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed it would be \"world beating\".\n\nSage, a committee of medical experts which advises the government, has said that at least 80% of contacts would need to isolate for the test and trace system to be effective.", "Property website Rightmove and catering giant Compass have said they will reject the offer of millions of pounds in payouts from the government's job retention bonus scheme.\n\nThey follow Primark and John Lewis in shunning the bonus, which pays firms £1,000 for each furloughed worker they keep on past January.\n\nIt is meant to help stop a spike in joblessness when wage support programmes end in October.\n\nBut some firms say they do not need it.\n\nIt comes as MPs and economists warn that job retention bonus money could be claimed for staff that would have been returned from furlough anyway.\n\nRightmove, which furloughed 160 employees after the coronavirus crisis hit, would have been eligible to claim £160,000 in bonus payments had it applied.\n\nHowever, it said: \"Now that the housing market has reopened across all parts of the UK we're in a fortunate position that by the end of July all of our furloughed employees will be back at work, and therefore we will not need to make use of the furlough bonus scheme.\"\n\nSome 21,000 Compass staff are currently on furlough - around half of its workforce - meaning it could have claimed up to £21m.\n\nEarlier this month, fashion retailer Primark promised to sacrifice a £30m payout after saying the bonus was unnecessary under \"current circumstances\".\n\nFashion retailer Asos, holiday park operator Center Parcs and retailer John Lewis are among others to have said they will not use the scheme.\n\nSome 9.4 million workers are currently having 80% of their wages, up to £2,500 a month, paid under the government's furlough scheme. However, there are fears unemployment could top 11% after the programme is wound down.\n\nEarlier in July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the bonus scheme as part a package of measures designed to prevent this outcome. However, if every furloughed worker returned to their jobs, it could cost the public purse more than £9bn in bonus payments - something that has fuelled scrutiny of the policy.\n\nThe most senior civil servant at HM Revenue and Customs, Jim Harra, wrote to Mr Sunak this month, raising doubts over whether the policy offered value for money.\n\nAnd MPs on the Treasury select committee last week echoed warnings from economists that the scheme could risk funnelling money to already-rich companies.\n\nMr Sunak rejected the criticisms, saying he believed the bonus would \"serve as a significant incentive\" to preserve jobs amid the pandemic.\n\nA Treasury spokesman told the BBC: \"It's great to see employers getting their staff back to work and protecting jobs without needing to draw on the extra support the job retention bonus offers, and we welcome the decision of businesses to do so.\n\n\"For those who do need further support, the £1,000 bonus will represent a significant benefit to them and make a difference to those people in the nine million jobs currently furloughed who can be brought back to their jobs.\"", "The officer found the Nazi symbol etched on their belongings\n\nA police officer's belongings have been vandalised with a swastika by a colleague.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the officer found the Nazi symbol on their items when they began their shift earlier on Sunday.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain said he was \"appalled that one of our employees felt that this behaviour was acceptable\".\n\nThe force has launched an internal investigation.\n\nGMP said the \"disgraceful and disgusting act\" had been declared a hate crime and said its professional standards team was treating it \"incredibly seriously\".\n\n\"A colleague has been subjected to a hate crime and there is no place for behaviour like this in GMP or policing nationally, and it's being treated incredibly seriously,\" Mr Hussain said.\n\n\"We serve one of the most culturally diverse areas in the United Kingdom and we're incredibly proud to have a diverse workforce to serve and represent our communities.\n\n\"It is absolutely unacceptable that an officer has been faced with such an atrocity during their shift and we're urging any officers or staff with any information to report it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The crown prince of Kuwait has taken on the role of partial ruler after the country's emir was hospitalised.\n\nSheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 91, was admitted for \"routine\" medical tests on Saturday, the country's national news agency said.\n\nThe report added he was in \"good health\" but gave no further details.\n\nHis half-brother and crown prince, 83-year-old Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, will \"temporarily\" take on a number of functions.\n\nLast summer, the emir was reported to have suffered a health \"setback\" while in Kuwait.\n\nThe following month, he was hospitalised for medical tests during a visit to the US.\n\nSheikh Sabah has been credited with shaping the Gulf nation's foreign policy and spent decades as foreign minister before becoming emir in 2006.", "Brazil's coronavirus outbreak is one of the world's most severe, with more than 2m cases recorded since March.\n\nIn fact, it is the second worst affected country behind the US. More than 74,000 people have died with the virus there and, owing to a lack of testing, the true figures are believed to be even higher.\n\nHere, we illustrate how the pandemic has played out in the South American country.\n\nThe outbreak took some time to reach Brazil and it was the Amazonas region which was badly hit by the first wave of cases.\n\nIn the state capital Manaus, a man can be seen arranging coffins at a funeral parlour.\n\nOfficials warned that the stock of coffins in the region was likely to run out. They were forced to dig large burial sites as deaths spiked, and poverty and malnutrition made tackling the virus in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a major challenge.\n\nIndigenous communities have been among the worst affected by the virus and Manaus is home to a large proportion of them.\n\nMany of their homes are situated far away from health facilities. On the outskirts of the city, nurse Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, responded to the crisis by volunteering to care for her indigenous community of 700 families.\n\nAnd here, people can be seen moving a coffin in a rural community in the northern state of Pará. It was later buried in a cemetery at the mouth of the Amazon river.\n\nBut it was not long before the virus spread to major cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Cases then began to rise sharply.\n\nIn May, São Paulo's mayor warned that its underfunded health system was on the verge of collapse as it became a new hotspot for Covid-19. He said demand for hospital beds had skyrocketed.\n\nThis hospital, built inside a sports gym in the city, is one of many makeshift facilities that opened up.\n\nBut despite the rise in cases there was still no national lockdown. States and cities adopted their own measures, but these were met by protests and data later showed that compliance lessened as time went on.\n\nStay-at-home orders and other restrictions were criticised by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who denounced them as \"dictatorial\". He even joined anti-lockdown protests in the capital, Brasilia.\n\nThis image shows supporters of the president at a separate demonstration in Rio de Janeiro.\n\nMr Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down the risks of what he calls \"little flu\" and his response to the pandemic has been heavily criticised.\n\nHe has argued that regional lockdowns are having a more damaging effect than the virus itself, and accused the media of spreading panic and paranoia.\n\nThe president has also been spotted meeting supporters while not wearing a mask, such as here in Brasilia.\n\nAnd while many people share his concerns about the economic impact of lockdowns, health officials have disagreed with his approach. In fact, two doctors have left their posts as health minister since the pandemic began, one was sacked, one resigned.\n\nMr Bolsonaro also said he would not be seriously affected by the virus. \"I'm not going to be brought down by a little flu,\" he said in March. That's been put to the test, as earlier this month he tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThis image shows the president meeting the US ambassador Todd Chapman the day before he said he started to feel symptoms. The pair were seen shaking hands, and Mr Chapman later went into quarantine.\n\nOn 20 June, Brazil became only the second country to pass one million cases and that number has continued to rise steadily. Experts say it is likely much higher due to a lack of testing.\n\nBut lockdowns were lifted even as cases surged. In Rio and São Paulo, restaurants and bars were reopened despite the continued increase in transmissions.\n\nThe rise in cases and the relaxation of lockdown measures left some Brazilians feeling as though they needed to take matters into their own hands.\n\nAnd one couple took extreme measures to keep safe.\n\nA chronic lung disease means that accountant Tercio Galdino, 66, is at high risk from Covid-19. He and his wife wear special outfits when out and about in Rio de Janeiro. And, as an added bonus, the outfit lets him celebrate his love of space.\n\nThere is some hope, however, two major vaccine tests, in partnership with the pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Sinovac, will soon begin final phase testing on thousands of Brazilian volunteers.\n\nThe hope is that a breakthrough on this front could help Brazil reverse its worrying rise in cases and deaths. This striking image shows a cemetery in Manaus where new graves have been dug during the pandemic.", "Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul, of Monaleen, County Limerick\n\nThe Irish cervical cancer campaigner Ruth Morrissey, who was awarded €2.1m (£1.8m) in damages over the alleged misreading of smear tests, has died aged 39.\n\nMrs Morrissey had claimed that if tests in 2009 and 2012 had been correctly interpreted and reported, she could have avoided developing cancer.\n\nShe sued the Health Service Executive (HSE) and two laboratories in 2018.\n\nIn a statement, her husband Paul said she never received an apology.\n\nHe added that it was now \"too late\" for either the HSE or the state to say sorry.\n\nMrs Morrissey died at Milford Hospice in County Limerick on Sunday morning.\n\nDuring her legal action, the High Court heard that Mrs Morrissey was not told until 2018 that a review four years earlier had showed the tests carried out under the CervicalCheck screening programme had been reported incorrectly.\n\nThe HSE admitted it owed a duty of care to Mrs Morrissey, while the laboratories denied all the claims.\n\nIn February 2018, she was diagnosed with a recurrence of her cancer and given a prognosis of 12 to 24 months.\n\nGiving evidence in court in July 2018, Ms Morrissey said she had to have the \"most difficult conversation\" she ever had to with her then 7-year-old daughter.\n\nShe told the court she did not want to die.\n\nIt was the first case of its kind to be heard in full in the Republic of Ireland and considered in a High Court judgement.\n\nIn July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court heard the family had received the full amount of money awarded to them.\n\nPaul Morrissey said his wife showed \"courage and determination\" during the trial and is an \"enduring inspiration of strength and determination that should help many others through difficult times in the future\".", "Ten temporary courts are being set up to help clear a backlog of hearings caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe new venues, in England and Wales, include a medieval chamber and the Ministry of Justice's headquarters.\n\nFrom next week, they will hear civil, family and tribunals work as well as non-custodial crime cases.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland said the new \"Nightingale Courts\" would help with \"reducing delays and delivering speedier justice for victims\".\n\nThe introduction of the new courts means there will be more room in current courts for hearings where cells and secure dock facilities are needed, including jury trials where the defendant is in custody.\n\nThe new cases will will include jury trials dealing with non-custodial cases.\n\nAll 10 will be running next month, with the first court at East Pallant House in Chichester expected to hear cases on Monday.\n\nMr Buckland, also the Lord Chancellor, said: \"They will help boost capacity across our courts and tribunals - reducing delays and delivering speedier justice for victims.\n\n\"But we won't stop there. Together with the judiciary, courts staff and legal sector, I am determined that we must pursue every available option to ensure our courts recover as quickly as possible.\"\n\nWork will continue to identify more potential locations for temporary courts, the Ministry of Justice said.\n\nThe pandemic exacerbated existing delays in the courts. Even before it struck there were some 37,000 cases waiting to be heard in the crown courts and nearly 400,000 waiting for slots in magistrates' courts.\n\nNew figures released by the MoJ have shown that as of 31 March - a week after the introduction of lockdown measures in the UK - 354 murder cases were waiting to be dealt with in crown courts, with 76 outstanding in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.\n\nThe same figures show 1,159 rape cases were outstanding in crown courts and 1,911 in magistrates' courts. An additional 2,424 cases of robbery were outstanding across the criminal justice system.\n\nLast month, Mr Buckland warned work to clear a backlog in court cases caused by the coronavirus pandemic could continue into next year.\n\nHe said at the time that using public buildings as courtrooms could help reduce the caseload.\n\nAlmost half of all courts were closed in March 2020, with jury trials paused to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Other hearings were able to take place with the use of remote technology, with the courts prioritising which cases to hear.\n\nSome jury trials in England and Wales resumed in May, after almost two months on hold. Nearly all courts are now open to the public again, with 54 hearing jury trials as of next week.\n\nCaroline Goodwin QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, said: \"These 10 extra court buildings are a start but just that - now let's get serious and open up 50 more buildings and focus on criminal trials.\"\n\nShe said the criminal justice system had been \"promised dozens of extra buildings two months ago... and four weeks ago, told 10 of these were imminent\".\n\n\"Time is of the essence,\" she added. \"Two months of delay getting these 10 on stream just piles on the human suffering to get trials on that have already been delayed for between one and three years, impacting tens of thousands of those left waiting involved in the trial backlog of over 26,000, let alone a total crown court case backlog of over 41,500 and rising by the week.\"\n\nData released by the Ministry of Justice in June showed that magistrates' courts faced a backlog of more than 480,000 cases, with the backlog in crown courts standing at about 41,000 cases last month.\n\nLast week, Mr Buckland set out measures including extending court opening hours and continuing to use video calls to hear cases, where appropriate.", "Photographs from Princess Beatrice's wedding to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have been released by Buckingham Palace.\n\nFour official pictures have been issued after their small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.\n\nOne shows the beaming couple leaving the chapel through its flower-covered archway.\n\nIn another they are outside the entrance with Beatrice's grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.\n\nBeatrice's parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, did not appear in either of the released photos, though the palace confirmed her father walked her down the aisle. It comes as Prince Andrew continues to keep a low profile following the arrest of his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking offences, which she denies.\n\nThe Queen loaned Beatrice a vintage dress for the occasion, as well as a diamond fringe tiara which the monarch wore on her own wedding day in 1947.\n\nThe newlyweds decided to hold a private ceremony with their parents and siblings after they postponed their wedding in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBuckingham Palace sent out two pictures taken by Benjamin Wheeler, the day after Friday's wedding. Two further images by the Oxfordshire-based photographer - showing the couple holding hands in the grounds outside the chapel after they were married - were issued on Sunday.\n\nIn a statement the couple said they were so \"touched by the warm wishes they have received since their wedding\" they decided to share two more photographs from their \"happy day\".\n\nWhen the national lockdown began on 23 March, weddings in England were banned under almost all circumstances. However, since 4 July, ceremonies of up to 30 people have been allowed to take place.\n\nIn a statement, the palace said the wedding was held within government guidelines.\n\nIt is believed to be the first time the Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, have attended a family gathering since lockdown began.\n\nFor the ceremony, Beatrice wore a vintage Peau De Soie taffeta dress, in shades of ivory by Norman Hartnell, on loan from the Queen, and trimmed with duchess satin and encrusted with diamante.\n\nThe dress appears to be a modified version of the one the Queen wore to the world premiere of Lawrence Of Arabia at the Odeon cinema Leicester Square in December 1962\n\nThe dress was remodelled and fitted by the Queen's senior dresser Angela Kelly and designer Stewart Parvin, according to Buckingham Palace.\n\nBeatrice, who is ninth in line to the throne, also wore the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara loaned to her by her grandmother.\n\nThe Queen wore the same tiara when she married Prince Philip in November 1947\n\nBeatrice, 31, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi, 35, had originally planned to marry on 29 May this year at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace, in London.\n\nThe new venue of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park - a short drive from Windsor Castle - is Beatrice's childhood home. Her parents still live at the property.\n\nMr Mapelli Mozzi's son Wolfie was best man and pageboy.\n\nBeatrice and her husband began dating in autumn 2018 and got engaged last September.\n\nThe couple are said to have started a relationship after meeting again at Beatrice's sister Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank.\n\nAfter Friday's ceremony, Beatrice's wedding bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey, as is tradition for royal brides.\n\nThe bouquet was fashioned out of trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink O'Hara garden roses, pink wax flower, baby pink astilbe and, in keeping with royal tradition, sprigs of myrtle.\n\nThe Reverend Canon Anthony Ball laid the bouquet with Toby Wright, the son of the sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, Reverend Paul Wright.", "TikTok's plan to base its international HQ in the UK has been thrown into doubt following pressure by Washington over the Chinese firm's future in the US.\n\nByteDance, owner of the video sharing app, has had talks with the government about basing its HQ in London.\n\nBut the US is considering banning TikTok and may only allow it to keep operating if it splits from China and becomes an American company.\n\n\"We remain fully committed to investing in London,\" said a ByteDance spokesman.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for International Trade said: \"ByteDance's decision on the location of their global HQ is a commercial decision for the company.\"\n\nIt comes as tensions mount between the UK and China over the government's recent decision to order the removal of Huawei's 5G equipment from Britain's mobile networks by 2027.\n\nThere are fears it could prompt a tit-for-tat economic war between the two countries.\n\nChinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, told The Andrew Marr Show: \"We are still evaluating the consequences. This is a very bad decision.\"\n\nAsked whether China would punish UK companies operating in China, Mr Liu said: \"We do not want to politicise the economy. That is wrong.\"\n\nBut he said: \"It is wrong for the United Kingdom to discriminate [against a] Chinese company because of pressure from the United States.\"\n\nThe US has already implemented a number of sanctions against China's Huawei.\n\nThe Trump administration claims that the Chinese telecoms firm provides a gateway for the state to spy on and potentially attack countries that use its equipment.\n\nGeorge Magnus, research associate at University of Oxford China Centre, said it was \"hard to predict\" how the Chinese government would retaliate for the Huawei decision.\n\n\"But we expect British companies will be in the crosshairs of all of this,\" he said.\n\nChina is an important market for British business.\n\nJaguar Land Rover, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, sells its vehicles to China. Last month it borrowed £560m from five Chinese banks after sales dried up because of the coronavirus.\n\nChina is also a major investor in the UK, in particular the nuclear industry. China General Nuclear Power Corporation has invested around £3.6bn in the UK, including the Hinkley Point nuclear power project in Somerset.\n\nJosh Hardie, deputy director general of the Confederation of British Industry, said: \"Post-Covid, promoting trade will be an important plank of our recovery, so we must think carefully about a future relationship that balances UK global competitiveness with wider interests. \"\n\n\"We do not want to politicise the economy,\" Chinese ambassador Liu Xiaoming claimed to the BBC about potential repercussions for UK businesses based in China after the government U-turn on Huawei.\n\nBut given how trade is being used as a political weapon by both sides, it's impossible to see how this could not be the case.\n\nChina has form in targeting companies as a proxy for the countries that it is rowing with.\n\nTake Australia, which has blocked Huawei from its national infrastructure since 2012.\n\nChina has recently banned some of its beef businesses and put tariffs on barley, designed to hit the country's important agricultural sector.\n\nOn the other hand, China is sinking vast sums of money into major infrastructure in the UK, such as nuclear power plants.\n\nHuawei alone is investing £1bn in developing chips in a new facility in Cambridge.\n\nThese projects are just part of the deep economic interdependence between the UK and China - which could just still prove to be the glue holding an ever frostier relationship together.\n\nAs Emily Taylor of Chatham House's International Security Programme argues: \"Mutual dependence creates stability and if that's hacked away at, global stability will suffer.\"\n\nTikTok currently employs around 1,000 people in Europe, with the majority of those based in the UK and Ireland.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported that a decision by TikTok to build its headquarters in the UK has the potential to create 3,000 jobs.\n\nThe Chinese video-sharing platform is hugely popular and the app has been downloaded two billion times.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - who is visiting the UK this week - has previously said Washington is considering banning TikTok.\n\nTikTok has already been banned in India\n\nBut last week President Trump's chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow appeared to change course and said: \"As has been reported in some places I think TikTok is going to pull out of the holding company which is China-run and operate as an independent American company.\n\n\"That's a much better solution than banning [or] pushing away.\"\n\nMr Pompeo claims that America's TikTok users are at risk of their data ending up \"in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nA spokesperson for TikTok said: \"We have never provided user data to the Chinese government, nor would we do so if asked.\"\n\nIndia has already blocked TikTok as well as other Chinese apps. Australia, which has already banned Huawei and telecom equipment-maker ZTE, is also considering banning TikTok.\n• None Could TikTok be banned in the US?", "The funeral of a man shot dead by police after stabbing six people in Glasgow was delayed after more than 100 people turned up to the ceremony.\n\nThe funeral for Badreddin Abadlla Adam was due to start at Linn Cemetery at 14:00 but police were called when a crowd breached Covid-19 rules.\n\nThe 28-year-old from Sudan was shot by officers after wounding six people.\n\nPC David Whyte, 42, was among those injured during the attack at the Park Inn Hotel on 26 June..\n\nThe Scottish government's current rules allow for a maximum of 20 guests at funeral services.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said officers were in attendance \"assisting staff with social distancing regulations\".\n\nAt the time of his knife attack, Adam was being temporarily housed in the hotel that was being used as accommodation for asylum seekers during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe was described as a \"quiet and polite and decent guy\" by asylum seekers who were also residing at the city centre hotel.\n\nThe burial ceremony took place in Glasgow\n\nFellow resident, Andrew, said: \"One way or the other we have been affected mentally, physically and otherwise.\n\n\"I (was not) around when it took place but I happened to gather some information from my other asylum seekers.\n\n\"They described him as a quiet and polite and decent guy - they were surprised that he acted the way he acted.\n\n\"There must be something that pushed him to behave in that ugly manner which honestly I strongly condemned because it is abnormal, but definitely something must have pushed that guy into that level of disastrous act.\"\n\nPC Whyte, one of the attacker's six injured victims, paid tribute to police and medical staff after being discharged from hospital a week after the attack.\n\n\"There is no doubt that I face a long road to recovery but I am absolutely determined to be back on duty as soon as I possibly can,\" he said.\n\n\"I would like to thank the medical staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for saving my life and getting me back to where I am today.\"\n\nAt the time of his discharge on 2 July four other men remained in hospital, three in a stable condition while one was still critical.\n\nThe funeral has now reportedly taken place after it was delayed for about an hour.", "Privacy campaigners say England's test and trace programme has broken a key data protection law.\n\nThe Department of Health has conceded the initiative to trace contacts of people infected with Covid-19 was launched without carrying out an assessment of its impact on privacy.\n\nThe Open Rights Group (ORG) says the admission means the initiative has been unlawful since it began on 28 May.\n\nThe government said there is no evidence of data being used unlawfully.\n\nThe test and trace system involves people being asked to share sensitive personal information. This can include:\n\n\"In no way has [there] been a breach of any of the data that has been stored,\" said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"I think your viewers will understand that if we are to defeat this virus, we do need to have a test and trace system and we had to get that up and running at incredible speed.... Are you really advocating that we get rid of a test and trace system? I don't think you are.\"\n\nORG had threatened to go to court to force the government to conduct a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) - a requirement under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for projects that process personal data.\n\nA letter from the Department of Health to the group confirmed that a DPIA was a legal requirement and had not been obtained.\n\nORG's executive director, Jim Killock, said the government had been \"reckless\" in ignoring this legally-required safety step and had endangered public health.\n\n\"A crucial element in the fight against the pandemic is mutual trust between the public and the government, which is undermined by their operating the programme without basic privacy safeguards,\" he added.\n\nEngland's Test and Trace initiative is run by Baroness Dido Harding, and is the responsibility of the Health Secretary Matt Hancock\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all carry out parallel contact-tracing schemes of their own but have not been accused of the same failing.\n\nThe government has told the ORG it is working with the Information Commissioner's Office to make sure that data is processed in accordance with the requirements of the law.\n\nThe ICO confirmed this and told the BBC it was providing guidance as \"a critical friend\".\n\nBut the regulator added that, while it recognised the urgency in rolling out the programme, if the public were to have confidence in handing over their data and that of their friends, \"people need to understand how their data will be safeguarded and how it will be used\".\n\nThe watchdog is already investigating the Test and Trace programme after the Sunday Times reported last week that some contact tracers had posted private patient data to WhatsApp and Facebook groups.\n\nA Department of Health spokeswoman said: \"NHS Test and Trace is committed to the highest ethical and data governance standards - collecting, using, and retaining data to fight the virus and save lives, while taking full account of all relevant legal obligations.\"\n\nThe ORG's complaint stems from work carried out on its behalf by Ravi Naik, a lawyer at the AWO data rights consultancy.\n\nHe said the legal requirements for data processing were more than just a tick-box exercise.\n\n\"They ensure that risks are mitigated before processing occurs, to preserve the integrity of the system,\" he explained.\n\n\"Instead, we have a rushed-out system, seemingly compromised by unsafe processing practices.\"\n\nMr Naik added the ORG had already won a concession from the government. It had originally planned to keep data for 20 years but has now cut that to eight years.\n\nSince the test and trace programme was launched, its 27,000 staff have contacted more than 155,000 people, who may have been infected with the virus, and asked them to go into isolation.\n\nAre you a contact tracer? Have you been contacted by NHS Test and Trace? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "When you have picked your jaw up from the floor after the revelations hackers working for the Russian state are believed to have been trying to steal research into a vaccine that could combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus, it's worth knowing that attempts at interference do not stop there.\n\nThose actions - described as \"despicable\" by the government - are believed to have targeted, not just UK scientists, but those from Canada and the US as well.\n\nAnd it's clear, even from the rather technical public statements from security leaders, that the UK government believes the Kremlin itself was involved.\n\nThis is not a group of hackers working out of their parents' garage. The group thought to be responsible - APT29 - is one of those previously linked to hacks on the US Democrats in 2016.\n\nAnd the UK government is confident the attacks were known about at the highest level of the Russian state.\n\nMinisters also chose today, though, to confirm already widely held suspicions that Russian \"actors\" separately tried to interfere in the UK election last year.\n\nThis accusation is not explicitly against the Russian state, but those shadowy figures who \"amplified\" leaks of government documents during the 2019 campaign, which were then used by the Labour Party to make claims against the Tories.\n\nIt seems a lifetime ago, but one of Labour's central mantras against Boris Johnson was that the NHS would be \"up for sale\" in a trade deal with the Americans. You might remember hearing the chant at numerous events - \"Not for sale! Not for sale!\"\n\nAt one of those campaign events, Jeremy Corbyn dramatically unveiled leaked documents that he alleged proved this to be the case.\n\nLabour supporting doctors and nurses wearing scrubs even handed out the reams of paper.\n\nThe papers did show that the US wanted access to the NHS, but they did not categorically prove that the Tories would go along with it.\n\nIn any case, there was widespread suspicion about where the hundreds of pages had come from, after they had first appeared on the website Reddit.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has not claimed today that Russian influences stole the documents.\n\nBut he has accused them of \"amplifying\" the claims online, condemning these attempts at interfering in the UK's democratic process as \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nIt's important to say too that Labour has also slammed the Russians' apparent role.\n\nIt's not a secret that there have been attempts by Russia to interfere in what happens on UK soil - most dramatically, of course, with the Novichok attacks.\n\nAnd the culture select committee found some evidence of media aligned with the Kremlin spreading anti-EU messages during the EU referendum.\n\nRumours and allegations have swirled about Russian attempted influence for years, although the extent of what has gone on has never been clear.\n\nDespite many suspicions of attempts at meddling in the referendum and other campaigns, significant concrete evidence is in short supply.\n\nThat's one of the reasons why, until today, UK ministers have stopped short of saying that political interference has happened here.\n\nSo, it matters that this is the first time a UK minister has made an explicit link to Russia, in one way or another, trying to meddle in elections in the UK.\n\nBut the timing of that statement creates its own intrigue too.\n\nNext week, at long last, the powerful group of MPs who monitor UK intelligence will publish a report on the Russian threat to the UK - a report that has been anticipated for a very long time and may perhaps set the record straight on all of this.\n\nIt's been produced by an independent committee who are able to access and interrogate intelligence information.\n\nThe report was completed many months ago, and while No 10 has continually denied there is anything fishy, it has been sitting on the prime minister's desk for a long time.\n\nThe Tories' attempts to install a loyal chairman of the committee backfired spectacularly yesterday, which you can read about here.\n\nNow, the report itself, which looks at the spectrum of the threat that Russia may pose to the UK - the financial influence of wealthy Russians in the country, what happened in Salisbury, attempts at meddling in political campaigns and more - will be published next week.\n\nIs it politically convenient for ministers to acknowledge the threat themselves just before others may make embarrassing claims about it?\n\nLabour politicians have frequently accused the Conservatives of ignoring Russian interference because of their relationship with Tory Party donors.\n\nDid it suit the government to publicise the claims that material used by Labour was also manipulated by Russia?\n\nIt seems, as one former UK ambassador to Moscow said this afternoon, a \"remarkable coincidence\" that the government decided at this moment to admit explicitly, for the first time, that Russia has tried to stick its nose into our politics - especially when there is a running criminal investigation into who obtained the documents to start with.\n\nBut Downing Street denies that there is any link in the timing at all.\n\nWhatever shenanigans there may have been about the timing of these announcements, it is clear there is cause to be anxious about Russia's attitude to the UK.\n\nBoris Johnson once hoped, as foreign secretary, that he could reset the UK's relations with Vladimir Putin.\n\nToday's evidence suggests that what he did get right was his own later admission that he was wrong.", "There were 666 cases of coronavirus recorded when lockdown was introduced in Wales\n\nWales should have been better prepared when coronavirus arrived in February, according to the chair of the Senedd's health and social care committee.\n\nDai Lloyd said Wales \"did not have\" appropriate coronavirus testing capacity and did not have enough personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nThe first minister said it would have been difficult to persuade people in Wales to introduce lockdown earlier.\n\nBut Dr Lloyd, who is also a GP, said: \"We could have done more.\"\n\nCoronavirus was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 January and Wales' first coronavirus case was confirmed on 28 February.\n\nThe first death with coronavirus in Wales was on 16 March and lockdown began on 23 March by which time there had been 16 deaths and 666 positive cases reported by Public Health Wales (PHW).\n\n\"We knew it was coming, we knew in January that there was a pandemic and pandemic means an epidemic everywhere so we should have been preparing,\" Dr Lloyd told Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"We didn't have the testing capacity at the start and governments at all levels didn't recognise the importance of testing despite the WHO saying test, test, test and contact trace.\n\n\"We should have had the PPE stocks ready - and we were nowhere near that.\"\n\nA report said Wales had fewer deaths per person than other parts of the UK at the start of the pandemic\n\nAt least 2,470 people in Wales have died of coronavirus and at its height in April, 43 deaths were being recorded a day in Wales with 164 people with the virus in Welsh intensive care units.\n\n\"Lots of people thought it would be just like the flu and we'd heard of Sars and we should have regarded Covid as like Sars, particularly nasty and particularly lethal,\" added Dr Lloyd, the Plaid Cymru MS for South West Wales.\n\n\"Governments hadn't really treated the possibility of a pandemic with any seriousness and as a society we have forgotten how serious infectious diseases can be. We think we've got antibiotics, let's get on with it. This is certainly a wake-up call.\"\n\n\"We saw what was happening in other countries and saw the horror, if nothing else that was a warning to us,\" said Angela Burns, the Welsh Conservatives' new spokeswoman for government resilience and efficiency.\n\n\"The organ of government is slow to gear up, it's like a great big machine and we were not fast enough at the beginning.\n\n\"We needed to be far more alert and have resource planning in place with really good contract management in place to get the stuff we needed.\"\n\nPlanes arrived in Wales carrying PPE after the initial shortage\n\nThe number of patients with coronavirus in intensive beds has fallen to 10, and in the last week there have been no Covid-19 deaths recorded by PHW in four of the seven days.\n\nMark Drakeford said he started lockdown on 23 March \"more because of the circulation of the virus in London... than because we thought that the virus was already in rapid circulation in Wales\".\n\n\"I think that at the point we did it, it was possible to convince people of the need to do it,\" the first minister told BBC Politics Wales.\n\n\"Had we done it much earlier, I think it would have been more difficult to have persuaded people in Wales, at least, that the virus was in such rapid circulation, that such a drastic set of decisions was needed.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia\n\nMore than 500 cars have been parked along roads in Snowdonia, police say.\n\nParking tickets have been issued to some vehicles which forced traffic into single file along the A4086 around Pen-y-Pass - the closest car park to the summit of Snowdon.\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority warned visitors that many car parks were full and urged visitors not to park on roadsides.\n\nGwynfor Coaches said its services were struggling to get through.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Gwynfor Coaches This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nResident Yasser Ali Mahmood, of Llanberis, said: \"The lack of respect and consideration for everyone, this includes the local community, commuters, other tourists and the national park itself, is abysmal.\"\n\nAnother local worker said: \"People who live in a city think we'll go up a mountain, it'll be quieter than where we are.\n\n\"But when thousands of people have the same idea that goes out the window.\"\n\nTickets have been issued to some cars\n\nIt said officers had been to Nant Peris Pass to help council workers deal with \"in excess of 500 vehicles\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, has denied reports that China is carrying out a programme of sterilisation of Uighur women in the western Xinjiang region.\n\nReports and eyewitness accounts have accused China of trying to reduce the Uighur population in Xinjiang by forced sterilisation.\n\nMr Liu was also confronted with drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains. He said he \"did not know\" what the video was showing.", "Nicola Sturgeon has said the campaign for Scottish independence could learn from her \"show not tell\" leadership during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe first minster said people had seen the Scottish government's decision making with the powers it had.\n\nShe was speaking in an interview for Scotland on Sunday marking her 50th birthday.\n\nMs Sturgeon said devoting her attention to the Covid crisis was \"liberating\" from the usual party politics.\n\n\"I have tried in a way that I have never had to do with other issues, to strip the traditional rules of politics out of my decision-making,\" she told interviewer Dani Garavelli.\n\n\"I haven't at any point during the coronavirus weighed up decisions on the basis of: 'Does this make independence more or less likely?\"\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon said recent opinion polls suggesting a rise in support for Scottish independence showed her government's actions could have an indirect influence.\n\n\"The Yes movement possibly has something to learn about the fact that - as we have stopped shouting about independence, and shouting to ourselves about how we go about getting independence, and just focused on [dealing with the crisis] - it has allowed people to take a step back and say: 'Well, actually that's the benefit of autonomous decision-making' and also 'perhaps things would be better if we had a bit more autonomous decision-making,' and to come to their own conclusions.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHer comments, as she prepared to mark her 50th birthday on Sunday, follow criticism from some sections of the 'Yes' movement that her approach is overly cautious and that a \"Plan B\" is required in the face of the UK government's opposition to another referendum.\n\nFormer SNP MSP Dave Thompson has announced plans to launch a new independence party which would stand only for the regional list seats in next year's Holyrood election, in an attempt to increase the number of pro-independence MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.\n\nMs Sturgeon insisted that she wants the SNP \"united\" ahead of the 2021 election and said: \"History is littered with examples of political parties that start talking to each other as opposed to the public. I don't think that's where the SNP is generally.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said she had been \"fully immersed\" in dealing with the Covid crisis\n\nAsked about other pro-independence groups standing against her party, Ms Sturgeon said: \"You can take it as read that, come the election, I will be saying to people: 'Vote SNP with your first vote, and vote SNP with your regional vote as well,' and I will be pointing to the fact that the one time we did win a majority was when we maximised the constituency and the regional vote.\"\n\nIn the wide-ranging interview, Ms Sturgeon also spoke of her apprehension at approaching the menopause which she agreed still remained a \"taboo\" subject in society.\n\nAsked if she was worried that any symptoms could be perceived as a \"weakness\", she replied: \"Yes, I think that's part of the stigma.\n\n\"For me, there's still a sense that I'm not sure what it's going to be like over the next few years. It shouldn't be as big a mystery to those of us about to go through it, but it is.\"\n\nOn reaching her milestone birthday she said: \"I am a bit perplexed as to how, suddenly, I'm 50.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe said the one request she has made to her husband and SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was to have a walk on the South Ayrshire coast in her father's hometown.\n\n\"The only thing I have said to Peter I really want to do is go for a walk along the beach in Dunure. I spent a lot of my childhood there because it's where my dad grew up and where my grandparents lived until they died,\" she said.\n\nOn Sunday Ms Sturgeon posted on Twitter: \"To say I'm overwhelmed by all the cards, flowers and good wishes I have received from across the country for my (ahem) 50th birthday, would be an understatement...so I just wanted to pop on here briefly (before hopefully staying away for the rest of the day!) to say thank you.\"\n\nOn Sunday morning, her husband posted a picture of a large, helium-filled balloons shaped in the number 50, captioned \"Wakey Wakey NicolaSturgeon\".", "Khloemae Loy died from a single stab wound to the neck\n\nA man has been charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death at a hotel.\n\nKhloemae Loy, 23, was pronounced dead at the Holiday Inn on Bugsby's Way in Greenwich, south-east London, on 5 July.\n\nA post-mortem examination found she died from a single stab wound to the neck, the Met Police said.\n\nTaye Francis, 39, has been charged with her murder and will appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.\n\nPolice were called to the hotel at about 10:00 BST to reports that a woman had been stabbed.\n\nOfficers and paramedics found Ms Loy, who had suffered serious injuries, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nMs Loy was pronounced dead at the hotel\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sitel said it was \"urgently investigating\" the outbreak with Public Health Scotland\n\nSix people have tested positive for coronavirus in an outbreak at a test and trace call centre in North Lanarkshire.\n\nSitel, which carries out contact tracing for NHS England, said it was aware of a \"local outbreak\" at its Motherwell site.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland the call centre has been closed.\n\nHe said \"extensive contact tracing\" was under way.\n\nSitel said it was \"urgently investigating\" the outbreak with Public Health Scotland.\n\nThe company said it had requested that all staff who have been working at the site undergo testing within the next 24 hours.\n\nA spokeswoman for NHS Test and Trace said everyone at the site is currently working from home while a deep clean takes place.\n\nNHS Test and Trace is a service operated by the NHS in England to track and help prevent the spread of Covid-19 south of the border.\n\nMr Swinney told the BBC that the situation came to light at 08:00 on Sunday and since then a number of contacts of the people who tested positive have been identified.\n\nIt was a \"pretty realistic conclusion\" that there had been transmission of the virus in the office, he added - but an investigation into how it spread is being carried out.\n\nMr Swinney also said work would need to be undertaken to \"get an understanding\" of how guidance was being followed within the facility.\n\nWhen asked if penalties could levied against Sitel, Mr Swinney said: \"These are all issues that will be explored, but what our primary focus is on is to make sure that we interrupt any transmission of the virus.\n\n\"The virus is at a very low level within Scottish society today, the compliance efforts of members of the public have successfully reduced the prevalence of coronavirus, but we have to keep it that way.\"\n\nMr Swinney added that actions being taken by NHS Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire Council were \"reassuring\".\n\nThe outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing\n\nConcerns had been raised after 23 new cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced on Sunday, although only three of these were in the Lanarkshire health board area.\n\nThis followed 21 cases being confirmed on Saturday, with both of these figures the highest recorded since mid-June.\n\nHowever the number of new positive test results dropped back to seven on Monday, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcoming \"a reduction compared to recent days\".\n\nShe said all cases \"will still be closely examined and contract tracing undertaken as appropriate\".\n\nDr David Crome, a consultant in public health medicine at NHS Lanarkshire, said the health board was investigating the situation and putting measures in place to reduce risk.\n\nThe Scottish government said contact tracing is under way following the detection of \"a small number of potentially linked cases in North Lanarkshire\".\n\n\"Where potential clusters of cases develop we must find them and act quickly to prevent further spread and we are grateful to local partners for their swift response,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman said \"a small increase in the number of cases is not unexpected as lockdown is lifted\", adding that it highlights the importance of the public co-operating with contact tracers as well as following guidelines on social distancing and wearing face coverings.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador Liu Xiaoming: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of \"gross and egregious\" human rights abuses against its Uighur population and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.\n\nReports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were \"reminiscent of something not seen for a long time\", he told the BBC.\n\nThe UK would work with its allies to take appropriate action, he insisted.\n\nChina's UK ambassador said talk of concentration camps was \"fake\".\n\nLiu Xiaoming told the BBC's Andrew Marr that the Uighurs received the same treatment under the law as other ethnic groups in his country.\n\nShown drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains, and which has been authenticated by Australian security services, he said he \"did not know\" what the video was showing and \"sometimes you have a transfer of prisoners, in any country\".\n\n\"There is no such concentration camps in Xinjiang,\" he added. \"There's a lot of fake accusations against China.\"\n\nIt is believed that up to a million Uighur people have been detained over the past few years in what the Chinese state defines as \"re-education camps\".\n\nChina previously denied the existence of the camps, before defending them as a necessary measure against terrorism, following separatist violence in the Xinjiang region.\n\nThe authorities have recently been accused of forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in an apparent attempt to limit the population, prompting calls for the UN to investigate.\n\nAsked whether the treatment of the Uighurs met the legal definition of genocide, Mr Raab said the international community had to be \"careful\" before making such claims.\n\nBut he said: \"Whatever the legal label, it is clear that gross, egregious human rights abuses are going on.\n\nAccording to recent research by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, the rate of population growth in the two largest Uighur prefectures in Xinjiang fell by more than 80% between 2013 and 2018.\n\nChina does not accept the findings and pressed on the figures, China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said that the Uighur population in Xinjiang stood at four to five million 40 years ago and had now grown to 11 million.\n\n''People say we have ethnic cleansing, but the population has doubled,'' he added.\n\nDemographic research, which draws on Chinese official data and media reports, doesn't go back as far as 40 years.\n\nBut it suggests there was a rapid rise in the growth rate of the population in Xinjiang between 2005 and 2015, followed by a sharp fall over subsequent years.\n\n\"It is deeply, deeply troubling and the reports on the human aspect of this - from forced sterilisation to the education camps - are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a very long time.\n\n\"We want a positive relationship with China but we can't see behaviour like that and not call it out.\"\n\nThere are growing calls for the UK to impose sanctions, such as asset freezes and travel bans, on Chinese officials responsible for the persecution of the Uighurs.\n\nA petition backing the move has amassed more than 100,000 signatures, meaning it will be considered for debate in Parliament.\n\nThe UK recently took action against senior generals in Myanmar who orchestrated the campaign of violence against the Rohingya and against North Korean bodies behind forced labour camps.\n\nMr Raab said this showed that the UK was prepared to take action unilaterally, as well as through bodies like the UN, but it was \"not as simple as deciding you can willy nilly sanction X or Y\".\n\n\"You have to, as we have done with the Rohingya and North Korea, build up an evidence base and that takes a long time to do because you have got to identify accurately and responsibly those involved,\" he said.\n\nBBC News diplomatic correspondent James Landale said: \"The risk for Britain is that it gets caught in the crossfire between Washington and Beijing.\n\n\"The price for defending human rights could be less trade with China - and that could prove costly in a post-Covid economic downturn.\"\n\nConservative MPs are also pressing for action against senior officials in the Hong Kong government following the imposition of a new security law which the UK says violates international agreements protecting freedoms.\n\nThe foreign secretary is due to update Parliament on Monday on the UK's response, amid speculation it will scrap the UK's existing extradition treaty with the former British colony.\n\nSpeaking on The Andrew Marr Show, the Chinese ambassador said if the UK - which has also offered residency rights to three million Hong Kongers eligible for British passports - targeted its officials, his country could retaliate.\n\n\"If the UK goes that far to impose sanctions on any individuals in China, China will certainly make a resolute response to it,\" he said.\n\nHe dismissed claims of \"ethnic cleansing\" of the Uighurs as baseless, saying they \"enjoy peaceful, harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups of people\".\n\nHe said figures suggesting population growth in Uighur areas had fallen by 84% between 2015 and 2018 were \"not correct\", claiming the number of Uighurs in the whole of Xinjiang had \"doubled\" over the past four decades.\n\n\"There is no so-called pervasive, massive forced sterilisation among Uighur people in China,\" he added. \"Government policy is strongly opposed to this kind of practice.\"\n\nWhile he \"cannot rule out single cases\" of sterilisation, he insisted \"we treat every ethnic group as equal\".", "Alexandrovskaya competed for her adopted country at the 2018 Winter Olympics\n\nEkaterina Alexandrovskaya, who was born in Russia but competed for Australia in figure skating at the Olympics, has died in Moscow at the age of 20.\n\nThe cause of her death on Friday has not yet been disclosed. Alexandrovskaya retired in February due to injury.\n\nShe was granted Australian citizenship to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics with indigenous Australian pairs skating partner, Harley Windsor.\n\nWindsor, who won the world juniors with her in 2017, said he was devastated.\n\n\"The amount we had achieved during our partnership is something I can never forget and will always hold close to my heart,\" Windsor wrote on Instagram.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by h_d22 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHer coach, Andrei Khekalo, said Alexandrovskaya was diagnosed with epilepsy earlier this year.\n\n\"She was fearless. She was like a fish in the water,\" he told AFP.\n\nIan Chesterman, the Australian Olympics team chief in Pyeongchang in 2018, said: \"Katia... was a vibrant and talented person and an incredible athlete.\"\n\nAlexandrovskaya broke barriers with Windsor, who became the first indigenous Australian to qualify for the Winter Olympics.\n\nHe had flown to Moscow to meet Alexandrovskaya, saying: \"The first time we skated together we matched really well.\"\n\nIt is the second death of an Australian Winter Olympian in 10 days.\n\nAlex Pullin, a two-time world champion snowboarder and three-time Olympian, drowned while spearfishing last week on Australia's Gold Coast.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The blaze destroyed stained glass windows and the grand organ\n\nA volunteer detained for questioning over a fire at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes has been released without charge.\n\nThe blaze tore through the cathedral early on Saturday morning, destroying stained glass windows and the grand organ inside.\n\nThe detained Rwandan refugee, 39, was in charge of locking up the building the day before the fire.\n\nThe Nantes public prosecutor said the man was freed on Sunday evening.\n\nPierres Sennès said the authorities had wanted to clear up any inconsistencies and that the questioning was a \"normal procedure\".\n\nThe volunteer has not been named.\n\nMr Sennès said the fire is believed to have been arson. Three fires were started at the site and an investigation is now under way.\n\nQuentin Chabert, the lawyer for the refugee, said at the time of detention there was \"nothing at this stage to link my client to the fire\" and that the investigation must go on \"with respect for everyone's rights and in particular those of my client\".\n\nJean-Charles Nowak, a clerk at the cathedral, told French newspaper Le Figaro the volunteer was \"a man of duty\" who had \"suffered a lot in Rwanda\" - a country he left several years ago. The refugee had been discussing extending his visa with local officials, he said.\n\n\"I don't believe for a second that he could have set the cathedral on fire. It's a place he adores,\" Mr Nowak said.\n\nAbout 100 firefighters managed to stop the flames from destroying the main structure at the cathedral on Saturday. French Prime Minister Jean Castex praised their \"professionalism, courage and self-control\".\n\nThe fire comes over a year after a blaze nearly destroyed Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.\n\nEarlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron announced its iconic spire would be rebuilt exactly as it was, ending speculation it would be changed to a more modern style.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside Notre Dame, now missing its roof and medieval spire", "The filly foal, pictured with mother Ruby, was born using sex-sorted sperm\n\nA Suffolk Punch foal is the first in the UK to have been born using technology to determine its sex.\n\nThe filly, born in Whitchurch in Shropshire, was conceived using sex-sorted sperm.\n\nThere are fewer than 72 female Suffolk Punches remaining in the UK and fewer than 300 in the world.\n\nThe new method could be used to save the breed, which has been described as \"rarer than the panda\", from extinction.\n\nThe technology makes it possible to select female foals to increase the breeding population more quickly.\n\nTullis Matson and Dr Gareth Starbuck, from Nottingham Trent University which owns the mare\n\nTullis Matson, owner and managing director of Stallion AI Services where the foal was born. said it was \"fantastic news\" for all rare breeds.\n\n\"Last year, I think there were about 35 born, 19 were male and 14 female, so it always tends to be more gender male heavy and we need more females on the ground so they can breed more,\" he said.\n\n\"These are the horses that ploughed our fields during the war, they are the ones that put food on the table.\n\n\"For me we have got to keep our heritage going and so we've got to find a way of getting more females on the ground. There is a glimmer of hope at the end for them, there really is.\"\n\nChristopher Price, chief executive of the Rare Breed Survival Trust, said: \"This is tremendous news for anyone concerned with the conservation of our native equines.\"\n\nDr Gareth Starbuck, head of animal and equine sciences at Nottingham Trent University, which owns the mare that gave birth to the foal, added: \"The birth of this foal marks a major step towards securing the future of the Suffolk horse and all other rare animal breeds.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrei Kelin: \"We do not see any point in interference\"\n\nRussia's ambassador to the UK has rejected allegations that his country's intelligence services tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research.\n\n\"I don't believe in this story at all, there is no sense in it,\" Andrei Kelin told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.\n\nHowever, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it is \"very clear Russia did this\", adding that it is important to call out this \"pariah-type behaviour\".\n\nMr Kelin also rejected suggestions that Russia had interfered in UK politics.\n\nEarlier this week, Mr Raab said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK election through illicitly-acquired documents.\n\nThe papers, which emerged online, detailed UK-US trade discussions and were used by Labour in its election campaign.\n\n\"I do not see any point in using this subject as a matter of interference,\" Mr Kelin said.\n\n\"We do not interfere at all. We do not see any point in interference because for us, whether it will be [the] Conservative Party or Labour's party at the head of this country, we will try to settle relations and to establish better relations than now.\"\n\nThe interview comes days before a report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due to be published by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nOn Thursday, UK, US and Canada security services said a hacking group called APT29 had targeted various organisations involved in Covid-19 vaccine development, with the likely intention of stealing information.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was more than 95% certain that the group, also known as The Dukes or Cozy Bear, was part of Russian intelligence services.\n\nAsked whether that was true, Mr Kelin did not directly answer but said: \"I learned about their existence from British media.\"\n\n\"In this world, to attribute any kind of computer hackers to any country, it is impossible,\" he said.\n\nMr Raab responded on Sunday, saying the UK government does not just \"throw out allegations\" and accused Russia of denying the claims in the same way they \"denied responsibility for the 2018 nerve agent attack on Salisbury\".\n\n\"It is very clear that as the world was coming together and we were trying to drive vaccine collaboration to get a vaccination for this terrible virus, Russia has been trying to sabotage it,\" said the foreign secretary.\n\nMr Kelin dismissed suggestions that it would be an \"advantage\" for Russia to know about vaccines being developed. He said Russian pharmaceutical company R-Pharm had already entered a partnership with AstraZeneca to manufacture the coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford, should it prove effective.\n\nElsewhere in the BBC interview, Mr Kelin said Russian officials studying the country's recent constitutional referendum discovered \"several cyber-attacks\" originating from UK territory.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Russia voted in favour of a wide-ranging set of constitutional changes, which included clauses banning same-sex marriage and making it possible for President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.\n\nMr Kelin stressed that Russia was not \"accusing the United Kingdom as a state\" of being involved in the cyber-attacks and did not give further details as to their nature.\n\nAndrew Marr also asked Mr Kelin whether he had seen the recent BBC miniseries, The Salisbury Poisonings, which dramatised the poisoning of former spy and MI6 informant Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.\n\n\"I saw part of them,\" he said, adding that it was \"so dull\" he could not watch the three-part series to the end.\n\nThe UK has accused two Russian military intelligence officers of being behind the poisonings but the ambassador indicated Moscow was keen to move on from the incident, saying: \"We still do not understand why some spy story should disrupt these important business relations which will be very helpful to Britain... when it is exiting from the European Union.\n\n\"We are prepared to turn the page and we are prepared to do business with Britain.\"\n\nThe interview with Andrei Kelin was shown on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One at 09:00 BST on Sunday.", "China is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of Muslim Uighurs, according to new research.\n\nThe report, by China scholar Adrian Zenz, has prompted international calls for the United Nations to investigate.\n\nChina denies the allegations in the report, calling them \"baseless\".\n\nThe state is already facing widespread criticism for holding Uighurs in detention camps.\n\nIt is believed about one million Uighur people have been detained over the past few years in what what the Chinese state defines as \"re-education\" camps.\n\nChina previously denied the existence of the camps, before defending them as a necessary measure against terrorism, following separatist violence in the Xinjiang region.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on China to \"immediately end these horrific practices\".\n\nIn a statement, he urged \"all nations to join the United States in demanding an end to these dehumanizing abuses\".\n\nChina has faced mounting global scrutiny over its treatment of Uighurs in recent years. An investigation by the BBC in 2019 suggested that children in Xinjiang were being systematically separated from their families in an effort to isolate them from their Muslim communities.\n\nMr Zenz's report was based on a combination of official regional data, policy documents and interviews with ethnic minority women in Xinjiang.\n\nIt alleges that Uighur women and other ethnic minorities are being threatened with internment in the camps for refusing to abort pregnancies that exceed birth quotas.\n\nUighur women have faced a \"ruthless\" birth control programme, the author of the report said\n\nThe report also says that Uighur women with more than the legally permitted number of children - but also many women who had not exceeded birth quotas - were involuntarily fitted with intra-uterine devices (IUDs), while others were coerced into receiving sterilisation surgery.\n\n\"Since a sweeping crackdown starting in late 2016 transformed Xinjiang into a draconian police state, witness accounts of intrusive state interference into reproductive autonomy have become ubiquitous,\" the report says.\n\nAccording to Mr Zenz's analysis of the data, natural population growth in Xinjiang has declined dramatically in recent years, with growth rates falling by 84% in the two largest Uighur prefectures between 2015 and 2018 and declining further in 2019.\n\n\"This kind of drop is unprecedented, there's a ruthlessness to it,\" Mr Zenz told the Associated Press. \"This is part of a wider control campaign to subjugate the Uighurs.\"\n\nFormer detainees in internment camps in Xinjiang said they were given injections that stopped their periods, or caused unusual bleeding consistent with the effects of birth control drugs.\n\n\"Overall, it is likely that Xinjiang authorities are engaging in the mass sterilization of women with three or more children,\" the report said.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the Interparliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an international cross-party group of politicians including Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, and US senator Marco Rubio, called on the UN to \"establish an international, impartial, independent investigation into the situation in the Xinjiang region\".\n\n\"A body of mounting evidence now exists, alleging mass incarceration, indoctrination, extrajudicial detention, invasive surveillance, forced labor, and the destruction of Uyghur cultural sites, including cemeteries, together with other forms of abuse,\" the statement said.\n\n\"The world cannot remain silent in the face of unfolding atrocities. Our countries are bound by solemn obligations to prevent and punish any effort to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group 'in whole or in part'.\"\n\nAccording to a report by the Associated Press published on Monday, women in Xinjiang have faced exorbitant fines and threats of internment for breaching childbearing limits.\n\nGulnar Omirzakh, a Chinese-born Kazakh, was ordered to get an IUD inserted after having her third child, the AP reported. Two years later, in January 2018, four officials in military camouflage knocked at her door anyway and handed Omirzakh, the penniless wife of a detained vegetable trader, three days to pay a 17,5000 RMB (£2,000) fine for having more than two children.\n\nShe was reportedly warned that she would join her husband in an internment camp if she refused to pay.\n\n\"God bequeaths children on you. To prevent people from having children is wrong,\" Omirzakh told the AP. \"They want to destroy us as a people.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC meets Uighur parents who say their children are missing in China\n\nResponding to the report on Monday, China's foreign ministry said the allegations were \"baseless\" and showed \"ulterior motives\".\n\nForeign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian accused media outlets of \"cooking up false information on Xinjiang-related issues\".\n\nFor decades, under China's one-child policy, urban minorities were instead allowed two children, or three for rural families. A 2017 policy change, under President Xi Jinping, removed the ethnic distinction, permitting Han Chinese to have the same number of children as minorities, while preserving the urban-rural distinction.\n\nBut according to the AP, Han Chinese have been largely spared the abortions, sterilisations, IUD insertions and detentions implemented against minority populations, including the Uighurs.\n\nMr Zenz's report characterises the alleged campaign of coercive birth control in Xinjiang as part of a \"demographic campaign of genocide\" against the Uighurs.\n\n\"These findings provide the strongest evidence yet that Beijing's policies in Xinjiang meet one of the genocide criteria cited in the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,\" he writes.", "Rats and mice seem to have been on the move to different parts of the city\n\nRats have become more of a problem in the affluent areas of Cardiff since the start of lockdown, according to the council.\n\nThe local authority's pest control department has responded to a \"significant rise\" in calls for help, with rodents the biggest problem.\n\nCouncil workers have seen a \"marked shift\" from rental areas with a high number of takeaways.\n\nInstead, there have been calls to more affluent areas of the city.\n\n\"We've never had a problem before, but one night we saw a mouse in the living room, running around under our legs,\" a Pontcanna resident said.\n\n\"I laid down traps and caught four mice on the first night, and one more after that.\"\n\nA cat is one way of getting rid of the presence of rodents\n\nSince getting a family cat, the mice have disappeared, but the resident added: \"Our neighbours have had worse problems than us, unfortunately.\n\n\"On our street, we've seen a lot of poisoned rodents out on the pavement.\n\n\"There are loads around. But we're confident the mice are staying away from us now.\"\n\nThe city council's pest control department said it had received more calls for help at a time when they have less workers.\n\nThere are usually six technicians working on pest control, but two are currently shielding due to coronavirus.\n\nIn June, the team was booked to deal with 304 incidents of rats, compared with 184 during the same month in 2019.\n\nThe number of online inquiries for help with pests has also gone up with 206 inquiries in June this year, compared with 84 in the same month in 2019.\n\nThe team said the true number of people needing help with pests was much higher, with people calling private pest control companies directly.\n\nRats rarely leave an area if they find a food source\n\nRentokil said that rodent-related inquiries in the UK had increased by 22% between April and June compared to the same period last year.\n\nTraffic to rodent advice pages on their website has also increased by 80%.\n\nPest control experts believe the rise in the number of people working from home may be contributing to the increase in the calls for help with pests.\n\nOne theory is that rodents and seagulls have been able to breed undisturbed in empty offices and car parks, with a Cardiff council spokesman saying about 80% of the incidents of rats seen in residential areas was connected to feeding birds in the garden.\n\nThey pointed out that anyone noticing a pest problem was obliged to intervene to try and get rid of them.\n\nPest experts said once rodents find a food source, they are unlikely to leave of their own accord, and early intervention is the best remedy as they may multiply quickly.\n\nCardiff council gives tips, including never leaving food in the garden, looking under sheds for nests, sealing bags of pet food in sheds and washing materials before placing them in recycling bags so seagulls do not rip them open.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvred his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reached the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley.\n\nArteta, who left his job as Manchester City assistant manager to succeed Unai Emery at Arsenal in December, now has a chance to mark his first season in charge with major silverware when they face Chelsea or Manchester United in the final on 1 August.\n\nThe match-winner was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the world-class striker Arsenal are desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, as he ruthlessly exposed City's defensive deficiencies.\n\nAubameyang had already shot straight at Ederson with one clear chance but there was no escape for City after 19 minutes when he showed great technique to steer home Nicolas Pepe's cross with the outside of his foot at the far post.\n\nCity dominated possession after the break but squandered their opportunities and Aubameyang made them pay once more in the 71st minute when he raced away on the angle to slide a composed finish under the keeper.\n\nThis was a personal triumph for Arteta and completes a superb week after the victory over Premier League champions Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.\n\nAnd there was so much to admire about Arsenal's willingness to adopt a courageous gameplan, happy to patiently keep possession - often in their own area - with one such passage of play leading to Aubameyang's opener.\n\nAs against Liverpool, Arsenal were well-organised and resilient at the back, willing to throw bodies on the line to repel the wave of City attacks in the second half as the holders tried to hold on to the FA Cup.\n\nDavid Luiz had the sort of nightmare many believed would end his Arsenal career when they played City in their first post-lockdown game at Etihad Stadium, making a mistake leading to a goal then being sent off after conceding a penalty.\n\nThis was the other side of the maverick Brazilian defender, a rock at the heart of Arsenal's defence and a central figure in this victory.\n\nThe spearhead, however, was the 31-year-old Gabon striker Aubameyang, who was a huge threat throughout and illustrated exactly why he is among the game's elite group of strikers.\n\nAn ever-present menace, his two finishes were of the highest quality and demonstrated his big-match temperament.\n\nThis is why Arsenal are so keen to get his signature on a lucrative new deal - and why they will have a chance of winning the FA Cup no matter who they face in the final.\n\nManchester City rightly receive plaudits for their classic purist style - but there is a faultline running through this team that manager Guardiola simply must address.\n\nThis is a side that can defeat anyone but also has a soft centre that makes them eminently beatable - there is a reason why they have lost nine times in the Premier League this season.\n\nGuardiola's side can be cut and carved open, as they were twice by Aubameyang here, and this must surely be central to their summer transfer activity.\n\nAs at Southampton recently, they had plenty of the ball after going behind but could not find a cutting edge. This is where master finisher Sergio Aguero is missed, especially as this was one of those rare occasions when Kevin de Bruyne's radar was faulty.\n\nCity romped to a 6-0 victory in last season's final against Watford, but there will be no repeat this year and that is because there are faults in this team that Arsenal - led by Arteta - were able to exploit.\n\n'An incredible week' - what they said\n\nArsenal boss Mikel Arteta to BBC Sport: \"We've had an incredible week to beat the best two teams in Europe, it doesn't happen every day.\n\n\"I don't care who plays, I can trust them - we made changes and everyone was ready.\n\n\"We had to suffer in many moments. We had to be really well-organised and minimise the spaces.\"\n\nOn seeing Pep Guardiola after the game: \"I high-fived him after the game and wished him luck. I love him like yesterday or this morning the same way.\"\n\nOn Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's contract talks: \"Hopefully it will help him to be more convinced we are going in the right direction.\"\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola to MOTD: \"We didn't make a good performance, we were not ready enough. If you don't play for 90 minutes in a semi-final this can happen. We didn't play good, we are human beings. The opponent played good, sometimes it happens.\n\n\"The only regret is that we didn't play the first half like we played the second one. We had to change the set-up but we couldn't do it.\"\n\nCity's cup run comes to an end - the stats\n• None Arsenal have reached the FA Cup final a record 21 times, with the Gunners also winning the competition more than any other side (13).\n• None Manchester City have been eliminated from a domestic cup tie (League Cup and FA Cup) for the first time since February 2018 (FA Cup 5th Round v Wigan), with this their 22nd such tie since that game.\n• None Arsenal have eliminated the holders of the FA Cup on each of the last six occasions they've faced them.\n• None All four of Arsenal's shots in this match were on target - indeed they had more shots on target in this match than they'd had in their previous three meetings with Manchester City combined (3).\n• None Manchester City had just one shot on target in this match, their fewest in a game since April 2018 in the Champions League against Liverpool (0).\n• None Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the fourth Arsenal player to score a competitive brace at Wembley Stadium, after Reg Lewis (1950 FA Cup final), Charlie Nicholas (1987 League Cup final) and Alexis Sanchez (2015 FA Cup semi-final).\n• None Nicolas Pepe has been involved in 17 goals in all competitions for Arsenal this season (8 goals, 9 assists) - only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (27) has been involved in more.\n\nBoth sides return to Premier League action as City face Watford at Vicarage Road on Tuesday, 21 July (18:00 BST), before Arsenal travel to Aston Villa later that evening (20:15).\n• None Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy.\n• None Joseph Willock (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Shkodran Mustafi because of an injury.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo.\n• None Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nManchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal.\n\nUnited manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ditched his usual FA Cup keeper Sergio Romero to keep faith with De Gea - but the experienced Spain international produced two horrendous errors either side of half-time to gift Chelsea two goals.\n\nDe Gea made a flimsy attempt to deal with Olivier Giroud's flick in first-half stoppage time then weakly fumbled Mason Mount's tame 20-yard shot into the net moments after the restart.\n\nChelsea's excellent performance fully merited this victory and United's abject misery after a dreadful performance was complete when captain Harry Maguire diverted Marcos Alonso's cross into his own net at the near post with 16 minutes left.\n\nFrank Lampard's side were in complete control from first to last as they comprehensively ended Manchester United's 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions.\n\nBruno Fernandes pulled a goal back from the penalty spot late on after Callum Hudson-Odoi fouled Anthony Martial but it could not even be described as a consolation as Chelsea closed out the win.\n• None 'Solskjaer says De Gea is best in world - he's not even best in Manchester'\n• None How you rated the players\n\nLampard is now in position to make his first season in charge a highly satisfactory one as they contemplate a place in the FA Cup final and lie third in the Premier League, in position to reach next season's Champions League.\n\nAnd no-one can question their right to this win as they dominated from start to finish, particularly in midfield, where they were able to subdue the influence of the talented Fernandes.\n\nOnce again 33-year-old Giroud demonstrated his influence, leading the line selflessly and being rewarded with that crucial first goal, even though it received a large helping hand from De Gea.\n\nChelsea were more energetic, dangerous and aggressive and while they were thankful to those mistakes from De Gea, the margin of victory was no more than they deserved.\n\nLampard's side cut off any supply line to United's forwards and it will be an intriguing final on 1 August back here at Wembley, when he pits his wits against another rookie manager in Arsenal's Mikel Arteta.\n• None More to come from Chelsea, says Lampard\n\nUnited went into this semi-final high on optimism on that long unbeaten run and with the sense that Solskjaer was starting to get to grips with the big rebuilding job.\n\nThat continues and United are still in decent shape to reach next season's Champions League, either via the Premier League or Europa League, but this was a savage setback.\n\nAnd the main culprit was De Gea, who gives the impression of a goalkeeper either in permanent decline or going through a very long slump.\n\nDe Gea changed the face of this FA Cup semi-final with those mistakes, allowing Chelsea to transform their dominance into a two-goal lead.\n\nFernandes was overpowered in midfield and United had no punch in attack, where Solskjaer decided to leave the potency of Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood on the bench, along with Paul Pogba.\n\nIt was perhaps a sign that Solskjaer knew all was not well when he introduced Martial for defender Eric Bailly when he sustained a first-half head injury while Greenwood and Pogba were only introduced in desperation when the game was gone.\n\nBailly suffered a cut to the back of his head and Solskjaer said the Ivorian had been taken to hospital for \"routine checks and protocols\".\n\nIn defence they were also vulnerable, Victor Lindelof losing Giroud too easily for Chelsea's opener and captain Maguire ending any hopes with that own goal.\n\nUnited complained they should have had a penalty when Martial went down under Kurt Zouma's first-half challenge but this was a miserable experience for Solskjaer and his players.\n\nSolskjaer's side have had many good days in recent months. This was a very bad one.\n• None Chelsea have reached their 14th FA Cup final. Only Arsenal (21 including this season) and Manchester United (20) have made the final on more occasions.\n• None Manchester United have been eliminated from the FA Cup by Chelsea for a sixth time (including three of the last four seasons) - only Arsenal (seven) have knocked the Red Devils out of the competition on more occasions.\n• None This was Chelsea's first victory against Manchester United since the 2018 FA Cup final - the Blues were winless in six matches across all competitions against the Red Devils prior to today (D2 L4).\n• None Chelsea are the first side to beat Manchester United since Burnley in the Premier League back in January, ending United's 19 game unbeaten run in all competitions.\n• None Mason Mount became the first Englishman to score for Chelsea at Wembley since John Terry in the 2015 League Cup final versus Tottenham.\n• None No player has scored more goals for Frank Lampard in his managerial career than Mason Mount (18 - level with Harry Wilson).\n• None Since his Manchester United debut in February, no Premier League player has been involved in more goals across all competitions than Bruno Fernandes (17 - nine goals and eight assists).\n• None Manchester United have both taken (19) and scored (15) more penalties than any other Premier League side this season in all competitions.\n• None Go Ask Your Mother:\n• None Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham.\n• None Reece James (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic tries a through ball, but Odion Ighalo is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 1, Chelsea 3. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Crowds of people were waiting to leave the park after the stabbing\n\nA man has been seriously injured in a stabbing at Thorpe Park following an altercation between two groups.\n\nThe man in his 20s was slashed in his stomach on a footbridge near the exit of the resort in Surrey shortly before 17:00 BST.\n\nThe theme park said on-site medical staff were at the scene \"within minutes\".\n\nSurrey Police said two men in their 20s had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.\n\nVisitors were locked down inside the park while police attended, with pictures on social media showing crowds building up as the bridge was cordoned off.\n\nPolice said two groups of people were involved in an altercation on the bridge close to the park's exit.\n\nOne man was treated for a slash wound to his stomach and is in hospital in a serious condition, the force added.\n\nDet Insp Andy Greaves appealed for witnesses and said officers were tracing \"all those believed to have been involved\".\n\n\"I'm keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened or who has video footage of this assault,\" he said.\n\n\"The two groups of people were close to the exit inside the park on the bridge when the assault took place.\"\n\nSouth East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to the park at about 16:50 following reports of a person with an abdominal injury.\n\nParamedics treated one person who was taken to a London hospital.\n\nThorpe Park said its on-site medical staff provided emergency first aid and said it was helping police with inquiries.\n\n\"The health, safety and security of our guests is our primary objective. We have an excellent security track record and have never had any incidents of this kind in over 40 years,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThorpe Park reopened on 4 July after being shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The committee is looking into Moscow's alleged influence on UK votes\n\nA long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in the 2017 general election and the 2016 Brexit vote is to be published next week.\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee voted unanimously for it to be released before Parliament's summer break.\n\nThe delay in publishing the report, which was completed last year, has led to speculation that it contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives.\n\nBut the government denies that political considerations were involved.\n\nThe report is thought to look at a wide range of Russian activity - from traditional espionage to subversion - but the greatest interest is in possible interference in the 2016 and 2017 votes.\n\nDowning Street gave clearance for publication last autumn, but it did not come out before December's general election was called - at which point the old committee's membership was disbanded.\n\nPublication was further delayed by the replacement committee not being set up until this week.\n\nEspionage, subversion and influence: that's what the Russia Report is all about. How far has Russia been carrying out such activities and has enough been done to stop them?\n\nIt is not just about the traditional spy-versus-spy intelligence-gathering to steal secrets, but also Russia's use of new techniques like cyber-espionage and social media campaigns to interfere in political life.\n\nBut it is also about Russian influence, especially though money, which critics argue has seeped into public life and compromised various institutions.\n\nThe information in the report came from the intelligence agencies but also from independent experts. Some of them are believed to have painted a stark picture of a long-term failure to deter Moscow, all the way back to the weak response to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium in 2006.\n\nHow much detail is there and how damning is it? We are about to find out.\n\nThe decision by the nine-member ISC - which meets behind closed doors - to bring out the report follows the election of Julian Lewis as its chairman on Wednesday.\n\nA Tory MP since 1997, he put himself forward for the role, apparently against the wishes of Downing Street, which had preferred former cabinet minister Chris Grayling for the job.\n\nThe three Labour members and one SNP member of the committee supported Mr Lewis, who, immediately after being named chairman, was expelled from the Conservative Parliamentary Party.\n\nChris Grayling had been the PM's preferred choice for committee chair\n\nBut in a statement, Mr Lewis said the 2013 Justice and Security Act had \"explicitly removed the right of the prime minister to choose the ISC chairman and gave it to the committee members\".\n\nHe added: \"It was only yesterday afternoon [Thursday] that I received a text asking me to confirm that I would be voting for the prime minister's preferred candidate for the ISC chair.\n\n\"I did not reply as I considered it an improper request. At no earlier stage did I give any undertaking to vote for any particular candidate.\"\n\nMr Lewis also said the government had denied wanting to \"parachute\" a preferred candidate in to the chair, adding:\"It is therefore strange to have the whip removed for failing to vote for the government's preferred candidate.\"\n\nBut House of Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg accused him of of \"playing ducks and drakes with the Labour Party\" and said that was why he had had the Conservative whip withdrawn.\n\nHowever, Conservative MP Peter Bone said Mr Lewis was \"exceptionally well-qualified\" to become chairman and \"would do and excellent job\", while some in Downing Street had had a \"huge hissy-fit\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"good thing\" the committee had chosen Mr Lewis.\n\nHe added: \"They obviously chose to reject the imposition by the prime minister of his preferred chair on them…They're an independent committee and we should respect the decision they came to.\"", "There are now about 10,000 red kites in the UK\n\nThe reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a \"true conservation success story\", an expert has said.\n\nNumbers of kites had declined over a 200-year period and by the 1980s they were one of only three globally-threatened species in the UK.\n\nThirteen young birds were brought over from Spain and released in the Chiltern Hills in July 1990.\n\nThey are now \"thriving\", with an estimated 1,800 UK breeding pairs.\n\nThe red kite is one of Britain's most distinctive birds of prey, known for its reddish-brown body, angled wings, forked tail, and \"mewing\" call.\n\nThey used to breed across much of the UK, but persecution over the years saw numbers fall as they increasingly became a target for egg collectors.\n\nAt one point there were just a few breeding pairs in central Wales.\n\nThe Chilterns area was chosen as it met the criteria set out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the project.\n\nThe birds were brought to the UK from Spain\n\nThirteen young kites were initially released in the Chilterns\n\nThe Chiltern Hills were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1965 and stretch from Goring in Oxfordshire, through Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, to Hitchin in Hertfordshire.\n\nMore birds were introduced and by 1996, at least 37 pairs had bred in southern England.\n\nRed kites can now be seen in most English counties with an estimated 10,000 birds in the UK, including 1,800 breeding pairs.\n\nTony Juniper, chair of Natural England, said these \"most majestic birds of prey\" had been \"persecuted to near-extinction\", but the \"pioneering reintroduction programme in the Chilterns stands out as a true conservation success story\".\n\nTheir reintroduction has been hailed a \"conservation success story\" by the RSPB\n\nWhile the \"majestic\" red kites have been targeted by hunters and egg thieves, they have also had some bad press themselves as numbers have increased.\n\nReports including the birds swooping on school children as they ate their lunches, and \"sweeping up chickens\", prompting calls for people to stop feeding them as there was plenty of wild food for them to eat.\n\nHowever, Jeff Knott, the RSPB's operations director for Central and Eastern England, said the reintroduction project \"might be the biggest species success story in UK conservation history\", resulting in the \"near-extinct\" species becoming a \"daily sight for millions of people\".\n\nThe UK is now home to almost 10% of the world population of red kites.", "Barcelona has seen a spike in cases Image caption: Barcelona has seen a spike in cases\n\nAs we mentioned earlier, Barcelona is currently under new lockdown restrictions.\n\nCarmen Callizo is the owner of the SlowMov coffee shop and roastery in the city's Gràcia neighbourhood, she described the new lockdown to BBC’s Newshour.\n\nShe said that people who did not follow news were largely unaware of the second lockdown and those that did follow the news had left Barcelona.\n\n“The streets are more empty because those who have homes outside have left Barcelona. They said last Thursday that it was recommended that people should not go outside Barcelona but they did the opposite.”\n\nCallizo had to put her staff on furlough during the last lockdown and had only just started bringing her team back.\n\n“The last two days we have had less people in the coffee shop. We are still selling online and having wholesale customers which is half of our business. We don’t know if we will keep open or not.\n\n“The message from the government is that they are recommendations. We will see next week if we can keep them [staff]. People can’t just go out for a walk, they have to the supermarket so I don’t know if drinking in a coffee shop is considered a business,” she said", "Scotland has seen the biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in almost a month.\n\nThe Scottish government said 21 cases had been detected in the last 24 hours - eight of them within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.\n\nIt is the biggest daily increase since 21 June.\n\nHowever, Scotland's national clinical director, Jason Leitch, said he expected to see \"day-to-day variation\" in the number of new cases.\n\nIn addition to the Glasgow and Clyde cases, there were five new cases in NHS Lothian with the rest spread around seven other health boards.\n\nMr Leitch told BBC Scotland that he did not believe the new cases were part of a cluster.\n\n\"I expect day-to-day variation and the next thing I look at is the spread around the country\" he said.\n\n\"So 21 in one small town would worry me much more than 21 spread around the country - and these 21 are spread around the country.\"\n\nMr Leitch said he was confident in Scotland's test and protect system and also pointed out that about 16,500 tests had been carried out on Friday and so a rise in the number of positive results could also be expected.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney tweeted that the 21 new positive cases were a reminder of the \"danger still out there\".\n\nThe percentage of tests coming back positive remains low in Scotland and has been under 1% since the end of May.\n\nThe World Health Organisation says that one measure which can indicate whether an epidemic is under control is whether, with a comprehensive testing system, less than 5% of samples return a positive for Covid-19 over two weeks.\n\nThe Scottish government also confirmed that no new deaths were registered in Scotland following a positive test for the virus, meaning that only one death in the last 10 days has been recorded using this measure.\n\nThe number of patients in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 fell from 316 to 305, with just three of them in intensive care units.", "Footage on social media appears to show an officer with his knee on a man's head during an arrest\n\nThe Met Police must formally apologise to a man who was detained while a police officer appeared to kneel on his neck, his lawyer has said.\n\nMarcus Coutain, 48, was filmed telling officers \"get off my neck\" as he was arrested in north London on Thursday.\n\nHis lawyer Tim Rustem said the events \"mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd\", who died after being restrained in the US.\n\nOne Met officer has been suspended and another placed on restricted duties.\n\nThe Met \"quickly assessed the incident\" and referred it to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which is conducting an investigation.\n\nThe force said it would not be issuing any further statements.\n\nA protest against the arrest was held outside Islington police station on Saturday\n\nOn Saturday, Mr Coutain pleaded not guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to possessing a knife in public.\n\nPolice said officers were called to reports of a fight in Isledon Road on Thursday.\n\nFootage posted on social media that evening shows two officers holding a handcuffed black man on the pavement.\n\nIn court, Mr Rustem said the police should apologise.\n\nSpeaking outside court, Mr Rustem said the Crown Prosecution Service should review the case, drop the charges and offer a \"formal apology\" to Mr Coutain.\n\nMr Rustem said his client was legally carrying a blade for the purposes of repairing his bicycle.\n\n\"Essentially Mr Coutain was stopped and searched for matters for which he has not been charged,\" he said.\n\n\"It is the use of what I would regard as excessive force, a knee being placed on his neck ... references which mirror exactly what happened to George Floyd in America.\n\n\"A man saying 'I can't breathe' and 'get your knee off my neck', while he was already handcuffed and while he was restrained by two police officers.\"\n\nHe said his client was lucky to have only \"minimal\" injuries to his wrists and neck, adding: \"Fortunately it didn't lead to the tragic consequences that we saw in America.\"\n\nDeputy Commissioner Sir Steve House described footage of the arrest in Islington as \"deeply disturbing\" and said some of the techniques, which were \"not taught in police training\", caused him \"great concern\".\n\nIn a statement, the Met Police said it had quickly assessed the incident, including the body worn video footage from the officers and their statements and justification for their use of force, and referred it to the IOPC.\n\nIn Islington, about 30 people gathered outside the police station in protest against how Mr Coutain was arrested.\n\nThe case has been sent to Snaresbrook Crown Court on 17 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Changing Places have equipment such as a height-adjustable changing bench and a hoist\n\nLarge accessible toilets for severely disabled people - known as Changing Places - will be made compulsory for new buildings in England from 2021.\n\nShopping centres, supermarkets, sports and arts venues will be required to include at least one Changing Place, a government spokesman said.\n\nThe facilities include hoists, changing benches and space for carers.\n\nCampaigner Zack Kerr said the announcement was \"nothing short of life changing\".\n\nA government spokesman said there were more than 1,400 Changing Places toilets in the UK, compared with 140 in 2007, but more were needed to support about 250,000 severely disabled people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A BBC News film last year highlighted the need for the larger toilet areas\n\nMany disabled people have spoken about restricting their drinking to avoid needing the toilet when they were out, risking dehydration and urinary tract infections.\n\nOther issues include sitting in soiled clothing or dirty nappies until they find a suitable toilet or returned home, and carers having to change a disabled person on a dirty toilet floor.\n\nHelen Whately, Minister for Care, said: \"Compulsory Changing Places in new public buildings is a major step in reducing the health inequalities.\n\n\"All public spaces should cater for people with disabilities so they don't have to suffer discomfort, embarrassment, or even injury without access to a Changing Place.\"\n\nThe government's announcement will be a major change for building rules in England which now require Changing Places, which are at about 12 sq m, to be designed for new public buildings.\n\nA £30m fund to install Changing Places in existing premises was also announced in March's Budget.\n\nOn Sunday, the Department for Transport and Muscular Dystrophy UK announced a £1.27m fund to install 37 more Changing Places at service stations across England.\n\nIt means 87 of England's 118 service stations will have the facilities in the next few years.\n\nZack Kerr, who has cerebral palsy, launched a campaign for more Changing Places after a \"distressing\" journey from his Lancashire home to south Wales three years ago.\n\n\"We stopped at three service stations on route along the M62, M6 and M5 but none of them had an accessible changing facility,\" he said.\n\nMr Kerr said when he started his service stations campaign \"there were about 10 [Changing Places] in the whole country and none of them were north of Birmingham\".\n\nHe said he was \"especially pleased\" there would be more facilities in northern England.", "Numbers had dwindled by Sunday morning from the thousands police said were at the scene overnight\n\nPolice say they did not have the manpower to stop an illegal rave near Bath which attracted more than 3,000 partygoers through the night.\n\nThe event, at the former RAF Charmy Down airfield about three miles from the city, began late on Saturday.\n\nPeople living as far away as Bristol complained they had been kept awake.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said despite officers arriving at the scene within minutes of being alerted there were already \"many people at the site\".\n\nCh Supt Ian Wylie said the force was aware a major gathering was likely this weekend, but it was unable to pinpoint where it might take place.\n\nOnce officers were called to the former RAF station, he said, it was too late.\n\n\"We got the call just after 23:00 (BST) and we were there within 10 minutes but all the stages were set up and all the music was already going with many, many people at the site,\" he said.\n\n\"It became impossible for us to do anything... because of the safety of those partygoers, many of whom were drunk, many of whom were on drugs, and the safety of the officers attending.\"\n\nHe said it was not possible to gather enough officers to disperse such a large number of people at that time of night.\n\n\"We don't have a standing army waiting to deal with these issues,\" he added.\n\nIn an earlier statement, Avon and Somerset Police said despite closing off approach routes, officers were still turning vehicles away on Sunday morning.\n\nCh Supt Wylie said the music was stopped just after 13:00 on Sunday and the site was eventually cleared three hours later.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police closed the event down at 4pm on Sunday\n\nLocal resident Dulcie Walpole said as well as the noise issue, the arrival of huge numbers of cars had also caused disruption.\n\n\"We had appointments to go to this morning and we couldn't actually get out of the lane, there were cars parked all the way down and it's all blocked off,\" she said.\n\n\"All of our neighbours have called the police and complained and it doesn't seem to have done anything.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam Joinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTanya Rich, who lives in Weston in Bath, said the music from the rave, held close to the A46, woke her up at 05:00.\n\n\"I heard this thumping sound. I thought someone had their car stereo on loud and it would stop, but it kept going,\" she said.\n\nPeople said they could hear the event several miles away\n\n\"I went on my local Facebook group and everyone was talking about it and complaining.\n\n\"People have been saying they can hear it as far away as Longwell Green, even Kingswood.\n\n\"It's so loud. You couldn't have a window open.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Emma Moxham RN QN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCh Supt Wylie said an investigation would take place into how the rave was organised.\n\n\"This is just, frankly, selfish actions of individuals who seemed determined to ignore the Covid-19 legislation, and all of the health advice that has been widely publicised,\" he said.\n\n\"They have caused significant disruption to the people of Bath and the local area.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Technology firm Fujitsu has said it will halve its office space in Japan as it adapts to the \"new normal\" of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt says the \"Work Life Shift\" programme will offer unprecedented flexibility to its 80,000 workers in the country.\n\nStaff will be able to work flexible hours, and working from home will be standard wherever possible.\n\nThe announcement follows a similar move in May by social media platform Twitter.\n\nIn a statement sent to the BBC, Fujitsu said it \"will introduce a new way of working that promises a more empowering, productive, and creative experience for employees that will boost innovation and deliver new value to its customers and society\".\n\nUnder the plan employees will \"begin to primarily work on a remote basis to achieve a working style that allows them to flexibly use their time according to the contents of their work, business roles, and lifestyle\".\n\nThe company also said the programme would allow staff to choose where they worked, whether that was from home, a major corporate hub or a satellite office.\n\nFujitsu believes that that the increased autonomy offered to its workers will help to improve the performance of teams and increase productivity.\n\nSree Sreenivasan, visiting professor of digital innovation at the Stony Brook University School of Journalism, said the announcement underlined the huge long-term impact of the pandemic on the way many of us work.\n\n\"This is yet another sign that everything we know about offices and the future of work is being upended. Thousands of employers and millions of employees are learning the pros and cons of the new normal.\"\n\n\"If they can combine the best of the pros (less commuting, more productivity, less expenses, etc), while minimising the cons (lack of in-person bonding, never being off the clock, etc), millions will be grateful, while frustrating thousands who preferred the old way of life,\" he added.\n\nIn May, Twitter told staff that they could work from home \"forever\" if they wished, as the company looks towards the future after the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe social media platform said: \"The past few months have proven we can make that work. So if our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen.\"\n\nEarlier that month Google and Facebook said their staff could work from home until the end of the year.\n\nGoogle originally said it would keep its work from home policy until 1 June, but extended it for seven more months.\n\nIts announcement coincided with a similar move by social media giant Facebook.", "The government has received a report into Huawei that is likely to change its policy over the Chinese firm's role in the UK's telecoms networks.\n\nDigital Secretary Oliver Dowden said GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre had delivered its findings.\n\nNCSC is believed to have said it can no longer assure the security of Huawei's products because of new US sanctions.\n\n\"We're now examining it and understanding the implications of it,\" Mr Dowden told BBC Radio 4's Today.\n\nThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has yet to deliver its conclusions to the prime minister, but Boris Johnson said on Monday afternoon that he did not want the country to be \"vulnerable to a high-risk state vendor\".\n\nHuawei has said it remains \"open to discussions\".\n\nBut one of the company's spokesmen took a tougher line over the weekend, following newspaper reports that the government might ban the purchase of new Huawei 5G equipment by the end of the year.\n\n\"UK policy is being dictated by [the] Trump administration... shouldn't the US respect a United Kingdom in the post-Brexit era being in a position to chose its own telecommunication strategy?\" tweeted Paul Harrison, Huawei's head of international media, UK.\n\nChina's ambassador to the UK has warned that if the country got rid of Huawei, it would send out a wider message about its openness to foreign investment.\n\nHuawei's role in the UK seemed to have been settled in January, when the government placed a cap on its market share in mobile and full-fibre fixed-line broadband networks, and excluded its involvement in the most sensitive parts of 5G known as the \"core\"'.\n\nHowever, the US subsequently announced fresh sanctions that forbid the Chinese firm and the third parties that make its chips from using \"US technology and software to design and manufacture\" its products.\n\nWashington claims Huawei is backed by the Chinese military and poses a national security risk, claims the company denies.\n\nNCSC has examined the impact of the sanctions, including the fact that they effectively prevent the company from being able to use critical software to design and simulate chips before their fabrication, as well as stopping third-party manufacturers from being able to use equipment needed to produce some of Huawei's most advanced processors.\n\nThe risk is that as a consequence Huawei would have to start sourcing chips from elsewhere, which UK security officials might not be able to properly vet.\n\n\"Clearly the US sanctions will present challenges and that is what that advice is about,\" Mr Dowden told the BBC.\n\nHe said a final decision had yet to be taken, but added: \"We want to diversify away from these so called high-risk vendors, of which Huawei is is the principal one... we want to be in a position where we don't have high-risk vendors in our networks at all.\"\n\nMr Dowden said he aimed to tell Parliament of any policy change before MPs rose for the summer recess on 22 July.\n\nIt remains unclear how far the government will go.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported that BT and Vodafone had asked to be given until 2030 to remove Huawei's equipment from their existing 5G infrastructure.\n\nBut ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith told the BBC: \"The government now must act and make sure that Huawei or any other untrusted vendor is never to be in our telecom system.\"\n\nAnd one of his allies, Bob Seely MP, told the Telegraph: \"2029 is going to be too long for some colleagues, who want to see Huawei out of the system by the end of this parliament.\"\n\nIn theory, the Prime Minister could decide to go further, ordering Huawei's kit to be removed from 3G and 4G networks, and even the tens of thousands of roadside cabinets it is currently sits in providing broadband connectivity.\n\nBut experts have warned that the cost of this would run into \"billions of pounds\" and would cause major delays to the rollout of full-fibre internet.\n\nWhen asked about this, Mr Johnson said: \"We have to come up with the right technological solutions, but also we will have to make sure that we can continue to deliver the broadband that the UK needs.\"\n\nA spokesman for the prime minister added that there was \"no change to [the] broadband 2025 target\".\n\nAmbassador Liu Xiaoming said a rejection of Huawei would send a \"very bad message\"\n\nChina's introduction of a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong, and the subsequent arrest of some pro-democracy protesters may put the prime minister under further pressure to take a tough stance.\n\nFormer Labour business minister Peter Mandelson said the forthcoming US sanctions - which are due to come into effect in September - provided \"a cover\" for the UK to change its position.\n\n\"President Trump has undoubtedly succeeded in overturning the government's original decision about Huawei equipment in Britain's 5G network,\" he added.\n\n\"This is fundamentally not a question of security. It's a commercial war between the US and China.\n\n\"President Trump said he wanted to demolish Huawei, and he's doing so through very draconian sanctions.\"\n\nBut Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations at MI6, told the BBC that the UK needed to avoid becoming \"collateral damage\" of a clash between the two superpowers.\n\n\"It's going to be very important for the UK to manoeuvre adroitly to ensure that we don't get forced into making a binary choice in this area, in ways that could be very detrimental to our long-term interest,\" he said.\n\nWhen questioned about the issue, China's ambassador to the UK said the wider Chinese business community was watching to see how the UK handled the case.\n\n\"We want to be your friend. We want to be your partner,\" added Liu Xiaoming.\n\n\"But if you want to make China a hostile country, you will have to bear the consequences.\"\n\nOn Thursday, MPs will discuss the issue further at the House of Commons science and technology committee when it questions Huawei, Vodafone and BT about the implications of a potential ban.", "Millions of coronavirus tests are not being recorded, according to new data from the UK government.\n\nSome 10.5 million tests have been \"made available\" since testing began, but only eight million of those have been \"processed\", the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) says.\n\nMore than two million tests, or about one in every five tests, are either not being sent back to laboratories or are being voided.\n\n\"Some members of the public may order a test and then for whatever reason they choose not to return that test,\" the prime minister's official spokesman told reporters.\n\nHe said he had not seen a \"verified number on this\" when the DHSC figures were put to him.\n\nIt comes as Downing Street defends its decision to stop publishing daily figures on the number of people being tested - in favour of the number of tests being done.\n\n\"DHSC will no longer publish the number of people tested daily anymore and will instead publish the number of daily tests processed,\" the PM's spokesman said.\n\n\"This is because the daily people tested statistic only counts new people being tested. For example, someone who is tested in February and then tested again this month will only be counted once.\"\n\nThe testing system in England has been criticised in recent days, after figures showed many people are still waiting more than 24 hours to get their results - despite the prime minister pledging to make this happen by the end of June.\n\nAnd an investigation by BBC Panorama last week found thousands of contact tracers in England failed to trace a single contact in the first three weeks of the test and trace system.", "Nick Cordero, a Broadway and TV actor who spent months in intensive care after suffering complications from coronavirus, has died aged 41.\n\n\"My heart is broken as I cannot imagine our lives without him,\" wrote his wife Amanda Kloots on Instagram.\n\nCordero was nominated for a Tony for his role in Bullets Over Broadway and appeared in Waitress and A Bronx Tale.\n\nWhile in hospital he suffered sepsis infections and mini-strokes and had his right leg amputated.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by amandakloots This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn May, his wife revealed he had woken from a medically induced coma but remained \"extremely weak\".\n\nIn a post confirming his death, Kloots said: \"God has another angel in heaven now. My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.\"\n\nKloots remembered her husband as \"a bright light\" who was \"was everyone's friend\".\n\nShe paid tribute to his \"extraordinary\" doctor and thanked everyone for \"the outpour of love, support and help we've received\".\n\nWhile Cordero was in hospital, Kloots regularly sent him videos of her and their one-year-old son, Elvis, and encouraged fans to take part in a daily sing-a-long.\n\nA fundraising page to help pay for medical expenses raised more than $600,000 (£480,000).\n\nActress Viola Davis led the tributes to Cordero on social media\n\nOscar-winning actress Viola Davis led the tributes on Twitter writing: \"My condolences to you Amanda who fought and loved so hard... so sorry for his little one. My heart is with you.\"\n\n\"My heart is broken,\" added actor Josh Gad. \"I feel ill. Along with the entire Broadway community and the entire world, I mourn the loss of the incredible Nick Cordero.\"\n\nPriscilla Presley tweeted: \"I'm so shocked to see the news today that Nick has passed. My heart and soul goes out to Nick Cordero's beautiful wife and family. Rest In Peace, Nick.\"\n\n\"I can honesty tell you I have never met a kinder human being,\" said Scrubs star Zach Braff. \"Don't believe that Covid only claims the elderly and infirm.\"\n\n\"It is so shocking and devastating to see one of your own come down as hard as he did,\" wrote Little Women star Florence Pugh on Instagram.\n\nCordero's TV credits included Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and he had a role in the 2017 film Going in Style, which starred Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The bodies of Helen Hancock and Martin Griffiths were found by police on New Year's Day\n\nA man has admitted murdering his wife and her new partner on New Year's Day.\n\nHelen Hancock, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, were found stabbed to death at a house in Duffield, Derbyshire, in the early hours of 1 January.\n\nDerby Crown Court heard Rhys Hancock called police at about 04:20 GMT to say he was at his former marital home and admitted murdering the couple.\n\nHancock, of Etwall in Derbyshire, pleaded guilty to both murders.\n\nThe 40-year-old former head teacher will be sentenced at a date to be fixed.\n\nPolice officers found the bodies of mother-of-three Ms Hancock and father-of-two Mr Griffiths in the house.\n\nAn inquest heard both had suffered multiple stab wounds and there was a blunt trauma injury to Ms Hancock's right eye.\n\nA previous court hearing was told Hancock had found out about his wife's new relationship on 26 December.\n\nRhys Hancock will be sentenced at a later date\n\nHancock's mother had called police just after 04:00 warning them he had left the house with two knives after earlier telling her he \"felt like killing them\".\n\nA phone operator tried to call Ms Hancock's mobile number but it went to voicemail.\n\nFollowing the husband's call, a police dog handler was the first to arrive at the scene and ordered Hancock to the floor before arresting him.\n\nBoth victims were found in a bedroom with multiple stab wounds.\n\nMr Griffiths had already died but paramedics battled for more than 15 minutes to resuscitate Ms Hancock before she was pronounced dead.\n\nA pathologist's report quoted at her inquest stated: \"A knife was recovered from the abdomen. The whole of the knife being within the body.\"\n\nMs Hancock and Mr Griffiths were found at a house in Duffield\n\nA close friend of Ms Hancock, who worked as a PE teacher in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, said she had been \"loving life\" in the months leading up to the killings and had climbed Snowdon with her new partner just days before they died.\n\nHer family described her as \"a lovely, beautiful, friendly, bubbly and social person\".\n\nThe family of Mr Griffiths said he was \"a lovely dad, husband, son, brother and uncle who had a passion for adventure, running and a love of animals\".\n\nThe case had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to contact between Derbyshire Police and Ms Hancock in the period leading up to the murders.\n\nAn IOPC spokesperson said: \"We are close to finalising our investigation and we will consider releasing our findings when all associated proceedings, including coronial, have been concluded.\"\n\nThey added the police contact related to \"a number of domestic incidents over a period of time\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The ambulance crew were on a call at a property in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton\n\nTwo paramedics have been stabbed while attending a call to check on the welfare of a man.\n\nThe victims, a man and a woman, were described as stable in hospital after being hurt at a property in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton.\n\nThe crew used their emergency alert shortly after arriving at the scene.\n\nA man who was Tasered by police was also treated for injuries by ambulance staff. Officers said a man aged 52 has been arrested.\n\nHe has been held on suspicion of wounding.\n\nThe paramedics were conducting \"a safe and well check\" at about 12:30 BST when they were attacked.\n\nWest Midlands Police said an officer who had accompanied the crew arrested a man at the scene.\n\nPolice have arrested a man over the attack\n\nThe ambulance staff sustained one stab wound each, one in the chest and one to the side.\n\nAssistant Chief Ambulance Officer Nathan Hudson said: \"Thankfully, our colleagues at [West Midlands Police] saved them from more serious injury.\"\n\nMr Hudson said without the quick response of police, he \"would probably have been telling a very different story today\".\n\nHe reported the paramedics were \"doing well\" in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and \"stable, without serious life-threatening injuries\".\n\nNeighbour Anita Millard, 65, said a man lived alone at the property and it had been his elderly mother who had first raised concerns for his welfare after he failed to answer the door.\n\nMs Millard described how two paramedics arrived along with two police officers and managed to gain entry by removing a door panel with a screwdriver borrowed from a neighbour.\n\nShe said: \"The police asked the man's mother to step back and then the girl paramedic went in, followed by the other medic.\n\n\"Then all I heard was a blood-curdling scream. He had two knives.\n\n\"The male paramedic then came backwards out the house and he shouted into his radio 'help, help, we've both been stabbed'.\n\n\"Then he pushed the female paramedic backwards towards the side gate, and away from it all.\n\n\"The guy was stood in the porch holding these knives. Then the police came in and shouted 'Taser' and they Tasered him.\"\n\nThe paramedics are in a stable condition with \"serious injuries\"\n\nThree additional ambulances, two Midlands air ambulances and the West Midlands Care Team responded to the stabbing, along with three paramedic officers.\n\nThe victims were treated at the scene in the Ashmore Park area of the city before being taken to hospital.\n\nPolice described the attack as \"a shocking incident\"\n\nNeighbour Anita Millard said a man lived alone at the property\n\nSupt Simon Inglis, from Wolverhampton police, said: \"This is a shocking incident resulting in serious injuries to two of our blue light colleagues.\n\n\"We are treating it as an isolated incident and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.\"\n\nThe force said its thoughts were with the paramedic officers and their families.\n\nThanking his staff, Mr Hudson said: \"They did an unbelievable job in very difficult circumstances.\"\n\nSpeaking on Twitter, an acting operations manager for the service said: \"This has made me feel sick... No one should come to work and suffer such harm. Especially when they've come to help people.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rob Moore #HelpUsHelpYou This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson has been accused of trying to shift the blame for coronavirus deaths onto care homes.\n\nThe prime minister said on Monday that \"too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures\".\n\nHis words sparked fury in the care home sector, with one charity boss calling them \"clumsy and cowardly\".\n\nHealth secretary Matt Hancock said care homes had done \"amazing work\" during the crisis and rejected Labour calls to apologise for the PM's remark.\n\n\"The PM was explaining that because asymptomatic transmission was not known about, the correct procedures were therefore not known,\" Mr Hancock said in the House of Commons.\n\nHe said the government had been been \"constantly learning about this virus from the start and improving procedures all the way through\".\n\nAppearing in the House of Lords, Communities Minister Lord Greenhalgh admitted that the guidance given to care homes during the early stages of the pandemic was \"not as clear as it could have been\".\n\nAnd a No 10 spokesman said the PM would not be apologising for his remarks, and said the government had \"put in place rigorous testing and additional funding\".\n\nBut Mark Adams, who runs the charity Community Integrated Care, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the prime minister's comments were \"cowardly\" and a \"travesty of leadership\".\n\nHe added: \"If this is genuinely his view, I think we're almost entering a Kafkaesque alternative reality where the government sets the rules, we follow them, they don't like the results, they then deny setting the rules and blame the people that were trying to do their best.\"\n\nNearly 20,000 people are confirmed to have died of coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales since the beginning of the outbreak.\n\nThe National Care Forum said Mr Johnson's remarks were \"frankly hugely insulting\" to care workers.\n\nVic Rayner, executive director of the forum which represents 120 social care charities, told BBC Newsnight that care homes followed the guidance \"to the letter\" but the government's attention was focused on hospitals.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth urged the government to apologise for the prime minister's \"crass remarks\".\n\n\"Care providers were sent conflicting guidance throughout this outbreak, staff could not access testing until mid-April and are still not tested routinely, PPE supplies have been inadequate, thousands of families have lost their loved ones in care homes to this disease, care workers themselves have died on the front line,\" he said during an urgent question to Mr Hancock in the Commons.\n\n\"Can he understand why people are so insulted by the PM's remarks when he said too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures?\"\n\nBehind the scenes in the government, there is a frustration the care sector has escaped largely blame free from the crisis.\n\nCare homes are not government-run. On the whole they are owned and operated by private firms.\n\nAs you would expert in a network of more than 14,000 homes there is a variation in performances and practices.\n\nNot all care homes have seen outbreaks - and that, of course, means questions should be asked. But the sector is right to complain that guidance, certainly at the start, was changing all the time.\n\nThe big national effort on PPE was focused on the NHS, leaving some homes severely lacking in equipment as their supply chains dried up or could not cope.\n\nThe roll-out of testing was slow - it is only now that residents and staff are to get regular testing, vital if those who are infected but don't show symptoms are to be spotted.\n\nThis virus is very tricky to contain and the UK is not alone in struggling to protect care homes.\n\nBut no debate would be complete without mention of funding.\n\nThe overhaul of the system has been talked about for years, but nothing has been done, leaving some services in a precarious position. The virus has certainly exploited that.\n\nIt comes as the Care England, the largest body representing independent care homes, accused the government of dragging its feet over issuing new guidance for visitors to care homes.\n\nChief executive Martin Green said: \"We are at a loss to know why the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is incapable of making swift decisions at a time of crisis.\n\n\"As the country unlocks, care providers are in the dark as to what is permissible in terms of visitors to their residents, or indeed residents leaving their homes on visits.\n\n\"This should have been a priority for the DHSC given that care homes are central to fighting this dreadful pandemic\".\n\nImelda Redmond - the national director of Healthwatch England which champions health and social care users - told BBC Radio 4 that \"the issues that underlie all of this have been there for a long time\".\n\n\"There has been underinvestment in social care for many years - and there needs to be quite significant amounts of reform - all those fault lines have been laid bare in this pandemic.\n\n\"We need to get a grip to this before we enter winter and perhaps a second wave.\"\n\nNHS England head Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC's Andrew Marr on Sunday that coronavirus had shone a \"very harsh spotlight\" on the \"resilience\" of the care system.\n\nAsked on Monday about Sir Simon's comments, Mr Johnson said: \"One of the things the crisis has shown is we need to think about how we organise our social care package better and how we make sure we look after people better who are in social care.\n\n\"We discovered too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we're learning lessons the whole time.\"\n\nAhead of December's election, the Conservatives pledged an extra £1bn per year for social care in England over the next five years.\n\nThe government has given an extra £3.2bn in emergency Covid-19 funds to English councils, which can be put towards helping with social care costs.\n\nMinisters have also promised an additional £600m for care homes to help with controlling infections.\n\nHow do you think care homes have handled the coronavirus crisis? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Charlie Elphicke is charged with three counts of sexual assault\n\nA former Conservative MP accused of sexual assault \"groped\" a woman in his home before chanting \"I'm a naughty Tory\", a court has heard.\n\nCharlie Elphicke, the former MP for Dover, faces one count of sexual assault in 2007, and two further counts against a second woman in 2016.\n\nThe 49-year-old's wife, Natalie Elphicke, who is the current MP for Dover, was present for his trial at Southwark Crown Court.\n\nProsecutor Eloise Marshall QC told jurors there were \"striking similarities\" between the two alleged events.\n\nOne involved a woman in her 30s, the other was a Parliamentary worker in her 20s, the court was told.\n\nMs Marshall said both women had rejected Mr Elphicke.\n\nEloise Marshall said the women accusing Mr Elphicke came forward to police following the publication in 2017 of a list of names of MPs alleged to have acted inappropriately.\n\nShe told the court how the 2007 allegation involved a woman who said she was \"flattered\" to be invited to have a drink with Mr Elphicke at his home.\n\nMs Marshall said Mr Elphicke began asking about sexual preferences and whether she liked \"leather\".\n\nThe prosecutor said: \"She says he said something along the lines of, 'he likes bondage and whips'.\"\n\nMs Marshall said the woman was told to come towards Mr Elphicke so he could top up her wine glass.\n\nHe then assaulted her on the sofa, reaching into her top to grope her breast and trying to kiss her, the jurors were told.\n\nThe prosecutor said: \"She immediately shouted: 'No!'\"\n\nShe said: \"He was chanting in a sing-song way: 'I'm a naughty Tory, I'm a naughty Tory', as though it was the school playground.\"\n\nThe woman said Mr Elphicke chased her around the home, trying to smack her bottom.\n\nThe second alleged victim, a parliamentary worker, was said to have been employed in her \"dream job\" when she found herself in Mr Elphicke's company sharing a bottle of champagne in April 2016, the court heard.\n\nMs Marshall said the witness described how Mr Elphicke allegedly assaulted her in Westminster.\n\nThe young woman said: \"He fully came at me, pulled his body towards me.\n\n\"He had his face on (her) face. He had his mouth open, continually trying to kiss me. It was like a disgusting slobbery mess.\"\n\nThe prosecutor said the woman \"clearly rejected\" Mr Elphicke, told him he was married, and that there was a large age gap.\n\nThe prosecutor told the court the former MP allegedly \"grabbed her hands and tried to kiss her again\", adding that the alleged victim \"knew she had to get out of there\".\n\nMr Elphicke then allegedly behaved as if nothing had happened and went on to put his arms inside her coat.\n\nMs Marshall told jurors he said to the woman: \"Oh I'm naughty sometimes aren't I? I can be so badly behaved but I can't help it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The decision to allow the group to disembark follows a week of tension on board the ship\n\nItaly has given permission for 180 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to disembark from a charity-run ship.\n\nThe decision comes after a stand-off that lasted more than a week.\n\nThe Ocean Viking, operated by rescue group SOS Méditerranée, declared a state of emergency on Friday, citing fears for the safety of both migrants and crew.\n\nThe migrants are set to be transferred to a government vessel in Sicily on Monday and will quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMedics have already tested those on the Ocean Viking for Covid-19. Results are expected on Monday.\n\nThe migrants are from a range of countries including Pakistan, Eritrea and Nigeria. They had fled the coast of Libya when they were rescued in four separate groups between 25 and 30 June.\n\nThey include 25 minors, most of whom are unaccompanied by adults and two women, including one who is pregnant.\n\nThe ship had been awaiting permission to allow the passengers off the vessel in either Italy or Malta.\n\nThe migrants were rescued while fleeing the coast of Libya\n\nAs time went on, those on board had become desperate to reach land - while others, unable to contact friends and family to let them know they were safe, had become distraught, AFP news agency reports.\n\nA doctor for SOS Méditerranée said he had noted \"enormous psychological discomfort on the ship\", where the situation was \"almost out of control, for guests and crew\".\n\nOne crew member said there had been a series of fights and threats of suicide.\n\nAn Italian interior ministry source told AFP that a medical team had been sent to the ship ahead of disembarkation.\n\n\"We're very happy! We've come a long way, Libya was like hell and now at least we can see the end. I need to tell my family that I'm still alive,\" said one passenger, 27-year-old Rabiul from Bangladesh.\n\nSOS Méditerranée wrote on Twitter that the \"unnecessary delay of this disembarkation has put lives at risk\".\n\nMore than 110,000 migrants tried to cross the Mediterranean last year. More than 1,200 died during the attempt, according to the International Organisation for Migration.\n\nThe UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, says that more than 24,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea during the first six months of this year, although it is thought that warmer weather during summer could lead to an increase in the number of attempts.", "A woman who has been shielding since the start of lockdown has finally met her baby grandson for the first time.\n\nDiana Higman, from Allestree, Derby is in the \"extremely vulnerable\" category and has been isolating since the start of lockdown. She had a liver transplant 12 years ago and takes medication to suppress her immune system.\n\nSince the transplant, she has become a champion Team GB transplant cyclist and she has kept herself occupied by continuing training in her back garden.\n\nShe has now formed a support bubble with her daughter Jessica and grandson Louie.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in Scotland are now able to return to beer gardens and pavement cafes after they opened for the first time in 15 weeks.\n\nBut customers are being warned that al fresco eating and drinking will not be the same as it was before the lockdown.\n\nAs well as following strict distancing and hygiene rules, they will have to leave their contact details so they can be traced in the event of an outbreak.\n\nPubs and restaurants should be able to welcome customers indoors from 15 July.\n\nThat will be part of phase three of the Scottish government's route map out of lockdown, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to confirm on Thursday.\n\nBusiness owners warned that their biggest hurdle could be persuading customers that it was safe to go out to eat and drink.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she had been \"impressed\" with safety precautions that had been put in place at an Edinburgh beer garden she visited, thanking businesses for \"working hard\" to prepare for re-opening.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut she said her \"biggest worry\" was \"complacency\" about coronavirus setting in, and warned: \"This virus has not gone away.\"\n\nShe said: \"If you're out somewhere and there are no clear safety measures in place, you should consider leaving or not going in in the first place.\n\n\"If it feels exactly like it was before this pandemic, then something is wrong and measures are not being properly implemented.\"\n\nDiners will be asked to use their smartphone to scan the QR code to see a menu\n\nAt the Cold Town House in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, customers must make a reservation to secure a table in their outdoor dining area.\n\nParty sizes are limited to six people from two households and they can spend a maximum of one hour and 45 minutes at their table.\n\nOn arrival, staff will take the contact details of everyone in the group and explain various additional health and safety measures.\n\nThey will ask them how they want to be served - perhaps by someone wearing a face guard, or at a distance from the table.\n\nNic Wood spoke to the first minister at his venue in the Grassmarket\n\nAnd they will be able to view the menu on their smartphones after accessing it via a QR code.\n\nNic Wood, the managing director of parent company Signature Pubs, said it was important to show customers that they were open and safe.\n\nBut he said they were facing a \"huge hurdle\" in convincing people to return to the hospitality industry.\n\n\"It's very worrying how quiet Edinburgh city centre, the Grassmarket, is at the moment,\" he added.\n\n\"Trying to persuade people to come back when they have been told to stay at home and not to socialise is the biggest job by far to overcome.\"\n\nThe opening of beer gardens and outdoor cafes comes after a series of lockdown measures were lifted, including the five mile recreational travel rule for all but part of Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nChildren under 11 no longer have to physically distance from each other or from adults, meaning they can now hug their grandparents.\n\nNon-essential shops have also reopened but from Friday it will be mandatory for almost everyone to wear a face covering in stores.\n\nThe first minister has also outlined plans to reduce the 2m distancing rule to 1m in certain circumstances and with safeguards.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland she was keen to restart the economy but nervous about relaxing restrictions.\n\n\"All of us want to see the economy moving again, all of us want to see life return to as close to normal as is possible, but that will only be possible if we all act in a way that keeps the virus at bay,\" she said.\n\n\"Because if it starts to run out of control again, then we have to go back to square one.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said the outbreak in the area around Annan and Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway showed how infectious the virus was.\n\nShe said people should look out for the new safety measures in beer gardens and cafes and follow the FACTS safety guidance when out in the community.\n\nStaff wore protective visors as they served pints at the SWG3 beer garden in Glasgow\n\nTables were filling up at the Outhouse in Edinburgh on Monday\n\nEmma McLarkin of the Scottish Beer and Pub Association said Monday marked an important milestone, but said most pubs will be waiting until the reopening of indoor areas on 15 July.\n\n\"Things will be a little different with added mitigation measures to help protect customers and ensure they feel safe, but they will still be the same places we all know and love,\" she said.\n\n\"We all have a shared interest in continuing to suppress the virus and the pub sector is definitely ready to play our part in welcoming our customers back responsibly.\"\n\nMeanwhile planning regulations are being temporarily relaxed to allow pubs, restaurants and cafes to use areas such as public footpaths for seating and structures like open-sided gazebos.\n\nPlanning minister Kevin Stewart said the government wanted to ensure the industry could comply with distancing measures and provide a safe and pleasant environment for customers.\n• None Do you still need to take Covid tests?", "A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state.\n\nThe Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had contracted Naegleria fowleri.\n\nThe microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, and is usually fatal.\n\nCommonly found in warm freshwater, the amoeba enters the body through the nose.\n\nThe DOH did not outline where the infection was contracted, or the patient's condition. The amoeba cannot be passed from person to person.\n\nInfections are typically seen in southern US states. They are rare in Florida, where only 37 cases have been reported since 1962.\n\nBut given the potentially deadly consequences of infection, the DOH issued a warning to residents of Hillsborough County on 3 July.\n\nHealth officials urged locals to avoid nasal contact with water from taps and other sources.\n\nThis includes bodies of open water such as lakes, rivers, ponds and canals, where infections are more likely in the warmer summer months of July, August and September.\n\nThose infected with Naegleria fowleri have symptoms including fever, nausea and vomiting, as well as a stiff neck and headaches. Most die within a week.\n\nThe DOH has urged people who experience those symptoms to \"seek medical attention right away, as the disease progresses rapidly\".\n\n\"Remember, this disease is rare and effective prevention strategies can allow for a safe and relaxing summer swim season,\" the DOH said.\n\nNaegleria fowleri infections are rare in the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\n\nBetween 2009 and 2018, only 34 infections were reported in the country. Of those cases, 30 people were infected by recreational water, three after performing nasal irrigation with contaminated tap water, and one person was infected by contaminated tap water used on a backyard slip-n-slide, the CDC said.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams said she had \"never had to experience anything like this\", after being stopped by police in her car in London.\n\nWilliams, 26, and her partner Ricardo dos Santos have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.\n\n\"It's a really sad world that we live in and if it's not one black man, it's another black man,\" a tearful Williams said on BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nWilliams said she and Dos Santos - who had their three-month-old son in the car - are considering legal action.\n\nShe added: \"It was just weird that we were treated that way and what hurt me the most was me being dragged away from my son.\"\n\nWilliams and Portuguese 400m record holder Dos Santos, 25, fear they were targeted because they are black and drive a Mercedes.\n• None When can police stop and search you?\n\nPolice say the vehicle had been on the wrong side of the road and the driver sped off when asked to stop.\n\nOfficers were patrolling in the Maida Vale area because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nA police statement said: \"Officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards have reviewed both footage from social media, and the body-worn video of the officers, and are satisfied that there is no concern around the officers' conduct.\"\n\nHowever, Williams - who says she has been left \"really shaken\" by the incident - insists \"at no point did we drive on the wrong side of the road or speed off\".\n\n\"We didn't want to get out of the car because of how their behaviour was, they had batons ready and it is very scary, you worry about your life when the police are acting that way, we had a baby in the car,\" the European and Commonwealth relay gold medallist said.\n\n\"My partner got dragged out of the car, they handcuffed him straight away and pinned him up against the wall... I didn't want to be separated from my three-month-old son and they then put me in handcuffs straight away too.\n\n\"It's just nasty and the police were talking to him [Ricardo] as if he was scum, as if his life didn't matter.\n\n\"The police always say to him you look like someone we're looking for, how can you afford a £60,000 car, you look very suspicious.\"\n\nDos Santos and Williams say police handcuffed them while their son was in the car and carried out a search that lasted 45 minutes.\n\nVideo of the incident showed them protesting that they had done nothing wrong and Williams screaming \"my son is in the car\".\n\nDos Santos, who plans to meet lawyers on Monday, said he had been stopped by police as many as 15 times since they changed their car to a Mercedes in November 2017.\n\nOn Monday, British Athletics released a statement about the incident, saying: \"We are aware of the hugely distressing footage of Bianca Williams and her partner being handcuffed by the police outside their home yesterday.\n\n\"Our staff have been in touch with her and will be on hand for any support required.\"\n\nThe police statement said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday, officers from the Territorial Support Group \"witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out windows that was driving suspiciously, including driving on the wrong side of the road\".\n\nThe statement added: \"They indicated for it to stop but it failed to do so and made off at speed. The officers caught up with the vehicle when it stopped on Lanhill Road. The driver initially refused to get out of the car.\"\n\nThey searched Williams and Dos Santos, and the vehicle. Nothing was found and no arrests were made.\n\nThe incident was first raised on social media by their coach, 1992 Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who accused the police of abusing their power and institutionalised racism.\n\nWilliams, the fifth-fastest British woman in history over 200m, and Dos Santos said a written report given to them by police did not mention driving on the wrong side of the road, and that where they stopped is a single car-width road.\n\nWhen can the police stop and search you?\n\nIn most cases in England and Wales, police can only stop and search you (or your vehicle) if they have \"reasonable grounds\" that you might be carrying:\n• None Something that could be used to carry out a crime, like a crowbar\n\nReasonable grounds for stopping someone cannot be based on race or whether the person is a known criminal.\n\nInstead, officers must base it on current intelligence (has there been a recent crime in the area, for example) and make balanced judgement calls on the behaviour of the suspect.\n\nIn this case, the Metropolitan Police says there had been an increase in violent crime in the area and that the car in question was driving suspiciously. Bianca Williams denies this.\n\nIf you are stopped, you have a number of rights. This includes being told the reason why you are being stopped, what they expect to find on you and information on how to receive records of the search.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People have been applauding the NHS in a range of locations\n\nThe prime minister has joined a nationwide applause to pay tribute to NHS staff on the 72nd anniversary of the health service.\n\nThe round of clapping was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers initiative to thank key workers during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBoris Johnson said he celebrated with staff who \"quite simply, saved my life\" after he caught the virus.\n\nIt is hoped the anniversary applause will become an annual tradition.\n\nSpeaking after applauding outside Downing Street, Boris Johnson tweeted: \"Thank you to the whole NHS family and all of our carers for all you have done and continue to do to keep us well and cared for.\n\n\"In these past few months, indeed the past 72 years, you have represented the very best of this country. Our gratitude to you will be eternal.\"\n\nHe later added in a statement that he had marked the occasion with staff from St Thomas' Hospital, who cared for him when he was admitted to hospital with coronavirus in April.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson took part in the clap from outside Downing Street\n\nA World War Two Spitfire plane with the words \"Thank U NHS\" painted on its underside tipped its wings above hospitals and the homes of fundraisers and volunteers, recognising the way people have supported the NHS and local communities during the pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the celebrations were \"very personal for me\" as his late mother was a nurse and later relied on the health service when she became ill.\n\nHe said: \"Many, many times she got gravely ill and it was the NHS that she turned to, and I remember as a boy, a teenager, being in high dependency units, in intensive care units, with my mum, watching nurses and other support staff keep my mum alive.\n\n\"They did that on more than one occasion - it's etched in my memory. For them, it was just the day job. They were doing that every day.\"\n\nLeeds General Infirmary workers joined in to mark the health service's 72nd anniversary\n\nMembers of the public came together - at a safe distance - to share the moment\n\nThe National Health Service was launched on 5 July 1948, with the core principle that it is free at the point of delivery and is based on clinical need.\n\nAs part of a weekend of anniversary events, UK landmarks were lit up blue in celebration and remembrance on Saturday.\n\nDowning Street, the Royal Albert Hall, Blackpool Tower, the Shard and the Wembley Arch were all illuminated and a minute's silence was held to remember those who have died during the pandemic.\n\nThe latest government figures, released on Sunday, showed a further 22 people had died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 44,220.\n\nPeople were also asked to place lights in their windows in a show of remembrance on Saturday night, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, lighting a candle in Canterbury Cathedral.\n\nA World War Two Spitfire plane flew over hospitals in Cambridge\n\nFirst Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon was among officials joining in with the nationwide applause on Sunday evening.\n\nIn a video message she said the country was \"depending more than ever\" on its health and care workers, and thanked them \"from the bottom of my heart\".\n\nFirst Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said NHS staff and social care workers were \"all heroes\".\n\nAnd Captain Tom Moore - who raised more than £32m for the health service by walking laps of his garden during lockdown - shared a video of himself clapping from his armchair at home in Bedfordshire.\n\nThe idea for Sunday's round of applause was inspired by the success of the weekly Clap for Carers, which saw households across the country show their appreciation for the NHS and other key workers during the lockdown.\n\nEarlier, Liverpool FC players applauded key workers ahead of their Premier League match against Aston Villa\n\nPeople clapped in Tredegar in south Wales - the birthplace of Aneurin Bevan, the health service's founding father\n\nAnnemarie Plas, who founded the Clap for Carers initiative, joined Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside No 10 for the clap at 17:00 BST.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast on Sunday morning, she said: \"We have had this first part of the crisis, we don't know what lies ahead, so if we can have this one moment where we say thank you to each other and recharge our batteries for what may be a heavier time that lies ahead, then I think that is a beautiful moment.\"\n\nShe said the NHS helped her when she arrived in the UK from the Netherlands as a new mother, \"so I feel very happy to be in touch with the NHS this way\".\n\nAnnemarie Plas, who founded the Clap for Carers, clapped alongside the prime minister in Downing Street\n\nSunday's applause (pictured) was inspired by the weekly Clap for Carers which took place at the height of the coronavirus lockdown\n\nMs Plas added that the celebrations were \"not just about the NHS\" but about others who have also \"sacrificed so much\" during the pandemic - such as \"delivery workers, teachers, parents, good neighbours\".\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised healthcare workers on a visit to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk.\n\nThe couple chatted to staff and volunteers about how they coped during the first wave of the epidemic.\n\nDuke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a hospital near their home in Anmer, Norfolk\n\nThe Prince of Wales paid tribute to staff working through \"the most testing time in the service's history\".\n\nIn a video message to mark the occasion, Prince Charles spoke of his gratitude and pride for the \"costly sacrifices\" of NHS staff.\n\n\"Despite all that has been endured, there is deep cause for gratitude, and a true reason for pride,\" he said.\n\nThe prince also said the pandemic had brought out the best in people, adding: \"This renewal of our community spirit has been a silver lining during this dark time.\"\n\nTwo dogs outside Chelsea and Westminster hospital were dressed for the occasion\n\nThe Shard in London was one of the many landmarks lit up blue on Saturday\n\nSpeaking at a rally celebrating seven decades of the health service, Labour leader Sir Keir said NHS staff needed a pay rise in the wake of the pandemic.\n\n\"It's very important that we don't just say thanks, but recognise in a meaningful way what the NHS has done,\" he said.\n\nHis comments come after unions representing more than 1.3 million nurses, cleaners, physiotherapists, healthcare assistants, dieticians, radiographers, porters, midwives, paramedics and other NHS employees wrote to the chancellor and the prime minister calling for pay talks to start soon.\n\nMeanwhile, about 100 protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London, calling for the end of racial disparity in the health system.\n\nProtesters gathered at Marble Arch before moving to Downing Street\n\nOne of the organisers, Tyrek Morris, 21, told the crowd: \"We are protesting for black lives and one of the demands we have is to abolish the racial disparity within the NHS, especially towards black women.\n\n\"We need to implement extensive measures to prevent the disproportionate suffering of black women in healthcare and bring to an end the significantly increased black maternal mortality rate.\"\n\nHow are you marking the anniversary of the NHS? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "Nicole Smallman (left) and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing\n\nAn 18-year-old man has appeared in court accused of murdering two sisters who were stabbed to death in a park.\n\nThe bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found in Fryent Country Park in Wembley on 7 June.\n\nThe sisters had met up with friends in the north-west London park two days earlier to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday.\n\nDanyal Hussein appeared at the Old Bailey via video-link charged with their murders.\n\nHe is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nMr Hussein, of Blackheath, was remanded in custody ahead of his next court appearance on 21 September.\n\nProsecutor Joel Smith told the court it was an \"unprovoked and random attack on two members of the public involving the use of a knife\".\n\nDanyal Hussein will next appear at the Old Bailey in September\n\nNone of the victims' family attended court for the brief hearing.\n\nPolice previously released pictures of senior social worker Ms Henry, from Brent, and photographer Ms Smallman, from Harrow, dancing with fairy lights before they were killed.\n\nImages recovered from the sisters' phones showed them dancing with fairy lights at the party\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many young people 'no longer advised to shield'\n\nThe vast majority of children will no longer need to shield from the end of this month, England's deputy chief medical officer has said. Dr Jenny Harries has backed guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) which says that most young people with conditions such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and kidney disease do not need to continue to shield and could, for example, go back to school. The government has now said the majority of children in England who are currently considered extremely clinical vulnerable to Covid-19 will be able to be removed from the shielded patient list over the summer. Data from NHS Digital shows 92,633 children under the age of 18 were on the shielded list. Dr Harries said: \"As our understanding of this novel virus has developed, evidence shows most children and young people are at low risk of serious illness and will no longer be advised to shield after July.\"", "Joshua Wong became the face of a 2014 protest movement in Hong Kong\n\nHe first rose to prominence as the face of a protest movement that swept Hong Kong in 2014.\n\nBut Joshua Wong wants the world to know he's not gone away. Earlier this month, the pro-democracy activist made a reappearance at the 2019 anti-extradition bill rallies in Hong Kong after an early release from jail.\n\nBut who exactly is this 23-year-old that's become a poster child for political activism?\n\nBorn as a dyslexic child with reading and writing difficulties, Mr Wong overcame these obstacles, with the help of his mother, to enrol in a Political Science and Public Administration degree at an open university.\n\nBut his activism started when he was just 14 - demonstrating against plans to build a high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland.\n\nTwo years later, he had set up the then pro-democracy student activist group Scholarism, successfully challenged the government and was firmly in the limelight.\n\nIn 2012 he rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against Hong Kong's plans to implement mandatory \"patriotic education\" in schools.\n\nJoshua Wong's political activism started when he was just a young teenager\n\nFaced with the sheer size of the crowds, a few of whom went on hunger strike, then-Chief Executive CY Leung was forced to abandon the idea. It was his first run-in with Mr Wong.\n\nBy 2014 his profile was so high, Joshua Wong held a press conference to announce his university entrance exam results.\n\nMr Wong told reporters the whole event made him \"uncomfortable\".\n\nThough he was only eight months old when Hong Kong's sovereignty was handed to China by the UK, Joshua Wong remains passionate about addressing the strictures Beijing has imposed on his home.\n\nIn late September 2014, Mr Wong led protesters in occupying a forecourt outside government headquarters.\n\nThe next day more than 60 were arrested, among them Mr Wong, who was held for 40 hours. His arrest galvanised the flagging demonstrators and tens of thousands flocked to the area to join the cause.\n\nIt was in 2014 when Joshua Wong really made his name as a pro-democracy activist\n\nIt was these protests - commonly referred to as the Umbrella Movement - that really thrust him into the limelight and cemented his role as a pro-democracy activist.\n\nBut even then Mr Wong questioned his new status as protest leader. In an essay posted on his Facebook page (in Chinese) he wrote: \"Many citizens have said to me that 'Hong Kong relies on you.'\"\n\n\"I feel uncomfortable and even irritated when I hear this praise. When you were suffering pepper spray and tear gas but decided to stay for the protest despite the repression from the government, I was not able to do anything other than stare at a meal box and the blank walls of the detention room and feel powerless.\"\n\nMr Wong was eventually jailed for his role in the Umbrella Movement.\n\nAfter a short stint in prison following a series of appeals, he was released in June this year - in time to join the 2019 protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China.\n\nJoshua Wong joined the 2019 protests shortly after his release from jail\n\nHe joined thousands of people who hit the streets in protests, saying he was ready to \"join the fight\" against the extradition bill.\n\nBorn into a middle-class family to parents Grace and Roger, Mr Wong has said his family taught him about social injustice but are far from radical.\n\nBut fellow activist Nathan Law, who went on to establish pro-democracy party Demosisto with Mr Wong and others, said there was a rift between Mr Wong and his father.\n\n\"Joshua comes from a very religious family background and is known to be Christian. His father [who is a]... vocal anti LGBT activist... on several occasions he has directly spoken out against his father's position,\" Mr Law told the BBC's Radio 4.\n\n\"But otherwise his father is very supportive of his activism.\"\n\nAccording to Mr Law, who met Mr Wong during the 2014 protests, the latter was mature even from a young age.\n\n\"He was really young [when we met] but I could feel maturity from him and how experienced he [was] in terms of social movements. We always described Joshua as a robot because he [works] from early morning to late [at] night,\" he said.\n\n\"He has unlimited energy and he can always make people feel energetic and hopeful.\"", "Boohoo has said it will investigate one of its suppliers following reports that staff are earning less than the minimum wage amid unsafe working conditions.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported that workers at a factory in Leicester making clothes for Boohoo's Nasty Gal brand could expect to be paid £3.50 an hour.\n\nIt also saw little evidence of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus at a time when Leicester is in lockdown.\n\nBoohoo said if the report is true, conditions were \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nIt comes as the National Crime Agency confirmed it was investigating Leicester's textiles industry over allegations of exploitation, although it did not comment on Boohoo specifically.\n\nAn NCA spokesman said: \"Within the last few days NCA officers, along with Leicestershire Police and other partner agencies, attended a number of business premises in the Leicester area to assess concerns of modern slavery and human trafficking.\"\n\nThe factory at the centre of the Sunday Times allegations displayed the sign Jaswal Fashions. However, that firm said it had ceased trading in 2018 and was not a supplier to Boohoo.\n\nBoohoo also said that Jaswal was not one of its declared suppliers and it appeared that a different firm was using Jaswal's former premises.\n\n\"We are currently trying to establish the identity of this company,\" Boohoo said.\n\n\"We are taking immediate action to thoroughly investigate how our garments were in their hands, will ensure that our suppliers immediately cease working with this company, and we will urgently review our relationship with any suppliers who have sub-contracted work to the manufacturer in question.\"\n\nJaswal Fashions has made clothes for Nasty Gal, which is owned by Boohoo\n\nAn undercover reporter for the Sunday Times, who got a job at Jaswal Fashions, was told to expect pay of between £3.50 and £4.00 an hour.\n\nThe national minimum wage for people over 25 years-old is £8.72 an hour.\n\nFew workers at the factory - which was operating during the localised lockdown in Leicester - were found to be wearing face masks to guard against the transmission of the coronavirus.\n\nThere was also no evidence that social distancing measures had been implemented.\n\nBoohoo said that earlier this year it had begun a review of all its garment-makers, including \"a full audit of all of our suppliers' manufacturing facilities\".\n\nBut former MP Mary Creagh, who investigated the UK's fast-fashion garment industry as chairwoman of the Commons' environmental audit committee, said policing the sector was difficult.\n\n\"When you think there are 10,000 workers, there are hundreds of factories and the tendency is when one factory is shut down it just springs up again in a sort of phoenix factory approach,\" she told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"They are shut down by authorities on Friday and they start up in a different building with a different name on Monday morning and this is the problem. It is a really difficult issue to tackle, the problem is the system not just the enforcement.\"\n\nBoohoo's share price tumbled by more than 16% on Monday following the expose.\n\nThe firm is already under fire after Labour Behind the Label, a workers' rights group, claimed that some employees at factories in Leicester that supply the fast fashion firm were \"being forced to come into work while sick with Covid-19\".\n\nAt the time Boohoo said it would \"not tolerate any incidence of non-compliance especially in relation to the treatment of workers within our supply chain\".\n\nLeicester is currently under local lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nAt the weekend, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was \"very worried about the employment practices in some factories\" in the city.\n\nSales at Boohoo, which trades exclusively online, has surged during the coronavirus lockdown with particular demand for loungewear and so-called athleisure gear.\n\nThe company recently bought the online businesses of Oasis and Warehouse and earlier this year acquired MissPap, Karen Millen and Coast.\n\nPrior to the Covid-19 outbreak, sales for the year to February rose by 44% to £1.2bn and pre-tax profits grew 54% to £92.2m.\n\nBoohoo's co-founders Mahmud Kamani and Carole Kane were both paid more than £1.3m each for the last financial year.\n\nThey could also share in a bonus of up to £150m if certain performance goals are met by 2023.", "\"I hope that the people I've hurt will heal,\" said the star.\n\nSinger-songwriter Ryan Adams has written a lengthy apology for his past behaviour, a year after he faced allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\n\"There are no words to express how bad I feel about the ways I've mistreated people through my life and career,\" the musician said in open letter.\n\n\"All I can say is that I'm sorry.\"\n\nLast year, seven women told the New York Times that Adams had offered to help them with their careers before things became sexual.\n\nOne of them, identified only as \"Ava\", showed reporters more than 3,000 explicit texts she said she exchanged with the star when she was 15 and 16.\n\nThe story also contained accusations of psychological abuse from the musician's former wife, Mandy Moore, who told the paper: \"Music was a point of control for him.\"\n\nAdams' initial response was to threaten legal action, in a tweet that said the newspaper was \"going down\".\n\nHe quickly deleted that message and apologised to anyone he had hurt, \"however unintentionally\"; while his lawyer said Adams \"unequivocally\" denied exchanging inappropriate messages with someone he knew to be underage.\n\nAdams said his new apology was prompted by an extended \"period of isolation and reflection\" during lockdown.\n\n\"I've gotten past the point where I would be apologising just for the sake of being let off the hook and I know full well that any apology from me probably won't be accepted by those I've hurt,\" he wrote, in a letter published by the Daily Mail.\n\n\"I get that and I also understand that there's no going back.\"\n\nHe acknowledged that many people would view his statement as \"the same empty apology\" he'd used in the past but added, \"this time it's different\".\n\n\"Having truly realized the harm that I've caused, it wrecked me, and I'm still reeling from the ripples of devastating effects that my actions triggered.\n\n\"No amount of growth will ever take away the suffering I had caused,\" he continued. \"I will never be off the hook and I am fully accountable for my harmful behaviour, and will be for my actions moving forward.\"\n\nAdams also said he was trying to give up alcohol.\n\n\"In my effort to be a better man, I have fought to get sober, but this time I'm doing it with professional help,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Sobriety is a priority in my life, and so is my mental health. These, as I'm learning, go hand in hand.\"\n\n\"I hope that the people I've hurt will heal,\" he concluded. \"And I hope that they will find a way to forgive me.\"\n\nMandy Moore married Adams in 2009, but the couple separated six years later\n\nHowever, Mandy Moore said she was surprised by Adams' public apology, because she had never received one in person.\n\n\"It's challenging because I feel like in many ways I've said all I want to say about him and that situation, but I find it curious that someone would make a public apology but not do it privately,\" she told NBC's Today programme.\n\n\"I am speaking for myself, but I have not heard from him, and I'm not looking for an apology necessarily, but I do find it curious that someone would do an interview about it without actually making amends privately.\"\n\nHer comments were echoed by Courtney Jaye, who appeared in the New York Times story last year, and model / actress Karen Elson, who subsequently described a \"traumatising experience\" with Adams.\n\nIn a series of tweets, Elson said that while she \"believe[s] in redemption and amends even for him,\" Adams \"has not reached out to me since 2018 to apologise for his terrible behaviour.\"\n\n\"In fact back then he called me a liar which added more pain and made me disillusioned with the entire music industry,\" she added.\n\n\"I would like to hope he would contact women he has hurt via his representatives to apologise privately and give us the opportunity to speak our truth on all the ways his actions caused suffering and for him to listen and try to make amends.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA prolific and mercurial musician, Adams received multiple Grammy nominations for his second album Gold, and reached the UK Top 10 with the records Ashes & Fire, Prisoner and the self-titled Ryan Adams.\n\nHe has worked with rock legends including Willie Nelson and Elton John, who dubbed him the \"fabulous one\", and famously covered Taylor Swift's album 1989 in full, putting a country-Americana twist on her big pop statement.\n\nAfter the allegations against him surfaced last year, Blue Note cancelled the release of Adams' 18th album Big Colors. He has not released any new music since.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "\"Urgent\" support is needed to prevent \"widespread devastation\", the hospitality sector has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nAround 120 hospitality and tourism bosses have signed an open letter calling for aid and investment.\n\nThe industry wants to see VAT reduced, tax bills further deferred and some rent debt covered through grants.\n\nBosses say parts of the sector will not survive because some businesses remain closed, despite the easing of lockdown.\n\n\"Hospitality businesses operate with very high fixed costs and labour costs are the only flexible point to absorb this suppressed demand,\" the letter said.\n\n\"Many parts of the late night and leisure economy, as well as activities such as events and conferencing in our hotels, have no provisional date for reopening and this is impacting confidence and undermining job security.\"\n\nLabour is calling for the government to create a £1.7bn \"fightback fund\" to prevent firms in the hospitality industry and on High Streets from going under.\n\nIt wants ministers to give councils more flexibility to tailor support for their local economies and better focus funds on struggling businesses, such as hotels and cafes in coastal communities, as well as conference centres and music venues in towns and cities.\n\nThe Treasury said the government's job retention scheme had protected 9.2 million jobs, adding that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, had announced a business rates holiday specifically for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.\n\nBosses claim that the hospitality and tourism industry have been hardest hit by the crisis, compared to other sectors. They also argue that the impact is likely to last longer than in other sectors, due to social distancing rules, restrictions on business events and lower demand from international tourists.\n\n\"Sales across the sector are expected to be 56% lower than last year, reducing revenues by £73.4bn and half of businesses do not expect to reach break even until the end of next year,\" the hospitality industry warned.\n\nThe hospitality industry says it is confident it can recover and operate safely and responsibly, but it needs help from the government to get there\n\nTrade group UK Hospitality says it is \"confident\" that the industry can return to full strength and still be able to operate safely and responsibly, but it will require help from the government to enable businesses to \"restart and begin to recover\" over the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.\n\nTo that end, bosses have outlined a set of recommendations for the government, which include:\n\nThe hospitality industry stressed in the letter that the sector has a record of creating new jobs following a crisis, and that it can be trusted to do it again, with help from the government.\n\n\"In the decade that followed the financial crisis hospitality consistently created around one in six new jobs thanks in part to the VAT cuts and investment in youth employment and training introduced in the immediate aftermath,\" hospitality bosses wrote.\n\n\"We can do so again. Physical hospitality cannot be replicated digitally online, in the same way that some form of retail can be. We therefore urge you and your colleagues across government to work with us to stimulate demand and support the sector's recovery.\"", "Police officers went to Heol Trelai in Ely, Cardiff following a report of a disturbance\n\nA 15-year-old boy is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed in Cardiff.\n\nThe victim was found after officers responded to a report of a disturbance Heol Trelai, Ely, just before 19:00 BST on Sunday, South Wales Police said.\n\nHis injuries are not life-threatening, the force confirmed.\n\n\"Understandably there is shock... within the community when an incident such as this happens,\" it said, adding tackling knife crime was a priority.\n\nNo arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at some of Ennio Morricone's most famous scores\n\nEnnio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the \"spaghetti\" Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome aged 91.\n\nAccording to Italian news agency Ansa, he died in hospital having fractured his femur in a fall some days ago.\n\nThe prolific composer also wrote music for Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso.\n\nHaving received an honorary Oscar in 2007, he went on to win one in 2016 for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.\n\nMorricone, who was simply known as \"Maestro\" in his home town of Rome, scored more than 500 films over seven decades.\n\nHe won an Oscar after scoring Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight\n\nYet he remains best known for the haunting melodies he wrote for the trilogy of 1960s westerns Sergio Leone made with the then little-known Eastwood.\n\nA Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly centred around Eastwood's taciturn gunslinger, known as \"The Man With No Name\".\n\nLeone called the composer's contributions \"indispensable\" and would have him write the score before shooting so he could design his shots around Morricone's contributions.\n\nEastwood went on to direct Westerns himself, including the Oscar-winning Unforgiven, but Morricone did not write music for them out of loyalty to Leone.\n\nIn a 2014 interview with the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz he expressed regret for his decision, admitting he had missed out on \"a great opportunity\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking in 2014, Ennio Morricone told the BBC he declined to work with Clint Eastwood out of loyalty to Sergio Leone\n\nBefore his win for The Hateful Eight, Morricone received Oscar nominations for Days of Heaven, The Mission, The Untouchables, Bugsy and Malena.\n\nHis death was marked by Italian health minister Roberto Speranza, who tweeted: \"Adieu maestro, and thank you for the emotions you gave us.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast on Monday, fellow composer Hans Zimmer said Morricone was \"one of a kind\" and \"an icon\".\n\n\"His music was always outstanding and done with great emotional fortitude and great intellectual thought,\" he continued.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Composer Hans Zimmer reflects on the impact that Ennio Morricone had on his career\n\nAccording to director Edgar Wright, Morricone \"could make an average movie into a must see, a good movie into art, and a great movie into legend\".\n\nAuthor Joanne Harris also paid tribute, remembering an encounter with him at the Baftas when all she had been able to utter was \"Sono una fan\" (\"I'm a fan\").\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jess Green from Lighthouse Kitchen: \"We could have opened today but chose not to as I think that's the right thing\"\n\nA number of pubs in England have shut after customers tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nAt least three establishments announced they had shut their doors again just days after reopening at the weekend.\n\nThey were among hundreds of venues that welcomed customers after three months as lockdown measures were eased - most apparently with no problem.\n\nBut crowds descending in some towns and cities prompted fears social distancing was being disregarded.\n\nThe Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, said it was \"slowly\" working through a list of customers who had left details at the weekend and that all staff had tested negative for the virus.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The closures come after large crowds of people visited pubs across England, including London's Soho district\n\nIn Batley, West Yorkshire, the Fox and Hounds said a customer had phoned to say they had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile the landlord of the Village Home Pub in Alverstoke, Hampshire, said his team were awaiting test results after someone in a member of staff's \"family bubble\" tested positive.\n\nJess Green, manager of the Lighthouse Kitchen, told BBC Points West she decided to close to \"put everyone's health and safety first\".\n\n\"I felt I had to keep my customers and my staff safe which is why I chose to shut the pub. I'm gutted, but safety comes first.\n\n\"We could have opened today but chose not to as I think that's the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe Fox and Hounds in Batley, West Yorkshire, said a customer phoned to say they had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nSaagar takeaway in Burnham will be closed until Friday\n\nIndian takeaway Saagar, also in Burnham, said it would be closing until Friday to undergo a deep clean after one of its drivers had been to the Lighthouse Kitchen, along with bar the Vape Escape, which has also closed for a full clean after a customer's positive test.\n\nLeanne Underhill, owner of the Vape Escape, told burnham-on-sea.com all staff tests had been negative and customers in the bar on Saturday have been contacted, in accordance with government advice.\n\nSomerset County Council said it was not treating the case as an \"outbreak\" and asked people to keep to social distancing guidelines and to regularly wash their hands.\n\nThe Fox and Hounds said staff had taken tests and the venue would be deep-cleaned prior to reopening.\n\nThe Batley pub said it had taken a number of measures ahead of Saturday's reopening, including limiting numbers allowed inside, a one-way system around the building and a one-in one-out policy on use of toilets.\n\nGeorgia Gosling visited the Fox and Hounds over the weekend and said it had \"all the right procedures in place\" but called the news a \"wake-up call\".\n\n\"We were told to get a test and luckily everyone I know has come back negative,\" she said.\n\nDespite saying she was \"a bit scared to go out now\", Ms Gosling said she would return to the pub once it reopened.\n\n\"I've been going there for years and once they've done a deep clean it's not like it's contagious forever. I'll definitely will go back.\"\n\nThe Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham said it was contacting customers\n\nCustomers of the Village Home who had visited at the weekend have been told there was \"no need to isolate\" unless they showed symptoms or were contacted by tracers.\n\nLandlord Robby Roberts said: \"A member of staff, one of my barmaids, has someone in her family bubble who has tested positive.\"\n\nHe said she was on shift on Saturday when the pub was open for 11-and-a-half hours and about 150 customers visited.\n\n\"All five staff who were on shift on Saturday have now been tested and we are waiting for the results,\" he said.\n\n\"The pub is being deep cleaned and I have contacted the council. I am awaiting advice from them.\"\n\nA second pub in Alverstoke, The Fighting Cocks, has announced it will also close temporarily despite \"having no suspected or confirmed cases\".\n\nThe pub said on Facebook it \"cannot guarantee that someone who has been in contact with a confirmed case has not been in the pub, nor will they come in over the coming days\".\n\nThe Village Home Pub in Alverstoke hopes to reopen on Saturday but the decision will depend on advice from the council\n\nCrowds were seen across England on \"Super Saturday\", as thousands flocked to enjoy a pint.\n\nThere were reports of arrests and early venue closures around the country, but police said a majority of people had acted responsibly.\n\nUK pub and hospitality trade bodies have published guidance for bars and restaurants on how to operate contact tracing.\n\nContact details only need to be taken from one person in a group and must be kept for 21 days.\n\nOwners are also asked to note the arrival times of customers and how long they stay. People can refuse to give information, but owners can choose not to serve them.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Theatres have been unable to open since the UK went into lockdown in March\n\nThe arts industry has largely welcomed the government's announcement of with a £1.57bn support package.\n\nIt followed several weeks of lobbying from theatres, music venues, art galleries and other cultural institutions, many of which said they were on the brink of collapse.\n\nWhile the funding has been warmly welcomed, many venues are sounding a note of caution as they await further details on how the money will be allocated and news of when venues will be allowed to re-open.\n\nCulture secretary Oliver Dowden said the package is all \"new money\" and has two broad aims - to preserve \"crown jewel\" venues like the Royal Albert Hall and national galleries, while also helping local institutions across the UK.\n\nHere's how the arts sector has reacted to the government's support package.\n\nFreelance theatre director Ian Rickson said: \"First and foremost, we must ensure that this package helps the freelance community. This isn't just famous actors, but stage managers, set builders, wig makers, in fact all the teams who put together the shows. Artists in the theatre need safe ground in order to take risks.\n\n\"What people don't know is that a high proportion of these freelancers live below the poverty line or at least with very unstable incomes. Before the pandemic this was difficult enough but freelancers can't be furloughed and a significant proportion don't qualify for SSEIS (the self-employed income support scheme).\"\n\nThe funding was well-received by composer Lord Lloyd-Webber, who said the news is \"truly welcome at a time when so many theatres, orchestras, entertainment venues and other arts organisations face such a bleak future\".\n\nTheatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh said the news \"was most welcome\" but \"it is now critical that we are given immediate guidance when social distancing will be phased out so we can make firm plans to re-open as soon as practical.\"\n\nDame Judi Dench told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"We all have been anxiously waiting for something and it has come and it is wonderful.\n\n\"It will probably be spread very thinly, but nevertheless we are all incredibly grateful that it has come at this time.\n\n\"Now we have got to hope that things don't go to the wall.\"\n\nThe Royal Albert Hall's chief executive Craig Hassall described the news as \"an absolute life saver for all of us\".\n\nA string of theatres have already announced plans to make staff redundant in recent weeks, after being closed since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier this year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How theatre can reopen during the pandemic\n\nAdrian Vinken, the chief executive of the Theatre Royal in Plymouth told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was \"impossible to say\" if the announcement would be enough to prevent up to 100 job losses there until more detail is released.\n\n\"Until the whole sector knows when we can reopen without social distancing and start trading again... there is no security in the sector whatsoever but hopefully what the government is doing here is giving us that lifeline to keep going until that point is discernible.\"\n\nNicholas Hytner, former director of the National Theatre and the founder of London's Bridge Theatre, said: \"It's a much better plan than anyone expected. It's the result of joined up, tenacious and detailed lobbying going on under the radar which was listened to with great attention.\n\n\"The only proper response is to congratulate them and thank them for the size of the package.\"\n\nGavin Barlow, chief executive and artistic director of the Albany performing arts centre in Deptford, London, said: \"As an arts centre with deep roots in our local community in south east London, we see first-hand the difference arts and creativity make to people's lives.\n\n\"Although this financial support is welcome, our future remains far from certain. As we emerge from this crisis we believe we have a big part to play in aiding the recovery of the sector as well as supporting people's wellbeing and hope to see more details on how this announcement will support the vital work of arts centres such as the Albany.\"\n\nHow much do theatres contribute?\n\nEquity, the performers' union, welcomed the support but its general secretary, Christine Payne, said it was important that the funding didn't just prop up venues.\n\n\"If this investment does not reach creative workers - the actors, dancers, stage management, singers, variety artists, directors, designers, choreographers and many other highly skilled workers in our talent base, we risk the diversity and success of the wider creative industries - worth £112bn to the economy.\n\n\"These workers have campaigned for this deal; they can't be left behind.\"\n\nThis was echoed by the fears of a freelance worker on Twitter:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPhilippa Childs, head of the Bectu union which supports workers across the media and entertainment industry, said the support package was overdue.\n\nShe added: \"At long last the government have woken up to our warnings and those of the whole creative sector, that without support, we stood to lose a huge amount of our world-beating creative industries.\n\n\"We will now be scrutinising the details of this package to make sure it lives up to the real needs of our sector.\"\n\nJulian Bird, chief executive of The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said it \"hugely welcomed\" the funding.\n\nThe chief executives of The National Theatre, Rufus Norris and Lisa Burger, said they \"feel very positive that this major investment will reach and sustain the vital talent and infrastructure\".\n\nKwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of The Young Vic, told Times Radio that he and his colleagues are \"relieved\".\n\nJulia Fawcett, chief executive of The Lowry in Salford, said: \"The announcement of £1.57bn of emergency investment in the UK's culture sector is welcome news, but we are fast running out of time.\n\n\"This lifeline will come too late for some organisations who have already been forced to close their doors for good or made valued employees redundant.\"\n\nJon Morgan of The Theatres Trust said: \"It remains to be seen whether this amount will be sufficient to replace the furlough scheme, as it begins to taper from August and ends in October, at a time when we still do not have timescales for theatres reopening.\"\n\nNeil Constable, CEO of Shakespeare's Globe, said the news meant they \"now have the opportunity to plan to reopen fully by early 2021. We will of course be taking opportunities, if social distancing allows, to reopen earlier\".\n\nFiona Allan, president of UK Theatres and the artistic director of The Birmingham Hippodrome, said the venue \"was overjoyed\" at the investment.\n\n\"We are now able to turn our focus to rebuilding what we have lost and planning for the future.\"\n\nMuseums are starting to re-open after lockdown but some - like Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery remain closed.\n\nArts Council chairman Sir Nicholas Serota told BBC News the funding was \"a very good result\".\n\nHe said: \"Now it's up to the arts organisations and the Arts Council to make best use of this money and bring the arts back into communities across the county. This announcement gives us the tools to help build a recovery.\"\n\nThe chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales said he was \"absolutely delighted\" by the announcement, adding the funding was \"an absolute lifeline\".\n\nAndy Eagle, chief executive of Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre, said: \"It provides enormous security, enormous hope for the sector.\"\n\nThe Arts Council of Northern Ireland said it was \"delighted\" with the \"lifeline support\"\n\nThe Tate, The Science Museum Group, The Natural History Museum and The National Gallery were among those who also welcomed the funding.\n\nSir Ian Blatchford, chair of the National Museums Directors Council said: \"This is welcome news for the museum sector, both in the scale of funding and as a strategic commitment to our role in the life of the country.\"\n\nKully Thiarai, creative director & CEO of Leeds 2023, said: \"Across Leeds and West Yorkshire, the workers and performers in our region's great cultural institutions and the independent artists and venues embedded in communities, are waking up to some positive news. After months of anxiety and uncertainty, the Government has thrown a much needed life-line that will help many stay afloat and plan for the future.\n\nThe Royal Opera House said the funding announcement was \"a catalyst\".\n\nMusic Venue Trust chief executive Mark Davyd said it \"warmly welcomes this unprecedented intervention into Britain's world class live music scene\".\n\nHe added: \"This fund provides the opportunity to stabilise and protect our vibrant and vital network of venues and gives us the time we need to create a plan to safely reopen live music.\"\n\nGeoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI & Brit Awards, said: \"We are delighted that the government has recognised the special importance of the arts and creativity to our national life.\n\n\"We look forward to further details on how the funds will be allocated, but naturally warmly welcome specific references from the PM and the Chancellor to a lifeline for our cherished music venues, and to support for the arts, which should assist our classical music sector.\"\n\nSir Simon Rattle, director of the London Symphony Orchestra, called for the money to be \"distributed as fast as possible\".\n\nThe Royal Opera House said in a statement that \"the package of support will be a catalyst for unlocking the extraordinary creativity embedded in the UK's world-renowned creative industries\".\n\nStephen Gilchrist, who runs Brixton Hill Studios, a music rehearsal and recording facility in south London, said the support was \"very important\", but that it doesn't mention companies that support the music industry.\n\n\"The nearest thing that would come to what we would do says 'basement venues',\" he said. \"So that shows that really important grassroots venues are covered, but it doesn't cover the parts of the sector that may look, on the outside, like they are commercial - the hire companies and the touring travel companies and people like us, the rehearsal and recording studios. So there is a possibility that we'll have another fight on our hands.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The government is pledging to provide 30,000 new traineeships to get young people in England into work, as fears about mounting unemployment increase.\n\nTraineeships provide classroom-based lessons in maths, English and CV writing, as well as up to 90 hours of unpaid work experience.\n\nUnder the £111m scheme, firms in England will be given £1,000 for each new work experience place they offer.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive £21m for similar schemes.\n\nThe additional funding for traineeships is set to be announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday when he will unveil an economic plan to deal with the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nEmployers are not required to pay trainees for a work placement, unlike apprenticeships where the minimum wage rate is £4.15 per hour.\n\nOn an apprenticeship, a person is employed to do work while studying for a formal qualification, usually for one day a week, either at a college or training centre over a number of years.\n\nBusinesses have been hit hard since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March, and even though restrictions are gradually being eased, consumer demand remains depressed.\n\nAs a result, companies with a presence across the UK have revealed thousands of staff cuts in the past week.\n\n\"Young people's employment prospects are expected to be disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of coronavirus,\" the Treasury said in a statement announcing plans to expand the traineeship programme.\n\nTraineeships are intended to get people into their first job after education. They last from six weeks to six months and they are open to people aged between 16 and 24.\n\n\"Expanding traineeships will be part of a wider package to support young people and to ensure they have the skills and training to go on to high quality, secure and fulfilling employment,\" the Treasury said.\n\nEmployers must currently offer a minimum of 100 hours of work experience. But the Treasury statement refers to \"a high-quality work placement of 60 to 90 hours\", which could suggest a new, lesser, commitment for providers.\n\nThe expanded scheme will be in place in England from September 2020.\n\nThe Treasury said that three quarters of young people who completed a traineeship moved on to employment or further study within a year. In contrast, three quarters of 18-24 year-olds who are not in education, employment or training for three months will continue to be out of work and out of education for a full 12 months, according to government figures.\n\nThe number of people starting traineeships has, however, been declining gradually, from a high of 24,100 in 2015-16 down to 14,900 in 2018, according to figures from the Department for Education.\n\nDavid Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, told the BBC's Today programme: \"We know that young people get treated very badly in recessions and will be at the back of the queue for jobs.\n\n\"What we want is a whole range of actions that the government can take: put money into colleges to give them a chance, incentivise employers to take on trainees, but also take on apprenticeships as well.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need really bold action now on both the labour market and on skills.\"", "It is the fifth year in a row targets for recruiting new trainee teachers has been missed\n\nTargets for recruiting trainee teachers in Wales were missed for the fifth year in row, the latest figures have shown.\n\nThe Welsh Government wanted to see 1,621 new students start in 2018.\n\nBut there was a shortfall of nearly 600 applicants, with 1,065 starting an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) course.\n\nThe Welsh Government said teacher vacancy rates remain \"comparatively low\", though it was \"not complacent\" and recognised there were some local recruitment issues.\n\nAccording to Statistics for Wales, the largest shortfall was in recruiting potential secondary school teachers.\n\nA target of 851 students had been set for the sector, but just 480 enrolled for the 2018-19 academic year - a shortfall of 44%.\n\nThe recruitment rate was down a further 9% on the previous year.\n\nWhile entries for primary school teaching performed better, they still missed their target by 22%.\n\nThe Welsh Government wanted to see 750 individuals signing-up for the primary sector training, but only 585 enrolled.\n\n\"We are extremely concerned about the reduction in the number of trainee teachers year after year,\" stressed Rebecca Williams, deputy general secretary of the Welsh teaching union UCAC.\n\n\"Part of the problem is that there has been complacency about workforce planning over many years - a hangover from a period when there were plenty of teachers in the system, and plenty more coming through.\n\n\"This has not been the case for many years, and the government has been slow to get to grips with the implications.\"\n\nThe union said there were worrying shortfalls in recruiting for certain subjects in Wales, and a growing concern for Welsh-medium provision.\n\nThe 2018 figures revealed just 75 students applied to train to teach in Welsh in the secondary sector.\n\nAnother issue highlighted by the latest report is the number of students studying to become a teacher in England, with just over 60% of all ITE students from north Wales enrolled on courses across the border.\n\nPrior qualifications to begin a course in England are marginally lower - for example, in Wales you must have a minimum of a B grade or equivalent in GCSE maths - in England, it is a C grade.\n\nHowever, Statistics for Wales said this did not necessarily lead to a teacher shortage issue in Wales, as \"many return to their home country to start teaching\".\n\nThere were warnings in previous years that problems in recruiting teachers was bordering on a crisis, and these latest figures suggest it's getting worse.\n\nA campaign to attract people to the profession and incentives to study some subjects seem to have had little impact on the overall figures, at least up to 2018-19.\n\nNew teacher training courses started in September 2019, but we'll have to wait until the next round of data to see what impact those changes may have had.\n\nThe drop in numbers of those training in Welsh - steeper than the overall reduction - will be a particular worry.\n\nAnd the numbers choosing to study in England raises questions about the higher grades required for ITE in Wales - some see that as a barrier.\n\nThe Covid-19 crisis could impact recruitment for this year and next in different ways.\n\nOn the one hand, applicants may be put off taking up places in September, but it has also highlighted the key role of the profession and it may be attractive as a relatively secure career path.\n\nBut we won't be able to gauge the impact of the current situation on the data for some time yet.\n\nThe latest figures follow a series of reviews on recruiting and retaining teachers in Wales.\n\nIt has seen an advisory panel of experts established by education minister Kirsty Williams, and some fundamental shifts in how would-be teachers can access the profession.\n\nFor example, from this year, students have been able to enrol with the Open University for paid training programmes in a school that sponsors them, or take a part-time flexible route into the classroom.\n\nA new programme of training was introduced last September, with new university partnerships to deliver the courses, overseen by the Education Workforce Council.\n\nThe council regulates the profession in Wales and was also asked to take responsibility for the 'Discover Teaching' recruitment project in October 2018.\n\nOfficials are currently working to \"update and develop content\" for the project, which provides online tools and job searches for those considering a teaching role.\n\nThere have been reviews of how teachers can access the profession, and the training they need in Wales\n\nResponding, Welsh Government officials said: \"In late 2019, we published a new and widely welcomed Workforce Development Plan to support teaching, to attract and retain high-quality individuals, including Welsh-medium teachers.\n\n\"Our new ITE programmes support and attract students to become a teacher in Wales and is part of our strategy to improve recruitment and retention of teachers.\"\n\nThey said initial feedback on recruitment for new courses in September 2020 indicated some subjects, in particular science-related, had not been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with student applications levels increasing.\n\nThe government also said it had introduced several initiatives to encourage more Welsh medium teachers to enter the profession, especially in the secondary sector.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nMuseums, music venues, galleries and theatres are to receive £1.57bn in government funding to help them deal with the effects of the pandemic. Many venues have been laying off staff, with some warning they could be bankrupt within weeks. Independent cinemas and heritage sites will also be eligible for grants and loans. The announcement has been welcomed, but the BBC's arts editor says it's not yet clear how the money will be split between competing art forms or regions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Will Gompertz: \"The experience is going to be very different\"\n\nDelays to diagnosis and treatment due to coronavirus could cause between 7,000 and 35,000 additional cancer deaths in the UK within a year. That's the scenario suggested by research from eight hospital trusts and shared exclusively with BBC Panorama. Watch Britain's Cancer Crisis on Monday 6 July at 7:30pm on BBC One, or afterwards on BBC iPlayer. You can also find extra content on the You, Me & the Big C podcast.\n\nTenby is among the places expecting an influx of visitors as restrictions end\n\nNicola Sturgeon visited an outdoor cafe ahead of the nationwide easing\n\nBefore the coronavirus lockdown a lot of us didn't really know what our partner did at work all day, but now our eyes have been opened - as many couples now work from home together, albeit in totally different jobs. Samar Small, a manager at Royal Mail, says her husband previously saw her only in \"mum-mode\". \"I'm probably a bit brainier than he thought I was - dare I say it!\" she told our business reporter Lucy Hooker.\n\nSamar Small says her job isn't what her family expected\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get the latest from our live page.\n\nPlus, from air pollution and A&E to cream teas and gardening gear, we highlight eight ways lockdown has changed life in the UK.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A ban on killers using the \"rough sex defence\" in England and Wales is set to become law after MPs supported an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill.\n\nThe bill now rules out \"consent for sexual gratification\" as a defence for causing serious harm.\n\nThe wide-ranging legislation will also place a duty on councils in England to provide shelter for victims of abuse.\n\nIt has been broadly welcomed by campaigners but some said it failed to protect groups such as migrant women.\n\nThe bill, which covers England and Wales, has passed its final stage in the Commons and will now be debated in the House of Lords.\n\nIt was introduced with cross-party support by Theresa May's government in July last year but its passage was delayed by December's general election.\n\nThe government said the bill would ensure that children who saw, heard or experienced the effects of domestic abuse would be treated as victims under law.\n\nIt would also introduce the first legal government definition of domestic abuse, including economic abuse and coercive or controlling non-physical behaviour.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Home Office minister Victoria Atkins said one of the most \"chilling and anguished\" developments in recent times had been the increased use of the \"so-called rough sex defence\".\n\nMoving a new clause which would ban the defence in England and Wales court proceedings, she said: \"We've been clear that there is no such defence to serious harm which results from rough sex.\n\n\"But there is a perception that such a defence exists and that it is being used by men, and it is mostly men in these types of cases, to avoid convictions for serious offences or to receive a reduction in any sentence where they are convicted.\"\n\nWelcoming the move, Labour's shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Jess Phillips, paid tribute to Natalie Connolly, who died in 2016.\n\nThe 26-year-old's partner left her for dead with 40 separate injuries - he admitted manslaughter but was cleared of murder after claiming she was hurt during consensual sexual activity.\n\n\"Natalie Connolly's name and story has rung out around this chamber, been told in many newspapers and the bravery of her family will see this law changed,\" Ms Phillips said.\n\n\"Today, I don't want to remember her for how she died, or to allow a violent man to get to say what her story was.\n\nMs Phillips paid tribute to Natalie Connolly in the Commons\n\nCampaign group We Can't Consent To This, which wants to make it the expectation that murder charges will be brought against those suspected of killing a person during sex, has hailed the amendment as a \"victory\".\n\nThe current law says that if someone kills another person during sexual activity they could be charged with manslaughter alone, while to murder someone, there needs to have been an intention to kill that person or to cause them grievous bodily harm (GBH).\n\nWe Can't Consent To This has collated 60 examples of women \"who were killed during so-called 'sex games gone wrong'\" in the UK, since 1972.\n\nThe group claims that 45% of these cases ended in a \"lesser charge of manslaughter, a lighter sentence or the death not being investigated as a crime at all\".\n\nThere are also 115 people - all but one of whom were women - who have had to attend court where it is claimed they consented to violent injury, the group has said.\n\nHarriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, described the bill as \"a landmark piece of legislation\".\n\nHowever, she said there were \"some very important omissions\", including protections for victims of domestic violence who committed crimes in the context of being in an abusive relationship.\n\nOther campaigners have said the legislation needs additions to better protect migrant women.\n\nGisela Valle, director of the Latin American Women's Rights Service, said the bill had no provision for safe reporting mechanisms, meaning migrant women who reported abuse to police could be questioned about their immigration status and even detained.\n\nAdditionally, some immigrants with an insecure status cannot currently access public funds or housing and refuge support.\n\nMs Phillips also raised the issue of victims of domestic abuse who are migrants and have no recourse to public funds.\n\nShe told the Commons \"it cannot be right\" that \"humans, who when they have been raped, beaten, controlled and abused, before we ask them how we can help, first we ask what stamp is in their passport\".\n\nMs Atkins said the government was launching a £1.5m pilot fund to support migrant victims of domestic abuse who are unable to access public funds.", "Three teenagers remain in hospital in a serious condition\n\nA 17-year-old girl has died and three other teenagers were seriously injured in a car crash in Kent.\n\nA Suzuki Swift carrying six teenagers hit a tree in a garden in Mundy Bois Road in Egerton, near Ashford, at about 20:20 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe police watchdog has been informed because a Kent Police vehicle was \"in close proximity at the time of the collision\", the force said.\n\nTwo teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of driving offences.\n\nKent Police said officers were in the area due to reports an illegal rave was taking place in nearby Pluckley.\n\nHowever, the force found no such event was being held.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said \"police on patrol in a marked vehicle saw a vehicle containing six people that then headed off at speed\".\n\nThe police car then \"turned around to follow the vehicle and found it had crashed\", the IOPC said.\n\nThe 17-year-old girl died while being taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nTwo men - aged 19 and 18 - and a second 17-year-old girl remain in hospital in a \"serious but stable condition\", a force spokesperson said.\n\nA 19-year-old man from Ashford and a 17-year-old girl from Maidstone, who have been discharged from hospital, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.\n\nOfficers have asked for anyone who saw the silver hatchback to contact them.\n\nKent Police said it had \"made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to a police vehicle being in close proximity at the time of the collision\".\n\nAn IOPC spokesman said it had begun an investigation, adding: \"Part of our investigation will be to establish whether or not the police were actively pursuing the vehicle.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK is imposing sanctions on 49 people and organisations behind the most \"notorious\" human rights abuses of recent years.\n\nIndividuals implicated in the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 will have their UK assets frozen and banned from entering the country.\n\nAnd Saudi Arabian officials involved in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are also being targeted.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the move sent a \"clear message\".\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, the foreign secretary said the UK was taking action against the \"thugs of despots and henchmen of dictators\" as well as stopping those trying to launder their \"blood-drenched ill-gotten gains\".\n\nRussia has threatened to retaliate with reciprocal measures and said the sanctions were \"pointless\".\n\n\"Russia reserves the right to respond to today's unfriendly decision by the UK on the basis of reciprocity,\" the Russian embassy in London said in a statement, adding that the move \"will not improve Russian-British relations\".\n\nThe sanctions are the first taken independently by the UK outside the auspices of the UN and EU.\n\nThose individuals and organisations subject to immediate sanctions are:\n\nMr Raab said those targeted had been involved in extra-judicial killings, including political assassinations, torture, degrading treatment, forced labour and servitude.\n\nThose on the list, which includes a former minister in the Russian interior department and the former deputy head of the Saudi intelligence services, will be stopped from entering the UK, channelling money into the country or profiting from the British economy, through property or other assets they own.\n\n\"Today this government and this house sends a very clear message on behalf of the British people that those with blood on their hands, the thugs of despots, the henchman of dictators will not be free to waltz into this country,\" Mr Raab told Parliament.\n\n\"The powers enable us to target a wider network of perpetrators including those who facilitate, incite, promote or support any of these crimes and this extends beyond state officials to non-state actors as well.\"\n\nThe UK's new sanctions' regime is significant. It marks the first time Britain has had its own independent scheme focused entirely on tackling human rights abuses.\n\nUntil now, it has almost always had to act in concert with the EU. The government wants the UK to be seen as a leading defender of international rules and human rights. These sanctions are a central part of that policy.\n\nOne key test will be whether it can get support from other countries. The United States and Canada have similar schemes, the EU is working on its own version. Sanctions are always more powerful if imposed collectively.\n\nWhat was announced today was merely the first wave of UK sanctions. More are to come and MPs are keen to see some Chinese names on the list.\n\nThe sanctions may well come at a cost to trade and investment if countries object to seeing their nationals targeted.\n\nWhat is also unclear is how effective they will be in actually deterring human rights abuses. Many of those 47 individuals and two organisations named in the first listing are already subject to US sanctions.\n\nWe don't know what assets they actually have in London or how often they have come to the UK. But London is a hub of international travel and finance, and officials hope the restrictions will have an impact in the long term.\n\nMr Raab told the BBC the list would be kept under \"constant review\", and the government was \"working already on the on further designations that can be made in due course\".\n\nAsked about if it could damage the UK's trading relationship with Saudi Arabia, the foreign secretary said it was \"a matter of moral duty\", adding: \"We can't turn a blind eye to gross violations of human rights.\n\n\"We will apply these designations in the countries which we've designated today… for countries where we have a relationship, whether it's an ally or other countries that we need to engage with, because that's the world we live in.\"\n\nBut asked if he was avoiding another clash with China by excluding them for the list, Mr Raab said: \"It's pretty clear… that we are willing to stand up for our vital national interests. But the regime that we have set out is evidence based.\n\n\"If we want a positive relationship with China… the real issue here is one of trust and whether China can be trusted to live up to its international obligations, and its international responsibilities.\n\n\"And that's a message that we're telegraphing, along with many of our allies and indeed, many international partners around the world to Beijing, particularly in relation to what we've seen in Hong Kong.\"\n\nMagnitsky's widow and mother took up the human rights case initially filed by him in Strasbourg\n\nMany MPs have long been pushing for a tougher domestic sanctions regime against foreign states accused of human rights abuses, based on the 2013 US Magnitsky Act.\n\nMagnitsky, a Moscow lawyer and auditor, died in police custody after accusing Russian tax officials of defrauding Hermitage Capital Management, a British investment firm he was advising.\n\nMagnitsky spent 11 months in police custody, during which he sustained injuries which human rights campaigners say were consistent with him being beaten and tortured.\n\nHis maltreatment has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights, which found in 2019 that he had been deprived of important medical care and the authorities had not complied with their duty to protect life.\n\nRussian officials subject to sanctions include Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin, a former interior minister and Oleg Silchenko, a member of the ministry's investigative team who was involved in questioning Magnitsky and who is accused of forced him to retract his allegations of corruption.\n\nMr Raab said he would be meeting Magnitsky's widow Natalia and two children later on Monday to express the UK's \"solidarity\" with them and the nightmare they had been through.\n\nBill Browder, co-founder and chief executive of Hermitage Capital, said the action represented \"a huge milestone in our 10 year campaign for justice\".\n\nSaudi officials involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi are among those targeted\n\nMr Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed by a team of Saudi agents in what the Saudi authorities described as a \"rogue operation\" that went wrong.\n\nIn December 2019, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and jailed three others but the process was condemned by foreign governments and the UN, which said it represented \"the antithesis of justice\".\n\nAmong those targeted by the UK, include Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri, a former deputy head of the Saudi intelligence services and Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, a former advisor to Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, who is said to have \"planned and directed the killing\".\n\nAlso on the list is Salah Muhammed Al Tubaigy, a government doctor present at the time of the killing and a number of intelligence officers also present in Istanbul said to have concealed evidence about the killing.\n\nLabour, which has been critical of the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia, particularly in relation to the war in Yemen, said it welcomed action against those responsible for the \"appalling\" murder.\n\nThe UK is also taking action against two senior generals in the Myanmar army, over the state's suppression of the minority Muslim Rohingya population in Rakhine state, a campaign of violence in 2017 and 2019 that campaigners have said amounts to attempted genocide.\n\nThey are Min Aung Hlaing, Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces and his deputy Soe Win, who the UK says carry ultimate responsibility for unlawful killings, torture, forced labour and systematic rape.\n\nThe North Korea organisations targeted are the Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and the Ministry of People's Security Correctional Bureau, which have responsibility for running prison camps.\n\nThe Foreign Office said its new sanctions regime, underpinned by legislation passed in 2018, could be extended in future to encompass individuals and governments guilty of corruption.\n\nThe UK is required by law to enforce existing EU sanctions it is a party to until the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021. The government has said it will maintain these after that date and also existing UN sanctions.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.\n\nA US woman who says she was brought to Britain aged 17 to have sex with Prince Andrew has said he \"should be panicking\" following the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.\n\nVirginia Roberts Giuffre, one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, says she was trafficked to London by Epstein in 2001.\n\nShe spoke to Australia's Channel Nine 60 Minutes programme following the arrest of Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was arrested on charges of helping Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls and young women, and also perjury.\n\nPrince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell both deny allegations made against them.", "Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to close 30 outlets and is expected to cut at least 1,000 jobs at other shops as part of a post-pandemic restructuring.\n\nThe company said the impact of coronavirus on trading meant it had to make a \"difficult decision\".\n\nPret said it needed to reduce headcount across its UK shops to \"reflect lower footfall, rental costs and new safety measures\".\n\nIt did not say how many jobs would go, but a source confirmed more than 1,000.\n\nAbout 330 jobs will be lost with the closure of the 30 shops. Pret said 339 of its 410 shops have so far reopened following the easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\nBut trading remains slow, with sales down 74% from a year earlier, the company said. Pret is thought to be losing about £20m a month.\n\nChief executive Pano Christou said: \"It's a sad day for the whole Pret family, and I'm devastated that we will be losing so many employees. But we must make these changes to adapt to the new retail environment.\n\n\"Our goal now is to bring Pret to more people, through different channels and in new ways, enabling us to grow once more in the medium term.\"\n\nPret is reliant on sales from commuters and lunchtime office workers, which are sources of revenue acutely affected by the lockdown.\n\nThe company is broadening its sales with a retail coffee initiative with Amazon and a delivery partnership with Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats. There are also click and collect trials in five shops in London.\n\nPret said sales across these digital channels have already grown 480% year-on-year, and now represent over 8% of total UK sales.\n\nThe company is in talks with landlords about reducing its rent bill. In May, it appointed advisory firms to help restructure the business, and in April it raised €100m (£90m) in emergency funding from its banks.\n\nPret, which owns 550 outlets globally employing 13,000 staff, including 8,000 in the UK, is the latest High Street food chain to announce cuts.\n\nLast week, SSP Group, which runs Upper Crust and Ritazza, said it would cut 5,000 staff, more than half its UK workforce.\n\nIn addition, The Restaurant Group, which runs Frankie & Benny's and Wagamama, and Cafe Rouge-owner Casual Dining Group, have announced more than 4,500 job cuts between them.", "The coronavirus crisis could \"level down\" the UK economy with London and the South East expected to bounce back more quickly than Hull and Bradford.\n\nSectors such as finance and construction will be worst affected by the pandemic, a report from the Social Market Foundation think tank warned.\n\nInitially, that means London and the South East would be worst hit, but other areas face a slower recovery.\n\nThe Treasury said it was committed to \"levelling up\" every region of the UK.\n\nThe worst-affected areas in the short-term:\n\n\"After the financial crisis, London recovered quickly because of a concentration of jobs in banking and insurance,\" the Social Market Foundation (SMF) report said.\n\n\"Whilst these jobs will face the biggest initial blow from coronavirus, evidence suggests the capital is more economically resilient and the labour market will recover quicker than the rest of the country.\"\n\nBut that is not the case in areas where unemployment rates were above the UK's average of 3.8% last year, according to the SMF, a centrist think tank.\n\nIt said those areas, which include Manchester and Peterborough, face the slowest recovery.\n\nThe areas that will find it hardest to bounce back:\n\n\"Policy makers need to recognise that national or even regional data can conceal the local realities of this recession and should not rely on it when making important decisions for the recovery from coronavirus,\" said Amy Norman from the SMF.\n\n\"The economic severity of coronavirus will be felt across many places, but we must remember that this recession does not occur in isolation,\" she said.\n\n\"Many people and places outside of the capital will be particularly vulnerable due to the lasting hardships of the past decade.\"\n\nThe report also found that young people were more vulnerable to the economic impacts of the virus crisis.\n\nIt said people between the ages of 20 and 24 were least likely to work in sectors like education, health or public administration, which have seen fewer people furloughed or made redundant.\n\n\"Young people's jobs are most at risk, but a quarter of older workers also face job instability,\" Ms Norman said.\n\n\"Politicians have announced the guaranteed youth opportunity but are light on support for those in older categories who will find themselves out of work.\"\n\nA Treasury spokeswoman said: \"As we recover from the outbreak we remain committed to levelling up every region and nation of the UK - helping ensure they return to growth, jobs and prosperity in a way that is safe.\n\n\"Alongside our generous package of economic support that has protected millions of jobs and businesses, we're supporting communities up and down the country. At Spring Budget 2020, we allocated more than £6bn for local transport in towns and cities across England, £5bn to support the rollout of the fastest broadband, and committed to a £2.5bn skills fund to help our communities thrive.\"\n• None Why North-South is not England's only divide", "That's a wrap: The National Theatre in London\n\nEmpty theatre buildings nationwide have been covered in colourful messages of support, as they remain closed due to Covid-19 concerns.\n\nThe National Theatre in London has been wrapped in bright pink barrier tape, which reads \"Missing Live Theatre\".\n\nThe project, led by stage designers group Scene Change, also includes the Manchester Royal Exchange and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.\n\nAs well as the Lyric Belfast, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and Theatre Royale Plymouth.\n\nVenues have been shut since March, with many warning that they will go out of business in the coming months without support.\n\nThe art intervention was unveiled on the same day that the National Theatre confirmed 400 casual staff will soon lose their jobs.\n\n\"We have committed to paying our casual staff until the end of August, but very sadly due to the changes in the government Job Retention Scheme, we simply cannot afford to offer financial support beyond that point, when we won't be back performing as usual,\" a spokeswoman told the BBC.\n\nShe added they hoped \"additional financial support from government may be forthcoming\" to allow performing again \"in a limited way\" but said \"it is set to be many months before it will be possible to perform to audiences at usual capacities, so regrettably a proportion of job losses are unavoidable\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC News on Friday, Oscar-winning actor, writer and theatre director Sir Mark Rylance warned that 70% of venues could be closed by Christmas, meaning 290,000 jobs in the sector are at risk, with redundancies being made already.\n\nSir Mark, who also revealed he will reprise his role in Jerusalem next year at some point, stressed that theatres can't go back to usual, and they are going to have to change how they operate and what stories they tell in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"They are devastatingly badly affected,\" said Rylance.\n\n\"We have discovered that what the pandemic has brought to the surface too, is that 70% of the workers in theatre are freelance,\" he added. \"They've not benefitted from any furlough scheme or any of the job retention schemes that the buildings and the permanent staff have benefitted from, so people are really in trouble, and they're going to be in more trouble in August and September.\"\n\nA close-up of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester\n\nIn a statement, Scene Change declared: \"This is a moment of reset in our industry and we believe the design community can be an essential part of the transformation that will see theatre buildings being reopened and the ways in which theatre can be reimagined,\"\n\n\"As shapers of theatrical space through the use of people and place, our work is pivotal in connecting an entire ecosystem within the theatre industry. We are ideally positioned to be at the heart of any discussions about how theatre operates in the future.\"\n\nThe tapes will stay up for a week and then be taken to envelop other theatres.\n\nVenues throughout London's West End will join in on Saturday, while The RSC, Sadler's Wells, Theatr Clwyd and Theatre Royal Stratford East will take part the following week, along with Sheffield Theatres, and the Ambassador Theatre Group.\n\nTom Piper, one of the team behind the campaign, told the BBC's Colin Paterson the design was \"inspired by the fact that the National Theatre was sort of wrapped with hazard warning tape it looked like a toxic sort of waste site\".\n\n\"And we know that theatres are not toxic places, they are places of great healing, where people will come together with a sense of community and that's what we're all missing at the moment,\" added Piper, who also who helped create the 2014 sea of ceramic poppies outside the Tower of London.\n\nHe encouraged people to go along and see the outdoor \"guerrilla\" artwork for themselves, from a safe distance.\n\n\"It's a gesture of love for these buildings really and to highlight that they're empty, they need to be full of people,\" he said.\n\nLast week, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published a five-stage plan for a \"phased return\", which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to follow later.\n\nHowever, the roadmap for the return of live theatre and music was met with calls for financial support and a timetable for reopening, with many dismissing the plan as inadequate.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Politicians criticised the protestors, who encouraged people on the road from England to \"stay out\" of Scotland Image caption: Politicians criticised the protestors, who encouraged people on the road from England to \"stay out\" of Scotland\n\nNicola Sturgeon has asked people not to protest on the Scotland-England border, saying it is not \"sensible or helpful\".\n\nThe first minister said protestors who displayed a \"keep Scotland Covid free\" banner at the border with England on Saturday \"do not speak for me\".\n\nMs Sturgeon has refused to rule out a quarantine system for people coming to Scotland from other parts of the UK.\n\nHowever, she stressed this was \"about public health\", not \"whether people in England are welcome in Scotland\".\n\nThere are currently no plans to impose quarantine or any other kind of restrictions on travellers from the rest of the UK into Scotland, and there has been no formal discussion on whether they should be introduced.\n\nBut there has been an escalating row between the Scottish and UK governments over the issue, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying \"there is no such thing as a border between Scotland and England\" and Ms Sturgeon hitting out at \"absurd and ridiculous political statements\".", "Vogue Portugal has pulled a recent magazine cover, which mental health experts criticised as \"outdated\" and in \"bad taste\".\n\nThe Madness Issue featured a woman in a bathtub in a hospital setting with a nurse pouring water over her head.\n\nVogue Portugal said the image was intended to \"start a discussion\".\n\nBut it has since changed the cover, saying that it now realises \"the subject of mental health needs a more thoughtful approach\".\n\n\"Vogue Portugal deeply apologises for any offence or upset caused by this photo shoot,\" the company said in an Instagram post, which showed a new cover image of a person holding a human heart.\n\nThe photo of the woman in the bath generated huge controversy on its release. Vogue Portugal, however, initially refused to back down, insisting in a statement posted on Twitter that the cover story explored \"the historical context of mental health and is designed to reflect real life and authentic stories\".\n\n\"Inside the issue features interviews and contributions from psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists and other experts,\" the statement added.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by vogueportugal This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe woman featured in the bathtub, Slovak model Simona Kirchnerova, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday that it was a \"career highlight\" because those standing either side of her were family members.\n\n\"Made it to Vogue cover with my mum and my grandma,\" she wrote.\n\nBut London-based clinical psychologist Katerina Alexandraki told the BBC that she considered the cover to be \"unethical\".\n\n\"For those with experience of the psychiatric system, seeing a fashion magazine cover presenting a woman in such a vulnerable state can be a reminder of a very challenging time in their lives,\" she said.\n\n\"This image reinforces the idea of women being vulnerable and helpless during a mental health breakdown. It does not show us the effort those with mental health put in to overcoming their struggles, their strengths and resistance to overcome adversity,\" she added.\n\nPortuguese model Sara Sampaio said images like the one portrayed on the Vogue Portugal cover \"should not be representing the conversation about mental health\".\n\nMs Sampaio, who said she had suffered with mental health issues herself, said she considered it \"very bad taste\".\n\n\"It looks like it's in an [outdated] mental hospital\" that used to \"torture\" patients, she said in a video posted on social media.\n\nShe added that the image came at a particularly sensitive time \"because of Covid and the way that mental health has been dealt with\", with many people having been isolated or directly affected by the pandemic.\n\nPortuguese model Sara Sampaio said the magazine cover image was in \"very bad taste\"\n• None Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health", "The number of private tenants in England who have fallen behind on rent has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, new research suggests.\n\nPolling for housing charity Shelter estimated 226,785 are now in arrears despite having been up to date in March, out of a total of 442,403.\n\nIt said the figures showed the need for action before a ban on new evictions ends next month.\n\nThe government said those hit hardest would get \"appropriate protection\".\n\nA ban on new evictions of social or private tenants in England and Wales has been extended for two months and is currently due to end on 23 August.\n\nBut the charity Shelter is warning that the winding down of the government's furlough scheme could leave people even more exposed to eviction if they lose their jobs.\n\nA Shelter poll of 1,058 private renters in England conducted by YouGov estimated 442,403 of the country's 8.7m renters - roughly 5% - were in arrears in early June.\n\nOf them, 226,785 said they were up to date with payments in March, before the height of the pandemic.\n\nOf those who had contact with their landlord or letting agent since March, around 6% of those surveyed said they had been threatened with eviction.\n\nAround a third of respondents said they feel more depressed and anxious about their housing situation, with 30% also experiencing sleepless nights.\n\nThe charity's chief executive Polly Neate said thousands of renters were at risk of homelessness unless the government changed the law on evictions.\n\n\"We know people have been doing whatever they can to pay their rent and keep their home safe,\" she said.\n\n\"Despite this, the minute the evictions ban lifts, the 230,000 already behind with their rent could be up for automatic eviction if they've built up eight weeks-worth of arrears,\" she added.\n\nShe called on ministers to make \"small changes\" to eviction law to ensure no renter is automatically evicted, and the impact of Covid-19 is \"always considered\".\n\nThe Scottish government has amended legislation to prevent new evictions for up to six months for those struggling with arrears.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, a requirement for a 12 week notice to quit period for all tenancies became law in May.\n\nResponding to Shelter's polling, Labour said emergency legislation was needed to protect renters from eviction.\n\nShadow housing secretary Thangam Debbonaire said: \"The government seems to be more interested in protecting landlords' incomes than preventing families from losing their homes in the middle of a deadly pandemic.\n\n\"Rough sleeping had more than doubled under the Tories before coronavirus.\n\n\"If we go back to business as usual, many thousands of people will find themselves sleeping on the streets this winter.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said it had taken \"unprecedented action to support renters during the pandemic\".\n\n\"We have introduced the furlough scheme to protect jobs, provided over £6.5bn to strengthen the welfare safety-net,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThey added the government had also made the housing benefit system more generous by increasing it to cover 30% of the average market rent in each area.\n\n\"We're working with the judiciary to provide appropriate protection to those who have been particularly affected by coronavirus when proceedings start again.\"\n\nThe National Residential Landlords Association said it had produced guidance for tenants and landlords on how to best address rent arrears.\n\nIts policy director Chris Norris said eviction \"should not be seen as the inevitable outcome of getting behind with rent payments\".\n\n\"Our surveys show that the vast majority of landlords have been doing all they can to keep people in their homes,\" he added.", "TV presenter Kate Garraway says her husband, who was put into an induced coma in March, is now able to open his eyes.\n\nDerek Draper, a former political aide, was taken to hospital in March after contracting coronavirus.\n\n\"I really believe he can hear,\" the Good Morning Britain presenter has now told Hello! magazine..\n\n\"We're keeping positive and doing everything we can to bring him round.\"\n\nShe continued: \"When medical staff say: 'Good morning, Derek,' he sometimes opens his eyes. We and the doctors are doing everything we can so that he can start to recover.\"\n\n\"The children and I communicate with him every day on FaceTime, while a nurse holds his iPad.\"\n\nThe presenter and her family have not been able to visit Draper due to current hospital regulations.\n\nDraper is now coronavirus-free, but Garraway has previously said his body has been significantly damaged and may never recover.\n\nThe presenter confirmed to Hello! magazine that she now plans to return to work in an effort to bring structure back to her children's lives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I have to get on with life whilst we are waiting for him to get better,\" she explained.\n\n\"They've told me that I need to go back to work and create a routine in our lives again. The children and Derek are all I've thought about and they're the most important people in my life, but I must create structure and normality for the children.\"\n\nLast month Garraway said it was \"a miracle\" her husband was still alive after his \"extraordinary\" battle with coronavirus.\n\n\"The fight with the virus has been won but it's wreaked extraordinary damage to his body,\" she said.\n\n\"It's affected him from the top of his head to the tip of his toes.\"\n\nGarraway and Draper married in 2005 and have two children.\n\nGarraway is a co-anchor of ITV's Good Morning Britain, as well as a presenter on Smooth Radio, while Draper is an author and former Labour political aide.\n\nAt the end of March, Garraway said herself and Draper thought he might be suffering with sinusitis, not coronavirus, because he had no persistent cough or temperature - two of the main official symptoms of the disease.\n\nDraper soon developed a splitting headache and numbness in his right hand and began struggling to breathe. After consulting ITV's Dr Hilary Jones, Garraway decided to phone for an ambulance.\n\nOnce in hospital he was eventually placed in a coma, at his own request, to give his lungs a rest, as he felt he was suffocating.\n\nDraper has remained in hospital since, and Garraway says doctors have told her he will not be out before September, when their son Billy starts secondary school.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "No new deaths of people with coronavirus have been reported by Public Health Wales (PHW).\n\nThis is the first day since March that PHW has not announced any additional deaths.\n\nHowever, deaths may be added or removed in future due to delays in reporting and currently figures show no deaths occurred on 18 June or on 3, 4 or 5 July.\n\nIn total, 1,531 people in Wales have died with the virus.\n\nMonday's update also showed eight new cases reported, meaning 15,898 people have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMonday's figures showed to date, 148,903 people have been tested for coronavirus in Wales, with 133,005 testing negative.\n\nA total of 198,875 tests have been carried out, with some people having been tested more than once.\n\nPHW publishes daily statistics of deaths, mostly occurring in hospitals, but only when the virus has been confirmed by laboratories.\n\nThey do not include deaths of residents from Powys in hospitals over the border in England.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics also publishes figures but on a weekly basis.\n\nThese include all registered deaths, including those in care homes and at home, where Covid-19 is suspected, as well as laboratory-confirmed cases.\n\nDr Phil White, from the British Medical Association in Wales, gave a cautious welcome to the announcement.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Gareth Lewis programme, he said he believed it was due to stricter lockdown measures in Wales.\n\n\"What we need to look at now is the trend over the next few days and weeks to see if this is maintained,\" he said.\n\n\"Scotland has maintained it for several days and hopefully Wales can do the same. It's a reflection of how well the policy has worked and the test and trace has been working in Wales.\n\n\"We've had stricter lockdown and its reflected in the zero death rate, similarly in Scotland, and because of this we've seen a more rapid improvement in the situation.\"\n\nIt is certainly very encouraging news that, for the first time since the middle of March, a daily update from Public Health Wales has recorded no newly reported deaths.\n\nHowever, given the way the figures are compiled there have been previous days where the statistics show no Covid-19 deaths occurred in Wales.\n\nPHW statistics, based on those who tested positive, show no deaths occurred on 18 June and also on 3, 4 and 5 July - although any deaths reported in coming days may be added to those most recent dates.\n\nAnd the more complete Office for National Statistics figures, based on death registration, also show no deaths occurred on 18 June.\n\nWith very small numbers, the statistics are always likely to bounce around a bit.\n\nBut a key point will be when the figures show no new deaths over a longer period of time.\n\nFind out how many people have confirmed cases in your area:\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The band have headlined Glastonbury and T In The Park\n\nKasabian star Tom Meighan is stepping down from the band after 23 years.\n\nThe singer behind hits like Fire, LSF and Empire is leaving \"by mutual consent\", the band said in a statement.\n\n\"Tom has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour for quite some time,\" they said.\n\nThe 39-year-old \"now wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track\", the Leicester band added, before concluding: \"We will not be commenting further.\"\n\nMeighan was a founding member of the band in 1997 alongside guitarist Serge Pizzorno, naming themselves after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult.\n\nThey went on to become one of England's biggest rock bands, with five of their six albums going to number one. They headlined the Glastonbury Festival in 2014 and won best British band at the 2010 Brit Awards.\n\nLast month, the group were due to play Solstice II - a huge homecoming gig at Leicester's Victoria Park - which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMeighan opened up about his mental health in 2017, saying he had gone through a rough patch after separating from his partner Kim James, with whom he has a daughter, and the death of a close friend.\n\n\"Basically my life changed. I'm by myself. Because I lost myself,\" he told Q Magazine.\n\n\"I had to sort my head out. My attitude. Stuff I was doing. People I was associating with. Not bad people. I was the one that was bad.\"\n\nHe added: \"I was making myself ill, I ain't gonna lie, my mind was jolted. I wasn't taking responsibility and it affected everyone around me, horrendous.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nMaking Kasabian's next album For Crying Out Loud \"probably saved my life\", Meighan later admitted to the NME.\n\n\"It was just an escape for Tom to go, 'This is my band and these tunes are exciting,'\" said his bandmate Pizzorno. \"Being in the studio made him realise the good things that were going on.\"\n\nJust a couple of weeks ago, Meighan said work had commenced on Kasabian's seventh album.\n\n\"We need a seventh baby,\" he told Sky News. \"We're going to try and make a new record as soon as we can but we can't really do anything while we're restricted.\"\n\nThat interview suggests Meighan's departure from the band has been relatively abrupt. There is no indication on whether they will continue as a three-piece or hire a new frontman.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The frog has been nicknamed \"Asda\" after he was found among bananas in the store in Llanelli\n\nA stowaway exotic frog has ended up in a supermarket in Carmarthenshire after a 5,000-mile trip from South America.\n\nStaff at Asda in Llanelli spotted the thumb-sized amphibian among bunches of bananas and called the RSPCA.\n\nIt is thought the frog, nicknamed Asda, arrived from Colombia, where hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the fruit are produced and sent to the UK each year.\n\nIt is being cared for by specialists in Pembrokeshire where he is feasting on crickets and flies, rescuers say.\n\nRSPCA Cymru was alerted after an eagle-eyed member of staff spotted the frog while on shift at the Murray Street store on 29 June.\n\nAmphibians are capable of slowing down their metabolism under different environmental conditions, which is thought to be how the frog survived the long journey without food or water into a cooler climate.\n\nThe RSPCA has thanked Asda staff for spotting and caring for the frog\n\nAsda has now been transferred to Silent World Zoo To You, a marine life specialist centre in Haverfordwest where he will now live in a planted, humid environment.\n\nStaff at Silent World believe he is a banana tree frog.\n\n\"I thought I'd seen everything working for the RSPCA - but this banana-drama was a new one for me,\" said RSPCA inspector Gemma Cooper.\n\n\"This adventurous frog has travelled more than 5,000 miles amid a bunch of bananas, splitting from his native Colombia before ending up at a Llanelli superstore.\n\n\"It's certainly a long old journey for the weekly shop.\"\n\n'Asda' is now settling into his new home at a specialist centre in Pembrokeshire\n\nMs Cooper thanked staff at the Asda store for spotting the frog and caring for him until he could be rescued.\n\nFinding frogs among bananas is not a rare occurrence, according to Ginny Spenceley, from Silent World.\n\n\"With fruit deliveries no longer sprayed or treated, it isn't uncommon for a frog or spider to hitch a ride,\" she said.\n\n\"Fortunately, he's doing really well and, funnily enough, got very comfortable in a banana skin as we helped settle him into his new, less familiar surroundings.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Singer Charlotte Church is among those saying there is \"no time to waste\" to save the arts Image caption: Singer Charlotte Church is among those saying there is \"no time to waste\" to save the arts\n\nThe £59m pledged for the arts in Wales from the UK government must be spent on the sector, a letter backed by singer Charlotte Church and scores of others in the creative sector demands.\n\nThe letter from Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price and culture spokewoman Sian Gwenllian calls on the Welsh Government to use the money \"in full\" on arts in Wales.\n\nThe money comes to Wales as part of a £1.5bn package for the industry from the UK government, to help organisations decimated by coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe Welsh Government has welcomed the announcement, but said it does not commit extra cash arising from new spending in England until it has been considered by cabinet.\n\nHarpist Catrin Finch, comedian Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and the national poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn are among 70 artists to have signed the letter.\n\n\"There is really no time to waste,\" it stated.\n\n\"If no action is taken immediately the industry is likely to collapse within a month.\n\n\"Thousands of jobs will be lost and the fallout will be irreversible.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru said it wanted to see an emergency taskforce established to advise the Welsh Government, investment in the economy, and a \"clear plan to recovery\".", "Delays to cancer diagnosis and treatment due to coronavirus could cause thousands of excess deaths in the UK within a year, research suggests.\n\nScientists suggest there could be at least 7,000 additional deaths - but in a worst case scenario that number could be as high as 35,000.\n\nThere are concerns routine screenings, urgent referrals and treatments have been delayed or cancelled.\n\nNHS England said it was working hard to restore services.\n\nScientists examined data from eight hospital trusts and shared their findings exclusively with BBC Panorama.\n\nThe study, conducted by DATA-CAN, the Health Care Research Hub (HDR UK) for Cancer, modelled different outcomes depending on how long services take to get back to normal levels.\n\nIn a worst case scenario, if delays continue, there could be 35,000 additional cancer deaths within a year.\n\nProf Mark Lawler, Scientific Lead of DATA-CAN, told BBC Panorama: \"Initial data that we got was very worrying to us.\n\n\"Anecdotally, people have been telling us there were problems, but I think the critical thing was being able to actually have routine data from hospital trusts.\n\n\"Obviously scientists like to be right in terms of their analysis, but I hope I'm wrong in relation to that,\" he said.\n\nIt was the job of Peter Johnson, the National Clinical Director for Cancer NHS England, to draw up the guidelines on cancer treatment during Covid-19.\n\n\"We're working as fast as we can to put the services back together again, to restore the capacity and indeed to build more, so that we can deal with the people that have not been diagnosed during the time when the services have been running below 100%,\" he told BBC Panorama.\n\n\"I'm hoping that we will get back to where we need to be by the end of the year.\"\n\nNHS figures show there was a 60% drop in people visiting their GP and being referred for tests in April.\n\n\"There is a significant cohort of people who are very worried about coming anywhere near the NHS, because coming near the NHS means 'I'm going to get Covid, and therefore I'm going to get very, very ill,'\" said NHS GP Dr Gary Marlowe.\n\nThe rates of urgent cancer referrals were 45% below pre-emergency levels at the end of May, the most recent HDR UK research, shared with Panorama, showed.\n\n\"The guidelines for radiotherapy and Covid-19 advised people to delay and avoid radiotherapy in some circumstances,\" clinical oncologist Prof Pat Price told BBC Panorama.\n\n\"I think it was a very high risk strategy,\" she said.\n\nProf Price said there were radiotherapy machines in some hospitals \"lying idle which could have saved lives\".\n\n\"It has been safe to give radiotherapy during Covid-19, we know that now,\" she said.\n\n\"The machines are here but we haven't been allowed to switch them on properly.\n\nMr Johnson, from NHS England said: \"What we were concerned to do, when the virus was increasing very rapidly in the population, was to make sure that we could get the right balance between the risk of catching the virus, and the risk of having people's cancer get worse.\n\n\"And in particular, the risks and benefits of things like chemotherapy where, if the chemotherapy isn't absolutely crucial but it might be dangerous in terms of increasing your risk of coronavirus.\n\n\"This wasn't a kind of attempt to police who should have treatment and who shouldn't, it was more an attempt to try and help people think very clearly.\"\n\nYou can watch BBC Panorama's 'Britain's Cancer Crisis' on Monday 6 July at 7:30pm on BBC One, or afterwards on BBC iPlayer. You can also find extra content on the You, Me & the Big C podcast.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nSouthampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said Che Adams' first goal for the club was \"so important for him\" as the forward's spectacular strike earned Southampton victory over Manchester City in a lively encounter at St Mary's.\n\nAdams, who joined Saints from Birmingham City for £15m a year ago, lobbed goalkeeper Ederson with a first-time strike from 40 yards out after Oleksandr Zinchenko had surrendered possession in midfield.\n\nIt has taken 30 appearances for 23-year-old Adams to open his account for the Saints, after registering 22 goals in 46 Championship games last season.\n\n\"When you hear how much the guys were celebrating him as he went into the dressing room, then you know how happy they are he scored,\" Hasenhuttl said.\n\n\"He has always been working hard. He showed the trust we had in him to start him today was the right one.\"\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola made six changes to the side which thrashed champions Liverpool 4-0 at Etihad Stadium on Thursday, with key playmaker Kevin de Bruyne among those initially rested.\n\nAdams' goal drew an intense reaction from City, as Fernandinho hit the post and the in-form Alex McCarthy kept out David Silva's header in the aftermath.\n\nThe visitors rarely let up thereafter but were repeatedly left frustrated by Saints goalkeeper McCarthy, whose one-handed save from Gabriel Jesus in the second half was the pick of several superb stops.\n\nSouthampton had chances of their own amid the increasing City pressure but neither Nathan Redmond nor Danny Ings could convert rare opportunities, while Ederson was alert to Stuart Armstrong's swerving shot.\n\nThere was to be no repeat of City's comeback to win the reverse fixture 2-1 in November and defeat leaves Guardiola's side 23 points behind Liverpool, who beat Aston Villa 2-0 earlier on Sunday.\n\nSouthampton welcomed Manchester City to St Mary's with 40 points already secured - a tally which saw them a reassuring 13 points clear of the relegation places prior to kick-off.\n\nThat return, with six games remaining, had already bettered their total haul in each of the past two seasons and allowed Hasenhuttl's side to approach Sunday's fixture without fear.\n\nAlthough City settled into the mesmerising passing that has hypnotised many other opponents, Southampton once again demonstrated the desire and determination which has seen them admirably recover from their humiliating 9-0 defeat by Leicester in October.\n\nAdams has had to wait for his opportunities in his first season at Southampton but his first goal in 456 days was one to savour as Stuart Armstrong robbed Zinchenko and the striker punished the wandering Ederson emphatically.\n\nThe hosts could have led after just six minutes but Nathan Redmond was unable to convert after Adams had gathered an uncharacteristic miskick by Aymeric Laporte.\n\nIngs went close from Kyle Walker-Peters' excellent cross, but it was in defence where Southampton supplied the heroics as the returning Jack Stephens led by example with brave blocks and vital clearances in front of the unbeatable McCarthy.\n\nEpitomising the commitment to the cause despite there being little to play for, striker Ings - unable to add to his tally in the race for the Golden Boot - was among those throwing their body in the way as Saints held on for a rare home victory. They have now taken 17 points from 17 home games this season.\n\nHasenhuttl's side were staring at a relegation fight halfway through this campaign, but in 13th with five matches to go they have officially secured their Premier League status for another season.\n\nManchester City's immediate response to officially being dethroned as Premier League champions was to dismantle Liverpool at Etihad Stadium.\n\nRaheem Sterling ominously claimed \"next season starts now\" after that result but, as Sunday's team news suggested, City's priorities now lie with the FA Cup and Champions League in a season in which they have already dropped more league points than in the previous two combined (33).\n\nA return to the consistency which had delivered back-to-back league titles is the task for Guardiola, given the sheer brilliance his team can produce on any given day - yet Sunday's defeat demonstrated that may take some work.\n\nZinchenko's error was typical of the momentary lapses in concentration that have cost City so dearly this campaign, though the visitors had ample opportunities to turn the game in their favour as they fired 26 shots at goal.\n\nJesus, with six of those attempts, was once again unable to provide the clinical touch in Sergio Aguero's absence, while De Bruyne and Phil Foden were unable to unlock a dogged Southampton defence following their second-half introductions.\n\nThe desire to recover a result was certainly evident in City's performance with Riyad Mahrez and Sterling both also going close, but with second place all but secure an FA Cup semi-final meeting with Arsenal on 18 July is where attentions surely now lie.\n• None Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost three consecutive away league games for the first time in his managerial career\n• None Southampton have ended a run of six consecutive Premier League defeats against Manchester City, with their first league victory against them since May 2016\n• None City have lost nine Premier League games this season, last losing more in a single campaign in 2015-16 under Manuel Pellegrini, when they lost 10\n• None Southampton have won 11 points against 'big six' sides in the Premier League this season - only Wolves (12) have won more outside of those 'big six' sides\n• None Che Adams' first goal for Southampton was the longest-range Premier League goal so far this season (39 yards). It arrived in his 25th appearance, with his 22nd shot in the competition\n• None Man City had 26 shots in this game. That's their highest tally in a Premier League match without scoring since March 2016, recording the same number against Manchester United\n• None This was the fifth time City have made six or more changes for a Premier League match this season. With 120, they have made 33 more changes than any other side during this campaign, ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea (87 each)\n\nManchester City host Newcastle on Wednesday (18:00 BST), while Southampton travel to Everton on Thursday (18:00).\n• None Binge on all three series of the hit comedy from BBC Three\n• None New versions of Alan Bennett's classics starring Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and many more\n• None Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Fernandinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.\n• None Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nathan Redmond. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Most universities have seen their finances harmed by the pandemic\n\nThirteen universities face \"a very real prospect\" of insolvency following the coronavirus crisis unless they receive a government bailout, a study suggests.\n\nHigh-ranking universities with large numbers of international students face the largest immediate drop in income, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\n\nBut the least prestigious universities are at the greatest risk, says the IFS.\n\nThe IFS does not name the universities, but says a targeted government bailout would be the most cost-effective plan.\n\nThe fallout from Covid-19 \"poses a significant financial threat\" across UK higher education, with most institutions left with reduced net assets, says the analysis.\n\nThey say the total size of the sector's losses is \"highly uncertain\" - anywhere between £3bn and £19bn, or between 7.5% and almost half the sector's annual income.\n\nThe researchers' central estimate is an £11bn loss, amounting to a quarter of the sector's annual income.\n\nIn addition, universities which are running pension scheme deficits will see them widen during the pandemic as investments stagnate.\n\nBut there are big variations between institutions, says the study.\n\nUniversities with many international students which also have substantial pension obligations are often also higher-ranking institutions, with \"large financial buffers\" and the option of alleviating losses by admitting more UK-based students.\n\nBut this behaviour could harm less selective universities, which could see their potential students recruited by higher-ranking institutions.\n\nWithout significant redundancies, which would impact on teaching quality, universities are unlikely to be able to claw back much of the losses through cost savings, the researchers warn.\n\nSome universities went into the crisis with far stronger finances than others, they add.\n\n\"Our analysis shows it is not the universities with the greatest losses, but the institutions in the weakest financial positions before the crisis, that are at the greatest risk of insolvency,\" they conclude.\n\nThe researchers do not name names but, under their central estimate, suggest 13 universities, out of the UK's 165 higher education institutions, would end up with negative reserves \"and thus may not be viable in the long run without a government bailout or debt restructuring\".\n\nLess selective universities may face tougher competition for UK-based students\n\nThe analysis, which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, suggests a targeted bailout aimed at \"keeping these institutions afloat could cost just £140m\".\n\nIFS research economist Elaine Drayton said a targeted bailout would be by far the cheapest option.\n\n\"However, rescuing failing institutions may weaken incentives for others to manage their finances prudently in future,\" she warned.\n\n\"General increases in research funding avoid this problem, but are unlikely to help the institutions that are most at risk, as few of them are research active.\"\n\nThe National Union of Students said the crisis had \"exposed many of the flaws inherent in running our education like a market\".\n\n\"When funding is so unstable, it's no wonder that our universities and the jobs of thousands of academic and support staff are now at risk,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"We are of course especially concerned about the risk to students that this instability poses.\"\n\nThe University and College Union's general secretary, Jo Grady, called on the government \"to step in and guarantee lost funding for universities so they can weather this crisis and lead our recovery on the other side\".\n\n\"We need a comprehensive support package that protects jobs, preserves our academic capacity and guarantees all universities' survival,\" said Dr Grady.\n\nIn a statement, the Department for Education said a government package announced in May, allows UK universities to access business support and job retention schemes, while the sector will also benefit from the pulling forward of £2.6bn in tuition fee payments to ease cash flow problems.\n\nAdditionally, research focused universities across the UK will see 80% of fees lost from international students covered by government, alongside £280m in extra research funding.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said the body had been working closely with government on proposals to support universities.\n\nNicola Dandridge, chief executive of the universities watchdog for England, urged all registered higher education providers to inform the Office for Students if they encountered financial difficulties.\n\n\"In these circumstances, we will be proactive in ensuring students' interests are protected, including helping make sure that students can find an appropriate course elsewhere should any provider close,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere is no shortage of websites that, for the right fee, will help you trace your ancestry. Some even offer step-by-step instructions on how to complete a DNA test to pinpoint the global region you may belong to.\n\nJust pop a small sample of saliva into a container in a prepaid envelope, send it off to be analysed against hundreds of thousands of genetic markers, and a couple of months later, voila.\n\nI know I'm Afro-Caribbean, born in Bolton to parents who came to the UK from Jamaica in the 1960s.\n\nI know my grandmother on my mum's side spent a few years in Panama as a child, when her father, my great-grandad, worked on the building of the Panama Canal.\n\nBeyond that, I have no clue who I am.\n\nThat's because, like virtually all British West Indians, my lineage extends back to Africa and the transatlantic slave trade.\n\nI know I'm likely to have come from somewhere in West Africa, but which country? I haven't the foggiest.\n\nDoes this matter to me? Yes, it does. We all want to feel rooted with a clear connection to the past.\n\nDeep roots help steady us, give us confidence, hold us upright. When those roots aren't there, when the branches of the family tree are broken, there's a sadness and a sense you're almost floating through life, untethered to the ground.\n\nThis is one of the toxic legacies of empire, and part of the debate currently raging about the veneration of men - and they're overwhelmingly men - whose likenesses in statues dot the British landscape in towns and city centres.\n\nThese are people whose lives and achievements were - shall we say - complicated, and the people who raised the money to erect their statues chose to focus on the \"good\" they did in life, not the bad.\n\nTake Edward Colston, 17th Century Bristol merchant and deputy governor of the Royal African Company, which held a monopoly on the English trade in African slaves.\n\nHe made a fortune out of human bondage, but you wouldn't know it to read the words at the base of his statue in Bristol city centre - \"Erected by citizens of Bristol as a memorial of one of the most virtuous and wise sons… AD 1895.\"\n\nOn the west-facing relief, Colston is depicted dispensing charity to poor children; on the north he is shown at the harbour; on the east is a scene with marine horses, mermaids, and anchors.\n\nBut nowhere to be seen is any depiction of the more than 80,000 slaves he helped to put in chains and send to the plantations of the British Caribbean territories - that's if they managed to survive the terrible Atlantic voyage at all.\n\nThe people who erected Colston's statue in the late 19th Century decided their version of this man's history was more palatable and more valid. It was his philanthropy that won the day, not his slave trading.\n\nBut a new generation isn't willing to absolve Colston any longer.\n\nHis statue was pulled down by a large crowd of people in front of the world's media, and now an updated city-wide school curriculum for primary and secondary pupils is due to come into force in Bristol in September.\n\nThat curriculum will provide a more comprehensive analysis of Bristol's role in the Atlantic slave trade, and context for the life of men like Edward Colston.\n\nA protester kneels on the neck of the bronze statue of Colston\n\nAsha Craig is the deputy mayor of Bristol and the descendant of Jamaican immigrants. She's one of the driving forces behind the new curriculum and she told me it had been a key objective of councillors to look at the legacy of the city, because we all have to know our own history.\n\n\"Education,\" she says, \"is what will help eliminate racism.\"\n\nChildren need to understand early on that history has many perspectives, that memory can be multidimensional.\n\nYes, the UK had a great empire, but there was a dark side to that supremacy, and racism was the rocket fuel of conquest.\n\nIn the weeks since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, there has been a global soul-searching over racism and its causes.\n\nThere has been much discussion of the \"othering\" of individuals and whole peoples, and how to tackle discrimination and unequal treatment of some in society.\n\nGreater knowledge and awareness of history is a good first step.\n\nThe protesters in Bristol, after pulling down the statue of Edward Colston, dragged him through the city centre and dumped him in the harbour, near where his ships set sail for West Africa with goods that would be traded for slaves.\n\nI managed to track down where the statue eventually ended up, in a warehouse covered in mud after having been fished from the water.\n\nCouncil conservation workers are now trying to preserve the various pieces of graffiti that the protesters spray-painted on Colston in red.\n\nI peered down on Colston's oversized face and reflected on the irony of me, a second-generation immigrant of Jamaican parents, now looking down on the man who may even have helped ship my ancestors into slavery, having branded into their backs the letters RAC - for Royal African Company.\n\nHe was beneath my gaze, not the other way round.\n\nAt some point, he'll be placed back on his plinth, probably in a museum with a plaque outlining not just his philanthropy, but also his slave trading.\n\nA reminder that, ultimately, history and memory belong to us all, not just the victors.\n\nRead more stories about the legacies of British colonial rule and how it is still affecting people today:", "A government roadmap for the return of live theatre and music has been met with calls for financial support and a timetable for reopening, with many dismissing the plan as inadequate.\n\nThe five-step roadmap did not come with dates or monetary help attached.\n\nActors' union Equity said that without investment to save jobs and venues, such guidance \"will be meaningless\".\n\nBirmingham Hippodrome and UK Theatre head Fiona Allan said it was \"of no practical benefit\" without a timescale.\n\n\"We need dates to work towards in order to plan properly or more jobs will be lost and more venues and companies close,\" she wrote. \"How is this not clear?\"\n\nVenues have been shut since March, with many warning that they will go out of business in the coming months without support.\n\nMr Dowden said the roadmap \"provides a clear pathway back\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We want to get the performing arts fully back up and running safely as soon as possible and are working closely with the sector on a phased approach, guided by public health and medical experts.\"\n\nThe arts have been supported by loans, grants, the furlough scheme and a £160m Arts Council England emergency package, and the government is \"considering ways in which we may be able to support it further on top of the unprecedented financial assistance we have already provided\", the spokesperson said.\n\nOn Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published the five-stage plan for a \"phased return\", which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to follow later.\n\nMr Dowden said he wanted \"to raise the curtain on live performances\" as soon as possible, and that the roadmap \"provides a clear pathway back\".\n\nHe said: \"I am determined to ensure the performing arts do not stay closed longer than is absolutely necessary to protect public health.\"\n\nSir Ian McKellen has given a ray of hope with the news that he will play Hamlet on stage\n\nDespite the lack of an official timetable, on Friday the producers of a musical based on Sleepless In Seattle went ahead and announced its world premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London on 1 September.\n\nSleepless, A Musical Romance will star Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness and ex-Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh. Audiences will be socially distanced, temperature checked and required to wear masks.\n\nThat news came a day after the announcement that Sir Ian McKellen will play Hamlet at the age of 81, in what was billed as the \"first major UK theatre production post-Covid to start rehearsals\".\n\nIt will be staged at Theatre Royal Windsor, but no opening date has yet been announced.\n\nOn Thursday, Leeds theatre company Slung Low staged a rare live performance with an audience. The children's show took place outdoors, with the performers on the back of a truck and families watching from tents.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Alan Lane This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTheatre Royal Plymouth has warned it could cut 110 of its 350 staff\n\nEarlier this week, the Newcastle Theatre Royal and Plymouth Theatre Royal became the latest theatres to announce job cuts.\n\nWelcoming the government roadmap, Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatres and UK Theatre, said it was \"essential\" to have indicative dates for each stage.\n\n\"Otherwise with no information at all, theatres and producers will have to assume a worst case scenario and plan to be shut for a long period,\" he said.\n\nLouise Chantal, chief executive of the Oxford Playhouse, said the plan was \"as useful a map as a snakes and ladders board\", adding: \"We need dates, data and INVESTMENT now!\"\n\nPlaywright Lisa Holdsworth, chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, said \"a road map is only any use if you have enough petrol to get you where you need to go\".\n\nMatt Trueman, creative associate at Sonia Friedman Productions, which staged shows like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, said: \"Destinations without directions - that's not a roadmap, it's a fantasy gap year.\" He dismissed the plan as \"fag packet stuff\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTom Kiehl, acting CEO of UK Music, which represents the music industry, said: \"A roadmap is welcome but we also need a timeline for when live performances can resume.\n\n\"Financial help in the form of sector specific support is increasingly needed to stop music businesses from going bust.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the Music Venues Trust (MVT) published an open letter to the government calling for support to \"prevent the closure of hundreds of grassroots music venues\".\n\nIn response to the roadmap, MVT chief executive Mark Davyd said: \"We don't need guidance on how to organise creative activity and connect with audiences, this is what our venues do professionally.\n\n\"We need the money to survive the crisis and plan our own route back to full use.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Historian David Starkey has said using comments denounced as racist during a discussion about slavery were \"a bad mistake\" for which he is \"very sorry\".\n\nHe apologised \"unreservedly\" for the offence his \"deplorably inflammatory\" words had caused, saying he had spoken \"with awful clumsiness\".\n\nThe academic and author told an online show that slavery was not genocide as \"so many damn blacks\" had survived.\n\nHis comments were widely condemned and saw him lose several university posts.\n\nCambridge University's Fitzwilliam College, Canterbury Christ Church University and The Mary Rose Trust were among the organisations to cut ties with him.\n\nStarkey made the offensive remarks in an episode of Darren Grimes's Reasoned, entitled \"Dr David Starkey: Black Lives Matter Aims To Delegitimate British History.\"\n\nGrimes, a conservative commentator, also distanced himself from his guest's remarks, saying he rejected what Starkey said on his YouTube show \"in the strongest possible terms\".\n\nIn a statement released on Monday, Starkey said he had \"paid a heavy price for one offensive word with the loss of every distinction and honour acquired in a long career\".\n\nSpeaking about his use of the phrase \"so many damn blacks\", he said: \"It was intended to emphasise, in hindsight with awful clumsiness, the numbers who survived the horrors of the slave trade. Instead, it came across as a term of racial abuse.\n\n\"This, in the present atmosphere, where passions are high and feelings raw, was deplorably inflammatory. It was a bad mistake.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am very sorry for it and I apologise unreservedly for the offence it caused.\n\n\"Moreover, this misunderstanding of my words in no way reflects my views or practice on race.\n\n\"I have lived and worked happily and without conflict in multicultural London for almost 50 years and I spent much of the podcast discussing bi-culturalism as a key to the success of Britain's multicultural society.\"\n\nStarkey's original interview sparked a backlash, including from former chancellor Sajid Javid, who said Starkey's \"racist\" comments were a \"reminder of the appalling views that still exist\".\n\nPublisher HarperCollins said he had expressed \"abhorrent\" views and added it would no longer publish any of his books.\n\nDuring the original discussion, Starkey said slavery \"was not genocide\" because \"otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived.\"\n\nStarkey said he had spoken \"with awful clumsiness\"\n\nHe also claimed that the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, had been characterised by \"violence\", \"victimhood\" and the \"deranged\" pulling down of statues.\n\nHe continued: \"As for the idea that slavery is this kind of terrible disease that dare not speak its name, it only dare not speak its name, Darren, because we settled it nearly 200 years ago.\n\n\"We don't normally go on about the fact that Roman Catholics once upon a time didn't have the vote and weren't allowed to have their own churches because we had Catholic emancipation.\"\n\nIn his statement, Starkey said free speech was \"central\" to British history and that he feared his \"blundering use of language\" would \"restrict the opportunities for proper debate\".\n\n\"For it is only open debate that will heal the divisions in our society that the Black Lives Matter movement has both exposed and expressed,\" he concluded.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBritish sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.\n\nEuropean and Commonwealth relay gold medallist Williams, 26, and Portuguese 400m record holder Ricardo dos Santos were stopped in a vehicle in London.\n\nThey fear they were targeted because they are black and drive a Mercedes.\n\nPolice say the vehicle had been on the wrong side of the road and the driver sped off when asked to stop.\n\nOfficers were patrolling in the Maida Vale area because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nA police statement said: \"Officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards have reviewed both footage from social media, and the body-worn video of the officers, and are satisfied that there is no concern around the officers' conduct.\"\n\nWhen can the police stop and search you? In most cases in England and Wales, police can only stop and search you (or your vehicle) if they have \"reasonable grounds\" that you might be carrying:\n• None Something that could be used to carry out a crime, like a crowbar Reasonable grounds for stopping someone cannot be based on race or whether the person is a known criminal. Instead, officers must base it on current intelligence (has there been a recent crime in the area, for example) and make balanced judgement calls on the behaviour of the suspect. In this case, the Metropolitan Police says there had been an increase in violent crime in the area and that the car in question was driving suspiciously. Bianca Williams denies this. If you are stopped, you have a number of rights. This includes being told the reason why you are being stopped, what they expect to find on you and information on how to receive records of the search.\n\nWilliams and 25-year-old Dos Santos, who are training for next year's Tokyo Olympics, told the Times they plan to formally complain at being pulled from their car for a weapons search when returning home from a training session.\n\nThey say police handcuffed them while their three-month-old son was on board and carried out a search that lasted 45 minutes.\n\nDos Santos, who plans to meet lawyers on Monday, said that he had been stopped by police as many as 15 times since they changed their car to a Mercedes in November 2017.\n\nVideo of the incident showed them protesting that they had done nothing wrong and Williams screaming \"my son is in the car\".\n\nThe police statement said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday officers from the Territorial Support Group \"witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out windows that was driving suspiciously, including driving on the wrong side of the road\".\n\nThe statement added: \"They indicated for it to stop but it failed to do so and made off at speed. The officers caught up with the vehicle when it stopped on Lanhill Road. The driver initially refused to get out of the car.\"\n\nAfter searching Williams and Dos Santos, and the vehicle, nothing was found and no arrests were made.\n\nThe incident was first raised on social media by their coach, 1992 Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who accused the police of abusing their power and institutionalised racism.\n\nWilliams, the fifth-fastest British woman in history over 200m, and Dos Santos said that a written report given to them by police did not mention driving on the wrong side of the road, and that where they stopped is a single car-width road.", "About 10,000 patients who have had the disease are expected to take part in the study\n\nFour Scottish universities will take part in a new UK research study into the long-term health impacts of Covid-19 on hospitalised patients.\n\nThe Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow are among 25 UK organisations in the PHOSP-COVID study.\n\nThe £8.4m project is one of a number of Covid-19 studies given urgent public health research status by the Department of Health and Social Care.\n\nAbout 10,000 patients are expected to participate in the next year.\n\nMore than 1,000 of the patients in the study are expected to come from Scotland.\n\nThe study is being led by the National Institute for Health Research Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.\n\nIt will attempt to understand why some people recover more quickly than others and why some patients develop subsequent health problems.\n\nThe study will also identifying the most effective treatments received in hospital or afterwards and how to improve patient care after they are discharged.\n\nPatients on the study will be assessed using techniques such as advanced imaging, data collection and analysis of blood and lung samples.\n\nThe PHOSP-COVID team will then develop trials of new strategies for clinical care.\n\nProf James Chalmers of Dundee University is the Scottish lead on the study.\n\nHe said: \"Many of my patients feel forgotten because all of the focus has been on treating and preventing the immediate effects of the virus.\n\n\"The message today is that you have not been forgotten and those patients still struggling weeks and months after Covid are going to get the support and research they need.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry: 'It's not going to be easy... but it needs to be done'\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spoken to young leaders about equal rights - with Harry saying the wrongs of the past need to be acknowledged.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan dialled into the Queen's Commonwealth Trust weekly video call, which focused on responding to the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nHarry, president of the QCT, told them: \"There is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.\"\n\nHis wife Meghan added that equality is a fundamental human right.\n\nThe duchess, vice president of QCT, said on the call: \"We're going to have to be a little uncomfortable right now, because it's only in pushing through that discomfort that we get to the other side of this and find the place where a high tide raises all ships.\n\n\"Equality does not put anyone on the back foot, it puts us all on the same footing - which is a fundamental human right.\"\n\nThe couple, speaking from their Los Angeles home, said they had discussed the issues many times in the past weeks.\n\nThe call took place last week but details about it have just been released\n\nThe duke said on the 1 July call: \"When you look across the Commonwealth, there is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past.\n\n\"So many people have done such an incredible job of acknowledging the past and trying to right those wrongs, but I think we all acknowledge there is so much more still to do.\n\n\"It's not going to be easy and in some cases it's not going to be comfortable, but it needs to be done, because, guess what, everybody benefits.\"\n\nHe added that \"all of us have been educated to see the world differently\" but that it was important to acknowledge unconscious bias exists and then \"do the work to become more aware\".\n\nOn the call, they joined Chrisann Jarrett, co-founder of We Belong, which is led by young people who migrated to the UK; Alicia Wallace, director of Equality Bahamas; Mike Omoniyi, founder of The Common Sense Network, and Abdullahi Alim, who leads the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers.\n\nPrince Harry joked he was \"ageing\", as a 35-year-old - prompting his wife to retort \"that's not ageing!\" - but that he felt optimistic about change when speaking to the young people.\n\n\"This change is needed and it's coming,\" he said. \"The optimism and the hope that we get is from listening and speaking to people like you, because there is no turning back now, everything is coming to a head.\n\n\"Solutions exist and change is happening far quicker than it ever has done before.\"\n\nQCT has been running weekly discussions with young people, looking at different forms of injustice.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan kept their roles with the trust after stepping down as senior working royals earlier this year. As part of that move, he stepped down from his position as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.", "Bianca Williams won European and Commonwealth gold in the 4x100m relay in 2018\n\nMet Police bosses say they want to speak to a Team GB sprinter who is accusing officers of racially profiling her in a stop and search.\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese 400m runner, were stopped in Maida Vale, west London on Saturday.\n\nMs Williams, whose three-month-old son was in the car at the time, called it an \"awful experience\".\n\nCdr Helen Harper said she was \"really keen\" to speak to the couple \"to discuss... the concerns they have\".\n\nThe Met had said that officers were patrolling the area in which Ms Williams was stopped because of an increase in youth violence.\n\nBut the European and Commonwealth Games gold medallist believes the couple were targeted because they are black and were driving a Mercedes.\n\n\"They [the officers] said there's a lot of youth violence and stabbings in the area and that the car looked very suspicious,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"They see a black male driving a nice car, an all-black car, and they assume that he was involved in some sort of gang, drug, violence problem.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the stop was shared widely on Twitter after being posted by former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie, who questioned why the vehicle had been targeted\n\nIn a statement on Sunday evening the Met said the Mercedes was stopped after it was seen driving suspiciously, including being on the wrong side of the road, and that the driver had sped off when asked to stop.\n\nBut this was rejected by Ms Williams, who said: \"That is false, we were never on the wrong side of the road. We were driving down through single-width roads.\n\n\"We only found out about us driving on the wrong side of the road once they tweeted.\n\n\"This isn't the first or fourth or fifth time, it must be about the 10th. It's getting ridiculous.\n\n\"We are planning on taking it down the legal route. I feel very hurt by their actions, and to witness my partner being taken away and for me to be taken away from my son, my heart hurts.\"\n\nMr Dos Santos and Ms Williams say police handcuffed them while their son was in the car\n\nThe Met said officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards had reviewed footage from social media and officers' bodycams and were satisfied there was no concern around the officers' conduct during the stop and search of the two athletes.\n\n\"That does not mean there isn't something to be learnt from every interaction we have with the public,\" Cdr Helen Harper said.\n\n\"We want to listen to, and speak with, those who raise concerns, to understand more about the issues raised and what more we can do to explain police actions.\n\n\"Where we could have interacted in a better way, we need to consider what we should have done differently and take on that learning for the future.\"\n\nSocial media clips of police incidents must be treated with great care.\n\nOften what you see is a short segment of an event that has gone on for some time; background information and context are seldom provided.\n\nIn this case, there are conflicting accounts as to what happened and why - which only an investigation is likely to resolve.\n\nNevertheless, the incident has reignited claims stop and search is being targeted at black people, particularly young men, and has given rise to concerns that handcuffs are being deployed unnecessarily, despite police guidance saying they should not be.\n\nIt appears the tactic, which Scotland Yard says has helped to reduce knife violence in London, remains as controversial and divisive as it's always been.\n\nSpeaking at a remote hearing of the House of Commons Human Rights Committee earlier, Baroness Lawrence said it was \"ludicrous\" that black people could not drive around in expensive cars.\n\n\"Stop and search will continue to be an element young people go through on a day-to-day basis,\" said the campaigner, whose murdered son was failed by an \"institutionally racist\" Met Police.\n\n\"And when they are stopped, it is not just one officer or two officers, you have six or seven officers standing around one individual, a young person who is probably frightened to death because he doesn't know what is going to happen to him.\n\n\"So if now people have mobile phones and start recording what is happening to them, we have the issues where police say it is one thing and the individual says it's another, and the authority believes the police over the individual.\n\n\"That is something that continues to happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The mother of Stephen Lawrence described being stopped by police while driving home after midnight\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan said he took allegations of racial profiling \"extremely seriously\" and he had raised the case with the Met.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Complaints said it has not yet received an official complaint.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A senior fire engineer did not think putting cladding on Grenfell Tower would pose any \"issues\" for safety, the inquiry into the disaster has heard.\n\nThe hearing was also told Clare Barker was under \"huge time pressure\" when a safety strategy was produced in 2012.\n\nSitting for the first time since March, the inquiry is looking at how cladding came to cover the west London building.\n\nThe inquiry has concluded that cladding fuelled the fire in June 2017 that killed 72 people.\n\nWarrington-based Dr Barker said she was involved with the refurbishment project only between July and August 2012, and that she then passed on the project to her London-based colleague, Terry Ashton, who was off ill during her involvement.\n\nDr Barker, the former principal fire engineer at materials testing company Exova, told the inquiry she did not raise the need for any proposed cladding system to have a separate fire safety assessment during a meeting in July 2012.\n\nThe inquiry's chief lawyer, Richard Millett QC, asked Dr Barker: \"Given that you knew Grenfell Tower would be overclad, although not the details, did you raise the need to carry out a fire assessment specifically in relation to the proposed cladding system as the proposal then stood?\"\n\nMr Millett also asked: \"At the time, did you consider that cladding this building would present any particular issues or problems with regard to fire safety?\"\n\nAn early fee proposal by Exova for a fire assessment of Grenfell Tower in 2012 also assumed a \"detailed appraisal\" of the building's fire compartmentation was unnecessary because it was a \"concrete building\", she told the hearing.\n\nExova has previously said criticism of it is \"unjustified\" because it was not consulted about the flammable materials that eventually coated the building in North Kensington.\n\nThe firm's counsel, Michael Douglas QC, has told the inquiry the company had been \"left out\" of planning discussions and had been effectively sidelined after Rydon became the main contractor in 2014.\n\nDr Barker's evidence came as a group representing victims, survivors and the bereaved called for the inquiry to \"investigate the extent of institutional racism as a factor\" in the tragedy.\n\nThe Grenfell Next Of Kin group also called for \"inclusive and full participation\" in plans for the memorial site and a \"proper and independent recovery and support plan\" for those directly affected by the disaster.\n\nAfter considering the night of the fire during the initial stage of the inquiry, the second phase is looking at the refurbishment of the building.\n\nThe hearings were resuming after being halted in March over coronavirus restrictions.\n\nBut survivors and those bereaved by the blaze have criticised the inquiry for holding limited attendance hearings to comply with social distancing, with only witnesses, some lawyers, and panel members allowed in the inquiry building.\n\nNabil Choucair, who lost six relatives in the tragedy, said: \"We should be allowed to see their faces.\n\n\"We are the families that have had our families taken from us.\"", "Rebekah Vardy says the row with Coleen Rooney made her a \"scapegoat\"\n\nRebekah Vardy felt \"suicidal\" following her row with Coleen Rooney last year, new court documents reveal.\n\nColeen Rooney, 34, claimed on social media that fake stories she posted on her private Instagram account were then published in the tabloids.\n\nShe said she deliberately made stories only viewable to Vardy - which then made it into The Sun.\n\nRebekah Vardy, 38, denies all allegations against her and is currently suing Rooney for defamation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe documents, written by Rebekah Vardy's lawyers, say the fallout from the claim affected her mental and physical health - and the health of her family too.\n\nThey say \"she suffered from severe panic attacks and anxiety which manifested in being scared to leave the house\".\n\nVardy, who was seven months pregnant at the time of Rooney's post, \"was taken to hospital three times while pregnant as she suffered anxiety attacks as a result of the post and the repercussions of it\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rebekah Vardy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther details included say her husband, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, was targeted with verbal abuse at games that took place after the post with chants like \"Becky Vardy's a grass\".\n\nRebekah Vardy says she was at some of the games where the chants could be heard and found the situation \"horrific and extremely distressing\" because she was there with her children.\n\nColeen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy were pictured together at Euro 2016\n\nRebekah Vardy's lawyers say she was made to feel like a \"scapegoat\" and they also claim Rooney posted \"in a calculated and deliberate manner that was designed to cause very serious harm and enormous distress.\"\n\nThe original post by Rooney, who is married to former England International Wayne, has nearly 300,000 likes on Twitter and 200,000 on Instagram.\n\nEvidence presented also includes screenshots of some of the comments Rebekah Vardy has received on social media after Coleen Rooney's post and states she \"suffered and continues to suffer severe and extreme hostility and abuse as a result of the post\".\n\nVardy's lawyers say the accusations made against her have caused \"serious harm\" to her reputation, \"personality, integrity and honesty\".\n\n\"She has been targeted by online trolls and attacked on social media platforms including but not limited to Twitter and Instagram; as well as via readers' comments on articles relating to the post,\" they say.\n\n\"The abuse was so extreme that the claimant was forced to use filters on her Instagram account to prevent certain words from being published under her posts.\"\n\nNewsbeat has approached Coleen Rooney's lawyers for comment on Rebekah Vardy's new claims.\n\n\"It is disappointing that Mrs Vardy has chosen to issue court proceedings,\" Coleen's lawyer, Paul Lunt of Brabners, said in June, before the case began.\n\n\"Coleen feels that the time and money involved could be put to better use; her offer to meet face to face still stands.\n\n\"Mrs Vardy's decision to issue court proceedings does at least mean that Coleen's evidence can be made public when the time is right.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police made Hari an honorary child police officer before he left for home\n\nA four-year-old boy has been given a special send off after spending 28 months in hospital.\n\nHari Jones from Caernarfon in Gwynedd has myotubular myopathy, which means the muscles he uses to breathe and swallow do not work.\n\nMerseyside Police gave him a guard of honour as he left on Tuesday.\n\nHis father Michael Jones said he had spent so much time at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool he had developed a Scouse accent.\n\nLater the family were met by a police biker and a roads policing BMW and escorted home with blue lights.\n\nHe has also been made an honorary child police officer.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme Mr Jones said: \"It was a hard and long time.\"\n\nAt one point both Hari and his father were in intensive care in separate hospitals after Mr Jones suffered a clot in his liver.\n\nThe family lost their home as Mr Jones was too unwell to work.\n\nHari needs to continually be on oxygen\n\nMany with Hari's condition do not survive their first year of life.\n\nMr Jones said of his son's condition: \"It's life limiting, he'll never get better.\n\n\"He's on life support 24/seven. A lot needs to be learned about the condition. There are only 17 cases, I think, in Britain.\"\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has meant Hari has had to go home to an unsuitable house as building work had to stop on a new home being built that can accommodate his wheelchair.\n\nHis father said: \"It was important to get him out of the hospital. He was isolated in the hospital in one room.\"\n\nHis parents had to take it in turns to see him.\n\n\"He now has a temporary bedroom in the living room but he can't get in and out of the house. There's no room in the house but we make it work.\"\n\nPC Scott Martin from North Wales Police's roads policing unit said: \"We know that Hari loves the emergency services so we were only too happy to oblige.\n\n\"It was lovely to see his face light up today when we turned up to welcome him back home. We wish him and his family all the best with settling back at home and we hope to see him again very soon.\"", "Jordan Sinnott played for Matlock Town and his previous clubs included Huddersfield Town, Altrincham, Halifax and Chesterfield\n\nA man accused of hitting a footballer with a \"haymaker\" punch before he died told a court he \"could never be any more sorry\".\n\nKai Denovan, 22, denies the manslaughter of Jordan Sinnott during a night out in Retford, Nottinghamshire.\n\nAfter Mr Denovan hit Mr Sinnott, the defendant's friend continued punching him, Nottingham Crown Court heard.\n\nMr Denovan had denied common assault and affray but admitted the charges while giving evidence.\n\nProsecutors said Mr Denovan did not strike the fatal blow on 25 January, but did \"drive\" the attack on the 25-year-old which led to his death.\n\nMr Sinnott was found unconscious by emergency crews at about 02:00 GMT on 25 January\n\nThe court was told there was a \"scuffle\" in The Vine Pub where Mr Denovan, of Collins Walk, Retford, punched Mr Sinnott.\n\nThe Matlock Town footballer and his two friends then left while Mr Denovan and his friends Cameron Matthews and Sean Nicholson followed shortly after.\n\nIn evidence, Mr Denovan, who admitted he was drunk and has a \"blurred\" memory of the night, said: \"As far as I was concerned, what had happened in there was done and it was time to go. I was leaving as it was closing.\"\n\nWhen he saw Mr Sinnott and his friends again he wanted to \"resolve the situation\" and had \"no intention\" of fighting, the court heard.\n\nHowever, the court was told the defendant hit Mr Sinnott with \"haymaker punch\" and was then pulled away, but Matthews punched Mr Sinnott three more times.\n\nMr Denovan said after leaving the pub, he went over to Mr Sinnott to try to \"resolve\" the situation and ask \"what his problem was\"\n\nMr Denovan said when he left the scene he did not know Mr Sinnott was seriously injured.\n\nHe told the court when he learned that Mr Sinnott was in intensive care and later died, he did not realise he \"had owt to do with it\".\n\nHe said: \"I did not see anything that could have caused death from what I remembered.\"\n\nWhen he realised what had happened, he said: \"It was the worse day of my life. I was heartbroken. Heartbroken for everyone involved - for his [Mr Sinnott's] family and for him.\"\n\nMatthews, 21, of Denman Close in Retford, has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Nicholson 22, of Beechways, Retford, has admitted affray.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Small business owners in Edinburgh said they cannot afford to keep giving NHS worker discounts\n\nSmall business owners in Edinburgh said they cannot afford to keep giving NHS worker discounts and have asked workers to stop asking for them.\n\nSome business owners said they had been asked up to 100 times for deductions on food bills by NHS staff over the four-month lockdown period.\n\nSome larger retailers have advertised discounts to NHS staff.\n\nNHS Lothian said it was \"not appropriate or acceptable to request free or discounted foods\".\n\nMohammed Alam, manager of Morningside Spice on Edinburgh's Morningside Road, said he had never seen business so bad in the 17 years he had been working in the restaurant.\n\nHe said: \"I have had about 100 NHS staff asking for discounts over the last four months.\n\n\"I have been happy to give NHS staff discounts when they have asked for it during the lockdown but now it is becoming more difficult for us.\n\n\"There is a big mental health hospital and a nursing home near here and that's where they have been coming from to ask for discounts.\n\n\"Business is not going in the right direction because of the lockdown situation so we can't keep giving the discounts like we have been doing.\n\n\"I also voluntarily gave Marie Curie in Fairmilehead 25 meals during the lockdown so I have been doing every thing I can to help but now we are struggling.\n\n\"Before the lockdown I would have about 80 people sitting in the restaurant on Friday nights and the same on Saturdays but now I'm down to between two to eight people on weekend nights, so business is very much down.\"\n\nMohammed Alam, manager of Morningside Spice in Edinburgh, said he had never seen business so bad in the 17 years he had been working in the restaurant\n\nMohammed Parvez, 55, who is the owner of the Indian restaurant Rannaghor in Edinburgh's Currie area, said he had been receiving three to four requests a week from NHS workers asking for discounts.\n\nHe said: \"I've just been giving it to them because they have been asking me but the business hasn't been doing so well so it is very hard to give discounts.\n\n\"I have helped the NHS with the discounts and now I'm asking everyone to support us so we can survive.\n\n\"The situation is getting worse and worse and I am just a little businessman so it is very hard.\"\n\nMohammed Parvez owner of the Rannaghor in Edinburgh's Currie area said it was very hard to give discounts at the moment\n\nAn Edinburgh fish and chip owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: \"I had a call from a nurse at a hospital asking for a free meal for her colleagues, it was five suppers and came to about £40.\n\n\"I asked her why and she said because it would help with all the stress they were going through at the moment.\n\n\"A week later two nurses in their uniforms came into my shop and one asked for a discount and when I said no she started arguing with me. I was saying you earn a full wage but she kept asking and asking until her colleague stepped in and said enough and told her to pay.\n\n\"Last night I had a man who said he was a paramedic who asked for an NHS discount but when my staff said no he was fine about it.\n\n\"I like to help everyone but unfortunately there is only so much we can do.\n\n\"NHS staff keep asking and it's not right. It would make our life much easier if they would please stop asking for discounts.\"\n\nJanis Butler, NHS Lothian's director of human resources and organisational development, said: \"We have been humbled by the support of our communities right across Edinburgh and the Lothians during the pandemic.\n\n\"Local business, schools, organisations and individual members of the public made many generous offers of food and supplies to our staff and patients at the height of the pandemic.\n\n\"We offer our thanks again to them all for these extraordinarily generous gestures of their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of our staff.\n\n\"The overwhelming majority of our staff know that it is not appropriate or acceptable to request free or discounted foods and we would expect all our staff to treat traders with courtesy and respect.\"\n\nShe added that they had not received any complaints from local businesses.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The disruption to schools could cause economic harm for decades, say researchers\n\nThe school time lost because of the pandemic could harm the UK economy for the next 65 years, research published by the Royal Society suggests.\n\nThe study says the disruption to lessons will have a negative impact on the future skills of the workforce.\n\nThe research group, including academics from Cambridge and Bristol universities, says it will cost billions in a reduced growth rate.\n\nGetting pupils back to school must be a priority, says the study.\n\nThe report is from an inter-disciplinary group of experts, convened by the Royal Society to measure the long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nIt says there is a \"huge base of evidence\" showing that earnings are linked to education and skills - and that losing so much time in school will have negative economic consequences.\n\nUnless catch-up lessons are effective, researchers predict a 3% loss in future annual earnings for pupils caught up in the pandemic.\n\nThe year groups currently in school will all have been affected, says the study, which means the impact will be felt throughout the decades of their adult working lives, stretching into the 2080s.\n\n\"Around a quarter of the entire workforce will have lower skills, with a consequently lower growth rate,\" says the research.\n\nEvidence of long-term damage from reduced schooling included studies in Argentina, where year groups affected by prolonged strikes were found to have reduced average earnings into mid-life, of 1.9% for women and 3.2% for men.\n\nThe researchers call for the safe return to school to be a top priority and for clear plans to minimise the risk of any further disruptions.\n\n\"We know how damaging it is for children to miss out on school,\" said Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol.\n\n\"While we have to do all we can to reduce the risk of transmission, we do need to get our children back to school,\" said Prof Burgess.\n\nThis damage will not be evenly spread from the pandemic, says the study, with those already disadvantaged likely to be among those who have missed out most from trying to study at home, rather than face-to-face in the classroom.\n\n\"Children from low-income households in particular are more likely to lack the resources - space, equipment, home support - to engage fully with remote learning,\" said Anna Vignoles, professor of education at the University of Cambridge.", "The single biggest use of plastics is in packaging and it tends to be used just once before being thrown away\n\nAn estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for our environment - both on land and in the ocean - by 2040, unless worldwide action is taken.\n\nThat's according to a global model of the scale of the plastic problem over the next 20 years.\n\nDr Costas Velis from the University of Leeds said the number was \"staggering\" but that we had \"the technology and the opportunity to stem the tide\".\n\nThe report is published in the journal Science.\n\n\"This is the first comprehensive assessment of what the picture could be in 20 years' time,\" Dr Velis explained. \"It's difficult to picture an amount that large, but if you could imagine laying out all that plastic across a flat surface, it would cover the area of the UK 1.5 times.\n\n\"It's complex [to calculate] becayse plastic is everywhere and, in every part of the world, it's different in terms of how it's used and dealt with.\"\n\nBeach plastic may be a very small fraction of the waste out there\n\nTo turn this complex problem into numbers, the researchers tracked the production, use and disposal of plastic around the world. The team then created a model to forecast future plastic pollution. What they called a \"business as usual\" scenario - based on the current trend of increasing plastic production and no significant change in the amount of reuse and recycling - produced the 1.3 billion tonne estimate.\n\nBy adjusting their model, the researchers were able to project how much different interventions would affect that number; they tweaked their model to increase recycling, reduce production and replace plastic with other available materials.\n\nWinnie Lau from the US-based Pew Charitable Trusts, which funded the research, told BBC News that it was vital to put in place every possible solution. \"If we do that,\" she said, \"we can reduce the amount of plastic that goes into the ocean - by 2040 - by 80%.\"\n\nBut even if \"all feasible action\" was taken, Dr Velis explained, the model showed there would be 710 million extra tonnes of plastic waste in the environment in the next two decades.\n\nThere is no \"silver bullet solution\", for the plastic problem. But an often overlooked issue that this study highlighted was the fact that an estimated 2 billion people in the Global South have no access to proper waste management. \"They have to just get rid of all their rubbish, so they have no choice but to burn or dump it,\" said Dr Velis.\n\nAnd despite playing a major role in reducing global plastic waste, the roughly 11 million waste pickers - people who collect and sell reusable materials in low-income countries - often lack basic employment rights and safe working conditions.\n\nDr Velis said: \"Waste pickers are the unsung heroes of recycling - without whom the mass of plastic entering the aquatic environment would be considerably greater.\" He added that policies to support them and make their work safer were a vital part of solving this problem.\n\nDr Ian Kane, from the University of Manchester, who was recently part of a team that calculated the amount of micro-plastic in the seabed, described the picture the researchers had painted as \"horrifying\".\n\n\"The authors are clear that there are large uncertainties in the data and analysis but regardless of the exact figures, the increasing rate of plastic production to meet increasing global demand has pretty dire consequences for the environment,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What happens to microplastics in the ocean?\n\nProf Jamie Woodward, also from the University of Manchester, pointed out the irony in this scenario being laid out during the pandemic.\n\n\"Plastic has kept many frontline workers safe through this,\" he said. \"But PPE waste over the next decade could be horrendous.\n\n\"There are parallels with the climate change problem in that business as usual will be disastrous. We need to radically change our behaviour.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The duke and duchess met four representatives from organisations that will benefit from the fund\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's charity has donated £1.8m to mental health charities and to help front-line emergency workers.\n\nTen charities will receive grants, including Hospice UK which will offer individual grief trauma counselling to all front-line staff.\n\nCatherine said the coronavirus pandemic \"will have a lasting impact\" on emergency responders' mental health.\n\nThe money will also help provide mental health support to schools.\n\nThe charity, the Royal Foundation, was initially set up in 2009 by Prince William and Prince Harry, and has focused on causes close to the princes' hearts, including the armed forces, conservation and mental health.\n\nCatherine joined the charity after she became Duchess of Cambridge in 2011 and Meghan joined shortly before she and Harry were married in May 2018. Last year, Prince Harry and Meghan split from the foundation to forge their own charity.\n\nThe couple met two emergency responders and two mental health counsellors earlier this the week at Sandringham\n\nIn May, Prince William warned of a potential mental health impact over hailing NHS workers as \"heroes\"\n\nDuring the coronavirus lockdown, the duke and duchess have been vocal about the need to look after people's mental health.\n\nThe £1.8m \"Covid-19 Response Fund\" will include grants to 10 charities: Mind, Hospice UK, the Ambulance Staff Charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably, Best Beginnings, The Anna Freud Centre, Place2Be, Shout 85258, The Mix, YoungMinds.\n\nThe ways the money will be used include:\n\n\"Over recent months we have all been in awe of the incredible work that frontline staff and emergency responders have been doing in response to Covid-19, but we know that for many of them, their families, and for thousands of others across the UK, the pandemic will have a lasting impact on their mental health,\" said Catherine earlier this week, during a visit to speak to front-line workers and mental health counsellors.\n\nKate previously said the pandemic has \"been anxious and unsettling for everyone\"\n\nWilliam told them: \"It's great to hear how The Royal Foundation is supporting you and many others to build resilience and give you the networks you need through its Covid-19 Response Fund, which will help ten leading charities continue their crucial work.\"\n\nIn May, during the lockdown, William warned of a potential mental health impact over hailing NHS workers as \"heroes\" during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe said the praise could deter workers from seeking support as they feel pressure to appear \"strong\".\n\nIn a separate interview with the BBC, the couple said the lockdown is \"stressful\" for many people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC via video link\n\nPsychiatrists have previously warned of a \"tsunami\" of mental illness from problems stored up during lockdown. They were particularly concerned that children and older adults are not getting the support they need because of school closures, self-isolation and fear of hospitals.\n\n\"We are already seeing the devastating impact of Covid-19 on mental health, with more people in crisis,\" said Prof Wendy Burn, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, at the end of May.\n\nIf you need support or help - you can also find resources on the BBC Action Line website.", "Jewellery and an Audi RS6 were taken in the raid, police say\n\nLiverpool midfielder Fabinho's home was burgled as the footballer celebrated the team's Premier League win.\n\nThieves broke in to the Brazilian's home on the day the Reds were presented with the trophy for their first top flight win in 30 years.\n\nItems of jewellery and an Audi RS6 were stolen during the raid in Formby, Merseyside Police said. The car was later recovered in Wigan.\n\nThe burglary was discovered when the occupants returned.\n\nFabinho (right) celebrated the Premier League victory with Roberto Firmino and Alisson Becker\n\nPolice said thieves targeted the footballer's home sometime between 15:00 BST on Wednesday and 04:00 on Thursday.\n\nOn Wednesday evening Sir Kenny Dalglish presented the Premier League trophy to Liverpool after a 5-3 home win over Chelsea.\n\nFabinho joined the Reds in 2018 in a deal worth more than £40m.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "About 80 firefighters are tackling the blaze at a shop in Park Royal\n\nA large fire at a bakery and restaurant is sending huge plumes of black smoke over west London.\n\nThe blaze, on Minerva Road in Park Royal, has prompted 50 calls from local residents, firefighters have said.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade said \"a lot of black smoke\" was coming from the building, and advised those living nearby to close doors and windows.\n\nAbout 80 firefighters and 15 fire engines were sent to the scene at 18:20 BST. No injuries have been reported.\n\nThe blaze is over two storeys of a bakery and restaurant\n\nAssistant Commissioner Graham Ellis said: \"This is a severe, complex and highly visible fire.\n\n\"Due to the layout of the building and access to pockets of fire that remain we will be at the scene throughout the night.\n\n\"Thankfully there are no reports of any injuries.\"\n\nNo injuries have been reported\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Portugal remains off the list of countries that the government has exempted from quarantine restrictions.\n\nIn changes that apply to England, travellers from Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and St Vincent and the Grenadines won't have to isolate.\n\nIt takes the list of countries that do not face travel restrictions into England to 80 nations.\n\nThe government also said it will update guidance weekly, meaning rules could change while people are away.\n\nIt said people should regularly check the advice. Previously, updates were provided every three weeks.\n\nThe Portuguese government expressed \"regret\" at the UK's decision to continue to exclude it from the list of countries that are exempt from quarantine.\n\n\"It is a decision that is neither substantiated nor supported by the facts,\" said Portugal's Ministry of State and Foreign Affairs.\n\nSpain remains on the list of countries that people can return to England from without the need to self-isolate, despite a recent spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nOn Friday, Norway announced that it was imposing a new 10-day quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain.\n\nAccording to Johns Hopkins University, Spain has recorded270,166 cases of coronavirus and28,429 deaths.\n\nPortugal had recently imposed local lockdowns on the outskirts of its capital Lisbon to stem a rise in new cases.\n\nTourism is a major industry in Portugal and is popular with British holidaymakers, with almost three million UK visitors a year.\n\nAviation data analysts Cirium said there were 2,333 flights due to leave the UK for Portugal before the end of August.\n\nPaul Charles, chief executive of the PC Agency, said it was a badly timed move by the government.\n\n\"The scale of those due to go there before end of August is enormous. The decision today plants huge uncertainty in the minds of those who are booked who will be looking for refunds and changes and most won't have a holiday. It's going to cause uproar for operators and industry.\"\n\nHe added: \"They are not prepared to open Portugal when situation is declining, but cases in Spain are soaring, with rapid rises in their case numbers.\"\n\nJoe Mountain, of villa rental firm Sandy Blue in the Algarve is worried about the continued impact of the pandemic on tourism in Portugal\n\nJoe Mountain of Sandy Blue, a villa rental firm in the Algarve, told the BBC that he is deeply worried about the impact of a sharp drop in tourism on the local industry.\n\n\"The decision is absolutely ridiculous. If you look at the Algarve specifically, we've got exceptionally low rates of coronavirus here. There's only been, as of today's count, 806 [cases],\" he said.\n\n\"The Algarve absolutely depends on tourism - from hotels, to restaurants, to bars, and there will literally be thousands of job losses on the back of this.\"", "More than 16,000 tests were completed in the past 24 hours\n\nA further 20 people in Scotland have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 18,520.\n\nNo deaths of people who tested positive for the virus were recorded for eight consecutive days, meaning the toll remains at 2,491 under that measure.\n\nThe Scottish government said 16,338 tests had been done since Thursday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said \"we must not drop our guard\", in response to the figures.\n\nThey also showed 278 people with a confirmed case of the disease are currently in hospital, two of them in intensive care.\n\nTen suspected cases in care homes have been recorded in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe overall proportion of people testing positive remains at 0.4%.\n\nIn a tweet, the first minister said: \"Another day in Scotland with no deaths of confirmed cases, and tests coming back positive still under 1%. But we must not drop our guard.\"\n\nShe urged people to stick to the Scottish government's guidance on suppressing the virus, including on face coverings and social distancing.\n\nThe figures are published as lockdown is further eased for people who are in the shielding category and classed as being particularly vulnerable to the virus.\n\nThey are now able to meet up to eight people from two different households indoors, as well as with four other households outdoors.\n\nMs Sturgeon said on Thursday shielding will be able to be \"paused\" from August 1, with those in the category able to follow the guidance for those who are at higher risk from the virus, such as the elderly.", "Owen Jones was attacked during a night out to celebrate his birthday\n\nA man has been jailed for attacking Guardian journalist Owen Jones outside a north London pub.\n\nJames Healy, 40, admitted assaulting Mr Jones, claiming it was because the 35-year-old had spilled his drink.\n\nHowever, a judge ruled that Healey carried out the attack because of Mr Jones's sexuality and political views.\n\nAppearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court, he was sentenced to two years and eight months for affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.\n\nTwo other men - Charlie Ambrose, from Brighton, and Liam Tracey, from Camden - were given suspended sentences of eight months each, suspended for two years after pleading guilty to affray.\n\nMr Jones suffered cuts, swelling to his back and head, and bruises down his body in the attack outside the Lexington pub on Pentonville Road in Islington, on 17 August last year.\n\nThe Guardian journalist had been drinking in The Lexington in Islington\n\nHealy, from Portsmouth, has a string of convictions for football-related violence.\n\nThe 40-year-old Chelsea FC fan had argued he \"had the hump\" because the victim had bumped into him and spilled his drink.\n\nFollowing his arrest, a search of his home revealed a photograph of him performing a Nazi salute as well as other items connected to far-right ideology.\n\nIn his evidence, Mr Jones told the court he \"absolutely did not\" knock Healy's drink.\n\nHe said he was \"an unapologetic socialist, I'm an anti-racist, I'm an anti-fascist\" and he was \"the subject of an unrelenting campaign [of abuse] by far-right sympathisers\".\n\nRecorder Anne Studd QC said she would sentence Healy on the basis that the attack had been due to Mr Jones's \"widely published left-wing and LGBTQ beliefs\".\n\nFollowing the sentencing, the journalist tweeted that \"prison is not a solution to far right extremism\" as Healy \"will go to a prison a violent far right extremist, and probably leave prison a violent far right extremist\".\n\n\"There is no judicial solution to the far right: it is a political problem,\" he wrote.\n\nIn another tweet he called the attack \"the worst example of a concerted far right campaign of intimidation centring on the fact I'm left-wing, gay and an anti-racist\".\n\n\"Far right extremists have been responsible for murder, attempted murder, terrorist plots and violence.\n\n\"That threat is not taken seriously because it means having to ask searching questions of who is responsible for radicalising them. That must end,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tom, centre, and Joe (right) are pictured with their wives after scooping the Powerball jackpot\n\nLong-time friends Joe Feeney and Tom Cook made a pact in 1992 - sealed with a handshake - that if one of them won the US Powerball lottery they would share it.\n\nNearly 30 years later the numbers came up for Tom - and he honoured the deal.\n\nJoe said he was stunned when his friend called to say they were sharing the $22m (£17m) jackpot.\n\n\"He called me and I said, 'are you jerking my bobber?'\" said the keen fisherman.\n\nThe two men live in the Menomonie area of the US state of Wisconsin.\n\n\"Congratulations to Tom, Joe, and their families,\" Wisconsin Lottery director Cindy Polzin said in a statement. \"The power of friendship and a handshake has paid off. I'm thrilled for them. Their lucky day has arrived.\"\n\nThe odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are estimated to be one in about 292 million.\n\nThe two men decided to take a cash option of about $16.7m which means that - after federal and state taxes - each will take home about $5.7m.\n\nTom decided to retire after learning about the win while Joe was already retired. They say they are looking forward to spending more time with family.\n\n\"We can pursue what we feel comfortable with. I can't think of a better way to retire,\" said Tom.\n\nTom bought the winning $2 Powerball ticket at a shop in Menomonie for the draw on 10 June.\n\nIn March 2019 another Wisconsin man was named as the winner of a $768m Powerball jackpot.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Unused reality TV footage shows a woman asking Whitney Henriquez, \"did you get in a fight?\"\n\nA video which Johnny Depp's lawyers say shows his ex-wife Amber Heard \"attacked\" her sister has been shown to the High Court.\n\nIn the video, which was given to his legal team on Thursday night, friends of Whitney Henriquez suggest her sister had \"beat\" her and appear to inspect her body for bruises.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an online article that labelled him a \"wife beater\".\n\nThe paper insists it was accurate.\n\nIn the video, which was shown to the court on the 14th day of the hearing in London, Ms Henriquez is talking with friends by a pool.\n\nOne friend is heard saying, \"did you get in a fight?\" and then \"I can't believe Amber beat your ass.\"\n\nOne woman appears to inspect Ms Henriquez's cheek and arm, and Ms Henriquez is heard saying she is not going to talk about it.\n\nAmber Heard arrives at the High Court on Friday, after giving evidence the previous day\n\nMr Depp's barrister, David Sherborne, said his team received the video from \"an anonymous source\", after Ms Henriquez said in court that her sister had never attacked her.\n\nHe said the video was captured during the filming of a reality television show in 2006 or 2007 and was not for broadcast, but was \"the rushes\" - the unedited, raw footage.\n\nHe told the court: \"We were contacted to explain that Ms Amber Heard had a history of violence and attacking people and this video, which was attached, of her sister Whitney was taken shortly after Amber Heard had attacked her, and Ms Whitney was filmed with people commenting on the bruises on her face and body.\"\n\nMr Sherborne said the newly disclosed video material \"demonstrates Ms Whitney was lying yesterday\" and that she had \"tailored\" her evidence \"to meet her sister's evidence\".\n\nReturning to the witness stand, Ms Henriquez told the court she had been referring in the video to a verbal argument she had had with her sister and denied it had been physical.\n\nShe said her friends were \"inferring, trying to make a storyline - albeit a bad one - interesting, nothing more\".\n\nOn Thursday, Ms Henriquez said Ms Heard had never hit her and denied being \"frightened\" of her sister.\n\nShe said she had seen Mr Depp punch Ms Heard \"really hard in the head... multiple times\" in Los Angeles in March 2015. Ms Henriquez acknowledged that Ms Heard had punched Mr Depp on that occasion - but said it was only \"in my defence\" because Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was going to push Ms Henriquez down the stairs.\n\nAddressing the court on Friday, Mr Sherborne said Ms Henriquez's evidence about the so-called \"stairs incident\" was \"the only occasion on which any other human being is supposed to have witnessed\" Mr Depp being violent towards Ms Heard.\n\n\"The reliability of Ms Whitney is critical,\" he added.\n\nMr Depp denies allegations he was violent towards Ms Heard\n\nMr Sherborne said Ms Heard's evidence was that \"she was never violent, she (has not) physically attacked Mr Depp... and the only occasion is said to be when she was acting in self-defence\".\n\n\"Evidence that Ms Heard was violent towards her sister is relevant to that issue,\" he said.\n\nSasha Wass QC, who represents the Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), said she had not been aware of the video until Mr Sherborne told the court about it and argued it was \"meaningless\".\n\n\"This is an undated piece of film footage in circumstances which appear to be some sort of reality TV programme, which is flippant, certainly not serious,\" she told the court.\n\n\"This is a light-hearted exchange, there is no evidence of any injuries and it will take the matter... no further.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Sherborne, representing Mr Depp, argued: \"We say it is quite clear from that video that not only did Ms Amber Heard assault her sister, but it was quite clear also that the injuries that were suffered by Ms Whitney Heard are being examined by the individual that we see on the tape.\n\n\"There is no denial of the fact that Ms Amber Heard 'beat up' Ms Whitney Heard and that there are injuries.\"\n\nMs Heard's acting coach Kristina Sexton has also been giving evidence by video link from Australia.\n\nIn a written witness statement, Ms Sexton said she had met the actress in 2009 and the pair became friends \"quite quickly\".\n\nShe said Ms Heard became a \"nervous wreck\" about choosing film roles because she was \"so worried\" about Mr Depp's reaction.\n\nMs Sexton alleged Mr Depp \"dictated\" his ex-wife's work and told her not to take certain jobs because he did not want her doing \"whore parts\".\n\nGiving evidence, Ms Sexton confirmed to Mr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, that she had not seen the actor \"hit, kick or throw anything\" at Ms Heard.\n\nUnder questioning from NGN's lawyer, Ms Wass, Ms Sexton said she had previously been aware of \"verbal fights\" between the pair but in April 2016, Ms Heard told her Mr Depp had been hitting her and had tried to strangle her.\n\nThe libel case, which is due to finish next week, centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 under the headline \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, which Mr Depp denies.", "The prime minister is set to announce new measures to curb obesity next week, and they are expected to include a ban on TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nIt comes amid growing evidence people who are overweight or obese are at greater risk from coronavirus.\n\nThe measures are yet to be finalised but are also likely to include a ban on online ads for unhealthy foods, and limits on in-store promotions.\n\nOne food industry leader said it was a \"slap in the face\".\n\nThe move marks a change in stance by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has previously criticised levies on foods high in salt, fat and sugar - and described his views on tackling obesity as \"libertarian\".\n\nMr Johnson's experience in intensive care during his treatment for Covid-19 is thought to have contributed to his changing position.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to a GP surgery in east London, he said that while he was not normally one for \"nannying or bossying\", the country did need to lose weight to protect from a second spike.\n\nHe said: \"Obesity is one of the real co-morbidity factors. Losing weight, frankly, is one of the ways you can reduce your own risk from coronavirus.\"\n\nDavid Cameron, backed by NHS leaders, was all set to unveil wide-ranging curbs on food marketing and advertising in England in the summer of 2016. Then he abruptly left office and his successor Theresa May watered down or ditched most of the ideas.\n\nTwo years later she had changed her view, and her Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans to ban fast food advertising before the 21:00 TV watershed and prevent supermarkets from promoting unhealthy food products in stores.\n\nThese plans were put out to consultation but were left in limbo when Boris Johnson arrived in Downing Street a year ago.\n\nHis comments about the \"continuing creep of the nanny state\" and the need for a review of \"sin taxes\" were taken to mean he was against further intervention on people's diet choices.\n\nBut he has shifted, and most of the 2018 plan now seems set to be implemented.\n\nIt could have been enacted by now but, whatever the timing, the measures - including sweeping changes to the way food is advertised, are a significant move to tackle one of the biggest health challenges of our times.\n\nMinisters are still finalising the detail of some anti-obesity measures, such as whether to require more prominent labelling of food and drinks with high levels of sugar or salt.\n\nSome restaurants could be required to put calorie labels on menus.\n\nIt is thought Mr Johnson is likely to push ahead with advertising restrictions, and is considering banning in-store promotions of unhealthy foods.\n\nBBC political correspondent Leila Nathoo said: \"Although it goes against his political instincts, Boris Johnson now wants to give the strategy a renewed push.\n\n\"He's previously been sceptical of taxes on unhealthy food and drinks and it's not yet clear how far his proposals will go beyond what's been suggested before.\n\n\"Though obesity is linked to a whole host of health problems, the prime minister has clearly been prompted into action by the coronavirus connection.\"\n\nTim Rycroft, chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation, said the rumoured move was a \"slap in the face\" to the food industry, which he said had worked \"heroically\" to keep the nation fed during the pandemic.\n\n\"It is going to ban promotions of food 10 days before the chancellor launches the biggest food promotion the country has ever seen,\" he told Today. \"It is going to put enormous costs on the advertising industry and on broadcasters at a time when the economy is in quite a tenuous situation.\"\n\nA letter from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising sent to the prime minister said a government impact assessment last year showed a 21:00 watershed on high fat, sugar and salt food and drinks would only remove around 1.7 calories per day from a child's diet - the equivalent of half a Smartie.\n\nIn the letter, director general Paul Bainsfair wrote: \"The introduction of such a draconian measure at this time could have deep repercussions for agencies and the advertising sector, generally, in terms of jobs and creative output, for very little end result.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Minister Helen Whately told BBC Breakfast an announcement was due \"imminently\". She said she recognised obesity was \"possibly the greatest health challenge\" the country faced - \"particularly with Covid\".\n\nTam Fry, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he believed the prime minister's experience in St Thomas's hospital had been a \"game changer\" and that it was understood the aim was to get people to lose weight \"prior to the next spike\".\n\nHe said: \"There hasn't been a ban like this but it has got to be given a try - and if after a period of time it is shown not to be so effective, then maybe it will stop.\n\n\"It is indeed a risk but the problem is that the consequence of obesity is so great that risks and daring measures have to be put in place.\"\n\nHe called for the sugar tax on soft drinks to be extended to other products.\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese. Another measure of excess fat is waist size - men with a waist of 94cm or more and women with a waist of 80cm or more are more likely to develop obesity-related problems.", "Footage from a police patrol car shows the moment an officer gets out of his vehicle before his foot is caught in a tow rope.\n\nPC Andrew Harper died from \"catastrophic\" injuries after he got caught in a tow rope attached to the car in August last year.\n\nHe was dragged for more than a mile and died at the scene.\n\nHenry Long, 19, from Mortimer, Reading, Albert Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Jessie Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, both 18, were trying to steal a quad bike from a house in Stanford Dingley on 15 August last year.\n\nLong had earlier admitted manslaughter but was cleared of murder. Bowers and Cole were cleared of murder, but found guilty at the Old Bailey of manslaughter.", "A Windrush campaigner who was nearly deported despite having lived in the UK for nearly 50 years has died.\n\nPaulette Wilson came to the UK as a child and was one of thousands of people affected by the Windrush scandal which made headlines in 2018.\n\nShe died aged 64 on Thursday morning, her daughter Natalie Barnes confirmed.\n\n\"She was an inspiration to many people. She was my heart and my soul and I loved her to pieces,\" her daughter said in a statement.\n\nMs Wilson arrived in Telford from Jamaica in 1968 aged 10 - but in August 2015 her benefits were stopped and was later sent to a detention centre.\n\nShe was later told by the Home Office she could stay.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC about the experience last year, Ms Wilson said: \"I couldn't sleep. It was terrible. It's been like that since I came out. I still can't eat like I used to.\"\n\nIn a statement, Ms Wilson's daughter Natalie Barnes said: \"My mum was a fighter and she was ready to fight for anyone. She was an inspiration to many people. She was my heart and my soul and I loved her to pieces.\n\n\"She was widely loved and respected; her laugh was infectious and she loved to see people smile; she will be missed by us all.\"\n\nMany people have been paying tribute to her following her death.\n\nImmigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie tweeted: \"Saddened to hear of today's death of Paulette Wilson who arrived in the UK in 1968, aged 10, but became a victim of the Windrush scandal - told she had no rights of residency, she was detained in an IRC.\n\n\"Paulette took on the fight for justice for others. May she rest in peace.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nZubaida Haque, the interim director of the think tank the Runnymede Trust, said it was \"incredibly upsetting and sad\".\n\nShe said Ms Wilson was \"one of the most selfless and bravest victims of the Windrush scandal\".\n\nSNP MP Joanna Cherry expressed her condolences, and said Ms Wilson \"fought back with incredible strength and campaigned for justice for all the victims\" of the scandal.\n\nMs Wilson, who lived in Wolverhampton, was looked after by her grandparents in Wellington, Telford, when she first arrived in Britain.\n\nShe remained in the country all her life, never visited Jamaica, and had 34 years of National Insurance payments. She also had a British daughter and grandchild.\n\nIn October 2017, she was detained in the Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, where she was held for a week before being released.\n\nThe following year, she gave evidence to MPs about the scandal.\n\nThe Windrush scandal broke in 2018, when it emerged many children of Commonwealth citizens had been threatened with deportation.\n\nDespite living and working in the UK for decades, many were told they were there illegally because of a lack of official paperwork.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at life when the Windrush generation arrived in the UK\n\nThe Windrush generation is the name given to those who arrived in UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries. In 1971, Commonwealth citizens already living in the UK were given indefinite leave to remain.\n\nAfter the scandal broke, the government apologised. Since then, reports and compensation schemes have been launched, but some people are concerned that not enough has been done.\n• None Who are the Windrush generation?", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched legal action in the US after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their infant son Archie.\n\nA complaint filed in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday claims an unnamed individual photographed 14-month-old Archie at the Sussexes' home during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThe royal couple have claimed the pictures were an invasion of privacy.\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan are now based in Los Angeles, having stepped back as senior royals at the end of March.\n\nThe couple's lawyer, Michael Kump, said: \"Every individual and family member in California is guaranteed by law the right to privacy in their home. No drones, helicopters or telephoto lenses can take away that right.\n\n\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are filing this lawsuit to protect their young son's right to privacy in their home without intrusion by photographers, and to uncover and stop those who seek to profit from these illegal actions.\"\n\nAccording to the lawsuit, the duke and duchess are constantly followed by paparazzi, who have tracked them down to their home in Los Angeles, flying helicopters overhead and cutting holes in their security fences.\n\nIt marks the latest example of the Sussexes actions against what they have previously described as \"invasive\" tabloid media.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duchess of Sussex read the book Duck! Rabbit! to her son\n\nIn a separate legal action, against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, Meghan is suing for breach of privacy and copyright infringement.\n\nEarlier this month, court documents claimed the duchess felt \"unprotected by the Institution\" of the monarchy and was \"prohibited from defending herself\" against media reports while pregnant.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nThe 2020-21 Premier League and English Football League seasons will start on 12 September.\n\nIn the top flight, the campaign will end on 23 May, while the Championship, League One and League Two seasons will culminate on 8 and 9 May.\n\nNext season's play-off finals will take place on the final weekend in May.\n\nThe current Premier League season will end on Sunday after it was suspended for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe regular Championship season concluded on Wednesday, with the play-offs finishing on 4 August.\n\nMost League One and League Two teams have not played since March.\n• None Eight days without football - the shortest off-season ever?\n\nThe Premier League said it would \"continue to consult\" with the Football Association and EFL \"regarding the scheduling of all domestic competitions\".\n\nHowever, the start date for teams still playing in European competitions is still under discussion.\n\nIt remains possible they will be given a delayed start, given they could be playing well into August.\n\nLast-16 ties in the Europa League - featuring Manchester United and Wolves - resume on 5 August, with the final scheduled to take place on 21 August.\n\nRemaining Champions League last-16 ties resume from 7 August, with Manchester City and Chelsea still in the competition.\n\nThe final will take place on 23 August.", "Tanya Prime has been waiting more than four months for her documents\n\nDrivers are fuming after being left without crucial documents because of coronavirus-related delays at the DVLA office in Swansea.\n\nThey report waiting months for replacement documents or licence renewals as reduced staff numbers at the DVLA have left it unable to cope.\n\n\"I sent my documents to the DVLA on 10 March,\" Tanya Prime told the BBC.\n\nThe DVLA has blamed the problems on having to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"We continue to receive paper applications and while we process these as quickly as possible there are significant delays,\" it said.\n\n\"This is because the two metre social distancing measures in Wales have resulted in a reduced number of staff on site.\"\n\nJames Balls of Durham told the BBC: \"I've been waiting nearly eight weeks for paperwork relating to putting a number plate on retention in order to change my car.\n\n\"The DVLA has literally nothing to say other than wait. They couldn't even tell me how far behind I am in the queue. It's bonkers.\"\n\nThe DVLA said that paper applications have continued to flood into its office throughout the pandemic, with a current average of around 250,000 envelopes received weekly.\n\n\"Our online services are working as normal and we've processed more than 18 million online transactions since March,\" it added.\n\nTo help, the DVLA has automatically extended photocard driving licences that expired between 1 February 2020 and 31 August 2020 for seven months.\n\n\"I may have missed advice on the news about driving licences but I am quite concerned that I have not received my new licence back, having tried to renew it before my 70th birthday,\" Susan Wood of Folkestone in Kent told the BBC.\n\nEarly in May she had tried to process her application online.\n\n\"But I got nowhere so I posted it off to Swansea with the form supplied,\" she said.\n\nSince then she's had an anxious wait.\n\n\"On their website there is no clear advice. I did find a telephone number but on ringing it the number was unobtainable.\n\n\"I then found the email form, completed all the questions, only to be told at the end there is nobody available to answer emails.\n\n\"I cannot understand why so many companies have organised their businesses with people working from home, yet this government department cannot have the technology for the staff to answer emails from home.\"\n\nThe DVLA told the BBC that Susan Wood was issued a new driving licence in March. \"We are writing to her to offer a free replacement if she hasn't received it,\" it said.\n\nTanya Prime of Ilkeston in Derbyshire has been waiting for a response from the DVLA for more than four months and was getting worried about driving because the tax on one of her vehicles is due to expire.\n\n\"I sent five vehicle documents to the DVLA on 10 March to have the address changed on them,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I have received nothing in return. I posted registered, signed for, and have a Royal Mail confirmed signature of receipt.\"\n\nShe complained of not being able to get hold of the DVLA by phone and having to send numerous follow-up letters.\n\n\"Their latest response is that they have never received the documents and I must apply for replacements and pay for each one,\" she said.\n\nAfter an investigation, the DVLA said that Tanya Prime's documents had been received. \"The letter was sent to her in error and we are processing her changes of address application. We're writing to her to let her know,\" it said.\n\nThe BBC has been sent more complaints, while on social media the DVLA is being kept busy apologising to fed-up motorists.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by DVLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe DVLA said the best way to deal with queries was online through the GOV.UK website as online transactions will be processed more quickly than paper ones.\n\nIt added that it is prioritising transactions that create the biggest impact on the customer, which include those with ID documents.\n\nThe estimated 790,000 drivers over 70 who have applied for a renewal since March may have been hit by the problems, but the DVLA pointed out that some drivers applying to renew their licence may be able to drive while the agency is considering their application.\n\nThey will need to have a current driving licence and not been told by their doctor or optician that they should not drive. More information can be found here.", "\"Oh, better put our masks on,\" a woman says to her friend outside a homeware shop in Camberwell, south London, fishing around in her bag. He shrugs and follows her inside, opting to go without.\n\nIt's the first day that face coverings have been compulsory for customers in England's shops, and most people are complying on this high street. But the exchange sums up the dilemma for some shopkeepers.\n\nOn one side of the road, a mum ushers her two daughters into Lidl - the three of them clad in matching face coverings. On the other, a woman hovers outside a shop front, sussing out with the sales assistant whether she can come in without one.\n\n\"Keep distance please!\" reads a sign in the window of Ragini Patel's stationery shop. She says all she can do is ask customers to wear face coverings but some of the older customers, in particular, don't listen. One customer was even aggressive when she reminded him about social distancing.\n\n\"There's no point saying anything to anybody, you don't want to get in trouble,\" she shrugs.\n\nRagini Patel says all she can do is ask that customers wear face coverings in her shop\n\nA hundred miles away, in Birmingham, another shopper, Laura, told BBC Radio 5 Live she had been in a branch of supermarket Aldi this morning where a couple of people weren't wearing face coverings.\n\nShe didn't approve. \"If there's even a remote possibility that wearing a mask can reduce infection rate then it's worth it. It's not a hardship,\" she added.\n\nMeanwhile, listener Paul said he had been on the receiving end of some \"mask outrage\" this morning in Maidenhead, Berkshire, when he went into Tesco without a face covering after a bike ride.\n\nHe said it was an \"honest mistake\" but a fellow shopper berated him. \"She just went to town on me,\" Paul said. \"I've been rightfully scolded.\"\n\nLike many shopping areas across the country, stores in the Liverpool One complex have put up signs telling customers to wear face coverings.\n\nBut Susan Green, 57, in Liverpool, said: \"I think it is a little bit late to have introduced this and lots of people I've seen this morning are not even wearing one.\n\n\"It won't put me off coming to the shops because I'll be out anyway but it does seem a bit unnecessary.\"\n\nLiverpool One also has a new vending machine selling face coverings in a multitude of styles - and they have sprung up on other high streets too.\n\nVending machines selling face coverings have sprung up across the country\n\nBack in Camberwell, at the Scope charity shop, Dawn Suleyman says only one customer has come in today without a face covering - and was grateful when she handed her a spare.\n\nShe agrees that it might not be wise to challenge customers, since there have been instances when staff have been verbally abused for asking shoppers to use the hand sanitiser pump. Leaning over to tap the counter to her left, she adds: \"So far today, touch wood, we've not had any problems.\"\n\nDawn Suleyman says reopening has been difficult because people haven't been able to try clothes on\n\n\"I wouldn't say to someone, 'You can't come in because you haven't got a mask on,'\" says Dawn, who is exempt when she goes shopping because she suffers from asthma. \"I'd explain to them, 'You do realise that you could possibly get a fine? And if you haven't got a mask I'm happy to give you one.'\"\n\nMelanie Wall from Chloe James boutique in St Albans says there's been a \"great reaction\" among her shop's customers.\n\n\"People are very happy to wear face masks - it sparks conversation and banter when they come in... we talk about the different styles - it's been really well accepted,\" she said.\n\n\"We did have a lady who approached the front door and said, 'I haven't got a face mask but I'm here to buy a face mask'. She obviously couldn't come into the shop... but I served her from the doorstep, so it was a lovely funny moment.\"\n\nMelanie Wall said there had been a \"great reaction\" to the rules among her customers\n\nMeanwhile, one shopper in the city told the BBC she was \"really pleased\" the rules have come in, adding: \"It's given us more confidence to come into town. We've been avoiding it up to now.\"\n\nIn Leicester - the first city in England to have a local lockdown imposed - the new rules on face coverings came in on the same day some non-essential stores were allowed to reopen.\n\nCallum Goodson, 22, a buyer with clothes store Pilot in the Lanes shopping area, said levels of compliance from customers had so far been high.\n\nNon-essential shops started to reopen in Leicester on the same day the new rules came in\n\nMr Goodson said: \"Everyone coming into the store have been wearing masks. If anyone does come in without a mask, we can offer them one.\n\n\"If they refuse it's down to us if we accept that - but we haven't had to do that so far.\"\n\nThere were no problems for forgetful shoppers in Bristol either, where city council staff had bought in 80,000 masks to hand out in the city's shopping areas.\n\nFace masks were handed out to shoppers in Bristol\n\nIn Camberwell, not everyone is quite so worried about enforcing the regulations. In a photo-printing shop, the sales assistant says customers have been compliant. They have a stash of reusable masks they can give out in return for a charity donation, but she doesn't know what she'd do if someone refused. \"I'm sure we could politely tell them to put it on,\" she says.\n\nIn the arcade, a security guard with a face covering stands outside Poundland. Two women browse the \"two for £5\" stands in a nearby clothes shop - both wearing masks, though the shop assistant is barefaced, which is acceptable under the rules.\n\nArjan Patel says most customers have complied\n\nAround the corner in a hardware shop, Arjan Patel says some builders have come in without face coverings but most people have been compliant.\n\n\"What can we say? It's their choice, isn't it?\" he says. The shop needs customers, after all.\n\n\"We can't police it anyway, but maybe a bit more diplomacy might help.\"\n• None New face covering rules in force in England", "The US and UK have accused Russia of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit.\n\nThe US State Department described the recent use of \"what would appear to be actual in-orbit anti-satellite weaponry\" as concerning.\n\nRussia's defence ministry earlier said it was using new technology to perform checks on Russian space equipment.\n\nThe US has previously raised concerns about new Russian satellite activity.\n\nBut it is the first time the UK has made accusations about Russian test-firing in space. They come just days after an inquiry said the UK government \"badly underestimated\" the threat posed by Russia.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation, Christopher Ford, accused Moscow of hypocrisy after it said it wanted arms control to be extended to space.\n\n\"Moscow aims to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting its own counter-space programme,\" he said.\n\nThe head of the UK's space directorate, Air Vice Marshal Harvey Smyth, said he was also concerned about the latest Russian satellite test, which he said had the \"characteristics of a weapon\".\n\n\"Actions like this threaten the peaceful use of space and risk causing debris that could pose a threat to satellites and the space systems on which the world depends,\" he said. He urged Russia to be \"responsible\" and to \"avoid any further such testing\".\n\nRussia, the UK, the US and China are among more than 100 nations to have committed to a space treaty that stipulates that outer space is to be explored by all and purely for peaceful purposes.\n\nThe treaty adds that weapons should not be placed in orbit or in space.\n\nThe US said the Russian satellite system was the same one it raised concerns about in 2018 and earlier this year when the US accused it of manoeuvring close to an American satellite.\n\nIn this latest incident, Gen Jay Raymond, who heads US space command, said there was evidence Russia \"conducted a test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon\".\n\nGen Raymond added: \"This is further evidence of Russia's continuing efforts to develop and test space-based systems and [is] consistent with the Kremlin's published military doctrine to employ weapons that hold US and allied space assets at risk.\"\n\nThis Russian test of what the Americans say is an anti-satellite weapon is part of a pattern of recent Russian space activity. In February, the US military said that two Russian satellites manoeuvred close to an American one, and in April Moscow test-fired a ground-based satellite interceptor.\n\nOnly four countries - Russia, the US, China and India - have demonstrated an anti-satellite capability over the past decades. Anti-satellite warheads have been carried aloft by aircraft or rockets, and satellites have also been illuminated by lasers.\n\nBut Moscow is also clearly looking at using one satellite to kill another. Interest in such weapons is growing given our reliance upon satellites for a variety of purposes such as intelligence gathering, communications, navigation and early-warning.\n\nThere is no treaty banning or limiting such weapons though a number of countries have argued for some kind of agreement to do just this.\n\nBut in military terms, space has already become the new frontier with several countries organising specific commands in their armed forces to deal with both the defensive and offensive aspects of protecting their essential space-based systems.\n\nA test of a new Russian satellite took place on 15 July with the aim of performing checks on the country's space equipment, Russia's defence ministry said at the time.\n\n\"During testing of the latest space technology, one of the domestic satellites was examined close up using the specialised equipment of small space craft,\" the ministry said, according to Interfax news agency.\n\nIt added that \"valuable information about the technical condition of the object under investigation\" had been recorded.", "Lockdown in Wales has been the responsibility of the Welsh Government\n\nUK ministers have announced £1.2bn funding for the Welsh Government.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said it was \"like an advance payment\" ahead of announcements to be made in England.\n\nThe Barnett formula is used to decide how much money the other nations receive when the UK government spends in England.\n\nThe Welsh finance minister said it would \"give the NHS the kind of certainty that it needs\" to plan for a potential second wave of the virus.\n\nThe Welsh Government has previously said it was \"not clear how much of this package is wholly new\".\n\nMr Hart told BBC Radio Wales: \"What we're trying to do here as a UK-wide project is make sure all the devolved nations have the money they need during Covid…\n\n\"The sum has gone from 2.3 [billion pounds] to 2.8 last week. With the chancellor's announcement it has now gone up by a further 1.2 so the total the Welsh Government will have received for Covid-related activity will be £4bn since March...\n\n\"It is a consequential of announcements to be made, like an advance payment - still fresh money, still new money...\n\n\"It's like get your money up front, in advance, rather than retrospectively.\"\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans said the additional funding would allow the Welsh Government to announce \"a really significant stabilisation package for the NHS\".\n\nShe added that the money would be used to respond to \"a really wide range of pressures\" such as those faced by local authorities.\n\nBut it would also enable the government to \"give the NHS the kind of certainty that it needs in order to to plan most effectively for a potential second wave of the coronavirus\" and to ensure that it's \"in good shape\" to cope with winter pressures.\n\nThe £4bn figure does not include direct spending by the Conservative UK government in Wales - such as the furlough scheme or VAT cuts for the tourism and hospitality sector.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said the UK government's \"guarantee\" means the Welsh Government can invest to protect jobs\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales ahead of Mr Hart's interview, Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"It was reported as being clearly additional money over and above Barnett but we don't think that's the case at all and it's one of the difficult and disappointing things that is just unnecessary...\n\n\"It is difficult and disappointing because I'd like the public to have a straight message where you don't hear Welsh Government politicians disagreeing with UK government politicians about the state of the money being provided.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government has called for more freedom to borrow cash\n\nWelsh Government ministers have previously called for their UK counterparts to allow them to borrow more money to help deal with the pandemic.\n\n\"The pressures facing our budget are unrivalled in the post Second World War era,\" a Welsh Government spokesperson said in response to the funding announcement.\n\n\"And while we welcome confirmation of Wales' share of spend in England, it is not clear how much of this package is wholly new.\n\n\"We fully expected to receive funding on major PPE (personal protective equipment) costs and NHS winter funding.\n\n\"We look forward to receiving the full detail on new funding and hope that the UK Treasury will finally lift the restrictions on our ability to access our own savings to address urgent pressures.\"\n\nReacting to the announcement, Plaid Cymru's health and finance spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth told BBC Radio Wales: \"The union can't be sewn together with a bung where you don't even know what's in the brown envelope, where we're expected to trust that somehow it's a lot of money.\n\n\"What we need, and we're in agreement with Welsh Government actually, is we need additional flexibility with the spending powers that we have in Wales.\n\n\"This is the time when we need to be making decisions now on how much money to borrow to get us through this incredibly sticky point in our history... rather than expect to be grateful for somebody filling a begging bowl with money that we don't know how much it is anyway.\"\n\nExpect to hear UK government ministers talk a lot more about the union in months to come.\n\nThe pandemic has led to greater awareness of devolved powers - especially health and education.\n\nWhile Welsh Government ministers have faced scrutiny for their response to the pandemic, like being later to test all care home staff and residents, the UK government equally has faced criticisms for being behind on issues like committing to providing free school meals for eligible children during the summer holidays.\n\nThe prime minister's visit to Scotland, praising the furlough scheme and UK armed forces, and this announcement today send a clear signal: trying to strengthen support for the union is heavily back on the UK government's agenda.\n\nMeanwhile a group of MPs have also set up a new pro-union lobby group to keep it on the agenda in government and Parliament, chaired by Conservative Aberconwy MP Robin Millar.\n\nThe UK government has been in charge of much of the UK's economic response to the virus, including the coronavirus job retention furlough scheme.\n\nBut devolved governments have been responsible for the severe restrictions on day-to-day life, as well as their national health services, and different parts of the UK have come out of lockdown in different ways.\n\nOn a visit to Scotland on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he \"pledged to be a prime minister for every corner of the United Kingdom\", adding that the response to the pandemic had shown his government's commitment to the whole of the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marine experts tried in vain to rescue the stranded shark\n\nA shark which had got stranded in shallow waters on the Yorkshire coast has been put down, according to a marine charity.\n\nThe basking shark was spotted in the water trying to beach itself at Filey in North Yorkshire, on Thursday.\n\nThe beach was closed while a lifeboat crew tried to prevent it from beaching and to get it back out to sea.\n\nMarine charity Sea Watch said it was believed the creature was ill and the decision was made to euthanise it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The shark had attempted to beach itself and could not be persuaded to go back out to sea\n\nSea Watch's Robin Petch said: \"It was in the shallows in Filey Bay trying to beach itself and members of the public, the Coastguard and the RNLI were in attendance trying to stop it and persuade it to go out to sea.\n\n\"There was a vet in attendance and in the end they decided the best thing to do for the animal was to euthanise it.\"\n\nRescuers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue took part in efforts to try and get the animal back into deeper water.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Unfortunately, the shark appeared to be struggling as it was listing consistently over to its right-hand side and circling in the shallows, sometimes needing support from the rescuers.\"\n\n\"Despite attempts to move it into deeper water the shark continued to head back to the beach where it restranded and later in the evening was put to sleep by a vet due to the poor prognosis.\"\n\nThe RNLI's Filey lifeboat was called at about 18:00 BST when the shark was spotted in the water close to the beach\n\nBasking sharks are the second largest fish in the oceans. Despite their size they only feed on zooplankton and are not considered a danger to humans.\n\n\"This one was a little under four and a half metres, so it was a young one, not a juvenile but not quite an adult,\" Mr Petch said.\n\n\"They can grow quite large - the biggest ones recorded are about 10 to 11 metres.\"\n\nHe said they were usually found in deeper waters and it was possible the animal had been ill and come into shore.\n\nIt could also have got trapped in the shallow waters and then been starved of oxygen.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "For some people with certain health conditions or disabilities, wearing a mask can be more difficult.\n\nKerise Vowles-Myners, who has autism, had a particularly bad experience when she tried wearing one to visit the doctor last week.\n\n\"I literally had it on for two minutes and had a panic attack and threw up in public - it was quite embarrassing,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nKerise said she had spoken to her social worker about going shopping for her when she had bad days.\n\n\"I don't like being confronted because I have to explain myself,\" she said.\n\n\"Whenever I go out, a lot of people don't even realise that I'm on the spectrum so they just look at me and think, 'oh she is just a normal person, why is she not wearing a mask?'\"\n\nFace coverings are now compulsory for customers in shops in England.", "As Covid-19 cases surge in Florida, the governor's decision to reopen all brick and mortar schools in August has caused a backlash among teachers.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 17 and 24 July. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs which can be found here.", "More people in Wales could be offered a free flu jab, Vaughan Gething has suggested\n\nWales' largest ever flu campaign will see more people benefit from free vaccination, the health minister announced on Friday.\n\nIt followed news that this would be the case in England in case of a winter coronavirus spike.\n\nThe vaccination programme will include the shielding group and the eligibility age will be lowered from 65 to 50.\n\nThere will also be extra supplies of the nasal spray flu vaccine for toddlers and primary school children.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"This winter more than ever we need to protect the most vulnerable in our community and continue to protect our NHS.\n\n\"By extending the flu vaccine to more people than ever before, we can help prevent people becoming ill and reduce pressure on the NHS this winter.\n\n\"I would urge anyone who is eligible to have the vaccine.\"\n\nChief Medical Officer for Wales Frank Atherton said: \"Everyone who is eligible for a NHS flu vaccine should be confident about having it to protect themselves and those around them this winter.\n\n\"Those already eligible, which include some of the most vulnerable in our community will receive the vaccination first and via a phased approach our programme will be rolled out further to the over 50s and households of those shielding.\"\n\nMr Gething had previously said he could not make any guarantees as he had not been told of the UK government's plans.\n\nHe said it was \"disappointing\" an agreement on broadening the flu programme had not been reached between the four home nations.\n\n\"When it comes to supply of the flu vaccine, there's a UK-wide system,\" Mr Gething told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"The UK government procures flu vaccine for all four UK nations, so there should be enough flu vaccine available in Wales to match the way that other UK countries undertake that.\"\n\nHe said he \"hadn't been aware\" an announcement was being made about England.\n\nThe jab is being rolled out widely there in case the annual seasonal flu coincides with a coronavirus surge.\n\nVaughan Gething said he was not aware an announcement about the plan for England was going to be made\n\n\"I'd expect there to be a consistent set of advice between the four chief medical officers,\" Mr Gething said.\n\n\"If we have assurances about the amount of flu vaccine available, I'd struggle to see why there'd be any reason to be inconsistent.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"The flu vaccination campaign is a key priority for the coming winter and we are planning the largest ever programme in Wales.\n\n\"Details of the programme will be announced shortly\".", "Last updated on .From the section St Mirren\n\nOnly one of the seven St Mirren staff members who tested positive for Covid-19 actually has the illness.\n\nThe Paisley side said on Thursday that the individuals - none of whom are players - had been identified after tests analysed by a private lab.\n\nHowever, after further NHS screening, it has emerged that six staff members returned 'false positives'.\n\nThe other is in \"strict isolation\" and has not been in contact with any player or other staff member since Saturday.\n\n\"The club will continue to support and look after this staff member to ensure a full recovery,\" added chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick, who confirmed Saturday's friendly with St Johnstone remains cancelled.\n\nFitzpatrick said St Mirren had \"complied robustly\" with testing protocols \"to the letter\" and are \"undertaking an urgent review of the private testing arrangement\".\n• None Podcast: What does this mean for season?\n\nAs a consequence of the results, Scottish Premiership clubs have had to reintroduce twice-weekly testing for the first time since 8 July.\n\nThe news comes after the Scottish FA wrote to Rangers, Motherwell and Hibernian to ask them to explain delays in receiving test results.\n\nThe Ibrox side have also been asked whether they breached protocols by fielding players who had not received up-to-date results against Dundee United on Wednesday.\n\nThe rules state players cannot take part in matches unless a negative test has been returned, with another Rangers friendly later that day against Motherwell delayed for two hours while both sides waited for results.\n\nHibs' friendly with Ross County was cancelled at short notice on Saturday for the same reason.\n\nThe governing body had already reminded clubs of the importance of adhering to the protocol, with the Premiership season scheduled to start on 1 August.\n\nAt this stage, there remains no suggestion that is in any doubt.\n\nSt Mirren, who are due to begin their competitive campaign at home to Livingston in little over a week, last played Hamilton Academical in a friendly on Saturday.\n\nAll Hamilton players and staff were tested two days after that, with no positive tests returned.\n\nThe club also confirmed that the area of FOYS Stadium used by St Mirren was segregated, then cleaned and disinfected afterwards.\n\nScottish football's coronavirus joint response group (JRG) informed the Scottish government of the tests before demanding clubs \"revert to twice-weekly testing protocols until further notice\".\n\nHowever, SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: \"There can be no complacency, but we are heartened by the rigorous way that clubs, players and officials have responded to Covid-19 since March.\n\n\"With such regular testing being carried out by SPFL clubs, it is inevitable that several players or coaching staff will have tested positive. This has happened, as it has also happened in leagues around the world.\n\n\"What is vital is that clubs manage those very few confirmed positive tests such that the virus does not spread. So far, the rigorous work that our clubs have carried out has ensured that this is the case.\"", "He is fond of looking on the bright side and moving forward. \"Come on! Come on!\" and \"Fantastic, fantastic!\" are the phrases you hear in public most frequently from his mouth.\n\nEven some of his allies agree privately with his detractors that he is a politician for the good times, a spreader of cheer, rather than seeming like a statesman for a crisis.\n\nThat's one reason why the handling of this terrible epidemic has been a profound political challenge for this prime minister, beyond the enormous strain that coronavirus has put on the government machine and his own health.\n\nHe moved into No 10 a year ago today, taking charge of a country politically divided over Brexit, with protestors at the gate.\n\nBut after chucking veteran Tories out of the parliamentary party and suspending Parliament, the first tumultuous phase of his premiership ended with him being clapped back into No 10 for the second time, and with a thumping majority.\n\nA pugilistic Downing Street was almost punch drunk with the opportunities that lay before them.\n\nBut with unbelievable timing, 31 January 2020 - Brexit day - was also the day that the UK confirmed its first cases of coronavirus.\n\nFar from the first day of Boris Johnson's dream of raw power, it was the first day of a nightmare for the country's health and economy too.\n\nIt is the pandemic, therefore, not his hoped-for policies, that have fundamentally shaped Boris Johnson's premiership so far.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLike other world leaders, he had to take a series of enormous decisions, at huge speed, that have had consequences for each and every one of us.\n\nThe worst of the health crisis has faded; however, Boris Johnson has shown a profound reluctance to admit mistakes that were made.\n\nThe government did expand the capacity of the health service at breakneck speed. The Treasury's interventions in the economy have kept millions of people afloat for now.\n\nUK scientists are ahead in the world in terms of treatments and vaccine research. But a debate has raged about whether the lockdown came too late.\n\nWhy was the government slow to ramp up the testing they now say is vital? Why were protections for care homes not introduced much sooner? Why has the death rate here been so much higher than in nearly every other country?\n\nWhy does the government keep promising 'world beating' this, and 'world beating' that, when the UK's record on handling the pandemic has many flaws?\n\nWhen these questions have come, the prime minister's stock response has been to protest that it is not the right time to look at what went wrong.\n\nTime and again, ministers have repeated the mantra that \"we made the right decisions at the right time\".\n\nBut today, as he reflected on his 366 days in power, Boris Johnson inched towards confronting what went wrong.\n\nMinisters have faced criticism over their initial decision to abandon mass community testing.\n\nIn his first full TV interview since the lockdown, and his own time in hospital, he told me that ministers had not understood the disease \"for the first few weeks and months\", unaware that the virus was already here and in circulation before the government fully realised.\n\nAnd what of the timing of the lockdown?\n\nAgain, he took a step towards acknowledging that there could have been mistakes, suggesting the lockdown timing was an \"open question\", and that while the government had stuck \"like glue\" to the advice given by its scientists, maybe that advice had been wrong.\n\nDespite that change in tone, the prime minister's reluctance to go into detail yet about the mistakes the government might have made is still striking.\n\nAdvice from his former close adviser Will Walden, who spoke to us on Newscast, is that he should admit mistakes were made, and get on with a proper inquiry into what went wrong, seems to have fallen largely on deaf ears.\n\nWhile the prime minister always says that he takes full responsibility for what the government does, that's perhaps preaching, not practice.\n\nMr Johnson wants to use the government's experience of what happened during the pandemic to speed up his agenda, to \"double down on levelling up\", as he puts it in his peculiar political jargon.\n\nIn other words, to push ahead with more determination, and less fudge in Whitehall, with the changes that he says will actually improve the lives of voters, particularly those who voted Tory for the first time in 2019.\n\nWhile preparing the NHS for a potential second surge, he clearly wants to concentrate on what's next, not what's gone before.\n\nBut perhaps until the government is really ready to acknowledge what has happened, the questions will continue - and the public may still feel anxious about whether they can really trust ministers to handle a second surge next time round.\n\nJust as 366 days ago, optimism is Boris Johnson's trademark.\n\nBut if the last few months have shown anything, it is that the real challenge of life in power, is that events that can surprise.", "Covid-19 has taken a disproportionate toll on those with underlying health conditions.\n\nSome experts say the crisis has shone a light on the poor state of our health as a nation. But in many communities it has also highlighted the link between ill health and poverty.\n\nSo what lessons has coronavirus taught us - and will ministers and health leaders act upon them?\n\nThose with type 2 diabetes, often associated with being overweight or obese, have been particularly vulnerable to falling seriously ill with Covid-19.\n\nAbout a fifth of all those who have died after contracting coronavirus had diabetes.\n\nRoxana Falfara knows that she falls into that dangerous category.\n\nEver since she was a child, Roxana has had a difficult relationship with food.\n\nShe understands that her eating is tied up with her mental health, but says that doesn't make it any easier to manage.\n\nRoxanna Falfara: \"I had this anxiety of going out, especially with knowing I have type 2 diabetes\"\n\n\"Every time you sit at a table you meet your demons. So you meet the addiction every time you have to eat.\"\n\nAs an adult, Roxana became very overweight and developed type 2 diabetes.\n\nNow she's trying to eat more healthily and lose weight ahead of a second bout of surgery.\n\nBut, with her heightened vulnerability to Covid-19, the past few months have been tough for her.\n\n\"I had this anxiety of going out, especially with knowing I have type 2 diabetes,\" she says. \"I'm at a high level of danger so I tried to avoid going out as much as I could.\"\n\nIn her home town of Sheffield, about 60% of the adult population is overweight or obese.\n\nAnd like Roxana, that group was among those at greatest risk of falling seriously ill during the pandemic.\n\nThe coronavirus has exposed the deep inequalities in our health.\n\nWhat happened in Sheffield at the height of the coronavirus pandemic reflects what happened in many towns and cities across the UK.\n\nThe more affluent areas of Sheffield escaped pretty much unscathed. But in the poorer parts of the city, they saw some of the highest mortality rates in the entire country.\n\nFor the director of public health in Sheffield, Greg Fell, that raises some really difficult questions about the underlying state of our public health.\n\nHe describes it as a complex, multi-layered picture.\n\n\"It's the environments in which we live. It's the poverty, it's the poor housing, it's the lack of educational opportunities, it's the job opportunities,\" he says.\n\n\"Economic policy, housing policy, all of those things make a difference to health, far more so than the treatment the NHS can provide.\"\n\nSo what has this coronavirus pandemic told us about the underlying state of our health - and more broadly, our society?\n\nEarlier this year an influential report warned that life expectancy - particularly among the poor - had stalled.\n\nNow the author of that report, Sir Michael Marmot, says coronavirus has reinforced the connection between poverty and ill health.\n\n\"Health and health equity, the fair distribution of health, tell us a great deal about how well society is doing,\" he says.\n\n\"And the fact that health stopped improving, life expectancy has stalled, and inequality in life expectancy is increasing - that told us that over the last decade, society had stopped improving and inequalities in society had been increasing.\n\n\"So when the pandemic came, it just exaggerated, it exposed and amplified those inequalities.\"\n\nFor many public health experts, the coronavirus crisis is the inevitable consequence of decades-long failure to address our unhealthy habits.\n\nProf John Wass has spent much of his professional life studying a pandemic that has been growing steadily for decades - obesity.\n\n\"The fact that we have one of the highest death rates in the world is something which really does need to be understood,\" he says.\n\n\"We are not a healthy nation with regard to, for example, the statistics for obesity, the statistics for diabetes, and so on.\n\n\"This is not a simple thing. It's not just selling fewer McDonalds on the high street.\n\n\"We need a situation where health is linked to education, it's linked to healthy eating and agriculture, it's linked to business.\n\n\"So we need a joined-up approach between all the government departments.\n\n\"It's complicated - but this is a complicated thing that needs a solution.\"\n\nGovernments set the direction of policy, but the job of creating real change on the ground falls to people like Sheffield's director of public health.\n\nAnd despite the challenges posed by coronavirus, Greg Fell is still optimistic that the situation we find ourselves in might present an opportunity.\n\n\"We know that we have neglected the health of the public for many, many years,\" he says. \"Now is a perfect time to start to put some of that right.\n\n\"We know that health is unequally distributed. We know that people who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds live shorter lives and in poorer health than those of us who are white British.\n\n\"We know that those who are disabled live shorter lives in poorer health. We know those who live in the poorest parts of our towns have shorter lives and poorer health.\n\n\"So now's a perfect time to put that right, there's never been a better time to put that right.\"\n\nAs communities across the UK reflect on their experience of coronavirus, the challenge for political leaders is how to apply the lessons of the pandemic.\n\nIt's hard to draw any conclusion other than a real transformation of our nation's health will need fundamental changes in society.", "One person has been fined for not wearing a face covering in a shop in the first two weeks since it became compulsory.\n\nPolice officers spoke to the man after seeing him without a mask in a supermarket in Jedburgh on 16 July.\n\nHe was advised of the guidelines but refused to comply and was given a £60 fixed penalty notice (FPN).\n\nA spokeswoman confirmed it was the only FPN police had issued since the rule was introduced in Scotland on 10 July.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie said: \"The chief constable has made it clear that we are asking people to take personal responsibility to do the right thing and remember the purpose of these measures is to aid the collective effort to stay safe, protect others and save lives by preventing the virus from spreading.\n\n\"Our officers will continue to engage with the public, explain the legislation and guidance and encourage compliance. We will use enforcement as a last resort only where there is a clear breach of the legislation.\"\n\nHe added: \"A number of exemptions exist that mean certain people are not required to wear a face covering in a shop.\n\n\"We would encourage people to raise any concerns with business owners or staff in the first instance.\"", "PC Andrew Harper was killed while responding to a report of a quad bike being stolen by masked men\n\nIt was a killing that sparked tributes across the world and an \"outpouring of love\" for a police officer who was killed in the line of duty.\n\nPC Andrew Harper was \"doing no more than his job\" when he was dragged for more than a mile to his death after his feet got caught in a strap trailing behind a suspect's getaway car.\n\nAs news broke of the 28-year-old's death, a wave of grief and love spread across the country for the officer, who had recently married his childhood sweetheart Lissie.\n\nThe newlyweds had been looking forward to their honeymoon in the Maldives.\n\nPC Harper married his childhood sweetheart Lissie four weeks before his death\n\nOn the night of 15 August 2019, PC Harper responded with a colleague to a 999 call about a quad bike theft, despite it being four hours past the end of their shifts.\n\nThe men were on their way home - they didn't have to respond - but they made a decision to go beyond the call of duty. It was a decision that would cost PC Harper his life.\n\nAlmost a year on from his death, three teenagers - Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole - have been convicted of the manslaughter of PC Harper. They were cleared of his murder.\n\nAt the time of the killing last year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the officer's death was \"the most powerful reminder that police officers up and down the country put themselves at risk every single day to keep us safe\".\n\nForces up and down the land held a minute's silence for \"Harps\", who was described as a \"dearly loved and respected colleague\", who was a \"hero\".\n\nFootball teams held silences before kick-off and the officer's hometown of Wallingford in Oxfordshire decorated shop windows with ribbons representing the \"thin blue line\".\n\n\"Nobody's been given a script... it just seemed to take hold,\" said PC Harper's friend Andy Ledbury, who put up a blue ribbon outside his plant nursery.\n\n\"It's been really emotional for people that knew him, but we didn't realise how much other people felt the same grief,\" he told the BBC.\n\nIn the weeks following, PC Harper's widow and family members led a \"Ride of Respect\" involving thousands of motorcyclists, while 20,000 epaulettes and badges from around the world were used to create a 55ft (17m) long mural.\n\nMrs Harper said \"the messages, support and kind words\" had been \"overwhelming\".\n\nShe placed his police helmet on his coffin during a funeral service at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, after colleagues and crowds lined the streets of the city to pay their respects.\n\nHundreds of motorbikes packed out RAF Benson to pay tribute to PC Harper\n\nBut while his colleagues mourned the death of one of their own, detectives were required to push emotions aside for the murder investigation.\n\nDet Supt Stuart Blaik, the senior investigating officer in the case, said his team didn't have an \"awful lot to go on in the very early stages\".\n\nThe detective said the \"challenge was always going to be identifying who was in the car at that particular time\", due to it being used by several people.\n\nOfficers lined the streets as the cortege travelled through Oxford\n\nDuring the investigation, police officers and staff took 1,250 statements, visited more than 1,000 homes and pursued 1,122 lines of inquiry.\n\nInitially 10 males, aged between 13 and 30, were arrested at the Four Houses Corner caravan site, before Long, Bowers and Cole went on trial accused of murder at the Old Bailey in March.\n\nThe trio admitted conspiring to steal a quad bike along with Thomas King, 21, from Basingstoke.\n\nFor the first time, jurors heard the details of PC Harper's brutal killing - many of which were too graphic for publication.\n\nHowever, the trial collapsed due to the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nHenry Long, Albert Bowers, and Jessie Cole (l-r), all from travelling families, left school well before they were 16 and had a long history of stealing\n\nAs the retrial began in June, new jurors were placed 2m (6ft 6in) apart, while members of the press and the public followed proceedings on monitors in neighbouring courtrooms.\n\nThis new jury heard how Long, 19, Bowers and Cole, both 18, had hitched a Honda quad bike to the back of a Seat Toledo at a home near Stanford Dingley, Berkshire, and made off into the darkness as the vehicle's owner dialled 999.\n\nThe teenagers soon found themselves face to face with PC Harper and PC Andrew Shaw, who were in an unmarked police BMW.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peter Wallis dialled 999 to say he could see \"four masked men\" brandishing weapons\n\nAs Long drove around the police car to escape, PC Harper got out of his vehicle and tried to apprehend Cole, who had unhitched the bike and was running behind the Seat driven by Long.\n\n\"Unwittingly\" stepping with both feet into the trailing tow-strap, the officer became \"lassoed\" to the vehicle as it sped off and dragged him just over a mile before he became detached from the vehicle and died in the road.\n\nColleagues only realised it was one of their own who had been killed due to his police uniform, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC said.\n\nThe strap PC Harper got caught in was attached to a Seat Toledo\n\nThe prosecution's case was that it would have been \"obvious\" to the defendants they were dragging PC Harper behind, but they decided not to stop.\n\nTo drive at such speeds and \"seek to throw the officer free\" was a \"clear indication there was an intention in all three to kill him\", Mr Laidlaw told the jury.\n\nAfter being arrested during raids in the early hours of 16 August, the three teenagers denied being involved, before changing their stories when faced with compelling evidence.\n\nLong, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder and said he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nBowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, confirmed they were passengers in the Seat, but denied ever seeing the police officer.\n\nDet Supt Blaik said the defendants made a \"conscious decision\" \"not to assist the police\" and said their family and friends had tried to \"frustrate\" the investigation.\n\nPC Harper was dragged for more than a mile by the car\n\nSecurity around the first trial into PC Harper's death was stepped up after police uncovered a plot by \"associates of the defendants to intimidate the jury\".\n\nProceedings were halted to discuss measures to safeguard jurors after someone in the public gallery was seen pointing at them.\n\nJudge Mr Justice Edis ruled it necessary to put measures in place to ensure the jury was not intimidated, even though the risk was \"low\".\n\nHe approved measures to provide a private room for jurors to use throughout the trial and ordered that anyone using the public gallery must provide photographic identification.\n\nAfter four weeks of evidence and 12 hours, 22 minutes of deliberations, jurors acquitted all three defendants of murder.\n\nThe jury found Bowers and Cole guilty of manslaughter. Long had previously admitted the same offence.\n\nDet Supt Blaik said PC Harper \"paid the ultimate price\" for going beyond the call of duty, but added \"that is what police officers do up and down the country, day in and day out\".\n\n\"We go towards trouble, we don't run away from it,\" he said.\n\nPC Harper died after his ankles became entangled in a tow-strap attached to a car\n\nMrs Harper said her husband was the \"kindest, loveliest, most selfless person you will ever meet\".\n\n\"I want to be angry that your job took you away from us but I know you loved it and always wanted to keep everyone safe, especially me,\" she said.\n\n\"Our superman, our bodyguard, our light in the dark. My God we will miss you.\"", "Women who have Covid-19 are unlikely to pass on the infection to their babies during childbirth if precautions are in place, a small study suggests.\n\nOf 120 babies born at three hospitals in New York, none tested positive for the disease after being born to infected mothers.\n\nThe results appeared similar two weeks later after some had been breastfed and shared a room with their mothers.\n\nExperts say the results are reassuring but larger trials are needed.\n\nData on the risk of Covid-19 transmission during pregnancy and while breastfeeding is scarce, so recommendations for pregnant women and new mothers vary.\n\nIn the UK, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists suggests mothers should share a room with their babies and breastfeed if they wish, but with appropriate precautions.\n\nTogether with the World Health Organization (WHO), they say the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh the potential risks of Covid-19 spread.\n\nMeanwhile, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention suggests considering a temporary separation of the newborn from a mother, to reduce the risk of spreading the virus to the baby. It says mothers in this situation may consider expressing breast milk.\n\nIn this study, mothers and babies were allowed to stay in the same room and mothers could breastfeed - with measures such as wearing face masks and frequent handwashing. Babies had enclosed cribs about 2m (6ft) from the mother's bed.\n\nResearchers acknowledge almost a third of the babies did not have further tests after birth, partly because parents did not want to bring them back to a clinical environment during a pandemic.\n\nNevertheless, Dr Christine Salvatore, who led the study, said: \"We hope our study will provide some reassurance to new mothers that the risk of them passing Covid-19 to their babies is very low.\n\n\"However, larger studies are needed to better understand the risks of transmission from mother to child.\"\n\nProf Marian Knight, who leads the UK's national surveillance of Covid-19 in pregnancy, said the research provided reassurance and supported current guidance.\n\nShe said: \"More than 1,000 mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection have given birth in the UK, and only 1-2% of their babies have had a positive test for SARS-CoV-2. Infection does not appear to cause severe illness in these babies.\n\n\"This small US study also indicates transmission of infection from mother to baby is uncommon with simple precautions such as the wearing of face masks by mums with Covid-19.\"\n\nThe study is published in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.\n• None Is the risk from Covid-19 higher during pregnancy?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray is set to leave Woman's Hour after 33 years.\n\nDame Jenni is the longest-serving presenter in the Radio 4 show's 74-year history.\n\nDuring her time on the show she conducted memorable interviews with female figures as varied as Bette Davis, Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton; Kate McCann and Margaret Atwood.\n\nShe said it is now \"time to move on\".\n\n\"I've spent nearly half my life with Woman's Hour and it's been a privilege ‎and delight to inform, educate and entertain a loyal and growing audience of women and men,\" said Dame Jenni.\n\n\"Saying goodbye will be very hard to do, but it's time to move on.\"\n\nIn 2011, she received a damehood in recognition of her contribution to broadcasting during a career that also saw her pick up two Sony Awards and be made a member of the Radio Academy Hall of Fame.\n\nOther highlights included interviews with actors Dame Judi Dench, Saoirse Ronan and her own personal favourite singer, Joan Baez.\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall described the outgoing presenter as \"remarkable\", adding that \"few have matched her outstanding contribution to the BBC and our audience\".\n\n\"For more than three decades, Jenni has been an unmistakeable and warm voice that has interviewed many of the most well-known women in the world, and helped illuminate issues that matter. The radio airwaves won't be the same without her,\" he added.\n\nDame Jenni announced on-air in 2006 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. On her return to work the following year she spoke about her hair loss and the importance of hair in defining femininity.\n\nMohit Bakaya, Controller of Radio 4, praised her for tackling \"important issues\" and having \"difficult conversations about the experiences of women\".\n\n\"I want to thank her for her wonderful commitment to Woman's Hour, to Radio 4 in general, and for the passion she has shown for the topics explored during her time on the programme,\" said Bakaya.\n\nIn 2018 Dame Jenni pulled out of an Oxford University talk amid a backlash over comments she made about transgender people.\n\nShe was invited to speak at an event called Powerful British Women in History and Society, but the student union's LGBTQ Campaign said she had made \"transphobic comments\" in a 2017 newspaper article for the Sunday Times headlined \"Be trans, be proud - but don't call yourself a 'real woman'\".\n\nThe Oxford University History Society subsequently said she had cancelled her appearance \"for personal reasons\".\n\nDame Jenni wrote \"it takes more than a sex change and make-up\" to \"lay claim to womanhood\" and has previously said she was not \"transphobic or anti-trans\", adding she believed trans people \"should be treated with respect\" and protected from \"bullying and violence\".\n\nDame Jenni's final programme will be broadcast on 1 October, and a new Woman's Hour presenter will be announced in due course.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "More than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves\n\nA major DNA study has shed new light on the fate of millions of Africans who were traded as slaves to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.\n\nMore than 50,000 people took part in the study, which was able to identify more details of the \"genetic impact\" the trade has had on present-day populations in the Americas.\n\nIt lays bare the consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism.\n\nMore than 12.5m Africans were traded between 1515 and the mid-19th Century.\n\nSome two million of the enslaved men, women and children died en route to the Americas.\n\nThe DNA study was led by consumer genetics company 23andMe and included 30,000 people of African ancestry on both sides of the Atlantic. The findings were published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.\n\nSteven Micheletti, a population geneticist at 23andMe told AFP news agency that the aim was to compare the genetic results with the manifests of slave ships \"to see how they agreed and how they disagree\".\n\nWhile much of their findings agreed with historical documentation about where people were taken from in Africa and where they were enslaved in the Americas, \"in some cases, we see that they disagree, quite strikingly\", he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo creates sculptures of slaves to immerse people in their experience.\n\nThe study found, in line with the major slave route, that most Americans of African descent have roots in territories now located in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\nWhat was surprising was the over-representation of Nigerian ancestry in the US and Latin America when compared with the recorded number of enslaved people from that region.\n\nResearchers say this can be explained by the \"intercolonial trade that occurred primarily between 1619 and 1807\".\n\nThey believe enslaved Nigerians were transported from the British Caribbean to other areas, \"presumably to maintain the slave economy as transatlantic slave-trading was increasingly prohibited\".\n\nLikewise, the researchers were surprised to find an underrepresentation from Senegal and The Gambia - one of the first regions from where slaves were deported.\n\nResearchers put this down to two grim factors: many were sent to work in rice plantations where malaria and other dangerous conditions were rampant; and in later years larger numbers of children were sent, many of whom did not survive the crossing.\n\nSome two million people did not survive the horrendous conditions aboard ship\n\nIn another gruesome discovery, the study found that the treatment of enslaved women across the Americas had had an impact on the modern gene pool.\n\nResearchers said a strong bias towards African female contributions in the gene pool - even though the majority of slaves were male - could be attributed to \"the rape of enslaved African women by slave owners and other sexual exploitation\".\n\nIn Latin America, up to 17 African women for every African man contributed to the gene pool. Researchers put this down in part to a policy of \"branqueamento\", racial whitening, in a number of countries, which actively encouraged the immigration of European men \"with the intention to dilute African ancestry through reproduction\".\n\nAlthough the bias in British colonised America was just two African women to one African man, it was no less exploitative.\n\nThe study highlighted the \"practice of coercing enslaved people to having children as a means of maintaining an enslaved workforce nearing the abolition of the transatlantic trade\". In the US, women were often promised freedom in return for reproducing and racist policies opposed the mixing of different races, researchers note.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do we do with the UK's symbols of slavery?\n\nThe Black Lives Matter movement has shone a light on the damaging legacy of colonialism and slavery on African Americans and other people of African heritage around the world. Statues of colonial-era slave traders have been pulled down as protesters demand an end to the glorifying of symbols of slavery.", "Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies.\n\nThe review of evidence by Public Health England found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care.\n\nAnd the risk grew substantially as weight increased.\n\nThe release comes ahead of an expected government announcement of new measures to curb obesity.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the current evidence was clear, that being overweight or obese puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, as well as from many other life-threatening diseases.\n\n\"Losing weight can bring huge benefits for health - and may also help protect against the health risks of Covid-19,\" she said. \"The case for action on obesity has never been stronger.\"\n\nThe UK has one of the highest levels of obesity in Europe. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with similar figures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe NHS says most adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 to 39.9 are classed as obese.\n\nBody mass index is calculated by dividing a person's mass in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.\n\nAnother measure of excess fat is waist size - men with a waist of 94cm or more and women with a waist of 80cm or more are more likely to develop obesity-related problems.\n\nSupporting people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight may reduce the severe effects of Covid-19 on the population, especially among vulnerable groups who are most affected by obesity, the report said.\n\nProf Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford, said we already know that older people, men, those from South Asian and some other ethnic groups, and people living in more deprived areas, are at increased risk from Covid-19.\n\n\"Over and above these things, this review shows that excess weight is another very important risk factor,\" she said.\n\nThere was anecdotal evidence that some people were struggling with their weight during the pandemic, she added, which offered a \"re-set moment\" for everyone to think about their lifestyle.\n\nAccording to the report, while some data suggests that more people have exercised during lockdown, evidence indicates that the nation's exercise levels have not increased overall.\n\nMeanwhile, snack food and alcohol sales from High Street shops have increased.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to announce new measures soon to combat obesity, including a ban on TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nThe measures are yet to be finalised, but are also likely to include a ban on online ads for unhealthy foods, and limits on in-store promotions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the \"first few weeks and months\" of the UK outbreak.\n\nThe PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were \"very open questions\" about whether the lockdown had started too late.\n\nMr Johnson also spoke of \"lessons to be learned\" and said ministers could have done some things \"differently\".\n\nLabour accused the government of \"mishandling\" the crisis.\n\nMore than 45,000 people in the UK have died after testing positive for coronavirus, government figures show, with almost 300,000 cases confirmed.\n\nLast week, Mr Johnson promised an \"independent\" inquiry into the pandemic, but no details have been given of its scope or timing.\n\nPreviously, the prime minister has said he took the \"right decisions at the right time\", based on the advice of scientists.\n\nBut, in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg to mark the first anniversary of his entering Downing Street, he said: \"We didn't understand [the virus] in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months.\n\n\"And I think, probably, the single thing that we didn't see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person.\"\n\nMr Johnson wants to use the government's experience of what happened during the pandemic to speed up his agenda, to \"double down on levelling up\", as he puts it in his peculiar political jargon.\n\nIn other words, to push ahead with more determination, and less fudge in Whitehall, with the changes that he says will actually improve the lives of voters, particularly those who voted Tory for the first time in 2019.\n\nWhile preparing the NHS for a potential second surge, he clearly wants to concentrate on what's next, not what's gone before.\n\nBut perhaps until the government is really ready to acknowledge what has happened, the questions will continue - and the public may still feel anxious about whether they can really trust ministers to handle a second surge next time round.\n\nJust as 366 days ago, optimism is Boris Johnson's trademark.\n\nBut if the last few months have shown anything, it is that the real challenge of life in power, is that events that can surprise.\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I think it's fair to say that there are things that we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages...There will be plenty of opportunities to learn the lessons of what happened.\"\n\nThe UK went into full lockdown in late March, which critics say was too late and cost lives.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"Maybe there were things we could have done differently, and of course there will be time to understand what exactly we could have done, or done differently.\"\n\nBoris Johnson was himself diagnosed with coronavirus in March\n\nHe added that these were still \"very open questions as far as [scientists] are concerned, and there will be a time, obviously, to consider all those issues\".\n\nOn Friday, the government announced that 30 million people in England would be offered a flu vaccine this year, to reduce pressure on the NHS in case of a surge in coronavirus infections during the autumn and winter.\n\nMr Johnson said this was in addition to increased testing and tracing and more procurement of personal protective equipment, adding: \"What people really want to focus on now is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase.\"\n\nHe said: \"We mourn every one of those who lost their lives and our thoughts are very much with their families. And I take full responsibility for everything that government did.\"\n\nThe prime minister, who was himself placed in intensive care in April after contracting coronavirus, said he would \"very soon\" set out new measures to deal with obesity, seen as an added risk factor for patients.\n\nIn December, Mr Johnson's Conservative Party pulled off a convincing general election win over Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, after promising to \"level up\" all parts of the UK.\n\nAnd, despite the economic damage caused by coronavirus in the past four months or so, the prime minister promised more nurses, doctors, hospitals and police, saying his government's priorities were \"exactly what they always have been, except more so. We're doubling down.\"\n\n\"The agenda is what it was when I stood on the steps of Downing Street a year ago, but we want to go further and we want to go faster.\"\n\nMr Johnson reminisced about first entering No 10 as prime minister on 24 July 2019, saying it \"was very exciting, and everybody seemed to be in a very good mood\" and \"happy, upbeat\". He added that coronavirus had caused many \"difficulties\" since then.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Psychologically it's been an extraordinary time for the country,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"But I also know that this is a nation with incredible natural resilience, and fortitude and imagination. And I think we will bounce back really much stronger than ever before.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"Boris Johnson has finally admitted the government has mishandled its response to the coronavirus.\n\n\"It was too slow to acknowledge the threat of the virus, too slow to enter lockdown and too slow to take this crisis seriously.\"\n\nThe threat of a second wave of infections was \"still very real\", he added, while it was \"imperative the government learns the lessons of its mistakes so we can help to save lives\".\n\nActing Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said an \"immediate\" coronavirus inquiry was \"essential\", and that the prime minister had shown \"no remorse\" for his \"catastrophic mistakes\".", "The UK government borrowed a record £127.9bn between April and June as tackling the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the public finances.\n\nThe figure - the difference between spending and tax income - was more than double the £55.4bn borrowed in the whole of the previous tax year.\n\nHowever, borrowing in June was lower than in May at £35.5bn.\n\nThe re-opening of more retailers and other firms saw a drop in furlough scheme spending and a rise in tax take.\n\nNevertheless, June's borrowing figure was still the third highest monthly total since records began in 1993 and about five times more than the same month last year.\n\nThe figure took total government debt to a record £1.98 trillion.\n\nThe director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, told the BBC that the borrowing in the first three months of the financial year was \"the most we would ever have borrowed over a quarter\".\n\n\"It is more than double over this first quarter than we were expecting to borrow over the entire year and we'll be looking to borrow a lot more as a fraction of the size of the economy over this year than we did during the financial crisis.\n\n\"Probably something around 15% of national income, maybe a bit more, which is easily the most we've ever borrowed in a year outside of the first and second world wars.\"\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said debt at the end of June 2020 as a percentage of economic output was 99.6%, the highest debt to GDP ratio since the financial year ending March 1961.\n\nBut the ONS also warned that its borrowing estimates are currently \"subject to greater than usual uncertainty\".\n\nIt has revised down May's borrowing figure by £9.8bn to £45.5bn, mainly because tax receipts and National Insurance contributions were higher than previously estimated.\n\nThomas Pugh, UK economist at Capital Economics said the fact that borrowing fell in June suggested that government support was starting to wind down as the economy reopened.\n\n\"However, government borrowing is still rising at an exceptional rate and we suspect that a slowdown in the recovery and further rise in unemployment later this year will prompt the government to announce additional fiscal spending at the next Budget,\" he added.\n\nAs businesses reopened in June, some were able to wean themselves off state support. But that still meant the deficit for the first quarter of this financial year was more than twice that for last year as a whole.\n\nAnd there's more to come. Economists say the chancellor's Plan for Jobs, the package intended to support firms and workers as the furlough schemes are wound down, won't be enough to stem the spread of layoffs.\n\nWith even Rishi Sunak's own forecasters predicting joblessness could top four million, many expect extra help will have to be unveiled in the Autumn Budget.\n\nThen what? Already, the deficit is likely to top £300bn this year. There is a limit to how much the government can and will borrow cheaply to plug that.\n\nThe chancellor today repeated his vow to get the coffers back on to a sustainable path of in the \"medium term\". With austerity out of fashion, that's code for tax rises when he thinks the economy can bear it. The question is not only when that will be - but how much.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"It's clear that coronavirus has had a significant impact on our public finances, but we know without our response things would have been far worse.\n\n\"The best approach to ensure our public finances are sustainable in the medium-term is to minimise the economic scarring caused by the pandemic.\n\n\"I am also clear that, over the medium-term, we must, and we will, put our public finances back on a sustainable footing.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Sunak launched the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which will set out the government's plans for this parliament.\n\nThe Treasury said one of the priorities would be \"strengthening the UK's economic recovery from COVID-19 by prioritising jobs and skills\".\n\nBut it added: \"Given the impact COVID-19 has had on the economy, the chancellor was clear there will need be tough choices in other areas of spending at the review.\"\n\nPwC senior economist Alex Tuckett said June's \"moderately lower borrowing numbers - and a downwards revision to the deficit in May - should not distract from dramatic repercussions for public finances\".\n\n\"After announcing further stimulus measures this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will face a delicate balancing act in trying to bring the deficit down to less dramatic levels whilst avoiding pulling the fiscal rug from under the economic recovery,\" he added.\n\nLast week, the government's spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, said the government was on course to borrow £372bn this year to pay for the shortfall between tax revenues and public spending.\n\nThis includes extra borrowing to pay for the chancellor's £30bn package unveiled earlier this month to protect jobs and boost the economy.\n\nWith the UK's debt pile set to grow substantially, Robert Chote, the OBR's outgoing chairman, said policymakers faced tough choices.\n\n\"In practice, no government could allow net debt to persist for long on these explosive paths, as it would find it hard to finance its mounting deficits,\" he said.\n\nHe said getting the UK's debt share back down to around 75% of GDP would require tax rises or spending cuts of about £60bn in today's money every decade for the next 50 years.", "A video shows two teenagers who dragged a police officer to his death laughing as they left court after a previous appearance.\n\nAlbert Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Jessie Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, both 18, were filmed ahead of the trial into the death of PC Andrew Harper.\n\nPC Harper died from catastrophic injuries after his ankles got caught in a strap trailing behind a vehicle driven by Henry Long, in August 2019.\n\nLong, 19, had earlier admitted manslaughter but was cleared of murder.\n\nAlbert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, were cleared of murder but found guilty at the Old Bailey of manslaughter", "Footage has been released of the moment two teenagers were arrested following the death of a police officer.\n\nThe body-worn camera video shows Henry Long, 19, from Mortimer, Reading, and Albert Bowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, being arrested in August last year.\n\nIn the video Mr Long asks the arresting officer: \"Does it look like I've done a murder?\"\n\nThe court heard PC Harper, from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, died when his ankles inadvertently got caught by the strap used to tow a stolen quad bike from a house in Stanford Dingley on 15 August last year. He was dragged for more than a mile and died at the scene.\n\nFollowing a trial at the Old Bailey, Long was found not guilty of murder, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter, Bowers was found guilty of manslaughter along with Jessie Cole, 18, of Paices Hill near Reading.", "The UK and EU have said they still remain some way off reaching a post-Brexit trade agreement, following the latest negotiations in London.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said a deal looked \"at this point unlikely\" given the UK position on fishing rights and post-Brexit competition rules.\n\nHis UK counterpart David Frost said \"considerable gaps\" remained in these areas, but a deal was still possible.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the December deadline to reach a deal.\n\nThis was the second official negotiation round to be held in person since the coronavirus crisis, after both sides agreed to \"intensify\" talks in June.\n\nThe two sides' chief negotiators are due to meet informally in London next week, with another round of official talks scheduled for mid-August in Brussels.\n\nSpeaking after the talks, Mr Barnier said the UK had not shown a \"willingness to break the deadlock\" over fisheries and post-Brexit rules on competition.\n\n\"By its current refusal to commit to conditions of open and fair competition and to a balanced agreement on fisheries, the UK makes a trade agreement at this point unlikely,\" he told reporters.\n\nHe said there was a risk of no deal being reached unless the UK changed course on the topics, which were \"at the heart\" of the EU's trade interests.\n\nHe added that an agreement would be needed by October \"at the latest\" so it could be ratified before the current post-Brexit transition period ends in December.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Frost said fisheries and the rules on competition - known as \"level playing field\" provisions - remained the \"most difficult areas\".\n\nHe said he still believed a deal could still be reached in September, but the government must \"face the possibility\" one will not be struck.\n\nBut he added the EU had shown a \"pragmatic approach\" over British demands to limit the role of the European Court of Justice after the transition period ends.\n\nIf the last four years, or even 40 years, have taught us anything about negotiations and the European Union, it is that they go on a bit and rarely are they concluded without the deadline being not just imminent, but, well...pretty much now.\n\nAnd this is not that point, yet.\n\nIt was always very unlikely this would be the moment where a document would be pulled triumphantly from the inside of a suit pocket, a deal done.\n\nWhen Michel Barnier says a trade agreement between the UK and the EU is \"at this point unlikely\", your eye is drawn towards that word \"unlikely\".\n\nBut \"at this point\" matters too.\n\nBoth sides are still talking and compromise likes to turn up fashionably late.\n\nNone of this guarantees there will be a deal - there may not be.\n\nBut both sides want one, if they can find one they can live with.\n\nAnd remember, whatever happens between now and New Year's Eve, things will be different next year.\n\nLegally, Brexit happened at the end of January this year.\n\nIn practical terms, it happens at the start of January next year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Frost said the UK, which has so far insisted on a series of separate deals in different areas, was also willing to consider a \"simpler\" structure for an agreement.\n\nHowever he conceded previous UK demands for an \"early understanding\" on the principles of a deal by this month would not be reached.\n\nHe said EU offers to break the deadlock had so far failed to honour the \"fundamental principles which we have repeatedly made clear\".\n\nEach side says the other needs to make a move. And if there is to be a deal, it will probably come at the eleventh hour.\n\nThat means compromises will have to emerge in September before a deal is agreed in October - leaving both sides just enough time to ratify an agreement before the end of the year.\n\nThere have been suggestions of potential progress this week - on the role of the European Court of Justice and on the overall structure of a future agreement.\n\nBut differences between the two sides are substantial, and go to the heart of what the Brexit process is all about: how closely aligned will the UK be with the EU in the future?\n\nFor the UK sovereignty is key; for the EU the priority is to protect the integrity of its single market.\n\nAnd for now, the two sides often seem to be talking past each other in public.\n\nMr Barnier said that to agree a deal, the EU would require \"robust\" guarantees from the UK over its future rules for providing state support to companies.\n\nHe criticised the UK for providing \"no visibility\" on its future regime in this area, and called for it to share more details of its plans.\n\nThe UK is due to stop following EU \"state aid\" rules at the end of the transition period, and has not unveiled details of its subsequent regime.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously said he wants to make it easier for the UK government to provide assistance to struggling firms.", "We are now - again - one year away from the start of the Olympics in Tokyo\n\nFor some athletes, today was the last chance to take part in the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThey are too old, too exhausted or too financially stretched to wait for another year, after the pandemic forced its postponement.\n\nOne of them is 35-year-old Tetsuya Sotomura. When I met him on a sweltering afternoon earlier this week he was still hard at it in a converted factory building in a north Tokyo suburb, flying high into the air, spinning and tumbling on a massive trampoline.\n\nBack in 2008 Tetsuya placed 4th at the Beijing Olympics, just missing a bronze medal. Since then he's fought injury that put him out of London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Tokyo was to be his last hurrah, a hometown Olympics to end his trampolining career on a high. But another year is just too much.\n\n\"Back in 2008, if the Beijing Games had been postponed by a year I would have thought ok, it's another year to train, another year to grow,\" he tells me. \"But now I am 35. A year feels like a very long time. So, I have decided retirement is the only option.\"\n\nTetsuya Sotomura believes retirement is now his only option\n\nBut there is another reason Tetsuya is getting off the trampoline. He thinks Tokyo 2021 may never happen.\n\n\"It's so uncertain. No-one knows the probability. If what awaits us next year is cancellation, I would have lost another year for nothing. So that is another reason to go now.\"\n\nEnthusiasm for the Games has plummeted in Japan since Covid-19 arrived here in January. The Japanese government has closed Japan's borders to most foreigners to protect the country from imported cases, and many Japanese people are in no hurry to see them re-open for athletes or spectators.\n\nAfter retirement, Tetsuya is helping and coaching at his old trampoline gym in the north of Tokyo\n\nTV reporters have been visiting the towns due to host various foreign teams and asking locals how they feel. The residents of a town north of Tokyo due to host the Brazilian team were clearly struggling to maintain any semblance of enthusiasm. An opinion poll by the Kyodo news agency found just 23% of people in Japan now support holding the games if Covid-19 infections are still widespread next year.\n\nThe latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) do not make for happy viewing. More than 15 million infections worldwide, and that number is growing by about a million every four to five days.\n\nFrom the US to Brazil, from India to South Africa, suppression efforts are failing and infections are surging. Of course, a year feels like a long time, but many health experts say it is now very unlikely the pandemic will be contained by next summer.\n\nAt Kobe University Hospital in western Japan, Prof Kentaro Iwata says the only hope for the Olympics is a vaccine.\n\nThe status of the Olympics will remain uncertain without a vaccine, officials fear\n\n\"If a vaccine is available it could be a game changer,\" he says. \"Phase 1 and 2 trials have some promising results. I have not lost hope.\n\n\"But generally speaking vaccines don't eradicate a virus, they lower the incidence by about half. So, I don't think Covid-19 can be eradicated. Instead [even with a vaccine] it will continue into 2021.\"\n\nProf Iwata is particularly concerned looking at what is going on in the US, the country that more than any other pays for the Olympics.\n\n\"The US will suffer from Covid for many months to come,\" he says. \"Can athletes come from the US come here? Can we have the Olympics without Americans? Most likely not. The priority must be the safety of the athletes and of Japanese people.\n\n\"The US TV companies may not like that, but is the Olympics a sports competition or a TV show?\"\n\nThere is one seemingly simple solution: push the Tokyo Games back another year to 2022. It is far more likely the pandemic will have run its course by then. But that has been ruled out by the Japanese government. From his home in Montreal the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, Dick Pound, told me it is now 2021 or bust.\n\n\"What we do know is 2021 is our last chance,\" he says.\n\n\"It's not something we can put off until 2022 or 2023. I don't think it's fair to expect Japan to keep the balls in the air any longer. To the extent that it's safe for the athletes to come, every effort will be made for the Games to go forward.\n\n\"That said, if public health authorities in Japan and around the world conclude that it's not safe enough, there is probably no alternative but to say, 'oh well, the pandemic is the new war'.\"\n\nThe only occasions the Olympic Games have been cancelled was during the two World Wars, and one of those was - you guessed it - Tokyo, in 1940.\n\nA ceremony was held to reset the clock\n\nSo how about one final idea: a much-simplified Games, with foreign athletes going through quarantine before arrival but foreign spectators kept away?\n\nAccording to Dick Pound, this is a non-starter.\n\n\"In the North American phrase - you either have the fish or cut bait,\" he says. \"Japan would have to decide, do they want the Games to go ahead or are the risks too much? In which case Japan would probably propose, and the IOC would accept, cancellation.\"\n\nOn Thursday night inside the Olympic stadium they held a ceremony to reset the clock, one year until the opening ceremony. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe insists the Games must go on but Covid-19 is almost certainly not listening.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. ‘I couldn’t compete at Tokyo 2020 – but I can in 2021’", "The next Mulan is a live action remake of the animated hit movie\n\nWalt Disney has delayed and postponed the release of three major films, dealing a fresh blow to cinema operators struggling amid the pandemic.\n\nThe new Avatar and Star Wars films have been delayed by a year, while Mulan has been removed from schedules completely.\n\nMulan, already delayed because of cinema closures, had been scheduled for release at the end of August.\n\nA rise in virus cases in the US and the impact globally on film production forced the change.\n\n\"It's become clear that nothing can be set in stone when it comes to how we release films during this global health crisis,\" a Disney spokesman said. \"Today that means pausing our release plans for Mulan as we assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world.\"\n\nA rise in virus cases in the US and the impact globally on film production forced the change.\n\nNews that the release of three major Walt Disney films will be delayed or postponed is a fresh blow to cinema operators struggling amid the pandemic.\n\nIt had been hoped that Mulan might spark a late-summer rebound in cinema-going. The Avatar sequel is now set to debut in theatres in December 2022, and the next Star Wars movie in December 2023.\n\nOn Thursday, the AMC and Cineworld cinema chains pushed back the reopening date for their US outlets until at least mid-August, from the end of July.\n\nNew York City and Los Angeles, the two biggest markets in the US, have no concrete plans for reopening cinemas.\n\nWhile cinemas in England were allowed to reopen from 4 July - as long as social distancing guidelines were followed - the picture across North America is much more uncertain.\n\nIn China, the world's second largest movie market, cinemas started to reopen this week after being closed for six months due to social distancing measures.\n\nOne film expert said the delay in Mulan was a \"blessing in disguise\" for Disney given the rising tensions between the US and China.\n\nChris Fenton is the author of Feeding the Dragon, a book about the power struggle between China and American business, particularly Hollywood film studios.\n\n\"No film based on Chinese mythology, set in China, and full of Chinese faces would perform well in America given the current state of anti-Chinese sentiment,\" Mr Fenton said.\n\n\"And in China, the same underperformance would be reciprocated due to hostility towards the US and American-made products, of which, Mulan is one.\"\n\nThe Mulan delay follows Warner Bros' decision to postpone the August release of Christopher Nolan's thriller Tenet. Cinema owners were pinning hopes on the two films to salvage part of the lucrative summer season.\n\nAvatar 2 would have been one of next year's biggest films. It is the follow-up to James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster, which is the second highest-grossing film of all time.\n\nAnother delayed Disney film is Ridley Scott's historical thriller The Last Duel, which stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. That has been shifted from December of this year to October 2021.", "Boris Johnson says 'lessons to be learned' over handling of virus\n\nThe prime minister says the UK government didn't understand coronavirus in the \"first few weeks and months\" and has acknowledged there were things the government \"could have done differently\" in its handling of the virus. Speaking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Boris Johnson said there were \"lessons to be learned\" about how the virus was managed in the early stages. \"We didn't understand (the virus) in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months. \"The single thing that we didn't see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person. \"I think it's fair to say that there are things that we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages.\" The prime minister also said there were \"very open questions\" over whether lockdown came too late - a marked change from ministers' previous insistence that the right decisions were taken at the right time. Asked whether there was a delay in implementing a lockdown which ultimately cost lives, he said: \"Maybe there were things we could have done differently and of course there will be time to understand what exactly we could have done, or done differently.\"", "None of the St Mirren players have failed their regular Covid tests\n\nSix of the seven coaches and backroom staff at St Mirren who initially tested positive for Covid-19 have now been given the all-clear.\n\nThe Paisley club was put into lockdown after the first batch of results emerged on Thursday evening.\n\nBut further testing by the NHS has since confirmed just one positive case among staff at the Premiership outfit.\n\nMeanwhile, it has emerged Rangers face an SFA probe into whether the club may have breached testing protocols.\n\nThe SFA want to know if Ibrox players, who took part in a game against Dundee United on Wednesday, had been given the necessary results in time.\n\nAlthough no St Mirren player has tested positive, the Paisley side's planned Saturday friendly at home to St Johnstone has been cancelled.\n\nIn a statement posted on the club's website, St Mirren chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick said the one remaining staff member to have tested positive was in \"strict isolation\" and has not been in contact with any player or other staff member since Saturday.\n\n\"The club will continue to support and look after this staff member to ensure a full recovery,\" he added.\n\nHe said the club had \"complied robustly\" with the official testing and hygiene regime, and he said they would be \"urgently reviewing\" testing arrangements given the initial false positive results at a private facility.\n\nThe chief executive said players were tested on Monday and had returned 100% negative tests, however test results for seven of the coaching staff undertaken at the same time, showed they were positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"We immediately implemented strict isolation protocols and made further arrangements for the coaching staff to be retested at NHS testing facilities on Thursday 23rd,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm very pleased to report that six of the subsequent coaching staff tests have now come back negative this morning.\n\n\"The remaining member of the coaching staff has confirmed as a positive test result and continues to be in strict isolation and has not come into contact with any member of the playing or coaching staff since Saturday 18th July.\"\n\nFollowing the news from St Mirren Park, Premiership clubs have been ordered to revert to two Covid tests per week rather than one.\n\nScottish football's joint response group (JRG) said: \"We immediately contacted the Scottish government and the office of the clinical director for Scotland to relay this information.\n\n\"In light of this and other recent events, the JRG hereby notifies Scottish Premiership clubs that with immediate effect they must revert to twice-weekly testing protocols until further notice.\"\n\nSt Mirren, who start their competitive campaign at home to Livingston on 1 August, last played Hamilton Academical in a friendly on Saturday.\n\nHamilton Academical said all players and backroom staff were tested two days after that match, with all returned results being negative.\n\nA statement from the club said: \"Following the departure of the St Mirren squad on Saturday, the area used was cleaned and disinfected.\n\n\"The location occupied by St Mirren was a segregated area at the far end of our stadium and is separate from the areas used by Hamilton Accies' players and staff on a matchday. Subsequently on Monday, all players and backroom staff were tested with all results returned negative.\n\n\"Hamilton Academical will continue to follow advice from the SFA/SPFL joint response group.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Rangers' investigation relates to two friendly matches played on Wednesday.\n\nCurrent rules state players cannot take part in any matches unless they have negative test results from weekly screenings.\n\nThe Ibrox club's friendly against Motherwell on Wednesday was delayed by two hours due to results being held up.\n\nBut, earlier that day, squad members took part in another closed doors match against Dundee United at the club's training centre.\n\nThe SFA is now looking to see if the players who took part in that game had the necessary results in time.\n\nMotherwell and Hibs have also been asked to explain delayed results which have impacted matches.\n\nScottish football's governing body has already written to clubs reminding them of the importance of sticking to the rules ahead of the new season kicking off on 1 August.", "Elton John and Renate Blauel got married in 1984 and divorced four years later\n\nSir Elton John's ex-wife, Renate Blauel, is seeking an estimated £3m in damages amid claims the singer broke the terms of their divorce deal.\n\nThe sound engineer, who was married to the star for four years, is suing over passages in Sir Elton's 2019 memoir Me, and the hit movie Rocketman.\n\nMs Blauel claims these revealed details of the marriage, breaking an agreement they made when they divorced in 1988.\n\nThe disclosures triggered long-standing mental health problems, her claim said.\n\nIn response, Sir Elton's defence acknowledged the existence of the divorce agreement, which both parties signed, but denied any breaches or causing \"psychological harm\".\n\nAccording to papers filed at the High Court in London, Sir Elton agreed to remove certain passages from his autobiography before it was published last year, and in the final draft, Ms Blauel only appears on eight pages.\n\nSir Elton describes her in positive terms throughout the book, calling her \"dignified\", \"decent\" and \"someone I couldn't fault in any way\".\n\nMs Blauel has never spoken publicly about her marriage to Sir Elton\n\nHowever, Ms Blauel claims some of the remaining passages \"seriously misrepresented the nature of their relationship\".\n\nFor instance, Sir Elton claimed in his book that he did not enter their marriage with the intention of starting a family. Ms Blauel contests that they \"did attempt to have children during their relationship but were unable to do so\".\n\nA request to have this passage removed was rejected, according to court documents.\n\nShe also claimed not to have been consulted about her appearance in Rocketman, in which she was played by Celinde Schoenmaker - although the marriage took up less than five minutes of screentime.\n\nMs Blauel also said that, following the release of the movie and the memoir, a journalist had \"been trying to locate her in her local village\", causing her \"great anxiety\".\n\nHer lawyer, Yisrael Hiller, told the BBC that Sir Elton had \"ignored\" his promise to keep the details of their marriage private.\n\n\"Renate is particularly upset by the film,\" he added.\n\n\"In her mind, the film seeks to portray their marriage as a sham, which she wholeheartedly disputes and considers a false and disrespectful portrayal of their time together.\n\n\"Renate wants the privacy that was promised to her - that is why she is seeking an injunction. Any claim for monetary relief is secondary, and would just cover damages and future expenses caused by Elton's breaches.\"\n\nHer court filing does not suggest a figure for the damages, but the £3m sum is referred to in Sir Elton's defence, as a figure that had been disclosed in previous correspondence between the two parties.\n\nA source close to the singer told the BBC: \"Elton is shocked and saddened by Renate's claim after 30 years of a mutually amicable and respectful divorce, especially as he has only ever praised her publicly.\"\n\nThe pair met in 1983, as Sir Elton recorded his comeback album Two Low For Zero at London's Air Studios, where Ms Blauel worked as an engineer.\n\nThe couple married the following year in Australia, with Ms Blauel telling United Press International: \"He's the nicest guy I've ever met\".\n\nHowever, they divorced four years later. Sir Elton, who had told Rolling Stone magazine in 1976 that he was bisexual, subsequently told the same publication he was \"quite comfortable being gay\".\n\nThe star went on to marry filmmaker David Furnish in 2005, and the couple have two children.\n\nMs Blauel has kept a low profile since the divorce, but Sir Elton has previously spoken of his \"huge guilt and regret\" over the hurt he caused her.\n\nDetails of their legal dispute first emerged last month, when Ms Blauel filed for an injunction at London's High Court. Further details emerged after Sir Elton's team filed a response this week.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Police were called to reports of a shooting in Rochford car park on Willan Road\n\nA man and two teenagers have been injured in a triple shooting in north London. The man is now critically ill.\n\nThey were targeted on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham at about 00:45 BST, the Met Police said.\n\nOfficers believe the gunmen arrived in a car, carried out the shooting and then left in the same vehicle.\n\nDetectives say a 19-year-old man is in a critical condition and two 15-year-old boys are also in hospital with serious injuries.\n\nOne of the 15-year-old's injuries have been described as \"life changing\" while the other is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCommander Paul Brogden said: \"This was another appalling crime, where three young black males have become victims in our capital city, two of whom are actually children.\n\n\"The Metropolitan Police will leave no stone unturned to bring to justice those responsible, but we need the help of Londoners to break this cycle of violence.\"\n\nDet Ch Supt Treena Fleming said there will be extra police in the Tottenham area in order to investigate the shooting and reassure the community.\n\n\"I fully understand how frightening this will be,\" she added.\n\n\"These incidents cannot be tolerated, a society cannot be indifferent to the plight of young people who are being injured and killed on our streets.\"\n\nA BBC analysis of homicides across the capital show there have been more than 70 murder investigations started in the capital this year.\n\nNine of them have been as a result of fatal shootings - six of them have happened since the start of June.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Florida is fast becoming America's latest Covid-19 epicentre. The surge in the Sunshine State has been linked in part to younger Americans - but that doesn't mean there's no cause for concern.\n\nLike many Covid-19 stories, it started with a dry cough.\n\nFever, loss of taste and chest pain followed Sanjay Bharath's diagnosis in early March.\n\nMr Bharath, who is a hospital nurse in South Florida, says he caught the virus from a patient when the Covid-19 screening process for admissions was less strict. He was told to self-quarantine two days later.\n\nAt 34 years old, Mr Bharath does not fall into a virus-vulnerable age group. But 14 days after that first contact, he had coughed up blood and checked into the hospital.\n\nTwo days later, on 26 March, he was intubated.\n\n\"I didn't think it was too bad,\" he says, describing his first couple of hours in the ER. \"I honestly thought they weren't going to admit me at the hospital, just send me home with some sort of medication.\"\n\nAs his symptoms worsened, Mr Bharath says he would wake up in a fever-sweat every six hours, feeling chills and lightheaded and unable to catch his breath.\n\nSanjay Bharath, a 34-year-old nurse, was hospitalised over the virus\n\n\"I couldn't take a big breath without coughing and choking,\" he says. \"It's like you're running a marathon constantly just by sitting down.\"\n\nMr Bharath would remain on a ventilator for eight days.\n\nFlorida has been averaging nearly 10,000 new cases per day for the last week. On 12 July, the state broke the national record by reporting 15,300 cases in a single day. A Reuters analysis on 12 July found if Florida were a country, it would be fourth in the world for most new cases in a day.\n\nAs of 14 July, over 4,400 Floridians have died due to the virus and the state's weekly average has risen to 81 people each day by local counts. The same day saw the state's all-time highest daily death toll, with 132 reported deaths.\n\nFlorida saw the biggest daily jump in hospital admissions on 9 July, with more than 400 patients needing treatment, as well as 120 residents, including an 11-year-old girl, dying due to the virus.\n\nCritics say the number of deaths is probably higher, as Florida does not like other states report deaths suspected as having been caused by Covid-19. The state also has yet to report daily hospital admission rates, though officials have promised to do so.\n\nAlong with Texas and Arizona, the Sunshine State has fast become one of the regions with the highest surges in the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe positive test rate - which indicates how much the virus is spreading even with testing increases - is nearing 20%, the highest since early March when the pandemic hit the US. That's also four times the standard for reopening set by the World Health Organization, and double the recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control.\n\nFlorida only hit the 100,000 case mark on 22 June, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Just 13 days later, that number had doubled.\n\nNow, there are more than 287,000 cases.\n\n\"There's a lot of misinformation all over the web about the seriousness of this outbreak,\" says Dr Aileen Marty, a Florida International University infectious disease expert who has been working with state officials on the pandemic response. She says this is partly why Florida is now among the worst-hit regions.\n\n\"Since we don't have a consistent message in our state, let alone our country, there's even more confusion.\"\n\nIn May and June, Governor Ron DeSantis had said reopening was feasible as cases had declined. He promised no roll-backs.\n\nAs cases began rising, Mr DeSantis in June reversed his decision to allow bars to reopen. But he has refused to require masks statewide, though local leaders in major cities like Miami have done so, and has joined President Donald Trump in emphasising the importance of keeping the economy open.\n\n\"The way that we've acted after our initial lockdowns has perpetuated the problem,\" Dr Marty says. \"It was a failure because they didn't do it right the first time.\"\n\nDr Marty, who also serves as a World Health Organization adviser, says establishing a contact tracing and isolating system while the state was in lockdown was one key step that never happened.\n\nA lack of early testing of asymptomatic individuals plus weeks of civil unrest, between anti-lockdown protesters and marches against racial inequality, have also worsened the situation.\n\nBut even as Florida's numbers continue to trend upwards, Mr DeSantis said last week he felt the state's numbers had stabilised, telling residents: \"There's no need to be fearful.\"\n\nThe Republican governor has also downplayed the severity of Florida's outbreak by pointing to the increase in testing and younger Floridians being infected - particularly those aged 25 to 34 - as well as a lower death rate.\n\n\"Generally, deaths follow about two weeks behind when we get the positive tests,\" Dr Marty explains. She pushes back against the notion that America is doing well with deaths from this virus, saying even looking at just the raw data shows the nationwide rate - around 5.6% - is concerning.\n\n\"That's considering the fact that we're better at it now than we were,\" she adds. \"We're getting people in beds sooner, moving people to ICUs sooner.\"\n\nTesting, despite delays in getting results, has also aided mitigation. Medication is helping, though the Remdesivir antiviral drug is in short supply at some hospitals.\n\n\"I just don't understand people who say our death rate is great,\" Dr Marty says.\n\nYounger Americans have been blamed for surges across the country, and particularly in Florida, where most new cases are from those under age 30 on the heels of summertime weather and national holidays.\n\nThe median age of infections in Miami-Dade County, the state's most populous region, is 40. In Tallahassee, the median recently hit a low of 25 years old.\n\nBut just because younger people are less likely to die than the elderly from this disease does not make this surge less worrying. Health experts warn there are still serious risks and far too many unknowns about what contracting Covid-19 means in the long-term.\n\nRecent studies have found that some asymptomatic survivors lost some of their sense of smell, even if they did not notice a change. In scans, individuals who otherwise feel fine show signs of lung damage.\n\n\"There is a risk to [young people] now, which is small, and a risk for their future, which is unknown,\" Dr Marty says.\n\nIn hospital, Dr Marty has seen Covid patients develop clots that lead to strokes. Some clots lead to losing limbs. Others develop an inflammation of the heart. All this in addition to the damage to the lungs - the scarring they will feel the effects of for the rest of their lives.\n\nIn the last week alone she has cared for patients ranging from 30 to 80 years old.\n\n\"It's not one and done with this thing,\" she emphasises.\n\nThere are questions when it comes to herd immunity as well - with no proof yet that it works with this virus. Data from the six other coronaviruses that have caused infections in humans suggests none of them produce immunity lasting more than a year.\n\nMr Bharath was one of the first staff in his hospital to catch Covid-19, back in March.\n\nAfter being taken off the ventilator, the 34-year-old was moved from the ICU to recover for four days in a Covid-19-only unit - the same unit where he works now. No visitors were allowed in at all, even family.\n\n\"The recovery was a little difficult at first,\" Mr Bharath says. \"I was still really out of breath, I still had some pneumonia. It was still difficult breathing and moving around.\"\n\nIn the two weeks in hospital over Covid-19, Mr Bharath lost 20 lbs (9kg). Lying still in a hospital bed exacerbated a prior nerve issue in his feet - he lost some feeling in his toes while other tendons had stiffened up painfully. He was out of work for another six weeks.\n\nNow, four months since his hospital stay, Mr Bharath is still recovering. \"I still get short of breath a bit here and there,\" he says.\n\nWhen he returned to work at the start of June, he says he \"hesitated a little bit\".\n\n\"But I felt like I owed the staff and the employees, and there's still a job to be done, so I had to go back.\"\n\nThe never-ending work is beginning to take a toll on healthcare workers across the state. Staff are exhausted, frustrated, scared.\n\nAs of 13 July, there are just over 13,700 hospital beds - about 22% of the total - still available in the state, according to data from the Agency for Health Care Administration. Nearly half of all the ICUs in the state report being at least 90% full, leaving under 1,200 beds available. Over 40 hospitals are already at capacity.\n\n\"There's a limited number of trained and ready professionals,\" Dr Marty says. \"We're talking about doctors, we're talking about nurses, we're talking about aides of all kinds - that know how to even use the kind of equipment that we need to use. A brain surgeon has no idea how to use a ventilator.\"\n\nFlorida will be importing over 100 nurses in the next few days, and it seems likely the state will need to import doctors as well. Personal protective equipment - essential for keeping staff safe and containing the virus' spread in care settings - is also running low again.\n\n\"We're stressed out,\" Dr Marty says. \"Nurses are coming to me because they're being told to wear surgical masks instead of N95s because we don't have N95s.\"\n\nTesting continues to be America's ever-present problem. Without it, keeping Covid-19 contained is a shot in the dark.\n\nTesting sites have seen long wait times and delays in results\n\nThe US had begun to ramp up testing capacity, but demands now are threatening to overwhelm labs in Florida and nationwide. Machines are not able to keep up with the surge in tests, resulting in delays that in turn fuel community spread as people do not know if they're positive for days.\n\nMr Bharath says it's frustrating to see people continue to refuse to wear masks and deny that Florida's recent surge stemmed from its push to reopen.\n\n\"They're putting a lot of people at risk,\" he says, adding that there's always the fear that he might catch it again or bring it home to more vulnerable family members.\n\n\"The weird thing about this virus is it affects a lot of people differently,\" Mr Bharath says.\n\n\"Why take the risk at all if you can?\"", "The victim was found collapsed on Croydon Road\n\nA murder probe has been launched after a man died in what police believe was a shooting in south London.\n\nThe victim, thought to be in his 30s, was found collapsed on Croydon Road, Penge, near the junction with Tremaine Road, in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nHe was pronounced dead at the scene, becoming the second person to have been killed in the capital this weekend.\n\nPolice are appealing for witnesses. A crime scene is in place and no arrests have yet been made.\n\nScotland Yard said it is awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination, but believes the man died from gunshot injuries.\n\nInquiries are under way to confirm the man's identity and inform his next of kin.\n\nA few hours before the man was found in Penge, another man was stabbed to death in Kennington, south London.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The British Film Institute competition winners will have their two-minute long TV shows aired on national television.\n\nChildren from across the UK submitted videos about their life in lockdown. Celebrity mentors were assigned to each winner to help fine-tune their videos.\n\nThe winners for the 4-7 age group aired on Milkshake! and the 8-13 group aired on CITV between 8 -10 July, with indigenous language winners airing in Welsh (S4C) and Irish (TG4).\n\nThe 14-18 aged group videos will air on E4 on 15, 16, 17 July.", "Labour is joining the advertising boycott of Facebook \"in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement\", one of the party's senior MPs has said.\n\nShadow minister Rachel Reeves told the BBC the party wanted \"to express our concern about the failure of Facebook to take down some hateful material\".\n\nCompanies including consumer goods firm Unilever have also joined the campaign.\n\nFacebook has said harmful posts would be removed but some could stay if they have news value.\n\nThe Facebook advertising boycott was started by the \"Stop Hate for Profit\" campaign in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody in the US city of Minneapolis.\n\nThe organisers, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, accused Facebook of allowing \"racist, violent and verifiably false content to run rampant on its platform\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, Ms Reeves said: \"All MPs in the Labour Party use Facebook to get across our message, but what we're not doing at the moment is advertising on Facebook.\n\n\"And that is in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign but also in line with what many businesses are doing this month, which is to express our concerns about the failure of Facebook to take down some hateful material from their platform and take more responsibility for the lies and propaganda that are sometimes put out there on Facebook.\n\n\"Facebook needs to do more to take responsibility and this is just one way that businesses and the Labour Party and others can put pressure on Facebook to do the right things and take tougher action on hate crime and hate speech.\"\n\nOf the £40m spent by political parties during the 2017 election, around £3m went directly on Facebook ads, with the Conservatives spending twice as much as all the other parties combined.\n\nMark Zuckerberg with Facebook's head of global affairs, former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg\n\nResponding to the campaign towards the end of June, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defended the firm's record of taking down hate speech, pointing to a European Commission report that found the social network removed 86% of hate speech last year, up from 82.6%.\n\nHe said ads would be banned if they describe different groups, based on descriptors such as race or immigration status, as a threat - as well as content deemed to incite violence or suppress voting.\n\nHowever he also said occasionally content that violated the company's policies would be left up \"if the public interest value outweighs the risk of harm\".\n\n\"Often, seeing speech from politicians is in the public interest, and in the same way that news outlets will report what a politician says, we think people should generally be able to see it for themselves on our platforms,\" he said.\n\n\"We will soon start labelling some of the content we leave up because it is deemed newsworthy, so people can know when this is the case,\" he said.", "An artist's impression of what Rishi Sunak would have looked like if he had worn a mask\n\nWhen Chancellor Rishi Sunak served up katsu curries to customers in Wagamama this week, he had his customer service skills down to a tee - the smile, the small talk and even the diplomatic prowess to settle confusion over an order.\n\nBut one thing was missing - there wasn't a mask in sight. Of course it's not unusual for a British politician to be seen without a mask. Cabinet ministers are rarely spotted with covered faces.\n\nBy comparison their counterparts around the world - from Angela Merkel in Germany, to Shinzo Abe in Japan - have been pictured donning facial coverings in public.\n\nThen on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was photographed wearing one in a shop, in his constituency of Uxbridge. It came on the day he said all shoppers in England may soon have to wear face coverings in shops.\n\nIn England, it is currently mandatory to wear face coverings only on public transport and in hospitals, while people are merely advised to wear one in other enclosed public spaces.\n\nSo why aren't more of our politicians wearing face coverings? And could we soon see more of them in masks?\n\nDr Claudia Pagliari, a psychologist at the University of Edinburgh who specialises in global health, says there's no scientific study showing what politicians think. But she says it may have been a deliberate move to avoid masks.\n\nSome politicians may want to give the impression coronavirus \"doesn't pose much of a threat\". Or in the case of Mr Sunak's restaurant cameo, she says they could be trying to hammer home the message that the country is \"open for business\".\n\n\"Leaders may be trying to say to their domestic audience, and to the rest of the world: 'My country is strong, I am strong'.\"\n\nNeither the prime minister nor Mr Sunak wore face coverings when they visited Pizza Pilgrims\n\nPoliticians who are relatively new to their posts, like Mr Sunak or Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, may also want to win over voters with their faces.\n\nThey want \"to be recognised and also want to be seen as communicating with the public,\" she says.\n\nYet other politicians have been out and about wearing masks.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock donned one for a visit to a pharmacy last month. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden wore one to the Royal Academy this week - although he was following the gallery's rules.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was pictured in a tartan face covering weeks before they became compulsory in shops there. The rules in Scotland are currently tighter than those in England.\n\nAnd Dr Pagliari says gestures, such as Ms Sturgeon's, are \"a sign that you take this seriously and that you are complying - and that you expect other people to do the same\".\n\nOliver Dowden (centre) said the government's approach to face coverings is \"context specific\"\n\nThere are calls for UK authorities to change their policies on face coverings.\n\nThe British Medical Association has called for them to be worn \"as a matter of course\" and the Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science - has said people should carry one whenever they leave home so that they can put them on when they enter a crowded public space.\n\nA Royal Society report found 71 countries around the world require face coverings in all public places, and a further 15 in all indoor public places. The UK is not one of them.\n\nIts author Professor Melinda Mills, from the University of Oxford, says her international colleagues find it \"strange\" that the face coverings are a subject of debate in the UK.\n\nShe says Asian countries affected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003 have near-universal mask take-up. \"It's not even a discussion,\" she adds.\n\nNicola Sturgeon wore a tartan face covering during a visit to New Look in June\n\nShe thinks there is more resistance to wearing masks, compared to the guidance around hand-washing or social distancing, \"because it's so visual\".\n\nBut confused messaging has also played a part. In April, the World Health Organization said there was not enough evidence to say healthy people should wear masks. Last month, it changed its advice.\n\nProf Mills believes the confusion may, in part, explain why many British politicians aren't routinely seen in them. That in turn leaves the public \"confused\" and disengaged.\n\n\"It gives out a mixed message. You see one politician in Scotland wearing a mask and then the leader in England not wearing a mask so it immediately seeds doubt,\" she says.\n\n\"Whereas if you wear a mask, like politicians in virtually all countries across the world are doing, then you give a clear message and you set an example to the public that this is necessary - this is protecting me, but further more, and more importantly, it protects others.\"\n\nOn Friday, Boris Johnson seemed to suggest a change to policy in the UK was imminent. He said \"the balance of scientific opinion seems to have shifted more in favour\" of face masks.\n\n\"I don't think we are going to get to a world where we say everyone has to wear face coverings the whole time everywhere,\" he said, before adding: \"We need to be stricter in insisting that people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't usually meet.\"\n\nLater, he was photographed wearing a face mask in a shop in Uxbridge.\n\nTime will tell whether we see more politicians wearing face coverings in public places.", "Last updated on .From the section Crystal Palace\n\nA 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media.\n\nZaha revealed he had received several abusive messages on social media before Sunday's trip to Aston Villa, a game they lost 2-0.\n\nHis manager Roy Hodgson called the abuse \"cowardly and despicable\".\n\nThe Premier League called the abuse of the 27-year-old Ivory Coast winger \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nWest Midlands Police tweeted Zaha to say they would look into the abuse and hours later confirmed an arrest.\n\n\"We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy,\" read a WM Police tweet.\n\n\"The 12-year-old from Solihull has been taken to custody. Thanks to everyone who raised it. Racism won't be tolerated.\"\n\nSpeaking to Sky Sports before the arrest, Hodgson added: \"It's been highlighted at the moment anyway with the Black Lives Matter movement and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this behaviour.\n\n\"It is very sad that, on the day of a game, a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse. It's right Wilf has made people aware of it and I don't think this is something you should keep quiet about.\n\n\"He wants to put off one of our best players from playing well today, but to do it in the way he has chosen is totally inexcusable.\"\n\nThe Premier League said: \"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and the Premier League stands alongside Wilfried Zaha in opposing this, and discrimination in any form.\n\n\"We will continue to support players, managers, coaches and their family members who receive serious discriminatory online abuse.\"\n\nPlayers in England's top flight have been kneeling in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before every match since the season restarted in June.", "The Twelfth of July is not \"cancelled\" and should be celebrated at home, according to Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster.\n\nAlthough some individual bands are planning to hold parades, large demonstrations have been called off in 2020 because of the risk of Covid-19.\n\nMrs Foster acknowledged it would be a \"difficult\" year for many as a result.\n\nShe was speaking on the Orange Order's Radio Boyne station on Saturday evening.\n\nEach year, the organisation marks the anniversary of the victory of Protestant William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690.\n\nAlthough it has cancelled its summer parades along with the Royal Black Preceptory and Apprentice Boys of Derry, the Parades Commission has been notified of more than 250 parades from individual bands over the 11 to 13 July period.\n\nParades are usually held on 12 July but due to the Twelfth falling on a Sunday this year, it is being celebrated on Monday 13 July.\n\nThe latest Covid-19 guidance from the NI Executive allows for up to 30 people to meet outdoors while social distancing.\n\nThe commission said it considered it necessary to impose restrictions on three parades based upon \"pre-existing parading tensions in those specific locations\".\n\nIt added there had been a \"high level of positive engagement with the vast majority of organisers\".\n\nTwelfth of July parades take place every year in Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne\n\nMrs Foster said she was particularly missing celebrating the day with her sister and brother-in-law who live in England.\n\n\"We know it's all very difficult, but thanks to Grand Orange Lodge there's a good way to celebrate at home this year,\" she told Radio Boyne.\n\nReferring to the risks from coronavirus, the first minister said \"it's very much under control at present\".\n\n\"We don't want that to build up again when it could be a big challenge for us,\" she added.\n\n\"We're trying to protect the community, protect our older members.\"\n\nSupporting the Orange Order's '12th at home' campaign, Mrs Foster encouraged people to \"make memories with your children\" and said \"2020 will be a year we won't forget\".\n\n\"It's important we still celebrate the Twelfth and still celebrate our culture,\" she continued.", "This is the second ban on alcohol sales since South Africa's outbreak began\n\nSouth Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the spread of coronavirus.\n\nA night-time curfew has been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory.\n\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban - South Africa's second this year - would take pressure off the national healthcare system.\n\nIt comes as total infections exceed a quarter of a million.\n\nDeaths resulting from coronavirus have also risen to more than 4,000, and government projections estimate this could rise to 50,000 by the end of the year.\n\nSouth Africa remains the hardest-hit country on the continent, and earlier this week recorded its highest-ever single-day increase in cases. Nearly half of them were in Gauteng, a province that's become the outbreak epicentre.\n\nIn a public address, Mr Ramaphosa acknowledged \"most\" people had taken action to help prevent the spread, but he said there were still some who acted \"without any responsibility to respect and protect each other\".\n\n\"There are a number of people who have taken to organising parties, who have drinking sprees, and some who walk around crowded spaces without wearing masks,\" said the president.\n\nMr Ramaphosa said the new measures were being introduced to help the country to weather the storm of coronavirus, and a state of emergency would be extended until 15 August. The night-time ban would be in place from 21:00 to 04:00.\n\nThe government has also made 28,000 hospital beds available for Covid-19 patients. But President Ramaphosa said the country still faced a \"serious\" shortage of more than 12,000 healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors and physiotherapists.\n\nThe alcohol ban comes just weeks after another three-month ban was lifted in an effort to prevent drunken fighting, cut domestic violence and eliminate weekend binge-drinking prevalent across South Africa.\n\nDoctors and police say the previous ban contributed to a sharp drop in emergency admissions to hospital. But the country's brewers and wine makers complained they were being driven out of business.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Africa's province Gauteng has become the epicentre of coronavirus cases in the country.\n• None South Africans cheer as alcohol goes back on sale", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said any move to place restrictions on visitors from England to Scotland would be based on risk, not politics.\n\nSpeaking on The Andrew Marr Show, she said quarantine for visitors from elsewhere in the UK could not be ruled out.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has previously called the idea \"astonishing and shameful\".\n\nScotland has been recording a lower rate of Covid infections than England.\n\nFigures released on Sunday indicated that 19 people had tested positive for the virus in Scotland in the previous 24 hours.\n\nThis is the highest figure for three weeks.\n\nBut for the fourth consecutive day, no deaths were recorded.\n\nThe first minister said the UK nations need to work together on outbreak management in a way that \"mitigates against having to put any border restrictions in place\".\n\nMs Sturgeon told Andrew Marr: \"One of our biggest risks over the next few weeks, as we have driven levels of the virus to very low levels in Scotland, is the risk of importation into the country.\n\n\"That's why we've taken a very cautious decision about international quarantine.\n\n\"And - this is not a position I relish being in - it also means that we have to take a very close look at making sure that we are not seeing the virus come in from other parts of the UK.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'No immediate plan' for border quarantine\n\nThe first minister pointed out that in countries such as Australia and the United States, controls have been put in place to limit movement across state or regional boundaries.\n\nThe Scottish government would look at similar measures on a public health basis.\n\nMs Sturgeon said: \"That's not political. It's not constitutional. It's just taking a similar view to countries across the world in terms of protecting the population from the risk of the virus.\"\n\n\"This is not about saying to people in England you are not welcome in Scotland - of course people in England are welcome in Scotland,\" she added.\n\nThe topic of quarantine for visitors from England entering Scotland was raised at Prime Minister's Questions, with Mr Johnson describing the idea as \"astonishing and shameful\".\n\nHe added: \"There have been no such discussions with the Scottish administration about that, but I would point out that there is no such thing as a border between England and Scotland.\"", "Men wearing life vests get ready with their paddle boards as the Bala Adventure and Watersports Centre in Bala, Gwynedd\n\nThe first minister has said Wales is \"absolutely safe\" to visit again after he defended not opening tourism sooner.\n\nFrom Saturday some holiday homes have reopened for the first time since lockdown began.\n\nBut with pubs still unable to open, the Welsh Conservatives have accused the Welsh Government of putting jobs at risk.\n\nMark Drakeford, on a visit to the Vale of Glamorgan, said a \"step by step\" approach was right to lifting lockdown.\n\nIn England, all hotels, B&Bs and campsites have been allowed to reopen since 4 July, with cleaning of shared spaces.\n\nIn Wales, only self contained accommodation, with no shared facilities, such as kitchens and bathrooms, are currently able to open.\n\nFrom Monday, Welsh pubs and restaurants with outdoor spaces, will be able to welcome back customers outdoors for the first time.\n\nBut many businesses have said they will not be opening, saying it will not be viable due to the two-metre (6ft) social distancing rule, which remains in place in Wales.\n\nMark Drakeford visited The Hide in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan\n\nShoppers were out in Cardiff as restrictions ease a little further in Wales\n\nMr Drakeford said easing restrictions had to be done \"step by step\" and he thought there would be a \"gradual build-up\" of people wanting to holiday in Wales and go to pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nDuring a visit to The Hide in St Donats, Mr Drakeford said the crisis \"has had a profound impact on the visitor economy\" and a phased approach to reopening tourism would give businesses, staff visitors and communities the confidence for a successful reopening.\n\n\"My message to people thinking of making a visit inside Wales or to Wales, is that Wales is open, the tourism industry is beginning again,\" he said.\n\nWalkers enjoy the fine day and the lockdown restrictions being eased with a stroll in the Brecon Beacons\n\nCars parked near the foot of Pen y Fan as people make the most of the lockdown restriction easing\n\n\"The virus hasn't gone away, we still need to do all the things we know. A social distance, hand washing, all those careful things.\n\n\"But the virus in Wales is now at a very low ebb of circulation. It's absolutely safe to be here, but you can play your part as well.\"\n\nMr Drakeford said he was \"looking forward\" to going on holiday to Pembrokeshire when he had a chance, and people could help keep others safe by avoiding crowded areas.\n\nSocial distancing in operation on Llandudno pier on Saturday\n\nThe first weekend of the restrictions being eased and people enjoyed a paddle in Porthcawl\n\nBut with many hotels in Wales still closed due to restrictions, Welsh Conservative MP David Jones accused the Welsh Government of being behind the UK government in making decisions.\n\nThe Clwyd West MP wrote on twitter: \"Sadly the tourist season in Wales didn't begin four weeks after England\".\n\nMember of the Senedd, Janet Finch-Saunders, said it was not right that pubs and restaurants in Wales had to wait until 3 August before they could allow customers back inside.\n\nMrs Finch-Saunders said with many not having outdoor spaces, or enough room for customers, the first minister's \"uneven\" proposals would have a \"disastrous impact\" on Welsh jobs.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Drakeford said the \"balance is shifting\" on evidence for the use of face masks.\n\nThe car park at Pen y Pass as Snowdonia National Park is reopened for its first weekend since restrictions were eased\n\nWalkers returned to parts of Snowdonia National Park on Saturday\n\nBut he doesn't yet believe it is \"sensible\" to make use of them mandatory in certain situations.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Drakeford said the view of the Wales's chief medical officer was still that face coverings should be recommended but not required.\n\n\"When the weight of evidence changes, if it does, then we will change our policy.\"\n\nIn Wales, face coverings are recommended in situations where people cannot socially distance, like on public transport.\n\nBut their use is not mandatory - and both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru are calling for face coverings to be compulsory on public transport and in shops, as is the case in Scotland.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid health spokesman said \"every possible measure to help us leave lockdown safely should be adopted and we have consistently called for the use of face masks in public spaces where social distancing is difficult\".", "Ruaridh and Caroline MacDonald run agency The Cottage Co and have been preparing their own Romany caravan for guests\n\nHolidaymakers are due to arrive at cottages, caravans and yurts in Wales for the first time since March.\n\nHoliday accommodation without shared facilities such as bathrooms are able to reopen from Saturday.\n\nSome in the industry say there is light at the end of the tunnel after a \"rollercoaster\" lockdown rescheduling bookings and issuing refunds.\n\nNow the focus has moved to following guidance for reopening, writing risk assessments and deep cleaning.\n\nSher from Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, booked a cottage near Llangrannog, Ceredigion, as soon as the first minister announced the easing of restrictions.\n\nShe and her husband Dameon are heading there on Monday.\n\nShe said: \"It's my 50th birthday and we were planning to go to Greece so having somewhere to see the sea and countryside after being within five miles for so long is very important.\"\n\nShe said she was not concerned about safety: \"Where we're going is very isolated, but having said that I wouldn't be concerned if it was somewhere more populated, as long as there's proper measures in place.\"\n\nShe said she had not spoken to the owners about what changes they had put in place, adding: \"I've been there four or five times before and it's always been spotless.\"\n\nRuaridh and Caroline MacDonald run self-catering accommodation agency The Cottage Co from their home in Monmouthshire and also have their own Romany caravan which has its first guests arriving on Saturday.\n\nThe MacDonalds' Romany caravan has been deep cleaned in preparation to welcome guests on Saturday\n\nMr MacDonald described lockdown as \"both a challenge and an opportunity\".\n\n\"We realised it was vital to keep in touch with guests and owners and in a funny way it's made the company stronger and strengthened our connection with guests,\" he said.\n\n\"Its been a rollercoaster in terms of moving hundreds of bookings and giving refunds... we've been talking to hundreds and hundreds of guests.\"\n\nHe said a surge in inquires meant they had nothing available for the whole of the summer.\n\n\"There's been significant financial impact but if things are okay from now on that would be a wonderful result,\" he said.\n\nTy Glyn in Criccieth, Gwynedd, is one of many coastal properties preparing to reopen\n\nHe said they had spent time speaking to accommodation owners about their preparation to minimise risk to guests: \"They are very keen to get going and have been deep cleaning, coming up with new risk assessments and simplified what is in the cottage so it is easier to clean.\"\n\nHe said preparing their Romany caravan had not been too difficult: \"Dare I say it but with outdoor glamping social distancing is relatively easy.\n\n\"The caravan is very much on its own so they won't meet anyone else... it's a low-ish risk.\n\n\"It's very exciting to be reopening... and guests are certainly incredibly keen to come.\"\n\nHide Wales' cabins, shepherd's hut and lodge in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, are reopening on Monday.\n\nIts owner Paula Louise Warren said of the past three months: \"It's been bonkers.\n\n\"You have to arrange so many things, all our bedding, all our beautiful woollen blankets have all been put in storage and instead we're using cotton as everything needs to be boiled.\"\n\nThe shepherd's hut at Hide Wales will be reopening on Monday\n\nShe said getting ready to reopen had been a \"real journey\" but advice from Visit Wales and Business Wales had been invaluable.\n\n\"We weren't expecting to be able to open until Christmas so we are grateful. It's about being safe,\" she said.\n\nGreg Stevenson is the owner and director of Under the Thatch.\n\nHide Wales says preparing to reopen has been a \"real journey\"\n\nThe agency has 82 holiday properties on its books with about 60 in Wales, seven of which he owns.\n\nHe said his company actually increased its staff's hours through lockdown: \"Right from the start we were corresponding with customers,\" he said.\n\n\"We've seen our advanced sales for the rest of the year are higher than ever before... I'm so pleased thanks to our customers.\"\n\nMenai Holiday Cottages has been taking bookings for cottages such as Belan Fawr on Rhosneigr, Anglesey\n\nHe said he was \"delighted\" to be welcoming guests again: \"We've been waiting for it for a long time.\n\n\"We were very frustrated that the other countries of the UK and Europe had dates [for reopening] and we didn't... we got the date so late which caused huge administration problems and a huge amount of work in the office.\"\n\nGlamping accommodation such as Cwt Alpaca in Llanidloes, Powys, can reopen from Saturday\n\nHe said he was pointing owners to Welsh Government guidance for the sector but it had come in \"too late\" which was a \"niggle\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said the first minister asked owners to begin preparing to reopen three weeks ago and guidance was published on 29 June.\n\nShe said the reopening date was moved forward by two days to enable Saturday to Saturday bookings following calls from the industry.\n\nMr Stevenson said he did not think customers had too many safety concerns: \"We've had very few queries... if I'm reading it correctly the customers are not too paranoid about this issue.\"\n\nHoliday cottages, such as Bwthyn Tresinwen in Pembrokeshire, have been preparing to welcome guests\n\nWhen asked if locals would welcome back tourists, he said: \"I think a lot of people are very cautious at the moment but if you ask them one week after the 11th then they'll be fine.... give it a couple of weeks and people will be more relaxed.\"\n\nMenai Holiday Cottages has 490 properties on its books in Snowdonia, Anglesey, and the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd.\n\nIts managing director Jack Matthews said: \"There's finally light at the end of the tunnel.\n\n\"There's a huge amount of excitement. Bookings have climbed back very quickly.\"\n\nCabins with their own bathrooms, such as Caban Llys y Frân in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, can reopen\n\nHe would have liked the reopening date to be 10 July to allow Friday to Friday bookings - about 60% of its cottages are Friday changeover - and to have been consulted by the Welsh Government.\n\nA Welsh Government spokeswoman said it had been speaking to the industry through the four regional tourism forums, sector representative bodies including Wales Tourism Alliance, individual businesses and holding a weekly meeting of the tourism taskforce group.\n\nMr Matthews believes communities are ready for the change.\n\n\"Locals are ready for tourists to come back at a distance,\" he said.\n\n\"A minority may have strong views but it's about getting the balance right, I'm sure tourists will be respectful.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nJack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85.\n\nThe former Leeds defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia.\n\nOne of English football's most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, alongside his brother Bobby.\n\nHe made a record number of appearances for Leeds and achieved unprecedented success with the Republic of Ireland.\n• None 'He changed our lives' - former players pay tribute\n• None Football Daily: 'He was a natural leader' - a tribute to Jack Charlton\n\nA family statement read: \"Jack died peacefully on Friday, July 10 at the age of 85. He was at home in Northumberland, with his family by his side.\n\n\"As well as a friend to many, he was a much-adored husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.\n\n\"We cannot express how proud we are of the extraordinary life he led and the pleasure he brought to so many people in different countries and from all walks of life.\n\n\"He was a thoroughly honest, kind, funny and genuine man who always had time for people.\n\n\"His loss will leave a huge hole in all our lives but we are thankful for a lifetime of happy memories.\"\n\nThe England football team tweeted to say they were \"devastated\" by the news, while he was hailed as a man who \"changed Irish football forever\" by the Football Association of Ireland.\n\n\"He was a great and lovable character and he will be greatly missed. The world of football and the world beyond football has lost one of the greats. RIP old friend,\" said England's 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst.\n\nCharlton had spells in charge of Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Newcastle.\n\nHe led the Republic of Ireland to their first major finals at Euro '88 and the World Cup quarter-finals at Italia 90.\n\nLeeds United, where he spent his entire 21-year playing career and made a joint club record 773 appearances before retiring as a player in 1973, said they were \"deeply saddened\".\n\nCharlton, part of the Leeds side that won the 1969 league title and the 1972 FA Cup, is the third club legend and former England international to die this year after Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry.\n\nDespite not being called into the England team until days before his 30th birthday, Charlton won 35 caps and, playing alongside younger brother Bobby, lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy at Wembley in 1966.\n\nHe also helped England finish third at the 1968 European Championship, and was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1967.\n\n\"Saddened to hear that Jack Charlton has passed away,\" wrote former England striker Gary Lineker on Twitter.\n\n\"World Cup winner with England, manager of probably the best ever Ireland side and a wonderfully infectious personality to boot. RIP Jack.\"\n\nFormer Republic of Ireland forward John Aldridge said: \"Absolutely gutted that big Jack has passed away.\n\n\"What a football man, loved and adored, especially in Ireland. The best manager I was lucky to play for.\n\n\"The times we had on and off the pitch were priceless. My thoughts are with Pat and the family. RIP my good friend. Never forgotten.\"\n\nHe is survived by wife Pat, whom he married in 1958, and their three children, John, Deborah and Peter.\n\nCharlton's granddaughter, journalist Emma Wilkinson, tweeted: \"Beyond sad to have to say goodbye to my beloved Grandad, Jack Charlton.\n\n\"He enriched so many lives through football, friendship and family. He was a kind, funny and thoroughly genuine man and our family will miss him enormously.\"\n\nIrish president Michael D Higgins said: \"He leaves a legacy of outstanding leadership of a group of players of many diverse talents, which he moulded into the successful team that captured the imagination of the nation.\"", "\"Devolution has gone so much further\" than some people thought it would, according to Mark Reckless, the Brexit Party's leader in the Senedd\n\nThe Brexit Party will campaign in next year's Senedd election to scrap the current system of devolution.\n\nMark Reckless, leader of the party's group in the Welsh Parliament, said \"devolution has gone so much further\" than some people thought it would.\n\nHe is proposing a directly-elected first minister and getting rid of members of the Senedd (MSs).\n\nThe last Welsh barometer poll suggested around 22% of people supported abolishing the Welsh Parliament.\n\nBut in a multiple-choice question, the highest level of support was for leaving the settlement as it is (24%), followed by a Senedd with more powers (20%) and Welsh independence (16%).\n\nAdam Price MS said developments over the last few months had shown the importance of having a separate Welsh Government.\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader hit back at Mr Reckless and said people's understanding and awareness of devolution was at a \"high watermark\" as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAdam Price dismissed the Brexit Party's support for scrapping the devolution system as an attempt to turn Wales \"into western England\".\n\n\"What is the message of the Brexit Party in this regard? It's not just abolishing our democracy, it's abolishing Wales,\" he told the BBC's Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"Is anyone seriously, when we look to the last three months, at the more careful, reasonable, thoughtful approach that the Welsh Government has shown in recent months compared to the reckless policy, the dysfunctional policy of bumbling and blustering its way through the crisis that we've seen from Boris Johnson, do we really want to take the powers that we have to protect our people and give them to Number 10 Downing Street in these circumstances? Absolutely not.\"\n\nSpeaking to the same programme, Mr Reckless said under his plans a directly-elected first minister would be scrutinised by Welsh MPs.\n\nHe questioned the value of having the Senedd and its members in addition to MPs in Westminster.\n\n\"A lot of people who haven't engaged with devolved politics now see the powers this place has, and many of those people would prefer to be governed on a UK basis rather than having things done differently in Wales just for the sake of it, as so often has been the case under Mark Drakeford,\" he said.\n\nThe Brexit Party's four MSs are its biggest group of politicians now that the UK no longer has members of the European Parliament (MEPs) following its departure from the European Union.\n\nBrexit Party leader Nigel Farage does not \"micromanage\" the party in Cardiff Bay, says Mr Reckless\n\nMr Reckless said party leader Nigel Farage is \"consulted over key decisions... but he doesn't micro-manage us here\".\n\nHe said he did not \"rule out\" a potential rebrand of the party, as had been reported.\n\nThe Brexit Party has been very critical of the Covid-19 lockdown measures.\n\nFormerly the Welsh Assembly, the Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament has been based in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay since 2006\n\nAsked if he believed there should be another Wales-wide lockdown, he replied: \"We think it's much better to trust people's judgment. The individual knows best.\n\n\"I think what we'll see is that many more people will stay at home.\n\n\"But the idea that you tell people how many times they should exercise... I don't believe there's science for that.\n\n\"I also believe that interference with people's lives is so great when the evidence is so very limited.\"\n\nPushed on whether he was against another lockdown in the event of a steep rise in coronavirus cases, he said: \"I think it should be a last resort, and I think the time when you really need to do that is if infections are at such an extent that it threatens the capacity of our health services to cope.\n\n\"I think that is a good reason for closing schools, for government intervention, in order to stop that.\n\n\"But actually, I think when we look back it was that handwashing, it was a degree of social distancing, it was more people staying at home voluntarily that saw the infection rate begin to come down and meant that capacity in the health service wasn't overcome in that way.\"\n\nFormer First Minister Carwyn Jones said the idea showed the Brexit Party \"cannot stand the idea of Wales as a nation.\"\n\n\"So much for respecting the result of referendums [devolution referendums in 1997 and 2011] but let's not forget that this is really a play to get re-elected to the Senedd by appealing to a minority in the hope of getting above 5% in his region,\" he added.\n• None Three Welsh MEPs may run for Senedd in 2021", "Abhishek (L) said his wife and daughter would self-isolate at home\n\nThree generations of a high-profile Bollywood family have tested positive for Covid-19, officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra say.\n\nResults on Sunday showed the actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former Miss World, and her daughter Aaradhya, eight, were infected with coronavirus.\n\nHer husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh, both also actors, were taken to hospital on Saturday with the virus.\n\nBoth men were said to have mild symptoms.\n\nAbhishek Bachchan tweeted that they would remain in hospital \"till the doctors decide otherwise\".\n\nAishwarya Bachchan, 46, is one of Bollywood's most famous faces both in India and abroad, featuring in several Bollywood and Hollywood films.\n\nShe won the Miss World pageant in 1994 and is Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. In 2003 she was the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.\n\nAishwarya and her daughter are said to be asymptomatic. Her husband tweeted to say they would be self-isolating at home.\n\nOn Saturday Amitabh Bachchan told his millions of Twitter followers he had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,\" he wrote.\n\nBachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films over five decades.\n\nBachchan has won multiple awards since rising to prominence in the 1970s\n\nHe and Abhishek, 44, were taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. Abhishek described them both as having mild symptoms.\n\nAmitabh is currently in the isolation unit of the hospital, news agency ANI reported, quoting a public relations officer for the hospital. He urged anyone who had been close to him in the past 10 days to get tested.\n\nMumbai municipal officials have since put up banners outside the actor's house in the city, classifying it as a \"containment zone\".\n\nThe news has led to an outpouring of support for the family on social media. Among those paying their respects were actress Sonam K Ahuja and former India cricket player Irfan Pathan.\n\nWell-wishers have been praying for Amitabh Bachchan\n\n\"Dear Amitabh ji, I join the whole Nation in wishing you a quick recovery! After all, you are the idol of millions in this country, an iconic superstar! We will all take good care of you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!\" said India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.\n\nBachchan Snr has enjoyed starring roles in hit movies such as Zanjeer and Sholay. Since rising to fame in the 1970s, he has won numerous accolades including four National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, for his contribution to cinema.\n\nOutside acting, Bachchan Snr had a brief stint in politics and was elected as a member of India's parliament in 1984 at the behest of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned three years later, disillusioned by a corruption scandal under Mr Gandhi's government.\n\nIn recent months, he has been prominent in helping the government get its message across in the fight against coronavirus.\n\nIndia saw a record rise in the number of coronavirus cases by 27,100 on Sunday, with the total climbing to nearly 850,000 - the third highest caseload in the world. There have been complaints about a lack of both testing and frontline medical staff.\n\nIndian megastars don't come bigger than the Bachchans, a family considered acting royalty.\n\nAt the helm of the dynasty is Amitabh Bachchan, one of the most famous people on the planet, with billions of fans spanning continents.\n\nOver five decades, the 77 year old actor has starred in hundreds of Bollywood films, fronted prime time television shows and is revered, even worshipped - by his die-hard followers.\n\nLittle wonder then, that news he has coronavirus is massive news in India and beyond. In 1982, the nation stood still as Amitabh Bachchan spent months in hospital after a film stunt went horribly wrong.\n\nThis time he is said to be stable, with only mild symptoms. The star who has 43 million Twitter followers, has been tweeting thanks to his well wishers from hospital.\n\nHis son Abhishek Bachchan, and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who both tested positive, are big stars in their own right too.\n\nAs attention is focused on this one family, thousands of other Indians are contracting Covid-19 every day. The country is seeing a sharp rise in cases, now the third highest number in the world after the US and Brazil.\n• None Why Amitabh Bachchan is more than a superstar", "Florida has seen protests over shutdown measures\n\nFlorida has registered a state record of 15,299 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - around a quarter of all of the United States' daily infections.\n\nThe state, with just 7% of the US population, surpassed the previous daily record held by California.\n\nFlorida, which began lifting coronavirus restrictions in May, has proved vulnerable due to tourism and an elderly population.\n\nIts figures eclipse the worst daily rates seen in New York in April.\n\nThe state would rank fourth in the world for new cases if it were a country, according to a Reuters analysis. More than 40 hospitals in Florida say their intensive care facilities are at full capacity.\n\nIntensive care units at many Florida hospitals are reaching capacity\n\nThe latest figures were released a day after Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida reopened, but with safety measures including mask-wearing and widespread use of sanitiser.\n\nThe caseload in Florida has continued to rise despite Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ordering some bars to close again last month.\n\nThe top adviser on the White House coronavirus taskforce, Dr Anthony Fauci, had criticised lockdown easing in the state, saying the data on infections did not support the move. Mr DeSantis has also declined to make mask-wearing obligatory.\n\nThe issue of masks has become highly politicised in the United States, with opponents saying having to wear them encroaches on personal freedom. There have been demonstrations against masks and other coronavirus measures in several states.\n\nBut on Saturday, President Donald Trump appeared wearing a mask in the public for the first time after previously casting doubt on their usefulness. He was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers.\n\n\"I've never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place,\" he said as he left the White House.\n\nThe United States overall has been exceeding new daily totals of 60,000 cases for the past few days. Other states including Arizona, California and Texas continue to see a rising cases.\n\nSince the pandemic hit the US, more than 134,000 people there have died with Covid-19.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. President Trump wears a mask for the first time for a hospital visit\n• None Living in Florida and Texas as virus cases surge", "Bachchan has been a star for five decades\n\nAmitabh Bachchan, one of India's best known film actors, has tested positive for Covid-19, he told his millions of Twitter followers.\n\n\"I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,\" he wrote.\n\nHis son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and granddaughter Aaradhya have also tested positive.\n\nBachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films in five decades as a star.\n\nHe and Abhishek, 44, were taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, and his son described them both as having mild symptoms.\n\nAmitabh is currently in the isolation unit of the hospital, news agency ANI reported, quoting a public relations officer for the hospital. He urged anyone who had been close to him in the past 10 days to get tested.\n\nOther members of the Bachchan family have returned negative coronavirus antigen test reports, local media reported.\n\nMumbai municipal officials have since put up banners outside the actor's house in the city, classifying it as a \"containment zone\".\n\nThe news has led to an outpouring of support for the pair on social media. Among those paying their respects were actress Sonam K Ahuja and former India cricket player Irfan Pathan.\n\n\"Dear Amitabh ji, I join the whole Nation in wishing you a quick recovery! After all, you are the idol of millions in this country, an iconic superstar! We will all take good care of you. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!\" said India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.\n\nBachchan has won multiple awards since rising to prominence in the 1970s\n\nBachchan Snr has enjoyed starring roles in hit movies such as Zanjeer and Sholay. Since rising to fame in the 1970s, he has won numerous accolades including four National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, for his contribution to cinema.\n\nOutside acting, Bachchan Snr had a brief stint in politics and was elected as a member of India's parliament in 1984 at the behest of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned three years later, disillusioned by a corruption scandal under Mr Gandhi's government.\n\nHe was also a businessman, setting up the Amitabh Bachchan Corporation in 1995 for event management and the production of films. After the venture failed, he went on to host TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati - based on the UK game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - and has starred in more movies since. His latest film was the comedy Gulabo Sitabo, released on Amazon.\n\nIn recent months, he has been prominent in helping the government get its message across in the fight against coronavirus.\n\nIndia has seen a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases, with the total climbing to nearly 821,000 on Saturday - the third highest caseload in the world. There have been complaints about a lack of both testing and frontline medical staff.\n• None Why Amitabh Bachchan is more than a superstar", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove: \"It's always better to trust people's common sense\"\n\nSenior minister Michael Gove has said he does not think face coverings should be compulsory in shops in England, saying he trusts people's common sense.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr, Mr Gove said wearing a mask in a shop was \"basic good manners\".\n\nOn Friday, Boris Johnson said a \"stricter\" approach was needed so people wear masks in confined spaces.\n\nSenior government sources have said the issue is being kept under review, as Labour called for clarity on the issue.\n\nCurrently, face coverings are compulsory on public transport in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to help stop the spread of coronavirus.\n\nIn Scotland, they are also mandatory in shops. Wales recommends masks but they are not compulsory.\n\nHowever, there have been calls for the UK government to make its stance on masks clearer, following comments from the prime minister on Friday.\n\nMr Johnson - who was pictured wearing a mask for the first time during a visit to his constituency - said: \"I do think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't normally meet.\n\n\"We are looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face coverings in shops, for instance, where there is a risk of transmission.\"\n\nAlso on Friday, senior Whitehall sources said the government was considering making face coverings mandatory in shops.\n\nThey said while no decision has yet been made, it is an issue that is being kept under review.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said on Sunday that 44,819 people have now died in UK hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus, a rise of 21 on the previous day's figures.\n\nBoris Johnson wore a mask for the first time as he visited a shop in Uxbridge on Friday\n\nAsked on the Andrew Marr Show about the issue of face masks, Mr Gove said: \"I don't think mandatory, no, but I would encourage people to wear face masks when they are inside, in an environment where they are likely to be mixing with others and where the ventilation may not be as good as it might.\n\n\"I think that it is basic good manners, courtesy and consideration, to wear a face mask if you are, for example, in a shop.\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office minister added: \"Now of course the government at all times does look at the emerging evidence about what the best way to control the disease is.\n\n\"If necessary, and if tough measures are required and as we have seen in Leicester, obviously a very different situation, then tough measures will be taken.\n\n\"But on the whole... it's always best to trust people's common sense.\"\n\nGuidance on face coverings has evolved over the last few months.\n\nThe key issue now is whether people will wear them without being forced to.\n\nThe Scottish government is worried they won't - and so has told people they have to wear one in shops.\n\nOn Friday, Boris Johnson appeared for the first time in public in a covering and hinted that stricter rules were coming in England.\n\nBut now Michael Gove seems to be saying something different - that we should trust the common sense of shoppers.\n\nMy sources are keen to point out Mr Gove also said the government would take more action when necessary - so mandatory face coverings in England aren't off the table. His comments are also in line with the policy as it stands just now.\n\nBut at a time when public messaging is crucial, some believe the government view on whether or not stronger action is needed isn't clear.\n\nEarlier, Mr Gove told Sky's Sophy Ridge On Sunday that wearing a face covering \"definitely helps you to help others in an enclosed space\". He also urged people to return to work rather than stay at home.\n\n\"We want to see more people back at work, on the shop floor, in the office, wherever they can be,\" he said.\n\nShadow Cabinet Office minister Rachel Reeves said Labour would support mandatory face coverings for shops, as it \"would inspire greater confidence and might encourage more people to go out and spend money\".\n\n\"I think people are increasingly wearing them but I think some greater clarity from government about that, I think, would be helpful,\" she said.\n\n\"People want to do the right thing but they want to know what the right thing is. We already have it on public transport.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the early days of the pandemic, the UK government was hesitant about advising people to wear face coverings, arguing the scientific evidence that they reduce transmission was \"weak\".\n\nIn early June, the World Health Organization changed its advice to say people should wear face coverings in public where social distancing is not possible. The WHO originally said there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks.\n\nRules compelling people to wear face masks on public transport in England were introduced on 15 June.\n\nEarlier this week, the WHO said there was \"emerging evidence\" of airborne transmission.\n\nProfessor Wendy Barclay, who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, said coronavirus particles can remain suspended and infectious in the air for more than an hour.\n\nA further 148 deaths were recorded in the UK, according to latest government figures on Saturday, bringing the total number of recorded deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus to 44,798.", "The protest was in the wake of a video showing a man being restrained by police in Brighton\n\nThousands of protesters have marched through Brighton in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nDemonstrators held placards and shouted \"black lives matter every day\" and \"UK is not innocent\".\n\nIt follows an outcry over a video showing a man shouting \"I can't breathe\" while being restrained on the ground by three Sussex Police officers.\n\nIn another BLM protest, attended by hundreds in Hull, the police custody death of a man was remembered.\n\nBrighton protesters were serenaded by a string quartet as they passed the city's war memorial.\n\nThe Sussex force said the man was arrested and became aggressive towards officers before being placed on the ground.\n\nThe incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nMany of the demonstrators wore face coverings as they marched through Brighton\n\nLast month, more than 10,000 protesters marched through the East Sussex city in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide.\n\nIt followed the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes in the US city of Minneapolis on 25 May.\n\nHis death sparked a wave of Black Lives Matter protests, including in the UK.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "Police officers in riot gear pictured in north Belfast on Saturday night\n\nThe first minister has condemned attacks on police in north Belfast.\n\nPetrol bombs and stones were thrown at police around the North Queen Street area on Saturday in a second night of trouble.\n\nThe trouble involved nationalist youths and marked a continuation of violence from Friday night.\n\nSpeaking on BBC NI's Sunday Politics, Arlene Foster urged those involved to \"ask themselves what sort of a Northern Ireland do they want to live in?\"\n\nThe police said officers from Tactical Support Group were deployed to the area.\n\nOn Saturday night, officers were attacked in the North Queen Street area near the New Lodge flats and a small fire was started in the middle of the road.\n\nOfficers dressed in riot gear carried out searches of the area, but were targeted along with police vehicles.\n\nTrouble continued in the North Queen Street area for a second night\n\nSupt Lorraine Dobson said: \"As officers attempted to engage with youths in the area last night, they came under attack from youths, some of whom were masked, who threw bottles and masonry.\n\n\"Damage has been caused to a number of our vehicles but, thankfully, none of our officers were injured.\n\n\"We are again today appealing to young people who are involved in this type of criminal and anti-social behaviour to stop. You need to realise the consequences of your actions, and the impact it has on the community.\"\n\nShe also appealed to parents and guardians to \"know where your young people are, who they are with and what they are doing\" and for those in the community with influence \"to ensure we do not see a repeat of this senseless activity\".\n\n\"We will deploy the necessary resources to detect and deter those responsible in a proportionate manner, and we will seek to gather evidence to bring those responsible before the courts, whether through evidence gathering or arrests at the time,\" added Supt Dobson.\n\nA piece of furniture was set on fire on Friday night\n\nOver the course of Friday evening, a piece of furniture was also set on fire in the middle of North Queen Street and it was reported that youths were throwing stones at houses and passing cars.\n\nCh Insp Peter Brannigan said on Saturday \"there will be consequences for those choosing to engage in this type of behaviour\".\n• None Petrol bomb attacks on police for second night", "The incident occurred in the coastal resort of Marbella, southern Spain\n\nA British man has died in Spain after falling from a hotel balcony in the early hours of Saturday and landing on another man, according to reports.\n\nPolice in Malaga told the Mail they were \"investigating\" the death of two men in Marbella after \"one man landed on another man, killing him as well\".\n\nThe Foreign Office told the BBC it was \"supporting the family of a British man following his death in Spain\".\n\nA spokesman for the FCO added officials were in contact with local police.", "US President Donald Trump has been seen wearing a face mask for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSpeaking before his visit to Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, he told reporters he would \"probably\" wear a mask and that he had \"never been against\" them - they just had \"a time and a place\".\n\nPresident Trump previously mocked political rival Joe Biden for wearing one and said he would not put a mask on.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nHe won all the major races, including the Grand National in 2003 on Monty's Pass and the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Kicking King and Bobs Worth.\n\nGeraghty was also associated with champion chasers Moscow Flyer and Sprinter Sacre.\n\n\"I am happy to say I'm announcing my retirement,\" said Geraghty, the retained jockey for owner JP McManus.\n\n\"A big thank you to my family, friends and everyone who has supported me over the last 24 years.\n\n\"I've been blessed to have had a wonderful career and I'm looking to what the future holds.\"\n\nGeraghty replaced AP McCoy as the main man for McManus after the legendary jockey retired in 2015.\n\nHe bounced back from a succession of injuries to ride five winners at Cheltenham in March, including the Champion Hurdle on Epatante.\n\nGeraghty, who was Irish champion jump jockey in 2000 and 2004, is the second most successful rider in Cheltenham Festival history with 43 wins, behind only his compatriot Ruby Walsh, who quit the sport last year.\n\nWhat they said\n\nRichard Johnson, four-time champion jockey: \"Happy retirement Barry, an amazing career. Top man on and off the track. No man better on the big day.\"\n\nTrainer Nicky Henderson: \"Enjoy your retirement Barry, we've had many great days together over the years. See you back at Seven Barrows soon, hopefully.\"\n\nJockey Tom Scudamore: \"Wishing you all the best and happiness in retirement. Congratulations on a great career. One of the very best and a gent with it.\"\n\nWhile the timing and nature of his announcement, at 23:00 BST on Saturday via Twitter, may have been a surprise, Geraghty is bowing out at a similar age to McCoy and Walsh.\n\nHe broke his leg in a fall on the eve of last year's Grand National, one of a catalogue of injuries.\n\nYet Geraghty remained at the elite level and one of his last winning rides was one of his best - guiding Champ from a seemingly forlorn position to win the RSA Chase at Cheltenham in March.\n\nHe will be remembered as a successful and likeable rider who managed to thrive in a golden generation of jump jockeys.", "Other surfers tried to save the teenager\n\nA teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack off the northern coast of New South Wales in eastern Australia, police say.\n\nThe 15-year-old was surfing when he suffered severe leg injuries at Wooli Beach, 630km (390 miles) north of Sydney, according to witnesses.\n\nNearby surfers came to help, including one who is reported to have tried to pull the shark away.\n\nFirst aid was given on the beach but the boy died at the scene.\n\n\"Several board-riders came to his assistance before the injured teen could be helped to shore,\" a police statement said.\n\nAn official investigation has been launched, but the authorities have not released the name of the teenager.\n\nOne witness said the shark may have been a great white. They are active in the area at this time of year.\n\nThis is the fifth fatal attack by a shark in Australia this year.\n\nIn April, a shark attacked and killed a 23-year-old Queensland ranger on the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nIn another fatal attack in June, a shark bit the leg of a surfer off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drones used to spot sharks on Australian beaches\n• None How do you stop sharks attacking?", "Do people need to be forced to wear face coverings?\n\nGuidance on face coverings has evolved over the last few months. The key issue now is whether people will wear them without being forced to. The Scottish government is worried they won't - and so has told people they have to wear one in shops. On Friday, Boris Johnson appeared for the first time in public in a covering and hinted that stricter rules were coming in England. But now senior minister Michael Gove seems to be saying something different - that we should trust the common sense of shoppers. My sources are keen to point out Mr Gove also said the government would take more action when necessary - so mandatory face coverings in England aren't off the table. His comments are also in line with the policy as it stands just now. But at a time when public messaging is crucial, some believe the government view on whether or not stronger action is needed isn't clear.", "Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has defended his plans for new post-Brexit border infrastructure after Labour said the government was unprepared.\n\nA £705m funding package to help manage Britain's borders has been announced as the UK prepares to leave the EU customs union at the end of the year.\n\nMr Gove insisted the government had been \"laying the groundwork for months\".\n\nBut Labour's Rachel Reeves said the plans were \"too little, too late.\"\n\nThe funding announcement follows a leaked letter from International Trade Secretary Liz Truss raising concerns about the readiness of Britain's ports.\n\nUnder the plans, new border posts will be created inland where existing ports have no room to expand to cope with the extra checks that will be required.\n\nIt relates only to the external borders of England, Scotland and Wales. Mr Gove told BBC's Andrew Marr programme that more details will be set out about the situation for Northern Ireland \"later this month\".\n\nThe new funding will include up to £470m to build port and inland infrastructure, and £235m will be allocated for IT systems and staffing.\n\nThe money for IT and staffing includes:\n\nCabinet Office Minister Mr Gove said the funding would help the UK \"seize the opportunities\" post-Brexit.\n\nThe UK left the EU on 31 January and is now in an 11-month transition period, during which existing trading rules and membership of the customs union and single market apply.\n\nWhat the UK's relationship with the EU will look like when the transition period ends will depend on whether a trade deal is reached.\n\nNorthern Ireland will continue to follow some EU rules on agricultural and manufactured goods even after the transition period.\n\nCustoms checks on EU goods will be delayed until July 2021.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jonathan Blake breaks down the next round of Brexit negotiations\n\nA leaked letter, first reported by Business Insider, suggested Ms Truss had expressed concerns about the government's plans to phase in checks on EU goods coming into the UK after the Brexit transition period.\n\nMs Truss reportedly warned fellow ministers that failing to impose full border controls until July could see increased smuggling from the EU, lead to legal challenges at the World Trade Organization, and even weaken the union with Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Gove said: \"With or without further agreement with the EU, this £705m will ensure that the necessary infrastructure, tech and border personnel are in place so that our traders and the border industry are able to manage the changes and seize the opportunities as we lay the foundations for the world's most effective and secure border.\"\n\nFormer national security adviser Lord Ricketts responded on Twitter to Mr Gove's comments. \"It's not clear to me how we will have 'the world's most effective and secure border' (Mr Gove) when we will lose access on 1 Jan to the Schengen Information System which gives alerts on movement of criminals/suspects,\" he said.\n\nHe added that UK police and border staff consulted the shared Schengen system 600 million times last year.\n\nFormer director general of UK Border Force Tony Smith said the funding was \"obviously welcome\" but \"a bit late in coming\".\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said the plan showed the \"sheer complexity of the new bureaucracy\" which businesses face from 1 January and said it had been in discussions with the UK government as various sectors in Wales were affected.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked about reports the government had bought land in Kent to build a large lorry park as part of preparations for post-Brexit border checks, Mr Gove said: \"It is not our intention to create a massive concrete lorry park, it is the intention to provide the smart infrastructure which in Kent and elsewhere will allow the freight to flow.\"\n\nLabour shadow minister Rachel Reeves said the measures were \"too little, too late\" and accused the government of being unprepared.\n\nAnd on the Brexit talks she said: \"We were promised an oven-ready deal but it looks like the government forgot to turn the oven on,\" referring to the Conservative Party's election slogan.\n\nThe new Irish Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, told the BBC's Andrew Marr that his country does not yet have all the information it needs about the Irish sea border arrangements.\n\n\"We do need more details, we need more precision,\" he said. \"I think we need an injection of momentum into the overall talks between the European Union and United Kingdom in relation to Brexit.\"\n\nHe said although he believes progress towards a trade deal has been slow, he added: \"I believe that if there's a will there's a way in terms of resolving outstanding issues.\"\n\n\"I think there will be a deal, there has to be a deal,\" he said, but added: It can't be at any price.\"\n\nMr Gove said there had been \"movement\" in the negotiations but acknowledged that \"differences\" remained.\n\nBoth sides agreed to \"intensify\" negotiations last month and held the first face-to-face talks since the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of July.\n\nThe UK government has ruled out extending the transition period in order to reach a deal.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Gove also said the government will introduce a migration policy \"that ensures we're open to the world's best talent\".\n\nThe government is planning a points-based immigration system which treats EU migrants the same as those from the rest of the world and which takes different factors like skills and language into account when awarding visas allowing people to work in the UK.\n\nMr Gove said: \"And the new technology we're introducing will allow us to monitor with far greater precision exactly who, and what, is coming in and out of the country, enabling us to deal more effectively with organised crime and other security threats.\"\n\nMore details about changes to the immigration system will be revealed on Monday.\n\nWriting in the Sun on Sunday, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"We will scrap the bureaucratic Resident Labour Market Test, lower the skills and salary threshold and remove the cap on skilled workers.\"\n\nThe so-called \"resident labour market test\" only allows companies to recruit new workers from outside the EU if they are on the shortage list or if they have been unable to find anyone suitable after advertising in the UK.\n\n\"Our new Health and Care Visa will ensure the NHS continues to benefit from the outstanding health and care professionals who have kept this country on its feet throughout the pandemic,\" Ms Patel added.\n\nAnd she said \"a new graduate route will ensure international students can stay in the country once they have completed their studies\".", "A large police presence remains in the area where the boy was stabbed\n\nA 10-year-old boy has been stabbed and is being treated in a Bolton hospital.\n\nA man, aged 18, was later arrested in connection with the knifing near Bridgeman Street in Great Lever.\n\nEmergency crews were called at about 13:15 BST, but the stabbing is being treated as an \"isolated incident\", Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe boy is described as being in a stable condition and the suspect is being held on suspicion of assault, the force said.\n\nA witness told the Manchester Evening News there were five to six ambulances and up to seven police cars at the scene.\n\nIn a statement, GMP said a \"large police presence remains in the area, whilst investigation work is carried out\".\n\nDet Supt Joanne Rawlinson said: \"No child should ever be the victim of such a distressing incident... [but] we are pleased to hear the news the boy is doing well and that he may be discharged later today.\n\n\"I appreciate that such news is likely to cause upset and shock within the local community, as well as the wider public, but I can assure you that we are doing absolutely everything we can to piece together the circumstances of this incident.\n\n\"In a recent development, specially trained officers have made an arrest of an 18-year-old man who will be questioned by detectives in the coming hours.\"\n\nDet Supt Rawlinson added that if people \"have any concerns or issues, we would urge them to speak with the officers\" who remain in the area.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pope Francis is the latest religious leader to speak out over the Turkish president's move\n\nPope Francis has said he's \"pained\" by Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.\n\nSpeaking at a service in the Vatican, the Roman Catholic leader added that his \"thoughts go to Istanbul\".\n\nHagia Sophia was built as a Christian cathedral nearly 1,500 years ago and turned into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of 1453.\n\nThe Unesco World Heritage Site became a museum in 1934 under Turkish Republic founding father Ataturk.\n\nBut earlier this week a Turkish court annulled the site's museum status, saying its use as anything other than a mosque was \"not possible legally\".\n\nPope Francis confined himself to a few words on the issue: \"My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia and I am very pained.\"\n\nPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the first Muslim prayers would be held in Hagia Sophia on July 24.\n\nThe Hagia Sophia has huge significance as a religious and political symbol\n\nShortly after the announcement, the first call to prayer was recited at the site and broadcast on all of Turkey's main news channels. Hagia Sophia's social media channels have also been taken down.\n\nIslamists in Turkey have long called for it to become a mosque again but secular opposition members opposed the move.\n\nDefending the decision, President Erdogan stressed that the country had exercised its sovereign right, and he added that the building would remain open to all Muslims, non-Muslims and foreign visitors.\n\nThe Pope is one of several religious and political leaders worldwide who have criticised the move.\n\nThe World Council of Churches has called on President Erdogan to reverse the decision. The Church in Russia, home to the world's largest Orthodox Christian community, immediately expressed regret that the Turkish court had not taken its concerns into account when ruling on Hagia Sophia.\n\nThe site is now one of Turkey's most visited tourist attractions\n\nIt has also drawn condemnation from Greece, and Unesco said its World Heritage Committee would now review the monument's status.\n\nOne of Turkey's most famous authors, Orhan Pamuk, told the BBC that the decision would take away the \"pride\" some Turks had in being a secular Muslim nation.\n\n\"There are millions of secular Turks like me who are crying against this but their voices are not heard,\" said Mr Pamuk.", "Alice Williams and Luke Burrows are hoping their wedding in Cyprus will go ahead in September\n\nA couple whose wedding was cancelled twice - by the Thomas Cook collapse and the coronavirus pandemic - are hoping to tie the knot finally in September.\n\nAlice Williams and Luke Burrows, from Leicester, were due to get married in Cyprus in May, before coronavirus prevented them from saying their vows.\n\nThe relaxation of travel restrictions means the couple have now reorganised the big day for September.\n\nMiss Williams said she was \"hopeful\" her big day would go ahead.\n\nThe couple first booked their wedding with Thomas Cook in November 2018 but, ten months later, the holiday firm collapsed.\n\nMiss Williams, 25, said their flights, hotels - and most of their guests' bookings were cancelled.\n\nMiss Williams works as a paediatric nurse and said she is used to being under pressure\n\nThey managed to reorganise the wedding for the same date and location, only for it to be cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown, along with a party they had organised in the UK for when they returned.\n\nMiss Williams said she is not sure how many guests would be able to travel to her thrice-rearranged bash but added: \"We'll be there, even if it's just me and Luke.\"\n\nMiss Williams received gifts from friends after the wedding fell through for a second time\n\nShe said her job as a paediatric nurse meant she is used to being under pressure and she had not yet turned into \"bridezilla\".\n\n\"I kind of just go with the flow with things anyway; that's kind of who I am,\" she said.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Police released images of suspects lying on the ground\n\nFive people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership.\n\nSouth African police said they had rescued men, women and children from a \"hostage situation\" on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Saturday morning.\n\nThey have also arrested at least 40 people, and seized dozens of weapons.\n\nEyewitnesses say the men who stormed the International Pentecostal Holiness Church were part of a splinter group.\n\nThe church's leadership has reportedly been the subject of infighting since its former leader died in 2016. Police had previously been called to the church following a shoot out between members in 2018, South Africa's IOL reports.\n\nThe year before, the church's finances had come under the spotlight, amid allegations some 110m rand ($6.5m; £5.2m) had gone missing, according to The Sowetan newspaper.\n\nOn Saturday, police were called to the church in Zuurbekom in the West Rand at 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT).\n\nA number of weapons have been recovered by police\n\nAccording to national police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo, a group of attackers indicated to those inside \"that they were coming to take over the premises\".\n\nHe said four people had been found shot and burnt to death in cars, while a security guard, who was thought to have been responding to the incident, was also fatally shot.\n\nFive rifles, 16 shotguns and 13 pistols, along with other weapons, were found at the church, which police have been combing for evidence.\n\nThe South African Police Service (SAPS) said that among those arrested were members of SAPS, the South African National Defence Force, the Johannesburg Metro Police Department and the Department of Correctional Services.\n\nThe International Pentecostal Holiness Church is thought to have about three million members in Southern Africa.\n\nWhile the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, one of the largest churches in that region, has made tabloid headlines over missing money and its leadership squabbles in the last few years, what happened on Saturday took many by surprise - including authorities.\n\nNow police say they have launched a high-level investigation looking into the exact circumstances around the shooting - not least, who ordered the attack.\n\nPart of the investigation is trying to ascertain whether the four people who were killed and burnt inside a car were part of the group who had earlier stormed into the church.\n\n\"We've arrested all those we reasonably believed are suspects. They have been taking in for questioning,\" said police spokesperson Vish Naidoo.\n\nAs night falls, police officers have been deployed to monitor the safety of hundreds of congregants living on the church premises who are said to be fearful of another attack.", "Many in Israel are experiencing economic hardship\n\nThousands of Israelis have staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest against what they say is economic hardship caused by the government's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nRabin Square was filled with mainly young protesters wearing masks but not observing social distancing.\n\nThey say government compensation payments have been slow to arrive.\n\nThe event was organised by small businesses, self-employed workers and performing artists' groups.\n\nMany are experiencing economic hardship and have been angered by coronavirus measures which have taken their livelihoods away. They say money they are due from government support schemes has not been paid.\n\nProtesters say government compensation payments have been slow to arrive\n\nWhile workers on salaries received unemployment benefits via a furlough scheme, the self-employed say most of them have been waiting months for promised government aid.\n\n\"I have 40 workers with no income, no money,\" Michal Gaist-Casif, vice-president of a sound and lighting company, told the Reuters news agency.\n\n\"We need the government to pump in money until we're back to normal. We haven't been working since mid-March through April, May, June and July, and August is looking to be a catastrophe.\"\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met activists on Friday to discuss their frustrations.\n\n\"We will meet our commitments including hastening the immediate payments that we want to give you,\" his office quoted him as telling them.\n\nIsrael imposed a strict lockdown in mid-March but started lifting restrictions in late May. Unemployment has risen to 21%.\n\nThe country has seen a spike in coronavirus cases with nearly 1,500 new cases reported on Friday. A total of 354 people have died from Covid-19 in Israel, according to Johns Hopkins University data.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The Short Stirling Bomber BK716 was lost when returning from a bombing raid in Germany\n\nPlans that could see an RAF World War Two bomber lifted from a lake in the Netherlands by a crane grabber rather than using a dam have been criticised.\n\nThe Short Stirling Bomber, based at RAF Downham Market in Norfolk, was lost returning from a 1943 raid on Germany.\n\nPlane enthusiast Rick Brooks has voiced anger Dutch authorities could use a crane he likened to an arcade \"machine where you grab a teddy\" to lift it.\n\nAlmere city council said it had not yet announced the recovery method.\n\nThe aircraft BK716 was found earlier this year submerged in Lake Markermeer, near Amsterdam, and it is thought the remains of the crew would still be on board.\n\nMr Brooks, who has been involved in previous operations to recover aircraft, said in the past when wartime aircraft were recovered from rivers or a lakes a cofferdam was used so the site could be properly excavated and the remains of the crew could be carefully retrieved with any items found near their remains.\n\nA cofferdam allows water to be pumped out, creating a dry area for land reclamation work to proceed.\n\nThis is the type of plane flown by the crew\n\nThe crew of Short Stirling BK716 were:\n\nBut Mr Brooks, who has been in contact with teams involved in recovery operations in the Netherlands, said he believed Almere council had been looking at the cheaper method he compared to an amusement arcade machine.\n\nMr Brooks, who lives in Ashford, Kent, said to respect the memory of the seven man crew the bomber should be properly excavated.\n\nHe said through the use of cofferdams, teams have had \"success in finding those small items that mean so much to the airmen's surviving relatives\".\n\nMr Brooks said a grabber would be \"destructive\" and would leave behind body parts and \"small items like a wedding ring or a watch\" that he said could help identify the remains.\n\nAlmere council said it had \"decided to respect the wishes of relatives to salvage the aircraft, and to honour the killed crew members\".\n\n\"Care and respect are first priority, both towards relatives and in the method of recovery as decided by the (Dutch) Ministry of Defence,\" it said.\n\n\"We will soon announce the chosen method of recovery and the start date of the recovery process.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ishak Mostefaoui is the first IS-supporter from the UK to die in the custody of the Syrian Democratic Forces\n\nA man who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria has died while being held in prison in the country, the BBC has been told.\n\nOne source said that Ishak Mostefaoui, previously from east London, was killed while attempting to escape custody.\n\nAnother said the death came during serious disorder in a jail in Hassakeh, which houses IS prisoners from various countries.\n\nThe death and surrounding circumstances have not been officially confirmed.\n\nAfter being captured last year, the 27-year-old was held in a prison in north-east Syria controlled by the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.\n\nSources said he was one of around 10 British men and 30 British women being held by the militia - but he was the first to die in SDF custody.\n\nThe prison where he was held is a converted school. When the BBC spoke to him there last October he admitted joining IS.\n\nThe general situation in the prisons and camps where IS prisoners are being held has deteriorated this year and there have been several riots.\n\nThe British government has refused to allow adult prisoners to return to the UK, saying they should be put on trial in the region.\n\nA government spokesman told the BBC the Foreign Office had advised against all travel to Syria since 2011.\n\nThey added: \"Those who chose to leave the UK and fight for, or support, Daesh potentially pose a very serious national security risk.\"\n\nA cell at the prison where Mostefauoi was being held\n\nThe SDF has said foreign states should take responsibility for their citizens, stating earlier this year that IS prisoners were \"a time bomb\" and \"we need to set up international courts, under UN jurisdiction, and try them in NE Syria where they perpetrated their crimes\".\n\nSeveral countries have arranged for the return of some citizens.\n\nMinisters have said that, of the estimated 900 people who have left the UK for Syria to join violent Islamist groups, 20% have died, 40% have returned to the UK, and 40% are still in the region.\n\nThere are differing accounts of how Mostefauoi died.\n\nThe BBC has been given the two versions: that he was shot while trying to escape, and the other that he was killed during recent rioting.\n\nAn IS propaganda channel on a messaging app claims he was killed while trying to get water during a siege of the prison that also saw food and medication withheld from inmates.\n\nLast year, the BBC revealed that Mostefaoui was one of several University of Westminster students to have travelled to Syria.\n\nHis Algerian family had settled in London when Mostefaoui was five. He was described as a popular, football-loving boy, brought up in a home that was opposed to extremism, but he later became increasingly radicalised while a student.\n\nIn April 2014, Mostfaoui told his father that he was going to Amsterdam for a few days, leaving with just a small bag, and he then secretly made his way to Syria.\n\nIn 2018, Mostefaoui had his British citizenship revoked.\n• None 'At least seven from my university joined IS'", "Scott McGlynn used make-up to hide his acne while he was at school\n\nSocial media influencer Scott McGlynn has more than 150,000 Instagram followers and can earn £6,000 for his beauty and skin care posts.\n\nBut as a teenager bullies targeted him for his acne, dubbing him \"pizza face\".\n\nHis face and back were affected by the condition, which left him lonely and depressed.\n\nNow, a clinical psychology expert has called for more specialist training for healthcare professionals with \"centres of excellence\" in Wales.\n\n\"It was really bad, I had it all over my back as well,\" said Scott, 33. \"It went up my forehead and around my face and cheeks.\"\n\nThe bullying started when he was 12 and Scott, who now has 153,000 Instagram followers, would wear makeup to hide his acne.\n\n\"When people would comment on how I looked it would affect my confidence,\" he said.\n\n\"I would walk with my face looking at the floor, hoping that no-one would say anything. I don't think the teachers were really trained to deal with situations like that.\"\n\nOnce a week, pizza would be served as school dinner and Scott \"didn't even want to eat in the dining hall then\".\n\n\"There was a stage where I would eat lunch in a classroom with two of my friends.\"\n\nScott says the bullies who used to torment him have tried to get in touch with him\n\nHe would avoid PE so he did not have to get changed in front of everyone else: \"Putting myself in a boys changing room, it was a very vulnerable situation. Why would I do that to myself?\"\n\nHis acne and the bullying he suffered left him introspective.\n\n\"If you met me back then you would not think I would ever do anything on social media,\" Scott, from Cardiff, said.\n\nThe support of his family helped: \"Luckily I didn't have suicidal thoughts in my head, the only reason is that I had my family there.\n\n\"If they were not there I do not know where I would be right now.\"\n\nFellow pupils at his school would call him names such as pizza-face\n\nLast year Scott was named a global skincare ambassador for Neutrogena - something he called a \"pinch me\" moment.\n\nSince the publication of of his memoir Out, and his podcast going top five in the UK iTunes chart, Scott said his former bullies have tried to get in touch.\n\n\"I don't want to know,\" he said.\n\nAcne is a common skin condition characterised by blackheads, whiteheads and pus-filled spots.\n\nIt usually starts at puberty and varies in severity from a few spots to a more significant problem that may cause scarring.\n\nA degree of acne affects nearly all people between the ages of 15 and 17.\n\nFor the majority of sufferers it tends to clear up by the late teens or early 20s, but for some it persists longer.\n\nAndrew Thompson, professor of clinical psychology at Cardiff University and a spokesman for The British Skin Foundation, said: \"There is not enough psychological support for people.\n\n\"There are psychological services available to the extent there are general services available. They are not going to turn people away.\n\n\"But those services are rather stretched and many of the practitioners have not had the training for working around people living with the impact of a skin condition.\n\n\"Dermatology services are stretched. Mental health services are stretched. And people with skin conditions fall between the gaps.\"\n\nProf Andrew Thompson said there were not enough psychological services for people with skin conditions\n\nHe said he wanted more training for healthcare professionals in treating people with skin conditions in psychological distress, with \"centres of excellence\" in Wales.\n\n\"There are some centres in London and Birmingham but as far as I am aware I do not think there are any in Wales.\"\n\nOlivia Hughes sits on the committee of Skin Care Cymru, and has suffered from psoriasis since she was seven.\n\nThe Swansea University student is writing her dissertation on the emotional impact of her condition and said there was \"not a lot in Wales\" for people who needed psychological help.\n\n\"It is very much something you have got to seek yourself, it is not something that is offered with treatment,\" the 24-year-old said.\n\n\"The physical aspects of skin conditions are looked at as being more important than the psychological effects, which are seen as secondary.\n\n\"But they are just as significant. There should be more of a combined approach.\"\n\nOlivia Hughes is writing her dissertation on the emotional impact of her psoriasis\n\nTo get psychological treatment people have to go through their GP, she said.\n\nShe accepted funding may be a \"massive issue\" but having a specialised service to help people struggling psychologically \"would be really valuable\".\n\nScott agreed services in Wales needed improving: \"Absolutely, there should be a centre of excellence.\"\n\nThe Welsh government confirmed there were no specialised dermatology services in Wales, but there had been a review of services to examine gaps that existed.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We expect health boards to put in place services tailored to the individual needs of patients, including any psychological support they might require to help them manage their condition.\"", "Areas of southern and central China have been hit by heavy flooding, and the country's flood response alert has been raised to the second highest level.\n\nLevels in Poyang lake have reached a record high, with thousands of soldiers dispatched to shore up its banks.", "The minister of a Welsh church in London said it was \"very strange\" not being able to sing\n\nChurches and chapels in Wales can gradually start to re-open from Monday - but members say they will miss the companionship of singing together.\n\nScientific evidence suggests singing increases the spread of respiratory droplets, thus increasing the risk of spreading coronavirus among a crowd.\n\nChurches in England opened for the first time since lockdown last Sunday, but singing was not allowed.\n\nThe minister of a Welsh church in London said it was \"very strange\".\n\n\"It was a great experience to be back on Sunday,\" said the Reverend Aneirin Glyn, of the Welsh Church of St Benet, in the City of London.\n\n\"But we didn't get to sing or offer after-service refreshments.\n\n\"We're very fond of singing as Welsh people, and it was very strange not to be able to sing as part of our worship.\"\n\nThe Welsh Church of St Benet in London opened its doors to worshippers last Sunday\n\nFrom 13 July, faith leaders will be able to gradually resume services, once they feel ready to do so safely, and services can be held outside.\n\nThe Church-in-Wales has issued guidance saying a cautious approach to re-opening was \"essential.\"\n\nRev Glyn said some members had recorded hymns to play during the service, but \"we could not sing with the recordings\".\n\nAnother who is missing the singing is Delyth Morgans Phillips, author of Companion to Caneuon Ffydd, a reference book on popular hymns.\n\n\"I understand, of course, that we must be careful but not singing hymns is going to be very strange,\" she said.\n\nMs Phillips is also a conductor in Cymanfa Ganu (singing festivals), and a member of the Corisma choir in Cwm-Ann, near Lampeter, and the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod Choir.\n\n\"When the choir doesn't meet, one loses the companionship,\" she added.\n\n\"We are a very social bunch in Corisma and we meet every fortnight to sing but also to laugh and put the world to rights.\"\n\nDelyth Morgans Phillips says choir members lose out on companionship from being unable to sing together\n\nMs Phillips said the National Eisteddfod Choir had been meeting on Zoom to rehearse, but that it was a \"completely different experience\".\n\nThe social element of worshipping and singing is a big draw for most church members in Wales, including Evie Jones, from Lannerch-y-medd, Anglesey.\n\n\"I miss the choir terribly,\" said Mr Jones, who is a member of the Foel Male voice choir.\n\nEvie Jones said he often wonders \"if we will be allowed to sing again\"\n\nMr Jones said he doubts whether choirs would have enough time to practice for the Eisteddfod next year, if it is able to go ahead at all.\n\n\"It's a rather bleak summer this year - I've sung all my life,\" he added.\n\n\"I often wonder if we will be allowed to sing again.\"\n\nThere was no other option but to postpone this year's Cerdd Dant Festival, said organiser John Jones.\n\nJohn Jones is also the conductor of Cor Meibion y Brythoniaid, a choir which usually meets weekly in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.\n\n\"It's the loss of companionship and banter more than anything else - I just hope that a vaccine comes soon,\" he said.\n\n\"But, like all the choir members, I miss the singing as well as the socialising - singing is good for the soul, but must be safe as well.\"\n• None The strange case of the choir that coughed in January", "Last updated on .From the section Republic of Ireland\n\nMick McCarthy believes the passing of former Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton \"will be felt in Ireland more than anywhere else\".\n\nCharlton, who led the Republic to their first World Cup in 1990, and again in 1994, passed away on Friday aged 85.\n\nMcCarthy captained Charlton's side at the 1990 tournament in Italy and said his former manager \"changed his life\".\n\n\"He changed everything for all of us who played for Ireland and just look at the memories we have,\" said McCarthy.\n\n\"Jack's passing will touch Ireland, England and the football world, but the loss to football will be felt in Ireland more than anywhere else,\" said McCarthy on FAI.ie .\n\n\"English fans will always remember Jack as one of their World Cup winners in 1966 but what he did with Ireland will, I suspect, mean even more to our fans and the country.\n• None Jack Charlton passes away at the age of 85\n• None Football Daily: 'He was a natural leader' - a tribute to Jack Charlton\n\nThe Football Association of Ireland said Charlton was \"the manager who changed Irish football forever\" after leading his adopted country to three major tournaments.\n\nAfter taking over in 1986, Charlton guided the Republic to the 1988 European Championships and a famous 1-0 win over England in Stuttgart.\n\nQualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy followed, which included a dream run to the quarter-finals after impressive draws with England and the Netherlands in the group stage.\n\nThe Republic eventually exited the tournament at the hands of the host nation, but gained revenge over Italy four years later at the 1994 tournament in the USA as the Republic once more defied the odds to reach the knockout stage.\n\nMcCarthy, who managed the Republic to their third World Cup in 2002 and left his second spell as boss in April, spoke to Charlton shortly after his 85th birthday in May and said: \"I told him I loved the bones of him that day and I always will.\n\n\"That's how we will remember him, with a great big smile on his face. I know this is a sad day but we will remember the great days as well.\"\n\nNiall Quinn, former Republic of Ireland striker and current interim deputy chief executive of the FAI, also paid tribute to Charlton.\n\n\"Jack Charlton led the band. He brought us, as a players and fans, to places we never thought possible beforehand and gave us so many precious moments,\" said Quinn, who won 92 international caps.\n\n\"He changed lives. For his players, he gave us the best days of our lives.\n\n\"This news has hit me with a bang. We have so much to be grateful to Jack for and I am truly saddened, like so many others, with this news today.\n\n\"Our thoughts go to Pat and Jack's family who shared that wonderful journey with us. May he rest in peace.\"", "The UK coastguard is coordinating a search-and-rescue operation after several boats of migrants crossing from France were spotted in the Channel.\n\nTwo Border Force vessels, the Dover lifeboat and a Coastguard aircraft are working alongside French authorities.\n\nIt is thought up to 200 migrants tried to cross the Channel on Sunday.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the number of crossings were rising despite the efforts of the UK and France and \"simply cannot be allowed to go on\".\n\nShe announced that the two countries had signed a deal on immigration and border management to establish a joint intelligence unit to \"crack down on the gangs behind this vile people smuggling operation\".\n\nMs Patel was speaking after a visit to Calais to discuss the \"new operational approach\" with the recently appointed French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.\n\nMore than 2,400 people have crossed the English Channel from France in small boats this year.\n\nIt is unclear how many of the 200 who attempted to cross on Sunday made it to England.\n\nThe highest number so far to get to the UK in a single day is 166, at the start of last month.\n\nDuring her meeting with Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin in Calais, Ms Patel was shown how French officials were working to target people smugglers\n\nMs Patel said: \"Despite all of the action taken by law enforcement to date - intercepting the boats, making arrests, returning people to France and putting the criminals responsible behind bars - the numbers continue to increase.\"\n\nOne of Mr Darmanin's first moves in his new role was to order the dismantling of several makeshift camps and move hundreds of migrants out of Calais.\n\nOn Saturday, 21 migrants in three boats were brought back to France - including four in a boat that capsized who were suffering from severe hypothermia.\n\nAnd the Home Office confirmed that six migrants were detained by police in Dover after arriving in a small boat and handed over to immigration officials.\n\nA note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.", "Stroke, delirium, anxiety, confusion, fatigue - the list goes on. If you think Covid-19 is just a respiratory disease, think again.\n\nAs each week passes, it is becoming increasingly clear that coronavirus can trigger a huge range of neurological problems.\n\nSeveral people who've contacted me after comparatively mild illness have spoken of the lingering cognitive impact of the disease - problems with their memory, tiredness, staying focused.\n\nBut it's at the more severe end that there is most concern.\n\nChatting to Paul Mylrea, it's hard to imagine that he had two massive strokes, both caused by coronavirus infection.\n\nThe 64-year-old, who is director of communications at Cambridge University, is eloquent and, despite some lingering weakness on his right side, able-bodied.\n\nHe has made one of the most remarkable recoveries ever seen by doctors at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) in London.\n\nPaul Mylrea has made a remarkable recovery after his stroke\n\nHis first stroke happened while he was in intensive care at University College Hospital. Potentially deadly blood clots were also found in his lungs and legs, so he was put on powerful blood-thinning (anticoagulant) drugs.\n\nA couple of days later he suffered a second, even bigger stroke and was immediately transferred to the NHNN in Queen Square.\n\nConsultant neurologist Dr Arvind Chandratheva was just leaving hospital when the ambulance arrived.\n\n\"Paul had a blank expression on his face,\" he says. \"He could only see on one side and he couldn't figure out how to use his phone or remember his passcode.\n\n\"I immediately thought that the blood thinners had caused a bleed in the brain, but what we saw was so strange and different.\"\n\nPaul had suffered another acute stroke due to a clot, depriving vital areas of the brain of blood supply.\n\nDr Chandratheva says he has never seen such a high level of clotting before\n\nTests showed that he had astonishingly high levels of a marker for the amount of clotting in the blood known as D-dimer.\n\nNormally these are less than 300, and in stroke patients can rise to 1,000. Paul Mylrea's levels were over 80,000.\n\n\"I've never seen that level of clotting before - something about his body's response to the infection had caused his blood to become incredibly sticky,\" says Dr Chandratheva.\n\nDuring lockdown there was a fall in the number of emergency stroke admissions. But in the space of two weeks, neurologists at the NHNN treated six Covid patients who'd had major strokes. These were not linked to the usual risk factors for stroke such as high blood pressure or diabetes. In each case they saw very high levels of clotting.\n\nPart of the trigger for the strokes was a massive overreaction by the immune system which causes inflammation in the body and brain.\n\nDr Chandratheva projected Paul's brain images on a wall, highlighting the large areas of damage, shown as white blurs, affecting his vision, memory, coordination, and speech.\n\nThe stroke was so big that doctors thought it likely he would not survive, or be left hugely disabled.\n\n\"After my second stroke, my wife and daughters thought that was it, they would never see me again,\" Paul says. \"The doctors told them there was not much they could do except wait. Then I somehow survived and have been getting progressively stronger.\"\n\nPaul Mylrea having remote therapy - doctors did not think he would survive\n\nOne of the first encouraging signs was Paul's ability with languages - he speaks six - and he would switch from English to Portuguese to speak to one of his nurses.\n\n\"Unusually he learned several of his languages as an adult, and this will have created different wiring connections in the brain which have survived his stroke,\" says Dr Chandratheva.\n\nPaul says he cannot read as fast as he used to, and is sometimes forgetful, but that's hardly surprising given the areas of damage in his brain.\n\nHis physical recovery has also been impressive, which doctors attribute to his previous very high level of fitness.\n\n\"I used to cycle for an hour a day, do a couple of gym sessions a week and swim in the river. My cycling and diving days are over, but I hope to get back to swimming,\" Paul says.\n\nA study in the Lancet Psychiatry found brain complications in 125 seriously ill coronavirus patients in UK hospitals. Nearly half had suffered a stroke due to a blood clot while others had brain inflammation, psychosis, or dementia-like symptoms.\n\nOne of the report authors, Prof Tom Solomon of the University of Liverpool, told me, \"It's clear now that this virus does cause problems in the brain whereas initially we thought it was all about the lungs. Part of it is due to lack of oxygen to the brain. But there appear to be many other factors, such as problems with blood clotting and a hyper-inflammatory response of the immune system. We should also ask whether the virus itself is infecting the brain.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The wiring of the human brain\n\nIn Canada, neuroscientist Prof Adrian Owen has launched a global online study of how the virus affects cognition. Owen said: \"We already know that ICU survivors are vulnerable to cognitive impairment. So as the number of recovered Covid-19 patients continues to climb, it's becoming increasingly apparent that getting sent home from the ICU is not the end for these people. It's just the beginning of their recovery.\"\n\n\"Sars and Mers, which are both caused by coronaviruses, were associated with some neurological disease, but we've never seen anything like this before,\" Dr Michael Zandi, consultant neurologist at the NHNN, told me. \"The closest comparison is the 1918 flu pandemic. We saw then there was a lot of brain disease and problems that emerged over the next 10-20 years.\"\n\nAs the BBC's medical correspondent, since 2004 I have reported on global disease threats such as bird flu, swine flu, Sars and Mers - both coronaviruses - and Ebola. I've been waiting much of my career for a global pandemic, and yet when Covid-19 came along, the world was not as ready as it could have been. Sadly, we may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely. Here, I will be reflecting on that new reality.\n\nA mysterious neurological syndrome known as encephalitis lethargica appeared around the end of World War One and went on to affect more than a million people worldwide. There is limited evidence of its causes, and whether the trigger was influenza or a post-infectious autoimmune disorder.\n\nAs well as a sleepiness coma, some patients had movement disorders that looked like Parkinson's disease, which affected them for the rest of their lives.\n\nIn his book Awakenings, the neurologist Oliver Sacks told the story of a group of patients who'd been frozen in sleep for decades, and how he used the drug L-Dopa to temporarily free them from their locked-in state.\n\nWe should be careful before reading too much into comparisons between Covid-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. But with so many Covid patients having neurological symptoms, it will be important to look at the long-term effects on the brain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fergus Walsh discovers why the brain is a marvel of evolution", "Walt Disney World was closed in March due to concerns over coronavirus\n\nWalt Disney World Resort has begun to reopen in Florida despite a coronavirus surge across the US state.\n\nThe site's Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom opened on Saturday. Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios are expected to follow from 15 July.\n\nVisitors will be required to wear masks and adhere to other safety measures across the complex in Orlando.\n\nMore than a quarter of a million cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Florida, along with 4,197 deaths.\n\nDisney first closed the resort in March during the early months of America's outbreak. While infections were largely concentrated in New York and California at first, Florida is among several states recording a rise in cases in recent weeks.\n\nIn Orange County, where the resort is based, authorities have reported 16,630 cases - some of the highest numbers in Florida.\n\nAs a result, many cities and counties across Florida have reinstated restrictions that were lifted in May when infections began to drop.\n\nDespite the outbreak, hundreds of people made their way to the Disney flagship resort on Saturday.\n\nSome of its competitors, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, reopened to visitors several weeks ago.\n\nDisney has also resumed limited operations at its four parks in Asia, and at Disney Springs - an outdoor shopping mall in Orlando. Disney reported a $1.4bn (£1.1bn) hit to profits in the first three months of the year.\n\n\"The world is changing around us, but we strongly believe that we can open safely and responsibly,\" said Josh D'Amaro, Disney's theme park chairman, in an interview with the New York Times.\n\n\"Covid is here, and we have a responsibility to figure out the best approach to safely operate in this new normal.\"\n\nDisney is selling limited ticket numbers to help maintain safety\n\nVisitors are going through temperature checks, and social distancing measures are in place\n\nWalt Disney World was closed in March due to concerns over coronavirus\n\nFirework shows and parades have been cancelled to prevent mass gatherings\n\nHand sanitiser was also widely available", "Police officers in riot gear pictured in north Belfast on Saturday night\n\nPetrol bombs and stones have been thrown at police in north Belfast on Saturday in a second night of trouble.\n\nOfficers were attacked in the North Queen Street area near the New Lodge flats and a small fire was started in the middle of the road.\n\nThe trouble involved young people and marked a continuation of violence from Friday night.\n\nEarlier on Saturday, a police officer warned of \"consequences\" for those involved.\n\nTrouble continued in the North Queen Street area for a second night\n\nOfficers dressed in riot gear carried out searches of the area on Saturday, but were targeted along with police vehicles.\n\nOver the course of Friday evening, a piece of furniture was also set on fire in the middle of North Queen Street and it was reported that youths were throwing stones at houses and passing cars.\n\nCh Insp Peter Brannigan said on Saturday \"there will be consequences for those choosing to engage in this type of behaviour\".\n\nA piece of furniture was set on fire on Friday night\n\nHe said North Queen Street had to be closed for a period on Friday night to allow debris to be cleared and there were two reports of criminal damage caused to two vehicles \"as a result of this senseless behaviour\".\n\n\"I want to make a direct appeal to the young people who were involved in this reckless activity, and to parents and guardians of young people to please ensure you know where your young people are and what they are doing,\" Ch Insp Brannigan added.\n\n\"We will deploy the necessary resources to detect and deter those responsible in a proportionate manner, and we will seek to gather evidence to bring those responsible before the courts, whether through evidence gathering or arrests at the time.\"\n\nMeanwhile in Rathcoole, detectives are investigating an incident in which a car was hijacked and set on fire.\n\nPolice said that shortly after 01:00 BST on Saturday, it was reported that a man driving along along Rathcoole Drive was obstructed by a number of pallets on the road.\n\nThe man tried to drive away but was stopped by about 10 males, some armed with wood.\n\nPolice said he was ordered to get out of his white Peugeot 108 by one of the males while another got inside and drove it short distance away.\n\nThe windscreen of the car was then smashed before the car was set on fire.", "The main contractor on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment overlooked a key fire safety document, the inquiry into the blaze has heard.\n\nIt included requirements regarding the fire hazards of certain cladding materials and had to be kept on-site.\n\nBut Simon Lawrence, contracts manager at building firm Rydon, said the \"sheer amount of information\" involved in the project led to it being missed.\n\nThe inquiry's first phase found that cladding fuelled the June 2017 fire.\n\nHearings in the second phase of the inquiry returned last week after a four-month break due to coronavirus.\n\nThis second phase is examining the refurbishment of the 24-storey residential block in North Kensington, west London, in which 72 people died.\n\nThe inquiry heard on Thursday that a copy of the Standard for Systemised Building Envelopes, compiled by the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology, had to be kept on-site under National Building Specifications.\n\nThe document states that \"the building envelope shall not be composed of materials which readily support combustion, add significantly to the fire load, and/or give off toxic fumes\".\n\nSimon Lawrence, contracts manager at Rydon, said the firm was \"reliant on others\"\n\nAsked about the guidance by inquiry lawyer Richard Millett QC, Mr Lawrence said: \"We wouldn't have had a copy on site.\n\n\"It obviously wasn't picked up in all the documents we had to go through... it obviously wasn't noticed.\"\n\nMr Lawrence said the \"sheer amount of information\" led to it being missed, but said he was familiar with the \"principle\" of the guidance but not the \"technical part\".\n\nAsked about what steps Rydon took to supervise the overall project and ensure the works were being completed with safe materials, he said: \"I think it would be using a competent design team, competent specialist contractors, backed up by building control and all the layers within.\"\n\nPeople released balloons at the base of Grenfell Tower on the third anniversary of the fire\n\nHe said it was up to Rydon's sub-contracted design team including architects Studio E and external wall firm Harley Facades to check that any materials being used on the tower block refurbishment were safe and complied with the regulations.\n\nMr Lawrence, who was involved in the project between June 2014 and October 2015, agreed that this boiled down to Rydon being \"reliant on others\".\n\nHe said in his witness statement that \"at no point\" did he \"have any reason to believe\" materials were to be used which did not meet legal requirements.\n\nThursday's appearance before the inquiry was the first time that Rydon, the company at the centre of the refurbishment, had given evidence.", "Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi denied the charges laid against them\n\nIran's judiciary has suggested it might halt the executions of three young men convicted in connection with November's mass anti-government protests, following a social media campaign.\n\nThe Persian hashtag #do_not_execute was used five million times after it was announced on Tuesday that the Supreme Court had upheld their death sentences.\n\nMany celebrities backed the campaign.\n\nOn Wednesday night, the judiciary said its chief would consider any request from the men to review their sentences.\n\nLawyers for the three men also were reportedly told that they could for the first time examine the court papers and evidence against their clients.\n\nIran is the world's second most prolific state executioner after China.\n\nDespite having to deal with the Middle East's biggest outbreak of Covid-19, which has killed more than 13,000 people and deepened an economic crisis, the Iranian authorities have not stopped trying capital cases and carrying out death sentences.\n\nEarly on Tuesday, two Kurdish men were executed in Urumieh prison in West Azerbaijan province.\n\nDiaku Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh Abdollah, who were in their early 20s and 30s respectively, had been on death row since 2015. They were convicted of planting a bomb at a military parade in Mahabad in 2010.\n\nDiaku Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh Abdollah were executed early on Tuesday\n\nTheir lawyer told BBC Persian they were innocent and that no evidence was presented at their trial other than confessions extracted under severe torture.\n\nAmnesty International said the two men were \"the latest victims of Iran's deeply flawed criminal justice system, which systematically relies on fabricated evidence\".\n\nHours later, the Iranian judiciary's spokesman confirmed that the death sentences of the three anti-government protesters had been upheld by the Supreme Court.\n\nAmirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi, who are all reportedly in their 20s, were arrested during November's unrest, which was triggered by the government's decision to raise the price of petrol.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters took to the streets in 2019 as fuel price rises were introduced\n\nMillions of Iranians poured into the streets of cities and towns across the country to protest against poverty, inflation and economic mismanagement. They were met with violence by security forces and hundreds were killed.\n\nAmnesty International said the three men sentenced to death in connection with the protests underwent \"grossly unfair trials\".\n\n\"Their allegations of torture and other ill-treatment were ignored and 'confessions' extracted from Amirhossein Moradi without a lawyer present, reportedly through beatings, electric shocks and being hung upside down, were relied upon to convict them of 'enmity against God' through acts of arson and vandalism,\" it added.\n\nGraffiti in Tehran saying: \"Our defenders are in danger of being executed\"\n\nThe social media campaign to halt their executions was joined by many prominent figures both inside and outside Iran.\n\nThe footballer Masoud Shojaei posted on his Instagram page: \"I am asking Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi: Please be merciful with these three Iranian young people. Please stay their execution because of their families and people's request.\"\n\nThe actor Shahaab Hosseini wrote: \"Swearing on the prophet of kindness and compassion, please stop the executions of these three young people.\"\n\nUS President Donald Trump also called for the executions to be stopped.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIran's judiciary also announced last month that Ruhollah Zam, a dissident journalist and founder of the influential Telegram account AmadNews, had been sentenced to death for \"spreading corruption on earth\".\n\nOne of the accusations he faced was encouraging people to participate in anti-government protests in 2017 and 2018.\n\nZam was based in Paris, but he was lured to Iraq by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service and then kidnapped and taken back to Iran.\n\nIran's government has not offered much help to those affected by the economic crisis, and the country's leaders have expressed concern about future unrest.\n\nMany Iranian human rights activists believe that by carrying out executions and sentencing protesters to death the leaders are hoping to scare people away from returning to the streets.\n\nCorrection 16 July 2020: The original version of the story was updated to say that Iran was reported to have halted the executions of the three anti-government protesters and that a retrial had been ordered. This is inconsistent with a statement issued by the judiciary denying it had ordered a retrial. In light of this, our story has been republished in its original form.", "David Williams' family said he was a \"loving and generous person\"\n\nA man has been sentenced to a minimum of 16 years in prison for the \"motiveless\" murder of a 73-year-old.\n\nKyle Bowen, 29, attacked David Williams after knocking on his door at Danygraig Lane, near Pontwalby Viaduct in Glynneath, on 27 January.\n\nBowen was told at Swansea Crown Court he would not be eligible for release until at least 2035.\n\nCCTV footage showed Bowen buying a bottle of vodka before making his way to Mr Williams' home, but the court heard he was not drunk.\n\nIt is not known how he attacked Mr Williams, whose body was found by his wife.\n\n\"She saw her husband lying on the gravel outside the conservatory,\" John Hipkin QC said.\n\nKyle Bowen left his victim dying, the court was told\n\nEmergency services attended but were not able to revive Mr Williams.\n\nDNA matching Mr Williams' blood was found on Bowen's trousers, along with fingernail scrapings on Mr Williams' hand matching Bowen's DNA.\n\nBowen told police he suffered from mental health problems but did not know why he went to his victim's home that day and had been intending to kill himself, the court heard.\n\nMr Williams and his wife Pearl, 72, would have been celebrating their golden wedding anniversary next year.\n\nIn a victim impact statement, Mrs Williams said her \"whole world\" had been destroyed.\n\n\"You will never understand the hurt and pain you have caused me. You have made me a prisoner in my daughter's home, too afraid to leave the house.\n\n\"I cry every day, every morning and every night. You murdered my husband.\n\n\"I hope you will never have the opportunity to commit another savage act like this on any other person. You have no right to ever feel sorry for yourself.\"\n\nKirsty Wise, Mr Williams' only child, told the court her mother had been reduced to a \"shadow of the woman she once was\", and her father's death had put her plans to start a family on hold.\n\nDefending, Christopher Clee QC said: \"Kyle Bowen's stance remains that he cannot remember assaulting Mr Williams.\n\n\"We cannot put forward any reason for this senseless killing.\"\n\nSentencing Bowen to a minimum of 16 years - minus time already served - Judge Thomas QC described his actions as \"senseless and brutal\".\n\n\"I believe that your state of mind that day was such that anyone could have been your victim. You then left him dying for his wife to find.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Lewis has been the Conservative MP for New Forest East since 1997 and has previously chaired the Commons defence committee\n\nConservative MP Julian Lewis has been kicked out of the Conservative parliamentary party after beating Chris Grayling to become chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nBelieved to be No 10's preferred choice, Mr Grayling was widely expected to get the role.\n\nBut concerns had been raised that the body's impartiality could be undermined, and MPs backed Mr Lewis.\n\nThe committee scrutinises the work of the intelligence and security services.\n\nA senior government source told the BBC that Mr Lewis \"has been told by the chief whip that it is because he worked with Labour and other opposition MPs for his own advantage\".\n\nLabour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy criticised the decision tweeting: \"Completely self-defeating act that bears the hallmark of a government so arrogant it really believes it is above scrutiny.\n\n\"What is in the Russia report that Johnson doesn't want to see the light of day?\"\n\nFormer Tory Cabinet minister and ex-chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Dominic Grieve, told the BBC's Newsnight: \"What troubles me about this episode, quite apart from its utter absurdity, and now withdrawing the whip from Julian, who is indeed highly respected, is the mindset it gives about what on earth is going on in Downing Street.\n\n\"Why did they try to manipulate this process? They shouldn't have done.\n\n\"The committee can only exist, the committee can only be respected... if it is seen to be non-partisan, and independent.\"\n\nAfter Boris Johnson nominated five Conservative MPs for the committee last week - giving them a majority - it had been thought Chris Grayling was a shoo-in for the chairman position.\n\nBut it seems there was a coup. Opposition members of the committee were worried Mr Grayling would be too close to No 10, and decided to back Julian Lewis. It appears he then backed himself, thus securing a majority.\n\nThat's left No 10 embarrassed and it seems angry. Sources say Mr Lewis had the whip removed because he had told the Tory chief whip he would back Mr Grayling.\n\nI hear the committee is meeting again on Thursday to discuss when to publish the much delayed Russia report. Some are pushing for it to be published next week - and believe today's events could make that more likely.\n\nMr Grayling held cabinet positions under David Cameron and Theresa May including transport secretary.\n\nDespite supporting Mr Johnson in the Conservative leadership election he was not given a role in government.\n\nThe other Conservative committee members are Sir John Hayes, Mr Lewis, Mark Pritchard, and Theresa Villiers. There are two Labour MPs - Kevan Jones and Dame Diana Johnson - plus Labour peer Lord West of Spithead. Stewart Hosie is the SNP's representative on the committee.\n\nOne of the first jobs of the newly formed committee will be to publish a long-awaited report on alleged Russian interference in UK politics.\n\nPublication has been held up by the 2019 election and then a delay in setting up the committee. It has been the longest hiatus since the committee was established in the early 1990s.\n\nThe report includes evidence from UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.\n\nThe delay in publication has led to speculation the report contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives, however leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said the hold up was due to a number of committee members leaving Parliament and the need \"to make sure that the right people with the right level of experience and responsibility could be appointed\".\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Jones said the report should be produced before Parliament goes into recess on 22 July.\n\n\"There's no reason why it shouldn't be. It's been through both the committee, it's been agreed through the redaction process, and it's been agreed by government,\" he says.", "Jen Reid posed with her statue, which appeared on the empty plinth on Wednesday\n\nA sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester, placed on the plinth where a slave trader's statue was toppled, will be removed, Bristol's mayor has said.\n\nThe sculpture of Jen Reid was erected early on Wednesday at the spot in the city where an Edward Colston statue was pulled down during protests last month.\n\nMs Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth.\n\nMayor Marvin Rees said it was up to the people of Bristol to decide what would replace the Colston statue.\n\nArtist Marc Quinn said his black resin statue, called A Surge of Power, was meant to be a temporary installation to continue the conversation about racism.\n\nHe said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during the Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June.\n\nMr Quinn then contacted Ms Reid through social media and they worked together on the statue, which was erected shortly before 04:30 BST.\n\nThe new statue has has attracted people both supporting it and those against\n\nBBC producer Alex Littlewood said people had been gathering around the Jen Reid statue for most of Wednesday, with many coming to take a knee.\n\n\"Most people have been supportive of the statue, but for a short time this afternoon a small amount of people arrived calling for the statue to be removed, saying it was an act of vandalism,\" he added.\n\nMr Rees, the city's elected mayor, said removing the new statue was \"critical to building a city that is home to those who are elated at the [Colston] statue being pulled down, those who sympathise with its removal... and those who feel that in its removal, they've lost a piece of the Bristol they know\".\n\nHe added the sculpture was the work and decision of a London-based artist, \"was not requested and permission was not given for it to be installed\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Marvin Rees This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCouncillor Cleo Lake said while she welcomed the arrival of the statue, she agreed the long term future of the plinth should be decided by the people of Bristol.\n\nShe said: \"I expect the statue will be a temporary intervention and it is great to hear that should the statue be sold then the money raised will in part go towards the Cargo education project set to be rolled out in Bristol secondary schools this September.\"\n\nJen Reid was pictured standing on top of the plinth after the Colston statue was pulled down on 7 June\n\nMs Reid said: \"I think it's something the people of Bristol really appreciate seeing.\n\n\"My husband took the photo on the day of the protests and put it on his social media. He was contacted by Marc Quinn who then contacted myself.\n\n\"I was in his studio by the Friday after the protest with 201 cameras surrounding me, taking pictures of me from every conceivable angle. That went into a 3D print and a mould was made.\"\n\nMs Reid said the sculpture was important because it helped \"keep the journey towards racial justice and equality moving\".\n\nPeople in Bristol stopped to take photos of the new statue\n\nShe said she had felt an \"overwhelming impulse\" to climb on to the plinth during last month's protest.\n\n\"When I was stood there on the plinth, and raised my arm in a Black Power salute, it was totally spontaneous,\" she said.\n\n\"I didn't even think about it. It was like an electrical charge of power was running through me.\n\n\"This sculpture is about making a stand for my mother, for my daughter, for black people like me.\"\n\nArtist Marc Quinn's previous works include a sculpture entitled Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was put on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square\n\nMr Quinn said: \"I saw pictures of Jen on the plinth and she spontaneously made this gesture and I thought 'this is amazing'.\n\n\"She's made an extraordinary artwork just by doing that and it needs to be crystallised into an object and put back on to the plinth.\n\n\"It had to be in that public realm and I wanted to put it in that charged spot where Edward Colston had been before.\"\n\nThe statue of Edward Colston was pulled from its plinth last month and dragged into the harbourside\n\nOn 7 June, protesters used ropes to pull down the Colston statue, which had been at the Bristol city centre site since 1895.\n\nIt was then dragged to the harbourside where it was thrown into the water at Pero's Bridge - named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city.\n\nBristol City Council later retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nicola Steedman said less than 5% of Scots exposed to coronavirus\n\nThe percentage of people in Scotland who have been exposed to coronavirus is likely to be less than 5%.\n\nBased on random testing of blood samples between 20 April and the end of June it was revealed that 4.3% had antibodies.\n\nResearchers looked for the specific proteins that the body produces to fight infection.\n\nThe 4,751 samples tested came from routine blood checks carried out by the health service in Scotland.\n\nDeputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nicola Steedman presented the findings from Public Health Scotland during the Scottish government's daily briefing on Thursday.\n\nShe said the research was part of an effort to find out the \"true number\" of infections in Scotland - and to estimate the extent the virus had spread around the country.\n\nThe current number of confirmed cases in Scotland is 18,384, but Dr Steedman said this represented a small proportion of the total infections as many people displayed very mild symptoms, or had none at all.\n\n\"Generally when you hear the positive testing numbers here that we tell you about every day, this is mostly in those people who've been tested for coronavirus because they have symptoms,\" she said.\n\n\"So if you think about coronavirus in Scotland as an iceberg in the water then these positives are like the top of that iceberg that we can see above the waterline.\"\n\nThe population of Scotland is estimated to be 5,463,300, meaning that about 235,000 people in Scotland will have been exposed to Covid-19, according to this research.\n\nThis represents about 13 infections for every confirmed case.\n\nHow many people have had Covid-19 in Scotland?\n\nResearchers tested blood samples that were originally collected for other clinical reasons from labs in six NHS health boards: Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Grampian, Highland, Lanarkshire, Lothian, and Tayside.\n\nAbout 500 samples were collected each week.\n\nResearchers said that the proportion of the samples with Covid-19 antibodies varied between 1.9% and 6.8%.\n\nThe report added: \"Across these weeks, we can be 95% confident that the value lies between under 1% and 10%.\"\n\nIn an appeal to the public about complying with the current restrictions, Dr Steedman said: \"Only a fairly small proportion of the population have so far likely been exposed to coronavirus in Scotland. And it is this low number of people, likely exposed, that explains and reinforces our on-going messages to you.\n\n\"Firstly, that we need to be careful when we are easing out of lockdown and secondly this is why we still want you to follow all of the current guidance on physical distancing and all the measures that we recommend in order to protect you, your loved ones and in fact protect all of us.\"\n• None Coronavirus in Scotland - School restart plan & one new death", "Ministers want Scotland's schools to reopen in full on 11 August\n\nPupils will not have to physically distance when Scotland's schools return in August, but teachers will, new advice to the government has suggested.\n\nMinisters have set a target for schools to reopen in full from 11 August.\n\nA new report from advisers said \"no distancing\" should be required between pupils in primary or secondary schools.\n\nBut it said staff should stay 2m (6ft 6in) apart from each other, and put on face coverings when coming into closer contact with children.\n\nIt is also recommended that \"higher risk\" group activities like assemblies, choirs and gym and drama classes should not be reintroduced immediately.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney said the advice would \"inform the way schools can reopen safely\".\n\nTalks are being held between ministers, councils, parent groups and teachers' representatives to study how to reopen schools in full in August.\n\nA report from the government's advisory sub-group on education said the \"balance of evidence\" suggested that physical distancing requirements imposed elsewhere in society would not be necessary between school pupils.\n\nIt noted that only 151 of the 18,365 coronavirus cases confirmed in Scotland had been in people aged under 15, and that \"the role of children in transmission [of the virus] appears to be limited, both between children and from children to adults\".\n\nHowever the group said 2m distancing \"should remain in place wherever possible between adults, and between adults and children who are not from the same household\".\n\nThey said face coverings \"are not required for most children\", or adults who can maintain a physical distance - but added that \"where adults cannot keep a 2m distance, are interacting face-to-face and for about 15 minutes or more, face coverings should be worn\".\n\nTeachers may not have to wear face coverings if they can keep 2m away from pupils and other staff\n\nThe report comes as Scotland's Children's Commissioner warned of a looming \"children's rights emergency\", citing \"grave concerns\" about the long-term impact of the pandemic and the lockdown on young people.\n\nThe government's advisory paper said teachers \"should be provided with support and backup in how to assess the needs of children who have experienced neglect during the period of school closures\".\n\nThey said priority should be given to reintroducing services which \"particularly benefit children who are more vulnerable\", such as breakfast clubs and outreach work.\n\nThe report contains a series of warnings about the possible resurgence of the virus, and safety measures which should be put in place - with advice that \"hand washing/sanitising should be required for everyone on every entry to the school\".\n\nThey said there should be;\n\nThis means pupils will likely be kept to the same smaller groups for the duration of the school day, while the advice says \"collective activities that cross classes and age groups\" should only be reintroduced \"incrementally\".\n\nJohn Swinney said the reopening of schools was contingent on coronavirus infection rates remaining low\n\nA second paper from the group examined school transport, saying dedicated school buses should be treated as \"an extension of the school estate\" but that parents and pupils should seek to walk or cycle if possible.\n\nMr Swinney said the papers would help inform how to reopen schools safely \"if infection rates continue to remain low\".\n\nHe added: \"We are considering this advice as we develop comprehensive guidance which will give confidence to our school communities that the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and staff is ensured as we welcome them back.\n\n\"Ensuring the highest quality education for our young people, in a safe environment, must be a priority for us all and I know that everyone is committed to make sure that children's education is not adversely affected in the longer term.\"", "An estimated £3-4bn is being laundered via cryptocurrencies in Europe every year, the director of Europol has told the BBC.\n\nIt comes as Treasury Select Committee member Alison McGovern MP says much speedier regulation is needed.\n\nBut what are crypto-currencies? Spencer Kelly explains all.\n\nWho Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire? was first broadcast at 20:30 GMT on Monday 12 February, BBC One.\n\nThe programme will be re-broadcast on BBC World News on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 February 2018.", "Actress Winona Ryder, who was in a relationship with Johnny Depp for four years, gave a witness statement\n\nJohnny Depp's ex-partner Winona Ryder has said it is \"impossible to believe\" allegations from his former wife Amber Heard that he was violent.\n\n\"I truly and honestly only know him as a really good man,\" said Ms Ryder.\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 domestic violence allegations which News Group Newspapers is relying on for its defence.\n\nMs Ryder and Vanessa Paradis, also a former partner of Mr Depp, had been due to give evidence at London's High Court via video link.\n\nBut on Thursday the actor's barrister David Sherborne told the court Mr Depp's legal team had decided there was no need to hear from them. Their witness statements were released to the media, following a successful application by the PA news agency.\n\nMr Depp arriving at the High Court on Thursday\n\nMs Ryder, who was in a relationship with Mr Depp for four years, said: \"I understand that it is very important that I speak from my own experience, as I obviously was not there during his marriage to Amber, but, from my experience, which was so wildly different, I was absolutely shocked, confused and upset when I heard the accusations against him.\n\n\"The idea that he is an incredibly violent person is the farthest thing from the Johnny I knew and loved.\n\n\"I cannot wrap my head around these accusations. He was never, never violent towards me. He was never, never abusive at all towards me. He has never been violent or abusive towards anybody I have seen.\n\n\"I truly and honestly only know him as a really good man - an incredibly loving, extremely caring guy who was so very protective of me and the people that he loves, and I felt so very, very safe with him.\n\n\"I do not want to call anyone a liar but from my experience of Johnny, it is impossible to believe that such horrific allegations are true. I find it extremely upsetting, knowing him as I do.\"\n\nIn her witness statement, musician, actress and model Ms Paradis said she had known Mr Depp for more than 25 years - including 14 years when they were partners and raised their two children together.\n\n\"Through all these years I've known Johnny to be a kind, attentive, generous and non-violent person and father,\" she said.\n\n\"On movie sets the actors, directors and entire crews adore him because he is humble and respectful to everyone, as well as being one of the best actors we've seen.\"\n\nMs Paradis' statement said the allegations from Ms Heard were \"nothing like the true Johnny I have known, and from my personal experience of many years, I can say he was never violent or abusive to me\".\n\n\"I have seen that these outrageous statements have been really distressing, and also caused damage to his career because unfortunately people have gone on believing these false facts,\" she added.\n\nEarlier, Mr Depp's bodyguard claimed it was a \"very common occurrence\" for the actor to call his security team \"to take him away from Ms Heard, due to her behaviour\" and \"he would then stay somewhere else\".\n\nSean Bett, who is Mr Depp's head of security, has worked for the Hollywood star for nine years.\n\nIn a written statement, Mr Bett said he saw the couple \"very regularly\" during their relationship, and \"never saw any cuts, bruises or other injuries on Ms Heard\".\n\nSean Bett is a former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department\n\n\"On the contrary, throughout the course of Mr Depp and Ms Heard's relationship, Ms Heard was verbally and physically abusive towards Mr Depp,\" he claimed.\n\nHe added: \"I would describe it as a recurring cycle that Ms Heard would abuse Mr Depp, who would then remove himself from the situation.\"\n\nThe case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018. It was headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017. The hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.\n\nA 27-year-old man has appeared at Londonderry Magistrates' Court via videolink charged with possessing the gun used to shoot journalist Lyra McKee.\n\nNiall Sheerin, of Tyrconnell Street in the city, is charged with possession of a .22 pistol with intent to endanger life and in suspicious circumstances\n\nMr Sheerin is charged with possessing the firearm between 12 September 2018 and 5 June 2020.\n\nThe deputy district judge granted bail to an address suitable to police and prohibited him from entering the city.\n\nA police officer told the court that spent rounds from a Hammerli .22 pistol were found after Ms McKee was shot dead during disturbances in Derry on 18 April 2019.\n\nThe court was told that in June 2020 a police operation in the Ballymagroarty area uncovered an explosive device, a pistol and eight rounds wrapped in black bin liners, as well as ammunition in a zip lock bag.\n\nTests were carried out and it was established that it was the weapon used to shoot Ms McKee.\n\nThe officer said the defendant's DNA was found on the slide of the pistol and on the magazine of the weapon.\n\nThe court heard Mr Sheerin made no comment during seven interviews, but did give police a prepared statement in which he denied involvement in the killing of Ms McKee.\n\nMr Sheerin's lawyer said there was no evidence linking his client to the charges apart from DNA, which he said would be challenged.\n\nHe described the case against his client as \"very weak\".\n\nHe applied for bail for his client, which was opposed by police, but was granted by the judge.\n\nMr Sheerin has to abide by a curfew, report to police five times a week and have no contact with the group Saoradh or anyone charged in connection with Ms McKee's murder.\n\nHe is due to appear again in court on 13 August.", "Universities have warned of financial losses from the pandemic\n\nUniversities in England at risk of going bust could apply for emergency loans from the government, in plans announced by the education secretary.\n\nBut any rescue would come with conditions, including cutting pay for vice chancellors and senior staff.\n\nIt could also require universities to focus more on subjects with better job prospects for graduates.\n\nA report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that 13 unnamed universities were facing insolvency.\n\nUniversities have warned of cash problems from the coronavirus pandemic - particularly if overseas students cancel plans to study in the UK.\n\nA recent analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned of a \"significant financial threat\" to the UK's higher education system from the pandemic - with losses that could be between £3bn and £19bn.\n\nTo avoid the collapse of a university and disruption to students, the government has put forward \"last resort\" plans for how it will intervene.\n\nThere are no guarantees of support, or as the proposals say - \"not all providers will be prevented from exiting the market\" - but universities could be offered a repayable loan, which would come with \"restructuring\" conditions.\n\nUniversities are autonomous organisations, but the rescue packages would see the government exerting more control over what was taught and how money was spent.\n\nThere could be cost cutting through \"closing unviable campuses\" and mergers, including with further education colleges.\n\nUniversities would be expected to end courses seen as being of \"low value\", with an emphasis on either high-quality research or courses with good job prospects.\n\nThere have been warnings of the financial risks if many Chinese students cancel plans to study in the UK\n\nVocational and higher technical courses could be encouraged - and universities would be expected to offer courses more closely linked to the local economy.\n\n\"Vice-chancellor pay has for years faced widespread public criticism,\" say the proposals, with an expectation that there would be limits on salaries for senior staff.\n\nUniversities would have to \"strip back on bureaucracy\" and any funding for student unions should be for the \"wider student population rather than subsidising niche activism\", say the plans for the \"restructuring regime\".\n\nJo Grady of the UCU lecturers' union accused the government of \"exploiting\" financial difficulties to narrow what universities offered and to impose its \"evidence-free ideology\".\n\nThe lecturers' leader criticised an \"obsession with graduate earnings as a sole measure of quality\".\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, called on the government to be \"more ambitious, to go beyond a small number of universities in financial need\" and to extend the funding more widely.\n\nThe government has previously announced measures to support universities during the pandemic - including bringing forward tuition fee income and promising that \"research-intensive\" universities could receive loans to cover 80% of international student losses.\n\n\"This new scheme will help those who are still facing financial difficulty as a result of Covid-19,\" said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.", "Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all 'hacked'\n\nThe FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.\n\n\"The accounts appear to have been compromised\" to perpetrate cryptocurrency fraud, said the bureau, urging the public to be vigilant.\n\nElon Musk, Bill Gates and Joe Biden were among those hit in what Twitter said was a \"co-ordinated\" attack.\n\nTheir official accounts requested donations in the cryptocurrency.\n\n\"Everyone is asking me to give back,\" said a tweet from the account of Mr Gates, the Microsoft founder. \"You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.\"\n\nThe US Senate Commerce committee has demanded Twitter brief it about Wednesday's incident by 23 July.\n\nTwitter said the hackers had targeted its employees \"with access to internal systems and tools\".\n\n\"We know they [the hackers] used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf,\" the company said in a series of tweets.\n\nIt added that \"significant steps\" had been taken to limit access to such internal systems and tools while the company's investigation continues.\n\nThe tech firm has also blocked users from being able to tweet Bitcoin wallet addresses for the time being.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said its officers had \"reached out\" to the tech firm. \"We would urge people to treat requests for money or sensitive information on social media with extreme caution,\" it said in a statement.\n\nUS politicians also have questions. Republican Senator Josh Hawley has written to the company asking if President Trump's account had been vulnerable.\n\nPresident Trump's account was not compromised, the White House said.\n\nThe chair of the Senate Commerce committee has also been in contact with Twitter.\n\n\"It cannot be overstated how troubling this incident is, both in its effects and in the apparent failure of Twitter's internal controls to prevent it,\" Senator Roger Wicker wrote to the firm.\n\nOne cyber-security expert said that the breach could have been a lot worse in other circumstances.\n\n\"If you were to have this kind of incident take place in the middle of a crisis, where Twitter was being used to either communicate de-escalatory language or critical information to the public, and suddenly it's putting out the wrong messages from several verified status accounts - that could be seriously destabilising,\" Dr Alexi Drew from King's College London told the BBC.\n\nTwitter earlier had to take the extraordinary step of stopping many verified accounts marked with blue ticks from tweeting altogether.\n\nPassword reset requests were also being denied and some other \"account functions\" disabled.\n\nBy 20:30 EDT (00:30 GMT Thursday) users with verified account started to be able to send tweets again, but Twitter said it was still working on a fix.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded cyber-security company CrowdStrike, told Reuters news agency: \"This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet.\"\n\nOn the official account of Mr Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief appeared to offer to double any Bitcoin payment sent to the address of his digital wallet \"for the next 30 minutes\".\n\n\"I'm feeling generous because of Covid-19,\" the tweet added, along with a Bitcoin link address.\n\nThe tweets were deleted just minutes after they were first posted.\n\nBut as the first such tweet from Mr Musk's account was removed, another one appeared, then a third.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe campaign of Joe Biden, who is the current Democratic presidential candidate, said Twitter had \"locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet\".\n\nThe BBC can report from a security source that a web address - cryptoforhealth.com - to which some hacked tweets directed users was registered by a cyber-attacker using the email address mkeyworth5@gmail.com.\n\nThe name \"Anthony Elias\" was used to register the website, but may be a pseudonym - it appears to be a play on \"an alias\".\n\nCryptoforhealth is also a registered user name on Instagram, apparently set up contemporaneously to the hack.\n\nThe description of the profile read \"It was us\", alongside a slightly smiling face emoticon.\n\nThe Instagram profile also posted a message that said: \"It was a charity attack. Your money will find its way to the right place.\"\n\nIn any case, the real identities of the perpetrators are as yet unknown.\n\nCameron Winklevoss, who was declared the world's first Bitcoin billionaire in 2017 along with his twin brother Tyler, tweeted a message on Wednesday warning people not to participate in the \"scam\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Cameron Winklevoss This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the short time it was online, the link displayed in the tweets of targeted accounts received hundreds of contributions totalling more than $100,000 (£80,000), according to publicly available blockchain records.\n\nThe Twitter accounts targeted have millions of followers.\n\nApple's official account has more than four million followers, while Amazon's chief has 1.5 million\n\nLast year, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey's account was hacked, but the company said it had fixed the flaw that left his account vulnerable.\n\nDr Drew recently co-authored a paper warning about the potential of Twitter being used to sow disinformation.\n\nShe said the latest incident highlighted the need for all major social media platforms to check their security measures, particularly in the run up to the US presidential vote in November.\n\n\"Social media companies such as Twitter and, Facebook all have a duty to consider the damage and influence their platforms can have on the 2020 election, and I think some companies are taking that more seriously than others,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Twitter actually has a good history of being forward-thinking and proactive in this space. But whatever the source of this attack [it seems they have] still not done enough.\"", "Charlie Elphicke is charged with three counts of sexual assault\n\nA former MP accused of sexually assaulting a woman agreed to pay her £5,000 to prevent his wife from finding out, a court heard.\n\nCharlie Elphicke, 49, said the complainant demanded to be paid \"compensation\" after he made advances towards her at his London home in 2007.\n\nMr Elphicke said he believed the woman had \"wanted to take matters further\" after they shared a bottle of wine.\n\nAt Southwark Crown Court he denies three counts of sexual assault.\n\nMr Elphicke and the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, drank together while Mrs Elphicke was away on business.\n\nThe former Conservative MP said he had been \"under a misapprehension\" in making advances towards her.\n\nThe woman, in her early-30s at the time, alleged Mr Elphicke tried to kiss her, groped her breast, then chased her around his home while trying to grab her buttocks.\n\nExcerpts from Mr Elphicke's interview with police in March 2018 were played in front of a jury.\n\nIn them he said the woman asked him not to tell his wife about the 2007 incident and to pay her £5,000.\n\nHe said: \"I got it [the £5,000] in smaller amounts - £500, £1,000 - because she was insistent Natalie shouldn't know.\"\n\nAsked if he had ever told his wife about the payments, Mr Elphicke told police: \"No.\"\n\nHe also described how the first alleged incident happened and said that he stopped immediately when the woman told him to.\n\nHe said: \"The atmosphere was very warm and convivial and I believed she wanted to take matters further.\n\n\"I leaned over and kissed her.\n\n\"At first she responded positively, then it became clear it was not what she wanted.\"\n\nHe said: \"I was incredibly apologetic. I believed this was what she wanted.\n\n\"She said she accepted my explanation, my apology, and that I had been under a misapprehension.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "During a memorial service to victims of Covid-19, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said each person who had fallen victim to the virus should be remembered as \"a person and not just a statistic\".\n\nHe paid particular tribute to healthcare staff and other key workers \"still serving people at the height of the pandemic\".\n\n\"We have all seen the world through new eyes during this time, and we can all pray together today and use the insights we've gained from this time to make the world a better place,\" he said.\n\n\"Where we value each other more, and think more about what we can give, rather than what we can take.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is of course all for tomorrow. For today, Greater Manchester remembers, gives thanks for the lives we have lost, and pledges to build on the foundations they have left.\"", "Spain has reported 580 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase in cases nationwide for more than two months.\n\nMost of the new cases detected on Wednesday were in the northern regions of Aragon and Catalonia, where outbreaks have led to the localised renewal of lockdown restrictions.\n\nIn the Lleida area of Catalonia, some 160,000 people have been ordered to quarantine at home as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nThe government of Aragon, meanwhile, said it would limit travel in and out of Zaragoza, the capital of the region.\n\nThe resurgence of cases in Catalonia and Aragon has raised fears of a second spike in infections in Spain, which has already been ravaged by the pandemic. More than 250,000 infections and 28,000 deaths have been recorded in total.\n\nFernando Simón, director of Spain’s Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, said the increase in infections was “worrying”.\n\nHe attributed the rise, in part, to the relaxation of social distancing restrictions.\n\nTourists have been returning to Spain since the nationwide lockdown was lifted Image caption: Tourists have been returning to Spain since the nationwide lockdown was lifted", "There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Twitter hack on Wednesday night - but one thing most agree on is it could have been far worse.\n\nPotentially thousands of people were scammed out of money after hijacked accounts of prominent verified users promised to double the money fans sent them in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.\n\nUsing Twitter's internal systems, the cyber-criminals' messages had a reach of at least 350 million people.\n\nAnd it looks like it made them about $110,000 (£86,800) in the few hours that the scam was active.\n\nIt was an unprecedented attack on privacy, trust and security.\n\nBut experts say the hackers could have caused far more damage.\n\nAs the boss of a smaller messaging service put it: \"Thank God for greed.\"\n\nTwitter has huge engagement in the US, Japan, Russia and the UK.\n\nIt is the platform of choice for some of the most powerful and prominent people in the world.\n\nTheir posts have moved financial markets and caused diplomatic incidents.\n\nWith the US presidential election less than four months away, there are now valid questions to be asked about whether Twitter can be relied upon in the lead up to the vote.\n\nPresident Donald Trump's account was not taken over in the hack.\n\nBut many were watching to see if it would fall after his Democrat rival Joe Biden's account tweeted out the scam.\n\nPresidential hopefuls Mike Bloomberg, who had sought the Democratic nomination, and Kanye West, who has said he will run as an independent, were among those hacked\n\n\"We already know Russia is planning to meddle in the 2020 election just as they did in the 2016 election,\" Dr Heather Williams, from King's College London, said.\n\n\"Social-media manipulation is one of their favourite tools.\n\n\"So this hack shows just how vulnerable social-media platforms are and how vulnerable Americans are to disinformation.\n\n\"If something bigger was at stake, such as the presidency, this could have really disastrous consequences and undermine our democratic processes.\"\n\nThe security implications of the hack are also wide-reaching, not just for Twitter but for all social networks\n\nEarly suggestions are the hackers managed to access administration privileges, which allowed them to bypass the passwords of any account they wanted.\n\nTwitter appeared to confirm this in a tweet saying: \"We detected what we believe to be a co-ordinated social-engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.\"\n\nCelebrities including US boxer Floyd Mayweather and the singer Wiz Khalifa also lost control of their accounts\n\n\"Social-engineering\" could mean one of several things.\n\nIt might imply a targeted phishing operation - a common tactic employed by cyber-criminals, who find out which individuals have the keys to a system they want to enter and then target them with personal emails that trick them into handing over details.\n\nOr it might mean the perpetrators managed to convince one or several staff members to go rogue, by offering a financial inducement or other means.\n\nThe technology company is going to face huge pressure to be more specific.\n\n\"Twitter's reputation is the cost of this cyber-attack,\" World Economic Forum cyber lead William Dixon said.\n\n\"This is a major security breach for Twitter.\n\n\"The worst in its history.\n\n\"More cyber-resilience is needed across the ecosystem to be able to protect social media users around the world.\"\n\nTwitter is not answering reporters' questions directly but said it had taken \"significant steps to limit access to internal systems\" while it investigated.\n\nThe company also said it was \"looking into what other malicious activity [the hackers] may have conducted or information they may have accessed\".\n\nThe chief executive of the messaging service Element has raised the possibility confidential data was also exposed.\n\n\"It's highly likely private direct messages were accessible for a short time,\" Matthew Hodgson said.\n\n\"Next time, harvesting sensitive information could fuel a wave of extortion or something much worse.\"\n\nTechnology companies Apple and Uber have more than 5.5 million Twitter followers between them\n\nThe idea Twitter has the ability to take over people's accounts no matter what security they have may shock some.\n\nBut experts say it is a necessary part of any membership-based service.\n\nFacebook, Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube have been approached for comment on their security arrangements.\n\nBut Facebook's former chief security officer Alex Stamos told BBC News all consumer-facing companies needed a way to be able to help consumers recover hacked or otherwise locked-out accounts.\n\n\"The change that can be made here is that Twitter can restrict this ability for high-risk accounts to a much smaller number of users or create tools that require one person to initiate and another to approve the change,\" he said.\n\n\"This is, apparently, what they have already done for President Trump's account, following an incident in 2017.\n\n\"They will need to vastly expand these protections.\"\n\nBeyond a potential loss of trust, Twitter may now face legal consequences too.\n\nThe EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) says organisations such as Twitter have to show \"appropriate\" levels of security.\n\nAnd if data-protection officers judge Twitter failed to take adequate measures to protect European users, it could be fined.\n\nEarlier this year, the company's chief executive, Jack Dorsey, lost control of his account for 20 minutes.\n\nAnd in 2010, Twitter settled with the Federal Trade Commission after it was alleged hackers had obtained unauthorised administrative control, including the ability to send out phony tweets from then-President-elect Barack Obama and Fox News.", "Dr Fauci: \"It's only reflecting negatively on them\"\n\nUS infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has described recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him as \"bizarre\" and \"nonsense\".\n\n\"Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,\" Dr Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic. \"It doesn't do anything but reflect poorly on them.\"\n\nOn Sunday, a White House official shared a list detailing past apparent erroneous comments by Dr Fauci.\n\nBut on Wednesday Mr Trump insisted he had a \"good relationship\" with him.\n\n\"We're all in the same team including Dr Fauci,\" he said. \"We want to get rid of this mess that China sent us, so everybody's working on the same line and we're doing very well.\"\n\nThe White House statement attacking Dr Fauci criticised him for what it said was conflicting advice on face coverings and remarks on Covid-19's severity.\n\nResponding to the criticism, Dr Fauci told The Atlantic that targeting him was \"completely wrong\".\n\n\"I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that,\" he said.\n\n\"I think they realise now that that was not a prudent thing to do, because it's only reflecting negatively on them,\" he added.\n\nThe top government expert on infectious diseases took the high road in his first public comments after White House officials, both on and off the record, questioned his professional judgement and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDr Fauci acknowledges that the advice and analysis he has provided has shifted over time, but he insists his recommendations have always been based on the latest science.\n\nThose views have sometimes led to clashes with the president, who has attempted to shift focus to rebuilding a US economy that has been devastated by the pandemic. Dr Fauci has said that the top priority must be controlling the spread of the virus and recent reopening steps have set those efforts back.\n\nSuch blunt talk has helped make Dr Fauci a popular figure during the pandemic, and that alone may be behind some of the resentment that is simmering within the White House.\n\nThe swipes at Dr Fauci, however, seem destined to be counter-productive. With a general election just a few months away the Trump campaign needs a consistent public message - and an administration attacking one of its own, then distancing itself from those attacks, may only promote a message of chaos and confusion.\n\nDr Fauci was also criticised by Peter Navarro, Mr Trump's top trade adviser, in an opinion piece for USA Today in which he said the disease expert had been \"wrong about everything I have interacted with him on\".\n\nHowever, the White House distanced itself from Mr Navarro's remarks, with communications chief Alyssa Farah tweeting that the article \"didn't go through normal White House clearance processes\" and was \"the opinion of Peter alone\".\n\nAsked about Mr Navarro's piece as he departed the White House for Atlanta, Mr Trump said he should not have written it.\n\n\"Well he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn't be doing that,\" he said.\n\nIn his interview with The Atlantic, Dr Fauci said he was not thinking of resigning over the attacks on him.\n\n\"I think the problem is too important for me to get into those kinds of thoughts and discussions. I just want to do my job. I'm really good at it. I think I can contribute. And I'm going to keep doing it,\" he said.\n\nHe has also told Reuters that he believes the US will successfully develop a vaccine against the coronavirus by the end of the year.\n\nIt follows early stage results from a vaccine developed by the firm Moderna, which Dr Fauci said were promising because the vaccine appeared to offer the type of protection seen in a natural infection.\n\nDr Fauci's comments come after reports that as of 15 July, US hospitals will have to report Covid-19 patient data to the federal health agency in Washington instead of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).\n\nThe CDC, the US's top public health institute, has until now been responsible for handling data about the pandemic from its hospital network.\n\nHealth experts have expressed concerns that data will be politicised, become less transparent and possibly affect the work of researchers and modellers.\n\nThe US has reported more than 3.4 million cases of coronavirus, and more than 136,000 deaths nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.", "Tilbrook played Betty, one of the soap's most popular characters\n\nEmmerdale actress Paula Tilbrook, who played Betty Eagleton in the soap for 21 years, has died at the age of 89.\n\nTilbrook joined the ITV soap as the gossip Betty in 1994 and left in 2015, returning for a brief cameo in the Christmas episode that year.\n\n\"The family of Paula Tilbrook are sad to confirm the peaceful passing of their beloved Paula,\" a statement said.\n\nThe show's producers described her as \"a great talent and a wonderful friend\".\n\nTilbrook died in December, but the news was only made public on The Stage website on Wednesday.\n\nThe family statement said: \"She died of natural causes a few months ago at home with her loved ones beside her.\"\n\nAs Betty, Paula Tilbrook loved a gossip over a glass of sherry\n\nBetty was one of the soap's most popular characters with fans, who revelled in her gossiping, sherry drinking and on-screen relationship with Seth, played by Stan Richards from 1978 until 2004.\n\nA spokeswoman for the show said: \"We are saddened to hear of the passing of our much loved colleague, Paula Tilbrook.\n\n\"Paula was at the heart of Emmerdale for many years and she will be greatly missed by all who worked with her and by the fans of her character, Betty.\n\n\"We have lost a great talent and a wonderful friend but she will forever live in the memories of those lucky enough to have known her.\"\n\nBetty's last scenes on the soap saw her revealing to her fellow Yorkshire villagers her plans to move to Australia after finding love.\n\nTilbrook told Digital Spy at the time: \"I did ask our producer, bless her, not to have me murdered because I was fed up of murders. It's a very, very dangerous place to be - you're better in the Bronx than in Emmerdale village!\n\n\"She said, 'Oh no, of course I won't', and she hasn't. It's a proper ending and it's a happy one. Who doesn't like a happy ending?\"\n\nAs well as starring in Emmerdale, Tilbrook also played several minor characters in Coronation Street, including Estelle Plimpton in 1977, Olive Taylor-Brown in 1978 and 1980, and Vivian Barford between 1991 and 93.\n\nTilbrook's other soap role was as another character named Betty - this time Betty Hughes - in Channel 4's Brookside between 1984 and 85.\n\nThe Salford-born actress enjoyed a wide-ranging career across TV, film, theatre and radio. In 1979, she appeared in the thriller/horror series Tales of the Unexpected, while her film credits included Yanks and Alan Bennett's A Private Function.\n\nShe appeared as dog-lover Mrs Tattersall in Open All Hours and played three roles in Last of the Summer Wine. Her other credits included Crown Court and the BBC's Play for Today.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Children and adults have been spending much more time online\n\nReports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50% during lockdown, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.\n\nIn the 11 weeks from 23 March, its hotline logged 44,809 reports of images compared with 29,698 last year.\n\nThe increase follows months in which both adults and children, many of whom who are working at home, have spent significantly more time online.\n\nThe government has promised to draw up legislation to reduce online harms.\n\nThe Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which is supported by most social media and tech companies, works to remove child abuse material.\n\nChief executive Susie Hargreaves said the hugely increased number of people staying at home had led to increased police estimates of offenders online.\n\n\"When you match that with children being online for so much longer during the day, stuck at home, we suddenly have got the conditions for more child sexual abuse images to be generated,\" she said.\n\nThe fastest growing category of images being removed by the IWF in recent years has been those generated by children after grooming or coercion.\n\nThe figures from the IWF are likely to renew the debate about how to keep children safe online, after months of parents grappling to limit the time their children spend online\n\nKelly Anderson has been working to moderate her children's online time\n\nMother of three young children, Kelly Anderson, who started volunteering for the anti-bullying charity, Kidscape, a few months ago in south Wales, says own family have had to work harder at finding a balance with screen time and other activities.\n\nHer children have been spending more time online in recent months, to access school work as well as to keep in contact with family and friends.\n\n\"It's important for us they still have the opportunity to be children, to go outside and use their bikes, and play with their toys,\" she said.\n\nKelly says that as parents they put boundaries around recreational screen time, allowing it after school work, helping with chores and having family time.\n\nShe also uses a parenting app to track the content her children are viewing online each day.\n\nIt allowed her to see when her seven-year-old son accessed video taken from a game that was rated for 18-year-olds.\n\n\"Straight away I was able to ask him why he was looking at it. He said his friends had told him it was really good.\n\n\"It opened up age-appropriate conversations about why it was rated 18, and what sanctions there would be if he looked at it again. \"\n\nThe government has promised to bring forward draft legislation against online harms, but there has been growing concern that it will be delayed by the pandemic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How can children stay safe online? Three young people shared their advice\n\nAndy Burrows, head of child safety online at the NSPCC, warned: \"Lockdown has resulted in a perfect storm for online child abuse.\n\n\"Harm could have been lessened, if social networks had done a better job of investing in technology, investing in safer design features heading into this crisis. \"\n\nNSPCC believes they have not done this because they have not been legally required to do so be a regulator.\n\nHowever, there is no data as yet showing an increased incidence of harm to children online during lockdown.\n\nIt is not clear, for example, whether images being reported were taken or shared before lockdown, began or during the period in question.\n\n\"The fear is we don't really know the full extent of the impact of this crisis until children start to go back to school in September and disclose to teachers\" said Mr Burrows.\n\nDr Victoria Baines is a visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford, who previously worked as an analyst at the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.\n\nShe believes using existing legislation against criminal activity may be more effective.\n\nShe warns increased concern about risks to children online, and reports of images to hotlines, need to be treated with caution and are not the same as children actually being the victims of such crimes.\n\nHowever, she said: \"Online, we have seen some indications that people with a sexual interest in children are talking about the opportunities in lockdown.\"\n\nThe National Crime Agency said its intelligence suggested increased offending.\n\n\"We believe the full scale will only be revealed once children return to schools and have more access to trusted adults,\" a spokesman added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK's inflation rate rose to 0.6% in June as the coronavirus lockdown began to ease.\n\nThe Consumer Prices Index (CPI) picked up slightly from May's four-year low of 0.5%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nFood and alcohol prices fell, but prices for clothing and games rose, the ONS said.\n\nDespite the slight increase in the rate, inflation remains below the Bank of England's 2% target.\n\nJonathan Athow, deputy national statistician for economic statistics at the ONS, said: \"The inflation rate has increased for the first time this year, but remains low by historical standards.\n\n\"Due to the impact of the coronavirus, clothing prices have not followed the usual seasonal pattern this year, with the normal falls due to the start of the summer sales failing to materialise.\n\n\"Prices for computer games and consoles have risen, but food prices, particularly vegetables, have fallen.\"\n\nInflation has fallen sharply during the coronavirus crisis as consumer demand has slumped.\n\nIn June, men's clothing in particular rose in price, with increases coming \"across almost the full range\", the ONS said.\n\nWomen's clothing showed \"a more mixed picture across the different products\", but with the overall effect still upward.\n\nGames, toys and hobbies, particularly computer games and computer games consoles, made the biggest contribution to the inflation rise, the ONS said.\n\n\"It is possible that prices have been influenced by the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown changing the timing of demand and the availability of some items, particularly consoles,\" the ONS added.\n\nInflation is the rate at which the prices for goods and services increase.\n\nIt's one of the key measures of financial wellbeing because it affects what consumers can buy for their money. If there is inflation, money doesn't go as far.\n\nIt's expressed as a percentage increase or decrease in prices over time. For example, if the inflation rate for the cost of a litre of petrol is 2% a year, motorists need to spend 2% more at the pump than 12 months earlier.\n\nAnd if wages don't keep up with inflation, purchasing power and the standard of living falls.\n\nSince many areas of the economy were completely shut down in June, the ONS said it had to estimate or \"impute\" some of the data.\n\nJeremy Thomson-Cook, chief economist at financial services firm Equals, said the slight increase in the inflation rate was \"a positive sign\", but added that the outlook remained \"messy\".\n\n\"Food prices are falling from lockdown levels, clothing demand is out of kilter with typical seasonal patterns, demand for entertainment during lockdown provided a pronounced bump in prices, and the ONS has only been able to log 84% of the normal price quotes due to unavailability,\" he said.\n\n\"For now, however, inflation remains low, and both consumers and the Bank of England will be happy with that.\"\n\nPaul Dales, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the small rise in inflation was unlikely to be sustained and that deflation was \"around the corner\".\n\n\"In fact, by July or August, CPI inflation may have fallen below zero,\" he said.\n\nDiscounting from retailers and the impact of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's \"eat out to help out\" scheme would push inflation down, he said.\n\nMr Dales said any bout of deflation would last just a few months, but added: \"It will be a few years before the economy is strong enough to raise inflation to the 2% target.\"", "The arrow points to a \"camp fire\". The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size\n\nNew pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras.\n\nThey come from the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe, which was launched earlier this year.\n\nAmong the UK-assembled craft's novel insights are views of mini-flares dubbed \"camp fires\".\n\nThese are millionths of the size of the Sun's giant flares that are routinely observed by Earth telescopes.\n\nWhether these miniature versions are driven by the same mechanisms, though, is unclear. But these small flares could be involved in the mysterious heating process that makes the star's outer atmosphere, or corona, far hotter than its surface.\n\n\"The Sun has a relatively cool surface of about 5,500 degrees and is surrounded by a super-hot atmosphere of more than a million degrees,\" explained Esa project scientist Daniel Müller.\n\n\"There's a theory put forward by the great US physicist Eugene Parker, who conjectured that if you should have a vast number of tiny flares this might account for an omnipresent heating mechanism that could make the corona hot.\"\n\nWhatever their role, the camp fires are certainly small - which may explain why they've been missed up to this point, says David Berghmans, from the Royal Observatory of Belgium and the principal investigator on the probe's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI).\n\n\"The smallest ones are a couple of our pixels. A pixel corresponds to 400km - that's the spatial resolution. So they're about the size of some European countries,\" he told reporters. \"There may be smaller ones.\"\n\nThe Metis instrument is a coronagraph. It blocks out the dazzling light from the solar surface, allowing the fainter outer atmosphere of the Sun to be seen. Different frequencies show different features\n\nThe European Space Agency (Esa) satellite was despatched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the US in February. Its mission is to reveal the secrets of our star's dynamic behaviour.\n\nThe Sun's emissions have profound impacts at Earth that go far beyond just providing light and warmth.\n\nOften, they are disruptive; outbursts of charged particles with their entrained magnetic fields will trip electronics on satellites and degrade radio communications.\n\nSolO could help scientists better predict this interference.\n\n\"The recent situation with coronavirus has proved how important it is to stay connected, and satellites are part of that connectivity,\" said Caroline Harper, the head of space science at the UK Space Agency. \"So, it really is important that we learn more about the Sun so that we can predict its weather, its space weather, in the same ways we've learned how to do (with weather) here on Earth.\"\n\nSolar Orbiter's suite of instruments will allow it to untangle the details of what drives the Sun's dynamic behaviour. Sensors can pick out the different layers of the star's atmosphere and track its twisting magnetic fields\n\nSolar Orbiter has been set on a series of loops around the Sun that will gradually take it closer still - ultimately to a separation of less than 43 million km.\n\nThat will put SolO inside the orbit of the planet Mercury.\n\nThe pictures showcased on Thursday come from the most recent near pass, known as perihelion. This occurred in mid-June, inside the orbit of Venus.\n\nFor comparison, Earth sits about 149 million km (93 million miles) on average from the Sun.\n\nAt a particular wavelength of light known as Lyman-alpha, the EUI will pick out the hydrogen in the Sun's lower atmosphere (chromosphere). Temperatures in this region are 10,000 to 100,000 degrees\n\nTo be clear: while the new images have been taken from the closest ever vantage point, they are not the highest resolution ever acquired. The largest solar telescopes on Earth will always beat SolO on that measure.\n\nBut the probe's holistic approach, using the combination of six remote sensing instruments and four in-situ instruments, puts it on a different level.\n\nEsa's senior advisor for science & exploration, Mark McCaughrean, told BBC News: \"Solar Orbiter isn't going closer to the Sun just to get higher-resolution images: it's going closer to get into a different, less turbulent part of the solar wind, studying the particles and magnetic field in situ at that closer distance, while simultaneously taking remote data on the surface of the Sun and immediately around it for context. No other mission or telescope can do that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is Solar Orbiter trying to do?\n\nIt will be a couple of years yet before Solar Orbiter makes the first of its very close encounters with the Sun (at a distance of 48 million km).\n\nAs the mission progresses, SolO will, with the gravitational assistance of Venus, also lift itself out of the plane of the planets so that it can more easily see the Sun's poles. \"Terra incognita\", as Sami Solanki, from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and PI on Solo's Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager, likes to call these regions.\n\nIt's at the poles where we may finally learn the fundamentals of the Sun's magnetism.\n\n\"We know that the magnetic field is responsible for all the activity that the Sun produces, but we don't know how the magnetic field itself is produced,\" Solanki said.\n\n\"We think it's a dynamo that is doing that inside the Sun, similar to the dynamo inside the Earth. But we really don't know how it functions. But we do know that the poles play a key role.\"\n\nHolly Gilbert, the Solar Orbiter project scientist at the US space agency, Esa's major partner on the mission, enthused about the science ahead.\n\n\"If we've already made some discoveries with just the 'first light' images, just imagine what we're going to find when we get closer to the Sun, and when we get out of the ecliptic. Very exciting.\"\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all 'hacked'\n\nBillionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.\n\nThe official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency.\n\n\"Everyone is asking me to give back,\" a tweet from Mr Gates' account said. \"You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.\"\n\nThe US Senate Commerce committee has demanded Twitter brief it about the incident next week.\n\nTwitter said it was a \"co-ordinated\" attack targeting its employees \"with access to internal systems and tools\".\n\n\"We know they [the hackers] used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf,\" the company said in a series of tweets.\n\nIt added that \"significant steps\" had been taken to limit access to such internal systems and tools while the company's investigation was ongoing.\n\nThe firm has also blocked users from being able to tweet Bitcoin wallet addresses for the time being.\n\nMeanwhile, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted: \"Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened.\"\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said its officers had \"reached out\" to the tech firm.\n\n\"While this appears to be an attack on the company rather than individual users, we would urge people to treat requests for money or sensitive information on social media with extreme caution,\" it added in a statement.\n\nUS politicians also have questions. Republican Senator Josh Hawley has written to the company asking if President Trump's account had been vulnerable.\n\nPresident Trump's account was not compromised, the White House said. \"The president will remain on Twitter. His account was secure and not jeopardised during these attacks,\" a statement said.\n\nThe chair of the Senate Commerce committee has also been in contact with Twitter.\n\n\"It cannot be overstated how troubling this incident is, both in its effects and in the apparent failure of Twitter's internal controls to prevent it,\" Senator Roger Wicker wrote to the firm.\n\nHe added that the company must brief the committee's staff about the hack no later than Thursday 23 July.\n\nOne cyber-security expert said that the breach could have been a lot worse in other circumstances.\n\n\"If you were to have this kind of incident take place in the middle of a crisis, where Twitter was being used to either communicate de-escalatory language or critical information to the public, and suddenly it's putting out the wrong messages from several verified status accounts - that could be seriously destabilising,\" Dr Alexi Drew from King's College London told the BBC.\n\nTwitter earlier had to take the extraordinary step of stopping many verified accounts marked with blue ticks from tweeting altogether.\n\nPassword reset requests were also being denied and some other \"account functions\" disabled.\n\nBy 20:30 EDT (00:30 GMT Thursday) users with verified account started to be able to send tweets again, but Twitter said it was still working on a fix.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded cyber-security company CrowdStrike, told Reuters news agency: \"This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet.\"\n\nOn the official account of Mr Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief appeared to offer to double any Bitcoin payment sent to the address of his digital wallet \"for the next 30 minutes\".\n\n\"I'm feeling generous because of Covid-19,\" the tweet added, along with a Bitcoin link address.\n\nThe tweets were deleted just minutes after they were first posted.\n\nBut as the first such tweet from Musk's account was removed, another one appeared, then a third.\n\nThe Biden campaign said Twitter had \"locked down the account within a few minutes of the breach and removed the related tweet\".\n\nA spokesman for Bill Gates told AP news agency: \"This appears to be part of a larger issue that Twitter is facing.\"\n\nThe BBC can report from a security source that a web address - cryptoforhealth.com - to which some hacked tweets directed users was registered by a cyber-attacker using the email address mkeyworth5@gmail.com.\n\nThe name \"Anthony Elias\" was used to register the website, but may be a pseudonym - it appears to be a play on \"an alias\".\n\nCryptoforhealth is also a registered user name on Instagram, apparently set up contemporaneously to the hack.\n\nThe description of the profile read \"It was us\", alongside a slightly smiling face emoticon.\n\nThe Instagram profile also posted a message that said: \"It was a charity attack. Your money will find its way to the right place.\"\n\nIn any case, the real identities of the perpetrators are as yet unknown.\n\nThese \"double your Bitcoin\" scams have been a persistent pest on Twitter for years but this is unprecedented with the actual accounts of public figures hijacked and on a large scale.\n\nThe fact that so many different users have been compromised at the same time implies that this is a problem with Twitter's platform itself.\n\nEarly suggestions are that someone has managed to get hold of some sort of administration privileges and bypassed the passwords of pretty much any account they want.\n\nWith so much power at their fingertips the attackers could have done a lot more damage with more sophisticated tweets that could have harmed an individual or organisation's reputation.\n\nBut the motive seems to be clear - make as much money as quickly as they can. The hackers would have known that the tweets wouldn't stay up for long so this was the equivalent of a \"smash and grab\" operation.\n\nThere are conflicting accounts of how much money the hackers have made and even when a figure is settled upon, it's important to remember that cyber-criminals are known to add their own funds into their Bitcoin wallets to make the scam seem more legitimate.\n\nEither way, it's going to be very hard to catch the criminals by following the money. Law enforcement, as well as many angry users, will have some strong questions for Twitter about how this could have happened.\n\nCameron Winklevoss, who was declared the world's first Bitcoin billionaire in 2017 along with his twin brother Tyler, tweeted a message on Wednesday warning people not to participate in the \"scam\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the short time it was online, the link displayed in the tweets of targeted accounts received hundreds of contributions totalling more than $100,000 (£80,000), according to publicly available blockchain records.\n\nThe Twitter accounts targeted have millions of followers.\n\nApple's official account has more than four million followers, while Amazon's chief has 1.5 million\n\nLast year, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey's account was hacked, but the company said it had fixed the flaw that left his account vulnerable.\n\nDr Drew recently co-authored a paper warning about the potential of Twitter being used to sow disinformation.\n\nShe said the latest incident highlighted the need for all major social media platforms to check their security measures, particularly in the run up to the US Presidential vote.\n\n\"Social media companies such as Twitter and, Facebook all have a duty to consider the damage and influence their platforms can have on the 2020 election, and I think some companies are taking that more seriously than others,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Twitter actually has a good history of being forward-thinking and proactive in this space.\n\n\"But whatever the source of this attack [it seems they have] still not done enough.\"\n\nThe FBI's San Francisco field office put out a statement on Wednesday about the latest cyber-breach.\n\n\"The accounts appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud,\" it said.\n\n\"We advise the public not to fall victim to this scam by sending cryptocurrency or money in relation to this incident.\"", "Police spoke to Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi and her husband Falil in June\n\nA complaint against police officers who accused a black woman of \"jumping on the bandwagon\" is to be probed by a watchdog.\n\nTwo officers asked Ingrid Antoine-Onikoyi and her husband Falil for their details after they parked cars in Ipswich, saying \"because we can\".\n\nSuffolk Police said it had referred the complaint to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThe couple, who are from Watford, were confronted by police outside a relative's house in Ipswich. The incident was filmed on Mrs Antoine-Onikoyi's phone and the footage has been viewed on Twitter more than two million times after it was shared by their daughter.\n\nMs Antoine said in her tweet: \"It's suspicious to walk from your car to your house, while black. The UK is not innocent.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Suffolk Police officers ask for the black couple's details \"because we can\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after receiving news of the IOPC investigation, Ms Antoine said: \"I am pleased, as long as it is properly investigated. What we need is a proper apology.\"\n\nAfter the incident Suffolk Police said it was due to give a formal apology to the couple.\n\nWhen the BBC submitted a Freedom of Information request to discover what action had been taken the police said: \"The Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Professional Standards Department have recorded a complaint and referred the matter to the IOPC who are conducting an investigation.\"\n\nMaja Antoine said she was pleased the IOPC was investigating the incident\n\nA Suffolk Police spokesman said the case was \"voluntarily referred to the IOPC\" which would \"conduct an independent investigation into the complaint and therefore it would not be appropriate for the force to comment further at this time\".\n\nThe IOPC confirmed it had started an investigation.\n\nThe couple had just parked their cars on a residential street when a police car \"blocked them in\".\n\nMrs Antoine-Onikoyi said: \"They started questioning my husband, asking who he was, were our cars ours, and asking to see his driving licence.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Online retailer Boohoo has been criticised by MPs who say it has failed to address claims of exploitation at factories in Leicester.\n\nPhilip Dunne MP said he found it \"incredible\" Boohoo was surprised by allegations of poor working conditions.\n\nBoohoo had said it was \"shocked and appalled\" by reports that workers had been paid as little as £3.50 per hour.\n\nBut Mr Dunne suggested the firm was already aware of the issues. Boohoo said it would respond \"in due course\".\n\nThe firm's co-founder, and then-chief executive, Carol Kane appeared in front of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of MPs in 2018 over links Boohoo \"may have to illegally low pay in Leicester garment factories\".\n\n\"It is incredible that over a year since the committee highlighted illegal working practices in its supply chain, Boohoo has publicly denied any knowledge of what has been happening for years,\" Mr Dunne, who is chair of the EAC, wrote in a letter to the company.\n\n\"It is shameful that it took a pandemic and the ensuing outrage about working practices in their supply chain for Boohoo finally to be taken to task for turning a blind eye,\" he said.\n\nLast week, Boohoo - which also owns the Pretty Little Thing brand - faced a backlash after a report claimed workers at a Leicester factory that supplied clothes to Boohoo were paid just £3.50 an hour, while being offered no protection from coronavirus.\n\nThe national minimum wage for people over 25 years-old is £8.72 an hour.\n\nBoohoo also owns PrettyLittleThing, which has collaborated with celebrities like Little Mix\n\nThe fashion firm ordered an independent review of its UK supply chain as a result, which will by led by Alison Levitt QC, a barrister specialising in business crime and financial services.\n\nThe committee also asked what measures the online retailer had taken to protect the workers that make its clothes during the pandemic, and whether it would allow the establishment of formal trade unions.\n\nThe letter cited claims by Usdaw that workers had been told \"not to speak with trade union representatives\".\n\nOther fashion stores have distanced themselves from Boohoo over the recent reports.\n\nNext, Asos and Zalando all announced that they had stopped selling Boohoo clothes on their websites in July.\n\nThe retailers said they were pausing relationships with Boohoo's brands, pending the outcome of the company's investigation.\n\nBoohoo's share price has plunged over the past month. It currently stands at 210p, after hovering around the 410p mark for most of June.", "The Welsh and UK governments have clashed in a new row over how trade rules will operate post-Brexit.\n\nUK government plans ask all four nations to accept rules and standards set by each other to ensure trade remains seamless across the UK.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it had not seen the plans and any system forced on Wales would be \"deeply damaging\".\n\nUK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said the plans continued \"hundreds of years\" of a \"seamless internal UK market\".\n\nThe Welsh Government negotiated an agreement with the UK government in 2018 that means powers in areas such as food labelling, support for farmers and energy efficiency - currently regulated at EU level - will return to Cardiff.\n\nThe UK government has however said that devolved administrations will have to recognise the rules of all four nations, so as not to harm trade within the UK.\n\nIn a policy paper, it says this will ensure a level playing field for all firms regardless of which UK nation they are in, to ensure a UK-wide \"internal market\".\n\nMr Sharma told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers: \"What we are proposing today in the white paper is a continuation of what's happened over hundreds of years which is a seamless UK internal market.\"\n\nHe said the devolved administrations \"have known the direction of travel\" and the UK government would be \"engaging with colleagues extensively across all the devolved administrations and getting their views.\"\n\nHe added: \"The UK has some of the highest standards when it comes to the environment, animal welfare, food safety, and that is not going to change.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said while it supported the principle of seamless trade any rules must be agreed by the devolved nations.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Any new system must have independent oversight and dispute resolution.\n\n\"Unfortunately, the UK government has not managed to share the paper with us, and Welsh ministers have had no recent discussions with the UK government on these issues.\n\n\"Any attempt to unilaterally impose a system will be deeply damaging.\"\n\nBut Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said Wales was a \"vital part\" of the UK's single marketplace and 75% of Welsh goods were consumed in the rest of the UK.\n\n\"Securing this internal market will ensure this trade remains seamless, safeguarding thousands of Welsh jobs,\" he said.\n\n\"It is vital for our shared prosperity and our ability to bounce back from the pandemic that people, products, ideas and investment continue to flow unhindered throughout the UK.\"\n\nDuring a Commons statement on the legislation, Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams called it a \"power-grab\" transferring \"vast powers over devolved areas to Tory ministers\".\n\n\"Thirty-five years ago, in 1985, the then Tory European Commissioner's white paper detailed 300 legislative proposals to complete the European Single Market and that with a seven-year deadline,\" he said.\n\n\"On the 'UK Internal Market', this Tory government is giving a four-week consultation over the summer.\n\n\"Persuasive evidence, were it needed, that the UK internal market is first and foremost a convenient headline - a veneer lacking detail or a legal basis.\"\n\nAfter Welsh ministers had complained about a lack of consultation and not seeing the proposals before they were made public, it emerged that the Welsh Government had cancelled a meeting that would have given the first minister a briefing on the plans.\n\nA spokesperson for the Welsh Government said: \"Given the significance of the changes the UK government is planning to impose on Wales, we asked for a copy of the paper ahead of any meeting with the secretary of state for Wales.\n\n\"This would have allowed for a more meaningful discussion on these deeply damaging changes.\n\n\"Regrettably, this did not happen.\"\n\nThis is really all about who gets to decide things such as food standards after EU rules stop applying at the end of the year.\n\nMinisters in Cardiff Bay are concerned about a hollowing out of devolution by the back door.\n\nTake the proposal for a \" mutual recognition principle\" as an example -.. they say it effectively means the lowest common denominator wins because every UK home nation has to recognise every other home nation's standards.\n\nSo in the trade negotiations with the US - the proverbial chlorinated chicken issue - if the UK government negotiated a trade deal with the US allowing lower standard food into England, the Welsh Government couldn't stop it coming into Wales.\n\nBut the UK government insist they will protect British food and farming standards in the negotiations so the issue won't arise.", "The al-Hol camp in north eastern Syria is an overflowing vessel of anger and unanswered questions. Inside are the lost women and children of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), abandoned by their men, their nightmare caliphate and their governments.\n\nSome cling to their hate-fuelled ideology: \"We are undefeated!\" they scream in your face. Others beg for a way out - a way home.\n\nUmm Usma, a Moroccan-Belgian woman, clings to a fantasy that she helped the women and children of Syria in her six years here, most of it with IS.\n\nThe former nurse grabs her niqab with a black-gloved hand, \"This is my choice,\" she says. \"In Belgium I couldn't wear my niqab - this is my choice.\"\n\n\"Every religion did something wrong,\" she said. \"Show us the good.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"There are different degrees of radicalisation among the women\"\n\nAs she shouts with a group of other black-clad women, a badly burnt child is pushed in a buggy through the mud by his mother. \"Look at what they did,\" her mother shouts, referring to US-backed forces.\n\nAl-Hol is a nightmare, a camp that has grown from 11,000 people, to more than 70,000. It is swollen with the dark aftermath of the collapsed pseudo-caliphate. It is ready to burst.\n\nUmm Usma says she has no need to apologise for the 2016 IS attack in Brussels in which 32 people - not including the bombers - were killed. In her mind, an attack against her country by the group she joined doesn't need to be answered. She has cloaked herself in victimhood. She believes the West and its air strikes against the last IS hold-out of Baghouz are to blame for their misery. The hate and violence perpetrated by IS are forgotten.\n\nThis is the jihadist mind-trick, a selective memory that erases any wrongdoing.\n\n\"I won't talk about what my husband did, I don't know what he did,\" Umm Usma claims. She has lived under democracy and under IS. She tells me she knows which one is better. \"Your mind is closed,\" she says as she turns her back and walks away.\n\nIt is only two weeks since Baghouz, the last of IS-governed territory, fell to Kurdish-led forces. The Kurds had taken their time, allowing ceasefire after ceasefire so that women, children and the injured could leave. The coalition warplanes that killed civilians in Mosul and Raqqa, IS's two lost capitals, were more cautious over Baghouz.\n\nIS used its families as a last line of defence.\n\n\"In one day, at least 2,000 people were killed,\" one Iraqi boy, who survived the combat, tells me. \"IS parked vehicles among the tents of families. We knew that vehicles were targeted, so we told them to take the vehicles away. But they didn't, and the vehicles exploded.\"\n\nWhen the fighting was over, Baghouz was cleared of corpses before the media arrived.\n\nThe men of IS were not just soldiers on a battlefield. They brought with them women, children and extended families.\n\nNour is a victim of their catastrophe. She lies on an examination bed in the camp's Red Crescent clinic. The six-year-old has been shot in the face. That was 15 days ago, and since then she's only been given the barest of medical attention. Her cheeks are swollen and her teeth shattered. The pain appears to be something she's become accustomed to, because she only screams when she's moved.\n\nIt was a sniper's round that came through the tent in Baghouz. She was hiding out there with her family, part of an army of hardcore believers who stayed with IS to the end.\n\nIn al-Hol, many of the war wounded are children. Nour's mother, from Turkmenistan, is too sick to stand. She curls on her side, beside Nour, teetering on the edge of the bed. Her IS fighter husband is already dead.\n\nNour's condition needs urgent attention and she is sent to a hospital in the city of Hassakeh. Now the clinic bed is emptied and a new occupant is placed on its black leather surface.\n\nBut Asma is barely there at all: she's a faint speck of a human being, almost transparent. Too weak to cry much, she looks only days old. She is, in fact, six months old. Her sister, a girl herself, stands above her, eyes cast down. As IS fought to the last, their families starved.\n\nSome 169 children have died since escaping Baghouz - children who did no wrong. Those that remain are at risk from sickness and disease. And there is a greater danger that Western governments appear to have ignored. They are still in the care of extremist parents, and their malice isn't being countered or re-educated - it is being left to fester.\n\nThose that survived IS were brought in open cattle trucks, across the desert in their tens of thousands to al-Hol. The village by the camp is where IS once sold Yazidi women as slaves. Not far from here, hundreds of Kurdish-led forces were killed in a single IS attack. The two-storey school in the village still has the IS flag painted across it. The spring rains and summer sun are fading it to nothing.\n\nThe campsite is at the village edge: a mini-state, a displaced caliphate, a growing danger that is now larger than the village itself.\n\nWhat remains inside, no-one wants. A few governments have taken people back: Russia, Saudi Arabia and Morocco. The United States has taken back a single woman. The UK has no plan to repatriate fighters or their families. Al-Hol is the camp where Shamima Begum, the teenager from London, was first held and where she learned she had been stripped of her British citizenship. France has taken back a handful of orphans whose parents died fighting for IS.\n\nThere are degrees of radicalisation, and the immediate aftermath of a war is no place to judge who can be reformed, who can be saved.\n\nThe foreign women in the camp are kept separately, under armed guard. Here the ideology is at its most toxic. This is where the true believers are contained. A guard outside points to his bruised head. \"They threw rocks at us yesterday,\" he says.\n\nBy the entrance, a bag of raw chicken pieces lies tied up in the dirt. Women are pressed up against the chain-link fence, demanding to be let out. They are from everywhere: Brazil, Germany, France, Morocco, Somalia, the list goes on.\n\nThe western women are wary of speaking inside. They fear being attacked by the more radical women in the camp, if they are seen speaking to a man. If they remove their veils, they are set upon by some of the women. Tents have been burned to the ground in retribution.\n\n\"The Tunisian and Russian women are the worst,\" says 19-year-old Leonora Messing from Germany. She points to two large communal tents. \"They were last to come out from Baghouz.\"\n\nMessing joined IS at the age of 15, a month after another 15-year-old, Shamima Begum, and her friends fled Britain for Syria. Messing became the third wife of a German extremist who is now, too, in Kurdish custody.\n\nThe German woman is full of regret, born not only of circumstance, but regret, she says, that long predates the defeat of IS.\n\n\"I was a half-year in Isis and I asked my father if he can help me to send a smuggler to bring me out. They sent a smuggler but security from Isis, they killed him. And then they catch me also because they find pictures of me on his phone. And then I was locked up first time in prison [in Raqqa] and then a second time in [the village of] Shaafa,\" she explains.\n\nIn her arms, she cradles a two-month-old, wrinkle-faced baby, her second child, born in Baghouz as the fighting raged all around them.\n\n\"I gave birth alone. There was no doctors, no nurses\", she says, \"I sent my husband out. I sent him. I was crying. You know how woman have faith. I said you search. He said there is nobody. I said GO SEARCH.\"\n\nShe still loves her extremist husband and says she will wait for him if he is sent back to Germany to serve a prison sentence.\n\nShe talks about the death of Shamima Begum's son, who was born in the camp, and died just 20 days later. Both of her own children have been sick, but she says she has reason to believe they will be safe.\n\nOur second meeting is cut short. Leonora Messing has an appointment. A convoy of armoured-vehicles, protected by armed men arrives, with Westerners inside. \"The German government wants to check on my children,\" Messing said.\n\nBritain's foreign secretary has said it is too dangerous for UK diplomats to travel to Syria, a place where, like Germany, it has no consulates or embassies. There is still no plan to repatriate women and children, many of whose husbands have been killed or stripped of their UK citizenship.\n\nAs rain clouds swirl and thicken above, two gangly young women march across the muddy ground with purpose, heading straight for my Syrian colleague and me. The camp smells bad, there isn't proper sanitation and the rain isn't helping. One of the pair is carrying, incongruously, a patent leather handbag, with a little diamanté clasp. Through their veils I see what looks like the eyes of teenage girls.\n\n\"Where are our husbands? When will they be released?\" they demand, but without much menace. When my colleague shrugs his shoulders, one of the women says, \"ask him,\" pointing at me with a black-gloved hand. A giggle emerges from under the other black dresses.\n\nThey may have their answers in the coming days, as Iraq, too, prepares to take back its people. The high-value prisoners will go first and will almost certainly be executed, and their women and children will follow to Iraq. Camps are already being prepared, not very far from al-Hol, on the Iraqi side of the border.\n\nThat will alleviate pressure at the camp, but it will not solve the enduring question that al-Hol presents the West: how much mercy should be shown to an enemy that offered none? And, what is to become of their women and children now that IS is gone?", "Tributes were paid to the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic and the health workers combating it, in a ceremony on Thursday led by King Felipe VI.\n\nRelatives of those who died with the virus laid white roses on a black pedestal surrounding a bowl of burning coals outside the Royal Palace in Madrid.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShamima Begum said she joined the Islamic State group (IS) in search of the perfect family life, and it was in Raqqa, shortly after she arrived in Syria four years ago, that it arranged a marriage between her and Dutch armed extremist Yago Riedijk.\n\nShe was 15 at the time and he was 23. In the UK, he would be committing a sexual offence.\n\nHe sits opposite me in a yellow plastic chair, 27 years old now, in a freezing interview room in a Kurdish detention centre. His guards have just removed his handcuffs.\n\nIf I see Shamima, he asks me to \"tell her that I love her and have patience\".\n\n\"Hopefully soon we'll be together again and things will turn out all right - hopefully.\"\n\nIt seems unlikely that will happen anytime soon.\n\nOver the next hour, he paints a contradictory picture of an insulated home life, and a maelstrom of terror outside.\n\nHe said he kept the two separate and that his wife, despite her public statements to the contrary, was ignorant of IS's crimes.\n\n\"I was keeping her in a protected shell,\" he said.\n\n\"I did not give her any information about what was going on outside. The problems that I was facing, the dangers.\n\n\"She was just sitting inside taking care of the household while I was trying to get by.\n\n\"Feed her, feed myself. Try to keep out of trouble. Try to not getting killed by secret services.\n\n\"You know, making decisions that changed our lives, trying to keep us in safety.\"\n\nIS was driven out of Raqqa, the de facto capital of its \"caliphate\", in October 2017\n\nWhen I met Ms Begum last week, she said she had joined IS in search of the perfect family life.\n\nShe told me: \"My family wouldn't help me get married in the UK and the way they showed family life in IS was pretty nice.\n\n\"Like the perfect family life, saying they'd take care of you and take care of your family. And that was true.\n\n\"They did take care of me and my family at first but things changed after that.\"\n\nIt was a world of headless corpses and IS prison and torture for Mr Riedijk.\n\nWhen I asked him if he knew of any Yazidis - the religious sect IS enslaved and murdered - he had this to say: \"I heard about one Dutch guy. He had a slave.\n\n\"That's about as close as I ever got to a slave. I heard she was about 40 years old.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shamima Begum: \"I got tricked and I was hoping someone would have sympathy with me\"\n\nMs Begum had said she had seen a human head in a bin; her husband explained it was in a bag on top of a pile of dead IS prisoners wearing military uniforms.\n\nAnd he attended the stoning of a woman accused of \"fornication\".\n\n\"I actually never witnessed a beheading,\" he said. \"I've actually witnessed a stoning once.\n\n\"And I've watched, I've seen people who have been executed but not the execution itself.\"\n\n\"Actually, she wasn't stoned to death,\" he corrected. \"She stood up and she ran away.\n\n\"And, after that, they said to the guys who were throwing stones: 'Stop throwing stones.'\n\n\"It's not allowed to throw the stones after she gets up and runs away. So we stopped throwing stones at her and she escaped. After that they left her alone.\"\n\nMr Riedijk's wife claimed that he \"wasn't really a fighter\", but he went to fight for IS in Kobane and was injured.\n\nHe fought again in Aleppo.\n\nHe said: \"I made a huge mistake. I've thrown away years of my life. It was not my life.\n\n\"Luckily, I didn't directly hurt other people. But me joining and supporting a group like that. It's something that's not acceptable.\"\n\nHe added that he had hardly used his weapon.\n\nNow he says he wants to return to the Netherlands, with his wife, and his newborn baby son.\n\n\"I would love to go back to my own country,\" he said, \"which I now understand the privileges that I lived with. The privilege of living there as a citizen.\n\n\"And, of course, I understand that many people have a problem with what I did and I totally understand that.\n\n\"I have to take responsibility for what I did, serve my sentence. But I hope to be able to return to a normal life and to raise a family.\"\n\nFor now, Ms Begum and Mr Riedijk have neither their passports nor control of their own fate.\n\nThey gave up both when they joined the Islamic State group, and are unlikely to see the return of either anytime soon.\n\nMs Begum is in a woman's internment camp not very far away from her imprisoned husband.\n\nKurdish officials say there are no plans for them to be reunited.\n\nCorrection 4 March 2019: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the husband of Shamima Begum could be liable for statutory rape under English law.", "The committee is looking into Moscow's alleged influence on UK votes\n\nA long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in the 2017 general election and the 2016 Brexit vote is to be published next week.\n\nThe Intelligence and Security Committee voted unanimously for it to be released before Parliament's summer break.\n\nThe delay in publishing the report, which was completed last year, has led to speculation that it contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives.\n\nBut the government denies that political considerations were involved.\n\nThe report is thought to look at a wide range of Russian activity - from traditional espionage to subversion - but the greatest interest is in possible interference in the 2016 and 2017 votes.\n\nDowning Street gave clearance for publication last autumn, but it did not come out before December's general election was called - at which point the old committee's membership was disbanded.\n\nPublication was further delayed by the replacement committee not being set up until this week.\n\nEspionage, subversion and influence: that's what the Russia Report is all about. How far has Russia been carrying out such activities and has enough been done to stop them?\n\nIt is not just about the traditional spy-versus-spy intelligence-gathering to steal secrets, but also Russia's use of new techniques like cyber-espionage and social media campaigns to interfere in political life.\n\nBut it is also about Russian influence, especially though money, which critics argue has seeped into public life and compromised various institutions.\n\nThe information in the report came from the intelligence agencies but also from independent experts. Some of them are believed to have painted a stark picture of a long-term failure to deter Moscow, all the way back to the weak response to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium in 2006.\n\nHow much detail is there and how damning is it? We are about to find out.\n\nThe decision by the nine-member ISC - which meets behind closed doors - to bring out the report follows the election of Julian Lewis as its chairman on Wednesday.\n\nA Tory MP since 1997, he put himself forward for the role, apparently against the wishes of Downing Street, which had preferred former cabinet minister Chris Grayling for the job.\n\nThe three Labour members and one SNP member of the committee supported Mr Lewis, who, immediately after being named chairman, was expelled from the Conservative Parliamentary Party.\n\nChris Grayling had been the PM's preferred choice for committee chair\n\nBut in a statement, Mr Lewis said the 2013 Justice and Security Act had \"explicitly removed the right of the prime minister to choose the ISC chairman and gave it to the committee members\".\n\nHe added: \"It was only yesterday afternoon [Thursday] that I received a text asking me to confirm that I would be voting for the prime minister's preferred candidate for the ISC chair.\n\n\"I did not reply as I considered it an improper request. At no earlier stage did I give any undertaking to vote for any particular candidate.\"\n\nMr Lewis also said the government had denied wanting to \"parachute\" a preferred candidate in to the chair, adding:\"It is therefore strange to have the whip removed for failing to vote for the government's preferred candidate.\"\n\nBut House of Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg accused him of of \"playing ducks and drakes with the Labour Party\" and said that was why he had had the Conservative whip withdrawn.\n\nHowever, Conservative MP Peter Bone said Mr Lewis was \"exceptionally well-qualified\" to become chairman and \"would do and excellent job\", while some in Downing Street had had a \"huge hissy-fit\".\n\nAnd Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"good thing\" the committee had chosen Mr Lewis.\n\nHe added: \"They obviously chose to reject the imposition by the prime minister of his preferred chair on them…They're an independent committee and we should respect the decision they came to.\"", "UK banks fear up to 800,000 firms employing 3 million could go bust in the next year if they cannot defer repayments on government-backed loans.\n\nThe lending industry is proposing a student loans-type scheme, where coronavirus loans can be converted into a tax debt repayable over a decade.\n\nLike student loans, the money would only be repayable when and if the businesses can afford it.\n\nBanks want the scheme to be administered by HM Revenue and Customs.\n\nHMRC would have the operational horsepower, existing relationships with, and adequate knowledge of, companies to manage a programme of this scale.\n\nBanking industry lobby group TheCityUK is proposing to set up a \"UK Recovery Corporation\", through which companies could convert their short-term debts into a longer term financial obligation to HMRC and pay back the debt when they are making enough money - a so-called contingent tax obligation.\n\nThis, the banks argue, would be far simpler and faster to arrange and administer, than the UK government taking direct ownership stakes in hundreds of thousands of companies.\n\nThere has been widespread acknowledgement that many firms will struggle to repay the £46bn in loans taken out so far, under government schemes designed to help business survive the coronavirus crisis.\n\nGovernment guarantees of between 80-100% are to the lender, not the borrower. This means that the banks may get repaid by the government, but companies in trouble will still be in default and therefore likely to go bust.\n\nPut simply, government guarantees to lenders will not save the firms doing the borrowing, or their employees.\n\nThe appeal to the banking industry is that they will not incur the reputational damage of having to pursue small businesses for repayment for loans that are already largely guaranteed by the government.\n\nAnd the government will not be left with accelerated losses when the banks write off the loan and call in their government guarantees.\n\nThe banking sector argues that the scheme would be a better alternative to government rescue deals\n\nIf such a scheme were to be introduced, firms would be able to defer debt interest repayments that start coming due in March 2021, at a time when they will have already faced a backlog of VAT and business rate bills, plus the expiration of the job retention scheme, which has seen the government pay 80% of over 9 million people's wages.\n\nIn time, say the banks, these IOUs from business could be parcelled up and sold to investors, much like the bundles of student loan debt and bad loans from the financial crisis have been, thus taking it off the government's hands.\n\nThe government is already on the hook for most of this debt through their coronavirus loan guarantees to the banks. The banks would also relish the opportunity of earning any fees associated with arranging these sales.\n\nThe Treasury described the proposals as \"a useful contribution to discussions on how businesses can be best supported through this difficult time\".\n\nHowever, on Tuesday, the Chancellor said the bar for government intervention was \"very high\" and should be \"exceptionally rare and only in situations where companies have some strategic value, clearly have a long-term viable future and where the creditors and shareholders have shared in the burden and are not just looking for a free ride on the taxpayer\".\n\nThe financial services industry counter that this would not amount to a direct ownership stake and that the government has already clearly recognised that a jobs apocalypse is on the horizon.\n\nWithout a means of converting a short-term debt emergency into a longer-term repayment plan, it will arrive by March next year.\n\nThese proposals are unlikely to be the final answer. They could be subject to abuse - like any large and fast intervention. For example, there should surely be some strings attached so that firms could not pay their own shareholders fat dividends having parked their debts for the time being.\n\nMany will also scoff at the nerve of the banks to try and offload the problem from their balance sheet to the taxpayers after what happened a decade ago. But to be clear, the government has already guaranteed most of these debts. It's already the taxpayer's problem.\n\nSooner or later the government will be left with a massive bill for this crisis. The banks argue that the later the bill comes, the smaller it will be for the taxpayer and the smaller the damage to the social fabric of the UK.", "Workers are self-isolating at the Herefordshire farm\n\nA group of farm workers in Scotland have been quarantined after they were on the same flight as people who travelled to a coronavirus-hit farm\n\nVegetable producer A S Green and Co in England went into lockdown after tests showed 93 people had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nSome of them were on a flight bringing agricultural workers to the UK which included 63 people heading to Scotland.\n\nTesting has been made available to them and none has shown Covid symptoms.\n\nThe Scottish government said officials in Scotland were alerted by Public Health England.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"A number of farm workers in Scotland travelled to the UK at the same time as those in Herefordshire.\n\n\"All those farm workers are understood to have undertaken the required 14-day quarantine on the farms where they are based and have exhibited no symptoms in that time.\n\n\"The risk of infection is understood to be very low in this case, however testing is being made available to all those working on these farms.\"\n\nIt is understood two farms in Scotland were affected, but their location has not been revealed.\n\nThe A S Green farm in Mathon, Herefordshire, employs a mix of seasonal workers from the UK and abroad and they have been asked to quarantine at the site's live-in accommodation.\n\nThree workers who left the farm against health advice, one of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, have now been traced and are self isolating.\n\nKatie Spence, Public Health England's Midlands health protection director, said: \"Information gathered from both the recruitment company and from the workers themselves suggested that those workers who tested positive were not showing any symptoms of Covid-19 at the time they travelled to the UK.\n\n\"We know, however, that there is a risk that people can transmit the infection before - or without ever - developing symptoms, and this is why we've taken a precautionary approach to follow-up workers who were on the same flight as the confirmed cases.\"", "The Intelligence and Security Committee report into potential Russian interference in British politics has not been published\n\nParliament's Intelligence and Security Committee faces a serious challenge in ensuring its credibility, after an unprecedented wait for its formation along with the delay in publishing its Russia report.\n\nThat has raised concerns that it could set-back oversight in the UK after an often-troubled journey over the quarter of a century since the committee was first created in 1994.\n\nQuestions about its effectiveness have hovered around it thanks to questions over its membership and its ability to prise real accountability out of an often-reluctant secret state.\n\nThe delay since the 2019 election in creating a committee is far longer than seen previously and has raised questions about whether the government is seeking to create a more pliant body. The issue of membership had been problematic in the past.\n\nOne person who has sat on the committee describes membership as often having been treated as a form of \"occupational therapy\" for ex-ministers from both Labour and Conservative governments, a way of giving them something to do and easing the blow of losing office.\n\nIn the past, that fed into a sense the ISC was a group of the great and the good who could be trusted - including trusted not to be too difficult.\n\nThe committee had a particularly difficult period in the 2000s.\n\nIt looked at the evidence behind the claim Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. But its report was thin and it took the Butler Inquiry to provide real answers.\n\nA similar problem came with a report into the 7 July 2005 attacks and whether MI5 had missed opportunities to stop it.\n\nThe committee had not seen crucial evidence and had to go back and try again.\n\nMI6 did not reveal all it knew about the rendition of terrorist suspects\n\nBut the most problematic issue has been the complicity of British intelligence in US rendition and torture of terrorist suspects. The ISC's initial inquiries failed abjectly to get to the bottom of events.\n\nMost embarrassingly, it did not even appear to know of one major case involving MI6 and Libya until the fall of Gaddafi led to files revealing the operation being unearthed.\n\nThis was not all the ISC's fault. It came about because MI6 failed to disclose the details when asked what it knew.\n\nBut it spoke to a criticism that the committee lacked teeth and simply saw what the intelligence agencies wanted it to see. The issue proved to be a tipping point.\n\nIn order to address the credibility gap, the ISC was given new powers in a 2013 act which beefed up its powers and remit.\n\nAfter that, it began to improve its reputation and credibility with a series of tougher reports.\n\nNow there are fears that the oversight the system relies on is simply not there.\n\n\"It was a fundamental part of the deal when the intelligence agencies got more intrusive powers to combat terrorism that at the same time Parliament got stronger powers of oversight,\" Lord Peter Ricketts who was National Security Adviser between 2010 and 2012 told the BBC.\n\n\"That's how we preserve the balance between liberty and security. But the deal falls apart if the government drag their feet on setting up the ISC to exercise that oversight.\"\n\nIn the past five years, there has been friction with both the government and the intelligence agencies, including over calling witnesses on torture, but a degree of friction is what you would expect from robust rather than cosy oversight (and is still nothing like the tension the US Senate's oversight committee had with the CIA over torture).\n\nThe intelligence agencies occasionally complain about its work but most on the inside also recognise the value of at least a perception of rigorous oversight.\n\nMost of the friction has not been with the spy agencies but with the Cabinet Office and Downing Street.\n\nThe ISC is supposed to have a formal meeting with the prime minister once a year in the Cabinet Room when its annual report is discussed. But no collective meeting with the PM has taken place since 2015, those who have served on the committee say.\n\nUnlike other select committees, the ISC reports directly to the prime minister and that has created particular tension since it gives Downing Street some sway over what is censored in any report on grounds of national security and over the timing of any release.\n\nIn the case of the Russia Report that has proved particularly controversial.\n\nThe report was commissioned amid concerns of Russian interference in UK political life and was supposed to look at espionage and influence.\n\nThe report was completed in March 2019 and an agreed text was sent to the prime minister. But then nothing happened.\n\nThen-chairman Dominic Grieve said there was no reason the report could not have been released before the December general election and a date was identified in late October.\n\nBut the report never saw the light of day.\n\nThe failure to do so raised questions as to whether it was because the report contained details that could be embarrassing to the Conservative Party, such as donations from Russian businesspeople.\n\nBut the report is thought to be mildly embarrassing rather than explosive.\n\nOther observers wonder if the delay was more due to a fit of pique from Downing Street against Dominic Grieve who had the Conservative whip withdrawn over his opposition to Brexit.\n\nBoris Johnson's top adviser Dominic Cummings was said to be in an \"incandescent rage\" at Mr Grieve with Downing Street turning the report's release into a trial of strength, with one person on the inside describing the story of the delay as \"The Tale of Two Dominics\".\n\nAs a new committee is formed, the report could be out of date. Many of the evidence sessions took place a year and a half ago.\n\nIn theory the new committee could start again, hold new hearings to update the report, edit the existing text or even junk it altogether.\n\nBut the latter option may cause an even greater outcry than the long delay.\n\nThe issue of when the report comes out and in what form will now be a key test of credibility.\n\nBut it is not likely to be the last test for the ISC to see whether it can provide parliament and the public that there is real oversight over the UK's spies.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government has named Tony Sewell as chair of its new commission looking into race disparity in the UK.\n\nThe formation of the body was announced in June by Boris Johnson in the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd.\n\nMr Sewell said the commission would \"seek to inform a national conversation about race, led by the evidence\".\n\nBut the Muslim Council of Britain said he was the wrong choice as he was \"keen on downplaying race disparities\".\n\nThe prime minister said Mr Sewell shared his \"commitment to maximising opportunity for all\".\n\nThe commission is tasked with looking at all aspects of inequality, including criminal justice, education, employment and health.\n\nIt will report back directly to Mr Johnson with its findings by the end of the year.\n\nBut Labour's shadow women and equalities secretary, Marsha de Cordova, said most of the evidence the commission would examine had already come to light in previous reviews on race, calling for \"action on the structural racism that we already know exists\" as a priority.\n\nThe Liberal Democrat's equalities spokeswoman, Christine Jardine, also called for the PM to ensure any recommendations from the commission \"don't just sit and gather dust\".\n\nNow the boss of education charity Generating Genius, Mr Sewell worked with the PM in 2013 when he was Mayor of London, leading his education inquiry into the capital's schools, and sat on the Windrush working group.\n\nHe is a longstanding commentator on racial issues and education, attracting criticism from some quarters for his views, such as claiming boys were being failed by schools because lessons had become too \"feminised\".\n\nHe also said an anti-intellectual Afro-Caribbean youth culture was one of the reasons girls performed better than boys in school.\n\nAnd, writing in Prospect magazine in 2010, he said \"much of the supposed evidence of institutional racism is flimsy\".\n\nThe BBC's community affairs correspondent, Rianna Croxford, reported that he was understood to be in line for the role earlier on Thursday.\n\nAfter the appointment was confirmed, Mr Sewell said: \"I have spent my entire career in education striving to help all students achieve their full potential.\n\n\"I know however that inequality exists, and I am committed to working with my fellow commissioners to understand why.\"\n\nThe commission was announced following Black Lives Matter protests held across the UK\n\nThis commission had its sceptics from the moment it was announced.\n\nSome opposition MPs and organisations working on race equality were uneasy about Boris Johnson's comments that he wanted to \"change the narrative\" on race and \"stop a sense of victimisation and discrimination\".\n\nThere was also concern one of the prime minister's closest aides, Munira Mirza, who's been overseeing the setting up of the commission, had previously questioned whether structural racism existed.\n\nTony Sewell, who's now been chosen as chair, has written in support of both of these views.\n\nAs Downing Street was working to recruit the commission's members, I understand that a number of prominent figures in the black community - who did not want to be identified publicly - sought to distance themselves from the process.\n\nSources said some who'd been reluctant to pursue discussions with the government regarded the commission as \"toxic\" and a way for ministers to \"play for time\" or \"pay lip service\" to the idea of race equality.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"It is untrue to suggest that a number of prominent Black individuals have rejected the opportunity to be a part of the commission.\"\n\nThe choice is sure to be a controversial one but it's clear the government wants to make a break from what has come before.\n\nThe Equalities Minister, Kemi Badenoch, said the commission will \"inform and improve\" the conversation about race - but the question will be, how much it can achieve if it doesn't have the full support of the communities its working to help?\n\nThe commission will face high levels of scrutiny after accusations another government review into race is a distraction from the issue.\n\nThe other members confirmed for the commission are:\n\nA spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain condemned the appointments, saying: \"The composition of the government's commission on race disparities sends a strong signal about its intentions. Many are partisans of a culture war keen on downplaying race disparities.\n\n\"Tony Sewell's appointment clearly demonstrates this. The composition of this commission tells us that the government intends to row back on previous work to tackle racial disparities.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Mr Sewell said he did believe \"racism exists in structures\", but added: \"I do think some of the disparities there may not have origins in race. They could be rooted in class, different geographies, or different powers.\n\n\"We need to examine that... and take an intellectually wider view of this, rather than a narrow view.\"", "China's economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter following a record slump.\n\nThe world's second biggest economy saw a sharp decline in the first three months of the year during coronavirus lockdowns.\n\nBut figures released on Wednesday show China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) returned to growth during April to June.\n\nThe numbers are being closely watched around the world as China restarts its economy.\n\nThe figure is higher than experts were predicting and points towards a V-shaped recovery - that is, a sharp fall followed by a quick recovery.\n\nIt also means China avoids going into a technical recession - signified as two consecutive periods of negative growth.\n\nThe bounce-back follows a steep 6.8% slump in the first quarter of the year, which was the biggest contraction since quarterly GDP records began.\n\nThe country's factories and businesses were shutdown for most of this period as China introduced strict measures to curb the spread of the virus\n\nThe government has been rolling out a raft of measures to help boost the economy, including tax breaks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does China’s economy matter to you?\n\nThe Chinese economy managed to grow more strongly than expected as it emerged from the lockdown.\n\nAll the stimulus measures announced by the authorities seem to be working - with factories getting busier, evident in growth in the industrial production data.\n\nBut one sector that hasn't recovered as quickly as they had hoped is retail sales.\n\nThey still fell in the second quarter - and getting people spending again will remain a challenge.\n\nAnd just as the economy starts to recover, tensions with the US are flaring up - especially over Hong Kong.\n\nThat is why some economists are reluctant to call it a V-shaped recovery just yet.\n\nA research note from Deutsche Bank said the \"V-shaped recovery\" was \"largely completed\".\n\n\"Consumer spending is still below its pre-Covid path, but the remaining gap is largely concentrated in a few sectors - travel, dining, leisure services-- where rapid recovery is unlikely,\" it added.\n\nIn May, China announced it would not set an economic growth goal for 2020 as it dealt with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt is the first time Beijing has not had a gross domestic product (GDP) target since 1990 when records began.\n\nFor the first six months of the year, China's economy fell 1.6%, its National Bureau of Statistics said.", "Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes batted England into a strong position on an attritional first day of the second Test against West Indies.\n\nSibley inched his way to 86 not out from 253 balls, adding an unbroken 126 with Stokes, who batted beautifully for his unbeaten 59.\n\nIn closing on 207-3, England recovered from being reduced to 29-2 by off-spinner Roston Chase removing Rory Burns and Zak Crawley with successive balls either side of lunch.\n\nNot only that, but the home side dealt with the disruption of dropping Jofra Archer for a breach of the bio-secure protocols.\n\nPace bowler Archer was left out after travelling to his Brighton home in between the first Test in Southampton and this game at Emirates Old Trafford.\n\nWithout him, England fielded an entirely different pace attack to the one that lost the series opener, but it was their batsmen who were thrust into the action when West Indies won the toss on a murky day in Manchester.\n\nThe touring pace bowlers, so impressive in the four-wicket win at the Ageas Bowl, looked weary and were not helped by their fielders, who dropped Sibley twice.\n\nWest Indies also face the prospect of having to bat last on sluggish pitch that is already offering turn and some uneven bounce.\n• None Archer trip could have cost 'tens of millions of pounds'\n• None Archer left out after going home between Tests\n• None Watch Today at the Test on iPlayer\n\nArcher's omission was announced three hours before play was due to begin. Without it, this would have gone down as an unremarkable day of Test cricket.\n\nThe bio-secure, behind-closed-doors environment in Southampton was masked by the quality of the match, while the openness of the ground provided life from the outside world.\n\nThis may yet mature into a similarly compelling contest, but the urban, enclosed nature of the impressively redeveloped Old Trafford resulted in a sense of claustrophobia.\n\nA crowd, usually so boisterous in Manchester, was missed, while the conditions - leaden skies and a tacky surface - was not conducive to thrilling cricket.\n\nThe weather prevented any action before 12:30 BST, and the players were still out there when the sun finally appeared at 19:30.\n\nEngland had much the better of it, vindicating captain Joe Root's view that he would have batted on winning the toss, rather than unleashing a new-look pace attack of Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran on a day that would have been ideal for them.\n\nSibley is unlikely to earn plaudits for his style, but the manner in which he values his wicket has been needed by England not only here, but for so long in their search for a reliable opening pair.\n\nHe dropped anchor in a vigil that mainly included leaving anything outside off stump and shovelling the ball to the leg side any time West Indies bowled straight. His first boundary did not come until the 91st ball he faced, and only 14 of his runs were scored in front of square on the off side.\n\nHe saw all of Burns, Crawley and Root gift their wickets away. Burns played down the wrong line to be lbw to Chase, Crawley softly turned his first ball to leg slip, and Root edged a wild drive off Alzarri Joseph to second slip.\n\nAt 81-3, England were teetering, only for Stokes to join Sibley. When Stokes lofted Chase for a straight six, it ended a period of more than an hour without a boundary, during which time Sibley was dropped at short leg off Chase on 44.\n\nWhile Stokes took time to find some fluency, he was never troubled, and it brief flashes of his strokeplay provided the highlights of a day when England hit only 11 fours and one six.\n\nOn a rare occasion that Sibley, on 68, was drawn into playing outside off stump by Shannon Gabriel, West Indies captain Jason Holder could not hold on to a straightforward chance at second slip.\n\nAfter their pace bowlers bowled with such incision in Southampton, West Indies pounced on the opportunity to do so again in grey Manchester, ignoring the history that says no side has won a Test on this ground after winning the toss and choosing to field.\n\nThey instantly looked flat. Gabriel, man of the match with nine wickets in the first Test, sent his second delivery down the leg side for five wides and later spent time off the field with what looked like a groin problem.\n\nChase was only bowling in the first hour because the pacemen were so poor, but struck with his second and third deliveries, and remained tidy throughout the day.\n\nThe sprightly Joseph led an improvement of the fast bowlers, getting his reward when Root chased an outswinger he could barely reach.\n\nKemar Roach and Holder managed one threatening spell apiece, in the afternoon and evening respectively, but Holder was also forced from the field.\n\nWhen he returned, he missed the chance off Sibley, was in the firing line when another Gabriel wide went straight to second slip, and could not inspire his team into finding a way to past England's increasingly comfortable fourth-wicket pair.\n\n'This is how Test cricket should be played' - what they said\n\nEngland head coach Chris Silverwood on Sky Sports: \"Dom concentrates very well. He's willing to bat for long periods of time - and that's what we needed at the top.\n\n\"Those partnerships have put us in a great position. We've got to back it up tomorrow.\"\n\nEx-England captain Michael Vaughan on BBC Test Match Special: \"You only have to go back a year or two ago and we were criticising England for being too flamboyant and the mentality not being right.\n\n\"This is completely the other end of the spectrum - and I prefer this end. It's been a day's play I would see in the 80s. This is what I believe Test cricket should be played like.\"\n\nWest Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite: \"West Indies need someone like Dom Sibley but with the ball. It's not going to look pretty all the time. Sometimes you just need someone to run in and do the hard yards.\n\n\"It looks as though the bodies aren't quite holding up as well as they thought they would. We need to see more with the ball.\"", "People who are \"shielding\" in Scotland are to be allowed to stay in holiday accommodation and visit outdoor markets and gardens, in a change to advice.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said virus restrictions for the most vulnerable group are to be eased from Friday.\n\nThis will allow these people to go out more, and for couples who do not live together to meet up without distancing.\n\nAnd the first minister said it was hoped the need for shielding could be paused entirely at the end of July.\n\nThere are about 180,000 people shielding in Scotland.\n\nThe shielding group includes those who are at the greatest risk of becoming seriously ill with coronavirus.\n\nPeople who have certain types of cancer or severe respiratory conditions, and those who have received solid organ transplants come into the category.\n\nThe restrictions on this group are gradually being phased out, and they were allowed to cease physical distancing with people they live with last week.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the change would be welcome, but could also be \"quite daunting\" for some\n\nThe latest move - to take effect on Friday - will see advice changed to say the shielded can stay at holiday accommodation, including hotels.\n\nThey will also be able to visit outdoor markets and public gardens, and couples who do not live together will be allowed to meet up without maintaining a physical distance.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she hoped to be able to pause the need for shielding entirely at the end of July, but said \"we would still encourage those in this group to take extra care\".\n\nShe added; \"I know returning to something like normal life will be welcome, but I appreciate it is also known to be quite daunting.\n\n\"The Scottish government will provide more information nearer the time and will do everything we can to support you in this transition.\"\n\nThe first minister said people who are not shielding should think about how they can help, giving the example of wearing face coverings in shops and on public transport.\n\nAnd she said employers should consider how they can make workplaces as safe as possible for those in the shielding group.\n\nShe said: \"This is good news, but will be prompting some understandable stress and anxiety - so all of us can take some small steps that might make some difference to people who are shielding.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It is \"snobbery\" not to include comedy in a package to help the arts industry, comedians say\n\nComedians have called for their work to be recognised as an art form so the industry can qualify for a slice of a bailout package.\n\nLive comedy has been described as being on the brink of collapse as a result of the pandemic.\n\nComedy rarely qualifies for art grants and performers say it now needs to be considered equally.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it is seeking to meet the needs of the arts sector.\n\nComedian Mike Bubbins said the industry is often left \"scraps from the table\" when it comes to funding.\n\n\"Is it snobbery why comedy isn't recognised as an art form?\n\n\"It's hard to say it's not snobbery when theatre gets funded, opera gets funded, the visual arts get funded and comedy is waiting for scraps off the table,\" he said.\n\nThe support package from the UK government is worth £1.15bn in England and means an extra £188m for the devolved administrations.\n\nWhile Wales gets £59m, Scotland will receive £97m and £33m will go to Northern Ireland.\n\n\"I believe comedy has been viewed by people who run the arts as a self-funded art form because it doesn't cost a lot - but those people have never done a run at the Edinburgh Festival which can cost a performer £10,000 and you're not getting any of that money back, but you do it to push your career,\" said Mr Bubbins.\n\n\"It's an expensive art form to be involved in and we just seem to get the sharp end of the wedge. It's not about a hand out, it's about being fair and recognising what comedy is.\n\n\"It's not just a bloke or a woman with a microphone in their hands telling a few jokes... you've spent years gigging, travelling, writing material and rewriting material.\"\n\nHayley Southgate on stage at the Glee Club in Cardiff Bay\n\nMr Bubbins, who is also an actor and writer with recent work including BBC Wales' Tourist Trap, said the Welsh Government needed to lead the way.\n\n\"I'd love it if Mark Drakeford said we're going to recognise comedy as part of Welsh culture and treat it fairly,\" he added.\n\n\"You'd hope that England, Scotland, Northern Ireland would then look at Wales and follow.\"\n\nThe Live Comedy Association has published a report saying 77.8% of venues in the UK fear they will have to close within the year, saying the industry is on the brisk of collapse.\n\nThe association surveyed more than 660 people working in comedy, from venue owners and stand-up performers to producers and publicists, about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt revealed more than three quarters of performers earned less than 5% of their pre-pandemic estimated income from online performances.\n\nIn Wales, 48% of those asked said they had already lost more than 50% of their annual income and more than 18% have either already left or need to immediately.\n\n\"I was booked to do shows on 10 cruise ships, but one by one they were cancelled and everything in between went too because I had gigs booked across the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"That's all gone, it's terrifying to think what's happened to an industry so quickly.\n\n\"I'm just getting by on donations from the social media quiz or tickets to the online comedy shows I've started during the lockdown.\"\n\nHayley Southgate started out just a year before the pandemic struck, running Babi Comedi in Cardiff and performing shows for parents who can bring babies to daytime performances.\n\n\"Comedy can bring entertainment to some groups who can be isolated, for people like myself, if you've got children under two years of age you might not be able to access the arts but they could come to my comedy event,\" she said.\n\n\"It's an art form which covers all demographics. It's such a shame it's been sidelined at this time and it's to the detriment of venues too.\"\n\nNick Capaldi, chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales, said: \"Comedy has not been a big part of our funding, but given the kind of difficulties, particularly the kind individual artists are facing, this is something we are going to have to think about.\n\n\"I think they [the Welsh Government] will want to support arts and culture... but the smaller scale venues, the venues where younger comedians cut their teeth and depend on, these are the venues that are really struggling at the moment, and we need to take a look at that.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said it would continue to work with the Arts Council, the National Museum and others to meet the needs of the sector - with an announcement due in the next few weeks.\n\nMeanwhile Helen Mary Jones, chair of the assembly's culture, Welsh Language and communications committee, called for a commitment that the entire £59m of funding will be spent on the arts industries.\n\n\"They are a key part of our economy, providing skilled jobs and putting Wales firmly on the map around the world,\" she said.\n\n\"We are fast running out of time if we are to stabilise and sustain our creative industries.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England fast bowler Jofra Archer was excluded from the second Test against West Indies after breaching the bio-secure protocols.\n\nThe 25-year-old went to his Brighton home between the first Test in Southampton and second in Manchester.\n\nAll of England's matches this summer are being played behind closed doors and in a bio-secure environment.\n\n\"I am extremely sorry for what I have done. I feel like I have let both teams down,\" said Archer.\n\nWith Mark Wood and James Anderson rested, Archer was set to be the only member of England's pace attack from the first Test retained in the side for the second.\n\nAfter he was excluded, England opted to include Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran in their side at Emirates Old Trafford.\n\nHe also said any questions over why players made their own way between venues, rather than travelling together, were for those making logistical arrangements, rather than him.\n• None Archer trip could have been a 'disaster' - Giles\n• None Watch Today at the Test on iPlayer\n\n'I have let both teams down'\n\nArcher, who made his England debut last summer, said: \"I have put not only myself but the whole team and management in danger. I fully accept the consequences of my actions and I want to apologise to everyone in the bio-secure bubble.\n\n\"It deeply pains me to be missing the Test match, especially with the series poised.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan told BBC Test Match Special: \"I would think the management would feel very let down. He's a young kid who has made a silly mistake, and England will miss him.\n\n\"I look at the West Indies and what they've given up to be here.\n\n\"They have come to a country that has been hit by Covid more than most. They've had to live at Old Trafford for two and a half weeks. For one England player to break that protocol, when he's only been away from home a couple of weeks...\"\n\nFormer England captain Alastair Cook said: \"It does throw it into a little bit of disarray. England wanted to have some pace and bounce in their bowling attack throughout the summer but now they're going to be robbed of that.\"\n\nBBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said: \"They put the trust in the player and 99.9% of the people involved have done the right thing.\"\n\nWest Indies limited-overs all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite told TMS: \"As a personal friend, I'm disappointed, not only in what Jofra's done, but the scrutiny you get from the media.\n\n\"That said, it does not excuse what he does. Without me trying to sound disrespectful or accepting of what he did, there's a lot worse things he could have done, outside of popping home.\"\n\nHow did it happen?\n\nCook said all the England players would have known they were not allowed to return home between Tests.\n\n\"He knew what he was doing was wrong,\" said Cook. \"He will have been briefed; he's been in the bubble for long enough.\n\n\"Someone will have questioned 'can we go home?' and it would have 'no, this is what we've agreed to'.\n\n\"What we don't know is did he go home to get something he genuinely needed and it's just a mistake.\"\n\nVaughan said: \"I'm led to believe that (team manager) Phil Neale sent a WhatsApp group message to the England players just before 7:50 this morning saying 'I need to see you all', before the news about Jofra Archer got out at 8am.\n\n\"One or two of them didn't see it because they were fast asleep and woke up about 8:30-8:45 and were like 'eh what's going on here?'\"\n\nArcher must now isolate for five days, during which time he will take two coronavirus tests, both of which must return negative results before he can return to the England squad.\n\nWest Indies were informed of the sanctions and were satisfied with the restrictions imposed.\n\nAn extraordinary amount of planning went into creating the bio-secure environment and the punishment for what some might see as a minor indiscretion from Archer shows just how seriously England are taking the safety protocols.\n\nThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had previously acknowledged the need for players to leave the bubble from time to time, but on this occasion they were expected to head straight from Southampton to Manchester.\n\nThe experience in Southampton demonstrated just how strict life in the bubble is - regular coronavirus tests, temperature checkpoints, mandatory face masks and hand sanitiser in every location imaginable. The movement of everyone on site - players, staff, media and hotel workers - is tracked by a fob worn around the neck.\n\nArcher will have known what is expected. It is a great shame for him and the England team that he has erred.\n• None Reaction to the latest twists in the race for Europe", "Shamima Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015\n\nWhen women make the news because of terrorism, the focus has often been on their role as victims or as potential allies in countering the threat.\n\nBy contrast, women who take part in and support extremism have sometimes been overlooked.\n\nThis changed when runaway teenager Shamima Begum was described as the \"poster girl\" for Islamic State after being tracked down at a Syrian refugee camp.\n\nFour years ago, she left the UK with two friends to join IS, but claims she was \"just a housewife\".\n\nNevertheless, the UK home secretary stripped her of UK citizenship, saying: \"If you back terror, there must be consequences\". She is set to be granted legal aid to appeal the decision.\n\nMs Begum's case has raised a number of questions on women's active and willing participation in violent extremism both in IS and other groups.\n\nRusi analysis suggests that 17% of extremist recruits in Africa are women, while separate research has indicated 13% of IS foreign recruits in Iraq and Syria are female. The exact figures remain vague and could be far higher.\n\nShamima Begum (right) with two school friends, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana, at Gatwick Airport in 2015\n\nA number of Rusi-backed studies and others have investigated the roles women play in organisations such as IS and al-Shabab, one of the deadliest militant groups in Africa.\n\nResearchers interviewed women who had been directly or indirectly involved with al-Shabab's activities, to find out how they were recruited, and the impact that taking part in violent extremist activity has on women.\n\nThe work was conducted by academics in Kenya, who were able to use their long-standing experience and networks within communities identified to be at risk of radicalisation.\n\nThe roles played by women vary between groups.\n\nWomen in al-Shabab have often held what could be seen as more traditional roles, as wives of fighters and domestic help. They are also sometimes made to work as sex slaves.\n\nThey can also help attract new members. One study in Kenya discovered women were lured by others who promised them jobs, financial support and counselling.\n\nFor example, Hidaya (not her real name), a dressmaker, was recruited by a client who offered to invest in and expand her business. She was persuaded to travel to a border region, from where she was smuggled into Somalia.\n\nWithin IS, women often recruit - especially online - and play an active role in projecting the group's beliefs.\n\nIn Shamima Begum's case, her recruitment could be seen by IS as a propaganda victory, despite her suggestion that she had done little more in Syria than take care of her husband and children.\n\nWomen under IS are also allowed to serve as doctors and healthcare workers, with certain restrictions, while the group has an all-female morality police force.\n\nSally-Anne Jones became a recruiter for IS and travelled to Syria, where she was thought to have been killed in a drone strike in 2017\n\nHowever, differences between groups have become increasingly blurred as organisations become \"inspired\" by each other.\n\nIn Somalia, where al-Shabab is attempting to establish an Islamic state governed by Sharia (Islamic law), cases of female frontline or suicide fighters have also been seen.\n\nAnalysis of al-Shabab suicide attacks between 2007 and 2016 found 5% were carried out by women.\n\nThis is also the case in other parts of Africa, such as Nigeria where militant Islamist group Boko Haram has used women as suicide bombers.\n\nThere are a number of factors driving women's recruitment into these groups.\n\nTo an extent, it appears that what motivates men also works for women, such as the pull of strong ideology and financial benefits.\n\nHowever, tactics aimed specifically at women also emerged, such as the appeal of returning to traditional gender roles.\n\nFor instance, one of our studies indicated al-Shabab recruiters preyed on the insecurities of some young Muslim women who feared that higher education would delay their marriage prospects.\n\n\"If I get a man who will marry and protect me, why should I stress myself with studies or education?\", one Nairobi University student asked researchers.\n\nOthers appear to have been initially attracted by promises of jobs, money and other opportunities.\n\nHowever, discerning their motives for joining is difficult. Many of the women we interviewed claimed they had been recruited against their will.\n\nLike Shamima Begum, some claimed they either weren't actively involved in the group's activities, or else took part against their will. Some say they were victims.\n\nWhile some are likely to have been coerced in some form, denying responsibility is a useful way to try to reintegrate back into the larger community.\n\nThere are a number of rehabilitation approaches applied to former or returning fighters, but few that are aimed specifically at women.\n\nPolicymakers and security services need to take the specific issues women leaving extremist organisations have into account when devising prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies.\n\nFor example, many will have had children with dead or absent fighters, while others will require counselling for trauma stemming from rape and sexual assault.\n\nIt is critical that governments address these issues when engaging with the female role in violent extremism. This would start with better understanding of how gender-based differences fuel women's involvement and the specific impact it has on their lives.\n\nThis would benefit their communities by managing the risk they present and helping to prevent more women from joining extremist groups.\n\nThis analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from experts working for an outside organisation.\n\nMartine Zeuthen is an anthropologist and leads Rusi's EU-funded Strive programme, which aims to reduce extremist recruitment and radicalisation in the Horn of Africa.\n\nThe Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) is an independent think tank specialising in defence and security research.", "Ten residents at the care home died during the outbreak\n\nA member of staff at a coronavirus-hit care home on Skye has retested positive for the virus.\n\nNHS Highland confirmed the worker at Home Farm care home in Portree had been advised to isolate following the positive test.\n\nContact tracing has also been carried out.\n\nMore people will be re-tested following the new case with NHS Highland saying results will be issued \"as soon as they are available\".\n\nThe home, which was the subject of a court hearing earlier this year after 10 residents died amid the Covid-19 outbreak, has been closed to new admissions.\n\nA statement from NHS Highland health board said evidence was emerging internationally that some people had \"prolonged positive swab results\", while others could have intermittent negative and positive results over many weeks.\n\n\"As such, an ongoing positive result does not mean that an individual is still infectious or that they pose a risk to others,\" the statement said.\n\n\"However, when combined with new symptoms, it is necessary to adopt a precautionary approach as it is not possible to exclude the potential of a new infection or reactivation.\"\n\nThere are no other confirmed Covid-19 infections in the local community or in the rest of Skye, according to NHS Highland, which said it did not believe there was an an increased risk of infection to the wider community.\n\nThe statement added: \"However, the virus can recur even in rural communities and so everyone should continue to adhere to physical distancing guidelines, wear a face-covering when in enclosed spaces, clean your hands and surfaces regularly and immediately self-isolate if you develop symptoms.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"Reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nRussians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK general election through illicitly acquired documents, the government has said.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said any attempt to meddle in UK democracy was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe documents - on UK-US trade discussions - emerged online and were used by Labour in the 2019 campaign.\n\nA much-delayed report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due next week.\n\nLabour said it condemned \"any attempt by Russia, or any foreign power, to interfere in our country's democratic processes\" and pledged to work to protect the nation's security.\n\nThis is the first time the government has acknowledged with such certainty that Russians interfered in the UK's democratic processes.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman dismissed as \"nonsense\" suggestions that the timing of Mr Raab's statement was aimed at pre-empting the publication of the Russia report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.\n\nAt the 2019 election, then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the documents proved the Conservatives were planning to include the NHS in a future trade agreement with the US - something denied by the government.\n\nWriting on his Facebook page, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of wanting \"to distract from the damage a Trump trade deal would do to our NHS by continuing to push the bogus claim Labour received Russian support\".\n\nHe added that the government's claim \"is an attempt to divert attention from the threat to the NHS and the Tory party links to Russian oligarchs expected to be revealed in the long-buried parliamentary Russia report.\"\n\nThe government launched an inquiry into how the papers got into the public domain, with help from the National Cyber Security Centre.\n\nThe announcement comes as a group of national security services warn that Russian hackers are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nDespite many suspicions of Russian attempts at meddling in the referendum and other campaigns, significant concrete evidence is in short supply.\n\nSo, it matters that this is the first time a UK minister has made an explicit link to Russia, in one way or another, trying to meddle in elections in the UK.\n\nBut the timing of that statement creates its own intrigue too.\n\nNext week, at long last, the powerful group of MPs who monitor UK intelligence will publish a report on the Russian threat to the UK - a report that has been anticipated for a very long time and may perhaps set the record straight on all of this.\n\nIs it politically convenient for ministers to acknowledge the threat themselves just before others may make embarrassing claims about it?\n\nLabour politicians have frequently accused the Conservatives of ignoring Russian interference because of their relationship with Tory Party donors.\n\nDid it suit the government to publicise the claims that material used by Labour was also manipulated by Russia?\n\nIt seems, as one former UK ambassador to Moscow said, a \"remarkable coincidence\" that the government decided at this moment to admit explicitly, for the first time, that Russia has tried to stick its nose into our politics - especially when there is a running criminal investigation into who obtained the documents to start with.\n\nBut Downing Street denies that there is any link in the timing at all.\n\nIn a written ministerial statement, Mr Raab said \"the government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked government documents.\n\nHe said the documents were disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit.\n\n\"When these gained no traction, further attempts were made to promote the illicitly acquired material online in the run up to the general election,\" he said.\n\nThe foreign secretary goes on to say that there is \"no evidence of a broad spectrum Russian campaign against the general election\" but that \"any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable\".\n\nThe forum website Reddit said the unredacted papers had been uploaded as \"part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia\".\n\nIt suspended 61 accounts that showed a \"pattern of coordination\".\n\nMr Raab's statement is not connected to the Intelligence and Security Committee's report into Russian interference, which is due to be published next week.\n\nJeremy Corbyn holds up the leaked documents at a press conference on 27 November\n\nThe committee launched its inquiry in November 2017 following concern Russia sought to influence the US 2016 election and the 2016 Brexit vote.\n\nAfter the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March 2018 the investigation became the \"primary focus\" of the committee.\n\nThe committee heard evidence from independent experts as well as the secret intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.\n\nBBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the committee's report has looked into Russian activity from traditional espionage to subversion - with a particular focus on possible interference in the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.\n\nIn addition to cyber-espionage and social media campaigns, the report also examines Russian influence through money.\n\nThe delay in publication has led to speculation the report contains details embarrassing for the Conservatives - specifically in relation to the party's Russian donors.\n\nHowever, Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg insisted the hold-up was due to a number of committee members leaving Parliament and the need \"to make sure that the right people with the right level of experience and responsibility could be appointed\".\n\nRussian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Mr Raab's statement was \"ambiguous\" and \"confusing\".\n\nShe said Mr Raab had said there was \"no evidence of full-scale interference\" by Russia in his statement but had also claimed \"any attempts of such interference are unacceptable\".", "The socially-distanced service was led by the Dean of Manchester Cathedral Rogers Govender\n\nA memorial service has paid tribute to victims of coronavirus in Greater Manchester.\n\nThe Manchester Cathedral service was held with a maximum of 70 people attending to allow social distancing, and was also streamed online.\n\nDean Rogers Govender said it was a chance to \"honour\" victims of the virus when traditional funerals had not recently been possible.\n\nAn online book of remembrance has also been opened.\n\nAs well as people sitting 2m apart, the interfaith service featured no choir or singing, in line with current guidelines.\n\nA member of the congregation sanitises his hands before the ceremony began\n\nThere have been more than 290,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and more than 45,000 people have died, government figures show.\n\nIn Greater Manchester 2,933 people have died, according to available data up to 3 July.\n\nAddressing the small congregation, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender said: \"We are a grieving world, a grieving city.\n\n\"We hope this will make a difference to you spiritually, emotionally and otherwise. Your loved one is a precious human being, whose life is cherished.\"\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said each person who had fallen victim to the virus should be remembered as \"a person and not just a statistic\".\n\n\"These were people who looked after us when we were growing up, people who taught us, people who cleaned our streets, our hospitals, our offices, our churches, who drove our buses, trams and trains, who poured our pints, shared our food and shared a joke as they did it,\" he said.\n\n\"People who put out fires, kept our streets safe but most of all people who dedicated themselves to the care of others and we think most of them today.\"\n\nHe also paid particular tribute to healthcare staff and other key workers \"still serving people at the height of the pandemic\".\n\n\"We have all seen the world through new eyes during this time, and we can all pray together today and use the insights we've gained from this time to make the world a better place,\" he said.\n\n\"Where we value each other more, and think more about what we can give, rather than what we can take.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is of course all for tomorrow. For today, Greater Manchester remembers, gives thanks for the lives we have lost, and pledges to build on the foundations they have left.\"\n\nBishop of Manchester the Right Rev David Walker said every victim was \"a precious human individual, somebody's son, daughter, husband, wife, friend, parent, grandparent\".\n\nHe added: \"We mourn them and we honour them, particularly today because it hasn't been possible in most cases for them to have the kind of funeral rites that we would have expected.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Scottish and UK governments have clashed in a fresh row about how powers will be shared out post-Brexit.\n\nPlans for how a UK-wide \"internal market\" will operate after the country leaves the EU have been published.\n\nUK Business Secretary Alok Sharma told BBC Scotland that the move would see \"the biggest transfer of powers in the history of devolution\".\n\nBut Scottish Constitution Secretary Mike Russell said this was a \"lie\" and that powers would really be taken away.\n\nThe proposals were set out in a white paper, with legislation to follow later in the year.\n\nWhen the UK cuts its final ties with the EU at the end of the Brexit transition period in the New Year, a raft of powers currently exercised from Brussels will return to more local control.\n\nThe Scottish and UK governments have been locked in a lengthy dispute about who will ultimately be responsible for issues such as air quality, animal welfare and food quality.\n\nMany powers are set to be directly controlled by the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations, in fields including food labelling, energy efficiency and support for farmers.\n\nHowever, the UK government has said the devolved administrations will still have to accept goods and services from other parts of the UK - even if they have set different standards locally - to ensure a level playing field in the \"internal market\".\n\nScottish ministers believe this means standards across the country could be dragged down if the UK government makes concessions in new trade deals.\n\nAlok Sharma said it was important to give \"certainty\" to businesses\n\nMr Sharma told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that the move was a \"power surge\" for the devolved administrations.\n\nHe said: \"We've had a seamless UK internal market for hundreds of years and that's been very good in terms of free flow of goods and services within all part of the UK. Our plans are for this to continue after the transition period.\n\n\"Ultimately this is about certainty for businesses, its about protecting jobs and livelihoods and supporting investment decisions, it's going to be good for consumers as well and ultimately this is about underpinning the recovery.\n\n\"All devolved policy areas will stay devolved, and there will be the biggest transfer of powers in the history of devolution at the end of the transition period.\"\n\nThere has been a long-running row over how \"common frameworks\" of regulations will work across the four nations, with UK ministers saying it is vital for \"all UK companies to trade unhindered in every part of the UK\".\n\nThe government said there could be \"serious problems\" if Welsh lamb producers were unable to sell their products in Scotland, or if Scottish whisky producers were unable to buy barley from English farms because different rules were in place on either side of the border.\n\nMr Sharma said: \"The devolved nations can of course set their own regulations, but the key thing is that businesses are able to continue to trade.\n\n\"We have been working with the devolved administrations in terms of our common frameworks, which is about sitting down in a collaborative way and coming up with regulations that apply to the whole of the UK.\"\n\nMike Russell said the UK government was lying about the new powers\n\nMr Russell said Mr Sharma's claims about new powers for Holyrood were \"not true\", saying MSPs had already legislated in a series of areas highlighted.\n\nHe said: \"The list of powers that's been issued by the UK government is simply dishonest. It's one of the most shocking pieces of dishonesty I've seen from a government.\n\n\"It's a mishmash of things the Scottish Parliament already has, things they've already decided we won't have because of the frameworks, and things that could be automatically overridden by a decision by the UK government to take a power away.\n\n\"There aren't new powers for the Scottish Parliament, that is a lie. Nobody should be fooled by this - what is actually happening here is taking away very significant powers that will have an effect on our daily lives.\"\n\nMr Russell said the Scottish government had been happy to abide by the \"high and sensible standards\" set at an EU level, but said the UK government could \"lower those standards dramatically\" to win trade deals.\n\n\"The US will not give trade deals unless agriculture is involved, and US agriculture will drive down standards. That is what we are facing.\"\n\nMr Sharma insisted that the UK government \"has always set very high standards\", adding that \"in some areas our standards have been higher than those of the EU\".\n\nHe added: \"What we are not going to be doing in any of these agreements is compromising the very high environmental, animal welfare and food safety standards that we have.\"\n\nThere is a hint of déjà-vu about this continuation of a row that has been rumbling along pretty much ever since the UK voted to leave the EU more than four years ago.\n\nIs this a \"power grab\" or a \"power surge\"? As ever in politics, the answer is a bit more complicated than either side is letting on.\n\nThe operation of cross-border regulatory frameworks and state aid rules might not be hot talking points down the socially-distanced pub, so perhaps it is understandable that politicians are reaching for sweeping rhetoric rather than detail - particularly given their starkly opposed positions on the underlying issue of Brexit.\n\nBut ultimately these rules could have an important impact on everyday life. There are real concerns about whether the UK's new trade deals will see our markets opened up to sub-standard products from abroad - but also about the security of cross-border trade between the four nations, which is hugely important to many businesses.\n\nA lot of the nuance in this complex debate risks being lost amid the political rammy.", "The Republic of Ireland has decided not to move forward to Phase 4 of its roadmap for easing lockdown amid concerns about the spread of Covid-19.\n\n\"This virus has not changed, indiscriminate in its cruelty and relentless,\" said the taoiseach.\n\n\"The concern about the rise in cases in recent weeks is very real, the R (reproductive) number has risen above 1 in this country,\" Micheál Martin said.\n\nMr Martin said the Irish cabinet had agreed that current public health measures should remain in place and the Republic of Ireland would not progress to Phase 4 of the agreed roadmap.\n\nHe was speaking following a meeting with his cabinet colleagues on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe five key priorities identified by Irish government are:\n\nPhase 4 of Ireland's plan to move out of lockdown - which could have seen pubs that do not serve food reopen- was due to start on Monday.\n\nIt comes as two further Covid-19-related deaths were recorded in the Republic - the death toll is now 1,748.\n\nPubs will not now reopen until 10 August\n\nFourteen new cases of coronavirus have also been recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 25,683.\n\nPubs and hotel bars operating as restaurants have already been allowed to reopen, under Phase 3. They are only allowed to serve alcohol to customers who purchase a \"substantial\" meal.\n\nThe news that the country will not move forward comes amid concerns about a rising number of new cases of the virus - particularity in young people - since lockdown eased and the Republic of Ireland opened up again.\n\nThere has been an increase in the number of clusters of Covid-19 in private households, particularly in the last week.\n\nCurrently a maximum of 50 people are allowed to gather indoors. This had been due to rise to 100 on 20 July.\n\nSome 200 people can gather outside. This had been due to increase to 500 in Phase 4 of the easing of coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe increase in the size of crowds permitted would have allowed cultural and arts facilities, such as theatres, cinemas and galleries, to reopen their doors.\n• None Ireland to further ease restrictions on Monday", "Workers are self-isolating at the Herefordshire farm\n\nA further 19 workers have tested positive for coronavirus on a farm which went into lockdown.\n\nVegetable producers A S Green and Co in Herefordshire ordered crop-pickers to self-isolate after 74 tested positive.\n\nHerefordshire Council and Public Health England (PHE) said the number of cases had now risen to 93.\n\nTwo groups of workers who arrived in the UK via bus and plane - including some who worked at A S Green - are being traced as a precaution.\n\nIn a joint statement, the council and PHE said those who tested positive were not showing symptoms when they travelled to the UK.\n\nThey have begun contact tracing with a group of workers who travelled into the UK by private coach, including some who went on to work at A S Green and Co.\n\nAuthorities in Scotland have been notified about a group of 63 workers on the same flight who travelled to Scottish farms, the statement said.\n\nNo cases have been identified among a further 76 workers on the flight who went on to other farms in England.\n\nThree workers, including one who had tested positive for Covid-19, have been traced after they left the site against health officials' advice.\n\nAll are said to be self-isolating.\n\nOn Wednesday, Herefordshire Council said a fourth worker who tested negative for the virus had also left the site. They are also said to be self-isolating.\n\nAbout 200 workers are in quarantine at the site's live-in accommodation, and others are being tested, the council said.\n\nKaren Wright, Director of Public Health for Herefordshire, said: \"We continue to test workers at the farm and expect to see the number of cases rise over the coming days before social distancing and infection prevention measures start to take effect.\n\n\"We're aware that local residents are concerned, but the risk to the general public remains low.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police appealed for witnesses to come forward\n\nTwo women have died after a crash involving a car and a lorry in Gwynedd.\n\nParamedics attended the scene on the A487 between Garndolbenmaen and Penmorfa, Porthmadog, shortly after 15:30 BST on Wednesday.\n\nThe driver of a red Volkswagen Polo and her passenger were both pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nNorth Wales Police said the road was closed while it dealt with the incident before it later reopened.\n\nThe force asked anyone with information about the crash involving a yellow rigid flatbed lorry to contact them.\n\nSgt Emlyn Hughes of the force's Roads Policing Unit said: \"Our thoughts remain with the family of those who died. They will now be supported by specially-trained family liaison officers.\n\n\"I am urging anybody who may have witnessed the collision, or anybody who was travelling along the A487 just prior to the collision and who may have dashcam footage to come forward.\n\n\"We now need to piece together what happened, so anybody who has information that could assist with the investigation is asked to contact us urgently.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The swabs in some batches of one brand of coronavirus home-test kits are \"not up to standard\", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nAs a precaution, the government says the kits made by Randox should not be used until further notice.\n\nThere is no evidence of harm being done and no impact on access to testing, Mr Hancock said.\n\nRandox claims to be responsible for up to 17% of the total tests carried out in the UK.\n\nThe company is a healthcare diagnostics group based out of County Antrim in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe swabs are used to collect a sample from the back of the throat and nose, which is then sent to a lab to test for the virus.\n\nMr Hancock told the Commons he was contacted on Wednesday afternoon about the problem.\n\nHe said the certification behind the CE safety mark on the product was \"not forthcoming\".\n\nIn a statement earlier on Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care said: \"The risk to safety is low and test results from Randox kits are not affected.\"\n\nIt said it would be \"supporting all testing settings to receive replacement kits as soon as possible\".\n\nTests kits produced by Randox Laboratories, which have been used in care homes and sent to people at home, are clearly marked with the company's name.\n\nKits that have already been used can still be collected for processing as normal.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding, head of NHS Test and Trace in England, which has a separate contract with Randox, said it was too early to comment on the impact of the safety issue, but she said test results were \"not affected\".\n• None Who can still get free Covid tests?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The way the UK reports unemployment may not reflect the \"true scale of joblessness\", says a think tank.\n\nUnemployment rose by 34,000 in April to reach 1.3 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nBut the Resolution Foundation argues that the 23% drop in average hours worked between early March and late April is a better indicator of unemployment.\n\nThe ONS said it publishes a large selection of analysis on employment.\n\nOfficial numbers on how many people are out of work and claiming unemployment benefits will be published on Thursday.\n\nResolution Foundation chief economist Mike Brewer said: \"Britain is in the midst of an unprecedented economic shock that is profoundly affecting millions of people's jobs.\n\n\"Unemployment is forecast to hit 4 million for the first time ever. And yet our official data is failing to show the true extent of this jobs crisis.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the government's budgetary watchdog, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR), projected that unemployment could reach 4 million people, if the UK's economic recovery is poor, up from 1.3 million in 2019 in its latest analysis.\n\nMeanwhile, data for people claiming benefits soared to 2.3 million for April.\n\nBut these figures could include some people who are eligible to claim support while still employed. The ONS said: \"Enhancements to Universal Credit, as part of the UK government's response to the coronavirus, mean that an increasing number of people became eligible for unemployment-related benefit support, although still employed.\"\n\nThe Resolution Foundation says this data is not a good reflection of the true picture either because it includes furloughed workers who initially made a claim when the crisis first struck.\n\nThe think tank says it estimates that \"fewer than half (700,000) of the 1.6 million increase in the claimant count between March and May is related to people who are newly out-of-work, and not receiving furlough pay or self-employed grants from the government\".\n\nIt urges the ONS to make more of its ability to count the number of workers who are employed and not temporarily without work, alongside the headline employment rate, as this would provide \"a far more accurate picture of labour market activity\".\n\nThe ONS said it agreed that data on hours worked was an important component in understanding the unemployment picture in the UK.\n\n\"However, our detailed Labour Force Survey estimates are based on interviews with tens of thousands of people and provide vital detail not available from any other source,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"It is difficult to interpret claimant count figures, as we know these include some people in work.\"\n\n\"Measuring the labour market, like many areas of the economy, presents additional challenges at the moment, especially with so many people furloughed. That is why the ONS has introduced new surveys and data sources to provide the best possible indicators of the impact of the pandemic. \"\n\nSeparately, the British Chambers of Commerce is warning that almost a third of UK businesses (28%) they surveyed expect to cut jobs in the next three months.\n\nThe figure compares to last year, when only 7% expected to do so.\n\nSome 7,400 firms took part in the BCC survey, which found more than a quarter of the firms (28%) said they had already shrunk their workforces since the pandemic began.", "Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015\n\nShamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled.\n\nMs Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015.\n\nHer citizenship was revoked by the Home Office on security grounds after she was found in a refugee camp in 2019.\n\nThe Court of Appeal said she had been denied a fair hearing because she could not make her case from the Syrian camp.\n\nThe Home Office said the decision was \"very disappointing\" and it would \"apply for permission to appeal\".\n\nThe ruling means the government must now find a way to allow the 20-year-old, who is currently in Camp Roj in northern Syria, to appear in court in London despite repeatedly saying it would not assist removing her from Syria.\n\nLord Justice Flaux - sitting with Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Singh - said: \"Fairness and justice must, on the facts of this case, outweigh the national security concerns, so that the leave to enter appeals should be allowed.\"\n\nThe judge also said that the national security concerns about her \"could be addressed and managed if she returns to the United Kingdom\".\n\nFormer Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who made the decision to strip Ms Begum of her citizenship in February 2019, tweeted a statement saying he was \"deeply concerned about the judgement\".\n\nHe said that regardless of the outcome of her case, if Ms Begum came to the UK \"it will prove impossible to subsequently remove her\".\n\nDaniel Furner, Ms Begum's solicitor, said: \"Ms Begum has never had a fair opportunity to give her side of the story.\n\n\"She is not afraid of facing British justice, she welcomes it. But the stripping of her citizenship without a chance to clear her name is not justice, it is the opposite.\"\n\nHer father Ahmed Ali told the BBC he was \"delighted\" by the ruling, adding that he hoped his daughter would get \"justice\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said that while the government \"doesn't routinely comment on individual cases\", the decisions it made about Ms Begum had not been \"taken lightly\".\n\nHe said the government would \"always ensure the safety and security of the UK and will not allow anything to jeopardise this\".\n\nShamima Begum is not yet packing her bags to return to the UK - there's no government plane warming up the engines at a military airfield to bring the young Eastender home.\n\nBut the Court of Appeal could not have been clearer in its wording - she needs to be allowed back to make her case in the interests of justice.\n\nThis is an unprecedented ruling - and the government has a matter of weeks to convince the Supreme Court to look at it again.\n\nIf it stands, it could have major implications for the UK's policy of excluding some British-born IS supporters by depriving them of nationality once they're out of the UK.\n\nScores of these people - all deemed a threat to national security - could seek to return to the UK as they fight their case to get back their British citizenship.\n\nOther governments have voluntarily repatriated these fighters and sought to contain their threat through prosecutions, monitoring and intensive deradicalisation. The UK has so far refused to do the same.\n\nMs Begum's legal team challenged the move on three grounds - that it was unlawful because it left her stateless; it exposed her to a real risk of death or inhuman and degrading treatment; and she could not effectively challenge the decision while she was barred from returning to the UK.\n\nUnder international law, it is only legal to revoke someone's citizenship if an individual is entitled to citizenship of another country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shamima Begum spoke to the BBC from a refugee camp in Syria in February 2019\n\nIn February, a specialist tribunal - the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) - ruled that the decision to remove Ms Begum's citizenship was lawful because she was \"a citizen of Bangladesh by descent\".\n\nShe is understood to have a claim to Bangladeshi nationality through her mother.\n\nSIAC, a semi-secret court which hears national security cases, also said that although there were concerns about how Ms Begum could take part in the proceedings in London, those difficulties did not mean the home secretary's decision should be overturned.\n\nIn his ruling on Thursday, Lord Justice Flaux said: \"It is difficult to conceive of any case where a court or tribunal has said we cannot hold a fair trial, but we are going to go on anyway.\"\n\nHuman rights organisation Liberty, which intervened in Ms Begum's appeal, welcomed the ruling, saying the right to a fair trial was \"a fundamental part of our justice system and equal access to justice must apply to everyone\".\n\nLiberty lawyer Katie Lines added: \"Banishing someone is the act of a government shirking its responsibilities and it is critical that cruel and irresponsible government decisions can be properly challenged and overturned.\"\n\nMs Begum left Bethnal Green, in east London, aged 15 for Syria in February 2015, with two school friends.\n\nWithin days she had crossed the Turkish border and eventually reached the IS headquarters at Raqqa, where she married a Dutch convert recruit. They had three children - all of whom have since died.", "That's all from us here on BBC Scotland's live page, on Thursday 16 July 2020.\n• Pupils will not have to physically distance when Scotland's schools return in August, but teachers will, new advice to the government has suggested\n• People who are \"shielding\" will have virus restrictions eased from Friday\n\nTeachers may not have to wear face coverings if they can keep 2m away from pupils and other staff Image caption: Teachers may not have to wear face coverings if they can keep 2m away from pupils and other staff\n• The percentage of people in Scotland who have been exposed to coronavirus is likely to be less than 5%\n• Unemployment in Scotland rose between March and May as the impact of lockdown was felt, official figures indicate .\n\nFinally, the first minister confirmed she was to scale back the daily coronavirus briefings to three days a week over the next fortnight.\n\nSo we'll be back on Tuesday with our live page. Until then, take care and stay safe.", "\"It was finished, but it has become unfinished\" - welcome to what seems to be extremely tricky wrangling over the report into Home Secretary Priti Patel's alleged behaviour towards staff.\n\nIt is a long time now since I spent a very strange Saturday morning, standing in the pouring rain in North London, listening up close to the extraordinary resignation statement from the top official at her department, Sir Philip Rutnam.\n\nThe former mandarin announced his intention to sue the government, making a series of incendiary allegations about how she acted.\n\nThe home secretary fervently denied his version of events, but as you would expect, the Cabinet Office swiftly announced that there would have to be a separate investigation into whether she had broken the ministerial code - the rules that guide how senior politicians are meant to behave in office.\n\nThe Cabinet Minister Michael Gove confirmed to MPs a matter of days later that it was \"vital this investigation is concluded as quickly as possible in the interests of everyone involved\".\n\nAt that stage, no one would have bargained on the coronavirus pandemic slamming the brakes on much of the business of government with its urgent demands.\n\nBut as Parliament looks to the summer break, there is an increasing sense of tension over what on earth has happened to the report into the home secretary - one of the most senior politicians in the country, the most senior woman in government - who Boris Johnson would be loath to lose.\n\nGiven the importance of her position in government, and the sensitivities around the issue, almost everyone you try to talk to about it sighs when the subject is raised.\n\nIt is not very easy to get to the bottom of exactly what is going on. It is clear however, that there is a problem.\n\nSome in Ms Patel's camp suggest that the hold up in the government's own inquiry may be down to the separate employment tribunal claim being pursued by Sir Philip through the legal system.\n\nThat is dismissed as nonsense by those backing his claim. Dave Penman from the FDA union which represents senior civil servants told me \"it's quite separate from the tribunal process.\"\n\nThere are no restrictions whatever on the prime minister around making a decision. The tribunal may not even take place until next year.\n\nOne senior official told me the initial inquiry into how the home secretary had behaved hadn't come up with much, there was nothing really amiss.\n\nOfficials in fact had been preparing to publish the outcome more than a month ago.\n\nBut then \"there was a pause\". And after another bit of work, it's suggested some issues were uncovered, but that there was no slam dunk finding that would make it impossible for her to stay on in her job.\n\nTwo separate sources concur that the inquiry has found some evidence of poor behaviour during her time in government.\n\nBut according to the senior official the report itself has since been \"parked\".\n\nNot, it's said, because it contains the kind of explosive material that would require the home secretary's automatic exit.\n\nBut because no one agrees what to do next hence, in a phrase worthy of the fictional Sir Humphrey himself, the report is now 'unfinished'.\n\nOne of the suggestions I'm told is that officials believe that there should be some \"learning\" for the home secretary, or perhaps even an apology for past mistakes, but there is not much enthusiasm on Downing Street's side for that.\n\nThere are even claims, that are denied by the Cabinet Office, that the senior official who has put the report together has threatened to resign over Number 10's reluctance to act.\n\nBut several insiders have also suggested that the tension is, in part, a result of the less than happy wider atmosphere between the Cabinet Office and Downing Street.\n\nUnease is thick in the air in Whitehall over No 10's plans for shaking up the civil service.\n\nThe service boss is on his way out, the prime minister's team are set on making change.\n\nHackles are up. Nerves are fraught. Bullying allegations against one of the most senior politicians in the land would, at any time, create tensions around the place.\n\nNeither Ms Patel's team, nor Downing Street will comment. Any kind of bullying allegation has always been and is still firmly denied by Ms Patel.\n\nAnd her allies say that she is still in the dark about what is in the report itself, and was told, it's claimed, near the start of the process, that there had been no formal complaints.\n\nBut this is a messy business, and it is nearly five months since the start.\n\nIf the decision to publish is to be made before the end of this Parliamentary session, it has to happen soon.\n\nOne insider joked the decision may come towards the end of next week, part of \"dump week\", when the government pushes out a flurry of announcements before MPs disappear for the summer.\n\nBut in the end, believe it nor, the government is under no obligation to publish the full findings.\n\nThe ministerial code has many pages, many principles, and many rules.\n\nBut whatever the investigation has found, the code makes plain it is for the Prime Minister himself to decide what to do.", "Wretch 32 posted a video on Twitter of his father falling downstairs after being Tasered\n\nNo further action will be taken by the Met Police over the Tasering of rapper Wretch 32's father, the force has said.\n\nThe 35-year-old musician posted a video on Twitter of Millard Scott falling downstairs after being Tasered by officers in north London in April.\n\nThe case was referred to the police watchdog at the force's request but it was then passed back to the Met.\n\nThe force said there had been no public complaint or indication of misconduct so no further action would be taken.\n\n\"Should a public complaint be made or information provided about injuries we will re-refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC),\" the force added.\n\nOfficers had gone to the address in Bromley Road, Tottenham, on 21 April as part of an operation to tackle a drugs supply linked to serious violence in Haringey.\n\nAs they entered the building, they were confronted by a man who \"started moving towards an officer suddenly\", the force said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Millard Scott was Tasered by officers after they entered his home in April\n\nFootage posted online showed Mr Scott tumbling downstairs at his home after an officer was heard to warn: \"Police officer with a Taser. Stay where you are.\"\n\nThe 62-year-old was assessed by paramedics but did not require treatment.\n\nA 22-year-old man inside the address was arrested and later charged with encouraging another to commit an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007.\n\nA 52-year-old woman was also later charged with obstructing/resisting a police constable in the execution of duties.\n\nOn Wednesday, the Met's Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House told members of the London Assembly that the IOPC had decided that the matter should be handled internally by the force \"in a reasonable and proportionate manner\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the IOPC confirmed it was because they had \"not received a public complaint or confirmation the man involved sustained a serious injury\".\n\nScotland Yard has previously spoken with the family about any concerns they had about the Tasering and said they would now write to Mr Scott to tell him about the decision.\n\nCommander Treena Fleming said the force understood why the use of a Taser \"did look alarming in this case\".\n\n\"Met officers are highly trained to engage, explain and try to resolve situations, using force only when absolutely necessary.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS in England will get an extra £3bn of funding to prepare for a possible second wave of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nThe funding will also help ease winter pressures on the health service, Downing Street said.\n\nIt follows warnings a second wave this winter could see as many as 120,000 Covid-19 deaths in UK hospitals.\n\nThe prime minister made the funding commitment at a No 10 briefing, where he also pledged a new testing target.\n\nCapacity will be increased to at least 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, Mr Johnson said.\n\nConfirming the extra £3bn in funding for the NHS in England, he said Covid-19 could become \"more virulent\" in winter.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"Demand for testing is not the only challenge that winter will bring. It's possible that the virus will be more virulent in the winter months and it's certain that the NHS will face the usual annual winter pressures.\"\n\nHe added: \"We're making sure we're ready for winter and planning for the worst.\"\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive additional funds, Mr Johnson added.\n\nMeanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an urgent review into how coronavirus deaths have been recorded in England.\n\nDowning Street said the new NHS funding would be available immediately and would allow the NHS to continue using additional private hospital capacity and maintain the temporary Nightingale hospitals until the end of March 2021.\n\nThis will provide additional capacity for coronavirus patients, as well as allowing the NHS to carry out routine treatments and procedures, No 10 said.\n\nNon-urgent operations were suspended as the UK went into lockdown, to free up hospital beds during the first wave of coronavirus - but in May NHS England told hospitals they should restart procedures.\n\nIn normal times an announcement of £3bn to help the NHS in England cope with winter pressures might look generous.\n\nBut these are not normal times as the government pumps tens of billions into the economy to soften the blows of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe head of NHS England, Sir Simon Stevens, has been in talks with the Treasury to get guarantees that the Nightingale hospitals can stay open through until next spring in case there is another Covid surge.\n\nHe also wanted secure funding in place to do a deal with private hospitals to help tackle the backlog of cancelled non urgent operations such as hip and knee replacements.\n\nThat money now seems to have been secured, though we await further details.\n\nThe question is, will this be enough to get the health service through what could be one of the most difficult winters in its history?\n\nThere have been predictions that the waiting list for routine surgery will swell to 10 million as fears of a second wave of Covid cases in the depths of winter won't go away.\n\nHighlighting other measures to protect the NHS as it heads into the winter, Mr Johnson said the government would carry out the biggest flu vaccination programme in the history of the health service, while supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators had also increased.\n\nThe announcement was made as the prime minister announced a further easing of lockdown measures.\n\nThe prime minister encouraged people to return to using public transport, while advice for employers will change from 1 August.\n\nFrom the beginning of next month, Mr Johnson said employers would have more discretion to bring staff back to the workplace providing it was safe to do so.\n\nSince late March the government had been advising people to work from home if possible to help curb coronavirus.\n\nLast week Mr Johnson had signalled a change, saying: \"I think we should now say, well, 'Go back to work if you can'.\"\n\nBut the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told MPs on Thursday there was \"absolutely no reason\" to change the government's current guidance on working from home.\n\nSir Patrick wore a mask as he spoke to the Commons Science and Technology Committee on Thursday\n\nEarlier this week a report, requested by Sir Patrick, called for immediate action to reduce the risks posed by a second wave of coronavirus this winter.\n\nAmong its recommendations were increasing the capacity of the test and trace programme and having more people vaccinated against flu.\n\nAsked to model a \"reasonable\" worst-case scenario, scientists suggested a range of between 24,500 and 251,000 virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February.\n\nThe estimate does not take into account any lockdowns, treatments or vaccines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What factors determine a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections?\n\nResearch suggests the virus can survive longer in colder conditions and is more likely to spread when people spend more time indoors.\n\nExperts are also concerned the NHS will be under extreme pressure, not just from a resurgence of coronavirus but also from seasonal flu and a backlog of regular, non-coronavirus workload.\n\nThe British Medical Association chairman, Chaand Nagpaul, has called for more detail on how the £3bn funding will be used.\n\n\"The government talks of winter planning, but we need transparency on this, including how far this money can stretch in tackling a modelled worst-case forecast - including a second peak, additional non-Covid demand and a possible flu outbreak,\" Dr Nagpaul said.\n\n\"Crucially, the government must make prevention a priority and take every necessary step to try and avoid a national second spike all together.\"\n\nNHS Providers, which represents hospitals and other NHS organisations, echoed the call for clarity over what the money will be used for, saying funding is already in place for Nightingale hospitals and private beds.\n\nWhile welcoming the financial support, deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery added: \"Trusts need more than that. They have got to recover the lost ground of the last four or five months and put measures in place to manage the additional activity that always happens in winter.\"", "British Gas-owner Centrica will tell thousands of staff to accept new working conditions, including no extra overtime pay, or risk their jobs.\n\nThe firm said if employees don't sign the contract, there will be a fresh wave of layoffs, although it insists that is a \"last resort\".\n\nCentrica has already outlined 5,000 job cuts as customer numbers tumble.\n\nThe firm said it had \"been open about the changes\" needed to win back customers.\n\nThe proposals are all subject to a consultation period with unions, the company stressed.\n\n\"Our employees' base pay and pensions will be protected, but simplifying and modernising their terms is essential if we're to become more flexible and price competitive,\" said Centrica.\n\n\"We have over 80 different employee contracts with 7,000 variations of terms, many of which are outdated and stop us delivering for customers.\"\n\nUnions and workers said they were concerned about the move and criticised the timing amid lockdown.\n\n\"They are using this as an excuse because they know we can't even have discussions and meetings,\" said one British Gas engineer, who has worked for the firm for more than 15 years and spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity.\n\n\"This really is a divide-and-conquer moment.\"\n\nThe company says it must become more competitive to protect jobs in the long term.\n\nCentrica proposes to fix overtime pay at the same rate as regular hours, according to a presentation seen by the BBC.\n\nPreviously, overtime could attract double the hourly rate, depending on a worker's contract.\n\nEngineers who might previously have been asked to work shifts between 08:00 and 20:00 in the busier winter period could be allocated hours any time between 06:00 and 23:00.\n\nCentrica follows British Airways in combining proposed layoffs with new contracts which unions describe as unfavourable. Both companies insist the deal offered is fair.\n\n\"What is really painful is that when this coronavirus kicked off, we all rose to the challenge,\" said the engineer.\n\nHe and other British Gas workers volunteered to deliver meals for vulnerable people for the Trussell Trust.\n\nThis gave him and his colleagues a sense of purpose, he said, together with continuing to repair broken heating systems during lockdown.\n\n\"We were going into houses. We were feeling proud, as we were key workers,\" he said. \"It's a huge slap in the face.\"\n\nCentrica said a so-called Section 188 notice, which employers are obliged to give to workers' representatives if they are considering large-scale layoffs, was a last resort if workers did not agree the new terms.\n\n\"We've been open about the changes we need to make to win back customers, grow our company and protect jobs in the long run,\" the company said in a statement.\n\nThe GMB union said it had started talks with the company on planned changes, as Centrica has set a deadline of agreeing a deal with employees before winter.\n\nAssistant general secretary Christina McAnea of the Unison union branded the move \"disgraceful behaviour\".\n\n\"Employees have worked hard throughout the past few months to ensure customers are well-served, despite the pandemic,\" she said. \"This is no way for company directors to repay them.\"\n\nThe company is scrambling to stem the flow of customers from its energy supply business.\n\nLast month, it began trialling a cheaper, digital-only brand under the name British Gas X.\n\nIt also already plans job cuts at its head office.\n\nNew boss Chris O'Shea said most of the cuts would fall in the UK as the energy giant seeks to slim down its business.\n\nAbout half of the jobs to go will be among the company's leadership, management and corporate staff. This will include half of the senior leadership team of 40, who will leave by the end of August.\n\nCentrica has about 27,000 employees, with 20,000 of these based in the UK.", "The world's poorest \"will pay the greatest price\" of plans to merge the Department for International Development (Dfid) with the Foreign Office, MPs have said.\n\nAnnouncing the plans, Boris Johnson said the \"long overdue reform\" would ensure \"maximum value\" for taxpayers.\n\nBut the Commons International Development Committee called the move \"impulsive\".\n\nIts report also said the decision could reduce the UK's international standing.\n\nIt also criticised the lack of consultation with the development sector before the decision was taken. Former prime ministers David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair have also criticised the move.\n\nThe timing of the merger, in the middle of the global coronavirus crisis, was \"perplexing\", the report said. \"Now is not the time for a major government restructure,\" it added.\n\nIt recommends the retention of a minister responsible for development, as well as a specific related Commons committee.\n\nThe government's current plans do not include retaining Dfid's current secretary of state, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, in her post.\n\nHowever, Mr Johnson has pledged that the department's budget will be protected and will still be ring-fenced for aid projects.\n\nChair Sarah Champion, a Labour MP, said Dfid \"is something we should all be proud of\", adding that it was \"deeply disappointing that the government failed to recognise\" the department's strengths.\n\n\"Now we are on the brink of this expertise being lost and our international reputation being damaged beyond repair.\n\n\"The fact that there was no consultation, seemingly no evidence as to why this is a good idea, really lets down the communities that UK aid is there to support,\" she said.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"The new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will place our world-class development programmes at the heart of our foreign policy.\n\n\"Combining the development expertise of Dfid with the diplomatic reach of the Foreign Office will maximise the impact of our aid budget in helping the very poorest, while making sure we get the very best value for UK taxpayers' money in a world-leading department.\"", "US and UK intelligence agencies claim state-sponsored Russian hackers are trying to hijack internet hardware\n\nThe latest warning of Russian intrusions is another sign that cyber-space is becoming one of the focal points for growing tension between Russia and the West.\n\nBut so far, much of the talk about cyber-war remains hypothetical rather than real.\n\nIt is true that Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is on high alert for the possibility of some kind of Russian activity. More people and resources have been devoted to monitoring and investigation.\n\nThere has also been outreach to companies to warn them on what to look out for and what to do.\n\n\"Russia is our most capable hostile adversary in cyber-space, so dealing with their attacks is a major priority for the National Cyber Security Centre and our US allies,\" NCSC chief Ciaran Martin said in a statement.\n\nBut so far, there has not been any sign of a significant cyber-attack or change of behaviour from Russia.\n\nThat is not to say that officials are not seeing any Russian activity. Quite the opposite, the reality is that they are almost always seeing Russian activity and they have done for close to 20 years.\n\nRussian espionage - the theft of information - dates back at least to the late 1990s.\n\nMore recently, in the past few years, officials in the UK and US have said they have seen Russia pre-positioning in networks that are part of the critical infrastructure in a way that could be used for destructive acts of sabotage, for instance taking down parts of the electricity grid.\n\nIt is possible that Russian intrusions may be increasing. But it is too early to know for sure if this is the case, since it takes time to spot this - if it is spotted at all - and to be sure it is Russian.\n\nThe crucial thing is whether Russia actually employs its offensive capability to actually do something destructive.\n\nSo far, there has been relatively little sign of this in the US or UK, although Russia is accused of launching destructive attacks against Ukraine, which spilled over into companies that did business there.\n\nIt is worth saying that Britain and the US will be carrying out almost identical activities in Russia, pre-positioning in Russian networks to be able to respond.\n\nWhat no-one is quite sure of is whether this creates a deterrent a bit like mutually assured nuclear destruction in the Cold War. Or if the fact that cyber-attacks are harder to trace and at least partially deniable - unlike a nuclear missile - makes the threshold for action much lower.\n\nIt was notable though that the head of GCHQ last week made public reference to the use of Britain's offensive cyber-capability.\n\n\"For well over a decade, starting in the conflict in Afghanistan, GCHQ has pioneered the development and use of offensive cyber-techniques,\" said Jeremy Fleming.\n\n\"And by that I mean taking action online that has direct real world impact.\"\n\nIn this case, Mr Fleming was talking about activities targeting the Islamic State group.\n\n\"We may look to deny service, disrupt a specific online activity, deter an individual or a group, or perhaps even destroy equipment and networks,\" he said.\n\nTalking publicly about the capability is also likely to be seen as a means of warning Russia that Britain could respond if it was targeted.\n\nOne possibility is that Russia could take action primarily in the information space.\n\nIt has already been accused of unleashing bots and trolls to push its narrative of the Salisbury poisoning, although such activity does not fall under the traditional definition of a cyber-attack.\n\nIt has previously been alleged that a hacking group called Fancy Bears has worked with the Russian military\n\nBut it could use cyber-intrusions to steal compromising data and then release this into the public domain to punish those it is opposing.\n\nThis tactic was used with information stolen from sporting anti-doping bodies but also in the case of the Democratic National Committee in the US.\n\nSuch activity is a reminder that cyber-space should not be seen as somehow completely separate from other fields of activity - whether information flows or traditional military activity.\n\nParticularly in the Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare, it is simply part of a continuum.\n\nBut as the field that is newest, the rules in cyber-space of what constitutes war and an attack are much less clear. And that may be the danger, as miscalculation could lead to escalation.", "Strict physical distancing measures will be in place when trials resume at the High Court in Edinburgh\n\nThe first High Court trial in Scotland since lockdown will get under way in Edinburgh on Monday.\n\nDigital technology has been installed to allow the jury to watch the case from a different room within the court building on the Royal Mile.\n\nIf successful, it could lead to juries operating from remote locations such as conference centres or even cinemas.\n\nThe proposals were drafted by a working group which includes representatives from across the justice sector.\n\nLord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, who chairs the group, said: \"The challenges in conducting a 15-person jury trial in a physically distanced environment cannot be underestimated and I would like to thank all those involved for their commitment to ensure that justice is delivered safely.\"\n\nThe last trial to take place at Edinburgh High Court was that of the former first minister Alex Salmond.\n\nIt started more than a week after the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Scotland.\n\nAlex Salmond with his defence lawyer Gordon Jackson QC outside the High Court in Edinburgh after he was cleared of sex assault charges\n\nOn 23 March, the day Mr Salmond was cleared of sexually assaulting nine women, he addressed a scrum of camera crews, photographers and reporters.\n\nHours later Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the UK-wide lockdown in a televised address to the nation.\n\nThe last High Court trial in Scotland ended in Glasgow the following day.\n\nThe High Court hears the most serious criminal cases in the land, with sixteen trials normally running every day in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Livingston.\n\nBut the backlog that was already there before lockdown has grown over the last four months.\n\nBy August, 750 High Court cases will be in the system waiting to go, delaying justice for victims and accused alike.\n\nTape in the dock reminds the accused to keep their distance from the security guards\n\nThose arriving at court are reminded to maintain a \"safe 2m distance\" from others in the building\n\nA working group chaired by a senior judge was set up to find solutions, and on Monday the High Court in Edinburgh will begin a new chapter in social distancing for the judicial system.\n\nThe accused will be in the dock flanked by socially-distanced security guards, with room for the media in the public gallery.\n\nThe general public will not be allowed in and the jury will be present only in digital form.\n\nCourt number three, a huge room that has witnessed some of Scotland's most notorious murder trials, will from next week take on a very different role.\n\nScattered around the room each juror will sit in front of a monitor showing different views of the trial being held downstairs.\n\nOn Monday, 15 jurors and five or more substitutes will be balloted remotely, then asked to come to the court to hear the case.\n\nIt means jury trials will be up and running again but very few of them will take place initially.\n\nOne option under consideration is to use the same technology with the juries in remote locations like cinemas and conference centres.\n\nRonnie Renucci QC, president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, told BBC Scotland: \"If that particular model is favoured then, because it frees up courts, then there should be no reason why we can't at least get jury trials up and running in the High Court to the levels they were running before.\n\n\"Now we appreciate that might take time and it will be a slow build but we certainly feel that we can get there.\"\n\nA second trial will begin in Glasgow on Tuesday, with the jury sitting in the public gallery of the courtroom.\n\nThe Scottish government is considering other ideas which would require a change in the law.\n\nIt has been suggested the country could have smaller juries, like it did during World War Two.\n\nMultiple cameras in court will allow jurors to follow the action\n\nThe pressure is on to find a solution as Victim Support Scotland says the delays and uncertainty are having a huge impact on the mental health of people affected by serious crime.\n\nJustice Secretary Humza Yousaf welcomed the \"innovative approaches\" taken to enable trials to resume.\n\nHe said: \"I am very conscious of the impact of the pandemic on justice systems across the world and the inevitable backlog of cases that require to be dealt with as a result of this.\n\n\"Behind each delayed jury trial are victims, witnesses and accused, who are all anxious to have their day in court and move on with their lives.\"\n\nMr Yousaf said \"further operational and legislative options\" were being considered.\n\nHe added: \"While no single solution will be sufficient, the resumption of solemn trials is an important milestone on the journey to recovery for the Scotland's court system and the safe administration of justice in the most serious cases.\"\n\nThe Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has published an information pamphlet and a separate information sheet for jurors detailing the measures in place to ensure the safety of all parties.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Henry's wives in Six: Jane Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr\n\nA major tour of the hit musical Six, which had sold out several drive-in venues in the UK, has been cancelled due to uncertainties over local lockdowns.\n\nThe concert series, organised by Live Nation, was also expected to feature performances by Kaiser Chiefs, Dizzee Rascal, Sigala and others.\n\nPromoters said the \"latest developments over local lockdowns\" meant they couldn't proceed \"with any confidence\".\n\nSix's producer, Kenny Wax, said on Wednesday: \"We are so very disappointed to have received the news of the cancellation earlier today.\n\n\"The previous hour has been spent telling the 60 members of our company that the job they were about to embark on has disappeared.\n\n\"We know that ultimately there is nothing more important than the safety and wellbeing of our company and the Six Queendom [the show's fans]. We look forward to better times.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Behind the scenes at the Arts Theatre in London to meet the sassy women in King Henry VIII's life\n\nWax added that the tour of the West End musical, which is based on the six wives of King Henry VIII, had been designed not as a money-maker but to put dozens of freelancers back to work.\n\nThe drive-in shows were announced last month, with outdoor venues such as airports and race courses booked in 12 cities, including Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Edinburgh and Bristol.\n\nThey were designed \"as a way to reimagine the live music experience during a time of social distancing by allowing fans to enjoy concerts in the safest way possible,\" said Live Nation's Peter Taylor.\n\nConcert-goers would have been able to stand outside their vehicles in allocated spaces, or sit in their fold-out chairs, although umbrellas were not permitted. Attendees were also banned from bringing their own food.\n\nHowever, with concern growing over coronavirus \"hotspots\" in some locations - including Liverpool, where a week of gigs was planned - organisers have decided to pull the plug.\n\nAn artist's impression of what drive-in gigs could look like\n\nA statement from organisers said: \"The Live From The Drive-In concert series will no longer proceed as planned this summer.\n\n\"We received huge support from artists, the live music production contractors... and of course you, the fans. However, the latest developments regarding localised lockdowns mean it has become impossible for us to continue with the series with any confidence.\n\n\"We thank everyone for their support and eagerly await a time when we can watch live music together again.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Danes have learned to embrace live music drive-ins\n\nOther socially-distanced gigs are still set to go ahead this summer. The Comedy Story is hosting a series of drive-in shows at rugby grounds and racetracks throughout July and August; while Gosforth Park in Newcastle will see performances by Supergrass, The Libertines and Maxïmo Park next month.\n\nThose shows will take place at what's been billed as the \"UK's first socially-distanced live arena\", where fans will have their own private viewing platforms, placed two metres apart with food and drinks available for pre-order.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK and US have issued a joint warning cyber-spies are targeting the health sector.\n\nHackers linked to foreign states have been hunting for information, including Covid-19 data and vaccine research, they say.\n\nUK sources say they have seen extensive activity but do not believe there has been any data theft so far.\n\nThose behind the activity are not named in the alert but are thought to include China, Russia and Iran.\n\nThe three countries have all seen major outbreaks of the virus but have denied previous claims of involvement in such activity.\n\nThe joint advisory says the UK and US are currently investigating a number of incidents in which other states are targeting pharmaceutical companies, medical-research organisations, and universities, looking for intelligence and sensitive data, including research on the virus.\n\nUnderstanding how other countries are dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and progress in research has become a high priority for intelligence agencies around the world.\n\nIn a crisis, every state will want to use its intelligence capability to better inform itself.\n\nAnd in a locked-down world, cyber-espionage is more practical than traditional human espionage, making it another field where an existing trend towards online working may be accelerated.\n\nAnalysts say they are seeing a particular rise in aggressive operations from a range of states at the moment.\n\nAnd this has meant organisations that might not have considered themselves to be top targets for hackers from foreign states are now in their sights.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been working with these organisations since the start of the crisis, to offer advice and protection.\n\nAnd the new public advisory, issued jointly with its US equivalent, the Cyber-security and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA), aims to further increase awareness of the threat.\n\n\"In today's world, there is nothing more valuable or worth stealing than any kind of biomedical research that is going to help with a coronavirus vaccine,\" senior US intelligence official Bill Evanina told BBC News last week.\n\nAt Tuesday's daily briefing, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: \"As well as providing practical advice, the UK will continue to counter those who conduct cyber-attacks.\n\n\"And we're working very closely with our international partners both to respond to the threats but also to deter the gangs and the arms of state who lie behind them.\"\n\nUK authorities are understood to have offered advice to Oxford University, at the leading edge of developing a vaccine, and Imperial College in London, which has played a key role in the epidemiological modelling that has shaped policy responses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe advisory warns cyber-spies are targeting supply chains and taking advantage of people remotely working, with a technique called password-spraying - in which they try to use commonly used passwords to access accounts.\n\nAnd cyber-criminals could target healthcare providers, knowing they may be even more willing than usual to pay a ransom for the return of their data.\n\n\"Protecting the healthcare sector is the NCSC's first and foremost priority at this time and we're working closely with the NHS to keep their systems safe,\" operations director Paul Chichester said.\n\nMeanwhile, Western spies will be focusing hard on China as they seek to understand what Beijing may know of the virus's origins - with the US administration pushing the theory it may have escaped from a lab - as well as looking for any data on the true extent of the outbreak in the country.", "Edward Enninful took over as editor of British Vogue in August 2017\n\nBritish Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said he was racially profiled after being told to \"use the loading bay\" by a security guard as he entered work.\n\nEnninful, who has been editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine since 2017, said the incident happened as he walked into his offices on Wednesday.\n\nIn a social media post, he said Conde Nast, which owns British Vogue, \"moved quickly\" to dismiss the security guard.\n\nBut he said \"change needs to happen now\".\n\nEnninful, who was appointed an OBE in 2016 for services to diversity in the fashion industry, wrote on Twitter: \"Today I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my work place.\n\n\"As I entered, I was instructed to use the loading bay.\n\n\"Just because our timelines and weekends are returning to normal, we cannot let the world return to how it was.\"\n\nIn a separate post to his one million Instagram followers, he said: \"It just goes to show that sometimes it doesn't matter what you've achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is understood the security guard, who works for a third party contractor, was dismissed from the site immediately and placed under investigation by their employer.\n\nEarlier this month, when accepting an industry award for his work at the magazine, Enninful said: \"It would be disingenuous of me not to point out that I am the first black person to ever win this award - the first black person in 40 years.\n\n\"Diversity is making its way into our commissioning and on to our pages. But what about inside our workplaces?\n\n\"Who are we hiring? Who are we nurturing? Who are we promoting? How do our office environments treat people? Who is allowed to get to the top?\"\n\nWhen he took the helm of British Vogue three years ago, Enninful said he hoped to create a more diverse magazine that was \"open and friendly\".\n\n\"My Vogue is about being inclusive,\" he said at the time.\n\n\"It is about diversity - showing different women, different body shapes, different races, different classes [and] tackling gender.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Edward Enninful OBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Banksy spray painted his tag in the colours of a medical face mask\n\nCleaners did not know graffiti on a London Underground train was by world-renowned artist Banksy when they removed it, the BBC has been told.\n\nThe piece, If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get, was painted inside a Circle Line service carriage.\n\nBut by the time he unveiled the work on his Instagram account, it had been wiped away by Transport for London (TfL) cleaning crews.\n\nA TfL source said: \"It was treated like any other graffiti on the network.\"\n\n\"The job of the cleaners is to make sure the network is clean, especially given the current climate,\" they said.\n\nA video posted online showed a man - presumed to be Banksy - disguised as a cleaner and armed with stencils.\n\nIt is thought the stunt, revealed on Tuesday, was designed to encourage the use of face masks.\n\nIt was a smudge on a cleaning cloth long before the artist revealed on social media he'd done it.\n\nIn the current climate, it is perhaps reassuring that the cleaners on the Tube did their job quickly and efficiently and cleaned off the work so quickly.\n\nGraffiti is regarded - certainly in the transport world and by many commuters - as something that contributes to a threatening, unwelcoming atmosphere.\n\nOf course there will be those who say it should have been kept or protected as art but that is somewhat academic.\n\nYou get the feeling Banksy, who has previously destroyed his art on purpose, knew exactly what would happen to his work by putting it inside a carriage.\n\nThis was perhaps all part of the plan.\n\nAn official statement said the art was removed \"some days ago\" in line with the London Underground's \"strict anti-graffiti policy\".\n\nAll public transport users in London must wear a face covering, and TfL said it appreciated \"the sentiment of encouraging people\" to do so.\n\n\"We'd like to offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location,\" it added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The model and her mother were found guilty of tax evasion\n\nIsraeli top model Bar Refaeli has been given a large fine and sentenced to nine months of community service for evading taxes.\n\nThe 35-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of providing false tax returns while living abroad in order to avoid Israeli taxes.\n\nThe court in Tel Aviv ordered her to pay a 2.5m-shekel fine (£577,000; $730,000), in addition to arrears.\n\nThe model's mother was also convicted of tax offences.\n\nTzipi Refaeli, who also acted as her daughter's agent, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and also ordered to pay a 2.5m-shekel penalty and taxes owed.\n\nThe two women pleaded guilty and were sentenced under a deal agreed with authorities last month.\n\nIsraeli authorities began their investigation into the case in 2015.\n\nBar Refaeli admitted to not declaring her worldwide income for certain years, claiming that she spent most of the time abroad, although her lawyers said she had not intentionally avoided the tax payments.\n\nHer mother, meanwhile, was convicted of signing property leases under the names of relatives to obscure the model's residency status, among other charges.\n\nThe model, who previously dated US actor Leonardo DiCaprio and hosted the 2019 Eurovision song contest, has been involved in controversy during her career.\n\nShe has faced anger from the Israeli army for not completing military service and in 2018 appeared in a controversial advert featuring the niqab.\n\nIn 2015, her request to close the air space over her wedding venue sparked a row.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why did Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli want a no-fly zone?", "Police officers detain protesters in Hong Kong during a rally against the new national security law\n\nBoris Johnson says the UK's extradition arrangements with Hong Kong will be changed, amid rising tensions with China.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend an extradition deal with the territory later.\n\nIt comes after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law on the ex-British colony, introducing new crimes with severe penalties.\n\nChina has accused the UK of \"brutal meddling\" in its affairs.\n\nThe UK has already offered residency rights and a path to UK citizenship to around three million Hong Kongers in response to the law's imposition.\n\nBeijing has insisted it is committed to upholding international law, and has promised a \"resolute response\" if the UK withdraws from extradition arrangements.\n\nThe extradition treaty means that, if someone in Hong Kong is suspected of a crime in the UK, then the British authorities can ask Hong Kong to hand them over to face justice - and vice versa.\n\nThe UK fears the arrangement - which has been in place for more than 30 years - could see anyone it extradites to Hong Kong being sent on to China.\n\nHong Kong has extradition agreements with 19 other countries apart from the UK, including Canada and Australia, which have already suspended theirs following the imposition there of China's new security law - which makes acts of subversion punishable by life sentences.\n\nMr Johnson said the UK had \"concerns\" over the new law, and it had to think about the rights of people in Hong Kong to participate in democratic processes.\n\nBut he added: \"There is a balance here. I'm not going to be pushed into a position of becoming a knee-jerk Sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti-China\".\n\n\"We've got to have a calibrated approach. We're going to be tough on some things, but we're going to continue to engage.\"\n\nThe UK handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997 but, as part of an agreement signed at the time, it enjoys some freedoms not seen in the mainland.\n\nBut political and economic relations between the UK and China have become strained in recent months.\n\nEarlier this month, the UK decided to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from its 5G network, citing security concerns denied by the company.\n\nThe UK, US and EU have accused Beijing of undermining the \"One Country, Two Systems\" principle, which has guaranteed a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong since it was handed back to Chinese rule in 1997.\n\nThey say the security laws which came into force last month breach the terms of the 1984 Joint Declaration protecting political and economic freedoms - which agreed the conditions under which Hong Kong would be run when Britain gave it back to China in 1997.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe UK denounced the new laws as \"deeply troubling\", with the foreign secretary calling the move \"a grave step\".\n\nIn response, the UK has offered the 350,000 Hong Kong residents who hold British Overseas National passports - and a further 2.6 million who are eligible for them - enhanced residency rights should they wish to come to the UK and a route to possible citizenship.\n\nBut China has warned it will retaliate if the UK imposes sanctions on any of its leading officials in relation to human rights offences and allegations of police brutality in Hong Kong.\n\nProposals for an extradition treaty between Hong Kong and mainland China provoked widespread protests last year amid concerns about political interference in the Chinese judicial system and the right to a fair trial.\n\nSuspending extradition to Hong Kong is a very obvious step to take.\n\nEven if the treaty remained fully in place, it would be hard to imagine the circumstances in which the UK would now agree to hand over any suspect to the Hong Kong authorities for trial - knowing they might end up in a Chinese mainland court, and then a prison far from Hong Kong.\n\nBritish suspension of the treaty - rather than outright abandonment - is quite normal.\n\nDiplomatically, it allows China a way back, however unlikely it is there will be any retreat by Beijing.\n\nThe UK does not want to be the side to initiate a trade war with China, hence the focus on justice and the rule of law.\n\nChina has already warned - in the context of Huawei as well as Hong Kong - that Chinese businesses may judge Britain an unsuitable or unreliable partner in future.\n\nThe UK won't be the one turning up the heat in that area. But further British measures against China can't be ruled out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador Liu Xiaoming: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"\n\nThe UK has also stepped up its criticism of China's human rights record, accusing Beijing of \"gross and egregious\" abuses against the Uighur population in Xinjiang province.\n\nMr Raab told the BBC that reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were \"reminiscent of something not seen for a long time\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party would support a change to extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, calling it a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nBut he called on the government to \"go further\" by considering immediate sanctions on Chinese officials involved in rights abuses against Uighur Muslims.\n\nDrone footage that has been widely circulated - and authenticated by Australian security services - appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains.\n\nHowever, China's UK ambassador, Liu Xiaoming, dismissed talks of concentration camps as \"fake\".\n\nOn Monday Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said accusations of forced sterilisation of Uighurs in Xinjiang were \"nothing but lies\".", "The world eagerly awaits a coronavirus vaccine, and labs are racing to develop one. Some have now reached the stage of human trials and are looking for volunteers. So what's it like to be part of a vaccine trial?\n\nI remember very clearly my first medical trial. It was in Oxford where I was going to receive an experimental vaccine against bird flu.\n\nThis was in 2006 and at the time H5N1 avian flu was a big deal. It was a deadly virus, killing half of those it infected. That would make it perhaps 50 times more lethal than Covid-19.\n\nSo there was a need for a vaccine, and the Oxford Vaccine Group was to conduct a trial of healthy volunteers.\n\nI didn't hesitate about sticking my hand up, or rather, rolling up my sleeve. After all, I rely on patients to agree to me filming them in order to illustrate some aspect of healthcare, so it was a good thing for me to experience what that's like. Very often they are taking part in a medical trial, be it for cancer, diabetes or any number of other conditions.\n\nNaturally I was filmed while receiving the vaccine. I can remember being determined not to grimace because I didn't want to set a bad example. The immunisation takes just a few seconds, and I also had to give some blood samples the same day.\n\nAs the needle for the blood draw was about to go in, a kindly doctor said \"sharp scratch\" which was my cue to look into the lens and deliver a faultless \"piece to camera\" - the bit in most TV reports when correspondents pontificate. But with a needle in your arm you have to get it right the first time.\n\nAs my blood entered the test tube I spoke about antibodies and immunity.\n\nI think it went fine, but I remember a recent occasion that was a nightmare. Again, I started speaking as the needle went in, and my words, thankfully, flowed out on cue. The trouble was, the red stuff did not. It was like getting blood from a stone. It took four needles, and by the end of the filming the colour had drained from my face and I was in a cold sweat.\n\nAs the BBC's medical correspondent, since 2004 I have reported on global disease threats such as bird flu, swine flu, Sars and Mers - both coronaviruses - and Ebola. You could say I've been waiting much of my career for a global pandemic. And yet when Covid-19 came along, the world was not as ready as it could have been. Now it's here I wish, like everyone else, it would go away. Sadly, we may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely. In this column I will be reflecting on that new reality.\n\nThe bird flu vaccine trial went well. The following year it was approved for use, but bird flu never made the full jump from animals to humans, so it's not been needed.\n\nNot so with coronavirus. To say the results of vaccine studies are eagerly awaited would be the understatement of the year. There are lives, livelihoods and whole economies depending on a successful vaccine against Sars-CoV-2, to give the virus its proper name.\n\nMore than 100 vaccines are in development around the world. Many of these may never get to human trials, but several have already reached that stage, in record time. Normally it would take years, decades even.\n\nThe Chinese government shared the genetic sequence of coronavirus on 11 January, and within weeks a team at the University of Oxford had developed an experimental vaccine. Their human trial, the first in Europe, began last month.\n\nMore than 1,000 volunteers are now part of the Oxford vaccine study. Half will get ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, as the vaccine is called, and the rest a control vaccine which protects against meningitis. The trial is \"blinded\" so that the researchers and the volunteers won't know which jab they are getting.\n\nThe use of a real vaccine as a control, which may result in the odd sore arm, means volunteers really won't know whether they have got the real thing. That's important, as all of them will need to keep a daily health diary for up to four weeks, and come back for several blood tests.\n\nSamples of the vaccine have been made for the trial\n\nI wanted to volunteer for the first phase of the vaccine trial, but was ineligible. It's the first time I've been too old for a clinical study - the cut-off was 55 years and I'll be 59 in September. Though the trial has now been extended to include older adults and children aged five to 12, I may still be ruled out. Anyone who already has antibodies to coronavirus is excluded, and as I explained last week, I'm pretty sure I have these. I have signed up online just in case they will have me.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected\n\nIn order to check whether the vaccine works, it is vital that those given the jab come across the virus in their daily lives. So the team would like volunteers who have public-facing roles, especially health workers, who are more likely to be exposed to coronavirus.\n\nYou don't need all of your volunteers to get up close and personal with the virus, but it's important that some do, and in the absence of a guaranteed treatment it would be unethical to deliberately infect them.\n\nThe volunteers are all told to maintain the same social distancing as the rest of us. And remember they don't know which vaccine they have received.\n\nFergus holding a vial of the vaccine developed by the Oxford team\n\nThere's one big problem surrounding all of this, which is that you need a lot of virus to be circulating to know whether the vaccine protects the people who've been immunised, and at present cases are decreasing. It's reckoned about one in 1,000 people in England are currently infected, not counting cases in hospitals or care homes.\n\nA further 10,000 volunteers are being recruited at sites across England, Wales and Scotland. At present there are more cases in parts of the north of England and Scotland than in Oxford.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nVolunteers are absolutely crucial to medical advances; we'd never get anywhere without them. The same goes for blood donors. With all the volunteers I've spoken to over the years there's a really strong element of giving something back. People say, \"Well, it may not help me, but it'll help those coming after me.\"\n\nSome years ago, I covered a typhoid study in Oxford, in which they were immunising people with a new vaccine, and then infecting them deliberately with the disease - they could do this because it can be treated with antibiotics. The volunteers had to swallow a drink that had typhoid bacteria in it, and I remember one of them saying, \"Down the hatch!\" before they drank it.\n\nThat vaccine is now being used in Pakistan and Zimbabwe, and has reduced cases of the disease by 80%. When I let those volunteers know recently, they were delighted. That trial was of absolutely no benefit to their daily lives, they did it purely because they felt it was the right thing to do. But with the coronavirus trial there may be some benefits for volunteers.\n\nThere has been much speculation about when we will get results from the Oxford vaccine trial. I've heard September, even June. The hard truth is, it's not certain when we will know. It depends on whether we get a second wave of infections.\n\nIf, and it's still a big if, the vaccine does work, hundreds of millions of doses could be made within months because of a manufacturing deal struck with the pharma giant, AstraZeneca. It says it could produce a billion doses by the end of 2021.\n\nAnd the Oxford vaccine is not the only show in town. Imperial College London is developing a coronavirus vaccine which will begin human trials next month. All the researchers I've spoken to have said this is not a race to be first, but a race against the virus. It's a race we all hope they will win.\n\nFind out more about the Oxford Vaccine trial\n\nAntibody tests which show that you have had a Covid-19 infection are being rolled out, prioritising NHS and care staff. So what happens when you test positive? Carry on as before - and I should know.", "England's contact tracers have only reached about 50% of people who have been in close contact with someone with Covid-19 in an area of Lancashire where new cases are rising.\n\nThe figure was revealed by Prof Dominic Harrison, public health director of Blackburn with Darwen Council.\n\nHe warned of \"exponential growth\" of new infections if the system did not become more efficient.\n\nThe government said the NHS scheme had helped identify thousands of cases.\n\nIt is not clear why the contacts provided were not able to be reached.\n\nThe government's most recent statistics reveal that of the people in England who tested positive for Covid-19 between 2-8 July, 17.1% could not be reached and a further 4.1% did not provide their phone number.\n\nIt said 71.1% of the contacts provided were reached, but 21.8% of those who originally tested positive said they had not been in close contact with anyone during the required time frame.\n\nA leaked report, seen by the Independent, suggested that fewer than half of contacts were reached in Oldham, St Helens, Manchester and Rochdale.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, Prof Harrison said that Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, which he oversees, faces a \"rising tide\" of infections.\n\n\"The key issue here is that 40% of people who are infected by someone with Covid-19 who goes for tests because they have symptoms, will be infected by them before they have those symptoms,\" said Prof Harrison.\n\n\"So, there's a 48 hour window which is critical to get the contacts of the first case contacted, and if we don't get them contacted, and if they don't then get tested and self-isolated, and they then have symptoms, we do risk the spread progressing.\"\n\nIt later emerged that the Jamia Ghosia mosque in Blackburn said it is being investigated by the police and public health officials after holding a funeral on 13 July, attended by 250 people.\n\nThe Imam has since tested positive for coronavirus and is recovering.\n\nThe mosque has emailed its congregation advising everybody to self-isolate and said it \"made a mistake\" in allowing more than the officially-permitted 30 mourners to attend.\n\nProf Harrison called for testing and tracing to be carried out at a local rather than national level, and for Public Health England to share more data with local authorities.\n\nProf Harrison said PHE had only begun sharing data about the postcode areas in which new infections were being registered on 29 June.\n\n\"That has made a great difference in three weeks for us in being able to identify what our local outbreak issue is,\" he said.\n\n\"Had we had that data much earlier in this pandemic, I think we could have made progress much more rapidly.\"\n\nIn response the Department for Health and Social Care said the NHS test and trace scheme had so far \"helped test and isolate more than 180,000 cases\".\n\n\"The service is working closely with local authorities across England to help manage local outbreaks and data is shared daily,\" it added.\n\nIt also urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to seek a test and self-isolate immediately.\n\n\"The service relies on everyone playing their part - please book a test if you have symptoms, self-isolate and help us trace anyone you've been in contact with.\"\n\nThe NHS test and trace scheme is a crucial part of the government's plan for managing the spread of the virus.\n\nIt began on 1 June and Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed it would be \"world beating\".\n\nSage, a committee of medical experts which advises the government, has said that at least 80% of contacts would need to isolate for the test and trace system to be effective.", "The officer found the Nazi symbol etched on their belongings\n\nA police officer's belongings have been vandalised with a swastika by a colleague.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the officer found the Nazi symbol on their items when they began their shift earlier on Sunday.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain said he was \"appalled that one of our employees felt that this behaviour was acceptable\".\n\nThe force has launched an internal investigation.\n\nGMP said the \"disgraceful and disgusting act\" had been declared a hate crime and said its professional standards team was treating it \"incredibly seriously\".\n\n\"A colleague has been subjected to a hate crime and there is no place for behaviour like this in GMP or policing nationally, and it's being treated incredibly seriously,\" Mr Hussain said.\n\n\"We serve one of the most culturally diverse areas in the United Kingdom and we're incredibly proud to have a diverse workforce to serve and represent our communities.\n\n\"It is absolutely unacceptable that an officer has been faced with such an atrocity during their shift and we're urging any officers or staff with any information to report it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Property website Rightmove and catering giant Compass have said they will reject the offer of millions of pounds in payouts from the government's job retention bonus scheme.\n\nThey follow Primark and John Lewis in shunning the bonus, which pays firms £1,000 for each furloughed worker they keep on past January.\n\nIt is meant to help stop a spike in joblessness when wage support programmes end in October.\n\nBut some firms say they do not need it.\n\nIt comes as MPs and economists warn that job retention bonus money could be claimed for staff that would have been returned from furlough anyway.\n\nRightmove, which furloughed 160 employees after the coronavirus crisis hit, would have been eligible to claim £160,000 in bonus payments had it applied.\n\nHowever, it said: \"Now that the housing market has reopened across all parts of the UK we're in a fortunate position that by the end of July all of our furloughed employees will be back at work, and therefore we will not need to make use of the furlough bonus scheme.\"\n\nSome 21,000 Compass staff are currently on furlough - around half of its workforce - meaning it could have claimed up to £21m.\n\nEarlier this month, fashion retailer Primark promised to sacrifice a £30m payout after saying the bonus was unnecessary under \"current circumstances\".\n\nFashion retailer Asos, holiday park operator Center Parcs and retailer John Lewis are among others to have said they will not use the scheme.\n\nSome 9.4 million workers are currently having 80% of their wages, up to £2,500 a month, paid under the government's furlough scheme. However, there are fears unemployment could top 11% after the programme is wound down.\n\nEarlier in July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the bonus scheme as part a package of measures designed to prevent this outcome. However, if every furloughed worker returned to their jobs, it could cost the public purse more than £9bn in bonus payments - something that has fuelled scrutiny of the policy.\n\nThe most senior civil servant at HM Revenue and Customs, Jim Harra, wrote to Mr Sunak this month, raising doubts over whether the policy offered value for money.\n\nAnd MPs on the Treasury select committee last week echoed warnings from economists that the scheme could risk funnelling money to already-rich companies.\n\nMr Sunak rejected the criticisms, saying he believed the bonus would \"serve as a significant incentive\" to preserve jobs amid the pandemic.\n\nA Treasury spokesman told the BBC: \"It's great to see employers getting their staff back to work and protecting jobs without needing to draw on the extra support the job retention bonus offers, and we welcome the decision of businesses to do so.\n\n\"For those who do need further support, the £1,000 bonus will represent a significant benefit to them and make a difference to those people in the nine million jobs currently furloughed who can be brought back to their jobs.\"", "Christopher Kapessa's body was found in a river on 1 July\n\nA 14-year-old boy who pushed a boy, 13, into a river before he died will not be prosecuted, a review has concluded.\n\nChristopher Kapessa's body was found in the River Cynon near Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff on 1 July 2019.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it upheld its earlier decision that he was pushed into the river as a foolish prank.\n\nHis family said it had treated a \"black child's life cheaper than the public interest afforded to the suspect\".\n\nIn February, the CPS concluded that although there was sufficient evidence for a prosecution for manslaughter it was not in the public interest to proceed.\n\nBut the family appealed the decision under the CPS's Victims' Right to Review scheme, which allows victims to request that a prosecutor, not previously involved in the case, re-examine the case to ensure the correct decision was made for the right legal reasons.\n\nOn Monday the CPS said the prosecutor had upheld the earlier decision.\n\nThe review found the push amounted in law to a common assault and was therefore an unlawful act.\n\nIt also found the push resulted in Christopher's death and so there was a \"realistic prospect of conviction for manslaughter\".\n\nBut it maintained a prosecution would not be in the public interest.\n\nJenny Hopkins, who oversees the appeals and review unit within the CPS, said: \"Although there was evidence to support a prosecution for manslaughter it was not in the public interest to prosecute.\n\n\"Christopher's tragic death occurred after a group of children went out to have fun by the river.\n\n\"The evidence showed that Christopher was pushed into the river as a foolish prank with nothing to suggest that the suspect intended to harm him, although that was the awful consequence.\"\n\nPolice focused on a bridge over the River Cynon, near Fernhill, during investigations\n\nShe said they had considered the young age of the suspect, his lack of a criminal record and otherwise good character.\n\nShe said the \"principal aim of the youth justice system is to prevent offending and there is no suggestion that the suspect would commit further offences\".\n\nThe welfare and impact on Christopher's friends who may be called to give evidence and have to relive the death of their friend was also considered, she said.\n\nConcluding, she said: \"The factors militating against a prosecution outweighed the factors in favour of a prosecution.\n\n\"We recognise our decision will be upsetting for the family who may feel the suspect's life has been prioritised over Christopher's...\n\n\"We have applied our legal test to the evidence and I hope they can understand how and why we came to the decision.\"\n\nChristopher's mother Alina Joseph says not prosecuting \"goes against all the principles of equality and justice\"\n\nThe CPS also said there was nothing in any of the statements of the young people that suggested any racial issues or that this was a hate crime.\n\nEvidence presented to the CPS showed the day before Christopher's death he and several other children had visited the Red Bridge over the Cynon River after school. Some had jumped from the bridge into the water but Christopher had not and the day had passed without incident.\n\nOn the day of his death, Christopher had returned to the bridge near Fernhill and was among about 16 young people.\n\nWitnesses told police Christopher made his way to the rocks, changed into swimming trunks and took off his top, his glasses and his footwear.\n\nChristopher was visiting the Red Bridge for the second consecutive day when he died\n\nSome of the group recalled him saying that he really wanted to jump in while others stated that Christopher told them he could not swim and they told him not to jump in.\n\nJust before he entered the water, Christopher was on the rocks with three other boys.\n\nWitnesses described Christopher being pushed by the suspect from behind as a foolish prank and falling into the water, taking another boy in with him.\n\nAlmost immediately some of the group realised that Christopher was in difficulties.\n\nThe suspect and some other children jumped in very quickly to try and help him but were unable to rescue him.\n\nChristopher's mother Alina Joseph said on Monday: \"The decision taken by the CPS not to prosecute those responsible for the death of my son goes against all the principles of equality and justice and the inequality that many campaigners have fought to eradicate for many years.\n\n\"I keep hoping for justice but it seems that I have to fight for it at every given step and turn.\"\n\nThe Christopher Kapessa Family Justice Campaign described the review decision as \"perverse\" and \"not simply a gross injustice given the facts of the case but represents a damning landmark for Criminal Justice Agencies for Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom.\"\n\nReflecting on the previous decision by the CPS not to prosecute, it said: \"At that time, we stated that this was a perverse decision because it considered a black child's life cheaper than the public interest afforded to the suspect.\"\n\nIt said Ms Joseph was considering lodging a judicial review against the CPS' decision and seeking a personal intervention of the Justice Secretary through her MP.\n\nThe CPS found there was a \"realistic prospect of conviction for manslaughter\" but it was not in the public interest\n\nMs Joseph's lawyer Hilary Brown said the decision \"sends a message that his life did not matter\".\n\nShe added: \"Christopher did not lose his life as a result of an accident or by his own actions. Christopher was pushed to his death by someone and the criminal justice system in the UK should seek to ensure that justice is delivered for Christopher and his family.\n\n\"After studying the CPS review, we are now in the process of examining all our legal options.\"\n\nChristopher's family also made a complaint to the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), about how South Wales Police managed the investigation.\n\nAn IOPC spokeswoman said: \"Our investigation into South Wales Police's investigative steps following the recovery of Christopher Kapessa's body from the River Cynon was partially suspended while the Crown Prosecution Service reviewed its charging decision following a request from Christopher's family.\n\n\"Our investigation is considering whether South Wales Police acted in accordance with relevant policies and procedures in investigating Christopher's death.\n\n\"While we have made good progress, we have some outstanding lines of inquiry which we will work to complete now the CPS has made its decision.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police has previously said it had \"full confidence\" in its investigation.\n\nResponding to the CPS upholding its decision not to prosecute on Monday, a spokesman said the force was \"committed to implementing any opportunities for learning\".\n\n\"We can only imagine how difficult the past year has been for Christopher's family and the pain and grief that they are enduring after his tragic death,\" he said.\n\n\"The tragic death of Christopher deeply shocked the local community as well and we continue to work closely with support agencies to ensure the right help is there for all those that need it.\"", "Face coverings are becoming compulsory on all public transport across the UK\n\nFactories in south Wales and Lancashire have started making \"high quality\" face coverings as part of a push to produce a million a week.\n\nSome £14m is being invested by the UK government, with productions underway in Port Talbot and Blackburn.\n\nFace coverings are already compulsory in shops across Scotland, and will be in England from 24 July.\n\nMasks are also compulsory on all public transport across the UK, including Wales from 27 July.\n\n\"This is a major step to ensure that this country can meet any increase in demand for face coverings by working with British firms to establish the capability, capacity and skills required to manufacture these items at scale,\" said Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove.\n\n\"These production lines will be able to get millions of face coverings to the public, without putting any additional pressure on NHS supply chains.\"\n\nThe Cabinet Office said 10 production lines had been bought, including 34 tons of equipment and machinery, while a further 10 had been commissioned from Coventry-based automotive company Expert Tooling and Automation Ltd.\n\nThe mask will be disposable, single-use coverings.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said the investment at British Rototherm was welcomed\n\nEngineering firm British Rototherm Group at Margam, in Neath Port Talbot, has expanded its workforce to meet the new mask orders.\n\nCookson & Clegg in Blackburn has also begun manufacturing.\n\nA third site at Transcal at Livingston in Scotland will be online in the coming weeks.\n\nVisiting the south Wales site on Monday, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said the investment was good news for the company and for the UK.\n\n\"There aren't many good news stories coming out of Covid - this happens to be one of them,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"This is about members of the public being properly equipped, not just now but also for any future similar occurrences, if that was ever to happen.\"\n\nUK officials said the new production sites would ensure public demand for face coverings did not impact on the supply of higher-grade face masks for front-line NHS staff.", "Warner Bros has said it is delaying the release of Christopher Nolan's latest movie Tenet again due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe fantasy spy epic was originally set to debut on 17 July but this was pushed back to 12 August.\n\nTenet was expected to be the first big-budget Hollywood film to be released in US cinemas during the summer.\n\nBut the studio said it would be re-evaluating its release date \"amidst all this continued uncertainty.\"\n\nIt also suggested that it might consider releasing the film in overseas markets before the US.\n\n\"We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that,\" said Toby Emmerich, chairman of the studio's Pictures Group.\n\nMr Emmerich said that a release date would be shared \"imminently.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Warner Bros. Pictures This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nTenet focuses on a protagonist, played by John David Washington, trying to save the world from disaster. Its other stars include Robert Pattinson and Sir Kenneth Branagh.\n\nBritish director Christopher Nolan's other films include Inception, Interstellar and the Oscar-winning World War II film Dunkirk. He also directed the three films in the so-called Dark Knight trilogy - Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.\n\nThe delay of Tenet's release comes as coronavirus shutdowns continue to devastate the film industry.\n\nIn the face of rising infections and deaths, cinemas in New York City and Los Angeles, two of the biggest markets in America, still do not have permission from city authorities to open.\n\nCinemas in China - one of the world's largest box-office markets - reopened on Monday for the first time in six months, though strict rules are in place which limit their capacity.\n\nIn light of the pandemic, several studios have postponed the filming and release of movies, including Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, which is now set for release on 21 August.\n\nBut while some distributors have shifted to on-demand releases, Tenet is one of several big-budget films that have been delayed to ensure a full theatrical release.", "Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul, of Monaleen, County Limerick\n\nThe Irish cervical cancer campaigner Ruth Morrissey, who was awarded €2.1m (£1.8m) in damages over the alleged misreading of smear tests, has died aged 39.\n\nMrs Morrissey had claimed that if tests in 2009 and 2012 had been correctly interpreted and reported, she could have avoided developing cancer.\n\nShe sued the Health Service Executive (HSE) and two laboratories in 2018.\n\nIn a statement, her husband Paul said she never received an apology.\n\nHe added that it was now \"too late\" for either the HSE or the state to say sorry.\n\nMrs Morrissey died at Milford Hospice in County Limerick on Sunday morning.\n\nDuring her legal action, the High Court heard that Mrs Morrissey was not told until 2018 that a review four years earlier had showed the tests carried out under the CervicalCheck screening programme had been reported incorrectly.\n\nThe HSE admitted it owed a duty of care to Mrs Morrissey, while the laboratories denied all the claims.\n\nIn February 2018, she was diagnosed with a recurrence of her cancer and given a prognosis of 12 to 24 months.\n\nGiving evidence in court in July 2018, Ms Morrissey said she had to have the \"most difficult conversation\" she ever had to with her then 7-year-old daughter.\n\nShe told the court she did not want to die.\n\nIt was the first case of its kind to be heard in full in the Republic of Ireland and considered in a High Court judgement.\n\nIn July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court heard the family had received the full amount of money awarded to them.\n\nPaul Morrissey said his wife showed \"courage and determination\" during the trial and is an \"enduring inspiration of strength and determination that should help many others through difficult times in the future\".", "Sam Barnett at Aberdare Park with her daughter\n\nPlaygrounds, outdoor gyms and funfairs are now able to reopen in Wales after being shut during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nIt is the latest round of measures to ease restrictions.\n\nPubs, restaurants and cafes were able to resume trading outdoors from last Monday, and hairdressers were also able to reopen.\n\nFrom 27 July, cinemas, museums and galleries, beauty salons and tattoo parlours can also reopen.\n\nHowever things will not be immediately back to normal, with Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire confirming some attractions will stay closed, admission will be on an advanced ticketing basis and there will be limited opening hours.\n\nAnd it is up to individual councils whether they reopen their facilities, with Neath Port Talbot council's playgrounds not reopening for another week.\n\nCouncils can also set rules such as only one adult being allowed to accompany children at a time, and banning food and drink.\n\nCommunity centres are also able to reopen from Monday, meaning some childcare schemes will be able to operate again - on the same day some councils are ending childcare provision for key workers for the summer.\n\nBack training: Mark Humphries is opening outdoor sessions at his gym\n\nMark Humprhies owns a gym in Bangor, Gwynedd, and is opening up again for clients after three months of online-only classes.\n\nHis car park will now become an open air venue for \"bootcamp-style\" training session, along with local playing fields.\n\n\"We are only allowed to have 30 people in the sessions, and they are already filling up,\" he told BBC Radio Wales' Breakfast programme.\n\n\"At the end of the day, we do live in Wales - so come rain or shine we are going to go for it.\"\n\nAlison Davies said her children had missed the play area \"big time\"\n\nAlison Davies visited Aberdare Park with her children for the play area reopening.\n\nShe said: \"It's nice, the kids have been really really looking forward to it.\n\n\"Since we've been stuck in, we've come here for walks and things and they can see it all and they've been desperate to get on the swings and the slides.\n\n\"They've been really missing it. It's just something a bit extra to keep them occupied. They've missed it big time.\"\n\nSam Barnett also brought her two young daughters with her to the park, and was delighted so see it open.\n\n\"It means the world because obviously they've been stuck indoors now for months,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm from Cwmaman so we do have a lot of mountain areas but its not quite the same to have fun with them here, so it's good.\n\n\"I have told them not to put their hands in their mouths until we get to the car because we've got hand sanitiser there in my bag but I don't want to push my anxieties onto them. We will be cautious but not overly cautious.\"\n\nIt comes as Public Health Wales (PHW) reported 31 new cases on Sunday, meaning 16,928 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales.\n\nThe rise of 31 cases is the largest since 6 July - the day the Welsh Government eased the stay local lockdown restrictions.\n\nPHW have said 1,547 people have died with coronavirus, but Office for National Statistics figures shows that figure is at least 2,470 when all registered deaths where Covid-19 is suspected or proven are included.\n\nOn Thursday it was announced that those most at risk from coronavirus can stop shielding after 16 August.\n\nAbout 130,000 people in Wales with underlying health conditions had been advised to stay indoors since the start of the pandemic to protect themselves.\n\nLockdown measures have been in place in Wales since March\n\nAddressing the final daily coronavirus briefing on Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: \"A tiny proportion of people tested in Wales are turning out to have coronavirus.\n\n\"We continue to look carefully at the latest medical and scientific evidence and the current state of the virus as we make decisions to unlock our society and economy.\n\n\"With rates of the virus in Wales continuing to fall, we are able to carry on with our gradual, step-by-step lifting of the restrictions.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Privacy campaigners say England's test and trace programme has broken a key data protection law.\n\nThe Department of Health has conceded the initiative to trace contacts of people infected with Covid-19 was launched without carrying out an assessment of its impact on privacy.\n\nThe Open Rights Group (ORG) says the admission means the initiative has been unlawful since it began on 28 May.\n\nThe government said there is no evidence of data being used unlawfully.\n\nThe test and trace system involves people being asked to share sensitive personal information. This can include:\n\n\"In no way has [there] been a breach of any of the data that has been stored,\" said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"I think your viewers will understand that if we are to defeat this virus, we do need to have a test and trace system and we had to get that up and running at incredible speed.... Are you really advocating that we get rid of a test and trace system? I don't think you are.\"\n\nORG had threatened to go to court to force the government to conduct a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) - a requirement under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for projects that process personal data.\n\nA letter from the Department of Health to the group confirmed that a DPIA was a legal requirement and had not been obtained.\n\nORG's executive director, Jim Killock, said the government had been \"reckless\" in ignoring this legally-required safety step and had endangered public health.\n\n\"A crucial element in the fight against the pandemic is mutual trust between the public and the government, which is undermined by their operating the programme without basic privacy safeguards,\" he added.\n\nEngland's Test and Trace initiative is run by Baroness Dido Harding, and is the responsibility of the Health Secretary Matt Hancock\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all carry out parallel contact-tracing schemes of their own but have not been accused of the same failing.\n\nThe government has told the ORG it is working with the Information Commissioner's Office to make sure that data is processed in accordance with the requirements of the law.\n\nThe ICO confirmed this and told the BBC it was providing guidance as \"a critical friend\".\n\nBut the regulator added that, while it recognised the urgency in rolling out the programme, if the public were to have confidence in handing over their data and that of their friends, \"people need to understand how their data will be safeguarded and how it will be used\".\n\nThe watchdog is already investigating the Test and Trace programme after the Sunday Times reported last week that some contact tracers had posted private patient data to WhatsApp and Facebook groups.\n\nA Department of Health spokeswoman said: \"NHS Test and Trace is committed to the highest ethical and data governance standards - collecting, using, and retaining data to fight the virus and save lives, while taking full account of all relevant legal obligations.\"\n\nThe ORG's complaint stems from work carried out on its behalf by Ravi Naik, a lawyer at the AWO data rights consultancy.\n\nHe said the legal requirements for data processing were more than just a tick-box exercise.\n\n\"They ensure that risks are mitigated before processing occurs, to preserve the integrity of the system,\" he explained.\n\n\"Instead, we have a rushed-out system, seemingly compromised by unsafe processing practices.\"\n\nMr Naik added the ORG had already won a concession from the government. It had originally planned to keep data for 20 years but has now cut that to eight years.\n\nSince the test and trace programme was launched, its 27,000 staff have contacted more than 155,000 people, who may have been infected with the virus, and asked them to go into isolation.\n\nAre you a contact tracer? Have you been contacted by NHS Test and Trace? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The number of people aged 18-24 claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance doubled in the UK in the last three months, figures show.\n\nThe Walton area of Liverpool is among the most deprived parts of the UK. About 7,500 people there are aged between 18 and 24 and its economy is largely dominated by small retail.\n\nBut the BBC analysis shows 19% of people in that age bracket are now claiming benefits - making it the worst-hit constituency in the UK.\n\nAndrew Adams, 21, has lived in the city all his life and has a degree in promotional design. Currently, he is sending out between four and five job applications a week with no success.\n\n\"At the moment I'm just looking for admin work, warehouse stuff, desk work - nothing to do with my degree at all,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm just getting no response. It makes me feel kind of hopeless. Once I got my degree I thought it would be smooth sailing, but it isn't at the moment.\"", "UK High Street stalwart Marks and Spencer is to cut hundreds of jobs as coronavirus continues to hit trading.\n\nThe retailer said 950 store management and head office jobs were at risk because it needed to accelerate its restructuring.\n\nA spokesperson said the move marked \"an important step\" in it becoming a \"stronger, leaner\" business.\n\nM&S was already undergoing a transformation that included cutting costs and closing some stores.\n\nThe firm said that because of the pandemic, those measures would be accelerated under a programme called Never The Same Again. M&S said it now wanted to \"make three years' progress in one\".\n\nM&S said it had started collective consultation with employee representatives and had set out plans to offer voluntary redundancy first to affected staff.\n\nSacha Berendji, director of retail, operations and property at M&S, said: \"Through the crisis, we have seen how we can work faster and more flexibly by empowering store teams and it's essential that we embed that way of working.\n\n\"Our priority now is to support all those affected through the consultation process and beyond.\"\n\nM&S's food stores were open throughout the coronavirus lockdown, but trading in other parts of the business was severely affected. Clothing sales fell by 84% year-on-year at the lowest point, the firm said in May, warning that some customer habits had \"changed forever\".\n\nM&S was already struggling to adapt to the rise of online shopping and changing customer tastes.\n\nThe company had been facing increasing competition from fashion giants such as Primark on the High Street and Asos on the internet.\n\nIt is also one of the few big food retailers without its own internet-based delivery service. However, the retailer's partnership with Ocado starts in September, replacing the online grocer's existing deal with Waitrose.\n\nIn May, M&S chief executive Steve Rowe said that the impact of the virus lockdown had driven \"effects and aftershocks\" in the retail sector that would \"endure for the coming year and beyond\".\n\nIts latest announcement comes after a wave of redundancies on the High Street, with John Lewis, Boots and Debenhams among retailers announcing huge job cuts.\n\nOther lay-offs announced during the pandemic have included:\n\nOn Monday, Ted Baker confirmed it could cut about a quarter of its UK workforce after the coronavirus pandemic added to its financial difficulties.\n\nThe fashion retailer did not confirm the number of redundancies, but there are reports that 500 store and head office jobs will go.\n\n\"We have not taken this decision lightly and would like to thank all our colleagues for their hard work,\" a spokesperson said. The move is intended to save about £6m by the end of the year.\n\nBoth part-time and full-time roles will be affected. About 200 jobs will go at the Ugly Brown Building, its London headquarters, with the rest from its 46 shops across the UK and Europe, as well as many store concessions.\n\nTed Baker had also been struggling before the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK. The firm reported a pre-tax loss of £79.9m in the year to 25 January, against a £30.7m profit the previous year.\n\nAre you a Marks and Spencer employee or contractor? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "There are now 23 coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials around the world - including at Oxford University\n\nThe UK government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccines that are being developed.\n\nThe vaccines are being researched by an alliance between the pharmaceutical companies BioNtech and Pfizer as well as the firm Valneva.\n\nThe new deal is on top of 100 million doses of the Oxford University vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca.\n\nHowever, it is still uncertain which of the experimental vaccines may work.\n\nA vaccine is widely seen as the best chance of getting our lives back to normal.\n\nResearch is taking place at an unprecedented scale - the world became aware of coronavirus at the beginning of the year, but already more than 20 vaccines are in clinical trials.\n\nSome can provoke an immune response, but none has yet been proven to protect against infection.\n\nThe UK government has now secured access to vaccines that use three completely different approaches:\n\nUsing different styles of vaccine maximises the chance that one of them will work.\n\nKate Bingham, the chair of the government's Vaccine Taskforce, said: \"The fact that we have so many promising candidates already shows the unprecedented pace at which we are moving.\n\n\"But I urge against being complacent or over optimistic.\n\n\"The fact remains we may never get a vaccine and if we do get one, we have to be prepared that it may not be a vaccine which prevents getting the virus, but rather one that reduces symptoms.\"\n\nIf an effective vaccine is developed then health and social care workers, as well as those at highest risk of the disease, will be prioritised.\n\nIt is possible a vaccine will be proven effective by the end of 2020, but wide-scale vaccination is still not expected until next year at the earliest.\n\nBoris Johnson said: \"Obviously I'm hopeful, I've got my fingers crossed, but to say I'm 100% confident we'll get a vaccine this year, or indeed next year, is alas just an exaggeration.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In April, Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected in Europe\n\nThe announcement also includes an agreement with AstraZeneca to buy treatments made from neutralizing antibodies, which can disable the virus.\n\nThese could be given to people who cannot be vaccinated because they have a weakened immune system or are having treatment for cancer.\n\nMeanwhile, the government is hoping to get half a million people to sign up to trials of vaccines in the UK through the NHS Covid-19 vaccine research registry website.\n\nAt least eight large scale coronavirus vaccine trials are expected to take place in the UK.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, said: \"Now that there are several promising vaccines on the horizon, we need to call again on the generosity of the public to help find out which potential vaccines are the most effective.\"", "Most of Blackburn's new cases are in the south Asian community\n\nA local lockdown in Blackburn with Darwen is \"the very last resort\" in tackling the area's rise in coronavirus cases, its public health boss has said.\n\nThe Lancashire borough is overtaking Leicester as England's coronavirus hotspot, according to official figures.\n\nIt recorded the highest infection rate, with 82.6 cases per 100,000 people, in the week to 17 July, Public Health England data showed.\n\nProf Dominic Harrison said he would be \"reluctant\" to impose a local lockdown.\n\nThe number of cases in the borough nearly doubled to 123 in the past week, compared with 63 the week before.\n\nThe latest figures are subject to daily revision, but they reflect the position reported on Monday afternoon.\n\nNew measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Blackburn with Darwen have already been introduced after a spike.\n\nThey include wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces and tighter limits on visitors from another household, while officials have also urged people to bump elbows in place of handshakes and hugs.\n\nNew cases in Leicester, where there is a local lockdown, have fallen to a rate of 81.6 per 100,000, with 290 new infections, compared with 428 the previous week.\n\nThe data on new cases of coronavirus is published every afternoon, and that means new results for previous days are being added in all the time.\n\nSo far, looking at the week up to Friday, Blackburn with Darwen has recorded twice the number of cases it had in the previous week, while cases in Leicester - which is in a localised lockdown - appear to be falling.\n\nLast Wednesday, Blackburn with Darwen recorded 35 cases and Leicester had 38. However, with Leicester having a population more than twice the size of Blackburn with Darwen, that gave the Lancashire borough a higher rate of new cases per 100,000 residents.\n\nMost new cases in the Blackburn area have been among the south Asian community centred in terraced houses with a high number of occupants, public health officials have said.\n\nProf Harrison, public health director of Blackburn with Darwen Council, warned that cases would continue to rise.\n\nHe said: \"We should be concerned the figures have gone up, but I entirely expected them to and I expect them to rise again this week.\"\n\nProf Harrison warned a local lockdown could be imposed if things were not turned around, but added: \"We would only use those powers as a very, very last resort.\n\n\"We've had good co-operation, so I would be very reluctant to use the powers.\"\n\nAt the weekend it was revealed that contact tracers had reached only about half of Covid-19 contacts in the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We don't want to end in lockdown like Leicester'\n\nSam Ali, from the Switch Youth Community Organisation in the town, said: \"We have all been affected by this.\n\n\"Anyone across the country wouldn't like to be on the radar of going into another lockdown, but it's important to realise that the pandemic is still here.\n\n\"We need to wear the appropriate masks, we need to wash our hands, we need to keep distant.\n\n\"Blackburn is a fantastic town. We're going to get stronger from this.\"\n\nSam Ali urged locals \"to realise that the pandemic is still here\"\n\nSteve Hartley, 52, who lives in Darwen, said: \"You see more people in masks but a lot of people aren't social distancing or wearing them.\n\n\"It's shocking but some people still just aren't taking it seriously despite everything that's going on.\n\n\"Now a lot of shops have signs in the windows telling people they can't come in without a mask.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warns Beijing: \"The UK is watching and the whole world is watching”\n\nThe UK government will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong \"immediately and indefinitely\".\n\nAnnouncing the move, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK \"wants a positive relationship\" with China.\n\nBut he said the \"imposition\" of the new security law in Hong Kong by Beijing was a \"serious violation\" of the country's international obligations.\n\nLabour said it would support changes to the law, calling it a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nThe extradition treaty means that, if someone in Hong Kong is suspected of a crime in the UK, then the British authorities can ask Hong Kong to hand them over to face justice - and vice versa.\n\nThe UK fears the arrangement - which has been in place for more than 30 years - could see anyone it extradites to Hong Kong being sent on to China.\n\nMr Raab also confirmed the government would extend its arms embargo - which has been in place with China since 1989 - to Hong Kong, stopping the UK exporting equipment, such as firearms, smoke grenades and shackles, to the region.\n\nBut China has accused the UK government of \"brutal meddling\", insisting it is committed to upholding international law.\n\nThe country also promised a \"resolute response\" if the UK withdrew from extradition arrangements.\n\nBeijing introduced the security law at the end of June, creating new offences which could see Hong Kong residents sent to mainland China for trial.\n\nCritics said it could see pro-democracy protesters in the region being served with life sentences.\n\nThey have also said the law breaches an agreement made with the UK before Hong Kong - a former British colony - was handed over to China in 1997.\n\nUnder the 50-year agreement, China enshrined civil liberties - including the right to protest, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary - in Hong Kong's Basic Law, an approach which came to be known as \"one country, two systems\".\n\nMr Raab told MPs: \"There remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new national security law will be enforced.\n\n\"I would just say this: the UK is watching and the whole world is watching.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary also confirmed plans for a path to UK citizenship for around three million Hong Kong people would be in place by early 2021, in response to the law.\n\nHowever, Border Force officials have been given the ability to grant leave to any applicants before then.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPolitical and economic relations between the UK and China have become strained in recent months.\n\nMr Raab referenced a number of tensions during his speech, including the decision by the UK government to ban Chinese firm Huawei from the country's 5G network.\n\nHe told MPs: \"We will always protect our vital interests including sensitive infrastructure and we won't accept any investment that compromises our domestic or national security\"\n\nThe foreign secretary also raised his \"grave concerns\" about the \"gross human rights abuses\" taking place in China's Xinjiang region against Uighur Muslims, after reports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the group.\n\nHe said they had raised the issue with his Chinese counterparts and with the United Nations.\n\nMr Raab added: \"We want a positive relationship with China. There's a huge amount to be gained for both countries, there are many areas, where we can work productively, constructively to mutual benefit together.\n\n\"For our part, the UK will work hard and in good faith towards that goal. But we will protect our vital interests, we will stand up for our values, and we will hold China to its international obligations.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, denied reports of a \"concentration camp\" in Xinjiang\n\nThe change in the treaty was praised by MPs from other parties.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said Labour \"strongly welcomed\" the measures, adding they should lead to a \"new era\" in the two countries' relationship.\n\n\"This must mark the start of a more strategic approach to China based on an ethical approach to foreign policy and an end to the naivety of the 'golden-era years',\" she told MPs.\n\n\"Our quarrel is not with the people of China, but the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong, the actions of the Chinese government in the South China Sea and the appalling treatment of the Uighur people is reason now to act.\n\n\"We will not be able to say in future years that we did not know.\"\n\nBut other MPs called for the government to go further.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael wanted action on imports from China - especially surveillance equipment - while the SNP's Margaret Ferrier called for sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights violations.\n\nConservative MPs also called for further action.\n\nTory MP and former defence minister Tobias Ellwood said: \"For decades we have turned a blind eye to China's democratic deficit and human rights violations in the hope that it would mature into a global, responsible citizen [but] that clearly hasn't happened.\n\n\"Can I ask the secretary of state, is this now the turning point that we drop the pretence the China shares our values, given its actions... [and] can we have a strategic overhaul of our foreign policy in relation to China?\"\n\nMr Raab said the government was carrying out an integrated review about its strategy.", "Sea ice is declining in the Arctic in both thickness and extent\n\nPolar bears will be wiped out by the end of the century unless more is done to tackle climate change, a study predicts.\n\nScientists say some populations have already reached their survival limits as the Arctic sea ice shrinks.\n\nThe carnivores rely on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean to hunt for seals.\n\nAs the ice breaks up, the animals are forced to roam for long distances or on to shore, where they struggle to find food and feed their cubs.\n\nThe bear has become the \"poster child of climate change\", said Dr Peter Molnar of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.\n\n\"Polar bears are already sitting at the top of the world; if the ice goes, they have no place to go,\" he said.\n\nPolar bears are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with climate change a key factor in their decline.\n\nFemale polar bears need to store sufficient fat to feed their cubs\n\nStudies show that declining sea ice is likely to decrease polar bear numbers, perhaps substantially. The new study, published in Nature Climate Change, puts a timeline on when that might happen.\n\nBy modelling the energy use of polar bears, the researchers were able to calculate their endurance limits.\n\nDr Steven Amstrup, chief scientist of Polar Bears International, who was also involved in the study, told BBC News: \"What we've shown is that, first, we'll lose the survival of cubs, so cubs will be born but the females won't have enough body fat to produce milk to bring them along through the ice-free season.\n\n\"Any of us know that we can only go without food for so long,\" he added, \"that's a biological reality for all species\".\n\nPolar bears rely on sea ice to catch their prey\n\nThe researchers were also able to predict when these thresholds will be reached in different parts of the Arctic. This may have already happened in some areas where polar bears live, they said.\n\n\"Showing how imminent the threat is for different polar bear populations is another reminder that we must act now to head off the worst of future problems faced by us all,\" said Dr Amstrup.\n\n\"The trajectory we're on now is not a good one, but if society gets its act together, we have time to save polar bears. And if we do, we will benefit the rest of life on Earth, including ourselves.\"\n\nUnder a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, it's likely that all but a few polar bear populations will collapse by 2100, the study found. And even if moderate emissions reduction targets are achieved, several populations will disappear.\n\nThe findings match previous projections that polar bears are likely to persist to 2100 only in a few populations very far north if climate change continues unabated.\n\nSea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface, forming and melting with the polar seasons. Some persists year after year in the Arctic, providing vital habitat for wildlife such as polar bears, seals, and walruses.\n\nSea ice that stays in the Arctic for longer than a year has been declining at a rate of about 13% per decade since satellite records began in the late 1970s.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dentist and mother-of-three Nia Patten was disappointed when childcare ended in Cardiff in the summer holidays.\n\nKey workers say they are struggling to find childcare for their children as school hubs shut for the summer holidays.\n\nOnly four councils have said they will continue to offer care for school-aged children in hubs.\n\nAnd with many holiday clubs cancelled and grandparents often out of the picture due to lockdown restrictions, parents say it is a \"scramble\".\n\nThe Welsh Government said £2.6m had been made available.\n\nThe money is intended to fund places for vulnerable children, but the government said councils could also use it to provide places for critical workers' children if they wished.\n\nBut the only local authorities who confirmed they would offer some provision during the summer holidays for key workers' children aged older than five were Caerphilly, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Torfaen.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing in Wales (RCN) urged other authorities to reopen childcare for critical workers.\n\nSome key-worker parents only found out two weeks before the end of term that school hubs would close.\n\nDiane Powles, from the Royal College of Nursing, says nurses are struggling to find childcare\n\nDiane Powles, the associate director for nursing policy professional practice at the RCN, said the change had been a \"real challenge\" for nurses and other key workers.\n\nShe said: \"We have had members' feedback that they have struggled.\n\n\"They want to be there and provide that patient service.\n\n\"But equally, they have an obligation to make sure they look after their children as well.\"\n\n\"We would really like to encourage that there is that equitable provision across Wales, so key workers have the same opportunities to have childcare,\" Ms Powles added.\n\n\"Nurses need to feel valued, not just in their salary, but in the way they are treated.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government is funding places for children under five through the Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme (CCAS) until 31 August.\n\nChildren had three or four weeks back in school before the holidays\n\nMother-of-two Natasha Albinus, 29, from Haverfordwest, is a support worker for adults with learning disabilities.\n\nAlthough her two-year-old daughter's childcare is provided through CCAS until the end of August, her six-year-old daughter Ruby was left with no childcare when Pembrokeshire council said it would be closing hubs.\n\nShe said: \"I just felt like 'what am I going to do?'\n\n\"Without childcare I would have not been able to work which would have made a huge impact on our family life and our finances, our mortgage, everything.\n\n\"I found a place for Ruby somewhere at the last minute, but I was lucky.\"\n\nA nurse and mother-of-two from Bridgend, who did not want to be named, said she and her husband, who also works for the NHS, had been left with no childcare for their eldest child, aged five, during the summer.\n\nShe said: \"I can't get all the days we need covered. I have limited family support and friends are unable to look after her as we are not in their social bubble.\n\n\"We have used a huge amount of annual leave already this year to cover childcare and done the right thing by keeping children at home as much as possible, however now it has approached the school holidays the support has gone.\"\n\nGemma Stubbs, a single mother from Cardiff, works in a hub for preschool children. The 34-year-old said she had been forced to turn to her parents, who are shielding, for childcare.\n\n\"I look after other key workers' children, but no-one was going to look after my own,\" she said.\n\n\"My daughter would normally go to holiday club but that isn't opening this time.\n\n\"I'm really lucky that my mum is going to help me out, but I feel really frustrated and angry. I didn't expect to have childcare for free, but to have nowhere to send her and having to rely on my mum is not right.\"\n\nNia Patten says finding childcare has been \"very stressful\"\n\nMother-of-three Nia Patten, 40, from Cardiff, has struggled to find somewhere for her eight-year-old.\n\n\"I had been told the hub would be running over the summer,\" said Mrs Patten, who works as a dentist.\n\n\"The first thing I heard that wasn't the case was in a school newsletter.\n\n\"It meant I had two weeks to find somewhere for my daughter to go.\n\n\"I only needed childcare for two days a week but most private settings were only taking children full-time on the current guidelines.\n\n\"I managed to sort something out in the end, but it was very stressful.\"\n\nA spokesman for Cardiff council said: \"No decision on key worker childcare was taken at the beginning of the outbreak. The pandemic and how it was managed was evolving throughout.\n\n\"We apologise if there has been any misunderstanding but there was no official council communication stating provision would continue throughout the summer holidays.\n\n\"As soon as we had information to communicate about key worker provision we did so.\"\n\nThe leader of Newport council, Jane Mudd, said the local authority had decided to provide critical care workers with four weeks' childcare during the summer.\n\nShe said: \"We felt it was really important to do whatever we could to support families and support key workers during this period.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said: \"Childcare and play settings across Wales have been increasing their operations since 22 June.\n\n\"We are working with local authorities and the childcare sector to ensure all can open as soon as possible and have also published guidance to support childcare settings in reopening.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sitel said it was \"urgently investigating\" the outbreak with Public Health Scotland\n\nSix people have tested positive for coronavirus in an outbreak at a test and trace call centre in North Lanarkshire.\n\nSitel, which carries out contact tracing for NHS England, said it was aware of a \"local outbreak\" at its Motherwell site.\n\nDeputy First Minister John Swinney told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland the call centre has been closed.\n\nHe said \"extensive contact tracing\" was under way.\n\nSitel said it was \"urgently investigating\" the outbreak with Public Health Scotland.\n\nThe company said it had requested that all staff who have been working at the site undergo testing within the next 24 hours.\n\nA spokeswoman for NHS Test and Trace said everyone at the site is currently working from home while a deep clean takes place.\n\nNHS Test and Trace is a service operated by the NHS in England to track and help prevent the spread of Covid-19 south of the border.\n\nMr Swinney told the BBC that the situation came to light at 08:00 on Sunday and since then a number of contacts of the people who tested positive have been identified.\n\nIt was a \"pretty realistic conclusion\" that there had been transmission of the virus in the office, he added - but an investigation into how it spread is being carried out.\n\nMr Swinney also said work would need to be undertaken to \"get an understanding\" of how guidance was being followed within the facility.\n\nWhen asked if penalties could levied against Sitel, Mr Swinney said: \"These are all issues that will be explored, but what our primary focus is on is to make sure that we interrupt any transmission of the virus.\n\n\"The virus is at a very low level within Scottish society today, the compliance efforts of members of the public have successfully reduced the prevalence of coronavirus, but we have to keep it that way.\"\n\nMr Swinney added that actions being taken by NHS Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire Council were \"reassuring\".\n\nThe outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing\n\nConcerns had been raised after 23 new cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced on Sunday, although only three of these were in the Lanarkshire health board area.\n\nThis followed 21 cases being confirmed on Saturday, with both of these figures the highest recorded since mid-June.\n\nHowever the number of new positive test results dropped back to seven on Monday, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcoming \"a reduction compared to recent days\".\n\nShe said all cases \"will still be closely examined and contract tracing undertaken as appropriate\".\n\nDr David Crome, a consultant in public health medicine at NHS Lanarkshire, said the health board was investigating the situation and putting measures in place to reduce risk.\n\nThe Scottish government said contact tracing is under way following the detection of \"a small number of potentially linked cases in North Lanarkshire\".\n\n\"Where potential clusters of cases develop we must find them and act quickly to prevent further spread and we are grateful to local partners for their swift response,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe spokesman said \"a small increase in the number of cases is not unexpected as lockdown is lifted\", adding that it highlights the importance of the public co-operating with contact tracers as well as following guidelines on social distancing and wearing face coverings.", "Mrs Merkel (left) and Mr Macron (second left) say there has been some progress\n\nEU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day but there are signs of progress.\n\nGermany and France said a framework had now been sketched, during a summit in Brussels that has seen testy exchanges.\n\nThe main division is between hard-hit nations like Italy and Spain, and EU members who want to lessen funding.\n\nSo-called \"frugal\" nations want grants limited - and €390bn (£352bn; $445bn) appears the latest compromise figure.\n\nThey had argued the proposed €750bn overall package was too large and should be mostly loans.\n\nThe discussions - which were originally scheduled to end on Saturday - were to get under way again on Monday afternoon for what is now the longest EU summit since Nice 2000, when talks lasted five days.\n\nThe confirmed number of coronavirus cases has reached 14.5 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nMember states are largely split between those hit hardest by the outbreak - and keen to revive their economies - and those more concerned about the costs of the recovery plan.\n\nTempers have often been frayed. In the early hours of Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly banged his hand on the table and threatened to walk out.\n\nHowever, as he arrived for the afternoon session, he was more upbeat, saying: \"There were very tense moments, moments that will likely still be difficult but on this topic things have moved forward and we must now get into the details of the new proposal.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe proposal concerns the main area of dispute - the amount to be paid out in grants. At least one earlier proposal on the issue had been put forward during the summit.\n\nThe self-proclaimed frugal four - Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands - along with Finland, had opposed allowing €500bn to be offered in the form of grants to countries hardest-hit by Covid-19.\n\nLed by Dutch PM Mark Rutte, they had set €375bn as the limit, plus conditions including the right to block requests. The others, including Spain and Italy, were refusing to go below €400bn. Diplomats say the figure of €390bn could now be the compromise.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said: \"Yesterday night, after long negotiations, we found a way to find a possible agreement. That is a step forward and we are hopeful that we can reach an agreement.\"\n\nThis is the first face-to-face meeting between leaders since governments began imposing lockdowns in March in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.\n\nItaly was one of the earliest European countries to suffer an outbreak and has recorded 35,000 deaths - one of the highest tolls in the world.\n\nPM Giuseppe Conte, who earlier complained that Europe was \"under the blackmail of the 'frugals'\", said he was cautiously optimistic a deal would be reached.\n\nEven Mr Rutte said he was a \"bit more hopeful\".\n\nOn Sunday, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban had accused Mr Rutte of a personal vendetta and of trying to link financial help to political issues. Mr Orban, and his ally Poland, have threatened to veto the package if it adopts a policy of withholding funds from nations who do not meet certain democratic principles.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel, left, with Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right\n\nThis is now the longest European summit since Nice 20 years ago, which went into day five when leaders agreed to expand the membership. This time around, money is at the heart of the negotiations and the issue of trust is the cause of the quarrelling.\n\nTempers have flared, and there has been some name calling, too. Mostly at the Dutch leader, Mark Rutte. Bulgaria's leader Boyko Borissov accused Mr Rutte of \"acting like the policeman of Europe\". Hungary's Viktor Orban said, \"It's Dutch guy who's to blame... I don't know why he dislikes us.\"\n\nFrench officials tell me President Macron \"banged his fists\" on the table , as he told the \"frugal four\" that he thought they were putting the European project in danger. An Italian diplomat said Prime Minister Conte told Mr Rutte: \"You might be a hero in your home country for a few days. But after a few weeks you will be held responsible for blocking an effective European response to Covid-19.\"\n\nThese negotiations may become known unofficially as the \"stiff-leg summit\" - a term being used by the Dutch here meaning that Mr Rutte has been sticking to his guns.\n\nThere was a notable show of social-distancing etiquette when the leaders first arrived, faces covered by masks. But photos from Sunday evening show that the masks have slipped, along, it seems, with their approach to diplomacy.", "Khloemae Loy died from a single stab wound to the neck\n\nA man has been charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death at a hotel.\n\nKhloemae Loy, 23, was pronounced dead at the Holiday Inn on Bugsby's Way in Greenwich, south-east London, on 5 July.\n\nA post-mortem examination found she died from a single stab wound to the neck, the Met Police said.\n\nTaye Francis, 39, has been charged with her murder and will appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.\n\nPolice were called to the hotel at about 10:00 BST to reports that a woman had been stabbed.\n\nOfficers and paramedics found Ms Loy, who had suffered serious injuries, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nMs Loy was pronounced dead at the hotel\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador Liu Xiaoming: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has accused China of \"gross and egregious\" human rights abuses against its Uighur population and said sanctions against those responsible cannot be ruled out.\n\nReports of forced sterilisation and wider persecution of the Muslim group were \"reminiscent of something not seen for a long time\", he told the BBC.\n\nThe UK would work with its allies to take appropriate action, he insisted.\n\nChina's UK ambassador said talk of concentration camps was \"fake\".\n\nLiu Xiaoming told the BBC's Andrew Marr that the Uighurs received the same treatment under the law as other ethnic groups in his country.\n\nShown drone footage that appears to show Uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains, and which has been authenticated by Australian security services, he said he \"did not know\" what the video was showing and \"sometimes you have a transfer of prisoners, in any country\".\n\n\"There is no such concentration camps in Xinjiang,\" he added. \"There's a lot of fake accusations against China.\"\n\nIt is believed that up to a million Uighur people have been detained over the past few years in what the Chinese state defines as \"re-education camps\".\n\nChina previously denied the existence of the camps, before defending them as a necessary measure against terrorism, following separatist violence in the Xinjiang region.\n\nThe authorities have recently been accused of forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in an apparent attempt to limit the population, prompting calls for the UN to investigate.\n\nAsked whether the treatment of the Uighurs met the legal definition of genocide, Mr Raab said the international community had to be \"careful\" before making such claims.\n\nBut he said: \"Whatever the legal label, it is clear that gross, egregious human rights abuses are going on.\n\nAccording to recent research by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, the rate of population growth in the two largest Uighur prefectures in Xinjiang fell by more than 80% between 2013 and 2018.\n\nChina does not accept the findings and pressed on the figures, China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said that the Uighur population in Xinjiang stood at four to five million 40 years ago and had now grown to 11 million.\n\n''People say we have ethnic cleansing, but the population has doubled,'' he added.\n\nDemographic research, which draws on Chinese official data and media reports, doesn't go back as far as 40 years.\n\nBut it suggests there was a rapid rise in the growth rate of the population in Xinjiang between 2005 and 2015, followed by a sharp fall over subsequent years.\n\n\"It is deeply, deeply troubling and the reports on the human aspect of this - from forced sterilisation to the education camps - are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a very long time.\n\n\"We want a positive relationship with China but we can't see behaviour like that and not call it out.\"\n\nThere are growing calls for the UK to impose sanctions, such as asset freezes and travel bans, on Chinese officials responsible for the persecution of the Uighurs.\n\nA petition backing the move has amassed more than 100,000 signatures, meaning it will be considered for debate in Parliament.\n\nThe UK recently took action against senior generals in Myanmar who orchestrated the campaign of violence against the Rohingya and against North Korean bodies behind forced labour camps.\n\nMr Raab said this showed that the UK was prepared to take action unilaterally, as well as through bodies like the UN, but it was \"not as simple as deciding you can willy nilly sanction X or Y\".\n\n\"You have to, as we have done with the Rohingya and North Korea, build up an evidence base and that takes a long time to do because you have got to identify accurately and responsibly those involved,\" he said.\n\nBBC News diplomatic correspondent James Landale said: \"The risk for Britain is that it gets caught in the crossfire between Washington and Beijing.\n\n\"The price for defending human rights could be less trade with China - and that could prove costly in a post-Covid economic downturn.\"\n\nConservative MPs are also pressing for action against senior officials in the Hong Kong government following the imposition of a new security law which the UK says violates international agreements protecting freedoms.\n\nThe foreign secretary is due to update Parliament on Monday on the UK's response, amid speculation it will scrap the UK's existing extradition treaty with the former British colony.\n\nSpeaking on The Andrew Marr Show, the Chinese ambassador said if the UK - which has also offered residency rights to three million Hong Kongers eligible for British passports - targeted its officials, his country could retaliate.\n\n\"If the UK goes that far to impose sanctions on any individuals in China, China will certainly make a resolute response to it,\" he said.\n\nHe dismissed claims of \"ethnic cleansing\" of the Uighurs as baseless, saying they \"enjoy peaceful, harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups of people\".\n\nHe said figures suggesting population growth in Uighur areas had fallen by 84% between 2015 and 2018 were \"not correct\", claiming the number of Uighurs in the whole of Xinjiang had \"doubled\" over the past four decades.\n\n\"There is no so-called pervasive, massive forced sterilisation among Uighur people in China,\" he added. \"Government policy is strongly opposed to this kind of practice.\"\n\nWhile he \"cannot rule out single cases\" of sterilisation, he insisted \"we treat every ethnic group as equal\".", "Thousands of fans attended the event, despite police appeals for mass gatherings to be avoided because of Covid-19\n\nA huge clean-up operation has taken place after police officers were injured when thousands of Leeds United fans celebrated their club's promotion.\n\nOne officer sustained a serious head injury during the event, attended by about 7,000 fans, after Leeds' Premier League promotion after 16 years.\n\nBottles were thrown at officers and nine people were arrested for public order offences.\n\nVolunteers, including fans, joined council staff in cleaning up the area.\n\nCouncil staff were faced with mounds of rubbish in the city centre following Sunday's celebrations\n\nThe clean-up operation took several hours to complete\n\nSunday's city centre celebrations in Millennium Square came after fans had previously gathered on Friday and Saturday at the club's Elland Road ground.\n\nThe club's promotion was confirmed on Friday, with the Championship title secured on Saturday after Brentford lost to Stoke.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said a female officer was being treated in hospital after sustaining a serious head injury.\n\nA number of other officers received minor injuries and 15 members of the public were also hurt, it added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sunday saw 7,000 fans take to the city centre to celebrate\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Oz Khan said the force had continued to stress to fans the importance of Covid-19 precautions, appealing for large gatherings to be avoided and deploying officers to try to ensure the safety of those present.\n\n\"Almost 7,000 people gathered in Millennium Square in Leeds; whilst the vast majority of fans were enjoying themselves and celebrating, there were a small minority of people who began to throw bottles at police officers,\" he said.\n\n\"The safety of fans and the wider public is our primary concern. Violence towards police officers will not be tolerated and we deployed an appropriate police response to ensure that the festivities concluded safely.\"\n\nFans had been urged to stay at home if Leeds secured promotion\n\nThe club's owner Andrea Radrizzani had urged fans to stay at home if Leeds secured promotion.\n\nHe said he shared their desire to celebrate the club's success but did not believe what he had seen over the last 24 hours was responsible.\n\n\"Everybody wishes to get together and celebrate and we would love to open the stadium soon,\" he said.\n\n\"If we are not following the rules, if we take these superficially, then this might cause more cases, more problems and then we will have to postpone what we want which is to be back home at Elland Road as soon as possible.\"\n\nCouncil staff were joined by volunteers, many of them fans, to clean up the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some fans helped council workers clean up the litter left at Millennium Square\n\nVolunteer Nick Moss, who did not attend the event on Sunday, said he was not surprised so many people decided to celebrate.\n\n\"Everybody's been in lockdown, there's a lot of emotion, it was like a big release for Leeds to get promoted,\" he said.\n\n\"I saw the mess and thought 'You know what I am going to come down and volunteer to help'.\n\n\"I am proud to do it, I love Leeds, I love the city, I love Leeds United, it was a natural thing to do.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Delivery giant Hermes says it will create 10,500 jobs in the UK after seeing a surge in demand from people shopping from home during lockdown.\n\nThis will include 1,500 full-time roles across its delivery network and head office, and 9,000 freelance couriers.\n\nHermes also said it would not accept any money from the government's job retention bonus scheme, designed to help struggling firms.\n\nIt comes as a raft of companies make job cuts due to the pandemic.\n\nHermes boss Martijn de Lange said: \"The pandemic has expedited the already phenomenal growth of online shopping and we see no sign of this changing.\n\n\"As a result, it is important that we have the right infrastructure and people in place to support this. This is good news for the many people who have sadly had their income affected and we are pleased to be able to support the UK economy with so many jobs at this time.\"\n\nHe said the firm had received thousands of applications from pub staff, hairdressers, pilots and others who had been let go at the start of lockdown.\n\nThe German firm, which has operated in the UK since 2000, has a network of more than 15,000 self-employed couriers in the country. It said it was investing £100m in its expansion and had already opened 90 new sub depots this year.\n\nHermes follows Primark, John Lewis and Rightmove in promising to shun the government's job retention bonus scheme, which will pay firms £1,000 for every furloughed worker they retain past January.\n\nIt is meant to stop struggling firms from cutting jobs, but MPs and economists have warned that healthy companies could also be tempted to use it.\n\nHermes, which has been criticised for its treatment of casual workers in the past, also said that all new self-employed hires would get holiday pay. It follows a deal with the GMB union last year.\n\nThe jobs news comes after a raft of companies have announced cuts citing the effects of the pandemic.\n\nOn Tuesday, Marks & Spencer and fashion brand Ted Baker said they would slash almost 1,500 roles between them.\n\nOther lay-offs announced in recent months have included:", "Hundreds of migrant boats have been filmed being stored at a location in Dover.\n\nSince the beginning of the year, 2,900 people have crossed the English Channel in small dinghies.", "The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed today's progress towards a vaccine but says work still needs to be done to combat the spread of Covid-19.\n\nAt a briefing in Geneva, Dr Mike Ryan, director of the WHO emergencies programme, congratulated the scientists behind the Oxford vaccine, saying: \"This is a positive result but again there is a long way to go.\"\n\nHe added that now, \"real world\" trials must be done on a larger scale. There are 23 potential vaccines in development thus far.\n\n\"But it is good to see more data and more products moving into this very important phase of vaccine discovery.\"\n\nWHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also emphasised that any successful vaccines must be accessible to all.\n\nHe said many countries are seeing the advantages of making the vaccine \"a global public good\", but some are \"going the reverse direction\".\n\n\"When there is no consensus, it could be actually owned by those who have money and those who cannot afford it may not have access to the vaccines.\"\n\nThe director-general also said that while vaccine research continues, \"we have to save lives now\".\n\n\"We must continue to accelerate vaccine research while doing more with the tools we have at hand.\"", "Martin Lewis says the new website promotes poor financial decisions by graduates\n\nChanges to the Student Loans Company's website are \"irresponsible and dangerous\", the consumer finance expert Martin Lewis has claimed.\n\nMr Lewis says a new \"quick repayment\" tool gives UK graduates a \"damaging, demoralising\" picture of their debts.\n\nHe says the tool exaggerates the status of their outstanding loans.\n\nThe SLC says its online repayment service gives the most up to date student loan account information that has ever been made available.\n\nThe company's website has been moved from the site SLC.co.uk to the Gov.uk site.\n\nBut Mr Lewis, founder of the website Moneysavingexpert.com, says that \"far from taking on board widespread concerns that student loans information is misleading and promotes financially poor decisions by graduates, the SLC has in some places doubled down on the opposite\".\n\n\"The first thing university leavers see when they log in, in a large font, is the amount of 'debt' they owe.\n\n\"This is demoralising, damaging and dangerous,\" he said.\n\n\"Owing £30,000, £300,000 or £3m makes no difference to your annual repayments, which are set at 9% of everything you earn over a threshold (currently £26,575 per year for Plan 2 loans and £19,390 for Plan 1).\n\n\"The only impact the amount of debt has is whether you clear it or not within the 30 years before it wipes; and it's predicted the vast majority, 83%, of university leavers won't be earning enough that their repayments clear it in full.\n\n\"They'll keep repaying it for the whole 30 years, like an additional tax - so the debt amount for them is pretty irrelevant.\"\n\nThe SLC says the online repayment service is designed \"to make it easier for graduates to access their account, manage their student loan and to avoid over repayment\".\n\nThe company added: \"The service was extensively researched and tested prior to launch and the overriding feedback from our customers was that they wanted to be able to quickly and easily access their loan balance online.\n\n\"The balance information is particularly important to customers in the final stages of repayment as it helps them to determine when they should switch their repayments to direct debit.\"\n\nThe SLC said the site made it clear that customers should carefully consider their circumstances before making any additional voluntary repayments and that any outstanding balance is written off at the end of the loan.\n\n\"In the coming months we will be contacting customers to remind them that, irrespective of the outstanding loan balance, they can only be required to pay 9% of earnings above the repayment threshold, and that they should consider their circumstances carefully before making any voluntary repayments.\"\n\nBut Mr Lewis says the new site majors on a \"scary, but often irrelevant, number\" of the debt owed.\n\n\"That makes many think they should overpay like a normal debt.\n\n\"Yet, unless you're making huge overpayments, for most people overpaying does diddly squat - you'll still continue to repay 9% of everything over the threshold for 30 years,\" he said.\n\n\"So I was flabbergasted to see they went live with a 'quick repayment' system, without detailed warnings, cautions and explanation.\n\n\"That's irresponsible and dangerous beyond belief. It's doubling down on the damage.\"\n\nMr Lewis says he will be writing to the SLC and the universities minister, Michelle Donelan, calling for the quick repayment facility to be removed immediately and for a thorough overhaul of the new government website.", "Video-sharing app TikTok has denied accusations that it is controlled by the Chinese government.\n\nTheo Bertram, TikTok's head of public policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said it would refuse any request from China to hand over data.\n\n\"The suggestion that we are in any way under the thumb of the Chinese government is completely and utterly false,\" he told the BBC.\n\nTikTok has come under pressure by Washington over its future in the US.\n\nIts owner, ByteDance, which is based in Beijing but domiciled in the Cayman Islands, has had talks with the UK government about basing its HQ in London.\n\nBut the US is considering banning TikTok and may only allow it to keep operating if it splits from China and becomes an American company.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - who is visiting the UK this week - has alleged that TikTok users in the US are at risk of their data ending up \"in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nMr Bertram told the BBC's Today programme that TikTok had not made any decisions about where to site its international headquarters, but added: \"We are committed to growing further in the UK.\"\n\nHe added that if TikTok were approached by the Chinese government, \"we would definitely say no to any request for data\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for International Trade said: \"ByteDance's decision on the location of their global HQ is a commercial decision for the company.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Bertram also denied allegations that TikTok was lenient towards paedophiles caught grooming children through its app.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph said it had seen leaked documents showing that users found messaging children in a sexual way had to commit three offences before incurring a permanent ban.\n\nBut Mr Bertram said TikTok had changed its policy more than a year ago and that it had \"zero tolerance\" for such behaviour.\n\nAny posts of that kind would be removed and the perpetrator reported, he said.\n\nThe latest development comes as tensions mount between the UK and China over the government's recent decision to order the removal of Huawei's 5G equipment from Britain's mobile networks by 2027.\n\nThere are fears it could prompt a tit-for-tat economic war between the two countries.\n\nThe Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, told the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday: \"We are still evaluating the consequences. This is a very bad decision.\"\n\nTikTok employs about 1,000 people in Europe, with the majority of those based in the UK and Ireland.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported that a decision by TikTok to build its headquarters in the UK has the potential to create 3,000 jobs.\n\nThe Chinese video-sharing platform is hugely popular and the app has been downloaded two billion times.\n\nIndia has already blocked TikTok as well as other Chinese apps. Australia, which has already banned Huawei and telecom equipment-maker ZTE, is also considering banning TikTok.", "A long-awaited report on the nature of Russian interference in UK politics will be published on Tuesday morning.\n\nThe publication has been delayed since before the 2019 election, because it relied on a decision by the Intelligence and Security Committee, which was not reformed until last week.\n\nThe government has been accused of delaying the formation of the committee to avoid scrutiny.\n\nDowning Street denied that the delay was due to political reasons.\n\nThe report is expected to assess the extent of Russia's interference in the 2017 election and the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\nLast week, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said such interference was \"almost certain\" to have happened.\n\nIt was already known that the report would be published this week after the newly established committee voted unanimously to release it before the Commons rises for its summer break on Wednesday.\n\nIt comes after a row over the election of Julian Lewis as the committee's new chair.\n\nDr Lewis lost the Conservative party whip after he was elected by the other members of the committee ahead of Chris Grayling, who was believed to be No 10's preferred choice for the role.\n\nIt is expected that the report will include details of Russia's use of new techniques like cyber-espionage and social media campaigns to interfere in political life.\n\nThe BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera says it will also include details of Russian influence, and particularly money, which critics argue has seeped into public life and compromised various institutions.\n\nEver since last autumn, barely a week has gone by at Westminster without someone demanding to know when we would see what has become known as the 'Russia report.\"\n\nIt cropped up frequently as a question during the general election campaign before Christmas, with critics of the government asking what it was trying to hide.\n\nMinisters insisted normal practice was being followed before the publication of a potentially sensitive document.\n\nThe delay dragged on as it took ages for a new Intelligence and Security Committee to be put together after the election. That only happened last week.\n\nNow - finally - we'll get to read what its predecessor committee, the politicians on it before the election, had to say.", "Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were at London's High Court for day 10 of the case\n\nActor Johnny Depp \"threatened to kill\" ex-wife Amber Heard \"many times\", the US actress has claimed.\n\nShe described a \"three-day hostage situation\" during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a \"drug and alcohol binge\".\n\nMr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred to him as a \"wife beater\" - but the newspaper maintains it was accurate.\n\nHe denies 14 allegations of domestic violence on which News Group Newspapers is relying for its defence.\n\nMs Heard took to the witness stand at London's High Court on the 10th day of the case, and her written witness statement was also submitted to the court.\n\nIn it, she accused Mr Depp of verbal and physical abuse including screaming, swearing, issuing threats, punching, slapping, kicking, head-butting and choking her, as well as \"extremely controlling and intimidating behaviour\".\n\n\"Some incidents were so severe that I was afraid he was going to kill me, either intentionally, or just by losing control and going too far,\" she said.\n\nUnder cross-examination, Ms Heard later said that although there were times when she \"lost her cool\" with Mr Depp, it was only in self-defence.\n\nMs Heard, 34, claimed Mr Depp had a \"unique ability to use his charisma to convey a certain impression of reality\" and \"he is very good at manipulating people\".\n\n\"He would blame all his actions on a self-created third party instead of himself, which he often called 'the monster'.\n\nA court artist sketch shows Amber Heard giving evidence, as ex-husband Johnny Depp looks on\n\nShe said at the beginning of their relationship, he would be \"intensely affectionate, warm and charming\" and it felt like she was \"dating a king\".\n\nMs Heard, who was married to the film star from 2015 to 2017, said Mr Depp had pursued her romantically while they were filming The Rum Diary in 2009 but nothing happened between them then because she was in a relationship.\n\nShe said they next saw each other whilst promoting the same film in 2011, which was when their \"romantic relationship\" began.\n\nMs Heard said the pre-nuptial agreement was left on Mr Depp's team's desk and \"no-one did anything\"\n\nHer witness statement added: \"When Johnny puts his attention on you, with all his intensity and darkness, it is unlike anything I've ever experienced.\n\n\"When I say he was dark, he had a violent and dark way of speaking: the way he talked about our relationship being 'dead or alive' and telling me that death was the only way out of the relationship.\"\n\nIn her statement, Ms Heard also described visiting Mr Depp in Australia in March 2015, while he was filming Pirates of the Caribbean, and described the trip as \"like a three-day hostage situation\".\n\nShe said during this time, there were \"extreme acts\" of \"psychological, physical, emotional and other forms of violence\".\n\n\"It is the worst thing I have ever been through. I was left with an injured lip and nose, and cuts on my arms.\"\n\nShe claimed Mr Depp grabbed her neck, shoved her against the fridge, tore off her nightgown and pushed her against a bar.\n\n\"He was pressing so hard on my neck I couldn't breathe. I was trying to tell him that I couldn't breathe. I remember thinking he was going to kill me in that moment,\" she said.\n\nJohnny Depp is bringing the case against the Sun over an article published in 2018\n\nShe added that she later found her nightgown, saying: \"There were pieces of it wrapped round something and I realised it was the steak I had planned to cook.\n\n\"He had also gone around and painted on all my clothes in the closet,\" she said.\n\nThe court previously heard from Mr Depp, who said the top of his finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him during the trip to Australia.\n\nIn her statement, Ms Heard said: \"I didn't actually see the finger being cut off, but I was worried that it had happened the night before.\n\n\"I figured it might have happened when he was smashing the phone on the wall by the fridge.\"\n\nMs Heard also said Mr Depp accused her of having affairs with fellow actors, and claimed she had to justify to him why she accepted film roles.\n\n\"He accused me of having affairs with each of my co-stars, movie after movie: Eddie Redmayne, James Franco, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Costner, Liam Hemsworth, Billy-Bob Thornton, Channing Tatum; even women co-stars like Kelly Garner.\n\n\"He also accused me of having affairs with stars I auditioned with, like Leonardo DiCaprio. He would taunt me about it - especially when he was drunk or high - and had derogatory nicknames for every one of my male co-stars he considered a sexual threat.\n\n\"For example, Leonardo DiCaprio was 'pumpkin-head'. Channing Tatum was 'potato-head'.\"\n\nEarlier, from the witness stand, Ms Heard told the court that she had been subjected to repeated and regular physical violence by the time of the couple's marriage in 2015.\n\nMr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, asked her about her allegations regarding an argument in January 2015, and suggested it was over discussions with lawyers about a pre-nuptial agreement between herself and Mr Depp.\n\n\"There was an argument in a hotel room in Tokyo that resulted in Johnny kneeling on my back and hitting me on the back of the head,\" Ms Heard told the court.\n\nShe added: \"But then Johnny was also accusing me of having an affair with a co-star and that is what led to the actual argument.\"\n\nMs Heard said Mr Depp had told her he did not want a pre-nuptial agreement but it was his sister, Christi Dembrowski, who wanted the couple to get one.\n\nMs Heard added that she had hired a lawyer who worked on a draft pre-nuptial agreement and it was sent to Mr Depp's team but never signed.\n\nShe denied that she was interested in Mr Depp's money, saying: \"I never had been, I never was.\"\n\nShe said she did not have a \"problem\" with controlling her temper, when challenged by Mr Depp's lawyer, who also suggested that Ms Heard would have \"outbursts of rage and anger\".\n\nMs Heard said \"there were times when, yes, I lost my cool with Johnny in our fights...\"\n\nMs Laws referred to a medical note written by a nurse, Erin Boerum, who wrote that Ms Heard had reported \"experiencing increased anxiety and agitation and has had several outbursts of anger and rage\", and also that she was \"nervous about being alone while husband is working on movie set in London (and) dealing with feelings of insecurity and jealousy\".\n\nAsked by Ms Laws if she felt \"insecure and jealous\" when she wasn't in Mr Depp's presence, Ms Heard said she had expressed \"concerns\" about his travel because it was a \"trigger\" for him, when they were apart.\n\nMs Laws asked Ms Heard if she ever \"got violent\" with Mr Depp, to which the actress replied \"no\", adding that he put her in situations where she was faced with \"unimaginable frustrations and difficulties, often that were life-threatening to me\".\n\nShe added that she would \"try to defend myself when he got serious and when I thought my life was threatened, but I was never violent towards him\".\n\nMs Heard said it was \"years into the relationship\" before she tried to defend herself; adding \"before that\" she had \"just checked out\".\n\nMs Heard was then played a recording of a conversation between her and Mr Depp, in which Mr Depp can be heard to say that he is not the one who \"throws pots\".\n\nIn the recording, she can be heard saying that she has \"thrown pots and pans\". When questioned by Ms Laws on this admission, she said she threw things \"only to escape\" Mr Depp.\n\nThe lawyer put it to Ms Heard that she was \"not injured at all\" as a result of anything that happened on the night of 21 May 2016.\n\nMs Heard had alleged that Mr Depp had thrown her mobile phone at her face, hit her in the eye, pulled her hair and grabbed her face.\n\nMs Laws suggested that Mr Depp \"didn't cause any damage whatsoever in that penthouse\", to which Ms Heard said the actor had \"caused damage to multiple apartments and my face... he did a significant amount of damage to the property\".\n\nMs Laws showed Ms Heard a photograph taken days after the 21 May incident, and after Ms Heard was said to have had \"a four-hour meeting with your legal team\".\n\nThe lawyer said: \"It doesn't appear as if you have got any marks on your face at all there\".\n\nMs Heard said the photo was a \"paparazzi shot with long lenses\", adding: \"If I went out in Los Angeles, I would wear makeup, except for my court appearance.\"\n\nMs Laws then suggested that, in earlier photos which are said to show injuries, she had put bruises on \"yourself through makeup or lighting or any other means - it wasn't any injury from Mr Depp\".\n\nMs Heard said she disagreed \"wholeheartedly\" with this, adding that she had been forced to \"cover up many bruises\" as it was \"embarrassing\" to be seen with them.\n\nThe lawyer added that \"far from being petrified of Mr Depp\", Ms Heard had, between 21 May and 27 May, contacted Mr Depp on the phone.\n\nMs Heard she had been \"attempting to\", and Ms Laws said: \"You were not displaying any signs of being fearful of him in those texts.\" Ms Heard replied: \"No.\"\n\nMs Laws suggested that, by the time Ms Heard and Mr Depp met in July 2016 in San Francisco, \"you were no longer petrified of him\".\n\nMs Heard denied this. She alluded to her earlier statement that it was \"the monster\" in the relationship that she was \"terrified of\" and not \"Johnny\" whom she \"loved\".\n\nThe libel case centres on an article published on the Sun's website in April 2018 headlined: \"Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?\".\n\nThe article related to allegations made by Ms Heard. The hearing is expected to last for three weeks.", "China's cinemas are reopening after being closed for six months to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nThe China Film Administration said screens in \"low-risk\" areas could open their doors again from today.\n\nAs most of the country is now classified as low risk it is expected to be essentially a nationwide reopening.\n\nChina's cinemas were hit hard by the shutdown that started in January, with many already forced out of business.\n\nCinemas that reopen will be subject to a strict set of rules, including screenings being limited to 30% capacity and the number of movies shown at a venue capped at 50% of its previous volume.\n\nCustomers' temperatures will be taken, and masks will have to be worn at all times by both cinema goers and staff.\n\nTickets must be purchased online and separate groups of customers will have to sit at least a metre apart.\n\nUnder the restrictions no food or drinks will be allowed to be served in cinemas. This will be a particularly major new blow as it has long been a significant part of the industry's revenues.\n\nChina, which was the first epicentre of the pandemic, is the world's second largest market for movies, with the country's box offices taking in $9.2bn (£7.4bn) in 2019.\n\nBut that figures is, unsurprisingly, expected to fall sharply due to cinema closures and domestic and Hollywood film releases being cancelled or moved online.\n\nEarlier this month China's largest cinema owner, Wanda Film, warned that it would swing to a loss for the first six months of the year.\n\nThe company, which has more than 600 cinemas across the country, said it expected a loss of up to 1.6bn yuan (£182m), compared to a 524m yuan profit for the same time last year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia\n\nVisitors to Welsh beauty spots are \"putting lives at risk\" with dangerous parking, officials have warned.\n\nOver the weekend more than 500 cars parked on mountain roads in Snowdonia, with people camping in laybys to hike up Snowdon.\n\nIn Barmouth visitors blocked a potential rescue by parking on the lifeboat forecourt.\n\nThe RNLI warned they were \"putting lives at risk\".\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said it was holding \"urgent talks\" to plan and agree a way forward after chaotic scenes near Snowdon.\n\nHelen Pye, of SNPA, said staff and volunteers said the number of visitors to Snowdon at the weekend \"was nothing like they'd ever seen before\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSnowdonia and the Brecon Beacons national parks were closed at the start of lockdown, after 'unprecedented' crowds flocked to Snowdon and Pen y fan despite advice against non-essential travel.\n\nCar parks and paths reopened in Snowdonia on 6 July to visitors for the first time after the stay local travel restrictions were lifted.\n\nOn Sunday, pictures were shared on social media of cars parked along the side of the mountain road, as people flocked to hike to the highest peak in Wales.\n\nAt Pen y pass 180 parking fines were issued on Sunday, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nAnd by 08:16 BST on Monday, the Pen-y-Pass car park, the closest car park to the summit of Snowdon, in Gwynedd, was again full.\n\nNia Jefferies, who had cycled from nearby Porthmadog on Sunday, said it was \"frightening\" as people had parked on bends, turning it into a \"single track\".\n\n\"There were walkers there, motorbikes there, cyclists and big campervans, and it was down to single file,\" the Gwynedd councillor said.\n\n\"It was the worst I've ever seen it, it was so scary, I was frightened.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMs Jefferies said people were camped in laybys, and the Sherpa bus to bring hikers to the mountain could not get through due to the \"reckless parking\".\n\nHundreds of people were fined by police, but with the fine only being about £30, Ms Jefferies said it was not a deterrent.\n\n\"People just think they want to go up it because it is the highest mountain in Wales, but there are so many other places,\" she added, calling for Visit Wales to actively promote other routes.\n\nMs Jefferies said while business owners were desperate for tourists to return to the area, people needed to respect the national park and think about the consequences of their actions.\n\n\"We are lucky we have the scenery, I know lockdown has been hard for people living in cities, but people are not respecting the environment or other people,\" she said.\n\n\"It was just so haphazard, fancy stopping on a mountain on a bend, and not thinking about the consequences, and just going for a walk, it's so selfish.\"\n\nTickets have been issued to some cars\n\nPlaid Cymru politicians said the scenes were \"truly shocking\" and called for a park and ride scheme to be brought in urgently.\n\n\"Nothing can excuse the behaviour of those who wantonly abandoned their vehicles on an exceptionally busy stretch of the A4086,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"What events over the weekend underscored is that we cannot wait any longer for a lasting solution to this problem.\"\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority, Gwynedd and Conwy councils have been reviewing parking and transport for the area.\n\nMs Jefferies said having a park and ride service could be a solution, to get people to spend in villages and towns, or passes for local residents.\n\nIn Barmouth, Gwynedd, the RNLI said people had parked outside the lifeboat station, blocking spaces for volunteers.\n\nIn a tweet the service said: \"We need this space for crew to park in case of a shout and to get the lifeboats out.\n\n\"You are potentially putting lives at risks parking here.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nConcerns have also been raised about litter left in beauty spots since restrictions were eased, and visitors returned to popular beaches and mountains.\n\nNorth Wales Police said the amount of litter being left on The Great Orme, Llandudno, by people picnicking was \"unacceptable\" at the weekend.\n\nHelen Pye said people were queuing at the top to reach Snowdon's summit\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority said they were holding urgent talks with partners, including police and other national parks.\n\nHelen Pye, of SNPA, said: \"We've had things in place to cope with a busy period as lockdown eases, but there's only so much that one mountain can take. \"It's almost as if people are working out their pent up longing for open spaces and the countryside. \"It's lovely that people want to come and visit, but we do need everyone to check the car park situation before they arrive and park sensibly when they do.\n\n\"Once people are on the mountain, everything seems fine. Our wardens at the top of Snowdon itself say that there are queues for the summit, but people are being good natured and are social distancing.\"", "Beefeaters and other iconic uniformed staff are facing job cuts at the Tower of London\n\nBeefeaters guarding the Tower of London face \"heartbreaking\" redundancies to cut costs following a drop in visitors.\n\nThe pandemic forced the closure of six sites run by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), and \"dealt a devastating blow\" to its finances, bosses said.\n\nThe Tower attracted nearly three million visitors in 2018, making it the UK's most popular paid for attraction.\n\nHRP confirmed a voluntary redundancy scheme was in place and compulsory redundancies were likely to follow.\n\nThe organisation believes it is the first time the guards have faced redundancy since the unit was formed by Henry VII in 1485.\n\nJohn Barnes, HRP's chief executive, said: \"Historic Royal Palaces is a self-funded charity. We depend on visitors for 80% of our income.\n\n\"We are heartbroken it has come to this.\n\n\"We have taken every possible measure to secure our financial position, but we need to do more to survive in the long term.\n\n\"We simply have no choice but to reduce our payroll costs.\"\n\nSix sites run by Historic Royal Palaces temporarily closed due to the pandemic\n\nThe temporary closure to visitors has created a £98m shortfall this year, HRP said.\n\nThis is made up of current losses, the high maintenance costs of heating and providing electricity to large properties, and an expected slow recovery in tourism.\n\nLast year it cost HRP £32m to run its six sites, which include Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace.\n\nAt least two of the 37 Yeoman Warders, nicknamed Beefeaters, who guard the Crown Jewels, have reportedly taken voluntary redundancy already.\n\nThe site reopened on 10 July but only welcomes fewer than 1,000 people each day due to new safety measures - a huge drop from the 12,000 who would visit on a normal day.\n\nJobs at Hampton Court Palace are also at risk\n\nThe head of the Public and Commercial Services Union, which represents many workers at HRP sites, said the decision to cut jobs \"is a disgrace\".\n\nGeneral secretary Mark Serwotka said: \"Our members help guard the Crown Jewels and keep historic royal monuments and premises clean and safe.\n\n\"They should not be paying for the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.\"\n\nA spokesman for the prime minister said: \"We recognise the important role which the Beefeater guards play in the UK's rich cultural history.\n\n\"We are providing unprecedented financial assistance, which many heritage organisations including the Historic Royal Palaces have taken advantage of.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Firefighters are tackling a blaze that has hit three beach huts and spread up the hillside from Bournemouth beach.\n\nThe fire is causing \"significant smoke\" across the promenade and West Hill Road, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\nPeople are being asked to stay away from the area and keep their doors and windows closed.\n\nThe service was called at about 15:50 BST and eight crews have been sent to the scene.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nManchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal.\n\nUnited manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ditched his usual FA Cup keeper Sergio Romero to keep faith with De Gea - but the experienced Spain international produced two horrendous errors either side of half-time to gift Chelsea two goals.\n\nDe Gea made a flimsy attempt to deal with Olivier Giroud's flick in first-half stoppage time then weakly fumbled Mason Mount's tame 20-yard shot into the net moments after the restart.\n\nChelsea's excellent performance fully merited this victory and United's abject misery after a dreadful performance was complete when captain Harry Maguire diverted Marcos Alonso's cross into his own net at the near post with 16 minutes left.\n\nFrank Lampard's side were in complete control from first to last as they comprehensively ended Manchester United's 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions.\n\nBruno Fernandes pulled a goal back from the penalty spot late on after Callum Hudson-Odoi fouled Anthony Martial but it could not even be described as a consolation as Chelsea closed out the win.\n• None 'Solskjaer says De Gea is best in world - he's not even best in Manchester'\n• None How you rated the players\n\nLampard is now in position to make his first season in charge a highly satisfactory one as they contemplate a place in the FA Cup final and lie third in the Premier League, in position to reach next season's Champions League.\n\nAnd no-one can question their right to this win as they dominated from start to finish, particularly in midfield, where they were able to subdue the influence of the talented Fernandes.\n\nOnce again 33-year-old Giroud demonstrated his influence, leading the line selflessly and being rewarded with that crucial first goal, even though it received a large helping hand from De Gea.\n\nChelsea were more energetic, dangerous and aggressive and while they were thankful to those mistakes from De Gea, the margin of victory was no more than they deserved.\n\nLampard's side cut off any supply line to United's forwards and it will be an intriguing final on 1 August back here at Wembley, when he pits his wits against another rookie manager in Arsenal's Mikel Arteta.\n• None More to come from Chelsea, says Lampard\n\nUnited went into this semi-final high on optimism on that long unbeaten run and with the sense that Solskjaer was starting to get to grips with the big rebuilding job.\n\nThat continues and United are still in decent shape to reach next season's Champions League, either via the Premier League or Europa League, but this was a savage setback.\n\nAnd the main culprit was De Gea, who gives the impression of a goalkeeper either in permanent decline or going through a very long slump.\n\nDe Gea changed the face of this FA Cup semi-final with those mistakes, allowing Chelsea to transform their dominance into a two-goal lead.\n\nFernandes was overpowered in midfield and United had no punch in attack, where Solskjaer decided to leave the potency of Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood on the bench, along with Paul Pogba.\n\nIt was perhaps a sign that Solskjaer knew all was not well when he introduced Martial for defender Eric Bailly when he sustained a first-half head injury while Greenwood and Pogba were only introduced in desperation when the game was gone.\n\nBailly suffered a cut to the back of his head and Solskjaer said the Ivorian had been taken to hospital for \"routine checks and protocols\".\n\nIn defence they were also vulnerable, Victor Lindelof losing Giroud too easily for Chelsea's opener and captain Maguire ending any hopes with that own goal.\n\nUnited complained they should have had a penalty when Martial went down under Kurt Zouma's first-half challenge but this was a miserable experience for Solskjaer and his players.\n\nSolskjaer's side have had many good days in recent months. This was a very bad one.\n• None Chelsea have reached their 14th FA Cup final. Only Arsenal (21 including this season) and Manchester United (20) have made the final on more occasions.\n• None Manchester United have been eliminated from the FA Cup by Chelsea for a sixth time (including three of the last four seasons) - only Arsenal (seven) have knocked the Red Devils out of the competition on more occasions.\n• None This was Chelsea's first victory against Manchester United since the 2018 FA Cup final - the Blues were winless in six matches across all competitions against the Red Devils prior to today (D2 L4).\n• None Chelsea are the first side to beat Manchester United since Burnley in the Premier League back in January, ending United's 19 game unbeaten run in all competitions.\n• None Mason Mount became the first Englishman to score for Chelsea at Wembley since John Terry in the 2015 League Cup final versus Tottenham.\n• None No player has scored more goals for Frank Lampard in his managerial career than Mason Mount (18 - level with Harry Wilson).\n• None Since his Manchester United debut in February, no Premier League player has been involved in more goals across all competitions than Bruno Fernandes (17 - nine goals and eight assists).\n• None Manchester United have both taken (19) and scored (15) more penalties than any other Premier League side this season in all competitions.\n• None Go Ask Your Mother:\n• None Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham.\n• None Reece James (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic tries a through ball, but Odion Ighalo is caught offside.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 1, Chelsea 3. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty conceded by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) after a foul in the penalty area.\n• None Attempt missed. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Q Magazine attracted some of the biggest names in rock and pop\n\nQ Magazine, a cornerstone of rock journalism in the UK, is to close after 34 years.\n\n\"The pandemic did for us and there was nothing more to it than that,\" said the editor Ted Kessler in a tweet.\n\nHe also shared the editor's letter for the final issue, due on 28 July, in which he said: \"I must apologise for my failure to keep Q afloat.\"\n\nThe magazine's circulation had fallen to 28,000 per month from a peak of 200,000 in 2001.\n\nFounded in 1986 by Smash Hits writers Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, Q arrived at the same time as the CD revolution took off - and its glossy, aspirational format chimed perfectly with the times.\n\nIts hefty and comprehensive reviews section not only covered new releases, but the copious re-issues that were starting to appear as record labels plundered their archives to bolster the new format.\n\nYet the magazine was characterised as much by its irreverence as its knowledge.\n\nPop stars lived in fear of ending up in Tom Hibbert's \"Who The Hell Do They Think They Are?\" column, which was launched in the late 1980s to \"lampoon ego-mania and harpoon narcissism\" and ran for several years until PR gurus got wise.\n\nHibbert had a knack of needling his interviewees until they dispensed with niceties and revealed their true selves: \"Don't nit-pick me, boy,\" Jerry Lee Lewis once berated him, after a volley of questions about his rivalry with Elvis Presley.\n\n\"You mention Elvis to me again, you keep digging me about that and I'm gonna kill you, so help me God!\"\n\nRingo Starr, meanwhile, was forced to compare his 1992 solo album Time Takes Time with some of his earlier, better, work.\n\n\"My album can't beat the Abbey Road album as an album?\" he asked incredulously. \"That was 30 years ago, man. I'm still making records and you can hear that I'm a great musician on the new record.\n\n\"This is an actual bloody legend in front of you. I'm not expecting you to comb the bloody legend's hair but if you could mention the new LP and these other fine musicians I'm still playing with.\"\n\nBut on the whole, Q tended to be on better terms with its subjects.\n\nThe annual Q Awards were a famously boozy affair, where rock royalty rubbed shoulders\n\nThe first cover star was Paul McCartney, closely followed by Rod Stewart and Elton John (Headline: \"The wit, the wisdom, the wardrobe\").\n\nFuture editions saw the likes of Madonna, Prince, Kate Bush, Nirvana, a pregnant Britney Spears and a naked Terence Trent D'Arby grace the cover. Former editor Danny Kelly later said he'd worked out that D'Arby was \"the only star beautiful enough and egotistical enough to get their kit off\".\n\nIt flourished during the Britpop years, but saw its reputation stall in the mid-2010s with a listicle format (\"the 10 greatest gigs of all time\" or \"the 120 greatest stories in rock 'n' roll\") that minimised the strength of its journalism.\n\nMore recently, the magazine had rediscovered its voice under Kessler, who was appointed editor in 2017, and promoted revealing, in-depth interviews with the likes of Lana Del Rey, Tame Impala and The Streets; alongside deep dives into the back catalogues of The Specials and the Beastie Boys.\n\nHowever, in May, Q's owner Bauer Media put the title under review, along with a number of others in its portfolio, as sales and advertising revenues diminished during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe penultimate issue of the magazine read like a eulogy, with writers past and present recalling their most memorable interviews of the last 34 years.\n\nWriter Adrian Deevoy recalled a 1991 encounter with Madonna, where she declared: \"Everyone probably thinks I'm a raving nymphomaniac, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.\"\n\nAnd Dorian Lynskey recounted a trip to Argentina with Noel Gallagher, where the erstwhile Oasis guitarist demanded a DJ played Madonna's Hung Up, and slow-danced with Bono to David Bowie's Let's Dance.\n\nDavid Bowie and Iman were guests at the 1995 Q Awards\n\nBono appeared on the magazine's last page, too, reflecting on its fate.\n\n\"I'm gonna miss it if it goes, because it had everything I want from a music mag,\" he said. \"All the serious and all the silly... The scholarship deftly done\".\n\nThe magazine will eke out one final issue after those words. Kessler shared an image of the cover on Twitter, suggesting it will be another trawl through the archives, under the headline: \"Adventures with Legends, 1986 - 2020\".\n\nIn his editor's letter, he wrote: \"\"We've been a lean operation for all of my tenure, employing a variety of ways to help keep our head above water in an extremely challenging print market.\n\n\"Hopefully these final issues will provide inspiration to someone canny enough to fill that huge, Q-shaped hole on the news stand.\"\n\nTim Burgess, frontman of the Charlatans, was among those paying tribute, saying: \"Sad news … Q was good to us over the years, I learned much from its pages, ever since I bought the very first copy.\"\n\nRock band Field Music called the closure \"extremely crappy news,\" pointing out that Q was \"a small but significant piece of the jigsaw which holds the music industry together\".\n\nSleaford Mods added that \"an article in Q\" was something \"musicians dream about achieving\" and sent best wishes to Kessler and the rest of the staff.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "There are now about 10,000 red kites in the UK\n\nThe reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a \"true conservation success story\", an expert has said.\n\nNumbers of kites had declined over a 200-year period and by the 1980s they were one of only three globally-threatened species in the UK.\n\nThirteen young birds were brought over from Spain and released in the Chiltern Hills in July 1990.\n\nThey are now \"thriving\", with an estimated 1,800 UK breeding pairs.\n\nThe red kite is one of Britain's most distinctive birds of prey, known for its reddish-brown body, angled wings, forked tail, and \"mewing\" call.\n\nThey used to breed across much of the UK, but persecution over the years saw numbers fall as they increasingly became a target for egg collectors.\n\nAt one point there were just a few breeding pairs in central Wales.\n\nThe Chilterns area was chosen as it met the criteria set out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the project.\n\nThe birds were brought to the UK from Spain\n\nThirteen young kites were initially released in the Chilterns\n\nThe Chiltern Hills were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1965 and stretch from Goring in Oxfordshire, through Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, to Hitchin in Hertfordshire.\n\nMore birds were introduced and by 1996, at least 37 pairs had bred in southern England.\n\nRed kites can now be seen in most English counties with an estimated 10,000 birds in the UK, including 1,800 breeding pairs.\n\nTony Juniper, chair of Natural England, said these \"most majestic birds of prey\" had been \"persecuted to near-extinction\", but the \"pioneering reintroduction programme in the Chilterns stands out as a true conservation success story\".\n\nTheir reintroduction has been hailed a \"conservation success story\" by the RSPB\n\nWhile the \"majestic\" red kites have been targeted by hunters and egg thieves, they have also had some bad press themselves as numbers have increased.\n\nReports including the birds swooping on school children as they ate their lunches, and \"sweeping up chickens\", prompting calls for people to stop feeding them as there was plenty of wild food for them to eat.\n\nHowever, Jeff Knott, the RSPB's operations director for Central and Eastern England, said the reintroduction project \"might be the biggest species success story in UK conservation history\", resulting in the \"near-extinct\" species becoming a \"daily sight for millions of people\".\n\nThe UK is now home to almost 10% of the world population of red kites.", "Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad again provided the inspiration for England to complete a series-levelling 113-run victory over West Indies in the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford.\n\nStokes cracked 78 not out from 57 balls to allow England to declare on 129-3, setting West Indies 312 to win or 85 overs to survive.\n\nBroad took 3-1 on the fourth evening and tore through the top order with three more wickets on Monday to leave West Indies 37-4.\n\nTheir recovery came in the shape of a century partnership between Jermaine Blackwood and Shamarh Brooks, who both made fifties.\n\nStokes produced the breakthrough, having the tangled Blackwood top-edge a pull to a diving Jos Buttler in a sustained spell of short bowling.\n\nFurther resistance came from West Indies captain Jason Holder but, when he was bowled by Dom Bess, England could scent victory.\n\nThe win was completed with nearly 15 overs to spare, Bess having Kemar Roach caught at short leg to leave West Indies 198 all out and the series level at 1-1.\n\nThe only concern for England was the sight of Stokes pulling up mid-over, appearing to hold his groin, late in the day, but he said there are no concerns over his availability for the third and final Test beginning on Friday at the same ground.\n• None 'Stokes is Mr Incredible - we are in the presence of greatness'\n• None Watch Today at the Test on iPlayer\n\nDespite the surreal behind-closed-doors environment, this series has served up two superb finishes - West Indies' run-chase in Southampton and England's race against time in Manchester.\n\nIn order to level the series, England produced an excellent performance, overcoming the disruption caused by Jofra Archer's breach of the bio-secure protocols, being asked to bat in difficult conditions on day one and the obstacle of the entire third day being lost to rain.\n\nIn doing so, they have set up an intriguing finale when they will look win back the Wisden Trophy, defend a six-year unbeaten home record and prevent a first West Indies series win here since 1988.\n\nThey face decisions, especially around the make-up of a pace attack that has been rotated. Do they retain any of Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran, or recall Archer and either of rested pair James Anderson and Mark Wood? Will off-spinner Bess make way for Jack Leach?\n\nCan West Indies, an hour away from earning the draw that would have guaranteed a share of the series, stir themselves to ensure they do not end their tour empty handed?\n\nThe suspicion is that England have the momentum, and they will have been relieved when Stokes explained that his discomfort was only a result of stiffness from his exertions in this match.\n\nStokes and Broad have combined to engineer this victory one match after Stokes, as stand-in captain, was part of the decision to omit Broad for the first Test, leaving the pace bowler \"angry, frustrated and gutted\".\n\nWhile Broad responded with a reminder of his enduring quality, Stokes produced another sensational all-round display.\n\nWith England resuming on 37-2 and looking for quick runs on the final morning, Stokes - on 16 after opening the batting - signalled his intent with a glorious loft over long-off for six off pace bowler Roach in the first over.\n\nLet off on 29 when John Campbell dropped a simple chance at deep cover, Stokes moved to 50 from 36 balls - the fastest half-century in Tests by an England opener - and took his match tally to 254 runs after his careful 176 in the first innings.\n\nBroad's burst revived England on Sunday, and he picked up where he left off, nipping the ball in to the right-handers from a full length, endangering pads and stumps.\n\nWhen England were held up, Stokes produced another Herculean spell of 11 overs to open the door, and the hosts chipped away from there.\n\nWest Indies have been determined with the bat throughout the series, and their spirit almost ensured they escaped this match with a draw.\n\nAfter 15 overs, they were in disarray. Campbell played an awful drive to be caught behind, Shai Hope was bowled by one that nipped back and Roston Chase was lbw shouldering arms, all to Broad. Kraigg Brathwaite was stuck on the crease to be leg before to Woakes.\n\nHowever, Blackwood rescued West Indies from 27-3 in Southampton and he counter-attacked here. Brooks was more circumspect, but also hit Bess for two straight sixes.\n\nThey were parted when Blackwood flapped at Stokes, Buttler taking a wonderful catch, and after Shane Dowrich and Brooks were leg before to Woakes and Curran respectively, only Holder and the tail remained.\n\nBess had endured a frustrating afternoon, but two balls after he was launched for a straight six by Holder, he fizzed a quicker ball through the captain's defence.\n\nStokes had Alzarri Joseph held at point by Bess before hobbling to his fielding position in the slips midway through an over, leaving Bess to take the final wicket.\n\n'I expected this from England a week ago' - what they said\n\nPlayer of the match Ben Stokes on BBC Test Match Special: \"To come here after a disappointing loss in Southampton, to perform like we did here, especially with rain, shows we are capable of putting in performances like this. It can be driving force for us.\"\n\n\"The way we bowled all day was unbelievable. The way Broady has come back has been absolutely awesome. Everyone has put their hands up and contributed to a great win.\"\n\nEngland captain Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: \"Ben keeps developing his game and improving all the time. Credit to him - he really has taken every opportunity to make himself a better player.\n\n\"Throughout the game you've seen how destructive he can be when he needs to be, and when he needs to bat time and play to the situation, he can do that too.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"This kind of performance by England is what I expected a week ago. For whatever reason last week they didn't arrive with the bat in hand.\"\n\nEx-England captain Alastair Cook: \"England will be pleased with how they batted here. They dug in and learnt the lesson of going big. You don't lose many games when you get 450.\n\n\"England will go into Friday with a lot of confidence.\"\n\nWest Indies captain Jason Holder: \"I'm a little disappointed with the way we batted. Yesterday's evening batting performance really set us back.\n\n\"We need a few more of those starts and capitalising on certain moments in the game. We just have to tighten up a little more.\n\n\"It's all to play for. This is the perfect return to cricket.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson says the new law \"violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy\"\n\nUp to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe PM said Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by a new security law and those affected would be offered a \"route\" out of the former UK colony.\n\nAbout 350,000 UK passport holders, and 2.6 million others eligible, will be able to come to the UK for five years.\n\nAnd after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong were granted special status in the 1980s but currently have restricted rights and are only entitled to visa-free access to the UK for six months.\n\nUnder the government's plans, all British Overseas Nationals and their dependants will be given right to remain in the UK, including the right to work and study, for five years. At this point, they will be able to apply for settled status, and after a further year, seek citizenship.\n\nThe PM said Tuesday's passing of a new security law by the Hong Kong authorities was a \"clear and serious breach\" of the 1985 Sino-British joint declaration - a legally binding agreement which set out how certain freedoms would be protected for the 50 years after China assumed sovereignty in 1997.\n\n\"It violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatens the freedoms and rights protected by the joint declaration,\" he said.\n\n\"We made clear that if China continued down this path we would introduce a new route for those with British National (Overseas) status to enter the UK, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the UK and thereafter to apply for citizenship. And that is precisely what we will do now.\"\n\nForeign Office permanent secretary Sir Simon McDonald expressed the government's \"deep concern\" about the new law to China during a meeting with the country's ambassador Liu Xioming.\n\nThe UK government has been raising concerns about the national security law and very publicly trying to pressure Beijing into a change heart.\n\nThat has clearly failed - so ministers are now fulfilling their promise to allow some three million British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK. This is a significant move and the government wants to send a strong message.\n\nBut there will be more pressure now to rethink other elements of our relationship with China - not least the deal to allow Huawei to build parts of the UK's 5G structures.\n\nMany Tory MPs have been lobbying against that for some time - and this will only add to their concern.\n\nUpdating MPs on the details, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said there would be no limit on numbers or quotas and the application process would be simple.\n\n\"This is a special, bespoke, set of arrangements developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking to ITV's Peston programme, Mr Raab acknowledged there \"would be little we could do to…cohesively force\" China to allow British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK.\n\nDowning Street said further details of the scheme will be detailed \"in due course\".\n\nIn the meantime, British National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong will be able to travel to the UK immediately, subject to standard immigration checks, the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\nThey will also will not face salary thresholds to gain their visas, he added.\n\nHong Kong's new national security law, which targets secession, subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in prison, came into effect on Tuesday.\n\nI was born in Hong Kong before 1997, the year when Hong Kong was handed back to Chinese rule. That means I had a British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a child.\n\nWhen the news broke that BNO passport holders were eligible for British citizenship after living and working in the UK for five years, and after spending another year of being granted settled status, many of my friends were excited. They say at least there's a way out for Hong Kongers after the national security law came into force.\n\nBut many questions remain. Currently there are 350,000 BNO passport holders, but about three million Hong Kong residents are eligible for BNO passports - and that doesn't appear to include dependants born after 1997.\n\nWill the UK be ready to take in so many Hong Kong residents? Will there be enough jobs? Will BNO passport holders have recourse to public funds? And will they be covered by the NHS?\n\nSome also say it's good that there's a lifeboat, but do they really want to leave their home?\n\nSeveral people have already been arrested under the new powers, including a man carrying a pro-independence flag as police used pepper spray to disperse some protesters gathered to mark 23 years since British rule ended.\n\nCritics say it effectively puts an end to the \"one country, two systems\" principle enshrined in the Joint Declaration. China has rejected criticism of its actions, saying they are internal matters.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passports do not confer nationality or the automatic right to live and work in the UK\n\nThe UK government has come under growing pressure to take a firm line with Beijing from MPs, who are worried about China's increasingly assertive role regionally and the security implications of Chinese firm Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Raab said he wanted a positive relationship with China but Beijing had \"broken its promise\" to the people of Hong Kong through its \"flagrant assault\" on freedom of speech and right of peaceful assembly.\n\nLabour said it welcomed the government's action but said there must be no discrimination on those allowed into the UK on the basis of income or other factors.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the UK also had a responsibility to consider the welfare of those who were not able to re-locate or who wished to stay in Hong Kong.\n\nShe urged the government to work with its international partners, through the UN, to force an inquiry into police brutality in Hong Kong and also called for the UK to re-examine its commercial relationship with China.\n\n\"For too long in relation to China we've had no strategy at home and no strategy abroad. I hope he can give us a commitment today that this marks the start of a very different era,\" she said.\n\nAre you a Hong Kong resident with a British National Overseas passport? Share your views, plans and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Numbers had dwindled by Sunday morning from the thousands police said were at the scene overnight\n\nPolice say they did not have the manpower to stop an illegal rave near Bath which attracted more than 3,000 partygoers through the night.\n\nThe event, at the former RAF Charmy Down airfield about three miles from the city, began late on Saturday.\n\nPeople living as far away as Bristol complained they had been kept awake.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said despite officers arriving at the scene within minutes of being alerted there were already \"many people at the site\".\n\nCh Supt Ian Wylie said the force was aware a major gathering was likely this weekend, but it was unable to pinpoint where it might take place.\n\nOnce officers were called to the former RAF station, he said, it was too late.\n\n\"We got the call just after 23:00 (BST) and we were there within 10 minutes but all the stages were set up and all the music was already going with many, many people at the site,\" he said.\n\n\"It became impossible for us to do anything... because of the safety of those partygoers, many of whom were drunk, many of whom were on drugs, and the safety of the officers attending.\"\n\nHe said it was not possible to gather enough officers to disperse such a large number of people at that time of night.\n\n\"We don't have a standing army waiting to deal with these issues,\" he added.\n\nIn an earlier statement, Avon and Somerset Police said despite closing off approach routes, officers were still turning vehicles away on Sunday morning.\n\nCh Supt Wylie said the music was stopped just after 13:00 on Sunday and the site was eventually cleared three hours later.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police closed the event down at 4pm on Sunday\n\nLocal resident Dulcie Walpole said as well as the noise issue, the arrival of huge numbers of cars had also caused disruption.\n\n\"We had appointments to go to this morning and we couldn't actually get out of the lane, there were cars parked all the way down and it's all blocked off,\" she said.\n\n\"All of our neighbours have called the police and complained and it doesn't seem to have done anything.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam Joinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTanya Rich, who lives in Weston in Bath, said the music from the rave, held close to the A46, woke her up at 05:00.\n\n\"I heard this thumping sound. I thought someone had their car stereo on loud and it would stop, but it kept going,\" she said.\n\nPeople said they could hear the event several miles away\n\n\"I went on my local Facebook group and everyone was talking about it and complaining.\n\n\"People have been saying they can hear it as far away as Longwell Green, even Kingswood.\n\n\"It's so loud. You couldn't have a window open.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Emma Moxham RN QN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCh Supt Wylie said an investigation would take place into how the rave was organised.\n\n\"This is just, frankly, selfish actions of individuals who seemed determined to ignore the Covid-19 legislation, and all of the health advice that has been widely publicised,\" he said.\n\n\"They have caused significant disruption to the people of Bath and the local area.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Geoffrey Berman: \"If you believe you are a victim of this man... we want to hear from you.\"\n\n\"I'm not a sexual predator, I'm an 'offender,'\" Jeffrey Epstein told the New York Post in 2011. \"It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel.\"\n\nEpstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.\n\nIt came more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor, for which he was registered as a sex offender.\n\nThis time, he was accused of running a \"vast network\" of underage girls for sex. He pleaded not guilty.\n\nThe 66-year-old in the past socialised with Prince Andrew and former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.\n\nBut who was Jeffrey Epstein?\n\nBorn and raised in New York, Epstein taught maths and physics in the city at the private Dalton School in the mid 1970s. He had studied physics and maths himself at university, although he never graduated.\n\nA father of one of his students is said to have been so impressed that he put Epstein in touch with a senior partner at the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.\n\nHe was a partner there within four years. By 1982, he had created his own firm - J Epstein and Co.\n\nThe company managed assets of clients worth more than $1bn (£800m) and was an instant success. Epstein soon began spending his fortune - including on a mansion in Florida, a ranch in New Mexico, and reputedly the largest private home in New York - and socialising with celebrities, artists and politicians.\n\n\"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,\" Donald Trump told New York magazine for a profile on Epstein in 2002. \"He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.\n\n\"No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life.\"\n\nJeffrey Epstein, left, with Donald Trump at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 1997\n\nIn 2002, Epstein flew former President Bill Clinton and the actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on a customised private jet. He made an unsuccessful bid to buy New York magazine with then film producer Harvey Weinstein in 2003 - the same year he made a $30m donation to Harvard University.\n\nBut he also strove to keep his life private, reportedly shunning society events and dinners in restaurants.\n\nHe dated women like Miss Sweden winner Eva Andersson Dubin and Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of publisher Robert Maxwell, although he never married.\n\nRosa Monckton, the former CEO of Tiffany & Co, told Vanity Fair for a 2003 article that Epstein was \"very enigmatic\" and \"a classic iceberg\".\n\n\"You think you know him and then you peel off another ring of the onion skin and there's something else extraordinary underneath,\" she said. \"What you see is not what you get.\"\n\nIn 2005, the parents of a 14-year-old girl told police in Florida that Epstein had molested their daughter at his Palm Beach home. A police search of the property found photos of girls throughout the house.\n\nThe Miami Herald reports that his abuse of underage girls dated back years.\n\n\"This was not a 'he said, she said' situation,\" Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter told the newspaper. \"This was 50-something 'shes' and one 'he' - and the 'shes' all basically told the same story.\"\n\n\"He has never been secretive about the girls,\" columnist Michael Wolff told New York magazine for a 2007 profile piece, as the case against Epstein moved through the courts.\n\n\"At one point, when his troubles began, he was talking to me and said, 'What can I say, I like young girls.' I said, 'Maybe you should say, 'I like young women.'\"\n\nHowever, prosecutors forged a deal with the hedge fund manager in 2008.\n\nHe avoided federal charges - which could have seen him face life in prison - and instead received an 18-month prison sentence, during which he was able to go on \"work release\" to his office for 12 hours a day, six days a week. He was released on probation after 13 months.\n\nPrince Andrew, left, has been criticised for his association with Jeffrey Epstein\n\nThe Miami Herald says that the federal prosecutor Alexander Acosta - who was Secretary of Labour in the Trump administration - struck a plea agreement hiding the extent of his crimes and ending an FBI investigation into whether there were more victims or more powerful people who took part. The paper described it as the \"deal of the century\".\n\nMr Acosta resigned in July 2019 over the scandal, though he defended his actions as guaranteeing at last some jail time for Epstein.\n\nSince 2008 Epstein had been listed as a level three on the New York sex offenders register. It is a lifelong designation meaning he was at a high risk of reoffending.\n\nBut Epstein maintained his properties and his assets after his conviction.\n\nIn December 2010, Prince Andrew, the third child of the Queen, was pictured in New York's Central Park with Epstein, drawing controversy.\n\nIn a BBC interview in November 2019, the prince, who had known Epstein since 1999, said he had gone to New York to break off their friendship. He said he regretted staying at the financier's house while he was there, and that he had \"let the side down\" by doing so.\n\nAn Epstein accuser, Virginia Roberts - now Virginia Giuffre - would later allege that she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew in the early 2000s when she was 17.\n\nPrince Andrew categorically denied having sex with her and said he has no recollection of a photo of the pair being taken together in London.\n\nEpstein was arrested in New York on 6 July 2019 after flying back from Paris on his private jet.\n\nProsecutors were reportedly seeking the forfeiture of his New York mansion, where some of his alleged crimes occurred.\n\nEpstein always denied any wrongdoing, and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.\n\nAfter being denied bail by the court, he was being held in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center. He was taken to hospital briefly in July for what was widely reported to be injuries to his neck - which neither prison officials or his lawyers would officially comment on.\n\nAt his last court appearance on 31 July, it became clear that he would spend a year in prison, with a trial no earlier than summer 2020. Prosecutors said they wanted no delay, and bringing the trial quickly was in the public interest.\n\nNow, Epstein will never face the trial at all.\n\nAfter Epstein's death, his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, came into the spotlight.\n\nShe was arrested in July 2020 at her secluded mansion in the US state of New Hampshire on suspicion of having assisted Epstein's abuse of minors by helping to recruit and groom victims known to be underage.\n\nIn December 2021, a jury in New York City found her guilty on five out of six counts, including the most serious charge - that of sex trafficking of a minor.\n\nThis carries a possible 40-year sentence, which means the 60-year-old could spend the rest of her life behind bars.\n\nThe Oxford-educated Ms Maxwell is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York.\n\nFriends said that although Ms Maxwell and Epstein's romantic relationship lasted only a few years, she continued to work with him long afterward.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The secret lives of Maxwell and Epstein\n\nIn court documents, former employees at the Epstein mansion in Palm Beach describe her as the house manager, who oversaw the staff, handled finances and served as social co-ordinator.\n\nIn a Vanity Fair profile published in 2003, Epstein said Ms Maxwell was not a paid employee, but rather his \"best friend\".\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutors alleged Ms Maxwell preyed on and groomed young girls for Epstein to abuse. Her defence claimed she is being used as a scapegoat for Epstein's crimes following his death.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katie Price: “The trolling is so bad, it is ridiculous, something has to be done.”\n\nThere has to be \"some kind of justice\" for those who are bullied online, ex-model Katie Price has told MPs.\n\nAppearing virtually at the Commons Petitions Committee, the reality TV star said trolling was getting worse because there were \"no consequences\".\n\nMs Price spoke about the abuse her disabled son Harvey has received, as part of an inquiry into the issue.\n\nThe PM has said the government is \"working at pace\" on new legislation against \"online harms\".\n\nBut Lord Puttnam, chairman of the Lords Democracy and Digital Committee, said earlier this week that the government's landmark online protection bill could be delayed for years.\n\nThe Online Harms Bill may not come into effect until 2023 or 2024, he warned. The government, however, said the legislation would be introduced \"as soon as possible\".\n\nWhen the government first outlined proposals in its \"online harms\" white paper last year, critics raised concerns about risks to freedom of expression.\n\nThe petitions committee say they want to end online abuse, especially as more people spend time online in lockdown.\n\nMPs are calling for evidence as part of their new inquiry, \"Tackling Online Abuse\", from campaigning organisations, legal professionals, social media companies and other experts.\n\nSpeaking to MPs, Ms Price - who used to be known as Jordan - said: \"Throughout the years I get a lot of trolling and online abuse, the difference is I'm able to speak out myself, but my son Harvey was born with disabilities, he gets a lot of racial abuse, disgusting despicable things.\n\n\"He gets memes made about it, TikToks, posters, he gets mocked in such a serious disgusting way, there has to be some kind of justice.\"\n\nShe suggested to MPs that social media companies should carry out ID checks on users and there should also be fines.\n\nHer mother, Amy, told the meeting there should be an online register of offenders.\n\nKatie Price with her son Harvey in 2018, who was trolled online because of his disabilities\n\n\"People think it's funny to show to their friends, there is no penalty, they might get their account closed down but they open it in another name or another email address and carry on,\" Ms Price said.\n\n\"Nothing has improved, things have got worse.\"\n\nMs Price added: \"There needs to be fines in place, there needs to be consequences... if there are consequences online people will be careful because there will be fines or they will be put on the register, it might not stop everything but it might make people start thinking.\"\n\nMs Price first appeared before the Petitions Committee in 2018, after more than 220,000 people signed her petition to make online abuse a criminal offence.\n\nCommittee chairman Catherine McKinnell said: \"It is clear there is a big problem, it is getting worse, not better and something needs to be done.\"\n\nShe said the government had looked into the issue and a proposal document - a white paper - had been produced.\n\nShe said the work had stalled because of the coronavirus pandemic but the committee was now attempting to raise profile of the issue and its \"urgency\".\n\nThe MP said the committee will be taking evidence from social media companies as part of the inquiry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt comes after The Only Way is Essex star, Bobby Norris, spoke to MPs to share his experiences with homophobic abuse.\n\nMore than 133,000 people signed his petition on tackling trolling.\n\nAddressing the issue of \"online harms\" in the Commons last month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"There is a real risk that, during the lockdown, terrible things have been going on behind closed doors and closed curtains in this country on the internet.\n\n\"We had a summit on the matter in Number 10 recently, and we are working at pace, as he knows, on new legislation against online harms.\"\n\nBut when the government first published its online harms white paper last year, Index on Censorship, a campaigning organisation, said the plans risked damaging freedom of expression in the UK.\n\nIt said a proposed new statutory duty of care to tackle online \"harms\" and \"substantial fines\" would \"create a strong incentive for companies to remove content\".\n\n\"The 'harms' are not clearly defined but include activities and materials that are legal,\" the organisation said.\n\nElsewhere, Ofcom's boss has said the watchdog will not hesitate to impose fines on social media firms who fail to deal with harmful content, if, as expected, it is appointed as regulator.\n\nChief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said Ofcom would also consider temporarily suspending platforms in extreme cases of harm.", "The UN has been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct in recent years\n\nThe United Nations has placed two of its workers on unpaid leave over allegations of sexual misconduct in an official car in Israel.\n\nThe men were filmed in a UN-marked vehicle on a main street by Tel Aviv's seafront.\n\nIn the video, a woman in a red dress is seen straddling a man in the back seat of the car.\n\nThe UN launched an investigation into the 18-second video after it was shared widely on social media last month.\n\nStéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN's secretary general, said he was \"shocked and deeply disturbed\" by the footage.\n\nNow the UN says the men in the video have been identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), UN military observers based in Israel.\n\nThe two staff members have been suspended without pay until the investigation into the incident has concluded.\n\nMr Dujarric told the BBC on Thursday their suspension was appropriate \"given the seriousness of the allegations of failing to observe the standards of conduct expected of international civil servants\".\n\n\"UNTSO has re-engaged in a robust awareness-raising campaign to remind its personnel of their obligations to the UN Code of Conduct,\" Mr Dujarric said.\n\nThe UN has strict policies against sexual misconduct by its staff members.\n\nStaff may be disciplined if they are found to be in breach of conduct rules. They may be repatriated or banned from UN peacekeeping operations, but it is the responsibility of their home nation to take further disciplinary or legal action.\n\nThe UN says it has \"zero tolerance\" for sexual misconduct within its ranks\n\nThe UN has long been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual misconduct by its peacekeepers and other staff. There have been frequent allegations in recent years.\n\nIn 2019, there were 175 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against UN staff members, a report said. Of those allegations, 16 were substantiated, 15 were unsubstantiated and all others were still being investigated.\n\nSecretary General António Guterres has pledged to take a \"zero-tolerance\" approach to sexual misconduct within the UN's ranks.", "Tesla has become the world's most valuable carmaker, overtaking Japan's Toyota, after its stock hit a record high.\n\nShares in the electric carmaker touched $1,134 on Wednesday morning before falling back, leaving it with a market value of $209.47bn (£165bn).\n\nThat is roughly $4bn more than Toyota's current stock market value.\n\nHowever, Toyota sold around 30 times more cars last year and its revenues were more than 10 times higher.\n\nShares in Tesla have surged since the start of 2020 as investors have begun to feel more confident about the future of electric vehicles.\n\nThat is despite its founder Elon Musk having wiped $14bn off Tesla's value in May after tweeting that its share price was too high.\n\nAfter years of losses, the Californian firm has also delivered three profitable quarters in a row and maintained that momentum during the first three months of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nToyota, however, remains a far larger business in terms of sales.\n\nThe Japanese company sold 10.46 million vehicles in the year to March and posted revenues of 30.2 trillion yen ($281.20bn).\n\nTesla ended 2019 with sales of just $24.6bn, having delivered 367,200 vehicles last year.\n\nHowever, investors are excited by the US firm's potential, believing it could dominate the future electric car market.\n\nAnalysts at the stockbroker Jefferies said the firm remained \"significantly ahead of peers in product range, capacity and technology\".\n\nIn a reflection of that, the firm is also now worth around three times the combined value of US rivals General Motors and Ford.\n\nMr Musk has said Tesla will deliver at least 500,000 vehicles in 2020, a forecast the company has not changed despite the coronavirus pandemic.", "Carlos Ghosn fled from Japan to Lebanon last December\n\nJapan has asked the US to extradite a former special forces soldier and his son for allegedly helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan last year.\n\nEx-Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter were held in Massachusetts in May, several months after Japan had issued warrants for their arrest.\n\nThe US authorities confirmed a formal extradition request was submitted.\n\nMr Ghosn, who was detained in Japan on financial misconduct charges in 2018, made a dramatic escape last year.\n\nThe former Nissan boss denies the charges against him.\n\nDespite being under house arrest and monitored 24 hours a day, on 29 December he managed to fly to the Lebanese capital Beirut via Turkey.\n\nDetails of the Taylors' alleged involvement in the escape are unclear. But Japanese prosecutors have said the two were in Japan at the time and helped Mr Ghosn evade security checks as he left.\n\nIn May, prosecutors in Turkey charged seven people over the escape. The suspects - four pilots, two flight attendants, and an airline executive - are also accused of helping Mr Ghosn flee.\n\nThey go on trial in Istanbul on Friday, with Turkish prosecutors seeking up to eight years in jail for the four pilots and the airline executive.\n\nFull details of the escape have never been fully explained. Mr Ghosn, who holds Brazilian, French and Lebanese nationalities, ran Renault and Nissan as part of a three-way car alliance.\n\nHe is accused of misreporting his compensation package, but has insisted he can never get a fair hearing in Japan.\n\nSince his arrival in Lebanon, he has told reporters he was a \"hostage\" in Japan, where he was left with a choice between dying there or running.", "China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong, including criminalising sedition and effectively curtailing protests.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, pro-democracy supporters say they are concerned the new law takes away the 'one country, two systems' form of government.\n\nHowever those supporting the new law hope it brings greater security to Hong Kong, which has seen widespread unrest and instability from the pro-democracy movement.", "Geoffrey Rush won a defamation case against The Daily Telegraph last year\n\nAn Australian newspaper has lost its appeal against a record defamation payout awarded to actor Geoffrey Rush.\n\nMr Rush was awarded A$2.9m (£1.57m; US$1.99m) last April after winning his case against Nationwide News, a publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch.\n\nIts newspaper, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, had run stories accusing Mr Rush of behaving inappropriately towards a former theatre co-star.\n\nThe publisher lost its appeal against the judgement and the size of payout.\n\nLawyers for Nationwide News had argued the payout - the largest ever awarded to a single person in Australia - was \"manifestly excessive\".\n\nBut three Federal Court judges ruled the sum was \"appropriate high\" given the \"extremely serious\" allegations and the harm caused to Mr Rush's reputation.\n\nThe original front page story carried the headline \"King Leer\" and detailed accusations from a 2015 Sydney Theatre Company production of King Lear.\n\nIt alleged Mr Rush had acted inappropriately towards a co-star, later revealed to be actress Eryn Jean Norvill.\n\nThe Federal Court agreed with the original trial judge's assessment that Ms Norvill - who gave evidence for the newspaper at the trial - was an unreliable witness and \"prone to exaggeration\".\n\nIn doing so, it rejected the publisher's arguments that the story should be exempt from a defamation finding because the allegations were \"substantially true\".\n\nMs Norvill testified to the court last year\n\nIt also dismissed an argument that the judge had been wrong not to allow evidence of another actress who came forward with allegations about Mr Rush.\n\nThe actress, Yael Stone, has accused Mr Rush of acting inappropriately towards her - allegations he denies.\n\nNationwide News was ordered to pay Mr Rush A$850,000 for general and aggravated damages, more than A$1m for past economic losses, A$919,678 in future economic losses and A$43,000 in interest.\n\nThis and other high-profile defamation cases have also sparked wider debate about Australia's tough defamation laws.\n\nAustralia puts the legal onus on a person making allegations to prove that they are true. This is different to the US, for example, where the onus is on the accused person to prove an allegation was made with malice.\n\nCritics have argued Australia's laws have a \"silencing effect\" on media companies to publish stories which may be in the public interest.", "Duffy said she had \"to witness these tragedies, and my tragedy, eroticised and demeaned\"\n\nSinger Duffy has criticised Netflix for streaming the film 365 Days, saying it glamorises \"the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape\".\n\nThe film follows a young Polish woman who is imprisoned by a Sicilian man.\n\n\"This should not be anyone's idea of entertainment, nor should it be described as such,\" said Duffy, who recently revealed she was held captive and raped a decade ago.\n\nNetflix said it would not remove the film, which it said carried warnings.\n\nAdapted from a novel by Polish writer Blanka Lipińska, 365 Days was not produced by Netflix, but was picked up by the streaming service in June after a theatrical run in the UK and Poland in February.\n\nBilled as an \"erotic drama\", it has quickly become one of the platform's most popular films.\n\nThe Guardian recently described it as \"the Netflix softcore porn film that people can't stop watching\", and The Atlantic said it was \"Netflix's first summer hit\".\n\nVariety magazine, however, called it \"thoroughly terrible\" and \"politically objectionable\".\n\nIn a letter to Netflix chief executive, Reed Hastings, Duffy wrote: \"It grieves me that Netflix provides a platform for such 'cinema', that eroticises kidnapping and distorts sexual violence and trafficking as a 'sexy' movie.\n\nItalian actor Michele Morrone is the star of 365 Days\n\n\"I just can't imagine how Netflix could overlook how careless, insensitive, and dangerous this is. It has even prompted some young women, recently, to jovially ask Michele Morrone, the lead actor in the film, to kidnap them.\n\n\"We all know Netflix would not host material glamorising paedophilia, racism, homophobia, genocide, or any other crimes against humanity. The world would rightly rise up and scream.\n\n\"Tragically, victims of trafficking and kidnapping are unseen, and yet in 365 Days their suffering is made into a 'erotic drama', as described by Netflix.\"\n\nHer comments came after a petition was set up on Change.org, calling for the movie to be removed from Netflix for \"perpetuating the glamorisation of rape culture\".\n\nHowever, production has already begun on a sequel, actor Michele Morrone confirmed earlier this week.\n\nNetflix did not comment on Duffy's criticisms, but told the Reuters news agency the film carried warnings for violence, sex and nudity.\n\n\"We believe strongly in giving our members around the world more choice and control over their Netflix viewing experience,\" a spokesman said.\n\nIn February, Duffy re-emerged after a decade out of the spotlight to reveal she had been \"raped and drugged and held captive over some days\" in the past.\n\nShe gave more details of her ordeal in April, saying she had been drugged in her own home for four weeks and taken to a foreign country.\n\n\"I was lucky to come away with my life, but far too many have not been so lucky,\" she wrote in the letter to Netflix. \"And now I have to witness these tragedies, and my tragedy, eroticised and demeaned.\"\n\nShe also addressed viewers directly: \"I encourage the millions who have enjoyed the movie to reflect on the reality of kidnapping and trafficking, of force and sexual exploitation, and of an experience that is the polar opposite of the glossy fantasy depicted in 365 Days.\"\n\nShe said 25 million people were currently trafficked around the world, a figure also quoted in the US Department of State's latest Trafficking In Persons report, published last month.\n\nLast month, Duffy released a new song, River in the Sky, which was described by The Times as \"a dignified, low-key return for an important, undervalued British singer\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Tables and deckchairs are set out to respect social distancing on the Promenade des Anglais beach in Nice\n\nDozens of countries will be exempt from a travel quarantine from Monday, UK government sources have indicated.\n\nCurrently, most people arriving into the UK from anywhere apart from the Republic of Ireland have to self-isolate for two weeks.\n\nMinisters had previously indicated they were working to establish a relatively small number of travel corridors.\n\nTravel and tourism companies have been calling for urgent clarity over the corridors amid rising bookings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nLast weekend, the government said it would relax its advice on travel abroad and would rate countries as either green, amber or red, depending on the prevalence of the virus.\n\nNow government sources have indicated that a very long list of countries is likely to be published by the end of this week.\n\nIt is possible that up to 75 countries deemed low or very low risk will be exempt from the UK's quarantine from Monday, 6 July.\n\nSome of the countries on this new list do still have restrictions on people travelling in the other direction, from the UK.\n\nOther higher-risk countries, such as the US, will be categorised as red.\n\nSo the government is about to announce something which aviation bosses, many MPs and some scientists have advocated from the beginning - a targeted quarantine which only impacts people arriving into the UK from high risk 'red' countries.\n\nIt is the opposite of the government's blanket-style approach which has been in place for less than four weeks.\n\nYou could call it a 'U-turn'.\n\nFor days, if not weeks, the government has indicated that it wanted a relatively small number of bilateral-style 'travel corridors', namely with European nations, where the virus is under control.\n\nIt appears that approach hit a number of hurdles.\n\nSome countries, like Greece, weren't willing to reciprocate in the short-term.\n\nWhile there was nothing to stop people travelling into the UK from a higher risk country, via a lower risk one to avoid the quarantine.\n\nThe optics concerning Portugal are illuminating. First it seemed to be top of the list of exemptions. Then last week sources indicated it was off the list. The situation regarding Portugal now is unclear.\n\nThe process was further complicated by both the Welsh and Scottish governments saying they might follow a separate approach.\n\nTravel companies will be pleased about a much longer list of exemptions but they've been pulling their hair out over the confusion, and the delay in making a final announcement, which is now expected by the end of this week.\n\nAnd critics will question why the government did not go for a more nuanced approach in the first place.\n\nIt seems that agreeing a small number of travel corridors with specific countries was fraught with risk. The Scottish government has expressed concern about plans to relax the quarantine and it is still in discussion with officials and politicians in Westminster.\n\nTravel companies have called on the government to publish its list as soon as possible, to end the confusion.\n\nGeorge Morgan-Grenville, chief executive of travel company Red Savannah and long-time critic of the quarantine rules, told the BBC he was \"very encouraged\" by news that a clarification was imminent.\n\nHe said the restrictions had been \"a disaster for the industry, which had been prevented from getting back on its feet\".\n\nMost people intending to travel overseas when restrictions are lifted may find their travel insurance does not cover every risk created by coronavirus.\n\nA number of new policies will now cover medical treatment for Covid-19 which has been caught while in a resort.\n\nHowever, people who need to cancel a holiday because they develop symptoms before going away, or are told to self-isolate at home, might not be covered.\n\nPeople who bought an annual policy before the outbreak could have greater protection, depending on the terms and conditions of the cover.\n\nThose on package holidays will get a refund or can rebook if travel restrictions are re-imposed but, as with new travel insurance, most will not get their money back if they pick up symptoms or are told to self-isolate just before they are due to travel.\n• None How is lockdown being lifted across Europe?", "Newsreader fears for the mental health of children\n\nHome schooling is causing stress in millions of homes across the UK. BBC newsreader Kate Silverton, who is also a trainee child psychotherapist and a mother-of-two, has like most parents found lockdown a very challenging time. \"Home schooling may have been a success for some but in my overall experience - and that of the parents I have spoken to - those successes have been few and far between,\" she writes. \"Whether at the school gates, or in the counselling arena, mums and dads tell me they cannot cope. I would go so far to say that anyone who thinks working and schooling young children from home has been a success is sadly ill-informed.\" \"My husband and I have tried to make the memories of this time more joyful and positive. So we camped in our (courtyard) garden and have had more late nights, cuddled up watching movies than we would have done previously. However, it has inevitably been a very demanding time for everyone. \"When people ask how I am doing, I often joke that I am \"surviving not thriving\". When the work calls start, it is very hard to be there for our children.\" Read the full story.", "Samples could be collected from specific points in the national network of wastewater-treatment plants\n\nA sewage-based coronavirus test could be an \"easy win\" that would pick up infection spikes a week earlier than with existing medical-based tests.\n\nScientists led by UK's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology are working on a standardised test to \"count\" the amount of coronavirus in a wastewater sample.\n\n\"The earlier you find [a signal], the earlier an intervention can happen,\" says lead researcher Dr Andrew Singer.\n\n\"That means lives will be made much more liveable in the current crisis.\"\n\nA network of scientists from universities including Newcastle, Bangor and Edinburgh have already teamed up with local water companies to collect samples of untreated sewage from treatment plants; the first stage in mapping the outbreak through the sewers.\n\nWastewater-treatment plants could provide sampling points to map the outbreak\n\nEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, research revealed that people infected with the virus \"shed\" viral material in their faeces. That insight prompted an interest in \"sewage epidemiology\".\n\n\"By sampling wastewater at different parts of the sewerage network, we can gradually narrow an outbreak down to smaller geographical areas, enabling public-health officials to quickly target interventions in those areas at greatest risk of spreading the infection,\" said Dr Singer.\n\n\"Our network already has six labs that are capable of doing that work, so a national surveillance system could happen tomorrow.\"\n\nSo while the researchers say they already have a reliable test that can show the presence or absence of the coronavirus, they are now working on a way to measure levels of infection regularly and reliably across the water-treatment network.\n\n\"It's relatively easy to say whether something's there or not with genetic fingerprinting,\" explained Newcastle University's Prof David Graham, who is involved in the development of that test. \"But for the sake of epidemiology - which has life-and-death impacts - we wanted to be more exact.\"\n\nProf Graham and his colleagues say they are in the final stages of developing a way to quantify the genetic material from the coronavirus.\n\nThe genetic 'signature' of the coronavirus can be detected in a sample of wastewater\n\n\"We can count how much virus is in a sample,\" he explained. And, because each sample comes from a wastewater network that serves a specific community, we can also tell you an approximate number of humans from which it came.\"\n\nHe pointed out that it currently took a number of days to establish whether one person has the disease, but he said: \"We can collect a sample of sewage and give you an accurate number of virus per person within a few days - and that's for the community.\"\n\n\"We can tell you whether someone in the community has it a week earlier.\"\n\nWastewater contains other contaminants that could affect the viral material, making accurate measurements tricky\n\nThe researchers want to fine-tune and reproduce this test before it can be rolled out as part of a Covid-19 alert system.\n\nWhile many countries, including Spain, have started monitoring their wastewater, there have been some early problems - one result that suggested the coronavirus was present in Barcelona in March 2019 may have been the result of laboratory contamination.\n\nThere are problems to be solved in order to maximise the accuracy and value of a sewage-based surveillance system: the propensity of the virus to break up when it is in water, the effect on the result of other contaminants and how many sampling points need to be included in a UK-wide network in order to build up a useful picture of the outbreak.\n\n\"It seems obvious that we should be doing this,\" said Dr Singer. \"But it's an approach that's never been considered for an active outbreak.\"", "John Lewis has warned it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nThe retailer, which also owns Waitrose, has launched a review of the business which it said would involve \"right sizing\" its stores across both brands.\n\nThe review would involve store closures \"where necessary\" as well as space reduction in existing stores, it said.\n\nThe conclusions of the review are expected to be announced in September.\n\nNew chairwoman Sharon White - who took over last month - said the changes would kick-start a \"vital new phase\" for the partnership, and said she had \"no doubt\" the business would be stronger as a result.\n\n\"We need to reverse our profit decline and return to growth so that we can invest more in our customers and in our partners.\n\n\"This will require a transformation in how we operate as a partnership and could take three to five years to show results.\"\n\nThe group announced that three Waitrose stores would close later this year at Helensburgh, Four Oaks and Waterlooville as part of the overhaul.\n\nJohn Lewis also said as fears about coronavirus continued to spread, it had see increased demand \"particularly this week\" for some food items as well as things such as hand sanitiser, soap and loo roll.\n\nJohn Lewis's finance director, Patrick Lewis, said it was working \"very hard with suppliers on an hourly basis\" to keep up with demand.\n\nSharon White took the helm at John Lewis last month\n\nThe John Lewis Partnership is owned by its staff - known as partners - who usually receive a bonus each year.\n\nThis year, staff bonuses have been set at 2%, the lowest since 1953 when it paid no bonus.\n\nProfits at the partnership dived by 23% last year to £123m - the third year in a row that profits have fallen - as it continued to struggle with the slowdown in consumer spending.\n\nThe John Lewis department stores saw \"significantly reduced profitability\" following weaker sales of home and electrical goods, although profits rose at Waitrose after a \"solid performance\", the company said.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said the fall from grace for John Lewis had been \"spectacular\", and warned that if Ms White could not turn around the business \"the fallout could be much worse\".\n\n\"Once the envy of the retail industry, the company has suffered dismal trading performances over the past few years, demonstrating that the retail race is so fast that even those seemingly on an unstoppable march one year can be vulnerable the next.\n\n\"This goes to show that no retailer is safe.\"\n\nCatherine Shuttleworth, the chief executive of retail analysts Savvy, said store closures appeared inevitable.\n\n\"I think the business is going to have to be slimmed down,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It's very difficult to close some of the department stores down because they're on really long leases, but certainly I think where there are opportunities to close stores that aren't performing they will look at that.\"\n\nShe added that Ms White did not have much time to turn the business around.\n\n\"She's talking about changes taking three-to-five years, I don't think there are three-to-five years in retail at the minute where there isn't going to be an enormous amount of change. She hasn't got that much time on her side. John Lewis have been 'strategically reviewing' things for quite a while - we need some action.\"\n\nRetail analyst Richard Hyman told the BBC the firm's staff bonus scheme was an \"absolutely fundamental\" part of its ethos.\n\n\"The key competitive edge John Lewis has is customer service, that is delivered by its staff. If you take away part of their remuneration then your customer service levels are likely to be impacted.\n\n\"And I think that over the past few years as that bonus has gone down we've been seeing a bit of that. It's a really difficult dilemma they have.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sam Brooks says \"there was no support there for me\" after his partner, Iago, took his own life\n\nThere has been a significant rise during lockdown in the UK in the number of LGBT people seeking suicide-prevention support.\n\nSupport group LGBT Hero reports 11,000 people have accessed its suicide-prevention web pages - up over 44% on the first three months of the year.\n\nAnd other LGBT charities have service users who have killed themselves.\n\nThe government considers LGBT people to be at higher risk of suicide but no national data on LGBT suicides is kept.\n\nThere are usually many factors that can lead someone to kill themselves.\n\nJust months after celebrating his 20th birthday, Elaine's son, Jack, killed himself, in April.\n\nHe had been in contact with LGBT support services, both online and in person.\n\nBut Elaine says he \"massively struggled\" with being disconnected from the community during lockdown.\n\n\"I knew he was struggling with his sexuality,\" she says.\n\n\"And he was in contact with some LGBT groups.\n\n\"But I just wish he'd have held on.\n\n\"He had so much ahead of him.\"\n\nJack moved out of his parents' house in his teenage years and headed to London.\n\nBut he had recently returned to his hometown, in the South East, after the breakdown of a relationship.\n\n\"I'm guessing that lots of gay people in these situations have families that don't accept them,\" Elaine says.\n\n\"But we loved and supported him.\n\n\"He came out really young.\n\n\"And it changed nothing for us.\n\n\"It just wasn't enough though.\"\n\nChief executive Ian Howley says since lockdown there has been a 44% increase in people contacting the LGBT Hero suicide-prevention service\n\nIn total, eight charities told BBC News they had seen an increase in LGBT people accessing their support for suicide prevention.\n\nThe LGBT Foundation has received more calls about suicide \"than ever before\".\n\nMermaids, which helps young trans people, has had to alert police following concerns about callers wanting to kill themselves.\n\nGavin Boyd, of The Rainbow Project, based in Northern Ireland, said: \"In just the last three weeks, we know of three LGBT people who have ended their lives.\"\n\nAnd another chief executive of a charity, in the south of England, who did not want to be named in case it affected its funding, said: \"We know of two young LGBT people in the past two weeks.\n\n\"We're under more pressure to deliver than ever before.\n\n\"The government has done absolutely nothing to help regional LGBT charities cope with the demand from our already struggling service users.\"\n\nIn 2018, the government acknowledged there was a higher prevalence of mental health issues among LGBT people than the general population in the UK and launched its LGBT Action Plan, \"focused on reducing suicides amongst the LGBT population\".\n\nBut, two years on, the plan has not begun.\n\nAnd one year on from its \"updated Suicide Prevention Strategy\", the government is yet to start its \"rapid evidence review\" into LGBT suicide.\n\n\"LGBT lives are being lost and we need to know more. It is so frustrating. Recording this data must be a nationwide campaign,\" said Helen Jones, CEO of MindOut, the UK-wide dedicated LGBT mental health charity.\n\nLGBT mental-health charities are reporting a big increase during lockdown in contact with people having suicidal thoughts\n\nSam Brooks's fiance, Iago, killed himself at the end of last year.\n\nSam had struggled to get mental-health support for Iago and has been grieving in isolation during lockdown.\n\n\"Before lockdown, I was in touch with mental-health services for therapy,\" he says.\n\n\"I was in touch with my GP too.\n\n\"In lockdown, I've heard from nobody.\n\nIn England, suicide prevention is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Public Health England.\n\nHowever, the responsibility to report deaths by suicide lies with coroners, who are not asked by the Ministry of Justice to collect data on sexual orientation or gender identity.\n\nAnd Sam feels the system has failed his fiance by not recording data and learning from his death.\n\n\"Iago's been forgotten and failed by the government,\" he says.\n\n\"As an ethnic-minority gay man, he was let down big time and he deserved more help.\n\n\"Not counting our data means the struggle will continue for others.\"\n\nCharities' bosses say the lack of national data prevents them from securing funding and helping others.\n\n\"Unless we are counted, we don't count,\" LGBT Hero chief executive Ian Howley said.\n\nAnd Emma Meehan, of the LGBT Foundation, said: \"Due to the government's frustrating lack of proper reporting, we'll never be able to put a true figure on the scale of this crisis.\"\n\nThe government has acknowledged the need to improve LGBT data collection on suicide.\n\nA Department for Health official said: \"We are absolutely committed to supporting everyone's mental health and wellbeing, especially during this unprecedented period.\"\n\nIf you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available: BBC Action Line .", "Fox News has fired one of its leading anchors over claims of \"wilful sexual misconduct\" involving a colleague several years ago.\n\nEd Henry co-presented the America's Newsroom programme, which is broadcast mid-morning every weekday.\n\nHis former co-host Sandra Smith gave viewers the news on air on Wednesday.\n\nFox News said it received a complaint last week and fired Mr Henry after hiring a law firm to investigate. He has not yet commented.\n\nThe 48-year-old's profile has already been deleted from the network's website, and the page for America's Newsroom now lists Smith as the sole anchor.\n\nFox News said the complaint was made on 25 June by the lawyer of a former employee.\n\nMr Henry was suspended the same day and has now been fired based on \"investigative findings\" from the law firm, according to an internal memo provided to the Reuters news agency.\n\nOn Wednesday's programme, Smith read a statement from Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace, saying they had taken the decision as part of an \"effort to bring full transparency\" to the matter.\n\n\"We strive to maintain a safe and inclusive workplace for all employees,\" they added.\n\nSmith said rotating anchors would co-host the programme with her until a replacement is named.\n\nFormer anchor Gretchen Carlson has called for employees to be released from non-disclosure agreements\n\nThe former employee has not been identified. Mr Henry joined Fox News from CNN in 2011. He has served as the network's chief national correspondent and previously hosted several weekend shows.\n\nHe is not the first Fox News figure to face allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nFormer chairman Roger Ailes resigned in 2016 after being accused by former employees of sexual harassment.\n\nThe case against him was made into a 2019 Hollywood film, Bombshell, which starred Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie.\n\nAfter Mr Henry's departure, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson called for the network to release former employees from non-disclosure agreements.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Pupils will face the front, but the safety plans will not be based on social distancing\n\nThe return-to-school plans for autumn in England will involve entire year groups staying in separate \"bubbles\".\n\nA draft of the plans, set to be announced later this week, has been published by the Huffington Post.\n\nIt means that groups of up to 240 pupils could be kept apart within a school, with a separate time for starting and finishing.\n\nIt could also mean they would all be sent home if there was a Covid-19 case in the group.\n\nThere will also be a recognition of the need for pupils to catch up after months out of regular lessons, with an emphasis on core subjects such as English and maths.\n\nThe plans, understood to be draft documents shared as part of a consultation, show the approach to safety in the autumn is an expansion of the \"protective bubble\" approach already used.\n\nRather than relying on social distancing, the aim is to limit the points at which the infection could be spread, by keeping pupils in separate, isolated groups through the school day, with their own breaks and lunchtimes.\n\nIn primary schools this term, these bubbles have been up to 15 pupils, but in the plans for the autumn they could include a full secondary year group, which if there were eight classes, could be 240 pupils.\n\nIn primary schools in the autumn, the bubbles are expected to be a whole class of 30 pupils.\n\nIn secondary school entire year groups could be kept apart in the protective \"bubble\" system\n\nIf a pupil shows coronavirus symptoms, parents will have to quickly come to collect their child.\n\n\"While waiting, the child should be kept 2m away from the supervising teacher,\" says the leaked guidance.\n\n\"If that is not possible, in the case of a young child or one with complex needs, staff should wear full PPE - disposable gloves, a disposable apron, a fluid-resistant surgical face mask and in some cases eye goggles.\"\n\nThere will not be any fixed social distancing requirements for pupils in primary school - and in secondary it will be 1m, but only where possible, the leaked documents suggest.\n\nBut teachers will be expected to maintain social distancing at the front of a class - in classrooms in which pupils will face forward, rather than facing each other around circular tables.\n\nOn Monday, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson promised a comprehensive track and trace system would be in place for autumn.\n\nThat would allow year groups or schools to be closed down if there were Covid-19 cases, or if there were signs of a local upsurge infections.\n\nThere will be routines of regular hand-washing, but there are not expected to be temperature checks or masks, either for staff or pupils.\n\nPupils will be encouraged to get back on track with their learning when schools return for full-time lessons.\n\nAttendance will be compulsory - with confirmation on Monday that penalty fines can once again be issued to parents who do not send their children back to school, at the usual level of £60 and then £120 for late payment.\n\nAnd there will be a push on helping children to catch up in English and maths, which could include narrowing options in GCSE subjects and repeating work from before the lockdown.\n\nAn increase in disruptive behaviour is anticipated - but it is expected that Ofsted will not be carrying out routine inspections during the term.\n\nIn response to the leaked documents, a Department for Education spokesman said there would be continuing consultation, ahead of the full plans being published this week.\n\n\"We've said we want to see all children back at school in September - returning to full primary and secondary class sizes in a safe way,\" said the DfE spokesman.", "The UK and EU have said serious differences remain over a post-Brexit trade deal, following the latest negotiations in Brussels.\n\nEU negotiator Michel Barnier said the bloc's position needed to be \"better understood and respected\" by the UK if an agreement is to be found.\n\nBoris Johnson said a \"good deal\" was possible but it must recognise UK sovereignty in areas such as fishing.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the December deadline to reach a deal.\n\nThe prime minister told LBC Radio he was \"more optimistic\" than Mr Barnier about the chances of a deal but, if it did not happen, the UK would happily trade with its neighbour on more limited terms similar to Australia.\n\n\"I am not remotely disrespectful of Michel or the EU system that I understand deeply,\" he said.\n\n\"But I just don't think that it's right for us to proceed on the basis of the European Court of Justice continuing to arbitrate in the UK or us having to continue to obey EU laws when we are out of the EU.\"\n\nThe latest round of talks, the first to be held in person since the Covid-19 crisis struck, came after both sides agreed to \"intensify\" negotiations last month.\n\nNegotiations have continued throughout the pandemic via video link. An additional five weeks of in-person talks are planned for July and early August.\n\nBBC Europe reporter Gavin Lee said the latest round of talks had broken up a day early, with a discussion between the two chief negotiators tomorrow cancelled.\n\nMr Barnier said \"serious divergences remain\" after the four days of talks, although the EU believed an agreement was still possible.\n\n\"The EU engaged constructively, as we had already done during the fourth round of negotiations in June,\" he added.\n\n\"The EU expects, in turn, its positions to be better understood and respected in order to reach an agreement.\n\n\"We need an equivalent engagement by the United Kingdom.\"\n\nTalks started in Brussels on Monday and were due to last until tomorrow afternoon, but finished earlier today.\n\nIt is understood very little progress was made this week - but discussions in London scheduled for next week will continue as planned.\n\nEU officials told the BBC that \"one positive is that the UK now appears to understand our position more clearly on the areas of disagreement\".\n\nOfficials on both sides were keen to play down the decision to end talks early.\n\nOne EU official told the BBC that the planned discussion for this afternoon was for \"extra questions to be raised\" and that \"it wasn't a \"huge issue\" that the two negotiators wouldn't meet tomorrow.\n\nMr Barnier underlined that the EU expects \"parallel progress\" in all areas of the negotiations.\n\nThis is a point of difference with the UK - which wants to negotiate separate agreements in areas such as fisheries, alongside a basic free trade deal.\n\nMr Barnier also reiterated the EU would not agree to a deal without \"robust\" guarantees on the so-called \"level playing field\" for competition between business.\n\nHe added this would include the area of state support for companies.\n\nJust like when it was an EU member, the UK remains tied to the bloc's \"state aid\" rules during the 11-month transition period due to end in December 2020.\n\nDavid Frost (L) is due to take up a role as UK national security adviser in August.\n\nThe UK has not yet unveiled plans for its post-Brexit state aid regime, but PM Boris Johnson has previously said he wants to make it easier for the UK government to provide assistance to struggling firms.\n\nThe two sides also remain deadlocked over the issue of fishing rights - an area where they had previously pledged to find agreement by last month.\n\nThe EU wants to uphold its existing access to British waters for vessels from member states, to avoid economic disruption for their fishermen.\n\nBut the UK wants to hold annual talks with the bloc over access to its waters, as it currently does with nations such as Norway.\n• None What are the sticking points in Brexit trade talks?", "As the ads boycott grows, Mark Zuckerberg shows no sign of backing down.\n\n\"My guess is that all these advertisers will be back on the platform soon enough\" the Facebook chief executive has said.\n\nCampaigners accuse the tech firm of being too slow and reluctant to remove some hateful content.\n\nBut Zuckerberg added: \"We're not going to change our policies or approach on anything because of a threat to a small percent of our revenue.\"\n\nThe comments were made to Facebook staff at a private meeting last Friday, and were subsequently leaked to the Information news site.\n\nThe social network has confirmed they are accurate and also announced a fresh development: its chief executive is to meet the organisers of the boycott - Stop Hate for Profit.\n\nIt illustrates the concurrent ways Facebook is dealing with the matter.\n\nThe educational group behind the TV show Sesame Street is among those who have said they will refrain from running ads on Facebook\n\nThe first is to be publicly conciliatory: offer smaller changes and hit home its message that hate has no place on the platform.\n\nThe second is to privately play down the impact of the boycott: reassure advertisers and resist any fundamental changes to Facebook's business model.\n\nYesterday the firm's global affairs chief, Sir Nick Clegg, published an open letter to the ad world.\n\nHe attempted to assuage fears the company hadn't done enough to combat hate. Not surprisingly, he didn't echo his boss and add: \"You'll be back.\"\n\nNow, of course companies have different internal- and external-facing messages.\n\nBut this one in particular underlines the delicate tightrope that Facebook is trying to tread.\n\nThe company is undoubtedly rattled by this boycott. According to a list compiled by its organisers, more than 600 brands are now involved.\n\nThis week Facebook sent an email to companies and ad agencies assuring them it was doing all it could to remove hate speech.\n\n\"This work is never finished, and we're proud of how our apps can help people come together, learn, and organize against hate and show their solidarity\" an email to one ad agency said.\n\nBut the boycott isn't hurting Facebook as much as you might think.\n\nIn fact, Zuckerberg, in that same employee meeting, called the problem a \"reputational and a partner issue\" rather than a financial one.\n\nAnd he has a point. The vast majority of large companies are still advertising with Facebook.\n\nAnd thousands upon thousands of small-to-medium-sized businesses are doing likewise.\n\nOne advertising executive sent me an expletive-riddled text yesterday, dismissing the idea its clients would stop advertising on Facebook.\n\nIt's that kind of message that gives Zuckerberg reason to be bullish.\n\nAreeq Chowdhury, from WebRoots Democracy, also believes the companies that have joined the boycott will come back.\n\n\"The advertising being offered by these internet giants is unparalleled.\" he says.\n\n\"The level of targeting they can achieve is not matched anywhere else, so I find it hard to believe that a lot of them will stop advertising in the long run.\"\n\nThat seems to be what the market thinks, too.\n\nAfter a dip in Facebook's share price, it's back to pretty much where it was last week.\n\nSo, Facebook's strategy so far seems to be working.\n\nThe far greater worry is contagion - for example, if users started to leave Facebook and Instagram in large numbers in response to the boycott. But once again, there's little evidence of that happening.\n\nMr Zuckerberg last gave testimony to US lawmakers in October 2019\n\nOn Wednesday, it was confirmed that Zuckerberg - along with Google's Sundar Pichai, Apple's Tim Cook and Amazon's Jeff Bezos - would testify before Congress in an antitrust hearing later this month.\n\nIf the boycott continues to gather force, it could be an uncomfortable encounter, however secure Facebook may feel.", "If you could fast forward to September and schools in England were not opening there would be outrage from parents.\n\nPubs would have opened, there might be a few holiday sun tans and whatever is left of the high street will be back in business.\n\nSo it would have been impossible not to have a plan for a return to school.\n\n“We can’t sit back and say children won’t go back to school,” said the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.\n\nSo, in many ways, these plans represent the art of the possible, rather than the ideal.\n\nBut parents have raised doubts about the tactic of separate bubbles.\n\nWhat happens if families have children in different years?\n\nWhat about all the mixing up of children on public transport?\n\nThere are big academic unknowns too.\n\nHow will full versions of GCSEs and A-levels go ahead when pupils have missed months of school?\n\nAnd tucked away in the details are suggestions Year 7 might have to retake chunks of Year 6 again because of all the holes in learning.\n\nIt’s not going to be easy - and there could be stop-starting from local lockdowns - but not going back at all would have been much more politically toxic.", "Sayagi Sivanantham was found with fatal knife wounds at a property in Mitcham\n\nA five-year-old girl who died after being found with knife wounds at a flat in south London has been named as Sayagi Sivanantham.\n\nSayagi was found alongside a 35-year-old woman who also had knife injuries on Monarch Parade in Mitcham at about 16:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA murder investigation has begun. Police are not looking for anyone else and said Sayagi knew the woman.\n\nNeighbours described Sayagi as a \"smart kid\" who was \"always smiling\".\n\nElsa Gonzales, who has lived on Monarch Parade for 12 years, described hearing screaming and crying coming from the flat next to hers.\n\nThe 47-year-old, who used to work in an emergency department, said she found the woman and child in the bedroom.\n\nPolice were called to a flat on Mitcham Parade, in Merton\n\n\"I saw the woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood,\" she told the PA news agency.\n\n\"There was blood everywhere.\n\n\"She was a cheeky little girl, always playing with the neighbourhood kids. To see her so lifeless, it's like my heart is bleeding.\"\n\nThe woman is being treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries\n\nBoth Sayagi and the woman were taken to hospital. The woman is being treated for life-threatening injuries.\n\nSayagi's next of kin have been informed and post-mortem tests are due to take place.\n\nA 15-year-old neighbour, who wanted to remain anonymous, said her family were friends with Sayagi.\n\nShe described her as \"playful and talkative\".\n\n\"We feel sad hearing the news,\" she said.\n\nSiobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, tweeted: \"Truly tragic events in Mitcham over the last [two] days. My sincere condolences to family and friends.\n\n\"My thoughts are also with neighbours & residents who have witnessed such tragedy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "David Clark confirmed on Thursday that he had resigned from his post as New Zealand's health minister\n\nNew Zealand's health minister has resigned after criticism of the government's response to coronavirus and his own breaches of lockdown rules.\n\nDavid Clark had already been demoted after breaking rules to take his family to the beach.\n\nHe said continuing in his role was distracting from the government's overall response to the pandemic.\n\nPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Thursday that she had accepted his resignation.\n\nNew Zealand has been hailed as a success story when it comes to tackling the coronavirus.\n\nThe country has recorded 1,528 confirmed or probable coronavirus cases and 22 people have died. Last month, all Covid-19 restrictions were lifted and the nation was declared virus free.\n\nHowever the country's handling of border and isolation facilities has recently come under fire. In one case, two people were allowed to leave isolation early to visit a dying parent without being tested for the virus. They were later confirmed to have Covid-19.\n\nMr Clark said: \"I take full responsibility for decisions made and taken during my time as Minister of Health.\"\n\nHe said that now was the appropriate time to move on, with no evidence of community transmission in the country.\n\nMr Clark was already under pressure following several breaches of lockdown rules. In April, he was demoted after driving his family 20km (12 miles) to the beach during the first weekend of lockdown.\n\nHe also went mountain biking during the lockdown, however this was not as clear a breach of the rules as driving to the beach, the New Zealand Herald said.\n\nHe previously offered his resignation but was kept in his role because of the ongoing crisis.\n\nMs Ardern agreed with Mr Clark's decision to resign and said it was \"essential our health leadership has the confidence of the New Zealand public\".\n\nEducation Minister Chris Hipkins will take charge of the health department until the country's election in September.", "A trade union has called for urgent government intervention after the announcement that the majority of 1,730 UK Airbus job cuts will be at Broughton in Flintshire.\n\nPeter Hughes, Unite Wales regional secretary, said the number of jobs being lost was \"far larger than we originally anticipated\".\n\n\"Our calls for Boris Johnson’s government to intervene in the crisis that is engulfing the aerospace sector have so far fallen on deaf ears,\" he said.\n\n\"They can’t hide anymore - the voices of thousands of workers and their families from across north Wales and north west England are screaming for help.\"\n\nDaz Reynolds, Unite convenor at Airbus Broughton offered support to members following the \"desperate news\".\n\n“Our members at Broughton are devastated to hear of the scale of the job losses for our site.\n\n\"We are a world class workforce who have built up Broughton to be one of the best manufacturing sites in Europe.\n\n\"The workforce recognises the enormous challenges facing Airbus and are prepared to look at every avenue available to mitigate the proposed job losses.\"", "The statue of Edward Colston was pushed into the harbour after being toppled by protesters\n\nA man has been arrested in connection with the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.\n\nA bronze memorial to the 17th Century slave merchant was torn down in Bristol during a Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June and was dumped in the harbour.\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said it would review footage of a \"small group of people\" filmed pulling down the statue with ropes.\n\nA 24-year-old has been held on suspicion of criminal damage.\n\nThe statue was pulled from its plinth on 7 June\n\nOfficers previously appealed for the public's help to identify 15 people they wanted to speak to.\n\n\"In the eyes of the law\", the force said, a crime had been committed and the force was \"duty-bound to investigate without fear or favour\".\n\nThe statue was pulled from its plinth in the city centre and was rolled into the harbour.\n\nIt was later recovered from the water and is due to be given a new home in a city museum displayed with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The new law was greeted with protests in Hong Kong\n\nChina has introduced a new national security law for Hong Kong. The BBC's Michael Bristow takes a closer look at the detail, and what it will mean in practice.\n\nLawyers and legal experts have said China's national security law for Hong Kong will fundamentally change the territory's legal system.\n\nIt introduces new crimes with severe penalties - up to life in prison - and allows mainland security personnel to legally operate in Hong Kong with impunity.\n\nThe legislation gives Beijing extensive powers it has never had before to shape life in the territory far beyond the legal system.\n\nAnalysis of the law by NPC Observer, a team of legal experts from the United States and Hong Kong, identified what they consider a number of worrying aspects.\n\n\"Its criminal provisions are worded in such a broad manner as to encompass a swath of what has so far been considered protected speech,\" said a posting on its website.\n\nArticle 29 is perhaps an example of this broad wording.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt states that anyone who conspires with foreigners to provoke \"hatred\" of the Chinese government, or the authorities in Hong Kong, could have committed a criminal offence.\n\nDoes that include criticism of China's governing Communist Party?\n\nOn Wednesday at a media briefing, Hong Kong's Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng was asked to define exactly what the provision means. She was unable to give a clear answer.\n\nIt gives Chinese mainland security operatives the right to investigate some national security cases that are \"complex\", \"serious\" or \"difficult\".\n\nAs the NPC Observer team note, these words are \"highly subjective and malleable\".\n\nHuman rights organisations have pointed out how the law seems to undermine protections previously offered to defendants.\n\nMany are worried about what the law may mean for people in Hong Kong - and elsewhere\n\nTrials can be held in secret (Article 41) and without a jury (Article 46). Judges can be handpicked (Article 44) by Hong Kong's chief executive, who is answerable directly to Beijing.\n\nThe law also reverses a presumption that suspects will be granted bail (Article 42).\n\nThat same provision also appears to suggest there is no time limit on how long suspects can be held. It says only that cases should be handled in a \"timely manner\".\n\nEntire cases - from investigation to judgement to punishment - can be simply handed over to the mainland authorities (Article 56).\n\nForeign nationals outside of Hong Kong face prosecution under the law (Article 38).\n\nDonald Clarke, writing for the China Collection, a blog focusing on Chinese issues, wrote that a US newspaper columnist advocating Tibetan independence might fall foul of the law.\n\n\"If you've ever said anything that might offend the PRC (People's Republic of China) or Hong Kong authorities, stay out of Hong Kong,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Clarke, of the George Washington University Law School, said the biggest worry was the institutions and processes that the law has established.\n\nThe legislation allows China to set up the Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong - a mainland Chinese body to be staffed by mainland Chinese personnel.\n\nArticle 60 makes it clear that anyone who works there does not have to abide by Hong Kong's laws. They shall not be subject to \"inspection, search or detention\".\n\nAs Mr Clarke wrote: \"They are untouchable.\"\n\nHong Kong's leader Carrie Lam, however, has welcomed the law\n\nClaudia Mo, an opposition lawmaker in Hong Kong, said the aim of China's national security legislation was to \"stun Hong Kong into nothingness\".\n\n\"People will be so petrified, so frightened and intimidated, that they wouldn't dare say anything or do anything in opposition,\" she said.\n\nOf course, that is not the view in Beijing.\n\nZhang Xiaoming, of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that the law would help return stability to the territory.\n\nIt will bring Hong Kong more in line with the laws, procedures and practices of mainland China.\n\nWhether or not you think the legislation was necessary, it is impossible to deny its significance. As Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam put it: this is a turning point.", "The old emblem for the Finnish Air Force Command (left) featured a swastika, but the current emblem of the force does not\n\nIt was long a rather surprising choice of imagery for Finland's Air Force Command - a swastika and pair of wings.\n\nThe symbol will always be intrinsically linked with Nazi Germany and its crimes, even though its roots go back many thousands of years.\n\nBut now it has been confirmed the Air Force Command has quietly stopped using this unit emblem.\n\nThe change was first observed by University of Helsinki academic Teivo Teivainen.\n\nHe had previously questioned whether the continued use of the symbol was helpful for the Finnish armed forces.\n\nFinland's air force has been using a swastika ever since it was founded in 1918, shortly after the country became an independent nation and long before Nazism devastated Europe.\n\nUntil 1945 its planes bore a blue swastika on a white background - and this was not intended to show allegiance to Nazi Germany, though the two nations were aligned.\n\nWhile the symbol was left off planes after World War Two, a swastika still featured in some Air Force unit emblems, unit flags and decorations - including on uniforms, a spokesperson for the Finnish air force told the BBC.\n\nThis veteran DC-2 plane has been restored and shows the wartime insignia of the Finnish air force\n\nSince January 2017 the emblem for Air Force Command has been similar to the Air Force service emblem - a golden eagle and a circle of wings, the air force said.\n\n\"As unit emblems are worn on uniform, it was considered impractical and unnecessary to continue using the old unit emblem, which had caused misunderstandings from time to time,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nThe geometric symbol takes the form of a cross with further arms coming off at right angles. The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit for well-being or luck.\n\nIt has been used for thousands of years in Indian cultures and worldwide, and became a fashionable motif in the West in the early 20th Century.\n\nHowever, in 1920 Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika for his National Socialist party, which came to power the following decade in Germany. The genocidal crimes of the Hitler regime mean that the swastika symbolises Nazism and anti-Semitism for most Westerners.\n\nProf Teivainen told the BBC that swastikas could be seen in Finland on buildings dating from the 1920s.\n\n\"In Finland there's this idea that it's a random decorative sign - which to some extent it is,\" he said.\n\nThe famed Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela first used the symbol in a painting in 1889.\n\nThe Romantic painter went on to use a swastika as part of his designs for the insignia of the Order of the Cross of Liberty. He used a cross with much smaller hooks, so the visual similarity to Nazi symbolism is much less pronounced. It also features on the official flag of the Finnish president.\n\nThe Finnish president's flag features the Cross of Freedom in the top left corner\n\nBut the swastika became associated with the Finnish air force via a very different man - a Swedish nobleman called Count Eric von Rosen.\n\nThe count used the swastika as a personal good luck charm. When he gifted a plane to the nascent air force of Sweden's newly independent neighbour in 1918 he had had a blue swastika painted on it. This Thulin Typ D was the first aircraft of the Finnish air force and subsequent planes all had his blue swastika symbol too, until 1945.\n\nSupporters of a continued use of the symbol point out that there were no Nazis in 1918 so the air force's use of the swastika has nothing to do with Nazism.\n\nHowever, while Eric von Rosen had no Nazi associations at the time of his 1918 gift, he did subsequently become a leading figure in Sweden's own national socialist movement in the 1930s. He was also a brother-in-law of senior German Nazi Herman Göring, and, according to Prof Teivainen, a personal friend of Hitler.\n\nThis vintage training aircraft performed at an air show to mark the 100th anniversary of the Finnish air force in 2018\n\nThe Finnish air force said that, having been von Rosen's symbol, the swastika remains in some Air Force unit flags and decorations, albeit no longer that of the central Air Force Command.\n\nProf Teivainen told the BBC he had never argued that the swastika should be banned in Finland (as it is in Germany).\n\nBut he said the military's duty \"is to defend the nation - not to defend an old symbol given by a Swedish count in 1918\".\n\nHe was concerned that it could affect young Finns' attitude to the military (at a time when male citizens are still conscripted). Finland's huge neighbour Russia might see the symbol as a sign that its neighbour remains an enemy, he thought - and, crucially, could it impact on Western neighbours' attitudes to supporting Finland if the non-aligned nation ever came under threat again?\n\nWhile the emblem of the Finnish Air Force Academy still features a swastika - superimposed with a propeller - the unheralded move away from the old insignia of the central Air Force Command suggests that the military top brass are ready to move on from Count von Rosen and his blue and white swastika.", "A statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie has been destroyed in a park in Wimbledon, south-west London.\n\nPolice are investigating the incident, which took place in Cannizaro Park on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe damage to the bust was carried out by a group of around 100 people, according to an eyewitness.\n\nIt appears to be linked to unrest in Ethiopia sparked after a popular singer, Hachalu Hundessa, was shot dead earlier this week.\n\nDemonstrations following his death saw a statue of royal prince Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael, the father of Selassie, Ethiopia's last emperor, torn down in the city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia.\n\nMany people from Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo group say they were oppressed under Haile Selassie's reign and their language and traditional religion were banned.\n\nHachalu's songs focused on the rights of the Oromos and he had been a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to a change in leadership in 2018.\n\nLocal resident Andrew Morris told the Press Association he had seen a mostly male group in the park, carrying fliers with Oromo slogans, while out walking his dog.\n\n\"I heard the statue being smashed up, but didn't actually see it happen,\" he added.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said inquiries were ongoing and no arrests had yet been made after they were called to a report of criminal damage at 17:10 BST on Tuesday.\n\nSelassie lived in Wimbledon in 1936 during his exile following the Italian invasion of his country. The statue was sculpted by Hilda Seligman, while he stayed with her family, and later erected in Cannizaro Park.", "Magda Raszowska said it was \"like going back to March\"\n\nSchool pupils in Leicester have been kept at home once again, after the city was made subject to the UK's first local lockdown.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered schools in the city to close to all but a small number of pupils following a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nHe said although children were at low risk of serious harm from Covid-19, they could spread the infection.\n\nSchools had been allowed to welcome back some year groups from 1 June.\n\nThe tighter restrictions are also affecting schools and nurseries outside the lockdown area in Leicester, with pupils told to stay away if they live within the affected area.\n\nThe Department for Education has said only vulnerable children and children of key workers could travel across the boundary in either direction for school or appointments with social workers.\n\nPaul Galvin, head teacher of St Luke's Primary School in Thurnby, said: \"It might be difficult for families who are inside the lockdown zone - as we are just outside the boundary - especially if they are not children of critical workers.\n\n\"There are a small number of children affected at our school. I am deeply sorry for the problems this may cause parents and carers.\"\n\nHe said the school had \"adapted and will keep adapting to changes\" during the pandemic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock says a number of under 18s have tested positive for coronavirus\n\nMagda Raszowska, whose five-year-old daughter attends Launde Primary School in Oadby, said it was \"like we're going back to March\".\n\n\"I'm sad for my kids and sad for myself but obviously safety comes first,\" she said.\n\nFernvale Primary School, which is outside the boundary, will no longer welcome pupils like seven-year-old Ava who lives inside the boundary.\n\nHer parents said they felt sad their daughter was being forced to say goodbye to her friends for a second time.\n\nSeven-year-old Ava is not allowed to attend school even though it is staying open\n\nMr Hancock said: \"This virus hardly impacts on children, they're very low risk. It's very unusual for a child to get ill with coronavirus - it's one of the saving graces of the virus.\n\n\"We've sent in a lot of extra testing into Leicester and found under-18s testing positive.\n\n\"Therefore because children can transmit the disease we think the safest thing to do is to close the schools.\"\n\nSchools run by Leicester City Council were already due to close for the summer holidays on 10 July, while county council schools are due to break up on 14 July.\n\nThe city council said its schools would remain open \"to vulnerable children and children of key workers until the end of term\".\n\n\"Where there is no take-up of this provision, individual schools may chose to close but will be prepared to reopen as and when required,\" it said.\n\nThe local lockdown is due to be reviewed from 18 July.\n\nBirstall is among several villages and suburbs included in the lockdown\n\nA group of councillors in Birstall said they planned to request that the village was removed from the lockdown area at the next review if the county council does not provide evidence showing why it was deemed to be at risk.\n\nCouncillor Roy Rollings said: \"Late last night Public Health England released a 25-page reporting setting out what's going on in Leicester, listing the top 10 wards and where the infection areas are.\n\n\"There was not one mention of facts and figures for Birstall and the other county areas.\"\n\nNational Express said its coaches would not be stopping in Leicester until 18 July at the earliest.\n\nCommercial director John Boughton said the decision had been made \"in light of government advice on essential travel\".\n\n\"We'll keep monitoring the advice and hopefully in 15 days we can bring Leicester back into our network,\" he said.\n\nAcademics and clinicians from the University of Leicester said reimposing the lockdown in Leicester represented a \"failure of timely intervention\" in the city.\n\nIn a letter to The Lancet medical journal, they said data on the spike in coronavirus cases was \"not communicated in a timely manner\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care said the government had been \"working closely with our local partners\", and added: \"All councils in England now have the ability to access testing data, right down to an individual and postcode level.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the government has played down a decrease in Leicester's coronavirus infection rate which was mentioned in a Public Health England investigation into the outbreak.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"The report itself shows a slight decrease but that is not considered statistically significant.\n\n\"The seven-day infection rate in Leicester is 135 cases per 100,000 people which is three times higher than the rate for the next highest city, which is Bradford.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in the area? How will this affect you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe use of face coverings will become mandatory in shops in Scotland as coronavirus restrictions are eased, Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nNon-essential shops have reopened in Scotland and bars and restaurants are due to open up again later this month.\n\nThe first minister said the 2m physical distancing rule would be eased for some premises when the country enters the next phase of its routemap on 10 July.\n\nAnd she said face coverings would be mandatory in shops from that date.\n\nMs Sturgeon also announced that children under the age of 12 would no longer need to maintain physical distancing from other households while outdoors from Friday.\n\nThe first minister had ordered further scientific study of the 2m (6ft 6in) physical distancing rule after it was announced a \"one metre plus\" system would be introduced in England.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe said advice was clear that \"as the distance between people decreases, the risk of transmitting the virus increases\", but said this could be \"mitigated by other measures\".\n\nThe first minister said the \"general advice will remain unchanged\" and that \"as far as possible\" people should remain 2m away from other households.\n\nBut she said in view of the \"serious economic implications\" of maintaining the rule in all circumstances, she would allow \"exemptions for specific sectors\" where a 1m (3ft 3in) distance could be used if other safety measures are introduced.\n\nAn example of this would be a pub or restaurant being allowed to relax the physical distancing rule when they can reopen from 15 July if plastic screens are used to separate customers, or better ventilation is installed.\n\nBusinesses will also be expected to display \"clear signage to show people are entering a 1m zone\", and to collect a list of customers and their contact details to help trace them if there is an outbreak.\n\nMany pubs have been installing plastic screens ahead of reopening on 15 July\n\nThe change to the distancing rule will be introduced from the start of \"phase three\" of the government's \"route map\" towards lifting lockdown, currently set to be reviewed on 9 July.\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon said that from the start of phase three, the use of face coverings would become mandatory in shops, with exemptions for young children and people with certain health conditions.\n\nShe said that using face coverings - which are already mandatory on public transport - could \"help reduce the risk of transmission indoors\" and \"provide an additional layer of protection\".\n\n\"We have proceeded for a period with a voluntary approach to this,\" she said. \"Some people are complying and some are not, I'm not pointing fingers or trying to blame people for that but we have to make a judgement if we're heading into a period where more people are interacting.\n\n\"And we've been having a discussion with more sectors like retail about reducing distancing, and that increases the importance of mitigations like face coverings.\"\n\nBusiness group CBI Scotland welcomed the easing of the social distancing rule, saying it would \"make a substantial difference to the viability of thousands of firms in Scotland\", particularly in the leisure, tourism and hospitality sectors.\n\nHowever, the Scottish Grocers Federation said it was \"extremely disappointed\" at the move to make face coverings mandatory, saying it would increase pressure on staff to enforce measures.\n\nMs Sturgeon said shop staff would not be expected to enforce the rule, with the police instead mandated to issue fixed penalty notices to people not wearing face coverings.\n\nShe accepted that this may not be an easy rule to police, saying officers would act \"very proportionately and sensitively\".\n\nThe Scottish government has targeted effectively eliminating the virus north of the border, with the number of people estimated to be infectious falling to 1,500 by the end of June.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the \"continued low prevalence of the virus\" meant further changes to lockdown restrictions could be introduced.\n\nThe current five-mile limit on travel for leisure purposes is to be eased from Friday, with people urged to \"behave responsibly\" and \"be sensitive to people living in rural areas\".\n\nHowever, there will be an exemption for some towns in the Dumfries and Galloway area where an outbreak of the virus is being investigated.\n\nTen positive cases have been identified around Annan and Gretna, although Ms Sturgeon said she was \"very hopeful this outbreak will be contained\".\n\nShe said people in surrounding areas should \"assume there is a higher risk of infection right now\" and avoid travelling, adding: \"I am genuinely sorry about that, but this outbreak is sharply reminding us just just how infectious Covid is.\"", "The House of Lords Gambling Committee says video game loot boxes should be regulated under gambling laws.\n\nThe Lords say they should be classified as \"games of chance\" - which would bring them under the Gambling Act 2005.\n\n\"If a product looks like gambling and feels like gambling, it should be regulated as gambling,\" their report says.\n\nAnd they warn that such a change should not wait.\n\n\"The government must act immediately to bring loot boxes within the remit of gambling legislation and regulation,\" said a statement accompanying the report.\n\nLoot boxes have long been controversial in video games. They offer players a chance at a randomised reward when opened. To further complicate matters, boxes can often be bought for real money, and the rewards can sometimes be traded.\n\nLord Grade, chairman of the committee, told BBC Breakfast that lots of other countries have already started to regulate loot boxes because \"they can see the dangers\" which is teaching \"kids to gamble\".\n\nHe said the Gambling Act was \"way behind what was actually happening in the market\" but he added that the \"overwhelming majority\" of the report's recommendations \"could be enacted today\" as they don't require legislation.\n\nThe Lords report says there should be new regulations explicitly stating that loot boxes are games of chance\n\nThe Lords report is wide-ranging, covering the entire gambling industry, but focuses in part on new forms of gambling, and those targeted towards children.\n\n\"There is academic research which proves that there is a connection, though not necessarily a causal link, between loot box spending and problem gambling,\" it says.\n\nOne expert, Dr David Zendle, explained to the committee that either loot box spending causes problem gambling, due to their similarity - or that people who have gambling problems spend heavily on loot boxes. But he warned that either way, the connection was \"extraordinarily robust\".\n\nThe Lords report concludes that ministers should make new regulations which explicitly state that loot boxes are games of chance. It also says the same definition should apply to any other in-game item paid for with real money, such as FIFA player packs.\n\nThe government told the committee that its planned future review of the Gambling Act would focus on loot boxes. But the Lords report warns: \"This issue requires more urgent attention.\"\n\nThe Lords join a range of parents and childrens' groups, as well as a previous report from the digital committee on addictive technologies, in calling on ministers to regulate loot boxes as a form of gambling.\n\nSome action has already been taken: in Belgium, loot boxes were banned in 2018 due to similar fears. Earlier this year, game-rating agency Pegi said clearer warning labels would be added.\n\nAnd in the video game industry, some companies have taken the initiative and elected to change the way their systems work.\n\nAs part of its wider review of the sector, the Lords report also notes that young people are \"most at risk\" of becoming problem gamblers.\n\nIt says 55,000 problem gamblers are aged between 11-16. As a result, it says, all new online gambling games should be reviewed to see if they appeal to children - and their potential to cause harm should be assessed.\n\nThe report also highlights the problems with eSports betting as another potential gateway for young people.\n\nResearchers told the committee: \"eSports represents the largest growth opportunity for sports gambling and presents a particular worry, as its players and spectators are young.\"\n\nUK games industry body Ukie said it was working hard to address the concerns raised in the report.\n\n\"The majority of people in the UK play video games in one form or another, so we take these concerns seriously. We've worked hard to increase the use of family controls on consoles which can turn off or limit spending and we will be working closely with the DCMS during its review of the Gambling Act later this year,\" chief executive Jo Twist said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Tom Symonds is shown how a customised Android phone with EncroChat installed works\n\nA top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been \"successfully penetrated\", says the National Crime Agency.\n\nThe NCA worked with forces across Europe on the UK's \"biggest and most significant\" law enforcement operation.\n\nMajor crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded.\n\nMore than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and £54m in suspect cash have been seized, says the NCA.\n\nWhile the NCA was part of the investigation, it was initiated and led by French and Dutch police, and also involved Europol - the EU agency for law enforcement cooperation.\n\nWil van Gemert, deputy executive director of Europol, told a press conference in the Hague that the hacking of the network had allowed the \"disruption of criminal activities including violent attacks, corruption, attempted murders and large-scale drug transports\".\n\nArmed raids on properties resulted in more than 800 arrests across Europe\n\nThe NCA says the Europe-wide operation, which lasted over three months and involved police forces across the UK, has had the biggest impact on organised crime gangs it has ever seen, with 746 UK arrests, including two law enforcement officers.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, whose force made 171 arrests and seized £13.3m in cash, described it as a \"game changer\".\n\nShe said: \"This is just the beginning. We will be disrupting organised criminal networks as a result of these operations for weeks and months and possibly years to come.\"\n\nNikki Holland, NCA director of investigations, said the operational team had described it \"as akin to cracking the enigma code\".\n\n\"They see this as that significant in terms of getting that inside information, effectively having a person inside an organised crime group telling us what they're up to,\" she said.\n\nAn estimated 60,000 people, among them up to 10,000 in Britain, subscribed to France-based EncroChat, which has now been taken down.\n\nThe system operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided \"worry-free secure communications\".\n\nCustomers had access to features such as self-destructing messages that deleted from the recipient's device after a certain length of time.\n\nBank notes seized by Essex Police during the operation\n\nThere was also panic wipe, where all the data on the device could be deleted by entering a four-digit code from the lock-screen.\n\nThe NCA says the messaging system has been used as a \"criminal marketplace\" to co-ordinate the supply of Class A drugs across the world, and import weapons including assault rifles, sub-machine guns, shotguns, pistols and hand grenades.\n\nLaw enforcement agencies began getting data from the site on 1 April after the encryption code is believed to have been cracked in March.\n\nGangs are also believed to have used the handheld devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered.\n\nThreats to life detailed on the site included acid attacks and threats to chop off limbs.\n\nDozens of organised crime groups have been dismantled, says the NCA, with the bulk of arrests in London and north-west England.\n\nLockdown \"worked in our favour\", says the agency, in that many more suspects were at home when they were raided.\n\nMany of those arrested are said to form the \"middle tier\" of crime gangs while some are described as the \"Mr and Mrs Bigs\" of the underworld.\n\nEncroChat sold encrypted phones with a guarantee of anonymity, with a range of special features to remove identifying information. The phones themselves cost roughly £900 (€1,000) each, with a subscription costing £1,350 (€1,500) for six months.\n\nEuropol said that French police had discovered some of EncroChat's servers were located in the country, and that it was possible to put a \"technical device\" in place to access the messages.\n\nIn June, rumours began to swirl about EncroChat being compromised by law enforcement.\n\nThe Netherlands' National Police said that users began to throw away their phones once the company became aware that messages were being intercepted - \"but it was too late\".\n\nPolice had already intercepted millions of messages, some of which have been acted on already - and others that may be used in the future.\n\nIn London, those targeted in the Met operation, codenamed \"Eternal\", are alleged to include members of \"high-harm\" organised crime networks with longstanding links to violent crime and drug dealing.\n\nDame Cressida said: \"These people are in business to make enormous amounts of money. Many of them lead a very respectable lifestyle - and definitely a high-end lifestyle in fancy houses with big cars going to... clubs and restaurants, splashing the cash sometimes, but sometimes being very discreet about it.\"\n\nThe Met said that in June, its detectives identified a plot by an international drugs and firearms gang to shoot dead a member of a rival network.\n\nAccording to the force, it managed to prevent the shooting by arresting an individual for conspiracy to murder and seizing a loaded pistol, which was believed to be the planned murder weapon.", "The owner of High Street restaurant chains Café Rouge and Bella Italia has gone into administration.\n\nNinety-one Casual Dining Group outlets will close immediately, and 1,900 of the firm's 6,000 staff will lose their jobs.\n\nAdministrators Alix Partners are seeking offers for all, or parts, of the remaining business.\n\nUK firms have announced thousands of job cuts this week as the impact of the pandemic on the economy continues.\n\nCasual Dining Group, which also owns the Las Iguanas chain, applied in May to appoint administrators at the High Court as it found it increasingly hard to pay its rents.\n\nOn Thursday, the firm said it had already received \"multiple offers\" for the business and hoped to pursue these.\n\n\"We are acutely aware of our duty to all employees and recognise that this is an incredibly difficult time for them,\" chief executive James Spragg said.\n\n\"Working alongside the administrators, we will do everything we can to support them through this process, with a view to preserving as much employment as we are able to.\"\n\nThe firm owns the Bella Italia chain of restaurants\n\nThe restaurants that are closing are mainly located in England, with some in Scotland and Wales. 159 of the group's 250 outlets will remain open.\n\nRestaurants in the UK were struggling even before the pandemic, but their revenues collapsed when the UK went into lockdown in March.\n\nRestrictions will be eased from Saturday, but demand is likely to remain depressed for some time and some chains have already acknowledged the severity of the impact.\n\nThis week Byron Burger said it planned to bring in administrators, putting 1,200 jobs at risk. Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza owner SSP Group said it would cut up to 5,000 roles.\n\nThe government's furlough scheme - which is paying 80% of the wages of nine million workers - will start to be pared back from August, and so many firms are cutting jobs now to reduce costs.\n\nThousands of job losses were announced in other sectors too this week, including:\n\nWH Smith, Bensons for Beds, Wrights Pies, tableware-maker Steelite International, the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool and Norwich Theatre Royal have also announced plans to reduce staff.", "Younger children will no longer have to follow distancing rules when meeting other children or adults outdoors in Scotland.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the change in guidance for those under the age of 12 would be introduced from Friday.\n\nChildren aged between 12 and 17 will still need to obey distancing rules.\n\nBut there will no be no limit on the number of different groups of people they can meet during a day.\n\nThe first minister said she hoped the changes would make life \"a little bit easier and a little bit more fun\" for children over the summer holidays.\n\nChildren in both age groups will still be restricted to meeting outside in groups of up to eight people from no more than three households.\n\nMs Sturgeon said that removing the requirement for those aged under 12 to physically distance from each other would allow them to \"play normally with your friends\".\n\nShe said that children aged between 12 and 17 wanted to \"have your own lives and meet your own friends\".\n\nThe changes will allow them to meet as many groups of friends as they want at different times of the day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Kids and teenagers - what are the new rules?\n\n\"It also means that you won't be prevented from meeting your friends just because your parents or carer, or your brother or sister, happens to be meeting their friends,\" she said.\n\nHowever, the first minister stressed that older children were still being asked to continue observing the 2m social distancing rule.\n\nMs Sturgeon said on Thursday that the general advice remained that people should remain 2m away from other households.\n\nIt will be possible for the rule to be relaxed by some businesses - such as pubs and restaurants - if other safety measures have been introduced.\n\nThese exemptions will be allowed after Scotland enters the third phase of its route map for easing the lockdown.\n\nThe Scottish government is also making it compulsory for people to wear face coverings in shops from 9 July.", "Mystery surrounds the \"completely unprecedented\" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months.\n\nDr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta since the start of May.\n\nNo one knows why the animals are dying, with lab results on samples still weeks away, according to the government.\n\nBotswana is home to a third of Africa's declining elephant population.\n\nWarning: Some people may find the following images upsetting\n\nDr McCann, of the UK-based charity National Park Rescue, told the BBC local conservationists first alerted the government in early May, after they undertook a flight over the delta.\n\n\"They spotted 169 in a three-hour flight,\" he said. \"To be able to see and count that many in a three-hour flight was extraordinary.\n\n\"A month later, further investigations identified many more carcasses, bringing the total to over 350.\"\n\n\"This is totally unprecedented in terms of numbers of elephants dying in a single event unrelated to drought,\" he added.\n\nBack in May, Botswana's government ruled out poaching as a reason - noting the tusks had not been removed, according to Phys.org.\n\nThere are other things which point to something other than poaching.\n\n\"It is only elephants that are dying and nothing else,\" Dr McCann said. \"If it was cyanide used by poachers, you would expect to see other deaths.\"\n\nDr McCann has also tentatively ruled out natural anthrax poisoning, which killed at least 100 elephants in Bostwana last year.\n\nBut they have been unable to rule out either poisoning or disease. The way the animals appear to be dying - many dropping on their faces - and sightings of other elephants walking in circles points to something potentially attacking their neurological systems, Dr McCann said.\n\nEither way, without knowing the source, it is impossible to rule out the possibility of a disease crossing into the human population - especially if the cause is in either the water sources or the soil. Dr McCann points to the Covid-19 pandemic, which is believed to have started in animals.\n\n\"Yes, it is a conservation disaster - but it also has the potential to be a public health crisis,\" he said.\n\nDr Cyril Taolo, acting director for Botswana's department of wildlife and national parks, told the Guardian they had so far confirmed at least 280 elephants had died, and were in the process of confirming the rest.\n\nHowever, they did not know what was causing the animals' deaths.\n\n\"We have sent [samples] off for testing and we are expecting the results over the next couple of weeks or so,\" he said.", "Stanley Johnson posted pictures of his arriving in Athens on Wednesday\n\nBoris Johnson's father has been criticised for travelling to Greece during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nStanley Johnson shared a number of pictures on his Instagram account on Wednesday, showing him arriving in Athens and at an airport in a mask.\n\nHe told the Daily Mail he was in the country \"on essential business\" to ensure a property he rents out was \"Covid-proof\" before holidays restart.\n\nBut the former Tory MEP has come under fire for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone said the incident \"stinks of one rule for them and another rule for the rest of us\".\n\nWhen asked about his father's behaviour, the prime minister told LBC: \"I think you really ought to raise that with him.\"\n\nThe current guidance on air travel from the UK Foreign Office advises against \"all but essential international travel\" because of the virus.\n\nAnyone who then returns to the UK has to isolate for 14 days, under the government's existing rules.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael raised concerns in the Commons, saying the prime minister could \"explain his views on the fact that apparently his own father has jetted off in defiance of the guidance to Greece\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nReferencing reasons given by Boris Johnson's most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, when he was accused of breaking the lockdown rules in March, Mr Carmichael added: \"Maybe, I don't know, he just needed an eye test or something like that, but I think we would all welcome an explanation.\"\n\nAnswering for the government, Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said: \"I seem to remember somewhere in the Bible that the sins of the father will be visited on the son, but I don't remember it ever being the other way round.\n\n\"I think that the honourable gentleman is really fishing desperately to try and make any criticism of the PM.\"\n\nPeople arriving in England from more than 50 countries including France, Spain, Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July, the Department for Transport has confirmed.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh government have yet to announce any changes to regulations, while in Northern Ireland, quarantine remains in place for travellers arriving from outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock first mentioned an \"outbreak\" in Leicester on 18 June\n\nThere is no obvious source for a recent surge in coronavirus cases in Leicester, a report has found.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) found \"no explanatory outbreaks in care homes, hospital settings, or industrial processes\".\n\nIts analysis of cases showed more \"young and middle-aged people\" in the city had tested positive for Covid-19 than in other parts of the Midlands.\n\nBut the spread did not appear to be \"unconstrained\", it found.\n\nThe report was released on the evening before schools in the city were due to close to all but a handful of children as part of local lockdown measures.\n\nThe preliminary investigation said the increase in reported cases could partly be due to a \"growth in availability of testing\" in Leicester.\n\nIt confirmed a concentration of new cases in the North Evington ward of the city.\n\nThe report said hospitals in Leicester were currently treating 80 patients with Covid-19, 10 of whom required ventilation.\n\nPatient numbers had \"decreased rapidly\" since a surge in early April but new admissions had \"remained steady\" at between six and 10 per day throughout June.\n\nSchools and non-essential retail have closed in Leicester as a result of the local lockdown\n\nThe report said the increase in positive cases was \"most marked\" among the under-19 year group.\n\nWhile there had been \"good provision of primary school access for children\" since the beginning of June, researchers said, they could find no \"analytical link\" between this and \"any real or apparent rise in new infections\".\n\nHowever, they said it would \"seem sensible to investigate\" in order to exclude a link between this and an increase in young people testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nFive schools in the city closed as a result of positive coronavirus tests, it added.\n\nFrom Thursday, all schools in the lockdown area will be closed to all but children of key workers and pupils deemed vulnerable or having educational or health needs.\n\nThe rapid response investigation found 3,216 Covid-19 cases had been confirmed in the city since the start of the epidemic in March, and the majority of positive cases were found through Pillar 1 tests - those conducted in hospitals.\n\nBut since May the bulk of Leicester's infections have been discovered under Pillar 2 tests done outside of hospital.\n\nBetween 11-24 June, 944 were reported, 71 were in hospital, 873 were in the community.\n\nThe report said the increase in positive Pillar 2 tests is \"probably linked, in part, to the availability of testing to the general public\".\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nDo you live, work or run a business in Leicester? Have you been affected by coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Almost 90% of people who lost their sense of smell or taste while infected with Covid-19 improved or recovered within a month, a study has found.\n\nThe study, in Italy, found 49% of patients had fully regained their sense of smell or taste and 40% reported improvements.\n\nBut 10% said their symptoms remained the same or had worsened.\n\nGiven the scale of the pandemic, experts warn hundreds of thousands of people could face longer-term problems.\n\nA change in - or loss of - someone's sense of smell or taste are now recognised as core symptoms of coronavirus.\n\nAccording to NHS advice, anyone who experiences them should isolate, together with their household, and be tested.\n\nThe international team of researchers surveyed 187 Italians who had the virus but who were not ill enough to be admitted to hospital.\n\nThe individuals were asked to rate their sense of smell or taste soon after they were diagnosed and again a month later.\n\nA total of 113 reported an alteration in their sense of smell and/or taste:\n\nPeople who had severe symptoms found they took longer to get better.\n\nProf Claire Hopkins, one of the researchers and president of the British Rhinological Society, said her team was now doing more research on people with long-lasting symptoms.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"Data from other viral illnesses, and some of the new data we are gathering, suggest the vast majority of people will get better but for some, recovery will be slow.\n\n\"For people who recover more quickly it is likely the virus has only affected the cells lining their nose.\n\n\"For people who recover more slowly it may be that the virus has affected the nerves involved in smell, too. It can take longer for these nerve cells to repair and regenerate.\"\n\nShe suggests anyone with concerns can find further information from charities such as AbScent.\n\nWriting in the same journal, Dr Joshua Levy, a specialist at the Emory University School of Medicine, said: \"Even with a high rate of resolution, the staggering number affected by this evolving pandemic suggests an almost certain deluge of patients likely to present for the treatment of unresolved symptoms.\"\n\nBut he says there are \"frustratingly few\" interventions for people who experience these problems.\n\nHe suggests that in long-term cases people could consider therapy used for similar conditions - such as smell-training.\n\nThe paper is published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Derek Owusu (left) got his book deal after coming to the attention of Stormzy's manager\n\nThe first novel to be published by Stormzy's #Merky Books has scooped a prestigious £10,000 book award.\n\nDerek Owusu's That Reminds Me follows the life of a boy called K from foster care to his birth family in Tottenham.\n\nIt has won the Desmond Elliott Prize, which is given to the year's best debut novel in the UK and Ireland.\n\nAuthor Preti Taneja, who chaired the judges, said they were \"as shattered by the truths of the story as we were moved by the talent of its writer\".\n\nStormzy launched #Merky Books in 2018 to showcase writers \"from all different walks of life, especially those who may have never had the opportunity to get into the industry so early\".\n\nStormzy's memoir Rise Up was the first book published by his #Merky imprint in 2018\n\nOwusu, 32, did have a foothold in the industry, working part-time for #Merky's parent company Penguin Random House, and came to the attention of Stormzy's manager after editing a collection of essays titled Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space.\n\nThat Reminds Me is his first work of fiction and is described as a novel in verse. The overarching story of K's life mirrors the author's own, from being in foster care in Suffolk to moving in with his biological family in north London before being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.\n\nHe told BBC News why he created K as \"almost an alter ego\", how the publishing industry can improve on diversity, what Stormzy thinks of his book - and how he's also got the backing of Idris Elba.\n\nI had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and had a string of suicide attempts so I was put into a place called a recovery house - like a mental health facility.\n\nI was writing verses just to pass the time and eventually there was a narrative structure to them, and that's when I created K, as almost an alter ego of myself, to try to understand what had led to me being diagnosed and having this breakdown. So I put K through a series of life events that I thought would lead to somebody having a breakdown.\n\nHow autobiographical is it?\n\nAbout 20%. The majority of the life events that happen to K didn't happen to me. The similarities are that he's Ghanaian, he was in foster care, and obviously the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. But the details of his life are not details that are mine.\n\nDid writing the book help you understand yourself?\n\nI think it helped me understand other people and how I was relating to them, because I had to really put myself into the shoes of K when he's interacting with other fictionalised characters, and then think, how would that person react to this?\n\nIt made me get a better understanding of the way I interact with other people, especially when I'm presenting symptoms. I'm more aware now of how it could impact on another person.\n\nDo you know what Stormzy thinks of the book?\n\nYeah, he came to the launch and said he likes the book. He's a very, very nice guy. He was just like, 'I think you're an amazing writer and I'm very happy to publish the book.'\n\nOwusu is now writing a book tracking his attempt to get his brother into reading novels\n\nWhat did it mean to be shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize?\n\nI've been an avid reader for so long and always follow prizes. When the email came through that I'd been longlisted, I was really blown away. I didn't write this to get published, I wrote it for myself.\n\nAnd an award like the Desmond Elliott, they're really trying to give debut novelists a platform to continue writing. The National Centre for Writing [which runs the award] is about giving writers platforms and opportunities. What they stand for is really important and something I'm really passionate about as well - getting more young boys reading and showing them they can write a book if they put their mind to it.\n\nYou recently signed a letter as a member of the new Black Writers' Guild calling for change in the publishing industry - what does the industry need to improve in terms of race?\n\nWhere to begin? You can't make promises about publishing more books by black authors if you don't have any black commissioners.\n\nUnconscious bias plays a part in everybody's life. You read a novel, you understand the themes, they're familiar to you, the person looks like you or is the same background - you're more likely to like that than a book where the cultural references go completely over your head. That doesn't mean it's a bad book, though.\n\nA lot of commissioning editors don't recognise their own unconscious bias. Actually it starts with agents and the books that they're getting in. There needs to be more people from more diverse backgrounds picking up these books, commissioning these books, and then editing these books.\n\nYour next book is based on your attempts to encourage your younger brother to read novels - how did that come about?\n\nI discovered literature so late in life - I was 24 - and as clichéd as it sounds it changed my life. After discovering it, I felt like I should be trying to get other people to read and experience this thing that happened to me.\n\nI realised I was talking to so many people about books but I wasn't talking to my brother. So I turned my attention to him and said, 'I really think you'll benefit from this'. I didn't like where his life was at that time, and I thought reading a book would change that.\n\nHe has said to me he wants one book to change his life. I said, 'You have to read many books and usually it's an accumulated effect'. So I chose 12 books that I think will help you. He was umming and aahing, so I said, 'I'll give you £50 per book', and he was, 'All right'.\n\nIs it right that Idris's production company has bought the rights to that?\n\nThey've optioned it, yeah, and I think they are hoping to turn it into a TV series. That would be very exciting.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Opening the doors to the UK to as many as around 3 million people from Hong Kong is a big step.\n\nNo one in Westminster tonight would expect anything like that number will move here, to escape the increasingly fraught reality of life in Hong Kong. But the decision is important, and not just for those to whom the UK may now provide sanctuary.\n\nIt reflects immediate concern in the government about what has been happening on the streets in that packed, throbbing territory.\n\nBut the decision was also fuelled by the legacy of British control there. This kind of citizenship was not offered, despite some calls to do so, at the time when Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997.\n\nRemember that handover took place on the basis that its partial democracy and market economy would be respected. But that's been eroded so visibly in recent years.\n\nIt was notable not one MP in the House of Commons spoke against the next phase of Britain and Hong Kong's story being to offer a home to islanders here. Government's decisions are still affected by choices made decades ago.\n\nThe decision also reflects a souring of the atmosphere around relations between the UK and China.\n\nIt's not that long ago that former Prime Minister David Cameron rolled out not just the red carpet, but the Queen's golden carriage to welcome the Chinese Premier.\n\nWe rarely saw the then Chancellor George Osborne happier than on visits to China extolling the virtues of trade.\n\nThe balance between the opportunities of doing business and objecting to China's human rights policy was awkward then.\n\nChinese President Xi Jinping with Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in 2015\n\nBut the dilemma is more acute, not least because a group of Tory MPs, including some up and coming key figures on the backbenches, have joined forces with some of the more traditional 'awkward squad' to oppose close links with China regularly and loudly.\n\nMost prominently they have been concerned about whether the UK government should allow the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei a place in building the 5G phone network.\n\nSeveral of those involved in trying to change the government's minds are increasingly confident that Number 10 will soon find a way of rolling back the firm's participation in the project.\n\nAs a group they have organised, and they have some strength in numbers, as a previous rebellion suggested.\n\nOne of those involved in the manoeuvrings suggested the government had to be pushed to act on Hong Kong.\n\nChina is a vast economic power that can't be ignored. There are areas, such as trade and climate where ministers are keen to cooperate.\n\nAnd the prime minister, asked just yesterday about it, said that: \"The position is very, very simple: I'm not going to get drawn into Sinophobia because I'm not a Sinophobe.\"\n\nBut the characteristics of the relationship between the two countries have definitely changed.\n\nIn the words of one government source today, the UK approach has not hardened, but \"China's more aggressive preferences have been revealed.\"\n\nA group of Conservative MPs have put pressure on the UK government about allowing the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei a place in building the 5G phone network\n\nThe government's promise to Hong Kongers comes at a junction in our immigration policy.\n\nIt was only yesterday that MPs backed the Immigration Bill that ends freedom of movement - the product of a referendum that was fought on the concept of controlling immigration which, for many voters meant getting the numbers down.\n\nIsn't it a contradiction therefore that the government has sent out this message to potentially several million to come to our shores?\n\nA clash for many perhaps, depending how and when people from Hong Kong arrive here.\n\nBut for ministers, the decision is a testament of the principle that the UK out of the EU can make its own decisions about who arrives and who leaves.", "After the death of US financier Jeffrey Epstein in jail, his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, came into the spotlight.\n\nHer trial on sex trafficking and other charges begins this week in New York City, where she has been jailed since her arrest in July 2020.\n\nShe faces charges in the US after being arrested by the FBI on suspicion of having assisted Epstein's abuse of minors by helping to recruit and groom victims known to be underage.\n\nFour charges relate to the years 1994-97 when she was, according to the indictment, among Epstein's closest associates and also in an \"intimate relationship\" with him. Two other charges - of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor - came in an amended indictment and relate to the period 2001 and 2004.\n\nAnother two charges are allegations of perjury in 2016. She has pleaded not guilty on all charges.\n\nEpstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August 2019 as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.\n\nDetails of the allegations against Ms Maxwell emerged earlier in documents unsealed by a US judge in August 2019 in a 2015 defamation case.\n\nVirginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein, has accused Ms Maxwell of recruiting her as a masseuse to the financier at the age of 15.\n\nShe sued Ms Maxwell in 2015 for defamation - a case which has since been settled - after the media heiress, daughter of the late newspaper tycoon, Robert Maxwell, said Ms Giuffre was a liar.\n\nThe daughter of a disgraced newspaper tycoon, Ms Maxwell (R) is a well-connected socialite\n\nAnother of Epstein's alleged victims, Sarah Ransome, has told BBC Panorama that Ms Maxwell worked closely with him.\n\nShe said: \"Ghislaine controlled the girls. She was like the madam. She was like the nuts and bolts of the sex trafficking operation.\"\n\nMs Ransome said Ms Maxwell would visit Epstein on his private island in the Caribbean \"to make sure that the girls were doing what they were supposed to be doing\".\n\nShe added: \"She knew what Jeffrey liked. She worked and helped maintain Jeffrey's standard by intimidation, by intimidating the girls, so this was very much a joint effort.\"\n\nMs Maxwell has previously denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein's abuse.\n\nBorn on Christmas Day in 1961 outside Paris, Ms Maxwell is Oxford-educated and said to speak several languages,\n\nA well-connected socialite, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein's US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).\n\nBuckingham Palace has said that \"any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors\" by the duke was \"categorically untrue\".\n\nFriends said that although Ms Maxwell and Epstein's romantic relationship lasted only a few years, she continued to work with him long afterward, the Washington Post reports.\n\n\"She had an upbringing and taste and knew how to run a house and a boat and how to entertain,\" an acquaintance is quoted by the UK's Daily Telegraph as saying. \"You can't buy that. You can't buy access, either.\"\n\nIn a Vanity Fair profile published in 2003, Epstein said Ms Maxwell was not a paid employee, but rather his \"best friend\".\n\nIn court documents, former employees at the Epstein mansion in Palm Beach describe her as the house manager, who oversaw the staff, handled finances and served as social co-ordinator, the Post reports.\n\nMs Maxwell is the daughter of disgraced newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell, his ninth and youngest child.\n\nShe is said to have had a very close relationship with her late father, and he named his luxury yacht - the Lady Ghislaine - after her.\n\nGhislaine was said to be very close to her father, Robert Maxwell, who died nearly 30 years ago\n\nIt was near this yacht that his body was found in the sea off the Canary Islands in November 1991.\n\nAlthough a verdict of accidental drowning was recorded, the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his death was never cleared up.\n\nHe had succeeded in building a global publishing empire, but after his death, it emerged that he had taken money from pension funds of his Mirror Group Newspapers to keep his companies afloat and boost the share price.\n\nSoon after her father's death, Ms Maxwell left the UK to settle in America, where she worked in real estate, and not long after met Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nShe sold her Manhattan townhouse in 2016, and kept a low profile until she was arrested last July at her secluded mansion in the state of New Hampshire.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US prosecutors have appealed for alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein to contact the FBI", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nWhen the fortune of a town is so inextricably linked to one employer, any threat to jobs will have a \"devastating\" effect on the local community.\n\nAirbus is to Broughton what Hoover once was to Merthyr Tydfil, Ford to Bridgend and Tata Steel still is to Port Talbot.\n\nMore people are employed at the Airbus factory than live in Broughton itself.\n\nSo it is little wonder jobs losses are seen as a \"hammer blow\" to the area.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total, including 1,700 in its UK sites at Flintshire and Bristol, as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\n\"The majority of people living in the area work there so [job losses] are going to be a great shame to a lot of people. I have family working there, everyone is going to impacted,\" said one resident.\n\n\"I thought I had a job for life, I'm devastated,\" said worker Ross Leeding\n\nAnother added: \"It's a big part of the community, one of the main sources of jobs around here. So if anything happens it would have a big blow - devastating.\n\nOn the shop floor, the mood has been \"sombre\" since the news broke.\n\n\"People are shocked and the uncertainty over numbers is only adding to that,\" said worker Daz Reynolds, of the Unite union.\n\n\"People have families to feed and they want to know what their future looks like at Airbus. It's simple.\n\n\"This is going to have a devastating effect. There are highly-skilled workers here but also thousands of people in the supply chain in towns and villages across north-east Wales and Cheshire. Everyone knows someone who works with Airbus.\"\n\nAgency worker Ross Leeding, already on furlough, added: \"I wish they would tell us if we're being made redundant or not - not maybe. It's frustrating not to know.\n\n\"I'm devastated. I was happy here and thought I had a job for life here. I'm 60 years old now, so where am I going to get a job like this?\n\n\"There are others with kids, mortgages, loans who are worse off than me. It's the bread and butter for Broughton.\"\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nThe aftershocks from job losses are likely to ripple out across the entire region, to suppliers and the local economy that has been built around the success and size of Airbus.\n\nBen Francis, policy chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses, said it was \"extremely worrying news\".\n\nHe added: \"The importance of Airbus to the north Wales economy cannot be overstated. There are families, communities, and small businesses who rely on Airbus, as does the wider regional economy.\"\n\nThomas Smith runs the nearby New Glynne Arms inn that relies on Airbus staff for trade.\n\n\"We rely on passing trade so if you take away thousands of people, it's terrifying to think what might happen,\" he said.\n\n\"It's going to affect the local economy big time because so many work there. You just don't know what the future is.\"\n\nLocal businesses will also be badly affected, said local pub landlord Thomas Smith\n\nWrexham MS Lesley Griffiths said the effects would be felt \"throughout\" the local supply chain and Flintshire council leader Ian Roberts said the factory was of \"immense\" importance for the county.\n\n\"It's devastating for Flintshire and the wider region - 50% of the workers come from outside the county,\" said Mr Roberts.\n\nThere is concern that job losses will not only affect current staff, but young people in the area.\n\nColeg Cambria in Connah's Quay offers engineering students an undergraduate apprenticeship with Airbus.\n\nThousands more people are employed in the supply chain around the Broughton site\n\nDavid Jones, a former chief executive of the college, said the scheme was the biggest of its kind in the UK with 150 new apprentices joining each year.\n\n\"With older people and other workers that receive training, around 1,000 people are linked with Airbus training in Coleg Cambria and other colleges and universities,\" said Mr Jones.\n\n\"The goal now must be to win the contract to build a new type of wing that will be developed over the next five years.\n\n\"There are huge developments in the aerospace sector, meaning that wings will be produced in completely different ways to today.\n\n\"Whoever manages to secure that next contract, it will be hugely important regarding the long term future of wing building in north east Wales.\"", "Liam Gallagher, Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1,500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UK's live music scene.\n\nEd Sheeran, the Rolling Stones and Coldplay also signed the letter to the culture secretary warning of the impact of Covid-19 on venues and musicians.\n\nIt says the music industry faces \"mass insolvencies\", with gigs and festivals unlikely to return until 2021.\n\nThe organisers said there had already been \"hundreds of redundancies\".\n\nJob losses, across a range of connected professions, have been reported by venues, agencies and promoters, they said.\n\nThe letter to Oliver Dowden reads: \"With no end to social distancing in sight or financial support from government yet agreed, the future for concerts and festivals and the hundreds of thousands of people who work in them looks bleak.\"\n\nIt calls for a \"clear, conditional timeline\" for reopening venues without social distancing, as well as financial support and a VAT exemption on ticket sales.\n\nSkepta was also among the signatories\n\nEric Clapton, Beverley Knight, Little Mix and Skepta are among the other stars to have added their names to the campaign, entitled Let the Music Play.\n\nIn an accompanying statement, Dua Lipa said she was \"proud\" to have worked her way up through small clubs, theatres, arenas and festivals.\n\nShe said: \"But the possibility for other emerging British artists to take the same path is in danger if the industry doesn't receive much needed government support in the interim period before all the various venues, festivals and promoters are ready and able to operate independently again.\"\n\nFormer Oasis frontman Gallagher added: \"Amazing gigs don't happen without an amazing team behind the stage, but they'll all be out of jobs unless we can get back out there doing what we love.\"\n\nIn response, a spokeswoman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said the government was \"already providing unprecedented financial assistance which many music organisations and artists have taken advantage of\", pointing to loans and the job retention scheme.\n\n\"We recognise that this pandemic has created major challenges for the sector and are working closely with them to develop comprehensive guidance for performances and events to return as soon as possible,\" she said.\n\nMusic venues have been closed since mid-March, and the government has not given a date for the return of live performances.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the culture secretary said he was looking to provide the music industry with a \"clear roadmap back\" and fixed dates for when venues could reopen.\n\nMr Dowden added: \"These involve v difficult decisions about the future of social distancing, which we know has saved lives.\"\n\nResearch carried out by Media Insight Consulting and published alongside the open letter suggested the UK music industry contributed £4.5bn to the UK economy in 2019 and supported 210,000 jobs.\n\nBen Lovett of Mumford & Sons, who also runs the Omeara and Lafayette venues in London, told BBC News that music \"defines our culture\".\n\nThe multi-instrumentalist said: \"When people think about Britishness I hope that they're talking these days about Stormzy through to the Beatles.\n\n\"People kind of assume it is a just a self-fulfilling industry that doesn't really need much help - rock and grime and pop - but actually it needs help sometimes and right now it really does.\"\n\nAs well as being in the Brit Award-winning band, Lovett is chief executive of the Venue Group, which employs 210 people.\n\nHe said he was \"sad\" and \"shocked\" to have already had conversations with people who have now decided \"they're not going to be a musician any more\".\n\nYoung British artists will have less chance to forge their careers, as potential future Glastonbury headliners, if they can't gain experience and earn money playing in small venues, he warned. As the likes of Stormzy, Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, and his own band did.\n\nHe said: \"Losing 2020 and not giving them support and not finding a way to protect the industry means that you fast forward to 2023, and I really think we're going to be scratching our heads being like, 'Oh, isn't this the same as we saw last year?'\n\n\"There won't be anyone coming through. There won't be any new talent.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "With travel restrictions and tight budgets many British people are choosing to holiday at home this year. The Lake District is seeing a surge in holiday bookings, as Sarah Corker reports.", "Airbus has two UK sites, in Flintshire in Wales and Filton near Bristol\n\nAerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15,000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt will cut 1,700 jobs in the UK, along with thousands more in Germany, Spain and elsewhere.\n\nThe move is subject to talks with unions which have opposed compulsory redundancies.\n\nThe Unite union said the Airbus announcement was \"another act of industrial vandalism\" against the UK aerospace sector.\n\nSome 134,000 people work for Airbus worldwide, with around a tenth of them in the UK.\n\nThe firm said the UK cuts would fall only on the commercial aircraft division at its two sites at Broughton in Flintshire and Filton, Bristol.\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nHowever, Unite said it expected 1,116 manufacturing jobs and 611 office-based jobs to go, shrinking Airbus's UK workforce by 15%.\n\nThese cuts were inevitable. The only question was just how severe the pain would be.\n\nThe Covid-19 pandemic has been little short of catastrophic for the airline industry. At one point in April, global air traffic was down by more than 90%.\n\nWhen planes aren't flying, they aren't earning money. Yet they still need to be maintained and leasing costs or loans still need to be paid.\n\nThe result? Airlines are struggling to survive and simply can't afford to take on new planes right now. And that, of course, means Airbus has had to curb production.\n\nAirbus has delayed these cuts and has made full use of support from governments. But ultimately it had little choice.\n\nAnd the pain being felt in places such as Broughton, Toulouse and Hamburg will echo through the entire supply chain.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nThe company warned in April that it was \"bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed\" as it struggled with the impact of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt said on Tuesday that production had dropped by 40% in recent months, and that it did not expect air traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.\n\n\"Airbus is facing the gravest crisis this industry has ever experienced,\" said chief executive Guillaume Faury. \"The measures we have taken so far have enabled us to absorb the initial shock of this global pandemic.\n\n\"Now, we must ensure that we can sustain our enterprise and emerge from the crisis as a healthy, global aerospace leader, adjusting to the overwhelming challenges of our customers.\"\n\nNews of the cuts comes as the international aviation industry reels from the impact of the pandemic. On Tuesday, EasyJet said it would close three UK bases and cut about 2,000 staff.\n\nAnd Reuters reported that Air France/KLM was targeting more than 6,500 job cuts over the next two years.\n\nJim McMahon, Labour's shadow transport secretary, called for more government support in the UK.\n\n\"Labour has consistently called for an extension to the furlough in the most impacted industries, and a sectoral deal that supports the whole aviation industry including securing jobs and protecting the supply chain, while continuing to press for higher environmental standards.\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"We understand this will be a difficult time for Airbus's employees and their families, and we stand ready to support anyone affected in any way we can.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with the sector to ensure firms are able to rebuild as the civil aviation market recovers.\"", "The worldwide economic impact of the coronavirus has been seismic and the job losses are starting to crash on the shores of the UK with increasing frequency and severity.\n\nThe 1,700 job losses at Airbus had a grim inevitability to them, given the destruction of demand in the aviation industry.\n\nDemand for air travel in April and May was down more than 90% and normality is not expected to return for up to three years - maybe never for the more lucrative business class travel.\n\nBA, Easyjet, Ryanair and Rolls Royce have already announced 20,000 job losses between them, so Airbus was never going to emerge unscathed.\n\nThe travel wipeout has seen SSP, the owner of stalwart transport hub tenants Upper Crust and Café Ritazza, cut 5,000 posts.\n\nWe already know that the number of workers on UK payrolls shrank more than 600,000 between March and May, according to the ONS.\n\nThat looks like the thin end of a very big wedge as the government's unprecedented job support scheme tapers off, with employers being asked to share the burden of the cost from the end of July to its withdrawal at the end of October.\n\nThe European head of a large investment bank told me this morning that one of their key concerns was the \"fraying of the social fabric in the UK\", thanks to a toxic cocktail of mass redundancies which will hit the low-wage jobs the UK has excelled in creating.\n\nEmployers are discovering that with increased use of technology, they can do many things with fewer people.\n\nThe march towards a more automated world has been accelerated by the virus - and the UK, with its high levels of employment in lower-skilled work, has further to fall compared to others, he said. The divide between the digital skills \"haves\" and \"have-nots\" will widen.\n\nThe chief economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, has provided some relief to the gloom by saying the hit will not be as bad as expected and the recovery faster, but it's fair to say that his is not a mainstream view.\n\nThe reason the government has thrown tens of billions of pounds at trying to hold back the waves of unemployment is they realise that it does long-lasting damage to demand in the economy.\n\nThere is no doubt that the furlough scheme helped delay the impact, but this barrage of job cut announcements suggests the government is now struggling to turn the tide.\n\nBoris Johnson described the virus as \"still circling like a shark in our waters\". It was an odd metaphor to use, considering the PM has previously praised the Mayor in Jaws for keeping the beaches open.\n\nOne thing seems certain: to combat the huge economic shock whose repercussions are being felt in airlines, factories and now High Streets, the government will need a bigger boat than the £5bn of previously announced spending accelerated yesterday.\n\nThe pressure is now on Captain Sunak.", "Almost a quarter of the Airbus jobs in Broughton are being lost\n\nA total of 1,730 jobs will be cut at two of aerospace giant Airbus's UK factories, the company has confirmed.\n\nIt is part of plans to axe 15,000 jobs worldwide in response to the hit it has taken during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was \"deeply concerned\" about the 1,435 jobs being cut at Broughton, Flintshire and urged the UK government to \"get to grips\" with the economic crisis.\n\nA further 295 jobs will go in Filton, Bristol.\n\nPreviously, the company said the jobs would go by summer 2021.\n\nAirbus, which employs 6,080 workers at Broughton, hopes the majority will come via voluntary redundancies or staff retiring early.\n\nBut another 500 agency workers who were furloughed will not be returning.\n\nIt said in a statement: \"This split reflects the significant impact the Covid crisis has had on the UK's commercial aircraft manufacturing activities, which are concentrated in Broughton.\n\n\"Airbus will continue to meet regularly with its trade union partners in the UK in order to identify solutions that will help us implement this adaptation while minimising the social impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the company.\"\n\nSir Keir told a call with voters in Flintshire on Thursday evening he feared it was the beginning of an economic crisis \"the like of which we haven't seen for many, many years\".\n\n\"It's one of the reasons that we've been saying to the [UK] government, it is all very well saying build build build… but at the moment the thing that matters more than anything else is preserving jobs and having a laser-like focus on preserving and protecting jobs.\"\n\nOne of Airbus's senior vice presidents admitted \"it's going to be a difficult period,\" but added that the company remained \"confident in the future\" of the Broughton site.\n\nPaul McKinlay, head of major component told BBC Wales: \"If we didn't act, the viability and future of Airbus would be at stake. It's set at the right level, we believe, for when - we really hope - that recovery starts to come in two to three years, that we're ready for that brighter future.\"\n\nHe welcomed support given to the industry and company by both the Welsh and UK governments.\n\n\"With such devastating news and impact on our industry, any opportunity of support would be welcomed,\" he said.\n\n\"But I think if you look at the aviation sector and how much it's been devastated by this dreadful virus then I think there's quite a strong case for why the aviation sector needs support.\"\n\nBaroness Morgan said it was \"a larger number of jobs than we feared may happen\" and the Welsh Government would be \"working with the UK government to make sure that we keep on pressing to see if we can get more specific support for the sector\".\n\nThe cuts in Broughton represent almost a quarter of the workforce. Filton currently employs 3,200 people.\n\nThe job losses in Broughton have been described as \"a hammer blow\" for the area\n\nLlyr Gruffydd, North Wales Member of the Senedd, said it was \"gut-wrenching\" that 1,435 jobs were being cut at Broughton.\n\nThe Unite union described it as \"another act of industrial vandalism\" against the UK aerospace sector.\n\nIts regional secretary for Wales, Peter Hughes, said no one ever thought it would be \"this bad.\"\n\n\"Yesterday when the announcement was 'over 1,700,' we knew that was bad, and then today over 1,400 from here, (it) is just a massive number,\" he said.\n\n\"Especially when you think that's probably about a third of the workforce.\n\nMr Hughes said the union would be pushing for no compulsory redundancies and called on the UK Government to \"make sure they deliver for Welsh workers.\"\n\nThere would be \"a domino effect\".\n\n\"This is going to knock all of the other dominoes down,\" he said.\n\n\"There's going to be massive knock-on effects.\n\n\"Every one worker here is six in the supply chain, you can do the sums yourself.\"\n\nSome 134,000 people work for Airbus worldwide, with about 10% of them in the UK.\n\nThe factory in Broughton makes wings for the Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger plane.\n\nThe Filton site is responsible for wing assembly and equipping the Airbus A400M, a military transport plane.\n\nIn April, the company warned it was \"bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed\" as it struggled with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nIt said on Tuesday that production had dropped by 40% in recent months and it did not expect air traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest.\n\nOn Tuesday, EasyJet announced it had started consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle, with Unite saying nearly 1,300 UK crew members faced losing their jobs.\n\nThe Airbus A400M is equipped at the company's Filton site\n\nLeader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Jane Dodds, said: \"Airbus is a huge part of north Wales' economy and provides thousands of well-paid, high-skilled jobs. This announcement is a real blow for Broughton and surrounding communities.\n\n\"We need to do all we can to support those who face losing their job at this difficult time. I hope both the UK and Welsh governments will respond quickly to put additional support in place.\"\n\nDelyn MP Rob Roberts called Airbus \"a vital part of the economy in our part of the country, and I am therefore deeply concerned for workers at the plant at Broughton, their families, and our wider community\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson says the new law \"violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy\"\n\nUp to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe PM said Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by a new security law and those affected would be offered a \"route\" out of the former UK colony.\n\nAbout 350,000 UK passport holders, and 2.6 million others eligible, will be able to come to the UK for five years.\n\nAnd after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong were granted special status in the 1980s but currently have restricted rights and are only entitled to visa-free access to the UK for six months.\n\nUnder the government's plans, all British Overseas Nationals and their dependants will be given right to remain in the UK, including the right to work and study, for five years. At this point, they will be able to apply for settled status, and after a further year, seek citizenship.\n\nThe PM said Tuesday's passing of a new security law by the Hong Kong authorities was a \"clear and serious breach\" of the 1985 Sino-British joint declaration - a legally binding agreement which set out how certain freedoms would be protected for the 50 years after China assumed sovereignty in 1997.\n\n\"It violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatens the freedoms and rights protected by the joint declaration,\" he said.\n\n\"We made clear that if China continued down this path we would introduce a new route for those with British National (Overseas) status to enter the UK, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the UK and thereafter to apply for citizenship. And that is precisely what we will do now.\"\n\nForeign Office permanent secretary Sir Simon McDonald expressed the government's \"deep concern\" about the new law to China during a meeting with the country's ambassador Liu Xioming.\n\nThe UK government has been raising concerns about the national security law and very publicly trying to pressure Beijing into a change heart.\n\nThat has clearly failed - so ministers are now fulfilling their promise to allow some three million British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK. This is a significant move and the government wants to send a strong message.\n\nBut there will be more pressure now to rethink other elements of our relationship with China - not least the deal to allow Huawei to build parts of the UK's 5G structures.\n\nMany Tory MPs have been lobbying against that for some time - and this will only add to their concern.\n\nUpdating MPs on the details, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said there would be no limit on numbers or quotas and the application process would be simple.\n\n\"This is a special, bespoke, set of arrangements developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking to ITV's Peston programme, Mr Raab acknowledged there \"would be little we could do to…cohesively force\" China to allow British Overseas Nationals to come to the UK.\n\nDowning Street said further details of the scheme will be detailed \"in due course\".\n\nIn the meantime, British National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong will be able to travel to the UK immediately, subject to standard immigration checks, the prime minister's official spokesman said.\n\nThey will also will not face salary thresholds to gain their visas, he added.\n\nHong Kong's new national security law, which targets secession, subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in prison, came into effect on Tuesday.\n\nI was born in Hong Kong before 1997, the year when Hong Kong was handed back to Chinese rule. That means I had a British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a child.\n\nWhen the news broke that BNO passport holders were eligible for British citizenship after living and working in the UK for five years, and after spending another year of being granted settled status, many of my friends were excited. They say at least there's a way out for Hong Kongers after the national security law came into force.\n\nBut many questions remain. Currently there are 350,000 BNO passport holders, but about three million Hong Kong residents are eligible for BNO passports - and that doesn't appear to include dependants born after 1997.\n\nWill the UK be ready to take in so many Hong Kong residents? Will there be enough jobs? Will BNO passport holders have recourse to public funds? And will they be covered by the NHS?\n\nSome also say it's good that there's a lifeboat, but do they really want to leave their home?\n\nSeveral people have already been arrested under the new powers, including a man carrying a pro-independence flag as police used pepper spray to disperse some protesters gathered to mark 23 years since British rule ended.\n\nCritics say it effectively puts an end to the \"one country, two systems\" principle enshrined in the Joint Declaration. China has rejected criticism of its actions, saying they are internal matters.\n\nBritish National Overseas Passports do not confer nationality or the automatic right to live and work in the UK\n\nThe UK government has come under growing pressure to take a firm line with Beijing from MPs, who are worried about China's increasingly assertive role regionally and the security implications of Chinese firm Huawei's involvement in the UK's 5G network.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Raab said he wanted a positive relationship with China but Beijing had \"broken its promise\" to the people of Hong Kong through its \"flagrant assault\" on freedom of speech and right of peaceful assembly.\n\nLabour said it welcomed the government's action but said there must be no discrimination on those allowed into the UK on the basis of income or other factors.\n\nShadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the UK also had a responsibility to consider the welfare of those who were not able to re-locate or who wished to stay in Hong Kong.\n\nShe urged the government to work with its international partners, through the UN, to force an inquiry into police brutality in Hong Kong and also called for the UK to re-examine its commercial relationship with China.\n\n\"For too long in relation to China we've had no strategy at home and no strategy abroad. I hope he can give us a commitment today that this marks the start of a very different era,\" she said.\n\nAre you a Hong Kong resident with a British National Overseas passport? Share your views, plans and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The US economy created jobs at a record pace in June as firms took on more staff after the coronavirus downturn.\n\nPayrolls surged 4.8 million, the most since the Labor Department began keeping records in 1939, helped by the reopening of factories and restaurants.\n\nIt follows May's jobs rebound, when 2.5 million joined the labour market, and comes after consumer spending data saw a jump in activity.\n\nBut a recent spike in Covid-19 cases has raised fears for continued growth.\n\nJune's rise is far higher than the three million jobs that many economists forecast would be created last month.\n\nHowever, separate Labor Department data also showed that in the week ending 27 June, initial claims for unemployment fell only slightly, to 1.43 million, on the previous week.\n\nCompanies, including in populous states such as California, Florida and Texas, plan to scale back or delay reopening because of the fresh coronavirus outbreaks, which would hold back hiring.\n\nThis week, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged the rebound in activity, saying the economy had \"entered an important new phase\". But he warned that continuing growth would depend on \"our success in containing the virus\".\n\nAnd despite two months in a row of jobs growth, employment is still about 15 million below its pre-pandemic level, with the jobless rate just above 11%.\n\nThe US Labor Department said the leisure and hospitality sector added more than two million jobs, while retail added 740,000.\n\nThe resumption of routine medical appointments also helped, with healthcare employment rising 568,000. The reopening of factories meant manufacturing employment continued to rebound, rising by 356,000, driven mostly by a 195,000 gain in the car industry.\n\nThe surge in job creation in the past two months has been spurred by the government's Paycheck Protection Program, which gives businesses loans that can be partially forgiven if used for wages. But those funds are drying up.\n\nMichael Pearce, senior US economist at Capital Economics, said he expects \"the recovery from here will be a lot bumpier and job gains far slower on average\".\n\nUS President Donald Trump said the job numbers were 'spectacular'\n\nAccording to a report by the Reuters news agency, analysts at investment Goldman Sachs have estimated that US states accounting for half the population have paused or partially reversed their reopening plans, with limits reimposed most often on bars, restaurants and the size of gatherings.\n\nMoody's Analytics economist Sophia Koropeckyj said the June jobs surge was \"bittersweet\", as the rise in the number of cases was \"diminishing the likelihood of a continued V-shaped recovery\".\n\nShe \"expects that the rebound in employment will fizzle and payrolls will flatten out until a vaccine is widely available\".\n\nDespite the caution, Wall Street share markets rose at the open, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index jumping more than 1% to a record 10,268.7 points.\n\nUS President Donald Trump called the job numbers \"spectacular\" and said they proved the economy was \"roaring back\".\n\n\"These are historic numbers in a time when a lot of people would have wilted, but we didn't wilt,\" Mr Trump said.\n\nHowever, Mike Bell, global market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management in London, said the resurgence of coronavirus cases in some cities meant it was \"too soon to say for certain that this recovery in employment sounds the all-clear for investors\".", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nAn inquest has been opened into the death of Aintree chairman Rose Paterson, who died aged 63 last week near her Shropshire home.\n\nThe hearing was told her body was found in a search of woodland after her husband, the Conservative MP Owen Paterson, had called police.\n\nHe contacted officers on the evening of 23 June after she had not been seen since about 22:00 BST the previous day.\n\nPolice say there are no suspicious circumstances regarding the death.\n\nIn a statement on 24 June, Owen Paterson said the loss of his wife had come as a \"terrible shock\" to the family. A cause of death has not been given.\n\n\"Rose and I were married for 40 happy years. She was a wonderful, caring wife, mother and grandmother,\" he said.\n\nThe couple married in 1980 and had two sons and a daughter.\n\nA minute's silence has been held at race meetings in her memory and that of Grand National-winning jockey Liam Treadwell, whose death was announced on 24 June.\n\nRose Paterson, the daughter of the fourth Viscount Ridley, was on the main board of stewards at the Jockey Club, which owns Aintree Racecourse, home of the Grand National, and other leading tracks including Cheltenham.\n\nShe was appointed chairman of Aintree in 2014, having been a racecourse committee director there since 2005.\n\nHer husband is MP for North Shropshire and a former Northern Ireland secretary.\n\nThe inquest was opened and adjourned until 22 September.", "Wings for all the Airbus commercial planes are made in Wales\n\nPlans to cut 1,700 UK Airbus jobs have been described as \"utterly devastating\" by a Welsh minister.\n\nEconomy, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to support the flight sector.\n\nMr Skates said a \"significant share\" of the job losses were expected at Broughton, in Flintshire.\n\nThe company said it planned to cut 15,000 jobs in total as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe site in Broughton makes wings for the Airbus A380, which is the world's largest passenger plane.\n\nMr Skates said \"compulsory action\" at the Broughton site, which employs 6,000, could not be ruled out.\n\nHe said within the next three weeks he would be convening a high level summit to discuss the future of the aerospace, automotive and manufacturing sector and he would be pressing the UK government to take part.\n\nThe minister added it was \"vital\" the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak \"takes the lead\", calling for an \"evolution\" of the furlough scheme to support a shorter working week.\n\nKen Skates called on the UK government to take \"decisive action\" to save jobs at Airbus in Broughton\n\n\"Nobody should be under any illusion about the impact covid is having on aerospace, a critical part of the Welsh economy,\" Mr Skates said.\n\n\"The sector is in crisis and the UK government needs to take swift and decisive action now to save the industry and its supply chain.\n\n\"The alarm bells have been sounding for weeks and we need urgent steps at a UK level to prevent this crisis becoming even worse.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart told Radio Wales: \"There's this idea that there hasn't been much UK government involvement, but there has been £10bn worth so far [in the aviation industry] and we'll keep doing that because we want it to survive…\n\n\"I spoke to [Airbus] yesterday or the day before and I have done throughout this crisis….\n\n\"There is a role for Welsh Government in this too, don't forget they protect their devolved areas very carefully… I'm looking forward to hearing what the first minister is going to do, what Ken Skates is going to do and what their role is in this rather than complain about the UK.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at Prime Minister's Questions in Westminster, Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty asked what Boris Johnson was doing to help workers who \"don't want to hear slogans\".\n\nThe prime minister said there was a \"£600bn plan for investment\" in jobs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Airbus: \"Most people who live in the area, work here\"\n\nAt the Welsh Government's daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Mr Skates said ministers would not \"abandon\" Airbus workers and would do all they could to help.\n\n\"This cannot - and will not - be the beginning of the end for Airbus at Broughton,\" he added.\n\nFlintshire council leader Ian Roberts said he would \"like to hear assurances that there will be a two-government approach to this\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"Too often governments blame each other.\"\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford responded, saying he would \"definitely agree that all levels of government will need to work together very closely\".\n\nHe said it was what happened when Ford announced it was closing its engine plant in Bridgend last year.\n\n\"We will need to mobilise exactly the same sort of effort,\" he said.\n\nUnite Wales Regional Secretary Peter Hughes urged the UK government to act: \"If the UK government does not step in now to ensure the support is there for Airbus to get through this crisis, the consequences for Wales could be catastrophic.\"\n\nHe said the union would \"not accept any proposal that involves compulsory redundancy for our members\".\n\nHe called on Airbus to \"hold their nerve and step back from implementing their plan\".\n\nMore details of the job losses and how they will break down between the two giant factories will come at the end of the week after talks with unions.\n\nThe firm expects to make the cuts by summer 2021, but hopes the majority of redundancies will be voluntary or through early retirement of staff.\n\nMr Skates said his thoughts were with workers and their families.\n\n\"As a Welsh Government we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the company, its workforce, the unions and the communities impacted by this,\" he said.\n\nAirbus employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nPlaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd warned two-thirds of the 1,700 job losses could be in Broughton.\n\nThe Member of the Senedd for North Wales said workers had told him that they expected to potentially lose 1,100 jobs.\n\nHe said Airbus supported another three local jobs for every one at the firm.\n\n\"We are talking about 25,000 dependent on Airbus in Broughton for their work,\" he said.\n\nIn a joint statement, a group of Conservative MPs with constituencies in north Wales said the announcement was \"immensely worrying for local employees\".\n\nWrexham MP Sarah Atherton, Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes, Ynys Mon MP Virginia Crosbie, Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies, Clwyd West MP David Jones, Aberconwy MP Robin Millar and Delyn MP Rob Roberts said: \"We have spoken to Airbus and will continue to work closely with the company, trade unions and both the UK and Welsh governments to do everything we can to support Airbus' workers, their families and the wider community.\"\n\nThey said the UK government had provided \"significant support to help Airbus face the challenges that have emerged as a result of this pandemic\".", "More than 160 people have died after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar.\n\nA wave of mud triggered by heavy rain engulfed those collecting stones in the Hpakant area of Kachin state.\n\nMyanmar is the world's biggest source of jade but its mines have seen numerous accidents, many involving people who scavenge for stones.", "Dotty has announced she's leaving BBC Radio 1Xtra after six years.\n\nThe DJ told listeners her departure will be at the end of July, and that she \"wanted to end on a high note\".\n\n\"This week marks my four year anniversary on The 1Xtra Breakfast Show and it has been the most incredible experience of my life,\" she said.\n\nShe added: \"After almost 1,000 early mornings, I think it's finally time for me to turn off my alarm clock and rest.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDotty, whose real name is Ashley Charles, first arrived at the station in 2014 and has since hosted a number of shows from the Saturday 4-7pm show to the weekday 1-4pm slot before getting the breakfast gig.\n\nIn July 2016 she took over the reins of The 1Xtra Breakfast Show - being the first solo female to host the show in the station's history.\n\nIn that time since she's interviewed the likes of Will Smith, Stormzy and Lupita Nyong'o.\n\nAnd earlier this year Dotty won best music breakfast show at the Radio Academy awards.\n\nShe announced: \"I'm sitting here after six years and I feel like I climbed to the top of the mountain.\n\n\"With love in my heart and a bit of a lump in my throat it is time to say goodbye to 1Xtra.\"\n\nGreg James, who presents the Radio 1 Breakfast Show from a few studios away, says he's \"sad\" to see Dotty go.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Greg James This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDotty's last show will be on Thursday 30 July, with the station currently auditioning for who will take over.\n\nHer producer Robby Williams, with whom she hosts the podcast Too Rude for Radio, is also leaving the station.\n\nNadia Jae will take the reigns while a replacement is found.\n\nMark Strippel, Head of Programmes at 1Xtra, says: \"Dotty is an incredible and unique talent and will always be part of the 1Xtra family.\n\n\"I speak on behalf of everyone at the station when I say that we'll miss her loads, and thank her for every ounce of passion and commitment she has put into 1Xtra!\"\n\nThere have been a number of standout moments over the past few years that have led to Dotty's show being crowned the best music breakfast show in the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by BBC Radio 1Xtra This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome of those have been the interviews she's conducted - with two in particular standing out.\n\n\"I wanna talk to you about something which... I wasn't sure I was going to ask you about,\" Dotty said to Stormzy on the morning his latest album, Heavy Is The Head, was released.\n\nShe was talking about Stormzy's break-up with Maya Jama, and it led to an honest conversation that Stormzy might not have been so comfortable having with another presenter. At one point they both looked close to tears.\n\nOn the other end of the spectrum was the interview with Wiley last year where the grime godfather blasted Ed Sheeran as a \"culture vulture\".\n\nIt again probably wouldn't have been so raw - and hilarious - had somebody else conducted the interview. Dotty was able to challenge Wiley because of the relationship they have.\n\nAlong the way have also been repeat interviews with the likes of Kevin Hart, and chats with The Rock, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Janet Jackson and Jorja Smith.\n\nAnd regular features like Trashbag Tuesday - where Dotty gives a monologue about something that's been getting on her nerves and puts it in the bin - have helped propel the 1Xtra Breakfast Show to its highest-ever listening figures.\n\nHer presenting style could probably be best summed up in a quote she gave the BBC a few years ago.\n\n\"When I first started on radio, I wasn't trying to be like any other presenter. I wanted to be the anti-presenter.\n\n\"So where your traditional presenter would say, 'wasn't that a brilliant song', I'd rather be the person that says, 'well, that song is six out of 10' - you know, just be honest. And I thought maybe my thing can be that I'm honest, and say what people are thinking.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n• None The rise and rise of 1Xtra's A.Dot", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday evening. We'll have another update for you on Friday morning.\n\nIn the first evening Downing Street briefing for more than a week, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson stressed the importance of all children once again attending school in England from September. Earlier, the government published guidance on measures to ensure that return. Speaking alongside Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, Mr Williamson said it was important not to \"underestimate the value that our children going back to school brings, not just them but the whole of society\". He added: \"That is why we cannot sit back and cannot be in a position where we just say children cannot go back to school.\"\n\nFace coverings will become mandatory in shops in Scotland by the end of next week, Nicola Sturgeon announced today. Non-essential shops have already reopened in Scotland, with bars and restaurants due to open up again later this month. The first minister said the 2m physical distancing rule would be eased for some premises when the country enters the next phase of its routemap on 10 July. And she said face coverings would be mandatory in shops from that date.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, High Street restaurant chains Café Rouge and Bella Italia have now gone into administration. Owners Casual Dining Group said 91 outlets will close immediately and 1,900 of the firm's 6,000 staff will lose their jobs. Administrators Alix Partners are seeking offers for all or parts of the remaining business.\n\nPM Boris Johnson's father, Stanley Johnson, has been criticised for travelling to Greece during the coronavirus lockdown. The former Conservative MEP shared a number of pictures on his Instagram account on Wednesday, showing him arriving in Athens and at an airport in a mask. He told the Daily Mail he was in the country \"on essential business\" to ensure a property he rents out was \"Covid-proof\" before holidays restart - but has now come under fire for breaking lockdown rules.\n\nStanley Johnson posted pictures of his arrival in Athens on Wednesday\n\nIn April 2020, Sue Martin told the BBC how her husband Mal had contracted Covid-19 and his chances of survival were almost zero. Three months on, Mal has recovered - and his family recorded the moment he arrived back home, cheered on by his neighbours.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Friends and family line the street in an emotional homecoming\n\n...mandatory MOTs for vehicles in England, Scotland and Wales are being reintroduced from 1 August. We have five tips to get your car out of lockdown.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get the latest in our live page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Primark is going ahead with plans to open five new stores in the US, France and Poland, despite economic uncertainty over the coronavirus.\n\nIt comes as other High Street brands cut costs and lay off staff.\n\nThe latest update from Primark owner AB Foods revealed the full impact of the lockdown on trade, with Primark's sales down 75% in the past quarter.\n\nNow though, all but eight of Primark's 375 stores are trading again.\n\nSince reopening, Primark shoppers have been buying up children's wear, leisure clothes and night wear. Summer fashion items such as shorts and T-shirts are also in high demand, while sales of men's formalwear and travel-related goods are down.\n\nShantel Brown and her daughter Tee went to Primark's Milton Keynes store the day it reopened\n\nEager customers lined up outside Primark stores on the day they reopened in England in mid-June.\n\nThat pent-up demand resulted in strong trade at the tills: the company has reported it sold more in the week ending 20 June than it did in the same week last year, across the UK and Ireland.\n\nPrimark says stores in regional areas and retail parks are doing well, but city centre stores continue to suffer from a lack of tourists and much lower footfall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's it now like shopping for clothes?\n\nNonetheless, the chain is optimistic about the next few months and has placed orders worth more than £800m for the coming autumn/winter season.\n\nPrimark's new US stores are planned for New Jersey and Florida, although the company says retail restrictions due to Covid-19 may push back their opening dates. The new openings will bring the total number of US stores to 11.\n\nIn France, Primark will be opening in the Belle Epine and Plaisir shopping centres in Paris. The company is also set to open its first new store in Poland, in the capital, Warsaw. In the coming months, Primark will also expand existing stores in Malaga and Lisbon.\n\nShoppers waited in the rain from 05:30 when Primark reopened in Glasgow on 29 June\n\nPrimark was hit particularly hard by the lockdown measures, as it does not have an online store or offer click-and-collect services for its products. Before the lockdown, it had been generating sales of £650m a month.\n\nCommenting on the financial results, Emma-Lou Montgomery from Fidelity Personal Investing said: \"Primark's full-year operating profit is expected to be a third of what it was last year, coming in at between £300m and £350m, but that's really no surprise when all 375 stores had closed by 22 March.\n\n\"The absence of an online shopping site didn't help and will have held it back when compared to its competitors. But as we have seen, with queues forming from 05:00 on reopening day - open the stores and shoppers will come,\" she said.\n\nPrimark's move to expand its global empire is in contrast with moves made by other retailers battling tough economic conditions brought on by the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThis week, John Lewis announced it would be closing stores and cutting an unconfirmed number of staff, while Harrods, TM Lewin and Topshop's owner Arcadia announced hundreds of job cuts.", "Comments on slavery by David Starkey have been criticised for being racist.\n\nThe TV historian and author told an online show hosted by the conservative commentator Darren Grimes that slavery was not genocide because of the survival of \"so many damn blacks\".\n\nWriting on Twitter, former chancellor Sajid Javid said: \"David Starkey's racist comments are a reminder of the appalling views that still exist.\"\n\nStarkey has not yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nFitzwilliam College, part of Cambridge University, where Starkey holds an honorary fellowship, described his remarks as \"indefensible\".\n\n\"We support and promote freedom of speech in our academic community, but we have zero tolerance of racism,\" the college said in a statement on Thursday. \"Dr David Starkey's recent comments on slavery are indefensible.\"\n\nThey added: \"The matter of Dr Starkey's honorary fellowship will be considered by the Governing Body at its meeting next Wednesday.\"\n\nThe Mary Rose Trust said it was \"appalled\" by Starkey's comments, adding on Thursday evening they had accepted his resignation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The Mary Rose This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The Mary Rose\n\nStarkey made the offensive remarks in an episode of Grimes's YouTube show Reasoned, entitled \"Dr David Starkey: Black Lives Matter Aims To Delegitimate British History\".\n\nThe show's host tweeted on Thursday: \"I reject in the strongest possible terms what Dr Starkey said in that clip and so very wish I'd caught it at the time. I am still learning the ropes, I will be much more alert to challenging this kind of thing in future.\"\n\nIn it, Starkey said: \"Slavery was not genocide otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived.\"\n\nHe also claimed that the Black Lives Matter protests, following the death of George Floyd, had been characterised by \"violence\" and \"victimhood\".\n\nHe described cancel culture and the pulling down of statues as \"deranged\".\n\nThe academic went on to discuss the links between slavery and the British Empire.\n\nStarkey said: \"As for the idea that slavery is this kind of terrible disease that dare not speak its name, it only dare not speak its name, Darren, because we settled it nearly 200 years ago.\"\n\n\"We don't normally go on about the fact that Roman Catholics once upon a time didn't have the vote and weren't allowed to have their own churches because we had Catholic emancipation.\"\n\nStarkey's comments were heavily criticised by several social media users.\n\nNicholas Guyatt, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, tweeted: \"Can't speak for my employer but as someone who teaches history at Cambridge I'm ashamed of our connections with David Starkey and urge both the University and Fitzwilliam College to cut all ties with him.\"\n\nIt's not the first time Starkey has been involved in a public race row.\n\nIn 2011, the BBC received nearly 700 complaints about Starkey's claim that \"whites have become black\", during a Newsnight discussion about riots in the UK.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Duchess of Sussex felt \"unprotected by the Institution\" of the monarchy and was \"prohibited from defending herself\" against media reports while pregnant, according to court documents.\n\nThe papers form part of Meghan's legal action against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, after articles reproduced extracts of a letter she sent to her father in 2018.\n\nThe duchess is suing for breach of privacy and copyright infringement.\n\nNo trial date has yet been set but details are continuing to emerge from legal negotiations between the parties in the case..\n\nThe court documents, seen by the BBC, reveal answers to questions posed by Associated Newspapers about the duchess's case.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now based in California, having stepped back as senior royals at the end of March.\n\nIn reference to interviews five of her friends gave about Meghan to a US magazine in February last year the documents said: \"The Claimant had become the subject of a large number of false and damaging articles by the UK tabloid media, specifically by the Defendant, which caused tremendous emotional distress and damage to her mental health.\n\n\"As her friends had never seen her in this state before, they were rightly concerned for her welfare, specifically as she was pregnant, unprotected by the Institution, and prohibited from defending herself.\"\n\nIn the court papers, Meghan's legal team also argued the security costs of her wedding to Prince Harry in May 2018 - which were paid for by the public purse - would have been far outweighed by the tourism revenue it generated which they put at more than £1bn.\n\nThe tourism revenue from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding was more than £1bn, according to the court documents\n\nThe duchess is seeking damages, which she has said will be donated to an anti-bullying charity, from Associated Newspapers for alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act.\n\nFollowing a preliminary hearing in May, the judge struck out parts of Meghan's claim against the publisher, including allegations that it acted \"dishonestly\" by leaving out certain passages of the letter from her father.\n\nHe also dismissed Meghan's claims that the publisher deliberately \"stirred up\" issues between Meghan and her father, and that it had an \"agenda\" of publishing intrusive or offensive stories about her.\n\nAssociated Newspapers wholly denies the allegations and says it will hotly contest the case.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The shadow chancellor says the reward for workers after the coronavirus pandemic “cannot be a redundancy notice”.\n\nMore targeted economic support is required to prevent job losses in the wake of Covid-19, the shadow chancellor has said.\n\nIn a speech, Labour's Anneliese Dodds demanded that job retention schemes be extended in parts of the UK hit by local lockdowns.\n\nShe called on ministers to end a \"one-size-fits-all approach\" on help to shore up jobs.\n\nThe chancellor is due to outline an economic support package next week.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to bring forward infrastructure investment to create \"thousands of high-paid high-skilled jobs\".\n\nThe government's furlough scheme is paying 80% of the wages of more than nine million workers but is due to be pared back from August, and will finish at the end of October.\n\nMs Dodds' speech came after UK companies announced thousands of job cuts this week, with many firms cutting jobs now to reduce costs.\n\nFrom 1 August, employers will have to pay National Insurance and pension contributions for their staff.\n\nThey will then have to pay 10% of furloughed employees' salaries from September - rising to 20% in October.\n\nIn her speech, Ms Dodds blamed the latest round of job losses on the government \"refusing to shift from its one-size-fits-all approach\".\n\nShe added that workers in struggling sectors \"cannot and should not be treated the same way\" as those in sectors \"already back to full capacity\".\n\n\"To avoid the same flood of redundancy notices for workers within smaller companies later on this month, government must act now\".\n\nShe called on the chancellor to ensure projects announced as part of his recovery package are carbon neutral or help reduce emissions.\n\nMs Dodds also said jobs schemes should be extended in areas in localised lockdown, so that spikes in the virus in there \"don't wash away businesses and jobs in their wake\".\n\nThe owner of Cafe Rouge became the latest UK firm to announce job cuts on Thursday.\n\nIn an economic statement on Wednesday next week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is due to set out \"the next stage in our plan to secure the recovery\".\n\nIn a speech earlier this week, Boris Johnson promised a £5bn \"new deal\" to build homes and infrastructure to help aid a post-Covid economic recovery.\n\nHe also outlined plans for an \"opportunity guarantee\" to ensure every young person had the chance of an apprenticeship or placement.\n\nResponding to Ms Dodds' comments, Conservative Party co-chairman Amanda Milling said the government had a \"clear plan to protect and create jobs\".\n\n\"Every Labour government has left unemployment higher than when it entered. Sir Keir Starmer would be no different,\" she added.\n\nMr Johnson has insisted the furlough scheme must come to an end in October - saying it would not be \"healthy\" to extend it further.\n\nThe hospitality sector, including pubs and restaurants, is reopening in Northern Ireland on Friday, with England following on Saturday.\n\nIn Scotland, beer gardens and outdoor restaurants will be allowed to reopen from 6 July. Indoor areas are due to follow from 15 July.\n\nPubs, bars, cafes and restaurants in Wales are due to be able to reopen outdoors from 13 July.", "Communities like Luss will open up again for visitors Image caption: Communities like Luss will open up again for visitors\n\nWith the relaxation of the five-mile rule for travelling coming tomorrow, the country's beauty spots are bracing themselves for visitors arriving over this weekend.\n\nStirling Council is to reopen routes at Callendar and from Drymen to Balmaha after emergency closures to keep people away from Loch Lomond and Sandy Fraser admits that businessmen like himself and the local communities have to work more closely together.\n\n\"We have generally had a good relationship between the businesses and the locals, but I would have to say that has been severely stretched in the last 14 weeks and we've got some bridge building to do and we really need to recognise that I like it to be sunny with lots of people coming to the national park, some of our neighbours must dread it and wish for rain,\" he tells BBC Radio Scotland.\n\nJames Fraser, chair of the conservation group Friends of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, adds: \"It is a real milestone day tomorrow and it's one that businesses in the park and throughout Scotland have looked forward to.\"\n\n\"People have been coming here, flouting the rules for weeks and residents have suffered greatly with people coming and with car parks and toilets closed.\"", "Pop group McFly have signed their first record deal since 2009, and will release a new album via BMG this year.\n\nIt comes seven years after the group's last single, after which they scrapped an entire record to form a \"supergroup\" with fellow pop stars Busted.\n\nInter-band tensions later derailed an attempt to reunite as McFly in 2017.\n\n\"There was a strong possibility McFly would never happen again,\" singer Tom Fletcher tells the BBC. \"We genuinely didn't know how to get back on track.\"\n\nAt one point the four-piece even considered group therapy to resolve their issues.\n\n\"Although we never thought they would, things got a bit weird between us,\" admits drummer Harry Judd.\n\n\"We tried to talk it out a couple of times over those years and it just was very unproductive. So, yeah, there were moments where we talked about, 'Do we need to get in a room with a therapist and document this?'\"\n\nHarry Judd and Aliona Vilani won the ninth series of Strictly in 2011\n\nIronically, the tension arose when each of the members launched successful second careers during the McFly's hiatus.\n\nTom and bassist Dougie Poynter wrote a successful series of children's books about pooping dinosaurs, while Harry won the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nGuitarist Danny Jones went on to write and produce records for acts like Rihanna and One Direction, while Dougie played with the rock bands A and INK.\n\n\"A lot of those things became the unspoken issues,\" says Tom.\n\n\"These are your best friends, who you want to be stood on stage with - and seeing them do things without you is really difficult to deal with.\"\n\nThe catalyst for the band's return turned out to be their manager of the last 18 years, Matt Fletcher.\n\n\"He booked the O2 without telling us and he said, 'Are you going to play it or not?'\" recalls Tom, \"and we all obviously said yes.\n\n\"I think having a date in the diary that said 'McFly at the O2' just made us all realise we'd been stupid.\"\n\nThe band played a comeback gig at the O2 last November\n\nIt can't have hurt to know that the gig sold out in minutes - nor that the band were greeted by ear-splitting screams as they rose up through the stage to play hits like All About You, Star Girl and 5 Colours In Her Hair last November.\n\n\"That was the start of the next chapter,\" says Tom.\n\nEnthused and re-energised, the band released the demos for their \"lost\" sixth album, clearing the decks for new material, before booking a recording studio for two months at the start of 2020.\n\nThe idea was to hunker down and compose together, instead of hoping that someone would turn up with the perfect comeback song, fully-written and ready to go.\n\n\"That was almost the problem before - hoping that a song would be the answer,\" says Tom.\n\n\"That really puts pressure on you as the writers, to come up with a hit that all your fans will love, but will also reunite you as a band and repair your relationships. We needed to get all of that out of the way first and come at it completely fresh.\"\n\nSo they settled into a routine: Tom would get up and take his two young sons to school, then come up with a melody or a riff on the drive to the studio.\n\nOnce he'd arrived, he'd play it to the rest of the band on the piano, and they'd instantly start working it up. Harry would go first, recording a drum track over which the others would lay guitars and vocals, and they'd keep going until sunset.\n\n\"That process, of allowing your brain to come alive and creating a song from nothing - that's amazing,\" says Danny.\n\n\"It's the first time I feel like we've all been part of it. We were all involved, split down the middle, and it was just such a collaborative, energetic process.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Official McFly This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by Official McFly\n\nThe four new tracks McFly play for the BBC instantly bring to mind the jangly positivity of Britpop - in the vein of The Boo Radleys' Wake Up Boo, or Dodgy's Staying Out For The Summer.\n\nWhen we make those references, the band can't suppress their smiles.\n\n\"That was exactly the feeling we wanted to create,\" confirms Harry.\n\n\"I'm really stoked you said that,\" adds Dougie. \"There was something special about Britpop back in the day.\n\n\"They were amazing songs but you had bands like Blur who could jump genres - from Song 2 being super rocky and crazy, to something weird like Parklife.\n\n\"There were no boundaries and that's what we wanted - to go off in different directions depending on what we were feeling that day.\"\n\nThe band's debut single went to number one, and they went on to sell 10m records worldwide\n\nThe first taste of McFly's new material lands later this month. The title of their comeback single is still under wraps, but it's an intoxicatingly upbeat crowd-pleaser, which the band describe as having a \"festival vibe\".\n\n\"There's that hands-in-the-air feeling about it,\" says Danny, \"like when you're drunk or you're having a barbecue.\n\n\"You can put it on and your kids will dance to it, your wife will dance to it, your granddad, everybody. Even the lads can get involved, the football crowd. I could really hear it on the Fifa soundtrack.\"\n\nThe carnivalesque riff was inspired by the band's massive following in South America, and there's even a samba sample thrown in for good measure.\n\n\"We had to contact the family of the artist,\" says Danny. \"They don't even have a Spotify page or whatever, and they were so chuffed we were using it. They were like, 'Our music's not been played in years! We can't believe it!'\"\n\nOne of the album's other highlights is a ballad centred around the lyric, \"you're my special\", which could rival All About You as a future wedding song, while Tom promises other tracks will be \"really heavy or slightly emo, with big cheesy power ballads and really weird and quirky ones, too\".\n\nCrucially, the album was almost finished before the band signed a record deal with BMG - the German-owned rights company which has become known for working with established, global artists like Kylie Minogue, Keith Richards and The Cranberries.\n\n\"We had a really instant connection with Jamie Nelson who wanted to sign us,\" says Harry. \"He just came in, heard some of the song and put his cards out on the table and said, 'I love what I'm hearing, I've always kept a close eye on you as a band, and I've always enjoyed what you've done'.\n\n\"He basically played to our egos and said all the right things.\"\n\nNelson, for his part, says he's \"delighted\" to have nabbed the band from their former label Universal. \"If our early interactions are anything to go by, it will be anything but dull,\" he says.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by Island Records UK This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nLike everything else, the band's comeback has been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic. Tours of the UK and Brazil have been delayed, and the band are isolating at home with their families... well, mostly.\n\n\"The amount of times I've visited the loo has increased by 40% during lockdown,\" laughs Harry.\n\n\"Yeah, your screen time averages at 12 hours a day,\" jokes Tom,\" and eight of them are on the loo.\"\n\nBut even on Zoom, McFly display a genuine sense of camaraderie and excitement for the new material. They've come a long way since their manager sprung a surprise show on them last summer.\n\n\"In hindsight, what we really needed was a break to realise how much we needed McFly,\" says Tom.\n\n\"We've spent our whole adult lives being called Tom McFly or Danny from McFly - and part of you desperately wants to justify that that doesn't define who you are.\n\n\"But the truth is McFly totally defines who we are. It's in our DNA.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None 'McFly is forever': The boyband is back", "Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing\n\nA man has been charged with murdering two sisters who were stabbed to death in a London park.\n\nThe bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found at Fryent Gardens in Wembley on 7 June, two days after a birthday party in the park.\n\nDanyal Hussein, of Guy Barnett Grove, Blackheath, has been charged with killing both women and possession of an offensive weapon, the Met said.\n\nThe 18-year-old will appear at the Old Bailey on 6 July.\n\nMr Hussein was remanded into custody at Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday.\n\nThe sisters had met up with friends in the park from about 19:00 BST on 5 June to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday.\n\nThey were found dead two days later.\n\nA post-mortem examination gave the cause of both of their deaths as 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